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COLUMBUS:
FRIDAY MOItMNU, I'EBRI'ART 25.
Memorial of the Hon. Howell
Cobb, by Hoykin.— Our thanks are due
the author and compiler for a copy of
this interesting work, which has just
been issued from the press of Lippincott
& Cos., of Philadelphia. In typography,
binding, paper, etc., it is a most credit
able work to the house which has is
sued it, and its contents embrace a
pleasing yet melancholy memorial of
one of the best and greatest men Geor
gia has yet produced.
Mr. Boykin has succeeded admirably
in compiling a volume which will be
highly appreciated by the friends and
admirers of the deceased statesman,and
which should be in the hand of every
true Georgian old enough to read. The
book does all that can be done for How
ell Cobb, the citizen. It says all that
love and friendship should now say of
the man. But Georgia owes him an
unrequited debt for his great services,
and his unselfish devotion. And, if it;
be granted to her in the future to fall
upon days when the voices of her true
sons can again be raised in her high
places, it is to be hoped that a lasting
memorial may be raised to the name
and fame of Howell Cobb.
T. C. DeLeon, Esq.—When our
friend Cooper DeLeon, retired from the
position of Managing Editor of the Mo
bile Register, the country lost, for a
time, the services of one of the most
brilliant and versatile literateurs of the
day. It gratifies us to know that his
pen will soon be called to severer work
than a travestie of Hamlet, which is
pronounced by competent critics the
very best burlesque of the day, for we
learn that ho will shortly accept one of
many invitations again to don editorial
harness. That our estimate of Mr. De-
Leon’s talents is not wholly prompted
by a partial feeling and admiration for
the man, we reproduce the opinion of
the Boston Courier, one of
and best journals in this country. That
paper says:
“The Mobile Register. —During the
past year or more, we have had occa
sion to mention the above named paper
in terms of high commendation. It
has compared with any paper published
in the United States for the really won
derful amount and various interest of its
matter. During this period, its man
aging editor has been Mr. T. C. DeLeon,
whose retirement from his position is
announced by him in a late number,
and must boa source of sincere regret
to all its readers.”
After copying several complimentary
notices, the Courier adds :
“To these complimentary notices to
Mr. DeLeon, we can heartily respond
from our own personal acquaintance
with him and his varied literary accom
plishments; and such a reputation is of
great value, in the interests of journal
ism, which is an element of such im
mense importance in public affairs. A
gentleman of such brilliant diversified
talents as those of Mr. DeLeon would
be a great acquisition to the best-con
ducted journal.
The Record of Georgia. —Georgia
has been mercilessly persecuted by the
Radicals on account of her alleged law
lessness. The Hew York Herald has
compiled statistics of fifty-four murders
committed in the United States during
the month of January. Seven of these
occurred in the city of New York.
Georgia’s record is the best on the list,
the following being tho only offence
placed to her credit:
GEORGIA.
Savannati, Jan. 28.—William Jirant, |
assistant assessor of internal revenue at
the above named city, shot and killed
IVul't'road. The murderers lied.
The man Brant committed suicide. I
The Radicals ailed not to believe it, j
but as Bullock has not issued a five
thousand dollar proclamation, it must
be accepted as a fact.
Progress.— At Forney’s grand re
ception, last week, four of the best be
haved negroes in Washington were al
lowed to mingle with the distinguished
white guests. A correspondent of the
Richmond Dispatch tells the following
anoedote, apropos of the occasion :
“Whilst the social comminglings were j
progressing, the colored guests gathered j
about the refreshment table after the j
custom of their white friends. The |
waiters at the table were not only gen- !
teelly dressed, but good looking colored j
men. A distinguished member of Con- j
gress, not discovering the difference bo- J
tween the colored waiters and colored
guests, hailed one of the latter with, j
“Hero, waiter, give me a slice of that
cold turkey. Come, be lively now.” i
To which ho received a dignified bow
and tho response: “Thank you, sir, I I
am one of the guests. I am Professor ,
The Congressman, an out-and-1
out Radical, somewhat nonplussed, re- j
plied : “I beg your pardon; I did not
observe it; we shall get used to these |
things by-and-by.”
Whisky Ring vs. the Town Coun
cil op Fort Gaines. —Quite an excite
ment has been gotten up in the usually
quiet villago of Fort Gaines, over the
efforts of the Clerk of the Town Couu
cil to compel parties in that place, sell
ing liquors in less quantities than a
quart, to take out license pursuant to
the requirements of the State law. !
This has gotten up an antagonism be
tween the Council and this class of.
dealers, and the latter are engaged in
circulating petitions to have the Couu- \
cil abolished. The Mirror says the pe j
tition has received aright smart sprink
ling of signatures. A counter petition j
is also circulating for signatures.
A greeny over about Thoniaston, j
placing great confidence in an advertise- !
ment ho saw in the Macon Telegraph,
of the house of Barkley & Cos., 50 Lib
erty street, New York, olferingas Holi
day Presents, music boxes at prices
varying from $3 to $5 —playing,2s tunes
—sent free of charge, sent for one of the
$5 cut. It come to hand. Here is
greeny’s description of the thing, given
in a note to the Telegraph. Ho says :
“When it came the charges were run
up to the amount of $7 25, and when
the box was opened it contained two
lightwood knots and a Roman harp
about six inches long, such as could be
bought in any town in the South for 25 .
cents.”
Divorce Cases. —On the Equity
Docket, called yesterday, there were
several divorce cases. They wore old
cases, the remnant of a chronic docket.
All were discharged, for the parties had
either “condoned” by reuniting, or
had gone “beyond seas.” lu one case
death had stepped in, and made a sepa
ration more final than the law can af
ford. <<>
The number of colored voters in the
United States is estimated at, 850,000.
Os these 790,000 dwell in the sixteen
late slaveholding States, 7,500 in the
six New England States, 41,500 in the
five central States of New lork, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio and India
na, and 8,500 in the remaining ten West
ern States.
Death of Captain K. F. Jones. — j
We regret to hear of the death of Rich
ard F. Jones, Esq., a promising young j
lawyer of Warrenton, which occurred
at the residence of his father, in Warren
county, on Saturday last. Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel
THE SENATORIAL HI’ESTIOX.
A Most Unmistakable and Decided
Snub to Bullock.
In addition to the curt telegram from
Washington, announcing the rejection
of the credentials of Farrow and VVhitc
ley, we find in the Atlanta Constitution
the following special, which throws ad
ditional light on the subject:
In the Senate to day Mr. Stewart
presented the credentials of 11. P. Far
row, as Senator elect from the State of
Georgia. Mr. Drake said there was no
reason for referring any such paper as
this to the Judiciary Committee. It
purports to do what no Governor has
any right to do, to commission any man
as a Senator of the United States. It
does not comply in any particular with
the laws of Congress. We know noth
ing about the election of this man ; by
whom he was elected, or when he was
elected. !
A Senator is not a commissioned offi
cer; he is elected by the Legislature,
and wejare to judge of his qualifications,
not the Governor.
Mr. Stewart read from a paper pro
sented stating that he was elected by
the Legislature, and elected on acer- 1
tain day.
Mr. Drake said, the law requires the
facts attending the election, should be
certified to by the President of the Sen
ate, day and manner, etc.
The credentials oi Mr. Whiteley, as
Senator elect from Georgia, were also
read, when Mr. Drake said both papers
were in utter disregard of the law.
Mr. Stewart then withdrew the pa- !
pers for the present.
