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till A T'‘LIBEUAL” IS DRIVING AT.
Federalism I’ure and Absolute.
Our correspondent “Liberal” shows his
colors, in the communication which wo
publish to-day, by running up the flag of
a Federalism, in comparison with which
that of lAexander Hamilton or John
Adams was hardly u stepping-stone. It
appears that he is not a Democrat or “un
reconstructed rebel,” hut a Republican
who professes to understand Democratic
feelings and principles better than the
Democrats themselves do! After this
avowal, we might well let his assertions
of what the Democrats believe, or what
they design doing, pass for what they are
worth. But there are one or two things
in his communication w hich wo prefer to
answer, as it is a very easy task.
We are told that “if the Constitution of
the United States is the supreme law,
then sovereignty is lodged therein;” and
wo are asked, “What particular power
may the Sl.ate exercise which the Federal
Government cannot?” “When and where
does one exercise Iho power of govern
ment and the other does not?” We might
answer, in a general way, by quoting from
the Constitution of the United States
itself: “The powers not delegated to the
United States by this Constitution, nor
prohibited by it to the States, are reserved
to the States respectively, or to the peo
ple.” From this it appears that several
sovereign States “delegated” a part of
their sovereign powers to a Federal head,
and “reserved” others to themselves. If
this is not a divided, sovereignty, wliat is
it? But we are asked to particularize,
arid we will do so. The Federal Govern
ment never owned an acre of the lands of
any of the old thirteen States, or of Texas,
except what little was specially ceded to
it by those Slates for its forts, custom
houses, Ac., and it never acquired any
title to lands in any of the new States,
excepit by grant or cession by the old
States, or by foreign nations. The
right of “eminent domain” alw’ays
has remained in the old States,
over territory within their own bor
ders, and it is only by their generosity
or sufferance lliat the Federal Govern
ment owns lands in the new States. Is it
not preposterous to say that a government
is exclusively sovereign when it does not
possess the right of “eminent domain,”
which Webster defines to lie “the superior
dominion of the sovereign power over all
the property within the State, including
that previously granted by itself, which
authorizes it to appropriate any part
thereof to a necessary public use, reasona
ble compensation being paid.” Can the
Federal Government do this, oven in sub
jugated Georgia, much less in imperial
New York, without the consent of the
State ? We are sure that our readers will
agree with us that it would be a waste of
time to carry this argument further.
Now for “Liberal’s” assertion that “the
Ohio resolutions are nothing more than
Kepnblican principles as to Stato rights,”
and we are done. What are Republican
(Radical) principles on this subject?
“Liberal” himself explains; “Every po
litical power commonly exercised by the
States is subordinate to this supreme
power, and is done by permission only.”
If anybody doubts that “Liberal” has
correctly stated the claim of ins party in
this respect, lot him consider the Recon
struction and other Federal measures of
the last sow years for the government of
the Southern States, and ho will doubt
no longer. And now let us see how the
Ohio resolutions agree with his theory of
unlimited Federal power. The Ohio
Democratic resolution from which ho
quotes is in full as follows :
lit solved, 'That the Democratic party
seeks to revive no dead issues, but stands
by its principles, which are suited to all
times atld circumstances. It supports the
Federal Government in all its constitu
tional authority, and opposes nullification
and secession. It defends the reserv
ed rights of the States and peo
ple, ami opposes, the centralization
that would impair or destroy them,
hi order to maintain aud preserve
these rights, it insists upon the
strict construction of the Federal
Constitution. tt resists all attempts
of one department of the Govern
ment to usurp or destroy the constitu
tional rights or independence of other
departments. It opposes all interference
by law with the private affairs of business
men, not required by the public peace or
safety, and advocates the greatest indi
vidual liberty consistent with public or
der.
Another resolution declares that the
Federal Government “shall cease to usurp
functions to which it has not title ;” and
another, particularizing one of the acts to
which it “lias not title,” declares that “the
act of the President in setting up by the
bayonet a government, in Louisana not
chosen by her people and having no title
whatever to rule over them, was a flagrant
violation of her rights aud of the Federal
Constitution.”
Is there anything in these resolutions
consistent with the Radical claim of un
limited and undivided sovereignty in the
Federal Government- anything assenting
to “Liberals' proposition that “every
political power commonly exercised by
the Slates is subordinate to the supreme
power, and is done by permission only ?"
We submit that. “Liberal” has not -been
a Radical long enough to learn that an
honest avowal of their principles is “out
of order,” and that the policy of the party
is to preach one thing and practice an
other.
HOYS. JO/f.VMI.V .I V lt SMITH.
The Augusta Constitutionalist of Sun
day, publishes a letter from ox-Gov. Her
seliel V. Johnson, dated August loth, and
addressed to Gov. Smith. In this letter
Gov. Johnson objects to the course of
Gov. Smith in closing and publishing the
correspondence between them m July ;
says that the last letter of that correspon
dence opened anew issue between them,
and left him (Gov. J.) apparently in the
false position of disapproving the charge,
made on rumor, that Gov. S. 1 ad violated
a promise made to Gov. J. by not ap
pointing him to a seat on the Supreme
Bench. Gov. J. says that ho meant
neither to affirm nor to deny this
charge, and so informed Gov. S. in a let
ter written on the 25th July ; that he in
tended by this last letter to arrest the
publication of the correspondence, and to
continue it. He therefore resumed it
thus on the 13th inst.
He contends that his disavowal in his
former letters referred only to the appli
cation of the remark made in his speech
at the Macon dinner, and accused Gov.
biuith of unfairness and injustice in so
construing it as to make it cover and de-
Uy lli c charge “current in the Eastern
hart of the State' 1 about Gov. S. having
offeted him the seat on the Supreme
n 'iieh aud then deceiving him. We copy
a jl ue sentences from Gov, Johnson’s let
-6 ' v k‘ c h will serve to show his cause of
VOL. XV.
complaint and his limitation of his disa
vowal :
But I will remark that if you wish to
know the opinion I have expressed, and I
now entertain, in reference to your not
offering me a place on the Supreme Court
Bench, I have not the slightest objection
to inform you frankly ; and with equal
frankness I will give the reason for it
Perhaps the turn which this correspon
dence has taken, in consequence of the
closing paragraphs of your letter of the
22d July, herein before quoted, would
fully justify me in doing so voluntarily,
‘Y'd I doubt not many persons might
think it necessary. But, as the scope of
the matter in hand does not require it, I
leave it for you to say whether yon wish
public controversy on the subject.
W hat I have said, I have said ; and the
opinion I have expressed is firmly and
honestly entertained. It is proper, how
ever, to remark, that what I have said has
been elicited by questions directly put to
me by persons who asked me why I was
not appointed to the Supreme Court
Bench, or drawn out in private cir
cles, when the wide-spread dissatisfaction,
relative to your appointments, was
the topic of conversation. The whole ob
ject of this letter, however, is to protest
against and expose the false construction
which yon have unwarrantably given in
your letter of the 22(1 of July, to mine of
the 17th of July, to wit: (1) That my dis
avowal in it applied to “the charge” ru
mored in the eastern portion of the State
to the effect that you had violated a
promise to me by not offering me a place
on the Supreme Court Bench;” and (2)
that that disavowal is “broad enough to
meet the charge in all its aspects, with a
negative.” I now repeat finally and ern
phatically, that I made no disavowal in my
letter of the 7th of June, nor in any other
never intended to make any disavowal—
in reference to that charge, nor in refer
ence to anything I may have ever said,
nor in reference to any opinion I may
have ever expressed concerning your fail
ure to oiler me a place on the Supremo
Court Bench. * * * * *
AVhenever you shall invite that discussion,
I am ready to stand upon the truth of
what I may have said, and vindicate it
before the bar of public opinion.
