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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
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FIiIDAY MOHNING, 31 AY 20, 1853.
Kali Road Festival.
Th ©otnpl'ti<*n >f the Railroad wliioli connects tlie \
ftnvannah with the Chattahoochee, is an occasion of re- j
joicing throughout the length and breadth of the
State, and more particularly in our goodly city. To- I
day (Friday 2lth) is the day set apart for the celebra
tion of the nuptials.
We trust, however, that the time will not be wasted
in more congi at illations—but that the occasion will be
improved to devise means to link together with iron
bands the Gulf of Mexico and Georgia’s favorite seaport
-—the noble city of Savannah.
Two roiits arc proposed, and both of them are being
pressed to a rapid completion, to wit : the Girard road,
and the Southern (Mississippi) road. Both are impor
tant. The one connects us with the bay of Mobile and
the other with the Mississippi river. Savannah has done
much towards the completion of the lain r enterprise
by her liberal subscription to the OpGika Branch road ;
but hitheito she has done nothing to aid the Girard
road. We do not know that she can at present put
her shoulder to this enterprise. The late action of the
city of Mobile ensures the completion of the truck fiom
Greenville to Mobile. The city of Columbus has sub
scribed one hundred tyjd fifty thousand dollars to the
stock, and almost every citizen who has a dollar of sur
plus capital has invested it iti the road. May we not
hope that the great rail road corporations in Georgia will
do something to facilitate an und< Making which \\ ill add
so largely to tlvir trade and travel ? We hope the mat
ter will not be overlooked in the hilarity of the ap
proaching festival. Every foot of rail road track which
is laid west of us will increase the wealth of Savannah,
and benefit the central tracks which connect them with
the sen.
The gap between Chunnenuggee and Greenville is a
very small one; but with the present resources of the
Girard company, it will probably take some years to
complete it, and by this delay more trade and travel
will be lost than would be necessary to pt-rfect the con
nection. We commend the subject to our own citizens
and to the public generally.
The Columbus Enquirer—Misstatement Cor
rected.
The Enquirer of Tuesday, in alluding to the Demo
cratic meeting lately held in this city, makes a state
ntent so much at variance with the truth, that we have
doubted whether it was worthy of notice. But as our
silence might be misconstrued, we briefly set forth the
facts.
The Enquirer says—“ They (the Union Democrats)
have been excluded, so far as this county is concerned,
from participating in the selection of candidates for Gover
nor and Congress, and virtuallytold that they are unwor
• thy to mingle with their counsels, in approaching
conventions, the unadulterated ”
So far is this from the truth, that the call for the
meeting was designedly worded so as to include Union
Democrats; it was published in this paper, the recog
nised organ of the party; the call was inserted afkr
consultation with the leading rrn-rnb- rs of the party,
without reference to old party differences. At the
meeting, so far from Union Democrats being excluded,
they Were represented upon the committee selected to
appoint delegates to both conventions, and a Union
Democrat appointed to the Gubernatorial convention.
And in addition to all this, Union Democrats were
tptcificully invited to participate in the District meetings
w hich are shortly to meet to s Lot delegates to a con
v. mion to assemble in this city in August next to nomi
n/ite a Senator and Representatives for Muscogee coun
ty — an< i Wt * have no doubt but their fi clings and prin
ciples will be respected at that meeting.
In the face of these facts the Enquirer publishes its
unfair, illiberal and untrue statement. What it hopes
to gain by it we cannot imagine, as we are sure every
man of sound sense must know that honesty is the best
policy, especially where a different course is so tasih
exposed as in this instance.
As to his statement about “ that whig trick,’- we
take this occasion to say. that our impression as to its
origination, is not changed. But as “Robert Short,”
whose communication will be found in another column,
has very properly and sufficiently noticed th is matter,
we will close by refeiring the reader to that cornrnu
nieatLn.
A Kushel ot Strawberries.
