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AMERICTJS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1871. .
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<t Sl^KIHa. FRANK K. BCT
HAWKINS & BURKE.
noyn rvt Ij ax
Americas, Georgia. *
jno. D. .CARTER,
A*T I/AW,
Hotel building, corner of
PORT & HOLLIS,
,'ttHJtKY* AT LAW
AnI Solicitors of Patents.
Imericus, (Soorsia.
. , the room over It. T.nvrdVstois.
J April gQ tf
C. T. GOODE,
Attorney at Law
AMKRICU8, GEORGIA.
.* ,T ever W. T. Davenport’s Drugstore.
JACK brown,
'lorn <■ 3 1 * ** x *° p *
amkrkts, a a.
.V- liiC nrt llonne with Judge St»n-
feblfitf.
N. A. SMITH.
tornoy ot I/n. w,
I. nraetiee in the Courts efSnmtcr and
J. A. ANSLEY,
V11 on i cv -n t Law
SAM LUMPKIN,
TTORNEY AT LAW,
AMEIUGUS G.\.
Amorlcua
t.l |or. ba-e of lands
AWKINS & GUERRY,
Attomeys-at-Law,
the pnb
yuJc^io
It BROWN
ittomkv it law,
KW attention to all bnsine*
'*«* to lu- care. nor 26 tf
forge W. Wooten,
ATTORNEY-AT-1..UV,
^orlcu., - - - C3-*v.
^G.iirt lloiiue. janlStf
Phillip Cooky
ttorney at Law,
SERIOUS. GEORGIA.
AROUND TUB
BI OEOHOE HOLLAND.
Whatever be our earthly lot,
Wherever we may roam.
Still to our hearts the brightest epot
la round tha hearth at borne;
The' home where we received our birth.
The hearth by which we sat.
No other epot on all the earth,
Will ever be like that.
When winter, coming in it« wrath,
Pflwl high the drifting mow,
Safe clustered round, the cbcenal hearth
We watched tb j firelight glow ;
Nor brighter seemed the rnddy flames
Than did our hearts, the while
A hiving mother breathed onr namep.
With sweet approving entile.
When wearied with our eager chase
Through many a tangled path.
How sweet tha dear accustomed place,
To talk around the hearth;
And still wbta by our toil and cars
We foci ourselves oppressed.
Our thoughts forever cluster there,
And there alone find rest.
Criglit promise of tha rest above,
Sweet shelter from the storm,
Horae hallowed by a mother's love.
Hearth by that lore made warm;
Though wildly roared the storm without
Wliat recked we of tbe cold.
What place for a »y fear doubt
Within tin lav'og .old?
And when some little trouble weighed
Upon the cliljdiah heart,
Till from our brimming eyes it made
The gushing tear-drops start;
How quick before the gentle glow.
Wo fe'.t each sorrow cease,
Am! back the crystal current flow.
To flood our hearts with peace.
Anti brighter with the passing years
Seems childhood's .sweet employ.
’ Aud even sweeter fP’I appear*
Escli well remembered joy.
A round tbe olKeifnl hearth nt home,
Where we in childhood sat,
No other spot where’e r wo roam
W’i’l ever bo like that.
[ From tho Nashville Bannei
A 810,000 ROMANCE.
DAUOHTER MARRIED AGAINST HEIl W]
—BUIUED TREASURE UNEARTHED—SHE
SECURES IT BY STRATEGY AND SUNS
WITH ANOTHER MAN.
CE 0RGE W. KIMBROUGH,
attorney at law,
*• tM ti,fc Ml,e andphrebase
: u-s C8 I Georgia. Investigat-
11,1 til Liuraivs ontr 'dh! faithfully at-
Ioe county, Ga. nnvlltf
1 WILLIAM A. GREENE,
AMEBICUS,
nXl'EH to MTVS
- • « prof.'xuon, ' aprlU-1;
Dr ‘ J. B. HINKLE
°5? J 5 *" 1 .“aHM" wr-ce. (In tilth.
♦ t? of Profession) to the good
j **?' nn ‘ ! ' and Sumter connti, andso-
'of.X. j u ancp of the liberal patronage
i the honae known i
& B. HAWKINS.
I iCE at Dr. Eldridgo’a Drag Store.
S^Tl
epical card
H°:
SMITH would inform hie
Lonfccnonery establishment. Kn-
Masonic HalL Wh're he will
““ .Iment on profes-
2 U tf
( ‘ I 8«jcr»ii^".*^ M ’.! u " “ ,a friends and the
*»trr* to ‘ a'l on him, promising
11 •' * lo fhe best of his ahdity.
J r ;Wm.agreene
e >atW tK . r „ rewdcnce to the honse re-
-' tu tCc^ ed , by »*.*■ J- Eldridfe,
' 5:,d Lt where he may now
p * ln pXS?
