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Volume 4.
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 1875.
Number 49.
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The ’Publicans
j^rrere three of them sitting lazily
o signs.
I), re's goin to be anodder ’Publican
here pooty soon, de folks say,"
An' we all niggers got to sVribe, base
Vti i’is is cummin' nigh onto bun’."
eriiie nuffln," said the third,-as he
mil up liis cotton suspenders. ‘T’se
will iiis ’Publican business, I is.
iat 1 hear de preacher readin’ iu de
it ’bout de ’Publicans. Why, when
k'l himself was on de yearth, dey
'fo sit in de high places at de front
.ni d " town and lake up taxes and
•:n -nl< front de tolks. Alt' now dese
limns doin’ de same ting, don’t you
Now, dey non't git no more ’sess-
n eiifert dis niggur fur no ’lections,
‘ A'rtrtild I'VtfUiv ...• bULti—tlo lriijdiidt.
■situation in Georgia-
[From the Tribune. Staff correspondent.]
Augusta, Ga , August 31.—In for
mer letters written since 1 came to this
State. 1 have said that the condition of
the colored people here was better than
“it was elsewhere in' the South, and that
there was less cause lor discontent
among them in Georgia titan ip any
other State. The more extended my
observation has been the 11100 convin
ced have i become of the truth of this
assertion. The negroes, as laborers,
are not difficulty* deal with. Like ai!
ignorant people, they are suspicions of
th ;>iVwho arc superior to them in in
telligence and ednea'.ifn, and it cannot
i>p denied, that some white people.
source of all government was the “big
house," where the master lived. His
self interest induced Itiui to see that the ..........
negro children on his place to be indus- affair,
trious and did not contract any had '
habits that would impaii their useful
ness dr their value. These restraints
TIIE SPEAKING
had progressed ronsideratyf.. Judge A.
” Johnston, DemocratifipCbnservativ
ui uii'-u »aiut . ^ tvovimuw IV, tIUHIlSI WU, ViltlVV
upon the young among the colored peo- j nominee for the State Senate, had conclu- ro
pie have, since the war, been almesten- j his address, and Captain II. T. Fisher dri
tirely removed. Colored parent®, never j et ii( 0r of the Daily Times (Republican!. R»i
having been accustomed to the care of had been speaking probably ten or fif- wi
/.ten plr.ltlrpn imt.iir.*}ilV :il- <—— t * .. ..: -u*
rate
Cotton Tax Suspended-
ExfU TivK Dkp’t. State ok Georgia I
Atlanta, Ga., Sep. G, 1875. )
Hon. IV m. L. Goldsmith, Comptrol-
T Gfiier.tl:
Whereas. a petition has fccun pre-
il ti> me by a number of the citi-
Morgan county, representing
the Tax Receiver of said county
included in the digest of taxes re-
nod by him for the year J , '75, as
iblo, a!! cotton held by farmers and
‘Infers on the 1st day of April last,
lias required said farmers and pru
ts to return the same as taxable;
petition praying that an order be
by this department, suspending
Election of said tax until the next
ingot'the general assembly; aud.
hereas, in the opinion of manyper-
it was not the intention of the
Titure in enacting the act of 1875,
impose a tax upon products in the
"Is of the producers thereof; and it
a matter of the first importance to
Queers that the intention of the Leg-
tnre in this regard should be clear-
mderstood. and that they shou'd not
unreasonably limited as to the time
bin which they may dispose of their
duets, and thus be placed to that ex
within the power of speculators;
hereas, The public interest can
no injury by granting the prayer
r ’ - ** * * x i •
dealing with them, take little or no pain
to make them understand the exact na
ture of their mutual transactions or to
allay their suspicions. This class of
persons often have trouble in settling
with their help and are not always suc
cessful in securing good workmen. On
the other hand, it is the universal testi
mony of planters with whom 1 have
taiked in Middle Georgia, that when
the negroes are fairly dealt with, and
are made to Understand the fact, they
are.generully industrious and content
ed.
