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About Weekly constitutionalist. (Augusta, Ga.) 185?-1877 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1867)
THE WEEKLY 1 CONSTITUTIONALIST A "Visit to Georgia. We regret that wc cannot print entire the let ter from which the /blioViog |g taken : To the Editors of the Chmrktnan : Wc left Savannah by tlie Central Railroad at evening, lor Augusta. It avitl be remembered that the Central Road wits the Itncot march of Gen. Sherman, and In his triumphant progress it was entirely destroyed ; but it has since been rebuilt, and is in successful operation. The night was beautital, the moon shining brightly. The coarse lay in a straight line, through heavy pine woods. For nearly t btfndred miles we went through the pine forest before we reached Millcn. At Millc n wo left many pleasant acquaintances made On ship-hoard, who were proceeding to Macon and Atlanta, ,011 c old gentleman on the Cars, who owned a large plautalion near Macon, seemed anxious to enter Info conversation with ns when he found we wore fiom the North, and manifested somewhat of Yankee curiosity. lie told us that his plantation was one ovdr which Sherman passed on his march to Savannah.— The soldiers took pvery thing he had, killing all his live slock, even that for which they had no use, and, a.? he expressed it, “ scattered his nig gers rltiht smart.” Wc were greatly pleased with the spirit he manifested, and the benovo lence of his disposition. He seemed to have no bitterness of feeling, though ho had suffered great losses; and Ills anxiety was lor the wel fare of his former slaves, of whom about fifty had returned to his plantation. They now tilled j the ground for him, he furnishing implements and seed, and they receiving one-half the pro duce. He said it was his Intention to build them a church anr ! school house, that they and their children might have the mcaus of literary and religious Instruction. Wc arrived in Augusta early In the morning, uud passed through its beautiful streets just at daylight. Our first favorable impression were not lessened by further acquaintance, and in our Judgment, Augusta surpasses Savannah in beauty of situation and in general appearance. The streets are very wide, lined with double rows of trees, making a shaded walk in the centre. The business street is more than a mile long, with Btorcs which, in size and ele gance of fitting, are unsurpassed by those of much larger cities. The waves of war which beat so disastrously upon other citiss did not reach Augusta, though at one time there was great fear among the inhabitants that Sherman’s army would make an attack. They were hap pily spared. Augusta has always been a place of great influence in the State, and has done a large bnslncsß In cotton. Os course It has suf fered in its business Interests. Still it is full of life and activity. The verdure in Augusta was the same as in Savannah. Roses and other flowers were In abundance on all bauds. The magnolia, the queen of trees, was in its glory, ana the pomegranates were putting forth their blossoms. Augusta baa two Episcopal Church es—St. Paul’s and the Atonement. The Rov. Mr. McAlister, formerly of Newport, has re cently become Rector of the Church of Atone ment. His prospect of usefulness is good.— Unfortuhately all his books and manuscripts were destroyed in the Andalusia on Its passage to Charleston. Bt. Paul’s is the oldest and largest church.— The rector is the Rev. William H. Clarke, whose faithfulness and devotion to his charge have resulted in great success. The congregation is large, and devoted to their rector. If the Dio cese of Georgia had not seen fit to go beyond its limits for a bishop, it might have found in the rector of St. Paul’s one In every respect well qualified for the Episcopate. We were present at St. Paul’s on Good Friday and Easter. The music was of a superior order, and the attendance, especially ou Easter morn-, ing, was very large. Before thd Easter mojn ing strvicc the Sunday School children sang a carol. Easter is a high day in the Southern churches, and is observed somew ha*, like Christ mas. Presents are made and friendly greet ings exchanged. Flowers were in great pro fusion in the chancel. The altar, desk, font and pulpit, were literally covered with white roses, interspersed with the elegant variety “ cloth of gold.” Their fragrance tilled the church, and they added very much to. the in terest of the services. St. Paul’s Church is surrounded by a large*Vard, containing four or five acres beautifully laid out, and filled with trees, flowers and vines. In the rear of the church is the grave of Bishop Polk. lie has no monument, but loving hands each Sunday morning place fresh flowers upon his resting place. In connection with the chuffch a Sunday School of colored cM’dren is sustained by a few ladies, who are rewarded for their labors in witnessing the rapid advancement of their pu pils. We visited the school, and were pleased with the iutelllgehcc exhibited. It numbers about 150. An Episcopal Church la greatly needed In Augusta for people. It would gather In Immediately a large portion of the better class of the blacks. Many of the col ored people of Augusta would appreciate our services. We could not bestow money more njfOfltably than by furnishing the means of build ing a church. 15,000 would furnish them with a house of worship, and services could be sup plied them for the preseutby the rectors of the other churches. We trust some benevolent per sons who read this and have the means at their disposal will give for this purpose. The good to be reaped would be four-fold. On Sunday evening, at the invitation of a friend, I accom panied him to the Springfield Church, a congre gation of colored people, said to be the largest colored church iu the United States, having on its list 1,500 conimvnicants. The attendance was large, and the appearance of the congrega tion orderly. At the suggestion of my friend, u resident of Augusta, and formerly a slave holder, I was invited to address them, they knowing 1 was from New England. I spoke to them freely of their privileges and du ties as freemen, and urged upon them the cultivation of the . Christian graces, by which alone they would be elevated and ennobled. They paid most excellent attention, and express ed their approbation and satisfaction in a mam ner peculiar to themselves. I