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[Correspondence of the Richmond Times.]
Lexington.
Recollections of Stonewall Jackson—General
Lee—His Popularity with Students and Citi
zens—Presents Sent Him—He Don't Like to
he '’Taken"—Is He Writing a History of His
Campaigns f—Offer of a New York Pub-
lishet—His Habits of Life—He has no H>-
lltical Aspirations.
Lexington, July i- 18G6.
A visit to Lexington, pleasant on many
accounts, is peculiarly so by reason of the
fact that you hear on all sides incidents,
anecdotes and personal recollections of the
two great men whose names are so dear to
the South. Every one loves to talk about
Lee, and every one has something new to
tell about JacksoD. 1 know not when, in all
Never before had I heard or read s
; lively or graphic a description of the comf
; plete physical, mental and moral nature o
; the man, and I am quite sure that, if thiaoral
; sketch could be put in print just as it came
i from Colonel Massie's lips, it would, be far
I more entertaining than anything wmcb has
I yet been published. It is surprising what a
I number of characteristic incidents are re
membered by almost ererY person you meet,
, and this fact alone is enough to prove that
Jackson must have been no ordiuary man.
Perhaps at some future time I may give your
readers an outline of what has been told me
about “the Major.”
With regard to General Lee, *he following
questions und answers will afford you some
idea of his way of life, and of the esteem in
which he is held by all classes:
“Do the college boys like him ?”
“Like him 1 They lore him.”
“Well, does he like his position as Presi
dent, or does he merely put up with it in
view of something better ?”
“Undoubtedly he likes it. When the
place was first offered him, by letter, he de
clined it; but after Judge Brockenbrougb
had visited him and explained to him fully
the views and wishes of the faculty, he ac
cepted, and accepted in good faith, being
! try.”
“Since he came be has been pleased, 1
suppose ?”
“How could it be otherwise ? Everybody
is delighted with him, as he must know
whenever he looks in the face of student,
cadet or citizen; besides, he is conscious that
he is doing good.”
“He lives comfortably ?”
“Quite so. He has a comfortable house,
well furnished ; and while his salary is not
large, his every want is supplied, and often
times anticipated.”
“How do you mean ?"
“Why, every stage that enters the village
brings him a parcel or box, sent by express,
and these boxes and parcels contain almost
every imaginable thing, from books and pic
tures down to clothing and provisions.”
“From where?”
“From every quarter of the globe, you
may say, but chiefly from Baltimore.”
“Are the donors known ?”
“Not always; indeed I do not think they
j generally are, but when known, the gilt is
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nr So v irly contracts, except for space at tabic | promptly acknowledged.
l s, w!” be mad.-: and. in contracts for space, all j little girl, living some four miles in the coun-
charged fifty cenis per square for ! try, sent the General a present of apples, and
j the very next evening, to her great joy, and
i. local or business notices, forlndl | the amazement of her parents, General Lee
will bo subject to a charge or fifty j rode up, alighted, entered the house, and,
at not less than three dollars for each after returning his thanks, paid his little
| friend a visit of some length.”
“Does he mingle freely with the people?”
“He is not at all unsociable, is free, yet
cautious in conversation, but his visits are
made chiefly to the ladies.”
“I suppose he is greatly annoyed by visi
tors?’ 1
“No, you can hardly say that. Sometimes
his patience is tried by persons requesting
him to sit tor his picture or bust, and on one
occasion he was heard to declare that he bad
rather stand the fire of half a dozen of the
best marksmen in the Army of Northern
Virginia, than be vexed by the continued so
licitations of artists, photographers and the
like. He was particularly worried a lew
weeks ago by au old lady from the South,
who Insisted on having a lock or even ‘three
threads’ of his hair, which she had promised
faithfully to carry back to a young female
friend in Alabama or Georgia."
“How did he manage to get rid of her?”
‘After considering the difficulty, he per-
ided the old lady to pill up with a pbo-
, tograph in place of the lock of hair. She
' was by no means satisfied, but the General
was firm. He is also annoyed by letters on
all sorts of subjects. One of these lately re
ceived was fiom an old woman in England,
who sent him a bill for four dollars, which a
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[From the Wilmington Journal.]
smuggling-
hear it currently reported that the tso-
our people so cheerful and so hopeful ot- the
future of their town ad county, and, in fact,
of this entire portion of the Valley."
Mr. John M. ljottn* Fourth or July Speech
In Baltimore.
He opened by expressing his gratitude that
he was at home among loyal men—among
the great unconditional Union party. Under
the flag now there such a speech us he was
going to make could not have been made six
years ago—it would have been inadmissable.
The flag was the property of loyal men, and
in this celebration none others have the right
or the disposition to join ns. He doubted
whether the flag was floating anywhere south
of the Potomac, except where there was mil
itary force. The matter of secession is at au
end, so far as mere physical force is con
cerned, but the spirit is not at an end. He
did not believe that there was any wish for
restoration at the South. He would be glad
indeed if he could summou from the South
such a wish. Those who said they were for
restoration did not tell the truth. The feel
ing in the Southern country, among leading
men, is more intensely bitter against the
government than at any time during the war.
