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THE YAZOO FRAUD OF 1795.
History sometimes repeats itself—does
H very often. This Yazoo matter hap-
a long time ago, but it was done
by a Georgia legislature—exposed in a
succeeding legislature, and a copy of the
whole transaction is still on file in a sate
place, and tbo thought occurred to us,
that it would be interesting reading to
our people. If such proves to be the
case, we will devote a column or such a
matter to it. week by week, like a contin
ued novelette, and our word for it, the
readers of The Free Press never had
more interesting matter to ponder over
and about. On Friday, January
2d, 1795, Mr. Monbray brought up t*he
following bill which passed by a vote of
nineteen to nine:
“The bill to be entitled an act supple
mentary to an act for appropriating a
part of the unlocated territory of this
state for the payment of the late state
troops and for other purposes herein
mentioned, declaring the right of this
state to the unappropriated territory
thereof, for the protection and support of
the frontiers of this state and for other
purposes, was read the third time and
several amendments made thereon.”
We will give the names of the mem
bers voting thereon at a later date.
Hines Holt was the clerk of the house of
representatives, and the legislature was
convened at Louisville. On January 3rd
(the next day) the senate voted on the
same bill and passed it by a vote of ten to
eight. Will Robertson was the secretary
of the senate. To anybody reading this
bill, thus passed, the first idea that would
strike the mind, would be the fact that
the state of Georgia was seeking to pa/
off her “state troops with unlocated
lands”—but there was never a greater
mistake—it was a “job” that made the
old state blush with shame, and on Jan
uary 25th, 1796, but little over a year af
terwards, the legislature passed the fol
lowing resolution:
Resolved, That all such proofs relating
to the frauds and corruptions practiced
to obtain the act for the disposal of the
western territory of the state, be entered
by the clerk on the journals of the house,
in order that the testimony so given may
be perpetuated, as well for the satisfac
tion of the legislature and to show the
grounds on which they proceeded, as to
hand down to future legislatures the base
means by which the rights of the people
were attempted to be bartered.”
Here follows the affidavits taken before
the committee and exhibited to the house
which we will copy literally as soon as
territory’* 0 m rea . derß ’ what ‘^located
land sharks. 1
Be it enacted, “That all that tract or
parcel of land including Islands, sit
uated, lying and being within the follow
ing boundaries, that is to say: Beginning
on the Mobile bay, where the latitude
thirty-one degrees north of the equator
intersects the same; running thence up
the said bay to the mouth of lake Ten
saw ; thence up the said lake Tensaw to
the Alabama river, including Curry’s
and all other islands therein; thence up
the said Alabama to the junction of the
Cooso and Oakfuskee rivers; thence up
the Cqpsa above the Big Shoal, to where
it intersects the latitude of thirty-four
degrees north of the equator; thence a
due west course to the Mississippi river,
thence down the middle of said river to
its junction with the Alabama river,
thence down the middle of said river to
the Mobile bay; thence down the said
Mobile bay to the place of beginning,
shall be sold unto James Gunn, Matthew
McAllister and George Walker and their
associates, called thS Georgia company
and their heirs and assignees forever, in
fee simple in common, and not as joint
tenants, for the sum of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, to be paid in spe
cie, bank bills of the United States, and
warrants for the year 1791, 1792, 1793,
1794,1795; drawn by the governor, the
presi4eUa£42ie senate, and speaker of
the house of representatives in the fol
lowing manner, viz: $50,000 to be de
posited in the treasury previous to pass
ing of this act, and the remaining $200,-
000, are to be paid in on, or before the
Ist of November next.
