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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONALIST
A Brutal Murder. —Mr. John W. Price, of
Edgefield District, 8. C , aged about twenty
five years, was brutally murdered, Wednes
day night last, on the Washington road,
six miles from the city, by one of a band of
armed negroes, seven or eight in number, Mr,
Price came to the city with a two-horse wagon,
accompanied by a colored man-servant, named
Claiborne Lockhart, and after transacting his
business, left, ior home, Wednesday afternoon,
and camped near Mr. Moor’s house, at Quaker
Springs. From the testimony of Claiborne,
who was the only wituess before the coroner’s
jury. It appears that, after Mr. Price and him
self had gone to sleep—Mr. P. in the wagon
and himself on the ground, about five feet from
the wagon—he was aroused by some persons
calling him, who asked him, among other
questions, who owned the wagon; be re
plied, a gentleman from South Carolina,
when they left, but soon came back
and awakened Mr. Price, asking him where he
was going and if he had any liquor. He told
them he was going up the country and did not
have any liquor. One of them then asked if
he' had any money, to which he made no an
swer, and turned round, when a gun cap
was exploded by someone of the party,
and Immediately a gun was fired by
someone of the party, the charge pen
etrating his left side, and passing through his
body, causing instant death. As the gun was
fired, one of the murderers said, “ Let’s kill
him,” when Claiborne cried murder, and they
ran away. No clue has yet been found as to
who they are. Mr. Price had about four hun
dred and fifty dollars in money, when in the
city, and was exchanging bills for gold, and
robbery was no doubt the object of the party
that murdered him; but the alarm raised by
Claiborne caused them to decamp without any
booty.
Coroner Rhodes promptly proceeded to the
place of the murder and held an inquest over
tlie body, with the following gentlemen as
jurors : Robt. Phinizy, foreman ; Wra. Skinner,
John 11. Niebllng, Oliver Ricketson, * John
Cartledge, John J.. R. Flournoy and James
Kelly, whose verdict was, “The deceased came
to his death from a gun-shot wound in his left
side, passing through his body, discharged from
a gun in the bands of some unknown colored
man.”
It will be seen, by reference to our advertising
columns, that Mr. Thos. W. Price, the lather
of the deceased, offers a reward of five hundred
dollars for the arrest of the murderer.
Register Commission.— The registers ap
pointed for this city received their commissions
yesterday. The commission reads :
The United States of America :
By Bvt. Maj. Gen. John Pore, commanding
Third Military District :
To ,
By virtue of the authority in me vested by
the acts of Congress and appointment of the
President of the United States, I do hereby
commission you, the snid , of Rich
mond county, State of Georgia, a Register for
the city of Augusta, in said State. You are,
therefore, hereby authorized and commanded
to perform the duties iheuinbent upon you as
Register aforesaid, according to law and the
trust so reposed in you. This commission to
eoutinue in force until completion of your du
tii-s, or until revocation of the same from these
headquarters.
John Pope,
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Commanding.'
Atlanta, Ga., Juue 11th, 1867.
Superior Court. —Thursday morning the
court took up the case of Edward Thomas vs.
James Hatton. This suit was brought for pay
ment .of a note, given during the war, for
$8,375. The jury returned a verdict for the
sum of $562, with interest.
The case of Cleromens & Smith rs. W. H.
Warren «& Cos. was placed upon the appeal
docket by consent of parties.
At three o’clock the case of S. D. Heard vs.
the Mechanics’ Bank was called. Messrs.
Shew make and Hilliard spoke for the plaintiff,
aud Messrs. Gould and J. E. Brown for the
defendant. On the conclusion of the argument
of Mr. Brown, the court adjourned to this
morning; at B}£ o’clock.
Superior Court.— The case of Stephen D.
Heard rs. the Mechanics’ Bank of Augusta was
concluded Friday. The arguments of the
learned eonusel attracted the closest attention
of the large audience present to hear them in
this iuterestingcase. About six o’clock, His
Honor Judge Reese charged the jury very
clearly aud v*ry briefly, to the effect that it was
just and proper to bring in a verdict for the
plaintiff. The suit was brought to recover
eleven thousand dollars—notes of this bank.
The jury found for the plaintiff. We hope to
be able to present a resume of this ease to our
readers.
The criminal docket will be called this morn
iug.
Fatal Accident. —Saturday morning the
down passenger train, when just above Bel Air
encountered a negro woman and her small
child on the track. The child was instantly
killed and mortal injuries inflicted upon the
woman. Her husband, who was walking on
the track just before the accident, says he
thought his wife had stepped off the track on
the opposite side from him, ns she had ample
time so to d# before the approach of the train.
Colonel Cole dispatched a special train, with
Corouer Rhodes to the scene of the casualty.
An iuquest was held on the body of the child,
and a verdict rendered in accordance with the
facts.
Board of Trade.—We are pleased to learn
that there is an effort being made to establish
in Augusta a Board of Trade, We have re
peatedly suggested the propriety of such a
board in these columns, and hope our mer
chants will organize and be fully underway be
fore the fall trade begins.
The New Chief Justice.—lt is prettly gen
erally conceded that Judge Warner will receive
the appointment of Chief Justice, made vacant
by the death of Judge Lnmpkin. Indeed, the
Macon Telegraph learns that it is 6emi-officially
so announced.
