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The Columbns Prisoners
NEWNAN, GEORGIA.
Priday Morning, July &, 1BB8. i
tend if not too voluminous, to con
dense from tbe Atlanta Intelligencer the sub
stance of the proceedings of the Military Com
mission iu the trial of these gentlemen. tVe
on ;
»at, June 29.—The court met at 10jl-2
ctock a. m.. when the order convening ithe
Irangre Dist. Meeting M. E. Church, |° ,, , , , ■j-
- , commission was read l*y the Judge Ad vocafe.
DOutii, J q'he following a r e the charge and specjfica-
Fill be held in LaGrange, Ga., commencing . tion which were read at this stage of theppro- .
9th. 1808, with Divine service at eight j flings, in order that the prisoners flight >"lo my mind that he had better be out
. ; understand them, and not for the purpose of of the community than in it \\ hat as-
\ Pn ? n . , . .. . iirnugnmeut: / sociations do you refer to? The people
terial Brethren who expect to attend ' “ Charge and 6peciflcation preferred against J r r
lease notify Rev. R. W. Bingham, I/t Elisha J Kirkscey. Col urn bus C Bedell, James
.e, Ga.
Bedell looked into the room'where Ash burn
was immediately after he fell. There was
candle burning in A.'» rtx>m at the time of the
attack. The party remained “ uot any time
all” in the house after A. was billed. They
dispersed: I went home to my quarters. Hud- ! sition to the Constitution and in active co-ope
son stooped down and fired at A , who was be- ration with all these parties? Yes. sir. What
hind the table where he had fallen.
Question.— What induced you to take
part in the killing of Ashburn ? Weil,
sir, a great many inducements. The as
sociations I had, sir. I had it instilled
Protest of the Democratic Members of | law making, and more ignorant than our j
Atlanta .and West Point Railroad will
^legates to and from the meeting at one
L. J. Davies, P. E.
The Adamic Race.
ARIEL,” nns. TOUNG AXD BLACK IK, ON
T1IK NEUBO,
Barber, William A Duke, Robert Hudson. Wil
liam D Chipley. Alva C Roper, James L Wig
gins, Robert A Wood:
^’Charge—Murder
“ Specification—In this: that the said Elisha
J Kirkscey, Columbus 0 Bedell. James W Bar
ber, William A Duke, Robert Hudson, William
D Chipley, Alva C Roper, James L Wiggins and
Robert A Wood, on the 31st day of March,
1808. in the city of Columbus, in the county of
Muscogee. State of Georgia, in and upon one
was vour position in the company l>efo:e the
election? First Sergeant. Ik-fore the election
I was arrested by Capt. Mills and reduced to
first duty Sergeant for trying to influence the
election. \\ as not Mayor Wilkins an opponent •
of the Constitution, and did not the opponents,
of the Constitution generally express syinpa- '
thy with vou on account of tlie course you had
taken ? Yes. sir. After you were reduced,
did you not immediately apply for a furlough,
and did you not know tlie money Mayor Wil
kins let you have was raised by contributions
from the people ? I applied for a furlough first.
I dw not know how the money was raised.—
My furlough was d ried April'ibe 2oth. about
three days after I was reduced. How long after
this was it that Wilkins let you have the tuon-
was away from my command: had I taken e >; an< * did - von . no J; ,li,n J" 011 wanted it to
take you home? On Friday night I told him
in the town, sir. Was there any sort ol
organization relative to the putting away
of Ashburn at this time ? Not as I kuow
of. How did it get instilled into your
mind that A. ought to tje disposed of?
From conversation with various people—1
does not belong to the Adamic
1’—“He is .not a Descendant of Ad-
Georgc W Ashburn, then and
the peace of the said State, feloniously and
wilfully did make an assault; and did then
Eve He is not the Offspring of j and there feloniously, unlawfully, wilfully
He is not a Beast; he is a Human ' and wifi: malice aforethought, discharge pistols
" He has an Immortal Soul ; but not loaded with powder and leaden balls at the
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image of Goo” —And every at-
to civilize him, after on: form, lias
|i in his speedy and certain destruc-
ittle book takes bold ground on the
[t of the origin of the races of mea, and
rove it by the Bible, profane history,
^e science of geology. The writer’s
different from most authorities
worthy of close consideration.
Ishcd by Russell Bros., New York,
by Phillips & Crews, Atlanta, Ga.,
return our thanks for a copy.—
Let us have Peace ” ,
fi incut in Grant's letter of nccep-
•nsively commented upon by his
ends. While it reads well and looks
ipaper,. we are sure an acquaintance
it's record would have caused them
ss lightly over this inconsistent sentence,
it not slreer naked necessity that drove
to it, for there is no other idea or sen-
in it which will hear comment. The
.and only other idea that, regardless of
Constitution or pledges, he will carry out
[ill of the people—meaning thereby the
fal party as expressed by their Represen
ts— is too ridiculous for serious discussion,
let, Grant wrote a very bungling letter,
^attributing this fact to his inability to do
jb administration, if elected, will be a
failure.
(return. What sort of peace does he
is to have? Who has opposed peace?
raised any disturbance in three years?
