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FRIDAY MOESISB, AlO. 20.
Meeting of the Legislature.—
The Atlanta Constitution says it is ru
mored in Atlanta that Bullock is about
to convene the Legislature. God save
the State. m
Tcrneb Disposed Of.— The Macon
Journal and Messenger says the late
obnoxious incumbent of the Postoffice
has been removed, and Mr. J. H. Wash
ington has been restored to his place as
Postmaster at Macon.
The eldest son of the late Lord Stan
ley, of Alderly, England, became a Mo
hammedan some years ago while a
member of the embassy to Constantino
ple. By his father’s death he now be
comes a British peer and member of the
House of Lords—a Mohammedan peer.
Dougherty, who shot and mortally
wounded Col. Haightley, agent of the
Gulf Road, at Jasper Station on the
Live Oak branch, Sunday before last,
and made his escape, has been arrested
and committed to Jasper jail, llaight
ley died from his wounds.
Black Tongue. —The Rome Courier
says this fatal disease is prevailing
among the cattle to an alarming extent
in Chulio District in Floyd county.—
The Courier says it is not confined to
domestic animals, as is evidenced by
the fact that one man found four deer
that had died of the same disease.
Moina Cotton. —A correspondent ol
the Macon Telegraph writes that this
variety of cotton ginned on the common
saw gin, sold in Savannah last season
at 44 cents per pound, and that 70 cents
per pound was refused in Savannah for
a bale of it ginned on a long staple gin.
This must be the finest upland cotton
grown in Georgia.
Mysteriously and Dangerously
Shot. — Wts are creditably informed
that Mr. Jerre Wilson, who lives on
Tarapin Creek, near Ladiga, Ala., was
shot last Friday night, receiving a ball
or buck shot in bis left hip, one in his
left thigh, one in his left ankle, and one
in his right leg.
Our informant states that he had
heard various rumors about the matter.
One was that Mr. Wilson and six other
young men were out “ku kluxing” on
that night, and that the whole party
was fired upon from an ambush ; while
another report is that he was shot while
on his own, or his father’s plantation,
in search of a horse that had got out cf
the stable and wandered oil'.— Rome
Courier.
The New Secretary of War.—A
Chicago dispatch of the 17tli says :
A special from Des Moines to the
Chicago Tribune says a report comes
from the West through a pretty straight
channel that Gen. Guerrille M. Dodge,
Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific
Railroad, was telegraphed by Presi
dent Grant, the dispatch overtaking him
at Cheyenne, offering to him a place in
the Cabinet as Secretary of War, and
giving him two weeks to consider the
matter, Gen. Kawhus being compelled
by declining health to give up the posi
tion. Gen. Dodge left immediately for
Washington.
We do not know anything more of
Dodge than the country at large did of
Borie or does of Robeson, but he cannot
be more of a flunkey than Rawlins, nor
can he indulge a more implacable re
sentment toward Southern gentlemen
than the said flunkey.
Cheese Factories in Noigrn Carolina.
—The Editor of the “Be icon” published
at Greenville Ala., writing from Ashe
ville, N. C., Says.
There are three Cheese factories
within a few miles of this place, one of
which 1 visited yesterday. The largest
makes about 250 pounds of cheese per
day, each of the two others about half
that quantity. The cheese is preferred
by most persons to that brought from
the North or West. It is mild and
rich. Ten pounds of milk, I was in
formed, yields, about one pound of
cheese. The business, with escli of the
factories, is proving a success, as all
the cheese they make is readily sold,
and at a price—2o cents, which pays
very well. Except the outlay for cows,
the capital required to carry on a small
factory is quite small The largest of
the three in this vicinity has invested
in it, I learn, only about eight thousand
dollars.
Singular Freak of Nature -The
Courier is informed by a correspondent
that in the upper part of the State
there lives a young ex-Confederate
soldier, whose leg was amputated du
ring the war, near the thigh. After
amputation the wound rapidly healed,
and he was sent home. About a year
after a fleshy protuberance was seen to
grow out ol the flesh, which, in the
course of a few mouths, took the shape
of a foot, and since that time it has been
growing finely, until now the man has
a perfectly new toot and leg growing
from his thigh, which, in a year or so,
promises lo supply the loss of his leg
in the first instance. If iliis be true,
it is the most wonderful freak of dame
nature that has ever come lo our no
tice. Cha rlesto n ( ion rice.
Col. P.v reinson.- -This gallant repre.
sentative of the Democracy of the 3d
District is at present in our city, where
he has been received with enthusiasm
by a host of friends. We are glad to
learn that ho is now instituting pro
ceedings with view of contesting the
Congressional election in the 3d Dis
trict, and he is confident of being able
to show the perpetration of the grossest
frauds upon the ballot, box by the Radi
cal managers, and that, lie has actually
been elected by at leaf. 500 majority of
legal voters. — Monty Advertiser.
Horrible Outrage. The Macon
papers chronicle a horrible outrage com
mitted near station No. 10, ou the Ceu
tral Railroad ou Friday last. Two ne
gro men dragged two young ladies
into the woods and violated them.—
One of the negroes then cut off the arm
of one of the young ladies. Pursuit
was made aud one of the negroes was
caught and subsequeuty lost. The
other is represented to have but one
arm and one eye.
Mr. W. M. Wadley.— lt was rumor
ed here on the streets yesterday, that
Mr. Wadlev, President of the Central
Railroad, was lying dangerously ill in
Savannah. Mr. Virgil Powers, of the
Southwestern Road, started to Savan
nah yesterday morning ; bi}t we do not
know, certainly, that Mr. Wadley’s ill
ness was the reason for it. We can but
express the hope that the rumor is un
founded.—Macon Telegraph of yester
day.
Personal. —We had the pleasure of
meeting on yesterday Major Bartlett,
of the New .Orleans Times. The Major
looks a little pulled down by hard work,
but is en route to the Warm Springs,
where he will find everything calcula
ted to build up health, strength and
spirits.
Milton J. Saffold. — Judge Smith
has appointed M. J. Saffold, as Judge
of the Selma Circuit vice B. L. Whelan,
deceased. —Monty Advertiser.
Samuel Bostock, who has been on
preliminary trial in Atlanta, before a
justice’s court, for the murder of J. T.
Maloney, an account of which we pub
lished A few days ago, was discharged
on Thursday, on payment of costs.
WE RISE FOR INFORMATION.
The excessive dullness which always
precedes the opening of the cotton sea
son, has not confined itself to commer
cial circles, but has invaded the domain
of politics. Our exchanges are posi
'tively without point or freshness within
these last few days. Grant has joined
the bitter end radicals for good. The
drought is over. Senter has whipped
Stokes into submission in Tennessee,
and Canby is going to cram the iron
clad down the throats of the Virginians.
The civil law has whipped out the mil
itary in the city of New York, where
there are Courts and Judges who neither
respect or fear swords, spurs and feath
ers. We have commented on all of
these things, and find ourselves without
food for a leader, and yet the devil in
sists upon having something that will
| take the place of one. In this strait we
have concluded to rise and ask for a
little information. We desire light up
on some few points which neither rea
soning or research has been able to give
us. In the first place, then, for the last
four or five weeks we have not picked
up an exchange without meeting some
where in its columns an article with
the following startling heading: “Boy
lifted by a Kite.” Upon a nice ealeu
lation, we think we have seen and par
tially read that thing, say about twelve
or fifteen hundred times. Timidly, but
anxiously, we would now enquire if
that boy has come down yet? We
have an urchin who will fly kites of all
conceivable sizes and shapes. Those
who can sympathize with a parent’s
feelings only know how we long to
know if the boy lifted by the kite has
come down again. We have long since
stifled a curiosity once indulged to know
how the combat ended between the
snake and the weasel, which went the
rounds of the press for many months,
but if any body does know, just to
ify a once cherished yearning, we
would be thankful for the information.