Jl PEARCE, BUTLER & CO.,
*'«8,^r ro ' i FAcToa3 -
*. ^ Awgwrt*. Ga
Curing the war, an old gentleman
named Tompkins lived within a few
miles of Lebanon, and was well to do in
life. He had several sons and daughters,
of whom he was proud. Tompkins had
a strong, unbending will, which would
not brook opposition when-ho had set
tled his mind upon a favorite plan or
idea. Now, he was very much pleased
with the insinuatiug manners of a youth
d Henry Hunt, who assiduously but
nnreciprocaily courted one of his daught
ers. Heflry Tompkins hnd frequently
frowned down all objections made by
his obstinate and perverse daughter to
Huut's frequent visits and persevering
attentions. We are told that this dangh
r, at list, became dntifnl to her father’*
.11, and married the inau she did not
and could not love. Tho truth was that
she was very deeply smitten with a young
man named Hamilton, who had profess
ed much admiration for her, and had
won her Heart if not. her hand. Huut
and wife wen* thus destined to liuve mauy
troubles, and to experience many vexa
tious family jars.
Not long after the marriage had been
celebrated Tompkins died, leaving them
in the sole possession oi » very valuable
secret—tho burial place of $10,000
gold and silver, which he had hidden for
fear of being, roblwd by the Federal
soldiers, who were at that time traveling
extensively over Wilson conutj. Tomp-
kiu*s wife subsequently fell a victim, to
death. The unmatched couple still con-,
tinued to live unhappily together, aud it
is saiJ, often had opened quarrels in re
gard to n jealons feeling which Hoot
treasured against .Hamilton,. who still
resided in the neighborhood, _ and who
was still loved if not adored by |Hunt*s
wife. She could never forget her first
love, though Hunt had vainly-endeavor
ed by a hundred different modes of per-
i:ision to win over her affections.
About three weeks ago she became
wearied of the life she was leading with
her husband, aud in concert with her
lover Hamilton, she concocted a scheme
elopement with the latter and the
treasure,“which Was finally successfully
carried out. Out of pretence of being
alarmed lest; the treasure should be dis
covered and carried away, she induced
her husband to believe that unless it
dug np and deposited in a place of n
security some one would rob them' of ik
He sympathized with her in her fears,
and listened to her plausible story,
a time wlieu no one eonld be aware of it,
they nuearthed the money, which proved
to be of the amonntfstated. Having placed
it in her trunk with
both came
at 319 High street, with the intention of
conveying it to some point iu Kentucky.
Both kept a close and nneasy watch
npon the trunk, as though they expected
it every moment, by some unforseen ac
cident or mysterious circumstance, to be
snatched away from them forever.
Having determined to take the
nre to the place in Kentucky designated,
without the assistance of Ler husband,
she invented a little stratagem, through
which she accomplished her object, and
left him with her child in Nashville and
eloped with her loVer, who it seema had
mode an appointment to meet her on the
train, to parts unknown. Her husband
was so kind as to see the treasure and
herself safely on the train.
One of her brothers came to this city
Monday in afiarch of her. We under
stand that he intends to ferret oat the
gnilty party if possible. Whether he
will ev?r bavo the satisfaction of doing so,
Tlae Alligators of Florida.
The female alligators will not allow
the male to approach her nest. He has
gluttonous habit of eating all the eggs,
thus necessitating her laying more,
which she does not like to do. So,
whenever she catches him in that neigh
borhood she thrashes him on general
principles, he has ’either done mischief
intends it; at any rate, he is meddling
domestic matters and deserves snub
bing. I’m told that it is really amusing
to see the big bally stick his tail between
hia legs and sneak off, the very image
henpecked husband, after one of
these conjugal scoldings. He is hot by
any means a model husband ; and al
though he takes his thrashing kindly,
he revenges himself by watching until
*ggs are really hatched, and then
eates np as many of the causes of the
family dispute as he can catch. Young
alligators don’t like to know their own
fathers.
I heard of but few instances where
creatures have attacked grown men;
they are fond of children, and show
their attachment to the offspring of other
people as they do their own. In one
instance, where a man on horseback was
crossing a ford, he was seized by the
leg, but wlieu his dog plunged iu^ the
alligator left his leg to take the more
delicate morsel. In another instance,
alligator struck at the mule pulling
a cart, and bit out two spokes from one
of the wheels, leaving a tooth sticking in
one as a memento of the visit He hur
ried off with great speed, on the lookout
I suppose, for a dentist,
’Gators like dogs, pigs, and young
darkies. The dog is a special favorite.
The whine of an alligator is easily mis
taken for that of a puppy, and inay mis
lead a young and inexperienced dog. A
wise Florida dog will not go bodily
down to the water to drink ; .lie learns
by experience after having been eaten
once or twice. If tho shore is open he
will draw all the alligators to one place
by barking, and then scamper off to
another place where the coast is clear, or
he will creep down to a moist 8js*t, tail
down, body crouched, eyes skinned and
ears up, pushing his j»aws before him
slowly to feel the water, lapping it with
out noise, and then sneaking away again.
The alligator has his uses ; near every
house yon find more or less swamp, and
in every swamp more or less alligator. I
heard out* lady complain very much be-
e some traveller had killed her alli
gator. He lived near and killed shakes,
frogs, young wild oats and other var
mints; thus be earned his board, and
constantly protected ; besides, lie
useful in preventing yonrgchildron from
straying too far from licrn e.
