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TUB SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.
From all the South, the public voice as
it tindn uttoranoc, wcils up as with the
voice of Rachel bereaved. The tendered
affectum commiogled with the profoundcst
sorrow, pots aside the studied form i a for
eulogium and refuses, as yet, to trace H* 6
life of the grand, good man who has just
crossed over the river to lio down in th* s
i hade —to whom principle was greater than
power, duty ; older, far uoblcr, than wealth,
fame and human distinction i an( l Gods sad
•oufolation inhis own great words '‘human
virtue should be equaUo human calamity.
“!Ji‘ taught us how to live,
A oil oh ! too great a price !
He taught us h»w to die.”
And the East, and. the West, and the
North, commanding tho strong voice of
the cjropii ror, to whom and, for whom the
conquered liavo to annals, so far as public
opinion finds expression in tbe public
pr !ss, bears testimony to the nobleness ol
hi-. manhood, in a gor erous tribute as tho
pride of a common heritage, or attemoors
cold criticism upon his public career, with
commendation of his private virtues and his
personal worth, even while the embittered
recollections of deadly strife still lmge r
around hearth stone?. We present to our
readers the following extracts from tho
Northern Press as the fairest index of
North sentiment.
From the Nt w York Herald, October 13/A.
Ou a qtliet autumn morning, in the land
winch he lifved bo well, and, as he held,
served so faithfully, the spirit of Robert
Edmund Lee left tho clay which it had so
much-ennobled and travelled out of this
world into the great and mysterious land
Yesterday tho expressions of regrot which
.-I rang drone .the lew who surrounded the
bedside of tho dying soldier and (Jurrstian
will bo swelled to-day into’odo mighty
voieoof sorrow, resounding throughout out
country apd ixtendtng over all parts of the
wor'd where his great genius and his many
virtues are known. Fjr not to the South
"era people alone shall be limited the tri
bute ol a tear over the dead Virginian.
II uo in the North, forgetting that the
timo was when the sword of Robert Ed
mund Leo was drawn against us—forget
ting and forgiving all tho years ol blood’
shell and agony—we havo long since oeused
to. ku.k "upou him as the ConleJerate
leader, but havo claimed him as ono ol
purselvcs; have cherished arid felt proud
of his military genius as belonging to us;
have i' counted and recorded his triumphs
as our own ; have extolled his virtue as
reflecting honor upon us —for Rjbert Ed
mund Leo- was an American, and the great
nation which gave him birth would be to
day unworthy ol suoh aeon if she regarded
him lightly.
Never had mother a nobler son- In him
the military genius of America was deve
loped to a grater exteut than over before.
In him, all that was pure and lofty in
mind and purpose tumid lodgment. Dig
nified without presumption, alfablo with
out familiarity, ho united all those charms
of manners which made him tho idol of
his friends and of his soldiers, and won
for him the tespeot and admiration of the
world. Even ns, in the days ol his triumph,
glory did not intoxicate, so when tho dark
clouds swept iver him adversity did not
depress, fk in the hour that ho surrend
ered Ins sword at Appomattox to tho fatal
autumn morning, lio passed among men
noble in his quiet, simple dignity, display
ing neither bitterness nor regret over tho
irrevocable past, lie conquered us in mib
lurtupc by the grand manner in which he
sustained himself, even as ho dazzled us by
lit? genius when tho tramp of his soldiers
resounded through tho valleys of Vir-
glD.!3*
And for such a mail we’are all tears and
sorrow to day. Standing besido his grave
men of <he South and non of tho North
Outi mourn with ali the bitterness ot sou
years of warfare erased by this common
bereavement. Muy this unity ot grief—
his unselfish manifestation over the loss of
the Bayard of America—in tbe reason of
dead leaves ami withered branches which
this death ushers iu, bloom and blossom,
liko the distant-coming spring, iuto tho
ib.wcrsofti heartiei accord!
•i * * Ho came nearer tho ideal of
the so’dier and Christian general than any
• man wT think ofy for he Was a greater
soldier thaD Havelock, and equally as de
vout a Christian. In his death our country
ha. 4 |ost a son in w&qm she might well bo
proud, and for wFq.so serviocs she might
havo stood it) m'td had ho lived a tew
years longer, for we are certain that, had
occasion .icquircd it. General Lee would
have given to the United Btates tho bene
fit of all bis great talents.
F, om the New York Tribun ?.
Tho death ot .Gen. Luo will give occa
sion .at the Scuill J< r u marked display of
ouhlie grid’, It will.be without signifi
cance, and may not, perhaps, bo thought
«Uoily appropriate.; nevertheless it will
boa demonstration in many respects re
markable. It is much to be doubted il.
s’ny other Government than that ol tho
United States would permit, or any other
people than our own would countenance,
the open expressions of regret which will
ho made over the loss of a man who had
become prominent in a great conspiracy to
destroy the Government and divide the
iK . -ple. But not only Will the public meet
iocs the official resolutions, the public
parade,’ in which the ISouthem people will
ex-ross {heir sorrow be effieialiy ignored.,
but loyal people will respect-llcir griet.
Tho b'et sewed lender ot tho South, L-e,
was not absolutely without honor and ev*n
affection in the North ; while hot tears
flow for him there, a sympathy, not unal
lied to pity, wili+e felt for him here.'
Time has sufficed to give both North
a bettor idea of tho persona! j
character of this man. It was difficult for
us m tho heat ot the war fever, to under
stand how it vnrrpossible that a man con'd
be-a traitor to his country and yet strictly
honest toward his fellow men. It is still
tomething ol a mystery, but none will re
in,:,. to sdmit tbof socially General Lee
was above reproach. Though guilty of
weak and wicked acts, it «*cnot be shewn
that he ever did a m an thing ', »td it was
his misf.Ttune that he was less lirm of
purpose than by nature generous and
yielding. His popularity was basid on
these attributes ; and uniform suowmcs in
bis defensive operations during the first
years of the war won him such confidence
of his troops as his repeated blunders and
Inures in l i> offensive campaigns could
not shake. This confidence remained so
strengiv with him to the end of the war
that wit\i bis fall at Appomattox the Cause
he had defended fell forever.
Now that he is cone, let us endeavor to
lorg ’t hi* tolly aod his great crime, re-;
in .tub'ring oftlv that he was not wholly
had. False political principles rath'-r than j
ialso morals perverted his mind and
wrought bis ruin, as they wrought that of
his partv. To lorget is the greatest chari- |
« y we could now extend him. Yet iij the j
history ot his country he must live; not,'
indeed, as the ablest of her s ns who
sought her overthrow, but as, in many j
Wrests, tho least odious and the most
pt eminent; as a General, great only in
defensive-passive operations, fcut there
uni. puled throughout the war oa gifher ;
gide . ,'s a Soldier, stainless on every paint j
cave-tbai ot which a Soldier’s honor should
t>o cue brigi.’ctt, the cause for which he
drew his sword, it i* r. gtcit and pathetic
' figure that h<j maker in our stinals. But
the country pardoned him ; he bore him-
manfully gml modestly after his over
crow ; aud he wid be earned to his grave j
amid the passionatei sorrow of the gallant
(fhople that made him their loader and the
respectful silence of the people who con-
quered him. . . ,
- Every rasn is to lx 1 judged, so far as
human judgment may be passed upon him ;
ar all, by the teuorof the motives to which
, (, e n! ’aih current of his days has rsspond
,.J Judged by this standard, the career
of Ttoiiert Icie mast command the dei.be
„ate admiration eveu of who most
earnestly condemn the course upon which
bo decided in the most solemn and imper- 1
at iv > crisis of bis life. Os his genius as a
military commander we do not now speak,
j'o that the unanimous voice of all the
(TUO au d gallant men who fought our long
battle oui with him and his untiring army
ims borne abundant witness. The events
which evoked it are still too near to us,
too many melancholy memories still dus
ter about the names of those prodigious
battle fields of Virginia, to make it natural
pr possible for a Northern pen to dwell
| with erm olactncy upon the strategic re
| sources, the inexhaustible patieccr, th
| calm determination, of our most il
’ fastrtous antagonl 0 ’. But if the testi-
I tnony of all honorable men who contended
| against the great Southern General
agrees with the verdict of all competent
foreign critics in awarding to him a place
among the most eminent soldiers of his
tory, the coocord is not less absolute of a i
who knew the man in the private and per
sonal aspects of his l'fe, as to Lis gentle
ness, his love of justice, his truth and hie
elevation of soul. Nor is there any r- s
son to doubt (hat, when at tho command
of Virginia he S.ially and regretfully drew
bissword against what he, in common
with hundreds of thousands more of up
| right aid honest American citizens, re
! gard"d as"the uninstitutional attempt of
I ihe F'-dcral government to arrest secos
| ‘■ion by force of ar ms he sincerely and
i sadly believed himself to be doing his duty
i »o the principles of American liberty and
of American law. There was nothing in
him of the conspirator, nothing of the
fanatic. He fought neither lor slavery
nor for empire.
