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MACON, GA., FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1868.
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This journal has made no war upon the
freedmen of the South. Its conductors have
over felt a sincere solicitude for their welfare,
and to this end would saVc them even from the
consequences of their own errors and folly.
This may have been interpreted into hostility,
but nothing of the sort. has entered into our
hearts. When men arc crazed with an idea
and misled by the designing, they are very
apt to regard an honest interest in their wel
fare, should it come in conflict with a lavorite
purpose, as the interested work of an enemy.
We may never be able to disabuse the minds
of tlic freedmenof this impression, but there
is 6no thing certain: time will shed light
upon their deceived and benighted minds,
sooner or latch Wc only trust that the illu
mination may nbt come so late that it will be
impotent to save them from a disastrous fate.
But, notwithstanding tbisincredulity and un
deserved suspicion of a desire to harm them,
wo shall consider ourselves relieved from no
obligation to tell the freedmen the honest
truth, and advise them to no course that wc
do not conscientiously regard as essential to
their welfare as well ns our own.
In prosecuting our purpose, we take occa
sion now to say that we deeply lament the
unhappy and antagonistic feeling that is
being instilled into the minds of the black
race of the South, by their artful and reckless
leaders, against the whites. It is the work of
the Devil, and has no support either in rea
son or policy. ThcscTeadcrs of the blacks
. cultivator.—We welcome to
{ ipril number of this excellent
i msguine, and we congratulate
- prietors upon the manifest im-
liiaiu appearance. It is now pub-
vers, and we discover no abate-
. .jt in other respects. The number
billed with valuable articles on
' Involving the prosperity of the
,, cr progress io domestic economy
, The Cultivator is published at
; k ; 0 f two dollar*, and every plr.n-
Kowekeeper of the South should
11 n <uilar visitor to his home. Ad-
L & W. L. J° n£ k Athens, Ga.
ur Corbse of Trade.—A mer-
Valdosta I .ought a stock of groceries
,| Mt week. Tills is rather out of
y! routine, as the people of that sec-
; r iradc to Savannah, though in this
narebaser was satisfied with our
tfter laving in his stock, instead of not 0D ty w i sb to influence their minds by
Vwar of Savannah, it was sent to immoral agencies appealing to the judgment,
t LJ bv the Chattahoochee and but tbe y have gone further and assert a
*to Dainbridge, and thence by tlie P h ! aical conf ro1 ovcr tbeir action in motets
V., in destination. We take it for wbicb a11 bavo a ri S bt to determine for tbem-
be bad looked into the tarifls 9elvcs , and bavc even threatened the cowhide,
•thai he was about. Our friends tbe baltcr . and °ther instruments ot punish-
-j must look to their laurels. raCDt and torture a S ainst al * ' vho disobey their
orders. And by what right ? Who empow-
Gang Risino.—The Columbus e rcd one freedman to say to another quite as
.with pleasure that the labors of free as himself: “You shall do this,” or ‘'you
..png of the State are meeting with shall not do that ?” By what authority is this
cognition. W. T. Thompson, of odious control assumed by one set of colored
|::»h Sews & Herald, Win. A. Reid, men over others who are in all respects their
Bourn, A. W. Reese of the Jour- equals and have the same rights under the
--eager, and P. O. Pendleton, of laws of tbeir conntiy? Did the Emancipation
Iwrgia Times, have all been given Act only free the negroes from tlie’ir white
5 the representative list of Georgia masters in order to turn them over soul and
; 5»l Democratic Convention. body to masters of tlnar own race? Tho
* . master of other days bought the negro, paid
!•' B; ° nnt ' lhe ^dependent candi- | money for hinJj aud the law gave Lini the
CATION AT TIIE INQUEST—FULL P.VRTICC-
LARS—SUSPICIONS.
happy. It will be a sad mistake for tbe | JJjg Rilling of \Y, Asllbliril.
freedmen to alienate'themselves, or do any
other act by which they will forfeit these J appearance of the body—the investi-
good intentions and plant hatred, suspicion,
or indifference toward them in the hearts of
the only people on God’s green earth who
have both the ability and the desire to do
them good
To the wicked leaders referred to in this
article, we would close with a word. Wc i States Senatorship from“Georgih, had been/thur-
hope you are not beyond tbe reach of reason m SlrhiJf?"?WE
e, or, at least, that you have most profound contempt for him, socially and
St interest in vour race that politically; yet indignation was incited[fa the
LINES.
BY BEV. A. J. BYAX.
From the (\>hsmhu* Sun, 1st.] 1\>
Yesterday morning tho city was startled by M - M . Ji ,
tho intelligence that G. W. Ashburn, a notorious | 'Me of one of the men. I had a candle in my hand,
radical adventurer, and one who hoped by tho ; end was standing right against J him. Had no
aid of scalawags and negroes to reach tbo United mask. Wore sandy moustache, dark clothes and
there. TVas on Broad street when hcaid pistol*.
Ran with other officers to tbespot. There saw a
squadron of > men moving eastward across a
vacant lot by Moilie Jones’. About SO or 40 of
them—estimated tho number by body present
ed. Don't know whether they were disguised.
Didn’t know any of them. Couldn’t tell any of The poctshave asked them a thousand timos o’er—
thefts. Couldn’t tell whether they were in rags *
or fine clothes. Was in fifty feet. * !