While we are up we may as well empty
our budget of questions. Does any
body know whether Bullock is running
a keno rink in Atlanta ? The report
prevails to the extent that he is backing
up an enterprise of this character, and
we are always inclined to believe any
thing rascally we hear of Bullock.
Cause—we know him. One or two
more and we are doue for the present.
Where is the cotton to come from?
We have aided, abetted and assisted
our farming friends and brethren of the
press to create the impression that very
little cotton came up on account of a
cold and backward Spring. We—and
! we mean by that the farmers and other
editors—have positively affirmed that
the lice ate most of what little did come
up. We (the same included) have re
ported that the wet weather destroyed
half the crop, that the drought ruined
half, and that the boll worm, rust and
cotton caterpillar were vigorously at
work on the balance. Can anybody
tell us where the cotton is to come from?
Lastly—Have the officers in the new Re
publican party now being formed all
been divided out ? We ask this for the
reason that all the places of honor and
profit in the late Republican party were
apportioned before the thing opened
for business and went into operation.
We have been denounced as a fool and
a traitor, an impractical an extremist,
and unteachable a Bourbon, and several
other dreadful things, because we don’t
exactly see the point of joining with a
parcel of fellows, whose carpet bags are
empty, to form anew party to break
down the old Democratic one, and we
desire to know from the “medicine
men” and Board of Directors of the
new company if the good places are all
filled ? Don’t all speak at once.
Fate of a Scalawag.— Robert W.
Taliaferro, formerly post master at New
Orleans, finds himself in hot water. He
was a deserter from the Confederate
army, and having joined the Federal
command at Natchez, in 1863, he raised
a company of jayhawkers and spent his
time in pillaging and plundering his old
neighbors and friends in Louisiana.
For this —it could have been for nothing
e ] 3 e—Lincoln made him postmaster at
New Orleans. He is now in jail in tba.
city, in default of $15,000 bail, lor
swindling the governmeut out of some
twenty two thousand dollars.
Government and tub Telegraph.
-The bill enabliug the Bitish Govern
ment to acquire possession of the tele
graph has become a law. As soon as
the necessary arrangements are perfect
ed, the various lines in the United
Kingdom will pass under the manage
ment of the Post Office Department.—
N. Y. Times.
An immense pressure will be brought
upon Congress at its next session to
pass a bill authorizing the Government
to purchase the telegraph lines now in
operation in the country or to build
others.
Serious Accident. —From a letter
received yesterday by a gentleman oi
this city, we learn that several days
since, Miss Margaret Hill, a niece of the
late General A. P. Hill, of Confederate
fame, was accidently shot and killed at
Mclntosh’s Bluff, by her brother in law,
Mr. G. W. Skinner. It appears that
Mr. Skiuuer was iu the act of placing
fresh caps on His pistol, wheu it went
off, the ball striking the lady in the
the right side, causing iustaut death.—
Mobile Register.
Honors to Mr. Peabody.— Figaro
says “while Loudon raised a monument
to the wealthy American, Mr. Peabody,
the Pope has ordered a bust to the Yan
kee so universally honored. Ou his
voyage to Rome, Mr. Peabody present
ed to the treasury of Pope Pius IX., for
his poor, $1,000,000. A fact curious
to note is that Mr. Peabody is a Protes
tant.”
Stop the Runaway. —N. Mason,
the celebrated hor9e shoer, recently
from Y T ankeedom, absconded from A1
bany, on Sunday morning last, leaving
several of our merchants and this office
additional evidence of the faithlessness
of some people who hail from the North.
Hand him round, brethren of the press,
as a swindler and imposter. He is
about 6 feet tall, brawny and hard look
ing. His hobby is horse shoeing, and
several of our finest horses have suffered
from his skill.— Albany News.
Let Us Have Peace. —lt seems that
Keffer is running the State Journal in
the absence of Stokes, and had the mis
fortune to denounce the conduct of the
Sheriff’s offices in arresting the murder
er Collins, whereupon we learn that
Sheriff Barber has provided himself
w T ith a cowhide, which he carries in his
boot leg, and with which he expects to
touch the aforesaid Keffer. Barber
should be bound over to keep the peace.
Montgomery Mail.
Satisfactorily Adjusted.— lt af
fords us great pleasure to make the an
nouncement that the unpleasant diffi
culty between Dr. R. F. Michel, and
Dr. J. F. Johnston has been amicably
and honorably adjusted to the satisfac
tion of all parties by the Board of Hon
or, consisting of J udge Abraham Martin,
Col. John A. Elmore, and Col. Robert
Tyler, to whom the matter was submit
ted by the intervention of friends.—
Montgomery Advertiser.
Keefer of the Penitentiary. —
Gov. Bullock has appointed John Dar
nell, Sr., of Pickens county, Principa’
Keeper of Penitentiary, and published
the fact in his fourteen organs.
THE PRATT CASE IN NEW YORK.
We have already commented on the
late disgraceful proceedings in the city
of New York, where a United States
officer, by express command of the
President of the United States, and
backed by Federal soldiers attempted
tq; brow beat a Judge to override the
process of a civil court. The telegraph
has since informed us that the Govern
ment was compelled to back down, and
that Major Pratt, whom the Radical
journals of New York denounced as a
murderer, bushwhacker, assassin, &c.,
was discharged. We find in the New
York World of the 14th inst., the fol
lowing interesting account of the pro
ceedings of Barlow and his troops :
The United States Court building was
as warlike in its appointments, yester
day, as an arsenal in a beleaguered city.
At 5 o’clock in the morning, just the
hour when rustic farmers are whetting
their scythes in peaceful fields, a detach
ment of the First Regiment United
States Artillery marched into the city
from Governor’s Island.
The advent of these martial emissa
ries was a cause of wonderment to all
along Broad way. The marketmen who
were journeying with their stores of
fruit and vegetables delayed their ar
rival up town by halting and following
die soldiers. The police, who had
tramped the streets vigilantly through
the night, were at a loss to know what
could call artillerymen into the city or
who had summoned them. Various
were the speculations as to their mis
sion. Nobody knew where they were
going, how long they were intending to
stay, or what reason could necessitate
their presence here. The three com
pauies marched in quick time up Broad
way to the United States Court build
ing, where they tiled into Marshal Bar
low’s office. Chambers street was
drowsy witli her last morning nap.—
Nobody stirred through the street, for
as soon as the battallion had entered
the building the market wagons which
had followed the men were dragged
away, the occupants, in curious sur
prise, thinking that the military moved
in inscrutable ways to perform their
mysterious doings.
GRUB FOR TTIF. GARRISON.
Just after these movements occurred,
the Governor’s Island subsistence wag
on rattled up to the closed door of the
United States building. Here a small
crowd collected to sue three barrels of
crackers and bread, one barrel of beef,
and several boxes of coffee ami sugar
carried into the court building. Now
the crowd increased in numbers and
inquisitiveness. The people about the
building were determined to know what
these great preparations presaged.—
But
TIIE SOLDIERS ON GUARD
exhibited the uncommunicative mum
uess of Shakes when unmoved by the
spirit. They did not seem to know
anything ; they paced up and down the
hall in profound abstraction. When
questioned by those standing about,
they stared, and that was all, except to
hitch the gun up on their shoulder in a
more comfortable and unmilitary posi
tion. Two of the companies were quar
tered in the Grand Jury room ; another
one was stationed iu the United States
Circuit Court room ; a squad was plac
ed in the vestibule of Marshal Barlow’s
office, and three were put on guard in
the hall. Captain Shaw, after station
ing his men in this way, so as to dis
turb the success of the direful scheme
which was formed iu that nursery of
dark projects now a days —a judge’s
chamber—chivalricly disposed his limbs
to rest. At 9 o’clock the guard was in
creased, so that the main hallway of the
building looked like
an armory on the eve of battle.
