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Tl lisniv iloltMVt;, MAY 13.
Muscogee Superior Court—May Term
—,l tug kJam ks Joh nhon Presiding—First
I>ay. The .Judge announced that he
would take uj> the equity docket where
in- loft off last term. He would fix a day
for divorce cases and announce it two or
three days before hand.
The .Judge also announced that next
week .Judge Bartlett, of the Ocuiulgee
Circuit, would preside in such equity and
common law cusos as he (Judge J.) had
been of counsol.
The following week Judge Johnson
would resume tho bench and take up
dockets in the following order: appeal,
claim, illegality, certiorari, common law,
equity, criminal, motion, and such order
will remain unchanged.
The following are the names of the
jurors:
(1 rand .fury, R. M. Stockton, Foreman
—J. Walker, A. J. Floyd, J. W. Barden,
U. Amyet, J. T. McKenzie, G. A. llueku
j,h, J. M. I .ay Held, It. T. Young, Z. A.
Willet, It. A. Munro, A. A. Dortch, I.
Kurniker, A. W. White, J. A. Sliingleur,
C. A. Kliuk, J. Ij. Howell, T. E. Blanch
ard, llobt. Thompson, W. E. Farramore,
G. M. Williams, F. G. Wilkins, J. L.
Dunham.
Petit Jurors.—Qt. M. Venable, W. H.
lilaiikeuship, J. S. Dozier, David Wolf
son, G. W. Briggs, J. S. Matthews, John
Maliail'ey, Jas. Wilson, H. F. Abell, W. P.
O’Brien, D. P. Dozier,T. D. Fortson.
Petit Jury No. 2. —Jas. Veruoy, W.
I*. Turner, W. D. Alibek, Richard Tur
man, W. W. McDaniel, James M. Hughes,
11. M. Jeter, J. F. Lassiter, W. S. Mc-
Naughton, Thomas Names, T. F. liiden
hoiir, Joseph Smith.
Ito ilij/'s. — Win. Molm ffey, for Grand
Jury; S. 1). Lewis, for Bar; VY. S. McMi
chael, for Solicitor; B. D. Casey, for Jury
No. 1; J. M Allen, for Jury No. 2; J. W.
Barber, Special Builiif.
charge to the okanu jury.
The following is the substance of the
charge of _.J udge Johnson :
it is unnecessary that I should make
extended remarks. You have a place for
secret consultations and they must bo
private. Witnesses must be examined
before your body alone, ami your trans
actions must be iu secret. Couusels given
by the Solicitor or other lawyers must be
kept to yourselves. No one of your body
can, without violating liis oath, tell his
position on any question.
You are to take cognizance of bills pre
ferred and indictments. Asa rule, hear
no evidence except that sent you by the
Solicitor General. Examine your wit
nesses. If he chooses, the Solicitor Gen
eral may appear to conduct examinations
before you. After bearing testimony say
whether you will iiud a true bill, lleasona
ble suspicion that a crime has been com
mitted will justify one. You are not to
try cases, but to decide whether, under
proof, a public trial shall take place, ft
w a violation of your duty to decide upon
guilt or innocence, or scud for witnesses
whom you think can clear parties. The
only thing you have to do is to decide
if there is a reasonable suspicion of guilt,
such as will justify a public trial.
It is allowable that the Court give the
law in particular cases presented by the
Solicitor General. Latitude is allowed him
m charges to the Grand J ury which are not
granted in a trial. He can present such
cases as he thinks duty requires. Hence
1 call your attention to one ease against
the late Sheriff Bradford. He was so un
fortunate as to kill a man. The presump
tion is that he committed wrong. Human
life must be regarded as sacred. The
fact of having killed a man puts the
slayer on his trial. The Judge is allowed
to speak of any case to the Grand Jury.
The Sheriff at the time I hear was bring
ing H prisoner, under order of the Court,
from jail to be tried. The prisoner at
tempted to escape and the Sheriff shot
him. The Sheriff has power to prevent
escapes iu certain cases. If necessary iu
execution of the law-, the law justifies
him; but, if unnecessary, and there was
no occasion, he is not justified. The
question is, “Was he justified?” Itshouhl
be investigated regularly that tho whole
country may know. These remarks and
tiie law mentioned applies to every case
of homicide. The Grand Jury must in
vestigate, and if they conclude, after
hearing witnesses, there is a reasonable
suspicion of guilt, they must find a true
hill.
The Solicitor General will give you in
formation regarding statutes.
It is my duty to give you, in special
charge, (he acts regarding gaming, re
tailing liquor without license, carrying
concealed weapons, interference with re
ligious worship and giving liquor to
drunkards.
You are to decide upon the compensa
tion to be given to jurors, and also to the
Ordinary, Clerks of Court, Sheriff and
other county officers for extra services.
They must present their accounts and
you decide upon them. The services
must have been rendered. You have
nothing to do with what service shall be
rendered in the future.
The Ordinary has large powers. It is
an important place. A proper officer can
do much good ; a bad one, great harm.
You must overlook his course.
Y ou must examine into county finances,
the condition of roads, inspect books
and dockets, Road Commissioners are
exempt from jury duty in consideration
of certain services. It is your duty to see
that the service has beeu rendered. The
Commissioners are to blame if roads are
in bad order.
J ustiees of the Peace must also be held
to account for their factions. They can
accomplish great good or immense injury,
it is your duty to look after them.
Y our great object is to promote the
welfare of the county by seeing that all
public officers do their duty.
You can regulate your meetings to suit
your convenience. You can't excuse a
juror from attendance. He must appear
before the Court with bis excuse.
1 will, with pleasure, grant you all in
formation regarding the law. You can
retire.
TO THE PETIT JURORS
the Judge remarked they must listen to
the arguments of counsel, as well as pay
heed to the witnesses' written evidence
and charge of the Court. Lawyers were
accustomed to analyze testimony, and
jurors would more clearly understand a
case by closely heeding what, they said.
The Judge then commenced calling the
equity docket.
The case of Nancy Odom vs. John L).
Odom was dismissed by complainants.
Case of Morris King vs. liobert Smith
is now with the jury, who had not re
turned a verdict when Court adjourned.
Court adjourned to 9 a. hi. to-day.
Accepted the SI,OOO Provision. —The
Directors of the Savannah and Memphis
Railroad on Saturday accepted the pro
visions of the $4,000 per mile Alabama
bill. This act originated with that Com
pany.
VOL. XV.
Thirtieth Annual Parade of the Columbus
Fire Department.
GRAND OALA DAY —CENTRAL MECHANICS NO.
0, SQUAD B. OF COLORED COMPANY NO. 2
AND HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY WIN
PRIZES.
'Hie day was pleasant, dust well allayed
by recent rains and everything delightful,
cooled Ly a swift blowing breeze.
1 lie Columbus Fire Department was
regularly organized in 1343. Two years
previous a Hook and Ladder Company
was organized under the name of No. 1,
and the company changed to an engine
one has existed to this day.
THE COMPANIES
were formed at the Court-house square by
Chief Engineer W. H. Williams and 2nd
Assistant Chief C. E. Etheridge, who were
mounted on horseback. First Assistant
Chief G. E. Rosette was too unwell to at
tend.
THE ORDER OF MARCH.
In a four horse express wagon, driven
by Capt. S. H. Hill, were conveyed the
brass baud of Columbus and Opelika, led
by Mr. Frank Davie, of the latter place.
Hook and Ladder Company, of Troy,
followed, Capt. W. 11. 11. Stricklan being
Chief, with three officers and twenty-four
privates. They had no truck.
1 hen followed twelve policemen com
manded by Deputy Marshal Robinson and
Capt. Foran.
Columbus No. 1, with their Jeffers’
steamer and hose carriage, succeeded.
