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Letter from the State Capital.
[From the News and Herald Special Correspondent.]
Milledgeville, Sept. 1, 1866.
This region has lately been refreshed by a
good rain. Cotton will be improved by it,
bnt has been much injured by the previous
drought. The com crop is beyond remedy,
and is what planters designate as “short.”
Peas and potatoes will receive much benefit
from the rain.
The Superior Court has just held its fall
term here. Judge Augustus Beese, of Mad
ison, who succeeds the Hon. J. L. Harris
(lately “promoted” to the Supreme Bench),
presided with signal abilj^y, giving great
Be public. SolicitorSfc T . M.
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MORNING DISPATCHES.
MEETING op the two wings op
THE REPCBLICAS NATIONAL.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Mr. Raymond and other Conservatives
Expelled.
Washington, Sept. 4.—The majority of the Repub
lican National Executive Committee appointed by the
Convention which nominated Lincoln at Baltimore in
1364, met in Philadelphia yesterday and passed a reso
lution expelling Henry J. Raymond, the Chairman,
N. D. Sperry, Secretary, and Geo. R. Center for al
leged abandonment of the principles of the party
The minority of the Committee, composed of Messrs.
Raymond, Sperry, Cuthbert, Bullet t and others, met
at the Aster House in New York city, but adjourned
on account of there being so few members present.
The Executive Committee will fix a day for another
meeting. Raymond has about $10,000 of the funds,
and all the papers of the Committee, which be retains
for the present. . /
Loyal Unionists’ Convention,
Philadelphia, Sept. 4. — Ex-Attorney General
Jimes'Speed was nominated Chairman of the Conven
•ion. which was received with applause.
The Committee on Credentials reported delegate:
present from the South asfollows: Texas, 15; Louis,
•ana, is, West Virginia, 61; Virginia, 61; Alabama,
11 : Kentucky.13; Mississippi, 31; Missouri, 30; Arkan-
9as . 1; North Carolina, 7; Maryland, 60; Delaware, 6;
Florida, 7; District of Colnmbia, 27. Total, 392.
satisfaction to the pulyHc.
Lofton performed bis duties with his accus
tomed and well known ability. The Grand
Jury,. composed of the best material the
county affords, performed their duties in an
energetic and intelligent manner. Their
general presentment, read by their foreman,
Mr. Jerc. . Beall, at the close of the term,
commanded the profound attention of the
whole house, and treated of the troubles of
the times-and their remedy in a masterly
manner. This document will be published
at length in the city papery and. » well
wprthylpjrufci pot only indfcldwin dainty,
but throughout the State.
Luckily, litigation is the exception and the
kind forbearance so much needed by the
debtor class is the general rule among
them. I do not think the legal fra
ternity can grow lich.in this region, without
an increase of business. Among the lawyers
from other counties, I observe Cols. Wing
field, of Eatonton; Hardeman, of Clinton;
Cumming, of Irwinton, and Hon. Howell
Cobb and Cols. Harris and Jackson, of
Macon. r The able and intelligent bar of
Mfiledgeville were in attendance Sf coarse.
Two murder ’ cases'Were’ tried; the first,
Green Williams, indicted for the murder of
Elias Mahon, was convicted and sentenced
to confinement in the Penitentiary for life.
If the most rabid Radical in Massachusetts
had been present, he would have been
compelled to acknowledge that every
el ement of fairness and equality - with
the white man was accorded him in the pro
ceedings attendant on his trial from begin
ning to end. He was a full-blooded negro,
and bad joined Sherman’s army in 1864 at
this city. His victim was a white man,
killed under circumstances displaying great
cruelty and malice on the part of the mur
derer. Let no one say the negro is dealt
harshly with in Georgia. It was the mercy
of the Jury and the Judge that prevented his
hanging. He was arrested immediately after
committing the murder; and lay in jail here
until his trial; end strange as it may seem to
Radicalism, no attempt was made to mob
him. Would a Georgian, a white man, kill
ing a negro under aggravating circumstances
of malice, in the refined and pious city of
Boston, escape being mobbed ?
The last day of the Court was enlivened
by several divorce cases. Five were granted
in an hour. ~ And then came the finale in the
shape of a white man and bis', negro wife,
brought into court for illegal Cohabitation.
