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FOB PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES,
HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YORK.
FOB VICE PRESIDENT,
FRANCIS P. BLAIR,
OF MISSOURI.
FRIDAY MOUSING, JURY 17.
Specials say that Seward has purchas
ed Sonora and Senalva, and negotiated
a treaty oi commerce between the Uni
ted States and China with Burlingame, i
Dr. 8. 8. Oslin, R. H. Leonard, Wil
lian Carter and J. M. Matthews, Esqs.,
have-been appointed to represent Talbot
county in the Convention at Atlanta on
the 23d instant.
Extensive arrangements are on foot
at Tuskeegee for a grand ratification
meeting on Saturday evening the 25th.
Great enthusiasm at the nomination of
Seymour and Biair, prevails all over
the land. _
Rust in Cotton. —The Talbotton
Gazette learns that the rust has appear
ed in the cotton fields a few mile west
of Talbotton, and has already injured
the plant to some extent
The Advertiser says the galleries and
lobbies of the two houses of the Ala
bama Legislature on Monday, were
literally packed with negroes. No
whit men were visible in the lobbies or
galleries unless called thereby business.
It is stated in an Alabama paper that
all the Magistrates in Shelby county, in
that State, are negroes, and not one of
them able to read and write. A bad
state of things, truly. It is one of the
fruits of Radicalism.
The Dwen Case. —We learn from the
Picayune that James Dwen, the young
man who killed Mr. Maxwell in Mont
gomery a short time ago, was brought
before Judge Goldthwaite, of the Circuit
Court, on Tuesday morning, on a writ
of Habeas Corpus. The Judge ordered
that he be sent to the Lunatic Asylum
to await his final trial.
Destructive Pike in Newton. —
We learn from a gentleman who was
an eye witness to the scene, that a des
tructive fire in occurerd Newton, Baker
county, on Sunday night. The fire broke
out in Odom &Bro’s store,and extending
rapidly, burned the stores of 11. Crine,
Mr. Scalley, Mr. Davis, Major Williams,
Levi Adams, George Taylor, (colored)
barber, Shepherd, (col’d), shoemaker.
Losses Odom & Bro.’s loss about
sl,ooo—insurace $2,500. H. Crine,
lost house and stock, about SIO,OO0 —
insured $5,000. Mr. Sealley, stock and
warehouse, about $12,000 or $15,000 —
insured for ss,ooo—some stock saved.
Mr. Davis’ loss sl,2oo—insured SOOO.
Major Williams’ store, house and stock
sßooo—no insurance. Levi Adams’
house and stock, loss about s7oo—no
insurance. George Taylor, barber, loss
about s2oo—uo insurance. Shepherd,
shoemaker, loss s2so—no insurance.
Other houses caught fire, but were sav
ed without material damage. Court
House, Hotel and seven stores escaped
destruction.
In the ballotting for Vice President
in the Democratic National Convention,
Alabama cast the first vote. Her dele-,
gate appoidted to cast the vote of the
State said, “Asa rebel soldier of Aia.
bama, I take pleasure in casting her
vote for the gallant U uion soldier, Frank
Blair.” This put the ball in motion,
and before the ballot was gone through
with, the enthusiasm for Blair became so
intense, that the ballotting was stopped,
and the nomination made by acclama
tion. He will be elected by acclama
tion.
Will Fiue Salutes. The Mont
gomery Picayune, of Tuesday evening,
says General Shepherd in his desire to
keep dear of political speakings and
politics generally, had a section of
artillery on the capitol hill yesterday to
“fire a salute.” The General is neutral
in politics, but will fire salutes when
his party wants it done. Another salute
was fired this morning in honor of the
Governor going into office.
For What Did John Stapler oet
$l4O ?—lt could not have been for wit
ness fees because he was arrested on
the 14th of May and discharged the 11th
of July, a space of fifty-eight days. At
$3 per day, the usual pay for witnesses,
$174 were due him. There is some
thing wrong here. Either John Sta
pler got $146 for something else, or he
did not get the amount due him by S2B;
Major Smythe adjusts these matters by
an order on the Q. M. The sum of one
hundred and forty-six dollars is all that
Stapler received. If Major Smythe gave
an order for the right amount the Q M.
paid too little. If Major Smythe gave
an order for $146, he gave an order for
S2B too little. Either the Q. M. or the
Government owes John Stapler S2B.
Will Major Smythe look into it and
have the matter corrected ?
Representing tiie City.— The pres
ent military appointed City Council
claim to be representing the city. We
have heard them boast of it. A major
ity of them have elected Oliver Saun
ders (colored) Clerk of the Market and
Magazine Keeper over a white man.—
They pay him a salary of S4OO and the
perquisites of the two offices are proba
bly over S6OO more. Thus over one
thousand dollars are paid a negro.—
This is far more than the united tax
collected from all the freedmen in the
city. It is opposed to every wish of
tax payers, and looks like a majority of
the military appointed Board represent
ed the Loyal League for selfish ends—
city office—and not the property hold
ers of Columbus.
Going Up.—The counsel for the de
fense have gotten the case of the Colum
bus prisoners just in the state where it
must be evident to all parties that ac
quittal is certain. The testimony of
the last withesses prove beyoLd the
shadow of a doubt a clear alibi for
Duke. The witnesses for the prosecu
tion were more positive, if anything,
in pwt aring to the identity of Duke,
but it as has been Ciearly proven that
Duke was full forty miles from Colum
bus at the time Askburn was killed, we
do not see how the court can attach any
sort of importance to the testimony of
the witnesses tor the State, as to the lo
cation and identity of the other prison
ers. It is unfortunate, at this particular
juncture, that anything should happen
to procrastinate the examination. The
prosecution is evidently cornered, and
is boand to take water before many
days. A few more sharp, quick and
heavy blows will demolish it. —Atlanta
Constitution.
The Cotton w orm in Texas. —A
gentleman in the vicinity of Cat Springs,
Austin county, informs the Texas
Countryman that the worm has appear
ed in his neighborhood, and is commit
ting great destruction on the young cot
ton and other vegetation.
The Galveston Dispatch, of the 10th
says it is reliably informed that this in
sect has also made its appearance in
great numbers in Fort Bend and Polk
counties, making sad havoc upon the
cotton crop, and fears are entertained
that the yield in these counties will be
materially if not totally cut short.
THIEVES AT POINTS.
From time, whereof the memory ot
man runneth not to the contrary, thieves
and villains have always fallen out when
the “swag" came to be divided; and
have been thus exposed to the public
and delivered over to the hands of jus
tice. Each particular rascal considers
that his ingenuity or industry has con
tributed most to the success of the
“job,” and that consequently he is en
titled to the heaviest and richest pile,
and when portioned off with a small
and beggarly pittance by the chiefs and
managers, someone of the “chevaliers
d’industrie” is certain to peach upon
the balance in the hope of reward ior
his treachery. The Radical Party oi
Georgia is not an exception to this l uie,
but on the contrary affords proof most
striking and conclusive that the thieves
and plunderers of to day have not over
thrown the customs of their calling
which obtained centuries ago. The
band of carpet-baggers, scalawags and
adventurers which Meade, Joseph
Brown and Hulbert have selected to
misrepresent the people of Georgia in
a burlesque upon a Legislative body
now assembled in Atlanta, have met
with the fate common to such organiza
tions. They have quarreled fiercely
and furiously over the spoils, and the
prospect is promising for honest men to
get their dues. It is impossible to re
concile the differences between the hun
gry and parti-colored band. Tbe spoils
are large and rich. Two Senatorial po
sitions, State House offices, innumera
hie judgeships and solicitorships, to any
nothing of the fat pickings of the State
Road, are involved in the squabble, and
| the shiftless and penniless vagabonds
i pant for their possession. The Atlanta
Era, the special organ of this precious
| crew, has let the fact out that great and
| irreconcilable differences have sprung up
, over the partition of the plunder—dif
' ferences which threaten the disruption
and the destruction of a political organ
ization without brains, virtue or hon
esty. and hituereto held together alone
by the hope of booty. Joseph Brown,
and Blodgett, and Bryant, and Bradley,
and Hill, and Farrow, and Seward, and
others, desire to go to the Senate.—
Dawse Walker, and Kent McCay, and
Parrott, and Dunning, and others of
greater or less pretensions, look to the
Supreme Court positions, and it is even
said that Tommy Gilbert, the old assas
sin, aspires to the honors of the District
bench. There are spoils sufficient to
provide for them all far beyond their
deserts, but the starved and lousy
hounds do not think so. Hence the
snarlings and bickerings, and the con
sequent exposure. Joseph Brown does
not consider that lie is sufficiently re
warded for his self-abasement by a
heavy fee to prosecute a number of in
nocent gentlemen; nor does the Hon. J.
