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Telegraph and Messenger.
MACON, MAY 23, 1871.
Strikes—TIi© Coal War About Over.
A dispatch from Scranton, tho theatre of the
famous coal insurrection, lately received, would
indicate that some at least of tho deluded vic
tims <Jf their own folly, are coming to their
senses.
An enthusiastic meeting had been held, and
resolutions passed by the laborers and miners
of Bellevue, forever dissolving their connection
with tho Workingmen’s Benevolent Association.
It was also resolved “that wo inform tho coal
companies and operators in tho Eugono Dis
trict, that wo are ready to proceed with work
on tho terms offered to union miners yesterday,
ao soon as the mines can be thrown open to us.
Tho Pottsvillo Miners’ Journal, of tho 10th,
also says “resumption In all the coal regions is
now fast becoming a fixed fact.”
It is high lime that these disgraceful scenes
which havo culminated in bloodshed and vio
lence, should bo put down by tho strong arm of
tho law.
As wo havo seen intimated elsewhere, the
Federal troops sent to South Carolina to confirm
the Black despotism which lords it over the de
scendants of Hayne and Kutledged, might bet
ter have been employed in quelling the war
which was inaugurated in loyal Pennsylvania.
These contentious between labor and capital
aro over to bo deplored, and usually leave the
weaker party oven weaker than before.
If a laborer is discontented with his wages, he
is free to seek for better elsowherc, or change ^ ^
tho character of his occupation. But to endeev-
or by force to deprive others from making their
daily broad who are satisfied and contented
with their earnings, is an outrage upon the
rights of the citizen.
It is an axiom that trade, wages and prices,
are regulated and can be governed only, by tho
law of supply and demand Any arbitrary in
terference, therefore, in tho matter is sure to
work mischief.
If the commodity manufactured recedes in
value or is produced in excess, the prosperity
of all connected with it is alike affected.
Hence wages, as well as prices are liable to
fluctuations, and competition affords the only
balance-wheel to the machinery of production.
All leagues and associations then, or legislation
with respect to the hours of labor, are restric
tions upon the the perfect liberty and free
agency of tho artisan or mechanic, who really
wishes to bo his own master.
Of course voluntary associations havo a right
to bind their own members, but when they go
boyond, and persecute and oppress those who
prefer to manage their own business, they be-
come tho potent engines of wrong, and should
bo dealt with as any other lawloss assemblage.
Live and let live should be the actuating
principle between the employer and employee.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Che agents of the Holly Water Works system
now in Columbus, offer to put up water works
for that city'for $104,000, but tho Sun says the
bid is much too high.
The Constitutionalist, of Wednesday, says:
TheEaixboad Nexuses Case.—A dispatch
from Atlanta, yesterday, reports that the Su
premo Court has affirmed the decision of Rtcb-
mond Superior Court injthe caso of W. J. Yason,
et aL, vs. tho City Council of Augusta, in tho
railroad nuisance case. It will be remembered
that the decision of the Superior Court sustained
tho City Council in tho verdict that the running
of oars by steam through Washington street was
not a nuisahee within the meaning of tho law..
This is another victory for the railroad corpo
rations concerned.
Tho Richmond County Board of Education,
at their last meeting, resolved to remit the ques
tion of levying a tax for educational purposes
to tho Grand Jury of the county, with a recom
mendation that that body levy a tax of $17,000
for the purpose.
Milo G. Hatch, Esq., of Sandersville, has de
clined the position of District Attorney for the
Twentieth Senatorial District.
The ColumbusSud, of Wednesday, says:
Impobtant BaTT.noap Mekhko.—A meeting
of tho stockholders of the Mobile and Girarcl
Railroad is called in this, city on Tuesday, the
first of June, at 11 o'clock. Mattors of vital in
terest to every stockholder must be discussed
before tho regular meeting in July, hence all
should be present in peraon or by proxy. The
directors earnestly desire it. The Board think
that unless tho road is leased or measures adop
ted to provide for tho payment of bonds and
interest falling due on July 1st, the road must
be sold. Its eaming9 have not been sufficient
to meet these obligations. The Central Com
pany is now running tho road, and we presume
declines to make farther advances unless it is
leased. Wo understand the Central Company
has already made propositions for leasing tho
road.
The Rev. Joel King, a mo3t estimable citizen
of Chattahoochee county, isdead, age! sTxty-one
years.
The Ij. S. steamship Mayflower, recently en
gaged in the Isthmus of Tehuantepeo survey,
arrived at Savannah, Wednesday. Dating the
voyage of the steamer from Havana, the wife of
Commander Schofeldt, of the exploring expedi
tion, who has been an invalid for some time,
died of heart disease when one day out from
Havana, and was buried at sea.
The Savannah Advertiser, of Wednesday,
Unhappy France.
It does appear as though the seven angels of
tho Apoealype bad ponrod nni all mo vials of
God's wrath npon tho heads of this devoted peo
ple, on account of their infidelity and wicked
ness.
In Paris, crime, licentiousness, impiety, and
bloodshed, hold high carnival. All reverence
for God, and veneration for the traditions and
glories of the past, seem to have departed.
In the demoniac destruction of the proud col
umn erected in the Place Vendome by the last
Napoleon, we behold the dethronement and
utter repudiation of that dynasty, which twice,
and for long terms of years, ruled the nation
wisely, and conducted it to the highest pinnacle
of glory. Insensate creatures of to-day, and
Swayed by passion alone, phrensy usurps the
throne of reason, and past services are forgot
ten, and the memory of those once worshipped
as demigods, spit upon and despised.
Even the shrines of the Most High God are
desecrated, and skepticism has reached snoh a
point that Divinity is ignored, and man’s inani
tions inventions and lusts rule supremo. And
yet, at the very moment these scenes aro trans
piring, and amid the bacchanalian revelry which
transports the infuriated multitudes of this vol
atile Capital, the hand-writing is npon the wall,
and an unpitying enemy—their own brothers
and kindred—is thundering at their gates.
With the assault and capture of tho city, soon
wo may expect to hear of streets flooded with
human gore; of helpless innocence debauched
. and polluted; of an ensanguined and sated
guillotine; of the wild mastery of all the in
fernal passions of a besotted soldiery; of every
evil and crime, in short, which the Pandora’s
box of civil war alone can set free.
