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VOLUME XXXVI.]
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MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JA N U A R Y 23. 1866.
NUMBER 25.
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Publishers and Proprietors.
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JOS. II. XISBET,
Gdiior.;
&.n Jfebcral Stnroir
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Js published Weekly, in Milledgcvillc, Ga. f
Corner of Hancock Wilkinson Sts.,
At $3 a year in Advance.
ADVERTISING.
TRO'sirxT.—One Dollar per square of ten lines for
est'li insertion.
Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies, (Obit-
-iries .•iceedint; six lines,Nominations for office Com
munications or Editorial notices for individual bentlit,)
inarmed as tramieni advertising.
Legat, Advertising.
Si.rilfssale.,perlevy oftenlines, or less, g2 50
•• Mortgage fi fa sales per square, 5 00
Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, 5 00
Citations for J>tiers of Administration, 3 00
“ “ “ Guardianship, • 3 00
l ;ters of application for dism’n from Adm’n 4 50
“ “ “ “ Guard’u 3 00
jppl’n for leave to sell land, 5 00
Notices to Debtors and Creditors, 3 Oft
gales of land, per square, 5 00
•• perishable property, 10 days, per square, 1 59
Estray Notices, 30 days, 3 00
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per sq.. each time, 1 00
LEG AL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sal** of Land, &c., by Administrators, Executors or
Oaanlian*, are required by law to be held on the first
Tuesday iu the month; between the hours of 10 iu the
f.ireuoou and three in the altcrnoon, at the Court house
: ;•)» county in wbii h tbe property is situated
Notice of these sales must oe given in a public gr.
iette 49 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for tbe sale of personal property must b«
fiveaiu like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
N itic.cs to the debtors and creditors of an estate
must also be punished 40 days.
Notice that application will bo made to the Court of
Ordinary fur leave to sell Land, &c.,uiost be publish
ed for two months.
Citation* forletters of Administration Guardianship,
fcc... must be published 30 days—for dismission from
Administration, monthly six months—for dismission
from Guardianship, 40 days.
Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published
. utility for four months—for establishing lost papers,
• ir the full space of three months—for compelling titles
trora Executors or administrators, where bond ha
be-n given by the deceased, the full space of thre
months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise
dereii.
From tbe Amended Rupert of the Commissioners on Freedmen.
ARTICLE VII.
MASTER AND APPRENTICE.
Book and Job work, of all kinds,
AND NEATLY EXECUTED
OFFICE.
PROMPTLY
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in' he wishes the paper continued.
We do not send receipts to new subscri
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that we have received the money.
/r* Subscribers wishing their papers changed
from one post-office to another must state the
name of the post-office irora which they wish it
'hanged.
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Oglethorpe University.
PA ORDER of the Board of Trustees, tha ex-
D ereists of tliis Institution will be resumed on
--16th of January, 1866.
Prof. li. C. Smith, Scc’y.
addition to the regular Collegiate course, an
-arnica] and Preparatory Department will al-
conducted by ibe Faculty in which will be
• d instruction in Book-keeping, French and
y*other branches of a thorough business ed-
- the Scientific Department, special premi-
:,; will be given to Agricultural Chemistry,
'• Analysis and improvement of soils) Geolo-
iod Mineralogy, as connected with practical
■, ; 5gand Engineering.
•^traction will also be given in Military Tac-
§1. Parental Contracts.—Any colored child under eigh
teen years of age, may, by whichever parent has the legal
control of him or her, be bound as an apprentice to any re
spectable white or colored person, until he or she shall at
tain the age of twenty-one years, or for any shorter pe
riod.
§ 2. Paupers.—Colored paupers, under eighteen years old,
receiving relief from the public, may be bound out for the
like term, by the Judge ol the county court.
§ 3. Approval und Filing of Indentures.—It shall not be
necessary for the apprentice, in any case, to sign the inden
tures, but they shall be ot no effect until approved by the
Judge of the county Court, and filed in his office. The
Judge shall exercise a sound discretion in approving inden
tures.
