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NEGROES DKCLtRKI) ULIGIHLE TO OFFICE.
Atlanta, June 15.—The Supreme Court of
Georgia, to-day, rendered a decision that the ne
gro is eligible to office—Brown and McCsy for it •
Warner dissenting. McCay held that the Suite
was without civil government before the Conven
tion that made the present Constitution; that
blacks and whites participated in (retting up the
Convention and framing the Constitution, and it
was against its spirit to exclude black or white
from the privileges, unless expressly prohibited.
Brown claimed that the Fourteenth Amendment
forbids anybody being deprived of the privilege;
amt as the Code gives citizens the right to hold
office, and the Constitution makes him a citizen
and does not forbid him to hold office, lie did not
intend to break that Fourteenth Amendment and
deprive the negro of his rights. Judge Warner
held that the negro was anew political creature in
the body politic; that lie must hold office by
special enactment; that the Code which defined
the powers of citizens was enacted before the
negro became a citizen, and, therefore, did not
apply to him ; and that lie did not have the right
to hold office under the common law nor by
statute since he was made a citizen, but that the
Convention voted down the proposition to make
him eligible to office, and that, until he was espe
cially authorized to hold office, he was ineligible.
We do not suppose this decision will ex- '
cite the least surprise in the mind of any
man in Georgia at all conversant with the
circumstances under which it is delivered,
or the character and motives of the rna- i
jority of the Court. The opinion lias long |
since crystalized into conviction that, !
for party purposes, and to still further de- !
grade the white race of Georgia this 1
crowning shame and outrage would be j
consummated.
True, the Chief Justice had put himself
on the record in a public address as giving
au entirely different interpretation to the
instrument whose provisions he now in
vokes to sustain his decision. Those who
knew him best said then that it was only
a “little game” of his to win white sup
port for the Constitution, and the sequel
shows how accurately they judged. Os
McCay no one expected any thing better.
Any other decision from him would have
convicted him of a double apostacy that
even those who like him least would have
received with surprise. He was hound,
no matter who faltered, to he as true on
the Bench, as he had been on the stump,
to the miserable faction that lifted him
from respectable obscurity to the ques
tionable notoriety of ill-gotten place and
plunder. Judge Warner has not disap
pointed the expectations of his friends and
the respectable people of the State by his
dissenting decision. He deserves, and
will receive, the thanks of his fellow citi
zens, even while their regret that heshould
ever have accepted the position lie now
holds, is freshly aroused by this last proof
of how utterly powerless he is to do them
any substantial service.
Now as to what will he the effect of this
decision upon Georgia at home, and with
reference to her attitude towards the Fed
eral Government: We suppose it will re
store the negro members of the Legislature
to their seats first, and probably have a
decided effect upon that decision touching
Ueoigia’s Hiatus, by Mr, Hoar, that is an
nounced to he ready in two weeks. The
restoration of the negroes to the Legisla
ture will not, probably, decide anything
so far as Radical plots and purposes are
concerned. With the House as first or
ganized, and the negroes all in their seats,
the Democrats practically controlled it.
They are much sharper now, and will even
nice easily bend opposing and discordant
elements to their purposes. We think it
hardly possible for Bullock to do much in
the House, even with all his black allies
in their seats. To the Senate this decis
ion will restore one negro, Campbell, from
the first District, and his return will be
offsetted by the election of a Democrat in
Adkin’s place. Os that there can he no
doubt. The people of that District, of
course, will not allow themselves to he
represented by any other, or they are less
resolute and far-seeing than we take them
to be. In the Senate, then, our friends will
have equally as great an opportunity to
govern the discordant Radical element.
So far as legislation is concerned, we are
strongly of opinion that the Radicals will
not reap much benefit from this decision.
What effect it will have upon the decision
of Mr. Howe remains to he seen. The
ostensible cause of his legal incubation is
to decide what our status is, in order that,
if possible, some excuse may lie approved
to remand us to martial law, and then
punish us for a series of ‘‘outrages,” com
mencing with the expulsion of the ne
groes from the Legislature. It may be
possible that this Atlanta decision will he
regarded as the begiuuiug of a more
“loyal” era, the initiation of atonement
for past misdeeds. It would he very
liard, indeed, if a thing so odious should
he, in its effects, without a single redeem
ing feature. This is the only way in
which it can possibly benefit us, and we
shall watch its effect at Washington with
considerable interest.
The Legislature having pledged the
people of the State to abide a decision, by
the Court, of the question, of course there
is uo other alternative tliau acquiescence.
If the people are wise and resolute it can
not hurt them much, or for loug. Georgia
belongs to the white man, and he will
rule here while time endures. There is to
be no more scenes witnessed like those of
’67 aud We will run candidates
everywhere, aud elect them too. The city
of Augusta has made herself the model
for the whole State, and in the sign she
furnished at her municipal election, we
will surely conquer.
Peculiar Village Government.—A
somewhat peculiar village government
exists in Clarksville, lvy„ described by
the Louisville Courier as follows :
The trustees of Clarksville number nine
and form a kind of independent confeder
acy in the heart of our Republic. They are
elected for life, and as each member dies a
new one is elected by the board to fill his
place. In fact, they have delegated to
themselves, by the charter of the town,
extraordinary powers. Some years ago a
dispute arose betwet n the trustees and pro
prietors of a flour mill within the limits of
the town. The case went clear up to the
Supreme Court of the United States, and
resulted in the proprietors of the mill
having to pay the trustees one per cent, of
all their profits for the use of the river
bank as a road. It is said that under the
provisions of the charter of Clarksville
the State Government cannot compel it
to pay any school tax nor bear any of the
general expenses of the State.
In the Fight.— lt is said that the filli
buster, General Jordan, has 58 Alabam
ians m his command, trying to secure to
Cubans that which has been lost to South
erners- Liberty.— Eufaula A ews.
the fifty-eight Alabamians alluded to
would be much better employed at home
helping their brothers and friends to re
gain their lost liberty aud property.—Co
lumbus Sun, 15th.
flfcacgia 3knrnat an il Messenger.
For the Journal and Messenger.
THOUGHTS OS POLII ENEgg.
Mr. Editor : Borne time since my atten
tion was directed to a communication in
your paper, styled “Questions on Polite
ness,” signed “Subscriber.” I was pleased
with them, as they had long ago suggested
themselves to my mind, quite feelingly
and forcibly, as they did doubtless to
‘Subscriber’s.” And while I did not pre
sume to answer them, I do not desire to
endorse heartily the tone and spirit in
which they were asked. 80 far from be
lieving that the author is an “unculti
vated heathen,” or at all sqeamish on this
subject, I am firmly persuaded that his
anxieties are the result of careful consider
ation, or that his sentiments, as shadowed
forth in his queries, are the promptings of
a pure, high-toned and chivalrous gentle
man.
indeed, he is not the only one who has
become convinced of the fact that woman
j 100 often trangresses the prerogative of
; her sex, under the license of politeness,
and becomes an actual trespasser. Nor
does a mail complain, lest her imperial
highness issues the ban of social excom
munication, and Cain-like he goes forth
branded with disgrace.
The necessities of his business, the de
mands of his health and life frequently
require that mau should he entitled to the
full enjoyment of the provisions of his
purse, although politeness—so-called—de
mands that he should barter them all for
a “Thank you, sir!” As “Subscriber”
asks, I think it “isa hollow civility that re
quires me to offer another that which it
would be impolite in another to accept.”
