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[From the Portmouth rimes.)
WHO WILL CA.lt K FOR ÜBRKHHACHI
NOW t
lAIK--‘ Wht! Will Cart for Mother .Vow/"!
Why are they disowned, dishonored-
Wlist’s their admen! anyhow '
Why the maker scorn the creature '
W ho will care (or greenback* now •
They held high our country a banner,
Oo tln> shore or gun boat s prow ;
They provided (oral and clothing
For the aobl.er then as now.
Tell me. (fold and silver hoarders.
It you dare your thought* avow,
You, whose bonds demanded greenbacks,
Why do you defame them now*
In the crnctble ot battle,
When the nation's pulse t>eat alow.
Was t love of gold, or tonnlry.
Made yon hny your gris-nlmcks low '
IMd you srom the legal tender
when tin* nation gave you bond*,
l*romiea to pay in greenbacks.
Currency that now you scorn f
“Cabbage leaves," funuoUi, you rail them,
••Wilil eat money, eutrent Bis,"
hut you've made, and largely stolen,
What you now so much despise.
Gaining power to rob and plunder.
With a shameless hand, and bob),
Yon struck out your honest contract,
And demanded pay in gold.
What care yon for dead iminstry,
Starving latvir. chilling cold?
You convert your paying con|oii,
With a Bbylock greed, to gold.
Clouds do gather, hearts mn-t suffer,
Want of best will jmle the brow;
Cure you for these, wlien your idols
Arc lint gold and silver now?
Ay. yon rotipoti broker*
Vlakf the tuttitlciam* liow;
lint tiik psopj.s, in tli* ir nmril)oo<l,
Will uphold th* yrnnharkn now.
Tli* y arp mon**y of the
with hnmmi toil and blond,
Crmting tip through war and carnage,
> htil) the people hold them good.
Th* v necth-d! don't contract them;
Thut you honor them, avow ;
f!' now.
Hi** up Ali.kn, their defender,
Witli tliy (spiritiihendow;
Sound the trumjHd, imei* your
They will care (or greenback* now.
—-► ♦ ♦ ♦
The M( srro Hi* 1 Problem of llis
Future.
ifn.iii ilt <'lftrkenvllli! (Tcuo.) Chronicle]
An ocsitsioiml paragraph from tin
organs of Yankee civilization—flic em
bodiruent of necrophilism, spiritualism,
fneloveism and “nidi" questions Un
wisdom of emancipation anti hints at the
inefficiency of the laws enacted for tho
purpose of enforcing civil and social
equality between tlio two races, so re
el fitly holding flits relations of masters
and slaves. In spite of the signal failure
of the experimeiitof emancipation, with
out previous preparation, in the West
indies, our Puritan philanthropists be
heve in the magic power of political
liberty to improve upon this handiwork of
God and to assimilate the highest and the
lowest species of the genus “homo.” It
is, however, becoming apparent to the
more rational fanatics that, in the deln
sivc hope of elevating the African to the
level of the Anglo Saxon, a curse has
been inflicted upon both, and the ques
tion now lining raised is whut shall he
done with the passive victim of a mis
chievous delusion ? Like his brother in
.lainaicn, lie is fust lapsing into normal
barbarism and, in bis descent, is lower
ing the standard of Christian civilization
and bringing disgrace upon that spirit of
liberty whic.ii, it was asserted, his emun
cipation would enlarge until it embraced
every rnco of mankind. Of einancipn
tion in tlio British West Indies, Allison,
in his history of Kuropo, says :
“Ifo” fiord Brougham “was the un
compromising foe, through life, of West
Indin slavery, and the generous advocate
of the poor negro’s right; and yet by
urging on the fatal step of immediate and
unprepared emancipation, lie Ims proved
his worst enemy, and thrown back the
sable inhabitants of, the Antilles cen
turies in the path of real and lasting im
provemont.”
What is undeniably true of ,lainaicn,
most prove equally true of tlio United
Staten, because tbe conditions are the
same. The slave owners there, ss here,
Ufete oi the Anglo Saxon race, awl th“
slaves in both cases were Africaner TTfC
intelligence hnparUd. in both countries,
by the example and training of the own
era, was the only civilizing influence to
which their nature is capable of rosjioud
ing, and the withdrawal of which is
necessarily' followed by a relapse into
their normal condition. This degeneracy
will he more or less rapid in proper
lion to the relative numbers of
tlm races more rapid in .lamai
ca, because lint whites are few
and the negroes overwhelmingly numer
ous slower here, because the relations
. _ns to numbers is reversed, and tlio in
; ? wees just mentioned will continue to
be felt, though in a constantly deereus
ing ratio; but the linal result in both
countries must be tlio same, unless the
i negroes enn bo protected against the per
nicious examples ami precepts of the
Hndicftl party and left to the guidance of
the Southern whites, who, aloue, appre
ciate their capacity for improvement and
understand the appliances whereby their
>“1 iso into barbarism may be postponed,
if not averted. Tlio problem of
their future is not likely to be
solved by Puritan negropiiilisin, which
suggests colonization as the only sola
Ainu* forgett’ eg that the shortest road to
their primitV condition is to throw
them upon their own resources. Sepa
rated from a higher intelligence, their
“truo inwardness'' will assort itself, and
their native indolence and improvidence
> soon plunge them into the moral and in
tellectual darkness of their native jungles.
Uiulioal reconstruction has cursed them
deeply, and if they aro to remain in our
midst, the liost thing that can be done
, for them is to shield them from the wild
MqionuicntH of a mawkish l’nntan phi-
luntliropy aud, as citizens, leave them to
protection of the laws, honestly and
impartially administered, without regard
to color.
Waiting for a Cave. —Three or four
days ago, within two or three miles of
this city, a Washington street merchant,
who had business iu the country, came
to a small creek, beside which a native
was washing his shirt. The man was
Mousing the garment up and down nml
around, and as ho “soused" he whistled a
merry tune.
“l)o you have to wash your own shirts?"
inquired the merchant, ns lie halted.
“Not alius, but old Bet has got one o’
her tits on jest now,” was the ready
reply.
“Then you don't agree very well ?”
tarn" Petty well as a gmeral thing. Bet’s
kind o' mulish, and I’m kind o’ mulish,
aunt when we git our backs up we claw off
to see who’ll cave tirst."
“ 1 should think you want some soap.”
“ I do.”
“ Why don't you get it then ?"
“That would be caviug to llet, stran
■er. Nhii'a squatted on the ouly bit of
tar soap ’tween here and Vicksburg, and
she's just aching to have me slide lip aud
lwsr for it."
“And you wou't?"
'•Stranger," replied the native, as he
straightened up, “don’t I look like a fel
ler a tie ’ll wear one shirt three months
afore I'd cave in and holler for soap ?’’
Tin merchant sided with him, and as
i t* drove on the man soused the shirt up
and down and whistled
Hp , • I'm gwinc up the river—
Hour me holler."
[ Vudsburg Herald.
* When a critic undertakes to correct a
blunder, he should la* careful not to make
a bigger one. Somebody who mode a
speech at Buffalo the other day said;
“In tho glowing language of the in
spired Psalmist, ‘ Peace hath her victo
ries no less renowned than war.'" Upon
Kwhich a sarcastic journalist remarks:
“This genttenuau may be pious, but he
certainly ought to buy a copy of Sliakes
jKare“’ Never xuinu doing that. Try
Milton's With Sonnet, “To the Isvnl
General Cromwell
“ Yet much remains
- To conquer still; peace hath tier vietoiies
No lent* renowued than war.”
— N. Y. Tribune.
