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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1871-04-28


sense of shame in their recital. Moth
ing but my duty TO the State could in
duce me TO bring before the country a
review of facts so derogatory to the bet
crnature Of this people. For ten years,
however, they have been held below
the high estate of their birthright of
freedom 10y a domination of the bayo.
net, and this enforcement having brok-
en- down their old habit of free obedi-
Cnce, offers some explanation of their
past turbulence And that love that
runs in the blood of our race for free
Government begins, am proud TO say,
10 assert itself under civil law in the
gratifying promise of the comparison
of the last half year OF military power
with the last half year-the only half
year of actual trial-of civil power. But
the humiliation of the recital of crimes
OF my own people having been in
CURED; | must now insist that the re-
cital shows conclusively that, compared
with the government of the bayonet,
the government of law i'm Mississippi
is, up TO this hour, pregnant with prom
Use of obedience and order. And toput
that conclusion i'm still another form, L
pledge my honor rs man before the
whole country that, save OH the border
of Alabama, / can at this moment re-
call hut single instance of Ku-Klux
outrage in this State for the last six
months; whereas the Commanding
General, Ames, gives character to the
military administration of the year pre-
ceeding my Inauguration, when he re-
Prts TO General Sherman about the
first of September, 1863, that he believ-
ed that the Ku-klux were thea at.
tempting TO create q reign of terror.
During the writing of this commune
cation, the following letter, addressed
to colored member of The Legislature
of this Safe, has been placed in my
bands:
WASHINGTON, March -, ISL.
"Thc Hon. c. T. Norris, Jackson, Mss:
Dear Sri send you a copy of my
speech. You will see that take issue
with the Governor.
al talk as / did when / held hi.
place. 1t seems to me that, were il
iis place now, with the power he say
he has, 1 would give the protection
did then, and not have my friends xii
Ell 10y tens aud hundreds, as they al
being killed now
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AfEA1Rs rtt'ruRopE;., !
n. h ssttE 81
| explosion OF q Powder Maanzsuc bvs IA, 4.

- Explosion Of q Powder Magazine byfL ;ri..
tt5s1x 1881 ming. ssfos sjfiz e: -.
!, v, Gaisa ssNs, sGHEsCe, Aug. a8.-Durino 4
sn .ys1lt Storm which passed over Tard;s
str,,a,s on tne Turkish frontier. os,fnfns ;
win sa &C. powder magazine, which syfsioied
nrn,,a usrElnle effect. The dessr,,cfisn ~
ants. ~ VAS very great, and the I'm III; r.
co,sn. were terror-stricken and AT " ~ ~
r.;a. Foreign Miscellany. ~
IN tha ne DO has resigned lIis saat 90 !,
napa as french Assembly. hacs,s aS ny uepnty
fanar s ar has decided tnA ~. ne
q eons " making the Assembly non ILL., IN
constituent assembly. now sitting
irha p' Esn. visited Chatham satur,av
iourn on tha 1t assembly, ss will probably adj.
= The State siege in the ,dana.t,,a. =.
armed. ouard ls dis
The Blancos rebellion In IJrno,,,,,.,.
crushed, and amnesty proclaimed.
Inc police and populace of Rome, have
1 nua q conflict, in which one person WA,
hf ir; and two wounded.
aIe ,dovernments of Great Britain ant
Ine - hlted states have chosen Count Inio
NoIu as The third arbitrator nj Genev,
unoer the Washing ton treaty. = :
II Is positively announced that the FIN
petors OF Germany and Austria will NEE
at ISsaIzebourg soon. WI" Eit,es
-, me reports of Beust's retirement from
Tue Austrian Ministry are groundless : o'l
AN entry Of the Carlists into Spain Is i'm
minent. Five heavy. columns Of troan
nave peen sent to the frontier, and the ciyi
guard concentrated. = -
Inc Archbishop of Madrid decides tina
Tue clergy shall refuse the sacrament (,
persons married by civil rite. =
all parties in the French Assembly mr.
dissatisfied with the leaders. =
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yellow Fever I'm s,har,e.,ou a g.

