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4. THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN. THE DAILY SUN i Saturday Morning November 11 Judge Stephens’ Letter. % Wc need not invite the attention of j onr readers to tlio important communi cation of this distinguished gentleman, for it will be attentively perused by all. It is addressed to our neighbor, the Era, in reply to its strictures upon the article of our correspondent “S,” on the sub ject of electing a successor to Gov. Bul lock, and the assumption of the Era, that Judge Stephens was the author of that communication. Judge Stephens hds kindly furnished us with a copy of bis letter to the Era, that it may appear in The Sun at the same time, as the subject is one of special importance, and a con tinuance of the discussion begun in our columns. » This letter, like everything frojn its % distinguished author, is clear, able and exhaustive of the subject-matter. It is so direct and conclusive, that we do not see how the editor of the Era can attempt even to dodge it; and he certainly can not escape the crushing force of the un answerable argument. Our neighbor fell into quite an error in attributing the authorship of the article, by our correspondent “ S,” to Judge Ste phens, which article it attempted to reply to, but in the attempt made a signal fail ure, as it will, if it attempts a reply to Judge Stephens, for the truth is against the Era's view of it. Over-Issue of £‘.50,000,000Sontii Carolina Bonds. The New York World oi Monday gives the rumors and reports in that city in regard to tLe carpet-bagger, Gov. Scott’s, financiering iu bonds of the Siate oi South Carolina. The editor says: “It is discovered almost beyond a doubt that the over-issuea are a palpablo fact, and that instead of $20,010,000, they wiU reach the figuio of $30,016,000; that of this amount $15,000,000 havo been signed, scaled, and shipped to Europe for sale there, and the remainder have been put on the market here." Scott and Bullock, it seems, have been playing the same game. Bullock has fled, but Scott is all serene, for he has no fear of a Democratic Legislature to investigate his conduct, expose his •wrong-doing, and impeach and depose him, if found guilty. Tli3 Holcombe Bill Repealed. ^ We return thanks to the Legislature for so promptly passing the act relieving the city from the Gerrymandering action of the last so-called Legislature; also, to the jad interim Governor for the just measure of approving the same without hesitation. This measure of justice to us was of pressing importance, for our municipal election is soon to take place. It has been a special favor to the people of At lanta, for which we are thankful. We would not have asked a favor of this kind except to rid us of the great wrong which Badicalism had wickedly imposed, in o case which would not admit of de lay. Our immediate representatives in both Houses deserve well of the people of this city for their zeal in this matter. Tlie Gubernatorial Vacancy. SrARTA, 7th November, 1871. To the Atlanta Neno Era : \ In an editorial of the 4th inst., com menting on an article signed “S.,” which appeared in The Sun a few days ago, on the subject of a special election fo fill the present vacancy in the office of Governor, you allude to me in a way which entitles me to a reply through your columns. You hold me forth to the public as the author of the article, and at the same time characterize it as discourteous, un worthy of my talents, and inconsistent with my well known principles. If-the article is indeed unworthy of my talents, and inconsistent with my well known principles, then its own in ternal evidence ought to have preserved you from the discourtesy of imputing it to me. Thislinternal evidence, surely, was not overcome by any credible exter nal evidence; for, in point of fact, I am not the author of the article in question, nor did I ever see it, or hear of it, until I saw it in The Sun newspaper. Do you think you are quite as careful to refrain from discourtesy as you are prompt to complain of it ? Or, e the “rules of disputation known and recognized among gentlemen of educa tion,” “construed” by you as a restraint upon others, but a license to yourself, authorizing you to hurl charges of dis courtesy, unworthiness, and personal in consistency, not only without evidence, but against evidence, and against the truth of the case ? Do not understand me, however, as dissenting from either the conclusion or the reasoning of “S.” As to the epithet of “stupid,” which was applied to you, it was simply superflu ous. After the cogent and convincing argument of “S.,” it might safely have been left the public to apply the proper epithet to yours. I must aric some additional space in reply to your comments on my views of “strict construction.” And, first of all, why is it, that you, in discussing a con stitutional question, appeal to my princi ple of “strict construction, ” rather than to your own party’s principle of most " latitudinarian ” construction ?