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|l BSOAY nOKHIiIi, JV\. Ml.
(joiNo to Florida. Gentlemen tell us
the rush of negroes to Florida is very
surprising, especially frpm Southeastern
(i. orgia. They mainly seek Middle Flori
da. The exodus has been, and continues
very heavy.
Promoted. —Captain Dan Fry was in
the city yesterday. We are informed that
he has been appointed Deputy I'uited
States Inspector of Steamboats for Ibis
district, with headquarters at Apalachi
cola.
New Triad Refused. — A motion for a
new trial for Mr. Milton Malone was sub
mitted without argument to Judge Hop
kins, on Saturday, in Atlanta. He re
tired lo grant the motion. The case will
now be carried to the Supreme Court,
which will delay the hearing at least six
months.
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The Cot.d Last Year. —Many, without
thinking, pronounced Sunday the coldest
day they have ever known. Now, during
the week corresponding to this, last, year,
the thermometer averaged forty degrees.
On Thursday we had a snow-fall to the
average depth of two inches, and the
house-tops were covered for two days.
The Extension Sold. —Our river trade
is largely interested in the Jacksonville,
Pensacola and Mobile Railroad, the one
which lias been completed from Jackson
ville to the Chattahoochee river. It once
promised to do a large business in connec
tion with tliiH point. We notice, however,
that the portion of road between Quincy
and Chattahoochee, a distance of twenty
two miles, was sold on the 7th inst. by
the Sheriff of Gadsden county, for $70,-
000. The purchasers are not given, but
we presume the company bought it in.
Annual Meeting of the Stockholders
of the Georgia Home Insurance Compa
nv. It was held last afternoon in the
company’s office. The following Direc
tors were re-elected: J. Rhodes Browne,
John King, L. T. Downing, Charles Wise,
James Rankin. N. N. Curtis, John Mcll
heiiny, J. F. Bozeman, Josiah Morris,
(Montgomery, Ala.,) J. It. Clapp, D. F.
Willcox.
J. Rhodes Browne was re-elected Presi
dent; I). F. Willcox, Secretary; G. W.
Di Hi ngliam, Treasurer.
The annual statements were read, show
ing satisfactory progress.
A dividend of six per cent, was de
clared.
Globe Flowf.r Cough Syrup.— There
arc so many patent medicines in* the
world that, none can be relied upon for
'efficaciousness except those which have
been tried by experience. Judging from
this test, there is no such remedy as Globe
Flower Syrup, manufactured by J. 0.
Pemberton & Cos., of Atlanta, for coughs,
colds, hoarseness, sore throat, whooping
cough, pleurisy, asthma, bronchitis and
lung affections. It will cure consumption
when taken in time. Thousands have
been cured by tliis invaluable remedy. It
contains no ingredients that will hurt the
most delicate child. A. M. Brannon and
Martin Hood, of Columbus, have it for
sale.
Cotton Receipts at Interior Towns.—
The following shows the receipts of the
named interior towns from August 31st
to Jan. 17tli. Their united stocks on the
17!hwere 90,712, against 90,70(1 same date
last year:
1878 1872
Augusta 130,013 107,140
Macon .11,725 4(1,325
Eufaula 21,385 15,847
Columbus 41,120 82,072
Montgomery 54,095 40,153
Selma 30,105 48,372
Nashville 35,968 37,580
Memphis 221,171 233,738
Total 594,642 507,227
Death of oapt. John R. Mott. — This
gentleman, after an illness of several
days, died Sunday noon, at the residence
of his father, Col. 11. L. Mott, in the thir
ty-first year of his age. A wife and two
children survive him. During the war he
was adjutant of the 47th Georgia regi
ment, commanded by Gen. Benning, and
■on the latter’s promotion, filled the same
'office in his brigade. Ho remained on
active duty to the close of the revolution
—since which time he has been book
keeper of his father’s extensive mills.
Possessed of many generous, excellent
qualities, a free and open disposition, his
friends were uumbered by the scores.
The funeral took place yesterday morning.
Hook and Ladder Company, of which the
deceased was a member, escorted the re
mains to the cemetery. The funeral rites
took place at the Catholic Church, Father
■Cafferty officiating.
The Columbus Manufactory—Divi
dend Declared.— The stockholders of the
Columbus Manufacturing Company held
their annual mooting yesterday, in their
office at No. 127 Broad street, in rear of
Hie store of Boatrite A Clapp.
The reports of the officers were read
and adopted. The following Directors
\» ere re-elected for the ensuing year : Gen.
K. If. Chilton, J. R. Clapp, T. M. N.
Philips, J. Rhodes Browne, and Y\. A.
Richardson, of Louisville, Ky.
Gen. K. H. Chilton was re-elected Pres
ident. and J. R. Clapp Superintendent.
A dividend of three per cent, was de
clared from the earnings of the past six
months. At the last semi-annual meeting
a dividend of five per cent, was declared,
nuking the dividend for the year eight
per ceut. This is one of the factories that
was burned by Y ankee General YVilson, in
4865.
An Insurance Incident —Pure Luck. —
Not long since hii insurance policy was
about to expire. The gentleman whose
business it is to attend to such business
was writing to ask if a renewal was de
sired. A relative was passing through
the oil ice. when the writer mentioned to
him w hat he was doing, and that the poli
cy would expire that day. The relative
inst;u led t,\o agent to continue the in
s', i,v :i h ould pay the j jtium,
in t : in..it- .is thus settled and the
jk4.< y . 'Mite i Before a reply could
possibly have been received to the com
munication which the agent intended
writing, the relative received a doleful
letter from the owner of the property
stating that it had been burned, that the
insurance policy had expired two days be
fore and that he had neglected to renew
h, 4c. He is doubtless overjoyed by this
time to learn that he is $2,000 better off
than he deemed himself and that all was
due to accident. Such instances are not
frequent, even among the many curious
incidents that daily occur iu the insur
ance department. It is better .to fee lucky
than rich.
Flower bulbs of all varieties can be
found at A. M. Brannon’s drug store,
those desirous of raising choice flowers
should call on him.
VOL. XIV.
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
The past, that is gone forever; the pres
ent, which we alone can call our own ; the
future, into which we see by* the eye of
speculation, make the substance and his
tory of life. Memory is most engaged
with the first; reason and experience with
the second, and both imagination and re
ality with the third period of existence.
Memory calls back our successes and fail
ures, our virtues and vices, our triumphs
and reverses, our realizations and disap
pointments, that by present reason and
experience we may profit and shape the
future so it may end in happiness and
good.
The great Dramatist divides life into
seven acts, or ages. The infant “mewling
and puking in the nurse’s arms”—then,
the whining school-boy creeping like a
snail, unwillingly to school—then, the
lover, sighing, like a furnace, and playing
the fool generally—then, the soldier, seek
ing the bubble reputation in the cannon’s
mouth—then, the justice, in full round
belly, with good capon lined (like one of
our modern office-seekers filled with wise
saws and brazen augers to bore) —the sixth,
with spectacles on nose, and once manly
voice now turned to childish treble, and
whistles in his sound—and last scene of all,
is second childishness and mere oblivion.
