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WEDNESDAY, JL f LY 15, 1868.
>lll. NOBLE LKI'TEIi.
Wo print, below, the letter from Mr.
Pendleton read In the New York Conven
tion on Thursday last, authorizing the
withdrawal of his name as a candidate for
nomination to the office of President of
the United States. To add one word of
comment would be like gilding refined
gold, and we withhold it. When Presi
dent Seymour takes possession of the
White House, the Democracy of the Na
tion will demand that Mr. Pendleton have
his choice of the offices in the gift of the
Chief Magistrate of a redeemed country :
Cincinnati July 2, 1868.
Washington Mr Lean, Fifth Avenue 71<>tel:
My Dear Sir —You know better than
any one the feelings and principles which
have guided my conduct since the sugges
tion of my name for the Presidential nom
ination. You know that while I received
the good opinion of my countrymen, and
would feel honest pride in so distinguished
a mark of their confidence. 1 do not desire
it at the expense of one single electoral
vote, [Great applause] or of the least dis
turbance of the harmony of our party. I
considered the success of the Democratic
party in the next election as of far greater
importance than the gratification of any
personal ambition, however pure and lofty
it might be. [Loud cheers.J If there
fore, at any time, a name shall be sug
gested, which, in the opinion of yourself
and those friends who have shared our
confidence, shall be stronger before the
country, or which can more thoroughly
represent our own party, I beg that you
will instantly withdraw my name, and I
pledge to the Convention my hearty,
zealous, and active support for its nom
inee. Very truly yours,
Guo. H. Pendleton.
■>tuKOVTIOA itt.Mitfc.il
Griffin, Ga., July 10, lsoß
To tlu Editor of the Journal and Messenger, :
Sir —I find in the list of Permanent Sec
retaries to the National Democratic Con
vention at its recent session in the city of
New York, the name of V. A. Gaskill, of
(leorgia. 1 desire to know if this is the
man commonly known as Varney Gas
kil), who was, up to the time of his re
moval from office by Hubert, a Radical of
the sharpest and quickest kind, and if he
is, what process has been resorted to to
cleanse him sufficiently of his political
filth to make him a fit person to be thus
honored by a Democratic Convention ?
1 wish also to know liow he got the posi
tion, who recommended him, and upon
what grounds. J am an old-fasliloned
Democrat, and cannot bring myself to be
lieve that it is either wise or decent thus
to reward deserters while there are true
men to be remembered. Inquisitive.
Note by the Editor.— Gaskill was ap
pointed upon the recommendation of the
Hon. Cinciunatus Peeples, of Griffin, a
delegate from this Congressional district,
who was a member of the committee upon
Organization, and who was requested to
select a suitable person from Georgia, for
the office referred to. We presume Mr. P.
must have been satisfied ot the sincerity of
Gaskill's conversion, thus to have made
him the representative of the Democracy
of Georgia among the officials of the Con
vention
Georgia Editors in New York. —We
had the pleasure of meeting a number of
our editorial confreres in New York at the
recent session of the National Democratic
Convention : Messrs. Randall, of the Con
stitutionalist, and Moore, of the Chronicle A \
Sentinel, at Augusta; Wyun, of the Co-j
lumbus Enquirer Willingham, oftheLa- \
Grange Importer . Hancock, of the Amer
icas lit%)ubliep,n : Atkinson, of the Athens
Banner . and Shecut, of the Madison Audi
tor, were among the “outsiders,” while j
Gen. Wright of the Chronicle & Sentinel, j
Reid of the Telegraph, ami Styles of the ;
Atlanta Constitution, were among the del- j
egates. So far as we know, they all kept J
duly sober, and did uot fall into any of the
thousand and one man traps with which
that stirring town is infested. We pre
sume that most of them will tell their “ex
perience” during the current week.
IKK ED>ll All* ELEC’TOK U. BILL.
The following is the text of the bill in
troduced by Edmunds, Senator from Ver
mont, and which, being passed by botli
Houses, was sent to the President yester
day for his signature:
Resolved, That none of the States,
whose inhabitants were lately in rebellion,
shall be entitled to be represented in the
electoral college for the choice of President
and Vice-President of the United States,
norshall any electoral votes be received or
counted from any such States, unless at
the time prescribed by law for the choice
of electors, the people of sucli Slates, pur
suant to the acts of Congress in that be
half, shall have since the fourth day of
March, 1807, adopted a Constitution of
State Government under which a State
Government shall have been organized,
and shall be in operation, and unless such
election of electors shall have been held
under tHe authority of such Constitution
and Government, and such State shall
have also been entitled hi be represented
in Congress, pursuant to the acts of Con
gress in that behalf
ANS WEB ed. —'The Atlanta Constitution
wishes to know how it is that Gen. Dunn,
a Federal official, can treat the lady wit
nesses for the defence in the case of the Col- j
unibus prisoners with deference and re- j
spect while Joe Brown, the hired blood- j
hound of the Radical party, is rude and in
sulting to them ? We answer : Because
Dunn, if not a gentleman, has associated
sufficiently with that class to learn how to
counterfeit one, while Brown is by na
ture, and in spite of hiaopportunities, rad
ically and unchangeably the reverse. He
has hated gentlemen and ladies all his
life, on the principle, we suppose, that
their virtues only serve to make more
evilly and odiously conspicuous his own
mental and moral deformities. He would
antagonize Nature did lie act otherwise.
Moke Georgians on the Road to
Pardon. —In the National Intelligence/’ ,
of Thursday last, we find the names of the
following Georgians whoso disabilities
have been removed by the House of Rep
resentatives, in which action the Senate
will certainly concur. Considering their
past and present {supposed) political status
the group may well be characterized as
motley :
P. M. 15. Young, Cartersville; R. W.
Bell, Banks county ; 11.11. Took, Thomas
county; Walker Brock, State Senator
elect; \V. C. Daniel, Savannah ; William
T. Martin, Banks county ; John W. H.
Underwood, Augustus Wright, Rome;
Charles E. Broyles, Dalton ; all of Georgia.
Janies L. Seward, Thomas county, Ga.
As We Predicted. —The modest Gas
kill, as we predicted before the Conven
tion would he tlie ease, worked hard for
Pendleton, at New York, and the result
was that gentleman’s defeat. If Governor
Seymour really desires to carry Georgia,
we would suggest that lie promise Gaskill
gome sort of an office to keep his mouth
shut from now till November. If liecoukl
be induced to “spend himself’’ lor Wash
burn and Colfax, it would he still better.
deargin §anrtfrl nil Ipeiiettpi^
Uriel llio£rn|»hh*« of Our raudidatt**.
In the Baltimore Sun, of Saturday, we
find tlie annexed condensed biographical
notices of the next President and Vice-
President of the United States:
Governor Seymour, the Democratic can
didate for the Presidency, is about 5G years
of age. He is descended from Richard
Seymour, one of the original settlers
of Hartford, Connecticut. His paternal
grandfather, Major Moses Seymour, served
in the war of the revolution, and was af
terwards for seventeen years a member of
the Legislature of Connecticut. His ma
ternal grandfather, Col. Forman, served
through tiie revolutionary war in the New
Jersey line. His father, lleury Seymour,
was a distinguished citizen of Western
New York, and served in the State Legis
lature witli signal ability. At the time of
his death he held tHe office of canal com
missioner, which he had filled for many
years. Governor Seymour inherited from
his father an ample estate. He married
a daughter of the late John R. Bleeclitr,
of Albany. One of his sisters married
Hon. Roscoe Conkiiug, United States Sen
ator from New York. Mr. Seymour lias
been from early boyhood an earnest and
useful member of tiie Episcopal Church,
and is generally respected for his purity
and uprightness of character.
