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Georgia Journal & Messenger.
J. W. BURKE <V- CO., Proprietors.
A. W . HEESK, j
__SG ROSE, J Editors.
SATURDAY, OCT. 17, 1868.
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET..
FOR PRESIDENT.
HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
FRANCIS P. BLAIR,
OF MISSOURI.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
FOR THE STATE AT LARGE:
JOHN B. GORDON, of Fulton.
JOHN T. CLARKE, of Randolph.
ALTERNATES:
W. T. WOFFORD, of Bartow.
TIIOS. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS:
st District—J. C. NICHOLS, of Pierce.
Alternate —J. H. HUNTER, of Brooks.
2d District—CH ARLES T. GOODE, of Sumter.
Alternate —WM.O. FLEMING, of Decatur.
3d District—R. J. MOSES, of Muscogee.
Alternate—W. O. TUGGLE, of Troup.
4th District—A. O. BIICON, of Bibb.
Alternate—H. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
sth District —J. B. GUMMING, of Richmond.
Alternate—D. M. DcBOSE, of Wilkes.
Oth District—ll. P. BELL, of Forsyth.
Alternate—G. McMILLAN, of Habersham.
7th District—J. D. WADDELL, of Cobb.
Alt.-rmita—V A-TiASKILL, of Fulton.
FOR CiWiiREHK,
Ist District —Hon. A. 11. HANSELL, of Thomas
county.
2d District—Hon. NELSON TIFT, of Dougherty
county.
Sd District—Hon. HUGH BUCHANAN, of Coweta
county.
4th District—Hon. THOS. G. LAWSON, of Put
nam county.
Oth District—COL. WIEK BOYD, of Lumpkin
county.
7th District— P. M. B. YOU NG. of Bartow, county
Mil LAWSON’S APPOINTMENTS.
Eatonton, Oct. 9, 1868,
Mr. Editor: Please publish the follow
ing appointments. I will address the
people of the 4th Congressional District in
the following order :
“ Jett'ersonville, Thursday 22d Inst.
“ Milledgeville, Saturday 24th inst.
“ Monticeilo, Tuesday 27th inst.
“ Covington, Thursday 29th inst.
“ Conyers, Friday 30th inst.
Thos. O. Lawson.
The South End—Windsor City— A Ride in
the Suburbs.— Accompanied by a friend, the wri
ter took quite an extensive ride through the
suburbs, upon the Southern and Southwestern
boundaries of the city an evening ago. Not hav
ing been out there in a year or more, we were as
tonished at the extraordinary number of new
houses erected in that time. They were generally
on the one story, four and live room cottage order,
situated upon one-half to two acres of ground,
back of which were beautiful gardens, more or less
in full development. These neat cottage homes
were a gladdening sight to us. They generally
belong to men just getting a start in the world,
who have gone out there, bought cheap lots and
are concentrating all their energies in the making
of these homes for their wives and little ones.
And who will not praise their wisdom and their
forethought—their Immunity? On their spots of
ground they can raise almost enough to supply
their tables. And those of them of refined taste
will plant evergreens, trees, shrubs and flowers, and
in few a years hence what is now the naked earth
and the hastily linlshed house, will be the beautiful
home presenting all the external appearnces of ele
gance and ease.
In our ride we diieovered Windsor City. Most of
our readers will ask where is that, for few know
such a place. It is about one mile from the Brown
House, a little to the right of the Houston road,
and in front of Mr. Wilkinson’s residence. Fif
teen or twenty families live there, all in « ,
with streets and alleys regularly laid on. The
most attractive sight in Windsor City is the; re
markable Garden of John Long. It is said he went
there soon after the close of the war, quite without
money, and leasing the ground from Henry Ells,
commenced raising vegetables for this market. A
few months ago he paid his proprietor $3,000 for
the place. Every inch of the ground is planted in
something, lie uses manures without stint, and
hence his little spot furnishes a wagon load of veg
etables every morning for the market. It seemed
to us the little village was just big enough to hold
happiness. It tempts us to interline a well known
verse and dedicate it to it:
Sweet Windsor! loveliest village of the plain,
Where health and plenty cheers the laboring uian,
Where smiling Spring its earliest visit pays,
And parting Summer's ling’ring bloom delays.
And with our best wishes for its peace and hap
piness, we passed on and linally gained the summit
of Troup Ilill. What a magnificent sight was there !
The whole city lay in the valley below, with here
and there a jagged end straggling from the cluster
Jets of steam were shooting from all the furnaces'
Cupalos, towers, belfreys, and splendid mansions
loomed up, with the high hills ou the other side of
the river affording a bold background for the splen
did picture. The grounds in and around the city
are in the shape of a wash basin, with the business
portion at the bottom of the bowl.
One of the most striking features from this view
is the great profusion of trees and shrubbery sur
rounding almost every residence and growing
through the streets. It were truly worth the
trouble to go there and get a sight of the whole
external city at one view. And yet there is no
house upon that summit. r l lie State House of
Georgia should be there
Wesleyan Female College.— The friends of
this old and honored institution will be glad to
learn ttiat the fall session lias opened under the
most favorable auspices, and that the number
scholars already matriculated is as large as tiie
Faculty and the Board os' Trustees anticipated.
The Faculty, as at pro cut constituted, is as able
as the Institution has ever had, and perhaps more
so. The musical department is now conducted by
Professor Whitney, assisted by his lady, lie is
from Canada, was educated in Europe, and is a
gentleman of b'_n qualifications and perfectly com
petent to discharge the duties of his chair. It is
said lie is the ablest teacher of music ever yet con
nected with that University.
But what is said of Professor Whitney may be
remarked of the other gentlemen conducting the,
Wesleyan Female College. They are gentlemen of
pre-eminent education and Christian virtues, of
great experience, and, in a word, the present Facul
ty is an honor even to that old and honored Insti
tution.
Parents wishing their daughters educated in a
Southern college, surrounded by Southern society
and Southern refinement, cannot find a better one
than this.
The Macon am> Augusta Railroad —A For
\\ aki> Step—The Road tore Finished Immedi
ately.—Mayor Obear and George H. Hazlehurst
returned from Augusta yesterday, where they had
been attending a meeting of the Stockholders of
the Macon and Augusta Railroad.
The meeting was a very satisfactory one. W ith
the aid recently granted by the State, $300,000, the
Company has plenty of money to go forward and
complete the road immediately from Milledgeville
to Macon. It was determined to inaugurate the
most active measures to that cud and to finish up
the work as fast as men and money can do it
With the company full handed with money, we
think the remaining liuk between the two cities
can be joined iu at least one year from this time.
Much of the necessary clearing, grubbing and gra
ding has already been accomplished. We presume
the track will be put uuder contract the whole dis
tance iu a few weeks.
The following officers were elected :
President—B. Conley.
Secretary and Treasurer —J. A. S. Milligan.
The old Board of Directors were all re-elected to
serve for the ensuing year^
Griswoldville Cotton Factory.— We under
stand an embryo company lias been formed to erect
a Cotton Factory at our neighboring town of Gris
woldville, for which purpose the location is admi
rable There is an abundance of wood at hand to
run it indefinitely; laud and lots around are cheap,
with plenty of lumber to erect buildings indefi
nitely Before Alaric and his bummers came, Gns
woldville was a beautiful and a growing village.
The defenceless and undefended, harmless little
place was given to the flames in order that Hie
Moloch of war should be satiated. The most fa
mous Cotton Gin ever patented was manufactured
tlif»e and the little town built by Mr. Grisirold
was, graceful and happy. Its houses are non near
ly alliu ruins, and its former citizens, heaven knows
where Buch is war ? Accursed he the hand that j
unleash6s its hell-hounds!
