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OLI) SERIES, VOL. LXXVJII. Cln ankle £ Sentinel. 0 ■ TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. I>AILV. One month -I 1 06 Three month* 2 6* One year ——a 10 00 tiu-wkekly. One year I * 00 Nix month* * 0® Three month* 2 00 WEEKLY. Tliree month* % 1 90 Hix month*..... —. 1 SO One year. - 8 00 WKDWISBAY SOKMM.. Jl I'M* 7. NATIONAL DEBTS. Avery able and interesting paper on national debt* was recently read before the British Association at Liverpool by B. Dadley Baxter, Esq. This document, which gives the magnitude of the debts of the principal countries in the world and the annual charge per head in each ba tion, contains some carious and startling information. Mr. Baxter estimates—and his statistics are probably as nearly correct as any extant—the aggregated national debts of Europe, Asia, Africa and America, in 1869-70, at £3,910,000,000. Os this fabulous amount it is stated that £3,500.- 000,000 were borrowed for war purposes, and less than £500,000,000 for worts of peace. What a melancholy commentary is this on the manner in which Govern ments are administered 1 Eighty-eight per cent..ot all the money loaned to na tions has been expended in the destruc tion of life and property, while only twelve per cent, has been used to ameliorate the condition of mankind and to promote its material prosperity. From Mr. Baxter’s statement it ap pears that tho debt of Great Britain is the largest, that of Franca stands second, and that of the United States, including tho .State debts, third. The total debt of all the European nations, before tho late war, was £2, 165,430,(XX), of which Eng land owes about one-third. The amount annually required to carry these debts is £107,538,000, ot whioh 224 per oenf. falls upon tho British Government. The an nual per capita oharge on the population of tho United Kingdom is 15 shillings and 9 pence, while the average charge per head on the population of Europe is only 7 shillings. The heavy expenditures by France and Prussia io the late war will probably materially change these propor tions. The indebtedness of the United Btates, including the State debt, is given at £532,100,000, with a gross annual charge of £27,280,000, or 14 shillings 2 pence per head of population. The per capita chargo on our people, it will be seen, is greater than that of any European nation excepting England, and 100 per oent. greater than tho average per capita tax of tho whole of Europe. Os the entire debt of the Western Continent, the United States debt constitutes 70 per cent., and the charge per bead is 50 per cent, above tho avorage of that borno by any of the American populations. Mr. Baxter, however, applies an addi tional and truer test of tho burthen of these debts upon individuals, by compar ing tho annual chargo per head, with the annual incomo per head, in the principal nations. It is to bo regretted that reliable data could not be obtained upon this sub ject; but Mr. Baxtor has given tho matter muoh attention, aod his estimates aro probably very noariy oorreot. The bur then ol national debts upon individuals, and tho insome per head in 1869-70', are given as follows : Ver coni. An dtffi dtbt titi. Inoom* etta/g* charge Nation. per hd, per Ad. on inc. £. s. s. and. United Kingdom »( ® 10 * 0.3 United Htetea (with St*'* debit) 00 0 M 0 3.T Runt* (with r’wny g'nteei). 7 0 18 10 France, *• " 31 0 *9 S.S Austria 10 10 7 3 S3 German Kmplre ...19 0 39 1.0 From this comparison it will bo seen that tho debt burthens upon individuals 10 tho United States, Great Britain, Rus sia, Austria pod France, before the war, were nearly tho same. In the German Empire the debt chargo was only 1 per ocnL, or loss thau onc-half of that of either of the other great nations. It appears, therefore, that each individual in the six principal nations of the world pays about 2i per oent. of bis annual income to oarry some national debt. MR. TALLiSDIttHAM’g PLATFORM The Southern people will hardly swal low Mr. Vallaodiftham’n resolutions, so far as they refer to the so-called Constitutional Civil Rights bill, and the tnatiy other infamous acts and measures which are mw incorporated into the laws of the land. Our people are willing to accept and have acoeptod ip good faith the solution of tho great questions de cided by the arbitrament of the sword. Slavery and secession are dead, aDd the Southern people do not desire to re-estab lish the one or agitate the other at this time. We do not want to deprive any man, no matter what his color or con dition may be, of Lis legal rights, but our poople cannot give their consent to any plattorm which accepts arbitrary and unconstitutional edicts as part and ptroel of the organio law; Oar people, though they may be powerless to defend them selves, cannot give their assent to any measure whioh assumes that Congress, or the President with his army and navy, has the power to invade a State, overthrow the government, and arrest aDd imprison its citizens. It Mr. Vailandigham means to aooept the amendments which confer the arbitrary power here referred to, we cannot aoeept that portion of his platform which marks such an extraordinary de parture trom the time-bondred principles of Democracy. Aad, unless we do not understand aright the views of our peo ple, the Georgia Democracy cannot acoept Mr. Vallandigham's platform. We be lieve that the ihiloviog article from the Memphis Appeal expresses the honest con victions of nine-tenths of tho Southern people. It is bold, manly and truthful, and it is always best, in matters of grave public moment, to tell “ the truth and nothing but the truth," in order that the poeplc may be advised and warned of the dangers which threaten to wipe out the last vestige of Constitutional Government. ‘ The Appeal says: “When we tell Northern people that slavery is forever abolished and that our people would no more assume public and personal responsibilities incident to the defunct institution, when we assent to all tacts necessarily pertinent to this change, when we agree to abide by issues whioh the war determined, we have done quite enough. Beyond this ail that ie forced upon us is hateful. 1 here is no necessity for any fraud in the matter, and when we assert that the Constitutional Amend ments, except the Thirteenth, are odious and will be rescinded whenever a conven tion of the States or abaolute Democratic power in the government may render the consummation possible, we tell the simple, unvarnished truth. There are few, very few, Southern people who differ from us in this, and there arc noce, if honest and brave, who would have us fail to proclaim the fact. But hold I hold! say the oautious time servers ; don’t tell now what you would do if you could. Call these odious measures and K-Klux acts “ aooomplished facts,” • and let os delude the North. Lst us make New England happy with the assu- ranee that we approve the civil rights and social equality measures, and all the enot mities dj e by Congress. And wbat reason is assigned for the suggestion that we should become living lies, mis representing ourselves and the whole South ern people? Ihe answer is, “Let us have peace!’’ The mockery of the horrible sentence has been illustrated through every day and week of Grant’s official life- We cannot, for such a boon, utter or aet a falsehood, and re peat it, that no measures of Radicalism are made better or worse because they htve been, in violation of organic law, made part of that law, and no law or act of that government, wrong in itself, is made right by tamely submitting to it. We are for the lawful repeal of unlawful mockeries of constitutional law, and to this extent differ from Vallandigham, whose nerves have been unstrung by Radi cal triumphs, and whose eves are dazed, as age comes over him, by the dawning splendors of a seat in the United States Senate.” McHAHO,I’B LAURELS. General McMahon has at length proved viotorious and rules Paris by military law. The telegraph tells us at the last fight at Pere La Chaise neither women nor children were spared, and that executions to the number of fifty to one hundred per day were progressing. This ends the Communist war, and McMahon can now retire upon his hard earned laurels'—an indifferent Captain against Prussians, a hero against Frenchmen. FOUND THE KltiHT ROAD AT LAST. Washington journals state that Gover nor Scott, of South Carolina, represented to the President that no necessity existed, which would call forth a proclamation of martial law, but that there was a good state of feeling among the better classes of citizens, which would be quite sufficient to put down the Ku-Klux. We congratulate the Governor. lie has found the right road at last, through the influence of pub lic opinion, instead of by the power of the Winchester Rifle as the best law. It is a great pity that lie did not make this dis covery sooner. Much a policy would have been far better for the people and infinite ly better both for (hi*) Republican party and for the Government. Now we can discern the dawn of anew era for South Carolina. BULLOCK ON KU-KLII. Bullock is again trying a Ku-Klux Schedule. Huge rewards are again of fered. Five thousand dollars is a small sum in ihe loyal Governor’s eyes. Per haps the “Guv,” as one of his affectionate satellites styles him, may find favor in the people’s