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was perfect state a they would bus -
q. What kind Of communications do you receive nom
the unseen worids A. Every breath draw and every
Of the hand brings me in Communication with The
o What communications have You received to-dayr
A. An my thoughts and actions
O And they come from an unseen worldf A Yes
d Do you receive communications from the dead
II answer yes or no my answer win be perverted b.
NJ Field-I must ask the court TO enforce the ruie
Judge Leonard-You must answer the question
Mr.. Tbbets-I believe In receiving Gommunloaiions
do the spirits with all the time and we could not
live q single moment If they were not
sprtualsm As Andrew Jackson Davlsf A Not quite.
Q Az high a. Mrs. Neslf A. don't know.
DID you ever have any communication with the
ton with them at all times
q Are you In communication with MIRA Neal nowf A
No; that 10 absurd.
g. DA you ever have remarkable dream about the
Q While you were specializing in corn did you receive
the price OF corns A. am not prepared to answer
@ Have you seen Mrs. Neal in trancef A. / decline
O Did you not spend whole night with her while she
was In trance? decline TO answer; but there is no
@ What Is your business nowf A Ny business con-
sists in watching those robbers who have got all my
q Do you live with the Meals or they with yous A
would not undertake 70 say unless Tam compelled 70 Do
an v tha (snIY4
O Up 70 the time Of the difnculty on the Corn En-
change had you not received large loans Of money from
Mr. Twomblyf A No; he shut down on me about two
months before that a
@ Now this conspiracy complaint which you havs
brought against nifty nine personsdo you believe that
these defendants injured you to the Of one NIL
lion dollars eachf A. do; In law think they are ALI
liable.
O. What has James Gordon Bennett done that you
should claim million dollars from him9 A. He has
published certain communications which hbeouD
and scandaous In every respect and he ought to be pun
ished for It.
CORN QUESTION.
Rs-direct-Q How much corn had you on hand about
the time Of the Exchange difcultyf A. had on hand
about 100 900 bushels and had contracted for e5Oo00
bushels which was about all the corn there was In tho
market
Cross examination resumed-Q When you owned all
this corn, how much capital had your A. Several hun
dred thousand dollars.
@ In whats A. In money, farms and corn.
@ Had you ten thousand dollars IN available fundsS
A. Yes
Mr. Willard proposed 70 read the defendants letters TO
the plaintiffs wife, and leave being granted the jury
were edited with the correspondence in question.
The court then adjourned for the day.
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N stated that the most Of captured by Grer
SON. at Egypt have made their escape
An explosion took parc on Friday, at tho powder
mills, In the vicinity Of Columbia, s G. small building
was destroyed and two men seriously injured
We learn from the Columbia q G. Gyuardidn OF the
9th ut that communication h direct and uninter
rupted between Columbia and General Lee army.
About three hundred bales Of cotton burned In
lot OF sugar was sold by Ellis, Livingston Co, In
Columbus Ga on Saturday last al from 81 70 50 per No.
Cold sold In Raleigh, on Monday at s3S for g. Tan
days 49, u sold II Sos 70 SO
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TINTED STATES sEvEN.rHIRrY LOAN.
authority Of the Secretary Of the Treasury the UNDER
signed has the Subscription Agency for TIA
sale of United States Treasury Notes. bearing seven and
three .en.hs per cent interest per .nnum known
sEvEN-THIRTY LOAN.
These notes are issued under date of Aug Is 1884, and arc
payable three years from that time in currency or are e0n-
vertible, at the option OF the holder, into
UNITED STATES FIvETwENTY SIX PER CENT
GOLD BEARING BONDS
These bonds premium ofnine par cont In
GLIDING gold interest from November, which makes tho
actual profit the scvenhiy ioan rates. In
sudng interest about per per annum besides liz
exemption from State and municipal taxation, which adds
from one to per according the levied
on other property The payable semi annually
by attached TO each which BIO cut or and
sold to any bank banker
The interest amounts TO
ONE CENT PER DAY ON A.................S $50 NOTE
TWO CENTS PER DAY ON A.................sioo NOTE.
TEN CENTS PER DAY ON A................s5o $500 NOTE.
TWENTY CENTS PER DAY ON A........si.onN NOTE.
ONE DOLLAR PER DAY ON A...........s6ooo NOTE.
Notes OF all the denominations named win be promptly
furnished upon receipt OF subscriptions Thisis
THE ONLY LOAN IN MARKET
now offered by the government and IL is confidently o..
pec,sd that It's superior advantages win make tho
GREAT POPULAR LOAN OF THE PEOPLE
Less than $4,000 600 unsold which win probably
be disposed within sixty ninety days. when tho
notes win undoubtedly premium, as has uni
formy been the closing the subscriptions 70 other
Loans.
In order tina. citizens of every town and section Of tho
country may bc afforded facilities for taking the loan tho
National Banks state Banks private bankers through
GU. the country have generally agreed receive subscrp
tons at par Subscribers WIN select their agents. in
whom they confidence and who only be response
bio for the delivery notes for which they receive
CAUTION TO BUYERS AND HOLDERS OF 7so
NoTEs-In order prevent mu,laon of these notes,
the Secretary of Treasury isvsn notice that tho
notes are not negotiable unless all tho unmaured coupons
are attached.
JAY COOKE,
Subscription Agent
Philadelphia.
osSs nvSoSs RAR s so. .o oS QUEEN. TI BANK
jces nnhiator bunions, ehiblains, frosted
feet &c. BY mail so cents and 81
nv epINr KIDNEY AFFECTIONS AND DrABATEa
POROUS P Ts8sSy 'S " Dr. 70 HrLcocK
rhe,r venc becoming and appreciated every
av They be In every house, violent cold usually
curea INA SINGLE NIGHT
Pster placed tha hob hafnre going
had. Sold by all druaasb
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The Restoration or King Cotton.
THE COTTON FAMINE IN EUROPE ONLY JUST m.
GINNING.
Trrom the Richmond Sentinel. 10,