For, if she is too fastidious, too prudish to
make provisions for the protection of her
fine bonnet, silk or satin, then when I for
feit my claims to these idle whims, by
using the nece.-sary precautions, I should
not, in addition, he expected to sacrifice
my fine hat and suit to protect tier’s.
Many may praise Charles Lamb for “hold
ing his umbrella over a washerwoman,
simply because she was a woman,” but I
think politeness and consideration would
have suggested to her that this was not
one of the Lambs to whom “the Lord
the wind,” and so have per
mitted him to enjoy his own protection
against the shower.
I well scenes witnessed on
the cars during the war, wherein sick and
wounded soldiers gave up their seats to
pleasure seekers and perched themselves
upon the platforms or tops of the train,
risking their lives for the sake of a fash
ionable absurdity. And little return did
they receive, for while his shattered hones
chattered together from the unpleasant
jostlings on his hard and dangerous posi
tion, thoughtless, heedless, careless ladies,
with no more business traveling than they
had in the moon, occupied the cushioned
seat his country gave him. There they
sat, seeing him eat his parched corn,
bread-crust and beef, while they dispatch
ed baskets of luxuries, without rewarding
liis politeness, if not his patriotism, by
giving him what Lazarus, like he, craved
to enjoy.
I recollect how I was imposed on once,
principally, though, by the Conductor in
this case, hut instigated by a woman. J
was sick and seeking home ; had purchas
ed a ticket from Columbus to Fort Valley,
where I was to arrive at 2 a.m.; was
resting quietly as far as the second station,
where some ladies came in. Prompted by
a spirit of politeuess, I gave them my seat
and, as sick as I was, proceeded to seek
another; found one, with the feet of the
Conductor and a lady— apparently—resting
thereon ; asked for it, explaining at the
time my situation ; was told very emphat
ically, unceremoniously and quite unof
ficially that I could not get it. Well, had
I been physically able or scientifically pro
vided against physical inability,, John, Jr.,
would have had a seat that night if the
Muscogee train had have rolled into Ma
con without a Conductor. As it was 1
spread myself out upon the platform for
the night, keeping up mucli severe and
abusive thinking, about both men and
women.
Now I am as much an advocate of po
liteuess as any one, and am as fond of the
ladies as any one, I care not
“ What’s his name, or what’s his fame,”
and I believe in extending to them all the
courtesies, honors and dignities possible,
hut, at the same time, I am opposed to au
unwarrantable exercise of her power, to
the fact of sex being such a claim upon
my feelings as to force me into in
convenience and danger, regardless of
circumstance or situation.
' These facts require noticeaud attention,
aud doubtless “Subscriber” will second
my desire to call a convention to reform
and improve the Code of Etiquette aud
Politeness. We are having all kinds of
conventions now, Railroad, Navigation,
Soldiers and Sailors, Commercial, last,
though not least, Radical and Woman's
Rights Conventions—all to keep pace
with the spirit of progress and reform
evinced all over the world aud in every
department of life. And, now, why not
have a convention to devise, reform and
adopt anew and improved code of man
ners, for this country peculiarly and ex
clusively, leaving our old mannerisms and
provincialisms, barbarisms and conven
tionalisms for the truly loil freedmeu
and, above ail, placing a limit to woman’s
royal prerogative, and allow man to pre
serve ami observe for ihem a respectful , hut
by no mt aiis, any longer, that servile oh
sequiousness which is the characteristic
of master and servant. John, Jr.
Eufalla, June 14, 1869.
A NEW NOTION ABOUT I*l ANO FLAYING.
The Louisville Courier-Journal takes up
the cudgels vigorously against the pre
vailing nlea that only girls aud women,
should (day on the piauo. It says :
“It is siugulariy unfitted for them. No
woman has the strength, and after mar
riage few women have the time, to do the
piano justice. It is an instrument which
requires the nervous strength aud energy
of a man, and which cannot he neglected
at all. It is suited in every way to mas
culine use, and is in many ways uusuited
to the use of ladies. It is not graceful in
itself or the means of gracefulness iu them.
But its very* unwieldyness is an argu
ment in favor of its adaptation to boys.
They canuot carry it about with them. It
does not lead them among low people. It
is par excellence the instrument of wealth
and refinement, attracting lads ,to the
company of ladies and gentlemen, mak
ing them favorites of the better class of
society, aud keeping them at home. It is
only effeminate because we have been iu
the habit of seeing it used for the most
part by women. In Europe, however,
every cultivated gentleman has some pro
ficiency as a pianist, aud many of the
great statesmen—Bismarck, Disraeli and
Louis Nopoleou—are brilliant perform
ers.”
Travel North and South. —New
York hotel proprietors aud railroad men
a jd others iu this city remark that the
travel from the South to the North has
been for the last few weeks larger than at
any season since tlie close of the rebellion.
Nearly all these people are ot the tourist,
health aud pleasure seeking class, and
Washington is merely a resting place on
the roau to the various points of interest
iu the North. This travel between the
two sections is looked upon as an evidence
that the South has, in some measure, re
cuperated from the effects of the war, and
that prosperity is again returning to her.
The number of business people and land
speculators going South is also on the in
crease, aud c-everal real estate agencies
here are doing a profitable business iu the
sale aud exchange of Southern property.
[ Washington telegram to N. Y. Times
GOOD FOR THE SOUTHERN COTTON
Planter. —The New York Times s&ys:
Despite all the efforts of the English and
other nations to foster the growth of cot
ton in India, Egypt, etc., the place of
America has never really beeu filled, and
returning industry at the South will find
a plentiful demaud for its productions.
The latest returns of the British Board of
Trade shows that there are now 50,000 less
earning their living in cotton manufac
tures than there were before the rebellion;
whereas if the English cotton factories
had increased during the seven years since
1861 at the same rate that they did the
five years preceding, the cotton manufac
turing population of England would be
170,000 more than it is now. S6 enormous
is the loss which the stoppage of Ameri
can cotton inflicted upon British industry.
The cost of anew war would be something
frightful to both parties.
Vita sine Liter is Mors e s t
For the Journal and Messenger.
PROGRESS OF THE M ICON ANO BRUNSWICK
RAILROAD.
Mr. Editor: Knowing the deep interest
felt by the citizens of Macon and surround
ing country in the above named road, it
occurs to the writer that a short sketch of
ita condition, manner of construction, and
rapid approach towards completion, would
not be uninteresting to that class of your
readers.
After waging unsuccessful warfare
against two of the most powerful railroad
corporations in the country, and against
Savannah for years—in which all the ap
pliances which talent and money could
control, were resorted to by its enemies
it has at last fallen into the hands of con
tractors who are pushing it through with
an energy and zeal worthy of the greatest
comraendatiou ; and iu addition thereto,
the work is being done iu the most im
proved and substantial manner. The
bridges aud trestling are built of solid
heart timber , which has the reputation of
being the best in the world; the water
tauks are churn shaped with the hoops so
arranged that they can he tightened and
loosened without difficulty. Being neatly
painted they are much more pleasing to
the eye than the clumsy, oblong and square
tanks in such common use. Wherever run
ning water crosses the road, piles are driven
as deep as a hammer weighing six teen hun
dred pounds will drive them, and they are
surmounted with superstructures built by
the most experienced builders.
Visitors invariably admire the construc
tion of the road, and the remark is fre
quently made, that even with platform
cars it rides more smoothly in its present
crude state than many of the old roads in
Georgia.
