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JEFFERSON, JACKSON COUNTY, GA., FRIDAY. JANUARY 16. 1880.
“ DOING” A SHERIFF.
A GEORGIA SKETCH.—BY T. A. BURKE.
Many perrons in the eoanty of Hall, State
of Georgia, recollect a queer old customer
who used to visit the county site regularly
on “ General Muster” days and Court w.eck.
His name was Joseph Johnson, but he was
universally known as Uncle Josey. The old
man, like many others of that and the present
da}, loved his dram, and was apt, when he
got among “ the boys” in town, to take more
than lie could conveniently carry. Ilis in
separable companion on all occasions was a
black pony, who rejoiced in the name of
“ General Jackson,” and whose diminutive
ness and sagacit}- were aliko remarkable.
One day, while court was in session in tho
little village of Gainesville, the attention of
the Judge and bar was attracted by a rather
unusual noise at the door. Looking towards
that aperture, “ his honor” discovered the
aforesaid pony and rider deliberately entering
the Hall of Justice. This, owing to the fact
that the floor of the court house was nearly
on a level with the ground, was not difficult.
“ Mr. Sheriff,” said the Judge, “ see who
is creating such a disturbance of this
court.”
“ It’s only Uncle Josey and Gin’ral Jack
son, Judge,” said the intruder, looking up
with a drunken leer, “jest me and the Gin’ral,
come to see how you an' the boys is gettin’
along.”
“ Well, Mr. Sheriff” said the Judge, to
tally regardless of the interest manifested in
his own and the lawyers' behalf, by Uncle
Josey, “ you will please collect a fmo of ten
dollars from Uncle Josey and tho General,
for contempt of court.”
” Look-a-here, Judge, old feller,” continued
Uncle Josey, as he stroked the “Gin'ral's”
name, “ you don't mean to say it, now doyer?
L his child hasn't had that much money in a
coon’s age, and as for tiie Gin’ral here, I
know he dou tdeal in no kind ofqolne, which
he hain'tdone, ‘cept fodder and corn, for these
many years.”
Very well, then, Mr. Sheriff,” continued
his honor, “ in default of the payment of tho
fine, you will convey the body of Joseph
Johnson to the countyjail.theretobe retained
for the space of twenty-four hours.”
“Now, Judge, you ain’t in right down
good yearnest, is you ? Uncle Josey hain’t
never been put in that there boardin’ house
3*et, which he don’t want to be, neither.”
appealed the old man, who was apparently
too drunk to know whether it was a joke or
not.
“ I he Sheriff will do his duty immediately,”
was the Judge’s stern reply, who begun to
tire of the old inau’a druuiceu iusoicuco.
Accordingly, Uncle Josey and the “ Gin’ral”
were marched off towards the oounty prison,
which stood in a retered part of th village.
Arriving at the door, tho prisoner was com
manded by the Sheriff to “ light .”
“ Look-a-hcre, Jess, horse-fly, you ain’t a
gwine to put your old Undo Josey in there,
is 3’cr ?”
“ ’Bliged to do"it. Uncle Josey,” replied
the Sheriff, “ef I don’t the old man (tho
Judge) will give me goss when I go back.
I hate it powerful, but I must do it.”
“ But, Jess, couldn’t you manage to let the
old man git awu} r ? Thar ain’t nobody hero
to see you. Now do, Jess, you know how I
fit for you, in that last run you had ’long er
Jim Smith, what like to a beat }’ou for sheriff,
which he would have done it, if it hadn’t been
for yer Uncle Josey’s influence.”
“ I know that. Uncle Josey, but thar ain’t
no chance. My oath is very pinted against
allowin’ anybody to escape. So you must go
in, cos thar ain’t no other chance.”
“ I tell you what it is, Jess, I’m afeard to
go in thar. Looks too dark and dismal.”
“ Thar ain’t nothing in thar to hurt you,
Uncle Josey, which thar hain’t been for nigh
about six months.”
“ Yes, thar is, Jess, you can't fool me that
a-way. I know thar is somethin’ in thar to
ketch the old man.”
j|g“ No tbar ain’t, I pledge you my honor
thar ain’t.”
