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COLUMBUS, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 1872.
Volume XLIV.-No. 23.
The Weekly Enquirer.
JOHN H.
COLUMBUS:
THURSDAY? MAT SO, 1872.
$2.00.
TIIK COUNTY rOT'BT.
This Court depends for its existence
upon the action of the Grand Jury. That
• body should carefully scrutinize the pro
vision* of-the law, nod purine a course
best oeleulated to serve the pecuniary and
general in ter out a of the public. Since
the Magistrates have had no criminal
m jurisdiction, and the Diatrlet Court baa
been abolished, patty offenders must, if
uuuble to give bond, atay in jail at the
expanse of iho law abiding portion of the
community. Thin to a large number
nieuOsf board and lodging without the
necessity of labor. To this class a Court
which meets often and dispenses justice
without delay is a terror. At least, it will
relic vo the county of the incubus of their
support for six or twelve mouths.
The halaiy of the Judge also depends
upou the Graud Jury. He is his own
Clerk. The people will have no Solicitor
to elect or pay; and Jurors can aa well
ntl'ord to try offenders aa to feed and
Louse them.
On the civil side, the eoats, aa in other
courts, follow the oaaa; on the criminal,
nre paid by the offender or accuser, and by
the Judge paid to the County Treasurer.
Now this fnud, together with that saved
the public in jail fees, Ac., will go largely
towards paying the Judge. Let the Grand
Jury look w ell into the matter. A County
Court of limited civil jurisdiction, in the
centre of the county, would be of great
advantage to all classes of litigants, aud
do nwny with the vexatious limitation as
to Militia Districts.
YIEWfl OK A SENSIBLE J01BSAL.
The extract Which we give below we I
take from that eminently judicious and
sensible papor the New York Journal of
Ctmmerc/, in an editorial of the 25 th
iost., headed “Who Shall be President ?"
We would preface its republieatlon by
saying that if the Demoeratio party of
the country, though groat in numbers,
is so devoid of trust-worthy leaders and
ho disorganized ks the Journal of Com
merce suggest*') and we believe that it is)
that is of itself a strong reason against
its going single-handed into the Presi
dential tight. And if we are to make an
alliance before the tight—if that is our
only ch&uce of success—it seems to uh
that we ought to leave to our expected al
lies the determination of the question
which leader of theirs can bring to our
aid the greatest strength and most con
tribute to a jniut triumph. The Libera)
Republicans undertook the settlement of
this question, and determined that Gree
ley was the in.iu. If, as the Journal of
marc assents, the chief of the allied
forces is to Le a Republican, it appears
to us to bo a delicate inftttor for Demo
crats to dictate iriot that Republican
chieftain shall be. As between Greeley
and Adams, w« really cannot perceive
any difference between them other than
personal one. If there is any differ
ence in principle upon a single question
of politics*! importance, we are not ad
vised of it. * Aud shall we assume the re
sponsibility end incur the risk of de
manding a chsngo of the allied lender
ship upou # u mere question of personal
preference? Can we change the lendur-
ahip, in tho very front of the enemy—
r he bus appointed liia com maud and
marshalled his forces—without danger of
distructiuu and panic arising from the
. A had leal's View of the Effect ef Mr. Greeley's
Ci reeky'a Letter of Arrsptamec.
The Hartford Tima is (says the Au
gusta CAronick' one of the ablest, aa it j Ex-Gov. Dennison, of Ohio, a leading
! s one of the truest, Democratic papers and atauuoh Radical, has been recently
published in the United States. Through interviewed, end gives his reasons why
all tho long years of reconstruction in he desires the defeat of Greeley. It will
the Sputh the Times never faltered in its ( he seen by reference to his statements on
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oourageoiiH defouso of the rights and lib- j this point, whioh we give below, that the
erties of the Southern people. Its sdvo-; ex-Governor believes that if the Demo-
oeoy of the true constitutional principles ■ oratic party unites on Greeley, auoh aotion
upon whioh our Federal Government is ‘ will lead to the utter overthrow of the
founded has been manly, consistent and ! Radical party.
qhle. It has never truckled to power, or j /The arguments presented soforcibly by
ought to conciliate the Radical majority ! Gov. Dennison why the Radicals should
by yielding any of its honest convictions J not support Greeley, will strike Southern
of duty. Published iu a State where tho : U ieu aa bei
being atrong reasons why the
two groat political parties are nearly | Greeley ticket should receive the uuited
equally balanced, it has contributed muro
to tho occasional victories of its party
there than any other journal published iu
the State. So stroug has been its De-
•racy, so open and prominent its op
position to Ct nt rail Kin, that it baa drawn
from tho opposition the epithet of cop
perhead. Tho Times has fully forecaated
Tiif *'>Mp|ilfiH»Htal" Bark-Bow a.
Tho Piesa Association favors us with a
rather strained and one-sided statement,
tlm tenor of which is to gloss over and
apologize for tho “supplemental” a'tiele
to the Treaty of Washington, whereby
tho Administration of General Grant
withdraws its claims for cons* qnential
damages. The whole truth nhout this
limiter is, the claim was ridiculous nutl
indefensible, and was so regarded
throughout the world ; aud it waa not the
demerits uf the claim itaelf, but tho con
tempt with which it was everywhere re
gal iled, that made the Administration
souk to hack out from it by aome weak
subterfuge, such aa that in which the
, -Senate indulged it. The plea that the
United States gains anything by Great
Britaiu agreeing not to prefer any claim
for indirect or eonawqnential damages
against this country in case England
should hereafter be the complainant and
the United States the defendant, is pte-
poKteroqa, heoause Great Britain has
imvur demanded damages of that kind
from any power, and in this instance
stood out stoutly against both the princi
pie and the olaim. The stoutness of her
opposition to it has indeed been rather
surprising, iu view of her precarious in
terests that might be affected by a war
with the United Slates. But her Minis
try needed soma “^ppe goat’’ relief from
an cmbarrassiug^ffrAition, about us badly
as Grant's Administration needed n sub
terfuge to break tho force of its fall from
a bullying claim to an abject acceptance
of oiio-tenth of it, uud hence this “sup
plemental" contrivance. This is all there
is of it, however thickly it may be elec
tro-platod by the lightning of the tele
graph otUces.
The Now York World, copies from
lluakiu the following fable to “point
moral." The inoral w hich it appends is
iif political significance, and has reference
to Democratic party policy at this time.
M V think that the trne moral ia so appa
rent that wo may leave the reader to
comprehend and apply it for himself:
“Tho beetles of North Switzerland, by
uiiivernal acclamation, one May twilight
carried it that they would fly over the
Ijfdco of Zng ; and flew short, to the great
diritiguroment of the Lake uf Zug, over
sqm** leagues square, and to the close of
the cockcbufer democracy fur that year.”
