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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 25, 1868.
THE GEORGIA AGRICULTURAL AND >5K*
UHANIUAL CONVENTION.
To give time for a full and perfect organization
and to secure a cost* ination of all the leading in
terests of the State, the undersigned Committee,
appointed for the purpose, call a meeting to be
held in Macon, on the 10th of December, proximo,
at which time a Constitution and Charter for
“The Georgia Agricultural and Mechanical Associ
ation’’ submitted for adoption.
XiftßßSSrto the State are invited to attend.
Geo. S. Obf.au,
Cuas. J. Hakkis,
James A. Nishet,
L. N. Whittle,
Jos. Clisby.
Committee.
FARMERS 1 STATE CONVENTION.
The Putnam County Agricultural Society have
called a Convention of the Farmers of Georgia, to
be held in Macon the second Wednesday in Decem
ber next, for the purpose of orgrnir.ing a State Im
migration Society.
CONVENTION.
To Pin liters, Manufacturer., and Meehanie..
The old Cotton Planters’ Convention convened
after the war, in Maoon on the fith of September,
1,806, met again, in Milledgcville, in November,
1866, and changed its name to “Agricultural and
Manufacturing Association of the State of Geor
gia,” with a view o! enlarging its operations, and
inviting the co-operation of every industrial inter
est of the State.
By resolution, this new Association was to have
met at Milledgcville, simultaneously with the
Legislature, in November, 1867. Owing to tl.e
political changes in the State, and excitement of
the public mind, it was deemed advisable to post
pone said contemplated Convention till a time
more opportune for useful deliberation.
Deeming that period to have arrived, i hereby
call a Convention of that Association to meet in
the city of Macon, at 10 o’clocka. m., on the 10th
day of December proximo.
Planters, Farmers, Manufacturers in Cotton, ;
Wool, Iron and Wood, Mechanics, and every in
dustrial interest of the State, are earnestly invited
to send to that Convention intelligent repreaenta- j
ives to deliberate for the advancement and devel- j
opment of the industrial interests of the State.
The Committee recently appointed in the city of
Macon, to make provision for holding uu Agricul
tural and Industrial Fair in that city, at a future
day, are respectfully requested to provide a Hall
fur the Convention.
The newspaper press of the State, I feel assured, |
will manifest its characteristic libera.ity, in behalf
of the material interests of this State, by publishing j
this call, and keeping it before the people till day I
of meeting. Ben. C. Yasckt,
Pres. Agricultural and Manfg Association
of the State of Georgia.
Athens, tVa., Abe. \Wi, 1868.
CmnsTMAs is Coming.—lt is hardly necessary to
remind our little readers tlmt Christmas isconiing
—ih'ey 91+ kmwV.itft q<*«« *»*» W- Whf - ■
want to tell them, however, that "when they are
looking out for Christ man gifts, there is no present j
so cheap or 60 valuable ar a year’s subscription to j
Burke's Weekly. ‘ Two dollars will insure its visits :
every week the year ’■ouud. Think of this when |
you go to lay out money for Christmas or New j
Year’s presents.
Parents whose children are not now taking the
Weekly, will do well to send two dollars for a year’s
subscription. It give the children more solid en
joyment than twenty dollars worth of anything else
you can buy tliein. All wlio send two dollars by
the Ist of January will receive the December num
bers gratis. Address J. . Burke & C 0., Macon,
Georgia.
This Charleston Mercury.—We Bud
the following card in the Charleston :
Courier of Monday :
A Card. —Circumstances beyond my
control have caused the suspension of tl.e
Charleston Mercury. Bui the public
should not be led to the conclusion that
the paper is extinct. Meausres are afoot
for issuing it again on a substantial basis.
And it is expected to put it forth in a style
that will satisfy every requirement of a
first class Southern newspaper.
R. B. Rhktt, Jr ,
' Proprietor.
Up to date there have been 145 bankrupt
petitions filed in the Clerk’s office of the
United States District Court, for this
Southern District of Georgia, since the
passage of the act; and 230 petitions for
final discharges. About twenty-five or
thirty persons have received final dis
charges from bankruptcy.
A North Carolinian het ten gallons of
tar that he could drink a quart of brandy
and walk a mile before it “slewed him ”
He won his tar, but was shortly after
buried.
Careless farming is wearing out the
wheat lands of California. The crop this
year is no larger than last, though there
was one-fourth more acreuge in cultiva
tion.
Charles Dickens has not received so
much as £SO for the numerous German
editions of his “David Copperfleld.” The
most popular authors of the Faderlaud
derive wretched incomes.
Lizzie Ballyntine, of Richmond,
Va., has been compelled to restrain her
self from wearing tiie breeches by a bond
of SIOO. Tiie law says she must wait till
she is married, before eujoyiug that luxu
ry-
Mrs. Beachman, wife of a Federal soldier
stationed at Columbia, died on Saturday,
from the effect of wounds received the
previous Thursday, at the hands cf a
sweet tempered “colored” lady. “Let us
have peace.”
Forty car loads of mess beef passed
through St. Louis Friday, from Leaven
worth and other points, en route to places
East and Europe. Several through bills
of lading for such freight from Leaven
worth city to Liverpool have been signed
during the past week.
Albany, Ga., Nov. 20th.
Editors Journal and Messenger :
Hou. Wm. M. Butts, of Buena Vista,
came to his death very suddenly last night
from apoplexy. He was on a camp hunt,
about twenty miles below this place, with
a party of friends, and was taken suddenly
and died in ten minutes. It is a severe
loss to his bereaved family and widowed
mother. I knew him well, and (like al
who knew him) bad learned to esteem
him. He was a good-hearted frieud aud a
genial companion. May he rest in peace.
Yours, Rambler.
We bad had the pleasure ol a ride over the Ma
con aud Brunswick railroad on Monday Ui*t, a* f ar
aa Station No. 1, eleven miles from this city. For
tome days past the work has been unavoidably de
layed In consequence of the swamps through which
it passes, all of the road being made ground. We
are happy to say that they are now out of tiie
swamps and every Indication is of rapid progress
with the work. That portion of the road already
built is «f the most substantial character, aud will
compare favorably witli any road in the State.—
Brunswtek Banner, lttt/i,
WORK THE PANACEA.
We printed an article,' yesterday, show
ing what a garden of thriftand prosperity
had been made to blcom in the wilds of
Texas, by the untiring euergy of a colony
of sober, hard-handed, and clear-headed
Germans. Their example is worthy of
imitation by all classes at the South. Per
haps no people ever started in life—for we
are really doing that, now —with equal
incentives, and more favorable circum
stances surrouudiug them, to make their
future a story of hard, unending, yet re
munerative toil. We are as poor as cau
be, taking our former condition, and tlie
, circumstances of our neighbors, as the
standard of comparison. We have almost
literally to start from “ the stump,” as the
say h.g goes. We have been pre-eminent
ly a lazy peop'o as to manual labor, too ;
apt lo rely upon slave work, aud able, un- j
1 foriuuately, without serious detriment to '
\ our fortunes, to pamper and indulge our
: st ives. Our boues were not so hard, nor j
our muscles so firm aud weli trained as j
they should have been. We were in tiie
condition ofa racer of high blood and ca- i
pable of thdgreatest endeavors, who had !
been allowed to stand in his stable until j
aii bis powers were paralyzed and ren- j
deled worthless by high living and lack j
of exercise. Such was our condition when ;
the war cloud broke upon us. We
learned much during that time, hut I
its passing away found us still very !
ignorant and uprepared for the re- !
ception of the great panacea. But j
did ever a people have more to w >rk
for, and more favorable adjuuets and ap
pliauceß with which to push it forward?