Amanda Patterson, (white) recalled. I.sawtho
and common sense.
soft Jell* hat, Not too much r^d about face. He
was a stranger to toe and I wouldn’t know him if
I meet him again. H e rtuln’tleave the front room,
where me and Hannah was. Had no whiskers. 1
was mistaken abont the n’lmc whose mask fell off
some of that honest interest in your race that I S^pd^atS^fon? bTo“t shonldW*cast ^ d F bo cursed m “ 11 was not Mr - > • wh °
you would inspire in others. Be assured I upon the famo of our city. That respectable
that you are hurrying both them and your- whito men should as a body plan murder was
. ° . , , Z, incredible, and.the suggestion was cast aside as
selves to utter rum. You arc mistaken if you unwor thyof credence for a second. Suspicions
suppose yourselves above the law, and beyond I clearly point to tho radical clique who t.’. • on-
1 ,1 AAWAM ♦ /X inillfA All ml I I 1 7 All Q fl Al ll o f r
the reach of society. The law will be vindi-! JS^SSSlp ’woTfvMtiSSwe^fy'S
cated in your persons, and society will pro-1 assertion that not a respectable whito man in
tcot itself against all disturbers of its peace, was a
whether they come singly or in battalions.— long, one-story building, containing three rooms,
We then beg of you to give , up this unjust I but wm rented b^IIaMah Flournoy,“a
hate of the white man, this slander upon bis I yellow negress. The place is the third door from
feelings and motives toward your race, this ^ppoaitc^h^Perry^Housa^'To°the
wicked service in behalf of bad aspirin" men rear Is a continuation of the house—three rooms,
, i, a» • r ai • ii I all occupied by neirroes. Ashbnrn’s room was the
who really caro nothing for you, tins reckless from the street. He has been living in
disregard of law and the best interests of thii colored bawdy-houso since, on account of his
your people, and, instead of disturbers of tbe
public peace and workers of evil, prove your- pitched one, very dirty, with doors on three sides,
selves quiet, orderly, .industrious citizens, be- dirty female cfothing imd^^s^botmSSnd
longing to and identified with the South, to a bed covered with a dirt stained counterpane,
prosper with her prosperity, to go down and I "^be^we'cntoed^he^l.om^yw^rdl'y, to be
perish in her ruin. Heed this advice, and all I present at the Coroner’s inquest, the body was
1 lying in the position it had lalien—in the N* W.
comer. The house fronts east. He had only a
I knew well. His. bair and beard were longer, I
thought Iasi ifiirlit it wa- Mr. , bat I f-r 1 .-
him this morning and know it isn’t. I could
will yet bo well. It is not too late to retrace
your steps and resolve to do right
Negro Nominations for Houston.
Ci'tgrtM in the Third District,
ii majority of tbe colored people
will vote for Irwin, and that
iil! get from thirty to lorty tfaou-
aasafthat class in the State. In that
kkk will be beaten by a majority
ny to fifty thousand.
i*pb Slaw is announced as an in
is candidate to represent Stewart
itbt Legislature.
[ i P. M. B. Young has been nomi-
| • Congress by the Democrats of tbe
'strict.
black overcoat aud an undershirt. A bloody sheet
had been thrown over the body. The wounds were
still bleeding. -Tiie lace was quiet aud placid-
wearing however a hitter, hateful expression, even
in death. Between the brows was clotted gore
Editors Telegraph:—The Houston county Radi-1 over the pistol ball bole that bad caused bis death,
cals had a meeting in Perry, on Batnrday last, and Blood was gathered in lilttlc puddles^ around the
io, .o. mu**™-*
for county officers. . I indentions of balls were found—one in the bed
Two of the nominees for the Legislature are Ike and a number in tbe wall. Four revolver balls
Anderson and Anthony Cobb, both colored men, j were picked up. The taceofthe dead was covered
and members of the late Radical State Convention K^k^, Tuggle, Terry, Edward DcGraf-
whosc infamous and fradnlent Constitution th«y I jnreld, and Mosts examined the body. They
now want the people to adopt. These two men I agreed upon the following report:
—Ike Anderson and Anthony Cobb—voted to pay Columbus, Ga., Narc SI, o .
themselves S3 a day lor the time they were mem- I ® Coroner ami Jury: _
r j Gentlemen : As county phystciin, having been
33! *»•»»<« •« •<■». trn for .boat .b«o
—indeed, less than than three—month s work; ana jjy 8 jjots from Are urms. supposed to be pistols,
if the colored people are foolish enough to elect One in the centre of the lorehead, between the
them to the Legislature, for which they are now brows, ranging down wards and backwards, which,
*V ’ . ... in my opinion, was the direct ernse of his death,
candidates, what may they expect of them in the q' wo other wounds likewise appearing, shot from
Tint, Esq., of Dooly, bns been
-i for Senator by tbe Democrats
‘Fourteenth District, composed ot
! ' a and Pulaski.
'' Notice.—Democratic Clubs
; :i tic State will please bear in mind
R from the Chairman of tbo State
putative Committee, which will be
t*htrc. The matter brought to tbeir
: “d the duty urged upon them, are
s port»nce, and we trust our friends
'tconty in the State will take immo-
to secure a free and fair election.
[ s s Finger is the “Rebellion.”
-t» Opinion has nosed out the fact
ck was the Superintendent of tbe
| Telegraph in thi. Military Depart-
I'is an officer under the direct orders
* at Richmond, and before
! *P® a ,ho duties of the office, took
support tbe Constitution of the
■Confederate Government.”
‘ Bullock was a sworn officer of the
*r. wherein is he better than Judge
nly acted as Confederate States
■' a few days under appointment
' ' * n absence of the proper officer,
“math?
• radical Stato Convention recently
[“""more, defeated by a vote of 05
•-solution offered in favor of negro
it is now discovered, also, by such
•hdicai organa ns tho New York
negroes were not citizens until
‘U-wcipated. Consequently, they
'‘ n * bttn “citizens of tbo United
? enough to make any sable repre-
- m tbe 8outh eligible to a seat in
5 Four Sambo!
Tragedy.—U’c could hear
aevelnpmcnts In this case yester-
tiot believed that any reliance can
tube contradictory and confused
■one or two negroes in tbe house
“tity of two men seen by them.
