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2. THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN. THE DAILY Wednesday Morning.. dtt | the delirious madness—of the reigns of I Caligula and Galbu ! We have been led into this train of Cliecriiu Sentime East. its from the . .November 8 ——————) thought by events of a startling and ap palling character, now transpiring in a _ remote State of the Union. Header, have you ever thought by what ~ . a slender tenure you hold your personal \S o ask the special addition of oar \ liberty? If a reckless and unprincipled readers to day, to t columns, entitled resp in New Hampshire, Maine. Let no ope h their perusal by their length. These are times when men who would preserve their liberties, must understand. Free Government can only lie maintained by the Intelligence, Virtue and Patriotism of the people. When bad men conspire against liberty, good men must unite everywhere in its support, not by vio lence, but by a resort to those Constitu tional instrumentalities which cannot fail of ultimate success, if properly un derstood and inflexibly applied on every occasion. We firmly believe that an over whelming majority of the Peoples of the United States are devotedly attached to the Institutions of their ancestors. All that is needed for a rescue and preserva tion of those Institutions is, united ac tion upon the principles on which they are based. A. H. S. rticles in our officer, armed with a badge of executive :tivelv, Politics authority, seizes you in your counting- room, your field or your bed, and vio- u * | lently hurries you awayand thrusts you deterred from •- - * • -— POLITICS IN NEW SHIRE. . IJAMP- rrom too Concord Patriot, 20to Oct, 1871. New Hampshire Democracy. Wo do not desire to intimate that the Granite State Democracy have any pecu liar patent-right political creed to which the other free and sovereign States of the' Union have no proper title or claim; but we do wish to allege, distinctly, that the worst place in all the broad domain of the United States, for the introduction of innovations and pestilent shams, is the strong, stubborn soil of our Granite Hills. The very air we breathe begets a sternness of purpose that is marked and peculiar; and it would be blind and false logic that would argue that because some /things may succeed in other sectiors of 'Oirr common country, they would there- t fore <be successful in New Hampshire. .‘No better illustration of the unique and .heroic firmness of Democratic yeomanry of our State, is needed than the glori ous record which they have made, year after year, through darkness and de feat, sustained and cheered by the abiding conviction that Truth and Bight must in the end prevail. -■'< iSvcn our political opponents have stood *- conform' ; ed before the grand spectacle of Democi:..tic devotion to principle, which, ^through fifteen long, weary years, com manded the respect of all men, and made tho Granite Democracy famous. No man was so prejudiced or so unreflecting as not to see that their ultimate triumph was simply a question of time. But no part of that glorious and enviable repu tation was gained by sordid and corrupt conditions with spoils-hunting factions. The respect, the confidence which that unswerving and glorious record had gained for the Democracy was all their own. It was not, it could not be, divi ded among the dealers in small “loaves” and smaller “fishes.” It was the herit age of the sterling Democracy and of tho people. And now, if in an evil honr it shonld be found that the leaders of the once enviable Democracy have stood si lently or approvingly and seen miserable soldiers of fortune, or false professors of reform, qjevnted to tho highest offices, let those leaders pause and trem ble ; for the rank and file of the / Granite Democracy are not with them in this work of fonl demoralization. No gain, in reputation or in power can ever come to the Democracy from coalitions with fragmentary and unprin cipled factions. Disaster, contamination, ruin, certainly postponed victory, must be invariably the sad result in every in stance of corrupt or selfish amalgama tion. That any pretended fragments of dis content, from the two great political par ties in this country can ever assume and maintain a permanent existence, is sim ply the pretended belief of knaves, or the sincere conviction of ninnies. No such faction can ever perform, thank God! the more than Herculean task of gobbling up the time-honored Demo cratic party; nor should any such fac tions, under the mere delusive cry and catchwords of “reform,” be permitted to mislead a single Democrat who values his honor and his reputation. If real reforms are ever accomplished, it will be, we sincerely believe, by the great Democratic party, purged of its dead weight and its dross. And this is the belief of a-large majority of tbe hon est people of' New Hampshire to-day.