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WEDNESDAY MOBBING FEB. 23.
Claiming the Privilege.— We have
seen a document from Washington,
franked Joshua Hill, U. S. 8.
Bragged the Board —One ol the
defeated aspirants for Senator offered to
bet a thousand dollars in Atlanta, a few j
days since, that Blodgett, Farrow and
Whitely would not be admitted. There
was not stamps enough in the Bullock j
ring, from the State Road, or confidence
sufficient to cover the bet.
Bullock’s Friend. Wbittemore,
the carpet bagger, who is to be expelled
for trafficking in West Point Cadetships,
is the most ancient and intimate of Bul
lock's friends, it was he who defended
Bullock against charges of theft and ly
ing, and it was to “My Dear Wliitte
more’’ that Bullock addressed a long
reply to the indictment pn-|.-.n and against
him by Treasurer Augiur.
K.CAfitD— The inebriated idiot, Ed
wards, who formerly misrepresented
this D strict in Congress, will escape j
the puuisbuu utinilicted onWhUtemore. j
Wiilinm being out, the House cannot j
expel hint .Neither cau the unfortunate
man to whom William sold a West |
Point Cadetship, recover his funds. j
Gen. J. G. Walker, who procured j
fionr California two huudred and fifty j
Chinese laborers to wmk on the Texas |
Central Railroad, in a letter to a gentle- j
man in Baltimore, expresses himself |
highly satisfied with their disposition
to labor and be contented. So wtdl |
pleased is he with the experiment, that j
he expresses a determination to return
to California this spring and endeavor
to duplicate the number.
In noticing the late election of Sena
tors by the Georgia Legislature, the
New York Tribune omits the name of
Foster Blodget, Bullock’s pet. The
perjurer was too heavy a dose to inflict
on its readers. After mentioning the
names of Farrow and Whitely, as the
two uew Senators elect to contest the
right to seats with Hill and Miller, the
Tribune remarks, “We only hope the
tendency of this new action may not be
to add any further complication to the
Georgia case.”
On the pretence of searching for per
sons concerued in the murdor of Capt.
Tully Gibson, in Sunflower county,
Mississippi, the blue coats, we hear,
are rumaging the country generally,
more in the style of maurauders than
peace preservers. Among other places
visited by them last week was the plan
tation of Mr. Dick Powell, where they
tired and burned the buildings on the
place. Brave men, these blue coats,
when their opponents are disarmed.
Specimen Raidebs.— From a com
munication to the Atlanta Constitution,
from a member of the Legislature from
Morgan county, named Williams, we
mulitt tllO foiloyriag catrrtot in record to
the members who digged deep on the
mileage question :
T. G. Campbell and his son, from Da
rien, report themselves 870 and 900
miles. The distance from here to Ma
con is 103; Macon to Brunswick 185
miles, and from Brunswick to Darien,
20 miles. Virgil Hillier, of Camden,
St. Mary’s, reports 1,030 miles, only
forty miles from Brunswick. O’Neal,
of Lowndes, 900 miles ; he lives at Val
dosta. B. F. Powell, of Decatur, re
ports 1,005 miles, and Mr. Bruton, of
the Senate 1,062; 103 to Macon, 145 to
junction with Gulf Road.
These facts present an unanswerable
argument in favor of the removal of the
Capital to Milledgevllle. It will not
cost so much to reach a point so central.
The case of Senator Brnton appeals for j
aid in the completion of thaßainbridge, i
Cutbbert and Columbus Railroad,to give j
him a “short cut” to get to his public j
duties. But if tl>e fare on the road is to j
be measured by his mileage, the general j
ravel will be slim.
A bill bas been introduced into the
South Carolina Legislature to incorpo
rate the Wilmington and South Caroli
na Railroad The new r charter la to
cover the Wilmington and Manchester
road, which is to be extended from
Manchester across the State in the di
rection of Milieu, Georgia, to connect j
at that point with the Georgia Central j
road. There can be little doubt of the !
granting of the charter; and, as the
completion of the road from Augusta to j
Columbia, has drawn oil' from the old
route, via Manchester and Wilmington,
a sufficiency of the travel to render the I
road, with its present connections, ot
little value, we may look to the building
of the above mentioned extension as an
assured tact, aud at an early day. This
would greatly shorten the distance be
tween this city and Wilmington, and
place the route on an equal footing, as
to distance aud directness, with that via
Columbia and Charlotte.
Postoffice Changes in Georgia.—
The Atlanta Constitution furnishes the
following postal information :
ESTABLISHED.
One new office called Eastman, Pu
laski county, Oa.
One new office called Loyal, Carroll
county, Ga.
DISCONTINUED.
The office called Attapulgus, Decatur
county, Ga.
The office called Flat Pond, Lee coun
ty, Ga.
HE ESTABLISHED.
The old office called Hannahatchee,
Stewart county, Ga.
I'he old office called Laurens liill,
Laurens county, Ga.
The old office called Naomi, Walker
county, Ga.
The old office called Sharon, Taliafer
ro county. Ga.
The old office called Stephensville,
Wilkinson county, Ga
Hailkoad Station Indicator —This
instrument, invented by Mr. E. 15
Marshal], of Atlanta, which answers the
double purpose of a time-keeper and in
dicator of the name of the station being
approached by the train, we learn, has
been put to practical use on the passen
ger cars of the Atlantic and Western,
the Macon and Western, the Georgia,
the Atlanta and West Point, the Geor
gia Central, the Atlantic and Gulf, the
South Carolina, the Augusta, Columbia
and Charlotte, and the Charleston and
Savannah Railroads. We also hear that
it will shortly be placed on the passen
ger coaches of the Macon and Bruns
wick, and the entire line of roads from
Macon to Mobile—the South Western,
Montgomery and West Point, and
Montgomery and Mobile. By this in
strument passengers are informed of the
name of the station being Approached,
that they may be prepared to disem
bark. In addition to this, it keeps trav
ellers posted as to the name of the dif
ferent stations, and in this way saves
the conductor the annoyance of answer
ing questions.
YOL. XI.
Tlie Fate of tlie Peacemaker.
Some days since, “in a moment of
madness,” or something else, we ten
dered our kind offices as mediator be
tween two erring and irate brethren of
the quill—the editors of the Mobile
Register and Tribune. We have al
ready given (he rather ungracious re
! sponse of the Register. The Tribune of
Sunday last make at us as follows:
In regard to the “personal phase,”
the Register is right. “It is mere moon
shine compared to the public issue.”
Btu we remind the Register that if it
succeeds in slayiDg the public enemy in
the Tribune’s belly, it will commit sui
cide—for the Register itself is that one- !
my, swallowed by the Tribune in the j
late controversy.
