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COLUMBUS
JFBIDAT HORNING, JUNE 11,
Twenty-five shares, par value SIOO,
of the capital stock of the Alabama Gold
Life Insurance Company were sold at
auction, in Mobile on Tuesday, for $l2O
in gold per share.
The Old are Fast Passing Away.
The Rome Courier announces the
death, on the sth inst., of Mrs. Francis
Elizabeth Sproull, wife of Col. W. 8.
Cothran, aged 68 -years ; and of Mr.
Job Rogers, on Monday last,- aged 80
years.
One John Kelly, of Richmond, Va.,
is said to have purchased the - carriage
used by Jefferson Davis, during the
early days of the Confederacy, with a
view to its being sent to the Boston
Peace Festival^
The Milledgevnle papers announce
the death of Mrs. R. L. Hunter, the
oldest daughter of Hon. Iverson L.
Harris. _
Protracted Meeting.— A protracted
meeting is in progress at the Methodist
Church in Talbotton. Rev. T. T. Chris
tian, the pastor, is assisted in conduct
ing services by Rev. Mr. Evans, of
Columbus, and Rev. R. J. Corley of the
Talbotton circuit.— Gazette.
The Union Springs (Ala.) Times
says the planters of that section are
decidedly more cheerful over the pre
sent prospect for cotton than they were
two w#3ks ago. It says most of them
have their fields clean, with a fair stand,
and that the weed is growing finely.
A young planter named Marr, son of
R. H. Marr, a prominent lawyer of New
Orleans, was waylaid and murdered
last week on his plantation, in Missis
sippi, by negroes. When found he had
been dead probably two hours, and one
hundred and thirty-two buckshot were
discovered in his body. He had gone
out, it is said, for the purpose of arrest
ing a negro, and was waylaid and mur
dered by a gang.
Albany and Brunswick Railroad.
—The Brunswick Appeal of the sth,
says it has good news about the Albany
and Brunswick Railroad. Col. C. H.
Schlatter had received a letter from Mr.
H. 8. Wells, the leading spirit in the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad, au
thorizing him to receive bids for the
construction of said road to the point of
crossing on the Atlantic and Gulf Rail
road.
The Shreveport South Western learns
from a gentleman recently from Jeffer
son, Texas, that the main witness for
the prosecution in the trial now in pro
gress there before the Military Commis
sion, a negro had contradicted himself
materially in his testimony. He testi
fied that after he was wounded he came
back and saw them shoot Smith, where
as it is known that Smith was shot
before he, the negro, was taken from
the jail.
A. N. Worthy, Esq., the nominee of
the Troy Democratic Convention, on
Tuesday last, for Congress, to represent
the Second Congressional District of
Alabama, was a. Whig in antebellum
times. He is a man of talents and ster
ling integrity, and will doubtless be
elected over his carpet bag opponent,
C. W. Buckley, by a largo majority.
His disabilities having been removed,
he will bo eligible to the seat, if demo
cratic proclivities do not prove a barrier
to admission to the next Congress. j
The Huntsville (Ala.) Democrat,
noticing the nomination, for Congress,
in that District, of Capt. J. J. Hinds,
the carpet-bag mail contractor, of Deca
tur, says, “From what we have seen i
and heard of him, we do not presume
that he has a single moral, political or
intellectual qualification for a Con- j
greasman proper. A published letter,
of which he was the reputed author, did
not, wo believe, contain a single line of
good English.’’
The Shreveport South Western learns
that L. C. DeLisle, who was recently
appointed Sheriff' of Harrison county,
Texas, was killed on Thursday, the i
27th ult., by one S. 8. Lott, near Mar- j
shall. The particulars, as related, are
briefly these : DeLisle had a proces for ;
the arrest of Lott, who has been re- j
garded as insane for some time past, !
but was resisted by the latter, when he j
drew a revolver and fired two or three
shots. Lott fell, but drew his pistol
and returned the fire, the ball taking
effect in DeLisle’s forehead causing j
immediate death. Lott’s leg was im- !
mediately amputated, and on Friday,
he expired.
Forward Cotton.— A private letter j
received in Macon, from Houston couu
ty, dated June Bth, from the partner of j
the receiver in planting, says, “I send
you a cotton boll that bloomed two days
ago, and also a bloom taken from our
place. Our cotton is growing very
-and now promises well.
“Our corn crop is very good, and not
at all injured for want of rain. We
have had no rain yet, save two mere
sprinkles last week. Corn will very
soon suffer for rain. Every crop doing
well except the grass crop. That has
‘gone up’ entirely ; not enough left for
seed. Have a clean crop, and am now
laying by my corn.”
Houston is several weeks ahead of
the cotton in this section. With a few
exceptions, cotton blooms will not be
visible in this portion of Georgia, or the
adjacent counties in Alabama, much
before July. Cotton is small, but
healthy, and is growing rapid. The
three or four weeks of May and the
early part of June, enabled planters to
conquer the grass which had taken pos
session of the cotton crop, and crops
are now,"with few exceptions, in fine
condition.
Treasurer Angier and Governor
Bullock.— The Atlanta Era of Wed.
nesday contains a letter from Treasurer
Angier, called out by a proclamation ot
the Governor, dated the 8d instant, re
straining the Fourth National Bank of
New York from holding any official in
tercourse with Angier or recognizing
any order issued by him! This being
served upon Angier, the latter sets
forth at length, as aforetime, that the
funds in said bank are properly in the
custody of the Treasurer, and cannot
be paid out except upon his requisition,
in pursuance of law; that the drafts
made by tho Governor are in defiance
of law and in direct violation of the
known will of the Legislature; that
since the Legislative censure of the
drafts for $55,000, the Governor has
drawn $20,000 more, and now seeks by
extra-judicial injunction upon the bank,
to get at the remainder, to be expend
ed in defiance of law and the public
detriment. This is the substance of
the letter. We cannot find room for
the whole document. It is an extraor- i
dinary piece of business.— Macon Tele
graph. m _
Cotton at Shbieveport, La.—Re
ceipts of week 115 bales; total receipts
77,901 ; stock June 2d, 541 bales.
s
Meeting of Stockholders. —The
annual meeting of the Stockholders of
the Savannah and Memphis Railroad,
will be held at Opelika, Ala., on the
first day of July. An election of
Directors and officers takes place.—
The City Council at Columbus, at the
meeting Monday, should remember to
appoint delegates to represent the city
stock. See notice
Not Afraid to Come.— Dr. Maul!,
elected representative, or at least elect
ed by the negroes of this county, authori
zes the Atlanta New Era to say that
he is not one among those who are
afraid to come home because hi 9 life is
considered in danger.
Another Mill.— A large grist and
flour mill is now being erected by Or
dinary Duer and others on the site of
the burned City Mills, above the Mont
gomery and West Point railroad bridge.
The dam there has not been materially
injured.
Gone Home. —We learn from the At
lanta Intelligencer that one of the Rad
ical members of the Legislature who
has been hanging around that city since
the adjournment—one of Bullock’s ex
iles—left last Wednesday “for home to
die, mother.”
White Co^n. — C. 8. Harrison &, Cos.
Tuesday at auction sold one hundred
bushels white corn at $1.25 per bushel.
Death of William Knox. — Mr.
Wiiliam Knox, an old and valued citi
zen of Montgomery, Ala., died in that
city, suddenly, on Wednesday morning
last. He had been suffering from dis
ease a long time. Mr. Knox was
among the first settlers of Montgomery,
and such was the correctness of his bu
siness transactions and general integri
ty of character, that he stood at the
head of the list of the financiers of his
time in the State. He was for many
years the President of the Montgomery
Insurance and Banking Company, and
when the Central Bank of Alabama
was established, he was made Presi
dent of that institution, and occupied
that position as long as the bank did
business.
