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THE LETTER TO THE DEAD.
Wc remember at the Wilderness a gallant Mls
slsslplan had fallen, and at night, just before
burying him, there came a letter from her he
loved best. One of the group around his body—a
minister— whose tenderness was almost woman
ly , broke the silent tearfulness with which he
saw the dead letter; he took it and laid It upon
the breast of him whose heroic heart was still:
Bury it with him. Ho will see it when he
wakes. It was the sublitnest sentence of his
fuueral service.
Comes the letter from a mother ?
Are a sister's longings there ?
Or the fondness ot another,
Coved and loving, young and fair?
Peek not now to know the writer,
Seek not whence or why it came ;
As lie died, his dimmed eye saw her ;
As ho died, he breathed her name.
It has come o’er hills and valleys,
Crossed o’er rivers, passed o’er lakes;
‘ ‘ Bury it upon his bosorn.
He will see it when he wakes."
Bury the dead witli the letter unread,
There to remain,
Till the soldier awikes from his slumber,
To Join in the battle again.
* Ah! but never more to battle
He will march by beat of drum;
Nevermore when the fight Is over
Sigh for gentle peace to come ;
Nevermore to roll-call answer:
Nevermore will pace his round,
Keeping watch o’er sleeping comrades
Strewn upon the chilly ground ;
Nevermore the light, words utter
While his heart with sadness aches;
“ Bury It upon hi” bosom.
He will see it when lie wakes,”
Bury it deep witli the soldier to sleep ■
There let it lie.
While the green grass grows o’er the sleeper,
And ttis world goes hurrying by.
She who lingered as she wrote it
O’er each-tender word she penned,
Who perchance will find her sorrow
With some later lover end.
But for him those worlds of loving
May survive when time is o'er,
And though she forget her fondness,
Oreet him ou the further shore.
Cross his arms and close Ins eyelids,
’Tis liis slumber Unit he takes;
“ Bury it upon his bosom,
He will see it when lie wakes.”
Hay him to rest witti the scroll ou his breast,
There, in the tomb,
Till the startled dead shall awaken
At the terrible day of doom.
For the Journal and Messenger.
COTTON PLASTINB—ITS PROFITS
AND BOSSES.
Americus, Ga., Nov. 11th, 1867.
Editors Journal ctnd Messenger :
I see so many one-sided and unfair state,
ments in the Southern Cultivator and other
papers, which are calculated to discourage
planters, and cause them to abandon the
cultivation of their lands, which will of
course bring ruin upon our country, bank
rupt our merchants, render our lands
worthless, destroy our railroads, and pro
duce untold misery on every hand, filling
our country with beggars and paupers, and
none able to give, that t can refrain no
longer from giving actual facts and figures,
showing that farming this year has been,
when properly and economically managed,
a success, and can he made, by those who
understand its management, and will give
their business that attention which all
business requires to insure its success, the
surest road to wealth, eveu with cotton at
eleven to twelve ecu's per pound.
Duty and a disposition to aid a worthy
one-legged and penniless Confederate
soldier, whom I knew to be a good farmer,
prudent and economical, prompted me
last January to furnish him means for
farming this year. The following state
ment will show tlieresults. Theplantatiou
is pine land, and considered poor. If you
will furnish me the name of any “knight
of the yard stick, who has done half so
well, I will give him an order to Winship
& Callaway for one of their best suits.
DEBTOR.
Bought seven mules at slsoeach..sl ,050 00
“ 430 bushels corn at $2 00... 800 00
“ hay, fodder and shucks lit) 00 :
“ 2,200 pounds bacon 20c jO lb 440 00 ;
“ wagon and harness 200 00
Utensils, tools and blacksmith work 115 (X)
Paid 10 bales cotton for rent, 5,000
pounds at 12 cents t? lb 000 00 '
Interest on money paid for mules,
corn, bacon, etc., etc., 120 00
Paid for extra labor 81 (X)
Hire of twelve hands, small and
large, average SIOO each 1,200 00
Incidentals 125 00
$4,901 (Ml
CREDIT.
ByGobalesGotton,3o,oodlb9. at 12c $3,600 00
“ 1,700 bushels corn, at 150 2,550 00
“ 20,000 lbs. fodder, at $1 100 200 00
“ peas, potatoes, etc., 200 00
“ 7 mules on hand, charged above 1,050 00 I
“ wagon, harness, tools on hand 225 00 j
$7,825 00 |
Deduct expenses and outlay 4,901 00
Net profits, which will vary little, $2,923 00
The 1,700 bushels corn have been gather
ed and measured. Suppose there should
he only fifty hales cotton, the result is then
good; reduce it tw thirty even, and that
amount lias already been gathered, and no
money will he lost.
I have not added the expense of bagging
and ties, as it nearly pays for itself, there j
being no tare deducted by buyers. 1 would
add that the family and manager of this
plantation has lived comfortably all the
year—fried chickens and vegetables in
abundance.
These results were attained under very
disastrous circumstances. The heavy rains 1
during the spring and summer prevented I
proper cultivation of the crops, and every
hand on the place has had an attach of j
the chills during the fall.
The plantation contains 400 acres open j
land ; 200 was put in cotton, 175 in corn, i
20 in oats, and live in millet and vegeta
bles. The oat crop was good, and was fed
to the mules, thereby saving considerable
corn and fodder. One acre in millet saved ]
over one hundred dollars in corn and sod- I
der.
I would state to the credit of this one- !
legged soldier that he turned his riding !
horse over to a plow hand and took a hoe j
himself and chopped cotton all the spring, !
and is now picking every day. This sort
of energy and determination to succeed, |
entitles a man to credit, even at “the corn
maws.”
Having watched this planting business
closely, I can, to some extent, explain the
cause of so many disastrous failures. Mr.
Planter, instead of attending to his own
business, hires an overseer at one thousand
dollars a year, moves to town and rents a
house at eight hundred dollars, brings two
or three grown-up boys and girls with
him, who do notiiing but run up a store
account of twelve to fifteen hundred dol
lars. Mr. Planter gets out of funds in (lie
summer, draws on Now York through
some private banker for one tliousond dol
lars, agrees to send his crop forward to
meet the draft. Meantime lie runs up a
grocery bill of several hundred dollars.—
Country kin and acquaintances will come
to see him when they come to town. —
Shrewd merchant don’t think Mr. Planter
is managing well, and takes a mortgage on
his crop; times get tight; everybody push
ing Mr. Planter up; hands want money;
landlords want money; merchants dun him
at every corner; banker hurrying him up j
to forward cottou to meet draft ; Mr. Plan-i
ter is embarrassed—cries outbroke, ruined,
gone up—says lie will never plant again—
tiie negroes won’t work,while he has spent
the whole year in idleness; advertises his
“splendid plantation for sale or rent;” says
it's very productive; in anexcelieut neigh
borhood ; convenient to churches, and has
an excellent set of hands, who are anxious
to remain on the place.
These, Mr. Kditor, are the main causes
of the ill-success of many planters.
Muckalkk.
... • •
Accounts from different sections in Mis
souri and Kansas, mention very serious
losses to farmers from prairie tires. In
some instances whole farms have been
destroyed, fences, barns, sheds, grain and
hay stacks, orchards, and occasionally
houses are being consumed. Many thou
sand dollars’ worth of property have been
destroyed.
Jtottnuil r ft lift Jlicsscngcr,
I* ose Ac Burr.
“ OLD BEN. WADE.”
Hi3 Views of the late Reaction—The Negro the
Solo Cause of Radical Defeat Tho Party Must
Stand Firm—He Denounces Conservative Re
publicans—His Views on Impeachment—Gen.
Grant, Etc., Etc.
After a protracted silence “ Mack,” the
racy correspondent of the Cincinnati
Commercial , reappears under date of the 2d
inst., and gives the substance ot a con
versation with acting Vice President Ben.
