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■ I biTeMMleiM«lMr«ilMttl)ef!rit imai*
grallon i^Georgia wn Irom England This
comm load wi'.b tbe co.ooy planted by
General O/Iethorpe a- rtoraonab. About
Ibid nucleus koo bman w form quite a
coldojr. OtUthor|*e*a colony ladled at Fort
Royal, in ffonth Carolina, and tUr.ce came
on to Savannah. Sooth Carolina bad been
settled tome years before, and Charleston
wan already a place of to rue importance
Proto this city Iba new eoltoy received
many substantial eerricea in its infancy,
and not a few prominent d tti.
Tba settlement oi upper Georgia was de
layed soyears, and dW; aot progress
to ymadlttole extent a util the city
of August* wae established, and became
* bukil ** *o P aniail way.
Toefo*dlans bad to be Conciliated and
•ect-r^y promised before the Immigrants
cou*be lad need to bto/rd Mttiements ot
any extant, where, tbe/ajeens of def.me
were few and frail. Wftboae of protection
remote and uuceriafoVfcheae fears operated
* ooojplete blcCranfvf to theEnglish immi
grant oho wp. «a’; l,t to remain in the
nei^borhrfjd of it - S st and more secure
portion selected by O/letborpe. Indeed, It
aeeraed aeewsary that be sfaonld pioneer a
aeoobd, at be bad a first colony, to a loca
tion at any considerable distance from
Savannah, and even after be bad done ibis,
ver> ; few of the English immigrants followed
him! Bat a district of desirable country
bad been obtained from the Indians, and
the bardt surt adreMnrons jpnjd*
of Fsri.. vJi'flTT.f.. irgfnia, wbo
were inured to tbe hardship and perils of
a new and frontier country, were not long
in tindiuff out tun* inviting a*ciion. Lea l
ing apiriis, of rough, unlettered men, led
tbe way from the two states, and were fol
lowed by mauy wbo knew and bad confi
denoe in ibeir daring and abilities. These
found their way to the country about,
above and west of Augusta, and in wbst is
now Columoia, Warren, Wilkei, Taliaferro
Greene, Franklin, Lincoln, Jefferson, and
Washington, Burke and Hancock. To
points in all of this territory there came
numbers from both Virginia and North
Carolina. The Virginians came principally
to Wilkee, and wbatis now Eioertana Liu
coin—the North Carolinians to Greene,
Warren and Banco* k. though there were
many from nutn states in these locaii
tics. These were principally the
descendants of Irish and Scotch
fniiiilie*, which had emigrated in 1670 to
]7<JUand even later, and made their homes
in the states of Virgium and North Caro
lina In comparison with the K .giiah
imtuigranis these fatter were illiterate aud
unpolished; still, they were intelligent and
eminently possessed of all the attributes
essential to the subduing and civilizing of
a new country. Their means were limited
and their wauls were few They bad been
reared in a new country and bad nothing to
learn of he necessities of a
new and unimproved land. Alt
of these nad been accustomed to labor a .d
knew how to prov.dt independently for
tbe ntceaaitiea ol their situation. There
was a community of interests, and
this ntcesaita ed a community ol
action a»d a homogeneous feeling.
None were wealthy, none extremely poor,
none independent of association or aaata
lance in me kind offices of good neighbor
hoods, anu these necet.si.ies induced a con
atant e. minui.icanou between every mem
berofrscu neighborhood or community
They shared a common toil and a common
danger, and united as one to perform tbe
one and resist the other. Besides, each
community consisted almost entirely of
emigrant* from the same section, and nere
there was almost always scorn .non opinion,
especially in religion and politics, those
fruttiul source* of wrangling and disagree
able content ion.
i be formidable power of the Indiana on
the frontier, their treachery, and predatory
habits, compelled the building of block sue
fort* and block nous.s at every settlement,
and the united efforts of the people to
secure the saiety of their settlement or
community A «out these forts was con
grega cd many families, and the clearing
and cultivating of tbe lands commenced
about tbe>c These loca< ions were selected
In cause of the ciuve..iencd of water and tbe
fertility of the land about tnem.aod where
no elevation enabled tne ravages to over
look aud fire into these f rts; and to this
dayittany of tbe?e sites are pointed out in
the I fferent counties between tbe Ogeeche
and the Oconee riven
In the subsequent division of the
territory the sites of the settlements
were rrganlrd, ani as fir a*
was: possible made the location of
the teats of justice for the county From
VOL. Xffl.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. APRIL 5, 1881.
NO. 43
•tale*, and to the last dang to the cause of
the union, but now they are a crushed and
ruined people, and all •betr aristocratic pro
c iviiiea, with all their property, has past
into oblivion.
Tbe sec ional prejudice between the peo
pto of Georgia in me main has passedIt
par puses, i
g-ioa sense
■M ^ _
revives it to some extent, bat the
and the better feeling of both
sections form upon these efforts and they
recoil open the authors of this renewal of a
mean and ungenerous prejudice.
After tbe revolution the precantionary
measures of the non icrn Georgians against
tbe incursions of tue savages continued a*
tlie settlements began to expand, and this
“ salutary precaution, because
immediate border, and they were constantly
raiding upon tbe settlements, murdering
the people and carrying away their stock,
intimidating the settlers, a- d
preventing immigration. Thu state
of affairs gave rise to many
conflicts, and to the fostering of an adven
turous and military spirit amongst the
countries personal
bravery and hazardous daring are consid
ered tbe chiefeat of virtues, ai d men pos
sessed of these qualities are always leaders
and tbe honored of the community, and
(here were quite a number of such men in
the stats. Most of these had seen severe
service in the revolution, and naturally
enough were looked up to as those to be
intrusted with tbe protection jot the settle
mints, finch men as Elijah Clark, David
Adams, Micajah Williamson and many
others of lesser note. This section of the
ate, now known as middle Georgia, was
never entirely relieved from these annoy
ances until the treaty of 1802, which re
moved the Creek Indians west of Flint
river, and this did not secure protection to
that portion of tbe state, designated as
southern or southwestern Georgia, and
• specially contiguous to tbe Florida line
Here they continu'd until tbe cession bv
Spam of these provinces to the United
States
This cession was accelerated by the action
of General Jackson in 1818 Depredations
had been continued, despite of treaties for
years alo* g tbo lines between Georgia and
Florida, and these were as frequent by law
less men from Georgia as from the Indiana
Florida. It was desirable to arrest this
state of affairs, and General Jackson a a*
consulted by the administration at
Washington. The Uuiied States was
•t peace with Spain, and had fre
juemly requested of Spain to arrest
tn.se lawless forays of the Indians This
frequently promised, and doubtles*
in good faith, but tne government of Florida
was too weak effectually to acc tmplisb this,
and so long as Florida remained a provb ce
of Spain there waa little hope of effecting
this.
There were two Scotchmen located in
Florida aa Indian traders—and they bad
acquired great influence over tbe Indians*
and were greatly benefi’ed from this pi in
lering of the frontier settlements in Geor
gia. They defied tbe authority of Spain
«• d found a home with tbe Indiana, whom
they continually instigated in these depre
dations Their names were Ambrister a d
Arimrthnot Their relationship with »he
ravages. and their control of them, wa» well
known in Georgia and to the United States
govern me .», and it was thought if they
could be gotten rid of there would be little
difficulty in arresting and restraining the
I ndians. An effort bad been made to this
end but had failed, and the incursions of
the Indiana becoming more frequent and
more daring, aa the commander m chief of
i lie armies. General Jackson was sent for
and consulted. There was no definite plan
agreed upon. Mr Calhoun, as secretary of
war, advised negotiation, and in this was
joined by Mr. Adams, wbo was secretary of
state Mr Crawford, as secretary of the
i reaMirv, dissented, but had no plan to
recommend, but urged, if possible, the
pmcnase of the territory and to form it into
a state. It was agreed, how
ever, that General Jackson should
march lo tbe frontier with
a force sufficient to punish the Indians if
found oti the territory of Ge irgia and if
riot, to overawe them and ooritin** them to
i he territory of Florida. In tbe ex.cuti.
t* to was • fab exam - toof an the
rouuu' a wen of the Oconee, and of a majority
of those to the tee* of It.
It was these people wbo built up the -wealth of
the state*, and irom rh—ecam 3 the men and wo
rn m whose a ns have aot only gtTen lame to the
st tea through their abilities and distinguished
aerrkes, bat have sent them out over tne west to
baa given to
d what iwoatatoabas such a senato-
representation in tbe congress of the United
es a* Georgia mod Miadndppi? She baa gives
three governor» to Texaa and Innumerable repre
sentative men to Alabama—and all from
mldd<e Georgia. As did their ancestors
they have rabdoed the western wilier-
now. and built op the power and tbe wealth of
the south. They have wen It torn from them.
the old land yet
emulate their
For there la life In
W. H. tirakks.
RAILROAD MATTERS.
IN THE SENATE
WHERE BLOOMS THE ONLY MAHONE.
Tks Beermat Virgialsa Expos* Eii Bottom
to Iks PaUic Qaz»—R podiatioa IMosCod,
tkaB-pab loaai Approving- Words
of Boors for Hla Oellsagno.
a Interview with Mr, James The Be-
ported Lease.
