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The Weekly Enquirer.
l *. MARTIN Editob.
COLUMBUS:
TUESDAY.
JiiWfcT
....MARCH 20, iff72,
i.-vtw. * f Sul^rrlptlwi—
■ - - i
il.!» TKOl l»!.K IUKDD I'P.
s'.rf,Ucn», Hill wad Alexander.
d:-r neighbor tLo Sun yostcrday had an
.(pied olncwhere), the object of
vhi L ve do not unUoratand, but which
wu uiu omsLaii.ed to regard rh ill-timed
»:.il uncharitable. It ih introduced with
t ■ • !iikingly ungual exordium that biH-
b .y, tr.fi h nnd justice roust be vindicated
though the j.jllniM of the uni verso topple
n... 1 f.:.1 .' But we are not told who has
1 < i.:: a-sailing bi.itory, truth and justice,
nor is it made quite plain how this “viu-
t . . <u" ■ < to cause tho pillars of the tmi-
\to topplo ntid fall, ludoed wo are
ji.erc tl .ui ever convinced that tboy uro
not i! • <iued to a speedy downfall, since
j ! it,ns iia* assumed tho role of Atlas,
r 1 m supporting thorn on his brawny
1 : us seen this “vindication,"
v* ntured in full viow of the aw-
'jin nces tlmt might bo produced,
V.i. .t it niuounU to. The editor
. n queHtions tho moral courage,
to tnist and the patriotism of
. II. II Hill and P. W. Alexander,
, after oppohiug HGcesHion, they
,i . or uuntico, and did not join in
-i »}. iinst P entered by Mr. Him-
• i Gwinnett mid fivo Others. Why
diK-H not include in thin impeach-
H n. Al« x. II. Stephens and lion.
•;iel V. JoIiuhoii, who took generally
i. hi * 'Uise that Messrs. Hill and
• i.der took, is a matter of surprise.-
co why it Nliould not I
the past. .The cause and motive of the
resurrection puzzle us. lint while histo
ry, truth and justice are being “vindi
cated” at tho rink of ench a torrihlAlown-
fnil, wo liavn thought it propor to take a
look out and see that the “toppling pil-
l.vts of the universe" do not full too Ueavi-
ly upon )mrtio* not more guilty tbSto
their fellow-mon.
T1IK '‘CLAIMS" IHSPLTK.
Tnowlay's midnight dispatches strength
en the presumption that the Rritinh Gov
ernment Ima materially mollified its tone
in reference to the Huljniiasion of the
ipiestion «,f consequential «tiuu»gcif to the
Geneva arbitrators ; or, at least;•that that
is llio genet a! apprehension prevailing in
Loudon. On Tuesday evening, mh wo
learn from these dispatches, Mr. llorN-
i asked Mr. Gladstone “if he was pre
pared to give I'arJiuumnl assuranco that
in caso frw h ncgoli.ttiotiH were cutcred
upon with the American Government no
proposals would bo finally accepted until
they had received tho sanction of Parliit-
luout V" Gladstone said he was “sorry
that he was iinahle to answer the ques
tion to-night ; that ho had no opportunity
pvn the subject the consideration it
demanded, or even to consult with his
Dengues." Ilorsman intimated that he
should “repeat the question to-morrow."
Wo interpret thin sensitiveness to uiuan
that Mr. Ilorsman uud other members of
i'anidiiioiit are apprehensive that the
Ministry have agreed, or will agree, to
proposition which would not be accepta
ble to the itnlish public, and are there
fore desirous that the action of the Min
istry shall not be fluid until ratified by
l'ailiutuciil. Perhaps dispatches received
in time for this paper may show what im-
I swer Mr. Gladstone yesterday made to
' the roncwedduquiry.
li,s to lie
"• l1 "’ *' ,ol « “c«-oporati.,n” party of j lockj llllH |M tl)l , Sl »t„
u well ascertained fact
f Texas, imitating Did
TIfK SIX OX MISSUS. HIM, AXD ALKX-
AXVKIf—AOAIX.
The Sun (while refusing to reciprocate
the courtesy and fairueaa which wo ex
tended to it by oopying iu article on
which we commented) gUuunem through
a column effort to show aome 'justifying
exouse for its picking out Mosers. Lf ill and
Alexander from the rest of the old “co
operation" party of Georgia, end blaming
thorn for r.iguing the urdiuanco of seces
sion after opposing the movement. Our
neighbor is facetious enough to lug into
bis apology the problem of the fish iu the
tub of water, that did not increase the
Thane as a DemocratIr Candidate.
Editor Columbus Enquirer :—I hove
seen wi h unutterable disgust divers and
sundry favorable referencea in Southern
papers, (Democratic, so-called), to our
Chief Justice Chase aa a Democratic
candidate for the Presidency, and this ap
parently upon the ground only that with
him we could beat General Grant. Now,
os Mr. Chase is a Republican, it would
seem not annaiorai that the more deco
rous Republicans should prefor him to
the present President of their and his
choice ; but 1 am seriously concerned to
know if there be any portion of the
weight of the vassal and contents; the Hcnthern people, of the class called Dem-
folly of tho man who attempted to sell tho ocratie, who desire to cost their suffrages
skin of a bear beforo it was killed; tho j fora person who, occupying tho high ju-
auecdolo of the bud pointer who had t«
write.“this is a horse" tinder his picture ;
and the reply of the naturalist to the inuu
who had described tho crab as a fish that,
was roil, eat grass, *and walked buck ward.
All of which is very diverting, but it fails
to convince the reader of either the fair
ness of thus singling out Messrs. Hill and
Alexander, or of tho good cans© that de
manded such a raking up of old divisions
and party prejudices.
Our neighbor says that the A Him in New
Km drew .out its first allusion to Mr.
Alexander's course on the secession ques
tion. The NtiO Em, we know, had a
erufly penchant for inciting quarrels be
tween Democrats and making them war ' Government.
dic.ial position of Mr. Chase, chose to
unite with the baud of tyrants which
placed their heels on the Houthefn nook,
and inflicted tho lontbsomo and hideous
dose of Reconstruction, Military Rule,
Bayonet-formed Governments, Disfran
chisement of Freemen born, and the
Rule of Dirty Carpet-baggers. This
much Ml least did Mr. Chase, if history
belies him not.
As a Houtbern Whig, like yourself, I
joiriftd the Democratic party, not for its
ancient prestige or for its ante-bellum
policy i but it* IcftJ*-™ and ita j "eho ndatika"
Let History be vindicated, the Truth
told, and Jaotiae be done, though the pil
lars of the universe topple and fall. As
a man and journalist, whenever wa from
human infirmity have committed an er
ror, we feel in duty bound to ooffrect that
error, however email or unintentional.-—
The editor *.t' a daily paper is compelled
to write currente culamo, without author-
Dies at hand ami no time to examine
them, consequently hie information must
be exceeding accurate and his memory
remarkably tenacious never to reileot an
infallible impression and conviction. In
the cuurAe of political events, and as rele
vant thereto, we have lately had occasion
to refer to the position of two of our old
Whig friend • and their votes on tho ordi
nance of sect soon, viz: Hon. B. li. Hill
and P. W. Alexander, Eaq. When wo
charged that neither of the gentlemen
had exhibited that firmness and moral
Courage characteristic of a hero at a criti
cal period of our country, and ns the rep
resentative* of Union counties, we hud
not the Journal of the Convention before
ns, bat we have it now, and out readers
cau say how far we were iu error uud the
degree of their giory or shame. If time
ami f»cts and history wi.l vindicate their
wisdom, consistency, faithfulness to trust
and patriotism, lot them receive a glori
ous reward ; if, however, they were weak
when they should have been strong, timid
when they should have been brave, then
! let then, receive the penalty of those
intention,
riifutKoH repudiated the proscriptive policy | f„j| to ^riflco nelf wheu country in iiu
of the traitors at the head of the Central I periled.