A STARTLING SUGGESTION—XKALL IT BE
ACTED UPON I
The wires tell us that the New York
World, a leading organ of the Northern
Democracy, has taken ground forachange
of candidates for President and Vice Presi
dent. It will be necessary to see the arti
cle in which the change is suggested, first,
of course, before kuowing upon what
grounds such an influential and ably con
ducted journal as the World bases this
recommendation, but it is reasonable to
suppose that itis founded upon the adverse
results of Tuesday’s election.
That being taken for granted, what can
be said of, for, or against it? While not
prepared to yield an unconditional assent,
either to its wisdom or propriety, we do
not hesitate to recoguize and declare it as
entirely worthy of the most serious and
speedy consideration. And there is but
one light in which to view it—but one
question to ask concerning it. Will it in
crease our chances for success in Novem
ber? If it will, let it he done at once. To
defeat the Radical party, now more inso
lent and vengeful than ever in the flush
of victory, is the first and sincerest desire
of every friend of the country and its
Constitution. We can afford to sacrifice
platform, candidates, almost everything to
compass that end. We are in the throes
of a life and death struggle. The result of
Tuesday’s electious has shown the depth
of the abyss over which we are hanging.
There is now no room nor place for forms
or scruples. Shall we do all, and try all,
and risk ail to save ourselves? That is the
naked question* The pressing exigencies
”"”T "'Y» lUo fliflht of [img
maud a speedy answer. It might nave
been better to have done ttiis thing after
the Maine election, hut letting the oppor
tunity slip, then, will not condone the
error of not seizing it now, if it promises
good. That result foreshadowed the hand
writing on the wall. Tuesday’s work re
veals it, if there he not a change. The
Northern Democracy see it and are casting
about how best to meet it. Their fate is
our fate, aud we must second them. Shall
the change he made, then ? If it promises
victory, yes. Victory means life—defeat,
deatii. There is the whole issue.
If a change he made, who shall he nam
ed? Bhall it he Chase and Adams, or
Hancock and Hendricks? Can either
ticket retrieve, in the crowning triumph
of a glorious victory in November, all that
has been lost? We prefer the latter, but
with the all the true people of the South
will rally to the earuest support of the
former. If Mr. Chase has the strength
claimed for him in July, he has it now.
If there are thousands of Republicans who
are supporting Gen. Grant, now, simply
as the candidate of peace, aud the lesser
of two evils, they will eagerly rush to the
standard of a man who commands their
positive conlideuce and sympathy. The
support of the Democratic party will be
his the moment he steps forward and
takes the flag from the bauds of the dis
tinguished citizen who uow carries it. He
would uot now lose a single vote that
would have beeu given to auy other can
didate.
Should Gen. Hancock and Mr. Hen
dricks be chosen, the same may be said of
them. Hancock’s fame as amo t devoted
soldier of the Federal army, and his hold
upon the hearts of the soldier element of
the Nortli and West, are as strong as ever.
Mr. Hendrick’s canvass in Indiana shows
his strength. We think lie would do even
better in November, aud as an associate
on the national ticket with Gen. Hancock.
Is it objected that this change of front
under lire, may prove more disastrous
than to continue the contest placed as we
are ? We answer that, while disorder has
often been changed into rout by such a
manoeuvre, there are instances in which it
has resulted in snatching victory from the
jaws of ruin, and transformed a wavering
line into a steady, compact, and resistless
phalanx. The move may he a desperate
one, hut it lias success as oue of its logical
sequences.
Speaking as we heartily believe for
the party in Georgia, at least, we do not
hesitate to recommend a favorable consid
eration of the proposition by those upon
whose shields must fall the burden of
blows. Let them decide, and let their
choice be narrowed to the names we have
named above. And if it is to he done,
“’twere well ’twere done quickly.”
IT MUST BE BONE. ,
The true men of Georgia must carry her
electoral vote for the Democratic candid
ates, let what other States that will, swing
from their moorings. They can make
the majority 20,000, too, if they will
it. We urge upon all to disregard the
results in other States as having any hear
ing upon our action. If every Northern
aud Western State votes for Grant, so
much the more reason why Georgia should
still be true to that party aud those prin
ciples whose triumph is the triumph of
peace, prosperity aud safety for her people.
The people of Georgia can have no part
nor lot iu any organization upoa whose
head rest so many crimes against their
houor, their prosperity, yea, their very
existence.
Come wiiat will, the Democratic party
will survive to fight the battle of Truth
aud Right. It has essayed our deliverance.
If it fails in that purpose, we are none the
less its debtor, none the less hound by
every tie of gratitude and manhood to
auswerits calls in the future. We cannot
desert it even if we were mean enough to
think of it. There is no other place for us
to go. There is uo other banner under
whose folds we would he welcome, with
out au abasement that no true mau would
consent to. The Radical camp, with its
promised gorge of spoils aud plunder, may
suit the weak, the greedy, the faithless aud
mercenary, hut it repels all who are in
spired by principle. If Grant should he
elected, we expect a rush to his support of
all this class. Let them uot stand upon
the order of their going, but go at once.
Their room is much better thau their
company. When they leave us we shall
have an organization wiiose steadiness,
discipline, and stern devotion to principle,
shall extract the sting from defeat, and
give sure promise of future victory.
Men of Georgia, it is for you now, more
than ever, to illustrate your State, and
prove your manhood.
Women’s Rights. —The friends of women’s
rights iu Washington City have called a National
Convention to meet iu December next. They ex
pect Lucretia Mott, Lucy Stoue, Mrs. Stanton,
Mrs. Gritting, Professor Wilcox, and oUier advo
cates of the cause to attend. The concluding para
graph of the call is couched in the following words;
Arouse, then, women of America! Sleep no
more while your sisters sutler! Dream uot your
selves secure while dangers lit’ in wait! Though
weak, be wise. While fortunate, arm yourselves
against inisfortuue. Demand that society cease to
make your misery woe. Claim the freedom which
is at once your right aud your education. Insist
that the ballot box be open to you. to use if you
will. Command thus the respect of the politicians.
Oblige them to open the professions to you. Raise
by this means the remuneration of your toil. Re
form the laws, and let the holy state of marriage be
to none a mere means of bread. Can this good
work be done iu a day ? No; it needs time and toil
from you all. Gather, then, mothers, wives, sis
ters aiul daughters of the nation, at the Capitol of
the Republic, in December next, aud demand from
Congress aud the country freedom to exercise your
rights. t
The American Odd Fellow. —An Original Fam
ily Magazine. Published by John W. Orr, No. 96
Nassau Bt., New York. $2 per year. Among the
contents of the October number of this Standard
Monthly, are: The Dying Mother’s Legacy—a
remarkable story of real life; The Dark Day ; Prac
tical Philanthropy: Gems of the Odd Fellow; Post
Oflice Names; Casuals; New Fork by Daylight
aud Gaslight; An Odd Fellow Abroad; Rebekali
Department; Ladies Olio; Proceedings of the G.
L. U. 8.; Original Poetry, Miscellany, Ac., Ac.
We commend this Magazine to the attention of
Odd Fellows in our State. It ought to he iu the
family of every member of the Order.
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
THE INDIAN WAR.
Fighting on the Plains —Detailed Account
of Forsyth's Fight on the Delaware Fork
The Savage Warriors try to Run Down
the Party—Daring of the Scout*—The
Indian Women Chant Victory and Their
Songs Turned to Mourning The Indians
Lay Siege to the Scouts—Sufferings of the
Wounded— The Men Live on Putrid Meat
The Relief.
f Correspondence of the N. Y. Herald.]
Fort Wallace, Kan., Oct. 3.
The opening of the present Indian war
has been attended by one of the most ,
daring, heroic and decisive expeditious
which have yet characterized our Indian
hostilities*
THE SCOUTING PARTY AND ITS DEPARTURE, j
During the latter part of August, Gen.