General Francis P. Blair, Democratic
candidate for tiie Vice Presidency, was
born in Lexington, Kentucky, February
19,1821. He graduated at Princeton Col
lege, New Jersey, and is a lawyer by pro
tession. He was three times elected to
Congress from the St. Louis District, in
1850, 1800 and 1862. At the outbreak of
the late civil convulsion he was the first
man to make effective resistance to the
supposed disunion designs of Governor
Jackson, in the Slate of Missouri. He
commanded the first Missouri regiment
in the first campaign in that State, and
was at its head in the battle of Wilson’s
Creek, where General Lyon fell. Subse
quently lie was made Brigadier and Major
General commanding in the army of Ten
nessee, under Sherman, McCleruaud an t
Grant, in tiie Vicksburg campaign. Du
ring Sherman’s match, in ISG4, he com
manded the seventeenth army corps.
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Press Dispatches from Atlanta
Why does not the]Agent of the Associated
Press for Georgia appoint an agent at At
lanta 0 We have dispatches from Raleigh,
from Columbia, and other State capitals,
but none from Atlanta, our own capital.
We hope Mr. Walsh will look into this
matter, and not allow the press of the
State, outside that city, to be so complete
ly dependent upon the Atlanta papers for
information. Public interest in Georgia
centres in tiie proceedings of tiie Legisla -
ture, and a synopsis, at least, of their ac
tion should be telegraphed every night.
Row AMONG THE Raiders. —Our infor
mation from Atlanta is very suggestive of
that good time coming when honest men
get their dues. Tiie Radical " ro
quarrelling over the spoils, and biting,
kicking, cursing and scratching each other
most refreshingly Bryant and Josh Hill,
against the Chicago vocalist, and the Au
gusta, mink ere the parties. Gibson of
Augusta, backs the B’s, and Josh Hill does
the talking for ttu* new firm of Bryant and
Hill. If the former can’t bring heavier
metal to bear upon tiie enemy than Dele
gate Gibson—who wants to be a very “or
nary” Judge—they had best c nnprotnise
at once. Josh Hill carries decidedly too
many gnus for any such orass mounted
pocket pistol as the ex-Colonel of the IStli
i Ga. Regiment—mere sliame to him.
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OIK NEXT PRESIDENT.
Iloralio Seymour Accepts the Nomination.
New York, July 10.—Governor .Sey
mour delivered the following speech at n
ratification meeting to-uiglit:
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of tiie
Committee; 1 thank you for the courteous
terms in which you have communicated
the at ion of the Democratic Convention.
[Cheers.] 1 have no words adequate to
express my gratitude for the good will and
kindness which that body has shown me.
Its nomination was unsought and unex
pected. It was my ambition to take an
active part, from which I am now exclud
ed, in tiie great struggle going on for the
restoration of gopd government, of peace
and prosperity, [Great cheering,] but I
have been caught up by the overwhelming
tide that is bearing us to a great change
and find myself unable to resist its pres
sure. [Loud cheering.]
You have also given to me a copy of the
resolutions put forth by the convention,
showing its position upon all the great
questions which now agitates the country.
As the presiding officer of that conven
tion, I am familiar w ith the scope and im
port, and as one of its members I am a
party to their terms. They are in accord
ance with my wish, and I stand upon
them in the contest into which we are now |
entering, and 1 shall strive to carry them
out in the future wherever I may he placed
in public or private life. [Cheers.]
I congratulate you and all conservative
men who seek to restore order, peace, ;
; prosperity and good government to our
land, upon the evidences everywhere
j shown, that we are to triumph at the next
election. ( Prolonged cheers ]
Those who are politically opposed to us
flattered themselves there would be discord
S in our councils. They mistook the uncer
tainties of our views, as to the hesi. meth
ods of carrying out our purposes, for dif
ferences of opinion. With regard to those
purposes they mistook an anxiety to do
no act which should not be wise and judi
cious, fora spirit of discord ; hut during
the lengthened proceedings and earnest
discussions of the Convention there lias
! prevailed an entire harmony of inter
course, a patient forbearance, and a self
sacrilicing spirit which are the sure tokens
i of coming victory.
Accept for yourselves, gentlemen, my
wishes for your future welfare and Happi
ness. |Cheers.] In a few days I will an
swer the communication you have just
banded me, by letter, as is the customary
form. [Tremendous and long continued
cheering.]
Mil. REMU.KroVW < OKIHU. EVOORsIvMEV I
OF GO\ . SKY Mill It
New York, July 9.— The following pri
vate letter from Mr. Pendleton was ad
dressed to Washington McKean, or the
Ohio delegation, before that delegation
left Ohio, and was liauded to John A.
Green, Jr., on their arrival in New York :
"Cincinnati, June 25. —My Dear Bik :
You left my office this morning before I
wa aware of it. 1 seek you at home, but
you are not these. I must say what I want
by note. As soon as you get to New York
see Governor Seymour. You know well
what was my feeling before and after I
heard from him last fall. He is to-day
the foremost man in our party in the Uni
ted States. His ability, cultivation and
experience put him at the head of our
statesmen. He commands my entire con
lideuce. I would rather trust him than
myself with the delicate duties of the next
four years. You know 1 am sincere.
Make' him feel this, and that he can rely
on me and my friends. 1 have a natural
pride an honest pride, I believe, in the
good will of my countrymen; but you,
better than any one else, know that it is
neither egotistical nor overruling, and
that I am really anxious to give up the
nomination to anybody who can get one
single vole more than myself. Express
all this frankly to the Governor, hut deli
cately, and let him understand my views
of men and measures as I have frequently
given them to you. Good-bye. God bless
you. Yours truly,
“George 11. Pendi.eton.
“To Washington McLean, Esq.”
Honored.— lt is announced in the
Radical papers that Col. B. B. deGraffen
reid, of Milledgeville, has been honored
by Bullock with the post of Private Secre
tary. As he is expected to furnish the
Malvolio of Hie Southern Express Compa
ny not on’y with brains, hut grammarand
spelling, we are inclined to the opinion
that lie will find the office no sinecure.
£3?" Apples from this country sell for
two dollars in gold a dozen in Hong Kong.
THE NO>HN VTION.
How it wax Received—Rejoicing Kverywh**rr.
Spceitil to the Louisville Journal.
Washington, July 9.
THE NOMINATION AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
The nomination' of Seymour takes every
body in Washington by surprise, it is
generally approved. Secretary Welles was
the first to eoHHpuiiiipte St to the Presi
dent. lfe found Mr. Johnson in his office,
and said: “Well, Mr. President, the Con
vention has made a nomination.” “Well,”
says A. J., smiling pleasantly, “who is it?”
“Guess,” said tiie Secretary. “O," says
Johnson; I know it ain’t me, who is it?”
“Seymour,” said Welles. “Good,” replied
the President. “Capital!” they could not
have done better.” It is said by all Mr.
Johnson’s friends that he will support
the ticket cordially, aud that he is per
fectly satisfied.
Special to the Louisville Courier.