' “If the Democrats carry Ohio and
Pennsylvania -t,ud it is evident that
kriiese two States *ye mutually helping
r Gleb othor two things may be accepted
as nettled: First, that the West will con
ti*>l the I’residential election; and, sec
ond, that auti-resuuip*w|| and tho aboli
tioual of the national bank system will
be the leading plank in the National
' tK-uiocraiic platform, " rif. Jamie fiejntb-
Mean.
HOW TilE HICKS INVESTIGATION
W AS CONDUCTED.
The lirpnilrr f Ihr Morntna New* Mela
Himself Riche In the .Mailer.
Eiltior Morning Mew* :
Live Oak. September 15, 1875.
In your issue of the 11th iust appears
a card from the Investigating Committee !
charging the Morkino News' reporter in j
the case of the trial of Dr. Hicks with
gross misrepresentations of facts. Had
I the slightest idea that the committee
hail carefully read and subscribed their
names to that card for the purpose that
its face imports, uiy reply would be any- \
tiling but courteous; but as I baveconver- J
soil with two of them since, and each of 1
them denies that he intended to make'
any such charges, and that they allowed
their signature to go on it only to correct ■
a mistake that hail grown out of the with- j
drawal of Dr. Collier and Secretary Car- j
which they did not know that I had
corrected, and that they would make an
explanation exonerating me from any
blame whatever, and they were satisfied
the entire committee would join
them if here. As they are both
personal friends of mine, and men
of high standing and undoubted
veracity, I do not hesitate to accept
this explanation, and shall continue to
extend to tbe committee that courtesy
due to men of their rank; but at the
same time I will submit to them and to
the consideration of the public the follow
ing stern and undeniable fads, out of
| winch all this misunderstanding lias
i grown:
At the beginning of the investigation
the defense strongly contended that the
trial lie bused on u certain editorial in the
Live Oak Times, asserting that it was out
of that publication that this investigation
sprang, and that the editor should be
recognized and brought into this court as
the accuser, notwithstanding that the
defense had already subpieueil the editor
ns their witness, thereby excluding him
from the bouse anil knowing at the same
lime that he knew nothing of the matter
except from common rumor.
Tlio Chair ruled that the editorial in
the Live Oak Time * had nothing to do
with the basis of this investigation ; that
it was not upon that, or any other news
paper publication, that this investigation
was based, but upon charges and specifi
cations based iqion alleged facts, com
monly rumored, regarding the conduct of
tlio Rev. I>r. Hicks at Hive Oak on the
night of the 15th of July, 1K75. This
rumor, coming to the ears of the pastor
of the Methodist Episcopal Church at
Live Oak, ami being by him reported to
Bishop Weightumn, at his suggestion
the Bishop ordered this investigation.
Therefore the witnesses whoso testi
mony is to be taken in the ease are
the accusers, and not the editor
of the Live Oak Timen. As for himself,
In-said ho had never seen the article
refened to. The defense took excep
tions to the ruling, but whether they
were filed or not I am unable to say.
Tlm trial progressed slowly, with oc
casional objections to questions, which
the prosecution did not think applicable
to the case al issue. Late in the after
noon of tlio third day I)r. Pollier, as
sistant prosecutor, objected bo questions
put to witnesses by defouse, which ap
peared to him and many others present
as having no significance, unless the
editor of the 'Times hud been on trial.
Colonel White, attorney for defense,
stated that those were very important
questions, as he wished to show to this
Court and to the world that this was a
deep laid conspiracy to ensnare aud ruin
a man of Cod, and that the court had
done injustice to the accused by not re
cognizing the editor of the Live Oak
Timex ns the accuser and basing the in
vestigation on tlio editorial in his paper,
as it was against these charges that he
had prepared to make the defense.
Dr. Collier replied that if it had been
so, that a trap had been set by the men
and woman to ensnare Dr. Ilicks, and he
would depart from the path of a Christian
minister to enter that snare, it would not
lessen his guilt to prove that he was en
snared ami imposed upon by these par
ties, and that this investigation should
boa church trial, to examine into the in
nooenoe or guilt of Dr. Hicks, and not a
coyrt of law to try the editor of
the Live Oak Times , as would
appear from the conduct of tlio
defense, aud ho would protest against de
filing the house of God with a prelimi
nary trial for another court. The chair
man arose in a cool nml dignified manner
and remarked that lio had submitted to
the wire-working and delay of time on
the part of the attorney for tlio defense
longer than was prudent, and if this
court is to be used for other purposes
than Mint of u church investigation of
Dr. Kicks, ho would adjourn it till the
defendant could procure an ecclesiastical
attorney.
Colonel White declared that ho only
desired to arrive at nil the facts in the
case, and was not trying to use any
hickory; that it would he of no advan
tage to him, ns ho had no personal in
terest wbatevsr in tlio matter. Doctor
Collier replied that documents filed
in the clerk’s office would show
that n civil suit was now pending
upon tlm same issue, and that Colonel
White’s name appeared there ns attorney
for Dr. Hicks, and that he was of course
getting a fee, as lawyers are not apt to
work without it. He was therefore ineli
gible to conduct the defense in this inves
tigation; and, furthermore, it was against
tlm wishes of the outside members of this
church to allow the church to be defiled
by this manufacturing of evidence for
another court, etc., etc.; and if Colonel
White, a practicing attorney, employed
in both cases, was to conduct the defense
m this style, against the rules and discip
line of the church, ho would respect
fully offer his resignation. Then it
was that tlio Chairman remarked that
he would no louger submit to
this court being used for manufacturing
evidence for other purposes. Ho would
not shoulder the responsibilityof presiding
over a committee of this character (of a
religious aud moral nature), here in the
house of God, and nllow tlio attorney
for defense to use it for other than a
moral purpose. If the court could not
be conducted in a Christian-like manner,
he would adjourn it till next conference.
Col. White made an eloquent and
pathetic appeal to the committee, de
claring that he was prompted only by a
feeling of sympathy and brotherly love
for the accused, aud not for the sake of
harmony as had been charged, and con
cluded by saying that he would extend
Christian charity toward Dr. Collier, he
loved him as 'n brother, and would for
give his hasty remarks, Ac., Ac.
l)r. Kicks arose and appealed to the
Chair for protection; declared that Dr.
Collier was persecuting him instead of
prosecuting, and if he could not get a
fair and impartial trial here, he would
have it moved to Tallahassee, Jackson
ville or somewhere else, etc. Dr. Collier
appeared to be much hurt at these re
marks, offered Hicks his hand, saying he
did not iuteud to persecute him, aud
that he would conduct the prosecution
no farther. Order was soon restored, and
the Court adjourned for supper.
I was not present after supper, but got
Col. llornly to keep up my notes for me,
and learned that Dr. Hicks entreated and
insisted that Dr. Collier should continue
the suit. But next morning when the
committee met Dr. Collier was gone. It
was my impression and that of the public
generally that he withdrew for the rea
sons --tilted in my telegram to the News.
It was several days afterwards that some
of the members of the committee in
formed me that he had taken suddenly
ill and retired. 1 corrected the telegram
as soon as practicable. It was not my
intention to connect the withdrawal of
| Secretary that of Dr. Col
| lii r. In the first instance it was purely
a misconstruction. 1 knew the cause of
Ids withdrawal and would have stated it
more fully if I had thought of its being
misconstrued- 4 s to the remark of the
chairman reported by me, I am positive he
did make that remark, and there are many
reliable parties here who heard him. aud
will reedily testify to the truth of my
•statement. From my knowledge of the
character of the chairman. Dr. Peeler, I
am certain that he will, after deliberation,
reuit udxr Using the words. f Let us hear
from you, doctor.) From the telegram
yesterday, signed by leading citizens of
Live O. k who have known me for years,
the public can see that I am not one who
would make false representations of facta.