This was a most palpable and decided |
snub to Bullock and the creatures who i
bore his commissions. And it was the j
more insufferable that it came from j
Drake, the patron of carpet-baggers, ;
himself an infamous scalawag, remark
able alone for his coarseness and implac- j
able hatred of the good and honorable
people of the South. The rejection of
the credentials for the reasons assigned
does not make out a case against the
applicants. Drake’s points were well
taken. Bullock has no right to com
mission Senators, and upon his commis
sions Farrow and Whitely cannot be
admitted. But the cause of objection
may be removed. The form of law may
be complied with, and then Drake may
be found willing to admit fellows of his
kind. Be this as it may, it is a pleasing
and healthful indication to see the arro
gance and assumption of Bullock re
buked in so signal a manner.
P. S.—A later special to the Consti
tution says, that Drake’s movement was
a trick, well understood between him
self and Stewart. It was intended as a
movement against Messrs. Hill and
Miller, whose credentials are open to
the same objections urged against those
of -Farrow and Whiteley. In the case
of the former, Conley, the President of
the {senate, win nnt. mvo the necessary
certificate.
Verily, there is no end to the rascali
ty of Radicalism, and we beg pardon of
Drake for imputing to him an honora
ble sentiment or an honest act.
THE REMOVAL OF DISABILITIES.
In view of approaching elections in
the Southern States, and the restrictions
imposed by the fourteenth amendment,
it becomes a matter of interest to know
when promised amnesty will come,
and in what shape. If Radicalism lets
up the giant it has bound down by
cords in the South, then Radicalism
perishes. This thought, and the lust
for power and plunder, makes the party
in power hold on to the course by which
ignorance and vice are made to control
the State Governments of the South.
In some quarters it has been said that
Radicalism has been appeased, and that
an universal amnesty will shortly come.
we are unable to perceive anything up
on which to base a hope of such an act
of justice and right. As pertinent to
the subject, we append a sketch of a late
debate on this subject. Butler appears
to be master of the situation, and But
ler’s amnesty bill is an insult to any
man not utterly lost to a sense of self
respect. Here is the debate :
Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, from
the Committee on Reconstruction, re
ported back the Senate bill removing
political disabilities from between four
and five hundred persons in various
States. Some eight of the persons em
braced have been elected to office in
Mississippi, and if the bill was not pass
ed, they would bo disqualified.
Mr. Whittemore offered as an amend
ment House bill embracing about 200
names.
Mr. Cox inquired whether there was
any principle stated in the bill on which
ihuao names were reported.
Mr. Cosx —Is it proposed to attach to
the original bill, or to the amendment,
any system of amnesty, through the
courts or otherwisa ?
Mr. Whittemore—Not at all; that is
in a separate bill.
Mr. Cosx —I will never vote for a
measure picking out men by name. I
want general amnesty.
Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, said no
man was more anxious than himself to
get up a general bill to remove disabili
ties. Such bill had been reported, and
he would press it at the earliest possible
moment; but that would take consider
able time in the House and Senate, and
he was anxious that in the meantime
this bill should be passed. After this he
would not report any further personal
disability bills until the House has pass
ed the general amnesty bill. He was
only sorry to feel himself obliged from
tho position of business to report this
bill first. He did not feel so obliged.
BROOKS.
Mr. Brooks of New York, declared
himself opposed to the whole system of
peddling Government pardons in detail.
It was wrong from beginning to end,
unworthy the character of Government,
undignified and improper, and if there
were no other members to vote against
it he would alone.
There was much to be said against
the people of the South, but there was
also much to be said in favor of their
heroism, of their Anglo-Saxon, native
American pluck, of the wonderful re
sources they had exhibited. He desired
to have them welcomed back, so that in
case of foreign war, they would be along
side of the people of the North fighting
in the common defense of our country.
lie had felt proud of their heroism,
and he had felt proud of the generous
terms accorded by them at Appomatox
Court Hous'e by the General of the
army, and he only wished that distin
guished officer was as generous now as
then ; that he were less a politician and
more a General. He wished such gene
rosity could be exhibited to the people
of the South that the Government could
safely calculate on aid of their half mill
ion rifles in any war it might be engag
-1 ed in against England, France or Spain.
There was no self-government South.
More had been imposed on that people
than had been imposed by any civil
I people on any people, or any subjugated
nation. They had been robbed of self
' government; military had been placed
over them; their States had been reor
ganized by. force, and they had been
made the slaves of slaves. Was not
that punishment enough? Was not
that revenge enough? Had not the
amplest desire of punishment been
gratified ? He appealed to the House to
rise to the magnitude of the occasion,
and throw wide open doors of pardon.
Mr. Beck, while agreeing with his
friend from New York as to the propriety
of passing General amnesty bill, ex
pressed surprise at hearing him say
he would vote against this bill; for his
part he would vote for every bill re
moving disabilities of any person.
Mr. Voorhies concurred with his
friend from New York, and hoped that
the day of the promulgation of a gen
eral amnesty bill was not far distant.
Mr. Farnsworth expressed like senti
ments. _
It is rumored that one of H. W-
Beecher’s sermons is to be dramatized
for Fechter to play in Boston.
LOTTO.* »ELD.
llow il may be Utilized on the Plantation !
—lts A ulrilive Value as Food for Vat- j
tie Fertilizing Qualities —Mode of
Preparation , JfC.
There is probably no article which
has receivuti Jess alien non at the hands
of our Soutncrn lriends Uian cotton
seed, auu yet we know ot no article pro
duced in such abundance, that can be ■
turned to so many or such practical good I
uses. Tue product is large, tuliy aver
aging two-tnirus in weight oi the whole
cotton crop, but until quite recently the
lull value oi this aitiue had not been
appreciated.
Considered as food for cattle, as fer
lilizer, 01 tor making oil, the cotton
seed has been proved to be ot inestima
ble value. In a relative rank as either
ot the commodities above mentioned, 11
compares most lavorably, and exceeds
in value any other substitute which we .
can find.
According to the experiments of
Lawes, the distinguished English agri
culturalist, the ruauure derived from :
slock which varies immensely in value !
according to the nature of tne food on ]
which tho stock is led. The manure ol j
slock fed on cotton seed stands first on
his list, being more than thirty times as
Valuable as the manure from an equal
weight oi turnips, and lour times more
valuable than tne manure derived from
an equal weight of Indian corn.
The following is Mr. Lawes’ table
.-bowing the actual gold value ot tUe
manure derived from one ton (2,000
lbs.) of different foods.
Cotton seed (hulled), $27 80; rape j
seedcake, s2l 01; linseed cake, $lO 72; |
malt dust, $lB 21; lentils, sl6 51; lin
seed, sls 65 ; tares, sls 75 ; beans, j
sls 75 ; peas, sl3 88; locust beans,
$4 81 ; oats, $4 70; wheat, $7 08 ; In
dian corn, $6 65 ; malt, $6 65 ; barley,
$6 32; clover hay, $9 64; meadow hay,
$6 43; oat straw,s2 90; wheal straw,
$2 68; barley straw, $2 25; potatoes,
$1 50; mangolds, $1 07; Swedish tur
nips, 91 cents; common turnips, 86
cents ; carrots, 86 cents.
These actual values are, of course,
correct only for England, but the rela
tive values are of universal application,
and for this reason this table deserves
to be studied by every farmer. The
relative values seem to be closely eon
neetud with the amount of nitrogenous
matter cotained in the food.
