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*■* “on a» rt Claiborne Cose.
Editors Tdegraph: The writer's attention has
htcly been called to an article in the Augusta
Co-stitntionalist, of August 1st. in which his
ccmmaidtlon to the Macon Telegraph,
d-meil “R,” is copied and commented upon,
jo these comments the writer desires to reply
jjjflfcghjour columns. The Constitutionalist
devotes over a column to the "Mississippi con-
.jjjed election case,” cited in the writer’s
fonner communication, to show that it is not a
To do this, it claims that Messrs.
Giolwn and Claiborne were elected for the
ft# nation alone, and “that the great ques-
whether they wore entitled to hold their
jaijty drtue of that dection, so hdd during the
of the Twenty-Fifth Congress, seas not
ffiyiieated.
la reply to this, attention is called to the fol-
i*nsg extracts from the “Report of toe Com-
aiitee on Elections” in this case. (Italicsbythe
niter):
••In the course of the scrutiny and investiga-
toa. the attention of the committee has been
tilled to two points, which are supposed to com
ped the only possible objections to the re
tention of their seats by the sitting members.
Tte first point is that clause of the writ issued
bribe Governor, wherein the election is direct-
iltobe held for two Representatives iu Con-
to fill the vacancy, until superceded by
tie members electedat the next regular election
® the first Monday and day following in No-
wnlier next. The committee are (with one ex
ertion) of opinion that in attempting to restrict
lie term of service of members to be elected at
tlie special election, ordared as before stated,
fltbe next regular election in November, the
Governor transcended his powers. The gentlc-
,a dected are members for the whole unexpired
ira of the Twenty-fifth Congress, or they are
f members at all. The question then recurs
-lid that illegal and restricting clause in the
nit invalidate the election? The committee
:m almost unanimous in the opinion, that inas-
iiehat the writ seas perfect in itself without that
r'.nut, its being there does not invalidate the dec-
tm held under it, but may fairly be rejected
... wrplwmge ; reject this as surplvssage, then
tit writ is good and the objection amounts to
kotbisg.
But the second objection, which would seem
to be more formidable, involves the question
whether in the purview and meaning of the Con
stitution such vacancy in the representation of
the State had happened as would justify the Gov
ernor in authorizing a special el«otion to fill it.
■On thKqncadon the committee were divided. A
\i‘'joriig of them were of the opinion that a taean-
r. uitud and such a vacancy as was pregnant
aM all the evils which could arise from a taertn-
(j tvjipeninq in any other manner; and as the
lords of the Constitution are broad enongh to
embrace the existing case, there is no good rea
p'd why, in giving them a practical construc
ts. they should not be considered applicable
is affording a remedy in this case as well as
those arising from death or resignation.
The word “happen" made use of in the Con
stitution is not necessarily confined to fortuitous
orunforseen events, bnt is equally applicable to
ill events, which by any means occur or come to
piss, whether foreseen or not; and a9 in this
e»se confessedly the vacancy existed, it may
properly be said to have happened although tho
Mans or drcnmstances by which it was brought
itont may have been foreseen. With these
tiers fortified by many others which might be
Uvtinced, a majority of the committee have
»?reed on the following resolutions and instruct
'd their chairman to report the same to the
lonse:
“fiesolved, That Samuel J. Gholson and John
'• H. Claiborne, are duly elected members of
the Twenty-fifth Congress, and as such entitled
to their seats." , '
The Honse referred this snbject to the Com
mittee on Elections, with the instructions con
tained in the following resolution:
“Resolved, That the Committee on Elections
i>o instructed to report upon the certificates of
election of Messrs. Claiborne and Gholson, the
members elect from Mississippi, whether they
ire members of tho Twenty-fifth Congress or
Rot; and that said committee take into their
consideration the proclamation of His Excel-
lency, Charles Lynch, Governor of said State,
*ad the writ of election issued in accordance
said proclamation on the 13th day of June,
:?*' ,5 and also the act of the Legislature of
Mississippi entitled, an “Act to regulate elec-
hans, approved March 2, 1833.”
From the foregoing and the extracts from the
B port, the committee, it seems were of opinion
«d reported that a vacancy existed; that the
Iseeutiva of tha State had the power to order an
f wtion to fill such vacancy; that he did order
^election for this purpose ; that the clause in
^writ ordering such election, restricting the
«na to the extra session alone were void—a nul-
~fi toil consequently the election would be for
a unexpired term, and that Messrs.
and Claiborne having been duly eleeted,
* n> 'umbers for the whole unexpired term of the
^‘“’S-fiflh Congress. The House approved
Jf feport of, and adopted the resolution report-
{*“?• tho Committee of 'Elections, with the be-
~ttbttllessr8. Gholson and Claiborne -wcicOu-
2>fect«d mombers”/or the whole tin expired term
{“*>» evident both from tho terms of the reso-
•rioa itself, and the whole action of the House
Sj® this question. It will be seen that the reso-
••-.s declares them “duly elected members of
^Twenty-fifth Congress." Now if the House
j-tended to declare these gentlemen members
extra session alone, why did it use words
;• *“ e same import as those which have always
used to declare members elected for the
*** term? The Constitutionalist bases its
argument against this, upon Mr. John
Wy Adams' speech against the resolution.
Jw speeches of Messrs. Pennybacker, Le-
P *od Underwood seem to have been over-
Mr. Pennybacker says it seems to him
the state of the facts given and the literal
Rising of words, that it was self-evident that
» vacancy had happened in this case as
A contemplated by the constitution. Mr.
; ?uo argued that if Messrs. Gholson and Clai-
?*• were eleeted at all they weec elected mem-
jV* r the ensuing two years. Mr. Underwood
rj ^ election had been'conducted in strict ac-'
withlaw, and that Messrs. Gholson and
were duly elected. The time of their
;‘.'ion had not yet expired, and if theyhadbeen
j-'anted to retain, their seats to this period, in
*7 of the case he would confess that if
objection was urged he would be puzzled to
‘ 11 sside.
