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Augusta, Ga.
Thk new trotting queen of the Amer
ican turf is named Lulu, the laurels of
Goldsmith Maid and American Girl
having been won by her at Rochester,
on Saturday, in grand style.
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Spindles.— The Lowell Machine Shop
is said to be iiliing orders for full ma
chinery for an 8,000 spindle mill at
Rome, Ga.; a 0,000 spindle mill at
Greenville, S. C., and a 4,000 spindle
mill in Western Mississippi.
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The acceptance of an invitation to
deliver the annual address before an
Illinois State Agricultural Fair, by
Jefferson Davis, has elicited some pe
culiar comments from the Republican
press. We publish two specimens this
morning and leave the reader to
draw his own conclusions therefrom.
Governor Smith’s speech at the Dal
ton Agricultural Convention was a sen
sible and admirable effort. We give,
this morning, the Atlanta Constitution's
report of it. Among the many persons
prominently spoken of for our next
Governor, the present incumbent is not
behind in the race. Ho may succeed
himself.
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The death of Solomon Cohen, of Sa
vannah, recalls an incident of the
Charleston Convention. He opposed
the bolt of the unti-DouGLAS delegates,
and when he gained the platform to de
fend himself he made a speech to the
remaining Convention in favor of re
openiug the African slave trade ! They
were dumb-fouuded, and for several
minutes didn’t know whether to whistle
or laugh, but finally agreed upon the
latter, and enjoyed it greatly.
“L,” the occasional correspondent of
the Chronicle and Sentinel, is either
mistaken or has been misled about the
authorship of the Moultrieville letters
to the Constitutionalist. These letters
were written by our regular Charleston
correspondent, Mr. J. A. Moroso, who
has been sojourning upon Sullivan’s
Island, and not by “a young gentleman
of this city, who had been spending
some time in a country place in Geor
gia.” The Constitutionalist has an
able corps of correspondents in South
Carolina, and always gives the freshest
and most reliable intelligence of what
transpires in the Palmetto State.
One of the loud-mouthed boasts of
Republican rule is freedom of speech.
As an illustration of what this means,
Ahrens, the juryman who befriended
Bowen, when on trial, attempted to as
sassinate the city editor of the Charles
ton News and Courier, Mr. John A.
Moroso, who had criticised the fellow
as he deserved. Mr. Moroso’s pistol
was too much for the cowardly assail
ant, who ran like a scalded dog, when
he saw it. We hope there is justice
enough left iu Charleston courts to
teach this would be murderer that he
cannot club editors with impunity. If
Mr. Moroso had succeeded in “ vving
iug ” Ahrens, it would have only been
what he richly merited.
Our foreign dispatches record that a
statue of Arminius, improperly called
Hermann, has been unveiled in Ger
many. He was Prince of the Cherusci,
born about 10 B. C. Ho is known as
the liberator of Germany from the Ro
man yoke. By deceiving Varus, the
Roman commander, ho gave the signal
of insurrection, and attacking his ene
my’s forces, almost exterminated them.
Varus committed suicide, and many of
ids surviving chiefs were enslaved or
sacrificed to the gods. When the Em
peror Augustus heard of the loss of his
army Tie exclaimed, “Varus, give me
back my legions !” Germanicus sought
to avenge the defeat of A arus, and
finally a great battle was fought. The
Germans were beaten, but renewed the
struggle, and compelled the Romans to
retreat. Arminius perished by the
hands of one of his relations. His
name was a watchword of popular en
thusiasm during the risiDg against Na
poleon iu 1813, and he bids fair to live
iu song, story and statuary while the
Teuton race endures.
FROM UTAH.
Indian Disturbances Apprehended.
Corinne, Utah, August 16.—Reports
received hero to-day state that the In
dians recently expelled from this t alley
for an attempted raid upon Corinne
have not returned to their reservations
as ordered. Government officers and
reliable parties returning from Cache
Valley say that Pocatello, with his en
tire band and several smaller com
panies, is encamped near Logan, ‘4O
miles from here. They number 1,500,
and are being supported entirely by
the Mormons and are under the con
trol of the Mormon church. Consider
able apprehension i9 felt by the people
cf this city that another attack will be
made. The citizens have been fur
nished with needle-guns and other arms
belonging to the Government, and
pickets are stationed around the city
every night.
A warrant for one cent was drawn by
the Treasury Department on Monday.
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
Turkish Forces Mobilizing to Move
Against Herzegovina—Cruelties of
the Insurgents—The London Times
on the Commercial Situation—Span
ish Fandangoes—Unveiling-of Her
mann's Statue.
Lond in, August 16.—A dispatch to
the Standard reports that all Turkish
regiments in garrison in Roumelia and
Bulgaria have been ordered to march
to Herzegovina. The insurgents have
burned some villages and massacred
whole Mohammedan families.
The Times says: “Almost nothing
was doing in discount Saturday, and
the rate was nominal. It was the same
with money, which is so excessively
cheap that banks and discount houses
refuse to look at any but the very best
paper, because it is not worth while to
take any risk. For the struggling tra
der the present torpor is worse than
dearer money might be. With a rate
to tempt business, he might get some
accommodation ; but now he gets none.
The simple result of this must be, that
many houses of small means will suc
cumb. Cheap money is, therefore,
about the most severe purifier of the
market that could be conceived at the
present moment.”
Advices from China say the treaty of
commerce between China and Peru was
ratified on the 7th inst,
Berlin, August 16.—A colossal statue
of Hermann, the ancient German hero,
was unveiled to-day near Detmold, in
Westphalia, before an immense con
course. Emperor William was present.
The unveiling of the statue was the oc
casion of a grand national festival.
