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THE ATLANTA SUN
nr. r.iTHUM'H »jk.
A HIlrrl»K Celebration.
"Go<l R«t« i hr Green.”
Service* at the t huri h.
Admirable Hrrmnn by Father (Quinlan.
Oration by Judfr Lorhrant.
Thr Hibernian* In all thrlr Glory.
Yeiterday w»* a day Iona to b® remembered by
our clt zen* of Irish birth, a* ono of the grandest
celebraMotJ* of (he day ever held in Atlanta. The
day opened auapiciouaiy, being balmy and pleas
ant ; while judging from the profnelon of green
necktie* and tcarfa, it waa evident that the occasion
was tu be properly apprecia ©d. At nine o'clcck
THE IliniBNUS SOCIETY
started out on tneir procession, according to the pro
gramme heretofore published, headed by Mr Burke,
Marshal of the day, and presented a remarkably
fine appearance. They were lierded by the Gate City
Band, * bo discoursed the pa'he tic sirs of old Ire
land with • swietu-sa arousing ihe enthusiasm of
ad wh I heard it. The Hibernian Society is one of
the best organizations in the city, and is noted f*r
tin - promptness ol its members In performing their
duties Arriving at the Calm lie Church, the pro
cession entered, and *
Bi-LIGIOC* SERVICES,
according to the rites of tbs ch. rcb.were conducted
by Esther (Juiniau The n reread gentleman gavi
a discuuise which was universally admitted to be
one ol the beat efforts at pulpit oratory ever heard
in the city.
KEIIMON IIT FATUKK qt'INLAN.
/leor lift thr in : T’rom time iiumi inorial every
natii n is wont to celebrate tne anmvereary of her
heroes, pvtriota and s atesmen, and, in fa t of all
those who rontnbute'd to her prosperity with a two-
told o! Ject in view. First, to revere those who did
good and to testify publhly their gratiti.de towards
them; and secondly, to exhibit them, their actions
and tin ir virtues to those j resent as models to be
imitated, and as Iho euro means of conducting the
living to the Inheritance 01 the same houo.-a and
reverence. So to the Church the great Christian
nation yearly commemorates the d eda and virtues
of Uie neroes and champinna of her ooctrinea aim
morals, first to pay them the p:oa* reverence due to
their holy lives; and secondly, that those now run
ning the same course may l« stimulated by their
example to pursue a similar life, by winch they may
merit the same eternal rewarda which they are row
enjotitig Hence in her yearly calendar, she daily
celebrates the feaat of seme one of her mam holy
maitM*. virgins, or coif,**,ib Today she cele-
lirati s 'lie f, set of Ireland's apostle or patron eaint,
Uie in m irtal'Hl. l'atriiit; aim tin ugh in arly fifteen'
ccntu.iis have relied by since ,,e lirst trod tor
virgin shorea, atul the memory ot him is as fund>>
and vivi uy chirished in the beat ot every tru
Iris),man as in the lime when lie waa ehasiiu l’sgau
ism from the land and l ulling down the Diuuii.h
altars Though not seating hia linsuou Willi his
Woo I. a» did u ost <il the nth. r spoalles, yet by hi*
an'eiit pietv, indomllsble coinage amt frui. ui
labora in haa. I say without hesitation, coutubuted
as in itch owarda the propagation of the laitli and
ext* n.mn ol Goo's Kingdom on earth aa it he ha i
actually subscribed his comuuasion by martyrdom
Ncai y I- in Centuries had elapsed a nee our l ord
bad < emnnsaioned Him apostolic delegates to go
into the Willie world and preach the gospel to every
creature; butowin,- to tun comparative alow cm
mere, of nations mid Hie exemption ol Ir ,atid
from the Uon.au hagin, tL-gl-d lidiugs ol hem u p
tion t It cteei In a,I Im at l ate Uod did not reaco
there i<ra 1 ng time alter in- death ot the lirst
apo-i psiit the Aim glitv Uod wi n watches aim
provide* !i r the foa Is of the air Would not suffer so
large u p.molt ot nisiikiiio to bo excluded from tbe
light wiueli Ills beloved son liad plated upon he
earth lie had ao watched ov« r l'airick and inflamed
tils pietv and a al with the lire of Ills divine love as
to prepare him t< r the great mission he had intended
him to accomplish. Hop runted him to bo brought
in aw. j, • turn to those wironi he lu his turn was to
subj cl to tne sweet yoke ol the cross, the emblem
ol sa.vatiou, ami t.,a; power may be shown iu in
fertility. aud that the omnipou uce of Uod may be
seen operating in human agency, H,> caused it to
happen that one who hau been Ireland's stave ahou d
become her rescu-r from the thtrkuesa of sin and
liberal r troth Paganism lor the weak and foolish
things of ihe world had cho*< n to confound
the wise and strong that no humau pus
er should glory in itself, and that
fkilh, which in the G.wpei is likened to a mustard
seed, lie implant, d *111 the soil of the irt-h heart,
which i s- since grown into a mighty tree, whose
bran lies extend over tbe tace ol the globe where
au 1;ishmsu ex sts. removing aoditiot al strength
from < very storm by which it is assailed.
Y"U are well aware, m> friends, that our fore-
fathers were pagans or Uentiles, as were all the na
tions of the earth previous to the com ug ,j| Christ,
with the exception ot the once chosen people ol
Uou, toe Jews Hut that pangauism which the
Irish practiced was, if 1 may so speak, superior to
that < f other nation*. They paid su iremn homage
to more worthy object* than ilnl the other pagai.s
They adored the mu aud luoeu, V)Ut they never de
scended so low as to wot ship ido.s or goda made by
their own hdids; and we can account tor this only
from the putity of the.r morals, and keeping lu
obeoltv ce to the laws of nature more closely than
any other people we read of; for man, bv the aid ol
reason, must necessarily cine to the km wleuge of
a Supreme Doing, to whom universal homage is due.