■‘till shrouded in great mystery,
i' \ rw M to tiie motives that promp-
M'' vaar *ous. Ny doubt Doth
4 , m, ‘ 1 _tary authorities will use all
J^dvity to discover tbe parties
~ the outrage.—CoL Enq., 2.
i T Radical Leader.—Beast
name when mentioned excites
“'“oirencc in every lund, says in
J ^^omed to liavo my political
"? “Ftny party and tbo country
-i^hteen months aftor date, that
-mor about them is but little
right to use and control his slave; but where
do these black leaders and tbeir carpet-bag
Yankee associates get their authority for as
serting ownership over tbe negro when free,
and ordering him to do this or that under
the penalty of whipping or death ? We ask,
where ? Can any of these black masters tell
where they got the right they claim to exer
cise ? We tell our colored friends that the
right does not exist—that they are deceived,
imposed on, enslaved again in a bondage
tenfold worse than any they ever endured in
the past, and only because they are weak
enough to consent to it Did white men
ever attempt such tyranny over you
when you were slaves? Were you ever
threatened with hanging by a white master,
even when the law gave him control over
your actions ? We tell our colored friends
that their would-be black and Yankee mas
ters have no more power than they bavc—
that one freedman is as much his own master
as another—that they are trembling on the
verge of a worse fate than was ever known in
connection with slavery in the past. And we
furthermore assure them that these pretend
ers have no right to control them, and if
thrown off by the freedmen, the law and all
the powers of tho government and society
will bo brought to their protection. There
can be no slavery in this country now, and if
these black leaders, who set all law and
right and decency at defiance, do not
soon find themselves where their criminal
course will naturally carry. .them, wc shall
confess that wo have misunderstood the law
and the temper of our people. Turn your
backs upon them, set their puny orders at
defiance, obey the law, vote as your own best
judgment dictates, go to meetings when you
please and stay away when you please—it is
your right as freedmen, and the people will
sec to it that none shall disturb you.
It is useless to remonstrate with tbeBe lead
ers, for they have parted with all moral sense
and sold themselves for a price, and hence
cannot be expected to listen to reason. They
are paid for enslaving their fellow blncks,
and the only wdj in which they can be reached
ia though a solemn warning that they will
be overtaken in their crimes, and made to
pay the penalty of offended law.
But why should such violent and extraor
dinary agencies be used to drive the negroes
into the support of tbo Radical party and
hatred of tbeirjwbile masters of other days ?
What harm do the Conservatives hold in re
serve for the black man that they should be
treated as enemies to his race. None, so
help us God! if wc know anything of their
viows, feelings and purposes. The Radicals
have no honest interest in the negro, and wish
only to use him in order to mount ou bis
back into office. They are to-day a thousand
times more the enemies of tbe negro than the
Conservatives, and time will prove what we
say. In power, as they will be soonoror
later throughout the South, the Conservatives
or former masters of the South, will have
every motive to secure and protect the negro
in the full enjoyment of every civil right—of
rights of person and property and the lull
and unrestrained control of his own actions
equally with tho white man, besides invest
ing him with every political privilege that
can be given with an honest regard for tbe
welfare of society and his own best interests.
The whites of the South desire to sec the
?‘TO educated, elevated in civilization and
h'Jr 9 ? , * le fi wift witnesess ot Mi.
■'-'■oil " e ^°' t on die conspiracy
v^i ‘elatchra of the law. Con-
l iiJ i i'f len< i, is in the Pententiarv. I
^“”2™ criiihi? Ha- i inorais^nd.'iFpos^iblc, prepared for an in-
? Justice, and the other
.■■.j M . ,ssue d for Richard Mont-
With embezzlement. These
whose testimony Mrs.
w ere convicted and cxc-
tellment discharge of every duty as a citizen
They bavo no war to make upon the black
man, and feel nothing but sentiments of
friendship and a sincere desire to better liis
condition and make him comfortable and
fat ore* What will they vote themselves pay as I pistols—one iu the lower part'bl the nnUs, rang-
raembers of the Legislature * Seeing the people fng upwards towards the mnm, making s wound
a e-n jsi..,, fiir vouboui three inches lout?, aod the other in tbe left
countenance $9 a day, they may yOte themselves above the ankle joiDt, ranging outward
$■» a day, next time; and if tho Legislature should ^ n pwat d i appearing on the outside of the leg,
alt ninety days, aa'it moit probably will, iheirpay midway between the knee and ankle. The
Will amount to 51800, each. Where is the money to direction of this bail indicates the deceased bad
’ “ ’ ’ . . | been shot afterhe had Jalleu. Only the shot in the
come.from to pay these vast expenses ! ,*V ould it I f ore ij ed( j cou qj jj a Ve proved fatal, as he was lying
not have been more liberal in these men, Ander- I a8 j lc must have fallen, the blood stains being all
son and Cobb, to have given way and let some in one place. Thu body appeared much copgest-
.. , ’ „„ ,1.^ T I ed, and death must have been immediate after re-
other colored men ran for ha Legislature and get “ Ub fhot lo the lore head.
some of tbo mono? ? Is it right tboy should have it I Respectfully your*, etc.,
all, and they thus become rich, while the balance E. J.’ Kibkscey. I
of the freedmen have to work hard and still re- The following evidence was given before Cor
. v , I onorMcCahoy.and Justice Rostock—both gentle
"Wr-.n.lM. n. iyu.~
men, and yet this man Anderson, madeaspeecb I act j on . The body was lying in the room un
to tho colored men at tho Nomination, in which I touched all tbo while, during the four hours’
he (Anderson) told them they must vote for the examination. Solicitor Peabody conducted it.
c.oitidalc,, ».d . ■—!».» «... did do i.
ought to bo drowned in Big Indian Creek—in I j^ghhurn during tho night. I had been out and
other words, and insubstance,sayingifyondon’t returned between 11 and 12 r. u. I slept in tho
veto for me-Big Ike and Big Anthony-you front room. Amanda Patterson (white) and
v ...... ^ ... , Hannah Flournoy (colored) were m the middle
ought to be killed. By such threats he thinks to room jj r ^shburn by himself in tho rear one.
