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VOL- XX. SANDERSVJLLE, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEB. 28. 1866. NUMBER 9. rasTELLAW & GILMORE, 'editors ANl) proprietors. tfcUSIS, $3 00 pel- annum in advance* " * Victim to old rut’s Gallows. ^ of the revolution*ary war. Kt>ar Peekskill, not far from the -riin road, stands a clump of -forest trees, among which an aged hickory is somewhat conspucious. It bore (or a longtime, and still bears I believe, the name of “Old Put’s Gal- ■'ow r s ” * ' This tree was termed such from the | narrow one’tbat fact that many atory spy, skinner, and | dwelling. Let us for a moment oht molestation, and advanced in what was considered the American districts without being troubled by any of the occasi<|nal travelers on the road, although every one was armed and carried a musket. Now and then he met an American yeoman or farmer with whom he was acquainted, that knew not his defection,Tor he was born in that part of Che country, and resi dents within a wide circle were then considered neighbors. Late in the afternoon he came within sightof the regular American outposts, when he turned off the main road by a led to a rftiil and a The Proposed Tax on Cotton. tax upon the consumers of cotton goods. We copy an abstract of the report of! But a heavy crop, in the face of an ex- the United States Revenue Commis- port duty that would prevent the for- sioners, recommending important : e ign cotton buyer from taking the cot- changes in the laws for the imposition j ton out of this country until he hagr and collection of internal taxes. The exhausted the crop of other regions, commissioners are lion. David A. Wells i would have the effect of tating the tax of New York, Hon. Stephen Colwell ; from the pockets of the planters. — Co- of Pennsylvania, and Hon. Samuel S. lumbus Enquirer. * thievirm cowboy had swung from its branches when Putnam commanded on the line. In the early part of August, 1777, General Tryon was at the British out posts near Kingsbridge. It will be remembered that he was the lloyal Governor of New York, at the commencement of the Revolution, look into the dwelling and notice its inmates. One wa's'a girl about eighteen, and of fine rustic beauty/engaged in some trivial house work, but mainly listening to the conversation of a lively, brown complexioned young man in half mili tary costume. It was evident that what he said tnd a full cornel of the British Regu- j pleased her, forslie looked at him from lars. Afu-r the war broke out, he was | time to time as she smiled archly with placed in active service, and raised to i fondness. a general’s rank with power to recruit ^ These two were Rosa Milford, the and equip a Tory corps or brigade Kr.i tier’s daughter, and Will iam Town- fiom the Americans who remained loy- J ] e y, a neigh boring farmer’s son and en- to the crown and government of sign in the American army lyiho- dose Britain. Bor a long lime it had been a favor ite project with Putnam, that an at tempt should be made to recapture the c ity of New York, and from all accounts it "appears that Washington did not dislike the plan, but with prudent caution did not wish to hazard at that time the risk of defeat. Putnam, how ever, made several feints and false movements at his outposts, to alarm, Sir Henry Clinton ; in which he suc ceeded, and thus kept the Irtish troops within the city for its protection that otherwise, aided by the fleet, would have been ravaging the adjacent shores of other States. It became necessary to Sir Henry Clinton that he should know the con dition and position of Putnam’s troops thnre accurately ; also to endeavor, if .•possible, to ascertain what parties in ■the city gave Putnam such accurate knowledge of all his plans. Tryon was busy raising his new levies, and for him. Sir Henry Clinton sent. ‘General Tryon,’ said he, T must know the position of Putnam's troop?, and their number, including his fresh battalion of militia. You ought io find : some o ic—native—that has enlisted in your corps, that will go into the high lands and obtain it for us. The reward .shall be liberal, and if’-successful, ‘t’ne person will be advanced a grade. ‘I think 1 'have such aG man, Sir Deary-*-a Sergeant in Delane’s regi- Siie'fit. lie enlisted only a week ago, and is intelligent and ambitious. He ■has friends on the other side, that do not know he has joined us yet. 5 •The very man ! Go and see him.’ General Tryon was absent about three hours : for he had sent to Har lem, where the sergeant was stationed, undergoing a drill with other new levies, under their-officers. ‘I’ve seen the man and have had a long talk with him,’ said T he Tetarned.’ • ‘He is willing to undertake it on one 'condition, and that is common pride.’ ‘What is it?’ ‘l’hat he receives a Lieutenant’s commission at once. He will then set •out the moment you require, and is ‘confident of success.’ William, coming horseback ?’ asked b y- ‘Who is that, towards the mil Ion Rosa. ‘As I live,’ said the young man, ‘it is your old spark, that lily rascal, Nath an Palmer, son of the old Bomine, tv ho despising him, cast him off. The rogue ! I heard in a private letter this morning, that he had enlisted in the refugee corps. IfI knew certain, he Should swing for ft.. Depend upbn it, Rosa, he is here for no good purpose.’ ‘Do not be seen, Will. Leave me to manage him.’ The 3 T oung man left by the back door, no't out of hearing, and the tory lieutenant and spy entered at the front. He advanced with a bold step, and said— ‘Rosa. I have but.little time to spare and so I want you to answer at once. Read this.’ And he took tbc commission from the lining of his hat and placed it before her. ‘Some difference-between holding a COmmissbil fri tliu tier v too wf jKnvg George, and ragged Continental r~ ‘Nathan Palmer,’said Rosa, sternly, ‘I always disliked y-ou—now I hate you.’ She indignantly east thecommission towards him. ‘Then do you refuse to he my wife now ? ‘Your wife! L^ava the house, or I Hayes of Illinois, who wfere appointed in June last, and have since that time been engaged in the discharge of the duties assigned them. As peculiarly interesting to our readers, we copy in full the -portion of the report relating to the t*x on cotton : ‘•The attention of the commision has been especially given to the cotton pro ductoftbe United-States, as a source of revenue, and tbev would -refer to their Special Report (No 3,) as embody ing all the information requisite for the formation of a correct opinion on this subject. As the result of their inves tigations, the committee recommend that a tax of five cents per pound belev- ied on and after July 1, 1866, upon all cotton, the product of the United States ; and that the same be collected of the manufacturer at the place of con summation, and of the merchant or fac tor at the port of export upon all for eign shipments. Such a pian will not interfere with the growth and cultiva tion of this staple or its free movement throughout the country, and will re duce the machinery and expenses of collection to their minimum. The above proposed rate of taxation on cotton, it is believed, will not prove in any degree detrimental to any na tional interest, and will yield revenue at twenty-two millions of dollars for every million of bales produced and sold for consumption. With a crop of three millions of bales, and a tax of five cents a pound, the government might derive an annual revenue of $66,000,000: or of $88,000,000 on a crop of four millions of bales, \yhich would be less than the crop of 1859— 60. Of this sum—if the consumption of the United States shall reach in either of these years the consumption of 1860—the inhabitants of the United States would pay about $21,000,000 ; there are few taxes which can be lev ied which would be so slight a burden to the consumer. The consumption of cotton per head in the United States at the highest point ever attaired to, has not exceeded twelve pounds. A tax of live cents per pound wouitr,' therefore, be an average of about sixty cents to each in iividuai per annum. (See special it-pirt No. 3.) As the crop of the present year, in the opinion of competent persons consulted by the Commission, is not likely to bo less than two millions of bales—aijd if good seed can be obtained may exceed this Riot in Colombns, Ga. From the San and Times of the 14th Inst, we take the following additional particulars of tho recent difficulties between the negro troops and citizens of that place : “The negro soldier shot on Monday afternoon did not die, as was reported. He was struck three times in the arm, not once in the body ; and on yester day, we are told, he was getting along well. Mr. Lindsay was captured be yond the Opelika depot by a squad of negro soldiers. Civil officers tell us that the squad were prevented from killing him by the exertions-of a cor poral. The same squad threatened to kill the marshal and his deputy. The negro soldiers carried Mr. Lindsay as far as Duran’s corner, where some’al lege he was taken by citizens from them. We, ’however, heard Lieut. Mulligan, U. S. A., who had arrived The Use of Ice.