Frankfort, Ky., July 9, 10:35 p. m.
A large and enthusiastic meeting is be
ing held to-night to ratify tiie nomination
of Seymour and Blair. Eloquent and
stirring speeches are being made by Col.
S. B. Churchill, Hon. G. W. Craddock,
Colouel W. P. BuhLi, Hon. James A. Daw
son, Attorney General Rodman,and Judge
Janies. The greatest enthusiasm prevails
The following resolutions were read and
adopted amid deafening applause:
Resolved. That we heartily indorse the
action of the Democratic Convention, as
well as that of the Soldiers’ ami Sailors’
Convention, which recently met in New
York.
Resolved, That we cordially approve of
the platform, and pledge Kentucky to
give a greater majority for Seymour and
Blair than has ever beeu given in this
State for any candidate whatever.
A national salute was fired upon the re
ception of the news of tiie nomination.
Bonfires are blazing on the streets, music
is playing, aud the wildest enthusiasm
prevails.
Kpecittl to the Louisville Courier,
Lexington, Ky., July 9.
A large and enthusiastic ratification
meeting is being held here tonight. Can
non are firing, bonfires blazing, and great
enthusiasm prevails among ihe people.
M. C. Johnson, Gen. John B. Huston,
Gen, Leslie Coombs, and other prominent
men, are addressing the vast audience.
Resolutions pledging a hearty support
to and endorsing the candidates aud plat
form were adopted. Our people are more
unanimous in their approval of what has
been done at New York than they ever
wore before.
Sr. Louis, July 9.
A large Democratic meeting was held at
the Court-house to-night, to ratify the
nomination of Seymour and Blair. R. L.
Letcher, of Saline county, D. A Sutton,
Major W. O. Jones, Captain Tobin and
others spoke. A national salute was tired,
and thirteen extra guns for Blair.
An unusual amount of enthusiasm was
manifested. A fine display of fireworks,
music, etc., coupled with a large number
present, made it out one of the most suc
cessful meetings that has been held here
since the war. . . ,
ti.c-. auutiiiaUunt seem to give universal
satisfaction to the Democrats, and the
mention of the names at the meeting was
received with loud and long continued
acclamation.
Chicago, July 9.
On receipt of the nomination of Hora
tio Seymour a salute of one hundred guns
was tired. Another salute was tired this
evening.
A ratification meeting will lie held some
time next week—time not stated.
Bowling Green, July 9.—9:30 p. m.
There is great enthusiasm here for .Sey
mour, The town is illuminated, and
bands of music are playing, the people
crowding the streets anil rejoicing general
ly. We all feel that a winning ticket is
nominated. Hurrah for .Seymour and
Blair!
Special Uispatcti to the Ilaltiiuore Sun.
THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS IN WASH
INGTON—DOTH PARTIES SATISFIED.
Washington, Jot;/ 9.—The news from
New York to-day created a good deal of
excitement in the House of Represent i
tives. Speaker Colfax, who naturally felt
much interest in the result, was the recip
ient of continuous bulletins by telegraph
of the progress of events at the Conven
tion The news of Mr. Seymour's tiomi
nation came rather unexpectedly, and the
Republicans seemed to be very jubilant
when it was ascertained beyond a doubt
who Grant’s competitor was to be. A bill
from t he Indian committee was under con
eratiou when the news was received. The
confusion in the hall at once became so
great that tiie Speaker could scarcely have
business properly attended to. Mr. E. B.
Wushburne tried to excuse the confusion
by remarking that the Republican side of
the House had a right to be exultant over
Seymour’s nomination.
When General Blair’s nomination for
! the Vice Presidency became known tin*
I Radicals seemed to be perfectly satisfied.
| The Democratic members present were in
I an equally happy frame of mind, though
! they failed to see auy great cause of jubi
lation by the Republicans.
The Cincinnati Pres* on the Nomination*.
The Enquirer of the 10th says of the
nomination of Seymour : “For twenty
years no man has exerted a wider influ
ence upon public affairs in the Democratic
party. No man is better known or more
highly admired as an orator, lie not
only lias no equal of any party in New
York, but helms no rival. Gifted with a
fine presence of mind, with a remarkable
and copious flow of language, he is unsur
passed as an orator. He is the pride and
ornament of the Empire State He com
nieuced life as a Democrat, and has never
wavered in his advocacy of that political
faith. In liis private life there is no blem
ish. His morals are pure, his reputation
untarnished. He was not a candidate for
the nomination for the Presidency, but
repeatedly declined, and it was only upon
the solicitation of the West, and the
unanimous voice of the Convention, that
he accepted the nomination Why, then,
should lie not be supported by the Detn
ocracy of the entire country? What ob
jections can reasonably be urged against
him? His character and qualifications
are eminent as an orator. He is distin
guished as a statesman. There is no com
parison between him and Grant, either
personally or politically. He will be sup
ported by the Democracy, and will be
triumphantly elected. He was not origin
ally Hie choice of the West, as is well
known. They preferred, with extraordi
nary unanimity, the Hon. (ieorge H. Pen
dleton, Hut owing, however, to adverse
circumstances, lie lias been defeated, and
the nomination has fallen upon Governor
Seymour through the action of Mr. Peu
dleton’s friends. We do not hesitate to
pledge him their support.
The Commercial says, Mr. Seymour is
not a liberal and progressive Democrat.
He stands by the traditions of the party.
He shares its prejudices ; lie sympathizes
with every effort to continue a social caste
created by slavery, aud appeals to antip
athies of races solely for political ends.
His partisan record will prevent tiie Re
publicans of the East from going over to
Hie Democracy. His sympathy for the
bondholders will seriously affect his pros
poets in the West, and he will not he able
to poll more than a strictly party vote.
He is a weak man for the Presidency and
ought easily to be beaten.
The Gazette say Mr. Beymour is a man
of respectable abilities. In this respect he
may he rauked at Hie top of the Democrat
ic politicians wiio were named for the
nomination ; lie is a cunning politician,
and is sufficiently unscrupulous for tiie
demagogue course which is a necessity to
a Democratic candidate. During the war
he differed from his party iu that lie ad
mitted the constitutional powerto pull
down thesecession rebellion,buthecouuter
acted this by such a course of partisan at
tacks on everytbingwhich the Government
diit that lie gave as much aid to the spirit
of disaffection in Hie North and as much
encouragement to tiie rebellion as the
others, who declared the national defence
unconstitutional-
Burned to Death.— Williams, the ne
gro murderer of the brothers Luke, in lr?
win county, was burned to deatli in the
jail of that county, last week. The build
ing was entirely destroyed.
A Long Dry BpeliD.—The Talbotton
Gazette, of Friday, says enough rain fell
in that section for the first time in eight
weeks to run in the streets.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1868.
THURSDAY, JULY l(i, 1868.
THE ASHBURN TRAGEDY.
TUI VI. OK THE fOU Mill * PH IMlNKils
TeMljilt.liv for 111.- HHViier I nn!u . *-U--■ llnhe
Vltbl.
ELEVENTH DaY. [CONTINUED.]
C. K. AKRINGION SWORN.
I reside in Carroll county. I was at Mr.
Duke's when I first heard of the assassi
nation of Mr. Asliburn. r was in the
blacksmith shop. It was on Tuesday or
Wednesday. Mr. Dukes, the accused, was
at the shop when I first heard the news.