Wade, on the political situation. As the
expressions of one of the most positive
and least hypocritical Radical leaders, his
views will prove of general interest. We
extract as follows from “ Mack’s” letter:
THE DEFEAT—ITS CAUSE AND RESULT. 1
I saluted the old gentleman, in the lan-
I guage of Artemus Ward, “ How do you ■
like it as far as you’ve got?” “ It’s the |
fate of war,” said he, “we’re d—d badly
whipped, but it can’t be helped. We must
get ready for another round at ’em.”
“The nigger whipped us,” said Mr. 1
Wade. “We went in on principle, and got
whipped. We should have carried the
State by a good majority if it hadn’t been ;
for the suffrage issue. Still, lam not sorry j
we made the issue. If it was to do over
again I’d lie for putting it again, and I’ll
he for keeping it up until we do win, for,
by the eternal God, they can’t beat us all
the time on a question like that. I bad
no idea that there were so many Republi
cans in Ohio who were willing to see ne
gro suffrage in the South, but wouldn’t let
the few niggers in Ohio vote. That’s
what got mo. They all seemed to be in
favor of it as a measure of reconstruction, |
just as much as I was. I didn’t dream that |
they’d he mean enough to vote against it
here.”
In answer to a question us to whether he
thought liie greenback issue had anything
to do with the defeat, Mr. Wade said he
didn’t think it had. It was nothing hut
the nigger. • The greenback issue was not
fairly before the people, for wbeuyou come
to sift the matter the Democratic speakers
made very little of an issue on the green- i
backs. The nigger was the only strong'
point they iiad, and they beat,us ou that, j
fair and square; but they’ll have to keep j
on beating us, for we’Jl give them no peace
till we beat them.
“Now,” said >lr. Wade, “because we’ve I
been whipped on the first trial, I suppose.!
some of the weak-kneed brothers will be !
lor hacking out on that question. But Ii
won’t back a d—d inch. lam far it now as !
strong as I was before the election, and j
stronger, too, because there is more need ofj
being strong for it, to conquer a mean
prejudice. But you’ll see men trying to
hush the tiling up, audio smother it and
to dodge it. in every way they can, and
men who call themselves Radicals, too.—
Hell’s full ot such Radicals as we’ll have
now. I’m for it because I ihink it’s right,
; and 1 know it’s right; and if a tiling is j
i right, the only way is to keep at it till it j
! wins, for it’s sure to win sometime or j
another. There is not a great reform in !
! the history of the world that wasn’t tin-!
popular at first. And not one of them was j
! ever carried by dropping it, and running j
like seared hounds from it, after it was
beaten once. No, sir; we are committed I
to the doctrine of universal suffrage, and !
no man is a Republican who would desert j
it now But although that’s my belief, .
murk, my word, there’ll he the damndest j
erawtishiug you ever saw from this time!
forward. Well, let them go. Wecan win
without them, and we wli win,too, just as i
sure as the Almighty is just and be.iven
above us It will become harder every
year for the Copperheads to beat us on that
issue, and they won’t beat us very often,
either, if we only make a hold front, and
goat ’em with fixed bayonets every time.”
IM EACIIMENT—WHY IT FAILED LAST
WINTER.
On the subject of impeachment, Mr.
Wade said lie wished to be distinctly un
derstood as expressing no opinion so far as j
Mr. Johnsou’sguilt or innoceuce was con- j
cerned. He would, however, answer my I
question as to whether the late elections
would have any effect upon that matter.
He thought they would. “ You see,” said
he, “ these weak-kneed brothersare taking
the back track already. Well, now, what
the devil has an election in Ohio got to do
with the matter? If Andy Johnson is
guilty, put him out; if not, acquit him ; j
that’s tlie way to ds it. They ought to j
have pressed the investigation right along
after they started it. And so they would
iiave done last winter, if there hadn’t been
so many men in the Ben ate and House
who wanted to keep ou good terms with
tlie White House. There were too many
men from Ohio and other States, who
wanted their brothers and friends appoint
ed to office, and knew that Andy was bid
ding high for votes. It was one of the j
most shameful spectacles in the history of
this or airy other country, to see men sell- |
ing themselves and their constituents for i
office last winter. You pitched into a few j
of them, in the Commercial, hut you only I
fold a hundreth pait of the truth. I wish j
the papers would take up every devil of
’em and go after’em. That thing will ruin
the country yet if the people ain’t careful.
Some of them denied having made any
effort to get these app .-influents, but 1
know how it was. 1 know that Andv was
mighty particular to make Ids appoint
ments to the best ad vantage, and he didn’t
give an office where it wouldn’t count. If
it hadn’t been for that infernal thing of
office getting, the impeachment would
have been settled last winter, as it ought
to have been. J don’t know whether
Johnson would have been turned out or
not, hut tlie thing would have been de
termined, one way or the other.
GENERAL GRANT.
Referring to the Presidential matters, .
Mr. Wade said it had looked to him for a j
year pastas if the Republican party would j
take Grant up for President, and run him j
in with a hurrah. He was sorry to see j
that disposition, and believed no good j
would come of it. “ The trouble with \
Grant is,” said he, “you don’t know |
where he stands. It seems very singular j
that a man could have lived through this
terrible war without identifying himself |
with any party, and that men pretending j
to be Republicans should try to rush him
into the White House withoutaskiug him
! a single question as to where he stands on
| the great issues now before the country.—
I Still, 1 liave felt it in my bones that they
i would do that very thing.”
I asked Mr. Wade if he had ever con
j versed with General Grant on political
topics.
“ 1 have tried to do it,” said he, “ but
I never could bring him out. When I
saw the popular current appearing to run
in his favor I thought I would liketoknow
how he stood on the groat questions before
us—whether he was for Johnson or Con
gress, or who the devil he was for; hut
I never could get any thing out of him.—
As quick as I’d talk politics he’d talk
SUMNER’SSUFFRAGE BILL—STATE RIGHTS.
He believed that under the last clause of
the thirteenth amendment, giving Con
gress power to enforce the abolition of
slavery by appropriate legislation, there
was ample authority for the passage of the
bill, for no man was really free in this
; country unless he had the right to vote. —
| But lie" was a believer in State rights in a
proper and legitimate way, and did not !
know but tliut this bill was in violation of j
t He right of each State to regulate suffrage. J
Some of his party, he said, were in favor of j
what they called consolidation, but he
never was. He believed it was necessary
to tfie proper administration of the affairs
of the government, that the States should
liave certain rights, and lie did not believe
that'State rights should exist only for the
, purpose of representation in the Senate,
and he a nullity for all other purposes,
horses, and he could talk for hours on that
without getting tired. Well, horses are
very good, but in these times a man may
| be all light ou horses and all wrong on
j politics. Grant may he all right for what
' 1 know, blit then again Lie may be all
i wrong. If he wants to be President by
i my voice, and tlie voice of the men I act
with, he must not only be right, but he
must prove that he is.”
I inquired of Mr. Wade what proof he
would require from General Grant before
supporting him as a Presidential candi
date. Would a letter indorsing the Radi
cal policy do?
“ No, it won’t. We must have his word
backed by some official act showing him
to be in some sympathy witli us, and in fa
vor of tlie doctrines we advocate. We
won't take any man’s word after what I
we’ve goife through* Grant must come
out and show his hand as a pronounced
Republican or lie can’t get my support.—
I don’t know that my support amounts to
much, hut what filth? there is of it will go
in the right direction.”
SHOULDER STRAUS WON’T DO.
“ Men vote on principle here, and if auy
body thinks that a mere military record is
going to win on the Reserve he’s mistaken.
The best Republicans in the Slate will stay
at home. They don’t care for shoulder
straps, but they do care for straight Re
publican principles, and they won’t liave
any other. General Grant, without a
platform and without a pledge, can’t more
than carry the Reserve. A pronounced
Republican will get fifty thousand majori
| ty; that’s just the difference between
availability and principle in this coming
fight, and men who purpose to cram a no
; party candidate or a no-principle candi
date down our throats may as well make
, a note of it. Audi think it is a great mis
take to suppose that a mere military repu
tation can win any wherein tlyjnext elec
tion. Recent elections show that that cry
i won’t avail any longer. In Ohio they
j came near beating one of thfc best soldiers
iof the State with a peace Copperhead for
; Governor; in Connecticut, last spring,
j they heat a splendid soldier with Mr. £ng
! fish ; in New York last year, tlie liepubli
! cans beat soldiers running on the Demo
cratic ticket, and so on. The people waut
to tight political battles on principle. If
Grant wants the Presidency let him come
out like a man and say which side he is on,
and if lie is strong enoughon our side we’ll
elect him. But it is ne:ther wise nor
necessaiy for us to run an availability
candidate. We will iiave tlie .Southern
States reorganized by that time, and they
will vote right. Then we can rely on
j enough Northern States to insure tlie elec
tion of our man, whoever he may be.”