This worthy creature is very much
maligned, however, every theft of cattle
is laid on liis slimy back, and that even
when the cattle is found in the woods
and theentrils carefully taken out and
left bebiud. His eyes are on the top of
his head, and it is curious to see tbe
creature swimming along with only his
eyes floating above the surface,
comes ashore to sleep in the ^nushine,
and paying attention to his sleep, Lc-
rotnes so dead to nil sound that u steam
boat may come alongs-do, then his aston
ishment when a bullet wakes him up,
and the hurried way in which he scuf
fles into the water, are sometimes very
ludicrous.—Lippencolf$ Magazine. „
GEORGIA ANECDOTES.
•••v
A KACT COLLECTION FROM HABPEB’m MONTH
LY.
REMINISCENCE OF HON. A. H. STEPHENS.
A story is told of Alexander H.
Stephens to this effect:
In the political canvasa of 1856 he was
accompanied by a- shaggy dog, named
Rio, that became as well known as him
self. In Columbia county ho met a
General A. R. Wright in debate, and
worsted him. - To postpone the defeat,
Wright cried out:
I demand a list of yonr appointments, j
! I’ll get my document*, and meet
i at every place, sir! Yes, sir, I will
dog you all over this district!”
Stephens pointed to the sleeping Rio
by his side, and said :
'Then I’ll send Rio home. One dog
at a time is enough 4”
Wright pat down.
AX HXBCRXIAX GEOflOtA LEGISLATOR'S WILL.
We have, from a Georgia correspon
dent the foilwing, of a gentleman of
Irish descent, a member of the legisla
ture, who being seriously ill, sent for
a lawyer to draw his will. After devis
ing his estate, he said : **I want it dis
tinctly understood that I except from the
will my favorite irnlo, and *the
old forked-tive field. ”
. The lawyer, as he was about to depart,
asked, “But what are you going to do
with ‘.Tack’ and ‘the old forked-tree
field ?”
The moribund legislator slowly re
plied, “I kind o’ thought I’d just keep
them for myself.”
GEORGIA COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION.
7e aro indebted to one of the leading
commercial houses of Georga for the
following copy at an order received
from a well-to-do planter in Florida,
who seems to know well enough what he
vtunts, but whose style is somewhat mix
ed and irregular: y
To Messrs, : Please seud me 5
lb. moccaroni 1 bl>1.4>rown sugar, } bbl.
Irish potatoes, 2 boxes Ely’s pink-edge
guu-wadsNo. 11, 1 bag No. C shot, 5
gulls Rebcrtson Co. whiskey (like the
first sent), and 10 galls cheap whisky for
the negroes. Seud me also 2 woolen nn-
der-shirta for a lady quite thick, 1 hoop-
skirt for a lady of Rome em bom point,
and 1 for a girl of 13.
P. S.—Send two sacks salt, a copy of
Lewis’s Sermons, and the New Testa
rnent and Psalms bound together, a neat
copy of this with large print, and be par
ticular about tho Robertson Co. whis-
ky.
The articles’ enumerated in tho last
j arugraph remind one of two of Lord
Byron’s lines:
Tlu r:'» nought so nin -h tlic »i*irit ebrern
A MURRAY COUNTY'LAWYER,
Last year a negro, arreted for an in
famous crime, was taken out of the jail
of Murry county, Georgia, aud hung by
the mob. While looking at tho body as
it swung, a limb of the law opened a
letter from his morning mail,
from um* of the politicians of tbe coun
ty, urging him to appear for the defense
of the negro. “No,” he muttcaed to fl
friend, after reading him the letter, ‘we
can’t practice iu the court where that fel
low has gonF.”
*HE pnm ST02Y OF THE.kSK
HER OB COL. WHITE
Amebicus, Feb. 13, 1371.
EtUlor-.Republic}i* .* The following pa*
pel-* will likely interest a larg8 number of
your redder*, many of whom know tliB
character of, Col. C. C. Bowen, who. it
seeqts {is coming to grief. He is now
under indictment in Washington for
Bigamy^ and will at the proper timo be
called oh lo answer fpr tho murder oi
CoL Wm. P. White.
Oqr friend, Mr. W. P. Laramore, states
in a private letter to his Father, written
from Ciiurleston, that the folio *icg arti
cle from the News is correct, except that
Eli Grimes is not confined in jail, but is*
in the jailor’s house. Cpi. T. J. Mackey
«- [ w here with Capt. doat*', about a weeji
ice on the lookout fon<3rimes, and up-
’}> roper information sought and fonud
Mental Taxation a Cause of Dis-
pepsia.
. Mental anxiety and pecuniary embar-
imeujtis suoh os loss of property by
file, by failure in busiirasA, or by debts,
and domestic troubles, disappointed af
fections, and the loss,’ or the treachery of
friends, will frequently eahre dlspepsia;
too close, and too active intellectual labor
also a frequent cause. Editors, au
thors, and literary persons often engen
der dispepsia in this way.
* Much brain labor requires ranch blood
at the brain, and an ever-working intel
lect uses up so much of both blood and
nervous |iorc.e that there is not enough
remaining to do the work of digestion.
