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THE ATLANTA SUjv
Frnui The f>n ly Shu of Jannary J , 1873
Fi Llin pro
intimidatioi
were broogL
■roil
oat
voters
of lour
Hou II. 11. HarrU’ Scut « * lie Contested
Marion* B thane, of Talbot tounty,
hi;8 given notice that he will contest tbe
neat t-f Col. Henry It. Harris, ihe mem
ber elect to the 43! C egress from th<
Fon r ih District. 13 ‘bur-e, v.e learn,
makes twenty-five solemn allegation-
against. tbe legality of Hams’ election,
one of winch is that at 1
cinct, i.j Heard county,
threats, drunkenness, etc.
to bear against the c
when fay he was swindlt
hundred yotes.
A ; oi inis is mere, fa’ e’.o *, and isi
peifect keeping with the spirit ai
purfoso of the commnni -atiou
New York Time* from i- * ■ y,
signature of “H. H. F.,’ w .ich
lished in TnE Sus j
jectof both is to brin
gross to la nr in <’« i ■
this S » of being
luir choice.
■ public m’nd of llieNortuto
o allegations of :v.e’i men ie
as truth when brought before
Congress. Such is the work cf Radi
calism in Georgia.
The truth is, the negroes of the Fonrfl
Congre;-siona! District scare ’y kuev
that Bet u ;ue was a candidate for Con
gross-B._by having retired from tin
canvass late in the e.mipai. n, C d. Hat-
ris. to the best of our information, un
fair'y and honorably elected. He is i
true and able man, and it would be ;
shame if that District shoal 1 be r« pro
gerrod by a man of Bethuue’s i .telb «•
tual calibre.
men oi
puros t
recnv •
Belli UU-.
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to tin
, .over tin
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Til" o
■r of Con-
j-eople 1
d by the
F.” prt-
fcl). B. Senator.
The Southern Watchman makes the
ollowing sensible remarks in regard to
the election of United States Senator:
In the selection of Senator, we hope that
.11 personal and sectional considerations
will l e ignored—all the charms of rings
>ia<i cliques set aside—and tbe very best
uian selected —he who can best serve
Georgia at this time. No man has any
.anus upon the office, but Georgia has a
ght to claim the service of the very best
n eu iu the State. Let the repr^sentt-
lves of the people guard against select-
rig a second-rate tuan. The people will
iOt be satisfied wish anything short of
.he best.
jSI-Two Ballots were ha l in the House
his Aiori'ing before an election lor Door-
At-ept r was made. At the end of the
econo ballot, Mr. Baiter came down in
bivor of Mr. B. H. Miller, a one-legged
nldier, who, by the consolidation of tbe
.wo votts, waselected by 95votes, against
15 for Uncle Jesse Osliu, who has been
Messenger of the House for the past
twenty years.
“The Scuta-’—A ticurgla Ifmnbfr.
Th>- South, a weekly journal published
id New York city, iu tne interests of tb«
Sout eru S ales, announces ihataspeciu.
edition of that pa:'er, devoted ..Iiaost < x
clusivi ly to the inter; i of Gsor^ia, wil
be issued during tbe p: sent month. 1
will contain, besides order inierestiui
mutter, a correct and elaborate map oi
the Stitt, furnished them by Mr. A. G.
Butts, of Macon, Ga.; a map and des
cription of the pine legion of the State,
revised to the latest date; several otlu-i
pertiucut illustrations cf promiuen
pluces and institutions of the State;
au article on “The Natur ;1 Resources >»'
Georgia,” written expre.- ly for this
number, by Prof. John D..rby, A. M
formany j ears a resident of the Stan-,
and thoroughly conversant with the sub
ject; a full and official statement tf th<
“Finances of Georgia,’ furnished by tin
State Treasurer, Dr. Angier; au articU
on the “Educational Institutions of th
State,” by Prof. Rob’’ E. Park, A. M.,
formerly of LaGrang", Ga.; ‘Vu expla
nation of the tenures by which 1 nds »;•«
held iu Georgia, and of the laud laws gen
erally,” by the Secretary of Suite; “lh -
port on Co-»l and lion L tads iu Dade ami
Walker county,” by F. Winter, Geolo
gist; “Report on the Coa ! , Ivon and Oil
Formdions of Northeast Georgia,” l»y
Rev. G. W. Howard; an article on the
Agr’cultural and Hoivcuitural Resources
of the State,
This will doubtless be a very interest
ing numb r of The South’, and it is de
sired by tue publishers to give it a gen
eral circulation. Single copit. s, 10 cents;
100 copies $7 50; 1000. £50.
n< it. L. 1. jranioitll.
