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FRIDAY, SEPTUM IlKIt IH, ISIJH.
FOR I’REKIDKNT :
HOKATin SEYMOUR.
OK NEW VOIIK.
ron vice' hUkhidkst :
FRANCIS I’, BLAIR,
p iF MISSOURI.
krui cietruiin ticket.
KOR THIS t-TATH AT I.AIKII. :
Or.v JOHN B. GORDON. <>f Fulton.
Uni.. JOHN T. CLARKE, of Randolph.
AI.TKKNATKS :
Gen. W. T. WOKKORD, of Bartow.
T. H NORWOOD, of Chatham.
run rill insmicin:
). JOHN C NK’HOLLS. at fierce.
•j. Col„ (IIIARI.KS T. GOODE, of Sumter.
• It J. MOSI.S, of Mn.n'ngce.
4. A (). BACON, of Bill!..
A Mai. J. B GUMMING, nf Richmond.
* 11. It. 8K1.1,. of Forsyth.
7. Cor.. JAMES 1). WADDELL, ofCobb.
A I.TKIiN AIKH.
I. .1. H HUNTER, nl Brooks.
■l WILMAM O. FLEMING, of Decatur
5. W. (I. TUGGLE. of Troup.
4. Hit. HENItV WIMBERLY. nl'Twiggn.
A. Gen. I>. M l)i ROSE. orWllkri.
<l. GARNETT Mi MiI.I,AN of Habersham.
7. Cm.. V. A. GASKtt.L, nf Fulton.
Cooking Blovrt
Mn. John A. lhu crash, No’s 138 and
140 Broughton Street, Savannah, is an
extensive dealer in every character nl
Moves, and lias tlie exclusive sale of those
celebrated Cooking Stoves, the ‘'Cotton
Plant” nnd.Qneen of the South.” In ad
dition Mr. Dorr: cash is a clever gentleman
nnd fair dealer, and will sell stoves at as
moderate rates as any house South. See
his advertisement in to-day's Banner, and
if yon are without a good cooking stove,
send forthwith to Savannah, and pur
chase one.
Furniture House
Mb. D. Fai.vky, the well known Furni
ture dealer of Savannah, renews his ad
vertisement in the Banner. He has fully
prepared himself for the full trade, With
one of the most extensive stocks of Fur
niture ever brought South, and will sell
the same at unparallel low pi tees. Any
and everything desiredin the furniture
line can bo had of Mr. Fai.vky, and we
advise our people to give him a trial.
He will ileal just hy all. lie is establish
od in»lhe St, Andrew’s Halljbuilding.
The Nankin Bnrhecue
YVe learn that the zealous Democrats
in the Fifteenth District, have made am
ple provision to abundantly feed all who
attend their Darbecuu on next. Saturday.
It is expected there will be present many
hundreds, white and black—as a cordial
invitation has been extended to the cit
izens of Madison county, Fla. \\ e pre
sume arrangements have been made for
speeches.
.Intlite Hunter’s Getter
AVe publish in another column a spies
did letter from our townsman, Judge
»lah. 11. 11 enter . It gives evidence of j
true patriotism nnd an honest desire for j
the welfare of the country. If nil our j
public men were imbued with similar
sentiments nnd feeling, and would sink ■
sell in a laudable desire to advance the
interest of the country, our rights nnd
liberties would soon be restored, and
prosperity agaiu abound throughout the
land.
The Blaek»lieni- Com cntlou.
Delegates from the various counties
eamposing the First Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia, assembled at Blacksbear
on Wednesday Inst, lor the purpose of
nominating a standaid bearer of the
Democracy in the approaching election
for Congressman. We have received no
tidings of the deliberations of the Con-j
xctnion. It is presumed that most of I
the counties were represented, and that j
harmony and good feeling prevailed.
The Vnliilit)' of Legislative Act*.