“ Well, Jess, if thar ain’t, you jest go in
and see, and show Uncle Josey that you ain’t
afeard.”
“Certainly, I ain’t afeard to go in.”
Saying which, the Sheriff opened the door,
leaving the key in the lock. “ Now, Uncle
Josey, what did I tell you? I kuow’d thar
want nothing in thar.”
“ Maybe thar ain’t where you are standin’,
but jest le’s see you go up into that dark
place, in the corner.”
“ Well, Uncle Jose}’,” said the unsuspect
ing sheriff, “ I’ll satisfy you thar ain’t nothin’
thar either,” and he walked towards the
“dark corner.” As he did so, the old man
dexteriously closed the door and locked it.
“Hello! thar,” j’elled the frightened offi
cer, “ none o’ yer tricks, Uncle Josey ; this
is carrying the joke a cussed sight too far.”
“Joke! I ain’t a jokin’, Jess; never was
more in yearnest in my life. Thar ain’t
nothin’ in thar to hurt you though, that’s one
consolation. Jest hold on a little while, and
I’ll send some of the boys down to let you
out.”
Aud before the “sucked ia” sheriff had
recovered from his astonishment, the' pony and
hi* master were out of hearing.
Uncle Josey, who was not m drunk &s he
appeared, stopped atthegrocery, took a drink,
again mounted the Gin’ral, and called the
keeper of the grocery to him—at the same
time drawing the jail key from his pocket.
“ Here, Jeeras, take this ere key, and ef the
old man or any them boys up there at the
Court House inquires after Jess Runion, the
Sheriff, jest you give ’em this key and my
compliments, and teU’era Jess is safe. Ketch
’em takin’ in Uncle Jose}', willycr? Git up,
Gin’ral, these boys' here won’t do to trust;
so we’il go into the country, whar people’s
honest if thc} r is poor.”
The Sheriff, after an hour’s imprisonment,
was released, and severely reprimanded by
the Judge, but the sentence of Uncle Josey
was never executed, as he never troubled the
Court again, and the Judge thought it useless
to imprison him with any hope of its effecting
the slightest reform.”— Dixie Farmer.
The Cause of Ireland.
The arrival in this country of Mr. Charles
Stewart Parnell lias intensified and individ
ualized, if we may so speak, the cause of
Ireland, not only in its political but also its
#
humanitarian aspect. The fact of Mr. Parnell’s
being half American and half Englishman,
by immediate descent, is one of the curiosities
of his mission. Lie himself is Irish born,
but his mother is the daughter of an American
Admiral and his father the member of an
old British family. He is described as tall,
thin and fair, with none of the poetic, orato
rical or enthusiastic accomplishments of any
of the great agitators of Erin who preceded
him. lie lias not the muscular strength of
O’Connell nor the mighty masculinity of mind
of the Liberator. He could not conceive or
deliver oue of Shell’s glory-hursts to save
himself from perdition. He makes no pretence
to even Isaac Butt’s forensic attainments.
