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Georgia Journal & Messenger,
i. W. BI RKE & CO., Proprietor*.
A. W. MEENE, )
S. HOSE, f Editor*.
Belligerent Saints.— The Washing
ton correspondent of the Baltimore Ga
zette, of Tuesday, gives this aceouutof a
recent interview between those shining
lights of the Radical congregation, Bu
reau Howard and Chaplin BoyuU»“. of
the House of Representatives. The pri
mary casus belli is that Howard wishes to
have no distinction of race or color in the
church of which he is a member and
Boynton pastor, and that the latter is not
quite ready for that savory dose :
The difficulty in the Congregational church of
this city culminated in a personal interview to-day
between General Howard and the Rev. Dr. Boyn
ton, pastor of the church, who casually encounter
ed each other on the street. General Howard com
menced the colloquy by saying—“l take this oc
casion to pronounce all that you have said of me
an unmitigated falsehood.”
Dr. Boynton : “Do you mean to call me a liar ?”
General Howard : “I mean what I say, and pro
nounce your statement an unmitigated falsehood.”
Dr. Boynton: “Theuyou mean to call me a liar?”
General Howard : “Yes, sir ; I say that yon have
lied.”
Dr. Boynton : “If, sir, you nad two arms I should
thrash you for insulting me.”
General Howard: “Never mind my arm ; try it,
and thrash me if you can.”
A Loss to South Carolina and the
South. —From a recent Columbia letter
to the Charleston Courier, we make the
following extract. Kno wing, as we do, so
well, the high personal and scientific
character of Dr. LeC., we cannot refrain
from expressing our regret at his los«, not
only to South Carolina, but the South,
generally. We wish hitn God speed/and
the greatest measure of happiness and for
tune in his new position. May lie find as
many and as warm friends there, us he
has iu Georgia and his present home :
Dr. John LeConte, the able Professor of Natural
Philosophy and Astronomy, in the University of
South Carolina, has been elected Professor of I'hy
sies in the University of California, which is situa
ted across the harbor from Suu Francisco City, near
Oakland. He lias accepted the Professorship, and
will receive a salary of J3.60U, (thirty-six hundred
dollars,) in gold. The exercises of this institution
do not commence until September, ISO!). Dr.
hoC'onte will probably not leave the State before
next June, at which lime his senior class in the
University of Sonth Carolina will graduate, it is
thought that Dr LeConte will be sent to Europe,
to purchase an apparatus for aforesaid institution,
before he goes to California to assume his duties.
Ktate Agricultural Society <>t Georgia.
Novkmheh :20, 18) is.
Editors Chronicle and Sentinel: Please attend the
meeting of the Cotton Planters Convention to be
held in Macon on the 10th December next. Busi
ness of importance, reorganization, etc., etc.
Respectfully,
Dav. W. 1-kwts, President.
Jas. Camak, Secretary.
To Messrs. Richard Peters, Atlanta,
John S Thomas, Baldwin,
David Dickson, Hancock,
T. J. Smith, Hancock,
B. T. Harris, Hancock,
John Bruner, Hancock,
Jno. J. Gresham, Bibb,
J. A. Nesbit, Bibb,
R. Y. Harris, Richmond,
D. Redmond, Richmond,
Jonathan Miller, Richmond,
Tim. M. Furlow, Sumter,
Martin Roberts, Wilkes,
M. Wellborn, Warren.
Young L. G. Harris, Athens,
Jno. S. Linton, Athens, ,
Samuel Bailey, Clarke,
P. M. Nightengale, Camden,
Gen. Geo. P. Harrison, Chatham,
Dr. W. C. Dauiel, Chatham,
Mark A. Cooper, Bartow,
And other members,of the Executive Committee.
Shoulder Straps in Grant’s Cabi
net. —"X” writes from Washington to
the Baltimore Gazette, the following bit of
news:
I have a bit of genuine news (no gos.-ip) for you
to-day, which clears away many foolish conjec
tures. While Schofield was canvassing the Sen ite
to ascertain if he could i>e eon tinned if nominated
as Secretary of War, a Radical Senator called upon
General Grant for his advice. The General frankly
stated tiiat lie was utterly opposed to placing mili
tary officers in civil positions while retaining their
commissions; but, under the peculiar circumstan
ces, lie thought the rule might be departed from.
This fact was very recently stated as proof that the
epauletted gentry are to be excluded at least from
the Cabinet, and elfectually disposes of Schofield
and Porter. General Grant, although having no
powqr to decide who shall compose his Ministry,
must necessarily something to say o» to who
orVuat class snallbe excepted.
THE “WHITE OAK" ENTERPRISE.
('apt. J. R. Butts’ boat for the “White Oak Lum
ber Company,” is now at his wharf, with all the
heavy machinery on board, and a fair prospect that
it will be completed within about two weeks. This
machinery is intended only for the manufacture of
staves and knees for ship-building, from trees pro
cured along the banks of the river, where they
have wasted in their native forests since the day in
which trees were created. This floating machine
will render many a white oak of value, which is
now passing away, like the generations that have
gone before them.
There are hidden treasures in these oaks, as there
was gold, iron and coal in our mountains. Look
at our pine forests between Macou and Savannah,
and in South-western Georgia ? One could almost
speculate with the Creator why such a region was
spread over its vast space, but the railroads have
revealed it, and every tree in their vicinity is worth
a price
So may it he with oaks on our river banks where
the enterprise of Mr. Butts will put itself in com
munication with, what heretofore, lias been almost
inaccessible.
The enterprise is in the hands of a proper man us
a leader, with others to sustain him. It should not
be forgotten, that he built the first Steamer on the
Ocmulgee, the Pioneer —afterwards the well known
boat, the “Davy Crockett”—and honest Davcy
should at this time have his memory revived—as he
presented Mr. Butts a full suit of flags for his boat'
And besides these, Mr. Butts contributed many
other bouts for navigating the Ocmulgee, and else
where, until the "iron horse" drove them from our
waters. We can all wisli tiiat his lusl enterprise
may be as successful as his first.
To give a practical illustration of the project, let
ns take the view, a* iliil title writer, u few months
since, along the railroad in Western Virginia, from
l’arkersbtirg to Grafton. The distance is one hun
dred and four miles, almost entirely in the moun
tains, through which were thirty-three tunnels and
scarcely a five acre field in the distance. These
mountains were full of people. There was coal and
oil, it is true, but about one-half of these people
were getting staves from the valleys for the Balti
more market and for the oil of their own regions.
Sncli immense piles of staves and barrels could
scarcely l.e imagined by any one who lias not seen
them there, and in Baltimore.
The baiftu of our Ocmulgee offer equal induce
ments to enterprise.
iHE Cotton lax.—ln our perigriuatious around j
town, we sometlnes hear the probabilities of a re- j
vlval of the Cotton tax discussed. Here is a pas
sage from Ben Wade’s recent speech at Cincinnati,
which may he interesting to some of out Cotton
men : * f .
You remember we put a tax upon cotton, the
only thino under God’s heaven by which we could
get anything out of the rebels, they having ren
dered it necessary that we should incur this great
debt iu defence of the Government; and they howled
about the tax on cotton, and the whole Democracy
of the North, out of Congress and in Congress
made such an outcry against it, mid they induced
soft headed Republicans to rejieal it ‘ The year
before we got about twenty-eight millions out of
that cotton tax and it came out of the very men of
all others, that should give some of their substance
to pay off that accursed debt that we were forced to
incur But we threw oti the tax, and this year did
not get one cent of it. 1 would not agree to it
It was a magnanimity that degeneeated~into weak
ness. We ought to nave made them pay it, and
this year we might have got $40,000,000, instead of
000,000, and let the Democrats howl.
Houston Sitekiou Cocet.—We are requested
to state that the adjourned term of this Court will
begin its sessiou the first Monday in Derember. the
7th inst.
A steam Are engine for Araericus, has
arrived at Savannah.
The Democratic official majority in the
tith District ia 5,3a7.
Four thousand and twenty oranges have
been grown this season, upon one tree, at
Montgomery, near Savannah.
Thurlow Reed and Henry J. Raymond
are negotiating for the purchase of the
National Intelligencer, with the view of
making it (iraut’s Washington organ.
Mr. Joseph Massey, of Tbomasville,
sends the editor of the Knlerprue two
stalks of sugar cane weighing 16 pounds,
measuring twenty feet, and yielding one
gallon and one quart of juice. Mr. Mas
sey, we “look towards you.”
United states circuit court for the j
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA.
Hon. John Erskinr, Judge. Presiding.
Tuesday, Nov, 24, 1868.—Geo. W. Hutch j
vs Bank of Commerce. Assumpsit. Tlie;
object of this suit was to recover the
amount of $25,000 of the notes issued by i
said Bank.
There was a demurrer to the declaration |
because the word “ dollars ” was omitted
in several counts, which was overruled on
the ground that the omission was a mere
clerical error which eould be supplied at
any time.
Mr. Stone opened the case for the plain
till', by proceeding to read the declaration,
which titled a bound folio volume about
two and a half inches in thickness The
reading, however, was dispensed witli by
consent, aud Mr. Stone was sworn as a
witness for the plaintiff, aud testified that
on the 24th of May, 1867, lie went into the
house of the Bank of Commerce, aud pre
sented the bills ot said Bunk, amounting
to $25,000, aud which are now in Court for
payment, to G. B. Lamar, the President,
who said he had nothing to do with the
Bank. He then presented them to J. C.