We are sure not. Earth, air, aud water
all shout the answer, no. Such waste and ;
wreck to redeem and clear away ; so many :
imperious minds clamoring for relief ; j
such a climate, such a soil, aud so much
treasure begging to be unearthed and util- :
ized, never before was known. We have j
answered those demands after a fashion, )
but only after a fashion. We have not
done a tithe of w hat vve ought to have
done, or what we might have done. We I
have barely scratched, where we ought to
have delved deep and long. We have ,
barely put forth ourstrength, whereevery j
muscle should have been in play and at j
its utmost tension. We have been play- '
ing at work, iustead of doing the thing ,
itself.
We tlo not blame our people for this, al- :
together, because they have been hamper- j
ed and bedeoilled, and their energies chill- ;
ed by had government with all its thou- ;
sand ills. Btill. we might have done better.
We must do better, if we are going to get
back where the war found us, to say noth
ing of going much beyond that point, j
which we all expect to do. We have not
nettily utilized all the forces at our com
mand. We are still tuking rather too
much interest iu tilings not only not ;
essential to our well being and materful
progtess. but absolutely hurtful. We give j
days to political speculation, when hours j
would lie wasted time. We are too much
interested iu what the Radicals say about j
Grant aud his probable course as Presi- j
dent. We are too sensitive about sneers j
aud misrepresentations which cannot be !
stopped, and which deaf ears and busy
hands would soon sileuce We spend too I
-mwiu-URML.. .tippettf* to
Northern wealth to come down here and
be invested, promising every protection to
it, when tiie spectacle of a whole popula
tion hard at work aud laying up money
for themselves, in peace and security,
would be the best and most eloquent guar
antee of safety for tliatof others. In a
word, we talk rattier too much, and work
not quite enough. We give words as i
bouds, when deeds would do much better. I
That all this will cure itself, we do not |
doubt fora moment. We see a glorious
future for the South, a future carved out 1
by our own hands, and in despite of our !
enemies and their evil plans and purpo
ses. \Ve are confident that these South- j
ern States will yet become the home of
tiie busiest and most prosperous and hap
py- population in the Union. Nature has
done great things for us, but she waits
patiently for her reward. She still smiles 1
upon us, confident that we will one day
answer all her expectations. Bet us
hasten to meet and remunerate her. Let i
us hasten to show our gratitude tor Iter
generosity iu such returns as never before
waited upon patient, unremitting toil.
Let us hasten to restore to the body, poli
tic and social, even more than their an
cient life and health. Tiie panacea is in
dicated by every symptom. It s work by
all, for all, and all the time.
INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 17th, 1808.
To Hon. Madison Bell, Comptroller Qen.:
Dear Sir—We the undersigned citi
zens of Bibb county, and owners and rep- J
resen tat i vc-s of a large ijuruber of lotsof wild
land in Worth county, which lauds have j
been given in and paid ail taxes (State and
Convention) due under the laws of Geor- i
gia, and which lands are now advertised
to be sold by the Sheriff of Worth county
in December next, for taxes, respectfully
ask that you will take such actiou us will ,
stop the illegal proceedings anti oblige,
Yours, very respectfully 1 ,
Wm. B. Johnston, Thurston R. Bloom,
James It. Butts, John T. Napier,
Mix & Kirtland, C. D. Findlay,
Albert Mix, C. D. Findlay, Agt for
L. N. Whittle, Mrs. M. H. Findlay
L. A Jourdan, C. S. Findlay, :
It. B. Findlay, G. W. Fiudlay.
Win. B. i’arker,
Georgia, Birr County: This is to j
certify that the within named partiek
residents of Bibb comity, have paid aIP
taxes, both State and Convention, due
this State. T. M. Heath,
Tax Collector Bibb county.
Macon, Nov. 17th, 1868.
Comptroller General’s Office, t
Atlanta, Nov. 23, 1868. {
To Asa Itooks , Tax Collector 1867, Worth County :
In conformity with the request con
tained in tiie foregoing petition, you are
hereby ordered and directed to stop the
publication and sale of all wild lands lying
in your county, whether the owuets have
returned them out of the county or not,
or whether they have been returned at all
or not. You will see, by reference to sec
tions 874 ami 875 of Irwin’s Code, that
you have no authority to sell wild lauds;
and that it is the duty of the Comptroller
General, exclusively, to advertise aud sell
such as have not beeu returned, iu the
manuer and form as therein prescribed.
You will also forthwith make a full anfi
explicit report in the premises to this of
fice at your earliest possible convenience,
before the day of public sale; and you are
earnestly forbidden to sell, or cause to be
sold, any of such wild lands until you re
port as directed, and until further orders.
And you are further informed that any
sale of land iu contradiction of these or
ders will be illegal and of no effect.
Respectfully,
Madison Bell,
Comptroller General,
Borne enterprisiug North Carolinians
are planting more tiian 2,000 acres-mak
ing two hundred thousand trees—in peach
j trees, at Ridgeway, on the Raleigh and
Gaston railway.
GOSiStP ABORT THE LATE THADDKUS
STEVENS.
The National Intelligencer, referring to
the story going the rounds of tiie press
that the personal property of the late Hon.
Thaddeus tevens was barely sufficient t •
pay his debts, aud that his furnace prop
erty was worth about $60,000, which, with
his house at Lancaster, valued at $15,000,
constituted tiie bulk of his real eet de, re
marks that such a stateiuen t is more poetic
than true. Tnt) J.itelti/encer then pro
ceeds to coin neud the private life und
habits of the deceased, and adds :
He owed nobody nt the (late of hi-- <]<■
cease, and he had in the Bank of L . -
ter, as we are informed by Mr. Bougieer,
iiis personal friend, about twenty imm
aud dollars. He had little or nothing iu
public securities. His plain and simple
mansion at Lancaster cannot lie valued at
above half a dozen thousand dollars. The
sum and substance of his means.were in
his furnace at Gettysburg Though it, in
former days, he w,i* acCustom <i to say,
was an absorbent of bis income profes
sionally, yet in later ones it ha t> t-n prof
itable, the ore tied being superior, Mid the
method of blasting belli./ by charcoal.
Hence, the Confederate force did him
much damage In its raid ; not so much in
the value of what was actually destroyed
as iu the destruction of work at the mr-
ntM'e at a period o-f.grv«i demand for stipe--
rior sorlsof iron for machine purposes. A
few thousand dollars probably covered the
actual losses in property inflicted by the
rebel raid in question.
11l tiie last part of Mr. Btovens’ life he
remarked that he would take $150,000 for
his Gettysburg property, but Dr. Noble
Young, of this city, (his physician ) who
is familiar witlt it and the locality, esti
mates its prospective value, in good hands,
at double that figure. The works were
carried on in Mr. Stevens’ name, and, of
course, they did not make the returns that
they would had he been a practical iron
master.
Mr. Stevens’ library is very largo und
varied iu its character. It i„ worth sev
eral thousand dollars. He was, we learn,
thoroughly read in tbenld stamp of works
iu history aud literature, and also iu the
modern ones of superior character. He
received, while in Congress grew, num
bers of newspapers, of both sides in poli
tics, most of which lie read as lesperi
their editorials. Herein this intellectual
giant differed from a cloud of iu ferine per
sous in Congress and elsewln-re in public
position, who ho oft* o profess contempt of
newspapers and newspaper e resp mi
en ts, ytt who owe very mu h of then
prominence more to tiie misplaced par
tiality of such ttian to any marked tm ribs
of their own.
In the latter-day public care r <f Mr.