As for our having gone to the enemy,
the Sun knows, it he ha3 watched our
columns as closely as he should have i
done before offering his mediation, :
that, even “in a moment of madness,”
we could not go in that direction if we !
would, for we have burnt the last
bridge that connected us with the ene- i
my—and that is the Tammany bridge, j
The Register in the meantime has felled
a sapliDg over the stream that divides
U3 from Tammany, and, (for the Tri- <
buue treats it occasionally as the whale
did Jonah,) stands at the present writ- j
ing, with axe on shoulder, by the stump
; of the sapling, calling upon the South
j ern people to abandon their own Holy
Land and pass over on the rickety con
; concern into Tammany—for, verily,
there be loaves and fishes in that Tam
many camp, and horses and chariots,
and sheckels of gold and of silver, and
garments of Tyrian purple, and harps
also, and of precious stones and costly
spices a very great storethe same
that were conquered out of the hands of
the wicked “rebels” of the South. And
bow the camp of the Tammanyites and
the camp of the Radical Philistines,
with all the spoils thereof, are surround
ed by a common wall, with the servants
of both as watchmen in the towers
thereof, behold, is it not written in the
chronicles in the wars of King Abra
ham?
If our friend Lamar himself, the edi
tor of the Sun, ever fancied that ho is
enough of a Biondin to walk that sapling 1
he is too honest to attempt it now, even
“in a fit of madness.”
It has taken us many years to learn
that he who interferes in editorial squab
bles meets with a reception similar to
him who goes between man and wife
during a domestic storm. Thanks,
Messieurs, the lesson shall not be lost
upon us. As the controversy has long
since passed the dangerous point, with
uplifted hat, we beg pardon for the in
trusion, and retire from the field. It
may not be uninteresting to the public,
or at least that portion served by the
Sun, to learn that our friends, Forsyth
and Eggleston, though pushing for
tho front by different routes, are likely
to reach the point where strong arms
and stout hearts are needed without a
useless waste of ammunition by the
wayside.
Sui’EBIOK COUBT YeSTBBDAY.— At
about 11 o’clock the Court closed the
calling of the Common Law Docket,
and took up the Equity Docket. On
account of the recent resolution passed
by the Legislature, in relation to non
action upon cases brought before June,
1805, that docket was rapidly proceeded
with.
The first case which was in order and
met aUeutiuu, wao ilaati v/f «T. A., Jj. IjW
vs. Farley B. Adams, et als., a bill of
injunction to restrain an action of
ejectment pending on the common law
side of the Court. In this case appear
ed Major Williams and Blanford aud
Thornton for the complainant, and
Chappell & Russell and L. T. Downing,
Esq., for the defendants. The case
“went off” on a demurrer argued by
Col. Chappell for defendant, and Mark
H. Blandford, contra. The Court sus
tained the demurrer, bolding that com
plainant had proper relief, under his
amended bill at Common Law.
As this was the first occasion, since
his return to practice, that the venera
ble and distinguished Col. Chappell has
had occasion to address the Court, he
was listened to by all present with most
marked attention, and he delivered
himself in a manner, and with the ef
fect, worthy of his old renown. To the
older members of the Bar, it reflafied
the period when he stood head and
shoulders high In the forum and at the
hustings, and when he held deserved
rank with the first of Georgia’s noble
sons in our legislative halls.
Before Court adjourned a case was
reached, and a jury stricken in it. It is
R. M. Gunby vs. Win. Perry and oth
ers, to rescind a land trade, on the
ground of improper representations
made to the purchaser. In this case,
which will be resumed this morning,
Gen. Henry L. Banning and Col. .Tas.
N. Ramsey appear for the complainant,
and Chappell & Russell aud Moses &
Downing for the defendants.
Hon. James M. Mobley, of Harris,
and D. 11. Burts, Esq , of Chattahoo
chee, were among the non-resident
members of the Bar present yesterday.
To Destroy Rats.—A writer iu the
Plantation says that, aftertrying all the
different rat exterminators of which he
could hear, with but little effect iu ex
hausting the number of these destruct
ive posts about his premises, he took it
into his head to provide himself with a
supply of female cats. He began with
two, and in a short time the number of
rats began to diminish, and within a
few mouths they cease to be troblesome.
He has been careful to keep a supply
i ever since,and his premises have become
totally exempt from these pests. He
further says that since they cleared the
place of rats, the cats took to the rabbits,
and he seldom sees one in the vicinity of
the place or on the plantation. He esti
mates that five female cats on the prem
ises of a plantation are worth to the '
owner at least fitly dollars apiece. 11c
would not be without them for that
sum. The remedy is a cheap one.
The Cadet Speculation.— lu addi
tion to the unearthing of the carpet- ,
bagger Wliittimore, of South Carolina,
the scalawag Edwards, of Georgia, and
B aeUburu, of Louisiana, as dealers in
the cadet speculations, the committee
have turned up one Snewton Pettis, of
Pennsylvania, a member of the House
of the last Congress. The Army and
Navy Journal thinks the drum-head
court martial the proper tribunal to han
dle this class of offences, and recom
mends that these gentlemen be turned
over to Gen. Sherman and Admiral
Porter, to be tried by that humane tri
bunal. It thinks a season of reflection
at the Dry Tortugas would be of ser
vice to them and the States they misre
present. We concur in the opinion,
most decidedly, with the Journal.
The dwelling of Mr, J. C. Holman, in
the town of Center, Cherokee county,
Alabama, together with everything in
the house except one bed, was burned
on Thursday last.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE
Monday— ln the Senate, Mr. Martin,
from the select committee, reported a
substitute for the House bill to locate
permanently the county site of Russell
county ; the substitute was indefinitely
postponed, and the House bid ordered
to a third reading.
Senate passed bills, adopting the re
port of the committee on registration.
[That report amends section 26, of an
act to regulate elections in this State,
approved Oct. 8, 1868, and refers to the
payment of officers holding elections] ; i
joint resolution to the effect that, as the
Legislature of Florida has adjourned, i
the bid now before the Senate to provide
for the annexation of West Florida to
this State be postponed till the second
Tuesday of the next session of the Gen- 1
eral Assembly of this State ; to estab- j
iish new charters for the cities of Eu- :
faula and Opelika, and incorporate the ;
town of Tuskegee; to provide for the
establishment and regulation of the In
dependent Telegraph Company in Ala
bama. Pennington’s resolution, that it
is the duty of the Senate to classify, as
required by the Constitution, was re- j
jected. The Governor signified that he
had approved and signed the General
Improvement bill.
House recommitted bill to provide for
the payment of teachers of free schools
in 1868-9. House passed bills to pro
vide for a standard measurement of tim
ber ; to repeal the act establishing the
Masonic Home in Chambers county;
to extend the powers of courts of Pro
bate. House referred bill to hold an
election for county Superintendent of
Pike county, and tabled one to increase
tlte Supreme Court Judges to five.
Tuesday —The Senate concurred in
■ the amendment of the House bill to re
| organize the municipal government of
i Mobile, and to provide for the election
ot officers thereof, tor the purpose of
correcting and re-enacting the same.—
: Mr. Motley’s motion to commit the bill
to Special Committee was lost. The
motion to suspend rules was lost and
the bill goes over to a third reading.—
Senate passed bills to order a special
election in Macon county; to amend
section 2851 of Revised Code. Senate
concurred in the House amendments aud
passed the Senate bill “to furnish the
aid and credit of the State of Alabama
for the purpose of expediting tlie con
struclion of Railroads within the State,”
returned to the Senate with amend
ments by the House. Bill to relieve
Henry and Jensey Pillis of Macon coun
t.y, from the pains and penalties of mar
j'ying more than once was laid on the ta
ble. Penning consideration of joint
resolution that the two bouses adjourn j
sine die on the 25th inst., Senate ad
journed to 10 a. m., Monday.
