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THE GREENSBORO’ HERALD.
I POETRY.
|MARY TO HER .FALSE LOVER
j Go. false one, go ; I will not shed
t A tear for one like (bee ;
j What though my cherish’d hopes have fled
I The world is still for me.
| I will not slum the friends who still
Would bid bright hopes awake ;
No, no I’ll wear contentment's smile;
i A, 1 t|»rhncrV» *nv hpnrt ghr»il<3 lirpnk,
Thy brokentfailh, thy cold adieu
I never can forget;
But deem not, false one, that for you
I cberiih a regret.
’Tis true, no other form but thine
E’er bad a charm for mo ;
’Tis true, love rear’d a holy shrine,
At which I worshipp ’d thee.
And, oh / Hope's fairy visions bright,
Pictur’d a joyous day.
Till falsehood came it* hues ter blight
And then—it pass’d away.
Thou earnest—.it was not for thy bride.
Ah ! no, it was to tell
The love of other days had died,
And bid a cold farewell.
Weil, be it so, 1 did not say,
Remember plighted faith,
or urge thee, faithless 'one. to say,
I'd rather welcome death.
I did not weep, that wc did part
For ever—be it so,
If thou should win ano'her's heart,
Be faithful—false one, go.
comlTto mFindreams
BY G. D. PREi
Come in beautiful dreams, love,
Oh / come to me oft.
When the light wings of sleep
On my bosom lie solt,
Oh ! come when the sea
In the moon’s gentle light,
Beals low on the ear
Like the pulse of the night—
When the sky and the waves
Wear their loveliest blue.
When the dew’s en the flower,
Ane the stars on the dew.
Come in beaut iful dreams, love.
Oh ! come and we’ll -tray,
Where the whole year is crowned
With the blossoms of May—
Where each sound is as sweet
As the coo of the dove,
And the gales tue as soft
As the bresthing of iove,
Where the beams kt-s the wavaa,
And Waves kiss the beach.
And our warm lips may catch
The sweet lessons they teach,
Comeiu beautiful dreams, love
Oh ! come and we’ll fly
Like two winged spirits
Os love thiWiigh the sky.
On our dream wings we’d go,
Wheje the starlight and moonlight
Are blending their glow,
And on bright clouds we’ll linger
Through long dreamy hours,
Till love's angels envy
That heaven of ours.
From the Henderson [Texas] Times.
Eynch Law in Texas.
A Kentuckian Hung by a Mob.
In our last issue we stated that
Dr. J. 11. Caldwell, who was trav
eling through Texas, lecturing and
giving instructions on the science
of horse taming, was murdered and
robbed on the night of the 23rd of
June, 1868, near the residence of
Mr. A. D. Garrett, in Rusk county,
about fifteen miles southwest of
Henderson, on the road leading
from this place to the town of Rusk.
The doctor had lectured and taught
a class on the 23rd inst. at New
Salem, Rusk county.
Dr. Caldwell was traveling in
company with two men, whom he
had employed to assist him in his
business, as well as to afford him
protection while traveling through
the the country. The name of one
was James W. Hudson, a citizen of
Kentucky, who had accompanied
the Doctor from Kentucky to Tex
as, and principally engaged in post
ing advertising bills, &c. The oth
er individual was a native of the
State of New York, whose name
was Geo. L. Burgess, a shoe and
harness maker by trade, and was
at the time his services were en
gaged by the Doctor a resident
of Navasota, Texas.
The doctor and his traveling
companions left New Salem on the
evening of the 23rd of June, 1868,
en route for Henderson. Came to
the residence of Mr. A. D. Garrett,
about five miles distant from New
Salem, and camped for the night.
The place where they camped was
about one hundred and fifty yards
from Mr. Garrett’s house, and
about thirty or forty feet from the
road,
Some time during the night, sup
posed to be about midnight a Mr.
Jones—whose residence was some
two hundred yards from the camp—
was aroused from his sleep by the
report of several discharges from
fire-arms, in rapid -succession, in j
the direction of the camp. Soon
thereafter Burgess came to the res
idence of Mr. Garrett, and report
ed that they—meaning the Dr. and '
GREENSBORO’, GA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1868.
his companions—had been fired in
to. Garrett was alone in his dwell
ing, and being very deaf, did Dot
hear the report of the firo-arms, and
being suddenly aroused, and sup
posing that some evil design was
intended against him, did not per
mit Burgess to enter his dwelling,
but ordered him to leave his prem
ises, or he would shoot him. Bur
gess left as ordered, and in his vol
untary statement next day said he
staid the balance of the night in an
old blacksmith shop, about fifty
steps from the residence of Garrett.