Tt is contended by many, that all pro
ceedings had by the Georgia Legislature
previous to the expulsion es the colored
members, are illegal ; and therefore the
adoption of the Amendment ol the Con
stitution election of United States Sena
tors, &.C , has been labor lost, and the
Assembly will, necessarily, be compelled
to reconsider said action. This is all a
mistake. The new Constitutian recog
nizes as the law r.i force in this State,
"all nets passed by any legislative body
sitting in this State as such, since the
19th day of January, 1861, including!
that body of laws known as the Code of
Georgia, and the acts amendatory there
of or passed since that time, which said
code and acts are embodied in the prill
ed book known a» Irwin’s Code.” Article
I, Section 126, page 33, will reveal the
following provision: “The following per
sons are held and doomed ineligible to
hold any office in this Stale, and the ex
istence of either of the following state of
facts is a sufficient reason for vacating
any office held by such person ; but the
f'.ie of such iierson while holding a com mis
sion, ore valid as the acts of a", rtffher de
bs-U <r etc.
Thus it. will be seen, that so long as I
the uvgroe* were known and recognized
as members of the Legislature, all their
acts are vallid and binding. They were
de facto mi tubers of the Legiala'nre until
pronounced ineligible and all action ac-!
! romplised by their aid or through their'
instrumentality, must, according to the
statutes in force, be recognized as legal
Nrirsn l-Ixpelled from the Senate
By a vote of 24 ayes to 1 1 nays, the
Senate on last Saturday, adopted the
resolution expelling the two negro Sena- :
tors from that body. The General As-|
sernbly now stands pinged of the inferior j
i race, and Georgia has vindicated the as
! Hcrtion that "this is a white man's gov- ,
| eminent.”
! The most hitter opponents (lie negroes
i encountered, both in the House arid Sen
; ate, were Radicals men elected cut irely
jby colored voters. For instance, the
Radical Senator from Burke county (Mr.
j Iliingerlord) on Saturday reported a res
j t,lotion in substance, "that as the negro
j was a monkey without ajail, and a species
. of baboon, therefore he is not entitled to a
! seat on this floor.’ The Democrat* deem
!od the resolution disrespectliil, and so
i the cha r ruled. This furnishes evidence
jot’ the extreme hatred the Radical party
| enter tains for the colored people. 'I hey
I have no use for them Have on election
j days, when self interest is to he advanc
ed. Tlie Demo ins on the c mtrary, are
candid and outspoken in their*viows :
they tell them they are not prepared by
education, lu properly handle the ballot,
and incompetent to till offices of profit
and trust. When they qualify them
selves for the exercise of these impor
tant privileges they will he conceded; in
the meantime, however, every protection
before the law will be demanded for this
inferior race, by the Democracy. The
Radicals make profuse promises, which
they never intend 1 1 fulfill —deception is
their entire stock in trade; but the Rem
ocrats fulfill every promise and are true
friends and guardians of the colored peo
ple. This fact is fast being developed—
and when Hilly appreciated, the impos
ters who have duped and imposed upon
the ignorant colored mau will meet with
a fearful retribution.
Mr. Smith, another Radical Senator
from',the thirty sixth District and a mem
ber of the Convention which framed tlie
Constitution, declared that it was dis
tinctly understood by every member ol
tlie Convention that, the negro was in—
clligiblo to office. He said that a vast
majority of said Convention never would
have endorsed the Constitution had the
right been set forth to permit nc«roe« to
hold oftlce. “This is a while man's gov
ernment, ’’ exclaimed this Radical Senator
"and we to the manor born never in ton
ded to deprive ourselves of the right
inherent from birth 1”
Thus it will be seen, nnd we hope the
readers of the Banner "’ill make it plain j
to onr colored Iriciids, that it was the j
Radical party which declared them inel
igible to hold oftice, This is evident |
from the remarks of Mr. Spear, (Radical
Senator) on Saturday, lie told the two
colored Senators that if it should be deci
ded that they had no right to hold office,
j he should advise them to cote for Demo ■
i crals to the back bone, as they would
j not deceive them, and shirk vesponsibili-
I ly on vital questions, as Republicans had
i done in loth branches of the Assembly-
This is a candid aekiioxvlcdincnt from a
member of the party, that the Radicals
had deceived the negroes. Let them in
future, then, take the advice ol a Radic
al Senator, and vote for Democrats to
the backbone. They never will deceive
or mislead tlie ignorant, white or black-
It is true they were favorable to and vo
ted for the expulsion ol the negroes, but
it was because tlie Radical Convention
framed a Constitution denying tlie negro
the right to hold office, and Democrats !