On this ground only aban-
TJIi; ktkl.ix TBIAlJv
one upon mother. Fur some time before j douod we the name end policy of tbe ' ,'.‘71 (lil,'of Trot,t“«m"n K *the“fflinLuvcl!
it gave up the ghost it was almost daily j party culled Whig, ami buried its once Hn( j Alexander,of Upson, (page 38j among
engaged in tho work of persuading “old ; unstained banner ten fathoms deep
iu the ocean wave. When tho Demoori
! the negatives. On page 4f>, we sco that I
| 0 Mr. Nlsbet offered a preamble and re so- j
.s .. . „ ! ltilion—“That all members of this C
tho Democratic organization of tho pres- ; party shall have succumbed to tho lYrso- | vtml j oll) iuclaciioK those who
* '* “glit not to act j colors and chosen its Danner man,
line whig*" that t hey wore out of pin
, . . . : "o . ' ' , . ' ... ’ V. htitulion contums no uratit of po<
•i secession lead- chief criminal in the perpetration of the those who voted for it,will sign tto Name, ^ n o{ brfii ul £ j.
»• I lint ilseuoceee 1 B r«nl,»t iuf.my ku.mu |» llm l.i.tery uf j *«•. » 1 ! hont ”*"•«'» ‘“ditiUuM appro. u or ebndiemeut of «.
rule wall ita /.eel mankind, may wo not coumatout y u»k ; ui ,„ iun prevailed wuliout objeolion. On “ 2 , '
lease, it appears, for leave of absence from its roll call ? , pnge fit, James 1*. Simmons,of Gwinnett, , ,, J w * * i; ,, „ J
Mho pr
oplc
body,
until
°IT
d in their pri
rso that Messrs. Hill
and Johnson ofllci d
•perationinls of (i* <*r
*>M‘il the secession of
hsion
ii nk n
wn. ile has been abs-ent for r
tnd the people of Texas do
Gitiubi
ceunio an uc-
• riq.l.Mc d fact, or wns soon to bn inovi-
' •: i then they patriotically ami lr»y-
i . • i .ir.ctl flic Htato in the slaud she
nil. i against their opposition. Wlmt
jifl tic: < <•, in priiiciplv, is there hot worn
! i’ • i f the co-fqiorationiatfl of tho
j lint of M. v rx. Hill and Aloxau-
.« . ling an ordinance which they
tl. bill M'hich the majority lind
I in .-■pile of tln-ir opposition rs-
*.<y a.l.'ic. signing vvuh uoooiupuuied
ii,. d r]iira;itin by llio Convention, by
..•> iii«►»>, that it wns to bo done
• i iroji'd to individual approval or
• < ul," and “as ft pledge of thu
. . ilulurmiimtipii of this Convou-
.>• mis'iin and defend tho Htnte in
i* . !•- r clioscti remedy, with all its ro-
i ' i. ■ and consequoncos"? Could
. | iMy have acted inoro patriotical-
• t: i i (him pledging their loyalty to
• iv: s ami declaring their dolormitia-
i :i t<* stand by her in her troubles, mak-
b <• »i-mum caiiho with tho majority tlmt
h al i’ ■ rl llio ordinance? As an humble
- ■ «»f tl" 1 l-uion or oo-oporniioti par-
i w t f*dt this to ho our lino of duty, and
wo h* it 111 tmr secession friends to s*y
\ ii«■ 1111<r ono of them then thought it eitlu
« i inc<i.i‘Utrnt i»r porlldlons in us to sup-
port the Confederacy ns heartily and zoal-
oia.ly, after (ioorgia had sectulod, as wu
> pportod the I nion csuhobefore tho ina
j rity cf i!k Cohvuution dcoidml uguiuHt
• We can novar outlive the conviction
lhat wo pMi iuad tho right course in both
i scs. We wore under tho improHsiou
t i nt thw > bi' f editor of tho Sun acted just
tr wo did anted iu a journalistic or pri-
\:.!f . •)• < ’Iy just ns the gentlemen above
J. .In 1 dal in official position- opposed
i ■ • •i‘ , n as lurg as opposition had hope
of av.iilability, and sustained the Htato
a *d tin* (\»nfcdoraey afterwards. If ho
ib'i -.o, thr stones which ho now casta ut
•»m. Hill and Alexander may play tho
i i* of tho “boomerang" by coming back
upon the pmut of projection.
I la; >■ refers to Uio refusal of a very
t- a *>t (i;r delegates to sign tho ordinance,
.••-. I to a protest winch Mr. Simmons and
lno otl. rs entered, adding that the
nauicH of Hill uud Alexander uro not
among that number. Surely our neighbor
v cul l not have (lostrod to fiud their names
among the number, wlion he bears iu
ii.iud lhut tlu so few delegates offered tho
proteal as a declaration of their intention
not to “accept tin* situation," and that
• mi of them never did support tho Con
federacy. Most of them represented
th>’So counties in up|Htr Georgia which
at' 1 r\vaids nmdo opposition to Confedor-
at<- laws, harbored deserters, Ao.—oarry-
ji: ( , into pi.iclico the factiousness exhibit
» d by their delegates who refused to sign
i' u.ordinance and who signed the pro-
i i. Wo are glad that tho names of
‘•i i •. Hill aud Alexander are not to be
b und among llio siguera of tho last
immed papqr.
As tr# the st;goat ion by Uio Sun Uud
Mr. iiili and oihors might have voted
ae .omt th<» ordinance of seocsstoQ “uniass
it wn:. provided that it should bo null aud
v>nd without u luUffcutiou by two legal
v* tors of the Htato,” wo find by reference
to our files that this was the very condi
tion that ho wished to attuch to the or-
dm once. We have the antliority of the
M'lUdpevillc correspondent of the Macon
'hit, / ■>]./ „04i.i»ionisl), writing two days
byt uro tho passage of the ordinance, that
Mi. Hill mudo un effort “to rally all tlu*
opposition upon a resolution for secession
which should defer its operation until the
b.l day ol March next, uud meiuiwhilo cull
f*»r a vote of pupuhy: ratification.'' Wheth
er Mr. Jlill did offer such a proposition,
or had any opportunity allowed him to
offer if. we cannot positively say, as tho
Journal of tho Convention is not before
us. Hut we find by further referenoo to
i ur files that he did, on the day of tho
adaption of tho ordinance, offer a anbsti-
lute, drawn npVy cx-Oovernor Johnson,
delaying aeocaaiou aud colling ft Conven
tion of all tho Southern States to aot
unitedly and * ith co-operatton, iu view of
a common peril. Who does not now
regut that this substitute was uot adopt
ed 'i Recansu of this proposition, and bo-
causa of his general course and constant
t xertion of his inilnenco, w e speak of him
•above us on ojijroiunt uf the ordinanoe of
fiecchsion. ^ bother his dual vote for it
was bused up on tho convietion that fur
ther opposition w as usolesa and distract
ing after the defeat of the proposition
just mentioned, or whether he voted in
the affirmative that be might be iu a bet
ter position to heal divisions and allay
party animosities, is immaterial now. He
was an opponent of seoasaion as long as
there was any hope or practicability in
opposition, uud would unquestionably
buvo defeated the measure if he ooald.