Terrible retribution for infidelity,* and the
desecration of God’s Sabbath! And how can
these days bo shortened ? We honestly believe
only by the restoration of despotio authority.
Tho power and dread of a master, and tho pomp
and largesses of tho imperial sceptre, alone can
sway and arouse a populace, ever ready to
break forth into violence, like subterranean fixes.
It was tho skillful use of these means that
gave Napoleon IIL his firm hold npon the peo
ple, and made his reign illustrious and happy.
Let ns hope, then, that Prussian interposition
and the voice of the rural provinces, when tho
present saturnalia of passion has expended it
self, will restore the Napoleonic dynasty, and
order ana peace again visit this unhappy and
stricken people.
Foreign Immigration m. New York.
The annual report of the New Yoit Commis
sioners of Immigration has just boen published.
From its statistics tho New York Commercial
Advertiser gleans some facts of public inter
est. The total number of passengers landed at
the port or Now York daring the year 1870 was
254,480, of whom 43,312, wore citizens or per
sons not subject to bonds or commutation,
while 212,170 were aliens. Germany, Ireland,
England and Scotland famished tho vast ma
jority of this number, in the order named—
Germany leading with 72,850, and Ireland fol
lowing with 05,166. China sent 20 and Japan
ono. The total immigration for twenty years
bools up 4,022,619.
A Reverend Seducer Kills His Brotli
er-in-Law in a Cbnrcli.
The Montgomery Advertiser, of Sunday, says
that on Saturday night last tho Rev. Wm. Bugg,
a Baptist preacher of Elmoro esunty, cut his
brother-in-law, Mr. Harper James’ throat, and
instantly killed him. Bugg had been on trial
fy Ms brethren that day for seducing James’
young sister, and had been dismissed from the
church thorofor. Shortly after the sentence had
been pronounced, and while yet in the church,
he assaulted James with the reBnit above stated.
Rad for Jokn.
The Baton Rouge (La.) Sugar Plantor says.
The Chinese laborers of our parish aro fast
becoming civilized, in foot, we begin to think
some of them will never attempt to return to
the “Flowery Kingdom" for earthly sepulture
or heavenly repose. To Bee him lounging about
on holidays, smoking cigars, drinking whisky,
playing ‘old sledge,’ and casting soft glances at
the African female persuasion, is sufficient to
induco the belief that they will shortly take a
hand in the political game of tho country, and
run for office. To keep up the illustration, we
saw one a few days since poring over tho .col-
ums of a newspaper and chattering occasionally
to his saffron-hnod brethren sitting around, i£s
if he was dilating upon tho San Domingo job or
sympathizing upon the retirement of Sumner.
It looks as if tho “coming man” had come to
stay.
has been eight days since tho Ordinary of
Richmond county has issued ft marriage license,
and he’s gottingspar^..'
says:
Highway Robbeby.—About one o’clock yes
terday morning as James Hogan, a German
employed at the factory of Messrs. Schuster &
Warrand, on the opposite side of the canal, was
retaining from the city, when about thirty yards
west of tho canal bridge, near the Central Rail
road, he was attacked by five negroes and badly
beaten, besides having about fifty dollars, all
tho money ho possessed, taken from him. Tho
cries of Hogan were heard by mounted police
officers wbo went to his assistance, bat tho ne
groes fled on their approach, running into
swamp near by and making their escape. There
is every reason to believe that tho guilty parlies
will be brought to jastice, as two of them were
recognized by their voices as employes at the
same factory with Hogan.
A negro girl aged thirteen, named Agnes
Neeley, was instantly killed at Savannah, on
Wednesday, by being struck by the wheel of a
wagon loaded with lumber. Tho horses draw
ing the wagon were running away at the time.
J. Henly Smith announces in the Atlanta
Snn, of yesterday, that lie has accepted the
position of business manager of that paper.
Lee Smith, a saloon keeper of Atlanta, was
badly bitten by two pet mastiffs last Sunday.
Dr. H. Westmoreland, of Atlanta, has been
sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary for
attempting to kill Dr. Eedwine of that place,
but the execution of the sentence has be in sus
pended in order to allow his counsel to argue a
motion for s new trial.
The new Catholic Church at Atlanta will soon
be finished, and is a very handsome building.
From the Atlanta Constitution’s gossip column
yesterday, we dip the following:
Pbofessob W. W. Lumpkin, of Athens, has
been invited to deliver the literary address at the
commencement exercises of the Masonic Female
College, at Covington, in June.
The first train of cars that came over tho
Georgia Railroad to this city arrived here on tho
15th of September, 1845.
Haxbeiteb’s City Directory estimates tho
amonnt of sales in Atlanta during tho past year
at twenty-five million dollars.
The Lauderdale Orphans gave performances
in Athens on Saturday night; Greensboro,
Monday night; Madison, Tuesday night, and
Covington last night.
Last night a brilliant wedding came off at
Athens. Hines N. Smith (son of Bill Arp) of
Rome, was united in marriage to Miss Sallie
Sparks, of Athens.
The rats have inaugurated war againBt Canary
birds. A few nights ago, a dealer in canaries
lost three honsehold pets by those household
pests.
The Athens Watchman says the wheat crop of
that section will be a short one, on account of
rust and “tho fly.”
Tho corporators and subscribers to the Athens
and Clayton Railroad will meet for purposes of
organization, at Athens, on the 14tb of June.
An orphan boy named William Boges, living
in Hall county, was shot and instantly killed by
the accidental discharge of his gun, last Tues
day.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch say3 wool appears
to bo tho profitable crop of that section. It
readily brings SO cents' a pound. - A sale was re
cently made of 1,000 sheep for $2,500.
Tho Dispatch announces that prospects are
fine for a poor cotton crop, this season, in Pu
laski and adjacent counties.
The Bamesville Gazette says two negroes
were drowned in the Flint River, near Flint
Shoals the otherday, by the sinking of a boat
while they wero attempting to rob some lines
that had been set in tho river.
TheCartorsville Standard, of yesterday, says:
A »nonT time since this community wa8 as
tounded by mi occurenee on Main street, and
still more so by tho revelations that followed.
Rev. Jas. L. Pierce, Pastor of the Methodist
Church at this place, has been charged, by one
of onr most worthy and respectable women,
the wifo of Rev. R. H. Jones, with the com
mission of a most outrageous violation of tho
laws of God, tho Church, and society. The of
fence charged is, that while Mr. Pierce was
making a pastoral call at the houso of Mr.
