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COLUMBUS:
j. H. MARTIN, Editor.
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Address Thob. Gilbert & Cos.,
Columbus, Ga.
“ATTEND TO BUSINESS AND
EE A YE POLITICS ALONE.”
This is telegraphed to us as the offi
cious, if not official, admonition of Fed
eral Attorney General Williams to the peo
ple of Louisiana, when advised of anew
movement there to unite and harmonize
the people in opposition to usurpation,
profligacy and corruption. That our
readers may understand the scope and ob
ject of the movement that has so
quickly aroused tho Attorney General's ap
prehensions, wo copy elsewhere a report
of the action of the committees of the
white and colored citizens on Monday
last. It will be seen that it is an elTort to
do away with tho jealousies and antagon
isms that have heretofore prevented a
political co-operation of the two races and
to unite them in Louisiana for tho ac
complishment of desirable State reforms.
We do not well enough understand the
terms of this proposed union to proffer an
opinion as to its policy or propriety. We
do not yot know whethor it makes any
surrender of important political princi
ples or social rights which the white peo
ple of the South are determined to maintain
at every sacrifice, hut we know that such
a political and parly union of the whites
and blacks at the South is the very pan
acea which the Kadical politicians of the
North, and especially those of them
considered most in harmony with General
Grant’s Administration, have all the time
urged as the sole and sovereign balm for
all the i>olitieal troubles of the South,
ft is tho very idea upon which their Con
stitutional Amendments and Reconstruc
tion measures arc based. And now, when
the whites and the blacks of Louisiana
propose to carry this idea into practical
effect, Gen. Grant’s Attorney General
steps in with the injunction, Beware!—
bettor attoml to business and leave politics
alone.
We have for somo time been accustom
ed to similar rebukes given by ltadical
politicians of the North to the white peo
ple of the South, whenever thoy thought
the latter were manifesting a little too
much interest in politics—whenever a lit
tle lively squirming on our part under
Radical aggression gave indication that
we were not manifesting the patience and
resignation that the old woman expected
from tho eels she was skinning. We
have now before us the New York Times
(called “Grant’s own”) of the 14 th inst.,
which, in an article headed “Tho Prob
lem of the South, ” and the chief point
of which is the deprecation of tho further
agitation of national politics at the South,
says that the giving up of partisan poli
tics anil turning their attention to their
private business is “a vory sensible and
profitable thing for tho Southern people
to do.” That close attention to their own
private business is a very sensible and
profitable occupation for the people of
any section, is no doubt true. But we
are not aware that tho people of the
South have neglocted their private busi
ness to attend to national politics any
more than the people of the North have.
Certainly they have not gone out of their
proper sphere to attend to the manage
ment of other people's business to the ex
tent that tho peoplo of tho North have.
The attempt, therefore, to eoutiue their
attention and interest exclusively to their
private business and State politics, is but
another exhibition of tho domineering
spirit that would deprive them of thoir
constitutional share in the Federal Gov
ernment and strip them of their propor
tionate political power.
As applicable especially to Louisiana,
this rebuke of tho Attorney General is
doubly significant and assumptive. Tho
administration of which he is a high offi
cer imposed the existing State Govern
ment. upon the people of Louisiana con
trary to thoir choice as expressed at the
ballot box; and now, when the people of
the State, of both races or colors, propose
to form a more perfect union for the man
agement of thoir domestic affairs, this
Federal Attorney General admonishes
them that they had “bettor leave politics
alone.” Not content with depriving the
people of Louisiana of the right of self
government, the Federal officials rebuke
them for meddling with politics at all.
Such a rebuke involves an attempted in
fringement of the popular right of free
thought, free speech and a free press. It
is the outcropping of a spirit of despo
tism, which
“alms to mako a reasonable man
By legislation think and by tlio sword believe.”
This spirit has displayed itself without
proper rebuke by the people of the Uni
ted States, so far, mainly because of the
strength of party organization and sec
tional hate. But we rejoice in the belief
that even its triumphs are undermining
the props that have supported it in times
of passion and prejudi.ee, and that upon
the fiual subsidence of the great revolu
tion through which we bavo passed, the
rights of the States and the peoplo wilt be
fully re-established.
DEATH OE DJI. THOS. 11. DA WSON.
Our neighboring county, ltussell, has
lost one of her staunchest, most uses ul
and estimable citizens, by the death of Or.
Thus. H. Dawson. He was a man who
impressed his own noble character upon
tho community in which he lived, and
whoso death w ill leave a void not easily,
and we fear not quickly filled. Dr. Daw
son was a physician of eminence, and a
minister of power and usefulness—his de
nomination being the Methodist Episco
pal. He combined rare excellencies of
character, being a loading and influential
man in all enterprises of a nature prom
ising moral or material good to his fellow
men, a devoted Christian, a true friend,
and a man of superior mind and intelli
gence. lie had honorably and acceptably
represented his people in public positions,
aud they had ever to say of him “ well
done, good aud faithful servant.”
Dr. Dawson had many relatives, friends
and acquaintances in this city. He was
a brother of Mrs. Thos. Threewitts, a
brother-in-law of Rev. J. S. Key, and
father-in-law of Mr. John Mc.Gough. A
large circle of relatives aud friends are
sadly bereaved by his sudden death ; yet
all can find comfort in the thought
radiant with the blessed memories of a
holy and useful life—-that a truly good
uiau has gone to his reward, crowned w ith
the labors of three score and live years.
Probable Resumption op the Frank
ing Privilege.— The Washington corres
pondent of the Baltimore Bun of Tuesday
says from the tone of the letters sent here
by members of Congress in reference to
their public documents which they will
lose the benefit of if not sent off before
the 30th June, it may he very safely con
cluded that the franking privilege will be
re-enacted in some form or other proba
bly before the end of the next session.
Members write that their constituents will
not be satisfied to dispense with the pub
lic documents, and that they are not wil
ling to pay postage on them. A plan is
proposed limiting the franking privi
lege to publio documents, the name
of the work to be stamped on the wrap
per. This will exclude correspondence,
quack advertisements, aud private ward
robes.
Mr. J. A. Bale is erecting a large fac
tory in Rome for the purpose of manu
facturing bone phosphate for fertilizing.
THE GROWING COTTON CROP.
The Financial Chronicle of June 14th
contains a detailed account of the acreage
and condition of the growing cotton crop
np to about the 7th of June. From the
reports gathered by tho editor he prog
nosticates most favorably of the crop this
year. Notwithstanding the unfavorable
season in the early part of the spring, the
crop is at this time generally promising,
with an increased acreage over last year
of 935,108 acres, and over 1870 of 917,200
acres, being an average increase for
1873 of 11 per cent, over 1872. The
Chronicle’s conclusions are based on tho
most reliable data to be obtained by a
correspondence extending throughout the
cotton growing region.
These reports as to the extent of the
acreage planted approximate so near to
those of the Agricultural Bureau, already
published, as to substantially confirm the
latter. But there is another and a very
unusual element to be taken into the cal
culation this year, and one that we appre
hend will fully offset the increase in the
area planted. That element is the pro
portion of the crop that will have to be
abandoned because of the prevalence of
grass and the time lost on account of rain
nearly every day for tho last three weeks.
Somo few planters, it is known, had to
give up portions of their cotton crops in
May, because of bad stands and heavy
washing rains in that month; and the
proportion of tho crop mado irreclaima
ble by the June rains is probably jnuch
larger. It is not a local, but a general
disaster. The newspaper accounts advise
us that it is about as bad in Louisiana and
Arkansas as in this part of tho “cotton
bolt,” and reports from as far north and
oast as North Carolina- speak of similar
injury there. It is thus apparent that a
considerable reduction, if not an entire
wiping out of the 11 per cent, increase of
acreage planted will have to bo made, and
that we will probably be left an area no
larger than that of 1872 upon which to
base our estimates of tho crop of this
year. But all such estimates, even if we
know tho exact amount planted and the
present condition of each acre, would be
premature at this time, in view of the un
certainties of tho season and other vicis
situdes which tho growing crop has to en
counter.