— No surrender of stern principle will ever bring a single convert to our staudard; but if f.uch should be attempted, would repel them in disgust. Honesty, integ rity, firmness and perseverance, these are the virtues which the Democracy must exhibit if they would unite a glori ous future to a glorious past. Small schemes, of politic ehieanry will always justly strike their pompous in ventors square in the face. And that the Democracy of New Hampshire may be saved further the terrible humiliation of having any part or lot in snch unmanly and undemocratic proceedings, is the solemn prayer of Junius. Politics injgMaine. From toe (Bangor) Democrat, 2d Nov., 1871. Whitlicr Are Wo Drifting ? "Ill fares too land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay." “ This is too moral of all human talos; ’Xis bnt toe samo rehearsal of the past; F’irjt freedom, and then glory—when that fails, Wealth, vice, corruption barbarism at last-, And history, with all its volumes vast, Hath bnt one page.” Are the American People entirely given •over to the pursuit of wealth ? Has the low greed of gain become stronger than all higher and nobler desires ? Hath the din of the mart, or the ring of the money changer’s table, so fascinating a sound, that the crash of the falling pillars of the Temple of Liberty cannot penetrate the ear ? The mad pursuit of wealth, immorali ty and crime, utter disregard of personal liberty, vast accumulation of the public domain in rapacious bauds, whilst usurpa tion of power advanced unopposed, were the preludes of tho swift passage of tho Bomnn Empire from the calm repose of the Augustan age, to all the horrible and revolting scenes—-the conspiracies, the assassina tions, the massacres, lust, debauchery and in a dungeon—have you ever considered by what means you would recover your liberty? There was a time once, in France, when such means did not exist. Under shadow of executive authority, innocent men, by scores and by hundreds, went down into tbe dungeons of the Hostile, and never saw the light of day again. But at last, after long, weary years of despotism had rolled away, a means of deliverance came—a temble means! It came in the form of the BEVOLUTION 1 —a revolution of blood and of horrors such as the world had never before, and has never since, known. The heads of a King and of a lovely Queen rolled from the block, and tens of thousands of necks were brought under the bloody knife of the guillotine. In England, too, there was a time once, when personal liberty had no other se curity than the caprice of an officer of the crown. But at last a means of deliv erance from unjust restraint and unwar rantable imprisonment came at an earlier day and in a milder and more enduring form than in France. More than seven centuries ago, the Barons of England assembled on the green sward of Runnymede, on the banks of the Thames, with drawn swords in their hands, compelled their treacherous King John to sign magna charta, which contained these words: “No MAN SHALL BE TAKEN OB IMPRIS ONED BUT BY THE LAWFUL JUDGMENT OT HIS PEERS, OB BY THE LAW OP THE LAND.” It was this clause more than any other it contained, that gave to magna charta that grand and high-sounding title—The Palladium of English Liberty. Centuries rolled by, and still at inter vals kings and kingly officers, ever intent upon the usurpation of power, managed to evade the clause, and to imprison without trial and without law. ^Jdagna Charta had declared the principle that personal liberty was beyond the caprice and malice of the executive, but it had not provided a means for the protection of the right. It was not until nearly two hundred years ago—until the year 1679—that a statute was enacted which forever placed the liberty of the person beyond the power of the King. To that act was given the name of HABEAS COBPUS. Header, it is to the principles of this act, re-enacted in all the States of the American Union, that you owe the secu rity of your personal liberty against all official usurpation, and against all wrong ful restraint whatever. And what is this Habeas Corpus which is so powerful to protect the liberty of the citizens against all wrongful exercise of power? ,7/ We will explain by an illustration: Let us suppose that an officer invades your home, seizes you, and hurries you away to the strong jail in Penobscot county. He delivers you over to the jailor who thrusts you into a cell. You protest against the outrage; but the offi cer is deaf to all your protests. Friends pass along the corridors of the prison, and you appeal to them for help; but they cannot aid you. Whence is relief to come ? Through Habeas Corpus, and Habeas Corpus alone! You have a friend. It may be your wife. She knows the wrong you are suffering. She goes to any Judge of the Supreme Court. She tells him that you are wrongfully restrained of your liberty. She demands of him a writ of Habeas Corpus. He cannot, he dare not refuse it. The law