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THE ATLANTA SUN
THE ATLANTA WEEKLY SUN, FOR THE WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 13 1872.
FROM OUB DAILY EDITION flf
Tim reday, November?,
Atf incidnst.
•'A mn dropped dead in the street, they say,
His body is tin re, jnst ov*r theway,
•Where the crowd is prc»*in;j about.
He was pasaiDg along, when heetagg
The laal you’d suppose, be looked so well
And acemed ao toftlo and Btou*.
“ Teas heart dlseaso t v .atMB* Mjj*. t ^ 7 “ 7 ’
His name ? I don’t know, and yet by the way.
I heard as they carriod him by.
*Twib rather uncommon; I think It wa* Talc.
BuTyou (My God! the woman’s as pale
As the corpse.) But yon. madam, why”-
The answer a moan, and tho woman was gone,
Tearlne her way through tho crowd, pressing on,
Half craaed with her bhnding fear.
The crowd held back that thronged the place
As with frightened eye and death-like face,
She stood by tho covered bier.
A trembling hand, and the cloth was raised;
But a moment’s space she stood and gazed,
Then turnod and dropped the call,
And anger shone in her .beautiful eye,
■■Dang it I” she hissed as she glided by,
**It ain't him. alter all.”
GEORGIA NEWS BREVITIES.
—The health of McDnffie is good.
—Pistol shooting in Macon.
—Farmers’ daughters arc the best ag
ricultural Fairs.—McDuffie Journal.
—The Milledgevilio Good Templars
have seceded.
—The last number of the McDuffie
Journal is well gotten up.
—The Federal troops at Fort Pnlaski
leave Saturday for Now York.
—The thi^f who stole 830 from the
store of Camp & Marsh, of Rome, has
been captured.
—Hoa. F. M. Langley, of Troupe, is
spoke of for Speaker of the House of
liepresen tutives.
—Rev. Mr. Jennings of Crawfordville,
will take the pastorute of McDuffie the
coming year.
—Tho residence of Mr. John McMil
lan, of Gwinnett, was burned Wednes
day night.
—The Masonic Fraternity will lay the
corner stone of Norcross High School on
the lGih.
—The cotton gin of Major J. C.
Blackstock, near Camming, has been de
stroyed by lire. Incendiarism.
—On the plantation of General My-
rick, in Baldwin contny, on the 31st ul
timo, a negro named Arnold Hall killed
John Smith, colored.
—A couple of “cullud bredren” went
for one another in McDnffie, when one
of them split the other’s head with an
axe.
—Elisha Smallwood, of McDuffie, de
serted his wife and went to Warren coun
ty, where he eloped with a farmer’s
daughter to parts unknown. His wife
is au invalid.
—Thomas and Mrs. Ranrk were riding
homo in McDnffie. Tho horsed got
scared and ran, throwing Mrs. Ranrk
from the buggy, bruising her consid
erably.
Marriages
— On the 20th ult., in Gwinnett, by
T. Pittman, Esq., Mr. W. D. Bailey and
Miss E. J. McCutchen,
— In Jackson county, Alabama, Mr.
Robert Adams, of Alabama, and Miss Joo
Watson, of McDnffie, Gn.
By the same, tuo SLlth, -M«v
ciiinattus H. Cross, of Hall county, and
Miss Emily Cole, of Gwinnett.
GEORGIA ELECTION NOTES.
—The election was quiet in Columbus.
—Illegal votes arrested in Macon.
—Columbus Grantites voted in Ala
bama.
—Cane Spring, Floyd county, Greeley
159, Grant 4.
—At the Isle of Hope precinct the ne
groes had plenty of whisky.
Two hundred O’Conor tiokets were
voted in Griffin.
—Five thousand six hundred and four
votes were polled in Savannah.
■The Wanhoo has sued out warrants
for Atkics aud Hale.
—Chatham county Republican by
594. C
-No polls were opened at Repablican
and Mt. Auburn precincts, McDuffie co.
—The Savannah Republican says the
bearing of Marshal Smjtke was unex
ceptionable.
—At one time daring the day in Sa
vannah, the troops were called oat, but
they found nothing to do.
—Collector Atkins went for Bradley
with a poker, but Mr. Sloan threw him
self in the breach.
— A Carolina darkey was discovered
enjoying his privileges too freely. He
said lie was only votin’.
—The Savannah Republican gives in to
what it styles “The Party of the Future. ”
Of coarse.
—-In Bozeman Precinctj Muscogee, out
of 14 votes, 10 were Straight. The
“groncdswell” hasn’t got there yet.
— Rome precinct—Grant 887; Gree
ley 789; O'Conor 4; Dover 880; Young
719; scattering 5.
—The official vote in Bartow county
for Congress is: Yonng, 1,181; Dever,
G82. The reported vote for President
is: Greeley, 1,186; Grant, 693.
— In fact, we believe the contest was
pretty well given up some time ago.”—
Rome Commercial. Just as we told you
it would be.
—26 illegal voters were elected in
Savannah on election day—nine of whom
are in charge of the TJ. S. Marshal, and
seventeen in charge of the ShenlT—all
colored.
—The election, says the Savannah
News, convinces it of its previous opinion
ot tho impolicy of the course of the Bal
timore Convention. Tho News is not
alone in its views. #
— Aaron Alpeora sent tha following to
Washington :
Savannah, Ga., 4 p. m., Nov. 4, 1872.