THE FttEEDMEN FAITHFUL UNDER
GOOD MANAGEMENT.
A gentleman who has planted exten
sively ever since the war, and who has
now on his place 130 colored men, told
me the other day that he never found
any £roumc iu
sioually he has found among his hands
a man of bad character, a thief, ora tri
fling fellow whom he has been obliged
to send away, but the respectable negroes
who remained have always sustained
him in getting rid of sucit men. He
told me that he believed that.the white
people in a great number of cases where
trouble arose in settlement, were mor
ally though perhaps uot legally respmisi-
ble. The negroes during the wot king,
season are accustomed to draw in ad
vance a part of their wages, or to bor
row money on their share of the crop.
Being unable to keep accounts they are
often surprised and disappointed, when
the crop is gathered or the year closes.
t.o find Ili:it. Ln-o-or habiting ii: mil. 11110
O
their own children, have naturally al
lowed them to grow up almost without
parental supervision or training The
very fact that the young among the ne
groes are now afforded some opportuni-
„ IL , ties of education has made parental dis-
| cipline, where an attempt lias been made
i* »’ «/ “ 4 t ‘
u petitioners; it is therefore
Mered. That the Comptroller in-
t tiu- several tax collectors of this
t" suspend the collection of the
p n cotton and other products in
"inds of farmers and producers on
first day of April last, until the
; meeting of the geucr&l assembly
his State. ^
•1 amf.s M. Smith, Governor,
the Governor:
J- W. Warren, Sec. Ex. Dep’t.
ATTEMPTED RAPE-
^citement in Conyers—Arrest of a
Traveling Agent-
l^ial dispatch to the Chronicle and
kntinel ]
Conyers, Ga., Sep. 7,1875.
-° e James T. Heard, a drummer for
ant - Rankin & Lamar, attempted to
'he two little daughters of Mr.
‘Oatborlain last night, at the White-
-1 House in this place. Heard en-
: , or induced the girls, aged respcc-
9 and 11, to enter his room, and
attempted to commit the horrible
J*"*-, I he girls escaped made
aiplaint. Heard denied l^fe charge
trn * n lamination left
\ i ! t * le =i r h*’ story. «
; ®berlain then attacked
Bev erely. The flj
to* * - an< ^ con fi n ed in jail, '
Cti7,^ ait8 & Preliminary trL„
!l ®e H We , r ^ ® uc i 1 excited, and'l
Ire! : , • r ®’ 8 Kfe was in danger, .
*rri v ,‘ n ! r J tri al is set for to-morrow
, . Ju( lge Hook, of Augusta,
M huu: j. p T.
i of the
>tand that they" iiav*C IVOt
been swindled. The gentlemen to whom
L have referred gives to each ot the
freoduicn on his pdace a pass-book, and.
during the whole year, whenever he
advances any money or provisions to a
negro he carefully enters it in his book.
As some of the negroes can read and
write and arc consulted by those who
cannot, any mistake is soon discovered.
At the eua oi the season he makhs out
a careful statement of account for each
one, with copious explanations, and
gives it to him, directing hitn to take
it to some of bis feifbws who can read,
and have it fully examined in connec
tion with his pass-book, and wheu the
negro returns, perfectly satisfied that
that the statement is correct, he pays
him the balance one. In this way he
easily satisfies every one of his hands
that he is dealing honestly with him,
and in the last ten years he has never
had a misunderstanding with one of
them in regard to a settlement. This
gentleman’s negroes rarely leave him.
Last spring a neighbor, who had some
trouble in getting sufficient hands for
his plantation, tried to induce one of
them with his family to move to his
place. The negro, after thinking it.
over, said that he knew that the laud
was better than that on which he was
working, and that he could make bet
ter crops, but that as it would he ex
pensive moving, and he was well satisfi
ed where he was. he thought it would
he worth about $100 to change.