G. Maule consent that his trials and in.
hors and dangers can be adequately
compensated by the per diem of a mem
\ her of the lower house. The dirty old
creature accounted for his peculiar odor
and dilapidated appearance to a brother
I delegate at Chicago upon the ground
1 that he was compelled by the Ku Klux
to flee the country precipitately and
j leave his dressing case behind, when
the fact is he has not mounted' a clean
' shirt in a quarter of a century, nor en
joyed the luxury of soap and water for
the same period. And the Hon. J. G.
is a fair specimen of his honorable col
| leagues. The Era, as we have before
; remarked, is the special organ of the
, contentious crew. Its editor, old Bard,
I whose purse and carpet bag are becom
| ing quite as empty as his pate is of
j brains or bis nature of an honorable
i sentiment, is ereatly disgruntled at the
position of affairs. Partly from fear of
j hazarding his chances for the public
1 priming, but more particularly from
i inability to put his plaints into coherent
I and grammatical language, he permits
I the columns of his paper to be used by
1 those who see promised rervards van-
I ishing and prospective pay rapidly di
minishing. In the latest number of the
Era which has reached us there appears
a communication over the signature
j “Fulton” and under the following liead
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mg:
SterlltiiE— uorruplion Exposed. __
We append it in full to tnoso observa
tions, with the simple additional com
ment, that every intelligent and obser
vant man in Georgia ha3 been long fa
miliar with everything exposed by Ful
ton and a great deal more beside. But
here is the document itself:
Atlanta, July 13, 1868.
Mr. Editor: Asa Republican devoted
to tho interest of Grant and Colfax, and
knowing that your paper, above all
others in Georgia, desires the success
of these distinguished statesmen, I beg,
through your columns, to put their true
friends on notice, that those who ob
tained, at tho .recent Convention, con
trol of the machinery of the party, are
pursuing a line of policy which, if not
checked, will inevitably defeat the party
in Georgia. They do not look beyond
their own selfish views. They seek to
appropriate tbe party to secure to them
selves offices of trust and responsibility,
which they are not competent to fill,
and in defiance of the wishes of the
majority of the Republican party in the
State.
It is used to remove the disabilities
of whom they can use, and to continue
disabilities upon those that will not bow
to their behests. Such material must
be carved out of the legislature as will
elect certain Senators and State House
officers, secure the confirmation of
Judges and do all other things that may
be necessary to serve this clique. Not
a dollar is spent so far as I know to
promote the interest of the party, but I
think spent in excess to minister to tho
appetites of persons who can bo used
in their behalf. I know that your pa
per desires to sustain Gov. Builock, and
would be proud to see bis administra
tion successful—so would the writer of
this article; yet I feel and know that if
his policy is not controlled by other and
different men, his administration will
be a failure, and thereby Grant and
Colfax will be sacrificed in Georgia.
The basis of the Republican party in
Georgia must be intelligence and virtue,
and not chicanery to defeat the will of
those who are to go forth in the coming
campaign to uphold the Republican or
ganization. If these party tricksters,
without fitness, are to take all the offices
of emolument and profit, good men will
most certainly decline to take any part
in sustaining such a party. I give the
warning that if this policy is pursued, it
will be troublesome to get up an electo
ral ticket that will impress itself upon
the enlightened public. This is strong
language, but it is true. Grant and
Colfax are to be destroyed to fatten
these leeches that have gathered togeth
er to suck the life-blood of the party.
All Released from Cells. —A pri
vate telegram from Atlanta announces
that all the Columbus prisoners are un
der bond and in comfortable quarters.
The removal from the cells took place
yesterday. This is indeed a matter of
rejoicing, for confinement in such weath
eras is now afflicting our land, Is bitter
torture. It shows, too, that the prose
cution has wilted, and that, despite of
suborned witnesses, nothing can be
proved against the prisoners. From
the dispatch we infer that our citizens
have comfortable quarters in the bar
racks, and that the bond simply pro
vides that they appear at the trial daily
as the court is held. No thanks to Gen
Meade for it.
If it takes three years of peace for the
radical party to increase the national
debt nine millions of dollars, how many
years would it take that party to pay it
off.
From the Constitution.
PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
military commission
assembled for the trial of the
COLUMBUS PRISONERS.
FOURTEENTH DAT.
McPherson Barracks, July 15,1868.
Court met at the usual hour. Mr.
Stephens was sufficiently improved in
health to be able to attend to his dutu-3
as leading counsel for the defense.
Proceedings of yesterday .read and
approved.
Dr. Styles, a witness examined in :
part on Monday, was called into Court
and his examination continued : On J
referring to my memorandum I did not
see that I had visited Mr. Greer on the
29th, but that I did on on the 30th
March ; that was the day I passed j
Duke’s shop; did not find any re
ference to having visited Greer at
any time near the 30th of March ; had
not been to Greer’s for some four or
five days before or after that date ; he
had inflamation of the stomach (chron
ic) ; his wife had irritation of the spine;
I attended patients on the plantations
by contract, hence I made no memo
randum of the visits to them ; there
was a connection in my mind between
the visit to Greer and the meeting with
Duke, from the fact that I remembered
that on returning from Greer’s I -met
Wayne Duke with a pair of steers, and
on refering to my memorandum I found
the visit to Greer was on that day and
that I had gone with Wayne Duke to
the shop, where I met William Duke
the accused ; a few days afterward I
heard the death of A. at the shop ; and |
located myself as to where I was when {
I heard of it; I was not apprehensive ;
tiiat I would he accused of connection
with the murder ; when I heard of the
arrest of Duke, I felt certain of his in
nocence, and I remembered having
first heard from him that A. was assas
sinated ; never had thought of the ne
cessity of locating Duke until I first
heard of Duke’s arrest, which was about
a month ago ; I think it was on Satur
day; heard it on the morning foliowing
his’ arrest ; it made a decided impres
sion on my mind—not greater than that
of the assassination of Ashburn, from
the fact thatoa notorious character well
known in our country to whites and
blacks as a cruel overseer and bad man,
had passed away by the hands of masked
assassins; a freedman by the name of
John Reese, another by the name of
1 Cooper, Sambo Illges, and others had
i told me of A.’s cruel character as an
I overseer; I saw in the papers that the
i assassins were masked ; do not remem
; her that Duke told me about the masks;
; he merely asked me if I had heard of
the assassination ; I read of the masks
in the Columbus Sun, I think shortly
: after the occurrence ; the paper was at
the Sulphur Springs lying on the desk.
[Col. Crofton, a member of the Court,
i objected to the interrogatories of Gov.
Brown as irrelevant to the case. Gov.
Brown stated that he was trying to test
the memory of the witness, who had
sworn positively on one fact; it was
important to know whether witness
could swear as positively to other facts.