I went to Mrs. Duke’s on Sunday, and
stayed there four days. Mr. Dukes was at
his father’s, when 1 reached there On Sun
day. He was there on Sunday nGht. I
slept with him He was there Monday
night. He slept with me that night in
the house there. His.mother and father
aud some of his sisters slept in the same
room. He was there on Tuesday night.
He aud I slept together every night while
1 was there. They called it about forty
miles to Columbus, i don’t know how
far it is. Mr. Duke's mother is my sister.
C R< MSB-KX A MI N AVION.
I have a family. I reside in Carroll
county, about 43 miles from Mr. Duke. I
walked to Duke’s. I only went thereon
a visit. It took me a day and a piece, I
don’t recollect what sort of weather
I had during the trip. I left home on
Saturday. I don't remember whether it
mined on Saturday or Sunday. 1 reached
Duke's about two hours by sun.
J was alone. I found Duke’s family at
bom© wtien I arrived there. William
Duke was at home. He was getting be
fore Ihe fire when 1 went in. I spent
Monday at the blacksmith shop nearly all
day. A negro man and one of Duke's
brothers were there. Mr. Duke’s father
was there too. I was not in the black
smith shop all day. I was at the house
part of the day. I don’t know exactly
what time we retired. They have no time
piece. I judge it was between nine mid
ten o'clock. I think there were three
beds in the room. I slept in the back part
of the room. I don’t know the-size orthe
room—it was a utrge one. It had three
doors 1 think. The front door facet! the
big road—South I think. The bed In
which I slept was on the right as I enter
ed. I never noticed whether it wa * against
the wall or not It was at the end of the
house I entered—in the right hand corner.
The other beds were in the other end to
the left. (Names all the persons who
s'ept In the room./ Duke lias two or three
married sisters. One of them slept in ay
adjoining room
He has a married brother. He did not
sleep in that room. 1 was at the shop and
bouse, backward and forward,on Tuesday.
I was there also on Wednesday. There
wi re several other men there. 1 am a
farmer. I first heard of the murder of
Ashburii on Tuesday or Wednesday. I
don’t know which. 1 don’t know w!“*
broiiubi '»*■* rt «as some man there
In the settlement that told it at the shop.
It was light nights I think. I am not cer
tain if it was Tuesday or Wednesday. I
say it was one or tiie other of these days,
because they said he was killed on the .‘toth
of March, arid it was a day or two after
ward. 1 got there on the 29th, Monday
was the ,Bnth. The first day I left home 1
traveled about 30 miles. 1 don’t know the
name of the mans stayed with. It w.ts
about three quarters of a mile from Dr.
Pierce's. Dr. Pierce lives in Meriwether
county. I stopped before I got to Dr.
Pierce’s The house was a sort of a double
cabin. I got there after night awhile
The house is right close at the road. I
think it was a little cUudy when I stop
ped that night, ami do not know whether
tiie moon was shining. Ido not res in
her if the moon was shining on Kui :uy,
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
I left Duke’s to go home soon on Thurs
day' nioriiiug, and came 8 miles this side
of LaOrange the first day, and- tayed with
my father-in-law that night. I arrived at
his house just before night. I think it
rained that evening I went home on
Friday. I don’t know exactly how fur it
is from my father-in-law’s house—lt’s
about 35 or 10 mile- 1 did not reach
home that day. I stayed with my broth
er-in-law, Handy who lives in Carroll,
near the Chattahoochee river, with a man
by the name of Akers, on what is called
the “Fire Natch” road. Igo home Satur
day. I was absent, I think, six days.
[Witness described the family where lie
stayed the first uight.] f first heard that
Duke was accused of connection with the
murder of Ashburn last night was a week
ago, at home It was communicated to
me by Mr. fluke’s brother. I recollect so
particularly about Duke’s being at home
on the 30th of March by being there and
hearing of Aahburn’s death.
BY THE COURT.
The moon, I think, was about full when
I visited Duke’s house.
ROBERT T. C. TUCKER SWORN.
I live in Meriwether county. I know
William Dukes, the accused. (Points him
out.) I think the first I heard of Ash
burn's murder was at Duke's shop on
Wednesday evening. William was there.
I saw him in the field on the Saturday be
fore, and once before at Hie shop. 1 saw
him at the shop Monday evening after the
sun was down. (Named others who were
at the shop at the same time, and identi
ties Arrington as one who was there,
though he was unacquainted with him,)
I did not see him (Arlington) there the
evening I heard of the deatli of Ashhurn.
The shop is about forty miles from Colum
bus.
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
I live from three to four hundred yards
from Duke's shop since Dukes
moved there last winter was a year ago. 1
am frequently at Ins shop. 1 have all my
wood-work done there. lam there .some
times every day in the week and some
times not for two or three weeks. It de
pemlson my health and business. It is re
garded as a' public place for the neighbor
hood. Ido not remember who was at the
shop the next time I was there after the
time about which 1 testify.
I remember who was there on WeiJiies
day, because there I fir.-t heard of the
deatli of Ashhurn. 1 had made arrange
ments on Tuesday for my wagon to taite
a load of cotton up to LnGrange, and
after they started, on Wednesday, 1
walked down to the shop, and while there
heard that Ashhurn was killed, and when
my son and son-in-law returned from La-
Grange they confirmed the report. It was
tiie last of March or tiie first of April. I
know 1 am right about the time, because
a neighbor wanted me to haul a load of
cotton to LaOrange. I could not do so
unless my son-in law would spare a por
tion of his team. He did not want to go,
as he wanted to go to planting cotton. I
told him there was plenty of time to bed
up his land, and if 1 was ready I would
not go to planting before Monday, the 6th
of April. Ido not keep a memorandum
of the time I commence or finish plant
ing. I frequently just mark in my alma
nac tiie day. I did not mark this year,
and do not speak from any memorandum,
but from a positive knowledge. I keep a
memorandum, sometimes, for reference a
long time afterward. 1 could not have
located this day but by concurrent circum
stances. I commenced planting cotton on
the oth of April. I had the day set apart
to commence. I don't know that 1 ever
thought about Duke being at home at that
time until he was arrested. He was ar
rested Wednesday or Thursday, two or
Hiree weeks ago. The arrest of Duke, a
near neighbor, made a decided impression
upon my mind, under the circumstances,
knowing, as I did, that he was at home
when Ashhurn was killed, aud if lie was
arrested, I might he also. I only remem
ber Hint he was arrested on Wednesday or
Thursday. I remember the circumstance
of Duke being at home, because I could
not have sent my wagon and mules off the
place at any other time. I had finished
planting my corn, and was bedding my
cotton land, and between planting corn
and commencing to plant cotton, I had
time to send my wagon oft'. 1 should
never have remembered what day I fin
ished planting corn, had it not been for
the circumstance occurring at the time.
(Here, as well as in other places, a large
portion of the cross-examination is omit
ted because we have not the space to de
vote to it.) I think I heard that Duke was
charged with connection with the mur
der of Ashhurn tiie next day after his ar
rest. Ineversuspectedanythingof tliekind
before his arrest. If he had not been ar
rested I don’t know that I should ever
have remembered so particularly about his
being there at that time. If he had not
been there I should have remembered that
as well. I don’t remember everybody I
saw that Monday.
. KK UIHSU’. ’A •*.
I am sixty-seven years old. 1 am a
farmer.