A report of a recent survey of the
ChocLuwhotchec river and-its tributaries,
iu Alabama and Florida, has been made
to tho Federul Government, from which
it appears (aa we learn from the Pensacola
Mail) that “timber, the main product of
Ihis Mention, cun be got along the wuf
t ributary to Pcnnaoola from that direction,
to the value of from some $50,600,000 t<
$111,000,000, the former including tiiu-
l*er within easy hauling distance, aud the
litter covering an area of country within
profitable roach."
The other day in the U. S. Senate,
Ames, in a puerile, sophomorio attempt
to answer Alcorn's contemptuous and
withering denunciation, said that “ha bad
carved his way to the Senate with the
sword"; to which, according to report,
Josh Hill responded to a circle about him,
that it would be more correct to say
“boosted up into the Senate by the
bayonets of my command.”
Kffvi't of the Aatamlj Art.
Tho Washington correspondence of the
New York )W>rld says: “The passage of
the Amue&ty bill will dispose of a great
number of cases now pending in the
United States Supreme Court, and in the
District and Circuit courts, where inform
ation has been made against persons hold
ing office, eon Iran- *o the provisions of
tho fourteenth amendment to the Consti
tution. One of the most important of
these is that of the lion. A. O. P. Nichol-
% *on, ex-Uuited States Senator, and Jndge
of the Supreme Court of Tennessee. This
case Las been carried to the United States
Supreme Court, and would be reached
early mzi winter, but, since the Amnesty
bill has pamad, the Attorney-General will,
without doot, enter a noils prosequi in this
aud all similar cases. The District-Attor
neys throughout the oonntry will also
probably be instructed to taka tba same
action in regard to similar eases in their
courts."
U is very doubtful whether a conviction
in any of those coses could have been ob
tained, bad they bean prosecuted to the
' end. They involved the question whether
.r L ongreea could punish n nun far an
^cffeaoe for which the PmUm* had pw-
(polled him.
Tho following is tho extract to which
wo refer:
If tho Republican Convention that
meets in J tiim ruuoiuinatcs General
it, will i1j«: Democrats at Rullitnorc
imlwihu tlm nomination made at t'liicinna-
ti, und thus do till they can to elect G
ley and Brown? There is little prohibit-
J rucL a result. It is possii le that
convention, with or wi.hout <liv
balloting*, will iidjouru without making n
ilnntion; but Umre is litirdly tlm glu
chance that it will directly imlor
tlm Cincinnati niudnlates.
Nor lmvo wo much hope that the Balti
more Convention will do unythiug wtseb .
The Democratic party is a grout party
not disintegratid, as many iepicsent it
not even divided iu its funks, as many
fondly believe, it represents to-d.iy at
the least estimute, nemly a full Luff of
the %oting population of the country.
But it has no leaders whom it trusts,
assumed guides have ho led it astray, have
beou so seiA.-Ji and wrong-headed, havo
become so corrupt, that it will not move
forward or make uny concerted action at
their bidding. 'J 1m membeta of this
gunization are to-day the most independ
ent body of voters in the country. 'J Imy
do not trust any loaders, not because they
are greatiy divided in opinion as to the
righi, but because the men who clanr
for their following havo gone foolishly
nstray, and often misled or betrayed
them. T hu real strength of the party in
very likely to bo represented by a lumori
ty at Baltimore. If that convention does
or docs nut officially indorse the Cincin
noti nomination, that ticket will not re
ccive tlm great iuahh of Demoeratio votes.
If iu the sole i sue between Cincinnati
and Philadelphia tho farmer is successful,
it- will owe Unit success to the general
apathy that would prevuil in such n
test biuong tho best men of both tho
grout patties.
Wo look for the nomination of
straight Democratic ticket at Baltimore
That would bo the most stupid thing that,
could be done there, and that is why we
expect it. In that case, especially if the
chief nominee were an extreme partisan,
and all three tickets remained in the fluid,
there would he a sorry scrub raoo,
w hich many of our best citizens would
take no part, and over the result of which
iu any case they would not feel auy exul
tatiou. A partisan Democratic President
would be a powerless figure-head, with no
available Congresiional support; and the
triumph of either iu such a triangular
contest would do little to further the
needed reforms iu the government.
There is a possible course that might
lend to a more desirable ending, but the
people who long for it have not tho guid
ing lines uf party machinery iu their
bauds, uud the nmu who control nomina
tions arn too i-elfish or thick-headed to
choose or follow it. If tho Democratic
Convention will meet at Baltimore, adopt
a platform aa acceptable aa the one pre
pared ut Cincinnati, and upon that place
a prominent Liberal Republican, who bos
never been an unscrupulous partisan
(Ad-uns, or one as honest and nuselfiHh an
he,; for President, und a Di-mocrut of
high charatter and unsullied reputation
as Vice-President, thut ticket might be
elected, whoever else run or declined to
run.
A union of the best men of all parlies,
acting shoulder to shoulder with open
concert iu support of such a nomination
would do more for tuc material welfare of
the country, more to di .courage knavery
and corruption, more to inaugurate
era of good feeling among all classes of
the peuplo iu all sections, than any other
event which could occur within the range
of proseut possibilities.
If any who are dissatisfied with the
work already done at Cincinnati, and like
ly to bo done at Philadelphia, have bad
in view any other public movement, they
will do well, in our judgment, to abandon
it, and bring all their influence to bear
upou Baltimore to secure the course we
have suggested.
A correspondent writes from Raleigh,
N. C., that the ftoudneea of the Demo
cratic party of that State, on the 8tate
ticket, endorse Greeley and Brown, and
that there is no doubt of their election if
no other nomination is made at Bolti
more ; also that the Democrats of North
Carolina are unanimously against making
other nominations at Baltimore.
vote of all the true men of the Sooth.
On this point his utteranoea are aa fol
lows :
“My judgment is that the election of
Mr. Greeley as the joint candidate of the
Liberal Republicans and Democrats, will
be s virtual restoration of the Democratic
party to the control of the Government.
ho pohiicnl horizon, and bus, with its ' For the purposes of the present canvass
ml candor,announced its future
In its issue of the 22d instant it speaks as
follows of Mr. Greeley’s letter of accept
ance :
Horace Greeley has risou grundly to
tho broad and elevated plane of tho pnt-
t statesman ! No nobler letter than
i could have been written by Trumbull
Adams—or by Henry Clay, or Andrew
ckfton, or Silas Wright, or Daniel Web-
r, if these departed statesmen wore
living to-daj*. Wo do not speak hero of
position in regard to tho tariff—we
thiuk tho President should havo some
thing to say on such a subject—nor do
re what he thiuks about the ‘one
principle ^wo beliovo in two whou
Ilia pcoplo desiro it) but wo speuk of tho
far greater, broader, mare overshadowing
hich It# deals; the vital ques
tion of the restoration of tho civil au-
TUouiTV over tho voice of tub SWOHD—
tho joalous preservation of the sacred
and inviolable right of tho habeas corpus,
against the futal position Uk.cn by Grant,
aud by Ids backers in Congress, who to
day havo passed a bill giving him tho
to put any State ho pleases under
maiitiai. lav.' until aftor the Prtmiileutial
lection! This monstrous nieaauro of
naked despotism is oppoHt d by Horace
ley. Bear this iu tuiud.”