Jones, he made the most hellish propositions
to his wife; In short, attempted to commit
adultery.
Y as summoned by tho Presiding
Elder to investigate the charges, and a trial
Had; but o^ n g to some technicality of tho
drarch canons oi teetimony, wo learn, a verdict
was rendered as follo>« : «‘Whereas, the canon
of testimony, according u. which this case has
^ n tried, distinctly affirms iv*t the positive
imony of ipore than onewitnessi. nectary
•“to destroy the fchaiacter of a member wn-.fleets
it with a denial, in the absence of concluaw.
circumstantial evidence in corroboration suffi
cient to produce a clear conviction of guilt, we
the committee find the charge not sustained.
(Signed) W. F. Cook,
D. D. Cox,
W. A. Rogebs,
J. R. Matson.”
Tho testimony of Mrs. Jones was, we are in
formed by thoso present, clear and conclusive.
She is a lady of high standing, having resided
hero for near twenty years, and in whom the
community have the utmost confidence.
. We understand that the Committee said, that
as the caso of necessity had to be tried at tho
Annual Conference next winter, and theirs was
only an investigating ooay, they preferred to
let it come up on its merits before that body, it
being the tribunal to determine finally upon
tho matter. .The sympathies of our citizens are
with Col. Jones and his excellent wife.
Chops in Ar.ATutn,—The Montgomery Adver
tiser, of Sunday, says:
In consequence of the excessive rains, plant
ing operations in all parts of Alabama havo been
very much retarded. They are nearly one
month behind their usual time. The rains are
incessant, and at this writing the weather is still
unsettled. The prospects ahead are gloomy,
MACON COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT.
Xrlnl or John B. llolscribako for the Mur.
dor of Col. FIsb.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Tho case
having been called, and counsel for and against
the prisoner having announced ready, the pris
oner was formally arraigned by "Willis Hawkins,
Esq., Solicitor pro tern., and plead not guilty.
The State is represented by Attorney General
H. P. Farrow, Hawkins & Burke, Phil. Cook,
Samuel Hall, Judge Hansel, Robinson & Rob
inson, P. F. Sneed, and J. E. Schofield. The
defence, by W. S. Wallaco. 0. T. Goode, W. T.
Weaver, Jack Brown and W. H. Reese. Near-
ly three hundred jurors were present, as great
difficulty was apprehended in selecting a jury.
Only eighty-fonr jurors, however, were put
upon the prisoner before the panel was filled.
PhiL Cook opened the case in a statement of
what tho State expected to prove, and by read,
ing the definition of murder from the Code.
After which the following witnesses were intro
duced by the State:
Jacob Odom, (negro) sworn, said: I wa3 up
at Mrs. Howell's that night about supper time;
staid there till noarly train time; I sleep at my
shop; about train timo I was up at Mrs. Han-
sell’e playing tho fiddle; came down to my shop
expecting to go to bed; set my fiiddle down on
the bench, struck me a match—had only ono, and
it went out before I could light a candle; heard
the train coming from Montezuma and went to
the depot; thought I might see a friend I knew;
met Colonel Fish there; he had a package of
papers when he came out of the train; ho asked
me who I was; I told him my name; he said
ho had seen mo before; he got mo to take his
package of papers, and wo came off with it; wo
left the train standing; he was asking how tho
times had been since he left; said he had been
to Savannah; talked about rain; when ho got
to Kelsai’s grocery he offered to take tho papers;
but I said I would take it to his office; so wo got
to the corner of the Court-house, talking about
the fracas of the freedmen’s party—Sam Epps,
Henry Hall and amongst ’em—ho asked me if
any of ’em was hurt. Before our conversation
stopped, when we got nearly to tho door, when
all at once a gun was fired off; come out of the
door; I squatted and peeped towards tho door;
saw the flash of the gun, and saw Mr. Fish fall
ing; I wheeled and run and went to CoL Willis’
back room, I woke them up there; they did not
seem to want to get np at first; told them that
Mr. Fish was shqt and made them get np; they
told me to go and wake np Mr. Gallin; I was at
first afraid, but went and woke him up, and wo
came down here; when wo got here Mr. Henry
Willis and Jim Willis was here; Mr. Fish died
right there whore he was shot; it wa3 ten or fif
teen minutes after he was shot; did not seem to
be living when I got back; he was shot on the
left side of his head; some shot went in his neck,
his ear and head; saw three or four wounds;
did not count them; the party who shot him was
in the first door of the Court-house; I did not
see them; saw the flash of the gun, as I said
before; saw no one standing about when ho was
shot; I was scared, or I would not have ran off;
I run off below the well. This is Macon county;
Colonel Fish was shot this year, on Monday
night, along about train time; don’t know the
exact time; when I started to run 1 did not stop
or turn round till I got to Mr. Willis’ back room.
There were no questions by defendant’s at
torney. During the reading of tho evidence of
this witness, the counsel for the defence moved
to rale out all of his testimony . about what
took place after the firing. The motion was
overruled by the Court.
Henry Willis sworn, said: On Tuesday morn
ing, 28th February, I was woke np by some one
calling, stating that Mr. Fish was killed; don’t
know who it was; Tasked him which Fish,
Bill Fish? and ho said yes; Mr. Fish was Jyiu ;
near the Court house; when I first got there .
thought ho was dead, but found ho was not; he
died shortly after I got back from going to
wake up Mr. Winn; he was shot in tho face,
three or four through the jaw, and in tho neck,
and ono in the baok of tho head; I suppose his
‘feet wero nine feet from the Court-house, near
ly in front of the door; saw one shot in a tree
near the corner, two in our side door; buck
shot or bullets; from where Colonel Fish’s body
was lying the shot ranged northeast; the party
who shot must havo stood in the door or behind
the door near the wall. No questions by attor
neys for the defence.
J. R. Crawford sworn, said: I saw CoL Fish
that night near two o’clock; he wa3 lying there
dead when I came down; several wounds in the
left side of his face; two shot cut through his
ear, one on side of face, one higher up in the
temple; think they were buck shot; saw noth
ing that night which might have been shot from
a gun, but soon next morning camo down and
found several parties wero standing around; a
freedman picked up something which looked
like a wad; I took and kept it till commitment
trial, and have not seen it since; it was a gun
wad cut out of pasteboard; it was stained with
powder as if recently shot.