We have alluded to this rssttar reluct
antly, and uot nutll oar neighbor had is#
r a hat ho cotitouiplatnH
doing. Art idea of impeachment w era
pending against him when he left. Rub
lock plead that lie could not get a fair
(rial in Georgia, beeuiiHn tho Logiidaturo
was Dcmncrntio in both branches. Davis
cannot ad up such a plea, for the Legia-
lutnro ol Texas is Radical in both branch
es; but he Knew that the proofs of his
usurpations and corruption were too
strong tor even ft Radical Legislature to
disregard them, and lot imitated ihllloi K.
Holden, JhillocU and Davis huving all
“goue where the woodbine twinetli," tho
interesting question now is whether lived
of Florida, or Wannouth of LoiiRiuua,
will be tho next “martyr."
•s I'fplj/ing to tho latter, * oven tho supposition thut ony such eccen-
not the iustigator of the tricity is inf ended, for I am too low ill
out lime, uud that they
harmoniously with tho old
or*. Wo are glad b/kn
was not ul ell comniensurat
sud industry. Rut in this
the Era, iu the article which drow
neighbor's fire
and therefore '
controversy. Let justice bo douo it, if it tho ranks to know
has died in ft bad cause. • fact, though ever r*
The Sun's chief niotivo fyr attacking
Mr. HiD in this regard appears to have i
been its apprehension tlmt bo was the
“head and front" of ft faction that lately '
attempted to destroy tbu unity of the
Democrats by “new departures" and of-j
forts to resurrect tbu Whig party. If Mr. '
Hill was engaged iu that very reprehensi
ble scheme, wu do not see bow un effort '
to show that ho was inconsistent on the
old secession question could either meet
the issue lately presented or counteract
his attempts upon tho integrity of tho
against tho snid Ordinance,
Washington, March 19.—The Supreme
Court of the United btates had betore it
for argument to-day the ease of the
(Jolted States against Avery and others
on the certificate uf diviaion from the Cir
cuit Court for the District of South Caro
lina. Thu defendant* in this caso were
indicted fur conspiracy, under the act ol
3'at of May, 1£7<), to enforce the rights
of citizens «>f the United States, to vote
in the several States and for other pur
poses, known as the Enforcement or Ku-
Kiux act. The particular act chargod was
the murder of one Jim William* while at
tempting to prevent colored citizens fionr
voting and to hinder and prevent their
exercise of the right to keep and hoar
arms. A motion having been made to
quash the indictment, the court below was
divided in opinion on the questions
whothcr it Lad jurisdiction of the crime
of murder charged, and whether the light
to keep and bu.tr arms* is a right granted
and secured by the Constitution of thu
United States so us to support the charge
iu the indictment and render tho offence
cognizable by the court, and these ques
tions were eeitilled to this comt.
'J he Government submits that tho
questions having aristu on a uioli*
qUish, this court cannot take cognizance
ol them, the motion being preliminary iu wt ceitai
its character and dcteruii.f.hle by the
court below as a matter of pure discie-
turn. It is contended that the act was in
tended merely to visit with increased
punishment offenders against tho laws of
the United States, who in violating these
laws t-h-.il also commit offenses aguinst
tbu laws of tho Status, and tins it has
power to do, uud it iiutiir.illy follows that
the courts of the United States have jurm
dietiou to inquire into this additional tact.
For the defence it is urg' d, after eoa-
ubed ' HoYerliny the theory of thu Government,
well
The Kishcrh* of Jfnrlh Carolina—Row the Hith
an- tsaghi and 1‘npartd for Usrkrt.
To the laliicr* ol tin* Luiou ami American:
Not a f« w of your many iu«<l«:rs were
born in the Old North Htnte, and A atiil
»arg»-r number uie of Koith Carolina de
scant, though natives of Tennessee. Most
of these take an inters** in the traditions
of the old land,and all ot them have heard
more or lea* of the scene* sud occult ions
of the coast region, so unlike anything on
this side of the Allegheny ran
nbly a bnef sketch of the leading iudu-try t v.h.s for ti
lTLEKLT COTTON' STJ1MABT.
Total receipts at ull tbo United States
ports for the week ending to night are R7,-
Ivties ftgftluBt 49,972 last week, and
78,810 f**r the corresponding week last
ye - r. sh living a dee:cave aincu hint week
of 12,171 bales, and as compared with last
}!rar~ ad* e; . e iu favor uf the present
ne.tsou of 4*».r#12 ImleH. The total export*
Zj'J were to Great Hiitain and H. Rus to
the Continent,* against a total of 98,414
there may uot be uu&c-:eptabiu
and to others.
The fisheries of the Houtbern Atlantic
region are conducted by seius and net*.
w r ,
>nding
ttitim j year. Decrease iu fa; or
,524 bales.
Tho total receipts since the 1st of Sep-
temieriH 2,fi8«),411 against 8,217,009 to
and North Curolina is. me centre of tbi-. j c i ubL . 0 f ibe cone.*-pombi.g week lo#-t yea;
utiou
ruafiy greet interest. ] ,
Tne com#: is wailed in by a great sand- ! y oW l:Iig
bar, the inlets through which err mostly showiug
shallow, and with n which »ie many large uh C ou:p.
Houndi, fed by LioaU s'.roams culled ll v- \ a „ j nciCl
ur», but which, lor boxuu disuacu up. ! ,,j j
seeiu to bo but blanches of the lulu: d ) j r , S! , q]
seas with which tLey sru connected, * i-J
os examples of theae 1 may mention tli it
F«.wquotalik, the Ciiowau, thu Alligator uud
i’ruigo, wide and beautiful sheds lor
miles utiovu fi.eir mouths, and wn. .li at
tho head «»f tide-nater, suddenly contract
into narrow streams. ... 8 .
These eastern rivers are wholly unlike u ., UU ut t
tLe water courses of thu We.-t that roil veaC
tLuir deep uud tiuh:d cur. un .-. in t-r*H»kod
j and comparatively narrow channels, and ; *,{ ...,.
' at ceita;u seasons shrink uwav beforu tf.e 1 ,,f - >0 i (
and heals that <J.y up many ol their shul- ' <Jb<
low tribu-ariwa ; «#ud 11 not fatuous u» ur- !
teiios ot couiuieicu or b tin.Juries of .. , -
Stutes, present, ut all times, i* ecu os of
grandeur and be*uty, the soft expan
ut blue waters distuibed only Lr the ol
and flow of tho tide, an i dulled hole ai
there with siui.H vchnoIs whose white sa
sol'ly contrast with thi azure ubo
aud below, and the green shores i'.u’ 1
.1 2,819,191 to the close of the corrc;:-
ek iu the season of 1809-70,
ocr^.x-e iu favor of this scahoii
l wiih la-t of bl#7,198 bole* and
id with the
son
of 81,220 bales*. The exports
• U. H. ports fur the expired
thu cotton year are 1,591,819
Its, agniu t 2, Ha),Old for tho corns
mding period lust y-ur, showing a de-
pjsu in favor of tho present seasou of
j ,204 bales*
1 he sto* k of cotton et all the l nitod
»t*h * ort* t» -i . ht 1* 145,715 bah
unut 921,419 bales corresponding date
•t year. Showing a de reuse in fuvor of
it I#*;
•itdiueut to tho Con
nt of power over
towns the record
r!s, shij mef’ts and stock fur tho
Ung to-night stands as follows •.
Kuccipts. Hhiom'ts. 8*ock.
8.881
1,858
I 7 'J
1,111
84,OOG
15,490
i page 5
Rut, perhaps, I ought to rhU pardon for and fivo others, protest most solemnly
Mud, to UTi
tho pay roll.
