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r £irletfc cusoV ^.1^" l4 ' , VOL. I. SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, NOVEMBER 29, J872. NO. r~x\j nB»noKn 4. m. a. MMDiiOcs. turn no ahlinr. By MEDLOi’K & All LINE. The IIkrai.d is published in SnndrruTilln, t}»., every Friday morning. Subscription p ice TWO DOLLABR per nnnnra. AdvcrtieoinentB inserted at tbs usual rates. No charge for publishing marriages or deaths. TIh* Armor Jluriler Cnsi—Trstl- mmiv Ibr tlir lMl'iici*, O. H. L. Aumou hworn fob tub 'Defence.—I reside in this county, •about 8 or 9 miles from where Mr. Reubon Armor was murdered, De- Witt Armor lives about two miles from the place. I was at DeWitt Armor’s before the murder on Sat urday evening at about seven o’clock. Thera was Mr. Barfield and inv brother both there at the time I rode up. I staid there nearly one hour. When I left there I want home. My brother DeWitt Armor and Mr. Barfield both accompanied me to my home. I traveled on horseback, as did those with me. I wont directly homo, did not stop on the way, except when the horses stopped to drink. I got home at about nine or ton o’clock, with my brothor DeWitt Armor and Mr. Bar- field. My brother remained at my house all night, in the same vooni with me and Mr. Barfield. I do not remember Mr. Barfield's vited him to my liouso. Ho is no i Did not see Smallwood that evening j sure I ever saw a pistol in Do. Ar- tired and were awake. Mv brothers | relation, I have known him nearly 2 ! puss my brother’s. I wore no over- I mar’s poscssion. Have not seen u , and Mr. I puss my He has lived at May’s near-1 coat on that night. poscssion. My brother has 1 broken gun or pistolin t'.m poscssion night. ly two years to my knowledge, he I no overcoat with a-capo. Ho had on I of any one since then. I am sure of may have lived there longer. Bar-I an overcoat. I'wore a shawl that I it, seen no bloody clothes cither, field has often been to my store, but | night. I staid at the grocery until ii ' On Sunday night I staid at homo, don’t know if he was ever at mv house, or 4 o’clock on Sunday evening, uu- I remained at the grocery on Sun- Brother was going to star all night! til brother Bonbon was removed, dav two hours or two hours and with me and go to Catoe’s and take i Went from thereto brother Do's., half; can’t tell the miact time. Had out the peace warrant on Sunday staid a short time and went home. 1 morning. He did not got the war-! went back afterwards. Mr. Barfield runt; lie was stopped bv the negro was there and went hack with nv: b) that Reuben May sent to tell us tlmt Do's. 1 don’t remember if I left him Reuben was killed. This was by my there or not. The body was in a house in the lane, at about 7, 8 or 9 j room, in the eotliu. Mr. Cmmning o’clock. Thero are no other Justi- , and Mr.'Dudley made the cothu; it j day evening hefdro dirk, 1 saw him c*s of the Peace in that noighhor- was made of plunk taken from the | returning from tin?^bridge, it was lufod but Mr. Catoe. There is a No- i grocery. The body was buried the lute in the evening ' before night; tary Public, however. I don’t know • next day at about 12 o’clock, I was ! don’t know exactly nltat lime it was. where Mr. H. H. Hawkins lives. I present, so was my brother. T think ! His face seemed to be bruised a Brother Reuben never offered any . Mr. Barfield was also there': think he I little. I saw Smallwood puss that violence, that I know of, to any of the ; assisted with the coffin. I am not, family. I thought Sunday morning i however, certain. I don’t know good a timo to get a puaco war- when Barfield got to the grocery Barfield remained there all 1 did not see mv brother not seen Reuben Armor for two weeks before his dhiitli. Mr. l.ee Armor himself invited me to his house. C. H. KitchenA Ri'r.u.T.F.n nv State.- I saw Reuben Armor Satur- rant as any other time. He never did any of th* family harm, but did no violence. He would rear about, make display and utter some outlies. When sober he vorv kind to all. He ■v oiiing, after deceased returned that 'veiling to storo. Reuben Armor appealed to be very much intoxiea- De. hut recognised his voice. Heard him talking, 'l'liev were sleeping in the front room. Tlmfe was a parti tion between their room and mine. J recognised both mv brothers ; could hear their voices and knew their laugh. 