He was a Spaniard, named Josenh Ortegas
said he was born in the Province ot Biscay
in Spain—had lived in Havana, and also in
your goodly city—had an interesting foreign
accent, not Germanically guttural, but
partaking of the smothness of “bastard Lat
in"—whitish Spanish-looking complexion,
light straight hair and a profile reminding
one of the “image and superscription” of
Julius Csesar. Beskle him, in the pride of
rusty sootiness, stood his “better half,”
bearing a stfiklng feeemblance to her illustri
ous majesty, the present Queen ot Dahomey.
The bridegroom produced a regular marriage
license, endorsed with a certificate that the
marriage ceremony had been regularly per
formed by a Chaplain of a Regiment of U.
S. Colored Infantry in Nashville, Tennessee!
The State cruelly objected that the marriage
was illegal and void, when the ready
Biscayan avowed that he had negro blood in
his veins. The Court appointed two of our
most scientific, physicians to the task, who
took the Biscayan into a private room, ex
ainined him ethnologicatly, and soon returned
with the report that he was an octaroon!
The Court at once discharged, him on this
higlfjfAvilege ofjgiut/u fceyij*,'fujiljbji and his
lovely Dinah walked triumphantly forth
“unwbipt of justice,’’ amid the jeers of
the white boys, and the exultations of the
numerous “nigger” spectators.
The Improvements of the Capitol grounds
still continue under the judicious direction of
Col. Frobel. Gov. Jenkins is still absent in
tb£ North, doim; tbeB^to frtoHja.service,”
j^Jaee, selBng Georgia
bonds at the good rate of ninety cents on
the dollar. Yaor readers doubtless saw in
the newspapers some account of the requisi
tion ot ibe Go vgfhoron GovA
New York Market.
York, Sept. 4—Noon.—Gold is quoted at
14C ‘-1 • Exchange, 7Jf at eight. Cotton quiet, at 32)5
(ft 35c.
The Government Loans Important
Movements in Proobess.—The Treasury
Department is busily engaged in converting
seven-thirties into five-twenties. , The re
cent advance of the five-twenties in Europe,
bringing them up to the high currency price
of seven-thirties in this country, and the in
creasing demand for gold-bearing bonds for
shipment abroad, makes it advantageous for
•lie holders of seven-thirties to convert them
into five-twenties at once. The idea ol put
ting out a five per cent, loan, which was
abandoned during the late European panic,
is revived. The advance in all classes of Go
vernment securities, and the superabundance
°f currency, induces the belief thgtihe con
ditions are favorable for soceesAfhny placing
upon the market a five per cent, loan at par.
The Secretary is strongly of opinion jtfiat the
Government ought not to pay six per cent,
in gold for loans in time of’ freace, and when
•be people exhibit such confidence in its secu
rities.
„ Seventy guns have been purchased of
Massachusetts by the Chilian government for
*>600,000, without carriages. This ordnance,
includes four 450-pounder, six 300-pounder,
a »d GS-ppuuder Blakeley guns, the remain
der consisting of serviceable naval artilery of
various calibres, but none very.hiavy. The
English guns are those purchased by Massa
chusetts during the late war, for thejprotec-
hon of Boston harbor from the rebel .pirates,
As the carriages are to be built in the
CmtAcl States, some time will elapse before
•he ordnance can be shipped. .
A Vert Complete Affair.—A special dis-
Patcli to the Tribune from Alkanes says
"? at “last week four Union men accepted a
challenge from four late Rebels to /fight a
"“cl with rifles, distance one hundred, yards.
*•• being sharp-shooters, pach ball took ef-
three being killed outright, and the
: more or less wounded.”
alow,
of Tennessee, for the rendition of a nephew
ofGen. Burnside, charged with’stealing, cot
ton in this State, and that Gov. Bnjwhlow
had refused to deliver up the criminal. The
story is trne. I happen to know that the
correspondence is on file in the Executive
Depsrtmeut at the Capitol. Rumor says
Gov. Jenkins is not displeased atBrownlow’s
refusal, as many Tennesseeans indicted in
the State Courts of Tennessee for treason,
are now refugees in Georgia, and that
Brownlow’s precedent of refusal will be
closely followed by Qpx. Jeukips, if the
fotmer slfenid m(l£ia)iJqJ4ijlto|^or them.