Ferriil, tiie Cashier, who said he was not
the Cashier, hut the assignee of the Bank,
aud remarked that lie might pay ten cents
on the dollar after awhile if permitted to
do so. Witness, iu the name of Hatch,
demauded specie for the bills, but intima
ted that lie might beinduced to lakegrceu
backs.
The bilis were then counted by counsel
for defendant.
Under the charge of the Court the jury
found a verdict ror the plaunitt' for the
sum of $25,000, with a penalty of twenty
five percent., mid interest on the princi
pal from ttie 24th of May, 1807. Stone for
plaiutili', Lloyd for defendant The Court
adjourned until ten o’clock to morrow.
\_Sav. Republican, 2hth.
Os Some Interest lo Planters.
On vest .-inlay an action was brought in
the Superior Court against Mr. Randall
Jones, to recover the value oftive bales of
cottou bunted in the Planters’ Warehouse.
Action brought by D. A. Reese. It seems
that the latter had, on the morning of the
day on which the warehouse was burned,
instructed Mr. Grant to sell the cottou be
longing to him. Mr. Jones agreed, after
seeing samples, to buy it. The biil of sale
was made out, and with accompanying
receipts, were given to an oilice hoy to
present to Jones and collect the money.
Before the messenger saw .Jones the ware
house, with all the cottou in it, was
burned. Plaintiff claimed cotton bad been
transferred, aud hence the money was
duo.
Defendants proposed to prove tiiat it
was a custom iu Columbus not to regard
the ownership of cottou transferred until
the warehouse receipts were delivered.
Plaintiffs objected anil Court sustained the
objection.
After dinner the question was put by
counsel for defense, “What is the usage in
Columbus in the sale of cotton?” After
longand exhaustive argument by counsel,
Court allowed tbe question put. The cus
tom was proved tiiat the samples were
merely evidence of the quality of cotton:
that tne passage of receipts was regarded
as delivery, aud tiiat after this, if the cot
ton did not come up to samples, or for
other good reasous, the vendee returned it
to the vendor.
Finally a statute was produced by de
fense. the substance of which was that the
ownership of cotton remained iu the plan
ter until the money was paid for it.
Reese was proved to be a planter. Case
was submitted to jury without argument.
Verdict in favor oi defendant.
J. M Russell for plaintiff; Moses A
Garrard for defendant.— Col. Sun, 2 bth.
Death of an Aged Citizen.— M r. Paris
J. Tillinghast died at his residence beyond
Wynnton, Monday night, in hisSfith year.
He was originally from Providence, Rhode
Island. For many years he was one of
the most prosperous merchants iu Fayette
ville, X. C. He came to Columbus in
1838, and since lias resided in or near the
city. For ten or twelve years be had
charge of one of the leading houses in our
city, but being unsuccessful in cotton
speculations, be retired from business,
aud since has been living a very quiet ex
istence. A year or two ago his wife, at
tiie advanced age of liinety-thiee, breath
ed her last. He Was a gentleman of edu
cation and culture, and possessed the es
teem of all with whom lie came iu con
tact.— Columbus Sun, 2'ith.
Pass Him Roumd.—A young inau about
21 years old, slender built, five feqt, five or
six inches high, dusk hair aud black eye
brows, slight sprinkle of whiskers on his
face, wearing a light colored liar, much
worn, we learn was gathering alms of our
benevolent citizens on yesterday.
On tiie 10tli instant he was put off tiie
South Western Railroad, b.y Conductor
Dasher, as an impostor, (indisputable evi
dence of that fact having been furnished
by Muj. Hughes, of tiie house of Moore,
Jenkins A Cos.
At that time tiie young man claimed to
be deaf aud dumb. Now lie can and does
use liis tongue freely iu representing tiiat
he was a t.’mifederate soldier, and was
severely wounded in the lungs, aud is
just now returning to Ms home near Eu
fauia Alabama, and is collecting money
for tiiat purpose—says lie knows Gov.'
Hliorter, and tiiat iiis name is Richard
Gillespie. —Americas Republican.
The Fair Ones ok Maury Against
the VV'orli). —We were yesterday hand
ed by Mr. Wiilo Haywood, u splendid
sample of cotton sent us by the house of
Martin & Pickard, of Columbia, and raised
by two of the most respectable aud ac
complished young ladies of Maury.
'lhe ladies who have achieved this
agricultural triumph are His daughters of
David Peeler, Esq., who resides near
Williamsport. Unaided, fey their own un
tiring industry and energy, they succeed
ed in raising a hale of cotton apiece, picked
it, had it ginned and baled and seut it to
Columbia for sale. The sample sent us
was taken from one of tiie bales as it was
offered upon tlie Square at Columbia for
sale. In quality it would class as strictly
low middling. No finer cotton was ever
exhibited in our market as the product of
Tennessee soil.— Nashville Danner, 24 1 h.
The Tenuke-uf Office Act and Uni
versal Negro Suffrage—Of ttie fate of
these two measures, the Washington cor
respondent of the Baltimore Gazelle writes
as follows:
Although Congress will he disposed to
give tiie new President as much money as
he or his friends c in stagger under, I have
very good authority for saying tiiat they
will reject tiie demand for a repeal of tiie
“Tenure-of-Office Act.” The reason of
tiiis is very obvious. To the Senators (by
an understanding among themselves) lias
heretofore been submitted according to
the present system the absolute decision
in regard to every appointment apper
taining to the States they' respectively rep
resent. Tiie Senate will never peacefully
aod volun arily surrender this power. I
have like authority for staling the Negro
Suffrage Amendment to tiie Constitution
will be passed by a unanimous Radical
vote in both Houses at an early day of the
session, not wit lists ruling the adverse de
cision of several Radical States, and not
withstanding. too, the memorable avowal
of Senator Sherman in ttie Senate in 1867,
that the great West, particularly Ohio,
would never consent to having negro suf
frage ili rust upon her people by any power
other than their own free choice.
Universal White and Black Suf
frage.—“N," uniter date of the24th inst.,
writes as follows from Washington to the
Baltimore Gazette :
Although it is a forgone conclusion that some
aiueinlinent to the Constitution conferring tiie hat
lot upon Uu- negro throughout the country will be
adopted by Congress, at the coming session, tiie de
tails are by no means settled. Senator Wilson and
Editor Greeley desire to Include a clause removing
all dwqiMiifl.atlon* amt disabilities from the white*
who were engaged In the late war on the South, n,
s««i’. At the last session of (Jongress Mr. Wilson
1 learn, was only prevented from ottering un inde
pendent proposition having this end in view ho ihe
l umen opposition of those Jtadiml " CviiscrimHws " iu
the iuterest of whom certain Democratic journals
are trailing the Democratic flag in ttie very dust.
Upon this point the extreme Radical*, as they are
called, will meet with no opposition (with the ex
ception, perhaps, of the monomaniac Sumner)
other than from such menus Trumbull, Anthony,
Fessenden. Sprague, Henderson, Van Winkle, Boss,
Fowler, Patterson and Tipton, who comprehend
what Is called the “Conservative” side of the Rad
ical party In the Senate! Au attempt will be made
to restrict the negro vote to the national election*.
but I am afraid that upon this point the “Conser
vative” Radicals will command a majority, and
that the right of the negro will be made universal.
—• •»#■*«
A Shower of Meteors by Daylight.
—On Sunday afternoon about 3 o’clock
was witnessed in tiiis city tiie gruni phe
nomenon of a shower of meteors in broad
daylight; aud, singular to relate, it was
only in close proximity to tiie sun’s disc
that they were visible. Our attention was
called to this remarkable circumstance
about that nour, w hen ourself, in company
with a number of others, saw them dis
tinctly.—Norfolk Virginian.
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
PARTICULARS OF TIIE SHOOTING OF
POLLARD.
Sketch of His Life, and of that of His Slayer.
We quote, as follows, from the Rich
mond Dispatch, of Wednesday:
At about ten o'clock yesterday morning H. Rives
Pollard, tiie widely known editor of tiie Southern
O/iinion, a weekly newspaper published iu Rich
mond, was shot down in tiie atreet and almost in-i
stantly killed. Mr. Pollard resided about one miles
from tiie city on the Grove ltoad. Yesterday moru-1
ing lie and his associate editor, Mr. J. Marshall
Hanna, left tiie house in the country at a little after
nine o’clock. They were driven to town in a light
vehicle, which conveyed them to the office of the
Opinion, on tiie Corner of Fourteenth and Maine
streets. Turning from Maine into Fourteenth
street the vehicle stopped, and the two gentlemen
alighted. Mr. Pollard walked leisurely toward tiie
Fourteenth-street entrance to the office, while Mr.
Hanna remained behind-to give some directions to
tbe driver. Mr. Pollard had taken but a step or
two, and Mr. Hanna had turned to join Mm, when
a loud report was heard, and almost instantaneously
Mr. Pollard fell flat upon hits face, uttering only a
groan of pain, lie seemed to he dead. Mr. Hanna,
expecting another shot, and looking around to see
whence the first came, drew' his pistol almost in
voluntarily. But the work of tiie unseen foe was
completed.