compels him to grant it. Now what is this writ of Habeas Cor pus ? It is a writ directed to the Sheriff commanding him to bring before the Judge {tit habeas corpus) your body. This writ the Sheriff mubt obey. If prison walls and prison bars stand between him and yon, he must break them down. The command of that writ must be executed, even if tho whole power of the State is required to enforc". it. You must be taken out of that cell and brought before that Judge, to the end that all tho world may know why you have been restrained of your liberty. If, upon examination, the Judge finds that you are wrongfully, and not lawfully, restrained of your lib erty, he bids you go free. Such is this great writ of personal lib erty, Habeas Corpus. It penetrates every room, every den, every cavern, every prison, every cell, every dungeon, everywhere, in fine, where a citizen, old or young, may be wrongfully restrained of his freedom. Is it not a glorious heri tage ? Is it not worthy of all regard ? Is not its pre.~>crvation worthy of every effort and every sacrifice ? Should not the Constitution of both the Union and the State guard and protect it ? It is the citizen's shield against the usurpation of those whom we are obliged to entrust with power. How carefully our Constitutions have guarded it V Both the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Maine says “The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the pub lic safety may require it.” In cases of rebellion and invasion the writ maybe suspended. But by whom ? Not by the President or the Governor ; for that would be placing the liberty of the citizen at the mercy of the very exec utive authority against the wrongful ex ercise of which it is created as a protec tion; but by Congress or the Legislature. Tiey are the sole judges whether the pub lic safety requires its suspension. It is a power that they may eSercise, but they cannot delegate it. In that, the Kuklux law delegates to the President, not only the power to suspend habeas corpus, but to determine Hie necessity for it, it is a plain and palpable viola tion of both tbe spirit and letter of the tion of law. He has given over nearly two hundred thousand people, men, women and children, to the unrestrained license of a brutal soldiery, of thieves, plunderers and robbers. Already the telegraph begins to tell the tale of suffering, misery and distress that prevail throughout those afflicted coun ties. Innocent men, by< scores and by hundreds, have already been seized and flung into prisons and dungeons and compelled to herd with loathsome ne groes imprisoned for murder, rape, rob bery and theft. All business is suspen ded; crops are left unharvested; property is given over to negro and carpetbag pil lage, and citizens are fleeing into adjoin ing States by thousands, to escape the walls of prisons from which there is no hope of deliverance. And when and where is this thing to end ? Is it to stop with nine counties in South Carolina ? or is it to pursue those fleeing citizens wherever they have gone, and the limits within which habeas cor pus is suspended, shall embrace sixteen States, and the whole South be once more declared in insurrection ahd rebel lion ? Trying to Keep Tilings Shady. A heavy and persistent effort has been, and is being, made by various interested parties’ to stave off, postpone, smother up and forever prevent, Investigation into their official conduct, and connec tion with schemes, enterprises, rings and plunderings. They raise raw head and bloody bones stories, suggest suspicions and surmises, and try to excite fears.— They want nothing investigated by honest and competent men. There are parties whom the public do not suspect, who are exerting all their powers, in every way they deem prudent, to keep down inves tigation. Some men have been remotely connected with the rings, on the sly, and have made money or obtained advan tages, the particulars of wuich they do not want to see the light of day, and to whom public attention has never yet been directed in connection with such matters. They are opposed to investigation. They favor every measure but the one likely to bring put the whole truth—any thing that will not likely rip up the whole matter, root and branch. THE CAPITOL. The Senate has passed a bill repealing the usury laws of the State. The bill permits the collection of whatever rate of interest maybe “nominated in the bond,” and where no rate is . named, the old seven per cent, prevails. This, if it shonld find favor with the House and meet with no unfavorable treatment in Executive quarters, will make money an article of merchandise, and give the money-lender the same opportunity that the merchant has. A merchant is per mitted to make and collect by law his twenty-five, or more, per cent., while he who has the money to loan takes all the risks taken by a merchant, and is allowed to collect by due process of law, not ex