The steamer was drawn by four horseß,
driven by Mr. Disbrow. Its wheels, and
those of the hose carriage, were burdened
with flowers. The company was com
manded by Foreman W. If. Brannon. The
organization numbers nine officers and
forty men ; has 500 feet of combination
and 500 feet of leather hose.
Stonewall No. 4, with hand engine and
hose, came next, commanded by Foreman
J. S. Stuart, numbering eight officers and
twenty-five men. It has 850 feet of leath
er lioso. The engine and carriage was
adorned with flowers and a picture of
Stonewall Jackson.
loung America, No. 5, followed with
their beautiful Silsby steamer, “Old
Bock,” named after Gen. Benning, drawn
by four horses, driven by Mr. James
V’eruoy, Jr. The ladies had elegantly
decked the engine and hose carriage. On
the hose carriage was seated a little son
of Mr. Layfielil. The company was com
manded by Foreman D. E. Williams, num
bered 7 officers and 41 mon, anil has 850
feet of leather hose in good order
and being repaired.
Central Mechanics, No. 0, with old hand
engine No 3, which they have vastly im
proved, succeeded. This company was
commanded by Foreman P. J. Cochran,
anil numbered 12 officers and 70 men.
They wore white shirts and black pants
and made a fine display. They intend
using old band engine No. 2. All the
other companies except Hook and Ladder,
who wore green and black, were dressed
in red shirts and white pants. On their
engine, profusely decorated, was a large
live owl to guide them by night, and in
a circle of evergreens a bronzed arm
lifting a hammer. Their hose carriage
was handsomely decked. This company
has 000 feet of hose.
Kescue Hook and Ladder Company,
commanded by Foreman D. W. Appier
and numbering 8 officers and 25 men, fol
lowed. They have a complete apparatus.
On the truck were the little sons of Col.
R. Thompson and Mr. N. L. Redd. ;
Colored company, Washington No. 2,
closed the lino, under command of Tony
Jenkins, and numbered 8 officers and 25
men, with GOO feet of hose. Their engine
and hose carriage were excellently adorn
ed with flowers and evergreens.
THE LINE
of march was up Jackson street to St.
Clair, up St. Clair to Randolph, down
Randolph to Jackson, up Jackson to
Bryan, down Bryan to Broad, and thence
down the west side of Broad street to the
block between Randolph and St. Clair,
where the inspection took place.
OUR TROY VISITORS.
Y'esterday’s train brought up the following
gentlemen from Troy :
INVITED GUESTS.
Hon. Joel D. Murphree, ex-Alderman YV.
H. Robert.
CITY FATHERS,
Mayor N. W. Griffin, Aldermen T. K.
Brantley, J. S. Solomon, G. YV. Andrews,
VV. L. Wilson, City Marshal John Morgan.
TROY HOOK AND LADDER NO. 1.
Foreman, Capt. YV. 11. Stricklau; As
sistant Foreman, ex-Alderman It. H.
Park; Secretary, Oliver C. YViley; Treas
urer, Jas. F. Hartsfield.
MEMBERS.
J. S. Copeland, J. YV. Scarbrough, Hen
ry C. YViley, Mike Connor, B. F. Scar
brough, John liobdy, YVm. Segars, Frank
Parker, Sidnoy Herbert, L. G. Ilill, Frank
Gilmore, YVillis Nall, Matthew Dekle, Gus
Hill, A. F. Tatom, Ed. Murphree, Richard
Fannin, C. B. Goldthwaite, YV. 11. Mur
phree, Oglethorpe YVorthy, Jos. Penning
ton, S. T. Sclirieber, L. Jackson, E. G.
Chaffin.
They worn met at the depot by a de
tachment of citizens and Hook and Lad
der Company, and to the music of the
brass band escorted to the rooms of No.
5, where they were welcomed by Aider
man C. A. Redd and partook of refresh
ments. They then became the guests of
many of our citizens, who gave them a
hearty welcome.
THE PARADE AND INSPECTION
was by the Chief and Mayor Mcllhenny
and Aldermen Redd, Brannon, Preer,
Andrews, Chalmers and Meliaffey, accom
panied by Mayor Griffin and Aid. Solo
mon, of Troy, escorted by Ilook and Lad
der Company of the same place. Mayor
Mcllhenny addressed a few pleasant
words to each company and the reports
were read by Mr. YV. S. DeYVolf, Secreta
ry of the Board of Control.
THE STRENGTH OF THE DEPARTMENT.
According to the reports the Columbus
Fire Department numbers two steamers,
three hand engines, one hook and ladder
company, f>s officers 25(5 men and 3,950
feet good hose.
THE CONTEST
was then the order. Engines played
from the tanks in front of Ennis’ store.
Nos. 1 and 4 used steamer No. 1, No. 5
their own steamer, No. (> their hand en
gine.
THE RULES
were as follows:
Hose carriage to lie weighed and one
man be allowed for every 75 lbs. weight
hose and carriage, carry 400 feet hose,
run 100 yards and attach hose to engine,
unreel 100 feet of base, attach same to
engine (as when not in use), attach pipe
to hose, use any size nozzle the company
might select, aud throw water in shortest
time.
THE HOSE SQUADS.
No. 1 was entitled to 11 men; No. 4 to
12; No. 5 to 14; No. li to It.
THE UMPIRES
were Capt. S. H. Hill, for No. 4; Peter
Preer. for No. 4; J. Rhodes Browne, for
No. 5; R. A. Bacon, for No. 6. The
starters were Messrs. Gus Klink and
Ohas. Heyrnau.
THE TIME
was announced as follows :
No. 1 35 seconds.
No. 4 3(> “
No. 5 0 “
No. 5 got on nozzle in 30 seconds but
as engine began to play it bursted off
and no water came. No allowance was
made for accidonts.
}j 0 _ <; 30 seconds.
No. 4 got on hose in less time than No.
I. Delay in water.
YVhen the result was known Central
Mechanics No. 0 mounted their hose
squad with a broom upon the engine,
meaning thereby anew broom sweeps
clean. Vociferous cheers were given for
the Mechanics.
THE COLORED COMPANY.
Same rules prevailed. Following was
the result:
Squad A, John Bird Captain, 391 seconds.
Squad B,Munroe Sims Captain, 4oseconds.
They used their own engine.
HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY
then ran 100 yards, put a thirty feet lad
der on Carter's store, Frank Guuby as
cended, slid dowu and the ladder was
back on the track—all done in 41 seconds.
THE PRIZES
were announced to the winners by the
Chief Engineer, who stated they would
be delivered to the winning companies that
night at the Skating Bink, except to the
THE WEEKLY SUN.
colored company, and he would present
that at engine house.
Ihe companies were then dismissed.
THE PARADE
commenced at 3 p. ni. and closed at 7 p.
m. We have seen larger turnouts of the
companies, but not where the esprit du
corps was more manifest—where success
was more exultant and defeat more re
gretted. Bright eyes looked on to crown
the victor with glances of approval and
the laurel of fame; while many run around
to comfort the hero of the lost cause with
the hope of the better day coming.
THE PARADE
was one creditable to the city. Thousands
were out. The streets and houses were
lined with spectators. Some of the tall
houses presented magnificent bouquets of
living flowers, parterre rising one above
the other. It was a magnificent sight,
worthy of the admiration of our gallant
firemen.
ACTION OF HOOK AND LADDER COMPANY.
At a meeting of Rescue Hook and
Ladder Company of this city, held in the
parlors of the Rankin House, just previ
ous to the supper, it was voted that an in
vitation be extended to the Troy Hook
and Ladder Company to become their
guest on the steamboat excursion to-day.
The members of that company were then
called in, and Mr. F. J. Mott made known
to them the action of his associates.
Major Sidney Herbert, in behalf of the
Trojans, accepted the invitation, and ex
pressed the gratitude of the Troy Hook
and Ladder Company for the very cordial
and hospitable manner in which they had
been treated during their brief stay in the
city.