Hence St. Paul, writing to the Homans, rebukes
the am teat philosophers of Greece aud Itome fur
the corruption and d-gencracy ol their morals.
For the invisible thtugs of Him, from th* creation
of the world, are clearly eeeu, being understood t.y
the tilings that are made U's etorusl puwsr.aud also
His dt> liuty; so that they are inexcusable, because
that wheu they had known Uod, tbey had not glori
fied linn as stu b, or given Him thanks; but U-vauie
vain in their thoughts, hair foolish hearts were
darkened. Yes, my triends. In Uree e, Itome aud
Egypt, tbe Beat* ot phn'osopuy and I 'erat ire, their
worship had ao uegeneiated that the most degraded
amnia s aud vilest reptil* s were objects before which
they prostrated themselves They even b.-iame tue
adorers ot their own lustful passions, and cons--
eta’ d deitus in their tains, Bui Ireland never
came ..own to this degradation; but by the iigut of
reason aud nature alone they could not arrive at
the natur > aud attributes of that Supreme Being, or
discover what was the lorrn of worst ip to be ren
dered to Him. Uod, as St. Thomas teaches, never
suffers a people to re uain excluded from llie light
of lvevelsttou when they ouey the natural law ac
cording to their ability. U eveu teaches that w, re
it necessary, tied would send au angel to einigbteu
them, rrtherihau let theta perish. Bitch waa the
state ot Ir-uand when S-. Patrick lighted hi* fire on
the hill Tara. AU'horg d.ffer as to the place of Ms
birth Alban, Baber, and some say he was born in
Britain. Others deserving equal or mote credit, as
sert he was born iu rune *. St. Martin, ot Tour*,
waa bia maternal grand uuc e, and tuts latter fact
argues a greater probability of his being born n ibe
latter place At the age of sixteen Ue was taken
captive into Ireland, and there detained for six years
In tbe herding of a wine, till liberated by miraculous
circumstances In 'be leisure moments ot bis
servitude be well employed hi • time in thoroughly
learning tbe customs ano language of the people,
and practicing th >ee eminent virtues w hich shone
30 conspicuously in his alter lile. After bis return
to his native land, ne determined to embrace the
eccleeia-ticai state, and for this i orpine he placed
himsed under the wise teachings ot St. Mart u. He
then traveled into Ita.y,and s as consecrated B'Shop,
and was sent by Pope 8t. Celestine to preach tbe
gospel lu the land ol bis captivity, for wnoee
conversion he felt auardent zeal, and for whose
spii.'.unl welfar. he was naJy to devote himself to
a llle of labor and suffering.
Previous to St. Patrick some few missioitrs hid
gone to Ire and, but with no great su c<ss. At his
arrival the kiugs of the \>!at.d were assembled at
Tara, and ihe Saint made that his first poiut cf
labor Th< y, according to Pagan rites, had lighted
their fires, making it capital for any othi rs to do so;
but Pa rick,in ro- ribat he may have access to them
more easily, lighted his in opposition to them, for
he knew ne would be api rehended ai d brought be
fore the cbitf monarch: heaisoweil knew that hi*
doctr ne was su h as cou d bear to have its founda
tions closely sifted aud examined, and he desired at
once to lay them before the as.ombied wisdom of
the nation. He preached f«arle*s!y an in
carnate and crucified Uod. The Druids
disputed with him; -be chief monarch ex
ultingly refused to be ieve the doctrine of the most
Holy Trinity as being contradiction and absurdity.
Patt.ck immediately -looped down and plucked up
a green shamrock from the ground, anil held it up
before l Is eyes rdmitting the mystery to be far
above the comprehension of man, still maintaining
that th* re was no contradiction in Three iu One.
and hence arose the lust-pa: able connection of the
cross and shamrock, so dear to every Irishman.
The ahamro k representing the three adoranl- per
sona ot the Godhead, and the cross the instrument
on whl h the second person auff-re.1 for the sins of
mankind.
Thenceforth be met with bnt little opposition.
Kin and peasant* ail embraced Christianity without
the shedding of a aiu !• drop of blood. No other
people received the light of faith with such ardent
enthusiasm aa did the Irish: no other people cling
to tneir faith with snob Inviolable fidelity a* did tbe
Irish Catholics ever since
Patrick now saw bis Sorb too large. Of bia episco
pal supervision, he consecrates new bishop* aud or
dains new prieata end In a few years the whole
Island is Catholic from north to south
Duttug the five centuries that followed the apoa-
bjlic latio'a ot St. Patrick, so great was the multi
tude of holy personages who trod in the way which
be tracts! out, ao eminent, the sanctity of their lives
and ao illustrious tneir learning, thsi Ireland *©.
cured^the proud HU. ol Ihe Ialsnd of SUM. and the good fight^1 have Am,bed my couroe, I have
Her church** were almost beyond numoer; her
conT,nu w *r* at once the abode*
of jnety and the *hclterlng home* of the poor and
b * r theologiml otiege* *n<l school* wer*
the moat renowned in Europe, their hall* were open
to student* of ev*ry nation, who were rec- ived
with greater boapi auty than in any other country In
the chnsUan world.
Thither, a* the Mats of learning, the youth *f
»ranee, Uerm-ny aad Switzerland repaired la
search of knowledge, and the tei.erahie Bede in
forms us that th* nobility of England Homed there
in great numbers and were generously received
with cordial h *pliali y and free of charge, and
Alfred the Great, that plcu* monarch of England,
Who established trial by jury, made It tla proud
txiest that be received iu* education in Ireland.