eyes. Perhaps the “Guv” will find himself a hero before the schedule has hem completed. While a Republi can candidate and a Democratic candidate for Governorship in Kentucky stump the State in company, in the old Bourbon style, Bullock is for the Ku-Klux pro gramme—his “voice is still for war.” Tho Good Book says that those who take the sword perish by the sword, but we suppose "the Guv” studies his Bond Ledger more than the Bible, and is hotter acquainted with his cash account than with Divine Truth. TDK KU-KLUX PARTY. The power of secret. party caucuses in the Republican party, is shown at every step in their Radical record. The first Ku-Klux in the South were Radicals— Union Leagues, in which every member was oath-bound—sworn to stand by each other in all things—with their ohiefs of tens and chiefs of fifties, and hundreds and thousands. But it was only to the caucuses of.the higher officers and leaders that power was given. As it is and has been among the people, so it is and has been in Legis lative Halls. It is upon this hidden ma chinery that the party leaders rely to force through extreme, unconstitutional, revo lutionary measures, whioh they dare not trust to tlieir own party, in open legisla tive session, without the previous appli cation of the moral handcuffs and shackles of a party caucus. This caucus is always controlled by one or two ambitious meD. It was so in Washington, when for three or four years Thaddeus Btevens controlled the legislation of the country by the ma chinery of the caucus; it is so in Congress now, where such fellows as Beast Butler, “ smart ” but wholly unprincipled, direct the oourse ot affairs. It is notably so in Connecticut, says the Hartford Times, where one or two politicians shape, through caucus drill and discipline, the action of the Republican party in the Legislature—even to the extreme step of overriding the Constitution of the State, aud declaring the election of a Governor in violation of the Constitution and the laws. It is a circumstance calculated to beget distrust of any political party which is confessedly governed wholly by cau cus. Pennsylvania is a fair sample of the States whioh, in Radical hands, follow the Congressional example in this matter of caucus rule. One year ago the Legisla ture of that State—the Radioala being in power in that body, as here, solely by means of their " gerrymandering ” and “ rotten borough ” system—passed a bill, whioh gives the party complete power of the ballot-box in Philadelphia, and enables them to oount votes (as they do io South Carolina) in secret The Senate, now DersiofUiic, recently passed a fair bill, whioh meets tho approval of all honest man, and requires tho votes to be counted in the presence of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas, a majority of whom are Republicans. This bill was defeated in the House, by the Republicans, who also refused to appoint a committee. Several Republicans announced that they voted against their convictions of right of the dictation of a patty caucus. This is a true record of the Radical party. This is the true Ku-Klux party, North as well as South. A writer to the New York World, who ! pretends to know, tells how the stolen treaty got into I'ribune hands. He says it - will become known that “the garbled copy \ aforesaid, having been pat upon the j market by a subaltern official, not of the j Senate or State Department, tor several days and refused at the best newspaper 1 offices in Washington, was finally taken at a very modest prioe (about .half the value of an average cart horse) by the represen- Utive of one of your oontemporaties; and ; that the messenger sent down after dinner in a mysterious manoer to deliver it blun dered with it into the Tribune agenoy, j where his package was greedily snapped > up by the young man in charge, although j it was visibly addressed to the agent of i the other journal in question ; and that the price finally paid the unfaithful official was but one-fifth of that whioh ho had ' covenanted with the real customer to re- j oeive.” Unttersitt Yisitobs. —Bullock has is sued a proclamation appointing thefollow ing gentlemen a special board of visitors. j , to attend the examinations preceding the annual commencement of the University 1 of Georgia at Athens : Gen. J. R. Lewis, of Fulton ; Col. Beverly A, Thornton, of Muscogee; Hon. John W. Underwood, of °jd ’ Hon. W. g. Erwin, of Habersham ; Hon. Benjamin Bigham, of Troup; Col * lln8 sos Chatham, Hon. James L. Seward, of Thomas; Hon. Arther Hood; of Randolph ; Hon. Henry W. Hilliard, of Richmond; Hon. Benjamin H. HilL of Clark. THK 0819 DEMOCRACY. SPEECH OF HOW. o. L. YAUANDIQHAJI- The following are the remarks of Mr. Vallandigham, introdueng the resclurioDS of the Ohio Democracy, which will be found io another column: _ These resolutions, Mr. President, suffi ciently explain themselves. The principles and policies which they enunciate require the hottest censure of those only whose hostility is siecere. Carping criticism we both expect and contemn. For more than two years past the bitter and bloody pas sions of war have been gradually but steadily aod surely dying out Continued and irreconcilable dissent upon the new issues necessarily born of to-day, and even bitter personal discord among men of the Republican party who had stood together on the questions ot the past, inevitably followed. The Democratic party wisely re mained silent, or confined itself to these Dew issues. The Republican party, hav ing fulfilled its original missioD, was rap idly falling into decay. Moderation, jus tice and peace were becoming to its more violent leaders the sentence of death. The Administration party, into which, since the 4th of March, 1869, it has been wholly transferred, had begUD, from causes thoroughly understood, to be odious and even intolerable to the people. Upon the issues of amnesty, of honesty in the legislative and executive departments, of tho tariff, of revenue and civil service reform, of land grants to corporations, the currency taxation, St. Domingo, ana other similar questions, it was certain to be condemned. Necessity required that some deoisive movement should be made to avert the impending defeat. Not the statesmen, but the mere politicians, the sycophants of the party, the parasites clinging to and deriving nurture solely from Executive favor, were called into council. The Bourbons of the present hour, the men who forget nothing, learn nothing, resolved upon one more ap peal to the expiring passions and prejudices of their partisans. The war cries ot tho past, of civil war, in fact, could Dot sgain be inaugurated. Civil war in form, with all its legislative and Executive machinery, and all its political appliances, must be revived in every State to secure, first, the renomination and next the re-election of General Grant. The belligerent pronunciamcnto went forth,tho bloody blast of the war-bugle was again sounded. A distinguished Senator, the confidential adviser and main support of »Jio President, himself a consummate partisan leader, but powerful in proportion to the unskillf'nlDess and cowardice of his foes, was put forth as the chief fomonter of this new orusade ; but I say to him, aDd to all behind him, that the hour has now come when neither he nor they can be permitted to provoke or to dictate is sues for the Democratic party, or to ignore these whioh the revolving years and chang ing condition of the couDtry necessarily bring forth. That which since 1868 has been but a question of time is now upon us. The auspicious moment, the golden opportunity, the tide in the affaiis of men to be taken at the flood has now, in my deliberate judgment, reached us, when the Democratic party of to-day,. laying aside every weight and shaking from it the dead body of the past, yet adhering to its an cient principles, ean and mu9t at one bound place itself upon the vantage grouud of the present and defy its enemies to battle upon the living issues of the hour. It is the purpose of these resolutions to establish the Democratic party of Montgomery county openly aDd squarely upon this firm and impregnable basis. Tacitly and in fact we have stood upon it for the past two years, aod victory has steadily been ours. Confident I am that we shall meet a prompt and very cordial response from our brethren else where and everywhere in this and other States. Personally, I care not for denun ciations or unjust criticisms from any quar ter. Upon fullest deliberations and ample counsel with wise and brave men of the party, I take the responsibility with pride and pleasure. I add, too, that as these resolutions are the fruit of the joint labors and counsels of the gentlemen associated with me here at home, so also this move ment meets their hearty conourrence. It is cot anew departure, but a return —the restoration of the Democratic party onoe more to the ancient platform of progress and reform, establishing the great fact that that party, like everything else in nature intended to endure, is capable of adapting itself to the perpetual growth and change which belong alike to the politieal and physical world, and retain yet intact the original principles and laws of its being. Moreover, as to the movement here, we all bear witness that in it there is nothing of a merely personal character either to ad vance or to bindor any member of the Democratic party, and nothing except the earnest and fixed purpose to promote, the welfare of the whole party, and with it of the whole country. The Lease Not Yet a Fixed Fact.