Court retired. On its return, the J udge
Advocate announced that the objection
was overruled ] Witness continued :
When Duke told me of Ashbum’s death
I I asked him when it was; be told me it
! was a few days before, and I afterwards
j read it in the papers. He told me the
; day of the week but not of the month,
i I had not thought of the date of A.’s
death again until I heard of Duke’s ar
-1 rest. I referred to my record after I
found that I would be needed here. I
I looked at other entries near the 30th of
March and found that I had not passed
in that direction on my way coming
* from Greer’s. I stated that 1 passed the
: shop about twice a week. I was there
; on Monday and perhaps again on Sat
; urday ; went there on Thursday to have
i some work done. I did not examine
the record particularly as to the number
of times I visited Greer the week before
and the week after the 80th of March,
because I did not think those dates were
near enough to the date of the death of
A. to have anything to do with this
case. If the assassination had been on
the 28th of March, and you had found
an entry on your books fitting that day,
would you have believed and stated
here that that was the day on which
you saw Duke ? I would not, because
I would have remembered that the 30th
of March was the day on which A. was
assassinated.
The entire testimony of Dr. Styles
was then read in his hearing. No cor
rections were made.
By the Court.—Quetdicn —Why did
you not bring your record with you to
confirm your evidence? Answer. Be
cause I had no idea that I would be
called u, on to produce it; never hav
ing been on the stand before, I had no
idea what questions would be propoun
ded.
F. G. Wilkins sworn.—By Mr. Ste
phens for the Defense.—l reside in Cos
lumbus, Georgia; when A. was killed I
was at my dwelling in the north east
ern portion of the city; was then May
or of Columbus; Robert 11. Greene
was City Treasurer; M. M. Moore,
Clerk; James Barber Wharfinger; Dr.
Roper City Physician. Mrs Catharine
Anderson Hospital Keeper; Jas. Lynah
Magazine Keeper and Clerk of Market;
M M. Murphy, Marshal; A W. Allen
Captain of Police; had reduced the
police officers about one half. [Wit
ness here named many of the police
men then employed, among whom was
A. C. Roper and James Wiggins.—J
I was first informed of the death of A.
about 10 minutes to 2 o’clock at night;
went immediately to the scene; went
into the house accompanied by the
Marshal and some policemen; saw in
the house four persons only—a negro
woman (Hannah Flournoy,) a white
woman, a negro boy and a white man,
named Bennett; knew Hannah and
Bennett; assembled the women and
Bennett together, and tried to ascertain
if they could give me any definite idea
as lo who had perpetrated the act; had
previously lost sight of the negro boy;
they were much frightened; not learn
ing anything from them I went to the
room where A. was lying; had him
straightened; sent a policeman after the
Coroner, told the Coroner to summon a
jury of inquest and to take none but
the most intelligent gentlemen of the
city; instructed the Marshal to distrib
ute his men to the best possible advan
tage and to arrest all persons foud rov
ing about between ttist and day; this
was about three o’clock; instructed the
Marshal to keep a man in the neighbor
hood of the house where A. lay ; also,
to summon the Board of Aldermen to
meet me at the council chamber at 9
o’clock, which was done; an ordinance
was introduced condemning the act,
and offering a reward of SSOO for the
arrest of the parties, (one or more) to I
the deed ; the Governor • usually offers ;
from S2OO to SSOO reward for such cases; ;
remember no occasion before this for
offering a reward; during the day I
increased the polied force to sixty men,
and had them on duty by night with in
structions to each one to be vigilant,
and do everything be could to ferret out
the perpetrators ; kept the greater por
tion of them on duty until after the elec
tion, which took place on the 26th of
April; would not have recollected the ‘
date of A.’s assassination if I had not
referred to the papers since this trial
has been going on.
The Court then adjourned, in conse
quence of the indisposition of a member
of the Court, nn ; 11 10 o'clock to mor
row.
FIFTEENTH DAY.
McPherson Barracks, )
July 16, 1868. J
Court met pursuant to adjournment.
Proceedings of yesterday read and ap
proved.
Testimony of Mayor Wilkins contin
ued.
By Mr. Stephens for the Defense—l
know all the prisoners here except Duke
and Hu Ison; those I kuow are all men
of good character; Mr. Chipley is a mer
chant; he has a wife and child; never
met him out at night only on one or
two occasions; Mr Bedell is a clerk in
an insurance office; have met him occa
sionally at night about the middle of
the city as he was returning home from
a visit to the young ladies:; as Mayor, I
am frequently ont at night; I know sev
eral persons in Columbus of the form
and size ot Mr. Chipley; Tom Blanch
ard is very much like him in size and
appearance; Rory McNeil is a little tall
er than Chipley, but resembles him;
Laurence Burrus fits the bill better than
either of the others; I know Bennett
whom I saw in the room that night;
from his general character I would not
believe him on his oath; know Wade'
Stephens; know his character for ve- i
racity, and would not believe him on j
bis oath; know George Betz; am ac- '
quainted with his general character for
truth and veracity; from that knowl
edge I would not believe him on his
oath; I know Charles Marshall who has
been a witness in this case; a watch and
chain was presented to him Monday, :
20th April, shortly after the election; |
it was made up by a few young
men in the city, in consequence of his I
having been reduced on account of
bis active participation in the election 1
in behalf of the Democratic party ; they
first intended to give him suit of clothes;
Capt McSpaden, of the Internal Reve
nue Department, paid $25, and Capt.
Harris paid $25 towards the present,
which in all made $350 ; the watch was
bought instead of the suit of clothes and
given him. I myself let him on anoth- i
er occasion, have SIOO ; be wanted to
borrow S2OO to take him home on a
furlough ; I told him that if he would
wait until after the election, I would
let him have some money ; he consented
and alter the election he came to me,
and I let him have SIOO ; ($25 from the
Democratic club, $5 from Mr. Gray,
$25 from Mr. Coleman, and I made
up the balance-$l 5)
By Gov. Brown, for the Prosecution.
—Marshall came to Columbus, in April
or Slay, 1867, and I became acquainted I
with him a few months after; he began
to co operate with the Democratic par
ty two or three weeks before the elec
tion ; first learned he was a Democrat
pretty soon after I became acquainted :
with him; previous to his being appoint
ed orderly sergeant of his company, I ;
heard, through my police officers, that
he and his orderly sergeant was antag
onastic on account of Marshal’s Demo
cratic principles. Dou’t, remember hav
ing seen him in company with any of j
the citizens. I saw him frequently,“and
treated him politely. Never conversed j
with him on politics, unles it may have
been immediately previous to tbe elec- ;
tion, when he wanted to borrow the j
money. Demanded no note or 6ecuri
ty when I gave him the money. Had
very little expectations ofitsbeing paid. !
It was not considered a contribution, i
It was made up and given him niter
the election. He applied for S2OO. I
promised him no definite amount it he
would remain until after the election.
Harris paid $25 for himself and $25 for
McSpadden. Harris told me so a few
days ago. Did not hear of any of these
persons now on trial having contribu
ted anything. Mr. Speer, from whom
the watch and chain were purchased, j
told me that it had cost between S3OO j
and $350. I would not believe Bonnet
on his oath, from the simple fact that
he has sworn to a lie. All my knowl
edge of him lias been acquired since the
death of A. The oath I refer to was
; taken in reference to the death of A. I
have known George Betts from his i
childhood. Had I been examined as to
his general character prior to the death 1
oi A., I would have sworn that I would
not believe him oil his oath. About
tbe time of his arrest, he was not con
sidered a man of good character. From :
my friendship for his father, I tried to ’
make something of him, and placed
him on the police. He would frequent
iy lie to me. when reported for derelic- i
tion of duty. I bore with him for aj
long time, but finally had to dischage
him. He was very unreliable. It was
about a year before A.’s death that I
finally discharged him from the police. ]
Have known W. Stevens for two years.
I would have sworn before the death of
A., that I would not believe him on his
oath, from his association, and the way
in which the family lived. Also from
his personal associations with negroes
and low whites ; not from a knowledge
of his previous falsehood. These young
men were arrested the first time, pre
vious to the election, because Marshall
was then still orderly sergeant of his
company ; recollect of no arrest having
been made the day after the murder ;
the young men, I think, were arrested
within ten days after the death of A.
The first arrests, I understood, were
made by the military ; no arrests were
made by civil authority, that I know of.