To Robert Lee the dreadful ordeal of bat
tle was indeed a supreme arbitrament be
tween two vast and maddened sectio ;s of a
common country—an arbitrament thrust,
upon him, not invited by him ; accepted,
and not desired. The sternest censor of
his action, being just as well as sterp,
must acquit him of all participation in
tbe i rocecdings which brought us to this
awful aibitramoot, as the general sense of
the whole reunited people of tho Union
acquits him of any act done or word ut
tered to protract for a siogle hour beyond
.the closing of the dread account at Appo
mattox the passions and tho perturbations
of 'ho strife.
Under all the provocations—and they
have been manifold and bitter—addressed
by rcck'css and unscrupulous partisans to
the sore and humiliated South, tho broken
sword—the silent dignity—of Robert Lee
have pleaded more eloquently than words
with tho people, who had learned to trust
him as tbeir head and hand and eye, for
patience arid for .self command. Neither
withdrawing himself from tba daily life
and conversation of the community in
which he lived, northrusting himself'upon
tho publio affairs ot the nation, he has
earned an enduring title to something
more than admiration from tho one, to
something more than forgiveness from the
other.
From the New Yorjc Sun,
* * It is not neoessary to trace Gen.
Loe!s career through the four years’ war,
to which this was the prelude, and in which
it is but just to say that he displayed mili
tary ability and genius of tho very highest
order, find won a reputation that will live
in history for all time. It is but recently,
and in the light of the great conflicts now
deluging France with blood, that a British
authority pronouw-d General Leo the
greatest Genera! of tho ago. The passions
aroused by the and sperate struggle in which
he performed so conspicuous a part arc
Dot yet sufficiently allayed in this country
to enable Americans to judge impartially
as to. his merits in comparison with those
of the prominent actors on tho Union side;
but while there is no dissent to his title to
a rank among the greatest of them in
military ability, there is a’so no dispute as
to his superiority over all who served tho
Southern army.
His death will awaken most profound
and honest manifestations of grief through
out the entire South, and very many peo
ple in tho North will forget political dif
ferences beside the open grave of the dead
chieftain, and drop a tear of sorrow ou his
bier. And whatever may be tho verdiot
an to his career iq public life, the universal
expression will be that in Gen. Leo an able
soldier, a sincere Christian and honest man
has been taken from earth.
, from the Boston Advertiser .
* * General Leo strenghenod the rebel
army both by his military ability and by
the weight of his personal character. He
was a lineal descendant of the cavaliers
who first occupied Virginia, and both dur
ing the war and afterward did not forget
the blood from which he descended.' The
battles, tho sieges, tho victories which he
won, the defeats which ho suffered, the
varied and weary campaigns through
which our brave soldiers pursued him till
ho laid down his arms at Appomattox, are
a part of the familiar history of the coun
try. Gooeral Lee sought no distinction
after the olose of tbe war, but devoted bis
life to tho education of the young men who
were fortunately born too late to take part
in the disastrous events upon whioh his own
fortunes had been wrecked.
F, oin the Providence ( 11, I.) Journal.
* * Finco tho peace he acted with
good sense, and accepted tho situation
much moro complacently than many who
had distinguished themselves by more noise
and less fighting, lie was for the last five
years President of Washington College.
General Leo was a man or uncommon
military ability. Ho went into the rebel
lion against his better judgment, and in
obedience to the Southern doctrine that
allegiance to the Southern doctrine that
allegiance to the State was highpr than al
stroDrer hold upi n the- Southern people
than General Lee. He might have done
much to prevent tho rebellion to which he
unfortunately gave his sword, and he would
havo followed his own impulse-.in doing so,
but he lacked tho moral courage to stand
up against what bo knew to boa false
public opinion.
From (he Philadelphia Press, {Radical.)"
* * ' Among foldicrs.this man’s char
acter has always been high. He was
rather n Wellington than a Napoleon ;
winning more by the severe reserve of the
ouo than by tho sudden genius of the
other. His successes in war, and his'ong
hold upon the confidence of the people, re
sulted rather from his restraining than
from his impelling qualities. They needed
such a hand Upon the helm ; a quiet, un
iippassioncd man, with no sentiment of
any sort save that resulting from a oold
belief in tho fatal abstraction of State
rights, and with no other ideal of his
mission than that of obedience to his supe
riors (aftor ho had broken with tho Gov
ernment of the United States), and of the
subordination of his inferiors to himself.
It was this absence of display, of noise,
of praise or of oeosure —this acquiescence
to tho politicians of the Confederacy, and
this refusal to mingle in their broils that
made LWthe best of the rebel oomman
ders. He was a contrast to their own vio
lence, and they feared and loved him at
the same time. His very moderation, was
so steady a rebuke to their impetuosity,
that they yielded to him as a sort of su
perior intelligence, who.was not a practical
man thrown by the force of a false phi
losophy into a heavy responsibility.
* * He will be mourned with genu'me
grief all over the South , but if he had as
pired to immortal fame he would have won
it by making his own defeat at Gettysburg
the limit of his service in the rebellion,
and the beginning of his reparation to an
outr-ged and benifieent Government.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Wo have nos the space, and tho recent
occurrence and publicity of the events
reuder it nefcdiees, to trace in detail the
campaign*against Pope, liurqside, Hooker,
Meade and Grant. For nearly three years
every attempt of the national forces to
reach the rebel aapital were in vain. To
determine how much the mistakes of the
national generals, and how much the skill
of Lee influenced this would involve the
solution of many vexed strategical pro
blems. It is worthy of remark, never
thelpM, that whilo the rebel commander
long kept possession of his own grourd,
he was disastrously beaten whenever he es
sayed offensive operation?.,. He yielded at
the last to a much superior forye, when
disaffection and disorganisation had easen
1 tially lowered the morale of his troops.
The op. render of April 9, 1865, had been
foreshadowed lor months previous, for
' men and me&as could no longer be con
scripted or levied by the jj’orn out but still
| unrepentant rebel authorities.
From the Washington Chronicle
General Robert E. Lee, of Virginia,
the great military leader of the American
Rebellion, died at his residence in Lexing
too yesterday moriiifltf of apoplexy. Ue
was stricken' but a week siiwe, but his j
friends gave out that his illness was but
slight, and that, he would soon bo rc-.
suied to health. On Tuesday, however,
he crew * worse, and, as we haje stated, i
died yesterday morning. Handsome in
person, calm and digged, but always
courteous in demeanor, Genera* Lee won
the affection of the Southern peop.e to an
extraordinary deguo, and we .tavo no
doubt that they will testify their respect
for his memory by unsuual demcM raticn.
of sorrow. At the time of his death he
waa president of Washington College, a
Lexington. Virginia. *t>d also of a V lr
j ginia raifway company. N° ° ne , eTe I
questioned his ability as a gsti**,. ? D
j skillful soldier.
From tire Falicnal Republican.
His career during the rebellion is too
recent and well known to need extciwea
notice now. He was by general consent
the ablest military chieftain of tho South,
1 and to hi* energy and skill we must at
i tribute the fact that the rebellion was
| protracted through so many yours,
i The supporter of a lost cause, tho
champion of ideas and institutions which
his capitulation had rendered forever ob
solete, Lee’s public career ended witn the
war, and with it also ended a.i that ren
dered his life a subject of genera! criticism,
or general intcre-t. Popular amoDg bis
mm and the rebel sympathizing civilians
of his State, he was appointed President
of Washington College, at Lexington, a
position which he held until his death.
During the last five years his conduct was
such that no critic could find ground for
complaint. He quietly discharged his
duties, refusing all connec'ion with poli
tics aDd in this respect compared most
favorably with macy of his old rebel as
sociates. Such was toe man, who, had
he fought as bravely for a good cause as be
did for a bad one, would have won a
world’s admiration. Had he even been
successful, the public which worships bril
liant exploits, caring little tor their moral
quality, would have sounded his praises.