The unanimous choice of this gentle
man to preside ever this body by the
-i-oatt-of Georgia, wnirfst a just caused
ride and gratification to the numerous
friends of Mr. Trammell, is at the same
mtu compliment paid to his integrity,
iigh character ai d ability rarely if ever
conferred on any one before. We ten
Jer our congratulations, and frankly ex
irt-ss our conviction that the coufideLce
vmced iu Mr. Trimmed by so dignified
. body ns the Senate of Georgia is an
aruert of uis future usefulness and ad
vancemeut.
I reviv -s iuour mind an incident that
•conned with the late lamented Linton
Stephens in our last interview with him
Among the many eminent qualities of
his distinguished gentleman i-one we r e
more characteristic than his Lice discrim
nation and just apnreciatiou of character,
The subject matt? r of our conversation
urned upon, or rather occasioned ullu
-ion to Mr. Trammell. After expressing
uis warm personal attachment to this
gentleman, he, among other things, took
K-easion to say that he was no ordinary
man; that he possessed abilities auo
qualifications of a high order, and that a
nirh position awaited him in the future,
M. J.
Organization of Die Ligiaatnr*.
The members elect oi both branches
of the General Assembly met in their re
spect ve halls and proceeded to organi
zation. The organization of the Senate
was the work of a short while. Mr. L.
N. Trammell was re-elected without op
position. Mr. Trammell is regarded as
a very fine presiding officer.
Mr. T. B. Cabaness, of Monroe, was
made Secretary. A gentleman of excel
lent qualifications, of fine aadress, and a
splendid reader, his election is a good 1
one.
Mr. J. B. Cumming, of Bibb, waselec
ted Doorkeeper, and Mr. A. J. Cameron,
of , Messenger.
The election of Mr. Rufus E. Lester,
of Savannah, Senator from the is L:
trict, was a coinp me us well bestowed
Mr. Lester is one of the rising young
xuen of Georgia, and is destined to be-
oome one of our most prominent public
men.
The House was organic- 0 bv the elec
tion of Mr. O. A. Bacon, of Bibb. Mr.
Bacon is quire a young man; as we know
noimug of him as a presiding officer, we
can only speak of him as a lawyer of fine
reputation. Our belief is, that he will
bus tain himself admirably as tue Speaker
of the House, because no man who has
shown so much of ability as a debater in
the previous Legislatures, can hardly fail
of s access in this position.
The election of Mr. Carrington, of
Ealdwin, as Clerk of the House, is also
a most excellent selection. Mi. 0,
well qualified for the position, both by
x -ar m <• capacity and long experience
in the past—he having filled the same
position several times heretofore.
Mr. B. H. Miller, of Hancock, was
elected Doorkeeper, and J. R. Smith, of
Coffee county, Messenger.
The Legislature having been fully or
ganized, will be ready for regular busi
real to-dey. The Governors message
will be read as soon as me proper com
mittees are api*ointed to wait upon him
for it Tnat document is looked for
with interest and we have no uoubt but
that it will be replete with sound sugges
tions and recommendations—coming as
’oes from a man so piactical as he is.
From tbe Macon Enterprise, Jan. 7.
United Slates Senator.
Tbe Legislature to assemble on
Wednesday are called upon to elect a
Uuit d States Senator. The friends of
\lexander H. Stephens, John B. Gor
ion, Henry L. Penning, Joshua Hili, J
W. H. Underwood Herbert Fielder, B
II. Hill and Herscbel Y. Johnson, are
urging the success of their respective
•undidutes. The result cannot be pro
licted, but from what we can gather, we
ie inclined to the opinion that the race
s between Stephens, Gordon and John
son.