—so “ latitudinarian ” as to have got entirely “outsido” of all the Consti tutions, Federal and State, and overrid den them all with the bayonet during more than four years of profound peace? The public will be apt to believe that you have abandoned •your party’s favorite priuciple of construction, only because it would serve your present party neces sity. You are most welcome, however, to all possible benefit, which you can legitimately derive from the rule oi con struction held by the constitutional school to which I belong. All I ask is that you shall abide by it, after having appealed to it, and that you shall have it correctly stated. It is a great mistake to suppose, as your reasoning assnmes, that the doc trine of “strict construction” has an universal application to all parts of a constitution, without regard to the char acter or subject-matter of the different parts. It is confined to such parts as confer powers to be exercised on the peo ple, and is not at all applicable to such parts as provide machinery for the exer cise of powers, by the people. These latter are purely remedial in their nature, and, like all purely remedial laws, should be so construed as to ad vance the remedy. Here the rule of construction is liberal, and, if you please, ’latitudinarian,” stretching the remedy even beyond the scope of the words, when the object in view, or the reason of the provision, would otherwise fail. Now all those parts of our State Con stitution which relate to the elections of Governor, quadrennial and special, are remedial, and should be so construed, as to facilitate the people in the exercise of the elective franchise, rather than to de bar them from it. In the remedial parts of the fundamental law, furnishing rem edies, or machinery for enabling or fa cilitating the people in the exercise of rights and powers, all parties have, in the main, agreed as to the rule of con struction. Those who have been known as “iatitudinarians,” have insisted that this same rule of liberal construction should be applied alike to all parts ef the fundamental law, while the strict con structionists have manfully struggled to keep it confined to the remedial parts, insisting that all powers, which are to be exercised on the people, shall be rigidly limited by the scope of the words em ployed to describe them. It is, however, an enormous mistake to suppose, as your reasoning again assnmes, that the rule of *“ strict construction” holds these powers to be limited by nothing but the words, and to be always and nec essarily co-extensive with the full scope of the words. On the contrary, the strict construc tionists, while insisting that the words shall always constitute an absolute limit, upon the power, yet agree with the “lat- itndinarian j ” that the words themselves are to be restrained and controlled, and the power limited by several other things: For instance, by the particular subject- matter about which the words are used; by the consequences to which the full ef fect of the words would lead ; and by the general object in view', or, in other words, by the reason or spirit of the provision ; it being a universal rule of construction, applicable alike to all laws, criminal and civil, constitutional and statutory, that the mere words shall never carry the law beyond the object or reason for which it was made, when that object or reason is satisfactorily ascertained by any means whatever. “ Cessante ratione leg is, cessat lex.” The doctrine of strict construction, as applicable to constitutions, has a perfect illustration and elucidation, in the same doctrine as it is applied to, and univer sally understood in, criminal law. Crim inal statutes are never to be extended be yond the scope of the words, however plain may be the object, or reason of the law; or however absurd may be the consequences of slopping at that boundary, And just here is found the rule of strict construc tion. Thus the statute of Bologna, mention ed by Blackstone, enacted taat “whoev er drew blood in the streets should be punished with the utmost severity.”— This law could not be applied to the most wanton murderer who might kill his victim in the streets, if the killing should be done by strangulation, not drawing any blood; for the words do not cover such a case, although the case is quite as bad as if blood were drawn in the killing, and is as clearly within the reason of the law. But it is equally true that however clearly a case may be covered by the words of a criminal law, yet the words will be restrained and limited to the object in view, or by any absurd con sequence which would follow from their unrestricted natural force. And just here comes in the rule of liberal construc tion. Thus, the words of this same Bo logna law clearly covered the case of a surgeon who bled a man in the streets to relieve him from a fainting fit; but it was held to be not applicable to that case, because the infliction of death fora truly banevolent action would be absurd—I will not offend you by saying “stupid.” The sum of the matter is,‘the consti tutional school, to which I belong, holds that constitutions are to be construed strictly, or liberally, as the one construc tion or the other will operate in favor of public liberty, just as criminal laws are