VAGRANCY.
Gov. Smith gave evidence of a clear
perception of one of the great evils of
Southern society, in his remarks on the
subject of vagrancy, in his speech at Ath
ens. Though we may have, in Georgia
and Alabama, fewer idlers than are to be
found in most of the other States, it is
yet a lamentable fact that of idlers who
have no honest means of support we have
our full share, and that the working aud
honest community are made to suffer
grievously by their presence. It is an
evil little felt in the Northern portions of
Georgia, but in the Southern counties it
is a most serious drawback upon industry
and thrift. It has done more than any
thing olse to put a stop to the general
raising of pork hogs in the “cotton belt,”
and has in many localities made insecure
the raising of live stock of any kind.
A gentleman of a North Georgia county
told us, a few weeks since, that for years
he had not had a lock on any door on his
place—upon neither the dwelling-house,
corn-crib, smoke-house, chicken-house, or
any other outbuilding—and that yet he
had never had anything stolen, though
sometimes all his family were absent.
What a contrast with the condition of
things here, where bolts and locks
hardly avail to afford security! But it is
not hard to account for our condition
when we consider that vagrants who have
no honest means of support must find
some other means.
In reply to our expression of surprise at
ho security felt in North Georgia, the
gentleman of that section said that it was
not altogether due to their freedom from
rogues, because they had a few who would
steal anything if they dared to; but that
the certainly of punishment was what
deterred this class. Ho said that if the
courts failed to punish them, the people
would. In this section the difficulty of
punishing such offenders goes fartowards
emboldening them. A thief in some of
tho counties of South Georgia or Alaba
ma, can, for a small fee,procure the ser
vices of a lawyer, (perhaps with tho pro
ceeds of the articles stolen.) and by tho
exclusion of evidence, or upon some mere
legnl technicality, escape conviction, aud
go on his old way with a valuable experi
ence as to how lo escape the meshes of
tho law in future.
Gov. Smith has mado no mistake in
pointing to this as one of the evils most
needing correction in Georgia. Whether
the fault is in the laws or in their execu
tion, it ought to be remedied without de
lay. We feel encouraged by the knowl
edge that the highest executive officer of
the State has his attention earnestly fixed
upon this evil, affecting so injuriously
our social and industrial condition. It is
to be hoped that he will be backed, if
need be, by prompt Legislative action,
and that if the laws are already sufficient,
tho eon its and the grand juries will exe
cute them rigorously.
THE MILLER ASl> ITS EGOS.
'There was yesterday on exhibition at
the drug store of Capt. John AV. Brooks,
a cotton-moth or miller in the act of lay
ing its eggs upon a leaf of the plant. It
was brought in early in the morning, from
the plantation of Col. Wm. A. MoDou
gald, near the city, and when we saw it,
the eggs appeared to number many huu
dreds, and we were informed that at least
one-third of them had been laid since the
miller had come into the possession of
Capt. Brooks, three or four hours pre
vious. The moth is a beautiful, downy
little insect, of a whiteness rivalling snow,
and no one uuaeqtiainU and with its habits
would suppose that so innocent-looking a
little thing could, by its numerous pro
gene v, work such great devastation aud
ruin. We no longer wonder at the count
ies.-; numbers and sudden appearance of
the ravenous caterpillars, after seeing how
many eggs a single miller can lay in a day.
STILL OX THE HA It VATII.
We have copied the resolutions of the
Democratic State Convention of Ohio,
demanding a cessation of Federal aggres
sion upon the rights of the States, de
nouncing the act of the President in
overthrowing the government chosen by
the people of Louisiana and substituting
one of his own, aud calling for a tariff
framed with a view to revenue and not to
protection. 'The Democratic Convention
of Maine endorsed and re-affirmed these
resolutions. Os quite a different charac
ter are ihe resolutions adopted by the
Radical Slate Convention of Pennsylva
nia, which met last week. They demand
that the present high protective tariff
shall be “left undisturbed;” and declare
in favor of the continuance of the En
forcement or Ku-Klux law for the South
(only), in the following words: “that
order and security in the States lately in
rebellion must come through the stem
enforcement of the laws enacted to pro
tect life, liberty and freedom of thought,
and cannot be secured by rendering these
just and necessary laws inoperative through
executive clemency to unrepentant assas
sins now undergoing punishment in pur
suance of law.”
(Even protesting against the President’s
pardons!)
The resolutions of both parties will
servo to show the spirit with which they
are. respectively, preparing for the next
political contests. The people of the
South must chose between them.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
“LIBERAL” AG AIX.
Editor Sun: You appear to be at a
loss to know what your correspondent
was driving at in his former article ; so I
beg to explain:
I had no doubt, at the time of writing,
that my article would have the effect of
drawing out from the distinguished Demo
cratic editor of a leading Democratic
journal his understanding of Democratic
principles. This was desired because I
was satisfied at reading his endorsement
of the Ohio resolutions that his exposi
tion, like the resolutions, would be wide
1 the mark of Southern Democratic doc
trine. In this I have not been mistaken,
as his “Answer” shows. The issue I here
present is that your definition of South
ern Demociacy and of State sovereignty
are at variance with Democratic princi
ples as understood and expounded by old
“ sure enough" Democrats. They still
maintain that State sovereignty is a living
principle, sacred as life in the “creed,”
and that so much of the present Consti
tution as relates to the late amendments
1 ure “null and void,” being secured by
mere “fraud and usurpation.” They ac
quiesce in the emancipation of slavery
through conscientious motives, rather
than that it was legitimate for the Federal
| Government to exercise such a power.
They maintain that the Federal Govern
ment is the creature of aud is subordi
nate to the States, which are supreme.
This is Southern Democracy. And it is
no use to argue that the Ohio resolutions
harmonize with tho leading doctritio of
Southern Democracy.
Is it possible, as you insist, that sove
feignty is divided between the Federal
j and State governments? By what pro
cess of reasoning is this anomalous propo
j sition made to appear at all probable?
If sovereignty is divided, when and
where does one exercise the power of gov
| eminent and the other not? What par
ticular power may the Mato exercise which
the Federal Government cannot? No, wo
deny this, and demand proof such as is
| in accord with the true definition in re
! gard to government.
Now I submit that if “the Constitution
, of the United States is the Supreme law
| of the land,” as yon admit it is, then the
sovereign power is lodged there; then
i every political power commonly exercised
iby tho States is subordinate to this su
j prema power, and is done by permission
j only. Ido not stop to argue that this was
always the true interpretation, but that
since the issue of State sovereignty was
submitted and decided by tho sword, it is
worse than folly to insist that it is any
longer an issue or even a question of
doubt.
Your correspondent simply meant and
now means to say that the Democratic
party of Georgia is the “dead issue” par
ty, and so long as you continue in the
organization, yon may desire to endorse
the Ohio resolutions, which are nothing
more than Republican principles as to
State rights, yet you will bo forced to sup
port tho Stephens view of the question
and to that extent be placed in a false
position before the world. Now again I
say, let 1870 tell whether you will not
again, as you did at Atlanta last fall, “re
affirm” the old platform, after going to
Baltimore aud accepting the Cincinnat
platform.
Can such a party ever expect to accom
plish anything in a national election ?
They will not go back as you fear they
will to “butt their brains out against mile
stones already passed,” for they have al
ready long ago, done so, by sticking to
“dead issues.”