Stevens, his labors were immeo < , nmi as
his physical powers were declining, lie
was obliged to be exceedingly ei rcu m-pee
in respect to bis habits and efforts. He
was through life a temperance in to iu tin 1
strict sense of the term, indulging only m
a glass of wine or other drink at a form of
hospitality or courtesy upon the i c.-a-o n
of the visit of old and valued friends, or
possibly of soma superior political func
tion-try. He therefore received with un
disguised dislike the prescription some
throe years before his death of the u~o of
stimulants. He was abstemious as to diet,
eating but two meals a day, ami reti: ing
very early and min. lav. He in Id that
much sleeping or lying iu be-4, even it not
sleeping, was a great natural res-.or.*
exhausted nature. This is in consistence
with the modern scientific idea thatthr.
or four hours’ closo mental iuhor eai-s lor
twice the repose that does the stun; expen
diture of time In handwork, the cull being
far greater upon nerve powt r and other
sources of vitality.
Breakfasting at tight o'clock. Mr. Bio*
vens would at once proceed to dispose »f
his mail, w hich was, of course, very 1 Mge.
Most letters he would throw into tne
wastebasket upon the sight of the ntitue
of the writers. When once questioned as
the propriety of so doing, he answered
that tokuait Jtbfl eoatenU by tUg tmiu««. ,
It was Tat ley i?. ad wbositrt that - hm#t
letters answered themselves.” 'I he few
leitcra that Mr, Stevens wrote were com
prised in a half dozen lines. The un si im
portant took but a litter page, excluding
party or political one;, which were r*
brief for documents of that stamp Until
the last of his life lie but little utilized the
labors of others iu carrying on his cor
respondence.
Mr. Stevens was opposed to the receipt
of the most common pr sent.*, such a
canes, de., iu comp fluent of public-er
vices. On a certain occasion a sealed
package came to liim, which he suspected
contained money as a reward for some
public service. White engaged for a mo
ment iu another apartqpt *t, the pad:age
was opened incautiously by an attendant.
It contained a great number <>f one thous
and doll >.r bids. Mr Stevens, in caus-ng
a re-seafing of the package, and it* imme
diate return to the source from whence it
came, ex pressed great regret that it should
have been opened, becan*e lie intended to
return it intact, suspecting ttie contents,
yet uot wishing to know for a certainty of
what in its presentation fie felt to be a
wound. Another package of $5 000 t was
returned with stinging retort. 1 hat he
had very many like offers in monei and
stocks is iikely, and that they were habit
ually refused is sure, since that bus tstaU*
is of the most moderate value.
*► » -•
From the Augusta Chronicle and Bentinal.
Let the Convention* al Maeon on the Otii amt Kitii
Unite.
Spakta, Ga., November 23d, 1868.
Messrs. Editors: A few day- after the publication
of the address issued by Messrs. Caper*, True and
myself to the people of Georgia, urging them to
send delegates from every county, to Macon on the
9th proximo, I saw a call made by the worthy Presi
dent of the Agricultural and Manufacturing Asso
ciation of Georgia, fora similar Convention at the
same place and on the next day. We were not
aware of this call, until our address had gone forth
to the world. The Agricultural Meeting of Put
nam had fixed tlis time aud place, aud instructed
us to publish an address urging upon the people
the importance of the subject of immigration par
ticularly.
It will be seen, therefore, that the Committee
are without the power to make changes. It will be
an easy matter for the Convention of ttie ninth to
organize and adjourn over ft) tiie tenth, ami if
thought advisable by both, to unite, as the object
are the same.
I take the responsibility, without, consultation
with any one for want of time, to suggest that all
the counties who take action under the address
issued by Messrs. Capers, True and myself, appoint
their delegates with instructions to attend both
Conventions. This, it appears to me, is the best
course to i e pursued, and I trust that it wifi be
satisfactory to all interested There ought to be
no division among us on “ the general issue,” at
least. B. f. Harris, of Hancock.
N. B.—Please pnb ish nt Once, and request all
papers, friendly to the object, to do so, likewise.
B. T. H.
A Curious Marriage—Some twenty
years ago a weatliy gentleman from New
York arriv and at St. Joseph, Mo., and after
a short sojourn left for the West. He was
about-sixty, an Englishman by birth, who
had come to that city when young, fired
and industry, but with scanty
meank. After years of hard labor, he
gained a large fortune in the mercantile
and stock business. While in Bt. Joseph
he became acquainted withayoung girl
of about seventeen years, of French de
scent, then*employed as a waitei in one
of the principal liotals. The girl was
penniless, aft(j posses ed of but ordinary
education. Hhgjfcrs the owner, however,
an exceedingly* JftStdsome face and great
musical talent, gentleman, on de
parting for the West, left with her a snug
sum of money, to l>e,’(jevoted to the culti
vation of her taste forunusic and her gen
eral education The merchant passed two
yeais in the West, in Montana, and re
turned several weeks ago He found the
young lady in Platte Town otficiat ng as
c lambermaid in a boarding-house. Be
ing w thout a helpmate aud possessed of
ample means to support a wife, he pro
posed, was accepted, and the two left for
St. Louis, and last week they were in that
city enjoying their honeymoon.
A Singular Case of Disease.—On
Saturday last, Mrs. Seeley, the wife ot the
late Stephen Seeley, residing on Sixth
street, in Troy, died from an acute iutlaui
matory attack. Several years ago an in
ternal water tumor formed iu her breast.
Since that time it has been constantly in
creasing in size until lately it had become
sogreat that it was with difficulty that
the sufferer was able to walk. After her
decease, in order to prepare her body for
burial, it was deemed necessary to remove
the tumor. The operation was successful
ly performed, aud the tumor was found
to have increased in size to such an extent
that it had reached the enormous weight
of over one hundred and twenty pound*.
, Albany Journal.
MACON. GA.. TURK I AY, DECEMBER f 1808.
THE REVOLUTION IN (.'l'll V.
It is uotv more than a month since the
eastern provinces of Cuba have beeu dis
turbed by revolutionary movement*. All
the available Spanish troops have been
concentrated there, a dozen engagements
have been fought, and the insurrection is
-till in full vigor. From a letter published
in the Message,■ Franco-Americain, we
learn that the seat of war is confined to the
mountainous ;art of the island, cast, of
Puerto Principe, aud that the contest,
from being a guerilla affair, lots become a
war conducted in true military fashion.
A p-oviainnul government has been estab
lished at B:i>'iuao, at the head of which
are Francisco Aguilera and Carlos Coape
d:-s, the first a licit planter, and the second
a distinguished lawyer nt Bayamo.
Though large slaveholder, they are both
in favor of the abolition of slavery. Home
twenty other per,-sons of wea th aud influ
ence in Eastern Cuba are embarked in the
movement.
Most of the insurgents have liberated
their slaves on the condition that they
-lial aid in securing the independence of.
Cuba, and in a!! the guerilla bands are to,
be found a cel tain proportion of uegroes,'
who fight courageously by the side of their
former masters, in the insurgent ranks
arc also several hundred veteran Domini
wars or niaTrepTumo, tinu, strong© to say,
a number of young creole and mulatto
women, who bundle and fire tli-dr mus
kets like old soldiers. Borne of these
women, it is -.aid, belong to the beat socie
ty, mid exercise a marked influence upon
their leader* and fellow soldiers. The
Provisional Junta proposes soon to send
an agent to Washington to demand of the
United Stales Government a recognition
of their lights as belligerents, aud will
show that the revolutionary army already
numbers over seven thousand men, and
that the Bpauish authorities arc unable to
make head against it.