Be it enacted, That all thsit tract of
country, including islands, situated and
lying and being within the following
boundaries, viz: beginning on the Miss
issippi river, at the place where the lati
tude of thirty-one degress and eighteen
minutes north of the equator intersects
the same; thence a due east course to the
middle ot Tombigbee river; thence up
the middle of said river to where it in
tersects latitude 31 degrees and 40 min
utes north of the equator; thence a due
west course along the Georgia company
line, to the Mississippi river; thence
down the middle of the same to the place
of beginning, shall be sold to Nicholas
Long, Thos. Glascock, Ambrose Gordon
and Thomas Cunning and their asso
ciates, called the Georgia Mississippi
Company, to them, their heirs and as
signees forever, in fee simple as tenants
in common, and not as joint tenants for
the sum of sslso, to be paid in gold or
silver coin, bank bills of the United
States and such warrants as are made
payable in the Georgia company’s pur
chase, in the manner following, viz:
$31,000 to be deposited previous to pass
ing the act, and the remainder $124,000
on, or before the Ist of November next.
The Upper Mississippi company was
composed of John B. Scott, John C.
Nightingale and Wade Hampton, and
they were to pay $40,000 for their tract,
which lay north of the Georgia Mississ
ippi company, to the parallel of 25 stat
ute miles. The Tennessee company was
composed of Zachariah Cox and Mathias
Maher, and they were to pay $60,000 for
their tract which lay north of the Geor
gia company.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, THUR&AY MORNING, MARCH 11," 1330,
NATIONAL FUTICS.
The Approaching Strafe Between the
Two Fart*.
Major George T. Bt*es returned to
Augusta yesterday fronbe north, where
he had been for the punse of attending
the meeting of the demgatlc executive
committee at Washing! City, on the
23d of la3t month. Barnes is the
Georgia member of theximmittee. He
also visited New York to
close observation and h|ng experience
and judgment to guide hi Hi arriving a(
conclusions, Major Bari’ views In re
regard to pending queens are entitled
to great weight, and reeve much atten
tion. Knowing these Cits a Chronicle
representative called up* him at his of
fice yesterday afternooi and questioned
him in regard to the piftical situation.
The following converhton ensued :
“What is the feelif in the north in
regard to the presideiial election?”
“The approachingj-esidential election
is becoming rapidly le absorbing sub
ject of conversation. Active canvassing
is everywhere going oiamong the friends
of Grant, Blaine an Sherman. The
bloody shirt will still e waved with ef
fect in rural districts,out in commercial
centres and among buiness men its in
fluence is greatly dimiished. It still re
mains, however an iiportant factor in
estimating the result >f the presidential
contest.”
“Did the committo feel confident of
success if a strong mm was nominated
on the democratic ticket?”
“The committee, as a committee, ex
pressed no opinion on tl* question asked.
I talked freely, howev?*, with nearly all
the members from the north and west;
I have attended nearly all the meetings
of the committee for the last four years;
I have never found more confident
of success than they now seem to feel in
the event of Grant’s lomination. The
third term movement Is unquestionably
very unpopular with a large portion of
the republican party at the north—with
that portion of the party who are thor
oughly devoted to the principles of free
government—and with that large ele
ment in the foreign population who havs
sought homes in America on account of
a love for its free constitution. In the
south, in estimating Grant’s strength, we
have entirely underestimated these ele
ments of opposition to him. The third
term involves the issue of empire or free
dom, and after talking with numbers of
the best informed northern men, I am
not willing to believe that the northern
people are yet prepared, out of sectional
hatred, to vote themselves into personal
slavery. Northern voters, who are well
man, he will rally *fo“e nut up a strqn,y
north hosts of friends <•?
have hitherto voted with f he republicans,
in opposition to Grant and a third term.”
“Who would be the strongest candidate
the republican party could present?”
“I think Blaine unquestionably. He
has by all odds the strongest personal fol
lowing. He is opposed by rival political
leaders, but his personal popularity w ith
the masses is immense. He is a man of
greot personal magnetism, never forgets
a man to whom he is introduced, is loved
by his friends, who admire his brilliant
intellectual qualities, and claim for him
that he is a man of most generous im
pulses. He is an adroit politician and a
skillful political leader. I hare never
made his acquaintance, but I had a good
opportunity of watching him at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel in New York, where I saw
him with numbers of people, and I ob
served closely the easy familiarity with
which he was approached by everybody.
