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THE DAILY SUN
Thursday Morning. ....June 29.
The Rome Courier on the
Departure.
New
To Our Exchanges.
e. 7.® 11 j
We will be greatly obliged to our
exchanges if they will state that Hon.
Alexander H. Stephens, the Political
Editor of The Sun, has not removed
to Atlanta, but still resides in Craw-
fordville, Georgia, and should be ad
dressed at that place. Letters on
business connected with The Sun of
fice should net be addressed to him ; 1
only such as relate to the politics of
the paper, or political communica
tions intended to be published in our
columns, should be sent to Mr.
Stephens.
All letters on business should be
addressed to the Manager, Mr. J.
Henly Smith, Atlanta, Ga. • .‘
If all our exchanges will oblige us
in this respect we will cheerfully re
ciprocate the favor at any time.
From the Mobile Register, June 23d. '
Alex. H. Stephens.
Mr. Stephens comes to the front as
a political journalist, and assumes
control of the political columns of
The Atlanta Sun. We copy his
salutatory in another place. He
starts on his well-known ground of
Jeffersonian Democracy, and while
he says nothing about parties and
“new departures,” he makes known
the principles he will advocate and
defend. Nothing is more true than
his declaration that “the great living
issue” now before the people of the
United States, is between consolida
tion, centralism and empire on one
side, and the sacred, sovereign right
of local self-government'by the peo
ple of the several States on the other;
or, in other words: The great question
is, “whether the people ol‘ these
States are to live under a government
of laws or a government of bayonets ”
This is the great, practical, absorbing
*living issue/ at this time.”
We suppose that there 'snot an ad
vocate of the “new departure” in this
land, who will not subscribe to this
declaration. And the question be
tween them and men of Mr. Ste
phens’ view’s, is whether it is better
to join battle with the Radicals in
1872, directly, on this true and living
issue, or to hold it in abeyance as a
politic device to flank the Radicals
out of power. Our judgment and
our tastes all favor the attack in front,
with vizor up and our 'true flag fly
ing. We believe honesty is the best
policy in party warfare, as elsewhere.
We think it quite as easy, (and pre
fer that course), to whip the Radicals
in open fight on their blunders and
crimes, as to Ku-Klux them while
pretend in" to endorse their amend
ment frauds. _ v
. ; J Radichl Morality.
The morals of the South Carolina
Radicals must be deplorably had.
The New York Tribune, of a recent
date, says: “Incidental to a report of
thie status of ex-Congressman Bowen,
convicted of bigamy, we have a shock
ing account of the Second Congres
sional District of South Carolina,
While Bowen, who. claims the seat oj
the District, is in jail, it is charged
that DeLargc, sitting member, pro
cured his certificate by frauds, prac
ticed by three managers of election;
and these managers have been tried
and convicted of fraud; that ballot
box stuffing was common at the late
election; that other managers are on
trial for misdemeanor; and, finally,
that further damaging evidence re
main behind. The Second- Congres
sional District of South Carolina, it
is clear, is in a pitiful need of mis
sionaries.” A* * ,
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
,XI A Boston newspaper expresses great
and pitying indignation at a specta
cle witnessed in a street car in that
city—eleven men sitting selfishly, and
one woman standingup—with a baby.
This will not be an uncommon sight
while companies undertaking to ac
commodate the. public with seats do
not run cars enough, and labor under
the impression mat the capacity of
those which they do run is unlimited.
Most men would gracefully have
yielded to the united influences of
woman and baby, and abdicated the
place, but the eleven who would not
yield, it must be confessed, only stood
u P°n their legal rights, or rather sat
upon them. It’s the companies that
make the men selfish.—AT. Y. Tri-
l fMM •*“*"**
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From iho Mftcon Telegpaph, 27th.
At the meeting of the stockholders
of the Macon and Western Railroad
in this city .yesterday, 18,261 out of
the 25,000 shares of stock were rep
resented. A resolution instructing
their Directory to consummate the
lease to the Central Railroad in event
the decision of the Supreme Court
should permit, or otherwise to con
form their action as nearly as possi
ble to that result, was debated and
passed by 11,03G votes against 7,225.
From th« CartersTUle Express, 27.
There is an old negro woman resid
ing near this town who has given
birth to twenty-seven children, the
youngest one being about two months
old. “ How high ish dat.”