.Several sevete engagements have al
ready taken place, in which a body of
Spanish troops under Colour! Quiron, arid
another c mimanded by (J done! Lotto, are
repored to have been decidedly-worsted.
Meanwhile, telegraphic communication
with Pue!to Priucipe is cutoff' It is not
kno vn w hether the revolutionary move
ment projected in that city ha* been com
menced, but there is no doubt that several
hundred Cubans from Hie neigh l»orta<*>d
have gone to join ilie insurgents at Baya
mo. Rumors are rife of an attack upou
Santiago de Cuba, tube aided by the in
habitants of the place. In view of these
grave complications, the Captain General,
Lersundi, bus recalled General Ravenet,
commanding in Eastern Cuba, and sent
tti it her Oenei al Mum/,, who and stingnislied
himself during the invasion of the island
by Lopez in 1854. He is expected lo act
with promt.trie * and vigor, aud has beeu
promised large reinforcements This will
leave but two or three thousand B anish
troops in Western Cuba. The result of
the revolution v.i 1 depend largely mam
the attitude of tin districts of ftfatunzas,
Vuelta Abajo, Cardenas and Havana
Tiie latest accounts from Havana, dated
in the 12th, state that the government
Poop*—eleven thousand strop - —were be
sieged in Manzanillo by a laige force of in
surgent* wh<> w<-ro only three nnies di -
taut. Tire Spaniard*, meantime, wtte
throwing up barricades in the streets for
protection. Accounts from Hautiago re
|e>rt that a large force of insurgents were
within four milts of that place on the
0 h in«t Great panic appears to have pre
vailed, for it i* -aid that hundred* of fami
lies had cleared out for Jamaica. The con
fusion i* reported to tie immense all aioug
tiie coast, aud u significant cry for aid
from the United S ales was prevailing ev
ery where. Home of the wealtliie-t fami
lies in tiie island have linked tHerr for
tunes with the cause of the insurgents. All
tiie town* from I’ue.to Priueip” o San
tiago except tlnee ar* in the in.in., of the
insurgents. Bo disastrous has been the
result of col isi ns in lire interior lotliie
Bpauish troops that they are afraid to ven
nsrc ouA-oXyttie 'A'-iLa. Naw
brig Jent.vJdark, with 3; u'm lif# MHN 1
iiitlon, seized at SucvitSs try The,.
aathortßes, and a load or uni* for tit©
LovernWent troop*, also from’tiie United
Biates, had been captured by iheTlMui
ge 11 1 s. —(. h a rtes lo nA < ws.
W INDI AN II \ (' I'LE KEENE.
A correspondent of the Cincinnati Ga
zette gives another account of tiie late
Indian attack on Colonel Foisyth's com
mand, heretofore fuily described in these
columns. The so lowing extract, how
ever, i* sufficiently interesting to quote:
Again the men dug for their lives, and
soon w. re tolerably well shielded by tne
friendly sand, which, being soft, they had
thrown up with great rapidity. A hole
was scrape i out iu the centre of the little
Lslaiid, an I in this the dead and wounded
were laid. The Indians were now seen
approaching and tiie devoted band
prepared to sell liietr lives »* dearly a*
possible. Their fainting and bleeding
leader, a* lie heard the yells of t He eorulug
savages, raised himself up and cautioned
his comrade* lo be cool and make every
shut tell, for they had only sixty-five
rounds to the man. The struggle was
fierce and bloody, but the Indians were
again re|uDed. Once more the chiefs
rallied their warriors, and sought to in
spire them to brave deeds by haranguing
them. Home of these addresses were de
livered in so loud a voice and so near the
Iteseiged that nearly every word could be
distinctly heard. Sharp, who had for
merly lived witli the Indians and under
stood tlreir language well, interpreted
what was being said. One Bioux chief,
pointing to the sixty horses of the scouts,
said: "Bee their potties ; they haveouly
a few, and these men litie singly, and
there are no more men there tiian horses,
for they never go as we often do, two upon
one horse. We are hundreds, t hey less
tiian one to four, nha tne on you, warri
ors, to let this hauhfut of palefaces drive
you hack.”
Then the women and children appeared
on the hills, clapping their hands and
singing the war song, and the Chief con
tinued : “ Look at your women and chil
dren ; they comedown to see you lie brave,
liiujou run away from the white soldiers
and they are ashamed of you. Come,
now, let us kill tiie pale faces.” While
these speeches were going on the Great
Medicine Man appeared in full regalia,
and, beating bis drum, lie sang a song
which amounted i.i substance to this:
“ The medicine is good; the Great .Spirit
is with us; tlio bullets of the pale faces
won’t strike the brave; only cowards are
killed by them; 1 am not afraid of then).
You must kill the white soldiers, or the
j Great .Spirit will forsake us; our medicine
' be had, our children and women die of
j starvation. Warriors, bo brave!” He
I sang in a loud, monotou us voice, riding
i about in circles, swinging his body to and
i fro, and beating furiously with a stick
upon ids drum. To show how harmless
the bullels of the whites were, the medi
c’ne man rode around the fort, heating his
drum and singing about his go k 1 medicine
. and bravery. An old scout who had his
| thigh broken early iu the fight, and who
had beeu watching the medicine man,
fired at him, aud the ball whistled soelose
that the Great Medicine withdrew to a
i greater distance to perform his antics and
j preach to ihe young braves about the
i safety of fighting tiie pale faces. Raising
1 himself up in his sand hole, the old scout
again drew a bead on Great Medicine, as
he approached a little nearer, and fired,
this time with ettbet, for the Indian was
1 seen to reel in his saddle, and drop his
: drum stick, as his pony carried him off.
; “ He has got his rm dicirie,” said the scout,
as, exhausted witli pain, he fell back in
! the damp trench.
Negro Suffrage Defeated in Mis
souiu.—Negro suffrage was defeated in
Missouri by the German voters. It is lost
by twenty "thousand majority, while the
Radicals carried the State by a verv heavy
majority. In one ward iuSt. Louis, where
the German vote is strong, Grant got 658
majority with a majority of 1231 against
negro suffrage. Li another, there was a
Grant majority of 675, with a majority
against negro suffrage of 1860. These
Germans believe that Getieral Grant con
tinues to hold tlie opinion he used to ex
press, that negro freedom does not include
negro suffrage. -Monty. Advertiser, 21sf.
Niggardliness.—The official members
of a church in England, whose pastor had
salary of only S2OO, having heard that a
present of $lO was made to him, claimed
it as part of the salary.
THURSDAY, XOY. 21J, 1868. '
A Novel Law Point.— The Havannah
News, of Tuesday, mentions a point rais
ed 4>y Mr. Hartridge, of tiiat city, In tiie
case of Joltii Donovan, charged with tiie
murder of his step-father, which we do
hot recollect ever having been raised
befoie “Mr. Hartridge cited two sections
of the Code, one of which says that, in
cases before mentioned, no Court can
compel n witness to testify. A previous
section says that vvhe e such testimony
would tend to work forfeiture of estate, or
bring infamy or disgrace upon a member
of witness' family, lie cannot lie compelled
to testify In the case in point the mother
is the on'j living witness against her son,
aiid by advice of counsel she objects to
giving leHitnotiy- taking refuge under the
sections of the Code above alluded to.
“The ntaiu question of doubt, vve believe,
is whether or not it is applicable t > crimi
nal cases, or applied ot.ly in civil suits.
Mr. Hartridge and other prominent mem
bers of tlif Bar arc of the opinion that it is
to’-esfruriual caacas.” .
p H. —Since writing the above, we see
front the News, of yesterday, that the point
was sustained, aud the witness excused
rom testifying.