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Death of Mr. James Dawson—We regret
to announce the death of Mr. Jamea Dawson,
which occurred Thursday night, a few minutes
after 10 o’clock, at his residence, in this city. He
was a native of Greene county, in this State,
and for the past twenty-five years a resident of
Augusta. •
Col. John Milledge.— ThU gentleman has
been requested by the military authorities to
assume the office of Solicitor fer the Freed
men’s Bureau. Col. Milledge very promptly
declined, as he could not and would not take
the odious test oath.
A Thief Killed.— A negro man named Al
leck, was shot and killed Friday, morning
about three o'clock, while robbing the garden
of Mr. F. Cogin, the Superintendent of the Au
gusta Cotton Factory, by Mr. H. R. Smith, the
watchman, t#iO£c duty it is to guard the prem
ises.' Mr. Cogin, who had been losing his gar
den truck and other articles for the past week,
determined on setting a watch to catch the
rogue, and yesterday morning, at the hour
named, Alleck got over the fence and com
menced to cut a few cabbages ; he cut nine and
threw them over, and was in the act of throwing
the tenth, when he waa hailed by the watch
man and ordered to halt, but made for the
fence, when the watciiraan fired. The body of
Alleck was subsequently found lying on the
Georgia Railroad track, near the premises.
Coroner Rhodes held an inquest and the jury
returned a verdict justifying Mr. Smith.
The Wheat Harvest— The wheat harvest
in this section, says the Rome Commercial , is
now in full blast, and a splendid prospect for a
good yield. The samples we have seen are
very fine, grain large and heavy. We may
6nfely say that Cherokee Georgia will raise
wheat enough to supply the entire State if
judiciously hsed. We have heard of the sale
of one crop at two dollars per bushel. Every
farmer should sell his wheat at once, as we are
of opinion, from the prospect throughout the
Union, that the crop will be largely over an
average one.
Death of a Citizen— Mr. Wra. P. Lawson,
of this city, died, in Savannah, on Thursday.
His remains Arrived here last night, and will be
interred this afternoon, with Masonic honors,
by his brethren of Social Lodge, who meet at
their hall, at 4 o’clock, for that purpose.
Mr. Lawstfu had been spending sometime
in Florida, with his jarnily, and was en route'
to this city, when death met him in Savannah.
Ilis family are in Jacksonville, Fla., and un
aware of their affliction.
Execution of a Military Sentence.—A
Wilmington, North Carolina, paper learns that
Mr. Bankhead has been btought to that city in
irons, from South Carolina, having been tried
by a military commission in that State for par
ticipation in some disturbance. His sentence
wss not read to him until his arrival there,
when it was divulged that be was to be con
fined in Fort Macon, at hard labor, for seven
years.
[From the Richmond Examiner.
The President’s Return.
A VERY MOURNFUL STORY.
After a very pleasant trip from Washington
to Raleigh, during which they were received in
the most hospitable but unostentatious way by
the people all along their route of travel,’the
President and distinguished members of his
Cabinet, who accompanied him, passed through
Richmond on Friday night last upon their re
turn to the capital of the country, to be again
harnessed to the wagon of State. It happened,
unfortunately, that both iii going and return
ing, he arrived in -Richmond at the very worst
time possible for any public demonstration,
and although it is true that Richmond is never
demonstrative, still, but for the fact that their
respect for ihe Sabbath, on the first occasion,
and holy horror of water on the last—for it
rained unceasingly—there would have been a
grand and enthusiastic reception of “our
friend from the other end of the avenue” upon
botb,-<Mtf&«.Q»6.
Boy® rain, although itr might serve as a
sufticfetlt excuse for the people who do not
own fcarrlages to remain at home, will not ex
onerate Our leading men, and especially the
members of Council and the Governor, for fail
ing to perform their duty upon the occasion.
Nobody was at the cars to receive Mr. John
son upon his arrival, aud had it not been for
Mr. Ledlev, who is always on hand, rain or
shine, whether it be to pay due respect to Mr.
Davis, or to Mr. Johnson, the President of the
United States would, in all probability, have
been left to trudge his way, in darkness and,
through the mud, carpet-bag in hand, to the
Spotswood, on that memorable evening, while
the members of Council were snoring away in
their comfortable beds.
At the hotel things were still worse. The
only prominent gentleman of the city govern
ment present, was his Honor, Mayor Mayo,
and he became so indisposed, from an attack
of hemorrhage, that he was compelled to retire
early. The people were anxious to honor the
Chief Magistrate of the nation, but they had no
leaders; no prominent meu to direct their
course. Oa both occasions of the President
being with us, had there been any organization
or concert of action, the most of the people,
would have gladly given him an ovation, and
manifested their sympathies with him in his
trying position ; but the chiefs were wanting in
zeal, and th#re was no plan of reception.
It was a burning shame, and all present felt
humiliated at the humiliation which the Presi
dent must have felt, ns he stood solitary aud
alone in the parlor of the Spotswood, without
a single individual to entertain him, to keep
him in conversation, or to introduce the public.