As to these, onr g'
not in a panic sin
thorn ever roiueiiibur thu words of Robert
Loo, “Human virtue might to bo equal to
human calamity." Let it remain for Re
publicans to choose L
soldier, who, with crocodile tears,
ceivod tho sword of thu hero of her
under a capitulation, the very osemicr
which hu discarded, thinking, like
sneak, that he could “Arrp the.
igainst the action of the majority," An.,
and tho namea of Hill and Alexander are
1,1 not among that number. These uro the
uch about it. In facts as exhibited by tho records. The
ly, when not disa- question with us in uot as to the pure mo
tive* uud patriotic intentions of the two
gentlemen, but standing in the relation
they did to their constituents, could they,
ftx individuals, innocently Approve of tlmt
Lot disapproved by their electors, nnd knne-
tion veu by acquiescence, an net iu con
flict with their own jndgments and c**n-
Hcietnm*? Instead of that tremendous
wrestling of the spirit on that sad nigh
the roll cull, 1 um nut on i
al friends, let then
their morale.
the faithless lately so eloquently described by Air
d of
Democratic pinty of to-day. Rut we real- ; promise to the ear and hreol: it In the
ly thought that our neighbor, in corpora- ' senseand tho ermine-soiled judge who,
lion with its namesake at Atlanta, lmd ' «ven ill the very act of adjudicating ou
burned tho “new departure" far beyond | the guilt or innocence of a great Htntes-
llill, he, And others, who thought
did, could hsv* Sifted the heavy burden
from (»tr their souls by siuiply refusing to
voto for tbe Ordinance unless it was pro
vided that it bhonl.1 be null and void
without a ratification by the legal voters
of the Hiute. This course would have
boon animiatent, reasonable and just to
those who, in eivil convulsion*, are com
pelled to hear tbe exponseii uud fight the
buttles of the coiiutry.
: to discriminate on uccouul of race,
color, and previous condition of aervi-
| tudo. ll is to enforce that section and
I prevent such discrimination that, by the
second section, Congicis is uutLorizud to
I enact appioj^fato laws, and thia oiticlu
[ cuiilempUhs only lugis.alive action and
j does not expressly apply to ludividu.i s.
Ref ore tbe uct iu ipiestion cun tak j ef-
> feet then, it unut agp -iir that a btate has
authorized the discrimination prohited by
| the amendment; and such diarrimmatiou
1 attempted to be carried out by an null-
! vidua!, if tbe State Ims not violated the
1 artico and li.u passed no l.»w to antiiorizi
i such discnuiutii n, is an unauthorized uct
! «#t «u individual or a combin »tiou of indi-
| vitluals, which make no case for Federal
J ouginz-mi o. Allied dual cannot deny or
i abridgo he nght to v*»te in th
this MU.U lit
ow’.y Ik
it
On tlicso broad rivers, ui.d at the Leads
f tho s itind*', tbe great Jb>hciics are J--
uted: and ui your loadcniare Hware.tbey
.re’ operated ebnlly for shud and hernug,
s nature which, when properly put up. e.iu be i;t*pt
such pow- for an inderiuite tunc,and exported to dis- i
tant Ui-irkets.
These ti*h, early in the year, come i:i |
from the ocean, aitninj tor the fresher |
waters of the interior t«j lay their eggs:
and the shad, esteemed thu riohe-t ui all 1
thu finny tr.be, are the first to np'ja.v.r, j
coming, in small numbers, in the latter
months of winter, and ineieasiug till to- 1
war*ls the iui<htle of spriug, when im-
iiuu.Hj Bhouls of herrings po.->svs-» tl.c wa
ters. After those there are runs ul r*x-k,
a larger uud excellent fish which whs not
formerly deemed valuable, as it was sup
posed that it could not hu kept. In.t wh.cn
1 believe is • ow salted up in considerable ■
quantities—uud then come tho cat and
other tribes, of little crnumeteinl valno. j
To U iv « * good fishery v*m uced a
wile, hard, clem bcuh, sheltered under
high v.ooulund, ind long f.nough for iv
and in picturesque ;
4, tit) l
8,231
> corresponding w eek last
^ts at th- • . towns were 18,821,
snU 21,190 and tho stock 92,-
showing a dc-reoso i:i favor of
,t seahcn *>f 4,04<i bales in re
lit iu shipments, and 14,ti
#4 iu
i he dotuilfi of tho receipts for tho week
ling to-night, us also tho tot-.ls since
j'?. 2 st, .it each port to date are given
L' .rX Y\"k. Rec't. Total Ucc't.
T* i ■
N Yoik
North
th C.
light that cun positii
i abrulged by | your oporutii
Ot Oil
oluted the | nndur win*
» nlahl
on a jsn'nt of bur, dishonored tho |
The Fruaidelit of the rubbed l'lnntnrn'
Rank of Fort Valley telegraphed from
New York on the IHtli, to Mayor Huff of
Macon, Dial lie had recovered $10,000 of
the stolen money.
The people of Havaiumii arc agitating
the question of establishing a cotton fac
tory to cost $00,0(10, and $20,000 have
been Hiihscribed.
The New York 7luraUl of Uio 17th pub
lishes the dispatch from its interviewer
Henderson, elsewhere given in the ac
count of the Wilmington paper: also oth
er dinput< lioh relating to the appearance of
Henderson as a prisoner of the Lowery
gang. Though Hendorson had nmmrunci-H
>f bis safety, tho Jit raid correspondent!*
say that the gang ure noted for their per
fidy, nnd may uot abide by thuir promises.
The groat “Jniiiol estate” case, which
has been before the United State* Circuit
Court ut Now York for tight week*, wn*
submitted to a jury on Saturday night,
but they disagreed uud were discharged
without bringing iu a verdict. No wondei
ft jury were bothered beyond liopo of
agreement by a legal din of eight works'
duration ! In thiM case one George Wash
ington Ruweu sought to* prove that lie
was the son of Mad. Jtiinel, recognized
by bur as such, and entitled to tbe estate,
lie also claimed to tie an illegitimate sou
•f tbe immortal (ioorgo Washington.
Ho did produce a witness or two who
ore that Mad. Juinvl recognized lmn tu*
her son, but we have seen no testimony
Mibgtuntieting his claim that he is the son
of Gen. Washington ; indued we do not
that this questiou Was a material
part of tho ease. lie stated ou oath that
he believed himself to be Gun. Washing
ton's son.
The Mncou Telegraph report* wrhat
seems to have been u brutal murder iu
Twiggs county on Saturday last. One
Drtll.it Dyer, while going homo from Gor
don in an intoxicated state, overtook an
M negro woman named Jennie Rrantley,
provoked her into a quarrel, aud then
made an attack on her hu using a knife,
,ud bite defending herself with nn uiu-
•rella. Iu his druuken fury lie cut tier
u a number of plncus, causing her death
a about two liouts. lie hsd not houu ur-
OHted at latest accouutrt; but it wns said
that he was keeping out of the way of a
party of negroes who iutunded to lyiicli
him, and that he would give himself up
to the officers of the law, who were after
him. U is ani \ that he was ordinarily a
very quiet aud puucealdo man.
A New York cornapo&deut of the Sa-
vuuuab JS'etes writes: “the exodus of
cotton manufacturer* from North to tho
South continues, and you will soon have
the satisfaction of having a greut portion
of the whole busmens. Of course the first
year must be an cx|#eriment, but iu the
end the South w ill greatly gaiu.