Many mere would have signed it had it
been uecowiy.
I have nothing to retract, but the com
mittee have, and I hope they will have
the Christian manliness to do so. I
should have replied sooner, but circum
stances over which I had no control pre
vented. Respectfully,
Rkpobtc*.
MARY E. SURRATT.
THE Mt’KOKK OF HRM. s| HRATT
ANI>Y JOHMSONVI SHAKE IN IT.
The Murder Described b aa Eye Wit
neM—The Cwnfevalonal and the Scaffold
—Tbe Expected Reprieve—Tbe Prayer
and the Heath— Tbe Reaponaibllily.
[Brooklyn Sunday Sun.]
It was beneath a bright summer buu
tliat Mary E. Surratt was murdered. The
press of the United States was amply
represented. A majority of it applauded
the cowardly crime. When the impro
vised trap fell, and swung back, and left
her heavy body dangling Lifeless on the
f ital rope, there were present Generals and
• ificers of the nation bearing its uniform,
* hose buttons and shoulder straps glit
t- red in the bright rays. Save good
Father Walter's, no voice uttered “God
h'.ess her!" as she fell. The soldiers that
p teed the top of the surrounding walls
made no sign. Several turned away their
heads, sickened by the sight, and awed
to see a deed done in the nineteenth
c ntury that in the fourteenth would
!i ive been delegated to the secrecies of a
dungeon or the knife of a solitary bravo.
Women have been murdered before —
j -alousy, drunkenness, despair, a mad
dened cupidity have all in turn murdered
women. Never before was a hero called
in the bright and open day to see such a
deed done. Hancock was. He obeyed
the call, and saw that the hangmen were
protected, that the assassination was not
interrupted. How his spirit rebelled at
tiie task that was written on his broad
f ice. The writer saw it there as in a
book.
THE SITE or THE MURDER.
It was in the old Arsenal Penitentiary
> ard, in Washington, in the inner yard,
that they strangled this woman. The
Arsenal and Penitentiary face and teruii
n.ite Four and-a-half street, which
stretches to it from the City Hall. They
have erected there since then a statue of
Lincoln. Were it the man himself he
might see the site of the murder comtnit
t. and in his name from the paltry pedestal
OH which it i 'l’ho ontev oatiA rxf
the Arsenal faces that statue at the other
ind of the long, wide street exactly.
From the gate to the old Penitentiary,
where the mockery of the trial was play
ed, runs a broad and graveled path.
Tnis path turned around the Penitentiary
walls, and led to the gate of the yard
where stood the scaffold. The walls of
the Penitentiary formed two sides of the
yard, and the other two were walls built
to inclose the yard, and there stood some
tit teen feet high. Upon these walls sen
tries were placed.
Fronting the wall that ran at right
angles with the end of the penitentiary,
siood a strange, weird looking structure.
The one end of it had a ladder- that
reached the ground, beyond that end,
some twenty yards, was a small iron door
that opened into the penitentiary—in one
of whose lower tier of cells, beneath a
raised and replaced flag, were rotting the
remains of John Wilkes Booth. This
wooden structure was
THE SCAFFOLD.
•
It consisted of a platform resting on
square wooden posts. The front part of
the platform was attached to the back
part by hinges, and this front rested on
p >sts which its weight alone held in place.
Along the back and solid part of the plat
form were four chairs.
Around this yard lounged the corres
pondents, were ranged some soldiers,
and right in the middle of the yard,
when the writer entered it, stood the
tall and ample form of Hancock in full
uniform.
“General, may I go in once more aud
soo the prisoners ?”
“No, sir. One moment—Orderly !”
“Yes, sir.”
“Mount your horse, go to the outer
gate of the Arsenal. Don’t dismount,
but keep your eye along Four-and a-half
street. Should you see a mounted
soldier riding this way, then rido here
aud tell me. Stay there till you are re
lieved by the sight of that soldier, or by
order.”
“Yos, sir.”
The orderly sped away.
“No, sir, I cannot permit it. They aro
with ministers and priests, have but a
few minutos to live. I have refused
every other correspondent.”
“l)o you expect a reprieve, General?”
“I expect nothing. That woman,
however, shall not lose a chance of life,
if I can help it. That’s why I sent that
orderly to the gate.”
He did expect a reprieve, and his face
showed he did.
TIIE PROCESSION.
The eyes of most were now fastened
on the iron door that led into tho peni
tentiary. It looked like a postern in a
fortress, heavy, sullen and pitiless. My
eyes wandered back to the scaffold. I
then noticed, for the first time, that
above the platform, resting on two firm
posts ran a beam. From this beam hung
four ropes. It sickened to see them.
The sun in tho meauwhile shone down on
tlio whole ghastly scene as fierce in its
unclouded splendor as ever it shone on
the hot sands of Syria.
A sudden movement, a murmur, a low
exclamation:
“Hore they are!”
There they wore, issuing, one by one,
from the little door, preceded by soldiers.
Hanked by soldiers, followed by soldiers,
accompanied by men in civilian dresses,
the priest, the minister and the hang
men. There was a hangman to every
prisoner.
Atzerodt came first. Payne came sec
ond. Harold came third. She came last.
Father Walter was talking to her all the
way to the scaffold, all the way up its
steps, and on it, when she took her seat.
They sat in the order in which they had
come.
The poor woman could scarcely walk,
and they assisted her to her death very
tenderly. As she sat down, I could not
refrain from looking to the yard gate,
thinking of the orderly at the outer gate
beyond. There was no sign. I looked
at Hancock, his eyes were turned the
same way : his usually florid face was the
color of ashes. I could see his hands
open and close nervously. He looked at
his watch, and the chain oscillated at the
touch of his nervous fingers, usually as
calm as is the hand of a heavy lympathie
man, for Hancock was both.
Mary E. Surratt was praying to the
crucifix held before her by Father Walter.
Each of the others was listening to the
minister. At length Father Walter prayed
aloud, and I reporting the prayer, for the
time, forgot the orderly. The prayer
over, I looked gatewards again. No sign!
Hancock’s eyes were riveted on the gate.
The arms of each were being pinioned.
They were told to rise, and they all four
rose. Each hangman placed the noose
around each of their necks. I look again
at the gate. No sign! Hancock was
looking at his watch. Turning again to
the scaffold, I saw the straw hat of Payne
blown by a sudden, unexpected breeze off
his head, as if to make way for the white
cap. Detective Roberts, his hangman,
was about pulling it over his face. I
turned to see her. She had lost the
power to stand. They had to hold her
up while they pulled down the cap.
Great God! can a thought be more hor
rible.
Still no oDe at the gate !
They were told to walk forward upon
the front and treacherous part of the
platform.
There they stood. Atzerodt swaying
with fear: Payne erect and firm as the
gladiator which he resembled, when
awaiting the fatal fiat; Harold, still. She
lifeless to all appearance. The sentries
had ceased pacing. You could hear a
pin drop.
4l Good-bye, my friends, we’ll all meet
again.” exclaimed Harold.
Atzerodt said something I could not
hear. From under Atzerodt the platform
dnpped with water on the -ground be
neath.
Still no one at the gate !
Hancock closed his watch.
The men who upheld the lifeless wo
man stepped back on the solid half of
the platform. She was falling, when
suddenly the supporting posts in front
were knocked down, and all four dangled
and swung—the most ghastly spectacle
man ever saw!
