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Tlie Greorgia "Weekly Teiegra/pli.
Sketches cf Georgia lawyers.
NUMBER SIN.
WILLIAM HENDEBSON UNDERWOOD.
Wc do not tliink the time lias arriTcd lor
discussion and decision upon ike question,
wlint the Southern States should, or should
not, do three or five months hence. They
havo a series of ordeals to pass, and let each
bo taken in its order. Any one of them is
sufficient in magnitude and consequences to
engage all our thoughts, and no good pur
pose is to be gained by anticipation. Besides,,
some arc far graver than the rest, and when
we discuss them wo prefer addressing our ar
guments and appeals to those who aro com
petent to understand aud appreciate tuoin.
Tho simple question of ngittrution'i* ,,0 ' v
before us, and our advice lias been, and is,
for nil to avail themselves of the privilege
who have the power to do so. " o are not
sore but that harm will result from allowing
public discussion to travel beyond this point
nt the present time.
But while this is a rule which we have pro
scribed for ourselves, wo dq not propose to
put a padlock on the lips of our friends, or a
chain upon their pens, so far as the columns of
the Telegraph are concerned. Any prudent
and conservative article, written with the
view of casting light on the path ofrinty and
safety, will be cheerfully admitted, even
though questions may be discussed by Cor
respondents upon which wo do not care to
enter. With this view, at the request of our
Baker county correspondent, wc inserted his
article in our columns yesterday. All may
not be willing to respond in the affirmative to
his several suggestionsof practical policy, but'
he has evidently given much thought to the
subject, and elaborated views that are worthy
of deliberate consideration. Our. own mind,
has run much in the same, channel, and at
every step becomes stronger in its convic
tions. The questions now agitating tius
country are not to be settled according to tho
views of radicals or ultraists,on either 6ide ot
the line. The spirit of compromise and con
ciliation must preside at that consummation.
Tho South tried ultraism before the war, and
we havo seen the result. The North met it
in arms and overwhelmed it, oven taking po
sitions that had novel before been threatened.
That section, in turn, has now become ultra,
and insists that nothing but the "pound of
flesh” shall satisfy it and give peace to the
country. In this it, too, will fail, or if it
should not, tho Government itself win go by
the hoard. We think all sensible and patri
otic men must see this, whether they live
north of Mnsou & Dixon's lineor south of
it. *• ; ;
The oply advice wc now have to give our
countrymen is, never to cast a vote, under any
circumstances, that shall practically operate
asjnn overthrow of the Constitution and Free
Government. The refusal may bo followed
by disagreeable responsibilities, but none
that a Iree people should not fearlessly en
counter. Tho North, itself, however mad
now, will yet see tho day when it will laud,
and even thank, us for standing by the insti
tutions of our fathers, and perpetuating lib
erty to them and tbeir children.
age tribes found in her neighborhood, and t.i
propriate the same to her own use. Now, i-i
your people do not cease their scuselcrs clamor,
about State.- Rights and nulliticotiou, I "‘ill per
-uada lieu. Jackson to send some Georgia survey
ors over into your territory—have your lands run
up, lottcried ott ■ and drawn for by the people of
Georgia. Then, sir, we shall hear nothing more
from you, or nullification.” The hit and fun of
tlie thing were palpable, and suited to the time and
the temper of the Judge'and Bar, aud was greet
ed with roars 'of laughter, in which even the
It is impossible, in' the short compass as
signed to such articles in the columns of a
daily paper, or even in the maturely consid
ered preparation of a review, to do justico to
the varied talents, the spuklfoS or ^ ^ ^ 1L , UIO ,,,
quaint humor of this distinguished civilian. I Carolinifla j oinfcd
It is the purpose of the writer merely to re- j t waSj j believe, duringthe tame term of the
deem irom the common catalogue of forgot- Court that General H., a very zealous nullifler,
ten thincs and array -before the memory of was animadverting with some degree of severity
livino- associates some of the most prominent upon the course and consistency ot Judge Under-
feroirectW of'Judge Underwood, leaving ***• The Judge replied with-eome spirit,-and
jc miccii o. j the General answered rather warmly, “Judi;e Un-
to more fortunate mind* aud better picpara-. dchTOcd lioniin ', bettercould be expected of you,
tion “the separate merit* of his life and ser- {of yQU Im . e ahray3 5tCn a rcdLn xUst T sir.” “Yes,
vices. v I sir,” said Underwood, “and I bave never known
As well ns recollected, Judge Underwood but two parties in this country. One wpre called
was horn in Culpeper county, Virginia, and ‘Federalists,’ and the others were abqiit as cor
at the time of his'death was'about seventy- j rcctiy denominated ‘fools,’ and I will Ho joii the
fin*- a I J u * tice » *hv«> Minever heard you called* Fcde-
boy, he came, I believe, to the county of El-1 wwut not a aU laatldlons in matters of meat or
bert, in this Statd, where tlio' tcndcrest and drink, Judge Underwood was a great stickler for
dearest recollections of Ids lifb began. For a good room, and a propersharo of attention,from
several yean after attaining his, majority, -lie | Which he was sometimes excluded by less modest
engaged in the business of teaching an “old
field school,” or as Ids humor was wont to
express it ‘‘in flourishing the ferule of the
pedagogue.” . , .
At the age of twenty-six or twenty-seven,
having acquired a “prudent smattering of
Latin,” ho began the study of thp Law, and
was thenceforth a close and Watchful student.
In polities'ho was a Federalist, and nt an
boarders and inattentive landlords. Leaving the
hotel at Spriug place one day he said to the land
lord: “Well, Mr. , I hav’nt a doubt that
yon flatter yourself that you keep a tolerably fair
backwoods hotel; yet I cannot afford to stay
with you the next term, Tor it has always
seemed to me that you fancy yourself, at every
Court, acting under the oath of a bailiff to a jury,
and required by law to keep your boarders with
out meat, drink or fire—candle-light aud water
; only excepted—aud not to speak to them your-
Judge Underwood.—In continuation of
our “Sketches of Georgia Lawyers,” we pub
lish to-day a very interesting memoir of one
of the most remarkable men that has figured
in the Courts of our State—the late Judge
Underwood. Our author knew him well, and
has presented in a striking light his many pe
culiar traits of character and his high moral
worth*
Congress And the Constitution.—-The
New York Times is showing the entire work
of Congress in regard to reconstruction to
have been extra-Coustitutional. It asks,
where in the Constitution does anybody
“find authority for Congress to pass a law ex
cluding certain States from representation
until they pass laws or adopt constitutions
such as Congress may prescribe; or to sub
ject the civil functionaries of a State to the
paramount authority of a military command-
dcr; or to decree universal negro suffrage in
tho Southern States as the condition of resto
ration I Wo can find no such authority, and
never could; nor have wc ever been fortunate
enough to find one who could point it out.”