To the House, the Governor signified
his approval of the following bills,
originating in the House, to provide for
the extension of State Bonds, due in
London June 1, 1870; to make Victoria
Harris, of Macon county and Eliza
Pipkin of Bullock county, free dealers;
to establish a charter for the town of
Troy; Bills were passed for relief of
widows and orphans of the State; to
expedite the construction of railroads;
to incorporate the town of Midway; to
amend the act to create and regulate
railroad companies.
Alabama State Aid Law’.—Both
Houses of the Legislature have passed
the law extending until November, 1871,
the benefit of the State Aid Law, which
allows the endorsement by the State of
first mortgage bonds to the amount of
sixteen thousand dollars per mile. The
old law expired on the 19th.
Alabama Legislatuee—Tuesday.
—Senate passed the bill to legalize all
the acts of the counties, towns and cities
or me state, none in suDstantialcompli
ance wnn me act to authorize them to
subscribe to the capital stock of rail
roads. Senate concurred in House
amendments to bill to apply and extend
the law of garnishment to cases in
chancery, and a Memorial to Congress
for the renewal of certain land grants.
The Mobile municipal bill was discuss
ed, without action, all the morning.
During the night session, the House
supplement was rejected by a vote 11 to
6, leaving the whole matter as it was
before any bill was introduced.
The New York Herald, in referring
to the action of a reviewing court in the
case of Schceppe, convicted of murder
and sentenced to be hung, says “it is as
difficult to save a man in Pennsylvania
as it is to hang one in New York. In
New Jersey they hang murderers in a
straightforward way, without, palaver,
In Pennsylvania they talk a great deal,
but hanging is generally me end of it.
It is only in ISew York the practice is
played out.” In this the Herald is mis
taken. It i3 played out in Georgia
also. It a man be convicted of a crime
in Georgia, now a-days, and sentenced
to be hung, or to the Penitentiary, all
he has to do is to confess allegiance to
Radicalism, and forthwith he is re
prieved by Governor Bullock and re
stored to citizenship.
In response to the Enquirer’s men
tion of a colored man and his wife, in
this city, who makes several dollars a
day, owns a comfortable home and a
horse and wagon, the Opelika Locomo
tive throws dirt in this wise. It says,
"We know one who rides one of the
finest horses in Lee county, and is own
er of two others, has bought a neat farm
with the proceeds of his labor, takes
two Democratic papers, and, every now
and then, comes out with the boast that
“he holds himself too much of a gentle
man to mix wid de Radicals and Scal
lawaggers.”
Senatorial Dignities. —The Quin- |
cy (Fla.) Monitor says : On Saturday |
evening last one distinguished Senator
was seen indulging himself in a genuine
Southern breakdown in the midst of a j
crowd of admirers, a colored gentleman |
being engaged in patting Juba after the j
most approved style for his express
benefit; and another prominent Sena
tor was discovered dead drunk laid out
like a corpse with his hands crossed
peacefully on his breast, and his jaws
tied up with a white handkerchief.
Bourbon Prospects in Spain.—
Late events in Spain are bearing fruit,
i Tbe motion made a fortnight ago in the
I Cortes by the Republican leader, Cas
telar, to exclude forever all Bourbons
| from the throne, was rejected by 150
S votes to 37, and the discussion which
attended it called forth from Prim the
important declaration that, while his
famous “Never” was repeated six times,
instead of three, as generally supposed,
: three of them were intended for Isabel
la, and three for her sod, Prince Al
phonse, but that tha word did not ap
ply to any other person. Read by this
statement, tbe announcement by cable of
Montpensier’s presence in Madrid, and
[ his interviews with the Marshal and the
Admiral, becomes significant. Time
has evidently been working in favor of
i the candidate whom Don Henry of
Bourbon contemptuously styles '“An
j orange grower on the banks of the Gau
dalquivir,”ana the “close-fisted Duke,”
whom the moneyed classes of Spain de
cidedly favor, seems at present to have
the odds in his favor. —New York
! Times.
Petty Meanness.— Cadet Caldwell,
who was appointed to West Point from
the Third Congressional District of
Georgia, has been dismissed from that
institution. The World’s Washington
correspondent says the secret of it is
that his father, J. H. Caldwell, has been
opposing Bullock’s plundering schemes:
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 1,1570.
THURSDAY SIOKMSU FEB. 24.
Pretty Good. —On one of the boats
the other day came eight; bales of cotton
; consigned to a negro who had made it
by hard work. He has always voted
1 the Democratic ticket.
Lucky. —Abram Smith, colored rep
j resentative of Muscogee county, drew
: a prize of SI2OO in the Georgia State
| lottery, at Atlanta, a few days since.
Mr. James W. Sexton, an esteemed
citizen of Jackson county, Fla., died on
the 13th instant, aged 48 years.
' Down on the Darkey. —After mak
ing the everlasting nigger a stepping
stone to fame and fortune, Greeley lives
to say, “We could better spare Africa
than Dr. Livingston”—a continent of
blacks than one white man.
In the Circuit Court of Shelby coun
ty, Tennessee, on Saturday last, at the
suit of Mrs. Booker against the South
ern Insurance Company, to recover ten
thousand dollars insurance on the life of
her husband, the jury gave her a ver
dict for $11,019.04.
The Coldest Day. —The Republican
says that at seven o’clock Monday
morning, the thermometer at Oglethorpe
Barracks, in Savannah, registered 22
degrees, being the coldest day since the
25th of December, 1867, when the ther
mometer fell to twenty.
Mr. John Irvin Mitchell, an aged
citizen of Jefferson county, Miss., was
assassinated in his dwelling on the night
of the 11th inst., by negroes. Their
object was plunder. They made an at
tempt to enter the iron safe, but were
unsuccessful.
Daniel A. Hasbrouck, a wealthy far
mer in Ulster county, New York, was
chopped to pieces with an axe by a ne
gro in his employment last Wednesday.
Thu neighbors undertook to lynch him,
but after some talk committed him to
jail.
It is related of the South Carolina
Legislature, that a member of the
House, hearing the notes of a menage
rie baud outoiJo, forthwith moved that
“dis onorble body move to de winder
to see de show pass.” The whole body
moved.
The Cause. —A bachelor in Colum
bus, being asked why he didn’t marry?
replied that the women were claiming
the right to do as they pleased, vote,
etc., and they would claim the right to
go courting, and that he was only await
ing a good offer.
Or lies. —This useful science has im
proved wonderfully within the last few
years. The most short-sighted can
now be restored to blear vision by con
structed glasses. Dr. M. Bernhardt,
still stopping at tho Perry House, may
be classed among the best opticians ol
the day. He possesses a wonderful
power of finding out the defects of the
eye, aud suiting glasses to relieve its
sigut. oince ms sojourn among us,
crowds of ladies and gentlemen have
waited on him, and in every instance
he has blessed them with increased
sight by improved glasses.
A Live Town. —Our financial man,
who is just from a short trip to Opelika,
speaks of our bustling little neighbor as
a live town. The Era, of that place,
furnishes proof of the statement in the
following paragraph:
Opelika has received '4,066 bales more
cotton this season than last. Altogeth
er, 8,566 bales have been received this
season against 4,500 last season. By the
close of the season twice as much will
have been received.