Two gravel trains run out daily in op
posite directions from this point, the en
gine of one of them being very appropri
ately named “Georgia,” and the other
“Savannah.” In case any of your mer
chants should wish to visit or trade in the
city of Savannah, this route will offer ex
cellent facilities, as by the A. A G. R. R.,
it is only fifty-seven miles from here.
Many of your citizens were formerly
under the impression that the change of
the route from Doctor Town to this point
would prove detrimental to the interests
of Macon aud Brunswick, hut this was a
great mistake, for by the line adopted the
distance between the two cities is dimin
ished two miles and a half, and from the
former to Savannah is increased only
seven-eighths of a mile, and by it, a safe
crossing is secured over a deep cut in the
Gulf Road, which will be spanned by a
handsome bridge.
Under the wise policy pursued by Messrs.
Hall & Miller, general contractors, of sub
letting portions of their contract, anew
impetus has been given to the work, and
it is confidently anticipated that trains
will run from No. 6 to Brunswick—forty
four miles distant—by the 4th of July, and
through to Macon in the early part of No
vember. It is generally reported ttat
excursion parties will celebrate both
events. An intelligent sub-contractor in
formed me, recently, that all the grading
on the north side of the Ocmulgee would
he completed by the middle of next
month. From personal observation and
inquiries I have ascertained that the work
is progressing most satisfactorily on this
side. A spirit of emulation has sprang
up amongst the contractors which pro
duces admirable results.
One great ail vantage which the Macon
and Bruuswick Railroad possesses con
sists in its light grades and long air lines.
In the direction of Brunswick, from here,
there is an air line twenty miles long
and towards Macon, head, n nine s* mile
from here, is one forty miles in le DK tij
Besides, there is no curve on ttaei road’,
which would prevent a train from; run
ning with as much safety and great ra
pidity as on the straight track.
Tiie heaviest part of the work has been
in both directions from this place, where
high embankments were to be thrown up,
deep cuts made and dense “bog galls,” as
they are called, crossed. These latter are
low, marshy places, thickly tangled with
brambles and hushes. In the winter and
early spring the water is generally several
feet deep iu them. Where the road crosses
Latilla Creek the water is swimming for
nearly half a mile; blit now the same
space is dry as a powder horn, and the
creek exists only in name and the memo
ry of the inhabitants.
Many more items might he mentioned,
hut I fear I have already overtaxed your
patience, if not your columns. R.
No. 6., A. & G. R. R., June 14, 1869.
WHAT RADICALISM HAS HONE FOR A UNI
VERSITY.
From a Raleigh paper of a recent date,
we make this extract. It is a portion of
an article descriptive of the Commence
ment exercises at Chapel Hill, the seat of
the University of North Carolina :
President Poole read the report of the
Faculty to the Trustees, from which we
gather the following: The session end
ing June 10th, began March 3d, 1569.
During this period there have been iu at
tendance the following students: Walter
Guthrie, John Overman, Walter F. Poole,
ranking as Sophomores; aud Robt. Carr,
Addison Cates, W. 11. Howell, George W.
Purafoy, Chas. Suggs, John Tenney and
Samuel M. Ward, ranking as Freshmen.
The students have made good progress iu
their studies.
Ten students where, before the war, and
when its management was in the hands
of gentlemeu and scholars, and not dirty
scalawags and ignorant, greedy carpet
baggers, they were couuted hv hundreds!
Radicalism, which like the virus of a rat
tlesnake, poisons and kills ail it touches
has been here, and see the result. Not
content with taking possession of the
offices aud franchises of the people of Nor h
Carolina, and installing in her places of
profit aud trust the meanest and most
infamous men, both white and black, to
insult aud plunder the tax payers and
property owners, it invades the halls of
learning to clutch the petty salaries’there
to he had. It finds prosperity and thrift
aud leaves ruin and desolation. Among
all its manifold aud enormous iniquities,
none are more flagrant tuau this. To steal
the offices and incomes of a people Is a sin
for which there may he condonation. But
who cau or will ever forget or forgive this
poisouiug of the springs of learning—this
driving away from the State’s schools the
State’s children—this putting a premium
on iguorauce?
The same sight is seen iu Alabama. Her
State University has goue to ruin. The
decent youth have been forced to go else
where for education, and soon the carpet
bag aud scalawag “Professors” will be left
to the genial companionship of owls aud
rats. Let this result follow every similar
attempt at prostituting learning aud iu
seats to Radical purposes. Better, far, a
thousand times, that the youth of the
South should grow up aud go forth to fight
the battle of life without education than to
drink irom a fountain thus polluted. Bet
ter he ignorant than debauched.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE.
Live Mouih? in a Child's Stomach.
Avery interesting and singular case of
a live mouse having obtained lodgment in
the stomach of a little child, from which
it was thrown up alive, was brought to
light yesterday morning, iu the Third
District.
The facts of the case, which are fully
substantiated in every particular, are
these: A little girl about three years old,
named Emily Walhauer, whose parents
reside at the corner of Spain and Great
men streets, Third District, had been com
plaining for about a week of trouble and
pain in the region of the stomach, at times
being quite sick and nauseated, aud at
others exhibiting a most uucoutrollab'e
appetite.
The parents becoming alarmed at the
unaccountable indisposition of the child,
and the singular way in which she was
affected, began to give medicine such as
is usually given when worms are sus
pected.
This morning, while suffering from ex
cessive nausea, the child began vomiting,
and in the violent retchings which en
sued, threw up a live mouse of medium
size, w’hich was taken care of, aud is now
on exhibition at the drug store of Mr.
Weilbacber, corner Spain and Greatmen
streets. Quite a crowd of persons have
visited the drugstore this morning to see
the mouse, which is alive and doing as
well as could be expected.— N. O. Picay
une, 12 th.
MACON. GA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1869.
For the Journal and Messenger.
EDUCATION IN TWIGGS COUNTY.
Mr. Editor: It is to be taken aud re
garded as a cheering aud hopeful sign, of a
better and brighter day coming for our
sunny land—of the ‘-brightly breaking
morn” ahead, when the long period of
thick darkness shall have passed—the
“resurrection” of our loved section to life,
influence, and power as a component part
lof the nation—its certain rise from the vale
of shadow and humiliation to the summit
of life aud glory it occupied of yore, its
triumph, sooner or later, over adversity,
aud assuming the “garment of praise” for
the “spirit of heaviness” —that the noble
cause of education is progressing among
us and receiving from our people a goodly
aud commendable share of attention, eu
| couragement and support. Proofs of these
facts abound abroad throughout the extent
of our State, and wherever met with, re
joice the patriotic heart; hut to me it is. I
coufess, peculiarly gratifying to know that
these things are illustrated at home The
quiet and retired village from which i
write, never behind in anti-helium times,
iu these respects, having shaken otf the de
pression induced by the war aud its results,
and having found again the old paths, is
inarching abreast and keeping step with
the foremost localities in educational en
terprise. During the present year a large
and flourishing school has been going on
here under the conduct and direction of
Mr. John H. Brantley, who is well known
as a ripe aud thorough scholar, and a gen
tleman of ability and experience in the
profession aud art of teaching. His ener
gies, and those of two assistants, (accom-
plished ladies) have been well taxed to do
justice to the large number of pupil* he
has been able to command from the open
ing of the spring session, on the second
Monday of January last, to the close
thereof, on the 4th instant, on which day,
and the day previous, (Thursday, the
3d,) there was a public examination of the
school, to speak of which is the main
purpose of this communication. Search
ing and thorough though it was, the
scholars, one and all, did exceedingly
well, aud the examination, in truth, re
flected great credit on both teacher and
pupils. It gave the greatest satisfaction
to parents in attendance, and wore uni
versal admiratiou and praise from the
large number of persons who witnessed it—
the Academy being crowded with specta
tors the most of the two days. It was a
decided success in the estimation of all.