Thus he stood, while the music played, and
thus he stood during the intervals—the faces of
a crowd of wonder stricken people collected
around him in a circle, who studiously main
tained a distance of ten feet from the objeet of
their almost impertinent curiosity, but not one
ventured to approach to speak to him; and Mr.
Johnson seemed to be uneasy, and to grow
nervous under the heavy battery of staring eyes
that were levelled at him with an unerring gaze.
He tried to enter into conversation with an
elderly lady seated by his side, but she also
had the “ stage fright,” and only answered in
monosyllables. Finally Captain Millward, of
the hotel, came to his relief, and taking a seat
by his side, entered into conversation. But
where were our big guns—our statesmen, mer
chants, lawyers, editors and acknowledged
loaders —and we would particularly invoke
echo to answer, where were our City Fathers ?
In bed, of course—leaving the reception of the
President to the proprietor of the hotel, and
permitting him to be bored by any drunken
numskull that might, see fit to inflict his maud
lin and incoherent speech and fumes of bad
whisky upon the Democratic representative of
power.
Mr. Seward, seeing how things were, endea
vored to be as lively as possible, and made
himself very agreeable; but the President is
not so chatty in his disposition as the Premier.
His strength does not lie in his conversational
powers, which we should judge to be anything
but brilliant, aud he lacks self-possession—es
pecially while passing through such an ordeal
as that of Friday night at the Spotswood.
But we trust that our Council and our chief
men will be forgiven; that the President will
Sardon their inattention on account of the rain.
n the following morning, at the hour of de
parture, -though it did not rain, there was no
body present, except a few street stragglers, to
see Mr. JohDson off. Os course, they were not
up yet, and this must be their excuse. It is not
a very good one to be sure, but it is better than
none, and the best we can give. He could not
be properly received the night before, because
it is the custom of our leading people to retire
to bed early, and he could not be waited upon
in the morniDg, because it is the custom of our
leading people to rise from bed late, thus map
aging to obtain the largest amount of sleep in
the greatest number of hours. The President
left the Spotswood without a cheer, although
there were quite a respectable crowd of people
in attendance.
Pabdosed.—We are pleased to state that
Hon. B. H. Hill has been pardoned by the Pre
sident. Mr. H. received a telegraph dispatch
to that effect last week, while in attendance on
the Superior Court of this county.
✓i LaGrange Reporter , 7th.
[From the Cincinnati Commercial. (Rep.)
The Record of Wendell Phillips.'
The mo9t inconsistent, as well as the most
: abusive man in America, is Wendell Phillips.
He scolds perpetually about tbe conduct of
public men, and assumes to be tbe fountain
head of justice and the righteous principles
! that save a nation and exalt a people. It is his
J delight to denounce in terms of reckless bitter
ness the men in whon the public have the most
confidence. Lincoln he called, alter he had
issued his proclamation erf emancipation, “ the
slave hound Os Illinois.” The present Sena
tors of Massachusetts are as unequivocally pro
nounced traitors by Phillips as were Webster,
Choate and Everett condemned by tbe same
authority as time servers and scoundrels. Re
cently Phillips has spoken very contemptuous
ly of Mr. Greeley, and joined in the outcry lor
vengeance upon Jefferson Davis. Greeley,
stung by the taunts of the eloquent scold of
New England, has taken the trouble to exam
ine his record. The following gems are ex
tracted :
In his speech at the meeting of the American
Anti-Slavery Society, held at Cooper Institute,
May 12, 1865, Mr. Phillips 6aid:
“The idea of a jury impannelled to try Jef
ferson Davis as'a traitor would be to me, in the
language of the age of Shakespeare, * a most
lamentable and tragical comedy.’ I should as
soon try adders by a jury, and claim the benefit
of habeas corpus lor rattlesnakes. * * *
“ I shall never consent to the death of Jeffer
son Davis until I fear his life. He is weaker
alive, a ridiculous fugitive, than dead and buried
in the sympathies of millions. Let him live,
then. I once said of*John Brown: ‘Virginia
dared not let him live.’ No mm, with my con
sent, shall have it to say of this strong, serene
ly-secured nation, * It dared not let Davis live.’ ”
In his speech at Cooper Institute, October 25,
1865, Mr. Phillips Slid :
“I do not w ant any mau hanged. Jeff Davis
will never get his deserts this side of Calvin’s
or Dante’s hell. But Ido not want him to get
his deserts here. The President may give him
back his plantation for all me. Ido not believe
our people are capable of the double virtue of
punishing traitors and enfranchising the black
man. So I will compromise—they may set all
the traitors free, if they will only enfranchise
blacks.” [Applause.] *
At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Febru-
I ary 13, 1866, Mr. Phillips said :
“ Well, our President said once that traitors
were to be punished. He has not punished a
traitor. He never will. I, for one, do uot ask
him to. The hour has gone. Eight months
of life such as we have been living, which is
eight and eighty of common national existence,
have floated by since it was possible. When
James I. sent Raleigh to the scaffold, it did
not stir colder horror through a large part of
the civilized world than in Ameiiea would be
stirred to-day if, after an imprisonment of a
dozen months, Jefferson Davis were sent to the
scaffold. The action of Government has closed
the door of the scaffold.”