STICK TO THE SOUTH!
Our Local Associate has given a faith
ful and pithy report of the experiences of
a family of colored people who went
from Columbus to Liberia several years
ago, and returned a few days since. Their
report is fully corroborated by that of
some of the returning party who stopped
in Savannah, and whose experiences in
Liberia are narrated by the Savannah
News , after an interview with one of
them. The man who communicated with
the News is John Mcßurrns (or Swain, as
he was sometimes called), who says that
he did not intend to go to Liberia in the
first instance, but only to accompany his
family to New York, intending to soe
them off audio go out and join them
himself as soon ns he could wind up his
business in this country; but that in New
York ho was forced to go on with tho party
on the ship, not even being allowed to
remain in New York to see to the burial
of bis child who died tlioro ! He was
refused permission to leave Liberia, too,
and had to steal away, leaving his family
behind. He proposes to lecture on Libe
ria to tho colored peoplo of the principal
cities and towns of the State, hoping to
interest them in the work of getting up
contributions to bring back the many de
luded people of his race who went out to
Liberia expecting to find it a Par idiso,
but found it a miserable social despotism,
with bad government, a worthless popu
lation, teirible aud disgusting surround
ings, and offering tho slimmest conceiva
ble chances for improvement or prosperi
ty. After all his experiences, in Liberia
and elsewhere, ho returns to Georgia, and
says to tho colored people here : “This is
our home, and we are bettor treated, have
more comforts and privileges for ourselves,
are better paid for our labor, when we
act right and honestly, than wo can bo in
any other country, Liberia especially.”
There is no doubt that Mcßurrua’ ex
periences have led him to tho discovery
and appreciation of an important truth
and that he gives honest, utteranco to it
in this advice to his people. These South
ern States are the proper home for tho
colored population who were born and
have been raised here. No whore else on
the globe have the Ethiopian race increas
ed, improved and prospered to the degree
that they have here. The climate and the
labor suit their constitutions and their
habits. They are here among a while
peoplo who havo been associated with
them all their lives (until recently, it is
true, on terms somewhat different), and
who, while they do not consent to I lie
breaking down of nil the distinctions
which fanaticism and folly demand, are
ever ready to treat the negroes with more
justice and to give them better chances
for improvement than the whites of any
other section are. Wo have here a coun
try incomparably rich in varied resour
ces, aud which require the joint energies
of both races to fully develop and utilize
them We have peculiar and common po
litical interests to promote, and wo will
obtain the triumph of the policies that
our common interests require by a po
litical as well as an industrial co-operation.
Every other resort of the emancipated
negroes to better their condition proves
delusive and ends in disappointment. But
we soe that here industry, honesty and
sobriety do load to prosperity and happi
ness for botli races, aud that there is no
need for any colored person to suffer here.
The sooner the negroes among us learn
tho inevitable lesson that tho South is
their home , and accept it in the full sense
which that sacred word “home” imports—
making all its interests theirs—standing
by the whites with whom they live in the
struggle for the common political as well
as industrial interests at stake, tho soon
er will both races reap the prosperity and
regain the political importance to which
their numbers and natural advantages en
title them.
The old Round Mountain Iron Works,
which were in successful operation dur
ing the late war, but which were destroy
ed by a Federal raiding party, and which
were in utter ruin when we visited the
locality two or three years ago, are again
to be put into blast, Hematite ore of
an excellent quality abounds there, and
wood and lime rock are quite convenient.
It is situated in Cherokee county, Ala
bama, near the Coosa river; But the com
pany about to rebuild the works is exclu
sively a Georgia one, and a majority of
the stock is held by citizens of Augusta,
Ex- Gov. Jenkins Being a stockholder to
the muouut of .$(>,900. The largest stock
holder is J. M. Elliott of Rome, $35,-
000 ; the next largest, J. Sibley A Sons of
Augusta, SIO,OOO. The company is styl
ed the Round Mountain Iron and Coal
company.
The Way They Grow. —An idea of the
strength of the Patrons of Husbandry
may be gathered from the report of the
National Grange, which gives the number
of Granges in each State as follows: Ar
kansas, 15; California, 8; Georgia, 10; Il
linois, 431; Indiana, 142; lowa, 1007;
Kansas, 128; Michigan, 24; Minnesota,
219; Mississippi, 112; Missouri, 245; Ne
braska, 190; Ohio, 47; South Carolina,
118; Tennessee, 13; Vermont, 22; Wiscon
sin, Ho—making an organization in the
United States of 3,377 Granges, with an
®gg re g a tc membership of over 2,000,000.
We direct attention to the call for a re
union of the surviving officers aud soldiers
of the 39th Alabama regiment, at Clay
ton, on the 24th of July. The meeting
will re-awaken pleasant as well as sad
memories, and will, no doubt, revive per
sonal friendships and associations that
ought not to be forgotten.
THE CLAIMS HUMBUG.
How Southern Men are Swindled.
Washington, D. C., June 11,1873.
Eds. Columbus Sun: The Southern
people were heavy losers—after the war
closed—by the wholesale system of rob
bery which was practiced upon them
during the occupation of the country by
Military aud Treasury agents. It is hard
to tell which was the more efficient arm
of the service in plundering, but their
combined operations were so thorough
they did not leave any chattel property in
some districts of sufficient bulk to be
gathered up with a garden rake. Their
operations were vast, gigantic, extending
all over tho country. The people are
now largely interested in the claim busi
ness which prevails hero. I assure you it
does prevail. This brings me to the point.
It is an enormous
CHEAT AND SWINDLE,
avast brokerage which enriches the “loil”
adventurer, but confers no substantial
benefit upon the real claimant, w’ho has
boon unjustly deprived of his property.
The legislation which authorises tho suits,
is, for all practical purposes, a delusion
and a snare. It entices the planter, with
his gold nuggets, into tho robbors’ don,
whero the clansmen seize him aud strip
him of his treasures. When tho curtain
is raised, this is apparont in. every de
partment. Itmakosno difference whether
a claim is brought beforo the Court of
Claims, the Southern Commission, or that
abode of mystery, the Treasury Depart
ment, the result is the same. The
way is ro hedged around with diffi
culties, tho suitor can make no progress
unless he allows the “rings” to dictate tho
terms. It is easy to conjecture what they
aro. The “lion’s share” goes to that fa
mom Northern body-corporate, and the
suitor gets nothing but tho leavings. His
share will not command as much in the
market as a “starved hen, or a leg of mut
ton fly-blown.”
I quote from the schedule of prices.
Lot me furnish an illustration. A claim
is filed in the Treasury Department under
tho act of May, 1872, for your cotton
which was seized, that is to say, wrong
fully taken, after you were pardoned—not
your property. That was never done. It
was not the policy of Andrew Johnson or
tho present Administration to pardon
your property. The cotton was taken in
the fall of 1805 by one of those who came
to the South “for your goods and all your
goods.” Well, you state your case to an
attorney, giving him an interest contin
gent on 'Success, and not unfrequently
paying him a retainer’s fee, to secure his
services. He will, of course, tell you
your case is clear, just and easy-going,
when he knows these are the last things
thought of in such matters, but this is
business. Just here I would remark that,
if you would watch this trickster closely
you will see ho has a sinister purpose in
viow—he bows too low. The negotiations
being over, you advance a stop. You are
then notified there is
A “scotch” IN THE WAY
and you must pay to have it removed.
What is the “scotch” in the way? Tho
marks of tho cotton must be strictly
proved. You do so, and then you aro re
quired to Bhow how you got the ink to
mark it while the blockade was in exist
ence. You prove that you “ liiled” roots,
herbs, aud sumac berries, and made it.
You are next required to show that tho
cotton reached Now York. You show a
telegram of the Secretary, ordering it for
ward, and trace it on board a steamer at
Savannah, Mobile, or some other port.