And tradition informs ua that Armagh, one ol the
principal seata >t is*.mug, contained at onetime
■even thousand stuceuU.
At this time the Danes were making frequent
predatory lncurstona Into England; th* Vandai*,
Han* an., Goths, were issuing Low the north aud
overru ulog Europe, these were the sworn foes of
Ulora.ure and scieno*; spared no pain* to d» (troy
and eradicate every vsatig* of learn.ug. wherever
they f, und it and above all tb*y aimed at crush.ng
chna'l nit . Now Ireland, ont of fbe overflowing
ol her sanctity and learning, wa» able to come for
ward to heir succor and repair the wreck eft bo
bind Ly th i*m barbarian* Many were the pious
missloui ra who In those day* of religious terror
went forth t« ishor for the salvation of souls among
the nations ol Europe. The memory ol their works
la still pr< served in th* couutr.e* wbicu reaped the
fruit* ol their zeal. Ban Corn in ran o in luuy bear*
the name ot nt. Columbaneea, an Irish saint. The
famous universities of Parts and Pavia owe their
orig-n to John aud Cement, Doth Irishmen. There
are many nther p,ace* in Europe which b«arth.lr
names from li.nh saints. When we look into the
■ cc esiaaiical ^ile of this peop.e, say* the learned
Uermau Govr*
' mu.wucu AAA J t-viuibd, A AAJITQ
kept tee faith for the rest there 1* laid up *for me a
crown which the pure Jndge the Lo*d shall grant
me on that day." .
At the conclusion of th* sermon th* procession
pursued it* w»y, and at 11:*0 o'clock entered De-
Give*' Opera House, where was already quit* a large
number of Udie*. Capt. John Flynn introduced to
the audience the orator of the day, Hon. O. A. Loch
rane, who made an eloquent oiaUon, which was well
received by the auditory.
Tbe Society then, proceeded to their hall where
the election of officer* for the following year took
piaoc, resulting aa follows:
Capt. J. H. Furs*—President.
Ma. T. Bcbee—Vice President.
Mb. T. B. Kchas—Secretary.
Mb. A. Cokeaelt—Assistant Secretary.
Mb. W. H. hoc he—Treasurer.
The day waa very pleasant, and the whole pro
gramme was carried out in an elegant manner.
CiTW rOEMCB COl XT.
" I drink it as the fates ordain if.—
Come fill it and hive done w.tL rhymes.
Fill up the lovely glass and drain it.
In memory of dear old times."
James Warren concluded that in this
world's broad field of battle in the biv
ouac of life, having made up his mind
not to be like dumb driven cattle, bnt a
hero in the e. rife, he took on a little rye
. . . coloric to stimulate his locomotion. He
we art; tiiuoit tempted to believe
thsi B onn p.iten' -ririt ha.i trsnipi.iied over th«' Traveled so rapidly under this impulse,
sea the cell. O' Uie vaiisy of the Nile witnali their I ,i.„* . . , , - .
hermits; its m'lnastenes with th-ir inmates,and i.ad ! H6 Became Weaned and retired to
*>«i|ii (i them down in the « estern isle, p, iai c which,
in tne
apse oi three centuries, gave eight hundred
ami filly saints to th* churcn. Wer* thee* fact* re
corded by su riah historian they would o« ,oos-d
upon-a eccentric flcllon. Had there be.n no sup-
porting Uat.mjuy exclusive of those written by
irishmen o: the degree of perfections which science
reached in Ireland, it would b« regarded as a mere
mym ol. peopl who. Jealous ol the hstorj ..nd
iiilelng nee. supplied their own by imagination.—
But, tnougb tne Danes destroyed and consigned to
the fiauiea all the libraries which they couid reach
and Having oul all to*ethcr the tradiuon of our peo
ple uotwiihsiandiug lbs whoieaale plunder of the
..randi-si and proodeal boots and manusenots by
the Saxon oppressor. Tue unbiasi-o history of our
country by siraugern aud ihe number ol Irish works
iu loreign lands latiBisctoriiy auu iu.in.ibiy prove
that Ireland was, in times past, what we v is m ncr
to be. Ihere could b* round in tbe uius uii] and
liOiary ot Eoudon and like p.aces in Europe works
sufficient to show that Ireland belore her b .ores dad
beei polluted by me Dans and bux n was a .aud
of leaiu.ng, a land oi hospitality aud a land of deep
devotion. But uo eartnly happ.uo.B being ei.'snliah
ed on peinianeui usaia Irmasr. came in ■ or more
iha i her share ol .lllicunu and ruffe ring. After she
had hei oicaiiy expelled the Danes from the land at
the memorable conflict at Clouts: f she eijiyeua
p*ace and nuppihess till her shores were tieacher
ously invaded by the wily Saxon who, by false cre
dentials and pretended benefit, gained hei strong
holds. From that time data a the sorrowful history
oflrelaud’a wrougsaud I elauu’a miseries, ihence-
t rth h< r soil is saturated with Ihe blooal ot her
ui a veal auo proudest sons lu doleuce of just ce slid
liberty. Her faithful difendcra are overpowered
by numbers, aud finally, she is orce-ti to come to
terms with her heartless oppressor. Her trust is
re; anl by treacha ry, her honoris taken aalvantage
of by her eu. my in more permanently establish! g
liersad. Slid cl ugiug more closely to her nvarn ious
grasp, t ehs.l not speak of the several and bloody
coi.fi alts vlii-L taHj„ piaa.o between the awa uatia.ua
I shall only slightly touch on what they suff-ra d lor
fbeir faith. Alter the a.ays of the mu-caried
ref rmstiain it would be impossible to credit
wuat they suflered for that sacred
alep. sit, u it were hot well autbeutica.ed even by
English historians thsms-lves. Iu tbe first ages of
the church we kuow what were tbe punish . ents in-