At 33 years of age, he is like a man who cith
er never had a delusion or had lost all
sentimentality and romance. Ilis personal
presence is not more clammy and unraagnet
ic than his voice is dull auT wooden. Appa
rently devoid of the passionate sympathies,
so highly developed in the Celtic nature, he
would seem to be the last man on earth to
win the Irish heart or wound the English in
tellect. And yet. despite his’icy individual
ism, his cold exterior, his passionless mind,
his oratorical defects and the whole antago
nism to what the world is accustomed to re
gard as the typical Irish agitator, he has
made himself the head of tho opposition par
ty in the Green Isle, has compelled a hearing
ia the British Parliament aud is to-day the
idol of the people whose cauß he has espous
ed. Evidently the masses of Irishmen have
faith ia bis earnestness and integrity, and
they have been witnesses of his power for
usefulness. It may be that the sturdy Brit
isher, stuffed with roast beef and plum pud
ding, and out of tune with anything esthetic,
listens to a man who ia not altogether unlike
himself in nature, as he is undeniably akin
to him in blood. Although an extremist, so
far as demanding that the land question be
settled in favor of the men born upon the
soil, he has hitherto avoided all pretexts for
revolutionary encroachment, and insisted
that the tremendous question of Irish politics
shall bo settled on a basis of justice and hu
manity. He insists that bad government is
the solo cause of Ireland’s distress and dis
comfiture, and that bad government shall
cease, lie demonstrates that the Green Isle
is cursed by the landlord system, and that a
peasant proprietorship shall be established
by tho Crown’s purchase of the landed es
tates. He appeals to the common sense of
Englishmen that there will never be an end
to Irish agitation while the present injustice
survives, aud that it is better, even in a ma
terial sense, that Irish agitation against Eng
lish despotism shall have no cause for con
tinuance. If Mr. Parnell can convince the
people of the United States, irrespective of
race, that liis cause is not only a just one
but that his method is safe and not destruet
ive of common rights, as well as tho peace
of liis own and other countries, we doubt not
at all the success of his mission. In his
opening speech at New York, in reply to a
deputation of welcome, he well said that his
task and the task of those he represented
was a double one. He said : “We have to
war against a system which causes discon
tent and suffering in our country, and we
have to endeavor to break down that svstem,
and with God’s help we are determined to
break it down. We have also to see that
victims of the system are not suffered to per
ish in the meanwhile. We are to take care
that the unity and strength of our people is
not broken and that now when an opportuni
ty has really come for the settlement of one
of the leading questions in Ireland, that that
opportunity may not be lost. Physical suf
fering and misery and starvation of large
portions of our population in Ireland have
not been exaggerated. We called upon the
Government for eight months to relieve tiiat
distress, but it has only been within the last
few days that the English Government lias
agreed to admit that there is any distress.
This was brought to their notice by a letter
from tke Duchess of Marlborough, wife of
Lord Lieutenant, which states that there was
going t,o be a famine and dire distress during
the coming Winter.”
It is this point—tho starving point—to
which we may more emphatically refer.
There can be no doubt now that many thou
sands of the people of Ireland, because of
bad government and because of the failure
of their crops, are in the direst extremity
and that unutterable woe has already befallen
them. That tho men of America born on
the old sod and those who have drawn their
blood from Irish veins will liberally respond
to this cause of suffering, we have no ques
tion. Nor do we question also that men of
ail races in the United States, who sympa
thize with valor, fidelity and constancy un
paralleled in the annals of the world will
gladly give something to brethren in sorest
need, who have suffered for centuries rather
than forsake their principles, and will die
with famine rather than surrender the grand
est cause that ever made music in the brain
or heart of man. However Mr. Parnell may
succeed in hi3 political experiment he should
not fail on tho humanitarian side of his mis
sion. Already from press and pulpit there
comes a mighty cry for aid for Ireland—
Starving Ireland —and base indeed would be
that iU3n, that American, who amid the burst
ing granaries of his own land could look
coldly, unfeelingly and unhclpingly upon the
* air but shrunken form ot Ireland ; who now
in the throes of dissolution cling to her prin
ciples because they are true, hugs her harp
to her wasted bosom because it is the voice
ofhor glory and despair, and gazes lovingly
upon her cross because it is the sign of her
surest deliverance hero and hereafter.
Prayer for Editors.
Many persons and things have been made
the subjects of special prayer by the people
of God. We pray for ministers and for
missionaries because their labors are ardu
ous and their responsibilities great. We
pray for inquiring souis aud for tho poor and
for the sick and the afflicted, and for those
exposed to great danger, because their need
is great. YVe pray for colleges and teachers,
because their influence for good or evil is
potent, and !or the same reason we prav for
legislators and governors. Such prayers are
proper, and we have no doubt that they are
heard in heaven, and that they have brertig lit
many blessings to earth. But if special
prayer is ever made for editors, we aro not
aware of it. Our Heavenly Father may have
iieard many such aspirations from pious
hearts, but certainly we are not informed of
them. Ah ! how refreshing to our spirit it
would be to hear some holy man of God call
on the name of the Lord in behalf of those
who lead public opinion and who form pub
lic character through the instrumentality of
the press. All editors, whether of religious
or secular papers, are men who work with
tremendous leverage for human weal or woo.