took an oath to protect the Constitution
Bullock’* Proclamation.
j In compliance with a resolution of the
j Georgia Legislature, in consequence of
j violence committed in some counties by
I armed and unlawful bands of negroes, I
; the Governor lias issued a proclamation, j
| Our limited space prevents us publisl- j
j ing the same. He denies "giving an !
I tlmrity for armed or unarmed organiza
tions, and wains the people that the ex
ercise id’military tactics with arms by:
any organized body except the army of;
the united States, is unauthorized and 1
unlawful and against the peace and good
order,laud must be immediately suppress-1
ed. He also says that persons dislin \
guisl.ed for hostility to the United States
and thcStatecarc promoting said acts of
violence by publicly denouncing the laws j
ns unconstitutional and void, and the
result of said acts of violence are insur
rectionary. Appeals are manifested in !
the rapid spread of dissatisfaction oirthe I
part of those who maintain the validity
of the law sos Congress and the State
Governments established thereunder, to
protect themselves by arms against acts
of violence and combinations against
their civil l iglits ”
PS>~ It is reported that Grant will
withdraw from tlie Presidential contest
if Indiana and Pennsylvania vote the!
Democratic ticket m October.
Coiigi'csaioiinl Fleet um
Some of our cotemporaries arc en
gaged in a discussion in reference to the
policy of bidding an election for Con
gressmen, the present year. Ihe discus
sion grew out of a report that the Retrfo
eralic member* of the Legislature had
he'd a caucus, and determined not to
pass any law fixing the time lor holding
such e! ctions, because, in the'v opinion,
it might have a damaging edi ct npoti
I the Presidential contest, by attracting
j iho attention of the people from the main
question at issue. We admit there is
some totce in this argument, but wo are
of opinion that it is overshadowed by tlie
necessity for Georgia to be represent*;,,
in tlie Congress of the nation in the event
of a called session. The comment of the j
Augusta Chronicle, upon this point, we
think conclusive. It says:
Under the tides now enforced, no om
can take a seat in either House of Con
I gross unless he first take the iron clad or
I test oath. Under the Constitution id li e
United States, each House is the sole
1 judge of the qualification* ol its own
1 members. Suppose that upon ns
i setnblage of a called session of the Forty t
; first Congress it should appear that the
j Radicals have a majority of five votes.
And, suppose further, that taking the ad
vice of the CoiistiMilion and other lead
I eld of our parly in this Stale, Georgia is
j without a representation it the beginning
of the. session. Now when onr called
I election is held and our Represent at ivVs
reach Washington the House will hax’e
! been organized by the election ol Rai 3
j al officers, and will have a majority t"
sustain their organization. Do we not
know that under such circumstances no
one will be admitted to seats from Geor
gia except those who could take tin
iest oath, or who had been ol
their treason so-called, by a former vaui*
gross.
We deem it very important that an
election should be had the present year,
and are gratified to loarm-that on Satin
day last, a Gill was introduced in the
House for said purpose. YVe are unin
formed as to its provisions, but presume
the hill will authorize the election of
Congressmen at the same time that Pies
ideutial electors arc voted lor.