Now when we consider that immense
quantities of cotton seed are wasted
throughout the South year after year,
we believe it is time for the planters to
open their eyes to this valuable com
modity and utilize it either as food for
their cattle, manure for their soil, or
even for exportation if the circumstances
are such as will not permit of its use at
home, but we would also suggest that it
is on the plantation itself that it is most
profitable, as its qualities for feeding,
and as manure, we conceive will be
more valuable to the planter than to
any one else. Many persons suppose
that cotton seed with the hull is most
valuable as manure, but this is not so.
Late researches demonstrate that the
oil contained in the kernel retards the
decomposition of the seed, and conse
nupntlv Drevents the liberation of the
phosphates wnufu i n the
hull, just as the physicians inform us
that the phosphates in the grain of
wheat are contained in its hull. It,
therefore, follows that to fertilize prop
erly and to the greatest advantage, the
cotton seed hulls only are to be used.—
The following is an analysis (which will
be found interesting on the subject) by
Dr. Wayne, of this city :
Value of Mulled Cotton Seed Compared
with that of Corn and Linseed (or Oil
Cake) as Food for Cattle.
The vast amount of cotton seed annu
ally produced in the South had not met
the attention as to its importance as food
for cattle that its value for the purpose
merits, being, as it is, a secondary or
incidental product. It has been in a
great measure overlooked, and the
staple (cotton) the only product of the
cotton plant that has been taken to ac
count. And thus a vast amount of valu
able fodder has for years been thrown
away, partly from a want of knowledge
as to its adaptation as food, and from the
want of proper machinery for the hull
ing of it so as to render it fit for use.
tv Ito » tiIUL l"Ui the puipooo nomO<1)
there is a no more conclusive way of
showing or proving the fact above
mentioned, than by presenting an
analysis of the three substances (corn,
oil-cake and cotton seed,) and compar
ing the results and facts to be deduced
from them.
The analysis of corm is as follows :
Water 15.0
Gluten 11.0
Starch 59.0
Sugar. 10
Gum 11-3
Fat.... 0.7
Fiber 5.0
Mineral matters 2.0
100.00
which, economically considered, gives
its value as food as follows:
Water 16.0
Flesh formers 11.0
Fat formers 06.7
Accessories 5.03
The aualjroio of liuaccU, vx ull cakes —
Water 16-67
Mueilago 30.26
Albumen and gluten 22.36
(111 1238
Husk 12.69
Mineral matters 0.26
which economically gives—
Water..., 10.07
Flesh formers 22.26
Fat formers 48.63
Accessories 12.69
Mineral matters 6.25
The analysis is of hulled cotton seed—
Waters 6.14
Oil 37.00
Albumen 33.57
Gum 9.11
Fiber 7.16
Mineral matters 7.02
100.00
Which economically gives—
Water 6.14
Flesh formers 33.07
Fat formers 43.11
Accessories 7.16
Mineral matters 7.02
From the above analysis it is shown
that cotton seed is a highly concentra
ted food, and is richer in flesh-produc
ing elements than either corn or cake
meal, hut somewhat inferior to corn as
i a fat producer, but as a fat producer is
j fully equal to linseed cake. The large
j amount of oil in the cotton seed must
i make it a valuable food for winter use,
j and in the use of it one point should
! not be overlooked, and that is overfeed-
I ing with such rich and concentrated
I food. It should be given in proper pro
! portions with coarse fodder, and thus
j used I can see no reason why it may
j not be used to the exclusion of corn,
and thus save and utilize what has been
up to the present, as it were, a waste
product, or one regarded as of little or
I no value, except for the purposes of oil
j manufacture.
I would further say that the foregoing
report is based upon the hulled cotton
seed, and will not hold good for the un
hulled seed, nor for the cake of the un
liulled seed, the husks of which become
impacted in the intestines of the ani
mals fed with it, causing inflammation
and death, and is consequently UDfit for
! food. E. S. Wayne.
February 8, 1870.
| One of the principal drawbacks has
probably been the want of suitable ma
chinery for the preparation of the seed
' as food, but we apprehend that this was
supplied by the invention of Shaw’s
cotton seed huller, made by the Dia
mond Mill Manufacturing Company, of
this city, which we notice was lately
patented and introduced to the South.
From what we understand of the oper
ations of this machine, it is well adapted
for the work for which it is designed.
It is claimed that it will hull and clean
from fifteen to eighteen bushels of cot
ton seed per hour. It may be driven
by steam or horse power, and we believe
i its cost is trifling; certainly very small
compared with the gains to the planter.
If we are correct in supposing that this
machine is known in the South, we
know of no excuse that any planter can
put forward for the great waste wit
nessed iu the neglect to render cotton
seed as valuable at home as the more
important staple of cotton is rendered
abroad, and the one should not receive
all care, while the other, which is high
ly valuable, should be entirely neglect
ed.
The machines for hulling cotton seed,
i described in the above article, are for
sale at the hardware store of Hall, Mo
ses & Cos., in this city.
A young ladies’ seminary in Philadel
phia has just graduated five “Sallies”
and one “Sadie,” but notone “Sarah.”
Nellie, Josie, Essie, Susie, Nettie, etc.,
! make up the reßt of the list.
TELEGRAPHIC.
By Telegraph, from Europe. *
London, Feb. 24. —In a divorce ease
the Prince of Wales solemnly asserted
that there had never been any improper .
or criminal intimacy between himself
and Lady Mordaunt. Great cheers fol
lowed this deceleration.
Paris, Feb. 24.—1 t is reported that
France has sent a note to Berlin relative
to the treaty of Prague.
The proprietor of the Marsellaise has
been sentenced to four months impris
onment and lOOOf. fine.
Madrid, Feb. 24. One thousand
workmen assembled peacefully in front
of the Ministry and demanded work.|
London, Feb 24.— Underwriters are
charging 50 per sent, insurance on the
City of Boston.
Paris, Feb. 24—Gustave Flouremse
sentenced for three years.
Bullion increased 9,500,000 francs.
From Washington.
Washington, Feb. 24.—The fermen
tation period for gin distilleries is the i
same as that for whisky. Six days is
fixed as the maximum for rum distiller
ies.
General McClellan and lady attiact
great attention at receptions.
House.—Whittimore presented docu
ments from the Governor of South Car
olina accepting his resignation.
The Chair refused to recognize him
as a member.
A resolution was offered that Whit
temore, late member, had dispensed
West Point and Naval Academy ap
pointments contrary to law and for a
pecuniary consideration, and that he
was unworthy of a seat iu the House.
The ayes and nays are in progress.
The resolution will be adopted almost
unanimously.
Later.—A resolution was adopted,
unanimously, declaring Whittemore un
worthy of a seat in the House.
Whittemore will appeal to his con
stituents for re-election.
Senate—Disability bill covering some
3,000 names passed and goes to the
President.
Stewart introduced a resolution de
claring expansion of the currency inex
pedient. It was adopted by a large ma
jority.
Robeson and the Naval Committees
visit the Monarch to-morrow.
Kirkpatrick’s distillery, at Chatta
nooga, seized, with 300 barrels whisky.
The following is the resolution adopt
ed by the Senate to-day:
Resolved, That to add to the present
irredeemable paper currency of the j
country would be to render more diffi
cult and remote the resumption of spe
cie payments; to encourage and foster ,
the spirit of education; to aggravate the
evils Droduced by frequent and sudden
fluctuations oi values, <,o acpxooioto ti...
credit of the nation, and to check the
healthful tendency of legitimate busi
ness to settle down on a safe and per
manent business, and therefore, in tho
opinion of the Senate, the existing vol
ume of such currency ought not to be
increased.
The Court of Claims has rendered a
judgment in the case of Bernheimer &
Bros., of New York, for $185,000
against tho United States for proceeds
of cotton seized at Savannah.