Murder of Col. R. W. Flournoy.—
Our citizens were startled to hear yes
terday of the murder ot Hon. R. W.
Flournoy, on Tuesday last, at his plaDt
ation near Saundersville, in Washing
ton county. Mr. Flournoy, it will be
remembered, was the Democratic Rep
resentative from Washington county in
the4ast General Assembly of the State.
The sad news was brought to the city
yesterday by Mr. Shoates, of the firm of
Shoates, Brother & Dykes, of Dykes’
Station, who had just returned from a
visit to Washington county. He gives
the following particulars in regard to
the murder :
On Tuesday morning last Mr. Flour
noy remarked to his wife that his stock
on the place aud the crops wore looking
very badly, and that they were not re
ceiving proper attention. She said that
just as he was in the act of going out
of the house, as wa9 customary with
him when going out, he took his pistol
along with him. Soon after he left the
house Mrs. F. heard a shot in the direc
tion of the field where a negro was
ploughing, and sent a colored woman
out to ascertain the cause. Iu a short
while she returned, stating that Mr.
Flournoy was killed aud was lying iu
the field. The alarm was immediately
given and several persons hastened to
the spot, where they found Mr. F. lying
on tho ground, shot through the head.
He was still alive, but perfectly insensi
l>le. Upon his arm aud hands were
numerous bruises and bites, which in
ificated that he had just been engaged
in a desperate struggle. The negro who
wa s ploughing in the field tells the im
probable story, that he was asked a few
questions by Mr. Flournoy when plough
ing on that side of field, and when he
had again nearly crossed it, he heard a
pistol fire, aud, looking back, saw Mr.
F. falling.
The negro was arrested and lodged
in jail, as his story will not hear inves
tigation. There were the marks of a
violent scuffle, both upon the person of
Mr. F. and also upon the ground, and
it is not possible that they could have
been made within a hundred or two
yards of the negro, and that, too, iu an
open field, without his knowledge. The
fact is, he and Mr. F. got into a scuffle,
about the way things were going on,
and in the scuffle, the uegro got pos
session of Mr. F’s. pistol and killed him
with it.
Mr. F. lay in an insensible condition
all the afternoon of Tuesday, and Tues
day night, and expired yesterday morn
ing.— Macon Telegraph, lOfft.
i Mrs Dr. Mary Walker.— The Cin
cinnati Commercial thus alludes to the
| continuous aud persistent annoyance of
the heads of the Departments at Wash
| ington by the noted strong minded wo
man whose name is at the head of this
article. The Commercial thinks it sees
trouble ahead if her sex, like the colored
I brothers, be given the ballot. The Com
| mercial says:
1 It is to be hoped that Mrs. Dr. Mary
Walker is not an antetype of the Com
ing Woman. A more persistent offlee
| seeker never worried the heads of the
| departments at Washington. Hardly
a day passes that she does not call up
| on one or other of the Sacretaries, urg
! ing her claims and qualifications. Her
last application was to the Appointment
j Clerk of the Treasury, and it ispresum
! able that she will continue to haunt the
i halls of the public buildings the long
| summer through. Now, if the political
| equalization of the sexes is to be follow
, ed by a mob of women to the Capital,
I and a universal clamor for office, some
j sober reflection is needed before pro
ceeding to grant the ballot. As matters
now sland, it has become perilous to
the health and sanity of any man to ac
| cept a position under the Government
in which he has at his disposal a few
subordinate places. What will it be
when to the stubborn persistency of the
men is added the blandishments of the
women ? _
The Negro Postmaster at Cos.
lumbia. —The Augusta Constitution
alist understands that Wilder, the ue
gro postmaster of our sister city, Co
lumbia, S. C., has become very much
oppressed with the geographical com
plications of the country in the dis
charge ot his official duties—sending
his mails out in every conceivable di
rection save the right one. So aunoy
j ing were these manifestations of iguo
ranee to the citizens, aud so general
were the complaints, that Wilder has
finally concluded that his aspirations
have been far above bis abilities, and
has actually importuned Mr. Samuel
Leaphart, who formerly held the posl
: tion of Chief Clerk in the office (un
der Mr. J. C. Janney, succeeded by
Wilder) to relieve him of his burden,
agreeing to accept any part of the sala
j ry of the position, which Mr. Leap
hart’s liberality may see proper to give
him. Mr. L. in accordance with the
expressed wishes of the citizens, had
concluded to accept the proffered offer
of Wilder, when the latter found a little
hitch in the transfer, growing out of the ;
fact that Gov. Scott was one of the.en
dorsers on his official bond, and it
would be necessary to consult him with
regard to the execution of the manoeu
vre. The black negro endorser on
Wilder’s bond acquiesces in the purpose
of his principal to transfer his office,
and there are hopes expressed that
Gov. Scott, from a little circumstance
of recent occurrence, in which he was
personally inconvenienced, may yield
his consent to Wilder’s abdication.
The reason why Chicago is so bad is !
said to be because she has a population
of 250,000, whilst her churches only i
hold 80,000 people.
Report of the tlomuilsalouer* A|i
pointed t<» Negotiate for ills Am»»-x.
ation of Wist Florid* to the Ntale
of Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., June 3, 18611
Hit Excellency , I Vm. II Smith , Queer
nor of the State of Alabama:
We, the undersigned, Commissioners
appointed to negotiate for the annexa
tion of West Florida to the State of
Alabama, having performed that duty,
beg leave to report to your Excellency
what we have done.
We have made a contract with the
Commissioners on the part ol the Stale
of Florida, which is doW subject to the
approval or disapproval of the Governor
of the State of Alabama. Your Excel
lency is thus far in no wise responsible
fur our actiou. The contract was made
by us. Your Excellency’s approval is
! indispensably necessary to bring the
question before the people of the two
btates; and, we venture to suggest,
may be given without committing your
self to the wisdom or policy of all that
is contained in the contract.
The leading features of the contract
are as follows:
Ist. It conveys to the State of Alaba
ma jurisdiction over all the country
west of the Apalachicola river.
2d. It vests the State of Alabama with
a title to all the lands belonging to the
State of Florida west of the Apalachico
la, which are estimated at over two mil
lions of acres, and are supposed to be
of the average value of oue dollar and
twenty five cents per acre, and with the
right to five per cent, of the proceeds of
the sale of public lands. It is provided
that these lands shall continue subject
to the trusts imposed by the act ol Con
gress donating them.
3d. The contract requires that the
| State of Alabama shall issue its bonds
in favor of the State of Florida for one
million of dollars, payable in thirty
years and bearing eight per cent,
interest, and that two railroads, radiat
ing from Pensacola, one in the direc
tion of Apalachicola, and the other in
the direction of Pollard, shall receive
the benefit of the endorsement law of
the State of Alabama, approved Septem
ber 22, 1868, and entitled “An Act to
amend the law to establish a system of
internal improvement in the State of
Alabama.”
If this contract is consummated, it
will add to the State of Alabama the
eight counties of West Florida, which
are represented to have contained, in
1867, a white population of 17,813, and
a black population, of 8,858, and paid a
revenue to the State of $31,245 92.
By the adoption of the contract, Ala
bama will acquire about 10,000 square
miles (5,400,000 acres) of territory,
with a water front on the Gulf of Mex
ico of about 180 miles, including the
harbors of Pensacola, St. Joseph, St.
Andrews and Apalachicola.
The harbor of Pensacola is unques
tionably the best on the Gulf of Mexico,
as it affords a safe anchorage, and an
j entrance to vessels drawing 24 feet of
water, and vessels may load and unload
\ without lighterage at the wharves.