• On the other hand, deranged diges
tion is sometimes produced by too little
exercise of the brain. Persons
quently met who have been i
boldness life, and, having accumulated
enough to satisfy their ambiton, having
retired from business. Now although tho
brains and bodies retire from active life,
yet tbe'pooE wtamacha very often have
their tasks increased. If a man has been
long time accustomed to eating
heartily and working hard, either with
body nr brains, ho had better not relax
•rking habits without at the same
time having a corresponding relaxation
ink with a lot of clothing, in hia,habits of eating-. “He who will
ith it to Nashville, stopping no t work neither shall ho eat,’’ is not only
Bible injunction, bnft a law of the
'bloody villain” who murdered Colonel
human constitution, the disobedience of
\vhlch is often attended with such de
rangements of digestion, and other bodi
ly infirmities, as to render either proper
ty pr life of bat little valne.
i yet to be seen.
8®. Hoti. AW. JL Stephens of Ga.
says, “No family should ever bo without
Dim's ‘
feb.9,
Lost Ills Trunk.
The following says the Conritr-Joum-
of, is a verbatim copy oI an advertise
ment posted on Seventh street, between
Jefferson and Green, by some enterpris
ing exile from the Rhine who has recent
ly had his trunk stolen :
STHOLE A DRUNK.
Some fellow vat is eioe lump vat sthole
from
arrival xx charleston, J Special Message of the President
The party . rjrived in. Charleston on —.
Tuesday eve*:;-)^ by the Savannah and Washington, February 7.—The Presi
Charleston ilroad, and yesterday: % ... ’
morning Gr : *3 was carried before Trial t&*wmitted
Justice Can'll Id, aud made a full con
fession of ah the circumstances attend
ing the UtMi. 5 y deed.
- SION OF THE V BISON HR.
* that his name was Eli G.
• ; he wan born and raised in
Georgia, but at present w«s
' McDuffie County, Georgia,
ut presrut at the killing of
Paifcer White, on thejnight
him as^a^yd iu. thenar tide. Ho is a
poor, wife-minded f*5ow- who was ha-
posed ou by Bowen, and Col. M. assured
me lie should not be hurraed. Grimes
writ* s to Mr. J. L. I-araznore, from
Charleston, that he is doing very well,
and requests him and others to make a
statement of what they know about his
character to the public.
Very respectfully*
» •* ; S. Ij.
Americus, Fell. lS, 1371.
We, the undersigned, take ‘ pleasure in
stating^ that wo very well knou Eli
Grimes, who formerly lived in Lee
county, and from onr knowledge of his
character, we do not believe him capa
ble of nny heinous crime, unless incited
thereto by some person operating nj>ou
him through his fears, or some other
similar way. He always conducted him
self properly, but was very weak-minded,
d easily influenced or controlled by
others.
is doubtless time that Bowen, whose
cliaracter aud acts are all notorious for
oy, and who had great influence
Grimes, took advantage of his youth
He st
Grimes; *
LeeCoi;
A reside
T|i»t h«?
>• _ ^ w
of tbe 7. '- of March, 18G4, near George
town, H and he himself fired the
Mai Pht.r, being compelled to do so by
Captain Christopher C. Bowen. That
he was first approached by said Bowen
in the latter part of February, 1804, aud
told to kill Colonel W. :>c the first
opportunity. That Boren thereupon
constructed
A.TURKEY BUND,
(a place from which turkeys are shot.)
the road which tho Colonel was in
*akni
nd forced hi
ICjuThos. R. Mills of Savannah re
cently appointed District Attorney un
der Simms colored Judge, writes au in
dignant letter to Governor Bullock, de
claring the appointment an insult, ic
which he most severely excoriates the
Governor for disgracing the judiciary by
the appointment of a nc^ro Judge.
His Excellency comes back on
young man quite fatally by publishing
the correspondence in full which led
to the appointment of Mr. Mills ; and,
strange to say the fact is disclosed that
wn written application was present
ed to Governor Bullock iu a letter of the
identical negro Simms.
Below we give the application of Mills,
and recommendation of Si mins.
Savannah, Janaary 14. 1871.
His Excellency, Rufus It. BuUock, Gov
ernor?
Please find enclosed application of ,T.
R. Mills, Esq., for the position of Dis
trict Attorney. Mr. Mills ia a young
gentleman .connected with one of the
best families iu this c’ty, who have never
been identified in politics, but aro mer
chants and ship owners. As a lawyer he
has a tolerable practice, and lias been
ulmself a conservative in politics aiid very
Independent in hia actions, and is one
whom I believe really accepts the situa
tion, and will give strength to the Coart,
and I ask for him the appointment of
District Attorney, should it meet your
tpprobation.
I am, Governor,
Youra, most respectfully,
James M. Simms.
Savannah, January 14th 1871.
7b the Ilm. Rufus B. Bulloch, Govern
or of Georgia;- . - ,i
Sib—I desire the appointment In yonr
gift as Solicitor of the First Judicial ^“Dis
trict, and make this, my application, for
the appointment, with a hope that.it will
at least receive a favorable consideration
at yonr hands.
I desire, farther, to preface my re
quest with a fair declaration tliat in the
event of sn cess attending this applica
tion, I shall accept and perform the du
ties according to my ideas of honesty, and
without political bias. -
I am, very respect!nly,
Yonr obedient servant,
T. R. Mills, Jr.
mnnt IP |
nod made of' wood mit a steel look und
press nails in bis pottom, plsck hair, mit
a red nose, 'nnd t a was * veiy pad man.
he vas pelonged once to mine grandfath-
er und vas strapped mid all mine clodea
in hia inside. ’
•Whoever will prings him back gets
nuttings, whosoever prings mine drunk
pack gets fifty dollars ven I gets him.