They have not the power to take up arms,
but the will was there. If they had the con
trolling power they would uot allow a Union
man to live in a Southern State. He spoke
in reference to the feeling in his own State,
and gave the editors of newspapers in Vir
ginia a passing notice. The Virginians who
followed the fortunes of the State were de
nounced as traitors, and compared to horse
thieves and pirates, who were not worthy of
protection. He was not bound to defend a
traitor. After referring to “taxation without
representation,” he said that the representa
tives of the South abandoned their positions
when they should have held fast.
To the question, propounded by himself,
what ought now to be done ? he answered,
the first duty was to have every prominent
rebel in the South arrested. He would have
done it, and would have had them tried by a
military court and condemned to death. If
Mr. Johnson (meaning the President) had
done this, and afterwards interposed his par
don, he would not complain. But he himself
would uot have given any mercy, but would
have made an example for all future (hne.
The speaker thought AD. Johnson believes
honestly and acts from a feeling of benevo
lence in the exercise of the pardoning power.
He (Mr. Botts) had sacrificed more than any
man in the United States, because of the po
(From the Jacksonville Union.]
,Steamer Stlvas Shore,!
June 21, 1866. i
Messrs. Editors :—I have just received
the New York Tribune, of the 18th Inst.,
TUe Counterfeit Money Xnl Mue _ Tlm
to Put “U Down.
In every hundred dollars of fractional paper
currency in circulation in this city seventy- |
- . . .. . „ five doliars is counterfeit. It is a rare thing,1
containing a communication from Fenian- , savs [j ie Richmond Times, to see a genuine
dina, under t lie caption, ^ How^ my policy fjf, v or twenty-five cent note. Many persons
works in Florida, so grossly calumnious of; u0 ( know the good from the bad ; many
mysell and the people ol this State, that 1 ,[,> know take the bait because there is
cannot peimit it to pass unnoticed. At the | no difliculty in passing them. Some of the
breaking out of the. rebellion, and a lon££ ! bunks have actually received and paid out
time previous, a citizen of Florida, my ; [) ie bogus lmfipev. This thing has been go-
identificatiou with tlie Confederate cause was | j n g on ever the close of the war. Im-
Insurance.
SOUTHERN
open anil sincere. The tremendous' conflict
ot arms terminated iu overwhelming victory
by the United States ; the Confederate flag
Went down, and the old flag oi the Union
became throughout the republic the symbol
of its sovereignly. In conformity with the
Presideni-s Amuesty Proclamation the great
ho.dy of the Southern people, myself in
chided, took the prescribe^ oath to support
the -Constitution of the United States, by
which act we were restored to the rights of
citizens, We did uot love our conquerors;
we felt towards them much as a defeated
political party regards its Uinmphant oppo
nent. With this difference, however, the
South had no disposition to renew the con
test. The Confederacy uttery destroyed, the
Government of the Union exteuded over us,
and baying taking a solemn oath to support
it, the national sentiment of the South is
Union, and nothing else. This correspon
dent subscribing himself “Union” might,
with the same propriety, persist in calling a
naturalized British born subject a royalist
after he had become a citizen of the United
Stales. Claiming to be as loyal to the Union
as any other man, when an adventurer comes
here to reconstruct me, and when 1 decline
to be reconstructed according to his scheme
of armed resistance to the laws of my State,
and to the lawful authority of the President
of the United States, to be called, for doing
so, a rebel by him and his confederates, will
very naturally disturb my somewhat excita
ble temperment. 1 feel indignant at the
wanton insult, and I show it.
The affair with the officer of the revenue
cutter, refered to by “ Union ” resulted
wholly from the impertinent dictatorial bear
ing of that officer. I came into port as do other
boats, without ray colors hoisted, not from
hostility to the flag or government, hut be
cause it is not customary at every lauding
on a packet route to run up tlie flag. So far
from the revenue officer threatening to throw
sitiou he took, believing, as he did, that - me overboard, he received my opinion of
treason should be regarded as a crime and j him for his upstart pretensions In very plain
made odious, but after a time uo steps were I words, and lie submitted to it. Knowing
"• .. .. ■ that the Fernandina reconstructionists have
about as much respect tor the United States
flag as the devil has for the Decalogue, 1
stuck up the “twenty-five cent flags” to bur
lesque them, not it.
The difficulty with Capt. Duryea, Deputy
Collector and Inspector of* the port, grew ont
of statements made to me of him by bis su
perior officer. No injury was done to Capt.
Duryea, and but for the reconstruct ionists,
it would have ended where it begun. The
case got into Court by no act of Capt. Dur-
j-ea. He was called to give bis testimony,
not a voluntary prosecuting witness, other
introduced. The result was a
taken to arrest disloyalty, and he then ceased
in his action.