You are then required to show the cotton
was not thrown out in a storm at sea, as
well as tho safe arrival of the vessel in
New York. You prove there was no storm
by the ship’s “log-book,” and establish
her arrival by the Wharfingers and Tort
Wardens. You will next be roquired to
establish the credibility of your witnesses
—not. those against, you—they always tell
the truth. This being done, if you were
a “secesher,” you will have to identify the
fibres of the lint in each bale. While
this is going on, the Solictor of tho Treas
ury is engaged in trying to pick flaws in
your side of the case, whereas, you are
not allowed to pick any in his. You be
gin to think there is no end to the
“scotches.” There are more than three
hundred employees in the Department,
and it seems to be the sacred priv
ilege of each to place as many in
the way as he pleases. If your
claim is a largo one, it costs a highly
increased rate to have them removed.
In such event, it may bo necessary to fee
heavily one high enough in rank to sip a
bottle of wine with the Assistant Secreta
ry, or to discuss matters with the Bec ro
tary over a feast at Waruiley’s restau
rant.
“despoil the Egyptians”
is the watchword, and the Southern people
are the Egyptians. When your claim is de
cided— in your favor though it he—and
you cast up the debit and credit side of
tho account., if you find yourself as well
off' as you were when you started in pur
suit, of justice, you will have reason to be
thankful. You will then owe nothing but
care aud gratitude to Congress for open
ing the door of the Department to enable
you to have a hearing upon your claim.
Tho administration signed the act (it
always does), and being a friendly act, it
modestly expects your support fora “third
term.” It is true, you have not the pro
ceeds of your cotton in hand, but if you
had, it would make yon proud and arro
gant, as ex-Secretary Boutwell would say',
and you might not vote the Republican
ticket. If you take a claim before the
Court of Claims or the Southern Commis
sion from tho North, your experience will
be tho same—only tho “scotching” will
bo done in a different way.
All this points a moral. The South has
been duped long enough, and it is time
her eyes were open to the fact. All the
officials at Washington are opposed to her,
and it is futile to expect, justice at their
hands. They are deaf to the appeal.
“ Procul , procul, esle profani!" The
question then arises, will she longer suffer
the “rings” and those who profane the
judicial ermine, to. play tunes upon her? I
answer no; not if she be true to her own
j interest. What is to be done, then? Let
every person within her borders, who has
a case here—no matter'whether before
the Treasury Department, the Court of
Claims, or the Sou them Commission—
write to his attorney and demand his pa
pers and proofs. When they are received,
it would be well enough to preserve them,
so as to make them available when the
“reformers in the civil service are reform
ed.” After this, each and every- case
should be suspended, and never be pioso
cuted further until a little justice perme
ates the departments, the commissions,
and tho tribunals. I never anticipated
that I would be in favor of the Morrill
Amendment, but lam under tho ruling
dynasty. I never before thought that 1
would be opposed to refunding the cotton
tax, but lam under the present regime.
; Cui bono? I see that as long as the con
! stituted authorities encourage the sharp
practice of Armenian Jews, the “rings"
will monopolise tho substance, and leave
the bona-fide claimants nothing but the
"husks. If those who should right
fully rehp tho benefits are not al
lowed to do so, it is preferable for the
money to remain in the Treasury, where
it will contribute to the payment of the
National debt. At any rate, Ido not
want to see the South check it out to
pamper Eastern men with
“cod-fish and pumpkin tie.”
The claim money now “on call" goes
that way. If there is never a change
for the better, I shall not lament tWtt
the vast quantity of cotton at Colum
bus anil Montgomery, was destroyed
about the close of the war—after the
close fixed by the swindling diplomacy for
British subjects. If it had escaped Gen.
Wilson's torch, it would have been seized
upon the plea of having committed high
treason against “the best Government
the world ever saw,” and the rightful
owner would have been left without any
“bags to hold. ”
Theso facts will convey unwelcome ti
dings to many Southern claimants, but
they are facts, nevertheless, and let them
read, ponder, and investigate. If they
can spare the money, let them come to
this city, and learn how many have come
here with just claims, and gone away af
ter thoy were decided, without money
enough to pay for a good square meal.
If need be let them walk around the city
and count tho costly brick edifices, each
brick representing ten bales of cotton —
which have been built with the proceeds
of cotton which was expected to
run the blockade, or intended to
make matresses for Southern soldiers to
sleep on, or which, a colored “preacher”
told the Bureau, was dedicated to tho “re
bellion.” They need not cast their eyes
towards ex-Secretary McCulloch’s houses,
nor enquire into the affairs of his banking
house in the city of London, where lie
has tho cash to bid for mercantile paper
against the Bank of England. They will
find enough to engage their attention
without directing their efforts to foreign
parts, and when they return home, I think
they will endorse tho voracity and sagacity
of Junius.
From tlio Euiaula Times.
BATTLE AT HOBDY’S BRIDGE.
During the progress of the Creek war
of 1830, the peoplo in tho southern part
of the present county of Barbour, being
constantly exposed to sudden attacks
from the Indians, kept scouts riding over
that country lying on Dry creek which
empties in Pea river, and Cowikee creek
which empties into Chattahoochee river;
this seeming to be as a neutral territory
between the whites and Indians. These
scouts were taken from the militia or
home guard, aud those not on this duty
held themselves in readiness to fly to thoir
arms and meet tho Indians whenever the
scouts should report them as approaching.
In February, 1830, a body of about sev
enty-five warriors vrepo reported near
whero Anglin’s bridge now is, coming
cautiously down the river with their wo
men and children. Tho militia in the
neighborhood of Louisville, were callod
together under the command of Gol. Jack
Cooper, and scouts sent back to w-fttch the
Indians. Thoy were moving down the
swamp near the run of tho river, the
ground being more firm there than nearer
the margin of tho swamp. Col. Cooper
went in camp near the residence of Bar
rel Ilobdy, just on tho Pike side of the
river, and soon after the Indians were dis
covered in camp, in tlio swamp opposite,
and about two hundred yards above the
confluence of Poa creek and Pea river.
Their position was first indicated by the
smoke of thoir encampment and after
wards by their noise. They not seeming
to bo at all uneasy as to thoir situation.
Next morning Col. Cooper had his men
up early getting breakfast and preparing
their arms, tho camp presenting a busy
scone of preparation until after sunrise.
There were one hundred and fifty men
present. When they had eaten their
breakfast and every thing was ready, fifty
men were sent to cross the river noar the
upper edge of the Hobdy place and come
down on the. Indians from the rear. They
were put under tho command of a man
by the name of Head, ah old frontiersman,
aud one who claimed to be well skilled in
all tho arts of Indian warfare.
When the sun was about an hour high,
Col. Cooper entered the swamp with his
command of one hundred men. lie went
along the road until he arrived near tho
present western end of the bridge known
as Hobdy’s bridge. Hero lie turned to the
deft, and going about a hundred yards
crossed the river on a log. After all had
got across, observing ns strict silence in
the meanwhile as possible, the men were
formed in lino in two ranks. Three men
were sent forward as vidottes. When
they had attained to tho distance of sev
enty-five yards, the main line was ordered
to forward, and the small band of one
hundrod men, now to such scones, cheer
fully set forward to encounter an almost
equal number of men nurtured from their
infancy in tho atmosphere of battle, and
holding every advantage ol’ position. It
was afterwards discovered that the Indians
had encamped near two largo white oak
logs, which, growing near together, in fall
ing fell in opposite directions—making
a splendid line of breastworks two or
three hundred feet in length. To these
they resorted on discovering the near ap
proach of the whites. On arriving m one
hundred yards of this natural breastwork,
one on the vidottos saw an Indian and
fired, and each of tho throe protected
themselves with a tree. The Indians fired
no shot in return. Col. Hooper hailed
the main body at tho firing of the vidette,
but no answoring shot coming from the
Indians, eiyiosily impelled tho men to go
forward and to soe what had been tlio
cause of the shot. About the time the
main body readied the position of the
videttes tho Indians opened fire. With a
yell and without ever stopping, the whites
charged the Indians clear out of their
breastworks and camp without a man hav
ing been wounded, and many of them
hardly knowing that they wore in a charge.