Fctz -Von Vonderbliskenstofpel,
■ * j " j * “T* .V Von German.
Ben Hill to. Have His Reward. —>It
is decided, says the Chronicle and Sen
tinel, that “dimntive Akerman is tc
render tho Attorney General’s place.—
Judge PieiTpont, of New York, is uamed
as probable successor., We do not how
ever, concur in this suggestion. < f We be
lieve, that Me. . B. H. Hi}), will take tbe
placo tendered to him, and that he will
accept it. Arrangement for this appoint
ment were commenced in November last,
and we believe it to be quite certain that
Mr. B# H. Hill will.bo die next Attorney
General.” • . - ’ * ,j-.
ate Col. Wm. P. White. Grimes.lias al-
ufG ruled when speaking of this
dreadful crime, and would never cf his
free will have been guilty of its
commission.
W. A. Grebne, j
.T. L. Lvramore. ' r
Thos. 0. Bryant, )
Charleston News.
le moment that Mr. G. 0.
. poured in the Reconstruction
Convention us a delegate from Charles
ton, and was sketched in graphic stylo in
tbe column* of tbe city {utpers, that in
teresting individual has contrived to at
tract to hitusolf a considerable of pub!
attention. To begin with, it. is oaid 1
was dismissed from tho Confederate
service for drawing bis pay more fre
quently than the army regulations allow
ed. Then, again, unkind rumor had it
tluit he was unpleasantly implicated in
the cold-blooded murder of Col. White,
in 18G4, (the circumstances of which form
the basis of this article, (and for alleged
complicity iu this dark business the per
secuted Bowen was arrested, and might
have come to grief but for that snddeu
‘‘upheaval’’ iu 18U3, which brought
row to many a joyous lu urt aud an
expected release to many a trembling
criminal. A little later * Mr. Mackey,
himself a Radical politician, printed a
catalogue of charges against the uh'ortu-
uate Bowen had stolen faro checks; had
misappropriated the funds of the Union
League ; that he was a bigamist aud. ih-
cimliary, aToMrer of dry goods, nhfl sc
.forth. Nevertheless Mr. Bowen was el
ected to Congress, and, at the time ol
tbe election of 1870, the circumstance*
inode it expedient to arruy against him
the “grand, gloomy and peculiar” facta
connected with the personal liis ory.—
There has however beeu an underenr-
rent of. excitement in the commoni-
ty. This wav strengthened »by rev
elation* in connection jwiih the ma
nipulatory process of Congressional
elections, which, as a part of the history
of “Tlie Ballot Box” in America, are
primed in tho columns of The News.
Yesterday tho excitement reached its
height when tho report flew from Line
itreetto the battery, and was circulated
from Court House to curbstone, that the
bloody villain” who murdered Colonel
White had rcado a clean breast ol his
crime, and prepared a noose big eough
to encircle his own ni ck and that of the
tender'hearted Bowen. ,
The ubiquitous reporter of The News
once hastened to the centre of tho
criminal interest, and lesiru that ono Eli
Grimes (not the traditional'Grimes
“with buttons down belusd”) had made
an affidavit before Trial Justice Caulfield,
confessing the murder of Colonel White,
and that he was instigated thereto by
Mr. C. C. Bowen. Proceeding to the
T. J. C.» our reporter was informed that
Sheriff Mickey was in possession o) all
the paper*. Knocking at his office oc
ciput for facts, oiir reporter was referred
lo Mr. Thomas'Jefferson Mackey fas a
disinterested person) for farther inform
ation, nnd that raild-munnered man, be
ing properly interviewed, furnished the
substratum of the enrions narrative,
which is given below.
THE PRELUDE TO THE DRAMA. <
It appears that on Sutnrday last. Gov
ernor Scott, on application of Mr. Ste
phen McAlister White, of Savannah; is
sued a requisition on the Governor of
Georgia for the person'of Eli G. Grimes,
charged with being the murderer of Col.
Wm. White, of the Twenty-first Batial-
lioq of Georgia Cavalry, then encamped
- tho Waccamaw, opposite Georgetown,
this State. The mnrder took place
the night ol. the 7th of March 1864.
It may be here remarked that Mr. 8.
McA. Wltite is tbe son' of the murdered
officer. -
THE PCBSCiT AND ARREST.'
Armed, with this paper, Officer S. J.
Goats, of the State constabularity r start
ed at once upon his mission, and, after
visitinjf several points in. Georgia, suo-
tho!;
,ee?lain .lady'friends, anti handed pris
oner a rifle, which he (Bowen) had
loaded. That prisoner at first rejected
the proposition, but subsequently fear
ing that Bowen would kill him, (Grimes,)
he did enter the blind and watch for his
victim. That subsequently, however,
prisoner removed the lock from the gnu
add broke the mainspring, informing
Bowen that the latter was broken while
in the act of cocking the rilio. That
remarked, “It was damned
strange that the cocking of a gun should
break the spring.” That Bowen then
built a second blind on the road lending
from tho camp to tue boat landing, and
gave prisoner another rifle, likewise
loaded by Bowen. That prisoner again
refused to kill Colonel White, saying he
had done him no wrong. This was on
Saturday.
PRISONER THREATENED WITH DEATH.