WVhave watched, with . I^ferest, par
taking of curiosity and amusement, the
course and the progress of the “New
Departure.” Its very name is suggestive
of a recreancy to principle, for the policy
and the principles of modern politics are
but the same—a change of policy involves
a change of principle, and when the
great Democratic party of the nation con-
sente to a HUiteriAl change of its policy, ip t
but paves the way for a corresponding
change in its principles. We are told
that the new departure is only a change
of policy, a mapping out of a new pro
gramme. whereby the time honored prin
ciples of party can be more expeditiously
vindicated. Aiwwt hmm ; ..—J
A change of base is sometimes neces
sary to military strategy. A change of
commanders is also oftentimes conducive
to good results ; but we never hear of a
change of colors unless there is treason
in the camp. The abandonment of our
flag is the abandonment of our cause,
and when one lowers his flag in the dust
he gives up the cause for which he
fought
..In this new departure we cannot help
but see a lowering of the colors—not a
change of policy, but a change of princi
ples ; not a change of leaders, but a bod
ily transfer of rank and file into the
camp of the enemy.
If the measures of the Republican par
ty are to be accepted as fixed facts, what
is there to distinguish the two parties
one from the other. If the principles of
Bntler, of Morton'and of Shallabarger,
are to prevail, instead of the doctrines of
Jefferson, of Madison, and.of Calhoun,
what is the use of a party organization
at all? If wo are not to fight them upon
the great questions of State sovereignty,
vs. centralization and despotism, what
are we to fight upon ? If the new depar
ture means—as it can only mean—a de
parture from the principles that once gave
life and vitality to the Democratic party,
what is the use of urging any one to fall
into its sweep, for it only leads into Re
publicanism, and if it is for the purpose
of strengthening the principles of that
party, it would perhaps be best to step
at once into its ranks, and become a part
of its organization.
These can be only one object in.mnin-
taining the Democratic organization, un
der the new departure, and that would
be to oust the ins, and to place the outs
i a. This object is a very poor one, hard
ly worthy the serious eftorts of a great
party. The emoluments of office only
benefit the incumbents, and when no
principle is involved, cannot affect the
interest cf the people.
It is not that we want the laws admin
istered, and the country governed by our
personal friends, hut that we want them
administered and governed upon princi
ples of sound governmental justice and
truth. If there is to be no difference
in the principles of the two parties, we
can see no great reason that we should
exercise a preference for the candidates:
"We would not be understood as repu
diating the validity of the reconstruc
tion measures. They have, when brought
to the test, been declared valid by the
only power recognized in the govern
ment as competent to test their validity,
and as long as they remain unrepealed,
we are bound to submit to and obey
them.
If the new deperture intends to con
vey this principle, we can endorse it, but
if it goes beyond this, and claims that
being valid, they are at the same time
unalterable, irrevocable and final, then
we are free to confess that the new de
parture has attained a very wide and
wonderful deyiation from our ideas of
the true theory of the American govern
ment. It is a departure that we cannot
follow, because it carries with it the
abandonment of all that is true and good
in our government, and leads irresistably
into a centralized despotism.
And here again we are liable to be mis
construed, and the opposition that we
hold against the principle of Congres
sional interference with State preroga
tives, may be taken as an opposition to
the practical effects of that interference.
We do not object to negroe suffrage, if it
is conferred by the people of the States
themselves interested, but we do object
to it when forced upon us by the people
cf another and disinterested State.
■\ye give the foregoing article from
the Rome Tri-weekly Courier of the
24tli inst. our hearty indorsement
with this qualification: That the va
lidity of the “reconstruction meas
ures” have never yet been brought to
the test before tbe Supreme Court of
tbe United States. On all the points
under those acts yet brought before
that court, the decision lias been
against their validity. Such were
the ji’iilings of that court in the Mis
sissippi case, the Texas case, and the
case that went up from Virginia; and
such were -the rulings upon all the
cases involving the validity of the
That court has heretofore avoided
any decision upon the direct question
of the validity of the reconstruction
acts themselves. This is our"under
standing of that matter.
'V tha Daily Son of 7<me 29th.
Union Cot* Tenn^ June 28..
Thera was a terrible hurricane at Hick
man, making water-spouts in the Missis
sippi fifteen feet high, destroying the
Northwestern Railroad wharf boat and
warehouse, and unroofing many houses.