For sometime past, the friends of Gen
Gordon Lave been hard at work, und
•i-niident of success, but for some days
ast Mr. btepueus bus taken the lead,
.ml Lis friends express much co ifideuoc
iiat he will be the suoce. sful candidate.
Vhtnout disparagement to any one of
l ie gentlemen named, our decided pre-
reuce, from first to last, is Mr. {Ste
phens. Ia intellect he has no nvai
moug the public men oi America; as a
politician he is thoroughly honest, and
uily imbued with the true principles
mat have built up, and must in the future
u.-tam, our republican form of govern
ment.
He also hai experience, especially
need.",.i tms time. We feel tin roi. gh-
ly sa -stied that if tne Legislature is gov-
au by other than personal prefcrenct,
JLr. ofeph'. ns will be elected. Georgia
es it to herself that he be in the Na-
loual Assembly. To send him thtre at
ns tune w>ll be her crowning glory.
Vere ir, left to a d’rt-ct popular vote ot
no uiopie the result would not t*e doubt-
Scit Agricultural convention.
Georgia State Aobiccltukaii Society, )
Secy's Office, Ai Guta, Jam 8,1873. j
Messts. editors: For the benefit of the
planting community, please announce
that the next semi-annual convention oi
the Georgia State Agricultural Society
will meet iu the city of Augusta, on
Tuesday, 11th February next.
This convention will be, in many re
spects, the most important the Sta:e So-
Many subjects of
and tue oil
Outrages In Georgia.
o^copy elsewhere from the New York
Times, of the 3d inst., a communication
written from this city and signed “H.
P. F.,” for the purpose of showing to our
readers and the people of the State, that
we have those living amongst us using
his efforts to place matt rs here in a bad
light. The object of the article is for
the purpose of calling attention, as he
would have it, to the necessity of Federal
legislation on the local affairs of the
States. That irregularities may have oc
curred at’ a few places in this State, may
be true; but it must be borne iu mind
tnat election troubles o< cur in all States.
Such things occurring in Georgia, sht uid
not be made the occasion of Federal
legislation on matters concerning the
rights of States.
There is not in all the Union a more
peaceable and law-aoiding citizenship
than in Georgia; nor is there any one of
the Slates more just to all classes in se
curing and protecting their rights. There
is no people better protected in those
rights than the colored people of Georgia,
especially since tbe affairs of the State
have fallen into the hands of the white
people from under the rule of Radicalism.
The negroes are as fully protected in all
their rights as uuy other class of our citi
zens—as much so as are the laborers of
the North, where troubles occur at elec
tions ten times as often as they do in
Georgia.
The writer of the article, upon which
we comment, “H. P. F.,”is a centralist.
Ho would concentrate all power iu tue
Federal Government, aud divest the
States of all their reserved rights. His
article has the double purpose of mis
representing and maligning our people,
and to make ihe recital of election
trouble in two isolated cases in he State
to thru o forward liis centralizing ideas.
We hurl back upon him the charge im
plied that the people of this State are
not as law-abiding us any in the Union,
and meet it w*vh the assertion that the
poor and igno nt people of the North
suffer far moro jf intimidation in the ex
ercise of their rights at tbe ballot-box
than the negroes of Georgia. Indeed,
ihe most trouble of tbe kind we Lave yet
bad bas resulted from the turbulent
spirit of the negroes themselves. '
The people of this State—we mean
the white class in this connection—de
sire peuce with the colored race; they de
sire these poor ignorant people to pros
per and to advance iu civilization: but
they are not willing that their progress
shall go forward at the expense of them
selves. The whole article of “II. P. F.”
is intended to work evil, especially to
the Southern people, as he well knows
i hat such legislation as he proposes would
not only be uninlnugemeut of the rights
of the States, but would operate only
upon the Southern white people.
We do not envy the spirit and animus
of any,man who woulu write so unjustly
of a people among whom he lives. To
sptak of an honorable and chivalrous
people as composing a “ KuKlux slave
oligarchy,” thus striving to arouse rn
already intense bitterness between the
two great sections of this ccumry, when
all good citizens should endeavor to
heal up the wounds oi t he past, is a piece
of work that we are sorry to see any man,
white or black, guilty of.