THE BANQUET AT THE SKATING RINK —
BRILLIANT SIGHTS —SPEECHES, PRESEN
TATIONS, AO.
The Rankin House Skating Hall
was aglow with light and brilliance. Some
three hundred firemon and a few invited
guests were present. The variegated uni
forms blending and Hitting away, green,
white and black contrasted iu glaring
colors shone in strong and distinctive
hues.
At 10 p. m. tho banquet commenced. A
long table was spread the entire length of
the hall whose walls glittered with ever
greens. The table was covered with flow
ers and spread with light refreshments
and abundance of old champagne and
punch that cheers but not inebriates.
Dull care was whiffed aw’ay in a cloud
of smoke. Everything was firemauic,
foi it was a fireman’s supper. All seem
ed gay, glad and merry.
THE FUSILADE.
Mayor Mcllhenny presided. To his
right was Mayor Griffin, of Troy.
Mayor Mcllhenny stated citizens had
shown their appreciation of the Fire De
partment by giving them this splendid
feast. Some had given it, but tho whole
city felt proud of the firemen, and w'ere
willing to do all iu their power for them.
He bade all welcome and to help them
selves.
The popping of corks resembled the
opening of infantry fire on the picket
lines, and the old “Confeds,” (nearly all
firemen are such,) went for the refresh
ments as if accustomed to the recoil of
such pieces.
LIVELINESS OF SUPPER
affected many. The brass band in the
gallery played merry airs, and our heavy
friend Jake Burrns seized a male partner
and down the floor he went in the gayest
polka that reader ever dreamed of. It
w’as decidedly jolly.
THE AFTER SUPPER SPEECHES.
Os course, after supper speeches were
called for. It is the American humor to
call for speeches. It must be gratified.
Nothing is complete w’ithont them.
Vociferous calls were made for Nix.
He merely replied by saying: “My friends,
yon know that in German, nix means
nothing, and that is all I can give you.”
Mayer Griffin, of Troy, in answer to
loud calls, said:
I attended a meeting of your City
Council to-night, and heard the oldest
member say he wanted the Governors of
the West to couio here to see what Colum
bus was. Troy has acted on this princi
ple. She has come and seen for herself,
and wants to live long to partake of your
hospitalities aud reciprocate iu turn.
Mr. Wiley, of Troy, was loudly called
for, and at last Capt. S. H. Hill pulled
him in the speaking circle. He said he
had hardly been treated fair. He had
hoped to come as a passenger, Vint had
been forced in by an express train. He
returned thanks for the cordial welcome
extended Troy Hook and Ladder Com
pany. Troy and Columbus were not only
bound together by iron bands, but the
ties of friendship. They were proud of
tho preference extended, and this wel
come cemonted the ties which make the
two cities as one in feeling.
Major G. A. Miller, of this office, aud
G. Gun by Jordan, Treasurer of the Eagle
and Phenix Compauy, made answers to
calls.
Reese Crawford, Esq., being called on,
said: “I propose the health of our guests
of Troy and her Hook and Ladder Com
pany :
Those whom we hold dear,
Joy crown them, Coil bless them
And speed their onward career.”
Mayor Mcllhenny said wo were only re
paying to Troy the hospitality she had ex
tended our own city.
Major Sidney Herbert spoke for both
cities, as he was half Columbusite and
half Trojan.
PRESENTATION OF PRIZES.
Mounting the table, Chief Engineer
Williams spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of the Columbus Fire De
partment : Iu the days of old it was the
custom of the Grecian to bestow prizes
upon winners in their Olympian games.
Tkero, tleetness was prized not for any
special good, but in honor of Jupiter.
To-day wo bestow prizes for tleetness,
coupled with skill, in the nobler object of
increasing our ability to promote the
public welfare. The time made by each
of your companies this evening proves
your ability to meet quickly the lire fiend.
And when our deep-toned bell rings out
alarm, I trust that the memory of this
evening’s rapid work will flash across
each mind and incite you to speedy ac
tion. To the liberality of some of our
public-spirited citizens whose names I
take pleasure iu announcing, (Columbus
Gas Cos., A. Clegg <fc Cos., Muscogee Fac
tory, Eagle and Phenix, Chattahoochee
National Bank, li. B. Murdoch, W. L.
Salisbury, Jas. Rankin, Columbus Iron
Works), is your Chief Engineer indebted
for the privilege he has iu the bestow
ment of these prizes.
To yon, gentlemen of Central Mechanics
No. 6, for running one hundred yards,
attaching to engine and throwing water
through one hundred feet of hose, which
you have done in 30 seconds, is awarded
this silver waiter, pitcher aud goblets.
May this testimonial ever remind you of
the necessity of activity and skill iu the
discharge of your duties as tiremen.
To you, gentlemen of Hook and Lad
der, I have tho pleasure of presenting
this piece of silver as a slight token of the
appreciation of your services of this de
partment. lam sure yon will be found,
in the future as in the past, untiring in
your exertions to save the property and
lives of yonr citizens.
REPLY FOR HOOK AND LADDER.
President M. M. Moore said: In behalf
of Hook and Ladder Company, I return
our high appreciation of the compliment
conferred. A true fireman needs no re
ward. To find that his services are thus
prized is most grateful to his feelings.
This is the most pleasing episode iu onr
history, and we promise renewed exer
tions in the accomplishment of what is
required of the company.
REPLY FOR CENTRAL MECHANICS NO. G.
Foreman Peter Cychran said : I return
thanks iu behalf of company No. G. for
this elegant gift. We hardly expected to
win it, as we have been organized only
three weeks and have had little time for
practice. Iu behalf of those whose mus
cles won the prize, I return thanks. I
hope these cups may never be the means
of their losing their muscles.
THE PRIZES.
That of Hook and Ladder Company
was a handsome glass wine stand, silver
mounted. That to No. G, the prize of the
day, was a silver waiter, pitcher and four
cups.
CHRISTENING THE GIFTS.
Hook and Ladder Company filled with
genial liquids the decanters and treated
No. G. The feast of reason and the flow
of soul followed.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 20,1873.
AFTERNOON FESTIVALS.
Dr. Fogle, after their victory, invited
No. G to his rooms and gave them an ele
gant treat. Thence they were invited to
the “Haven of Rest,” where a portion of
“the Nine” gave them a pleasant enter
tainment.
ANOTHER ENDED.
Thus ends the record of a gala day,
long to be remembered and counted
among the jays that were.
Council Proceedings Last Night.—
Present, a full board. Mayor Griffin, of
Troy, was present.
Alderman Salisbury moved that a com
mittee of twelve aldermen and twelve
citizens be appointed to arrange pro
gramme for the reception, aud provide
quarters for the guests expected from the
Governors’ Convention. Adopted. There
will probably be 100 visitors, and they
will be here about the 23d or 24th, and
remain one day.
The following, by Alderman Salisbury
was adopted :
Whereas, We have learned with great
satisfaction that the Central Railroad and
Banking Company of Georgia, the Mobile
and Ohio Railroad Company, and the St.
Louis and Iron Mountain Railroad Com
pany, have made a joint arrangement
with the Savannah and Memphis Railroad
Company, by which the latter will be
speedily built, and a short, continuous
rail route formed between Savannah, Ga.,
and St. Louis, Mo., and
Whereas, The completion of this line
will give the city of Columbus access to
the great coal and iron fields on the line
of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad,
which will not only give us cheaper fuel,
but will greatly enhance the rapidly in
creasing manufacturing interest which
our fine location and splendid water power
have secured us, therefore
Resolved by the Mayor and City Coun
cil of Columbus, Ga., That we hail with
joy the prospect for an early completion
of the Savannah and Memphis Railroad,
and heartily congratulate tho cities of
Savannah, Macon, Opelika, Birmingham,
Memphis and St. Louis upon the pros
pective early completion of this great
short line from the seaboard through
Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee to the
chief city of the West—St. Louis.