Truling race of tlie South have sought peace
.’cry honorable avenue. The Southern sol-
istacked their arms according to the terms
rrender, and at no time, even under the
1 trying circumstances, sought to retake
They have offered no physical resis-
[;e even to the wicked designs of their vile
lies. They have quietly submitted to the
ts and jeers of home-born traitors, and
sd obedience to despotic decrees of upstart
ftiu agents. Then what have we of the
Rh done to break the peace ? Our oppres-
i are challenged to bring forward the charge.
, earnest opposition to the She*man bill and
-dements, were strictly legal according to
tacts themselves and (he orders of military
ftps-
h ! here lies the danger. Radicalism U-
Virtue of force, overturned our government,
bed us of our rights, while its leading spirits
leated in power, and the earnest and just
fals of this wronged people to heaven and
for a restoration of lost rights and
fes, promise to disturb their lease of
r, and hence quiet is what they crave.—
5ry furnishes similar appeals for peace by
•wicked oppressors of men, Napoleon
Id for peace after overthrowing tlie king-
and dukedoms of Italy, the palatinates
jlermany, dismembering the Prussian, Span-
tnd Austrian monarchies, and seating all
iis kindred upon thrones. Nothing was so
to Napoleon /hen as peace ; but an outraged
ftinent said restore what you have unlaw-
seized and you shall have peace. A ve
il on the part of this great warrior not only
It him the crowns of his tools but that of
[nice also, and he died au involuntary exile
lthe lone rock of St. Helena. Austria cried
ice after her Hayuau had committed name-
wrongs and outrages upon the fair daugh-
and brave sons of Hungary. Russia cried
Nice after dismembering Poland and trans
porting to the frigid dime of Siberia the truest
and firmest friends of their native land. Ah !
yes, the groans of the Magyars and agonizing
6obs of the Teles rendered unhappy the in
mates of the imperial palaces of Vienna and
St. Petersburg. Britain cries peace after bind
ing Ireland hand and foot, and the Fenian agi
tation .of the sons of Erin manifest the discon
tent of her Irish subjects. Though Europe
exiled Napoleon, the Almighty permits the
Poles, Hungarians and Irish to suffer yet lon
ger, still a just God cannot answer the prayers
of these trembling crowned heads when they
pray for such a peace. In his own good time
he will avenge the oppressed people.
Like the European despots, after committing
countless outrages, violating the Constitution
which they were sworn to support, overturn
ing by fraud and violence the lawful govern
ments of . ten States, depriving the citizens of
id Gc<>rge W Ashburn; and with the said
balls, discharged as aforesaid, did wound the
said George W Ashburn in the left leg, above
and near the ankle joint: and with the said
balls, discharged as aforesaid, did wound the
said George W Ashburn in the lower part of
the nates ; and with the said balls, discharged
as foresaid, did wound the said George W Ash
burn in the forehead, which said wound, in
flicted in the. forehead as aforesaid, was mortal,
and of which said mortal wound, inflicted in
tlie manner and form aforesaid, the said George
W Ashburn then and there died ; and the said
Elisha J Kirkscey, Columbus C Bedell, James
W Barber, William A Duke, Robert Hudson.
William D Chipley, Alva C Roper, James L
Wiggins and Robert A Wood, the said George
W Ashburn, in the manner and form aforesaid,
feloniously,- unlawfully, wilfully, and of their
malice aforethought, did then and there kili
and murder, contrary to the laws of said .Stale,
the good order, peace and dignity thereof.
(Signed) W. H Smyth,
Capt. lfilnft’yand Br’vtMaj. U. S A.,
Acting Judge Advocate.”
The names of the prisoners were called,
when each one answered “Here.”
The prisoners were then asked if they had
any objection to be tried by any member of the
court, when they answered individually and
under instructions of their counsel. Mr. Chip-
ley said, lie had no objection personally, but
would not waive the right to object in the fu
ture.
Mr. Bedell—had no objection on personal
grounds, but would uot waive the right to fu
ture jurisdiction.
The rema ning prisoners did not offer any
objection on personal grounds.
The officers of the court were sworn, also
Mr Eugene Davis, as reporter for the govern
ment.
The prisoners were then arraigned and the
charge and specification read to them a second
time, when the Judge Advocate was about to
interrogate them as to their guilt or innocence,
Hon. A. 11. Stephens rose and requested an ad
journment unlil to-mor*ow, for tlie purpose of
filing pleas for the defendants, as he had not
seen any of them before, and had not until a
short time before seen the charge and specifi
cation.
The Judge Advocate requested Mr. Stephens
to reduce his application to writing, which
he did.
The board of officers then retired to consider
the application of counsel ; soon after which
they returned, and as there was no objection
offered by counsel on either side, or by any
member of the court, the application for ad
journment was granted till 10 a. m. to-morrow
morning. The following counsel appeared for
the defense and were admitted:
Alexander H. Stephens,
Martin J. Crawford,
James M. Smith.
James M. Ramsey,
L. J. Gartrell,
Henry L. Benning,
Robert J. Moses.'
Gen. Banning ami Major Moses were absent,
but are expected soon.