Many of the negroes on the same
plantation have bought land in that vi
cinity. Their employer has encourag
ed them in this, atid has taken pains to
sec that their deeds, contracts, etc., have
been correct. He has not advanced
them money but when they have under
taken to pay for lands in such annual
installments as they could reasonably
expect to raise, he has agreed to insure
them against loss by a failure to meet
their contract® by reason of sickness or
misfortune. 1 have cited this case sim
ply to show that the negroes, when
nr meriy managed, are generally good
faithful workers.and that they are not
aVajs to blame when uiisunderstand-
ings arise. Col. Gilmore of Sandersville,
told me that he could remember no sin
gle case since the war where a .p antcr
who has has treated his help fairly and
considerately, has had any trouble m
getting the negroes to work for him.
the rising generation.
The negroes who are most frequently
in trouble 0 in Middle Gcorgi^-those
who fail to excute their contracts, amt
who are brought into the courts accus
ed of crimes—are those who have grown
up within the last ten years, and l have
in a previous letter mentioned the tact
that the better class of people, white
and black, apprehend far geater trouble
governing and controlling the rising
generation than they have experienced
n dealing with those who were former-
Ikslaves. The reason for this is very
lily learned. Before the war the pa-
J of colored children had htt»e or
ttrol over ’hfcir offspring, lhe
to exercise it more difficult tliau it
would otherwise have been. The ne
gro boy or girl who has learned to read
and write looks with a kind of con
tempt upon ignorant parents and refuses
to be governed by them.
The result of this is very obvious:
colored boys and girls are growing up
in idleness and ate contracting vicious
habits; they are sure to become danger
ous members of society. While I was
in Montgomery, Ala., last year, at the
invitation of the Superintendent of the
Public Schools. I visited a number of
the schools of that city,white and blnek.
Captain Bush, who has taken a greater
interest in the education of the colored
people of Montgomery than any one
else, told me then of the trouble to be
apprehended front the fact eulered pa
rents neglected or were unable to gov
ern tLcir children, and said that educa
tion, instead of remedying the evil,seem
ed to aggravate it. Of a number of
young colored men who had been sent
froth Montgomery to Howard Universi
ty and other Northern institutions,-very
few, if any, had turned out well> Near
ly every one had become the victim of
vice in some form.
It is notorious throughout the South
that chastity is much more rare among
young negro girls now than before the
war. Then it is true, some of them were
forced, to submit to the lust of their
owners, but generally the desire of the
masters to have their slaves all marry
and raise large families was the main
cnnsidoratiou As old' Uncle Joe, a ne-
and west of the centre. We arc thus par- half It mile, by. the public road. They
titular about the grounds so that our were joined by fresh men from the town
readers may fully understand the whole which put attend to their pursuit, but
1 did not prevent
THE MASSACRE.
Young Mr. Thompson, of Raymond,
not being able (it is thought from wounds)
to reach the road crossing in time, went
directly south across some fields to the
Raymond road where lie was caught up
„,.. 0 probably ten or fif- with by mounted negroes and murdered,
teen minutes. A party of eight or {en at least a mile and a half from the barbe-
young gentlemen having scut to 'Clinton cue grounds.
for a liottlc of whiskey-while Judge John- Mr. Sibley also failing to reach the
ston was speaking, and not caring to hear crossing in time, kept directly across the
Captain Fisher, public road into a large field, in which lie
i,eft the grounds was also caught up with and butchered,
to take a social drink. They walked The bodies of these men were fearfully
down the hill, crossed the tittle branch and atrociously disfigured and mangled.
They were robbed of all they had about
their persons, their boots and other pieces
of clothing.
The murder of Mr. Charles Clinton was
as cowardly and brutal au act as was ever
perpetrated. It will be remembered that
the barbecue grounds were bounded on
ti»e north by the Chilton place—this was
Mr. Charles Ghilnton’s residence. lie
had been at the barbecuo in tiie moruiug
but had carried one or two friends home
with him to dinner. They were sitting
in ii is house talking when the firing began.