force his race to voto for him—to scarp them lo x heard persons knocking at tho door after'
do it against thsir will, give him his $9orhis$20 came in—between 12 and ono o’clock. To my
a day—for doing nothing—while they must work question ol who was there came the reply, “Slary
. , , f , . , I Fioumor, who wants to come m.” I replied no
tho fields and elsowhero for a month for less couldcoinoin tbattimoof night. Thevoipes
pay than that. Will they submit to this ? then said tho door would bo broken down if I
The independent freedmen will remember I did not let them in. I rushed to Ash burn’s room,
.1,. .hi. ri-iH | jffiTfJlteg;
good freedmen would uotvoto in theelection last a ‘ roTO i vcr- Wouldn’t givo it to me,as ho would
Fall—would not voto for Ike and Anthony for uso it himself. At that moment I heard a crash
members of the Convention—and an attempt of the slat in tho front door. I asked him again
„„ ^ pudw. «..»i., «■« ... ay*aussii&siSi&'x
remember, with sorrow and regret how that broke fn houses. Men then rushed by me, and
ended. A poor, deluded freedman was shot I j iaa behind a door covered with some clothing,
down in his tracks and killed, and the one that in the middle room, and left Asbburn lighting a
, , . „ f ,i,„f ,iid not vote was I candle, Ashburn demanded of tho men what
voted, and not the one that d d not vote, was „ aDted . The reply was, “You’ro a d-d
tho one killed. Tommy McAuley was tho vie- I ftn j one aud then four others stand-
tim, and not poor George Mims. And if this ing in the'doorway fired pistols two by two—
Bic Ike” Anderson begins the drowning pro- Fourteen pistols shots were fired. One man got
® , 6 , I down on his knees, and shot through tho legs of
cess against those who may think proper to voto ^ table, then said “Come on, boys, let's go."
against him and Anthony Cobb and their $9 or Gross-Examined,—l rushed frpm front room to
«°0adav he himself, may be pushed into the Asbbuni’-. I saw the five men distincily. Ash-
fe.u auay, no, uiiuso.., .j y , h-om didn’t fire his pistol. Ho lighted his candle
creek and drowned; for there arc many honest, | before they reached his room. At first there was
.. i Amantta;.Patterson, sworn.—M. n ut door de-
bo practiced upon them by such men as Big ike, mam j ec i eptruuce. It iviis refused. Door was
fbic in his own estimation) and bad whito men broken op;n. I was badly scared. All were
u ,-r. »k» Rnne of office aud muKktd bnt one. One mask fell off as party was
who aro setting him on in the hope oi office ana outdoor. He caught it, but It dropped
money. Let us havo peace, we have had a jj aiD- Could not swear to any one. Thought
enouirli of bloodshed, and wo want peace. Kill- there were about fifty men. Moon was not shin-
. b : , . 1 ing. During shooting I was in front room. Had
ing and drowning is a game at which two can ^ rteep ,*- g in raiddIe r00II1 . x ran to front
ploy, and hence it is tho moro dangerous, and jt was crowded wl'h men. The one from
should never bo resorted to. Let tbo races be whom the mask lell said* ”d—n you, It you tell on
... i » . me I'll kill you." The mask fell at the door.
at poaco with thomsolves and each oth r, iAshbnrffs sou, about 17, produced a black
by all means be. at peace, and try to benefit p a p 0r ma .-k, teceutly cut, said to bo the one. It
and not hurt or injure each other. That is what was delivered to the Coroner. 1
all irood men, white and black, should want Thomss Johnson, negro sworn—About 121-3
an grow n » _ o’clock some men knocked at room where I w»s
and strive for. 1 ■■■»• | (j U6t i n rear of Aehburn’s.) My wife opened wln-
— * ' I (low . Men told her if 6he did not get back they
Mu BivciiaM Denounces tiie Alabama ) would kill her. Left my house and went to Ash-
, „ | bum’s. I licaid pistole. Counted seven cracks.
Bill.—For n wonder, Mr. Hingham, ol unio, i 0 j d . nt gee them shoot, daw one man. His name
both spoke and voted against the Alabama was—.Had
bill. He said : I (rock coatou aud pants stuffed iaboots. Housed
He was oDDnscd to the third section. It was to work in paper mill. Another man dldn t have
He tyasopposea to tuc luir ^ ace _* Wore b rowtisuit Didn’t knowhim
authorized neither by the law s nor the L, n = Saw him last night and this morning,
stitution. It was the right ot the people to “ *
alter or amepd tiie Constitution, subject only numali Flournoy, ne -ress.—When I heard the
to the Constitution ot the Uuitqd States, aud fcriocIi i„g ut the door, I wanted to know who they
thev could not be deprived ot that right.— I were. Said “Mary Tillinghast.” \ oices were al-
Tl,c American a,atom ul.l ■ro £“*»Sid
r the people could not be trusted u nil that d0 ’» r4 . a . ouldn i t do lt ^ j t was no time to call
right. There was no colorable excuse tor at- th;y wou i d break open door. Told them to
tempting to engraft such a provision on the I break it. Went back and told Mr. Asbburn a
statute-book. It was quite inconsistent with crowd or meu were out there. He got up lit a
SScongrass had alU done MdUrn,; gndh,flftSf 1 *
tiie matter of reconstruction, and be kopedul thigUmelwoity-llve men were in each of the
wus inconsistent with all that Congress would roomS) and a b 0 ut tbe alley. All of them were
hereafter do on that subject. The substitute w-ell dressed gentlemen, about the same size, and
o’ r'.ri 1... i,|c collea"Ue (Mr. Spalding) he I wore musks or we e tmuitcd. When shooting
offered J from tile commenced I iuinped out oi window and ran.—
characterized as a total departure -rom * *■ They said “don’t hurt Hannah.” Seven shots were
legislation of Congress on the subject, ldc j fire J aftur he fell. I was «too frightened to know
could not sanction that p irt of it, particularly, any 0 r them. Saw none without masks. Were
whicb enabled the Legislature to propose nice dandy young gentlemen belonging to Coium-