That Bowen then remarked: “I am
going to Charleston, and will return on
Tuesday morning. When I come back,
if yon have not killed old White, you
shall never see home, for I will kill you.’
That, thereupon, tho prisoner, on the
following Monday night, about 10 o’clock
took the identical riflo given him by
Bowen, and went near tho bouse occu
pied by Colonel White; that tho latter
sitting in his bed-room, near tho
dow, where the prisoner could have
t him in tlie head or body, or any
where else, lmt not wishing to shoot him
so openly, prisoner went to the side of
the house, und fired th ongh the weath
erboard i eg, iu a direction different from
which he believed Colonel White
sitiiug ; that the kali, however,
struck one of tbe legs of Colonel White,
which was stretched out, aud inflicted a
wound of which he died in a few days;
that prisoner, thereupon, threw the gun
into a ditch, and passed a miserable and
happy night, and the next morning
nt to Colonel White and confessed the
deed.
THE DEAD MANS OPINION.
That Colonel White suid that he believed
and forgave him. but that Bowen was a
black-hearted villian and should suffer
for the crime. That Colonel White
spoke to >ner as a father would sp« ak
to a son, and’ that prisoner, afterwards
fearing tli** consequences, escaped from
the guard while they were bringing him
to Charleston, and from that time has
been nt large in Georgia. That he has
suffered remorse of conscience
ult of the crime he committed, and has
' -d peace of mind
net
That on several occasions, in 1867 aud
subsequently, he made u full statement
of tho circumstances to Mr. Johu L.
Laramoivand several other respectable
citizens of Georgia. That he is
tweuty-fonr years of age and was seven
teen at, the time of the mnrder. That ho
.would have given himself up long age,
and informed the relative* of Colonel
White, that as soon os Bowen was
rehted, he would appear against him
evidence, but did not dure do so while
Bowen was at large, from fear that Bo'
en would kill him.
THE CONFESSION O IRROBORATED.
Mr. W. 1*. Lanunore, who was pres
ent at the above confession, corroborated
the foregoing statement in an affidavit hy
himself, and gave Grimes a high chm
ter.
It was also remarked that the gun
afterward* found in the ditch, where the
prisoner declared it to have been thrown,
nnd the bullet-bole was discovered in
tbe weatherboardiug at the point dis-
cribed in the confession. Bowen was *
Charleston at the timo the murder a
committed. The prisoner states that
Captain William Law, of Savannah,
Captain Russell, and Lieutenant W.
Platte, of Augusta, were present when ho
made the confession to Colonel Whitt*,
the morning after the fatal shot was
fired.
It* may bo put in as
A COUNTER-STATEMENT
to the foregoing that wo liavo beeu in
formed that at the time of the investiga
tion, in 1864, by the military court, of
the facts connected with tho murder,
this same Eli Grimes made an affidavit
that Bowen did not instigate him to
commit the murder, and had nothing at
'1 to do with it,
THE COMMITTAL or THE PRISONER.
Grimes was committed to jail By Trial
Justice Caulfield. It is understood that
he will be kept in strict seclusion, and
tha) no person whatever will be permit
ted to interview him.
C^grefui to-day the
folio wing message:
7b the Senate and Hours of Represeno
tices ;
The union of the State* of Germany
into a form of government similar in many
resid e s to that of America Union i* an
event that cannot fail to tonch deeply
the sympathies of the people of the
United State*.
This union has been brought about
by the long-continued pcrtiMeut efforts
of tho people with the deliberate approv
al of tlie governments and people of
twenty-four.of the German States,through
their regularly constituted representa
tives.
In it tho American people sec au
tempt to reproduce in Europe some of
the best features of oor owu constitution,
with such modifications as the history
and condition of Germany seem to re
quire. The local governments of the
yeveratonembers^l the .Unh.n aro pre
served, while the; powers conferred upon
the chief impart strength for the purposes
of self-defence without authority to enter
upon ware of conquest and ambition.
The cherished aspiration for national
unity which for ages had inspired the
mauy millions of the peoplo speaking
Lke same language, inhabiting a contig
uous aud compact territory, but untiat
urally separated aud divided by dynastic
jealousies and the ambition of -short
sighted rulers, has been attained, and
Germany now contains a population of
about thirty-four millions, united like
o#u under one government for its
relations with other powers, but retain
ing iu its several members the right and
power of control of their local interests,
habits and institutions.
The bringiug of great musses of
thoughtful and free people under a sin
gle government must tend to make gov-
ernme its what they should be, the repre
sentatives of the will and organization of
the power of the peoplo.
The adoption in Europe of tbe Ameri-
,n system of union under the ooatrol
id direction of a free people, educ .ted
to self-restraint, cannot fail to extend
popular institutions and to enlarge tho
peaceful influence of American ideas.
Tho relations of the United States with
Germany are intimate and cordiuL The
commercial iute co use between the two
countries is extensive,* and is increasing
from year to year, and tho large number
izen* mid residents in tho United
States of German extraction and tbe con
tinued flow cf emigration thence to this
country have produced an intimacy of
personal and political intercourse ap
proaching if not equal to that with the
country from which the founders of onr
government derived their origin.