The counsel for the prosecution are: General
Dunn, Judge Advocate, with Ex-Governor
JOSEPH E, BROWN and Mnj. W.H. Smyth,
assisting.
advice, l would not have been in this fix
now—1 went headlong. I used to know
nearly all of the men. (meaning the
there being in ; prisoners). I hui no acquaintance with
the defendant Chipley; never spoke to
him in my life tiil after the occurrence.
Have received from the people of Colum
bus a gold hunting case watch, worth
So00 or $400. It was handed to me by
u clerk in a jewelry store on the night of
the 24th of May. Ingmire was his name.
I do not know who provided the present
for me. limber, Uuuby and Williams
spoke to me about it before I received a
watch and chain. I am not much ac
I wanted it to take me home.
Without concluding the cross-examination,
on motion of Mr. Stephens, the Court adjourn
ed till to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock.
The examination of this witness was resum
ed Wednesday. No new developments. George
F. Betts, another prisoner, testified to some of
the same facts, under promise of exemption
from prosecution.
We have heretofore insisted that Grant was
responsible for the outrages perpetrated upon
the Columbus prisoners. So thinks President
I Johnson, for he has not only despatched a
special agent to this State to investigate the
SECOND DAY.
June, 30 1863.
Pope, Brown’s law partner took part
for the prosecution ami Mr. Wellborn for
the defence. A plea of not guilty and
also reserving to themselves the right of
objecting to the legality of the court was
filed for the prisoners.
Sergeant Charles Marshall, was the
first witness introduced. lie swore.
1 am aged 27 and a soldier belonging to
Company G-., 16tli U. S. Infantry. Been
on duty in ColumDus for the last year.
Was acquainted with Ashburn. Was pre
sent at his death— Ur. Kirkscey one of
the prisoners induced me to go. The Dr.
spoke to him about three weeks before ! of the c;ty, ou
Ashburn’sdeath. Dr. Iv. said if 1 would j house was it at?
join a party to put Ashburn out of the
way it would be all right. I consented.
Got notice to meet the party on the uight
of the killing.
A negro boy brought it. The note was in
writing and wrapped in a piece of brown paper.
I tore it up as soon as I opened it. It was a
notice to meet to-night at 12 o’clock. 1 did
not know the negro bov who left the bundle.
quainted with Ingmire. 1 also received
$1UU in money from Mr. Wilkins, former
ly Mayor <4 Columbus, in the form of a
loan; after A.’s death I asked Mr. Wil
kins to lend it to me, and he let me have
it about a week after 1 asked for it. I
had to d hjm l wanted to go home, and
lie said he would let me have it before I
went. I bad previously been on intimate
terms with him. No one suggested to
me to apply to Mr. Wilkins for a loau,-^-
i went home on a furlough from the 26th
of May. Have never returned or been
asked to return the money I borrowed ;
gave no note or showing for the loan.—
When Ingmire handed me the watch and
chain he said, “ take this and take care
of it.” This was about all the remark he
made; he said the present was from a
friend- I did not know positively what
friend he referred to. I have seen him
several times, since my return. Ash
burn was kiiled Monday, the 30th of
March, about midnight, between Monday,
the 30th, and Tuesday, the 31st of the
month, 1868. Columbus is in the State
of Georgia, and, I believe, Musco/ec coun
ty. My interviews with Kirkscey were
in the day time, by ourselves. I have
known him nearly a year. There were
ten or fifteen shots fired at Ashburn —
My pistol was loaded with powder and
oblong ball. I fired oae shot at Ashburn.
Don’t know whether I hit him. Have
had no conversation with any of these
prisoners siuee the killing. All the per
sons engaged iu the affair were not in
the house that night. There were others
outside beside those iu the house with me.
Was the person whom you thought was
Mr. Chipley disguised ? Yes sir, disguis
ed with a mask, lie seemed to have all
to say in the party, sir. Do you know
what was the object of this party in kill
ing Ashburn ? The object was to kill
him, I suppose. Most every one had an
animosity against the man. Politically
he was opposed to the majority of the
people, which was, I suppose, the reason
of this organization to kill him. What
makes you so suppose ? Hearsay, sir.—
Why did you take part in the killing?
Influence was so great on me that I could
not or did not resist it? What influence ?
Association, sir. Were these influences
social or political? Both, sir. Were
you opposed to Ashburn politically ? I
was, sir. Was that fact well known
among your associates in the city ? Yes,
sir.
The Judge Advocate here announced
that he was through with the witness, as
far as the examination in chief was con
cerned. Witness was then turned over
to the defense.
Mr. Stephens—Did you have a person
al difficulty yourself with Ashburn ? Yes,
sir, I did. Did you uot slap his jaws or
strike him the day before he was killed?
Can’t say whether I struck him or not;
I was under the influence of liquor.—
Where did this occur ? Iu the upper part
Broad street. Whose
Nobody’s house, sir; it
was on the street. Was it not at Jack
Clark’s grocery ? No, sir. Were you
not too much intoxicated to recollect what
occurred and when it occurred ? No,
sir. I do recollect wheu it occurred.—
But you do not recollect whether you
| slapped his jaws or not ? I think 1 did
; not. Do you recollect whether }ou struck
charges of cruelty, but has notified Gen U. S.