The Right of Secession.— Profeasor
Bledsoe editor of the Baltimore Southern
Quarterly Review, having, iu a recent
issue of that magazine, sharply criticized
Mr. Btephens’ book upon the late civil
war, Mr. B. rejoins in a long letter to a
Baltimore paper, defining hi* position
upon the points raised by tiie Professor,
and especially upon the question of the
rights of the States—that of secession par
tieuiarly. In hie letter, Mr. S says :
“It was Dot by vir.ueof tiie Constitution
that this right (of secession) was to tie ex
ercised, Put by virtue of that sovereignty
of the .State by which the constitutional
compact was entered into.”
‘ 1 In* a arc the principles in which I
was educated. From the lime that I en
tered public life, and even before, I liel.l
tiio suma* ttie records can abundantly
establish ”
Having been censured for reproducing
the Declaration of Independence in hi*
book, lie gives excellent reasons for having
done so. Amoug them that tiie title is us
follows:
“ In Congress, July sth, 1770 —Th“
Unanimous Declatati *o of (In thirteen
Uulted States of America.”
It was no Declaration of National inde
pendence, says Mr. Btephens, “or ttie in
dependence of a nation, but the inde
pendence of separate Btates.”
United State* Bum* in Kuuopk.— i
The Kho de la Bourse, published in
Paris, has an jutere-ting article on tHe
dperalions in United Mates Bonds to
France and Germany. This journal states I
that of up wauls of six It und red millions j
of dollars wortii of American securities i
held iu Europe, four-fifths, at least, ate j
field in Germany. The daily sales of j
United Btates Bonds at Frankfort, Ham-j
burg, Bremen and Berlin will it is assert
ed, compare favorably with ifie tronsac- j
tion*.in Wall-street, aud at Rotterdam and
Vienna llie sales are larger tiian iti Lou
don. In Paris, tiie purchases are small,
and are principally affected by Americans
residing in or passing through that city.
X hvßeJto stwtesL however, that while iheJ
rirU-t Have nudruatftl gretsU ;
tyif tUylSp. . the'UnitedStfiti-H bonds con
litpte steadily, and i»l present i
on the Bourse at a high figure j
The New Orleans Times says: “It is a
gratifying fact that of late a rapidly in
creasing demaud for farms and planta
tions in our Louisiana lowlands has been j
developed. <iuite a number of planta
tions have recently changed hands, at
figures which would have been considered
extremely low before the war but which
greatly overreach the most sanguine ex
pectations entertained l>y their owners j
one year ago.”
SUPREME C OURT.
Clerk’s Office, Buprkme Court, )
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. ID, 1868. /
The docket of the December term of ttie
Buprenie Court, to be held in the city of
Atlanta, for the year 1808, will be called
iu the following order of Circuits :
Ist. l’ataula Circuit— Webster, 1.
2d. .Southwestern Circuit—Sumter, 5 ;
Lee, 1; Mitchell, 1.
3d diddle Circuit—Richmond, 8; city
of Augusta, 2; Columbia, L
4tli Eastern Circuit—Chatham, 7.
6th. Brunswick Circuit
6th. Southern Circuit.
7th. Cherokee Circuit Gordon, 2; Bar
tow, 4.
Bth. Blue Ridge Circuit—Union, 1 ;
Lumpkin, 1; GUtner, 1.
9th. Tallapoosa Circuit.
10th Coweta Circuit—Fulton, 6; Fay
ette, 1 Troup, 1; Dekalb, 1.
11th. Flint Circuit—Henry, 1
12th. Northern Circuit —Warren,2; Ogle
thorpe, 1.
13th. Western Circuit—Hall, 1.
14th. Chattahoochee Circuit— Muscogee,
5; ( ha tuliooehee, 2.
15th. Maoou Circuit— Houston, 1; Bibb,
5.
16th. Ocmulgee Circuit— Jasper, 2; Wil
kinson, 3; Morgan,!.
Charles W. Dußose, Clerk.
A PHENOMENON—A GIRL WITH TWO HEADS.
We paid a visit on Friday to that most
wonderful of nature’s freak’s, the double
headed colored girl, or perhaps it would
be more correct to say, the two giris iu
one. For convenience we shall speak of
them in tl.e plural. They are entirely l
distinct, ns far as mil tl is concerned, laugh
ing and chatting with each other, aud
being apparently upou the most intimate
tenas, andjotie may have a headache or a
cold'wTibout the other being affected but
any fever, or other serious disease, effects
both equally. Their bodies are separated
from the small of the hack up, each hav
ing a perfectly formed bust, two arms, etc.,
aud each lias two legs, but there is only
one trunk. Both are remarkably intelli
gent, reading aud writing with ease, while
their manners are really refined. In
quite a lengthy con versation, they did not
make a single grammatical error, and
their language was usually select.
Upon questioning them as to their edu
cation, they replied that they had beeu
carefully taught by their former mistress,
Mrs. Smith, in Columbus, North Carolina,
in which village they were born.
They are now fifteen years old, and
mors than ordinarily bright for girls of
their age, having had the udvatnage of
foreign travel. They both sing very
sweetly, one having a soprano aud the
other a contralto voice, and we have rarely
heard two voices that blended so perfectly
in a duet. Among their other accom
plishments is that of dancing, and the
manner iu which they manage to execute
a waltz is truly wonderful. When stand
ing at ease, the left foot of one and the
right foot of the other do not lie flat upou
the floor, but rest upon the toes. In
walking, however, they step with all their
feet alike, though they can hold up two
feet and walk with perfect ease with the
other two. In speaking of them as one,
they are called Millie-Chrisie, but iu ad
dressing them separately, one applies
the distinctive appellation, she on
the left being called Millie, and she on
the right being called Chrisie; though
Chrisie, iu addressing her other half, calls
her “Bister.” There is a striking resem
blanee between their faces, and the con
formation of their heads is much the
same—Chrisie being perhaps a shade
brighter than her sister, and rather more
talkative.— New Orleans Picayune, 21D.
The Floridians are sending the palmetto
root North, to have its tanning qualities
tested. They think there’s money in it.
From the Dublin CDiversity Magazine. A
More Ghosts; Old and New.
The following recital came to us from a
near relative. He received it in tiiami* ;
script from the writer, who vouches for ils |
authenticity, and declares that fie repeats
witfiout exaggeration tiie facts thereto tie- ;
tailed :
Alta Vista, 1848.
The events I am about to relate occurred
at a distance of about eight hundred miles i
apart. One at Alta Vista, the residence of
Major Richard Pollard, in tiie Green
Mountain* of Albemarle County, Virgin
ia ; the other at a frontier mililary post of
the United States, on the Western bounda
ry of Texas, —uot, «a now, incorporated in
the Union. A detachment of about two
hundred men of the oth Regiment of In
faiitry, atnl a few dragoons, were there in
garrison, witli the usual complement of
officers. Amongst tiie latter was Lieuten
ant Henry Pollard, a remarkably line and
intelligent young t an, of about twenty
live years of age. Toward tin; clo»e of tiie
day of tiie 12th of May, 4831, tiie Clear
ringing notes of a bugle announced the
hour of dinner, ami immediately after, tiie
officers were gathered around the mess
table, buoyant with health and in tfi-*ir
accustomed harmony and good-fellowship;
conditions under wnaht khu’ Ul&th msf
for theTast tune.