As the case stands, his name is linked
with both disloyalty and failure, a load few
can sus aim
From the Philadelphia North American,
* * General Lee has left a name that
will endure. He was really the foremost
man in the long and bloody war by which
it has been decided that a republic can
maintain itse.f against malice domestic as
well as foreign levy. The decision is so
vital to all other nations and ages that none
of those prominent in tbe argument can
ever be excluded from fits record. The
position that Lee will hold will class with
that of Stonewall Jackson in some favor
able points and surpass it in others. He
was not a promoter of the rebellion. At
the last instant he hesitated ; and finally
gave in his adhesion more through a mis
taken construction of his duties to Virginia
than from any desire for personal glory or
any ambition to construct anew empire,
lie was led rather than a leader until war
was joined. Then his leadership began.
He exercised it wholly in a military phase,
aod had many severe conflicts with the
politicians who had caused the rupture.
The events of his military career compare
favorably with those of aDy other chieftain
in the war, and surpass those of all but a
few. He was modest, thoughtful and
brave; not arrogant in victory ; not dis
graceful in defeat. It only needed that he
should have shown himself as zealous for
peace and unity after the rebellion closed
as lie was for victory ponding its progress
to have rtscued his name from much of the
odium of treason and placed it in an ho
norable niche. He was a man of com
manding presence, stately and reserved
manners and great pride, but popular
beyond aDy Southern leader eavo Jackson.
From the A. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
* * Thcto is much in tho personal
character of General Lee to admire and
venerate, and no one can altogether with
hold sympathy from one who bore himself
to calmly and so bravely in war, and who,
on tho surrender of his broken army, made
that dignified leave taking whioh was the
prelude to the quiet and unaspiring life he
lias since led. Before his open grave hos
tility and antipathy arc disarmed, and tho
most righteous indignation is silent, and
refrain from reviving the memories of the
bloody'cocflict which he managed to pro
long with such consummate skill, and in
which, be it said, he had the continued and
unquestioning devotion of the people
whose military leader he was. If Lee led
a rebellion for four years it was because a
rebellious people made light of the gravest
sacrifices their came demanded, and went
as willingly to d:e under their new banner
as our loyal sons and brothers did uuder
the old flag. Toe North paid its tribute
to “ritonewalt” Jaokson when he died,
and willingly credited him with tho high
qualities he possessed. So it will do
justioe to Robert E. Lee, and while his
own people make known their grief, it will
observe a silence unbroken by words of
condemnation or criticism. Out of this
we may hope for a now spirit of friendly
eo-operation North and South, and for
such oblivion and amnosty as will secure
real and lasting peace and harmony.
From the Chicago Tribune.
It is true that prior to his final downfall
General Lee met with many successes in
single engagements and campaigns, which
showed him to be a soldier of high capacity.
\Ye doubt if cither as a strategist or as a
tactician he was the equal of Stonewall
Jackson, though tho popular verdiot is
otherwise. Jackson was ono of the few
men who was underrated in his deliberative
and planning capacity, because he surpass
ed his own plans in the brilliancy of their
execution. Lee wrote, on the death of
Jackson, that the Confederacy could better
have spared himself than his abler Lieute
nant, and wo believe ho expressed his own
truthful and candid sense cf Jackson’s
superiority.
Robert E. Leo led, ably and gallantly, a
oontest of six millions of peoblo against
twenty millions, and lost it only by tho
weight of numbers, which were themselves
the result of weight of principles. Had he
beet) far above the common mass of those
ho led in moral aim:', he could not have
drawn his sword in tho championship of a
pro-slavery rebellion. Had he been possess
ed of absolute military prescience, he
would not, have looked tir victory in a war
in whijh physical force, numbers, wealth,
and intellectual superiority were all pre
ponderating against him. Ilis failuro in
life expresses, therefore, and arises from,
tho limitations upou his capaoity and
character. Yet, after all deductions are
made, General Lee passes from life warm
ly esteemed by millions of friends, and
more respected by his enemies than any
other person who participated with him in
the Confederate rebellion.
From the Richmond Whig,
Wo will feel his loss as the loss of to
other man would be felt —for in him were
centred the pride, the love, the glory of
Virginia. It is aa if tho sun had set,
bringing night—a long and cheerless night
—upon Virginia, the whole South, and
may we not add, upon America.
In contemplating the pure character
and exalted nature of this great Virgioian,
we have often been reminded of the ex
clamation that was extorted from Pyrrhus
by the incorruptible integrity of his great
Roman adversary: “Admirable Fabri
cious (said he), it were easier to turn the
sun from its course than thee from tho
paths of virtue.’’
From the Petersburg Index.
In Europe a* well as America he was
thought and spoken of as an honor to his
raoe and the brightest ornament of the
age. There is no stain upon his escutcheon.
Detraction never dares to impute to him a
disposition or a spirit at variance with
those high principles that form the model
of a Christian hero—a character which was
eminently illustrated in him.
General Lee was not only a great man
but he was, in the lullest sense ot the
term, a good man, and his death will be
mourned as a publio calamity.
All can stand uncovered beside his new
made grave.
From the Ra’eigh Sentinel.
The South offered no lure to his arnbi
bition ; no strong hope of renown or suc
cess. His great heart rimply loved his
native South more than the North, and his
love solved the problem, Ilts history since
is known to the world, affd it is in the
keeping of the brave Confederates who fol
lowed him from the beginning to the end.
The whole country ard the woild, will
claim to bo its custodian, but Confederates,
good and true have the best claim. Stone
wall Jackson was the greatest military
genius of his day, but Robert E. Lee was
the greatest General of the century. No
mao has gone before him whose character
so strongly resembled Washington as Lee,
but alas ! how few imitate either.
Gen. Lee ctjoyed the singular happi
ness of unking ail who knew him, love
him. His popularity was not the result
ot genius or of any quality which simply
exeited .admiration, but it was his com
plete charaotor, combining so many c£-
cel.encios ot heart and head, that none
knew him bat to love. We have heard
officers and privates who were associated
wtth him before the war, in the old army,
and wo haye heard officers and privates
who fought under him during the Con
federate war, all sptak the same senti
ments and express the same warmth of
affection for him. If any one ever as
sociated with him and became his personal
enemy, we have never heard of it- His
Gharacte; vas so known and esteemed,
that his name became tdismanic, exciting
pleasure and gladness whenever heard.
hYom the Savannah Xews.
The leading trans Atlantic press speaks
| of the country ot the dead patriot as one
which, having “given birth to such a man
as Robert E. Lee, may look the proudest
I nation in the rnopt chivalric period of the
history of Europe fearlessly in the face, for
no race has in any age produced a nobler
soldier, Christian gentleman and man, than
the Virginia Captain.” Every
people on God’s earth, to which fame has
I bccss Hie record of i is career, reverences
* his name as the symbol and the exemplar
i of all that can be the extreme of patriot
ism, devotion, and pure manhood.
From the Xashvilie Union.
This truly distinguished man has es
tablished a character so grand, a reputa
tion so pure and spotless; he was pos
sessed of a soul so brave and so generous,
with all the meekness of a Christian and
AUGUSTA, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2G, 1870.
all the manliness of a hero, that while he
was revered by the people of bis native
South, he wa? respected by good men
everywhere.- Even among those against
whom he lately waged war, his name is
the synoffym for gentleness, purity, great
ness. The summons has come fer him to
join
The innumerable caravan that moves
To that mysterious lealm, where each
Ilis chamber in tbe silent balls of dea.h.
Virginia weeps over the dead body of
her illustrious son. Her sriter States of
the South feel and share the angu’sn of
her unspeakable woe. All the
of the Union and too States of Europe
acknowledge the greatness of her loss and
the justice of her lamentations- Intelli
gence and virtue everywhere bow in air
row over the bier of departed greatness
aod goodness. We shall cot look upoh his
like again.
From the N. Y. Epxress.
i The Southern Confederates will always
honor him for his decision, and the
Northern people will generally censure
him for his letter to Gen. Scott tender
ing his resignation, followed by his prompt
j acceptance of service under a strange flag
jin his own native land. It is the right of
j the people to express their opiniors lreely,
j and to sympathize publicly with the il
| lusirious dead. No man fought better for
I Southefo Independence than Gen. Lee,
i and no man could have conducted himself
j better lor the moment he surrendered his
| sword to Qeo. Grant, aod no act of Gen.
