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THURSDAY MOUSING SElTEMIiEK 14,
Cato’* I>ctter.
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We ask the special attrition of our
readers, to the letter of our W ashing ton
City correspondent, Cato, in our issue of
fo-dny. We commend it to all those
who do not see clearly our way out of
all the jolitical troubles now afflicting
the country, through the peaceful, but all
powerful reined’/ <f the ballot box.'
Well does Cato say, that “success in
repmlifttiug their exploded departure, are
yet active (it may be well enough sus
pected) in devising new schemes of di- j
vision.
In after years the surrender couteoi
plated by the New Departurists will be
accounted the most remarkable crime in
MAYOK’S COURT.
The Trade Pretty Pair
I the street after he had been ordered io
I remove it. The uuisince consisted in
i keeping his chicken coop on the side-
Vi'alk. Jo. said he did take it in for eight
Tuesday's proceedings. or * ctl days, until he saw John Rogers,
Yesterday the Book was opened, and Jno. T. Hagan and one or two Oi ers se
Jonsen held up twelve villainous-looking | their coops out again, and taen e pu
documents in his hand, which meant that; his out. The Gouit mildh pat the ques
the whole history of politics. The coa T
lition of Mr. Fox and Lord North was twelve of the offenders must come to tion to Jo.,
Can guilt in Carthage pardon guilt in Rom
Or vice in one iu another vice absolve?”
not Accompanied by a sacrifice of princi- time with their “scads.” The show opea-
ple properly speaking on the side <>{ e d with au introduction of the
either. It was, tHere!ore, to be classed >
among the mere stupidities of politicians;! smith family.
and look at its fate! But what is to be Smith! John Smith! Ah, a veritable John
said of men who, after a life-loug ad- j Smith was np for quarreling and fussing.
Jo. couldn't exactly tell, and as he was
not as long in “dish coontry ash Meester
Hagan and Meester Roogers” lie thought
he would follow their example. In con-
the next campaign” by the Democracy | ''er -nce, or pretended adherence, to con- j 0 ]j a was a £ price’s nigger saloon, and I sideration of ignorance of the law, and
, .. .... ., stitutiotfal principles, and distributive , , ,, . . , ° .... . •.
*‘nrw\n T.Iia nrnnpv rmnHHIO ninnp wtinw! I .... . 1 ... . , . . hu ami oimtltor m ottoy* rm o <yotyva r.T l tRonv wai»a **■»-* + r\ if orui oc ir
upon the proper principle, alone, would politibaI deliberately attempt to
furnish a panacea for all our troubles.”
A majority in the next House of Repre
sentatives, would itself, do the work—do
it peaof’hly and Constitutionality too. The
House holds not only the “purse strings,”
as Cato says, but they also hold the “//«-
peaching power." If Judges corruptly
ally themselves on the side of usurpa
tion and despotism, the people, through
their representatives, hold the rod of
impeachment over them.
One of the grounds of the impeach
ment, brought against Judge Chase
(soon after the Democrats came into pow
er in 1800, under the lead of Jefferson,
supported by such men as Bradford,)
was, that he had refused to permit the
law, on which a defendant in prosecu
tion relied for Lis justification, to be sub
mitted to the jury for their judgment
upon its merits.
As the friends of Liberty then held
and maintained, so we still hold and
maintain, that in all criminal prosecu
tions in this country, whether under “En
forcement Acts” or “Ku-Klux Bills,” the
jury constitutes a part of the Court, and
have equal Constitutional right to pass
upon the validity of the law, so-called, as the
Judge. Juries in this country are judges
of the law as well as the fuel.
With a Democratic House of Repre
sentatives, therefore, alone, radical Judg
es may be held in awe, if no more. But
with, a majority in the House, the bayo
net could no lpnger be used in the en
forcement of either unconstitutional acts,
. or “fraudulent amendments,”, existing
only “dofacto," not “de jure"—only by
might, and not by right.