Gentlemen fiom Savannah and Maqpn who arc in
credulous as to the capacity of our soil and climate, to
surpass all others, in the production of Strawberries,
can have their doubts dispelled by calling at our office
tttlO o’clock this morning. We will then and there
exhibit a Bushel of Straw berries—a sight very few of
them have ever had the pleasure of seeing. They are
from the Strawberry fields of Mr. Charles A. Peabody.
Revenue of the Government.
The Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Star slates that the revenues ot the government for the
fiscal year will be sixty millions of dollars, and the ordi
nary expenditures exclusive of the redemption of the
public debt will probably not equal forty millions. The
surplus for the year will be between fifte, n and twenty
millions of deliars. Ihe receipts from customs during
the last two months, at the principal ports, amount to
ten and a quarter mdlions of dollars, and show an ex
cess over the same period of last year of two millions
and a halt of dollars, or over 30 percent. The exeess
lor January and February, over last year, was about
four millions, showing an aggregate gain for the first
four months of this year over last, of six and a half mil
lions.
Charge from Ecuador.
General Villamil, the first Charge d’Affaire, from the
Republic of Ecuador to the United, S ates, arrived in
New Orleans (his native city) on Wednesday, after an
absence ot forty-five years. General Villamil has been
highly distinguished for his military services in South
America, and his defence of Guayaquil and defeat of
General Flores have much increased his reputation in
that country.
-Bibb County.
Jno. f. Boyd, charged with the murder of .John
Ke*.k, luis been found guilty of involuntary man
slaughter.
New Music,
W x & Carte,! f„
sci clat, FT*"** ol • -I—l n.
and i) >OU "f ‘“T’ ‘lwUnwwOiiro’Fuiiale
Alabama New?.
The whig* of Montgomery have nominated Thomas
11. Watts t<>r the Senate, and James E. Bf.lser and !
Thomas *T. Judge for the House of Representatives.—
llow have the mighty fallen ! James E. Reiser was
once the honored Representative of Alabama in the j
Congress of the United States.
Col. M. A. King has wiihd rawn from the canvass for :
Congress, in the Huntsville District, against the Hon. W. ]
R. W. Cobb.
The Temperance Recorder, publishel at Camden, j
Wil ••ox county, says: ‘‘it becomes our melancholy duty j
to r cord the death of one of our most useful and much j
respected citizens. Col. Joseph D. Jenkins, late can- j
didate f>r Judge of this Judicial Circuit, died tit the resi- :
deuce of his father in this county, on the night of the ‘
7th insf. Col. Jenkins has long been a resident among 1
us, and no one has ever died whose death has cast a j
deeper gloom over this community.”
Louisiana News.
Arraignment of Agnes Anderson. —Agnes Ander
son, the young woman now in confinement, charged I
with the murder of Mr. Taylor, wa3 brought up for nr- I
raignmeut this morning in the First District Court. The
court room was crowd, and on the occasion.
Agn* s had on a black silk dress, a bonnet, and a
green veil, and looked fatigued and care-worn. When j
called to tlie bar she advanced front her seat with a ’
steady step, but when the clerk commenced landing the i
indictment and the finding of the <lrand Jury, her j
assumed fortitude gave way, and before the docu
ment was read she became terribly agitated. When
the Clerk had finished reading the indictment, lie put
the usual question, “Are yon guilty or not guilty V to
which she replied, “Frn guilty in self-defence, and I
wish I was hung and be done with it. I'll die
for him, I love him, I wish I was hung for it, I don’t
want to live in chains.” Her language here became
incoherent, and in the midst of the excitement of the
scene, the Judge very properly ordered the officer to
remove her from the court room.
Mississippi News.
Capt- Wm. Barksdale, of the 2d Mississippi Rifles
in the Mexican war, has been nominated as the con
gressional candidate of the Democratic party. He is
opposed by Reuben Davis, as an independent candi
date.
Gov. Foote is st'.ll engaged in the low work of
stumping the State as a candidate for United Stales
Senator.
[From the Chronicle &. Sentinel.]
Railroad Convention.
The Annual Convention of the Stockholders in the
Georgia Railroad and Ranking Company was organ
ized in this city yesterday, at which a large number
were present, the lion. John P. King, President, in the
Chair.