But “fi. P. S.” knows full well that
the success of bis party depends upon
just such Federtd legislation as be pro
poses. He knows full well that its oper
ations would only be felt in tbe South.
He knows equally well that tbe Federal
power iu tne bands of bis party, would
be wielded under such legislation to the
oppression of the white race of his sec
tion. His object, doubtless,is not somuen
the interest be ieels lor tbe negro race as
for tbe domination of bis party in Geor
gia. His motives are eminently selfish.
Coal.
Mr. Gladstone, in a speech before the
House of Commons, said: “A race is
going on between the industry and enter
prise of nations, and no doubt can exist
on tbe question which nation is foremost
in the race. The people of the United
Kingdom, are by far the foremost. * *
We have undoubtedly got the start in
the race, and it behooves us to inquire
what special cause has given it to ns.
* * Tbe chief cause is the possession
of our mineral treasure; the fact not
mere the possession of coal, but the pos
session ot vast stores of coal under such
circumstances that we can raise it to the
surface at a lower price than any other
nation in the world. I think it is clear,
that at whatever time we may cease to be
able to raise coal at a lower price than
any other country, our relative position
towards other nations must be seriously
injured.”
Iu a subsequent debate Mr. Vivian
said: “It is utterly impossible to exag
trate the enormous importance of this
question. The greatness and prosperity
of England rests upon her manufactures,
and ber manufactures upon her ceal.’
To the same effect Mr. Leddeil re
marked: “It is mere truism to say that
the manufacturing supremacy of this
country depends upon our retaining a
cheap supply of coal.”
Penrsylvania has not been slow tore
cognize the fact that the development of
her great resources depend upon the
cheapness of her coal, and hence the
“improvements in railroads and canals
built expressly for the anthracite coal
trade in Pennsylvania foot up to no less
than four hundred millions of dollars
and a force of 52,227 men is employed
in the mines, representing a population
of about 200,000.” Is Pennsylvania
poorer on account of having contributed
to the development of her resources?
reference to her taxablo property will
show the political wisdom as well as the
financial economy in such an outlay.
The amount of money spent in Atlanta
for the year 1872 cannot be less than
8250,000 for coal—the price being half
1 wnat we pay at the present time.—
Then $125,000 could have been saved to
the citizens of Atlanta—to the ricu and
the poor alike. This desirable end may
be attained by a united and steadfast
determination on the part of the citizens
to ratify the building of the Georgia
Western Railroad.
ciety bas yet held.
l.i lntii'tsL to tee farmer
dial welfare of the Slate will be before
ue body for discussion and action. Tbe
a. mmitteo on Direct Trade aDd Immi-
rration, appointed at the Griffia eon-
■ention, will make their report at tbi.-
-'nveutum oi tne Society, and de’egates
t om all the Southern States and the
Southern commercial centres, are ex
acted to be in attendance.
The railroad companies of this State,
with unexampled liberality,and an earntsi
csire to loster and promote the agricul
tural and material interests of the State,
<v 11 pass tit legates from couuty anti
> lghborhood clubs, and life member-
• ' officers of the State Society /tee both
ways.
it is important that the election oi
lelegates should not be deferred longer
than the fiist meeting of tne Club iu
January. Reports should then be forward-
d at once to the Secretary’s office at
Atlanta.
Editors and representatives of the
press are cordialy invited by the State
Society to be present on this occ isiou,
and are respectfully requested to give
this notice circulation and the weigh lOI
their indorsement.
Very respectfully,
A. H. Colquitt. President
Inilii.try alum l*ro»|*«r.
A Leaksville (North Carolina) corres
pondent of the Danville Times, says
“Yesterday an old gentleman by the
name of Mitchell, from near Ponn's
Store, Virginia, came into town, pulling
a load of seventy-seven pounds of dark
leaf in a small wagon, such as bakers
ased to carry bread in. This looks like
energy. To walk twenty-five miles on a
raw day and pall a cart loaded with to
baoco, deserves reward; and frem what I
could gather they paid him wel* for it
From Taliaferro County.
Crawfoedsville, vta. , Jan. 4.