It may have been several days or a
week that they were confined in the
court house. They were all discharged.
Mayor Wilkins desired to make the
following correction,. to-wit: 1 raised
the police force to thirty instead of sixty
men.
By the Court—As Mayor of Colum
bus did you receive any information as
to who might be implicated in the mur
der of Ashburn ? Not as I recollect of.
Thomas O. Miller sworn—By Mr. Stephens,
for lhe Defence— l am a farmer ; live in La-
Grange and a partner of- Mr. Frost In the
warehouse business. [Hero witness exhibited
two books which he stated were the receipt
and cash books of the concern.] I know Mr.
Parrham, of Merriwetber; he delivered cotton
to our firm this spring; said cotton was brought
by a young min named Burke, whom my part
ner sent out to purchase cotton; Mr. Parrham
delivered cotton to us on the 2d oi April of this
year. [Hero the witno-s pointed out an entry,
made by himself, in the receipt book, showing
that Parrham had delivered a lot of cotion at
the warehouse on tho 2d of April, 1868.] 1
know Judge Tucker oi Mevriwether, well.
Williams, who hauled this cotton to LaGranga,
is the Judge’s son-in-law. The book is correct
as to date and all that it pretends to.
(Here witness opened the cash book and ex
hibited the proper entry, made there by Blue
frost, cash clerk, relating to the lot of cotton
received of Parrham on April 2d, to-wit;
“ Si>S. April 2d. S. A. Parrham, 11 B. C.,
SBO3 05”)
The Judge Advo'-ate admitted these entries
as testimony, and they were accordingly placed
upon the record.
Witness continued—The cotton entered on
tho receipt book and that mentioned in the
easli book is the same, to tho bestoi my knowl
edge.
By the Prosecution—l know it to be so only
by the entries.
Court then adjourned till 10 o’clock to-mor
row morning.
From tho Intelligencer.
SIXTEENTH DAT.
McPherson’s Barracks. )
July 17, 1868. ' /
The Commission met at 10 a. m.
The testimony of Mayor Wilkins, of
Columbus, was read. Also, that of Mr.
Miller.
TESTIMONY OF .TOHN PEABODY.
My residence is in Columbus, Ga. I
held the position of Solicitor Geaeral of
the Circuit in March last. I attended
the inquest oyer the body of Ashburn.
1 was sent for by the Coroner. I got
there after some witnesses had been
examined. I had those that had been
examined, re-examined, and conducted
the examination from that time. Mr.
Bostock, Justice, was present, and he
took down most of the testimony when
I was there. He had some of it down
when I got there. I don’t know wheth
er that was an official record or not.—
The investigation was had by the Cor
oner. It was a Coroner’s inquest. I
don’t think Bostock attended it as a
Justice of the Peace. It was the com
mon report that he was appointed Jus
tice. by the military. He must have
been, because he was appointed within
the last two years. I know the Coroner
did not keep a record, and there was
none returned to the Clerk’s office ot;
the Superior Court, as is the custom. I
only kuow what the Coroner told me
about the record. He said he had re !
turned it to Capt. Mills, the military
commander. I know Bennett, witness
in this case, by sight. He was there
that day. I am acquainted with his
general character. From my knowl
edge of it, I would not believe him on j
oath. lam acquainted with the char- :
acter of Wade Stephens also,and would
not, from my knowledge of it, believe
him on oath. _ . . ,
Cross-examined. —I am acquainted
with Capt. Mills, the Commandant o.
the post. I had a conversation with
him as to the failure of the City Council
in not investigating the Ashburn case,
in his office. I made a statement to
him to this effect: He asked me if the
City Council had done any more than
to offer a reward for the murderers, and
I told him I did not think they had.—
He asked me why I thought they had
not. I told him I did not think that, as
individuals, they cared to know where
the murderers were. I also said I did
not think it the duty of the Council to
make such an investigation. The civil
authorities whose duty it was to take
steps did so. The Coroner and myself
examined every person about the house
and every person we thought had any
means of knowing anything about it.—
The jury then returned its verdict.—
That is all that is ever done, and it
is the uniform practice in the circuit,
so far as I know, unless afterwards
other testimony is found. I don’t
know any difference in practice,
whether the crime is great or small.—
If extra efforts are made, they are made
by the friends of the deceased. In this
State no officer is charged with the in
vestigation of crime. The Coroner first
acts, and then the Grand Jury. In my
conversation with Capt. Mills, I did
not state that the civil authorities did
not care about investigating the case, as j
they did not know where it would
strike. What I said was spoken about
the community as individuals, but 11
did not apply it to any civil officer in
the disenarge of his duty. I don’t
know that that was the reason which
actuated the City Council. I simply
meant they did not care to know. I
didn’t use the words the community
“didn’t desire to press.” Capt. Mills
agreed with me, and he said that that
was the natural-feeling in the commu
nity. I did not state that the commu
nity desired to screen the murderers,
but that as individuals, certainly they
did not desire to know. I likened the
community to himself and said to him j
if one of his soldiers had committed a ;
great crime, he would not as an indi
vidual like to know of it, while as an
officer he would feel it his duty to bring
the man to justice. He coincided fully
with me. I did not say they were very
anxious not to know. I meant to say
I didn’t believe they wanted to know, i
The law makes it my duty to prosecute I
in all indictments, also to examine
the returns of inquests, and if
any body is charged by that
inquest, it is my duty to return it to the ;
Grand Jury. lam simply to prosecute
after they indict. Tam not a public in
former. I never understood my duty
in that way, and the law does not
make me such. I never received any
information from that day to this, nor
has aDy one. applied to me to prosecute
any one for the murder of Ashburn. I
stated to Capt. Mills that I was ready
to prosecute in this case any person
charged with the murder, but I had re
tused to give auy advice or instruc
tions, because I might be culled upon
in my official capacity to prosecute, and
I did not want to entangle myself with
it. I can’t say how long it would have
been before any voluntary effort would
be made by the community, to discov
er who the murderers were. I heard
of his son trying to find them out.—
There was a greater effort than I have
ever known to be made before by some
individuals, but it was confined to those
who expected to get the reward offered.
There was an effort made the very
morning he was killed by some of his
immediate friends, but the City Coun
cil offered tbe reward that day, so there
could not have been much effort made
before the reward was offered. I told
Capt. Mills that the community were
perfectly astonished at hearing of the
death of Ashburn. They did not be
lieve that auy number of citizens would
have gone there deliberately to do such
an act. The only solution they could
give to It was that they had gone there
for some other purpose and that A. had
fired on them. That was my opiuion
of the feeling of the people. I had but
very little knowledge of Bennett before
the murder. What I heard of him
would not be sufficient to enable me to
form an opinion as to his credibility. I
think I now have a sufficient knowledge
to testify as to whether I would believe
him on oath or not, and that knowledge
is not from his examination here, but
from the fact of his personal trial before
tne Superior Court in May. I heard
witnesses testify as to the facts, and
others informed me of the facts as to
his character. I have heard him gene
rally spoken of by the citizens only
about that trial. I have heard very
- little spoken of him since he was a wit
ness. I have heard very little spoken
of him since the trial in May. I have
not heard his friends speak of him at
all since that trial. It was the testimo
ny of his friends on that trial that form
ed my judgment; I formed my opin
ion mainly from the events of that trial.
Stevens is quite an obscure man in that
community, I think. lie came to me
to p3osecuto a freedman of the name of
John Wells, and it was on that trial I
found out what I know of his general
character. I frequently make up my
opinions as to character, in the court
house, but not always. I know some
thing of his general character for truth
and veracity. The facts developed on
that trial were such as to cause me to
inquire. I have heard quite a number
speak of his character. I heard his
mother and aunt speak of him, and they
did so without my asking them. 1
think I asked others, among them the
sheriff, to inform myself as to whether
the witnesses were actuated by any
feelings of hostility to him, and I found
out from them the same. He was my
witness on the occasion, and I was en
deavoring to sustain his character, and
I found I could not do it. He was pro
secuting Wells, and he told me there
vvas some contest between himself and
his mother about property. That was
why 1 went to others to inquire. I
would have put no confidence in the
statements of the others if it had not
been from the fact that tho mother
spoke of her own son, and the aunt of
her own nephew. I thought that the
natural feelings of a mother would not
allow her to speak harshly of her own
son. He was a witness against Wells,
and his mother’s feelings were in favor
of John Wells. My experience as a
lawyer has not taught me that family
feud3 are the most bitter of all feuds.—
I have not found that opinion generally;
they sometimes are as bitter as others.