The damage amounts to 810,000.
MAYOR’S COURT—NO. 1.
A Scone la Court*—-HB Honor Agitated
_A Tale of Trne iovi?.
A 11 la . Reverting Thing*.
June 28.
The Supreme Court of Jackson deci
ded yesterday that the acts of County
Commissioners, nnder Radical role of the
State, are void, and warrants issued by
them are not binding.
Kail Hand Accident—Indian Bn id.
St. Loos, June 28.
A construction train on the Atlantic &
Pacific Railroad, having some fifteen la
borers on it, ran into a band car, near
W&s8elli&t, 60 miles from here, yesterday
morning. Six flat cars and all the labor
ers were precipitated down an embark -
ment 30 feet high, falling on broken
rock, which had been used for filling.—
George Saunders fell beneath one of the
cars, and had every bone broken. He
was instantly killed. Wm. Miller fell
head foremost against a stone, splitting
his skull, and died soon after. Others
are more or less injured, and it is fefjtad
some more of them will die. The wound
ed were placed on board the express
train from the West and brought to this
city. l wrfH tO imgi and tv
The Texas Union says there was an In
dian raid on Warren’s wagon train some
time since, in which seven men were
killed and forty mules were captured. It
was designed for the capture of Gen.
Sherman, of whose coming the Indians
had knowledge. When the attack was
made, one of the Chiefs was heard to
give an order to take General Sherman.
From tho Ciirtersville Express, 27th.
Rumpiit in a Court-Room.
4. * ^ Memphis, June 28.
The Appeal's special from Oxford,
Mississippi, to-day, referring to a diffi
culty that occurred in the Federal Court
on. Monday, says, “The Radical account
of the difficulty in the Federal Court here
was grossly false. CoL Lamar asked the
Judge of the United States District Court
to put a man, who was a witness for the
United States in a Ku-Klux case, under
bonds to keep the peace, upon the ground
that he was threatening peaceable citi
zens. While Col. Lamar was stating the
facts to the Court the man arose and ad
vanced toward him in a very threatening
manner, with one hand under his coat as
if to draw a pistol. Col. Lamar asked
the Court to require the man to take his
seat until he finished his remarks. With
out waiting for interference on the part
of the Court the man continued to ad
vance.
Colonel L. drew a chair upon him.—
The man then fell back and took his seat.
Great excitement from the District At
torney and others, for the arrest of Col.
Lamar, and for soldiers to come into the
Bar. ensued. ColonelL. said, “Ihave
committed no disorder. I have done
nothing to justify my arrest.” Then the
United States Marshal, with soldiers fol
lowing him, approached Colonel Lamar
and, as he was abont to lay hands on him,
Colonel L. struck him with his fist, the
Judge all the time endeavoring to restore
order. Very soon order was restored.—
When everything became quiet Colonel
L. apologized in a very handsome and
ample manner to the Court for striking
the Marshal, the Marshal having declared
that he did not approach him for the
purpose of arresting him. The Judge
accepted the apology and the Marshal
declared himself satisfied. <
The JYew French loan.
Versailles, June 28.
The Count de Paris arrived here to-
The success of the new French loan
has been tremendous. Advices from
Faubourg, Metz, Bordeaux, Rouen,
Lille, Marseilles and Harreall agree in
reporting the amoiint of subscription of
fered as far exceeding all anticipation,
Citizens of all classes vied with each
other in their anxiety to assist the Gov
eminent in the present emergency.
. llenperate Battle with the Coreant.
*" , London, June 28.
A dispatch just received from the
British Consul at Shanghai announces
that the United State forces, under ad
miral Rogers had gained a decided vie
.tory over the Coreans. The attack was
made on the 11th instant, the point
selected being the Corean strong-hold on
the Island of Dinghin. The mariners
landed in a corps, and immediately af
terward opened fire on the fort.
Coreans were in great strength and of
fered a most determined resistance to
the mariners, whose battery advanced.—
Volley after volley was poured into the
Coreans defending the entrance to the
citadel, and the Coreans, unable to face
the deadly fire, drew back. The move
ment was instantly observed by the Mari
ners, who instantly pressed forward .and
succeeded in forcing an entrance.—
They were met with a perfect shower of
spears, bullets and other missels, and,
though four of their number, including
one officer were killed and seven wound-
ed^ a desperate fight at close quarters en
sued, which resulted in a complete route
of the Coreans, with great slaughter,
Five hundred were killed during the con
flick It is thought that these valuable
losses will have a good effect.