Finally, let your correspondent further
explain by saying that all liberal progres
sive men, like yourself and many thousand
more, if you would ever accomplish any
thing, you must attach yourself to an or
ganization, which leaves behind the dead
past and goes forward to the furtherance
of liberty, union and equal political rights.
Thanking you for your courtesy,
I am still, “Libeual.”
THE AWARDS AT VIEXXA.
'Those mentioned by the telegraph as
having been granted to citizens of our
Southern States were no doubt only minor
prizes, such as medals. YV’e learn from a
special of tho 15th to the Now York
Herald that nine “grand diplomas of
honor, the highest prizes,” were awarded
to the United States, and were distributed
as follows:
First —To the United States Govern
ment for display of cotton and cotton
products.
Second —To National Bureau of Edu
cation.
Third —To the State of Massachusetts.
Fourth —To the city of Boston.
Fisth —To the Smithsonian Institute,
Washington.
These four for excellence in methods
and progress of education aud schools.
Sixth —To Walter Abbott Wood, of
Hoosic Falls, New York, for agricultural
machinery.
Seventh —To William Sellers & Cos.,
Philadelphia, for progress in iron manu
factures.
Eighth —To Samuel S. White, for dent
istry.
Ninth —To George H. Corliss, of New'
York, for machines.
So the United States in general get the
diploma for cotton and cotton products,
while Northern citizens get all the prizes
of honor for private skill or proficiency.
A special dispatch to the Cincinnati
Commercial, dated Washington, Kith,
states that Judge Dnrell, of Louisiana,
was in Washington “attempting to arrange
some possible basis of compromise of the.
Legislative affairs of that State with the
Attorney General.”
It seems that the Louisiana Radicals
cannot get over the notion that the Fed
eral Government is the proper regulator
of all the domestic affairs of the State,
and that the Attorney General is the ofii
cer delegated to take charge of it.
The dispatch adds that the compromise
contemplates a union of the two Legisla
tive bodies an.l their reconstruction by
turning out all the members whose seats
are contested. (The Radicals have, with
out any good grounds, contested the seats
of nearly all the opposition!)
This dispatch will help to explain the
later one announcing that Gov. HcEnery
had advised his friends to accept no com
promise, but to rely upon Congress next
whiter to overthrow the usurpation of
Kellogg, Dureil and Grant. The pros
pects of this does not seem to be assuring,
but we hope that the white people of Lou
isiana will not “compromise," which would
be equal to a surrender.
An Honest Gift Enterprise.
The wonderful success of the last Gift
Concert of the Public Library of lxen
tueky, and the fact that all of the enor
mous prizes offered were actually drawn
and promptly paid has gained for that in
stitution the confidence of the entire
country. The Fourth concert is now
offered on a still grander scale and al
ready the tickets are being rapidly sold.
Those who intend to invest had better not
delay for the tickets are so few and the
scheme is so tempting that it will speedily
be disposed of and some clever person
may be “left out in the cold. " See adver
tisement.
Vienna, August 18.—The United States
gets 10 diplomas: England gets 30.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 26,1873.
REVOLVER IN GEORGIA
MURDERS IX EMAXUEL, I'ULTOX
AXD BIRR COUNTIES.
GATE CITY FRACAS.
Atlanta, Aug. 20.—At a colored fair
last night eight rowdy negroes attacked a
mulatto boy and stabbed him with a knife.
He drew a pistol and shot one of the
eight dead, in the church door ; the rest
ran.
EMANUEL COUNTY MUBDEP.S.
Augusta, Ga., Aug. 20. —A bloody and
fatal affray occurred at Swansburo,
Emanuel county, to-day, between J. C.
King and Bruce McLeon, which resulted
iu the death of both parties. King advised
his sister-in-law not to receive McLeon’s
attentions. She acted accordingly, writing
a note to that effect. This exasperated
McLeon, who, while under the influence
of liquor, insulted him, which the latter
resented by slapping his face, whereupon
McLeon fired four times from a revolver,
fatally wounding King, who returned the
fire, inflicting wounds from which Yle-
Leon died. Both parties are respectably
connected. King was a lawyer ‘and Mc-
Leon a clerk.
THE MACON HOMICIDE.
The killing of Carl F. Baer by L. B.
Pike, of which we yesterday published a
brief dispatch, is reported iu full in the
i Macon Telegraph of yesterday. The
shooting took place about noon, in En
gelke's saloon on Mulberry street. The
; local of that paper was early at the scene
! of the bloody tragedy, but failed to get at
the bottom of the affair, lie says:
From what seems to be the most relia
ble information to be had, tho following
arc substantially tho facts which lod to
the homicide : Pike is know n in Macon
as the Dollar Store man. He came here
from New- Y’ork some three years ago, and
most of tbe time since hasbeei conductor
of the Dollar Store in this city. A short
tithe ago, however, he failed, and since
has been out of business. It has been
generally understood that he had a wife
and children in New York, but they have
never been here with him.
On Sunday night his wife arrived hero.
Pike was in Fort Valley at the time.
When Mrs. Pike arrived her first endeavor
was to find her husband, and she got a
colored man to go with her and assist her
in finding him. While they were on the
streets for this purpose they met with
Baer, and inquired of him if he knew
where they could find Pike. He volun
teered to show them the way, and the
woman stales that while on this business,
Baer made improper proposals to her, re
newing them two or three times during
the evening. Being unable to find Pike,
the woman was taken to J. J. Walton’s
boarding house, where she spent the
night. Pike returned from Fort Valley
Monday evening, and learning that his
wife was in the city- hunted her up, aud
she told him what had passed between
her and Baer. She did not know who
Baer was, but the negro who was with her
did, aud from this boy Pike ascertained
who it it was. He at once announced his
determination to kill Baer on sight.
Yesterday morning wo heard of him as
hunting for Baer. Finally he found Baer
in Eugelke’s saloon. Pike called Baer
aside and in tho presence of a third party
commenced a conversation with him, in
so quiet a manner that it was not no! iced
by other parties in the saloon at the time,
who were standing only a few- feet off. In
fact the first intimation that others had
that there was any difficulty- on foot w r as
the crack of the pistol.
When wo went to the scene of the trag
edy', the first man we met was Pike. Not
knowing that he had had anything to do
with the tragedy, we asked him what w’as
the matter, Ho said “that man had tried
to seduce my wife, and I shot him,” or
words to that effect. Some other party
who was by asked who the man was, and
he answered Baer. At this time Pike was
as cool a man as there was on the ground.
He made no effort to get away, but stood
about there for perhaps ten minutes, till
officer Lowenthal came up and led him
off to the barracks. When Lowenthal
asked him for his pistol, he said he had
none, and there was, indeed, none upon
his person, aud it was not discovered
what he had done with it.
Mr. Engalke was in the saloon at the
time; but did not see the shot fired.
Hearing the report of the pistol, he looked
and saw Pike with the pistol in his hand,
lie asked what was the matter. Baer
said, “he has shot me.” Pike retorted,
“he tried to seduce my wife.” Baer, who
had fallen, raised himself a little and said,
“I never did anything of the kind iu my
life, Engelkc,” or words to that effect.
Pike says when he approached Baer upon
the subject ho denied that he had mani
fested any improper conduct toward the
lady. When he told Baer what his wife
had said, he (Baer) answered, “Your wife
tells a lie.” He (Pike) then shot him.