1 regard it as immaterial whether the Bal
timore Convention accepts or rejects Mr.
Greeley; because, in my opiniou, the Re
publican party has a well Jefinod majority
iu enough of tho States to ensure tho
election of tho nominees of the Philadel
phia Convention ; but, lookiug to tho
future, 1 should regard a union of Liborul
Republicans aud the Democratic Party as
prugnunt with mischief to the country, as
such a uuion might constitute tho basis
of a now party organization, in Whioh the
Democratic party, from itn superior num
bers, would have sud exercise abnolute
control. While this larger element might
Tint South fob Greeley.— fWashing
ton Letter from Mr. Redlield.J—A crowd
of Southern Congressmen were exchang
ing views in the House this morning bu-
foio tho session began.
If our party don't muko a nomination
ely will sweep (ho South. Ho will
y i very Southern Slate but- Mississip-
uul South Carolina. In the border
es, among the old Whigs, ho will run
like w ild-tirc. lam in favor of holding
lonventiou, and giving him Iho field.
Anything to beat the Grant ring.”
Thus spoke a Southern Democrat, and
he spoke with force and earnestness.
Whul do you think about it, Vaughan?"
addressing Mr. Vaughan, of Tennessee.
‘1 thiuk i s you do. lid's take up Gree
ley nud bout Grant. Wo cau boat him
that way, ami that's Iho only wuy we can.
I believe tho Democratic Convention will
ratify Lis nomination."
“I’m u Democrat," said Mr. Bock, of
Keutuoky, “but 1 think our best chance is
to go in on Greeley, ami go in to win, as
wo certainly shall if wo support him.—
There is not the least doubt in my miuil
but what, tho Democratic party can elect
him, and the question comes up in this
shape : Isn't it better to support Greeley
and defeat Grant than to hoc Grant re
elected? Thut is the way it presents it
self to my mind. 1 want to see Grant’s
military ring and militury rule broken up.
1 want a civil administration once more."
Political Talk In llrnnawlrk—(Iriirral lirnnlmr
Barn in fur ilreelcy.
We copy ns follows from tho Brunswick
Appeal of Friday:
After holding a company meeting, tho
Glyi.n Guards called at tho Oc<an House,
iu houor of General Denning, familiarly
known as “Old Rock," of Columbus, iu
this State. In response to repeated cuIIh,
the General appeared, thanked them for
the compliment, and proceeded to briefly
allude to tho important question which is
uow agitating the Democratic parly n
the proper course to bo pursued by tho
delegates at tho Baltimore Convention.
Jle wus decidedly of the opiuiou that it
was tho true policy of tho convention to
endorse Greeley, and thus make certain
the defeat of Graut.
Col. J. C. Nichols, of Blackshoar, was
then called out, and responded briefly,
advancing the opinion that the Democracy
should adhere to their own men anil
measures, even though lguomiuious do
feat stared them iu the face.
Co). A. J. Smith, of this city, was ncx
called, and followed iu the same lino with
Geu. Henning.
Each of tho speakers advised that the
action of the convention, whatever it
may be, be heartily endorsed by the Dem
ocrats, which sentiment was ummiiuoubly
echoed und enthusiastically endorsed.
State Archives.—It will bo sadly re
membered that daring tho war tho Feder
al soldiers broke into the Btate Archives,
at Milledgeville, and scattered, mutilated
and destroyed them indiscriminately.
Many of tho most precious were never re
covered by tho State. But there is still a
vast amount preserved.
It is Governor Smith's determinal ion,
as far ns possible, to place everything in
the Kxocii'ivH Department on tho same
basis occupied before the war, if not on a
better one. As to tho Arehivo", Rev. Dr.
Hamilton is engaged in as^oiting, arrang
ing, In! eliug, packing, etc. lie hus a
huge undertaking.
Here are scores of thousands of pack
ages and books, touching all tho interests
of the Bute, from the earliest Colonial
days to the present time. For inRtance,
the Great seal of Georgia III, to a docu
ment dated March 17th, 1707. These
constitute an exceedingly rich body of old
documents—very few, if any, collections
on this continent afford nu equal amouut
of interesting matter to American citizens.
There are full records of tho wars of this
country, from the rebel tight at Lexing
ton, of Revolutionary renown, to the sur
render at Appomattox of tho “Lost
Cause.” Here are autograph letters on
the vital questions of this government
from the earliest aud greatest men down
—down.*—Atlanta Hun.
Four Republican papers in the State of
New York, besides tLe Tribune, liuvo de
clared for Greeley and Browu. They are
tho Gencsstc Valley Free Pros, the
Tates County Chronicle, the Green point
True lie public a n, and the Ahiraya Chief.
Col. John II. Martin, tbe veteran editor
of tlm Columbus Erquirrr, devotee a
loading editorial lo Abe P. G. iu G. We
eouaider this a Demoeratio victory. Let
the boil move on.—Savannah Fetes.
Oar “leading editorial," aforesaid,Mold
only be considered a Demoeratio victory
“thualy: 14 suggested to Gorman a unto*
from which aome good result could rea
sonably be hoped for,instead ot a hopeless
ly barren isolation; and to Harriott wise and
sensible substitution of H. G. and B. for
his profitless “sighing for the indefinite
and longing for the undefiaahle M P. G. in
his frivolities, and help to “roll or the
Moderating.—The Local of tbe Sun
appears to be gradually abating bis hos
tility to Greeley. A few days ago be
asked, who would not rather vote for tbe
Devil than for Horace. But yesterday
be drew it more mildly, by igtimating
that be “would rather vote for the Devil
than Greeley, but between Grant and
Greeloy preferred the latter.” Wo are
glad, at any rate, that Greeley is his
second choice among the distinguished
peraonngos mentioned. Indeed we hope
thut Greeley (insteed of the Devil; will
get him yet, though it be in accordance
with Pope’s programme—“first endure,
then pity, then embrace.”
The Last lpi«r by ths Lowery ties*.
Corrcapondnira N. Y. Herald.]
Wilmington, N. C., May 20, 1872.
By this evening's mail I am iu receipt
of the main particulars of tbe interview
between the “swamp angels” and Colo-
nel Frank Wishart a few days previous to
tho assassination of the latter. This took
plaoe at Moes Neck. On Friday, before
his death, Colonel Wishart wna aboard
the regular through freight train which
anived at Moss Neck at three o’clock p.
m. and was at thut time occupying n seat
in the conductor’s oar, in the roar ef the
truin. Boon alter the train halted the
two outlaws, Andrew Strong and Stepheo
Lowery, approuohcd the car, and recog
nizing Colonel Wishart, they accosted him
iu a civil uud fnoudly way. Btopheu
Lowery inquired whether he hud any
arms, and went aboard tbe car to satisfy
himself ou that point, Andrew Strong re
maining on tho piazza of the store within
a few teet of tho traiu. Andrew wus in
his shirt Bleeves aud wore only one pistol
in his belt, but Stephen ennied iu lita
hand a Spencer rifle, and in his belt flve
elegant pistols—two Derringers, one
Smith aud Wesson aud two Colts.