Having thus made this formidable front, it is
to ho hoped tho Times will not hereafter go
back upon ito position.
early age in our party- contests in Georgia fle i fjjor gu , rer ot i, ers to sp « a k to tbcfo, unless it
aligned himself with the Clark party, and I bo by i eave of tho Court How this , may be, I
when that party came into power in 182.5,1 ,lo not knoW; certain it is that candle-light and
though a nonresident of the District, was [ water are about all you havo furnished mo; nor
elected to the Bench, of the Western Circuit, have you spoken to mo yourself, por suffered your
Among the many traditions of Judge Un- servants to speak to me, since hero I havo been.
derwood, who - wrf? then but little kno«m, * £*( koe P of your house hereafter »
. : _ __ _ , , T . I He was au ardent admirer of tho beauty and
Hon. Asbury IIull used to Vefide one. It iymmetry of tho laW) and ^ u ,d ill brook inat-
seems that bis election to the Judgeship of the tention a respectable authority. On one occn-
Western Circuit—a Circuit embracing the j s fo n he W as arguing an important question bo-
State University—over Hon. A. S. Clayton, I fore Judge—, of the Cherokee Circuit. The
gave great offence to the Troup party, os well I Judge interrupted him sevoral times by remark-
as to the literati about old Franklin, and cc- tog that he had very little respect for authority,
cordinglv when, in February. 1820, he came in of Reports, saying,• “Sir, God Al
to bold Clark Superior Court, a large-crowd given me an intellect. and by that
of well educated and well dressed Athenians 9Wercd , nstantI y, a „d with great spirit: “If
went over to Watkinsville to witness the per- j yonr j; onor j, ag a ] C g a ] and an intellectual way
fonnance, and to onjoy the mortification of I deciding cases, we will be thankful to you for
their political adversaries in the blundering I a legal decision, once in your lifc, as we appre-
exhibitious likely to be made by their uneclu-1 ciate the foie very highly.”
cated backwoods Judge. Such, however, I have ventured to give these anecdotes of Judge
_ , , r i. I Under wood, not because they are equal tohun*
was tLe clearness and v gor of the charge to dreJj ol hu ; ttcrancteon tlle J irenlt| £ n , bccan , c
the Grand Jury, and the business promptitude L hay ar<J casi]y t0 , d ^ chiefly 'concent
and tact manifested in - the management of I about him as a lawyer, I may not venture further
the causes before him, that the party which I on this hue. So one but him who shall attempt
came to triumph went away .most agreealily I to stand as Boswell did to Johnson, can ever re-
disappointed, aud no point was ever after- j < * cem ( rora the farting memories of Ua colcm-
, , , ... . I poranes the matchless readiness and fiasumg wit,
wards made shout his capacity. which, day by 8sy, and year by year, rn.de Judge
His mind was equal to any emergency in I Undei wood the central figure tu the Court House,
which b o was ever called to act. Its most | the light and life of the social cirele.'
striking excellency consisted in his thorough I * He never cultivated the nrls of the orator, or at-
comprehcnsion of the matter in hand, which I tempted to imitate the tricks of the demagogue,
seemed to be gathered by almost intuitive “ d . T‘r °' “a v' J
. ° , ., . . I politics, to his want of capacity for, and pliancy
sagacity, and concentrated from a field « ln f onain g combinations. Indeed no combination
associations so wide, as to. embarrass others I to wiiich he could have been a party, would have
with days of mental toil, in collecting the I long survived his blunt, tell-tale honesty, or the
grounds and sources of his movements and J attacks of bis trenchant ridicule.
utterances, each sentence becoming almost n A * * law >' cr - bo was a close > systematic dud com
i ,»*«„♦ Dame Law, he used to say, was a
generations. Few men havo lived in our coun
try, in private life nnd over so largo a ecopo of
cojutry, whose sayings will bo as long remem
bered, or who were ever so universally admired
aud quoted as Judge Underwood.
His contributions to the newspapers and review;
of the country, would fill a volume. S-me of
these, without disparagement, are very nearly,
it not quite, equal to the best letters of Junius.
But they .have, perhaps, passed forever to the
waste baskets of time, or only live in the treasur
ed memories of his friends and descendants, for
Judge Underwood was care'ess of his fame, and
regarded these vigorous odshoots of his uncm
ployed hours, as the fugitive blossom on the
swelling tide to be thought of for the moment
then lost forever. • - -. —
Who shall find tho proper memorials from which
to write a life of Crawford, or Underwood, which
shall do them justice ? The latter left among, hi
numerous descendants, 1 a.-son, the present Jtylge
of the Tallapoosa Circuit; Who Is equal to the task
O. transmitting his honored father tp posterity.—
How pious the charge! how exalted the bcnfac
tion! Will he do it* Civ/li
Goaragc.
iei»
Like men who git sick and full but. "of
ranks at the approach of »' battle, one by orit-
tlie weak kneei 1 pajMra of Georgia aro driiji-*'
ping out of thq Conservative ranks, and by
degrees working their way to the side of the
enemy. “Let them go,” as we once heard a
minister say in the pulpit, “whore ^ho devil
and his doctrines are in better repute;” they
will be anxious enough £o get back when
they see how littlo need wc liad for thpm,
and they will not help the Ila UcbU muqb*—
Radicalism is extreme end it will , not rcilish
or countenance a timid and cautioussuppqrt,
the only help such papers give to any cause.
Take tho papers of Atlanta for instance:
There was but one little sheet there that ad
vocated Radicalism, l»nt unfortunately there
was no paper there thut dared to oppose its
doctrines, and they, are now, if not all Oh ore
side, they aro at*#east 60 considered by con
servatives. A little moral courage to advo
cate the right would bave placed Atlanta all
right, but now, what is the result-? People
are disposed to think that :lie place has gone
over to the Radicals. We do not believe
such to be the fact, but pu • the contrary we
have but little doubt that the conservatives
are really in the majority; and yet, they have
no paper to represent them. They are an un
represented people, so far as the Atlanta news
papers are concerned. .'.