to be construed, strictly or liberally, as the one construction or the other will op erate in favor of personal liberty. Your argument is that a special elec tion, to fill the present vacancy in the office of Governor, finds aq insurmount able obstacle in the one word “Every,” which occurs in parapraph H, section I, article IY, of the Constitution, directing that the returns for “Every” election of Governor shall be laid before the Senate, the day after the organization of the two Houses. That day is already passed, and your conclusion is that, therefore, the election of a new Governor caunot be now declared, nor the Governor qualified on the day prescribed by the Constitu tion—not even under a special election— which, according to the express terms of a subsequent part of the Constitution, may be provided for by statute', the statute, of course, regulating the whole matter, returns an/1 all. Your one great word “Every,"occurs where the Constitution is providing for the regular, quadrennial election. Judge Blackstone says “words are always to be understood as having a regard to the subject-matter, for that is always supposed to be in the eye of the legislator, and all his expressions direct ed to that end.” The subject-matter is the regular quadrennial election, and all the words, including this tremendous word “Every,” must be considered as “directed to that end,” and limited to it. The subject-matter of a subsequent part, is special provision for vacancies, the Constitution itself providing that the Executive powers shall be exercised by other officers during the vacancy; but leaving the Legislature to provide by law how the vacancy shall be filled, and so ended. The Constitution itself makes complete provision for the regular quad rennial elections, but makes no provision for the special elections, only empower ing the Legislature to make it—to make it complete in all respects. Is a single word iu one part of the Constitu tion relating to one subject-matter, to de stroy the unlimited power which is given to the Legislature in another part, in relation to the different subject-mat ter ? One part of the Constitution pro vides that the Governor shall hold Iris office during the term of four years.— Does this apply to a Governor who comes in to fill an unexpired term ? Does it apply to your so-called Governor Conley, who is exercising the Executive powers ex-officio, without having any office by vir tue of xcliich to exei'dse the power's of an other office ? Is this general provision violated by the removal of a Governor on Impeachment, under a special provis ion in another part of tin- Constitution ? Such are the absurdities into which you are betrayed by attempting to use the doctrine of “strict construction,” with out understanding what it is, or even professing a belief iu its soundness. The precedents v/hich you cite in the cases of Governor Babun and others, can have no possible application under our present Constitution; for the simple rea son that the Constitution under which they’occurred‘did not empower the Leg islature to provide by law for filling va cancies in the office of Governor by spe cial election. This feature appears in our constitutional history, for the first time, in the Constitution of 1868. The precedents occurred when the Governor was elected by the Legislature, and not by the people. Linton Stephens. THE CAPITOL. The House was occupied all day yes terday upon a special order, which was a bill bringing on an election for Governor, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the ab dication of Bullock. The bill reported by the Judiciary Committee was one in troduces by Hon. John L Hall, of Up son, and was passed, with the exception of a single section directing the manner of making returns of the election. The bill is a good and prudent one, and evinced a clear conception of the consti tutional and legal questions involved. The third section, which was stricken out, provided that, in addition to the returns required to be made to the Gov ernor, duplicate returns be sent also to the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives. This might have been misconstrued into a re flection upon, or a suspicion of Mr. Conley, therefore it was wisely and pru dently omitted. While the Assembly unquestionably has the authority to do as suggested by the section, still it was deemed unnecessary. [The 3d section was added by the Committee to which the bill had been referred.] William Henry stand np. Who rep resents the 44th District in the Georgia Senate? “Be blistered if I know! But yes terday the honors of the office were mine,*'and the emoluments loomed np in the future. To-day all are gone—gone— gone. The ‘Hon.’ is knocked from my name, even as the ashes are knocked from a segar. I am defonct—deceased— done for—east aside like an old shoe—turned out—unseated—ejected—ex pelled. I’m a gone np Senator. I was a bad bill and they wouldn’t pass me.— Pm out. Have the foil consent of the entire Senate to go where I please. My leave of absence is perpetual. Adieu. 