Gov. Bullock’s Protest
Gov. Bullock’s insulting message to
she House of Representatives, and pio
test agamst the expulsion of tiie. colored
members, is creating considerable com
meet through the press of tlie State.
The Macon Telegraph says the Govern
or, as a member of the Convention, voted
down the proposition to make the negros
eligible, and kucxv distinctly what lie was
about when be did it. That matter was
the subject of earnest deliberation and
not outj 111 CtlO CoUVeIIUOII,
but all over tlie State.
When this proposition to make the
negroes eligible to office was before tlie
! Convention, it is well known Gov. Brown
was on the floor engineering to defeat
; it. He declared repeatedly, if it passed,
jbo would oppose the Constitution on
| tiie stump and ensure its defeat by the
j people.
\\’e affirm that it was the universal
understanding among all parlies when
this proposition was voted down hy a
large majority, that negro eligibility to
oftice, under the Constil utiou of Georgia,
xvas a thing determined against and set- j
tied finally and forever; and had not this j
been the understanding the Constitution ■
would have been defeated by- a large
majority'.
How happened it, then, that Gov. Bul
lock, in the face of his vote against mak
ing negroes eligible to oftice, can have !
the courage to file a protest against
action of the lb-use in stiict conformity
with his own action as a member of the
Constitutional Convention ?
“The Democratic party boldly pro j
claims its terms of peace to be the over
throw of the present State governments
of the South, and the banishment of
every while man not a Democrat, and
the reduction of the negroes to a condi
tion more slavish and degraded than tin
old system of slavery because they would
deprive them ol the equal protection of,
the laws an.! the interested care of mas
ters having a pecuniary interest in their :
iical th. ” A nyu da llepublii an ■
j The Editor who penned the foregoing
1 appears to bean intelligent man ; and
. therefore tiie greater his guilt for giving
I publicity to that which he knows tube,
j a base, unpardonable lie, —and for the
! solo purpose of deceiving the ignorant
j black man.
The avowed principles of flic Remoc-
I racy, are not to pull down, but to build
j up; they only demand a restoration of
J constitutional government in the states
j South. Never, by word or act, have
: they expressed a design to banish any
■uan from the soil for opinions' sake; and
as for degrading the negro to a position
} worse than that of slavery, and denying
!to them “equal protection of the laws,”
the assertion is as foul and false as hell.
Xu>‘ Gen. Meade says that he cni
-1 ployed Gov. Brown in the Ashburu trial,
and paid him f5,000 for his services on
account of "his legal knowledge and his
influence with the people,” and because
he was "apprehensive that the defence
' might procure h s services.” YVe should
not be surprise I if Gen. Meade received 1
half the fee.
WaT Read DcYY'itt & Morgan’s notice i
lihlitoi-iii I Urovitiew.
Hftx. The great publishers, the Aiti.k
--! ton.-", have dnnntod $20,000 fir tin - pur
pose of building an Orphan Asylum in
Mac n.
Tlio Georgia IJuus'e of Represen
tatives iiuvc; agreed to raise SOOO,OOO
by a general tax.
Major S. H. Si'F.N' Fii dei liiud Ic
ing a Candidate before the Bhickshear
Convention.
tfr». An earthquake occurred recently
in Peru, which destroyed twenty five
tlionsai and lives and a d"Z- n cities.
grp,. Tlio Tennessee Legislature have
passr and (lie militia bill, which ae.tlloli7.es
the Gnvei m,r to garrtsi n ! lie State*
tlsj" Tlio Democrats in Colorado have
elected their Congressmen.
QrM" ('apt. .lanes I, Mobki.ev made a
powerful Fkvmm k and Bi air speech at
Savannah on last f riday.
Car Ex-I’ieMilent Pierce is dangetous.
!y sick, at his home in New Hampshire,
gkir Cotton planters should hold on to
their cotton until speculators become
tiled of waiting.
g ray, A fire occurred at City Point, Va,
lon the 14:li, destroying thirty thousand
dollars wrath of properly.
a*i, (leu. Sherman calls for another
cavalry regiment to fight the Iml.ans.