Senate —House amendmsnts to the
disability bill concurred in. Subse
quently Wilson moved to reconsider,
the understanding being an objection to
the name of ex-Senator Clingman, of
North Carolina, and a few others.
The matter of admitting of Revels
discussed without definite action.
The House, after disposing of Whit
temore, went into consideration of leg
islative appropriation bill and adjourned
Witlrowt oanplnflirtgl-
- Committee on Postoffices, at
their meeting this morning, heard Mr.
Orton, President of the W. U. Tele
graph Cos., in opposition to the Plub
bard bill, and to the report which that
Committee recently made in its favor.
The argument occupied the entiro ses
sion of the Committee, and was not
concluded on its adjournment, but is to
be resumed at a special session on Sat
urday morning.
Washington, February 25. The
Mormon preachers have been driven
from East Meadows, Long Island.
Eighteen members of the Cuba Junta
j at Santiago acquitted,
j House.—Appropriations.
The clause iu ihu appropriation bill
| of $14,000 to the Educational Bureau
| has passed.
The Senate is considering a hill to di
vide Texas into ouo State and two ter
ritories.
The Georgia Conservative Republi
cans are making their fire before the
Senate, and the Radicals before the
House.
j It is stated that a majority of the
! Senate Judiciary Committee are in fa
! vor of seating Hill and Miller.
! Revenue to day $343,000; for the
' month $2,500,000.
' The Judiciary Committee will vote
on the new naturalization bill Monday.
Boutwell bought two millions bonds
yesterday, and sold SBOO,OOO in gold.
No Southern nominations to day.
Lewis voted with the majority; John
son absent; otherwise the vote seating
Revels was a strict party vote. Abso
lute jam.
House— Bill establishing a national
system of education was introduced.
Committee on Ways and Means were
instructed to inquire into the expediency
of reducing the tax on spirits distilled
from fruits.
Legislative appropriation bill finally
passed.
Bill admitting Georgia was reported,
ordered printed and referred. It’s pre
cisely like Mississippi.
Pensions resumed.
Indian appropriations resumed. Spir
ited debate. Recent massacres denounc
ed, and abolition treaty system urged.
Senate —Committee on Public Lands
reported a substitute for the bill incor
porating the Missouri, Kansas snd Tex
as Railroad.
Wilson introduced a bill placing prize
fighting under jurisdiction of the Fede
! ral Courts. Penalties heavy.
The vote referring Revels’ credentials
was defea.ed and the administration of
the oath ordered. Strict party vote.
Ames’ credentials were referred to
! Judiciary Committee.
From Tents.
Austin, Feb. 25.—The Legislature
has adjourned sine die.
The Senators elect spoke. Flanagan
wants frontier protection and -internal
improvements. Hamilton prefers em
| igration from the North, West and Eu
rope over emigration from the late
Confederate States.
From New York.
New York, February 25— Dispatches
from Col. Varona announce the arrival
of Quesada, via Nassau, at St. Augus
tine, Fla., leaving Jordan in command.
] Quesada left Cuba .27th January. The
Spaniards have been discomfitted every
where.
From Montgomery.
Montgomery, Feb. 22.—The bill en
dorsing the first mortgage bonds of the
Mobile and Montgomery Railroad, to
the amount of $2,500,000, -has passed
both Houses of the Legislature by the
1 constitutional majority.
SATURDAY MORNING, FE/J 26.
All the available recruits at Cincin
nati have been ordered to Georgia to
join the eleventh infantry. Is Georgia
to be further scourged by the military ?
U. S. Income Tax. —Residents of
Muscogee and Chattahoochee counties
are referred to notice of C. W. Chap
man, Assistant Assessor.
A Bad Beginning Makes a Good
Ending.— This week opened with the
coldest weather we have known this
winter. It continued two or three days.
Yesterday was clear and balmy like
spring.
True. —No great journal can afford j
to boa mere party follower. No jour
nal can become great, or remain great,
as a party hack. The journalist has a
grander function than to be merely a
flag-bearer. He is, or ought to be a
General.
Death of Solon Mitchell, Esq.
—Solon Mitchell, Esq. of Harris Cos.,
died after a short illness at his residence
of pneumonia, on the 24th inst. Only
a few days since we met him on our
streets in the full flush of health. He
was the brother of Mrs. Alexander Mc-
Dougald of our city, and was a gentle
man of many high and generous quali
ties.
The papers of Pennsylvania are at
tempting to discover which State has
the worst Legislature—Georgia or
Pennsylvania.— N. Y. Democrat.
We enter Alabama, and “bet our hot
tom dollar” on her. —Mobile Register.
Just baud over your last stamp, Mr.
Register. For cool, unblushing rascali
ty, no body was ever assembled, is in
existence, or can ever be found to com
pare to the thing lately assembled at
Atlanta.
Death of an Old Citizen.— Barney
Frost, an old and well known citizen,
died on Thursday night last. He was
a prominent cotton buyer for many
years, and in addition to his energy and
industry as a business man, was pos
sessed of many generous qualities. In
all of the country lying along the Chat
tahoochee, above this point, he had
many friends, who will regret to learn
that he has been cut off in the very
prime of life. His only brother, Mr. F.
A. Frost, will accompany his remains
to West Point this morning, where they
will be interred.
Morton’s Life of Paine.— Some
time ago we announced that ex Judge
Alex. C. Morton, of our city, whose
father, Walter Morton, was, with Thos.
Addis Emmet, executor of the will of
Thomas Paine, and who possessed his
manuscripts, was about submitting to
the press a work to be entitled “The
Lite and Complete writings ot Thomas
Paine.” Great interest is now excited
in the matter, as tho spiritualists are
claiming Paine as one ot them. We
learn that the completion of the work
has only been deferred by the strife of
contending houses for the copyright.
Several of our exchanges, led by the
New York Tribune, were in error
in stating Judge Morton to have
been one of Mr. Paine’s executors, in
stead of his father. The error, howev
er, is patent when it is remembered that
Mr. Paine died in 1808, during the ad
ministration of that great friend of civil
and religious liberty, Thomas Jefferson,
who was also the personal friend of
Thomas Paine, the author of “The
Rights of Man.”,
Superior Court Thursday.
When Court met at sharp 9 o’clock, the
jury in the case of Gunby vs. Ferry, et
als., rendered the following decree:
“We, the jury, find in favor of the
complainant, and decree that the deed
of conveyance be annulled, and decree
that the judgments be transferred to
Mrs. Catherine Perry, and also that
possession of the property be given to
the complainant within sixty days from
this, the 23d day of February, 1870, and
we further decree that the complainant
pay to Mrs. C. Perry the sum of
$1648 50.”
The case will go to the Supreme
Court, on exceptions to the Judge’s
charge.
The call of the Equity Docket was
then resumed and speedily concluded.
The Claim Docket was then taken up
and rushed with locomotivo speed.
Although no case went before a jury
ou either of these dockets, much real
business was accomplished.
It was announced that when Court
met this morning the Illegality and
Certiorari Dockets would be taken up.
It was also announced that the juries
would be discharged for the term this af
ternoon. Therefore, it is probable that
but few litigated cases will he enter
tained.
Mr. Martin, of the Alabama bar, was
among the lawyers present yesterday.
Superior Court Friday. A
disposition seemed to be manifest to
rush business, and bring the long ses
sion to a speedy end. The Judge had
intimated that he would discharge the
juries on this day, he fulfilled it by dis
charging one at 12 o’clock. Only two
cases were tried, but many others dis
posed of on various moves. To-day
the motion docket will be sounded, and
the court will continue upon it, if not
sooner disposed of, until Wednesday.