I know not the worthy Governor’s mind on
the subject, but I think he WQi$d be
abundantly justified in the premises- ’Truly,
it would be “fighting the devil with fire.”
This day . is. Jfccl^mecLdhe beginning of
AutumnM'KujMnjQ'mmtjmre, to-day, the
thermometer Mandsmr alfuve summer heat.
We rejoice to see these hot (lavs, however;
they are allies of his Majesty ‘'KMgfc&tton,”
upon whose success this year millions of
human creatures (your correspondent among
them) depend for,subsistence.
.- 0< kk&A
The Quitman Banner publishes the follow
ing extraordinary hymenial notice;
Snwa^pMs^ijjjmty, East
Ex-Judge Joseph Pyall, one of the oldest
citizens of Suwannee count* IbSmteJ aged
about 86, and perfectly blind, and Mrs.
Martha Newsom, aged abont 45 and the
widow of a soldier. The old gentleman has
vigorous health, but, ? * ew
paces ai once. The lafly,«
She’ll find some honest gaede* ter hermtU:.
tot ^oung,
— A large portion of the burnt
Richmond has been rebuilt.
strict of
[From the New York WorldJ
The Burning of Colombia.—Letter frol
Hob. Alfred Huger.
Charleston, S. C., August 22.
To the Editor of the New York World:
Sib : I most unwillingly leave the retire
ment and obscurity which old age and cir
cumstances have provided; but a remark in
your paper of the 13th seems to demand it.
A writer signed “S.,” replying to. an article
in Harper’s Magazine for August, introduces
my name in these words : “This must refer
to Alfred Hnger, for many years postmaster
at Charleston,” Ac., Ac. I turn tc the Maga
zine, and to my surprise find a contributor,
whose purpose and motives it is not my busi
ness to define, making coital ont of so bar
ren a subject as myself. /Beginning with the
“Burning of Columbia,” and the abuse bf
General Hampton, he says : “Among others
to whom 1 was sent to give assistance, Was
Mr. Huger, a well known citizen of Soiith
Carolina, and then recounts an elaborate (Mal
versation about a band of thieves, calling
themselves Wheeler’s cavalry, Ac.; and in
another part of his narrative writes: ®Whfc
the citizens of Columbia begin their invest!
gations of the burning of that city, and the
pillaging of houses and robbing of citizens,
let them not forget to take the evidence of
Mr. Huger!”
I am thus put oh the stand without being
consulted, and shall commence by saying
that if this individual or any other was ever
“ sent ” to my “ assistance ” the mission has
been strangely disregarded, I ftversawany
such person as he claims to be, though I was
an eye-witness to the burning of Columbia.
I never had any such intercourse with any
human being in General Sherman’s army, or
out of it; and if investigations are made, ohd
the evidence of Mr. Hnger is Called for, I
shall, with a deep consciousness of what is
due to truth, say that, before Almighty God,
all that I saw, all that I heard, all that I suf
fered, all that I believe, is in direct opposi
tion to what is affirmed byj the writer for
Harper’s Magazine, and for which he quotes
Air Hnger as a portion of his authority: and
I ask leave to add, after maturely reflecting
upon the events of that fearful night, when
every feeling of humanity seemed to be ob
literated, if my “ well-being” here and here
after depended on the accuracy of my state
ment, I would say that the- precision, order,,
method, and discipline which prevailed from
the entrance of the Federal army to its de
parture, could only emanate from military
authority.
How could I come to any other conclu
sion, with the fact, regarded as indisputable,
that the city was doomed before it was
taken ? and that, as the tragedy progressed,
everybody saw the programme carried out,
as they had previously expected ? or how am
I to believe my owu senses when an indi
vidual, pretending to be an officer, talks of
burning the city, pillaging houses, robbing
citizens, Ac., as if “these” were unfounded
charges? Why, sir, I never supposed I
was dealt with more hardly than others,
because I know that the “pltmder” wi
universal. Yet Mr. Hnger, who is to bear
witness for one who was sent to assist him,
now declares “that be was mercilessly
robbed; that his person was ruthlessly
violated ; that food was taken away from
his orphan children, and that bis family were
brutally insulted by well-mounted and well-
armed men in the uniforms of the United
States!” For angbt I know, it may be usual
or even necessary to grant this license, while
the denial is equally aosurd and wicked, and
the attempt to implicate other people is the
consummation ot both ! Bnt this is the end
that such thiogs come to, and the natural
consequence ot calling witnesses to prove
what the witnesses themselves know to- be
. I saw those who were apparently plying
their vocation deliberately set fire to houses,
carrying with them combustible preparations
for doing so. Of the effort made to prevent
them I say nothing, because I saw nothing.