was deeply im pressed with the value which our services would have for them. Doubtless moderate ritualism* would suit their tastes and tempera- inentß. During my visit I had full Opportunity to ob serve the relations existing between the whites and their lormer bondmen, and it was pleasing to see the kindly feeling displayed. There seems in the,minds of the freedmen no vindic tiveness, but a great attachment to those with whom they have been from childhood associat ed There is certainly less prmudiec against color at the South than at the North. There seemed a disposition on the part of the whites | to further the advancement of those ouee in slaverv The present state of things is accepted cheerfully, and a disposition manifested to do ihe best possible under present circumstances. Many who were once in affluence have suffered the loss of nearly all things;* but the( cheerful ness they manifest under Uleif misfortune* is deserving of great praise. I did not once hear a disloval feentiment uttered, and it seemed to me that there *wa6 a Satisfaction felt in coming once more under the old government. The opportunity of intercourse with many intelligent then who had been connected "With the rebellion was afforded, and although there was no confession of w;rong doing in their struggle for separation, yet they acknowledged themselves conquered, and ready now to take hold earnestly and help advance the prosperity of the country. Mhoy acknowledged the hand of Providence in their sufferings, and expressed their sincere submission to the Divine Will. I shall not soon fcfrget the kindness with which I was treated, nor the gobd feeling mani fested towards me; atfd I earnestly trust from the indications I saw, that Bitterness of feeling will eventually pass away. S. J. H. The net results of General Hancock’s .cam paign a<*aif.st the Indians may Be thus stated; After matching eleven, hundred cavalry a dis tance of eight hundred'm|lee, with prodigious transportation trains,he succeeded in capturing Me old Sioux with a broken leg, and an idiotic Chevenne girl. Immediately afterward three hundred men of Gen. CustarV command de eerted, uking th«ir horses with them.. A.Jadge in Missouri lately entered a plea for a divorce, sat on his own case, heard plead ing, and entered a decree dtaeolving the bonds of matrimony. That beats Chicago. Conversation With Bismarck. A gentleman who chanced to meet Bismarck while both were enjoying the hospitality of the Prince of Putbus, on »he island of Engen, nar rates many conversations with the great war minister, and among them we find the follow translated into the Cincinnati Commercial: “ Did yonr excellency carry a revolver dur- ( i lug the war f” *'* 1 “ No, I did not, and missed it only once with I genuine regret. It was immediately after the 1 battle of Koniggratz. I rode alone across the battle field with Its pile of corpses—it was a eight which froze the blood In my. veins, terri ble, bloodv, never to be forgotten. A)] at one* I saw in front of me a poor, fine horse, both of whose hind legs had been torn away by a bomb shell. Trembling and neighing lamentably, he 1 raised himself on his fore legs, and looked at , me with his large, moist eves, as if imploring j me to assist him. Ah, then l wished for a , bullet to send into the heart of the poor crea-1 tore 1” ■ < Coffee, lifjueuy and cigars are served in the i saloon. j “We learn to appreciate the value of a good cigar only when It is the last of its tribe, and I when there is little prospect of getting auoth ; er,” said Connt Bismarck, smoking his Havana with great relish. “At Ronnigratz I had but a single cigar left, and I kept It during the whole battle as a miser guards his treasure. Just ! then I would not treat myself to it. I depicted in my imagination in glowing colors the bliss ful hour when f should smoke it after the bat tle in victorious tranquility. But I had made another miscalculation. You see, therefore, yon were wrong in ascribing to me only one miscalculation.” “ And who'spoiled yonr calculation ?” “ A poor dragoon, lie Jay helpless ; both both his arms had been shattered, and he was wailing tor some refreshment. 1 ransacked all my pockets—l found nothing but gold, and that would do him no good. But, hold on ; I had that precious cigar, t lighted it and put it between his teeth. You ought to have seen the grateful smile of the poor sufferer. No cigar has overdone me as mufch good a6 this one, which I did not smoke!” ###**-# “ But there were to be seen, too, scenes full of touching, poetical pathos ; and, again, of an irresistibly ludicrous character on the battle field. Thus, for instance, I saw, during the fight, a very young officer-as pale and fine looking as though he were asleep—leaning against a garden.fence. He was dead ! In the garden there were plenty of beautiful roses in fall bloom. A soldier was just gathering a handful of them; he then climbed over the fence and laid the roses on the young hero’s breast, where there was seen a small, round hole in the uniform. I Do you know the.offi cer,’ I asked. 4 No, major.’ he replied, 4 but I saw him fight like a lion and fall like a lamb. I wished to prevent him at least from being trampled upon by the horses, and carried him up to the fence. We put, likewisej roses into the grave of my dear mother.’ So saying, he vaulted into the saddle and rushed again into the thickest of the fight.” “ Dear Count, you spoke of having seen lu dicrous things on the battle field ?” “ Yes, Princess, notwithstanding the gravity of the situation. I never in my whole life saw anything more laughable than the gigantic he goat whom the Berlin Guard Artillery had brought up and had taken into the field, and who was now furiously galloping by the side of the bugler toward the Austrian ranks. The Austrians are said to have really believed that old Nick had assumed the garb of a he-goat, and fulfilling thus the agreement which poor Bismarck had made with him for the destruc tion of the iron brigade.” Betnmof the “Black Death.” The article following, which we find in the New York World , will elicit some attention : It is a long time since the stealthy horrors of the plague have quitted Cheir lairs In Egypt and the two Turkeys, to feed the cemeteries of Western and Northern Europe. Their last victims in England were struck down iu ifi6s. They lingered in France until 1720, and left their