The seeds of one season will, by laws
we can neither resist or evade, bring forth
a harvest after their kind just as we have
cultivated. If we have sown the wind of
evil in the past, we will reap the whirlwind
of remorse, despair, death, in the present
and future. If good, w*e will in due time
gather the flowers and fruits which cheer
and nourish contentment and usefulness
here, and the hope of bliss hereafter. The
great error of life is the expectation and
desire of fruition when we have not
planted and watered and labored to that
end. The farmer cannot reasonably de
mand corn in winter, when he never
bored in summer. The njariner knows
his good ship would be soon scattered on
the waves or broken on the rocks, without
a sleepless eye on the chart and compass,
and a firm grip on the wheel.
We think almost all of the poverty, the
thorns and briers and cruel wrecks of life
are the effects of indolence and false val
ues and expectations of the true and real.
Bach one has his or her regrets in the
past, dissatisfaction of the present and
idle imaginations baseless as a dream, to
be probably scattered like smoke in the
future. To check the wild imaginings
and memories of youth, to be educated by
tbe reason and experience of riper years
so that old ago may be comforted and
blessed, is a duty we owe to God, our
country, our friends, families and our
selves. Go where we will, do as we may,
earth cannot satisfy the immortal mind,
and we should so live that the memories
of the past, the experience and reason of
the present may teach us to subdue dis
content, conquer the evils of life and pre
pare us for the purity and grandeur of
that future, the worth of which no mortal
eye has seen, no human ear heard, nor
none but an angel of light, cau appreciate,
understand and adore.
If we would live less for the present
and time, and more for the future and
eternity, we would be better contented,
wiser and happier. “My kingdom for a
horse!” exclaimed the third Richard of
England when his Hag, in the hands of the
brave Sir Richard Brandon, w ent down in
blood on the field of Bosworth—“My king
dom for a minute of timo!” was a wiser
prayer, as a British Queen looked into the
realities of the future from the vanities of
the past of this receding world.
GEORGIA MILITARY INSTITUTE-
We learned, on our late visit to Atlanta,
that a bill has been prepared for the con
sideration of the Legislature to re-estab
lish the Georgia Military Institute, at Ma
rietta. The bill is backed by the Alumni
of the Institute, together with many of
the most talented and influential mem
bers and men from every section of the
State. The Atlanta Herald of the 18th
says the bill is liberal in its scope, respect
able in its terms, and if carried, will put
the Georgia Military Institute in the same
proud position it held before the war.
It will have our hearty support. Thore is
no education so desirable for boys, or so
admirable in its results, as a military edu
cation.
We, too, like the Herald, will give this
bill our hearty support. The Institute is
situated in sight of the Kennesaw Moun
tain, and in the midst of the purest water
and finest climate in the world. Since
the war, the natural beauty of Marietta
has been increased by the associations of
that event. We witnessed a severe battle
from the top of old historic Kennesaw,
and a few days after we saw the fiery
bombs flying over it, and heard their
death shriek as they hurtled through the
air. Here repose in peace, after “life’s
fitful fever,” the remains of many gallant
soldiers who gave their all for their God
and their country.
“ No wife, nor child, shall they again behold ;
Nor friends, nor sacred home.”
Then the Institute was deserted and its
desecrated halls and parade grounds which
once resounded with the tread, laughter
and shouts of hundreds of bright youths
were filled with horses, litter, and com
missary stores. The fences were broken,
the trees cut down and the buildings fast
hastening to destruction. We should be
pleased to see it once again in its former
beauty and grandeur, scattering broadcast
the seeds of science to spring up and
bear hardy and noble fruit.
To tease a gentleman of the Bar, who
was much in love with Marietta, it is said
the late witty Judge Underwood remarked
that he would rather die ia Marietta than
anywhere on earth. When asked, why ?
he coolly answered— “ Because he could
have fewer regrets, from there to go, than
from any* other spot on the globe. ’ Like
most professed wits, the Judge, in this
instance, sacrificed truth for a laugh, for
there is no place in the State that can
boast a greater number of natural beauties
or a higher standard of virtue, refine
ment and intelligence.
The Postal Department.— Postmaster
General Creswell is playing a very adroit
game to punish the newspapers of the
country for their animadversions upon his
chaperoning and postal telegraph jobs.
He lias proposed to-the House Committee
ou Post-offices to reduce the letter postage
to two cents for half an ounce, and to re
quire prepayment of postage on newspa
pers, urging that this last move would add
over a million to the revenue. It is be
lieved that, ou the contrary, it would op
erate directly to reduce the revenue by
the embarrassments it would occasion to
the press. _
Elected on the Bight Ticket. —Col.
J. K. Powell, known as the "Duke of Bir
mingham.'' has been elected Mayor of
Birmingham, Ala., and received more
votes than his three competitors put to
gether. Iu a published card the morning
of the election he stated that he was run
ning ou a white man’s ticket. He was
opposed in toto to an admixture of white
and negro aldermen, and sa)4 if Birming
ham elected such a ticket he wojjb) leave
the place. He wanted a white man's gov
ernment and would not live under any
other, and he had no respect for any man
who defcir.ed any other. So we axe in
formed by a friend who has enclosed us
his card. His head is level.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
WEDNESDAY nORNIKIG, JAN. 33.
Given Bond.— Thus far, we are reliably
informed, only the newly-elected Ordi
nary, Sheriff, Treasurer and Coroner of
this county have given the bonds required.
What was Made.— We are officially in
formed that at the late Catholic Fair in
Columbus a little over $2,800 were netted.
This amount goes toward settling the last
payment due on the convent.
Effect on Clocks.— The atmosphere
was so cold on Sunday that many of the
clocks in the city were stopped, and could
not be made to run again. The leaden
pipes in Van Riper's gallery burst.
Farm Products at Auction.— On the
Roon<»» place, in Chattahoochee county,
Saturday, corn was sold at $1 per bushel;
fodder $1 30 per hundred; cotton seed
21c per bushel; dry cattle $lO to sl2 per
head.
Hamilton Female College. The
spring session of this institution, located
at Hamilton, Harris county, begins on
the 28th. The situation is one of the
most healthy and beautiful in Georgia.
A pure air and lovely scenery give a zest
to study and render it a pleasure. Col.
J. H. Lovelace, the President, an able
and experienced instructor, is assisted by
able faculty. See notice.
Not an Injury Reported. —Captain Dan
Fry, United States Local Inspector for
the Apalachicola District, which extends
to Rome, and thence south to Cape Sable,
Florida, reports that in 1872 eighty thou
sand persons took passage on the different
steamers, and not a single casualty oc
curred. He also tells us thac since the
new law of inspection passed Congress
the casualties have decreased forty per
cent.
Reported as Disappeared. —The report
comes from Hamilton that Mr. Swinsford,
who killed Col. W. P. Ramsey and after
wards gave bond of SI,OOO for trial, has
disappeared, and no one knows where he
is. His lawyer, they report, anxious, as a
promised fee has not yet been paid. A
mortgage on a house and lot in Senoia,
which he gave Mr. Stafford as security for
the fee, is reported valueless, because the
house cannot be found in the place named.