1 was awake nearly all night, suffering from uu attack of neural gia. Nolle of them could have left the room witiiout my knowing it. They would have to pass through one door only. 1 am satisfied it was earlier than tell o’clock when they came. They were all there at break fast’; it was about an hour by situ when we got breakfast. My brother De. had just left when the messen ger arrived, but had not got out of sight; 1 saw him from the window A .vloihei-In-haw's Past Hide. Joe S. is the fortunate possessor of a mother-ii.-’aw, and what he prob ably thought move of among his horses was one known as (Quaker. Now (Junker was a good roadster, and could and would jerk a wag on with two 'n it in 2:51 on the road: lie was pulled in, and s yelled at 1 he faster luf ,et, when a eoin- d alongside But Many vnur, beautiful littli Alabama, a u Gnibbin Hoc. ■; ago there lived in a country town in North enial warm-hearted old d the Inn e more lie meant to I ing horse must! i lid it. | f aunty | | 1 then i , and a strong pull was taken, . pauted by yells, ho thought >h do his le\ el I jest and you lift in Not many years ag i, when the lair was held where Master .!< lived, lie had his old (Quaker hitched j up to' a 1 impound thrcc'iuancv sen! d j wagon, and, ns lie was getting in, his ! inoiher-iii-l iw w isiiedjo go with him. I He informed her that he was g >ing ! to the town clerk’s office, at the low- ! but saw him there several times dur-1 ted. He was riding and soeme I to lie was going in the direction of (’a- j toe's. I heard tlm messenger hallo. ‘ ( . n ,l „r the \ illagc, laboiil a mile,) Cross. —T uuiii sister of Mrs. Rile v. | and if she w as in a hurry to return ing tlieduv. I stopped at iny broth- 1 be paying very little attention to his 1 1 roomed alone on that night. My 1 home, sh naina. Mr. DeWitt Armor did not ed lue in putting up the horses. Ho loavo my house tlmt night. He loft j used to belong to my father. I have, when I did in tha morning. My about four months ago, m en a pis- or’s about an hour on mv wav hack j horse; his horse seemed to be going and then wont home. It was about | where he pleased. His clothes weru dark when I got home. From my ! vorv muddy, and ho looked as if lie had no difficulty with Barfield on ! liouso toCatoe’s is about a mile and | hud fallen from his horse. I cannot that or any other day, that I know | a half. I was told Judge Brantley tell from the nppearunco of the of. I found Barfield there when 1 ■ was u Notary Public. At the time ' wounds on his faeo what produced got there, and I wanted brother De- i I got the intelligence of the murder ; them ; there was a scratch on his witt to go home with me, and so in- ! brother had started for Catoe’s but j faeo and it appeared bruised a little, vitoil Burtield to accompany ns. Al- ; was called back bv the negro that brought the intelligence. The negro came through tho fields. Stefiien Baiifiei.d, savot.n.- 1 re- Mlld have to drive l>, tlm dearly if ten as jivau : frei l Armor was the negro who assist- Ai.i'iieii Aumou, ; C<tlornlj swims. —I live with Mr. Lee Armor. I heal'd of the murder of Mr. Reuben Armor on Sunday morning. Was side at John May’s. It is half a mile 1 told of it bv the man who was at icr slept in o did Mr. ben. • Have not seen it since. Don't j from w here the murder was eommitt- | On Saturday night, the night of tho know where it is. He lias a gun, a 1 ed. On the evening of Saturday 1 murder, J was at home at Mr. Leu rille. 1 have u double barrelled gun, went to Dewitt Armor's on his invila- ! Armor’s. He was at home that night it is at hnuio. Barfield 1ms a gun, | tiroi. Got there about dark. "Went I he came at about 9 or 111 o’clock; it is a rifiu. Brother wears a shoo ! to stay all night. 