RE-CROSS EX AMINATIO.N.
My memory is not so good as it was
when I was a young man.
RE-RE-DIRKC T E X AMI NAT 11) N .
From the sensation produced at the
time I am positive of the leading facts
that I have stated here. I was at one time
Judge of the Inferior Court of Meriwether
county.
HE-RE-CROSS EX AM I NATION.
I suppose a greater sensation was pro
duced on my mind by the arrest of Duke
than did the death of Ashburn.
After concluding with this witness the
Court adjourned until ten o’clock on Mon
day morning.
THE b IKE A Id HI.
TWELFTH DAY.
Pursuant to adjournment the court met
at 10 o’clock Monday morning.
The record of the proceedings of Salur
duy was read and approved.
JUDGE RORT. T. C. TUCICKR RE CALLED.
Examined by Gov. Brown, l ire cotton
carried to LaGrange belonged to a young
man named Duke, who hud come down
aud bought it from a man attuned T. Par
ham. I do not know now many lodes
were bougyt. My wagon carried six. My
son-in-law, Blumer W. Williams, drove
my wagon. 1 do not know to whom he
delivered it, nor did 1 hear him say. Par
liam’sson went with the cotton. He lives
about a mile aud a half from me. 1 sup
pose Duke lives in LuGruuge. 1 frequent
ly see him there. 1 don’t know that he
has a place of business. I usually meet
him on the street. Ido not know that he
is a Cotton buyer.
JOAB ABNEY SWORN.
1 have been peddling fur the last three
or four years. 1 have a distinct recollec
tion of where I was when I tir-t heard of
the death of Ashburn. I was in the porch
of my own house near Columbus. It was
on Tuesday morning. I heard it front
black people. The Monday before l was
at home. The day before, I w.s at home
from eleven o’clock till night. I left home
on Thursday morning, to carry Wilt am
Duke to tils father’s in Meriwether coun
ty. f got there the same night and re
mained there ail night; next morning 1
went to my brother’s, fourteen miles
further. 1 remained there on Friday
night, and got home to Columbus at eleven
o’clock Bun day. lam positively and ab
solutely certain of these facts I have
sworn to.
CROSS EX AMI NATION.
UiclfianU o? carrying persons in my buggy
for pay. 1 wanted to go to my broth s,
and Diike asked me to take him to is
lather’s, so that he could get rid of the
chilis. 1 have known Duke ever since J
have lived in Columbus. After iiis father
moved to Meriwether county lie called
that his home. I bail often seen him in
Columbus. He boarded at Martin Burke’s
1 do not know how long he had been in
Columbus this time. He boaided about
six hundred yards from my house. It is
forty miles from Columbus to his lather's.
We made the trip in oue day. \V e worked
one horse —a large hay, twelve years old.
Horse belonged to Christopher C. Abney,
my son. i started su tiie last Thursdad
of March.
1 first heard that Duke was accused of
connection with the Ashburn murder,
some six or eight weeks ago. My son told
me lie bad heard of it. Prior to that time
J had not thought anything particularly
of going home with Duke. \\ hen my
sou told in© of the charge against Duke 1
told him it was all non sense. Duke was
in Meriwether, as we all know. I suppose
it was about two months after the occur
rence, I do not always remember the
dat • of au occurrence two months ago. I
made no memorandum of the date. 1
went himi« Iliihc. At lime I
went home I did not consider that there
was anything interesting iti the transac
tion.
It raitied in the evening; we got there
before dark ; I don’t know that the moon
shone at all; I stayed at liuke'a until
eight o’clock next morning; i got to my
brother’s that evening about one o'clock,
and left about the same time next day ; 1
left my brother’s on .Saturday ; it is litiv
two miles from my brother's to Columbus;
Saturday night i stayed twenty miles
from Columbus ; I do not remember the j
name of the man 1 stayed with ; i >aw
him again six or eight weeks afterward.
[Here we omit a large portion of the cross
examination.] I got home on Sunday,
ami laid down and rested until three
o’clock, and thvu there was a prayer meet
ing at my house; 1 was at home on Mon
day, and’did nothing ; I was at the upper
end of the street, at my son’s ; it is about
three hundred yards, I judge, from tin-
Perry House; 1 have no recollection of
whom 1 saw on the streets; 1 heard
nothing of Ashburn’* death on Monday.
I first saw colored jieoplc on Tuesday —
ju-tat hgfit. They told me Ashburn was
killed. 1 heard several white persons say
that lie was killed. I cannot say who
they were, there were so many. My mem
ory" is tolerably good. 1 will lie sixty
three 'ears old next month. I can recol
lect the date of any particular occurrences.
I do not remember the dates of the late
election.
RE-DIRKCT.
A prayer was appointed at my house
before I left home, and i told them 1
would be certain to be there. Ihe meet
iug was appointed for 3f "o’clock.
RE CROSS EXAMINATION.
We had a good many prayer meetings at
my house during the spring, always on
Sunday and about the liotu# I C'in
not name the day wheu any other meet
ing occurred, without referring hack. I
can refer to my almanac ami teil whe i
every one were held. I noticed this one
more particularly from having just come
home from carrying Mr. Duke. It was
the first meeting held in that house.
UK-RE DIRECT.
r did not hear that my testimony would
be desired in this case about we. k before
last I beard it from my son. I next
heard of it last Thursday, in Marion coun
ty, forty-seven miles from Columbus,
where I waa subpoenaed.
BY THE COURT.
When I returned from my brother’s in
March last I did not pass Duke’s. The
tirst prayer meeting in my house was held
on the last Sunday in March.
S. A PARHAM SWORN.
i reside in Meriwether county. 1 know
William Duke. [Points him out | 1 live
about a mile and a half from his father’s, j
I saw him there in the Jast week in March, j
I saw him about the 30tli—on Monday.
He was at home—at the shop. The sun !
was about an hour high. I saw him next
morning about two nours by sun. I was
called up there at that time by the sale of
some trees, on the place where Duke
lived. T went up there to see about it on
Tuesday. 1 was in LaGrange when Hirst
heard of the death of Asi burn. f left
home on the Ist day of April. lam cer
tain that I went to see about the logs the
Monday and Tuesday before I went to La-
Grange to sell some cotton. I am certain
ami positive that it was this Monday
evening that I saw William Duke at his
father’s shop.
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
Mr. Williams’wagon hauled my fath
er’s cotton to LaGrange. Mr. Williams
is a son -in law of Tucker who has testified
here. The cotton was sold before I left
home. I went up to deliver it. The cot
ton had been sold to Mr. Frost in Meri
wether county. Mr. Williams’ wagon
carried six bales. I received the money
for it i, >m Mr. Abrams ; he went to Frost’s
and brought it down to his house for me.
I think there was a receipt given at the
time. X don’t recollect who signed it. 1
don’t recollect the exact amount I received
—it was between SBOO aud SBOO. 1 think
it was on Thursday—the second day of
April. I live about 20 miles from La-
Grange. I got home about dark- I went
to my father’s next day and paid hint the
amount of money his cotton brought. 1
don’t remember what I did the next day,
1 nor the next. 1 was not at borne when
Duke was arrested I did not hear of it
until I was summoned to come up here. 1
was not at home, I heard of it only a few
miuutea before I was summoned. .
The summons was at home when I got
there. I received the sumuiqns sometime
last week. The uewsof the arrest did not
make a very particular impression on my
mind—of course It made some impression.