CHASE— A REMINISCENCE OF 1860.
“ The idea has got out, some how or i
other,’’said he, “that I have been disposed
to tight Mr. Chase. 1 have never been any ,
tiling of tlie kind. In 1860, before the j
Chicago convention, Chase wrote me a
letter asking me to sound the members of |
the two houses and see what his prospects
I were. I did so. I took the Republican
| Senators one by one into the lobby, and
asked them what were Chase's prospects in
i their States. I found only one man—
Bingham, of Michigan—who was in favor
j of Cease in the Senate, and only a few in
; tlie House. 1 wrote to Chase that tlie tiling !
looked a little blue, hut that perhaps he !
j had better come ou and satisfy himself.
I Soon after this Dick Parsons, of Cleveland,
I came to Washington and did a little pru*-
| peeling. lie found it no better than 1 had
told him. When the convention was about
to meet Chase wanted me to decline, but
how the devil could Ido that? I hadn’t
been nominated, and I didn’t know that
anytiody would be fool enougli to present
my name, and it would iiave looked very
impudent for me to decline under such
circumstances. Ever since that conven
tion Chase and his friend - had an idea that
1 was opposed to him and'trying to defeat
| him In one way or another. Not a word
of truth it) it. If Chase can he nominated
next year, well and good.
CONFISCATION.
Mr. Wadi) characterized Thai. Stevens’
pend'ng confiscation hill as d—d foolery.
Tlie time for confiscation bills, he.said,was
during the war, when they could lie of u-e
, in preventing men from going into the re
bellion, but to think of passing such a
measure now,was sheer folly and nonsense.
If the negroes of tlie South wanted land.
| let them work for it.
Tin* 1\»!H York I*rt*ws on tin* 1:1« <Tintt*
From the New York World, fI) o. dc..
By yesterday’s work the Umpire Stale
placed herself at the head of tile noble
army of common wealths whose mission
bus heeu here and now to stay the hands
of the arehitectsof ruin,and whose mission
will he in the year and the contests licit
are to come, to redeem and restore the
; Union, and to establish peace and repre
j seutative self-government throughout all
its borders.
Tlie victory is worthy of the State. It
crowns and completes the triumph- of the
Democracy in California and Maine, in
Pennsylvania, Ohio, and gallant New
Jersey. Deep answers to deep.
Tlie city surpasses itself, giving a Dem
ocratic majority of over 61,000. The ! ;u-
I rolls up a majority of over 25. hh>. The
! Senate we shall come close to gaining;
the Assembly we have revolutionized.
New Jersey has returned to her old
place witli a victory worthy of her best
days. The old Bay State takes a tremen
dous start towards the Union line. Kveu
Kansas repudiates negro suffrage. Wis
consin and Minnesota, though our returns
are very meagre, show Democratic gains.
The North west is no longer to he reckoned
, a stronghold of Radicalism.
In r.o section of the country has the sue
! cess of the Democracy been more gratify -
! ing than in the State of New Jersey. The
j issue tvas made squarely by the Republi
cans in their State Conventions pledging
the party to the enforcement of negro suf
frage, not only in the South, hut in their
own State. 'Tlie Democracy met them on
their issue and have gloriously swept ev
erything before them. The result against
tlie Radical party i\ overwhelming.
From tlie New York Herald, ind.) Nov. 6.
The decision of New York State in this
year’s contest has been looked for with
anxiety all over the Union. It has been
generally admttted that her vote would de
cide the complexion of the next Presiden
tial campaign, and the loss of the State by
the Republicans will he more effectual
than the fifty thousand Radical falling off
in Ohio, in finally disposing of Mr. Chase
and his National Bank and negrosuprema
!cy platform. Ever since the war, with the
exception of the election of Horatio Sey-
I mour under the temporary reaction of 1862,
‘ the State of New York lias voted on the
! side of the Republican party, and her ver
! diet is now against the revolutionary poli
-1 cy of the Radical Congress rather than an
i endorsement of tlie Democracy. It is a
triumph of the Conservative sentiment of
j the country which last year endorsed tlie
! constitutional amendment as a final set-
I tlement of the question of Reconstruction,
i and now rebukes and repudiates those who,
disregarding the popular voice, reopened
the agitation for the purpose of forcing ne
gro rule upon the South and securing a
negro balance of power in the National
Government. It is a tinai and emphatic
declaration that the people will not suffer
the Government of the United Stales to
pass into the hands of the violent men
whose principles are embodied in the poli
cy of the present Congress, and that the
Republican party mustdiscard such leaders
if it hopes to retain the power it has en
joyed for tlie past seven years.
From the New York Tribune, (Rad.) Nov. C.
We are beaten by Republicans this year,
and the work of Reconstruction thus prac
tically delayed if not arrested. The South
ern Rebels are virtually told by the State
of New York—“ Hold on! vote against
Conventions wherever you are strong
enough to defeat ihem, refuse to vote
wherever you can thus hope to discredit
and damage the process more than by vot
ing: and you may yet resume control of
your respective States, and trample the
white and black Unionists under your
j feet through the disfranchisement and vir
tual re-enslavemeutofthelatter.” We may
| look for more and more palpable and pow
! erful resistance to Reconstruction’uuder the
; policy of Congress—to auy Reconstruction
which implies that blacks have rights
: which whites ar - bound to respect—from
! this hour onward. In view,of the expe
rience of the last seven yeaas, wherein our
McClellans and Buells proved equally use
ful with our Grants and Sheridans to the
overthrow and extirpation oft lie slave [low
er, we bate no jot of heart or hope, but un
falteringly trust that the reverse of the
present, alike with the triumphs of the
past, wifi in the event prove conducive to
tlie one great end of rendering this a coun
try whose constitutions and laws shall es
teem no man better or worse for his color,
but impartially uphold and affirm the equa 1
rights of all.
The papers are at last bitterly complain
ing because Mrs. Lincoln carried away
from the White House furniture that cost
! the nation SIOO,OOO. But her husband cost
1 the nation not less than four thousand
millions of dollars, to say nothing of the
blood he caused to be shed. A Mongrel
paper calls Mrs. Lincoln “ a nuisance.”—
What will history call her husband?—
j New York Day Book.
\1 aoon, Ga., Wednesday, November 20. 1867,
From the Ha van nail Republican, November 1-th.
THE COtIBTS
I lilted Stale* Circuit Court.
Fifth . Judicial Dhtrict — Southern District of
Georgia.
' UON. .JOHN EMKJNX, HSfittP; J'RBStbrNV.
The United States Circuit Court met
yesterday morningat ten o’clock.
Case of Jeremiah M. Wardweii vs. Dr.
Myriek, of Baldwin county—continued
over until next term. R. K. Hines for
plaintiff; Messrs. Nesbit for defendant. A
suit upon a promissory note.
Judge Erskine stated that thecornniittee
appointed on Thursday last on resolutions
of respect for the memory of, aud to pro
cure an oil painting of the laie Judge
Wayne, had not bad an opportunity to
meet, and they were requested to retire for
consultation.
The jury was discharged until Wednes
day morningat ten o,clock.
Friable & Roberts vs-. Merchants’ and
Planters’ Bank. This was an action to re
cover the value of Bank notes issued by
said corporation amounting to more than
$30,000.
Hi rani Roberts, who was the President
of said Bank, filed a demurrer to tlie decla
ration of the plaintiffs on the ground that
there is no such corporation in existence
as the “ Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank,”
nor at the time of the issuing and serving
process in tins case, and therefore lie, as
assignee of said defunct corporation,prays
that ho may be admitted to defend said
suit.