Editors Sun: We are glad to leal
that the election for county officers, for
Taliaferro couuty, resulted in a Demo
eratic success. The officers are ’nfenor
to none in the State—all of them hold
iDg office during the last official term, ex
cept the Coroner, and have no superiors
for honesty and integrity; especially the
officer elect for Clerk aud Treasurer,
Hon. J. D. Hammock, who bas served
the people of Taliafero county for anum
ber of years in different capacities as an
officer, and nas no superior iu that re
spent. He has recently suffered a great
deal from inability to use the pen, from
a contraction of tne muscles of the right
arm, but with the assistance of the Ordi
nary, Hon. C. A. Beazley, we are confi
dtht matters of business will be carried
through ail right. We congratulate tlie
people of Taliaferro county iu the selec
tion of its officers.
The Hon. A. H. Stephens is spoken of
for United States Senator, and we truet
he m y get the position, as such a man
as Ml. Siaphensis, in our opinion, very
much needed at present in the political
state of affairs. Well may the people of
Taliaferro county be proud of suen
man as Mr. Stephens.
We have had a cold disagreeable time
for several days, but weather at present
bids fair to be pleasant, and our farmers
are getting ready for another crop.
Taliaferro,
Congressional Talent.
We had the pleasure yesterday of con
versing with a prominent Georgian, who
has filled high positions of honor in our
State, and wuo has oetn spending some
months in Washington city. He tells us,
as a lamentable fact, that brains anil
talents in the United States Congress had
so nearly disappeared tnat there were not
a dozen men in the Senate and House
combined who could command attention
m making a speech. Members make
speeches, or read written discourses,
which are published in the Globe, but
nobody listens to their delivery or reads
them.
Hon. P. M. Longley.
We understand that Mr. Longley from
Troup is spoken of as a suitable person
to be made chairman of the Judiciary
Committee of the House of Representa
tives. Mr. L. is a good lawyer, and his
appointment as such would be a compli
ment worthily bestowed.
U. 8). dcHUlUrfi.
Hon. Lyman Trumbull—the ablest
man among the Liberal Republicans—
whose term in tue U. S. Senate will ex
pire 4th March mxt, will, no doubt, be
-ucceeded by Gen. Oglesby, a Grant Re
publican.
GJSOBUIJ.
"V ol - Hi—KivT
JKS TK.t J. CO IB,
Outrages Perpetrated by the Democracy
on tbe Colored People—Farther Legis
lation by Congress Reeded.
From the New York Times, Jen. 3,1873.
Atanta, Ga., Monday, Dec. 30,1872.
It is difficult for persons not living in
this portion of the Union to conceive of
the many ways resorted to for disfran
chising the colored people. In the State
elections, 2d of October last, the colored
people of Georgia were forcibly disfran
chised throughout the State, and wherev
er they had the courage to protest against
snen treatment, they were cruelly mur
dered.
In tbe City of Macon an armed body
of the Democracy concealed about one
hundred muskets in a room, on the oo
posite side of the street from the polls,
about midnight the night previous, and
went to the polls on the day of election
with ooncealed weapons upon their per
son. At a certain hour the signal was
given, and they fired into the colored
people without any provocation, killing
seven and wounding, about tbir y more.
Crimes with leBS horrible features were
resorted to throughout the State, and
the Democracy footed up a majority of
sixty-four thousand.
Thirty days afterward, in the Presiden
tial election, the Republicans rallied
under the protection of the United States
laws, applicable only to elections for
Congress aud Presidential Electors, and
elected three of the nine Congressmen,
And reduced the n ajos ry from sixty-four
thousand down *0 th rteen thousand.—
Since then the Democracy Lave resorted
to a new trick, and have abolished pre-
incts by ihe wholesale. Th"y hope,
by crowding the whites and colored to
gether at the polls, to effectually dis
franchise the latter, as they cannot hold
their own in a collision with the whites.
Since the Presidential election, the
Judge of the Court of Ordinary of Chat
ham county, (in which county is situated
the city of Savannah,) a Democrat, has
abolished all the precincts except the
one at the Court-house. Chatham coun
ty, including the city of Savaunuh, has
nine thousand voters, and, of course, not
more than half oi them can possibly vote
at one precinct. Therefore, half the
voters of the county are disfranchised.