She never perceptibly moved. Her
petticoats and dress had been gathered
with a string about her ankles. She
hung a dead weight of flesh, not less
than two hundred pounds.
Payne writhed and twisted for several
minutes.
Beneath Atzerodt there had gathered
quite a little pool of water.
There was no shout. There was a
shudder went through all present—
through soldier and civilian—nothing
more.
Again I looked at Hancock. If ever
he wore that frightened look on the field,
hi£ soldier fame is a lie.
WHO WITHHELD THE REPRIEVE?
Who withheld the reprieve ?
Holt says Andrew Johnson did. John
son said he was never asked for it. Holt
admits that an official application by the
murderous conclave of troopers, called
the Court, was made to Andy for a re
prieve. Andy said Stanton withheld it.
Each threw the blame upon the other :
but w hosoever was to blame, the deed
was done, in face of day, under the shadow
of the flag of the United States, by the
authority of its President, the acquies
cence of his Cabinet, the t-igning of the
Secretary of War. and under the actual
supervision of a Major General of its
armies.
Of all the more active participants in
that murder, Holt alone remains to face
the strange fates that have overtaken his
associates therein—dubious and sudden
death.
Stanton died quickly after. He died
suddenly, and suspected of the suicide of
remorse.
King drowned himself. And men do
say he drowned himself from inability to
face the constant memory of his unso
licited share in that woman's murder.
Andrew Johnson, whose demise recalls
the whole of that awful story to the
mind again, died suddenly. But not, we
think, because of this crime, of which a
passing weakness alone made him a pas
sive accomplice.
Johnson’s hands were tied.
The. Radicals who found in the blood of
Lincoln the fertilizing stream of their
despotic power did not forget one maxim
of Machiaveili's: “If you would know
who perpetrated a crime look to see
who has profited by it.”
The death of Lincoln made Johnson
President. And dark hints were thrown
out which could scarce fail to reach the
ear of Andy. The first whisperings of
the coming fight between Andy and the
Radical Congress had already’ been issued
by J. W. Forney, before Mary E. Sur
ratt’s murder was determined upon.
Brave in all things else, Andy’s nerves
failed him here. He did not dare to
save the woman. As time passed Andy
felt he should have done so, and in his
wMcicd lliC OIJ that none licvd
asked him. This threw the whole re
sponsibility on Holt and Stanton. They
insisted that they had, the one sent, the
other handed, the so-called court’s appli
cation to him. Less than two years ago
Andy 7 and Holt called again for public
decision on the matter. The proof on
both sides is wholly unsatisfactory, and
remains a question of veracity. But
taking it as a question of veracity, what
man could believe Holt to disbelieve
Andy Johnson?
Andy has gone to tell his audit where
proof is needless. He has gone unsus
pected of auy other wrong—honest amid
thieves, true to his convictions amid a
crowd that had none.
llolt from the first thirsted for the
woman’s blood, showed his thirst in in
sult of her counsel, an honored lawyer
and statesman; showed it in his treat
ment of the chief witness against her,
Weichman ; showed it in his whole con
duct of the case. It may be taken for
granted, therefore, if Johnson sinned,
his sin was the sin of weakness, not of
bloodthirstiness, of a weakness to in
crease the dastardly suspicion against
him, by boldly reprieving from the gal
lows, unasked, a woman doomed without
true trial, and shorn of counsel by the
men who were at once her judges and
accusers. A. It. C.
GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON
AND THE KHEDIVE.
A I Ugh Compliment from the Northern
Side.
In the New York Herald of a recent
date we find the following, under the
head of “A Nile Notable
“It is reported by the Atlanta Herald
that General Joseph E. Johnston, the
distinguished Confederate commander,
has accepted the position of Commander
in Chief of the Egyptian army ; that he
will receive a bonus of one hundred
thousand dollars and an annual salary of
twenty-five thousand dollars, and that he
now accepts the post after having re
peatedly refused it. If this report be
true, the Khedive has secured the ser
vices of a most accomplished and capable
soldier, and if victory should not favor
his colors in the wars he has to
apprehend it will not be for the
want of military talent in his com
mauder. General Johnston is not only
the ablest living soldier produced on the
Southern side in our great war, but, in
the opinion of persons who have closely
studied the conflict, he is the ablest sol
dier that appeared on the scene, from first
to last, in support of the Southern cause,
aud tho only Southern General of great
conceptions in strategy. No thoughtful
Southerner will ever be able to free his
mind from painful reflections of what
might have been if the conduct of the
war had been thoroughly in Johnston’s
hands —aud the North must always
rejoice that there was a Jeff Davis to
thwart him. With the many admirers
of Johnston’s talents as a soldier,
his character also stands high be
cause he fought, as he understood it,
for his country and freedom. Different
views may be taken now, as he seems to
become a mere soldier of fortune in au
Oriental service; but against the antique
prejudice on this point it tends to be
come more and more recognized that war
is au inevitable fact in the progress of
nations from old to new conditions, and
that it is one of the more than human
economies to have it conducted on scien
tific principles. There will, moreover,
be no wars there but such as his fiiends
might envy General Johnston the chance
to assist in; for the Khedive will do no
fighting of consequence till he is com
pelled to defend against Turkey his own
declaration of independence.”
We reproduce the foregoing, not mere
ly to show the high estimation iq which
the military accomplishments of General
Johnston is held at the North, but also
for the purpose of repeating the denial
which we made a few days ago. General
Johnston has not aud will not accept the
offer of the Khedive. He is a Southern
soldier and patriot, and not a free lance.
Tlte Expiring Cry of the Carpet-
Bagger.
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer [Rep.), lOth.l ;
It was less than a year ago when the
veriest carpet-bagger of them all could
call upon the Federal Administration for
troops, and get them, too, without ques
tion or explanation. The drum-t ip of
the marching regiment was the quick re
ply to the carpet-bagger’s demand, and
the drum-tap and the tramp of the troops
was echoed throughout the South. Those
were the golden days of the carpet-bag
ger; but they were nigh on to their end
then, and one of the last outrages they
witnessed was the election to the Guber
natorial chair of Mississippi of that chief
of carpet-baggers, Adalbert Ames. He
was and is Governor of Mississippi. by
grace of “a call for troops,” and by the
same means of grace he desires to con
tinue to hold the reins of power in that
State.
But this is not a good time to start
anew the wheels of the carpet-baggers’
outrage mill, or to call for troops. There
has been a remarkable change in public
opinion since Adelbert Ames was hoisted
in the Gubernatorial chair of Mississipp
on the point of Federal bayonets. Mr.
Attorney-General Williams, of Oregon,
was chief engineer of the outrage factory
then, and he kept its wheels going by
lubricating them with “more troops"
whenever a carpet-bagger suggested the
wheels were squeaking! But Mr. Wil
liams is not chief engineer any more.
He has retired to his native wilds of Ore
gon, and in his place sits, wisely con
scious of his responsibility to interpret
just.y his country’s laws, an honest gen
tleman and learned lawyer, one Pierre
pont.
Attorney General Pierrepont was ap
pointed to the office he now holds not
ouly because of professional fitness, but
that his high character should stand as a
rebuke to, and a protest against, the dis
honest, disgraceful and ignorant malad
ministration of his immediate predeces
sor. The outrage mill, the insolent de
mands, and the prompt compliance with
those demands for troops by the usurp
ing carpet baggers of the South, are
things of the past, and though they were
in full operation less than a year ago, it
seems now almost impossible to believe
that they ever received the sanction of
the government. They were wrongs
without excuse; being so, they were con
demned by the honesty of the whole ca
tion, and there should be no more hope
of their revival than there is chance of
the political resurrection of Landanlet
Williams.
telegraphic hews.