There was a rich booty of articles, stolon
or plundered from different parties, in
the camp; but the victors were not after
plunder. As soon its the men could be
got in shape, they followed after the re
treating Indians. Two hundred and fifty
yards up the river they overtook them
crossing a lagoon; some had crossed, oth
ers were crossing. The light was renew
ed. Tho Indians, having recovered from
their panic, and having a lagoon between
them and the whites, fought much better.
They shot nails altogether from their
muskets, and these making a very loud,
unearthly noise, rather demoralized the
whites for a few minutes. For fifteen
minutes the firing was pretty constant
along the lagoon for two hundred yards.
Soon word was passed down tho line for
Dr. Heron to come up the line to see Bar
rel Hobdy, who was wounded. The Doc
tor, who in the meantime had been using
his gun to tho very best advantage, im
mediately ropairod to the point designat
ed, and found Mr. Hobdy behind a large
tree with a flesh wound in the thigh, but,
as if happened, not from a nail.
Seeing they could gain no possible ad
vantage ill a sharpsliootiug light, and
those sent above uudor Head not having
yet made an appearance, the word was
given to charge. Into the lagoon they
plunged. On rising the opposite bank,
they raised a yell and went right into the
midst of the Indians. This was too much
for them. They immediately began a
hasty retreat, and the whites were unable
to engage then) again. Cooper was wound
ed in the last charge, making the total
casualties on the part of tho whites two
wounded, none killed.
The Indians were uot, dispersed, but re
treat od down tho river ns rapidly as possi
ble in a body, having lost their camp
equipage, ponies and numberless articles
they hail plundered from whites who bad
been living on their reservations. Among
other things in their possession was a
quantity of calico and other articles taken
from a store which lmd been plundered
aud burnt near where the present town
of Midway is, the possession of which
gave evidence that they were the same
band that had whipped out Wellborn’s
command up in that neighborhood a few
days before.
The same band were intercepted and
again defeated by the Dale militia near
Black’s mill; at which point they left the
swamp, and took to the hills, finally
making their escape into Florida. Os this
second battle and escape, if we can ob
tain sufficient information, we will give
an account hereafter.
To return to tho detachment, sent un
der Head to cross above and come down
in reav of the Indians. They did finely'
until they arrived at the thick swamp,
near the "bank of the river, at which point
Head decided that it was dangerous for
them to go further. Said he was well
acquainted with Indian habits, as they
would not ask a better thing than to massa
cre the wholeof them in that thick swamp.
For some time, being the commander,
Head’s decision was adopted. Finally,
Hart Ball stepped forward and called on
all those who would go with him, accord
ing to tho original plan, to step out and
join him. About ten men did so, and
they immediately crossed and started
down on the oast side, but owing to the
delay, arrived at the scene of the engage
ment too late to take part in it, but not
too late to share the honor of the victory.
The number of deaths from cholera in
Nashville, for the eleven days ending on
the 18th inst., wore 209. There were in
that time 37 deaths from other causes;
but we suppose that cholera morbus
figured conspicuously among the “other
causes.”
The 10th Alabama hold their next re
union at Jacksonville, on the Bth day of
August next.
THE HOOPER-PHILLIPS CASE.
We have on our table several communi
cations commenting with some asperity
upon the manner in which our neighbor
of the Enquirer has seen fit to treat some
subject matters of his editorials. But
as we desire to avoid giving much of our
space to controversies conducted by other
parties, and especially as we wish to dis
favor acrimonious discussion w hile, in our
judgment, more temperate oriticism will
answer a better purpose, we havo declined
publishing them. We hope that this ex
planation of the cause of the non-appear
ance of their communications will be
satisfactory to the writers.
Among these communications is one
which, w'hile we decline to publish it in
full, we will not altogether exclude, as
we might thereby bo doing injustice to
parties asking that their case be fairly
and dispassionately laid before the pub
lic. We therefore copy from a commu
nication signed “Russell,” which re
views the editorial of the Enquirer on
the result of the preliminary investiga
tion of tho HooperiPhillips ease, the
following extract, briefly stating the ac
tion of tho Judges (no Jury bad anything
to do with it) and the condition in which
their action aud the facts elicited leave
the case for further trial:
“ The investigation in the Hooper-Phil
lips case was heard by two Judges, learn
ed in the law. It occupied nearly a
month, was conducted by able and zeal
ous counsel on both sides, and all the law
bearing upon the case, as w'ell as the facts
connected with it, were fully elicited and
presented to the court, after which the
judges were of the opinion that Mr. Hoo
per, under tho Statute law of tho State of
Alabama, was entitled to bail. During
the same examination every witness ex
amined (and not one could be found to
disprove it) testified that Mr. Hooper, in
stead of being, as the Enquirer calls
him, an unprincipled young man, bore
the highest reputation for sobriety, refine
ment and moraltiy. In the same investi
gation, tlio spotless purity of the young
lady assailed was so fully proven that even
tho prosecution was forced to admit it.
These, then, being the facts of record in
this case, wo submit, to an intelligent
public of how much modesty and propri
ety is a man possessed, who, totally ig
norant of the law and unacquainted with
the Judges, condemns their judgment
and substitutes his own ? ”
CROPS IN PIKE COUNTY, ALA.
Troy, Ala., June 17,1873.
Editors Columbus Sun: I see short
statements of crop prospects are solicited.
The crops here are very sorry ; the worst
I think I ever saw, owing to grass and
continuous heavy rains. Our ground has
not been dry enough to work well since
the first of May. And the worst of it is
they increase in frequency and quantity.
On yesterday we had, I think, the hardest
rains of the season, accompanied with
considerable wind aud thunder, prostrat
ing corn, etc. The prospect to-day, 10
a. m., is good for more rain.
I have run a farm for forty years and
don’t think I over saw so poor a prospect
for cotton, and corn not much better.
The ground is saturated and sour, and
cannot yield its accustomed reward to
labor until it passes through the winter
freezes to open and fertilize it again.
Yours, &c., L. F.
LETTER FROM TROY.
City Hotel, Juno 19, 1873.
Editors Sun: You havo been suffi
ciently posted in regard to crops in this
section, and we need only add that tho
daily showers continue, and the prospect
for the future becomes still more gloomy.
It is hoped, however, that a change for
the better will soon take place, and that
our planters may yot do as well as thoy
did last year.
We learn from Mr. A. Ravenscroft, the
accommodating and efficient railroad
agent here, that tho total amount of cot
ton shipped the past year ending June
Ist, foots up 8,005 bales. Os this 5,000
bales wont to your city, 2,088 to Mont
gomery, 1,057 to Savannah, 453 to Now
York, and Bto Mobile. For the same pe
riod the yenr Before, the total shipped was
only 0,047 bales, showing nn increase for
this year of 2,019 bales.
Sidney Herbert.
Official Report on tlio Polaris Affair.
Secretary Robeson has sent to the Pres
ident his official report of the late secret
investigation of the Polaris mystery. The
report refrains from expressing any judg
ment against Capt. Buddington, as he has
not been heard in his own defence.
There was, however, some evidence to the
effect that ho at times exhibited an insub
ordinate spirit, anil drank too much
liquor. The question, was Capt. Ilall
poisoned, remains unsettled. Interesting
information concerning the points reach
ed by tho Polaris are given. The report
says: “Itis the uniform opinion of the
witnesses and our unanimous conclusion
from their testimony and from the cir
cumstances detailed that the separation of
the ship from the men, women aud child
ren upon the floe was purely accidental.”
THE COURSE OF AN ENEMY.
