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t Skitlxersof the Fight. Published Every Thursday y Volume 5 Til Weekly DemoeS BEN. E^ RUSSELL,^Propriatnr 'HERE SHALL THE PBESS THE PEOPLES EIGHTS MAINTAM, UNA WED BTLEFT. UENCE ~ - tL-ir r inM)' ' ‘ ‘ == AND UNBRIBED BT GAIN.” BimimmqK, February 17, 1876. AMONG OUR NEIGHBORS* The editor of the Blakely Nam says he I* about to “croak.” Has.it come to this? Draw on us for sympathy, dear Mr. Flem ing r <'.. ... . ... Charley Pendleton is grimbling about the Gcorgia-Florida boundary line. Col. Styles, according to promise, let off his dynamics last week. lie makes some ugly developments, and, if lie can make good some of his charges, tfell may liis subjects wince. The stockholders of the Gulf Road col lected their dividends last week, and now the road will run on another vear as usual. Sam Bard says the Republicans have subscribed for 500,000 copies of the speech of Hon. B. H. Hill. The Northern read ers will learn something. The intelligence that tips speech is to be so generally circu lated is gratifying. Thcbill to change the line between De catur and Thomas, was lost. A great many of the newspapers want the people to vote on the subject of a Con vention. Tom Hall fiercely warns off the ex change fiend. Bend some of the varmints up this way, Tom, wc have only about twenty tip here, and don't sec how we can get through the summer with so few. McIntosh is now* the editor of two pa pers, published in different places. We suppose he attends to one with a irire. ('airo at last accounts was having tab leaux. Later—Bob Harris is not in ’em. The owner of a pair of bright eyes as sures us that the prettiest compliment she ever received came from a child of four years. The little follow, after looking at her a moment, inquired naively. “Are vour eyes new ones ?” ( orn is worth ninety cents a bushel in Albany. Poor folks should remember that the money tiiey spend for three loaves of bread would buy some deserving man a drink of whiskey. Planters nrn lmaor rt home anw, prepar ing their grounds for planting. Many have commenced planting corn. Only think, corn planted now* will be in roast ing ear before the Minesotn and Iowa planters begin to plant. lion. Geo, II. Pendleton passed through Albany last week. Mr. It. W. Grubb, of the Darien Gazette, caught a wife the other day. Mr. Ilolly Weaver, of Early county, is dead. The horses of Thomas county are dying with blind staggers. It has become epidemic. Messers Davies and Hansell, the new editors of the Thomasville Enterprise, just a< wc predicted, are making good news paper men. They are getting up a good paper. Mrs. Susan M. Lightfoot, of Thomas ville, is dead. Bird Wooten, of Brooks, had one of lus mules stolen last week. * Sheriff Thrasher, by using the wires, stopped the. thief and muie in Moutieello, and brought them hack safely' to Quitman. <! Thc way it is.” said little Johnny, de scribing a rafic at a church fair, “you see somthin’ nice, and you give a hall' dollar for a chance to win it, another fellow* always gets it, and they never offer you your money back.” “Go to Texas, young man,” say the Railroad display cards. The sooner you go there, tlic sooner you'll come back ana settle down contented with your good old native State. In the riot case in Savannah,[ofSolicitor General Lamar, against the Russels, after a two day’s trial and able speeches on both sides, the jury were unable to agree, and a mistrial was declared. The Southern Life Insurance Company has gone into Bankruptcy. Liabilities over $1,000,000. We regret this very much,-as many of our people iu this sec tion hold policies in it. Wm, Brock and Wm. Carter, of Thom as county, had a difficulty the other day and Carter was fatally stabbed in the breast, The market house in Albany is about to be turned into an engiue house for Eagle Fire Company No. 2 and the Hook A* Ladder Company. Now build a new market house and you will be all right. The Quitman Reporter says the factory is evidently prospering under the new management, and that the Directors have decided to purchase more spinning frames. The Albany Awes of last week bristled like a regiment of rebel bayonets. Here i> a specimen paragraph from it: The Con- ftetntumaUet will be disappointed. IV e can- There is a farmer in Cobb county, cording to the Marietta Journal, that raised eighty-two bales of cotton last year that did not owe oue pound of that cotton for fertilize) s nor supplies of any kind. He also raised eleven hundred bushels of wheat, fwo thousand bushels of corn;sold $723 10 worth of beef cuttle, one pair mules and two horses for $083 75; $112 82 worth of butter; killed nine hogs, averag ing 259 pounds each, four of them pigged iii jaunry, 7875, and five of them in. Feb ruary, 1875 ; cut and saved twenty acres good clover hay, about thirty tons, for winter feed ; grazed beef and milk cows and colts on clover and grass pastures ; realized over $500 from his orchard, and has but six in family. The Dawson Journal gets off this : “We went to church, as usual, last Sunday night. As we were walking leisurelv along by Payne’s drug store, we overheard a 3*oung man, about 18 years old, say tc the girl by liis side, “O, dearest ! if I only bad a w indow in my heart, so you could look through and see the truth of what I say then you—” Here he w*as interrupted by a small boy who asked, “wouldn’t a pain in your stomach do just as well f Talk about the ancient philosophers—they are no where when young Americanism is promulgated by easy going parents who spoil their children. Thus the Cuthbert Appeal: “A child was still born in Zebulon without any brain. The body was well developed, being rather larger than usual, while the bones of the face and head seemed perfect up to a line on a level witli the eye brows, where they terminated in a rounded ring, very much resembling the top of a dipper.’ At the bottom of this basin the spinal cord may be seen terminating in a sort of fungus, with apparently not a vestige of a brain. Cuthbert Messenger: The other evening at the entertainment to raise funds for the church, a beautiful j*oung lady w*ho was very active in (lie noble cause, was insist ing on a young man to buy this, tiiat or the other, “Oh, do buy this, it’s so beau tifui,” said the lady. “Yes, but I don’t want it, said he. “Well, buy it anyhow*, its only two and a half, do that much for the church,” said she “No,-but I’ll give he. After failing to make ' a trade with the gentleman on everything else, she fin ally said: “Well, give me the two dollars and a half. I’ll, do that much for the church, as you are a good looking young man, anyway.” It will be remembered that last week we announced that our young friend W. H. Branch was married. One of the daily papers mentions how lie got through with it thus: He arrived at Cuthbert last Satur day evening, and took quarters at the ho tel ou Sunday morning. He called at the college to see the girl he had seen but once before, and popped the question. He then returned to town, and by the assist ance of the hotel man hunted up a mer chant, purchased a clean shirt, procured a two-horse buggy, weut back to the col lege, took iu his intended, drove twenty- one miles to the town of Lumpkin, ob tained the consent of her parents, procur ed his license, married the girl of his choice and returned to Cuthbert, tweuty- oue miles, all the same day. Mr. C. T. Galloway, of Baker county, is dead. Tuesday evening February 8th, 1S76, by Rev. A. A. Beatty, of Macon, Mr. John Mock to Miss Mollie Kelly—both of Albany. Sunday fltli iust., by Rev. 11, D. Mallary, Mr Harry Brant to Miss Jane Alley, daughter of Mr. Richard Alley. Thomas county is sending people to Texas, and the Enterprise is of the opin- ioiwthat if they cannot make a livirg in old Thomas, no country to which they may go will receive much benefit from them. The gallant Gen. P. M B. Young has been invited to deliver the address before the Florida State Agricultural Society this month. Savannah produced a cow hide in “high life” last week. Hart, who was on trial at Cuthbert for arseny was bound over, in bonds of $1,000. Hon. A. H. Smith, of Lowndes, is en titled to a front seat. He hasn't made a speech nor offered a bill this session. Albany News: Mark Cravy, residing in the 7tli District, Worth county, "killed eight wild turkeys at one shot the other dav. The eight weighed seventy-five pounds. Cuthbert Messenger: Mr. J. B. McWil liams has a curiosty at his oyster saloon, greatly resembling a catfish, but having leathcr-like wings similar to those of a fly ing squirrel. It came in a lot of oysters, and was in one of the oyster shells alive when it was opened. It is about four inches long, and is of a spotted color. Jared now keeps it on exhibition at his saloon and feeds it ou oysters. Sir. T. J. Bottoms, of Thomasville. has BAINBRIDOE, GEORGIA; FEBRUARY 17,1876 LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. < Tiro Bollntt Per Annum Number 19- sekate. Bills on third reading—To regulate practice in divorce cases. This bill was reported by the Judiciary Committee, and provided for the payment of coste in ad vance, and required that the two verdicts should be rendered at different terms of the court. The biU was atnmgly support ed by Messrs. La wton, Warner and Baeon, art d oppsed by Messrs. Peeples and Davis’ and was, on motion, indefinitely postpon ed. °ot afford to touch so dirty a thing as the creature referred to. Besides, we never j patented a contrivance for driving sewing •lid the thing a favor, and caunot account , machines, which does away with a trea- for liis vulgar assaults and malignant slan- ' j.e. A number of springs are moved by <Iers. We have no acquaintance with it, I clock-work and governed by a lever so aal might kill the wrong dog if we were nicely that the needle may be made to to attempt to gratify our