This is the doctrine of the Blair-Brod-
head letter, which is said tp lie so Rev-
lulionary. But wherein is there any
thing revolutionary about it? Is it rev
olutionary io stop the unjust use of the
sword? And to stop it, too, “'in (heman-
ner and by the authority Constitutionally
appointed ?" This is the whole of the
“raw head and bloody bones” of the
revolutionary principles of the Bfair-
Brodhead letter, and the Democratic
Platform of 186S.
Sensible men cannot bo imposed upon
by any such stuff ns this, attempted to be
imposed upon them, as argument, by
those whose object is to get them volunta
rily to surrender their liberties.
We, therefore, repeat, Cato is right
when he says that “ success’-.by a popu
lar condemnation of the iniquitous usur
pations of the ruling Dynasty in the next
campaign, will prove a “ panacea;” and,
.we add, a euthanasia, “to oil our troubles.”
Lot the people not be deceived or
alarmed at any of the Radical howls
about the revolutionary character of the
remedy proposed. A. H. S.
W A SHINGTON ^CORRESPON-
DE1NCB.
universalize the dogma of the omnipo
tence of a rotten Congress! For at last
this is the upshot of the New Departure.
The “amendments” complained of are, in
fact, mere acts of a Congress, not legally con
stituted, and to say there i; no legal reme
dy—not even by repeal(for the “amend
ments” are sought to bo regarded by uni
versal consent as such) is to claim for that
body supreme, irrepealable authority over
tbe lives and liberties of a people boast
ing of their freedom, secured under the
strict forms of a valid written Constitu
tion. Hear what William Bradford, of
Massachusetts, (who had taken active part
in the formation of the Constitution) said
upon this subject, in 1798, when the Con
gressional usurpations of the Alien and
•Sedition Acts were discussed before the
people:
After the truths established by our revolution—
and In the blaze of political knowledge which illu
minates the close of the 18th century, I did not ex
pect to hear it affirmed in a republican government,
that the supremo power resides in the Legislature.
It resides only in the people who have delegated
ceit&in portions of it to the different branches of
government. Properly speaking, neither of these
is superior. They are in one sense equal and co ord •
nate—The legislature it controled by Vie Constitution;
and to the Judiciary the people have intrusted the
power or interpreting the laws. And as the Consti
tution is the supreme law, the courts in the exercise
of their iunetions must necessarily determine
whether the Acts of the Legislature interfere with its
provisions.
But, it is said, the partisan construc
tion of the present Supreme Court pre
cludes relief from that quarter. Be it
so. Is not, at least, the popular branch
of Congress yet within the reach of the
people—and does not that body hold the
purse-strings? Even in England the
House of Commons has legally, time and
again, corrected the abuses and usurpa
tions of the Government by withholding
supplies ?
In truth thfye is no want of a remedy
if the people of the country shall deter
mine to apply a proper one. Success, in
the next campaign, upon the proper
principle alone, would furnish a panacea
for .-ill our troubles. If, on the other
hand, success could be attained on minor
issues, with.the main evil ignored, defeat
would be preferable. As the famous
ancient physician, Philotimus, said to
one who presented him Iris finger to
dress, and who (he perceived both by his
complexion and his breath) had an ulcer
in his lungs, “ Friend,” said he, “ this
is not a time for yon to be paring your
nails!” Cato, I
STATE ROAD PLUNDERINGS.
Letter from Cato.
Washington, September 8, 1871.
The very fuglemen (in this city) of the
New Departurists have abandoned the
mischievous heresy promulgated by the
Pennsylvania State Convention, and even
go so far as to denounce the further lead
ership of its New York authors. Hit
them again; they have now no friends!