Attend to your business and let politics
alone. This is the insidious counsel of
the Government at Washington to tho
people of Louisiana, as recently commu
nicated by Attorney General Williams.
The same was volunteered by Senator
Matt Carpenter, and enforced by the em
phasis of a little swaggering profanity, in
a speech to which he treated the citizens
of Now Orleans no great while since. It
is just such contemptuous talk as might
pardonably bo made to some gang of ir
responsible slaves. Go on with your work
and we will govern you, say our gentle
masters. Don’t bother your head about
the laws; we’ll attend to them. Go sweat
for your daily bread —provide for mere
existence —that’s privilege e.uougli for
you. “Open your stores and let the d —d
politics slide,” says Carpenter. Don’t
lift your eyes above the business of scrap
ing together what may earn your salt, aud
pay your taxes.
Helf government! Lot us lookback,
through tho weary years to the glorious
days when it was enjoyed and prized. It
used to be the proudest privilege of liber
ty —the highest duty of the citizens. He
that neglected it was a criminal; he that
was deprived of it an outcast. Indiffer
ence to its responsibilities or inactivity in
their discharge, were regarded a discredit
and disgrace; and no higher evidence of
health and sanity in the State could be af
forded, than the sensitiveness of its hostili
ty to everything that threatened this blood
bought right of freedom. “Eternal vigi
lence is the price of liberty!” And that is
why those who would rob us of it strive
to administer this damnable chloroform
from Washington. Never take one snuff
of the degrading and stupifying poison,
but arise—awake and watch through all
the dismal hours of this night.
Attend to your business and your poli
tics also. No self abasement—no abdica
tion of manhood. Look out for your lib
erty with an eye that no despot’s drugs can
put to feleep. Work for family and for
country too. Increase your substance
and gather up your strength, for the day
that cometh when we may be able to de
fend her. — Eufaula Times.
A colored party of anticipatory excur
sionists to Selma “came to grief” in
Montgomery on Thursday. When they
repaired to tho depot they found the
train all ready, but that the managers of
the affair, to whom they had paid their
money for tickets, hail not arranged the
little matter of paying for the train. It
was too late then to get the cash-receiv
ing managers together in time to re
move that impediment—especially as
some of them could not easily be found—
and the excursion had to be postponed.
The Birmingham Independent of the
17th inst. says : “The trains on the A.
&C. R. R., (we have been informed)
have ceased running altogether. The
engines, cars and trucks, were gathered
on Monday and brought to Chattanooga.
The Post Master tolls us that the North
ern mail will come and go for the pres
ent, via Calera and the Selma, Rome and
Dalton Railroad.”
TELEG I?AP IIIC
THE POLARIS.
Opinion of the Secretary of War.
Washington, June 1!>. —Secretary Rob
eson has made his statement. From the
evidence of the rescued Polaris crew, he
don’t know whether Cant. Hall died a
natural death or not. lie thinks the aban
donment of a part of the crew on a floe
accidental. lie has no doubt Budding
ton was drunk, but as the liquor is ex
hausted, and Buddington, when sober, is
a most excellent soaman, he feels sure the
Polaris is managed to the best advantage.
He will appoint the Tigress to go in
search of the Polaris. Cross purposes un
doubtedly existed on the Polaris.
EX-PRESIDENT JOHNSON.
Washington, June 1C. —A prominent
Tennessee Republican politician reports
ex-President Johnson slashing around
with an eye on the United States Senator
ship, aid having a poor prospect for that
position, unless he can make an alliance
with the Republicans, which the same gen
tleman says the ex-Presidont is now trying
to arrange. A special friend of Mr. John
son says the plan is to make him Gover
nor first and Senator next, both of which
he regards as quite easy to be fixed.
WHOLESALE THEFT OF WAR
ARCHIEVES.
Washington, June 1C. —Some time ago
it was oharged and afterwards demon
strated that the records of the Buell court
martial were abstracted from the war de
partment. Within a few days it has been
discovered that all the archives in the war
department pertaining to the secret his
tory of the late rebellion have been stolen.
When this was done or by whom it is not
known. The late Secretary Stanton du
ring his administration of the war office
filed away a large number of private let
ters and telegrams, the existence of which
were known to two or three persons be
sides himself. They related to court
martial, the conduct of prominent officers
of the army, the intrigues of politicians
and military aspirants, the rasoality of
government contractors and the ways and
means used to influence the President of
the United States in overruling the decis
ions of the Secretary of War in these
cases.
A gentleman whose position made him
familiar with these documents says many
men who were connected with the army,
and who have since figured in public life,
will retain their character more securely
with those records out of the reach of scru
tiny. It is known that they were all in
the war office when Stanton retired. He
had them systematically briefed and
stowed away in a safe place, and had he
lived and remained in public life they
would probably have figured largely in
preventing the appointment of men to
office who have since shown that they
were no better fitted for the civil service
than they w'ore for positions of trust and
high command in the army. These pri
vate archieves covered a period of time
from the first battle of Bull Run down to
the surrender of Lee’s army. Thoy em
braced orders for court-martial with their
findings, some of them sentencing the of
fenders to bo shot, of records of which
the people were ignorant. It is said that
a gentlemau connected with the War De
partment during the rebellion, through
whose bands all these matters passed,
took copies of them, and will use them in
writing the recent history of the w r ar.
VARIOUS IMPORTANT ITEMS.
Washington, Juno 20. —Grant has
Long Branched.
Win. Ginney has boon appointed Cen
tennial Commissioner from South Caro
lina.
The pa-sflon of W. Mclntyre, convicted
of Ku Kluxifig, was recommended, has
suffered three fourths of his two yours
sentence at Albany.
Judge Ingraham, in the Supreme Court,
has grauted absolute delivery in the case
of Pauline Lueca against her husband,
Baron Von lthoda, with leave to marry
again. The plaintiff was also awarded
the custody of their child.
The Boston papers estimate the amount
of money paid to the lobby of the Massa
chusetts Legislature this year at SIOO,OOO.
THE KILLING O F HOLLIDAY—COR
RECTION.
Athens, Ga., June 18. —Mr. Holliday,
who was killed by a constable and posse
of citizens of Jackson county, was charg
ed with an attempt to murder the consta
ble, who attempted to arrest him Sunday,
when ho resisted him with an axe. The
constable then begged him to come to
the Court House on Monday, at noon,
which he refused to do. The posse went
to his house Tuesday, when he tired on
them with a double-barrelled shot gun
loaded with buck shot, striking three of
the men. He fired a second time, and
they returned the fire, killing him. lie
was armed with two guns, a pistol and
bowie knife.
The coroner’s jury returned a verdict
of justifiable homicide in execution of the
law.
Not one of the posse had been charged
with being a Ku-Klux by Holliday, or any
other person. The posse consisted of
some of the first citizens of the county.
COTTON CLAIMS.
The Case of G. 15. Lamar, of Georgia.
Boston, June 20. —The case of Gasoway
B. Lamar against Albert G. Browne and
others, an action for the recovery of 1800
bales cotton, valued at $500,000, which
plaintiff claimed defendants took from
him in Georgia in 1805, and which has
been on trial in the U. S. Circuit Court
for a week past, closed yesterday. Judge
Chiploy, after the evidence was closed,
ruled that as the evidence was uncontra
dicted that the cotton was turned over by
the military to defendants, who claimed
they were appointed special agents of Die
Secretary of the Treasury to take charge
of captured and abandoned property in
the seceding States, no action could be
maintained by plaintiff, and directed a
verdict for defendants subject to revision
by Die Supreme Court of the United
States.
THE APACHES ON THE WARPATH.
San Francisco, June 17. —News from
Arizona to Sunday last says J. S. Thomas,
Sheriff of Prescott county, was attacked
by Apaches near Kodvenle. lie returned
the fire from his buggy, killing two and
wounding one. The rest of the Apaches,
seven or eight in number, fled. Thomas’
horses ran away, but be escaped unin
jured.