From the Richmond Sentinel Feb Al
II ought TO be object Of prime concern 10 prevent
either by removal destruction the falling Of pound
OF cotton into the enemys hands Fur sooner shwid zoe
sliow them 70 copwre munu6ns Of WARRIOR while these
would be indeed convenience 70 them, cotton is ne
eessity, and s daily becoming more intensely 60
Nor are the necessity for cotton and the reasons why
We should carefully withhold IL, confined 10 our enemes
On the contrary they apply with almost equal force 70 the
nations Of Europe.
In tho normal condition Of the cotton trade there IN
alusys ~ The points Of comumption two raass supply
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The 'sPoint d'Appui' OF tho Confederacy,
CHARLESTON DEMANDS TO BE MADE THE LAST
From che Charleston Mercury. /

What course may be taken In the impending campaign
we do know. II is in other hands not In Yet
It appears plain the mans face that
here is the point fight Not that we should not fight
elsewhere and everywhere where the enemy advances;
but that here Is the point at which our steps
stand TO fall Here, above all other places, under
all existing circumstances appears 10 u.s. is the point
ddppui OF the Others, than ourselves, and
better informcd-n whose hands this matter rests-may
think otherwise; may act otherwise but we know that
here the brave soldiers Of Georgia and Carolina and
others, who have so long fought here would love
70 fight For ourselves, we confidently expect some
noble work 10 be done here yet Charleston cannot
fall without It. And we trust She never VIII fan
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The Rebel Army Of Tennessee.
lErnm the Richmond WhiR Feb

The editor OF the Southern Confederacy has had long
and confident conversation with gentleman just from
throughout the late unfortunate campaign and the fol-
lowing gives the main facts Of his ACCOUNT
The army OF Tennessee is not reduced the public
led suppose and In good lighting condition. In
word, its morale Is good, assertions have taken
place the gallant soldiers have stuck TO their coors and
their cause and ready 70 battle anywhere and every
where.
The suerings Of the soldiers in their long retreat
closely pressed by the enemy very great but
uonary forefathers many Of them barefooted This
Is not ngurative, but Is literally true.
The gentleman estimates the loss Of artillery In the
TENNESSEE campaign at higher figure than any account
we have seen published; but the loss Of men Is much
smaller than has been estimated In the current accounts
The desire for the restoration Of General Johnston 10
almost unanimous
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-08
The Destruction OF the Gunboat Dai
Ching.