At the annual meeting of the American Anti 4
Slavery Society, held in this city, May 8,18661
Mr. Phillips said j
“ If 20,000,000 of loyal people have uot learn
ed enough from this war to bear Jefferson Da-.,
vis, then nationality is a failure. Adjourn the
dispute, and wait for a better generation.
we have elements, we have sufficient strength*
to ignore Jefferson Davis aud a thousand like
him, if they still live; and that strength is
justice.” [Applause.]
In his speech at Cooper Institute, October
25, 1866, he said:
“ What I demand of Senators is, when they
see a traitor in the White House, to spread it
to the wings of the wind until they rebuke it
out of existence, p* Good.”] And what I de
mand of the army of the United States, from
Lieutenant General down, is, that they make
’the streets of the cities of the conquered Re
public safe for every man to tread. [Cheers.]
I listen to no talk of constitutional amend
ments. I want to hear nothing of reconstruc
tion. Ido not care what becomes of Jefferson
Davis. He is older than the ark. | Laughter.]
The question of his punishment is one' that
landed on Mount Ararat.”
Mr. Greeley merely inquires whether the man
is honest who talked thus a few months ago,
and now talks as Wendell Phillips does. Mr.
Phillips has been permitted to go without the
criticism that he needs too long. A ransacking
of his record would show him to be a wonder
of self-contradiction aud the wildest false pro
phet of the century. ,
Trial of Surratt.
It is understood that Surratt will soon be put
on his trial, for alleged participation in the
murder of President LineolD. Meantime a cor
respondent of the New York Herald , who
writes with a strong Radical bias, is making
some singular statements. He says that all con
sider him a trembling coward, and that calcu
lations are made accordingly. We copy the fol
lowing :
Tbe aim of those who are managing the pros
ecution is not to convict Surratt? with a view of
causing him to expatiate his crime on the gal
lows, but in order that they may, after his con
viction, by offering him immunity, which can
be secured by au act of Congress,* obtain from
him disclosures and facts implicating Jeff. Da
vis in in the assassination, which it is confi
dently believed the abject coward would readily
give to save bis own life.
[After affirming a belief that Surratt’s coun
sel entertain the same opinion of him, he con
tinues :J
It is well known that overtures have been
made to Surratt to the effect that if he would
disclose the names of all who paiticipated in
the assassination conspiracy, and the part taken
by each, which it is believed would implicate
Mr. Davis, a nol, pros, would be entered in his
case, and an act passed by Congress relieving
him of all legal responsibility on account of his
participation in the atrocious crime. These
overtures, it is further known, were made
through Father Walters, the Catholic priest
who attends Surratt, and Aliss Surratt, who
daily visits her brother in his cell. How the
proposal was received when presented by
Father Walters, or what advice, if any, was
given by his reverence, is not positively known,
their interviews being entirely private.
. [Remarks alleged to have been made to his
sister, and overheard by the turnkey, are quoted
to show that Sarratt will perhaps close with
the overtures made to him. Then comes the
following:] .
But I am permitted to say to the public that
m the event of Surratt’s conviction induce
ments will be held out to him, or rather that
the privilege will be allowed him, to divulge
names o* his conspirators ; and if among them
shall appear the names of any of the distin
guished personages suspected, and h.e can fur
ni»b or refer to even prima facie evidence of
the truth and correctness of his disclosure,
if j 6w j A e s P are( L to the end that his ex
alted, and if possible more criminal accom
plices, may be brought to justice.
We had hoped that the disgraceful days of
Conovensm were over, and that we were to
have do more cases of subornation of pnrjury !
wlf e J ldent jT s iR J P ose< i that in Surratt, they
have a man who loves bis life more than Con
fl,-, m ° ne - v ; and if the latter would
testify wisely for a money bribe, why mav not
ducement ? k 48 WiShed ’ Qnder lhe greater in *
The Girls to the Young Men. —Theliterary
department of the luka (Miss.) Mirror is edited
bj four young ladies. Their last number con
tains the following paragraph which exhorts
the young man to “ depend on himself:”
Most yonng men consider it a misfortune to
Iris OI ! not to have capita] enough to
establish themselves-at their tratset of life in a
good and comfortable business. This i9 a mis
taken notion. .So far from poverty being a
wifrinnf l D kJ C - I f we ma y judge from'what
we daily behold, it is a blessing ; the chances
are more than ten to one against him who
starts with a fortune. Most rich men’s sons
die m poverty, while many poor men’s sons
come to wealth and honor. It is a blessing,
instead of a curse, to have to work out their
own fortune.
A boy in Montreal put two fire-crackers into
his nostrils and fired them to see the effect. He
now knows that he has no nose that he knows
of.
The Crops.
We are pleased to learn lrom a very intelli
gent gentlemen, who has traveled extensively
in N°rth Georgia, that the grain crops were
never more promising, and that the farmers
speak generally of seeking Augusta as the
'market. They certainly can not llud a better
market in the South.
A correspondent, writing from TaUiaferro
county, says : “ Wheat crops are a No. 1, and
oats are promising, but some little signs of
rust. Corn very uneaven, but growing freely
now. Cotton, though backward, is now look
ing well where king grass has not the ascen
dency oyer it. Freedmen are working better
than last year.”
The following letter is from Chattooga
county :
Summery ill, Ga., June 6,1867.