The announcement in the London Ga
zette that ratifications of the Washington
Treaty have been exchanged is neither
I admitted nor denied by the c”* " 1 *-
of Mr. j but is believed to be correct,
as lie | The Civil Service Commissioners met
Dr. Leland on a: at the Interior Department to-day and
a pow-wow over the subject of re-
A. H. S.
Mortuary Census.
-While Ben Lattimer, colored was nor -by .the officials here
standing m the grocery-store m.i. J ,.
A. R. Hudgins, Saturday last,
said, “discoursing Dr. Leland
subject which was of considerabel in- j had
trust to dis whole immunity.” some ! * orm
of the boys desirous of having a little
fun, tilled his pockets with coffee,
lemons, oranges, etc. After Ben had
gotten through with the Doctor, his
attention was called to his pockets,
anti he was advised to run. Which lie
indignantly refused to do.' He said,
“I’m not gwiue to run: dey tried to
qevastiqate ray character; hut I
wouldn't run.” lie spoke for about
an hour, and such speakiug, we never
heal’d before, and wound up his re
marks by positively affirming that “if
ever I finds out who put dem things
in my pockets. I’ll prosecute 'em for
trigonometry, and Ben never preva-
ricates. -™—
Macon is eating Spring chickens
at from thirt^Jto raty cents a head.,, .
As anticipated by ns yesterday, his
Honor fully recovered from the faint
spell by which he was attacked, owing to
the skillful treatment of our eloquent
friend, Alderman Cassin, and appeared
fully alive to the importance of the trust
in him reposed. As he entered the Court
room he was taken back considerably by
the large and ItemMPeG-wf * j ^ ,
EXTREMELY FASHIONABLE AUDIENCE j
which was awaiting his advent. There
was manifested a disposition to cheer;
but Johnson, with his usual consideration
and forethought, bad given warning of
the extremely delicate condition of his
Honor’s nerves, which was sufficient to
repress all hoisy tokens of approbation.
One blonde lawyer, especially, seemed
anxious to honor the occasion with his
cane, but on our urgent remonstrance he
desisted. Johnson seemed to be too full
for utterance, and was extremely agita
ted.- He was trembling like an aspen
leaf, and bis face wa3 pole as death; but
bark! did ye not hear it? ’Twas but the
car, rolling o’er the stony street. On
with the evidence, and let oaths be un
confined. But‘vain the effort. Amaze
ment and wonder was depicted on every
face. A stamping noise, as of hurried
footsteps, was heard in the hall; Fitzgib-
bons flung the door open, exclaiming in
a brogue too rich for our imitation:
“See, the conquerring hero comes!”
when who should it prove to be but Tom
"Williams; known among the boys as
bismarck! v
Johnson’s face immediately assumed a
jubilant expression ; his heaving bosom
ceased to palpitate so rapidly ; he looked
mildly serene as though there was noth
ing rotten in Denmark now. His Honor
underwent a complete metamorphosis.
He looked an altered man. His face was
suffused with a confident flush ; his lips
were firmly set; his eyes sparkled with
unusual brilliancy. Congratulations pour
ed in upon Williams, and a special com
mittee of one was appointed to look af
ter his horse, which they found in the
yard, covered with foam. It was reason
able to infer that the rider had been on
official business, else he would have been
arrested for fast driving. Will ams, be
ing a business man insisted upon busi
ness being gone into right away. The
result was a demand for the presence of
A MEMBER OF THE SMITH FAMILY,
whose business is to catch the shadow
(vain work) ere the substance'fades. But
the course of photographing, like the
course of true love, never did run
smoothe, and has many ‘lafies to divert
the attention. Mr. Smith went to the
Kimball House, the day before, and had
a delicate attention paid him, by which
he did not choose to abide. He raised
his arm aloft, and with one fell blow,
shattered the hopes and destroyed the
plans of his fearful adversary. His
Honor sympathized .with Mr. Smith, and
allowed him to depart in peace, when the
shadow catcher.