1 saw Lee Armor Mr. Barfield and DeWitt Armor from a 7 to a 9. I wear a <’>, 7 or 8. there that night; he eatne ltp about | conic wjtli him; they rode up. I me, so (licl iur. Barfield, all three pi one bed. No one could have left the room without my knowing it. It was two miles beyond DeWitt Armor's house, where the murder was committed. My brother’s ob ject in coming down to my house ! I don’t know what Barfield weurs, i six o'clock, and remained there ft half j was up and took tho hoi ' was to get a peace warrant from but think about a (i or 7. When i •lames Gatoo*for brother Reuben, tamo back 1 think Barfield went It was about seven or eight o’clock , homo, 1 do not know. Brother De. in the morning when I hoard of the and L run our horses to llio place, occurrence. I proceeded to the 1 when we heard of tho affair. I ex- plnco ns soon as I could have my I cased myself to Barfield, and brotli- liorsu caught. My family, oxhept ' er ami 1 came uu together. Ido not the negroes, had retired when 1 got . remember if we slopped at lie s, homo that night. Alfred wan the , house or not. Wo did stop at l!eu- I namo of tho negro boy, and Fanny bsn May’s. Don’t know what time Thomas tho name of the negro wo- we got there; think it a as about ID man who was up when l got homo. ! o’clock, it was late in tho day; we The negro boy Alfred and mvself thought that Kitchen's and others put tip tho liorsos when wo armed, should have lot us know it sooner. I was informed that morning of llio We rode the same horses down we murder by a negro living with broth- ro le up. 1 camo to Washington or DeWitt, named Will Baynes, county over a year ago. DeWitt' hour or hour; T am not positive how and Mr. Lee Armor pul them long, Dewitt" Arjnor was lit home at ' they were put in the stable am the time, f left there with Dewilt ! door locked by me; th. saddles Armor and Lee Armor at about eight . put in the house, where tliev o’clock. 1 left oil invitation of Lee ! saddles. Armor to both of us to go to his house and slay all night with him. Loo Ar- objeet ill coining up there that pill T had the key of the sta ble and kept it that night. When 1 went out the horses hid not been niur take) they Mil This was the first intimation 1 iiud of it. The lied Wo slept on was against the mill, DeWitt slept on the back side, Mr. Barfield in ti.e middle and 1 on the front side. 1 went to DnWitl’s house that night in cousoqiiouco of information that brother Reuhffli was there tight, and I went to try to get him to go home, quit drink, keep quiet and attend has lived hero 2 or II j cars. The pis- tol brother had was a cartridge shoot- . to | or. Don’t know lioiv many limes it there shot. De. find no pistol with him the night lie wci.it to my house. 1 asked hint, J. wanted to borrow it. L was going to Savannah, if he had hail one ho would have lot me have it. De. and 1 talked together st the 1 loft the vooni Without in v knowing it. d I do not know. 1 heard Dewilt Armor say he thought it would be best to takeouts peace warvnii: f n il’s brother Reuben. Ho was in conver sation with Lie Armor at that time. We all got to Lee Armor’s at about nine o’clock, the family had retired before we got there. Thcmgrohoy Alfred put up our horses. We all rode there.on horseback. We went In fifteen minutes after we got We all slept iogether in one 1 about twelve room in the same bed, (lie only one ' -deep, ill the room. The bed stood uganst Cm> the wall. Mr. D. Armor slept next Armor the wall, l ill the middle and Lee ! sinei out since I loeke I (hem up ; mill not be got out w ilhoilt ing the door; they had not interfered with during the they Were as L left them. Tim saddles i also, flocked up and kept the keys. I keep all the keys; they are all on one string, I. keep them all. 1 remained awake about two hours after Vlr. Luc Armor come home. It was my opinion. I set up two hours after lie came. It was clock when I wont to two brothers occupied the. udjoning \ alone, and t urn cramped the w: room, it was a shed coon ; it had one j ; ,,r her admittance ; and with w door; it opened out on tile fr ml , drooping and slouching gait, porch. The room was not ceiled or j Quale r v niked along i d.: plastered. 1 heard them talking and I assorted pair o» the t,... laughing for uu hour. They stopped I office. Now, be it known, . and i. hoard them again. They up- j loves fun, and will have it ■ pealed to lie ill a very good humor; j possible, while mother-ir.