At Detmold the Emperor Wiiliam and
other distinguished visitors proceeded
to Mount Grothenburg, where the
monument to Herman is erected when
the ceremony of unveiling was per
formed in the presence of 15,000 spec
tators. Superintendent Gen. Koppcn
delivered an historical address and
Privy Councellor Preuss the inaugural
oratioD.
Madrid, August 16.—General Quesa
da, after a sharp fight, has captured
the Carlist position at Lunco, on the
Villareal road. The Carlist force men-*
tioned on the 10th inst., as having
passed through Berga, with the expec
tation of surprising the Alfonsoists en
gaged in the siege of Seo D’Urgel ap
proached to within three leagues of the
besieged town, but the movements of
the royal army necessitated again their
retreat to the mountains.
Death of a Bavarian Prince —Rose-
Colored Report of the Carlist Com
mittee —European Crop News.
Naples, August 16. —Prince Charles
Theodore, great uncle of the Kiug of
Bavaria, fell from his horse to-day and
was instantly killed.
London, August 16.—The Carlist
Committee here report that they have
received official advices from the com
mander of the troops defending Seo
D’Urgel to the effect that the Alfonsists
have captured none of his positions,
and have lost 1,500 men dining the
siege. The citadel and fort are intaet.
The garrison has 45 guns, and are well
supplied with ammunition and pro
visions. Oue of the Alt'onsist batteries
has been silenced. The besieged have
made several sorties with success.
The Mark Lane Express, in its re
view of the crops for the past week,
says: “Unsettled weather has been
very unfavorable for harvest work,
which is everywhere delayed, and the
high temperature has put wheat in
some danger of sprouting, while its
condition must necessarily be unsatis
factory. The London market from
constant arrivals of foreign grain has
not shown activity or tendency up
ward. The Paris market has felt some
reaction, and rates have giveu way
some ls.als. 6d. per quarter. It now
seems confirmed there, as well as here,
that neither samples nor quantity will
come up to last year, while the condi
tion is greatly jeopardized where gath
erings are not complete. In Austria and
Hungary the same sort of result is
loifked upon as certain, and Northern
Europe has had much the same wea
ther. Therefore samples must partial
ly be affeoted. Russia reports very un
equal growth, being most affected by
early drought, damage from which
subsequent rains could not repair. Bel
gium and Holland have been much in
terfered with iu their harvest, and the
spread of the potato disease is no lon
ger doubtful.
The International Society in Canada—
Blackmailing Employers—The Old
Catholics—Sclavonic Complications.
Montreal, August 16.—A branch of
the International Society of Europe
has been formed here. It holds week
ly meetings.
Several wealthy employers of this
city have received blackmailing let
ters. One manufacturer received a let
ter demanding that $3,000 be paid in
one month, and if not, fire would visit
his property and death come to his
family.
Bonn, August 16. —In the Old Catho
lic Conference, to-day, Dr. Dolliuger
announced that an agreement as to the
doctrine of procession of the Holy
Cliost had been attained on essential
points. The communication was re
ceived with rejoicing by members of
the Conference.
Ragcsa, August 16.—Intelligence has
been received from Sclavonic sources
that the insurgents in Herzegovina have
stormed Fort Govan3ko, near Pivi, and
captured the town of Metakia.
Vienna, August 16. —A dispatch from
Agsam reports an insurrection broken
out in Turkish Croatia, in the district
between Ivostainiczaand Dubicza, along
the Austrian frontier. The insurgents
had surprised a guard-house, killed the
guards and seized their arms.
FROM MEMPHIS.
Business Failure—New Cotton Ex
change—Diabolical Attempt to Cut
the Levee—A Bloody Reprisal.
Memphis, August 16.—Keathoper &
Cos., grocers, iiave made an assignment.
Liabilities $46,000; assets $86,000.
The Cotton Exchange moved into a
new building, said to be the finest in
the country except the Savannah Ex
change.
The Ledger learns that an attempt
was made to cut the levee at Beulah,
near Napoleon, on the Arkansas line.
The police discovered the villains. A
fight ensued in which one was killed,
two wounded and the fourth captured.
FROM BOSTON.
Trouble Between Irish and Italian
Laborers.
Boston, August 16.—A serious trouble
is threatened at Danvers, owing to jeal
ously between Irish and Italian labor
ers on the new insane hospital. About
sixty Italians made a raid this morning
on an Irish boarding house, damaging
the interior considerably and driving
the occupants away.
AUGUSTA, GA., TUUj-lULXY iMORNING, AUGUST 17, 1875.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Yellow Fever Bulletin—Naval News-
Death of Commodore Morris—Grant
Puts His Foot Down on Fraudulent
Officials.
Washington, August 16.—Brannon
telegraphs that the Superintendent of
National Cemeteries, J. W. Keough, is
dead. His wife is down. The rest are
doing well.
J. W. Murtagh, proprietor of the Re
publican, has brought suit against the
District Commissioners for $47,000,
balance due on printing the tax list.
He has already received $50,000. The
claim is based upon a specific contract
of one dollar per line.
The Navy Department has advices
from Rear Admiral Reynolds. His llag
ship, the Tennessee, passed through
Suez canal easily.
Commodore G. N. Morris, U. S. Navy,
is dead. Morris commanded the Cum
berland when the Merrimac sunk her
in Hampton Roads.
Certain statements having reached
the public through St. Louis newspa
pers and other sources, that the Presi
dent of the United States and the Sec
retary of the Treasury are not in full
accord in their efforts to bring to jus
tice all who have been engaged in the
violation of Internal Revenue laws, in
relation tax oh distilled spirits,
the President, in a communication re
ferring thereto and forwarded by him
to the Secretary, has made the follow
ing autographic endorsement: “Refer
red to the Secretary of the Treasury.
