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GEORGIAN': SEPTEMBER 4,
IS/’
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Jeffers'Mi Duvis.
u'ir true story of ma capture—
HR WAS NOT DISGUISED IN ANY
WAY.
can hi* 8 till to have exceeded it—'capital out of the meeting, to which
[Memphis Appeal.]
We are in receipt «»1 the Align-’
number of the Southern Historica
S ciety Papers, which is . xeeedingh
interesting, taken up, as it is, mainl
with letters from distinguished offi
cer> who served with the great chic
upon the < auses of the defeat ot Gen.
Lee at the battle of Gettysburg
From it we copy t e following? ttpoi
the capture of Mr. Jefferson Davi>
President of the Confederate States-
NVc regret to sec that in ar. artic t
in the Philadelphia Times G. n. Wi
son revives the stale slander that
President-Davis was captured in:
woman's disguise. Wc hope,to pie
s nl before long a full statement «•
the facts; but in the meantime w»
give, without alteialior, the lbllowin
statement oi a Federal soldier who
was present, and winch fully off-el.*
the statement of Gen. Wils-m, win
was not present at the capture:
JEFF. DAVIS’ ALLEGED DISGUISE.
Portland (Maine) Ary in: “I an
no admirer o( Jeff Davis. I am :
Yankee, born between Saecarappa
and Gorham Corner; am full of Yin
kee prejudices: but I thi.ik it wiukeo
to lie even about him, 01, forth
matter, about the devil. I was will:
the party that captured Jiff Davis;
saw the whole transaction from the
beginning. I now say-rand hop<
you will publish it—that Jeff Davit*
did not have on at the time he war
taken anv such garment as is woo
by women. lie did have over hit*
shoulders a tvater-proof article «>i
clothing, something like
lock.” It was not in the least con
cealed. He wore a hat, and did not
carry a pail, bucket or kettle in ar.\
way. To the best of my recollec
tion, he carried nothing whatever it
his hands. Ilis wife did not tell any
person that her husband might hurt
somebody if he got exasperated.
Site behaved like a lady, and he as a
gentleman, though manifestly he was
chagrined at being taken into custo
dv. Our soldiers behaved like gen
tlemen, as they were, and our officers
like honorable, brave, men; and the
foolish stories that won the newspa
per rounds of the day, telling hew
wolfishly lie deported himself were
that of the Aster* rd-, in 1801, and
that of the planet Keptvre, in 1840.
The discovery has shown the cx-
-eptional vain j of the new telescope.
The discovery was first made on
Thursday night last, near midnight.
At that time Prof. Hall observed
•vhat at first appeared to him like a
very f int and oliscurc star which
seemed to lie following in the track
•f Mars. Some time afterward an-
•liter observation showed that the
star was in the track of the planet,
and some distance from it, notwith
standing the planet was moving away
with the same veloci v per hour.
Tile measurements which were sub
sequently taken by the astronomers
convinced all ’hat a great discovery
h id been made. It will take a con-,
sidcraldo period before we can deter
mine in detail the results of this ob
servation. Pro'". Newcomb tele
graphed to the Europe in observato
riea this discovery, and, it is hoped, if
there was a clear day in Europe, ad
ditional iu.ormatiim will be received
loin there.
Prof Hall, who has kept continu
ous watch at the instrument for a
week, and who was fortunate enough
to make this remarkable < iscovery,
makes the lullowing statement:
“ The first satellite of Mars was
liseovered in the N ival Observatory
at Washington, on the night of Au
gust 10. It was first seen at 11:12.
it lias been observed in the night of
tho lGtli, 17th and 18th of August.
The lime of the rotation of this satel
lite about Mars is about thirty hours;
iis greatest apparent distance from
the centre of Mars is eighty seconds
of an arc. I think I saw another
-iteliite Saturday morning about four
a “ have- j o’clock, but of the existence of the
second satellite I am not absolutely
certain. I believe, however, there
arc two, and expect to be able to de
termine this to-night. In its ap
pearance it is a taint object of about
the thirteenth or fourteenth magni
tude. It was 'possible to discover
the statellite only by putting Mars,
which is exceedingly bright, out ot
the field of the telescope, so as to get
rid of the bright light of that planet.”