THE RELIEVED AMD Till: I N RELIEVED
11V THE ANN! MTV AtT.
A Washington correspondent, of the
New York Trihuno, who in mistaken iu
soino particulars, says of tho relieved uiul
unrelieved by the Aiuuesty Act recently
passed:
The number relieved by this it'd ia esti
mated by well-informed Southerners at
not less than lo(),00(» persons of capacity
and experience, who for six years past,
have been debarred from all participation
in the Federal, State, county, or munici
pal governments. A number of promi
nent persons disqualified by the Four
teenth Amendment nro now dead, but
nevertheless a very largo mass of native
talent in the South is thus rendered avail
able for Federal and local employments.
Tho exceptions, however, embrace a con
siderable number of the couapicuous poli
ticians of tho Sout-b.
Among those still under disabilities nro
ex-Scnators Clay uud Fitzpatrick of Ala-
the more espooial representatives of the
Liberal element, the power to control
these functionaries would neoessarily be
iu the larger section of the new party—
namely, the Democratic—and they would
therefore bo compelled to obey the de
mands and the policies of the Democratic
porliou, just us tho Northern repreHenta-
iives of the old Demoeratio party were
compelled to obey the demauda of tho
slave power—the controlling element of
the party. Thus would he witnessed the
pructicul restoration of the Demoeratio
party to power in the Government; and,
iu my judgment, such a restoration would
he more mischievous to the country than
would he tho restoration of the Demo
cratic party, pure and simple, as in the
latter case the people would be more vig-
ilaiit to detect its wrong designs than if
tho nomiuul head of tbe party were ono
who had enjoyed the confidence of tbe
loyal people of the country. Bo that, if
this view is correct, and Mr. Greeley
should bo eloctod President, it would little
mailer how pure or patriotic his motives
or purposes might bo, bis acts, being con
trolled by the Democratic or disloyal cle
ment, would accord with its demands, uud
tho oouutry, while quietly reposing on its
confidence in Mr. Greeley, would find
itself hot rayed by the power that con
trolled him. I do not believe there is auy
perfect safety to tbe republio without the
total demolition of tbe Democratic party
as a party organization ; and I cannot re
gard him as a friend to the country, how
ever pure and patriotic ho may believe his
motives to be, who will aid to restore the
Deiuooratio party to powor, whether in its
independent organization or oe a control
ling part of a new party.”
THE OUTLAWs’a INSOLENCE.
Entering the car Stephen domauded to
sou his arms, when Colonel Wishart drew
aside tho skirt of his coat and displayed
the handle of a repeater, which ho assur
ed tho outlaw was the only weapon he car
riod. Stephen ut once made a grab ut the
pistol as if to snatch it from its place, but
Colonel Wishart foiled this attempt liy
dexterously loupiug from the car to tho
f iiazzu of tho storo, where tho other out-
aw wus stuudiug, and confronting Steph
en, who was staudiug iu the doorway of
the car from which he had just escaped,
ami stood w ith liis baud upou his pistol.
Stephen nud Andrew both now assured
him that they mount him no harm and
only wished u friendly oonforeuce, und ut
Audrcw’s request he walked with hiiu bo-
hind the store, where they remained for
some time in conversation, while Stephen
remained on board the cur und seemed to
take no interest iu what was passing be
tween his comrade und Culouel Wishart.
From 1 In* Seims Timoa, 20th.
Letter from lieu. Frank I 1 . Rlslr.
We have been permitted to publish the
following loiter from Hon. Frauk Blair.
It will be read with interest:
Washington, D. C., May 21, 1872.
Joseph F. Johnston, Selma, Ala.:
Deab Sir—I have yours of tho 17th.
I entirely agree with you in thinking that
the South, which alone can east nu elec
toral vote for the Demoeratio party,
should have its sty on the present phase
of polities.
1 agre e with you also in thinking that
it is useless, and worse than useless, to
undertake to run a straight Democratic
ticket. Even If it were posBiblo to elect,
tho candidate would be couuted out, und
if not counted out would be powerless to
do anything with tbo Senato against him.
In my opiuiou, the Tennessee lead
should bo followed by every Southern
State. It cannot be concealed that tbe
South ie for Greeley, and is for him not
us au expedient to obtain power over the
Federal Government, but as a means to
.obtain peace and the restoration of good
relations between the citizens of the
Southern States, and between that oeotion
of the Union and tbe North.
The eleetion of Greeley will not be a
sectional triumph. He will bo supported
by both sections, and hence he will be tbe
representative of both, and will be able to
re-.loro fraternal feeling.
Grunt represents only the conquering
section, and has no faith in tbe uisiute-
nuuce of peace save by the sword. Local
disorders, which cau only be suppressed
by local power, be makes tbo pretext of
suppressing local power itself. It is like
curing a temporary lamenesa by cutting
off a limb.
I think tbe Southern States should all
declare for Greeley, but in doing so
should declare that they did so os a mani
festation of their desire for peace, and tbe
restoration of harmony between tbo sec
tions, and between the racee, resident in
tbe South, end with a view to inaugura
ting an era of good feeling.
Vooibees is a man of strong feeling and
was warmly enlisted for Judge Davis.
Hu will, l have no doubt, support Greeley,
notwithstanding his prosent declarations
to tho contrary. 1 hope so for his own
sake, as well dm for the aake of the cause.
Ho cannot snpport Grant, and he will
havo to choose between Greeley and
Grunt.
Yours truly,
Frank P. Blair.
The Marianna Conner of tbe 23d init.
■aye that it ha* been proved beyond per-
odventure that the navigation of the Chi-
poU river fey the Farley will not only
peovo Mooeaafal, but that it will be a
moot profitable and remunerative busi-
fbr the Ohipola Navigation Compa-
Q. Ut bim pot ou « “whlU h*t,”quit Bf. TU jfcufcaf U» eompuijr Mil* It
px, u4 bo lUXbiHn It Mnu of
«< O* Swn* Iw im
A Short Colloquy.—An old ex-rebel
and ex-slave owner met a town politician,
who has frequently mado a boost of hav-
iug been a life-time Democrat who never
yet deserted tbe “grand old party." Jr
Life-time Democrat—“And you aay
you are for Greeley ? Don’t you know
that he ie tbe man who more than any
other man, helped to free your negroes?"
Ex-Slave Owner—“Well, i believe he
did have considerable to do in freeing tbo
negroes. Since he is so good at freeing
folks, 1 want him to free me now. If you
don’t want to be free, it’s none of my
business. Good morning.' —Meridian
Mercury.
THE COLONELS RASH I'UOMlHE,
As the traiu was about to move off, Col.