^>.4. Duties of Master.—The master shall teach the ap
prentice the business of husbandry, house service, or some
other useful trade or occupation, which shall be specified
in the instrument of apprenticeship ; shall furnish him with
wholesome food, suitable clothing, and necessary medicine
and medical attendance; shall teach him habits of industry,
honesty and morality ; shalfcause him to be taught to read
English ; and shall govern him with humanity, using only
the same degree of force to compel his obedience as a father
may use with his minor child.
§5* Controversies Pending the Delation.—Of all controver
sies between the master and his apprentice pending the ex
istence of the relation, the county Court may exercise ju
risdiction, and on complaint of either party and notice to
the other, may cause justice to be done in a summary man
ner. If the master be in default, he shall be fined at the
discretion of the Court; and if the apprentice, the Court
may order such correction as the circumstances may de
mand, not extending to cruelty.
§ 0. Dissolution of the Relation.—By consent of the parties,
the county Court may dissolve the relation at any time ;
and on the death of the master, the Court may either dis
solve it, or substitute for the deceased a member of his fam
ily ; in which event, the latter, by filing a written accep
tance, shall thenceforth have all the rights, and be bound
for all the duties of the original master. Dissolutions by
consent, or for the death of the master, shall be subject to
the sound discretion of the Court, as also shall be the se
lection of a successor to the master, from among the mem
bers of his family ; but if no successor be designated, and
his acceptance filed within one month, the relation shall no
longer exist.
The county Court may also dissolve the relation at the
instance of the master, for gross misconduct in the appren
tice ; or at the instance of the apprentice, or any friend of
his. for cruelty in the master, or for failure to furnish food,
clothing, medicine or medical attendance, or for jeopardy
to the good morals of the apprentice, by reason of the mas
ter’s depraved conduct.
§ 7. Proceeds of Labor—Allowance t) Apprentice.—To the
master shall belong the proceeds of the apprentice’s labor ;
but at tbe expiration of his term of service, a faithful ap
prentice shall be entitled to a small allowance from the
master, with which to begin life ; the amount to be left, in
the first instance, to the master’s generosity. If the mas
ter ofler less than one hundred dollars, the apprentice may
decline it, and cite the master-before a county Court; and
the Court, after hearing both parties, and their witnesses,
if any, shall fix the sum to be paid, increasing or diminish
ing the amount offered, according to the merits of the ap
prentice, the means ol the master, and the length and fidel
ity of the service. *
§ 8. Master's Rights against Third Persons.—The master
shall have a right of action against any person employing
his colored apprentice, with notice of the fact, and the dam
ages recovered shall not be less than twenty-five dollars.
thereof. In construing the contract, time is to be regarded
as of the essence of the same. Unless rendered impossible
by the act of God, or the act of law, whatever is stipulated
to be done by either party, must be done at tbe very time
or times specified.
At the expiration of the term^fixed by tbe contract, the
relation established thereby shall cease, without notice to
or from either party. The power of the County Court, by
appropriate orders, to compel payments, or to award and
collect damages, or to place the parties in their former sit
uation, shall nevertheless continue, subject only to the con
dition that any order for one or more of these purposes,
shall be applied for within two months after the expiration
of the time limited in the contract for its full and final per
formance. Breaches not thus proceeded for, may be the
subject of regular suit or action at any time within the stat
utory period applicable to similar actions on other con
tracts.
Every Court contract shall be attended with the follow
ing incidents: Wages or rent stipulated for therein, and
orders by the County Court for damages, shall be preferred
to all other debts or liabilities of the party whatsoever;
the costs of the proceeding, and public taxes excepted. In
case of the party’s death, his funeral expenses and those of
his last sickness, shall also be excepted. This preference
shall date from the filing of the contract, and prevail as to
all orders founded thereon, but not so as to restrain the
bona fide sale of property, for a valuable consideration, ex
cept from the date of the orders themselves. The orders,
whether for wages, rent or damages, shall have a lien upon
all the property, real and personal, of the party, and no part
thereof shall be exempt from levy and sale for their pay
ment or satisfaction. The proceeds of the contract shall
not be subject to garnishment, except for costs accruing in
the County Court.
No contract shall be filed as a Court contract without the
consent of both parties, which must be expressed therein,
or endorsed thereon and signed.