J. M. MeNeal sworn, said: I knew Col. Geo.
W. Fish; ho is dead.
Preliminary examination by counsel for de
fence : If Holsenbake knew I overheard him,
I don’t know how he camo to know it.
Direct examination resumed: During the
month of January myself and Mr. Holsenbake,
tho prisoner, happened together on the piazza
of an old house called the Cantrell old houso
conversation between us was gotten up in re'
ference to his going into business somewhere:
during said conversation, Col. Fish’s name was
mentioned; he spoke somewhat about parties
being dilatory towards paying their debts; don’t
know if CoL Fish passed in tho meantime; he
mado this remark with reference to CoL Fish:
that if he was satisfied that CoL Fish was im
plicated or intended such thing with his former
wifo, that it would not do him any good, or
words to that effect; that was all that was said
about CoL Fish at that time. Since that time,
on tho 10!h of April, I came to town; left home
about early supper time, probably a little be
fore; I stayed, I suppose, au hour or an hour
and a half. I started from Mrs. Hill’s store and
came to tho comer of Mr. Winn’s; I heard some
ono talking very loud; I stopped to see in what
direction tho conversation was going on; while
standing there I discovered Mr. Winn and his
brother setting in his side door, immediately to
my left; I walked to where they were sitting. Me
and Winn happened at the jail together, on tho
night of April 10. Mr. Winn is deputy sheriff
of the county; Mr. Winn had taken his seat un
der tho window of lower cell; I sat down on tho
steps of the jail house; Henry Stubbs asked tho
question of Mr. Holsenbake if Air. Loyd didn’t
know all about that thing; Mr. Holsenbako
answered him no. He then asked if Air. Loyd
was not tho instigation of the whole of it; Air.
Holsenbako said he was and charged him at the
same time not to say anything about it to any
one. Air. Holsenbake, Loyd and the negro,
Stnbb3, was in different rooms of the jail;
Holsenbake was above and the negro below.
_ Cross-examined.—Air. Holsenbake was imme
diately above the negro; Holsenbake and Loyd
were in adjoining rooms; tho negro was further
from Holsenbake than Loyd was; I was about
175 yards from the jail when I heard them talk
ing; did not listen for the words; In above
conversation Holesnbake gave mo to understand
that if CoL Fish had done anything wrong with
his wife—his former wife—it would not be well
forbim; staid at jail about an hour; don’t re
member anything else that was said; don’t
think anything was said from the timo .Winn
and myself started from CoL Fish’s office, till we
got there; I was on the fourth step from the
ground; could have been beard walkingupor seen
ay parties looking out; the Conversation that at
tracted our attention was load; it began soon
after we got there; this was on Monday night,
tSUJw ; I think Warren Holsenbake was in
Jt’ih prisoner; think Steve Edge was in
cell \nth atnbbs; they had to keep their head
close to the windows to understand each other;
* Reheard upon this
subject at that timo.
Mrs. A. E. MeNeal sworn, sa .. j k now j obn
Holsenbake; two or three weeks before Mr.
Fish was killed I heard him say somaUiiug
would happen to Mr. Jones’ familywhieh would
not be an agreeable surprise; afterwards he
took a drink of water at our well, and said .it
would be tho last he would ever take there.
Cross-examined:—He stated at that time he
was going to Camilla below here; this was in
tho same conversation abont taking the drink of
water.
I did not think I was
but thought I was smart
smart enough to tell that I said if they put you on the stand yon say yon indeed, almost as much as I could bear, from B '¥
rrtTnouRhto rive hima don’t know this; that yon never hoard me say having the partner of my bosom, whom I hr d
irz enoagawgiyo | xt _- nntnn f«n Aa I pledged, before high heaven, to love, honor • —
,—* --«■ innocent child torn
about it,; revested folmow-was £d frolectfand ^#littla
AIr._ Sam Hall against him, well, ho ]rasn I .... ; j.. _ w jf e n j K ht he I ruthlessly and mercilessly from my besom; my
Km?Fish^ reflSSa totr^yrifingUout worid have been St home and not in jail. Steve enp of bitterness was full and overflowing ; the
- * ■ * the ramparts have rea^ns 3f °t
Washington, Alay ! $ TLy
cupyiDg the village of Malakog"
The Communists have retired
fire,
uiuu, ua ‘ ~ i with me andif he was asleep I told him ho be tom from my embrace by this inseparable “““ Jaa -
schooThonse°°I toihk it about two weeks was askop-Stevo was wide awake, though, and barrier probably forever, and to be raised-if the ramparts have reached the
hflforA waskilled:no one was present j heard as well as I did. t ^ x . I ^hoMplease ^ fove-mid growupto | B«de Boulogne. The export.
Cross-examination.—Ned Lane was in coll I womanhood, to live and die, and never know a
back of us; Warren Holsenbako was with tho J father’s care or a father’s love,
prisoner: Mr. Loyd was in there; don’t know Being thus greatly excited, I may have made
what tell; know when ho was put in j ail; pris-1 improper threats against Colonel Fish. Any con-
before Air. Fish was killed; no one was present
at all.
Cross examined—Just before I cauia hero
while ago I was yonder in that houso with them
two men that come from Atlanta—tho detectives;
Trocadero last j
mostly women.
There was a strong discussion i
me what I would doif my wiie was io leave me. i many yeura—uim j. wmo *“ ‘"i —— i —— "”“ v ;rro > —r j > -ir— *-ueir minds fr-.i ”*‘-“J
I told him I would consider myself as good a3 Dooly; I don’t know that Air. Holsenbako and satisfied hving apart from me—to come back the first conflict between than«^“ y ' ^1
her and havo nothing to do with her; I nso a his wife ever lived together as man and wife ; ““ on S m 2f fiends, and aU would be well be- ftnfl G OTATnmonf Gcra «iP^>..l
sifter; I could say the words but I don't feel that was the general report in tho neighborhood; tween ns—that she loved me, and could not
under any obligations to tell my learning. Tho she was Miss Bailie Jones; they Bay they are bear to live separated from me; that it was
doctors couldmfc be compelled to tell all they now separated; Mr. Holsenbake said in the jail never her desire to be separted, and to come
know to anvbodv; I say f that ho loved her better than anybody in the back to her. Eventually I consented to return,
- . .. • t, i world and tried his best to keep her, but it after her earnest and oft repeated solicitations,
Bvthftol? Lord thaTmaK all looked Uko he couldn’t do it; ho said she was thinking the re-union I so much longed for, in |
Turn sifter, turn, and faU.” ’ the cause of his being in jail; that woman was
- „ the fruit of all evil; never mentioned any name
I put silver in my mouth; Mr. Holsonbako bnt seemed to tbink g^o thought more of some
knew I done all this, because I had tned it be- otller man biin . j thought so from his
fore; Mr. Holsenbake said that Col. Hall had c w not that I know it: the detectives WAS in . ■ _ ■ , „ ■
boon his friend in his former difficulty with his tbo - 3 n near ]y eve ry day till Air. Holsenbake greater sympathy for my child and its mother, I Hhell3 are falling over all .
