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PUBLISHED BY riNCOOK, GRAHAM & REILLT. Volume 17. .a DEVOTED TO HEWS, POLITICS AK3 GEKERALIPEOGBES3—Q7DEPSHSEHT & ALL j CTHoi AMERICTJS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17. 1871. . Number 51. f AtlvcrtUlng. _ f,r*t insertion, $1 00 ,,Vt insertion 50 of Minion typo, solid, constl- ‘’-Tii^rvnts not contracted for will be not specifying tli« length of -nth-vare to lie inserted will becon- ;. r.lt iy.1 out and charged for aceord- 1 ^ „ r; ,ts to occupy fixed placea will bo ;r, ip* r ",ent. shore 'regular rates. ,' D u-jd column insertod for twenty professional Cards. <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. ’ * ^