wwcb eBwieu in & . . j submit bus. Ashburn bad lit his caudle and put on his
amendments, to the Co n ^itu‘ion an sui)mu ^ gaid ,. ltt thcm come ... it was between 13
them to the people. 1 h£ re " as notUing like anJ j o’clock Monday night. Bennett was in the
it in the past history of the country. front room; me and Slandain the middle one, and
(Yet this Rnhdtitntc was passed. See it Ashburn by himsell. There were no lights in the
(ltt, tins substitute was 1 room. Tho men had a candle with them. _
elsewhere.] Policeman Cash sworn—[Hero Captain Mills
and Mayor Wilkins came in and remained a
eSTOn Friday night laftqui'ea stampede He mrn^y
of prisoners occurred from the county jail at Iicoraan Brad aU(2 WBS j 0 ; De J by Lawrence
Richmond. There were eleveh prisoners con- ^ nd Sm m,. xi 0 Baw 0 n tho vacant lot opposite
lined, five of whom took their departure, the n ann ah’6 house a body of men—about thirty in
other six remaining, . sayiug they “had number—in some confusion. Ho ordered them
nooch to eat there, nmltln'v knew not what to halt, but hearing the click of pistols, and see-
fu rifnt tKm Olf-idc’’ ing they were determined ho should come no
ate awaited them outside. ' „ ca rer, he retired. Attracted by a woman’s
scream, ho went over tlio street, found Ashburn
Col. NklsON Tift is tho Democratic noin- bad been murdered, and sent information to the
inee for Congress in the Second District—an civil and military authorities. Recognized hone
ina iui I of them. Night very dark,
excellent man. for tho place, jf I10 can get j policeman Smith testified, he passed at 12i
^ 1 o'clock by Hannah’s house, and saw no one
recognize the man, who was tall and fine looking,
if I saw liltn. He wore a black coat and small
check pants. Was called in this morning to make
affidavit ogiinst dr. , but I wouldn’t.
Two paper masks—otic white, the other black,
and it blackened handkerchief torn as a mask with
no name on it, and a cloth glove, picked up on the
vacant lot, were shown by Justice Bostock and
giwn to tiie Coroner
Charlotte Hall, Virginia Adams and Milly
■Williams, negroes, were sworn; but they knew
nothing only from hearsay. .
Dick White—Hannah’s son—a boy of abont 12,
swore the men broke open both the front and side
doors. There was knockieg on all sides. When
they burst them open I ran into Mr.. Ashburn’s
room and hid under bed. ■ .Mr. Ashbnrn was stand
ing by tbe bed with a pistol in his band. The can
dle was burning. He told the menut the side door
not to come in or he would shoot tnem. Three
entered from side door, two from the one; towards
the middle room. As soon as Ashburn said he
would shaot, one called out to the five to “shoot
the d—d rascal.” One man fired from the- side
door and hit tbe bed. Ashburn started to run, but
they turned him back. Alter-three shots, one
6truck Asbburn in head. He fell in one corner.
Several shots were fired afterwards. Ashburn
started to 6hoot twice, but didn’t. One man got
on bis knees and fired, hitting him in the foot—
then ran off. Faces blacked like negroes. Knew
no one. They looked like they had gloves on.
Jordan Clark, negro, kuew nothing except lrom
hearsay.
Bennett, recalled—Five men did the shooting.
One had on “Engiislr walking, coat” with large
hombuttons. , , . , ,
Tom Johnson, nejjro, recalled. Thought the
man in brown clothes was Mr. . Night was
dark. Thought he knew him by hi3 clothes.—
Didn’t see his face—only judged by clothes and
form—clothes all of one color. The other man I
knwr positively. Had on dark clothes. Would
k:: 1 > w him darkest night
Violet Pitts, Lizzie Pitts, and Mary Mayfield;
negroes, allsworo that Tom Johnson had been in
Lizzie’s room before the firing commenced, and
until all was quiet and everybody had loft, he
aid not leave that room. They all unito in this
statement Hannah Flournoy also testified that
he was thero when sho ran in, and that she left
him there. Hence his testimony cannot be ro
lled upon.
This closed tho examination. The following
is the > I
Go down where the sea waves aro kissing the shore.
And ask them why do they sigh;
ho poets havo asked them a thoust
But thcy’ro kissing the shore as they’ve kissed it
before—
And thoy’re sighing to-day, and they’ll sigh evermore;
Ask them what alls them—they will not reply.
“Why does your poetry sound like a sigh?’’
The wares will not answer you—neither shall I.
Go, stand on tho beach of the broad boundless deep,
When the night stars are gleaming on high;
And hear how the billows are moaning in sleep.
On the low-lying strand by the surge-beaten steep ;
They’re moaning forever, wherever they sweep.
Ask them what ails them—they never reply:
.They moan, and so sadly, bnt will not tell why.
“Why does your poetry sound like a sigh?”
The billows won’t answer you—neither shall I.
Go. list to tho breezo at the waning of day.
When it passes and murmers “good byo;”
Tho dccrlittlc breezo ! How it wishes to stay
Where the flowers are in bloom, whero tho singing
binlsptay;
How it sigfis wjien it Hies on its wearisome way ?
Ask it what ails it—it will not reply ;
Its voice is a sad one—it will not tell why.
“Why does your poetry sound like a sigh ?”
Tho breeze will notjanswer you—neither shall I.
Go, walch tho wild blasts as they spring from their
lair.
When tho shout of the storm rends the sky;
They rush o’er the earth, and they ride through tho
air,
And they blight with their breath, all that’s lovely
and fair;
And they groan like the ghosts in “the land of de
spair.”
Ask them what ails them—they never reply;
Their voices aro mournful, they will not tell why.
“Why docs your poetry sound like a sigh ?”
. The blast will not answer you—neither shall L -,
Go. stand on the rivulet’s lily-fringed side.
Or list where the rivers rush by;
The streamlets, which forest trees shadow and hide.
And the rivers, that roll in their oceanward tide,
Are moaning forever wherever they glide.