They, with the ladies of the house, ran
out on the gallery to see what,was the
matter. Soon after they got out Mr. Clin
ton, observing a crowd of negro women
and children coming around the feuee,
ran-down to his gate to let them iu tiie
yard for protection, as he did not know
the exteut of the fighting it Iv'ing^nearly
an eighth of a mile away, lie op ned the
gate and called them in, aud after some of
taem had availed themselves of his kind-
uesstlie turned and started back to the
bouse, wheu a parly of negro meu who
were leaving the ground’s fired upon him
and struck him iu the back, mortally
wounding him. He was carried into his
house, aud died iu an hour and a half
The wanton atrocity of this deed will be
bettor understood when it will be remem
bered that all of tiie fighting was ai the
southwest and south of, and on the
grounds, and Mr. Chilton was at the ex
treme northeast comer of the grounds,
and was at no time mucli nearer than an
'Tf,’“*t’he young**girls vtore hrgrefit tear
of the “big house." Speaking ol the
rising generatiou ol colored people gen
erally, Old Joe said: “They aiut no
uioe ’count dan dat cigar what yoji is
smokin’ when you throw it out oi* your
rnout’.”
JURIES AND SCHOOLS.
Some of the negroes are not wholly
satisfied with the politics of this State,
and it is not at all strange that they
should not be, since it is Conservative,
although 1 have failed to discover any
really serious grounds for complaint. I
have heretofore referred to the discus
sion among some of them of the jury
question. By law, no distinction is to
be made irt selecting juries, on accouut
of race, color or previous condition of
servitude. In the practical execution
of the law colored men are not put upon
juries, the reason given being that they
are not “intelligent” citizens and only
such are eligible. I don t believe the
dissatisfaction on this account is very
widespread, and I have been surprised
to find it manifested to a much greater
degree among those negroes who are ig
norant and shiftless and who cannot in
any event sit on juries, than among the
thrifty and intelligent. If it were not
for the negro demagogues like Morris,
who agitate this question for their own
sinister ends, it would never be heard
of: The colored people have all the
risrhts in court that white people have,
and they do not complain that they are
not dealt justly with there.
ttTf. fiUTNTON BIOT-
The Beginning, the Results, Casual
ties- Incidents- Etc,
[From the Clinton (Miss.) Clarion, Sep
tember 6.] 1
For several weeks it has been under
stood that there would be a Radical mass
meeting and barbecue at Clinton, on Sat
urday last. 4th iust., to which everybody,
however, was
inytted
to be present, irrespective of party or
race It was lanrely at tended by negroes,
there being ftifly two thousand present
who had gathered from every, section of
the county. Besides half a dozen or more
white Radicals, there were probably twen
ty otter white men. It is said that as the
negroes marched through Clinton that
they were sinking songs to the effect that
they were going “to bury Clinton and kill
Democracy" that day.
THE GROUNDS.
The barbecue was given in a grove
about three-quarters of a milt west of
Clinton. It is bounded on the north by
the Chilton place, on the south by the
railroad (running through a cut about
twenty feet deep), east by a public road
and the west by a very small branch down
a steep hill. From the Chilton place to
the railroad it is about eight hundred
yards, and from the public road to the
branch about nine hundred yards. The
speakers’ stand was very nearly the cen-
(which was about 250 of 300, yards from
the stand) to the west side, about ten feet.
Here there was twenty or mote small cot
ton wood, or willow trees, bqt no mider-
glowth whatever, and the limbs of tiie
small treCs were from ten to fifteen feet
above the ground. On the ‘ast side of
the branch, we will say, the.; is an open
place extending to the foot of the hill.
This opening i3 not. more t tan twenty
yards wide.
THE ORIGIN—ONE ACCOUNT Of THE DIFFI
CULTY.