Taking it for granted that Atlanta has a
majority of conservatives, the only place ie
Georgia, where Radicalism has any hold ex
cept, perhaps, in Augusta, what is there to
alarm the most timid man ? Take Savan
nah, Macon, Columbus, and the smaller cith
and the Radiccls can claim nobody bat
few renegades without force ciV influence. As
to the. country people, we rarely hear of a
man who is willing to earn- out the Radical
programme, ■> ; ‘
The newspapsr and the itien who are
always veering about and feeling around to
keep on the pupnlar side are' always getting
into trouble. They will tuia* the strong side
oftener than they will find it, and they will
feel uneasy in their position. While on the
other hand, the man who pursues a straight
forward, upright course will be with the ma
jority at least, half the time, and be will tool
satisfied even when he is jn tire, minority.
[ Griffin Herald.
G-ov. Wells’ Zlcp’yto Gca. Sheridan.
A CLEAR CASK OK POT AND KRTTL
State of Louisiana. Executive DeP'x, (
New Orleans, June 4, 18G7. \
To Major Gen. P. II. Sheridan, Commanding
Fifth Military District:
General—1 had the honor to receive at the
hands of one of your orderlies this morning
at half past 3 o’clock, at tny residence in
Jefferson, a written document purporting to
be “ Special Orders No. 59,” in which you
promulgate that you have removed me from
the office of Governor of Louisiana..
For the delicate consideration you dis
played in delivering your order at that early
hour, I owe you many thanks, as I supppso
you meant that T should enjoy one good
night’s sleep before my decapitatjou. It may
appear ungracious in mo to disappoint your
expectations, but strange to say, the effect of
your order did not drive sleep from my eye
lids. I returned to my cough with a leeling
of relief that my fate was no worse. When
the morning pnjivr came," containing a Copy
of.your telegram to the Secretary of War, I
again congratulated myself on- my merciful
sentence, ns, knowing your ideas of the un
limited powers ydu possess, I might bave
been condemned to the DryTortugas, or been
shot by a drum-head court martial. From
the tone aud temper of .that document it is
very evident, General, you were jn one of*
your wrathy moods when you"penned it, aud
that I was not hanged, shot cr banished, gp-'
pears to me, under the circumstances, as if I
wore indebted for my safety to the interposi
tion of Divine Providence.
In your order removing me, General, you
allege as a’reason therefor, that I am imped
ing you in tho execution of the law of Con
gress; but how ami in what why you do not
condescend to state.
Now, General, it may appear discourteous
in,so humble an individual as myself to con
tradict 60 exalted a functionary as you con
ceive ycursclftobe; yet as there is not a word
of truth in the charge you make, you must
excuse me if I decline to give you the benefit
of so serious ah accusation.
To go back to the date of the July riots of
last year, your memory cannot fail to serve
you that you availed yourself of the occasion,
in your telegrams to Uen. Grant relative to
that affair, to make a direct personal attack
on tne, impeaching iny efficiency as a public
officer, and recommending my removal from
office. Not conscious ot having deserved
your severe strictures, I confess I was sur
prised and pained, when I read them in print,
the more so as you were not in the city on
the daj' of the riot, you having found it con-
TUE LigilT AT HOME.
Tin; light at home! how bright it btyns
\\ lien evening shades around us fall,
As from the lattice far it gleam?,
To Jove, and rest, and comfort all I '
When wearied with the toils of day
And strife for glory, gold or fame,'
llow sweet to seek the quiet way
Where loving lips will lisp our name! -
1\ hen through the dark and stormy night,
Tho wayward wanderer homeward flics,
llow cheering is tho twinkling light
Wiiich through tho forest gloom he spies!
It is tho light of home; ho feels
That loviug hearts will greet him there.
An Jsoftlythrough fats bosom steels
The joy and love that banish care.
The light at homo !'how still and sweet
It peeps from yonder cottagodoor •
The weary lnhor’cr to greet
When Ric roygh toils of day aro o’er!
Sad is tho soul that docs not know
Thc.blessings that its beams impart;
Ttfo cheerful hopes arui joys that flow,
And lighten up tho heaviesfheart.
She Albany Tragedy—-Cten. Cole’s
• Statement.
I had a friend —L. H. Iliscock. I thought
him the best friend in the wcirlch I have a
wife and two children; she'is as pure as snow,
pr was before he became acquainted with her
it} I was in the army, first as a private,
un'd Itfst as a major-general. I'was.in the
army five years during tho war. In 1804 my
wife was taken sick and expected to die, and
sent for this lawyer to make her will, know
ing him to be a friend -of mine.*. While she
wa3 in bed -he came and lifted her Up and
“kissed her;.all this time he expressed’* world
of friendship for mp and sympathy for her.—
After her recovery he came again.
One eVening hp came, under the guise of
business, when -the familjr with whom she
hoarded-’ (relatives of liorsl were absent.—
ErSovcmcnts of J C ff. 2> avi
I Special Corrcfpondence of the n e , a
Clifton, Canada West, J Qne '; ,
dispatch informed you, Jeff. |) uvis ', “ 5
agara on the morning of the 3d „ t 1 Si
mple on the Niagara Mr LviV toT° r0ni0 -
quiet strolls along the stream in f a fe «'
with Mason. He avoided observationf pan - v
wish to be let alone, and not made th^ a
of any attentions or demonstrating 6
has really made this trip to the r aT »
creation,, of which he very much fo , r r °'
need, for he looks wretchedly Som!^ in
thinks he cannot live, that hisnemm! Pe ° ple
has received too great a shock Th«r We ®
people, who are thoroughly filled with? 00 , 1 ®
ern sympathy, would make much of Vr°w *
vis, but he has the good sense to avoid
attentions as far as. he can do so SKjfe
I’iie Southerners living in Toronm •
created a good deal of bitter feeling,“ aVc
the United States, saying that th^A^SS 1
mefdot .that count - y desired tokilllJ 613 "
Fifstin rank among those is JubalEarfv^T’
lieutenant-general in the Confederate q*!? te
aymy, who has written a book Mviug ~ tes
boarded' (relatives of hers) were absent.