The pupils, from the least to the largest,
passed the severe test of the occasion tri
umphantly, aud in their various studies
furnished proof of application on their
part under the guidance of a master hand.
There cau be hereafter no doubt in the
minds of liis patrons of the high merit of
Mr. Brautly as a teacher; and if they
are wise, he, as such, will he made a
permanent fixture of their village. On
each night of the two days of the
Examination, there were attractions aud
interesting exercises at the Academy,
which ministered much to the public
entertainment. On Thursday night the
following young ladies read composi
tions :
Miss Ellen Hughes—Composition. “Our
School Room.”
Miss Dora Gallimore—Letter.
Miss Dolly Radford—Composition
“Procrastination is the Thief of Time.”
Miss Mattie Renfroe—Letter.
Miss Lavonia Strozer —Composition.
“Whatever our hands find to do, we
should do with all our might.”
Miss Lizzie Solomon—Letter.
Miss Sallie Long—Composition. “One
to-day is worth two to-morrows.”
Miss Rella Sauls—Letter.
MloaWtU:. tn . .L pOal UUU. ".t'le**
sures and paius of the Student.”
Miss Lizzie Lingo—Letter.
Miss Della Jones— Composition. “Youth
is the season for improvement.”
Miss Ida Hughes—Letter.
Miss Mollie Rice—Composition. “Ap
plication is wortli more than Genius.”
Miss Voleria Sauls—Composition. ‘‘lm
portance of forming correct habits in
youth.”
Miss Johnnie Sauls—Composition.
“Honor and fame from no condition rise,
Act well your part, there all the honor lies. ’
These exercises were read sufficiently
loud to he heard distinctly over a large
school room by au attentive and quid
audience. The young ladies acquitted
themselves with credit, both in readiiq
and in dignified and lady like deport
ment on the stage. There was a priz«
ofi'ered for the best read composition—
audible and distinct articulations, empha
sis and attention to punctuation, bei:ig
the tests by which a committee of gentle
men, disconnected with the school, were
to determine who should be the winner.
The committee had a difficult as well as
a delicate task to perform, and iu their re
port very much regretted ttiat they had
to make distinctions where all did so
well. Their high encomiums upon the
whole class ought to sootli the disappoint
ment of any young lady who felt that she
did as well as Miss Lavonia Strozer, the
young lady to whom the award was
made after mature consideration on the
part of the committee. Miss Strozer is
from Albauy, aud wears her honors with
dignity aud modesty, aud magnanimously
declined to draw fora second prize where
there was a tie with several of her class.
It was remarked on this occasion, as well
as through the two days’ exercises of the
examination, that there was less alfecta
tion on the part of the young ladies than
is often the case on similar occasions, aud
tbeir teacher, if he does not, ought to feel
proud of pupils who reflect so much credit
upon the school.
The speakers, on Friday night, appeared
upon the stage in the following order:
Masters Freddie Glover, James B. Clark, Thom
as Beal, Christopher Findlay, Monroe Lamb,
Freddie Long, Willie Cook, Thomas Jones, IraE
Dupree, Selwyn Rice, Robert Raiford, Walter
Chapman, Lawrence Joyner, James E. Stokes,
Samuel Carswell, Henry Long, Eli S. Grifiiu, jr.,
Bennie Rice, Henry Faulk Griffin.
Prizes were awarded to Masters Henry
Long and Bennie Rice for excellence as
declainiers, hut it is not to he inferred
that these two were the only ones of the
young gentlemen who did well —very
well—excellently. Eli S.Griffin, Freddie
Loug and Thomas Beal, d'd themselves
credit, aud the same may be said of young
Carswell, Chapman, Lamb and Raiford.
If improvement iu declamation, instead of
excellence, had been rewarded, little
from Pulaski, Joyner aud Stokes, Would
have been tie competitors—for the writer
of this article, having heard them speak i
in the school before, was surprised tesee
how much boys, trying to do their duty,
could improve iu so short a time. Such
is a brief aecouut of what was trfly a
pleasant and gratifying occasion to the
writer, aud many others.
The Fall session of our school commej
ces on the second Monday in July next.
Let those having sous aud daughters t*
educate takenotice and give their children
the benefits of a good school.
At this writing the sky is overcast ami
a slow rain is falling. We are needing
rain now considerably. Everything con
sidered, the crop prospect with us is good.
May the planting interest be greatly
blessed the present year. Citizen.
Cotton and Cotton Goods. —The mar
kets for cotton and cotton goods, the
World thinks, have reached a crisis that
must be followed by important results.
It says :
The stocks of cotton in this country
have become so reduced that, we are told,
with all that may be expected to come to
market during the next four mouths, there
will not be .enough to Keep the spindles of
this country going during that time. A
number of interesting questions couse
quently arise: Will cotton goods suffi
ciently advance to justify spinners in im
porting cotton from Liverpool? Iu the
competition forcottou, to what prices will
it advance? In the “ crushing out ” pro
cess to which the smaller spinners are
being subjected, what effect will it have
upon public and private credit aud the
money market ? How long can our great
manufacturers goon piling up goods pro
duced at a loss?
Some people argue that, because cotton
goods cost more than they are now bring
ing. they must therefore advance. This
by uo means follows. It has appeared for
the past year that, though favored by
cheaper breadstuff's, more cotton goods
have been manufactured than could be
sold, even when prices were reduced be
low cost. High taxes and an inflated cur
rency are burdens whose weight will be
felt, and it is not safe to prognosticate
prosperity under their load.
STATE NEWS.
Matters About Athens. —The wheat
grown by the members of the Athens
Wheat Club, has been threshed, but the
actual result was not definitely known.
We may safely say that the highest yield
per acre, is forty-six bushels, on the lot of
Dr. Hamilton. We will give our readers
the report of the committee on the yield in
a few days. The Wheat Club bus been
converted into au Agricultural Society,
aud its scope extended. Our friend, C’apt.
Brumby has a litter of Woburn and Ches
ter pigs just seveu mouths old, which aver
age over oue hundred and sixty pouuds—
the largest an open sow, weighing oue
hundred aud seventy five pouuds. He
pronounces the cross better than the thor-
ough breds.
The factories are all being enlarged and
, putting in new machinery. Thestocks
jof each are above par. Athens Factory
; stock canuot be had at Sl7s—sloo l>eing
! par. R. L. Bloomfield, Esq., is the popu
lar aud energetic agent of this Factory.
He is a thoroughgoing, live bustuessman,
and every thing lie touches; whether it is
factory stock or real estate, improves.
The Paper Mill is being greatly enlarged
and improved by the addition of new ma
chinery, aud will, when fiuishecU quad
ruple its former productions.
Messrs. Brumby aud Bacou have a
steam tannery capable of turning out
ten thousand sides of leather annually, if
worked to its full capacity. They expect
to commence the manufacture of shoes
about the middle of July, and expect to
m ike two hundred pair per day, usiug the
most improved maohiuery and stock of
the best quality.
A number of new buildings are in pro
cess of construction. Among others, we
noticed a large aud handsome edifice de
signed for a town hall, which will be used
by the Masons ; the lower floor for stores,
and the second floor for offices.
Captain Nickerson’s iron foundry is in
full blast, turning out flue sjiecimens of
workmanship.