Fire.— A small outhouse on the lot of
Mrs. E. A. Kennedy, located on Troup
street, southeast of Public School build
ing No. 1, was burned about four o’clock
last afternoon. Originated in some wood.
The house was pulled down by Hook and
Ladder Company before the engines got
on streams of water. One of the mem
bers, Mr. James D. Carter, carried down
one of the fire extinguishers which are
oharged with carbonic acid gas, and pre
vented the flames from communicating
with the dwelling and other houses.
Venus vs. Adonis.— Yesterday, Judge
W. F. Williams issued a warrant against
Henry Mitehell (colored) at the instance
of Lucinda Borum, of the same persua
sion, charging Henry with being the fa
ther of a child about to be born of her.
Both parties seemed vigorous in the pros
ecution of their respective cases,’and con
siderable feeling and interest was mani
fested. After argument concluded, Judge
Williams bound Henry over to the Supe
rior Court, in the sum of $l5O, to answer
the charge of bastardy.
Chas. H. Williams, Esq., for prosecu
trix; Chas. Coleman, Esq., for defense.
Auction Sale of the Ingersoll Prop
erty.—lt was sold, Tuesday, in McAUis
terville, Alabama. The property is com
prised in three miles of the upper city
bridge, in Bussell and Lee counties, and
on some of the lands are improvements.
The entire 1,402 ucres brought sll,-
275 75, or $8 04 per acre.
The home place, 28G acres, brought $lO
per acre. Other tracts realized prices as
follows: 84 acres, $lO 50 per acre ; 14,
slo' 25 ; 130, $7 ; 8, sls 25 ; 43, $8 50 ;
80, sll 50; 75, $8 50; 1, $lB 25; 2,
SBS (improved); 5, $10; 37, $5; 040, s(>.
A four-acre lot in Girard brought $lO5.
The home place and some of the other
property was bid in by the heirs.
Consumption of the Columbus Manu
factory During 1872. —-We have been
furnished with the following statement:
The company applied to payment of
dividends for the year up to August Ist,
1872, S4O,GOG 67, carried remainder of
profit—item, $23,468 23 to dividend, No.
5, three per cent, (payable February 20th,
1873) and the balance to reserve fund.
GOODS MANUFACTURED IN 1872.
Yarns—73o bunches 3,C95 lbs.
4-4 sheeting—2s,l2s pieces—
-1,083,524 yards 372,805 lbs.
£ sheeting 0,578 pieces
300,205 yards 100,830 lbs.
Sewing and knitting thread 4,501 lbs.
Cotton batting 9,900 lbs.
Total number lbs. goods... .497,800 lbs.
Cotton consumed 579,825 lbs., or 1,449 J
bales of 400 lbs. each.
The machinery was worked 207 j days;
average number of 4-4 looms 87 4-10, av
eraging daily 41 6-10 yards; average num
ber £ looms 26 4-10, averaging daily
40 5-10 yards; average number of looms
idle 2 2-10; making average number of
looms 116.
The manufactory is in a very flourishing
condition, and is owned by a comparative
ly small number of stockholders. Gen.
K. H. Chilton, formerly Adjutant-General
to Gen. Lee, is President.
Planting of Corn. —We believe pecu
niary salvation of the South this year de
pends upon the question whether planters
will make sufficient grain to render them
independent of the West. We have little
faith in very high prices of cotton. It de
pends upon the size of the American crop,
and many good authorities have gone
back to high estimates, or increased them.
An acre of corn requires only three days
work for the year. Corn can be made
cheaply in the South. If land was ma
nured anything near approaching that
which produces cotton, the yield would be
very heavy. With hardly any attention,
the average in Georgia is 13 bushels to
the acre; in Florida, the lowest in the
Union, 0;6 bushels. The highest average
is in lowa, 40:8 bushels; Illinois, 39:fi,
standing next. In the New Englapd
patches the average is 31 to 38:2 bushels.
Let our planters become farmers this year
aud see what they can produce. We
have heard good farmers say that it is
cheaper to raise corn on plantations than
to haul it any distance from depots where
it was delivered for nothing. Much IVest
erd corn is rot aud chaff. When raised
at home farmers have fodder, shucks, and
better grain.
Important Postal Decision. —The Post
Office Department rules that in the case of
a dissolved partnership, which contention
arises as to who is the proper person to
receive mail matter addressed to the for
mer business firm of the company', or its
officials, a postmaster being forbidden by
one party to deliver to the othei, such
postmaster should require them to appoint
a receiver, and retain all matter uutil said
receiver is appointed.
B. W. Milford advertises that he is now
connected with J. M. Bennett & Cos., deal
in stoves, hardware, Ac., at 131 Broad
street. The firm having a large manufac
tory in Columbus, Jjave superior facilities
for disposing of their stock. All kinds of
sheet-iron and copper work executed with
dispatch.
COLUMBUS GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JANUARY *28,1873.
The Last of the Creeks or Muscogees.
“Indian Tom,” the last of the Creek
Indians in Upson county, died, last week,
on an island in Flint river, where, for
many years, he has lived in a hut built of
drift wood he had caught as it floated
down that stream.
This announcement appeared in the
Sun during our late absence, or we would
have added something more in considera
tion of twenty-five years’ acquaintance
with the dead. “ Indian Tom ” was the
last of his tribe this side of the Indian
Territory, which owned and occupied the
whole of Georgia and the greater part of
Alabama. Creek is the English and Mus
kogee the Indian name of those who,
after their separation from the Seminoles
of Florida (their ancestors), became in
corporated into the powerful Alabama
Nation. The Muskogee tradition, of great
antiquity, is that a long time ago some
strange, wandering clans of Indians from
the Northwest found their way down into
Florida, into what was afterward known
as the country of the Seminoles. They
found plenty of game, and established
themselves there in the neighborhood of
the Appalachian tribes, by whom they
were called Seminoles—viz : “Lost Men.”
War ensued, and the Seminoles became
masters of the country. Game decreased,
and emigrations followed. They spread
northeast almost to Cape Fear river, N.
C., and westward as far as the Tallapoosa
and Coosa rivers.
The Creeks have been ruled by some
distinguished Chiefs—viz : M’Gilliverdy,
whose father was a Scotchman—Weather
ford, a half-breed, who surprised Fort
Mimms in 1813, and where but seventeen
persons out of 275 survived the carnage.
It was the insulting boast of this fierce
warrior that he could stand and hoe his
corn with one hand and whip the Geor
gians and Alabamians with the other, pro
vided—the Great Father at Washington
would keep away the white soldiers ! Mc-
Intosh, who was killed by the tribe, on a
charge of corruption as agent for the In
dians to execute a treaty in 1825, where
by all their lands in Georgia were ceded,
was famous as an orator and brave.
The uncle of “Indian Tom,” “Jim the
Bloody,” died on the plantation of Col.