The dodge now is to have no platform at
all, but to nominate candidates at a Na
tional Democratic Convention, and there
end. But for the stupid attempt to
induce old-line Jeffersonian Democrats to
indorse the Radical programme, perhaps
the great party of Jeffersonian Democra
cy might have been satisfied with a gen.-,
eral denunciation of the conduct of the
party in power. An Opposition, ordi
narily, is not, strictly speaking, obliged
to advance a general policy, or put forth
a platform of principles, or, in fact, to
show its hand upon one or other particu
lar points. “Indeed, one of the chief mis
fortunes attending the blunder of the
“New Departure” consists in the necessity
which its authors hare created of denounc
ing the doctrines of the schismatics in our
own ranks, as well as those of the com
mon enemy ! And how is this disagree
able duty to be avoided in a National
Convention ? Certainly by no other
means than an assured guarantee of the
nomination of candidates whose very
names shall be synonyms of loyalty to
the Constitution, as understood and inter
preted by tbe fathers ? Upon the mere
understanding which universally existed
prior to the fire-brand thrown into the
party by the Depar turfs’s, at the in
stance of New York sharpers, the Democ
racy might very well have secured con
tinued unanimity, even by declining the
superfluous renewal of the platform of
1868; and still further, it might have gone
great lengths in the matter of the candi
dates themselves, in the way of concilia
tion—when feeling secure upon the main
point. But the conduct of the Depar-
t amts, so flagrantly violative of every
principle that binds the honest masses of
the Democracy together, has rendered it
neoeesary to be more particular. The
country must have unquestioned evidence
(no matter how got) that hereafter there
is to be ‘ no cheating round the table.”
There is now a necessity fora wide-awake
A. L. Harris Arrested.
So far as outward appearances were
concerned, State Road stealing investiga
tions had subsided, and the race after the
robbers had quieted down, and the sub
jeet had almost lost its public interest as
a topic of eager conversation.
But yesterday the interest was revived
and brought to a sudden pitch of inten
sity by the arrest of A. L. Harris, some
times called “Fatty” Harris, because of
his remarkable corporosity and genial
humor; for he is a fellow of “ infinite
jest" at all times.
On Saturday last Col. G. W. Lee made
oath before Judge Butt that said Harris
was a “common cheat and swindler.
The specifications amounted in substance
to these:
That said Lee had sold to said Harris
a certain railroad “switch”—the property
of said Lee at the time, and that said
Harris had paid him for the switch, one
lathe of the value of $500, and a consid
erable amount of iron and other articles of
the value of $300 ; that said switch was
sold to Harris on his individual account
and that the articles thus paid for them
was the property of the State, or of the
Western and Atlantic Railroad, by which
means the State was defrauded, etc.
The arrest was made yesterday about
114 o’clock, by officer D. P. Kendrick. It
was done quietly. Mr. Harris was ex
pecting the arrest, we understand, for he
had been informed that a warrantfwas is
sued. He promptly came with Mr. Ken
chick and appeared before Judge Butt.
Examination was waived. till Saturday,
Mr. Harris in the meantime being left in
the custody of the officers of court. We
learn, however, that he is very angry
with CoL Lee, expressing himself in
terms not very complim entary and threat
ening prosecution, and the Penitentiary
as a result. We are told that his wrath
was warm, running up almost to a rage.
Maj. A. B. Culberson, of this city, ap
peared at Judge Batts’ office with Mr.
Harris, as his counsel.
The Paiienger Depot.
Yesterday a convocation of parties in
terested, representing the various rail
roads centering here, at which the Geor
gia Railroad was represented by Judge
King, and Maj. HillyerJ the resident Di
rector; and the Central and Macon and
Western by Messrs. Wadley and White,
their Presidents severally, was held in
this city, at which all matters concerning
the Passenger Depot were finally adjust
ed. The agreement was made some days
ago, as has been mentioned in these col
umns, but the contracts were not definite
ly made and confirmed till yesterday.
We learn that now the Passenger De
pot will be floored and otherwise com
pleted without delay. This will be wel
come news to the public.
he and another nigger got np a game of
old sledge, and they fell out and cussed,
and passed the lie, &c., and so on. The
Mayor charged him $5 and costs. ,
less than one quart.