—To President TJ. S. Grant and his Cab
inet, Washington, D. O.: J. E. Bryant
aud others have got Marshal Smyth to
appoint special Deputy Marshals of the
same Democrats that intimidated colored
voters at the polls on the second of Oc
tober, 1872, aided by the United States
Irish soldiers, the police and a Demo
cratic intimidating .committee of one
hundred and tight, to be aronnd the
polls, in whom we have no confidence.
We cannot be expected to vote.
—TheSavannahJVeics has tho following:
About 9 o’clock in the morning, we are
informed, Col. A. W. Stone, United
States Commissioner, attempted to pass
through the lines of stacked guns of the
police force in the square, when the per
suasiveness of a musket with a glistening
bayonet, in tbo hands of a sentinel,
stopped his onward career. Tho Com-
terview with General Anderson. The
, „ _ . General was called, when the following
In Baldwin county, on the 3d inst., I colloquy, so reported to us, occurred,
bvT. J. Finney, J. P., Mr. Charles M. Commissioner Stong—General Anderson,
Gibson and Miss Lillie O. McCloud. by what authority do yon obstruct the
- - - - I “:u. men in this
peace. Commissioner Stone—Well, sir,
I protest against this, and— Gen. An
derson—Well, sir, you can protest and
be—blessed. Disappearance of the Com
missioner by another route.
GENERAL LAVAYETTK’N watch.
The Gift of the Great Washington Lost
Forty-Eight Tears and Fossd In n
UaUrlUe Jenk Shop.
Tram the N. O. Times.
It in doubtless within the recollection
of many in this city that in ibe year
1824, General LaFavette made a tour of
this country, attended by such an ova
tion as offered, perhaps, the grandest
spectacle of a nation’s tribute to a hero,
the world has ever seen. Daring his
tour, while on a visit to some town in
the State of Tennessee, the General was
mysteriously robbed of his watoh, a val
ued sonvenir, which had been presented
to him in 1781 by Gen. George Washing
ton to commemorate at once the affec
tionate relations which had loDg existed
betweenr'them, and his gallant services
at the siege of Yorktown, the crowning
event in the straggle for American inde
pendence. Dircetly upon the robbery
becoming known, most strenuous efforts
were made for its recovery, but, despite
the fact that the Governor of Tennessee
offered a reward of one thousand dollars
for its return, not the slightest trace of
it was thereafter obtained, and General
LaFayette was eventually compelled to
return to France, resigned to the thought
that the precious gilt of his dear friend
was lost to him forever.
The years passed on, and with their
lapse men’s recollection in the circum
stance faded away. LaFayette died in
1834, and for forty-eight years the stolen
watch bore an unknown history. At
the end of that time, but a few days ago,
a fgmtlemen residing in this city, while
visiting Lonisville, attended au auction
sale at a junk shop, where, strange to re
late. he fonnd among the articles a watch
which npon examination, he discovered
to be tho long lost watch of LaFayette.
Suffice it to 8t»y that he eagerly pur
chased it, and as quickly formed the res
olution to transmit it to the family of
General LaFayette,now residing in Paris,
pending which transmission, however,
the gentleman has brought it to his
home, and has consented to its exhibi
tion for a few days atE. A. Tyler’s jewel
ry store on Canal street.
The watch is open faced, of gold, with
a double case, and may be remarked as
of a peculiar appearance, being of only
ordinary size, bnt nearly as thick as it is
wide. The outer case bears npon its en
tire surface carved figures, in bas relief
representing the Dictnre of Mars offering
a crown to the Goddess of Peace, who
is surrounded by her emblems, while
over all appear the stern implements of
war, hang high ont of reach. On the
inner case appear the yet clearly legible
inscription:
“ G. Washington
To
Gilbert Mattiers de LaFayette,
Lord Cornwallis’ Capitulation,
Yorktown,
Decb’r 17,1781.”
On the covering of tbo works is sec n
the maker’s name—E. Halifax, London,
1759.
One can believe that, the sight of this
relic, with its host of historical recollec
tions clustering about it, is well fitted to
awaken a host of ’ reflections, and carry
one’s imagination over the bridge of
nearly a century, to the time when the
two dead and gone hero friends stood
side by side, carving out their glorious
names and fame, whjpli to-day shine
through the long vista of year^with a
f [— —> ■ ■ 1 r ■ w *—■
THE DEAS-BOKER ROMANCE.
Who ana What Jokn. Dean and His
Wife
3
Local Mattel’s.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1 8 78.
THE COURTS
Superior Coart Adjourned for the .Elec
tion-Magistrates on Duty at the
Polls—The Recorder Shows
His Hand.
JOHN JOSES, ESQ , DISPOSED OF.
The Superior Coart met m usual, Judge Hopkins
presiding.
The jury In the c*so or John Jones, of Africs,
yhich had been locked up during the night,brought
in ft yeraict of guilty. Three years on the Geor-
gift Western Boad will give him his liberty.
The Court then adjourned until this morning.
It is the intention of Judge Hopkins to push the
criminal busing as vigorously as possible
We believe that the case of Malone, charge d with
fhemnrder of Frank Philips, will soon be tried.