When he . started to leave she started to the
door to bid him good night. Ho threw his
arms around her, and endeavored by all means
in' his power to have criminal intercourse
with her, sho remonstrating and praying hitn
to desist, which he finally did, but not until
attcr shamefully exposing her. She was still
weak from her sickness. He then went away
and she sank to the floor with shame and ex
liaustion, fearful to make any alarm, ns h
had been there so frequently before,-and false
opinion might be formed; she was fearful
. - , _ - „ also of the consequences if I should know it,
veuient to be off to Texas several days before, j lc afterward culled again, and expressed so
I will not say in anticipation ot a riot, nor much sorrow for his conduct that lie did not
Ur. Hivingstone’s Funeral.
ACCOUNT OP HIS DEATH AND THE BURIAL
OP HIS BODY.
The following extract of a letter, dated
^ , , . Johanna, February 23, received by the late
maxim. After living a few years after bis tmlMe and rcqul ’ re a the most assiduous ®wl 10 England, appears to place the fate of
accession to the Bench at Carnesvillc, he attention to make a conquest of her. He never I Dr. Livingstone beyond n doubt:
moved to Gainesville, Hall county, where he I omitted an opportunity to impress upon the young You have, the writer says, heard, long be
spent some of the best day? of bis middle student, patient and unremitting application to j lore you get this, that Dr. Livingstone was
life, and he used, in after time, to dwell with I books. Like Judge Story, he, in effect, used }dHed. The Johanna men who I engaged
, , . to tell younr men— J last March to accompany Dr. Livingstone
pleasure or sarcasm on the life here spent, as y “ m ' - - ) into Africa arrived at Zanzibar last December,
his humor recalled its beautiful surroundings, I stawfcaJt^n S^vmeZbit. and were sent here by the consul. Ihavcre-
or referred to those heavy securityships then f’roeaant in matter, and in-expression brief, I oeived an account of tbeir journey and of
contracted, which ultimately swept away the I . *****??? [the attack of the savages on the doctor’s
. .. , M In the cause of his client, he never evinced wear- party, in which he was killed. The only wit
•ecuteulatlOM ot his eai ber struggles, and I i lwfg . wes up w ;th the dawn, and early nightfall ness of his death states that aboutnoon they
reduced him when an old man to com para-1 lotmd hrn, though often in bed, surroandud with I were traveling over a'large plain; thedoctor
A company has lately been organized
in Fiorida—the “Southern Land and Immi
gration Company”—for the purpose of facili
tating the disposal of lands in the Southern
States, introducing European immigrants,
etc. David S. Walker, Governor of Florida - ,
is president of the company, and it embraces
several large capitalists.
Wheat Harvest.—The Rome Courier of
tho 11th inst. says: “The principal part of
tho wheat in this section will be harvested
in the next ten days. Everything indicates a
good crop, and we hope the cry for bread
will sool ha hushed in tho land. Wc hear
some merchants predict that three hundred
thousand bushels will bo shipped from
Rome.”
No Missionaries Wanted in the S-jtlti.
About the only truth which has fallen from
the lips of Kelley, the Radical emissary late
ly, escaped him receully in a speech which
he made in Philadelphia, immediately after
bis return from his Southern pilgrimage. In
that speech the Press reports him to have
spoken os follows :
“In conclusion, he said that there were no
missionary politicians wauted in the South,
ns the negro was capable of taking care ot
himself in that respect, and could do more
good for themselves without tile interference
of such people.”
Governor Jenkins has decided, in the
contested election for the Judgeship, between
Hon. J. A. \V. Johnson and Colonel Milner,
in the Cherokee Circuit, in favor of Judge
Hilner.
live indigence. This rendered him to some
extent, misanthropic, and ascetic, and gave a
bitterness to his wit and a point to bis sar
casm which his better nature did not always
afterwards approve.
On moving to Gainesville, he became well ac
quainted with tjie Cherokee Indians, and was
thcncoforwcrd their friend and zealous advocate.
In his opinion, there was in the character, d'g-
nity and capacity ol old Maj. Ridge, the head of I to dare him naecond time.
papers, books and authorities. In the Court 1 and nine Africans were ahead. Suddenly he
House, lie was genial and manly, fearing no ad-[ heard the Africans cry out, “Mavela, Marcia'.”
vereary. However proud his title, or elevated his He ran on and.saw a dumber of men rushing
petition, he was met by a focinan worthy ot his on the doctorand the Africans Three made
steel. for the. doctor, who shot two, but was cut
Every species of forensic warfaro were tho j down himself by the third.,
familiar playthings of liis practice. Logic, jloosa, the narrator, of this sad event, fired
method, irony, and, whenever aroused or « un and mn back to his couptrymen, and
•bated,” he turned loose the shafts of ridicule Wf e “ a P ctl into the grass and bushes. At
t ' . dusk they returned to the spot where Dr.
, ^ . lf . . , , '. 6 I Livingstonowasattacked and found bis body
He carr,edwjthljim * the bodies of the two Mavelas whom heshot,
t!.>- Mi Parly, qwra aftLe grand.-ur ai.d I into too Court BMtai tho pordrt literature *•! ‘ho j ^ the f 0Ur 0 f tbe African*. Hie;
esty of human presence, tiinn in that of any per- profession, and his legal papers remain models buried the doctor, and then set off as fast
son he ever meL John Ridge ho esteemed as of neatness in mechanical execution, and of I as they could go on their return to the coast,
an educated gentleman somowhnt spoiled and brevity aud strength. Ho mado tho law speak and after escaping two or three times from
corrupted by associating with the white race.—J the exact Janguagoitwas intended to speak.— I bands ofMayelas reached Kellon, on the coast.