and perhaps if Christians had remembered
them on their knees as they ought to have
done, our secular press would not be so vonal
and corrupt and debauched as it too fre
quently is, and perhaps our religious jour
nals would not have been permitted to join
the service of Caesar, as some of them have
done, and perhaps all of them would have
been more imbued with that wisdom and with
that truthful and gentlo and loving spirit
which ought to mark these wide-read epistles
issued in the name of Jesus. Why is it that
we are forgotten ? Is there not mercy in
heaven for us? Do we not need it? Are
there not those on earth whose sympathies
prompt them to pray that that mercy be be
stowed ?
The present is a time when special prayer
for this class of men is specially needed. A
great political campaign is before us. Un
scrupulous men will resort to the basest
measures through the press to carry out their
purposes. Excitement will run high; the
worst passions of our nature will bo aroused ;
section will be set against section for pur
poses avowedly patriotic, but really selfish
and wicked ; the war spirit will be evoked ;
some of the religious journals, alas 1 will take
part in the strife, and all, perhaps, will be
more or less affected by its unhallowed spirit.
If the press of the country had exerted its
proper influence, all the by-gones of the war
would, long since, have been by gones in
deed, and the people of the United States
would have come together with more of mu
tual respect, and with a kindlier feeling, than
they ever had bofore. It has kept alive ani
mosities which, if let alone, would have died
out long ago. Now animosities are
about to be fanned into fiercer flame. The
press will have a thousand times more to do
with it than all other influences put together.
Is it not right to pray that God will take this
prodigous energy into his hands and restrain
its wrath and control it for purposes of
good ?
But we desire, in all sincerit}’, and in all
earnestness, to put in a special pbia before
praying people, iu behalf of the editors of
religious journals. Where preachers address
an audience of hundreds, these speak to thou
sands or to tens of thousands. So far as ex
tent of influence is concerned, each of these
bea'S t c responsibilities of a score, or five
score, or twice five score of our most influen
tial pastors. Their words find their way to
the mountains and to the sea : they fiy to the
ends of the earth and arc read on every con
tinent; they visit alike the palaces of the
rich and the cabins of the poor ; old men and
matrons, young men and maidens, and even
the little ones, all receive an impress from
the editor; they look up to him ; thov revere
him ; there is a dignity in print more than
in tiie spoken voice; every man stands in
awe of its majesty ; consciously or uncon
sciously to themselves, the readers become
the pupils of the editor ; they may try to
shake off his power but they cannot; the
only way to esc ripe it, is to cease to road.
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a rom the editor his thousands of readera rc*
ceire Intellectual entertainment aed insttu#*
tion ; from him they receive doctrine and re
proof ; he shows them the path of duty and
the path of life ; lie is with them in their aoj?-
row and consoles them in their affliction ;
he ia with them in their prosperity and be
guiles tiieir happier hours; he has a monop*
oly of tlioir attention 5 there ia no gapio**
congregation to distract the mind; ho is
with them in secret, the companion of their
loneliness; they commune together as if in
each others bodily presence with none to
overhear; a life-long friend, a particular
friend, a bosom friend, is the editor to his
reader; the only friend, perhaps, who never
says an unkind word, and whoso conversa
tion, if sometimes enlivened by pleasantry,
is sure to he mostly on important topics,
and serious and dignified. The preacher’s
words may be forgotten ; so indeed may the
editor's ; but the reader may refresh his mein*
ory by reading them again ; the spoken word
vanishes—the written word remains. The
preacher is never replied to; the editor ia
subject to constant attacks; and these at*
tacks are sometimes very disingenuous and
very unfair, and sometimes dreadfully cruel*
He must sec himself held up to the world aa
an object of ridicule, hissed at, scoffed at.