The largeand capacious building known
as “ Cook’s Armory ” is now for sale. It
has ample water power, aud is well adapt
ed as a site for a cotton factory. If devo
ted to such a purpose, its stock could soon
he made as valuable as that of the Athens
Factory.
Mr. Bancroft has several acres of Eng
lish wheat which he did not enter for the
premium. It is very fine, aud a yield of
at least sixty bushels per acre is anticipa
ted by him. His crop of cotton is exceed
ingly promising, and he will equal, if not
exceed, the results of last year—seventeen
bales, of four hundred and fifty pounds
each, ou nine acres.
[Atlanta Constitution, loth.
Wheat. —The wheat crop of this sec
tion, most of which lias been harvested
and threshed, is yielding better than for
many years past. Some planters are reap
ing from twenty to twenty five bushels
for every one sown, thus making wheat
oue of the most profitable crops that could
have been planted this season, considering
the labor required to produce it. With the
large jield in this and other sections, from
which we have heard, we may reasonably
expect a decline iu the price of flour, at no
distant day. Let it come—the sooner the
better, —Eatonton Press & Messenger.
Sudden Death. —On Wednesday even
ing, the 9th instant, Mr. John W. Hutch
inson, au old and highly esteemed citizen,
died very suddenly of dropsy of the heart
—passing iu fifteen minutes from usual
health into the dark unknown future.
The community sympathize with his be
reaved family in their great loss.
f ftrunstuiie.k Axxnenl x ***■
L a white Mocking Bird.—On Satur
. day last, we saw at the store of Messrs. H.
\V. Thomas & Cos., a white mocking bird ;
it had just attained its feathers, which are
perfectly white; its eyes are pink, and its
appearance otherwise similar to the sweet
songster so common to this country. It
was captured near the depot of the M. aud
A. R. R., and was the only oue hatched
in the nest. It remains to be seen wheth
er this albino mocking bird can warble
the sweet notes of its species.
|_Federal Union, 15 th.
Got Another Place.—Ex-P. G. and
Collector of Customs at Savannah, James
Johnson, lias been appointed Judge of the
Chattahoochee Circuit vice Judge Wor
rill, one of the most efficient and popular
Judges in the State. The people of that
circuit have our sympathy.
An old Government Employe Re
moved to Give Place to a Neoko —We
understand that among the wiiite men in
theemploy of the Custom House in this
city, who have recently been removed to
give place to negroes, is Mr. Ponce, who
has been in the serjpee of the Government
in this State for the last twenty-five years,
aud iu the Revenue service for the last
eighteen years. He speaks several lan
guages fluently, and lias made himself very
useful as an interpreter. He lias dis
charged his duties to the Government
I with intelligence and iu good faith, and
now, after having spent the flower of his
life in the public service, lie is deprived of
the only employment for which he is
suited by long experience, merely be
cause he is so unfortunate as to be a white
man.— Sav. Republican, 16 th.
Rough on the Stone. —Yesterday
afternoon, as Henry Baldwin, a colored
man who works about the warehouses
along the Bay, wassitling on the railing
surrounding the open way on the west
side of Drayton street, he accidentally lost
Liis balance and fell a distance of about
eighteen feet Alis forehead came in con
tact with a cobble stone, which caused
ilia to rebound several feet, and was prob
ablj the cause of his miraculous escape
frorj death. He was placed in a wagon
j audearried home, nothing hut a slight
b'uise on his forehead being perceptible,
i uathwithstanding he complained of hav
iig a very had headache.— Savannah Ad-
I xirtiser, 16th.
Careless Use of Pistols.— On last
j laturday, Messrs. Maxrnan and Shaucer,
Jerks of Mr. Eliasburg, repeatedly
mapped a pistol at each other, and finally
it went oil in the hands of Shancer, pro
ducing a painful, and probably fatal,
‘wound on Maxrnan. There is suspicion
of foul play, and a legal investigation was
being had on Monday.
[Rome Courier, 17 th.
Wheat is now worth in knm« from
$1.60 to $1 60 for good red. This is because
of the large orders lately received by the
mills here. This high price is probably
only temporary.— lbid.
A 1 High Blossom” of a Mail Agent.
H. Roy Myers, of Mobile, has beeu ap
pointed special mail agent in Alabama.
We never heard of him before.—Hunts
ville Democrat.
Nigger, probably.— Montgomery Mail.
The Mobile Register furnishes the de
fied information. It says that Myers is
“<f the genuine carpet-bagger breed, and
afer vainly endeavoring to humbug the
i this place, he went to Mont
i gonery and besieged Gov. Smith for an
' otlce. The Governor wanted a recoro
| iltndation ; H. Roy referred him to old
! Bowulow, and in answer to a dispatch
[ asing. ‘‘What kind of a roan is H. Roy
! Mrers,” Gov. Smith received the reply
frcn Brownlow, “the worst unhung.”
Vith such credentials from Brownlow,
Mrers posted off to Washington City, and
oftourse had no difficulty in getting a fat
oflfce. He went to the right man, too, to
appreciate them.
'in: Columbia and Augusta Railroad
Company and the Charlotte Railroad
Company, it is now ascertained, will con
solflate their lines at an early day, run
nife through trains between Char otte
ac| Augusta, one hundred and ninety
mles. The stock and bond account for
th\ united road will foot up about $4,400,-
00f; which at 7 per cent, calls for over
net income per annum It is ex
posed that the gross earnings will be be-
T .win $500,000 and $600,000 a year.— Char-
Itmn Courier. IRA.
Funekal Oration.'—Mul
dns recently a Radical member of Con
jresi from Tennessee, thus speaks of the
an Arkansas carpet-bagger killed
Vyji-otker carpet-bagger:
’“He sank to death in the soliloquy of
t sown blood ; we shall view him no more
t 1 the chaotic torch of Gabriel wakes to
1 dug consciousness the universal dome,
aid we shall see ourselves as others see us
in that bourne whence no traveler re*
tufns,”
Drifting to an Empire.
THE tendency of the times—A re
markable LETTER FROM HON. ALEX.
H. STEPHENS.
The Hon. A. H. Stephens has written
a loner an d elaborate letter to the Na
tional Intelligencer, giving his views as
to the prime cause of the war between
the North ami the South, and closing
with some speculations as to our polit
ical future. We copy the concluding
paragraphs of the letter:
And now, Messrs. Editors, do you
ask, Cui bonof Why so much written
upon the dead issues of the past, when
questions of so much magnitude of a
practical character press upon the pub
lic mind? If so, the reply is two-fold.
First, to vindicate the truth of history,
which is itself a high duty on the part
of any one who has it in his power to
do it; and, in the second place, to show
the people of these States, in this vin
dication, not only the true cause, the
real “causa causans" of the late war, j
but the real cause of their present
troubles. The Federal machinery for
the last ten years has been abnormal
in its action. It must be brought back
to the Jeffersonian doctrines, and made
to conform in its workings with the or
ganic principles of its structure, before
there can possibly be a return of the
days of peace, harmony, prosperity,and
happiness, which formerly marked our
course. There is no hope for constitu
tional liberty on this continent. Judge
Nichols may “ dream* dreams ” about
another constitutional amendment,pro
viding anew mode of electing the Pres
ident, but the remedy lies in no such
device as that. It lies simply in bring
ing back the government in its admin
istration to original first principles.—
This is to he done not by secession,
however rightful and efficient
that might be. That is abandoned. Nor
is it to he done by force or violence of
any kind, except the force of reason
and the power of truth. It is to be
done, if at all, at the ballot-box. Free
institutions are more generllay lost
than established, or strengthened by a
resort to physical force. They are em
inently the achievement of virtue,
patriotism and reason. Thatourinstitu
tions, and even nominal form of gov
ernment is now in great danger, the
prudent, sagacious and wise everywhere
virtually admit An able editorial in
your own paper, not long since, put the
pertinent and grave question, “Whither
aro we drifting?” To this question I
take the occasion for one to give you a
direct and positivo answer. We are
drifting to consolidation and empire,
and will land there at no distant period
as certainly aadhe sun will set this day,
unless the people of the several States
awake to a proper appreciation of the
danger, and save themselves from the
impending catastrophe by arresting
the present tendency of public affairs.