— The Sun says the lease of the Macon and Western Railroad, it seems, cannot yet be regarded as a fixed fact, as the stockhold ers have yet to pass upon the matter, and a tremendous opposition to the ratification is being made. The Maoon aDd Brum wick Road is a stockholder in the Macon and Western to tho amount of about three quarters of a million of dollars. AH of this stock will, very naturally, be emphati cally opposed to a consummation of the lease. We have also heard of several in dividual holders of large amounts of stock who also strenuously oppose the lease. Basing an opinion upon the information at band, we think we can see a very live ly contest over the question, and it is by no means improbable that the stockholders may refuse to give their sanction to the transaction. The matter before the Board of Directors, we are informed, was han dled with a marked degree of unanimity, and without acrimonious discussion. The stockholders will pass upon the matter in a few days, and not until, then will the question be considered as definitely settled. A good deal of the opposition grows out of the fact that the Maoon aod Brunswick company, through Mr. Hazelhurs', made a better bid than that at which the road was leased. It is held that ten per cent, per annum is the best that can be expeot ed from the present oontract, while the Maoon and Brunswick offer twelve per eeot. It is also further claimed that the $750,000 of stock, owned by the Maoon and B.unswiok company, is sufficient surety for the regular payment of the | rental. The Mobile Register makes a strong j point on the Radicals. That journal says: ; “The Radicals, with all their hypocritical talk about Ka-K!ux, cannot smother the I fact that they themselves have murdered j Dearly six hundred thousand negroes in I the last ten years. The Census Bureau i supplies the figures. The increase of the I oolored population of the Uuited States from 1850 to 1860 was 22.07 per cent., j and from 1860 to 1870, 9.35 per cent.; dif i fetenoc, 12.72 percent. Now, the colored ! population in 1860 was 4,441,730, aud I 12.72 per cent- of this is 564,988, which is the decrease of the negro population i from what it would have been if they had let the negroes alsee. For this they are as responsible as wicked, ambitious kings i aro for the lives of their subjects who j perish in the wars instigated by their am bition. And the end is not yet.” Card from General Gordon. 1 Atlanta Department 1 Southern Lite Insurance Cos., > Atlanta, Ga., May 27,1871. ) I congratulate those interested in the prosperity of the Southern Life Insurance Company upon the acquisition of General A. EL Colquitt, the Vioe-President, to active and constant participation in the management of the company at this office. His personal attention to the business of the company which it was expected would begin earlier and was prevented by un avoidable causes, dates from the first of June next. In this connection, it may not be amiss to state, that notwithstanding the finan cial piessnro upon the country, the com pany is in a most prosperous condition— its assets largely increasing—its invest ments good and productive with a singular exemption from those casualties so com mon with moneyed organizations. J, B. Gordon, President, AUGUSTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1871. RAGI READING. When the Senate recently assembled in executive session, our enterprising townsman went on with a delegation of scalawags to make another fight for a seat in the Senate. In order to counteract Senator Hill’s speech he published a pamphlet, from which we make the fol lowing extracts : In order to show I was not the willing and swift disunionist Hill would make me out to be, I will present the various anonymous letters I received, bemg bat a few of those sent me, but aU I can lay my hands on now : Augusta, April 10, 1861. Mb. Foster Blodgett : Sir— Remarks made by you of late in opposition to seoession and in favor of the U. S. Government, renders it necessary tor you to at once enter the Confederate army or be severely dealt with. The op position against you is of such a character as to lead to the most fatal results. Your rescue of that man, Thayer, has never been forgotten or excused. He should have been hung, and if you are not soon in the Southern army you will share the fate be so jastly deserved. So if you de sire to live act promptly. “A word to the wise is sufficient.'’ W. Augusta, April 12,1861. Mr. Foster Blodgett : Sir—l wrote you two or three days ago, telling you that you must go at once into tho nrony. I have seen no indication of your doing so. 1 now write to say that you have been adjudged a traitor to the South, and deserve death, which will be surely inflicted upon you, but we prefer you should go into the Southern army, aDd perhaDS you may be killed bv some o* your d****d Yankee friends. You have said at the Court House that you “never would fight against the United States.” Now you have your ohoice either to go into our army or be assassinated. You will be called unon by one of our men personally, in a day or two. Look well to your Residence, your head. Think of your Wife, children, mother and sister turned out houseless aod homeles and you a corpse. Go, Go, Go, to the army or die." “ A word to the wise is sufficient." W. Augusta, April 14th, ’6l. Mr. Blodgett—l write to inform you, although personally unacquainted, that there is a conspiracy to to take vour life aud destroy your property. Last night I heard at a disreputable house some of their plans. You are to be secretly murdered' and fire set to your dwelling, unless you enter tho army. Some of them were for killing you anyhow, but it was determined that your life would be spared if you joined the army right off. There was about fifteen of them. Barney Willis and Henry Porter were the most bitter against you. I write this as a duty, and advise you to join at once. Please don’t say any thing about this letter, or they might; kill me. lam from the North, aDd the only thing they seem to hsve against you is your kindness to the Yankees, and your hostility to secession. Y ours, F. Augusta, April 16, 1861. Mr. • Foster Blodgett—Mr. H. J. P. has reported that he saw you and you promised to join. I write to say you are watched and yonr footsteps are dogged. You can’t fool us. So beware, for there are over twenty of us who have taken the most solemn oath to kill you if you do not go into the Southern army. Now, don’t make this public, for if you do you will die. Os course you only know positively one ot our party, but I assure you the re mainder are as determined as he, and will avenge anything that may happen to him. •Go at once into the army as you ought, and all will be well with tliee and thine. ■ W. Mr. “ H. J. P. ” mentioned in the above letter, was, undoubtedly, designed for Henry J. Porter, mentioned in the letter signed “F. ” The following affidavit of Wm. H. Stal lings, one of the staunchest and most re spectable citizens of Augusta, attests my Unionism, and that my life was violently threatened by Henry J. Porter, openly and publicly to my face : State of Georgia,, Fulton County. Before me, a notary public, in and for said county, this day, came Wm. H. Stal lings, and on oath makes the following statement: That he is now, and was in 1860 and 1861, a resident of Augusta, in this State; and that in said city, in the fall of 1860, and winter and spring of 1861, there ex isted a highly intense feeling against any person known to be opposed to secession. That Foster Blodgett was, in the fall and winter of 1860 and 1861, a known, open Union man, and presided, in December, at a Union meeting in the city. Much bit terness and denunciation was directed against Mr. Blodgett, and other Unionists, during the winter. After the war broke ont, and men com menced, going into the Confederate army, this feeling against Union men became more heated; so that most.Union men who could had left the city. There was a very heavy pressure to force men into the Con federate army, and, to my personal know ledge, many threats were made against Union men who decliaed or hesitated to engage in the Confederate service. Mr. Blodgett was, and for years had been, a prominent politician in Augusta; and during the spring of 1861, I have my self seen him take from the post office “bucket letters,” and I have read the same, which letters threatened his life, and to burn his property, etc., unless he en tered the Confederate army. In April, 1861. Mr. Blodgett and I were walking the public streets, and met H. B. Willis and Henry J. Porter. Porter was a man of much influence among the rash and violent men, and was himself a noto rious secessionist and violent man. They both commenced abusing us, but especially Mr. Blodgett; and Porter and Willis said publicly to Blodgett, that if he did not join the Confederate army, that his life would be taken Porter said, “ I will kill you mysef. lam selected as a com mittee of one, by. the vigilance committee, to notify you that ice will kill you if you do not volunteer. You cannot escape by leav ing ; we will follow you, and kill you. ’ ’ Much other