On next Monday week, what is called
“the Spring riding” commences ; court
then convening at Marion county.
There seems to be a general relief felt
by the Bar, and attendants, at the ap
proaching close of the Muscogee court,
as the session has been a long one. We
indulge in it, for it will spare U 9 the
long walk to the Court House.
In the case of Gammel & Cos., vs.
Schley, the case went out of court under
the ruling of the Judge. The ruling of
the Judge was to the effect that a livery
Btable keeper’s lien did not apply to a
debt contracted for the hire of car
riages, &c.
Savannah and Memphis Railroad.
—We are pleased to see, says the Ope
lika Recorder, that Colonel Jones is
getting under headway. Mr. Wells,
the chief engineer of the company, is
now on the path, with his corps, to es
tablish the line to a point of connection
with the Selma and Rome Road. Mean
while the work is progressing at this
terminus preparatory to laying down the
track.
Another Victim of Sumner —Mr.
Dawes of Massachusetts, desires the
House of Representatives to reprimand
a Mungen of Ohio because he said that
Sumner was not a man. There’s not a
woman in in the land who would not
fight upon being told that Cbawls was
a woman. _ __
Those Democrats. lnvestigation
has failed to find any of the Democrats
who were stated to have attended the
treat that Btodget gave after his elec
tion as Senator. It is supposed that
the staff editorial of the Atlanta Intelli
gencer composed the Democratic dele
gation present on the occasion.
Cruel. — Somebody is fighting old
Bard. A report has been started that
Gen. Wigfall now lives in Idaho. He
and Bard could not live long together
in a State or Territory. Don’t cry,
Sammy, Wigfall’s in England.
EXIT C. B.
It is difficult to say whether the sur-1
prise or the gratification of the country
will be the greater, at the expulsion of
Carpet-bagger Whittemore from the
House of Representatives of the United
States Congress by an unanimous vote.
We confess, and put upon record, our
surprise at this act. Another cherished
delusion has been rudely and ruthlessly
dispelled. From reading it in juvenile
primers, or copying it during schoolboy |
days, we had become to be a firm be
liever in the trite maxim, “Honor \
among thieves.” Hard experience had
taught us, in common with our people,
that it was vain to look for honor
among the thieves who now control the |
Federal Government, and who infest
all of the reconstructed State Govern- j
ments of the South, upon questions in- j
volving the rights of the honest and j
oppressed people, and the vermin which j
have been put upon them by bayonets, j
But we still clung to the delusion that
the thieves would stand one by the oth- !
er, until the telegraph announced that
Whittemore was kicked out of the com
pany of his peers, with not one of them
to say nay. It is true, that Butler and
a few others did rally around Whitte
more for a brief period. It is also a fact
that the Radical Press rushed to his
rescue. But when the tug came, he
was deserted by his friends and com
panions, who taught him the trick in |
which he had been detected, and who
daily commit offences against decency,
honesty, and the written law, quite as
heinous as his own. Only one man
has yet been bold enough to protest
against the punishment of Whittemore.
Don Piatt declares it an outrage, and
charges that the whole business of the
House from which he has been expelled
is one great system of bargain and sale,
fraud and corruption.
No sympathy should follow Whitte
more, for when he left, his carpet-bag
contained in stationery, soap, pens,
&c., &e., more of value than the paper
collars which constituted his wardrobe
when he sought Congressional honors
in Carolina. And the constituency
which elected him once, is quite capa
ble of repeating the outrage—thus giv
ing him opportunity for further specu
lations. He should have been expelled
for selling out so cheap, and upon this
ground, perfiaps, his treatment is fully
justified.
Perhaps it was thought best to make
a sudden and severe example of him,
and thus stop unpleasant investigation.
Other members were in limbo, and facts
damaging to Congressmen and high of
ficials were daily finding their way to
the public ear. Even Grant and Bout
well are under a cloud about that little
gold gambling transaction. Ttm Whit
ujuiore’s expulsion has a meaning deep
er than this. Radicalism desires to get
rid of the tools with which its dirty
work has been done. Tho carpet-bag
gers are such an utterly low down, dis
gusting, ignorant, greedy and impudent
set of rascals generally, that the party
in power desires to shift that load from
his shoulders before entering into anoth
er political contest. Bye-bye, Whitty.
Carpet-baggers to the rear.
A correspondent, writing from Brook
ville, Miss., under date of Jan. 31, says:
“Negroes are proving so troublesome
with us that our planters are bringing
out Danes and other white labor. Three
are now in Illinois for them, and have
orders for nearly every planter. The
hands (negroes) all left their work to
day, the best plow day of the season, to
lynch a white man and burn Brooks
ville. They, however, found the whites
collected to the number of two or three
town, the loader of the League got him
self well shaken by the collar.”
“Shaken by the collar” is rather a
light punishment for the leader of a
gang of murderers and plunderers.
G UHKRN A I OKIAL C AN DIDATE FOR AL
ABAMA. —The Opelika Recorder says:
The Mobile Register, after copying our
suggestion of the Hon. W. 11. Barnes as
the candidate for Governor at the next
election, concludes thus :
With all our heart, if he is eligible
under the XlVth Amendment, and re
ceives the nomination of the Democrat
ic State Convention.
Col. Barnes held no office before the
war requiring him to take an oath to
support the Constitution of the United
States; consequently no is not disqual
fied hy the XlVth Amendment.
Another Steamboat Disaster—
The Emma, No. 3, from Memphis to
Cincinnati, was fired at Island No. 35,
by the upsetting of the stove in the la
dies’ cabin, last Friday, the weather
being intensely cold, and the boat
crowded with cotton. The boat struck
a snag and the shock upset the stove.
The fire spread like a flash—a terrible
gale prevailing at the time. The Emma
had, besides her crew, about forty cabin
and fifteen deck passengers, of whom
some forty-six are reported lost.
Two Nigger Governments —Though
more than sixty Salnavists, and among
them Gen. Lubin, have been shot at
Jacmel, the reign of butchery continues
in Hayti.
The outgoing President of the Libe
rian republic says in his message :
“The pleasure of the country will be
enhanced by the knowledge of the fact
that a portion of our aboriginal popula
tion have borne taxation with as much
ease as our civilized inhabitants.”
Two More of Them.— The Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel has a special
from Washington which conveys the
intelligence that Prince and Clift, two
carpet-baggers from this State, are im
plicated in the cadet selling business.
For this reason the Senate has refused
to confirm the appointment of Prince
as Postmaster at Augusta.
Clift Cleared. The Savannah
Republican clears Clift the ex-Congress
man from that district, from complici
ty in the cadet selling business. He
appointed a Massachnsetts youth who
could not stand the examination. He
then appointed Gen. Sibley’s son. The
Yankee youth had no funds and old
Sibley did not pay anything. Perhaps
he thought a cadetship from a State
not in the Union an uncertain invest
ment.
TnE Latest Interview*. —A Califor
nia editor has been interviewing a cin
namon bear. He describes the conduct
of the interviewed as touching in the
extreme, so much so that he was con
strained to leave with him several locks
of hair, his overcoat and a portion of his
right hand as keepsakes, in memory of
the occasion.
“Misery loves company.” We feel
much better since we learn that Man
ager Grau as mercilessly slaughtered the
beautiful “J.ewess” in Montgomery as
he did “Faust” in this city .—Selma
Times.
It may gratify you, brother Times, to
know that Mynheer Graureassassinated
them both in this place.
The disproportion of age between the
Mormon husbands and their young
wives, is producing its natural result of
an excess of male births—estimated by
some at 83 per cent.—which must in
another generation put a stbp to polyg
amy.