This was intended as a private letter
for my information and contained many
extracts from St. Louis papers
not deemed necessai’y to forward.
They are obtainable, and have no doubt
been all received by the Federal of
ficials in St. Louis. 1 forward this for
information, and to the end that if it
throws any light upon new parties to
summons as witnesses they may be
brought out. Let no guilty man es
cape, if it can be avoided, and instruct
those engaged iu the prosecution of
fraud to be against all who insinuate
that they have high influence to pro
tect them. No personal consideration
should staud iu the way of performing
a public duty.
(Signed) U. S. Grant.
July 29, 1875.
A Clothing Fraud.
There is a $20,000 irregularity in the
clothing account of the Marine Corps,
caused, it is said, by a collusion be
tween an inspector's clerk and the man
ufacturers.
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS.
Railway Casualties and Marine Dis
asters.
St. Louis, August 15.—A special to
the Republican gives addit.2 nal infor
mation regarding the accident on the
Ohio and Mississippi Railroad hist
night. It says ; “The rail was removed
fifty feet from the eastern end of Bea
ver creek trestle, and the engine and
tender made a sheer plunge of twenty
feet into the creek below. The forward
express car was hurled across the track
and demolished. The engineer and fire
man went down with the engine, but
were only slightly bruised. No one
else was injured. Some people at Hu
ron think the rail was removed by some
citizen in that neighborhood for spite,
but the general belief is that the de
sign of the perpetrators was robbery,
although no attack or attempt to rob
was made.”
Cincinnati, August 15. —The express
train struck a rear car of the mail train
which was moving on the switch at
Loogate, Ind. Mr. Flora, mail agent,
was killed.
Knoxville, Tenn., August 16.—The
steamer Hugh Martin exploded her boil
er at Washington Landing, on the Ten
nessee river, Saturday afternoon, caus
ing a complete wreck of the boat. Capt.
Jake Fritts, one passenger, one engi
neer from the Cincinnati Southern Rail
road name not known, and a boy and
man standing on the bank, were killed.
Henson, pilot and Hood, mate, were
badly hurt. Fritts, clerk, slightly hurt.
Several deck hands and deck passen
gers were hurt. The Martin was a
light stern-wheel boat, built for the
passenger and freight trade between
here and Chattanooga.
London, August 16. —The ship Afri
cana, from Bombay for New York, be
fore reported off Point Alfred by the
C. G. Hope iu distress, has been aban
doned in a sinking condition. The
crew was taken off and landed at Point
Alfred.
The bark Velox, from Montreal for
Queenstown, abandoned by the crew
August Bth and a prize crew put on
board from the White Star steamer
Republic, was safely taken into the
latter port on the 15th inst.
Toronto, Ont., August 16.—Steamer
Rothsay Castle, while entering Toronto
harbor with 300 excursionists, struck a
sunken snag and rapidly sank to the
upper dock. The passengers were ta
ken off by tugs and landed safely.
Wreck of the U. S. Steamer Rio
Bravo.
New Orleans, August 16. —The U.
S. Steamer, Rio Bravo, from New Or
leans for Rio Grande, encountered a
Southerly gale 15 miles off Sabine
light on the night of the 13th and was
driven asiiore 10 miles east of Sabine
light. No lives were lost. Everything
was saved except the vessel, which is
reported badly wrecked, but may be
saved if the weather abates.
TUe Navy Department has details of
the wreck of the Rio Bravo. The com
mander says he was compelled to run
her ashore or risk the loss of all aboard.
Had the ship not been strong and a
good sea boat, she could not have sur
vived 8 hours. The Rio Bravo was
formerly the Planter, purchased at
New Orleans for police duty on the
Rio Grande.
LULU!
2:16 1-2, 2:15 1-2, 2:17!
Rochester, N. Y., August 15.—The
free-for-all race brought out Goldsmith
Maid, Lulu, Nettie and American Girl.
The betting was four to one on the
Maid, and, with her out, fifty to four on
American Girl against the field. Lulu
broke up badly on scoring. The first
heat was won by Goldsmith Maid, in
2:16>2, with American Girl a good
second, Lulu third and Nettie fourth.
The second heat was won by Lulu, in
beating the Maid half a length—
Nettie third and American Girl fourth.
The third heat was won by Lulu, in
2:ls)£—she crossed the wire a length
and a half ahead of the Maid—Nettie
third, and American Girl saving her
distance. The fourth heat and race
was won by Lulu, in 2:17, leading the
Maid by a head only—American Girl
third and Nettie last. These are the
best four consecutive heats on record,
ami Lulu has taken the place of Gold
smith Maid, as queen of the trotting
turf,
FROM NEW-iORK.
Another Cuban Expedition—Duncan,
Sherman & Co.’s Assets and Liabili
ties.
New York, August ltt—The Uruguay,
Captain Rudolph Sommers, which left
Hoboken on the sth jstopped at Red
Hook, where the Spat! sh Minister rep
resents that she embal ked war mate
rial. The Revenue cj tter, Mosswood
returned after an ill ffectual chase,
with instructions to br ; ig tiie Uruguay
back. Captain Somm s was formerly
of the United States L ivy, and knows
the Cuban coast. He 1) n ded the Edgar
Stuart expedition. •
The remains of Vice? President Mum
ford were taken to Roc| ester for inter
ment, accompanied b* a number of
officers of the Western jlnion Telegraph
Company. 1
The following entry -Jus made in the
Clerk’s office of the j Common Pleas
Court to-day in the m. Iter of assign
ment dated 27th July)* 1875, of Wm.
Butler Duncan, Willirf|i Watts Sher
man and Francis H. Gufun, to Wm. W.