Congress has made a great mistake. The
Southern States are not out of the L T nion, and
never could be. There wa3 no power to give
the right of expatriation—men could go away,
but there was no power anywhere to make or
allow States to go out. He contended, how
ever, that the people of the South had made
themselves aliens by swearing allegiance to
another de facto Government, and were now
entitled to no privileges. A law of naturali
zation was the only way in which they could
again become citizens, with necessary condi
tions attached.
He contended that the pardons granted by j verdict of acquittal. Two of the jurors were
the President were uot worth one copper. ; Germans who had taken no part in the rebel-
There is no power to pardon before comic- j ii ou> nor j n any manner aided the iusur-
tion, and he read various authorities to jus- gents. During the war they resided within
tify his position. the Union lines. Of the remaining ten I know
A brief review of the possession of the only one personally. I will offset “Union’s”
Government by the Democratic party from firing at tlie court lor being composed olguer-
the time of Jefferson to 1861 was made, in rillas, by a letter of Mr. Noyes, the collector
which the speaker was not by any means of the porlof FurnaiTcliDa, recently published
complimentary to that party, showing more i n the* Savannah Herald, wherein he pays
of partisan animus than anything else iu the I a very high compliment indeed to the court
spirit of his remarks. When the war w as ifi-1 au ,i i l3 officers. This letter was wriiteu af-
augnrated, Mr. Lincoln was justified in call i ter Mr. Duryea's trial, the fairness and jus
tice of which the Collector, who is himself a
witnesses were i
ing for the first seventy-five thousand men
to protect the capital, and what an arrant ’lawyer, did uot
knave, a despicable traitor would he have the ‘decision of
been, had he not done so! constructionists (not Capt. Duryea) brought
As to the doctrine ot secession, he uuquali- the case before Col. Sprague, commanding the
fiedly denied that it was ever taught in the jr. S. military forces in this quarter. Col.
schools of Virgins, or anwhere else. Iu the ! Sprague reheard the case, and ttien, like the
matter of State right, he referred to the vari- j Ur v, dismissed it as altogether too frivolous
ous matters indicating sovereignty which' to oom mand public consideiation. 1 may
were prohibited to the States, and quoted 1 ), er( , ; after a mutual explanation tin.
the action of Luther Martin, of Maryland, i tween Captain Duryea and myself, there is
who refused to give his name to the consti-1 no unfriendly feeling between us. I esteem
tution for reasons involving State sovereignty, j jj; m afJ a CO nrteous gentleman, and I regret
State sovereignty, he said, was a gross hum-1 having been betrayed into a different opinion
bag —there was no such thing—no State had o1 bilu )jy t h e acts of others,
any sovereignty, except Texas for about Considering that this anonymous cone-
BRANCH OFFICE
mediately after the fall of the city the Yan
kees, taking advantage of the ignorance of
the negroes, poured in upon us their coun
terfeit money, and the United States author
ities have not interested themselves to check
its circulation. We have never heard of such
a thing in this city as a United States money
detective. Rut the evil has been endured
already too long, and we must abate it our
selves. It is necessary that we act in the
matter at once, as there is unmistakable evi
dence that the evil is daily on tlie increase—
the volume of counterfeit money is being
daily swelled. Not a day passes that new
issues do not mnke their appearance. We
saw on Saturday a large number of new coun
terfeits of the twenty-five cent note—new of
make and unlike any other hitherto circu
lated here. There is no alternative but for
our people to “shut down” upon this bogus
currency. There will be some loss, but the
first loss is in this case the be9t. Let us
now and hereafter refuse to take any note
which is not absolutely free from suspicion.
In cases of doubt let the professional broker
decide. Nail the bad notes to the counter,
and let them rot there. Our people are not
idiots, or children or savages, to be fooled
with useless pieces of paper. Let us put a
stop to it at once ; this (lay. By longer de
lay we are enriching Heaven knows how
many scoundrels in Boston and other Nor
thern cities, and impoverishing ourselves.
We have spoken particularly of the state
of currency iu this city, because we know
the tacts as tuey exist here ; we have no j
doubt that every portion of the South is 1
equally flooded with bogus money of North-!
era manufacture, aud the people everywhere
would do wisely to follow the advice given.
We are sorry fur whatever loss may fall
upou our iodigent white people, but at the
same lime believe that it will lie small. The ‘
largest holders of this bogus currency, aud
those who will be the heaviest losers by the ,
refusal ol the community to touch it any
longer, will be the negroes. The negro has
gained his freedom, and this is his first en- i il desired, when the premium amounts to
counter in the open field with the Northern
white mau. If he would live he must grow
smarter, for there is many a New England
dodge and trick with which he is yet to be
made acquainted. It is hardly necessary for
us to add that all of the counterfeit moncy
in circulation in the South is manufactured i
in the North by Northern men. Its circula-
lion would not have been tolerated a day in !
the North, and we are stultifying aud cheat- {
ing ourselves to suffer it longer here.