The morning session was taken up in the organiza
tion and the appointment of the usual committees.
During the afternoon session, the President read
his own and the Report of the General Superintendent.
F C. Arms ; both of which represent the affairs of the
Company in a most flattering condition, the former of
which we subjoin.
The remainder of the afternoon session was devoted
to the consideration of matters pertaining to the interests
of the Company. The Convention will probably adjourn
j to day,
PRESIDENT’S REPORT.
Office Georgia Railroad <& Banking Company, /
May, 1853. \
To the Stockholders of the Georgia Railroad and
RankingCunp my :—the business operations of the Com
pany tor the past yea’ and its financial condition, will ap
pear by the accompanying r.port of the Supeiintuudent
and the statement of the Cashier he.to annexed.
It appears from these documents th at the gross and nett
income <>t the Company, for the year ending the 31st March,
we:e as follows :
Gross Earnings of the Road $934,124 08
Expense ot management, and all expenditures
Jur and on account of Road 477.655 23
Nett profits of the Road .. .$156,463 85
I Gross earnings of the Bank $95,887 31
Charged with interest on bond taxes
and expenses. 81,923 00
Nett profits from Bank 13,961 31 13,264 34
Nett profits ot the Company from all sources. $47j,433 19
From these profits two Dividends have been
I declared, one ot $3,50 and the other ofsl,oo
! per share—amount to 309,000 00
i
j Leaving applicable to other purposes $170,433 19
The Weather—the Crops.
Dry Weather. —This and most of the counties south
and east of this, are suffering very generally from want
of rain. In passing through portions of Laurens, Wash
ington, and Wilkinson counties last week we learned
the cotton in many instances was not up. This is also
I true ot’-Jones and Hancock. Oats and even corn are
! beginning to stiff r seriously. Indeed, the oat crop
| without speedy relief, will prove a failure. Even with
| speedy rains it must he light in Middle Georgia. A
i letter from Floyd informs us that the seasons in that re
| gion are propitious. —•Milledgeoiile Recorder , 17 thinst.
The Drought —We have had an unusually long spell
of dry weather, and ive fear the crops will be short in
tins section. At this season cotton is usually six
inches high, but we understand that many of our plan
: ters have only half, aid some only one third of their
crops up. We heard one of our best planters say
that it the seasons continue favorable from this time
out, he did not hope for more than half a erep. If the
balance of the cotton growing region has suffered as
| much as we have, we have little expectations that any
i tiling like an average crop will be made. Our planters
will have to husband their resources if they wish to
make hotheads meet. — Floridian , May 14 th.
Florida Indians • —General Pierce, it is stated,
deems it advisable to refrain from harshness, as far as
possible, in the removal of the remnant of the Seininoh
I Indians from Florida. The survey ot the public lands
in that State will be proceeded with, in order to con
vince Billy Bowlegs and his adherents that it is cssen
lial for their welfare to quietly jo.n their brethren west
of the Mississippi, By surveying and selling the lands.
| and allowing tiie whites to settle upon and clear them.
tlie Indians would soon be literally fenced out of tlu
1 country.
The Socialist —Albert Brisbane and Victor Con
siderant, two of the most eminent living socialists oi
the Fourier sell >oi, are now in Cincinnati. They are
on their way to Northern Texas ami tlie Red Rivet
country, for the purpose of selecting from twelve tt
fifteen thousand acres of good land, with a view to the
importation ot a Colony of French and American So
c.alists.
| Murder, —John ii-.-wle* was lately kifiet ly M
j enact CFuoey in N Orleans—cause, jealousy. The
i murderer had etetp-'d.
Switzerland.
LATEST relative to the INSURRECTION.
Friehurg, after the attempted insurrection, as noticed
pet* the Hermann, remained in a state of siege. The j
gates were closed and the streets held by patrol. I er- i
Her, one of the insurgents, had been tried by court
martial, and sentenced to thirty years imprisonment in
irons. A priest of Totrca, Louis Week, was also ar- j
rested. Carrot wis killed, and the other leaders had
fled. The insurgents began by occupying the college
buildings, and attempted to seize tlie guard house, but
in the latter they were repulsed. The civic guard were
called out to storm the college, with the artillery and
riflemen, and soon dislodged the peasants posted at the j
windows. The insurgents then fled to the Jesuits’ .
