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WASHINGTON; fiWS.
Still Wrangling 6ver the Ifluisiwn Ap
pointments.
PROTEST OF BTOXE CUTTER*.
Appointment*.
Washington, Jne 11. —* Senator
Dumont, of the Louisiana colored
committee, expresses disgust with
the action of his colleagues
in not adhering to the instructions
of the concerns which sent them
here. Their disregard of the wishes
of the caucus, he says, was not by
any means confined to the case of
Pitkin.
The Republican has a strong depre
catory article on the President's ac
tion in the Louisiana marshal case.
Washington, June lii—Maine and
Virginia delegations of stone cutters
called upon the proper authorities,
asking that the cuttings for the pub
lic buildings be done underaGovern
rnent Superintendent, and protesting
against a reduction of wages.
A camp of Pcinek Indians, moving
into the Indian Territory, was struck
by a tornado. One killed, severai
hurt, at)4i the camp prostrated.
The Gofernment has printed no fl
or $2 fciTTs smee'thelst of April.
Postoffice commissions were issued
to Col. Forbes, Richmond, and Mrs,
Thompson, Louisville.
Proceedings in the case of Franks,
Deputy Marshal, N. C., were prelimi
nary.
Col. James Lewis, colored, appoint
ed Naval officer at New Orleans.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
called fifteen million consols of 1865;
interest ceases Sept. 11th.
Jasper Smith, new Consul at Fun
chal, promoted to commercial
agency at Nottingham, England.
The Secretary of the Navy leaves
to-morrow on an inspecting tour.
Rear Admiral Powails acta during
the Secretary's absence,- rr.T
Approximation of fragtlpjial cur
rency out of circulation by loss or
destruction will not exceed |vto mil
lion. „ , , •
The Secretary of War leaves to
morrow for WestP Point ; : 'returns
Monday. 1 i -
TIIE FlUSStii CRISIS.
GERMANY AGAINST - -AN. -UI.TKAJIUNEANE
SUCCESSION. ' 1
London, June 11.*-The Time, s’ dis
patch frottt sws ttiw French
Ambassador h:is
left Home for Paris, whither lie has"
been suddenly recalled.
The Daily News' correspondent at
Berlin telegraph's: “Avery serious
impression has been caused by ar
ticles yesterday aud to-day in the
National ZeAUtag, discussing the
crisis in France, declaring that an
Ultramontane regime, which alone
could succeed the republic, is irrecon
cilable with European peace. I know
these articles reflect very faithfully
the views of governmentcircles here.
Information that the French are al
ready renewing tbeir military
preparations on the frontier is re
ceived here with credit.
THE WAR IN ASIA.
Hurcrssful Turkish Swtlf.
London, Jane 11.-—A dispatch from
Sukum-Kdleh to the Telegraph says :
The insurrection is spreading. The
commanders are rigorously attempt
ing to opt the Kusaian communica
tions.
Constantinople, June II. —Mukh-
tar Pasha, under date of June 10,
telegraphs as follows: The garrison
of Kars made a |u(|essful artillery
sortie aud pursued*tne enemy.
Under date of May 28th, Lloyd’s
ageut in Pati writes: The town of
Pati is deserted ; the shops are clos
ed, and the inhabitants have-fled in
to the interior. Only a few Soldiers
remain to'appose'the landing of Cir
cassians from the Turkish trans
ports.
■Murder In Massachusetts.
Northamton, Mass., June 11. —Later
intelligence from the scene of murder
near Hatfield states that Jared,. Wheeler,
colored, about 26—living near, murdered
his aunt, Harriet Wheeler, yesterday.
There was some spite between the parties,
whieli might liße been the cause of the
murder. f'
A beautiful complexion depends
upon the purity of the blood. To
keep the blood pure and healthy use
Dr. Bull’s Blood Mixture.
THE tfl£jpUK(t| , K.
Fight between Turkish Iron-Clatf* snd
Russian Turpi dues.
FOUMKII VIOTORipiJS.
A Decisive Battle Expected in Montenegro.
IHE RUSSIAN PLAN OF CROSSING.
ANOTHER RTSEIN THE DANUBE
tivu m'ssia\ ToiiiM.no .itaiTi
“ lM.sTitove-ii -41 '--A
eovrrsoi;xrstaktkii
’ <7 i * 1.-,!.*..*
-London, JupelL—.Thft
enna dlanai.cU ;’*T|u; are
‘volleitidg’au uiujy'.Qi reserve w6ht
reduced,"part of the still re
maining there being detached to
strengthen the army in the field— in
tended. by Lha.Tanks, apparently, to
opposeJ.be Russian host expected to
crosaiifiha neighborhood of Nktopo
lis and SiatuyjUMWM t-jj*rwitML 1
Holbart PaSha has taken Measures
for seMlrfng the - Suliira ’ rffouth of J
the Danube, and for a strict blockade
of Odessa.
Eight hundred Circassians are re
ported to have been sent to Tatar
Bazardjik, to be distributed among
Bulgarian village iu order to repress
a"Tty attempt at insurrection. ,
The Times’ dispatch from Thera
pia, says news tyas arrived of an
encounter between Six Russian Tor
pedo boats and some Turkish iron
clads, at the Suliva mouth of the
Danube- tfbw' torpedo boats were
beaten off, three were defrtbbyeri; and
some prisoners taken; oue of t he'
iron clads was injured.
The Vienna correspondent of the"
B mt s says: No fresh news has beep
reeeivedTfOHT MOTrreneffro. “Bolt
sides atia'CviUeutly giftltipg
tions to deal* a decidlvo JdowL. the
difficult task of forcing an entrance
from Duga pass into the plaitis of
Nicsics still remains for Suleiman
Pashar. In this, neither All Sahib
nor Mehemed Alt can assist him
much.