Ask them what ails them—they will not reply:
On, sad-voiced, they flow, but they never tell why.
’Why does your poetry sound like a sigh ?”
Earth’s streams will not answer you—neither shall l
Conservative.Strength In the North.
In a recent speech Senator Doolittle exhibited
tho following table of votes to show the compara
tive strength of the Conservative and Radical
parties in 1866 and 1867. It includes all the
States represented in Congress, except those
which held no. election in JS67. Tho table is as
follows: , .
States.
California
Connecticut
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky.....;
Maino
Maryland
Massachusetts
Miohigan„
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia—
Wisconsin....
1S66
. 1 Bern. I
and pRad. and
Consvc} Consvo
—1S67-
Dom. F
■,,.a -l.:
Rad.
49,995;
47,575
58,880'
19.421,
103,292
45.0141
63.739;
70,360,
55,865
42.447
46.433
90,793'
10,443;
33.9391
67,462
22,110.
98,306
80, Ilk
25,245
43,585
56.4S3
8,1511
95.079
41.947
40.261
25,671
MU, 67,708
32.66-1 35.so.. 15,755
M.6QI ''gUjW 89.481
67.463
373,029 325,099 352,526
•; : 240,62." «MnSi "lS-OOd
ia ! 26i,751 266,S24 1 290,096
id 5.".In 7,55) ■'«!«
5,340
11,510
13,393
68.S73
33,221-
43,974
90,926
19,370
58,035 •
69.637
27,351
91.080
96,716
35.137
35.137
67.525
366,315
256,302
. ... 307,274
2,116 8,197
31,094 11,292 14,117
14.694' 14.943 20,573
73,637, 55,414 79.31S
04,336
Total 1622,973
1567,863.1458,54611731,991
This shows a Democratic and Conservative
majority in the States named of 55,107, which is
to be increased by tho gain of .616 in New Hamp
shire this month..
The Iron Mines of Wills’ Valley.
VERDICT.
Wo, tho jury, find that George W. Ashburn
came to his death by pistol balls through the
body, fired by parsons unknown to tho jury.
F. A. J epson, Foreman,
■ ,i • B. D. Casey,
F. S. Cii.u’mAy,
J. W.Dfeb,
J. H. Smith, , , ,
Wm. Fee,
A. F. Calhoun.
There wasacrowd of negroes around tho house
all day. Somomuttered vengeance without any
cause. Tho City Council has offered a reward of
$500 for the discovery‘of the murderers. One
warrant was dismissed voluntarily by Judge
Bostock last afternoon, after hearing tho prece-
ceding evidence.
COMMENTS OF THE PRESS.
The Sun, after giving at some length the
character and career of the deceased, thus
alludes, editorially, to the circumstances of
his death:
Tho danger of his presenco and teachings to a
community situated as ours, cannot certainly be
overrated, even admitting'that it could bo calcu
lated. Intolerant, treacherous, ambitious, ir-
rascible and grasping, ho soon provoked contro
versies and bad feeling among those with whom
he was allied in purposo and sentiment, and to
this cause, more than to any other, may the
fearful retribution which has overtaken him bo
attributed. Wo come now to speak ef the man
ner of his death. In’ onr local column will be
found all of tbo information that could be col
lected upon this point, irom an investigation
held according to the statute law of tho State, in
Buoh cases provided. On Saturday last he en
deavored to marshal bis black clans in this city.
It must havo been as painfully evident to him
as it was pleasurably eo to the mass of our citi
zens, irrespective of color, that the days of bis
power an.l glory had departed forever. His ut
most exertions could muster but a few hundred
of idle and vagabond negroes, of all ages and
sexes, in place of tho thousands who onco flock
ed together at his call.
Lite in the afternoon this motly crow, stimu
lated by bis counsel and. the harangues of Ids
strikers, Edwards, Maull and others, proceeded
in procession to oiler indignity to a respectable
and highly respected colored citizen. But for the
timely interference of tho soldiers of the garrison,
a bloody riot would have ensued, of the ending of
which, no man could tell. On Monday afternoon
reports were rile that he had been engaged in
angry altercation with members of tho garrison on
account of their action ol Saturday. On Monday
night an immense assemblage^ot negroes were
convened in Temperance Hall. This crowd was
harangued for nearly four hours in a violent and
incendiary mannerby Tumer,'tbemulatto, a mem
ber of the late Convention. Before the adjourn
ment of the meeting, Ashbnrn had succeeded in
■etfing up a disagreement between Turner and
himself, and before the morning, upon which he
was to start on a crusade in the neighboring coun
ties, he was stretched a stiff and horrible corpse in
the negro brothel where he lived.
Strenuous and active exertions have been made
by some negroes and a few of his white followers
to lay this bloody deed at tho door ot some of the
best and most exemplary young men of our city.
The evidence contained in onr local report will
show upon what a flimsy pretext this allegation
rests. Ashburn’s most intimate friend has freely
expressed his opinion that ho did not fall at the
hands of those upon whom it Is attempted to fix
the responsibility of bis death. There was no
reason why he should have been slain on Monday
night by outraged and respectable citizens of this
ilace, that has not existed since the first day of
lis arrival. On the contrary, every sensible and
thinking man knew and felt that his course and
conduct had done, and was doing more, to damn
and destroy the political organization with which
he was connected, than all other causes combined.
The Democratic party of Georgia had no more
ready and powerful weapon than t he name and famo
of G. W. Ashburn. AYe cannot close this article
without the expression of our prolound regret
that this violence should have occured in our city,
which though noted for its sturdy opposition to
Radicalism, yet it has Justly won and worn a rep
utation for a due observance oflaw and order.
In behalf of those who are sought to be impli
cated in this transaction wc enter a most solemn
and decided disclaimer. They do not desire to
shirk the most searching investigation that civil
or military authority may demand.
We hope the negroes of this section, who have
been suddenly deprived of a leader who was rush
ing them rapidly forward to certain destruction,
will take heed from the terrible fate of one who
hoped to riot in the ruin of his kind.