-'iiw is a could not tell w hat they were talking j rigid, old sky blue Baptist, undoubt- about. .1 neve.i saw Mr. Barfield ,. ( ||y very good Imtiinforimintelv there b.'f ire. I live iii (t,‘eeu comity. I possessed with the Idea that to lam Ii Have only lived at brother Lee’s I 1S to sin. It so happened at that about a mouth. Brother De. had [ time I lint every team was going to the been frequently at Lee’s house. He fair ground < a* else was walking; so was there about a week before. ] Quaker had no elmiuv to "score u:>.” Brother Reuben was there about a week before; he lived at brother I joc’m before he located in Glascock. Nev er saw brother De. in possession of a pistol. I am staying at brother IV- Witt; wont back there on Sunday evening, lie was there when I got there. I have seen a gun there, dont know what kind it was noticed if it was there now or not. There were many gentlemen at lie’s, on Sunday night. They were stran gers to me. I and mv sister and -lei-in-law went up to All Mi bid just u.s they urriv. d at tho oflico of iljo town clerk, S. saw Jack Barns coming on his way to the fair. Now Jacks n.are lias the reputation of being four or live seconds faster than old Quaker. To turn Quaker round, jump oul.juUi.t) mothur-iii- Inw to in ive slow going home, was. have not j but a minute's work ; and then hold- j ing up Ids hand to attract Jack’s! attention, he told him lie would pay | chicken fixings et cover,as if he i world range alongside of old Quaker] ■lib,m | at full speed, yell, and spirt the. old j j horse to tho street to tlm fairground ntranee. A nod, and Jake touches .indy Coulter with his whip, sing.- lit gil, and lavs for Qua!. heard at ids of tin the bi the stepper comilt;, it. M.iilier-in-l.iw tii win: g'.ub lust T used have lived IjITKV. -There is now residin'; in] this citv a highly noeontplidied ! voting lady, whoso name is Miss Clara Lent Remington, well known amongst the best circles in the city. For several years this lady was the alliance,1 wife of Colonel Muncus, of the Spanish army, in Cuba. Col onel M uncos was possessed of in.- ( ^ Meuse fortune, and high rank i‘« | stop her. •‘angtilc, ’ But he didn't Spanish society in Cuba. |l«cou- fst uot uuu .jj_l, 0 didn’t. The to belong to Mr. teniplaleJ at ua early; day. niler be- , |iull uus (l> „ t „. l( i v al ; Whoa, he evidently considered nitons ; pul- on iron hold gqa alongsi.l mother in si puil, sure r, “iinuiile, her l’< and e, ,1a lining vi But hr gnitlenmn,• ludge II , well-known throughout the State, as well for his distinguished ability as his marked geiicro-'ily and congeniality. , Among hi- eh,da 1 possessions for the time we in . sp, akilig ot Was long before Hie war was an old negro named •hike, or as lie was more familiarly '■idled, uncle Jake, and there lieve’r lived a more provoking old darkey, uncle Jake, although a favorite, d many weaknesses, and amongst levs lie was particularly regard- - - ot the truth, to such an extent, tact, that occasionally the good , old judge found i! necessary to pun ish him. It was tin; custom in those days for the town-cop’stable to nd- : minister i (logging for a eonsidera- j tion w henever the master w as disin- | clmcd to oJlieiate, and the constable I if this particular town had a seven* j n pnlatiiin for ]irofieiency amongst i t'm darkies who had now and then I m en so unlortiinato as to conic’ un der iiis hands. Jake, although he i had never been there, was well pv.st- i ed and had u great repugnance to Mass (I -, who was tin incumbent at tl.at lime. < In one occasion din ing 'Ilie Christmas holidays, while the Old Judge was quite se’veicly in disposed, uncle .Jake had been guil ty of a misdemeanor, and punish ment was deemed nucecssavy, so the ludge wrote a note to the constable ubmit.iis follows: Mr. G Please give the bearer vhii !v -nine lashes and charge to me. Judge II. (’idling up unde Jake the Judge ordered him to carry the note to (I who would give him a grub bing hoe. Jake started off’ up town, but his suspicions w ere a routed. He could not understand vlmt the'Judge wauled with a grubbing boe at Clirisiuas time, and as his conscious w as not as clear as it should have 1" , n, tin 1 result of his suspicion was that the truth suddenly flashed up on him —he was to bo whipped. Seeing a school boy approaching be took out the note end said: "Mrtssn Bob, w het in di.s note, got so many dis mornin’ I got ’em mix- tiling with him ever coming engaged to Mins Remington, 1 ; 1 have been flee. Go to bed , to resign Ins commission, leave the | £ t Armor outside. No one could have I Usually al nine or ten o'clock, some- army, and then lead Miss Ii. to the We staid together all night. 