Muscogee Superior Court. Court
met at 9 a. in. pursuant to adjournment.
First business in order was that of mo
tions. Only two of importance were
heard.
The case of Sarah E. Downer et al., vs.
C. A. Klink, administrator—bill for ac
count, settlement and cross bill. Sarah
E. Downer claimed to be the heir at law
of Joseph Downer, dec’d. She based her
right to inherit on the ground that her
father was adopted by Joseph Downer
before his death for the purpose of inher
iting his estate. The court held that
although her father was properly the
heir at law, yet she was not, and two sis
ters of Joseph Downer, his nearest blood
relations, were. The plaintiff was repre
sented by Gen. Benning aud James M.
McNeil, Esq. The administrator was
represented by Ingram & Crawford. The
heirs at law were represented by Messrs.
Thornton & Grimes, Blandford & Craw
ford and Russell & Chappell.
Death from Lockjaw. —Mr. P. H. Hart
man died at his residence, near this city,
Tuesday last, from the effects of lockjaw,
caused by running a nail in his foot, a
few days ago. Mr. Hartman had resided
in this city for the past twenty years, was
an industrious man, and much esteemed
by his friends. For some years past he
bad been engaged in the butchering busi
ness. He leaves a wife and four or five
children
Crops and the Rain.— Our traveling
correspondent, who has just returned from
the lower counties on the Mobile and Gi
rard Railroad, reports that the heavy rains
have washed away the guano on the hill
sides and injured the crops in the valleys.
Large quantities of cotton are destroyed,
but the corn is more promising than was
expected months ago. Too much rain
seems to have fallen in all parts of this
section of the South.
Withdrawn Bankrupt Proceedings.—
Major R. J. Moses informed us yesterday,
that he had withdrawn all proceedings in
bankruptcy against the estate of Mr.
John King, and would not interfere with
the early settlement of the cash assets by
the assignees. The small claims he rep
resented he told us had been settled by
the assignees. So we presume the set
tlement will be under the assignment.
This greatly gratifies the depositors.
Elected a Rabbi. —The Israeli tish con
gregation on Sunday unanimously elected
Dr. Herman Birkenthal, of Albany, New',
Y’ork, as their preacher, teacher and read
er, at a salary of SISOO a year. He is a
graduate of the university of Prague, in
Germany, and speaks eight different lan
guages. He is a man of family, aud takes
the position on June Ist. He is a scholar
and gentleman of aare attainments. He
is about forty-live years of age.
Factory Takings. —Our factoies have
taken thus far G2OB bales of cotton against
4911 last year. If this cotton had been
sold at 18c per pound it w’ouldhave realiz
ed $558,720. It was passed through our
mills, its value trebbled, and sold to the
country North, South, East and West for
$1,676,1G0. Thus Columbus cleared sl,-
117,440 and retains the money here, be
cause she has the spirit to erect and main
tain factories.
Robert E. Lee. —ln the Edinburgh
Review’ for April, an article on Robert E.
Lee, will be read with deep interest. It
is a grand tribute from an unbiased
source. For its estimate of the general
place that Lee is to hold in American his
tory the following sentences will suffice
as well as a volume:
“The day will come when the evil pas
sions of the great civil strife will sleep in
oblivion, anil North and South will do
justice to each other’s motives and forget
each other’s wrongs. Then history will
speak with clear voice of the deeds done
on either side, aud the citizens of the
whole Union do justice to the memory of
the dead, and place above all others the
name of the great chief of whom we have
written. In strategy, mighty; iu battle,
terrible; iu adversity, as in prosperity,
a hero indeed, with the simple devotion
to duty and the rare purity of the ideal
Christian knight he joined all the kingly
qualities of a leader of men. It is a
wonderous future, indeed, that lies before
America, but in her annals of years to
come, as iu those of the past, there will
be found tew names that can rival in un
sullied lustre that of the heroic defender
of his native Virginia, Robert Edward
Lee.”
Execution of Miss Eberhart. —To
prevent an inference that might be drawn
from onr silence upon the subject of the
refusal of the Governor to pardon this
unfortunate lady, we take occasion briefly
to say that we did not approve that re
fusal. We looked upon the case as one
eminently commending itself to Execu
tive clemency. As our highly esteemed
associate expressed a somewhat different
opinion, we make this statement to pre
vent an inference that might be drawn by
some from his article and our silence.—
A. H. S., of Atlanta Sun.
A Great Crop for Georgia.— We have
before us a remarkable specimen of an
early clover from the South of France,
grown by Mr. S. H. Cox, of Lexington,
Ga. It is well adapted to the Georgia
snn, aud makes a heavy yield, it was
sown in September, and ready for the
blade in March; even this backward
spring, cut green for the cattle, and the
earliest cutting is now luxuriant, and
makes elegant hay,— Augusta Citron, and
Sen.
HEALTH-PHYSIOLOGY.
Man is a triplex animal. He is pos
sessed of intellect God-like in capacity —
able to understand the deepest mysteries,
and tell of things from the cedars ‘of
Lebanon to the hyssop which springeth
from the wall, from suns and planets
wheeling in their spheres, to the worm
that crawls and the grasshopper that chirps
its song. By disease, his most sovereign
reason may become “like sweet bells
jangled out of tune and harsh.” He is
endowed with a soul which will live when
suns and planets have been blown out
like candles, and the universe of mat
ter with all its present harmony, beauty
and grandeur shall have dissolved into
original chaos. He is an animal with
passions pure and impure, of love and
hate, of a gratitude aud humility which
may lift him but little lower than an angel
and a pride and ambition which if per
verted and corrupted will sink him be
neath a brute. This three-fold creation
called man, is the mystery of mysteries.
Except from revelation, he is ignorant of
the beginning and end of his existence,
the why and the how of his birth and
so-called death. He knows he experiences
the operations of mind to comprehend, of
soul to feel, and passions to impel, but
not the wisest philosopher will ever tell
the manner mind is influenced by soul
and both act and is acted upon by body.
The effect is seen, but the causes of the
effect will forever be a secret.
If man is so wonderfully and mysteri
ously made, how necessary is it that he
should study to learn something about
his mental, moral and physical organism ?
The how to live so as to preserve and
develop each function that harmony may
exist in the whole and mutually promote
happiness. If the body which is subject
to thousands of accidents is diseased, it
afflicts the mind aud soul with number
less idle fears, vain imaginations, hopes
to be crushed in agony of spirit, and
superstitions too terrible for realization.
If the mind and body are possessed of a
rooted sorrow which cries “Sleep no
more!” and no material medicine can
ever pluck the perilous stuff from brain
or bosom, the body becomes weak and
sinks miserable into an early grave. A
sound mind in a sound body is the great
est of blessings, while a sick mind in a
sick body is the worst of curses.
We study to know the laws of health as
they relate to horses, cows and sheep, and
neglect the same laws as to ourselves and
other human beings. It is said that two
fifths of all who are born in the United
States dieunderlivo years of age, aud but
a very small proportion of the remainder
continue to an advanced age. Dr. Aleott
once computed that the average loss of
time actually sustained by each individual
from sickness is a year and a half, and
the average loss of money to each is over
one hundred dollars. Such calculations
must be necessarily rough and uncertain,
but they are more likely to be under than
over the truth, for the amount of vital
force thus lost to the world is beyond any
computation.
The regular physician cannot give vi
tality when we have destroyed it by our
own criminal neglect and excesses in la
bor, eating, drinking aud sleeping, and
quack medicines only increase the ills
they pretend to cure. To prevent is bet
tor than to heal. A venerable physician,
who is both thoughtful and progressive,
suggests that the main work of the profes
sion should be in taking tho physical
charge of whole families, examining the
constitutional tendencies of each individ
ual, and instructing them to apply the
principles of hygiene to their own case,
in directing parents how best to develop
their children, according to their various
temperaments or bent, in visiting and
prescribing sanitary regulations iu schools,
factories aud other public buildings, in
advising the young as to the choice of oc
cupations, in short, iu holding as a sacred
trust the physical health and well-being
of the communities in which they dwell.