II deal -nil w lint were he earihly rewards offered to
aiiure Cunsiiana to deuy ue religion ol J. bus
Christ; how the judges a d g.vveruors devised ail
un hum ol torture to intimidate their courage aud
shake tin ir constancy, and when they were foiled in
their uoht Dances how they endeavored to w u them
uy bunuishments, kindness and pri luises ol great
-dvauisges, if they only renonuo-d the Chris iau
rel.giou. But never did pagan Home persecute
i hristiaus with such uurjiehtiug fury ns did Eng
land the Irish Catholics In rcadiug the wrougs
toa y suflered, one's blood boils in ins veins at t e
bai b, rous ci uelty ol their oppreswor. Iu fact we
c 11 account lor their tenacious adhesion to t ieir
faith, through such extreme ordeal-, only by tbe
spied*! grace aud support of G d, and this may ap-
pear the more matiilest by contrasting Ireland w ith
otlu r nations, w hlch dspl 'rably had the weakness
to yield. In Germany religious persecution lollows
ihe reformation, aud the result is, in ita hoar oi
trisr it denies fai'h and God for tcmpHirurv ease aud
respite, in Eng.anal a lustful and avaricious tyrant
1.glals the tire-brand of persecution, com uarding
.ii to adapt their religion to his royal pleasure,
under pvln of coa fiscauug their property aud txe-
■ Uling them according to pleasure, and tbougusome
few, a- Fisher, Pole and More, smileil at ms threats,
tue ..atiou tu general became apostate. But Ireland
iejects auen conditions with scorn; she unfits the
narbanan ro lake away her dearest treasure; she
knows we 1 that the promises of Christ would more
than amply reward her. Ue that shall lay aluwu his
lite for me shall save it, and thus Ireland having
grateluliy and benignly received the light oi faitu,
without tie ebaddlng of a single drop of blood,
pours out the crimson of her heart In its defense.
Theie is also another fact which sin uld not be over-
looked, which we may reasonably suppose merited
this special grace of perseverance, and that I- the
purity ol her sons aud daughters Iu reviewing the
his'oty ot the chu'i'h down to the I tesent time, we
invariably find iu the liv< a of the different apostates
aud nations that tell from the faith there was al
ways a corruntiou ol morals prior to their detection.
It was not the doctrine itself they disbelieved; it
was the restraint it put ou their -. usual aud inor
dinate passions, aud rather than check these tbey
sacraficed au 1 rejected the truths of eternal salva
tion.
But Ireland clung to the faith in the days of her
greatest prosperity ai well as in the dreary times of
her direst pei s< cution. bile can prouu.y Inastwhst
uo other country dare not lay claim to, iiatrhe never
g ve birth to au Hierarch. In the days oi Kero,
Caliagula and otner iocs nate dew n- woo ruled the
Kemao Empire, tue C '.ii ia„ xe. .o. e-to cele
brate i he sacred niyst. rut. an t as-emol- in caverns
aud vault* to avoid Ihe axe of :h« executioner. So,
too, during tuose pena. l.ws wm h are a lasting dis
grace to humanity, th . athou. s of Ireland were
me ssitated to rep nr to the mountain caverns in
order that they mull receive the sacrements or as
sist at the most holy s-crilce ol tne altar it bemg
death lor a priest to . xci otse his -acred lunctlcus or
even lo sdmiui.-le-the .a t rites of the Church to
the taitntui it he wer- detect d. he right, or more
properly ca'lvd the wrong, was to chtl ueu oi cat -
o lc parents to dlsti-hern tlieir tsib-r* it t -v only
renounced toe Catho ic re tgiou Iu fact, the very
name ol Cath 1 c wa- ft mny. punishault with trans-
portatioo. Yet. todav, ihauk God, the lath a as
strong as ever. Tue course of ag, s has not enfee
bled it, the most bi.i d> ai d crurl pe »ecu i ns have
not, tue apostacy auo infidelity of Europe fia e not
shaken it, but to-dar, along with tost auimrable pur
ity o> its framers winch even our blackest euem es
are sometimes fore .I to admit, it is as strong as in
the day* of St. Patrick.
But no nation or no people have been so gravely
misrepresented a.- th Ir.-h. Some made it the
grand business of their liv-sto defame them. The
novelist wou!d d. eta h s work impeifect an one ol
its principal characters emitted if be did not Intro
duce the lr.shmau to move the pity or excite the
mirth of his lead. rs. It had been the aim < f dram
atists. novelists aud nistenant to represent the
Irishman as the me. .-ustion of everything infamous
ridiculous, and deserving execration aa being
deeplv skilled iu all that was wicked sod baneful,
and at the same ume as being most grossly ignorant,
but never ui I a greater falsehood come f rtu from
Uie mouth of man. £ug atd reduced them not
merely to the condition of bondsmen, out sought to
extinguish in them the ve.y light of reason by
making it felony for an Irishman to teach or learn
any thing, and we need not go Ur back in the pa*:
forth* truth of thi- statement. Bish. p England in
forms us that h.s grand-father had been imprisoned
tor teaching Ge-uietry aud that his fatbsr had to
betake himself to the mountains of Cork to avoid
like treatment, simply because they were Catholics
Utterly false, then, is ihe charge of our oeing ignor
ant- No other peop e can give a more open denial
to the accu-stiotie than the Irish in whatever situa
tion they be rewarded, whether at the bar, iu th-
hterarchy, iu the field of battle, in their own laud or
iu a foreign country.