James W. Hudson, the other trav
jeling companion of Dr. Caldwell,
went off, as he said in his volunta
ry statement, in the direction of
Henderson, immediately after the
firing occurred, traveling principal
ly through the woods, until he
reached the residence of Air. Mc-
I Night, distant from Garrett's about
three miles on the road to Hender
son. Hudson reached there hare
headed, and in his stocking feet,
and, on waking up young McNight,
appeared in deep distress, reported
that two of his friends, Dr. Cald
well and Burgess, had been mur
dered. and that he (Hudson) was
mze'unAudVe 6T4 protection. Young
t i».sh. ratio come in. A
dight was made, and Hudson exhib
ited a hole on the left side of his
coat, which appeared to have been
made by a bullet; it passed through
his vest, and came out about six
inches from where it entered the
coat, but Hudson’s person was un
touched ; said he wanted to get up
a crowd to go in pursuit of the
murderers; stated that they were
all lying down asleep when they
were fired into. At daylight Hud
son in company with a gentleman
living near McNight’s, jwent back
to camp, and there found Dr. Cald
well lying on his pallet dead, hav
head and once through the arm.—
The shots in the head were fired so
near that the head was badly pow
der burned around the bullet holes.
The trunk belonging to Dr. Cald
well was carried about twenty feet
from camp, broken open and con
tents scattered around it. The
grounds around the camp were
closely examined, and no sign of
either horse or footmen could he
discovered, either approaching to,
or going Horn the camp, which j
could have been easily discovered, j
as there had been a heavy rain the
preceding night and forenoon of the
day. There was a stocking foot
track discovered in the road near
the camp, and traced up to Mc-
Night’s, three miles distant, which
in shape, size and length, corres
ponded precisely with a track made
by Hudson’s foot. Burgess, be
tween day and sunrise returned, and
found Caldwell dead, as above
stated, and went immediately to
Mr. Garrett’s house, reported the
, fact of the killing; said when the
first fire was made he rose, and ran
to Garrett’s house ; said he saw as
he believed two men about fifteen
feet from the camp, in the direction
of the road, shooting into the camp
—did not know who they were or
where they went. Soon a jury was
summoned, and an inquest held ov
er the body of Dr. Caldwell.. The
jury returned a verdict that the
Doctor came to his death by the
three wounds in his head, supposed
to have been made by an army or
navy six-shooter inflicted by some
person or persons unknown to the
jurors but from the proof made be
fore them had good reason to be
lieve that suspicion rested upon
Hudson and Burgess as the guilty
parties. A warrant was immedi
ately issued by J. M. Mays, a jus
tice of the peace, for their arrest.—
They were taken into custody and
put oh trial. The trial consum
ed nearly two days, the 26th and i
27th of Jxfne. The State was rep- j
resented by W. H. Estill, Esq., the j
County Attorney, the defendants!
by Capt. J. K. Armstrong. The !
evidence was principally circum- <
stantial. During the investiga- !
tion a belt pocket-book, containing .
money drafts, promissory notes and 1
papers, together with a bag contain- :
ing some thirty Mexican dollars, i
was found concealed or buried
about seventy-five yards from the '
camp, near the road leading to Hen
derson , and, on examination by the j
court was found to he the property j
of Dr. Caldwell. Defendants 6tout- .
1 y denied any knowledge ar to who]
“YLYCIT AMOR PATRIAL”
killed Dr. Caldwell; said they were
innocent. Burgess proved by a
negro boy that about three minutes
after the firing was heard at the
camp by the negro, lie came to Gar
rett’s house and said they had been
fired into.
Upon hearing all the proof and
the argument of counsel, both for,
the State and the defense, the court
decided that the facts auu circum
stances proven were such as to cre
ate a strong presumption that the
defendants were guilty of the mur
der of Dr Caldwell, and,if guilty
at all, it was a case of murder in
the first degree, and the defendants
not entitled to bail, and there being
no secure jail in Rusk county, they
were ordered to be imprisoned in
the jail of Harrison county, that
being the nearest secure jail. The
officer, with a strong start
ed from Garrett’s late in the even
ing with the prisoners—traveled
some distance in the direction of
Henderson, and, just a3 they reach
ed a creek bottom, some fourth of a
mile wide, a crowd of thirty or for
ty armed persons, completely dis
guised, fired upon the officer and
guard and charged upon them—who
fled to save their own lives—and
the aforesaid crowd took charge of
the prisoners. Rumor has it that
Burgess so earnestly denied his
guilt, asking that, if he must die,
ho wanted to be shot and not hung
lik a felon, that the crowd hesitated
as to him* but continued their pre
parations to hang Hudson. Just
at the time when Hudson Was about
to he launched into eternity, he
begged the crowd to he
had something to tell them. They
did so, when Hudson made a full
confession of his guilt, exonerating
Burgess from any participation in
the murder or knowledge of his in
tention. He said kwj bad c•'intern
time, and on the previous evening
had got fresh ammunition at New
Salem, fired off and re-loaded his
pistol, that he might make sure
work—that he would have killed
Burgess, too, had he not fled. That
he had broken open the trunk and
hid the money and papers where
they were found, and that all the
money had been recovered.
