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x REMINISCENCE. Florida Herald: When Mr. P r ' Emory Speer, the brilliant young Georgia Independent-Republican, uj, to South Carolina as the agent r , t | u . Republican administration to rente the Ku-Klux cases in that !tt.iic. it may be of interest to Caro- I liniaus to read the following incident in the career of Speer’* grandfather, Ahich comes down to us from ccr- of our own ancestors who figured in the stormy debate*, o£ .•SuUilicalion Days” in South Caro lina. Alexander Speer, grandfather of the present Emory, was the great champion of the Unionists of the Palmetto 1 . State. He was young, ,1,1c, eloquent, audacious and the l.iul of his faction. At a great public ■ushering in the interior, Alexander Speer was announced to speak tor Union men. The Nulliflers Wl re in despair, as they had no speaker of note to reply to the re doubtable young leader. The great McDuffie, at his home near by, broken in health and spirit, already Mnitten by the disease which closed his shining life in the very zenith of its fame, was thought to be physi- callv unable to enter the lists ot debate. Spurred, however, by the necessities of the hour, a committee of his friends waited upon him the ,].u before with a s«rcr<g appeal to meet and reply to Speer. McDuffie roused himself and consented. The C-e.it day came. Such a crowd had rarely gathered at the district hust- ing. Speer spoke first. He had never appeared to greater advan- r.igc. llis eloquence seemed to take on dignity and power from the pn-sence of his great antagonist. THE BANNER-WATCHMAN. NO XXII. ATHENS, GEORGIA, TTJESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1883. VOL. XXX. Hi- arguments were strong and penetrating, and couched in rich an.l striking rhetoric. His appeals fur the "glorious Union” were pas sionate and superb. When he sat down it was conceded that lit- had made the greatest effort of his life, lbs friends -vere jubilant. They were sure that the invalid McDuffie could never answer that grand argu ment. Even in his palmiest days lie could not surpass it. Speer was the coming man. He was the rising Carolinian. Even McDuffie’s friends shook their heads and wore silent, ami for the time Speer and the • glorious Union" were in the as cendent. After a brief interval McDuffie ro-e to reply. Supported by his crutch, he advanced to the front of the platform. There was the still ness of rapt and anxious expectation over that vast assembly. The great orator's eye kindled as he gazed upon his people. He laid his crutch aside; his form expanded; his cheek took ,11 the hue of health. Raising liis thin, white hand above his head, ami half facing Speer, in a voice, whose clear intensity penetrated to the farthest confines of his audience, hr began: "When 1 hear Northern men cry out ‘this glorious Union’ nicthinks I hear the bugle blast of the robber band; hut when 1 hear Southern men cry out, ‘this 'glorious Union,’ mi-thinks I snuff treason on the tainted gale!” Tlie sentence went through the audience like an electric shock. With the first word that fell from hie lips he had thrilled their atten tion and transfixed his opponent. And such a speech as followed, •den who had heard and hung upon McDuffie's words at the hustings, in the legislature, in Congress and Senate halls, say that he never 'I’oke like this before. He tower ed above his opponent like a moun tain peak above a breezy hill. Speer’s brilliant sophistries wither ed like leaves in the breath of his scorching eloquence. His argu ments went down one by one be- tote the resistless logic of the migh ty orator, and his finest perorations paled before McDuffie’s words of tire. Speer himself was handled like a toy—held up to the amuse ment and ridicule of the audi ence. A shadow was cast upon hi* patriotism there that never lifted un til he left the arena of politics. For tvo hours there fell from McDuf fie s lips such a stream of logic, of evective, ot wit, patroiotism. pathos and fiery matchless eloquence as tew audiences have ever listened to. W hen he sat down amid the “huz zas that rent the skies,” Alexan der Speer was the worst whipped man that ever faced an antagonist. His own friends confessed and no "tic new it better than himself. It seemed to give the quietus to all lii‘ dreams of civil fame. He retir ed from politics, moved to Georgia, and became in that State one of the greatest and most eloquent of min isters. 1 he Methodists probably never knew how much they were indebted for this brilliant c rnament ,u ’he last great polictical effort of George McDuffie, ot South Caroli na. from that day to thisa Speer has n "t figured in Carolina history, and h seems a continued misfortune that the grandson of Alexander ■''peer should go back on so graceless a mission of the glorious Union, to ’he State which his eloquent Jtnces- ,or ,L ’ft in disaster more than a cen- ’ 11 ry ago. Dh that Emory may find his Mc Duffie! t II the area of the. United-States ■Was as deniWT settled as that of France, there would be room here for 6So,000,000 people. Gen. Mahone’s term as U. S. Senator will not expire till March qth, 1SS7. So he doubtless consid ers himself solid for that period. President Arthur late Saturday afternoon issued a pardon to Ser geant Mason, now confined in the Albany, X. Y., penitentiary, under sentence of eight years’ imprison ment for attempting to shoot Gui- teau. Genius will demand recognition, and we arc forced for once to en dorse ex-Senator Conkling. He says “President Arthur has more propensity than capacity for being the republican Presidential nom inee.” Telegraph: Pledger’s resolution not to fight for the Union so long as the late Supreme Court decision is unrescindcd, leaves the future of this country in a state of terrible un certainty. We call attention to the great peril. The trial in Howard county, Ar kansas, ol the colored rioters indict ed for the murder of Wyatt, several months ago, has just ended. Three rioters were sentenced to he hanged and twenty-nine to he imprisoned for terms