Washington’s Bibthday. —The Al
abama House on Tuesday, alter reading
the journals, adjourned in respect to
the memory of George W ashington, it
being the anniversary of his birthday.
Rather heavy on Washington. But Mr.
Pierce Durton, the little C. B. from
Massachusetts, objected to the adjourn
ment, because, he said, Jeff. Davie was
inaugurated as President on the 22d of
February, 1861, and he ieared it might
be construed as a compliment to the
head of the late Confederacy. Burton
is badly frightened.
The Noble Old Vibginian.— - Gen.
Jubal Early has written for the Rich
mond Enquirer“a very able argument,”
in which he asks in his plain way
whether “it is now admissible for one
who, like himself, has not gone into
ecstacies over the readmission of the
State to representation in Congress, un
der humiliating conditions, to entertain
an opinion at all ?” The Enquirer pats
Jubal on the back, and tells him that
the people of Virginia will never fall so
low that they will not see to it that such
a man as Jubal Early shall have his
opinions expressed and respected in his
native State.
Brunswick, Americus and Colum
bus Railroad.— A meeting of the citi
zens oi Sumter county was convened in
Americus on the 22d instant, to take
action looking to the building of a road
from some point on the Brunswick and
Albany Railroad, via Americus, to
Columbus. Col. Wm. J. Patterson was
called to the chair, and in a brief ad
dress explained the objects of the meet
ing. The Chairman read to the meet
ing a charter prepared by himself to be
presented to the Legislature. After
some discussion,a committee consisting
of W. J. Patterson, A. A. Adams, J, J.
Granberry, 8. H. Hawkins and W. C.
Dodd, were appointed to correspond
with the President and Directors of
the Brunswick and Albany Railroad,
the authorities of Columbus and others
interested in the enterprise—also to pre
pare and publish an address to the peo
ple urging the importance of the work.
The committee were instructed to re
port to an adjourned meeting iu Aiiuri
cus on the 3d Saturday in March.
Mark Twain on the Chinese.—On
the Sierras we came upon the “Chinese
Labor Question.” That is already set
tled. They will work like beavers on
a little rice and small pay. But the
“Chinese Political and Religious Ques
tion,” is a different affair. That is not
settled yet. It will be a great question
some time yet for the Pacific States ;
for China can spare twenty miliions of
this almond eyed, imitative race, with
out knowing the loss. And they like
our country. John gravely remarks
thus : “Melica, belly good place—cat
chee heap of money —in China no can
catchee. ’ ’ Shrewd John Chinaman
catches his fortune and goes home to
enjoy it. Five hundred dollars makes
him rich and envied at home. The
Pacific mail steamships bring them over,
a thousand a month, to try the Ameri
can experiment. A thousand of them
are on the steerage deck under my feet
now, on the return. I have heard the
guess made that there is well nigh ten
bushels of Mexican silver dollars among
them.
Stands to bis Colors.
Horace Greeley still stands by Uni
versal Suffrage and Universal Amnesty.
In concluding a an editorial on the ad
! mission of Mississippi he says :
And now for Universal Amnesty !
Our triumph is not perfect so long as
one man Bnall remain disfranchised and
incapable of taking office because of our
late convulsion. We have fought Se
cession ; the Republic has conquered;
her triumph is pertect. Now “let us
have peace.”
Virginia, Mississippi and Texas listen
i ed to the specious promises of universal
amnesty, and ate the dirt. Yet, Radi
calism, after forcing universal suffrage,
will not put forth the promised pardons.
Relief is doled out to those who will
promise to become the tools of Radical
ism, while the intelligence and virtue of
the South remain under the ban.—
Greeley aided to raise the whirlwind
which swept away all that was fair and
honorable in this government. While
the tempest raged, he was the genius of
the storm. He cannot now control its
fury. His appeals for peace, magnimi
ty, justice, honor and good faith, pro
duce no more effect upon his party than
the querulous railings of an old hag.—
But to his credit be it said, Greeley
stands to his colors.
The Case of Cal. Yerger.
In another column we reproduce an
interesting letter, written from Jackson,
Mississippi, to the Cincinnati Commer
cial, giving an account of the present
condition of E. M. Yerger. The treat
ment of Yerger is simply a disgrace to
humanity and civilization. Radicalism
has thirsted for his blood, because be
was the only man of the South who had
properly punished one of its tools.—
Yerger, though justified in the act,
lacked the sympathy of his people by
reason of his erratic temper, and his
still more erratic course during the war.
The trial before the military commis
sion proved one of two things, either
he was crazy, or his offence was volun
tary manslaughter under extreme prov
ocation. The admission of Mississippi
will disappoint Radicalism of its prey.
The doors of Yerger’s prison will be
opened ; but if he entered a sane mq£,
he will come out broken in body and
prostrate in mind, by the devilish
cruelties lufliuieu upon mm vy ms cow
ardly keepers.
Os Course. —A Montana paper says
the Federal officers and soldiers, who
recently attacked and murdered, while
asleep in their tents, one hundred and
Seventy tour Indians, are “quite proud
of the results of t,fie expedition.”
Not a doubt of it. It seems to run in
the blood of some people, notable peo
ple in blue and brass, to plume them
selves on killing, burning, and devas
tating where there is no danger of a
reckoning. We shouldn’t be at all sur
prised, if these valiant men at arms
were not with Sherman, in Georgia, or
Sheridan, in Virginia, and distinguish
ed themselves by their valor against
houses, barns, churches, and women
and children. As detective Wimpey
would say, their last achievement has
the “wring” of that sort metal.— Macon
Telegraph. _
Highly Intebesting and Impob
TANT TO TAB CBEDITOBS OF AbEUM.—
The Atlanta Constitution says: Yester
day a member of the Smith family, sup
posed to be a brother of John Smith
and a son of the old man, A. Smith,
colored member of the Legislature from
the county of Muscogee, went an X on
a ticket in tho lottery, bearing the mys
tic figures 6, 43, aud 45, and it drew
$1,200. He walked up to the Captain’s
office, Mr. C. T. Harden’s, in Dunn’s
cigar store, corner of Peachtree and
Decatur streets, and drew the money.
This streak of good luck was equal to
mileage, and A. Smith was delighted.
Maoon and Augusta Railboad. —
Speaking of the progress making to
ward the completion of this road, the
Macon Telegraph says Messrs. Grant,
Alexander & Cos. have between six and
seven hundred hands grading, throwing
up the track and laying the iron, and
think the cars will be running through
from Macon to Augusta by the first of
July next. The piers of the immense
bridge which is to span the Ocmulgee
at the mouth of Walnut creek, have been
finished. The frame work is being made
ready and the whole will be completed
by the time the track laying approaches
either bank. Track laying commenced
at Milledgeville.
The Memphis Appeal establishment
bas recently changed hands in part.—
The establishment has passed into the
hands of an incorporated stock compa
ny, composed in part of members of the
late firm. There is no change of edit
ors, Col. F. A. Tyler remaining in the
position of editor-in-chief. Mr. P. A.
Browner, the business manager under
the former organization, retires, and
. his place is filled by Mr. A. D. Wither
spoon, formerly a merchant of that
city. Its columns indicate that it is
i doing a prosperous business. It evi
! dently wields a large influence in Mem
phis.