Dubignon, on Flint river, about 1859,
aged near a hundred years. “Indian
Tom” must have numbered tbe years of
Jim, his uncle. “Jim the Bloody” was of
the party that assassinated Mclntosh, and
probably with the knowledge of “Indian
Tom;” and for fear of meeting the same
fate, both, steadily and to the last, re
fused to leave their old hunting grounds
and remove West. They subsisted prin
cipally on terrapins, turtles and fish caught
in the river, and lived during the winter
in a natural rock house, were
peaceable in disposition, affectionate to
each other, and were treated kindly by
the citizens of Talbot and Upson, and es
pecially by Col. Dubignon. They occa
sionally frightened strangers by a speci
men of a real “sure enough” war-whoop,
but this was only when one or the other
was slightly drunk on presents from the
boys, of good old “fire water.”
We sorrow that “Indian Tom,” like
another late personage, has gone to join
the shade of his illustrious uncle. Os the
two, God only knows which has lived for
the best. The one, a savage, was a soli
tary wanderer in the woods, true to his
race, his instincts, his native land and the
“Great Spirit” that he worshipped in
winds and clouds, in thunder, lightning
and storm. The other, was the ex-Em
peror of a refined and Christian nation.
The one, dies alone amid his native woods
and his soul goes out to the unknown
without a bitter beart-ache, a tear, or a
sigh of sympathy or regret. The remains
of the other are followed to the grave by
a long line of nobility, priests, soldiers
and people. Like Logan, the Mingo, no
drop of the blood of one runs in the veins
of a human creature. The blood of tbe
other may once again make Europe shiver
with fear and turn pale at its fire and
power. In the shadowy land, the one
with his uncle, chases the buffalo and
drinks from eternal streams of whisky—-
the other stands by the side of another
greater than he and sees the bones of his
legions shake off the sands of Egypt and
the snows of Russia, start into life and
onee more march with their Eagles in re
view before their mighty Captain.
Eufaula, Ala., Jan. 20, 1873.
Editor Columbus Sun, Columbus, Ga.:
My Dear Sir—Our paper here contains
this extract from the Columbus Sun, with
out date:
“Good Farming. A gentleman of
prominence in railroad circles, told us the
other day that he bought a farm near Ma
con since the war, paying therefor $15,-
000. The crop this year is fully worth
the amount. He has made twelve bales
of cotton to each mule, and enough corn
to supply the place for two years. Why
go to Texas when there are such lands
and farming in Georgia ?”
Now I do not write to take issue with
the party making this statement, nor have
I now, nor have I ever had, the Texas
fever. I am a native of Georgia, and
have more of the Georgia fever than any
other; and it is increased by the fact that
my own adopted State is under a mise
rable, wretched, political misrule, and the
further fact that taxes are so oppressive
that we can’t see any light or promise for
the future, while in your State the man
agement and government of your affairs
are in the hands of people really interest
ed in the prosperity of your State and of
your people. We can’t make eight bales
of cotton to the mule and corn enough to
do us twelve months. The time was when
we could, and did make such crops as you
now speak of, but the time is past. Will
you have the kindness to give me the infor
mation who this successful planter is, and
his post-office? I want to engage him,
if I can, in correspondence, so I can find
out how these crops are now made, and
whether made on such terms as will make
it remunerative to produce and gather
them.
I am, very trnly yours,
Henry 11. Shorter.
The gentleman does not like to have his
name appear in print in connection with
his private business. He is a prominent
railroad man, and frequently goes to
Eufanla. He did not give us the figures
to report. W<? wrote from memory and
think we made a correct statement. Per
haps Alabamians do not know how to
farm. All appear to be planters. This
last is the cause of the Texas fever.
The Arlington Hotel of Washington. D.
C., for the third time since its opening,
has undergone a complete embellishment.
It was originally fitted up in grand style,
with every convenience, elegance and lux
ury that experience, taste and judgment
could desire, and money accomplish. Dur
ing the summer succeeding, it was beauti
fully frescoed and renovated throughout.
Within the past two months all the cham
bers have been covered with new style of
corrnscated gold and silver paper. The
House has been re-painted, re-carpeted,
and a number of the rooms re-furnished.
From the constant efforts of the Messrs.
Boessle, to beautify and improve it, "The
Arlington” is now far more luxurious and
magnificent than when first opened, and
is beyond question what they designed it
should be — The Hotel of the Capital.
delO 8t
Ainerieus has received 10,025 bales of
cotton this season.
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WASHINGTON.
Washington, Jan. 18.—The Southern
Congressmen held a caucus this evening
relating to the measure for refunding the
cotton tax and agreed to support no bill
that did not contain such an amendment
as proposed by Melntire, of Georgia, of
which the following is the most important:
That restitution should be made to the
parties who paid the tax. Another amend
ment is designed to protect parties who
paid the tax for others, and have not been
repaid the same. McKee accepted these
as amendments to his bill and will report
the same as amended on Monday to be re
ferred to Committee of Ways and Means
for consideration on Thursday.
The report of the Committee on Elec
tions, in the case of Christopher C. Bowen
contesting the seat of Bobert C. DeLarge,
from the 2d Congressional District of
South Carolina, says the Committee:
Find upon the whole evidence that De-
Large did not receive a majority of votes
legally cast, and is not elected to a seat.
This case came before the Committee
to be heard at the December session of
1871 and 1872. DeLarge then applied for
a postponment and for leave to take fur
ther testimony, on the ground that the
counsel employed by him to prepare his
case and take testimony in his behalf had
possession of the evidence and refused
to surrender the same to be used before
the Committee; and further, that said
counsel had been tampered with and bribed
by Bowen to act for him. The Committee
found both these allegations to be proved.
The same Committee are of opinion that
this proceeding, which would furnish
ground for the expulsion of the contest
ant, if he was a member, would justify
a refusal to permit him to proceed with
the contest or to award him a seat.
An opportunity to take further testi
mony was granted to said member, and
for that purpose the case was postponed
to the present session of Congress.
An examination of all the testimony
and the statements on both sides, show
the frauds and irregularities in the con
duct of the election were so great that it
is impossible to determine which had the
majority of the ballots legally cast. For
this reason the seat should be declared
vacant.
It further appears that on the l‘)th of
October, 1870, on the same day when he
claims to have been elected to the House
of Representatives, the contestant was
chosen a member of the House of Repre
sentatives of the State of South Carolina
for a period of two years, and on the first
of November was to take his seat as a
member of said House. It further ap
pears that in 1872 Bowen was elected
Sheriff of Charleston for a term of four
years, and in November last took oath of
office and entered upon the duties of the
same, which office he now holds. These
offices are in their nature incompatible
with the office of member of this House,
and expressly declared to be so by the
Constitution of South Carolina. Some of
the Committee are of opinion that the ac
ceptance of this office by Bowen disquali
fies him from the further prosecution of
the claim to a seat and from taking his
seat therein. If he should be found to
have been duly elected while the Commit
tee are unanimous in finding these facts,
they are not unanimous in holding that
either one of the reasons aforesaid is suf
ficient of itself to disqualify the contest
ants, but they are unanimously of the
opinion on the whole case that Bowen is
not entitled to the seat, and therefore
recommends the adoption of a resolution
that neither DeLarge nor Bowen is enti
tled to a seat.
Washington, Jan. 20. —The cotton tax
bill, foreshadowed last night, was intro
duced iu the House this morning by Mr.