Augusta friend. Mr. John Garrett, of Dawson, was ar- rt**tod last week for illicit distilling. Dawson Journal: Can’t Terrell county firing out tsoraeold relics an hundred years C! d* CVnfttnid'relies are coining to light ; one da D«,m ali charters of the country. , ter. move at any desired rate of speed. The machine will run for about an hour and a quarter with one winding up. A partv of negroes and white men en gaged in a general street fight at Newton l.isi week, about some trivial mat- To regulate the sale of opium in this State. Passed. To regulate the sale of poisons. Fassed. To amend section 4127 of the Code so as to require $800 cost to be taxed for each verdict and $100 for confession of judgment, to be paid over to the County Treasurer and to go with the fund for the payment of jurors. Passed. To authorise the Governor to purchase standard weights and measures for coun ties not already provided. Passed. To exempt railroad conductors and sta tion agents from jury duty. Passed. To require tax receivers to take down full Christian name of tax payers. Passed. To levy a tax for 1870. Passed with amendments. To exempt from taxation corn, cotton and Other produce held by the producer for sale after April 1st. Passed. To amend the laws in reference to legal advertising. Passed. To provide a penalty for escapes from the chain-gang. Passed. The special order : To protect agricul tural interests, and to define and punish larceny from the fild, for which a substi tute was passed, making it penal to pur. chase corn or seed cotton from a tenant or laborer having no right to sell, after notice to such buyer from the land owner that the laborer or tenant has no right to sell. Mr. Gilmore moved a reconsideration of the bill to exempt from garnishment the wages of mechanics and laborers. Mr. Crawford spoke in favor of the bill, and moved to lay the motion to reconsider oil the table. The latter motion prevailed. IN THE notTSE, ior Courts to grant characters to certain private corporations to have general ope ration throughout the State—reported as a substitute for the bill vesting the power in Fulton Superior Court. To require J udges of Superior Courts to give specially in charge to grand juries sections 140*3 and 408 of the Code. To prohibit attorneys at law being re- eived as security on official bonds. To require assignees, for the benefit of creditors, to give bond. To make if penal to sell or furnish any minor with a deadly weapon. Passed, with amendment. To adjust equitably the rights of parties w*ho have purchased homestead property. Passed. To amend section 383 of the CodeJ in reference to penalty for misconduct in Solicitors General. Passed. To define and punish criminal negli gence. Passed. cusrenTevents. Edwin Booth, tlic actor," is 42 years old. Berlin is the most over crowded of all European cities. A Michigan girl wrote to Bismarck for his autograph. He replied, denying her request over his signature. Booth took in fifteen hundred dollars one night in Charlotte. The farmers all say there is plenty of labor in the country, and all report head way in their farm work. The carnival season in St. Petersburg is unusually gay and exciting. Two hundred and fifty thousand gallons of beer are sold in London daily. Flood, the California banker, made $300,000 recently in one day’s mining'op erations. Good deal of a Flood. The motion for the discharge of Ed ward S. Stokes, murderer of Jim Fisk, was, on Saturday disposed of adversely to Stokes, and he was remanded to Sing Sing.- The Cotton Crop.—The excess over last year up to last Friday, according to the Chronicle, reached 430,412 bales.— That added to last year’s crop would make $233,40*3 bales, if we gain no more. The Iowa House of Representatives have passed a bill requiring that all con ditions of insurance policies shall lie printed in type not smaller than “long primer,” and that the use of smaller type shall vitiate the policies. Seventy sub-granges of the Patrons of Husbandry died in Iowa last year. It is stated that the Mortality is increasing more rapidly than the births all through Washington, February 6.—Jefferson Davis has written the following letter to Judge Lyons, of Rtelimond, Va.: New OBMMjpw, January 27, 1876. Hon. jAMEtd|lia&&* Dsgr Friend— Your Very kiud letter of tha 14th iust. whs forwarded from Memphis anil has been received at this place. I have been so long the object of malignant slander and the subject of unscrupulous falsehood by partisans of the class of Mr. Blaine, that, though I cannot say it has become to me a matter of indifference, it has ceased to excite my surprise, even in this instance, when it reaches the extremity'of accusing me of cruelty to prisoners. What matters to one whose object i9 personal and party advantage; that the records both Federal and Confederate, disprove the charge; that the country is full of witnesses who bear oral testimony against it; and that tlie effort to