If either party be a person of color, the Judge or Clerk
of the County Court shall, before filing the contract, read it
over distinctly in the hearing
he both understands and assents to its terms. If upon
either of these points, the officer is not fully satisfied, he
shall decline to put the instrument on file.
Each contract shall be numbered in its proper order, at
the time of filing, and noted in the Index.
The date of the filing shall be endorsed on the contract,
and the endorsement signed by the Judge or the Clerk.
An Alphabetical Index of all Court contracts shall be
kept, in which the names of all the parties to each con
tract shall be entered under the appropriate initial letters,
with a reference to the number of the contract. This Index
shall remain in the office of the County Court, and be sub
ject t,o inspection by the public.
If the contract relate to service, it shall be filed in the
Couutv where the service is to be rendered, or where the
master resides; and if to the occupation of land, in the
County where the land lies. Upon a change of the mas
ter’s residence, or of the service, from one County to anoth
er, a certified copy of the contract may, by either party, be
filed in the office of theUounty Court of such other County,
and in that event, the Court in the latter County shall be
the one in which to conduct all subsequent proceedings.
A Court contract may be set aside in the County Court
for fraud, by a direct -proceeding for that purpose; or it
may be collaterally impeached for fraud, either in that
Court or in any other.
The remedy in the County Court on Court contracts is,
not exclusive, but cumulative only.
In the foregoing Report, I have en
deavored to call your attention to such
things only, as are necessary to pre
serve the public property under my
charge, from injury or destruction.
The Executive Mansion, is now un
dergoing necessary repairs, under the
supervision of a Joint Committee of
the Legislature, and will soon be ready
for occupancy. I am, sir,
Very Respectfully,
Your ob’t serv’t,
B. W. FROBEL.
ARTICLE VIII.
30 00
8 00
Expenses.
°i‘ per term of five months,
■'•'■K-keeping, Engineering and Modern
./-iBguajjes, additional charge
"iriiing. washing and Room rent per
month, - - - - 25 00
U'-se who prefer it, can have everything furn-
-xcept Tuition) for $150 per term, haJJ *«
* " v '.
/ ?inal owners of Scholarships, pay no Tui*
• s in the Collegiate Department,
bounded soldiers and of the sons of sol-
r * wounded or killed in the war, no payment
Tuition will be required.
, Instructors in the several Departments
••• be,
Rev. R. C. Smith, of Alabama.
“ P. C. Morton, of Virginia.
K. H. Ramsay.
Late Rector of Midway Academy.
BF, 5, r further particulars, address Prof. R. C.
Milledgeville, Ga.
“"nary 8th, 1866.
23 3t
T'i ntak. J. H. Johnston
JONCAN & JOHNSTON,
j COTTON FACTORS,
111 and
1Warding & Commission Merchants,
f SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
■°Feiiiber, 1605i li 3mos*
CONTRACTS.
§1. Contracts by Colored Persons.—The general law ap
plicable to contracts, except where otherwise expressly pro
vided by tins system of laws, is hereby extended to con
tracts made by persons of color among themselves, or with
white persons, or bodies corporate. This section shall re-
troact upon all contracts made by colored persons since the
first day of June, ISGo.
§2. Wtilings Executed by Illiterate Persons.—No writing
hereafter executed in this State, shall bind any party who
signs the same by making his mark, unless said writing, in
the attestation clause or elsewhere, specify in the liandwri-
ing of an attesting witness, that it was read over in the
hearing of such party. And no probate of a writing so
signed, shall be sufficient to admit it to record, or for any
other purpose, unless the same fact be also declared in such
probate. Provided, however, that this section shall not ap
ply where it is made plainly to appear by direct and posi
tive evidence, that the party could easily read ordinary wri
ting for himself, or that the instrument in question, was in
fact fully and correctly read to him at the time of its exe
cution.
§ 3. Court Contracts.—Any written agreement for a term
of service not exceeding one year, or for the lease, rent, or
occupation of lands, or tenements, not exceeding a like
term, may, at the option of the parties, be filed in the of
fice of the County Court, the parties, or either of them,
retaining a duplicate if they so desire.