Grant, the Radical nominee for President^ that
unless he (Grant) moves in the matter, as is
his duty, he (the President) will.
Georgians, can you vote for a man who thus
winks at outrages upon your countrymen, and
will only move, if at all, for their relief when
driven by the President?
The Gadsden Times gays the squirrels are so
numerous in Noith Alabama that the hunter
can scarcely keep them out of his pockets as
he walks through tlie woods.
Mrs. Rhody Berg, a widow of seventy-six,
died in Chelsea, Massachusetts, a few days ago,
from the effects of a slight scratch upon her
hand made my a tame rabbit.
A negro down South who was in ecstasies
over a sermon he had heard, when asked to
repeat a part of it, replied, “ I nebber mock de
preacher. ’ ’
Tlie I urkish army on a peace footing num
bers 148,680 men.
The Christian governments of France, Rus
sia and Prussia will expend this year for im
proved guns with which to arm their soldiers,
one hundred million of dollars, while many of
their subjects are dying from sheer starvation.
Brig. Gen. Ruger, by military authority act
ing as Governor, has sent a messenger to Mil-
ledgeville to disrobe the old Capitol building
of its furniture and bring it to Atlanta.
The trial of Surratt has been postponed to
21st of September, a special term of the Court.
One W. H. Smith, styling himself “Gover
nor elect” of Alabama, has issued a procla
mation convening “the Legislature” July loth,
Dr. Taz. Anderson, of Wilkes county, Ga.,
has reaped over tv. o tons of hay fro;n two acres
sown in clover. "
Thomas W. Osborn was, on the 30th of June,
seated as Senator from Florida,
The House passed a joiut resolution to ad
journ the loth, but the Senate tabled it.
On the 25th tilt., the Omnibus Bill, admit
ting to representation in Congress Georgia and
other States, passed by a strict party vote.
By proclamation the Legislature convenes in
Atlanta to-morrow,
Hamilton, member from Florida, was sworn
in July 1st,
. it -r mm* i 9 *
The following is an old joke, but it has
a moral suited to the present time, or
rather to the time just passed :
There was a man before an Irish jury
on his trial for murder. It was a bull of
a trial; for the defence produced in court,
alive and well, the man who was said to
have been killed. But the trial went on,
and the jury went out; aud not to be
daunted by any such little fact as the
presence alive of the man who should
have been dead, they brought one prisou-
The recognized presence of three per- J of this, and in opposition to all this, we,
sons on the floor of this House from the | re present;*, rives of the people from the free I
State of Arkansas, sent here by military i States, in behalf of our constituents and,
force acting under a . Brigadier General J of thousands and tens of thousands o ,
of the army, but nevertheless claiming to ■ others who would be here represented ol ;
be members off this Congress, aud to share j the popular power without, coqld t fey j
with us the representations of free States now constitutionally act here wul.un,;
in the imposition of taxes and customs earnestly and solemnly^ piotcat agaiusf j
and other laws upon our people, makes it j this violence upon our Constitution and
our imperative duty jn this, the first case, j upon our people, aud do hereby counsel
to remonstrate most solemnly, and to pro- and advise all friends of popular govern-
H AVTNG bought out the Messrs. Jol ln , 0n
I now offer a new and wcli-selc ctp 3 ,
stock of
test as solemnly agqinst this perilous aud
destructive innovation upon the princi
pies and practices of our hitherto constitu
ment to submit to this force and fraud
onlv until at the ballot box, operating
through the elections, this great wrong
Calicoes, Muslins, Mosenbique,
Plain and striped Jaconets,
Swiss Nansooks,
Black, and brown Shirting and Shcctin«>
Dres-s Trimmings,
Hosiery. Handkerchiefs, Linens,
Cassimers. Piece Goods, Cottonades,
Stripes, Ticking, Osnaburgs,
fioual self government. The so called Re- can be put right. There is no jaw in tfie j '{ MADE bLitil iilivjj
construction acts which created the mili
tary governments in other Southern States
to share v.in* us in the legislative power
of the Northern and Western free peo
ple, we have every reason to believe have
been held to be unconstitutional by the
Supreme Court of the United States; the
public declaration of which fact was
nvojdcd, only by the extraordinary aud
strange devices of this Congress, to snatch
ing jurisdiction from the Court in the
McArdle case, when such a public de
cision was about to be made of the three
great branches of the Government; and
it seems then, that after the Executive
vetoed these acts as unconstitutional, the
judiciary adjudicated them to be so, while
a Congress, the creation of but twenty-
seven of the thirty seven States of the
Union, overrides these equal and co-or
dinate branches of that Government, first
by voting down the vetoes, next by mul
tiplying amendments to the Constitution.
In an era of profound peaes, when pot
an armed man rises against the Govern
ment from the jfotomae to the Rio Grande,
there, in ten States, our American and
historical way of creating the organic law
has been utterly subverted by -the bayonet.