Mr. John H. James returned to the city at
6 o’clock last evening from a visit to8avan
nab, where be has been attending tbe meet
ing of tbe committees of the Georgia
and Central railroads appointed Uf
assess the property of the Western railroad
of Alabama, with a view of a division ot
tbe road between the Georgia and Central*
companies. Mr James was.visited at his
residence on Peachtree street last night, by
a representative of Tux Constitution, and
kindly consented to an interview. Mr.
Jsmes said :
“A committee of five from each road
went to Savannah to make a valuation of
tbe property of the Western
railroad of Alabama, a road
which is owned jointly by tbe Central
and the Georgia roais. The committee was
composed of C. H. Phinizy, E P. Alexan
der. H. D. McDaniel and myself, from the
Georgia road, with Mr Reese, wbo was ab
sent, and Wm. M. Wadley,Mr Raoul Mr.
Owens and Mr Anderson, of the Central,
with Mr Gresham, of Macon, absent.
Some years ago the Central and the Geor
gia road.- indorsed and bought the stock
of the Western railroad which afterward
went into tbe bands of a receiver, and tbe
two companies were compelled to purchase
the road from Selma to Columbus and
West Poiut to protect themselves At the
lime of the purchase it was agreed that ai
some future day a division of tbe road
would be made so as to give tbe end from
Columbus to Opelika to the Central railroad
ai.d tbe West Point end to the Georgia
rued, such a division being more to the in
terest of each cornpai y.
Recently the Central purchased wbat is
known as the Opelika and Memphis rail
road, running west from Opelika to I>ade-
viileand to Cbildersburg, on the fieltua,
Rome aud Dalton road Two thirds of this
roa-j is already completed. Mr. W adley, in
anticipation of the continuation of the road
to Chmlersbn.g and to tbe coal fields in
the direciion of Birmingham this year,
asked tbe Georgia road to have a
meeting of the committees for
the division of tbe property of tbe
Western road. We met in Savannah Mon
day. The road had been a*s**sj<ed for the
purpose of a division in 1875 by Virgil
Powers and L P Grant, but not being wil
ling to settle tbe matter without a new
assessment, the question was referred back
to the two gentlemen to revalue tbe road at
its present market value. Wnen they do
this, which will probably be within the
next 60 days, tbe pre-.dents will call us
together again lo consider the matter."
• What about tbe lease question?''
‘ Tti* re was a great deal of talk about the
lease of tbe Georgia road to the Central, but
we were not sent there by our boards for
ihat purpose, as tbe matter had never been
before tbe bi-ard of tbe Georgia road
Hence, we could do nothing officially if we
had been s-o disposed From the general
t. Ik with the gentlemen 1 have named
and with other prominent men who were
at times present it appears that the inclina
non was against the lease It is well
u derstood that by the laws of the state the
Central cannot lease the Georgia road."
• Tell us something else that is of in
terest "
“Weil, the directors of the Savannah.
Augusta and Waynesboro railroad held a
Washington, March 23.—The announce
xuent that Mahone would to-day address
the senate in vindication of his action and
in explanation of the principles of the re
adjuster party in Virginia, had the effect of
drawing to tbe capitol a large audience as
early as 10 o’clock. Tbe doors leading to
the galleries were surrounded by an impa
tient crowd, and within ten minutes
after they were opened at
10:30 every available seat was
taken with _ rite exception of those
reserved for members of the diplomatic
corps. These were, however, occupied
before the hour of the assembling of tbe
senate. On the floor in the rear of tbe
senators’ desks were seated a large number
of persons, many of them representatives-
elect, while iu the
denev ol the Confederate States was the
gentleman’s object at the time. In the
struggle that ensued he/ Brown) was earnest
: tbe cans* until its fortunes began
_ waver, and then he abandoned it with
his militia. After the war he wasnex*
beard of in the Chicago republican conven
ion. In fact that gentleman might say
with a poet on the brook:.
Men may come and men may go,
But I go on forever.
[Laughter.] He was next heard of as a
radical candidate for the United States
senate, but was biraten by a more moderate
republican, the late Joshna Hill. He next
appeared as the appointee of the
carpet-bagger governor of Geor
gia, the prince of carpet-baggers
(Mr. Bullock) to the office of chief justice
of that state, which* position he subse
quently resigned to take the presidency of
h railroad company Now that pentleman
was here as the leader of the democratic
p*rty and his explanation was that the
democratic party had erred, and
abandoned him, but . i;
righted itself and rallied
bu (Browu'.jgraad reserve iundvmi
wtllemeiils This, however, did not
occur to any appreciable extent until sub
sequent to the revolution. At the com
mericenient cf this struirgle the population
of ike entire itate scarcely exceeded seventy
thousand souls. Very soon, however,
immigration commenced from Virginia,
Maty land and the Carolines rapidly. This
immigration came to the neigtiborhood of
the first settlements, and that from each
state, usually sent to the neighborhood of
the firs*, emigrants from their respective
atatM. Those from Virginia principally
went to the country along the Havaunali
and Broad rivers above Augusta-now
Elnen and Lincoln comities; some came
to Wilkes. It was here, however,
in Greene and Hsncock, were located
most Of that Irotu the Csrolinaa. These
imisigrams brought wuh them tbe peculiar
habile of the s*ciions whence they came
Generally, tbe Virginians had more m«ans;
these w«re concent rati d principally in
alavaa—and they were generally better edu
cated, as well as a more i ndependent people.
The Craw fords, the Kartys. Gilmer-. Tails,
and many other (studies, catue to Broad
river, and i he northern |iortion of Wi.kes
The Hints, Abercrombies, Loves Stephenses
and Lewucs came to Hancock. The Cobb*
and someol the Cranf-mls came to Colum
bia'-from Virginia. TheSmih Carolinians
to the counnes of Warren, Washington,
Banks and S.‘reven, and it is strange that, to
this dsy, the ptople of tueae tec
lions maintain in a great degree
tb* peculiar characteristics of
the flr^t immigrants, and their
posterity which baa so largely populated
the southwrsu-rn >tales, and sull carry with
them there and stilt retain their affi
tor the land of ineir a ce^tors—and all
aeeau equally proud of the old state whence
these come this is specially true of
tbe Virginians and South Carolinians
Tb* population of Savannah and the sea
board waa wont to view that ot the np
country as inferior to themselves beesuse oi
th tr want of education ana ihe re tineuient
of a higher civilisation. A. d there was
little communication be’.w<-eti the two
pe«ip:e, and for many years m* re exis ed a
nva;ry betwee i these for tlie pjlhical
control of me state government The
accession of population by the up country,
however, gave so completely (he pu
roer-.cal strength to the northern and mi i*
die portion > f the aiate, tlat the low
country a* the smthern portion of tte
state was termed, that they w*re fain io
autfender on.tempi for so'icunde, ana
tutu ambition* men came familiarly
amongst the crackers etc the north, a* they
Jdcksun marched
frontiers of Florida. There was a Creek
Indian settlement, known as tbe fowl
towi.a—in what is now Lee and Dougherty
counties—these had been accused by the
Georgiaosaa participating in ihedrpreda
lions upon their settlements, and a body of
men under tbe command of Captain Wright
had been organized for their punishment
These followed in the rear of Jackson's
army Jackson had pa-s-d through this set
ilement of Indians who professed friendship
for tbe whiles, and to attest the truth and
faithfulness of this profossion bad sent with
.1 ackson as a part of his force their warriors,
leaving in their towns only their women
and the aged warriors. One of these towns
was called Chebaw. Wright destroyed this,
tilling the Indians found there and burn-
ng the town. This wa* an act without
unhority, and General Jackson resented it
y writii g a fi*ry and most insulting letter
io Governor Rabun, the governor of Georgia
at tbe time, demanding the arrest and
unishment of Wright. Rabun replied to
his with indignant warmth, refusing to
termed the people of ibe up-country
solicit their support for political pre'er
row t. Wueu ih<* revolution aa* inaugu
rated there w a* quite a division of i-eoti-
xnetii a *»ong*x the southern population ot
the state. There was Concentrated most of
the wealth of the state, and wealthy
are lately revolutionist* Many of the
wealtbivs: an I most L flu *nti men of that
section ciucg io ibeir
became a tA.uiliar ter u of reproach
for tbose who were struggling for tbe
independence of the colonies -The
immigration to the south art > .f much more
recent caie direct y from K , land man that
which IimIc nut to ami populated the state,
whence the immigration came to the north
arc portion of the stare, ami felt more
strongly the ties qf relationship and duty
tojh* mother country than the tatter; and
bsfides, .he ©on>tqu.uces of rebellion,
abauld the re to mi n ary effort fail, would
be much more disastrous to them in ibe
loss of property : and th-s failure with them
wga a foiegoru* conclusion, and the conte
qwet.ee was that ma v toft the country to
direct the governor in his duty as tbe
extcmive rt an independent stale, and
Wright escaped a merited punishment for
his unauthorized act.
Jat-kson had no respect for limits which
restrained his action and prevented the ac-
c mipl aliment of bis ends. He moved on
to tbe frontier, where the Indiaus and their
aivisera supposed he woo>d arrest bis
march, and consequently they remained in
ccn»cious security at their towns Tbtir
prophet bad taught them that the Amer
i:*ns dared not invade a neutral ter
ritory, and this view was sus
; lined and encouraged by their
whife friends, the Scotch traders Jackson
«t sregarded the restraints of boundaries
ami marche t d rectiy upon their loans
i.pon the Flint and the Appaiachicola
rivers, destroyi g these and capturing the
prophet and t h e two traders. All three ol
wbicb he presen>ly hanged. But hisaudsci
ty did uot stop her-; he marched dir- c ly to
a dcaptured iheS|»a istifownof IVis«coL
-an ac> of war upon a fri-ndly powtr, and
t peace *itb the IJnite-f 8 ares.