Gen. Cook has gone to San ■ larlos reser
vation. There are conflicting reports:
Some say all the Apaches have gone, oth
ers that only one or two bands have gone
on the warpath.
COTTON MILLS BURNED.
Baltimore, June 20.—Mount Vernon
cotton mills, Wm. Kennedy. President,
burned; loss $20,000.
LATER.
The total loss will be over $250,000.
The bnilding was of stone, one hundred
and thirty-four feet long, forty-three feet
wide, and five stories high. It was filled
with valuable machinery. The Rtock was
completely destroyed. The first story
contained looms; the second, card room;
third, spinning room; fourth, looms; fifth,
warping and sizing rooms. The picking
establishment, a fire-proof building near
the main mill, was saved. About 200
hands are thrown out of employment.
MURDER AND SUICIDE.
A North Carolina Farmer Kill* Ills Wife
ami Shoots Himself.
Ealeigh, June 12. —On Saturday morn
ing last, in Yadkin county, occurred one
of the coolest and most determined mur
ders and suicides ever committed in this
State. John Holcombe and his wife,
Julia, who had been married about a year,
were the subjects. Julia possessed un
common beauty, and was suspected of in
fidelity to her marriage vows. She was
on the eve of leaving home to visit Salis
bury and Charlotte. Holcombe, having
endeavorod to dissuade her from leaving
without success, decided to murder her
and commit suicide. Ho drew his pistol
and fired, with frightful coolness, three
shots at her, death ensuing almost in
stantly. The neighbors were attracted to
the house by the reports of the pistol,
and found Holcombe reloading his weapon.
He told the crowd if any one approached
him he wonld shoot him. When ho had
finished loading he walked to the side of
his dead wife, placed the muzzle of the
pistol to his left breast and pulled the
trigger. His lifeless body fell across that
of his beautiful but wayward wife. The
ball had passed through his heart.
RAIL URE.
St. Louis, June 20.—Harris & Thom
son, Guthrie & Cos., Cheatham, Drangon
&Cos., provision dealers failed, their
stock and contracts aggregate Bix mil
lion pounds of meat and 12,000 barrels
pork.
DIGAMY.
Three Wives Living, ami Almost Gets
Another.
New York, June 19. —Geo. P. Evans
was arrested for bigamy, and also on a
civil suit bronght by P. It. Barnwell for
ten thousand dollars damages, and lodged
in the Tombs. He is charged with hav
ing three wives living, viz : Almira Davis,
a daughter of wealthy Boston parents;
a daughter of David N. Badger, of Bos
ton, and also a daughter of Mr. Barnwell,
the prosecutor. He was about eloping
with another young lady when overhauled.
WHITE SLA YER Y.
The Italian Children in New York.
New York, June 19.—Consul Geuoral
Luoia, of Italy, publishes a card assert
ing that the sufferings of Italian chil
dren brought here as slaves have not been
exaggerated in the least, but so far from
his being to blame in the matter he haa
been doing his utmost to stop the inhu
man traffic. As ono result, the Italian
Parliament has just passed anact making
the trading in children a felony, and
severely punishing not only those who
employ them but parents who consent to
their employment.
VICE-PRESIDENT WILSON'S ILL
NESS.
New' York, June 10.—The Boston letter
of the Springfield Republican snys: There
has been much anxiety the past week
among the few who have known facts con
cerning the alarming illness of Vice-Pres
ident Wilson. His attack was followed by
partial deafness and partial blindness, and
the general characteristics of his symp
toms were such as to threaten a loss of his
power and aotivity, if not of his life. He
is now improving, but is by no means out
of danger. He has been sojourning in
Boston for some weeks, under caro of Dr.
E. 11. Clarke, and he has seen very few of
his’friends. His labors in the last elec
tion, followed by the strain and anxiety of
last winter and accompanied by a good
doal of w’ork on his anti-slavery history,
are regarded as the immediate occasion of
his present illness.
NORTH CAROLINA RONDS.
New York, June 18.—-A meeting of the
North Carolina special tax bondholders
w'as held to-day to listen to the opinion of
Reverdy Johnson. Johnson’s opinion was
that the bonds are binding upon the State,
and holders can enforce their collection of
the interest through the United States
Court. On the strength of this opinion
suits will be brought at an early day.
SMUGGLING.
Camel’s Hair Sliawls in the Hands of the
Harpies.
New York, June 18. —The customs offi
cers here have shawls Imported via Mex
ico at 1000 per cent, below their value.
The papers characterise tho house impli
cated as a heavy one and hitherto re
spectable.
DEATH OF HORACE F. CLARK.
New York, Juno 20.—Horace F. Clark,
President of the Lake Shore and Union
Pacific Railroad Co.’s and son-in-law of
Commodore Vanderbilt, died in this city
yesterday of rheumatism of the heart in
the 50th year of his age. He was a mem
ber of the 85th and 30th Congress, and
since his retirement from politics has
been identified with the business interest
of this city and railroad progress and de
velopment of the Wost.
Southern States bonds at Board were
steady on a business of $330,000. Asa
result of the death of Horace F. Clark,
Union Pacific opened at 22, having closed
yesterday at 24, and has since fluctuated
between 22 and 231; Lake Shore fluctua
ted between 91 £ and and there has
been comparatively little offered.
The Post says Horace F. Clark was un
doubtedly a victim of overwork, having
for years taken a responsible and active
part in many corporations. At the time
of his death he was President of the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad
Company and Union Pacific Railroad
Company. He was a director in many
companies, among which wore the New
York Central and Hudson, the New York
and Harlem, tho New York, New Haven
and Hartford, the Toledo, Wabash and
Western, the Erie and Pittsburg, the Dun
kirk, Warren and Pittsburg, and the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, and the
Union Trust Cos., besides sevoral banks
and insnrance companies.
RE YENUE S VIT.
New York, June 20.— Pending an ap
peal of Jas. Reid & Cos. to set aside judg
ment for $7,500, value of a cargo of
whisky entered at the Custom-house by
means of alleged fraudulent practices,
reference was obtained by the Govern
ment to determine whether tho whisky
had been entered without intentional
fraud. At the resumption of the refer
ence yesterday, ox-gauger J no. C. St rong
testified, when he was in the Custom
house Mr. Jayne threatened to lock him
up in Ludlow street jail if he refused to
sign a certificate paper, the contents of
which were not disclosed and to escape
persecution lie did Hign it, and that subse
quently ho was told by Jayne he (witness)
would lose his place if he could not re
member that Reid & Cos. had offered to
bribe him to undergauge the whisky in
question.
NEW YORK NOTES.
New York, June 20. —The heat to-day
is excessive—the mercury reaching 94.
Several sunstrokes occurred.
Gen. Horatio G. Stevens was buried
to-day. lie commanded the fort at Castle
Garden in the war of 1812. The order of
tho Cinciriufttus will attend his funeral.
He was the first militia General appointed
in the State.
In the Supreme Court to-day Wm.
Newman recovered $39,990 in gold of
George Goddard, the latter being charged
with drawing that amount from the for
mer’s store in Arkansas in 1801."
The sentence of the Court in the case
of Miss Anthony was a fine of SIOO and
tho costs of prosecution. She is not to
stand committed until the hue is paid.
Before the sentence Miss Anthony made
some remarks iu which she said she de
sired and demanded the full rigor of the
law'. (This was for voting in November.)
Warrants for arrests have not yet been
issued under new ling indictments, and
the District Attorney says none will be
issuod until Monday, on which day the
Court of Oyer anil Terminer will be in
session. Nobody seems to regard the in
dictment as anything more than a part of
the bitter political fight nowon band.
The United States Marshal’s officers
completed the service of subpoenas yester
day in the equity suit of the Union Pacific
railroad company, Credit Mobilier of
America, and others. Some of the res
pondents are in Europe, and were sub
pcenod through their counsel.