Pike, as stated above, gave himself np
to the first officer that made his appear
ance, and was taken to the city barracks,
where lie remained until a bailiff appeared
with a warrant and took him to the coun
ty jail, where he still remains. The Coro
ner’s inquest was held over the remains of
the deceased, and the jury, after hearing
two witnesses, returned a veulict that de
ceased came to his death by a gun-shot
wound from the hand of some unknown
party.
Baer is a German. lie was bom in
Wiesbaden, in Warsaw, when he was very
small his parents removed to Frankfort
on-the-Maiti. He came to this city in
1867, where he has since live*.. He has
generally conducted himself very well,
and was regarded as a good bookkeeper.
At tho time of his decease he was clerk
for Mr. G. F. Hanson, cotton buyer. He
was about twenty-eight years of age.
Pike came thither from New York. He
has four children. Since his failure lie
has been drinking a good deal, 110 has
never been regarded as a desperate char
acter, or one that was likely to do vio
lence to any one. His manner towards
others has always been pleasant and
agreeable. Both Baer aud Pike we re
Jews.
The New Official Paper. —The Wash
ington correspondent of the Tribune
writes that the first bound volume of the
Congressional Record, which succeeds
the Globe as the official report of the pro
ceedings and del.a!es ol Congress, has
just made its appearance from the Gov
ernment printing office, where Congress
at the last session ordered the work hence
forth to he done. The official statement
of the Congressional Printer will show a
saving to the Government of from 30 to
50 per cent, in the cost of publishing Ihe
debates of Congress over the old method
in the Globe, and it is claimed that in
stead of $400,000 for this purpose one
half that amount will be sufficient. In
anticipation of increased work for tiie
Record next winter, the Congressional
Printer is enlarging the facilities of his
office by adding 100 cases with a full
supply of type and materials! which will
insure the complete publication of each
day’s proceedings on the following morn
ing instead of three or four days after,
as has frequently happened under the old
system.
The negroes of Ohio are going to hold
a State Convention at Chillicothe on the
22d inst., when they propose to see if
they cannot obtain for the Radical party
of the State a fuller recognition of their
rights as “men and brethren.” Their
complaints of their political associates
iu Ohio are pretty much the same as the
Southern negroes’ complaints against the
carpet-baggers and white scalawags, viz :
“that a sufficiently comprehensive civil
rights bill does not exist; that they do
not receive, as they ought, the same
treatment as white men from public insti
tutions and common carriers; that the
right of voting ought to carry with it the
right of being voted for.”
Anew daily Republican paper to be
called the Daily Commercial, is shortly
to make its appearance at Chattanooga,
Teun. Gov. Sam Bard commences the
New Era at Atlanta next month. We
also hear of one or two Republican pa
pers to be started in Alabama. Mont.
State Journal.
IXDIAX EIEXDS A T WORK AG AIN—
RADIES OUTRAGED AXD MUR
DERED.
Washington, August 15.—The follow
ing information of Indian fights has been
received at the headquarters of the army:
“Fort Concha, Texas, July 30. —The
Indians are at their old work again this
noon. Two of my hands, in company
with several others on their way from New'
Mexico, were stopped on the Pecos river,
about thirty miles above Horsehead cross
ing, by about thirty Indians from the
Fort Stanton reservation, aud showed
passes for forty days to hunt on staked
plains. You know what that means Two
days afterwards the Indians ran off four
teen mules from Pecos station, killing the
herder, a Mexican; and four nights ago
143 horses were stolen from the herd of
Brady at my stock pen. The property of
J. M. Sandy, Dick Robertson, John L.
Chism and Patrick Fibash, 9,000 head of
cattle, had to be turned loose. The In
dians are also reported very bad east of
here. James Taylor.”
Additional particulars have been re
ceived at the War Department from Lieur.
J. N. Wheelan, commanding at Camp
Palmer, Wyoming Territory, in regard to
the Indian raid on the settlers on the
Popagie, on the 23d of July, and the mur
der of Mrs. Hall and Sirs. Richards.
These two ladies lived near the site of old
Camp Brown, aud were outraged by tho
Indians first and then killed. After rob
boiug the house of all valuables, the In
dians drove off the stock. They took the
opportunity to make the attack when
most of the men of the settlement were
absent in the mountains, aud they did not
attempt to interfere with the few men left
in the valley behind. Mrs. Richards was
killed outright, but Mrs. Hall lived many
hours, though insensible. Lieutenant
Wheelan took the trail and vigorously
pursued the Indians, marching sixty-five
miles the first twenty-four hours. After
another march of thirty-five miles a ter
rific hail-stonn took place, entirely ob
literating the trail. The Indians, well
knowing they were pursued, scattered in
all directions, and the pursuit had to be
abandoned. The Indians were Sioux, from
the vicinity of Fort Fetterman.
In forwarding this letter Gen. Sheridan
again calls attention to his endorsement
of August 8 on the letter of Lieut. Col.
Brackett, in which he says : “However,
if the Government will let us push the
Indians after they reach home, with the
troops stationed at Fatterman and Lara
mie, I think we can do it by taking ad
vantage of some favorable opportunity.”
Capt. West Davis, Forthy-eighth cav
alry, under date of July 2!), reports that ;
he has established a camp at Cypress
Springs, ou the Sabinal Creek, Texss,
for the protection of the Sabinal settle
ment by offensive operations against the
Indians. The camp is in Bandera county,
twenty-six miles above the San Antonio
and Fort Clark road. Parties had been
sent out in search of traders. On the
22d of July a party of Indians killed a
Mr. Rector 011 the Trio river, and on the
29th they killed a Mr. De Long on Live
Oak Creek. Capt. Wilcox, of the Fourth
Cavalry, was on the trail of the thirty
Indians who had killed Rector.
Capt. James Burns, of the Fifth Cav
alry, reports from Camp Deer Greek,
Arizona Territory, under date of July 14,
that he found the trail of the Apache
Indians on the 30th of June, near Tyson’s
.Station, and after following it seventy
miles overtook the Indians, capturing
their ranch and killing one Apache and
wounding three others. The Indians
scattered and it was impossible to keep
their trail on account of the laya rock
with which the mountain was strewn. On
tho 7th inst. Capt. Burns received infor
mation that another party of Indians was
out, and on the morning of the 15th he
overtook and captured fifty, who throw
up their arms and begged for mercy.
The mountains have been carefully scout
ed, aud it is belioved no more Indians
are in that locality. A great number of
those captured had firearms, which were
taken from them, and they were marched
to Prescott.
A copy of the latter dispatch was sent
to the Interior Department.
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL CON
VENTION.
Address of XI r. Davis.
Richmond, Aug. 18. —Hon. Jefferson
Davis addressed the Southern Historical
Convention in session at Montgomery
White Surphur Springs to-day. lie was
introduced by Gov. Letcher and received
standing amid great applause. He re
turned thanks for this hearty welcome to
Virginia, where he always felt welcome,
and whose brave men were only excelled
in their deeds by the bravery and devo
tion of the women, whose zeal and hero
ism throughout the war he highly praised.
He spoke of the object of the Historical
Society, and said that to write a’true his
tory it must be done by Southern men
who knew the facts, and that all the ma
terials must be gathered for the purpose in
the South, so that the action of the South
in tho war and the causes that brought it
on might be fairly laid before mankind.
He spoke of old Jubal Early as one who
was ever faithful throughout the war,
and as being the proper man to carry out
this great object. He said we had been
more cheated than conquered by the de
clarations of the Federal President, Con
gress and Generals, for there never could
have been a surrender had we anticipated
what followed ; w’e would to-day have
been free. He still had hopes of the
South because whatever tlin men might
bo he never yet had seen a reconstructed
woman, and while the men of the day
were less powerless than the principles
for which they had struggled, he yet hop
ed the children who succeeded them
would grow up to maintain and perpetu
ate and redeem all that we had lost.