Shipman, August 16th-j1875: Received
schedule of debts a j I inventory of
assets, debts and liabijlues $4,910 138-
09. Assets nominalltj amounted to
$2,119,369 04. Assetss;|. tually amount
ed to $2,835,853 53. ||
British PostayfService.
New York, August | —The British
Post Office Department has notified
the agents of the Hasnburg-American
Steamship Line thaf American and
other mails for Greaf; Britain, by ves
sels of that lin will; hereafter bo as
sorted at Plyrm. .ih lost Office or on
the railroad from Pljj?oouth to Bristol,
instead of being sent, to the General
Post Office in Londoft for assortment,
thus securing a morelprompt delivery
of mails to all parts o? England.
M
ECCLESIASTICAL.
Dedication of a Church—Holy Orders
Bestowed.
Scranton, August l(| r The Church of
St. Thomas, at Archibald, was dedica
ted with imposing ceremonies, conduct
ed by Archbishop Wood, of Philadel
phia. Bishop Quintan, of Mobile,
preached the sermanJ
New York, August 16. —Rev. Thos.
Fitzgerald, of Mt. S};, Mary’s College,
Emmitsburg. ,vas rlred to the Di
aconate yesterday, bv Bishop Laugh
lin, in the Cathedral qt Brooklyn.
FROM NEW (ORLEANS.
Damage to t?Ke Crop.
New Orleans, August 16. —The Price
Current says private jdvices from the
country complain of fust iu cotton and
much rain. Estimates of receipts of
the new crop for this.-month are much
reduced. f .
——
Railroad? hale.
Chicago, August It? The Rockford,
Rock Island and St. Louis Railroad was
sold at auction under) if decree of Judge
Drummond, of the limited States Cir
cuit Court, on forechl ore of mortgage.
H. Osterbere, of Gerjifiny, who repre
sents bondholding invests, bid $1,320,-
000, and took posses|iion of the road
and its interests. •
i S
Minor Telfckrams.
Cleveland, Augusta! 6.—Chas. G. Fin
ney, for many years president of Obor
lin College, died suddenly of heart dis
ease. J
Chicago, August —Mrs. Emma
Hess died of an overhhse of geisemium.
The responsibility lit# between her hus
band, who prescribed the dose for
headache, and the apothecary’s boy,
who compounded it. -f
Eufaula, Indian r |'f uritory, August
16 —The election of! Chas. Thompson,
who ran against Uo-J. , is asserted by
Thompson’s friends i by five hundred
majority. j
St. Louis, August :|ls —C. R. Stinde,
hoot and shoe deafer has failed for
SIBO,OOO.
Charleston, August 15.—The first
bale of new cotton ;'bas been received
here. It is eight days earlier than the
first bale received Ja?> year.
Matamoras, AugU!|||ls. —lt is believed
tht three sloops ofiHar, constructed in
England for Mexico,|i|’e now on the way
to Vera Cruz, and f l be put on the
Rio Grande to pro&fet Mexican inter
ests. |
TWO PICTURES.
Breaking the ‘ <T-olor Line.”
[Constitutionalist’s |Chronicle and Son-
Charleston Cor re-.- j tinel, Ed.it o r ial
pondence, Sunday, ; Sunday,August 15.)
August 15. | ]?'
I’he white people
General Wagoner is bf Mississippi have
an amiable and osti- determined upon a
mable old gentle- desperate effort to
man, very popular fwrest the govern
among the German *nent of that State
element of our pop- hiorn the control of
ulation; but besides Athens and plunder
these, very few peo- \ij-"s. The blacks in
pie have much faith [that State have a
in his litness for the fiterg< numerical ma
position. During the bjorlty, and hereto
two years of his ad- Store, have been band
mini strat ion, al- j.*l solidly against
though he was elect- fjjfcho native whites,
ed by the Conserva- j*The counsels of s-ucli
tives, ho seoruel to ;?men as L. Q. G. Ln -
t'ear, or at any rate ,>ruar lias at last
to seek to conciliate (-broken the color line
the negroes. What- Sand given the no
ever his motive ho |g roes an opportuni
iilled up the police sty, if they have the
force with them, and £ desire, to rescue the
ononooccasion when estate. We have no
the Longshoremen Creproach for Mr. La
inaugurated a series | war. in advising the
of riots in the city abandonment of the
instead or promptly j 'color line.” The
crushing it out an l only hope of the
arresting the rioters j C o n s e r v a t i ves in
who were negroes, J Mississippi is to di-
Mavor Wagener fair- i vide the negro vote
ly knuckled to them, | With this vote east
and for two weeks | solidly against them
they rioted around i; they have no hope of
doing whatever their f success. Their only
evil minds prompted? chance of safety lies
them to do. When? in destroying the
his term of office ex-| color line. Even il
pired lie was again# unsuccessful, still
nominated by thus they are right. How-
Conservatives; but# ever bitterly it may
the negroes whom? be condemned hymen
lie had endeavoredot narrow minds and
to conciliate voted! s' rong prejudices,
against him and thc| tue Carpenter-l>ut-
Conservatives rattier, 1 r campaign of 1870
disgusted with hisf < oened the way tor
podey did not makes the deliverau e of
much of an effort-Stne people of South
And besides all thlsg Carolina—a doliver-
Bowen and his cc -fi ance which will eer
horts imported sev-j taiuly and shortly be
eral hundred voters* accomplished,
from Edisto, stuffedy '
two or three ballot?
boxes right under:
Wagoner’s nose, and'j ■->
carried the election;. *
against him. %
Two hundred tlpwsand Americans,
not one in five huh: 1 if and of whom over
saw prairies, moun^ailis,canons, falls br
other Westejjp sig&tr, are over in Eu
rope hoofing it a'felmd through heat
and dust. i f
A case involving the ownership of a
hog, which owns phit her ears nor tail,
is vexing the Co|aty Court of Clark,
Ky., and is threat ming to divide the
county into two bftteT factions. —| Lou
isville Ledger. I
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Vhat tlie Chicago Radical Papers Say
About his Proposed Trip to Illinois.