The Court Reporter, Judge Thomas Spencer, has
our thanks for favors.
JUSTICES' COURTS.
Til Elk HONORS ON DUTY TtrsTiwmnni;,
A visit to the offices of the city magistrates fonnd
the doors locked, these gentlemen's presence btrag
necessary at the voting places.
Justice Butt was at the City Hall, Justico Ham
mond was at the Tailulah voting precinct.
We suppose they will all be in a judicial frame of
mind 13-day.
RUCORUJilt'S COURT.
CHET—A COURTING EXPEDITION—AN
OFPICS HUNTER.
Onr dreams night before last were not as picas,
ant as usual, and do what we would, ‘‘nature’s sweet
restorer*’ would not restore us. Whether the ap
proaching election weighed too heavily npon our
stomach, or printer’s “pL” hsd disagreed with ns,
wo could not say; but when /e read the ‘‘sad story”
of his Honor’s woes in yesterday’s Sun, the whole
matter burst open before us. An aocouut of some
Superior Court “chicks” was stuck at the tail-end of
tho proceedings, looking very mnehlike “a stranger
in a strange land," aud sadly out of place.
This seems to be an ago of “rings.” Everywhere
we go we find.small knots of men engaged in furth
ering scheme?—which are patriotic of course I For
instance, wuen we entered the Court room yester
day, his Honor was sitting perfectly still, occasion
ally saying a word to a small knot immediately
around him. Some poor fellow had been relating
his career, and said somothir g about “domestic in
felicity,” “family quarrels,” and a
“8ECIIETI”
Now, this last word roused ns to tho ruick. If
there is one female attribute more than another
which we do possess, it is that of curiosity.
Secretsi” Lawsakes! what a thrill the word sent
through our internal system 1 Was it an elopement;
an o’er truo tale of love, ora stern old parent? Or,
perhaps, it related to the coming election for Mayor.
By the way, that reminds us. Where is old “Ten
and CoBts?” This reporter hao missed hi* genial,
ruddy face, and liis clear onanciatious of the man
ner in which the city might try ail its offenders,
and make the institution pay. If be was only here,
what a stir there would be among the culprits, and
- handing over ol ten dollar bills 1
WILLIAM TiTLOIt,
gentleman of learning and distinction, whose
early opportunities were limited, desired a word
with His Honor—by message. He did notlike to be
reviewed in person; he did not care about intruding
upon His Honor’s time; bis business relations were
such that he could not leave—in fact, he had made
up his mind that he wasn’t going to come. His
Honor, who was rather kindly disposed, let him off
light.
Uenbx BUCAJEB
was averse to doing wrong. He was verymnehin
the predicament of tho little bov who always tried to
do right, but couldn’t Why should he bo always
so unfortunate ? He called to see his sweetheart
the other day. Oh, she was fair—fair to the eye and
pleasing to the mind. In her were combined all
the excellencies that adorn the female character.
Henry was iD love—wildly, madly. He vowed that
he would never love another. She told him that she
had jnst seen an old flame—her former love for him
was nvived, and she was sorry, oh, so sorry, hut
poor Henry was misplacing his affections; he was
wasting his powder; his weary heart was withering
like % dry leaf. In the depth of his affliction ho in
dulged—in a glass; tho ela-a contained wine; the
wine made him stagger; his staggering attracted the
attention of a city sontinoi; the city sentinel sent
him to Wooding for coffee and a bed; Wooding con
signed him to the Recorder, and the Recorder had
no sympathy for his sort, and recommended a con
tribution of five doilarBtoappeaso offended justice.
Thus ends i*>-,n upBUSt; orj-uiArn. —
beon_y^w6TOd have burned his way out with his
fleryeloquence.
GEORGE STEELE
TRANSATLANTIC.
father,
■Wright,
Miss Alico Laura Tyler.
Deaths.
—In LaG range, Mrs. George Sturgis.
Mrs. Fannie Strother, wifeol Jos. E.
Strother, of Lincoln county.
—On tho 5th, in Rome, Mr. Samuel
McKenzie. — Emile de Girardin is about to marry
Xu Baldwin county, October 24, an English countess.
Robert, iufant son of Mr. aud Mrs. Har- j —English incumbents now have tem
per. sure their parsonages and chancels
—At tho residence of Judge Wesley agatost fire.
Worrell, of Thomson, on the 31st, Mrs. —It will cost $200,000 to restore the
E. W. Johnson. I Escurial, and King Amadeus will pay tho
—On tho 28tb, in McDuffie, Fannie fiddler.
Allen, only child of J. M. and Fannie — There have been since September 1
Hager man. no less than sixteen American'marriages
~ solemnized at St. George’s Church, Han
over Square, London.
Arthur Fullerton, of Gresham,
England, wants to be one of seven to
erect a costly monument to Timon of
Athens.
T-he text of the judgment which
SOUTHERN NEWS.
— A four-ton steam cylinder has been
cast at Chattanooga.
—Willie W. McMillan ef Chattanooga,
died on the 5th instant.