Editors Constitutionalist :
As you ask . information in regard to the
growing crops, I will state that the wheat crop
in this county is good—say fifteen to twenty
per cent, above an average. Oats are very
promising though backward. I hear of no
rust in them yet. Corn aud cotton are from two
to three weeks later than usual, and in conse
quence of bad stands and continued cool
weather, I do not think there can be more than
a half crop of cotton raised in this county.
There are at least five acres of eorn to one of
cotton in this county. The freedmen are con
ducting themselves well and working faith
fully as a general thing. Politics and money
both flat. * Very respectfully, &e.,
H. D. C. E.
Tall Cotton for the Season. — We e&w,
yesterday, a stalk of cotton, grown by E. s;
Garlick, Esq., on his place in sight of our of
fice, that measured 27 inches in length, and
that contained many forms. His cotton field
is, we dare say, the most forward one in the
county. This is attributable alike to a high
cultivation and a liberal use of the celebrated
fish guano.
It is also onr good fortune to be able to say
that both the cotton and eorn crops throughout
the county never before looked half so prom
ising. Should there be uo disappointment in
regard to the faithful performance of the con
tracts entered into by freedmen iu this section,
Bwke couuty will turn out as fine a crop next
fall as any other one in the State —provided, tbe
season continues propitious aud favorable as at
the present time.— Waynesboro fitnes.
Jasper Cos., Ga., June 5,1867.
Editors Journal § Messenger: The wheat
crop of this section is now being rapidly har
vested. The quantity of land seeded last fall
was fully one-third less than usual before the
war. The yield per acre will be a good average,
very little of which can be put upon the market,
except iu exchange for other provisions to sup
port man and beast, in finishing our other crops.
The severe ordeal through which we are
now passing, for lack of provisions, has in
duced our people to plant a good proportion
of corn the present year; this crop, though
jjmekward, is generally in good condition and
jlooks well. The same is true of the condition
:ind prospect of the cotton crop. The quanti
fy of oats sown is small, but they look very
well, and a rain or two now will make them
very good.
Yours, respectfully, J.
; A gentleman who has trav.eled over a large
portion of the State informs us that the Wheat
isbeWg harvested in many localities,'
everywhere outagf danger , and
He states-that Cue estimated value of
crop m Gfeene conatst a# $2 per
$25,000. ' A gentlema&Sßfcgifes
some portion of MorgaSpSJliks.th© jytfig
be about fifteen acre. We think;
putting the yield at ten bushels per acre,
$25,000 would be a safe estimate of the amount
to be received from wheat actually sold in the
market. Even this amount set in circulation
in the county would go far towards reviving
trade and relieving present need.
J . f Madison News.
[COMMUNICATED.]
Social Circle, Ga., June 12,1867.
Messrs. Stockton & Co.— Gentlemen :
The wheat crop of this section is now being
harvested, and promises an abundant yield,
much more so than for many years past; with
regard to other crops the prospect at present is
tolerably good. There are some complaints of
the bug destroying the corn. Oats generally
look well, though they are needing rain. The
crop is a very uncertain one in this section, and
requires much rain. We are in’ hopes of mak
ing good crops this year; even though we are
cursed with a Radical rule.
Yours, Incog.
Thomasville, Ga., June 9, 1867.
'To the Editors of the News and Herald:
I have passed through portions of Thomas
county, Ga., and Jefferson and Leon counties,
in’ Florida. The crops were never more prom
ising, especially corn. I saw large fields of corn
in full silk and tassel, and some of the earliest
was in roasting-ear. It the seasons hold out a
few weeks longer, these counties will make a
great deal more than will be required to supply
the wants of the people.
Cotton is rather small, though in good condi
tion. The freedmen are working tolerable
well. The health of this section was never bet
ter. J. S. B.
The Wheat Crop.—Our farmers are harvest
ing their wheat, which, lor many years, has not
promised so handsome a return to the labors
of the husbandman. From every neighborhood
we hear cheering reports of a bountiful yield.
Our merchants tell us the price will open here
at $2 per bushel. We see it stated that $1 75
will be the figures at Chattanooga.
The Crops in Alabama.
Haryesting.—A great many of our farm
ers are now busily engaged in harvesting their
wheat crops, which, we are informed, are very
fine indeed.
We do not suppose such an abundant crop
of wheat has been raised in this county for sev
eral years past as is now being harvested.
{Elyton Herald , 6(A.
Corn Crops.— From ail appearances and in
formation, our farmers bid fair to realize from
their labors an abundant corn crop.
Corn is looking remarkably well, and all in
dications guarantee a fine corn crop this year.
W- /
Clover.— Any one who has doubts whether
clover will flourish in this section ought to see
some stalks left at our offiee by WrofM. Weir,
measuring four feet in length. He informs us
that be has cut more than a four horse wagon
load of hay off a place not larger than that oc
cupied by the court house.
[Jacksonville Republican.
The first harvest of wheat .we have heard of
in this section commenced yesterday on the
farm of Maj. Donegan, south of the city. The
grain is reported to be very fine, heavy, and
free from rust. We hope to hear a like report
from all portions of the county. We only re
gret that a larger crop was uot sown last fall.
Let our farmers see to it that no such com
plaint shall have to be made another year. We
all feel now the importance of raising good
crops.— Huntsville Independent, 7th.