WILMINGTON, N. G., Aug. 26.-A tele-
gram received from the Mayor of Charles
ton this morning says the yellow fever IS in
Charleston, and the Board Of Health think
it has assumed epidemic form.
The through trains have been discontin-
ued between Wilmington and Charleston
passengers now changing cars ut Florence
The sleeping.cars are not allowed TO run at
all between the two cities.
|LATER-rRECAUTIoNS IN WILMINGTON, N. c.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Aug. 26.-Our city
authorities have issued an order, of which
the following is an extract: "No person
from Charleston will be allowed to stop
within the corporate limits Of this city, and
no person who may visit Charleston, from
this city, will be allowed to return during
the continuance of the yellow fever in
Charleston"
New YORK, Aug. GA dispatch from
Charleston, abiding to the progress of the
yellow fever, says the declaration of the
Medical Society is considered by leading
physicians, including the health officer, as
an extreme statement. Many of the cases
OIL which it was based were doubtful. The
health officer does not consider that the
facts in the case justify him in Withholding
clean bill of health from the New York
steamer which Sails to-day. T..
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STEAMBOAT LINES.

-
NEW SCHEDULE.-FoRs,T I'm
~ JAMES AID CHlCKA
n ISlN1 RIVERS The fast and elcasnt side.
,ssLSoH, wilt leave her wharf at Racketts frnv-
n Mns Company's Steamboat she'd for Kings
s Mii, ,1 ssn GROVE whlrves on TUESDAYS and
pa URpAfS at o'clock "A. NJ, CONNECTING
vi the O'Clock train at CITY Point for Peters,
'Sw9irg; ,hs,e,nrning Will leave Grove wharf and
O. Shs,s MIL ON WEDNESDAYS and MONDAYS
landings each way. =. 'Ao A>s aA"A
WIN leave her wharf at Rocsetts for Binn's
O'Clock A. M, connecting at City Point with the
oc.3ck train from Petersburg, touching at ali the
ieeu,ar ianolngs ON james river down to Dill
tard,s wharf and all regular landings on Chicka-
n s1iHy. Returning, win leave Binn,s on FRI-
Freight received daily. Freight for Chicka-
hominy received OH Wednesdays.
Al frelghis to way landings must be prepaid.
For further particulars, apply 70 Captain on
au 70 at POuhatan Steamboat heds.
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correspondence of the Richmond D,spatch. ]