This they can properly do only at the
ballot-box. All friends of constitutional
1 >ertv. in o yevv section of the State,
must unite 111 this gmr\<i 'Vhny
1 Trust seriously consider, and even re
consider many questions to which they
have given but slight attention hereto
fore. They must acquaint themselves
with the principlesof their government,
and provide security for the future by
studying and correcting the errors of
the past.
This is the only* hope, as I have stated
for the continuance of even our present
nominal form of government. Depend
upon it, there is no difference between
consolidation and empire! No difference
between centralism and imperialism!
The end of either, as well as all of these,
is the overthrow of liberty and the es
tablishment of despotism. I give you
the words of truth in great earnestness
—words which, however received or
heeded now, will bo rondored eternally
true by the developments of the future.
Yours, most respectfully,
Alexander 11. Stephens.
SUBURBAN-FARMS.
Whenever we can spare time, wc
take pleasure in roving over the crops
within range of a good walk or short!
ride, and from several such explora
tions, wo are enabled to state there arc
some beautiful and well conducted farms
of more or less extent within eye shot
of Griffin. One of our last walks -was
over the premises of Mr. Corbin and the
adjoining lands of Mr. R. 11. Sims. Mr.
Corbin’s is a very profitable as well as
beautiful place. His thirty head of cat
tle yield him in milk and butter from
SSO to SIOO per month, besides the in
crease which is a considerable item. Jle
has fenced in swamp pastures for his
cattle, and, in addition, feeds them
bountifully on peas, bran, meal, clover,
&c., and they aro as fat as stall-fed
beeves. lie has a large perpetually
bearing mulberry orchard, which keeps
his hogs fat all summer without corn,
lie thus makes more pork than his fam
ily can consume, and of the best quality
with scarcely any expense. He has an
abundance of fruit of great variety,
which always commands a good price
whenever they desire to sell. He cul
tivates only such land as he makes
thoroughly rich. His wheat field is
not UUO JCili
or ten acres of thoroughly prepared
patches; but these will make an aver
age of at least 25 bushels per acre of
the best wheat. He don’t plant much
cotton, but his patches are almost knee
high. In short, he makes everything
the very best and it pays. Perhaps
the prettiest thing on his place is his
fish pond, about a hundred yards in di
ameter, varying five to twelve feet
deep and full of perch, brim, red-horse
and suckers. These he feeds as he
would fattening pigs, when he wants
fish, and the result is he gets fish that
are fish.
Nextto Mr. Corbin is the pretty place
of Mr. Sims, and we now only have
time to allude to one feature of this
place, which is young Willie Sims’ cot
ton enterprise. He has a field of twelve
acres, which was carefully and deeply
broken up and subsoiled last winter to
a great depth, manured with a variety of
fertilizers, to the extent of from four to
five hundred pounds per acre. His crop
is as clean as a parlor; not a missing
stalk of cotton, and it is about half
knee high; planted in Zipporah and
Peeler. Young Sims is working like a
man, and is certain of ten bales of cot
ton that will be worth probably 40 cents
or more. So much for fancy farming as
some call it.— Griffin Star.
A lady at the South End puts her
SIOO dresses, S2OO shawls and kindred
stunning articles among the “ sundry
expensses.” Thinks it will be easier for
her husband to foot it put in that un
distinguishable shape. Ladies compre
hend the “ ways and means ” business
very thoroughly—they do.
There is a man in Chicago who
vowed he would not shave until Douglas
was elected President. His beard is
now eight feet long.
THE CENTRE OF GKORUIA.
.4 I.l*fly Orarrlptioii of ihr City of Moron—Ap
praranrr «r thr I lly—Tra.lr and Manufaolnrra—
I'harlraioutan* About—What Is Kipttlr! of the
Macon and Augunta Railroad.
From onr Traveling Correspondent.
Macon, Ga., June 10, ISG9.— This, the
“centre town” of Georgia, is situated on
the Ocmulgee river, six miles from the
geographical centre of the State, which
central point lies between Macon and Mil
ledgeville. A more healthy aud salubri
ous situation for a city, combining so
many marked advantages, could not be
found iu the State.
The city is built upon hills which rise
in three tiers from the river hank to an
altitude of 150 to 200 feet. Socially, Ma
con is a delightful place, its women are
beautiful and refiued. and hence the so
ciety (like our Charleston circles, aud
from the same causes,) is pure aud culti
vated. The private residence® are the
most commodious and handsome that 1
have seen, aud, surrouuded as they are by
terraced g.irdeus, present an attractive ap
pearauoe to the visitor. One of the most
striking features of tiiese houses is the
square turret which surmounts nearly all
of them. A Charleston eye misses* the
double piazzas. Mr. W. B. Johnstou, (a
self-made man,) lives iu a colossal brick
dwelling with a white marble cupola and
white marble facings, and when the brick
work wa* concealed with cement it resem
bled a marble palace. This is probably
the handsomest house in the South. The
building alone is said to have cost $150,-
000. Il is superbly arranged, aud gives
evidence of great wealth aud great taste.
Macou does not appear to have suffered
much by the hand of war, aud is evi
dently prospering. In a business point of
view Macou is doing well, and I know of
no city where money cau he more easily
made. The hank interest is oue aud a half
per cent, per month, and planters drafts
accepted by factors are discounted at two
and a half and three per cent, per month.
This is a good business for the numerous
banking houses here; but how the farm
ers expect to make money at this rate, is
more than your correspondent cau sur
mise.
There are several large and well kept
hotels here, and they have no cause to
complain, for even now at this dull season
of the year they average from 30 to 40 ar
rivals per day. The business houses are
largeand some of them handiome. Macou
is regularly laid out, with wide and par
tially tree planted streets. There is oue
street—Cotton avenue—which retains its
primitive wiudings aud meanders through
the town.
The streets from the City Hall, going
down hill, are numbered ; above that
point there is only oue thoroughfare— Col
lege street, and several short streets. The
cross streets are named after trees, and
run parallel to the river. The retail stores
are to be found upon Triangular Block
and the blocks hounded by Mulberry,
Cherry, First and Second streets, and in
tersected by Cotton avenue. Third and
Fourth streets lay claim to the cotton and
commission houses. The new court house
is to stand ou the corner of Mulberry aud
Second streets. The old court house at
the foot of the former street, is now the
property of the (ientral Railroad, and is
to give place to a depot for the Ceutral
and Southwestern Railroads. Churches
and public buildings are numerous, in
cluding a Methodist Female College, ttie
State Blind Asylum, Macon Cotton Man
ufacturing, Findlay Milling and Manufac
turing works, and several foundries and
machine shops. There are two daily pa
pers—the Journal and Messenger and
the Telegraph, and one or more weeklies.