wifo. vras put in and then did not bother me much I my wife. ,. ^ I The Commune apprehends a v.. 3
Henry Stubbs, (negro), sworn, says: I knew more: Mr. Winn told me to tell all I knowed I The State then offered rebuttal testimony to tack upon the Hotel do vni °®'touuyi
John Holsonbako, know CoL Geo. Fish; first day an d it would be better; Mr. Murphy talked to the prisoner’s statements. Counsel for defense . . . “ >ui6 >
ho was put in jail I asked him what he was put I mo about it mo3t every day; nobody told me to 1 objected. The Court overruled the objection, 1. . . " rea rtionaryiu3 T .
there for; he said for the same thing you are; I swear anything; I said I was going to tell the and witnesses wero put upon the stand to prove 13 lnantp ent, and it i* believed Until
asked him who brought him to jail; said there ] truth; had no conversation about what I was j the good character of Airs. Holsenbake. sion in tho Avenue Trocadero form *
were two men knocking about on the street bad going to swear; Mr..Murpby would tell mo if 11 CoL Samuel Hall, sworn, said:_ I have known the conspiracy aeainst th A r
tripped him up; I told him if ho did not know I know anything abont who killed Mr. Fish it Airs. Holsenbake since her childhood—since I beenminr, i" t Arta
more about it than I did, there was no use in would bo better to tell it; said I should not bo 1853 or 1854; never knew her character for chas- , s senerdI * « is report^.,.,
having him; that they could not find out any- hurt; asked me if I knew Mr. Holsenbake and tity to be called in question before this occur- [ vorsaiiiista carried the Neiutte gate
aLatiI it- 4T-.n4- 4i,at> Tinffns* rref c*svmI t* i.ij v - t jzjj . T — a~ 7c T I vnnnn* T howrn Yirtf llrrnrl hura fVift loaf fVirna nr I rvvTnmw • “ * At
| and Government.
The Prussians have reached Pam. •
The police made a raid on Peter^'
| restaurant, and arrested i5 0 p ers , '
women, at supper. The offence
I due time, would bo consummtted. G an t feeding not in keeping m'ts n
I In conclusion, I will say that I deeply sympa- Among the arrested were e«>w> i 1
j thize with tho widow and orphans, family con- cer3 0 f the Commune whom i •
I other man tnan him; l tnougne so irom ms nections and friends of deceased. At the same punish f ^
chat, not that I know it: the detectives was in time I sympathize with all these, I have much * „ “ “K lect 01 <Hfor P ] e ,„„
n.. j.si A**, «ll vi- TTnlcanVialrA I errfintAr BvmTiathv for mv child and its mother. I £Suell3 are lallino over nil — _
Fish got killed;
er’s abont 8 o
; said he ate supper at his broth- know whother any money ha3 been offered me;
/clock atul went to Air. Loyd’s; | havo not boon paid; don’t recollect wbQtber
Gen. PhiL Cook, W. A. Robinson, Esq., CoL j Neuilly, but wero driven back.
W. H. Robinson, Sr., and Capt. F. T. Sneed, 'Washington. Alav is
my lawyer’s
better what to say and what to do if ho know be paid or not if I would tell what I knew.
who was going to swoar against him; I asked who I T. J. Winn sworn, says: I was at the jail,']
saw yon with the gun that night ? said ho didn’t and heard prisoner and Henry Stubbs talking; I V. Holsenbake, the former wifepf the prisoner. . , ... —
know whether anybody saw him with tho gun had been talking before I got there. (Defend- She approaohed tho witnesses’ stand with the “J locality where offences described h a.|
or not; said he did not have any gun; says thexo ant’s attorneys objected to tho testimony of utmost composure, and answered the delicate act approved April 20th, 1871 mav Lw- I
in rrAinrt 4a Jin rnmo*witnlvfw Tinril ominrinn flnTIA :i .1 a it*— Laaamaa La I n«iAr-4iA«in nrlfnJ Lah ax M a«xi1. aJiLa.4 a—v.- i.x av n . * “ ^
character of CoL Fish. • whenver occasion shall arise
The next witness introduced was Airs. Sarah j a t the Unites ri 0 i„ 0 t , regain fejJ
. Holsenbake. tho former wifeof the prisoner. !• . Uint-d states stationed in the rich* J
about me; Mrs. Asbury made a mistake about say
ing I tried to hido my track when I did not; he said
he said on one occasion, shortly after ho was
arrested, about tho 1st of Alorch, that if they
vil authorities of the United States ia t
arrests of persons accused under the
preventing tho rescue of persons arrestedf’J
mo individually; never had any private conver-1 sttc k cause; in breaking up and disposa
sation with me at home or at any place; never bands of disguised marauders, and of n-ji
you could prove you was there by Mr. Loyd and
his wife; said ho did not know whether he
married in 18C0—I think—not certain; they
wero separated durina the‘war. when I was in
improper , , , , —..
Here ilio State closed in robuttal of prisoner’s j _ c-never troops are employed in the muggl
statement. Tho counsel introduced no wit-1 indicated in this order, the command™ I
n^l I Ml .in as l . .. . I
, . enraged him; | resumed the argument
last fiyo years, ana I don t think I can get to a | ma y have hoard and forgot it; can’t say I don’t Goode, Esq., concluded for tho defence. After
know anything nor heard anything from him | tho charge of tho court the jury retired, and is
worse hell than this; I said what makes yon
keep talking about hanging ?—I don’t think j showing a peculiar attachment to this woman. I now out.
about their hanging me; he said yonr case am’t William J. Collins, sworn said: I was hero
a circumstance to mino; at big Court they will the morning Fish waskilled, and followed Henry
prove anything against mo they want, but they stnb va track to Mr. Cox’s place, some two
can t prove anything on you; I said lot’s pray to m ii ea f, - - 1
M.
ley made a speech in which he said: ‘Hail
my first visit to the South. I came here trill
heart devoted to the good of all the path]
They aro not my enemies who were
-years ago. I bear hatred to no one. He Mini |
the best men should occupy the bestpbeeu
“JUDGE XVKIGHT.”