Pierce, of Mississippi, and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill was introduced in the House this
morning relieving the political disabilities
of Colonel Thomas Hardeman.
No important business was transacted
in the Senate.
The documents to accompany the Presi
dent's message regarding the Louisiana
affairs have been printed. The Judiciary
Committee will take hold of the matter
immediately.
Washington, January 20. —Mrs. Mary
B. Walker, widow of the late Bobt. J.
Walker, died yesterday morning at her
residence on Capitol Hill. The deceased
was a grand daughter of the late Alexan
der James Dallas and a great grand
daughter of Benj. Franklin.
The hearing before the Ways and Means
Committee of cotton tax was postponed
in the House on Saturday by a unanimous
vote.
In the House to-day Gen. Negly, of
Pennsylvania, moved to suspend the rules
for the purpose of taking up the canal
hills and making them the special order
for February 13, exclusive of all other
business. Gen. Garfield opposed the mo
tion. Gen. Negly, Judge Shellabarger,
and others, supported it. The motion
was adopted by a vote of 146 ayes to 30
nays. The vote is regarded as highly
satisfactory by the friends of these enter
prises.
Senate.—Wendell Phillips and others,
petitioned for the prohibition of the li
quor law.
The Judiciary Committee reported ad
versely to the bill for the relief of the
Boston sufferers; also, adversely to sev
eral bills amendatory to the bankrupt
bill; also reported anew bankrupt bill.
Bill fixing the time for the meeting of
the Supreme Court passed and goes to the
President. Then adjourned.
House.—A large number of bills were
introduced, including another to organize
the Indian territory of Okalohoma; that no
person shall be promoted in the army who
is addicted to an intemperate use of liquor
or drugs.
On motion of Negly, of Pennsylvania,
it was ordered, by a vote of 146 to 30, that
on the 13th of February' the Committee
on Internal Water Communication shall
be authorized to report a bill or bills re
lating to lines of internal water communi
cation.
Young, of Georgia, introduced, and the
House passed under the suspension of the
rules, a bill to pay what is due to the
census takers of the census of 1860 re
siding in the Southern States, whose pay
ment was withheld on account of the war
or on account of their disloyalty.
Bingham, of Ohio, from the Judiciary
Committee, reported a bill defining the
true meaning of the Act of 18th June,
1872, amending the Bankrupt Act, to be
to make the exemptions under it the same
as are allowed in the various States.
The bill for the refunding of the cotton
tax, as argued upon by the members of the
House from the cotton growing States in
their meeting Saturday last,amends the bill
now pending before Committee on Ways
and Means, by declaring in the first sec
tion that the restitution of the tax shall
be made to the party who actually paid the
tax, whether paid by himself, his agent,
attorney or factor, aud adaing to the
fourth section a provision that all entries,
receipts, or other official testimony, shall
ensue solely to the benefit of the pro
ducer, unless it shall affirmatively appear
that some other party paid said tax and
has not been repaid the same. The bill
j as above amended was introduced by Mr.
Price, of Mississippi, and referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means.
The statement that the Senate had co-n
firmed Judge Humphreys to by U. S.
District Judge of Alabama, in place of
Busteed, resigned, is untrue. The Senate
has taken no action in the matter, and
will probably take none until informed
whether or not the resignations of Judge
; Humphreys and Busteed are uncondition-
I al.
| The will of Mrs. Mary Yon Home, a
j prominent Espiseopal lady recently de-
I ceased here, leaves nearly half million
; dollars, the bulk of her property, to the
| New York Orphan’s Asylum, St. Luke's
j Hospital, Five Points House of Industry.
I Society for Seamen, Home for the Friend-
I less, Women's Asylum, and to numerous
| other societies.
Washington, Jan. 21.—Cabinet—rou
tine business. Nominations unimportant,
Howe has been re-elected Senator from
YVisconsin.
George Sylvester Wright, from South
Carolina, convicted of violating the En
forcement law, has been pardoned. Also,
C. W. Landon, convicted of violating the
Revenue laws, in Mississippi.
House—The Committee on Appropria
tions was ordered to enquire into the de
tails of the telegraph business.
The Committee on Elections reported
that Walls was not, but that Niblaek was,
entitled to the Florida seat. No action on
account of Walls’ absence.
The admission of Colorado was dis
cussed all day.
Senate— West presented Pinchback’s
credentials.
Alcorn introduced a bill favoring, and
addressed the Senate at great length, in
behalf of Mississippi levees.
A bill was introduced by Wright, au
thorizing reference to the Court of Claims
of the claims of book agents of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church South.
Cameron has been re-elected Senator
from Pennsylvania.
General YV. L. McMillan, Senator-elect
of the Fusion Legislature for Kellogg’s
vacancy, has arrived here. He served as
surgeon in the Russian army dui ing the
Crimean war ; was decorated by the Czar
for distinguished services; commanded a
regiment of Ohio volunteers during the
late civil war, and attained the rank of
brevet Major-General; after the war he
settled in Carroll parish, Louisiana, as a
cotton planter ; was elected to the House
and Senate of Louisiana as a Republican,
to which party he has persistently ad
hered ; he was not identified with the
Liberal Republican party during the re
cent canvass. General McMillan married
a sister of Governor Dennison, of Ohio.
He will not present his credentials until
Mr. Kay, his competitor, elected by the
Pinchback Legislature, shall arrive, they
having agreed that neither shall take ad
vantage of the other.
Washington, Jan. 22.— C01. Carington,
President of the James River and Kana
wha Canal Company, denies the statement
that he said there was a conflict between
the work which he is fostering and the
Atlantic and Great Western Canal. He
says there is not and never can be any
conflicting interest between the great en
terprises.
The Committee on Ways and Means in
formed Boutwell that they do not propose
anew legislation for the negotiation of
United States bonds.
• The Senate presented a memorial of the
merchants of New Orleans, asking the
Government to take charge of the Missis
sippi levees.
Senate discussed Indian affairs.
House.—A joint resolution was offered
from West Virginia, ceding certain fran
chise to the United States.
House.—The House is discussing the
admission of Colorado.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions commence the I isinna investiga
tion at 10 o’clock, l -.now, probably
with open doors.
A large number of witnesses have ar
rived. No accidents, but il.e trip was te
dious—all well.
Washington, Jan. 22. —Nominations of
Postmasters: Fowler, Milledgeville, Ga.;
Mrs. ltyce, Grenada, Miss.
Senate. —Kellogg presented his creden
tials, which were referred to the appropri
ate committee.
Bill for war sloops passed, with amend
ments, by 39 to 8.
Bill abolishing franking privilege, com
mencing July next, passed.
Adjourned.
NEW YORK.
New York, January 20.— The drama,
“Jesuits in America,” announced for last
night at the Stadt Theatre, was dismissed
at the request of the Redemptorists’ Fath
ers.
S. N. Pike’s estate nets three million.
The hulk of it goes to his wife and three
daughters.
A Havana letter says seven hundred
Coolies have arrived there. They are
worth SOOO a head.
It is reported in Havana that a large
expedition of the friends of the Cuban
revolutionists, with arms and ammunition,
had landed safely near Guantemano.