,‘ajr The election in Maine resulted in
an increased Republican majority. It
was expected and therefore no damage
j done.
H. M. T 111 ner (colored) expelled
| member 1 f the Georgia Legislature,, has
; issued a call tor a convent ion of his rue,.
\to assemble at Macon, on the first I lies
day in October.
tfti... The expelled members of the
Georgia Legislature have organized them
! selves into a "Civil and political Rights
! Associatio i),’* with headquarters at At
lanta.
ttasr There is no money in the Georgia
j Treasury. The Radicals leave stole the
1 last dollar.
! g«?,„ All the Justices of the Peace in a
| county in Alabama, are negroes, and not
! one of them c-an read or write.
Nominations,
H Oll. Nelson Tire lias received the
nomination of the Democracy, for GOll
gross, from the Second District.
Thomas G. Lawson is the nominee of
the same puity for Congress in the
Fourth District
In the Fifth District the Radicals have
I nominated C. FI l’iuce fi r re election to
j Congress.
j A dirty dog by the name of Fitzpnl
i rick lias been nominated by the Radi
{cats in the 1 onrth District,
j The Democracy of the Seventh Risf' icl
jin Convention assembled, declined to
' make a nomination as it is probable no
election will be ordered.
The Itfegro Military Organizations iis
Florida Tenor ofthe Whites.
A petition has been sent In ro from
prominent and respectable citizens of
I Florida, in which it is stated that "we
are in a terrihlu condition here, and God
knows what may not happen at nuynio-i
j infill. The Legislature passed a bill j
empowering tin: Governor to have a do— j
tective and secret police body to such an
extent as he deems (it, uncontrolled by
any 0110 With this power lie is enabled
to raise and arm as many negioes as lie
pleases and from what iias transpired he ■
lias gone to work extensively.
"Besides tliis, he is quietly, through |
agents, organizing the negro militia, j
who are drilling on the plantations pi
vately and have orders to mount mules,
&c , and hurry to town at a given signal. I
The few Cnited States troops we had have
beeujremoved to Tampa, Jaeksonville and I
Augustine, and we are left helpless with :
a negro population counting four to one I
of the whites.
“We never have been alarmists, but
really our condition is such dial we feel
i justified in apprehending infinite danger
jat any moment. Such creatures, armed
and headed by very bad white men, and
given to know that they are protected by
I law will not h -shale at any rascality.
You see what our condition is. Our lam
j dies are at their mercy. If we leave
J them to concentrate so as to-meet the
I negroes they may be sufferers liefoie we
| can come to their assistance. If we stay
; to defend our households we are to be
I cut off iu detail.
"Now, move :i an at any other moment
wo need the presence of the United
Slates troops, cimininn.led by the right
kind of officers, and should have not less
! than l wo hundred to three hundred here,
where in twelve hours half the able-bud- 1
ied negroes ot the State could bo codec
ted ”
The petitioners ask that the attention ;
ofthe President, General Grant and Sec
retary Schofield be called to this coudi- j
tioii of affairs and such steps be taken as
will secure peace to the citizens ot Flori
da. 1 Uns/i ington Intelligencer.
five at Quincy, Florida.
A correspondent of the Savannah lie
publican, writing from Quincy, Fla., Sep
tember 9th, says:
“About half past six o’clock this even
ing a fire broke out in the store of Mr
Thomas Jones, on Washington street,
fronting the Court House square destroy
ing about nine buildings—one third of .
the business portion ofthe town—among 1
which were ltie C inuimiwealth printing!
office, the Post Office, T. D. Wilson’s liv
ery stable, and several dry goods groce
ry tnd drug stores. The loss is estima-,
ted by reliable persons at SOO,OO0 —$15,
000 to $20,000 insurance. The fire was
caused by the contact of a light with a
barrel of crescent oil, or self generating {
gas, which is very explosive.”