It gratifies me, however, to- relate this in
stance of kindness. My own house was
about to be destroyed by the firing of an ad
joining buildiDg. There were two Western
men looking on—soldiers in the true sense
of the word. I asked one of them (their
names were Elliot and Goodman, one from
Indiana, the other from Iowa), “Have you
a family aQhome?”' He answered : “Yes.”
I said to him-. “My family are ill in that
room ;• have you no thought of your own ?’’
The man showed that he had a heart, and,
as the incendiary moved off to other subjects,
he did assist me, without being “sent,” and
with my servants and tbe only child big
enough to “hand a bucket,” we savtd the
house, with its belpleps inmates, ’thanks to
the good Samaritan. 5 «
My conviction is that Columbia was cru
elly and uselessly sacked and horned, with
out resistance, after being in complete pos
session of General Sherman’s army; bnt
who gave the “order” to apply the torch is
not for the victims either to know or to cate.
Hundreds of helpless women and children
were turned out to their fate. It is the .his
torian’s business to find evidence to meet the'
case, not mine, and my voice would never
have been heard bad I not been unjustly
dragged Before the public- The “tnitn! and
the whole truth” will probably never appear;
linl it Sa in t.he hiffh nf
(jam
wfonfc
but it is “recorded in tbe high Chancery of
Heaven,” where no human power can make
the erasure. I
Mr. Editor, I crave yonr patience a little
longer, and beg your attention to the first
sentence in tbe article of which -1 complain.
It reads thus: “It Mr. Wade Hampton is
anxious to add a deep shame to a dishonored
name, he has attained that end by. his re-
hewed attempts to hold- Gen. Sfiedfca*
sponsible for tbe banting of Columbia an(T
its terrible consequences,” Ac. Now, «|r, I
speak for every honest man between the
mountains and the sea coast, end between
tbe SaV’innah river and the Pee Dee,whe
say, “It this opinion and this epithet ore tw
equally revolting and insulting, then; the
common sensibilities of nature are made ex
tinct by tbe sufferings we have endured
If “Hampton” Js a “dishonored name,” there
is none within the limits of this downtroddeu
ami persecuted State tpat oao considered,
as unsullied. ' ' I —-
Here in South Carolina, end throughout
the South, every human beieg feels thjt
where the name of Hampton is best knpwn
it is the most revered, and be who beam ilj
tbe most beloved. Before the present incum
bent saw tbe light, that name was identified
with all that is brave, aud honorable, and
generous. What a noble sire (who emphati
cally and habitually “did the honors” of his
native State) has left impressed upon ■ tbe
hearts of bis countrymen as a legacy to bis
children, this slandered Mr. Wade Hamotofy i
late Lieutenant General at tbe Coafederate
army, will transmit to another generation,
bright and untarnished. If there ia one
among us more cherished than the rest, It is
he, upon whom this gratuitous assault te so
brutally, aud yet so feebly made. And if,
to-day or to-morrow, ia canvass should be -
opened for out “representative man,” to
tbe highest office in the gift of aheart-brokeh
bat grateful people, none could be found
strong enough to compete with him for thek
favor. Aud it would be untrue to the Jiving,
and tbe dead, if such were not the unani
mous decision. till
I have said that the historian must, find
evidence as to the training of Columbia, and
he will find it; the foolish attempt; to hold
Hampton responsible is beyond the tether
of his last calumniator, and is hardly worthy
Tbsse few questions,
few «*•!*(
when they are asked, will be found difficult
lo answer; .Where .weal Hampton
the conflagration begad " to take its regalar
course at 8 o'clock »t night, Did thasotton
which was burning at the east end tor* Main
street travel against a gale of wind to the ex
treme West, more than a mile off? Wgs it
not there and then that we were called oAto
perceive that our doom was sealed ? Why
talk of putting out the fire ia a ehusch-vard
i* ifi notorious, that sO-
ver belonging to the Mtar was stolenTiodA
think, subsequently given up? Did Hamp
ton bum the country seats surrounding Co
lumbia, leaving his kith and kindreAwith
ou t a shelter? Did he bum every'famhouse
on the wayside and away from the wayside?
every grist Wifiandfiour sain? Did he bum
Camden and Winnsborough, and Cherawil
tbei^au«y-ef »W»^#att ffl «ken
from the citBamfiGOtf Colombia sold for
Hampton’s benefit in New York arid
elsewhere ? Is it the necessary province of.