1” Go home, William Henry. Go home and tell your people that you’ve come to stay. Tell them an honest Senate is sitting in Atlanta—one that has some re gard for law. Tell them that legality now is esteemed to be of higher value than Radical or Democratic voters. Go home, and when election day comes, if you can get more votes than your oppo nent, come back, and not one word will be said against your occupying the seat for the next two years. But, for the present, vale. ; >-•-< ■■ “A New York young lady has officiated as bridesmaid fourteen times.” Pogue S .says he knows a young lady who has “of- j'ficiated” as bride four times, and is I “fishing” to “do so some more.” SUN-STROKES. figy* “East and West Poems,” by Bret Harte, is juri out. As a poet, he must have a good deal of the yeast in him for he is rising. JBgg 0 * Tilton approves the re-nomination of Grant. That is almost an apology for him for having written that book about Victoria Woodkull. JOST* “ Even Jonathan Wild Akerman” says the World “admits that ‘ thefes things had mainly occurred some time ago, the culminating point having been reached last March, and that there had been com- partivelyfew outrages for some months.’ ” J6gg a ‘“The President leaves no sand stone unturned to secure a renomination. ” (Boston Post.) Bat having cast off his “Seneca,” who now is his adviser; or upon what foundation rests his hopes of re-election ? He has built a financial for tune upon sandstone; but it is possible that his political bouse is built upon the sand. > . MM £@“The Boston Post says“her admirers think that Vinnie is achieving a Rearu- arkable success.” If the pun were not so excrutiatingly bad, the Post would be liable to the charge of plagiarism, for the thing has appeared before iu 4,000 of the 5,000 American newspapers, and in the Courier-Journal also. A countryman, who visited Green ville, Tennessee, had his attention at tracted by the glittering sign of the An des Insurance Company. He looked at it long and intently, and then broke out in a joyful exclamation: “Well, I knowed old Andy would be at somethin’ afore long; I tell yer, they can’t keep him down; no, they can’t,” and walked on.—Boston Post. The Lynchburg Republican asks:— Will some of our New York or Washing ton papers do the Democratic party the kindness to make up a list of the names of the Radical defaulters and the amount of their little stealings ?” Possibly it would be difficult to find a paper that would be willing to transform itself into a complete gazetteer of all the Radicals .who now hold, or ever did hold office. MS** Some “Southern Journal” said, “if the people of the North have any respect for liberty let them speak out,” whereupon the Washington Chronicle makes it the text for a characteristic tirade against the Southern people. However, Holden may have thought the remark was addressed to him, as he had so much “respect for liberty” that he fled from his State to keep out of the penitentiary. Jgg^It seems that the result of the New York elections is not regarded as a Radical victory after all. The Evening Post says it was an unpartisan triumph.— The Washington telegraphic correspond ent of trie Savannah News says: “In ad ministration circles the result of yester day’s elections is regarded as a hopeful sign of the renomination and re-election of Grant, while on the other hand, saga cious Conservative politicians regard the result in New York not as a party defeat or party victory, in the usual sense of these words, but simply as a general re volt of the people against fraud, corrup tion, bribery and official dishonesty in high and low places—not even excepting the White House.” STATE MATTERS. The Dahlonega Signal says: From a private source we learn that our former townsman, Col. J. J. Findley, of Gainesville, has been appointed United States Deputy MArshal for the Northern District of Georgia. From our knowl edge of the character of Col. Findley we unhesitatingly say, he is the right man in the right place, and much wisdom has certainly been displayed by the appoint ing power in making the selection for this truly important office. Died—Wm. Hassler, of Murray coun ty. Rome is to have a fountain. Rome is expecting Katie Putman, with a comedy troupe, early in January. One hundred and eighty-two marriages in Floyd the present year. Rome projects a chess club. Captain John C. Brain is lecturing in Macon. Macon is expecting the arrival of the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Com pany. Sheriff Bosworth, of Sumter county, has gone to Chattanooga to fetch Page. “The Great Lingard,” with a full troupe, will play in Columbus next week. Street cars run empty through the streets of Macon. Hewitt offers his Globe Hotel in Au gusta for sale. St. John's Church. This is the eighth Southern Methodist Church organized in the city of Atlanta. It is on the corner of Irwin and Rolling Mill streets. It will be opened for reli gious service to-morrow (Sunday) at 3 o’clock, p. h. The Pastors of the M. E Church South in the city, and a number of prominent laymen will be present, and some interesting addresses will be deliv ered. The public are cordially invited to attend. The Pastor of the church, Rev. G. H. Pattillo, has performed a great work