(We here again omit a large portion of
the cross examination.) L was at Duke’s
shop frequently during March and April,
but can locate no other special day, nor
name the persons I met there on other
days. 1 planted corn about tiie tenth of
March. Ido not remember when I com
menced planting cotton.
RE-DIRECT.
If my mind was directed to any of these
eveuts T could probably remember the
particular day on which they occurred,
i am positive aud distinct that these
events occurred at the time I have stated
to-day. I atn certain they occurred in
connection as stated.
KK ( ROBS EXAMINATION.
[Witness was desired to take time to re
lied and think, and satisfy hitnself as to
the day of the week and month lie first
heard of the arrest of Duke ami the re
ceipt of the summons. He answered after
a short reflection that he could not remem
ber either the day of the week or the
month.] i am so positive about tiie in
cidents about the 30th of March, because
they rested stronger on my mind —made
more impression on my mind. [Tiie cross
examination was extended to some con
siderable length.]
DR. C. A. STYLES SWoltN.
I reside in Meriwether eoimiy, I am a
physician. I know William Duke. [Points
him out.] 1 reside about 3 miles from his
father’s. I saw him at bis father's on
Monday, the 30th of March, between 5 ami
0 o’clock I*. M. My attention has been
called specially to the time I saw him. 1
recollect when I first heard of the death of
Ashburn. I heard it in Duke’s shop, and
Jie was present. I think it was on Thurs
day lam certain I saw bitn on the Mon
day, before I heard this news.
CROSS-EXAMINATION.
1 am certain of this, because I was call
ed into the neighborhood to see some pa
tients. (States who they were and how
far they lived from the shop.)
1 vi-ited those patients more than once
—several times, about twice a week. 1
can’t give the precise days of the week
ami month on which I visited each ot
these patients each time, as 1 havn’t my
record with me. I had no idea I would be
called on for my record, or 1 would have
brought it. I am not certain whether I
came here under a subpoena or not. I was
notified by the gentleman who came f>r
me, and I came on. I received no writ
ten subpoena. 1 passed by the shop at
other times. lam in the habit of passing
there once or twice a week. I cannot lo
cate other days particularly. I have been
practicing in that neighborhood for three
«m>hoi locate any other day in the
past year in which 1 passed the shop, un
less I had my record; after referring to
my record to refresh my memory in refer
ence to this particular visit, i atn able to
say from memory, aud not from tiie re
cord, that my statements are correct. [Wit
ness then proceeded to state concurrent
circumstances which served to fix the
above in his mind, and satisfy him that
lie had seen Duke on the 30th of March.]
Question by Gov. Brown Why can you
so clearly recollect things that transpired
on the 30th, and uot tilings that transpired
on the 29th ?
This was objected to by General Ben
ning.
Without action iu the matter the Court
adjourned until ten o’clock to-day.
THIRTEENTH DAT'.
McPherson Barracks, July 14, ’6B
Court met pursuant to adjournment.
The record of the testimony of Jacob
Abney and of ri. II Pitrrham was read
over in their hearing. Mr. Abney had do
corrections to make. Mr. Parrhani stated
that, upon reflection, lie recollected to
have left home on t lie 7th, and that he ar
rived here on the 6th of July. The re
cord, us thus amended, was then ap
proved.
-riiM reading nf i>r. s-tyres' TFStimony
was deferred uutil to morrow, by tiie ad
journment of the Court in consequence of
the indisposition of Mr. Stephens, leading
counsel for the defence. Mr. .Stephen-,
was not pres'-ntto day, hut Col. Crawford,
associate counsel, stated that it is proba
ble Mr. S will be able to attend at 10
o'clock to-morrow morning.
fourteenth day.
McPherson Barracks, July 15, Isos.
Court met at tiie u-uai hour. Mr.
.-tephens was sufficientiy improved in
health to be able to attend to liis duties as
leading counsel for the defense
Proceedings of yesterday read and ap
proved.
Dr. .Styles,- a witness examined in part
on Monday, was called into Court and his
examination continued: On referring to
my memorandum I did not see tiiat 1 had
visited Mr. Greer on tiie 2'th, but that 1
did on the 30 li March : that was the day
1 passed Duke’s shop; did not find any
reference to having visited Greer at any
time near the 30th of March ; had not
been to Greer’s for some lour or five days
before or alter that date; he had infiama
tio.i of the st<>mach (chronic); hi- wife
had irritation of the spine ; 1 attended pa
tients On tiie plantations by coulract,
hence I made no memorandum of the
visits t<» them ; there was a connection in
my mind between the visit to Greer
and tpe meeting with Duke, from the
fuel that 1 remembered that on re
turning from Greer’s 1 met Wayne
Duke with a pair of steers, and on refer
ring to my memorandum 1 found the visit
: to (jreer was on that day, and that 1 had
gone with Wayne Duke to the shop,
where I met William Duke, the accused :
a lew days afterward 1 heard me death of
A. at the shop ; and located myself as to
where i was when 1 heard of it; 1 was
not apprehensive that 1 would be accused
of connection with the murder; wheu 1
heard of the arrest of Duke, i felt certain
of his iuuoceuce, and I remembered hav
ing tirst heard from him that A- was as
sassinated; never had thought of the ne
cessity of locating Duke until 1 first heard
of Du lie’s arrest, which was about a month
ago; J think it was on Saturday ; heard it
on the morning following his arrest; it
made a decided impression on my mind
not greater than that of the assassination
of Asltbuni, from the fact that a notorious
character, well-known in our couuty to
whites aud blacks, as a cruel overseer aud
bad man, Itad passed away by the hands
of masked assassins; a treedmau by the
name of John Reese, another by the name
of Cooper, Sambo Illges, and others, had
told me of A.’s cruel character as an over
seer; I saw in the papers that tbe assas
sins were marked ; do not remember that
Duke told me about the masks—he merely
asked me if had heard of the assassina
tion ; I read of the masks in the Columbus
(Stt.a, I think shortly after the occurrence ;
the paper was at* the Sulphur Springs,
lying on the desk. [Col. Crofteu,a mem
ber of the Court, objected to tue interrog
atories of Gov. Drown as irrelevant to tlie
case. Gov. Jirowu stated that lie was try
ing to test tiie memory of the witness,
who had sworn positively to one fact; it
was important to know whether witness
could swear as positively to other facts.
Court retired. On its return, the Judge
Advocate announced that the objection
lnul been overruled.] Witness continued .
When Duke told me of Ashburn’s death,
1 asked him when it was; he told me it
was a fe\y days before, and I afterwards
read it in the papers. He told me the day
of the week, but not of the month. 1 had
not thought of the date of A.’s death
again until I heard of Duke’s arrest. 1
referred to my record after I found that I
would be needed here. J looked at other
entries near the 30th of March, and found
that I had not passed iu that direction on
my way coming from Greer’s. 1 stated
that X passed theshopabout twice a week.
I was there on Monday and perhaps again
on Saturday; went thereon Thursday to
have some work done. I did not examine
tiie record particularly us to tiie number
of times I visited-Greer tiie week before
and tiie week alter the 30th of March, be
cause I did not think those dates were
near enough to the date of tiie death of A.,
to have anything to do with this ease. If
the assassination had been on tlie 2Sth of
March, and you hud found an entry on
your books fitting that day, would you
not have believed aud stated here that
that was the day on which you saw Duke?