traces in the Neapolitan dominions as late ns 1816; Os the Black Death, or Kiog of Plagues, which ravaged all Europeln the four teenth century, the eivilized world has since had only a legendary memory. But there are signs that this mobs.ter has not ceased to thirst for life blood of the fair-skinned races of the North 4 ; and the Weste'rb conti nent, which was comparatively unpeopled when it roamed before, may yet be called upon to render up its quota of victims to a hideous and unsparing pestilence. As.it ap pears in the explicit accounts, Ireland, especial-’ ly the city Os Dublin and Its vicinity, has first felt the sly greed of a disease so closely resem bling the Black Heath of the olden tune, that the most emiueut physicians who had to deal with it are alarmed and mystified. The symptoms of this malady are, first, bil ious vomiting and purging, succeeded by acute headache and ineoherency; then a purple erup tion, nsunlly manifesting itself upon the breast and shoulders, aud spreading over the entire body; then debility; collapse, accompanied with paralysis, and sometimes with a disloca tion of the head and spine, and at lost death.— The dotation of the firat variety of cases which Itave occurred since March, 1866, has averaged eighteen hours from the firat indisposition un tifthe fatal instant. The duration of the sec ond variety has averaged from three to five days, and that of the third variety, which is the only one In which recovery has taken place, has reached many days and even weeks. The contagion of the sickness is shown in the state mentmade in regard to cases which have occur red among the soldiers. f With these remarkable aceonnts of the pro gress made in Ireland by so fearful a disorder, physieiai s in this country will doubtless asseve rate their recollection of, and for anght that is known, their present acquaintance with, the u spotted fever,” a malady nearly as fetal as the dreadful sickness of which it may be the sister of pest. .-r.2 , New Bouth Walks.—Alfred Stewart Gal braith, a clerk in the Crown Lands’ Office, Mel bourne, was killed by his wife ou the 13lh ult. They had been quarreling, and as be was stand ing on the doorstep of his house waiting ad mission, his wife opened the door and pushed him down, the fall frac(U(iQg his skull. Sugar crushing has commenced at Mary borough, Queensland, aetd is proceeding; .with a degree of success beyond anticipations'! The j cane is very large. Transportation of criminals from England to Western Australian is to cease with the present year. - -•••-«* * It is said that when the Queensland Parlia ment again meets the Government will ask that 1 a snm of money be placed on the estimates, to | be devoted to the sending of one or two per-! sons, on behalf of the colony, to- the cotton I growing States of America, as a commission of i inquiry fbr the purpose of obtaining informa- 1 tion of a thoroughly practical nature respect ing the production of cotton. Mr. Booth, a clergyman of the Church of; England, residing at Wangaratu,.h*s lately] been suspended from the ministry for 6ix months, by the Victorian Ecclesiastical Court,; for breaking a dog’s leg. Daring divine ser vice, the dog entered the church in which Mr. Booth was officiating, and not only interrupted the service, but snapped at the minister’s wife. Ope ofibc congregation and Mr. Booth seized the animal, and while carrying the dog out of church, Mr. Booth so roughly handled jt as to b'reak one of its legs, the snapping ,of the,bone heard by several of the congregation. Terrific gales of wind and heavy rajns were experienced in all the colonies during the mouth'of April. • . • The Duke of«- , of pompous notoriety and parsimonious celebrity, superintends per sonallv the produce of his dairy, and not un freqnently sells the milk to the village children with his own hands. One morning a pretty little girl presented her penny and her pitcher to his grace for milk. Pleased with the ap pearance of the child, be. patted her on the head and" gave her a kiss. “ Now, said he, “my pretty lass, you may tell as long as you live that yon have been kissed by a duke. “ Ab, but,” replied the child, " you took the penny, though f” * [From the if icon Telegraph. . Proceedings of the Supreme Court of Geor gia in Commemoration of onr late Chief Justice, Joseph Henry Lumpkin. Supreme Court Room, ) Miu.edoeville, Ga., June 25,1667. > Jsy appointment, his Excellency Governor ; Jenkins, as Chairman of the Committee ap- j poiuted some weeks since tg prepare a memo- ! rial in honor of our late Chief Justice, appear. j ed at 10 o’elock this morning, and submitted ! the following report: : REPORT OF THE UOMWITTBE. In the days of gloom through which our be loved State Is now passing, we are called, with unwonted frequency, to record and to lament the death .of her wisest, be6t and most useful sons. To that ever-lengthening catalogue we come now, with heavy hearts, to add the name of Joseph Henry Lumpkin —a name to which even well earned titles can add neither lustre j nor dignity—a uarne which, duriug many years, \ has not failed to awaken honest pride in all; true Georgian hearts—pride still uadirninish- J ed, though saddened by the consciousness ; that it uo longer has a place on the rolls of the i living. A native of Georgia, he was educated in her seminaries until, when far advanced in the cur riculum of our University, adverse events tem porarfiy closed its doors, and drove her youth to seek instruction abroad. Then, with honor to himself and his State, he completed his col legiate course at Nassau Hall, at a time when that venerable Institution confessedly main tained a high standard, of scholarship. Return? iug home with the prestige of collegiate hon ors, he devoted to the study of the legal pro fession a miud of acknowledged superiority, already trained to severe application, and quickened by an earnest and laudable ambition to do good and to acquire fame. Arrived at manhood, and admitted to the bar in the year 182-, he entered zealously upon the practice of his profession. But bis fellow-citi zens of Oglethorpe, the county of his residence, quick to discern the power he wielded, and the virtue that controlled it, promptly demanded his services in the councils of the State—no slight distinction bestowed by a constituency, accustomed to be served by a Crawford, a Cobb, and Upson and a Gilmer. When be entered