KNICKERBOCKER
LIFE INSURANCE CO.,
Of New York City,
!N o. 89 -Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GA-
Policies Issued and Losses Paid
AT THIS OFFICE.
CREDITS
Given to holders of Mutual Policies of
CO PER CENT.,
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THE OGLETHORPE
Forney and “Mack.”—“Mack," Washing-1
ton correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
mercial, having written briefly of the Forney
family, and their patriotic devotion to the
spoils of office, tiie Chronicle comes back i
with general and specific denials. “Mack’
made to holders of Mutual Policies at follows-
PAID IN CASH,
APPLY ON PREMIUM NOTES, qr
ADDED TO THE POLICY.
The latter or REVERSIONARY DIVI
DENDS declared by this Company in 18C5
DRED AND TWENTY PER CENT-, ac-
British schooner Jos. Setters, Capt.
Hirlv. has been seized by the Revenue Cut- j considering me a.mcuity ne per-
u: .Waain, having been de.ected in the ! suadedthe old Iad X P“ l “P ' v ! th a P, b .°-
.tnirranli in nlace nt tlie lock of hair. She
spondent has beeu guilty of wanton, willul
misrepresentations of myself aud of the
court, for it ruled that Mr. Duryea was an
otfieer of the Government ; considering, fur
ther, that he is a calumuiatoi whose end and
aim is mischief, I respectfully ask that his
. ur snspicioned oi smuggling
Tee Joseph Setters has beeu engaged in
;i.e trade between this port and tlie Cuban
; >ri- lor some time past, and has made sev-
erai trips into this port. It is reported that,
sa 'he trip previous to tlie last one, she ran
•nto Little River, S. C-, and landed there a
p rtiou ol her cargo of merchandize, upon
'•'kirk no duties were paid. Alter landing
ha-most oi lier cargo, she came into this
port almost entirely unladen, was quaren-
t Dr :, am) niter the usual time had elapsed,
took in u cargo lor Matanzas, Cuba. Su9pi-
si was directed to her illegal proceedings,
Htt<) the Government no doubt, had spies on
liic alert io guard against a recurrence of the
V, ut. and also to watch her actions for con
firmation ol their suspicion. She was seen
upon the coast some time during the week
just past, and again made into Little River,
act again the same
gled cargo. This
oper authorities at
he Captain of tlie
jrse, iu order, no
in and counteract
ie officer in charge
oecasin, taken on
he schooner then
'ho schooner was
n, ou behalf of the
and brought into
h the case will in
uglit to light and
egal practice pun-
• of the law.
S aud has sailed
ish colors, but i9,
, that stronghold
n The Captain,
achu«etts, and he,
of the vessel, are
imbued with that
f ed of Hie people
’ s the dominant
on their part is no
ri.'iNpirit ot their par
ti e strength ot radi
r.y principles, are
prosperity of ihe
lUnteract the wise
thirty days when she was applying for ad
mission here. It required the whole com
bined ‘‘Independent States” to declare war—
no single State could do it; could not declare
war or make peace. This was intended to
be, and was, a consolidated Government for
the exercise of every sovereign power for all i ] e tt fer be made public, and I demand the
national and foreign purposes ; there was not authol .' s name . James Tucker,
and could not be a divided sovereignty. And .Captain Sylvan Shore.
it will so remain until tlie people ot the ’
United States, not Virginia or Maryland or ; Tilc Segroci Blld , llc Fou .. tU of July,
any other State, shall decree otherwise. .. . .. . T , ,
He denied that any State right had been 1 The Petei dmrg Index says the example
swept away by the war. The Southern i s . et the ca P ltal *>• the Union, of a ce ebra-
States were wrong, and whenever they show | ll0n lbe fourth of .Inly exclusively by
man of his name, Robert E. Lee. bad bor- that they have any feeling in common with ! neg™* 1 . seems to have been generally fol-
owed from her in 1862. As the old lady was the United States, then let them come in. i lowed iu the South, and as generally with
In reference to the freedmeu, he asked, i tb ® °. U1 '! le9Ult ~'f' sturbance.
“What is to be done with emancipated freed-1 1113 ) m| ' 0 . fi8lb o lo read > *° r . example, the
men?” He answered, “I am not oue 0 f accounts of the saturnalia in Richmond
those who would admit them to the right of without the most gloomy forebodings of the
suffrage. But if forced upon me, I shall not j f “ lurl r 1 " e , tlme doubtless come when
resist it. I will go away when 1 cannot do tbl9 1 g noran L passionate population, with
better.” He argued that if the voting j lbe ?' tbe,r barbaric origin
evidently iu earnest and the letter genuine,
the General promptly replied, and proved an
alibi."
“Is he writing a history of his campaigns?”
“I think so. At ail events he is collecting
materials for a history. Many think he would
be unwilling to publish a history just at this
time, when so many of the actors are living,
still fresh and rankling; but the fact that Rich
ardson, the New York publisher, paid him a
visit, not loug since, is regarded by others as
proof that tlie history is now in process ol
composition.”