revive the bitter animosities of the war obstruct the progress toward the reconciliation of the sections. It is enough for him if his self-seeking purpos es be promoted. It would, however, even seem probable that such expectations must be disappointed, for only those who are wilfully blind can fail to see in the circum stances of the case the fallacy of Blaine’s statements. The published fact of an at* tempt to suborn Wirz, while under sent ence of death, by promising him pardon if he would criminate me in regard to Au- dersonville prisoners, is conclusive as to the wish ef the Government to make such a charge against me, and the failure to do so shows that nothing could be found to sustain it. May we not say the evidence of my innocenece was such that Holt and Conover, with their trained bund of sub orned witnesses, dared not make against me this charge, which Wirz, for his life, would not make, but which Blaine, for the Presidential nomination, has made? Now let us review the leading facts of the case. The report of the Confederate com missioner for the exchange of prisoners shows how persistent and liberal were our iofLoL-ihe. .cmujsuafl— General Robert E. Lee to go under a flag of truce and seek an interview with Gen eral Grant, to represent to-hicn the suffer ing and death of the Federal prisoners held by us, to explain the causes which were beyond our control, and to urge, in the name of humanity, the observance of the cartel for the exchange of prisoners. To this, as to all previous appeals, a deaf ear was turned. I will not attempt from memory to write the report made to me of the incidents of this mission. Lee no longer lives to defend the cause and coun try he loved so well and served so effi ciently ; but Gen. Grant caunot fail to re member so extraordinary a visit, aud his objections to executing the cartel are well known to the public. But whoever else may choose to forget my efforts in this regard, the prisoners at Audersonville and the delegates I permitted them to send to President Lincoln to plead for the resump tion of the exchange of prisoners cannot fail to remember how willing I was to re store them to their homes ana to the com forts of which they were in need, provid ed the imprisoned soldiers of the Confed eracy should be in like manner released and returned to us. This foul accusation, tlfDugh directed especially against me, was no doubt in tended, aud naturally must be the ar raignment of the South by whose author ity and in whose behalf my deeds were done. It may be presumed that the feel ings and the habits of Southern soldiers were understood by me and, iu that con nection, any fair mind would perceive in my congratulatory orders to the army after a victory, in which the troops were most commended for their tenderness and generosity to the wounded aud other cap tives, as well as the instincts of the person who issued the order as the knightly tem per of the soldiers to whom it was ad dressed. It is admitted that the prisoners in our hands were not as well provided for as we would like to have had them ; but it is claimed that we did as well for them as we could. Can the other side say as nutch ? To the bold allegations of ill treatment of prisoners by our side and the humane treatment and adequate sup plies by our opponents, it is only necessa ry to offer two facts. 1. It appears from the rap orts of the United States AY ar De partment that, though we had 60,000 more Federal prisoners than they had Confederates, G,000 more of the Confed erates died than Northern prisoners. The want and suffering of men in Northern prisons caused me to ask for permission to send out cotton and buy supplies for them. The request was granted, but only on condition that the the YVest. A father fearing an earthquake in the ; c . 0 tton should be sent to New York, and region of his home, sent his two boys to the house of a friend until the peril should lie passed. A few weeks after ward the father received this letter from his friend : “Please take your boy6 home and send down the earthquake ” Our economical Government expends thirteen hundred and fifty dollars for the yearly support of each soldier in the regu lar army. It would be less expensive to board them at some first class hotel, where they would be quite as usefully employ ed. the supplies be bought there. Gen. Beale, now of St. Louis, was authorized to pur- ch:ise and distribute the needful supplies. Our sympathy rose-with the occasion, and much of the wrongs they bore. If it be * less so among their invaders, it is but another example of the rule that the wrong-doer is less able to forgive than he who has suffered causeless wrong. It is not, however, generally among those who braved the hazards of battle that unrelent ing vindictiveness is to be found. The brave and generous are gentle. It is the skulkers of the fight, like Blaine, who display their flag on an umRiifir field. They made no sacrifice, to