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The Greorgia, "W"eekly
the telegraph.
MAOON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,
Democratic Party—* Mew Party
Mew 'Associates* etc.
jgdffnra Telegraph : To those editors •who
seem not well satisfied with their past and pres
ent associations or with the Domocratio party,
and who it seems are much disposed or are anxi
ous to Quit or break np their past or present as
sociations and organization and "sell ont to” or
associate with Radicals, “Conservative Radicals
or Republicans,” carbet-baggera or any one else
that will give them a hope of even temporary
power—I wonld commend the following remarks
made by the Hon. Mr. Etheridge, an eld line
Whig, (and a Union man in 18G0 and during the
war) delivered at Dancyville Tennessoe, on the
13th nit.
Rkmocracv.—Mr. Etheridge next addressed
himself to the people of every political complex
ion present on the subject of tne name or word
“Democracy.” As an Old Line "Whig he claimed
the right to speak to them. He called for a
gentleman (Mr. Gole) not then present, who
said he hated the word Democrat. He, the
speaker, was no apologist for the Democrats.—
But whatis in a name ? In this progressive age
names soon lose their party significance, and
mean anything or nothing. Let us not be
looking to the past. In the name of heaven let
ns look to the future. The Democratic party
has preserved its identity in the Pacific States,
New York, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware
only; but grant that it had preversed its organi-
' zation entire. It shows that it was better organ
ized and has more vitality than the Whig party,
■"Weh was dead years aeo. _ Bnt let me tell yon
now, that if you find an old Democratout in the
woods behind a log praying for the return of
the Democratic party to power, you will find an
old Whig close by pattiDg him on the back.—
Talk of not being able—as some of you do—to
join “the old, effete, corrupt and rotten
Democracy"—why, anything is preferable to
Tennessee Radicalism—a thing mi generis, a
monstrosity that bad no progenitors, and pray
heaven tha’t it leave no posterity! [Applause.]
Grant you that the Democratic party, dur
ing its long and sometimes brilliant execu
tive reign in power, was stained with
a crimes of its leaders, too_ often unscrupu
lous in their efforts to maintain that power; to
its honor and glory be it said that it despoiled
no man of his liberties without a trial by his
peers. It robbed no man of the franchise ; it
was not in favor of great monopolies; it was not
the champion of hign taxes; it was not guilty of
that stupendous piece of folly—the boast that
“ a pnblie debt is a public blessingit impris
oned no man; tried and punished no man with
out dne process of law; it established no drnm-
heafl courts-martial in time of peace; finding
no bastiles to pull down, it erected none as a
monument of its existence; it was not guilty of
that moRt infamous of rallying cries, “rnlu*
poptili suprema lex.” To the complete organiza
tion of the Democrats of the North; to their he-
joio manner, especially since 1862, of resisting
alike all threats and blandishments; to their
watchword, “ The Union ns it was—the Consti
tution as it is’—to them alone we owe it that
the bondholders’ dream of imperialism is not
an accomplished fact. Grant that the Demo
crats were all rebels. For the four years that
they held sway in Richmond they never passed
a law disfranchising a Union man for loving the
old flag or praying for the safe retnm of the boy
who went ont to fight for it These things that
the rebel Democrat didn’t do in time of war the
Radical camp-followers did when the war was
over and in time of peace. Talk of rotten Dem
ocracy, indeed; Tennessee Radicalism makes
the meanest Whig or Democratic regime seem
bright.
It will be seen that restless as these editors
lately seem in their old association, this staunch
Old Line Whig and Union man of former days,
is perfectly content with his association with
Democrats and the Democratic party North and
Sonth, and that, in vidw of the past and present
condition of the Democratic party, he does not
talk about breaking np its present organization,
nor does he seem anxiouB to quit his present
associates and name and seeks new locality and
new friends in place of the same.
If these editors are really desirous of follow
ing in the “footsteps” of certain Democrats in
Virginia, who, while in much stress and for a
certain purpose, are now shouting for and sing
ing bozannas to such “ true Republicans” as
Grant and others, I repeat that, while our
State is not even in the condition of these Vir
ginia Democrats, these editors really desire to
break up the present Democratic organization,
quit thoir past and present associates and unite
with and throw np their hats for these “Con
servatives” or “ true* Republicans,” why they
have the right to take such a course, and the
sooner they do so the better for our people, the
better for the union and harmony of the Demo-
eratic masse* or party. We can get along with
out them, I hope; therefore, let them go. For
my part, I prefer to stand by and uphold, for
awhile longer at least, the noble and glorious old
organization and its supporters above allnded to
by the Hon. Emerson Etheridge; I prefer to
stand by those known to be good and true, rath
er than quit them, and, for the sake of.expe
diency,” nnite with, and shont for those whose
hands are still stained with the blood of
our liberties, (especially in the South,) and who
are still justifying the destruction of our once
glorious old Federal Constitution; the destruc
tion of which by these "Conservative Republi
cans,” has made ns of the South poor indeed
save only in honor and principles, and I am for
at least saving these, by looking to Ae Demo
crats rather than Radicals or Republicans to
save them. Another Old Line Whig.
The Monroe Advertiser of the 31st reports
fine rains there last night.
Trains now run on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, from Savannah to Brunswick, and re
turn on alternate days. Price round trip six
dollars.
Maj. John P. Lovett and two negroes were
shot on Saturday night lastby unknown persons,
Hope the injuries will not prove fatal.
We had a heavy rain in this city on Monday
night We learn it rained from Augusta to this
point nlong the Central Railroad. Think it must
have been very general.
The Albany News of the 31st reports Colonel
C. W. Styles still very sick, though convalescing.
Drying np of ponds, etc. in that vicinity has
’, caused malarial diseases, mainly fever.
The South Georgia and Florida Railroad is
completed to tho first station, eleven miles
north of Thomasville—will be completed to Ca
milla in November, and to Albany by next Jan
uary, probably. .. ■_ . . .
Burglar Proof Safe —Passing the banking
house of Messrs. Cubbedge & Hazlehurst, a few
days since, and seeing them putting a new safe
into their vault, led us to an examination of the
. same. It is one of the late improvements of
Herring, Farrell & Sherman. It is a burglar-
proof safe—height, 3G inches; width, 27 inches;
* depth 22 inches, exclusive of projections. First
outside casing, £ inch wrought boiler-plate iron;
, seoond, £ inch wrought boiler-plate iron; third,
J inch steel and iron welded and tempered;
fourth, 1$ inches sepeigel eigen, -or patent
. Pranklinite; fifth £ inch wrought boiler-plate
iron—whole thickness 2J inches solid. It ap
pears to be a perfect safe in all its parts—secure
from the various applianoes and tools of bur-
glare. These gentlemen have just placed this
.'! safe in their vault with a view to a better pro-
* V tection of the funds and valuables entrusted to
their keeping by their many customers.
G*oboia Patents.—The following Georgia
.’, patents were granted for the week ending Au
gust 10th, 1869 :
l." Georgia: W. E. Barber, Van Wert, flood-
fence ; /. H. .Ham, Newnan, seed and manure,
dropper; Wm. M. Smith- Augusta, hoisting
machine; B. F. McCarty, J. W. Orr and R. J.
Orr. Florenoe, combination plow.—Constitution
Aug. tUt.
if. i Editorial Correspondence:.
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad, I
August SO, 1669.)
CoL James Noble, jr., hands me the following
memorandum: “The vein of iron ore tapped
at Rome Mountain and by the Cornwall Iron
Works Company, is one solid and oontinnons
vein, and has been traced by the writer for ove
forty miles. For a distance of more than twen
ty miles a vein of the best bituminous coal runs
parallel to it; and for a distance of about twen
ty miles these iron veins range from one and a
rwu.nnsABT Examination of Louis Lojenthal,
Before Justices Wyche, HabmAs and Schofield,
Charged with the Murder of Aaron Kemp, on the
Evening of August 28, 1869.—The accused was
brought into Court at the City Hall, by Sheriff Mar
tin, of this county, and Attorneys L. N. Whittle and
John B. Weems appeared on behalf of the prisoner,
and Lanier A Anderson and Bacon A Simmons for
the prosecution.