“Have no other publishers besides Rich
ardson approached him ?”
‘ ‘Oh, yes; one certain ly has. A New York
publisher, whose name is withheld, offered to
endow Washington College with the sum ol
ten thousand dollars, aunaally, if Gen. Lee
would contribute one article per week to his
paper. The proposition was made in form to
the Rector by a responsible party; but the
Rector, lor reasons which you cau appreci
ate, withheld it.”
“Gen. Lee, then, never heard of it?'
“Yes, he did; at least it is said he did.
He became apprised ot it in some way and
declined the otter.”
“Does he concern himself about politics?”
“Not at all. On the contrary, he is ex
tremely careful that uot even the suspicion
of politics should attach to the college.”
“His habits are industrious, I have beard ?’’
• They are. As early as six o'clock in the
morning you may see him walking into town
to get b's letters and pipers; the remainder
of tUe day is devoted to his manifold duties,
and in the evening be rides into the country
ou his white horse, not uufroquently stop
ping to converse with the farmers and coun
try gentlemen with whom he chances to meet,
about crops and such matters.”
“Is there any truth iu the story, that du
ring one of these rides, he was halted by oue
of his old soldiers, a- simple-minded, enthu-
| Mastic countryman, who insisted on giving
on, their meaner i h iru lh ^ ^ ud in
mg every oppor- , ,u e ot lhc ““ “
rnment out of its | “I think
oue.
rejoins seriatim and at length, willi much tact werp trom FORTY-FOUR to ONE HUN-
and skill, of which this is a specimen:
“He say3 he never asked auy favors of the
President for himself. This calls to mind a cording to age
little circumstance.1 J'a year ago and better.
Just alter the second inauguration of Presi- •
deut Lincoln, t was waited on by a person in
the employ of Mr. Forney, who asked me to :
jv „ write a few articles for the Commercial in |
question. Not satisfied with | t av ® r <d * or “ ey for Secretary ol the Navy. ! „ Vnn.Pordiijriipn
a civil tribuDal, these busy rc- ^ was told tha. a similar request was being; 1 X eilG o Oil H OIiPlI UtCj
Knot CaDl. Durvea) brounlit 1 “ ad ® ," f ° , ’ ler newspaper men, and that, in
fact, Ihe tvboie press was to be unanimous j F TJ TY q Ttr VPlutr
in the demand that the distinguished author • UU n JflAfl 1 (
ot the Jamisou-Forre;l scarlet letter be made
the successor of Mr. Welles. I- inquired AND
whether Forney really wanted the position, :
and would accept it if tendered to him—in T -J Up TJ p 1 i pi po
other words, if a duck would swim if pro-! ^ CT KJ A X A Q
voked to it by a good pond ? ‘Ot course he
Trnund t r h pIy He told me t0 S°]' Issued by this Company,
around among the newspaper men and gut
the thing started.’ 1 helped io ‘get the
thing started,’ but not in the exact way For-
ney wanted it—quite the reverse, in fact,
having about the same opinion of the great i
present time.” then that i entertain at the! flo Extra Marge for Southern Residence
The Confederate Colony at Cordova.—
The colony at Cordova has suffered a serious —
interruption at the hands of Liberals or rob
bers, it is not known which, but His Excel
lency Marshal Bazaine has given such orders T\‘ • PO( ->+/vna •
as will, it is believed, secure the settlers in -LJ1I UUL 90 •
tuture against similar attacks. We are glad j binxy Brigham, President Merchants’ Netlonal
to leam that the colonists themselves have
also formed an organization for self-defence, ! Colonel WM s
and while from the limited number who are i
thus organized the protection afforded will
not be as perfect as could be wished, yet,
with the assistance of the military, it is 1
thought that it will be effective for the future.
Insurance Com >
OF SAVANNAH
prepared to take
Fire Risks on Reasonable ft-or..
At tbelr Office, 117 fcay Street.
H. W. MERCER. Pr«
J. T. Thomas. Sec.
H. W. Mercer
C. S. Hardee
William Hnntei
A. 8. Hartridge
A. Porter
R. Morgan
J. Stoddard
J. T. Thomaa
W. Remshart
F. L. Gue
H. A. Crane
A. A. Solomoii:>
M. Hamilton
W. W. Gordon
my7-n
Directors:
M. S. l>*hen
J. Lama
J. W. Nevitt
D G. Parse
A. Fallnrtoti
,1. McMaiior.
L. J. GiiiluiHriin
F. W. bimd
<3. Butler
K. Lacliltaon
K. P. Clulou, Augti?
J. W. Knott. Macm
B. F. Ross, Mucoo
W. H. Young, (Tplai
S. B. HAMINGTO;
EVERY VARIETYtUF
FURNITURE
IS. SELLING GOODS
Lower Than Any Other Hou
IN SAVANNAH.