1 left in the mm ning at about an hour by sun. Just as I was going to leave 1 heard of the murder. I). Armor was on his horse when lie heard of it. Ho w place so soon as wo got there. II to his husinoss; and I Wanted to said wo ougut to solid for Barge and quiet any difficulty that there might have the manor invcsiig itod. I was be, should one exist. I suspected at the inquest, t do not remember that there was a difficulty, in cotute-j all Mr. Kitchen's saiil. He showed finance of a note wrote by brother ; us tho negroes that were there and I ' going in tho direction of Catoe’s to live Witt lo Mr. Cutoe about a peace j.took thorn off'and questioned t hem, warrant. Da Witt camo with me at ' After that Do. and J together ques- my solicitation. DeWitt Armor’s turned them. They wore not sworn xvnfo was not at home when I got j at tho inquest, i told Ilium they tthere. There was no one there but could not hold an inquest until Barge brothor DeWitt and Mr. Barfield. , and tho negroes wore all there; Barge. DcWitt’s wife was ovir at Reuben L was told, had gone to Warrenton. Mays. She had gone thero to spend I tried to got Burge. 1 once started .the night. I wont, up to Do Witt's j myself but was ad vised to stop. Af- becauso when Reuben was intoxiea- ter tho burial, 1 wouttu Atlanta after tod I could do more with him than Barge. 1 thought the negroes had -any ono else. My brother Reuben , not told tho truth. I took out a _ Armor when- drinking is troublesome, ! warrant against Burge. I heard all , when I got there, and his family. His but lie never did us any harm or in- Kitchens said uud all tho negroes mvife was there a short time idler 1 juredus; wo wore not afraid of him. 1 said, ami then took out the warrant. ' got there. Did not see her when I My sisters wore afraid of him, so I told De, to lnvvo the negroes ar- 'first arrived. I supposed she was was brothor Do Witt's wife. Brother ' rested on Wednesday evening, but Reuben was troublesome but not j before lie done itho was arrostod. times latiT. I pick cbtton and di other things. Don't go to sleep right after supper. I sleep in the j kitchen. Tho lock on the stable lmiienenl altar, nple fortune, he ei If in ease and luxtii", tlm reninm his life. Ifis fondest hopes w take out a peace warrant when the , . negro‘ Will’’ hollered to him and by myself without an,»• white person told of tlm occurrence. D. Armor 1 being with me. I was at lionm when was ginning and packing cotton on Air. Do. Armor was arrested. \\ ant Sutiird tv at John May’s and invited to Warrenton to him the day alter me to Ills house. Have been there ho was arrested. No one has talked often; went on his invitation. I have I t<) me of the ease or asked me what lived at John Mav's for two years. I 1 would swear, neither Lee Armor, Cross,— It was about 2 (/clock in Air. Rilev, or any on- rise. The the day when he invited me to his | lawyers neither. 1 have been lien every day this week, blit no one lias was a single lock, a padlock, about not realized, however, the size ot my fist. I keep the crib ( told. keys ; have kept them all tho year. He k' pt delaying tlm e mention < f Keep them at night; feed the horses his purpose to leave the army, and leathlias interprtsed, and he is now lm .ml for a m li to the other i , . „ , and squatted to go ids level j V-, l T ,n '. 1,,s best and lm did it. Now von bet!! i ". 1 e "J"- v j Barnes was act..ally gett.in ! behind, and warming up to his 1 he eoinnie;) '1 in right good earnest will The boy read tho note and ox- i plaiued its contents to Jake, who whistled and laughed to himself as a , ! l ight idea st i nek him. I Calling u negro boy who was near, j uni I.' Jake said: j “Bov, does you want to make a quarter?” "I )f course I does.” “AVell, take dis note down dav to ir j j., | Mnssa G — , an’ git a grubbin boe, "work' ! ^ wait hero ’till you comes n i ] ^; V( , yo U a quarter,” In sin; ! What ; And tin out are vou ‘Hi Yar! Go er long: I,.