Tho name of the impostor who is
charged with attempting to defraud the
Government out of a large amount of du
ties on Mexican shawls, is J. Walls.
Several cases of mixed goods anil a
quantity of black lace, were taken in
South street and elsewhere, yesterday, by
Custom-house officers. A heavy seizure
was also made in Baltic street, Brooklyn.
THE CHOLERA.
Increased Mortality In Tciiiichscc.
Nashville, June 10.— Cholera unabat
ing; three draymen attacked in tho street;
thirty deaths yesterday; eight whites and
twenty-two blacks, from cholera.
Cincinnati, June 10. — I There were two
deaths.
Knoxville, June 10. —The statement
published in the Nashville yester
day morning that cholera prevailed here
and that there was a perfect panic and
thousands were fleeing to the mountains,
is ineorrect. There Is no such disease
here, nor has there been. Undertakers
report fewer deaths up to the present
time, commencing from the last five
w eeks, than any one month during the
winter.
Nashville, June 20.—Twenty negroes
and four whites died of cholera yesterday.
Caibo, June 20.—Five deaths from
cholera in Paducah ; none in Cairo yet.
CUD AN NEWS.
Havana, June 20.—0n the Bth inst. two
hundred negroes offered to work on the
trocha. A large part of the army in the
Central Department is still required to
complete the work. It has been decided
that there is no necessity for the third
trochar When the first and second are
completed the Spanish forces in the field
will lie concentrated in the Eastern De
partment.
WHAT IT COST A WOMAN TO VOTE.
Canandaigua, June 20. —The motion
for anew trial for the persons w»ho re
ceived illegal votes from women, was de
nied. They were sentenced to pay a fine
of twenty-five dollars each and the cost of
prosecution, thirty dollars.
BRIBING UNITED STATES OFFI
CERS.
Washington, June 17.—Senator Bayard
called attention to tho indecency of Ma
jor Merrill, the United States commander
of South Carolina, who had harried and
scourged that State on the pretense of
Knkluxiani, receiving special oompensa
tion for his outrages. He endeavored to
have tho subject investigated, but this
was not permitted by the Radical major
ity. The facts are now all coming to
light. It appears that out of $35,00# ap
propriated by the nogro Legislature of
South Carolina from the whites for the
purpose, this Major Morrill got $20,000
as a bribe for his services, and that $lO,-
000 went to the officers of tho court pre
sided over by the modern Jeffrey, Judge
Bond. It is supposed that a certain set of
Radical army officers will 1)6 quite ready
to goiuto this safe and profitable business.
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Washington, June 21. —White was to
day appointed postmaster at Water Valley,
Mississippi, vice Bufort, suspended.
Secretary ltiohardson has gone to Har
vard. Secretary Delano has also gone.
Will be absent ten days.
The Star says the automatic telegraph
with its franchises is about passing into
the hands of tho Western Union.
The Government wants a quarter of a
million lioad-stones for Union dead.
Hoar, formerly Attorney General, is a
prominent candidate for Chief J ustice.
The doctors announce tho death to-day,
from cholera, of a cleanly colored woman
in a healthy locality of the State. Eating
oucumbers is said to be the cause.
THE LATE EIRE.
Washington, Juno 21. —Michigannie
City, Marquette county, Lake Superior,
was destroyed on yesterday by fire which
caught from burning woods around. The
place was a mining town in iron and con
tained some six hundred inhabitants.
Among the buildings burned was the mill
of Jaolcson Houghton, just equipped at hr
expense of $40,000. At Sparr mine two
barns and a number of log houses were
burned. The heat so warped the rails of
the Marquette, Houghton and Ontario
Railroad as to render the passage of ears
impossible in certain plaoes. The tele
graph poles are burned and the wires are
lying down along the track.
Milwaukee, June 21. —Eight bodies
recovered from the Michigannie fire;
others are missing. The people refugeed
in the lake.
CHOLERA IN NASHVILLE.
Special to Atlanta Constitution.
Nashville, June 20.—There were thir
ty deaths yesterday, only four of which
were whites. The disease is now confined
almost entirely to negroes, and the great
est mortality is in the negro settlements
outside of the city limits. The epidemic
does not now prevail in the central part
of the town.
The weather is pleasant this forenoon,
and our people are in better spirits in view
of the decreasing number of cases. Ex
pect a very favorable report of to-day’s
events.
LATER.
8 p.m. —The doctors and undertakers
agree that the disease is more violent and
fatal to-day than on any day since its first
outbreak. There is no way of getting at
the number of deaths until later. Tho
disease seems to take a rest to start afresh
with increased fury. During the sudden
changes from a temporary abatement to a
new and more fearful onset, it is utterly
impossible to tell for a couple of days
what the real situation is. The usual
sources and wayß of information are more
or less demoralized. The people are ut
terly dejected this evening, and with very
few exceptions, all are leaving who ca»
get away.
IN SEARCH OF TIIE POLARIS.
New York, June 21. —The steamer Ju
niata is expected to sail to-day through
Hell Gate. The crew has been redwood
from 210 to 130. She takes twenty-five
. hundred tons of coal for the use of the
steamer Tigress when the latter reaches
Disco. The Juniata also takes two steam
launches. The Tigress is expected to
reach Brooklyn Navy Yard on Monday,
when the work of fitting her out will bo
commenced in order that she may leave
hero for hor cruise on the fourth or fifth
of July. The Tigress will be provisioned
for two years.
SPAIN.
A Itcpublic Similar to the United
States.
Madrid, June 21. —It is reported that
Bettor Caatellar is engaged in drawing a
Constitution for a Federal Kepuhlic
which is to be analagous to that of lhe
United Btates of America. The number
of Btates will 15, including Cuba and the
Philipine Islands. Madrid is to be the
Capital. The President of the Kepublie
is to be elected by suffrage and the term
of office will be five years. Benators are
to be chosen by the States and deputies
will be eleotod by universal suffrage.
THE MODOC'S.
!Vf each sin's Report of the War.
New York, June 21. —Meacham’s re
port of Modoc fighting during the war,
states that the Modoes killed and
wounded about five soldiers to every war
rior in their force, at the time numbering
not more than sixty five, and that during
the first three days’ fight this band not
only held ont against 800 troops armed
with every appliance of modern warfare,
but kept, open a passage for retreat which
oven the Warm Spring Indian scout*
could not close. Mom-ham's idea is that
the best policy for the future that all
tribal lines be abolished, and the Indians
ho made amenable to the laws, and be
placed on the same footing with other
murderers.
SPANISH NEWS.
Madrid, Juno 15.—1 tis said that Caa
telar will propose to the Cortes the divi
sion of Spain and her colonies into the
following federal Btates: Catalonia, Arra
gon, Navarre, Biscay, Valencia, Noueia,
New Castile, Onllicia, Andalusia, Lower
Kstratoadura, Cuba and Porto Kico, the
Balearic Islands, the Canaries and the
Phillippines.
Madrid, June 18. —ln the Cortes the
Minister of Finance presented a bill grant
ing the government special power for the
collection of taxes, and providing for eco
nomical reforms in all departments of the
administration.
The cure of Santa Cruz has burned the
railroad depot with 300 passenger and
freight cars at Beazaine.
ERANCE.
The Case of M. Ranee.
Versailles, Jime 19.—The case of
Kance was taken up in the Assembly this
evening and gave rise to an animated de
bate, which was participated in by a large
number of deputies. A member of the
Left offered a resolution directing an en
quiry into the charges against ltance be
fore authority for the prosecution be
given. The resolution was rejected by a
vote of 460 against 200.
The report of the special committee
granting General Ladmlra authority to
prosecute M. Kance, was then adopted by
a vote of 485 to 137.
DISCOVERIES AT GOLGOTHA.