HOTELS AND STEAMBOA
FURNISHED.;
privilege was given to the negroes in the i manifest in a 1 their acts, religious social
South, they will vote for the Democratic i and civJ, will be tbe instruraent with which
party. The whites io the South can uot re- j P ra v ed ?° d designing men will essay to ...
sist the influences brought to bear upon i work their ccirupt purposes. The first step aging immigration
them, and why should the Legro ? The , has Mready been taken. One Wardwell, a
privilege cf voting v ould be the entering ; Northern man egaged in the .ce business in
wedge to the extermination of the race. lie Richmond, received the negroes at bis bouse
tfould not recommend negro suffrage 011 tlle ^ 0U , r L ’ rpnr If l . bel J! Wlt u re,re * ll 7
He spoke of the proposed constitutional * nd '*
amendment and said it could not be carried, i t ! le ‘ n ,, n ^
He could name twelve States who would ' hattbey were hi equals, prayed that he
not sanction it. He gave a parting kick to
the Democrats in connection with his irre
pressible objection to them. He appealed to
Senator Nye to advocate a iaw to be passed
by (JoDgresa that no man shall hold office
who ever took part voluntarily in the re
bellion. He did not believe a man went
into the rebellion who did not know he was
doing wrong.
The address, of which the above is bnt an
imperfect sketch, occupied about two hours
might never have any blessing that they
were deprived of, declared that be wanted
nothing of man or God that black men could
not have, with much more of the same
sort.
Wardwell has uot brains enough to be
mischievous, perhaps, though the quantity
necessary to that result is not extravagant,
but others wifi follow him, with the power
to work unbounded harm. We shall not be
surprised to see John Minor Botts in Capitol
ed upon Southern
tueir bitter and
the performance
i they hope, will
lhabilants of that
i which emanates
-We learn from
• occurred at Fort
iville, on the 4th,
■me Federal eol-
ijoying a pic-nic,
(airy came along
fhe hospitalities
. - . — mule,
having any invitation Whatever The
negroes demurred very decidedly against
this free and easy conduct on the part of the
•Gme troops, when the latter drew fi™
nd commenced an indiscriminate shooting
tne darkies promptly returned the fire, and
■ i.;„„ W „ R kpnt f or #omB
..T^iok not. We never beard ol it.’
I taru 'ly of the General is as much be
loved almost as the General himself, I have
been told ?
gre 2Sio'r£' I «rS,^, e “” “*
■« « -M » ta. WO,
promise t
“He is. In some respects he is a more
mysterious man titan his lather. Thera is
something of Jackson in him. u e ig v
modest, but he is very firm in his convictions
and bis opinions are remarkably practical and
sound. He is a thinker.” _
“General Lee does not intend to quit the
college ?”
“We have no reason whatever to believe
that he will abandon the college so long as
he is competent to discharge the duties ot
President. It is said that he once expressed
a desire to become Governor of ’Virginia-
But that was before tbe war- Times bare
changed, and under tbe new order of things
the gubernatorial chair of a Southern State
can have no charms for any gentleman, much
less for Gen Tan* We l*!’*]' c r * i • Jn
□ with ue Ku.i jjis'-.s ne res
he cbiet reason, why 771. v ■
in iU^liTC^andwiierecrived with various j square,. performing the rolllof Wardwelk
degrees of favpr-^.We thV*“rebdT^d
As atfbax occurred recently at a railroad j should that day come the experience oi
barbecue in Prairie county, Arkansas, in! Hayti cannot be far oi. with the difference
which two persons were killed, and five ; t ji at the relative strength of the races will
others were wounded. The affray grew out j |j c . reversed. Of the result there can be no
of an old grudge between Byrd and Farr, : doubt. _
both respectable citizens of the county. The j _ —— ^ . .
Bailey boys took sides with Byrd, and the Remedy for Snake d • • 8 re at many
Eagle boys with Farr, and for weeks tliev bad persons having died fro t.s of snake
...1 *; ♦. — ! bites lateiv. we deem it an act of humanity
gone armed, expecting a rupture at auy time.
It finally came, and the result has been as
stated above, Dr. Fan- and John Bailey,
killed ; Captain Gant, Lee Bailey, Mr. Jen
kins, G. A. Eagle and Mr. Bird, wounded.
Bailey and Byrd ore now being tried at
Brownsville. '
Gold Fodnd Near Aoodsta, Georgia.—
Some children playing near Augusta, Ga.,
on tbe 2d, found a lump of gold weighing
eleven ounces in a ravine, and several smaller
lumps were picked up in the vicinity. On
the 3d, three more lumps, weighing respec
tively thirteen, nine and eight ounces, were
found in the same place by the owner of the
land. They are perfectly solid and pure gold
throughout. Regular digging will com
mence on Friday. Ten thousand dollars has
been offered for one acre and refused. The
affair creates much excitement.