ceeding seven per cent. This seems to be a discrimination against the money lender. It is claimed, however, that the usury laws are necessary for the protection o debtors. As a- general thing a man’s intelligence is his best protector, and if he agrees to pay ten per cent, for the use of money, he does so believing that the money is worth that to hinn If he is mistaken, it is his own fault, and his mis take ought not to absolve him from lia bility for his part of the contract. Money, like any other article of mer chandise, will bring what it is worth and no more. The market will very soon regulate itself, by the rule of supply and demand, just as the ba ion or cotton mar ket does. Therefore we do not see how the debtor is wronged by the provisions of this bill. The proposed law does not raise the rate of interest, in contracts already made, hence present debtors are not wronged; and men who, after its enact ment, may become debtors, do so with a full knowledge of the risk he assumes, and ought to be held responsible, just as the man is who buys a bill of goods on time, with a perfect understanding that he is paying twenty-five per cent more than the goods cost the merchant. There is some equity to be regarded, even in the enactment of laws regulating dealers in money. Constitution, and unauthoritative, null and void. Well, right in the face and eyes of all this history, and all these facts, Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States, has done what no king, what no queen, what no regent of England has dared to do for two hundred years. In violation of the Constitution, and in violation of all law, he has suspended the writ of habeas corpus in nine counties of South Caro lina, and, by one stroke of his pen, he has deprived a population larger than in habits all that great part of the State of Sbiine which lies east of the Penobscot river, of all the guaranties and protec- “Out of TUeir Own Mouths,” &c. The New Era of yesterday morning has the following item, credited to the Savannah News. The matter escaped our notice in the News: We are permitted to make the follow ing extract from a private letter from Mobley’s Pond, Screven county. The trouble*occurred in Burke county: “There is quite a panic above here among the negroes. The veritable Ku klux appeared about six miles from this place, at Oliver’s Mill, and shot five balls through Bice Heath, a negro, who was living in adultery with a white woman named Griffin. They then strapped the woman across a log and whipped her so severely that she could not sit up yes terday. They treated another negro (George Nessmitb) likewise, and went up near Ellison’s Landing (lime works), killed another negro by shooting him, and took another off, who has not been heard of since. All this occurred last Wednesday night. They stopped at Brigham’s store, bought whisky, and, in answer to the question by Brigham where they were from, replied, ‘Hell! and we must be back before day. ’ Some of them were not disguised, but were perfect strangers to Brigham. Such outrageous conduct as this seems to us to be ruffianism, pure and simple. Hardly any provocation can be held up as an excuse for such flagrant rowdyism, and we trust (hat the good people of Burke will lose no time in bringing the offenders to justice. Besides breeding local strife and dissension, such outrages bring punishment and oppression upon the innocent people in the shape of Federal satraps and martial law. Law lessness of this sort is always condemned by good citizens, and should, under no circumstances, be tolerated. We copy the above article at this late day, for two purposes. One is to rebuke the sinister manner in which the Era nses the matter to rebut the declaration that there is no political disorder in this State, and the other is to indorse what the Savannah News says in the last para graph of the article. There is no doubt but that the Era meant harm by the manner in which the item was produced in its editorial columns. It meant to create an impression that a state of af fairs exists, which is lawless and disor derly, and by no means creditable to the people of Grorgia. It does not say so, in so many words, but that is the infer ence the reader draws. While we admit that there are cases of lawlessness in Georgia, as there are in every other State of the Union, we still deny that there is any considerable band of flawless men, organized for polit ical purposes, anywhere in the State*, There have been instances in which men have brutally taken the law into their own hands, as above cited, and no one one would rejoice more than we if all such could be detected and visited with the severe and just penalty of the law which they violate. We have no sympa thy with villains who thus set tho law at defiance, and would not lift a hand to save one of them from the punishment which he merits. On the contrary, we would be glad if some of the wretches could