•jWn, the whole action of the Honse upon
inestion shows conclusively that it adopted
resolution of October 3d “with the view and
. standing” that Messrs. Gholson and Clai-
were thereby declared “duly elected mem-
Jj fir the whole of the unexpired term. This
:-v> • hed beyond controversy by the several
j, mtions of ttie House concerning this case.
resolution referring the case to the Com-
JJJ fce of Elections instructs the Committee to
f 1* ft “whether they are members of the’2,'th
ftT? ornoL ”
.,[ k' 1 * 9 0mm 'ttee reported that in the opinion
. / ..j aa j°ritv thereof, these gentlemen were duly
1 hdU^ lltl . r * 25th CongTess, and enti-
u J 10 their seats as such, which resolution the
J. Gholson and John F. H. Claiborne were duly
eleeted members of the Twenty-fifth Congress
be rescinded, and that Messrs. Gholson and
Claiborne are not duly elected members of the
Twenty-fifty Congress'”
This resolutiem distinctly and fully rescinds
the resolution, of October 3rd, declaring Messrs.
Gholson and Claiborne duly elected, and there
by CLEARLY REVERSES A. FORMER DECISION OF THE
same House at a previous session of the same
Congress on the rights of msmtckrb to seats.
‘Will the Constitutionalist reconcile the forego
ing with its “extra session alone” doctrines ?
It calls attention to “B.’s" error in stating
that Messrs. Prentiss and Word were the only
Congressional candidates at the November elec
tion, and cites the votes polled for Messrs.
Ghoison and Claiborne as evidence that they
wore candidates. Messrs. Gholson and Claiborne
issned a circular to their constituents, saying
that as they had been seated for tha whole term
by the resolution of October 3d, they were not
candidates for rc-dection at the November elec
tion.
This was published, Mr. Gholson says, id at
least all the Democratic papers in the State ;
and furthermore, he says he wrote at least a
hundred letters to their friends in different
parts of the State, telling them they were not
candidates.
In many connties they received no votes at
the November election, although they had ma
jorities at the July election—showing conclu
sively that there was no general tum-out at the
November election. These statements are all
corroborated by the speeches and documents
relating to this question. The writer’s state
ment that Messrs. Prentiss and Word “received
less than half the votes polled at that dection” is
substantiated by the official reports of the elec
tion in the second report of the Committee on
Elections.
Whole number votes polled for Governor... .27,485
Number of votes polled for Prentiss 13,651
Number of votes polled for Word 12,340
See House Documents, Second Session
Twenty-fifth Congress. Report No. 370—pages
six and seven.
The Constitutionalist cites the case of Wilkes
and Lnttrell, a controverted election case in the
House of Commons in 1770, in support of its
doctrine that the Legislature cannot “reopen!'
the question of eligibility, in the case of the ex
pelled negro members.
In tho House of Lords this case was brought
up, and it was moved “that this House would
take into consideration the proceedings of the
House of Commons, touching the incapacity of
John Wilkes, Esq., whereby the electors of
Middlesex were deprived of their free choice of
a representative.” Lord Mansfield, in the
course of his remarks upon the motion, said:
“I avoid entering into the merits of the late
election, from a conviction that your Lordships
have no right to inquire into them” See Lord
Campbell’s Lives of the Chief Justices of Eng
land—volume 2, page 350 of the second Ameri
can edition.
If the Constitutionalist cites this case to show
that no appeal lies from the decision of the
House of Representatives in a contested elec
tion case, to the Senate or the Supreme Court,
then it is a very good, if not an authorative pre
cedent. But U is not a precedent in this case,
for the point in controversy is, “has the Legisla
ture (each House respectively) the power to reseat
the expelled negro members.” Neither Honse can
call in question the action of the other with re
gard to this snbj ect,for, by the Constitution, ‘ l eac7i
House shall be the judge of the dection returns
aiid qualifications of its own members”—a role
so plain and so imperative that the precedent
cited by tbe Constitutionalist is qnite unneces
sary.
In conclusion, the writer wishes to call the at
tention of the Constitutionalist to the principal
points of his former communication (which it
publishes) which are repeated below in the form
of interrogations. f
1. Has not the Legislature the potter to reg
ulate “tho rules of its proceedings’’in contested
election cases ?
2. Has the Legislature adopted the rule of
“res judicata” ns a part of its code of proceed-
nre in contested election cases ?
3. If not, then by what rule of parliamentary
or fundamental law is the rule of “res judicata”
rendered applicable to, and binding upon legis
lative action?
4. If the rule of “res judicata” is not binding
upon legislative action by reason of adoption or
otherwise, has not the Legislature the power to
reseat these expelled members ?
5. It it has the power is it not the duty of the
Legislature, under all the circumstances of this
case, to reseat them ?
A truthful and comprehensive reply to these
points will materially assist the people in form
ing correct conclusions upon this vexed ques
tion. B.
Tbe New Man and Brother with the
Yellow Skin. *
What shall be done with the Chinese ? asks
the Cincinnati Enquirer. That is a question
the solution of which is more puzzling than any
that has yet been before tne Radical party.
Some say one thing, others the very reverse.
The black men see the danger, and protest
egainst being supplanted by the yellow men.
The Radicals feel their feebleness without the
negro vote. It will hardly do to say that the
United States are no longer a refuge for the
oppressed of every clime. Nor will it do to
pass laws forbidding tbe Chinese to cope
among us; for one of the clauses of the indict
ment against George the Third—to bo fonnd in
that instrument upon which the Radicals base
the political and social equality of the races,
was, that he refused to pass laws to encourage
the migration of foreigners to the States. The
Eastern manufacturers want cheaper labor than
they now have, but are unwilling that the West
ern farmers and mechanics ehall have cheaper
tools through a lower tariff. Some of the loy
ally pious, like the New York Independent,
don’t like to consent to an irmption of Pagans
among ns, fearful that the Christian religion
ccurtOja.’t ciand the shock. Others, equally as
pious, look upon tne whole •»««*<» «e one of
God’s providences for the conversion of the
Pagans to the true faith. Ben Wade thinks the
Celestials should bo treated as well as the Dutch
and Irish, against whom he seems to harbor
spite. E. D. M., of the Gazette, confesses his
inability to see through the Chinese millstone.