abusive language was used, the general tenor of all being that Blodgett must' join the Confederate army, or neither himself, his family, or property would escape violence. Shortly after this', Mr. Blodgett entered the Confederate army. He told me several times before he went into the army that he only did so to escape the violence to himself and family, with which he was clearly threatened. He talked with me, showed me the anonymous letters he had received, and advised with me about it. I saw two of the letters at his office door (left in the night), and read them. I thought his life and property in dan ger, and advised him to go. And it is my judgment now that, if he had not gone to the army, he would have been killed. I advised him to go. I heard so many threats, from many persons, against Mr. Blodgett, for his known opinions, that I thought his life not safe. (Signed), William H. Stalling. Sworn and subscribed before me, this Ist September, 1870. H. I. G. Williams, Not. Pub., F.'C. When the indictment for perjury was pending the following testimonial was given me, signed by some of the most honored citizens of Augusta, of all political shades of opinion : State of Georgia, Richmond County. The undersigned, citizens of Augusta, hereby certify that they have been per sonally acquainted with Foster Blodgett, of said county, for many years; that they were acquainted with the sentiments of said Foster Blodgett in relation to seces sion, and the motives which induced him to enter the Confederate army; that he was violently opposed to secession, and exerted all his influence against it, and entered said Confederate service solely on account of the great odium excited against him by the ultra secessionists and the threats of violence uttered against him and his property in the event of his failure to go into said service. (Signed), Becj Conley, Wm. Doyls. A. Deas, Thos. N. Philpot, Jas. R. W. Johnston, Jas. B. Rodgers, J. Danforth, Wm. C. Derry, G. Crawford Rhodes, Ephraim Tweedy, George McKenney, B. H. Broad nax, D. G. Cotting, Thos. T. Wright, J. E. Burch, Tnos. 8. Metcalf, Wm. Shear, David L. Roatb, Wm. P. Rhodes, Thos- R. Rhodes, Amos P. Wiggins, Thos. S. Skinner, W. JE. Broadnax, P. King, John Coskery. Worcester, Mass., May 18, D»69. Hon. J. A. J. Oreswell, Postmaster■ Gcn trod, Washington , £l.O. . Dear Sir —I have jast received a letter from Foster Blodgett, Esq., Postmaster at Augusta, Ga., desiring me to give you a i fall account of my expulsion from that city by a mob, on the 9th day of Novem ber, 1860. J bad been a resident there for five years previous to the last, which I spent in the North, on aoeount of ill healtb. Having fully recovered. I left Boston on the 31st day of October for Augusta, via Charleston, b. C., arriving in Augusta on the sth day of November, where I received a cordial welcome from numerous friends. Everything passed pleasantly, till Friday, a. m., six o’clock, when I received the following note : “ Dr Thayer— -You are hereby notified to leave the city at the earliest possible time, or abide the consequences.” (Signed) Alex. Philip and J. M. Hill. I immediately sent the note to Mr. Blodgett, then Mayor. He called on me at once, and assured me that I should be protected; said he had seen the conncil judges, and the grand jury, (the court then being in session) ; that they all agreed with him in using any means in his power for my protection, and bringing the offending parties to justice. He sent a carriage to me at 11 o’clock, to go to court, where an affidavit was issued, and the parties arrested and brought into court. They asked for lime to prepare for trial, and were given until four p. m. I was then oondueted back to my hotel by fnende, where 1 remained until three p. m., when'a carriage again came for me to go to the Court House. Ai I stepped upon the walk, three desperate wretohes attacked me, and did their best to force me into a carriage, to take me to Ham burg, 8. C., where my fate would have been sealed in half an hour. I was soon rescued from the grasp of ruffians, and taken baok to my room, Ana surroun ded by friend", who did all in their power to protect ms from an infuriated mob, which soon amounted to thousands. It is but just to say, that Mayor Blodgett did all in his power to protect me and mine lrom violence ; also, to disperse the mob, and restore order. At half-past five p. m., he camt to me, and said bur only safety was flijlit; the mob was getting so exasperated it was feared they would attack the home; also, that it was impossible to raise foce suffi- cient to disperse the crowd and potect me from violence. Accordingly, it. was ar ranged that we should be taken avay pri vately, while the crowd were hell at bay in front by speeches from influential citi zens. In the meantime, a carrisge was taken to the rear of the hotel, on the hack 'street, to which I was conducted, with my wife and daughter, and drivea rapidly away, under the protection cf Mayor Blodgett, who accompanied us ,en miles into the woods, down the Savantah road, where we arrived at eight p. m, and re mained until one o’clock, and .ook the cars for Savannah, where we airived at half past seven a. in.; went direcSy to the steamer, took our rooms, and remained on board until w.e sailed for New fork, at four p. in., when we again breathed free, the first time for thirty hours, learing all our effects behind, except the slothes upon our persons. I would say that I had been acquainted with Mayor Bbdgett tor years, and alwayS knew him as a staunch Union man, ever ready to enforce law, and do all in his power to restore order, and protect the lives and property of all. It affords me pleasure to s»v, he was the first to come to my aid, and did not cease his efforts, until he saw us safe without the reach of that infuriated mob. I hope and trust the above will be all sufficient to refute all calumnies that may be raised against him as a disunionist. it would afford me much pleasure to know that he is retained Postmaster of the city of Augusta. Respeotfully yours, H. R. Thayer, M. D. Also, the following letter, from J. R. W. Johnston, Esq., formerly ot Augusta, certifying to my Unionism, aDd upon the vigilance cbmmittee charge: Atlanta, Ga., April 27,1869. Hon. J. A. J. Oreswell, P. M. General: Dear Sir— Understanding that the ene mies of Republicanism in Georgia are mak ing the most desperate efforts for the removal of Hbn. Foster Blodgett, as Post master at Augusta, and that, among other calumnies and false accusations, they charge him with being “a member of the Vigilance Committee of Augusta, in 1860 and 1861, and cruelly treating Union men, while he was Mayor of Augusta at that time.” A sense of justice impels me to give you a statement of what came under my own observation, and I do this with out the knowledge or solicitation of Mr. Blodgett, but merely as an act of justice and gratitude. I shall be brief as possible. In 1856 I resided in Maine. Having just entered.manhood I became an ardent Re publican, and worked earnestly and faith fully for the election of the first Republi can National candidates,. Fremont and Dayton. I came to Georgia in 1857, and settled in Augusta. I took no part in poli tics, and lived quietly and peaceably until “the storm of secession began to gather,” when it became known that I made some political speeches in Maine m favor °f< Fremont and Dayton. I became a marked man, subject to the tender mercies of those chivalric gentlemen, who, from members of vigilance committees in 1860 and 1861, have ripened into full bloom K. K. K.’s of 1869. Reoeiving assurances that I was to be a victim of their compassionate love, and having no desire to become an appendage to a lamp post, I called upon Mr. Blod gett, then Mayor of the city, and stated to him my case and claimed from him pro tection. Having known him intimately , for some time, he readily and cheerfully promised me every aid in his power, and in the course'of our conversation I urged him to join the Vigilance Committee, be lieving that he might there obtain insight into their actions and aid bis Union friends. This he positively ref used to do, condemning in the most positive terms the formation of such committees and his utter abhorrence of them. He, however, said that he would so arrange as to have a true mah there, which' he did, and to that information thus obtained, myself and others are indebted for preservation to day. I know that Mr. Blodgett was in - strumeatal, and the hardest worker, in getting up the last Union meeting held in Georgia, which was held at the Court House in Augusta, December 24, 1860. For this aotion many parties threat ened his life* He was in the almost daily receipt of anonymous letters threatening destruction of life, property, etc. Many of his friends—true Union men —advised him to enter the Confede rate army, as a means of escaping the daily persecution to which he was subject for being a Union man. With extreme reluctance and continual protest he yielded to their entreaties —joined the U. S', A.