Several cases were up this morning for
this offense. The same glass-eyed man
and his son were the only witnesses. P.
P. Kilby was the victim, and when tile
old man commenced his tale of “Cap’n
Gee,” the Mayor liked to fell out of Lis
chair, and asked for water. He got the
inside proof on Kilby, howqver, and
fined him $50 and costs.
GEORGE WEAVER
was np for quarreling and profanity.—
They could not make out a case of drun
kenness against him, because tbe last
time he was up he promised the Mayor
that he would not drink any more, and
he said he bad kept his word. Anyway,
he was making lots of noise, which George
said was caused by his trying to learn his
dog some sense. The witnesses could
not tell whether he swore any or not, as
he was talking Dutch. The Court said
it felt morally certain Weaver was cussing
in Dutch, but he did not understand that
language sufficiently to fix a fine. Helet
him off with a venture of $5 and costs,
with the understanding that the next
time it would be taken for granted it was
Dutch swearing and fine him accordingly.
A SECOND CASE
against him for drunkenness and disor
derly conduct was called, but the wit
nesses, as in the former case, could not
tell whether he was cussing or not, nor
whether he was drinking or not. Weaver
persisted that he had not drank any
since he signed the Mayor’s Good Tem
plar’s Pledge, which the Court was bound
to believe, and let him off with costs.
LIZZIE HOWARD
used some sassness to the inmates of the
house at which she was cook, and be
came so impudent that a gentleman
boarder frailed her over the head with a
stick, for which he was fined $5 and
costs; and, after she had been flailed, she
went out and smashed plates and crock
ery ware-generally. Lizzie’s witnesses
did not appear, and the case was con
tinued. The witness were ordered under
arrest and locked np till this morning for
contempt of Court.
PHILIP TYLER
was mixed up in the game of old sledge
with John Smith, and was the very one
who John had the fuss with. Philip
paid $5 and costs.
T. H. JONES »
for selling liquor without license, was up,
with the same glass-eyed man and his
son as witnesses. They must have sam
pled all.the whisky in that Ward. The
son made a slight variation in his testi
mony in this case from that he gave in
the morning previous, and the Mayor
called liis attention to that fact. It at
once got him into deep water, when one
of the parties interested wanted to in
troduce testimony implicating the verac
ity of the young man. Permission was
given, and three men came forward and
swore they would not believe him on his
oath. This was getting interesting, and
the father begged the Court to wait un
til this morning, when he would see if
he couldn’t have some characters im
peached too. The case was decided, and
a good deal of square faced swearing
will be the result this morning.
OLD FAYETTE HEARD FROM.
J. B. Woods, a tall, good-natured lock
ing man from Fayette county, came to
town yesterday, and in circling around,
unconsciously took on too much groceries.
The police found him dead drunk, and
cared for him. He got $10 worth.
H. WOOTEN
belonged to the rock brigade. He was
very nearly related to the tribe of orang
outang, judging from his looks and the
quality of the testimony he gave in. His
Honor gave him some severe lecturing
and made him pay the costs.
WEDNESDAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
SUSS LIZZIE HOWARD.
Lizzie was up the day before for being
disorderly and fussy, but she was not
ready for trial. She gave as her excuse
that her witnesses were not on hand, but
it appears that Lizzie just wanted an op
portunity to dress herself up and appear
as a lady should at court. So this morn
ing she came sailing in as Jonsen sung
out her name, ail nice enough. She
wore one of the latest touches of turban
hats, with a huge chignon, and little
soap locks on the side of her face. Her
plaited Garibaldi waiste was handsomely
overspread with a double round cape,
with high shoulder seams. Her dress of
lavender colored calico, was a demi-train,
adjusted for street wear by means of
tapes, which looped it up to the waist at
the back of the seams. Thus arrayed,
Lizzie plead not guilty. . Could it be
possible that she was? No. That “gear
ing” completely shut the Court’s eye
clean np, and the case was dismissed.