I Candor requires us to say that, by
the adoption of the contract, Alabama
will not acquire lor its exclusive benefit
the right to all the splendid domain of
public lands ceded. Those lands are to
be appropriated according to the acts
of Congress donating them, so far as
those acts direct the appropriation.
The argument that excuses a contract
which requires the payment of so large
a sum of money for the acquisition of
West Florida, and yet burdens the
i State with an endorsement for railroads
; in West Florida, is, that, if Alabama
j acquires the country, her true interest
lies in making it as valuable as possible,
i and enhancing in the highest degree its
j social and industrial interests, and its
[ commercial and agricultural prosperity.
It Alabama acquires West Florida, it
j is a matter of obvious justice and poll
j cy that the interests of the people of
| that section should be promoted, and
that it should be so provided that the
j country itself would become a profit
j and source of pride to the State. Iu
j making such large concessions for the
benefit of West Florida we have been
1 controlled by this consideration.
The acquisition of West Florida
| will give to Alabama an extended front
! on the coast, with valuable bays and
! harbors; it will give to the State a regu
I lar boundary, consistent with the appa
, rent designs of nature itself, and it will
unite with us a people of homogeneous
j feelings and interests,
j In the discussion aud consideration
I of the terms of the contract we have
j striven to sink every consideration of
local interest, unless the effect of the
] acquisition of the Bay of Pensacola, in
developing the great interests of the
coal and iron mining in central Ala
bama, should be considered a local inter
j est. We do not, however, regard these
las local interests. We understand that
they reach the great body of the people
| of the State, and deserve to be fostered
i and cherished by the entire State. The
contribution while the annexation of
Pensacola aud the intermediate couu
try, with the aid of the railroads now
existing and in prospect, will make to
tho aggrandizement of the mineral ro
; gion of the State, is so obvious as to
require no comment, and to preclude
its exclusion from our consideration.
We do not present the contract which
j we have made as favotable to the State
! of Alabama, when considered in the
light of its immediate effect as a pecu
niary bargain.
Our Contract presents to the people
I of Alabama the question whether the
prospective and ultimate benefits to the
j great social, industrial, mining and
commercial interests of the State of
Alabama, and the promise of future
i revenue from the country, are sufficient
ly great to justify the payment of sl,-
i 000,000 at the end of thirty years, with
an annual interest of SBO,OOO as the cost
of acquisition. In oar judgment, the
highest and best interests oi the State
will be consulted in the adoption of the
contract; but we say this in no spirit
of arrogance or dictation.
It is confidently believed that before
thirty years have expired, West Florida,
by the judicious husbanding of its re
sources, and the careful fostering of its
cities and harbors, and the construction
I of its railroads, will yield a fruit of
| benefit to the State which will amply
I compensate for all the expenditure in
volved in its acquisition. The appre
i ciation and comprehension of the con
tract requires that we look at the future.
It must be admitted that, viewed in
the light of a bargain and sale, of pre
sent benefit, Florida has the advantage
iin the contract. This was unavoidable.
; VVe were deputed to acquire, Florida
; was asked to cede, and of course had
the advantage ground in the negotia
tion, and her able and faithful Commis
j sioners very properly availed themselves
ot it.
It is scarcely to be conceived that
Florida will reject the contract, if she
| is willing, under any circumstances, to
| cede any part of her territory. If she
; should, from a sentiment of State pride,
! reject the contract, the subject had bet
ter be forever dropped, for we do not
conceive that a more favorable oppor
tunity, or a fairer or more honorable
contract will ever be presented.
Our associations with the Commis
sioners from Florida were exceedingly
agreeable. They are gentlemen of in
telligence aud integrity who sought to
place our negotiations upon high and
; honorable grounds in respect to the
people of the two States. We think
they concurred with us in a desire to
; bring the question in a fair and favor
uble form before the two States.
Our discussions were protracted and
thorough, and we think the Commis
sioners of both States may truthiully
say the subject of annexing West Flor
ida to Alabama has been carefully con
sidered, and is presented to the two
States on as fair, just and honorable
i terms as can ever be agreed on.
It remains for the two States to de
cide whether they will accept or reject
it.
We herewith present your Excellency
with a copy of the contract.
We are very respectfully,
Your obedient servants,
J. L. PENNINGTON,
A. J. WALKER,
CHAS. A. MILLER.
The agreement above referred to was
endorsed by Gov. Smith as follows :
Executive Department, 1
State of Alabama, >
Montgomery, June 4, 1869. J 1
I approve this contract, notwith
standing, in my judgment, the price !
agreed to be paid is more than the State,
under all the circumstances of the case,
ought to give. I base my action upon
the judgment of the able Commission- i
ers who made the agreement, and in !
deference to the wishes of other thought- 1
rul and sagacious gentlemen, who feel
a deep interest in the matter.
W. H, SMITH,
Governor of Alabama.
Alleged Political Ouirttgea In Geor
gia.
From the New York Times.
We respectfully direct the attention
ol the Tribune to the statements of our
Georgia correspondent respecting al
iened political murders in that State.
Tne Tribune has endorsed the demand
of Wendell Phillips and his fanatical
friends in the interference of the Ex
ecutive in the affairs of Georgia, on the
ground that active republicans have
fallen victims to “rebellious hate.”—
The cases of Ashburn, Ayer and Ad
kins have been singled out for special
comment as illustrations of capital
crime perpetrated for political reasons.
In every indictment against the Geor
gians these cases are adduced as proof
of the perils that surround Northern
“loyalty” and "patriotism” in their
midst. These falsehoods and delusions
are ruthlessly dispelled by the tale this
morning told by our Georgia informant
as follows:
THE MURDER OF ASHBURN, AYER AND
ADKINS:
Politics have no more to do with the
murders which have taken place in
Georgia than tho religion, dress, height
or personal appearance of the victims.
Ashburn was killed by the company
which usually frequents houses of ill
fame, of one of which he was an inmate.
Ayer was killed by a negro who had
refused to allow him to become a board
er in-a negro lodging house. Both
Ashburn and Ayer were men of aban
doned character and most profligate
habits; and, however, for greater politi
cal emphasis their names may be parad
ed as the “Honorable” Mr. Ashhurn,
and the “Honorable” Mr. Ayer, those
who know their history, if they tell the
truth, must admit that long before either
had any political aspirations no decent
negro would have permitted them to
associate with him. Adkins, who is
represented by the writers of sensation
romances for political effect, as a vener
able preacher of the Gospel, was also a
notorious aebaucher. The negro amours
are more numerous than the number of
his years. He was at one time a Bap
tist exhorter, but for many years since,
his example was found to square so ill
with his precepts, he had been regarded
as a very disreputable hypocrite, with
whom nobody but the lowest and most
abandoned had any associations. These
are facts, which can be corroborated by
the testimony of thousands, whose word
nobody who knows them would hesi
; tate to believe. I would not depart
from the rule to say nothing but good
j of the dead, if it were not to protect the
| living against cruel misrepresentation
: and wrong.
Is it anything surprising that a man
who takes up his residence in a negro
! brothel, and has' no associates but those
' who frequent such places, should meet
Ia violent death ? Is it wonderful that a
man who has fallen so low as to be even
refused admission to a negro boarding
house, and who was known to have
several hundred dollars on his person,
should be robbed and murdered as he
wandered about among the negro cabins
asking for a place to lay his head ? Or
is it so unnatural that one addicted to
the lowest profligacy, and who, it is
proved, made indecent overtures to a
respectable young lady, should fall a
victim to the anger of some of the
friends and relatives of the insulted girl?