We have also been accused of being bigotted or in
toiierantly religious. This charge is equally false
and wiroou. the support of truth. If by hi otry is
meaut tuat we do not ass at at other religions or
visit their churches, then, indeed, we sdmit the
truth ol the tact; but wecanuot do otherwise. We
know that our Lord established but one religion, we
are sure that religion ia our faith, and consequent y
»e cannot cmscieutioualy visit the religion* »e«*m-
bliea wuo hold a different be ief. and the irishman,
though a rare occurence, who shows au utter con-
ten pt ror ! is faith for which his fa hers have bled
to band down to posterity in iu purity would of All
men be nio*t de*e-ving of contempt. Oh, tnen,
brethren, how thankful we should be to God for
having given' courage aud aressou to our forefath
ers to adhere to the rue faith in the midst of perse
cutions aud to hand down to u* pure aud entire the
sacre. deposit rece ved from St. Patrick aud through
him from the Ap -tolic See, the rock on which
ChiDt built hi* Church whilst thanking God for hi*
goodness, ghoul we not do everything In our
Sower to Show our elves worthy of those who went
before us and, like ihenl, to fight the good fight and
hand down the trn faith in iu punty and integrity
to the ruing gen- ration t Let ns recommend our
prayers to fit. Pat .ok and beg of him to continuei »
watch over that fold which blended wbiut on eaith
with aa much lav-* and seal. To every calumny by
which our faith and race ars asaailed our ananewer-
able reply w.U be an irregrovable life with cJmrfty
toward* ih .s* wco da not believe as we dth
Our days thus spent will be day* r f vupptrws*.
days of merit, which will enable os to ^
CHAT WITH ITATK PAPERS,
JUDGE ERSKIKKS DECISIO.V.
— Work on tbe North and Booth Rail- ’ The dt ‘ cisiou of Jad g c Erskine
road will be resumed in three or four ' made on Monday last in the United
wee ^jL 1 States Circuit Court, Northern Dis-
— The ladies about Greenville are stul triet of fteorwia \f a .A
stuffing ReYi-1 with good things to eat. | tnCt March lerm >
and the Vindicator advances to the front, !i motion to quash the jury empanel-
bearing their praises, and bragging upon 1 ed in the case of the United States . , ,
its deviL fowl - ,. . , - persons are absolutely unfit to pass'
TlirM num-so. j , „ . , vs. \\ llliam Gardner, indicted for vio- • , . f.
— Ihree negroes, drowned near Frank-1, - f , ’ . . judgment as to what is law or justice;
lin a few days ago, have since been found i mtion ot the revenue laws, on the
down at West Point, all floating together. ! ground that the jury was illegally
^‘iPij 11 a ^’ of , Hewrd °° ant y* had constituted, is creating and will con-
ago. ' tmue to create a vast deal of discus-
— Tip Bolin, of Troup county, was 1 sion * For this reason we publish the
killed at a log-rolling, a few days ago, by decision in full.
* ^ThiwmtTT rf . ■ This seems to be a conflict between
■ ” * — ‘the court and the counsel of the de
fendant in the case as to the proper
and legal mode of constituting a
inry—the one contending that it is
within the authority of the Court
and its officers to select their juries
from the body of the people without
reference to the jury boxes of the
several counties; the other contend
ing that the Federal laws require
that these juries shall be selected in
the mode aud manner provided by
the States fcT the selection of juries
iu the highest Courts within said
States wherein such Federal Court is
being held.
Judge Erskine bases his decision
upon the act of Congress of July 20,
1840, which he contends gives the
Court the authority to adopt rules of
its own for the selection of juries.
Going behind the practice of the
Court up to the present time, he
finds in this act tne authority he
claims for selecting the jury from the
body of the people of the District
without reference to the jury-boxes
of the several counties. Upon the
authority he thus claims he has ap
pointed three of the United States
Commissioners, residing in the
Northern District of Georgia, with
the Marshal of the District of Geor
gia and the Clerk of the Court to se
lect from the body of the Northern
District of the State five hundred
persons of proper qualifications,
as he states, to serve as jurors
The counsel for the defendant con
tended that United States jurors are
required to be selected by the United
States statutes according to the laws
of each State where said United States
Courts are held ; because there is no
authority of law for the United States
Courts to appoint commissioners to
select jurors; that the rules of courts
under which said jury was selected
aud empanneled, limits the jury to
five hundred ; because the manner of
selecting jurors heretofore practiced
by the United States Courts in this
State has not been repealed by com
petent authority; because the rule of
court, under which said panel of
jurors was drawn,selected,summonsed
and empanelled, is without sanction
of law and contrary to the statutes of
the United States, in such cases made
and provided; and, lastly, because
said panel of jurors was not drawn,
selected and summonsed according to
law.
Judge Erskine complains that, be
fore the abrogation of the old rule, out
of 1700 names forwarded to the Mar
shal, by the proper officers of the
counties from the tax books, more
than 250 names were drawn from the
jury box and every one was that of a
white person. It seems to be a source
of trouble with him that tbe negroes
are not permitted to perform their
proportionate part of the jury service
of the country for which they are un
der obligation to do by reason of their
citizenship. One would infer that he
greatly sympathized with the white
race because they have had all this
duty to perform. Ostensibly, such
may be true, but in reality his main
purpose is to inflict ignorant negro
jurymen upon the people in order to
sustain the political views of his party.
We say this seems to us to be his pur
pose.
Ilis objection to the exclusion of
the names of certain persons from the
jury boxt s can be met on the gener
al principle that, as jurymen are re-
quired to be “upright and intelli
gent/’ the officers of the law
must be certain to find per
sons equal to the requirements, and
— Cracksmen, burglars and thieves are ! 0 ffi cers putting other names in the
inflating Savannah. . , ,, , . ,. . . .
i jurv-boxes would violate their dutv
trea ing before them. j county officers better acquainted
— A called session of the General Con- with the fitness of men for jury duty
fereuce of the Colored Methodist Epis- t h an United States Commissioners
copal Gnurch in America will convene in • , , .. . .. ,, v.h.*r^»-. w. j. »un j Norton having mproper
— living in remote localities from the lorn! ai. i->i t Ui»* for ptnntneiu l«*ter
has Koue to Franklin, and News may ex
pect soon to have a local item, and, per
haps, called on to reoord a funeral.