Ever-siuce ,he Declaration of Indepen
dence, with scarcely an exception, and
ever amid the battles of the Revolution,
conventions have been convoked through,
and Constitutions created by the electors
of the States, tilt; only authorized deposi
tories of the sovereign power of every
Stote, without exterior dictation ?s under
the existing Federal Constitution. The
hardest and harshest test oath required
from IJT'O £o the peace of 1783 was an
abjuration oath of allegiance to George
Hi., while some of the now so-called
bayonet Constitutions from the South pro
pose absurd and cruel tests—absurd as in
Arkansas where is interwoven in the or
ganic law a mere party test between the
Radical ileconstructioiiists and the Demo
cratic Conservatives, such as would ex
clude from voting, if living there, the
thousands, the tens of thousands, and
hundreds of thousands of Democrats in
the free States, (article 8, section 4,) and
cruel as in Alabama, where no white man
can vote who will not forever foreswear
his own race and color, aud perjure him
self by swearing in defiance of the law of
God that the negro is equal, and forever
to be las equal at the ballot box, in the
jury box, with the- cartouche box, iu the
chool, in the college, in the house aud
by the fire-side—in short, in every way,
everywhere (article 7, section 4.) now in
these and the other Southern States. In
the midst of the war, President Lincoln,
in his proclamation of Dec. 8, 1863, of
fered amnesty and pardon to the rebels
then in arms if they would lay down
their arms and take the oath of fidelity ;
while now not a Union man in Arkansas
or Alabama can vote unless in the first
place be swears allegianee to the majesty
of this Congress, and in the next swears
off his Americanism ami Africanism him
self. Hitherto constitutions with us have
been the outgrowth of p >pular life, spring
ing from the exuberance of our enterprise
and energy in the settlement of the forests
or prairies of our country. But here be
fore, as now, are nine constitutions, with
one, if nut three more yet to come from
Texas, which have all been imposed upon
the people by five military satraps or pent-
archv, i*4 a manner never before known
under our laws, but borrowed, at best,
from Imperial Roman Colonization, or of
the French revolution. France is then
in
land over the constitutional government,
and hence all bayonet-made, all Congress- \
imposed constitutions gre pf no weight,
authority, or sanction, save that enforced
by arms—an element of power unknown
to Americans in'peace and never requir
ed. But as it acts in and under supreme
civil ’aw, the Constitution and the statutes
enacted in pursuance thereof, wo protest
then, in behalf of the free people of the
North and West, against the right of this
military oligarchy established in Arkan
sas, or elsewhere in the now re-enslaved
States of the South, to impose upon ps
through Congress taxes or customs, or
other laws to maintain this oligarchy or
its freedmen’s bureau. We protest against
going into the now } r »posed co-partner
ship of military dictators and negroes iu
the administration of this Government.—
We demand in the manner of the Fathers
0? the Constitution, and the same for
posterity, not its reconstruction, but the
restoration of that sacred instrument
which has been to us all a “pillar of fire”
from 1787, on to its present overthrow;
and in all solemnity, before God and man,
under a full sense of the responsibility of
all we utter, we do hereby fix our names
to this protest against the admission of
these three persons claiming to be mem
bers of Congress from Arkansas.
Jaimes Brooks, W Mungen, J B Beck,
Stephen Taber, P Van Trump, Asa P
Grover, Charles A Eldridge, L S Trimble,
Samuel J Randall, George M Adams, A
J Glossbrenner, Steveus F Archer, John
A Nicholson, John Morrissey, Thomas
Lawrens Jones, Win II Barnum, John
W Chanler, S B Axtell, L S Marshall,
W S Holman, C W R Haight, Charles
Sitgreavcs, Lewis M Ross, II McCulloch,
J Proctor Knott, J S Golladay, J W
Humphrey, Fernando Wood,|J Lawrence
Getz, T Stone, M C Kerr, John Fox,
James R Johnson, John Y L Pruyu, W
E Robinson, B 31 Boyer, George W
Woodward, C E Phelps, A G Burr, W E
Niblack, Julius Hotchkiss, D M Van
Anken, J li McCormick, Demas Barnes
and James M Cavanaugh.
Respited.—Green Pierson, colored,
who was to have been hung in Monticello,
Jasper county, Ga., on last Friday, for
the murder of young Leverette, has been
respited by Provisional Governor Ruger,
until the assembling of the Georgia, Leg
islature.
Satan rebuking sip—Grant “ Lep us
have peace.”
We read to a Republican the other
day—“ Satan rebuking sin ” wfiat is it ?
Republican—Some low mean,swell r*eaJed
villian giving advice—True we replied
and read Grant—“Let us have peace”
Exit Republican.
“Lewis, did Mrs. Green get the medicine
I ordered T’
u i guess so,” replied Lewis, for I saw crape
0a tfie door next morning.”
-■ ■' —»■ -f-
A Quaker gentleman riding in a car
riage with a fashionable lady decked with
a profusion of jewelry, heard her com
plain of the cold. Shivering in her lace
bonnet and shawl as light as cob wed, she
exclaimed :
“ What shall I do to get warm ?