•paißuissßssn kbm v qoiq-w no Asp aqi
.sbAt qaJßp\[ jo qioj; oqi IBqp paioqtaomaj
eaYiq jou p(UOM j astißOoq ‘4oa p[no.w |
The entire testimony of Dr. Btyles was
then read in his hearing. No corrections
were made.
By tiie Court.—Question. Why did you
not bring your record with you to confirm
your evidence? Ans. Because I had no
idea that I would be called upon to pro
duce it; never having been on the stand
before, Iliad no idea wliat questions would
be propou uded.
F. G. Wilkinsswora.—By Mr. Stephens,
for the Defence.—l reside in Columbus,
Georgia; when A. was killed I was at my
and welling in the Northeast portion of the
city; was then Mayor of Columbus; Rob
ert H Green was City Treasurer; M. M.
Moore, Clerk ; Janies Barber, Wharfiu
gcr; Dr. Roper, City Physician ; Mrs.
Catharine Anderson, Hospital Keeper;
James Lyner, Magazine Keeper aud Clerk
of the Market ; M. M. Murphy, Marshal ;
Robert A. Wood, Deputy Marshal; A.
W. Allen, Captain of Police; had reduced
police officers about one-half [Witness
here named many of the Policemen then
employed, among whom was A. C. Rojier
and James Wiggins.] I was first inform
ed of the death of A. about ten minutes
to 2 o’clock at night; went immediately
to tiie scene; w'ent into tiie house accom
pauied by the Marshal and some police
men ; saw iu the bouse four persons only
—a negro woman (Hannah Flournoy) a
white woman, a negro boy aud a white
man named Bennett ; knew Hannah and
Bennett; assembled the woman and Bon
net together, and tried to ascertain if they
could give me any definite idea as to who
had perpetrated the act; had previously
lost sight of the negro boy ; they seemed
very much frightened ; not learning any
tiling from them I went to the room
where A. was lying ; bad him straighten
ed ; sent a policeman after the Coroner;
told the Coroner to summon a jury of in
quest and to take none but the most intel
ligent gentlemen in the city; instructed
the Marshal to distribute his men to the
bent possible ad vantage aud to arrest all
persons found roaming about between that
and day, this brought it to about3o’clock;
instructed tiie Marshal to keep a man iu
the neighborhood of the house where A.
lay ; also, to summon the Board of Alder
men to meet me at the council chamber, 1
at 9 o'clock, which wasdone ; an ordinance j
was introduced condemning the act, and
offering a reward of $5<X) for the arrest of
tiie parties, (one or more) to the deed ; the
Governor usually offers from S2OO to SSOO
reward iu such cases; remember no occa
sion before this tor my offering a reward;
during tlie day J increased the police
force to sixty men, and had them on duty
by night with instructions to each oue to
be vigilant, and do everything he could to
ferret out tiie jierpetrators ; kept the great- j
er portion of them on duty until after the '
election which took place on the 20th of j
April ; would not have recollected tbeda»s i
of a.'h x u< *“ , 1 referred
to ttie papers since tins trial has been
going on.
The Court then adjourned, in conse
quenee of the indisposition of a member
of the Court, until 10 o’clock to-morrow.
♦ ♦ ♦
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Atlanta, Ga., July 13.
SENATE.
The Senate met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was opened with prayer.
111 order to give further time tothe com
mittee on eligibility, on motion of Mr.
MPEA R the Senate adjourned until Wedn
esday morning at 10 o’clock.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, July 13, 1868.
House met pursuant to adjournment,
speaker McWhorter in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. J. Bpilmnn.
Roll called, and proceedings of Satur
day’s session read and adopted.
Mr. BRYANT, of Richmond, having
tiie tloor, resumed his speech of Saturday
in reply to Mr. Scott, of Floyd, in support
of the O’Neal resolution, and in opposi
tion to tlu* motion for its reconsideration.
Mr. O’NEAL, of Lowndes, author of
support of it, aud in reply to Mr Scott, of
Floyd. In concluding, he called for the
previous question.
This latter motion, the Democratic side
of the House claimed, was discourteous,
as it did not permit the opponents of the
resolution to respond.
After some little discussion it was with
drawn, when
Mr. HARPER, of Terrell, replied at
some length in favor of the reconsidera
tion of ttie O’Neal resolution, and in re
sponse to the arguments of Messrs. Bryaut
and O’Neal: He deprecated the party
spirit which had been j»ermitted to enter
the discussion, and insisted that such a
course could result in no good. He favored
an open and fair investigation of the elig
ibility of members, etc.
When lie concluded, the previous ques- ;
tiou was called for, and resulted as follows: :
Yeas, 79; nays, 82, by which the motion
to reconsider was lost.
[And heie, lest the reader shall forget
the character and import of the resolution
under discussion, we re-publish it. It was
introduced by Mr. O'Neal, of Lowndes,
and reads as follows :
R(%olofx.l, That there be a committee of
five appointed by the Speaker, whose duty
it shall be to proceed immediately to in
vestigate tiie case of each member of this
House, and report the facts in reference to
tiie eligibility of each under tiie act of
Congress referred to in the message of his
Excellency, the Governor, and that said
committee have power to send for persons
and papers, and to swear and take evi
dence of witnesses who, under the laws of
this State and of the Flifted States, are
competent witnesses in civil cases.
And as tiie effort to reconsider this reso
lution failed, it stands as the only business
now before the House.]
The Speaker then appointed as the com
mittee called for by the resolution: J. W.
O’Neal, of Lowndes, (rad. ; J. E. Bryant,
of Richmond, (rad.); A. 11. Lee, of New
ton, (rad.); I. E. Shumate, of Whitfield,
(deni.); F. M. Harper, of Terrell, (dem.)
Leaves of absence were granted for a
few days to Messrs. Hall, of Glynn, Pow
ell. of Decatur, and Butt, of Marion.
The House then adjourned to 11 o’clock
on Thursday next.
Wednesday, July 15,1868.
Senate met pursuant to adjournment.
President B. Conley in tiie Chair. Prayer
by Itev. Smith. .Roll called.
Proceedings of last meeting read and
adopted.
Mr. HIGBEE offered a resolution that
tlie Committee appointed to enquire into
tiie eligibility of Senators bo instructed to
enquire also into such cases of eligibility
as might exist among tlie officers of tiie
Senate. Adopted.
Mr. CANDLER offered a resolution re
questing tlie Provisional Governor to
transmit to this body such papers or doc
uments effecting the eligibility of Senators
as he may have in his possession.
This resolution elicited considerable dis
cussion pro et con. It was alleged that,
inasmuch as the committee on investiga
tion were empowered to send for persons
and papers, it was respectful to His Ex
cellency to ask him for that which should
only go to tlie committee. This was the
Radical view of the question, while the
Democratic side of the House disclaimed
any purpose to be discourteous, but a dis
position to unnecessarily delay matters
was apparent, anil as the investigation
was moving too sloth fully, itsspeed might
be accelerated by the Senate demanding
of His Excellency to send forward the
documents.
Upon the motion being put, Mr. Cand
ler’s resolution was adopted
A motion was then made to adjourn
the Senate until Friday at 10 o’clock.
Mr. HOLCOMBE moved to amend by
adjourning it until Wednesday next, in
order to give the committee plenty of time.