I have not spoken from any knowledge
derived from persons not his associates.
His mother and aunt discredited him
in court in his own presence. As far
as I know, I could not find a man in
Columbus who would believe him on
his oath; and more than that, he did j
not suggest to me anybody by whom I 1
could prove his character good. I don’t
recollect whether I asked him if tie
could point out any person who would
sustain his reputation. I took it for -
granted that he would make the sug- '
gestion, and it was at that time I made j
inquires of persons standing around in
court as to who he was.
To Mr. Stephens—His aunt was not
so much interested in the case as his
mother was. She might have felt an
interest in sustaining the character of
her sister. I have never known a com
munity to prosecute any person for any
offense whatever ; but I have known
them to take a strong interest. 1 don t
know, of my knowledge, that A. had
many strong friends in the community.
There were many persons of his party
there, but I don’t think he had many
strong friends, even amongst them. It
is the common report that he had a
wife She never came to me to take
any ‘part in the prosecution. I have
seen one son of his and heard of anoth
er I did not see one of his sons at the
inouest. Neither of them instructed me
or gave me any information touching
the death of their father. Capt. Mills
did not either. We spoke of a witness,
he told me that he was satisfied that
witness swore to a lie. The witness
identified two parties, and Capt. Mills
told me that he had discovered that one
of the men identified had not been in
the city for three months before. The
witness referred to was a negro named
Tom Johnson. He has not been exam
ined on this trial. I informed Captain
Mills of my willingness to prosecute any
person who might be accused, and on
that account I refused to represent Mr.
Bedell, who was arrested the following
morning.
To the Judge Advocate—After Ben
nett was sentenced I spoke to Judge
Worrill from my place in the Court to
remit some of the penalty. I stated to
the Court I had been informed that
some of the attorneys had doubted that
as an attempt had been made to dis
credit all the State witnesses, whether
the jury ought to have found him guilty;
and to prevent any one from saying
that he had been convicted or dealt
harshly with beeause he was a Radical,
I asked thm a portion of the penalty be
remitted.
I did not tell the jury that Bennett
was the first Radical they got hold of,
and to punish him severely. If I said
anything about it, it was induced by the
argument of his counsel, who tried to
excite a sympathy for him. I argued
to the jury that it was no reason be
cause he was a radical, that he should
be acquitted.
To Mr. Stephens.—Mr. Chipley paid
the flue for Bennett in that case. Ash
burn had violent political enemies, as
well as strong friends. In the caso I
speak of, Ashburn’s son was the prin
cipal witness for the prosecution. Mr.
Bostock took great interest In the pros
cution. I only know that the sheriff
told me Mr. Chipley would pay the
line. Mr. Chipley told mo after Ben
nett was convicted, that if he would
givo him certain information, he would
pay tho fine.
By tho Court.—How many persons
of Columbus besides his relatives have
been asked if they would believe Steph
ens on oath ?
Answer. —I can’t say.
Question. —In your inquiries, did you
find any person who would believe him?
Answer.—l did not; if I had, I would i
have introduced them on that trial.
Question. —How soon after the mur
der did the grand jury sit?
Answer.—The grand jury sat second
Monday in May.
Question. —Did the grand jury take
any notice oi the murder ?
Answer.—No.
TESTIMONY OF THOMAS B. CHAPIN.
I live in Columbus. lam a physician. |
I am acquainted with Columbus Be
dell. I saw him about sundown at my
office door, He came to me and told
me he was sick, and wanted me to do
something for him. I examined his ;
tongue and found it coated —he had
considerable fever. I prescribed blue
mass for him, and told him to take it
at bed-time, bathe his feet in warm wa- ,
ter, and next morning take a seldlitz j
powder. I did not see him any more !
that night. I made au entry of that !
prescription. I have it with mo.
Witness here produced his memorandum
book and exhibited it to the Court.
1 saw him tho next evening. I prescribed
for him again.
There was no cross-examination of tho wit- i
nesses, and his testimony was read from tho ;
Reporter’s nates.
TESTIMONY OF JOHN W. BROOKS.
I reside in Columbus. lam a druggist. I
know Mr. Oolumbus Bedell. I see him In
court. 1 saw him about teu o’clock tho night
of tin: murder of Ashburn. 110 was complain
ing of being sick, and ho was al my store for
the purpose of having a proscription made up.
He t-poko ot getting Clue mass, and 1 suggest
ed to him to put a little calomel with it. Ho
asked mo to look at his tongue, which I found
to bo very foul. I saw him next day almost
immediately after his release from arrest. I
am not certain as to the hour. 1 think tkero
are many persons in Columbus who would cor
respond in height and appearance with Mr.
Bedell, but don’t know thatl could designate
tgomnow.
Here Mr. Stephens named several citizens of
Columbus, and asked the witness as to how
they compared in goneral appearance with Mr.
Bedell.
The witness knew somo of tho parties, and
said there was a resemblance, but others of
them he did not distinctly reoolleot.
Cross-Examined.—l could very readily dis
tinguish between those persons I have stated
as resembling Bedell in daytime. I could do
so in a place where there was a lighted candle.
Perhaps others could do the same. The pre
serip’ion was larger than I generally put up.
X remember tbe circumstances from the fact
that ho was arrest ,and next nay. Ordinarily it
would make him very sick if he had taken it.
1 can’t say positively that lie took tho pre
scription.
To Mr. Stephens—l have reason to know ho
took it from the r a.ct that lie ea led nextmorn
ing to got some soidlitz powders.
To tho Judge Advocate—l did not make any
entry in my book.
By the lourt— Did you not state boforo that
you did not see him after the 30th of March
until he was released from arrest?
Answer—l saw him in the morning when he
eaine down to take the seidlitz powder, but l
can’t be positive whether 1 saw him any more
until after his release from arrest.
To Mr. Stephens—l am positive that he
called the next morning. I am not certain
whether l saw him alter that or had any iut r
view with him up to the time of his release.
A member of tbe Court move to adj urn,
when a v to was taken, and it stood; B for, and
2 against.
The Court then adjourned to 10 a. m. to
morrow.
SATURDAY MORNING. JULY' IS.
Colored Senators—Letter from Mr.
Sit ■liner.
Dear Sir: I have never given any
opinion in regard to the Senatorial
question in your State, except to ex
press a regret that the golden opportu
nity should be lost of making a colored
citizen Senator front South Carolina.
Such a Senator, if competent, would be
a powerful support to the cause of equal
j rights. His presence alone would be a
I constant testimony and argument. —
Nothing could do so much to seUle the
! question of equal rights forever in the
j United States. The howl against the
■ negro which is sometimes heard in the
Senate would cease. A colored Senator
would be as good as a constitutional
amendment, making all backward steps
impossible. I write now frankly in re
reply to your inquiry, and without any
purpose of interfering with your elec
tion. You will pardon my anxiety for
the cause I have so much at heart,
j Accept my best wishes, and believe
me, dear sir, faithfully yours,
Charles Sumner.
To Thaddeus K. S-sportas, Esq., Co
lumbia, South Carolina.
Senate Chamber, July 3, 1868.