It is true that all three were Radical
politicians. It is true that they were
brutally murdered. But they were
murdered for their vices by some of their
vicious associates ; or, as in the case of
Adkins, they were murdered by those
whose honor and the sancity of whose
family they attempted to outrage. Let
any man select the same society and
character of residence in any part of
the world, as did Ashburn and Ayer,
or let him pursue the same habit of life
as did Adkins, and the wonder would
be that he should die a natural death.
Trial of tbe Jefferson Prisoners.
The Military Commission for the
i trial of a number of the citizens of Jef
j ferson, Texas, arrested by the military
on the charge of murdering one G. W.
! Smith, at that place some time since,
j was organized at Jefferson on the 24th
| ult. We copy the following account of
the first days proceedings from the Jef
| ferson Jimpleente, of the 25th of May.
| We shall endeavor to keep our readers
posted on the progress of the trial:
The all absorbing topic of conversa
tion among our citizens is the trial of
the military prisoners, twenty-three in
number, which is now progressing in
our midst. On yesterday morning the
commission met in the Patillo Academy,
and at precisely 10 o’clock a. m. the
defendants, escorted by a largo guard
of cavalry, left the stockade and march-
I ed in two ranks, double file, to the place
] above mentioned, When they had
been seated in the order of their names
upon the indictment, and the roll had
been called, the assembled citizens were
allowed to enter the house, not how
ever, until those who carried side arras
had deposited them with the officer in
command of the guard.
Immediately on the right of tho pris
oners were their counsel, composed of
nearly all the Jefferson bar. Near
them, and directly in front of the court,
sat the Judge Advocate, Maj. Goodfel
low, while on his right, busily occupied,
were two phonographic reporters, one
of whom was Mr. Manly, the author
j ized Government stenographer ; the
| other we do not know, evidently, how
! ever, a “looker on in Vienna.” The
| commission, seven in number, presided
over by Brevent Maj. Gen. Hatch, is
i indeed, when arrayed in the “pomp and
s circumstance” of its position, a most
august and imposing tribunal. On the
west side of the building were two
tents, occupied by the witnesses who
j have turned State’s evidence, and the
j freedmen, Anderson Wright, Henry
| Turner and others.
j The Judge Advocate’s first step in
the proceedings was to administer the
| oath enjoining impartiality, secrecy,
j &c., and to likewise swear the steno
] grapher to faithfully report the testimo
ny. The President, in turn, adminis
tered the oath of office to the Advocate.
That officer now proceeded to read
| the charges and specifications, which
were printed in the Jimplecure extra on
Thursday last, the sum and substance
i of which is, that they are charged with
I “conspiracy and murder.” The query
was then put to each whether or not
they had any objections to any member
composing the commission. It was
| answered by all in the negative. They
! were then individually asked if they
| were guilty or not guilty of the charges
| and specifications. The reply was given
| by every defendant in a firm, but re
! spectful manner, “Not guilty.” Judge
■ Gray, counsel for the prisoners, then
presented to the Court a written plea to
the jurisdiction of that body, to which
they orally replied that they could not
take any other action than to attach it
to the record. Motion was now made
; by defendants’ counsel to try each pris
| oner separately. This privilege was
| courteously denied. The Judge Advo
i cate then consented that the prisoners
should be allowed to testify for one an
other, provided they did not criminate
themselves. The commission now re
tired to debate the matter, and soon re
i turned and announced that they could
not grant the request. Motion was now
made by counsel that they have time
for consultation. Granted: whereupon
the Court adjourned till to morrow
(Wednesday), at lOo’clock a. m.
There were no ladies present, and in
all, not over fifty spectators. The pris
oners were calm and collected, like
brave men, who knew their danger and
faced it.
The officers composing the tribunal
are hightoned men of honor, and we
have an abiding faith that the same su
perior qualities which inspire them to
bring honor upon the uniform they
wear, will animate and direct them to
clemency and moderation in the exer
cise of the solemn duties to which they
are called.
A Good Hit.—We find this paragraph
in the Herald:
“Wanted. —A flower that has deco
rated the grave of a dead hero of the
revolution of 1776, or of the war of 1812,
or of the Mexican war of 1846. Apply
at the office of the G. A. R.”
D.uke De Persigny has written a com-1
munication to Emperor Napoleon advi
sing the introduction of further liberal j
r eforms.
from WitHbinictoii.
Washington, June 9. Cubans in
New York received distressful news
Sunday night, causing much weeping
among the women. It was whispered
that Cespides was sold out. Another
rumor was that the volunteers fratern
ized with the patriots.
Dwight O. Marsh has been appointed
Collector of Customs at Passo del
Norte, Texas.
Several important clerks in office of
Secretary of Treasury have been re
moved.
Revenue to-day half a million.
Boutwell realized $2,778,000.
Mr. Peabody has arrived.
Grant has departed for West Point.
Boutwell departs in the morning.
Win. A. Richardson acts during
Boutwell’s absence.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue has decided that persons engaged
in the business of preparing pork and
lard for sale, who slaughter hogs, cut
up and pack pork and render lard, pack
ing the same in barrels, kegs and other
wise, are clearly embraced within the
definition of a manufacturer, and are
required to pay a tax on their sales an
nually in exeess of $5,000.
Hoare decides that no cable can be
landed connecting the United States
with a foreign country without the
cial consent of Congress.
The Herald says: “The Attorney
General is said to have hesitated a long
time before he furnished his recent
opinion sustaining a Texas Court mar
tial in the trial of a citizen for the
murder of a freedman, and that his ac
tual view of the law at first suggested
an entirely opposite decision, but that
Geu. Butler said he would offer a reso
lution on the subject at next session,
if he (Hoar) did not make an example
of some of these fellows, and under
this pressure the recent opinion was
made.”
Information from reliable sources in
Havana has been received here assert
ing that the Cubans are engaged in ac
tive offensive movements, and were
never in better spirits or more sanguine
of success.
Telegrams from Havana deny the re
port that any number of Cubans or any
officer hi the Cuban forces surrendered
[ to Volmeseda.
i The excitement in Cuban circles in
New York on Sunday night originated
by the report telegraphed by the Spam
| iards that Cespedes had surrendered.—
Subsequent dispatches from Cuban
sources prove the report entirely un
founded.
Washington, June 10.— It is al
most certain that Boutwell will perse
vere in selling two millions in gold and
in buying a million in bonds; and that
there will be no change in this policy
during his absence:
The train carrying Grant Northward
was thrown from the track at Annapolis
Junction by a cow. Two cars were
smashed Several persons were injur
ed, including a Mr. Wield of Atlanta,
whose face was badly smashed. Grant
and party were uninjured.
Mr. Weil, of Atlanta, hurt in the ac
cident, was en route to Europe as State
Emigrant Agent. A gentlemen from
Charleston, 8. C., en route to Maine,
received a splinter in the breast, serious.
From Montgomery.
Montgomery, June 9.—The Demo
cratic Convention, at Troy, on yester
day, nominated A. N. Worthy, of Pike,
for Congress in this, the 2d District.
His disabilities have been removed by
act of Congress.
The Republicans mot in this city yes
terday and nominated C. W. Buckley
as their candidate.
From MlHslsslppi.
Jackson, Miss., June 9—The body
of Col. Crane left for Dayton, Ohio,
this morning. The Board of Aldermen
of this city passed resolutions of con
dolence and sympathy. We but re
flect the pervading sentiment of all
classes in deprecating the crime.
Jackson, Miss., June 10.—The trial
of E. M. Yerger, for killing Col. Crane,
commenced to day, before Military
commission.
Brig. Gen. R. S. Granger, President
of counsel for Yerger, filed an objection
to the trial. Military Commission will
be argued to-morrow. Yerger plead
not guilty to the charge and specifica
tions. Eminent counsel for the de
fence.
From Angnsta.