The Court-room was well filled by both whites
and blacks, bnt the latter class in much the hugest
proportion. The Sheriff called the case and com
manded silence, when Mr. Whittle, on the part of
half to three miles of the course of the Coosa j the prisoner, stated that the prisoner was before the
river—navigable at all seasons of the year.” ■ Court on two different warrants-one for^an assault
We have just hidden adieu to the noble Bo-1 to coramit in „ arde , r - the other for
, . . - ,• . 0 . tha crime of murder—and asked that the Court
mans and are spinning down the road at 2.40 • L V „
- . , ® i quash the former and proceed under the latter,
pace. Some of our kind entertainers are with rj^e first warrant was then, after considerable dia-
us. "When you reflect that very new a hundred cussion, dismissed by the Court, owing to its
•* JI.AoUon of tl.a Poor* fix* tilmr.
of ns have been the guesta of the city since Sat
urday morning—that they chartered and provi
sioned a steamboat for us and even forwarded
our Saturday’s dinner overland, you will con
cede that they have displayed extraordinary hos
pitality.
informality, and by direction of tha Court the Sher
iff made a seoond arrest in open Court, on a warrant
for the crime of murder.
At this point of the proceedings, Justices Burnett
and Logan appeared in Court, and by request of the
Magistrates on the bench, took their seats with
them.
The affidavit of CoL John Cummings, upon which
Justice Logan issued the warrant, was_ objected to
Yesterday was intensely warm, and this depo- j on t ] ia ground that it failed to state in what year
nent rested and kept as quiet as possible. Most | the deceased was shot, or in what year he died. By
. . . , . . . i consent, this important point was inserted, and the
of the younger members, however, brushed up j prosecution then introauced its witnesses. The
and went to church. We had several distin- j firat witness called was—
gnisbeil preachers of onr part, who 1 £"£ K»°f, 8 .“S|S
among them Dr. DeVotie, of Columbus, and; man bearing a message from Capt. J. A. Simpson,
the Rev E P Birch, formerly of Macon. that a negro man had been shot. I went to the house
" ’ ’ ’. ’ - —— , n | designated, and found this negro man lying upon
We are now in the famous Vann s valley. , floor, and on examination found that lie was
The land is fine—crops pretty fair, though serf- shot—tho ball entering the left side of the spine in
Ohalytartb, dronght. It... pie.,™.
the fat cattle. "We have just passed Big Cedar | linear alba, immediately under the akin of the ab-
Creek a beautiful stream with an average of daman; I thought ha would die^and so stated it at
tnmy feet rail every mile for thirty miles. Here
is land which will produce forty bushels of corn
or a bale of cotton to the aero, and on either
side of yon a range of hills teeming with miner
al wealth.
Captain Barney, Superintendent of this Road,
tells me he has had many years’ experience in
railroad construction in the Northern and
Southern States, in the mineral regions of both.
He says there is moro_ mineral wealth out-crop
ping the earth in four counties on the line of
this road than can be found in any four North
ern States which can bo named. Part of the
way the road is excavated through iron depos-
ites. and embankments are made with the rich
est ore. For over one hundred and sixty miles
at short distances on either side of the line
the time in the man’s presence; I do not know that
the negro heard me say it; I then asked for some
whisky and prepared a dose of morphine and water,
as he said he bad been taking whisky; the negro
said ho thought he should die; I asked his name of
those around, and was told that it was Aaron by a
negro boy present; asked for no other name; he was
lying in a little house on Fourth street, nearly op
posite the guard-house, in what is called Ralston’s
Range; I saw the boy afterwards, after my return
from supper, about 8 o’clock that evening; the boy
died from the effectB of tbs pistol shot; I am a
practicing physician and surgeon; the ball may have
inclined a little, but lodged almost opposite tho
point of entrance, as well as I can remember; I was
not with him when he died, bnt have seen his corpse
and know that he is dead; I saw the ball; think it
was a pistol ball; it was conical in shape; the man
died in this city and comity; I did not hear any
statements from the dying man as to the cause of
his death.
Cross-examined: I did not think the man was as
tall as I am; he was something under six feet high:
the ball came out below the navel in a direct line; I
. , think there was some slight inflammation, bnt did
are inexhaustible supplies of iron ore of many— no j ; notice how much, as it was of no importance,
varieties, indnding red, brown, yellow and ' L ~ 41
gray hematite, of great richness. Here, too,
are all the varieties of marble, from the black
Egyptian to white statuary. Copper and lead
are found within a few miles of the line, and
there are even fair gold diggings.
The soil of this valley reminds me of that of
the celebrated Sweet Water valley—a beautiful
Choccolate color, and you can judge of its fer
tility when I tell yon that with all the leaves
parched and shrivelled—the vitality of the stalk
apparently gone, there are still many heavy ears
upon it, and it will make twenty to thirty bush
els to the acre, in my opinion.
We have just stopped at Cave Spring—a beau
tiful village upon a level plain, in great part
shaded by grand oaks and crossed by little sil
very streams. It nestles cosily beneath a range
of lofty hills, crowned with magnificent forest
trees. At the foot of one of these the spring
bursts boldly from the monntain side in suffi
cient volume to drive a cotton factory and make
a splendid little creek, which runs merrily over
beds of pebbles dancing and sparkling in the
bright sunshine. It must be a fairy scene here
by the bright moonlight, and I am not yet too
old to sport with one of these Georgia fairies in
snch a place npon occasion.
About fifty feet just above this remarkable
spring there are two entrances to the cave,
craggy and mossy, about eight feet wide. I
peeped into one, down a dark abyss to which the
sound of falling water gave a considerable
depth. Some of onr party explored the other
entrance, with candles, to the depth of about
300 yards, bnt I walked on to look at the State
Deaf and Dumb Institute, under the charge of
Mr. W. O. Connor. It has been vacation since
30th June, when the Institution closed with
fifty-eight pupils. The site of this Institution is
beautiful, but the buildings are not so well
planned as they might have been. I hope the
Legislature will sustain it.
A few miles below Cave Spring is the point in
Polk county, near Tryor’s Station, from which
sundry specimens of iron ore were sent the
Telegraph a few days ago by your correspond
ent H. Here is a wonder of wonders. Acres
covered with chnnks of black hematite ore,
many of which are eighty to ninety percent,
fine iron. On the other side of the road is a
solid monntain of ore of extraordinary richness.
This is in Polk county, and Polk, I am told, is
the richest tract of mineral country—perhaps
on the face of the whole earth. Some where
about this point on the line of the Selma, Rome
and Dalton Road, it is proposed that the Carters-
ville and Van "Wert Railroad shall strike. The
distance I think, is about forty miles through a
country teeming with the mineral wealth de
scribed by CoL Mark A. Cooper, in his Carters-
ville speech—igneous iron ore of all varieties—
marble of all varieties—slate of all varieties and
some of them of extraordinary beauty—sand
stone—plumbago — copper — gold and many
other mineral products too numerous to men
tion. No man will believe the wonders of this
country unless he sees them, and yon may say
this party has yet seen comparatively nothing.
It would take months of careful exploration.
Here, over the regions through which we
have hurried by rail, is two year’s work for a
thorough geologist, who should be employed by
the State at once to begin elaborate surveys,
maps and reports, so that the world may know
the value of Georgia, and Georgians themBelves
may know the valae of the rich heritage God
has given them. I trust the Governor will earn
estly impress on the next Legislature the im
portonce of beginning an authorized survey at
once. But we have just now passed into the
jurisdiction of Alabama and. crossed Hurricane
Creek. I will therefore drop Georgia sugges
tions and conclude.
tho ball having passed through the vital organ
George Allen, (colored), sworn, says: My name
is George Allen; me and this ere "Aaron Kemp
started from Huff’s corner to buy a suit of clothes
and & pair of boots; tho young man axed us in,
(pointing to Mr. Nussbaum): he axed whar we had
been at work at, and this ere Aaron Kemp, the man
what got killed, said, “down by the railroad;” ho
bought some shirts from Mr. Nussbaum. and while
ho was getting ’em, the other fellow watched him.