Several police officers and detectives who were
standing not far oil', run immediately to the spot,
some to the. assistance of the wounded man, and
others to apprehend iiis assailant. The first, with
tiie aid of by standers, turned over tiie body and
saw tiiat the llumo of life was still flickering. They
lifted the body and made their way upstairs, but
before half a dozen steps were taken there was a
convulsive shudder, au expression of agony over
spread the face, and 11. Hives Pollard was dead.
TUE REMAINS I.All) OUT.
Upon a mattress in tiie editorial room, the dead
body was laid out. His fall upon the pavement
had" inflicted a severe ghastly wound upon the
forehead, and at iirst it was thought that this was
the wound that caused ins death. In a moment,
however, the coat and shirt were torn open, ex
posing an orifice on the right side of the neck,
from which tiie warm blood was welling. One
buckshot had lodged here, six were fouud iu the
right shoulder, one passed through tiie heart, and
two were picked out of other parts of the body.
The face wore tlio palor of rtoatli and was
besprinkled with the dust it hud kissed. The lips
were open just enough to reveal the clenched
teeth, hut tiie expression of pain had lied with tiie
spirit of the man.
AN ARREST.
Meantime, in tiie street, the excitement was in
tense. With swift wings the news had been spread
through the city, and every foot was turned to
ward the scene of the tragedy until the crowd was
several hundred in number. Surmising that the
shot had been lired from an upper window of the
building opposite, tbe lower part of which is occu
pied by W. B. Isaacs & Cos., Detectives Craddock
and Kiiox were in a few moments up stairs. Th«
latter knocked at the first door lie cauie to, and
beat upon it again and again, but there was no re
sponse. Then he ran through the passage to an
other door, but it was locked. But there was a
voice from within. “Is that you. Bob?” asked
tiie person within in clear, steady tones. “Vos.”
“All right, then,’’ was the rejoinder, “but you’ll
have to’break the door ooen. It is locked, aud I
havn’t tiie key.” Tiie panels yielded to tiie sturdy
blows from tiie detective’s list. With a crash they
were broken, and through the hole thus made Mr.
Craddock sprang into tiie room.
There stood Mr. James Grant, one pistol in
hand; another on the trifle. He was a little pule
but smiling, and lie said loud enough to be heard
without tiie room, “1 only ask for protection.
Here is my pistol: there is another on tiie table."
Tiie weapons were taken by the officers, and Mr.
Grant, without any show of resistance on iiis part,
was arrested and carried to the police station to an
swer for the kilting of H. Rives Bollard.
THE ROOM AND WHAT WAS FOCX D THERE.
The room is one occupied as a domitory bv Ma
jor Harry Clinton. It was almost as lie had left it
in tiie morning. On the table was a derringer pis
tol; its fellow bad been given up by Mr. Grant.
But there was another weapon, which"u detective’s
quick eye espied. It was a doublcd-barrclled shot
gun, placed in the corner right by tiie window on
Fourteenth street. This window was raised about
a foot, aud supported in that position by an old
blacking brush The sill was blackened bv some
thing like burned powder. The right-hand barrel
of the shot-gun was without* load; the other had
a liberal charge of buckshot.
SKETCH OF THE DECEASED.
Henry Rives Pollard was still a young man—not
more than thirty-five years of age. He was tlieson
of Major Richard Pollard, an officer in the old
United States navy. He was born iu Alta Vista,
Nelson county, Va., and was named after Hon.
William C. Hives, of Alberrnarle. lie passed a year
or two at tiie Virginia Military Institute, an l
thence went to tiie University of* Virginia, but, as
w e are. informed, did not graduate at either institu
tion. He commenced life as a clerk, in the Post
office Departmental Washington, but in a few
months resigned in order to join a party going out
West. These were surveyors, who were employed
by the Government on a mission to Kansas at about
the. time of the Border War excitement. He re
mained w itli this party but a short time, but did
not leave Kansas. He settled at Leavenworth, and
here commenced liis newspaper career as editor
I of the Leavenworth Mrraltl. At about this time he
received an appointment as American Consul at
Bangkok, Siam, but declined it, owing to iiis con
nections in this country.
We next hear of him in Baltimore, Md., where
lie w as employed by Dr. G. A. Moore, on tiie South
ern Family Journal, a brilliant but short-lived lite
rary weekly. He then want unUm
a» news editor, a position whtajgp held lilt'll tiie
breaking out of tiie war. lie tlTeii came to Rich
mond arid obtained an appointment under John M.
Daniel as news editor of the Examiner, then in the
height of Us popularity. liis relations with Mr.
Daniel were agreeable, and that gentleman was
wont to express a favorable opinion of iiis journal
istic talent. He was Mr. Daniel’s second in liis
duel with Hon. K. C. Elmore, Secretary of the
Con fed era te T rea.su ry.
With Mr. Daniel Mr. Pollard remained until the
death of Mr. Daniel, two days before the evacua
tion of Richmond. Soon afterwards, iu conjunc
tion with Mr. Charles H. Wynne, he started the
Keening, which afterwards became the morning,
Times. A misunderstanding, resulting in a law
suit. led to the dissolution of tiiis copartnership.
He then revived the Examiner, and being without
means liimsell, relied upon liis brother-in-law, Mr.
Samuel James, for pecuniary help. Mr. James
failing him, Ids paper was supported by means
obtained under an agreement with the Adams fix
press Company through their confidential ageut in
this city. This was about the time of the organi
zation of the National Express Com|inny. °
During Mr. Pollard's i-onneetion with tbe Ex
umincr ids difficulties with General Henningseti,
Samuel James, and one Fitchett, occurred. The
facts in these eases have been sufficiently ventilated
in tbe public press. In October’, 1866, he left the
Enuhiuer, selling out to Mr. Thomas 11. Wynne.
'I In: same month occurred his ailair with Frederick
Ilipkiusin the streets of Baltimore. Hipkins, it
will tie remembered, was maimed for life. In tiie
spring of 1867 lie commenced a lecturing tour, with
iiis essay on the “Chivalry of the South.” its
delivery in I.ynehdurg was interdicted bv General
Wilcox, but General Schofield wltbdrew'tlie inter
dict. 'I he lecture was delivered twice afterward,
but did not seem to take; and this project was
abandoned. On the loth of June, 1867, Mr. Pollard
started the Southern Opinion, as an exponent of
extreme Southern views. 11c was ite editor at the
time of iiis death.
Mr. Pollard’s mother was a sister of the late Win.
U. Rives and of Judge Alexander Rives. One
sister is the widow of Rear Admiral Charles H.
Bell, United States navy, who was drowned a few
months ago in the China seas. Another is Mrs.
Dr Parker, of Macon, Ga.; and another is now
residing in Lucerne, Switzerland. The elder
brother, Edward A. Pollard, is the well known
historian and magazines!, now resident in New
York. The other is Mr. Richard Pollard, a well
known and highly respectable citizen of Lynch
burg. Both have'been informed bv telegraph of
their brother's dentil, and Mr. Edward A. Pollard
will probably lie in Richmond to-day. Mrs. Richard
Pollard telegraphed yesterday that her husband
was on a hunting excursion in Bath county.
Os Mr. Pollard’s capacity as a journalist there
seems to be but one opinion. He was familiar with
every department of the profession which lie fol
lowed. Many who were in his employment speak
of him in kind terms, though lie was bv no means
a popular man. Os his private life this is not the
place nor time to speak. It is not the temper of
j charity to speak evil of the spirit just ushered into
| the presence of its God. and while the body in
which its deeds of life w ere done is stark and cold,
jjust touched by tiie finger of Death.
THE ACCL'SKD.
Everybody in Richmond knows James Grant, and
(there are not. many young men more popular.
He is the eldest sou of Mr. William H. Grant, a
(well known tobacco manufacturer, residing on
Clay street between Tenth and Eleventh, ilc is a
stonily-built young man—not unhandsome. He is
best known us a musical amuteur, having a baas
voice universally admired. He was a cadet at Lex
ington when the war commenced, and enlisted as
a member of the Caskie Rangers, of this city. For
awhile he was a courier for Hen. Jeh Stuart, lie is
now interested in the tobacco concern of which
Ills father is the head.
After being arrested .Mr. Grant was escorted to
tiie lower police station and placed in the room of
the Chief of Police. A number of his friends spent the
day with hftii. He was in good spirits, and passed
tfm time in smoking and lively conversation. He
iliade no admission whatever as to the Shooting. It
ii understood that Judge -Crump and Colonel Gold
nave been retained in his defence.
How ro Cure a “Bone Felon.”—Noth
ing inflicts more terrible suffering than a
“ bone felon,” as very many can testify.
Many cures for this painful affection have '
been proposed, but they generally have I
proved failures when tested. We know
nothing of the following, but it is given I
from the London Lancet, which is high !
authority: “As soon as the pulsation i
winch indicates the disease is felt, put di !
rectly over the spot, a liy blister about the !
size of your thumb nail, and let it remain I
tor mx hours, at the expiration of which
time directly under the surface of the ’
blister may be seen the felon, which can !
be instantly taken out with the point of a
needle, or a lancet. p
The Chinks* the Fikst Explorers of Ameri
ca.—Professor Carl Neuman, of Munich, “having
spent many years iu the study of Chinese untiqui’-
ties aud bibliography,” says he has found in their
hooks evidence of ttie fact that nearly 1,000 years
before Columbus discovered America, a baiid of
Buddhist priests, undeterred by ice, entered this
continent by a ay of Alaska, and explored thorough
ly tbe Pacific borders, penetrating into the Aztec
territory, which they called “The Land otEwumn,"
the Chinese name for the Mexican aloe.