The limes’ correspondent at Mon
tenegrin headquarters says: Reports
that provision train for Goransko
was captured ure unfounded. The
fortress was revictualed after fours
fighting. This success enables Sule
iman to concentrate his forces for au
attack on Gen. VUtkovies’ position in
Duga paso. The Montenegrin army
will be concentrated to meet him,
and the battle will be decision of the
fate or Nf&sto. IVis thought proba
ble that Huteitnan, though losing
heavily, w+H penetrate to Nicsics. If
he shuuld be defeated his army will
extricate itself with great difficulty
and will risk total destruction.
Lonuun, June 11.—A special dis
patch from Vienna to the Times has
lißftVre lm&Wi ngV'W would appear
thatfthft RussianAwittis for crossing
the Danube wiJJ Vd-ftßo-sen east aud
west of the Tu.kisu qu unilateral;
that while the eastern column keeps
Jn check the iprces massed
tn-ahd about the-fortresses. tne west
ern coTuiiin '#llLMt'~ttV , 'Sr'field army
operating against-the. Rank or rear
ofthe To i k is-tr'COl tnrtn. .
The. Tiuei 'chosen fur the operation
ofthe Western column is a must ad
vantageous otic, for along it lies
some fair roads over the Balkans -
one from Pleovia and Safia, and an
other from Sistova. over the Sifika
Pass toward Philippopolis.
Although the Turks are outnum
bered by the Russians, and although
with the greatest exertion, they will
searccly he abie to oppose anything
like an equivalent force to the four
corps concentrated by the Russians
on that side, yet by taking up a cen
tral position between Plevna and
Bela, with tiie help of monitors and
batteries, they may throw considera
ble obstacles in the way of crossing.
A special from Vienna to the News
says the Bulgarian legion In Houma
nia now numbers 10,hot) men. A dis
patch from PI jesti to the Manches
ter Guardian Says the Bulgarians’ are
reluctant to enter tlje legion, half of
which are composed of, foreigners,
especially Servians.
Mustapha states that, five Russian
torpedo boats were destroyed in the
attack made on the Turkish iron*
clads at the Suiina mouth of the
Danube.
A special dispatch from Vienna to
the second edition of the Standard
says the Danfibe 'Sttddenly lose, yes*
teTday, overflowing its banks. The
rise was caused by melting snow and
ice in the Carpathian Alps, and will
again delay Russian operations.
A Reuter from Alexandria announ
ces that the Egyptian cotangent of
troops for Turkey sailed escorted by
four men of war.
A Letter fronpßucharest says there
are three hundred and twenty news
paper correspondents in Ruumauia.
—"weather mutATioxs.
War Department, )
Office of Chief Signal Officer, >
Washington, June 11, 1877. )
For the South Atlantic Statqs,
slight change in pressure, station
ary or higher tempature, northerly
winds, possibly shifting to south,
and rain ares, followed by clearing
weather.
COLUMBUS, GA.. TUESDAY MORNING. JUNE 12. 1877.,
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA.
More About the Earthquake* and Tidal
Waves.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
Panama, Juge 2.-NBy the arrival of
the steamer>rnyu, from Callao, 28th
ult.. we Ita4’e fuller detuils of disas
ters on the Coast from earth
quakes and tidal waves.
The towns of Arlea, Iquique, Pon
ta De Lobus, Pubeiion, De Picapriso,
Ohanmnya, Hiamillas, Toccopillu,
Corija, MejiHores, De Bolivia, Antaf
gast, and Chanaral were uearly all
destroyed. About six hundred lives
only were, lost, The destruction of
property is estimated at $20,000,000,
confined mostly to the coast, though
the town of Tarapapu, twetitv-threa
leagues inland, and the villages'6f
Pica, Matilla and Canchaues, far iu
the interior, were moro or lew
ruined. -1 • - • '* 'J
Shipping of guano from Southern
deposits will be indefinitely suspen
ded, as all facilities in the way of
launches, chutes, wharves, water
condensers aud buildings of all kinds
are east away.
-The health oh-the isthmus is ex-
,j eT( ‘ / - 0
U. has sent
a letter.* He sa&%-tfie draft of the
•treaty which w*i first submittedito
Mr. Cordeuas was So excellent in its
form and substances, aud so com
pletely assured the construction of the
canal, that there could not be
the slightesfr-doudt that it wuutd be
approved bjraHthe Maritime powers.
Mr. Cordenas objected to this draft
in various ways, and presented an
other so objectional und with such
peremppyty tjpfl)4iils(ajr.
sumed the responsibility ofprepaid,
tug ulterior co ndi Mobs' (m- !
practicable at present. Among these
Conditions of Mr. Cordenas was one
that the United StAtes should guar
antee the sovereignty of Nicaragua
over fill her territory, and tlrat Nic
aragua should be permitted to build
forts along the line of canal. Thd-
United States would not do that for
any nation, and hone of the mari
time powers woujd permit Nicaragua
to control tLe canal by forts, howev
er smaltc and insignificant these
might be lathe Government.
D.kmutfA'a by the yiwl. - - M
Memphis, June 11.—The flood In
Wolf river caused a break, over one
mile in length,, in,,the Memphis &
Louisville RaHrb&iL*’ Nb fralus run
ning on either of the five..roads lead
ing out of the Mtyijpßfia.ffftrTiage on
the Little Rock Ballifoitf will be re
paired to day, are expect
ed to go out thia evenieg.