Fatal Accident. —The Milledgeville
Recorder says:
We are pained to record a sad and
fatal accident which happened in this
city on Saturday afternoon last, result
ing in the death of Mr. Zach. McCombs.
While proceeding to the M. & A. R. 11.
depot in the Express wagon, the horses
attached to it became frightened, ran
away, breaking the wagon to pieces,
and throwing Mr. McCombs against a
tree with great violence, inflicting inju
ries in the head and breast, which caus
ed his death almost instantly. His
brother, Adolphus McCombs, who was
also in the wagon, fortunately escaped
uninjured. _
A Neat Compliment.— The Balti
more Sun says that just before leaving
Boston, Prince Arthur sent to Miss
Minnie Sherman, daughter of Gen.
Sherman, a costly gold mcdalion, hav
ing his likeness on one side and that of
Queen Victoiia on the other. Accom
panying tbe gift was a delicately word
ed note, in which the Prince begged
that Miss Sherman would accept of the
medalion as a token of his appreciation
of the generous hospitalities he had ex
perienced at the house of her father,
and as a slight tribute to the beauty of
American women, of which she was so
striking an exponent.
What Constitutes Good Gas ?
In reply to the question, “What is Good
Gas ?” a German Gaslight Journal says
that it should in the first place possess
a normal illuminating power, and bear
a certain comparison with what is call
ed the normal candle. Any gas, which
by a combustion of five cubic feet per
hour, exhibits a light equal to fifteen
spermaceti candles, may be said to be
good illuminating gas. Second, the gas
should be absolutely free from sulphu
retted hydrogen; and third, the pressure
of the gas at the works, and in leading
mains, should, as a minimum, amount
to from eight-tenths to one per cent, of
the water pressure gauge.
TELEGRAPHIC.
By Telegraph from Europe.
London, Feb. 23. — A commercial
treaty between Austria and Great Brit
ain has been ratified.
A contract for anew line of steamers
between Sidney and California, via
Honolulu, signed.
Anew cable to connect with the
West India Islands is ready to be laid.
Paris, Feb. 23.—Dispatches from Vi
enna say the Austrian Government, if
it secures the co-operation of Napoleon,
proposes to convoke the Catholic pow
ers to oppose Papal pretensions.
From Washington.
Washington, Feb. 23. —Mississippi
bill signed.
Secretary Fish has advices that Bur
lingame died at St. Petersburg at 11
o’clock to-day.
House.—Four Mississippi members
seated.
Reconstruction Committee agreed to
report a bill for the readmission of
Georgia precisely like that for Missis
sippi.
Treasury balance shows $102,000,000
in gold and $850,000,000 currency.
One thonsand barrels of whisky seiz
ed at Buffalo illegally stamped.
The Senate will concur in the House
amendments to the disability bill.
Immense crowd in the House to day.
The expulsion of Whittemore to-morrow
is confidently expected. Great excite
ment exists. Whittemora’s friends
threaten many others shall follow him.
It takes two-thirds to expel.
Senate —Committee on Military and
Naval Affairs are instructed to inquire
into the expediency of abolishing West
Point and Naval schools and the as
signment of suitable persons to colleges
throughout the country to teach the art
of war.
The admission of the Mississippi Sen
ators provoked a long debate. The
colored Senator, Revels, was on the
floor. The question turned upon the
legitimacy of credentials, but no objec
tion so far has been made on account of
color. The credentials were finally re
ceived and the question at adjournment
was upon their reference to Judiciary
rmnmitt»». liopuonuuus manifest no
disposition to refer them, and Revels’
admission is a question of few hours.
Amendment adopted allowing females
to act as assistant examiners of patents.
Whittemore case resumed. He made
a strong appeal, under oath, for further
time.
Butler, disavowing auy intention to
vote on the question, spoke as attorney
for Whittemore.
A motion granting him 20 days, was
defeated.
A motion granting him indefinite
time was defeated—lss to 39.
The previous question on expulsion
was ordered.
This gave Logan an hour, which he
yielded to Whittemore for further de
fence.
A vote on the direct question will be
tukon to-morrow.
Xav»ua.
Havana, Feb. 22. —A report was late
ly set afloat here by an American, that
Captain Frank Leh, of the fishing smack
Fulton, had helped the assassin of Cas
tanon to escape from Key West, and
had lauded Col. Tinker in Cuba. On
the arrival of his vessel this morning, a
party of men put off in a boat, and row
ing to the smack, called for the captain
and threatened his life. The latter be
coming alarmed, took refuge on board
the British man-of-war Eclipse. The
men in the boat finding that the captain
had disappeared, returned to the shore
without molesting the crew of the
schooner. Through the efforts of the
new Consul General Biddle, they ha™
i>oou attested, and the Govern
ment has sent a guard to protect the
Fulton.
Gen. Ferre has arrived from Puerto
Principe.
From Illinois,
Chicago, Feb. 23—A desperate fight
occurred between SCO Sioux and Crow
Indians. Chief Spotted Eagle killed.
All the Crows killed. The Sioux lost
17 killed and many wounded.
One Week from my Dltrer.
BY JOSH BILLINGS.
Monday—Had suckers for breakfast,
suckers and sassidges are the 2 luxuries
ov life ; the other luxury is easy boots.
Tuesday—Awoke with a splendid
hedake, caused by drinking too much
water the evening previously and goin
to bed at nine o’clock precisily. Break
fasted on the but end of a sassage and
felt like a dorg.
Wednesday—Rekolected of asking a
man in Misseery if beans was a sure
crop in his parts. He said they wuz “az
sertain as a revolver.” Reflekted on
the danger of carrying conceled weep
ins. Rekolekted again of bein in Nu
Hamshire durin a severe sno storm,and
innocently enough remarked that I
never see ennything like it, and waz
told by one ov the barroom boarders
that it worn’t nothin; he had seen it
fall over a thousand feet. “What?”
sed I, “a thousand feet on the level ?”
“No,”sedhe, “but a thousand feet from
on high.” I reflekted how easy it waz
for some folks to lie and tell the truth
at the same time.
Thursday—Rekolekted once more of
bein on Red river, in Arkinsaw, and
seein a large piece of frame work by the
side of the road ; inquired ova private
citizen who was leadin a blind ruul by
1 ov his ears, what the frame work
mought be. He sed it was a “big sidle,
and took 3 yok of oxen to draw the
bow, and they had tu haw and gee to
change the tune.” Refiekted on that
passage in the poet which sez “man is
fearfully and wonderfully made;” and
thort the remark might apply to fidies
in Arkinsaw w ithout spiling the remark.
Friday—Yizited my washwoman and
blowed her up for sewing ruffles and
tuks on the bottom of my drawers. She
was thunderstruck at first, but explain
ed the mystery by saying she bad sent
me, L>y mi.-take, a pair tballieiongcd to
and toid her she must be more
about such things; I might have bin
ruined for life.
Saturday—Writ this diaree for the
week from memry, and lam satisfied
I’ve got a good mernry. Refiekted upon
the vanity of human wishes, refiekted
bow often I’d wished to be rich, and
how seldom my wishes have bin grati
fied. Resolved in the future not to
wish for ennything until I had it 3
weeks and see how I liked it.