Bushyhead he considered the most eloquent man I Tho hill filed in tho Supreme Court of the Uni- I Unless some of tlie Africans survive and reach
ho ever met, and had a higher regard for Lynch, ted States vt tho State of Georgia, at tho in-1 Zanzibar, w’hich. is very improbable, this is all
Boudinott, tho Buffingtons and Rogerses. Ho J stance of Tasseiis, was considered (as I havo been that will ever- bo known ol tile tatc of Dr.
never forgave bis Stato or cotcmporarics for J told) by the iaie Hon. Henry 'Clay, not only ns a I lA'i n t>stonc. _ The Matclas, who have come
tbeir treatment of the gentle Cberokccs, and his I model of legal precision and comprehensiveness,
mightiest powers and most withering ridicule I but surpassingly beautiful ns a literary produc-
were poured forth in tbe trial of Canatoo, in his lion.
immense labors in tho advocacy ofthe claims of j Time and 0 pp 0rtnn ity do not offer to tell of his
from the soiitu in considerable numbers, are
killing the unfortunate negroes, who have
neither courage nor the means of defending
thc-niselvcs
tho missionaries, Worcester and Butler, to
a legal acquittal aud Christian forbearance
at tbe hands of our people, and in Kis last, aud
loug continued struggle before tho Courts of
Georgia, and nt Washington City, to save the iifo
of George Tasseiis. He vindicated : with all his
matchless power, • the right «f the Cherokee peo
ple to their tiitive sovereignty, and therefore as
not subject to tho laws of Georgia, haring mind
and heart equal to the business of legislation, aud
instincts of nationality which Gcqrgia had no right
to Ignore. That Georgia had a right to try for the
crime of murder, the'eitlzcn ol anotlitr soverlgnty
defence of Thompson, in Habersham, for mur
der; of Mr. Bummerour, in Lumpkin, on a libel
for divorce; or tho celebrated bill against Buck
Hunt, for swindling a widow out of a rich gold
mine; nor ol the hundreds of display* which en
lightened and electrified Bench, Bar and audi-
enco. His severely logical mind made him agreat j
admirer of the English system of special plead
ing, and he considered all statutes for simplify
ing - and curtailing, for amendment and Jeofails,
as so many bids for the encouragement of igno
rance, idleness and pretension; and it remains a
The PudlicDebt.— Washington, June 8.—
The following is the official monthly state
ment or the public debt of the United States
on the 1st of June, 1867, just issued by the
Secretary of tho Treasury:
DEBT REARING- UOrN INTEREST.
«S8,431,3?0M ’
'ivc per cent, bonds
Six per cent, bonds of
1837 and 1S6S
ix per ct. bonds 1881
ix per ct. 5-20 bonds
Navy ponsion fund—
15,325,611 SO
2SS,7tS.S50 CO
1,092.640.600 00
12.500,000 00
when the crime was committed beyond her bojin- I question whether he was not right,
dcry, lie regarded as tbo monstrous a position by I ■ jjjg education originally was very moderate,
be seriously entertained. but he ovcrcarao with energy the denials of for-
. Such, however, was tho popularity of §fato lune by constant study, and made hiraseffa fair
Rights.in Goorgia at tho Urae, and the trotnen-:) classical scholar. •'
-$1,002,613,01150
BEARING CURRENCY INTEREST.
Sixpcr ccnL bouds— 14,732,000 W . I " 4Tif
Three rear eomiiound
interest notes 331X030,210 HI -j . • lev
Three rear 7-30 notes 511,999,525 00
' ' ' 055.091.78*00
Jous pressure then existing in favor ofacquiring
more land,, that the causes of missionaries' and
people,nationality and local tradition, were
overborne, while the rough hand of the public
executioner, on a cold December day in 1SS1, in
the presence of a largo number of Chorokoes, ot
Gainesville, on the person ofGoorge Tasseiis, for
ever silenced the voice of the Cherokee on the
question of a separate nationality this sido of
tbe Father of Waters, as well as tho voice of his
great advocate.
Thin struggle for several years afterwards im
parted a tone of bitterness to Judgo Underwood’s
wit, which often cxeiled roars of laughter, ns
well as suggested matter of profound reflection.
After tho exactions of Georgia and tho conces
sions of tbe Federal Government in this contro
versy,-Judge Underwood bad little respect for
the power of the Federal Government or tho doc-
trino of State Rights, and considered that the
power of the one and tho exactions of tho other,
would bo employed or insisted upon, not accor
ding to auy constitutional guaranty or land
mark of common right, but as tho exigencies of
tho popular temper demanded or the loro of
plunder suggested, now wonderfully havo his
Tie was an immense, yet careful reader, and was United States notes.
. w . .. . . . . . ... I T^rnptinnfll tnrrMsv
devoted to theAnclentClassics,InHistory, Poetry
and Polemics. He was agreat admirer of Gibbon,
Hallom, and Robertson, ot Bacon, and Johnson,
Cervantes, Fielding, and MeCauliy, of Burns, j
Shakespeare, and Scott.
Judge Underwood was' cotcmporaueous with |
Crawford, Dooley, Themes W. Cobb, Upson>
Heard, Campbell, Paine, Dougherty and Claytun, I
and his recollections of, and his affection for, these
great lights of the Georgia Bar, were of the most |
enthusiastic character.
Lumpkin was hla acquaintance and friend, but [
the bright halo which afterwards encircled the
brow of our recently departed Chief Justice had [
ouly began to shine, when he left that part of the
State; yot, he greeted his mid-day splendor of in
tellect, on his accession to the Bench of the Su-1
preme Court, with his heart’s warmest homage.
Matured debt not presented for pay
BEARING NO INTEREST.
..•H7.V.1M.7.'7 Mi
28.558.075 40
17.323,980 00
Fractional currency
Gold certificates of-de
posit'..—.
’J 9,713,020 3ti
418,991, <92 46
Total debt 2.687.010,519 58
Am’t. in treasury, coin. $98,758,417 61
Ain't, in currrncy 72.0CG.164 98
171,424.582 59
Amount of debt, less cash in treasury. $2,515,615,936 90
Es?” The Rice Mills at Savannah arc be
ing put in good repair, preparatory to the j p ro dictions~bcen fulfilled.'
season’s business. i During the excitement produced by nulliflca-
I tion, at ono of the Courts, perhaps Clark, the
Judge wss mneh annoyed by a gentleman from
South Carollrn, who woe diecussing at great
length, the merits of her controversy with the
United States. Underwood suggested that there
would be no trouble on the pari of the Govern-
_ ment in compelling obedience by that State,
Nashville. -The Union and Dispatch j wkich rendcred tbB Soatu CarolIn,a n furious,
says: Two thousand fax hundred certificates “What sir,” said he, “coerce South Carolina,
bare tho* far been issued to voters of this ! a sovereinn State? Never, sir; never. It would
county, by Major Aldcn, the Registration i 1‘Rht up the blaze of civil commotion from one
Mr. Vallnndigham lias decided not to
deliver tbe commencement address before the
Oxford (Miss.) University. Business engage
ments in tbe law business will prevent him
from leaving home in time.