JO. A KABO LA
wt a arraigned for keeping a nuisance on
several of them were into it, and as it
was all about long, yaller-legged, frying
chickens, and. as the Court was fond of
them sort (being a good Methodist
preacher) he very wisely aad judiciously
dismissed the whole thing.
no. 1673
plead guilty t> a first-class drank, and
paid the $10 and costs. Who 1673 is can
be ascertained by referring to Jonstn’s
book. That was the individual we had
up for being drunk.
ADAM STRAUSS
wa3 an Irish gentleman, but was born
and raised in Germany, aad emigrated to
this country soon after the war. Adam
was not fond of beer, but would occa
sionally take a couple dozen of glasses,
or fifty, just to oblige a friend. And
then he is not at all punctual about when,
where or whether he retires at all or not.
His “frau” generally keeps him straight,
but he gets the best of her sometimes,
and raises the old Harry. The court asked
Adam how about the fuss, and he said:
■ Veil, Sliudge, I told yon how it vos:
I don't got any glock; •
De onder night I gone up town,
Und take a glass o’ bock.
Und run o’ dem lob-eared Dutchmen came,
Fon lei derjluss, you see—
Says, “Hello, Adam, how you vot?
You dake a glass mit me.”
Yell, den, I tought I’d take a glass;
Und, sure as I’malife,
Me und dat lob-eared Dutchman dook
Two or dree gnpple or fife;
Two or dree gupple or fife or ten.
Or ’leven, I expect;
Andven ve started home all two
Vas drunk—now dat’s a fact.
Den I gone home, unt catch de bed,
Undvent to tumble in;
But pretty soon my rife sbpoke out,
“Vote time yon dink it been?”
‘‘Veil, I don’t know,” I say, “vot time?—
’Bout ’leven, maybe.” Veil,
Yoost den dat glock sdrikes vun dree times—
I break urn all to h—1,
The Court persuadedAdam to keep
cool and on his promise to do so he let
him off’.
FRANK-LONG
was first cousiu to Lucy Long, who
took her time about making the baby
comfortable. Frank was accused of be
ing drunk and disorderly; He said he
did take a dram and felt it, but as far as
cursing a white man who was going along
the streets, he never did it, and if he did
he don’t recollect it. His Honor remin
ded Frank that when he took a ten cent
Atlanta drink it was not the sixteen year
old stuff which Parks Arnold used to
keep in his cellar, and would effect him
very differently (the Conrt and Frank
both remember old Parks). In conside
ration of them both coming from the
same county and being old-time acquain
tances he only charged Frank'the $5 and
costs.
ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FROM !
Old “Walton county had a representa
tive before the Court yesterday in the
person of R. W. Blackburn, who, on
coming to town, changed his liquor too
suddenly, with the most disastrous re
sults. It threw him heels over head in
no time. As it was a plain drunk it only
cost $5 and costs.
ROBERT WEBSTER,
alias Bob Yancey, was on the floor of the
Senate. An inferior article of a barber
made free with Bob, and sung out to
him “ Hello, old feller, can’t you set ’em
up !” Bob did not like such as this, and
invited the yontli to go througli a very
unpleasant performance, for which invi
tation Webster paid $10 and costs.
WEBSTER STEELE
was the poor article spoken of in the last
chapter, who had the fuss with Webster
He called that individual a d—d old
fool. This much Bob stated, and spread
himself in a similar similar style to his
great paternal ancestor (so-called). Web-
stei’s reply to Hayne was a tame affair in
comparison. It. overwhelmed the Court
and Senate Chamber and mulcted Steele
in for $10 and costs.
SOME MORE OF THE SMITHS.
The everlasting Smith family sent Har
riet up to represent them this morning.