Seventeen years ago when Napoleon
111. visited Bordeaux, he was received
by the Prefect of the Department,a very
tall, powerfully built man of winning
manners, beside whom the Emperor
was a dwarf. Side by side they drove
through the city. “Prefect,” said Na
poleon, the citizens seem to regard their
Prefect, and forget their Emperor.”
“Sire,” was the courtly reply, “when a
i regiment-is marching, the crowd is al
ways struck with the drum-major, but
I it is not to be concluded they forget the
1 General in command.” This Prefect
afterward became Baron Haussmaan.
More About Colonel Yerger.
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.
Post of Jackson, Miss. , Feb. 9,1570.
The inner cell of the guard house ol
this camp still holds the prisoner Yer
ger. During the clearing of ihe Court,
tlie other morning, I walked in the idle
interval to and iro past this adjacent
grave for such it seemed. The
January summer sun falling around,
dreamily illumined the well kept arms
and uniforms of the gaurds, appearing
scintillant here and there in the broad
distances of the camp. Sauntering I
enjoyed the fragrance oi a bunch of vio
lets, which the early spring of the South
had brought, and wondered how much
you of the North, in your frozen homes,
would have enjoyed the sight oi ihe full
blown japonicas I had that morning
gathered in the rectory garden. Around
me was the sweetness and the bright
ness of early summer; but, through the
cheery peace of the morning, 1 could
hear another step keeping gloomy and
unconscious pace with mine, inside the
cell, sounding like an echo. The sun
light shone in at the iron grating which
served for his|window, and its sharp
outlines mockingly defined in the bright
ness, seemed emphatic of his misfortune.
Col. Yerger’s appearance is strangely
altered. His neavy mustache and goatee
prominent by their blackness during
his trial, have disappeared, not less
from nature’s grief and care than from
absence of dye; and hia face is now
covered with a growth of hair, gray and
haggard, that has thinned his features
and seemingly doubled his age.
For the last six weeks Yerger has
been relieved from his shackles and
handcuffs by day, and be is now ironed
only during the night. He still bears
himself as if unconscious of having done
a wrong. He walks his cell, not defiant,
yet unsubdued. He believes himself the !
victim of adverse fate —a vacarious sac- j
rifice which will not be without reward.
With the Episcopal clergyman, who j
frequently visits him, and the Catholic i
priest, whose consolatiou he has latter
ly sought, he is ever ready to converse
upon religious topics, and it would not
surprise his friends if he should abjure
the faith of his fathers for the sake of
achieving some additional notoriety,
and ministering to an egotism too in
tense for a man to indulge in and yet
be accounted sane. Ilis leading instinct
now, as it has been for years, is an
overmastering vanity and conceit. —
Now, as heretofore, he believes himself
fitted for, and eminently deserving of,
tne highest offices in the gift of the peo
ple. He thinks that the sympathies of
the whole country " itU auu u j
would not surprise me wore his prison
doors to open and he were again even i
to wear a crown and don royal purple.
Colonel Yerger is simply conscious ot
the unfortunate accident, of which Col.
Crane was the victim. He would make
any recompense to repair the wrong to
the living. He did write a letter to Mrs.
Crane—a letter never delivered —ex-
pressive of the deepest sympathy for
her sufferings, and he has again and
again expressed a wish to sacrifice his
own life, if thereby be could repair her
wrongs and griefs.
It might seem absurd to say Yerger
is insane. He is, or is not, according
to our definition of insanity. Similar
morbid manifestations are not uncom
mon here in the South among the high
er classes. I know of a family ot high
social standing, near here, whose pas
sions are so uncontrollable that the
members, male and female, will, for a
trifling misunderstanding, hurl knives
at each other across the dinner table,
and that in the presence of strangers.
A few days ago, a drunken, passionate
man of wealth and position. living near
xvaienez,enteredthe dining-room wuute
his elder brother was sitting with his
friends,jand deliberately snot him dead.
Yerger has been known to whip his
children with almost demoniacal brutal
ity. At other times he has raged with
frantic outbursts of grief over their ill
ness.
A vast amount of testimony was ad
duced at the trial, tending to show that
Col. Yerger was not only unaccounta
bly outrageous at times in his conduct,
but subject to paroxisms of unquestion
able insanity. It is a noteworthy fact
in this connection that the Government
summoned a distinguished physician,
the Superintendent of a Northern insane
asylum,as a witness for the prosecution.
He came, and after a faithful, and, it is
to be presumed, impartial investigation
into Yerger’s antecedents and the facts
of iUo Kiu, h« declined to come upon
the stand and testify that Yerger was
not insane.
Two years ago Col. Yerger’s mother,
with, prophetic foreboding, in speaking
to the wife of the Episcopal clergyman
of this place respecting some iamily
troubles of which he was the cause, used
these remarable words ; “I want you to
know that Ed. is crazy. If anything
ever happens, remember that I told you
my son was insane.”
Within the past month this estimable
lady has descended in grief and sorrow
to her grave. She was borne to her last
resting-place from the house of her first
born, the home made desolate by this
great calamity. Yerger’s uncle, Judge
Anderson, one of his counsel at the
trial, has for some months past had his
reason dethroned mainly through this
family trouble. Happily he is recover
ing his health and former fine intellect.
Col. Yerger’s terrible deed has stricken
a noble family as with a pestilence ; for
alas, it is one of the necessitous anoma
lies of our civilization that the innocent
often suffer equally with the guilty.
Some action, I doubt not, will be ta
ken in this case, ere many days pass.
Probably, on the readmission of the
State, he will be claimed from the mili
tary authorities on a writ of habeas cor
pus, to be tried before a civil Court
assuming that his trial before a Military
Commission was no trial at all, being
unconstitutional. If released from bis
present confinement, his friends may
possibly claim that he has already been
tried for his offense, and is not triable a
second time for the same offense.—
Should he come before a jury of citizens
he may, as I doubt not he would, be
declared of unsound mind and legally
irresponsible for his act, and consigned,
for safe keeping, to a lunatic]asylum for
the remainder of his life—a better dis
position of a diseased mind aud less
hazardous to an immortal sou! than
strangulation on a public scaffold.
While the mental and moral disorder !
of poor humanity and the means of 1
prevention and cure are so variously
interpreted, and so imperfectly under
stood, it becomes us to be deliberate in
pronouncing judgments that are irre
versible. Colonel Yerger has lived in
a community where the feudal idea still
obtained; where the lords of the soil de
cided their own grievances and settled
and revenged all personal insults and
wrongs. Call this as barbarous as you
please, it has, nevertheless, been the
custom, and I can not learn that a sin
gle person in the Slate, of any political
or social standing, lias ever suffered the
penaltyjot the law for assault, blood
shed, or life s i' ritire in ibe adjustment
of a ptrsotiil (iiltii ol y. It is a sanction
of the old dtn.il.> vii i,out its formalities
and refinements. It is, I admit, barba
rous, a mockery of civilization, a shame
on our avowed Christianity, but it is
the custom of the State, and not only of
this State, but of a very large portion of
the South to thus settle insults and
wrongs in hot blood ; but, barbarous as
it is, I would rather try the slow pro
cess of advocating a people out of the
barbarism than force upon them a code
and practice which, from their stand
point, seemed cruel or unjust.