Tlie extent of these interests aud the
greatnass of the German Union seems to
require that in the classification of the
representatives of this government to
fort ign powers tlier^ should no longer be
an' apparent undervaluation of the Ger
man mission, such as is made iu the diff
erence between the compensation allowed
by law to the minister to Germany aud
those to Great Britain nnd France.
Tiirre would seem to be a great pro
priety in placing -the representative of
this government at Berlin ca the same
footing with that of its representatives at
Loudou and Paris Tho uniou of • the
Several States of Germany under one
Government und the increasing commer
cial and personal intercourse between the
two conn tries will also add to the lul*ors
nnd responsibilities of the legation.
I therefore recommend that the sala
ries of tho Minister and of the Secretary
of Legation at Berlin be respectively in
creased to tho same amounts as me al
lowed to those at London and Paris.
U. S. Grant.
Washington, Feb. 7, 1871.
Croi gia Securities in Europe.
Attention is called to this subject as
follows by the Atlanta Constitution. It
deserves comment, nnd we' are pleased to
ace that pajier promises abmething furth*
on this matter:
We have before us a copy of the Cos
mopolitan, an English •paper published
iu Loudou. This paper bean Unto Jan
uary |l2th. Wo find its jasfc page tok
en up with au advertisement of Georgia
bond* For sale. The amount advertised*
e million of the gold bonds authot-
z*d by tho legislative net of September
lyth, 1870. Messrs. Clews, Habrickt Jc
ire the agents. The bonds are pay
able in 1890.
ic i*-**ue price for a thousand dollars
boL-d is £1C5 10s., or 78 per cent. In
other words, the Governor makes hia
agent sell these bonds at a little over
three fourths of their value, thus giving
the purchaser eight per cent, as the law
allows.
The Cosmopolitan, thus says, aud we
heartily ngiee with it:
•* Wi eonffss see do not sis in this, or <f
any other case, the wisdom of Vkpolicy M
putting bonds on the market at ajigure leu
than jtar, in order to enhance the interest.
This new Georgia loan, for instance, is
called a seveu per cent, gold loan, and
yet by isMuug the bonds at a discount it
becomes au 8 per cent. loan. We are
aware that this is the popular way of uo-
ingthis sort ol business, but it looks a
lit’lc like mystification. ” The lax pay
's at home are told that the Suite is bor-
ucing money at 7 per cent, while in re
ality they tire paying 8; and when the
bonds mature */t,1890, the holder will re-
•£-00 for tchat originally cost only
£17510s. To return to the loan in quea-
We venture to endorse it as one
of the best and safest in the market. The
Stale of Georgia is one of the largeet and
richest States in the Union, and is
rapidly increasing in wealth nnd popula
tion.
W« shall have more to say of this
matter in uuother issue.”
friend of the prisoner.
Southwestern Railroad Company,—
At a meeting of the Stockholders, held
at the Company’s office in this city yes
terday, all the old officer* of the South
western Railroad were re-elected to serve
during the ensuing year. They are as
follows:
W. S. Holt, President.
directors.
William M. Wadley, Alex. R. Lawton,
Virgil Powers, John E. Jones, John L.
Mnation{ John MoNab, T. M. Furlow.
No railroad in tho country ia better
officered than the Southwestern, and no
road has in its service a more careful and
gentlemanly corps of conductors, _
more reliable, vigilant and safe body of
engineers. Of the worthy President of
the Rood it may bo truly said that there
is no bettor man in Georgia than he is
fot the position he* occupies,, while the
General Superintendent, Mr. Virgil
Powers, is So well known for his ene—
and probity, that if he desires it, he
fill his present position during the term
of his.natural life. And ^ we might justly
say the same of Mr. Jno. T. Boifeoillet,
the worthy and excellent Secretary and
Treasurer of theroad. who has filled the
Since examining the portrait of Gene
ral Schenck, which is given iu the cur
rent number of Every Saturday, we have
no doubt that the Alabama controversy
may be regarded as settled d'atauce.
One of two plans is now clearly to be
adopted. If the portrait mentioned be a
correct one, then General Schenck
should be detaiued no longer, but, armed
with some copies of Butler’s Massachu
setts war speech, ho should take the
very next steamer, present himself to
Queen Victoria, reach out of copy of the
speech along with a photograph of But
ler's off eye, and say—“Alabama claims.’
We aro satisfied* that this would be suf
ficient.
Queen Victoria’s knees would shake;
she would call in vain npon her deceased
relict; the premier would rash iu franti
cally; he would take one look at the
physiognomy before him, glance at the
document*, write an order upon the treas
ury for the full amount of indemnity
claimed, aud beg Schenck, for the love
of God and the peace of mind of .tbe
“ 'sh people, to take a Canard steamer
himself and go home. If the pd^-
trait accidentally misrepresents the sub
jeet, as portrait* have t>eeu known to do,
then the process is still simpler. Let oui
Government buy up the edition of
Every Saturday, forward it to the cofirt
of St James with the request that it be
distributed among the Cabinet and Par
liament, writing nnder the picture—
“This is tho mau who is coming to de
mand a settlement of our difficulties.”
Tbe Treasury order would be sure to
come back with tlie return mail. When
it is known that this portrait presents^
cheerful combination of Grant, Bntier
and a Piegan Indian after Sheridan’s
massacre, its power to settle any claims
Will be readily conceded. - Ch icago Times.
ceeded in tracing Grimes to McDuffie
County, Ga., where tho arrest was made.