I Grant so well became him, during or since
i the war, as the manner in which he re
ceived Gen. Lao’s surrender. Its effect
upon the South was like magic in the
dispersion of the Southern armies; and
had the government in Washington sym
pathized with this act of military wisdom,
the country would almost at once have been
re-eocmented. Since the memorable auering
at Appomattox General Lee has been all
that even his worst enemies could expect,
modest and reserved, retired irom public
life, devoted to letters. He has done
nothing and said nothing unbecoming a
Christian gentlemen, and, therefore, so
tar from denouncing the Southern people
for their propo.-ed tokens of respect over
the fallen hero, we commend them for
their private friendship and public mani
festations of it.
From the Columbus Enquirer,
Not so much by the pre-eminence of his
genius and tho splendor of his achieve
ments in war, as by his lofty patriotism
and devotion to principle and duty, did he
command tho applause and win the hearts
of his fellow-men. As the master spirit of
a great military struggle, he so well acted
his conspicuous part as to thrill admiring
nations with the brilliancy of his victories,
and oven in the hour of disaster and over
throw to oscapo any blame for the great
calamity. And in the calmer and more
retired life which he has since led, the lof
tiness and dignity with which he submitted
to disappointment, and affliction nobly
capped the pillar of his fame.
It is not often that mankind pays to pri
vate virtue the tribute this day accorded
to Robert E. Lee.
From the Mobile Register.
Never was there a more sublime specta
cle of moral heroism witnessed than that
of Robert E. Lee at Lexington. 110 once
said that “duty is the noblest word in the
English language,” and well and and he illus
trate his belief in his own actions. Tue
foundation of his character was truth, and
the cornerstone, honor. In person he was
one of the handsomest men of his day; his
manners were simple, vet polished and
courtly to the highest degree. There was
an habitual gentleness, kindness, repose
and digDity about him, whioh was at once
electrically attractive, awe-inspiring and
winning. His soldiers worshipped him,
and his name was revered in every
homo in the South. Ho received the
praise of nations with the simplicity of a
child. The encomiums of crowned heads,
the praise of a Moltke, repoatod to him.
only made him deprecate so much honor.
Tho offers ot costly gifts, which a grateful
peoplo proudly offered him repeatedly, ho
declined kindly, but firmly. Homes wore
placed at his disposal in foreign lands,
which he also declined, although none the
lets touched by these and other proofs of
feeliDg from abroad whioh often came to
him.
Let us then remember while tho South
is plunged into grief by this irreparable
loss, that he has left to us a bright exam l
pie for all time, a name and an escutcheon
“without spot or blemish; ” a record of
sacrifice upou the altar ot his country that
can never bo blotted out of history or
erased from the hearts and memories of
tho millions who mourn for him.
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad Company.— The report of tho
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
Railroad Company, for tho year ending
June 30, 1870, show tho earnings to be
$1,278,863 80, and ordinary expenses
$716,182 12, leaving net earnings $562,-
681 68,
Out of tho Dot earnings $146,882 15
should be deducted for $29,000 of wood
and hands, $30,000 of now cars and
SBO,OOO of now rails, masonry, etc. The
working expenses 'were 50 per cent, of
gross earnings.
The road-bed is in flue condition. Tho
assets of the road are $9,777,034. Tts
profios accounts show $2,552,957.
This road extends from Dalton, Ga.,
through East Tennessee to the Virginia
line.
The Fenian Pardons.— There are now
twelve persons in. prison in this country
who were members of the Fenian organi
zation, and tried and convicted as such
for violating the neutrality laws. The par
dons for most of them will be signed this
v°ek by the President, General O'Neil
heading the list. In some oases heavy
flues were imposed in addition to impris
onment, aod these will also be remitted.
The pardons, it is said, aro delayed in con
sequence of the indictments under whioh
the partios were convicted not having
reached tho Executive.
More Counterfeit s.— Peterson’s
Counterfeit Detector for October thus
notices some dangerous counterfeits: “Na
tional Shoe and Leather Bank, New York
—2os, imitation ; well done. Beware of
them. The lettering and paper is excel
lent, and the only feature to exeite the
suspicion of the genera! publio is the rather
dingy appearanca of De engraving of the
Baptism of Pocahontas on the back of the
notes. National Bank of Commerce, New
York City—2os, imitation. The engrav
ing oa the right and left onds is coarse
aod blurred. Signed J. A. Stevens, Pres-
Genuine are signed Jdo. A. Stevens, Pres.
Quite well executed and likely to deceike.”
Commercial Travelers.— lt is said that
two-thirds of the regular traveling com
munity, that is of tho people w T ho are
found," season after season, registering at
various hotels throughout the Lni ed
States, are “drummers” for commercial
houses, and “ agents ” for insurance com
panies, patented manufactures and peripa
tetic amusements. The cumber of these
individuals, who are continually going
over the country and “ making business ”
for their employers, may be reckoned, no
donbt, by thousands. This class of opera
tors is growing largely every year, and
will soon form a guild of great power, if
the members find out how to come together
under one organization.
Louisville and Nashville Rail
road. —The annual meeting of the stock
holders of this company, was held at
Louisville, on the sth, and the following
Directors elected for the ensuing year: H.
D. Newcomb, R. A. Robison, G. W.
Norton, Thomas J. Martin, W. B. Cald
well, W. H. Smith, and Sas. Whitworth.
The gross earnings for the past fiscal
year, as appears from the report of the
officers, were $2,954,058 80 against $2,-
381,13S 00 gross earnings for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1809, an increase of
$573,520 25, gross earnings.
The net earnings for the year ending
June 30, 1870, were $1,142,133 33 against
$1,031,670 70 for the year ending June
30, 1869. Increase of thp net earnings
oyer the previous year $110,456 57.
Seven per cem dividends have been de
clared upon stoek of the company during
the fiscal year.
Tribute to Lee.
Thomson, Ga., October 13,1870.
At a meeting of the citizens of Thom
son to express their feelings in reference to
the death of General R- E. Lee, on motion
of J. E. White Colonel John R. Wilson
was requested to act as Chairman, and
Thomas M. Steed as Secretary.
Upon motion and second a committee
of five was appointed to draft resolu
tions.
The Chairman appointed Jordan E.
White, Edward Symmes, Robt. H. Pea Toe,
John FI. Benton and John C. Smith said
committee.
Tho committee, after a short consulta
tion, reported tho following preamble and
resolutions, which wero unanimously
adopted.
After prayer by Rev. Henry Laramorn
the meeting adjourned.
John R. Wilson, Chairman.
Thos. M. Steed, SocreUry.
Whereas, Tho dark-plumed angel of
death has again made his appearance in
our n.idst (for in what Southern heart is
not tho image of our fallen hero enshrinod?)
and has taken from us the nortaj portion
of our great and beloved Ciieftain. Gen
eral Robert E. Lee. What a thrill passes
through the hearts of those who loved and
honored the name just spoken. Lee is
dead! Tho great Captain has passed to
the Spirit Land, and now, living in the
Celestial C'ty, he ceasos to hear the cause,
the holy, though lost, cause, of whioh he
was the life and centre, vitsperated and
dishonored by the polluted lip3 ot a venal
at and corrupt foe. Yes, Lee, thchero, man
ar.d Christian, has passed tho waters of
the dark river and now finds tbe “rest for
the weary on the other side of Jordan.”
No more shall tho armies tbal he led into
bittle behold the revered form, but those
who have beheld the glorious chieftain, and
who have followed him over the battle
fields mado holy by our fallen naves, can
f teach their children to love ani reverence
the memory of him who maj justly be
olasseJ as second to none, not even to the
illustrious Washington. Altlougb, his
mortal form has passed from iur midst.
Yet, he is embalmed in the hsarts of all
who are lovers of true grea ness, and
whether in the hot breezes of tto Equator
or in the frozen snows of the Poles, the
name and deeds of Robert E. Lee will
cause the head to bend, aod the heart to
do homage to the memory of a ;reat and
.good maD. The ways of Proviienc are
mysterious and past finding «ut, and
though our hearts are benumbet bv the
blow that has falleD, yet, as Cirlufeans,
we humbly bow before the great Jehovah,
and submit ourselves to his holy will. We
feel it our duty and cur privilege, as the
fellow-citizens of Gen-Robert E.Leo, for
ho was the citizen ot no one localty but of
the whole sunny South, to give ai expres
sion of our feelings—therefore, bs it
Resolved, Is/, That the death of Gen.
Robert-E. Lee is a publio oalamiy. Not
only is his death a loss to the South,
which he loved so truly and so wel, but it
is a loss to the North, East, Soith and
West of the civilized world, and wt mingle
our tears over the ashes of oui fallen
chief
Resolved, 2d., That it will ever be the
pride and duty of our Southern fathers,
and mothers to teach their children to bvo
and esteem the noble name and traits of
our departed brave.