prevent (lie separation of the States. Why should they be expected to promote * the confi-1 deuce and good will essential to their union ? YY'hen closely confined at Fort ress Monroe I was solicited to add my name to those of many esteemed gentle men who had signed a petition for my pardoD, and the assurance was given that on my doing so, the President would order my liberation. Confident of the justice of our cause, and the rectitude of my own conduct, I declined to sign the petition and remained subject to the inex cusable privations and tortures which Dr, Craven has but faintly described. When, after the two years of eiose confinement, I was admitted to bail, as often as re quired I appeared for trial under the in dictment found against me, but in which Mr. Blaine's fictions do not appear. The indictment was finally quashed on no ap plication of mine ; nor have I ever evaded or avoided a trial upon any charge the General Government might choose to bring against me, and have no view of the future which makes it desirable to me to be included in an amnesty bill. Viewed in the abstract, or as a general question, I would be glad to see the repeal of all laws inflicting the penalty of political disa bilities on classes of people, that it might, as prescribed by the Constitution, he left to the Courts to decide the cause and to affix penalties according to legislation. The discrimination made against our people is imjust and unpolitic if the fact be tlie equality and the purpose be frater nity amongst the citizens of the United States. Conviction and sentence without a hearing, witiiout a jurisdiction, and the affixing of penalties by ex post facto legis lation are part of a proceeding which had HI JVunrt/fWWI-'OT grautiug pardons to remove political disa bilities which there was no political power to impose. This was not an act of so much grace as to form a plausible pretext for the reckless diatribe of Mr. Blaine. The papers preserved by Dr. Stevenson happily furnish full proof of the causes of disease and death at Andersouville.— They are now, I believe, in Richmond, aud it 19 to be hoped that their publica tion will not be much longer delayed. I have no taste for recrimination, though the sad recitals made by our soldiers re turned from Northern prisons can never be forgotten, and you will remember the excitement those produced, and censorious publications which was uttered against me because I would not visit on the help less prisoners in our hands such barbari ties as, according to reports, had been in flicted on our men. Imprisonment is a hard lot at best, and prisoners are prone to exaggerate their sufferings. Such was probably the case on both sides. But we did not seek by reports of commissioners with photographing illustrations to in flame the passions of our people. How was it with our enemy ? Let one example suffice: You may remember the pub lished report of the committee of the United States Congress, which was sent to Annapolis to visitjsome exchanged pris oners, and which had appended to it photographs of some emaciated subjects, which were offered as samples of prison ers returned from the South. When a copy of that report was received, I sent to Col. Ould, commissioner for the exchange of prisoners, and learned, as I anticipated, that the photographs had been taken from men who were in our hospitals when they were liberated for exchange, and whom the post surgeon regarded as convalescent, but too weak to be removed with safety to themselves. The anxiety of the pris oners to be sent to their homes had pre vailed over the objections of the surgeon. But this is not all, for I have recently learned from a priest, who was then at Annapolis, that the most wretched look ing of these photographs were taken from a man who had never been a prisoner bat who had been left on a sick list at Annap olis when the command to which he was attached had passed that place on its southward march. Whatever may be said in extenuation of such imposture because of the exigen cies of war, there can lie no such excuse now for the attempt of Mr. Blaine, by gross misrepresentations and slanderous accusation, to revive the worst passions of war, and it is to be hoped that much as the event is to be regretted it will have the good effect of evoking truthful state ments in regard to this little understood subject from men who would have * pre ferred to leave their sorrowful story un told, if the subject could have been allow ed peacefully to sink into oblivion.— A PIECE OP SECRET HISTORY Scribner's Magazine for February contains the following hitherto unpubs lished letter from Gen. Robert E. Lee to President Jefferson Davis, written after the battle of Gettysburg, and re signing the command of the Confeder ate forces .