We find the above letter from Sumner
I in a late number of the Nation Intelli
gencer. It will be remembered that
Charles wrote a gushing epistle of a
similar character a short time since to
| one Dr. Bayne, the big nigger of the
j late “Bones and Bano” connection of
Virginia ; in which he expressed the
hope that colored representatives might j
be returned from that State. Bayne is ,
a candidate for Congress in the Norfolk j
District which has a heavy colored ma-j
jority, and notwithstanding the fact, i
that his Radical white friends have j
mobbed and beaten him on several
occasions he will probably he elected,
if not assassinated by the same parties
previous to the election. But Charles
| longs for the aroma, the embraces and
j companionship of “a man and a broth
' er” in that wing of the Capitol now
1 disgraced by his own presence, and
| hence the letter we publish above. The
j niggers in the Legislature of South Car-
I olina, though in a numerical majority,
; bavo succumbed to their white Radical
masters, and have elected a first class
I scalawag and a notorious carpet-bagger
Senators, and so the innocent and rea
! sonable desire of Charles cannot meet
with justification from that quarter.
But the Legislature of Georgia may
graut him the coveted boon. It is quite
certain that Meade, Bullock and Brown
intend to purge that body down to a
point at which they think they can
manipulate and control it. They de
sire to put Joseph Brown and Perjuror
Blodgett in Senatorial harness, or two
other creatures quite as infamous and
objectionable. The matter will be so
fixed that the Democrats cannot elect
both or either of the candidates they
select. Bat by management; they may
secure one of the Senatorial positions
and we think that wisdom and policy
demand that they do so. Let them at
once make terms with the negro element
in the Legislature, and agree to send ,
Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, to the embra- :
ces of his friend, brother and patron
Charles Sumner. It will be an easy i
and legitimate way of getting rid of!
the pestilent creature, and will put to ;
a test, which they desire to avoid, the
sincerity of tho Radical leaders.
Alpy Bradley, clothed in the Senatorial
toga, would be a constant and pow- |
erful political argument in the com- ;
ing campaign, and the defeat of j
Joseph Brown and other aspirants in
this way, would strike a harder and
more effectual blow at Radicalism in the
South, than it has yet received or is
likely to receive from any quarter. So
far from there being any abandonment
of principles or imposing of disgrace in
electing Bradley, we can assure the
Democratic members of the Legislature, |
that if they can, in this way, defeat j
Brown and his co-conspirators, and se-!
cure the election of one gentleman, an
honest man, they will have achieved a
work which will shortly commend itself;
to the unanimous endorsement of their
constituents. Let Charleß have his toy.
And then let the toy be, if possible,
Aaron Alpeoria.
Columbus Prisoners.— lt seems wo
were in error, or rather the gentleman
who give us the information was, in
stating last Tuesday that all the Co
lumbus prisoners except Capt. Chipley
were in cells. Mr. A. C. Roper was
in the same house with him, and both
wero under heavy 'guard. Os course
every one knows, who lias read the
suborned testimony, that the case was
very weak against theso gentlemen,and
hence the reason of their lesser con
finement. Without consulting him Capt.
Cbipley’3 friends obtained bond for
him with the liberty of Atlanta, but
he declined it for reasons satisfactory
to himself. All the prisoners have now
been released from their cells, and are
under bond.
One of the most ferocious characters
of all history was named lamb. The
most terrible despotism of tho present
i age is called a Republic.
The Democratic Ratification
Thursday Night—Procession, Illu
mination, &c.— Largest Crowd ev
er Seen in Columbus—Nominees
Ratified.— The assemblage was esti
mated by thousands. The pavements;
and balconies were crowded with la
dies. The torchlight procession was 1
long and presented a brilliant appear- ,
ance. Two brass bands—one white,
the other colored—stationed in wagons
at proper distances, along tho march j
discoursed inspiring music. A large
number of colored men were in line.
Nearly all the firemen, white and col
ored were out. The cheering was tre
mendous.
The column was formed about nine
o’clock in front of Temperance Hall.
It was under direction of Chief Mar
shal, Col. D. B. Thompson, assisted by
Col. Robert Thompson and Major Reid
Ivey, and by colored men Barney Haw
kins, Joe Clark, Ed. Terry and Sandy
McDougald—all mounted. The march
was down Oglethorpe to Baldwin,
thence up Broad to Bridge and thence
to Hall. There was a brilliant display
of fire works on Broad streot as the
procession passed. Salutes from a
small cannon were fired in front of
Tomperanco Hall.
THE ILLUMINATION AND CROWD.
The illumination along Broad street I
was general. Jonos’ building was
lighted from top to bottom, and present
ed a beautiful spectacle—the hansomest
in the city. Private residences along
the line of march were generally lllu ;
minated. A large balloon was sent up
from J. S. Pemberton tfe Co.’s store. It
floated majestically to the north-east.
It fell near Mr. DeLaunoy’s residence. ;
On Randolph street the newspaper
offices and stores and shops, both white
and colored, were illuminated. Salis- j
bury park and Mr. Booher’s residence
and yard were beautifully illumiuated.
The appearance of No. 5 engine house \
was very attractive.
The crowd was tho largest ever seen
in Columbus and numbered thousands.
THE TRANSPARENCIES.
There was a large nnrnber. The
vast majority of the inscriptions repre
sented the cardinal principles of the i
party, and the leaders Seymour and
Blair as patriots and statesmen and as
certain to bo elected in November.
Many displayed the detestation in
which Joe Brown is regarded. We j
copy a few of the sentiments: “In
the Union, yet, out of it; out of the
Union, yet in it—Radicalism." “Do
feat of Radicals our only aim." “Joe
Brown —South Carolina’s Curse and
Georgia’s Shame.” “Nov. Ist, exit
Scalawags.” “No more Scalawags af
ter the 4th of March, 1869.” “Sey
mour and Blair—the Nation’s Choice
and Hope of the Union." “None of
your horse talk for Democrats.” “Blair,
the]only, Vice we glory in.” “Nov. Ist,
Radical chill day.” “March 4, 1869-
Inauguration of Justice." “Exchange
no Prisoners—U. S. G. to Beast Butler.”
“Trial by Jury—No more Military
Commissions.” “Grant, the ill begot
ten waif of fortune.” “Radical doc
trine—gold for bondholders, shinplas
tersfor laborers.” “One currency for
both rich and poor.” “‘January’ is
played out, no more circusses.” “No
taxation without representation.” ‘ “A.
H. Stevens, Georgia's pride.” “Tho 1
people will tan the hide of Grant, the
tanner.” “Who is tho greatest scoun-,
drel in Georgia? Joseph E. Brown, the i
insulter of women.” “Nov. Ist, grand |
exodus of hyenas." “Grant on the
same old drunk.” “Come on, and you
will Seymour.” “Civil Rights secured
!to all.” “All equal before tho law.”—j
“Grant protects his rear by holding on 1
to tho Generalship—Strategy.” “One
more struggle for the Union.” “Col- j
ored men beware of scalawags.” “Tho j
League is bursted, its members will
vote for Seymour and Blair.” “Re
member our Atlanta Boys.” “Spoon 1
Butler and Pony Grant—the ono leans
to silver, tho other to the bottle.”—
“The people speak November, Seymour
and Blair March 4th.” “Colfax, Radi
cal Jailor, will play out in November.”
“Who would be Joo Brown but Joe
Brown?” “Joey B. will want Condi
tion Powders when he hangs Duke.” ;
“Seymour and Blair, the friends of lib
erty and the choice of the people for |
President and Vice President.” “Grant
will Seymour in November than now.”
“I’ll fight it out on this line, O Bour- !
bon.” “Cheap Groceries at Jake Bur
rus’s, southwest corner of Broad and
Crawford streets.” “No more carpet I
bag governments.” “Slavery abolish
ed, the sweat box substituted.” Be
low a picture of the U. S. flag were j
the following words: “Stnnd by it in
right; follow nothing to do wrong.” j
“Radicalism means war; Democracy J
means peace.” “I see them (carpet bag
gers) on theirwinding way.”“Seyraour, |
Blair and Liberty.”
IN TEMPERANCE HALL.
A number of ladies wero present.