The Troy (Ala ) Messenger says that it
“deeply regret* to hoo such quautitiea of
bucoti, corn aud guano—uudor mortgage
- 1>-nving our city on planters’ wagon*.—
It is the wrong road to travel in thu hope
of recovering from pnat loose*, liaise
your ow u hog aud hominy aud prepare
your owu fertilizer*."
We do uot kuow any policy more de
plorable, or - one that appear* to ba so
recklaasly adhered to.
The municipal olccriuu wa* held in La-
Fayotte, Ala., on Monday last. There
was uo opposition to W. H. Denaou for
Mayor,*and ho received 80 vote*. There
were two tioketa for Councilman—tbe
“regular nominees" and the “youug
men * ticket." Tho former wa* elected,
vis: G. L. Griffiu, D. L. Dyer, J. J.
Robin*ju, J. M. Driver aud J. R. Gamble.
The Tallapoosa Anw of the 21at inst.
highly extols the energy and rapidity with
which Col. T. R. Sharp, the Superintend
ent, i* pushing forward the work on the
Savannah A Memphis Railroad. Of the
progress of the work, it aaya: “The oars
came up to Euoch F. Pearaon'a yesterday,
which ia the preeent terminus of the read.
We are now within two miles of the ins
horse." It tbinka the oars will vetj eooa
be tunning Into Dade villa, and that by
the 4th of July next tha a.oond section of
the reach of the hand of resurrection (ut
loBHtuhlil lUoy uro found u f«w inuiitliH j liouuli l.y ur^m# on tho UBurpurB who, !>y
hence supporting for tho 1'rosidcucy and Hie terrors of the bayonet* and tho vote*
Vico Frusidoucy candidates who accept
the “now departure"), and tlmt they
ould no more let tho phantom give them
tihonmnortfl. it in not magnanimous thus
to trample on a prostrate foe.
of the negroes, ho changed the Constitu
tion ns with retroactive force to degrade
I nnd punish, without a trial, the groat
I prisoner at the bar, and without urruign-
| incut oven, myriads of his countrymen!
The Sun denies that it has “ropoatodly" 4bit upon such a soldier, and out up<
brought np the*e charges against Mosars. * judge !
, . a . .. , l#et as not chooso hot ween them.
Hill and Alexander—Hays that it has J L.\t on.
“once or twice' refurrod to Mr. Hill's iu-I —
coiisiHloncy on tho secession question,and
“made but tiro allusions" to Mr. Alexan
der's votes on tho ordinance. It is an
The ku-klut Appenl.
We copy elsewhere a sync
important points argued before tho Hu-
up-hill business to di.iputo with a man | promo Court of the United Staten, in tho
who evidently docs not understand the i matter of tho appeal of the condemned buuhoif.
meaning of the words we use, nnd wo 1 Ku-Klux (ho called) of South Carolina.
Relow- we give the decision of tho Court, 1
iih hriefiy announced by a dispatch of
o | Thursday night, which will serve to show
o ! Iiow the Court, so lar, avoids thu couHti-
| tutional points raised :
ir ! ' Washington, Murch 21.—Iu tho Su-|
Court to-day, iu Ku iv lux case No.
51h, Tho United Statu* vs. Avery and |
llcnrj Clew» sad lit* better*.
The batch of letters we guv* yenterday
of ll. nry ('lews forms u very concloHivo
body of evidence ugaiuat him, the strong
er tlmt he himself is the witne*s.
Tho toliowiug set uf facia ih clenrly
cstuhimhud :
1. Mr. ('lews wanted an offlciul state
ment lor use shroud from Mr. Tweedy,
hf> .Speaker of th* Georgia House of lte|>-
icHuntalivus, denying Dr. Angler’s state-
. J meats, when Mr. McWhorter w-us the
i on. ; Speaker.
j 2. lie Imasts that he lmd, by somo
I means which hu does not state, obtained { |
of tho ountrul of the entire press of Now
” rk and vicinity agumst thu publication
any arm Us to the damage of his
rgm bond schemes or reflecting «3u
amendment,
discriminate on account of rsco or color I
or previous couditioa of servitude, but
dilious who h.-vs thu qualifications of vo-
t rs to thu full enjoyment of thu right of '
suffrage.
Rut it it bn held tlmt it would be af pro-
priate to enf .r.-o thi- amendment aguinst j
individuals wh«-ru the State has putNud Ho
act, then it is contended that llio conspi
racies ('bulged t
clu'i
d storehou
High.*
i within the jurisdlc- | l>runthiug a j»»i
hpring. with hustle and oxoijumeut, j
entablish yourself, glowing wit'i antic’
lion, nnd enjoy mg un* rude and h«ui
ful ufc amid xr and romantic Huriom
ings. Every “lmnd" in your service i*
sympathy with your anticipation.-, am
yon gain nothing else you have deci h
a good time of it, in a* thoroughly Mu
cratic, genial and tractable crowd of hai
1 ages and col,
ails arc compiled from c
patches aud must, the
iili consdenble allow a
Vislide Supply i.f Colton. s
... • y rui Uir a...!.-, Hth.J
J*y c*bie wo hive to-night tho stocks at
li tho Luropeun porta, tho India cotton
,1.»at for all ot Europe,and the Ainericuu
t! ;»i f-.r each port a* given below. From
glives thus ltceived we have prepared
ins following taide, shoaiug thu quantity
1 cot to u in sight at this date (Match 15)
f each ul thu two past buufiona:
1872. 1871.
BALES.
Itock in Liverpool... 551,000 804,000
I othorH, ou
of d.
therefore qualify our statement by the
mark that our neighbor did not “repeat- j
odly" in a lui these strictures, but onl
or /trier us to Mr. Hill, uud firirc as to
Mr. Alexander!
It is a rolief to us to know that our
neighbor forbear* to pull down the “pil
lars of the universe," out of consideration
for the “naked" heads tlmt would be the j thu Circuit C<
greatest sufferers. Rut wo believe tlmt
this magnanimity is prompted by tho ap
prehension that soj't heads are iu still
greater danger.
Tho editor of the Sun says that he wont
through the war “with u pon in one hand
and a musket iu the other, amid the
suow'H of Virginia and tho trenches of At- , — , —j
lanta, Macon and Savannah"; and asks ' fl 0, 'h»l uf it could not finally do
' right of tho defendant. W hen
rtificato
it from Sou ih Carol
the motion to diHieisH mado by the (
eminent in thiN cause
the Chief Justice in
case of Tho United States vs. Eovonbo
in thu judgment of tho Court
this. Iu that
8. He had induced a number of tho
editor* of Democratic papers in Georgia
to cem>u their uttackrt ou Rullock'n finan
cial plot*. How thi* was obtained u uot
et| Lined.
4. 11c own* to every upucics of com
merced juggling iu order to gut tho bonds
of the £>taiu ou thu stock board in New
York. lie employed bogus bidders,
among other tuck*.
5. He owns to baviug tried to dooeive
young Angler in regard to Rullock* order
to him not to give Angler any informa
tion. lie quibbled ou word* to dupe
w gaauted, . Auger, siatiug that he withheld the fact
iug that tire j ot Rullock's order, and used language
that would rollout favorably ou Rullook.
He paid Htato ltond accounts which
they
are ott( nces nut withiu thu purview of the
amendment nor appropriate IcgisL'ion to
enforce tho amumlmont*, and uro there
fore void.
It is then, submitted us too dear for
argument, tlmt withiu tho legitimate
sphere ol rights lescrved to the hlutes, is
included ( A-diiftive legmlaliou in thu luul-
of an Ur A go. '1 hu very existence of
tho State* depends ou if, uud they have
never surrendered th. ir jurisdiction.