“ Hall’s statement ends;
“The distance of the first satellite
is between thirteen thousand or four
teen thousand miles, which is less
than any known planet. The lower
I one, as to the existence of which the
tne Colonists demurred, ’Squire
Foldntan arose and told the Socialists
that they were not wanted in the
! all, and unless they wanted to join
the Colonists they should leave.
They insisted upon lieing heard, and
in the midst of the confusion a mo
tion to a- journ until two o’clock in
the afternoon prevailed.
At tho afternoon meeting the at
tendance was not so large as in the
morning. ’Squire Markworth agreed
to communicate with the authorities
in Washington and try to secure an
appropria’ ion for tho Colonists to
start upon, A committee was ap
pointed to prepare a memorial to
Congress which shall be submitted
to another meeting of the Colonists,
September 2. These gentlemen,
like Col. Mulberry Sellers, believe in
the old flair ami—an appropriation.,
Civil Service Reform.
HOW STANLEY MATTHEWS TRADED
THE TOI.EDO POST OFFICE FOR
VOTES.
all false. I know what I am writing i
about. I saw Jefferson Davis many j
times while ho was staying in Port-1
land many jeav* ago, and I think I j
was the first one who recognized him
at the time of ids arrest. When it
was known that he was certainly
taken, some newspaper correspon
dent, 1 knew his name nt the time,
fabricated the story about his d : s
guise in an old woman's dress. I
heard the whole matter talked over
as a good joke, and the officers, who
knew better, never took the trouble
to deny it. Perhaps they thought
the Confederate. President deserved
all the contempt that could be pit
upon him, I tlunk so, too; only I
would never perpetrate a falsehood
that by any means would become
history. And, further, I would never
slander a woman who has shown so
ranch devotion as Mrs. Davis to her
husband, no matter how winked he is
or may have been. I dely any per
son to find a single officer or soldier
who was present at the capture of
Jefferson Davis who will say, upon
honor, that he w as disguised in wo
man’s clothes, or that Ins wife acted
in any way unladylike or undignified
on that occasion. I go for trying him
for his crimes, and, if he is found
guilty, punihliift*- biiu. But I would
not lie about him when the truth will
certainly make it bad.enoqgli,
Ja& H. Parker.’’
Elburnville, Pa. -u*
astronomers are not yet. absolutely
certain, is still closer. The diameter
is very small, probably not more than
fifty or one hundred miles.’’
Lund for tlio Million.
QUEER PROCEEDINGS AT A CINCINNATI
MEETING—A DEMAND UPON UNCLE
SAM TO 1UIY US ALT. A FARM.
A Heaven
ify-Sensation.
Disvo very of Two SatcUltM to the Phoct |n.
.Y .
(Washington Special to Cincinnati Gazette.)
There is a sensation among astron
omers here, caused
of Professor
great ‘
»torr,
Mara The. aarpnomew «f
servatory say that thfo conak|gr
discovery *• ranging Mfe
greatest tcl-oepic discoyeifeu
oentury, and
[ From the Cincinnati Enquirer.]
About three hundred Germans met
yesterday morning at Turner Hall for
the purpose of organizing a society
for the purpose of colonizing in some
one of the Western or Southern States
under the homestead law. The meet
ing was called to order liy Mr. Chr.
Reif, who stated that the only way
to better the situation of the labor
ing classes in the eitics would be to
emigrate to some good farming dis
trict, and there cultivate the soil.
He maintained that a great many
people in Cincinnati would be willing
to join the movement if the govern
incut would advance them a small
sum of money to huy agricultural
implements, etc. The society should
be formed to ask Congress for an
appropriation tor this purpose.
, After this C. Buntschuh was made
President of tho meeting, and C.
Reif Secretary. The first address
was by M. A. Jacobi, w ho thorough
ly dh cussed and indorsed the plans
of the meeting, and .-aid it was the
daty of Congress to appropriate
money to start them on the colonies,
as wilhopt money they would be
’Squire Markworth fol-
^we4 v Mr. Jacobi, and explained to
meeting the workings of the
act. While he spoke a
section of the working
walked into the ball and
be The great*
****&£»"**♦ They
i make political
[From the Toledo Journal, j
A few days since a very prominent
citizen of Cincinnati visited Toledo,
who was cii route to Put-in-Bay.