• Camp Orange, Aug. 8,1863. Mr. President, Your letters of July 28th and Aug- 20th. have Deen received, and I have waited for a leisure hour to reply, but I fear that will never come. I am ex tremely obliged to you for the attention given to the wants of this army, and the efforts made to supp' */ them. Our absentees are returning, and I hope the earnest and beautiful appeal made to the couutry in your proclamation may stir up the whole people, and that they may see their duty and perform it. Nothing is wanted but that their forti tude should equal their bravery, to in sure the success of our cause. We must 'expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and pru dence, to call forth greater energies and to prevent our falling into greater disasters. Our people have only t • be true and united, to bear manfully the misfortunes incident to war and all will dome right in the end*. I know how prone we are to censure, and how ready to blame ethers for the nonfulfillment of ourcxpectations. This is unbecoming in a generous people and I grieve to see its expression. The general remedy for a want of success in a commander is his removal. This is natural, and in many instances proper, For, no matter what may be the ability of the oflicer, if he loses the confidence of his troops, -disaster must sooner or later ensue. I have been prompted by these re flections more than once since my re turn from Pennsylvania to propose to your Excellency the propriety of selec ting another commander for this army. I have seen and heard of expressions of discontent in the public journals at the result of the expedition. I do not responded to its demands, not waiting for j x[ u tua! respect is needful for the common years, aud then to vaunt itself when it : interest and is essential to a friendly fcel- could serve no good purpose to the suf- j aa( j w hen slander proceeds from high ferers. Under the mellowing influences j pi^-es, the public welfare demands that of time and occasional demonstrations at • tru th should strip falsehood of its power the North of a desire for the restoring of j j or ev ij j a!D respectfully and truly, peace and good will, the Southern people J V( „ lr friend. been too kind to report it, and so far the troops have been too generous to exhibit it. It is fair, however, to sup pose that it does exist, and success is so necessary to us that nothing should be risked to secure it. I, therefore, in al4 sincerity, request your Excellency to take measures to supply my place. I do this with more earnestnsss because no one is more aware than myself of my inability for the duties of my position. I cannot even accomplish wbat I desire. How can I fulfil the expectations of others ? In addition, I sensibly feel the growing failure of my bodily strength. I have not yet recovered from the attack I experienced the past spring. I ami be coming more and more incapable of exer tion, and am thus prevented from mak ing the personal supervision of the op erations in the field which I feel to be necessary. I am so dull that in making use of the eyes of others I am frequent ly misled. Everything, therefore, points to the advantages to be derived from a new commander, and I the more anx iously urge the matter upon your Excel lency from my belief that a younger and abler man than myself can readily be obtained. I know that he will have as gallant and brave an army as ever existed to second his efforts, and it would be the happiest day of my life to see at its head a worthy leader ; one that would accomplish more than I could perform, and all that I have wish ed. I hope your Excellency will at tribute my request to the true reason, the desire to serve my country, and to do all in my power to assure the success of her righteous cause, I have no complaints to make of any one but myself. I have received noth ing but kindness from those above me, and the most considerate attention from my comrades and companions in arms. To your Excellency I am specially in debted for uniform kindness and con sideration. You have done everything in your power to aid me iu the work committed to my charge, without omit ting anything to promote the general welfare. I pray that your ef forts may at length be crowned with success, and that you may long live to enjoy the thanks of a grateful people. With sentiments of great esteem, 1 am very respectfully and truly yours, R £. Lee, General. To his Excellency, Jefferson Dq,vis, President Confederate States. greater effort of patience than to bear the criticisms of the ignorant who al ways pronounce everything & failure which dues not equal their expectations or desires, and can see no good results which is not in the line of their o%u imaginings. I admit the propriety of i 'our conclusions that an .officer who oses the Confidence of hiB troops should have his position changed, whatever may bp his ability, bpt whpa Lread the sentence T was nbf fit fill prepared fbr the application you were about make. Expressions of discontent in the public journals furnish but little evidence of the sentiment of an army. I wish' It were