Payment op Postal Employes.— Post
master General Randall has issued the follow
ing to route agents, railway postal clerks, and
baggage masters in charge of mail :
Ordered, That irom nnd after July 1,1867,
tbe present mode of paying route agents, rail
way postal clerks and baggage masters
charge of mail, be discontinued; and that
they bo paid from said date monthly by the
postmaster at such terminal office on their
route as may be designated by the Auditor
It was his fortune to urge unsucccsfully for of tbe Treasury for tbe Postoffice Depart-
years the organization of that Court, and it was moot”
alBO his to bring before it tho catcof Doo.Ce. ■Deni. I This order is very important to tho parties
Trueluck v*. Peeples, the first case ever argned concerned, because it insures prompt payment
there. at the end of each month, instead of the dc-
No effort ofthe writer can exhibit Judgo Under- lay consequent upon the transmission of cer-'
wood as lie was. titicatcs of service and action of several
Ilis death was remarkable. Once, at Chero- | clerks in the department
kee Court, our friend, Gen. Hansel, wfis descri
bing with lively interest tho beauties and ad-j !3?“ Mr. Peabody says lie gave away more
vantages of Marietta, and urged Judge Under- hi* worth,
wood to go there and build a fine residence, The Mayor and Common Council of
which, under all tho circumstances, tho Judgo Fayetteville, N. C., have been removed by
seemed to regard as a boast, and perhaps a“fling.” j order of General Sickles, and others appoint-
Commissioner. Of these, only six hundred
havo been issued to whites.
Heavy.—The Cleveland Herald says that
n child wai* born in that city a few days since
which weighed twenty-one and a half pounds.
end ol tbe country to tlie other.” “Not at all,”
said Underwood, quietly, “I have at times thought
of a scheme which would completely settle tbe
hash with your fire-spitting little State. It has
been aeustom, time out of mind, with the State
ot Georgia, to seize upon tbe territory of all sav-
“Gen. Hansel," said he, “whatever may bo
claimed for your little town as u. residence,I have
no doubt it is a good place to efie at, for we are
told that wo should leave this world with as few
regrets as possible, and I know of no place in this
world which I could leave with fewer than Ma
rietta.” To this place he went a few years ago,
on some business matter, and while sitting at
ctl in their places,
The wheat crop in North Carolina is
reported as unprecedently fine, nnd if no ac
cident happens to it, the yield will be better
than for years.
23?” The Emperor Napoleon and the Czar
of Russia have, it is reported, agreed upon a
plan for the settlement of the Cretan diffi-
will I use the word “skulk.”
I bore your damaging accusations a long
while in silence, but finally exercised the right
bdonging to the humblest individual, of de
fending myself publicly against your charges.
This 1 did in a letter addressed to an honor
able Senator from Illinois, but couched in
language devoid of scurrility aud personall-
I spoke of your military services’in the
highest praise. At that time I did not sup
pose for a moment that any personal hostility
on your part would result from that publica
tion. In fact, I bad dismissed the transaction
from my mind, arid when you received your
appointment us commander of this district, I
called on you as if there had been no coutro
versv between us, and tendered you n\y co-op
eration in carrying out the laws of Congress.
Yon received my visit courteously, and I fully
expected there would be harmonious rela
tions between us. . When, however, the time
arrived for you to act, in the appointment of
Registrars, and in the removal and appoint
ment of officers, I discovered no disposition
on your part to consult mo in the slightest
rnauner, which as a loyal Governor, and inti
mately acquainted with- the people of the
State, I did not think unreasonable in me to
expect of you.
I did not complain, however; my official
intercourse with you was frequent, though
about this time I saw published what pur
ported to be an extract of a letter from you
to the Secretniv of War or General Grant, in
which you aski‘d for advice as to yobr power
of removal, as it was probable you would
find it necessary to remove.me from office. J
have seen no denial from you ns to the au
tliorsbip of that letter. Notwithstanding
these repeated evidences of an unfriendly
spirit on your own part, I said nothing, and
it was only when yon assumed to nullify my
appointment of a Levee Board and to substi
tute one ot your own, for which I think you
had no authority under the law of Congress
to do, that I referred the question of your
right to appoint to the proper officers at
Washington to decide- If to remonstrate
against the illegal and arbitrary exercise of
power by you—having no connection with
the law of Congress, which specifically de
fines your duties—is un “impediment” to the
execution of the law, then your power is su
preme, which,in my opinion, was never con
templated by the act ot Congress.
But, General, you are not content with
charging me as an “impediment” to the exe
cution ot the law, as your sole reason lor re
moving me from office. As if conscious that
the charge was a mere invention of yours to
afford a pretext for doing an act you had
predetermined on to gratify an ancient
w ru(lge, you come down to your true forte,
ami pour out the vials of your wrath in a
strtiwR of abuse and scurrility on my devoted
head. You will pardon me, General, for not
imitating your example by way of retaliation
My education has been sadly deficient in that
poutc branch 0 f literature, and I am willing
to leave the field to you as without an equal.
I cannot forbear the remark, however, that
when a Major General of the United States
Army has to play the part of a “bugler” in
sounding in person his own honesty, it may
well excitc a curiosity in the community to
surmise thfe Cause therefor.
A^ to yotir chnrge of appointing rebels to
office, if*it is n crime, I would like to ask,
General, if you fire free from the same ac
cusation. Out of a Levee Board composed
of five members, one of your appointees was
a member of the Secession Convention, and
signed tlie ordinance of secession; another is
not a citizen ot the United States, but claimed
thri protection of the British flag on the
arrival of Com. Farragut and liis fleet, and a
third was a blockade runner, who was arrest
ed and tried by a military commission.—
There Is a trite maxim, General, in this con
nection, which it would be well for you to
remember in your future personal contro
versies. Equally faulty and unfortunate in
point of memory is your insinuation that you.
could not find me on the day of tho riot,
when I called at your office on my way to the
Mechanics’ Institute, and talked over the
matter with yon. I did not call on yon for a
guard, because ono bad been furnished ntc by
Gen. Baird.
Having disposed of your misstatements
concerning me, and defended myself from
what I conceive to be a wanton and malicious
attack on my character on yotir part, I leave
the public to judge between us,
It is with no pleasure I have been forced
into this controversy. My desire was to hold
the most amicable relations with you official
ly, but to silently .submit to your arbitrary
exercise of power, and your aspersions on my
character, would be to prove false to my offi
cial trust, and to admit the truth of your
slanders.