—In. health, no one ought to drink ice-water, for it has occasioned fatal inflammations of the stomach and bowels, and sometimes sudden death. The temptation to drink it is very great in summer; to use it at all, with any safety, the person should ported it in<* speech, alludjng in cftiis- Congressional. Washington, Feb. 20. Senate.—Mr. Wall offered a resolu tion to - amend the constitution tjy ren dering the President ineligible to election for the second term, ahd'sup- take but a single swallow at a time, take the glass from the lips for half a mirrtrte, and then another swallow, and soon. It will be found that in this way it will become disagreeable after a few mouthfuls. On the other hand, ice itself may be taken as freely as possible, not only without injury, but with the most stri king advantage in dangerous forms of disease. If broken in sizes of a pea or bean, and swallowed as freely as practicable, without much chewing or crushing between the teeth, it will of- mittee on reconstruction, reported a res- ten be efficient in checking various olutidn declaring that no Senator or kinds of diarrhoea, and has-cured vio- Representative shall be admitted to lent cases of Asiatic cholera. ' either branch of Congress, until Con- A kind of cushion of powdered ice gres3 shall have declared such Stateb kept to the scalp, has allayed violent entitled to representation, . inflammation of the brain, and arrested Mr. Grinder obtained leave to read fearful convulsion induced by too much the minority report from the Recon- blood there. Water as cold as ice can struction Committee, declaring the make it, applied freely to the throat, State of Tennessee entitled to represeh'- neck or chest, with a sponge or cloth, Nation. very often affords an almost miraculous . Mr. Stevens said there was ah ear- tic terms to the President,%ho, he said, had developed a policy agreeable to every enemy of the country. Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, read a long argument in 'opposition to the freed- man’s bill, and sustaining the veto of the ‘Preiident. Trumbull followed, opposing the Veto. A vote was taken bn the vetoed bill, 2nd resulted, yeas 30, nays 18 ; vote insufficient to secure the passage b f tjjfe bill. House.—Mr. Stevens from the Com? „ . . .relief; and if this be followed by nest disposition until yesterday to in- on the Macon train that afternoon, more . drinking copiously of the same ice-cold quire into the condition of Tennessee, than once assert that, alter lie had ob-i element, the wetted parts wiped dry, and see whether the State is entitled to tained from Mr. Lindsay his name, he an( j t he child wrappeckup well in the representation ; but since then there released him and .told him to go on j bed-clothes, it-falls into a delightful has been a change, and it is wholly out about bis business, and he did •so. W e I an q life-giving slumber. Aill ihfiamma- of the power of the committee to pro- are confident that Mr. Lindsay will an- j t ; onSj internal or external, are prompt- ceed further without surrendering the pear as soon as a fair hearing can be i jy subdued by the application of ice Tights of that body to the usurpation obtained. He bore quietly for some 0 r ice-water, because iti3 converted into of another body. Much excitement time from the negro solaier what be; s t cam anf ] rapidly conveys away the ; prevailed during the proeedings. He m ~ a— p1 * *' demanded the vote bn the previous question. Mr. Stevens’ resolution to deprive -the Southern States of representation until declared fit by Congress, passed the House fo-nigh’t, ‘by a vote of 109 against 40. never would have done from a white; hal l be *om;pT!e'd to loose the dog u pon figure—the commission are of the opin- J * " that the government may safely you. ‘Good bye, Miss Rosa, grinding his teeth in anger. lie said, son rely for the fiscal “Look to i 80, 1867, upon a ye revenue your father’s mill—your house—your self. I will be most terribly avenged.’ He then mounted his horse and rode swiftly away. Rosa hastened to the back door to look for her lover. He was just leav ending June ron\ this source of at least forty millions of dol lars, and for the figure an average revenue from cotton of at least fifty rnil- lions of dollars may undoubtedly be relied upon.” We do not propose to discus's the ryon, wnen reliance ?’ ‘From all I can learn, .and from my own judgment, I should not doubt kirrt 'in the least.’ .‘Then let his commission be ma cte out arid send him -with it to me. If I have the same opinion of him I will sign it.’ The young sergeant soon made his •appearance. lie was not more than twenty-three years of a ..e, of good personal appear ance, and a cunning twinkle about his sitiaII black eyes that denoted no want of confidence in his own abilities. Sir Henry was so well pleased with him that his instructions _>vere soon completed; and, *. receiving - his com mission, lie bade the British commander farewell, to return in a few days with the desired information. , Gn reaching his quarters-he changed nis military apparel for a plain coun— try man’s, and ripped the lining of his cocked hat, under which he carefully placed his commission and sewed it agair?, saying, to himself, ‘I think when Miss Rosa Milford sees my commission as an officer in his Majesty’s service, fihe will no longer refuse the hand of Nathan Palmer.’ The next morning he left the further British outposts at Kingsburg, on horseback, where General Tryon had ing for the camp, and the wave of bis question whether a tax of twenty-two Hand indicated that he knew Palmer’s: dollars per bale will prove “in any errand. j degree detrimental to any interest.” He hastened to camp, and had an in-! U the Commissioners and Congress terview with Gen. Putnam, who issu- d determine that the Southern people are private orders. ! out of the pale of national interest and That night Palmer came-into the 1 regard, they of course sustain the as- lines with the freedom of an old com— sertion of the report by that kind of log-^ panion, and having, as' he supposed, ' c - Lut wc do maintain that a ta£ of accomplished his errand, was about ^ ve cents P er pound upon the cotton *• " of the South will, in. view of the greatly extend area and production of the cot . ton culture of other countries, prove seriously detrimental to cotton plant ing in the ‘ Southern states. If . liese States had still amonoply cf the cotton culture, there would be soundness in the reasoning of the Commissioner that the tax would be" distributed among the consumers of cotton goods at the . rate of about .sixty Cents to each indi- Palmer’s vidual. But we have seen that the ‘Do you know him to be worthy of taking*his departure, when be was ar rested, and the fatal commission was proof of his guilt as a spy. After a brief trial he was ordered to be hanged on Putnam’s gallows, the next afternoon. Before his execution, General Tryon, who had heard of his arrest, sent in a flag of truce declaring it murder to bang a royalist, and threatened to re taliate. Ho Was hot a war e that commission was found on his person British manufacturers count on a sup- when arrested. Putnam wrote back ply -of 2,300,000 bales for tilts year this memorable note •: from other countries than the Uuited States, and ^Jculate that with only 600 000 bale^Irom this eouutry they , . can make up their yearly average com- Sir:—Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant plement of 3,000,000 bales. The fac- m your Kings servi^.was taken in tor ; es of the United States maycon- my camp as a spy, he was tried as a spy, he was condemned as a spy. Headquarters, Aug. 7, 1779. General Tryon : “Mr. Sol. Crew, who, without cause, was knocked down by a musket in a negro soldier’s hands, though seriously bruised, is not dangerously hurt. “After the confusion had all subsi ded, Major Warner started up the street with Mr D. Adams, home. Ma jor Warner dreamed not of danger. When the tw'o arrived at Grant’s cor ner three or four guns were fired at them from the windows of the negro soldier’s barracks in Bank’s Building. One ball shattered the Major’s right knee, and he instantly fell. - As Mr. Adamstnoved off to get assistance sev eral shots were fired at him. Procur ing the assistance of a gentleman, Mr. Adams carried the Major to the Hor- iio-ace, wimrp, as \ve stated yes terday, his legywas amputated above the knew. Yesterday he was doing well. The negroes fired upon all who nassed by the barracks. They shot at Mr. Mott and made him hurry away, and cursed bitterly a lady alld gentle man passing on their way home, and called out “kill them!” “kill them!” but did not fire. They acted as if they wore drunk. No provocation for this firing from the barracks windows was given. “Major Warner was one of our most orderly and esteemedfoitizens, and the community, deeply sympathize with his sufferings. “Yesterday the negro soldiers were confined to the barracks, and our citi zens, but more especially our ladies, escaped^nsult, the most outrageous and glaring. After these barbarous proceedings, the City Council met and adopted a resolution, “That a committee of three Aldermen and three citizens, with his Honor, the Mayor, be instructed to call upon the United States authorities now in this city, and see if some measure cannot be adopted to cause the with drawal