EXECUTION OF MISS EBERHART.
The execution of this young and unfor
tunate woman, last Friday week, is ex
citing a great deal of bitter comment up
on the decision of the Governor refusing
to commute her sentence. Jeffries, Mu
rat and Robespierre were cited as exam
ples of heartlessuess as illustrative of the
motives of his excellency in refusing to
interfere in the enforcement of law iu the
case of Miss Eberhart.
The above is an extract from an article
of the Atlanta Sun. We clip it, not to
make further comments on Gov. Smith’s
conduct in the case of Miss Eberhart (in
which we have been sustained by Mr.
Stephens and a large majority of the Geor
gia press), but to correct the errors in re
lation to the characters of two of the his
torical namos mentioned. Tho writer or
printer has evidently confounded Jeffries
with Jeffreys, the English judge, who
boasted that he had hanged more traitors
than all his predecessors since the con
quest. This cruel and notoriously base
man traded iu pardons, and in that way
rich off enders escaped just punishment,
lie was appointed Chief Justice of Ches
ter, and made King’s sergeant April, IGBO,
and on May 15th, IGBS, James II ennobled
him as a peer, by the title of Baron Jef
freys of Weni. He is said by historians
to have been the worst man of a hard aud
ferocious age.
Francis Jeffrey was a Scottish judge,
critic and celebrated essayist. He, with
his associates, Sydney Smith, Brougham
Horner, established the Edinburgh Re
view—the first number of which was is
sued October, 1802. His essays are the
best compositions iu the English language.
He loved children, and was highly es
teemed in private life, and as a brilliant
eonverser, abounding in wit, fancy aud
amiabilty.
Murat was King of Naples, aud was ex
ecuted in Calabria, October, 1815. He was
the finest cavalry officer iu Europe, aud
distinguished himself under the first Na
poleon at Mount Tabor, Acre, Jena, Ey
lau, Marengo, and in a thousand other
battles. He Caroline Bonaparte,
a sister of the great Napoleon. He left
two sons, the elder Napoleon Achille set
tled near Tallahassee, Florida, and died
there in 1847. He was the only Prince we
ever saw outside of wax-works, and he
looked very much like any other live gen
tleman.
Marat, Danton and Robespierre com
posed the infernal triumvirate in France
in 1793. He was a bold, bloody man, and
was finally assassinated by Charlotte Cor
day.
We do not think Gov. Smith has much
in common with either of these four char
acters. He is not gifted with the learn
ing of the English or Scotch judge, and
is blessed with a better heart (we hope)
than the tool of the Stnarts and the legal
murderer of freemen. He is not cold and
bloody like Marat, aud has none of the
dash like Murat when he charged, sword
iu band, at the head of his squadrons,
while the earth trembled as if shaken by
an ea’ thqnake under the hoofs of his war
horses.
The Cincinnati Gazette expresses the
opinion that “the congressional salary bill
has killed more public men, politically,
than any measure ever adopted by any
body.” If it has killed the man but for
whose approval it could not have become
a law, it will have accomplished some
good.
GENERAL LEE.
The London Standard on the Edinburg Re
view’s Critique-
The most interesting, perhaps of the ar
ticles of an unusually lively number of
the Edinburgh Review is one reviewing
what is, as yet. about the best life of the
great Confederate commander, and the
Best account of the war in Virginia, that
has been published, and sketching the
later career aud the character of General
Lee. That career was, in a military point
of view, so glorious, so full of brilliant
achievement and of merit more solid than
striking, so grand a lesson in the art of
war and in the qualities of soldiership;
that character is, from every point of
view, so admirable iu its moral grandeur,
its perfect simplicity, its close approach
i to the highest ideal of the Christian sol
dier and gentleman, that they command
an interest which does not fade with the
fading memory of the keen excitement
and often passionate sympathies of ten
years ago. In the story of the Confeder
ate war we read lessons of the highest po
litical moment and of the profoundest
military significance ; in the character of
the Virginia leader we have a model of all
that a hero of an enlightened and Chris
tian age should be, than which no nobler
example can be set before the youth en
tering on the temptations of military life,
or the trials and perplexities of a great
public career.
We have also an historical question of
considerable importance practically solv
ed, for all those who are not too prejudic
ed to accept a solution which does not
suit their fore-judged conclusions, by the
conduct of such men as General Lee at
the ontset of the war. No one can read
the story of the Secession movement in
the documents of the time without seeing
that though slavery was the open sore
that kept the passions of North and
South in constant irritation, and afforded
occasion for the violent collisions of Kan
sas aud Harper’s ferry, which precipitated
the issue and made its decision by any
other arbitration than that of the sword
impossible, it was not the issue itself.
Slavery had no place in the councils which
hurried State after State out of the Un
ion ; for slavery was the interest of the
few, and it was by many that Secession
was precipitated. The Southern people
resented the Northern dictation, Northern
assertions of superiority, Northern pre
tensions to an exclusive right in their ter
ritories, Northern intermeddling, and
Northern invasions, as the most furious of
English Dissenters would resent the in
terposition of the Roman Catholic Powers
in the question of Church establishment
in England. When the seven Southern
States had withdrawn, the Border States,
which were most deeply concerned in the
Northern attacks on slavery, still clung to
the Union; Virginia, despite the piratical
invasion of her territory and the midnight
robbery and murder passionately sanction
ed by her New England sisters, still re
fused to secede; and only when the treach
erous attempt of the Federal Government
to reinforce the fort it had promised to
evacuate, and surprise Charleston with an
armed fleet, precipitated the reluctant sec
tions into war, and when Mr. Lincoln
forced upon her the choice between fight
ing for Southern freedom and State rights,
or Northern ascendancy and Federal des
potism, did she throw in hor lot with the
Confederates. Slavery, then, was not her
determining motive. Slavery made no
appearance in the private letters of men
who, one after another, went with their
States. It is a remarkable fact, that
while scores of leading Northern men de
nounced the war,nota single Southerner of
high character, education, and influence,
deserted the cause of the South. They
universally held that their allegiance was
due to their native States; and on that
ground alone they threw up career, for
tune, fame, and placed themselves at the
disposal of those who claimed their fealty.
It is absurd to call such men rebels ; they
were loyalists to all they had been taught
to obey, to all the principles recognized,
up to that moment, by three Americans in
four. To General Lee the Federal service
offered everything that ambition could de
sire. He was its foremost man ; he was
the favorite of General Scott; he might
have had the chief command as tire price
of treason to Virginia. His feelings were
divided ; his interests were all on the Fed
eral side ; but, as his letters now publish
ed show, he was convinced that his duty
was to Virginia, and he decided accord
ingly. With him, went Stonewall Jack
son, the two Johnstons, every Southern
soldier in high or low command. The
cause was so espoused, and by such men,
cannot have been v...! English Ranters
and Radicals call it. G.jodorbadin essence,
it was so strong in apparent justice that
not one man of character and weight whose
allegiance it pretended to claim declined
to support it.
Its failure had nothing to do with its
alleged demerits. The South was crush
ed by weight, not broken by weakness.