Church, where they were fired upon with grape and
speedily surrendered. Civil rule was re-established on
the 22d of April.
Hamden’s Express.
We arc under many obligations to the gentlemanly
agent of Hamden’s express in this city tor his favors
and ehe rfully commend the agency to the public.—
The line penetrates every important point North and
East, at:d is a safe and swift method of conveyance of
packages of all kinds.
It Is said that Brevet Colonel Mansfield, of the En- j
ginei r corps, has been appointed Inspector General of
the Army.
Melancholy Occurrence. —Wt* learn that five negroes
belonging to Mr. James Potter were drowned on Friday
evening while attempting to cross the river to their
quartes during the thunder-storm. There were seven
negroes in the flat when it was struck by a squall of
I wind and upset. All but two of the party were drown*
| ed. Sav. News.
Wilkes Rail Road. —The Washington (Wilkes Cos.)
! Gazette learns from a private letter received from one
I of the Contractors, that six miles of this Road is com
pletely finished, and that if there be no detention in fur
nishing material, tlu* entire work will be completed in
tiie course of two months.— Sav. News,
The Washington correspondent “X. X.” of the Bal
timore Sun says—“ Report is swelling the list of di
plomatic appointments. Colonel and Judge 11. R
Jackson, of Georgia, has been promised a full mission,
and will probably go to South A rnerica. He was a
Unionist in the recent divisions of the party in Georgia,
but rarely took grounds in favor of a reunion,
Maj -r W. 11. Polk and G. VV. Jones, both popular
members of the last Congress, from Tennessee, have
been thrown into the same District by the late arrange
ment. A sharp contest is anticipated between them
for the seat in the next Congress.
FOR THE TIMES AND SENTINEL.
“That Whig i lick”—lts author, and Aiders and
Abettors.
Messrs. Editors : About the most amusing (because lu
i dicroas) thing I have seen lately, is a short article in the
Enquirer of the 17th in*t.,in relation to that “Whig trick.”
And were it not that Mr. Flournoy has attempted to rival
Baron Munchausen, in his effort to palm off upon his
readers fiction for facts, I would not now trouble you
with this “memorandum.” But here’s to the matter.
The incident alluded to in my last, in relation to a certain
Scott Whig and a certain individual calling himself a Union
Democrat, occurred within twelve steps of the door of the
Enquirer office. But this is not all. This “leading” Scott
| whig was heard to speak of this “movement” the next
morning as i t he knew all about it. Besides, I have heard
| this anonymous hand bill spoken of frequently, and enquiry
| made as to who was its author; and 1 have heard of but
j v 7ie individual calling him elf a Union Democrat, responsi
| hie for, or connected with it. When, then, it is known that
| this self-styled “Union Democrat” is an especial favorite
| of the Editor of the Enquirer —that he has “puffed” this
! individual extravagantly m his paper, no less than three
i times vis I mistake not) in less than three years; and that
j their intercourse and intimacy isstiil such that this individ
| ual can he found “almost any time” or “any day” about
! and around the Enqu'rer office —under these cireum tan
! ces, and to those knowing the parties, is it not drawing
j rather too strongly upon the credulity of reflecting men, or
t men of common sense, vvnen they are asked to believe that
j “whigs knew nothing abont the move, had nothing to do
with it in any shape or form” ? It appears so, to Robert
Short.
