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THE ATHENS c - GEORGIAN': SEPTEMBER 4, IS/’ -a*i 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. '/