—The Georgia Railroad will pass dele
gates to the Agricultural aud Mechanical
Convention, to be held here on the 10th
inst., for one fare.
IMMIGRATION.
Scifnliilc Advice - The Duly ol m feoiltll.
1 From tiie Detroit Free tapss. |
We perceive from an excbMge that the
people'of Eastern Tennessee -In portion of
tbe State ieast by tfe iulluence
and ‘tyranny of Parson Brownlow, as
owing to its “loyalty” lie has not had the
|*ame apology for
Burnestly aud sagaciously in jjre of
Rlevdopitig their section by iFri migration.
An Immigrautassociation lias been formed ;
at Greenville, that is distributing circulars
in Europe and through the Northern
States offering inducements, giving de
scriptions of soil, climate and productions,
with statistics of mineral resources, the
priceof land,aud manufacturing resources,
together with useful and ample informa
tion for those who may contemplate leav
ing their present homes to form new ones
under favorable circumstances. Its suc
cess is foreshadowed iu sales to a hundred
ad fifty Swiss familiesof land amounting
to forty thousand acres, and this large and
productive addition to its population are
now en route for their new homes.
This section of Tennessee, together with
large sections of North Carolina, South
Carolina and Northern Georgia, are simi
lar in character and most beautiful, its
scenery unsurpassed, its valleys fertile
ami Us facilities for agriculture unex
celled. It is a section to which we may
eventually, and as soon as developed, look
for immense additions to the farm pro
ducts of tiie country. Wheat, corn, oats,
beef, mutton, pork, butter, cheese, apples,
etc., will constitute Its most remunerative
products, and it is only necessary that ilie
.same steps tiiat are inaugurated in East
Tennessee should be extended throughout
this section to attain a prompt develop
ment and a rapid settlement.
It is not, however, simply to point out
tiie advantages of a section that we refer
to tike move made in thi* maiw'?.- IVis to
explain it as a policy and to show to pa
triots, North aud South, Dial it allotds,
perhaps, the earliest solution of our sec
tional political troubles and dissensions.
1 At least it cannot fail to materially hasten
and assist any Other policy tiiat may in
augurated. It brings at once a large, ne v
and most important element in tiie impu
tation to receive the consideration of the
Government and of politicians aud states
men. aud it brings into consideration at
once tiie ‘ almighty dollar,” always in this
country a great aid to emotions or princi
ples oi' any kind. If it is adopted not
only iu the section mentioned hut through
out tiie South, it will made far Jess differ
ence what the policy of General Grant or
tiie administration, of tiie next four years
may tie in the matter of reeonstruction,
i as it will necessarily iuiltienee and curtail
adverse legislation, vvhiie it will certainly
; hasten the effect of a more favoruble poli
cy in the pro-peri ty of lire South,
j We point these tilings out specifically,
| not tiiat they will fail lo be immediately
‘ recognized us truths as soon as read, lint
I because they do not occur to all iu their
greatest strength uules their atlenti id is
i called to them. Here is un immense »rc
! lion of our valuable country , now sparsely
! settled, ami compelled for at least four
years to tike governmental matters as
1 they may he provided for them, depend
! ing alone u|k»u moral iullueuee to modify
! them to the advancement of their pros
perity. They will, it is true, he aided in
tiiis by tiie great Detnoer die party of the
North. But tiiat aid can extend no fur
tlier than sincere sympathy and continued
and persistent exposure of ail wrong ami
injustice on tiie part of the opposition, and
of the wisdom and advantages of pursu
ing a different course. Is it not. therefore
the part of prudence and wisdom to aid
this by a universal and concerted attempt
to set forth tlie advantages of tiiat section
iu all their variety, aud to offer induce
ments to tiie rest of tiie world lo come to
them, to thickly settle their Htates, to
develop their resources, audio reuder at
once populous and prosperous? All ■ f
tiie males thus introduced this year would
lie voters in lire next Presidential election,
even if they came from Europe—ami a
large number could he induced to come
from Die North, ail of whom could so
vote. Thus a political influence would be
gained, and it would not be a bad or un
controllable influence. It would be a
Democratic Influence, one which recogni
zes the merit of intellect and whose gen
! eial principles have nearly always been
j those of the South. It would be a polui
i cal influence, necessitating from the Gen
j eral Government great consideration, aud
j respect lrom all parties; and its political
i advantages cannot be over stated a- an
< r ..l ,j..y.Kest settlement of aUJfec
! tional dissensions. It will most promptly
restore self-government to Die Stiffen. and
! it will be Southern interests that will
i shape ami control those K ate govern
j meats.
But another and more immediate intlu
i ence vvoul i he felt in its commercial in
terests. Add two or three millions to the
| Caucasian pot ulation—accustomed to com
! fort, and calculating cohoiii.hu—ami they
: will devote tliemseive to producing what
i lliey can best produce, and with it pur
j chasing what others can purchase more
i cheaply. It stimulates trade, gives em
ployment, increases prosperity, attracts
others, and interests pecuniarily tiie en
tire country. No stronger influence than
j tills pecuniary interest can be brought to
hear on tiie Republican party of tiie
North, who make money out of tiie exist
ing slate of tilings, but who see the rest
lessness and irritation of tlie Northern
people under their impositions. If they
did but know it they couid make far more
money, and make it honestly, if the pros
perity of the country weie encouraged to
its highest development. Let this be
shown to them, atiu we known of no {let
ter way of plainly manifesting it trail as
tire above.
But tiie other and most material influ
ence of this policy would be felt at once
in the .South. It would introduce anew
and economical s,stem of labor, turning
everything to accour * for tiie individual
benefit, and thus completely revolutioniz
ing for tiie better tiie wasteful system
necessarily resulting from employing the
labor of hundreds or tii- usands for tiie
benefit of one. The thousands would be
well off and comfortable, instead of the
one immensely wealthy, and labor wotiid
be recognized us respectful and ennobling.
It surely does not require argument, North
or South, to show the material advantages
of this. They are shown iu results which
would soon manifest themselves, and
which can not be denied—the happiness,
wealth and prosperity of the community.
In conclusion we would only add
that this policy need not interfere with
any other. We regard it as tiie most cer
tain, prompt and efficacious that could te
adopted ; so much so that if we were a
Southerner we would contribute in con
cert with others half our estate toward tiie
formation of the necessary associations
But another and more immediate iiiilu
j ence vvoul i be feit in its commercial in
terests. Add two or three millions to Die
| Caucasian poi ulation -accustomed to coni
j fort, and calculating couotu.sig—and they
: will devote themsetve to producing what
! they can best produce, and with it pur
j chasing what others can purchase more
j cheaply. It stimulates trade, gives em
ployment, ineieases prosperity, attracts
others, and interests pecuniarily the en
tire country. No stronger influence than
j this pecuniary interest can be brought to
bear on tbe Republican party of Die
North, who make money out of the exist
ing state of tilings, but who see Die rest
lessness and irritation of the Noiiheru
jteople under their impositions. If they
did but know it they couid make fur more
i money, and make it honestly, if the pros
perity of the country weie encouraged to
its b;gliert development. J,et this be
shown to them, aud we known of no bet
ter way of plainly manifesting it tr.an as
the above.
Rut the other aud moot material influ
ence of this policy would fee felt at once
in the South. It would introduce anew
aud economical a,stem of labor, turning
everything to aceoui * for the individual
benefit, and Urns completely revolutioniz
ing for the better Die wasteful system
necessarily resulting from employing the
labor of hundreds or th -usands for Hie
benefit of one. The thousands would be
well off’ and comfortable, instead of the
one itjirrienseiy wealthy, and labor wotiid
be recognized as respectful and ennobling.
It surely does not require argument, North
or Sou tii, to show the materia! advantages
of this. They are shown in results which
would soon manifest themselves, and
which can not be denied—the happiness,
wealth and prosperity of the community.
In conclusion we would only add
that this policy need not intetfe’re with
any other. We regard it as the most cer
tain, prompt and efficacious tiiat could te
adopted : *o much so that if we were a
Southerner we would contribute iu con
cert witli others half our estate toward tiie
formation of the necessary associations
arid the offering of the necessary induce
ments. We regard it us far more politic
and important than the cry fore apUaL
This is important and valuable,but not half
as much so as skilled labor. It is almost
worthless without it, and the latter can
create it. We would, therefore, urge on
our Southern friends, whatever else they
may attempt in order to improve their
condition, that they, as soon as possible,"
try this, not iu a hesitating manner or
parsimonious spirit, but iu the only way
to give it full effect and a fair tri tl, frankly
cordially and generously. It will be at
ones responded to fiom the liorth, and
rapidly from Europe, aud if tl e coming
four years do riot show better rjesults, po
litical, financin' and social, in spile of any
thing that can be done in Washington,
than the past four years have done, we
shall loße faith in human nature audit!
fundamental principles.