But there is another point in this editorial, and hut for it,
perhaps this deponent would have “said nothing.” In the
face of the published account of the proceedings of the
Pierc-e or Democratic meeting which appeared in the
Times and Sentinel of the 13th inst., the editor oftheE/*-
| quirer, in speaking of the Union democrats, says—“ They
have been excluded, so far as this county is concerned, from
participating in the selection of candidates for Governor and
Congress, and virtually hold they are unworthy to mingle
their councils in the approaching Conventions, with the
unadulterated.” From one so ready to tender advice to
: others, “of this-/act our neighbor should have informed
himself before mentioning such a covert and sweeping”
I statement. But he would not he “informed,” though the
! “dead be raised ” The editor “would not he comforted,”
i because tl h?3 child’s” name was not theie—and such being
J the case he drew upon the im rginatim in the face ot a fact.
j If the editor had “informed himself ’ he would have learned
j that Union Democrats were not only not excluded, but
they were invited to attend the meeting. Had he “inform
ed himseit” he would have learned that among those at
that meeting and who participated in its deliberation*,
weie the Hon. Marshall J. Wellborn and Dr. J. F.
Bozeman, two of the most prominent and sterling IJn on
Democrats in the county. These gentlemen are men of
intelligence and of high standing—and in the private walks
ol life, few have made “so high a mark” with their fellow
citizens, and “none stand higher than they.” But tlie po
litical position ol such men attracts not the attention of
the editor of the Enquirer. These gentlemen and other
j Union Democrats, do not put them elves ‘in the market”
i a “ d themselves “in the market” and are always“up to
| the highest bidder” —ox ref use to act with a party that their
: p inciples lead them unless that party “bargains with them,
and agree to* give them office” They think for themselves
and act tor themselves ; and look to a consciousness of
rendeiing“good service” to their country, as their huhe-t
reward. They do not hang around the editor, and know
his wishes and do them, and ask tor puffs. No, uotthey.
And hence, though thee gentlemen were pre-ent;
and one of them appointed on a committee to select dele
gates to both Conventions ; and this one was actually pub
lished as one of the committee, and appointed delegate to
the Gubernatorial Convention ; yet according to the En
quirer, these Union Democrats “have been excluded, so far
as this county is concerned, from participating in the selec
tion ol candidates for Governor and Congress,” &.c How
blind—and how uninformed ! Had some of those who
“puil trie rtriugo” with, mid for the editor, been in that
meeting, by his counsel and advice, he would have seen
“straiglitei.” Or had ms lrirtid “Sandy” been there, per
haps he could have “heard ot” or “recognised” ‘‘Union
Democrats” in the meeting ; but as it is, he now “sheds
tears.” Well,
“Birds of a feather
Will flock together,
And stand up for each other.”
And “ iy their fruits ye shall know them!”
\ our.-, Messrs. Editors, till another time.
ROBERT SHORT.
Nominees for Congress in M,bile. — Vs to Uhe
character ot’ Col. Philips, the Democratic
nominee, we need say nothing now—he is B o
we 1 known in this District—as a uniform and
active democrat, one of our most public-spir
ited and useful citizens, a lawyer ot large at
tainments, and a forcible ami'effective public
peaker.
ihe W hig convention also concluded its
labors yesterday, by nominatingE. Lockwood,
Esq., as the Wnig candidate for Congress.—
He is ell known to the people ot tnis Dis
rict, as a decided Whig, an able lawyer, a
warm tried of our local interests, and a wor
thy and estimable gentleman. Further than
ihis, it is not our province to trumpet his prai
ses—being satisfied that e shall fi id ample
occasions, during the canvass, to point out to
the people of this District why he shooid not
be chosen as their Representative in the P a
tional councils. . , m ,
The two parties are thus f irly in th
the horses are saddled and bridled for the race ,
and there will no doubt be an t ’
test— with the victor’s wreath tor the switie t.
The odds, we think, are decidedly in favmr °
theDe nocratic nag—but as old Father n'tch e
says, n u< le ron> , as they come down the last
quarter stretch. — Hy l ’ c •
Public Meeting.
Savannah, May 17, 1803.
At a meeting of the citizens of Savannah
held to-day in the Exchange, R Wayne, Mayor,
was called to the Chair, and E. A. Soullard
appointed Secretary.
The Chairman then rose, and stated that in
view of the opening of tho line ot Railroad
connecting the cities of Savannah and Colurn
| bus, it was desired to celebrate the event by
extending the hospitalities of the city to the
citizens of Columbus.