One word to our fellow white men. This un
fortunate occurrence will be put down to tbe dis
credit of the honest people of the South. Even
now it is being flashed in a distorted form from
one end of the North to the other. Congress
will be fired by comments of the Radical press, and
the terrible pictures of tho scene gotten up by
special artists."
We should hear in mind the truth eliminated
from the pages of history, that though the dagger
and stiletto of those who use them in tho dark, are
weapons which can strike terror to the souls of
tyrants the people who have sanctioned their use
hare afways been slaves.
A people who have not the manly courage to
loon the dangers which threaten them in the face,
and to tight them at evens or odds in the open
light of day, are iucapable of regaining their lost
liberMes and are unworthy of their enjoyment.
AVhen tlio shadows of twilight are gray on tho hill,
And dark where tho low valleys lie.
Go. list to tho voice of tho wild whip-poor-will.
Thatfinss when tho sonss of the sisters aro still.
And wails through the darkness so sadly and shrill.
Ask it what ails it—it will not reply:
It wails sad as ever—it never tells why. -
“Why does your poetry sound like a sigh?”
The bird will not answer you—neither shall I.
Go. list to tho voices of earth, air and sea,
And the voices that sound m the sky:
Their songs may be joyful to some, but to me
There’s a sigh in each chord, and a sigh in each key.
And thousands of sighs swell their grand melody.
Ask them what ails thorn—they will not reply;
They sigh—sigh forever—but nover tell why.
“Why does your poetry sound liko a sigh ?”
Tho voices won’t answer you—neithor shall I.
The Alabama BUI as It Passed the House,
1. Be it enacted, That the Constitution
framed by the Convention of Alabama,which
was submitted for ratification by the people
at an election commencing on the 4th day of
February, 1868, is hereby declared to he the
fundamental and organic law for a provi
sional government for the people of Alabama,
so far a3 the same is not in conflict with the
Constitution and laws of tbe^JJnited States.
And the officers elected at said election shall,
on the first day of May, 1868, qualify as pro
vided in said Constitution and the ordinances
of said Convention, and immediately there
after enter upon the discharge of the duties of
their respective offices.
• Section 2. And be it further enacted, That
the Governor, at any time after he shall have
qualified and entered upon the discharge of
the duties of his office, may, by proclamation,
convene the Legislature chosen at said elec
tion. The Legislature, when so convened,
shall possess all the power conferred by said
Constitution, which may not be in conflict
with the Constitution and laws of the United
States. And the Legislature is hereby furth
er empowered to submit said Constitution to
the qualified electors of Alabama for ratifica
tion at such time or times as it may desig
nate. And said Legislature is also empow
ered by a majority vote of each House to
submit the said Constitution, as framed by
the Convention, with or without amendments
proposed by the Legislature; and if amend
ments be proposed by the Legislature, they
shall be voted upon separately, and not in
connection with the Constitution as it came
from the Convention.
Section 3. And bo it further enacted, That
whenever the people, by a majority vote of
the qualified electors of Alabama, qualified
under the act of Congress of March 23,1867,
to vote for delegates to form a Constitution^
and actually voting on said ratification, shall
havo ratified a constitution submitted as
aforesaid, and the Legislature of tho pro
posed Stato organization shall have adopted
the amendment to the Constitution of tho
United States proposed by the Thirty-ninth
Congress, and known as article fourteen, the
Constitution of Alabama may be presentod
to Congress for its approval.
Section 4. And be it further enacted, That
the district commanders shall furnish all
necessary aid in enforcing this act and the
act of March 2,1867, entitled, “An act to
provide for a more efficient government for
the rebel States” and the acts supplemental
to and amendatory thereof, shall remain in
fall torce in Alabama, except as modified by
this act, until Alabama shall be restored to
representation in Congress.
The vote was taken on this substitute by
yeas and nays, and resulted—yeas 77, nays
54. And the bill was then passed—yeas,
102; nays, 29. No veto can touch it.
The Savannah Radical Postmaster
Again.—Wc jublished some days ago a card
from Mr. Robb, the Yankee Postmaster at
Savannah, declining to act on a Conservative
committee, because he was fully identified
with the Radical party. The Advertiser of
Tuesday has the following history of the ap
pointment:
“Now, if Mr. Robb had been content sim
ply to decline his appointment, there would
have been an of this matter; no one would
have had any right to question his reasons
for doing so, or to demand them; but when
he'goes so far, in his haste to place himself
rectus in curia with the Republican party as
to publicly declare that “I (lie) had sup
posed my (his) political views were too well
known to be mistaken by any one,” ho places
the gentlemen of that meetingin the attitude
of endeavoring willfully to put him in a false
position before the community.
Now, so far from this being the case every
one present at that meeting (and it was not
a private one) will bear testimony that, on
the announcement of Mr. Robb’s name, it was
asked if he was with us. The meeting was
assured he was; and on expression of sur
prise that he could be in favor of a Conserva
tive party, when he was well known to be
deeply interested in the Atlanta New Era,
gentlemen of high position and of unques
tionable veracity asserted that Mr. Robb bad
voluntarily stated to them that he cordially
approved of the action of the Conservative
party against the Bradley-IIopkins faction,
and that he would do all in his power to
further their views; or words to that effect.—
It was under such representations from un
questioned and unquestionable sources that
Mr. Robb’s name was adduced as that of a
proper exponent of the Conservative feeling
of Chatham county ‘ ‘
Convention.
at the State Senatorial
One of the on dits afloat to-day ia that the
President’s counsel -will summon one hundred ; , 4 v.
roii'irir.'it lawyers, of both parties, to testily upon pgr* Western papers state, and profess to ne
'e legality of tho Tt»ure-ol-office law. lieve, that the bloodiest Indian war on record will
[Washington Star. ' J ‘’ J1 - -*
ba commenced about the middle of April.