The muskets were stacked through
the centre of the way, and sentries with
their hats cocked on their heads in the,
warrior’s style strode up and down,
knitting their brows and scowling
frightfully. It was evident that the
intent of the guard was to intimidate the
bystandeis by their valorous appear
ance, and thus prevent any serious
conflict. At 10 o’clock
THE LAWYERS.
were dropping in, and plying the taci
turn guards with professional voluble
questions. Your reporter heard the
following exciting dialogue between a
counsellor and the sentry :
Counsellor—Well, my boy, what
brought you here ?
Sentry stares profound, and takes
one step to the right.
•Counsellor—What right have you to
disturb the peace in this way ?
Sentry manipulates his trousers and
stares more profoundly.
Counsellor (swelling with rage at the
stolid indifference of the guard) calls
out iu painfully loud tones—Are yon
deaf or a fool ?
DUMB AS THE GREAT SPHYNX.
The sentry was nobly faithful to his
captain; the men received orders to
say not a word, to carry their ears as
though sealed with wax, and they all
did it. This is marvelous discipline,
but not calculated to give considerable
importance to the men. The counsel
lor moved away with clenched teeth,
muttering words of complaint about
garrisoning troops in court-rooms and
law libraries.
AT NOON
everything was excitement and confu
sion about the building. Blue trousers
and law books, briefs and
apple-women’were all mixed in inex
tricable complication. Everybody was
at cross purposes. The captain was
consulting with his sergeant, and the
sergeant conferred with the captain.
The captain was laying a plan for ap
proval, and the sergeant talked of a
change of orders. Neither knew what
the other was saying. Orders were
given and countermanded iu the same
breath. Those who were in harmony
through the confusion became diverse.
Nobody knew what was going on ex
cept the body who declared the igno
rance of everybody.
NEW COMERS—WHO WERE THEY?
At this time the halls were filled by a
new company, men, for the most part,
attired in light cheviot suits, and blue
aud black stripped shirts covering good
ly grown bodies, which bodies sustained
as a capital ornament a head, the hair
of which was heavily perfumed with
bear’s grease pomade, aud the face
glowing with an erubescent rubicudity
which told of a strong predilection for
adulterated croton. These gentlemen
were shod with the Grecian Bend shoe,
which is an insignia of the office, every
man induing hi3 feet with this particu
lar kind of shoe.
LOOKING FOR FIGIIT.
The men so gorgeously bedecked
were gazed on with interested attention.
The general question was “will they
arrest the Marshal The appearance
of the soldiery had infected the crowd
with a love for a fight. The Deputy-
Sheriffs all stepped out quietly, in a very
litttle time, and
QUIET RESUMED.
The departure was strangely abrupt.
At three o’clock there was a great hur
rying to and fro, doors closed with a
slam, keys make revolutions in the locks,
mysterious whisperings were heard,and
the impression prevailed that something
was going to be done. Nothing was
done, however, except the steak which
a restaurateur sent in for Marshal Bar
low, who was not inclined to appear on
the streets.
THE OBJECT OF ALL THIS POTHER.
The Marshal sat at his table all day,
and a rusty sword laid beside him, with
which he intended to awaken valor in
the battalion if they were attacked. A
grim smile stole over the Marshal’s
countenance when someone suggested
the propriety of girding it on his thigh
and going forth unattended. The Mar
shal did not do so, it is needless to say,
The guard relaxed their vigilance, be
stowing more attention on some tobac
co which they smoked laboriously and
chewed abundantly.
AN ARMISTICE—PRATT TO BE PRODUC
ED ON MONDAY.
A short time prior to 1 o’clock, the
hour at which the Pratt case was to be
called up before Judge McCunn in the
Superior Court, Special Term, United
States District Attorney Picrrepont,
made his appearance, and had a confer
ence with Judge McCunn in the private
room of the latter. The interview re
sulted in an understanding that Pratt
vould be produced on Monday, Judge
McCunn in the meantime to refrain from
issuing his warrant for the production
of Pratt or for the arrest of Marshal
Barlow. During the interview, Dis
trict Attorney Pierrepont informed
Judge McCuun that President Grant,
before his departure from the city, had
given to Marshal Barlow an autograph
order tor a detachment of the First Ar
tillery tor his protection from arrest. —
Judge McCunn, in reply said, Marshal
Barlow would have to keep the artille
rists during the term of his office; that
he would have either Barlow or the
prisoner Pratt. The general impression
now is that Pratt will be brought before
Commissioner Osborne on Monday
morning, and by him be discharged.
Judge McCunn has received a large
number ol letters from prominent indi
viduals approving his action.
THE MARSHAL AND HIS GUARD.
Gen. Barlow was uuxious to flee the
clouds of threatening war, and so, by
disguising his bead in a cap and seizing
a carpet bag in his hand, the Marshal,
undetected, made his way to the rear of I
the building, where a carriage awaited j
him. Getting into his carriage and
supported by the officers of the battal- j
ion, he rested unknown in Reade street, i
until a body guard of twenty men of the j
artillery were ready, and thus escorted
he made his way to the Battery, wheie
he embarked for Staten Island. It was
soon known that Barlow had avoided
the crowd, and a geueial expression of
pity for the timidity of the man was
heard. People talked meaningly about
Monday, and seemed satisfied to wait
the day when justice, they say, will
show herself to a wondering multitude.
After conducting the General to his boat
the guard returned to the building,
where they will he quartered until af
ter Monday.
RESUME OF THE CASF..
The position of Marshal Barlow in
the Pratt case, before resortiug to the
extraordinary measure of surrounding
himself with a detachment of artillery,
was as follows : Having arrested J. 11
Pratt, charged with murder at Jefferson,
Texas, he sent the prisoner before Uni
ted States Commissioner Osborn for a
preliminary examination, to ascertain
whether the charges against hint were
well founded and sufficient to justify
the Commissioner in holding him lor
trial. Not being ready to proceed at
once with the hearing, the Commission
er committed the prisoner, without bail,
and set down the case for the next day.
Meanwhile, Pratt applied and obtained,
through his counsel, a writ of habeas
corpus from Judge McCuun, of the Su
perior Court. It happened that this
writ was made returnable at the same
time that the examination of the pris
| oner was to take place before Mr. Os
born. The Marshal took Pratt before
; Judge McCunn, after obtaining perntis
sion from Mr. Commissioner Osborn,
the argument on the writ was heard,
and two days thereafter Judge McCunn
gave his decision, discharging the pris
oner from the custody of the Marshal
Mr. Barlow says that Judge McCunn, a
State officer, lias not the power to com
pel him, a United States officer, to dis
charge a prisoner. Whereupon, Judge
McCunn writes a warrant for the arrest
of Marshal for a contempt of court, and
the latter, who now has Pratt safely
ensconced within the walls of Fort
Schuyler, says he will not be taken.
He hears that the warrant is in the
hands of the deputy sheriffs for execu
tion, and forthwith sends to General
Grant for protection. Gen. Grant re
plied about as follows :
grant’s order.
General Barlow, United States Mar
shal, Southern District of New York:
I hereby direct you to maintain the laws
of the United States, and to resist all
efforts to take the prisoner J. 11. Pratt
front your custody, whether by order
of Judge McCunn or any other officer
in any of the State Courts. I also au
tliorize and request you to use all means
to resist the attempt to effect your at rest
and stop the execution of the laws of
the United States.
U. S. Gkan'l, Pres’t
GEN. M’DQWELL RESPONDS.