the Legislature, that noble Roman, George M. Troup, worthy successor of Oglethorpe—grand exemplaf of executive purity and ability--held the office of Governor. Accustomed to draw around him, to place in public view, and to urge onward the promising yonth of the State, he placed Mr. Lumpkin on his military staff, and thus introduced him to a brotherhood of choice spirits. Some oi us, then just old enough to note intelligently passing eveuts and pro minent actors, are here to avouch their true nobility and to mingle our regrets, that all but three (Lumpkin the latest,) have followed their great Chief on that dark pathway which leads through the valley of the shadow of death. In the interval between the administration of Governor Troup and the year 1860, Georgia grew rapidly in population, iu mineral wealth, and in other recognized indicia of modern civilization; but in the elements of true great ness, that earlier period—the third decade of the nineteenth century—was her palmy day. Then, her contributions to American states manship, whether employed in our national or State councils, was largest; then was put forth her maximum of intellectual vigor, in the ex position and defense of American constitutional liberty. The future historian, in writing the annals of Georgia for that time, will accord, “there toere giants in those days." It was in this period that Joseph Henry Lumpkin appeared in the General Assembly of his native State, carrying with him a reputation rarely attained so early in life, and encounter ing snch competition as we have indicated, he passed brayely and successfully through the ordeal, winning new laurels and gathering around him a host of friends who, with intoxi cating plaudits, cheered him on in what they re garded .a splendid political career just opening. Asa parliamentary debater, he evinced varied knowledge, vigorous thought, and captivating elocution surprising in one so young. He wa§ fairly before the public, and all the auguries promised signal' success. His legislative ca» reer, however, was very brief, limited to iwo sessions of the General Assembly, those of 1834 ayd .1835, In this one instancy—the choice Os Tife-loug arena—he disappointed pub lic expectation. That choice fell upon the forensic, to the utter abandonment of the po litical,; and* though at intervals disturbed by pressing importunities, was never reconsider ed Forthwith, with characteristic ardor, he threw himsell hito. the .-practice of-his profess ion. In exploring the intricacies of law, as a science, he found both mental occupation and compensating pleasure. In its practice there was connection enough, of mind with mind, to satisfy the yearnings of an active spirit.. Asa counsellor, he was remarkable for careful ex amination, accurate aualysis and reliable ad vice. In court he showed himself well fortified iu the-law, and folly conversant with the facta of his cases. In unfolding the former he reasoned closely, but not coldly. Without im pairing the logic it demanded, his imagination constantly brodght relief by garnishing its dnll details. Coldness, indeed, was loreign to his nature. His impulses were quick—strong generous. Nature wove inter his temperament that nervous excitability which constitutes the subtle, controlling mesmerism of eloquence. Combined with these traits, and vastly en hancing their practical efficiency, was the pari ty, the virtue of his life, his unbending integri ty in business affairs, which shone conspicuous ly wherever he lived, and moved, and acted. — Men admired, and trusted, and sympathized with, hitu in all things. • Grouping in the mind these qnalitics—physi cal, mental and moral—we shall be prepared to appreciate his power as an advocate—a power which impressed and moved as well the learned as the simple—a power, under whose magic spell jurors, oblivious of the stern authority ot the bench, have at times sprang from their seats electrified, And, at others, have uttered audible response to his stirring appeals. His practice was extensive, successful and lucrative. If he did not amass wealth, it wab because he valued money chiefly for its uses, prominent among which he ranked the rites of hospitality and the devoirs of charity. Not withstanding his ability, and the frequent suc cesses he achieved in the forum, he took de light iu adjusting controversies and ending liti gation by accord—a beautiful finish to the torUe ensemble of the truly great barrister. - Thus passed, after a brief dallianee with poli ties, (the young lawyer’s artful seducer) twenty years of arduous, unremittirig t-oil, with the too common result of failing health. This sug gested, as a thatter ot duty, the immediate re alization of a long cherished drench Os foreign travel—and abroad he went. Thus, complete ly disenthralled of 'business, aud of care — threading the streets and art galleries of re nowned cities, and roaming over historic fields and classic grounds—with his remarkable sus ceptibilities, physical,-mental and moral, a few mouths snfficied to re-establish Ms health -and to strengthen him for the work ot future years. In the fall ot the year 1845, Got.-Lumpkin re turned |o bis native State, but not to resume as he contemplated, th® practice ot his profession. J ust at that time-the State of Georgia bad eome tardily to the establishment of a Court, to Hie end that the law might be uni formly and correctly administered. This court was constituted of three Judges. To-Colon and Lumpkin, as the fit occupant, of the highest position on that bench all -eyes turned. To It he acoeeded without candidacy and without competition. To it he was called, not admit ted. Thriee re-elected on the expiration of suc- cessive terras, he never encountered opposition, never looked in the face.of a competitor. The strongest competition would but have served to develop his superior strength.- lu*the Con stitution of the Court there was made- by law no titular distinctions among its members.. But the incumbents were elected first for terms of six,Tour and two years, severally, each sub * sequent election to be for a term of six years. The elective body assigned to Col. Lumpkin the longest term, and this was • the distinction conferred on him. His associates! gracefully yielded to him the Presidency, thus confirming his claim to precedence. But whilst, in the, course of time,. the seats on rather side of him repeatedly changed occupants, the same vener able form steSdily holding, the ceqtre, fame to be regarded as the Impersonation of the Court. So entirely did this idea pervade the public at length, made him ever bpcn in faet - ChieS Jus tice of the Supreme Conrt. 