“ I really don’t know,” replied the
Quaker, solemnly, “unless thee should
put on another breast pin !”
er in guilty. “ Hows tins? says the
• j , 1 1 1 j J rpe xrencu revolution. Prance is th
judge ; “ there has been no murder; the , . . , , . n .
r t n £k xt- 11 * 1 recurdeu to have had five constitutions
man is alive in court. “Well, your!,. , . , ,
, „ . , . 1 tlirftfi Venrs SO trpnnpnMB mnrio ‘inrl
honor, said the
convinced that the prisoner did not mur
der this man, but ho is g. dangerous per
son. T am sure he killed my gray mare,
and wo believe that hanging him is
neoessary to the peace of the country.”
A Saratoga citizen said of another that
, he, the other, was the meanest man he,
foreman “ theVur’y^s ' t j 1 - ree y ears > s0 frequently made and so | the citizen, ever saw, and a .slander suit
„ nvisnner did not mnr-1 }ref l uent, y changed that they were ironi- has been brought. The defendant, in his
cally classed by the French people with
* ** 1 til ui uii ui live • A viiti i'll i&v liljlL" " ’
the notice nor did I , L)id not say to W . H. Williams, Capt.
left quarters about t J . , J . . , ’ -
he partv below the ! f-' ire company in Columbus, that you
He had on a mask made out of pasteboard.— j him at all or not ? I did strike him.—
There was no signature to the notice, nor did
know the handwriting. I
11 1-2 o’clock, and met the pi
Perry House, on an open square. Before meet- j intended to kill Ashburn, or words to .{fiat
ing the party I was handed a eoat by Henry ; t fleet ? I might have said so that night,
Uennis, «b* Mid, - put this on." I had m, I bo . wouldB . t SKear t0 j,. dou . t recollect,
previous arrangement with lum about a coat j . , , . ’ . ,
for the occasion. I did with Dr. Kirkscey, who knd he have a pistol, or did jou S£e a
said it would be left. I wanted a rig because 1 j pistol in his hands ? I did cot see a pis-
did not want to wear my uniform. Dr. K. in- . Are you certain and positive that
formed me. in our second interview, that there ; Kirkscey, Bedell, Duke, Barber,
would be a rig there tor me. Bv rig 1 mean a -J. , . ’ T _ ’ . ’
suit. It was a gray coat-an English walking | Hudson, the accused, now before you. m
1 coat. Shortly after Hennis gave me the coat I ! the house where Aslibarc was killed that
the rich heritage of liberty bequeathed them by I met tbe oth ' er party-Hudson, Duke, Barber, j night? I didn't see a]l in the house. Duke,
their ancestors of revolutionary fame, and ] Bedell Kirkscey end Malone. Malone is not (judson, nod Bef be r wc-re inside, “ in the
iining their pockets with ill- gotten gold *nd j | door, out of tie 2d room into the 3d room,
possessing themseh os of place ani power, iran ! l ) 10!U r ig> lt ^cioss from the house where Ash- I seen them all before 1 went in. Kirk-
anil his friends on let us have peace. j barn was killed, in a vacant lot 200 yards dis- j gcey and Bedell were in the 2d rocm.-
reply to the writ, re affirms under oath
that the plaigtiff is the meanest man he
ever saw,
?
STILLS i STILLS I
T\TE J
W c
HATE };.st received the largest lot of
i
the periodical literature of the day.
Louisiana, a colony of that France, has
had fuur constitution in four years, and
a constitutions there has now become
periodical as in France in the agonies and
The True Life-—The mere lease of thioes of the great revolution. Laws,
years is not life. To eat and drink and statute laws, which caa never be
sleep; to pace round the mill or habit, crpa t c d by constitutions, are appended
and turn the wheel of wealth ; to make j m ,. re or less to all these constitutions, and
reason our bookkeeper, and to turn into 1 t j u . se baronets created one branch of °uv-
an implement of trade—this is not life.— j fcraaieii U w j t h no Executive, no Seu-
In all this, but a poor fraction of the con- j ate> no House of Representatives, po
seiousness of humanity is awakened, and J J n diciary, they have ordained irrepealable,
the sanctifies still slumber which make it, irreversible laws in the very organism of
most worth while living Knowledge, truth, j lhe State such as cannot be created by
love, beauty, faith, alone can give vitality j the Executive, the Senate, and the House
to the mechanism of existence, the laugh | of Representatives of legitimate govern-
ot mirth which vibrates through the j !ii£nts when ^ in uaisoa and all eo , n .
heart, the tears that freshen the dry waste | bined . A}1 ihis bas been done without
within the music that brings childhood ; r(] ^ preced j ug constitutions, or pre-
back, the aeath which startles us w rih j eede nt,«, or tq the laws of the nation.— fthprifR*
mystery, the hardships that force us to , The ln ; jitary> V( - hich under legitimate in- ^ eai 4 s ^ le -
struggle, the anxiety that ends m tnist, j strmjtiouSj a , a OB J ybe Qsed in times of On thejrsi Tuesday in August nert,
are the true nourishment of rgtiomu ^ j Peace t0 conserve or preserve the State, \\/ be sold before the Court House floor
, ; , , j , , o j f f m Franklin, Heard county, within the
** 3 I nave .iere been used to destroy the States ■ legal hou-s of sale, tte following property,
^ ’ The General of the army, who represents ! to-wit: "
this city since the war, which we will sell
cheaper than any other house in the State.—
We are agents for the
which took the first Prize Medal at the Paris
Exposition in 1S67.