I heard the late Judge Thomas W. Thom
as, of the northern circuit once say that
no man was entitled to hold high office
in a free government who could not be
approached by any citizen at any time
and on any occasion. This quality
Blaine possesses to an imminent degree.
I hope he will not be ttife republican nom
inee, and I do not believe he will, for the
politicians will defeat him.”
“Do you think the split in the demo
cratic party in New York will be
healed?”
“I have strong hopes, based on good
information, for believing that the fac
tions there will be reconciled in the com
ing presidential canvass. At least such
is the opinion is expressed by distinguish
ed northern democrats.”
“Do you think your plan of organiza
tion will be adopted?”
“The plan was a plan submitted by a
sub-committee appointed at a meeting of
the national committee in February,
1879. The plan was unanimously report
ed by the sub-committee and was adopt
ed by the national committee after dis
cussion as to its merits by a vote of 27 to
11. I have strong hopes that it will be
generally adopted by all the states in
their state conventions. I would like to
add that I have just read a report in the
Atlanta Constitution Of this morning of a
conversation which I had with the editor
of that paper on yesterday. The report
is unusually accurate with one exception.
The statement is therein made: ‘There
was a Tammany delegation in Washing
ton that insisted to the committee that
they would under no circumstances vote
for Tilden.’ The form in which this
statement is made is likely to create the
impression that such a delegation held a
communication with the committee. The
national committee held no communica
tion with any delegations whatsoever
gave the delegations representing the
different cities voted for as places for
holding the national convention. I mere
ly intended to say that a number of Tam
many gentlemen expressed the opinion
that under no circumstances would they
vote for Gov. Tilden, but this deriv
ed from them in private conversation.
With this exception the report in the
Constitution is very correct.”
The following is the report in the
Constitution referred toby Mi\jor Barnes;
Col. George T. Barnes, the member of
the national democratic committee for
Georgia, has just returned from an ex
tended trip throughout the north, and
from the session of the cominitteee in
Washington last week.
Col. Barnes is esteemed one of the
strongest and most sagacious members of
the committee, and is a man of unusnal
judgment and keen observation. In a
short conversation with a Constitution
man he gave several items of news that
must prove interesting to the public:
“Do you find a more confident feeling
in democratic circles narth than there has
been ?”
“Much more so. Indeed, I find the
most intelligent and best informed demo
crats entirely confident. They declare
that if the south only remains steadfast,
the north will furnish votes enough to
elect the democratic candidate.”
“Is Grant considered the strongest re
publican candidate ?”
“I believe he is the strongest candidate
with the politicians of his party. But tho
committee, and especially the northern
and western members, were unanimous
in the opinion that he was the easiest
man for the democrats to beat. The
northern members were positive that the
feeling against the third term was strong
enough to beat him in several of the clos
er states. I heard one of the best men in
Pennsylvania say that he would wager
SIO,OOO that Grant would not carry Penn
sylvania if he was nominated. lam sat
isfied that we in the south underestimate
the feeling against the third term in
the north. I think if Grant is made
the candidate he will be certainly beaten.”
“Who is the strongest man in the re
publican party?”
“Blaine beyond all question. He
stands very much to the republican par
ty to-day, I imagine, as Henry Clay did
to the old whig party. I was reliably
informed that the vote of Pennsylvania
would not be cast solid for Grant as it
was instructed at the state convention,
but that several of the Blaine delegates
would bolt and vote for their favorite. If
under the growing enthusiasm for Blaine
the republicans force the nomination
of Grant they will find it impossible to
poll the full party vote—or anything like
it.”
“Who is the strongest democratic can
didate?”
“The committeemen were very careful
to express no personal preference or
opinion. I never saw the committee so
harmonious, ,and so determined on put
ting aside everything like sentiment or
prejudice. I cannot say who would be
that’" £fic"cuifv erl Cion 1 *kfii
“Was the selection of Cincinnati an
anti-Tilden victory?”