— Forgers to 0 bo encouraged—Black- j t ^ e psendo-General Cluseret
8miths - „ ^ , to death by default has been posted up
— The Ku-Klux Base Ball Club play &t the 0 £ the Ministry of War, that
in South Carolina. • ^eing bis last known residence in France,
-Spence Thomas shot and killed “ Ki { Bavaria intends to
Pleas Nichols in Gunteraville, Ala., laEt I ereo t ;i monument near the Walhalla,
. I which is to do homage to tho great men
—Tho locating survey of the Cumber- q{ nations, aud upon which the
laud and Ohio Railroad bas been com- tilustricus characters of the United States
pleted through Kentucky. ghall als0 have a place!
A days ago, in Bentoni county, _ Tlie efiect o{ t b Q Russian censorship
Tenn., Wiley Burns shot aud lulled JoLn i ^ _ wllicll is again enforced
T. Saunders. I with rigor, is to fill tho country with
—A negro named Herbert Jones was contraband books, pamphlets and peri-
run over and killed near Enfaula, Ala., I orients, introduced from abroad, which
on the Montgomery andEofaula road. ever y one makes a point of buying sim
Daring four months, ending August ply because they are forbidden w w #
31st, Covington, Ky., sold 497,000 gal-j _ Em jn 0 Castelar and King Amadeus New*’ York papers, especially the San,
Correspondence or the Philadelphia Evening Bul
letin.
An article in your paper of Saturday,
headed “Sad End of a Romance,” &c.,
does injustice to an honeBt man, and I
hasten to correct the story concocted by
the evil hand of a Washington minister.
Your comments on the subject will also,
.perhaps, have a damaging effect to the
same person, who is trying to make his
way through this world by hard labor.
The original John Dean, the hero of
the famous case with which the name has
been so long and inseparably associated,
and who married a Miss Mary Ann Boker,
of this city, some fifteen or sixteen years
ago, is in New York, and has been since
he left the employment of the ladys
father. , . ’ ,.
Your correspondent knows him per
sonally, and saw him to-day, in fact, sees
him almost every day. He has a good
position, being connected with the well-
known cotton house of L. N. Freeman
& Co., 114 Pearl street, where he has
been for ten years. He is living happily
witb his wife in Hoboken, and has been
since the first day of his marriage. Des
pite the numerous slanders and obstacles
he has had to oontend with during- tnat
period, I understand he owns the house
in which he resides, and also some other
valuable property. He enjoy* the fullest
confidence of liis employers, and is spo
ken of as an industrious aud hard work
ing man. He has a fine and frank per
sonal appearance, and is spoken of by
the New York cotton merchants as a
steadyiand good business man. rt
He tells me be has ignored newspaper
slander, and says bis-only enemy is a
clergyman in Washington, who has been
the author of all the newspaper articles,
and who has been writing the sensation
al articles about him. He says he has
within a few years lost a considerable
prim of money (which he bad accumulat
ed bv hard work) in libel suits against
WM * dozen or near it. They were passing back-
toward. I think Mr. Mann was there,
zed Billy Stewzrt and Tom Tucker. They were
generally drinking. Don’t think Anthony wze drink-
mg mneh. At tne time Anthony put his bands on
Kufns O’Neal’s shoulder. Burns stepped back, and
ije was goiDg to draw a knife. Ae soon
** I told them they must have no fuas there.
Thomas jumped round, and I saw him ahoot An
thony. He never spoke to Anthony at all. Anthony’s
“* n “ WJ* n °ton Rufus’ shoulder at tne time Thomas
shot. He was sort of following, and Rufns was
I never saw any other scuffle at all.
, a. Mann sworn. Heard Mr. Anthony say
to Bufua: “I am not mad, and don’t get mad.”
Examined authority after he fell, and said: “Joe,
are you hurt much ?” He didn’t answer. “I jus:
raised up and said: “Roys, catch them; they have
killed Joa Anthony;” some one remarked: “I havo
got the one that done it, and his pistoL" When
Anthony spoke to Rufns O'Neal, he did not speak
angrily, but in a common voice. I helped to take
Anthony’s overcoat off. I saw no weapons."
Wit. C. Tcckeb. sworn—Saw ths difficulty. Being
cold we crowded around the fire. Anthony was
pushing against Rufus O'Neal. Rufus said: “Miud
bow you push.” An’hony said he meant no harm.
They took hold of each other then* About that time
John McConnell says: “ Boy’s, don’t have no fuse”’
About that time A*thony said to Eufua O’Neal:
‘‘I am not mad; don’t draw your knite on me.”
That was cot more than a minute before the firing.
I raw Thomas O’Nsal when he Bhot. He hsd been
sitting on a box. I aaw Rufus O’Neal oatcb An-
thony by the collar and push him into the corner.
The pistol w«« fired in a seooad after that. Anthony
had no weapon. I saw Thomas O'Neal get up from
the box; had his pistol out and walked seven feet.
He had on a shawl or a blanket. He jumped up and
shot quick. He never said a word before he shot.
Anthony fell, and Thomas O'Neal ran iu the back
room.
The jnry on this trial, found Thomas O’Neal
guilty of murder in the first degree. He was sen
tenced to be hauged in list February. The prison
er's counsel moved tor a new trial, which was re
fused by Judge Hopkins. The case was then
brought before the Supreme Court, where the rul
ings of Judge Hopkins were fully sustained. O'Neal
was then re-sentenced to the death penalty, to take
place on Friday next, it is needless to say that his
eounsoi performed their duty faithfully, aud did
t their beat to ameliorate the case against thsir client
At the last term cf Clayton Superior Court, Rufus
O’Neal, brother of the doomed man, vras placed on
trial for complicity in the shooting; but the Solici
tor-agreed to accept a plea of guilty to assault and
battery, whereupon, the Judge imposed upon him »
legal penalty., He escaped from jail, howoTer, and
Is now at large.