A Sensible I!rpublican Correspondent on I
a j —. v u., . . miles from town, and found the party who ar-| Sontri Carolina’s Negro Supreme Judge. -- - ,
find out who killed Mr. Fish; he said it would do res t e d Henry Stubbs soon after they arrested [H. V. Bedfield’s Columbia Letter in Cincinnati without any reference to by-gones. The pens |
1 fi 00 T a ’tlw? 4 him; 1 ? amo bacl£ and felfc very solicitous, and Commercial.] which necessitated the exclusion of some n-n |
avaiijlsaid 1 wflsgomgto pray anyhow, wheth-1 went to look for more tracks, and went inthe
er lie did or not; I said if I had $1,000 I would back court yard and in the back yard of CoL
give $500 to find out so I could tell who done ‘ — * • — - - - - -
Now, I have no prejudice whatever, against] fromtho ballot bbx no longer exist. He oppretl I
a negro simply because he is a negro. They disfranchisement, as it is no longer a um*
going to swear against
out; ho said there was a time for all
a time to sing and a time to be merry.
you are right, Mr. Holsenbake; he said I would | other track; can’t say”how long after rain it was
kn6w what to do if I knew who was going to ma d e . sometime between rain and Tuesday
swear against me; they have got AIcNeal and j morning
Crawford against mo, but I don’t know what Here t b 0 state rested the case. Tho intro-
they are going to swear; said they ought not to | action of the detectives (who overheard the
ono opinion, and that was written for him by
Attorney-General Chamberlain. I give tho re-1
port as I heard it, though I hope he has deliv
ered a dozen and written them himself.
I confess to feeling a vague sense of something j
I go into the Supreme Courtroom
young' and inexperienced negro pre-
je fit for tue position of So- wounds produced by the war. For that bln!
don’t care what his color is or , . \ t
"he maybe. As for "Wright, he is not Btro ggled, and tho time was not fat disUrt
he were white and lived in | when every American would have his fsirajsi |
ballot box, and the majority rule.”
L. F. Rogers committed suicide by shootiu ]
himself. Cause—ill health and pecuniary c-1
barrassments.
Bixghampton, N. Y., May 18—RuMrn
hanged to-day. He exhibited no emotion.
Washington, Alay 18.—Delano ha tetoned
_ _ _ _ General Gordon. Granger telegraphs fan
R»;<s flnn’i- hn | killed”CoL Fish) as witnesses, being“considered | siding over some of the first legal minds"of ‘the | Santa Fee that Fort Bascomb was surprisedbj
said don t bo uneasy, they can t Jo a “y hmg by ^ counsel th0 stato ’ a3 Necessary to South In front of him I see\ row of white twenty-two hostile Indians, and seven hon&d
e uveryujiuk i I headed veterans, some of whom were giants be- I ■, . . -
fore he was born. Men who had occupiedhigh pomes captured.
RfaniUnf* nnn?. ™ ♦W' * X* I ^P on the stand and ho read tho following state- I positions on tha bench, and rendered decisions f Tks Kentucky Kepublican Convention adopted
omM f ii att om jLiwr* i™** 0 a « a ment from manuscript. He seemed .considora- honorable to themselves and beacon-lights in resolutions censuring the refos&l of a chita
he said 7 !^o fi ffid S teu'To?Toml h£“f ?oil T ited , T’?,'““ft, tL ° ^ T' j“ risprndCnC9 ’ Iook ° Ut ^ P Iaca below to the Cincinnati and Southern Railroad.
ca S ?J you SVeen doing aU tKrno^f ' “A continued renetition of certain renorts I nature ? f thiogshe does not understand. Holaeks I mated John W. Harlan for Governor, andGa
they ask you who killed CoL Fish te“ '
don’t know, and you don’t know
upon the complaint
can’t tell what will be done with me' this last I suspicions my friends had inouleated in my mind I ««u wgm learning, unero is one | ba M°t they refused. . . . ,
conversation ms thoevoniLTeforoAir Llovd wero truo, and to satisfy my mind better at I oneway that it can ba obtained, andlhat is by It is reported a tripple alliance has been tomd,
was put in jail on that ntoht; he said if you least. I accordingly set myself up as detective, plodding, and to ^plod takes time. Take tha^ case composed of Gould, Vanderbilt and Stdtto
over tell it I hope God may send a clap of light- on one night, between two and three weeks %i2d n &“J£ i8 ^ er ? in 1 ^ control the coal transportation, amomithgto.
ninir find kill von when vnn do it • ho said he before tho killing of CoL Fish, I was on my way | “tate who wa3 admitted to the bar in 1865,1, „ r
woirid bring some thinss to licht and vou can fr °m town to my friend Loyd’s about midnight. an< * w ^o has been mixed up in polities to such P rflcti cal consolidation of the three. Van
• — - ..... I Uear tho corner of his garden and the branch, I extent since that he has had little expe- j men will bo admitted into the Erie directoiy
towards Jones's, the former home of my wife, 11 rienco in active practice, who is now fit for ] a compensation for certain concessions,
met CoL Fish coming from towards Jones’s "on j ™ position ot Supremo Judge ? I think an
his way home. We passed ; neither of ns attempt to hoist such a man upon the bench i _ , .
spoko. I walked on until he turned the comer of ^re would meet with a breeze of rebuke not * enezuela; Willard Warner, Governor oi w*
tho garden,'at which timo I ran back to the | f a . s ^V gotten over. If ho was a negro, I am cer- j Mexico; James R. Patridgo, Minister to Brar- :
tell from that what is behind; up to that date
ho never toM me who killed Col. Fish; about
two or three weeks ago
At this point, counsel for the defence objected
on the ground, that previous to tho timo last, — ^ . — \—i. { w . , — - — — . - *
stated by witness, a promise of pardon had boen | comer of thogardenand stood looking after him | *~6 lawy&rs and property-1 Franz Sigel, Collector for Ninth District £-
held out to the prisoner, either by Executive of nntiI ho passed Mr. Crawford’s and Wm. bowers of bouth Carolina are just as anxious to NewY ork • Commodore B F Sands. BeuA*
the State or some officer high in authority, and Green’s houses, and until ho was lost sight of ave a competent Supreme Court as they aro in p ’, - — . . rv> odore. (m.