[Chicago Tribune, Rep.]
The whirligig of time brings about
some very curious changes in political
events. Mr. H. P. Kimball, the Secre
tary of the Winnebago County Agricul
tural Society, makes the novel an
aouncement that Jefferson Davis, the
ex-President of the late rebel Confed
eiate States, will deliver the annual ad
dress before the Society, on the 14th of
next month, at Rockford, 111. The oc
casion will be a notable one, for the
meeting of extremes, if for no other
reason. Mr. Davis will meet the most
practical, thrifty, industrious and in
telligent body of farmers on this occa
sion that he ever addressed or that can
be found in the United States. He will
meet men who thoroughly understand
their profession, who cultivate the
grouud in a skillful and even scientific
manner, and whose farms are better
improved and tilled and more beauti
ful and productive than farms in al
most any other part of the country.
Hp will meet men who come from
New England and represent
the New England idea of work and
economy—men who are well read, who
believe in universal education, who can
discuss political as well as agricultural
questions, and who are skilled work
men in the noßle field of agriculture.
But this is not all. He will visit a
county which is not only the banner
county of agriculture, but the banner
county of National Republicanism since
the war, and of opposition to State
sovereignty with Jefferson Davis as its
embodiment during the rebellion.
Among the Winnebago tribes he will
find Republicans outnumbering Demo
crats five to one, the latter being con
fined chief!}" to the Irish population.
He will visit this gem of a county
framed in a setting of strong Republi
can couuties—Boone, Ogle, Stephen
son and Rock, the latter the banner
county of Wisconsin Republicanism.
He will speak in a section of country
which made a more determined assault
on the secession movement which he
headed than perhaps any other part of
the United States ; that single county
furnished five or six complete regi
ments ; which helped to send out Farns
worth, Hurlbut and Smith to fight him,
and which sacrificed thousands of the
very flower of its young men in over
throwing the cause which was cham
pioned by Mr. Jefferson Davis. In
view of these things, it will become
Mr. Davis to eonfi.no himself to ag
ricultural topics. He should stick
to subsoils, composts, roots and
small grains. If he has any suggestions
to make relative to improved breeds of
cattle or modes of cultivation, the far
mers will thankfully receive them. If
he can show them how to grow larger
crops of cattle, or get larger prices, to
make their soil more fertile or to guard
against the dangers which always
threaten the farmer, they will listen to
him gladly. He should keep quiet on
State sovereignty; he should make no
allusion or shod no visible tears over
the Lost Cause, for the farmers of Win
nebago have Lost too many of their sons
iu overthrowing that cause, and have
not an iota of sympathy for it, or any
cause to remember it with any other
feelings than those of satisfaction that
it has been forever lo;;t. 'He should ad
vance no statements tending to revive
suggestions of sour apple trees or the
marching of John Brown’s soul. He
should attempt no justification of the
right of secession—that odious doctrine
which lie sought to put in force by de
stroying the National Government. He
should not give utterance or even allude
to any of those heresies which cost
Winnebago county so many of her
brave sons. The fathers of those young
men do not want to hear Jefferson Da
vis on political topics or secession rem
iniscences. They are ready to forgive
and forget the past, and to cultivate
feelings of amity and harmony in the
future.
One of the readiest methods of doing
this will be for Jefferson Davis to come
amongst our farmers and talk agri
culture with them, and to keep his
Lost Cause out of sight; to exehauge
information, imparting to them ‘-what
lie knows about farming,” and receiving
from them what they know, visiting
their elegant farms and accepting their
hospitality, and seeing for himself how
they live and operate their lands, so
that he may return to the South and
inform his people how and in what
manner Northern farmers couple in
telligence with labor, and thus crown
their work with success. It is a
curious fact that this county, per
haps the most intelligent agricultural
county in the United States, which
always voted against and which fought
so unauimouly against Jefferson Davis,
should have invited him to address
its farmers, but it shows that they can
overlook their prejudices and resent
ments, and the sad consequences which
grew out of the rebellion of which this
man was the chief fomeuter and leader
and that they are even pleased to send
for him to address them upon topics
which are of practical interest to them,
and which have a bearing upon the
future welfare of the South. If Mr.
Davis does nor abuse this confidence,
his address may be productive of very
valuable results.
Jeff Davis Invited to Illinois.
[Chicago Inter-Ocean, ltep.]
Jeff Davis has been invited to deliver
the annual address before the Winne
bago, 111., County Agricultural Society,
and has accepted. The action of the
officers of the Society in bringing about
this engngement is a gross insult to
every decent man, woman and child in
the State. The cemeteries of Winne
bago county are dotted with the graves
of fallen soldiers ; the firesides of hun
dreds of families there are desolate ;
the widows and orphans of those who
fell fighting Mr. Jefferson Davis and
his treasonable adherents are scatter
ed through the length and breadth of
the county, and yet the murderer and
despoiler is invited to partake of the
hospitalities of its people, and lecture
to them and their children on the du
ties of citizenship! What spirit of
evil actuated these officials when they
thus extended the honors of their or
ganization to this felon who goes
to his appointment even now at the
sufferance of the hangman? For Jeff
Davis has never been released from
arrest. He is not even at large on
parole. He is out simply on bail, and
may be tried for high treason to-mor
row if the Government wills. Was
there no other man among the thou
sands of distinguished speakers in the
land whom Winnebago county cared to
honor ? Must the incarnation of trea
son, must its chief representative be
invited into a loyal and patriotic, State
to speak to the fathers, mothers, wives
and children of those whom his mad
ambition has slain ? Do they not lay a
premium on conspiracy and treason by
this act ? See what it is to attempt the
FORK.
life of one’s country! Honor, dignity,
the selection of the parracide above all
others for the post of public teacher !