be captured and examples made of them to"deter others from similar acts of lawlessness. But the Era knows very well that the people of Georgia do not sanction the commission of any of these outrages any more than the people of Indiana sanction the attempt made the other day to take a criminal from the Jeffersonville jail and hang him without trial; or any more than the people of Illinois sanction the horri ble villainy that spread the flames throughout Chicago. The men who do these deeds are monsters,* who do not represent our politics or our society, and the majority of Georgia Democrats would be gratified if some of them were caught, tried, convicted and hanged. A. few days ago the Memphis Avalanche said, “That a few Southern Conservative Journals indorse the proposition for the Democracy to put forward no candidate in 1872,” &c. The Sun asked the Ava lanche to “inform the public whether any Southern Democratic journals, either ‘half-way’ or wholly indorse the propo sition.” The Avalanche fails to name any such papers, but says “The Sun’s distinctions are too fine.” It then goes onto say: “but The Sun speaks of a ‘Southern Democracy.’” The‘Sun did pothiDg of the kind. It spoke of Southern Democratic journals;” suppo sing the Avalanche would have intelli gence enough to know, and honesty enough to admit that The Sun had ref erence to those papers- published in the South which are advocates of democratic sentiment. The Sun knows but one Democracy, and repudiates all others.— It repudiated the “New Departure” be cause it was spurious and false. The De mocracy advocated by The Sun is the same in Maine and in California; the same in Oregon and Florida; the same in Massachusetts and South Carolina; the same in Tennessee and Georgia; the same in Memphis and Atlanta; the same in the days of Jeflerson and in our unfortunate day of the Chris tian era. There can he no change in it, because, changed, it would no longer be Democracy. The “New Departure” is not Democracy, and it perished. Democracy cannot be “passive,” so that movement can never have life. De mocracy is the bone and sinew of the theory of ;American Government. It must be kept active or it will weaken and the Government will fail. It is not cramped to the harrow wishes of a lo cality or a State. It is as broad as the Union, as true as truth, as spotless aS a virgin. It is a revelation from which nothing can be taken and to . which nothing may be added. It is all suffi cient. It needs no intrigue to cozzen people into its support. It meet3 every want; gratifies every ambition; protects every right; avenges every wrong; advan ces every interest; encourages every in dustry; fosters an enduring patriotism; teaches a veneration for “the old flag;’ buildsLup and pulls .not down; in shbrt, makes the Government one that the peo pie can venerate and npon which they can rely for protection from'aggressions from without and oppressions from with in. This is Democracy—it is “ Southern Democracy,” if the Avalanche will have it so—yet it is what we conceive Democ racy to be in New ’England, in tho West and all over this broad country. SUN-STROKES. Mrs. Fair has been refused a new trial. The Court probably held that she has had a Fair trial. *-+-4 The New York Tribune gives the Times the lie eight times in one-fourth of a column. How delightful it is for brethren to dwell together in harmony. “Is freedom only a name ?”. asks the New York Times. In certain South Carolina counties the name, even, threat ens to become extinct. MAYOR’S COURT. His Honor examined eyery crevice and corner of the City Hall yesterday for some culprit or unfortunate offender out of which to extort, as the penalty of his sins, some slight contribution to the city coffers. But not one was to be found, and His Honor returned to his pleadings disconsolate. True Bills. The Grand Jury yesterday found true bills of indictment against J. C. Alexan der, Joseph Fry, James Mullin and N. P. Hotchkiss, charged with cheating and swindling in connection with the State Boad affair. What a ridiculous idea, that General Grant will declare martial law and put the State of Georgia under a military Governor, because Bullock has run away to escape the punishment of his crimes, and is afraid to face the people of Geor gia; yet some interested parties are ad vancing that idea, and act as though they expected U3> to believe there was something in it. They had better exer cise their brains, wind and muscle in pro curing an honest living for themselves. NotEnongh. O&e of the sable Representatives of the House was overheard yesterday afternoon to utter an humble protest against the motion offered some days since to reduce the per diem of the: legislators. Nine dollars,, he thought, was barely a suffi cient compensation for the cares, anxie ties and momentous responsibilities that weighed so heavily on the afflicted mem bers from day to day. Scooting, Affray Between' two Negroes. Yesterday evening quite an exciting affair occurred at Col. Rush Irwin’s brick yard, near West End. Ife seems that a negro named Wm. Clark had been 'em ployed at the yard, and for some reason was discharged and anothernegro, named Andrew Bryant, had the situation. Clark came to the yard about 10 o’clock yester day in auger and shot at Bryant, the ball taking effect in the thigh, inflicting a very painful wound, which, however, is not considered dangerous- The ball was taken out by deep "cutting. Clark made his escape and is at large. TELEGRAMS. Savannah, November 7.