An agreement thus filed shall be known as a Court Con
tract, and shall have the force and effect of a judgment or
decree for the specific performance of its terms, both as to
the express stipulations and the plain duties and obligations
resulting therefrom by implication of law.
Performance of these stipulations, duties and obligations,
may from day to day and from time to time, be enforced by
the County Court, by orders entered on the minutes for that
purpose; which orders may be carried into effect by at
tachment for contempt, or any other writ, execution, or
process known to the law, and used in any Court for af
fording redress to parties, or for maintaining its own au
thority and dignity.
Damages fora breach of such contract, may be awarded
by similar orders, and payment thereof enforced by like
means; and at the election of the party aggrieved, the con
tract may be declared rescinded, and such party restored to
his original situation as nearly as possible. Any other or
der requisite to the attainment of substantial justice in the
particular case, may also be passed and enforced ; the Court
always keeping in view, as cardinal points, that each party
is to be compelled to perform his contract, or to forfeit for
any material default, the whole or a part of its benefits, and
in addition thereto, to make full and fair compensation to
the opposite party, for any damage occasioned by a breach
Report of B. W. Frobel, Engineer.
To his Excellency
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor of Georgia:
SiR--I would respectfully submit the following Report
upon the condition of the Public Buildings at the seat of
Government.
The present inclosure of the Capitol Grounds, is in a
dilapidated state, and will soon be entirely useless. I
therefore recommend the building of a substantial iron
fence, on a hewn granite foundation, which from its great
durability, will in the end, be found more economical than
one of any other material.
The State House needs a new roof, as it leaks badly, for
the better secutity of the building and its contents. It is
absolutely necessary that this should be laid as soon as possible,
else the main walls of the structure will suffer serious in
jury. Aside from this liability, it is my duty to call your
attention to the exposed condition of the records and other
valuable papers, deposited here, in the event of fire, as the
want of water, and fire Engines, precludes the hope of
saving the House, or any thing in it, should such an acci
dent occur. To afford proper protection, water should be
introduced into the Building. This can be accomplished
by a properly constructed Force Pump, or better still, by
conducting the water through pipes, from some of the
numerous springs adjacent to the City. I would respect
fully urge the adoption of one of these plans. A small
additional sum above the expense of supplying the Public
Buildidgs, would alford water for the whole City. A mod
erate tax upon citizens using this water, would reimburse
the State for its outlay.
The difficulty of properly lighting either of the Halls
fora night session, induces me to recommend, that gas
should be used. A single furnace, with three or four re
torts, would furnish the necessary supply, not only for the
Public Buildings, but for the City. The revenue derived
from a tax on private consumers, would not only defray all
expense incurred, but it is believed, would pay a handsome
sum annually into the State Treasury.
Should the Legislature deem it expedient to continue
the Penitentiary in its present location, it will be neces
sary to construct new buildings, as those formerly used,
were almost entirely destroyed by fire, by the Federal
Troops, last year.
The Lunatic Asylum, being under the immediate charge
of the Superintendent of that Institution, who reports
directly to your Excellency, I have thought it unnecessary
myself to make any reference to that building.
A small appropriation is needed for the Capitol Grounds,
not only to clear them of the rubbish and filth, which have
been accumulating for years past, but to commence a sys
tem of gradual improvement, which will make them an
orn a ment, and subject of pride. The four Churches, which
are now located on the grounds, should be removed else
where, and a sum sufficient for this purpose appropriated.
Most of the State House furniture, was destroyed or de
faced by the Federals during their occupancy of the Capi
tol, and needs replacing. This, however, is of minor im
portance.
A Rare Case in Riclmy>nd.
A Boston clergyman, a class cele
brated for getting into trouble from
the days of Rev. Ike Kulloch down to
the present, has come to grief in Rich
mond. The reverend victim this time
is colored, and his case demands more
sympathy from his fellow-citizens of
the “hub.”. His name is Pleasant
Bowler, and a Richmond paper thus
describes the scene which accompan
ied a judicial examination of his case:
The court-room and the street out
side were crowded with them, and
nearly all sympathized with the perse
cuted preacher. The reverend gen
tleman himself appeared in court neat
ly clad in black, und a gold fob-chain
dangling from his watch pocket. lie
is a mulatto man, about forty years old,
has side whiskers mustache, and is al
together a very stylish looking clergy
man.