Alabama Legislature—Wkdnes
dav.—Senate passed House bill to en
large the jurisdiction of the chancery
court in the matter of lands of dece- j
dents, sold under preceedings in the or
phans’ or probate courts; to amend sec- ,
tion 3577 of the Revised Code ; regu
lating appealsfrom justices of the peace
in certain cases. House passed bills to
provide for the investment of the school
fund in the State ; to provide for the re
moval of sheriffs in certain cases; to
authorize districts to prohibit live stock
from running at large.
Mr. Proskauer, chairman of the House
special committee to examine into the
interpolations of the Mobile municipal
bill, submitted a lengthy report, with
the evidence attached, of the clerks and
members of the House, and several oth
er parties. [The report exonerates all
the clerks of the House from any knowl
edge or participation in the interpola
tions.] The report was received and
laid over.
Mr. Hubbard, from the special com
mittee submitted a report and bil l, ex
planatory of the act to loan the credit of
the State to expedite the construction of
railroads. [Endorse no bonds for roads
less than thirty miles in length. ]
Mr. Steward, from the Committee on
Education, reported favorably on the
bill to make an appropriation to pay the
teachers of public schools for the years
1868 9. Pending on consideration of
which, the House adjourned till 7] p.
m.
Alabama Legislature—Thursday.
es to five minutes was lost. Senate
passed bills to authorize the filing of
affidavits against insolvent estates pre
vious to final settlement; to amend
section 4082 of the Revised Code. The
common carrier bill was ordered to a
third reading: Senate concurred iu
House amendments to bills to author
ize the Governor to endorse the first
mortgage bonds of the Mobile and
Montgomery Railroad Company, and
to establish anew charter for the city
ot Eufaula. Mr. Bromberg from the
Select Committee submitted a final re
port on the alleged tampering with en
grossed Senate bill; which report, with
the evidence and the report first made,
were ordered printed.
House tabled bill to appropriate the
balance of the three per cent. fund.
House passed bills to establish the Ala
bama Agricultural College; (it provides
that an agricultural college shall be es
tablished, as a branch of the State Uni
versity, under the direction of a board
of trustees, one from each Congression
al district, and one for the State at large,
to he appointed by the Governor); to
authorize the Governor to endorse the
bonds of the M. & M. R. R. Company
to the amount of $2,500,000. The com
pany is to complete the road from Ten
sas to the city of Mobile, by the: first
day of July, 1872 ; yeas 63, nays 23; to
establish anew charter lor the city of
Eufaula. The Governor signified his
approval of House bill to amend the act
making an appropriation for education
al purposes, approved Octaber 10, 1808;
to pay the teachers of public schools for
years 1866-7. Pending consideration
of a motion to indefinitely postpone the
bill to pay the teachers of the public
schools for the years 1863 and 1801),
House adjourned.
Alabama Legislature, Friday.—
Senate passed bills for relief of Law
rence Speed and others; to repeal sec
tion 18 of the act to incorporate the N.
O. Mobile and Chattanooga R. It. Cos.;
to extend the time in which to open
judgements and grant new trials in cer
tain cases ; prohibiting the judges and
clerks of courts of the State from hold
ing the office of general administrator
of the county ; to explain and define
the meaning and intent of the act to aid
in the construction of railroads ; to re
lease the Tennessee and Coosa ft. R.
from its indebtedness to the State; to de
declare Wm. Deason a citizen of
Lee county; to establish a pre
cinct in Lee county to be known
as Whitten ; to amend Section- 4328 and
1064 of the Code ; to increase the salary
of the Chief Justice. The Governor
notified the Senate he had signed bill
authorizing him to endorse, on the part
of the State, the first mortgage bonds of
the Mobile and Montgomery Railroad.
Bill was reported to better secure the
exemption of real estate from levy and
sale by any legal process, and referred
one to regulate agencies oi ate insurance
companies of other States doing busi
ness in this State. Bill to amend Sec
tion 4082 of Review Code, so as to
make all officers swear they are not Ku
Kluxes was laid on the table.
House passed bill to revive and amend
Section 1755 of Review Code. Both
Houses have agreed to adjourn next
Thursday.
A Ward of the Nation. —Louisa
Pope, a black woman of good, jolly,
honest appearance, of African descent,
pure and unmitigated, emigrated to Li
beria before the war. About two years
since she returned from the African Re
public sick of a government “Republi
can in form,” with the determination
to make Georgia her place of nativity,
her home for life; preferring, as she
said, “to be ruled by honest Southern
people than to lead a life amongst peo
pie whar the native born Africans treat
each other better than the Southern ne
groes Who have moved there ; and whar
"one of ’em treats each other better than
dogs." Lnnisa has amassed money
enough to purchase a Ro„ instea( j Au .
gusta, and “vows to end her days:.. ntd
Georgy.”
Louisa is an impartial witness as to
the condition of “the ward of the na
tion” in “rebellious Georgia.” Let
Louisa be summoned before the next
Congressional Reconstruction Commit
tee to instruct our Solons as to the char
acter and condition of the colored race
in the South as compared with Liberia.
—Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel.
The Wav the Money Goes. —As an
illustration of how the money of the
people of Georgia is being squandered,
we mention as a fact, that over $17,-
000 has been paid by the State Treasur
er for mileage! To the credit of Mr.
Mills, the Secretary of the Senate, and
Mr. Newton, Clerk of the House, we
state, that only the Constitutional num
ber (seven) of subordinate clerks were
paid. But the following unheard of of
ficers in Georgia before, drew from the
public treasury as follows :
Ten Pages, $2 per day each S7BO 00
Doorkeeper for gallery, $3. day. 117 00
Sergeant-at-arms, $9 per day. ..351 00
Water toter $3 per day 117 00
Water toter, $5 per day 125 00
We would like to be informed under
what provisions of the Code or Consti
tution of Georgia Speaker McWhorter
appoints the above officers, affixes their
pay, and certifies to their claims.
All the members of the Legislature
(save Dunlap Scott, of Floyd, who said
it looked too much like robbery) drew
pay for the whole thirty-nine days
twelve days recess and all. The usual
rule and the law has been only to draw
75 per cent, of the per diem allowance.
Is not this a grab game ?— Atlanta Con
stitution.
More About that Indictment
Against Gaft. Foster Blodgett.—
We are informed that when Capt. Blod
gett, Superintendent Senator, com
manded a battery of artillery in the
Confederate service, he published a
challenge for a fight with the Sprague
Battery, of Rhode Island. That battery
was raised and equipped by Governor
Sprague, now a Senator in Congress,
from Rhode Island, and was highly
lauded by the Federalsfor its efficiency.
Captain Blodgett’s Confederate soul,
hungry for glory, was not satisfied with
any common eclat, but burned for unu
Btial distinction.
The challenge issued by the patriotic
Confederate is said to be in the hands
of a gentleman to be used whenevciJhe
trial for fibbing shall come off in the
United States Court.— Atlanta Con.
A Little Negro Burned to Deatii
—A negro girl, about twelve years of
age, living near the residence of Mr.
M. Fort, was burned to death on la9t
Friday. She had been left at home by
her parents, to take care of the house
and her brother, and in going too near
the fire, her clothes caught on fire.
Her brother had the presence of mind
to get some water to put the fire out,
but the girl became frightened, and
started for Mr. Fort’s. The fresh air
gave new life to the flames, and she was
burned so bad that she died within a
few minutes after meeting her mother,
about one hundred yards from the cab
in.— Talbotton Young American.