The San Antonio (Texas) Herald, of
the 27th ult., says that three years ago
Mr. Bayllss was in a promising state of
incipient consumption. After a resi
dence of something over two years at
Concho he is to day a well man, with a
slight touch of asthma occasionally, but
whose lungs are perfectly sound, as he
informs us. The mountains of Texas
are the place for the consumptive, as
experience is every day demonstrating.
N0.!51
Don Platt on the Polygamy Bill.
The Radicals are preparing to go for
the fair possessions of the “Latter Day
Saints.” A Mr. Culloin has introduced
a bill in the House of Representatives,
and made a furious speech thereon.—
Whereupon Don Piatt, with caustic
pen, goes for Cullom and his bill, and
the Radical policy towards an unoffend
ing people as follows:
There is, of course, throughout the
United States a feeling of intense hos
tility to the degradation polygamy
inflicts on men and women, but the
Congress that entertained Mr. Cullom’s
bill sits in the midst of a degradation to
women tenfold worse than this polyga
mous practice of Mormonisin. About
the lobbies and doors of Senate and
House are gathered daily, women to
whom the plurality of wives es practic
ed in Utah, would be a blessing. After
night, along the dim-lit streets and ave
nues, flit the lrail form of girls treading
the road to death, while in our larger
cities, thousands on thousands suffer
horribly, to perish where the average
duration of life is only five years.
Every live years the horrible population
of lost souls is not only renewed, but
increased. It creeps up little by little
from obscure streets and alleys until it
invades all places and saps the founda
tions of society. Yet our virtuous So
lons reach out and strike at Utah.
Os course I recognize the difference
that exists between iniquity practiced
in spite of law, and the iniquity that
exists sanctioned by law. But we have
to be certain that it is something more
than iniquity, that it is a crime, before
we can proceed, through statutory pro
vision, to punish. Slavery and polyg
amy were pronounced twin relics ot
barbarism, and correctly so, yet what
would we have thought of a member of
Congress who would have introduced a
proposition not only for emancipation
of the slaves, hut consign the masters to
the penitentiary. This is Cullom’s
proposition. Nay, it is worse, for it
contains a proviso that one may be con
victed on common report, or general
suspicion, and on such conviction not
only does punishment follow in the way
of fine and imprisonment, but the crim
inal is shut out from all privileges of
homestead and other benefits of law.—
In other words, general confiscation fol
lows, and this is the rub to this high
moral measure.
It is the old Indian game played over.
Troops are to be sent out to enforce the
provisions of the law, and a war gotten
up, with its heaw evponJHure, to fur
.ifo. cunen what the rascals propose to
steal. Small odds to them that such
conflict involves a destruction of our
railways, loss of life, and an increased
indebtedness and heavier burdens of
taxation, for all this puts money in
their pockets.
I am told that the greater part of this
high moral bill is from the pen of a man
whose private life would make the devil
laugh, lie is not a member of the
House, only a member of the lobby ;
and, while attacking polygamy in Utab,
is noted at homo for having two fami
lies—one legitimate, and in the city ;
the other on the fair shores of the lake
“where the woodbine twineth.” A
lovely commentary this makes on this
high moral man.
Another provision of the bill subjects
your Mormon to a sort of iron-clad oath,
wherein he is required to swear that he
has not, in any time past, practiced
polygamy, nor is he so engaged at pres
ent, nor is polygamously inclined.
I would like to see that oath put to
members of Congress, and other officials
in and about Washington. What a
thinning out of Cave and Fog bank
have Congress legislating for morals,
why not begin at home And the dis
ference being that while those blind
fanatics of Salt Lake believe that they
are serving God in following the precepts
and practices of the old Testament, these
learned Thebans of Congress know in
their bones that sooner or later the dev
il will cast them from Congress to eter-'
nal perdition.
From the San Antonio Star, Fell. s.
THE LOST CHlUlttEiV,
Wednesday morning, about eight
o’clock the children lelt home, and as
the parents became anxious they made
enquiry, hut could learn nothing of them
and Wednesday night Mr. Walsh, the
stone mason, with a number of the
neighbors, searched the hills in vain.—
Thursday night at least two hundred
persons were hunting among the hills
and thickets towards tho head of the
river ; and Friday night Inconsequence
of the rumor of the crying of a child
having been heard the previous night
in that vicinity, scoured the country in
the neighbor hood of Taylor’s lime kiln.
Wednesday and Wednesday night were
cold ; Thursday the air was harsh and
inclement, and Thursday night wo had
frost. Friday quite a number were out
searching through the bleak uncomfort
able day, but it was generally felt that
the children must have succumbed to
exhaustion and exposure. Saturday
morning a number of rumors came to
the elfect that the children were found.
Friday night the weather had become
somewhat milder, but about twenty
minutes past three o'clock Saturday
morning a cold aud pittiless rain com
menced to fall in torrents, and contin
ued to fall till about noon Saturday.—
This, in the opinion of most poisons,
sealed their fate.
Saturday afternoon, however, about
two o’clock, as Mr. Antonio Gutierrez
was bunting his lost cattle about a mile
from tbe Mission Espada, he found the
two little wanderers locked last iu each
other’s arms, and laying in a trail lead
ing out of a ravine. •The trail ran East
and West, was probably dry when they
laid down, but a stream of water was
pouring under aud around the little suf
ferers when found; the one laying on
the North was dead : the other, proba
bly protected iu a measure from the
pittiless Norther by the shelter o* his
body, still lived. As Mr. Guttierrez
touched one of them he moaned, but
could make uo other sign. Fortunately
he had with him two blankets in which
he wrapped the boys and hastened home;
and by the moat carelul nursing and at
tention, a task in which a neighbor, Mr.
Small, who never lett the boy night or
day till he was removed, assisted. The
lad at last was enabled to tell his name,
and his story. The mother of the liv
ing child reached him at eight o’clock on
Saturday evening ; the other mother—
the two women arc sisters—was unable
on account of her young family to leave.
Sunday me little one was buried, and
the living one brought home. To day
he has set up. His iiltlu soles are cov
ered with blue blisters and cuts, aud bis
limbs and feet scratched aud torn. lie
says they ate nothing, and but once did
they stop to drink. Mr. Walsh has
taken the mother and children to his
house. The youngster, Mr. W. informs
us, is perfectly ravenous, craving with
painful eagerness for food and drink.—
Dr. Weiselburg, who has charge of the
child, prescribes and limits its nourish
ment with judicious care, and small
portions of beef tea, rice water, and
wine, are from time to time administer
ed. The two women, Mrs. Grogan and
Mrs. Salter, are sisters ; the mother of
the living child is a widow and this her
only son. The father of the other is a
respectable bard working and most wor
thy man, at present engaged at Fort
Stockton as wheelwright. These child
ren wandered over sixteen miles in a
straight line. How many miles the lit
tle unfortunates really traversed before
they finally sunk under the fatiguo, it
: is hard to say.
The Augusta Chronicle says active
operations have been commenced on
the Augusta end of the Port Royal Rail
Road. A force of 300 hands went to
work on it last Monday.
Bullock by, and with the advice and
consent of Terry, has appointed one
; Mack Jones, Sheriff of Taylor county.
] Card of llie Grand Jury of Uljnn
County.