Resolved, 3 d, That we most deeply sym
pathize with the immediate family and
relatives of the man we so muok loved
and honored, and that we in oommin with
the South at large, class them as otrs, and
that whilst we bow in grief over the loved
and lost, we make them cur oharje, and
will continue to do reverenoo to the
memory of our great dead through them.
Resolved, 4 th, That these resohtions
and the preamble, with the action of this
meeting be published in the Augusta pa
pers, and in the Thomson Advertiser.
[communicated.]
Editors Chronicle dk Sentinel;
■ While I fully concur with you in tho
opinion that tbe new Election law cannot
be construed by the Senate, and that the
construction is entirely forced and unten
able which the Senate has adopted, re
quiring the appointments by Ordinaries to
be submitted to the Senate for confirma
tion, my advice to the Ordinaries is to
select men about whoso integrity and oa
pacity thero can be no question, and at
onco forward their names for confirmation.
If they are confirmed, then we are unin
jured by tbe usurpation; if they are re
jected, then the policy of the usurpers will
be exposed, and increased strength will be
given to our position. Should good men
bo rejected, then make no] more appoint
ments. I urge compliance with their
usurpation for another reason. If the
managers selected by the Ordinaries are
not confirmed, th© three managers selected
by the Governor will, under his instruc
tions, refuse them any participation in the
election, and we will be delivered over to
the Philistines. Democrat.
Letter from Hon. U. R. Cxsey.
Waverly Hall, October 10, 1870.
Editors Chronicle iSk Sentinel ■'
Grant me spaco in your paper to reply
to an article, which appeared in your issuo
of the 7th instant, over the signature of
“Many Voters,” and by its captiou ad
dressed to the “Voters of ihe 29th Sena
torial Disrict.” The writer of that arti
cle, assuming that Judge Reese will aocent
the nomination for Congress, unanimously
tendered him by the Convention on the
29th ult., takes time by the forelock, and
presents my name for the position of Sen
ator from this District. The writer speaks
truly when he says “he (I) has refused the
use of his (my) name when solicited,”
etc. It has been asked for on more occa
sions than one, and for positions other than
the one under consideration. I have been
frequently approached with the inquiry,
“Does the operations of the 14th amend
ment act as a bar to official position?”
My. reply has been—not ineligible, but
disinclined I Ifmy memory is not at fault,
the first oath 1 ever took to support the
Constitution of the United States was af
ter the surrender of Gen. Lee, aDd this was
in the City Hall of Augusta, in 1865, and
then not in the "wild hunt after office,"
but to a set of Federal officers whose duty
it was to impose a wholesale system of
swearing upon the people of the South.
This was my first oath, and “somehow, or
somehow else,” having been put in the
way of swearing, I still keej) up this
"cussing" of the reconstruction acts of the
Rump Congress, and I expect to continue
my opposition to them as long as they
remain upon the statute books. And just
here is the scarlet of our crimes. We
have become more than “rebels” since the
termination of hostilities, not because we
fought them so valiantly in time of war,
bnt because in time of the reign ot “Let
us have peace” Radicalism, we tigLt with
the true instincts of our nature, above the
allurements of office and the temptations
of -‘Treasury pap,” these illegal, unjust
and iniquitous enactments of an irrespon-
sible class at Washington, and their con
freres or satellites at Atlanta. And if the
acceptance of these hellish dogmas (and
there is a great deal of the dog in them)
as verities be the price of admission to
office, a “private station” will ever be to
me the “post of honor.” Like Harnilcar
of old, I have sworn eternal hostility to
them. But if these Radical fools and
tyrants will draw “Benton’s expunging
lines around these so-called amendments”
(I allude especially to the 14th and 15th),
and “restore the Constitution as it was,” —
the work of the old fathers—a better feel
ing will exist between the people of the
two sections, and then in the Jorpm of
reason and in the hails of legislation we
cap meet and discuss the argumentum ad
hominem as men, as equals, and as citi-
zens of a common,country.
But to the point at issue. "While I have
no aspirations for any political position,
and would much prefer to follow “my
colors” than to lead them, yet, borrowing
the language of the pure and gifted
Stephens, I can only say: “I cannot
imagine any probable case in which I
would refuse to serve, to the best of my
ability, the people of Georgia in any posi
tion which might bo assigned me by them,
with or without my consent.’ To seek
office is one thing—the office to seek the
man is quite a different one. Bnt in the
present instance it is well_ known that
Judge Reese is the man in whom tho
people of this district. have united, in
formally it is true, bnt nevertheless very
j decidedly, and to whioh I have given not
a tacit lint an open and heartly endorse
ment. As yet, I have not seen the result
of the conference between Judge Reese
i and the committee appointed to wait on
him and ask his acceptance. If he ac-
I eepts the Congressional nomination, then,
and on that eyent, the Senatorial aomina
' tion will be an open question, and I can
only spy to the “voters of the 29ch Sena
r torial District,” that while it would con
> teDt me, and I say this with no affectation
: to work as private in the ranks, being one
1 of them, identified in feeling, in interest
| and in the advancement of all the great
and varied resources of our State, yet if
it is their pleasure to have me to lead,
even though it be the forlon hope—be
! it °o!! But should Judge Reese decline
the Congressional nomination, while re-
I turning my kindest regards to those who
have so kindly dealt with my name in con
nection with the Senatorial nomination, I
must respectfully decline the preferred
claim, and say to my friends, one aod all,
each and every one, white and blaek, not
only to give their votes to Judge Reese,
; but to rally around his standard as a unity
’ and roll up such a majority for him and his
ticket at the next election as will show to
the Atlanta Ring of election manipula
tions that the people of this district
cannot be deterred from the path of duty
and right by all the enginery- of fraud and
outlawry that their mischief making brains
can inveDt, aided and abatted by the
scalawag importation from Washington
City, in tbe person of Grmt’s Attorney
General, Amos T. Akerman. This man has
been called from his obscure home, in the
town of Elberton. to a seat in the camelion
cabinet of tho President of the Radical
Party of the United States. Bat Elberton
and Amos havo parted company, and he
while floating has a waif upon the muddy
pool and is finally picked up as drift wood,
to be used as additiooal fuel to the flame
that burns only to blacken tho character of
these charcoal incendiaries whioh the good
people ot Elberton have lost only a nuis
ance. His offioe has been purchased at the
price of a betrayal of the land of hvs
adoption• He has gone even to the ene
mies of the country, leaving nothing be
hind him but a black record and a shave
tail horse, and all that we havo to say to
him and all his ilk, kith and kin, is “they
have left their country for their country’s
good.” Again, returning my thanks to
my friends of the twenty-ninth distriot, I
say give to Judge Reese time to determine
his status ; and, until that is done, 1 ask it
as a personal favor that my nomination ba
not agitated. H. R. Casey.
[communicated. [
Sow and Then.
Then—Early in the war cf 1812, the
British General Brock was killed at the
battle of Queenstown, and buried within
hearing of the American lines. During
the funeral ceremony the minute guns of
the British artillery were answered, gun
for gun, from the Amcrioan batteries as a
mark of respect to a gallant enemy.
Now—When Robert E. Lee died, tho
oolors of the Savannah Custom House
were placed at hall-mast by the liberal
feeling of a subordinate offioer, but in
stantly ordered up to the truck by the
Collector, and the Secretary of the Treas
ury approved the order.
“The ago of chivalry is gone!”
ProceediMgs of Hie Plii Delta
Society of Mercer University.
TRIBUTE of respect.
Whereas, it has pleased God in his
Providence to remove from the scenes of
earth to a better world the Christian gen
tleman and Southern hero, Geneia! Robert
E- Lee ; and sirce in his death the South
bas lost her brightest ornament, and Vir
ginia her most noble and most illustrious
son, and
Whereas, in tho death of General
Robert E. Lee, the Phi Delta Society, of
Mercer University, has lost its most hon
ored and most distinguished of his honorary
members ; and moreover, since we deem it
proper to give some publio expression of
our sorrow at his death, be it therefore
Resolved, Ist, That as a token of our
sorrow and respect, the members ot this
Society wear tho usual badge of mourning
for thirty days, atad that the Hall of the
Society be draped in mourning for one
month.
Resolved, 2nd. That a page of our re
cord be dedicated to his memory.