— Griffin dealers are still selling large
quantities of fertilizers.
— The Central College, at Griffin, has
had quite an increase of pupils recently.
— Many of the farmers arouud Griffin
are indulging in new buggies and car
nages—a fact given by the News as an
evidence of thrift.
— The Constitutionalist says : The
different railroads centering in Aagusta
are doing a remarkably heavy business
eveu for a busy season.
—From Saturday’s Constitutionalist:
Mr. John A. Goldstein, proprietor of
the Planter’s Hotel, was stricken with
apoplexy at iho hotel about twelve
o’clock yesterday. Medical aid was im*
meuiately summoned, bnt the stroke
proved fatal, and Mr. Goldstein, died
about half-past seven last eveniug. He
was apparently in good health during
the morning, and his death was alto
gether unexpected.
—In 1866 a Richmond farmer bought
S1300 in gold for which he paid 150 and
buried it. After seven years, he das dug
it up and sold it in Augusta for 114J.
—No new cases of meningitis in Cuth-
bert since the 1st inst.
—An aged lady of Cuthbert, had her
ankle hone badly fractured in alighting
from a buggy.
--Sawtell, of the Cuthbert Appeal, re
turns thanks for several pieces of new
music which he is busily trviug to un
ravel.
—A Cuthbert thief was detected in
stealing shut from Mr. Gunn, aud Gunn
went off and had him arrested aud put
in jail.
—The country merchants over the
State are, most of them, gone to mar
ket.
—The depot Duilding at Perry will be
completed iu a few days.
—James F. Hodges, of Perry, has just
returned from a tup to Idaho, and says
it is a very rough country out there, and
that he has seen no section equal to old
Georgia except the Brazos country in
Texas. When he left Idaho the snow
was four feet deep.
—The Sanderaville Herald says; Rich
ard Raines, convicted of murdering his
wife in this (Washington) county, some
years ago, and sentenced to the peni
tentiary ouring the term of his natural
life, and who made his escape during
Sherman’s “march to the sea,” was re
cently recaptured in Southwestern Geor
gia, and now sojourns with Grant, Alex
ander & Co. He had married again and
settled down quietly on a small farm.
His second wile had borne him one child.
He says he thought the case had been
settled.
—John G. Saxe will deliver his popu
lar lecture entitled “Love,” a humorous
aud patriotic poem, before the Georgia
Historical Society, of Savannah, to-night.
—The office of Superintendent of
Horses of the Savannah fire department
has been abolished.
—Savannah merchants are complain
ing of the light weights of certain canned
goods received from the North.
—Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, the “Wa-
hoo” of Savannah, is detained in the
Charleston jail in default of fifty dollars
bail, for obtaining money under false
pretenses.
—Rev. Dr. Hoge, of Richmond, preach
ed in Savannah on Sunday.
—The papers say Hon. H. R. Harris
paid all tne expenses, and gave a worthy
youth $12, who brought from Talbottou
a letter from Gen. Bethnne, stating the
latter bad abandoned the contest for
Congress.
—Charlotte Thompson will visit Savan
nah about the 8th ot April.
—The Early connty factory is in fn’l
operation
—Very dull times in Athers, and ye
local of the Georgian threatens to Band
his pen upon a “weeping-willow” and go
to the country, and still the editor thinks
Athens a growing city.
—Work on the Northeastern Railroad,
near Athens, is progressing rapidly.
—Mr. B. G. Salvage, a printer, at one
time foreman ot the Courier, and who
has been an invalid, died in Rome on
the 14th inst.
—Lawrence Barrett, the tragedian,
will ap? ear once more in Macon the
litter part of April.
—Messrs. H. C. Stephenson and B,
W. buiiiii have purchased the Macon
Enterprise from Lines, Wing & Smith,
and “Tne Editor” retiies from the paper.
Good iuck to alL
—As Friday night’s train for Savan
nah, on the Atlantic and Gnlf Railroad,
was running between Thomasvihe and
station No. 18, abont 10 o’clock, the bag
gage car caught fire and was entirely de
stroyed, with the baggage it contained.
to gentle repose under ihe shelter of a
lightning rod. He was hanled in out of
the wet by the town guards and charged
five dollars and cost.
“ O*-t »hat a barren wnsteTmy feet bavc strayed,
No bri|(i>t oaaia gemi the desert past;
A false ambition hath my soul betrayed,
And at itH »hnne my Me, my ail. I.ve cast."
Mary Mu-phy boarded at the same
house with' Francis Reid. Of coarse
th-y both had the same sweetheart,
which fact naturally led to a mutual dis
like. They fell out Saturday night and
used awful bad language, which resulted
in Francis throwing Mary across the bed
and spanking her till she yelled ont
“ nuff” Then going to'the door she in
vited Francis outside and she would give
her the “dogondest kicking” she ever
got. The noted Howard Horton here
interfered and Sont Mary to the lock-up.