VHhTfcNtUH Mtrrurf, Jan.
We have no incidents to report this morning, except
the destruction of Yankee gunboat on the Combahec
river she called the Dia Ching lieutenant and
Ave belonging 10 her brought p the city
yesterday IL appears that the boat steang up the
Combahee, Thursday, and got aground when bat
tories promptly opened IRE upon her. and she burnt
to the waters edge Az The crcp ecaped epcepi0 ts ia
zoe hdpe mentioned
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fFrom The Richmond Sentinel, Feb 81
Lieut. General 3 D. Lee was in Columbia, Miss, on
the 18th ult
Ex-Governor A. d. Moore, OF Alabama declines being
a candidate for the Executive chair
The Right Rev. Henry O. Lay, Bishop Of Arkansas,
preached In Raleigh, N. G., on the 23d alt
The Macon Telegraph OF the 25th ut says that Lieut.
General Pcmberton has been assigned TO active duty
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-08
Supreme C0urt-Circuit.
SECOND DAY.

4 PERTINENT QUESTION.
Re,d,ectm3 pd ever ask you to become my aor
charge Of IL along with the other suits
Q. Answer my question, SIR Did ever ask you 10 be
my attorney in that casef A. Mo- think you said you
preferred TO bring the suit In your own name.
would cause you TO believe that not acting In per-
feet good faithS A. Nothing
AS Tar as you are able 70 Judge, there anything
untrue in that complaint A. Not ~ FAR ~ I know.
A PUzzLKR
Cross examincd-You say you believe the complaint to
be true. DO you believe that q number OF merchants
employed spies 10 follow Tibbes wherever he went and
that they spread reports all the city about his living
In criminal intimacy with Mrs Neal &c.f A. have
formed no opinion In the matter
The complaint speaks Of Mrs. Neal AZ ahigh minded
vrtuous woman, and possessed Of qualities that would
adorn any LADY, do you believe that 10 be trueS Yes;
~ far as know II Is true.
O. Do you know that Tibbets made over HIS property
TO Lowell, Mrs Meals father that his wife might DO
turned out Of the house? A. do not
q DO you believe that the fifty nine persons mcn-
toned in this complaint have really conspired against
the plaintiff and that they have damaged him TO the
tent Of million dollars eachs A. Not having been re-
tanned In that suit cannot say anything about t.
Redirect-Have you ever known me TO tell you az
thing which you subsequently found out TO be faseY
have not; have known you 10 make some mistakes
though
. Have you ever known mo 70 withhold anything
from you as lawyer A. Not when required II from
you as your lawyer.
Mr. fibbcts-we have copies OF some letters which
we want TO introduce evidence.
Mr. Millard-We cannot find the originals, and offer
these copies, which we believe 70 be correct
Mr. Field-we do not know anything about them
MT s,lla,a.Wel suppose we will have 70 put Mr.
rsBKrs ON THE srAxp AGAIN
Luther C. Tibbes deposed that the letters In his hand
were the copies Of letters written by Hcratio
Twomby 10 the wife Of The plaintiff: the originals were
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r,ourt CaIendar-Thfs Dav.