This action of General Jack-on was deemed
outrage and anantbo.Uwd by tbe government,
epaiu demanded an explanation In oabiuet
c .until his arrest was demandc 1 and bis conduct
d mi vowed. This however, wa*uu»ucre*dul ai.d
esc edingly annojitig to Jacfaoo. Toe matter,
however, was accomm- dated, and Very soon a
treaty wa* regulated with 8nain for tbe cewioa of
Vie Florid** to tbe United duues. Some yean,
af .eraanls it transputd ibal Jacts-m was in hi*
operations obeying the secret orders of the presi
dent, and it waa communicated to him that the
member of tbe ctbmet who mo «‘
i. cabinet meeting hU arrest w<
Mr. Crawford. This caused an estrangeme
b t«e* ■ these two dtotinguUbed men, wtucb
continued until Jacasou was elected prerid*i.t.
aud Mr. Calhoun vice president. Immediately
after their election Mr Crawford, through Mr.
toraytb and Jame* Hamilton, of S s York.
I tuformed Jackson that ue rad been deceived *i
to his action, and that it was Mr Calhou who
and rebel ] had mored his arrest an t trial in the cab.net
mlntoury Jackson gave Calhoun as his author,
char tue Mr Crawford as beiag the mini-ter
deoandlug his arteri. and at* acrmwnlons cone-
poudeoc« between Calhoun »nd Jacksoneoued.
ending in a rupture which was never alter heaLd
b tween them.
The acquisition of Florida put an e d to the
border forays ot both Indians and whites Soon
after, that section of Georgia known as south
western Georgia, was acquired from the Indian*
and at once occupied oy tbe white*—adding
greatly to tbe cultivated territory of the state, a*
well as a rapid augmentation of population and
wealth
At the dose of the war cf 1812-15. the change
in the staple product of this state, which r "
commenced with th discovery oi the oo ton
and spinning janny—induced the rapid
meeting and declared an extra divi
dend of five per cent from some
sc< uimitated earnings, part of wbicb were
of lot g standing. This road was leased by
the Centra) some years ago with a guaran
teed dividend of 7 per cent.”
' Had a nice time 1 suppose?"
“The up county party enjoyed the trip
very much. It was more of a frolic than
anything else. We passed the most of one
day looking at the fine steamers and wharf
and immense guano and cotton-sheds ot the
Central railroad company, which have
been built with a view to an increase in tbe
business of the company. It was an inter*
eating sight. We were invited to General
A R Lawton’s to tea and had a pleasant
tune there.”
“Mr. James, 1 would like to ask youabout
the $2*000000 of bonds wbicb it is said
Coiooei Wadleyfaas prepared for tbe pur
pose of extending the Savannah and Mem
phis railroad from Dadeville to the Cahaba
coal fields?"
*1 spoke of that a moment ago. A por
tion of the bonds have been issued and the
others are in course of preparation. The
road will help to supply A-lantm with coal,
which will o me over the West Point road ”
Thanking Mr James for the information
he had given, the reporter took his leave.
journal of Saturday having been read,
the vice president laid before tbe senate a
resolution for the appointment of senate
officers, stating that the senator from Vir
ginta had the floor.
Mr. Manone premised his speech by ex
pressing his regret tba* he should be com
pelled again to interrupt tbe deliberation?
of the senate. 1 trust, he said,
that the senators and tbe conn
try will concede that to ihis
stenting forwardness I am provoked If I
may fail to challenge tbe generous c
era non of tbose wbo would appear to have
found pleasure without justification in their
varied and ungenerous assaults, I do not
doubt that I shall command the respect of
the brave and independent spirits here—
as 1 know I shall among
my own people. I shall not
complain of that indirection wnich has
characterized the manner and method of
tbe senators in their allusions to me. I
must accept that they comport entirely with
their own sense of manly deportment
and senatorial dignity, however little
they do with my own. * Vir
gima is accustomed to meet
•cessions where the independent spirit of
Agio Sxxon is required to assert itself
Virgin?* has ever mt-t with fortitude and
becoming dignity every duty which destiny
has imposed, always however, with much
contempt foe small party lines, when
principle was involved in which her faith
and honor were committed. With absolute
confidence in my loyalty to her. and my
devotion to every interest of her people, I
will not relax my purpose here to repel
every impeachment of ihf constituents who
me to this chamber with clearly defi ed
es which they and I comprehend I was
elected to the United States senate to do
their will, not to a caucus to do its bidding.
Virginia earned her li'le of “old
dominion" by the br.*ad and ind*pe dent
aeliou of her own people, by tbe loyalty of
her sons, by tbe instinct of independence,
without help at the ha: ds of those who
would now interfere with her affrirs How
ever feebly I may express that spirit against
the gratuitous care and concern for her
at the bauds of strangers—strangers to her
trials, to her sacrifices and to her will—I
feel that the spirit of her people inspires
me when I scornfully repel for them and
for myself tbe ung*nerous attempts to in
struct tbe Virginia senator as to his duty to
them and himself. The senators should
be willing to deal with their con
stituents. I answer for mine
To him that would insinuate that
my action in regard to tbe organization of
the committees of this body and the pro
posed election of officers has been con
trolled by impure considerations, and I am
loth to believe that any senator has so
intended, in the language of another I say,
“If thou sayest I am not peer to any lord
of Scotland here, highland or lowland,
near, Lord Angus, thou
hast lied.” Now permit me to say that the
senators can no more realize my regret
tban they can measure my amazement that
my colleague (Johnston) should have felt
incumbent on himself to join
chamber
The Anjpsta Chronicle of yesterday baa
the following concerning the much talked
of case:
Tbe sentiment ef the community is rery dearly
jilitt a lease, uid r" * *
that there will be
tnat if the Central n
psv «n elZL t per cent dividend, and make a profit
besldtft. they can do as well with »t under tbtir
m -nt and iudeed there 1*no
Geonda is one __
south, and transacts
a very large buatuesa We understand that It has
sold 6 per cent bonds enough to place steel
rail* on the entire road, and there will, therefore,
bare to he no annual expenditure hereafter, out
of ibe earnings cf the road, for this purpose, as
neretof re. With such a ►troeg sentiment against
ibe base; with tbe fact that it will c rtainly in
jure Augusta, and with tbs feeling thatthn
v ckhoiuera bare that they can make as much
ui of tbe toad as anybody ebe. tbe lease at this
ime is evidently among'he improbabilities
Commo-o>e George W. Qiiiutard. of tbe New
Y. ik and Charleatou steam-hip company, and
Mr J A Fish• r. receiver of the S- urn Carolina
railroad.
be ascertained' but it
1* e object of
tbe city yeawr
—, .r the other. But. aa we Mated ab. ve.we
do not belteTC that a lease will be made, but that
tbe Georgia railroad will continue under its o n
msnag.menL Mr Quintsid and Mr. Fisher
returued, lari evening, to Charleston.
Savannah News, 26th.
Colonel C. H. Phiaiz , president of tbe Georgia
railroad, arrived in tbe tit> veaterdav mornii -
and it was whispered around that his visit b
some connjvtioo with the reports in refarence _
tne aline U lease of tbe Georgia road by the Cen
tral. wth a guarantee of 8 per cent dividend. To
this rumored movement, which baa been tbe
rixbje.n of discussion for mmm d*ys past, was
atiribub-d tin- d mand for Georgia stock and the
rapid -d vance in price. .
burti* tne forenoon Colonel Phinizy railed at
tbe Central Railroad bank to seecokx el W’adley
inlting column in this
introduces questions of
cal consistency, or if be prefers, inconsis
tency. and next he would introduce me to
this honorable body not as his colleague but
as a repudiator of public obligations. Tbe
sense of justice of my fellow senators
renders it uecessary for me to apoleg
noticing ray colleague's criticisms oi
hand and his perversions on the other. How
ever much he and his cohorts may endeavor
by the cheap logic <ian attorney tu demon
strate what I ought to be. I am by my con
victions and my senre of honor-what I am.
In this particular I have largely
the advantage of my colleague,
for, if I take him by his record, diminutive
as it is, he neither knows what he is nor
what duty he came here to perform.
[Laughter.]
Mahone then proceeded to give an ex
haustive of the political and finan
cial bistorv of Virginia for the last decade.