Plaintiffs moved to dismiss! lie demurrer
on the ground that it was not filed by the
defendant, but by a party who is not a
party to this suit.
This motion was sustained by the Court,
and the further consideration of the case
postponed until the 25th instant.
Dougherty and Stone for plaintiffs; Law
and Lovell, Jackson and Lawton, and
Basinger and Lloyd for defendants.
Judge Harden then arose md after a few
eloquent remarks, submitted the following
report:
United States Circuit Court, Savannah,
111/i Non min r, I*67.—Tlie undersigned
Committee of the Bar of tiie Fifth Circuit
ol the 1 nited States for the Southern Dis
tric-tof Georgia, now in session at Savan
nah, have considered the melancholy duty
assigned them, of bringing in a tribute to
the memory of the late Judge Wayne, for
many years presiding Judge of this Court,
ami present the following report:
James Moore Wayne was a native of
Savannah, and at the time of his decease
was nearly, if not quite, eighty years of
age; but of tlie precise time ot his birtii
we liave no accurate information. He was
the son of Richard Wayne, u highly re
spected citizen of Savannah, and, by the
advantages of birth ami affinity, enjoyed
tlie benefits which refined culture, respec-
Labiliiy and wealth bestow.
After bis graduation, in 1808, at the Col
lege of New Jersey, having chosen tlie law
as his profession, he attended lectures at
the Litchfield Law School, ami was after
wards admitted to practice in the Courts of
Georgia. The exact date of his admis-ion
to tiie bar, we iiave not ascertained : pro
bably in tiie year 1910, and about tiie time
Judge Berrien piesided over the Superior
Courts of the Eastern District. In May,
1813, lie was admitted to practice in the
United States Uircuit Court at Savannah.
The trench and bur of this part of < ieorgia
were graced by such men as Berrien, Har
ris, Charlton,' Noel, Davis, Bullock and
other leading lights. Judge Wayne’s
practice >. ; ,t once large amj lucrative.
In the war lsl2 he entered the voluntary
mi hi.try service, and was an officer in the
t leorgiu cavalry. In I*l9 lie was Mayor
of Savannah, and in the latter part of the
same year was elected the first Judge of the
Court of Common Pica- -now the t ity
i ’ourt—of Savannah, just then established
bv the Legislature. This office he contin
ued to hold until November, 1822, when
he was elevated to the bench of the Supe
rior Courts of the Eastern District of Geor
gia, until his election, in 1828, as a Repre
sentative in the Congress of the United
States,
Asa member of Congress, Judge Wayne
faithfully watched the interests of Ii is con
stituency, and in tlie National Legislature
wielded considerable intiuence. In 1832,
Pre-clen; Jackson issued his celebrated
P oelamation, leveled against the doctrine
of nullification prevalent in South Caro
lina. Tiiis was followed by the “Force
Bill,” which passed both Houses of Con
gress, and was approved on tiie 2d of
March, 1833—Judge Wayne being the only
Representative from Georgia who voted
with the majority. In 1832, he had been
re-elected by an overwhelm ing vote of
both of the political parties in Georgia,
and although his support of the principle
of that hill alienated many of his old jio
litieal associates, it gave him the ardent
support of the Union party, then rising
into [lower in Georgia. In 1 14, he was
re-elected, on the l nion ticket, by a high
er vote than tliut given to any other candi
date. A- an evidenced his great jiopuiar
ity, it may he mentioned that lie was
elected in 1832,0ver William H.Crawford,
President of the Convention called to con
sider a revision of tlie Constitution of
Georgia.
In January 1835, during the session of
the Twenty-third Congress, Judge Wayne
was appointed by President Jackson, an
Associate Justice of the {supreme Court of
the United States, in place of Hon. Wil
liam Johnson, deceased, and, on tiie 14th
of that mouth took his seat on the bench
of that august tribunal. On the reports of
that Court his fame as a lawyer must rest.
His career as a Judge in Georgia aud at
Washington City was marked by learning,
independence, impartiality ami patience.
He drew his notions of justice not from
intricate and often unmeaning technicali
ty, but from those well ordered principles
of right and morality which he at the
foundation of law as a useful science. His
polished decisions show not only mental
vigor and legal lore, hut a high degree of
scholastic attainment. In conversation,
he .was always entertaining and instruct
ive. He was the cotemporary of Crawford
and Tjoup, and Forsyth, and Berrien,and
Wild, and a host of others of Georgia’s
worthies; and always, and in the many
exalted positions which he tilled, com
manded the respect of all. In the late
disastrous struggle between North and
South, lie sided with the former, as might
have been expected, from his known uni
form love of the Union. In the results
which followed that strife, many were
ready to rise up and bless him for the ac
tive part which he took in honest and suc
cessful effort to mitigate the suffering pro
duced by the war. To him the whole con
servative element of the nation looked, as
one of the hopes of reconstuction, upon
tlie broad principles of patriotism and jus
tice. He lias died at a time when his Joss
must he severely felt.
It was not only in law and politics that
Judge Wayne’staleuts and usefulness rose
conspicuous. In everything pertaining
to the welfare of the country, and especial
ly of his native section, the influence oi
his labors aud example were felt. He was
the friend patron of learning, the steady
and earnest advocate for the development
of the resources of Georgia. For many
years he was one of the Trustees of the
University of Georgia; and tor a consid
erable time be presided over the Georgia
Historical Society. Ho was a warm sup
porter of internal improvement, and in
1836 represented Chatham county in the
Knoxville Convention, tho object of which
was to unite the Atlantic seaboard with
the fertile valleys of the West.
Judge Wayne was tlie model of an ele
gant, cultivated and courtly gentleman, of
fine person and handsome.face. Jtwasstiil
easy to see that his known goodness of
heart lent a charm to his fascinating and
polished address. Whilst he was highly
genial and companionable, his unaffected
dignity commanded the greatest respect.
His association with the members of the
bar was that of the most pleasant inter-
I course, and his kindness to tlie younger
practitioners was proverbial.
For several years before bis death Judge
Wayne had resided principally at Wash
ington City, in the discharge of his labo
i rious official duties. His illness was not
! long, and its fatal termination was evi
dently hastened by tlie enfeebling power
’ of time.
His mental vigor was restrained to tiie
' last, and he died in the full possession of
his intellect, in perfect resignation and in
the communion of the Protestant Episco
pal Church. He leaves a widow, a son
and a daughter, and seven grand-children.
Whilst they must mourn their peculiar loss
1 and the country can honestly lament
the extinguishment of one of its lights, it I
?Af' U i r< 5 e to all to know that l
as left belli ml u good example and an !
■j n turn ished reputation. He died at Wash
) in B r ,'’ ( ll ,v on the fifth day of July last, t
| M - e tiu'rrforcJiesolved, That in the death
L/W-i Honorable James M. Wayne, the I
piiiFpresidnig Judge of this Court, and for!
more than thirty years one of thcAssoei-l
ate Justices of the Supreme Court of the
United Slates, the country has lost one of
j its ornaments and supports —a loss which
\ w ifl> peculiar heaviness upon the ju
diciary,the nation aud|tlie legel profession.
A< Jiv'd, That the members of the Bar
of the Northern and Southern Districts of
Georgia cherish, with pride, tiie memory
of the deceased-, who was not only a learn
ed, Upright and impartial Judge, hut who,
by every quality of head and heart, en
deared, himself to hie professional breth
ren and the officers of tils Court.
zd " e,d, That we cordially approve the
motion made at a prior day of this term,
to procure a portrait of tiie deceased, to he
suspended in the United States Court room
i in Savannah.
Itch’jived, That in testimony of our re
spect for the memory of the late Justice
' Wayne, his Honor jndge Erskine he re
quested to iiave tlie staves of the Court
i room draped in mourning, and to have
j these proceedings entered upon the min
utes of the Court; and, further, that he
I adjourn this Court for one day.