On being called to the stand, the
Judge thus addressed him: P.easant
Bowler, you are charged with assault-
of such party, and see that j ing Robert JJowiing with intent to
kill. Are you guilty, or not guilty V
The preacher bowed, and said em
phatically, “not guilty.”
Robert Bowling was then sworn,
and testified in the following ludicrous
manner : I first got to know Brudder
Bowler not long’fore Christmas, l’s
one ob de trustees ob de Wesleyan
Methodist ’Piscopal Zion Church, I is,
and dar was a fair at dat church on
Christinas night, and I was dar, I was;
and Brudder Brown told me to go to
de study an get Brudder Bowler to
send him some tickets, so he could sell
dem at de front door.
Here Brudder Brown broke in, and
pushing the witness aside, stood in
front of the Judge and spoke:
“Yes, sar ; I was dar. l’s treasurer
ob de church. I seed Brudder Bow
ler and some ob his old cronies dat
very night drinkin whisky out obtvvo
bottles in de study. Yes, sar; and
moreober, when Brudder Bowler was
arrested, and all the sisters was scream
ing, and de whole room in a bustle,
somebody tooken pitched bout half
pound Cayenne peper in the room,
and set era all to coughin, sneezin and
cryin. Yes, sar; dat’s so.”
The effect of this declaration, deliv
ered in the most absurd manner im
aginable, was irresistible. It was
some time before the Judge could suf-
ficently recover himself to order Brud
der Brown to get out of the way, and
let the first witness proceed. The in
terruption having ceased, Brudder
BowliDg continued:
“Well, Sar, as I was savin, Brudder
Brown sent me arter tickets.”
Brudder Brown cried : “Dat’s so.”
The Judge told him to hold his
tongue, and the witness proceeded.
“Well, Sar, you know, I did like I
was told for to do, I did; aud, dar-
fore, I asked Brudder Bowler to gim
me some ob de tickets. Wharpon,
without proflication, he cotched me by
de shouders and shuck me aud cussed
me for a great big, no count, ’fernal,
drunken, lyin scoundrel. Yes, Sar,
he did; and den, moreober, he said
he’d kill me sartain, and put his ban
in his pocket like as if he was going
to draw a pistol.”
Here a cross-fire of words ensued
between Bowling, Brown and some of
Bowler’s friends, which was stopped
by Col. McEntee peremptorily com
manding silence.
Manuel Wright a very tall darky, I
was then called and sworn. He kiss- j
ed the book with great vehemence, j
smacked his lips and said :
“All! dat ’miuds me of kissin dej
gals.”
The Judge told him to state what
he kuew of the difficulty between the
brothers. Drawing himself up to his
full (six foot six) he proceeded :
I’s a trustee ob de church in ques-
Brother Bowler having whisky in the
study ?
Witness: “No sar, ’taint so, dat
whisky what Brudder Brown told you
’bout is a story; out of de question.”
Brudder Brown : “Judge, I tell you
it’s de sure truth, I seed de preacher
take de two bottles out of de gas me
ter. Myself and lie, and two more,
drunk out de bottle widout glasses.”
One of the sisters of the church was
then called, and testified in favor of
Brudder Bowler.
At the conclusion of her testimony,
the preacher’s friends commenced abu
sing Bowling and bis friends.
Brudder Bates, a very bright mula-
to, said those niggers arc all plotting
to ruin the church, and get our belov
ed parson in prison, so they can have
things their own way. Bowliug there,
our erring brother, threatened several
times to break up the fair, just because
Brother Bowler was principally con
cerned in gettingit up.
Here Brudder Bowling broke in,
“What dat man savin ? he don’t know
nuffin ’bout it, he don’t. He wan’t
dar, he want—was he Brudder
Brown ?” Brown said he was’nt.
Then Brother Glenn, another 11111-
lato, said: “You want dare vourBelf,
sar; Judge, all dose niggers dare are
prejudished ’gainst us and want to
break up de church, dat’s why dey’s
doin so!”
The friends of the two parties
wrangled in this way for some time,
when the Judge finally ordered silence,
and said :
“Pleasant Bowler, your’e released,”
‘ Sir !” said the reverend gentleman.