— was in no battle, resigned from the service as soon as possible, and kept out of it. When he was appointed Postmaster there was no one objected thereto, until he be came a Republican. Then all the vials of wrath were opened, and from that day to this he has endured persecution, stood more abuse, been more \Mlified than any Republican in Georgia. He stands firm. Were ho tc-day to join the Democratic party no man would become more popular thart he, for he is a hard working politi cian, of great shrewdness and of greater ir fluence than any Republican in Georgia. His opponents are all Democrats—or Re publican like Bard and Bryant, who were Democrats, before they became “so called Republicans,” will be Democrats sgain as soon as they find they get no office. I hope Mr. Blodgett may be re tained, and I believe that is the- wish of all Republicans throughout toe State. Very truly yours, (Signed) . Jas. R. W. Johnston. [communicated.] Confederate Monument. Editors Chronicle * Sentinel: I see a notice in your paper, over the signature of L. & A. H. McLaws as gen eral agents, proposing to raise by subscrip tion a fund to erect a monument to the memory of the Confederate dead of (} eor . gia, as well ae of the Confederate soldiers of other States, who fell in our State. I have to confess that I have not language to express the feelings of approval that swell in my bosom for such an effort The names and the memory of the gallant and noble sons of Georgia, and of other States South who fought and fell in defense of the rights of so just a cause, and of the rights of all that were near and dear to I them, should not be suffered to pas3 from i the memory of the present; but their ! names should be placed in letters oa stone or marble tor future generations to look and reflect upon, and while such names ‘ should be held in saered remembrance, we t should not leave unnoticed the names of j those who sickened and died in tbeir ef j forts for the Lost Cause, ihen 1 trust that ; the gentlemen who have so nobly consent ! ed to act as commLsiopers in the plaß ning aod directing of this work will par don me for making a suggestion. It is this, that every county in Georgia shall be al lowed a rock or block of marble, as may seem best, to be piaoed in the monument,. with the names of their dead inscribed, or such other inscription as they may think best, and in addition to this, that eaob Southern State should be allowed one or more blocks, as their number may require, for the same object. Then the location is a very materia! point in the consummation ot this tribute. Tbo interest, the feelings, and the accessibility ot the relatives and friends should be consulted and respected in the action of the committee in its location ; the point nearest the centre of the State, having the most railroad facilities coming in from its various and extreme portions, it does seem would give the greatest ac commodation to those more immediately »od nearly interested. That place is Maoon —it has five different railroads over which the iron teams draw the people of the State into its fold, and I would say to our Miliedgeville friends that I would only give Macon the preference on account of its accessibility. May Heaven speed its early completion, Columbia. Ihe Hampton Roads Controversy— What Mr. Stephens Says. Referring to the statements made some days since by the Montgomery Mail of what happened at the Hampton Roads Conference, Mr. Stephens writes as follows to the Atlanta Constitution: “ I have not seen the article published in the Montgomery Mail,'to which you refer, and from whioh the extract quoted by you is taken; but, in response to your call on me for information on the subject, I very promptly, as well as unhesitatingly, say~chat there must be some mistake in the new revelation. The substance ot wbat occurred and passed on both sides at the Hampton Roads conference is very accu rately set forth, not only in outline, but in detail, in the second volume of my work on the war, to which you refer. It will be found on pages 599 and 619, inclusive. No proposition of the character alluded to by the writer in the Montgomery Mail is there mentioned, and I feel quite confident that none such was made. Indeed, no words were written by any one at that conference. Neither pen nor pencil was used by any one of the parties on the re spective sides, for any purpose whatever counected with the conference, during the entire interview. So there must be a mis take about the writing of the word l Union .’ . What Mr. Lincoln said about the “ sine qua non ” with him of a pledge for the ultimate restoration of the Union, as a con dition precedent to his entertaining or con sidering the subject matter contemplated by the Confederate Commissioners in ask ing the conference, is therein also set forth very fully in substance. No material word or idea is omitted. But in nothing that, was said by the Commissioners, or either of them, was aDy reference whatever made to their in structions. • I will here further state for the informa tion of your readers, who may not have seen my statement of the facts connected with this celebrated conference, as well as to its origin and objects, what transpired at it, about which so many errors exist in the popular mind—that the Confederate Commissioners had no written instructions other than what was contained in their letter of appointment, which has been ex tensively published North as well as South, nor had they any verbal instruc tions inconsistent with the letter of their appointment. All who wish full and accurate informa tion upon the whole subject are referred to the book before mentioned. Yours, truly, Alexander H. Stephens. [From the Rome Courier.\ Two Hundred anS Twenty-Four Thous and Dollars Reward. BULLOCK feels rich. The malignant cunning, and political trickery of the charlatan whom the mis fortunes of our country have placed over us, cannot be measured. The regular course of its mendacity flows on, reeking with corruption and smelling high to heaven with its infamy, but it requires an occasional stimulant from the cruel tyrants at Washington to heave it up in all its astounding and alarming proportions. Like the smouldering fires of a volcano, the poisonous gases that exude oan tell of the baleful elements within; but it re quires the wrathful throe ot* the fire, giant within to send frofia its flaming mouth the pent up lava of its hatred. The malignant soul of the tyraDt at Washington has been moved to aotion, and in obedience to its cruel mandates, this petty creature of accidental power, Rufus B. Bullock; has darned up the ordinary course of tho stream of his mean ness, and has flooded the State with its reeking and shameless venom. This flood of slanderous spite was poured upon our community on the morning ot the 23d inst., in a column proclamation, averring and specifying sixteen different cases of Ku-Klux outrages, and offering in the aggregate the sum of two hundred and twenty-iour thousand dollars —assum- ing that each of the parties consisted of ten men—as rewards lor tho apprehension of the parties. We will give so much of his specifica tions as refer to parties in this and Chat tooga counties. After the usual bombastic preamble, this fellow proceeds to say : “ I do hereby issue this my proclama tion, offering a reward of five thousand dollars for the arrest, with evidence to convict, of aDy one person, and one thou sand dollars for each additional person, being of the disguised party, or band, or clan, engaged in cither of the lawless pro ceedings hereinafter recited, to-wit: “ Who, on or about the night of the 18th of February last, came to the house of a colored man named Dan Jack Foster, in the county of Floyd, and after beatiDg and maltreating, and otherwise misusing the said Foster, did then and there take from him such articles cf small value as he had about his cabin. “ Who, on the same night, visited the house of a colored man Darned Hilliard Johnson, in said county of Floyd, and did then and there abuse and maltreat the said Johnson. “ Who, on the same night, came to the house of a colored man named Anderson Poullain, in said county of Flcyd, aud did then and there take from him his gun* and did then and there commit an out rage upon the person of the wife of the said Anderson Poullain. “ Who, on the same night, came to the •house of a oolored man named Patrick, in the said county of Floyd, and did then and there take from him his gun and other ar ticles of value. “ Who, on the sa r,e night, came to the house of a white man named Zebe Walker, in said countv of Floyd, and did then and there compel him to stand out in the cold for a considerable length of time without his clothing. “ Who, on or about the Dight of the 21st of February last, came to the callaboose or jail at Trion Factory, in Chattooga county, and did then and there forcibly release, a culprit from confinement therein. “ Who, on or about the night of the 4th of February last, came to the plantation of Mr. Robert Foster, in said couDty of Chat tooga, and did then and there murder a colored man named Squire EllersoD. “ Who, on or about the same time, came to the plantation of Hon. Wesley Shrop shire, in said county of Chattooga, and 'did then and there tear down am} destroy a school house, and threaten to hang a col ored girl, who was the teacher of said Bchool, and did then and there cruelly beat and maltreat a colored mad who was charged with having built the said school house.” Os these charges it is unnecessary to speak with the exception of the marder of Sqaire Ellerson, an account of which was given in the Courier at the time. They are all’either