He declared that the readjusters h d
never repealed any of the funding contracts
made by Vireinia, but asserted that the bill
passed in 1871 by the Virginia legislature
and known as tbe “orokers’ bill," which
had been advocated by hia colleague, repu
dieted, and forcibly repudiated, one-third
of the debt ot Virginia The re
adjusters held that two-thirds ol
the money which Virginia bad borrowed
should be paid, the other third belonging to
w ... .
gentleman had alluded to the rumors of a
bargain. If there were any truth in these
rumors then he (Mahone) wa3 indebted for
any advantage he might draw from it to
the fact that the senator from Georgia did
not know of tbe opportunity [laughter] on
that point. He (Mahone) would answer all
the inuendoea of the senator distinctly
aud gravely, and with due regard to the
dignity and decorum of the senate. He
hurled back with scorn and contempt every
imputation that his action here
bad been induced by any
oth*r consideration than that of the pro
motion of his people’s interests and of t*>e
welfare of the whole con-try, Heavowed his
responsibility—his proud responsibility—
for the introduction of Mr Iliddleberger’s
name as a candidate for office,
but pro f essed his readiness to
wiredraw that name if it were true, as the
report had it, that the democratic senator
would then withdraw their opposition to
i he election of officers of th£ senate
The opposition of Mr. Riddleberger,
he said, was in view of the coming election
in Virginia. It was devised to uphold boar-
bonism there If it was the desire to uphold
a partv which, while openly professing
obedience to the constitution, held by
mental reservation purposes hostile to
the constitution, and wnich did not
beiieve it the right of freedmen to vote.
■It was to uphold nis party that, while nom
inally accepting the Cincinnati platform,
in which a full vote, free ballot and an
hone-t count had been demauded, be had
introduced constitutional amendment*
requiring that no man shou d
ca.i a ballot for any office
ou any account until he had paid tbe
capitation tax This effort was to uphold
tbe party which defied the democratic
creed, and which had undertaken by
methods of indirection to disfranchise
the colored man. That was the purpose.
He had never given that doctrine his
a-sent either in public or at the ballot box.
F*»r one he wanted no political serfs in
Virginia. He stood prepared here ou this
tk*>r, by the courage of men
who were behind him at home to
as ure the country that in Virginia
at least there should be free suffrage, price
less suffrage.a full vote and an bom-st count
[Applause in the galleries.] It was true
ue sa>d. tbat tbe adjusting pirty had in
structed its electors ot Hancuckand English,
nut it waa equally true that
had forborne ana promptly
borne from instructing for those
cindidafesas nominees of the democratic
partv. Thepurposeof the readjusters was
to stay the retrograde movement of years,
so as to bring Virginia back 'from number
fifteen in the grade of states to her original
iiosition in the sisterhood of states.
Far be it from him that bis action here
should be controlled or influenced by a
caucus whose party bad waged war on his
n*iitnenta and whose party sue
_ss was held paramount to wbat he
cmceived to be the interest of Virginia
and the welfare of the whole country The
read j asters of Virginia had no feelings of
hostility, and no words of unkindness for
tue colored man. By no act of his
either the clash of arms or his freedom
volved. He had not measured bis duties
by the consideration of self interest. Not
much could be eaid of
distinguished statesman who
urged the south to resist the readjusters
Virginia bad not forgotten her abandon
ment from that quarter and needed nc
counsel as to her duty. I am here, he said
in conclusion, to assert that Virginia,
the mother of he union, renews her old
time faith and devotion to the government
that her honored sons aided to construct,
and in the fatherance thereof I propose
to give my best abilities and to exert my
every energy [Applause and hisses in
the galleries ]
At the conclusion of his speech Mr. Ma-
h'ine was wa.mly congratulated by Messrs
Conkling, Sherman, Dawes and other repub-
i o*ns.
A number of dilatory motions were voted
down, and at 4 p.m., on motion of Mr
Dawes, the senate adjourned until to
morrow.
He referred to the magnanimous action of
the democratic majority at the last congres-
In permitting the senator from Louisiana
(Mr. Kellogg) to retain his seat in this body
It no v appeared that that senator
and the senator from Virginia (Mr
Mahone) were not only leaders but
masters of tbe republican party
They clasped hands across the blood*
chasm and were clamoring “for the old flag
and an appropriation" He sympathized
with the good old state of Virginia for
speaking in the chamber with a
doubtful voice, but he could
not, he would not. he dared not doubt
that its true voice would soon be heard in
unmistakable tones declaring for the
maintenance of the public pilghted faith
and political integrity.
Mr. Jonas said that the gentleman (Mr
Hampton) had spoken of the magnanimity
of the democrats in permitting the senator
from Louisiana (Mr. Kellogg) to retain his
seat. For himself, he disclaimed all the
share of that responsibility and there were
many who joined him in that disclaimer.
The people of Louisiana not having bad
% * liisis.-ance of tht»l gentleman fMTr
Hampton) in righting the wrong, would do
without bis sympathy and bear that
wroi g in silence.
Mr Groome opposed the present ct nsid
eration of the resolution for
the re election of the senate officers, basing
his opposition principally on the gronua
that it would be working great hardship ana
injustice on the present incumbent .
Mr. Browu proceeded at some length to
answer charges made against him by Mr
Mahot e yesterday. Referring to that por
i n of Mahone’s speech coi earning hi*
.Brown's) tecoid, he said the gentleman
from Virginia has grossly misrepresented
The gentleman had charged nim with
«ras seen to enter the tenafi g bouse.
ike final amt cements in :
1 to the Georgia
abide he rca lit, or follow* d the fortunes ot
tbe crown. Those who left termed them
•elves royal i*;-: unne wbo bore
arms against tbe colonies were
termed tones; and iu that portion
of the s:a:e this distinction is still recogois
ed and the deseed dan is of royalistaare even
now insulted that the term lory should be
appiitd to their ancestors. There were
many, perbapea msj iriiy of the prop e of
tbe M UtUm population of first distinction
who were most active and intrepid parti
Wide* had
on xln
asuSs-
t*o( the bu ds west of the Oconee, and as
rapidly the production of cotton. 1 remember
thi great tobacco barns rotting in the fir d*
uonsed when 1 was a bo', and how rapidly the
cultivaiioa of this *ad indigo dtaeppearea brfore
toe n field and rouou paicfc Tor then the
provision crop was that of flat recewi y
a:.d to the production of tats the fields
«ere appropriated, white tbe cotton waa cun
rigoed the patch, aid cooatitated bat a smril
item la the farm product Tats gradually L-
uot for tcanv Tears usurp tor
field and Ktsw to the grata cn-P durpaJeh So
iongaa toe former ooodttioo continued toe farmer
*U independent, aad hta wealth iucreastd. aud
mho were moat active and intrepid parti U Stiiy. itwi a
■was of the colonial cause—daring all ai>d ! waalta. This was not sufficient
hazardi g all, aud from these has come ! * ' * -—*—
Induce toe iodfsrretioa of luxurious
e consultation, we can positively state noth-
and the tumor is not only unfounded, but absurd.
The prtwri.ee cf Mr. Plant waa accidental, and
h>d nomine whatever to do with too visit of
Co-oiel Fnituzy
We learn that Coiooei Phinizy came to Savan
nah to coa» uit with Colonel Wadi*
lae WrsW-ra railn-ad of Alabama, —
crporatiou* are jointly interested. This road
run* from *e>t Point and oommbus to itpeUka
sod Montgomery, thence lo Salma, and is owned
by the Central aid eonria. The management
of inis th e. and certain oth*r matters counrctod
with it. were toe otoy rebjecta *f dbenrafou.
Whilst tti* consultation waa in progress between
Co on* 1 Ws** ley and Coiooei Phinizy, Mr Plawt
cailtd In to see Coiooei Wadley In regard to toe
be*t plau to be pursued to enable the
railroads to Increase to nr earnings under toe
nmmisetooers’ rates ‘Ibis was a subject of
great tutoress to all three corporations, and
tili irindpel y discussed torooaboot toe remainder
It sutMtai tfai *. Captain W. G. Ra cl and
A Family Killed.
many oi the moat distinguished men of the j living. Faaatiy
atate—the Tatnalla, Whvuee. Habenbauw i i«me; toty w*re le* and plain, but ^^ ^_
TriUm. Cu.h0.ru, T.igju, E-u.uu.ta »nd ££ cvloudH. 8.H^
a host of others, whilst very few of the Sade. »nd each farmer’s wile vied with her 1
descendants of the royalists have been . u.igbbois ia dreratag la the neatrax home-made
tSST** - ,n * n “ ta0 ‘ *• ’“ lr *
E.uy ct ih«e myrii.u, both from Gw ! w I, CHtTT *i? , ? 1 . x - ? u ^ 38 . . - .
«2v£3!&:ssFsrjsawis^jssm "rSsiS
etc re donated lat.d
tod their dracet dan 1
itituti g a rort of qaa-t aristocracy
West Virginia according to every pm ciple
of law and equity. Since 1871 the read
justing party nad denied to the debtor the
war interest and bad proposed to pay tbe
rest in full. Its adversaries bad funded
tbat war interest and proposed to repudiate
one-half of that whicn Virginia was in law
anti honor bound to pay
He would like the tenators from West
Virginia to tell the country wbat that state
had done with reference to the payment
of one-third of the debt contracted by the
c mmo«wealth of Virginia; whether ithad
ever prop*tsed to pay one stiver to maintain
the honor and dignity of the old common
wealth. He criticised the action of hia col
league in t ot defendit g the people of
Virginia from the accusati n that
they were dishonorable; dishonorable, too.
in the opinion of men who represented
states which by arbitrary legislation bad
reduced their debts from $243 000 000 to
$84,000 000 He sent to tbe cle< k's desk and
had read a table showing the extent to
which the debts of the southern states bad
been t-caled down. Continuing, he said:
Repudiation ia honorable; readjustment is
dishonoi able. Virginia, it was
for this you bared your bosom
to the soidier’s tread and
horse’s foot It was for this you laid waste
your fields and displayed your fortitude
and courage, your heroic suffering aud
sacrifice ft was'for this you suffered dis
tnembermeut of your territory and
sent your sons to tbe field
return to ruins that w<
once their homes. It was for this you
reluctantly abandoned your allegiance to
tbe common country, to be last iu war and
last to go out. Ob, ingratitude? thou basest
and meanest of crime*!