The small pox in Boston and vicinity is
creating grave apprehensions. Three
thousand cases are reported and more
deaths than from all other causes. The
victims are burned at night.
New York, Jan. 20. —Boscoe Conklin
has been re-elected Senator.
The Samana Bay Company met, accept
ed the report of the commissioners, and
elected officers for this year.
New York, Jan. 22.—The decision in
the case of Poster, the car-hook murderer,
seems to depress Stokes very much.
The Columbia and Crescent City, of the
Havana Line, have been seized for debt.
The Moro Castle will be seized upon ar
rival.
Woodliull and Claflin are again in the
Toombs.
CALIFOItNIA.
San Feancisoo, January 20.—A dis
patch from Yreka to-day states a message
had just arrived at that place from head
quarters of Gen. Wheaton, commanding
the troops in action against the Modoc
Indians. A severe battle was fought last.
Friday by the troops under command of
Gen. Wheaton, consisting of 250 regulars,
two companies of Oregon volunteers,
twenty-five riflemen of California, under
command of Capt. Fairfield, making alto
gether about 400 men. The battle took
placo near the eastern shore of Tule Lake.
Capt. Bernardon Thursday went around
the north end of the lake to the east side
and to the east of Captain Jack’s position.
He was to advance against Capt. Jack
from the east and Gen. Wheaton from
the southwest. The forces from the lat
ter were under cover of the lire of the
howitzers. On Thursday night such a
dense fog enveloped the country that they
could not see forty yards. The two forces
were about twelve miles apart, though to
communicate with each other, it was
necessary to go a much greater distance.
Friday morning Capt. Bernard opened
the battle against Capt. Jack, who had
about 200 warriors concealed among the
rocks along a line of two miles in length.
Gen. Wheaton heard the firing and had no
alternative but to move to the support of
Capt. Bernard. Without the fire of the
howitzers, the troops fought an unseen
foe from 8 o’clock in the morning till dark
under a terrific fire, during which scarce-
ly an Indian was seen. Loss to the troops
was -forty killed and wounded. Loss to
the Modoes unknown. The troops were
obliged to retreat to their camps. Ber
nard’s forces bore the brunt of the battle,
and suffered terribly. All the cavalry
fought on foot. Among the killed are
Frank Trimble and G. W. Brown, of
Oregon. G. W. Roberts was mortally
wounded. Capt. Berry, of the regular
troops, and Lieut. Kyle, were slightly
wounded. The movement is called a
forced reconnoisance of Capt. Jack's po
sition. The leaders say they think about
1,000 men will be required to dislodge
them from the lava beds. The troops,
for the present, will only try to prevent
the Modoes from raiding on the settle
ment, and will wait for reinforcements.
San Francisco, Jan. 21. —Additional re
ports from the scene of Friday’s battle
with the Modoes, from one present, is
that 10 of the white troops were killed
and 30 wounded. Lt. Roberts, of Fair
child’s command, cannot live. The Mo
docs fought with the greatest desperation,
springing from rock to rock, picking off
soldiessand obligingmany of them to hide
themselves till dark, which afforded means
for escape. Troops made several charges
along the line of lava belts but were re
pulsed. The howitzers could not be used
to advantage, owing to the dense fog.
Capt. Jack has the strongest natural posi
tion in the country.
San Francisco, Jan. 22. Reinforce
ments are moving against Capt. Jack.
Fourteen dead whites were left on the re
cent battle-field.
LOUISIANA.
New Orleans, Jan. 21.—1n the Kellogg
Legislature, the House resolution expell
ing nine members, was postponed for one
week.
YV. A. AVetmore telegraphs H. V. Og
den, a member of the Louisiana Commit
tee, which is now in Washington, as fol
lows :
“In his statement to the President, as
published in telegrams this morning, At
torney-general Williams says that on the
morning of the 22d of November, 1872,
Elmore proceeded with an armed mob
and seized the Eighth District Court, be
fore the hour to which it had adjourned.
This statement is entirely false, lie (El
more) having been duly elected Judge of
the Eighth District Court by a majority
of over 10,000 votes, commissioned and
sworn, I opened tbe Court without objec
tion. There was no mob present—armed
or uuarmed. About half an hour after
wards, Judge Dibbell appeared with ex-
Sheriff Lauvinet, and attempted to take
possession of the Court; thereupon, I or
dered Harper, the recognized Sheriff of
the Court, to eject them. This was done,
and Harper is the recognized Sheriff of all
the Courts.”
FOREIGN.
Paris, Jan. 22. —Feneovilly, DeCamp
andßeuot, the condemed Communists, were
shot early this morning on Satery Plain.
Feneovilly died without uttering a word.
DeCamp’s last words were, “I die assassi
nated. Down with false witnesses, law.
yers and Thiers.” Beuot died cheering
the Republic, tlie Commune, and the
army. Only one volley was fired, as all
died instantaneously. There were but
few spectators on the ground to witness
the execution.
London, Jan. 22.—1 tis reported that a
conference has been held at Chiselhurst
and it was decided that Empress Eugene
and Prince Jerome Napoleon should be
the political guardians of the Prince Im
perial. It is said a manifesto, announc
ing the intention of the Bonapartists, will
be issued.
MISSOURI.
St. Louis, January 20.— The merchants
hero have formed a St. Louis Industrial
Exposition, with a view of bringing the
merits of St. Louis before the world.
Capital stock one million.
ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Jan. 19.—S. W. Dorsey
has been elected Senator to succeed Rice.
Tbe Democrats voted for Dorsey.
ILLINOIS.
Springfield, January 22. —Oglesby was
elected Senator from Illinois.
Alabama Legislature, Monday. —We
failed to receive an Advertiser and lienee
make our summary from the State Jour
nal.
In the Senate the committee composed
of J. L. Pennington, chairman, and W.
H. Parks, Win. J. Gilmore, YV. If. Ed
wards, reported in tlie Marengo case, that
for Senator, J. YV. Dereen, Radical, re
ceived 3,087 votes, and J. T. Jones, Dem
ocrat, 2,145; that each received illegal
votes and votes that were not registered;
that the Dayton box was so injured by
lain that many votes cannot Vie counted
at all; but making all deductions and al
lowances, they find that Dereen received
243 more legal votes than Jones; and that
Dereen is entitled to the seat. Commit
tee ask further time to report in relation
to the Butler and Marengo Districts.
The report was adopted by 29 votes —
all the Senators present voting for it.
Mr. Goodloe offered a joint resolution
that the two houses of the General Assem
bly, when they adjourn to-day, adjourn to
Huntsville on the 10th day of February
next.
Mr. Bobinson raised the point of order
that according to the President’s ruling,
the Senate could transact no business un
til the matter of the contests was finally
disposed of.
The point of order was sustained, and
the resolution was withdrawn.
In the House no matter of interest was
discussed.
Alabama Legislature Tuesday.—Sen
ate adjourned on account of the death of
Senator Gilmore, of Sumter county.
McKinstry refused to put another mo
tion until seconded.
House refused to let one Webster, said
to be an infidel, pray at opening of ses
sion. llesolved to have no prayers except
from orthodox ministers.