Alta Vista occupies ’.it; summit of an
elevation which commands a charming
view across tlie Green Mountains; west
wardly to the Blue Ridge; and to ilie
southward and eastward, on a clear day j
cau t>e seen Mount Laurel, within the
borders of tiie contiguous State of lien
tucky. About half a mile from the house
on the north side runs tiie public road,
while surrounding it is an extensive park, j
scattered over with a profusion of spruce
and locust trees. Arbors composed of
Cane spring up here and there, and as tney
a e the resort of members of the family
for reading, studying, or playiug, ttie
bouse servants have ta-eti them under
their especial charge. They devote to
them uremitting care and attention ; they i
have trained over and about them flower- j
b aring vines and creepers, which diffuse i
an agreeable fragrance, rendering them at
the name time impervious to rain and to j
the sun’s r.>ys. At tin* south side, beyond
(lie lawn is the garden, always neatly j
kept, and well tided vvi’li tiie choicest
shrub* aud flowers, am »ti. st w Inch shines
conspicuoudy the yellow rose. Ail the
immediate grounds about the house are
enclosed within an oruaroeutal paling of
wood; gravel walks giving aece*s to gates
at variou i points. An ample piazza runs
the length of the main building, which j
has wings at either extremity; that on
the south beiog the library and school j
room for the children: that on the north ,
is now known a* my room, fiom my liav
iue ulways occupied it when visiting Alta j
Vista before my marriage.
From tiie jwxeli in tiie centre of tiie j
piazza, a broad grave;u Hg leads straight
through the lawn to the principal gate of
entrance to the park I 1 is hound and, as a.i
tiie others are, by a low hedge of aromatic j
shrubs aud flowers. About half a m;!o
off, iu a southerly direction, are rows of
negro cabins, and within a convenient
distance of them stand* a two-story brick
house, occupied by the overseer of tiie
plantation and hi* family.
At tiie time now referred to. Major Pol
lard was absent at Santiago in Chili, where
iie had b en sent by me i nited States
Government on a special mission, which
involved reparation for the capture of the
frigate Essex, Omutiodore Porter, within
the harbor of Valparaiso, in tiie War of
1811-14, by two English vessels, tiie Phoebe
aud Cherub. This action was fought
within guu shot of I lie batteries of the port,
and witnessed by thousands of spectators
who crowded tiie shores. It was une- i
quailed by any of the war for the pertinac
ity of the attack and tefence. When
Commodore Porter ordered bis colors to
be struck, and surrendered himself a pris
oner of war on board the Plnebe, very few
*>f tits ii*,-'*-wen? for duty, nearly
every officer ’VSpWWtfbi <i. trod ‘Lot G *.*
than one hundred and lorry of the crew
were killed outright, or seriously wounded.
Such a number, in proportion, is not re
corded iu auy other, naval engagement
The Essex was reduced almost to a perfect
wreck.*
During tiie absence of her husband, Mrs.
P itlard, leaving the entire mauag -ment of
t ie plantation to tiie overseers, occupied
herself with tin* education of her childreu,
who were under ttie tuition of tiie Rev.
Mr. Brt >wu, a gentleman from Massachu- i
sett3. He was a i rofound scholar, and,
tieing without a church, had accepted the
office of tutor ill tiie family, remaining iu
it, including a res dence at Oak Ridge,
between eight am) ■ ine years. As now,
Mrs. Pollard, had then a great fondness for
flowers, and passed much of iter time
amongst them,—a lady of wonderfully
pleasing and graceful manners, a highly
cultivated mind, and particularly free
from anything of a superstitious nature.
I mention this for evident reasons which
will appear in connection with this story. :
Bhe wa-; in the habii of rising early, aud,
attended by some of the female servants
of the house, would frequently pass an
hour or more, before breakfast, in tiie gar- ;
den and tiie grounds adjacent. At this
time site was in the prime of life, and re
tained much of that personal beauty for
which in her premiere jeunesse she had
been remarkable.
The early morning of the 13lh of May,
1834, was one of tbo*e for which the spriug
season in mat part of Virginia is perhaps
nowhere excelled. Nothing can surpass
the delicious softness of a May daybreak
in the Green Mountains. You see anal
most cloudless sky, and are conscious of a
temperature voluptuously soft aud trau
quilizing. Tiie fragrance of a thousand
flowers tills the air. At intervals, you
may hear, as if to present a more striking
interest, the notes of a “songster of tiie
grove,” or the fanning of a gentle breeze
may stir the leaves and branches of encir
cling wood*. I prefer to give, as received
from Mrs. Pollard's own lips, and as nearly
as possible in her own words, what now
follows,delivered with an uncontrollable
emotiou, which frequently interrupted
the thread of the narration.
“I left the house,” she said, “ou the
morning above indicated, quite early,
before six, as I noticed by tlie clock, when
passing through the hall. I crossed tiie
lawn to the garden, and not seeing Uncle
lien, (one of the uegro gardeners), I ex
pressed surprise, as he was usually very
regularly at his work, and my astonish
ment was not lessened at hearing Martha
exclaim, 'Missis, there’s Uncle Ben over
yonder in the graveyard-’ (The family
cemetery lay immediately beyond the
garden.) I directed tny steps towards it,
to see what he was doing, as it seemed
strange he should he there instead of in
the garden. I said, ‘Uncle Ben, what ;
brings you hear this morning .” He re
minded me that a few days before I had
told him to pluck away some weeds which
were growing up about the tomb of my
dear little Lucy. I noticed, too, that he
had swept and smoothed tiie surrounding
ground. The morning was so delightful,
the air so serene, that I felt tempted to j
pass out through the cemetery to the fields,
intending to return by thesame way, and I
I told Uncle Ben not to lock the gate, as I
should do so.
“I was led to continue my wal t beyond
what was my usual custom, but presently
a peculiar sensation, as if impelled by
some undefined influeuc \ came upon me, j
and I began to feel very nervous 1 hasten- i
ed to the path leading to tiie large gate,
through which I now decided to return to
the house,—theshortest way, iu fact. An
overpowering sense oi sadness oppressed
me aud once or twice I was compelled to
stop. At length I approached the aspen
tree which stands by the side of the pri
vate road, just without the gate, when,
judge o' my horror at seeing lying be
neath it, my poor boy Henry! At his
side were a cloak, a cap and a sash. I saw
bioo 1 ooziug from lis neck. His features
bore au expression indicative of intense
pain, though cairn and tranquil. I in
stinctively moved towards him, when he
waved his hand, as if to say, adieu! A
faiut smile seemed to struggle through
the agony under which he appeared to be
laboring.
“In the room which you and Rose now
occupy, I found myself lying on a couch.
The curtains were drawn, and surrouud
| ing objects at first dim aud indistinct.
Presently I distinguished the forms of the
children, Virginia, Minnie and Rose, —
! Rose, then a little fairy in her fifth year.
bhe had grasped my baud. At the farther
j part of the room were several of the ser
vants, weeping. My first exclamation,as
Virginia afterwards. tohl me, .was ‘My
darling children, poor' Henry is dead!.
You will ii'sver see yo:rf brother again.’
Between tiie interval nf mv vision, for I
know not whal else to call it, and a return
to consciousness, Virginia aud Minnie
had gathered from the servants that near
the aspen-tree, as I was about to turn in
at tiie gate, J had suddenly stopped, cried
out the name of my son, aud then became
insensible. With the nssislau eof others,
imroedi: tely summoned, they had borne
me to the hou e in a state of utter prostra
lion. To this day I have not deemed it
prudent or advisable to communicate to ;
my children what I saw on that dreadful
morning; and had it uot been tiiat my first
expression, on a return to consciousness,
was of Henry’s death, not a word should
have escaped me on the subject. Within
my own breast it would have been con
cettitd, until confirmed or proved to be
unreal. But, bo far as they could connect
anything with it, t ey urged me to disa
bus© my mind of tiie irnpressiou, and that,
when the post arrived, we should hear
tie was alive and well. They pretended
that I had dreamt it, and that like the
shadow ofa dream, all would pass happily
away. 1 allowed them to think, fully
convinced tiiat their poor brother was no
lunger in this world.