* { i /•:. „..?■• Li s ermiid, and in due course dclivcr- .mi'in . u.i, mjji, .ii. ... i ii ,.. ... i ' ...i. i i. l.. The boy hurried off' to accomplish .1 i in his grave. This nielnneholv news was received by n telegraphic dis patched to the young lady, which slated that the Colonel ha l willed to lmr Hits entire fortune in Cuba, which was worth over $500,1)110. While tin* note to ( j into the yard, loci proceeded, despit Bilious of innoce who took him ked the gate, and e the boy's protes- uee, to administer house. I eat supper at home before 1 left thero. Mr. Armor was then mien was won,, own ,.>u.. uuu. }ay lll( , p^.ji m ; g) ' Miilc.llmro are some sail mclanclioly i <) j■,L<-r\nd is t mi turns in this history yet there is , b ;,' vs oincllnng romantie mbout it. , e , jv(l tlu . m f. week, but no one has sotni sj^jlien to mo of the case or asked ‘ are informed that Miss Remington : mo where I kept the key s. No one Will leave this eitv in a very few talked to me about this ease, iii front days for Cuba, were she will take ' of the Court-House this morning, the necessary steps to be put in The man who brought the news was possession of this magnificent tesli- th„rc* when I left there, I suppose 1 named AVill Blaine. He lived at 1 monial of the. Colonel’s love and Mrs. Armor w as in tlm house, f do ! Mr. De. Armor’s. Ho said Mr. 1 regard for her. Tlm congratulation- (it cm.” The people they passi d fclirir spiH tl and the old 1 uly’a Imt oil llie hue]; Jj<7* Jiuck, her ,shawl stroaiiim'; out behind, and the courage I • i ' \ , • i .-I i i M , t ,• • riedollIioimMdtueklin^overtJieiiaii- \\\th wind i she li old on to tli«’* Julies, i. f , . •°i i i i 1 . i i i i nv result ol wiiat iuiirlit liuve been rianiKul theu* Juiiuls and eueuiiraii:- . 1 • , ,n : . . i i » • i < siTiuus business lor Inin, liitrlv HMiiii out tiooa old ‘»irl —i , , n ii • ' >U1 bird! “2: ID ’! ‘iJuilv for old ! Unit evening the Judge called lnm they parsed , the u l'* »Hl u, ^U the piazza j the desired Hogging, while Jake luir- did you gut that grubbing not j before lie duno it ho was arrested. I violent. The peace warrant was was after Barge. When I came j not know anything of beriming at! Kitchens had sent word that Mr. of hundreds of hienos ,mo showe; not to be pushed against him, but i back from Atlanta, De. Was arrested, j Airs. May's. Mr. D. Armor married Reuben Armor whs dead. On Sat- upon .Miss Remington, and site w ill got merely for tho purpose of quiet- I did not hear him say that he had I a Miss May. I rodo Mr. D. Armor’s urday l was nt home all day. There bear with her the sympathy ot all ing him. Mrs. DeWitt, Armor is sister of Air. Reuben May. Cross.—De. lives about 75 or 100 yards from Mr. May-’s. I got to Dc- iwjR’tj at, about 7 o'clock. I did not sec bnytheg Reuben that evening. I have no family, njy Uyothflr and sis- advising him of the facts, and O' we had oat when the messenger had come or not. Dewitt had eaten lio- foro he started off towards Catrie’s. conversation together, I and my j I was at the house whffn the niessen- , „ , brother, wo concluded that it was I ger come. Dont know if D.' Annor j H 10 dead man \vas. 1 hiyd not been i it,”—“J Barge, IVe told brother Roubon he i was or not. I was not at Armor’s on ] “J Air. DeAYitt Armor s in a long net.” t been ad vised Jo offer a reward Imt J mule to Lae Armor’s; llio family had declined to do it. Did not hear him j retired but a short time before we say that brother was a bad man. I j got there. I judge so because the did not hear him say that we must 1 fire in.tho house had not burned out. offer a reward, and do it at once. A j Saw no member of the family that letter was to be written to Gov. Smith, ! night. We all got up at about good , advising him of the facts, and ask- ■ light in tho morning. All of us eat! ter live with me. Mr. Bai'fhffff jjyos jug him to offer a reward, the letter j breakfast there. Ale took off our | .with John May, about a mile from i Jto be written by Riley as he was ac- clothes when we went to bed. The Dewitt’s. He was at brother Dewittls quain ted. with Gov. Smith. I knew j messenger with the news of the kill- and was going to stay all night, hois ] that Hawkins was a