Summary of Ist Werli'i I>i*pnlche.
the case of dr. hicks.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Live Oak. Fla., September 14.
The undersigned are personally ac
quainted with the gentleman who report
ed the recent church trial of Dr. Hicks
for the Morning News, and from our
personal knowledge of his character and
standing, can safely assert that he would
make no misrepresentations of the facts.
They can further say that the facts, if
fully sU would add more strength to
the geneiai impression made by the dis
patches rathei than detract anything
from them.
(Signed) Jxo. W. Hall.
H. A. Blackburn,
D. W. Tedder,
R. A. Ivey,
Sherod Bird,
J. T. Carroll.
H. A. Wyse,
B. F. Green,
L. D. Green,
M. M. Blackburn,
T. G. McEachin.
A. C. Stephens,
H. F. Dexter,
Jas. F. Hunt,
T. G. Jenkins,
J. O. C. Blount,
P. M. Johnson.
FROM DARIEN.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Darien, via Brunswick, Sept. 14.
An attempt was made to assassinate
wiuiam J. Donnelly this morning at half
past one o'clock, by someone shooting
through the window while he was in bed.
The discharge from the gun set lire to
his bed and around him. The buckshot
missed him about an ineh, but the powder
burned his face. There is no one suspi
cioned.
Someone entered the telegraph office
last night and stole the instruments. It
is thought that the same person or per
sons did both the robbing and the shoot
THE ALABAMA COUNTERFEITERS.
[Special Telegram to the Morning News.]
Huntsville, Ala., Sept. 15.
The arrests of the counterfeiters are
sustained, and the prisoners have been
required to give bail in sums of from
seven hundred to one thousand dollars.
I have to-day seen letters and bogus bills
of the accused, whose guilt is beyond
question. The gang had planned exten
sive operations, and their bills are good
imitations, especially the fives on the
First National Bank of Paxton, Illinois.
But for these arrests the South would
have been flooded with counterfeits dur
ing the present season. I will send full
reports by mail.
THE ALABAMA COUNTERFEITERS
[Special Telegram to the Morning Nows.l
Huntsville, Ala., September 14.
The counsel for the defense have spent
three days in arguing against the legality
of the arrest of the counterfeiters in
Tennessee by the Marshal of Alabama.
The Commissioner will probably decido
for the Marshal, and the examinations
will commence in the morning.
ALABAMA 00-. ’ jTITUTION A L CONVENTION.
Montgomery, September 14. The
Committee on Finance aud Taxes made
their report to the Constitutional Con
vention to-dgy. They say they have
examined into the condition of the treas
ury, which they find almost "exhausted,
and have looked into the financial condi
tion of tlie State, which is absolutely
appalling. They find the total indebted
ness of the State to be about twenty
nine million dollars, aud the total value
of taxable property about one hundred
aud fifty-nine million dollars; that it
would require near twenty per cent, of
the entire taxable property of the State
to liquidate the public debt. This would
indeed be appalling were it not for the
hope of an adjustment held out to us by
the Commissioner appointed to adjust
the public debt, by which Alabama may
be relieved from this heavy burden which
is crushing the energies of her people.
The _ direct debt is about fifteen mil
lion dollars, and the contingent
debt for the endorsement of railroads
Ac., about fourteen million. It is only
necessary to present this statement of
formidable indebtedness to convince the
creditors of the State that foil payment
is impossible, and that the State can
never resume the payment of interest
until the debt is adjusted and reduced so
as to correspond with our diminished
resources. But in the face of this dark
feature it affords us pleasure to state that
the commissioners are sanguine of their
ability to reduce the entire indebtedness
of the State, exclusive of educational and
trust funds, to a sum not exceeding
ten millions, the interest on which will
not exceed $420,000 per annum. Iu
view of this fact vour committee
have boen stimulated to extraordinary
exertions trying to shape the financial
article in the Constitution so as to meet
the ends which we have been induced to
believe can be accomplished.
We recommend economy in each branch
of the government; we recommend that
property be taxed in proportion to its
value; we recommend a prohibition of
the State from engaging in works of in
ternal improvement or the loaning of its
credit for that purpose; we recommend
that no debt shall be incurred by the
State, except to suppress insurrection,
rebellion or invasion. We recommend a
reduction of twenty-five per cent, on all
salaries, and a reduction of pay and
mileage of members of the Legislature
from six to four dollars per day, and from
forty to ten cents per mile. We recom
mend that the Legislature shall not in
any one year levy mors -than three
quarters of one per cent, tax upon the
property of the people for State pur
poses.
We believe, with these economical
views fully carried out, and the contem
plated compromise consummated, with
this rate of taxation of one-fourth of one
per cent as a maximum, that our State
will once more gain her deserved pros
perity; that capital, seeing our debt is
reduced and our taxing powers limited,
will seek investment in our cheap lands,
and population always following capital,
will fill up our waste places, and that our
property will enhance in value, and
rapid reduction of the rate of taxation
may be had, yet with sufficient revenue
to meet an economical administration
and pay interest on the public debt. The
committee reported an article on taxa
tion accordingly. The above report, which
was ordered to be printed, comes up
for action on Thursday.
THE 11AINE ELECTION.
Portland, September 14. —One hun
dred and forty towns give Conner 28,670,
Roberts 26,190. The Republican ma
jority will probably reach 5.000, against
10,000 last year. The Congressional con
test for a vacancy in the Fourth District
will be close. The Democrats gain in the
Senate, and the House will probably re
main unchanged.
Li ter. — One hundred and eighty-four
towns give Conner 34,874, Roberts 32,-
193. a Republic&D 'oss of 3,945. If this
rate holds out the Republican majority
will be 4,500. The towns now unheard
from last year gave the Republicans 21,-
190 and the Democrats 12,085. Plaisted,
Republican candidate for Congress, is
ahead of his ticket and is probably
elected.
FROM SPAIN.
Madrid, September 16. —The circular
of the Papal Nuncio is commented on by
all the Spanish papers, and surprise is
expressed that the circular is sent with
out the permission of the King. The
Epoca asserts that another circular, equally
important, has been issued. A cabinet
council has been called exclusively for the
consideration of the Nuncio’s circular.
The Gorreapondencia does not believe the
Spanish Cortes will meet this year.
REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI
CULTURE.
Washington, September 15. —The De
partuient of Agriculture reports the con
ditiou of cotton as better for September
than August in Mississippi, Louisiana
and Arkansas, and worse on the Atlantic
coast. In Alabama and Texas the preva
lent droughts of July were succeeded by
rain s in August, too copious for the
best results in the Mississippi valley, and
quite injurious in the heavy soils of the
eastern belt, causing rust, shedding of
leaves and fruit, and to some extent rot
ting of the lower bolls. There is a rank
recent growth which will yield largely
with a favorable and long autumn season,
or prove a disappointment in case of an
early killing frost. Iu some parts of
Texas drought continued for nine weeks,
but the seasonable rains since the mid
dle of August have placed fields in high
condition in all except the most severely
parched localities. The losses from the
prevalence of insects will scarcely be a
factor in calculating the product of
the present year. Few counties in
Florida and lower Georgia report the
caterpillar. The boll worm is more
numerous in Lowndes, Mississippi, and
has been heard from in a few other coun
ties. Lice are mentioned by some cor
respondents, and in Covington. Alabama,
a correspondent reports anew enemy
which he calls a minute gnat, which har
bor on leaves like lice, producing wide
spread and serious injury. As oompared
with September, 1874, the only States
now reporting a lower condition are
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and
iu the Mississippi valley the improvement
is very marked, particularly in Tennessee
and Arkansas, in which the averages were
very low in 1874. A large proportion of
cotton area of the country is represented
in the September returns, which include
no less than sixty cotton counties in
Texas and seventy-six in Georgia. The
State averages of condition are as fol
lows : North Carolina 00, South Carolina
80, Georgia 70, Florida 75, Alabama 87,
Mississippi 96. Louisiana 88, Texas 94,
Arkansas 99, Tennessee 96.