From the Savannah News A Ib-ralii.
Letter from Sion Jus. II Hunter.
(Ji itman, Ga., September 11, IJBO3.
AW docs New and fTerahl:
1 see that a cm respondent has through
your columns, in you.- issue of yesterday,
voiy kindly rccointuctided my name to j
the Gun volition that, is soon to assemble!
at Hlucksliear for the purpose of nomina !
ting a candidate for Congress. Yo.ir cor
»es j.oi idea t,speaks # i 11 very flattering terms
of my qualifications and availabi'ity, for
vvhicli my unknown friend lias my sineeie
and heartfelt thanks. But i think mod-;
esly iimi piudence would both d.etnte to
me to deelii e t-i enter the list among the
a tile champions in the persons of old and
tried sliti-Mnen, whose names have al
ready been brought before the public as
contestant* fin the prize, in the Dis
triot are many men of ability, age, and
experience, who have served the people
iin different capacities in days that are
past, and surely from among these the
1 Convention can select a candidate that
will in all respects be fitted for the posi
linn. In my judgment the most impor
taut consideialien for that ('nnvenliou,
next to securing the nomination of a guild
and true man, is the fiainuuiious action
: of that body. And far be it from me to
stand 'ii the way ot so desirable an ol»-
jeet. 1 would counsel the delegates to
vield and compromise their personal pre
ference.', until all Can unite upon one mail
about whose qualifications and avail. 1
bilily tla-ie is no question. Then the
delegates can return home to their peo-
ple, and inform them that the unanimous
choice of th« Convent ion fell upon one!
who is in every respect entitled to their i
' confidence and support. i regard the
! action ofthe late Democratic I’residcnti ;
at Convention as a model for all future,
! Conventions of the party. For all high
| offic'al positions let ns have men whose
~tidily as statesmen is unquestionable;
whose honor and integrity as gentlemen
cannot lie doubted, and upon whose pri
vate character there rests not the aospi
| cion of reproach. Let Inr Congressional
nominee come np to tliis standard, and
the people will go to work for him with
a will and energy that will secure his
election beyond a shadow of a doubt.
In regard to myself. I think lean,
! without vanity or egotism, say that
1 your correspondent, in one respect, did
jme no more than justice. lii 'Vcr have
| occupied a doubtful position in politics,
; and God forbid that 1 ever should, when
the same issues are presented belorf the
; I pie the t have been within the pas
three years. But let the past be the
past. I am, to day, in my humble way,
with nil my might nml main, working
for the success of our glorious old party,
and so 1 shall continue to wmk until the
election, with all my heart and soul,
j mind and streoght, Audi now csll up
;on all tine men and patriots, no matter
! what their course in the past may have
; been, to enlist in our ranks, and side by
! side, and shoulder to shoulder wo will
! move forward to battle in our noble
! cause. And should the ides of Novein
-1 her next bring victory to our banners.
... 1 ... „..iG.,» ~ ' ! bearers, bey
moor and Blair, be triumphantly elected
; I shall feel that not only myself, but ev
cry other Democrat, has been amply and
richly repaid for any labor or any saeri
tire we may have been called upon t"
make, in that we shall have emit United
| a small part toward accomplishing the
great result.
1 tear I am encroaching to too great
an extent upon your valuable space, but
before I close ! would like merely to say,
that the political signs ofthe times are
in this section very encouraging. Not ,
a single white •“scalawag” (so far as I
know) now disgraces our county, and:
{ tlio ireedmen being convinced of the;
j treachery and double-dealing of their!