Cotton at Montgomery. — Receiv
ed past week 374 ; total receipts 65,158;
stock Feb. 24th 1870,’.12,358. i
Vlgger In tho Senate.
The following is a synopsis of the 1
debate in the Senate upon the presenta I
tion of the credentials of Rovels:
Mr. Wilson presented the credentials I
of A. R. Revels, Senator elect from ;
Mississippi, which were received. The j
paper has a certificate of election for the !
term ending in 1871, and signed by Gen
Ames, Military Governor of Mississippi
Mr. Saulsbury proceeded to argue
that admission to the Senate could only
bo claimed upon a valid election by vote
of a Legislature. In the present case
there was no evidence emanating from
the Legislature that they had elected
any one, but simply a certificate from
an individual styling himself a military
officer and a provisional Governor, and
thatthe Legislature done certain acts.
He denied that any Provisional Gov
ernor could send a communication to
this body for such an officer was un
known to the Constitution.
Mr. Wilson had read a certified copy
of the proceedings in the election ot I
Senators of the United States by the
Mississippi Legislature.
Mr. Drake remarked that the objec
tion was without force, as au act ol
Congress required the Governor of a
S.ate to certity to the election of a Sen
ator, but did not say that the evidence
should come from the Legislature.
A communication before the Senate
from the Governor of Mississippi, pro’-
visional though he might be called,
furnished every evidence required by
the Constitution. The Great Seal of
the State to a paper was sufficient for
the Senate, for the right of the Governor
to use that seal could not now be inquir
ed into, but iu the present case, it must
be accepted as a fact.
Mr. Saulsbury referred to newspa
per announcements, and inquired if a
paper was any evidence .4' tin- , Lotion
ot the person referred to.
The Chair said if any objection was
made to the administration of tho oath
to Revels—the question whether the
oath should be administered would lie
submitted to the Senate.
Mr. Saulsbury said before the question
of administering tho oath came up other
questions might have to be settled. At
this particular stage he submitted that
the certificate of a military officer that
this man had been elected to the Senate
of the United States was not such acer
tificate as waß required by law.
Mr. Stewart asked if the certificate of
eleection of the various Senators from
the reconstrcted States had been signed
by the Provisional Governors. He
spoke of the election of a person named
Alcorn, as Governor of Mississippi.
Therefore, taking the ground of Senator
Drake, this paper did not show the sig
nature and seal of the Governor of Mis
sissippi.
Mr. Drake replied that in tlio absence
of official information that the newly
elected Governor had not been installed
into office, Senator Saulsbury could not
insist that the office of Governor had
changed hands.
Mr. Trumbull said that under the law
the Governor was required to give a
certificate of election. Strictly speak
ing the present certificate was defective
in not giving the facts of the election
in detail ; But instances had occurred in
the Senate iu which members had been
sworn in without presenting any certifi
cate. The admission of Senator Davis
was an instance of this kind. He then
called for the reading of the papers sub
mitted by Mr. Wilson.
The papers referred to, detailing the
meeting of the Joint Convention of the
Legislature, at which out of 119 votes
Revels, received 81, were read.
Mr. Wilson said the papers included
the certificate of the Clerk of the lower
House to the correctness of the journals,
and a similar report of the proceedings
of the Senate and a certificate signed by
the Secretary of State and Provisional
Governor.
London Correspondence New York Herald.
Scandal in England,
I The Prince of Wales Implicated--That
Sweet Prince.
This day week the famous divorce
case of Mordaunt vs. Mordaunt will
commence. The plaintiff is a baronet,
Sir Charles Mordaunt, who seeks a di
vorce from his wife on the pica of adul
tery. The outline of the story is that,
when Lady Mordaunt was confined of
h«r first e.hild. aim confessed. to the wile
of a clergyman who was with her that
she had broken the Seventh Command
ment, not only with one, but with about
six different individuals. Her friends
say that Lady Mordaunt was insane
when she made that confession : her en
emies say she was not. Whether as a
needful precaution, or whether to give
a coloring to her defense, I know not,
but she has certainly for some months
been the inmate of a private lunatic asy
lum. Sir Charles, although sent for and
urged by Her Majesty the Queen not to
bring about that igreat scandal, persists
in carrying the matter through, even to
the bitter end, and the trial is to go on.
It will cost, no matter which will carry
I the day, a not very small fortune. To
I very many Americans it will be interest
i ing on account of the evidence—very
much of which will he taken from the
manager, waiters, chambermaids, and
others of the Langham Hotel, where so
many Americans put up when they
come to .London.
American Press Association :
London, February 18—Midnight.—
Great excitement has been created to
by the damaging testimony adduc
ed in tho Mordaunt divorce ease.
Sir Charles Mordaunt was examined.
He charged that the Prince of Wales
had, for some time paHt, carried on a j
clandestine correspondence with Lady [
Mordaunt. Sir Charles forbade the
Prince the priviledge of entering his
house, but the latter visited Lady Mor
daunt during her husband’s absence on
Parliamentary duties.
Letters from the Prince were found
in Lady Mordaunt’s desk. She has con
fessed to having intrigued with the
Prince of Wales, with the Viscount
Cole, and with Sir Frederick Johnson.
The Prince denies the charge, and
wishes an examination iu order to clear
himself.
The defense set up is “puerperal in
sanity.” The whole country is intense
ly excited over these developments.
TnE Military Household. —On
Dawes’ appropriation bill—that is the
sharp stick stirring up the animals—a
discussion arose over the employment
of army officers in the Executive Man
sion. An explanation was given to the
effect that these were officers assigned
to duty on the staff of Gen. Sherman,
and had nothing to do. Whereupon
Gen. Logan very pertinently suggested
that said officers had better be mustered
out. This assignment to civil duty of
army officers at the Executive Mansion
is very offensive. One sickens of this
continuous rattle of brass in times of
peace, while making a Brigadier Gene
ral of tho regular army a keeper of the
card basket, or custodian of the ante
chamber, is, to say the least of it, in
very bad taste. I hope the day is not
distant when we will have done with
this military business altogether. I
should suppose that the people by this
time had experienced enough of that
sort of thing. Out of all the military
men called to the Presidency, not one
left a solitary claim to a knowledge even
of what was going on, let alone states
manship. Gen. Washington occupied
the place when it amounted to less than
the Department of the Interior now.
Gen. Jackson was the author of the
system that lias so degraded our civil
service, that It is doubtful whether the
the remaining buffers, down to this
Government will survive it. As for
epauleted sphinx, there was not one i
a sensible man would give fifty cents to
for an opinion on any subject. —Don
Piatt.
The Will of Salnave.— Late advices
from Port au Prince furnish a copy of.
the following letter, written by Saluavo
half an hour before his execution:
Port au Prince , January 15— My dear
Priscilla— In the moment of my death
I recommend to your motherly care all
of my children. Treat them as you
would your own. Give to Madame St.
Just $2,000, to A. Glace SI,OOO, to the
daughter of M. Laforet $2,000, to my
mother SI,OOO, to Flora $3,000, and tell
all my little sons never to meddle with
the politics of the country. 1 would
recommend that you go to the Cape, as
you can live there better than else
where. Victor is to put on interest all
the money of Bonne and that of Flora,
if she finds it to her benefit. Take
courage, my children. At this instant
I embrace you. Thy friend,
S. Salnavk. |
The John Blown KaiH_N ocr ,, t
ry of 4h»i JleiuoraHe Event ** °"
From tlio Detroit Post, Feb. 7.