Mr. Walker, of Dallas, introduced a
resolution that the two Houses adjourn to
meet on the 25th in Selma, without the
House, however, recognizing the Senate
as duly organized. Lost.
Mr. Tyler, of Lauderdale, introduced
a resolution that the members forfeit pay
until the Senate is organized. Withdrawn
for the present.
House adjourned in respect to Senator
Gilmore.
Alabama in Washington.—The Mont
gomery Advertiser publishes this dispatch,
of the 20th :
Strobach had an interview with the
President, to-day, relative to the Legisla
tive muddle in Alabama. Stobach repre
sents the case as about the same as when
the two factions first met under the plan
suggested by the Attorney-general, and
the differences dividing them are no near
er a solution now than at that time; that
the people at large are becoming very
anxious on the subject; the business of
the State is seriously embarrassed in con
sequence of the failure of the Legislature
to harmonize. The President replied that
while he was anxious for a proper and
speedy settlement of the Legislative trou
bles in Alabama, it was a matter which
they must settle among themselves. The
only thing the Government could do, was
to tender them the best advice they could,
and referred Strobach to the Attorney
general for further conference.
NO. 51.
i m KSDVV IlOltMMl, JAM •>;!.
Trustee of the Public Schools.—Cap
tain C. A. Redd has been elected Trustee
of the public schools of Columbus vice J.
A. Frazer, resigned.
Dead. —We were informed, last even
ing, that Mr. J. F. Allman, whose resi
dence, in the Bethel neighborhood, was
burned on Wednesday night of last week,
died yesterday. The cause assigned is
overwork on the night of the burning.
He was an estimable, hard-working man,
and highly respected by his neighbors.
Four Hundred Dollars Reward.—
Governor Lewis, of Alabama, has offered
a reward of S4OO for the arrest of William
Jordan, who so inhumanly murdered Mrs.
Collier, im old lady living at Orion, Pike
county, Ala., on the 30th of November
last. It is hoped that this liberal reward
will result in the speedy capture of this
guilty wretch.
The Columbus Committee. —ln accor
dance with the request of the Legislative
Committee, and a resolution of the City
Council, Mayor Mellhenuy has appointed
Major A M. Allen, Mr. H. H. Epping and
J. M. Russell, Esq., a committee from
Columbus to assist the Georgia Commit
tee on Direct Trade aud Immigration, in
inducing action by the Legislature, and
assisting in procuring data for the infor
mation of foreign countries regarding the
resources and advantages of the State.
A better committee could not have been
appointed.
The Prize Bales of the Columbus Fair.
The Boston Post says the two bales of
cotton which took prizes at the Columbus
Fair were sold in Boston for twenty-five
cents per pound on their merit, when mid
dling cotton w'as selling at twenty and a
half cents. One w'as raised by P. S. Sid
dall, near Salem, Lee county, Ala. ; the
other by H. L. McGehee, near Glenalta,
Marion county. The first took the first
premium; the last the second • The Post
says they were noted “for their excellence
in staple and almost perfect cleanliness.”
Five Dead. — George Cowan, colored,
died Monday night from the effects of
the scalding received on the Julia St.
Clair. This makes the fifth negro killed
by that casualty. Another lies in a criti
cal condition. ,Drs. Colzey and Word, and
the Company have been unremitting in
attentions to the sufferers. These physi
cians think that Engineer Berry is getting
along very well and the chances of recov
ery are favorable. Thus far only one
death has occurred among the patients
committed to their care.
Cotton Receipts at Troy. —We are
indebted to Alderman Wilson, of the Al
abama Warehouse, Troy, Ala., for the fol
lowing report of cotton receipts at that
point, as registered at his Warehouse,
through which nearly all the cotton from
that section passes:
Sept. Ist to Dec. 31st, 1872, received 3,-
683 bales. Excess of this season over the
last, to Jan. Ist, 1,357 bales.
A large quantity of cotton has come in
since the above date, and the present dai
ly receipts indicate that there is consider
able cotton yet to be brought in.
Chancellor Lipscomb. —We ask atten
tion to the extract from “Ten years of a
Preacher-life or Chapters from an Auto
biography,” by William Henry Milburn,
“the blind preacher,” on Chancellor H.
11. Lipscomb, I). D., LL.D., of the Uni
versity of Georgia. That the people of
the State of Georgia may feel and under
stand in wdiat great esteem the Chancellor
of the religious, moral and intellectual
training of the young men at their State
Univereity is regarded by so great a peer,
is the only motive that prompts us to re
produce it on the pages of a public jour
nal.
More Money than Heretofore. —Those
who are i ;l u position to know report
i Ual, the deposits in the banks are
larger than the corresponding period of
last year, and that countrymen have much
more funds with which to commence
farming operations. The trade of the
city appears also to have improved. A
gentleman tells us that he stood upon one
of the city bridges, Tuesday, and was sur
prised at the number of wagons loaded
with every conceivable varietyof supplies.
Among them were three wagon loads of
now furniture. The financial condition
of this section is improving.
Ice Manufactory Leased to the Co
lumbus Iron Works.—The Columbus Ice
Manufactory has been leased to the Co
lumbus Iron Works Company, when the
stockholders again come into possession
and have the power to sell, lease or run it.
The agreement is that the company erect
improvements which will cost some
SISOO, which, with the $4,000 it has al
ready in the concern, is to constitute its
stock, run and have its use, free of inter
est or rent and run it until the time speci
fied. The company also guarantees to
furnish ice to the stockholders of the ma
chine at a cent aud a half per pound.
This is decidedly an excellent arrange
ment. The lessees are interested in mak
ing the concern a success and they are
accustomed, owing to splendid manage
ment of intelligent and first class business
men, to make whatever is undertaken pay
on the investment. Our citizens may rely
with confidence upon the promise of ob
taining plenty of cheap ice next summer.
Special to the Atlanta Constitution.
From Washington.
Washington, Jan. 20. —The House to
day agreed to expunge from the Globe all
the letters from G. B. Lamar, of Savan
nah, to the Hon. A. T. Mclntyre. It also
agreed to strike out the letter from A. G.
Browne assailing Mr. Lamar.
The Hon. P. M. B. Young, D. M. Du-
Bose and E. W. Beck withdrew from the
cotton tax caucus last Saturday evening.
They did this in preference to being com
promised by its action.
The Hon. A. T. Mclntyre remained in
the caucus, with the understanding that
he was not to be compromised.
Every member of the Ways and Means
Committee seems determined upon the
course of opposing utterly any payment
of cotton tax that will find its way into
the hands of the lobby. One of the mem
bers thinks that the tax should bo refund
ed to producer on cotton exported, on
actual proof that the identical cotton pro
duced by him was exported. But such
proof is practically impossible. On the
olher hand another member thinks two
thirds of the tax should be repaid to the
producer without requiring of him any
proof of exportation. Further discussion
has been postponed to Saturday.
A special to the New York Tribune says
that it is very probable that the bills in
aid of the Niagara Ship Canal, the James
Biver and Kanawha, and Atlantic and
Great Western Canal, will pass during the
present session of Congress.
S2OO,fKM) to the south.
The Hon. P. M. B. Young has prepared
a bill for the payment of the census takers
of 1860. Should the bill pass, it will give
to the South some $200,000.