Which half ? Of course tbe colored
people.
Then, again, in this county, Fulton,
in which is situated the city of Atlanta,
we find the same thing. The same offi
cer in this county has abolished one pre
cinct in this city, at which about two
thousand votes were cast in the last elec
tion, reducing Atlanta, with her thirty
thousand people and a voting population
of about five thousand, to one precinct,
and our city is now trembling under the
prospect of a repetition of tbe Macon
massacre. If the colored people will
skulk away like the slaves they once
were, and leave the Ku-Klux slave oii-
archy undisturbed by their presence at
tue polls, there will be peace, but if they
walk up like American citizens to exer
cise the elective franchise, they will be
slaughtered.
The Sheriff of this county, though a Dem -
ocrat, knowing the law imposes upon him
ifie duty of protecting the polls, has, to
day, called upon the m.litary stationed
here to aid him in preserving order at the
polls in the couuty elections on the 1st
day of January. He bas as yet received
no answer, but it is hoped the aid will be
rendered, as there mu4 otherwise be
either bloodshed or an acquiescence in
and submission to the wholesale disfran
chisement of the colored voters.
Where is this oppression of the colored
people to end ? Ought there not to be
turther legislation by Congiess requiring
the establishment of voting places
wherever a certain number of qualified
voters petition for it in writing ? Unless
there is some remedv, tbe Judicial De
partment of the Government of Georgia
will so exercise a vested discretion as t«
what the Legislative Department dar
not do, that is, disfranchise the colored
people. H. P. F.
'Who wailltr Seducer „
Horn —The Probable
rorn tne Rochester Chronicle.
lr «Uh,
For some time since we have h
to believe that some of the f^. ( ee!l fe<
were related in connection
death of Estha A. Cole were not
been stated, and as the public ce
believe. Iu is our task to ende 0 ^
correct some of these fake imni^ 0 ' 1 *
and set the matter forth in its trn e
de masdi
Justice to all parties concerned^--^* 1
tuai this be done. In our t
uo uuue. iu our account,77*
crime published November 1M 1
intimated that Hiram Bender r.Mv**
Bender r.f IW'
mondville was guilty of the sedn h
and that he took t be course whiA?’
suited so tragically, for the purn^^
covering up his own crime. It an 1
that the Ruilty person was a formir P f* n
dent of Gloversville. 61 t6£i '
It seems that tor more than two
the sou of a iate clergyman of
luge had paid his attentions t 0
Cole. He was considered a voum, ^ I
of irreproachable char suiter, and wM
favorite iu social circles. Miss Cole 1
then residjug with her brother-in l!* I
the Rev. Mr. Cooper. Their acqnaG
ance ripened into au attachmentiidG
parties bees mo engaged. In tkeiW
time Miss Cole received no othei cot I
ny, and he was apparently unswerr^
in his fidelity to her. But this fi FI
the only time that the blackest vfc‘ ^
has been concealed under a repair p
of spotless purity. The villains oft* *
deepest dye are th<«e who affect a>
spectability of character.
nuns-.:r ly ko,i. ti.v.ohi:.
1
An
A IHsrteil Chrlitmui.
As we learn from the correspondent of
the Norfolk (Va.) Journal the following
sad accident occurred on Christmas at
Richmond, Va.:
The mirthfulness of the great festival
was very sadly marred for everybody on
the day before Christmas by a dreadful
accident wnicb occurred toMissMattio
Baker. Sue was in her room about mid
day on Tuesday alone, either writing or
uudressing, when her clothing caught
fire at the grate. In her terror she ran
down stairs, where her mother and
brother came to her assistance and ex
tinguished the flames, but not until
nearly every vestige of her clothing had
been burned from her and she had been
iearfully injured. All that Dight and
yesterday sfie lay unconscious, bat, nev
ertheless. some hopes were entertained
of her recovery. This morning, how
ever, the report is that she died last night.
She is said to have been engaged to
marry a worthy young gentleman, the
nuptials soun to be celebrated. On
Tuesday she had started down town, bat
tbe weather proving too cold for her she
returned home, and soon after the sad
accident happened which has resulted in
her death.