Sheridan determined that a thorough
scout of the country lying towards the
north, between the Smoky Hill aud the
Republican Fork, should be made iu order
to detect the movements of the large body
of Indians who had committed the depre
dations aud massacred the settlers along
the Solomon and the Saline. For this :
purpose lie directed that a body of scouts 1
should be organized. Between forty aud
fifty picked men were selected. Most of
them were old frontiersmen and many
veteraus of the late voluuteer army, some
coming from Forts Marker, .Ellsworth,
Hays aud Sheridan, aud a few were men
who escaped the massacre on the Solomon
and the Saline. No better body of men,
iu view of the hazardous duty, was ever
collected—hardy, muscular men, accus
tomed to every variety of exposure aud
hardship, and a majority dead shots. At
the earnest solicitation of that gallant
young officer, Brevet Colonel George A.
Forsyth was appointed to command the
party, aud was accompanied by Lieut.
Frederick H. Beecher, of the Third In
fantry, whose reputation as a scout was
in the army. The command as
The name which the party assumed was
the Solomou Avengers, in allusion to the
massacre on that stream. On August 27,
the party left Fort Hays, the point at
which they were organized, and moved
directly north, crossing Big Creek, the
muddy branch of Solomou Fork, and
Prairie Dog creek, strikiug the Beaver
creek and thence south to Fort Wallace.
During the entire journey uo Indians were
seen, although several old trails and aban
doned camps were discovered. The coun
try was filled with game and the buffalo
roamed over the plains in vast herds, and
gave no indications that they had been
recently disturbed.
At Fort Wallace-at this point—the party
refitted, and with the same officers and
men, again started It was on the morn
ing of September 10th that they moved
out of the fort upon the open plain, to
wards Sheridan, the terminus of the
Union Pacific Bailway, the Southern
road. But a few days before a desultory
band of Indians had visited the vicinity
of Sheridan aud killed a Mexican, who
was herding cattle. The trail of this
party, which led to the north, was follow
ed for a distance of thirty miles, but the
Indians had disappeared. The next day,
Sept. 11, Col. Forsyth took Custer’s old
trail aud camped the same night on Thick
wood creek.
GETTING ON THE TRAIL.
On September 12th, a small war party of
ludiaus was discovered moving towards
the settlements, hut were considered not
worth following. Forsyth therefore push
ed on, reaching the Republican river. He
crossed that stream, discovering a recent
trail, and the same night camped on the
north fork of the Republican.
The next day, September 13th, the course
was due north, following the windings of
the north fork, and by night again struck
the Republican. The next day the party
struck a trail, which they followed for
three days, reaching the Delaware fork of
the Republican —also called Bobtail Deer
creek. During this time no Indians were
seen, but the indications were growing
more decided, showing that they were ap
proaching the Indian camp. The trail
was broad aud freshly made, and the plain
was covered with traces of an immense
number of auimals having passed that
way.
.SUDDEN APPEARANCE OF THE REDSKINS.
On the morning ofSeptember 17th, before
the Porsyths had mounted, preparatory
to leaving camp, the shouts of “Indians,
Indians,” were given by the men. The
scouts were immediately ordered to pre
pare for action. About twelve of the sav
ages rUtllluil 11 pnn llmiuuiua, jiulling
ly, firing and waving their blankets, with
the intention of creating a stampede of
the stock. Seven animals were thus driv
en oIF. The remainder were seized and
retained. The scouts, after some urisk
firing, drove the savages back. Orders
were now given to saddle the horses, but
oefore the command was entirely com
plied with the whole vicinity of the place
suddenly swariued with Indians. The po
sition occupied by the scouts was greatly
exposed. The valley was covered with a
high grass, under cover of which the
sharpshooters of the ludiaus were enabled
with comparative safety to approach from
all quarters within easy range of the scouts.
In the middle of the Delaware fork, about
twenty rods distant, was au island formed
by the channels of the river. At the time,
as is the characteristic of the majority of
the Plains rivers at this season, one chan
nel was perfectly dry and the other had
hut a narrow thread of water but a few
inches iu depth running iu it. The posi
tion, however, had the advantage of an
open space for some distauce around it,
aud under any circumstauces of stealth,
the savages could not get within twenty
rods of the position withoutbeing seen.
There was hut oue thing to be done and
that was for the scouts to abandon their
dangerous and exposed ground and retire
to the island, The order was given, so
closely had the savages pushed their ad
vance line, and so hurriedly was it neces
sarily executed in order to avoid being
overpowered or cut off, that the few rations
the men had were leftou the grouud of the
old camp ; also about thirty pounds of ba
con and twenty pounds of salt. At the
time the Indians appeared these few sup
plies, the last that were on haud, were
about to be distributed, and the intention
was to push on regardless of this threat
ening scarcity ol food, not wishing tore
turn without accomplishing something.
The Indians captured these supplies and
also oue panier containing all the medical
supplies with the party.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE FIGHT.
Upon reaching the island the scouts tied
their horses to a few stunted trees on the
island. The men dismounted aud were
stotioned about the island, while a few
took positions along its edge.
When the savages discovered themselves
foiled in fighting upon their own grouud,
250 young warriors were dismounted to
act as sharpshooters, while at least 500
veteran warriors under the direction of
one of their bravest chiefs made prepara
tions to attack the island The mounted
savages, their faces daubed with war
paint, disrobed themselves of all useless
trappings, their bodies were bare to the
waist, their leggings and a clout about
their loinsalonecoveringtheir nakedness;
shields, and arrows and quivers were
fastened to their persons; and, their rifles
in haud, they formed for a novel experi
ment in their system of warring—a direct
charge. The old chiefat theirhead turned
to address the savage band ; the old men
urged the young to deeds of valor; their
big medicine man, who held the tribe
uuder the infatuation that he had the
power to charm their Jives, rode about the
field, beating his drum, exclaiming that
“ the white man’s bullets would melt be
fore them.” So confident were the sava
ges of the capture of the beleagured band
that the women and children werebrought
down to see the conflict and began their
chants of victory. Some danced hi.leouslv
upou the surrounding hills; others
crowded closely upon the rear of the war
riors, ready to follow them in the work of
blood and spoils.
These were breathless moments on the
islaud. The day was bright and cheerful
More than seven hundred savages, mount
ed and on foot, waited upon the plain the
signal to launch themselves upon the
sturdy forty-six men whom they confront
ed. The anticipation of the streams of
blood about to run, and the scalps to attest
their heroism, stirred the savage breast to
fury. A few isolated shots were fired.
The women chanted victory; the old men
repeater! the days of their youth to excite
the emulation of the young ; the medicine
man, frantic with excitement, shouted
and beat his drum ; the chief, with the
claws of birds and animals, the coronet of
feathers and the eagle beak upon bis head,
and all the insignia of command, shouted ;
instantly, with one fierce, responsive
shout, across the plain plunged the frantic
warriors. From the island came not a
whisper. With yells and violent gestures
on came the savage horde. The medicine
man drummed and shouted his incanta
tion ; the chief looked the personification
of hellish design.
THE INDIAN ATTACK AND REPULsE.
It was now uine o’clock iu the morning. 1
A few moments broke the stillness of the
island. As the savage line came within
range the quick rifles of the scouts picked
their men. Suddenly a wall of fire rose
between the savage host and the steady
scouts Many a warrior and horse fell to
the dust. Furiously the savages yelled
revenge, hut their reply was death. They
quivered, aud for a moment, astounded at
the opposition, halted, and in an instant
staggered back. Within ten feet of the
advance scouts, the savage dead and
wounded were lying. During the charge
the Indian sharpshooters also poured in
some heavy shots, which fortunately were
fired high, or the havoc would have beeu
certain defeat to the scouts. Iu this ordeal
of fire aud confusion the littie band on the
island also suffered. About the first mau
hit was Colonel Forsyth, a ball striking
him in the upper part of the leg. He ex
claimed, “I am shot!” Not three min
utes later a ball struck the lower part of
the left leg a short distance below the
kn.ee, producing a compound fracture and
breaking tlie bone. He coolly said, “ I
am shot again, and my leg is broken.”
