The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-27

diately on one pretext and another they de-
iayed their departure with their prisoner until
late In the evening. After being absent couple
OF hOurs they returned without him, and, on
Oelng questioned as to what had become Of him.
answered that he had got away from them in the
swamp and made his escape. This sounded like
a very unlikely story to the neighbors at the
time, but heGinnis character was so high, and
tne 9eeo suspected so terrible, that they could
not believe that 1t was not true. Six weeks have
since elapsed, but as yet not one word has been
heard OF the missing man. and every circum-
stance points in the most positive manner to the
con mission of horrid crime, and lays it at the
door OF Or. Payne and his confederates. Some
oil the best citizens of De Soto county have
united IN letter to General Ames setting forth
the facts substantially as related above, and
praying immediate action.
Ex-Governor Sharkey Expouuds the Conser-
vative Platform.
Hon. William L. Sharkey, of Mississippi has
published o letter presenting his views of the
relative claims OF the radical and conservative
Republican parties to the support of the people
OF his State. He says it is probable they alone
Will nominate candidates, no other party being
organized in the State for the approaching cam
pagni and although many of the people do not
harmonize in sentimentl with either of lthem,
they will all be called upon to make choice be-
tween them or remain passive. He then dis
cusses the acts ard principles of the radicals
from the Southern standpoint at great length,
and closes his letter as follows:-
The other party, known as Conservative Re-
publicans, has made no record as an organiZa-
tion in power, but still we have some evidences
by which to judge 1t. It's platform of principles
although in some respects il may be objection
able to many of us has an advantage over the
platform of the other party. 1t has more of the
spirit OF Judgment and liberality, and, | will
add, OF true patriotism. But, admitting that
this is not of itself a safe criterion, still it
stands fortified by facts which cannot be
doubted. In the first place, it is an opposition
party-a party which sprang out of opposition
to the extreme doctrines of the other party in re-
Sard to State politics only, and not in regard to
national politics, for both profess to be in favor
OF the administration, and in favor of carrying
ont the reconstruction measures. It's opposition
to the other party must, therefore, rest on the
extreme and illiberal, unpatrotic measures of
that party, delineated in that Constitution; it
has no other foundation to rest upon. 1t is also
very certain that some of the prominent mem
bers of the conservative party went to Washing
ton to prevent the forcing of the Constitution
upon us by Congress at the instance and by the
eXertions of the committee of the ultra radical
party, sent to Washington for that purpose.
know that these gentlemen did exert themselves
to defeat the object of the radical party
as pressed by its committee, and perhaps
1t is very much owing to their eXertions that
the radical scheme was defeated For this we
have reason to be thankful to them. 1t is GER
tain that one party was not in favor of the pro-
visions of the Constitution but in favor OF
having 1t forced upon us; and it is just as GER
| tain that of the other party some opposed the
whole scheme, and all their representatives re.
sisted the effort to force the rejected Constitu
tion on us, and this surely entities them to oul
support. No one can doubt that, by the success
of this party, we shall have more conservative
administration of our State Government and
| shall rejoice in its triumph over its rival.
w. L. SHARKBY.
Jackson, July 10, 1869.