A large number of freedmen and wo
men attended. There was a moro nu
merous crowd outside than in the
building. There was not standing
room in the hall. On the stage wero i
seated the members of the Committee
of Arrangements of the Democratic
Club.
The meeting was organized on mo
tion of Mr. William Bedell, by elect
ing Col. Wm. 11. Chambers, President,
and Capt. G. G. Ragland as Secretary, j
The President made a brief and elo- !
quent speech.
We give below the official report of j
the proceedings. We were too unwell
to attempt a report of the speeches.
Enthusiasm was universal. At every
mention of tho names of Seymour and
Blair prolonged cheering and applause
were given. The freedmen joined j
heartily in the spirt of the cougrega- j
tion. It was a glorious evening for the
Democracy.
OFFICIAL REPORT:
At a mass meeting held at Temper- j
ance Hall lo ratify the nomination of j
Seymour and Blair, as candidates for I
President and Vice President of the
United States—
On motion of Col. Wm. A. Bedell,
Col. Wm. H. Chambers was called to
the Chair.
In a few appropriate and forcible re
marks the Chair stated the object of
the meeting.
On motion of Col. Hughes, G. G.
Ragland was requested to act as Secre
tary of the meeting.
On motion of Jas. M. Russell, Esq.,
tho Ohair appointed a committee of
seven, consisting of the following
named gentlemen to prepare resolutions
and business for the meeting;
J. M. Russell, Chairman; P. W. Al
exander, W. 11. Hughes, Thomas De-
Wolf, Sarn’l Jobuson, Asa Lynch, and
J. A. L. Leo.
After retiring lor a short time, the
Committee reported through their Chair
man, J. M. Russell, Esq., tho foilowiug
resolutiouß, which were read and unan
imously adopted with great enthuslas
ism:
Resolved, That we unanimously en
dorse and ratify the nomitation of Ho
ratio Seymour, of New York, and Fran
cis P. Blair, of Missouri, for the Presi
dency and Vico Presidency of the Uni
ted States.
i Resolved, That we recognize In the
platform promulgated by the National
Democratic Convention held in the city
of New York, those principles upon
which, alone, the Government can be
administered with justice and equal
protection to all citizens, and that wc
endorse and ratify the same.
Resolved, That we earnestly invite
all men, no matter what their political
antecedents may have been, to unite
with us in au endeavor to overthrow
Radicalism, to perpetuate the principles
of free Constitutional Government
handed down to us by our Fathers—
and to this end, to secure the triumph
ant election of Seymour and Blair in
Novomber next.
The Committee farther recommended
and the Chair appointed the following
delegates to represent Muscogee county
in the Convention to lie held at Atlanta
on tho 23d inst.:
Eighth District— Dr. J. L. Cheney,
B. W. Clark.
Ninth District— Dr. G. B. Heard, J.
B. Dozier.
Tenth District- J. A. L. Lee, Gray
Harris.
Johnson's District —L. li. Willis, A.
C. Morrison, J. M. Patrick.
City— R. J. Moses, sr., J. N. Ram
sey, M. J. Crawford, H. L. Banning,
J. M. Russell, D. L. Boohcr, T. W.
Grimes, F. G. Wilkins, A. R. Lauiar,
R. M. Howard, J. M. Bivins, IV. A.
Bedell, R. Thompson, J. 11. Ivey, J>.
B. Thompson, John Quin, J. W. Ryan,
M. Joseph, W. H. Brannan, W. Wolf
son, John Durkin, Jno. S. Cargill, L.
Meyer, J. Ennis, W. N. Hawks, T. E.
Blanchard.
The large and enthusiastic assembly
was then addressed in eloquent and
stirriDg speeches by A. C. Morton, Esq ,
Col. A. R. Lamar and Col. R. ,1. Moses.
Tile meeting then, on motion, ad
journed amid the greatest enthusiasm.
Wm. 11. Chambers, OU’n.
G. G. Ragland, Sec’y.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Senate met persuantto adjournment.
President B. Conley in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Smith. Roll call
ed.
Proceedings of last, meeting read and
adopted.
Mr. Higbee offered a resolution that
the Committee appointed to enquire
into the eligibility of Senators he in
structed to enquire also into such cases
of eligibility as might exist among the
officers of the Senate. Adopted.
Mr. Candler offered a resolution
requesting the Provisional Governor to
transmit to this body such papers or
documents effecting the eligibility of
Senators as he may have in his posses
sion.
This resolution elicited considerable
discussion pro et con. It was alleged
that, inasmuch as the committee of
investigation were empowered to send
for persons and papers, it was disres
pectful to His Excellency to ask him
lor that which should only go to the
. committee. This was the Radical view
i ot the question, while the Democratic
side of the House disclaimed auy pur
' pose to be discourteous, hut a disposi
: lion to unnecessarily delay matters was
apparent, and as the investigation was
moving too slothfully, its speed might
! be accelerated by the Senate demanding
: of His Excellency to send forward the
; documents.
Upon tbo motion being put, Mr. Can
dler’s resolution was adopted.
A motion was then made to adjourn
the Senate until Friday at 10 o’clock.
Mr. Holcombe moved to amend by j
adjourning it until Wednesday next, in
order to give the committee plenty of
; time. This amendment was lost, when
the Senate adjourned until Friday at 10
o’clock.— Atlanta Constitution.
WanblDKlon Newt* and (>ONslp.
Lively Times in Both Houses of Congress
—Radical Scheme —Satisfaction Over
the Nomination of Seymour.
Special to tho Louisville Journal.
Washington, July 12. —The dele
gates lrow New York who have passed j
through Washington during the last |
day or two, say that it was impossible I
to centre on any one but Seymour. I
They did not generally call on the j
President, as they done before they !
went to New York.
The officers about army headquarters
say that Grant will not remain idle very
loug, but resume work with a view to
getting the Southern States in condi
tion. There is talk of a tour of inspec
tion.
The Speaker of the House is anxious
for an early adjournment, that he may
begin a canvass of Indiana for the Rad
ical ticket. The Radicals look on Indi
ana as “shaky.”
Yesterday’s session in both Houses
of Congress was lively. The House of
Representatives was engaged on the
bill to reduce the army, which ought to
read “a bill to get rid of certain Demo
cratic officers.” The Senate had before
it the Freedman’s Bureau sham and
the bill to throw out Southern votes.
Blair’s letter to Broadhead was twice
read. Thad. Stevens denounced it as
an open rebellion. Boutwell and Mor
gan indulged in some sharp personali
ties. Butler was also officious, and
Mullins, the Tennessee constable, made,
as usual, an ass of himself for the amuse
ment of all parties. All in all, the day
was brisk and interesting at the Capi
tol. The Radicals in Congress begin
tho campaign boldly, and do not stand
on the delensive. Thad. Stevens re
gains a little of his lost prestige.
It is beginning to be thought by many
of the closest observers here that the
Radicals wanted Johnson nominated by
the New York Convention. In that
event the new impeachment articles
would have been pressed to conviction,
which, by tho aid of the carpet-bag Sen
ators, might be carried at any time.—
By thus removing Johnson aud placing
Wade or Grant in the White House,
they would have it all their own way.
This is believed to have been a distinct
Radical scheme. Tho nomination of
Seymour retards it if it does not defeat
it altogether. He gains ground in the
estimation of Democrats, aud is consid
ered by all sections of the party as a
fortunate selection. Better known than
Polk, Pierce or Lincoln when they were
nominated, he is recognized as the
ablest Democratic nominee of modern
times.
From Beaufort, 8. C.— Views of
A Northen Man.— A correspondent
writes as follows to the Hartford (Con
necticut) “Times,” from Beaufort, S.
C., under date of the 6t h instant;
The frauds in our elections would as
tonish you. The managers of elections
are generally blacks, who are induced
to do the bidding of designing men.—
But of late I notice that many of the
blacks arc again looking to their old
masters for advice, and once more give
them their confidence. The carpet
baggers have so shamelessly deceived
the negroes and humbugged them, that
their influence is fading. This country
will never become settled and prosper
ous till it is out of the hands of the Rad
icals.