Is not the reward an enticing one ?
* * * * * * * *
If Mr. Davis wishes to canvass the
North, we have no objection. We
should be willing to insure him perfect
immunity from personal violence, for,
however, distasteful his presence would
be in this region, the devotion of the
people to the principle of free speech
is too strong to give way before even
righteous indignation. But when a so
ciety picks him out above all others to
occupy the position of honor iu its an
nual celebration, the act deserves the
contempt and reprobation of all honest
and patriotic men. If Tweed had been
chosen as orator for this 'occasion,
public sentiment would have boiled
over in wrath, and yet how immeasura
bly greater is the crime of Davis, than
that of the New York convict! There
is no offense that so shocks the moral
sentiment of the world as treason.
Jefferson Davis was born upon Ameri
can soil, educated at West Point at the
national expense, clothed with dignities
and elevated to honor and position by
the people. And he betrayed them.—
He was the head and front of a con
spiracy that sought to destroy the
country and turn to dead ashes the
structure reared by the fathers of the
Republic. Benedict Arnold, for a crime
far less than this, was doomed to per
petual exile, and his name anathema
tized by all human kind. And yet we
so far forgot our honor, our dignity,
our duty, as to throw upon Jefferson
Davis the mantle, not of charity sim
ply, but of distinction, and thus re
ward and commend his unnatural
crime.
We do not know as to the result of
this performance. It is said that the
bitterness at Rockford over this step is
extreme, and Mr. Davis may have the
sense to cancel an engagement which
should never have been made. If he
persists in coming, let the ominous si
lence of the people tell him why he is
tolerated ; that reverence for law, and
not forgetfulness of his great crime,
lends him protection.
'* WOODRUFF.
A Remarkable Career.
The career of Woodruff, the ipillion
aire defaulter, whose escape from Cali
fornia was last week announced by tel
egraph, is a remarkable one. Some
years ago Woodruff was a resident of
Lynchburg, Virginia, holding a com
fortable situation, in good social stand
ing and professing devout piety. Sud
denly he fell from grace, and his friends
were mortified by his detection in ras
cality. He was enabled to escape pun
ishment by absconding, and for years
after nothing more was heard of the
follow in Lynchburg, except, perhaps,
by his wife, who remained in that city,
and became the object of much sym
pathy. About the time that Woodruff
dropped into a sea of security, how
ever, John Miller emerged upon the
surface. He appeared at Sacramento,
and was employed as a clerk by
the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany. Agreeable in manner, en
tertaining iu speech and generous to
the degree of extravagance, he soon
surrounded himself with influential
friends, aud in a brief time he was ap
pointed to the responsible office of Sec
retary of the Western Department
Company. He daily grew in popular
favor, individual wealth and official
prestige. He permitted none of hi.s
associates to know that he had a wife
in the east, and under si false name
married a wealthy lady, to whom he
had been introduced by a deluded
friend. He bought a magnificent man
sion, and so lavish was his display of
wealth in household adornments that
a director who was a guest of the Sec
retary suspected robbery, and an inves
tigation disclosed the fact that his de
falcation approaches $1,000,000. Wood
ruff was arrested and forced to surren
der all his available gains. And this
is the story of Woodruff, alias John
Miller, the millionaire defaulter. The
estimable lady who was wronged by
him still occupies the noble mansion
which is ornate with the obsolete mon
ogram of “John Miller.”
Two White Women Sold at the Door
of a Missouri Court House for Five
Cents.
[Springfield (Mo.) Leader, sth.]
The sale of the two miserable crea
tures, Mollie Mitchell and Ida Jones,
alias Lask, did not take place accord
ing to the announcement made some
two weeks ago, on account of their
being non est when the time arrived.
They turned up a few days since, and
this morning were duly offered to the
highest bidder at public outcry at the
front door of the court house. This
kind of property does not seem to be
in much demand, at least when offered
in a public way. Mary was first pre
sented. She stood up before the glar
ing crowd with the nonchalance of
a brazen statue. The auctioneer
spoke eloquently of her valu
able qualities, but did not re
ceive a bid. Mary retired apparently
disgusted. Ida then came forward
with agile step and smiling face. The
officer again and again asked, “How
much ?” After complimentary remarks
to several gentlemen, Ida pointed to
Bud Fagg aud said : “That’s the fel
low I want to go with.” Bud bid five
cents. No one seemed willing to ad
vance on this, and she was knocked
down to him. He borrowed a nickel
from Judge , aud took possession
of his property. Bud only intended to
buy one, but subsequently learned that
the sale embraced the whole of ’em.
This is a serious subject. It is al
most incredible that such things could
be in this enlightened land of churches
and benevolent societies. We shall not
undertake to say who is to blame, but
there is certainly a screw loose iu so
ciety wnen such facts exist.
•
An Honest Ikisiiman Puzsled.—“Den
nis,” said District Attorney Phelps to
his man, “ get me a copy of tho Inde
pendent that has an account of our first
boat race.”
“Yis, sur,” said Dennis, as he hurried
off. He returned in a moment with a
puzzled look on his frank, good-na
tured face. “Did you say the Inde
pendent, sur ?” he asked.
“ Yes.”
“ That’s a religious paper, sur.”
“ Well, I know it.”
“ An’ is there a boat race in a relig
ious paper ?”
“ Certainly, Dennis, you evidently
don’t know how to run a religious pa
per. You’ll find a full account of the
boat race in the Independent .”