The prisoner was in a house with five or
six friends, though for what purpose they
wero gathered it is not stated, and on
being informed by the officer of tho. ob
ject of his arrest, promptly surrendered
himself, not even demanding to see the
warrant As proof of tho extraordinary
confidence reposed in him by officer
Coates, tho prisoner was nowliero re
strained by handcuffs, . but made tho
journey in- a genteel, peaceable nnd vol-
twtery manneiv f&rtty ■ were^ accompa- —
nied from Georgia by Mr. Larraraore, a well and know whereof we speak. Suc-
erol warm personal mends among
officers and attaches of the South'
tern Road, and if we speak warmly of
them, it is simply because we know them
cess attend them, always.—Macon Td.
Rkuf for France.—The New York
Tribune says: “Now that the war in
France is virtually, if not formally dosed
high time for a concerted effort to
mitigate (he sufferings of its surviving
victim*. Great Britiau, and other Euro-
in countries, will, doubtless, do nobly;
t we, too, should promptly send aev-
il cargoes, of food to the famishing
million* of french. In- there best estate,
the persantry nnd urban laborers of
Franco have little surplus beyond the
’* needs; iu their country’s present
downfall and hnmilliatiou, they hava
nothing. Hundreds of thousand must
perish of want unless saved ky voluntary
contributions of bread and seed from
abroad. We venture to suggest a prompt
organization in this city for systematic
and vigorous effort to bring the needs of
the wounded, tlie sick, the houseless,-
foodies* my rads,, home to every
American heart. If the movement be
***\* inaugurated here, almost every
ood village iu our broad land will
reusly respond to it Bear in mind
tiiiit moments are precious, and that
u*«y must die of disease induced by
ant and exposure before any help can
&toh them, and that European charity
ill have been exhausted by the time
ur first contributions can reach a French -
Important to Postmasters and
Editors.
On Saturday last the U. S. Senate
adopted tho following amendments of .
the postal laws:
Sec 82. Aud be it farther enacted.
That the compensation of postmasters be
a fixwl annual salary. The P. M.of New
York city shall receive a salary of 45,000
per auirara. All other poet offices r shall
be divided into five classes. Tbsf salary
of. post masters at offices of the first class
shall not be more than 84,000' nor less
$3,000; of the second Class ,le*s $3,000,
but not less than $2,000; of the third.:
class less than $2,000, bnt not lea than
81,000 ; of the fourth class loss than $1,-
000, but not less than $100; of the fifth
class less than $100; and the salaries of
the first, second; and third cfaases shall '
bo in even hundreds of dollars; of tha, ,
fourth class, in even tens of dollars ; and
of the fifth class, in even dollars.
Sec. 100. And be it farther enacted,*
That the rote of postage on^iewspaperr,
excepting weeklies, periodicals not ex
ceeding two onnees in weight,'and circu
lars when the same are deposited in a
post office for delivery by theouee orby
carriers, shall bo uniform at one per cent
each; but periodicals weighing more than
two ounces shell be subject to n postage
of one cent for each additional weight
of two ounces or fraction thereof '; and
these rates shall be prepaid by stamps.
Sec. 15L And be it further enacted.
That nil mail matter deposited for mail
ing. on which at least one full rata of
jpostage has been paid.af required by
law, shall be forwarded to its destination
charged with tho unpaid Tate, to be col-
’ ‘ ’ delivery.
The Kardeer* of Prim Disojvjred.
The means used by tho Spanish Gov
ernment for tracking the assassins of
General Prim have at last been crowned
with success. The Government detec
tives have discovered the sasassins of the
General.
The names of the assassins are kept
secret by the authorities, but it has been
elected that one Gonzales, a noted bravo
of Madrid, is closely concerned with the
affair. It is conjectured that he is in the
pay of some prominent persons holding
high official positon under the present
Government, mid' that he himself is
either the actual assassin of the General,
or that his hired associates are the crim
. It is authoritatively stated that the
dynasty which was but recently deposed
from the throne v of Spain is also implicat
ed in this. tragedy of murder; which
bereft Spain of one of her greatest ben
efactors. ' •. .
The Authorized Biography of General
E. E. Lee.
CARD FROM GENERAL GORDON.
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 3, 1871.
Editor Constitution—
Dear Sin : Pennit me to reply to the
inquiry of numerous correspondents in
regard to an authentic biography of Gen.
Lee, by saying, through, your columns,
that at the request of General Lee’s
family Colonel Charles Marshall, his
former Aid-de-camp tuid Military Secre
tary, is now writing a sketch of his life
from liis official and personal papers,-
furnished by the family for his exclusive
use, which will very soon be pnbliahed
by the University Publishing Company,
4 Bond street New York, in the “Memo
rial Volume,” now being prepared by
the faculty at Washington .College.
It will be an additional inducement to
the Southern people to subscribe for this
volume, to know that the entire profit
from its sale, will go to the *1466 Memo
rial Fund.” Respectfully yours,
f" JonN B. Gordon;
fl^Mr. C. D. Barksdale fell dead
yesterday morning, while sitting in* a.
chair at his residence.—Griffin Georgian.
Mobile is now the fourth coffee port i
this country. ’ * ^