This amendment was lost, when ttie Sen
ate adjourned until Friday at 10 o’clock.
No Cotton Worm this Year.—A St"
Landry cotton planter, of great experience
expresses the opinion that there will be
no caterpillars to attack the cotton this
year. According to the Opelousas “Journ
al,” lie bases his opinion mainly on the
fact that every stalk of cotton is covered
with myriads of black ants, which devour
instantly the eggs of any insect deposited
upon its leaves, and which seem to be in
creasing, instead of diminishing, each
day.
VOL LX-, M> -20.
FRIDAY JULY 17, 18G8.
■OH TKSTIMOSI 1* MiMK UTI RKD.
Read the affidavit of John Stapler, the
Columbus negro, to be found In auothei
column. Jt shows how the scoundrels
who ar 3 seeking the blood of innocent
men, make testimony. It isshocking. It
Is monstrous. It is damnable. In no other
country but this, aud under the rule of no
other crew than that which curses'a con
tinent with its foul domination, could
such things happen. These erimesaud
cruelties are instigated by the party that
has Grant for its leader, and Brown for its
bloodhound—which has well nigh throt
tled Liberty in her chosen home, and spit
upon and degraded every right guaranteed
by the blood and sufferings of tbe Fathers
of the Republic.
Weappeal to our Northern and Western
cotenijsjraries, to give these, and similar
documents a wide circulation. Let the
sturdy freemen of those sections set; bow
Radicalism wars, not only upon law and
justice, and the Constitution, but upon
the cominouest suggestions and demands
ot humanity. Let them see what Grant's
“peace” means. Let them see what a
scorpion is hatching down here for their
own punishment, should they fall into Its
power. Let them know that this whip is
for their backs, too, the very moment they
consent to endorse, and continue in power,
those who wield it. Radicalism in its l»~t
analysis is the incarnation of pitile
ferocity and cruel craft. Having ruled
and robbed the South, its foul appetite
yearns for the spoliation aud ruin of the
North. If her jieople do not crush it in
November, they will realize, when too
late, the depth of its malice, the inflexibil
ity of its feii purposes, aud the insatiable
greed of its appetite. Its mission is but hall
performed in the ruin of the South. I twill
not l>e wholly accomplished till the scenes
of outrage and oppression that have mat k
ed its career down here, are related up
there. Liberty is to be driven from its
last citadel, and its last defender put to the
sword, ere the monster wipes his bloody
weapon, and proclaims Peace! Let
Grant and Colfax be elected, and woe to
Northern Democrats ! Our condition will
he tolerable indeed, compared with
theirs.
VOX POPIXI. ioe bearlie , t
j- rntu «“• ...
and most enthusiastic response to the
nominations of Seymour and Blaik.
There has been more enthusiasm displayed
and more meeting held to ratify their
nominations in the six days that have
passed since that event, than even the most
rabid Radical sections have exhibited in
all the two months that have elapsed since
Grant and Colfax were put on the track.
The dillerence cannot fail to strike the
most prejudiced jaundiced opponent
of Democracy. It is as marked as ii is
gratifying, and augurs most cbeeringly of
the final result in November. It shows
that a chord In the popular -heart long
silent has been struck with a master hand,
aDd that its vibrations will not cease till a
pealing symphony of triumph shall break
upon the National ear, and fill the Na
tional heart. Sick nigh uuto death of
the robbery aud jobbery, the plots and
schemes of Radicalism against rights, and
honor and liberty, the people have re
solved to cast down the oppressor, and
drive from power the betrayers of their
hopes. These wretches have robbed, and
plundered, apd murdered until the earth
frowns upon a lavra ITfdrt ?uu iWraw*
them. We may look for a popular up
rising in November that will mark, in its
destructive dots to the National enemies, a
new era in the history of the country. It
will stand for all time to eorne a monu
ment to show where forbearance ceas i t<*
be a virtue, and how fearful is the ven
geance a betrayed people take upon tie
authors of their ruiu. Radicalism is doom
ed. The very air is thick with portents of
its coming destruction. Let the 1-
l'opuli in its strength and terrible majesty
be indeed Vox Dei , and of an en-
I during triumph shine once more upon a
! rescued country.
PROCLAIM VTIU\ B\ THE PRESIDENT.
Aiißounrenunt thal lilt- Lraiiilaturt* ol Nt.plh I ar*t
l aroiinn lloa BallM the 4'on»titnlional Niueti.t
meut-The Pi.-.iti.-m I >«,-•. \»« Rraagntee ih*
Ratification by Eloriila.
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATE
OF AMERICA —A I’ROULAMATION.
Whereas, by an act of Congress, entitled
an act to admit the Slates of North Caroli
na, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georg.a.
Alabama and Florida to representation in
Congress, passed oil the 25th day ot June.
1868, it is declared that it is made the duty
of the President within ten day- alter n
ceiving official information ot the ratifi
cation by the Legislature of either of said
States of a proposed amendment, to lb*-
Constitution, known as Article Fourteen,
to issue a proclamation announcing tb:
fact •
And whereas, the said act seems to be
pros pecti ve ;
And whereas, a paper purporting to l>e
a resolution of tiie Legislature ot Florida
adopting the amendment of the thirteenth
and fourteenth articles of the Constitution
of the United States was received at the
Department of .State on the 16th of June,
1868, prior to the passage of the act of Con
gress referred to, which paper is attested
by the names of Horatio Jenkins, Jr., jo-
Fresideut pro tttn. of the Senate, and \\ .
W. Moore as Speaker of the Assembly,
aud of William L. Aptborp as Secretary
of the Senate, aud William Forsyth
Bynum as Clerk of the Assembly, and
which pajier was transmitted to the Secre
tary of State in a letter dated Executive
Office, Tallahassee, Florida, Juue 10, 1868,
trom Harrison Reed, who herein signs
himself Governor.
And whereas, on the 6th day of July,
1868, a paper was received by the Presi
dent, which paper, being addressed to the
President, bears date of the 4th of July,
1868, and was transmitted by and under
tiie name of W. W. Holden, who therein
writes himself Governor of the State of
North Carolina, which paper certifies that
the said proposed amendment known as
Article Fourteeu did pass the Senate and
House of Representatives of the General
Assembly of North Carolina on the 2d day
of July, instant, and is attested by the
names of John H. Bouer, or Bower, nr.
Secretary of the House of Representatives
and T. A. Byrnes as Secretary of the Sen
ate, and its ratification on the 4th of July,
1868, is attested by Tod R. Caldwell n-
Lieutenant Governor, President of the
Senate, and J. W. Holden as Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
Now, therefore, be it known that 1,
Andrew Johnson, President of the l ni
ted States of America, in compliance with,
and iu execution of, the act of Congrer-s
aforesaid, do issue this proclamation an
nouncing tiie fact of the ratification of the
said amendment by the Legislature of the
State of North Carolina in the manner
hereinbefore set forth.
In testimony whereof I have signed
these presents with my hand and have
caused the seal of the United States
be hereto affixed.
Done at the City of Washington,. 1
11th day of July, in the year <>t «»j* «* ;;
1868, and of the independence of t
ted States of America the nme y tluru.
AMUEBW
By the President. <
WUUAM H. SEWARD,
State. .
beaten for that office, ‘ twice by uia
! 250 votes. He was respectively.
ijoritiee of 10,000 and-o,OW.