She was a poor sample of that prolific
stock, and if it had been the first Smith
the Court ever saw, it would have gone
Bard with her. But it was not—no, not
by upwards of several hundred millions,
and among them some right clever folk?,
too, all of Which went to mitigate the
penalty for quarreling and profanity," and
she went off with a $5 flea in her ear.
Court adjourned.
■*.
Big Lie.
The Western telegrams, a few days ago,
informed us of the departure of this cel
ebrated Indian; chief of the tribe of
“ Sonny Boys ” for the South. He ar
rived here yesterday morning, and his
first exploit was to visit Ballard’s Saloon,
in the New Passenger Depot, where he
amused himself for an hour with the
Beer Pomp, exclaiming at short intervals,
“Fire water, ugh, squirt heap more,
brave man don’t care d—n.” From ap
pearances. he was feeling well, and upon
taking a survey of the depot, exclaimed
“Much Wigwam, no sqoaw.” He was told
that squaws were plenty and in close
proximity, npon which he instantly started
through the building, but at the door of the
sleeping car office he stopped and wanted
to know if “Berths could be secured with
a dead head tioket.” Mr. Dunning politely
told him it couldn’t be done, as several
had tried and failed, but as he appeared
to be a spitefully inclined, he was told
to consult either Colonel Dunlap or Maj.
Hammock, who resemble each other
very much, but whose experiences in
“securing berths,” in sleeping cars, are
somewhat dissimilar.
Communicated.
Editors Sun: You have heretofore pub
lished in your paper a list of the war
rants drawn by Mr. H. O. Hoyt, while
he was the agent of the State Road, un
der Foster Blodgett’s administration, for
the purchase of wood, cross-ties, and for
ballasting tbe road, and I have seen in
your columns, that Mr. Hoyt complains
that the publication is unjust to him,
as leaving an unfavorable impression
upon the minds of tbe public, unless it
could be accompanied by facts as to the
manner in which that money was dis
bursed.
I propose, through your columns,
courteously, to ask Mr. Hoyt a few ques
tions, which I hope he will answer
through the same medium.
How much wood did you purchase last
year? I have been informed that there
were about 20,000 cords on the road when
Col. Hulbert gave it up, and that there
was about the same amount on the road
when it was taken charge of by the les
sees. I know not how true this is. Will
Mr. H. inform us ? Will he also inform
us of the amount needed to run the road
a year ? I have been told that 25,000
cords is an abundant supply. Is this so,
and how much did he purchase, and what
was its cost ?
Will he also state how many cross-ties
he purchased iu 1869 ? I have been told
that 250 per mile is enough to keep the
road in repair for one year, and that less
than 40,000 will cover the wants of the
entire road one year. Is this correct ?
Then, Mr. H. had the contract for put
ting down “ballast” on the road, or .hired
it to be done. I am told that he was al
lowed $1 25 per yard for it, and that he
hired others to do the work,’paying them
only 65 cents per yard; and that those so
employed have said they made a fair
profit on it—in other words, that it could
all have been done for 65 cents per yard,
and a considerable amount was hired to
be done at that price by Mr. H., but that
he was allowed and drew for it $1 25 per
yard. Is this true ?
Will Mr. Hoyt please answer ?
If lie is innocent of any wrong doing,
let him be vindicated, I say. If he has
acted properly throughout, none will
more earnestly commend and justify him
than I will. I am after facts only, and
am not entering on an unjust crusade,
without first giving him an opportunity
to explain what he did. Inquirer.
SUN-STROKES.
£53=“ “I am not a Democrat and never
was,” exclaims tbe editor of the Courier-
Journal. “True, ob, King!”
Tbe Courier-Journal has a leader
headed “Information Wanted. ” That is
right!' Hang out your sign ! No paper
is more in need of information.
EgL.'Among the “bills paid” shown up
by the New York officials, is one for
thermometers amounting to $7,500. The
dealers from whom the thermometers
were bought says the authorities paid
$158 for them. Who would have thought
that mercury could rise so.