Jl<solved, That the proceedings of this
j meeting be published in tlie gazettes of
: this city ; and a copy of tlie same be fur
nished the widow and each of thecbildren
■ of the deceased, with tiie expression of tlie
j sincere condolence aud sympathy of the.
Court, sis bar, and jts, officers ; and that a
1 copy ;Ro be enclosed by Judge Erskine to !
the Supreme Court of the United States.
Edward J. Harden,!
William Law,
Joseph E. Brown, !
O. A. Loch rank, J- Committee.
E A. Njsbet,
Henry Williams, J
On motion of William Dougherty, Esq.,
it was further
Resolved, That the Chairman of the ;
Com mi ttee prepare suitable letters to the j
several parties to whom thesaid resolutions j
are to be forwarded, to accompany them. ;
After the presentation of the rejiort of
the Committee, Judge Erskine expressed ,
liis gratification at the suitableness of the l
tribute to Judge Wayne, for whose memo
ry he entertained high veneration. At his
suggestion, the Court was further addressed
by Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown, Judge
N'ishet, Hon. William Law, uDd Colonel
William Dougherty iti straiiw of eloquent
eulogy to tiie memory of the deceased.
i'iie report of the Committee was then
adopted, and Judge Erskine gave orders
for carrying out the wishes of the bar, and
adjourned the Court over to Wednesday.
A true copy from the original.
Janos M< Phekson,
Clerk of the U. S. Circuit Court.
JrfTe rnou'i Wedding.
The following scene is from Ihe “Early
Days oi Jt 11, reon,” in the New York Cen
tury :
Belinda’ Jefferson’s first love) had
lieen married many years, and her old ad
mirer was approaching thirty, when he
met a young lady of twenty-two, who had i
produced a strong impression upon him. !
Fhe was a little above the medium height, ;
slender, but elegantly formed. A fair 1
complexion, with a little delicate tint of j
the rose; large hazel eyes, full of fife and
feeling, and luxuriant hair of a rich, soft
auburn, formed a combination of attrac
■ ions which were eminently calculated to •
move the heart ofa youthful bachelor. In |
addition ton!! this the lady wa* admirably '
graceful ; she rode, danced and moved i
with elegant ease, and sang and played on !
the liarp-ichord very sweetly.
“ Add still to thoseaccompiishments the ;
po- e.sion of excellent good sense, very .
considerable cultivation, a warm, loving
heart, and last, though not least, notable j
talents for housekeeping, and it will not!
be difficult to understand how tlie youth- j
fu! Mr. Jefferson came to visit very fre- ,
quentiy at the lady's residence, in the
county of Charles City. It was called ‘The
Forest,’and the name of the lady was Mrs.
Martha Skelton, 'he was the daughterof
John Wales, an eminent lawyer, and had
MRrrp’d ftT tier seventeenth year. Mr.
> in, who dying in 1768, left his young
wife a widow of nineteen. As tiie three
years of mourning began to expire, the
1 beautiful young lady found herself bo
sieged at * Tiie Forest* by numerous visi
tors. Os these three were favorites with
the fair Mrs. Fkelton, of whom Mr.
Thonpis Jefferson was one. Tlie tradition
must! : ' the pretensions of the rivals were
and t illed cither by the musical accomplish
ment-■-f the young counselor, or by the
fear.-, of his opponents. The tale is differ
ently related One version is, that the
two unfortunate gentlemen encountered j
each other ou Mrs. Skelton’s door-step,but
hearing Mr. Jefferson's violin and voice
accompanying the lady it. a pathetic song,
gave up the contest thenceforth, and re
! ti ed w ithout entering, convinced that tlie
affair was beyond their control.
The other story is that all three met at
the door, and agreed that they would lake
: turns. Mr. Jefferson entered first, and tlie
j tones of the lady iu singing with her com
; p inion deprived the listeners of all hope.
However this may be it is certain that the
I beautiful w idow consented to become Mrs.
Jefferson ; and on tlie Ist of Janury, 1777,
there was a grand festival at the “Forest.”
Friends aud kindred assembled from far
and near; there was frolicking and danc
j itig after the abundant old fashion, and we
find from the bridegroom’s note book that
1 heservantsand fiddlers received fees from
his especial pocket.
11 snowed without, but within all was
mirth and enjoyment, in the fight and
! warmth of the great log fires, roaring in
honor of tlie occasion. Soon after the per
! for:nance of the ceremony the bridegroom
| and his bride set out in his carriage for
Monticeilo, where Mr. Jefferson had com
! meueed building in 1769, just before the
! destruction by fire of his patrimonial house
of “Shad-well.” The journey was not to
end without adventures. As they advanced
towards the mountains the snow increased
in depth, and finally they were compelled
to leave t he carriage and proceed upon their
way on horseback.
Sloping to rest at Blenheim, the seat of
Col. Carter, where they found, however,
no one but an overseer, they left it at sun
set, resolutely bent upon reaching Monti
celio before night. It was eight miles dis
tant, and the road, which was rather a
! mountain bridle path than an honest high
way, was incumbered with snow three feet
deep. We may fancy the sensations of the
newly married bride at the chill appear
ance of the landscape as she passed along
the snow; but she was a woman of cour
age and good sense, and did not care for in
convenience. It was late when they ar
rived, ’and |a cheerless reception awaited
them—or rather there was no receptiou at
all. The fires were all out, the servants
had gone to bed, and the place was as dark
and sileut as the grave. Conducting His
wife to the little pavilion, which wgs the
only part of the house habitable at the
time, Mr. Jefferson proceeded to do tlie
honors. On a shelf behind some books,
part of a bottle of wine was discovered,
and this formed the supper of tlie bride
groom and tlie bride. Far from being an
noyed or discontented by the reception,
| however, it only served for a topic of jest
and laughter. The young lady was merry
! and light hearted as a bird, aud sent her
clear voice ringing through the dreary lit
! tie pavilion as gayly as she had ever done
in the cheerful drawing-room of “The
Forest.” Thus the long hours of tlie win
ter night fled away winged with laughter,
! merriment and song. Tlie vigil was a
! mirthful incident rather than a trial of
| their equanimity. They were young, and
theyhadjust been married. Whenhandsare
cl as] >ed and hearts beat, close together, there
' is very little gloom in darkness, and win
ter nights are not cold. This little moral
sentiment will not, l hope, lie criticised
as too roinatio for tlie “ dignity of history.”
it doubtles explains how a young lady
and gentleman, both used to every com-
I fort and luxury, found the gloomy little
pavilion in tlie midst of three feet of snow,
neither dark nor cold, in that January
night long ago.
Tlie Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer says that, “On dit,
that in t iie last Cabinet meeting Grant was
joked about Ben. Wade’s opinion of him.
! The General is said to liave retorted that
Wade was an old fool, and he reckoned
he knew as much about horses as Wade
! did about polities,”
From tlie New York Round Table.
ON-HITS.
“ Jjeson~dits,“ says a somewhat acrid
French proverb, “font lcsjournauxd.es
sous." And really i t would seem as though
the inventors Os the phrase had the best
right to'define its scope and meaning.—
Yet we venture to think it, with all due
deference, a harsh sentence; the epigram,
has a trifle more point than truth. Avery
crabbed and uncongenial soul it must have
been that made it; a sour old bachelor,
like enough, to w hom tiie chaste delights
of tea and tattle are unknown. We dis
pute his judgment, we contend it would
have been nearer the mark to say, Les en
d'd* font lex joamaiw <Ui la soviet c. A dif
ference we iiear him sneer, this cynical
epigrammatist; but we who adorn the so
ciety he flouts, know better, and c >»afford
to bestow on the ungracious comment tiie
merited contempt of silence. If wo stop
ped to answer tlie snarl from every tub we
should be a pretty while getting through
fife. And we make no doubt that this
particular Diogenes, who envies his betters
their enjoyment of the sunshine that cir
cumstance denies to him, is a very ill
conditioned rascal, a iow fellow whom so
ciety ignores, whole but at elbows very
likely, and has probably borrowed—per
haps stolen—tiie very copy of this journal
which gives him occasion for his unman
nerly strictures. Out upon the surly
knave! We snap our fingers in his face
an<l cry again, Les on-ddsfont Les fouraaux
de la tociete.