“Nothing of the sort. No personal
considerations entered into the selection
of the place for holding the convention.
The vote was based on party considera
tions alone.”
“Is it true that the sonthern members
were invited to New York to see Tilden
and consult with him?”
“It is not true. There was no such
invitation made.”
“There was a Tammany delegation in
Washington that insisted to the commit
tee that they would, under no circum
stances vote for Tilden. I have authority,
nowever, for saying that the difficulties
in New York will be very soon harmon
ized. This, once done, there will be no
trouble in carrying the state.”
Col. Barnes stated that he was hopeful
that his plan for reorganizing the party
will be adopted. It has been referred to
the various state conventions. We have
already said that we believe this to be
the only practical method yet proposed
of pioperly organizing the great party.
Col. Barnes leaves this morning for Au
gusta.
The New Y >rk herald publishes the
following telegram from Washington,
under date of February 28:
“The meeting of the Democratic Na
tional Committee here last Monday ena
bled prominent democrats from different
parts of the country, both committeemen
and others, to compare views duting the
week concerning candidates and political
prospects. Of the 38 members of the
committee only ten favored the candidacy
of Mr. Tilden. Of other candidates,
Messrs. Thurman, Randolph, Randall,
English, of Connecticut and English, of
Indiana, were spoken of; but if the com
mittee had been polled it would have been
found that no candidate had a preponder
ant strength. The southern members
were all, or nearly all, unwilling to see
Mr. Tilden nominated, saying that he
would be weak in their states, and the
western men were remarkably modest in
their claims and ready to accept any man
who tan poll the whole party vote and
something more. “What we need, said
a western member of the committee to
your correspondent, “is a candidate for
whom every democrat in the country
will vote against any republican that can
be nominated.” “Who is your man to
fill that bill?” your correspondent asked,
and the answer was “There are several,
but the convention will settle on one.”
While Mr. Tilden had not many mem
bers of the committee favorable to him
the general sentiment towards him was
respectful and conciliatory. The opinion
was expressed that he would not be found
making trouble in the convention; that
he would be recognized there as an in
fluential democrat whose advice, if he
o-ave it, would receive respectful consid
eration, and that, while his own nomina
tion was not probable, if he offered ad
vice as to a candidate, and did it judi
ciously, this would have much weight.
“It was evident, from the conversation
of several committeemen that Mr. Til
den’s management of last summer’s New
York polities, is not thought judicious or
wise by Democrats in other states. In
politics the true policy is that which wins
so long as it does not sacrifice honor or
prieiple,” said a western committeeman
to your correspondent. “Tilden has not
been so successful a politician as a man
of his shrewdness ought to be. In 1878
he made a combination with Conkling to
elect Cooper, mayor of New r York, but
Cooper has not done him any good. Judg
ing from mv distance I should say that
Cooper has been on the whole a failure
and a detriment to the party. When last
year Tilden could have disarmed or con
ciliated Tammany, lie did neither, which
looks to me like another mistake. The
fact is, no one mon can control and mas
ter the Democratic party in a big state
like New York. The Conkling machine
seems to have mastered the republicans
there, but even that will not last. No,
Mr. Tilden has not show n himself a great
or able politician. I should call him an
able adviser but not a grbat general.”
“The conspicuous fact about the com
mittee and thoso whom it drew here was
that the Western men were in a very
conciliatory frame of mind. They did
not insist on a western candidate, They
expressed the hope that the Tammany
leaders in New York would not claim too
much, but were inclined to grant that the
candidate, whether eastern or western,
ought not to be a man known to be ob
jectionable to any considerable section of
the party. On the other hand, some
western and southern men inquired anx
iously whether it would be possible that
Tammany would make, or had made a
I combination with the Conkling republi
can machine to operate in the fall canvass
and election. A suspicion of that kind
seems to prevail, founded upon some re
cent events in New York city politics.