this year, in organizing a number of Mission Churches and performing the ministerial labor of all. His task has been a herculean one, but he has labored earnestly and successfully. Nomination for U. S. Senator. Last night, at a caucus of the Demo cratic members of the Legislature, Hod. Thos. M. Norwood was nominated for United States Senator on the eighth ballot. The candidates were Hon. E. H. Worrell, Gen. P. M. B. Young, Judge John T. Clarke, Dr. H. V. M. Miller, Hon. Thos. M. Norwood, Gen. A. R. Wright, Hon. J. S. Hook, Hon. G. J. Wright and Ren. J. B. Gordon. The following are the ballotings: 1st Worrell, 19; Young, 22; Clarke, 22; Miller, 25; Norwood, 36; Gen. Wright, 27; Hook, I. 2d. Worrell, 14; Young, 16; Clarke, 23; Miller, 26; Norwood, 35; Gen. Wright, 30; Hook, 2; G. J. Wright, 8. 3d. Worrell, 13; Youug, 15; Clarke, 19; Miller, 23; Norwood, 43; Gen. Wright, 32; Hook, 2; G. J. Wright, 7. 4th. Young, 18; Clarke, 23; Miller, 14; Norwood, 52; Gen. Wright, 45; Hook, 1. 5th. Young 17; Clarke 8; Miller 2; Norwood 5; Gen. Wright 41; Hook 2; G. J. Wright 7; Gordon 21. 6th. Young 13; Norwood 64; Gen. Wright 43; Hook 1; G. J. Wright 2; Gor don 31. 7th. Norwood 70; Gen. Wright 48; Gordon 29. 8th. Norwood 81; Gen v Wright 44; G. J. Wright 2; Gordon 9. After the fifth ballot a motion to nom inate Gordon by acclamation, was voted down. After the seventh ballot there was considerable anxiety and excitement, motions for an adjournment, and some of the members left the hall—though there was no unpleasant feeling, The highest aggregate vote cast was 155; the lowest 136—on the last ballot. One blank vote was cast on the 1st, 2nd and third ballot, and two on the 5th ballot. June Apples in November. From the orchard of Mr. T. J. Per- kerson, about four miles from Atlanta, we have specimens of June apples.— These are of the second crop which the trees have produced this year. The first crop came in its season, after which the trees again budded, blossomed and bore fruit. The specimens before us are up to the average growth of the apple, pur pie-red, and fully ripe and sound. This is certainly a remarkable circumstance. Tlie Central and Macon and Western Railroads. The proper representatives of these two roads are now engaged in taking an inventory of all the stock properly, and assets of the M. and W. Road, preparatory to the consummation of the lease to the Central, which takes effect on the 1st of December—the Central, on that day tak ing full control of the line from here to Savannah. County Scut of Clark. A committee of gentlemen are here from Athens with a petition signed by 1400 citizens of Clark county, asking the removal of the court house from Wat- kinsville to Athens. A great many very cogent reasons are given why the remov al should be made, and unless the oppo nents of the measure are very active, Athens is very likely to get the court house. The gentlemen here, in the in terest of Athens, are Col. W. L. Mitch ell, CoL S. P. Thurmond, Capt. Alex. S. S. Erwin, Mr. A.. L. Mitchell and Mr. Emory Speer. Who Owns tlie New Era 1 An interesting trial has been going on- in the Superior Court for two days. A genuine carpet-bagger named Ro;kafel- low has sued the New Era for slander, claiming ‘damages. For some reason the Editors of the Era formed a bad opin ion of him and said unpleasant things of him in the paper. We learn that among other things, the Era copied an article from Swayze’s paper, the Macon Citizen, charging that Rocky had defrauded that paper out of $50, or other sum of money, by collecting subscriptions and appropri ating the money to his own use. This Mr. Rockafellow refused to remain silent under, and brought suit against the Era for uttering and publishing the slander. In the trial it became necessary to prove the ownership of the paper, which proved to be a difficult nut to crack. Mr. Scruggs, the editor, and Mr. Grubb, the Business Manager, did not know; they only knew that they were employed by certain parties, but knew not that the parties were owners; and these parties are not in the State. The attorney who drew up the papers when the present owners purchased the Era, was excused from testifying because he was counsel in the case now before the Court. We know not what will be the end of the The Ku-Klux Outrage in Jack- son. Rufus B. Bullock, now defunct, has offered a reward of one thousand dollars for the Ku-Klux who. fired Holliday’s mill in Jackson county. Some interest ing events have transpired in that county last week, which * militate against this theory of our quondam Governor. A number of gentlemen in Jackson ascer tained facts which led them to suppose that the Holidays themselves had burned the mill, and they retained Emory Speer, Esq., to investigate the ease. The following significant result was attained: F. M. Holliday, the brother of J. R. Holliday, who has suffered so many oritrages at the hands of the Ku-Klux, has been bound in a heavy bond to the Superior Court to answer the charge of arson. The trial created great excite ment. J. R. Holliday had threatened his brother if heshSJSJ facts, and this Holliday was arrested un der a peace warrant at the