Dennis bustled away.
“ Begorrah 1” said he, “ I don’t un
derstand the ways of these papers at
all at all.”
——
The latest agony in stationary is
Beecher note paper. It has a “ragged
edge,” and whatever is written on it
iqeans something else.
GOT. SMITH’S ADDRESS.
The following speech of Gov. Smith
is one of the best we have ever read
from him. It was made before the
State Agricultural Society at Dalton:
Gen. Colquitt introduced Gov. Smith
! to the Convention, the members rising
i in a body to receive him.
Gov. Smith stated that it was not his
purpose to make a speech ; that we
were too prone to talk instead of act
ing. So far as he was able to judge
| from the reports of the Convention, the
| people were on the line of policy ad
vocated in his speech at Athens. The
agriculturists are the people. In your
hands is the destiny of the State. You
can’t escape from the responsibility if
you desired to. The progress of the
country depends upon you. If Georgia
(ioes not take the position God intend
ed she should it is your fault. The tri
umph of every other industry is de
pendent upon you. In your hands lies
the elovatiou of the State. How is the
State to be elevated ? Some say by
diversified industry. That is true. But
all these industries* are based on you
at last. Unless you prosper there will
be no means to prosecute the others.
The great enemy of Progress is Ig
norance. The people are always right.
Every pulsation of the public heart is
in the interest of public virtue. How
to remove ignorance, you ask. I re
spond :
Educate the People!
There are some measures established
during my administration that nothing
can deprive me of the honor. They
are the settled policy of the Govern
ment. One measure is our
System of Public Education,
which I hope to see perfected soon. I
do not approve of it as a whole. I
have never concealed anything I
thought from the people. I have no
secrets. Do you know what I think of
the system ? I will tell you. I think
that from five to ten normal schools
should bo established iu the State to
make #
Education Free
indeed. I would give §5,000 per an
num to each school.
We have commenced at the wrong
end to educate our people. Seventy
five cents don’t educate anybody. It
only gives enough to make them fool
ish. Then commence at the head. —
When Aaron was consecrated the oil
was poured on his head and ran down
his beard to the hem of his garment.
Do not anoint the feet, for the an
ointing oil never ascends. Establish
Higher Educational Institutions,
where you can educate men and send
them out to enlighten the world, Put
six educated men, yea, only two in the
midst of darkness and ignorance, and
they will dispel them. Two or three
years ago the North Georgia Agricul
tural College, at Dahlouega, was start
ed with an endowment of only §2,500.
We can’t begin to enumerate its ad
vantages. Iu my opinion it has done
more good than a dozen institutions in
the State. We need three or four nor
mal schools in Southwest Georgia, and
in Middle and North Georgia.
I was glad to see the deputation of
gentlemen from England here. I want
direct trade and all its blessings.
When we are independent we will get
direct trade and immigration. Who
hunts a poor man ? The only practical
way to achieve independence is by
building up our own industries. To
encourage immigration we must make
every man feel that his person and
property are secure and the law su
preme. We can’t develop our own re
sources by getting in convention and
simply talking about them. It requires
acts. This rests upon you. We have
people enough.
There are 1,400,000 people in the
State. If we do our duty immigration
will come. When we show them that
we are independent of them they will
cbme. When wo show them we are
able to do without them they will be
gin, to cultivate us. There is room
enough. If they don’t want to come
we can do without them and manage
without them. [Applause.]
I was glad to see that you passed
resolutions endorsing the Centennial.
I revere the principles of 1776. Mr.
Conrad, of Philadelphia, who is South
ern in his feelings, told me he was glad
to see the South getting back to her
duty. I responded that “it was our
day and our principles. Hurrah for
the Fourth of July!” I expect, Deo
volente, to bo at the Centennial. The
only great good I see iu it is giving the
people of the North and South au op
'portuuity to mix and mingle with each
other. The masses of the North don’t
know whether we are quadrupeds or
bipeds. They think we have a negro
for breakfast every morning. They
were astonished when* I was there to
hear me utter the language of a hu
man being. We differ as to policy, yet
all agree that right is right and wrong
is wrong.
The English deputation told me that
they had closelj’ investigated matters,
and Georgia was ahead of her sister
Southern States. If we get along to
sqjt ourselves why care we for praise
abroad ? Who ever knew a poor man
to have a large circle of friends ? Let
each man have his barn and store
house full, aud friends will surround
them.
The Geological Survey.
I am pleased to see your apprecia
tion of the labors of the State Geolo
gist ; upon the survey depends a knowl
edge of our resources. Men have
walked all their lives over hidden
wealth, without knowing it. I want
the time to come when at the capital
the productions and minerals of every
co inty and of each district in the
county will be on exhibition at the
c ipitol. The people of Georgia are the
most independent people iu the world
if they knew their resources. Georgia
is an e npire iu her productions, in her
territory, and resources. She raises
tho products of the torrid and temper
a 3 zones, and is capable of supporting
a population of
Two Hundred Million People.
Much depends upon perfecting this
survey. The
Department of Agriculture
is another beneficial institution. The
people want light, and hence require a
department under the regulations of
law, responsible for their acts, and sup
ported. It is the duty of the Commis
sioner to disclose all the facts to the
people. The ravages of the worm for
a single season on the fruit crop will
pay half of the national debt.
It is the duty of the agriculturists to
sustain these departments.
Keep Up the Association.
It is said that w r © are now foremost
among the Southern States,—l at id
among the Northern States. We are
pot as rich because we have not stolen.
W© have retained our integrity andoqr
uufailiug devotion to liberty.
Keep up your association. Hon. Mr.