Augusta, June 10.—The parties ar
rested in Warrenton, by the military,
have been released by the Court on
giving bonds. Judge Andrews, of the
Circuit Court, has forbidden the Sheriff,
at whose instance the arrests were
made, to act or in any way assume the
functions of office. Quiet has been
restored and good feeling exists between
the citizens and military.
From Washington.
Washington, June 11. Hoar’s
opinion regarding the status of Georgia
is not expected under two weeks.
The Government loses but thirty
three thousand dollars by the Santa Fe
Depository Robbery.
It is reported that Turner, the negro
postmaster for Macon, has secured and
filed his bond. It is stated that Turn
er’s appointment wa9 determined upon
by the Cabinet, and the President un
der tho circumstances declines to with
hold a commission. Turner is here.
From Mississippi.
Jackson, June 12—The military com
mission in the case of Yerger is pro
gressing slowly. The right of Gen.
Granger to sit on the case was challeng
ed by defense on the ground that he had
formed an opinion as to the guilt of the
prisoner. The defence argued rules
governing juries in civil cases govern
Commission. The challenge was sus
tained. Granger will withdraw. Gen.
Swift is now President. The defence
entered a plea to the jurisdiction of the
Commission on the ground of his being
a citizen and has never been in the
army or navy of the United States, the
offense is againstthe laws of Mississippi,
and insists that under the Constitution
of the United States he cannot be tried
except by indictment of the Grand Jury
and the Commission has not the right
to try except on such indictment.
Wilke P. Harris argued for the defense,
and Col. Layton for the Commission.
The plea of the defense was overruled.
Charges and specifications were read.
Prisoner plead not guilty of the charge
of murder.
The Pilot (radical organ) freely ad
mits that the difficulty of Yerger and
Crane was entirely of a personal char
acter.
The examination of witnesses com
mences on Monday.
Great excitement is manifest in the
the case.
Wheat at Nashville.— ln the mar
ket report of the Nashville Union of the
10th, the reporter says “We heard of
a contract to-day for 600 bushels David
son county red wheat, new, to be de
livered next Saturday or Monday, at
one dollar per bushel.”
Corn, in the same report, is quoted
at 82 t® 82J cents per bushel, delivered
at the depot.
Flour is quoted at from five to nine
dollars per barrel. The latter price for
fancy. j
Festivities at Annapolis.
The New York Herald contains an
account of the recent festivities at An
napolis, whither the President and his
Secretary of the navy had repaired to
witness the exercises of the “middies”
in the Naval Academy there. It seems
that the exercises were followed by a
dance, in the mazes of which Borie
and Grant ventured to indulge. We |
let the Herald tell with what result;!
simply remarking that Admiral Porter
seemed to be keeping as good a lookout i
over his Chief of the Navy Department !
in his terpsichorean frolics, at Annapo- j
lis, as he does in Washington. Says
the Herald:
The Secretary of the Navy, though
among the oldest of the dancers, was |
as sprightly as the sprightliest. He |
was as familiar with the intricacies oi
tliamazy dance as he is with the man- i
agement of the Navy Department. Ac- j
cidents, however, will happen with the |
best dancers, as well as in the best reg- i
ulated families. The honorable Secre- j
tary of the Navy was not free from j
them oh this occasion. The “middies”
with a view to facilitate the dancing,
had the floor of the ballroom waxed un
til it was as smooth and slippery as a
skating ring. Their lithe limbs went;
over it like old tars with their sea legs '
on. As the Secretary was about to lead
his partner forward, to salute the oppo
site couple, his foot slipped and down
he went stern foremost. Admiral Por
ter was soon at his side. The dance
was for the moment interrupted. The
President came to the Assistance of the
Secretary, and the unfortunate Borie
was soon on hi 9 legs again. The inci
dent was at once serious and comic,
and was heartily enjoyed by the young
“middies.”
The most ‘bewildered person in the
dance was the President. Whether it
was the scrutenizing gaze of the mul
titude, the oppressive heat of the ball
room, or the ghost of some State secret
haunting him, he seemed to loose his
self possession. He never knew when
his turn came. He would grasp his
partner first by one hand and then by
the other. Hi 9 eyes wandered restless
iy from couple to couple, as if he de
sired to discount their movements in
advance. He was continually getting
in the way of some of the ladies or
gentlemen in the set, and when he
should have been with his partner he
was looking around to find the place
from which he started. His awkward
ness was all the more glaring when
contrasted with the gracefulness and
ease of General Sherman, who was his
vis a vis. The President evidently felt
his embarrassment and seemed cousid
erably agitated.
Ttieu and Now.
The New Orleans Times contains an
interesting account of the fiiot appear
ance of Mrs. Gaines before the Court
presided over by a Judge Buchanan,
nearly thirty years ago, to assert her
claim to the large property which, by a
recent decision of the Supreme court of
the United States, has been awarded
to her. On that occasion, she was ac
companied by her husband, the late
Gen. E. P. Gaines. In the course of
the proceedings before the Court, Mrs.
Gaines charged the Judge with having
an interest against her. Judge Buchanan,
(we quote from the Times) retorted with
temper, and notified Gen. Gains that he
was expected to control his wife in
Court, where no persons were privileg
ed. Whereupon the stately old Gener
al arose to his full attitude of six feet
three, and assuming the position of a
commander of grenadiers, and graceful
ly touching the belt of his sword, re
sponded :
j “ ‘May it please your honor, for any
| thing that lady may say or do, I hold
myself personally responsible, in every
manner and form known to the laws of
my country or the laws of honor.’
“This reply and the accompanying
! action and the appearance of the Gen
eral in his military garb, aroused to a
still higher pitch the Irish fire of the
Judge, who quickly answered :
“General Gaines, this court will not
be overawed by the military authori
ties.”
“Rest assured, your honor, that when
an attempt of that sort is made, the
sword which I wear in conformity to
I the regulations of the service, and out
1 of respect to this honorable court, will
; be quickly unsheathed to defend the
rights and dignity of your honor, and
| of all the civil tribunals of my country.”
“After these explanations, peace and
j order were restored, but the Judge con
sidered it his duty to note the charge of
Mrs. Gaines, that he was sitting in a
j case in which ho was interested. He
should, therefore, reduce it to an excep
tion of recusation, and require the evi
| dence to be produced to sustain it.”
Then , thirty years ago, it wasesteem
j ed a duty for the military authorities of
I the United States to unsheath their
! swords “to defend the right and digni
! ty” of “all the civil tribunals” of tbe
i land. Now, swords arc unsheathed to
i over awe in many sections of that same
land, and even iu that same city of New
Orleans, those very tribunals which
then would not be intimidated, and
which, as well did Gen. Gaines, as did
General Jackson respect and submit to.
What a change this to come over a
country in less than a third of a centu
ry. Then and Now 1 History must tell
the tale. We have the beginning of the
despotism that 5 s being exercised over
us, but who will live to see its progress
or its end?— Atlanta Intelligencer.
Tbe Cow Pea as a Fertilizer for
Woeat.
We have long been satisfied, from ac
tual experiment, that the common cow
pea of the Southern States, when prop
erly managed, afford the best and, at
the same time, the cheapest medium for
the restoration of our exhausted cotton
fields. Its effects have been as lasting
and as marked upon the fertility of our
soils as that of clover upon the worn
and exhausted lands of Virginia and
Maryland*
The main reason why the cow pea
has not been more extensively used as a
fertilizer was owing to the fact that
previous to emancipation our planters
would not give up a sufficient portion
of their lands to await the rather slow
effects of this most valuable fertilizer.—
Now, however, when every planter has
a large proportion of his poor lands
lying idle, there is no excuse why the
pea should not be set in every field not
absolutely necessary for corn or cotton.