Grant—well, give Grant a good cigar and a fast
horse, and the Chinese may go to the grave
yard, for what he cares. On the whole, the
Chinese problem is a puzzler; but we_ think
there is a good deal of needless borrowing of
trouble on the subject.
The Caterpillar in Thomas Comity.
The Thomasville Enterprise of the 4th has
the following:— '
From every quarter we hear the cry of Cater
pillars, until the whole country seems nothing
but caterpillars. When we walk around town,
we find farmers from the country sitting or
standing with lobgf faces,' talking about caterpil
lars, and all agree that the - truth can 1 no longer
be.djsguised. .The insect curse has arrived and
already swarm in the cotton fields. The weather
too, has changed from dry hot, to cool, cloudy
and showery weather, as if to afford them facil
ity. The heavy showers have lately been so
frequent that the cotton stalks are casting their
fruit, so that, between the heavy showers, rnst
and caterpillars, the “fineprospect” is likely to
be blighted. '” ••••'
Let the farmers remember, when the plant
ing season returns again, that they have been
assailed with all these vicissitudes for three
years in. the cultivation of Cotton, and learn that
corn, bacon, rice, sugar cane, peas, potatoes,
etc., are liable to none of these dangera and
cultivated with much less labor and expense.
We are surprised (says the New York Herald)
that the Democratic journals have not noticed
the assent of a colored man to their favorite
dogma that this is a “white man’s government."
At an Educational Convention recently held in
Louisville, Ky., P t H. Clark, of Cincinnati, a
negro, delivered an address in which he boldly
took and eloquently maintained the ground that
“this is a white man’s government” He said:
I trust that I shall shock nobody’s prejudices
alarm no person’s fears for my sanity, when I,
a colored man, and a life-long agitator of colored
men’s rights, declare as I now do, that this is a
white man’s country. In all its wide spread
grandeur of mountain, valley and plain, of river,
the
warm shores of the Gulf, this country belongs
to the white man, to him and his heirs forever.
It was a white man's ship burst through the
gloom which had shrouded this continent from
the eyes of the Old World for so many centimes,
and it was a white man who first leaped upon
the shore, claiming the new land for himself and
his brethren. White men have conquered this
continent. Its teeming fields, its mines, its
wealth-producing industries, its thousand cities,
belong to them.
This is a white man’s civilization. ■ We gain
enlightenment from a literature that, in all its
varied departments—philosophy, theology, phy
sics, mathematics, poetry and the drama—white
men have been perfecting for three thousand
years.
This, too, is a white man’s government. Our
Union of States, our guaranties of free thought
and free speech, our method of enacting laws
by men selected by the people—all these are his
peculiar modes, and are the crystalized results
of his politioal experience. In numbers, in in
telligent energy, the white man stands at the
head of all the races which have found a home
in America. White men have come to ns by
hundreds of thousands each year, my millions
every ten years. They have, do, and will con
trol the destinies of the people residing upon
this continent.
While the white race is the chief factor in the
product of American civilization, there are also
other factors, and these willhave their influence
upon the final result. In the experiment of
self-government, which we are making, other
elements enter—elements which, if properly ap
preciated, developed, and incorporated in the
body politic, will make our nation freer, more
powerful, more enduring, than ever was before
known in the history of man. If neglected, des
pised and degraded, in the same degree that
you do these things,will the future of tho coun
try fall short of the high destiny of which it is
capable.
To the white man is given the task of building
the edifice of American nationality. The mate
rials are here. To the eye of some they may
seem incongruous, incapable of molding into
compact and symmetrical forms, but with jus
tice for a working tool, the rudest material will
be smoothed into a proper shape, and.find its
fitting place in the edifice.
The white man has the power to work his will
with tho people and institutions of this contin
ent, and for the proper exercise of this tremen
dous power he must answer at the tribunal of
posterity and at the bar of God. If he con
sents to let race prejudices sway his judgment
and hinder his arm from doing the great work
to which he is called, with a love of liberty and
tbe fear of God, then truly shall the sins of the
fathers be visited upon the children, and future
generations shall bewail the folly of the fathers
who permitted the craft of state to drift into ra
pids which inevitably end at the cataract of des
potism.
Leaving out for the present a consideration
of the proper treatment of the Indian, the Chi
naman, only stopping to say that enlightenment
and justice are the appliances needed in their
case, I shall proceed to ask, what shall be done
with the negro ? What will you do with us ?
Here we are, five millions strong. Not just
coming, as the Chinese are, bnt here now, and
firmly seated. Here now, as we have been for
centuries. Here now, as we will be for centu
ries. Not foolishly fighting tbe rising tide of
civilization, and perishing before it as the In
dian does, but assimilating ourselves to it, and
increasing in numbers. We live and grow in
spite of slavery—in spite of ignorance. Not
even the doctors of the census tables, “and
they are worse than the cholera,” can kill us.
We are told scornfully that “it is not meet to
take the children’s bread and give it to the dogs,”
but even from the crumbs which fall from the
great table, where the sons and daughters of
America are fed, we gather life and strength.—
We are a part of the American people. When
Americans mourn we mourn. When Ameri
cans rejoice we rejoice. We are an exist
ing fact; we can’t bo ciphered out of the way.
The American statesman or economist who
forecasts the future of his countiy, and leaves
ns out of the calculation, will fail wofully in his
predictions. Here we are, then. What will ye
do with us, ye white men of America, ye high
priests of civilization ?
A few centuries ago the question of what
should be done with a subject race would be
easily answered. The knife, the faggot and the
club would make short work of them and their
questions. Times and manners are milder.
Yon have tried to answer my question by en
slaving us. From 1C20 to 1863 we were your
slaves, bought and sold like tho beast alongside
of which we toiled.
Tbe fierce fires of the civil war have melted
our chains, and we are free, r.ud confront you
with the old question, What will yon do with us?