Wishart returned to tbe car, and,
ing Stephen ou the platform, the latter
heard to say, “When 1 send for you
again, you come; I’ll semi a friend for
you iu a few days, aud you come and moot
’’ and Col. Wislmrt promised to do
'Thu rest of this strange, sad story, with
its melancholy, tragic end, is but too woll
known. On Thursday morning noxt, after
this interview, h messenger (who it was
nobody knows, or perhaps never will
kuow,) boro to Col. Wishart, at Shoe llcol,
tho summons which was to load him awa^ probably <!
“sot hu r*
buiiui; Kobt. W. Johnson of Arkam
Yulee and Mallory of Florid i; Tver -on and
Toombs of Georgia; Den j..in in of Louisi
ana, uow a citizen of Great Britain; Jef-*
fersoii Davis ami Albert (i. Brown of
Mis-isaippi; Polk of Mi.-suni: Chestnut
of South Carolina; Nicholson of Toiiucs-
Wigfull of Texas Hunter u? Virginia,
and tho following uaiut-d ex-members of
tho House of Roprescntativis: Pugh und
Curry of Alabama; Rust of Arkansas;
Scoti of California; Hawkins of Florida;
M. J. Crawford and Jackson of Georgia;
Lamar, Singleton and M'-ffao of Missis
sippi; Smith ami Yuneo of North Carolina;
Miles, McQueen, Bonham and Boyce of
South Curolina; Avery ami Thomas of
Tennossee; Reagan of Texas; De-larnetie,
Pryor, Booock, Lenke, Smith, ami Holder
of Virgiuiu, ami otbors. ’iho exception
of tho XXXVUth Congress was made ex
pressly to include Geu. J. Breckinridge
of Kentucky, who left 1 is seat as Senator
from Kentucky to aid the Confederacy,
ami served flint as General ami n«-xl us
Confederate Secretary of War at Rich
mond.
The list of judicial ofllccrs of tbo United
Stales still disqualified comprises ex Su
premo Court Justice John A. Campbell,
now iu largo practice at New Orleans ;
Judges Wuly bin ton and Bmckonbrougli,
of Virginia, aud others. It is a question
whether ex-Uuited States Marshals or Dis
trict Attorneys arc or are not embraced iu
this exception, and whether persons who
had ceased to hold judicial positions when
secession commenced, nud sub«i quently
aided it, aro or are not relieved by the
bill.
There were about two hundred and fifty
officers of tho United Slabs Army aud
Navy who left their places to aid the re
bellion, aud of these piobublv not one-
half arc now alive. Tho law, however, is
biguous, and I hi
di llto
>* ho lmd
to death. T rue to Iun word, ho prepared
to obey, and, saddling his mule, ho rode
directly, unarmed nud alone, to the spot
named by the messenger.
DISCOVERY OF HIS MANGLED CORPSE.
What occurred there was witnessed by
no human eyo besides those of tho actors
iu the fearful tragedy ; but ia the after
noon of the same day a citizen of tho
neighborhood was horrified by the dis
covery of the body of tho gallant Wis
hart, all stark ami stiff ami covered with
gore, lying l»y the roadside. Two hideous,
gasliiug wounds—one through the body,
the other through tho head—Hhowcd how
foully he had been murdered. The mule
ou which ha rode stood fastened to a limb
near by, and appearauces showed that
when shot lie wus reclining cm the earth,
whittling the end of a small stick, and
unsuspecting of dauger. It is probable
that those treacherous and cowardly fiends
had concealed themselves in uinbush nour
the spot, and that tho first intimation he
had of their preseuco were the two shots
that Lulled his brave, unsuspecting soul
iuto eternity. A more cowardly, brutal
and cold-blooded muider duos not stain
the annals of criuio among the most bar
barous people that inhabit tho earth ; und
yot these tueu go unpunished for their
score of murders, of which this is the
latest, and iu many respects tho moat
sturtling- go unavenged,
TliU MURDERERS ROAST,
Stephen Lowery proudly boasts that ho
committed the murder ; that it was he
who killed Gol. Wishart. lfo docs this
publicly and in tho presence of tho friends
of the murdered man, and yet no one
raises a hand against him or attouiptH to
avenge the death of one who sacrificed
his life for tbe safety of the community.
It is notorious that ninco the foul assassi
nation of Colonel Wishsrt both Andrew
Strong and Stephen Lowery have beon
frequently so drunk at Moss Neck and
Shoe Heel depots that sumo of their
SciffUetown friends had to carry them
home.
This overbearing demeanor of tbo out
laws is attributed in this section of tho
oouutrv to the fact that thev aro of mixed
negro blood, and lienee under the special
protection of the Radioal State Govern
ment. Why osnnot Gen. Grant proclaim
martial law in Robeson county and exter
minate those notorious outlaws ?
n been educated at West 1
had resigned loug anterior to the toUellion
in which they participated. Ut the num
ber thus under disabilities are :
Gen. Sam’l Cooper, Confederate Adj’l
General St Richmond; G< ns. Joseph R.
Johnston, Beauregard, Br.ipg, Samuel
Joues, Harden, Puiubeiton, Gu.-luvu.-i \\.
Smith, llood, Stephen 1). Leu, D. Jl. Hill,
B. H. Ewell, Jubal A. Early, G. W. Curtis
Loe, now President tl‘ Washington and
Leo University J Dabney 11. Maury, Fitz-
hugh Loe, Cols. R. B. Lee, Larkiu, Smith,
L. B. Noithrop, C. S. Commissary Gen
eral, Myers, (InaiTcriuahter Genual, aud
others. Capt. Homines, of tlm Alabama :
Prof. M. F. Maury, formerly Chief of tho
Washington Observatory ; Capt. Brooke,
inventor of the Brooke gun. and of Ihu
system of deep son soundings, are the
most noted exceptions among the ux-Nuvy
officers.
Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, Sec
retary of the Interior, is tho only Cabinet
officer of Buchanan now alive, who ai icd
secession. But tho exceptions include
ulso Gov. Win. A. Graham, of North Car
olina, who was Secretary of the Navy un
der Mr. Fillmore; C. M. Conrad, «>1 ht.,
ox-Secretary of War, and possibly some
others. floury R. Jackson, of Georgia,
and Gon. William Preston, of koutueky,
i foreign
aud i
i I her
Crop Prospects.—Tha good •ff«ots of
the late seasonable rain* is already mani
festing itself upou the jonog crops. Corn
and cotton arc growing finely, only a com
plaint of the devastation effects of tbe cat
worm on oorn. Many fields have been in
jured by their work. Wheat still prom
ises finely, no appearanoe of rust that we
have heard of. The rain greatly benefit-
tod oats and the grasses. Clover is doing
very well. Altogether the farming pros
pect* aro indeed flattering, and go a long
waya towards loosening the tightness of
the tituos. A few more week* end with
out aom* untow ard disaster, the crisis will
be past and our people will begin to
breathe fro# again.—Rot** Courier, 2hth.