When the States by the um.-ndmout sur
rendered the light to discriminate in the
matter of stiff rage ou the ground of race,
1 <Jorgrc
jojing, fi
(•utnilial file, vir
ith nature in h
te richest do lies
The 1. rg*«r sein
mg, the cord* th
ned to a po,t n
ml «t a diH"mice
ck iu Glasgow.
U - M.u k Ul lia
r grumtest hanni;
ics ..f land nnd o
arc from 1 j to 3
it hind the edges
idu firm ou tha In
d of n fev
idli.Sv, al
t !
’ii r
rds from this
d which tlu
.flout I
-11,000
4,090
25,000
335,000
hu vertical w.,
>ther ends are wound ty horse or muio j
vowor, after the f.eui lias l.e» n hot. Il r«*- j , ,^ ln(
jiiircs inconannt activity to in.hu two
•hauls" in 24 hours, nnd the fisheries j , t \ n%
A’hich at tempt so much work have changes ; stock i
*f bands, and gene rally pay
tlmt ,
min
ut, they .
ider-
fur the l
aid »
lly pay txt
Early iu tl
the
“The moth
terminable as a matter of discretion,
was pulmonary iu its character, ami tho
“ n y
where we wore then. It iu cruel in onr
neighbor — w lmn w o had never said a word
iu disparagement of his important milita
ry aorvicou- - lima to tnnnt us about our
shortcoming* in that pnrticulur. True, we
reuiniuod at our post in the civil Hcrvicc,
with pon in one hand and scissors in the
other; but had wo knowu that a military
record was essential t«> propor dis
cussion of politio<d question* iu tho
“piping tiuie* of penco, we might have
had moro to boast of in that particular.
“Tfto tthJininnilN in the field.'*
There is some talk in Atlanta of an in
dependent Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor in opposition 1«> the regular nomi
nee. We do not know if a free choice
would not bo tho best thing for the peo
ple unless they cun be ousured that they
are not to be ring-bound by n clique of
their own party.—Marietta Journal.
To this (says the Havanah Xt'irs) tho
Griffin Middle Georgian, one among the
host and most intclliftout of onr State ox-
chaugoH, makes the following appropriate
reply n reply that wo must heartily en
dorse : Now, we are surprised to know
the respectable gentleman who presides
over tlmt paper would allow tho above
paragraph to stand at tho head of his ed
itorial column*. What if there lias been
“aorno talk iu AtlantaV" Are tho people
of Georgia likely to fall in with ft disaffect
ed clement composed of disappointed of
fice seekers, simply because there is
“Home talk in Atlanta ?" We believe tho
intimation that tlieie exists a clique iu the
Democratic party is entirely without foun
said (7 Wall., I he pleads to Gov. Rullock, according to
t his understanding of the Iaw, were oU-twly
quash was clearly tie- j chargeable to th* revenue of the State
" Treasury. This knowledge of the law
and ht* participation iu his violation with
Rullock is very dam aging to turn. '1 he
farther fact thul he sought to push these
claims which he had paid against the
State TresMiry, instead of inserting them
in hi* regular account, but confirms the
caso against him.
7. He triod to get Rullock to make a
statement lor Use in Europe, not to be
thia sido of the water, that
•y a defendant, it is usu
ally refused, unions in the dourest cases ; i
and the grounds of it, if available, may j
be used iu demurrer or motion m arrest
of judgiuont. It ia established, there- j
foie, that the motion to quash full* withiu
tho pribciple, which excludes all matters ,
if discrotiou from the jurisdiction to j deception, and that Rullock nor anybody
review.
Tho case cannot probably come to thi*
Court on writ of error to final judgment
under about two years; but a writ of
habeas corpus having been issued for thu
releaso of tho prisoners, and their dis
charge being denied, that judgment has
beou brought bore for review, nud tho
case represented will involve tho consti
tutional question, whose hearing ia de
ferred by their decision. It is expected
a motion will be made to-morrow to set
u day for argument.
A diabolical attempt was made on Tues
day night to run tho train on the State
Road off tho track, above tbe ('hnttalioo-
cheo bridgo, hut fortunately the obstruc
tions wore seen in time to provent a dis
aster. Preaidout Drow n off ers u rewaid
of $500 for the discovery of the perpe
trators. ^
A Dike county correspondent of the
Griffin Georgian writes that there is con
siderable talk of a railroad being built
from Rarnesville, via Zubulon, to I'oluni-
tm».
A dispatch of Wednesday night, from
London, brings us Mr. Gladstone's reply
to Mr. Horsouiau's repeated inquiry
whether the Ministry would submit to
Parliament any agreement on the subject
dutiou. Rut if such were the case, how | tho claims for consequential damages,
loudly brought it up (ram Ih* topthf of IMU; ail** »Ui b* **apM«A
would tv “aorubb race" remedy the evil? !
Would not there be, for that very reason,
a greater necessity for the whole poople
iu convention to mime their enuditatea ?
The people dispise cliques. Cliques can
not ooutrol conventions composed of del-
gates direct from the people. If there is
a clique iu the Domooratio party lot the
Journal prove it and then condemn it.-—
The scheme proposed by the Journal to
remedy an imaginary ovil is uot only im
practicable tut dangerous. Tho honest
people of Georgia have seen too umoh
corruption nlready, nnd will never, so
long aa they romember the frauds aud
corruption of thu late theiviug “clique,"
hazard an election by consenting to a
“hoiub race" for Governor, lie who ad
voeatis such dissension is au enemy to 20th inst. :
the people and will receive their condom- Rrixocx County and the Taxes.—
Tbe whole amouut of uuo* assessed for
couuty purpose* in Rullock couuty for
tho year 1871 was $19,377.87. Of tbi*
amount Mr. Solomon McCall, the efficient
Tax Collector, baa collected aud paid into
the county Treasury the aam of f 17,852.-
87. In ht* settlement be was allowed a
credit of $1,525 on tho aooro of errors
and iaaolvci
Many immigrants from other States
have located in Bollock oounty, to supply
the place* vacated by those who have re
moved towards the setting *nn.
Farmers generally detereimed to raise
a antloieiey of oom for their own want*
this year. Ooold not tome of them make
money by mitring it to hU?
follow*:
London, March 20.— Gladstone, reply
ing to questions in the House, Haiti that
Parliament would be informed at all times
of tho spirit and policy of tbe Govern
ment on all important questions. Aa far
a* the Alabama claims were concerned, be
believed the speech of her Majesty at the
opening, of the session, gave all necessary
information. UUdtlono, iu concluding,
said it would be impossible for tbe Gov
ernment to delegate to Parliament the
power of makiug troatie*.
A London dispatch of the 20th says:
Minister Sclieuck waa among those
ejected from the Mouse of CommonK last
night duriug the excitement on Dilke'a
resolution.
We clip the following uew* paragraphs
from the Union Springe Gerald of the
George Tnit, one of the “brigands"
from MoDqffie county, carried tha other
day to Augusta and confined in the jail of
Richmond oounty, obtaiued e discharge
on habeas corpus on Wednesday—the
State not being able to eonnejt him with
any crime oommittted In this State The
other four prisoners were still held in jail
an Thursday, end tbe Constitutionalist
■eye it wee thought that the Governor of
Booth Carolina would make a requisition
open Oqr. Smith fur Tnit,
l*e know, viz: that no more Htate aid
Would bf used. This was to “bull” the
foreign market for Brunswick and Albauy
Railroad bond*.
8. He fought Angier for month* in the
battle between Rullock and Angier, yet
invite* acting Gov. Conley that ho ima
never pretended to form an opinion of
the merits of the controversy.