suPRnn CouR1-CRcUrr Court opens at ten
coo, 49, 7s5 1885, ss7 $751; 6s5 SIS s2s $50, ST. s2!
Part 273 Duane street. Court opens q ten O'Clock
Goa go eA2 eo4, coz, o71 eSs e0l, Jos, ND, no.
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HRrTUALNM AGAIN.
@ While you were In the Tombs did you receive any
communications from your deceased wifes decline
TO answer that question.
Mr. Fed-I ask that the Court instruct the witness
this question II goes 70 test the question OF his
sanity which is the very gst OF this case.
Mr. Millard-I Is Of no consequence whether ne re-
ceived any communications or not What he might con-
|. slider communications the jury might not.
Judge Leonardo know that there arc thousands who
believe In these spiritual manifestations; but the major
lily OF the people In this country do not There be
nothing wrong In the witness answering the question
O Did Mrs Neal send you communications which pur.
ported TO be from your deceased wifeS A. Not TO my
knowledge.
Q Did Fletcher bring you slips Of paper containing
what purpored to be from your deceased wfss
A. refuse TO answer that question.
Judge Leonard-.-But you must
O. DO you believe In holding communication with your
deceased wfef A. decline 10 answer on the ground
did; that is sacred matter between and his God
Judge Leonard-You must answer
TIBBErs' RELIGIOUS yArH
Witness am not afraid OF telling my religious faith
70 any one; but dislike 70 have the truth perverted in
the public prints and TO DO held up 70 scorn This
matter between me and
Judge Leonard-Therc Is no use Of making speech
here We will proceed 70 the trial Of this cause.
witnes-I am perfectly willing that they should go
my answers perverted this Is proper cxamna
ton at all; We did mot introduce the subject Of spir
tualism
Judge Lconard-Oh, yes; it's
Wness-Then my counsel msinformed me; that's ALL
Mr. Fied-Now, will you be kind enough 70 answer
my question: Do you believe In receiving communica
tons from the spirit worid A. object 70 answer this
question: because these matters sacred The witness
then went 70 say that he believed IN GOO ana inc
Scriptures in the great prophets Isaiah and JOB
in Jesus Christ who had set example that had never
been set before since He believed that Jesus Christ
and the prophets had mnisering angels around them
on ali occasions whom they were on the EARTH ana COM
prrco the npuence these agels 70 spritualism He
smoke In ths strain for fifteen minutes perhaps, when
the Judge interrupted him. saying he could not stand 1t
any longer.
faith was and was giving TO you; don't suppose
the counsel for the defence wants 70 hear me- but the
jury might
Judge Leonard-We have had enough OF that now.
Let us proceed with the trial OF the cause.
John Lynch, Deputy Sheriff, deposcd that he
unable TO produce the original letters written by Mr.
once but have been mislad.
RxAmnATroS L. TIRBErs REuMED-TRITUALrsrs
IKENBD UNTO TIN PROPHETS
O DO you believe that you receive the kind OF
communications that the prophets Of old received II
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-18

against Spangler, to the effect tat he was
in company with Booth, in front of the
theatre, during an hour proceeding the
assassination, and announcing to him eve
ry five minutes the lapse of time By the
clock in the theatre lobby This evidence
was impugned by other witnesses, who
testified that Spangler was not in the front
part of the theatre that night. 1t is be-
lieved that the trial will not last more
than one week more The eyidencc for
the next few days is expected to be more
important Than that developed to day. In
the court room this afternoon there were
few spectators, among whom were Sem
ator Wilson, ex Senator Wilkinson, Gen.
Schenck, Gen. Marston, and Hon Mr..
Ashley, members of congress There
were present enough newspaper reporters
and correspondents to give much publici-
ty of the proceedings.
VIM. Belware, Of Va, well known as a
le ding citizen of the tidewater region of
that state, reached here yesterday, under
arrest by order of the authorities at this
point.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-18

Advices from the Brazos country state
that they expect to make an abundant
corn crop in spite OF heavy rains, which
made the planting unusually late. The
first planted corn is now growing rapidly.
The blockade runner Willo' the Wisp
has been libeled at Galveston by the Con-
federate States marshal
The San Antonio News says: The
Mexican train was robbed near Sabinat
by about 20 men. They went to camp
about dawn, and represented themselv, s
as Confederate States soldiers in search Of
deserters. Alter a pretended examina-
ton, the train guard were disarmed, and
were told that they were under arrest
The train was then robbed of silver esti-
mated at from 81 200 to $4,000, and
belonging to W. \. Bennett, y. q. Mott,
Wise W. Hearn, and others, OF this city
The robbers were well mounted on fine
American horses, and the wagon master
thought they were all Americans except
one, whom he recognized to be Next
can"
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-18

Conference.-The Col. Harden met Col.
Pritchard, with $50 picked men and hor-
SEES of the 18th Michigan Harden followed
the trail directly south, while Pritchard
having fresher horses, pushed down the
Ocmulgee towards Hopewell, and thence
by Horse creek to Irwinsville, arriving
there at midnight on the 9th. Jeff. Davis
had not arrived. From citizen Pritch-
ard learned that his party were encamped
two miles out of the town. He made dis
position Of his men. and surrounded the
camp before day. Harden had camped at
. +. NJ: within ten miles, as he afterwards
learned from Davis. The trail being too
indirect to follow, he pushed on at 3 \.
NJ, and had gone but little more than one
mile when his advance was fired upon by
the men of the 4th Michigan. y fight
enSued, both parties exhibiting the great
est determination. Fifteen minutes elaps-
cd before the mistake was discovered
The firing in the skirmish was the first
warning Davis received The captors re-
ported that he hastily put on one Of his
wife's dresses, and started FOR the woods,
closely followed by our men, who at first
thought him woman; brt, seeing his
boots while he was running, they suspec-
ted his sex at once. The race was short
one, and the rebel president was soon
brought to bay. He brandished bowie
snife, ana Tho bowed signs Of battle, but
yielded promptly to the persuasion o.
Colts revolvers, without compelling the
men to fire. He expressed great indigna
ton at the energy with which he was
pursued. saying that he had believed our
government too magnanimous to hunt
down women and children. Mrs Davis
remarked to Col. Harden, after the ex-
element was over that the men had better
not provoke the president, or he might
hurt some of them. Regain behaves himself
with dignity and resignation. The party
evidently were making for the coast.
j. IL. WILSON, Byt. Maj. Gen.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-18
From Texas.