London, June 18. Correspondence
from Jerusalem states that the geological
plate just completed by the Oriental To
pographical Corps, now engaged in mak
ing a survey and skothes of Bible lands,
shows tho exposed and skull-shaped line
of the upper strata of the hill outside Da
mascus gate, and near the north wall of
Jerusalem, is strongly suggestive of Gol
gotha, the place of the skull. This sup
ports tho theory of this hill being Calvary.
The corps has arranged by means of a
telegraph from Joppa to Jerusalem for ac
curate liarometrio notification.
Blank Distress Warrants for sale at the
Bun office.
GEORGIA NEWS.
As far up the country as the Air-Line
Railroad, the farmers are contemplating
the dismal prospects of having to give up
a portion of their crops, on account of u„.
exoessivo rains.
Says tho Lawrenceville Herald of Die
18th inst : attended a public sale, m
the upper portion of Gwinnett couuty,
last week. Corn brought an average of
eighty cents, and bacon eleven cents
Cattle sold very cheap not more that half
their worth. 1 here is a great scarcity of
money. We have not heard ns much com
plaint on this subject for three years."
The Rome Commercial of the lsib re
ports whont in good part harvested—yield
small, probably not, more than one third
many fields will not be cut. Corn promis
ing exceedingly well—an immense yield
in Floyd may be expected with good sum
mer seasons. Cotton grassy, but looking
well, promising at least an average.
W. D. Atkinson, Grand Lecturer I. O.
G. T. of the State of Georgia, reports
through the Atlanta Constitution great
MtU'ooHH of tho Temperance cause in
Harris and Troup counties. He lectured
and organized lodges at Whitesvillo and
New Hope Church, in Harris, and thinks
that the feeling aroused there will sweep
the oouutry around. He also lectured at
Hamilton, with evident good effect. At
West Point he organized a lodge which
already numbers nearly two hundred
members, and about thirty names have
boon endorsed for the next initiation.
About forty bard drinkers and one of the
loading liquor dealers joined the order
there.
Wo cull from the decisions of the Su
premo Court of Georgia on Tuesday last
Since Ist of January, 18118, under sec
tion 29(10 of the Revised Code, the owner
of land may maintain an action for tres
pass thereupon, evon though he have not,
actual possession of the same.
The owner of land taken by a railroad
company for right of way is not debarred
of his action for trespass, because the
oharter authorizes the company, in a pm
tioular way, to so appropriate the land,
uuless the company have pursued Die
mode pointed out, aud Dms acquired the
legal right.
The Cartersville Express says: The Bar
tow Iron Works, near this city, are grow
ing into mammoth proportions. They
wilt soon be able to turn out about thirty
tons of pig metal a day. About three
hundred hands are employed by these
works, and a perfect village has spuing up
around them.
The people of Macon, on Tuesday,
voted a ratification of the contract made
by the City Council for water works. The
vote stood 231 to 31.
Mr. It. G. Hitt, of Lee county, hilled a
negro man in his employment, on Mon
day last, under the following circumstan
oes: The wife of tho negro, Bennett
Drake, was boat ing a small negro boy also
employed on the place; Mr. Hitt inter
fered to prevent it, and the worn nil
pitched into him; Hitt slapped her jaws,
aud this brought up her husband, wLo
was proceeding to attack Mr. llitt, when
the latter shot and killed him. Mr. Hitt
at once surrendered himself to Dio near
est officer.
Mr. S. F. deGraffenried, a useful and
esteemed citizen of Alabama, met with a
terrible aud probably fatal accident on
Monday, at a saw mill on the .Macon and
Brunswick Railroad. He had run on the
track to remove a piece of lumber on it,
in front of an advancing train, and the
train came on so quickly that he lmd to
take refuge in a narrow space between
tho track and a pile of lumber. In tins
close placo the end of one of the box cats
struck him and knocked him down. His
head and shoulders were badly bruised,
and liis left foot crushed off at tlie instep.
Skillful surgeons amputated his foot first,
aud afterwards his leg to arrest, the pro
gress of gangrene. Ho was supposed to
be dying at the last reports.
WHAT ARE GOVERNOR’S MADE
for -e
The impression has been that the Gov
ernor is tlie obief executive of the Jaws
of the State; but from tho tono of a
great many newspapers and newspaper
scribblers in Georgia, we are inclined to
think that must be a mistake. Our Gov
ernor was evidently olected to set aside
the laws and not have them executed. It
has ooino to that pass where a petition for
pardon or commutation is sent to the
Governor in behalf of every criminal
condemned to death, and of almost every
one sentenced to the penitentiary. And
because the Governor allows the law to
tnko its course and will not set aside that
which ho iH sworn to sustain and execute,
he is soundly abused. He could not be
worse blamed than lie is, if be alone bail
made the laws, tried tho criminals without
witnesses or jury’, aud passed sentence
upon them. Iu fact, some doughty ink
slingers berato him ns soundly as if lie
had some agoncy in tho commission of
the deeds for which tlie criminals are
punished.
Just now Governor Smith is being pelt
ed with small stones and dirt, because he
did not reprieve O’Neal. We do not re
member the circumstances of the murder
for which O’Neal was hung; but therein
one broad proposition on which we stand
in regard to these matters. It is this
Tho Governor knows his own business
and the merits of the cases as t hey go
beforo him, hotter than any editor or cor
respondent in the State.
This thing of throwing the responsi
bility of every hanging on tho Governor
is wrong. The jury in each case finds tho
verdict and on them rests the lesponsi
bility. As things go now, every verdict
found by a jury which deprives a man
of life or liberty, is sought to be set aside.
If the Governor were to grant all the
| petitions of this nature that are proseut
; ed to him, tho jury system would become
a dead letter.
The greatest safely of the honest peo
ple of this commonwealth lies in having
a chief executive who will unflinchingly
sustain tho courts, regardless of the flat
tery of friends or the abuse of of fees.
Public safety demands that the laws be
executed, not trifled with and set aside.
It is very difficult to find a man guilly of
murder, no matter how clear the case may
be ; w hen ho is found guilty, the sentence
should ho executed by all means. If (lie
evil-minded among our people become im
pressed with the fact that after conviction
thereisnohojio.it will be the very strongest
possible preventive of crime. Our pen
pie may congratulate themselves that they
have a doveruor who will not interfere
with the righteous Verdicts of the courts.
—LaUrange Reporter.
WATER WORKS AS AEEECTISG / A
- AND UK MTU.
The Board of Water Commissioners of
Marquette, Michigan, in tlieir first report,
use the following language:
“The largo reduction of rates of insu
rance already apparent, and the future re,-
dnoti<in wlitoli is likely to take placo when
It becomes generally known to insurance
companies that Marquette possesses a sys
tem of fire protection unsurpassed by any
town in thoconutry, and a live competition
lie thus invited,gives to the board the great
est satisfaction. It is within their per
sonal knowledge that a general reduction
of from 25 to 33 pel cent, has been made
in the rates upon stores and stocks of mer
chandise, and in souio cases tho reduction
has been 59 per cent.; while in other
places, where it was impossible to obtain
insurance at any rate by reason of the
great exposure to risk, it can now be had
at reasonable rates.
“The board would cite among the inci
dental advantages of having an abundant
supply of water, the green lawns and
sprinkled streets by which the beauty and
comfort of our village has been greatly
enhanced.”
The late Jno. Carpenter, of Marquette,
Mich., knocked the ashes out of Ins pipe
on tho head of a keg of blasting powder
—Minxouri Republican.
Well, why do you stop there? Hasn’t
John come down yet to tell the balance
of the story? or is it epitomized in the
word “lato?”
We trust that every one will read the
interesting address of Mayor Huff, of
Macon, in referene to tho next Georgia
Btato Fair. It is full of good sense and
sound practical suggestions, put in »
very striking and pointed manner. The
premiums named aro all liberal and ought
to incite a lively competition.
The case of Bullock against the propri
etors of the Atlanta Conxlitulion. lor
libel, has been dismissed at tho cost of
Bullock—if they can get the money out
of him.
Georgia and Alabama Crop Liens-'"
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