Justice of tho ing of Mr. Reuben Armor, got there not a may of family; he is a young Peace, bijt not being certain of who 1 at about, sun up. We eat break- man. single, JJo rode one of broth- j did the deed, I did not take out a fast at about sun up. Dont know if or De’s horses. I rode my own ; warrant at that time. 1 had a talk horse. Brother De. rode one of his j with the negroes on Sunday, oate- jown. I did not eat supper at broth-] ohising them very full}', and in a er’s, I eat at home. I wont the usu al road, by John May’s ho.uso, stop ping no where on tho route. My brother, before this evening, did not speak of taking out a peace warrant, complaints that the family were afraid of lnm were made about a week be fore. Brother Reuben lived with mo and then at brother De’s. about a week before be commenced merchan dising. Brother Reuben, I never saw under the influence of liquor until February last, when he came to live with me. He came from Tennossoe; had no family, is 28 years of age; I live at Mr. Riley’s house. There are five rooms to the house. The bed : rooms were all occupied that night, all that had' beds in them. I am speaking of Saturday night, the 9th of November, the night that the kill ing took place. Barfield went to brother’s on his invitation, find I iu- were no men come thero that day or the or night, before. Mr. Lee Armor and Air. RiLy-rive there, no other men stay there. Air. Armor and Alt'. Barfield left there on Sun day morning, right after breakfast, at about eight o’clock. None of lovers walked beneath the moon. The night was fair, so was the maid ; they , walked and talked beneath .the them left until they all left together. 1 sh.-ulva, with lump to harm or make Air. De. Armor diu not ride off be- afraid. fore tlio others. I caught all the > Her name was Sal and his was Jim, horses at the same time together, ! alK ] was fat and ho was slim ; he and Mr. De. Armor did Jiot start off ] took to her and she to him. Bays before the others did; if he had I j; m to Sal: “By all Lite shakes- that should have seen him. I am as cor- sptiirm among the brush and brakes, tain of this as I am of anything else Hoveyou better’ll buckwheat cakes.’ I have sworn to- 1 am not a mar-! Said she to Jim, since you’ve tie* ried man. I did not gO to where g Un it, and been and gone and done I love yon next to a now bon- Bavs .Tim to Hal, “Aly heart with a vim fn fact with several extra vims. Joe’s mother-in-law took the first evenings train for her Green Alomi- lni:i b. me. llis parting words were “lie should not dare to allow lmr to drive Qtiukar again, as he cautioned i her to drive slow, and she had gone and beaten one of the fastest horses in town. Joe said next day, with a twinkle in liis eve, that his wife did not give "y *.-*-»•»-«- | him a” curtain lecture” that' niglit One quiet day in leafy June; when j ftl „| when parties put lip their little bets on it, lie proved by Jack Barnes that they went out to Pittsburg for tlieiV chicken fiixiugs and et'cetera::, and didn’t get back until (i o'clock next morning.- -Var/’, Firh! anil Fan,,. Tale hoc ?’ "No, massa, I give a bora quarter to fotelidat note to Mass G ,au’I spec he got dat hoe,” who know her.—iSLouis Dismidt. would not do as a clerk. DeAVitt | Friday night. I did not soo Small- i ^me ; never seen Do. Armor or Lee | you’ve busted, but I have always gals V It ... .. - .. , * 7 . . ° . , . A HD 1 *' . , r, i , -r • ./I -II lives by himself with his family. I i wood that evening. Had not seen was there on Saturday evening at 7 j him in twe months. On Saturday af- o’clock, staid an hour and rode home i ternoon I was doing nothing from with brother DeAVitt and Barfield, two o’clock until I went to D. Armor’s. Got there at about 9 or 10 o’clock. 11 was about homo. 1 did not help AVe rodo most of tho way three them pack cotton. I was in the ein- abreast. This was 'em the flight of the murder. I know the time; after I got there, at Do Witt’s; I looked at my watch; it was about past seven when I looked, Staid a half hour longer before we started for my house. There was at my house when I got homo the family; but they had re tired; saw no white person that we communicated with that night.