Resolved, Zrd, That a copy of these re
solutions be sent to the family of the de
ceased, and a copy of the same be placed
in the office of the Society.
Resolved , 4 th, That the Secretary of
this Society forward a copy of these reso
lutions to the following newspapers:
Chronicle & Sentinel, of Augusta ;
Constitution, of Atlanta, s.od\Telcgraph dc
Messenger, of Maoon, for publication.
R. B. Tuppek, Seoretary.
Penfield, October 18, 1870.
BY TELEGRAPH.
From Atlanta.
|SPECIAL TBI.EQRAM TO THE CHRONICLE &
SENTINEL.
Atlanta, October 17-
Senate.— A joint committee reported
in favor of requesting the Governor to ad
journ the House on the 25th of Ootobcr —
leaving the Senate in eessioD, to take a
recess until November 2lst to confirm
election managers.
Bradley opposed it as prolongation in a
new shape.
The resolution v>a3 adopted—yea3 19;
Days 13.
The report ot the committee recom
mending a compromise of the Mitchell
heirs, was taken up.
Candler offered a resolution to put up
the railroad square at publio outcry, and
to appoint B. Conley, John Harris, M. G.
Dobbin, G. W. Adair, J. R. Wallace
Commissioners. Mr. Candler presented a
petition, signed by many citizens, pledging
to bid one hundred thousand dollars the
first bid. The resolution was lost. Yeas
sixteen ; nays seventeen, and tho report
was adopted. Yeas twenty-two; nays
eleven.
A telegram from General Grant, ex
pressive of his regret at not beiDg able to
attend the State Fair, was read.
A bill to lease the State Road was made
the special order for to-morrow.
Sections forty-tco and forty-five of tbe
Code were amended, striking cut the word
chain-gang on public works.
Bradley said that there were Senators on
the floor —former slave owners—endeavor
ing to force laws to inflict punishment on
their former slaves when denied the use
of the lash.' His words were required to
be taken down. A resolution to expel him
was not entertained.
Tho election of Managers for Bartow
and Fulton nave been confirmed.
The Senate went into executive session.
House. —The motion to donate the Capi
tol buildings at Milledgeville, for the eduea"
tioo of the colored people, was lost by two
majority.
A resolution requesting tt\e government
to adjourn the House on the 25th of Oc->
tober, leaving the Senate to take a recess
on the 21 t of November, was adopted.
Other proceedings of the house are up
importan*.
Atlanta, October 18. j
Senate —A motion to reconsider the j
Mitchell heir compromise was lost by j
seven majority.
Conley voted in fayor of the motion to ,
reconsider section 4245 of the Code, which j
was reconsidered, and the words ‘‘and all
such convicts shall be immediately re
leased” w-ere stricken out, and the biU
then passed.
The joint resolution requesting the Gov
ernor to adjourn the House on the 25th of
October, etc., was reconsidered and tabled
for the present.
The Governor vetoed tho resolution to
allow the use of a room in the Capitol
buflding to the American Bible Society.
The veto was sustained.
The bill to lease the State road was read.
Conley took the floor in favor of amending
the House bill which he declared perpe
trated a fraud. He offered amendments
making the bond given by tho lessees, one
million instead of eight millions,! and
limiting through as well as local rates-
Both amendments were voted down and
the bill passed. Yeas, 25. Nays, 37 •
The Senate, in executive session, con
firmed numerous election Managers and
adjourned until to-morrow.
| House.— The following bills were re
| considered: To authorise the city of Al
i bany to build a bridge across Flint River ;
j to legalise tbe organization of tbe Cuth
| bert Manufacturing Company ; to pay the
i widow of representative Fiall per diem;
the bill for the relief of sundry loan and
building associations of Augusta was ro
oonsidered.
Tho following bills were passed: To
authorize the .Comptroller General to settle
with the Tax Collector of Richmond
oounty; lo incorporate the Okefenokec
Canal Company ; to repeal the not to in
crease the fees ot the Clerk and Sheriff of
Baldwin county ; to amend an set to in
corporate the Augusta and Summerville
Street Railroad ; to cede the jurisdiction
of certain land for national|eometeries to
the United States Government.
, Atlanta, October 19.
Senate.—The bill to provide for the
better goveroment of cities, and to divide
them iuto wards, was amended, so as to
apply to cities of five thousand inhabitants,
and passed— yeas 15, nays teß.
The bill authorizing the Governor to ap
point a Sheriff in certain cases, was lost.
The bill to ameud the charter of Savan
nah, and divide the city into wards, was
taken up.
Wooden made a point that the Senate,
havirg once acted on a similar bill, could
not now entertain it. The bill tfas indefi
nitely postponed.
The bill to prohibit the collection of reg
istration poll tax was passed.
The Governor issued his proclamation
this morning adjourning tho House sine
die on tho 25th, and reassembling the
Senate on the 21st of November iu execu
tive session.
House.—A motion t? reconsl li i the
bill charging the timo of meeting ■!'the
next General Assembly was lost—g ... 7,
nays 71.
A resolution to hold a session from nine
to one o'olook w > s adopted.
The Mitchell olaim was set down for to
morrow.
Tho Catholio Fair is a brilliant suc
oess. 1 here is a fino display.
The State Fair opened to-day; Thore
were about fivo thousand persons on tho
ground. The entries are larger than at
previous Fairs. Somo departments are
but meagerly represented. Others exten
sively. Trains continue to bring in vis
itors and articles. Accommodations are
not exhausted yet. •
The prize for the fastest trotting horse,
single harness, against time, was won by
tho sorrel Atlanta, entered by Chambers,
of Savannah. He made it in 2:35],
a ho prize for tbe fastest trotting matched
horses was won by Dick Taylor, of Ma
con. Time: 3j
The South Carolina Election.
[special telegram to the chronicle
AND SENTINEL.]
Charleston, October 19, p. m.
Tho election to-day passed eff in Charles
ton without any disturbance- Under the
recent Aot of Congress, the managers of
the election in this city were appointed by
Judge Bond, of the Uuited States District
Court, and consisted of one from eaoh
party.
While there wore no disturbances, still
great interest was takeu in the contest by
the white peoplo of tho city. All the stores
and business houses were closed, business
was entirely suspended, and the white
people turned out and went to tho polls en
masse.
The Radical party in the city was split
up into several tactions, disorganized and
very badly demoralized. A good many of
them refused to support the nominees of
their party, and went for the Uniou Re
form candidates.
■ It is reported here, and bclievsd to bo
true, that the notorious Radical leader,
Alderman T. J. Mackey, repudiated bis
party to day and went for Union and Re
form, carrying a good maDy negroes along
with him.
Fldwin Bates is cortainly elected Stato
Senator, and, although the official vote is
not yet given, it is confidently asserted that
Charleston oounty has given the Reformers
a handsome majority. Tho citizens are
jubilant over their victory and tho town is
given over to rejoicings.
If tho counties in tho upper portion of
tbe State havo done as well to-day as
Charleston, South Carolina is assuredly
redeemed. Union Party.
TO THE ASSOCIATED P^tTSS.
FOREIGN.
Havana. Oct. 15.—Cars have stopped
and telegraphs prostrated.
London, October 18.—The Prussians
arc using the new railroad to Paris which
was opened by the capture of iSoissons.
Tho powerlcssness of the Paris garrison
for an offensive movement is more evilcst
No sorties since Sept. 30th
Tho Prussians have not opened
the city, while the French forts fire in j
cessantly.
Rouen, October 18 —Tho measures for
defence are actively progressing.
The fall of Rouen involves the sever
ance of communication between North
ern and Western Franoc.
Hong Kong advices up to tho 27. h re
port fresh outrages.
Berlin, October 18. —The people of
Strasbourg are generally satisfied With the
situation. The few who fired from the
windows siuee capitulation were promptly
arrested. The effioial language hereafter
will be German.
Bfc. Cloud is a total ruin. The pictures
and tapestry have been destroyed.
London, October 18.—General Bour
baki, who commands the army of tho
North, will co-oper&to with General Ba
zaine.
Tho rinderpest is spreading ovor tho
Continent.
Tho investment of Soisbons lasted three
weeks, and the bombardment three days.
Further details of the battle of Bag
neux have been received. At nine io the
morning tba French opened with fieroe
artillery fire. The Prussians answered.
The Mobile Garde advanced at a double
quick, and a desperate battle ensued. Ihe
Prussian position was carried at the jiijjnt
of the bayonet. The Prussians, Unable to
withstand the avalanche of men poured
■upon the®, peawted ineffectually to several
strategies, ait 1 were finally dispersed. The
French untered Bagnenx and soon carried
the Prussian barricades. Heavy masses
of Prussians now appeared on tho plateau
unmolested, the oljoct r<f the reconnois
sanoe being in every respect r.eco rplished.