(pointing to the prisoner), he’s de man; this ere
young man axed Aaron to como np stairs, and the
other young man axed me was I any relation, and I
said he was my cousin; he told mo to let Aaron
alone, and let him do Ids own tradin’, and ho would
make me a present of something; when they went
up stairs the young man lit his lamp; I went up
stairs with the man wat got shot and the other fel
ler, the man dressed in black; me and Aaron was a
standin’ side by side; this ere man (the prisoner)
come from the back end of the store with a pistol in
Ids hand, and axed him what number of boots he
wanted; Aaron said number 10; then when he said
dat, the prisoner put his pistol up to Aaron’s breast
and told him to give up his money; Aaron wouldn’t
give np his money, ana this ero man took afterbim,
and when Aaron got to de stair steps he shot him,
and he ran down by de Express office dar, and as
be got dar some folks gathered him and begun to
choko him; three or four men was a chokin’ him
when I got to him; I told ’em to turn him loose,
kase he hadn’t done nuffin; they turned him loose,
and Aaron said ho was shot and wanted to lie down
and die; I helped to tote him to my house; I got a
dray and a pillow and a bed quilt, and we got him
to my house, close to the guard-house; this all hap
pened at Mr. Nussbanm’s, store in this city; de man
went to de tack ob de store fust, and den cum back
wid de pietol; he axed for de boots fust down stairs
—Aaron did—and den de man axed him up etairs.
we all three went up stairs together: when we got
up etairs, prisoner said, “I will light my gas;” he
he did light it; be never stopped to show him noth
in’, bnt kept on to de back end of de store, and
when he come back he had de piBtol in his hand;
den he axed him what number of boots he
wanted; Aaron said, “number tons;” den
de prisoner put his pistol against Aaron's breast
and said, “give np your money, sir;” he wouldn’t
give up his money, bnt broke and ran, and the
prisoner taked after him; he tried to catch him fore
he shot him, bnt he couldn't do it, and so he shot
him; he shot him just as he etarted down stairs; I
don't know as I should know de doctor ef I seed
him; I mought and I monght not: I don’t see him
here; if I does I don’t know him; (tho witness
pointed ont Dr. Wright:) I think dat is de man dat
was dar.
Cross examined—I have told all I knowed abont
the thing, except wot he said (Aaron) when he was
dying. Hr. Nussbaum sold Aaron two shirts, when
we two went in, there was nobody else dere; Aaron
paid for de shirts, and got de money ont of his
pocket book to pay for ’em; then the prisoner camo
in; Aaron put bis pocket book in his pocket; den
he axed for a coat, and den be axed for some boots;
alter the prisoner lit a gaslight wid a match a little
fellow como up and sot on a box; dey have done
sent de boy out of de Court: I don’t see him; I did
not try to grab de pistol; I spected dey was in fun;
de clerk never said nothin’ about no goods dat was
stole nor no nothing, till after bo done shot him;
nor didn't ax ’em for ’em; prisoner didn't say noth
ing, only he told Aaron he was a hard customer;
Aaron said ho didn't bny no goods what he didn’t
want, and warnt no hard customer at all; de man
just told him, “you give up dat money ear;” I have
Aaron’s two shirts; he hadn’t nothin, and didn’t
drop nothin; de little boy ho was just ahead of
Aaron; I ran after Aaron; I seed the little boy ont
there, and I 'epect they've ran him outen here, so I
shouldn’t see him; it warnt do policeman’s wot
grabbed Aaron; it was somebody else; and when I
said he haint done nothin, dey turned him looBe; I
don’t know Dr. Mettauer, dere was two doctors
dere; dey was both white folks; I didn’t say nuffin
to de doctors bout dere shootin Aaron cause ho stole;
I told them that he waB shot for his money; date
what I tole ’em; I didn’t tell anybody so dor, I
knows of; dere was some policemans at my house
wid de doctors; I don't know Mr. Zander, (here Mr.
Zunder rose in Court;) don’t know as I ever seed
him at my house, while Aaron was dere; I seed Mr.
Cummings, bnt I didn’t sec him at my house dat
night; I never told Mr. Avant nor anybody dere,
dat de Jews shot Aaron cause he wouldn’t trade; I
knows you is trying to catch me somehow; if Aaron
hadn't traded wid him he wouldn’t had de shirts;
dat’s what I said, and dat’s what I mean; Aaron
hadn't trade wid de prisoner at ail; prisoner was
standing between mo and Aaron when ho axed him
for de money, and when he shot prisoner was three
or four steps from de gas pipe: don’t think he was
more den that, from de place whar the gas was
hung down: prisoner wa3 a running whon he fired
do pistol; yes. sir, be was a running; Aaron was
shot just as he was getting off de first step: dat’s
wot I tinks abont it; I was abont ten feet behind de
prisoner when Artou was shot; prisoner tried to
catch Aaron by de coat, but he couldn't catch him,
so he shot him; mo and Aaron warnt leaning agin
anything at all; he was standing juBt so; I didn't
see any small boxes; it was a long store, but I
didn’t go to de end or it; I don’t think it was fifteen
feet from de top of de steps to de gaslight; I seed
a heap of boxes, bnt I didn't see any loose goods,
nor I didn’t know what was in de boxes; I don’t re
member dat de boxes was in onr way coining out:
cf dar was any light in do house, I could see a man
standing on de steps from whar I stood under de
gaslight; I don't think I conld see do whole of do
Use of Cotton Goods in China.
Several of this year’s reports from British - ,-. -. , ,, , ..
Consuls in China notice an increase in the im- ““ B body from there, bnt I could see some of it.
consuls in onina uuuuo ou iuwcwso xu uio xm am sure; it a man wa8 standing whar I was he
port of cotton manufactures from the United mo-agllt have shot a man standing on do top of de
Kingdom in 18G8, and state that there is a gra* ^ steps; he did do it any way, cause I seed him; he
dually increasing use of foreign material for , didn't shoot but one time; ef thar had been any-
clothing in various parts of China. They men- thing in the way the ball wouldn’t have hit him;
tion some curious facts respecting Chinese prisoner could havo shot Aaron at that distance, an
habits in the matter of clothing. At the North- more’n dat, he did do it; ef anything had been in
orly Port of Newchwang the people will slip de way lie never conld a bit him; I told thatar
ono pair of cotton Surnmer trowsers inside (p t T^ ESW Aaro ? T
j _, cousin; I worked wid him two years on da railroad:
another, and wodding them with a pound or, boy come np stairs after de gas was lit,
so of cotton grown in their own fields make j while de prisoner was in do end ob de house; Aaron
a warm, useful garment for the Winter, to Kemp died, of course ho did; he died at my bonso.
The prisoner, standing before the Court, then
said : On the 28th of January last, I was eighteen
years old; my name is Louis Lilienthah I was in
the store at the time the deceased and Geo. Allen
eame in; I came to Macon on the 2d of May, 1866;
I was engaged bv Messrs. Nussbaum Dannenberg
as clerk for them; staid with them five months, and
because I got better wages, I went to Mr. Schmir-
man's. in Griffin; staid with him from October 1st,
1866. to the 1st day of July. 1867: went back to
Nnssbaum <fc Dannenberg’s on the firat day of July,
from Griffin to Macon, and staid till first of Octo
ber,when I went back and staid with Mr. Scheurman
till 2d of May, 1868; on that day I left to go North,
and go to college; I staid in college four months
and came back to Nusebanm A Dannenberg’s,where
I have remained until this time.
When George Allen and the deceased came in the
store, Mr. Nussbaum had been waiting on them,
and told me to show them a coat, because Mr.