When they stopped and wjre drinking
a half dozen or more r.egroe j headed by
one who claimed to be a sort of commit
teeman approached them. The leader
said that they could not drink there. Tlu-y
replied that they had left the grounds on
purpose not to violate the rules, and that
they wi re now far enough away. They
were then ordered in atr insulting tone to
goffurther. They declined to do so and
one of them raised the bottle- to his lips.
The committeeman jerked it away from
him and was immediately knocked down
by the gentleman from whom lie took the
bottle, and the fight commenced by tie
negroes who accompanied the leader, fir
ing.into the party of gentlemen.
TIIE ORIGIN—ANOTHER STATEMENT.
Another statement, made by a colored
man, and corroborated by several white
persons, is that a difficulty commenced
near the stand, by a remark which was
made by a white man, on the speech of
Fisher, which was resented by a
-w-j.v;e I'tnu'imnuiJ.i|t un; wnite inkm
bore him,rapidly away down to the brum V
The colored man aud a uumlior of others
of his race pressed down upon them, the
colored man swearing that the “dam white
man should Dot hit him and live.” Charles
s' 0 **?*
b, an^fOliu
witfiout avail. The white man w<
ed across the branch, the negro
suing, leaped over the branch, a-,, —
the act of grappling the white \^au'Y71ten
THE FIGHT BEGAN, j,
The wliife men drew their pistols and re
turned theijre, and two of the negroes
fell dead side by side. One o^ them was
the leader of the party. The white blood
was up. They jumped,the branch, cross
ed the opeu place, and charged the retreat-
negroes. The negroes returned volley
for voHey, and without effect. A num
ber of negroes were wounded, but how
many is not and probably will never be
known.
THE STAMFEDE.
As the charging party mounted the hill
top, the whole mass meeting broke and
ran! leaving wagons, horses, mules, chairs,
hats aud coats. They ratterwUn every
direction, as if a regiment of £alry was
coming over the hill. j
THE RETREAT.
When the whites reached tj| op of the
hill thev found that in flie cx^ ement of
the railroad cut-^tVfiUe thejYwere exe-
cuting.this movement, protnj/ .uous firing
had begun immediately ardSfod the stand,
between the few white there .and the
negroes. When thi^ift^4iad,gotten di
rectly south of and about fiftynk ards from
ton where it crosses the raUrf^l.
THE RALLY OF THE NEOROES.
YVhen the mo vement began *»e cry rang
out among the negroes : damn
ed white men, they are mnny^ "Ral
ly, rally, Republicans “Q** r ge ’um‘
etc. About three hundred negroes re
sponded to the call, and led on by the
Wilburns, young Caldwell aud others,
they pursued, keeping up an incessant
fire upon the whites. The white men now-
reached a small open field which skirts
aiong the railroad. Quite a number of
them were wounded. Up to this time
the retreat had been covered by a few who
had joined the aany from the stand, but
by the time they reached - the railroad,
these also had exhaustedAhe loads in their
pistols, except one who had reserved his
fire, r %
THE CROSSING BEACHED.
The gentleman with the loaded pistol
took his stand upon it, and that one gustol
saved the lives of the whole party %hd
were fortunate enough to reach them in
time. With it the advancing qp--oes
were kept at bay until tbe others were on
wiifiun. u iiurtiLi tnt'nmt valuing
directly away from his residence. That
he/ ss shot bv men who were roaming
from the tight,‘find probably had not been
near where it was, as the grounds, were
very large.
Tin-: wounded WHrrES.
Caldwell, Sr., the State Senator, attempt —
ed to interfere and stop the difficify £ ^Tliere were five or six whnes wounded,
.... n i.iii> nun wi* "" ' •- Messrs. Neal and White.supposed to be
Messrs. Neal and White.supposed to be
mortally,-the others variously—from seri
ous to very slight.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED NEGROES.
There was said to have been five or six
negroes killed on and around the grounds,
but we saw only two there—two had fal
len at the first fire, right at the branch.
There was also near them a big pool of
blood, which indicated that another iiad
also fallen there. These two were said to
have been from the Bvram neighborhood.