Houston (Texas) papers of April 22d
contain call for mass meeting in that
city. "t2 take council in regard to meas
ures for resisting and defeating our enc
mics in view or the recent disaster in Vir-
einia." The News concludes its article
on the call for the meeting as follows:--
"All that is now left fol- us to do is to
prove to the enemy that q nation OF free
men are capable of prosecuting war of
selfdefence Indefinitely, for generations
to come, and are determined to do so soons
err than accept terms that would disgrace
a nation of slaves"
Much excitcme 1T exists in that state
over the approaching state election
About dozen names are up for COVER
nor.
Robberies and murders are of daily oc-
curencc in all parts off the state, and the
slaves in Huston are so impertinent and
bold that ladies are afraid to walk about
the streets.
The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1865-05-18
National Debts and L. $. stocks

The creation of national debts is not a
modern improvement, but the ability Of a
great nation to provide for great debt,
and to make it the most convenient and
best form o. persoa.@:,, nroncrtY, is mdern
wonder The debt OF Great Bri.iaG was
begun by raising million sterling by loan
in 1892, and when her great contest with
Louis XIV. was terminated, the debt had
reached fifty millions. Many statesmen
and economists were then alarmed at the
great burden which had been imposed up
on the industry of the country, but when
the war Of the Austrian succession had
swelled this amount to eighty millions,
Macaulay says that historians and orators
pronounced the case to be desperate. -
But when war again broke out, and the ma
tional debt was rapidly carried up to one
hundred and forty millions, men of theory
and business both pronounced that the ia
tai day had certainly arrived. David
Hume said that although, by taxation its
energies to the utmost, the country might
possibly live through it, the experiment
must never be repeated, even small in
crease might be fatal Granville said the
nation must sink under it unless some por>
ton of the load was borne by the Ameri-
can Colonies, and the attempt to impose
this load produced ,he war of the revolu-
ton, and, instead Of diminishing, added
another hundren millions to the burden.
Again, says Macaulay, was England Civ
en- over, but again she was more prosper
Gus than everibefore But when a. the clos
of her Napolconic wars in 1916, this debt
had been swelled up to the enormous sum
Of over eight hundred millions sterling, or
four thousand three hundred million dol
lars, or nearly one half the entire property
Of the United Kingdom, the stout est
heart, the firmest believer in national pro-
gress and national development, might
well have been appalled,. But in the very
face of this mountain of obligation, to
say nothing of her vast colonial possessions,
the property Of the British nation
has been more than trebled, and her debt
is now charge of but l24 per cent
against it, All that Great Britain has
done in paying her debt, we shall do, and
ulOlt. Nltu OuiS. I nave VAST JcTrIIO
ries untouched by the plow, mines of al
precious metals Of which we have hardly
opened the doors, population full of life
energy, enterprise and industry, and the
accumulated wealth of money and labor Of
the old countries pouring into the lap O.
our giant and cver-to-be>united republic
| During the fcrccst and most exhaustins
of ali possible wars, we have demonstra
ted our national strengthened all tn,
world over, national strength is but anoth
er name for natlon.l credit. Gas good a
United Socks" will soon be synonymou
the world over with 'as good as British
CousolS.' For our part, we think U
5. Treasury note, bearing seven and tire
tenths annual interest, is just as mucl
better than British Consols as the rate o
interest is higher. Some of our timi
brethren, who shipped their gold to Lon
don and invested in consols, are now gla
to sell out and invest at homo at roun,
loss,-and serves them right.-New Kork