of the garrison now stationed here; that said committee be instruc ted, if necessary,- to communicate to those in authority the state of affairs, and by petition or otherwise endeavor to have the garrison withdrawn.” “Lieut. Petit, commanding post, has issued-orders prohibiting the selling of intoxicating drinks to soldiers, and Mayor Wilkins orders that no liquors be sold to colored citizens? Attention is directed to these orders. Heavy penalties will be inflicted in case of their violation.” extra? heat, and also diminishes the quantity of blood in the vessels of the pars. A piece of ice laid, on the wrist will- often arrest violent bleeding of the nose. To drink any ice-cold liquid at mealtime retards digestion, chills the . body, and has been known to induce the most dangerous internal conges tions. If ice is put in milk or butter, and these are not used at the time, they lose their freshness, and. become sour and stale-:; for the essential nature of both is changed, when once frozen and then ' thawed.—Hall's Journal of Health. Cotton Seed.—We see a communi-' cation, published daily 'as an advertise ment in a Montgomery paper,'admon- - ishing planters that«otton seed which have laih in the lint uninjured, for. twelve months, will not do to depend on for planting purposes. It says that the reason is‘that the lint abstracts or absorbs all the oil, which serves as nutrition to the young plant, from the ' seed, and instance cases in which seed’ of this kind sprouted and came up,- but the young plants died in about ten Says. . , . We*cannot say whether the informa tion thus conveyed is reliable, or wheth- A Gentleman and Noble Hero ine.—Last week, died at .Hammerstith, in. England, Mrs. Ross, celebrated for her beauty and constancy. Having met with opposition in her engagement with Captain Charles Ross, she fbl- . . , . ■ • lowed him in men’s clothes, where, j er it is published by some one holding after such a research and fatigue as a large quantity of cotton seed for sale. Scarce 2nv of her sex could have un- But we entertain no great apprehen- dercrone she fb’ind him in the woods sfons, of disaster to the country to ac- ° * •’ crue from the dying out of a large pro portion of the young cotton within ten days after its sprouting. In that case corn would he planted in its stead, and with which the South is aver ting for dead, afier Z skirmish with the Indians, and vvitl^feponiara wound. Having studied surgery in England, she with an ardor and vigilance which only such a passion could inspire, saved a misfortune his life by sucking his wopnd, the only seriously threatened might be expedient that could have effected it te d ; - „ _ _ . , y at the crisis he was in, and nursed .him , -^- n °id gentleman of ripe experience with scarce a covering from the sky, hnd observation, who believes strong— for the space of six weeks. During l.y in special providences, predicts that this time she remained unsuspected by Providence will surely interpose to him, having dyed her skin with lime prevent the growing of a large crop of and bark ; and keeping to a man’s cotton this year. He prophesis that habit, still supported by the transport we will have late frosts iu April, which of hearing his unceasing aspirations of! will kill the cotton, and that then the love and regret for that dear though land will be planted in corn. And he (he then thought) distant object of his | claims what is called “weather wis- soul, being charged by him with trans-1 dom.”—Columbus Enquirer. mitting to her (had the Captain died) I have the honor to be, etc., Israel Putnam. His Excellency, Gen. Tryon. P. S. — He is hanged. Such was Old Put.’—prompt to ex ecute and decide. The hickory tree%till remains stand ing: near Peekskill. A gentleman just returned from Richmond reports that the military or der prohibiting the wearing of the grey, adorned with Confederate but- accompanied him, to pursue his expe-! tons, in that city, is being strictly car- fhtion. J ried out. One of ihe weapons carried It was a beautiful morning, and he by the patrol is a formidable pair of looked forward with all the anticipa- shears, which are brought into requi tions of pleasure, and hope gleaming sition whenever any reconstructed warmly j n bis breast. He pissed the neutral ground with- appearance on the streets. I * Confederate, in gilt buttons makes his siinie 1,000,000 bales more. fore, more than 1,600,000 bales are this year raised in the South', is it not plain that the excess will goto the reduction of the price obtained 'by the planter for his .whole crop ? If "the supply is greater than the demand, the loss must fall upon the planter. And the tax of five cents per pound on our cotton will operate as a bounty to that extent upon the cotton raised in other countries. The late Yicar of Sheffield, Rev. Dr. Hutton, once said to the late Mr. Peech, a veterinary surgeon, ‘Mr. Peech, how is it you have not called upon me for If, there- j your account?’ ‘Oh,’ said Mr. Peech, ‘I never ask a gentleman for money".’ ‘Indeed T said the Yicar; ‘then how do you get on, it he don’t pay ?’ ‘Why,’ replied Mr. Peech, ‘after a cer tain tinte, I conclude that he is not a gentleman, and then I ask him.’ his remains, and dying asseverations of constancy and gratitude for the un- paralelled care and tenderness of his nurse, the bearer of them ; but recov ering they removed into Philadelphia, where as soon as she had found a cler gyman to join her to him forever, she appeared as herself, the priest accom panying her. They lived for the space of four years in a fondness almost ide&l to the present age of corruption, and that could only be interrupted by "her declining health. The fatigue she had undergone, and the poison not prop erly expelled Vvhieh she had imbibed from his wound, undermined her con stitution. The knowledge he had of Northern Men in the SoutM.— A correspondent of the Boston Post has made a wonderful discovery, but it is very questionable whether his New England friends will believe his opin ions, although they represent the Views of every unprejudiced, respectable man whose mind is not blinded by sectional hate and fanaticism. In a recent let ter this correspondent says : “I feel safe in saying that if the truth in re-' gard to the condition of the Southern' States, socially and financially, wag fully comprehended by Northern cap : italists,.the South would be amply sup- : plied with all needed capital to devel- ope her wonderful reiources^—resour- it, and piercing regret at having been; ccs beyond anything the North, or the occasion, affecting him still more j even the South dreamed of oefore the sensibly, he died of a broken heart last war.” He says that when about to spriug at John’s Town, in New York, start on his tour, mariy friends attempt- She lived to return and implore forgive- ed to dissuade him fro.ril his purpose, ness ol her family, whom she had dis-; urging that it was personally danger- tressed so long by their ignorance of; ous for a Northern rriari, at the present her destiny. She died in consequence ! time, to travel in the South. “Yet,” of her grief and affection at the age of; says he, “I have traveled quite exten twenty-six. Some nine years ago, a letter was received in New Orleans, directed to ‘the biggest fool in New Orleans.’ The It will be an extension of the “protec— postmaster was absent, and, on his re— tive’’ policy of the United States to the j turn, one of the young clerks informed cotton of India, China, Egypt, &C., and j him of the receipt of the letter. ‘And a discrimination against American in- j what became of it?’ inquired the post dust ry. | master. ‘Why,’ replied the clerk; ‘I What is the remedy ? We can think did not know who the biggest fool in of none except the reduction of the New Orleans was, so I opened the let- cotton crop of the South to the 1,600,- ter n^self?’ ‘And what did you find 000 bales demanded by the spinners of in it 1 ?’ inquired the postmaster. ‘Why,’ Europe and the United States for the replied the clerk, ‘nothing but the present year. This would throw the j words, ‘thou art the man.’ sively in the South, conversed freely with all classes of Southern people, with quite iis great a sense of personal ‘Tough, madam—tough, did you ^ ... say?’ said an irascible boarder to his saf f/. and comfortt as you can-possibly landlady, as he was trying to carve ! f cel ir j walking from your sanctum to what was ostensibly a chicken. ‘Yes’m; your, house in Boston. Indeed, I feel and were I to give my opinion on the ca Fed upon to bear my testimony to fowl, I should say it was old enough hearty cordiality and uniform kind- to have scratched up the seeds of brig- ne . ss with^which I was everywhere re iual sin when they were first planted.’ ceived and treated. 5 A writer of a love tale, in describing his heroine, says—‘Innocence dwells in the rich curls of her dark hair.’ Some critic, commenting on the passage, says: ‘Sorry to hear it—think it stands a perilous chance of being combed outr’ What a beautiful comment the fol lowing is upon a good housewife: ‘To hear her converse, yoil wbuld suppose she did ttothidg but read; to^ have looked through the^department of figr household, j'ou would • suppose she never read.’ ! ft