It was said that three others were lying
in the fields near by, but we did not see
them
WOUNDED.
ITow many negroes were wounded it
was impossible to ascertain, but two were
Iving at Charles Caldwell’s residence in
Clinton, anil one reached Jackaon Satur
day evening.
RE-ENF ORCEM FNTS.
As soon as the wounded whites reached
Clinton, telegrams were sent up and down
the road for aid. It was now about 5
o'clock in the evening. Immediately a
hill they found tun in me ^ V*™ - train from Vicksburg, with one
the charge they had emp tei r pu o ., hundre< j an( j g tty meni wa8 on the way,
and had no more ammumtimf hey bore companies from Edward’s and Bol-
ol to U* south St**? , °™ td ™ d - a “T°d „d».ne news spread, ns
it were upon the air, into the country.
squads of men departed from every di
rection.
THE JACKSON MEN.
In this place all was excitement. In
in the country, and, as soon as it was day
light, a cavalry company, mounted princi
pally ou horses aud mules captured outlie
battle field, went out to investigate the
truth of the reports. It was reported here
yesterday that this party was killing ne
groes in every direction, but there is no
authentic informat ion that any were killed,
but it is very probable that two or three
who were known to have participated in
the pursuit of the whites, were killed if
they were found.
. AT JACKSON.
Most of the Jackson company returned
on a special train in the morning. Some
of them who left came back half way on
foot, where they got a wagon, in which
they came the remainder- of the way.
Here they found a great deal of
EXCITEMENT,
which was momentarily increasing as
squad after squad of country negroes ar
rived and gathered around the Mansion.
The news spread from house to house and
man to man that the negroes wero demand
ing arras of the Governor, and the whites
began rapidly to collect in numbers in
front of the Capitol. Sheriff liaruey ap
proached Capt. Frank Johnston aud re
quested a conference between leading
white citizens and leading negroes. This
conference was soon brought about aud
there the negroes said that they wanted
no nnns and no .fight; that those who
were coming in from the country were
seeking protection, and that was what
they wanted; that they understood that
a large liody of whites were moving ou
the town, killing as they came, and were
already within four or live miles of this
point, aud they were momentarily expect
ing them to reach hero.' The white, peo
ple assured them that if protection was
what was wanted, they should have it.
Audi soon so many of Capt. Johnston’s
company as could procure horses, accom
panied by Col. W. II. Taylor, Deputy
Sherriff, wore on their way to Clinton to
inform the people there what had occurr-'
ed. A committee was also sent to Gover
nor Ames to inform him that the men- of
J ackson were able to protect tbcmstdvea,
anil -willing to project the negroes if they
were for peace, and also wlmt had been
agreed upon.
- - i | ftTtn j |ii i ■■■ H ill-UlfW
•from the whites and blacks alike the par
ty reporter fin*inbr gone along with the
war was off with a fruce flag to the breeze,
carried to assure any fleeing negroes that
the war \Vas ended and peace made. This
reporter having gone along -with the party;
went also with the peace party to see how
affairs were in Clinton, and to see the
treaty confirmed.
AGAIN IN CLINTON
All was found quiet in Clinton, the dead
had been buried, such negroes as chose to
come in (we saw about a dozen) did so un
molested. But the pickets were out, and
seventy-five or a hundred whites wjio yet
remained under arms and ready any oiwcr
gonev. The treaty of peace was accepted
and approved, with the understanding
that the pickets would be kept out that
night, and the men under arms until the
news should be sent to the negroes ?n the
country. And the Clinton war hail reach
od the end.