9. Hu declines to make any explanation
of hi* poftseosion of the currency bond*
iu the present condition of public opin
ion. He does this under protouso of re
gard for Georgia n good fnine. This delay
i* a powerful suspicion aguiuat the good
faith of Glows.
10. Tho whole correspondence bears
irresistible testimony to the fact of Clew*'
direct complicity with Rullock in fraud*
on the Htate * finance*.
j'.-Hkr/ihi Const., 21*4.
WoaiUrffil bat Tra*.
A HEADLESS UOOSTEU THAT LIVE* AND CKOWS
—AM “intiuviewkd" BY U* TEN DAYS AF-
TKK HI* AllMFOKTL'N*.
On last Friday Mr. Geo. Forrestor, ©x-
meniher of the Legislature from Ran
dolph county, and Col. U. 8. Hetfiin, ex
member of Congreas, passed through La
Fayette with a living headless rooster!
The facts as related to us by Mr. Forres
ter, to whom the chicken belongs, are
about ns follows: On the 5th of this
month he had a log-rolling, and for tho
purpose of preparing a dinuer for the oc
casion, begau at an early hour to dispatch
turkey*, chickens, etc., among them the
rooster herein mentioned; but this wou-
durful bird, although bis head was cut
smoothly off, refused to die. After the
lapso of ten or fifteen inmates psrhapa,
Mr. Forrester observing that he wa* atiil
alive, called in several of bis neighbors
to see the nuuatnral phenomenon. In
the evening Mr. F. put the heedless fowl
into a basket in bis room, thinking that
he woidd certainly die bfore morning —
Rut imagine his astonishment to hear the
nothcaded chicken crow distinctly scvoral
giil touching HUtl'iage, nud
gave Congress no (uittiur power over thu
subject, nud lii'.i> u the cnlorceuieut act ii>
uot appropriate legislation.
Thu ouinititutioual provision iu reaped
to thu light oi the people tu bear urms.
Contain* no gruut ol power to the Federal
Government over thu right to keep and
boar aruiH. Ou the contrary, the estab
lished coimtrudiou j* that it only retog-
nizert a prj existing right iu the puople ol
the Stale*, nud u merely a restriction on
tho Federal Government against any iu-
terlciouce with thul right, and conse
quently a subject uiuUer exclusively
within the cognizance of the State*.
A* to the jurisdiction protended to be
given by the act over another felony com
mitted iu attempt to do act* prohibited,
thi* ca.to of murder belongs exclusively
to the courts of Hoiith Carolina, and that
couftcqueutiy ho much of thu act is un-
eonsti. i.uoiial and void ns an exercise of
legislative power uot iu the conatitutitm.
Tho case in argued on behalf of th*
Government by the Attorney General and
A*kib!:uiL Attorney Guucrut ltd!, aud ou
behalf of (he Aiviuud by Henry Htanbcrry
and Revuidy Johnson. The argument
thus far is ou the question uf jurisdiction,
thu Guverntueut moving to di*n>i**.
Merita aie given, but it is not certain
they wilt be uigaed.
The AincuitrJ Tariff Util.
Washington, March 18.—A great deal
has been Kuid from time to time, in ('on-
gri'MS and in tho newspaper*, as to the
probability of the rejection by the House
of the Tariff bill now under considera
tion iu the Senate, because, it is ulleged,
tho bill is unconstitutional, as it origi
nates legislation for raising revenue.—
The House ho* passed uud Heat several
bills to tho Semite reducing the tariff ou
salt, coul, tea and coffee, ami the Finance
Committee of the Senate, it is held, had
a perfect right to do us it has— namely,
repott these bills to the Sedate,so aiueud-
ed ns to include the whole subject of ta
riff legislation.
This Ser.ule bill will not, however,
reach the House for at least two or three
weeks, within which time tbe Ways and
Moan* Committee expects to complete
and report to the House the general Tariff'
aud Revenue bill, uow being prepared by
them. The House bill will take prece
dence over that of the Senate, aud will
be token up for action by the House, thus
leaving the latter bill on the table.
Gomplhiut comes from various quarters
in regard to the action thus far takeu by
the Ways and Means Committee in the
matter of u general remodeling of the
tariff' nud revenue laws. It is asserted
that tho committee has followed no defi
nite system or course of action ; that
there are no means of knowing what the
committee is considering ; that it has
been from tiiuo to time reported that the
committee had gone through the revenuo
and tAriff lists, and has now under con
sideration the articles on the free list;
that nothing certain is knowu as to what
action the committee baa really takeu;
and, it is further asserted, that tbe minor
ity of the committee aro in doubt as to
what are tho plans, if there be any, of
the majority. The latter are working to
gether among themselves, with a view to
harmonizing upon some general system.
Ye Special Correspondent.—No one
t Robeson believes that Henderson, tho
times during the night. After kcepiug , specixl correspondent, aa represented, of
him at home nine days, Mr. F. passed tho New Yotk llcrald, is at all iu the cus-
tbrough hereon his way to Opelika, whore j tody of the outlaws. Indeed, it is assert-
the remarkable sight wss pat on public I od that he has bad repeated opportunities
exhibition, 25 cents admittance being ' of escape, bnt has shown uo disposition
charged, which paid handsomely. Mr. 1 to avnil himself cf them. lie appeared
Forrester baa decided to viait New York at Moss Neck, ou Saturday, iu compauy
with his “show," and will doubtless have J with the g«ng, and entered several
exhibition* at point* convenient on tho honscs, and piomulgatcd ht* order*, but
route. whm quickly shown the door. Tom Low-
'This soems to be almost an incredible
story, bnt it i* nevertheless trae, as num
ber* of our eitizena can testify. We not
only saw, but bad tbs rooster in onr
hand*, and knott that there is no decep
tion in thi* matter. The life of this
remarkable ohieken it enetained by meal
and water being introdnoed into it* craw
with a spoon.
Last Thursday, tan day* after decapita
tion, kia roosterabip crowed twenty two
tinea; and, aa impoaaible an It may ap
pear, yet it ia eatd to be true, theft be
erewa every nighft with the monft exact
regularity, and oeemionatty doing the
day. “Howiethat foe Mgfcr-Xeity-
ftte Republican, 2*.
quickly
cry, it is said, refuse* to have anything to
do with him, asserting that tho “damned
Yankee* have fooled him twice, bnt ean't
do it again." Henderson, it ia said, eats
and sleeps with the gang. These fow
statements we give a* rumors and as they
were told ns.— Wilmington Journal.
An adjourned convention of the land
holders of Florida waa hsld in Jackson-
ville on Wednesday last. The object of
the convention is to effeet a permanent
Bute organisation, having for ita object
the devising of aome plan tar which the
surplus lands in the hands of individuals
may be made anbeervienl to the eaoac of
foreign immigration.
cm i* carried out iu bout* aud
ictui-circie, the loose t tci* of the
fort'-oned to the wiiidltu»rt, and the
haul begin* ; and though tho muies uud
*ru kept moving briskly, tbu little
circle uu the water* murlring the
oulliue of thu huge Hutu is but dimly visi
ble for hour*, and can lie hardly men to
ive. After awhtlu a faint white rippio
ili*ceri.ed, and then we begiu to murk
i contraction* of the coil that i* gather-,
mg the finny harvest, and Uow. a* tne huh
is descending, the circle ou which many
eye* huvu long gazed with eugerneas i*
only a few hundred yard* iu diameter,uud
thu fultbest pomt ol' tho riui np| roaciiuH
us with uver -accelerated motion. The
foaming beasts are scolded and lashed
with vehemence, and everybody ih «t tiro
bench in a fever uf excitement. The sein
ha* now roAchud shoal water, aud tho j-uil
im severo—tut tturideniy we hour a plunge,
and a largo number of sturdy in n are
behind tho aoiu and U in pulled and dashed
upon the beach with it* living tress urea.