It was on motion o! A. A. fetncts, Esq.,
Resolved , That his honor the Mayor ap
point a committee ot invitation consisting ot
fifteen to carry out the object.
The following committee was then ap
pointee! :
John W. Anderson, H. D. Weed,
M. S. Cohen, Dr. P. H. Wildman,
D. T. Scranton, J. R. Johnson,
James Sullivan, L W. VVells,
(r. M. T. Howard, W. P. Yonge,
E. S. Kempton, John T. Thomas,
E. Soullard, James T. Webb.
W. W. Garrard,
On motion of VV. P. Y onge, Esq.,
Resolved, That the Mayor and Aldermen be
requested to make suitable arrangements for
the entertainment of the guests invited.
R. WAYNE, Chairman.
E. A. Soullard, Seretary.
To Hie Public.
The very disagreeable, and to me most pain
ful incident, spoken of in the note ot Doct. A.
Gindrat written in response to my request that
he would furnish, for publication, a history in
detail of the transaction, makes it incumbent
upon me to submit to a just and discerning pub
lic, the particular correspondence and attend
ant circumstances which led to the necessity
for my attacking an individual, in collision with
whom I certainly understood the advantages
which he would, from h.s position as a minister,
necessarily possess, and with which l have now
to contend. I submit the matter entire, with
no other comment than that 1 acted advisedly
throughout and in the finale, under a firm con
viction that no other alternative was left me,
and this after consulting with the best advisers.
! All that I have to regret (aside from the neces
sity of acting) is the circumstance that in acdtig
I had not the opportunity of carrying out the
original design—(which, from circumstances ex
plained in the note ol Doct. Gindrat, [ was pre
vented doing)—that of employing my hand
rather than m v cane. These regrets 1 expressed
promptly before leaving the spot, and I have
not since ceased to entertain them. Trusting,
however, to that innate sense of justice with
the public which ever promptly denounces un
provoked attack, from whatever quarter made,
whether shielded by the “cassock” or the “er
mine,” I am the public’s ob’t sv’t,
J. S. WINTER,
(Copy.)
Montgomery, April 25.
Hon. Henry W. Hilliard :
Sir I find in the “Mobile Tribune’’ of the
21st inst.,a report of the speech made by you
in the case of Newton St. John and others vs
The Bank of St. Mary’s.
The whole character of that report, connec
ted with other circumstances, induces me to be
lieve that the notes of the report were furnished
by you While I cannot properly except to any
thing you might as a Solicitor for Plaintiffs have
{ said in discharge of your duty to them, I may
i properly object to the publication of such remarks
in a newspaper, after y our connection with the
case had ceased.
There are imputations in the published speech
upon the character of myself anti others, which
you, upon examination, will admit are highly
offensive; their justice i emphatically deny, i
address this note to you therefore to enquire with
| what motive the speech was published; Was it
j with the design of mortifying or injuring in their
I reputations either myself or any other member
of mv family referred to in it?
1 regret that 1 am compelled to call upon you
in this matter for any statement or explanation,
and must request of you a reply at your earliest
convenience. I am, very respectfully, your ob
edient servant,
J. S. Winter.
Col. Hugh Park Watson— Present:
Dear Sir:— Be pleased to furnish me in writ
ing with the substance of what passed between
yourself and the Hon. H. W. Hilliard, on the oc
casion of your presenting my note to him bear
ing date 25th inst., that was material to the con
tents thereof. Very respectfully,
J. 8. Winter.
Col. J. S. Winter— Present.
Dear Sir : I beg to reply to your note of in
quiry, as to the substance of what passed be
tween the Hon. H. W. Hilliard and myself, on
the occasion of presenting him with your note
of the 25th, that was material thereto—as fol
lows : Ou handing the note referred to, 1 re
marked that a suit had been instituted against
him, as a party to the publication of his speech.