THE MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION.
Washington, Snptimihor 15. Tlio Mis
sissippi delegation had an interview to
day with ;he Attorney General. The del
egation consisted of Senator Bruce, Sher
iff Buchanan Marshall, ex-Congressman
Howe, Secretary of State Hill, Chairman
Republican State Committee Warner, and
John B. Warner, editor of the Mississippi
Pilot. The interview lasted until after
2 o’clock. Pierrepont questioned each
severally, and they all agree that Warren
county is quiet, and the emergency which
demanded Federal interference is for
the present passed. They represent
the number of white Republicans
in the State of Mississippi as few.
There is no military organization in that
State except white leagues. They appre
hend no further trouble in Mississippi
until the Republicans hold meetings. It
is then apprehended that such gather
ings will be broken up. Judge Pierre
pont asked why the Republicans did not
organize and defend themselves. They
replied that they had no organization,
and when they come in contact with
organized white leagues, they fled before
them. They stated that the sovereignty
of Mississippi was unable to protect
itself without aid from the government.
If troops were not sent before the No
vember election many Republicans would
be interfered with at the polls. Pierre
pont said he had advised Ames to perfect
some military organizations to protect
the people of the State in their political
rights, and advised the delegation to re
turn home and consult Ames about or
ganizing means for their protection.
Should they fail to do this, and further
trouble occurred, they were to let him
know. Pierrepont is of the opinion that
no further action will be taken on Ames’s
requisition for troops.
A WORD FROM MOULTON.
New York, September 14. —District
Attorney Britton, of Brooklyn, has ad
dressed letters to H. W. Beecher and F.
D. Moulton suggesting that the public
interest would be best served by entering
a nolle prosequi in the case of H. W.
Beecher against F. G. Moulton for libel.
Beecher, in reply, concurs in the disposi
tion of the case suggested by the Dis
trict Attorney.
Moulton says he can not acquiesce
in the action proposed, and con
cludes his letter as follows: “I
am indicted for libel in charging
Rev. H. W. Beecher with criminal inter
course with a female member of his
congregation. The charge is true. He
knows it to be true, and whatever the
imperfections of man’s tribunals, the
Supreme Ruler will some day reveal the
truth, and that, too, under the challenge
in defense of my own character and the
character of her whose good name is
dearer to me than life itself. I have
been arraigned as a criminal, compelled,
like a felon, to plead with uplifted hand,
subjected to the ignominy of bonds
against an escape from justice,loaded with
obloquy by the public press, frowned
upon and avoided by society, and
now, after the indictment against
me has served its purpose, by
discrediting me in advance as a witness
of Rev. Mr. Beecher’s guilt, and it is as
apparent to you as it is to the world that
I am innocent and must be acquitted.
At this moment and under these circum
stances I am requested to acquiesce in a
nolle prosse, and to suffer my accuser to
escape the penalty of his perjured prose
cution. Never, sir, never ! I demand a
trial and shall be ready on any reasonable
notice to make good my defense.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Francis D. Moulton.
PAPAL NUNCIO.
London, September 16.—The Madrid
correspondent of the Times summarizes
the circular of the Papal Nuncio to the
Bishops as follows: “The Nuncio claims
the fulfillment of the concordat, which
forbids the exercise of any non-Oatholic
creed, and requires the transfer of the
superintendence over education to the
clergy, and pledges the co-operation of
the secular power in suppressing heretical
teaching and literature.” The circular
says: “ One of the causes of the
civil war is the way in which religious
unity has been misunderstood by previ
ous governments. For these reasons,
and in view of these consequences, the
Holy See believes itself strictly obliged
to present these observations to the gov
ernment.”
The Times correspondent adds that
there is no doubt that the presentation
of this audacious claim, at a time when
a Liberal Cabinet has just been installed,
implies a threat that if the government
rejects it the blessing of the Church will
be definitely transferred to Don Carlos
and peace retarded in every possible way.
THE PLYMOUTH ADULTEREB.
Twin Mountain House, August 30—
To District Attorney Britton —Dear Sir:
Your letter commending to my attention
certian considerations which incline you
to relinquish the criminal suit against
Mr. Moulton and Mr. Tilton was duly
received and considered. I think that
the views which you present are sound
and wise. It would seem to be axiomatic
that no suit should be carried on in which
neither individuals nor society can hope
for benefit. Should you in your further
discretion enter a nolle prosequi, I believe
all right-thinking citizens will regard your
act with approbation, when made aware
of the reasons.
Sincerely yours,
H. W. Beecher.
SOUND DOCTRINE.
Syracuse, September 16. —In the
Democratic State Convention, Daniel
Magie, temporary chairman, said there
are living questions now before the people
of the several States for examination and
decision, which are to be settled in the
year 1876, paramount among which is the
financial question, deeply affecting every
business interest. The evils of the de
preciated currency, under which the
country now suffers, naturally flowed out
of a departure from a sound interpreta
tion of the Constitution prohibiting the
States, and, by implication, the General
Government from making anything but
gold and silver legal tender.
THE EAST MAIL TRAINS
Washington, September 15. — The Post
Office Department will dispatch the mails
to-morrow morning by the fast trains
which have lately been put on. The De
partment loses twenty-five cents a pound
on newspapers and ten cents a pound on
merchandise between New York and San
Francisco. A railway mail has been
ordered from Little Rock to Actus, one
hundred and twenty miles, commencing
on October let. It is claimed that the
fast mail train gives twelve hours advan
tage to Southern mails at Louisville and
St. Louis.
DEATH OF JOE CREWS.
Augusta, Ga., September 15. A
special dispatch from Columbia an
nounces the death of Joe Crews, who was
shot near Laurens, S. C., last week by
unknown parties.
REPLY OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL TO OOV.
AMES.
Washington, September 14.— T0 G<m.
Antes, Jackson, Miss.: This hour I have
had a dispatch from the President. I
can best convey to you his ideas by ex
tracts from his dispatch : “The whole
public are tired out with these annual
autumnal outbreaks in the South, and
the great majority are ready now to
condemn any interference on the part of
the government. I heartily wish that
peace and good order may be restored
without issuiug the proclamation, but if
it is not, the proclamation must be
issued, and if it iS, I shall instruct the
commander of the forces to have no
child’s play. If there is a necessity for
military interference there is justice in
such interference so as to deter evil
doers. I would suggest the sending of a
dispatch, or letter by private messenger,
to Governor Ames, urging him to
strengthen his own position by ex
hausting his own resources in restoring
order before he receives government aid.
He might accept the assistance offered by
the citizens of Jackson and elsewhere.