‘ Scalawag and Carpet-hag” allies, are
jib-s-cling them by platoons and eompa
1 nil's and coming over to our ranks "horse,
loot, and dragoon. * The Colored Radi
[cal lead' rs, many of them thinking and
intelligent men, have nearly every one ;
I come over to our side, and the ‘rank a id
i file’ are fast, following. Our plan is to j
treat tin tn kindly, to make no promise to !
them that we do not intend strictly to i
pei form. Asa mass they are a simple,
: dependent, and Confiding people. Re
jee-ivo them once, as the Radical party
have done, and they will never trust you
again. Too well do they now understand ;
that this party lias mislead them, and j
sought to lure them by false promise to
the r own ruin, and the aggrandizement
of these wretches. Let us on the contra
ry act in good faith with them, as we i
intend to do, and they will be our friends {
forever.
Already have nearly or quite five Inm
dred enrolled their names in the different
“Colored Democratic 1 Intis” of the coon
t y, are! 1 confidently predict that by the
November elect ion not a "corporals
guard'’ ot colored men wit be lelt out
side "f our ranks. Pardon me ior tres
passing' so much upon you.
Very respectfully.
Jam. s If. Hinter.
Particulars ofthe Thomson Tragedy.
Tii'MsoM, Ga, September 9, IS(58
Ed Horn Augunta, Constitutional let: The
following are the particulars of the.bloo L
tragedi that occured near this place yes
terday.
The negro who committed the murder
was named Sam Wilson, a s'oek cutter
lor the mill of Stovall & Wilson. The
first victim was a Mr. Faulkner, former
ly of South Caro i a, who was in the
woods loading stock on a carry log for
the mill. Mr. Faulkner spoke to Sam, tel
ling him to help them load the logs, who,
instead of doing so, walked up behind
Mr. Faulkner, wiio was kneeling on tL
, ground, fixing a chain under the log, and
deliberately struck him on the head with
the back of his axe, and then quickly!
turning the axe, split his head open, die
; brains falling out on the ground. Sam!
then told the other negroes who were
1 present to build a fire and burn the devil;
up, or he would kill them, and also told
them that he wasgoin.[ o kill Mr. Lowe,
the superintendent ofthe mill, and Mr.
Wavdell, th : book keeper, and four others, i
including one negro woman One of the
ncgrAes who heard his threats went im
mediately to the mill and notified Lowe
and V'ardell of what Sam had done an],
said.
Mr. L live had been unwell, aria was
putting 1 11 his shirt when he received
die intelligence. He got up and walked
to the door, where lie met S.mi and asked
what was the matter. Sam instantly
made at him with the axe. Mr. L"we,
who Imd a pistol in his hand, which was
Oil tfif order, turned around to get out of
the wav when Sum struck him with the
nxe jest below the shouldi r blade, ci.ttii g
into ti e hollow. Lowe then retreated,
end eavi rii-g the while to fix his pistol,
and fell, when Sum again struck him on
the head cutting through to the brain.
Mr Lowe lived about three hours.
The miuMerer then proceeded in ti.o
direction of Thomson, witli axe in hand,
pursued tiy the negroes When thev got
up to him lie turned upon them, hut at
that time some white men came up, and
one of them shot him one time, lie dr p
pod his axe and gave up, when the ne
groes who had pursued him voliiniai iiy
tiling him—a few while men being pres
; cut.
Mr. L"we was from Missouri and will
lie buried with Masonic honors tl is day
j at eleven o'clock. Yours,
John M. Ccrtis.
P. S.—l do not think politics l ad any
tiling to do with Hie bloody affair There
hod not been any previous and Ificulty. G.
Terrible earthquake iu South
America
Washington, Septenber 14. —Neither
the State nor Navy Departments have
official repoits of the earthquake though
its occurrence is fully conilirmcd by p.i
vate letters.
The incidents of the recent terrible
j earthquake were as follows.
At Iriqnois six hunrded persons went
drowned by a tidal wave. At Arequipa
i the lower part of Saint Catal 11a Church
is the only edifice left standing. All Urn
inmates of the hospitals and prisons
1 perished. The course of the river is
changed.