Tbe Prussian loss is three hundred killed
and <*tie hundred captured.
I Jfouas, Ootobcr 18.- Both sides &jd
i i'nuo concentrating near Orb*ns. The
i Prussian? occupy (Vioiiis camp near
Meung.
Adviues from Lille report the arrival of'
latge Prussian forces in the northern de
partments. Their columns are on each
bank of the Loire-
The Prussians are evidently coming to
wards Blois and Tours,
Another successful sortie from Paris is
just announced. The Prussians lost 3,000.
No further particulars.
Tho talk of removing tho capital lfom
Tours has ceased.
The discipline of the armies has vastly
improved lately.
London, October 18. —The Tirrm re
minds its readers that to-day is the an
niversary of the great battle near Leipsio,
in 1813, a day regularly celebrated for
years,
It is understood in the German camps
that tho bombardment from all the batte
ries will oommeDce to-day,
Three thousand wounded Germans and
French are at Orleans.
The German armies in France are being
constantly reinforced. It is estimated that
there are fully six hundred thousand ef
fective Germans now on French soil.
lhere is nothing from Laferte St.
Aubiu.
Gambetta left Tours for tbe Vosges,
where an army is organizing to check the
Prussian advance on Lyons.
The Prussians have made no move
ment towards Biois or Tours.
Valenciennes, Oct. 18.—An attache
of Foreign Affairs has just arrived from
Paris. The Parisians are calm and hope
ful. French guos sweep tbe plains. The
Prussians screen themselves behind pow
erful batteries. Tbe Frencn lire is won
fully exact. The bombardment of Paris
is impossible while the forts are so well
served,
NEW SERIES, VOL. XXVIII. NO. 43.
The manufacture of arms is active iu
Paris.
London, October 18. —Thiers has re
turned to France.
It is reported that Russia tenders
mediation, and that Austria and England
are anxious for peace-
The bankers to-day decline to negotiate
for Berlin paper.
Hamburg and Bremen are threatened
by the French fleet. The excitement in
those cities is intense.
Rumors of an armistice are current here
in banking circles, and stocks are ad
vancing.
Ft. Petersburg, October 18. —The press
censor has been removed for allowing ar
ticles abusive of the King of Prussia to he
published.
London, October IS.—The Government
has abandoned the prosecution of Flourens
at the instance of Rochefort.
The ship Eureka was burned at Cardiff
Lisbon, October 18.—Later advices
from Rio Janeiro report that Generals
Golev and Lopez were. pursuing Lopez
aDdJourtla!!, rebels, whoso early bubrnis
sion was anticipated.
Montevideo was besieged by tho in
surgents and the cit.zcns were greatly
alarmed.
Florence,] October 18. —Complaints
arc made that foreign governments were
tardy in directing ambassadors to rtcogn z
the new ordoi of thing? at Rome.
A bull is expected dissolving the Eoumeni
eal Council on the ground that there is no
place for its free session.
Mazzmi is here and goes to Rome.
Madrid, t oiobor 18. —The port of
Barcelona is still closed.
Rodriguez declines a place in tho minis
try.
Brussels, October 18.—Tho Indepen
dence Beige contiuu , ’» its attack on Bis
mark’s poliCy, and charges him with deal
ing in insinuations unsustained by faots.
Tours, October 18-—Paris news is
favorable. The Seine is bridged, afford
ing communication with forts liaventon
and Ivery.
The Mobiles make successful sorties.
Sharpshooters arc effectively annoying tho
German lines of communication.
No official intelligence from Orleans to
day.
Tho government withold&information to
onaurn success of strategic movements.
Shells were thrown into Chateau Dun
this afternoon
A telegram from Dijon announces that
the Germans occupy Vesottl.
There being no United States represen
tative in Tours, the French Government
requests the New York Associated Press
to make known to the American people
that it is its desire to make anew postal
treaty between the two nations.
Versailles, October 19.—Official ad
vices from Epinai announoe that the new
French corps whioh arrived there a lew
days ago have fled, part went to Belfast,
the bulk by rail to Dijon. The population
are oonciliat ory.
The Prussians occupy Vesu), twenty
seven miles from Bcsauoon.
Tours, October 19.—A credit of one
hundred thousand franos has beon opened
by the Government for balloon service.
Metum was ocoupied by Franc Tireurs
on the 17th.
The Prussians are levying heavy contri
butions under the acts of destruction of
towns. Troops in large numbers continue
to pass through Tours northward.
London, October 19.—A Vienna corre
spondent of tho Standard says Prussia
would gladly aocept aDy terms of peace
whioh would relieve hor of a winter cam
paign. The correspondent says it is uni
versally believed that a general bombard
ment will bo opened in a fortnight.
The Prussians find difficulty iu suppress
ing lawlessness in tho rear and around
them.
London, October 19.—Tbe expected
battle at Orleans has ooourred. The Fienoh
fled after six hours’ lighting, leaving the
bridge over the Loire intact. No lurther
particulars.
Three thousand Prussians defeated 8.000
French, mostly Mooiles, at Fipinal.
The Germans are now led from supplies
captured in Normandy and Orleans.
‘ Burnside’s peace negotiations havo ut
terly failed.
Florence, October 19. Alter inter
viewing the Ministry, Thiers left for Tours,
with the cordial sympathy of tho people
and the Government.
Liverpool, October 19.—The ship
Alhambra has two feet of water in her
hoi 1. Tue ships Dorothy, May Flower
and Fawn havo returned to Cardiff
damaged, having experienced heavy gales.
Tours, October 13.—Details of tbe oc
cupation of Orleans show that tue Prus
sian levies are enornous. They took all
the horses. The soldiers arc quartered on
the people. They ate, utatk aud wasted
excessively. Officers are studying maps
carefully. The Prussian strength is nicety
five thousand. Tbo Prussians have
evacuated the left bank of the Loire.
German merchants are uudistuibcd.
The Papal Nuncio is expeoted to day.
The news from Mareillcs is unfavora
ble. The Garda Civique is troublesome.
Gambdtta ordors railway comoaaies to
hold trains in readiness to move troops at
a momont’s notice,
VERBAIfaI.ES, Oeto’ier 19.—The Prus
sians drove throe thousand Mobile Gardes
from Crituel on tho 12th.
General §Von Worder report* that the
enemy in his front retired to Belfast and
Dijon.
London, October 19. —A dispatch from
Chateau Dun says the French h ive com
menaed bombarding that place.
The army of the Duke of Mecklenburg
Sohwerin, 22,000 strong, entered Soissons
Sunday. Fifty thousand pounds of am
munition were found iu the piaoe.
It is thought at Lille that the surrender
was brought about by treachery, instigated
by Bonapartists, who ate known to be
scheming in the Isle if Jersey and London
to.place the Prince Imperial on the throne,
with Eugotiio as Regent.
Tours, October 19.—(Official).—The
Prussians captured Chateau Dan after a
ten hours’ fight. Atoroe of the National
Guard and nine hundred FruDo-Tireurs
disputed every inch ot the ground. The
Prussian force was eight thousand.
There is nothing official from tne large
armies confronting near Orleans.
It is understood the Fieoch are slowly
falling back, while the Prussians seetu to
be withdiawing towards Orleans,
Tours is filled with French Hoops just
arrived- ‘
A band of volunteers
have just reached hero.
London, Oo‘ober 19.--The explosion of
an ammunition wagon near Sedan caused a
nanio. .The gates were closed, and the
draw bridge lilted. The explosion, caused
by smoking a pipe, killed and, mounded
many.
A sortie from Paris on the 14eh was
driven back,
The. Ftruncb, entrenching at Ville-Juif,
were driven off.
, Five hundred F'-enoh Garde Mobile
escaped from tho Gorunns at Chateau
Tnierru. »
London, October 19.—1 tis asserted
that Napoleon has ten million francs in
vested through tbe agency of Brown Bros.,
of New York.
The peace negotiations by Favro and
Barnside are rejected. It is stated that
the terms were eighty millions sterling in
demnity ; Alsace and Lorraine to remain
neutral ten years, and then to decide their
future status by plebiscitum; the Prus
sians to entc Paris and sign tbe treaty.
Gen. Boyejr, with a flig from kLzaine,
visited Bismarck.
Russia demands a revision of tho treaty
of 1856.