Shell Explosion in Norfolk.—About 8
o’clock on the morning of the 4th, George
Dayman was in the act of closing tho ware
house of Leonard & Maltby, against which a
“*ty pound Parrott shell had been placed to
k ?®P it open. He threw the shell into a pile
01 old iron when it exploded, wOBnding him
mortally »nd slightly injuring Mr. Maltby,
who. with Mr. Leonard, was standing within
' ’■ *h< - whan ixpiodi
To.
the
bet
bites lateiv, we deem „
to publish the following antidote, which is in
reach of all. It is a plant which is known
among the Indians as the Indian onion,
which is found in low grounds in oak woods,
a portion of which plant, when dug up, will
be found to resemble the tongue ot a snake.
This should be cut oif and pounded, and a
poultice made of new milk and applied to
the bite. The top of the plant bears a little-
vellow flower, which should also be pounded
H. A. Crane, of Crane & GraybiU.
John D. Hopkins.
A. A. Solomons, of A. A. Solomons A Co.
E. A. SOULLARD
E. i. Hoses, of Brady, Smith A Co.
Fred. m. hull, or Huloombe A Co.
U. A. Couen, Secretary Home Insurance co.
WM. R. BOYD, Agent.
Dr. E. YO.VUK, Examining Physician.
Dr. K. D. ARNOLD, Consulting Physlc’n.
j«7-tf 1 ; ' ' • .
We are glad to leam from those of our
countrymen who have lately had business to
transact with His Excellency Sr. Somera,
Minister of Fomento, in relation to immigra
tion, that there is as much activity in the
acquisition and surveys of lands for coloniza
tion as have ever beeu known on the part of
the Government, that the policy of encour- j A WfT.HTTR. Ifaiinml Mnnniror
aging immigration is earnestly adhered to, I WAAi - HUJl > <*« n ePBI manager
and that many and very desirable lands have •
recently beeu obtained for that purpose. I
Messrs. Robert Laurence, Hardeman and
McC’auslaud have beeu employed to make
extensive survey.;, and already there ure sev-
eral efficient parties in the field engaged in ;
this operation.—Mexitan Times, June 16.
Hail, Loyal Tennessee.—The Washing
ton Republican says: No higher gratification
have we ever experienced than that occa
sioned by reliable information which we have
received from Tennessee to-day. Our in
formant, just from that patriotic State, and
who eqjoyed the means of obtaining the
views and knowing thoroughly the tine
Union sentiment of the people, says that no
quorum of the Legislature will be convened,
and if the members did meet, the amendment
to the Constitution presented to them by the
Jaeobin-ltadical Destructives in Congress
would be indignantly rejected, and the bribe to
secure the admission of their members of
Congress fearlessly spumed. We repeat,
with ail our heart, all bail, loyal Tennessee!
—Five| cases of sun stroke occurred id
Brooklyn, New York, on Friday, and two of
them proved fatal.
—Over seven thousand injunctions have
beeu served ou the New York commissioners
of excise.
PARLOR SETS, extra well upholstered
FINE BED ROOM SETS, Walnut and 51 j
bogany.
COTTAGE BED ROOM SETS, of e j
variety.
DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SETS
MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILDOWlr
of ail kinds.
Justice Read, of Opelousas, Louisiana;
has been arrested lor refusing to execute the
civil rights bill.
by the maE undersigned are prepared to supply Planters
patient. This remedy was in use with the A and otter parties wlio may be Iu want of WHITE
Indians when the first settlers came to this
country, who availed thfiiiiselves of the rem
edy in many instances, and always with suc
cess. The plant can only be found during
VlitxTl •*, -IplO*I
the upper stor
n ont into the
the season when snakes are most dangerous.
* ‘Cotton Planters' Convention or Geor
gia.”—A special meeting of the Convention
will be held nt Macon, on Wednesday, the
15th of August.
All members who can possibly attend this
session are requested to be present, as busi
ness of importance requires their action.
Members ©f Planters Conventions of
other States, who feel a present and future
interest in the agricultural condition of the
South, are earnestly invited to participate in
the deliberations of this meeting.
If common calamities po vrty ana esolp^
,.v r unite in brotherhood and a -union
• . the :•€•’•• ’ri”'' ■ pathy
u I ■ • ttcal oo-operatK-u
i. V. Jones.
First ’’ii Pi: siUtut,
P 1 .’. i t -1 e Con .tution of Georgia
Emigrants Can be Supplied
WITHIN TEN DAYS.
aad otter parties wlio may
LABORERS, and havo made necessary arrange
inenta in the North to HU any orders for agriculture
Laborers, Woodcu r .>-ra, Mechanics, etc., within Ten
utoorera. wooacu
or Twelve days froawhe day the order is.
The Laborers are to or. received by the
on arrival ot the steamer here, and transported to
tbe points where they are wanted at Employers’
expense, aad the Employers have farther to pay a
certain snm per bead in advance, partly as security
and partly for covering the expenses in bringing tbe
emigrants from the North to this port.