She pays ten dollars and costs,
A false amoition lured Lizzie Patter
son to drink a gallon or two of double-
rectified whisky, and she cast her shrine,
her life and body upon the sidewalk and
lay there until the police stumbled upon
her prostrate lorrn. In their efforts to
get her np to the station house, she was
almost entirely deuuded. In this con
dition she expressed her determi
nation to come before the Cour
for trial, and no persuasion could induce
her to repair her miserable toilet. The
Recorder was informed of the condition
of jtffairs, and setting bis teeth, closed
one eye, and stated that those present
who bad no stomach for the scene could
retire, but if the Court knew herself,
and had no question on that point, it
would risk on9 eye on Lizzie, dress or
no dress, and ordered Jonsen to bring
her forth. This rather caused a slight
biush to mantle the cheek oi Jonsen,
but he prepared to carry ont the instruc
tions. Nearly everybody held their
breath. Borne looked out at the window
(among whom was the reporter), and all
hushed. But at this moment Miss Pat
terson stepped forth in a neat, trim and
starchy calico dress, evidently gotten up
for the occasion. A smile of relief was
seen to light up the Judge’s face when
he saw this, which so softened his wrath
that he only allowed Liz. to pay ten dol
lars and costs.
W. A. Ward is a consin to the man
with the ducks. He has none of those
vegetables himself, but he has his honse
full of mother and sister-in-law, who
make it rather lively for Ward at times.
Oue day last week Ward’s baby fell off a
low table, which hurt it rather severely.
Of course the child raised a yell, and
this drew forth responsive wails from
mother-in-law ana sister-in-law. Ward
insisted upon their keeping less noise—
as it would do the child no good. This
had the effect only to increase their
cries, and calling down upon Ward’s
head the usual catalogue of endearing
epithets bestowed by loving mothers and
sisters. “On! you unfeeling brute!”
‘ Oh 1 you trifling, worthless man 1" “I
wish my daughter had nev«,r seen yon,’
&c. Poor Ward ran out of the house to
escape the denunciations, and was ar
rested and locked np. This was awful
hard. Ward told this part of the tale,
but the Court knew there was some dev-
.lment behind somewhere, which had
not come to light, and told him so. A
man might as well attempt to shampoon
an elephant with a thimbleful of soap
suds as to attempt to pull the wool over
the Court’s eyes when he takes a good
look at a fellow. He let Ward off in this
case, bnt it was evident he wasn’t fully
satisfied of the coirectness of the judg
ment.
A starchy yonng man, who tearfully
requests ns to withhold his name, was
hauled np for being drunk, disorderly
and profane, on the Sabbath. He plead
guilty, by proxy, and the usual tine was
announced. A ten minutes’ lecture from
rhe Court to this youug man would have
done him more good than all the other
lectures he ever received. So yonng and
so promising, and such a nice youDg
man !
A conple of negro boys were up for
singing and making a fuss on the str »ets.
The celebrated song of “Ten and C *sts”
will get some mggor into trouble before
the year *out The following is a speci
men verse;
D'ar dey comes Ola Ten and Coat,
Wid de umbrella under his arm,
Fraying, "God gib me justice.
For half ob deae niggers is mine."
Their cases were -laid over till this
morning.
The ease of Mies Viola Roadman waa
also continued. The recent rise in the
pri 'oNit twrniiie aiooers and rooae boxes
bae c*ustd a paleness to overspread tbe her 'told, »nd hail settled coutiaorably. I
ladv wi:Leases who are living in the sky
days i
Paul el tbe trail of our dissolution:
I have fought
it. As an officer of law, it should be
his aim and greatest desire to give t»
the snpport and maintenance of lair
all the force of intelligence and dis
cretion upon the part of those wh#
are to dispense justice. Ignorant
and, hence, the officers of the coun
ties are wisely discreet in excluding
from the jury-box the names of per
sons who do not come up to the legal
qualifications of jurymen.
Atlanta* anti the North and Month Kail-
road.'
We clip the following article from the
Chattanooga Times and present it *o our
readers for consideration, withont add
ing auy remarks of our own:
We see from the Colnmbus papers tint
the first twenty miles of tms new road
lias been completed, accepted and the
Governor of Georgia will endorse its.
bonds. These facts insure the eurly com
pletion of tbe North au South Georgia
Railroad. It strikes ns if Atlanta dnas
uol at once step forward to aid, and vbtaia
sont* influence in th* management ot thin
N. & S. G. R. R., that she will, when too
late, fiud that Her rivals will not permit
this new railroad to be run to her ad
vantage. Our people are looking with
hope to this N. & S. Bailroad, A com-
prting line to Atlanta and Columbus, con
be readily made out of this road. We
are not in a condition just yet to “ take
a hand in this enterprise.” Tue time is
not lar off when we will be ready. If
Atlanta compels ns to “ carry the
helt” of this new road and our
friends are to be brought in to build it,
we can only assure the Atlanta pt ople
that we will “trade” to the best advan
tage for our city. At this time, we
would be glad to “join bands” with At
lanta. Roma and Columbus, aud build
the N. & S. G. Railroad, so that it be,
uhat it should be, simply a competing
line to the roads now bunt. It may be
that in the near future, it will be deem
ed to our interest to combine with
some one or more of these localities to
run the new road. Wo intend to “u ke
ear-i” of Chattanooga at all events. We
would prefer that all be suited. But if
Atlanta does not “wake up” she may
find that we are “a trading people.” If
she is left *'oa: in tbe cold” it will be her
fault. We now ofler the “olive branch”
on this new entei prise.
CHAT WITH STATIC PAPERS.
—Eggs are selling in Rome at 12 i cents
per dozen, and “Bill Arp” returns most
grateful tLianas to the hens of FiOjd aud
surrounding count les.
—Micajah Davis, au old aud resneei >d
citizen ol Fioyd county, died on Friday
night last.
—Money is “tighter” than usual in
Rome, but not on a “bender.”
—The Hook and Ladder Company of
Rome are to be newly uniformed.
—Mr. Ja lies Griffin, one of the oldest
settlers of Decatur county, and one of the
most respected of her citizens, died on
tne 13th ins’ant.