For society, and when we say society we
mean tlie women who rule it and form its
charming bulk, wherein men are as it
were only the flavoring ingredient, unpal
atable fn itseir but lending savor and
piquancy l<> the whole,—society is not just
now, at least of a literary turn. Timew ns
wlieii it was the fashion to he learned or
to seem so, when the salons of the Hotel
de Rambouillet echoed tlie fantastic tru U
tiou of les precieuscs ndicu.es whom Moii e
bus made immortal, or when the intellec
tual coterie'that gathered at Lady Wort
ley Montagu's won from Mr. Stilling
fleet’s blue-stockings a name and a fame
then learning failed to give them. But we
have changed all that. Other times and
different fashions are ours, and nowadays
society is surely guiltless of tiie faintest
approach to pedantry. Literary circles
there are stili, to be sure, within its all
embracing orbit ; but, except iu Boston,
where everybody who is not a publisher
is, has been, or is about to tie an author,
they are not exactly of the cream. Liter
ature is voted vulgar because its cultiva
tion implies a certain degree of mental ex
ertion, and mental exertion, indeed exer
tion of any sort beyond that of mere ex
istence, society cordially detests. “ Not to
be doing, tiut to he,” is its contented mot
to. Like Mr. Tupper, it has that tender
ness for “the, delicate meshes ” of its
“ beautiful brain” that no rude crystals of
ihouKht are suffered ever to endanger their
fragile and lovely inutility, it may, in
deed rouse itself so far a- to yawn or daw
dle of a morning over tlie latest novel or
f i shion [dates in Ttu Month:’/ ftutU rfly and
Pi/utr’s Biuzarre, lint its intellectual appe
tites are easily and soon appealed. Even
such thin and scanty mental pabulum as
the daily journals afford is food too coarse
for its digestion. It relegates them with a
dainty shudder to the business drudges for
whom alone they were intended, to Pater
familias in tlie study and to John Thomas
in the kitchen. The things that engross
the outer world, the wars and rumors of
wars, tiie protocols and treaties, the mur
mering peoples and trembling thrones,the
rise and fall of stocks—ail the shifting
change* and combinations in the restless
kaleidoscope of life concern it not or win
from it at best only a languid and mo
mentary attention. It lives and moves in
an inner world of its own—a charming
world, alllight and perfume ami brilliancy
and warmth of color —where care, that the
|ioet tells us is übiquitous, can gain an en
tree only on very false pretences, and pain
iiseif wears the mask of pleasure ; a selfish
word, perhaps, hut none tlie less on that
account a happy one. It lias its news too,
but ofa very different nature from the sort
that Diogenes and Paterfamiiies and John
Thomas look for. Whether Miss Marigold
really intends to take that spoouey Simp
kins who has only his money to recom
mend him, whether it is a fact that tlie
Slopera went off to Europe without paying
their little bills, wbethtr that queer stoiy
about Miss Fullalove and the groom is
true, whether Mr, and Mrs. Grumbleby
are on quite such unhappy terms, how
much that last ball cost the Bubbletons
and if old liubbleton's pecuniary affairs
are altogether so desperate as reported—all
the domestic slips and shortcomings of
one’s neighbors, these are tlie topics that
excite its interest aud whatever feeble sem
blance of thought it sometimes yields to.
And it is really suprising to note tlie r-a
pidity with which any of these important
events is telegraphed through the circle
wherein it takes place. This is' the mi--
sion of the on-dit —a sort of private post
for tlie transmission of confidential intel
ligence, a social express for the conveyance
of choice parcels of scandal.
For it is on scandal undoubtedly that
the on-dit fattens and thrives. All other
items of domestic and personal interest,
indeed, it pounces upon and carries off,
butouiy as a matter of course and in the
strict line of business. It needs a delicate
souoeon of sin to wing its strongest and
widest flight, never pausing till every
dainty nose lias sniffed the delicious savor;
vires’/ur acquird twain. To have to tell ofa
marriage, for instance, is a pleasure; hut
to rehearse the minutiieof a divorce is
more thau Apiciau luxury ; and if it can
be contrived that tlie shadow of the sev
enth commandment shall be thrown
across the picture, then it is truly a ban
quet for the—gods, shall we say? We
iiave no doubt ibat the goddesses at least
tattled on high Olympus, and that ox-eyed,
venerable Juno, and azure eyed Minerva,
over their evening nectar, derived much
virtuous consolation from the slip of their
erring sister in that shocking affair with
Mars. Why it|is that women take such
intense delight in picking holes in each
others’ reputations it would be difficult to
say, unless it be the primal instinct whicli
led Eve to press tiie fatal apple on her ux
orious spouse, which has ever since and
all the world over made misery love com
pany. Men are not by auy means guilt
less in this regard ; they can say cruel and
evil tilings of their neighbors too. but not
often spiteful things. They may deal blows
in the dark, hut not with poisoned weap
ons, and even then they handle the blud
geon better thau tlie stiletto. They do not
often care to roll under their tongues those
li.scious little morsels of calumny that wo
men love, nor do they possess in anything
like tiie same perfection the sublime femi
nine art of insinuating disparagement tin
der the cloak of praise, the skill to “ hint
a fault and hesitate dislike.” Men are in
deed, for the most part, too busy with tlieir
gross material pursuits and pleasures to
find much time for that nice dissection of
reputations into winch women throw
themselves with such ardor aud success.
And for this purpose the on dit makes
an admirable scalpel. Its irresponsibility
and impersonality give one such a sense
of perfect security—one may cut and slash
without tiie slightest fear of unpleasant
consequences other than the danger of be
ing sometimes inoculated with the virus
from the corpse of a dead reputation. The
fair surgeon must look out that there is no
abrasion in iier own character which tlie
poison may infect. Women are pitiless as
wolves toward their wounded fellows. In
deed in some measure they need to be.—
The very delicacy and fragility of the
beauty of woman’s fame makes her intol
erant of any blemish in her sisters. There,
is sound philosophy in thestory which is
told of those two Parisiennes, fast friends,
and indeed suspected, though not vet con
victed, of being a trifle too fast. Finally,
one of them committed tlie unpardonable
sin of being found out, and was put into
Coventry accordingly. Where should the
wounded dove seek refuge Hut in tlie bo
som of her faithful Heloise? But Heloise
repelled her. “ Henceforth,” she said,
“ >na cherie, if you please we are stangers ;
T have not reputation enough for two.”
Perhaps a similar feeling, less frankly ex
pressed, lends point and poison to many a
woman’s tongue. On the other hand, too,
there is generally a little fire where there
is so much smoke, aud the victims of un
pleasant on-dits are not always honest
ones. Very few people contrive to get
themselves much talked about without
giving some cause therefore. And from
this poiutof view we deem the on-dit of
immense service in keeping society in or
der, very mucli in the same wi»y us Damo
cles was kept in order by tiie ingenious de
vice of his friend Dionysius. There are
Vol. LX., TVo. 37
not many demyremem in life without cor
responding compensations, and it is the
merit of Mrs. Grundy—tliat Mrs. Harrisof
the beau mode-- that if her snap judg
ments often scarify virtue, they sometimes
discompose vice.
Delegates to Dope’s Diehaldt unv entlon.
Negroes designated by a *.
Ist District —C H Hopkins, Aaron A.
Bradley,* Walton L Clift, James IStew
art,* Isaac Keeley, Moses H Bentley,* W H
D Reynolds,* A L Harris.
2d Distric.—T G Campbell,* W A Gold
ing.*
3d District—A M Moore.
4th District—F M Smith.
sth District—P B Bedford.
6th District—Lewis H Roberts, Levi J
Knight, Jr.
7th District—J L Cutler,Milton C Smith,
Wm C Carson.
6th District—R H Whitely, Frank Pow
ell, John Higdon.
9th District—W W Dews, C C Martin,
H H Christian.