o. B. LANE, ESQ.,
was politely requested to answer for his
conduct. It appears that Mr. Lane is
is also emulous of his profession, and is
not on good terms with Mr. Smith.—
Consequently, when he complimented
Mr. Smith on the evening previous; he
meant it for a gentle reminder of by-gone
pleasantries. Mr. Smith was not used to
Lane’s style of jokes, and resented the
attention very warmly—in fact, it was
hinted that he applied his fist to some
part of Mr. Lane’s person. The Son of
yesterday-was produced to throw light
upon the subject. Therefrom was read
a card, in which Kuhn & Smith state
that they don’t make pictures on Sun
day; " neither do they put the beer on
Hopkins by paying 850 fines. It was
here remarked that the beer was on
Smith now. Mr. Kuhn volunteered his
testimony, and said that lie wrote the
card in question. He wondered if Lane
would have spit'in bis face.
Counsel—It is fortunate for you, then,
that he did not meet you.’” '
Mr. Kuhn—Perhaps. I have not spo
ken to Lane for over four years. V- *
; . Counsel—Why ? "KbiJ P
Mr. Kuhn—Because I know him to be
a notorious liar !
Mr. Lane (jumping up hastily and step-
ingforward)—This is more than lean
bear. I will not be thus- insulted.
Mr. Kulin—I repeat^it.
.The Mayor—This must stop. I will
not'allow the court-room to he used for
the purpose of insults. I have the au
thority to enforce respect, and I will do
it. ' S will put the penally of the law on
the first man that violates order.
Mr. Kuhn—I was called before the
Grand Jury myself. I there, stated that
my own and Mr. Dill’s establishments
looked at Johnson, as much as to ay,
“ What a lot of naughty boys!” I 7/k
HON. DENNIS MEYERS,
a venerable looking old gentleman,
who associates with the “boys,"” has had
his case continued twice, and this morn
ing, Mr. O’Halloran, his left bower, was
sick, and he was not prepared for trial
without Mr. O’Halloran’s presence. In
consideration of his extreme age and
gray whiskers, his Honor allowed anoth
er continuance until this morning.
COL. JAMES BANKS
was puzzled about the attitude of affairs
ia France. He was studying whether it
would not be well to offer his sword to
the Count de Chambord, and reinstate
him upon the throne of his fathers;- but
he did not exactly feel right in throwing
the Due P’Anmale overboard, and was
therefore, sore perplexed. In this di
lemma, he went and took a drink of
somebody’s best,-and it went straight to
his head, and shoved out the Count and
the Duke, and his new-born babe. His
next recollection was in the calaboose,
with Johnson looking tenderly over him.
He was sorry; wouldn’t do the like again;
was never introduced to his Honor be
fore; would never be introduced any
more, (we here began to pity him); and,
flually, begged to be excused. His Hon
or reflected; Johnson cogitated; Wil
liams watched the fast drivers passing by
the window. The result of all this was
an entry of $10 and costs against the
penitent Colonel. /— - •
TBkVIS WILLIAMS j* ;• J
drives a cart. He looked upon the snn
and earth and said it was good, and fair
to. behold. He was not prepared just at
that particular time to invest in At
lanta real estate; but he u’as awfully
in need of a load of sand. He concluded
to get it off the street, and went to work.
A policeman intruded .upon his daily la
bor, and marched him off to the cala
boose. His Honor reasoned with Travis.
If he had been taking the sand off pri
vate property the owner might have shot
him. Travis wept at the probability. It
was fearful As he thought over the
matter he asked himself the question,
“HI had a been guzzled, who would
have cared for mamma now ?” His Hon
or thought pathetically, “ Who ?” Wil
liams, taking his eyes off the passers by,
murmured, “ Who ?” * Johnson heaved a
heavy sigh, turned his eyes heavenward
and repeated “Who?” When a crowd
of urchins at the door shouted, “The
Freedmen’s Bureau, of course. ” Travis
paid the costs.