1 -iJw la : w ’ 01 - which he was a close \T lctlC , e extending nearly orouite through a quarter Os a he came well r S ' principles of common law, 1 fvL criminal Jurisprudence; versed in hnrt-nwU"\»\ whscb so - raucll h > - 8 been 1 borrowed in building up other systems ;) ami long conversant win, voluminous ncthoruK i regmating the application of those principl e, 1 nrnmM^T! 2 eircums tnnees, be was both P'S®"* f^ rate ITI hh lodgments. In that first, most essential requisite of judi ™Sap& a . C ih r ’ tnte 9 rit y incorruptible—miap pr he was above qucsiiou. With him, was tv passion. If' reluctant obedience to the law, j t was when its concrete strictness restrained ; abstract Yet “he S f q^ ty and instice ln tbe abstract. Yet he was 100 wise and too con-! scaentious ever to ignore any well-defined rule I of e.vi! conduct. But why attempt to delineate a judicial character so broadly known-so gen erally appreciated ? Toe records of this Court whose reports pervade the country in Us length wifi replete with credentials that will perpetuate his fame. * Chief Justice Lumpkin’s lave of law as a science had .still another development. Whilst engaged in an exteusive and arduous practice, he usually had a class of students, and after his accession to the bench, he was called to the law professorship in our University, which he filled with distinction to the end of his days. Many distinguished members of the profession, and many more rising young lawyers of Georgia and the adjoining States, are proud to claim him as their Gamaliel. He enjoyed, moreover, the. peculiar gratification (for such it was) of having, for a time, as an associate on this bench one of his own pupßs—thus gathering in the etncieut aid of this esteemed coadjutor, bread himself had cast upon the waters many years before. J In the private and social relations, where the greater virtues and-warmer affections find scope where the guiding mind and loving heart ex ert control without the sanction of law, Chief Justice Lumpkin’s position assumed the patri arehal type. He was a husband and the father of many children. Would to God the sympathy of the brotherhood here assembled and represented could minister consolation to the survivors of that desolated household ! With profound re spect, we tender the offering, and intrude no further on the sacredness of family sorrow. Within the limits of Georgia, wherever he ap peared, numerous friends rose up to welcome hiqa. He was a map, to know whom was to love him. None turned acquaintanceship to better account, for mutual enjoyment or ad vantage. ’ pe bad for all a pleasant look of re cognition and a friendly greeting, and for many a needed word of counsel. Having acquired large stores of knowledge from books, and from Intercourse with men, his conversation was instructive, bis companionship genial. He eDjoyed and freely promoted, in social con verse, that chastened mirth which, while it lifts from the heart the burden of care, inflicts no sting and instils no poison. " The benevolence and charity of the Chief Justice were manifested as well by pei sonal acts as in associated enterprises. His haud was in all concerted movements for the dissemina tion of knowledge, the improvement of public morals, or the relief of suffering poverty. Few have contributed as much of persevering effort, or the positive influence to the temperance re form, which, for many years, so palpably di minished the greatest moral pestilence of the age. Thus far, in an imperfect sketch of a pure and elevated character, we have presented it as built up and moulded by a system of severe morality. But the most rigid and searching code of human ethics necessarily falls short of producing the highest type of man, because it is, itself, the work of man, in his fallen estate. Divinity alone can restore to him even the semblance of its own last image. m Chief Justice Lumpkin was of a nature too earnest —too far-reaching—not to bethink him self of the wonderful dispensation which brings human nature under the renewing influence of that Divinity, beginning with regeneration, and effecting a change in the aspirations, the the end§ and aims of the subject. To this scheme of redemption, quite above human inverition, our departed brother in good fhith, and with resolute purpose, made an early surrenderor himself. He' became a sincere, devoted Christian, aud thus attained the highest Standard of earthly excellence. He was a pillar iif that branch of the Christian church which jejolced jn bis membership. Not onjy was his a life of active usefulness, but from its quiet an.d tranquil aspects there were daily emana tions of salutary influence. The Committee recommend the adoption of the followiug resolutions: Resoloed , That in the death of Chief Justice Lumpkin we recognize the loss of a most, worthy citizen, a Christian gentleman,'and an eminent jurist, whose memory and example we would perpetuate to the end, that his “ good deeds may live after him,” and- the leaven of his life go Awn from generation to generation. Resofoerf,That we respectfully tender to his bereaved widow and childreh the heartfelt sym pathy of the bench and bar and officers of the Supreme Court of Georgia, whose reverence and affection he so well deserved and so long enjoyed. Resolved , That In token of these, we will, daring thirty days, wear for him the usual badge of mourning. » Resolved , That the clerk of this court be re quested to prepare and keep open for members of the bar a subscription paper, that they all may have the privilege of contributing to a fond for raising over the remains of our venerated first Chief Justice, an appropriate monument And further, that the Judges of this Court be requested; through such committee or commit tees as they may think proper to appoint, to ask of bis window aud family permission to pay this tribute to bis memory, aud to see that it be carried into effect. Resolved , That a copy of this report and resolutions be transmitted to Mre. Lumpkin, tor the family ; that the Court be requested to have them entered on its minutes, and that the gazettes of the State be requested to publish them. -■ ' v - After