At the conclusion of this confes
sion it is supposed that Hudson was
immediately hanged by the neck,
as he was found by some neighbors
the next day near the road hanging
to a limb dead. Burgess is still
alive unhurt, and was set at liberty
and, having no money, it is said
was supplied by the disguised crowd
with enough to take him out of the
county—perhaps to his home.
From the Republican [Tenn.] Banner.
Startling- News from
MAURY.
The First Battle of ifco i‘W»r cl Races’’—
Reported Desperate Fight Between the
Kn-Klox and the Negroes—Charging and
Repulse of the Ghest squadrons—Retreat
of the Negroes to the Federal Gamp—The
Battles as Described by Fugitive Blacks,
Os all the reports and stories
brought to this city by negroes from
Maury and other counties, the most
startling and apparently most ab
surd was brought to this city yes
terday, by a party of blacks claim
ing to have come from the vicinity
of Columbia. The following em
braces the substance of what was
reported to the Btate authorities:
On the night of either the 3rd or
the 4th of July, a body of one
hundred negroes armed themselves
in anticipation of a raid of the Ku-
Klux, and stationed themselves
about the old fortifications near the
town. During the night a compa
ny of thirty became separated from
the main body and placed them
selves behind some breastworks,
about giving up the idea of seeing
the phantom K. K.’s, when sud
denly the shrill signal of the Klan
was sounded not far from where
they lay, and, looking up, they
discovered a small body of the
white horsemen bearing rapidly
down upon them. Quickly as pos
sible they grasped their guns, and
as the ghostly troop were about to
spring into their midst, they pour
ed into the assailants a heavy vol
ley. Y’ells of pain followed the
discharge of the guns, and the Ku-
Klux, apparently taken by surprise
wheeled and galloped away, not
one, however, having fallen from
his' saddle.
TV negroes were equally a'ton-
ished at the result of the fire, and |
lay trembling as the weird caval- ]
cade moved away". In about half j
an hour they were again startled
by the tramp of horses, and a body
ol the Ku-Ivlux, apparently a hun
dred and fifty strong, came thun
dering up the slope toward the
breastworks, pouring volley after j
volley toward it, but the bullets on
ly striking (the earth and never
touching the well-covered negroes.
The horsemen again charged close
up to the breastworks, when anoth
er volley from the blacks sent them
flying back again, but not one fell
from his seat.
By this time the negroes were
very badly frightened, and a re
treat was decided upon. They has
tily fell back until they reached the
camp of the United States troops,
where they halted, and, backed by
the soldiers, prepared again to re
ceive the white horsemen. Mean
while, the persistent Ku-Klux had
again formed, and were bearing
down in splendid order upon the
little camp.
Xhe officer in command had
drawn up the soldiers to receive the
charge. On came the phantom
squadron, their white robes flapping
dismally as they rode along and
presenting a foarful spectacle in
the calm, still night. Suddenly
the whole of the advancing troop
were seen to halt, and the braced
hoofs of the snowy chargors seem
ed rooted to the earth. The Kn-
Klux had discovered the line of
blue, the littlecompany of rogulars,
and their expedition was at an end.
The legend that the Iv. K.V will
never attack anything representing
the Government of the United
States was verified, for, although
outnumbering the soldiers five to
one, they slowly wheeled abeut,
and in a few minutes galloped off
[Aa+i*- pp a Met fito <.«■» t
leaving the soldiers lost in bewild
erment.
This is the story the negroes tell,
and they furthermore boiieve that
two of the Klan were killed in the
charges that were made, alledging
that two new-made graves h' . : ap
peared in a cemetery at Columbia,
of which the sexton can give no
account. They also assert that
several young men have disappear
ed from Columbia.