W hat Macon wants is a little energy
and euternriu« in its municipal govern
meur. its city hall, tor me want ol paint,
is a disgrace to its city, and the streelsand
sidewalks are execrable. A squad of
workmen and eight or ten carts are kept
busy all the time, but the system adopted
is bad. A two-hours’ hard rain undoes
the work of a month. This could be
changed by grading both streets and side
walks, costing the city much less in the
end, and hut little more at the first.
Again, the wide gups iu the rows of trees
should he filled up, and many of the
streets should have four rows of trees di
viding them into drives, and a middle
promenade for foot passengt rs.
The citizens are anxious for these
changes, and as the municipal govern
ment is in the hauds of iier own people,
there is no reason why their wishes should
be disregarded. With anything like eu
orgy and business push, Macon must rival
Atlanta. It now has a larger number
of railroads centreing here, aud these
roads are not short lines. They e : ther
terminate at the seaboard or stretch away
to the South ami far West. It surpasses
Atlanta in the character of its surround
ing country, and is a large cotton market.
While speakiugof'cotton, i would men
tion that the factors here are paid for their
cotton the same day they sell, and do not
allow five days’credit in their cotton hills.
The merchants are auxious for the com
pletion of the Augusta aud Macon Rail
road. They expect to operate to some ex
tent with Charleston, and if our merchants
pursue a liberal policy, and the railroads
co-operate with them, the Central Road
and Savannah will feel the change per
ceptibly. The Central Road lias pursued
such an illiberal policy of high tariffs since
the war that the Macouites r*joice that
they will soon he freed from that monop
oly.
But I have not mentioned an enterprise,
for which a charter lias been granted, and
which, if pushed through, wit] do mucli
for Macon. This is Die building of a ca
nal to tap the river eight or ten miles above
this point. The proposed route has been
surveyed for seven miles, and it is found
ttiat at this distance from the city a fall of
thirty feet can be secured, and water
enough obta ned to run fifty or sixty first
class mills. It is proposed to make this
canal serve at least three distinct purposes,
to-wit: turn the mill wheels, bring water
to supply the city, and serve as a channel
for boats, to briug wood and country pro
duce to the city. lam told that the aver
age excavation of the proposed canal wil
he about ten feet, although at some points
they will have to dig down to a consider
able depth, aud at others they will have
to fill up the ravines.
business uitn bora, or*.! ihay oit inquire
anxiously about the dear old city and its
future prospects. Those who, in infancy,
have been hushed to sleep by the rustle of
ttie palmetto as its leaves were stirred by
Atlantic breezes, seem to cling with fund
remembrance to that past, and ever to
wishsucc.ss aud happiness toour“Cityby
the Sea.”
Macon is lighted by gas. and the lamps
are lighted and extinguished by a mount
ed "Uncle True.” The horse used for
this purpose is so perfectly trained that he
needs no guidance, but goes the rounds
at a long, swinging gallop, stoppingjust
long enough at each lamp for his rider to
light the lamp, and as the door clicks in
closing it, springs off at a gallop direct to
the next post. Macon has its organized
police. They are uniformed in Confed
erate gray and present a neat appearance.
Among the amusements of the young
people here, boating on the river is becom
ing the most sought after, and numerous
clubs are being formed. In a few flays
“La Belle,” well known in Charleston
row-boat circles, will float upon the Oc
mulgee, propelled by Georgia’s sons. The
transfer from her Charleston to Macon
owners has just been effected by Mr John
Ingraham, son of the gallant commodore.
Mr. Ingraham is one of the officers of the
National Bank of this city, and being an
ex-uaval officer, is well fitted to coach a
crew. Fkmloh.
[Charleston News.
Value of Iron Cotton Ties.—There
was a fire among a lot of cotton bales in
Memphis, Teuu., last week. The Ava
lanche of that city, commenting on the
affair, says:
Yesterday morning scores of bales of
cotton lay where they had been piled up,
but black as an extinct cinder. Home
times the fire bad furrowed out hollows
between the bands, as it eat its way to
ward the interior; yet the ties had held
together, and consequently saved the bale.
The skill and daring and agility of Mr.
Kehoe and his men of the fire brigade,
and the persistance of the iron ties to
gether, resulted in saving fully one hun
dred bales of good cotton out of two
hundred and two bales that were on fire.
VOL. LXI., NO 14
Hibb *u|-<-rlur i'ourl—\(p4nn4>).
The case of Ballard A Anderson vs. Thoma.' J.
Flint, trustee, was poetpoucd at the instance of
counsel, who desired to present additional author
ities.
The case of the State rs. Henrietta Greer, col’d,
charged with the murder of Nancy Wright, a
white girl, in March last, was taken up The Stats
was represented by the Solicitor-General, and the
prisoner by John P. Fort, assisted by Col. L. N.
Whittle. The following jury was cmpuam-L.-.t 10
try the issue, to-wit:
J. K. Harman, Asher Ayres,
J- A. Pugh, l>. W. Kogers,
O. F. Adams, W. T. Hollingsworth.
Dennis Dalv, W. H. Havens,
Patrick Daly, J. M. Jones,
J. V. Grier, Kicliard Curd.
The first witness introduced was Jesse Wright,
a boy of fourteen years of age, who testified in a
most composed ami intelligent manner.
The following is a brief of the evidence in the
case:
Jesse \V right— Bworn, says: H km>w> the
prisoner, and points her out.' On Moudav morn
fug tile deceases!, the witness’ sister, cut •• n
lightwood ami carried it to town and sold it.
Prisoner came home with deceased on her return
and cat supper, and stayed all night w ith dec* t-,. ,
ai.d next morning went out with deceased to in*
lightwood, saying to the deceased that prisoner
would carry it to town and sell it and divide the
money. About 9o’clock witness saw prisoner and
asked her where the deceased was. Prisoner an
swered that deceased had a had headache uud in and
returned home, and could not go to town. Pris
oner and deceased went out together in the morn
ing at 8 o'clock. Prisoner looked up and down
the railroad when she lold witness about dece.,-. and
having a headache. Bhe seemed excited, and then
run down between the bank and the railroad; and
tliis is all witness knows, it was about an hour
from the time she left with deceased till 1 iw ,n i
again, at the railroad. Prisoner was the lasi on.
witness saw with the deceased. Witness suppos. i
it is 900 yards from where he saw pre-oner on the
railroad to the. place where deceased was lying.
When witn. ss saw deceased uud the pri - m.
through the old Held on their way to get light« , ..1,
they had an axe and a bag. when wltn.■— first
saw deceased she was lying on her side bloody,
and a big sasafras root tangled In her hair. Wii
ness also saw the sack of lightwood tied up. The
sack with lightwood was a little cotton -... 1,, 1 1. ■
axe was also lying by. The pocket of deeea.-ed
was turned wrong side out. Deceased had t- ; .e.
The blood seen ou deceased came from her head ;
head looked like it was cut w ith an use. There
was blood on the axe. Deceased was killed on
Tuesday morning, and it was the next day before
she was found.
When witness next saw prisoner, after sin- run
from the railroad, be raw her down n.-ai. Find! iy
Foundry. She was in bed asleep. Oil!, tPi ! ■ n
and others were present. The cuts of head of the
deceased killed her. This was in Hibb county,
near the Laboratory. It was in March of this you.