On receiving this Marshal Barlow
sent to Gen. McDowell, at Governor’s
Island, and asked for a detachment of
troops to protect him from arrest by the
sheriff. Gen McDowell responded by
ordering battalions from companies C,
D, and M of the First Regiment United
States Artillery, to proceed to the Mar
shal’s office, in Chambers sreet, under
the command of Capt. R. G. Shaw. The
men, numbering forty-seven privates
and four officers, marched into the Fed
eral building between five and six
o’clock yesterday morning.
Uomaiunicatod to the Atlanta Constitution.
Three Little Incidents of Prison Life
nl Camp Dour las—Horror l'lletl
n|ion Horror.
Dear Sir: —l give you the following
as facts, told to me by a prisoner, who
was pent up at Camp Douglas twenty
two mouths. His statement can be
substantiated by any number of witness
es :
INCIDENT NO. I.
In midsummer, 1804, it was exceed
ingly hot within the rock walls of the
prison in Chicago, known as Camp
Douglas. Indeed, taken iu connection
with the quality aud quantity of food
the Confederate prisoners were forced
to accept, iogether with their general
treatment, it was as much as the healthi
est of them could do to live—vast num
bers of them died.
In this condition of affairs, one poor
boy, probably twenty years old, nearly
exhausted with hunger and disease, with
the vermin all over him, in fact, in a
most pitiable condition, was leaning
over an old empty “hard tack” barrel,
trying to reach some bones which some
of the boys had picked, (it was suppos
ed he intended making soup of the
hones) his head and shoulders in the
barrel, when a stout, well fed federal
Lieutenant, numed Farocion, as well as
my informant can remember, but.nick
named “Old Bull,” walked deliberately
up to within four or five feet of him,
and with his revolver, shot him through
the heart. The poor boy fell over into
the barrel—a few quivers, a few spas
modic motions of the body and he was
dead.
INCIDENT NO. 11.
The arrangements tor the prisoners
to cook whatever of food there was for
them was poor. A long ditch about two
feet deep and four feet wide was cut just
in front of the fine of barracks, not more
than two feet from the door. On the
opposite side of the ditch from the bar
racks and just in front of each door,
was a sort of fire place dug in the earth.
My informant tells me that he was
standing one morning in the door of his
prison, when he saw a young man, a
prisoner belonging to the 62d North
Carolina regiment, come out of the door
of tne prison next to his—my inform
ant’s—with a coal of fire in his hands
preparatory to building up a Are, upon
which to roast his rations, when my in
formant saw an officer draw his revol
ver and deliberately shoot the poor
hungry fellow through the head, scat
tering his brains on the ground. The
young North Carolina soldier fell over
with his face on the fire he was making,
and was dead. My informant stepped
out to raise him from the ground, when
he was told by the Federal, “If you put
your hands on him, I wifi blow your
d—n brains out.”
INCIDENT NO. 111.
During this very hot season, the pris
on was infested with ail manner of dis
ease, and many of the soldiers (prison
ers) were wounded when captured;
hence the number of deaths ranged from
ten to fifty per day. At this j mature
some little matter had occurred among
the prisoners, creating displeasure with
the officers of the guard. About ten
o’clock, one day, twelve hundred men,
taking them as they come, regardless of
the sick and wounded, were ordered
out in the broiling hot sun ; fifty were
marched to the front, facing southward,
fifty others marched up just behind the
first fifty, with the toes of the rear rank
against the heels ot the front rank, and
so on until the whole twelve hundred
were in position when the order, “close
up, front rank stand firm,” was given
and obeyed until the twelve hundred
men were almost one solid mass of suf
fering humnn beings.
In that tiresome, restless, packed,
horrid condition, they stood, waiting to
hear their doom. At length Lieutenant
Farocion (“Old Bull”), the hero of in
cident No. 1, stepped forward and read
the order of the day. These twelve
hundred men were to stand in the con
dition I have just described twelve
hours, perfectly motionless, were neith.
er to sit down, turnaround, in fact, not
move during the whole of the twelve
hours.
Considering the condition physically
the men were in, and the nature of the
order, of course, it was well know, the
order could not be obeyed. In order to
enforce this unreasonable punishment,
a strong guard was posted around the
prisoners—perhaps the sentinels were
not more than eight feet apart. The
orders to the guard were that iu every
case, where one or more of the prison
ers moved in the least, to fire indiscrim
inately into the mass. When the pris
oners had been standing about two
hours, one of the sick men fainted and
fell, when volley after volley was fired
into the mass of prisoners. There were
three killed outright and several wound
ed.
Query: Did Audersonville exceed
this? Has Lieutenant Farocion been
sent along with Captain Wirtz ?
l’ours truly, Ex.
From WaaliiiijgtOKi.
Washington, Aug. 18.—In the case
of Cowdrey and others, versus the Gal
veston and Houston Railroad and oth
ers, Judge Swayue has made a decree
holding the Railroad, &c., of the old
company subject to mortgages, and dis
missing that part of Ihe complaint
which claimed the property of the suc
cessor company, and on individual lia
bility of the defendants. Both parties
appeal to the Supreme Court. Cow
drey, who represents the bondholders,
is placed iu possession of the railroad
until appeals are determined, Cowdrey
! giving security to account for receipts
| and profits while in possession.
Entire Cabinet absent.
Cuban advices to the 3th. Many are
fleeing from the Spauish conscription
and joining the Cubans. The discon
tent among the slaves is increasing.
Jordan and Quesada are fully holding
their own.
The Supervisors of Revenue in con
saltation here have agreed upon concert
ol action, whereby they hope to defeat
whisky rings. Details withheld.
A letter from Chief Justice Chase has
recently been exhibited, in which he
expressed great satisfaction at the re
sult of the Virginia election, and hoped
that a similar result would attend the
elections in Tennessee, Mississippi and
Texas. He intimates that the Republi
can party had served its purpose, and
that a great Conservative party ought
to be formed out of the moderate men
of all existing parties.
Cuban advices to the 9th—setni ofli
cial: The Cubans are rejoiced at order
of Deßodas for a general conscription,
and estimate that it will double their
forces. The negroes are asserting their
independence under the proclamation
of the Cespedes Government, and are
organizing for active operations? and
have taken the field at several points in
their own defence. Gen. Quesada is
rapidiy closing his lines, ami believes
that in 15 or 20 days he will be in pos
session of Neuvitus. Geu. Jordan is
being rapidly reinforced by conscription
Cubans and is incorporating them in
his army. He says he will immediately
commence offensive operations, with
appearances of success.
S'roiii Vir^iaifta.
White Sulphur Sprigs, Aug. 18
The Board of Trade delegates with
their families and prominent citizens
and members of the press from all parts
of the Union, reached here on an excur
sion train this morning eu route for
Clifton Forge. They return here this
evening.
On invitation of the Executive Com
inittoe of the Virginia Agricultural So
ciety, the Southern planters here will
hold an Agricultural Convention next
Friday.
Among the visitors here are Mayor
Banks, of Baltimore; ex-Marshal Hoo
ver, oi District of Columbia; Generals
Young, of Georgia, and Rhodes, of Vir
ginia; and Judge Parsons, of Philadel
phia.
Richmond, August 18. —Gen. Cauby
has ordered the discharge from custody
of police captain Callahan, who shot
and killed Joseph Kelley at the regis
tration office. Callahan had a prelimi
nary examination by a military com
missioner, but has had no trial.
From Mexico.
Mexico, August 13.—A conspiracy
against the life of Juarez has been frus
trated. The principal conspirators, in
eluding five generals, were captured.
The treaty between Mexico and the
North German Confederation has been
forwarded to Berlin for ratification.