John C- Breckinridg's Will-
j St. Paul Pioneer Press, August 271]
The will of John 0. Breckinridge
was presented lor probate yesterday and
filed. The usual order was issued for a
hearing on the 23d.of September. The
j following is the first part of the will:
I I, John C. Breckinridge, ofthe city
i of Lexington and State of Kentucky,
{ being of disposing mind, do make this
my last will and testament:
First—After the payment of my
debts, which are few and small,and the
expenses of a modest funeral, I • direct
that my wife, Mary Q Breckinridge,
shall shall receive out of the proceeds
of my estate $10,000 which is not to be
charged as part bf her distributable
portion of my estate; and in like man
ner my daughter is to receive $3,000;
but this sum is given for convenience
as an advancement, and is to be charg
ed as a part of her distributable por*
tion These sums are to be paid as
soon as may be without a sacrifice of
property.
Second—I leave to my wife all the
household and kitchen furniture, ex
cept the furniture in the room of my
daughter Francis, which is to be hers
absolutely, and neither of them is-to be
charged in respect of these items.
Third—Those articles, whose value
lies chiefly in the associations' - connect
ed with them, as family pieces, pic
tures. military relies, and the like, I"
leave with my wife for distribution
between herself and the children, and
this I trust cutirely to her discretion
and affection.
The will distributes the. remainder of
the property equally between his wifi)
and his children! JTis wife. James B.
Beck and John R. Yiley are appointed
executors.
Africa-
Commodore Andrew H. Foote, of the Uni
ted States Navy, spent many years of his
life on the coast of Africa, in command of a
.vessel tor i lie suppression ofthe slave trade.
He had peculiar advantages for forming a
correct opinion of African civilization. He
n^-ofe a book on. t he subject, andfVe-give be
low the result of bis conclusions :
The African lias never reached, until the
settlement, of Liberia, a higher rankjhai^ft^,
rt iW ^WWlJSTdgar-plums. No philosopher
among them has caught, sight of the niyste-
ries oi Daturc ; no poet hits, illustrated heav
en, or earth, dr (tie life of man; no states
man has done anything to lighten’or bright:
en the links of human policy. In fict, if
all that the negroes Of All generations have
ever done were to he obliterated from recol
lection forever, .the worid would lose no
great truth, no profitable art, no exemplary
form of life. The loss ofall that is African
would nffoct no memorable deduction from
anything but the earth’s black catalogue of
ime.
If the whole negro nation were swept
away there would not .remain a monament
on the face or their oontiLettt to tell that
swh a race of men had occupied it,
Africa is imiTtv af *Lr>—Mn-rcry—uniim -
which she suffered ; for her people made
it, as well as suffered-if.
rrrtlv soutll OI ana aixmvjuiw»^u= — r ,
the speakers stand, they Wet joined by less than thirty minutes a company of over
the other white men, not than ten fifty men, with Frank Johnston as Captain
• nnilhi-r Tliev were ft&oving a and If. L. Saunders as Lieutenant, was
little south of east, to get intdnhe railroad formed and collected at the depot. It was
cut and to the public roacfW Utg to Clin
their intention to have the east hound
passenger train return with them to Clin
ton, but being informed that mounted
men were needed, they dispersed to mount
themselves. Immediately after, however,
tliev heard that the Vicksburg lightning
train had reached Clinton and was on its
way for them. Soon they were on hoard
and off Jor the seat of war. On the way
down.me drain was fired into, one lmll
piercing 'ender. A line of skinntsh-
efs was thrown out, and the train moved
slowly down the road. A light was seen
half a mile in front. It quickly went out.
When the skirmishers reached that point
they found the road piled up with heavy
timber. It was removed ‘and soon after
they reached Clinton, which now had the
appearance of an armed camp. Ever}
road was picketed and the watchword was
given.