JueiLAKT. —Several plan ten with whom
we convened ^eeterdty were quite jubi
lant the present proapeote of their
crops. Th» bu nla« improT*d tk«ir
look* rad oondKkm wOBdorfnfy, a* both
1WM Mia WIHUMVB WVNWIUNJ, PPW
oottoo tod oorn *r» bow grovlBi 4b*1t.I
On. .xp*ii«HMd Old pUottr lid that!
hit cotton wu dOddfiat moUad, bat with
•nytntaf likt fktdMfab WMthu (ton tbit
out, ht would teak* • flat coop lot tho
artopiaatod.—Tlm*. I0M.
Sir HMuyfottaa Bdhrtr,
UttcfciWwi, tk. »o
V i brother of
Lord Igttofc the nervettet, hi deed.
He ffbe J&Mff It W**fftet f*» lMt
The Wherkauouts of Livingstone.—
At tho fortnightly meeting of the Royal
Geographical Society Sir H. Rawlinson
Raid:
They had every rossoii to expect that
Dr. Livingstone and Mr. Stanley would
meet about tho beginning of the year.
But there was one poiut ou which a word
woh desirable, because the belief generally
prevalent showed a inisuuderutuuding as
to the position of parties. It had
been generally inferred from the late
intelligence that Mr. Stwnley hud discov
ered and relieved Dr. Livingstone, where
as, without any di-(parage uieu t to Mr.
Stanley’s great energy, activity, and rean-
lution in this matter, he must say that, if
there had been any discovery and relief,
it was Dr. Livingstone that bud discovered
and relieved Mr. Stanley, and not Mr.
Stanley who had discovered and relieved
Dr. Livingntone, because Dr. Livingstone
was in clover, and Mr. Stanley was abso
lutely destitute. They knew by the last
account that Mr. Stanley was without
supplies, and he must have undergone
much difficulty in getting to Ujijl, where
as this place was the headquarters of Dr.
It. i
• still i
embraced in tim.se exo<
to estimate precisely 11
der disabilities, but it. would not be wide
of the mark to put the litiiubor at from
300 to oOO pi i sons.
Tho folly of retaining iLe.m exceptions,
in addition to tho almi-hl, criiniimi error
of an ambiguous statute, upr.u a subject
where seveial penalties nlueli to au of
fender, is exhibited by a glance at the
number and chaiacter of peiMtm.s who are
relieved. These embrace not only ninny
of the most active advocates of secession,
hut also some who have since the war
been persistent “Bourbons,” i.ml in one
or moro cases persons who disdain a oar-
don. If Win. L. Yancey were alive, ho
would be relieved by this act. Alexander
11. Stephens of Georgia, Vico 1’resident
of the Southern Conlcderai y, i« relieved;
also Gov. lionry A. Wise of Virginia,
who boasts that he never asked for an
Exeoutivo pardon; Gen. Finest cd Ten
nessee; Gov. Letcher of Yiigiuia, who
ordered the seizure of llurper’s Ferry;
Geu. Wade Hampton of South Carolina:
the Hon. Benjamin llill of Georgia; Jb r.
schel V. Johnson, who ran ou the ticket
with Stephen A. Douglas in lmJO; Kubort
Barnwell Rhctt of South Carolina, the
oldest Secessltiuist of (lie whole South;
James A. Sudden of Virginia, Confede
rate Secretary of War; L. J*. Walker of
Alabama; Robert W. Barnwell of South
Carolina, Confederate senator, and prob
ably the moat inflexible opponent of Re
construction in tho winter id 1 ><»I ().“»;
Col. G. A. Henry ot Tclihr : tl.u Hon.
Alleu T. Cuperton of West \ .rqinia, Con
federate Senator; Lyon, Ciiilionai.il D.ir-
gun of Alabama; A. \i. Guri..n«i of Ail;.;
A. R. Wright of Georgia; J. W. Mooro
of Kentucky; Duucnu F. Kenner and
John Ferkins, jr., of Limifiaun; E. Barks
dale of Mississippi; Biidgi-s of No th
Carolina; Henry S. Foote, M. I*. Guitry,
G. W. Joues aud J. V. Wright, of Tenn.j
James Lvoils, John Corde, jr., J. F. Hol
combe, John B. Baldwin, Waller B. S:u-
ples, Fayette McMullin, of Virginia all
the foregoing being mor.tly nminbeis of
the Coutcderatc Congress. Among the
other prominent Confederates relieved by
the bill are Charles G. Mutuminger, i x-
Socretary C. S. Treasury; G. A. Trull-
holm; the Hon. Thos. 11. Watts of Al.i
J\litor Enquirer : Oft my retnrn home
from a visit to my son-in-law, I found the
reply of “A. II. H.”of the Atlanta Sun,
to my communication published in your
papor (ho loth of thla month. I deeply
regret that it is not in itoy power to imitate
his fairnosa by placing hia entire reply
beforo tho readere of thie my present
communication.
In my former communication I felt no
disposition to mentiou tho personal aac-
l ilices Mr. Greeley made when he became
bondsman for Mr. Davis. By that act
Mr. Greeley lost the exalted office and
houor of Senator, and of representing
the groat Stato of New York in the Senate
I of the United Jjtatas ; by that act he lost
subscribers to his paper and to hia book,
and the salo of his book, amounting to
some thirty or forty thousand dollars.
Would Gen. Grant have done as ranch ?
Could “A. II. S.” aud his friend Voorhees
have done more ? Is there another man
iu nil this broad land that would have
ilc such personal sacrifices to get Mr.
vis out of prison as Mr. Greeley made?
But says “A. II. 8." there was no necessity
. Greeley’s going on Mr. Davis’
bond “kg far os it affected Mr. Davis’
enlargement.’’ Mr. Davis’ lawyor, Chas.
O'Conor of New York, told Mrs. Dsvis
was but one wey to get hor husband
out of prison, and that was to g*t Horace
Greeley to sign Mr. Davis' bond. So you
ire is a wide difference of opinion
>ii Mr. O'Conor and “A. H. H." as
necessity of Mr. Greoley's going on
the bond ; anil “so far os it affected Mr.
ivis’ enlargement," “A. II. 8." esys tho
t of Mr. Greeley “was a most generons
ami luagiiauimous one." Mr. Editor*it
was nut alone a most generous act, but it
\witN u grand—and not only a grand, hut a
most magnanimous and sublime act. It
was a costly aud splendid donation made
to right nud humanity. “Bat it is right,
amt 1 will go on the bond.”
“A. II. S." asks if this faction of mis
rule, military rule and despotism can ho
driven from power by clouting Mr. Gree
ley. 1 believe it will be done if Greeley
is elected. Why? Tho public verdict of
tlii country is that Horace Greeley is an
hum of, man. If so, lean trust Lis word,
and believe he will redeem his word, wheu
ho M'iys, in his letter accepting tho uomi-
uatiou lor l'rotideut, that all political
rights lost must be promptly restored aud
re-established ; that local aud not central
ized government is the policy to be aimed
ut; thut 'There shall ho no Federal dicta
tion of the internal policy of the several
States, but that each ahull he left free to
enforce the lights aud promote tho well
being of its inhabitants by such means as
the judgment of ita own people shall
presciihe,” Thut is the core of the doc
trine of Stato Rights.