Strong efforts have beon made by O’Neal’s friends
to havo his sontenco commuted, but with what sue
cess we know not.
Marriage.
Yesterday at 3 o’clock p. m.. Dr. G. A. Wilcox, of
Augusta, and Miss Ida Van Epps, of this city, were
married at the Central Presbyterian church, by Rev.
J. T. Leftwitch. The attendants were: Mr. Howard
Van Epps, Atlanta: and Miss Kate Wilcox, of Au
gusta; Mr. W. W. Wilcox, Augusta, and Miss Annie
Winn, of Coinmbus.
T he parties were married quietly in the presence
ofa select number ot their friends, and all tho at
tendants, as well as the couple themselves, were
dressed very tastefully in traveling costumes.
It was the intention of the happy couple to take
the 4 o'clock train for the North, where they would
spend a two week’s tour, but were detained by the
sad intelligence that the brother of Miss Van Epps
had ju«t arrived in the city, dangerously iU, even at
the point of death. This sorrowful intelligence was
purposely and judiciously withheld until after tne
nuptials were consummated. This sad e^isodo will
doubtless detain the bridal party.
Dr. Wilcox Is a young physician of Augusta, who
has very flattering prospects, and enjoys the advan
tage ofbelonglDg to one of the first families of the
State. The bride is well and favorably known to
nearly all of our Atlanta readers, and there are many
who will regret that she is lost to Atlanta, In whose
society she was a favorite.
Atlanta Medical College.
On Monday evening the introductory exercises of
Atlanta Medical College were held In the Hall of ths
House ot Representatives in thiB city. The address
was delivered by Dr. W. A. Griggs, Professor of the
Practice of Medicine in the College. Dr. Griggs de
livered a short, finished and elegant discourse to the
class, in which he called attention to Atlanta as
Medical centre ; tho many peculiar advantages of
Atlanta in a business and commercial point of view,
in which he spoke in commendable terms of the
Medical College as one of its institutions of which
her citizens were proud.
His address to the class was appropriate and in
structive, and deserves thoir thoughtful attention.
festation," which was readily granted, lie seeme^J
to take great pleasure in hearing the election
turns, and when we assured him that Grant tw
fleeted, he seemed to grow sad, and said that Gr«e>
ley had made great “ groundswell”—lor Grant. x«»
did not know much about Mrs. Torrey; but he bag
no doubt she saw spirits. Poking us in the ribe, ba
said, “Don’t try that Greeley foolishness any morel’*
end vanished.
1LUUON IOHNSON
of flask, which he was to carry in his bosom, with
the neck near his chin, into which he was to defttw
®uter the liquor, and thus have it for sale again—
All being arranged, Marion played his part wall, nab
letting a single customer go without treating
also. Toward evening, however, Marion beeasoa
rather noisy, and had strange symptons, at firat
resembling the “Epizootic,” but graduzUy gettinw
worse. Smefling a mouse, his employer examlneX
tne flask and found it empty. Marion had filled tbn
wrong jng, for which he was kicked out; and b»
some means found himseli in the calaboose. As he
started on his way home, we coulu not help saying:
“ put not your trust in Princes, nor in the sons ot
men.
has .ately arrived in Atlanta. We thought the nama
w “ strange, but ha assured ua that iu the land
whence he came, there was a Urge and interesting-
family of the Smith*. He claimed that the
was a distinguished one; that the members of tha
family were talented; tuat they hail a record of
which they might well be proud. “ lhe name oC
Smith,” said he, “is synonymous with all that is
great and good. In the morning cf cr-oation wa
hear of them with Tubal Cain, and along tbs
stream downward, to this time, many a gem is seen,
which attests to the ubiquity of our name aud raoeu
John Smith and Pocahontas, yon kuow, John Smith
and Pocahontas! Why, atr, that is glorious 1 If you
will juBt step down to my house with me, I give yon.
a full genealogy of the house." Wo very politely
declined, as we had met a few Smiths ourself, and
knew quite enough about them.
Au revoir!
»-»■* •
Georgia. XtWJ.
—It was ^rumored iu Stewart county
that Mr. Warren J. Low was dead.
—Morgan county planters have modft
more cotton than they can pick.
—-Weddings are on the tapis in Madi
son.
W. —Some more troops have arrived in
Savannah.
— Two reiiable printers are wanted
at the Savannah News office.
Education of colored children is
being discussed in Savannah.
100 U. S. Deputy Marshals wera
appointed in Savannah for the election*
The Savannah polioe have been
reviewed.
— They have a Dr, J, M. Johnson in
Savannah as well as Atlanta.
— A lady has been burnt in Madison*
Carelessness.
— A negro has been shot in Macon by
a clerk.
Mrs. Bowers played to the Macon-
ites last night.
— A drunken man fell upon a two year
old child of Mrs. McIntyre ot Macon* -
seriously injuring it.
— A child was run over in Savannah
by some fast young men. They did non
stop to accertain the injuries.