SUNDAY MORNING,
about day-dawn, two negroes were killed
by the pickets. One of them, when shot,
was in his shirt-sleeves and bare footed,
and, as he was known to be a sort of lead
er, appearances indicated that he was go
ing into town as a scout or spy. Ali night
1 repores were being brought in that the ne-
ro£^^pS3tUe 1 S way to Chktonrwhichwaaoff about gr'oes were marching at this or that place
Beecher-
Mr. Beecher has conducted himself
since his trial in a manner s i offensive
to decency, so inconsistent with his
sacred calling, and so out-of' reluti >n ti
the character he claims for h::.;><;it : tut
his partisans ask the public to bil e-.
is his, that we are not s trprL <1 to u a*-
startling reports as to his actions. The
following, however, from the Vv hite
Mountains correspondence of the Lx.
press, is almost two disgraceful for be
lief: v #
“The Beecher excitement is quite
died out. At first there was a great
rush to see him, and hear him, but now
the fun is over, and last Sunday his
entire audience did not exceed two
thousand people. He Ls to return to
Brooklyn this week, much to the dis
pleasure of the Barrens, who keep - the
hotel where he is staying They have
given him his board and fifty dollars a
week to stay and preach at their- house.
He thinks they are making too much
money oat of him, and demands that
they pay him two hundred dollars a
week. The Barrens say this is too
much, and Beecher says, “All right,
gentlemen. I go home this week.” “If.
vou do, we will sne you for breach of
contract; for, Mr Beecher, you agreed
to stay till the third Sunday in Sep
tember.” Beecher coolly replies, ‘Sue
away, if you like. I should think af
ter what you have seen of my success
in the law business, that you would
know better than to undertake a suit
against me.’ The Barrens are furious.
The say they have done everything for
Beecher; that they defended him in the
newspapers, and have petted him al
ways. But they can’t help themselves.
When Mr. Beecher makes up his mind
to go, he will start if a whole regiment
opposes.
The previous report that Mr. Beecher
was a dead-head at the Twin Mountain
House, paying his way by exhibiting
himself there was discreditable enough;
but the above is an outrage to honor
and decency that we are not able to be
lieve even of Mr- Beecher-—K.Y-Sun,
Bishop Gilbert Haven-
In its issue of Sunday lart the New York
'ferhl.l published, under the heading of
•‘O onions ofthe Religious Press.” the fol-
Vvvirrr ii; regnri! to the vile old misccgcna-
tor wliose name heads this article :
“The Independent has a characteristic'
' in- eo'umu article from the pen of the
M.-!- >-li-«t Itishon Gilbert TIaVen in which
he a-h-e -JefUniost vigorously the doctrine
f a- V-amotion of the races on this couti-
II ' *. The Bishop thinks Garrison and
■ r 'hiilips .IH a very unwise thing when they
dissolved the old Anti-Slavery Society. He
calls for its restoration, that it may ‘ding :
dong in this behalf until equal rights arc, in
fact and not in name, secured to all the peo
ple of thislond.’ "
It is just snch old fanatical agitators that
have kept up a constant tunuoil in this coun
try for the past fifty years/ r This old cleri
cal humbug and Radienl politician has prac
ticed his vile social equality in Georgia, and
we copy the above allusion to tho slimy old,
i restore to wire all decent white people and
respectable colored people against his evil
influences, which can only have the tenden
cy to bring trouble to both races. No re
spectable white families can totorate the
presence of shell a vile creafiirc to their hos
pitality.—Routt Courier.
Forewarned, forearmed—(Our reporter
before dinner): “Beg pardon, my lord,
but could your lordship kindly oblidgeme
by giving me a hint as to what your lord-
ship is going to say in reply to the duke
when his grace proposes your lordship’s
health ♦” His Lordship: “How can I
tell you what I’m going to say until I’ve
heard what the duke says f" Our repor
ter: “Oh, I can oblige your lordship
with what his grace is going to say, I’ve
got it all in my pocket.”
A colored man, employed as a deck
haDd ou a propeller, was rushing around
town yesterday, and inquiring where the
polls were. “Polls? Polls?” repeated
the citizen, “why, there’s no election go
ing on now.” “There hain’t ? f ‘No, sir.”
The man stood for a moment looking
greatly disappointed, and turned for tho
river with the remark: “And now do
programme is to find dat sleek gpahg aaa
who said dey was paying s’^-qoHars a-
piece for voters l” t j-*-•