Hirsch wanted to see him on business, and he
handed his customers over to me; I showed him a
coat, bnt he was not suited: he asked ma then for
a pair of shoes; I conld not suit him in the shoes;
he asked me at what price I would sell him a pair of
boote; I told him (the deceased) three dollars to
three and a half and upwards; deceased asked mo
to show him a pair, and I told him to walk up stairs;
I took matches along beforehand and then got on
little steps under the gaslight to light the gas; while
I was doing that, the deceased walkod up to some
boxes of hosiery standing there, and while lighting
the gas I saw him place a box of hosiery under his
coat; he put his hands behind him, and backed up
to some boxes of boots and shoes standing near
him; he did not take his hands from behind him; I
asked him what number of boots he wore; he said
number ten; and did not tell me what kind ho
wanted, nor change bis position from the wav he
stood when he took the box of hosiery: my little
brother had come up just a few minutes before
that; seeing he had stoi n something. I went into
tho back room and took from under the pillow of
my bed a Smith A Wesson’s revolver—a five shoot
er; I walked back to the deceased and laid my hand
on liis right shoulder, or somewhere near there: I
said: “Uncle, give up what you stole;’’ he broke and
ran, and I think ia running I tore his coat some
where on the right shoulder; I hallooed “hold on-
stop thief;” he kc-yt on running, and whon he was one
or two steps dawn the stairs I fired: I did not
mean to shoot tho deceased at all; he run down
stairs and went outside in front of Wrigley A Knott’s
hardware store, where they caught him; he said ho
was shot, and I said I shot him: Mr. Avant, the police
man, came along; I weut into the store with him
and a8kel Mr. Nussbaum to bail me out; Mr. Avant
Said it cculd not be done; I put on my coat and h t
and wens with Mr. Avant to whore they had laid
deceased on side walk in front of the last door of
Wrigley & Knott'B store; Mr. Avant looked over
some o*nes shoulder and saw him lying there: I stood
by his side and told him to como on and he earned
mo to prison; that’s all, sir.
Upon reading prisoner’s statement, he begged
leave to supply an omission, saying: I forgot to say
that after I had shot deceased he dropped ilie box
or hosiery from under his coat upon tho third step
of the store leading down stairs into the street; I
picked it np and brought it down and showed it to
several about there; think mylittlo brother after
wards took tho box out of my hand, and I do not
know what, afterwards, became of it; that is all.
The prisoner, by request of Hon. Geo. M. Logan,
ono of the Magistrates, signed the statement just
made by the prisoner.
By order of tho Court tho negro witness, George
Allen, was then introduced for the purposo of iden
tification. Tho prisoner stated that Gooige was the
negro who accompanied deceased.
Mr. T. D. Tinsley, sworn on tho part of the de
fense, says: I saw George Allen on last Saturday
afternoon: I saw him in the crowd collected aronnd
the negro who was shot; it was on tho street near
Dr. Mettaner’s office.
Here, in compliance with the wishes of counsel,
George Allen, the negro witness of the day before
was iccalled. George said: 1 do not know as I
ever seed Mr. Tinsley; I seed Aaron Kemp lying on
de sidewalk, just fore Massenburg’s corner; dar’s
whar wo pat him on do dray; dere was a great many
people dar: I don’t think dey was all colored peo
ple; I didn’t know any of the white people dar;
don’t know Mr. Tinsley; if I seed him don't know
it; dar was one whito man dar I knowed. dn man
wot got his money; should know his name if I heard
it; think it was Avant, bnt don't know; Aaron wasn't
shot at de corner; I said de reason de man shot
Aaron was because he didn't give up his money;
didn’t say nuffin at all bout his not trading; ef lie
hadn't traded whar did he get his shirts? dat is what
I said; I never heard no colored man say dat Aaron
got shot kase he wouldn’t trade wid do Jew. nor dat
I had said so to anybody; when I went to Carey W
Cox’s arter a bucket of water, do Doctor came: I
warnt dere; I went to my houee arter somo pillows
to lay de man on; have tole you several times wot I
said; never tole Dr Mettauer dat Aaron got shot
kase lie wouldn't trade; don’t know Dr. Mettauer as
I knows of.
T. D. Tinsley, recalled, says: Saw George Allen
push his way through the crowd in front of Dr.
Mettauer’s office, bad heard him make exclamations
of grief and sorrow; they were very extravagant
andlond; I assisted Cant. J. A Simpson in giving
deceased water and brandy; I heard some ono in the
crowd say that a Jow shot deceased for nothing in
God’s world, but because he wouldn’t trade with
him; can’t say who made tho remark; there was a
large crowd cosgregated there, heard no ono state
tho man was shot because bo would not give np his
money, when it was demanded of him; George Al
len bad as good opportunity to hear all that was
said as I had. I was bonding over deceased at tho
time; if anybody had been in tho outskirts of tho
party, I might not have hoard what was said, but
lieing near mo I could not avoid hearing, nor do I
think conld George Allen havo helped hearing them:
bad George Allen said this at tho tirno, I certainly
should have hoard it; I know of no other facts bear
ing upon the case, except that I hoard Georgo A1 on
ask those aronnd to take deceased to his bouse,
where he wonld tako care of him; did not hear the
pistol Bhot.
Cross-examined: I never saw Georgo Allen be
fore: it was the first tirno I ever saw him; cannot
say I ever heard George make any statement as to
the cause of the killing; the attention of George
Allen toward the dying man gave evidence of his
being some sort of a relation; do not know that
George remained there all the time up to tho re
moval of his body; can form no estimate of tbe
number of persons there; were perhaps from fifty
to seventy-tivo women, men and children; do not
think there were one hundred present.
It should be stated hero that the counsel for the
State protested against the admission of this testi
mony, as mostly irrelevant to the subject matter be
fore the Court.
H. Mettauer, M. D., sworn, says: I simply ex
tracted tbe ball from deceased; do not know whose
house it was; it was opposite tlio guard-house, ono
of Ralston's houses, I think: did not examine t he
wound particularly; found the abdomen distended
by clots of blood; know the man was dying when I
called; by desire of those present, I extracted the
ball.
Seligman Zunder, sworn, says: My name is S.
Zunder; saw George Allen first time at a quarter
past seven Saturday night last, at a shanty in Ral
ston’s estate, nearly opposite the giiard-hjn.se; a
great number of white persons wero about the doors
and windows; do not know whether Dr. Mcttanor
had been there or not; never saw George Allen and
Dr. Mettauer together: Louis told mo that great ex
citement existed among the negroes on account of
Louis Lilienthal having shot a negro, aud I went to
see about it; got permission to go where deceased
was lying; saw officer Whippier guarding the door,
went in and saw the officer receive the ball which
Dr. Mattauer had cut out of the abdomen of de
ceased; saw a negro there that to tho best of my
knowledge and belief was Georgo Alien, now present
in Court; have seen George Alton twice; perhaps
forty-five minutes in all; could pick him out in this
Court-room; saw liim at the shanty noar the guard
house. and then I saw him on the stand as a wit
ness; I ought to know a man when I eee him twice:
George Allen was asked by some ono in the room
what the Jew killed tho man for.
Cross-examined: I said in my direct examination
that I thought tho witness Georgo Allen, now in
Court; was the man that I saw in tbe shanty; aiuld
have picked him ont anywhere; I thought that to
say to tho best of my knowledge and belief I knew
the man, was sufficient to prove his identity; I stated
at first that to the best of my knowledge and belief
tho witness, Georgo Allen, is tho man I saw at the
shanty where deceased was lying; did not know his
namo at the time; George AUen was asked by some
ono in tho room, “What did tho Jew kill him for ?'*
and George AUen, who was at tho head of tho dying
man, said in answer, “For nothing, but because he
wouldn’t trade with him;” the room was full of peo
ple; I noticed Mayor Obear, Col. Cummings, Capt.
Simpson and others on tho outside of the premises;
I was ieside the room when tho ball was given to
officer Whippier; the room was a very small one; I
have examined the premises where Aaron Kemp
was shot; (hero a diagram was shown to the witness:)
C
be again resolved into two as the warm
weather returns. In the South, at Foo-chow-
foo, a high mandarin told the Consnl that
people of his class change their linen only
once in ten or twelve days. He was rather
cleaner than tho ordinary ran of manda
rins, many of whom seldom change thoir under
clothing more than once perhaps in the winter,
and not more than once every three weeks in the
summer. The same Consul says that the Chi
nese do not use sheets for their bedding, but
cover themselves with thickly wadded counter
panes, made of silk or nankeen cotton cloth.