Three things determined tho fate of the
war— the closing of her ports, the superi
or wealth, and, far above all, the over
whelming numbers of the enemy. The
North was a corn-growing and amanufac
tnring country, and had opened to her
the markets to Europe ; she had unlimit
ed command of all the resources of the
eivflized world. The South was subject
to the disadvantages both of an agricultu
ral and of a non-agricnltural country. She
had no manufactories, and yet she lived
by manufactories and not by agriculture;
by producing clothing, not by producing
food. Her wealth was at once annihilat
ed by the blockade, which prevented her
from selling her cotton, tobacco and su
gar ; her supplies were cut off, and she
had a bare sufficiency of food, and a total
want of every other necessary of life and
war. She obtained powder and arms
from the enemy ; bools, clothes aud blan
kets she had to want. Her finances broke
down at once ; for her exports were her
wealth, and exports had ceased. But,
above all, she was crushed by numbers ;
the North could recruit at home four men
for one, and could hire the off-scourings
of Europe. And it was this alone that de
cided the issue. The Edinburgh Review
er adds the want of discipline ; but we be
lieve that in the essentials of military dis
cipline the Southerners were always su
perior to their foes, and that if the troops
of Grant and M’Olellan had been tried as
Lee’s were tried, they would have
melted like snow, or died like rot
ten sheep. Lee won almost every
battle he fought, and against odds of from
two to one to four to one. What destoy
eil him was Grant’s cold, cruel policy—
which only a Yankee, a Napoleon, or a
Prussian could have deliberately adopted
of sacrificing men without stint, whom he
could replace, to wear out an enemy who
could not recruit.. Under different cir
cumstances such a process might last
longer. But a General who can afford to
sacrifice three men to kill one must al
ways end by leaving his enemy without
soldiers; aud therefore greatly superior
numbers, thus used, must prevail in the
long run. It is no longer possible in
wars between civilized nations for prowess
to prevail again numerical odds of great
weight. And this terrible lesson a state
like England will do well to lay to heart.
This, and this alone, was the cause of the
fall of the Confederacy ; this is the dark
and painful moral of the Virginia cam
paigns. Against everything but sheer
“attrition" Lee was victorious.
Great as he was in war—and surely no
captain of any age ever accomplished
greater things against an enemy of the
same race, better armed, better provided,
and outnumbering him by two or three to
one on every battle-field—Genaral Leo
alone greater si ill in disaster, defeat, aud
ruin. The retreat from Richmond was a
masterpiece of moral power and soldierly
skill; the surrender was elevated by its
circumstances and its spirit into one of
the grandest and most pathetic scences in
history. Lee was surrounded by ten fold
numbers, all was lost; but his men were
staunch to tho last; and the temptation
“to ride along the lines, and give the word
aud end it all” was strong indeed. He
conquered it; he “did his best” for the
men who had loved and trusted him so
long ; and he and his soldiers went back
to their desolate homes the ruined citi
zens of a ruined and enslaved country.
How cruelly they were wronged—how
shamefully every pledge given at every
stage of the war, on which vitually the
Confederates had surrendered, has been
violated—onr readers know. The Repub
lican party clamoured for a violation of
the military capitulations—for the blood of
the General who had spared in war to
punish murder by reprisals and devasta
tion by requisitions. General Grant—it
is his ono title to honor—put down this
demand with a high hand. But he allow
ed the Southern people to be wronged,
oppressed, insulted, pillaged, by negro
voters and Northern adventurers, as nev
er nation was oppressed and pillaged be
fore. Perhaps till he became President
he had little power to prevent it ; at all
events, he did not try. Lee saw all this,
aud yet, with a breaking heart, exerted
himself to keep his people quiet. He has
lost fortune and home iu the war, by pil
lage and wanton destruction ; be was pro
scribed ; he declined to draw vengeance
on his State by taking open part in her
politics ; the commauder-in-chief of a na
tional army condescended to the control
of a military school, and to a life of ■ si
lence aud obscurity. But all Southern
eyes were fixed on him, and his influence
was used to keep them calm and patient,
and to retach them to the Union
which had conquered and w’as crushing
them. Even while their wrongs and mis
eries were wearing out his life he checked
every utterance of resentment, ever}’ ex
pression of hope for a future deliverauce.
“\Ve are all Americans now.” He would
allow no toasts to the Lost Cause, no hon
ors to the Fallen Banner. lie bore his
burden with simple, unaffected, patient
heroism. Other men may have approach
ed him in war and achievement; none ca
pable of deeds like his ever rivalled him
iu endurance and submission under hope
less defeat. A Cato would have fallen on
his sword ; a Brutus might have conspir
ed ; Hannibal endured only in the hope of
revenge aud retrieval. But General Leo
not only endured, but submitted, and
that without suffering his country to en
tertain even the wish to renew the strug
gle. He had to endure for some weary
years, and then the release. The over
wrought nerves suddenly gave way; he
sank atonce fromperfectselfpossessionand
apparent health into collapse and speech
lessness, and died as literally “of a brok
en heart" as ever despairing patriot or de
feated soldier—more truly far than most
“brokenhearted” victims of private grief.
So he passed away from the country he
could neither save by bis sword nor re
store to happiness by his couusels, but
which he had crowned with glory in war,
and rescued in defeat from useless strug
gles and deeper misery. He has left be
hind him no rival of her love, no object of
equal pride and reverence. Nor is his
fame confined to the South. Wherever the
English tongue is spoken his name is re
vered and honored—a name to which his
tory furnishes few equal in military re
nown, none in moral grandeur; the
name of one who realized in actual life
the dreams of ideal chivalry: so great in
victory that none ever surpassed, so much
greater in defeat that none ever ap
proached him; the patriot without a
thought of self, the hero without a shade
of affection or display; the man who
would neither despair of his country nor
conspire against her conquerors; ideal sol
dier and perfect citizen,a Christian 'with
out pretensions and a gentleman without
flaw.
Sale of Drewry’s Bluff. —The valua
ble farm known to fame by its Confed
erate name of “Drewry’s Bluff, ” aud by
its Federal name of “Fort Darling, ” was
sold at auction, at Richmond, Va., on
Thursday. Tho tract, very valuable for
its soil aud admirable location, containing
434 acres, upon which there are an ex
tensive peach orchard and a large vine
yard, was sold to Mr. William T. King,
of the firm of Ilultz & King, for $lO 50
per acre, or $4,557 for the tract, one
third cash, or its equivalent.— Richmond
Whig.
Drewry’s Bluff is about twelve miles
from Richmond, Va., on the James River.
It is a very romantic spot, and the scene
of one of the most remarkable battles
of the late civil and sectional war. It
will be remembered that the Federais
attempted in 1862 to capture Richmond
by water. A strong fleet of gunboats
ascended the river nearly to the bluff. It
was then poorly fortified with only about
five cannon, one of which bursted on the
first fire, and the mouth of another was
filled with mud by a broadside from the
guns of the enemy. Capt. Drewry was
in command of the bluff and managed
bis almost worthless battery with great
coolness and effect. When the fleet
rounded a bend of the river, a quarter of
a mile or nearer, the Minnesota turned
and sent her lire at the bluff. It was
quickly answered, aud she was severely
struck, as she wheeled immediately and
W’ent smoking down the river, followed
by the other boats.
We first saw the bluff in the winter of
1862, when the ground was covered with
ice and snow. Gen. Daniel, of North Car
olina, had just vacated some good cabins,
being ordered to Goldsboro. A fine com
pany of cavalry under Capt. Graham, son
of the ex-Governor, VV. A. Graham, re
mained near the James. This company
when joined by the Gist “Georgia Volun
teers,” under the brave and kind Colonel
Jack Brown, were then the only troops
between the James and Appomattox.
Many of the fine oak trees were topped
by the heavy cannon of the enemy, and
several balls of enormous size were pick
ed up iu the woods by our soldiers. The
bluff’, as well as we remember, is two hun
dred feet high and rises perpendicular
from the water. The river here is only
about two hundred yards wide. The
plunging shots from such a position
proved very destructive, but the poor can
non, in the opinion of Capt. Drewry,
could not have been successful against a
quick run and a bold broadside from the
boats. The enemy was deceived as to the
strength of the fortification, became
alarmed, and after a few shots turned tail
and fled. This was the first and last ef
fort to take Richmond by4he river.
