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(Limes rmtr SmlincL COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. I 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