Mr. Davis’ remarks contained no senti
ments of hostility to ihe Federal Govern
ment, but evinced an earnest devotion to
Constitutional lib#rty for which the South
had struggled. He was listened to with
deep interest and was frequently applaud
ed.
A resolution offered by Admiral Semmes
that his Excellency, President Grant, be
requested to permit the Secretary of this
Society to examine all papers in the ar
chievesof the Government captured by
the Federal forces from the Confederates
during the war to make copies of such of
them as he may think fit, was adopted.
The Convention then adjourned and the
Historical Society met. A resolution was
adopted admitting ladies who had lost
relatives in the war to membership in the
Society, and then adjourned to meet in
Richmond at the call of the President.
“CATCHING It—II.”
T.eavf.nwouth, Ks.. August lfi. —The
bridge of the Missouri Pacific Railroad,
seven miles above here, was burned early
this morning, and a westward bound
freight train barely escaped going into
the stream. A note was found on the
track near by, informing the railroad
company that if it did not pay for stock
killed they would catch hell.
Kansas City, August 16. —Obstructions
were placed on the Western Pacific Rail
road. two miles above Leavenworth, last
night, consisting of two rails and ties,
into which a passenger train ran this
morning, ditching the engine, but doing
no further damage.
KU-KLUX VARDOX.
Washington, August 1!). —The pardon
of the Ku-Klux prisoners L. Hood, South
Carolina; Dalpries and Chas. Holland,
North Carolina, is recommended.
CHOLERA.
Louisville, August 18. —Cholera is re
ported in Girard county. One death
yesterday aud one to-day in the same
family in this city.
WRESTLIXG.
New Haven, Aug. 17.—1n the w'restling
match for SSOO and the Middle-weight
Championship, Kennedy won the first
and third falls.
GRAS SHO VVER S IX XEBRASKA.
Omaha, August 17.—Immense clouds
of grasshoppers. They appear to be go
ing South in detachments.
HORRIBLE.
Staforth, Ontario, August 18.—A man
passing the woods near here heard a child
cry, and found a father aud mother with
their throats cut. No cause known.
THE OLD WORLD.
.1 COMING EVENT.
New York, Aug. 16. —A Berlin corres
pondent says: One of the events for
which it is well to be prepared is the death
of the German Emperor. Apprehensions
about his case arise, not so much from
specific attacks of illness as from various
signs, insignificant when taken apart, but
fall of significance when grouped togeth
er. Soon after the dissipation of the St.
Petersburg visit, the Shah arrived and to
the physical fatigue of his host was added
nervous suffering brought on by the ec
centricities of that guest. It was suppos
ed at one time his illness was feigned iu
order to escape further interviews with
the “king of kings.” After the departure
of the Shah the Emperor returned to
Potsdam where one hot evening he sud
denly fainted, falling heavily forward ou
the floor, and only an hour after was he
brought to consciousness. The Emperor
is petulant and vacilating, and has a mor
bid dread of being alone. He is disturbed,
says the correspondent, about the extent
to which his government has become in
volved iu war with the Holy See.
FROM ROME.
New York, August 18. —A letter from
Rome says the Syndic has posted up a
notice prohibiting all persons under pre
tense of making pilgrimage, whether
singly or in groups, from passing through
the city. It is regarded as a fanaticism
not to be encouraged and as a means used
for keeping up political excitement as
well as detrimental to public health, al
lowing great crowds to come together at
Assiss or other similar places, with very
imperfect means of accommodation. It
might be attended with serious harm, as
have Mussulman pilgrimages to Mecca,
which have served to propagate cholera
and other maladies.
CARTAGENA RE SIEGED.
London, August 18. —The Ilerald cor
respondent at Cartagena telegraphs that
Martiuse besieges the city with 6,000 sol
diers, two batteries and twelve mortars
The British fleet continues to guard tho
rebel frigates. The German aud British
Consuls have left the city.
FREEDOM OF THE VRESS.
Paris, August 18.—Thus far during tho
1 month the Government has suppressed or
forbidden the sale of twenty Republican
| newspapers in tho provinces. Members
i of the Left intend to publish a protest
against these suppressions, aud question
the Government ou the subj ect when the
i Assembly meets.
SOUTHERNERS AT VIENNA.
Vienna, Aug. 19.—Among the awards—
T. Bradless, Louisiana, S. N. Moody,
Agent; South Carolina, A. E. Baker;
Betrant, Thorn & Cos., New Orleans; Ed
mund l!urgoise, St. James Parish. The
States of Alabama and Tennessee received
prizes for minerals, and the Bienville
Iron Works of Louisiana, for cotton oil.
SVANISH AFFAIRS.
Madrid, August 18. —The Epoca of this
city alleges that the French government
is secretly favoring the operations of the
Carlists, in order to strengthen the cause
of Count de Ohambord. Spanish consuls
in France complain of the negligence of
the French authorities 011 the frontier.
CARLIST SVOILS.
Bayonne, August 18.—The Carlists
J unta have a dispatch announcing the
capture of 1,500 prisoners, a number of
cannon and much ammunition at Berga,
when they captured the town.
A CARLIST VICTORY.
Perpignan, Aug. lit.—A desperato en
gagement has at last taken place between
a force of Carlists numbering 2,400 men
and three columns of Spanish Republi
cans. The battle was fought iu the open
country between the towns of Berga and
Carsevas, aud resulted in the defeat of
the Republicans, with the loss of 200 men
and one gun.
SEEKING RECOGNITION.
Madrid, August 20.—1 t is reported that
in the event of a recess or adjournment of
; Cortes, which is regarded as not iraprob
able. Senor Casteiar will visit Loudon,
j Berlin, Vienna, and Rome, to endeavor to
bring about a recognitn 1 of the Spanish
republic.
IXDIAX JSCC EXTR I CITIES.
Washington, August 18 Capt. Chis
holm reports killing three Indians and
capturing horses stolen July 13, in New
Mexico. Corporal Bruiting was killed.
Indian Agent Thomas reports from
Tulovosia, New Mexico, 24th ult., that
on demanding from the Apaches the noto
rious thief and murderer, Chief Sancha,
they refused to give him np, and took
arms, saying they were ready to fight an
attempt to arrest Sancha. Next day
Maj. Rice and a few soldiers went to the
reservation. The Indians, however, still
acted in s hostile manner, and after hold
ing a short council with Rice, arranged
j for another next, day. That night they
broke up their camp, took their women
j and children and went to the mountains.
Three Indians were arrested by Maj. Rice
and held as hostages for Sancha.
Gen. Pope has notified the department
that troops are in readiness to reinforce
] Rice, if needed. Dr. Thomas has asked
j Rice to follow the Indians, and if they
refuse to return, to take steps to protect
the settlers.
ANOTHER CORNER IN GOLD.
New York, August 18— -Gold operations
j on Wall street Saturday have given rise
to a feeling that the Gold Clique propose
trying again the tactics which led to
“Biack Friday,” aud the Bears are pre
paring to appeal to the President to inter-
I sere on this occasion in time to prevent
the Bulls from succeeding.
STANLEY ARRESTS AXD J‘ UN
IS HE S CUSTER.
New York, August 48. — A letter from
the Yellow Stone Expedition reports
much ill feeling between the infantry and
cavalry, owing to the arrest of Gen. Cus
ter by Gen. Stanley, and compelling him
to march one whole day in the rear of his
command. No cause assigned.