Shorter, of Alabama, told me lie was
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proud of old Georgia, his native State,
and held her upas a perpetual example
to the people of Alabama, his adopted
State. Look at our sister States!—
Many are oppressed with debt. How is
it with Georgia? I attribute her free
dom from these evils to the influence
of these associations. The 7 per cent,
bonds bring iu New York 100 cents in
the dollar, in a hostile market, and, as
Gen. Toombs would say, “hostile ooun
try.” §2,500,000 of our bonds have been
bought recently by one citizen in New
York.
We don’t ask any odds, only to bo
let alone. I expect to retire at the end
of my official career, aud if I cau suc
ceed in doing right to its close I will be
satisfied. I have been honored be
yond my deserts. The glory of my life
is that my people have beeu recon
structed iu fact aud deed, and in re
constructing themselves have placed
themselves upon a platform of Equal
ity and Independence.
During the delivery of this address
the Governor was frequently inter
rupted by hearty and continuous ap
plause. The Convention was more
than pleased with it.
Col. J. L. Sweat offered a resolution
of thanks to Gov. Smith for his able
address, aud requesting a copy for pub
lication in the proceedings, which was
unanimously adopted.
DEATH OF SOLOMON COHEN.
[Savannah News, August 16.]
The announcement of the death of
this estimable and honored citizen,
wiiich occurred at his residence in this
city about ten minutes to twelve
o’clock on Saturday night, will occasion
genuine regret in this community.
For some time past Mr. Cohen had
been in feeble health, but was not con
fined to the house. On Saturday af
ternoon ho retired to his room after
dinner to enjoy his usual nap. A short
while afterwards his wife entered tho
room aud eugagad with him in conver
sation, during which he made the re
mark that if he lived until the morrow
he would bo seventy-three years of
age, and pleasantly alluded to the hap
piness of their married relation. Pres
ently ho ceased speaking, and in a few
minutes her attention was attracted to
the peculiar manner in which his head
was reposing, and upon approaching
closer she discovered that he was un
conscious, ‘having beeu stricken with
apoplexy. Dr. T. J. Charlton was at
once summoned, but failed to restore
him to consciousness, and he died
about the time stated.
Mr. Cohen was born in Georgetown,
South Carolina, on the 15th of August,
1802, and was, consequently, within a
few minutes of beiug seventy-three
years of age. He entered the profes
sion of law at an early age, and prac
ticed in his native town until 1838. Ho
had previously represented George
town District in the South Carolina
Legislature, when he removed to Sa
vannah. Here he continued his pro
fession, and at once took a lively inter
est iu all affairs affecting the prosperi
ty and interest of his adopted city. His
abilities, energy and liberal ideas
were appreciated, and be was frequent
ly elected to positions of honor and
trust by his fellow-citizens. lie repre
sented Chatham county in the Legis
lature with satisfaction to his constitu
ency aud credit to himself. He also
represented the city in the Board of
Aldermen, and was one of the most
zealous members of that body. Mr.
Cohen was postmaster of Savannah
during the latter part of President
Pierce’s administration and the entire
period of President Buchanan’s admin
istration. He was iu the office at the
commencement of the war, and was
continued in the position under tho
Confederate Government.
Mr. Cohen was one of the original
inaugurators of our present model sys
tem of public school education, aud
was a most active member of the Board
of Education, and always evinced the
greatest interest in every measure cal
culated to foster and encourage educa
tional projects.
In 1860, Mr. Cohen was elected a
member of the Georgia Delegation to
the Democratic Convention, to go to
Charleston, and took a prominent part
in the deliberations of that important
body, and was one of tho seven who
remained at the Convention after the
withdrawal of the delegation. Tho
following incident in connection with
that stirring occasion will be of inter
est :
On Thursday, May 3, 1860, when tho
late Gen. Henry L. Benning introduced
the resolutions of withdrawal adopted
by the Georgia delegation, and under
which twenty-six of the thirty-three
left that body, Mr. Cohen ascended the
President’s stand and addressed the
convention. “He was a State rights'
man of the Calhoun school, but he felt
it to be his duty to remain here.—
He was actuated by a patriotic pur
pose to remain here and endeavor
to produce conciliation. He implor
ed the North to pause. There was
a wide and widening guff betweeu the
North and South. He begged the con
vention not to increase it. Georgia was
a unit. Let them not argue from his
presence here any division in lier s mti
rnent on the great question. He went
into a history of the growth of the anti
slavery sentiment of the North, pre
dicting how tho arch-fiend, Seward,
would ride on the waves of faction into
the Presidency. In view of these facts,
he asked them if tho South was not en
titled to the guarantee she has been
asking for the last three days. Ho in
tended to stay here till the last reme
dy was exhausted.”
In 1866, Mr. Cohen Was elected mem
ber of Congress from the First Con
gressional District of Georgia, but, as
is well known, was not admitted. ’ Ho
was for several years cashier of the
Central Railroad Bank, President of
the Union Society, President of tho
Mlckva Israel Congregation, and was
one of the original directors of tho At
lantic andOulf Railroad, and had also,
duriug his long and honorable careei\
occupied many other prominent posi
tions in the community.
Mr, Cohen’s immediate surviving rel
atives are his wife and two daughters
his brother, Octavus Cohen, Esq., and’
a sister.
His funeral will probably not take
place until Wednesday, in consequence
of the absence of several of the mem
bers of the family.
The chief jewel in the crown of the
truly benevolent man is his sympathy
for the poor. We have heard of a
family in this city, on the point of
starvation, whoso sufferings were
brought to the attention of a Christian
philanthropist, and who promptly came
among them like a good angel and re
freshed their souls by the reading of
copious extracts from the Book or Job.
Saratoga has such poor gas that
compositors put iightniug bugs in their
cases to enable them to read manu
script,