The Consnl at Swato notices an increasing de
mand for textile fabrics, and believes it will go
on. At present, however, he says the country
people follow their agricultural pursuits, and
carry on their dan fights in the state of Adam
before the fall, merely donning their short
trowsars and scanty jackets on their return to
their homes. - A clothed husbandman, however,
is becoming a more common sight than in past
years. ___
Planters about Griffin expect to have the
most of their cotton in market by the middle of
November.
wpm ; my l
right 'fore do gn&rdbouse door, bout baif arter four
dis yor Sunday morning; do man dat sets dar wid
a handkerchief in his hand, (pointing to the prison
er.) shot Aaron Kemp; he knows me, cause he al
ien* calls me Sam.
By request of Judge Anderson, one of the State
counsel, Justice Logan adjourned tbe Coart until
to-morrow, (this morning,) at 9 o’clock.
POELDONABY EXAMINATION OF IiOUIS LUJENTHAL,
Chaboed with the Murder of Aaron Kemp.
Second Day.—Court met yesterday pursuant to
adjournment, and at a quarter after nine a. m., the
Sheriff entered the Court-room with the prisoner in
charge. As on the preceding day the Court-room
was crowded, and mostly by negroes) who seem to
takegreatlntereetin.theresnltof the case. At 10
o’clock the case was called, Justices Wyche, Logan,
Burnett. Harman and Schofield on the bench.
The counsel for the State then stated that at this
point in the case they had no more evidence to
offer; npon which Col. Whittle, on behalf of the
prisoner, stated that his client would make his state
ment before the Court, giving an account of the
events aa they actually oocnrred. .-*/• 'ef/,
f t* »* * 'J , *. * # :• • xJcji#‘V&l* •
animation of witnesses was resumed. Immediately' part of-the store, and by the time I got back to the
after the testimony of the last witneee wae read, front of the store, I heard “stop thief” from up
,, ., _. stairs, and right afterwards I heard a pistol shot;
Mr. Zander then arid: Standing at C, a ram udght 81W deosaeed nmmng down stairs ae fast as he
see the head and shoulders of a man standing at the -- **
head of the stairs; in order for the prisoner to have
.been able to shoot Aaron Kemp. be must have been
aa far aa the point indicated by the letter B; have
never known prisoner intimately; it may have been
two or three years since I first met with him; I knew
hi* character from hearsay; know nothing against
it, until the shooting; he is a co-religionist of mine,
and had there been a word against his diameter, I
should most certainly have known it; from my
knowledge of Mr. Lilienthal's character, previous
to the shooting affair, I should ssy it was good; Mr.
Dannenberg, one of his employers, stated • to me
previous to his leaving for New. York: “I can boast
of as good and honest a set of clerks as can be ob
tained anywhere;” I consider the character' of the
prisoner good for honesty and Integrity; also con
sider him a quiet and peaceable citizen; saw George
AUen twice on the evening that deceased waa shot;
met Mr. Shropshire (local editor of the Telegraph)
at the store of Messrs. Nnssbaum A Dannenberg,
and with him went to view the body; Capri Simpson
cautioned Sir. Shropshire not to say anything abont
the case in his paper in my presence: George Allen
waa there at tho time: ho (George Allen) gave Mr.
Shropshire an entirely different acconnt from what
he liad given mo prerionsly; the story he told Mr.
Shropshire was somewhat different from that he has
sworn to on the stand aa a witness; he told Mr.
Shropshire the Jow said Aaron bad stolen some
thing: he added: “I swear I didn’t see anything;”
lie stated that the Jew took him by the coat and held
tho pistol to him. . „ _ ,
Cross examined: I know Maj Gallagher, he was
almost kneeling bv deceased when I went there with
Mr. Shropshire; I'don’t think Maj..GaUagher heard
what was said to Mr. Shropshire; while Mr. Gal
lagher was present he was tne only spokesman till
the Captain of Police whispered something in his
ear, upon which the Major got np and went ont; I
never doubted tho identity of George Allen; I felt
in doubt as to how I had better express myself,with
several gentlemen on Monday morning; at a quar
ter past nine, I first visited the scene of the murder;
have been there to-day and re-examined tho place;
did not measure the distances laid down in the dia
gram now before the Conrt, but I give the opinion
that the diagram is correct, to the best or my knowl
edge and benef, having peen both the room and the
diagram: by the words “knowledge and belief,” I
mean as far as I know, and bo far as I believe from
my knowledge; when I knoio anything. I believe it
to' bo a fact, (great laughter;) am not an American,
and I givo my ideas the best way that I know bow;
if I wero asked if Judge 'Wyche was on that bench,
I would say to the best of my knowledge and belief
that is Mr. Wyche; (roars of laughter:) that iB my
way of speaking; if you tell mo anything. I respect
it in a Court of Justice as something I have beard
positive; as regards identity of person. I always say
“to the best of my knowledge and belief;” tho state
ment I heard mado by George Allen to Mr. Shrop
shire, was made a quarter of an hour after the first
statement mado in my hearing; both statements
were made on Saturday night; think there was but
ono window to the shanty where deceased died;
8 feet
winning*
could go; people outside began to run after him, and
a few minutes afterwards the prisoner came inside
the store and a policeman came with him, who said
the prisoner must go with him to the guard-boose:
Louis asked me if I wonld bail him out. told him I
would if I oould; can identify George Allen if re
quired to do so; do not remember that I saw George
Allen after the shot was fired; when the pistol was
fired deceased ran down first, Louis next, and the
prisoner’s little brother, I think, came running down
last; do not remember seeing anything on the steps,
bnt Lonis handed me tbe box afterwards that had
been stolen from the store, before anything was
said to me abont bail; it was fonr or five minutes
after Ixrais had oome down stairs; I was standing
near the steps when prisoner first came down; he
was running after deceased; he waa gone abont two
minutes; when be came back he went directly after
the box of ladies’ hose that had been stolen; he
brought them to me and said, “here are the stolen
goods that were taken from the store;” prisoner is a
half brother of mine; have known prisoner for six
or seven years, and know his general character, and
I ought to know it by this time: I call it first rate;
he entered onr employment in 1866, bnt has not
been in it all the time; I pay him $90 per month and
his washing; he sleeps in the store, for which he is
not charged anything; I regard his character as first
rate; he ib faithful, industrious and hard-working;
never knew him to quairel or fight; he is always very
peaceable.
Cross examined: I am prisoners’ half brother;
when these parties were going up stairs, I waa in
the rear of tbe store, and did not see them go up;
when I heard the cry of “stop thief.” I was at the
foot of the stairs, three feet apart from Mr. Al
brecht. when the pistol was fired; don't think Mr.
Albrecht was standing under tho stairs: deceased
came down stairs first, prisoner following him,
abont three feet in his rear; both ran out of the
door; prisoner came back alone two or three min
utes afterwards; he then went up stairs, returning
with a box of hose which he gave me; the police
man (Mr. Avant) then came in and made the arrest
of the prisoner, who asked me to bail him ont; I
left the box on the second counter from the door,
near the middle of the store, not in the rear of the
stairway; the prisoner did not bring the box down
with him when ho first came down; I left the box
on the counter, and do not recollect having it in my
hands any more that evening; prisoner gave me the
stolen box before he was arrested; at this time
there was so much excitement, that I really do not
know whether I showed tho box to policeman Avant
or not; have no recollection of showing the box to
policeman Avant, or saying to him that deceased
had stolen that box: did not invite either of the
negroes to come and trade at the store; they came
in of their own accord; do not recollect seeing Geo.
AUen before he came in with Allen Kemp.
Direct examination resumed: I believe all I have
said about tho box of stolen hosiery to be true;
think I am positive on thi9 point; the goods in our
store had been pUed up for nearly a week when
Mr. Zunder came to examine the premises; they
have not been disturbed in tho least since the negro
gas
I think this diagram is correct as to the position of
the goods in the store; I saw the premises yesterday
ami again this morning; tho piles of goods on the
passage way near the stairs average eight feet high,
I should think: if a person waB proceeding from tho
gaslight to the steps for the purpose of ranning
down the stairs, he would have to ran a circuitous
course; ho could not climb over the goods, they are
too high; a person standing at A, on the diagram,
oould not seo a person standing at the head Of the
stairs, owing to the goods. We would have to go
down the passage near tho letter C before he oould
see a man on tho stairs.