Your humanity forbids our massacre. The
most outrageous Ku-Klux or New York rioter,
would recoil before the task of slaughtering five
millions of men and women.
The re-establishment of slavery is an impos
sibility. These millions of men who have learn
ed the use of arms, who have learned to love
liberty, and would be ready to use those arms,
to preserve the liberty they love, they cannot bo
re-enslaved. Universal massacre is possible,
bnt slavery re-established is impossible. If
you suggest that we be sent out of the country,
that the General Government be turned into a
vast colomzauuu that onr idle war ves
sels be turned to use in triinnDorting us to our
fatherland, wherever that is, then L reply that
there are two insuperable difficulties in the way.
One of these difficulties arises from the fact that
we don’t want to go, which, in my opinion, is
sufficient to settle the matter. But there is an
other difficulty which would probably have more
weight with you, and that is that you don’t want
ns to go. You lore ns too well to part with ns.
You love the millions of dollars which our indus
try adds to Uie wealth of the country. The plan
ter of the South wants us for laborers; the man
ufacturer of the North wants us for customers,
and neither can spare us. Our color and fea
tures may not be pleasant to contemplate, bnt
the greenbacks wo add to the national wealth
are highly pleasant to the sighta nd to the pocket
It is astonishing how rapidly tho answers to
the question narrow themselves down to one,
and that is the one dictated by true patriotism.
Take us by the hand, educate us, raise U3 to the
level of * citizenship, cast upon ns the high re
sponsibilities of that condition, and you will do
the best thing for ns and yourselves. By our
vices we may be a curse to our country, by onr
virtues we may jriove a blessing. * * * *
Educate ns, ana yon not only enrich, but
strengthen the State. It was the common
school of Prussia which won the battle of Sa-
dewa, and the Confederacy went down nnder
the influence of the common schools of the
North.
Men still talk of classes that are born to rule
—that they must direct, and the others obey.
This may do in peaceful times. When the
ocean is smooth, one competent man, with the
rawest and least experienced of crews, may
From Monroe County.
The Monroe Advertiser of yesterday says:
Crops continue to give the most flattering
prospects. The weather, during the latter part
of the week just past, was rainy, cloudy and un-
propitious for cotton, and it was feared that a
wet spell had set in which would cause it to slied
its bloom and squares. Sunday and yesterday,
however, were bright, sunshiny days, and the
weed retains its vigorous appearanoe. There is
nothing like rust or caterpillars to disturb the
minds of planters in this section, and the yield
will be very satisfactory if one is to judge from
present appearances. The com crop may be
considered as made, and, notwithstanding the
drouth which occurred just at the critical period
of its growth, it is thought that the yield will be
considerably more than an average oae. In tho
opinion of some of our oldesi farrnon, tho pres
ent crop would have exceeded any in the hi •. tory
of the coiinty, had the seasons been uniformly
favorable. Planters are now busy pulling
fodder.
There are several brag cotton patches in the
county. Dr. J. S. Lawton has five acres, said
to bo extra good, which we learn ho intends to
enter at the State Fair, in November. Mr. Jeff
Hogan also has a very fine field, and we hear of
several others who anticipate large yields from
comparatively small areas. We are glad to
note these evidences of agricultural develop
ment. They are signs of coming prosperitry
when every farmer's field will be extraordinay,
in appearance and in yield.
Indian Shxho.—The cool weather last week
sent a number of visitors at the Spring to their
respective homes—yet all the hotels continue to
entertain a fair number of boarders. Several
additional engagements have been made for
rooms during this month, and a lively time is
anticipated during the balance of the season.
Cheering.—Reports reach ns from all sec
tions of Butts county of the favorable pros
pects of the cotton crop. Our planting friends
are in excellent spirits. In some portions of
the county the com crop was injured by the
late dry spell, but the general yield will be
above the average on the area planted.
George W. Adams, Esq., has been eleeted
President of the large and flourishing agricul
tural club of Monroe county.
Affairs in Tennessee.
A dispatch from Nashville to the Louisville
Courier-Journal, of the 8th, says:
A close estimate as to the vote of the State
will give Senter fully 60,000 majority. Even
East Tenneer.ee, which everybody predicted
would go handsomely for Stokes, gives Senter
a majority of 2500. The Legislature will be
overwhelmingly Conservative. The Senate will
not contain a single Stokes Radical, while the
House will have only about eleven or twelve of
that stripe. There will he three or fonr Sen
ter Republicans in the Senate, and perhaps
about a dozen in the House.
A straight-out Conservative will certainly be
sent to the United States Senate, and the im
pression now obtains that EmersonEtheridge is
the coming man. Andy Johnson will fight des
perately to secure the place, but the opposition
against him will bo formidable. Etheridge will
certainly be elected Speaker of the State Senate.
Judging from the inklings already drawn out,
tho loth amendment is not likely to pass the
Legislature.
GLIMPSES OF CUBA.
How Havana Zooks to an American—TheFed-
ing Evinced Over the JlebeUion—Anti-Ameri
cans—An Episode of the Cuban War—The
Beginning of the End.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE DAILY TELEGRAPH.
Apalachicola, Fla., August 8, 1869.
HAVANA,
To American eyes and ears just now, is a queer
plaoe. It was queer enough in olden days to
find oneself fresh from Republican simplicity
and Democratic plainness, suddenly shot into a
great overgrown tangled maze of a city, whose
every feature was the antipode of what one was
accustomed to; where people neither eat, slept,
rode, walked, smoked, talked, sung, listened,
danced or died as sober Americans were in the
habit of doing. From the cradle to the grave
all differed, not slightly but broadly—differed in
toto. But now the difference as of old exists
with the super-added strangeness of military
pomp, withont warlike enthusiasm, military rule
without martial exactness and discipline; a sort
of semi-barbarous fierceness and bravado being
supposed to represent the warrior, while vindic
tive blood-thirstiness and cruelty stand for valor
and patriotism.