—The Grand Jury of Stewart county re
port the roads in good condition, and
every thing lovely,
— The Lumpkiu Independent man in
timates that the potato crop thereabouts
is a failure.
—• Two children of Mr. McNeil, of
Gwiunett county, were mangled by a
cotton gin last week, one losing au aria,
and the other a leg. ]
—George Ulmer, a Savannah printor,
received terrible injuries by a fall on
Sunday. His leg was broken in two
AU in all the address is encouraging, as exhibiting
the stamina and talent connected with this instilu places—above and below tkokuetL
w*8 6teeled against the influence of the heart, but
his mouth was in a strange habit of opening when
ever there v»as anything todrink in the house. Not
that he was a drunkard, by any moans; far be it
from us to charge such a likely young man as him
with any such failing; but he used to drink a little
for his stomzoh’s sake, and sometimes his stomach
would go back on him. This sad incident oocurred
yesterday, when he was requested to visit the Re
corder for an antidote. It is needless to say that
the antidote was administered.
JOEL HESTON
was a gentleman of varied attainments, and jnst
came up to review the situation. He was anappU-
oant for the U. S. Marshalahip day before yesterday.
He didn’t grt it. He was sorely perplexed what to
do. He had hall a mind nottovete stall. No, he
would not vole. He would stand alone in his glory.
Ho would wrap his martial cloak aronnd him, and
bid farewell to the sink-pool of poUUcs. He did
not want office; no, he wouldn’t have one now, and
as for the man that’s elected, if he was about,
Joel would kick . Right here he made a pedal
moUon to suit the word; and the consequence was
a collision with the shins of a passer-by. For this
innocent diversion, as much as any thing else, Joel
came up to see His Honor, hoping to gain some in
formation in regard to kicking shins. A porous
plaster of $5 was administered.
jLilt) CAMtttUGU AC AAV/ fV MCiug ’
lot, corner or Alabama and Forsyth streets, opposite
the new commission house of J. S. Oliver 5 Co.,
for erecting a large three-story brick building, 63
feet on Alabama, and running back along Forsyth
street, 148 feet. „ . _
Tula building is to be erected for Cant. Mark W.
Johson, whose large Agricultural warehouse is at
No. 3 DeGives Opera House. He well deserves the
success he has achieved, for he is a clever, correct
gentleman, who makes friends of all with whom ho
de He'understands the value of judicious advertise-
ing, which has contributed its dno share to his suc
cess. Printer’s ink can be well used by business
men who apply it properly.
Ions of beer. j 0 j gp a ; u me t recently in a side-path in
—J. G. Whitt, a farmer near Bonham, Madrid Pardo. The King who had
Texas, raised this year, on thirteen acres, ne ^. er \j eeu introdnoed to Castelar, “ap-
832 bushels of corn, or 64 bushels per p roac hed tho great Republican orator,
Q&O. and, shaking las hand, said to him:—
—A few days ago Mr. Thomas Early, “Senor, I admire your genius.” “And
an old and esteemed citizen of Bradley I,” yeplied Castelar, “admire your Ma-
couuty, Tenn., was thrown from bis jesty’s courage,
horse and insiantly killed.
hitsrur-
—“The Harpers pay Nast 8500
week.” Wrong, by just $400
A Wise Plan.—To be sure, a soft an
swer turns away wrath—in some cases.
But absolute silence is even more effica-
eic us. A Spanish writer tells of a woman
— The American Literary Bureau wlio had been very frequently beaten by
tted. $2,500 from Fronde’s five lectures her husbund, who asked a surgeon what
M>hnU»i«nilin0 three I ho coulu give her to prevent so
netted
in New „ . .
rainy nights and the horse disease.
—The people of France never liked
Charles Dickens’ works nud it is said
that none of the French translations of
even his best productions had a remune
rative sale.
York, notwithstanding three I remedy ho could give her to prevent
much pain and misery to herself. Ihe
surgeon gave her a bottle of spring wa-
*er and advised her that whenever her
husband came home in a passion she
s-'O-iH fiil her month with tins physic,
and keep it there so long as her husband
was angry. The euro was perfect and
complete. And this supplies another
F - er of words.
— “ What are you doing there, you j ; . of thf . destructive power of words,
rascal?” “Merely taking cold sir. . ^ V, e .„- 0 W ords which can separate
looks to mo if you were stealing ue. |. ^ nni . r than sharp swords—there
“Wo—yes—perhaps it will bear tli
construction.” ran wn«
-- Savannah repudiates tbo horse|^“ d
malady.
■when published by Beach, but a short
ness of funds prevented him from carry
ing ont his plans.
Tnis letter is written not from any die
tation on the part of the friends of Mr.
Dean; it is merely a statement of my
personal knowledge of the man. I could
give you a full history of him, as I am
personally acquainted with him, as well
as nearly all the cotton samplers m New
York, but time will not peimit me to go
into detail. As far as Mr. Dean is con
cerned, neither ho nor his wife, be tells
me, considers as important any of the.
scandal tliat is pnl>lifc.h.cd alx>ut them by
tho newspapers.