r,,,rrcsnondsnce Of the Richmond Dispatch.1
PETERSBURG, Aug. Is. 1871.
Tho preliminary examination had this
,,,,rninc Of the two negroes Malone and
Wyr;cbI. charged With making a inurderous
n,sa,,t Yesterday on an old negro watermel-
,-yrndcr named Nat. Williams, developed
,,,o novel features Of rascali.y and yio-
1,,'co The first statement that gained cir
",,,,,;on in regard to the cruel attack was
,hat the men bought melon OF Williams :
rrnucht il back because it was sick; +"
and attacked him because he refused to take
i back and refund the money. 1t seems,
however, that the sick watermelon was
hnucht by another negro boy who grum'
hlcd. 1t is true, because he couldn't recover
hi. funds. hut went his way without fight
;nr or even making threats. These two
villains, hearing the conversation passed,
afterwards returned and personatcd the
n,.n who bought the melon. and attacked
thc old man because he would neither
Give them money nor melon. They beat him
aver The head aud eye with a large stone,
and nearly broke his leg by blow with
y heavy plank. One OF the negroes was ar.
rested hy colored men working in the fac
tow with him. They are very indignant TO
wards the mscrcantS, who are both await
inc trial. locked up in Jail. Tho wounded
man l. not vet 3t'lt W ttStitN hSotnab theip
Col. Platte has flown north again. His CO
lorcd constituents did not give him very
hearty reception. Platte mukes money hanc
over hand, and don't divide. The "trnoly
lnil" don't so much object to the making .
money as they do to the Keeping of tht
same. They bore himinto Congress by then
ballots and on their backs, and he fails Il
rcciprocatc or even To remember the favor
l.u not your trust in carret-hagSers. The
Radicals Will probably run 4 native mex
time for Platte place. However, the part,
over here is much split up and dscordant
They Will not easily agree on any one linz
Of action or any one leader. Heaven sent
thtt their discussions may result in the re
demp,rn Of the city from their thrall! {.
There is considerable feeling here tina
the legislature should do something for TIT
relief OF Petersburg from the yoke of Radl
,al and negro rule which rides her bowed
neck The hlirthrn becomes heavier ant
more oppressive every day.
Nevertheless. the business of the town
thanks to the enterprise and intelligence o
cur mcrchants-appca to increase ever,
,!av. Real estate, also. is rising in value
\ number of sales Of land around the cit.
have been lately made, and they show
Use in the figures.
\ negro boy swallowed 4 tin whistle Fri
DIV. and at last accounts it was still IN hin
anu lNo doctors fishing for il.
ROBIN ADAIR.
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! ABOVE THE SToRM-scENE IN TIE BLUE
RIDGE MoUNTAINs.-A correspondent OF
the Washington Patriot recently slept upon
the top of Apple Orchard-the highest OF
| the Peaks of Otter. He says:
There was no visible object out of our
| freight, and the gtlsty wind fought the
gnailed and situated trees, whistling and
clustering. With "a transition surprisingly
easy, made q midnight storm at sea out
of it, and almost felt the mountain lurch-
ing like a ship. Soon the stars found va
cant sky in the zenith, and then was at
the bottom Of some deep abyss, whose
walls were miles Of fragments of the RUNE
world. Shortly the sky grew generally
clear, things looked NATURAL l laid myself
cold walked me in utter darkness. The
shy was again overcast; and the win d,
higher than before, had blown our fire Oh
the mountain to the last spark. w e quickly
kindled another, and Tom, again going to
sleep, left me sole witness of some OF the
subimest spectacleS ] ever beheld. Far off
from the northWestward i dark, low mass
Of cloud slowly advanced i'll line across
our front, but below our level Frightening
bctimcs with lightning. The first thunder
felt before could hear, and when after
wards the SOuQu WIS auuiDle, IL was Va q
depth OF bass that might have been bot
tom of natures unimaginable diaphson,
and the tremor of the huge mountain was
indescribably awful, distant as was the
storm. The moon, rising behind the cloud,
silyered its upper border, and ere long
mounting above it, the storm became a vast
bridge Of light, from whose dim, dark
arches below the lightning fl ished and the
rolling volumes of thunder issued.
Perhaps an hour was occupied by this
colossal exhibition. The pleading rain
crow. whose hap!ess notes had been awak
eued by the proximity OF a storm. sobDed
on, but the cloud passed without touching
us. was about turning to our nloss-hed
again, when bright flash attracted me to-
wards the southern heavens, where found
still the long, bright track Of meteor. l
watched ,and soou their came great numbers.
Judge the hour to have been about 3 in the
morning. The meteoric shower became
magnificent, though not noteworthy, per-
haps, to the scientific meteorologist. /
think mus. frequently have seen rs many
rs fifty ut once; but what wns most re-
mar kable to me was their apparent near
ness, for most of them were OF extraordi-
nary splendor, particularly at the moment n
Of extinction. y III. y 4
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the = GataSa.1-nI was sitting here. > said
the Judge, "in this old pulpit, holding
court, and we were trying o big, wicked
looking Spanish desperate for killing the
husband of bright, pretty. Mexican wo-
man. 1t was Q lazy summer day, aud an
awfully long one, and the. witnesses were
tedious. None Of US took any interest in
the trial except that nervous. uneasy devil
If woman-because you know how they
love and how they hate !; and this one had
loved her husband with all her might. and
now she had boiled it all down into hate,
and stood here splitting it at that Sp1nlard
with her ewes. and I tell YOU she would stir
me- I'M. too, with little OF her summer
lightning occasionally.
g Well. had my coat of and heels up,
lolljng and sweating, and smoking one OF
those cabbage cigars the San Francisco
neonIe used to think were good enough for
ms in those times aud the lawyers all had
their coats off, and were smoking and
whiting. and the witnesses the same, and
so was the prisoner. Well, the fact was,
there wasn't any interest in a murder
trial then, because the fellow was always
brought in not guilty, the Jury ex-
Meeting him to do as much Tor them
some time; and although the evidence
was Straight anu euuaiS o"iu"o
Spaniard, we knew we would not CONVEX
him without seeming to be hieh-handed
and sort of rejecting on every gentleman
in the community. for there wasn't any car.
rage and liveries then. and the only style
there was, was to keep your private
graveyard. But that woman seemed 10
have her heart set ON hanging that Span
lard and you'd ought to have seen how
she would glare on him minute, ana then
look up at me in her pleading way, and then
turn, and for the next five minutes search
the iury's faces, and by and-hy drop her
face in her hands for just little while, as
she was most ready to give up, but out she'd
come again directly and be as live and anN-
ious as ever. But when the jury announced
the verdict not guilty, and ] told the prts-
oner be was acquitted, that woman rose UP
till she appeared to be as tall and grand rs
74gun Ship, and says she :.
"FJudge, do I understand you to say
that this man is not guilty, that murdered
nv husband without any cause before my
own eyes and my little children's, and that
all has been done to him that ever justice
and the law can do?"
"'Thc same says /.
"And then what do you reckon she did !?
Why, she turned on that smirking Spanish
fool like wildcat. and out with navy
and shot him dead in open court ]"
.'That was spirited, l am willing to adj
NIT"
"Wasn't it, though ?" said the judge,
admirinGly. ~ adjourned court right on
the spot. and we put on our coats and went
out and took up collection for her ami her
cubs, and sent them over the mountains TO
their friends. All, she was a-spirited Wo-
man."
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Mr.. MECHI ON THE SEWAGE OF LARGE
Townsville Lodge Farm, at Barking, if
rigated with London sewage, has been
visited by Mr.. j.. j. Mech, who writes:
.'t The luxurious appearance of the crops
confirms the report that made of my visit
iu 1870. The distribution of sewage was
on the broad-bed principle.and as the crops
were even formed an opinion favorable to
that mode of distribution but on reflec-
ton am led to suspend my judgment on
that point for it was stated that on the
sitter portion of the farm 1900 tons OF
sewage produced as good Il crop as 5000
tons on the more loose and friable soil, thus
indicating Il probability that some swallow
holes or loose veins in the friable soil may
have absorbed the sewage in passing
over them. The stream of sewage mean-
ders gently among the growing crops
of vegetables ut the rate of 500 tons per
acre each dressing Most of those crops
receive five dressings during the period Of
their growth. ...
The Lodge Farm in one year receives as
much sewage rs London produces in one
day therefore it would require an area $50
times the size Of the Lodge Farm, or at
least 0,O00 acres, to utilize the, whole
of the London sewage. Much more
than that might be sufficiently fcrlillzed,
seeing that LondouerS consume annually
the average produce Of about six millions
of acres, and the London horses require
about another million to feed them. The
sewage question is advancing rapidly. The
great city of Birmingham 100000 inhabi-
tants) has wisely secured The concurrence
of Goyernment 10 bill which it is about to
apply for, to take large area OF land, with
power to mortgage it for seVenty-tive years.
The effect of this will be to enable the town
to derive the full benefit OF the increased
value or rental of the land, which invariably
follows the application OF town sewage,
without raising a heavy rate for the pur-
chase of the land. When will London,
Manchester, and other great cities do like
Wisew
land the small city of Richmond?]
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land the small city of Richmond?]
THE TORNADO IN CONNECTICUT. The N