Capt. Drewry, the hero of this victory,
was an accomplished, modest, brave and
intelligent officer. He often visited our
camps and headquarters, and we feel
grateful to him for many personal favors,
such as books, papers, &c., which were
kind friends for some months during the
storms and snows of that dreary winter.
We received the facts and information in
this article from his lips and communi
cated them when fresh iu memory to
James W. Warren, Esq., then one of the
editors and proprietors of the Columbus
Daily Times.
Our Neighbor. —We follow the example
of a good landlord, and welcome the com
ing and speed the parting guest. Our
most pleasant associations are linked with
the past of the Enquirer office, and we
have no doubt our future pleasure, like
wine, will improve by age as re
gards our new neighbors. The salutatory
of Major Calhoun is frank and man
ly —qualities we admire, whether they
originate and are developed under a
Northern or a Southern sun. We wish
success as well to those who buckle on as
those who put off the editorial harness.
We hope the new will ever preserve the
brightness and purity of the old armor.
Gov. Brown and the Charges of the
Atlanta Herald. —We published yester
day an article from the Atlanta Herald,
giving an account of a difficulty between
Superintendent Mcßae and Gov. Brown.
Neither the Constitution or the Sun had
any reference to the trouble, and the same
papers of yesterday have not a word in
regard to the publication made the day
before by the Herald. The State Road is
the property of the people of Georgia,
and, though now in the hands of lessees,
they are interested iu whatever pertains
to its management. If what the Herald
states in regard to its management is cor
rect, Gov. B. appears to be using the road
for his own aggrandizement. The meet
ing of the executive committee of the road
on the 20th inst. will doubtless settle the
trouble, as they are not likely to be inter
ested in any particular enterprise but the
prosperity of the road, which is certainly
not benefited by such exposures as are
now being made.
NO. 15.
THURSDAY MOttMlXti, MAY 15.
Moke About the Abbest of George AV.
, Wilbub, a Rhode Island Manufacturer
—Charges of Alleged Fraud —Attempt
! to Escape. —AVo stated Sunday that Mar-
I shal Murphy and policemen Cash and
Roberts, on Saturday, had arrested Mr.
Geo. AV. AVilbur, on his wife's plantation,
seven miles from Reynolds, on the South
w'estern Railroad.
Mr. AVilbur has been a manufacturer of
prints at Coventry, near Providence,
Rhode Island, owning the AA r ashington
Mills. The firm was known as AVilbur A
Green, AVilbur being sole agent. About
February Ist, it is charged, he went to
Dexter, Abbott <fc Cos., of Boston, and bar
gained to them ninety thousand yards of
calico prints, for which they gave a draft
for $6,000, which AVilbur had cashed.
The senior of the firm is a brother of Mr.
C. E. Dexter, of Columbus. On arrival
of the goods, AVilbur was to get SB,OOO
more. Their non-arrival caused enquiry,
and this elicited the fact that AVilbur had
sold the prints three days previously to
another party, delivered them, received
some $14,000 and departed.
The case was given to Messrs. Piukliam
& Jones, State detectives of Massachu
setts. They traced him to Reynolds. A
requisition from the Goveinor of Massa
chusetts on the Governor of Georgia was
procured, and the detectives came imme
diately to Columbus and called on Mayor
Mcllhenney. AA’ith his permission, Mar
shal Murphy, Cash and Roberts arrested
AVilbur at the place named. Offieer Rob
erts came home, and the other two, hav
ing telegraphed for and being joined by
the detectives, went on to Savannah.
AVhile in charge of our officers in Rey
nolds, a man approached AVilbur, saying
he had robbed him and he wanted his
money. It seems he had sent cotton to
AVilbur in Macon, and he had sold and
pocketed the money. He promised to re
fund at Macon, but did not.
AVilbur gave his w’ord of honor to the
officers that he would not attempt to es
cape, and they did not handcuff him but
allowed him to roam at will ou the train.
The matter was left to the Boston men,
who so decided.
Sunday morning at 124 o’clock Teu
nille, No. 13 on the Central ltailroad, was
reached. When the train was about leav
ing, Wilbur went to the water cistern,
drank, unbolted the door and shot forth
into the darkness. Murphy and l’inkham
ran after him, followed by Cash and Jones.
He ran someone hundred yards and into
a negro cabin, where he was captured.
Just then the train started, and though
hailed would not stop, so the party w r as
compelled to remain there until the next
train. Savannah was reached Sunday
afternoon. Wilbur was kept in jail until
Tuesday afternoon, when he was deliv
ered, still unmanacled, to the detectives
on the steamer Virgo bound for New York.
TESTIMONY OP DETECTIVES.
Mr. AVilbur is a Northern man. He was
engaged in business awhile in Macon, and
married a Miss AVostcott, of Hancock
county. He is about lifty years of age.
Those detectives, Piukhatn and Jones,
gave our officers a paper to the following
purport. As they are Radicals the testi
mony is worth something: “We can speak
in the highest terms of the courteous
treatment received at the hands of all the
officers and people with whom we have
met, and return home with the knowledge
that the people of Georgia not only desire
to enforce their own laws, but therestitory
ones emanating from other States; and
that in no State in the broad Union can
an officer from another State receive bet
ter treatment or more aid than in Geor
gia.”
Death op Mr. Americub Harris. —lt is
with regret that we announce his death for
we have known him for a long time, and
are aware of the many generous traits of
character of which he was possessed. He
had not the advantages of much educa
tion, but he was true to friends and coun
try, and had a warm, generous heart. His
age was some thirty-seven years. We
think he was born in Munroe county.
Having few or no kindred in the South,
and owning no slaves, when the tocsin of
war sounded he was among the first to
volunteer in the defense of the South, and
for four years he was a faithful private in
the Columbus Guards. Having been cap
tured, he returned to duty as soon as ex
changed, and took his part in all the great
battles of Virginia. “Butch,” as he was
familiarly named, was universally liked
by his comrades, as ho was at homo by
all who knew him well. His business
was that of a butcher.
Sudden Death op Mr. M. Barringer.
—This gentleman appeared on the streets
as usual yesterday morning. He soon
complained of feeling chilly, and stepping
into a public place had a fire built. Soon
after he went to his room on the lot own
ed by him, on upper Oglethorpe street.
He sent a boy across the way to a washer
woman for some clothing. Delay was ex
perienced. When the woman went over
she found Mr. B. lying on the floor dead.
It is generally thought the disease was
congestive chill. Mr. Barringer was a
well-known carpenter contractor, former
ly of the firm of Barringer & Morton. He
was some sixtv-one years of age, and a
North Carolinian by birth. He came
here from Milledgeville, in 1840, and
since has been a citizen of Columbus.
For a number of years he was Foreman of
Fire Company No. 2. Many elegant
houses have been erected by his firm—
among them, the Baptist Church building.
Death occurred about noon.
His partner, Capt. Morton, died very
suddenly in Savannah, year before last,
of a similar disease.
Society News. ln the Episcopal
Church, at 10 o’clock, last night, Miss Er
mine, daughter of Mrs. E. L. de Graffen
reid, and Mr. Wm. S. Lewis, of Minden,
La., son of a former resident of Colum
bus, were married. The rector, liev. W.
C. Hunter, officiated. The attendants
were Messrs. French Strange, editor of
the Opelika Observer, Dr. L. W. Philips,
of Alabama, James E. Cargill, and BeDj.
Smith, of Macon, who escorted Misses
Clare de Grafl'enreid, of Macon, Minnie
Evans, of Macon, Nannie Lightner, of Ge
neva, and Mrs. Waddell, a sister of
the bride. The audience was not very
large. The bridal party were elegantly
attired, and made a handsome appear
ance. The bride is one of our most charm
ing ladies.
Delegates to the Governors’ Conven
tion. —The Mayor has appointed the fob
lowing delegates to the Convention of
Governors to be held on the 20th in At
lanta: Capt. T. E. Blanchard, Col. K. L.