An Indignant Judge.— Judge Barn
ard, in a charge to the Grand Jury in tiie
court of Oyer and Terminer, lo day, called
attention to tbe alleged corruptions of the
judiciary here, and to the action of certain
newspapers in New York in perpetrating
j daily and hourly libels. In to-day's Tri
bune and Times, in the New Jersey pa
pers and elsewhere, he said, are charges of
! the most atrocious character agaiust cor
j ruption in interfering with duties of elec-
I tors, aud charging him, Barnard, with be
j ing in a combination with Wall Street ; he
| had never bought, owned or sold a share
: of stock in his life, had uotseparated from
i his wife a single dollar of property, aud
; was to-day dependant upon his salary of
Judge and the charity of his wife. He
therefore craved tiie jury to examine into
the matter and say whether a combina
tion of thieves, scoundrels and rascals
who have infested Wall and Broad streets
for years, and are now quarreling among
themselves, shall be permitted to turn
around and endeavor to hide their own
aim by abuse and villificatiou ofthe Judge
—New York J)i*patch, to Nashville Ban
ner, 24 in.
. r * UJE ® , X A Motor.—captain Ericsson is engaged
m tbe construction of a solar engine, to be drifan
by a,r heated by the direct action of the sun’s ray "
winch will make 300 revolutions per minute, vrtth
out the consumption of auy fuel whatever The
inventor asserts that before the close of the «.»JJ*
be baked from flour ground b? Tw
[From the Columbus Sun, ’JOtli. |
A CASE OF INTEREST TO PLANTERS AND
WAREHOUSEMEN.
Tiiis was an action of Trover brought
by KiielUon, Hoyt A Cos., against Swift,
Murphy & Go , for the recovery of live
hales of cottou. The jury rendered a ver
dict yesterday morning. Tiie case excited
great interest on account of (lie principles,
rather than tiie amount involved. Gen.
Henning represented the plaintiffs, aud
Sinith,.& Alexander the defendants.
It appears tiiat one W. H. Pruitt, a
planter in Alabama, was in the habit in
the fall of 1867, of shipping cotton over
the Mobile & Girard Railroad, to Messrs.
Swift, Murphy & Cos., warehousemen of
Columbus, marked with a brand which
the latter had furnished him. On (he 18th
December, a lot of five ha es of cottou was
received by the warehouse, accompanied
by a manifest or freight list from the rail
road. • This niaifest showed tiiat “\V. 11.
P.” was ttie consignor of iliis particular
lot. Messrs Kw.tt, Murphy & (Jo., sup
posing it was W. H. Pruitt’s cottou, as it
was marked with a brand they had fur
nished to him, and was manifested by
railroad as having been shipped by "W.
H. P.,’’ passed tiie cotton to his credit.
Pruitt, wiioli tl previously shipped seven
teen other bales to tiie ssme warehouse,
came up a few days thereafter, say about
tiie Ist of J anuary, claim and all the cotton
in his awn name, including tiie five bales
in dispute, asked tiiat it might be sold on
the first rise, and an account rendered.
Tiie cotton was accordingly sold on tiie
13lh January, and the proceeds, after set
tling for advances, paid over to him ami
the account dosed.
Koine weeks af ertbis, one Hart Collins,
Ihe traveling agent of Mes rs. Khelduii,
Hoyt & Cos. of New York, appeared upon
the scene, and demanded of Swift, Mur
phy Ct Cos., tiie delivery of tiie live halve of
cotton shipped to them oil tiie IStli Janu
ary and marked ‘W. H. I'.” ife claimed
that be had bought Hie cottou of Pruitt
before it was shipped, and exhibited a
receipt given by (lie railroad agent at Kta
tion No. 6 showing that tiie cotton mark
ed *‘W. H. P.” uml shipped on the 18th
December, was shipped by Sheldon, Hoyt
& Cos. It was proven that Pruitt carried
the cotton to Station No. 6, nd took a
receipt from the agent in the name of
Shu don Hoyt & Cos., and that tie kept
the receipt until the first of February,
when lie delivered it to Collins, ttie ugent
of Sheldon, Hoyt A Cm, some weeks after
the cotton had been -old and paid for. It
was furitier proven tiiat neither the Rail
j road, nor Sheldon, lloyt & Cos., nor Col-
I litis, their agent, nor Pruitt, ever notified
I Swift, Murphy & Cos., tiiat Sheldon, Hoyt
A Cos. had shipped the cotton, or claimed
it as tlreir property, until several weeks
after the cotton had been sold and ilie
I money paid over to Pruitt On the con
trary, it was shown l.y the manifest or
I freight list of the Railroad accompanying
1 tiie cotton, that it was consigned or sent
by “W. H. P.”
In thecour-e of the testimony defend
j ants proposed to prove tiiat the custom of
the warehouse# was to send brands to ship
pers, ami such marks were often employed
to designate owners. Defendants objected.
Idle Court sustained the objection.
Plaintiffs argued tiiat tbe railroad coui
! pany iiad done nothing but what w as cus
tomary aud right; that common carriers
i bad n- business to enquire as to real con
st g born ; tiiat when they did not know the
shipper they simply, on the manifest, seut
(lie marks m the cotton to the ware
houses; tiiat tiiis was intended to notify
tiie warehousemen that the owner was not
known, and that they, thus cautioned,
\ must be careful to deliver the cotton to tiie
proper person ; tiiat cotton was daily cou
! signed lo warehouses by rail loads, when
j the shipper did not desire to be known,
j and hence, warehousemen should be ex
ceedingly cautious concerning owners, and
in this case such diligence was not proven
or exercised ; tiiat if the railroad company
oad been negligent, it was a conversion
: on their part, and the plaintiffs had tiie
\ right to choose among convertors the one
| against which to act; that defendants
knowing it w as customary for cotton to be
sent, where the shipper did not waul him
self known by the marks, did not exercise
that prud-nt caution and inquiry which
| i lie law requires.
The def Aidants contended tiiat Collins,
Pruitt, aud the railroad were tiie agents
jof t lie plaintiffs iu the transaction, and as
I such, that tiie plaintiffs were bound by
j their acts. The railroad had receipted for
I the cotton in tire name of Kheldou, Hoyt
| & Cos., but hud delivered it to ttie ware
; house, with a manifest, as proven, “ W.
Jt. P.” Tire railroad, as tiie' iigeut of
| Sheldon, Hoyt & Co.,carrying the cotton,
j was bound to uotify the warehouse of the
name of tiie consignor, which it had not
done, but had given a wrong name. It
was contended ab-> tiiat Pruitt was an
| agent of the plaintiffs in the transaction,
i and tiiat they were bound by iiis acts also,
i And defendants’ counsel asked tiie court
I to charge the jury that .-uch was tne law,
1 and tiiat if they believed from the evi
i deuce tiiat tile acts, or o nis-ion to act, of
! ttie plaintiffs or their agents, iti tiie cus
tomary course of trade, had led the de
| ftudants to believe tiie cotton was tiie
I property (if Pruitt, then that they could
j not recover. The court declined to give
this charge, but instructed the jury tiiat it
was simply a question of care and dili
gence on the part of the defendants, that
if the defendants had not exercised ordi
nary care and diligence, such as a prudent
I man would exercise about the cotton, then
: the plaintiffs were entitled to recover;
j otherwise they were not.
| Under tips charge tiie jury found for
the plaintiff- $648. The case was argued
with great ability on both .-ides. it will
be carried to the Supreme Court.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Military Tribunal)* Unconstitutional.
During tiie recent session of Baldwin
Superior Court, Juuge Robinson delivered
his opinion in the case of W. J. Brantian,
who, being confined iu Hie Ktate Peniten
tiary, sued out a writ of Habeas Corpus,
on the ground tiiat iiis confinement was
illegal. Judge Robinson sustained tiie
application aud ordered the principal
keeper of the Penitentiary to deliver tbe
applicant into tiie hands of tiie Hlieriffof
Decatur county, from whose custody Bran
nan had been taken by the Military au
thorities.
Tiie main facts of this case are these.
Some time lust Spring Bran nan, in a
street fight iu the town of Jiainhridge,
killed a man namtd Bell, and for which
he was immediately arrested by tiie civil
authorities and bound over to stand Itih
trial at the ensuing term of the Superor
Court of tiiat county.
After lie had been arrested and had
given bail, lie was, by order of Gen.
Meade, re-arrested by the Military com
Koine weeks af ertliis, one Hart Collins,
the traveling agent of Mes rs. Sheldon,
Hoyt & Cos. of New York, appeared upon
the scene, ami demanded of Swift, Mur
phy A Cos., tiie delivery of tiie live bales of
cotton shipped to them on the IStli Janu
ary and marked ‘W. H. P.” Ho claimed
that lie had bought the cotton of Pruitt
before it was shipped, and exhibited a
receipt given by the railroad agent at Kta
tion No. 6 showing tiiat tiie cotton mark
ed ‘VV. If. P.” unit shipped oil the 18th
December, was shipped by Sheldon, Hoyt
& Cos. it was proven tiiat Pruitt carried
Die cotton to Station No. 6, nd took a
receipt from the agent iu Die name of
Stic don Hoyt & Cos., and that lie kept
the receipt until the first of February,
when lie delivered it to Collins, the agent
of Sheldon, Hoyt A Cm, some weeks after
the cotton had been sold and paid for. It
was further proven tint neither the Rail
i road, nor Sheldon, Hoyt A Cos., nor Col
i fins, their agent, nor Pruitt, ever notified
! Swift, Murphy A Cos., that Sheldon, Hoyt
A Cos. had shipped ttie cotton, or claimed
it as tlreir property, until several weeks
after the cotton had been .sold and the
i money paid over to Pruitt On tiie cou
i trary, it was shown l>y the manifest or
| freight list of the Railroad accompanying
! Die cotton, that it was consigned or sent
by “W. H. P.”