Apparently in the same volley Lieutenant
Beecher was struck in the side, the bail
passing through aud fracturing the spine,
from which he died. Doctor Moore was
shot in the head and died three days after.
The three officers were now wounded
two mortally. The Indians, notwith
standing their losses, were bent upou
another attempt. Colonel Forsyth, woun
ded as he was, continued the cotumaud,
giving his orders through Abner S. Grover,
or as lie is known among his comrades,
“Sharp Grover.” Grover’s experience,
daring and determination fitted him for
the desperate work still to be executed.
Orders were given to the scouts to improve
tlie lull iu theconfliet by digging rifle pits.
Butcher anil jackkuives were used. Gro
ver, after digging a place for himself, en
larged It sufficiently aud then drew Col.
Forsyth into it. Here the Colonel re
mained suffering from his wounds, but
constantly issuing his orders, which were
l J a in j-f *. aj KJJ UIO v* J OUUUIj
Grover.
THE ATTACK RENEWED AND REPULSED.
T lie men were pretty well covered be
hind tiie little sand hills they had thrown
up, when the Indians gave signs of again
attacking the Island. The savage leaders
made the same efforts at inciting the young
warriors to annihilate the white men.
The women lent their encouraging words.
The chief, from an elevation near the
island where he could Jje seen, checked
his horse, aud witli a bearing of authority
and persuasion in his native tongue, ad
dressed iiis warriors : “Youug warriors,”
said he, “we are many and the whites are
few. The white bullets are almost all
gone. All that is needed is one more big
run to bring the whites iu.”
The old men whooped at these words of
the chief. When partial quiet was re
stored Grover, understanding the language
and.what the chief had said, shouted to
the chief, “Hello, old fellow, what do you
think now? This is pretty tough, ain’t
it?” The chief, somewhat surprised, look
ed tn the direction of the island and re
plied, “You speak right straight,” mean
ing that the scout was correct.
At eleven o’clock the savages were again
ready aud with shouting and brandishing
of weapons dashed upon the island. The
men, better protected, were enabled to fire
with greater precision. The Indian line
again reeled, aud the warriors dashed hack
sullenly out of the reach of the fire.
Another charge was made almost imme
diately, but in neither did the savages dis
play that determination evinced in the
first. They were evidently badly crippled.
The scouts fought as bravely as ever, los
ing two of their number killed.
Failing to accomplish their purpose, the
savages commenced firing upou the
horses and mules tied to the trees. This
was a question of time, as it was dangerous
to get too close range for fear of a bullet
from the islaud. Early iu the afternoon
the last animal was shot down, and as he
fell a young warrior jumped up and
shouted, with an air of satisfaction and in
good English, “There, their last d —d horse
is gone.”
Between two and three o’clock a large
body of the Indians renewed the attack in
their own style of warfare, riding around
the island in a circle, each time coming
nearer aud firing or dropping themselves
behind their horses as opportunity or
necessity seemed to dictate. This was the
last hostile demonstration in force for the
day. Firing from the sharpshooters, how
ever, kept up until eight o’clock in the
evening.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
Ac niaM cot ii. Vniuj.il, Llo situa
tion to be anything but cheering. The
savages were still around him. Himself
was wounded, his lieutenant dead aud
surgeon barely alive, two meu had beeu
killed and seventeen were wounded. He
was without transportation and almost
out of food. There was but one thing to be
done, that was to get messengers through
to Fort Waliece. I bis was a last act of
desperation, and to attempt its execution
two experienced young scouts, Stillwell
and Trudell, volunteered. Crawling off
the island, with nothing but their trusty
rifles with them, they were soon lost iu
the darkness. The pockets of the saddles
on the horses were searched and all the
ammunition brought in. More substantial
sand defences were thrown up. The night
was warm and pleasant; the wounded
were comparatively easy.
During the night, in the stillness of the
air from the savage camp the sougs of vic
tory were heard tuned to the mournful
strains of sorrow. The dead, who were
the evidences of the disasters of the day,
were receiving the last offices of the liv
ing, ami the wounded and dying received
the tokens of commiseration aud sympa
thy.
On the following morning, September
18tb, at the dawn of day, the savages came
dashing toward the island, iu the evident
anticipation that the white meu had left
during the night. A well directed volley,
iu addition to teaching them the contra
ry, occasioned several redskins to bite the
dust as a consequence of their temerity.
During the day two wells were sunk which
afforded water. The next thing was
something to support life until aid could
be had from the fort, at least eight miles
off. There was now scarcely a pound of
food left, aud that day was sure to see the
last morsel consumed, and poor prospect
ahead. The savages were still present.
During tbe day there was some sharp
shooting, but uo one hurt, as the sand
works were a complete protection. The
same night it raiued heavily, which caus
ed great suffering among the wounded.
tin the 19th a few savages were seen
peeping over the bills, but a few shots
drove them off. About three o’clock in
the afternoon twenty-five warriors ap
peared on a bill opposite the islaud bear
ing a white flag. Orders were given to
shoot the first person who came within
range. One of the men shouted out to
keep oft’; “this is no Indian peace com
mission.” The object the savages pre
tended to have was to carry off three of
their dead who were lying upou the island.
When they discovered they could not take
advantage in this way they retired.
THE RETREAT OF THE SAVAGES.
It was evident that the savages had
enough of the light, and firing having
ceased several of the scouts made a reeou
noissance to the old camp. Here they
found some coffee pots and out of the
sand picked a few grains of coffee. This
was like a gift of some benevolent spirit
who seemed to watch over the devoted
hand. Fires were made out of the ludian
arrows lying around, aud a refreshing
stimulant of coffee was given to the
wounded, which seemed to refresh their
energies and gave anew lease of strength
to iudure their privations aud sufferings.
Fires were also built in the trenches and
the scouts, as au alternative between star
vation and horseflesh, cut from the dead
animals lying around, large quantities of
meat, which they jerked after the fashion
of the Indians, and thus secured an addi
tional supply of food for several days.
The same night two more messengers
were sent to seek relief. These men were
Douovau and Plyly. While the scouts
were preparing against an enemy more
powerful thau tiie red mau, the death
wail of a few Indian women was again
heard. Some other warrior dying of his
wounds had gone to the happy hunting
grouud.
SUFFERINGS OF THE BAND.
Four days had passed. A few shots
were exchanged with a party left to watch
the movements of th# scouts. The main
body of the Indiana had now retired. The
well men having now some respite in the
daugers by which they had been surround
ed, turned their attention to tha care of
the wounded men Tiie wounds, which
bad become verv painful, from neglect,
were rudely dressed. Soup was made for
them aud the little coffee still left was also
served. A shelter was also constructed
which protected them from the winds.
On the 21st two Indians were seen at a dis
tance. The scouts occupied themselves in
collecting saddles aud bridles so as to have
them ready for transportation when relief
came.
On the 22d the wounds of the men com- i
menced to show signs of protracted neg- '
lect. Maggots infested them, and pre
monitory symptoms of mortification set
iu. To render the situation of the party
still worse, the presence of the dead ani
mus about the island was grow’n intolera
ble. The sixth day had come, aud still no
relief. The jerked horse meat was well
nigh exhausted. Under this trying situa
tion tiie commanding otlicer called his
meu around him. He told them they
knew their situation ; thatthere were those
who would help them, hut they must not
expect aid too soon. It might he difficult
to get to the fort or there might he some
mistake in finding the way. The men
w ere as true as when they started, and
they resolved upon remaining together
aud await relief or starve.
On the seventh day the jerked horse
meat was out. The animals from which
they had taken their supply were now a
mass of corruption. There was no alter
native. What is uot preferable to the in
sidious march of such a death? Hunger
is a great sharpener of appetite, but star
vation has no bounds to the limits of its
cravings. 1 From the remains of the horses
strips of putrid meat were taken and eaten.