On the whole, if the committee fairly
represented the party throughout the
country, its spirit is tranquil but not de
spondent.
JEFFERSON DAVIS.
Who Captured His Horse and Stole His
Money.
Detroit Free Press.]
The fact that a man who w*as one of
the first to enlist in the confederate ser
vice, and who was for years an ardent
admirer of Jefferson Davis, not only as
sisted in the capture of the fugitive pres
ident, but gobbled his horse and stole his
money, cau be substantiated by at least
half a dozen residents of Detroit w'ho
members of the Fourth Michigan
Cavalry. In the last year at the war
James Lynde, a private. soldi*-' ‘‘
giniaretfmeo—•“ statlßned at Peters
: umousiae,
tie was an intelligent, active man, but a
determined forager. The fact that he
was a southernor and had fought for the
southern cause did not interfere with his
robbing southern people whenever he
had an opportunity. It was more than
his captain could do to keep him with his
company more than three days of the
week, and he was never known to draw
sabre in a fight. To sum him up, Lynde
had the reputation of a bummer and a
shirk, but he managed, as did hundreds
of others, to pull through some way and
escape punishment.
The Fourth cavalry were at Macon
when Davis fled from Richmond, and it
was the first regiment out in pursuit. -
Alter a march of two days the regiment
was divided into three detachments, two
of which held and guarded river fords,
and the third pushed on towards Irwins
ville. No one had certain information,
and 'the chances . for intercepting the
fugitive were as good with one as anoth
er.
The detachment which pushed oi got
its first information from a negro who
had met the fugitives, but had no idea
who they were. Following up the trail,
it was pushed until the party was found
in camp. The hour was late, but when
it was ascertained that a Wisconsin regi
ment was in camp near by no time was
lost in moving for the capture. The Wis
consin men had blundered upon the pres
idential camp, having made no hunt and
followed no trail. They had gone into
camp for the night, not intending to m ike
a move before daylight. As the Michi
ganders advanced part of them ran foul
of the Badgers, and a sharp skirmish took
place, eaeh lasing a man killed and
wounded before the mistake could be dis
covered. The balance of the Fourth
swept forward and into Davis’ camp, and
one of the first was‘Lynde. Guided by
chance or his “gobbling” instinct*, he
halted before the president’s tent. Davis’
horse was standing there, saddled and
bridled, and Lynde dismounted from his
own steed, mounted the other and rode
directly into the woods. When he re
turned after an abesnee of a quarter of
an hour, Davis was at his tent door, and
he pointed his finger at Lynde and called
out:
“Young man, that is my horse you are
riding!”
Lynde replied with an epithet and a
curse, and was at once placed under ar
rest by the officer in command. The re
volvers were removed from the holsters
of the saddle and Lynde was allowed
to ride the horse back to Macon. He
stated more than once that he would kill
the horse if not allowed to keep him. At
Macon he found that the horse would be
taken away and made good his threat.—
Ho took a sudden fancy one morning to
clean his rusty carbine, and while so do
ing he walked down to the feed line
where the captured horse was munching
his allowance of hay. Lynde hung
around for a time, and as he started to
go he threw his carbine over his shoul
der. A flash and report followed, and
the horse dropped and ad in its tracks, shot
througti the heart. Lynde claimed that
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NUMBER 35.
it was an accidcut, aud it had to go at
that.
Why did Lynde ride into the woods
wlm he captured the home V hat
other reason did he have but to “plant
the gold found packed on the saddle for
harried flight f There was an interval of
ten minutes betw’een the firing which
alarmed the camp and the appearance of
the Michigan troopers. This time was
occupied by the Davis party in making
ready lor Bight, and, of courso, they did
not forget their money. Lynde wou.d
answer no questions about it. He had a
“soft tiling,” and would not divide.—--
When the regiment was mustered out at
Nashville he disappeared. Six months
later lie turned up in Detroit with thou
sands of dollars iu his possession. He
left here for Europe, was gone nearly a
year, and when he retujned he was still
flushed with greenbacks of the highest
denomination.