and shamefully libelled. Yet he must ho
patient and meek and never give way to an
unlovely spirit. Does any man need rnoro
grace ? All the important questions of tho
day as they arise must be met by him. I!o
can escape no emergency, lie must always,
squarely face the issues. Does any man
need more wisdom P When the faith' is at*
t acked lie is its only really public defender*
The battle is upon him. When some infidel
Goliah defies the armies of the living God.
he is the David whose sling and pebbles,
must lay him low, if it bo done at all. Does
any man need more strength ? He is abovet
all other men the victim of advice. A thou*,
sand men advise a thousand different things*
If he attempts to take the advice of all, hia
paper will come to chaos, ami he to the luna
tic asylum. It lie rejects the advice of anv.
he is apt to Inakc an enemy or at least to bo
looked upon with unfavorable eyes. ll a
must keep the peace with all his advisers ami
keep them at peace withone another. Does
any man need more tact ? lie is often urged
by those who are considered wise to publish
things which, in lii 3 judgment, cannot bo
published with prudence." If ho refuses to
publish, lie is accused of partiality or preju
dice, and certainly of folly. If lie complies
with the request, the 6amc or other accusa
tions come from other quarters. Does any
man need more patience or more forbear-,
ance ? He must often take the unpopular
side, and a torrent of public indignation,
rushes out to overwhelm him. Does any
man need more firmness or more heroism ?
W e make special prayer for men on a<x
count of the extent of their influence and on
account of the depth of their necessity. Why
should the editors of religious journals bo
made an exception ? It does seem that
at ovo all other men m the world, they need,
and ought to have, the special support of tho
prayers of tho people of God. Oh, if tho
hundreds of thousands .of readers wore all
habitually to remember tho editors at tbt
Throne of Grace, what results might wa not
expeot ? A pastor unsupported by the pr*y T
ors of his brethren, scarcely looks for suc
cess. The editor is himself a pastor, a pae*
tor on a vastly largo sealo. Why should he
not have the same support ?
Brethren, we are in earnest. Those finest
are not written for your amusement; they
are an appeal to your fraternal sympathy,
and au appeal to your Christian faith ! Do
you believe in the efficacy of prayer ? Do
you know of any class of men more in need
ot it ? \\ ho is sufficient for the things above
spoken of ! Certainly not the writer of theso.
lines ; certainly no man. Our case is before
}*ou. In behalf of ourselves, and of ouc
brethren of the press, we call on 3*oll for help,
and we desire that help to come in the shapa
of prayer. We have firm belief in its efficacy,
and in this faith, God helping up, we shall
live and die. We call on each of our read
ers as on an individual to take this paper
Ins closet, and pray for editors generall} 7 ,
and for editors of religious journals in partiiv.
ular, and especially for one who intensely
feels his need of it—for the editor of Tins
Index .—Christian Index.
Forgetful of His Trust.
Roscoe Conkling has been a favored son
of the State of New York. Honors have
been heaped upon him with a lavish hand.
And how is lie repay ing the genorous con
fidence which has been reposed in him? Hq
is using the great influence which he derives
from his official station to procure tiie nom
ination and election of Gen. Grant for a
third term.
Mr. Conkling knows this is wrong, el*?
why did he oppose, professedly on principle,
the nomination of Gen. Grant for a third
term at the time Mr. Hayes was nominated 2
Whether Mr. Conkling succeeds or not in
nominatiing Gen. Grant, the attempt to make
a man President a third term, in disregard
of a custom which dates hack to Washington,
will be laid up against him.
No statesman can have his name associ
ated with the Third Term movement, as ono
of its advocates, without permanent injury
to his own standing as a patriot. —New York
Sun.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor, of Brooklyn, has re
ceived from a Tirginia friend a curious relic
of the war. It consists of two bullets that
evidently met in the air over some battle
fiel 1. and hap| e ling to strike each other on
their conical points, were firmly wolded to
gether. The ball that, from its shape, js
supposed to have been firod from a Union
soldier's gun. apparently was going with
greater speed than the other, and is morp
conpieioiis in the relic. The bases of tliq
balls arc split apart and flattened against
each other. The relic lias been mounted \i\
gold as a pendant.
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