false in toto, or grossly mag nified. Ellerson was murdered by a party on the night of the 4th of February. He was a Democrat —had been solicited by a gang the night before to join a party to hunt and kill the Kn-Klnx, and because of his refusal it is supposed that he was killed. W e published an account of the unfortn nate affair at the time, but because Eller son was a Democrat, our law-loving Gov ernor withheld any offer of reward until four months after; now that his master demands a batch of Ku-Klnx outrages, signed with the official seal of the State, this miserable thing comes in with the murder of a colored man, to give force to his slanderous array of petty outrages. The grinning corpse of the poor negro is dragged from its grave and held up, side by side, with the poor, shivering Zebe Walker, whom his cruel tormentors made “ stand out in the cold. ” The affair of the school house, on the plantation of lion. Wesley Shropshire, was unfortunate to those who kßow nothing of the facta, which are these: In the splen did Dirt Town Valley there is a prosper ous Female Academy—an institution built up with great care and pride, by the ele gant people of that community. This Academy stands near the lands of this same Bon. Wesley Shropshire, a man who has strangely repudiated the honor of his i family, and gone, like Ephraim of old, “ a j whoring after Radical gods. ” It appears i that, being possessed of this Radical j itoiling, the hands of this same Ron. Wes i ley Shropshire were turned against his old friends and neighbors, and in order to break down the Academy, he gave a plot of land as close to it as he .coaid, for the purpose of erecting a negro school. It was to protect their oherished Acad emy that the parties referred to by Bul lock. and for which the magnificent re ward of ten thousand dollars is offered, destroyed the school house, and whipped the negro who built it, leaving a note at the same time for Hon. 'Wesley Shropshire, that if he persisted in his designs to estab lish a negro school in that close proximity to the Academy, that they would visit him next. No objection to his negro school anywhere else. Their aotion is to be regretted, but it oan be excused ; and public sentiment says that the greatest error was in whipping the negro instead of Hon. Wesley Shrop shire. Tbo importance given to the other out rages committed in Floyd and Chattooga is despicable, and it those trumped up in the other portions of the State are of the same character, it shows with whit inge nuity a cowardly tyrant oan make “ muoh ado about nothing.” * But the tyrant at Washington had made his requisition upon our Scate for out rages. The Ku-Klux bill must have au object upon whioh to operate, and our Ex press Governor was only too glad to show his ingenuity in lying, and his truckling subserviency to Radicalism, both at ouoo. Kutoff. Execution of Edward H. Ruloff, at Bing hampton, for the Murder of Frederick A. Myrick—History o/ the Villain and his Crimes—The Artful Dodger Caught at Last—The Scene at the Execution. [From the Buffalo Courier, May 19.] The annals of mbdern crime do not fur nish a parallel to the history of the mur derer, Edward H. Ruloff, who paid the extreme penalty of outraged law at BiDg kampton yesterday. His proper name was Edward H. Rulof son, being the son of a William Rulofson, who emigrated from Connecticut to Can ada, and from there to New Brunswick, settling at Hammond River, near St. Johns, where Edward was born on the 3d day of March, 1819, just fifty-two years before the date originally appointed for his execution for the murder of Myrick. His parents were of Dutch descent, and his mother was a very devoted Christian woman. There were four ohildren in all, three sons and one daughter. One brother, Ruloff Rulofson, is a highly respected lum ber-dealer, who resides at Strattonville, Clarion oounty, Pa., and the other, Wil liam H. Rulofson, is a photographer in San Francisco. Both are wealthy. Ed ward was the bright hoy of the family. Always f'nd of study, he was sent, at the age of 13, to St. John’s Academy, where he attained high honors. It is said that at the end of three years he was graduated, his instructors saying they could teach him no more. For a time afterward he taught school, and subsequently read law in the office of Duncan Robertson, at St. Johns, where he remained three years. In this connection he came under a cloud, and the story is that he was guilty of steal ing goods; but this is denied by him, he claiming that his troubles were caused by his efforts to screen a friend. In 1841, it is certain, he left St. Johns with a reputa tion far better for ability than honesty, and went to New York city. Here he lived from hand to mouth for a year, and thence made his way to Syracuse, where he formed the acquaintance ot a canal boat ower, named Schutt, who befriended him, and with whom he went to the vil lage of Dry den and started a school, in which one of the pupils was Harriet Scfiutt, the daughter of his benefactor. At the close- of one term he moved to Ithica, where he studied medicine with Dr. Stone, a botanic physician. He paid some attention to phrenology, but sood gave up that study, pronouncing the science a humbug. He married Harriet Shutt on the 3d day of December, 1843, though her father, who had begun to be suspicious of him, opposed the match. Thi3 family oppositiou, com bined with a morbid jealousy of his wife, was the moving cause of the tragedy sub sequently enaoted. He suspected his wife of improper intimacy with a Dr. Bull, and this feeling came to be so strongly mani fested that it was deemed best on all sides for the pair to remove to Lansing, near Cayuga Lake, whioh they did. Here their life was happier, and a daughter was born, whom Ruloff appeared to regard with muoh affection. He had collected a large library, was highly esteemed as a botani cal physician, ahd was doing well in all respects. In June, 1845, he was called upon to precribe for the wife and child of his brother-in-law, W. H, Schutt. They both died suspiciously, and the rumor 'spread that he had poisoned them, but a chemical analysis of their stomachs failed to support the rumor. On the evening of June 23, 1845, Ruloff requested a lady neighbor to remain with his wife, who was ailing, dming his own brief absence from home. He returned shortly, and, before the neighbor went away, prepared some composition tea in a cup. This was the last seen of wife or child. The next morning Ruloff borrowed a horse and wagon, as he said, to carry a large chest to his uncle’s, at Moltville, ten miles distant, where his wife and child had gone on the previous night. He set out with such a chest and sack, going in a direction whioh would lead to Cayuga Lake. On the following day he returned and told the person from whom lie bor rowed the wagon that his family were away on a visit for a few weeks. His subsequent actions and the continued ab sence of his wife and child excited suspi cion, and this was not allayed by contra dictory stories told by him-as to their whereabouts. To make along story short, after leading his brother-in-law a wild goose chase to the West, ostensibly in pursuit of his wife, and several times run ning away himself from his companion, lie was brought to Ithaca, and lodged in jail on a charge of murder. But as the todies could not be found, he was tried for the abduction of his wife only, and was sen tenced to ten years imprisonment in Au burn, though small doubt existed that he had been guilty of a double murder, and had sunk the bodies to the bottom of Cayuga Lake. At the expiration cf his ten years’confinement, October 28, 1856, he was taken to Ithaca, and tried for the murder of his child. He defended himself witli rare ability, but was found guilty and sentenced to be hung. The decision was afterwards reversed by the Court of Ap peals, anfi (he case was remitted for fur ther proceedings. In May, 1857, he broke jail and went to Pennsylvania. It is sup posed that he was aided to escape by Mrs. Jarvis, wife of the Deputy Sheriff, between whom and himself there was a strong friendship. Before this he became ac quainted wffh young Jarvis, who, under his influence, became his accomplice in the crime for which the stern punishment was meted oqt yesterday. Every effort was made for his recapture, but at he eluded all pursuit. Ac cording t< ais own confession, shortly to be publisned, ujdei the name of James Nelson he occupied a Professorship in the Alleghany College at Meadville. He re mained but a brief time, and subsequently perpetrated many crimes. WLib com mitting a burglary at Warren, Pi., ho froze his foot, and the deformity resulting therefrom several times caused hie arrest. He served a term for robbery in the Con necticut State Prison, and another in Sing Sing, for a Duchess oounty burglary, where he was known as James Karrer. He was also brought to Ithaca on the old oharge, but proofaf the murder was not forthiomißg, and be was released. Dur ing these years his hisure time, in and out of jail, was devoted to his work cm the origin of laogusge, of whi«fa so much has been said, and he justified his erimes on the plea that they were committed for the purpose of Mining means to further his great end. Such is a recital of the lead ing incidents in the life of this notorious robber and murderer down to the