Mott, Capt. W. D. Chipley, Capt. T. S.
Fontaine, Judge M. J. Crawford, C. 11.
Williams, Esq., Capt. C. A. Redd and
Messrs. R. A. Bacon, C. J. Swift, I. I.
Moses.
Death of an Aged Lady. —Mrs. Susan
Moore died near Mulberry Grove, in Har
ris county, Ga., on the 11th inst., aged
104 years, being born in 17C!>. She had
been in perfect health for some time un
til a few days before her death. Mrs.
Moore was an aunt of Mr. H. D. Moore
of this city.
In a late number of the Boston Post,
we find the following:
“Bullock, of Georgia, is visiting in
Connecticut. He should have gone to
Vienna.”
Carbonic Acid G& Versus Fire,
FIRE hasn’t A GHOST Os A CHANCE—TRIAL
OF THE CHAMPION FIBE EXTINGUISHER—-
SUCCESS.
Gas is a good thing when well applied,
whether in humanity or the natural world.
Too much spoils. Mr. Van Dyne, of Louis
ville, Ky., has struck the right medium.
In April, 1872, he invented the Champion
Fire Extinguisher, the worst to fires in
existence. The Champion Fire Extin
guisher Company, in Louisville, have
more orders for the machines than they
can fill. They cost $1,700, $2,000 and
$3,000, according to size. The one ex
hibited here is the smallest yet made, and
the price is $1,700. It is called “Quick
Step.”
THE TEST
took place near the jail. A rough wooden
house, 20x20 feet, and 20 feet high, filled
with kerosene barrels, shavings, Jcc., was
prepared and fired. When in full blaze
Mr. Van Dyne put out the flames in about
a minnte. A half and three-eighth inch
nozzle was used, and only one cylinder.
The house was again fired thoroughly all
over, and was again put out, with the
same facility. The committee, Messrs.
Johnson, Strupper and Wilcox, were per
fectly satisfied. As soon as the stream
strikes a flame, it seems to take all the
heat out at once. A cylinder was charged
with buckets in a minute aud a half. The
pressure was 125 pounds to the square
inch. The machine has been tosted for
three hundred.
A large crowd was present, and not
withstanding the rain, remained through
the experiments. All were delighted as
well as astonished. The trial was to have
taken place at 10 a. m., but on account of
the heavy vain was postp oued to 2 p. in.
Foreman Appier assisted Mr. Van Dyne,
who appears to be a No. 1 tlroman.
Capt. Wm. Johnson, of this city, and
his son, 11. W. Johnson, of Griftiu, are
agents for the State.
Superior Court May Term—Judge
James Johnson Presiding—Third Day.—
Court met at 8J a. m.
First business was the approval of the
bonds of the Ordinary and Sheriff.
The case of the Georgia Home Insur
ance Company vs. Frank N. Stafford, ad
ministrator, and Mrs. Nancy Fuller, was
resumed. The jury returned a verdict in
favor of Frank N. Stafford; and in this
case, the question of costs was involved—
i. e., who should defray the expenses of
the suit. The Georgia Home Insurance
/Company having held money claimed by
both the ndmiuistrator and Mrs. Nancy
Fuller, filed the bill in order to ascertain
who was entitled to the same, and thereby
claimed that they (the defendants) should
defray the expenses of the suit. The
court held that the Georgia Home Insur
ance Company should pay their attorney’s
fees, but that Mrs. Fuller should pay the
court costs.
The Visit of the Governors. —The city
Government has invited the Governors
and their staff's, who are to meet in Atlan
ta, to partake of tho hospitalities of Co
lumbus. They will probably be here ou
the 23d or 24tli, Friday or Saturday week,
and remain one day. There will probably
be one hundred in the party. A banquet
will be given at the Rankin House the
night of their arrival. In accordance
with a resolution of Council, the Mayor
has appointed twelve citizens who are to
act with the entire Board of Aldermen as
a Committee of Reception : Col. 11. L.
Mott, Judge M. J. Crawford, John Pea
body, Esq., Gen. R. H. Chilton, Major A.
M. Allen, Gen. H. L. Benning and Messrs.
Joseph Hanserd, H. H. Epping, Joseph
Kyle, J. Rhodes Browne, C. G. Cody and
B. F. Coleman.
Fight Between Bbothers-in-Law—One
Stabbed, but not Mortally. —Messrs.
Henry Hackney and Robert Barker are
brothers-in-law and partners in a wood
aud iron shop on Oglethorpe street, near
the Market-house. Y’esterday morning,
Mr. Barker was drinking for the first time
in three years, and interfered with Hack
ney’s work. Barker was armed with a
Derringer pistol. Hackney armed him
self with a pistol and knife. The parties
had some words, but were separated.
They again came together, when Hackney
cut Barker in the side, down the face
through the nose, and inflicted light flesh
wounds. The parties were again parted,
aud this time finally. Hackney was ar
rested. The wounded man was carried
home and his injuries dressed. Dr. Tug
gle, we understand, pronounced the
wounds not serious.
The Benefit of Saving Small Amounts.
—The capital of a country is made np of
petty sums saved week by week and united
in a mass for the common good. It not
only makes money, but elevates the moral
tone of society, by creating thrift, econ
omy and good habits among the people.
One of the best means to accomplish
the creation of a home capital is in the
establishing of Savings banks. They can
do more towards reform than any other
institution. Let the farmer then, the
mechanic, the artisan, the merchant, en
courage the formation of these institu
tions in every community. For the infor
mation of our readers we give the follow
ing tables, which we find in the Atlanta
Constitution:
A deposit of one dollar per week will,
at seven per cent, interest, produce the
following result:
In 5 years, $350 80
In 10 years, 805 65
In 15 years, 1,455 90
In 20 years, 2,307 50
In 25 years, .• 4,989 84
Amount deposited in 30 years—
ss2 each year, 1,560 00
Accumulation interest on same, 3,429 84
A deposit of five dollars per week will,
at seven per cent, interest, produce the
following result:
In 5 years, $1,754 1 0
In 10 years, 4,111 60
In 15 years, 7,279 60
In 20 years, 11,537 28
Amount deposited in 20 years,... 5,200 00
Accumulation of interest, 6,337 28
One hundred dollars stock, compounded
at ten per cent, every six months for 21
years will be $5,466 00.
THE ACCIDENT IN MACON
FIVE WHITE MEN KILLED —A NEGRO MOR
TALLY WOUNDED AND ANOTHER BADLY
WOUNDED.
A squad of nine men were engaged,
Tuesday, at one o’clock, p. m., in putting
up the heavy iron cornice at the west end
of the Mercer University building in Ma
con, when the scaffolding gave way, pre
cipitating the five men forty-five feet to
the ground, crushing them in a most hor
rible manner.
The cause of the accident was an inse
cure scaffold, erected by Mr. Glober, the
foreman of the work. On several occa
sions he was remonstrated with in regard
to the insecurity of this support, but he
invariably replied that he knew what he
was about, and was not afraid to risk him
self upon it. Major Fuss, Mr. Pettis and
even Mr. Adams, the Superintendent of
the work, often talked to him about the
risk he was running.
The killed are Foreman J. S. Glober,
of Chicago, a married man of family,
who came out three weeks ago to take
charge of the iron work of the building.
He lived a half hour. Mr. A. Rowe lived
fifteen minutes. He was from Philadel
phia, aged twenty-five years, supported a
mother and sister, and in a year would
have inherited an independent fortune.
The third killed, W. E. B. Proctor, was
from Macon, and lived several hours.
He was carried to his mother’s house,
where he died.
The wounded are Benjamin White and
Edward Holt, both colored. The former
is believed to be mortally wounded,
though the doctors say he may live a day
or two. One of his legs is broken in two
places and one arm crushed at the elbow.
The lower part of his chest was also
crushed. The other wounded man may
recover. The only external sign of in
jury is a broken thigh.