stated they were prepared to so prove it—that ln darkness—ho continuing up tho street to- w ^y should they not have it ? Is a negro m,ral > Captain Reedwerden, Commodore, f
if such was the ease and said promise of pardon wards his house. On another occasion at night, P. ut 0Te ? them to make them feel their degrada- tain Stephen D. Trenchard, Commodore,
had never been revoked, ail tho statements of probably 12 or 14 days before his death, and a cause, them to lose their self-respect ? la the Senate, Ramsdell replied in effect,-
prisoner at the date testified by witness, and few nightsi after thei former night’s adventure ?. ot feal 14 * unea:m °re keen than _ titin „ that his exemo fornot ans verbs tie
since such promise of pardon, were confessions I a kout ll'o clock, before retiringfor the night I Chio would, and would it not touch Ohio to the | v .
given under the hope of reward, and as such 1 walked out in tho front yard at Loyd’s, and la it as a punishment for tho crime of questions of tho Committee was, that to
wero not admissablo in evidence. Attorney Gen- whilo in tho yard by tho front fence, near and r v J . e ^ loa ‘ “ so » what sort of punishment is that would bo in violation of his profession!) t
eral Farrow, W. H. Robinson, Esq., F. 1’. | °n the opposite side of a troo in the yard near which degrades both victors and vanquished, | (hat it is a uniform practice of iho member of
Sneed, Esq., and Colonel W. H. Willis, were tha fr °nt gate, I looked towards town and dis- 3 f yl P e , r P et ? al disc °f. d aad *»- his profession to regard as confidential their
introduced and sworn. [covered a man coming not exceeding twenty Jtred? Punishment like this is impolitio, for. wo | * ... ri ~r~.
W H Robinson took tho Rtnnd whAn nnnn y ar & 3 from me. When I saw him I stooped be- ®?, e . it; ^ oin 8 harm every day without the possi- sources of information, end even if --
•- - ’ * I side tho fence and behind the tree until ho | bility of a benefit. Partial confiscation itself denoe had not been pledged it was implied) s--
tho seeds of hatred any deeper if h e should vitiate that practice he believed u
other peraonorpersonseireopuhepattieanromf IP RCCS from mo > when he paesea; nnd'rrhen 11 than the deration orTnegro^oa^oBiUon'Mi nonld render himself mfamooa nt the
White had refused to answer were again pat
him by the Vico President, the Secretary rcS ac
ing his answer to writing. Air. White said 1
he first saw the treaty in print, and telegrap ®
it to the Tribune immediately on receiving 1 •
The questions as to whom ho gotit from, m
Pending argiment of Samuel HalLi^q., tor ° f said lotanother gate opensinto his horselot, degradation, is folly.
jzs&mtz!? •“* 0 1 ~
... . - . _ .. peared from view I went back into Loyd’s house
11l^fuS * h .in/i»kt en1D ’ °°™ seI fo j; and got my pot, and geitingover the fenoo into
the State withdrew the objeotion urged, and Jones’ cotton field that corners at the big gate,
Attorney General Farrow was callod to the when this mar “ ‘ - -
stand to provo promise of pardon had boon | paces of JonM 1 ^ ^
held out beforo any confessions wero mado. coaled myself in the corner of tho cotton field; I south, ai}d we frequently read letters etc., from | fhacommon rail, and to place tbe-
During his examination a paper from Holsen- but a few feet from the big gate, as best I 1110 eastern portion of the county, in tho Tele- ? t0 nt . rm3 - and the
til A I aav.14 AAA A. JrL * _ * ,1.1 I r.TUPTT 1V1» ^rrcorvnrw rnlafi’MMlA 4La aa.J.’i: I 111 CUStodr Of tlld SOrCGaHw-UW-Arui i
From Macon Comity,
Gabden Yailey, Macon Co., May 16,1871. i - uu ijucbuuiia * w
s' cotton held that corners at the big gate, I Editors Telegraph and Messenger ; — Oar whom did he pay for it, etc.,Jfrere t
t this man disappeared, and abont forty I c °nnty is a small one, separated by Flint River and Mr. Whito replied: I respec y
i of Jon^’house, or not quite so far, Icon- passing about through its centre, from north to to answer.” A motion was made to commit
———p.............. ^ a row xeec irom me nig gale, as best i wuinuu ui me county, in mo axle- r , , , ni.Arms:
bake addressed to the Governor was read, the could, wailingto see if any one come from the GBArn Messenoeb, relating to tho condition in of 010 Sergeant-at-arm ,
emistanee of which threw the whole his j yard in that direction; after the lapse of half farms and the prospects of things there: committee, which their silenco places
(Holsenbako s) knowledge of the affair jW. an hour or more I saw a man i* the yard near generally; which are, I assure you, not misre- tempt, continued daring the recess—whj<*
State Sen f tor fr f™ thla ft 13 - J to end running from towards her room, advanc- Presented in those highly recommending reports .uinnrv makes the confinement perprt 0 * 1
afte .r which, argument upon the question j ing towards the little yard gate that opens from the energetio citizens of that portion of y ,, - notify tfceSS"
of admissibility of prisoner s confessions was | from tho yard into tho wood lot, opening the the county. But hero, (in the westempart) no However, should the prisoners .
resumed, and the court held that instead of any - i i.a ... ' ..r * *■ -•«».*—
promise of pardon having been held out to
Holsenbake by the State, the State had been ^
trapped into a promise of Executive clemency ten feet of mo where TVs? !ying“conce^ed,“ I fhalviUe can bo applied to ns' wilhout'any mis-1 f. n£U ' not pris-
by the prisoner, and as he had not fuUy com- making his way towards town; I recognized talj Q».although I admit that, upon an average, *&• Seargent-at-4rms may set at large r
plied with his promise, tho consideration was J this man as being OoL Fish, also, when I saw i soil of the western part is natnrally inferior | oners. v
founded on fraud, and such being the caso the] him and stooped behind the tree and fence, but that of the eastern. But it is ao managed by | New Yoek,' Alay 18.»-EIeven jurors were o
Slate could.not be boimd- by Its • promise, and he appeared somewhat disguised; after passing 1110 administative minds who inhabit it that it t , in lbe F OS t er cade and tho panel vas ev
the confessions were admissable. m0 ^,me distance I foUowed on after him on P r °duces almost incredibly. Although the re- 100 ° r C8fie ’ ana 1 p
Direct examination resumed—Henry Stubbs, the inside of the cotton field until Z got C3n } frequent and heavy rains have prevented “austen. ^
negro, recalled: Air. Holsenbake asked me what into the corner where- I first got Into re eir cultivating it this spring, after having It is thought tho Erie managers ar0 .