“A. 11. S.” ways “itseems clear tons"
that w o cftunot got rid of misrule, military
rule und despotism by the election of Mr.
Greeley us President; for, be says, “first
and foremost, Mr. Greeley is one of the
chiefs of this faction, if not the master
.spirit of it." Will, 1 am for capturing
this master spirit or chief of this faction,
that the keys of tho fortress of Radical
ism may be laid ut the feet of Constitu
tional Liberty. “A. II. S. ’does not op-
poso Mr. Groeley “because he was once
in favor of those outrages upou the rights
of tho people aud the rights of the States,
but because he is now iu favor of them."
I have tho assertion of “A. II. 8." only,
that Mr. Greeley is voic in favor of those
“outrages." Tho weight of evidenno is,
that lia is not now in favor of misrule,
military rule uud despotism ; for Greeley
t ikes a position that ia the oppoeile of
what “A. H. 8." chargee him with hold
ing. Therefore “Harper" doea “maintain
that uny such man it our friend mow."
Suppose Mr. Greeley hes been wrong in
tho past, would you deny to bim the right
to got right now? Take Mr. Greeley
upon his recont annunciations, and bo is
wholly sound upon the doctrine of State
Rights. I can trust a man that the world
has lubclleil “honest." Horace Greeley
has nocej fed his nomination ou the Cin
cinnati Fiat form, aud has pledged his
word iu his letter of uaoeptauce to the
maintenance of the great fundamental
doctrines of State Rights and Constitu
tional Liberty, and I believe before God
and my cuuutry that if eleotad President
ho will redeem that word, in spirit and
letter, as far as in him lie*.
llxircR.
well that they should understand the rela
tive positions of the parties, instead of
running away with tbe idea that Dr. Liv
ingstone was starving, and that Mr. Stan
ley hod penetrated into the wilds of Af
rica.
Iloa. Jus Holt.
This venerable and highly respected
oitizeu who ha* just closod his earthly ca
reer among us, wus born in Halifax coun
ty, North Carolina, in 17MU, and bad, con
sequently, attained to tho ripe old age of
83 years. When very young he came
with his father to Washington county,
Oeorgia, and from thence iu lhiu removed
to Louisville, Jefferson county, then the
capital of the State. Upon tho breaking
out of the second war with England in
1812, he at onoe joined tbe army, and
served his county faithfully until peace
w*s declared, aud he was duly mustered
oat at Fort Hawkins.
Judge Holt took aa aetive part in polit
ical affairs, and represented the county of
Jefferson six yean in the Legislator*.
Ia 1841 he changed hi* residence to Sa
vannah, and embarked in mercantile life.
While a ■ ‘
citizen of Obatham he wo* again
fleeted a member of the General Aooem-
bhr several times. Retiring from publio
Ufa naff active buainesa in 1852,' he once
move removed hia home from Savannah
to Macon, and has resided hare ever
•Inoe. He leaves a wife and several
grows children to mopra hie loco, and
won highly esteemed a* a neefql end excel
l«Bt bwiVb ofth* oopuinnlty.
[Own TSffraf\ MIA.
Davis of North Guroiimi, ditto; cx-G
P. H. Bell of North Caroline; Louis E
llarvie of the Virgiuia Slices i >u Conven
tion; Messrs. A. D. Diukiubou, ChmlcH
Bruce, W. W. Cramp, and other ex-mem
bers of tho Virgiuia Legislature. All tho
members of tbo SoceHsion Conventions at
the South arc relieved, s.ive a very few
who may be embraced under other heads,
and this fact, added to tho forcgoiug hat
of persons relieved, allows plainly how
invidious is tho distinction made by this
law between dift’i-rent cIukscs and individ
uals of the late Confederacy. When such
men uh Robert Burn woll Rhctt, exGov.
Wise und Alex. II. Stephen* are relieved
of their disabilities, it is hard to sen why
others still, linger under dUqnuhfixation
for even the humblest local office, who
fully accept tho remits of tLe w„r ah .set
forth iu the Cincinnati platform. The
extension of amnesty of persons
ia claimed here os a triumph for Greeley,
and one of the good results of the Cincin
nati Convention.
- l f '"«
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, a Confederate
General dnring our late war, and a resi
dent of New York siuce, assorts that Au
gust Belmont’* opposition to tho ratifica
tion of the Cincinnati nominations grows
out of the fact that Mr. Belmont belongs
to the “Syndicate," has large dealings
with the Treonury Department, is on the
boat (financial) terms with the Adminis
tration, and secretly wants such action at
M will tecure Grant's le-elec-
iiii'ittod.)
Mens.
The Clarion, Mount Pleasant, Texan,
publishes the announcement of W. C,
Crawford, one of the signers of the De
claration of lude|tendenoe of the Repub
lic of Texas, for Governor of the State
of Texas at the next election.
Mr. Crawford wo* raised in Georgia,
and moved to Texas in 1885. Ignoring
the various schemes of apeoulotion in hie
mlopicd State, he hoe devoted a long life
to the welfare of hia country, and eutera
the cnnvuBH without prompter*, and with
set of principles which, once properly
understood by the people, will make him
formidable opponent.
Iiuyertsat Yot**.
Iu the United State* Senate on Wednes
day, tho civil rights and habeas oorpua
suspension bills passed by the following
vote: #
Oa tho habeas oorpua bill—yet
A min', Antliouy, Boreinan, Caldwell, Car
penter, Chandler, Oleytoe, Cole, Conk-
ling, Corbett, Edmunds, Ferry, Flanagan,
FioelinghuyBou, Hamlin, Logan, Morrill,
(Maine.) Morrill, (Vermont,) Nye, Os
born, Patterson, Pomeroy, Pool, Pratt,
Robertson, Sawyer, Scott and Spencer—
total 28.
Nayi*—Alcorn, Bayard, Blair, CasBtrlv,
Cooper, Davis, (Went Virginia,) Hamil
ton, (Mar) laud,) JobUMon, Kelly, Ransom,
S iiiihbnry, Sprugue, Stevenson, Thurman
and Vickers—total 15.
Cameron, Crsguu, Morton and Wilson,
who would havo voted aye, were paired
with Hill, Stockton, Norwood and Bchmn,
who would have voted nay.
Tho civil rights bill was poised by
following vote;
Ayes—Ames, Anthony, Oaldwett, Gtf-
neuter, Chandler, Clayton, 0 ‘ ~
ling, Corbett, Cregin, Tarry of
Flanagan, Froeling 1 **
guu, Morrill of Vel
Patterson, Pool,
Scott, Bprngne, W
total 27.
Noes—Bajai
Davis of Went
Johuson, M
Saulebmy, Stoveneon. Thennag
Yiekam-tirioUL
Tho Ka-Klax Rill.