The time, I under? taud is not *ar uis-
t-ant, when the cotton moneyed ^men of
New York intend “going” for t-e cleri
cal gentleman of Washington in deserv-
ing itvle. Mr. John Dean, even tuough
once a coachman, is npoareatly one. of
the happiest- mortals in tue countrj. n*
has a wife who has stuck to him through
“thick and thin,” sinco their marriage.
She is loved by all her acquaintances,
and mingles in the best society of
beken, where they nave been Jiving for
It. veais.
THOMAS 0'J>'JEAI.
A TRUE STATEMENT OF THE CASE — THE
SWORN TESTIMONY.
On Friday next, the 8th inst., the sentence of
Thomas O’Neal, who has been convicted of ihe mur
der of Mr. Anthony, before the Superior dourt of
Clayt 011 county, will be executed. As a general in*
teieat hzB been expressed in the case, perhaps
short account of the affair might not be outof place.
On Christmas Eve. 24th December, 1870, in the
town of Jozesboro, Mr. Anthony came to hla deatfl
from a pistol shot wonnd inflicted on him by Thomas
O’Neal, who, in com pan? -with his brother Rufns,
bad been in i he town that day. They tvece brought
up before the Superior Court of Clay ton county the
first term following. The evidence of W. I»
Watereon, who had been with Anthony all that day,
will throw light upon the proceedings of the parties
dnrin* tho day: _ . , _
•\y. l Watkbson Sworn.—Knew deceased, Jo
seph Anthony. Know defendants now. I and Joseph
M Anthony weTe tngetbei oa Christmas eve, 24tn
December (1870.) We were together pretty well all
the evening. I saw- the two Mr. O'Neals and Billy
Crawe* it was Chri-tmas eve. and I was gallanting
aronnd considerably. I noticed that most every
nla'C wo went to, they came afterwards. Thomas
O’Neal was with his brother P.nfns and Billy Crane.
I always saw them three together, end noticed them
three or fonr times. I mentioned it to both Joseph
and Jesse Anthony. I took a little drink occasional
ly that evening; Joseph Anthony drank a little; don’;
know how much. It was a very cold day. I think
the O’Neals took their drinks. 1 was not personally
a-qnalntcd with them. They were strangers in this
county. I think I had seen Rufus, but cot Thomas
before. AnthoDy was a citizen• of this plac°. In
going aronnd we bought some torpedoes, and threw
them among tha crowd; not atany one particularly.
I think the O’Neal boys were in the room when we
threw them. I am satisfied none were thrown at
their feet. I never saw Joseph Anthony throwany,
nor do any thing disrespectful on his part. Th- i -
wasa little feeling beiwee n me and Crane.
Mrs. M. l\haley testified to the loading of the pis
tol by Thomas O’Neal, who, in company with his
brother and Crane on the day of Anthony's death,
about 11 a. »l, was at her house.
From the testimony of the following witnesses
6woro to on the trial ’ a coirectidea of the rad affair
can be gathered: _ . , . „ _
J L. McConnlll, sworn—I wa3 helping McCon
nell and Elliott in their grocery on the day Anthony
was killed. Thomas O’Neal wa ked back to the fire
to warm. Rufus O’Neal came out of the bar-room
towards tho fire. Anthony was standing a little in
front or him. I heard a few short words, but didn t
know what they said. It appeared to he a lit.le turn-
culty between them. Rufns O'Neal ran his hand In
Ills pocket. Anthony es-ed him if he was going to
draw a knife, rsiw no knife or weapon drawn. An
thony put Ms hand on Rufns O’NeU’s sh -elder,
and saifi: ” My friend, I am nit inad .,-ithyou.
Tkey stebbed back two or three steps from where I
i told them they must have no fuea. T—omas
O'Ned was b bird Rufus, and stepped, round to the
right and shot Anthony ia the right ic-mpie. At the
time Rafas and Anthouv were -alking, Rufu3 was
about six feet from the fire. Tliev were facing each
other. Anthony’s back w.s to the fire. Think he
- - I was right *1 the fire-place,
-Dr. Charles A. Bostwick of Waynes-
J0J3- Caph A. D. Bockafellow had a charge of lar
ceny after trust conferred againBt him by a negro
woman, under circumstances which strongly sug
gest foul play and malicious intention, and that he
haB been cruelly victimized. Upon the investiga
tion before Justice Hammond, he was rsqnired to
give a heavy bond for his appearsnoe at the superior
Court to ansvrer to the charge, tailing to do which
he was thrust into prison and remained there a day
or two. On Monday he gave the required bond and
was liberated.
His friends assert that the illiterate woman who
preferred the charge wan the tool of others, and did
not know what she was doing, or the real nature of
the charge preferred by her, bnt only supposed it
to be a process by which to recover a debt which
she alleged was due her, having no thought that she
was making a criminal case against him.
Capt. B.’s experience here bas beon marked with
queer phases. He ran with tho carpst-bag crewfiw
a timef and had unbounded political confidence with
the negro population—’twaa said more than any
other man in Atlanta, but all his into roots in that
lino have proved fruitless. His last and greatest
effort has been most disastrous—that of endeavor
ing to carry the negroes into the raiiaotthe Greeley
party. This turned them sgainst him: and two of
them have brought suits against him which his
friends believe to be very unjust, and instigated by
m Wele»rn that he is disgusted with efforts to con
trol the negro and will hereafter let them take care
of themeelves.
something else beside,” exclaimed tho
Doctor. He cocked the “something
else”—it spirited through tho bushes.