—In the trotting matches in Macon on
Saturuay, Clay’s horses, Gray Eagle and
Fiying Cloud, came oft with llyiDg colors.
—Col. Greeno B. Hammock, of Car-
roll county, has worn neither hat, coat
nor shoes for twenty-five years.
—Col. William Barton, of Carroll coun
ty, died recently aged one hundred and
fourteen years.
— Captain Woodbury, of the ship
Southern Rights, which arrived at Savan
nah on Satuulay, from Liverpool, reports
that on the 14th, about twenty five miles
east-southeast of Tybee, passed the end
of a mast standing about ten feet above
water.
— Thieves are playing all sorts of
pranks with Savannah merchants. On
Saturday night a hardware store was
robbed of four hundred dollars worth of
pistols and knives, the thief, it is sup
posed, having secreted himself iu the
store befi.ro it was closed for the night.
— Oar batch of Georgia exchangee
weie smull yesterday, and hence the
paucity of onr State news items.
G EOUUIA—Taliaferro County:
Court of Ordinary, at Cn-»mbers,
irooruary 12, ls73.—Wherein, Robort T. Edue ap-
plien to hie for pe-ruAnout letter* of admiiiieiration
on the estate ot Mrs. Amanda Doster, late ol said
county, deceased:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all per
sons concerned to show cause at the April term of
said court, if any they have, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given uuder my hand, at office In Crawfordvilie,
this February 12th, 1S73.
CHARLES A. BEAZLEY. Ordinary.
G BORGIA—TA LIAPKKRO COUNTY.
APPLICATION FOR LETTERS
OF DlSMISSxON.
Whebexb, Mrs Amelia At Ins, guardian for h«r
two minor children, has applied to me for letters as
dismissi r irom sa.d auardiauship:
This ia therefore to cite all person* concerned to
show cause, it any they can, by the April term oi the
Court of Ord.n ry tor said county, why eald lettus
of dismission should not be granted.
Given under my hand, at office in Crawford villa,
this, Feb. 2ti, 1873.
CHARLES K. BEAZLi.
feb28 Ordinary.
G « BOKGIA—Taliaferro Coanty:
(■ Application for Letters of Dis-
MiBsiojt—Whereas Benjamin Htnrdivant, wr iis-
trit >r ot the estate of Abner Sturdivant, la o aid
c-m -ty, der-eane.i, has applied to me tor Lette-e of
!' - Mseiun fro-n s*hi ,oinini>itratiou. This i*.
tfc'-reio e, to cite ail persons concerned to show
• ause. if any they can, why said letters cf Dismis
sion should not be granted."
Given under my hand atoffl'ein Crawfordvilie,
bia Fer.ruary! 4, lb73. CHARLES A Br-AZLEY.
Ieb26 Oldinary
o<
parlors, which will prevent their attend
ing Court till this morning.
GLETHORPE SHERIFF’S SALE.
Will oe sold, <»u the FIRST 1C ESI) AY IN APRIL
Nf Xl’, before the •'curt-bouse door in the town of
LexiDgton, Oglethorpe county, within the legal
hours of -aie, a tract of tand containing
ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-ONE ACRES,
more or less, in Og ethorpe county, adjoining the
land- ol M W J . js-u ami other*. I e"srd on as
tee property ot j. A Booth, by virtue ot a fi. fa. ia-
sued irotn th- Sop-rior Court of taid county, in
lavor of Ferdinand Pnitdxy v*. J. A Bo -th and
other*. TH06. D. GiLH M. She iff.
Fehrilary 28th, lr7J. mb4
/ - B;*-I l-t'fli thorps Count > :
» » MBEiNAKT'sorpiCE. Eexingtoii.March 10, lx~s.
n p opej
*» “freb. urn.. >?"“ ^iSlS^^-ISSirKSriSSSi
The Conf-fence will be presided over ov , counties irom which such jurymen I county, de-- aA*d, this i« to cit« all pef^ous inter-
Bishop Milt-s. Two or three Bishops are arp tf> r* cpWtWit' a thev ‘ ,r ? n ? ta ‘? ‘* n *| iy .. iet }? r *
expected to be elected ami oruained. f r6 t0 ** Are they DOt “ ' b *
„ . T _ , better qualified bv reason of acquani- T m b;j tM K b. mitch ll, ..rd.nary,
—C<ptam LaRose, of the steamer . . . ... „ „„ k, _
Liizi" Baker, wnieh arrived at Savannah tance *0 say who are ht persons to >e ^oi it e or uiioisahy,
on Saturday irom Florid^, rejiorw rhe j empanelled as jurymen than Com- February term, 1873.
ship Ctdacnx, from Ixmdon for S^pelo, ; mitsioners who are strangers to the
ash«>r- on the south end of Sapc-lu _ .
IiUBd. She had sevrti «oetot WHtor 1,.; Communities? < ' ?/Tt, p”sv tn'T- m^/^v
If Judtve Krskine is in the least in- »a* maun the tun. pr-eenbed n> l» „o *s Show
Th** filar fltorli oht frnm D 4Fir*ii li'ii'i ^ . . , -ufir * litucti r ft O'lut, kit i all in-
^ ^ ^ . * 3-n fluCDCfctl bv IHilitiCu] motives *11 his %*K> *?•*• b*-r-'.l>> r*q-nrt*dtozn
8eut to uer u&SaSUmce* and it us8t**ed will 1 • .. 1 auiM.a * pay tun *. TH
decision we shall most b - • rtilv regret ,*v r a%ud rat
OHGIA—Tallitferro * ountyj
Notice !► her*- 5 , n to » i d-ivoi.* 04v.nf?
probabiy ge:
.stance,
ht r off
.OVERTON,
V el lull ;kc’A.