THE TORNADO IN Commemorative New
Haven Journal of this morning says:
During the storm of Thursday morning
a tornado or WhirlWind formed at some
noint southwest Of the Whitneyvile
Church. Proceeding in direction little
North of East, it gathered force and took Il
somewhat eccentric track about four rods
wide. Where cornfelds were struck the
corn was crushed to the ground, and occa-
sionally limbs were torn from trees. The
point on the Hartford turnpike where the
tornado passed was at the residence Of
Mr.. Davis, three miles from New Have n.
Here the cutters were stripped fro m
the barn, and out-houses were taken up
bodily and moved about eight rods. Hen
GOODS and loose lumber were thrown in all
directions. fences were injured, and general
confusion created. This was at 3 o'clock A,
NJ. Proceeding from this place, the rush
ing air twisted limbs from trees ut the road
side, One willow, foot in diameter, was
broken off near the ground, carried several
rods, and its branches scattered in every
direction. Inquiry failed to elicit lnlorma.
ton OF special damage by the WhlrlWlnd
until the meadows through which the GUM
nipiack river flows were reached. Here
some stacks of hay were thrown down and
others taken up and moved some distance.
Crossing the Airline railroad at point
near what is to be the Moutowese station.
about four miles from New Haven, a pile of
lumber containing about 10000 feet was
gscattefed in all directions.
"A few rods eastward trees were torn up
by the roots and moved some distance. The
barn of J. o. Eaton and son, in the imme-
date vicinity, soon came in the Whlrl-
Winds course. The roof was lifted entire
from the barn, and carried some fifteen
rods, and thrown to the ground shattered
mass. West of the barn a shed twelve by
sixteen feet was completely demolished;
even the heavy stone wall of the cellar was
broken in. A carriage-holIse and horse-barn,
twenty by thirty-five feet, was shattered
in, roof and walls, the lumber and boards
being scattered for rods around. Four wa
CONS in the building were entirely ruined.
One was top buggy, costing $50 but
few weeks since. Wheels, axles, springs,
and woodwork alike were smashed. Hay
was scattered about, some being carried
half d mile to the MiddletoWn turnpike.
At point near the Middletown turnpike
4 chestnut tree nearly two feet in diameter
was torn off near the ground, and limbs
from other trees were scattered about.
Here the force Of the tornado seemed to
have been spent, as no damage can be heard
of beyond this point. Passing over SO eX-
tended q course, it is matter OF wonder
that no more damage was done. y -
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,epaotaiatT II Il ss ! Z MN Yoar rbe