Such a fluttering! That sound is l:ko
that of a troop of Iiur*a\ but no liu «• is lord
in looking and speculating on the remit
of the haul.
In un iucredibly short time the
, Slock
Toth
83,118
lil, 473
at AiiiRtordain i
light (March 15) ;
lUtr They Uvrefied l
A renewed di»cuRAtou of thu “claims”
[nestiou iu tho British Parliament, on
jid-y, strengthen* thu belief that the
'.ngli.-h Ministiy has receded, or is about
o re ede, from the position tlmt the do-
imud for consequential d image* should
lot go before tho arbitration at Genova.
L’hu following is a dispatch of Friday
light from London:
In the 11 »usm of Lords this evening,
• rl Dim In
rdalicc
light, pr
vit U
h .* Mu
d la to
prepr
to the
I to | ir
of IvuHhington.
of Foreign A ITa
that tLo Govi
niautam the grot
often
jckd tbo
jard to
hope!
Idu fiah are cleaned, salted and iu the bar- j .. .. i , r •},.. „ r
... i i ii.:.. .i. ,i.„. .. I gruuing oi luo pi
id* t
1 ut
admit the
damages rijutiu by tho American Govern
ment beforo thu Genov* Conference. All
Know tint thu public anxiety was groat.
It \v..k uu atioUialon* Htate of tldugs, that
while all the nevvspiper.s of the country
Wire discussing this question, Parliament
should be forbearing from debating it.
Jlc warned the Government that they had
Jy sacrificed much for thu
nit lirit-
Geucvft
board under nuch circumstance
Granville replied that Gladstone and
himself Bad Hircudy given answers to
these (pies'it 'US to which Uuthiug CMtlld
bo ad .* d ut pro-cut. Complete publicity
nt this time was impossible. Earl MhIius-
bury objected to the contiuuc4i silence of
1'rtilUmci.t. If the treaty had been dis-
cu*Rod Irt-it year tho present difficulty
would have been avoided.
Lord West bury spoke in condemnation
of the conduct of the American Govern
ment. It hnd been difttinctly promised
thut indirect damages were not to be
pressed, and it would be contrary to Eng
land's honor to admit them after such
luuuui uuuerstandiug. Granville inti
mated thut the treaty had been inis con
strued. •
f imlnnnti
Hiit-llMilhal
rel* ; and this dispatch, due to u wn
sion of labor, nml to ^dl in it* pel form- j
mice, is rd>s4 lately cH-cntial.
Tile offal nud refuHe fish are carted oft' j
to the fields, composted with cotton sued, j
lime, etc., and covered in heaps, and 1 .
have | assed immense fields dotted with
these hillock*, the Ninell from which was !
by no iiioaus savory.
At the leading establishment permanent ( ^
records of operations, tho Date of the j A - "isked full her, if Ore
weather, etc , are ma le, and thus tho re- ^ \ U , U U| appear before the
hu1»h of different days and years may be 1
C4»mparud, and if I were to state what l j
lmvu heard of some of tlio largest hauls, 1 .
fear my narrative would ho considered j
tihhy in several semes. From 2,000 t«»
20,900 shad msy he token at once, nml not
loHrt than 20,thM» herring at a time would bo
regarded sh a heavy business. I have un
derstood that aa many n* 175,000 of those
have been taken at once uud 120,009 at
one haul is not ho rare a* to excite aston
ishment nmong oid A*hermen.
Before rock wert put up. a great hnul
of those caused more trouble than profit :
aud it ia said that thin fish is combative,
and when a school of them is taken it U
known before the sein roaches tho land,
oh they begiu to fight when crowded t<» 1
get bar ueur tbe beach, the boiling and {
sometimes reddened waters giving uu- ]
mistakable rigus of the nature of the
draught. Finally, when cat begiu to j Men.
abound, the fishermen are ull adru uished j The effort being mado to manufacture
to discontinue work, for the run of tho j capital for the Cincinnati Convention by
better claas of fish i* low over, and there J circulating faLe reports from hu.-e is un
is neither profit nor sport in the taking | mistakably a sign of weakness, which is
of tbe horned monsters. It is possible j well understood in Washington political
for s largo uuuiber of these to be caught ! circles, but may not bg abroad. A close
at once, and I have beard of a haul of 1 canvass of the Republican Hide of tho
many thousands, great numbers of which ! House to-day reveal* tbo fact that every
were pinned together iu bunches, when j member will support tho nominee of the
on the bench, and the removal of whi. h Philadelphia Convention. Efforts have
was no pleasant or easy task. (reu. \Val- been mml* to plico Garfield and Dawes
ter Gwynne, for years Suite Eugiueor, j on the side of the Cincinnati Convention,
remarks in n report in 18C7, “The herring bnt tho^gentlcmeuiudiguantly repudiate
and shad of Croaton und Albemarle j tLe impression sought to be made. So
Sounds, and of Chowan river, are prover- far as the Republican side of Congress is
bially superior in the Southern markets. ' ©om orr.ed tho third party movement is
The Rtius used ere from 2,200 to *2,700 ! de*d. Chief Justice Chase is in N%w
yard* long and 18 feet deep os firthed.— \o:k, insisting ou a Democratic Conven-
They aro Did out about a mile and a ■ lion, and a nomination by that body. He
quarter from the shore"—(that is, tho : ift fiercely opposing Judge Davis. The
farthest point of the semi-circlc ext:nds ' latter i* working vigorously for himself,
out thus far)—aud Mr. ltufdn say* “the and is talking somewhat iudiaorsotly. 11a
sein at Stevenson'* Point onoe brought in ) regards Trumbull us his chief rival, and
220,000 lierriug at one haul." i says if the people rut side of Illinois un-
At some future time I may give you a derstood hi* trickery a» well as it is nn-^
sketch of duck ehootiug in tho northia>t- derstood iu that State, be would not be’
ern part of tbe same region—a business dingcrou*. 'iLo third party movement
which Uhh grown to such dimension* iu : his set two United Stu'e-* Judges on the
moduru time* thut it bear* little resem- 'Presidential track. There is uow serious
hlat.ee to the nport remeuibcrod by the talk uf pissing a law mulling Judges of
native* of “old Cstiituck, long resident the Supreme Court ineligible ro any oilier
there. C. H. W. ofti. e. Ibis may be necessary to preserve
tho purity and diguity of the judiciary.
A prominent and well known statesman
of Massachusetts is authority for tbo
Ktateiuent that Charles Sumner cannot
The bouse of W. W. Settle, County «atement “ in that
j * , ! change the voto of a siugle town in tost
Treasurer of Butts oounty, was burned on j 8tato ° ngftiliSt the nomiuee of thff Phila-
Suudsy last, together with the books and | delphia Convention.— Special Cincinnati
papers connected with* his office. It is ~
supposed that the hones wss first robbed
and then fired.
Gazette.
Rumor says that the Directors of the
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad have resigned,
end that thpir regignatious were tendered
on account of s disagreement growing
out of s proposition which ha* been made
Corn sells ia LsF^yetU aft tl 10 per
bnsheL and bsoon st 8 oeats per pouud; r .. r
thickens st 20 cenu etch and tggs 12^ | by ctrtsin parties to
Otftta, dOMB.—Jtiforter, 22rf. " i **■’ *-*'