•war to obliterate all mercy and all shttne ?
But enough; when the Searcher of Hearfs
commences His “investigations,” Hampton
will be found entrenehed by truth—yuf-
roundda by thh* strength, which ^prosperity
and victory” cannot give, and which “advef-.
sity and malignity” cannot take away.
Mf. Editor: We are doing our best,' with
Heaven's help, to have a country once more.!
North, South, East and West, are enlisted ia
this holy enterprise. AH hhve joined bands
te this sacred work, and a Chief Magistrate,
-distinguished for his high “sense of duty,’’
and for. his inflexible “courage” in Ife per
formance, wisely tells us, “if we cwraof
forget the ‘past’ we can never have a
‘future;!” and, standing as Ido. almost in
if gueb-is possible ; at any. rale, let it not be
referred to if the object is “peace” aud the
“hope” is iq the future. . :ri t >:'■
I am, very respectfully, yoqr obedient
servant, . Alfred Huoeb.
DISGRACtCFUL RADICAL RIOT IN
INDIANA.
Attack.on a Democratic Troeeaclaa. i
[From .the Indianapolis Herald, Ang. 28.] .
A gentleman who was at Danville on Sun
day; gives the following account of the tree as
at Danville on Saturday evening, after tbe
adjournment of the.Democratic and Conser
vative mass meeting, which was held upen.
the Fair Grounds, a mile and a half from the
county seat. He says:
“Tbe meeting was conducted in perfect
quint and , good order. After the adjourn
ment, as a few wagons, containing men, wo
men and children, were returning through
Danville, some Radicals of a low order, no
doubt,-commenced abusing the occupants,
saying that they could whip any ‘butternut’
in the crowd, and challenging them to a
fight. When one of tbe most prominent of
the disturbers, a deserter from the Fifty-first
Indiana Volunteers, by the name of Curtis,
was raving about whipping Copperheads, a
returned soldier by the name of Spear, who
served three years in the Seventy-ninth In
diana, not liking the ‘style,’ remarked that
tbe rowdy was ‘a d——d liar,’ and after a
few words they came to blows.
“The crowd immediately formed a ting,
and tbe soldier proceeded to give tbe bully
the severest drubbing be ever had. At about
the Bame time some three or four fisticuffs
.look-place; but tbe only missile used was
a bottle, which was thrown by one ot tbe
Radicals'.' Alter thbse fights the Radicals,
seeing they were not strong enough to ac-
cmnpjisb (heir threats, re turned, to town, end
after re-enforcing themselves came 'out and
met the procession as'it was going through
town before dispersing, and rode along the
line cursing and abusing every one in it,
riding from one wagon to another, aud vent
ing their spleen promiscuonsly. Finally they- Um-adveat ot new ones, unite to sender the
went into town and formed on the northwest
side of tbe square, when the order was given
to dismoui.t and bitch their tmeses, which
they did, and then fell in, forming a body of
150 or 200 men. As the leading wagon came
to tbis point it stopped, for tbie purpose of
allowing the band to get out. as they were at
that place to take the back for tbe railroad.
Asifihe bond was finishing a lane which it
was playing when the wagon stopped, the
cursing and abuse were continued, and the
RbdifcfitiMhrshal' rode out and' oitiered the
flag to be lowered, and about tbe time they
bad alighted and got clear of tbe wagon tbe
Radicals commenced to throw stones and
brickbats, which was vigorously replied to
by the Democrats as soon as they could gel
out and procure the means of doing so. Af
ter this had gone on for a few minutes the
Radicals commenced firing into tbe wagons,
in which were men, .women and children.
The entire Radical party of the town seemed
to have been prepared for the occasion, as
shots.'were fired from tbe houses, from the
court bouse, &Dd from the places of business.