We are also manufacturing all size3 of COP
PER STILLS to order. Just the thing for
making Peach Brandy with.
Jque ’ LANGFORD & McGRATR.
mmWB, ai§IS & BATS.
A fine assortment of
Crockery and Glass Ware,
Hard Ware, Powder, Shot,
ISpiee, Rep.ner, Ginger,
Soda, Cqpperqs, Sulphur, ■
Indigo, Madder,
Coffee, Sugar,
Spades, Hoes, Shovelsr
Scythe Blades,
flames, Tr§ces, Buggy Whips,
Umbrellas, Trunks, Buckets, Ropes,
IBacou, Flour, Meal, *nlL
A fine lot of
T O B .A. C CJ O _
Together with a great many other things
too tedious to mention, all of which will be
sold at reasonable prices.
jgg^T’Coine and see and be convinced.
gtg’f’Mr. R. L. Hunter, as pleasing as ever,
will be on hand at all times to serve the La.
dies, or those who wish to look or buy. 1
return my thanks to all former customers, aid
solicit a continuance of their patronage, !m.
ping to be able to satisfy them in future as it
has been my desire to do in the past.
Newnan, Ga., May 23-tf. J. T. KIRBY.
pw GOODS! NEW GOODS!
We have received our new Stock of Good.;
from New York,
Purchased Entirely for Cash,
Consisting of
Dry Goods and Notions,
Boots, Shoes Hats, Clothing,
Hardware, Cutlery, Crockery,
Shoe Findings of every descript’/i,
Buggy Trimming of all kinds,
Saddlery, Harness Leather,
Sole Leather, Calf Skins,
In fact everything usually kept in a Mixed
Sfock. All of which wu will sell
LOW FOE
We are agents for one of tbe best importing
houses in New York for the sale of nil kinds of
Mill Ston.es and Spindles,
Rqlfcing Cloths,
Smut Machines and fixtures,
Hoisting Screws and Bales,
All of which wo will sell at New York whole
sale prices, with freight added to this place.
Persons wishing to purchase Mill Materials,
before makiug their purchases will find it great
ly to their advantage to compare our price list
with those from other houses.
Thankful for the very liberal patronage be
stowed upon us heretofore, we respectfully
solicit a continuance of the same at the old
stand of RED WINE & CULPEPPER,
North-East Comer of Public Square,
May 30-tf. NEWNAN, GA.
WM. S. HILL HU
Age sat a aid Cosaa allies on
MERCHANT,
(Store on tub South-West Corner or PteHo
Square,)
EALER in all kinds q£
Provisions,
Family Groceries,
Shoes and Crockery.
Country Produce talcen in Exchange
Goods.
He will sell as cheap as the cheapest. P'
public are respecffiqlly solicited to call # B '‘
examine his Stock. Come and see—you rW
get bargains. [May 2-P t:-
The other two in the room; Ma-
South, for perhaps your cries will be heard by j aUoufc twenty or thirty iu the party. Saw
the Democrats North, and wc will lose all we j George Betts m the party. He \v;is in the ^ j one vvas iu that r 00 m. t0 a the 2d. room.”
now possess.' For God's sake let us have ] house with me. There were others in the i y u nr* certain then that ell iAeve nar
house also, but atn not positive who they were ou ui certain uitn itiai 0 .1 m e pai
-peace.” A wicked prayer, but the petition
will not be granted, for the peace of Radical
ism is the death of liberty. Its quiet is the
unending si umber of constitutional government
and the destruction of the hopes of freedom.
Then we say to Grant, he shall not have the
peace he craves until the wrongs of Southern
frepmen arc righted and their blood-bought
heritage is restored. No physical weapon will
be used in the warfare, but the justice of our
cause -will be portrayed and reportrayed until
the wicked Radical plotters are content to ob
serve their oaths and acknowledge the suprem
acy of tlje Constitution. These done, and
peace, true peace, heaven-approvetj peace, will
bless our lajpl &ftd the struggling tpHRons of
other lands will take courage and toil on for
the at tain inept of tfieir God-given rights.
It is impossible for me to know all. The party
was large and I was with them only a*short
time before the affair commenced. All I saw
and talked with were disguised with a manner
of mask—majority of them. Amanda Patter
son (white woman) and Hannah Flournoy (col
ored woman) were iu the house with Ashburn.
The party went to the back room where A.
was; commenced firing, and A. was killed
there. The party in the doOr fired upon him
—the door of his room. Myself, Duke, Barber.
Hudson, and, I think, Betts, formed that party.