MISS BELLA TANNER,
a beautiful and prepossessing female,
keeps a room of her own. Miss Amanda
Brown, equally accomplished and grace
ful, occupies the one adjoining. Of
course these ladies have gushing springs
of warm affection to bestow; but the dif
ficulty in this instance was, that the same
male biped was the recipient of both.—
Miss Bella enjoyed the felicity of his
company on Tuesday evening, and drank
in his protestations of love for her. Hr
exclaimed, “Qh, darling! I don’t know
what to do, I love you so !” whereupon
soft eyes met and lip met lip, as describ
ed by Moore and Byron. Miss Amanda
had been listening to this through a
“hole in the wall,” and could restrain her
ire no longer. She made her presence
known. The gentle Bella “cussed” her
in dulcet strains. “As I’m an angel,
your Honor,” exclaimed the timid Bella,
“I’m a very decent woman !” His Honor
looked upon Bella long and intently. So
young, so fair, so full of youth and pro
mise. H6 scarcely had the heart to fine
her, and evidently thought,
“Happy could I be with either,
Were t’other dear charmer awayl”
Johnson-looked'at his Honor, which
seemed to recall the situation to his mind
and he ordered $5 and costa.
His Honor adjusted his spectacles,
coughed, sat up straight in his chair and
announced himself ready for a' seige of
the Rolling Mill, rioters, the report of
of which will be found elsewhere.
Quite a large crowd assembled to see
how His Honor would dispose of the
Rolling Mill Rioters, " of whose antics we
made mention yesterday. ^ - -
The prisoners present, nine in number,
named Riley Smith, John Bell, J. Bird,
Squire Andrews, S. White, H. Hardy, two
brothers Kinnebo, and "Dick Andrews,
were a villainous looking set of men, and
seemed fib for any dark deed of blood,
treason or stratagem. The Rolling Mill
hands generally were present, to testify,
and seemed to enjoy the affair hugely.
B. H. Thrasher, Esq. was retained for
the defense, and the city was represented
by Mr. Newman. - bti jrr •*«*
. , ^ ... , r ,„ SQUIRE! ANDREWS,’ tt! M j - “
punters, and the volume will "be done on Sunday. Lane is below my no-: one of the mos^ villainous and stalwarth
Kud\ as coon as the work on popula- tice. * ; j negroes on the stand, charged with the
Tran, t e volume now printing is Thus the trial proceeded, in a manner, offi-uae of resisting an officer in making
, ms • he mortality tables will no doubt, interesting to those concerned.
)e ie moa complete and valuable L. ane looked rampant. Smith looked
MAYOR’S COURT—NO. ».
Tile Rolling Mill Rioters—Lively Occur
rences—How to 6et|,a Friend Out or
Trouble.
The Census Bureau has prepared —- -----— — —- -
samples of its mortality tables for the , were the only ones in which work is not j
' • Lane looked rampant/
ttus country. Each j stormy. Kuhn looked wrafchy. But His
of dUridihrr^f 1 ' 00 instead g OJlor looked severely dignified, and felt
ol dividing the country into sections, 1 J
and the periods will be shorter. The
confident to perform’ < his duty while
names of the diseases are grouped ttauked by WUliams and Johnsou ' The
scientifically as heretofore, and the counsel sfated that thur was » cas e of
per centage of unknown causes of
deaths is greatly reduced. Gen. Wal
ker, Superintendent of the Census;
leaves for Europe this week for the
benefit of his health.
assault and battery, and asked that it be
carried to a higher conTt for triad. Lane
was accordingly bound in the sum of
$500 to appear at the' next term of Ful
ton Superior Court, and His Honor
au arrest. Abont sixteen witnesses were
put on oath for the defense, and present
ed an extremely ludicrous appearauee as
they tried to reach the book at the same
time. They all managed to get a finger
in the pie, nevertheless, and when the
much abused volume was passed around
to do kissing duty, it suffered terribly.
The loud smacks could be heard dis
tinctly outside, and when it was passed
back into Johnson’s hands, it looked as
though a little washing would not be out
of place: "The witnesses were then sep
arated, and the facts elicited in the ex
amination were substantially as follows;
Mr. Smith, one of the foremen at the
Rolling Mill, discharged an obnoxious
colored employee. The negro refused to
consider himself discharged, however,
and Mr. Smith called upon Mr.Belcher, a
policeman appointed by Mr. Scofield but
sworn in by the Mayor, to eject the negro
from the premises. j| tifc—till
Policeman Belcher then requested the
negro to leave, and upon' his refusing to
do so, collared him. The negro still re
sisting, Belcher called on Mr. Jenkins.
Mr. Jenkins interfered, and in the scuffle
which ensued many of the negroes left
their work to come and stop the arrest.