Governor Ames and his advisers can be
made perfectly secure, as many of the
troops now iu Mississippi as he deems
necessary may be sent to Jackson. If he
is betrayed by those who offer assistance,
he will be in a position to defeat their
ends and punish them.” You see by this
the mind of the President, with which I
and every member of the Cabinet who
has been consulted are in full accord; you
see the difficulties; you see the responsi
bilities which you assume. We cannot
understand why you do not strengthen
yourself in the way the President sug
gests; nor do we see why you do not call the
Legislature together, and obtain from
them whatever power and money and
arms you need. The Constitution is ex
plicit. The Executive of the State can
call upon the President for aid in sup
pressing domestic violence only when the
Legislature cannot be convened, and the
law especially says in case of an insur
rection in any State, or against the gov
ernment thereof, it shall be lawful for
the President, on application of the Leg
islature of such State, or of the Execu
tive when the Legislature cannot be con
vened, to call, etc. The plain meaning of
the Constitution and the laws when
together, is that the Executive of the
State may call upon the President for
military aid to quell domestic violence,
only in case of insurrection in any State
or against the Government thereof, when
the Legislature cannot be called together.
You make no suggestion even that there
is any insurrection against the Govern
ment of the State, or that the Legislature
would not support you in any measures
you might propose to preserve the
public order. I suggest that you take all
lawful means and ail needed measures to
preserve the peace by using the forces in
your own State, and let the whole coun
try see that the citizens of Missis
sippi, who are largely favorable to
good order, and who are largely Republi
can,have the courage and the manhood to
fight for their rights and to destroy the
bloody ruffians who murder the innoceut
and unoffending freedmen. When every
thing is in readiness be careful to bring
yourself strictly within the Constitution
and the laws, and if there is such resist
ance to your State authorities as you
cannot by all the means at your command
suppress, the President will swiftly aid
you in crushing these lawless traitors to
human rights. Telegraph me on receipt
of this and state explicitly what you need.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) Edwards Piebrepont, .
Attorney General.
The Government After More Negro
Voters.
A dispatch from Muscogee, Indian Ter
ritory, dated 12th instant, says:
Gen. J. P. C. Shanks, Special Commis
sioner, arrived in the territory to-day.
He is on his way to the Chickasaw Nation
to attend their National Council, now in
session at Fishimingo, with a view to
settle the future status of the colored
people held as slaves by the Indians be
fore their emancipation. By the provis -
ions of the treaty of 1866, the United
States agreed to pay the Choctaws and
Chickasaws the proceeds of the sale of
leased lands, owned by them west of the
98 th degree, the sum of $300,000, con
tingent upon their admitting their former
slaves and descendants to the rights of
citizenship, and giving them forty acres
of land in the nation; on failing to do
this the United States were to remove
the colored people, at the end of thirty
days from the exjiiration of two years,
deducting that amount from their na
tional fund, and applying it to the ex
pense of their removal from the limits of
the nation, which has not been done. It
is hoped that the vexed question will be
definitely settled now, as much dissatis
faction has grown out of the non-fulfill
ment of the treaty.
The plan is probably to colonize these
so-called Indian slaves with the Seminole
negroes in Florida, or in some other
mongrelized Southern State where their
votes will do the most good.
Terrible Struggle with a Tramp—
Middletown, N. Y, September IB. —
Friday morning Mr. J. H. Elston, a
farmer, living about two miles from this
village, was visited by a traveling tinker,
who sought a job. He agree to mend a
kettle for fifteen cents, but after the job
was completed he complained that he
was poor and the farmer rich, and that
he ought to have more money. This was
refused. Then he seized a kettle of hot
water and threw it at Mr. Elston. He
then threw his soldering iron at him, but
missed him. Mr. Elston seized his gun and
threatened to shoot the fellow unless he
went away. The tramp wrenched the gun
from him and broke it on his head. They
then clinched, and in the struggle that
ensued Mr. Elston was stabbed five times.
Mrs. Elston run to the rescue, and the
tramp stabbed her also. They managed
to hold him down until some neighbors,
who had been called by the children ar
rived, and he was bound. Mr. Elston
was stabbed under the eye, in the eye
brow, temple, cheek and neck. Mrs.
Elston was stabbed near the jugular vein,
on the inside of the arm, below the elbow
joint and near the shoulder. Her wounds
are severe, but not dangerous. The
wqppon which the tramp used was a nar
row, flat file, ground to a point. It is
shaped like a dagger, and was evidently
made for such use. He is lodged in
Goshen jail.
Destruction of Railroad Shops.—
About three o’clock on Sunday morning
the extensive machine and repair shops
of the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad at Lynchburg, Va., were de
stroyed by fire. The fire is supposed to
have originated from sparks from a sta
tionary engine. The entire establish
ment was destroyed, except a portion of
the brick walls left standing, including a
large amount of fine machinery. The
loss is estimated at from fifty to seventy
five thousand dollars, which is partially
covered by insurance. This is the second
time these shops have been destroyed
within the past three years.
All depends on Ohio. If that State
goes Democratic in October it will be
next to impossible for the Republicans
to carry Pennsylvania in November; and
if Democracy and inflation should sweep
both these great central States of the
Union, the outlook for honest finance is
dark indeed. But should the inflation
Democracy receive a decided check at
the Ohio election, their fate in Pennsyl
vania is sealed. The action of the Penn
sylvania Democracy, therefore, will in
crease the already intense interest which
is felt in the Ohio election.— Detroit
TrVmne (Rep).
Money is no doubt a question of great
dignity and moment; but a free govern
ment rises to a higher pitch of merit. It
therefore behooves all the people who
have recoiled in disgust from Grant and
Grantism to unite in support of Demo
cratic principles, whatever views they
may entertain on the financial question.
First let us make sure that we have a
country worth being concerned about;
and then we may concern ourselves as to
what kind of currency its people may
circulate. —[Petersburg ( Va.) Irulez and
Appeal (Derm.)
Hobson’s Choice. —The Mississippi
whites seem to prefer negroes to white
carpet-baggers. Not long ago a young
white man was arrested for disorderly
conduct at Greenwood, and given his
choice to be tried by a black native Jus
tice or by a white appointee of Ames.
He selected the former.
> i i <
The newly elected King of Samoa is
anxious to marry Premier Steinberger to
his widowed sister Safoa, who was once
a Queen.
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Great Fall Sale of 1875.
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
FROM 60 TO 100
CARRIAGES!
ROCKAWAYS,
Basket Phaetons!
OI’EX ANI) TOP BUGGIES,
Farm and Express Wagons
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION;
HARNESS, ETC.,
AT AUCTION!
By bell, stijrtevant & co.. on Tues
day', SEPTEMBER 8, at 10 o’clork, in
Batteisby’s Warehouse, head of Bay street.
The above stock is from the best and largest
manufactories in the United States, and ordered
SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE. The attention of
Country Merchants and Planters is particularly
called to this GREAT .''ALE, and to avail them
selves of this RARE OPPORTUNITY.
Terms : Cash, or approved city acceptance,
two and four months, with banking rate of in
terest.
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JL V 111 WM I | of the finest and best
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N. BYERS, Denver, Colorado. Ja Xi if O J
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FAIRBAIVKS’
SCALES
p .
pFAIRBANKSI
tiie
standard.
Also, Miles’ Alarm Cash Drawer,
Coffee and Drug Mills, Letter l’resse-, Ac., Ac.
PRINCIPAL SCALE WAREHOUSES.
FAIRBANKS A CO;, 311 Broadway, N, y,
FAIRBANKS & CO., ICO Baltimore st., Balt.
FAIRBAN KS & CO., 53 Camp street, N. Orleans
FAIRBANKS & CO., 93 Main st., Buffalo, N. X.
FAlßßANKS*CO.,3Bßßroadway,Albany, N \
FAIRBANKS * CO., 403 St. Paul's st. Montreal’
FAIRBANKS * CO., 34 King William st., Lorn
don. Eng.