Gcu. Hancock and No
mocracy.
It having been bruited abroad
that Gen. Hancock had expressed
dissatisfaction with the Democaat
ic platform and nominations, he
has written a manly and explicit
letter nailing the falsehood, like
base coin, to the counter. Here is
w’mt the gallant Hancock writes;
Newport, R. 1., July 17, 1868.
S. T. Glover* Esq., St. Louis, Mo.
My Dear Sir: I am greatly
oblige! for your favor of tho 13th
inst. Those who suppose that 1
do not acquiesce in the move of the
National Democratic Convention,
or that I do not sincerely desire
the election of its nominees know
very little of mv character, be
lieving as I verily do that the pre
servation of the constitutional gov i
ernment eminently depends on the
success of the Democratic party.
In the coining election were I to
hesitate in its cordial support I
feel I should not only falsify my
own record, but commit a crime
against my country. I never as*
pired to the Presidency on account
of myself. I never sought its
doubtful honors and certain labors
and responsibilities merely for the
position. My own wish was to
provide, if I could, for the good oi
the country, and to rebuke the spi
rit of revolution which has inva
ded every sacred prciinct of liber
ty. When, therefore, you pro-1
nounced the statements in question j
false, yon did exactly right. Prin>
ciples and not men is the motto for
the rugged crisis in which we are
now struggling.
Had I been made the Prssiden
tial nominee, I should liavo consid
ered it a tribute not to me, but to
the principles which I had pro*,
claimed and practiced. But shall
1 cease to revere those principles
because, by mutual political friends,
another has beea appointed ? Nev.
er, never. These, sir. are my sen-,
timents, whatever interested par-j
lies mav say to tho contrary, aao 1 1
desire that all may know and un
derstand them 1 shall ever l|Pjdj
in grateful r9rregibran''e the TSntflG
fnl friends who, hailing from eve
ry section of the Union, preferred
me by their votes and other ex
pressions of confidence, both in
and out of the convention, and
sha|l do them all the justice to bes
Here they were governed by pa
triotic motives; that they did not
-propose to aggrandize my personal
fortutie-s, but to save their country
through me; and that they will not
now suffer anything like personal
preferences, or jealousies, to stand
botween them and their manifest
duty.
I have the honor to be dear sir*
very respectfully, your?,
WINFIELD HANCOCK.
Monument to Gen. Scott
The Newark Advertiser says :
Messrs. Passmore k Meeker, of this
city, have completed and shipped
to-day, a monument, to he erected
over the grave of Lieutenant Gen
eral Scott, at West Point. It is
provided by his daughters, and is
remarkable for its dignity and sim
plicity. It consists of ft granite
base, seven feet long, three wide,
and one foot two inches thick. Up
on this rests a single block of pol
ished Italian marble. This block
is six feet long, two feet wide, and
two and a half feet high. It is a
more plain surface, except the in
scription, which is in square, plain
cut raised letter in part, and the
remainder in plain Roman. There
is not an ornament about it, not
even a rnouldingtobreak the severe
simplicity and solidity of the mass
ive ston*. The following is the in
scription :
Winfield Pcott : .
Born, Dinwiddle Cos., Ya., June
27, 1786.
Died, West Point, N. Y., Mav
27, 1866.
History records his eminent services
,li. Im « ami
General-in-Chief of the Armies oi
the United States.
Medals and an equestrian statue or
dered by Congress in the Capi
tal of his country, are his
public monuments.
This ?b>ne l's a mark of the love and
veneration of his daughters.
Rcijuiescal in Pare.
Abandoning The Sinking Ship.
A letter from a Radical county in
North-East Georgia, informs us
that the greater portion of the Rad
icals and Loagucrs have abandoned
that party, openly proclaimed for
the Democracy, and declare that
the Leaguers shall not again assem
ble in tho county. One family,
numbering sumo sixty or seventy
voters, are leaders in this noble
work, and hundreds of others arc
following their patriotic, cjcamplo.
A gentleman just from Newton
couuty also informs us. that Radi
; eaiisui in that county is played out.
lln the late eieotion some two hun
i dred and fifty white men voted for
Bullock and the Constitution ; now
twenty-five cannot hs found in the
county why are not open, advocates
for Seymour and Blair.