The crops in this section are now doing fine
ly. Corn is growing most rapidly from the
effects of the late rain. Cotton i6 also looking
and doing well. We asked an intelligent
planter this morning how his crops were get
ting on. He replied. “ Well, I rode round my
place yesterday, and, for the first time this year,
saw nothing of which I could complain.”
[ Eufaula, News, 6fA.
The Tallahassee Sentinel warns the public
against the “ light-fingered and notorious Wm.
Tomlinson,” who recently broke jail at that
place. He is a small man—five feet nine—with
dark hair and eyes, with two or three decayed
upper teeth.
At no moment of difficulty does a husband,
knowing bis own utter helplessness, draw so
closely to his wife’s side for comfort and assist
ance, as when he wants a button sewed on his
shirt collar.
\ Paragraphic.
The first six scholars of the graduating class
at West Point, this rear, are all from the Bouth,
and three also of the next six. The New York
World questions’ Whether these young men are
real Southerners, or only Northerners appoint
ed in Southern districts during the war. We
should have been blamed lor asking the ques
tion, but perhaps somebody will answer it.
The Lonisville and Nashville Railroad Com
pany, in the fall of 1861, sued General S. B.
Buckner, late of the Confederate States army,
lor damages in the sum of $367,000, lor the de
struction of bridges and water-tanks on that
road, while he commanded the Confederate
troops m Kentucky. General Bnckner was
away at the time, in command ot his troops
and the case went him by default. The
law m such cases admits of the re-opening of
the case within five years, and General Buck
ner is trying to get anew trial.
The Rochester Democrat says there is a gen
eral acquiescence by the public in Orleans
county, in the disposition made of the case ol
the Rev. Joel Lindsley. Mr. Lindsley is re
garded as almost demented ; and as he has no
more children to kill, the general opinion is
that he had better be let go.
The music of a wealthy church in New York
costs more than the minister’s salary. Trinity
pays $5,000 a year for its music ; St. John’s
$4,000 ; Trinity Chapel $4,000. A number ol
quartette choirs ih New York receive trom
$3,000 to $4,000. Ear an average second-rate
quartette and organist, $2,000 must be paid.
The “ Timely Theme ” writer of the New
York Commercial, wishes he had thought to
add to his late dissertation on hand organs the
following :
“ Give us,” said I, “ an air from old Mozart,”
Pays he, “ his tones a-e not upon my carte.
But,” here lie turned his crank with motion smart,
“ I’ll give you Handle ”
The New York Evening Post has a ballad of
“Ye Stockbroker,” somewhat after the style of
Saxe’s ballad of “Ye Tailor Man.” We give
three stanzas descriptive of the bulls and bears:
“ For on ye ‘ Panic ’ thrive ye Bears-
They strive, this griesley pack,
By piling up ye washed sales
To break ye Bull his Back;”
Feeling of ye Bull, and how when there is naught to
fear, he. waxeth bold.
“Ye Bull he feedeth on the hope
" Ol 1 better dayes to come;
And when rich sSe doth peoples bless,
I wot, his gaines are some.”
And how ye Bear is sometimes cruelly bailed.
“Forthen in gentle courtesy
Ye Bulls, full bold, i ropose
To make of stocks ye little ring,
To twist ye Bear his nose.”
M. Lemoine, a French writer, has been in
dulging in some strictures on the English in
his article in the Paris Guide on La Colonie
Anglaise. Os the women he says :
“ When Paria has not yet produced on them
the effect of the Garden of Acclimatisation, the
women seem to belong to another species.—
They are recognizable by their incredible tra
vesties in dress—bonnets that look like cabbage
gardens, casagues gaudy in color, impossible
crinolines, French enshmeffes, so-called because
they are worn only by English women ! None
but English women are capable of wearing
straw bonnets in January and furs in July.—
Look at them as they stride along the Boule
vards, and step out like the Cent Gardes !”
death, Artemus Ward expressed a wish
■pie a priest. A Catholic clergyman was call-
Sjpß}, and before Artemus died, he was receiv
"eu into, and had received all the rites of the
Catholic Church.
Half of the Widow’s Mite.—A gentleman
called upon a rich friend for some charity.
“Yes, I must give you my mite,” said the
rich man.
“Do you mean the widow’s mite ?” asked
the solicitor.
“ I shall be satisfied with half as much as she
gave,” said his friend. “ How much are you
worth ?”
“ Seventy thousand dollars.”
“ Give me, then, your check for thirty-five
thousand; that will be half as much as the
widow' gave ; for she, you know, gaver her all.' 1
The rich man was cornered. Covetous peo
ple often try to shelter themselves behind the
widow’s mite, and under the cover of her con
tribution, give meanly to the Redeemer’s cause.
Her example, indeed, rightly interpetred,
would pluck selfishness out. of the soul, and fill
to overflowihg the channels of true benevo
lence.
The Chicago papers complain because they
are to have no opera. *An exchange thinks they
are too exacting—they have murders, garrot
ting, hydrophobia and Radicalism, <fes., anu
ought to be satisfied with these, especially the
“ &c.”