The Courier-Journal says : —
“Thomas De Wolf is the editor of the
Columbus (Ga.) Sun, and his political
course is such as to lead ns to fear that
he is De Wolf in sheep’s clothing.” The
C. -J., Mr. De Wolf might retort, is bnt
a sheep in sheep’s clothing and will soon
begin to feel sheepish.
The Courier-Journal says : “The
Covington Friend npminates Alexander
H. Stephens for President. If things
conld be arranged so' as to bring in J.
Henly Smith for Tice, such a tioket
would be irresistible.” The Courier
Journal forgets that all the vice is on its
side of the house.
Mr. Jefferson said “the public
will never be made to believe that the
appointment of a relative is made on the
ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by
family views.” And nothing has trans
pired within the past two and a half years
to prove that Mr. Jefferson’s views were j
incorrect.
£$£s“The Courier-Journal seems to be in
a fog about the cause of the defeat of the
Democrats in California. This, it says,
has not been in accordance with “the
wishes and expectations of many Demo
crats,” and adds, “there is. the broad,
bare fact that one of the States which
they confidently placed in the Demo
cratic column has unexpectedly deserted
and gone over to the other side.” The
Courier-Journal is a little too harsh in its
language. California h as n ot ‘ ’deserted, ”
but„only “departed” from the Demo
cratic fold.
GEORGIA NEWS.
B AIRBRIDGE.
The Bainbridgians are taking the
sweets of life at 75 cents a bushel for po
tatoes, and 5 cents a stalk for cane.
The Argus of the 9th says:
We do not remember ever to have
seen a poorer prospect for a cotton crop
than is presented by all the fields on the
varions roads we have traveled in the last
ten or twelve days. We are disposed to
believe that this region of Georgia will
not'make more than half as much this
year as it did last year. Other crops are
good, and fewer bales of cotton raised
will probably result in more benefits and
greater prosperity, on account of the in
creased price of this staple product, to
the people of our section.
The local editor of the Sun was pre
sented with a handsome gold-headed
cane a few days ago.
The Sun, of the 7th, says:
James Ivey, youngest son of Mr. Dor
sey Ivey, a prominent citizen of Baker
county, was killed last Friday, by a ne
gro Sam. He was shot througli the l leail
and heart, with a double barrel
loaded with buckshot. The negroes’
caped. Our informant could not aser r
tain positively what the origin of the dif
ficulty was.
SANDERSVILLE.
The Georgian of the 13th has the f 0 i
lowing particulars of an unfortunate a f!
fair wuich was mentioned in the local
columns of this paper yesterday:
It is made our unpleasant duty to an
nounce the killiug, on Saturday" last of
Mr. Seaton Gantlan by his ftther-in-W
Dr. Wm. W. Carr. An inquest was ] !0 \i
on Sunday—the jury being composed of
some of the best citizens of the county—
and a verdict of Justifiable Homicideren
dered. To satisfy .the great anxiety of
the friends of both parties—who are of
the highest respectability and largely con
nected with many of the oldest and best
families of the State and country—ive
deem it necessory to say, that all the
circumstauces and the testimony as taken
at the inquest,, exonorate Dr. Carr from
blame, and manifest a degree of forbear
ance on his part toward the unfortunate
young man commendable indeed. ilr. G
who, by the way, is a grandson of the
Hon. Seaton Grantlan, formerly of Bald
win county, was residing with" Dr. Carr
at the time of the killing. An unpleas
antness had sprung up—from what cause
we know not—and Dr. Carr’s life had
been threatened several times by Mr. G
On the morning of the homicide Mr', g!
had been quite insulting, and the Dr., in
order to get away from the unpleasant
ness, made preparation to go out into
the plantation. As he came down the
steps he saw Mr. Grantlan approaching
with pistol cocked and pointed toward
him. The Dr. remarked, “don’t shoot
me, Seaton,”.or, “are you going to shoot
me?” Without replying, he continued
to advance, when the Dr. raised his gun,
which he had swinging by a strop from
his shoulder, and fired without bringing
the piece to the usual position, and hop
ing, as he says, to simply disable the
young man and save his own life. Un
fortunately the ball sped with deadly
effect, passing through the body, and
producing death in a few minutes.