V e. have similar intelligence from
various portions of the State, and
from, every quarter the glad tidings
come to us that the people are rising
in their might to shake off the des
potism.— Atlanta Constitution
A change of 36,000 votes in
18fi l would have elected General
McCleliafi President. -This change
was required" in the States of Con
necticut. Indiana, Maryland, New
York, Nevada, New Hampshire,
Oregon, Pennsylvania and Rhcde
Island, or an average of four thou
sand votes in a State. Since
that time the States of Connecticut,
Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania
and New York have become Demo
cratic, and Indiana and Nevada
will be at the next election. The
Democrats have, therefore, the
game in their own hands. They go
into the contest to win and will win
in spite of all oppostion.— World
Scalawag.— A correspondent
wishes to know the meaning of this
term. It i3 a vulgarism and
American in origin. It is without
root or branch in the English, Lat
in, Greek or Hebrew tongues. It
ip United States in extract*—Radi
cal in rendering--a low, worthless
fellow , a scape-grace. It is par
ticularly expressive in these degen
erate days, when-tlm scum of socie
ty is drifting to the Lif . - 'Cbr.etifu
ttffn
IT. 11. MKiD, Printer.
NO. 16.
Schoolmaster—‘-Bill Smith,
what is a widow ?”
Bill—-“A widow is a married wo
man that hain’t got no' husband
’cause he’s dead.”
Master—“Very well, what is a
widower ?”
Bill—“A widower is a man that
runs after widders.”
Master—“ Well 0»L that’s not
exactly according to Johnson, but
it will do.”
An Ohio editor asks-and answers
this malignant conundrum : “Why
is the editor of the Knoxville Whig
like a harp struck by lightning ?
Because he’s a blasted lyre.”
Though men boast of holding the
reins, the women generally tell theffl
which way they must drive. .
A grim old Judge, after hearing
a flowery discourse from a preten
tious young barrister, advised him
to pluck the feathers out of the
wings of his imagination and stick
them in the tail of his judgment.’
A good book and a good woman
are excellent things for those who'
know how justly to appreciate their
value. There are men, however,
who judge of both from the beauty
of the covering.
A mile or so from a town a matt
met a boy on horso back, crying
with cold. “Why-don’t you get
down and lead the horse ?” “It’s
a b-b-borrowed horse, and I’ll r-r
--ride him if I f-f-freete !” whimper
ed the boy.
The reason women so seldom
stammer, is because they talk so
fast that a stammer has no chance
i g p t in. People stutter because
they hesitate. But who ever knew
a woman to hesitate about any
thing? <* 3
. A magistrate in Chicago pro.
r poses to marry couples at one dol
lar a piece if they will form clubs
of twelve and all get fixed at the
same time.
. “What are you doing, boy?”
asked a man of a boy who was dig
ging after a woodchuck, like blazes.
“Digging for a woodchuck.”
“You don’t expect to get him, do
you!”
“Yes siree, by George ! I must
have him; our folks are most out
[of meat!”
What can ho wetter than a woman
" 'Hi a cataract in her eye, a water
fall on her head, a creek in her
back, forty springs in her skirt,
and high-tied shoes ?
Says the Pontiac Gazette, our
imp, who is of a poetic turn of
mind, in a recent gleaming of the
“(livino aftlutus,” ground out a po
em on nature, which commences
tliusly:
"'tVigsßi wiggle, pollrwog,
Pretty Boon jou II be a frog.”
Seeing which, and witnessing said
imp’s frantic efforts to cultivate
hair on bis chin, we are inclined to
encouragingly exclaim:
Try ftjrum, O, embryo poet,
IL-etty soon you’ll be a—go at 1
But two ex-Presidents of the
| United States arc now living—Fiß
more and Pierce.
The best or or ci sc of memory——
remember the poor.
Birds are the poor man’s music,
flowers are the poor man’s poetry;
and the rich man has no better.
Advice like snow, the softer it
falls the longer it dwells upon, and
the deeper it sinks into the mind.
The man who has.never tried the
companionship of a little chtld, has
carelessly passed by one of the
greatest pleasures of life, as one
passes a rare flower without pluck
ing it or knowing its Virtue.
Josh Billings correctly remarks:
‘‘Success in life iz very apt tew
make ua forget the time when we
wasn’t much. [lt iz just so with the
frog on the jump ; he han’t remem
ber when be was a tadpole—but oth
er folks kan.”
“Von night do oder day, ven 1
vas be-’n avake in my slilem I
bears sometings vat J links vas not
jus fight in my barn, und I nsf out
shumps 10 bed, und run out ie barn
out, und ven I vas dere coom I sees
dat my big gray iron mare, he Tas
boon tied lure and runs mit to sta
ble off, and every pody who vil
him l>ack bring I ust so much pay
hii*i ar vat bln customsn*