—The OartersvIUe tiktndard-is poking
fun at Greeley: “In hia farewell to tho
Romans, Grady speaks of the Commer
cial as follows: ‘On its columns I havo
speu- *he follies of youth’—(yes, yes, wo
kuowyo ave)—‘the freshness of my
boyhood’—’y03, ye3,we remember; those
columns have ever been fresh and preen;
prithee, go Tong)—on it I have spent
more brain-work than some spend in ft
life time!’ (Now the Lord help thee,
boy. Let all the ends thon aim’st at bo
thy Country’s, God’s and Truth’s.)”
.Death*.
— In Savannah; James McPherson
Pharr, James Byrnes, Mrs, Ellen Mo-
Greal, and Mr. John Melchers.
Marriage*.
In Madu-on, on the 23d ult., Wm. J.
Kincaid, of Griffin, and Miss Mary Ana
Phelps, of Madison,
On the 24th mt., in Madison, Rev*
Austin W. Brooks and Miss Mary E.
Prior.
HR* The remains of Joseph Holden, the fireman
on tue LUhtning Express train from Dalton, who
w*3 killed by the terrible, collision niar Wayerly,
Alabama, on Friday, passed through this city Sun
day night, en route for Covington, where hi* family
lives. His body wa* cut in two in the middle, and
nearly Bevered at two other points.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1872.
RECORDER'S COURT.
SPIRITUALISM IN THE COURT BOOM—-A
YOUNG man’s ADVENTURES—JOHN SMITH.
“There was a sound of revelry” by day, and His
Honor had githered then a favored few, whose
strange aud chequered way in life we could not well
explain. They were the sous of every clime, their
manners not the most refined, and yet hi* Honor
found a time to say to each one something kind.
Johnson Beemed as blithe and gay, and free from
csre and pain, as though he had slept all tee. day.
and night found him asleep again. His martial
steed was neighing near, impatient of the clamp and
bit; whi’e Fido barked off every fear and never ran
till ho was hit. Hir Honor, too, in pleasant
mood, thought o’er and o’er the ancient tales
which always are a pleasant food to take, of which
ha never fails. But build anch castles as wo will,
and fortify them round about, they will tumble,
tumble still, and leave ns cold and chill without.
This latter tact mokes ns recollect. We were at
the Recorder’s Court yesterday; though unseen,
yet by means known to ths disembodied, we were
on hand. His Honor mast not be startled at this
announcement of a sad fact, as it involves a ques
tion of metaphysics—a subject about which we are
profoundly uninformed. We are in a quandary
about this spirit question. Oar friends advise ua
not to'hetd tbvm. And yet when we get within the
influence of Johnson’s presence, we feel that we
ar: in spirit land. To prove it, wa ne.-d only say
that yesterday His Honor called npon
” SCOTT 1**
to appetr. and he actually appeared. Now, we all
know that the romanclat of Abbotsford h»s been
i^ttoint st-p frcintbem’. dead.lo! these many years. And the strangest part
13loa»8 bt*h&i^ them, not m ore tb mi a j is yet to come. He was summoned by this mun
step or two. Never f -w Anthony strike a i tribunal to answer for a little bibulous freak
gsffsa^iKs:s-, **«*»»°
- — - - , . * brother caught Thomas O’XgaI. 1 thin* Hightower Bina n partin spirituaTem. After KiS Honor was
— George Wvly. a Sav&nnall DUCK, is ^ugLt Rufus. I through with the great man, v. ed sired a”mau:-
D - | Dont know how many were present. I guess mere .
Corpse get* out of the Coffin aa4
Speaks to the 'Watchers.
A few days since a young lady of
Urbaua, Ohio, wbo had been ill a short
time, die!, and the body was prepared
by sorrowing friends and attendants for
interment and placed in the coffin. The
night before the day of the funeral a
number of young lady watchers were
seated in a room adjoining that in which,
the coffin had been placed, when, greatly
to their consternation, the figure of the
dead girl appeared before them and
spoke faintly. When the horrified at
tendants had somewhat overcome the
fright, seeing that the supposed corpse
was really a thing of life, they took meas
ures to care for their friend so slartingly
restored to them almost from the very
grave, and she received proper attention,
and i3 now likely to reoover.
Thecheapnees of livinginFrance
is dne not alone to the price of articles,
but to the simple and unostentatious
manners of the people. A writer in
Frazer’s Magazine says that however
small or reduced the income of a gentle
family in France, their social position ia
not in the least affected by their circum
stances; and that the general diffusion of
wealth shown by the French loans is
Owing to tho economical living and
thriftiness of the women, who generally
participate in the business oi earning a
livelihood. _
The Louisiana rice crop is being
rushed to market very rapidlv. Recei i its
at New Orleans already sum up 29,308
barrels and sacks roupb and mean, against
17,602 last season. The weather dm ng
harvesting was all that could bo desired,
and the quality of the rice is, the it.; ore,
better than usnal.
dead, aged 44.
“Charley, what
cheeks so red ?” asked his sister’s ad
mirer, of a little urchin five years old.
“Causa I put some of my sister’s
on. She puts it on every day.”
an embarrassing disclosure
At least Charley thought
visitor was gone.