Thi* Mikl>ppl I'awei.
New Orleans, June 11.—The ships
M nuie H. Gerow, drawing 20 ft. 9
inches, Thorngepu, 20._ 8 ft inches,
Sarauak, 18 ft] Douches, and Scioto,
18 ft.Djgnchea. wtye to, sea this
morning tbrough tbe southwest pass
Withttut dWtfliwiAi 5 Tire- Ufa Hr Atno,
drawing IS leet.S inches, w.eut to sea
through the jettiew.
■ 0 ,'vJ MU.(I News. 1
NEw-4i<jKjn June llte-Arriveil: Alham
bra, Idaho, Crescent City, City of Mex co,
Benjamin Bangs, lAsim Rosa, Clara, Ma
ria, Shelbourne, H. F. Hussey.
Homeward: Salonis,’Pensaeola.
TELEORAPiiir ■tJßKviatM'r:
Philadelphia, June 11. -Non-
Union men are workipg on the North
American a,t 35 cents*per thousand.
Springfield, Mass., June 10.-Jard
Wheeler, colord, was arrested to-day
for the murder of Harriot Wbitier,
whose body was found in the woods
at Hatfield a week since,
Augusta, Me.— The Mansion House
together with its stable and six hor
sps was burned last Dlght. Loss
$20,000.
New York.—Hon,Clarkson N. Pat
ter was thrqwu from his carriage,
at his residence in New Rochelle, on
Friday, and had a rib fraouired.
Consequently he will not be able td
deliver his promised address at It >-
nuake Col lege in Va., to morrow.
Rome—Mons. Felix Fournier, Bish
op of Nantes, is dead.
London—Miss Elisabeth Thomp
son, the well known painter, was
married to day to Maj. William But
tler.
Cur Hendricks.
New York, June 11. —Ex-Governor
Hlhiirfcks and wife are here. They sail
for Europe Wednesday, remaining about
three or four months.
THE NOBTII CAKOMNA KEYENCE
FRAUDS.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE REVENUE STOLEN!
Washington. Aum-11.—The trial of
Frank, Deputy U. S. Marshal for
North Carolina, attracts great atten
tion. Attorney General Devens is
represented as beitig determined to.
raise the standard of the service by
getting rid of persons of questiona
ble integrity. A prominent detective
says, when the whole thing is
1 brought to light, and the ramifica
tions of this ring of fraud and its
workings are exposed, the details will
be startling. Equally big frauds, the
! detective says, exist in other South
i ertl Districts.
Marshal Douglass, of North Caro
j lioa, is here to testify in Frank’s ease.
It is estimated that one-third of
the expenditures of the Department
have been for political, and another
third for personal purposes.
EX-60*. SMITH'S REPLY
Ho Makes Explanations of Certain Mat
ters Referred to by Gen. Garlington.
Ati.anis, Qa., June 9,1877.
His ExCeileii.sßtdesfP- Colquitt, At
—lt was stated “in my latter of
the g9tii ult., tliakjflhould uot ,f;eply
to any communieaiwn touching the
pay ment of the '530,000 to Messrs
Alston and Garlington, unless tlie
saaje appeared ov.'r your own signa- i
lure. I shall dej>art from the line
thus prescribed for myself, however, |
so far as the communication publish
ed in the Constitution of the 3d iust.,
over the name of A. C. Garlington, is
concerned. I shall do this because I
am informed that said poiniuuuica
lion was prepared after a full consul
tation between yourself, tieu. Gar*
lingion.aud ottfer friends of yours.
bo tukep, therefore, as your
ttwq.'reu]y. to my -open letter of the
29th- ult., considering it, I
shall proceed to,give it the attention
which such a communication from
your excellency seems to deuiandat
iny hands. In pursuing this course
it may not be amiss to say that lid
discourtesy is intended to Gen. Gar
lington. With him I tiave imeontro
versv, and no one. so far as 1 kuow,
has foqndserious fault, with him for
accepting the large fee which you
were in such a hufa yto pay. Indeed,
I should not Rave ; opened any cor
respondence >'ow;lf,,.hut for
your ettvlfta W'l¥#9P
ty ror-'Qif of tip s fpp Upou
mv shoulders. ' j-.
Just in' this copnectiomU mhy be
permfited to say' lliat, -fhj* 1
hau^failed to find asink|t individual
or iiowsoaper that justifies your
course in this matter. Now und
then a feeble attempt at a defense is
made,, nut it la invariably coupled
with an sxpresslon of regret that you
manifested such unbecoming haste,
or that you did pot call all the wit.-<
nesses—those for as well as those,
against the state —or that the matter
had not been referred to tho courts,
or to the legislature. The fact that,
the only witnesses called, so far as
Ate itublio knows, were the interns
i*ft>parties; personal friends of your
ax#n, and one If not botli holding
positions by your appointment,
seems to have rendered it impossi
ble for any true friend of yours
even Judge Jackson himself-toap
prove of your course. And here, let,
me remark, that it is no wonder that
tho saying of Job should have oc
curred to the mind of the amiable
and peace-loving judge when he was
preparing that "unanimous” letter
of hi 9 in your behalf. Though it,
was charitably intended to help vou
out of the ditch, I fear its only effect
has been to hurt both you aud him
self.
Gen. Garlington gives with great,
fullness of statement his own remem
brance of the circumstances attend'
lug the making of the alleged con
tract. He ti.vi already given his ver
sion of the affair, in his sworn affldft
vit placed on file in the executive
office. Mv last letter coutains a full
aud particular answer and denial of
the main facts set forth in that affi
davit, and I have nothing to add here
on this particular subject.