10th District—T O Welsh, J Murphy,
Philip Joiner,* Ben Hikes.*
11th District —W H Noble,* James A
Jackson,* Robert Alexander,* John Whit
aker.*
12th District —J E Blount, Tlios Crayton,
G W Chatten.
13th District—Fletcher T Sneed, H R
McCoy, John ii Hall, Robert Lumpkin,*
Jesse Dinkins.*
14th District—.! C Traywiek, ST Salter,
Simon Stanley, J M Buchan.
15th District —Andrew J Cameron.
Kith District —E W Lane, George Lin
don.*
17th District—John A Madden, J Mason
Rice, Robert Whitehead,* Malcomb Clai
born,* H H Missou or James Parker.
16th District—R B Bullock, Benj Con
ley, Foster Blodgett, J E Bryant, S W
Beard,* Alexander Stone,* John Neal.
19th District—Jos Adkins, Robt Crum
ley,* !) P Baldwin, J W T Caching, H
Strickland.
20th District—C C Richardson, George
Wallace,* C H Prince, Wm H Harrison,*
H C Supple, Daniel Palmer,*
21st District—Thomas Gibson, Samuel
Gove.Wm Gridin, Charles Hooks.
22<l District—Geo G Wilber, II M Tur
ner,* F Wooten, Alfred Bowden, W J
Howe, T J Spear, M Cooper, M A Potts.
23d District—Posey Maddox, W 1* Ed
wards, O H Walton, S A Cobb,* Isaac A
Anderson.*
24th District—G W Ashhurn, J G Maul,
Thomas Gilbert, Van Jones,* J C Casey.*
25th District—John S Costin,* E J Hig
her, Wm Guilford,* L L Stanford, Sam
Williams.*
26th District—S T W Minor, W H Ro
zar Wm II Whitehead.
27th District—John Harris, J W
tian, N P Hotchkiss, C D Davis, James
Parton.
28th District—T P Safford, A G Foster,
John R Hudson, Henry Glover, Wm F
Jordan.
29th District—D <! Cottlng,Lewis Pope,*
Isaiah Sherman, James Knox, Romulus
Moore.*
30th District—A T Ackerman, James
McWhorter, E S Cobb.
51st District—Philliip Martin, Stephen
W Crawford, W F Bowers.
32d District—John Moody,Milton Moore.
83d District —Ben Dunnegau, Madison
Bell, \V L Murer.
34th District—S E Daily, 8 Brown, B
D Shumate, James R Braceweil, Johnson
Matthews.
35th District—H V M Miller, J L Dun
ning, N L Angier, J H Flynn, David Ir
win, H G Cole, W C Lee.
36th District—J W Key, P W Cham
bers, John S Rigby, W C Smith, J C
Bowden.
37th District—J H PaldweU, Robert
Robinson, George Harlan, Abel H Harri
son, E B Martin.
38th District—James D Waddell, T J
Foster, R B Hutchinson.
39th District—John Lott, S T Houston,
A W Holcombe.
40th District—Wm T Cram, John Bry
son.
41st District— C A Ellington. W McHan.
42d District—J R Parrott, W L Goodwin,
W Shropshire, George P Burnett, W A
Fort.
43d District—S E Fields, John H King,
L M Wammell.
44th District—Preslay Yates, James M
Shields. Atlanta Opinion, Nov. 12.
From the Atlanta Opinion November 12.
The Election—V te ol the Districts.
First District—Catham 313 majority of
regisiered votes; Effingham 132, aud Bry
an 24 le-s, majority.
Second District—Liberty, 13 against ;
Mclntosh, 182 majority; no report from
Tatnall.
Third District—Wayne 19 less than reg
istered list; Pierce 23 do ; Appling 119 do.
Fourth District—Glynn 170 above regis
tered vote ; Camden 150 do ; Charlton 24
against.
Fifth District—Ware4l majority; Coffee
13 do; Clinch 63 do.
Sixth District—Echols 38; Lowndes 29;
Berrien 217; all against.
Seventh District—Thomas 230 majority ;
Brooks 72 ageinst; Colquitt 2s against.
Eighth District—Mitchell 23 majority;
Decatur 261 do ; Miller 57 against.
Ninth District —Early 330; Calhoun 212;
Barbour 177 ; All majorities—aggregating
704.
Tenth District—Dougherty 473 majority;
Lee 183 majority ; Worth 139, against.
Eleventh District—Randolph 127; Clay
39 against; Terrell 238 majority.
Twelth District-^Stewart 60 against;
Webster 102 do.; Quitman 36 do.
Thirteenth District—Sumter 159 ma
jority Schley 19 do.; Macon 222 do.
Fourteenth District—Dooley 241 major
ity ; Wilcox 70 do ; Pulaski 208 do.
Fifteenth District— Montg’y 137 against;
Telfair 76 do., Irwin 8 do.
Sixteentli District—Laurens 119 major
ity, Johnson 83; and Emanuel 135 against.
Seventeenth District—Burke 115 major
ity ; Bullock 354 against; Scriven 197 do.
Eigtbteenth District—Richmond 564
majority; Jefferson 62 do; Glasscock 76
against.
Nineteenth District—Talliaferro 52 ma
jority ; Warreu 62, and Greene 118 do.
Twentieth District—Hancock 205 ma
jority; Washington 15 do.; Baldwin 158.
Twenty-Frst District—Twiggs 139 ma
jority; Jones 12S do; Wilkinson 210 against.
Twenty-Second Dist.—Bibb 125 agaiust;
Monroe 129 maj ; Pike 33 agaiust.
Twenty-ThirdDist—Houston, 154 maj.;
Crawford 163, and Taylor 92 against.
Twenty-Fourth District—Muscogee, 228
majority; Marion 102, and Chattahoochee
56 against.
Twenty-fifth District—Talbot 79 major
ity; Harris 15; and Upson 28against.
Twenty-sixth District—Butts 27 against;
Fayette 130 majority; Spalding 468 do.
Twenty-seventh District—Newton, 239;
Walton 241 against; (.'lark 149 maj.
Twenty-eighth District—Putnam 19S
majority; Morgan 249 <io ; Jasper 151 do.
Twenty-ninth District— Wilkes 171 ma
jority ; Lincoln 36 do; Columbia 411 do.
Thirtieth District —Oglethorpe9against,
Elbert 13 do; Madison 115 majority.
Thirty-first District —Hart 215 majority,
Franklin 49 do., Habersham 7!* do.
Thirty-second District—White 74 ma
jority; Lumpkin 145 do., Dawson 61 do.
Thirty-third District—Hall 172 major
ity, Banks S3 do., Jackson 255.
Thirty-fourth District—Henry 353 ma
jority; Gwinnett 57; DeKalh 252 against.
Thirty-fifth District—Clayton 134 ma
jority; Fulton 392, Cobb 421 against.
Thirty-sixtli District —Merriwether 215
majority; Coweta 487 do; Campbell 104 do.
Thirty-seventh District — Troup 318 ma
jority; Heard 2 do; Carroll 29 against.
Thirty-eighth District —Polk 410 major
ity; Haralson 91 ; Paulding 347 do.
Thirty-ninth District—Cherokee 6 ma
jority ; Milton 12do ; Forsyth 203 do.
Fortieth District —Union 205 majority;
Towns 108 da ; Rahuii-15 do.
Forty-first District—Fannin 122 major
ity: Gilmer 120 do.; Pickens 141 do.
' Forty-second District—Floyd 391 ma
jority ; Chattooga 78 do.; Bartow 186 do.
Forty-third District—Murray 291 maj ;
Whitfield 490d0; Gordon 264 do.
Forty-fourth District—Catoosa 81 major
ity; Walker 185; and Dade 46 against.
The Rev. General Clinton B. Fisk, once
a big knob on the top drawer of Howard’s
Bureau, is preaching Methodism down
East. The Louisville Courier wants him
to explain away that monstrous compound
lie —which he told, reiterated, and per
sisted in—about the people of Lexington.
Philadelphia Corr. of the Clnei nnati Commercial.
A BELLIGERENT D. It.
Lively Time* in the National Presbyterian Union
Convention.