First Honors.— We learn that to Mr. Henry
L. Ells belongs the honor of having the first
ripe peaches in this locality ; thong! our old
and esteemed fellow-citizen, Simri Rose, Esq.,
gave him a pretty tight race. Mr. Ells’ peaches
were picked on the 10th—those of Mr. Rose on
the 11th. The earliest for peaches in this locali
ty ih years past, we learn, has been the 15th of
June. This only shows that “ some things can
be did as well as others,” and that we are a
progressive people, anyhow.
[Macon Telegraph.
An Ohio paper tells a novel love story. A
young couple planned an elopement, the girl
descending from her room upon the traditional
ladder, but at the gate they were met by the
father of the girl and a minister, by whom the
young couple were escorted to the parlor, where
to their surprise they found all their relatives
collected for the marriage ceremony, which
took place at once. It was a neat paternal
freak.
Young Ladies Arrested in Florid/— The
Bainbridge Argus learns from the Marianna
Courier that one Captain Hamilton, of • the
Freedmen’s Bureau, ordered the arrest of two
or three young ladies of that place, upon the
charge of desecrating the graves ot Union sol
diers. Considerable excitement was created by
the proceeding. The ladies, with their friends,
made their appearance before the Captain, and
an investigation was had, in which no reliable
evidence was introduced to support the charge
and the young ladies were immediately releas
ed from arrest.
A dramatic author once observid that he
kne-fr nothing so terrible as reading his piece
before a critical andience. “ I know but one
more terrible,” said Crompton, che actor, to be
obliged to sit and bear it.”
anna’s reply to the committee.
I would go the freedmen ; I don’t lack the cheek ;
Bat it makes me feel qualmish—tbe bouquet'd Afrique
My speeches they wouldn’t sufficiently prize ;
At my stunningett points they would roll up their
eyes;
Then besides some contempt for ’em all it begets,
To Bee ’em sit there and take it all so stupid'y when I
come the indignation attitude and stamp with one
foot so’s to show my escolloped pantalettes.
A serious accident occurred on Monday even
ing, daring the performance of the opera of
“ Fra Diavolo ” at the Philadelphia Academy
of Music. Mr. Theodore Habelman, the tenor,
was personating the brigand chief, and in the
last scene of the opera, while on an elevate<r
part of the scenery representing a cliff, be
missed his fooling and fell to the stage with
such force as to break his left arm.
The amount of cotton exported from the port
ot New Orleans to foreign countries during the
period commencinjr August Ist, low, and end
iDg March 31st, 1867, is one hundred and sixty
nine millions nine hpndred and ten thousand
three hundred and seventy-five pounds, valued
at $51,445,944,
Fire.— On Wednesday evening of last week,
about dusk, a fire was discovered in one of the
lower rooms of the dormitory attached to the
Mansion House. The building being of wood
tbe flames spread rapidly, and all efforts of the
firemen and citizens to arrest its progress were
unavailiag.
From the dormitory the flames extended to
the Episcopal Church, which was entirely con-
Burned.— Camden Journal, sth.
In Havana, recently, a young man named
Sancher, committed suicide by blowing 4,1
brains out with a revolver. He was formerly
employed in a large French mercantile firm
Who discharged him, however, for the unpar-'
denable crime, in the eyes of the members of
that house, of being a married man.
Tom Brown Hughes writes to the Pall Mall
Gazette to tell it that there is a tailor shop in
London on the co-operative plan, and he gives
the nntnber and street where it may be fouud
We might have supposed this puff was a mere
piece of nature, if Mr. Hughes did not
add, with a truly charming simplicity: “lam
at this moment writing to you clothed in.gar
ments of their make,” and paid for in this inex
pensive manner.
Faithful Unto Death.— That is a touching
account which is given of the way in**whieli
Commodore Smith knew of the death of liis
son Joseph, who commanded the frigate Con
gress. The iron-clad Merrimac raked the old
wooden frigate, setting her on fire and - doing
murderous work among her crew. The Com
modore received a telegram that the Congress
had struck her flag. “ Then,” said he quietly,
“ Joe is dead!” So it proyed. That eulogy of
three words from his father’s lips ought to be
sculptured on his tombstone or Un his ceno
taph.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is going to take up
her abode in Racine, Wis., and her effects were
sold in Chicago on Saturday. It would be in
teresting to compare the prices received with
those which the Government isj in the habit of
paying for similar articles of furniture for the
Executive Mansion.
Mr. Carlyle administers the following snub •
to his faithful henchman, John Ruskin, who
started the story of which Mr. Carlyle speaks:
To the Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette : Sir—
In reference to a newnpaper paragraph now
idly circulating, with my name in it as connect
ed with u insults on the streets,” and other such
matter, permit me to say that it is auAintrue
paragraph, disagrees the fact throughout,
and in essentials is curiously the reverse of the.
fact: a paragraph altogether erroneous, tnis
founded, superfluous, and even absurd. 1 re
main, sir, your obedient servant.
Chelsea, May 28,1867. IJ. Carlyle.
How to Catch Rabbits.—A modern hunter
adopted the following ingenious device to catch
rabbits: It beats Beauregard’s trick of keeping,
the Federals out of Centreville, with wooden
canncn. He painted a hole on the end of log
near where the game was most abundant, then
with his dog beat round among the bushes to
start them up. The latter very much fright
ened and bewildered, would of course look for
a place to hide, and seeing a hole in tbe end of
a log, would go at it full tilt. The consequence
was, they would knock their brains out, or stun
themselves so as to be easily picked up.