AUGUSTA.
The Chronicle ifi Sentinel, of Tuesday,
contains the following paragraph:
We have been shown a set of beads
which have been tinned up out of a
grave supposed to be that of an Indian
chief, at Parachuckla, an old trading
post on tbe Savannah river, sixty eight
miles above the city of Savannah. These
beads number three hundred and forty-
nine colored red, seventeen colored black,
and one large white bone. When strung
the red colored beads form seventeen di
visions, each defined by a black bead,
the centre or front of the necklace being
marked by the large white bone. Iu this
grave of the Red Brave, for such it evi
dently was, was found bis tomahawk or
battle-axe, a wampum containing a
number of old English musket balls, and
the remains of an old “Brown Bess” or
English musket, together with other
relics.
M’DUFFIE COUNTY.
The Journal of the 10th has the fol
lowing:
A man named William Wagner, with
out provocation, we are told, killed a
negro boy near Barnett, on the Georgia
Railroad, on Thursday last. Wagner has
escaped.
CABTERSYILLE.
The subjoined items come by Express,
under date of the 12th:
A very interesting protracted meeting
is progressing at the Presbyterian Church
in this place.
The new Methodist Church building
is rapidly approaching completion.
Bartow Superior Court, Fall Term,
convenes in this place on next Monday.
MACON.
The Telegraph of the 12th has the ap
pended news:
An old negro man, named Bull Jones,
died in this city on Sunday afternoon
last, at the extraordinary age of one hun
dred and ten years.
Mr. James Campbell, an old, respect
able and well-known citizen of Macon,
died on Sunday last, and his remains were
escorted to Rose Hill Cemetery yesterday
by a large cortege of friends and rela
tives, and by the brotherhood of Odd
Fellows, of which he was an honored
member.
MONROE COUNTY.
The Advertiser of Tuesday yields these
items :
Ten bales of the new crop have been
received to date against one hundred to
the same time last year.
Through carelessness of a nurse, an in
fant daughter of Mr. G. I. Allen, of this
county, was choked tp death on the 2d
inst. The accident occurred while the
parents were at church—the nurse iu
nourishing the child carelessly, gave .it a
piece of meat which it could, not swal
low, and death ensued.
The rain storms that have occurred for
many years past have simply been called
“freshets,” but that last week was a real
flood, and although not of the dimen
sions of the one in the days. when arks
were essential, exceeded even the “rise”
of ’36. Several bridges and many mill
dams in the country were swept away.
The bridge on the Russellville road at
McCowan’s mill, and the dam at the
same point, were destroyed. The bridge
at Searcey’s Mill was rendered impassi
ble, and the dam floated off. The
Towaliga was ten feet above Wilson’s
bridge. The crops on bottom lands were
materially injured.
On the 10! State Road train last night
the representatives of Cceur de Lion Com-
mandery, of this city, to the Grand Con
clave at Baltimore, took their departure
for that city, The entire list is compos
ed of onr most prominent and substan
tial citizens, and we heartily wish them
a pleasant journey. No more genteel
delegation, we venture to say, will visit
the Monumental City on this occasion.
Those who went are : W. H. Tuller, R.
M. Rose, R. H. Goodman, M. V. D.
Corput, Thos. W. Chandler, H. Marshall,
Rev. C. 4 W. Thomas, Dr. J. N. Simmons,
A. J. West, J. D. Wing, W. D. Cook, O.
L. Pease, A. J. Jordan, Sfc. Clair Dear-
ing, L. B. Folsom, R. H. Butler, Thos.
Alexander, John T. Grant, W. L. Hub
bard, A. J. Reese, G. J. Howard, B. Y.
Sage, W. J. Parrott, A J. McBride