Col- W. L. liuidsmiih is a candi
date for Comptroller General, and not
for Secretary of State, as was said in the
Sun yesterday.
The WiioiiURion Morning Star
says “Atlanta journalism ought to be tre
mendously luminous. The Sun has five
editors besides A. H. S.” The Sun will
tloubtless eclipse the Morning Star in the
brightness of tie p ire Democratic light
it will it will give forth.
Death of three t-isters in Vermont.
From the Montpelier Journal, Jan. 1.
A remarkable case was the death of
three sisters in Brattleboro last week.
Tnese sisters have long lived together,
and were highly respected in the circle
iu which they moved. The first death
was tnat of Mrs. S. A. Smiley, -which
occurred on the 21st day of November.
This lady was the youngest of the trio—
being titty-six years old. Her disease
was inflammation of the bowels. On
Tuesday, December 17, Mrs. A. N.
Smith, the oldest, aged sixty-two, died of
lung fever, and ere her remains had
scarcely been deposited iu the church
yard, the third aud only remaining one
of the sisters, Miss Ellen S. Ranger,
aged fifty-nine, died, cn the 20th inst.,
of typhoid lever.
Ascii Woman Found Dead In Her
Home—§1,200 taken.
From the Baltimore American, Jan 3.
A most deliberate and cold-blooded
murder was committed last night ia the
eastern section of the city. Mr. John
Mercer Lampley, residing at No. 102
Mulikan street, left hii residence witn
his married daughter, Mrs. John Eng
lish, for Ford’s Opera House, It aving his
wife in good health. About 9i o’clock a
grown-up son returned home, and being
unable to gain admittance either by the
front or back way, forced bw way into
the house by the aid of some of his neigh
bors. A ternble sight met his gaze.—
His aged mother lay dead on the firor of
the parlor, but without any marks of
violence. An alarm was raised, and the
neighbors flocked in. On the return of
the family it was found that the house
nad been robbed of $1,000 in bank notes
and $150 in gold. The rings were taken
from her fingers, and her pockets were
turned inside out. Mrs. Lampley wore
a valuable pair of ear-rings, one of which
was torn from her ear, and was subse
quently found on tbe floor by the corpse.
The murdered woman was about seventy
years of age, though quite active aud
vigorous. The money was in a smalt
trunk in a cupboard, which was forced
open.
The l^ouse is one of a row on Millikan
street, between Caroline and Bond, aud
on the left runs a wide alley to tbe rear
of the door of the kitchen, and it is sup
posed that the murderer entered from
the rear. Mr. Lampley, the husband of
the murdered lady, was formerly a fisher
man, but for years past had followed
carting, and nad amassed a considerable
sum of money. He was supposed by his
neighbors to be very wealtny, ana it is
thought that whoever committed the
bloody deed went for plunder. Dr.
Audre, the family physician, will make a
post-mortem, the result of which will
come before the jury this morning. The
scene at the boose at 1 o’clock this
morning, when the children anu grand
children oi the murdered woman had as
sembled, was one not easily described.
The aged husband seemed to loose all
sight of his hard earnings, and thought
only of his murdered wife, while his
children, stricken themselves, appeared
to use all their endeavors to soothe him.
Tnus furuheu uy tne good opinion C '
society at large, tiiey are freer to W
out their vile schemes. From factet v "
Dave recently come to light, itnppeaa
that this flue moral young man ha ...
duertd Miss Cole from virgin euncto
and had been having criminal intercoiii^
with her for some time past. The fa.
quency of the connection led in time to
tne unhappy results. As soon as tbe
situation of the young lady was die-
covered, this young man, forsaken fa
every principle of manhood, bertft ci
all feeling of justice, humanity or cot. K
passion, determined to leave the youM
lady whom he had ruined to ber ova
disgrace. He accordingly packed hii
value and started for Kansas.
Blie suspecting ins base designs, and ’O
knowing that left alone in ber shame, tl
unending disgrace would be her lot, fol- ll
lowed him to Fouda, and succeeded is |
ea r ching the train iu which her recreant,
betrayer was taking his passage. Ski!
told him uer uuselfish love for him had f
been uer ruination. He was not going
to escape by flight his share in the die- |r\
grace. He bad b*eu the instrument ol
tier fall, and now he must stand by her &
in her hour of trial. He could not leave «
her, for she would follow him wherever ■
he went.