To which he replied, that he was already so ap
prised, and further said (in substance)"reques
ting me to so state to you—that your bavin-’ re
sorted to the law for redress, precluUed°hiiu
from making any wiitten reply to your note.—
He also stated that had you called upon him bes re
he commencement of the ae io i, he would have
satisfied you that he had nothing whatever to do
with the scheme of the p ibiic itioa of which your
note complained—or, if the suit was withdrawn, he
would ihen satisfy you that he had no agency in the
scheme ol publication.
Respectfully, Jt P. WATSON.
Montgomery, April 2 % 18:3.
Montgomery, April 23th, 1853.
Pear Sir: Your note of the 25 h inst, was
nu’ u-d to me oy Col. Watson, 1 vuu now have
no objection to reply io it.
My whole course in relation to the ease of St.
John. Powers & Cos. a >d H mley aga nst, the B ml?
of St. Mary’s, was governed by no other i n , JtlVo
than the wish to do my dmy as a solicitor for t| le
complainants, and lam not conscious of having
tran-cended the limits which ought to he regarded
as stiictlv ptoper to be observed by me as their
sofieimr in any <fihe late proceedings in Mobile-,
nor do I feel called upon to reuac-t anything which
occurred on my part.
Very respectfully, v< ur oh serv’t,
J ‘HENRY W. HILLIARD,
Col. J. S. Winter, Present.
Montgomery, April 29, 1853.
Sir: With this note will he handed you a stale*
ment by Col. Watson of ihe substance ofihe con
versation held with you on the 25 h inst. It was
upon the assurance given in (hat con versa t on, and
upon that > lone. that the action against you w s
dismissed bv me. lam entirely at a 10.-s to recn
cile your note of the 18 h with tho character <f
that conversation, and the emphatic assurance here
in given. Bv reference to my no eof the £5 li inst.
you will at once perceive that your eply conn,ins
no answer whatever to the questions ad iressed to
you. lam disposed, as long as long as ii e:.n |.os
siblv be done, to attribute ibis to forgetful ness, or
|an oversight; but the concluding sentence of your
no c might be construed as an admission of y. nr
having furnished the Tribune the notes ot your
speech, and ihat the motive was to mortify and in
j re the reputalions of the parties referred to.
I am, therefore, under the nec ssity of requesting
from you an explicit reply to rny note o‘ the 25ih.
lam very respectfully yours,
J. S. WINTER,
lion. H. W. Hilliard,Present,
Per Col. 11. P. Watson.
Montgomery, April 29 1853.
Sir: Your second mde lias been handed tu mo
by Col. Watson. I regard my answer to your
first as explicit ;an answer which certainly would
not have been furnished whle your suit continued,
for I distinctly stated to Col. Watson in tie con
versation to which you refer that all explanaion
was precluded by if. That having been dismiss’ and,
1 toil at liberty to explain to you that my connec
tion with the case of St. John, Powers & Cos. and
John Henlv against the Bank ol JS*. Maiy’s and J.
S, Winter & Cos., was limited strictly to the ci--
Ciiarge of mv duty as sol citor for complainants.—
Beyond the I mits proper to be observed by me as
their solicitor I did not pass. So much for mv
coure-T
The only mo’i\e which governed me was the
wish io do my dot v as a solicit r for the complain
ant* in giving sue-ess to thei r su t.
My objects, motives, and acts, in ronnot on
with the si t in Mob le, having been exclusively
professional, you cannot, of course, feel s
by them—nor do I recognize t.be right of any one
to call me to an account for them.
Very respectfully, vour ob’t serv’t
HENRY VV. HILLIARD.
Col. J. S. Winter.
Montgomery, May 4, 1353.
Sr: Yours of the 29th ultimo, came io hand on
tlnit date, and would have been earlier rtpi ed to,
but for circumstances preventing. Having in each
of my two former notes asked of you ’he direct
ques ops, as to whether you furnished the “Tri
bune” the notes of your speech for publication. on*i
w fmt (if so) were tie m tives. prompting, wi hout
having secured any defnte rejly. I certainly feel as
though 1 cannot reason .bJy indulge the hope that 1
! ever shall be successful ini his object. Lain, how
ever. induced to renew the effort, and to ayk of you.