One Radical admitted that he stood in the
door of bis grocery and emptied his revolver
of‘sfi Bhbta.
The fight lasted but a short time, as the
wagons got out of the wav as soon as it was
possible to do so, and the Radicals followed
them but a short distance from the place.
^ pf the wagons bear plentiful marks of
.s 'and stones, and quite a numhei of
people were injured during tbe fight.
. “This was evidently a premeditated affair,
as citizens living in the vicinity have for
some. .]ime received warnings that the meet-
‘ng was to be brpkec up, and when
they went into the meeting were told
they bad better leave as quick
possible. At night a meeting was held in
tbe town, and from appearances tbe Radicals
placed themselves on a “war footing,’’ and
had “pickets” out that night and the next
day—whether they have yet been taken in
or not we are unwilling to say. They now
propose to appoint a police fords or “home
guard” of twenty-five, men, but for what
purpose we are unable to say. We have no
doaDttbe fracas is a matter’of mortification
to'the respectable citizens of Danville, as it
’ should be to every man who desires the su
premacy of the law and order.”
A SpurtMig Mkk Ib • Strmlt—Huatlag for
DUaoadi.
re- Advertiser tells tbe following
1D( L shocking story of a sporting man residing in
that ‘
-Thejnan lived not a hundred miles from
Jefferson avenue, in ,a modest appearing
:3vWiia. ■ -Md bad a IV*ry fascinating wife,
for vthom he appeared to entertain the
highest feelings of regard. He lavistjfd upon
ben all’ that her heart ooald enure (hr, and
ehekeemed to enfoy tbe comfortsANrhome,
besides having a large display of “fency
fixings” that are not necessaries of life, Tbe
cambfor bad been playing with the tiger, and
itWjftqftQBs beast, to use a common phrase,
had?aSditll he^cisfflfo^^a^l
as a last resort proposed to his wife that she
Should loss him her diamonds, in qHertbat
he might get another start in thefoiy. She
positively refused to lend the aaMRid be
dhtenmned to get even.
“He planned k ! biirglary into his own-house,
-Nbd arranged to carry it into execution that
4nry night, in order to obtain the ooveted
prize, .He took a small .valise filled, with
Hotifinp neceareqp ISra sttetti jtsiraey, affif
announced to his wife fbat be was going
4way from the city for a few days. She
pfooind entire confidence in ninh-aufiihe left,
as she expected, to return at the time stated.
Instead, however, of leaving the city, he se-
fcretW bun self attbe room of a friend until
about midnight, when he went forth to steal
Is wife’s jewelry. Thepight wreqmte dark,
titfoittvoiMfe]feVlhis en
terprise, and about one o clock he reached
his residence without being observed. A
few urinates later he war inside, be having
leftw window unfesienedI to enable him to
can* out'his designs. He crept stealthily
about the premises, and, npon mhw bfe
wife’s bedroom, listeqedto satisfy himself
•sISRXSM&s
BtxBBSSWa*
bis wife. A row of no small dimensions fol
lowed; revolvers being drawn, but the affair
resulted iu nobody being hurt. U tbe scrim
mage the d punond* jrefiit Br g oUe,1 > were
not stolen. ’
The,effects of H»e late niyU war in this
cenntry upon cultivated mind* in the,South,
remarks the Macon Messuage?, . few neveK
been fully apparent- Aa, juj ja4e*, : foe a^
(jrere of Dr. S.^H. Stout (formerly Medi
cal Director of the An*y of Tenneeaoe),
delivered at tipst.Medwal (foliage Itt 1
the. the regalar sapmer pours*, poweases
seme interest. bn .rni.i- vM
[.-..The Doctor’s, views ore yrocthy of attention,
anil should stimulate the youth, of. our fond
to greater exertions in tyie finid of
and in the cultivation of Southern chanter
teristics. And this, not withp view, to ear
uangemeht from the 'peppjn of the ,North,’
bnt simply because such a coarse, opens up
to us a broader sphere of usety^iefs, ap4,one
in which we will be more likely to succeed'.