The Indian revolt in Yucatan is
growing serious. Cuban residents are
volunteering to defend the cities. Two
Indian chiefs were captured and shot.
Tamaulipas revolution is ended.
The Queretero troubles, involving
State rights, is still pending.
From sau Francisco.
San Francisco, Aug. 18.—Directo
ry of the Central Pacific Railroad have
information of a conspiracy on part of
the former employees to burn all the
bridges, stock and fuel East of Sierra
Nevada. Measures have been taken to
frustrate the conspirators.
Wnntcil a Kemetly for Rust in Cotton.
Laurens Hill, August 10, 1809.
Editors Telegraph: Will you be kind
enough to allow me a small space in
your paper to make an enquiry of scien
tific planters if they know of any cer
tain remedy for rust in cottou ? My
land, once good for a thousand pounds
per acre without, has become subject to
rust iu many places, and this year it
has spread over the fields far beyond
anything of the kind I ever saw before.
The cold May—the protracted drought,
and the recent stormy weather, might
have made it worse than common, but
still I fear there may be some latent
cause existing in the land itself, inde
pendent of the seasons. What that
cause is, aud the remedy, with full par
ticulars how to applly the remedy, are
the points I wish to know, and would
feel thankful to any one for the infor
mation. It is the worst enemy I have
to my cotton crop, and I dread it more
than all others put together.
We have had plentiful showers ac
compauied with hail and wind, and my
cotton, where it has no rust, is putting
out anew top crop loaded with forms ;
but I have seen “air castles” before,
and am not at all elated at the prospect.
Jack Frost in Middle Georgia has an
ugly trick of handling all such samples.
Farmer.
A Curious Mf.i.o.v.—The wonders
pertaining to organized structures are
not confined to animals, but there are
plants whose form, instinct, and capa
bilities are more curious and interest
ing. In a tract of country in the South
western part of Africa, distinguished
for its dry but rich soil, a gigantic
perpnnial melon has been discovered,
which is a most delicious, wholesome
fruit, and w .icli is largely consumed by
the native inhabitants as food. lu
order that this melon may flourish it
is necessary that it should strike its
roots down through the sand thirty feet
to reach permanent moisture. This it
does, and grows in great luxuriance
where ail else is shriveled and parched
by heat. But this is not all. If it were
simply a huge melon, with a smooth
and delicate skin, every one would be
destroyed by wild beasts before ma
tured. To prevent this, nature has
armed its outer rind with a covering of
long, sharp, terrible thorns, which so
lacerate the mouths and noses of ani
mals that they are glad to leave them
alone in all their tempting freshness.
Man, with his hands and sharp knives,
finds little difficulty in opening the
luscious fruit. The natives have no
necessity for putting fences about their
melon-patches, for the plants are self
protective.
From Oliio.
Cincinnati, August 21—Two deaths
from heat,
A Picture or Reconstruction.
Under color of the monstrous lie that i
the Southern State Governments afford
ed no protection to life or property, the
Radical Congress by a series of meas
ures unjust, unconstitutional and vio
lative of all personal and political rights, j
and with the aid of Federal bayonets,
have succeeded in placing the Slates of
Alabama and South Carolina in the
hands of ignorant carpet-baggers and
brutal niggers. The other States have
| so stoutly resisted that Georgia and
Louisiana have been able to intimidate j
the wretches and the others are still
being operated on by Congressional
and military machinery.
In Alabama, there is no respect for
law or justice, and no protection for
life or property, save such as the citi
zens themselves have in their own brave
hearts and strong arms.
In South Carolina, matters are worse
than in Alabama. Every office is in
the hands of men inimical to her peo
ple, and men of the most depraved pas
sions and brutish propeusitics. The
press of that unhappy State daily teems
with accounts of outrages and viola
tions of the public peace.
A few weeks since, a club of base
bailers journeyed from the city of Sa
vannah to Charleston to have a friendly
bout with a club iu the latter place.
They were set upon and assaulted by a
mob of negroes, and would have been
murdered but for the interference of
the military stationed hard by the play
ground.
Within a week, the same club has
j repeated the experiment. The citizens
j of Charleston in defence of the time
i honored hospitality of their city, iallied
in force and prevented an outbreak,
1 though the carpet bag Mayor and his
minions endeavored to produce one,
and the friendly contest was played and
decided iu peace. But how was this
peace maintained V The following ex
tract from the Charleston News tells :
Inside of the rope, at short intervals,
were stationed a shim! 1 force of police,
armed with their Winchester rifles.
Inside ofthis cordon of sentinels rounds -
men patrolled. These sentinels had
orders not to permit any one to come
inside of the ropes without the permis
sion of the committee appointed for that
purpose. A short distance from the
grounds the main body of the police,
under Captain Hendricks, was station
ed. Two companies of United Slates
infantry, under Major Ogilsby, were at
the Guardhouse to be on baud in case
their services were needed.
There is a picture of Radical recon
struction. A couple of dozen young
men playing a harmless game, in broad
day light, in a city once noted for its
wealth, its refinement, hospitality, and
good order, have to he guarded by
policemen with loaded repeating rifles
and two companies of United States
infantry, under arms, to prevent them
from being beaten and murdered by a
nigger mob. This picture is not over
drawn nor highly colored, but is true
in every particular and detail. And
the scene from which it was taken was
enacted in the thoroughly Radically
reconstructed State of South Carolina.
The Congressional plan has been gone
through with, even unto the minutest
detail, and South Carolina has been
officially declared in full fellowship
with the other States of the Union.
She has come out of the process shorn
of everything save the spirit of her true
people. May her unhappy fate be a
warning to those of her sisters who are
being urged to “accept the situation.”
The Military Commission at Jtlier
son.
The following isapen-and ink sketch
of Brevet Col. B. H. Starr, one of the
Commission, who was challenged by
the gentlemen on trial, and was allow
ed to withdraw. The sketch is from the
pen of Capt. Barrett, of the Harrison
Flag, who lately paid a visit to Jeffer
son :
Brevet Col. 8. 11. Starr, Major of the
GUi Cavalry, is a veteran, having serv
ed with distinction iu the Mexican war,
aud iu the late unpleasantness between
the States. He is a man of advanced age,
hair and whiskers very gray, of intlexi
ble will, as indicated by a countenance
unusually stern aud rigid, and a cold,
piercing eye. By his side hung an
empty coat sleeve, proving what one
could not fail to believe at a glance at
him, that he had willingly aud fearless
ly placed himself where the death deal
ing missiles of combatants were mo9t
thickly showered. A man apparently
of the strongest passions, and hence
capable to air extraordinary degree of
nourishing the most intense feelings of
dislike, hatred, aud prejudice, his with
drawal from the Commission was hailed
with gratification, it being the almost
universal conviction that he was so
biased and prejudiced against the pris
oners as to render it a moral impossibil
ity for him to give iu his verdict accor
ding to the “law and testimony.”
The following is the gist of the chal
lenge, and the result, as briefly reported
by the editor of the Flag :
The accused, wheu the trial first
opened, were wholly unacquainted with
the records of the commissions, and
hence did not at that time have any
known reason to object to any member
of the same sitting iu judgment on their
couse ; that the conduct of one of the
members, during the entire progress of
the trial, bad been such as to force the
conviction upon their minds that he
had prejudged their case, aud was so
biased aud prejudiced against them as
to effectually silence the hope that he
would be governed by the law anil tes
timony, and it became necessary, to
insure a fair trial, that even at that late
hour in the proceedings of the Court the
continuance of Col. S. H. Starr, on the
commission should be challenged ; that
the single instance of his action during
the examination of the negro witness
Smith, was sufficient proot to sustain
the charges, and in addition that it was
a certain fact that Col. Starr had been
engaged, in conjunction with Gen. Buell
and others, iu hunting up testimony for
the prosecution, anil in various ways
manifesting a nervous desire for llieir
conviction and sentence. When the
challenge was submitted in full to the
Court, Col. Starr a9ked that the pro
ceedings of the Court while Smith was
testifying be read, and when this was
done, he asked permission to retire
from the commission. The Court with
drew for deliberation, and on returning
announced that the request of Col. Starr
to be allowed to from the
commission was granted. The Court
was then adjourned until Monday at 10
o’clock. —Shreveport South Western.