. Tbe Court then adjourned till 8 o’clock p. X.
afternoon procekwsos.
Court met pursuant to adjournment, and the ex*
Mayor Obearwas near the window; CoL Cummings,
Chiof of Police, was about ten feet away; deceased was shot; Mr. Albrecht was not in front of the
was lying inside the room, his feet about three feet steps; he was on tho side, three or four feet off, I
from the door; CoL Cummings was talking to the should say; our store has three front doors, all of
police at tho time, and Capri Simpson was standing j which were open; the steps commence to go up a
noar him; I was at the house on my first visit abont; foot or a foot and a half from the right hand door:
thirty minutes, I think; Geo. Allen was thore when I was a little excited when the shooting affair trans-
I first wont, and as far as I conld see waa there ! pired; during the chase of deceased by Louis, I do
when I loft; he was there when I got back with Mr. not know what I was doing, only that I was behind
Shropshire; we staid about fifteen minutes the 1 the counter; remained in the store and did not fol-
eecoud visit; fonr or five negroes were sitting'low the prisoner and the deceased to see where they
aronnd tho wounded man, while I was there on both went to.
occasions; if they wore here I conld pick ont one of
them; when thewo statements were made to Mr.
Shropshire. Maj. Gallagher was kneeling down; Mr.
Shropshire entered and stood near; Maj. Gallagher,
I think, did not hear the statements made to Mr.
Shropshire; I listened to Maj. Gallagher some five
minutes, perhaps; his conversation was to me very
interesting; think there wero candles lighted on the
floor: I remained abont ten minntes after Maj. G.
went ont of t'ie room.
George T. Van Epps, sworn, says: Am acquainted
with the prisoner; have known him five or six
months; have never known anything disreputable of
him; an association to which he belongs speak of
liim as a very peaceable young man; never heard
liia character for honcety and integrity assailed.
Siefred lilienthal, sworn says: Am a brother of
the prisoner; I was fifteen years old first of Mardi,
1869; am a clerk for Nnssbaum A Danneberg;
was in the store on Saturday evening last when
Aaron Kemp waB shot; did not see him when he en-
After reading the written testimony of witness,
there seemed to be some doubt existing in tbe
minds of the Court, as to the exact meaning of the
language used by witness. The Court (Justice
Wyche) asked the witness: Did yon or did you
not, on Saturday evening, give that box of hosieiy
to the policeman, Mr. Avant ?
Answer: I did not; in explanation it was stated
by witness, that ho thought it was his duty to give
the property alleged to be stolen in charge of the
police, but in the excitement of the occasion, he
forgot to do so.
Mr. M. M. Hirsch, sworn says: I was at Nuss
baum & Danenberg's store on Saturday evening
last between 6 and 7 o’clock; met there with Mr.
Hemy Albrecht; when I entered the store Mr. Nuss
baum was selling goods to two colored men; was
tryiDg to sell them clothing; I told Mr. Nussbaum
I wanted to see him on business, Mr. N. then called
tored the store; George Allen was with him when I j an( j away with me; when I got through
fireri saw deceased; Mr. Nussbaum waB showing the witll Mr. Nussbaum I went in front of the store;
negroes some coats; he did not continue to wait on
them; prisoner waited on them, and went upstairs
with them; did not go upstairs with my brother,
Aaron and George, bnt went up shortly afterwards;
was ordered upstairs by another clerk: wliei I went
npstairs I sat down on a stepladder that stood under
the gaslight; I was three or four feet from Aaron
Kemp, when I sat down; the prisoner went into the
back room; when he came out he asked Kemp to
givo np that box he had stolen; as soon as brother
said that, Kemp ran; prisoner ran after him and
grabbed him bv the coat; Kemp slipped through his
while I was talking with some friends I heard a
shot and the words “stop him.” Cannot tell which
I heard first there waa so much excitement; I ran
after the colored man; when he got to tho Expross
office nobody had caught him; there was a big noise
made by George Allen, who said to me that the
other negro had been shot; when the police got hold
of deceased I ran back to the store, where I met
prisoner with a pistol in one hand and a green box
m tho other; he made this remark: “This is tho
box he stole.” Mr. Avant, the policeman, then came
a — _ ... .- . . „ - , in and told prisoner he must go along; when Aaron
hands, when pnsoner ran after him ana hallooed to j jj enj p ran out I can’t say whether Louis followed
him to stop: Kemp kept on ranning tin he got f° j himornot; when policeman Avant came in the store
- . ^ , , himornot; when policeman Avant
the second step of the stairs, when prisoner fired; I waa standing behind the counter with the pis-
Kemp then dropped^ the box; when I reacbqd the tol lying on it; somebody sung out, “Avant, take
that*pistol;” don’t know what became of the box,
Mr. Avant, I think, arrested prisoner in tha store,
sidewalk, the people on the street had caught
him, in front of Wngley A Knott’s store. The box
Kemp dropped contained ladies’ hose; it was a
green box, about eight inches long and fonr inches
deep; there are hosiory boxes up stairs; they were
but I cannot say, positively, whether he did or not;
I cannot say what reason was given for tho shoot
ing; heard Louis ask Mr. Nussbaum to go his bail:
. i . 1 .—»—y J, ¥ . ' V- jicaru juuma aeh mi. Aiuswuitum mj gvi uio won,
about >five or six feet from where Aaron Kemp i j £ avo j 1V ed three years in Macon, and never beard
stood when I came np; saw the box Aaron Kemp j a against prisoner’s character, and wonld trust
dropped; it belonged to Nussbaum a; Dannenberg:: jjj m anvtbing I have got; believe him to be a
have performed my usual duties m the store since peaceable Young man, went to Now York with him
Saturday night: there has no change been made in ; ag i vear . ' am not certain that I heard the cry of
the arrangement of the goods up stairs since Salur- - - -m ^ te' ‘ “*
day. (Diagram shown to witness.) The diagram
shown me is correct, and represents the passage
from the gas light to the top of the stairs. The
goods have been piled up all along the passage way
lor somo time : a man standing nnder the gaslight
cannot see another standing at the head of the
stop him” before the pistol was fired.
Court adjourned till 3 r. ar.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
B. F. Dense, sworn, says: Am acquainted with the
unusually excited at the time of making the inoi
acted about aa L usually do: am satisfied m7
are correct; don’t know the wMtfcoftlw etreet?Z£*
pose it is 180 feet wide, including the sjdwrTiS'
when Aaron said “I am a dead man," he waa neu£.
in front of Wrigley A Knott's store; I did not atu»
time eea the green box of hosiery in the hand«7>
the prisoner; tbe parties who ran out at thecW.
were one colored man, one white man mid one
boy; at the time they ran ont, I did notseeeitiZ
of them had a pistol; the first time 1 observed it
when I made the arreet; my remark at the tirnD?
“ftoKthe arreet wae, “IM have to arrest you, »i$
I then followed him to the store of NasebsinrTV
Dannenberg, and told him he might oonsideriS^
self under arrest, I did not take hold of him; didlw
hear prisoner say a word abont bah; Mr. Nussb»S»
said to me “I want you to release this
leave him in the store, I will go on his bond fori!!
hundred dollars;” I thought at the time his
waa Dannenberg, and said, “Mr. Dannenbwvr
don’t do business in that way;” I then told the Tom' 1
man ho must go with me; might have aaid go to
guard-house, perhaps; did not hear Louis s&v
bated to stay all day Sunday in prison; could hav»
put my hand on the prisoner at any moment ifteri
made the arrest; prisoner stated to me on his in
the guard-house, that he was up stairs with two nlC
groes. one of whom he caught stealing his goo^T :
and as soon as he saw he wae discovered mt?i
crime, he attempted to ran; “npon which," prigo^:
said to me, “I shot him:” the prisoner did cot ten
me that he sung out to him to atop; am not tnista.
ken in Mr. Nnssbaum’s identity, he is the maawiv!
offered me the stolen box of hosiery, before T „
rested prisoner the deceased bad said to me, “j
a dead man;" turned the prisoner over to the
and hurried back: deceased had been moved; aire^
many people were there; I recognized George
and a negro named Camp who drives a dray iJS
there with Capt. Simpson; I took charge of
wounded man’s money; don’t recollect thenra^!.,
amount-just now; we pnt deceased on a dwv and
took him to a house on Fourth street, where wifft
him; can’t say what sort of a coat Kemp hvl
think he wore a blue blouse, but am not positive
supposing deceased had on a coat (which Idoaoi
know anything abont) I do not think he could hiva
carried a box, eight by four inches, for thirty feet
without holding liis handB behind him; don’t know
whether he wore a blue shirt or a blue blouse such
as is worn by Federal soldiers.