Now is the best time to plant the pea,
and we desire to give our agricultural
friends the result of a careful experi
! ment made by a planter in Gwinnett
j county to encourage them to make sim
i ilar efforts.
\ Our Gwinnett planter had a piece of
i old ehaustive land, twenty acres of
1 which had been lying in Broom-sage for
a number of years. This he broxe deep
! with a turn plow in the Summer, and
in the succeeding Fall put down in
! wheat. The crop, carefully measured,
1 was a little less than four bushels to the
acre.
As soon as the wheat was cut he
sowed peas at the rate oi two bushels to
the acre. Early in October the peas
were turned under with a deep farrow,
and a few weeks later wheat was sown
and carefully harrowed in upon the pea
sod. The yield from the crop was nine
bushels to the acre, a little more than
double the first year’s crop.
The field was again peas as
soon as the wheat was harvested and
turned under as before iu the Fall, and
wheat sown upon the soil. The yield
this year was seventeen and a half bush
els to the acre.
The fourth year, with the same treat
ment, he made twenty seven bushels,
and this (the fifth year) the crop bids
fair to make forty bushels. Nothing
has be applied to the land as a fertilizer
except the pea, and we find that in five
years, with the cow pea alone, the pro
duction has been increased tenfold. —
This actual experiment bpeaks more for
the pea than any argument which could
be made.
We trust some of our plantting friends
will be induced to try the pea on the ;
next crop of wheat and let us know the '
result of their experiment.— Augusta \
Chronicle. _
Justice in Texas is still very rapid, if
not always certain. A black mare was
stolen from a livery stable, and, after
search, was heard from iu a distant!
town. The proprietors sent a messen- 1
ger after her, and a day or two after- !
wards received a dispatch as follows :
“Your mare is here; I will bring her ;!
thief hung.”
Management <>f tlie State Read.
Letter from Hon. Wm. 11. Sail—Letter
from Col. Halbert.
Greenville, Ga., June 2, 1869.
Eds. Macon Telegraph: The accom
panying letter from the Superintendent
of the State Road you will please publish.
It is desired, also, that those papers that
have published the letters ot the 1 re . a ?‘
urer and myself should give it publici
tv.
The letter contains two fdeias, and two
only, which I desire briefly to notice.
Ist. That at the proper time, and in the
usual and proper manner, his report of
the management of the road will be
made, and that it will be satisfactory to
all competent and unbiased judges; that
is to say at the next meeting of the Leg
islature, seven months hence, we shall be
made satisfied that this vastly valuable
property has been well and judiciously
managed. When it is remembered that
the net earnings of the road, with more
business than it ever had before, are
$15,000 a month less than formerly, it
may be questioned whether this pro
mise, to be fulfilled at so remote a period,
will he entirely satisfactory to the peo
ple. I may be an intruder; I may have
violated good breeding, or the official
rules of etiquette, often as senseless as
they are disgusting, in seeking informa
tion on a Bubject of interest to every
citizen of Georgia. Certain it is, were
I the superintendent of property that
cost the people $7,000,000, and the net
income of that property were $15,000 a
month less than formerly—the founda
tion of all the complaint—and I were
called upon in a respectful manner by a
citizen of the State, high or low, official
or no official—especially by one who
had voted and used all his influence in
the House of Representatives against
taking the management of the same out
of my hands —to explain the reason of
the discrepancy, I would not reconcile
it either to my convictions of duty to
myself or to the people to promise to
make a satisfactory explanation seven
months hence j but I would do it at once,
or frankly acknowledge my inabilty to
do it.
2d. As to the second idea, it amounts,
practically, to nothing. He might re
commend till doomsday the acceptance
of the proposition of Gen. Austell, on
i certain conditions, and in the absence
of a legislative enactment to that effect
1 the propositions should not he acceded
to. Geu. Austell's proposition is now
important in one light only, and that
j is, in his judgment, he can make the
I road pay better, and the judgment of
i s uch a man has great weight with me.
I make no charge ot malversation
I against any one Iknowof here. I know
1 0l none. I sought only an explanation
' upon matters of great and general irn
; portance, thinking it would be given
witli pleasure. Please publish this. I
will give you no more trouble.
Respectfully,
W. H F. Hall.
Western & Atlaftic Railroad, 4
Sui'erintendent’s Office, >
Atlanta, Ga., May 28,1859. J
lion. W. H. F. Hall, Greenville, Qa :
Dear Sir: Your favor of the sth
inst., was received during my necessa
ry and unexpectedly prolonged absence
from the city on business of great im
portance to the Western and Atlantic
Railway, and, through this work, to the
people of Georgia. But for this your
communication would have received
earlier attention.
At th proper time, and in the usual
and proper manner, I shall report as
required by law, upon the management
of this great interest; when I expect to
be able to show to the satisfaction of all
| unprejudiced competent judges that it
i has been so managed as to promote the
interests of tho people, and especially
the development of the State's resour
ces.
In regard to tho remark of General
A. Austell, repeated by Hon. Mr. An
gier in his letter to you, I beg leave to
say:
If Gen. Austell, or any other gentle
man with equally responsible co-con
tractors, will take the State (W. and A)
Railway, as it is, for ten years, and will
give ample and satisfactory security
that it will be returned at the expira
tion of that time in the same condition,
and with an equally good working out
fit as when received, and will bind
themselves to pay into the Treasury of
tho State, during the ten years, $40,-
000 per month, and also to keep the tar
iff of freights where it now is, so that
the people may have a guaranteed as
surance that the cost of the necessaries
of life shall not be increased to the
consumer by increased cost of trans
portation over this line, and also to
continue the present reduced freight on
lime for agriculture purposes (that ag
ricultural products may be increased,)
as well as on coal and iron , that their de
velopment on the line of the road may be
j encouraged and stimulated —l will re
-1 commend the acceptance of the propo
sition and the speedy closing of the con
tract. Yours, very respectfully,
E. llulbert, Sup’t.
Georgia Mining; Operations.
We copy the following notice of the
mining operations of Upper Georgia,
from a recent letter from Dahlonaga, to
the Atlanta Constitution:
Our mining; operations, though of by
j no means the pretentious proportions
| of the past year or two, have not been
j in so healthy a condition as they now
are since the war. Their stock of job-
I bing operations which have speculation
1 alone in view, and are a curse to any
j mining country, have all played out
j and given place to those that are mak
| ing mining a legitimate business, and
| the consequence is that the important
fact is fully demonstrated that this is
the cheapest mining country in the
world. Messrs. Huff and Crisson, two
practical Georgia miners, and lessees of
i the Hamilton Mill are now daily crush
l ing about seventy-five tons of ore with
twenty-four stamps, at a cost of 22 2-5
: cents per ton, all told, including tho
I raising of the ore, transporting it to the
1 mill and milling. This will doubtless
appear incredible to many of your read
ers, but if there be any who doubt, let
them come and see, and I pledge myself
to substantiate my assertion. The
j Yahoola Company have been for the
| past six months repairing their stupen
! dous aquaduct, but will in the course of
■ a month have it thoroughly andftvery
; substantially completed, the last of the
; iron pipes for carrying the water across
j the river having just arrived, nothing
is left to be done but to lay them down
and bolt them together. When this is
1 completed they will start their splendid
mill, and so perfect are all of their ar
| rangements that I should not be at all
surprised if Mr. Hand, the energetic
and thorough business President of the
Company were to reduce the cost of
raising and milling the ore to fifteen
cents per ton.
Mr. Hussey, of the well known firm
of Howe & Hussey, of Pittsburg, are
erecting a mill on the Etowah, below
Auraria, and about seven miles from
this place, with good prospects ahead of
them. The mill of Messrs. Moore &
Harris still continues to do well, and
will doubtless do better, when their
machinery is completed for drying their
shaft.