The division of the reward money was
a fraud oil Michigan men.
The detachment left at the ford were
counted out entirely, although assisting to
guard and convey the prisoners back to
Macon, and, in fact, constituting the
guard which turned Davis andhisofficers
over to Provost Marshal. An Ohio reg
iment was encamped four miles aria}
when the capture was made, and none of
the Wisconsin men w’ere nearer than halt
a mile, yet congress divided the reward
between the three regiments, and also
permitted several scouts, who were fif
teen miles that night, to come in for
shares. If the money had been fairly
divided, the Fourth Michigan would have
received every dollar of it.
BLIND TOM.
Blind Tom’s birthplace is in Georgia,
and he began to excite attention as a
musician at the age of four years. All
sounds afforded him delight; even the
crying of a child caused him to dance
about in a state of ecstacy, When at
home he often bit his brothers and sis
ters to make them emit cries of pain.
If kept away from pianos, he would
beat against the wall, drag chairs about
the room, and make all sorts of noises.
When in London a flute w'as produced
for him, of a very complicated pattern,
and having twenty-two keys. He fre
quently rises up at night and plays this
instrument, imitating upon it all sorts of
sounds which he may hear at the time.
Once, when the agent attempted to make
him stop playing a piano in a high-toned
hotel, at three o’clock trough
Tom seized h _ threw' a
-c* aoor. In Washington, ne tnrcw
man av..~ stairs who came into his
room. When at ■—i n Georgia, he
ir. a hutliUnir ahoiii • y,„r./lri*d
yards from the house, and there lemains
alone with his piano, playing ail day and
all night, like one possesed with mad
ness. Bad w'eather has no effect upon
his music. In cloudy, rainy seasons, he
plays sombre music in minor chord ; and,
when the sun shines and birds sing, he
indulges in waltzes and light music.
Sometimes he . will hammer away for
hours, producing the most horrible dis
cord imaginable. Suddenly a change
comes over him, and he indulges in mag
nificent brust of harmony, taken from
the best productions of the masters.
Since his childhood he has been an idiot,
and he played nearly as well at the age
of seven as he does now; but now his re
pertoire is much larger, as he can play
anything he ha3 ever heard. He now
plays about seven thousand pieces, and
picks up new ones ever} where. It is a
curious fact that he will not play Sun
day-school music If he can help it, hav
ing great dislike for it.
The German war department is prepar
ing a plan for the defense of Berlin. It
is proposed to construct a series of at
least twenty forts, after the style of those
surrounding Paris; and these are to com
mand the roads leading through the
marshy and water covered areas by
which the Prussian capital is approached
on the northeast and southwest.
The Irish societies of New York have
sensibly concluded not to parade on St.
Patrick’s day, but to bold instead a mon
ster meeting with music, oration, etc.,
and gate fees for the relief of their suf
fering countrymen. This is a practical
kind of patriotism of a sort jyhich will
do Ireland more good than any number
of parades.
General Walker says women are eligi
ble as oensus enumerators. The time for
the work begins in June, and lasts four
weeks. The qualifications are active bus
iness habits, quickness at figures and
good hand-writing Three million dol
lars have been set apart for census taking.
Give the women a chance.
Miss Raymond, in whose behalf action
for damages has been brought in Wash
ington against Senator Hill, ha3 publish
ed a card stating that the action was
brought withont her consent, and that
the senator is guiltless of the offense
charged against him.
A Boston man has invented a process
of making paper boxes directly from the
pulp. It is said that by the use of one
set of his machines thirty thousand box
es can be produced in a day, at less than
one-third of the lowest market price of
hand-made goods.
Chicago, March 3.— The paper makers
of the northwest are unanimously agreed
to make a vigorous effort to prevent the
legislation by congress abolishing the
tariff on articles used in paper manufac
ture. _
A man asked for a pass over the Balti
more and Ohio the other day on the
ground that h** had an aunt killed on the
road some thirteen years ago.