John Killingsworth, one of the colored dele
gates to the late Republican State Convention
at Montgomery, Ala., , called, on his return
home, on the editors of the Greenville Advo
cate, and told them that, af(er his experience
with the Radicals; “ he is sound on the wisdom
of the policy of sticking to his good Southern
friends, and shunning on all occasions the de
ception practiced upon his race by the skum of
the North.”
It is stated that the Prince of Wales (who is
reported to have telegraphed to his mother for
permission to attend a great French race on
Sunday, and to have received from that noble
Queen and womm a decided refusal) was in
terested in racing bets tothtiaraount of £70,000,
wbicb bis party won. Probably he did not ask
the approval of his rojial mother before he made
these bets. Tbe vulgtfr 'wtJvkL will hardly see
the greater degree of fmnrot,tasU-y in attending
a race on Sunday bettifijif largely on one
run on some other
Touching and Scene.—The
New Orleans Picayune reporter Jthus graphic
ally describes what oeeurrefl On the release of
Jacob Barker, the Natioiia| Bank President, at
the first recorder’s court
t'
Uppn leaving the court room the old man as
he went tottering from the place was followed
by three or four old t "hr i~"i lost their
all in bis bank. The scene was a touching one,
as they bowed apparently in great anguish sup
plicating For a restoration of their little treasure
that had taken them years of toll to gather up.
They clustered closely around the old man as.
he entered his carriage, and as he drove away,
receiving no assurance whatever of having their
property restored to them, these poor old
women followed the vehicle for several blocks,
making as they went almost frantic gestieuh
tions in their appeals. Mr. Barker drove rap
idly away, however, and his supplicants, weary
and care-worn, turned slowly in the direction
of their homes to brood again in anguish over
the misfortune they had suffered.
A Man Seventy Years Old Sentenced
to be Hanged,— At the recent term of the
Criminal Court of Bracken county, Kentucky,
herd at Brookville, a man 70 years old, named
Hiram Thomas, was trigd on the charge of mur
dering his wife, Margaret Thomas, on the 18th
of March, 1864. The only witness for the pros
ecution was Isaac Davis, who testified that most
of tbe day on which the murder was commit
ted he and others shelled corn in Thomas’ barn;
that toward evening he and Thomas took a lot
of corn and went to the latter’s house for the
purpose of shelling until bed time. While
they were thus engaged, Mrs. Thomas and Da
vis commenced joking the old man. The con
versation was kept up for some time, Thomas,
who did not seem to like it, every now and thc-h
remarking, “ I will kill.” Davis, who was shell
ing corn on the chime of a barrel, with his head
partly in the barrel, stated that he did not pay
any attention to the remarks of Thomas about
killing, but was suddenly startled by the report
ol a gun, and turning round found the old man
with his gun in his hands, and Mrs, Thotnas
leaning back in her chair against the wall, with
her head partially blown off, and her pipe,
which 6he had been smoking, still in her mouth.
When the witness saw what had been done, he
exclaimed: “ Hiram, you have killed aunt Mar
garet;” 'to which Hinvm replied: “Have IV
then I will kill another,” and commenced reach
ing tor another gun, when Davis ran out of the
house and fled from the premises. The jury
brought in a verdict of gulty, and the prisoner
was sentenced* to be hung oh the first Friday
in August next. Strong efforts are being made
to obtain anew .trial for him. The condemned
man has been a citizen of Bracken county for
thirty years, and always bore a good character.
Murder at Jenks’ Bridge —A Toll-Keep
er Murdered and His House Burned. —On
Tuesday night a most horrible murder and in
cendiarism was committed at Jenks’ Bridge,
on the Ogeechee river. An old negro, honest
and faithful, named Peter, who has long been
connected with Mrs. Jenks’ family, and who
for years, on account of his fidelity, was left in
charge of the toll-gate, collecting fees, was
brutally murdered, and the house which he oc
cupied as a residence burned, together with his
body. No cause has been assigned sot the act
beyond the suspicion which the murderers en- •
tertained that, as a collector of tolls, he neces
sarily possessed money. He had, of course,
the fees of the road, and gold and silver,
which he saved from his hard and faithful La
bors . *
His body was fouud on the morning follow
ing, being burned to a crisp. As he was not a
drinking man, the supposition is that he was
murdered while asleep, and the bouse then set
on fire, in order to hide any evidence of the
murder.
As yet no clue has been discovered in regard
to the murderers.
Peter was formerly*the property of Mrs.
Jenks, having been in her service since his
birth, and was looked upon as an honest and
faithful man.— Savannah News &; Herald.
Parkman’s Body Recovered. —Tbe Wilcox
(Ala.) Times, of the 4th inst., says, the remains
of John M. Parkman, late President of the
National Bank of Selma, were found about a
mile above White Bluff The vultures had hor
ribly disfigured them, and their orgies doubt
less attracted the attention of the people in the
vicinity to the spot. As soon as the discovery
was announced to the friends of the deceased
in Selma, they hastened to convey the corpse
to that city, where it was interred last Friday
evening, May 31st.