“A fortnight or more had passed, when.
'Un tie surprise of every om\ Utw !e Isham
made bis appearance. To meet the news
of hi* arrival seemed to be a death-blow.
Preceded by the children, I went to the
piazza lose? him. Virgiu.'a outran the
others, ami I heard liersay, “ Wliere’syour
master, Harry ?” Mas»a Henry gone
dead, missy,’ lie replied; and the poor slave
hurst into tears. After a few momeuts,
he continued, ‘They sent me home to i
Aitti Vista, and told rue lo take this letter j
to my missis.’ He then produced from a I
doth, in which be wrapped it, a letter, :
together witti a small sealed packet. The I
letter proved to be from one of Henry’s j
brother officers. I have it hear now, and I
will read it for you. It was dated at Fort j
Madison, ou tiie Rio Grande, 15th of May,
1834
Dear Madam: It has fallen to my
lot t > communicate to you most sad news.
Your sot! Henry, our late comjmniou and
friend, is no more. c He fell in a duel ou 1
the morning of the 13th inst . about six;
o’clock, having beeu shot through tiie i
neck. I was with him when lie expired, j
and heard the word “Mother” pass from j
ids lips. His death was almost instanta
neous. As lam *ure i: will he a satisfac
tion to yourself and Major to
know the circumstances which led to this
meianeho y event, I here trive them. At I
die niets table, ou the preceding evening, 1
everything had goue on, up to a certain
l>erhet in tiie utmost harmony aud hilar
ity, when Captain B most unhappi
ly turned tiie con versation to the subject ;
of slavery. Being a violent abolitionist, j
he became unguarded in iiis remarks, and ;
-aid many tiling* Derogatory to all slave
owner*, whom lie denounced iu a body.
I’lie other officers present did wbat they
could to interpose and check his language,
which only became more offensive and ;
in*ulting, as also to allay tiie indignation ;
tv deotly rising on tiie part of your sou. j
“We rose from the table in confusion, ■
aud sought our quarters, greatly grieved
at what had taken place, and not free from ;
strougsu'picioustiiat Lieut. Pollard would ;
?eek apology or redress. The same night i
1 received a message from him, and by
tiie bands of the surge n lie sent a note to
Captain 8 , demanding a retraction of
the words be had uttered, and in the pres
ence of all before whom they were spoken.
This not being granted a meeting was !
fixed for tiie n- xt morning at six o'clock.
I accompanied your -son to the ground.—
the bail of his antagonist pierced his
neck, mui iie fell. We placed him at tiie
fix>t of a neigbi)oring tree, where ii is ser
vant I-liam had already deposited his
cloak, sash and cap. The doctor immedi
ately opened his collar to search the
wound, hut it was apparent that he was
beyond ail mortal aid, and in a uionuat
<»r two fit, Breathed ilia last. I CannuyiJost*
better in the service ihsfi your son aid.—
He was a brave * nung soldier, and high
minded beyond Ins years. His uniform
honesty of demeanor and unaffected good
ness won the hearts of aii. Every man
in this detachment mourns his loss, and
no one feels his deatli more keenly than
Lie, by whose hand lie fell. VVe seDd
I sham with tiff* letter, and he will deliver
at thesame time a small packet contain
ing a watch and a few other personal ob- j
jects which we know lie valued, and isham
tell* us he had put together, sealed, and
addressed to yourself, before retiring to
rest on tHe night before that fatal morn
ing. Accent my warmest sympathies ou !
this terribie bereavement, aud believe me j
to remain, dear madam, yours most faith- !
fully. John Deas.”
Here the narrative of Mrs. Pollard ends.
On an afternoon iu the follow ing month
of June a funeral procession was seen to j
leave the portieaVjf the house of Alta Vista
It was composed of Mrs Jkfflard, herehil- j
dren, with numerous relatives and friends i
who had collected together from tiie
neighboring plantations ; aud also of 150
negroes, their servants, who joined it ou
the lawn.
Tiie latter were dressed in their best ap
parel, coarse and homely, but tidy and
neat, and, as these people are wont to do, j
giving way, now and then, to loud bursts
of grief. They were headed by Uncle ,
Isham and Uncle Major, a slave then i
eighty years of age, who h and been the I
personal servant of Mr. Wiiiium Reeves,
while serving in tiie army of the United
Btates during the Revolutionary War, and i
is still living (1848# with tiie Reeves family 1
atOak Kidge Plaiita ion. Passing through
tiie garden, the procession entered the
cemetery beyond, and ou ttie spot whi :h
Uncle Ben had cleared and weeded on
the morning of the 13th of May, next to
tiie grave of his sister Lucy, Henry Pol
lard was laid. On a marble tomb, rising
over it, may be read these words : “Here
rest the mortal remains of Henry, son of
Richard and Pauline Pollard of Alta Vista,
who died in Louisiana, on the 13th of
May, 1834, aged twenty-five years.”
As to the other actors in this strange but
true tale, Captain S became a prey to
remorse. His days and nights were pass
ed in vain aud fruitless regrets. In num
erous comfliets which took place on the
frontier where lie was s ationed with the
neighboring tribes of Indians, renegade
Texans, Mexicans, aud others, his reck
lessness and daring were remarked by all.
During the invasion of Mexico by General
Scott, bis regiment was attached to tiie
division under General Garland. It bore
a conspicuous part iu all the actions, from
the taking of Vera Cruz to the capture of
the city of Mexico itself. As the army ap
proached the capital, tiie fortified heights j
of Chapultepec, Chambussco, and Moliuo
del Rey were stormed with great sl&ugh- j
ter. Brevet Colonel, as Captain B had
now become, led the attact o.i Chambuss
co. He snatched tiie regimental eolors
its bearer, and planted itou tire parapet,
from which, with a few others he was the
first to gain. He was struck almost instan
taneou ly by three musket-balls, and, after
falling, he placed his forage cap over his
face and expired.
Lieutenant Deas I knew rather intimate
ly when I passed through Detroit in 1844.
He was then senior lieutenaut of the sth
Regiment of Infantry. I dined twice with
him at the mess when the Mexican War
broke out; he had become a captain, and
was with the division of the army under
General Taylor, which entered Mexico
from Texas crossing the Rio del Norte. —
He was disabled for some time from a
severe wound which be received at Resaea
de ia Palma, and was shot while swim
ming the Rio Grande, with a few men of
his company, justa few hours before the
attack on Matamoros. W. C. \7.
Sharp.—A bar keeper at Schenectady,
New York, developes genius)far above his
sphere. He has trained a number of rats
to run across the floor aud waken up his
customers who sleep about on chairs. The
startled drinkers see the rats; the bar
keeper declares there are no rats there;
and the former, thinking delirium tre
mens to be approaching, quickly go home.
Bloody Row at Covington.—The
Madison xludilor is informed that a seri
ous row occurred in Covington, on Mon
day, between John Robinson’s Circus
| company and parties of that place. One
! negro was killed, and ashowman mortally
; wounded. The company struck tents aud
left for Atlanta immediately.
YOL LX* MJLJ&
TBK HHOOTIVJ W I'Otl. VHI).
The following is the article, the publica
tion of which cost Pollard ins life, as tele
graphed yesterday morning.