And I now call on you to make good your
assertion of dishonesty as charged against me,
if you expect to avoid the verdict of the peo
pie, which is always meted out to the calum
niator nnd slanderer.
J. Madison Wells,
Governor of the State of Louisiana,
the table, he suddenly gave way and died with- culty.
out a struggle. The submarine telegraph wire from
There have been, and are, tl.o*e who impress Southern Florida to the island of Cuba is
their genius and sayings upon their country for ‘ nearly laid.
much sorrow for his conduct that lie did not
take any opportunity to annoy her; but he
never fully accomplished his purpose.
All this time I as a husband felt there was
something wrong in regard to my wife, be
cause she seldom smiled, and seemed broken
hearted during all these three years. Only a
week ago last Monday he met me in tbe street
and asked me when I was going away again;
which he had done at previous times, -and
therefore I noticed it; liis guilty, manner
awoke the first suspicion in my mind as to
ray wife’s virtue; upon that, after toy return
to New York, I wrote to .a friend asking him
if he had ever seen any improprieties between
Mr. Hiscock and my wife; he replied that he
had seen suspicious circumstances; I immedi
ately came home on Sunday morning last, and
learned the above facts from the lips of my
wife herself; when I found that he had be
trayed the love of my wife, and defiled her
person, and when I found her utterly broken
hearted and my home desolated, I felt dis
tracted, and as if I should be obliged to kili
her destroyer.
At her solicitation, that I might avoid so
great a calamity to lier and her , poor little
children, instead of hunting him up at once
and shooting him. as I felt inclined, I waited
until to-day, that I might become more calm.
I came to Albany to day from Syracuse with
my wife, intending to take her to her sister's
in Brooklyn, where she might have less op
portunity to brood over her troubles, nnd
then to return myself to Albany, where I
learned Mr. Hiscock was, force him at the
mouth of a pistol on his knees to beg forgive
ness for the great injury he had done me, and
then compel him to leave the-country in ten
dot's; I thought I had better have it off my
tnind, and I went over to his hotel; and when
Isaw him, the fall of iny poor heart-broken,
wife and the disgrace of my- poor children
rose up before me, and I could not restrain
myself; I had not spoken to him; I thought
I was calm; I could not speak; something;
was in my throat, and I could not say a word,
had 45,000 only; and that agShhV^S ?' 5
8,000 only; and that if - Sheridan^ffi)
anything of a general he would haw n
powered Ills enemy sooner than he did
overpowering was Sheridan’s
ivarly, that (to use his own words) it “fairi!
ran over’ his two weak divisions Earl.
not ev.cp speak th an American ofthe NoX
I he other Southerners iu Toronto are Sr!
son a. hri-ge, massive, stern-looking man
Hallam, an cx-major of the rw - n ’
Stales arrnyt who lives on CkurchshS^,?
has made Mr. Davis his guest;, and \ £.
others persons, including General Winder
liberality of Savannah ^erefcant'.
The great exertions which Savannah mereh.,,,
have made in assuring the distressed irtho t
tenor or the State, and the eommendaKi 1114 ' •
ageiuent. which they extended SraSLd SS*
tcra hi raising their crops, is worthy ofaUrnu'
as if a an honor to the business men of on?
The -latter acllon-the assistance ta plaateS’S’
boring under untold difficulties from SewSuT.
funds, clothing and even, in some instance tu
necessities ot llfe-ha* been carried on
modest style, that few are acquainted wii j, 1
magnitude, as there arc but few merch»nt* J
Imre'’irectly or indirectly font a helping hted to
the struggling planter. ' 6 “ 10
Fully convinced that the interests cfboth
merchant and planter are identical, thatthe
success of one depends upon tho success of tie
other, and prompted by a desire tc relievo dis
tress, as well as to baiia u- the fallen fortunes
of tho country, and place it above the reach cf
poverty, they have extended aid and encourare.
ment with an unselfish hand. Good* ol every
description have been given upon trust, depend
ing for payment upon the success or unsuccess
of tbe crops. This coniuct stimulate^ planters
to ■ exertion, banished sad forebodings: elevsted
hope, and with'hearts teeming with gratitude
and an all abiding faith ja tho providence of
Nature, they went to werk with renewed vigor
and well they have succeeded. News from the
various parts of tho State represent the crops in
a flourishing condition, almost every slapb
promising an abundant harvest.
, With the proceeds-of a successful crop,,planters
will be able to pay the greater part of iheir debts
and make 6uch additions to thejr plantations as
wilt enable them to prosecute t&Ir labors lor the
next season more successfully. Merchants wifi
receive the benefit of iheir generosity two-told, Iv
the return of their money and an increase in busi
ness. Mosey will be kept at home and circulated
morn freely, and a great amount of the present dis
tress will gradually disappear before the genial
smile of prosperity. Every prospect warrants
such au assertion, tho fulfillment of which will ba
an honor to the kindness, enterprise and sagacity
of-Savannah merchants.— Sines <k Herald.
MTcws Items.
PiiosrECTS.—The finest wheat crop we
have had for several years is now being
harvested. The oats are very promising:—
Crops are looking clean. Corn and Cotton are
growing prettily, gardens are very fine, and
the season is still favorable—together we are
hopeful.— Opeliln (Ala.) Hecorder, 8th.
25P Greeley says that his heart swells at
the thought of negro emancipation. If tbe
elling is a bad one, Greeley, poultice it.
X*nrther Particulars of the Fall of
Queretaro.
New Orleans, June 7;—The Ranohem of
June 1 publishes a letter dated San LuisPo-
tosi, May 8, which states that private nego
tiations, some days previous to the surrender,
had been going on between three Imperial
Generals and tho Liberals, to sell one of the
principal forts for $43,000. Gen. Miguel Lo
pez, who was high in the confidence of Maxi
milian, was the principal actor in this treaty,
and caused the surrender.
Saltillo dates to the 20th of May, says that
the Liberals now admit that up to the 7th the
Imperialists were successful in every engage
ment From that time to the loth nothing
important transpired.
Escobedo says that 15,000 prisoners surren
dered, including 13 general officers, and 500
officers of inferior grades. He states that no
fighting whatever occurred, and the only shots
fired were by the traitors upon their compan
ions in arms. The surrendir of the garrison
was complete. ;
Lopez acted as escort to the Empress, was
uncle to Bazaine, and bosom friend to Maxi
milian, who was godfather to his first child.