Fora cold-blooded coward commend me to
that class of Spaniards now fighting the battles
of Spain in Cuba. In all of my experience dur
ing our own late war—when, God knows, scenes
of cruelty and horror were by no means rare—I
can find no parallel in the worst of our's to the
mildest types of their’s. The atrocities exceed
belief. The distant reader, unfamiliar with
such scenes, prone to believe that only in the
imagination of fiends such barbarities exist,
finds it impossible to give fall credence to tales
of horror which give only in pale, bald out-lines
an idea of the actual facts. The imbruited Ca-
manche never graduated in a Spanish school for
the practice of cruelty, or he could soon get his
tribe wiped from the face of the earth. If, in
ancient times, the terrors of the Inquisition
were more to be dreaded than the severest tor
tures which a fanatic’s mind could conjure np as
belonging to Hell, the modem Spaniard has
not lost the application of the old, while invent
ing and improving upon it, carrying crnelty to a
pitch never attained by the fercest zealot in the
good old days when the cMef end and aim of
man was to torture his brother man. If history
ever gives np to the world the deeds done in the
Isle de Cuba during this struggle, history will
have pages blacker than those whereon are writ
ten the horrors of the Inquisition or the mas
sacre of St. Bartholomew.
ANTI-AMESICAN
Feeling grows stronger iay by day. It needs
not that the press of the United States sym
pathize with the Cuban!—that does not cause so
much of it; few thereknow aught of these ut
terances of good will tod hope. The American
element which has thrown itself into this strug
gle ; there is the rub. This is something which
they can feel—the fact strikes them daily and
hourly; goes home to^all of them; it is practical,
earnest, real. It shows just how much sym
pathy is felt for the Cuban cause—each man in
his own proper person and at his own peril puts
Fyom Brooks Comity.
DEATH OF AN OLD CITIZEN—SEASONS AND CROPS—
LAMENTABLE AFFRAY.
Near Quitman, Brooks County, )
August 8, 1869.)
Editors Tdegraph: On the 16th of last
month, (July.) tho oldest citizen of this county,
Mr. Elijah Beesley, died at his son’s residence
after an illess of three weeks, at the age of 94.
His mind was unimpaired and his memory good ( u P° n reoord W* feelings. "When, last January,
for his age. I saw* and conversed with him a ! Hamilton put a little yacht load of men upon
few months ago, and he could then walk two or i rocky beach, at Port Graranjo, few could
three miles very well He was bom in Onslow ; iave imagined the number who were to come
countv, North Carolina, if I mistake not, in ! after ttem * Th 0J were but sixty-five men—
1775, and he was 14 years of age when Wash-1 ^ first yacht load which left the Florida coast
ington was first inaugurated. Bp was a good ; ^ ver y f flr from where I now write; but they
citizen, always temporate, and he .lived by his | were speedily followed by larger bands of eager
labor. His only son, now 64 years of age, is also j determined men—men who had stood the brunt
a good citizen. * i of a score of battles—men whom no amount of
Mr. Beesley removed to Buike county, Ga., i danger could turn back or cause to falter; and
when young, where he married, and afterwards j it is this which brings on the American as he
lived in Bullock, Irwin and Lowndes counties, . crosses a street in Havana, or enters a Cafe, or
him a prisoner, made such successful interven.
tionfor him that, instead of being executed
privately, or publicly, he was cared for, and
brought into a fair way of .recovery. And here,
the story, to be like the novels, ought to stop.
But truth must be told, and, though it is a blight
upon the Majors reputation for gratitude, eta,
he persists in not falling in love with his lovely
benefactor—the blue, brown or black eyes,
aforesaid, still enthralling him—for he believes
in them. Time may give him back to his na
tive land, hat time cannot wipe ont the wounds
and imprisonment. From men of his command
I learned that when .the news of his capture
reached this country, every officer and man of
his command who was here on sick or other
leave, went into council, and left in a body for
Cuba, resolved to get him back at all and every
hazard. All who knew Hamilton will say God
speed their efforts.
THE* IXEUNG
In Havana, of those who know best the resour
ces of the Cubans, is that the final struggle is
not far off. The Spanish leaders and troops are
not in concert—there is no sense of trust in the
one or respect in the other; and but a little
time is needed to bring about a general disrup
tion of the Spanish forces and a complete break
down of Spanish power in the Island. The
sooner the better, we piously ejaculate. Alta.
Weekly' Resume of Foreign Affairs.
PREPARED FOB THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
~ In Tnrin hald tha j “ omuoo w* tion of certain taxes and the extension of the
f strolls in the Plaza; the black, ireful looks and
manage a vessel; but when the storm beats
The SrRAGUES are increasing their force on ! high, a trained crew is needed. Such storms
their water power at Augusta, Me. The power ; sometimes assail the ship of state, and then it
adopted on the 3d of October. The .=-
v' 10n of February 5th, whereby these gentle-
( i »ere unseated is as follows :
“t-oiYed, That the resolution of this House
at that point is sufficient to drive 300,900 spin- I is important that every citizen be trained to
dies. The old mill of 12,000 spindles, employ- ; love his country, and serve it efficiently,
ing two hundred bancs, has been put in perfect j It is always safe and expedient to do right
order, and wUl be running by October. The : and for Kentucky, or any other State, to refuse
foundations of a new mill of 20,800 spindles, | to recognize the fact that the negro must be
and to employ three hundred hands, are now educated, and his political economy recognized;
being laid. Two other mills, one of 30,000 is not conversatism, bnt folly. True wisdom,
and the other of 60,000 spindles, are soon to be true humanity, true patriotism dictate the pol-
'i.ptit; r Icy of education and slcvatioa of the negro.
office of Judge of the Inferior Court some forty ! „ . . ,
years ago. the muttered curse—not over low or light—of
The seasons have been fine here for some ( the Spaniard, be he citizen or soldier. You are
time past, and crops of all kinds are qnite prom- jnade to feel it in every way possible, in all
ising. The people seem well satisfied with the j bces and at all times>
crop prospects at present, and they are hoping }
that if the caterpillars should come here, that an episode of the was,
crops will not be badly damaged, as it is now late | Doubtless pai tially familiar to many of your
in the season. A large planter told me a day or , % . . , J '
two ago that he thought there was no proof of readers who have seen extracts from the Vox
the worms being here yet j de Cuba Prensa and other papers relative to
On Monday last, at a shop in this vioinity, a ; Hamilton, mentioned in the last paragraph. I
fight unfortunately took phee between two : partia n y familiar, for the Cuban papers
brothere-in-law, Mr. Wiley Patterson, and Mr. J 1 J T f.