The rate at which Farming Laborers can be so-
cored will average about #1*0 per year, tbe Employ
ers finding them.
Pot further particulars apply to
WM. HOHVILLE * CO.,
Jones’ Block, Bay street.
One door East of Barnard street.
Savannah, Ga.
VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
LEXINGTON, VA.
T HE BOAHD Of VISITORS will meet at lb. Vir
ginia Military Institute on the 27ih of June, to
mite appointments of Qidsbs. Applications for State
and pay Cadet ■ppstnimwixs will be made to the nn-
denugned, aaotupsuied with the usual testimonials
of good moral character.'
Candidates for appointment most be exempt from
bodily diseases ci ages be*wees M and 34 yean, and
in ibe case of Slate Cadet applicants, must uttlsfy
the Board of their inability temiest the expenses ot
the Inetimtioe. ''
Candidates tor admlsMbn must ha able to read and
write well, and to perform With facility and acewacy
tbe vai louc operations of the four ground rules ol
arithmetic, of redaction, of slaplea&d comtonnd
proportion, and of vulgar aud decimal tractions
State Cadets (00a for each Sematorial District) will
be supplied with board aad taMon without charge.
Every arrangement ban been merle by the Board
ot Visitors to maintain the high adenttuc character
<>f the Institute, and t» pot la fall operation Its well
tried and distinctive system of discipline and Instruc
tion.
Tne grwlfoxUug AXtrcieemof the institution will
lake place at IheInstitute on the 4th of July.' The
examinations will commence oh the 27th of June,
and be continued daily until computed. The public
arc respectfully Invited to all of these exercises.
For all further information, appHeuMua will be
mado to tbe Supatnteadeat.
FitANCiS U. SMITH,
Superintendent.
Augusta Constitutionalist please Insert six times,
and send bill to thit offlee.mylMt-V.
4. W. STiSiSJLi),
Odtteatecte A Burbank^
11 Merchants’ Bow, HBto* Head^i*. Ci
Ana comer King amd Pdmpe MA.CTsrfcWm,
C ALLS the attention of Wholesale and Retail
ch«r era to hi* superior stock ef
Military and jfoval Clothing,
. 3,5: 1 . lou ...
rURNIBBINO GOODS,
as, OauntieM, Gb/wes, Ac.C*c.
Jackson A Lawton-savannah.
John W. Anderson A Son, savannah.
Sotosion Cohen. Savannah.
Jno. C, Perrtli. Snvarmat..
Nicholls, tAtop 11 to., Sevshrhi
Geo. V. Ouyler, Sa ra. ua :,.
W. R- Fleming. Savaimah.
John Screven, ■savanna:
Brigbam Baldvnp d Co., -uvanaal;
Savannah JiaaoaaiBaak. SsvanneU.
ms
Watches, .
Ware, Sward* flmhm,
Cape, Jle’dQlaiNS,-
JA-VNCK ACn-KSK OF
furniture a*»d general
UPHOLSTERY.
•A44 Dot Street, PnUsKxeipltla. P«.
j 2, a - Ail GBDKHF sent iiv Xu 11 prom]
tended to
KITTLE’S FOLDING SPRING BEDS and
MATTRESSES, the best Bed in use,
and WARRANTED SUPERIOR to tu)
others.
LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CA.Y J-
PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES
WAREROOMS j
178 Broughton Streoi
Nearly Opposite St. Andrew’s Hill.
Jel2 tim
Mount Zion Select School
MOUNT ZION, GA.
WILL1AH J. KORTHEW, RECTOR -
T he next session will commence un
the flrst of Angnst.
Mt. Zion, October, lSS*
Mr. Wm. J. Norlhen has l«eu associated with me
daring the present yesi (1854) in the Mount Zion
High School. In all my intercourse with him, I tavs
uniformly found him kind and obliging; indeed, bis
whole deportment lias been tbat of a gentleman and
a Christian. In parting with Mr. N. it affords me
I have greater confidence- c. P Behan, D. L
University of Osoeois. July 28,1857,
JTfgiyea me plrrair- to testify to the competency
2nd efflcLncr of Mr W. J. Nort^ftt «* teacher.'
rnanmiritmhril——r tact and dlacipUaaay pom -a
o^Thlghorder. Irec°m" en 'lJschool wlthcou-
fldencetothoseperenwwho wish their boys to
properly restrained and thoroughly taughL
PEN held, September 11, isct
I know of no better school lor preparing boys for
College than yottra, and am happy to express tai*
opinion to you, as I have expressed it to others,
wtih you^moch success, which Meed you deserve.
N. M. CRjWjruED
BRICKS:?
vmm w *“
On
may 28.
C. K- 8M11
Orwdiw Csrat. above Svrayne’i
NOTICE;
iptlj IU
Utt if
;bie datp for rammffr moLthg
4 offlCdS *n\\ be 4. =*1ori’Ja
tnj90 F. U MYKKLL.