This gentlemen said that he supposed
hewas one of the patties who was
instrumental in bringing Reed and
Matthews together. He was at Col
umbus during t.ie Senatorial contest,
in the interest of Matthews, lie
talked with Reed, and ascertained
that he was lor Taft, and that he had,
or claimed toj control, from three to
five votes of the Northwestern Ohio
delegation. lie saw that Reed was
anxious for something, and he in
ferred front certain words a. d hints
that he dropped, that he could lie
“fixed” for Matthews. “I then
saw Matthews,” he said, “and ad
vised him to secure Reed, as the con
test was likely to be ch-se. An
interview was arranged and Reed
was fixed.”
What transpired between Reed
and Matthews no one knows but the
two parties present. Perhaps it was
another party a confidential friend of
Matthews, who fixed Reed and his
three or four votes, [t. is certain that
Reed went to Columbus in the inter
est of Taft; that certain Representa
tives from northwestern Ohio, who
were in Reed’s interest, were also for
Taft ; that Reed was in the Taft
caucus, preceding the Legislative
caucus. It is also certain that he
changed ; and that he changed very
suddenly to Matthews after a certain
interview, either with Matthews or a
friend of Matthews, upon the promise
of a Federal office. It is also true,
and we stand ready to prove it, that
after said Senatorial election, in which
Reed’s strength was voted for Mat
thews, an arrangement was made by
Matthews with President Hayes, to
have Dowling removed and Alexan
der Ree<f appointed Postmaster, and
that at the same time Matthews wrote
to Gov. Cox, informing him of the
contemplated change. It has been a
mystery to many citizens of Toledo
why President Hayes was induced to
make the change, in direct and fla
grant violation of his civil service
rules. There is but one explanation
for this, and that is, Stanley Matthews
demanded the change It is a well-
known fact that no charges whatever
have been preferred against Capt.
Dowling; it is also an undisputed fact
that the President said to Capt. Dow.
ling after his inauguration that he
would not be removed while his record
was so correct He said tho same
thing, substantially, to William Baker
of Toledo, and to another very dis
tinguished public official in Washing-
Border Outrages.
I«m Krpnrteil Arming to Krprt Invasion—The
Greater* Grttln*Frighten'd,
Washington, August 25.—The
following dispatch was received, at
the War Department this afternoon:
San Antonio, Texas, August 24 —
The following has been received
from Captain Brown. “ General
Benevides handed me yesterday the
following message for transmission to
you. Colonel Gomez, commanding
at Camargo, to-day communicates the
following telegram: ‘In an i> t<-r-
view I had with the commanding
officer of State volunteers who have
arrived at Rio Grande City lie in
formed me that he had received or
ders from the Governor of Texas to
pursue an arrest criminals wherever
they may lie found, even though it
he on Mexican soil, in case they are
not promptly delivered up by the au
thorities. I have answe.ed him. that
I hnv- ord rs to pursue and arrest all
| ie iso ns who may commit depreda
tion- on United States territory and
afterwards take refuge on Mexican
soil, that relative to delivering them
up I shall confine myself strictly to
the orders I received from headquar
ters. I also notified headquarters j
that there are at present organizing
in Texas, according to the stjftement
of said commander, twenty-live thous
and volunteers for the campaign
A SPiEltfHB af»f»0ftT*Htf?Y
Atlanta and Augusta Undersold.
THE TREMENDOUS STOCK OF
against Mexico. General Escobedo,
h-»s sons and San Money are still in
Davis.’ I beg General, to call your
attention to the aforesaid assertions
of the commanding officers of rhe j
Slate volunteers in his conversation !
with Colonel Gomez.’’
[Signed] General Benevides.
I telegraphed at once to Governor
Hubbard : “ Your letter, with Cap
tain Hall’s, have been received. My
advices do not agree with the laltere.
My orders prohibit the crossing on
trails after any sort of raiders where
• here are Mexican troops to arrest or
pursue such.
Benevides telegraphs that Hall
proposes to cross at v aniargo, and
says he is authorized by orders from
you to pursue and arrest all criminals
wherever they may be found, even
on Mexican soil. If this is so, and he
crosses, unless my orders are changed,
lie will cross without aid from the
regulars Hall alsj, according to my
advices, stated to Co’onel Gomez
that there were 25,000 volunteers
organized in Texas tor the campaign
against Mexico. Such talk, if re
ported correctly, is likely to slop e -
] torts on the part of the Mexican au-
j thoriiies to capture and leturn the
1 rescued prisoners under the extrndi-
i lion treaty.” E. (). C. Ord,
I Brigadier-General:
The Czar’s Liberality.