/ 1SSte ~ q
FL DRoUaHT IN w EsrERs Ngw York Tho
Rochester Unionof the path eays
The Gehesee river nG'tbe present tisne ia
1Iterallv n thing of the past the eh.r,s,a, ;s
there, hut where is the wateri Il Never in
the recollection OF the q Oldest inhabita ant y
has there been ,snch sdrnllg ht as now ss,lch
acarcity ,of water. The mills and manu-.
factories on the race on the east side df the
river are idle, no water to turn the wheels.
In The rear Of the police station the rock IS
bare. nearly the whole distance across, and
wnter enough to supply the steam-engincs
in the manufacturers is difficult and ex-
pensive to obtain. There tsnot drop, or
scarcely drop, OF water going over the
High Falls. The water in Browns race Ia
oiiva ten inches 10 depth. The Touring
mills opernte slowly during the dny shut
down at night. so % TO permit the other
factories then to do little something.
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Marine Disasters.

FORTRESS MONROE, August 26.-The
schooner Marion is ashore OH Body Island.
The e. T. Dunbar" has been abandoned
at sea.
The steamer Resolute, from Body Island,
reports that the weather was too rough to
get the Marion of, and the sea being too
heavy to boat the cargo to the steamer, it
had to be landed on the beach. About
thirty tons of cotton ties were landed on the
beach. She was then pumped out, but filled
again, owing to the rough weather. The
Resolute left the steamer B. g. l.. Baker?with
her and returned for another steam pump,
and goes back tonight, and if the weather
iaVors Will save both cargo and vessel. The
Marion was from Liverpool for Boston. with
crockcry, Be- -.
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The Cotton Crop In North Carolina
Gloomy kepOrss.