He succeeded, however, in calming J
her fears, and told her he wosouiytobi r
gone for a few days on important easi
ness and would return in a short timi
aud she believed and trusted him. The
faithful credulity of a womau we love!
She returned to Gloversville aud availed
his return. Weeks \ aastd l y and hed:d
uot appear. Her situation was every
day becoming more apparent and atlas
sin*, determined to start to find him.
She proceeded as far as Syracuse,
where she met Hiram Bender, a friend
o f her youth. To him she couddedtke
facts of her condition and implored hie,
for the Si ke of their old acquaintance,to
assist her iu covering uo her disgnet
He came with her to Rochester. Ice
public are well acquainted with what fol
lowed. It is due to Mi. Bender that this
aspect of the ease, if true, shonul be
mule public; and for this pnrpuse v;
have taken the occasion, as soonasoa:
suspicions proved well-founded, to by
the matter before our readers.
At Gloversville, where the young laij
resided, the wildest excitement prevails
at the time, aud the recreant lover vui
threatened with banging to the nearet.
tree if he ever showed h* 3 f® 06 , |
vicinity again. The sympathies of tb
entire community were with the youm
Lady. Where she has a hundred fritmt
her faithless seducer bas hardly .ore
Tnis tragedy, so mournful and sad in u
details, furnishes a moral which ought J
be laid to heart. The old adage is do.
so very far out of the way which rum I
every oue for an enemy until Ja
Take every oue for an enemy
has proved himself a friend.”
—It is reported tnat the Postmaster nt
Spartanburg is missing.
Marriage an Attoneuient for
From the Sacramento, C&l., Union, Dec. 76.
A few days ago a man named
was instructed by a lady at one tne
San Francisco hotels with $400 iu gietn -
backs, which he was to exchange for
gold and return her the proceeds. U’
sD-a.d of returning he ran off with tw
money, but was suUs< quently arrest-
During the examination in the
Court, it transpired that the mtu-
willing io marry his victim rather thu
go to iState pri-on,’’ and that tin’ wnaw
was willing to compromise on tieo j-- 2 -
She was, however, advis'd to tb -'
ry by the police, and the pm 't. r
held to answer. A few wteks u.-v 1 ,*
Sau Francisco papers gave tlq? L r ’ c ,
lars of a weak-minded girl being f
napped Dy a raffian and kept in aJ
starved condition under the whuivcs •
several days. She was subsequently u-
cued hv tho poiice, and th" villi 40
rested. He, too, was wilimg to w- ^
her rather than ga to prison, and t ' J ’.
torueys, Judge, and ui* concerned u - _
in encouraging the infamous 5
tion, and tue erimiual was release - 1 -
the parties mnrri"d.
SggTIie Archbishop of llsliimore.
Archbishop B-tyley, ol Baltimore,
writes to a friend in Newark, New Jersey,
that the reports in relation to his health
are entirely unfounded, and that he has
no chronic disease whatever. This will
be welcome news to the friends aud ad- ]
The^uiclde of Lawyer SlorrU-
Coroner Jones held an inquest ^
body of Andrew Coles Morris, ^
who committed suicide by shooW'e
sell through the head, Thursday %. |
ing, at No. 197 Livingston-streeti ®
lyu, the residence of Mr. Henry
with whom the deceased was no -
Deceased was nearly sixty J ears
and unmarried. His office was on
man street. lie was kind and 8 C
in his disposition, and the only ‘ «
that could be assigned for his act ^
destruction, was a morbid upp^^ ^
that he would become insane. ^
returned a verdict of suicide com
during au attack of melancholia.
\
—Poole,the faslnouable Loudon G
ia to have $250,000 lucome a year.
—A blind worn in iu Canada. -.j,; F
violent fit of weeping, found be
restored. , p
iked I
—A Louisville tenuel teach °J|***f fai? ]
one of her pupils recently by P u
ear off .
—Seventy-five coal mines are i- ( L ,
mirers of the distinguished gentleman, (tioa in St. Clair county, 111