date of the crime for which he was hung. On the night of August 16th, or rather the Carly morning of August 17th, 1870, two young clerks, Frederiok A. Myrick and George S. Burroughs, sleeping in the extensive store of Hulbert Brothers, Bing hamton, awoke to find three men in the room. They jumped from bed, and a fierce figfit ensued. Two a of the burglars ran down stairs, but Myrick clinched and held the third, whom ha had struck on the head with a stool. The other two then came baok, and Burroughs saw one of them hold Myrick while the other shot him. Burroughs made his way ioto the street aqd raised a load alarm. The fire bells were rung and hundreds of citizens turned out. The three burglars made a ha6ty retreat, aui pursuit ths t night was ineffectual. But in the morning the bodies of two men were found drowned in the Chenango river, who proved to be young Jarvis, before mentioned, and a man named Dexter, also a companion of NEW SERIES, VOL. XXIV. NO. 23. Rfcloff. They were recognized by Bur roughs as two of the burglars. Efforts to oapture the third resulted on tho follow ing day io the arrest of Ruloff. He was identified by the facts of his former char acter and intimacy with Jarvis and Dex ter, by a pair of shoes which were left in the store fitting his somewhat deformed feet, and fully by Burroughs, who recog nised him and 6Wore definitely to him in oourt as the man that shot Myrick- Ruloff was tried, in the first instance, for this crime, before Judge Hogeboom, of the Supreme Court, January 8 of this year. He was ably defended by Geoirge Becker. Eeq., of Binghampton, and his own legal i knowledge and acquaintance with the quirks of the bar were brought into full play, but there could be no doubt of his guilt, and he was sentenced to be bung March 3. An appeal was heard before a full bench in February, and the order of the lower oourt affirmed. Subsequently, a stay of proceedings was granted and the oase taken to the Court of Appeal, but this tribunal of last resort acquiesced in the justice of the sentence, and the only effect of the motion was to postpone the fatal day until the 18th of May. There after the only hope lay in Governor -Hoff man, and the Executive was approached in every possible way with a view to ob tain a pardon or commutation. The Gov ernor gave the case, as is his wont, most thoughtful attention, regarding the evi dence in all its bearings, and sending a commission of experts to report upon Die sanity of Ruloff. Bnt those matters are fresh in memory, and our readers well know that tl*<* efforts in his behalf lunJo it only more clear that there was no loop hole of escape for the oondeinned man. He had, however, cheated the gallows so many times, that those conversant with hi* career had an almost superstitions be lief that he would never become its vic tim, and some of the spectators of the exe cution could scarcely believe their eyes. Not anticipating any oliance of escape for him, however, a reporter of the Courier, who had received from Sheriff' Frederick W. Martin, of Broome county, an upphiut meut as special Deputy Sheriff, to assist in preserving order at the hanging of Ruloff, took the 11:20 Erie train Wednesday night, and reached Binghampton at early breakfast time yesterday morning. The lovely little oity was found in a con dition of feverish excitement. Thore had never bofore been an execution in the county, and now tho man was to perish by the halter whose name had been for years a bugbear in all tho region round about as suggesting the most atrocious villainies. The streois of tho towD were crowded with wagons and pedestrians, as if the whole countryside had poured itself into Bing hamton, and on all hands was heard the dreaded name of Ruloff, ooupled with tales of how he looked, how he felt, how ho passed the night, and speculations whether the law was reallv strong enough to exeoute tho decree of justioe upon this l hardened but slippery wretch. As is universal, we believe, on suoh oooasions. tho prevalent feeling was that of morbid curiosity, and very few, indeed, were tho expressions of sympathy, though even to Ruloff sorno kitd hearts extended pity. By daylight the orowd began to gather about the jail and constantly augmented during the morning, and it numbered several thousand people at the time of tho exeoution, who were content to stand for ' hours and gaze at the outside of the high briok walls which they would ordinarily pass without a second thought, a most singular phenomenon of human nature always noticed upon such occasions, The mass of peoplo were kept in admirable order, however, by two companies of militia and an independent battery, de tailed for the purpose. Porhaps this military forco was called out with some dim idea that a rescue would be attempt ed, as there seemed to be no end to the superstition as to the powers of tho con domed man. TIIK JAIL, TIIB TARD, AND THE GALLOWS. The jail is a square, two-story brick building, inhabited below by the family of the Sheriff, while some of the rooms in tho second story are used for prisoners, the windows being guarded by heavy iron bars. Into the front door ot this edifice the Courier reporter, with many others, were admitted, at 10 a. m. In the rear of the main building was a lower one, filled with cells, and through it two oor ridors passed, which opened into the yard where the exeontion was to take place. This enclosure was about thirty by twen ty feet, with a wall some fourteen feet high. In the northeast corner was the gallows. The contrivance was very sim ple. A hole was made through the wall opening to a barn in the rear. Through this aperture a stick of timber was passed, projecting into the jail yard some three feet. The timber was mortised at eaoh end, and an iron pulley inserted in each mortise, over which the rope was passed. From the end in the jail yard hung the noose, while to the end in the barn was attached an iron weight weighing two hundred and sixty-five pounds. A smaller rope, running through into the yard and looped to a spike in the wall, supported this weight, -so that the Sheriff had simply to slip it from the spike to cause the weight to fall. The slack was three feet, and the whole fall five feet. This method of execution has superseded the drop in most cases lately. As the weight of the doomed man was but one hundred snd seventy pounds, it was rightly judged that the fall ot the weight mentioned would suffice to break his neck, lie was in very bad humor, and indulged in abundant pro fanity. Gov. Huffman ho was particular ly bitter against, swearing that his (Ru loff’s) work would be remembered when car Chief Magistrate was forgotten. All offers of spiritual advice he unhesitating ly rejected, his favorite expression being that he “ didn’t want any and and friars abont him. ” A large portion of the night he spdnt in writing upon his mystical work and in conversation concerning it, manifesting his devotion in this regard up to the last hour. In tli* south corridor stood the coffin in which the body was to tie placed, a pine box stained to represent mahogany, and plainly but neatly finished. It furnished a convenient table for certain sacriligious reporters, who used it freely in taking their notes. Access to Ituloff in his cell was denied to members of the press, as he was not in a state of mind to he generally interviewed. He was taken Wednesday afternoon to a room in the northwest corner of the main building, where he spent his last night on earth. It is the testimony of those who watched with him that he did not sleep a wink during the night. Tuesday morning lie had an interview of some length with with his counsel, Mr. Becker. He said he had been treated un justly. and misrepresented, especially in regard to his book. When asked what disposition he would have made of his body, he said ha would like to have it de cently buried, but did not care much. He talked of the Erench war, and also dis coursed of German philosophers who had died violent deaths. As the interview drew to a dose he inquired the hour, and being informed that it was 10 o’clock, said, “ I have three hoars more, then,” evidently thinking he would not be hung until 1 o’olock. lie said his friends need not fear that- li« would lack composure at the trying moment, and declared that he would not have a to say to the crowd. At 10 minutes past 11 o’clock, Sheriff Martin ascended to his room and told him that the hour had arrived. 