The Court then adjourned till 9 o’clock this
morning. '
Farming in Early County,
We have been furnished with an extract from
a letter written by a planter in the Southern
part of the State, to a relative in Pennsylvania,
which will be read with interest:
In regard to your inquiries about the price
of our lauds and the general prospects of the
country, I am happy to send you more cheering
accounts.
Under the influence of the best crop made for
the past ten years, our real estate is slowly bat
surely advancing, and before tho close of the
year it will command something like its worth.
* * * Still, considering its intrinsic value,
our best lands are probably cheaper than in any
other part of the State.
Doubtless you noticed in the Macon Tel*,
graph—yon still take the paper, I suppose—
a prediction that vast fortunes would be made
by speculations in the oak and hickory lands of
Southwestern Georgia, and the paper was cor.
rect. The Almighty has done more for this
section than for any country I have ever seen.
* * * The profits some of our fanners are
making this year, exceed the results of any
legitimate business I have ever heard of, and a
statement of some instances, to' illustrate what
I say, will severely tax the credulity of those
not advised of the wonderful resources of onr
better class of land.
You reoollect I rented the R place, on
Spring creek to. Mr——. Ho carried on the place
six moles, worth about $1,000, and certainly net
over $500 worth of corn and plantation plunder,
his current expenses up to next January will not
exceed $500, he has simply directed the labor,
and consequently enjoyed much, leisure. He
will clear at least 30 bags of cotton, worth to
day in Fort Gaines $3,900. Bnt let us set don
these figures together,.aadl hope you will study
them, bearing in mind that the Government hu
done, and i3 doing every thing Yankee ingenui
ty can suggest, to oppress the South, and that
we are tho most and worst governed people on
the face of the earth.
Item 1—Six Mules $1,000
Item 2—Wagons, Gear, etc 150
Item 3—Com and current expenses, etc.. 850
Item 4—Labor (part of crop,estimated at). 3,700
$5,700
But observe the mules are still on hand, *ho
the wagons, etc., and fully $350 of item 3, vii:
the greater of the current expenses, and all the
labor is paid after the crop is in market. So in
fact Mr. has only risked
Hire six mules $250
Feed nine mules;...,
Hire wagons, etc 25
Cnrrentexpenses..... -y— 200
••• • - $775
Hera then is a ca9e where a man has risked
$775, and made by the year’s operation $3,900.
Fully a dozen instanoes have come directly un
der my eye, where other parties have done equal
ly weiL .
Mr last winter valhed his entire investment
—land, stock, andyear’s supply of provisions at
prisoner; ho has been boarding "with mo eleven —land, stock, ana year ^"PP^ 01
months: know his moral character; never heard him : $6,000, and it would not have sold for «
saw a gathering on tha Satnrday evening in ques
tion, near tho comer of Third and Cherry streets,
and went up to seo what tho matter was: when I
reached there I saw a man lying full length on the
ground, near tho stops of Dr. Mettauer’s office; his
shirt was torn open and a man was by him. pouring
water on him; I asked what was tho matter, and the
man who was attending or pouring water on tha
man on tho ground said in reply, “ Ho is shot: a
Jow shot liim because ho would not buy a pair of
- . .. - „ boots from him;” I cannot swear positively to the
time: Ills back was leaning against some boxes as be | man t; j 10 thus answered; according to the best of my
light, going toward the stairs, cannot see a man on
tlio top stair; when brother Lonis ran after Aaron
I followed close up; George Allen was standing
back of brother: my brother called on Aaron to
"stop” three or four times.
Cross examined: The box of hosiory Aaron stole
was worth two or three dollars; George Allen stood
five or six feet back of us in the rear; when brother
came out of his room I was under the gaslight;
Ko:np was standing dose to George Allen at the
faced the prisoner; don’t know where deceased had
liis bands; passage between the pile of goods was
quite narrow; near tiie gaslight it was notmorethan
three feet; it was wide enough for deceased to ran
by mo without my getting out of tho way where I
was seated; Aaron ran by me and brother followed
him; when they ran they were abont two feet apart,
perhaps; when Kemp got to the stairs, prisoner was
three paces from him, and I ran up close to my
brother; George Allen was behind me somewhere;
deceased dropped the hosiery he stole on the second
or third stair step; saw him drop it from behind un
der bis coat; bo dropped the box right after being
shot: did not pick up the box; brother got down the
steps before I did; the box was on the steps when I
passed down; Kemp had the box under his coat
sumowhero while ranning; don’t know how he held
on to it; did not notice the box till I saw Aaron Kemp
drop it; can’t say where Aaron had his hands while
running: when brother came from the back room
he told Aaron to give np the box ho had stolen; I
did not halloo or say anything; Mr. Hirsch, one of
our clerks, and another gentleman. Mr. E. Woolf,
and Mr. Nussbaum were down stairs; Mr. Nussbaum
and Sir. Hirsch were in the back part of the store:
Mr. All blight was there also; I think when brother
and the negroes wont up stairs four persons beside
me were below, Mr. Hirsch, Mr. Nussbaum, Mr.
Woolf and Mr. AUbright; my brother said not a
word abont boots when he ordered him to give up
tho box; brother had tho gas lighted; when I got up
stairs he was standing near it; whon I camo up he
weut back into bis room.
The Conrt then adjourned until 10 o’clock this
morning.
Preliminary Examination of Louis Lilienthal,
Chatigdd with the Murdeb of Aaron Kkxp.—.
Third Day:—Court met pursuant to adjournment,
and at 10 minutes past 10 o’clock, Conat&blo James
Cain entered the Court-room with the prisoner in
charge, the Sheriff of tho county having gone to At
lanta the evening before on professional business,
. The Court then ordered the examination to pro
ceed. Tho first witness examined was Mr. Henry
Albrecht, who being duly sworn, deposeB and says:
I was at tho store of Nussbaum A Dannenberg on
Saturday afternoon about 6 o’clock; was there all
the time of the shooting, in front of the Btair steps,
in the store, standing on the steps; heard the words,
“stop the thief:" once I heard “stop tho thief,”and
onne “hold the thief;" this was at the time tho
shooting was going on or a little before: first man I
saw coming down the stairs waB tbe thief; I then
knowledge and belief, the man who stands up
(George Allen) is tho man who said the Jew shot
him because ho would not bny a pair of boots from
him: havo seen him before, I think; do not swear
positively he is the man.
Cross-examined: Saw George Allen only while I
waB talking with him, say four or five minntes; he
would say that if he (Geoige Allen) was dressed dif
ferently that evening, he would only swear that he
favored him; I gave a description of George AUen
before I saw him this morning, and the. description
now suits tho man who is in conrt and answers to
his name; the description that I gave and now refer
to is, that the man is a taU black man and had on a
light, or vellow, or some other sort of a coat.
S Zuniler recalled: I had an opportunity of see
ing the dving man and examining the course of the
ban; tho'ball had been cut- out when I came there;
tho wound in front seemed somewhat lower than it.
was behind; am sure it was lower in front than in
the rear; (witness examined diagram shown him;) I
find that the passage way for eight feet long under
the gaslight ia about six feet wide, and that the
balance is some two and a half feet wide; I have
examined the piles of goods; they measure five,
seven and eight feet high; at the comers the goods
measure fnU seven feet high.