I see by the papers that great frauds
have been discovered iu the uegro
bounty business. The manner in which
negro regiments were raised, equipped
and mustered into the service, would
make an interesting chapter iu the liis
lory of the war ; aud also the manner
in which the Freedmen’s Bank in this
place received its deposits, would teach
some of your Northern financiers a
curious lesson.
Tho Direct Tax Commissioners, after
selling thousands of acres of valuable
land, with buildings, on the Sea Islands,
for cash, now say that their expenses
exceed their receipts to the amount of i
SIO,OOO. Whew ! Tho whole thing has
becu robbery from the start.
An inquisitive chap asked a soldier
with an empty sleeve where ho lost his
arm? “In a threshing machine,” an
swered the soldier. “Wero you run
ning tho machine ?” “Woll, no, Gen.
Lee had charge.”
Senator Doolittle has written a lotter
strongly discouraging a third party
movement. Well informed parties
think there is no roal base for third par
ty rumors.
The attempt to excite enthusiasm by
the nomination of Grant and Colfax was
like trying to get up a big conflagration
by setting fire to an Ice house.
To-day is fixed for a meeting
Stockholders of the Mobilo n nt jY v
Railroad Company, as we un v
for the purpose of consider
adopting some plan of !t
which the means can be raised t i
the Railroad bridge across the r< ‘
hoocliee and make the uouueetii
the Muscogee road, and to ext/ "
I road to the end of the pr<
—say to the Troy station. \y,
there will be a full muetiug
ters to come bdere it mu in,-,
the interest oi the Stockholm
j the prosperity of Columbus /
I stated in a former article, v/v
1 fled there is a way at their column/
! raise the means if they will g
This work accomplished, and u,,.
nection made at Union Spring
the Montgomery road, anew ers
have dawned, not only in the ass .
the Mobilo and Girard road p
trade of our city will be greatly
to.
Wc trust that the road will n ot
long at the Troy Station, but that i;
impetus t he completion to that •
will give to its prosperity, and ti>,'
ergy it will infuse in the people on,
line of the unfinished portion tup
lard, will induce its early extension
that point. When this is done i
Mobile and Girard Road will h,',
the great route of travel between J
bile and New York. It is on -nf
links of a straight and slum |j„. t
Columbus, Macon, Milkdgeville, ,[ t
gusta, Columbia, Charlotte, Grteusb
ro, N. C., and Danville, Yu., to pj
uiond, and will be the hist comply
The link from Macon to Augusta i.
about 28 miles to build between Mu
and Milledgcville. The other link;:-
Augusta to Columbia will be me ; ,
and running in September or Octol,
! The Mobile and Girard, and die Mac
| and Augusta links, will cut off S !
! sixty miles each, and the Augusta
j Columbia-read about one hundred ic
! This will shorten the travel be .
I Mobile and New York about u
dred and twenty miles. Even the A
Line road, proposed to be boat :
! Atlanta to Charlotte, will not flank i:-
both routes being about the .-me
: tance.
The distance yet to be groiW.
tween the Troy station and Dollar'
; about one hundred miles, and the c
! face of tho country over which it is:
; catcd is so level that the grading will:
very light. Over much of it, tliecte
ing of the track will be the most cos?
It does seem to us that il the prop
i efforts wero made to lay the importas,
I of this road before the other roads ontt
! line above indicated, there would best
difficulty in getting the necessary meat
;to accomplish tire work. Who will pt
i the ball in motion ?
fiiblic .Speeches of 11. 11.I 1 . Grnnl
; Speech at the Great Demonstration t
Sustain Andrew Johnson at (V ;
Institute, June 7, 1865.
“I thank you for this reception. If
wero in the habit of speaking, I am s
impressed by it that I would not to
able to respond as I should like into
You will have to excuse mo.”
Speech at the Dinner given to Gran
the Astor House , June 7, 1865.
“Gentlemen—l know you will excu
mo from attempting to reply to y<
very ilattcring remarks.”
Speech at Kalamazoo, Mich.
[Reported in the N. Y. Times, Align
20, 1805.]
“lam not going to reply to thcai
dress, gentlemen. T could not do so
I should try.”
Speech at the Union League Itoom
January 7, 1865.
After a long and flattering adilrt
from the chief orator, Grant said:
“Gentlemen —I hid you good nigh’
I am much obliged to you for this n
ception.”
Speech at the Biddle House, Detroit.
[Reported in tho N. Y. Times, Augn
17, 1805.
“I hid you all good night.”
Speech at Toledo, Ohio.
[Reported in the N. Y. Times, Aug:
21, 1865.
"Gentlemen and Fellow -Citizens-
Rev. Mr. Vincent who has come outer
the train from Chicago has kindly cm
scuted to return my thanks for thi
hearty welcome, which you have given
me.”
Speech in New York on the llulco-t
the City Hall, August 29, 1806.
[From the Herald Report |
“Geueral Grant is remarkable lor hi
i laconic addresses and though be did net
deliver an address, he said a very coo.
thing. Turning to Admiral Faragu’.
lie said, ‘Admiral, as it would b(
impossible at this distance to make it
people hear our voices, they will tak
our appearance for a speech.’”
Speech at the Banquet at Dclmvh, <
August 3.0, 1860.
Qn being toasted nnd voeircrmiv
cheered the hero aroso and said (r« - ’
incoherently):
“All 1 can say to you is, that if
President and his Cabinet had held '.
their determination I would haw l>- :
to leave the Admiral to do the talking
We would have let you off, and v
would have got to vour beds.”
[Verbatim report, N. Y. Tribune, Apr
-30, 18GC 1
Speech after the Banquet at Delvnonic"
Loud calls were made for Generi
Grant, and that gallant officer was
troduced by Mayor Hoffman. L- v
Grant said, that owing to the cxiiaus;
ion which they all felt after tin- hik.
tainment given by his Honor, tli
or, they could Dot expect him to
anything further.”
Speech at Niagara Falls.
[ Reported by tho Herald, Sept, 2,1 ’
Loud calls for Grant. “My mows-,
compells mo to turn over that writ:
speech to Mr. Hall, who will deliver
for me whenever it is written.” (Cher
and laughter.)
Speech to the Louisiana Delegation
Niagara Falls.
[Herald Report, Sept. 3, 1860.j_
Alter leaving the President, the -
aiana delegation succeeded in secim-
General Grant as he was Brookins
cigar. After addressing him,ami «:
inghis hands with frantic fervor, -
General made a few remarks.
that when he was in the vicim!
the Red River he always found
mate healthy, and thought that Un
pleasant plaeo generally. H« sts : '
there altogether about fourteen m 0 1""
The first Bix months of the time >'■
two of their men died, and l' ie!e
from the insalubrity of the place. 1 -
of them had his brains knocked;
against a tree, and the other quU llr --
iug. The Louisiana delegation md
heartily at the joke in the close j’ ;-
speech, but the General exm '
symptoms of loosing patience, tnc '
gntion then retired, whereupon lie
resumed his cigar.
. The above compilation oi tin /
ful and brilliant oratorial efforts"! 1
Grant, we take from a late numb"
the New York World. We *
latest effort made at Maysvillc, h 1 ■■■
ky, a few days since, which «• ;'
as roported by the special corrc-sp- 1 -
i of the Now York Tribune, and ' un '
I follows : . j t 0 Stt
Gentlemen: lam very g I!U f .;
you, but you must not expecta“) ‘
from me. 1 leave that wim
: schoolmate, Mr. Wadsworth.
j Removal of Confederate ~
Sandusky, July 17.— Tim
partment has ordered tlmt tv.
bodies of Confederate ofneci , (()
at Johnson's Island, bei rem T )c pit
' Catholic Cemetery. The
menceson Monday undor dir
Government agent.
M * - *" nutb^
We understand from radical
| ty that the Ku-Ivlux Klan h» de9
Used several thousand n J-'gr , er m->-
sale. Great news for tlie
ket.