He would uot occupy any more of the
time of toe senate with the subject of Vir
ginia’s debt, but would refer now to an in
terrogatory put last Friday by Senator
Voorhees to Senator Logan, as to whether
the latter would indorse the papers of an
applicant for the smallest post-office who
fovored the repudiation either of the state
or national debt. He would ask thegentte-
manJMr Voorhees) bow be found it com
patible with hia principles to
senators from states who
ated but had not „
He had never heard Mr Riddleberger tx
pres* a favorable opinion even of the views
of these- ator from Indiana on the national
debt: [Laughter ] He quoted from John
W Daniel, one of the leaders of the bourbon
party in Virginia, denouncing the iniqui
•ous measures of federal fi a nee-, and pro
posing to reverse ih*m He recommended
these store from Indiana and Delaware
(Messrs Voorhees and Bayard) to try and
reconcile their differences of views on the
financial question before the senator from
Illinois again discussed tbe subject. As
to the senator from Georgia,
(Mr. Brown) who seemed to
be so much troubled about readjustment,
he questioned whether the world had ever
produced a man who could so readily iead
A Reply to Halaone.
Washixgtox, March 29. —Immediately
after the reading of the journal the resoln-'
tion was called up for the election of offices
of the senate. , ,
Mr. Johnston stated that he had intended
to repiy to »he speech ofhisco'league deliv
ered yesterday, but as it did not appear in
the Record this moral* g, and a- he tiid not
wish, to misrepresent his colleague, he
would postpone his reply until ne rould
have an opportunity to read that speech.
Mr Hampton denied tba statement made
yesterday by Mr. Mahone that the demo
cratic party had repudiated the debt of
South Carolit.a, asserti- g that if there had
been repudiation it had been when the
state was rnder the control of the party
with which tbe geutleman was now acting.
He then proceeded to recite the action of
the democrats in this special session of the
senate; their attempt to fulfill their duty in
reorganizing the committees, and the
course pursued by thetr opponents, which
bis opinion, subversive of all usagey
tion which ... . . .
questions was not the position be had oc
cupied at the beginning of the war. Hehsd
gone into that contest to maintain slavery
and state sovereienty. He had sincerely be
lieved that he was right in the war. The
war had settled both questions—slavery
had been abolished and he was content
that it was abolished. To this extent he
might be aid to be inconsistent. The gen
tlemau had advised him to readjust his
record. -He would be unable tc
readjust himself so as to take the position
which that gentleman occupied to-day
before the senate aud the country. R-ply
ing to the charges made against him yes
terday by Mr. Mahoue that hb (Mr. Brown)
bad had an ambition for the presidency ot
the Confederate States,hesaid Mr.Mahone’t
statement waa very wide of the facts He
had poei ively refused to permit hi:
name to be used for any confederate post
tion whatever The gentleman had charged
him with withdrawing the militiaof Georgia
from the confederate cause. There again
the gentleman had been misinformed
aboat the facts. He had never withdrawn
with his militia from the confederate ser
vice. That charge of the senator
i ground as unjust
and untrue. Referring to M&houe's
denial of a bargain between him aud tbe
republicans, Mr Brown said he did not state
tbat the charge that there was
bargain was true. but proceeded
to make a resume of facts which led to
that conclusion. It was a peculiar coinci
dence tbat the senator from Vir
wbo, up to a late period,
bad always been a democrat should
vote with the republicans on thoorganizi
tion of every committee, and tbat in a very
short time afterward* the republicans
should meet in caucus and nominate his
intimate friends—Gorham, who had bolted
the party ai>d been read out of it. aud Rid
dleberger, who had always been a democrat
It might have been no bargain
It might nut have been even an understand-
i >g, but he would call it a peculiar coinci
dence If there was a bargain,the democrats
would not be parties to it. If it had been
earned out on one side they would not
help to deliver the goods. The situation
reminded him of the story of the coon and
the skunk. Tbe coon had left
home one day, and on his return found
some, other animal in the hollow of hb
tree. He thought it was a cat and chal
leneed it as such.
No/’ said the polecat, “I am a coon.’
You don’t look like a coon."
But lam a coon ”
Y«»u don’t talk like a coon.”
‘But I am acxtn!"
‘You don’t smell like a coon .aud you
aint a coon." [Laughter ]
This transaction did not look exactly
like a proper transaction, and it did not
smell like a proper transaction. [Laughter ]
The republican side reminded nim of the
man who had canght a wolf and then had
to call to a friend to help let it go, or rather
it reminded him of the man who had won
an elephant at a raffia and did not know
what to do with him. The republicat s had
won the elephant in this case and were not in
a very good condition to get rid of him. If
they did not stand by hb friends he might
turn and rend every chairman of theirs.
[Laughter ] In conclusion he averted it
•o be hb duty to stay here and prevent the
consummation of what the public thought
to be a bargain.
Several dilatory measures were then
made and voted down.
Mr. Beck briefly ridiculed the republi
for a certainty, if at.ybody had tried them
all, the senator from Georgia had. He then
proceeded to make quite a lengthy speech,
in which he said unless the untrammelled,
unterrified and uudbmayed voice of every
voter in the land could tell upon the policy
and the laws which he was called upon to
obey, tbe government of the country
would be a failure, and it wss, therefore, a
conflict of the life and death of this nation
that the republican party was now engaged
in on thb floor.
Mr. Hill replying, said there was not a
word in the senators speech in which he
did not fully coucur. He had been waiting
patiently for the appearat ce of the speech
of the gentleman from Virginia, (Manone)
in order to xqake some reply to it. He
did not wish to misrepresent that gen
tleman, but if he had understood his
speech he had made use of some
of the grossest misrepresentations upon the
southern states that nad ev**r been uttered.
He, however, did not intend tossy any thiug
upon that subject until the speech appeared
tu the Record. There was one point to
which he wished to call theattention of the
senate, and to do it in no equivocal
language. He had noticed that in nearly
all the republican papers and in the differ
ent speeches made on thb floor, an attempt
to justify thb coalition with the sena or
from Virginia and hb party by the charge
that they led off in favor of the dual rights
of a free ballot and of a fair count in the
southern states. No man had had the face to
say that the southern people were opposed
to a free ballot and a fair count [Derisive
laughter on the republican side ] They
sought to imply that. Whether stated or
implied, be stood here to say tbat it was
gratuitously false aud untrue, aud that the
charges that the democratic party in
tne south desired, by force, by fraud,
by intimidation, or by any other means,
to obstruct the amendments to tne consti
tution and to prevent the enforcement of
the laws which guaranteed equal rights to
all men, without regard to race, color or
previous condition, was utterly untrue He
read extracts from the speech delivered by
hb colleague (Brown) at Atlanta just
previous to hb election in the senate, in
which he advocated a free ballot and an
honest couut for all men. In the face of
that fact, he was astonished that the gen
tleman should assume that somebody
must move off in the south in favor of
a free ballot. The position of the senator
from Virginia (Mahone) was distinctly the
position of his colleague, distinctly tnat of
the democratic party in Georgia, which
TOUCHl NG TH E LI FE OF GEN .GORDO N
affirmed its approval of thoro sentiments by
e ecting his colleague by a two thirds vote
maintained that the masses ol
people in all sections
were honest, and
interested in good government. He didn’t
desire to do ii justice to any partisan of the
country, or any color or race in the coun-
i ry This movement to get up a party by a
coalition between tbe republicans and
the teadjusters of Viiginia, if based on the
idea tbat the democrats of the south
waa unwilling to do justice to the negro,
was based on a false idea; was based ou a
pretext which was nothing but a pretext
The people of the south were just as honest
the people of the north Who were
e men in the south who
owned property? Who were interested
in the peace ana good of society? Were
they not the men who composed chiefly
the democratic party? Why should they
be in favor of fraud and violence? It was
an incontrovirtibie fact iu those stgtes
which the democratic party had first
obtained possession, were now
most prosperous and most peace
able. A greater wrong could
uot be inflicted ou the colored people tban
to organize a movement based on the idea
of doing something for the colored race
dependent of the white race. The r
distinction must be kept down. Did this
movement mean an attempt
place the somhern governments
under the coalition of the
colored people with the worst class of
white people to be revived? Was that
ordeal to be repeated? If so he had coi
dence that ihe northern people would
pudiate it
Mr Cameron, of Wisconsin, sent to the
clerk’s desk aud bad read the letter sent to
Mr Chittenden by Mr Hill shortly after
the election, and inquired whether Mr.
Hill was still of*the opinion that the dem
ocratic party ought to oisband.