LOSS OF HORSES BY MENINGITIS
IX NEW .TERSEY.
New York. August 18. — Charles Smoch
of Free Hold, lost five valuable horses
from eerebro spinal meningitis last week.
The disease is reported rapidly spreading
iu the vicinity.
Special to tin Sun.
NEGROES BURIED IN SEWEIt.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 18.—To-day,
while a party of negroes were working on
a sewer near the Montgomery Female
College, the bank caved in upon them
and four of tho party were buried in
twelve feet of dirt. Fortunately, however,
they were all rescued in time to be resus
citated.
CIRCUS EIGHT.
St. Louis, August 18. —At Graudy,
Mo., during a circus fight, a prominent
merchant was killed, two ladies wounded,
and a negro, who participated in the fight,
W’ounded in the throat and breast. Two
others, who were abettors, escaped.
DEATH OF HON. WM. MEREDITH.
Philadelphia, August 17. —Hon. Wm.
Meredith died to-day, aged 77. He was
a very prominent lawyer. Seeietary of the
Treasury under Taylor, and president of
the present and last Constitutional Con
ventions of this State.
THE railroad disaster.
Chicago, August 19.—Deaths from the
railroad accident reached 18. The en
gineer of the freight train has been ar
rested. Officera are pursuing the con
ductor.
Thomas McDaniel and Richard Wheeler,
citizens of Franklin county, died very
i suddenly last Saturday of heart disease.
THE RAILROAD SLAUGHTER.
New York, August IS.—An additional
account of the railroad accident on Chi
cago and Alton Railroad states the train
started from Milton station, according to
! best evidence, ten minutes behind time,
and as is customary on this road, to make
up lost time, the rate of speed was some
what accelerated. The conductor aud en
gineer knew they were to pass the coal
train at Lemont, seven miles distant; but
unhappily that train did not wait, as it
: should have done, but came on toward the
: passenger train, expecting to make Willow
j station. It was a race for life. The con
ductor and engineer of the coal train
knew that the passenger train, laden ed
with precious lives, was iu front, and if
they did not reach the switch by a certain
lime a collision was inevitable. Both
trains were rushing towards their destruc
tion as they fiew over the iron rail through
the darkness, the speed increasing at
every revolution of the wheels. There
were three concussions: first, when the
engines met aud were destroyed; second,
when the baggage car struck and was
smashed into fragments, and third, when
the smoking car collided and leaped in
the air, alighting on the fractured boiler
of the freight engine. The remains of
the passenger train engine was thrown
from the truck east, and so were the ruins
of the baggage car. Thou came the smok
ing car on top of tho boiler fore part.
This car was burster! open by tho force
with which it struck, the hind wheels re
maining on the track. On these stood,
at an angle of thirty degrees, the
passengers imprisoned in broken iron aud
wood, while the deadly steam came up
with terrific force from the boiler below,
recalling those whom it touched instantly,
peeling off the skin and causing the most
excruciating agony. One moment was
sufficient to cause death, but many were
there several minutes before being extri
cated. One breath was fatal, the inner
surface of the chest and lungs being fear
fully scorched.
XEG no MOB IX MISSISSIPPI.
Special to the Courier-Journal.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17.—Yesterday a
mob of at least five hundred negroes,
armed to the teeth, collected at Grenada,
Mississippi, in answer to a summons from
some of their white Loyal League leaders,
and for a time there were excellent pros
pects for a first class riot between them
und the peaceable citizens over some
petty offices which the liadieals claimed
to be theirs. The Appeal’s special dis
patch says of it: “There was a great riot
here this afternoon, five hundred negroes
defying the city authorities. Senator Price
was the real instigator. The ringleaders are
being pursued, lieport says that the ne
groes were ordered to be armed. Help
has been offered, and is ready for orders,
by the neighboring towns. All is quiet
now, but fears of an attack arc antici
pated.”
Tin: vendetta.
Wholesale Murders in Louisiana.
New Orleans, August 20. —Monday
morning last Dreux Guideray and Felix
Soileau, who had quarrelled at a ball,
met in Old Grand Prairie, St. Louondog
Parish, to settle the difficulty by a fist
fight, to witness which about 100 persons
assembled. After the fist fight, a fight
with pistols occurred, growing out of an
old feud between Guideray and others
present, which resulted in the killing of
three men and mortally wounding a
fourth.
Tue conclusion arrived at by the Coro
ner’s jury, was that Augustin Guideray
killed Carroll Blackman, Dreux Guideray
killed Alexander Delvine, and Aristide
Ortega killed Dreux Guideray. After be
ing shot down Blackman fired three shots
at Augustin Guideray, wdio is between (in
and 70 years old, mortally wounding him.
Several of the participants in the fight
have been arrested.
S O UIJI AMElll CA IXT BIIBS TING.
Havana, Aug. I!).—Late advices from
Lima. Peru, report that a serious accident
occurred sixty miles from that city. A
body of earth estimated at ten millions
cubic yards fell from a mountain side into
the valley, severely injuring a number of
persons and damming up a river, the
water of which had risen 100 feet above
its usual height. Engineers were of the
opinion that the water would soon burst
its barriers, when it would rush towards
Lima sweeping everything before it and
submerging the lower portion of that city.
A disastrous fire has taken place in Val
paraiso, causing a loss of five hundred
thousand dollars.
The towns of Petorea, Guillote, Legue
and Lirnche, in Chili, have been greatly
damaged by an earthquake.
A XB IIS PA l*Bit CENTENNIAL.
Baltimore, August 20.—The American
celebrates its centennial anniversary to
day. The office is handsomely decorated
with flags, coat of arms of the State, &c.
Accompanying its morning edition it pub
lished a sac simile of the first number of
the paper, dated August 20tb, 1772, which,
with other interesting matter, contains
long advertisements of George Washing
ton setting forth the advantages of twenty
thousand acres of land on the Ohio and
Great Kanawha rivers, for which he had
just received a patent. It also prints an
illustrated supplement, with Baltimore
town in 1773, and a picture of its first
office. The population of Baltimore town
was then 4.87*1.
MOB I.nrTx*jJ; IXOXA .
San Francisco, August 1(1. —At Tucson,
Arizona, August ff, Piedro Nigras and
wife, pawn-brokers, were murdered. Six
men were arrested on suspicion. One of
the number, L. Cordova, confessed, im
plicating two others. They were com
pelled to tell where llie plunder was con
cealed. It was determined to hang them;
also, John Willis, another indicted mur
derer. A rude scaffold was erected near
the jail door, and the mob took the men,
Willis, Cordova, Lases and .Saynarissa,
and hanged them.
.IVIIGE IjYXVII OX THE KAMPAGB.
Fort Scott, Ks., August 20.— A special
dispatch to the Monitor , from Lesceigu
county, states the greatest excitement ex
ists there. A mob of four hundred men
have taken possession of the town and
arrested the sheriff. They declare they
will burn the town and hang the sheriff
unless he delivers up to them the person
of Keeler, who murdered his wife, two
children and his wife’s sister, at Tiviu
Springs last Sunday night and afterwards
burned their bodies. The sheriff has
been keeping the prisoner hid since his
arrest, and still refti v to toil where he
is concealed. The mob are most determ
ined and trouble is apprehended.
S VXSBT COX TO SUCCEED .IAMBS
BROOKS.
New York, August 18. —At a meeting
of German Democrat citizens of the sixth
Congressional district held to-night Hon.