In the course of the testimony defeml
j ants proposed to prove Dial the custom of
the warehouses was to send brands tosliip
j pers, and such marks were often employed
to designate owners. Defendants objected.
; The Court sustained the objection.
Plaintiffs argued that the railroad com
j pany had done nothing but what w as cus
tomary and right; that common carriers
i had »»• business to enquire as lo real con
signors ; tiiat when they did not know the
shipper they simply, on tiie manifest,seut
Die marks < n the cotton to (lie ware
houses; tiiat tiiis was intended to notify
the warehousemen that the owner was not
known, and that they, thus cautioned,
; must be careful to deliver the cotton to the
proper person ; tiiat cotton was daily con-
I signed to warehouses by rail toads, when
| tiie shipper did not desire to be known,
j and hence, warehousemen should be ex
ceedingly cautious concern ing owners, and
in this case such diligence was not proven
or exercised ; tiiat if the railroad company
nad been negligent, it was a conversion
; on their part, and the | lain tiffs had Die
\ right to choose among convertors tiie one
| against which to act; that defendants
knowing it w as customary for cotton to be
I sent, where the shipper did not waul him
self known by the murks, did not exercise
that prud-nt caution and inquiry which
Ii tie law requires.
The def-udants contended tiiat Collins,
Pruitt, aud Die railroad were Die agents
; of the plaintiffs iu the transaction, aud as
such, that tiie plaintiffs were hound by
j their acts. The railroad had receipted for
I the cotton in tire name of Kheldou, Hoyt
; & Cos,, but had delivered it to Die ware
, house, with a manifest, as proven, “ w.
Jt. P.” 'lire railroad, :is tiie' ageut of
t slieldon, Hoyt & Cos., carrying the cotton,
j was bound to uotify the warehouse of the
name of tiie consignor, which it had not
done, but hud given a wrong name. It
was contended also that Pruitt was an
; agent of the plaintiff* in the transaction,
i and that they wc-re bound by iiis acts also,
i And defendants’ counsel asked Die court
i to charge the jury that .-uch wai Die law,
1 ami Diat if they believed from the evi
j deuce tiiat the act*, or omission to act, of
| tiie plaintiffs or their agents, in Die eus
i ternary course of trade, had led the de
| ftudants lo believe tiie cotton was Die
I property (if Pruitt, then tiiat they could
i not recover. The court declined to give
tiiis charge, but instructed the jury tiiat it
was simply a question of care and dili
gence on Die part of the defendants, that
if the defendants had not exercised ordi
nary care and diligence, such as a prudent
j man would exercise about the cotton, then
: ttie plaintiffs were entitled to recover;
! otherwise they were not
| Under tips charge Die jury found for
the plaintiff* $648. Tlieca.se was argued
with great ability on both .-ides. It will
be carried to the Supremo Court.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
MiliiiW} Tribunal* Uiieoostilulional.
During tiie recent session of Baldwin
Superior Court, Judge Robinson delivered
his opinion in the case of VV. J. Brantian,
who, being confined iu Die State Peniten
tiary, sued out a writ of Habeas Corpus,
outlie ground tiiat iiis confinement was
illegal. Judge Robinson sustained Die
application aud ordered the principal
keeper of the Penitentiary to deliver the
applicant into tiie bands of tiie Sheriff of
Decatui county, from whose custody Bran
nan had been taken by Die Military au
thorities.
The main facts of this case are these.
Some time lust Spring Braunan, in a
street fight iu the town of Bainbridge,
killed a man named Bell, and for which
he was immediately arrested by tiie civil
authorities and bound over to stand Imh
trial at the ensuing term of the Superor
Court of tiiat county.
After lie had been arrested and had
given bail, lie was, by order of Gen.
Meade, re-arrested by the Military com
mandant at that j lost, and subsequently
tried for murder by a military Court or
ganized by Meade. He, was by tiiis mili
tary tribunal, found guilty and sentenced
lo pay a fine of live hundred dollars and
be imprisoned on the Dry Tortugas for the
term of liis natural life." Gen. Meade ap
proved the fiinliug of the Court, but re
i mitted one half tiie fine and reduced the i
lo twenty years.
While being conducted through Florida
f by a military guard to a shipping port for i
■ tiie Tortugas, Brannan’s friends sued out j
a writ of habeas corpus from a Judge of 1
the Superior Court of tiiat State, who, !
upon a lieai ing of tiie case, ordered the
release of the prisoner. Meade was imme
diately telegraphed to, who, in reply, re- i
moved tiie Judge from his office, and or- i
: dered tiie guard then to return with their
' prisoner to Georgia and deliver him to tiie
keeper of Die State penitentiary, where lie
has been ever since confined.
During the session of Putnam Court,
Judge Lochrane argued the case before I
Judge Robinson for the prisoner and tiie j
Solicitor General, Jordan, for tiie State. !
The opinion was held up until last week, \
when, as we have said, Judge R. sustained I
the writ and ordered Die prisoner to be
remanded into the hands of tiie Sheriff of
Decatur county. We learn that tiie Con
stitutionality of tiie Reconstruction Acts
wiis not decided by the Court, the decision
being nude upon the point that the con
viction was illegal because Ihe right to a
trial by jury was denied the prisoner, and
tiiat so much and sucli parts of the Recon
struction laws as deprived persous accused
of crime of the right to triai by jury was
unconstitutional.— Chron. it Sen , 22c/.
-—On Wednesday last, drafts were signed
at the Treasury Department to the amouut
of $12,01)0 to pay Gen. Wilson, Col. Harn
den, Lieut. Col. Pritchard, aud Capt.
Yeoman, $3,000, eacli as their share of tiie
SIOO,OOO offered by the Federal Govern
ment as a reward for the capture of Ex-
President Davis.
A true bill for arson, to save insurance
money, lias been found in Baker Superior
Court against a slippery bird, by name H
Cline.
—Down in Cuthbert, gentlemen of the
chain gang throw off their jewelry and
escape, while being stared at by the over
seer thereof.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE MACON BAB l\ KKi.A
--| TIOV TO THE DEATH OF HON. HOWELL
rows.
Macon, Ga., Nov. 30, 1808.
According to previous notice, Judge
j Cole suspended tlie regular proceedings of
i the Superior Court at the hour of 10
; o’clock, A. M , to enable Hon. E. A. Nis
| bet, Chairman, to introduce appropriate
resolutions in memory of Honorable
Howell Cobb. Before introducing the
resolutions, Judge Nisbet said :
May it please your honor, it lias been
my duty, during a lou£ professional
career, to pay tribute to tlfe memory of
many deceased members of the bar, but
on no occasion Itave I beeu called upon
more peculiar and sadder, than tiie pres
ent.
There are circumstances in relation to
the death <;f Gen. Cobb which distinguish
it from any other within my experience.
His distinction as a politician, botli before
and sitice the war, his high grade as a law
yer, his amiable character and numerous
social virtues, and the place and mauuer
of tiis dealt)—all combine to increase the
solemnities of this occasion. He died
suddenly In the city of New York—the
great theatre of events, of observation and
excitement, with the eyes of the nation
upon the melancholy event; but, sir, inas
much as it has been my duty as Chairman
j of the committee, to sketch in outline the
| prominent traits of his character. I for
bear, and shall content myself witli read
ing tiie report of tiie committee, and
adding Ilia’ hi* life is a brilliant example
for imitation, and his death au illustration
of the beautiful teachings of the British
poet:
j “The boast ofhcraldry, tbo pomp of power,
i Ami all that beauty, all ttiat wealth e’or gave,
j Await alike th’ inevitable hour,
| The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”
I beg leave, in behalf of the committee,
to report as follows :
REPORT.
Tiie Committee appointed to prepare a
•uitabJe tribute to the memory of the late
Geueral Cobb, beg leave to submit the fol
lowing :
General Howell Cobb, being on a visit to
tiie North, with his wife and daughter,
died in the city of New York on the 9th
day of October last, at the age of fifty-three
years. He was seized suddenly, was pros
trated, in a moment of time, and expired
in a few minutes thereafter. A mau of vig
orous constitution, and, until very recent
ly, in the enjoyment of uninterrupted
health, no one had a fairer promise of
long life; and surrounded witli numerous
and devoted friend*, and blessed with
the sweetest and richest endearments
of home aril family-of a life of unmiu
gled happiness. He was called hence
without premonition. This providence, to
! our limited vision, iooks strange ; but we
well know that it is not for us to sit in judg
ment up; n the iuscrutable events of tiie Di
vine Government. We believe that the
ail-wi.*c and aii-merci.'ul Ruler ordereth
all things well, and, therefore, it is our
duty and privilege U> acquiesce without a
murmur in His dispensations. “Justice
and Judgment are the habitation of Thy
Throne; Mercy and Truth shall go before
Thy Face." Witen the telegraph announ
ced the death of our brother, thousands ol
people ati over this broad land, uud we
anaiug the number, felt that they had lost
a love I and cherished persona! friend.
The country was stricken with awe and
tremulousnees. Badness, and sorrow, and
deep ngrets fell upon all who knew him.