Mr Hill stated that he would answer the
inquiry, though it would have been fairer
if tue senator had broadened the question,
and asked whether he was in favor of both
parties disbanding There was nothing
new in the letter, so far.as his opinions
were couceaned. He was of opinion
that the best thing that could happen for
this country, looking to its future, its peace
and prosperity, would be tbe organization
and precedent* of this body and frauirht
with danger to the legislative bra:-cn of the
governmeot He argued against the ngbt
of the vice president to vole upon the
ehciion of offioers. Nowhere in the
c -i.s-titution was he clothed with tbat
power. It had been clearly shown by many
ro!i calls that the majority of the senate
did not choose to elect new officers this
special session. It ha* been called to con-
tider bu-iuess sent to tbe senate by the
I resident. Whether there was any com-
mui ication stating the desire of the
presiaeni that the offices of the senate
should be again filled ne did not know
If th rj was hia aide would
give it all the attention it demanded He
regretted that the senator from Pennsylva
nia (Cameron) had made the question one
cf endurance and had then gone down at
the first clash of arms. The democrats
oop r sed the proposed action because it
would break an established precedent and
establish a bad one, because the senate
had been called here for executive
business, and, above all, because
a grave suspicion had taken bold
of the public mind that th s action
result of an-unnatural, certain^and corrupt
bargain. The senator from Virginia (Mr
Mahone) disclaimed that be bad been
for nominating Riddleberger. and at
tacked Johnson, republican candidate for
chief clerk, wbo he said had, in 1878 issued
a circular a-king contributions to the
republican campaign fund, in which it was
declared tbat if the democrats obtained
control of the senate and house, they would
attempt to expel the president and
pay rebt-1 claims Every charge made by
that gentleman had been proven absolutely
false
Mr McMillan defended Johnson—assert
ing that he was an honorable man, and that
the charges agtinst him bad been proven
false and had been abandoned.
Mr Kellogg, replying to the animadver
sions of Mr Jonas on tbe course of Senator
Hampton in voting in Mr. Kellogg’s behalf
at tbe last ses-ion, said Mr Jonas refused to
be comforted because he bad not been ab e
to unseat him. He thought his colleague
would have stated when he had
the floor that the debt of Louisiana had
been repudiated by the so called carpet
bagger government, and be would have
gladly met that issue; no more rascally ac*
bad ever been perpetrated than tba
perpetuated by the democratic party in
regard to the deb of that state.
Mr. Jonas, in replying, said bis colleague
had at iast sought an
i or unity to bring forth * all
ma! ice, all the bile and all the vituperation
which he bad long held in his soul against
the people whom he claimed to repre-ent
As to the debt question be asaested that
tbe debi of the state had been largely
increased during the administration of
Governor Kelloeg
Mr Kellogg denied this statement, and
assertcl lhai during his administration he
had not approved a bill authorizing tbe
issue of one dollar of bonds or warrants.
At the conclusion of Mr. Kellogg’s re
marks Mr Dawes, trusting his democratic
friend* would dispose of the question to
morrow, moved to adjourn, wbicb was, at
a* e: l to,
Senator Hill Gives His Oplnloz
Washi.notoh March 30.—-When
u te met this morning a band
uquet of flowers adorned 8«»na
“ ’loee’s desk, while a magnific
ind
erences of the past. He concluded that
worst element in this country,
the worst traitor to this country, the only
real enemy to the country, was the man wbo
imputed to the people of any section a de
sire in their hearts to destroy the govern
ment. The differences in the late war had
culminated in an honest difference of
opinion as to what was the trus meaning of
the constitution. The north had had tbe
right to maintain her views, the south hers
When the south could not maintain her
side, she had yielded as bravely as she had
fought. Her honor was pledged
maintain tbe settlement tbat had re
sulted. and the southern people
ould maintain it. In answer to a question
_f Mr Hoar’s be said that the people ot the
south accepted in good faith the constitu
tional amendments, but be expressed tbe
opinion that ii would have b« en a benefit
to the colored race in the south and the
country if some plan had been devised t *
ip prove the intellectual condition of the
egro before he was given full rights. He
* ‘ '* l of
l-social* w
ta-J repudi*
readjusted
red by any impure consideration
cc Dgratulated
He
or K llogg’s desk, while a magnific n
fl .ral sh»p -ailing upon a sea of
crab emoney. Thereibey men SSZn*dtoX tovTSS SSMffiKViS
»d They grew wealthy. S D**tuak. Y*.. M-zch »-Tbe aoRtreaen
isn't were the elite ol tbe I a pos good eaUcg Thai toe farnixure of toe ! bora far year*
Xiaonaippi riv«r, a* d moat
k> tba interests of their aio-atots, were
ttrion man la tbe afo struggle betwten the
tor war ai tali, a «»x <
all tori Hare L- every ho**
tool us toe county of Pan
thb rocs* n last night _
mr ® | in it* path with red Ikes fore
) hooars were blown down. •nfii____ —
<J 94WII oproored and fence* leveled ibe fan extent of
that gentleman, and would
say” to him in all frankness that he
would strengthen his position before the
country if he would show what considers
tion had moved him. The suspicion mighr
be groundless*, but it was due to the repu
ta ion oi this body that it should be proved
beyond all doubts to be unfounded. The
senate had recently . organizrd a
committee and given it extra»rdinary
powers to investigate questions of muca
le?s mportvuce than this Let the repob
licans organize a committee with full
p »wer to ascertain the truth or falsity of
the rumors which were spreading unchal
lenged throughout tfce country
find out whether any
veteran in this chamber had
been controlled by promise of place or
patronage If the damning charge were
proved untrue, s amp out calumny for
once and forever. If true the constitu
tion gave prompt and ample jedrese. It
would not do to let this foul
-uspicion, this base imputation,
go to the world uncontradic ed. It wa*
Known what such a charge cou'd effect, for
it was known what it had effected when
John Randolph had denounced wbat he
suppos'd to be coalition between Messrs.
Clay and Adams It had dtfea'ed Mr.
Adams for the presidency, and had
Clay's political aspiration
. mighted Mr Clay's poi
Ja?t himself to all conditions ard all ar Mr. Ciay had risked nis life to vindicate
cainstances. [Laughter] Thatg»nt‘eman his honor and Mr. Randolph bed tub-c
had got sb*ad of tie people quently made the amende honorable. Fur
and tbe democratic party in ; he take of this body he did not wish to s- e
an effort to dissolve the union and was the j one suspicion cr imputation rest on its fair
fin-t governor in th* south to oo fi*cate [ fame. Fer that rearon be did not
private property in the coarts of SivauDab, ; abh to see any immediate action
. ,*-s. the gift of the laiies of Alexandria,
Virginia, to Senator Hill, of Georgia, orna
men ted that gentleman’s de*k and was
greatly ac mired.
On motion of Mr. Cameron, of Wisconsin,
a resolution wai< adopted authorizing the
secretary of the senate to pay from the
contingent fund the nece«ary funeral
expends of the late Senator Carpenter.
The pending business, being a resolution
for tbe election of officers of the senate, waa
theo taken np. A motion to go into execu
tive session was rejected, yeas 25. noea 25.
Mr Harris, stating it was evident that the
republicans did not intend to transact the
business wbicb tbe senate bad been called
here to transact, moved that when the sen
ate a'ljonr ied to-day, it be to meet on the
first Monday in December. Lost—yeas 23,
nave 28
Various other motions were made and
voted down.
Mr. Pendleton called attention to the
inaugural addrets of the president in which
be would ask in due time congress to
fix the tenure of minor office-i of the
government m order tbat the eenate might
no longer present the spectacle of wrang
ling over pe; ty offices. He would move *'
—>into ex-rcutree session.
Mr. Dawes agreed that the tenure
office should be fired by law, but he did
not see bow an act could be passed at this
special session _ m .
Mr Hill of Georgia, read the letter issued
from the readjaster headquarters in Octo
ber, 1880, by William Mahone. in wh-cb be
alluded to the republican party as a “grip
sack ’ partv. D d the senator knew what
wav to'-ant by a “grip sack" party ?
Mr. Dawes replied 'hat be did not but
thought the senator from Georgia ought to
know not only that, but every phase of
every political party that has ever come up,
A TitiBUNE T/iLE
Talk With Ez-Sfastor G >rdoa—Mrs. Gordea ia
tks War—A Well 8hot Man-Scaring a
Soldier — Desperate Depravity
of tks Deep-Dyed Mule.
New York Tribune.
Happening on General Gordon, of Geor
gia, twice elected United States senator, at
the St James hotel, I asked him if he wa-
not going to help the old Carthaginian get
rid of a couple of bouquets. “I don’t know,
Johnny," said he, “but you may come up
and see Mrs. Gordon, who likes flowers, and
perhaps she will take something from yon ”
Mrs Gordon is a charming specimen of
Georgian lady. She has a monthful of the
most perfect teeth one can see anywhere
With the slender and graceful body of *
girl, and the shy, yet engaging manners of
huntress, she is said to be already a grand
mother. During the war she went with
Gordon to the camp and lived with him
and the family among the troops, scarcely
retiring in the time of battle. She has been
fine horsewoman from childhood and still
rides at her Georgia farm constantly. Her
youngest boy was bora on the night of the
last offensive movement in the rebel lines
at Petersburg, and, os the general says, the
event was announced with a greater salnte
cannon than greeted the birth of any of
the Napoleons or Romanoffs.
General Gordon is one of the most popu
i who ever eat in the senate
Although the bravest of the brave on the
rebel siie, he has never been aggressive in
his nature since he re-entered civil life,
and has always been for placating and
restoring good feeling, and therefore he
left the senate without an enemy. He was
mining coal and iron iq northern Ala
bama when the war broke out, and was
made a captain in tbe line. His manners
and address made him the pet of the army,
while his determined yet quiet quality as a
fighter rapidly promoted him, and he has
been one of the best shot men in the
country.