A defalcation of $30,0112 01 has been
discovered in the Mobile Post-office. It
has been repaid to the Government by
Postmaster Moulton aud his friends. He
and William 11. Lewis, assistant postmas
ter; George A. Green, mail clerk, and
John Cragin, stamp clerk, have been ar
rested.
The deaths of Captain Charles Pegues,
of Dajlas eounty, and E. K. Carlisle, a
prominent merchant of Selma, are an
nounced.
j Gen. Gordon's Speech and the Election
for United States Senator-
We have already published Gen. Ben
hing's able and corrected speech, and to
day we give in full the interesting address
of Gen. John B. Gordon. As they are
received, we will place before our readers
! all the distinguished candidates for U. S.
Senator have to say on their own position
and the present condition of the country.
M ith charity for all, aud malice toward
none—with no prejudices or ambitions,
either personally or for special friends to
be gratified, we have endeavored with no
selfish motives to utter our honest convic
tions as to public men and measures. If
at any time, we seemed severe of unchari
table, we deemed that severity and un
charitableness was demanded by truth,
justice and the best interests of a people
which, under wise laws, and a prompt and
faithful administration thereof, should be
happy and blessed beyond every nation on
earth.
The style of Gen. Gordon’s speech is
figurative and sophomoric—its principles
in the main we heartily endorse. What
the General means by even the “Almighty
arm can never destroy an accomplished
fact,” is a “fact” too deep for our com
prehension. Now, what is a fact? Web
ster says “it is an effect produced”—“any
thing done or that comes to pass.” He
speaks of “false facts”—a thing supposed
or asserted to be done. We know much
nonsense has been spoken and written by
the “accept the situation” patriots about
the reconstruction amendments being a
“fact,” aud therefore not to be discussed.
“Dead issues” they are called, and yet
even the very logicians that call them
such and denounce those who differ from
them as “Bourbons,” are forced by the
‘‘fact” to denounce the amendments or
feel themselves on a Radical platform.
Everything whether good or evil is a
“fact,” but right and truth compels us as
rational and accountable beings to uphold
the good and reject the evil. Wrong aud
tyranny are “facts” and it is not because
they'are facts, but because they are evils,
we feel it our duty to war against them to
the bitter end and never accept them as
“dead issues.”
We have no personal objections to eith
er Gen. Gordon or Mr. Hill, but our pref
erence for the United States Senate as
things are, is first A. 11. Stephens and
then 11. V. Johnson. The selection of
either of these old and distinguished
statesmen with national reputations would
redound to the prosperity and glory of
Georgia.
P. S. —Since the above was written, the
telegraph informs us of the election of
Gen. Gordon on the 6th ballot. We re
gret this result, not that we love Gordon
less, but Stephens more. Wo think the
Legislature missed an opportunity to ren
der a last and fitting tribute to the ablest,
statesman and one of the purest men of
the ago; but—-
Let others hail the rising sun,
We bow to hiui whose course is run.
Chancellor H. H. Lipscomb.
About a year and a half after my re
moval to Montgomery, it happened that
I was invited to attend the funeral of a
prominent citizen. A discourse was to be
delivered by one of my brother ministers,
whose name I had often heard, but with
whom I had no acquaintance. He belong
ed to the Methodist Protestant Church,
between which aud our own, there was
little or no intercourse. Besides perform
ing the duties as a pastor of a small con
gregation, he was the principal of a large
female school. I had heard it incidental
ly said that he was a man of considerable
cleverness, aud withal of a poetical tem
perament. Nothing, however, that I had
heard concerning him had excited the
slightest interest, or awakened the desire
to form his acquaintance. I therefore en
tered the church to attend the funeral ser
vice with no feeling save that of sympa
thy for the bereaved family. The minister
announced his text and in a rather trem
ulous manner proceeded with his intro
duction. The language was accurate, the
style chaste, the thought striking and pro
found. Borrowed! said X to myself,
and no credit given; but lie will find his
own level presently. The critic ' sai in
trenched in his indifference, awaiting the
catastrophe which must terminate this
Icarian flight. But the catastrophe did
not come, and the critic was driven out of
his strong position, and admiring wonder
soon gave place to tears and a heart suf
fused with a religious emotion such as
had not been experienced for many a
month. As I loft the church, I felt that
I had never listened to so wonderful a
preacher, and I think so still, after having
heard most of the renowned pulpit ora
tors in England and America.
It was as if, upon the copious diction—
the calm, elevated, philosophic thoughts
of Channing—had been engrafted the
vital energy and evangelical fervor of
John Wesley. Yet it is hard to say w’here
in his special pow r er lies; there is such a
harmonious blending of gifts and grace.
Allowance must be made for bad voice—
the result of a diseased throat—and self
distrust, which amounts to the shrinking
timidity of a girl. His strength is in his
tongue, for he speaks incomparably better
than he writes—the magnetism of a lis
tener is essential to his full inspiration.
His intellect is athletic as it is sublime ;
delicate as it is strong. But for me, the
charm of the man lay in his genius, un
affected piety, his rich experience of the
deep things of God. In him, reverence
was profound as the source of life; yet
without the slightest shadow of supersti
tion.
Faith seemed to have wrought its high
est results in his character, and to have
become the evidence of things not seen,
the substance of things hoped for. His
love toward God and man showed itself
in unfaltering obedience to the divine
law, and in a tender regard for his fellow
beings, which took all the shapes of com
passion, forbearance, toleration, courtesy,
sympathy, benignity, as personal relations
required. But I am anticipating, for 1
did not come to all this knowledge of the
man at once. After the discourse in
question, I enquired of a number of per
sons if this was his usual stylo of preach
ing ; for, notwithstanding that my doubts
as to the genuineness of the production
had been laid, my surprise could not but
vent itself in an occasional query. I was
answered that he always preached as well,
and usually better. Thereupon I fell into
a great disgust toward the people of
Montgomery ; for they did not appear to
have discovered that they had one of
the greatest living preachers among them.
As I lay weltering in my chaos, it looked
as if God had sent an angel to succor me.
I therefore went to him at once, and said,
“If thy heart is as my heart give me thy
hand.” From that time until I quitted
Montgomery, a part of almost every day
was spent in his society. Such was the
commencement of my acquaintance with
Andrew 11. Lipscomb, whose influence
over me, together with that of Chauncey
Hobart and Thomas Carlyle, form the
most significant and important chapter of
my mental history during these ten years.
In Mr. Lipscomb there was not only a
singular union of the old and of the new,
the learning of the schools and the sim
plicity of the Gospel, but also a meta
physical acumen, with spiritual insight.
He seemed to breathe the ntmosphore of
’prayer, and yet walked upon the firm
ground of reason, llis religion was de
vout, but without an accent of cant. His
sensibilities stood him in the stead of a
powerful imagination, enabling him to
reproduce most perfectly my morbid con
sciousness, and thus “did he minister to
a mind diseased.”
Mr. John Cuffy, who became a citizen
of Montgomery in 1817, is dead. He
voted for delegates to the Convention
which adopted the Constitution under
which Alabama became a State, in. ISl‘J_