The effect of this offensive diet was nause
ating. An effort was made toimpiove the
flavor by pouring gunpowder upou it, but
with no result. The meu allayed hunger
as far as possible iu this revolting w’ay,
and trusted witli a last hope for succor be
fore their last strength was gone.
On the morning of September 25th the
sun rose with unusual brightness, aud the
solitary plain, receding in all directions,
seemed to possess unusual interest. Across
its dim distances theeyesof tbelittle baud
wandered, wondering what the uext mo
ment might bring to view. Towards nine
o’clock several dark moving objects were
discernible on the horizon. The question
was, were they savages or the messengers
of ielief ?
BELIEF AT HAND.
As time wore ou Brevet Lieutenant
Colonel E. H. Carpenter, Assistant Sur
geon Fitzgerald, United States army, nc
‘ j - * 1 -f«;»( TUAiinvHll
who was sent out for relief, and thirty
men, could be seen approaching, and as
they discovered the little party, dashed
ahead at the top speed of their animals aud
were soon in the midst of those who saw
in their presence the first ray to cheer the
termination of their sufferings.
The next day Brevet Colonel H. C.
Bankhead arrived from Fort Wallace with
an abundance of supplies for the wounded
and well. Colonel Brisbin, 2d cavalry,
also reached the camp.
As soon as the more immediate wants of
the relieved scouts were satisfied and the
wounded had their wounds temporarily
dressed. Colonel Bankhead assumed eom
oxnd and commenced the homeward
■larch. The severely wounded were put
into ambulances, aud those slightly, as
well as the well who could not be remount
ed, were placed in wagons. Several days’
march without an event worthy of note
found the rescued and the rescuers safely
back at Fort Wallace.
THE GREAT BANK SI IT—LIST OF THE UN
PAIBSTOCK—PARTICULARS OF THE ACTION.
We have several times alluded to a suit
brought against the stockholders of the
Merchants’ and Planters’ Bank by parties
holding its notes for amounts called for ou
the face of the same. As the matter is
necessarily a public one, itcan do no harm
to present its principal features, which
will be of interest to our readers.
In November, 1867, George W Hatch, of
New York, Scott, Zerega <te Cos., of New
York, Frisbie & Roberts, of New York,
aud William H. Marsh, of Cincinnati, in
a suit in the United States Circuit Court,
obtained judgment for the amount of tiie
notes held by them. Execution was issued,
and the return made thereon that uo
property could he found upon which to
levy. Aud now come the plaintiffs and
file a bill iu equity, claiming judgment
against thestocklioldersof the Bank, who,
by a clause in its charter, became liable
personally for its debts to the ex tent of the
amount of stock held by them.
They are two distinct suits, one of which
will be tiie more interesting of the two,
from the nature of the action. The plain
tiffs aver that there are certain parties who
did not pay in the full value of the stock
which they held ; that this unpaid stock
becamea debt due to tließank, and should
have been included in the assignment of
its eiiects, which it was not; that this
money really belonged to the Bank, and
that the defendants should be compelled
to pay itiu. They therefore bring this suit
in Chancery to compell the defendants to
pay me sufiis sun uuc on luc .. ..i u u
they held. This is quite an interesting
point, and its decision will be anxiously
awaited ; but as Chancery suits are often
times interminable, it may hang on for
some time, and, as the defendants will
doubtless fight the question hard, it may
come iu time to rival the famous suit of
Jarndyce vs. Jarudyce.
We have obtained a list of the parties
who are defendants in this issue, with tli6
amounts claimed from each. In the first
columns of figures is stated tiie number of
shares held by each person ; in the second
the value of the shares, at one hundred
dollars per share, the amount for which
they were to be sold, according to the
charter of the bank ; in the third column
is given the per ceutage ou the dollar
which was paid iu, and in the fourth, the
amount remaining unpaid. The Pst is as
follows : the first six persons named being
residents of Soutli Carolina:
g
H § f' Q » |
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ii [_ i ;
N. 8. Crowell 100 SIO,OOO 25 $7,500
Walter Hayward 140 14,000 30 10,500
Blake Hayward 1,160 110,000 10 104,400
Daniel Hay ward 450 45,000 20 36,000
Edward Martin 800 80,000 18 65,600
Alfred N. Martin 370 37,000 19 29,970
William 11. Burroughs 100 10,000 50 5,000
John Cooper 25 2,500 50 1,250
John C00per......... 20 2,000 10 1,800
John Cooper 2 200 35 125
John Cooper 40 4,000 25 3,000
John Cooper 31 3,100 40 2,790
Total am’t unpaid $8,965
John Cooper, in trust
for lib’t Mclntyre 3 300 100 2,790
Joseph V. Conerat... 50 5,000 10 4,500
George B Gumming.. 500 50,000 ‘JO 40,000
Robert Habersham &
William Neyle Hab
ersham, surviving
partners of Haber
sham & Sons 35 3,500 35 2,275
Robert Habersham it
William Neyle Hab
ersham, surviving
partners of Haber
sham it 50n5...... 100 10,000 25 7,500
Charles Dußynon &
David J, Bailey, Ex
ecutors of S. Grant
land, deceased.... 500 50,000 50 25,000
William 11. Dunning 40 4,000 10 3,600
Noah B. Knapp lIKJ 10,000 10 9,(MX)
Edward Lovell 25 2,500 10 2,250
Edward Lovell 5 500 60 250
Edward Lovell 10 I,<MX) 50 500
Total ain’t unpaid $3,000
Wm. Mclntyre 200 20,000 31.10 13,780
Robert Mclntyre.... 200 20,(MM) 31.10 13,780
Robert Mclntyre... 125 12,500 10 11,250
Total am’t unpaid.T $25,000
John W. Ncvitt 50 2,500 50 5,000
George S. Nicholls.. 40 2,000 50 4,000
GeorgeT. Nicholls.. 5 150 10 500
Anthony Porter 1(M) 9,000 10 10,000
Hiram Roberts 4,000 360.000 10 400.000
Robert Stafford 500 30,000 40 50,000
John Screven 166 13,114 21 16,600
Geo. P. Screven.... 167 13,193 21 16,700
Thos. P. Screven... 167 13,193 21 16,700
Andrew M. Ross,
Administrator on
Estate of Isaac
Morell 100 10,000 10 9,000
George H. Johnston,
Administrator on
Estate of Edward
Molyueaux dec’ll. 1,070 107,000 10 86,280
Henry Lathrop 50 5,000 10 4,500
Henry D. Weed 50 5,000 10 4,500
The above is an entirely separate and independ
ant action, to compel the parties above named to
pay the amounts stated in the list as unpaid. If
they are held liable for this, then comes the other
suit, on the common law side of the Court, in
which claim is brought against them for the whole
amount of the stock, both paid and unpaid. In
this last action there are over one hundred other
defendants, who were stockholders, and who paid
in full for their stock. The whole amount involv
ed, principal, interest, damages and costs, reaches
a half a million of dollars.
Judge W. Dooghertv, of Atlanta, and A. W.
this city, are attorneys for the plaintiffs.
The defendants will probably have some of the
most eminent legal talent to be obtained, to carry
on their cause. —Seivannah Seim, 15)//.
Progress of the M acon and Brunswick Rail
road. —We learn from the President that eight hun
dred hands are now at work upon this road, and
that in thirty days the number will be two thousand.
That the road is under contract almost the entire
distance, and that many o/ the great builders of the
State are at work upon it. Mr. Dcnmede has the
contract for constructing the bridge over the Oc
mulgee, and also for fifteen miles of the road bed.
Mr. Grant and various other men well known in
connection with the building of roads in Georgia,
are at work.
The whole road will be about one hundred and
eighty-five miles long, of which one hundred and ,
forty remain to be completed. Mr. Hazlehuret is
confident of having it finished in one year. The j
road is now progressing with extraordinary energy. •
MONDAY, OCT. 19, 1808.
FAITWIL TO THE LAST.