P. S. McRae, both I believe, respectable young knew only a portion of the story. I shall at-
men. The latter used his keife and cut Mr. P. j tempt to give in detail the history of the gallant
terribly in three or four places, which came Major's early struggles in behalf of Cuban in-
very near causing his death, but Dr. Hitch was dependence; it jg enough to say that he was
soon called, and it 13 now believed that the m- • r . ...... ■;
jured man will recover. McRae married Pat- i ever in the van-that quietly and without pa-
terson’8 sister, and domestic difficulties, I learn, • rade, scarcely known to be in the fight, he was
brought about the quarrel and fight.' ; the soul of the revolt in more than one district.
Subscriber. : uj 3 men wou i d follow him wherever he would
lead them, and he would lead them wherever
From Putnam County.
The Eatonton Press and Messenger of the 10th danger was to be met and the enemy found,
has the following: • Well, he lead them once too often—the old story
Longevity in Putnam.—We think that this —rashness it is set down by those who knew
portion of Middle Georgia is ahead of all the of it only as a military movement. How little
world in most things, and kave good reasons for does tte world know of the secret springs which
so believing. Certainly our table of ages will tTT . , , . .....
compare with any region where three scores *“°vemen! How few know what earned that
and ten is man’s alloted period of life. For ex- dashing soldier too far at the attack of June
ample—we are informed that there is one per- 16th. A few in his own command knew it was
son in the county, in good health, oyer ninety- a des j re to die which made him, after winning
five; two over ninety; three over eightv-five; ... .. „ , . ... „
seventeen over eighty, and forty , odd beyond the P oslUoa > throw h,mself almos - llteraU 7
oavonty. TLooa are all males, and as the ladles alone amongst a thousand of the enemy—an
are a little squeemish on the subject, vre will enemy beaten back bnt still strong in prestige,
not say anything as far as they are concerned, in nuin bers and in position,
as some are not yet married and are not withont .. .V . . ,
bo p e , It was the old, old story. Some pair of eyes,
Cotton.—There is certainly the finest pros- blue, black or brown had looked unkindly upon
pect for a large yield of tho “fleecy staple” for him—some voicebelovedhadgrown chid or still;
this year, that the planters have had. The and so when, he landed in February with his last
stalks were never known to be as full of bolls as . . . , . . . . .r ,
at present, and they are maturing rapidly;— reinforcement he bounded to the saddle for
There are some planters in Putnam, who, it is earnest work. And he had it. Deeds which
said, already have enongh on the stalks to se- paled all of his exploits in our war—rash, wild,
cure them a bale to the acre, hot on small desperate deeds all went safely, risk what he
ple**4 till tbUbW *** Ihe«, tf* .
the finest of spirits. "W® hear no complaints victory—pressing a strong sullen foe, he rushed
from any quarter, but on the contrary, there into the very jaws of death and in tha midst of
seems to'be a season of rejoicing among them. a thousand men, still fought on, on toward the
Barbecue*-are being given, at which they meet „ tt„ ......... .. .» -sit . ,.
and have a “jolly good time,” generally, which Spanish colors. He gained them but at the
is one of the best evidences that they are per- moment when his men were rushing np to
fectly satisfied with the condition of their farm- support him they saw him beat down as it were
iEg interests. "t . by a mob. And when they reached him, for
The first open bolls were shown ns on Satur* ... ,, . ,, . _*
day, by Mr. Leonard, though Mr. Wilson in- with a yell of vengeance they went at the foe
formed us a week before that he had some on and rented them—he lay mangled and bleeding,
his place. We have also received.from Col W. little left of the dashing soldier who had rode
T. Young several open bolls.
The staple and appearance of the cotton is
good, which shows that they were not forced
open, but fully matured.
Should the fine weather continue, it will' be
as though proof against death mid harm. Bnt
he was not dead. They bore him to his camp
and for some ten days he lived on in a semi-un
conscious state. One evening an attack was
hard to estimatehow much cotton Putnam conn- > rr1ftdft npoa kjg camp—his men being unprepared
ty will make tins year. ^ ^ driyea back men> ^ an £ oor or tw0f
Chicago has a million dollar will case on trial the oamp was retaken, Hamilton’s body was not
Mrs. Julia Newberry, widow of Walter N. New- to be found. Notes passed between the officers
berry,'who died December 8, 1868, has just and Christian’ burialwas asked for the body,
oTherV/e h^ton^SVt ***** made toat it should be pven.
justice to herself, and deprivation of her rights Aweeklatent was said Hamilton was not dead;
of dower. The estate is now valued at from that he was alive and improving, and would live.
£2.000,000 to $3,000,000, and, by the law of ^ month passed; no further news of him, until
dower, the widow is entitled to onothird, in- jeccujiy it is discovered, on the best authority,
stead of the allowance made’in the will of $10,.
000 annually, and tho homestead. The case
that he is alive, though a dose prisoner.
thus becomes one of great magnitude, and its here the romance comes in like a noveL
result will be locked for with interest beautiful girlj a relative of some official,.
And
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Great Britain'—In the English Parliament
Mr. Bruce, Secretary of State for the Home
Department, in his reply to an interpellation of
Hr. Bourke, stated that Her Majesty’s govern
ment would introduce a draft regarding the nat
uralization of British subjects at the next ses
sion of Parliament.
The Harqnisof Harrington, Post-master Gen
eral, replied to an inquiry of Mr. Bayley, that a
proper reduction of the rates of postage between
England and America would be taken into con
sideration very soon by the government.
Mr. Fortecsue, First Secretary for Ireland,
made a communication to the Honse, stating
that the administration, during the adjournment
of Parliament would discuss the purchase of
the Irish railways.