The General seems to think that
the conduct of the agents would have
been verv absurd, if they had made
the Ooi tract, as I repiember it.
Would they have surrendered a cer
tain fixed rate of twelve arid one-half
per cent, on the amount collect
ed, for the purpose of obtaining an
uncertain and utjfljed rale, which
might be redpoed'tOdittleor nothing?
Cerluinly s bov : ; nor could such have
been the off cot Of the eon-ract qs
stated by me. It was Dot the inten
tion that the rottv of Oompensatiou
fixed t*y the Bullock contract should
be diminished. That rate the parties
were in any event to be entitled to
receive. But under the new coutract
they might claim that the rate ought
to tie inure,anedr. •oTheu the amount of
the increase allowed was to be fixed
with reference to the services ren
dered aud the edtire amount collect
ed on the claim. It was the increase
above the rate of the Bullock eoa :
tract only that was to be in auy man
ner affected by the new contract.
This appears clearly in the very ex
troct frsm my letter which the Gene
ral presents. And thus easily is the
reductio ad dbsurdam , so ponderously
slated by him, met and disposed ;>f.
Next in order homes the written in
strument made by Col. Baugh, mark
ed "No 1“ in General Garjiugtou s
letter. That instrument, it appears,
Was executed in December, 1876, and,
as the Generul states, only a few
days before Col. Baugh’s death.
Tne General further thinks that the
statements it contains are equivalent,
to ‘'dying declarations.” It so, then
tne Colonel was in extremis when
tne lustiunient was executed. CM.
Baugh 1 kuew well and esteemed
very highly. For many mouths be
fore his death he was a helpless
paralytic). I visited him some six
weeks before he died, aud found him
greatly enfeebled in bolb body aud
mind. Although he dull men un
derstand simple pro,jositions, I
thought his miud presented fully as
milch evidence of decay as his body.
What must have been his mental
condition, when he made this "dying
declaration?” On the very verge of
dissoluliou, and with his powers both
ot body and of mind almost eutirely
dead already. How flesiieiaie must
your condition be when ypu feel
forced to resort to such an argument
to sustain your official conduct?
Thiß instrument, it should be re
membered/ [Was one in which tiie
public had no interest whatever.
The State was not a party to it, and
it was in all respects private in its
nature. Col. Alstou says he showed
it to me, and tnat I pronounced the
recitals it contained correct. Tuis
statement was disposed of in mv last
letter, aud there I am content to
leave it,
Gen. Garljngton says that the doc
ument was bv me “read and tiled in
the records of the Executive Depart
ment,without a single accompanying
word of protest, explanation or dis
sent. express or implied.” Upon this
statement he builds an argument
which be evidently considers over
whelming. But if the statement it
self is incorrect, what is the argu
ment worth? I havealrea ly slated
that I did not read the paper, oi even
know of its existence, until furnished
with a copy of it, at the Executive
Office, a short time since. Did I ‘"tile
it in the recordsof theExecu ive De
partment,” as Geoeral Garlington
charges? If you will turn to tie
affl lavit'of Col. Alston, marked “No.
2,” in Gen. Garlingtou’s letter, you
will find that the Colonel, in depos-
lDg in reference to tills Identical pa
per, swears that tiei himself dhid it
filed In the Executive Office, whore it
has since remained. He does not pre
tend that any proper authority for
the filing had been given. It is not
my purpose to assail the motives of
any one. I Intend merely to let the
facts speak for themselves. But here
was a paper which belonged to pri
vate parties. The St ate had no inter
est whatever In its preservation. It,
was- Hot a record of the Executive
Department, and had no business to
belplaced among the records.! One of
its owners, however, did have it
'placed there, but without lawful au-
Ithority. Why this act on the part of
the owner of the paper? Let,, the
facts answer.
It was sought soon after the docu
ment was executed, to show that the
Governor had made a contract to puv
ot allow Old. Alston and- others a
named rate of compensation tor ser
vices to be rendered to tbeßta e in a
certain matter. The pretended con
tract for services was very fully set
forth anion* the recitals contained in
the private paper mentioned. If
that paper should be found oft re
coniy-it wunld be presumed. >i,i the
absence of proof tmithe eontrar.Vi
that it had been placed there by on]
lllorlt-y. It would become as General
Garlington says, a standing witness
that the Governor ito-tujself Hind
placed ft there to preivervettfcmeVji
dCifce ofcthe .contract mehtioned in
the reciial. And sure enough, when
the; question of the pretended con
tract. is raised, t his very recital is re
lied on as evidence to show that the
connect had been made, aud it is Sr'
sertvd that the Governor lijuiself
had placed the writing ou file, aud
ttaat. he must have done so us proof
of the alleged contract. inn c
I conclude what I have to say on
this particular point by stating in
terms that I did not place said pai>er
on tile myself, or order, it, to, be done
by any other perspn. Colonel Alston
admits, under oath, that he had it
filed/land says that it has since re
mained on file in the exvcttdVftoffice.
He knows how and why it was placed
there; Ido not. You Hre very wel
come to all you take by the General’s
argument, on theßubject of the filing
of the Baugn document. :i
Next in order for consideration Is
the statement tho General presents
iu reference to the “unsigned memo
randum”—that bistorio document
which is, doubtless, as important In
your estimation as was the deceased
dustman’s will iu the eyes of Mr.
Silas Wegg. I shall not follow the
General turough the devious history
he relates of the many attempts
made, both before and after I left tue
executive office, to obtau my signa
ture to that, remarkable paper. If he
has done nothing else, he has at least
succeeded in convincing the public
tnat tie used becoming diligence iu
the premises; and that, uuder his ex
plaiy persistence, tue matter of
the "uusigried memoranda” was
made a perpetual nightmare, from
which 1 couid scarcely find any es
cape, either in or out of tho office.