reading the report, Governor Jenkins j briefly alluded to the friendly relations which bad lor a long time existed between himself i and Judge Lmnpkin. He expressed great sor | row, as a Georgian, desiring the weal of his State, tor the loss of so good and so great a man. He then read the following letter from the Hob. John A. Campbell, late Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Suites, and asked that it be considered with the report : LETTER FROM HON. JOHN.A. CAMPBELL. New Orleans, J nfce-14,1867. Mr Dear Sir : I have* Just received the mel ancholy intelligence of the death of Chief Jus tice Lumpkin, and of the proceedings of the bar of Macoq hpOn that event. An Intimate and affectionate connection with this gr*afcand good man, by the bonds of au inherited friendship, and the t; recollection of many expressions from him during its continu ance, impel me to share with my professional brethren of my native State in expression of their sorrow/and to testily my sense of’bis eminent worth. * He had all the qualities to naake him worthy of the station fie so long and so honorably filled. To extensive learning- and a clear dis cernment oftrutb, he united an, ardent love of justice, a hatred to iniquity, a compassionate sense of the infirmities of our humanity, an abhorrence of oppression, and a rational <fefes tation of.the oppressor. These qualified him to administer justice between man and mau, and to form'the jurisprudence of a State. fle had no ambition aboveand beyond bis place. He was content with the. possession of virtue, and with that independence which en abled him to perform his duty withoutlear and without partiality. I. * In the walk of life he recognized the pre i sence, or rather the .-omnipresence of law ;.in domestic and social life, the law of charity ; in the church, of hope and faith ; in the State and its tribunals, of justice. His life was the mani festation of these. In this period of the general relaxation x>f these laws, the loss of this great exemplar and" exponent of them is a public calamity. Very respectfully, yours^. John A. Campbell. Col. Washington Pojj, Macon, Gsv 1 ~ His Houor Chief Justice Warner responded with emotional sorrow to the formal announce ment .made by the-committees of the death of Chief Justice Lumpkin. As an associate, upon -the organization of this coqrt, he testified to the wisdom, the integrity, and the goodness of our late Chief Justice, ami concurred in the re coin niendatious of toe committee. His Honor Judge Harris also responded to I the report of the committee with an earnestness | characteristic. The personal relations which 1 existed for near forty years of unbroken friend ship, forbid his commenting upon the social and domestic relations of Judge Lumpkin, yet he felt impelled to give some expression of his gratitude and to bring to his tomb some me morial of affection. He spoke in ertenso of Judge Lumpkin as an advocate and os a judge, and heartily endorsed the recommendations of the committee. Nothing farther being submitted, the Court, in honor of Chid Justice Lumpkin, adjourned until to-morrow morning. An Ardent Lover—Winning a Wife by Work.— There is a German family of the uncom mon name of Schmidt, residing in one of the southern wards. It consists of the Old man, his wife and one daughter, a buxom, bouncing lass of seventeen. Some tiuij ago a young man named Lehr commenced working for Mr. Schmidt, and obtained a room in the house. Things appeared to have progressed-smooth ly. Lehr became a favorite with the oid man and his wife, and, better still, with Sophie, the daughter. In fact, to state the matter broadly, the young people fell in love, and, as Is gener ally the case under such circumstances, in clined towards matrimony. The father and mother, when consulted on the question, rath er dampened the ardor of the lovers, by inter posing objections and obstacles, but finally consented to the nuptials on condition that the young man would formally bind himself to con tinue to work for the father for the space of three years, his remuneration being board, clothes and Sophie. It was rather ungenerous to make 6uch a proposition to a young man desperately in love, as, of course, he had no al ternative but to accept, and so it was with Lehr. Like the patriarchs, he agreed to serve the father for the daughter, and no doubt will think the time not long for the love he bears her. The terms having been completed, the fath er and mother, accompanied by the youthful lover, visited the office of Justice Jecko, for the purpose oi having the seal of law placed upon the compact. The affable Justice, who has a fellow feeling for all lovers, drew up a legal document embodying the terms of the agreement, and young Lehr, in the strength of his love aud the presence of hia- Sophie, signed the papers, and thus ended the first act. The second was more pleasing. The Judge was again called upon, and in clear tones, vibrating with suppressed feeling, asked the usual ques tions, and then pronounced the maiden and her lover man and wife forever, when the party left the office, all in the best possible humor, the oid mau having secured a good worknfan, his daughter a good husband,, the young man a good wife, and the old woman a good son-in law. Singular Interruption of a Wrduing in Church.—Recently a wedding wag announced to take place, in a church in a neighboring vil lage, and a large crowd of spectators were as sembled to witness the interesting ceremony. The bridal party were assembled aronnd the altar, and the clergyman had announced, in the usual form of the solemn injunction, “If any man know anght why this couple should not be married, «sec., let him now appear, or for ever after hold his peace,” when a-woman rose in the audience, aud forbade the bans. Upon being interrogated as to the cause why the cer emony should not be allowed to proceed, she stated that she. was a married woman, and the bridegroom had promised to become her hus band just as soou as hpr present lord should die. She wanted him held to his engagement Os course, there was a tlt.te throughout the church, the bride turned pale and began to think that she should lose a husband after all; the groom turned red and mentally reflected upon an avenging husband, with a derringer held in close proximity to his bead; and the clergyman—he alone of all the company was cool and collected. He told