There are other mining operations
that I would be pleased to notice, but
are “crowded out,” as your newspaper
men say, for “want of space.”
Chertalee.
Flowers in the Path of Gen. Lee
—A Washington correspondent relates
the following incident of Geu. Leu, the
same having occurred to Washington
alone before him.
“During his stay in Fredricksburg the
Genera] was met one morning, about a
hundred yards from the door of the res
idence of a gentleman with whom he
was to take breakfast, by fifty beautiful
little girl children of the most prominent
citizens oftthe place, who strewed flow
ers in his path, and he walked the dis
tance upon a bed of roses, and the vol
unteer offerings of innocence and love
liness.”
Weak Eyes in Horses.— Make up
a wash of alum and water, reduce to
blood heat, and with a quill blow the
liquid into the eye. After trying the
above preparation three times, lake a
piece of alum as large as the end of
one’s finger, and burning it in the fire
reduce it to powder and blow it stoutly
by the same process, into the eye. We
have tried burnt alum on a number of
horses that had sore eyes, and always
found it a valuable remedy. It will re
move all scum and restore the natural
clearness to the eye. American Stock
Journal.
Letter from Warrenton.
Civil Law Overthrown —Six Citizens Ar- j
rested and Thrown into Jail by the j
Bidding of one Norris—The Writ of
Habeas Corpus Treated with Contempt, j
Warrenton, June 8, 1869
Editors Constitutionalist: . j
Since my last, Norris has returned j
from Atlanta, bringing with him loU ;
more troops. Yesterday at sp. m. the j
reign of tyranny commenced. Backed j
by the military, who are subservant to
his orders, he arrested without warrant
or legal process, John Raley, the legal
sheriff of our county, marched him to
jail, under an escort of soldiers and
locked him in. Raley made no resist
ance, but quietly handed the keys over
and marched in. Abont 9p.m. a party
of voung men (four) had assembled to
practice music, and were sitting on a
piazza, located on the opposite side o
the square from the jail. Norris took it
as a demonstration iu honor ot Kaley,
and would have arrested the entire
party, but for tho kind interference of
the officer who commanded the guard.
The young men explained to the officer
why they had met (it being their regu
lar eveniug to practice,) and asked it
they would he allowed to practice inside
of the store. The officer giving his
consent, they adjourned to Hall &
Shields’ drug store, and were enjoying
themselves, when Norris walked in with
a guard, surveyed the party, singled out
Mr. E. E. Cody, asked him his name,
and told him to consider himself under
arrest, then ordered the guard to march
him off to jail. About 11, p. m., be
carried his guard to the residence of Mr.
E. O. Cody (three miles from town),
arrested him and confined him in jail.
Messrs. J. M. Cody and 11. Martin
were the next victims. They were ar
rested about 12 o’clock.
Captain J. A. Hartley, tbe editor oi
the Clipper, bearing that the scoundrel
Norri3 was looking lor him, reported to
the officer commanding the military,
and was placed, by Norris, in company
with the other gentlemen named.
Thus, in one night, six of our citi
zens have been arrested and confined in
jail, without warrant or legal process
of any character —no charges made, no
reason assigned. „ , ,
Yesterday afternoon a writ of habeas
corpus was served on the military,
also on Norris iu Raley’s case. The
military were ready and willing to an
swer, but Norris refused to answer it.
Another writ was served on him last
night. He received it, and coolly re
plied he would “auswer through head
quarters.”
There is uo telling where or when
this high handed outrage will end. It
is the intention of every one, this
morning, to submit quietly; and thus
avoid any collision with the military—
Bullock’s cherished hope. I expect the
“mill to commence grinding” again in
a few hours, and your humble servant
may be “taken in.”
A few more writs were taken out
this morning.
Judge Andrews, General Dußoseand
other legal advisers are expected to-day.
All of us are hopeful of a better day
coming; and contented to lot things
“wagon” for a while.
The military have conducted them
selves satisfactorily to the citizens, dis
charging their duty as soldiers and
treating the prisoners as gentlemen.
Yours, G.
Washington Fetter.
Correspondence Charleston Courier.
Washington, June 5.
The Alabama treaty affair begins to
assume a very serious aspect. It will
be impossible to defer an issue upon the
subject much longer, for our Radicals
are impatient of delay. The party can
thrive only by continued agitation.
It is true, as stated, that the Radical
leaders have conferred upon the Ala
bama question, and have determined to
sustain the Sumner view of it, and that
Governor Curtain is expected to pro
nounce the Radical policy in a speech
which he is soon to deliver at Philadel
phia. It is supposed that Governor
Curtain has been promised support in
these views by the President. Thus
whatever may be the declarations of
Curtain upon this occasion, they will
represent the policy of the Radical par
ty—the policy, in fact, of Congress and
of the Administration.
Mr. Motley’s Liverpool speeches are
denounced here as undiplomatic, un
called for, and contrary to the spirit of
instructions. The President was dis
posed to tolerate the expressions of
amity and the usual cant about a com
mon origin, bnt he has been overruled,
and Mr. Motley has been advised by
special cable dispatch, to “shut up.”
The remarks of Lord Clarendon settle
the question as far as England is con
cerned. The last sentence of the whole
subject. Every one knows what the
British Government will concede, and
what it will refuse. That is the frequent
remark of the British Minister of For
eign Affairs. The British Ministry
showed their hands openly and without
disguise. The Clarendon Johnson trea
ty, as explained by the correspondence
which accomoanied its negotiation, and
led to its conclusion on the part of Mr.
Johnson and Lord Stanley, has been
made public in England. Whatever
may be canceded by the tenor of that
protocol the British Government will
still concede; and it will still refuse any
other demands.
Lord Clarendon’s declaration closes
the matter, Mr. Motley may present'
new demands, but there will be no ne
gotiation in regard to them. Lord Clar
endon cautions Parliament and the
public against the belief that Mr. Sum
ner spoke the sentiment of the Senate
and of the country. Thus he encour
ages the idea that Sumner spoke and
the Senate acted for Bunkum, and that
the rejected treaty will still be ratified.
The Radical leaders will now rally, and
reiterate the views of Sumner, and
challenge President Grant to reject
them.
The character of the provision made
by the rejected treaty in regard to the
contested right of the British Govern
ment to recognize the beligerency of
the Confederacy, is not yet generally
known, but I was fully apprised of it
before the publication of the correspond
ence between Mr. Thornton and the
British Ministry. It will be fully un
derstood when the Seward diplomatic
correspondence, now in press, under
the order of the Senate, shall appear.
You will find that Mr. Seward instruct
ed our Minister that the question of the
right of the British Government to treat
the Confederacy as a belligerent power
must be submitted to arbitration, and
that Lord Stanley positively and per
emptorily refused to do it. The nego
tiation was about to end in a dead lock,
when Mr. Sumner said, in substance,
will Lord Stanley agree that the propos
ed submission, though not expressed,
shall be implied by the treaty. Mr.
Seward himself drew up the article in
the form in which it was assented to by
Lord Stanley, and which, by implica
tion, provides for all that Mr. Seward
required, and which, as he thought, the
Senato would require. Leo.
The Last Revolutionary Soldier.