8. S. Cox was unanimously nominated to
fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Hon. Jas. Brooks. After the meeting a
committee waited on Mr. Cox at his resi
dence and tendered him the nomination,
which he accepted in a graceful manner,
promising unswerving fidelity to the De
mocracy of New York.
GOV. M’BXBUY'S COUItSB.
New Orleans, August Iff.— ln response
to a communication from the citizen of
Monroe as to the proper course to be pur
sued regarding Louisiana affairs, John
McEnery writes a letter advising the call
ing of a State Convention in December
and the appointment of a Committee to
appeal to Congress.
MOKE GEORGIA HEIRESSES.
Augusta, Ga., August 20. —Mrs. Camp
bell and Mrs. Chambers, of Madison, Ga.,
have fallen heirs to twelve million dollars
in France and leave here next Tuesday
to claim the inheritance; on receipt of
a letter from Judah P. Benjamin to the
effect that there will be no obstacle in the
way of obtaining possession of the prop
erty.
An extinguisher—Forward and loqua
cious youth: “By Jove, you know, upon
my word, now—if I were to see a ghost,
you know, I should be a chattering idiot
i for the rest of my life !” Ingenius maid-
I en (dreamily,): “Have you seen a ghost 1”
NO. 29.
THE COTTOX CROP.
New Orleans, August 17.—Deports
received by the cotton exchange to the
10th of August:
Mississippi—Letters from forty coun
ties show the weather less favorable than
last year. Bain caused the abandonment
!of some lands. The plant is reported
\ well formed and boiled. A few corres
i pondents report damage from caterpillar,
i Deports in regard to the area planted
indicate that it is fully as broad if not
| better than last year.
Louisiana—The condition of the crop
m this section is about an average, but
I picking will be fully two weeks later than
last season, cuinuapncing about the 10th
l of September. Fifty letters were recciv
ied from thirty parishes. A majority of
our reports complain of excessive rains,
; and represent the weather as having been
less favorable than last year. The plant
! is generally represented as being well
fruited, though we have some complaints
of shedding and worms reported, but
they have done little or no damage. The
area under cultivation is estimated to bo
about equal to last season. Most of our
correspondents give September Ist us the
time that picking w ill probably commence,
or two weeks later than last year. The
general condition of the crop .is repre
sented as being good.
Texas—Fifty-one loiters were received
from forty-two counties. Most of our
correspondents complain of too much
rain, though the season will compare fa
vorably with Inst year. A majority rep
resent the plant well formed and boiled.
A few counties only report damage from
army worms, though their appearance is
generally spoken ot throughout the Slate.
The area under culture at this date shows
marked increase over last year. The con
dition is represented as good though
backward, und picking will not begin
until September 1st —say three weeks
later than last year.
Arkansas—Forty-nine letters received
from thirty-three comities. The weather
is reported dry and rather more favorable
than last year. The plant, though small,
is well formed and boiled. The same
area is under culture as last year. Pick
ing will not be general before September
20th. The condition is a fair average
one. There is no report of worms.
Tennessee—Thirty-five reports have
been received from twenty-five counties.
A majority of the reports arc favorable in
regard to the weather, as compared with
last year, and represent the plant well
formed and boiled. The area under cul
ture shows a marked increase over last
season. No worms are reported except
in one county. The condition of the
crop is decidedly promising. Picking
w ill commence about the middle of Sep
tember.
Alabama—Thirty-two letters have been
received from thirty counties. Most of
our correspondents represent the weather
as having been propitious and rather more
favorable than last year. The plant is
unanimously represented as fruiting re
markably well. The appearance of the
army worm is reported in seventeen coun
ties, but no damage has been done thus far,
except in Marengo county. The area un
der cultivation is about equal to last year.
Picking will be general in the State by
the beginning of September —say about a
week later than last year. Indications
generally are represented as good and
promising.
North Carolina—Sixty-ono letters have
been received from forty-five counties.
The weather has been more propitious
than last year; in fact, is all that could
be desired, and the plant is represented
as well formed and liolled. There is no
report of worms. The area under culture
is larger than last year. The condition is
unanimously reported as promising.
Picking will not lie general before Sep
tember sth, against September Ist, last
year.
South Carolina—Twenty-two counties
send thirty-two reports. The weather has
been generally seasonable—as much so as
that of last year, causing the plant to
grow finely and to boll well. The average
shows some increase over last season.
Neither the boll or army worm are repor
ted in any instance. Picking will proba
bly be commenced in (bo early part of
September. The general condition is
good.
Georgia Ninety-seven letters have
been received from seventy-eight coun
ties. The weather has been generally fa
vorable for the growth of the plant, and
the improvement noticed in our last re
port has been continued, allowing the
planters to some extent, to regain the de
lay experienced in the spring. The sea
son is reported as comparing favorably
with last year, with very few exceptions,
the plant, th . o u small, fruiting remark
ably well. The worm has made its ap
pearance in seventeen counties, but in
only limited force, and no damage has
been done. The area under culture ex
ceeds that of kist year. The general con
dition of the crops flattering, only seven
of the letters show complaint, while all
the others represent the crop as good
very good—and excellent. Picking will
be general by September Ist, against
August 2.7 th last year.
Florida—From this State we have three
answers to our inquiries. They complain
of perpetual rains, though reporting the
plant well formed and boiled. The con
dition of the crops is equal to last year.
Caterpillars have made their appearance
throughout the State without causing
damage. In regard to the average, views
differ from no increase, as compared with
last season, to four and fivo per cent,
more. Picking w ill commence the same
time as last year—from the 15th to the
20th of August.
INTERESTING GEORGIA AN
TIQUITIES.
The Washington Chroniclo gives publi
cation to the subjoined letter:
M ILLEDGF.VILLE, Ga., August 8, 1873.
Joseph Ilenry, Esq., Secretary Smith
sonian Institute, Washington, I). C.:
Dear Sir : By express I send you a pre
cious box, containing one simple Indian
pitcher, Oconee; two tlirice-perforated
augur-bored stone implements, ancient
stone-work, showing these ancients had
the spiral augur hard enough to bore the
hardest Hint.
The spiral thread is as perfect and reg
ular as any screw. The augur, even used
to bore w'ood, is one of the highest evi
dences of civilization. What shall we
say of the augur to bore flint? Above
all, I send you my Oconee funeral urn,
about which I before wrote to you. I
held it back to gratify public curiosity
here, and to get the missing fragments of
the broken lid. When plowed up it still
contained human relics, distinguishable
pigeon’s feet and toes, which soon perish
ed by exposure to air, showing air had
never had any access before, and that it
was hermetically sealed, and both air and
water tight.
I call your special notice to the struc
ture of the urn: First, its graceful form,
equal to any pottery; second, its compo
sition, very thin, and yet consisting of
three very distinct layers; inside, white,
hard, thin enamel, perfectly air and wa
ter tight; the middle layer about the
thickness of fine calf skin leather; a
foundation for the inner and outer coat
ings consisting of black sandy matter,
hard; third, the outer coat, graphic clay,
kept in condition for writing on during
the whole process of the writer’s elabo
rate work, until he could write the whole
record.
This written surface, if translated,
would be as large as the page of an ordi
nary newspaper. These three layers,
strata and coatings are united by the
highest science.
Fearing this precious American antique
may get burned, or, worse, broken, here
I send it to you and the Smithsonian In
stitution as the best depositories thereof;
hoping that your future collections will
enable some new Champillian or Young
to read and translate the lost language
whose characters, I think, are written on
this vase. I beg you to deposit it with the
Georgia collection in the museum of the
institution.
Very respectfully yours.