The development of natural ‘powers is our
duty; and not the attempt to mould onr-
selves after somebody. n.lpeY^bd^. ,
We extract from the, report given, as foi-
w; ,; ‘ v ad Hi * i
“Enough then hag epeurred jmd, is .patent
to atf, to prove tbe existence of ethnological
dtfereaeea between tbfe i, pe0j>l4''of tbe two
sections, to persuade MteiligeuU men-of the
folly ol attempting to enforce uniformity of
social customs. Without crimination and
iecnminkUon, ridicule and sal tire, why may
not every people cherish thfeirown desirable
characteristics, without/ demanding ’that’
others stall be like them 1
“If we are convinced that we pp—««« de
sirable and ennobling impulses and charac
teristics, let us perseveripgly cherish. them,
and, as a means of cherishing them, let
us ourselves direct the education of our
youth, train oar young men and women, and
encourage their laudable enterprises.
“The war decided againu us on two is
sues, and only two, viz: The supremacy of
the Federal Government; land the abolition
of ala very. Upon all other questions there
was no contest. Therefore, our identity as a
people is net io3t; nor has our right to direct
the education of oaf children been taken,
away.
“To preserve the civilization of tb&South-
ero people, to improve it, and lo make k felt
in the peaceful pursuits ot life, is a high and
holy task incumbent on our educated aaddn-
telligeot men and women.
“Now is the time to inuugarate their plans
and to propose their schemes. The greater
the difficulties and tbe greater tbe embarrass
ments, the more food for thought, the more
stimulus to effort, and tbe better th» oppor
tunity for the display of geniua.
“And they have much to stimulate them,
even in tbis time of pecuniary distress and
embarrassment. Tbe pe reeve ranee of .the
people, their just appreciation of the good
end true, the liberality of there views, which
engenders a proper degree «f docility in the
pupil, tbe combination of causes which tewk
to develop individuality and independence of
thought, the very novelty of the situation,
and passing away of old social elmneats and
task one of peculiar pleasure and responsi
bility. as well as of immediate necessity.
"The man of wealth may bare it in bis
power to emigrate. The distinguished citi
zen may find employment and have honors
heaped upou him in foreign parts; but the
great living, toiling mass of the people must
stay at home. Here they must find a field of
action: Here they must rear their children.
Here, too, they must be buried by tbe graves
of their fathers. The exodus of the whole
people, even if desirable, cannot take place.
Here, then, should all wuo can peacefully
do so remain to share a common destiny and
to contribute, each his mite, to the common
welfare.”
Horrible Affair 1b Montmaa—A Preacher
Murder* a’ Raaehe' Proprietor—The
Body Cooked a ad Served to Traveler*.
[From the Helenx (Montana) Republican, Ang. 2.]
From reliable sources we learn the follow
ing particulars of a tragedy which has re
cently taken place beyond the range, and
which would be Worthy Abe times of tbe
Borgias. Some time in May last a man rep
resenting himself to be a minister of the gos
pel (we could not learn his name) stopped at
an Irishman’s ranch, situated at Tobacco
Plains, on the road from Pend d'GreUle Lake
to tbe Kootenai mines. Here the reverend
gentleman remained quite a long time, goon
after be made his appearance, the Irishman
was missed from tbe locality, but as bis place
was in a remote portion of the country, and
as mountaineers are proverbially of a ram
bling disposition, hut little notice was taken
of bis disappearance. In the meantime
tbe quondam preacher stepped into
the shoes of bis farmer host, became a veri
table ranobero, and essayed to keep a public
house, taking pains to Inform all inquiring
friends of tbe previous proprietor that he bad
bought out tbe Irishman, and that the latter
had gone to the lower conntry.
This seemed a plausible story, and was
readily believed, until one day some friends
of the missing man, who had been calling at
the house, and were afterwards searching for.
their horses, found human bones and. a com
plete hand, upon which they distinguished
freckle marks. After this horrible discovery
they demanded an explanation from their
late host, and were informed that the remains
in question belonged to another jiyji«n thai,
had been recently killed, and that be would
born them. No sooner was tint conversation
ended than the supposed ex-preacher com-
menoed carrying his intention to destroy the
remains into effect, but the r friends of the
missing Irishman, mistrusting that all writ 1
not right, deterred him, and Commenced
closely questioning him. When' finally
driven to the wall, he made such confessions
as proved him to be the most guilty wretch
that ever disgraced God’s footetool by his
presence. He had never bought the tranche,
bnt had forged the bill of sate from his for
mer landlord, and afterwards murdered him.