[Corrwi»oi».l.-uceof the N. Y. Tribune.]
Washington, May 23.—It it probable
that the Harfmo will take no action Upon
the Ku-KInx bill. A number of Repub
licans arc opposed to it, and declare that
they will vote against it, and among them
are such influential men as Meeara. Gar
field, Famaworth, Finkelnbnrg, Blair,
Hay and Amber, A Still larger number
regard the measum ns on egregioua polit
ical blunder, and will oppose taking it up
for action, hut at the huuio time aay tf *
tut m utii. ut iut> miuiu nine UT ion
if it should come to a direct vote, and
should ho passed as a patty measure,
they might fuel compelled to vote for it.
Among this elsss are several Southern
Republican*, who are shrewd enough to
know that their prospects for re-election
will he damaged instead of helped if tbe
hill becomes a law. The Democrats are in
clined to oppose a motion to suspend tbe
rule* for the purpose of bringing the bill
beforo the House, and, of count, can de
feat such a motion if they pleas#. If they
aro assured, however, that 15 or 20 Re
publicans will vote with them to Iflv the
bill upon tho table, they will make Ho
objectiou to taking it up. This is clearly
their true policy. A square vote upon tbo
bill would show just how much strength
Grnnt'Cim rally to give him the power to
re-elect himself by tho aid of martial law.
Thoro is gouil reason for believing that
the ri'Hult would bo n crushing dofeat of
tho AdminiHtration mid an important tri
umph for tho opposition. To stave off
tho bill only by dilatory motions, or by
defeuting a motion to bring it up for de
bate ami action, would settle nothing,
and put no man upon record for or against
tbe measure. Tho AdminUtration men iu
tho House could put all the blame upou
the Senato of tho utlouiptod outrage upou
the liberties of the people, and avert tho
indignation of their constituents by say
ing that they had tukeii no part In the
plot to put iuto tho hands of the Presi
dent the power lo suspend the habeas
corpus in every State in the Union during
tho whole period of the political canvasa
which iu to decide whether he is to con
tinue in officn for a second term.
The Cotton Tax.—The sezure and sale
of cotton by Treasury agents at and near
the closo of tho war was probably the
most stupendous swindle whioh ever dis
graced our Government. These agents
seized cotton when the market prioe for
Upland wus from #1 to $1 20 per pound,
they sold it to thuir confederates, paid in
to tiie treasury of the United States an
average of thirty-five cents per pound,and
pocketed the palonce, nearly two-thirds
of tho proceeds. For instance, st Savan
nah the cotton seized was 2,044,678
pounds of Boa Island, worth $2 50 per
>ound, and 10,0.31,415 pounds of Upland,
worth at least tjri per .pound; the total
aluo at those figures being $21,146,077.-
0. The amouut paid into the Treasury
of tho United States was $8,075,832.13.—
Tho balnncc, the snug sum of $13,070,-
265.37, was stolon by the Treasury agents.
Aud this at the port of Savannah alone.
Thin robbery was perpetrated upon loyal
and disloyal alike.
Now, the United Staton, boosting its
justice, is repaying, through its Court of
Claims, to loyal sutt’erers. not the $1.25
or $1 per ponnd for which they might
have sold their own cotton six years ago,
but 35 oents per ponnd whioh the rsscitily
agents puid into tho treasury; and os if
(he United States had not sufficiently
plundered these men, the Tresnnry De
partment stiU insists on deducting tha
two per cout tax, thus reducing the actual
amount received by the claimant to 88
cents per pound, and thin after incurring
the expense of court and counsel, and
waiting five or six long years.
[ Washington Chronicle.
Nearly a month ago, when commenting
upon the fact that earthquakes had oc
curred almost simultaneously in Califor
nia and Antioch, and that at the same
time volcanic eruptions had taken plaoe
in Italy and the Indian Archipelago, tbe
Times suggested that Iceland, another
centre of volcanic action, remained to be
hoard from ; auil tbnt, should like distur
bances have occurred there, it would fnr-
niah good reason to believe that the
forces which were felt ut tho satno time
iu California, in the Mediterranean, and
the Indiun seas, aud in Northern Iceland,
mast have a comrnou origin. We now
learn that violent earthquake* occurred
in Iceland on the IGtb, 17th and 18th of
April. That earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions are intimatelv connected, no
one denies, and it is highly probable that
their origin iH precisely the same. But
how vast must be tho resources of the
foroe that can at the same time send out
lava from Vesuvius, and shake the solid
earth in California, Antioch and Ioaland ?
Few York Times.
Tiie Penitentiary Convicts. —Bpssk-
oded of i
lag of tbe judiciary, I am remind
romark mado by one of the lessees of the
penitentiary, to-wit, that the number of
convicts has increased rapidly sinoe the
inauguration of Governor Smith. This
grows out of the fact that the pardoning
power is no longer abused. The preeenft
executive docs nut offer large reward* for
the apprehension of criminals, and than
pardon them after conviction.
It is also stated that, the conviots are
more docile,ami work better than former
ly. During Bullock’s administration, it
a as well understood among them that
pardon could bo had, if not through po
litical influence, then by the discreet use
of money. /This kept them in a state of
alternate hopo and despair, unfavorable
to steady work and good discipline. Now
however all this is changed. The con
viots feel now that they cun procure their
discharge neither by bribery nor through
the intervention of friend*, and that they
must make tho moNt of a bad bargain,
s .r-rr.. > ill o„_
Hid serve out tlieir toriu.—All. Corr. Ba-
ramtnh Nt.r*.
'(■a UtOWUA WssTBHN HOiO.—V«-
tordiy tiriut, Aleuuder k Oo. nnt
through lioro some sirty-flve or .eventy
oouviots to work on the QeorgU Weetera
Railroad. Tbe hands appeared to apUn-
did condition, and expreued th.maelrea
m pleaaed with the treatment they re-
ocived. Among the number, were Mc
Laughlin Aud Vr. rUriiaon Weetmore-
land.
The band* will oommenee work' abont
two and one half miles from tha bridaa
on tho Obuttulioueliee river. Mora handn
will ba forwarded in a few daya. To-day
will be devoted to cutting tha timber and
erecting quarter*. Tbe oarta, eto., are all
now. Tho company bought ulna mala*
yesterday for —AU. Cfcfirt., MtA.
Tire N*o»o Suumn Cuimu.—Tka
leginUtivo committee appointed to look
into the charge* against the blaok
State Senator Campbell, of Molntoah Co.,
Iu* done ita work wall, Tha committee
waa Heard, Ubbee and Eat*. They
found ample evidence to prove that Oamp-
hell, u Justice of the Peace, had'dona all
aorta ot unlawful thing*, enforcing tha
payment of illegal coata, Impriaowiag
without authority aud inoihng resistance
lolnw. We shall give toduorxow a letter
from Cpnlay to CuupImU prompting hint
to IllagM conduct. —Athmtu Conit., HIA.
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