I asked Mrs. Gordon if she did not suffer
good deal during the war, seeing him so
frequently goout to battle with tbe prospect
of coming back before her dead in a few
minutes or hours.
Yes," she eaid. “I had much suffering
Every time he left me I thought it might
be tbe last; out I had rather have seen him
brought home dead than4o run "
“She is the best soldier of the two," cried
the general, laughing “She can beat
now at a foot race” [heard it raid, too,
that Gordon and his wife were never aepa
rated, in a marriage of twenty-six years
over lour weeks at a time
Where d d you get that hole in your
face, general?”
“At Antietam, Johnny. I pretty nearly
came to my end there, and Mrs. Gordon was
very close to being a widow. I was shot
through the calf of the leg early iu the day,
and, although it did not pain me. it
me the impression of having torn my *
leg off my body, such was the shock Then
I got a hole further up tbe leg. and was next
shot in the arm. and then nearly had my
shoulder to n off I felt as if 1 had gone to
pieces then, and thought they were putting
it altogether rather hard on me when 1 got
this ball in my face, and'it broke me all up.
aud came out below my ear—and that was
the last 1 knew for some time.”
“Where were you, Mrs. Gordon, when he
got all those wounds?”
“I was at R chmond, but hearing of the
battle I pushed on to Winchester. a °d when
I arrived there the doctors told me the
eeneral would probably have to die, that he
had refused to come off the field, and had
been drained of almost every drop of blood
before he was disabled, walking about there
in tots boots with holes through him six or
seven hours, and bleeding all the time.
Tne doctors told me that I must be
very cautious and not disturb his
nerves When I knocked at the door of
his room in Winchester, bis voice came up
just aa naturally as lever heard it, crying:
‘Come in.' I opened tbe door, and there he
lay. with bis leg trussed up, and his arm
trussed up. and bis face a perfect mass of
blood, bruises and distortion. ‘Ha! ha!
Molhe,' ht said, ‘here is your handsome
man; do look at him! he has been loan
Irish|fair.’ "
“General.” said Johnny, “you must have
suffered greatly while recovering from all
tbose wounds.”
“Oh, yes; for a long time. The constant
weakness, almost wore** than death, we*.
, good-humored fellow. ‘If you will
ise me that neither you nor any of
your men shall ever come into my lines
again except as prisoners. I’d let you go.-
‘Godbless you, general!’ said the man. and
without any more adieu, he ju-t leaped into
that stream and came up on the other side,
and took to the woods."
General Gordon said, referring to the
relative bravery of southern and northern
soldiers, that he had teen as perfect in
stances of cool ar d desperate plnck among
the soldiers in blue as among the soldiers
of his own.
Referring to Stonewall Jackson, whom be
knew very well. Gordon raid: “He was a
singular man. He was a poor conversation
alist. He was taciturn and rather shy; not
very quick of mind, particularly to talk;.
and be would not areue at all. While
he was a great soldier, I hardly think
is ambitious, except to
duty better tbau anybody
else. The religions side of his nature was
strong. You would find it difficult, except
from his actions, to make an interesting
picture of him in his camp, so much went
on in dumb show and silence. As an in
stance of how little he wonld argu*, I
remember being with him at Malvern Hill,
when General Whiling, a native of New
England, who served on our side and was
killed at Fort Fisher, r >de np to explain
why he could not carry out a certain
order. He related the dis-.osition of
the enemy toward him, how he had
uot the facilities and means to carry out
theorder. and gave an intelligent statement,
as I thought I hardly knew who he was.
Jackson heard him without any reply until
the end, when he said: ‘General, yon have
got my orders. That is all I have got to sa^r
.□quiet and unrest, from which the south
ern states were emerging, had been due
tLe reconstruction measures adopted by the
ri publican party after the war. The evil
wnich afflicted the south after the war
was again to be repeated. What was
coalition of the republican
party with the minority
ment in tbe south, seeking not to
good to the colored men but
.ruination in that country. Every move
ment that cime from the south
favor of burying the issues of the war;
in favor of forgetting the passions of
war; in favor of hiding from view
tbe wrongs of the war, was met by the re
Mibiican party with a slap in the face
K rery movement that comes from tbe south
i. favor of burying the issues of the war is
met by a d» mand from tbe republican party
tl at the |>eople of the south must evidence
their faiib by joining the republican party,
id no southern man is allowed to be
_ patriot unless he accompanies his profes
sion of patriotic seutimmts with a negira
over the republican party. In conclusion
he warned the republican party that this
coalition, over which it was now rejofeing
was going to do more to set back tbe real
liberal movement than anything else it
could do.
Mr. Hoar denied the statements made by
the senator from Georgia, tbat the people
in the south were allowed a free ballot and
an honest count He challenged Mr. Hill
to state on what important measures in re
gard to the south the republican party had
not been in th right, a d upon M -
' ereconstruction meat _-
the so called carpetbag
governments bad been necessitated by the
aws exist'ng io many southern states,
practically re esrablisbii g slavery.
In the midst of tbe controversy, which
r as kept op at some lei'g b, Mr Logan
entered into the discussion, and asserted
that every time the opportunity
.d weeks and months io lie there and ex
pect every breath you drew should be the
last. My jaw could not chew and I was
kept alive on brandy and beef tea."
“And yet,” said Mrs Gordo , “he went
back to the place before he waa quite well,
aad then came the battles of tbe Wilder
ness, ai d he got wounded again. I wanted
him to come out of the war honorably, but
I was in hopes when he went off after those
wounds, that he would turn out not strong
enough to keep the field; yet he continued
to grow better after he took the field again
and so he went right through the war.”
Here I may say that Gordon was the
general chosen to make the last big chart e
of the war at Appomattox and just at the
moment of moviug in as the federal cavalry
drew off to either side the long blue lines
of the Sixth corps were unrolled, and it
was seen tbat the confederates would be
swallowed up in lend and fire. Then, for-
t u lately, the word came not to attack, as
negotiations were proceeding.
General Gordon said to me: ‘ Johnny, I
hope never to go through such a war as that
again. I don’t betieve I could stand it
now, but then we don’t know. Some scenes
arise on my mind as if they never couid
have happened. I often think of Spott-
sylvania, where I have teen iny men
offered the senator from Georgia dig
every question growing
the war The senator from G*org?a,he said,
and every other man that joimdthe rebel
lion. is responsible for every wrong com-*
plained of.
To this Mr. Hill replied that he was not as
responsible as the senator from li>ino : s, who
was advocating the policy of the democrat ic
party wbicb encouraged them to resist,
when he (Hill) was manfully breasting the
storm. Contiuaing'hesaid, * I will tell the
senator what ia a historical fact, that I was
met on the stump in Georgia with the
argument, that be (Logan) and such as he
would snitain tbe » uth if it did secede.
Mr. Logan replied that the intimation
tbat be sympathized with the south at the
time wa» false.
Mr Hill said he had no doubt of it. He
didn't charee it, and didn’t indorse wbat
was said of Mr. Logan. He was only re
citing a historical fact.
The controversy between Messrs. Hoar
and Hill was then resumed, the former
challenging the latter to advance a nroof
sustaining his charge that the republican
psrty in the south waa not the friend of the
c 1 red man ..and the latter contending that
the evils of tbe somb had been brought
by >he carpet-baggers.
Mr Beck, after intimating that the
reason tbat the republicans refused to go
into executive session was because they
bad quarrelled amongst themselves and
did not dare face the issue in executive
session, moved to g> into executive
session, which motion was rejected.
standing on the dead bodies of their com
rades, loading and firing utterly indifferent
to the death below tbem. the death in
front of them, and the death everywhere.
The dead bodies were lying down outside
the works, in the ditch, which was half
tilled with water, aud there, soaking in the
rain, the dead men lay and their friends
were usiDg their bodies to get a little
eievatiou in putting in that terrific work
Yet.” said the general, “there were some
right funny scenes in that war. Did I ever
tell you about the man coining in only to
look at my camp?
“We were on the Rapidan river, where it
was a Hr tie stream, hardly one hundred feet
wide. General Lee sent me word that 1
must go out and break up the communica
tion between our pickets and the enemy’s
They had got to trading with each other
newspapers, tobacco, lies and whatever
would vary the monotony of picket life
They would not shoot at each other, and so
it was not military like. So I started out
one morning on my horse and rode the
whole length of the picket line, and just as
I came to a certain point I saw that there
was confusion and surprise as
I had not been expected. What
tbe matter, met*, here,’ I a-keri. ‘Noth-
g. general, nothing is here.’ 'You must
tell me the truth,' raid I; *[ am not wel
come, I see, an*i there must be some tetson
for it Now. what ia the matter? ‘Tneie
been nobody nere, general. We were
not expecting you; that is alL’ I turned to
two or three of the soldiers and raid, ‘beat
down these bush's* here ’ They had to obey,
and there suddenly rose up out of the weeds
a man as stark naked as he bad o-me into
the worid. ‘Wbo are jou?’ a-ked l. *1 am
from over yonder, general ’ ‘Over yonder
—where? 1 He pointed to the other side
the river. ‘What regiment
you iielong to?* *The 104 h
Pennsylvania, general.’ ‘Wbat are you
doing in my camp? 1 ‘Why, I thought I
would ju«t come over and see the boys.'