This paper was handed to me by
Gen, Garlington a few days only be
fore 1 went, out df office. I did not
ihen read It, as Messrs. Alston and
Garlington seem to think, but laid it
on a table in th.e private office for
future examination. The subject to
which the paper referred wus men
tioned when it, was handed to me, but
nothing was said which led me to
suspect that the contract was not
therein correctly set forth. If found
to be correct, I would have felt uot
the least objection to siguing it. Tnis
much I gave the Geneial to under
stand. aud of course I regret that,
owing to the incchfuul,pressure upoq
me, 1 found no time to give to com
plying the contract before I left the
executive office. But the General is
mistaken in thinking that I ever said
or inU udcd lo say to him dr to any
oue else that the paper was correct."
I couid not have so intended,because!
I had not iu any way acquired a
special kuowledge of its contents.'
But this iwpervit is alleged, wa&al-
BO lilted by me.. If, ip staled that tfiera
is an entiy op thebacl/ot ty, in., , the
handwriting of my minute ejerk.
Now,, you know vefy vvejl that.thik
qittrk remaiued in tile same’ capacity
with you, for uime months after your
accession to office, und that the en
try could have been made after you
came in us easily us before I went
out. The entry amounts to mpthibg,
but that it was made uuder your ad
liiiuistiaiion, is very clear from the
following faefs:
The table ou which the paper was
laid was cleared off on the evening
before your inauguration, prepara
tory to turning the office over to you.
Scores of papers, some valuable,
and many woithless, that had been
accumulating for a great while,
Were removed from this to another
room. Tlie ‘‘im-moutuduru” went
with tiie rest, of course. But few. if
any, of t hese papers could have been
examined and tiled before you came
iu. There was little or no work done
in the office on the day of your inau
guration; and it is pimost morally
certain, therefore, that the "memo
randum” was filed, if tili and at all, at
ler you look charge of the executive
office. Be that as it may. however,
it; is very certain that (he piper was
never completed, was never gii office
paper, and ought not, therefore, to
have been placed ou file by anybody,
i'be Geueial had interviews with
me ou several occasions after I went
out ot office on tlie subject of the
"memorandum.” He is mistaken in
t tiin King that I proposed, after I lert
the Executive Office, to sign it. It
was intended that it? should receive
the "official sanction” of 'he Gov
ernor; and It is fiqldly probable that
I proposed to attempt to give it ttiat
sanction aber I had ceased to be le
gally competent to do 80.
I received letters from the General
on the subject of tbe "memoran
dum,” aDd suppose he has giveu cor
rect copies of them. 1 had a conver
sion with him in t be corridor at thes
capital, as he slates. I lold him that
I had, as tie knew, ceaf-ed to hold Hie
office of Governor, and i hat. it would
iiot.therefore.be proper for me to
s.gn anv paper in reference to his
contract’for fees; Dial, it would do
him no good and would place me lri
a false position. He said he was
afraid my feelings were hurt by his
wriiitiK to me on thestuhjeei ; that tie
had also been incorrßßpondeacdwlth
Geo. H. R. JaekSou, and was appre
hensive that the matter might be
come involved in complications, I
suggested to him that Col. Alston
and himself could very easily arrange
the business with yourself. He asked
me if I would give him a written
statement to lay before you; and in
this connection it was. that I said I
Could not volunteer to hold any ewnu-
I muuication with you on the snbject;
bilk that If you to dd 'HO'.
anti Would send- hi* 1 a note tixthnt
effect, I would give yu any fnfqrttut'
tlon la my possession. iu.refereu.ee to
this or artymatter.- Trio mime offer
was repeated to the XTeneruLTfl-'h.
subsequent interview, held t
hfs instance, aftqr the bill had
been passed by .Congress, authOF-
Izlng tihe payment; of the elnlm. j
i 1 shall not follow the. General through
the long arguments he submits for the
purpose of showing that the agents were
entitled lo their lees. lie makes tlie vety
liest case possible umkr tho fnct3 pre
sented. But yet'how far short does hie
come of proving that your conduct was
blamcl 8 in this affair. Admitting for
argument’s sake alt Unit is claimed for
yon; admit 'hat the dirt tract was such as
you pMlend.aitd that it was binding outhlc
Slate, yet no where appears, so tar toy I
I have seen, that the money w.tis cpficctcd
either by Alston or Garlingffm, or that ft
was Collecttd' tn cortScqurhee-rtUnny ef
fort on their parti.- To ktiow Aho realty
collected i&e.tiaiiuofrfitn Congress, tbeg
to call fitifsilg^yflh^fulUiWliigiex-
tract from a coiphidflicstion ' WriiplT ap
peared in flic l ‘DeEYfft o #rmTrty News” of
Mi* 8h alfj/over siewiesi* oi “-An
gftier.iastMikiu'i’mnd suftpobed aihavsbfiuii
A!?*"?, luifn" t .f " ,
BO far as General Gordon s recent
achievement for the practical good of die
pe/>pl are concerned, 'Cilisen’s labored
effort at dutrac-Uun cauuutiJesi>u.thuA>nb
iic apprecioUoHp-of tf>cen-valuji c H-ji* a
iact th*i Gurdpp was'Orii'i^UimrAus'ru
nient m'gettinPffie tif C^eor-'
gia's claim agmnst (Ue"gverfinientt and
.that be lias since heenrdUnsiantljDUpirking
and liaa charge of tho-uiovenjeiil lo gel
the $20h,()0.j of mouev. The contracts
made by GbVernors Bullock and Smith
witii certain! lawyers and ngents for ttie
collect ton af the claim could not ebu its
voked so tar sys to deprive, -them, of com-,
pensation fur their services ip preparing
aiid keeping the case before Cinigi^ss'."