Brown and five of his men arrived iu
Detnot with fourteen slaves Horn Mis
souri, in the summer of 1858. Quo of
the slaves gave birih to a mule child ou
the way. The boy was uamed Jehu
Brown, aud uow lives m Wiudsur. p v
a straugo coiucideucc, Fred. Dougl laß
happened to be lecturing luthis city the
same evening that Brown arrived. \p
ter the lecture the leaders ol the i u . ur
rectionary movement got tot-ethi-i hi
the house of Wm. Webb, ou Oouvi CB9
street, near Antoine street, and arrang
ed tho plan for the raid on the South
which broke out prematurely at u lr ’
per’s Ferry. Mr. Webb was ior tour
years manager of the plug tobacco tue.
tory in Jefferson avenue, and was a
highly respected man. He is now dead.
The leading colored people of Detroit
and Chatham were also present at tlio
meeting. Douglass objected to Brown's
plans, which originally was to make
raids ou single plantations until he had
collected a force of about 1,000 slim ■
and then swoop down the large towi 1
and cities, collecting torce and maitri. 1
as he progressed. Brown grew wuu.y
and asked Douglass if he was a eowaru'
and ruterred to his success in Kansas
as an augury of the Virginia campaign.
Douglass replied that lie was not a cow
ard, and would give material aid to the
plan if he did not approve of it, or die
not go himself. George De Baptiste
also disapproved of the plan, but pro
posed a gunpowder plot, by which some
fifteen of the largest churches in tile
South would be blown up on a fixed
Sunday. Brown objected to that plan
ou the score of humanity, asserting that
by his plan not a hundred lives would
be lost, nis intention being not to shed
blood unless absolutely necessary. De
Baptiste still urged radical measures,
declaring that Brown’s plan would tail
and perhaps cause the loss of a million
before the troubles likely to enßue
would be ended. He cited iu support
of his position the fact that the Nat
Turner insurrection in 1831, hy which
fifty-three white lives were lost, had
had the effect of causing the next Vir
ginia Legislature to consider a bill for
the gradual emancipation ot slaves,
which bill was lost by only two votes.
Ossawatomic’s counsel finally pre
vailed, and tho only favor besides money
and advice that ho asked of his Detroit
friends, was to furnish him one map,
which they did—a Chathamite. The
news of the disturbance at Harper’s
Ferry, which took the nation with so
much surprise, was perfectly understood
by the Colored people of this city. They
were anticipating the event, since one
Foster had divulged in Washington the
plans of Brown, who, iu consequence,
was obliged either to abandon his enter
prise or precipitate matters, even If at
fearful odds. He chose the latter alter
native.
The sequel is sufficiently well known.
These facts, however, have been kept
with sworn secrecy until lately by the
colored men of Detroit. The particulars
have never been published. It may bu
only necessary to add that subsequent
to the meeting at Webb’s house, on
Congress street, a meeting was held in
Chatham, at which tho “cap shea.'”
was put on the plan. Now that the
negroes are equal politically before the
law, they have no fear in letting tlieir
connection with this affair he known.
They glory in it. _
Keinarknble Duel.
A duel was fought on the Alabama
and Mississippi State Line, on, wo be
lieve, Sunday or Monday morning, by
two young men of a villago in East
Mississippi, not a thousand miles away,
which had some singular features iu it.
The allair was strictly private, and the
parties to it have since made friends and
desire to avoid notoriety, and we omit
names and place.
The challenged party did not want
to tight, but the challenger insisted and
he complied. The time and place was
fixed with little delay. Together they,
went to a livery stable and hired liorßus,;
and rode together to the house of a mu-i
tual friend, who entertained them un-j
Buspecting the deadly business they
were on. They Blept in the same bed
that night. When they were dressed
next morning, they swapped breast
pins. Wo believe we undcrslooa our
informant to say that they had but one
friend between them, who was equally
the second of both. They rode to the
field of honor and dismounted. The
ground was measured oil, and tho par
ties took their positions with revolving
pistols as the weapons. One of the par
ties remembered that the pistol he held
in his hand was a present from the oth
er, and said he didn’t feel like he want
ed to kill him with it. The other then
proposed to exchange, and it was done.
The duel then proceeded. Two shots
were exchanged, every shot taking ef
fect, but, luckily, inflicting painful
though not serious wounds, except one.
One of the parties was wounded in the
pistol arm at the last fire, the ball outer
ing near the wrist, passed longitudinal
ly and out near the elbow, and yet uu
spent, wounded the muscle of the hack.
Notwithstanding the severity of this
wound, it was still contemplated to eon
tinuo the fight. The parties took tlieir
position again. The man with the crip
pled arm could not bring up his weapon
to bear upon his antagonist, who oh
serving his situation proposed that the
fight stop for the present, to be renewed
in ten days, if hy that time the arm had
got well enough, and il not hy that
time, at the expiration of twenty days,
and if not in twenty, then, whenever it
was well. Upon these terms the fight
was suspended, and, we are happy to
say, not to be renewed at all. The dif
ficulty has been amicably adjusted, and
with a party of happy friends they have
pledged each other of the sincerity of
their reconciliation in sparkling wine.
—Meridian Mercury , lUh inst.
An Outrage— Last Wednesday night
Mr. Ben. Weathers, his wife, and a
young lady who was his guest were
aroused just after they had retired to
bed by the discharge of a gun and tho
howling of one of the dogs. Mr. Wea
thers immediately arose, went into the
yard and fired his pistol in the direction
of the report of the gun, and soon after
wards also fired his gun twice. About thi3
time the attacking party again fired,
wounding Mr. Weathers in the arm.
He retreated to his room, where all tho
inmates of the houso had collected and
fastened the door. The marauders
pursued aDd summoned him to come
out, using threats against him. He and
the ladies recognized the voices of two
negroes in the crowd, Wash Howard
and Wesley Walls, and believing it to
be their intention to kill him, he raised
a plank of the floor, escaped and ran to
his neighbors for assistance. The ladies
left, alone, parleyed some minutes with
the negroes, in order to give Mr. W.
time to make good his escape, after
which they opened the door, in obedi
dience to the demands of the assailants.
Wash Howard came in and ordered
them to leave, refusing to allow them to
get their clothing. The ladies, undressed 1
as they were, were forced by the villains
to leave the house and seek shelter at
Mrs. Sistrunk’s.a nulo and a half distant.
As they were going a negro near the
door steps, attempted to shoot Miss
Han kin, who was carrying Mrs. Weath
ers’babyin her arms, but fortunately
tho gun missed fire. This worthy was
afterwards identified hy both ladies as
John Williams. A warrant was issued
by Justices Brewer and Bilbro for tho
negroes above named, and also for laz
Walls and Green Graham. The inves
tigation was commenced before these
officers last Monday and concluded
Tuesday evening. A largo number ot
witnesses were examined and the ut
most diligence used to ferret out the
guilty perpetrators of the deed. Alter
the evidence had been taken, the case
was argued by Messrs. Graham and
Ferguson for the State,and Messrs Gunn
and Dougherty for the defense. The
court after mature deliberation dis
charged Taz Walls and Green Graham,
and committed Wash Howard, Wesley
Walls and John Williams to jail, in
default of $5,000 bail, each.— Tuskeyee.
News. _
The Morgan Affair ok Forth
Years Aoo.-There is at least one gen
tlcmcn in this city who know* every
incident connected with * bd ?g 10
and subsequent fate of Morgan -1 here
is no mystery about the allair n •
s not improbable that the entire story
will be laid before the pubho at some
future day, and so set.at restthe' P ,
lations which the writer mgenui
many others have wasted thei g
ty upon. —New York Times. J