All these persons fired at A. A. asked, “ Who
is there?” One of our party remarked—
“Here’s the d—d s—t,” and fired upon him.
j Hudson made the remark.
armed with revolvers. I saw Ashburn fall.— w ho
(Here Whitley, the detective, went over to
Gov. Brown and whispered in his ear.) I am
not certain whether Kirkscey and Bedell wont
in after A. fell. Some one said, “come on
boys,” and the party went out Kirkscey and
Jones, was or believed he was near his
death, and the doctor calling", he held a
long and eaasest conversation with, him
about the chances of life. “ Y hy, man”
said the physician, “you are likely to die at
ties tee re in the htusc at and about the hour. You have been living fifteen
time of the hilling? les sir. Are vou years without any constitution—lungs
just as positive in this statement as in any gone, liver diseased, aqd all that sort of
you have made. 1 am. Had you any thing.”
personal association with Hudson ? Not « y ou don T mean to say,” replied
ot any account—seen him several tunes. Jones questioDingly, that a man can live
Did you ever sp nd five minqtes of con
versation with Hudson in your life ?—
Don’t know as I have. Who talked with
you about the present of the watch ? A
young man by the name of Gunbv, and
Barber, also told me about it. You said
Our party was j somebody else on the direct exainin^tiqu :
was it ?
Williams-**-one of the
brothers, I don't know which—Dan. Wil
liams I think, sir.
When did yon say the watch was given you? j would go
.On the night of the 24th April. Was this the i wide.
the sword, and only the sword of the Re
public, has been exalted by acts oi Con
gress above the constitutional eommander-
ia chief of the army and navy, in order
to. execute those military decrees, and as
the surer way to route out every vestige
left of constitutional law or liberty, the
same General of the army, in order to
prolong or to perpetuate his military dom-
inatiQB with North acd West, as well as
the South, has been selected in party con
vention ac Chicago to head the electoral
vote for tbe Presidency in ten of our
States, which gq-e as much under his feet
ns Turkey is under tbe Suitaii, or Poland
under the Czar of Russia. But, as if only to
add insult to the injury of this military
j outrage upon the popupr government ia
* 1 ~ T i f' u 'Se ten States, they have made ten Con-
There are 85,000 miles ox- lasted calico, g titatioD3 at a cosr ?f $250,000; the
fifteen years without a popstiLutiou ?”
“ Yes, 1 do,” petorted the doctor, “and
you are an example ”
‘•Then, doctor.” and a bright smile il
luminated the pallid face ol the doomed
man, “ I’ll go it ten 3 ears longer on the j
by laws,” and he did.
made in Fall River. Mass, every year. This . „ ...
around the earth trsKQ breadths j ^L,^ a ' e been disfranchised, while
| 1 dOjOOO negroes—inexperienced in all
0»e oat cutter, one cross cut saw, one set
wagon breeching and harness, cqe. ami
table, one large map: levity 00 as the proper
ty of J W Weaver to satisfy two tax fi fas vs
said Weaver.
F;v« sides of leather—three upper and two
sole: levied oa as the property of J P Howell
to satisfy one tax fi fa vs J P Howell.
One lot of land No. 133. in the loth district
of originally Carroll now Heard county: levied
on as the property of S Strickland to satisfy
two tax fi Las vs said Strickland,
July 3, 1868. ML S. ECHOLS, Sheriff.
GEORGIA—Coweta County
W r EEREAS Josiah D. Green, administra
tor cf LariJ Lincb, represents to the
Court in his petition, duly filed and entered ou
record, that he has fully administered David
Lirjrh’s- estate:
This is therefore to cite all persons concern
ed to be and appear at my office within tbe
time prescribed by law, and show cause, i£any
they can, why letters of dismission should ny>t
be granted.oh the first Monday in January. I860,
J'.U- 3-6ta.' B, LL-MJ f Cl IE C L ,0 r d ’y.
Economy and Home Industry'
SATE TOUR HAGSll
THE CHICKASABOGUE
iiiU iill llilLvu
Are now prepared to purchase Good, .
Cotton and Linen Rags, in any quantity, --
to pay for them the
Highest Market Price in Cask
They have established a depot
North Water street, for the receipt a.r* 1
of Rags and Paper Stock of all 501
the immediate charge of Capt. Thomas ' it
who.is authorized to pay a liberal a[ .j
stock required by the Company» - 1 * s >
brought to him in a suitable condition- j
Rags may be either white, colored, * ^
but they must be free of woolens, C Y. •
well handled. ’ .. j ; n te-
Dealors jn paper stock ia the CT)’ a ,,
rior will find it to their advantage to -
nicate with before disposing ot f"-
elsewhere. _ ; u teresb
Newspapers will advance their own ^
by lending their influence to secure jv,
arid collection of all the rags to be
their respective localities. V- o win ern^ ^ ^
in exchange for paper at libera.
the merchantable Rags they may se ° ( v or the;.t
Rags sent by the rivers and Grea - . ;in y
-Railroad, should he addressed to tec
at Mobile,' Alabama. , , ,, ( >pj 0 FT*'
an
tfo rK=-
H- at lhe
JfpFoU further information app ) gtrt et,
Company’s Depot, No. 51, Nortu > ■ ‘ letter,
or t’d the undersigned, by person o - jste .
at the office of the Advertiser and
W. G. CLARE-1 ^
glTAU newspapers publishing ^
meat one month, and calling ,i,eir re£ , $'- ;
tvili receive crqdit for the same ^ (V op Ju
ra, tes f '