Not satisfied with this, our informant tells nS
ta tanked to pieces mill yoked the mpno of
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Outrage on A.NRoep Camp Meeting.—
Baltimore, AWg. r 81.-L«*iri«M « httack
was made on the colored jwjlwii ot tae camp
' •, held at Shipley s Woods^tbyee miles
anover Switch, op the WashfogUfo
andawhitemannamedMUton Benson, while
at prayer, was shot m thgM»o rheed,
5 mortally wounded, the t*U coming out
of hjs month, f -
the unfortunate mail) and served it np in va
riously prepared dishes to the travellers
stopping at his place, We rejoice that the
villainous hypocrite has been hang, -
Murder of Mr. James Keith.—Mr. Keith,
Who lives near Timmonsville,' was returning
very early on tbe morning of the 22d ult.,
from the boose of a sick mend,-with whom
be had been silting up, when Ms attention
being aroused by the popping of a cap, be
looked to tbe ride of the road, aad perceived
hw ■ mgiu with whom he had been for
some Aime on bad terms; via attempting to
a him. Drawing bis pistol, Mf. Keith
brice, wounding the negpo each jtime,
who, however, managed to make bis escape.
Walking on, Keith hafimot proceeded for,
when the negro suddenly rushed upon ‘him
Again, and crying: “now its my'time^*shot,
blowing off a part of -Keitb’a bead, aotTkill-
aarstisr.
friends, and lor a few hoars excited much
sympathy and indignation by a fine story on
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bis own side. The true story, bowever,
arrested under watranl
coming in, he was
from a asegfotEOte, and now awaite hit trial,
wi* Donnas an severe, and he auy not live
to Stand it DarRngton Southerner.
' Health or Ma. Jefferson Davis.—The i
| Vietatarg Tlmea says. ' r
foStere^SStary^rg 1
writer n one of our prominent citizens, aad
be gets hi* statement from first hands: *T
have recently seen letter from a gentleman '
of truth. Which states that President Davis ft
in extremely low health, that he ia so feeble
he cannot walk many stepa without resting:
that he is feaifally emaciated, his very necit
tunes protruding, hie akin ao destitute of vi-
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J. T. Thomas, S^c. , f
H. W. Mercer
O. 8. Hardee
William Hnnter
A. 8. Bartridge
A. Porter
R. Moi
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J. T. Thomas
W. Bemehart
F. L-Gne
H. A. Crane
A. a. Solomon.
M. Hamilton
W. W. Gordon
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Directorsi
R. 8. Cohen
I. Lama
J. W. Nevtt;
D Q. Fuse
A. PalUrton
I. MeMahoc
L. J.Uiillmartin
F. W. Sima
O. Butler
K. Laetdiaon
t F.Chtm, Aagnata
J. W. Knott. Macsn
B. F. Boss, Macon
W. H.Toang, Ootnmbns
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EVERY VARIETYIOF
FURNITURE
IS SELLING .GOODS
Lower Than Any Other House
IN SAVANNAH.
HOTELS AND STEAMBOATS
FUBNiMHED.i
PARLOR SETS, extra well upholstered.
FINK BED ROOM SETS, Walnut and Ma
hogany.
COTTAGE BED ROOM,SETS, of every
variety.
DINING ROOM and LIBRARY SETS.
MATTRESSES, BOLSTERS and PILLOWS
of all kinds.
KITTLE S FOLDING SPRING BE03 and
MATTRESSES, the best Bed in use,
and WARRANTED SUPERIOR to ail
others.
LACE AND GAUZE MOSQUITO CANO
PIES, and CANOPY FRAMES.
WAREROOMS,
178 Broughton Street,
Do not Travel Without Due.
tuai
No Person Should Neglect k.
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wafoffiiiraftili hyfom.Matiwm,
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UoethM History of , the CiyM War in the Halted
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States (roijil86I
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(■psrieausf afomMas tsaa ftdsral fsaa. By A.
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ffoWL9f m AWSft-Oabfo by H. M Field.
Letters of Kogenis ds Gserln.
mitts
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Itoc-Psyerts Maanal, by G. S. Bontwefl.
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-Col Lyle Dickey ip tlm filsmnmalfo
candidate for member of Omtftm from Out 1
State at forge in Uinoia. Gee. Logan ia the!
Radical nominee.
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