The Rev. Dr. Eagleson, (Old School), of
Western Pennsylvania, moved that a com
mittee he appointed to report a basis of
Union between all the branches of the
Presbyterian families forconsideration and
adoption by them. The motion was sec
onded, aud, being announced, was length
ily discussed. Dr. Breckinridge took the
floor very promptly, and proceeded to
say :
“I am decidedly opposed, sir, to this
motion, or any effort of tiie kind—that is
proposing any basis for organic union be
tween these bodies. I suppose the Old
School Presbyterian Church is the largest
body of Preshyleriaus in the world, and
there are sitting down here two or three
offshoots from us, the New School and the
Cumberland people; but 1 wonld be will
iug, aud I suppose all our churches aud
our people would be willing, to let the
United, Reformed \or whatever you call it)
Church prepare arid give us a basis for
union, provided only they will doit better
than we could do it ourselves. Now I
shall ask that brother there [referring to
Dr. Eagleson] to withdraw his motion,
though I know he won’t do it, for he is a
Presbyterian [.laughter], or I shall feel
obliged to go on and make some further
remarks. Will the brother withdn. .\ ~s
motion ?”
Dr. Eagleson replied, through the chair,
that the motion was already the property
of the house, and be could not, therefore,
take it again.
Mr. Breckenridge then proceeded :
“The most likely uuion that can he
looked for, sir,” he continued, “is between
our church and the other branch, as tiiey
have got now to calling it; hut sir, that
union will never be consummated [sensa
tional], for all they have appointed a com
mittee aud so on. No. sir, you will not see
that union if you live.” Here Mr. fetewart,
whom lie was addressiug, said, “I hope I
shall, sir.” “ Well, sir,” replied the Doc
tor, “I hope you’ll live a thousand years ;
hut take my word for it, you’ll never see
that reunion. Not but that 1 respect aud
love niy brethren that are on thatcommlt
tee—those of the Old School, I mean—l
don’t know anything about the others
[laughter], but they wou’taccomplish this.
Why, sir, there isn’t appointed on all that
committee of our Assembly, a single man
who has any reputation whatever for theo
logical learning.”
Several members rose to call the sfieaker
to order, and the chairman, rapping the
I desk with bis gavel, reminded Dr. Breck
: enridge that personalities could not be al
lowed. The doctor went on however, in
the same strain for a moment, when the
j chairman again called him to order. The
Doctor turned somewhat wrathfuily to the
chairman, aud continued speaking, while
j Mr. Stuart said : “I have as much respect
I for Robert J. Breckenridge as any man
has, but I can not permit these remarks on
! brethren known and respected.” Dr.
| Breckenridge demanded to know vbat
| was the name of the brother who had
■ called him to order. lie did uot mean to
offend the feelings of any one. lam re-
sponsible, said he, to God Almighty and
to man for what I say, and I know what
lam saying: and if any one ioe«>.'t like
what I say, hr know- where I live. [Great
laughter and sensation.]
Further objections being made to the
spirit of the Doctor’s remarks, the chair
man again called him to order, whereupon
Dr. Breckenridge ta-gan to descend from
the platform, saying something about not
being allowed to speak. Many members
cried out to him to “Go on,” and the
chairman most courteously begged him to
remain and finish his remarks; but the
Doctor stepping back again,{said, “No,
sir, I will not goon—and if you proceed to
force this matter through, the curse of
God will rest on you !”
The remark was received with cries of
“ Shame !” arid not a few hisses* from all
parts of the house, quickly rebuked by the
chair, who reminded the Doctor that lie
should remember that he was not in his
own ehurch courts only, but in general
convention. “ Well, sir,” said Brecken
ridge. “ I know where I am—and this
is the first time I ever saw a layman con
stituted the presiding officer of such a body.
It is contrary to all law and precedent.
With that, the Doctor left the stand and
returned to his seat, and, after some further
discussion, tire motion to commit was
adopted.
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A Three Hour*’ Conflict with an
JLleplaa.nl.
Mr. Hyatt Frost, of Van Aruburgh's
menagerie, gave us yesterday, the partic
ulars of a terrible fight with Tippoo Sahib,
the well known elephant, which occured
at Connersville, Indiana, last Tuesday.—
The menagerie has gone into winter quar
ters at that place, and the colossal animal
is chained to a small building, wiiere he
will t»e kept until the show season opens
next year. Tippoo Sahib, by the way, is
now the largest elephant in America. He
is thirty-six years old, and weighs ten
thousand pounds.
The battle with Tippoo resulted from a
change in his keepers. Frank Nash, his
keeper for ten years, was supplanted by
Chas. Johnson, formerly ol Barnum’s
menagerie. The elephant will not accept
anew master without a battle, and Mr.
Johnson fully prepared himself for an ex
citing encounter. The elephant was in
particularly bad humor with all maukind.
He would allow nobody in his quarters,
striking at every intruder witli his trunk
and tusks most vigorously.
On Tuesday morning last, at ten o’clock,
the combat opened. The new keeper, with
nine assistants had fully equipped himself
with chains and cables for ty iug, and spears
aud pietbforks for subduing Tippoo. The
first thing to be done was to fasten a brick
bat to the end of a rope and throw it over
the end of the tusk-chain, which latter is
fastened to one leg and one tusk. By
means of this rope, a twenty-ton cable
chain (formerly used to subdue the famous
Hannibal,) was slip-noosed around the tusk.
Next an excavation three fi-et deep was
made under the sill of the house, and while
the elephant’s attention was attracted to
the other side of the room by a pail of wa
ter poured into his trough, the cable chain
was passed through the excavation and
fastened to heavy stakes outside. All
this time the infuriated monster struck
all arouud him with terrific ferocity, and
tugged at his chain with incredible mo
mentum.
The next thing accomplished was the
snaring of his hind legs. This was con
summated by the slinging of fresh ropes
around those two stately pillars of ele
phant flesh, bone and muscle, aud Anally
by the stealthy strategy of the keeper and
another man, these ropes were fastened to
stumps outside. The elephant was now
sufficiently pinioned to allow the order
“ charge pitchforks” to be given. Ten
men, armed with these ugly implements
of offence, plunged them into the ram
paging beast, taking care, of course, to
avoid penetrating his eyes or joints. The
tenderest spot about au elephant is just be
hind the fore legs, and that locality was
probed unmercifully. By means of a hook
ed spear sunk in his hack, Tippoo was
brought to his knees, but iie surged up
again with such awful streugh that he
swept his tormentors off tiieir feet, aud
made hisehains whistle like ttddie strings,
After an hour’s lighting he was brought
down on his side, hut for two hours louger
he tugged at his chains with frenzied ob
stinacy. He pulled so hard at times that
his hind legs were straight out behind
him, and three-feet off the ground.
At the end of three hours the giant gave
in by “trumpeting,” which is the ele
phant way of crying “ enough.” The
moment this peculiar cry was heard the
battle ceased. The keeper made Tippoo
get up and lie down a number of times
and he was as obedient to the word of com
mand as'a gentle pony. The animal was
then groomed and rubbed off with whis
key. He allowed all manner of liberties
without so much as flapping an ear. lie
was a subjugated elephant.—Cincinnati
Commercial.
Por.i.Aitn and Pakton as Historians.
—Pollard wrote the First Year of tiie War"
thc Second Year of the War, and all the
other years—a precious piece of history
that will he useful in the future as an ex
ample to writers whatnot to say oil cer
tain subjects, lie wrote also the Lost
Cause, and Lee and his Lieutenants, and
the latter has brought out the illustrious
Wise, the magnificent Virginian, who
declares that the Muse of History, as seen
in Pollard’s pages isa lying good-for-noth
ing. Pollard is for the South, it would
seem, just what Parton is for tiie North
Parton has written history, too, and intim
form of biography, iu the North America i
Review. He has presented Weliiter a- t
drunken debauchee, Calhoun as, a crazy
man, and has said such things about all
tiie great men of the republic as must
make them wretched through all eternity
if Parton’s writings are considered in the'
oilier world. Wonderful writer' He
made a biography of Butler, too -an l I ft,
out the spoons.