Squire Andrews grabbed Belcher and
pulled him off the prisoner, threatening
if he persistad to bury him lower than
Hell. As this is a place Belcher holds in
great awe, he concluded not to provoke
Squire's further displeasure. In the
meantime the prisoner made his escape.
One of the colored witnesses,in describing
THE CHASE OVER THE HILLS,
said : “Dere was tree divisions of U3.
De fust was de cullud man running for
his very life, afeard he would be cotched.
De second was -de white brigade and de
policeman, who were trying to cotch de
fly-away nigger. Last dere war us black
folks, who made de tird division, a try
ing to cotch up tode second division, and
to see de fan. We run over de fields,
and was determined dat dere was enough
of us not to be run over.” Another wit
ness said the crowd didn’t use bad lan
guage, “’cause dey was all brother
Baptists.”
HIS HONOR IMITATES GRANT
in many things. In the progress of this
trial he became weary ; his eye grew
languid"; he looked upon Newman;
Newman looked upon him; an idea
struck them both; they treated each-
other, to cigars, and smoked during the
whole trial. No doubt fairy visions float
ed in the spiral vapor, and his Honor re
sumed his usual dignified empoinment.
Only once was his Honor’s temper ruf
fled, and that was when Mr. Thrasher,
he thought, was asking too many ques
tions. He told him he was very angry ;
Thrasher said he was sorry; his Honor
said he couldn’t help it. After a few
more words, the thing was settled by
Thrasher promising to ask only one ques
tion at one time. The whole brigade of
negroes swore one way of course, as they
always rest under the impression that
they are to swear out the man by whom
they are subpoenaed.
After the evidence was gone through
with, his Honor declared Squire Andrews
guilty of the offense charged, and sen
tenced him to thirty days on the street
force and fifty dollars fine—all of which
Squire paid. The case will be cerlioraried
to the Superior Court on the ground that
Belcher was not a regular policeman, not
having been elected according to the plan
laid down in the city code.
The other eight will be tried on Mon
day next. We hear that Mr. Scofield in
tends to discharge every man convicted.
They are a murderous looking lot of men
and richly deserve any punishment that
may be meted out to them.
AT THE CALABOOSE
an interesting scene might be observed.
The mothers, wives, etc., of the prison
ers came out in full force, and were gab
bling like a flock of geese at a mill pond.
In the evening the Rolling Mill hands
generally came down to see their caged
comrades, and raised money enough to
deposit $25 apiece for the eight prisoners
as surety for their appearance next Mon
day. nil ; -.vy-, : '_p-cv ■.»»■» -va
Tile Electric Telegraph in. 1787.
The following extract from Arthur
Young’s Travels is new, and will be
read with interest. It'is taken from
the Dublin edition of 1789, voL 1, p.
135. Mr. Young writes from Paris,
October 15, 1787 :
“In" the evening to Mons. Lomond,
a very ingenious and inventive me
chanic. * — * * In electricity
be has made a remarkable discovery;
he takes it with him into a room, and
turns a". .machine inclosed in a cylin
drical case, on the top of which, is an
electrometer, a small, fine pith ball;
a wire connects with a similar cylin
der and electromer in a distant apart
ment, and his wife, by remarking the
corresponding motions of the ball,
writes down the words they indicate,
from which it appears that he has
formed an alphabet of motions. As
the length of the wire makes no dif
ference in the effect, a correspondence
might be cai’ried on at any distance;
within and without a beseiged town,
for instance, or for a purpose much
more worthy and a thousand times
more harmless, between two lovers
prohibited or prevented from any
better commucation. Whatever the
nse may be, the invention is beanti-
*• «fct, dhre*Unx+m
Doubtless M. Lomond w r as over
whelmed by the revolution then im
pending. A man of genius and in
dustry, his only record is in the few
words of a curious Englishman. Con
trasted with the late ovation of Pro
fessor Morse, one cannot but feel the
incident pathetic. _
From the Macon Telegraph, 27th.
Judge Thomas S. Humphries, of
Jones county, died at his residence on
Saturday last, aged 70 years. He oc
cupied a prominent position in that
county for many years, filling success
fully the offices of Judge of the Su
perior Court,State Senator and Sheriff.
He was a worthy man, and his loss to
his family and neighbors will be felt
quite severely. .* JkTJV*
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