We may not assume to speak of the effects
of their great bereavement upon the fain
ily of tiie deceased. Then have solved
the mystery of unutterable grief. Aud
yet, as we shall see, even they are not left
to mourn as those who have no hope. It
fat a melancholy pleasure for us to honor
the name and memory of Gen Cobb.
Alas.’ how melancholy! Btili it is a
pleasure. It is indeed pleasant to be en
abled to place upon the records of tiiis
Court our unanimous, i ordiai, unqualified
testimony, to iiis genius and 1 arning, his
pro essionai honor, his statesmanship, his
patriotism, his kindness of heart, and his
unrivalled social attractiveness. We lay
tiiis offering upon his tomb. It may be
bumble, but it expresses our affection aud
our respect for his character,as eioqueutly
as would a monument carved in marble
and emblazoned with gold.
Gen Cobb w.*s a native of Georgia, born
of highly respectable and pious parents,
ill the county of Jefferson. He was grad
uated at the University of Georgia, during
the Presidency of Dr. Church, in the class
of 1834. Immediately After his gradua
tion he commenced the study of law, un
der the direction of Gen. Hardin, a most
excellent gentleman of that ilk, and when
admitted, at an early age, settled iu the
town of Athens Clarke county. Very
soon he acquired a good practice, both in
hie own county and in the circuit. For
several year* he held the office of Solicitor
General of the Western Circuit, discharg
ing its duties efficiently—zealous to con
vict the guilty, but forbearing towards the
! innocent.
Neither the sovereignty of the Slate nor
the citizeu suffered wrongal his bands. A
brilliant career awaited him. With a
commanding person, tine voice, coueiliat
ing address, industry, thorough furniture,
and ardent, self-reiiaut and ambitious, he
would have speedily reached the highest
level of professional distinction. But a
j change came over the spirit of bis dream,
and like most young tneuof that day who
j were conscious of intellectual power, lie
became enamoured »f political life, aud
his aspirations in that direction were so
promptly realized tiiat his profession be
came an object of secondary importance.
After the fall of tiie Confederate Gov—
j ernment he settled iu the city of Macon,
and resumed tiie practice. His success was
equal to bis most sanguine expectations;
I clients multiplied, and at his, death he
; stood in the front rank of the Georgia Bar.
i Upon an occasion so solemn as this, it be
comes us to say nothing for effect aud to
indulge in n<> exaggeration ; and we may,
therefore, hope that our estimate of Gen.
| Cobb, professionally and otherwise, will
be taken as true and candid. He was not,
iu legal argument, a dealer in dull, dusty
cases, witli little or no application to tiie*
point at issue. He was master of the
principles of our noble science, aud his
acute discrimination and clear, vigorous
judgment enabled him to apply tlmra suc
cessfully. Nor did he rely upon them and
bis native originating power alone, but
was wont to arm himself lyithority,
that latest authority which spied the prin
ciple and most perspicuously illustrated
it. His manner of argumentation was log
icai, without the stiff, cold, formality of
scholasticism. Indeed, he was a natural
logician—he knew well bow to assume
premises aud draw conclusions, without
the aid of the syllogism or the tricks of
the sophist. Before the Court he had great
power of condensation, and never weak
ened his cause by repetition or profuse
elaboration. He was happy in the hand
ling of facts before the jury, and skillful,
though fair, in his statement of them —
just to his adversary, earnest and persua
sive, not unfrequently wielding at will
both tiie convictions and the passions of
the panel. In this connection, it may be
proper to say that his eloquence found its
happiest display before large popular as
semblies. He was peculiarly at home at
the hustings—there he achieved his most
splendid triumphs, there he became regal.
His clarion voice reached tiie ear of a
great multitude, and his honest, amiable
character reached their hearts.
Gen. Cobb’s political career was not only
successful, but exceedingly brilliant. He
rose rapidly from one position to another,
until iie became a recoguized leader of the
great Democratic party of the American
Union. This is not the occasion, nor ours .
the duty, to trace liis ascending course., 1
That responsible task will devolve upon i
the historian or biographer. Buffice it J
now to say that before the war, he repre- i
sen ted bis District in Congress for a nuiri- j
ber of years; was Breaker of the House of j
Representatives; Governor of Georgia; and ;
Becretary of the Treasury during Mr. !
Buchanan's administration. His political j
record may be sai Ito be voluminous. In ;
it there is not to be found a blot or a blur.
Amidst all the violence of party warfare
no one of his political opponents, however
unscrupulous, was ever known to utter a j
word impugning iiis integrity as an officer, j
or his honor as a gentleman. The House j
of Representatives of tiie United States is
a theatre upou whose boards demagogues
play for popularity—partisans for pow
er-genius and eloquence for renown, 1
and patriots for pease, order and good
government. It is, therefore, often dis- 1
orderly, and frequently tumultuous. >
To preside over such a body witli accepts.- *
biiity, requires rare endowments—a tiior- I
ougb knowledge of men—quitktiess of
perception—patience self-control—firm
ness—a clear sense of justice—tact and ini- .
partiality. Especially is it necessary that
tiie officer command the respt-ct of tiie ,
House. That is, in fact, the chief element
of his authority. All these qualities our
friend possessed in an eminent degree;;
and heuoe it was that no Speaker siuce tiie
time of Mr. Clay, discharged tlie duties of
the chair witii more marked efficiency
than did he. When the .State seceded,
having contributed as much to ttiat result
as any other citizen, he gave himself un
conditionally to flic cause of the South.
He yielded to it all tiie honors which be
had wou uuder the Union, and consecra
ted to its success his name, his estate, and
his life. He was elected a member of the
Provisional Congress, and when it met
was; chosen its presiding officer. Nobody
ever convened at the Booth was more able
or more patriotic than this Congress.
Party prepossessions, committals, animos
ities awd creeds had uo place in tiie de
liberations of that august assembly. They
could not live in an atmosphere charged
with the sublime respousibilit ies of a stu
: peudous revolution. A constitution was
; passed upon the basis of the principles of
; 1770, which was an improvement, as
many believe, upon the Federal Oonstitu
■ lion—laws were passed and officers clm -eu
; to administer them. The civil revolution
was in a few weeks accomplished, ami
the new government moved forward
witii harmonious grandeur unparalleled
iu the annals of empire. To these ends
no member contributed in re than Gen.
Cobb. His experience, profound knowl
edge of constitutional law, liis devotion
to coastitutionai lil>erty, and sound judg
j meat, were all made available in that
j great crisis. He was also a member of
tiie permanent Confederate Congress ; but
i when tiie war began to rage, with its ter-
I ritic foreshadowing of slaughter, poverty
and the scaffold, he retiree! from the halls of
legislation and joined tiie army ; ris
' ing rapidiy to tiie grade of Major Gen
i era! In the military service he was
ever prudent, obedient to rightful au
j tbority, gallant and energetic. When
the Confederate Government—after sac
rifices ludiscribable, and tiie display'
' of heroism unimagined in tiie wildest
dream of romance—felt, lie conceded the
fact of its extinction by overwhelming
| force, and acquiesced iu the necessity of
; the surrender of its armies. Not only so,
| but lie advised aud urged the return of the
! .Southern States to their former place in
j the Union. Uncomplainingly, and with
| quiet dignity, he retired to the walks of
j private life. We looked to him, iu these
i latter-day in.ubies and iu the coritingen
; cies < f the future, as one of our wisest,
I safest advisors. We did well hope that
he would live to lie, as lie ever had been,
' the champion of law aud liberty. But he
lias passed “from gloom to glory," aud
his country has nothing left but the her
' itage of hts fame and virtues.
Turn we now to contemplate him in his
private character. A mere outline sketcii
is ail that wo are at liberty’to appropriate
to a theme to which a volume might well
be devoted. Its necessary meagreness,
however, does not make it otherwise than
grateful. It is sometimes the case that
eminent men, especially in politics! life,
draw around them friends, from fear, or
favor, or policy. Governor Cobb’s friends
beeauifcsuch from affection. It is believed
that lie Jest more personal friends than
auy mau who has Jived and died in the
State. These admired him for his ability,
but loved him for the kindness, generosity
aud uobility of iiis nutuie. They were
attracted by his stern sense of justice—by
iiis benevolence—liis charity and his
genial companionship. Had tie been less
distinguished, he would not hive beeu
less beloved. Political anlagmism en
endered no bitterness in liis ; rivalry
reated no hatred, and disip •.ntment
did not lessen his cheerfulm .**. Public
life did not cool the warmth of iiis h<*art, j
and high position uid not «tak iu him !
the obligation of social dun' s Nor was
he capricious in his likings, bu: t.ueand |
staunch, through evil and through good |
report. The lowly and tiie lofty alike, if j
meritorious, shared in his good offices and
elicited his sympathy.
In the relations of husband, parent,
brother and companion, he was a model
mau Hi 9 intercourse witii ids family
was governed by the law of love.
As its head, he ruled with prudence and
authority, but it was the authority of supe
rior wisdom, united witli forbearance, ten
derness aud assiduous attention. His wife
aud children alone know, and they only
can tell, how sweet were the charities of
their home.
The soldiers of his command during the
war testify to his considerate attention.
Ihe jfoor, the suffering aud dying, were
always the objects of his care and kind
ness. It has been represented by one oc
cupying a high place, recently, that he
visited, upon a sick aud dying .Federal
prisoner, extreme and wanton cruelty.