Judge : “You’re released—go aw-
way.”
Here the sister, who was present,
and had testified in favor of Bowler,
jumped up, claj ed her hands and
said:
“Oh, Judge, thank you, Sir, thank
you; oh, Sir, thank you a thousand
times—Lord bless you Sir!”
Mr. Bowler then buttoned up his
coat, walked out of the door, and was
received by the crowd of his friends
outside with hearty cheers and con
gratulations.
Josh Billings on Lying.—As easy as it
is to lie, I am astonished that so few enga
ged in the bizness, and that so few fust-
rate lies is ever told.
I am not prepared to say how much rale
sin thar iz in what is kalled a light colored
lie, that has no malis or evil result in it,
but I have always notised that the heft
uv mankind like to xcel in awl they un
dertake, and I leant tell how long a man
would be willing to tell white lies for fuu,
when he mite be turning an honest penny
for himself by telling black wuns.
Men don’t generally bekum drunkards
by confiding themselves tew sweet sider.
Lyin is the lowest grade uv sin; it is
more cowardly than stealing bekause there
is less risk iri it; it is more demoralizin
than burglary, bekaws thar is no knre for
it; it is more dangerous than swarin, be
kaws swarin don’t hurt anybody else; it
wus the fust sin kommitted, bekaws it
was easiest and most natral, and it will
probably be the last wun kommitted, be
kaws no man ever gets so pore and degra
ded but what he kin git up quite a respec
table lie.
Liein is sed tew be konstertuchunal in
sum fokes—so is itch constertushunal,
bekaws lokes hang round wbar it is, and
wont dokterfor it after they git kotch by
it.
Finally—I mite az well own it—I have
told a very few fare lies myself, but I kant
recollect uv wun.
That I feal proud uv now.
Billiards—Everybody seems tew be
gitting crazee over a new game, which
has jist bin diskevered, called billyards.
It is played on the top ov a table which
is a little longer than it iz square, and, the
game seems tew konsis in pushin sum
round white bawls again sum round red
bawls, until they drop into sum little pud
ding bags which are hung onto the outside
ov the tabel.
It takes 2 men to play the game, but 4
or 5 kan look on.
They take oph their coats, and stand
cluss up tew the tabel, with a short piece
ov a fishing pole in their hands, which haz
a chalk maik onto the end ov it.
Then one begins, by giving one of the
bawls a punch in the belly, which sends
it again the next one’s belly, and so on,
till the totlier fellow’s turn for punching
comes on.
But you ought tew see the game, it kant
he deliniated by words.
One feller generally beats the other fel
ler, aud then he pays the landlord of the
concern 25 cents for the privilege of git
ting beat, and buys some gin, with lemon
ade in it, and awl hands drink.
Then 2 more takes holt ov the fish-
tion, as well as Brudder Bowliug;
well, Sa, de night in question you all’s, , , ,
speakin ’bout, I was at de church and I P oleS ’ and they punch ior a spell, and so
seed Brudder Bowler take hold of de
tother brudder and pushed him, but
he didn’t struck him, nor he didn’t
pull out no pistol in question, dat’s
the sartain truth, no doubt; de fair, as
you must know, was got up by de sis
ters ob de church for to pay ‘spences of
preaching and other purposes, and it’s
it goes till 2 o’clock in the morning; then
each goes hum, having enjoyed fine exer
cise, a little diunk perhaps, but the mus
cles in the breast are so expanded that
they cant ketch the consumption nor the
small pox.
This iz Billyard.
A Virginia clergyman writes to the
Post office Department asking for a m*il
diculous idea to think dat de preacher I contract. He sta*-s that he does not
was goin to fight on sucli a solum oc-
cashun as de one in question; l’s a
fightin man myself, Judge, but sartain
1 didn’t feel like fightin dat night in
question.”
Judge: Do you know anything of
know as he can t o the oath of allegi
ance, for lie has prayed in the pulpit du
ring the war for the success of the South
ern cause : but as the prayers were never
answered, he is of opinion that no aid aud
comfort were given. and_therefcre he re
mains a loyal citizen.