The extraordinary mineral resources of
Northern Georgia are beginning to attract
very general attention. "We annex some in
teresting remarks from the Pittsburg (Pa.)
Chronicle on the iron mines of Dade county,
which, it is said, are equalled in richness and
the quality of the ore by none cast of the Mis
sissippi :
The mineral resources of the South are now
receiving their first impetus of Northern enter
prise. At the present time of embarrassment
and impediments, in the successful productions
of Pennsylvania iron, the iron resources of this
Valley commend themselves to Northern capi
talists and iron-makers. Iron can be made and
brought to this city at figures which excite cre
dulity—and these assertions are based upon pub
lished reports of men of character, science and
fame. This Valley lies between Lookout aud
Sand mountains, in Northwestern Georgia. The
masses and beds of iron ore begin at Trenton,
twenty miles below Chattanooga, Tennessee,
where a blast furnace is in operation and pro
ducing iron of the finest quality. Tho Valley
extends about eighty miles in a southwesterly
direction, and it is besected by the direct lino of
railways from Washington to Mobile and New
Orleans.
There is, consequently, completed railway
transportation for this iron, to all parts of the
country in every direction. It has water com
munication with this city, by way of the Tennes
see river, which outlets into the Ohio at Paducah,
and can distribute its products from the latter
point to all places reached by the Mississippi and
its tributaries. The market for this iron com
mences at the rolling mills of Chattanooga, the
great demand in rebuilding and refurnishing the
Southern railways, and in the home consumption
throughout tho Sonth.
Iron is there so cheaply produced and of such
superior quality, it will find its way to this and
other Northern markets, in pig and ore, so soon
as the local demand can be supplied. The cost of
making charcoal iron does not exceed fifteen dol
lars per ton, and from bituminous coal ten dollars
per ton. These figures will be denied by iron
makers of this section of the country at once, and
many will relnsc to believe them. In the com
mencement of this article, the resources of this
reglan were described as wonderful. The visitor
cannot leave this valley without receiving such an
impression.
The facts which will produce it are plain.
There, all the elements for the successful produc
tion ot iron lie together. The valley is but three
miles In width, the iron on one side hanging in
cliffs from the monntain sides, as well as in the
intermediate hills, the coal upon the other, and all
in inexhaustible quantities. In other iron dis
tricts the coal is brought perhaps hundreds of
miles and the limestone from great distances.
There, nature has made a great furnace yard, with
the iron and coal and timber and limestone to
gether, and it stands as a permanent rebuke to
neglected opportunities of development of mate
rial wealth by a nation who leaned on the broken
reed ol agriculture alone. The character of this
ore is calcareous fossilliferous, aud is known as
the hematite fossilliferous kind, impregnated with
lime in abont sufficient proportions to llux it In a
smelting furnace without any additional amount
of lime. The beds of ore vary in thickness from
three to eleven feet. The iron was used during
the war by the rebel government for railway car
wheels and axels, cannon and guns. It has been
proved by chemical analysis to rank among tho
best lor the manufacture of steel, as it has no sul
phur, phosphorus nor any other impurities. Pro
fessor T . Stcery Hunt, the chemist of the geologi
cal survey of Canada, gives the following analysis
of the coal:
“The coal is a rich, bituminous coking coal, and
yields a hard, brilliant coke. In composition itia
between the free burning and the highly bitumions
coals.” The analysis give— ;
Fixed carbon........ .63.9
Volatile carbon.... 26.S
Ash (redish) — 9.3
It thus gives 72.2 per cent, of coke.
It is stated by competent authorities that the
coal is so pure that the iron made irom coke will
be as strong as when made front charcoal, and for
making railroad bars the coal will answer as well
as coke.
The following statistics are given of the cost of
manufacturing iron. These arc furnished by Mr.
Millingson, an eminent English iron-master, now
at work in tne valley, and adopted by Hall^ State
Geologist of New York, in a published report
upon the property of the Empire State Coal and
Iron Company:
“I will estimate the cost of ore at tho furnaco
head, after roasting, at one dollar per ton, and
taking tho estimate of its product of metalic
iron at forty per cent, (tho average yield being
nearer to sixty,) we have the following as tho
cost of producing pig iron :
Cost of labor per day for ono furnace...$37 00
Fifty tonsore 50 00
Coal, or its equivalent in coke... 60 00
Total $147 00
“This gives the cost of twenty tons of iron at
$7 35 per ton. And for contingencies thirty per
cent. ($2 20) and we havo the cost per ton, $9 55.”
It is estimated by experienced boatmen that
iron can be delivered by water by the Tennessee
river to any point on the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers at a cost not exceeding seven dollars per
ton.
There arc but few negroes in this section of tho
South, and in fact negro labor was never pro
ductive there. The population is composed of
white farmers, who are peaceable and industrious.
There has been a great desire lor the immigration
of Northern men, from the capitalist of tho
laborer, which ha* begun to take place.
This valley, It is apparent, is not dependent
upon protective tariffs. It needs nothing but con
tinued practical Northern energy and capital
enough.to give it a fair start. It will not there
after need assistance in competing in the manu
facture of iron, since nature has endowed it with
such extraordinary advantages and resources
which guarantee its entire success.
Important Explanation of the New
German Treaty.—An important errbr, in
translating the Prussian treaty was brought
to light in the executive session of the Senate
on Friday last, by a letter of Mr. Bancroft to
the State Department, in which he gave an
account of the negotiations for the treaty.—
This letter was written toward the last, of
February, and immediately after the signing
of the agreement on the part of the King of
Prussia. From this letter it appears that the
treaty is broader in its terms and more favor
able to our citizens of foreign birth than Was
at first supposed here after the treaty was re
ceived. The correction of the ’error referred
to makes the treaty apply to all former citi
zens of the North German Confederation who
have been already naturalized in the United
States, as well as those who may ben. after, be
come so. According to Mr. Bain 'roll’s expla
nation, it is also intended to cover the five
years during which a foreigner U waiting for
citizenship, after having filed his intention.