A company is being organized for laying an
Atlantic cable from Scotland across the Faroe
Isles to Quebec. After its completion it will
probably be purchased by the Post Depart
ment.
The Times strongly advocates the migration
of the Chinese into the American Union, deem
ing fruitless any attempt of stemming their fur
ther influx. As the representatives of an an
cient civilization, but lacking moral strength,
they should be welcomed as co-founders of col
onization, without being feared as a race which
would/at some future day, control the destinies
of toe nation.
Twenty thousand people, headed by flying
banners and bands of musio, paraded the streets
of Limerick, Ireland, with a view of making a
demonstration in favor of toe Fenians still im
prisoned.
A petition to Mr. Gladstone was adopted, ask
ing for their release.
Great enthusiasm prevailed, yet toe language
of the speakers was moderate, and toe public
peace was not disturbed.
France.—The Press takes a hopefnl view of
the parliamentary era which has just dawned
upon France. The Emperor has yielded with a
good deal of grace, without, in fact, sacrificing
much of his arbitrary power.
The Reform measures chiefly embrace the
autonomy of the Senate and Corps Legislatif.
They are now both granted the privilege of pro
posing new laws, an important innovation, as
hitherto they were only allowed to discuss-those
brought forward by the Government.
To make a law valid it most have passed both
branches of the legislative power. The minis
ters will deliberate under the presidency of toe
Emperor. They are responsible for their own
acts, but can be impeached only by the Senate;
they may be members of either house of the
Legislature.
The latest cable telegrams report that Napo
leon will soon issue a manifesto announcing, as
the last act of his personal government, a re due-
bear accursed fruit. And, like Jason’s fabulous
warriors, sprung from a dragon’s tooth, who
killed one another while grappling for the stone
he had- thrown amongst them, Spain is raging
against her own flesh and blood.
Portugal.—Portugal has also caught ton ca
ble fever. The Chambers have adopted a reso
lution, favoring toe laying of sub-marine cables
to and from that country.
Austria.—The “Prease,” an ofiiciaF organ,
declares that Baron von Beust, intends to-pub
lish all diplomatic notes exchanged Vito’ Prussia
in order to corroborate his assertions made to
the Hungarian Delegation.
Mr. Rovce was confirmed Consulof tho United
States in Prague.
Russia.—The Jews of toe Russian Empire in
a body have addressed a petition to the Czar,
praying for an extension of. their religious and
educational privileges.
The Academy of Sciences has proposed toe
formation of a Commission foe discussing the
introduction of a general • uniform system of
weights and measures, within Russia.
Sweden.—The marriage of the Heir presump
tive of Denmark with Louisa, the heiress of the
throne’of Sweden, was oelebreted. in Stock
holm. This is-an event of political importance
as toe Ring of Sweden will leave no male des
cendants ; toe orown.of toe three northern king
doms, Norwry, Sweden and Denmark-wiH there
fore be worn by this royid couple one-day, thus
realizing the idea long cherished in the hearts
of the three nations,.of a Scandinavian Union,
which will be powerful enough to form a' bul
wark against the Russian Colossus.
Turkey.—The differences between the Padi
shah andhi3 vassal, the Vice-roy of Egypt, will
be amicably settled.
A note to Ishmael Pasha had’ been already
prepared intimating that unless the Yiee-roy
could satisfactorily explain his conduct, the
Porte would revoke the privileges granted by
the firman of 1841.. Jabno.
Bum’s Doing—A Strange Tale.
educational system in France.
It is very doubtful whether these half meas
ures will satisfy the French for any length of
time, and there is even reason for believing that
toe Emperor regrets already having made any
concessions at all Should they fail to produce
the desired effect, it is probable that Napoleon,
leaning entirely on the army, will unchain the
furies of war to restore the prestige of his Gov
ernment by fresh laurels of victory. It is said
that Prussia, apprehending such a result of the
present liberal reforms, considers the situation
a very grave one.
Germany.—The official “Provinzial Corres-
who
pondenz” expresses its surprise at VonBenst’s
statements, made to toe Hungarian Committee,
in regard to Prussia. The paper denies that
Austria has made any advances, declaring, at
toe same time, that, if she really offered a sin
cere friendship, Prussia would always be ready
to meet her.
A heart-rending disaster occurred in the coal
districts, not far from Dresden, Saxony. Three
hundred and twenty-one miners were killed in
stantly by an explosion.
The Prussian Government contemplates the
digging of a canal, connecting toe North and
Baltic Seas, as well as the laying of an Atlantic
cable—establishing a direct communication
with the United States. Great attention is now
being generally paid to the question of develop
ing the yet very deficient canal system of Ger
many, so as to connect at least the six principal
rivers, Danube, . Rhine, Oder, Elbe, Weserand
Vistula.
The Berlin “Boersen Zeitung,” speaking of
the rumored taxation of United States bonds,
four hundred millions of which are held abroad,
thinks the news a mere manoeuvre of the Stock
Exchange, and trusts that toe Republicans will
remain faithful to their programme.
Italy.—The scandal on account of toa Alleged
bribes in regard to the tobacco monopoly is not
yet at an end.
The government meets with mortifying de
feats, as the courts discharge all prisoners com
plicated in the recent disturbances in Parma,
Milan and Bologna. Cambray-Digny, Minister
of Finances, against whom the shafts of toe op
position are directed, has offeredhis resignation
to Menabrea, but toe Premier declined to ac
cept it.
It is believed that toe (Ecumenical Council
will be represented by from 550 to 600 prelates.
Three hundred fathers of the church have
apologized for not being able to proceed to
Rome, assigning as their reasons, old age, bod
ily defects and various other causes.
Rome numbers according to too official cen
sus published by toe priests, without any con
trol of toe temporal authorities, 220,532 inhab
itants.
At toe celebration of a great festival in too
’Cathedral of Trani, Sicily, tho drapery caught
fire and in the ensuing confusion sixteen persons
were trampled to death and & great many wound
ed. The fire was extinguished without diffi
culty. t
Spain.—The news from Spain are contra
dictory. It seems as. if toe Carlist' risings were
quelled. Don Carloais said to have reappeared
in France. The Government makes light of the
success of Don Carlos, but apprehends new
movements in behalf of Alfonso, son of Queen
Isabella, who, it is reported, shows dispositions
to abdicate in his favor.