Cubans in Augusta.— On yesterday
we were informed that two natives of
the “ever faithful isle,” the “Pearl of
the Antilles,” Cuba, were in this city.
They have left their own country on
account of the insurrection, which is
now convulsing Cuba, and have sought
a refuge and a home in the Stale of
Georgia, unawed by reports of the Ku
klux and bushwhackers. We were
told that they have purchased a planta
tion in Columbia county, situated at the
headwaters of the Kiokee Creek and
about eighteen miles from the city,
where they will commence raising cot
ton. They are said to have paid ten
thousand dollars for the plantation.—
Augusta Chronicle.
The Iron Clad Oath to ee put to
Virginia.— A special to the New York
Herald of the 17th says :
There seems no doubt now that the
iron clad oath wifi be administered to
members elect of the Virginia Legisla
ture, and that the places of those who
cannot take it will be filled with the de
feated candidates. The next Legislature
will have to elect two Senators in ac
cordanee with an act of Congress passed
in 1860. The Legislature just elected
in Tennessee, will also under the same
law elect one on the second Tuesday af
ter it organizes.
Mr. Stephens on Greeley.
The discussion of the great princi
ples underlying the Constitution of the
United States, which is contained in
the work of Mr. Stephens, has awaken
ed interest among Northern readers.
The politicians of that section are writ
ing under the searching blows made at
their conduct before, during and since
the war, and they are greatly put to it
to defend themselves. Sometime since
old Greeley let fly a broadside at the
doctrine of States rights as laid down
by Mr. Stephens, and denied that he
even said anything that looked like
favoring the doctrine of Secession.’ Mr.
Stephens replies through the columns
of the Augusta Constitutionalist. From
his able letter, we make the following
extract which will be found more inter
esting to most readers than to Greeley
himself:
Now let me turn upon Mr. Greeley
and ask how it is w ith him in the prem
ises ? Was he not “ utterly mistaken”
when he said so vaiintingly for himself,
in the article now under review, that
“Horace Greeley never at any moment
of his life imagined that a simile State or
a dozen of States could rightly dissolve
the Union /”
Did he not expressly say, on the 9th
of November, 1869, through the col
uinus of the Tribune , that if the Cot
ton States shall decide that they can do
better out of the Union than in it, we
insist on letting them go in peace. The
right to secede: may be a revolutionary
one, but it exists nevertheless ; and we do
not see how one party can have a right
to do what another party lias a right to
prevent. We must ever resist the as
serted right of any State to remain in
the Uuion and nullify or defy the laws
thereof; to withdraw from the Union is
quite another matter /”
But, besides what 1 quoted him as
saying, did he not on the 17lh day ol
December, 1860, three days before the
secession of South Carolina, ill the I ri
biine, assert:
11 If it ” (the Declaration of Independ
ence) “ justified the secession from the
British Empire of three millions of col
onists in 1776, we do not see why it would
not justify the secession office millions
of Southrons from the Federal Union in
1861. If we are mistaken on this point,
why does not someone attempt to show
wherein and. why f ’
Again : Did lie not in the Tribune, on
the 2tld day of February, 1861, live days
afterthe inauguration of President Davis
at Montgomery, use this language :
“ We have repeatedly said, and we once
more insist, that the great principle em
bodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of
American Independence, that Govern
merits derive their just powers from the
consent of the governed, is sound and
just; and that if the Slave States, the
Cotton States, or the Gulf States, only
choose to form an independent nation,
THICY HAVE A CLBAR MORAL RIGHT TO
1)0 SO.”
These quotations from the Tribune I
see set forth by ex President Buchanan
in his work entitled “Buchanan’s Ad
ministration,” page 97. i take it for
granted they are correct. Then how in
the face of all these proofs can the Tri
bune now say that “ Horace Greeley
never, at any moment of his life, imag
ined that a single State, or a dozen States,
could rightfully dissolve the Union.”
Is not this a full, and explicit ac
knowledgment of the right of a State to
withdraw or secede ? Did the Southern
States ever attempt to dissolve the Uu
ion in any other way than by peaceably
seceding or withdrawing from it ? Mr.
Greeley knows, and the world knows,
that they did not.
One other remark upon this editorial
now under consideration.
In it Mr. Greeley says :
“According to Mr. Stephens’ concep
tion, a majority of the people of Dela
ware, consisting of less than 100,000
persons, might lawfully dissolve the
Union, but the whole population of
New York, south of the highlands—at
least 1,500,000 iu number—could do
nothing of the kind. Mr. Stephens’
may possibly be the true doctrine, but
it certainly never was ours, nor any
Republican, so far as we know. The
right, we affirm, is not based on the
Federal Constitution, but is before aud
above any and all constitutions.”
Just so, let it be said to Mr. Greely,
with the doctrine advanced by me in
the book referred to. It is not based on
the Federal Constitution, but upon the
authority that made that compact. It
is based upon principles existing “be
fore and above any and all constitu
tions.” It is based upon the Para
mount Authority (call it Popular Sov
ereignty or State Sovereignty, or by
any other name) by which all organ
ized States or peoples can rightfully
make or unmake State or Federal Con
stitutions at their pleasure; subject only
to the great moral law, which regulates
and governs the action and conduct of
Nations!
My conception, however, involves
no such nonsense as that exhibited in
his statement of it, touching the rela
tive populations of the whole State of
Delaware, and a portion only (being
a large minority however) of the pop
ulation of the State of New
Populations in this respect must be
looked to, anil considered, iu their
organized character. The doctrine ad
vocated by me with all its corollaries
rests upon the fact that Delaware,
however small Her population, is a
perfectly organized State—is a Sover
eign State—aud as such is an integral
member of our Federal Republic aud
that New York w ith her ever so many
more people is no more. The doctrine
is that ours is indeed a Federal Repub
lic—constituted, not of one people in
mass, as a single Republic is, but com
posed of a number of separate Republics.
In this Federal Republic the little
Republic of Delaware by the Constitu
tion of the United States, w’hich sets
forth the terms of the compact between
these several Republics composing the
Union, has just as much political power
in the enactment of all Federal laws, as
the great Republic of New York has,
without any regard to their relative,
respective populations. In the Con
gress of States, which is provided by
the Constitution to take charge of all
Federal matters entrusted to its control,
Delaware, to-day, with her little over
one hundred thousand population stands
perfectly equal in political power to
New York with her nearly forty times
that number. Congress under one sys
tem means the same now it ever meant.
It means the meeting or assemblage of
the States composing the Union by
their accredited representatives iu
Grand Council. In this Grand Couueil
or Congress of States, Delaware has
as much political power as New York.
It is true in one House of this Congress
her one member has but little
showflug against the thirty odd members
of New York, lluth er equality of pow
er is maintained in the other. Here this
perfect equality of political power be
tween all the States is as distinctly re
tained under the second Articles ot the
Union as it was under the first. No
law can be passed by Congress if a ma
jority of the States through their “Am
bassadors” in the Senate objects.
It is on the principle that the six New
England States with a fraction over
three millions of population, under the
census of 1860, have in the last resort
iu the Council Chambers of the Con
gress six times as much power in de-
termining ail questions before them, as
the State of New York, though New
York alone has a population oi over
half a million more than all these other
States together ! It is upon this princi
pie that these six States have as much
power in the administration of the Gov
ernment as the six States of New York,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois had with their aggregate
population o! thirteen and a half millions
in 1860.