Let the going down of the sun on No
vemberSd, and tiie eloseof the ballot boxes
on that day in Georgia, at least, vindicate
her right to this proud tide. We must
stand firm, though every other State in the
Union is swept away in the wild torrent
of Radicalism. We owe it to the men of
the North and West who Lave given us
countenance aud encouragement to put
ourselves in the favorable position we now
occupy. We owe it to principle; we owe
it to our women anil children ; we owe it
to the houored Dead. We can conceive
of no more auspicious season to prove our
devotion to truth and right than the
present, when it seems probable that truth
and right will be sorely pressed- It is
easy to swim with the current, but it takes
nefve aud real manhood to breast its tor
reut.
We do not believe the people of Georgia
will ever consent to walk in the triumphal
procession that honors the dethronement
of Constitutional Liberty aud the ruin of
the country. We do not believe they are
prepared to clasp the hands and fraternize
. with those who have robbed, insulted, and
sought to degrade them. We cannot be
lieev that they are prepared to endorse the
murders, and outrages, and oppressions
of the past three bitter years, by giving
in their adhesion to, and helping to lift
to power the authors of these wrongs.
We do not believe they are prepared to
go back upon the record they have made
for every manly virtue, by so pitiable an
abasement as casting the vote of proud
old Georgia for those who have sought
to make her the football for Radical bate
and caprice, would be. They have wrongs,
deej), bitter, burning wrongs, to avenge.
They have memories, proud yet sad, of
what they have been. They have hopes,
high and undaunted, of a future, wherein
shall be gathered up all their lost rights
aud liberties —when they shall be freemen,
again, de facto, as well as by right.
Shall all these things be sacrificed ?
Shall all these hopes, aud memories, and
inspirations, and duties be deliberately
given up as worthless, in order that Radi
cal wrath may be appeased ? No, a thou
sand times uo! It must not be—it will
not be. Georgia must rally closer to the
standard. She must prepare to prove her
devotion by a majority that shall sound
the knell of Radicalism upon her soil for
ever. She must bury it here, no matter
how it lives and flourishes elsewhere.
It is our duty. It is our safety, it should
be our pride and our pleasure to be able
to accomplish it. Let Georgia declare
against Radicalism by 20,000 majority,
and we may laugh at Grant’s election.
Such a voice will warn oil - ali trespassers.
It will give warning to carpet-baggers aud
scalawags that they must seek other pas
tures. It will thunder into tlie ears of the
negroes that they caunot rule here, and
that their duty, no less than their interest,
lies in following where the white men of
the soil shall lead. We will, in that event,
need no decision of the Supreme Court,
nor any other Federal action to rid our
selves of the bastard State government
We will let it live out its appointed time
and then legitimatize it by taking posses
sion of it. We will turn what was intend
ed as a crown of thorns, into a diadem of
triumph, and what was meant as a device
for our destruction into a sign of our
strength aud sagacity.
Let no man, then, halt in the charge.
Let no man waver, because others have
wavered. We are under orders to carry a
certain position. Let it be done, and let
our Hag wave in victory over it even
though it trails in defeat upon every
other part of the field. Let our shout of
triumph ring out loud and clear, even
though it shall be the only one to (ell that
all is not lost.
Putnam County Agricultural. Fair
—We are advised that our friends in Put
nam county have made extensive prepa
rations for their Fair on Wednesday next,
and that a good time, emphatically, may
be expected. Their list of premiums Is
very creditable, and will serve to develop
a spirit of emulation and thorough prepa
ration for success, sure to result in en
hancing their value next year.
On the 22d a grand ball will be given,
aud on the 23d a tournament will close the
festivities.
We beg to thank the Committee for an
invitation to be present, and to express our
regret that so pleasant an occasion must
necessarily be missed.
Invest in Real Estate,— Nothing is so certain.
The paper currency now afloat lias no real founda
tion. It carries a lie on its face, for it says “the
United States will pay the bearer on demand,”
when you might apply at all the paymasters in the
service of the government, and they would not pay
you a cent. The least popular commotion—a wur
among ourselves, or a war with a foreign power—
would make it like Confederate money in the
latter part of ’64.
There are hundreds of beautiful spots of vacant
ground in our corporate limits for sale, which in
a few years will be in great demand, and worth a
deal more than they are now. Many of our citi
zens have already grown rich buying them up and
improving them, and as the city is now more rapidly
growing than it ever has, the investment is still the
more safe and certain.
The truth is, we have little else to put our money
jnto. Stocks and Bonds are very slow, requiring
a fortune to buy enough of them to get from that
source a comfortable living. Besides this, they
depreciate, aud sometimes becomes almost utterly
worthless by had management and the construction
of competing lines. No man now living will ever
•ee real estate in Macon cheaper than it is nowi
while we all will see it many times more valuable
We hope in a few years hence to see ten or twenty
cotton factories running upon full time. They are
among the dead certainties.
The Upson Cocnty Railroad.—A' notice ap
pears elsewhere calling the stockholders of the
Upson County, or as is more familiarly known,
the Thomaston Railroad, together on the third day
of November, “to take into consideration the pre
sent condition and future prospects of the Com
pany. The meeting will be called on to determine
whether it will be proper for the Company to at
tempt to dispose of its road and franchises, as al
lowed by its charter, or whether the Company
should surrender its franchises and become dis
solved.” The notice is signed by J. L. Christian,
President.
This road ran from Bamesville to Thomaston,
but during the war the Confederate Government
tore up its iron and took it to other points, to
Virginia and North Coroliua, we think. Since
then no effort has been made to rebuild the track.
We arc decidedly opposed to th<- abandonment of
the road, and hope measures will be adopted at the
forthcoming meeting looking to its reconstruc
tion. We fail to see any reason for the Company
voluntarily surrendering its franchises and becom
ing dissolved. That woijid accomplish nothing.
We hope the Company will look around for some
body to sell out to, if it is not able to rebuild. The
Macon and Western Railroad ought to he a bidder
at the sale.
Independent. —The Franklin (St. Mary) Plan
ter*' Banner , October 3d, relates the following :
Last Saturday, a colored man who was formerly
a servant of Mr. G. L. Kuselier, but who purchased
his freedom before the war, mingled with the crowd
of white and colored Democrats and Radicals on
our streets, during the speeches and the move
ments of the procession, with the follow ing card
written distinctly, and placed on the front of his
hat:
“MV PRINCIPLES.”
“ I owe no thanks to any man for my freedom.
“ I earned it, during the time of slavery, through
honest toil, and witti the protection of God.
“ Believing the North the home of freedom, I
visited Boston, New York, Philadelphia, aud other
cities, in search of liberty and equal right?.
“There I met with no friends of mv race.
“ I returned to the sunny South, and here I live,
and feel that I can live free and happy among the
Southern men, the true friends of the colored man,
confident that the South is the best country, and
the Southern whites the best friends of the black
race.
“ Therefore, lam a staunch and fearless Demo
crat and a supporter of Seymour and Blair.
“ Your most obedient servant,
“Henry Thomas.
kelmia.
BY SHIRLEY DAUB.
\h the scarlet vine leaves! Ah, the sparkling sea!
Ah' the hazy afternoon my lady smiled on me!
’ The white, steps to the foam,
The boatman steering home,
Her dress that swept the stair,
And suiishine-Mended hair,
1 ike the tinting cadenec of forgotten measure.
Such days to me bring the sweetest, saddest plea
sure.
Ah. the eyelids tender! Ah, the bearing proud!
Sinein-r voice and subtle meanings half allowed,
‘ f hat thrilled me as they went.
Like chance-struck instrument.
Ah, to my dying day
That voice and speech alwav
Brine- that flushing autumn s overflow of glory.
When 1 took life’s rapture—one day’s passion
story!
Queen of sun-lmircd women, jewel-eyed and gay.
Promise tilled your sweetness, you had no heart to
pav.
But one day's grace to me
Yon left in memory
That binds me evermore.