The
Buggies, Phaetons, Carriaes,
AND WAGONS,
OF THE OLD RELIABLE FIRM OF
HODGSON BROS
MARKED DOWN.,
PRICES CB-EATI/ST EEDX7CE2.
j, . • ,i . i *1*;- * 1
VVoilmve on lmnd tho Largest STOCK SOUTH OF BALTIMORE, and it must and will be
sold without delay. Good Bnegied, HODGSON MAKE for
®§£ HttfffiftEe B611AR8.
.. f j 'ft r .• -.J' r * »*•«*'/** .
The Celebrated' Hodgson Wagon, t
Knownjiill over the State for their durability and strength, and are beyond question Iho best
•WAGONS ever sold in this section of the Country. I’arties wisning any sort of
Vehicles are rcspcctlully invited to look through our stock.
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
BEP&immt Jan Wq&ic
A SPECIALTY.
Skilled and Finished Workmen in Every Department.
hnv
Special attention will he given to REPAIR WuKK.
o Docn reduced lully one-fourth. No liul'i 11 u - - i ■
.1 'he scale of prices in this branch
-•rod in our shop—all First-class
WORK
juli 3-tim
AND AT BO I TOM PRICES.
NEW SPRING GOODS.
I-Netwithstanding the hard times,
THE UNDERSIZED IS RECEIVING A FULL
Czar is said to be a child in
money matters. A most intimate
friend, Count Adlerberg, is often in
debt, and the Czar since his accession
to the throne, has migrudingly paid
millions to release him from his em
barrassments. One day last winter, j
the Count appeared at court, cough- ;
ing violently' and looking very ill.
“ What is tho matter with you,
Alderberg ?” asked the Czar. “ Se
vere bronchitis, sire,” replied the
Count. “ My doctor says that I
ought to go to Nice for a couple of
months.” “Then, why don’t you
go? I will give you leave” “I
cannot afford the journey, sire.”
“Never mind the expense; I will
defray that.” The Count brightened
up. “I will defray the expense,’’ in
the Emperor’s month, could not
mean less than ten or twenty thou
sand roubles. The next morning his
Majesty sent for the Count, and gra
ciously handed him a five hundred
rouble note—less than §350, at the
present rate of exchange, for a two
months’ trip from St Petersburg
to Nice and back again. Connt
Alderberg got rid of bis bronchitis in
Russia.
SUPPLY OF ALL KINDS OF -
Spring and Summer Goods
OF VARIOUS STYLES,
* Bouglit at jP’sLua.io IPrioest
He most earnestly"invites his old customers and the public generally,
And Esfecully Cask Custodiers,
TO CALL AND EXAMINE IIIS .
COOI3S AISTD PRICES
Before purchasing elsewhere, ns he is confident l:c can please both with goods and prices.
ton.
Now, with all these facts well-es
tablished and uncoDtroverted, are we
not justified in tho assertion that the
whole transaction is tainted with fraud
and corruption of the most degrading
kind?
Bpilkins came down town with a
noaegAy in bis buttonhole. “ Hullo P*
said a friend; “ why, Leander, you
look as if yon’d just come out of a
greenhouse.” “No/* replied Spil-
kins, mopping his fevered brow;
“but I posted, the night in a hot
Athens, Ga. apl7-3m
S. C. DOBBS.
The Freeloveks.—This pestifer
ous sect had a big meeting, August
19th, at thefreelovcrscampat Shaw-
sheen Grove, Ballardville, Massa
chusetts. Speeches were made by
men and women. They denounced
marriage a3 a system of slavery lead
ing to innumerable evils, taught that
men and women should come and live
together upon principle of affinity,
and went so far as to say, they should
take each other on trial before finall
deciding to live together as man and
wife—that either the manor women
should have the right at any time to
withdraw.
PLANTERS’ HOTEL,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
Rates Reduced to $3 per Day.
HAVING LEASED THIS WELL KNOWN HOTEL, I enter
upon its management by Reducing Rates, and asking of the Travel
ing Public, especially my friends of Carolina and Georgia, a continu
auee of that liberal support they have always given it.
jan23-5m
FORMERLY OF CHARLESTON, PROPRIETOR.
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