Spirited fighting occurred along tho
Rouen road. The Prussians burned the
bridge at Beaugeaney.s J
New York, Oc‘ober 19.—The World's
special balloon letter trorn Paris, tho 14t\
says: The squares in pleasure grounds are
planted in cabbages and cauliflowers.
There is no anxiety to make peace. The
Prussians asked six hours’ truce to bury
their dead at Bagnenx.
Tours, October 19. —Gambetta has re
turned:
Dispatobes frem Belfort report a suc
cessful sortie from New Breisach, driving
the Prussians with considerable loss from
their position.
A sortie from Montraedy surprised the
Prussians, captured 400 camp chests, with
20,000 francs, and two wagons loaded with
ocassepots. Oa thn following day they
attacked an artillery train, capturing a
number of cannon.
The commandant of the army of the
Loire issued an order to-day threatening
to shoot insubordioatep, and asks his men
to shoot him if be fails in duty.
The Paris fortifieations keep up a con
st; nt fire, preventing the Prussians from
oohstruciing works.
Garibaldi was enthusiastically received
at Belfort.
Gen. L°fort has resigned the portfolio
of tho War Department.
FROM VIRGINIA.
Fortress Monroe, October 19.--There
was a grand parade of the Fire Depart
ment in Norfolk to-day in commemoration
of Cornwallis’ surrender of Yorktown.
FROM NEW YORK.
| New York, October 19.- -Winslow,
Lane & Co’s, paying teller absconded wit i
$50,000. The firm withhold his nam -
and will not prosecute.
Two persona were sentenced for nin
years each for perjury in a divorce case
The steamship St. Laurent sailed fui
of rifles, cannon, and howitzers, sold by the
United States Navy Department.
Mr. Davis arrived in the Cuba.
Judge Anthony Hartman and City Mar
shal Donovan have been arrested for vio
lation of the registry laws.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, October 19 -Bismarck
has sent a dispatch to Baron Gerolt, a copy
of which has been furnished to the De
part'ment of State, dated Versailles, ves
t<“rda , iu which he.says the object of Ger
many is not conquest but to secure a uew
boundary which will prevent iuture inva
sion by the French into Germany.
FROM ATLANTA.
Atlanta, October 19 —Tne State Fair
opened to-day. five ch usand people being
present. The horse Atlanta, from Sa Van
nab, won the prize for the fastest single
trotter.
Che Gavernor has issued a proclamation
adjourning the sine die on the 25th
of October, and reasseuibh g (he Senate on
the 25th ol November for executive ses -
sion
Radical members of the Legislature are
busy mailing election documents in enve
lopes franked by J. If. Platt, member of
Congress from Virginia.
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
Charleston, October 19.—The election
passed off quietly but excited There was
intenso interest manifested in this city.
Work and business were suspended. Tho
contest was between the Republicans and
Union Reformers. Owing to the pecu
liarities of the elec ion law, tho official re
sult will bo withheld for a week, but it is
conceded that the Reformers will carry tho
city by one thousand majority. Both
parties claim tho State. The oontest iu
this district between Bowen and his mu
latto contestant is close. Both are Repub
licans.
FROM KENTUCKY.
Louisville, October 19.— A suit has
been commenced to remove Judge Lindsay
from the Court of Appeals, for alleged iu
cligibility under the 14th Amendment.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, October 19.-A dispatch
oas been received to-night at the State
Department, from a reliable source in Lon
don, to tho effect that the report that
peace is arranged is much believed, al
though not yet officially stated.
FROM NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEion. October 19.—The State Fair
is progressing finely, with excellent
weather.
PENDLETON’S
Guano Compound.
i\ M. PEN OLE PuN, Chemist,
SPARTA, GEORGIA.
To the Planters of the South :
the unprecedented success attending
lbe use of my Compound the past season,
ban caused me to make more extensive
arrangements ror its manufacture, and to
secure uniformity and reliability in its
continuance, all material for its prepara
tion, and each Jot manufactured will be
analyzed and guranteed by me. I have re
ceived the most favorable accounts from
parties who used it upon llieir Cotton
Crop, and have already received orders
from anumber of Planters for the ensuing
season, and as the supplv for the coming
crop will be necessarily limited, those
who desire to use my Preparation, are re
quested to forward their Orders at once
which will be tilled at any time specified
by them.
I am also preparing a SPECIAL MAN
j *- bt)R H HEAT and COHN, which
1 am satisfied by actual experiment made
by me, will be found to be particularly
adapted to the soil and climate of tbe
.Sul://icm States, and wouid advise my
i. it iids desirous of testing its merits, to
send in immediate orders.
Circulars containing Ceitificates, and
general directions for Its application, can
be obtained by addre-iiug me at Sparta
Cko. or R, VV. L. Rasin a- Cos. General
A gents, Baltimore, who will receive end
execute ord rs.
E M. PENDLETON, M D.
September 2S, 1870.
nep29-wfrisnlw<fc» 4
W. B. GRIFFIN,
COMMIiSSIOG MERCHANT
AND
AUCTION EER,
NO. 135 BR >AD STREET,
Augusta, (Gil
WILD attend promptly to all sales ot
every kind entrusted to his care,
such as
REAL ESTATE, HOUSEHOLD aND
KITCHEN FURNITURE, DRY GOODS,
ROOTS and SHOES, GROCERIES,
FLOUR, GRAIN, MEAL, CORN, BA
CON, SUGAR, COTTON, Arc, Ac., strictly
in accordance With the instructions of the
owners, and in accordance wnh the rules
ol the auction business, or otherwise, as
be may be instructed. He will do faith
lulty all business placed iu bis care.
Having been engaged for thirieen years
past in this city, he flatters himself in be
ing able to give satisfaction to ail wuo
wish to employ him.
TERMS:
The same as it was before the war, viz :
6 per cent, commission, and 2 per cent.,
oily tax on auction sales.
MOTTO.
Quick sales and prompt returns.
REFERENCES:
Frank H. Miller, Esq., Attorney at Law,
Augusta, Ga; William Gi'jsoii, Esq.,
Judge Superior Court Ricb,_uond County,
State of Georgia.
By strict attention to business be hopes
to merit a share of public patronage.
Liberal CASH ADVANCES made oa
consignments.
oot6 -dAwlin
Southern French Dye House,
corner Mclntosh & ellis sts.
Dyeing and cleaning done in
ALL ITS BRANCHES.
P. H. BEROUD,
oct7—dAwlm French Dyer.
Valuable Land for Sale.
I OFFER for sale, in Warren county,
convenient to Thomson High School,
and in sight of a Methodist and Baptist
Church, 735 acres of excellent farming
land, one half of which is still clay and.
the balance pine land, all lying well to
improve and in a fine state of cultivation.
Oa the place is a large, two story dwelling
House, with eight rooms, fireplace in
each, newOin House, Negro Houses and
all other necessar, outbuiluings.
'titles perfect) Terms $2,500 cash,
$2,500 on twelve months time, Possession
of stalk land, to sow small grain, given
immediately, and of the balance first of
December next. Mr. Oason, who is on the
place, will take pleasure in showing it to
any ones
For further particulars address
A. E. STURGIS,
oetls d6*wtd Thomson, Us.
PLANTERS’ WAREHOUSE
No. 2 Warren Block,
Augusta.
up US undersigned respectfully tendei
I their thanks to the many planters
and triends who supported them '-uring
u.epast season in tbeWAREHOUSE AND
coil tllssSloN BUSINESS and again of
fer oiir services to the PUBLI lor pa
tronage at H per cent commission for
soiling cotton—the same price as cuarged
irtal season, and hope, by strict personal
attention to business and instructions,
to merit a liberal support. CASH ad
vances made on cotton in store, and or
de •-< tor BAGGING, TIES, ac., and family
supplies caiefuily filled and selected by
one of our lirmiu person.
one oi oui HQVVard & SQN
«ap4-d*.w3rn _____
WANTED TO BOaKOW,
rXJR TWELVE MONTHS, $5,000, for
I which ONE PER CEN Ia month will
be given, and approved security by mort
gage ou real estate or city acceptance.
Apply at this o.nee.
octlS-ddAwti
WILBERFORCE • DANIEL
COTTON FACT OR, •
AGENT
COTTON FOOD GUANO.
NO. 3 WVSRSSi BLOCK,
A.LL business will have strict personal
attention. Orders l'or Bagging, Ties or
Rope and Family Supplies promptly tilled.
Beplo~eod2m&w3m