AN ELOPEMENT, SO UA IAAA) ON XT. AY
STREET —AN CPPBR-T>:.V FAMI.LV GON
CEKNEO—UUKAUIUL DEN 01 I ,'lfesr.
“Oh, no, wo never mention em.”— a tr.
The Indian Bummer in s away,
aud with it h‘as passed a laii end radiant
daughter of one of our first fcitiz i: —a na
bob of Clay street, —a geutleinan %» Jio, suf
fice it to say, holds the very fl t position
in the wealthy and fashionable circles of
theeity. Tbedaughter.the rebeliant Helene
of the family, is beautiful f yon-idencrip
tiou, but her beauiy did u • prevent her
from failing desperately at irretrievably
in love with a young gent i of semi
miUtarie connections, who i: - ears, some
months ago, plighted his tic u and accept
ed the tiny hand, grasping it within hia
own—
“ Never to be yurtoil: never for aye."
Nobody suspected a tnttttaUianoc, much
less the father, until last {Saturday night,
when the daughter, who was the light of
his household, fled to parts unknown, or
at least only guessed, in company with
; one (a masculine) who should ere then
1 luvn Ittuu w.MnUU-tx»<l binViin iii.iiiß
‘%‘tle rtimfwAy’ )»SrfiesttSv?i!?cuneSPff*
; from, and it is now said that tiie lady pro
[ claims hersel; a wile of six months and
that her attiauced is the choice of her
a.ter iife.
“Wbat God hath joined together let no man put
asunder.’’
The gay young man, who has wished
away the angel, is a Lothario named
Horace Ford, of Goochland county,
county ought to be proud of him, as it
doubtless is. Horace is an orphan, just
plunging iDto his teens, and ha- lost both
of his parents by death. Much property
accrued to Horace in the shape f money,
chattels, goods, etc., and having convened
the whole into “ready rhino, ” Horace
ventured for a swim in the sea of gay life
and Jove, lie met Mi*s Mary Granl—a
beauty—
“ Met perchance the usual way,”
Talked delicious nonsense, won her heart,
then half inclined to earnestness, threw it
away. Ah ! me 1
Then he sailed—
“Oh, he sailed —oh, he 1.
The same as Capt. Kyd did,
Horace went to Ne . Orleans, and not
having been shipwrecked by the way.
telegraphed or wrote io his beioved. t.
it went on through the sultry m< nth of
August, the crimson period of O T
wiieu the forMts change their garments'
down to dull, chid November.
Alas, that love should never run smooth,
in au even current, but love never did and
never will, so they say. She responded,
all unknown to the wealthy dad, and he
replied. Thus affairs progressed until
Horace announced Jast week tha he ws
off for Texas right away, and couldn't
stop f<rr trifles like an arti sliced.
Then it was that the giii of the period
made up her mind and trundle. Hire would
follow trim—yes, she would follow him to
the uttermost parts of the earth. Being of
age, and tio longer the slave of parental
control, Miss Mary, on Batuiday night
last, having habilimented herself* becom
ingly, deserted the palatial mansion on
Clay street, aud casting behind her wealth,
society and friends, sought the otliee of a
gentleman on Broad street, whom site
importuned to buy her a ticket to Ntw
York. This gentleman, who s the pink
of propriety, refused, and Miss Mary
sought elsewhere and found the Italy
means.
At all events she procured passage on
the cars and embarked on the SI o'c oek
train, which carried her Northward at
the rate of twenty or thirty miles an hour,
if not as speedily as her heart desired. On
the train, between iiichmoud and Actinia
1 Creek, she was obeerved to we«*p U if- iy
Her departure created, of course, a hub
bub iu the mansion do Clay street, and
i amid the wringing of ham;-, ami loud ex
[ preasiona of distress, the telegraph was
invoked, aud parties sent in hoi pursuit.
It was surmised that young Foi .', instead
of going off to Texas “right away,'he
anoouncetl, had put for New York, there
to meet his Mary, and thither the do e..-
lives directed their steps.
The upsho of tiie matter is, to make a
long story short, that Miss Mary h;-s b eu
heard from ; that she is now in I’nilaJM
phia, and that upon the w hole there n a
very sorry family history conueeied with
the case, which is not iu our power to
reveal.
SHOUTING SCRAPE AT ATHENS.
From au Athens letter to the Atlanta
Intelligencer , of date the E2d, we make the
following extract:
Avery regretable difficulty took p] •
yesterday evening iu this town bet-,v< u
Mr. Knox, agent of the Frcedtnen’s Bu
reau, aud Mr. Tom. Frierson, a young mao
belonging to one of the most respectable
families of Athens, which resulted in Mr.
Kuox shooting Mr. Frierson iu the i.
just above the knee, inflicting a severe, if
not dangerous wound.
The cause of the collision is not very
well understood. It is reported, however,
that some misuuderstaDding has existed
between the parties for some time, and
that angry messages have passed bst« <—n
them; but nothing serious occurred until
yesterday, wiieu Knox shot Frier-on ou
the stair case leading to Knox's offi -e.
Mr. Kuox was promptly arrested by the
municipal authorities, lowborn he read; y
submitted, and a formal examination veil
take place to-morrow.
The negroes were very much exci ed
all last night, and paraded the streets wo ii
bludgeons, old swords, and crazy lii io ks
of various descriptions, determined to do
or die in defence of Knox, whom ; o v
threatened to assail, aud against whom
there was no apparent exeitemei.it or iii
will.
Mr. Knox is said to have telegraphed
immediately after he shot Frierson, t< th ■
authorities at Atlanta to send troops here
to prevent a riot, aud I learn that a special
train with a detachment has just arnv.-n.
Bo far as the white population and u.
civil authorities are concerned, I u ; .i
uo possible need of military interh-n
The former have no feeling in the ma. i
but one of regret that the peace and good
order of the town have bc'-n disturbed,
aud of sympathy with the wounded young
man and his family, and the authorities
are resolved to do their whole duty, and
vindicate the law.
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LOOKING IT.
We quote with pleasure, the foliowiug
symptoms of returning vitality to the
good city of Charleston, from the Courier,
of Monday morning.
Our Liverpool Steam Line.—The
Golden Horn, the first ship of the regular
line of steamers for Liverpool, has cleared
at this port with a cargo of 2,553 hales of
Sea Island cotton, Messrs. R. Mure & Cos.,
her agents, having with excellent success,
placed a full freight on her in good time.
Hercarryiug capacity, which has exceed
ed anticipations, it will be seen above,
amounts to near 3,000 bales, and is taken
on a moderate draft and a fine trim of
ship. The cotton on this vessel has been
received, not only from Carolina and Geor
gia, but Alabama is well represented, and
our new connection, Selma, in the latter
State, has a fine shipment on board. The
agents of the line here, notwithstandinsr
the somewhat untried character of the en
terprise, iiave secured a most gratifying
basis for future success, and as soon as the
superior capacities of the line are known,
patronage will be obtained from ail the
great interior points of the South and
West.
A Full Cargo.—The steamship Cham
pion left her wharf last Saturday for New
York, with a cargo equivalent to ”,1 ! i
bales of Cotton. Her cargo was com pi -
of 1,784 bales of Uplands, and 13 l»a es m
Sea Island Cotton, 156 tierces Bice, 1
bales Domestics and Sundries, making hi
all a cargo equal to 2,100 bales of Cotton,
i This we regard as one of the cheering -L ns
; of the commercial prosperity which is lo
ginning again to dawn upon ourgood .nil
j city. _ .
Dr. John Mayo, one of the old time
‘Virginia gentlemen,” died in Richmond
on Sunday. He wore a cocked hat to the
day of his death.