instance Jf Addington, the witness. Both of the Hollidays resisted arrest, and were taken >y force, the Federal soldiers who had been yarding Holliday, mounted guard m the Court House, as if the country S under martial law. 7 was After the decision of the Court wn* pronounced, we are informed that the HoUidays were overheard attempting to induce a man of the name of Casey to start a row in the Court House. He made tue attempt, which, however, failed owing to the prudence < f the people Among the facts proven, J. R. HolHdav was shown to have offered the witnesJ Addington, $8,000 to convict a TO uS man named McElroy, of burning the mill, when McElroy was shown to hare been engaged in nursing a sick all night when the miU was burned These are the men through whose in stigation a number of innocent voumr men were arrested at night, hand-cuffed and carried to jail in Atlanta, and the whole affair is regarded by the people of county f » vile attempt to mK Ku-Klux outrage, and they are glad that it has recoded on the heads of its perpe- trators. We honor the people of Jack- son who have had the manliness and the courage to enforce the law against these men in spite of the bayonets which guarded them.—Athens Watchman. Ur. Miller’s Address. Last evening a number of the members of the Legislature, and many .‘of the cit izens of the city, assembled in Represen tative Hall of the Capitol to hear an ad dress from Dr. H. V. M. Miller, in which he purposes to defend himself against certain charges, and vindicate his political record for the last few years. He was introduced to the assembly by Maj. George Hillyer, and after a few ex planatory remarks read the following letter, which, he said, had been circulated among the members of the Legislature, for the purpose of defeating him in the coming election for Senator: [copy.] Atlanta, jGa, November'2, 1871. Hon. James L. Dunning—Dear Sib: Did you not say to me, in a conversation held with me, in front of my residence some time last year, that Dr. H. V. M. Miller called to see you after supper one night, and that you gave him some ap ples, accompanied him to the Loyal League room, and introduced him to the meeting there assembled as a speaker ? Did you not say that Dr. Miller ad dressed the meeting on that' occasion ? Was not a committee, subsequent to that meeting, appointed to wait upon Dr. Miller, arid' ascertain his views in refer ence to the “Sherman Bill ?” Did not you indorse Dr. Miller as a supporter of- that bill, in consequence of some oppo sition to him by members of the league? Did not Dr. Miller's speech on that occa sion remove all opposition to him on the part of the members of ths league ? Was not Dr. Miller nominated by the league after this meeting, and elected to the Constitutional Convention. Yours truly, T. S. Powell. Atlanta, Ga., November 2, 1871. To all the foregoing questions I con sider in the affirmative. J. L. Dunning. He acknowledged having a conversa tion with Mr. Dunning—that was no crime. He received the apples; that was suspicious, (he said). He accompanied Mr. D. to a room, and made an address. He had no knowledge of the room hav ing ever been occupied by the Loyal League. The committee mentioned never waited on him. He did not in dorse the Sherman bill—far from it, but believed we should conform to the law, until we could repeal it. He did not know that his speech removed all opposi tion, he hoped it did. He became a can didate for the Convention before he made the address, and not afterward. If he was nominated by the League he did not know it. He denied unconditionally and unqualifiedly the implied charge in the letter, viz: tbe insinuation that he was not a true Democrat. Dr. Miller then reviewed his action in the convention and Congress, with a view to vindicating the same. The entire speech was reported. We have not space to go into further details. He was frequently applauded by the au dience. After the address, Dr. Powell was call ed upon by a few individuals, but the audience were in the act of dispersing and did not remain to hear him—some persons manifesting disapprobation. Dentil of D. 31. Grlnss. From the Des Arc (Ark.) Citizen, we learn that Mr. D. M. Glass, recently of this county or from this vicinity, was killed on the night of the sixth, by an armed band of negroes, who were at tempting his arrest. He was a party to a difficulty in the afternoon, but effected his escape, taking refuge in a citizen’s house. At night, the constable, with a posse of armed negroes, surrounded the dwelling and demanded his surrender. While trying to escape from the back door, he was shot, and died in a few minutes. At last accounts, a jury of in quest was engaged in collecting evidence, Oar Texas Letter. The letter of “ Sic Semper” is from the pen of an old Georgian, and is fall of interest. It will be enjoyed by &U who read it. Robbery. Recently an old man who had bought tickets to Little Rock was robbed, while getting on the cars, of his pocketbook, containing four tickets and a small amount of money. Gov. Brown and the Agent of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad m-omptlv duplicated the tickets.