William M. Kinley.
A letter was received in this city yes
terday, from Pensacola, staling that there
had been three deaths there, which
showed some symptoms of yellow fever
towards the last. The reports in regard
to the stevedores taking fever from that
quarantine ship, were said to be utterly
unfounded.— Mont. Journal, 20th.
For the Columbu,* Soff.
A RUNT BY TORCMIAt. tIT,
Mr. Editor; Lest you and your readers
might infer, from preceding communica
tions, that most of my adventures were
in steamboats and in other wild situa
tions, I beg to relate one which actually
occurred elsewhere. I was on a visit to
an Alabama planter in 1835, while there
was a large freshet in the Warrior river,
and the bottoms wero covered by tho
flood, driving the deer from their haunts
in the swamp to tho high levels in tho
vicinity. With such a temptation my host
and two or three of his neighbors conclu
ded to have a deer hunt by torchlight,
and I was invited to join the party if I
liked tho excitement.
A negro man who was experienced in
j carrying the pan, with a light behind his
i shoulder, was duly placed in front, and
| the party in the rear with guns, with a
! few trained dogs who were obedient to
j order, to advance on tho game when tired
| upon. We soon discovered “eyes,"which
j we followed, supposing the game to be
| such as we had arranged to hunt. But,
on reaching the swamp, a mile distant,
j we heard a heavy plunge in the water,
| and then the scraping of bark on a tree,
jas if the animals were climbing. We
j then knew wo had fierce bears to deal
j with inst ead of tho deer tribe. Building
I up fires at the edge, our experienced
torchmen flashed their lights in every
direction, and reported four bears up a
large oak. The shooting then commenc
ed. Down fell a cub, half grown, splash
ing in the water. The dogs jumped in
and covered it for a fight, but the creature
was too far gone from a rifle-bail to make
much resistance. It was dragged ashore
trophy No. 1. A few discharges of shots
dislodged another cub, who gave tho
dogs some hard squeezing and sharp bites
in the water. At length it was drowned
in the contest, and No. 2 was taken ashore.
. Then the rifles opened at a larger ob
ject, and a heavy splash was heard below.
The faithful dogs rushed to the game with
proper zeal, but were soon heard to give
signals of distress. A largo log, afloat
from the shore to the scene of combat,
was soon covered by spectators, torch in
hand to witness the life and death strug
gle. The huge mother bear, desperate
from agony, made for tho log, and striking
tho end with her paw, tho log instantly
turned its freight of a half dozen men
into the water—bear, dogs iftul hunters
all mixed up together in total darkness—a
scene of terrific confusion, yet not disa
greeable from its wild romance. I had
been on the log, as an amateur sportsman,
occupying a position in the rear; but as 1
saw the infuriated bear approaching the
log, I knew the consequences, and made
a timely retieat. My brave and more ex
perienced associates stood firm until they
were capsized into the flood, and then
amid shouts of laughter, and cheering to
the dogs, they never came out until they
dragged No. 3 to the shore—the largest
bear they had ever seen captured.
A resting spell followed; men and dogs
warming and drying themselves by a
large fire, raising quite a dense fog from
wet garments and wet skins. All the am
munition had been exhausted but oue
rifle load, and it was determined to wait
for daylight to bring down, by certain
aim, the remaining bear, who was suppo
sed to be the patriarch of the slain family.
In the course of the night, however, he
came down softly, and the first notice wo
had of his escape was a distant noise in
the water, beyond the', reach of dogs and
rifle.
This terminated my first and only
Dear hunt, and I give it publicity more
for tho oxciting adventure itself than to
win laurels by retiring from proximity to
a battle which had danger, gloom and sin
gularity to recommend it. M.
As heretofore suggested, on the strength
of the first returns, the several amend
ments to the Constitution of North Caro
lina, voted upon two weeks ago, have all
been ratified by the people. The majori
ty is considerably larger than w'as at first
supposed. The negroes voted almost sol
idly against them, and the whites as gen
erally for them. As they involved no
question of party politics, and none in
the most remote degree relating to any
distinctions on account of color, the op
position of the negroes is attributed solely
to their determination not to go with the
whites on any question of public policy.
The amendments, eight in number, wero
voted on separately, and though they dif
fered widely in their objects, there was
scarcely any difference in the votes cast
for or against them respectively—showing
that the division was one of race against
race.
The terms of tho following named
United States Senators expire on the 4th
of March, 1875 : Eugene Casserly, dem
ocrat, California; William A. Bucking
ham, republican, Connecticut; Thomas F.
Bayard, democrat, Delaware; Abijah Gil
bert, republicau, Florida; Daniel D. Pratt,
republican, Indiana; Hannibal Hamlin,
republican, Maine; Charles Samuels, re
publican, Massachusetts; William T.
Hamilton, democrat, Maryland; Zachariah
Chandler, republican, Michigan; Alexan
der, Bamsay, republican, Minnesota;
Adelbert Ames, republican, Mississippi;
Carl Schurz, republican, Missouri; Thus.
W. Tipton, republican, Nebraska; Wni.
M. Stuart, republican, Nevada; John P.
Stockton, democrat, New Jersey; lleuben
E. Fenton, republican, New York; Allen
G. Thurman, democrat, Ohio; John Scott,
republican, Pennsylvania; Wm. Sprague,
republican, Bhode Island; William G.
Brownlow, republicau, Tennessee; Joseph
W. Flanagan, republican, Texas; George
F. Edmunds, republican, Vermont; Ar
thur I. Boroman, republican, West Vir
ginia; Matthew H. Carpenter, republican,
Wisconsin.
There is a fellow in Wichita who eats
thirty-six pies a week. His discharged
cook gives tho Deacon tho following ac
count. “Ho would sit down to the table
and grab up a pie the first thing, lay it
across his mouth like a stove lid, give it a
center shot with his fist—presto it disap
peared and except a slight swelling of the
neck, there was no indication of the
course it took. She accidentally dropped
a fork into the last baking, and bo charg
ed her with putting hair pins in the pies
and sent her off.”
The Mortality in Nashville. —Hr.
Bowling has recently written a medical
history of the recent visitation of cholera;
and the Union and American, taking his
facts, puts the number of cholera deaths
at 850. It says, however, that a correct
return might swell this number con
siderably.
The reports of the Board of Health
during the visit of cholera in 18G0 show
753 deaths. In addition to these there
were 57 interments in the Catholic Ceme
tery, nearly all of whom diod of cholera.
The harvests which the pestilence gath
ered on its two visits to tho unfortunate
city were, therefore, nearly alike.
Texas Bonds. —Dispatches from Austin,
Texas, state that Gov. Davis, on his re
turn to that city from the North, reported
that he had received offers of seventy-five
cents on the dollar for §000,00*) of the
State bonds which he took with him to
negotiate, but declined to part with them
for less than eighty-five. The State offi
cials have decided not to offer bonds
again until a better condition of affairs
exists in the money market. Gov. Davis’
friends express the greatest confidence of
his renommation at Dallas next week.
Mrs. General Gaines is residing in
Memphis, Tenn., the home of her hus
band, waiting for a final settlement of her
New Orleans claims, which have been
forty-one years in litigation, and cover
property worth §20,000,000.
The Brownsville States says: “The ed
itor of the Gazette, having heard that
sulphur in tho socks would prevent chole
ra, has worried a stick of brimstone out
of the druggist, and now wants someone
to loan him a pair of socks while ho tries
the thing.”
A Pittsburg witness could not give his
own age, but was confident be was young
er than his mother, though she died early
and ho was not certain.