—The death of the last soldier of the
American revolution in this country
having been some time ago announced
(whether correct or not we are unable
to say), our consul at Birmingham
wrote to the London Times to inquire
if any survivor of those who fought for
the crown still remained alive, and he
now states the result, in a note to the
Springfield (Mass) Repulican, as fol
lows :
The third day after this was published
a response appeared in the Times from
a gentleman in Bath, who stated that a
drummer who served in the Sixty-sec
ond British regiment in the war of the
revolution w«s still living in that town,
at the advanced age of one hundred and
five years; that he was very feeble, and
unable to teed himself; that his pension
was only sixpence a day, but that no
argument could induce him to go to tho
union or poorhous, though he would
there probably have more and better
food than the poor people who took him
in could afford to supply him with.—
His name is Jonathan Reeves, and
whether he is the last surviving British
soldier that served in the revolutionary
war is not yet certain, for others still
living may yet be announced in the
Times, as some interest seems to be
excited in the subject.
Cincinnati, June 10.—A severe tor
nado occnrred at Miamisburg, Ohio,
destroying bridges, fences and unroof
ing houses.
Troy—Her Prosperity.
As the grading of our railroad p ro .
gresses our business men seem more
and more to bestir themselves, to put
their houses in order, and be ready'to
meet the wants of the couutry in muk
ing this point a place of trade. This i 8
just as it should be ; for when our own
business men shall have exhausted
themselves and their capital in this
way, there still will be ample room for
profitable investments by others ol
means and industry.
No ouo seems to think otherwise
than that we shall have a place ot con
siderable business surpassed by f ew
cities in the State. We have many ad
vantages, such as health, good water
fine schools and churches, and a good
farming country all around.
We expect to monopolize the trade
to the Gulf of Mexico on the SouUi,
there being no trading point interveu'
ing except Geneva, a small place on the
Choctawhatcheo river, where small
boats occasionally approach iu high
water. Although a large portion of the
country in this direction is very j
yet there are thousands of bales ol cot'
ton and thousands of barrels ot syrup,
sugar, &c., produced, and must find
their market here.
We shall share very largely in the bu.
siness now done at Montgomery,
Greenville, Union Springs, Eufaula,
and other towns on the Chattahoochee
river. We allude to this fact not because
we desire to interfere with the business
of either of these places—on the con
trary, we wish them great prosperity
and success—but for the reason that out
readers at a distance may see our matiy
advantages.
In view of tbe speedy completion id
the road to this place, where It is dea
tined to stop lor years, the price of the
real estate in our town ami county has
been greatly enhanced—not, however,
to the extent that some say who live at
a distance. Property holders will take
fair prices lor their property, and
scarcely a day passes that it does not
exchange bauds.
Those who desire to settle here, aud
intend to do so, will find very little dif
ficulty in getting suitable locations at
living prices. We invite all those who
would like to employ money in trade,
and honest, industrious mechanics, to
come aud look for themselves. Those
who would find a p ace of health aud
do a good business iu a thriving com
uninity, would benefit themselves by
looking in this direction.
The above is from the Troy (Ala) Ad
vertiser of the 7th. From our personal
knowledge of the character of the coun
ty surrounding Troy, its extent, access
ibility to that place as a trading point
over all others, and the productive
qualities of the soil, we can fully en
dorse all that is said in the above article.
The territory which will make Troy a
trading point, is capable of producing
all of its supplies aud fully thirty thou
sand bales of cotton that will make that
station the shipping point. The road
will possibly stop there for a term of
years, at least whilst controlled by its
present head, and that will be until the
present obligations of the road to the
Georgia Central Company, are dis
charged or relieved. To say that so
important a link in the great line ol
travel between Mobile and Washington
and New Y'ork, will stop there, is next
to preposterous. Be this as it may,
however, the extension of the road be
yond Troy will not affect its commercial
prosperity. The character of the terii
tory beyond that place forbids the idea.
Troy has surroundings superior to any
town in Alabama.
lutereatiDK to Trull msllUera.
United States Internal Revenue,
Collector’s Office, 2d Dis., Ga.
Macon, June 9, 1869.
Editor Journal and Messenger:
Sir:— You incidentally mentioned a
few evenings since that “any facts ol
general interest, relating to the Interual
Revenue laws, you would be pleased to
publish.” As I have many applications
from all parts of the District, both per
soual and by letter, asking for informs
tion regarding the law relating to the
distillation of fruit, I have made as dem
and concise a synopsis of the law as 1
could in so short a space, which 1 be
lieve, at this time, will be of general
interest, and inclose it herewith. Should
you desire, I will follow with other facts
touching the Revenue laws, if, upon
examination, as with this, you think
them of interest enough to publish.
Very respectfully,
W. C. Morrill, Collector.
SYNOPSIS OF THE LAWS ON THE SUBJECT.
Every person intending to distill
brandy from apples, peaches and grapes,
exclusively, before entering upon the
business must—
-Ist. Register their stills with the As
sistant Assessor of the Division iu
which they reside, as provided in sec
tion 5, act of July 20, 1868. The As
sistant Assessors are provided with the
necessary blanks for tbia purpose,
which can be had on application.
2d. Notice must be given in writing
to the Assessor of the District, slating
the name and place of residence of the
person or persons intending to engage
in distilling, and the place where said
business is to be carried on ; also, the
kind of stills and the cubic contents
thereof; the number and kind of boil
e_rs, mash and fermenting tubs, and a
description of the lot or tract of land on
which the distillery is situated, the size
of the buildings, aud of what material
nonfltrnotfiH
3d. A bond must be filed with at least
two securities, to be approved by the
Assessor, in the penal sum of at least
SSOOO, conditioned that the party or
i parties will faithfully comply with all
j the requirements oi law relating to dis-
I filiation.
4th. A survey must be made of the
premises where tbe distillery is sium
ted, by tho Assessor, at the expense "I
the United States.
sth. A sign with the words, “Ilegis
tered Distillery” upon it must be placet!
on the outside of the building w lu re the
| distillery is situated.
! oth. A book or books must be kept
in form prescribed by the Commission
er of Internal Revenue, for the entry ol
the mash or wort used daily for distills
tion ; also the amount of proof spirits
produced daily.
7th. Returns must be made monthly,
to the Assistant Assessor, of the amount
of spirits produced and the tax paid at
the time of return.
Bth. No spirits can bo moved from
the distillery until the same is inspected,
and gauged, and the tax paid, stamps
affixed to tho casks or packages con
taining the spirits, by an officer desig
nated for that purpose.
9th. A special tax of fifty dollars is
imposed on all distillers of fruit who
distill one hundred and fifty barrels or
less per annum ; also a tax of two dol
lars per day while in operation.
All blanks and forms necessary to
comply with the abovo can bo had on
application to this office.
W. C. Morrill, Collector.
Peeler vs. Dickson .Cotton Seed.
—Quite an interesting experiment is
being made by two of our most practr
cal planters, near here, with cotton seen
ot the above varieties, on an aero of
ground. Each party uses fertilizers ot
his own choice, and cultivates at his
own discretion. The cotton is to he
picked, ginned and valued, the largest
amount of money being tho criterion of
success. No expense has boon spared
in enriching and cultivating, a haum
some wagor, in addition to the result o.
i the crop, being ample compensation lo r
the expenditure. As they are cultivat
ing on different plans, and use differe ul
kinds of fertilizers, as well as seed, tuo
land being supposed to bo the same, V l6
result will demonstrate the peculiarities
of the two kinds of cotton as regards
production, and character of staple, tho
different kinds of fertilizers and the de
ferent methods of cultivation; conse
quently the experiment is watcued with
groat interest, and will be very beneii
cial. Wc saw a stalk of tbe Peeler va
riety in town on Saturday, sth .nine,
which measured thirty-four inches from
the tip of the root to the poit oi the lea •
The Dickson variety is not so tall, u
from the road, as we passed, seem
larger and fuller of branches and lorrns
than the one stalk of the other vane y
which wc saw. We hope they bom
will give the public the benefit ot
explicit statement of their methods oi
cultivation, &c., when the question i®
decided.— Eufaula Times.