the woman the bans would go on—her objections were jiot, valid reasons why the marriage should not take place. ' TbCrenpbn the indignant wife; with ap eye out.for -husband No. 2! went off in a swodn—the marriage was consummated, and the audience dispersed, In high glee over the amusing episode. A curious class of witnesses have thus far been brought by the prosecutiou to testily against Surratt. Dye, the witness w.ho was troubled with dreams, and who remembered Surratt’s face because he had “ frequently seen it in sleep,” Jt appears was arrested iD Phila delphia in the early part of the present year for passing counterfeit money. Clearer, another witness,»lias been lately con victed of rope aqd murder, and is now.at large on ball awaitinga new trial. Hobart and Blinn, other witnesses, have contradicted outside what they said in court, aud the negro wench who said 6he saw Surratt at hie mother’s house on the evening of the assassination saw him but a few minutes, and had never seen him before, nor since, until confronted with him in court. The testimony of such witnesses is eminent ly suggestive of Conoverisms, and their state ments will be received with a great deal of sus-, picion. If they are to be followed by Welch man as the principal witness, the testimony will look very much as if it had been manufac tured. Os course the prosecution must do the best it can with the material it has to work with, and it has not been supposed that the at torneys for the Government wish to try Surratt unfairly, but their witnesses arein bad odor. They Will do nothing in throwing fight on mysteries which it was hoped would be un veiled in the progress of the triaL * f Chicago Times. The Clbanrst Crop we have seen in the Environs of Waynesboro’.—Next to that of E. S. Garliek, Esq., comes Colonel Thomas Norbery’s. We took a regular stroll over the Colonel’s field it.few days aero, and must frankly admit that we found his growing crop one among the cleanest we ever saw. His cotton and corn look beautiful—both as even In size, respectively, as an old land-mark —and, what is best still,, are perfectly free from the least vestige of grass. He has aJarge breadth 6f cotton—About two hundred arid fifty acres— which looks very promising Indeed—ae much | so, in fact, as any ever before grown in the county, or, perhaps, anywhere else. Wc learn that .Capt. Wm. 8. C. Morris has, a remarkably fine crop, also ; but as wc have not, as yet, minutely inspected ft, wc cannot speak of it so advisedly as of that of Colonel Nor bery. Both their fine plantations adjoin one another, and are certainly under the most ex cellent management. < f Waynesboro' Times, 22d. The steamship Herman Livingston was caught in thej&eyerjfcgale of last Saturday. Her pas sengers speak-iu the highest terms, of praise of the nautical skill and presence of mind display ed by Captain Baker and all his subordinate officers. The sea, while sbe was lying to, swept over her deekS'into the ladies’ cabin, creating considerable,consternation, but doing no harm. The gale was' equal fn severity to a tornado, and was prononfibed by the officers of the steamship the most terrific she had ever encountered. Had the Livingston not been a first class veseel, it is doubtful if she could have survived the tempest. * We learn from one of the passengers that ,& captain of a vessel who had arrived at York the day previous to her sailing, reported that he had fallen* in with and boarded at sea atr* 1 abandoned brig. She was on her heam ends ;• eonld only see the name “ Caroline” and word “ Bangor,” and -supposed her to bA the ’ brig i “Caroline Gulliver,” which bad cleared* from New York a week ago last Saturday, : -wj th a cargo of 9,000 bushels Gs corn, consigned to Major Walson at Savannah.’, f Savannah Republican , 26<A. * » 9 '• - - •. ; - Another Cargo op Iron for the Macon and Brunswick Railroad,— The “Ocean Wave” came into port yesterday with 1,092 tons of iron for ourrajlroad* -'BerdirrgdTs consign-' ed to N. S. Finney & Cos., and will be discharg ed forthwith. — Brunswick Courier , 21 st. Biography of Jefferson Davis. Mr. Davis Is now well advanced in his tiftv ninth year, having been born June J, 1808 lie is a native of Christian (now Todd, county Kentucky. Soon after his birth, his father who was a soldier of the Revolution-one of the rebels ql ’lff-muovul to Mississippi where the son received the ordinary academical education, preparatory to a higher course at Transylvania College, Kentucky ; from whieh institution he was transferred to West Point in 1834, where be graduated ln 1828. Entering the army as brevqt Second Lieutenant, he re mained in the service seven years. For gallant conduct hi the Black Hawk war he was pro moted to First Lieutenant of dragoons. On Ms resignation, In 1835, he became a cotton planter in Mississippi, living in retirement till 1848, when he began to take an active part in polities. His first office was that Os Presiden - tiai elector in 1844, when his vote Was cast tor Polk and Dallas. Ilis first nppcarauce in Con gress was in December, 1845. While in Con gress the First Regiment of Mississippi Volun teers, recruited lor the war with Mexico, elect ed him their Colonel. He promptly accepted the post and left at once for the heat of hostili ties, overtukiug his regiment in New Orleans. At the battle of Buena Vi6ta he won great dis tinction,' and received a severe yround. in 1847 he took his seat in the United States Sen ate-first by appointment of the Governor and afterward by the election of the Legislature. In 1851 he resigued his seat iu the Senate upon the nomination of his political friends as the opposing candidate to Heflry S. Foote for the Governorship of his State. In the election he was deleated. He remaiued iu retirement till 1853, when he was invited by President Pierce to a seat in his Cabinet, as Secretary of War. This poet ho he’d till the accession of Mr. Buchanan, when he became again a mem ber of the Senate, from which body he retired on the adoption of the ordinance of secession by his State. At the meeting Os the Provisional Congress in Montgomery, In February, 1861, he was elected Provisional President of the Confederate States for one year, and afterward, at an election by the people, he was chosen, without opposition, President for the term of six years. His full service in the two capaci ties was something over six years. Os Mr. Davis’ intellect, accomplishments and virtues, the time is not auspicious for a Rich mond journal to express itself, but we may be permitted to copy here what John W. Forney, one of the bitterest revilers the South ever had, wrote of him in September, 1861, when the re port reached Washington that he was dead.