GoLDsBoRo', N. c., Aug. 26--Very
gloomy but reliable reports reach the Caro-,
lima Messenger (newspaper) from nearly all
parts Of the counties in Eastern North
Carolina of great damage to the cotton crop
from the rust. Much alarm prevails among
the planters. The prospects, which were
good few weeks ago, are now very
unfavorable, especially in the counties of
Dauphin, Lenoir, Greene, Johnston, vii.
son, and Pitt. In these counties the
drought and rust will cut the crop short
fully One-thrd from last years receipts.
Similar accounts are given by gentlemen
who have recently passed through the more
western co untieS.
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FORT OF RICHMOND. AUGUST 2s, 1871,


ARRIVED
Steamer john Sylvester. Clifford. Norfolk mcr'
clandise and passengers, l.. y. Tatnm G GO.
chandise and passengers, j. w. Wyatt.
Schooner; Flying Scud, Owens. Alexandria
wheat, G aliego Mills.
Schooner Sarah and Maria, Ham, Rockland
line, A. S. Lee.
SAILED,
Steamer Pal!sade, Nelson, Chtckahomlay. mer-
chsndise and passengers. -
Steamer Aibemarle Couch. New York, mer'
chandlse and passengers j. w. WYATT.
schooner NarciSsa, Bnntii =, baltimore, via
York river, lumber Curtis L Parker
schooner Rebecca Knight, Bartlett, James river
to load wood.
SCHOONER Breeze, Nelson, New York, granite,
Curtis K Parker.
Schooner Riddle. Armstrong, Newport News
via O5bornc's, coal, Curtis & Parker. =
Schooner Caspar Iefl, shoe, Trenton, N. d
yia James river. wocd, Curtis Parker
schoorer Sarah Loutsn, Patterson, Baltimore
via James river, lumber, Curtis Il Parker.
Schooner George Holt, Lippincott, hew YORK,
via James river. wood 49,
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From San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-The Hong.
Kong, thirty days from Yokohama. has
arrived with teas for the Atlantic seaboard
on through bills of lading; the first cargo
shipment thus made. %
Officers telegraph from South California
Tor more troops, stating that an Indian war
is inevitable. ~.
The Colorado, from Panama, has arrived,
All well. 1'.>"'
The rumor that General Crook has been
Killed by the Apaches. Is discredited.
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Domestic nIarlets-IBy Tn, 49, a.,


NEW YORK. Aug. 26.-Cotton dull and non,,
nal SAFE, 373 bales; upiands, l8c Flour-Cyom
mon to fair extra, s5.9a4D ss good to choice a.,
@S9., w heat closet heavy: winter red we fsrT
saaagSt41. Com heavy and lower at ergo Po-E
quiet. Groceries steady. = 49, 1Ieisn'0
BALTIMORE. Aug. 2s.-virsinis,s, old. sai hid !.
sos, % bid 70 asked; coupons old, sa5 bid. N'
Flour hsst ac aCse a ana Urn prices unchanged
diana, sl.s5@SLss; PennsyIyAnia,, 81 sGsl.aL,
Corn white, 72976c.; yellow. 8s07ai. Oats firm
92c. 49, .r = to- -. ''A1
WMMiNGToN, N. c.. Aug. 2s.-Spirits turpen.
tine strong at 47c. Ifosin firm IS for No. /: Ss 90
$a..5for yellow dip and $3.50 for virgin. Az
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 2s.-Flour quiet :; extra fam.
lily. Is so. Corn. steady. Provisions hrmer, win
light OF der dem and. Wbiskey, 90c. -
ST. LOUIS, Ang. es.-FIour easier winter an.
pc, fine. $3.7s@W.i5 Corn firm. Whiskey. Doc.
Pork, $I2 so@sla. Observation-Disclosures, etc. clear
sides, i3@Sc. 6E.i -