It was about a dlj and a half from the time «
saw prisoner on railroad till be saw her at Find
lay’s Foundry. Prisoner bad lied ut> in a bundle
the dress she hud on when she was with do.. ,1,
anil on the dress was specks of blood. Tin i\.■ we
found with deceased was the axe we had. De
ceased was going on eighteen years old, and about
the size of the prisoner; not quite so heavy. Ii
was about 235 yards from where witness i.,-t ,-aw
them to the place where he found deceased. It
was an hour from time witness last saw prison, i ami
the deceased together, to the time hr - aw prisomi
on the railroad.
Vrtm-Examined. —Witness is going on four
teen years of age. Witness was about fifteen yards
from deceased and prisoner when lie last saw them
together going through the field. Deceased was
found lying in an old field with undergrowth and
a large pine near by, and not fur from the sw uni|>o.
Witness lives with Mr. Pridgen. At the time of
the killing lie was living with Ills mother and si
ter. When he saw prisoner and deceased going
out to cut lightwood, deceased had the axe anu
bug, and prisoner hud nothing. Prisoner used to
live with witness’ mother, near Thompson's Facto
ry. The axe was lying near the feet of the de
ceased, and also the bag. A good many people got
lightwood out in the woods where we got ours.
Bim|>son, Kimball and Foster, (policcin. u) soon
came up after 1 found deceased. Prisoner knew
that deceased hud the f.'l ’JO, for deceased showed
it to her in witness’ presence. Saw no one near
by when they were going out after the lightwood
but a little boy.
Capt. James M. Kiwi-son—Sworn, says : lie
known the prisoner since her arrest. 11, i«. CH the
15th and 20th of March last he heard that a . irl
had been murdered out near the Laboratory. I
went out immediately to a point some three .u four
hundred yards in the woods from the Lahoraton
Just as I got there deceased was being taken up
from the ground mid placed in a wagon. 1 found
an axe and u hag of lightwood where deceased had
been lying. The axe had blood on it. We carried
deceased to a little house up in the yard of the
Laboratory to hold an inquest. No physician l.«
iug present, I was called on by the t or.'mer to ex
amine the wounds of the deceased. 1 remov ’d all
the hair from her forehead to the back of her m k.
I found five blows ou her head—four made by the
edge and one by the eye of the axe—br aking in
skull oil the right temple. The four strok■ with
the edge of the axe penetrated the brain. Wilm
would aav that the wounds were made by tin axe.
He found on the axe both blood and brain- '1 he
blows were sulHeleut to produce death, and in tin
opinion of witness did cause her death; the blow
with tlie eye of the hxc would of itself liave . .in,-, I
death, witness thinks. Has no knowledge of .
ing prisoner before her arrest. Witm-.-- .i„|,.-,|
prisoner how she come to kill that girl ? Me - ml,
“I don’t know what 1 did it for.” Witness ininu
diateiy passed on, nothing more being said. This
was on lust Monday or Tuesday. Witness, when
lie asked prisoner about killing that girl, im ~nl the
killing of deceased.
K. W. Pkmxikn—Sworn, says: Has known pri
oner since her arrest. On Wednesday, between
15th and ”oth of March last, news cam- down H e
some girl had been killing up near the Labor;!ory,
getting permission from Capt. Binip-on, I took tin
brother of deceased and went out toward when
tile killing took place, to find out if I could di
cover anything about it. It wa- on Thursday,
about 9 o’clock, when I readied the place. ,
with Others, limited till about dark that day when
we got to Collinsville, and got information from a
woman, who Is now in court. I ascertained Un
dress prisoner had on, and learning that die had
changed her dress, i went, in pursuit ami , .mb
till 11 o’clock at night. Capt. Himp-on went into
a house near the one I was searching, and found
the prisoner in it. She was in bed, and just in tin
act of getting up when I went in. Himp-.m did
not recognize prisoner, not kuowiiijch. r. Wit -
ness kept the brother of tho deceased with him all
the time, and as soon us he went in he km w in
Witness asked prisoner ifjshc knew tin- littl<- hoy
who was with him, (and who wa- dee,-a ■d- i, nth
cr,) and she said she did not; that she never saw
him before. Jesse, tiie little lioy, call- -I In-r by
name and told her wln-rc sh,- used to live with
them, but prisoner denied it all. Prisoner <b nied
knowing or ever being at the Laboratory. Witm ,
then carried prisoner to jail. Witness a.-ked pri
oner where was her yellow dress. HI.-- p anted to
the bundle near the bed. Witness opened it. The
dress and some little toys and other things wen
tied up together. A rihiion described to me l y
Jesse I found in the bundle, also a hair m-t-.vlmli
Jesse had described. He ai.-o described tbedn-s
and knew it when it was taken from the Imndl--.
I saw on the dress some little drops of what I
thought was hloo I. Witness asked pri-om.-r a i
she had been working, and she said she had be. ti
working that day up on Factory road. After
wards witness found out that she did on that
day work for a Mrs. Chapman, near the {place re
ferred to. In a conversation in the jail, prisoner
admitted she knew Jesse and deceased. Borne
time afterwards I had another ,onvcr- the, with
wfinra&ceastd ocetfrfeci.' w iien - tney mi-i-wi.-io
petlicr after lightwood, deceased had a comb and
the prisoner broke it accidentally; they got into
a quarrel and deceased struck her, and pri um r
struck her two licks with the axe.*
Vrovh-E/Ujil'tru.d.— Witness presented 11 rim
hie to prisoner and asked her if she ever -i» -
before. Hlje said no. Witness then told her he
could prove it to be the thimble of dec. and. l'r
oner taid deceased struck her with a stick when
the fight commenced. Witness is not positive
about the stick, hut thinks prisoner said it «- .s a
stick. Witness went as far as he could legally do
to get a confession from prisoner.
Jesse Weight, recalled, says: Deceased did
not carry the comb with her to the wood.- -w
she went out. It was left lying on the slicjf in the
house.
Jly Out Court. — When prisoner was arrested, no
had a dress in a bundle —a yellow copperas dr.-s
she had on when she went out with deceased af’- r
lightwood. (The dress and other articles r--n ;
to produced in Court, and the dress identifi- and : •
witness as the dress prisouer had on when sie
went out after lightwood and saw in the bundle of
prisoner when arrested. >
O. P. Finnev : Knows the prisoner - no- 1.- r
rest, and points her out in Court \V itni-s ha*
conversed with prisoner concerning the hilling o:
Nancy Wright. Prisoner stated to witm-- n “°n
Monday night she stayed at the hou- ‘ .
Ou Tuesday tnOrniDg prisoner and dec- a-' ■!
two colored women went to the w” - .
lightwood. She said Nancy was cutting .u 1 ’ ”
and pulled a comb out of ber head an,l *•
to prisoner to hold ; prisoner put Die tomb n m r
own head, and afterwards, in pahm
it. Deceased commenced told dcc.,l
oner, calling her a bitch.
that’if ahe called her a bitch iuang-he w- n..j
strike her. Deceased cali. J tvvlcc
time. Prisoner then struck a
the axe and left her crvinv.
With this evidence tlic state cc-sed ■
was announced fry prisoner. .
had no testimony to offer.
made by the Solicitor <*»«*>
which wss followed Ti eii re rei
tionahle charge from the
a attor a consultation of flTleen rruuutu-,
of murder”
The Degree or D. D.
Was conferred ui>on Kev. Sylvanus handrum by
Georgetown College, Ky„ at their common, ment.
on the 10th instant. A worthy tribute to a man
wbo well deserves it.
DfmorMt'i MtiHfliw''
The July nmnber of this leading l '“® °‘ * ,e
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