By his prowess lie won the cross of the Legion
of Honor. •••»•- . 1 1 : •
Hidden Treasure Found.—Runiors of
treasure being'found liave for several days
been afloat, rind to-day assume 1 tlie semblance
of truthful reality. It appears that while
some negro men were digging a well on Mon
day last, on a'lot in. the upper' part of the
city, belonging to ihe estate of Joseph Sierra,
deceased, theyericountered a brick vault, and
breaking through it, found.a chest with the
key in it, so rusty that it broke in the attempt
to tnrn it. Attached to a ring on the door
of tho chest, by a wire, was a brass plate so
marked as to indicate the amount of the
special deposit. This was copied by one of
the negroes who participated in unearth in
the chest, and hss been dealt unfairly with-by
his comrades. Ilis figures are almost in
hieroglyphics, but parties who have examined
them say that the sum is $340,000.
There are many conflicting statements
among negroes who are supposed to know of
the affair, and the whole thing may be much
exaggerated, but some treesure certainly has
beenfound, and four of the negroes supposed
to have control of it are nowhere to be found.
As the matter has assumed such interest in
the community, we shall endeavor to obtain
a detailed account of it. The concealment
must date back to the Spanish occupation.—
Pensacola Observer.
General Ord advises freedmen to 6tiek to tlieir
work and let public meetings alone.
Seventy-three members of Parliament voted lor
Mill’s female suffrage proposition.
Mrs. Forrest is re-niarried end lives on Staten
Island.
Twenty-live years ago Henry J. Raymond -arts
reporting lor the New York Tribune at seven dol
lars a week.
Barnum has sold his villa for $75,000. He con
siders Connecticut people a vitla-nous set. •
It is calculated that It would require a column
of gold five miles and -12-14-ot a mile high and
thirteen luelies in diameter to cancel the national
debt. .
California now exports ten thousand l -ns of
copper per annum, which is five times targets
the produce o: the whole United States only ten
years ago.
The Hayward mine In Amadoh County, Califor
nia, has bien worked thirteen years, has yielded
57,001,000, and the net income now is over $49,000
per month. The mine is 1300 leet deep.
Wheat and floiir continue'to decline. The sup
ply from California and Oregon has upset all the
calculations of the trade os well as of the speca-
lators. '' i
Minister Clay is now negotiating with the Rus
sian. Far Company for tbeir forts :iiid warehouses,
so that another million is likely to be added to the
bill.(or-Walrussia.
Rev. Joel Howes, ef the First Congregationil
Church, in Hartford, tbe oldest pastor in the
State ol Connecticut, iu his 78th year, is dead.
Large numbers ot American citizens of African
descent arc flocking to Illinois, and every part of
tlie State is receiving its quota.
It is reported that a man to Connecticut has
written, without the aid of a glass, the Lord’s
Prayer in full, lour times inside -a circle the size
of a gold dollar. The writing includes 307 words,
or 1,038 letters. T
A Sunday School on wheels is said to be ia
operation in Utica. The managers hold it in a
car furnished by the managers of one of the rail
ways leading out of Utica, and tho scholars are
gathered up along tlie line of the road.
The New Orleans Board of P.egistrnrs have de
cided that a man born in California or Texas
beforo.these States were admitted into theUniou
is a foreigner, and must take out naturalization
papers before he can be Considered a citizenof
the United States.
Jones complained of a bad smell about tho
Fostoffipe, and asked Brown what could it be.—
Brown diduT know, but suggested that it might
be caused by the “ dead letters.”
Crossing the Ocean on a Raft.—An
other daring venture has been made by some
New York sailors. These men have started
from that city to cross the ocean on a life-
raft, twenty-five feet long aud half as wide,
drawing six inches of water, fitted with five
sails and a canvass tent for a cabin. The ob
ject of this fool-hardy expedition is said to
be to test the qualities of the raft for the
purpose of its construction, viz: the rescue of
passengers from wrecked vessels. Tho object
may be a good one, but the mode of reach-
• it is so reckless as to deserve nothing but
censure.
More Large Ti rtles.—The Dictator, on
her last trip from Florida, brought for ship
ment to New York, ten enormos turtles, which
were caught on the Iudian River. One of
them weighed three hundred and sixty
pounds, and would sell in New York for over
one hundred dollars. The usual rate is about
forty cents per pound.—Charleston Mercury.
A Sleeping Beauty.—While the conyen
tion was preparing yesterday afternoon to
draw seats, Morpheus seized Horace Greeley
by the head and sent him into dxeamlaw.
where lie remained for twenty minutes,. tj®
observed of all observers, until one of the
page boys tickled his nose with a straw acd
startled poor Horace as if a ghost from An-
dersonville had walked down liis throat, for
his mouth was open wide enough to take
down a good sized gub’in. The Trii'U» e
Company' should have secured a photograph
of Horace on the occasion. It would be so
captivating. Nothing but Bunrtilieuni’s pic
ture of the Sleeping Beauty could approach
it. Let us have Greeley capping and snor
ing. What an inducement it would be to
subscribe for the Tribune!
Albany Knicl'erbocker.
Tue Prospect.—Wc have had opportuni
ties in the last few days of obtaining thor
oughly reliable intelligence from various por
tions of the State in regard to the condition
of political affairs, and it is of a highly grati
fying character. Tlie people are becoming
thoroughly aroused. The intelligence * nt ‘
soberness of the State is beginning to tXtS
its influence. The enormities of the Brown-
low administration bave condemned it, sue
there is ground for strong hope that in sp 1 ^
of franchise restrictions and the terrorism °
its militia, it will be expelled from P°' ve , r I.
This brief paragraph is not written ligutiy,
or without warrant, or for the purpose of cjfr
citing expectations that danotpromise fairy
to be realized.—MasKtiUc Dispatch.
The London Times has an article
which maintains that Juarez cannot form or
maintain a government in Mexico,- and that
the United States is bound to interfere ant
reduce the prevalent anarchy to a state o
order and security.
Jdtf" A boy preacher has appeared in Wah-®
who, according to his admirers, is to ex 1
guish Mr. Spurgeon. This promising 1°“
is Master Enock Probert, who has just co
pleted his eleventh year.