Wo find in tho Brunswick Appeal
the following card from the Grand
Jury ot Glynn county, imprisoned by
order of Sessions,one of Bullock’s pets :
The undersigned, members of tho
Grand Jury of Glyuu county, tor Feb
ruary adjourned Term, being imprison
ed by an order of His Honor, Judge
William M. Sessions, for an ulledged
contempt of Court, deem it due to
themselves, and tho public, that they
make known the causes which have
produced this result. We regret our
oaths as Jurors will not permit us to
state many tacts connected with the
transaction which are essential, but wo
are enabled, we trust, to state sufficient
to satisfy an intelligent people, that we
have committed no crime, excepting a
full and faithful discharge of our duties.
On Sunday afternoon, August 22,
1809, Dr. H. H. Harley, a citizen of
this county, while riding along the road,
was ambushed, and shot at live times—
twice witn a double barrel gun, and
three times with a pistol—one shot only
taking effect, and that very slightly.
On Tuesday night following, he was
shot while seated at his desk writing,
by means of a gun projected through an
opening, and instantly killed. William
Talmer whb convicted tor the flrstoffeuoe;
the evidence being clear and conclusive.
At the request of liio Grand Jury, com
posed ot the undersigned, Governor
Bullock offered a reward ot one thous
and dollars for the arrest of the mur
derer, with proof to convict. Subse
quently, Mr. John B. Miller, late
Ordinary ol this county, suddenly
disappeared, under circumstances
which leave but little doubt that
he has been murdered to Bupprcas
ibo evidence be had collected. An iw
portanl witness SB we believe, through
tear of his personal safety, has left tha
country—his whereabouts unknown.
That the portion of country known as
Satilltt neck is now, and has been in a
state of terrolsm ever since the murder
of Dr. Harley. That many of tho good
citizens of that section are afraid even
to allude to the affair, apprehensive ot
being waylaid and shot. That Judge
Session pledged several of our citizens,
after Palmer had been convicted, that
he would not admit him to bail. That
we believe, by this act of Judge Sea
sions in permitting the convicted to go
at large, Ue has jeopardized the lives of
many of our good citizens, and imper
rilled those of tho witnesses who testi
fied in the case, the Jurors who con
victed him, and also the lives of the
Grand Jurors.
Wo entered tlie Graud Jury Room
with good consciousness,—we discharg
ed our duties, “uubought by gold— uu
awed by power resolute in
right.” We left the room with clean
hands, and here we are —in jail.
We take this occasion to commend
the general good conduct of our peopl e
of all races and colors. All classes have
lived together in harmony. Good or
der, feeling and deportment havo pre
vailed in our entire community, and
there exists but this murder and its re
sults to disturb our peace.
We, of different political views, unite
in the desire, and have used our best
efforts to suppress crimo, without re
gard to race, color or condition. In
this we have received tho sympathy of
all good citizens here, and believe we
will command the respect of the good
everywhere.
A HIDEOUS ROMANCE.
The Late Frightful Tragedy in Lou
isiana the Sequel ol a Twenty Year
Fend—How Mr. JohuNlxon'H Death
Resulted from It—A l.aily In Ihe
Case.
The New Orleans Times, of the 17th,
commenting on the killing of General
Liddell (laic a Confederate brigade
commander, in Catahoula Parish, by
Colonel Charles Jones, (who was also
a Confederate officer), says:
The feud between these two neigh
bors commenced, some twenty years
ago, in an incident which, though eu
veloped in some mystery as to the cause,,
was well calculated to engender bitter
hostilities, A lady of Natchez, who
Was BOJOUIUHIg dll, uoucio, juiaj.ut,,
house, conceived herself grossly insult
ed by something which was reported to
her as having been said by Colonel
Jones. She demanded of General
Liddell to accompany her to Jones’ in
order to obtain reparation for the al
leged offenso. Liddell could not refuse
her request. Arriving in front of
Jones’ house, he was called to the gate,,
and a conversation ensued between
him and tho lady, which was termi
nated by her drawing a pistol and shoot
ing him in the lace, and as he turned
to move oil'another shot was fired into
his body. These were very severe
wounds, and Colonel Jones was laid
up for a long time with them. Jones
determined to hold Liddell responsible
for this act, and a series of threatened
assaults and preparations for duels and
fights between the principals and thelir
friends followed. The whole country
was kept disturbed for several years by
this feud. Several rencontres resulted
from it, and the parties all wont armed
and made arsenals of their bouses, in
apprehension of assaults. On one oc
casion a certain party who was a friend
of Jones, and who was reported to have
gone, with others, to the town of Mon
roe, with a view of engaging in a gen
eral fight with a party of Liddell’s
friends, in returning from town in hi>s
gig was shot and killed in front of
General Liddell’s plantation. General
L. was charged with this homicide, his
trial was moved to another parish and
he was acquitted.
Shortly before tbe war there was an
armistice and an agreement to terinln
ate the feud between the two gentlemen,
but they never became friends or held
any intercourse with each other.
Quite recently the old feud broke out
again from the same unhappy affair
which led to the melancholy tragedy of
the homicide of Mr. John Nixon. This
gentleman was a friend of Col. Jones,
and although Gen. Liddell had no con
nection with that homicide, aud there
were no iriendly relations between him
and tho gentleman at whose hands Mr.
Nixon received his death blow, the con
troversy growing out of a contest be
tween Jones aud Liddell for the posses
sion of tho latter’s property, which had
been sold under a mortgago and bought
by Mr. Cammack, became so bitter as
to revive the old hostility, and a diffi
culty has been constantly apprehended
between them.
Tlie Hottest Bullock.
Blodgett’s Atlanta organ, the Intelli
gencer, contains the following, upon
which comment would be superfluous:
“Owing to the Governor’s proverbial
modesty, and the absolute privacy of
the proceedings of the Republican uom
inating caucus on Monday night last,
we failed to obtain information cf an
interesting fact, viz: that Governor Bui
lock had been nominated for the U. 8.
Senate, and that President Conley
read the following letter to the caucus:”
Atlanta, Feb. 14th, 1870.
lion. B. Conley , President of the Senate:
Dear Sir— Some of my political and
personal friends have informed me that
it was their intention to present my name
to the caucus to-night as a nominee lor
ono of the Senatorial vacancies.
Should such nomination be made,
you will do mo a favor by expressing
to the caucus the high appreciation I
have of the honor sought to be enforced,
and at the same time, assure my frindß
that I cauuot accept the proffered honor.
It is my desire and my purpose to do
whatever may be in my power to estab
lish good, civil government in this
State; a government that will secure
protection and education for all its citi
zens, and that will stimulate the devel
opment of our vast and valuable materi
al resources.
From this purpose, formed at the
time of my election, I have refused to
be turned by the threats, persuasions
and abuse of the disappointed political
mountebanks, who infest our Slate, nor
can I now consent to forego my pnr
pose to do my utmost for the good of
the State, in order to accept the more
agreeable position of United Btatea Sen
ator. I am, very truly yours, &c.,
Rufus B. Bullock.
The dwelling and four out-houses of
Capt. J. W, Boston, Sheriff of Scriven
county, Ga., were burned a few nights
ago. Loss about six thousand dollars.
Supposed to be the work of an incendi
ary.