I thought would be done with old Mr. Loyd; I the field; after leaving the field I was | planted it, they have brought up a thiok coat of [ buying stook to return thirty thousands
asked him why; he said because I asked him if then inthe street, and seeing this man some I °reb gTass with the cottonand have almost suc-J Enplish stockhoIdeTa
Air. Loyd knowed all about that; ho said no, and distance inadvanceof me, continued my pur- I e^otbenng his hojw for a cotton crop [ — gC onv
then said yes; he said ho was the instigation of ) suit at sufficient distance to prevent him from 11° death, ^ut the corn cropinthe surrounding j Lookup Evens, Abortio m , %etts
f“f-^fP^re repine over their apparent mis- won: a
lortunes. They may be bleaemgs in disguise. Mo; requested to know how long he would live;
Berry Lewis, negro, sworn, said: I know John
Holsenbake; know OoL Fish; Mr. Holsenbake
asked me was Mr. Fish in the way bothering
his affairs; he asked me concerning about his
wife; what luck about his wife; wanted to know
what was in the way; I showed him what was in
the way; told him the family, was so .much
against him it occasioned het to quit him in his
conduct: then he requested to know if Mr. Fish
was in the way ; requested to know wontd he
ever kill anybody; I asked Mm what’s the rea
son ; asked him did he have any idea of kilHng
anybody; said he didn't know what he would
lo death. ...
his doing'it; be said I never would have done I suspecting any one from following him, should ( c ° n ntry, especially for several miles around our j of manslaughter in the second degree,
it if it had not been for old Air. Loyd; he per- he see me. He continued and I pursued, and Peasant village (Garden Valley) is sure to be a sentenced to three years and six months attw ^
suaded mo to do it, or I never would have done on arriving at the corner of Crawford’s garden, ( SC°d one if the prospeots are not changed. A labor.
w-, said I am not uneasy abont getting a rope | he turned and went direct up the street that j tolerably strong man could almost shoulder All | Ruloff, when asked whether he
around my neck, because when a man persuades passes his house. After going up the street a th ® gaano used in this section this season. 4 . reolied “not anything ” Whea as*?*
another to do a crime he is the one it goes I short distance, tho Bhade trees being very thick | Some of onr white-fingered sappy-headed * ha shookb 13
against; he said, did yon ever hear any white and being muoh darker thaii the open street, I °kaps» who ought to be whipped and put to I whether he wished further de y, ...siag
folks say what I done it for ? I (old Mm no; he f increased my speed to prevent my losing sight w °*k, are traveling over the oonntry trying to head. All this time, and during the
said ho went by a path into the court-house that of niy object, sometimes stooping to see my ob- m ?8 B affairs for making a new county of a 0 f the warrant, the prisoner rtood unsnppo n
night, and came out of the back end of. the ject between me and the skies. Eventually I portion of Macon and Taylor counties. As far qu,... wag no sic _ „« emo tion, except g 6 *®
court-house; he said it was not Hr. Loyd’s gun; heard tho gate in front of Ms house open and r as taking from Alacon county Is concerned, it is *“ .. .. - a i ih a bofij
u - v • -*-• -- - i I Rhr,! 1 AAtRAA .1 JS I like the b'ttle feUow who was eating a litUe ap- j swaying of tho body. At the ge t-
If I eat much more of | jerked up in a tremendous form, ^
_ J — —•• ti * mvw mi t asvjFU O gUUi I vs iiio JUvUOv VUvU h;|i; I O ^ # — 9 I f
he said he made a line shot; said he would have shut, bufc could not see my object at the gate, tiie Uttle fellow who was eating a little ap- swaying
had me relieved when I was arrested, but knew from the fact he was between me and some P* e said: “Gannys, if I eat much more of jerked u_
I would come clear at big Court anyhow; said 11 shrubbery, and in the shade of the trees. I was I there won’t be much more left.” It was so I tied his right bend was noised bl _ .
am sorry for what I done, but it can’t bo hoped; in fifteen or twenty paoea-bf him whep he dosed 8°° a was why he kept eating, although there is , t _ ocket of hi3 pantaloons- TM 18
aU things wfU coma right at big Court; asked tho gate, and about tho timo I got to tho goto I no tP i ach good in Tsylor. Respectfully, a ... .Joed slight ffidc 8 '
me one day why the devil to after Mm at heard footsteps ascending tho stops, andsaw . Afto^MteeSiutef the ^
night, and I said I supposed it was because he the object of iny pursuit, recognizing this to be Professor Agassiz attests, from annular ex-
killed Mr. Fish^ and he said he believed it was— the same man I had followed, and as being Col. I animation, that a section of one of the Cali- j ooaBea 1 * * « of
had heard people say so; last Saturday ho asked I Fish. As I had folio wed this man to his ownnoqse foroia big trees proves to be 1,800 years old. j Chicago, May 18.—The second ^ eye
me if I was put on the stand what I would say, I from the house of my little innocent child and He reports having seen another 3,400 years old J re-united Prefib yterian* convened to-aa,*
and I told him I was going to tell the troth; he from the home of its mother, I was a maniac; —great in the days of Charlemagne, great even I are 562 commissioners present ana m
said they may put you on the stand to see Lj Iwept bitterly; I almost shed tears of blood; when Xerxes crossed the Hellespont, and larger 1 not arrived. Drs. Ells and Han aro
yon heard me say anything in here or not; h* 1 my burden’for five long years had been heavy, 1 than most when Solomon lived and loved. 1 in connection with the new Mopenwr.