Mount Mistic is discharing lav 1 and
mud. The river emits a sulphurous
oiler. No one dares to go where the city
w as.
The people are living iu tents at Pan
i earpliate.
Hundreds were crushed by falling
houses at Ariea.
An American bark, loaded with guano,
, was swallowed np at Tacquin. One
1 hundred and fitly lives, mostly children
returning from scluml were, lost.
The town of Slieldia was swept away,
only twenty out of live hundred inhabi
tants escaping.
Tl e nitre works at Iriqnois were des
troyed.
Mr. Billinghiirst, the British Consul,
was killed.
The American ,baik Coudore was lost
but the crew were saved.
The loss at lrquoia is two million dol
! lars.
At Chinctia Island there was first a
hurricane, then followed the earthquake,
and then a tidal wave.
Scvi 1 :il English vessels were damaged
and a Prussian bark was wrecked.
liver tliree hundred thousand persons
are without shelter or bread to eat.
Elmira Prison, New York. — All who
lost friends at Elmira Prison during the
. war, and who wished to get any info -
; matinii respecting their bodies, the chan
! c » and charges for removing &c , can do
|so by addressing Mr. R. A. Harrison, . f
Sparta, Ga., at Elmira, N. Y. Mr. II
went North last Winter to I.ok after tlio
bodies of friends and goes now to remove
them. At Elmira Cemetery lie noticed
that many, perhaps all the Southern
■■states are represented, and knowing,
j from pressing inquires received, that
; many would gladly hear respecting the
i bodies of friends, lie promises for tho
sake of ttie bereaved, to answer all letteis
and inquiries which may he sent to him
at E mira, by the 15th of October. Per
sons writing will please enclose a stamp
to pay return postage.
Messrs. Joseph Finegan At Cos
It affords us great pleasure to direct
attention to the carl of this new firm,
doing a commission business on Bay
street, Savannah. Joseph Finegan is
the distinguished Florida General, who
rendered such effective service to the
South in the laic disastrous war. He is
a "fine old Irish gentleman,” and a cor
rect business man; Ca-pt. James B. Pakra
m ire, the junior partner, is a popular
voting gentleman, formerly of Madison,
Florida, possessed of fine business quali
fications, and of polite and agreeable
manners. We most cordially recommend
the firm to our cotton planters, mer
chants, and others, who have transac
tions at Savannah.
rnnf-r*,, i* ncavscmair.
Washington, Septe 111 be! 15th,
The President of the Senate and tlio
Speaker of the House of Representatives,
by resolution of Congress, to adjourn
i their Houses until the 21 st of Septum tier,
and on that day unless otherwise order
ed by the two Houses, thej' were direc
ted to further adjourn their respective
Houses until tliefiist Monday in Decem
ber, in accord 'nee with the request of
the Republican members ofthe 40th Con
gress, the undersigned decide, and res
pectfully recommend, that there he a fall
attendance of both Houses on ilie ?'-t
of September. It is not expect* i ; at
any general legislative business will ho
entered upon at that time, or that the
session will c long r than to provide
for another adjournment. It is impor
tant that tlieie should he such a general
attendance of members as will secure
the presence of a quorum in each House.
|Signed.} E. D. Morgan.
11. C. ScHEXCK.
SAVANNAH MARKET.
communicated for the qitt.man banner.
Savannah. Sept. 35.1558.
Cotton. —Dnring the past wc*ek. cotton has
steadily declined; and wo ueed not look for an
advance again, until speculator* are disposed of.
Last year s swindling game id fully iu op per?.-
tion. To day the m riet was mere active than
during the past week Sales wore a.* follows: 7
bales at at 22c, 1" at 20$c. 39 at 2!c. 17
20£e. 7S ? i 20c, 4S at 19c, 27 at 19Jc f 3 at l.c, 6
at 16c. and 2at 21c. The receipts today ame lift
ed to 533 bales.