— Hoard talking in the adjoining room; it was occupied by Air. Riley and his wife. Aly sister was in her room. ploy of John Alay on tho place. I did not help to pack cotton. John Alay was not packing cotton. AYc all left Lee Armor’s at about the same time. AVe all rode off'. I went home. I got to where the dead man was at about eleven o’clock in the day. John May went part of the-way. Tom May went with me, Had been to Mr. Lee Armor's before that night. Can’t tell how often. I $o not remember ever seeing but one gun there at amors; it was a rifle. I carried it there; not Armor with a pistol. The road goes , 'mistrusted.” Says Sal to Jim, '“1 will rightby the house; never heard uuy,| bo true," if you love me as I one ride by during the night, Got , } OV e you, no knife can cut mu- up about sun rise that morning. Mr, . l C)V0 m two.” Says Jim te Sal: DeAYitt had on no overcoat or shawl . “Through thick and thin, {or your that night When he come there ; he j trup foyor count mo in, I’ll court no had on a black coat and black pants and a white hat. Alias Saelie Armor, sworn.—I am spending the fall with my brothers. I have been the last month with my brother, Mr. Leo Armor, and my sis ter Mrs. Riley. I spent Saturday night at Lee Armor’s house. I was at home at the time my brother got home that night; it was between nine and ten o’clock ; brother, De AVitt Armor and Air. Barfield were with him. The family had just re- other gal agin.” Jim leaned to Sal; Sal leaned to Jim, his nose just touched aboyo her chin; four ltps met—went—ahem— almm ! And then—and theu—and then. Oh, gals ! beware of man and June, and underneath the silvery moon, when frogs and June bugs are in tune, lost you get your names in the paper soon. Dnmkeness is an egg from which all other vices are hatched. Sant Wellerisins. You don’t,mean nothin’ friendly, you don’t, as tho rat said b* the cat vim she bit him in the back. I’m risin’ in the world, as the bal loon said to bag of sand; and 1 must take care I’m not burst in the pro cess, ilk the bag of sand said to the balloon. I’ll penctrato his hoifi't if ho has one, as the mouse said von lie nibbled his way through the cheese. It’s pretty, hut not pleasant, as the •monkey said ven they painted his tail sky-bluo. Ye don’t often sen the likes o’ you in onr part of -tho vorld, as the devil said ven'one of his hups handed hiin an ice-cream. Yon I wants you I knows vliorc to find you, as the spider said to the fly ven no vove veil all around him to porwent his catch ing .cold. I’ve seen you vonco, and I don’t vant to see you again, as tho sick gentleman said to tho devil ven lie ailed on him one vet arteinOoB. Coffee. An Arab 'legend gives I tlm following account of the discov ery of coffee: Toward the middle of the fifteen century a poor Aral) was traveling in Abyssinia, and being Weak and weary from fatigue, he stop ped..near a grove. Then, being in want of fuel to cook his lice, he cut down a, tree which happened to bo covered witii dead berries. His meal being cooked and eaten, the traveler discovered that the half burned ber ries wore very fragrant. He collect ed a number of these, and, on crush ing iTiem with a stone, he found that their aroma increased to a great ex tent. AYliile wondering at this ho accidentally let fall the substance in a can wlu.Ti contained his scanty supply of iy,.lqf s Lo, what a mira cle ! Tiie almost putrid liquid was instantly purified. He brought it to his lips; it was fresh, and in a mo ment after the traveler had so far recovered his strength and energy its to ho able to resume bis journey. XheTuckv Arab gathered us many' berries as he could, and, having ar rived at AdeiL, in Arabia,- he in formed the mufti of •■'his discovery. That worthy divine was an inveterate opium-smoker,’ who had been suf- feiiiig for years from the influence of that poisonous drug. He tried an infusion of the roasted berries, and was So delighted at the recovery of his own vigor that in gratitude to the tree he called it cahuah; which iu Arabic signifies, force. A r e don’t want too many in this concert atvonce, as the boys said x en- tliey got into the empty sugar,tuffs. That’s enough to give one a ] iiin in his back, as tho cockroach said ven the niggsr put his foot on him.