These are facts which neither Mr.
Greeley nor any body else cau success
fully controvert.
Ours, therefore, being a Federal Gov
ernment is and must be, as all other
Federal Governments are, “a Govern
ment of States, and for States,” with
limited powers directed to specific ob
jects ; and not a Government in any
seme or view for the masses of the peo
ple of the respective States in their in
ternal and municipal affairs. This great
sovereign power of local self govern
ment, for which Independence was de
clared and achieved, resides with the
people of the respective States.
A ready and sufficient answer to Mr.
Greeley’s distorted “conception” about
the political power of the comparative
populations of Delaware and New York
may be given to hint from his own doc
trines. It is this : If a majority of the
people of Delaware, after due delibera
tion and full consideration, have the
same right, whether by virtue of State
Sovereignty or Popular Sovereignty, to
withdraw from the Union which they
had to declare their independence of
Great Britain, which he admits they have,
it does not therefore follow that less than
half the population of the State ol New
York can, with equal right, carry that
State out against the will of the majority,
though the minority in new York wish
ing to do so be five hundred or five thou,
sand times greater iu numbers than the
majority in Deleware ! He may, there
fore, not be alarmed at any of the legiti
mate consequences of his doctrine !
What he says about secession having
been carried iu the Southern States by
a violent, subversive, bullying, terror
izing minority, overawing, and stilling
a majority of the people oi these States
is nothing hut bald and naked assertion,
which cannot be maintained against the
facts of history. The question was as
thoroughly discussed as any ever was
before the people. Conventions were
regularly called by the duly constituted
authorities of the States, and members
duly elected thereto, according to law
in all these States which seceded before
Mr. Lincoln’s proclamation of war.
These elections were as orderly as elec
tions usually are in any of the Slates on
great occasions. In these conventions
Ordinances of secession were passed by
decided majorities ! It is true that a
large minority iu all these conventions,
save one, and in all these States, were
opposed to secession as a policy ; very
few if any of them questioned the Right
or doubted their duty to go with the
majority. But alter Mr. Lincoln’s proc
tarnation of war—after his illegal and
unconstitutional call for troops—alter
his suspension of the writ of Habeas
Corpus, no people on earth were ever
more unanimous in any cause than
were the people of the Southern States,
in defense of what they deemed the great
essential principlesot American Iree in
stitutions 1 There was not one in ten
thousand of the people, in at least ten
of the Southern States, whose heart and
soul were not thoroughly enlisted in the
cause ! Nor did any people on earth ever
make greater or more heroic sacrifices
for its success, during four long years ot
devastation, blood and carnage !
A majority of the people over awed
and terrorized ! Indeed !
If so, what became of this majority
when the Confederate armies, which
stood between them and their deliverers,
were overpowered V Where is the ma
jority now, even with the sweeping tlis
franchisement which silences so many
of the over awing tyrants ? Why lias it.
not been permitted to exercise tin ina
alienable right of self government, even
with the reinforcement of the entran
chised blacks? Why are so many of
these States, till this day, held under
military rule, with their whole popula
lions “pinned” to very bad Government
by Federal bayonets, under the pretext
of their continued disloyalty? This as
sertion, as to the state of tilings in the
beginning, is as utterly groundless in
fact, as it is utterly inconsistent with
the gratuitous assumption on which the
present pretext is based 1
Is it not amazing, Messrs. Editors,
that Mr. Greeley in the face of the tact
for the last four years, to say nothing
of those of the war, when according to
his showing the Administration at
Washington in rushing into it, were in
“the wrong.” 1 say omit all mention of
the wrongs ot the war, its immense sac
rifices ot blood and treasure, is it not
amazing iu the highest degree, that Mr.
Greeley, in the face of the facts of the
last four years only, should now repeat
to us the principles of American Inde
pendence as his creed ? Have not the
constitutions of ten States, as made and
adopted by the people thereof, founded
on such principles and organized in
such form as seemed to them most likely
to effect their safety and happiness,been
swept from existence by military edict?
Have not the people in these ten States,
including the arbitrarily enfranchised
Blacks, been denied the right to form
new constitutions, laying their founda
tions on such principles and organizing
its powers in such forms as to them
shall seem moat likely to effect their
safety and happiness ?” Have they not
been required and literally compelled to
form such constitutions as seemed most
likely to effect their safety and security
of the dominant faction at Washington?
Is this holding up to our gaze these
immutable and ever-to be-reverenced
principles of the Declaration of Inde
pendence, at this time and the present
circumstances, intended only as mock
ery added to insult, injury and outrage?
Yours, very respectfully,
Alex. 11. Stephens.
IliillroHil Meeting hi Webster.
Preston, Ga., Aug. 12,1809.
In accordance with a previous appoint
ment a number of the citizens of the
county met this day at the Court House
to take into consideration the building
of a Railroad from Amerieus to Lump
kin.
On motion of Mr. N. A. Winsor, Mr.
J. A. Cawood was called to the chair,
and T. L. Clarke requested to act as
Secretary ; aud on motion, the Chair
man in a few pointed remarks explained
the object of the meeting
At the close of tlie remarks by the
Chair, on motion a Committee of seven
was appointed by the Chair to retire
and draft suitable resolutions.
Ou motion this committee was ap
pointed : Hon. G. 8. Rosser, Judge J. J.
Chappell, Capt. A. J. Beaty, A. J.
Smith, T. 11. Pickett, Esq.; L. L. Ham
mond and J. 1). Stapleton. Pending
the absence of the Committee, some
short aud well suited speeches were
made by the Chairman, N. A. Winsor
and others.
The Committee on Resolutions re
ported the following, which were unan
imously adopted:
Resolved Ist. That the citizens of
Webster county, feeling the great ne
cessity ot railroad commuuication, will
heartily eo operate with the Ceutral or
South Western Railroad Company in
the construction of a railroad from
Amerieus to Lumpkin, via Preston.
Resolved, 2d. That a road running
through the places above designated,
being as near as practicable an air line,
aud passing through a territory where
the expenses of grading would be less
than in the construction ot a majority
of roads iu the State, would be the most
profitable as to the investment, aud
most certainly secure the objects con
templated : the convenience and neccs
sities of the agricultural, mercantile and
other iuterests.
Resolved, 3d, That we are determined
to have Railroad communication, and
if the Central or South Western Rail
road Company will not co-operate with
us, we will apply elsewhere for assist
ance.
Resolved, 4th, That for the further
ance of the objects contemplated in the
last resolution, a Committee of five be
appointed to correspond with President
Wadley, of the Central Railroad, also
with President Holt of the South West
ern Railroad, to ascertain which of said
companies will most certainly, most ex
peditiously and most ably assist in the
construction of said Road—in fine, to
ascertain what they will do, and what
they expect the people to do in the
premises ; and that said Committee ex
plain fully the resources and abilities of
the people to support aud maintain a
railroad.
Resolved, sth. That the Sumter Re
publican, Arnericus Courier, Macon
Telegraph and the Savannah Republi
ran, be requested to publish these reso
lutions and the proceedings of tins
meeting.
The following named gentlemen were
appointed to correspond with the Pres
idents of the Central and Southwestern
Railroad Companies, in accordance
with the 4th resolution: lion. G. S.
Rosser, Judge J. J. Chappell, Capt. J.
P. Beaty, T. L. Clarke and J. D. Sta
pleton.
On motion the meeting adjourned, to
meet again the Ist Saturday in October
next.