Mr. W. R. Avant, sworn, says: On Saturday
evening, at G o’clock, I was standing near Hasdai's
liquor store, on Third street, when! heard a pistol
shot in the direction of Nussbaum & Dannenberg’s
store; I started at once, and was a quarter of the
way across the street when I saw four men come
out of the store—two negroes and two whites; I
found the party had been stopped in front of Wng
ley & Kuott's store; I went up to a negro man who
seemed to be attracting some attention, and asked
what was the matter? The answer waa from Aaron
Kemp. “I am shot;” I went across tho street double
quick time, or as quick aa I could get there: I said
to tho negro, “I reckon not;” he replied I am a
dead man, sir;” I asked him how he was shot; he
showed me by his fingers and said, “I’m shot
through the body;” on raising his clothing I found
him shot through the body; asked the question who
shot him; two or three answered me at once; Geo.
Allen was one of them; I at once arrested Mr.
Lilienthal and took him to the Guardhouse; ho had
a Smith A Wesson pistol in his hand at the time of
his arrest; I went behind the counter of the store
afterward and got a pistol; when I arrested him I
said to him: “I want that pistol;’’he did not hand
it to me. bnt laid it down on the counter, from
whence I took it; it was some three or four minutes
after tho pistol was fired when I arrested the pri
soner, thero was much excitement at the time; as I
M H , started with the prisoner to the Guardhouse, Mr.
ran awav, because I thought I waa shot myself; I j Nussbaum came to me with a green box' and said:
was excited; I never knew Lonis Lilientbal before “Here is the goods that have been stolen,” or words
deceased ran out and they caught him near the Ex-' to that effect; I said I had no use for it; cannot say
press offleo: saw another negro that night; he wanted! whero ho put it; thero was a bit of cord tied around
to say something, but Mr. Avant told him to “shut the box: at the time the negro told me he was shot,
up, for he had nothing to say;” should not luiow tbe I think ha knew he was about to die; ho said to me,
negro if I saw him.
Cross-examined: I live on Mr. Peter’s lot id this
city, and had business with Mr. Nussbaum that
evening; heard nothing up Btairs except “stop the
'I am a dead man;” he seemed suffering and weak
ening fast: I came back ten. minutes afterwards,
and they had moved the dying man: Aaron told mo
he did not know the man’s name who shot him; be
thief" and “hold the thief;" then I beard the pistol j told me that himself and George Allen had gone
and ran away; thought I was shot myself; took no ! into the store to trade, and that a gentleman had
notice of anybody; have said nothing to anybody J taken them up stairs, where they looked at eome
abont what I was"to swear if called upon; was sworn; goods and failed to agree upon the price, exoept
at Coroner’s jmy; do not know who I have talked | two shirts, which one of them had purchased; the
with about the subject. (George AUen wae called: gentleman who went up stairs had come toward
and mado to stand np before the witness.) Cannot
identify this man as tho negro who was with de
ceased when he was Bhot. . •
Jfyron Nussbaum, sworn, sava : I am senior part
ner of the house of Nussbaum A Dannenberg. where
this difficulty took plane; on Saturday night two col
ored men camo in: I asked what I oould do for them,
and they said they wished to look at eome sbirts;
showed them some, sold them two; Aaron Kemp
bought them and paid for them; sold (he shirts for
$1 75 cents each; f 1 BO was all Ae change he had
handy; he said he wanted to bny a coat; showed him
some coats, and while showing Asm, wae inter-
them with a cocked pistol in his hand, which he
placed against Ae deceased, saying: “I want your
money;” Aey then turned to ran down the stair
way, when Aaron was shot; that is about all that
deceased said to me; think prisoner was standing
npon Ae eide-walk when I got np there, but wiU
not be positive; don’t know that I notiood Ae pistol
at firat; think, from his countenance, be was Ae
same man Aat I arrested; Acre was a great deal of
excitement at Ae time; prisoner wae not out of my
sight a moment after I made tbe arrest.
rupted by Mr. Hirsch, who came In with Mr. Henry er he bought Ae shirts up
^ Albrecht; I balled prieonsr to wait on Ae negroes, don’t know which of the i
Cross-examined: Aaron Kemp aaid they failed to ... .. .
agree on account of price; he did not tell me wlieth- r carded from tha pa spars woo. -
’ — stairs or down stairs; uge j*. ft will save yoar own rert, ana —
two negroes bought the
Ho told me yesterday, if he had no bad hi
from this out, he would clbox $1,000, with mid
dlings at 23 cents. !
In your country where a farmer, wiA a tax
list of $G000, labors daily in his fields harder
than one of our old slaves, them instances sill
scarcely be credited, and yet our negroes receive
a larger proportion of the gross yield of Ae land
Aan your farm laborer. It.is true, where lag®
amounts are expended for manures, or where
Ae soil is heavy, and consequently Ae mole
force, Ae expensive item of plantation economy
must be proportionally larger, Aese profits are
impossible. But even with Aese disadvantages,
Ae profits are extraordinary, considering the
little capital one must risk. Nor will this state
of things change materially for some years to
como. The people of Ae SouA are getting
the labor possible under our present system, out
of Ae free negro, and yet this crop will not
much exceed three million bags, and next yets
it will hardly be so large. It will take years to
get tho Chinese here steady at work* and in the
meantime cotton must hold ite own.
J. M. M.
Sleepy Hollow, near Blakely, Aug. 28, ’G9.
Serious Difference* in the Cabinet.
Certain rumors have been afloat in officii
quarters here to-day which have not had »
good effect in preserving an equanimity of
temper among Radical extremists. The rt
ports are based npon almost certain proofs th*»
President Grant has .let slip in conversation
statements decidedly calculated to convey tW
impression that he is no longer disposed *
conntenanoe the efforts of Ae ultra Radical a-
tremists to ran the administration altogether^
their political groove, without ei Aer oonsnlb-
tion or advice wiA him, or the ConservA«
members of Ae Cabinet, who have hereto!^
held their peace on Ae subject of interfering^
the State elections South. It has been Joe”
for some time that Secretaries Fish and
ins and General Sherman have been. smwj
opposed to the proscriptive Aeories whi®°’-"?,
members of Ae Cabinet advocate, and l*te‘J
has come to light that Secretaries Cox and Kpw-
son are strongly inclined in the ^ a036
tion. For some time past, indeed, since tne ,
ginning of Ae wide separation of As C*“r
officials, indications have been aecnmulMpi
which prove conclusively that serious din
ences of opinion have originated ooncenus*
party policy between Messrs. Creswe'f,
Boutwell on one side, and Rawlins and ru®
Ae other, which must oulminate and bsew**
notoriously public. WheAer Ae former
Aeir direct efforts to foree Ae Cabinet
support of Ao ultra measures now only °P®"\
advised by Boutwell and Creeswell Aere “
substantial grounds for believing, onto*m'?* t0>
reports which have startled Radical onto 1 ®" •«
day, Aat early in September a Avu’on ^
take plaoa in Ae Cabinet regarding the pw*’
cal situation, which will draw the bne •
closely between the Radical Cabinet o
and those more inclined to liberal ' nb f s '
admitted here A Republican circles, A<m
•out counting the President, there will oe . #
iority opposed to Ae Boutwell policy, and t
result of the whole mo tier will be nmf 1 ,.
change in important offices.—
special of tits 28th to the Courier-Journal
Words to Morroa.—We have the P 56 **?^
announcing Ae revival of Dr. Jensons ee ^
medicine, Southern Soothing Syrup, » hlcfl
sands of Southern mothers tend nurses h»ve
aively used end justly extolled for to genUe
dyne qualities and nutritive support to mi
Refreshing sleep is induced, which is Ae
a healthy, vigorous child constitution. __ ^
this everything of a datreestog mflaanoejT”" ^
nervous system, so inimical to toft*
o'
use it.
tolling him deceased wanted to buy a coat; I waited shirt*; my impression waa that Aey hpd been bought oberpes. See advertise***®
on Mr. Hirsch Aen. and went with him to Ae back np stairs, from whet be said; cannot Mg. that I was W 8-