"Now herds ns-Wr/Sqnew?
would have. said. Si tiorkli Aiardood.wiis
“th? leai|iog : iiistf Uuisut".ufnl<iyHl
ot the movement lu get Jhu s2yt),UtlO in
money.” It “is tiveiF genii/'h ini bp that
there Imd been an effort somewhere to re
voke “the contracts of Gov. Bullock and
fchnilh with certain lawyers and agents for
the collection of the claim," but that it
cukl not be done so far as to deprive
them of compensation for their services
in "preparing and keeping the case belore
Congress.” For all else, however, their
contracts had been revoked, it would
seem. Tbev “had prepared and kepi the
case before "Cobgress,” and were entitled
to oorripensation for that only. General
Gordon, it appearsybaiff) dotjeialkAiM rest.
And such is the lestimoqy gt uue of tlie
men, as it. is believed,"?o Whom you paid.
$15,000 out of theTK&Sufy for collecting
the claim.
Tlie attempt made to shield yon under
precedents established in the case,G Al
- General iJaiiniiond,ja lhe hist wl
ministratlnn, is surpassingly, WeUk. Tticre
is no similarity between the cases. The'
Attorney General retained the comiffcpsa
tion allowed him tiy a special law out ol
money collecied by him. You took
money out of the Treasury and paid It to
Messrs. Alston and Garlihgton. lie, as
an attorney at law, had a special lien on
tiie money of his client in his hands, to
pay itis fees and costs. Messrs. Alston
and Garlington were only lobbyists, or
agents, in this case, and had no special
lien by law on any fund whatever. Then,
besides, no money ever came into tltejr
hands, but, as before remarked, you paid
litem from the general funds of the Stale
iu tlie Treasury.
You drew the mor.ey to pay them put
of the treasury wiiliout issuing your war
rant therefor, The law requires that, ex
cept in cases where it is otherwise provid
ed, money shall be drawn fropt iliq- .-tyataf
nry on tlie warrant ol the governor. Tlie
Constilution of the State inltimts (her pay;
ment of money from the treiwary -imfess
by appropriation )f law. _Tlire was' no
approval iq*Gty I '
m%y
‘ fasClei c sfW%ot Wtliwin
orase dfttettayqibbaveliset up. i talma It
Gttn, you dp#ot > veii|pry.. (<j
depy them. They may fie cimsuhergl 4,
"C-stiiblislfiid hy your own tarii Coitfessiopj
(- nmVfcmißS^MtftS^itW^ftif
iColsßaftgh wiltpi mployeft:' ase an fagen i
for the collection of thdClaim by ex-Gnf.
Bullock, that subsequently, Gen. Garling
ton, hi's law partner, became interested
in the s true, and that after the election
of Gen. Gordon lo the Senate. Col. Al I
ston was briHigbt intp it by Got. Baugh.
It waa at a very late period that Messrs.
Jackson, Law ton & Besepger were era
ployed also by Col. B ihglt.
And now,sir, I take my' leave of you,
expressing the hope that you may al
ways hereafter leel that your highest ob
ligation is to tlie commonweath, and not
to your personal friends and favorites;
and Unit by laboring to serve the State
faithfully in youv office, yotv may lay a
solid foundation .for -your own future,
prosperity and happiness, in the eppfi
dence and aff ctions of llie'people. I am,
sir, yours very rekpeCtfnily,
: James M. Smith.
Store or tspraerr's Imiuittencr.
Washington, June B.—Mr. J. J.
Noah, the private Secret ary of Sena
tor Spenow, of Alabama, bas fifed a
protest, ib behalf of Mr. Speclcer/
ngnitisr the issaing of a coramissbutt
to Mr. ®. T. Kmith, appointed by the
President as Collector of tbe,P<?yt<*of
Mobile. Noah furnishes, the infor
mation that Stblrn was a ,S(ttler in'
Spencer’s rJgimetHi, tiiatSttencer had
Smith nominated on tho Republivan
iicket for Auditor of State :of
Alabama, that utter Smith’s election
as Audi'or he wept ovef to the Demo
crats, t hat on one occasion h<s said
the.,Re|'ublic*ii party was a fraud,
and be voted for Tilden apd
Hendricks, and said they ought to be
iuuufrurated.
— ! — —-
isomrtliintr Hike rholrrn
Matamokas, June 9. -The Browns
ville Sentinel announces that a disease
something like the cholera, has broken
out atm ng the troops at lilpggold bar
racks. About; thiity arein'ltie hospital mid
six have died. Tlw at.ltdts commenced
with diarri.cea and col'C. A similar dis-'
e#sy has appeared inllteciiy, and spine.
eWjJ have proved fatal within the past
few days. •
go far theretic wo certainly it is Asiat
iccholera, tiut appearances seem to in
dicate that itis more titan the cholera
rii.>rbus incident to the excessive use of
fruits.
Thrash’s I'on-timptlcn Cure,
Sure cure for Consumption, Bronchitis,
Coughs, Croup, Colds, and all long affec
tions; and restored 1' et voice, Ac. ■ ,
Wholesale and re toil by A. 4L
and W. E. Kent. Trial bottles at all dr le
gists in the city at 35c.
mh24 eoddtsun
gfllAllCiAJ. A^Lh-COMMEBPia.