FAIRBANKS, BROWN * CO., 2 Milk st., Bos
ton, Mass.
FAIRBANKS & EWING, Masonic llall, Philaila
FAIRBANKS, MORSE* CO., 11l Lake st.. Chi
cago.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO., 139 Walnut st.,
Cincinnati, O.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO., IS2 Superior st.,
Cleveland, O.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE * CO., 4S Wood st., Pitts
burg.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE & CO., sth and Maiu st.,
Louisville.
FAIRBANKS * CO., 302 and 304 Wash -• i
avenue, St. Louis.
FAIRBANKS & HUTCHINSON, San Frar
For sale by leading Hardware Dealers.
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PILES!PILES!
The Greatest Discovery of the Century
-
TO those suffering from Piles or Fistula,
bring “glad tidings.” These diseases cai;
now he entirely and effectually enred and al
traces ol them removed, iu from four to eiy :
weeks, without using knife, caustic or ligatiii
The process is a recent discovery, and is abs<>
lutt ly painless. Dr. Galbraith, in two years' pnu
tice, has not found a case which failed to yield at
once to the treatment. We do not ask a dels
until a cure is effected. Following, we eafe
names of the most recently cured patients, t
whom we are at liberty to refer. Persons suffer
ing from any disease of the rectnm are earnestly
requested to write to us. We know we can cure
you. and it will cost, you nothing to try.
Write to either or all of the to.lowing persons,
who have been cored:
Rev. 11. Mills, Rev. O. S. Mansell, Rev. T. C.
laipham, W. W Thornton, J. W. Ward, Alexan
der Ward, Charles Woodward, ot Shelbyville, III.;
ltev. R. Atkinson, Salem. 111.; Wm. Weroy, Tow
er Iliil, 111.; J. R. Wilson, Augusta, Ky.; Thur
man Pollock, J. T. Frazee, Germantown, Kv.:
Daniel Payne, Mt. Olivet, Ky.
Address all letters to
DR. J. M. GALBRAITH & CO..
Terre Haute, Lid.
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please state in what paper tiiey saw it.
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GOOD WILL
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Silverware, Smith’s Dictionary of the Bible, am
Weed Sewing Mactiims, given to cauvassin
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J. B. WILKIS,
Editor and Proprietoi,
sepll-w4t Leavitt, Carroll County, Ohio.
Silt! TV Tl f® CENTS to the Publisher of COL
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AVOID LACKS.
A victim of early indiscretion, causing nervoui
ability, premature decay, Ac., huving tried in
vain every advertised remedy, has discovered a
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to his fellow-sufferers.
Address J. U. REEVES,
iivg‘i-wl y T 8 Nassa-, \ Mow York
Eclectic Medical College,
OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 15th street
and Livingston Place, holds two sessions
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137 West 47th St., N. Y. City.
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Ir'Oß SALE—Second-hand Portable and Sta
tionary Engines and Boilers, Steam Pumps,
Hydraulic liams. Wrought Iron Pipe, Lubricating
Oil, Belting, Shafting, <fec. Forciri ulars, address
smith & Mclntyre,
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TYRESCRIPTION FREE.—For the speedy cure
A ot Seminal Weakness, Lost Manhood, and all
disorders brought, on by indiscretion or excess.
Any druggFt has the ingredients. Address
DAVIDSON & CO., liox 22!fC, New York.
sep4w-ly
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Chronic Female Diseases, of long standing.
Cancers, Piles, Fistulas, and all chronic diseases,
invariably cured by Dr. John 1). Andrews, Thom
ttsvilh*, Thomas county, Ga.
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NOTitTL.
Gi EORGlA—Camden County,—Notice is here
' by given that the Sheriff ’h advertisements
will hereafter be published in The Savannah
Weekly News,
• HAMILTON SIMPSON,
Sep3-d6w4 Sheriff Camden County.
BCIUVEN SHERIFF SALE.
WILL be sold before the Court House door ot
Striven county, between the legal Lours
of sale, ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN NO
VEMISEK, 1875, a tract of land lying in said
county, containing one hundred and seventy
(17o) acres, more or less, and adjoining lands of
Daniel J. Stewart, James A. . ims. lands form
erly owned by J. L. Hilton and others. Levied
on by ine as the property of Elijah C. Davis
tosatislytwo ti. las., one issued irons the hupc
rior Court of said county in lavor of Jiritton R.
Mims vs. Thomas Cross, Elijah C. Davis, J. W.
Bates, and I. W. Bryon. The other an alias fi.
ia. issued,tiie original from the County Court of
said county, the alias from said Superior Coun
in lavor of John C. 'Thornton, administrator d<
bonus non of Daniel S. Thornton vs. 1. W. Bryon
E. C. Davis, Thomas Gross, principals, and
James D. Wade, endorser; li fa. paid by en
dorger and levy for his benefit; Jonn Gross! tei
ant in possession of said iractoi land. Levied on
this August 30, 1875.
11. W. JOYNER,
gep2-dlt&wtd Sheriff S. C.
SCREVEN SHERIFF’S SALK
G) EORGlA—Screven Cou ntv. —By virtue ot
' a Superior Court fieri facias in lavor ol A
vin H. Miller vs. John M. Miller, defendant, I w
sell, between the Lgal hours of sale, on the
FIuST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER NEXT, be
fore the court door in Sylvauitt, In Maid
county, all of that certain tract of land situate in
said State and county, iiounded by the waters of
liner creek and the lands of Mrs. Emily Roberts,
i ‘ i " and others, containing three hun
dred and fifty-nine (359) acres, more or less, as
the property of the said defendant, to satisfy
i^ id fa- Property pointed out by George it.
Black, Esq., plaintiff’s attorney. Notice of levy
duly given in terms of the law. AugusL 23, Jsis.
11. W. JOYNER,
sept-dlt-wtd .Sheriff S. C.
SCREVEN SHERIFF S NALL
r f EORGlA—Screven County.—Will tie sold,
vA before the court house door in the vi.lage ol
Sylvania, Screven county, within the legal hours
of sale, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN OCTOBER
NEXT, ail that tract of land in said county con
taining two hundred and sixteen (216) acres, more
or less, and bounded by lands ot Hardy Hunter,
lands of Corey, lindg which are sometimes
known as the estate lands of James I'. 'Thomp
son, deceased, and lands of others. Said tract
of land levied upon as the properly of William
Arnett, to satisfy a ft. fa. from the Superior Court
of said county in favor of Alfred J. J. Blois
against said Arnett. David Burke, tenant in pos
session. This August 27, 1*75.
11. W. JOYNER,
sepl-dlt-wtd Sheriff Screven County.
CAMDEN SHERIFF’S SALE.
WILL BE SOLD, before the court bouse door
in St Marys, betweu the legal hours of saie,
on the FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER, the
following property, to-wit: A certain tract oi
land situated on the south side ot the Great Sa
tiila river, in Camden county, and known as the-
Joseph Thomas tract, and where George Lang,
Sr., deceased, formerly resided, the property of
the estate of the said George Lang, Sr., deceased,
described and conveyed in a certain indenture of
mortgage, bearing date on the sth day of Octo
ber, 1860. Is levied upon to Batiefy a mortgage
fl. fa. in favor of Jolin 11. Morrison, Exe’r, vs.
Henry K. Lang, Exe’r, issued from the Superior
Court, April term, 1875. Amount of principal,
s2tto: interest, $92 75, and costs.
HAMILTON SIMPSON,
sep3-<Uwßt Sheriff Camden Cos., Ga,