Content, your servitor.
All that women woo by, slighted turns for aye,
Since I keep thy sweetness, thy smile, Felicia.
_
I FTTER FROM M.VCOAi TO TIIE \K\\ MIRK
TIMES.
The Ravages of the Caterpillar and 801 l
Worm— lnjury to the Cotton Crop—Plan
ters' Combination Against Speculators—
Temper and Conduct of the Xcgro Popu
lation— Why they Carry Firearms.
[From Our Own Om-requMdent.]
Macon, Ga., Oct. 3,1808.
Whatever cotton buyers may think ami
cotton speculators may say, tlie ravages of
the caterpillar and the boll worm on the
growing crop in this State are a sail reali
ty, and it is no exaggeration to say that
the amount of cotton which will reach the
gin-house and the packing-screw, will
tie from a third to a half less than the esti
mate which I made in my letter of the
iv>ih of September, from Albany. Ido not
believe, Troili wnai i **<»»,- f-,
all that I can learn from the best sources
of information, that the crop of 181>S will
be much more thau half that of 1807. In
some places the entire yield has been de
stroyed, so that nothing can be saved ou
hundreds of acres, where six weeks or two
months ago half a hale to the acre might
have been reasonably expected. In other
places Hie damage lias not been total, but
it has been very considerable, and nowhere
have I seen any cotton which lias been
exempt from tiie caterpillar’s voracity.
They are as thick as Hies in a butcher’s
stall in July. Every leaf on every stalk is
covered with them. Walking through a
corner of a cotton field I found my clothes
covered with these deadly enemies of the
cotton planter. Ordinarily they only de
vour the leaves and thus wound the plant,
but this year they have attacked all the
young bolls, eating them ofi’at tiie calix of
the bail lust next the stalk. In a single
night they destroy every particle of ver
dure in a field, and make it look like a
wood which lias been blasted by lire.
Tliis caterpillar is about an inch long, of a
greenish color striped with brown, thin,
Tenacious and insatiable. If the Agricul
tural Department would direct its energies
to discover some means of defence against
these insects, it would be vastly more use
ful than it lias been hitherto. To some
extent the boll-worm has completed the
destruction of what the caterpillars had
partially spared. This insect confines
itself to Hie immature bolls, bores into
them and devours their contents ; but it is
not as rapid in its movements or as glut
tonous in its consumption of food as the
caterpillar. Hundreds of nostrums and
devices have beeu proposed and tried as
preventives against both these insects,
but they have proved dead failures. Were
the injury to the crop distributed over tiie
whole State, the advance in price might
in part compensate for the loss; but there
are many planters who will not save one
bale of cotton, and upon whom the disas
ter will bring ruin. Tiie lajlure of tiie
crop of 1806, the unremunerative price re
ceived for the small crop of 1807, and the
destruction by insects of the crop of 1868,
will he absolute ruin to many.
PLANTERS’ oomhination against spec
ulators.
Tiie planters are determined not to al
low speculators to obtain control of what
little they make this year. Comparative
ly small quantities of cotton have been
sent to market, and even of these not one
half of the number of bales received at tiie
chief markets is intended for sale. The
houses to be stored and held, and thus
avoid the risk of fire and stealage to which
it would be liable on p nutations. In some
counties tiie planters have formed a com
bination whereby they may obtain tiie
money they need to meet their engage
ments, aud still avoid tiie sale of their cot
ton below a certain price, fixed in most
cases, I believe, at 25 ceuts net, afier de
ducting expenses of sale, &c. The plan is
for the planters of one or more counties to
have a common warehouse to store their
bales, under the control of reliable persons
selected by the planters. These persons
were to receive and give receipts for tiie
cotton stored, and upon the total number
of bales in the warehouse the planters are
to be at liberty to borrow money in pro
portion to the quantity of cotton in store,
at a reasonable interest, and thus be able
to meet their engagements without a sac
rifice of their crops. If a planter wishes
to sell his cotton at the market price, the
warehouse will buy it, and it becomes tiie
property of the other associated planters,
and forms a part of the aggregate stock,
upon which they can borrow as they need
tiie money. This plan is intended to
guard against speculators, aud not against
the consumers of the raw material. The
latter can buy directly from the producer,
at reasonable prices fixed between him
who uses and him who produces, and the
extortionate speculators will be defeated
altogether. H*w tl»e plan will work it is
not easy to say. When planters attempt
to be their own factors and bankers, they
generally fail; and, as the success of their
scheme depends altogether upon the abili
ty to raise money to work the lequired ad
vances “at reasonable rates,” si mild (he
bankers and brokers insist up< n the high
rates which now prevail—ful y 21 per
cent, per annum—the combina'ion must
fall to pieces for want of food to mi ■.c it vi
tality. And it may also fail fr- m a refu
sal on the part of tiie manufacto: : -* lo pay
the price which the producers demand,
there being a limit to the price whi'h i hey
can expect to receive for their manufac
tured goods. The desire of tiie planters to
get riil of the speculators is reasonable and
commendable, but I have serious doubts
whether their combination scheme will
prove effective.
SPINNING MACHINERY IN GIN-HOUSES.
I have heard a few of tiie most enter
prising planters mention a scheme which,
if it he feasible, will materially add to the
profits of the producer. It is to construct
spinning machinery in their gin-houses to
be run by tiie same power which runs
Ihelr gins, and spin all their cotton into
yarn aud send it to market in this con
centrated and partially manufactured
form, saving a large portion of the cost of
transportation, and many of tiie expenses
whi li now attend the sale of the raw ma
terial. It would seem quite practicable for
each producer to put up a sufficient num
ber of spindles to spin his crop, and I do
not believe that the expense would be very
great. It does not require very much
training or skill to spin the raw cotton ;
nor does it require any large number of
hands. Thirty or forty years ago it would
have been deemed much more extravagant
for each planter to have bad bis own gin
and prepared iiis crop for tiie market, than
it does now for a planter to attach spill
ing machinery to the power which drives
bis gin. I hope that the experiment will
be tried, and that it may prove successful.
TEMPER AND CONDUCT OF THE NEGROES.
To us who live ami move among the ne
groes, and see them from sunrise until
sunset picking cotton, gathering corn, and
performing tiie ordinary labor of tiie
plantation, tiie accounts of their
lence, their violence aud armed opposition i
to the white race, are “astounding intel-|
ligenee.” I travel a great deal, and see
and talk with every variety of negro, and,
except iu the immediate neighborhood of
Savannah, where Bradley operated, T
have never seen any disposition either to
be insolent, much less to commit violence.
In the rural districts I never remember
to have seen kinder or more harmonious
relations between employer aud laborer
than now subsist between the planters and
their hands. The planters pay regularly,
and the hands generally work industri
ously. .Mostof the negro men, especially
the young men, have a firearm of some
kind, commonly an old pistol, which,
if it could be induced to explode, would be !
much more dangerous to the man who i
fired it than to the object at which it was
aimed. They do not carry these firearms
for any assassin’s purpose, but rather as a
symbol of their freedom, it having been
strictly forbidden to a slave to carry fire- ,
arms of any sort. My observation also I
leads me to believe tliat tI K - ,
ginning to tire of the political
far more indifferent than lie y ' H.
ago to voting, attending a..'
and going to “speakings.” and
Ring to be convinced that it ' ,s
hihl that tiie loss of a ~ V l:
town,” in cultivating or
crop, is poorly compensated i v "
to a speech, one word of which’i '
understand. I feared that u
might become excited and
wbeu their members were ex, i
the Legislature, and I watched v"'
ly to see how they were aI!V, •.
action. 1 have seen nothing i
meanor to warrant the t>eh
care one cent about Hie tiiaiui
of them with whom 1 h av ,. ’ u
press perfect indifference. *
POLITICAL EXCITKM KN ]
The political excitement L r , M
high among the whites. T1i,.7
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indi'.'