! whether by your Inst note, I am to understand ijiSit
you did not tu nish the no es for puhl citon 1 and
it’ answered that you did, I desire to know wheth
er the motives influencing were such as intimated
by my previous inqui-y? Neither lour aztsner
motives as a solicitor in the case, have ever b* cn
questioned by me ; my inquiries having reference
amply to acts cuts de of these, and w hich eamn t
certainly be misunderstood.
Trusting, therefore, to your definite and d'rcct re
ply, to inqimies which cannot be regarded otherwise
than definite and direct. I am very respect ully,your
ob’t serv’t,
J. S. WINTER.
Hon, Henry W. Hilliard, Present.
Montgomery Hall. Miy G, 1853
Dear Sir : I called on the Hon. H. VV. H.l iard
at his cflic on yesterday morning, and pr-senied
to hrn the lei ter handed to me by yourself. He
took iheietser—asked me if it was on the subject
| ot your former letters. I replied that it was upon the
J same su'j *et—perhaps more full than either < f too
| former He, without lending it, leturned it to me,
! assuring me that he intended no disrespt c* to me,
| umi desired me to say to you that he could hold no
| further correspondence with you on that subject.
In die above you have the m stance ol tne con
veisation, &c., between the PI n, PI. VV. lliiiiard
and myself touching y> ur correspondence.
I am, sir, yours. &e.,
H. J\ WATSON.
Mr. Jos. S. Winter.
| Mr. J. S. Winter :
Dear Sir: On Thursday evening you showed
me a note written by you, and diree ed io “Hon.
Henry VV. Hilliard,” winch you said had been re
| turned to you without reply. Having bes re Ihat
j seen the correspondence between yourself i ndMr.
I H., (which I deemed unsatisfactory aid evasive on
| Mr. Hilliard’s pari,) I advised you, upon your re
-1 ques’iig my opinion, that there was no course left
but to inliict upon Mr. Hilliard some personal mdig
| nity ; but that it should be done without any vo
! lence. in this, you concurred, ami iv went to the
I Madison House to cail on Mr, VV H Taylor and ob
tain his opinion. On stating to him the facts, lie
j agreed with us as to the course you should loTovv,
| and impressed it upon you that the indigmtv offer and
j shoo id be simply of such a nature as to show that
| the insult was resented, which you had received,
; and that no vjr lence should he used or injury done
| io Mr. liJiiard’s person, and to this you lu.iy as
| sen ted. It happened that Mr. Hilliard was at the
: Madison House at the time ,(a faci of which we
j were ignorant when going there,) and wiiiie we
‘were discussing the matter, he p/sied out. You
j ‘hen inquired of me whether this were not a filing
| opp ‘rturii-y to act 1 I answered yes ; and we at
; once lett the Hotel, following Mr. Hiliianl, andover
taking him near Messrs. Bell’s store, on a well
| lighted sidewalk. He had stopped as if reading ;
j sign.
You addressed him courteously, “Good ; veiling
| Mr H lliard “ “Good evening, Mr Winter,” lie an
| s\ve;ed “Mr Hill aid. I desire to know whether you
have any explanations to make in regaid to the cor
respondence between us, or the return “f mv n te. ’
Mr Hili.ird immediitelj began lera ing toicards
the store, replying u htle moving oil, -Mr Winter,
; 1 do not wish, sir, io l„ve any com ers ilioii mi tiiat
subject.” By the time he had concluded, lie was
beyond the reach of your hand, approach ng the
store dooi, and w, uid have been within it in a mo
ment more. You then struek him, with the sti k
you held in y<ui hand, a sii. hr blow, as 1 regarded
it, on the arm or shoulder ; M* iii Hard inimeni re
ly getting ins de the store, winch was tuu pat'idiy
*pem?d. I then went up, and taking you by dm al,n
emarked, “that is snfii lent, don’t carry it any hu*
iier,” ut the same t-me expressing my regrets tiU“-
.ou had used yuui cane, it having been un* erslood
that you were only to use your hand. Your ici I.V
“that you also ieg relied having iLae stb