Ibis charge has been conclusively dis
proved, but if it were not, we who knew
him well, could not—would not believe
it. It is contradicted by the whole tenor
of his life, and by the uubroken course of
our experience of his character. And,
standing as we do, at the brink of his re
cently opened grave, we take the responsi
bility of saying, that the conduct attribu
ted to him was utterly impossible.
Perhaps in nothing was the goodness of
his heart more beautifully manifested,
than ill his benevolent attention to de
pendants. Borne of the old and faithful
servants, for example, of the family. These
he provided for and protected. Destitution
aud want always drew from him sympa
thy and supplies.
It remains to speak of his religious
character. He never made a public pro
fession of religion, but it is known to his
intimate friends thut he had made up his
mind to uuite with the Baptist church,
the church of his parents and of his wife,
upou his return this fall to Macon. In the
judgment or those friends, he died a
Christian. And this is the hope that we
trust, even now, mitigates the sorrow of
his mourning family and relations, and
will, ere long, reconcile them to his loss.
He was a praying man for fifteen years
before his death, according to his own ac- j
count, but was harrassed with doubts
about the divinity of tiie Saviour —that ie t
as to tiie Godhead dwelling in tiie hu
manity of Christ. He could not solve tiie
mystery of Godline s, God naanifestin the
llesh. which tiie Scriptures themselves
pronounce great. Unable to believe with
out a satisfactory comprehension of this
fundamental truth of our holy religion t
lie did not, until lately, enjoy a sensible
realization of mnlim and peace. This
kind of struggle of a string mind to sub
ject Revelation to the authority of reason
is not uncommon. No doubt it is bard for
one accustomed to think, analyze and un
derstand, to become as a little child —a
learner at the foot of the err;**. But sub
ordinating his pride of intellect and pride
of life to a simple effort of faith—and in
stored by the Holy Spirit—a careful study
I of tiie Scriptures resulted in u sei se of ac
ceptance with God. He became the re
| cipient of ttiat purest, best, aud most sub
[ lime blessing ever v uehsafed to humanity
i—regeneration. And thus annointed,
1 sanctified and accepted, iiis spirit entered
| rest—that rest which shall endure through
| eternal ages. <
“ O gracious God! not gairttess is onr loss;
I A glorious sunbeam gilds thv sternest frown ;
j And wliiie iiis country staggers iviUi tiie cross,
He rises with the crown.”
Resolved, That tiiis liar, Ins country aud
his family, have sustained a great bereave
j incut in the death of Gen. Tlowell Cobb;
| that lie was endeared to us by bis uiauly,
generous, cordial professional companion*
j ship and association ; to his country by
! hi* sacrifices and services, and to his i'ami
! iy by his tender affection, his considerate
1 providence ami wise counsels; that we
! deplore that one so dear to u- and so full
i of tiie promise of future usefulness should
be culled hence in the full maturity of ail
his powers; satisfied, however, that our
i loss is iiis great gain, we do not question
; tiie wisdom and meicy of God in trausfer-
I riug his spirit from earth to heaveu.
j Resolved, That our respectful sympathy
and condolence are hereby tendered to his
family.
i Resolved, That the members of this Bar
| will wear crape on the left arm, for the
term of tliirty days, as a testimonial of
our respect for iiis character, and that the
Clerk of tiiis Court furnish a copy of tiiis
! rejrort to his family.
E. A. Niahi.t , j
W. Poe, i
W. K. DkGka keen hied, }- Com.
Chit ford Anderson, |
Barney Hied, J
REMARKS OF HON. WASHINGTON POE.
May it please your Honor, iu rising to
j second Uie resolutions just offered, were I
| to he governed by the dictates of my judg
i ment, I should not attempt to add one
word to the appropriate, just and almost
j exhausting preamble submitted by the
1 Honorable Chairman of the Committee.
But when I look upon tiiat vacant chair
and tiiat unoccupied desk, aud remember
llial tie, wh > so recently possessed them,
i bad granted me a measure of his friend
' ship, my heart presents its claim, ami I
, am induced to -ay a word or two, if only
jto nerve as a means of laying .y tribute
! of respect and affection on ilie honored
j tomb of our departed brother.
Although the preamble fias been so ex
j tensive in its range aud has grouped to
‘ getlier almost every element comi-osing
• tiie noble character of our friend; yet
there is one characteristic, and that an
! important one, which has oeeu omitted.
The preamble informs us tiiat in the open
ing of the professional career of Governor
j Cobh lie was appointed Solicitor General
I of his judicial circuit, and very soon tiiere
i after lie became the Representative of his
, district iu tiie Congress of the United
Stales, aud from tile floor was elevated to
the Speaker’s chair of ttiat august body,
where he presided with credit to himself
and almost uupar lleied acceptance to his
feliow citizens. His next elevatiou was to
the Executive Chair of his native State,
and then to a prominent place in the
Cabinet of President Buchanan. With all
tbeae honors resting upon him, after being
tiie peer and counsellor of the last of the
: Statesmen, lie retires into private life aDd
j engage iu the practice of the Law, totally
devoid of ail pretenceor presumption, aud
‘ demean ing himself with the modesty of the
most unofficial member iu <.ur midst, and
. requiring only truth ami integrity as the
guaranty of Ids fi ieudshipaud con tidence.
Sir, I consider tiiis trait in the character
of Governor Cobb a* one of the brightest
jewels in tiie crown of Ids earililv glory.
: But in view of all this success and re
i nown, may not instruction, if not adtao
; nition, be deduced from it? We, my
| brethren ot the Bar, are now ardently
| engaged in the dudes of our laborious
i profession, some for wealth, some for
, honor, some for office and some for
fime; but let us rtmember and be ad-
I monished by this striking example, that
i all “await alike the inevitable hour. The
paths of glory lead but t<> the grave.”
; What aI mg line of this Brotherhood
i has passed the dark river before us, and
i we are rapidiy following iu tlieir foot
s'eps. There are Lumpkin and McDon
ald, and Strong and King, and the Tracy’s,
and OUR Cobb; \vho*e friendship and
• weet converse we have so often enjoyed.
" Around us each dissevered chain,
“ In shining rum lies,
“ Aud hum m hands can ne'er a .rain
_ . “ Vnite those broken tit.-.”
Our departed brother left his home w ith
a part of his family, apparently in health,
on a visit to (he great Commercial Metrop
| olis of tiiis great aud almost boundless
country,and whilst in New York, and in
the very’ midst of social intercourse, his
last suuiiuonsoaine to leave this world with
all its cares, anxities aud engagements.
By the aid of tiiat profound wisd nu with
which he was so largely endowed, he was
not found unprepared for this great final
trial; but with perfect resignation to the
call, and as one tired with tiie labors of tlie
day disrobes himself fora night's repose,
lie calmly laid off his earttily habiliments,
being fullv convinced that there was pre
pared for him a robe of righteousness at
| God’s rigiit baud, and wok-hail snail re
| ceive who like him in litunjlly and faith
! accept the imputed righteous!!ess of an
; other.
j I second tiie resolutions.
I REMARKS OF COL. SAMUEL HALL.
I May it please your Honor, whilst Ido
| uot arrogate to myself the ability “to
paint the lily or gild refiu»d gold,'" my
feelings prompt me to lay an humble offer
ing upou tiie tombof one of the wisestand
liest men it has been my fortune to know.
“Friend of man, and friend of truth,
The prop of age and guide of youth ;
Few hearts like iiis witii virtue warmed.
Few heads w ith knowledge so Informed.”
To bold up his example to tiie younger
members of the profession whicli be loved
aud adorned—to iuvite them to tread the
patti which Jed him to honor, usefulness
and distinction, and to contemplate iiis
illustrious career, and
“ biaze upon the great,
\\ here neither guiltY giory shines,
Nor despicable state.”
From his earliest manhood Gen. Cobb
: was marked for distinction. His eleva
| tiou to the high places of the Republic
was almost simultaneous j,with his entry
into public life. At thirty .years of age lie
wasopeakerof the popular branch of Con
gress—a position that had before been oc
cupied by Stevenson, Po k, Hunter, Ma
con, and other distinguished statesmen ;
but none of them discharged its duties
with more signal ability thau our departed
friend. While he was Speaker, I visited
Washington City, and in company with
a friend paid my respects to Mr. Clay, who
asked me if I had been to the House of
Representatives,, and added that, as a
Georgian, I would feel my pride glow
upon contemplating the brilliant career
of my fellow countryman, (the Speaker '
who had shed more dignity and lustre
upon that station than any one since the
days of Judge Cheves, of Bouth Carolina.
He successively filled with honor and use
fulness the Executive chair of the State
and the office of Secretary of the Treasury
during most of the administration of Mr.
Buchanan.
Yet although his careers' a Statesman
was eminently successful, he deeply re
gretted that more of his lime hud not been
devoted to the study of his profession, aud
that he had not engaged more extensively
in its practice. Men are not lawyers by
intuition, and can only become so by long
and assiduous study ; but with an accu
rate knowledge of the general principles
of the science, a mind like his could easily
make the details from which these con
clusions were deduced. Show him the
magazine and he would select the weapon
the occasion required, aud wield it with a
giant’s strength aud a master’s skill
What seemed to cost him little effort was
only to be obtained by persons less gifted
after laborious application and painful vig
ils. This spot is suggestive of instances
of the truth of this remark. In an inter
esting case that occurred during the pres
ent year, the principles involved had been
discussed by one of the most gifted advo.