sole subjects of speculation a; i“
tion. T here is uo betting, f, )r ,
any money, but were the
reucy more abundant, there v.
good deal staked upon the re-i :•'
three States. -
[From the Charleston
THE VISIT OF JOHA « t l IVt \ \j,
SOUTH t ABULIA^
We present to our reader this
the remarks of Gen. Hampton v e
meeting in Columbia on Aim, V
which we were compelled, in e ..
of a press upon our columns, > ’
yesterday’s issue We cownieude
our readers North and South,
well worthy of a perusal:
Gentlemen :—Knowing your (Usii,
the other aide of the Union, your i ~I M
made every effort to induce North, rr .
come to this section, and we hav, ,t ;
in bringing one before you who In uVn
toricnl name of him whom Jell.’,
fender of the Declaration of
came to talk to you firmly, caliiilv
ly, and he has done so. I ouiv in t
say a word or two for South ( ai
a large portion of South Carolina. j
assurance thatTipou the issues of tin «
of tiie South are a unit. They „iv non
have been, in the same perfect g....q'
which they surrendered, and tiny 7V
nl ion i/s recognized the questions of .|...,.
cession as settled forever. So far i
eerned, I assert and claim to have !,,
to accept flic results of the war, ami I ,
and cordially. I recognized the fr,
former slaves, and was the first man i„
address the colored people and tell tin i, ,
free.
1 want you, sir, moreover, to tell \ , nt
that t he people of this State, iu a Coimjn
short time ago, in which twenty-one •
represented, declared their willingn,.. t ,
the negro the same suffrage that lie «...
Massachusetts. That same Convention
too, that the people are not willing t
venial suffrage, but that they recognize -
dead forever, and they de not desire, nor •
willing to permit it to be re-establish, ,|
its phases or forms. A word in r«T,i;i.tn t, ,
I have been the victim of great, willful
cious misrepresentation. The Kadi, al j
leaders have accused me of disloyally,
stantiate their charges they have lak
garbled my alleged statement that the ,1
construction Acts arc revolutionary, I, all
in the Democratic platform, was my ,
dictated it. To this point I refer, bee
tinguished and esteemed guest lias refer,,
his very able address.
Now I here deny tliat I made any mu
I did not dictate it. I did say that it v. a-,
in the platform, and it is the plank,>f cv,
ern gentleman. 1 was on the Committ,-
the platform, and the Souther,, del, l
Committee felt themselves as guests .
solved to express no preference in tln- i,
going on, and to take no steps in the ini
of any plank in the platform We wer- ~
leave the entire matter in the hands
Democracy of the North, feeling „ss„n i
would do us at least full justice. The <>i
tion l offered in that Committee was .
the support of the South to the .1 mli, i. u
United States, and proposing to leave u
of thestatus of the Southern States in ii,
for filial adjustment and settlement. In n
gress of the debate which arose, ii]k»i th/5,., \
ern delegate expressed the hope that w
press the point, ppon which every sms
gate withdrew whatever resolution !„•
offered. A gentleman from Michigan m:
assurance that in the event of tin
Democracy, the, South would find relief I
troubles ; that the Reconstruction ',;
gress would be declared revolutionary,
void.” I then said if those three words
sertedin the platform, it would In-all v
—we would be satisfied. These word* w,
by a distinguished son of that glorious liii
Connecticut, and were unanimously a,1,,,
was the extent of my revolutionary arts 1
York. I atu glad the distinguished g< „t
Massachuseets has come among to
self, and learn our condition and wnnt
hitn to go back and tell his people that >
mistaken, but we arc honest, sincere
He will do that, I am sure, and in <h
will have done much towards aee,,i„|,
mission of peace, of good feeling :,nd i
J. D. Pope, Esq., then address,
remarks to the meeting. He allu,
the causes of complaint against ti, ■
cited in Mr. Adams’ letter, and m
ticularly to the assertion that a N
man was forbidden from speakiiig
South. Have we not heard, sail
Northern man to-night? Hav,
heard you, sir ? If we do feel a
resentment to the low carp
are stirring up strife in our Inn,) .
no resentment towards Hie refined>
ern gentleman, come whenever I,
All the people of South Carolina
be allowed to stand on the rock
Constitution.
He then moved that the audience 1, !
vited ou the stand to be introduced t, j
distinguished visitor, which motion
unanimously carried and put into ex
tion forthwith.— Chets. Ctm'nf.
HKBEPTIOA OF GEA. IIOUKI.I.
AI.AIAS.
The Body Neill to Alliens lly
The steamer San Salvador, from V
ing on board the remains of the < >■
Uobb, arrived at this city early ye-t- ok
The body was hi an air tight casket,
up in a large wooden box. Not liavi, „
balmed previous to being sent South, it
kept on ice both before and during b
Still, it is hardly possible, that it will :
ditlon to be seen on arrival at the old :
ceased, at Athens, Ga
President AVadley, of the Central 1!
ing tendered a special train for the irrm.
warding of the remains, they were not
vuunuh any longer than was absolutely
At half past nine o’clock in the m
members of the Bar of Savannah, wb
bled at the Court House, marched
steamer’s wharf in a body. Here they a
His Honor Mayor Anderson, and Ab: *
Burroughs, Hunter, Yillalonga aud Suit,
come in an informal manner as repn
the city, to show respect to the «<»!.!•-
the corpse was carried off tiie strain 1 -r
the wharf to tiie handsome hear-,; pro'
reception, the city authorities, mends •
and citizens formed in line and salut'd it
The I sidy having beeu placed in the I
procession formed in the rear of ti,;,* '
Mayor and Aldermen at tin- head of ti
lowed by the members of tiie bar and
this order the procession moved up ,:
West Broad street, and thence to tie 1
road depot. As it passed along tic-tr
pie came out aud gazed at the eort'ir
hard to realize that inside the roug),
closed the coffin, lay the body of out ■
the glory and pride of the State; »
voice and matchless eloquence bail sti.t
of the masses, and who had wielded a l ,
influence in the Commonwealth.
On the arrival at tiie depot no time
placing the body on board the train. ■■■
ad of an engine and three cars. Tie
laid in Uie rear car. zvi me depot tl, t
again saluted by those present, and
past them.
At about twenty-five minutes to <
tiie train moved off, and soon w,.-
Those who had followed the rein m -
went away, aud Savannah had pud
of respect to the memory of one wiiou, ,
delighted to honor in the day- wl,.
Mr. G. J. Foreacre came on fr „
charge of tiie remains, and re, ■ i vd l '■
and courtesy from Captain Nicker- ,a ‘
cers and crew of his vessel. Major I- •
eldest son of tiie deceased, and Mr <
here on the train toaeconijwuy tin
TIIE \KU YORK l*Kl>* OA THE Mf-'
New York, October 14 —H II
says that tbe loss of Peunsyl'"ll
- is the death-blow to -
ft clearly indicates that ..
elected, and will probably i nv "
of New York State to the Heir. "
The World considers the rc ■
terday’s election as still in <• “
general results do not encoura.' 11 .
of such a sweeping triumph f( , u
have made the result of th e -
ejection a foregone conclusion-
Victory still hovers above tn«' bJ ,
ing hosts, uncertain upon whir
to alight. The Times conside
tions a disastrous overthrow ”
racy. Tiie Tribune styles the e •
the five States yesterday as Vthe 1'
Five Forks, of ißf>7,” and thin a
ocrats may abandon all h {> l’*
In November.
How Revkkdy John-on
Eye.—A Washington corre.-po"'
it was done thus : m i |lt k
A great many years ag° H ,•.. I
Congress from North < ar ° . ia rrel * |i
Stanley was engaged iu » ‘J |
Heury A. Wise. A
Stanley went out to Johns •
Maryland to take lessons ml . »
ing from Reverdy, aud whj£ tb ; a- ‘
firing a ball rebounded .. the
and inflicted upon Mr- J°h »
that all his portraits will car >•
itself was compromise*--