11 ul off said that be was ready, and the preparations wore speedily completed- The spectators, numbering nearly one hundred, had by this time been admitted to and nearly filled the small yard of the jail, The ar rangements were excellent inthis r aspect, all being done decently and ia order- At 22 minutes past 11 the procession started from Ruloff’s room, consisting simply of the oopdemued man, with the Sheriff and an assistant on each side of him, and small police squads in front and rear. It was at this time that our reporter first had a view of the criminal, while walking as it were into his grave. He saw a man whoaa physiognomy b; no means confirmed imaginings. They were neither the brutal look to be expected in one who has flinched at no toooity, nor tko indica tions of intellectual activity to bear out reports of his extraordinary talent. The face, indeed, oouid not be called a striking one. The oountenanoe was large; the breadth between the cheek bones being unusually great, and the forehead broad and high. The chin was covered by heavy grayish whiskers, somewhat unkempt. The aspect of the man was sluggish, and betokened a lymphatic temperament. He was shabbily dressed in a suit of thread bare black, patched and seamed and wrinkled, and wore on his head a cap of dark-blue cloth. His elbows were strap ped to bis sides, but so as to allow him to plaoe his hands in the pockets of his panta loons, and he carried them there as he slouched along, with his sleepy eyes fixed upon the ground, aid these were not raised for one glance of curiosity as ho passed through the oorridor, by his own coffio, and through the crowd in the jail yard, at this juncture breathless with absorbing interest. There was bo little in him to be- token the desperado or the student, that the general feeling of those who saw him for the first time was. “Can this bo Ruloff?” At twenty-four minutes after 11 o’clock he came under the gallows, and, without, further ceremony, the attendants bound his arms more tightiy and strapped hjs legs together. During the process he stood like a dazed man, his eyes set upon the ground, his hands nervously tw itching In his pockets, and'his legs quivering nnder him. Never was a ghastlier and more pitahle sight seeu than that of this poor wretoh, who had not scrupled in cold blood to take the lives of his fellow-crea tures, standing shivering there in mortal terror for his own, but with a terrible struggle going on within him to appear, composed, to achieve the last ambition of the murderer, that of “dying game.” At twenty-eight minutes after 11 o’clock, the Deputy Sheriff commenced to read the warrant for the execution. It occupied several minutes, and of course no one pai(J the least attention to it, all eyes being concentrated upon the unhappy being upon whoso dangling corpse the brilliant .sun of May would bo shining in so brief few mo ments. F.e maintained the same attitude and downcast look, being Supported by two men behind him, to whom he said tot to voce that ho could not stand still. The readiug (f the warrant fiuishnd, Sheriff Martin sai l in a oloarvoioo, though shaken by emotion : “ 1 would ask you, Mr. Ruloff, if you have anything to say, why shouldyou not be executed according to the sentence of the law.” The wretched • wan replied by shaking his bond, without raising his cyos, and mumbling out the words, “Nothing, sir.” Thu Sheriff waited a few seconds as if surprised at this re sponse, and then said : “It is now about twenty-six minutes before the time I Lad fixed in my mind tor von’r execution. Have you anything to say?” lluloff simply shook his head. The Sheriff then stepped around to (he left, side, and rear of the criminal, where he could reach the fatal cerd, Ami said : “It. is uyt your wish thou to say uuything or that there should be any delay ?” Again the reply'was a shr.ko of the head in the negative. It was tfaon precisely thirty-six minutes past 11 o’clock. In thirty seooodti the white oap was drawn over the. face of Ruloff, and immediately the Sheriff unloosed the miial! rope which held up the heavy weight. There came n hurtling sound as the unseen weight rushed down, at,d with a bound the body of the doomed man rose in the air. As the shock camo upon tho nook and the knot of the nooso rushed to the fatal place under the loft ear, there was hoard from Kuloff’s throat the fearful cluck which is almost invariably produced. His right hand bad been withdrawn from his pocket an instant before tho ropo was slipped, but oven whiio rising, tho man, already dead to all intcut, lor his ucok was broken by tho shook, thrust it back with a nervous, twitching action that had a most horriblo effeot. While the hearts of thoao inside Reckoned at the spectacle, the outsiders divined that all was over, us il' by instinct, and a groat shout, aroso, while a prisoner from his cell hard by was heard to cry, “He’s gone to glory.” '1 he corpse hung motionless for two minutes, when thore waß a -very slight spasmodic action, tho least wo havo ever seen on such au occasion. After hanging fifteen minutes, life was pronounced ex tinct by the physicians, but, tho body was not taken down plaoed in tho ooffin until thirteen and a half minutes past 12. Through tho atrooiously bad taste of some oeo, the remains wore exposed to the view of tho crowd outside, who gaped up on thorn for several hoiire. With this ex ception, nothing can bo. said of the ar rangements for tho oxccution, nor tho manner in which they were carried out, except by way of praise. Victoria Woodiinil’s Creed and Defense. Mrs. Ex-Dr. Woodhull, now Mrs. Blood, writes in a card as follows : One of the obarges made against mo is that I lived in tho sarno house with my former husband, Dr. Woodhuli, and iny present husband. Colonel Blood- The charge is> faot. Dr. Woodhull being sick, ailing and incapable of self-support, I tell, it my duty to myself and to human nature that he should bo cared lor, although hia incapacity was in no wiso attributable to •me. My present husband, Col. Blood, not only approves tis this charity, but co operates in it. .1 esteom it one of the most virtuous acts of my life. But various editors have stigmatized mo us a living example of immortality and uiiohastity, My opinions and principles are Subjects of just criticism. I put myself before the public voluntarily. 1 know full well that tho public will criticise mo and mv motives and actions, in tbeir own way and at, thoir own time. I accept the position. 1 exoept to no fair analysis and examina tion, even if tho soalpol he a little, merci less. But lot him who is without sin dast his stone. I do not intend to be made the eoapegoat of sacrifice, to be' offered up as a victim to sociely by those who oover up tbo foulaessß of their lives aud the feou ler.oe of thoir thoughts with hypocritical mouth of fair professions, and by divert ing public attention from their own iniqui ty, and pointing the linger at me. 1 know that many ot my self-appointed judges and critios aro deeply tainted with the vices they condemn. I live in one house with ono who was my husband ; 1 live as the wife with one who is my husband. 1 beliovs in spiritualism; I advooato free love in the highest, purest sonse, as tbo only cure for the immorality, tho deep' damnation by which men corrupt and dis figure God’s most holy institutions of sex ual relations. My judges preach against free love openly, practice it seorotly. Their outward seoming is fair; inwardly, they aro full of “dead men’s bones and nil manner of unoleanliness.” For example, I know of ono mao, a public tcaohcr of eminopoc, who lives in concubinage with the wife of another public teacher of al most equal eminense. All three concur in denouncing offenses against morality. “ Hypocrisy is the iributo paid by vice to virtue.” So bo it. But I dccliao to stand up as “ the frightful example.’' T shall make it thy business to aoalyxn some of these linos, and will take my chances in tbo matter ol libel suits. 1 have faith iu oritios, but 1 believe in public justioe. Victoria 0. Wooihihi.t,. New York, Saturday, May 20, 1871. The Board of Delegates of American Is raelites held its annual session on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week in New Fork thirty congregations and societies being represented. Resolutions were utMHptel, requesting the United States Government to use its influence with a view to cheek the persecution of Christians in China, appropriating five hundred dollars to the universal alliance for an agricultural sohool in Palestine and one hundred dollars to the hospital at Jerusalem. The publication committee appointed last year presented a plan tor the formation of a Hebrew pub lication society, whose aim is to inspire a taste for and a knowledge of Hebrew literature and history. A resolution was adopted appropriating to the society, when established, two hundred dollars from the funds of the board, Mr, A. Hart, of Philadelphia, presented one hundred dol lars to the society. The publication corn l -* mittee are Drs- Jastrow and Jacobs, of Philadelphia, Dr. Wise, of Cincinnati, Judge Joachimsen and Mr* Isaacs, of New York. Mr. B. J. Hart, of Now York, was elected President, and Judge Joachimsen, and Mr. Wolf, of Washing-, ton, Vice-Presidents for tho ensuing yoar. $125,000 TS CttRKENCT TO B* ffrrfmr bijtee.—Tho Alabama Immigrant As -1 soeiation«will have another grand drawing on Saturday, August sth, 1871, when $125,000 in currency will bo distributed to shareholders. A full explanation of the manner ot conducting tho drawing will bo fqund in our advertising columns, together with certificates from the press and promi nent citizens of Alabama, as to the char acter and reliability of the Association. Only 50,000 tickets are to bo sold, aod thero arc 186 prizes. The Association has had one drawing, whioh was carried out in the fairest manner, as will be seoo from the certificates. 'That drawing was a completo sneoess, and we have no doubt that this one will prove equally so. The result of the first drawing can be had by applying to the managers, Messrs. Stokes &, Go., Montgomery, Ala. Vbbsxuljw, May 31.—The Bishop of Orleans, Dupanloup, will be the sucoessor of Darboy, Archbishop of Paris, who was assassinated by the insurgents.