—The Daily Republican was sold by the Sheriff to day, and purchased by W- A. Beid, late of the Macon Telegraph. The establish ment will be immediately refitted. St. Louis, November 7.—A den of counterfeiters, near Kansas City, have been captured. A, number, including Josiah D. Myer r leader of the gabg, were arrested. Myez escaped while the offi cers were examining the house. A large amount of material and machinery were captured. A negro who attempted to outrage a white woman, near Musor, Missouri, was hanged by the citizens. Houston, November. 7.—The lower House of the Legislature has adopted a resolution, by a vote of 44 to 33, con demning the action of the Governor in declaring martial law in Freestone and Limestone counties, as unnecessary to the ends of justice, as the courts were unmolested in their proper jurisdiction. The Governor is requested and instruct ed to restore civil rights to said counties and withdraw armed forces therefrom. Dunn Campbell Lieutenant-Governor, is dead. Boston, November 8.—Frank Wins low, of the Boston Journal, while waiting for one train was struck by another and killed. It is stated that the Hide and Leather Insurance Company will pay 50 per cent, and wind up. Its Chicago losses amount to $720,000. The New England Insur- New Orleans, November 8.—The new and commodious buildings for the Lou isiana State Fair have been completed and will be opened for the reception of articles on the 13th instant. The Fair will begin on the 18th. Rockland, November 8.—Two inches of snow has fallen here—the first of the season. . Washington, November 8.—An order will issue from the War Department, probably to-morrow, placing the Indians of Arizona under the direct charge of Gen. Scofield. Instructions will be giv en to bring them all in upon the reserva tion and keep them there, where they will be fully protected in all their rights by this government; and if they leave to go upon the war-path they will be pun ished. . For the information of counsel it should be stated that all cases con tinned at this term of the Supreme Court after Monday next will be put at the foot of the calendar next term, unless otherwise specially ordered by the Court. This will put all cases continued over for at least two years. Benjamin B. Curtis has not yet accept ed the associate counselship before the Geneva arbitration. The President and Secretary of War have decided to eject squatters from the Osage lands, unless they remove in com pliance with a notice from the Secretary of War. General Walker, Commissioner of the Census, will accept the Indian Commis- sionership if Congress raises the salary. John JL. Bell, Esq. “Acting-Governor Conley” has is sued a proclamation naming the 30th of the present month a day of thanksgiving. Certainly the people of Georgia have reason for thankfulness. We had the pleasure of meeting with this gentleman in our office yesterday— just from Hillsboro, in Texas, where he resides and has resided for years. He is a sterling Democrat of the old faith, who adheres still to the old Jeffersonian prin ciples. He was born and brought np in Northeast Georgia, in what is now Banks county, and is a brother of Madison Bell, the Comptroller General. He gives a bad account of the villain ous doings of the Radical Governor.of Texas, whose high-handed usurpations and lawless conduct have been oppres sive and tyrannical beyond conception. < STATE MATTERS. Miss Lizzie Eldridgo is plavino- Savannah folks. p ^ ln 2 for . One hundred and fifty immigrants nved at Savannah Sunday night The Savannah Ite of Monday sav*. The rolling stock of the Brunswick Albany Railroad has been released. ]> will be remembered that this stock wo seized by the employees of the road account of the money due them undoi- the management of H. I. Kimball peinntendent Hrines, of the Atlanticand Gulf Railroad, has made arrangemonf- to run trams three times a week to Alp! bady and Brunswick in connection wini the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, andlfc S probable that the arrangement will o! into operation this week. By the of the former management to nJet Tfe obligations, a large number of empb ve f have been out of work, and hS?2 been paid off for months. Te rele** X the rolling stock, and tho arrangemen by which trains may again be ran, will * no doubt, be a matter of congratulation * among