J. 11. Cawood, Ghm’n.
T. L. Clarke, Sec’y.
The Albany News, of the 20th, says :
Though there has been some slight
rains in the neighborhood, this vicinity
is still dry and the heat is intense.
The crops arc burning up but some
plantations are doing well. The oak
aud hickory, or clay lands are especially
fine. The pine lands are reduced by
the rust at least 33j per cent, if not one
half.
New cotton is no longer a novelty.
Several bales have beeu received. Sta
ple very good. The Peeler is popular.
NOGTH.WESTERN RAILROAD,
We regret that our space will not per.
mit the publication in full of the report
of tho President and Superintendent of
the South Western Railroad.
We make some extracts from both.
The President says ol the caruiugs :
You will timltUo gross earning amount
to $910,110 00
And that tlio expenses, including re
venue taxes, have been 640,729 so
Leaving net earnings s3iio,;;sn 17
This amount ot S3OO :380 17 has been
disposed of as follows, to-wlt: 4 per
cent, dividend on tho stock of this
Oompany in February $128,430 On
Two per cent, on tbc stock oi the
late Muscogee Railroad 12,8.3200
On preferred stock of that Road 470 uo
On guaranteed Stock of that Road... 2,000 oj
Interest on bonds to da to.. 48,020 00
Four per cent, dividend this day 166 092 0
Appropriated lor taxes ( J,;>oo uo
$350,380 Ot)
Leaving surplus of s+,> oj 17
He alludes to the shortness of the lasi
crop, to explain the tailing oft of buni
ness of the current year, and predicts
fine business during the coming sea
sou.
lie also furnishes the following .1,
tails of the agreement cnieied into he
tween the Central ami South Western
Road.
1. The organization ot the S«.u:li
Western Railroad Company is i,> 1..
maintained. Thu President uuil Din e
tors to be elected annually as lien iniiuv
Compensation to the President and 1
retary ami Treasurer, and means to ,i.
fray the expenses of the Board ol Dm .
tors at their meetings, to he proviih
for by the Central Railroad and Haul;
ing Company, including office, bool,
stationery, etc.
2. Said Company to receive the culm
assets of your company, and to pay
whatever liabilities there may be out
standing against it, Including those that
may he presented against the late Mas
cogee Railroad Company.
To make provisions iu payment ol
the accruing inten st on the bonds ol
your Company, as wi II as any iuterest
that may have accrued, and not present
ed on either your bonds 01 the bonds
issued, and now in existence, by the
late Muscogee Railroad Company, lo
protect the same at maturity, and to pay
said interests, as well as dividends,
when declared, at Macon and Savannah,
for the benefit of the bonds ami share
holders, as is now being doue by your
Company.
A 'lUe Central Railroad being accus
tomed to pay dividends annually, at the
rale of ten dollars per share on its eapi
tal stock, and your Road at the rate ol
eight dollars per share, it was mutually
agreed that tho Stockholders of this
Company were to receive dividends in
the months of June and December, at
the rate of eight dollars per share per
annum : Provided, the rate ol ten del
lars per share was paid the Stockliohl
ersofthe Central Railroad and Bank
ing Company, during the mouths
mentioned above annually. But should
that Company increase their dividends
beyond that amount to their own Stock
holders, then your stockholders are to
receive a corresponding ratio of increase,
as eight is to ten dollars. It was fur
ther agreed, that in no event should the
Stockholders of your Company receive
a less amount of dividend than seven
dollars per share per annum, which is a
guarantee wort hy of your consideration,
when you reflect that causes might
operate, or circumstances intervene, to
deprive the Stockholders ot that Com
pany of dividends for a season.
sth. It was also mutually agreed be
tween the contracting parties, that a:;
our fiscal year commences the Ist ol
August, and that of the Central Rail
road on the Ist day of December, that
this Company declare and pay its usual
semi annual dividend to its Stockliohl
ers during the present month, and that
a fractional dividen of two dollars ami
fifty cents per share be declared amt
paid them in the month of December,
so that thereafter the Stockholders ol
the respective roads may receive their
regular dividends in the months of J line
and December, instead of February ami
August, as has been customary with this
Company.
Clh. It was further covenanted and
agreed, that the Central Railroad and
Banking Company of Georgia was to
keep the road-bed, station houses, cn
giues, cars, and everything appertain
ing to the Company’s interest, in as
good condition as when received from
the officers of your Road, and should it
neglect or fail to pay any interest on
bonds, or bonds at maturity, or fail to
pay dividends within six months alter
the same may be due, then this Compa
ny has a right to annul the contract,
and the Central Railroad and Banking
Company binds itself, in the event the
demand is made, to return the Road,
with all of its appurtenances, in as good
condition as when received, together
with all of its assets, or tliuir cquiva
lent.
7tli. It was also covenanted and
agreed, that should a stock dividend be
declared out of the accumulations be
longing to, aud nowiu the hands of the
Central Railroad and Banking Compa
ny, and paid to its stockholders, tlmt
the stockholders of this Company shall
receive their proportion of the same in
the ratio as eight is to ten, ami that
the net earnings received from the op
erations of the bank, as welt as interest
from accumulations, to be considered
as part of tlie earnings of the Road, and
that all the dividends paid to the Stork
holders of this Company, to be lice
from revenue taxes.
The engineer and Superintendeiilfur
nishes a very satisfactory report of the
conditon of the road and Us working
material, makes suggestions as to the
laying of new anu heavy iron ou those
portions of the road needing it, ami pre
diets a prosperous business ami good
returns, lie gives the following ex
tracts oi expenses :
The expenses for the year, includim 1
the additional fifty miles, (Muse. ..
Railroad,) for nine months, have be. o
$549,729 89; last year, exclusive >■'
the fifty miles, $577,807 82. Decrease,
$28,077 93. if to this we add sll2 d.s ;
1 2, tlie expenses of the Muscogee Hail
road for nine mouths in 1868, it will
show the actual decrease in expenses ut
1869, as compared with 1868, to haw
been $140,465 65.
lie also reports the following surveys:
By your direction 1 organized a party
under the direction L. W. Dußois, Esq.,
and put them in tlie field below Albany,
on the 12th day of July, aud had a pre
liminary line run from Albany to Now
ton, in Baker county.
The line, after leaving Albany, was
carried in a southwesterly direction,
along and near the Road to Jordan's
Ford, on the Colawahee Creek, ami
thence along the Road nearly west,
about one and a half miles to the New
ton and Palmyra Road, and then nearly
south along and near that Road to
Newton.
The country is very leve l aud favor
able for the building of a railroad. The
distance, by the survey, is 201 miles,
but ou a location can be reduced to 24
miles, by running a straight fine from
Albany in a southwesterly direction,
(crossing the Colawahee Creek at or
near Jordan’s Ford,) to the Newton
and Palmyra road, and thence in a
straight lino nearly south to Newton.
The country being level, and presenting
no obstructions, except ponds, the
Road can as well be built upon straight
lines as any other. All that is uec.es.-a
ry, wifi be to select the particular points
or localities you wish the Road to pass,
and direct lines can be ruii from one t"
another.
It will cost about if 12,000.00 per mile,
with similar track to the one now ou
the Road to Albany.
The party are now engaged in making
a preliminary survey from Fort Gaines
or Franklin to Abbeville, Alabama.
As that country is broken, it will he
several days before the survey is com
pleted aud estimates of cost, etc.,
made up.
From Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia, August 21. T'Le
creeks have dwindled to puddles an!
several disastrous fires have occurroi!
Much apprehension from want of water.
From Now Vorfe.
New York, August 21.— The steamer
North America from Rio Janeiro 20th,
arrived. The sloop of war and gunboat
Kansas are there. All well. It is i‘-
ported that Ministers McMahon am
Worthington with their families would
return via Kurope.