otherwise, even though all * the abuse of myself should be accepted as the results of honest observation, Were you capable of stooping to it, yon could easily surround yourself with those who would fill the press with your laudations, and seek to exalt yott for what you had not done, rather than de tract from the achievements which pijl make you and your army the subject of history and object of the worlds admi ration for generations to come. * lam truly sorry to know that you still feel the effects of the illness you suffered last spring, and can readily understand the euibarrasments you ex perienced in using the eyes of others, having been so much accustomed to make your own reconnoisancea. , Prac tice will, however, do much to relieve that embarrassment, and th$ minute knowledge of the country which jfou had acquired, will render you less de pendent for topographical information. Rut suppose, my dear friend, that I were to admit, with all their applica tions, the point which you presfiht, where am I to find that new com Zan der who is to possess the grcBter abiHtV which you believe to be required ? I do not doubt the readiness With whibh you would give way to one who cottftl accomplish all that you have wished, and yon will do me the justice to be lieve that, if Providence should kindly offer such a person for our use, I would not hesitate to avail [myself ] of bie services. PRESIDENT PA Vis’ REPLY R chmond. August 11th, 1863. Gen. It. E. Lee ; Yours of the 8th instant has just been received. I am glad that you con cur so entirely wilh me as to the wants of our country in this trying hour, and _ am happy to add that after the first de- j would have trotted "in 2 press ion consequent upon our disasters j before now, and I think in the west, indications have appeared he would most likely have made fm ‘tcu language of sober earnestness, wbeuT have impressed upon you the propriety of avoiding all unnecessary exposure *? danger, because I felt our counter could not afford to lose you. . To aak me to substitute you by Borne one in my judgment more fit to command, or who would possess more of the confidence of the army or of the reflecting men of the country, is to demand an impossibility. It only remains for me tp hope that yon will take all possible care of yourself, that your health and strength may .he entirely restored, and that thpLotd will preserve you for the important Aujtieo devolved upon you in the straggle ,of our suffering country for the indepen dence which we have engaged in war to maintain. ( ; As ever, respectfully apd truly, Jefferson Davis. Duster the Ue*t Trotter. We copy the following remarks, in regard to Dexter, the King of the Turf from a recent number of the New York Sun . This famous horse is now seventeen years old, and I was surprised to find that he still retains all the lire and vig or which so eminently distinguished him when he was performing his grind exploits upon *the turf. His legs are sound ana clean, his inuscle is bold and prominent, and his eye is bright and clear. In my mrind Dexter n always more associated with Hiram Woodruff than any other man, for he was the last as well as the best of those famous trot ters which took shape and form from the bram and baud of that great map. Long before the horse had aohisYfid much distinction, Hiram took me to lus box at the old place near the Union Course, and stripping him, said : 'Here is a horse that will make the best trot ter we have ever seen—the king bf the world.’ How this was completely veri fied it would take long to tell. Thet he was, and perhaps still is, the hast trotter I have ever seen, is to my mind certain. Others have surpassed his time for a mile, but his great performance* were made over tracks which were slow when compared with the fastest nown- days. Moreover I do not regard the time test with that superstitions rever ence which some have for it ^ end I pronounce. Dexter the beet trotting horse I have ever seen, became when he wns on the turf he eoald beat alt other horses, including Lady Thorn and. Goldsmith Maid, any distance, in any* «vay of going, and with very great eaae. To say that these mares improved after ward is not to the purpose. Dexter improved afterward himself, and if b» had been continued on the toff and suitably Handled. I am satisfied bn at Rochester j have forgotten much and have forgiven j [Jrtgnedj that our people will exhibit that forti tude which we agree in believing is alone needful to secure ultimate success. It well became Sidney Johnston, when overwhelmed by a senseless clamor, to admit the rule tlvat success is the test of merit, and yet there lias been noth in-u* vtiiieh l h„ve louti 1 iu reuinie a mile in 2 min. and 10 sees. Robert Ronner, the owner at Dexter, has refused one hundred .thousand w> lars in gold fur him- : ■ ThomasvfrTe Tinos; Wc saw s am es I he strecti. ye-terday trying to give aWay a d< -. Effect of the dog law—you know.