travelers and business men. Four hundred men think they will be able to get the Savannah Fair Grounds ready m time. U<J3 ^'J^ropskire has retired from the Macon Citizen. Dr. James A. Damonr is announced as editor. Jno. D. Floyd’s, name has disappeared. J " gRSSSj'&l”- Mrs. Elizabeth Stillwell, of Spaldin" county, has just entered her ninety- ninth year. J The Houston Home Journal says: Wm. W. Wagnon, Jr., of this county, aged seventeen years, with the occasionalas- sistance of a negro boy, produced the following crop this year, on the common pine uplands near Byron: 480 bushels of com, valued at $480; 4,500 pounds of fodder, valued at $56 25; 100 bushels of peas, valned at $125; 4 bales of cotton ualued_ at $315. Total value of crop* $976 25i In addition to the foregoing’ young Wagnon cultivated a large vege table garden. Murder neae Montezuma,—We heard yesterday the particulars of a most bru tal and cold blooded murder which oc curred near Montezuma a few days ago. A Mr. Scott had been to Moutezumaand gotten brutally drunk. In the afternoon, as he was returning home in his wagon, he met a negro man and woman going to a field in which they were employed picking cotton. Without any provoca tion whatever, he cocked his pistol, which was already in his hand, and fired it off toward the negroes. The ball passed through the bowels of the negro woman, inflicting a fatal wound from which she died in a few hours. The negro man (her husband) cameimroediately to town and had a warrant taken out for Scott He was arrested by the Sheriff, and so great was the feeling of iudignation among both, white and black, that a guard had to be placed over him during the night to prevent his being lynched. A preliminary trial was had the day follow ing, and he was committed to jail to await trial at the Superior Court Scott avowed an entire ignorance of the oc currence, of which none who saw him when he left town had any doubt The above we find in the Macon Tele graph of Tuesday. It is a sad occur rence, and one that all good people should deplore, both be’eause of the atrocity of the crime—for which whisky is no palliation or excuse—and because of the almost absolute certainty that it is to be distorted, by the enemies of Georgia, into another Kuklux outrage. The people were justy indignant toward the murderer, but it is well that their purpose to- execute summary revenge was restrained. It would have only in creased the harm likely to grow out of the affair. Since Scott is in custody, let him be tried and punished as the law di rects. The Cartersville Semi-Weekly Stand ard and Express comes “jist a-booming.” Bartow farmers are sowing wheat. Says the Cartersville Express: A white man, in a state of intoxication, was run over and killed by a train of cars on the Cherokee Railroad, just this side of the Stilesboro Depot, on Friday last His name was Lovell. Robins on toast” is a delicacy pecu liar to Forsyth. The Monroe Advertiser says: “A. chicken was killed by a manumitted citi zen the other day, and when dressed a pin was found imbedded in its gizzard. Pin-feathers are all right, but pin-gizzards are not exactly the thing. 7 Since it got all of these premiums, the Monroe Advertiser does not say potatoes any more, but call ’em “tubers.” Mr. James Williams, of Monroe coun ty, died last Sunday, aged 102. “Next.” The Monroe Advertiser of yesterday says: A cutting affray occurred Saturday afternoon in front of Mays’ drug store, between John Cochran and Berry Dew berry, the former inflicting a severe and dangerous wound upon the person of the latter. The knife entered the left side, severing an artery. This it was thought at the time would prove fatal, but we were £ leased to learn yesterday afternoon that [r. D. was improving, and in a fair way to recover. The difficulty grew out of a business transaction, involving the in significant sum of seventy-five cents. Mrs. Catharine Douglas, a beautiful young widow lady of Walker county, was drowned one day last week while attemp ting to cross Duck creek in a buggy. Her young brother, Wm. C. Howell, barely escaped. The Superior Court of Bibb county is adjourned for the week, to allow Judge Cole an opportunity to answer a subpena to appear before the Ku-klux Committee. Hon. Clifford Ancterson has written a card declining to allow the use of his his name sis a candidate for Governor. Even if he were willing to become a can didate he is not eligible. When young Savannah men get drunk they uraudish pistols and knives about the streets—which the same is dangerous. The United States Court will meet at Savannah next Tuesday. Among t“ cases are those against T. E. Robb, Co*- lector of Customs, and W. KryzauowsKi, late Revenue Supervisor. Harris, of the Savannah News is ablaze with joy. Robinson’s circus will open m that city to-day. He has bought a P t I mat cuy lo-uii). * - of extra walking shoes for the purpose o following the band w’agon arounu.