1Y TELE6RAPH TO THE OHY TIMES.
'"i* J**T r ** iici *\‘ t r *”) i */ooij*
:
p. m.—Coolfl u 13-13. .
4:00 p ii.— Coutola 15-16.
PARIS, June 11— &:45' p! m —<l&ntef To4f. And
45c. '
|sl'ltLlN, JuQf; Ji. iticrqAod ’3i6oi!O
markn. .r . ; * i >
rffew TOIIK, JiUtS 4l. : —Alia apbnml
100. i
NE\y YORK, J.upe 11.-r-Noon— Stocky ;
m'opuy gold exrbanpp, loiik> $4 84;
ftlibet. 4 00, StaUf* brmfla iUimlj; GwVeMuuents
'Wkjikfi. r , Q'! .
gillie IL— Kvoning—Mouuy n§y
Afl'Vj; AterTliig atfiaily At 8; holu q‘u|t t at (%;
OovurwHeuin iirliL-r-nfW s'* luL'. StutfH cttilJ.
’ iVlV&ja
LIVERPOOL, June 11.—
middling iiplutula 0 idd j mmcning'DrlT’anik 6^<l ;
Halen 20 (K)O; upeoulibiojland e^poftJj.OtJO;ryiftiiptrt
■J,v’so -fill Ain*rlo*n. 1 . . ii .
Futures better: .uptandfl. lrrr mldttHni;
clause. Juny u 0 July UeHye/y. (J 2-1* (rjis-32d, July
an<i d An|?ufif‘#ml N*q>-
t. mb-rrt 4) 32(oky rd.3M|*pt.fiiOee aed Oe4'WT
F> .V15(5)l f-:i‘2(a Oct•*'• r aud N<A-imi b* r ft 7 If- 1 .
new drop Htlipped NovAmb'r and December p* r
sfi'l 6-'*e Au i tand Septumb r dplis* ry G 5-ifxl,
October Gnd November 01 I<hl.
6alet o#Ameriean 14,100. ■ ! -
4;ot>Fi lo%v middling clauae. June
fiXld July delivery 6.‘,d, July aud ApgUHt ti 3- Hid.
V;3tt'p. hi!— future* dull; uplands, low mid
dling clause, Atgust and B<pteinber delivery
Sifpseuiber aud October 6 5 lGd.
NEW YORK. Jnn 11.— Noon— Cotton quiet;
middling uplands 11 % ; Orleans 11#; sa es 278.
Future* opened tirm a fttllowa? June 11 74'JG
.76; July 11 805.82. August 11 89#.9U B**pt tu
ber 1t
11.4Kte 43 ; Deceaibr —,
middling uplnniU \\si\ Orleans 11 %; sales U2S;
uet Receipts' 4 i; grosa 431.
04>9solid^ (,| V - net >ecclpt* 2885; exports to
Great. Britain 66j4 to Francq —to otinfnt
89f4; to channel 6300
Futures dpsedwetk; aales 40.000: June 11.65
® 56;. July. 11 61@ 62 . AiU’U 1170; hptc|nber
Il'fflVatflf:' October November 11 v 5
(<6. 27 ; December 11.27fa.29: January 11.42(3144;
February U 56® 68; March 11,71(^.73.
GALVESTON. June 11. — Cotton flrtn, offerings
light; middling 11: net receipt a 37; atom*—;
sale*—: exports to Grwat Britain —; ,Fr <nce —;
to channel —; to continent —; coastwise —.
NORFOLK, June 11 k-Krentng—Cotton ateadv;
middling 11; net receipt* 63: greas —; aalf a 75;
apinn* rs —; exports to Great Britain—; to con
tinent —; coastwlae —.
BALTIMORE, June 11. Evening Cotton
firm; middlings 1 ; net receipts 100; gro 41;
aalee 100: apinnera —; exports to Great Britain
—; coHßtwise 3®.
BPSTQJL -rlune 11, Evening —Cotton firm;
iniddrtnff fl**: riot
export* Great Britain coastwise Hftt,
WILMINGTON- June 11. -—Evening Otton
infddlmn Tnvp' iffit receipts 11: sAfes " —,
spiunorg —; exports Ureat Britain ••fjvcoast
wise 25. .
PHILADELPHIA. June 11.— FvplWf -Cotlon
firm:..middling tIU : net receipt*- 1 >rd4*—;
gules to spinners 205, export* to -Urvat Brit
ain'—. '** *• '
SAVANNAH. June It.
quieter; middling 11 %; net. receipts 278; gross
—; sales I*3; exports to Great Britain —; to
c ntiuent 204: to channel —; coastwise 5*25.
NEW ORLEANS. Juno 11. Evening- Cotton
in good demand; middling 11 %: !"W middling
lot* -, {rood ordinary 19: receipts B*3; gross
952: sales 2/500; expo rt* to Great Fiji tain —; to
France —; to continent 320; channel —; coast
wise —.
MOBILE. June 11.—Cotton strong: middling
11; net receipts 27: gross —.sales 260; experts
to Great Britain—: to France —; continent 1853;
to channel —coastwise —.
MEMPHIS. Ju e 11- Evening Cotton firm;
middling 11V receipts 49; shipintiuU 9845; sales
200.
4TTGTTHTA. June 11.—Cotton firm; middling
net receipts 18; sales 21.