•See the boys—what boys? Do you mean
about it, sir!' And he would say no more.”
In the coarse of the talx Gordon's coun
tenance brightened up with that very
cheerful smile he has, and he said: “Did
ou ever drive a mule? Yon will never
:now what it is to be run away with until
ou have a runaway with a mule. I remem
ber once when 1 was in about as much
danger from a runaway mule
as from all the power of the United
States government I got off at a railroad
station where I needed to take a conveyance
and go thirty or forty miles back Into the
conn try. There was not much prospect of a
good livery stable, and when 1 entered the
only one of the place the man rose up
warmly aud shook hands with me and
called me General Gordon. He was one of
my old soldiers, who had at various times
been stationed about my headquarters
*ts an orderly or something of that
sort. ‘Mike,’ said I, ‘have you got conve
niences to take me to such a place? 1 *Oh,
yes, general,' raid Mike, ' I can fix yon off
first rate!’ ‘What have you got, Mike?*
'Well, general. I’ve got a good male.’
“He brought the mule out of the stable,
and from my knowledge of males, which is
not inconsiderable, I rather feared that
mule was going to run away. He had a way
of patting one ear back and the other ear
forward, and then reversing the movement,
«nd his tail once or twice stood right out,
though he didn’t kick nor plunge. He
jost simply looked like a depraved, unpol
ished, deeply dyed mule. There is no way
to describe the kind of vice that mule
had but to call it ‘mule.' After we put him
in the shafts he started out a little too
lively. The road lay straight as an arrow
almost to the horizon through the mel&n
choly pitch-pines, and the roots underlying
the surface produced the effect of a cordu
roy bridge, as the buggy would strike them
constantly and make us hold on hard. The
mule rather increaied than slackened his
speed with distance, and said 1: ‘Mike, as
sure as you live, this mule is going to run
away with us.* ‘Never mind, general, I’ll
bring him through. He won’t runaway.
I can hold him.’
“We had gone along in this unsatisfactory
manner, getting pretty well bruised up, for
two or three miles, when 1 saw coming
toward us a turpentine ox cart Now that
is a thing.” said General Gordon, “that you
never saw in your life, I suppose, though
they are pretty common wi*li us. It is a
cart with shafts and only two high wheels,
hitched up to one ox, and barrels of crude
turpentine they get out of the woods we
were going through were piled up on this
little cart. They made quite a tall pyra
mid. I saw tbe ears of that mule go back
and forth and the tail become a little atiffer,
and I said: “Look out, Mike." ‘Never
mind, general,’ said Mike."
“The mule’s two ears both stood back
now until he came close up to that cart
and then they both weut forward aud with
a single jump he took to the side of the
road, which about there branched off two
ways to pass a big tree Iu one minute it
was a terrific runaway. Mike braced
himself and the mule pulled the buggy and
both of us by his mouth alone The traces
had nothing to do with carrying the
wagon on. He ran just like the wind. 1
tried several times to relieve Mike, but he
would not let me take hold, and those trees
went by us as if we were on an express
train. There was nothing to do bnthold
on hard, expecting every minute we should
go over.
“The mule had ran in this way perhaps
three miles, appearing rather to accelerate
his speed every rod, but Mike held to him.
We came to a bridge twenty or thirty feet
long, with a little rail on each side, and l
thought we should surely go over that, but
he kept to the middle of the bridge and
just made one jump, like a deer, and I
don’t believe that buggy touched the boards
of that bridge. The same speed was kept
upon the other side, and there seamed
no possibility of that mule giving
out, when all at once I discovered
ither turpentine cart before us.
The mule’s ears are now going like a
wind-mill and his tail was aa stiff as a
poker. He was iust enjoying that runaway
with mule enthusiasm—if such there can
be. His mouth was as hard as iron. As we
came on that cart, the mule, liking it no
better than the first, and finding no way to
get around it deliberately jumped the road
and took to the woods. Right over the
pine tufts, with the tree* so thick together
that every moment we expected to be
knocked to pieces, that male went, paying
very little attention to the wagon so he
cleared the trees himself. Said I: ‘Mike,
we shall, be killed’ ‘Hold on general,’
raid Mike. ‘I’ll bring you through!’
“We had gone-a mile or two tnrough the
woods, miraculously escaping death, when,
all at once, I raw before us an unavoidable
obstacle, a great fallen tree, standing fully
three feet up from the ground. We braced
ourselves, and Mike did his best to turn
that mule, out the rein had no more effect
on his head than to make him turn it side-
wise, while he kept his body straight on.
And so without seeing the tree himself
apparently, he went right over it like a
buzzard, and the buggy struck that log
and away I went into the air It knocked
me senseless, and when I got up I
thought tbat half my ribs were broken.
The nervous shock and the physical
shock made me perfectly helpless, and
there I lay,' not knowing whether I was
fatally hurt or not But Mike had held on
to those reins, and had been dragged
through the trees until hestrack something,
and had to let go his hold. They brought
him to first, anu then he went aud got a lit
ter and had me carried to the nearest house,
where they gave roe some pine-top whisky
to bring me up When 1 just got-so I could
stand on the floor, Mike came in and raid:
‘General, the mule is all rigut now, and we
will go on!” I said, ‘Mike, you take that
mule back again, and I think I will go it
afoot” Johkny Bouqckt.
_ . ner? Now, I am going to do this
with you, I am going to have you marched
to Libby prison just as you are. without a
rag of clothes on yon!’ * Wby, general, you
wouldn't do that, just b -cause 1 came over
to see the boys! 1 didn’t mean any harm'
fell lonesome over there and a an tea
talk to the boys a little. That
all!’ ‘Never mind, sir; you march
from this soot, clotbfd as you are, to
Libby prison!’ 'General,’ raid the man, *’
bad rather you Would order me to be sb<
right here.* ‘No, sir; you go to Libby
Then several of my tcldters spoke up
‘General, don’t be too hard on him, he's i
pretty good fellow! He didn’t mean any
norm; he jnst wanted to >rk with us ‘
This business must be brok*n up,’ said
—‘mixing np on the picket line.*
“It had not been in my heart, however,
to arrest ibe man from the beginning. 1
only wanted to scare him, and he did beg
hard. TU tell you what I will do with
REWARDED FOR HER PLUCK.
The Korn Kemarhable Elopement and
Wedding Ever Chronicled.
Richmond. Vs., March 28 —The moet remark
able wedding on record took place here yesterday
eveninK, the circumstances o whicn would fur
nish good material for a novelist’s plot West-
laud Pteree, a young gentleman of this place, has
tor noma time p«t been io love with Miss Daisy
Shoemaker, the prett daugateb^f, a wel known
farmer living near this place. -Tne young lady’s
parents objected, bui the ardent lover persuaded
his sweetheart, who waa under twenty one years,
toaziee to elope with him. It was agreed that
she should take her father's buggy sod
drive into the adjoining county, where
her lover would be waiting with a magis
trate and witnesses to consummate toe marri ge.
Yesterday morning, when the time came for Miss
* *■ 'died and she would
out gu. iici nm<3. min Jane, a bewitching
br-meite, two yean her senior, who was in too
ed her to keep her trust with her lover,
vain. “Well, if you don’t keep your
word with West Pierce I’ll do It for yi«.” *h«
said, and Indignantly leaving her sister she cot
into the buggy And dashed oh despite the screams
of her sister, who could not divine ber purpose.
Miss Jane reached the waiting place, explana
tions were made; she said she was w iling to
take her hi»ier’s place. The lover, touched by
ber pluck and captivated by her determination
not to let the plau fall through, did actually
marry her. •
DISASTROUS Fl RES.
Norfolk Enjoy* an Expensive Blaxe.
Nospixx, March 28—A fire broke out a seven
o'clock toi* evening, in toe cotton compress ef
James L Harway, situated on the Bos on ateam-
tolp’a c* mpany’a wharf and rapidly spread to the
cotion shed adjoining. A strong westerly wiud
was blowing at the time, which tanned the burn
ing cotton, and the fire thresh ned at oo- time all
toe building* in that part o^the city in toe line of
tbe wind. Tbe British ship Condor,
which wm loading with cotton from
Harway*a compress, took fire but wm
hauled out ot her dock into the stream by the
boat’s ert-w of sailors from toe United Statea
steamer Yantic, and the fire quenched by extin
guishers with trifliog loot Several buildings took
fire from la>ge pieces of cotton and shingles,
which were driven by the wind a considerable
Ci tauce from toe point of the conflagration. The
Atlantic hotel caught fire, and tbe roof of the
Landmark building wm badly burned, but toe
structures were saved by the aid of the fire de-
par ment and volunteers. Fires originate*! in
other ^arts of the cl y. and Intense anxiety
they were soon gotten
th no loss. The losses are as
. s cum proa and ootloo abed,
$38,000; 800 bales of cotton belonging to the Greek
cotton house of Rolil Bros., StO.OOO. one hundred
and fifty bale* of totton belon^i -g to ti e Greek
cotton shipper Negroponte, 17.500; and .damage
to the Boston wharf «nd warehouse companies,
wharf, 12,000. AU are covered by insurance.
The Constitution Letters.
Gainesville Southron.
The Washington letters of F. H Richardson to
north or south.
Ralnbridge Democrat
We consider H. W. Grady, of Thb Atlanta
Coniti • ution, not only a great Journalist, but