Prince Henri de Bourbon^ who, on account of
his radios! opinions, was seven times banished
by Isabella, has received permission to return
to Spain. What this land, blessed by Nature’s
prodigal hand, is drifting to—with the contact
ing interests of its inhabitants who, divided into
Monarchists, Republicans, Isabellinos, Carlist?,
and partisans of Alfonso, are arrayed against one
another—God <ndy knows. Three centuriesrsf
misrule have sown terrible seed, which now
Whisky the cause f
A Weil Wisher foe the Prosperity of our
Sunny South.
Madison.—k letter from Madison to a friend
Bays : “The prospect of a considerable immi
gration here this fall is very good. As a conse
quence, land has advanced fifty per cent. The
Iona drouth has injured bur crops. Still, we
shall make a fair crop of cotton and oem.”—lb.
Every young oeuple who desire to make a
’ start in Ufe mnat keeptwp bears in the
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Forsyth, July 30,1869.
I am eighty-four years of age. andaever to my
knowledge, have I used a pint of ardent spir
its throughout my long life ; and yet, no man,
has ever drained a deeper or more bitter cup,
because-of toe rum traffic than. I have done,
I have been toe father of nine children, seven
sons and two daughters. One poor sickly girl
is all that remains to me now. I was once toe
owner of two hundred acres of land; owed no
man anything, but love and good works—now a
little cottage with a small garden and cow pas
ture is all my earthly wealth.
My oldest son became a merchant; drink was
fashionable at the time ; he became intemper
ate, failed in business, and at the age of twenty-
seven died of delirium tremens.
My second son established a distillery, and at
toe age of thirty-two, died a chained mainac,
the inmate of a mad house—toe cause intemper
ance. , ,
My third son under the influence of Jiquor,
quarreled with his friend—sought revenge, shed
blood and died on the gallows.
My fourth son, after years of reforming and
falling, finally perished in a snow storm. He
was found a week after, with a half-emptied
rum jug by his side.
My fifth son—he was greatly beloved—a
preacher of the Gospel, but rum dragged him
from God’s altar, and laid him in the grave of a '
suicide. •. . .. . ’
My sixth son was for three years a clerk in toe
city of New York, came home a wreck and in
four weeks died of pulmonary consumption, in
duced by intemperate habits.
My seventh and last son, while intoxicated,
fell from his horse and had his brains dashed
ont. He died on the spot.
My oldest daughter married a man who be
came a sot. She struggled long with poverty
and abuse ; hut finally gave way and. died of a
broken heart
My youngest and only remaining child is the
sickly girl r mentioned, toe very last fragment
of my once promising family.
My poor wife bore long, with Christian forti
tude, toe weight of her crushing woes; but na
ture gave way at last, and I rejoiced, fee her
sake, when she fell asleep in death.
I have nothing personally to fear freax toe
rum traffic, but four of my sons having left
families, I fear for them.
I am told to love my country. If my oonntry
had loved me I might have been toe -father of
nine living sons and daughters. Does.my coun
try know that she is giving legal life and being
to a system more ruthless—a muxtigrermore .
deadly than the bloodiest sword of a foreign foe ?
or toe most oppressive laws of a foreign power ?
She is cherishing a fiend that is gloating upon
toe best blood of her children andsending them
to the judgment seat bereft of reason and devoid
of hope.
I am told to love my neighbor as myself.
Father of Mercieshow can I love- him, who,
for money, will rob father and mother of all that
their hearts hold dear.
I will love my country when she guards my
interest and my life.
I will love my neighbor whan he proves hu
man. Till then, I. have no. love, because no
hope. V
But pardon me; pardon an old man - if he
speaks warmly; let my fearful sufferings plead
my excuse, and the magnitude of the evil it
would overthrow.—Extract from Unde Sam’s
Farm Fence.
Editors Tdegraph : Hpping and. believing
that the above will be- of benefit to many of
your numerous readers, I’take pleasure in copy
ing and sending it to- you, with some experi
ence of toe writer.
I am from a highly respectable and wealthy
family; was raised a pious, temperate boy, un
til I thought piyself too large to be controlled
by a guardian. I became intemperate for a
short while. I saw where I was drifting to,
and resolved to live a. better boy. I prayed day
and night that Almighty God might and would
give me strength to resist toe temptation. It
was granted, and-I joined the'Metoodist Church
—was a member for several years; but, having
become negligent in my duties, the devil soon
discovered, and took advantage of me, by per
suading me to.take my letter from the Church,
which I did.
A short time afterwards, having had my pook-
ets filled, from the sale of a large cotton crop, I
again commenced drinking, which I have not
quit until this day.
"When the war dosed, it loft me a handsome
fortune;. seeing that it was wasting very rapidly,
I resolved to many, thinking that the influence
of a wife, might reclaim me, and keep me from
ntter ruin and disgrace. My marriage-did not
check me in the least. About eighteen months
thereafter, I seduced toe best friend-1 had on
earth, causing her utter rain, all #f which was
done, under the influence of whisky, and the
DeviL
Do yon think there is any Heasten, for so vile
a man ? I have Bpent all my property, exoept a
small tract of land and a few stock, all of which
are very poor, and to-day, I. am. ont of corn,
bacon, &e., and have no money nor credit any
where. Reader, bear in mind, this has been
accomplished only though, or by whisky, as an
instrument in the hands of the Devil
Thousands of fathers and mothers are this
day rejoicing over th6i» bright, manly boys and
beautiful little daughters; bn’, ah, like me they
may suffer—like me go down in sorrow to the '
graves if the monster destroyer continues to be
fostered by the laws of our country. I am to-day
an example for others to be warned by; there
fore, take ye heed;, that yon don’t, like me, fall
a prey to the greatest enemy to mankind. I
stand to-day, a’ ruined, reckless, hopeless man.
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