CHARLESTON June 11. Evening— Cotton
firmer: middling lttj/Sl 3 *: net receipt* 88: Stilts
100: exports to Great Britain —; to Frftuce —;
to continent —; coastwise 565.
ritOViSIONM, SBC,
NEW YORK. -faW 11.—Noon - Flout 1 quiet and
unchanged. Wfcfsr: quiet aud firm. < oru shade
firmer. Pork steady—new m-ss f!4 10. Lard
steady—steam ss4)9 10. Freights wt< ady.
NEW Yt )RK, J4U05.*l 11— - Fbfi&r rather
more steady, n:iwaera± bujaifiCft* dying
for expert and { firm: choice to
double extra un
changed, superdne , Bala ton rtyaX State ss.&)(<#
$6.00. sofit|i(‘rii ff fl'-ur lifofc VteadY: cortaipui
to i*ir fB/50(5525, feiWrl .00.
Wheat frdflM dtld, "Wt*hlai fair
millipg aud lightf export wyitt f /•hrat
qUiet aud firm.red 'ri 1 rf 11 *‘
white $2 05. tMlfii sWrce* 4 HigT erT un
graded Western mixed 57@59, whit®*-w>r.@6o f
yellow Southern Oats act,VC,
l@2c qnfet’ and steady—
ltf gold for-job lots. Sugar quiet—refined
\\%<ci>\\% f f--r staiida and A. Mousses—gro'eery
I grades dull atso(gd2 for New Orleans, bite quiet
_( arolina touisian&o(s6({. P rk firmer
f-*-new‘ nSeas *• sl4 15. La rid bigbeY-Udkl p ime
! sit am $9 20; new $9.00, Whiakuy qujet
atll.'ibid 12 Fr< loafer HTgraio;
cotton par sail U ; per steam :><!
BALTIIIOKE. June 11 —Oats firm, demand
good—Bouthern prime 48(8>50. Rye nominal at
Proviiunja dull and heavy, Pork-id w
n.Hsssl6 00 4 Batpn, shoulders 8‘.,. coar sbiea
tO* ; haniH, I2@J* Lard-Arefim and otfee
—jobs ‘WhiHb'y dull'af Sugar
dull at 11%
BT. LOUIS, June 11—Evening—Elmir firm:
double extra iall $7 Sfi/aiW, treble extra $7.25(a>
$8 .25, MO"d. to fimey y J^sfuoUS ( B.i4s(r $9 60.
Wheat atroDg, good shipping demabil—Ng 2.
red tall, $1 92. No. Tdo" ll.BWgif. CoVu ejciU and
No. /, mixed 44 bsts duli-iNo. 2. Iye
dujl 05 bid iu June Wixvsty rtteklly lit f 1 07.
Pu;k firmer, car Jots
lower at 9' 4 (gOL'. Uu'lV m* at- dull, rouud nib of
staoqldefs aiutclear rib bideS'eolcl up £>uiitry at
$4.35 ami $4 65. Bacorf null—shouloers $5.0,
clekr rib sideH $7 50, Clegr. eiues $7.76.
lUNOINNATI June 1L Evening ~ Flour
strong aud lugher—extra s.7 .6p(a\tsAo,, tpr ng
ianii y $8 74, Wheat in active demanu aim
ergh.i-r—prime red si.TO@ 1.90' Cdfn qntet but
firm at 4tisno. OStH quiet. bnt sviady at ; J.
Byef qnift but st-ady—No 2 at 7fi/ft77. 1 ? al*h y
null aud nOminai—prime Pork, firm at
$13.60. Lard in lair demand—ptearu $8,.)j1l kettle
$9.60(a! 10 ob. Bulk meatH fir inor-- 4L and
1% % tor shoulders,* iesr rib, and clear sid- b,
th'.H" prices bid at close, bacon tinner—eh-ul
ders 5>- a , sides clear ribs 8(&8}v.
Whisky in good (ktrband and- firthoif at $1( 6.
But.t< r firmer; ,c]jLoico, Wesieritt. reserva 1.@16,
central Ohio' 13^.
I.oulvil!e X°hacco Murkct.
LopisviLLE. June .11.— T bacoo steady and iu
good a-Hina-id— Louisville navy Bright mahogany
niahuganv 4'J(§|ps, attcqnd, cl.-pa 4;'4v.*51,
navy nfie black 47@5i Kfmfuu ky Binokti g ?9(a51.
r , HI : . .V 2.11.*: ..!?
FOR RENT.
rpHE L VRGE AND HANDSOME Storo A .
1 Ii mon Ht. Clair Bfreet, next trprfre
C. 8 Uarriou’s Auction room iu
by’s Building ” Pusstssioii given iiuin< fJmSjW
ciately. Apply to f)P" M
M. J. CRAWFORD Jr.,
m yg tf at Bture on Broad St.
• ~ ... ■ -rJ*. i ' ?}:
\ uyiisi Flower.
Th- ; ta'-st,niisi-riibls Ui'iuxs in tho world
aiv t'ii'ufH) sufTwliw from D,. bpopsia i-d
Uvsr etiS plifid?. Hid th-ut sttvolitV-tlvs
pt-r Cbnt'. of the people In' the TJnifed
States are nffl'ctwi with these two disea
ses and their efforts; - urh as sour stom
aeh. sidk heiulaehe, habitual csifiveuees,
palpitation Ol the heart, h su-t-buro, wa
ter-brasli, auawiiig and burning pitius at
the the sloiuaeii, yellow skin, (fUßted
tongue ami disagreeable ta-te in the
mouth, coming up. of . fm-d after eatleg,
i..w apt lilts, <&>,- Mh. -yimri.
OAlbeiil A ,t B t
t’ e of August Fiqwer or it.lbafcple bottle
for in i-e'nts. Tty it. 'TWO’ffbSes wtU re
lieve you.
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