—- Said Mr. Forney; 44 He was an imperious aud positive public man. He rarely surrendered au opinion once formed, until he degraded himself by throwing behind him his voluntary professions in favor of the Union. He was a close student, achiv airic opponent, a steadfast friend, a gentleman in all his relations, and in his own family sin gularly kind and genial. “Although undoubtedly the head and. heart of the rebellion, he went into It reluctantly, as all who heard his last speech in the Senate will remember, when, with broken accents and tear ful eyes, he bade farewell to that body and to all its greatness. Jefferson Davis was blessed with many accomplishments. He was alike a soldier and a statesman. No public man of my acquaintance was nitre devoted to scientific pursuits, and more familiar with the abstruse teaching of political philosophy.' No branch of human knowledge 'seemed to be unworthy of his investigation. He was equally attentive to classical literature, to the details of military life, to the doctrines of political parties, to the study of men ; and If Professor Baehe of the Coast Survey, could speak, he would say of the flue works, of which he is the accomplished head, and which has latterly proved Us unconquer able usefulness, that Jen Davis wiis as conver sant with the smallest minuthe of that noble in stitution ns any other man not directly connect ed with it. He was passionately devoted to the Smithsonian Institute, of which he was a Re gent in former tinjes. He was devoted to the decoration of thjs capital, and stood by Captain (now General) Meigs in all his efforts to con struct the water-works, to finish the capitol building on the grandest scale, and to push for ward the extension ol the Interior and Trea sury Departments. He was undoubtedly a great Secretary ot War, and in this high office nothing so much delighted him sis to takeyoung men by the hand, and, if worthy, advance them. If he educated Beauregard to destroy the tie public, he conferred many advantages upon McClellan to save it. If he assisted Lee and Johnston, and thus strengthened their hands for injury against the flag, be greatly favored Meigs and Franklin. 'Massachusetts’ Brains. Oozing Out. The publication we made recently ot the order of merit of the late graduating class at West Point showed that Massachusetts’ brains were not adequate to achieving a high standing in that class. The “ God and humanity. ” Stale holds n mortifying low position in that Institu tion. It did, indeed, have a fepresentative at West Point, who did himself honor and re flected lustre on the State of Massachusetts, through one ot whose representatives he en gaged his appointment to that National Mfli tary School. But no Puritan blood runs in his veins. He does not belong to the families which represent “great moral ideas,” and prac tice general proscription and tyranny, and the whole catalogue of individual and social vas entities and crime. He was a poor Irish hoy, from Cheshire, Thomas Turtle by name, ap pointed by Representative Dawes. It is stated that Mr. Dawes, a good Radical, had yielded to the application of Radical friends and madesev ernt nominations to the cadetship within his gift, aud most of them, Weak-brained and worthless, broke down under the discipline of the military school, to the great morti cation of Mr. Dawes, who had, .in feet, com promised himself by nominating sneb Radi cal blockheads. He determined to pass by the “ great moral ideas ” stock, and take an other breed. He found the boy he wanted in Thomas Turtle, the son of a poor, laboring Irishman, who had displayed a love of books and fondness for sthdy, and to him he offered the vacancy iu his gift. It was- accepted, and that which the degenerate brains of the pure “ God and, humanity” stock could not achieve, the Irish brain of Tom Turtle ffid. He graduat ed this month, standing first in mhfehtfbgy and geology and Second iu engineering and ethics, the highest branches, and-.tho. most stringent tests of scholarship, i With the going out of Webster, Choate and that grand class of patri otic, broad-minded statesmen Who glorified Mas sachusetts for a generation; came in the senti mentalists and pigmies, Sumner., Banks. and Others of like*. Radical order, whoS<rcry Is “God and humanity,” who bOtoittifgreat moral ideas! who are impertinent, wrong-headed intermeddlers with business not their owp ( ,And who persecute.their, opponents wjth the male volence of.a Torquemnda and with th'effetty resentments and bigotry of vety' ThafTOWHiid weak* minds. Massachusetts’ brains have.oozed out, and nothing remains hut passionate intol erance and tyranny. An infusion of Irish and German blood may restore the ddgfeneraWrace. At all event* the Irish seem needed brains to win West Point honors for.Massaghu • setts. —Missouri Republican. Southern BoVs at West Point and *A na poLis.-—Admiftil Bcmmes says : We dfe well aware of what a god-aeiujlhe war was to manufacturing New England, and banking and sboddyite New York] Mft #e had no idea until these developments come tolight; that any Northern man who. a son educated at the public expense was also directly interested in the continuation of thd Whl\ ft doubled his chances. We presume one of the reasons for practicing upon the SoqlheradfeO ple, the enormity of collecting back tajes from, them* or taxes which became due during the .war, and which they had already paid to the 'Confederate Government, as they bad the right to : pay them, under the laws.of war, is to assist itypaying for the education q f the son? of our, pious Northern brethren, who-■have' practiced this fraud upon tlieir Own’Govern meht, 1 and ; upon * us. These are the fellows who tell us that the officers of the old army n*vy,» who went South to defend their homes and firesides when a choice between defending them- anu desolating them became inevitable* were donbly traitors, because they wer* uoprue educated them; the fact, always fia\dug been that the Boutb*not only educated ife own bova at the public schools, but three-fourths of the Northern hoys to boot.. ■ > -