ranging from five to eigh teen years. It is reported that a strong-minded female in Ohio, 62 years of age, has invited Ingersoll, the infidel, to a public discussion of the truths of the Bible. She says if she can’t make him confess his many errors she will present him with a new milch cow. Ex-Governor Smith, of the Geor gia railro..A ^*mmission, in his testi mony before the sub-committee of the senate committee on education and labor, the other day, deplored the evil caused by free passes issued to legislators, but was at a loss to suggest a remedy. A Frenchman in St. Louis,* M. Nadir, a son of the Parisian aironaut of that name, claims to have solved the difficult problem of :erial navi gation. He uses a balloon and pro pels it when necessary by the recoil ofa leather cannon, which is so ar ranged as to fire in any direction. Mr. Taylor, near Chchaw, Ala., has produced a hale of new variety of cotton this year called the merino cotton, and has refused thirty cents per pound for it. "It is quite pro lific and has a very short staple, looking very much like wool. The stalk grows about six feet high and the fruit grows in clusters very much like chestnuts. The full returns trom New York give Carr, republican, 18,247 ma jority for Secretary of State and the democratic candidates for the other state offices the following majori ties. Comptroller Chapin, 16,320; Treasurer Maxwell, 16,984; Attor ney General O’Brien, 13.050, and Engineer Sweet over 20,000. New York is inclined to be democratic, hut won’t stand democratic fooling worth a cent. Victor Newcomb formerly at the head ol the Louisville and Nash ville Railroad, hut recently engag ed in the hanking business in New York, has retired from active life with a snug pittance of several mil lion dollars. He is not quite 45 years old, hut he says he started in business early and has worked hard, which entitles him to rest the re mainder of his days. He is a native of Louisville. Nine negroes will take their seats milie Virginia General Assembly. ' lie army of tramps is bearing ‘“"thward, and it is time for all RikhI citizens to lay in their winter supplies of shot-guns and tar and leathers. One of the decisions of the Su preme Court, published, is of sufficient general interest to have special attention directed to it. In the case of Cook vs. the Western and Atlantic railroad, from Whit field,the court decided in substance that even when an employe or trav eler on a railroad signed a waiver of any claim for damages in the event of personal injury while in its em ploy or under its charge, this did not avail to relieve the company of liability if the accident was due to any carelessness or mismanagement on the part of its agents. Watterson is in New York and has been to see Mr. Tilden. In the course ol an interview he is quoted as follows: “I saw Mr. Tilden to-day and he laughed as he always docs at the talk about the old ticket. He said a good many people seemed to favor the old ticket, but he was against it. He is in the most excellent health «nd enjoying life, and he considers these blessings more highly than he would the Presidency. The discus sion of the old ticket is time wast ed. Mr.- Tilden would not go to Washington if all the men, women and children in the land would vol unteer to escort him." The testimony of Bishop Holsey, colored, before the Senate’s Labor Committee, at Augusta, was quite differerent from the malevolent ravings of Fred Douglas and other negroes who ran away and have never ceased to abuse slavl owners since. Bishop Holsey said that “he was a slave before the war. Was taken.away from his mother and put in his first master’s hands, who wa6 very kind to him. His master, when on his death-bed, gave him the choice between two friends for his master. , He chose Col. R. M. Johnson. Although owning slaves; ‘•were matte* of time when all “>e New England mill* wiU ,bo- r«r jnoved to southern soil.” This is ,^Fovided no jurregde 4»9»d« 0 »he mills of Lancashire, as the «ree traders counsel. t.llie Times Democrat noting the ’einarks of the New York Herald* 'T°n the future of cotton mamifac- •urein the south, says: “We can even further than the Herald. , le s °uth will not only become a Rreat cotton manufacturing centre,’ JUl the centre for this Whole- coun- *nd indeed for a greater por- ’ton of the world. “H cotton doth c»n be produced here with twice ^ o~ - o • me profit it ia in Naur England; iV OoLJohnson frequently told him he would) be glad when-the time came fdr emancipation of slaves. Col. Jolmson' taught him to read. He then'gave a brief resume of hi* per sonal history to the present time.” . -.KENTUCKY CRIME. A TERRIBIE REVELATION OP SOCIAL LITE. A Min-lsf, rollowed by th. VlliS Cobf.itlon of Oulll lmiMealing a Brolbnr-Subisquont InU- mauon aid Pnrjury Followed by LoaUuoma Crimea Is :be Family. Flemixgsburg.Ky., Nov. 23.—A most remarkable case, which will come up 'or trial at the circuit court here, is that of the Commonwealth vs. Dr. John L. Robbins, charged with cons; iracy to intimidate. The history of the case cannot be pub lished, but an outline of its horrible features can he presented. In Oc tober, 18S2. John L. Robbins and Miss Mbllie J. Smart, both residents ofa small place near this city, called Myers’ station, were married in Cunningham, Mo., over the protest of her parcr.ts, who objected to his attentions on the ground that thev did not believe them honorable. A few days alter their marriage the husband accused the wife of having been unchaste, and, notwithstanding her denials, persisted until she con fessed that since her thirteenth year she had been guilty of the loathsome crime of incest with her brother, John Smart. Robbins threatened to leave her, lut she implored him to at least staj with, her until they got back tc. Kentucky, and she could see her hrothet and have him make some rcpaiation for the horrible in jury he did her. Shortly after their return, on November the 30th, so the commonwealth witnesses say, Robbins and his brother-in-law, Dr. Martin, waylaid John Smart, and|at the muzzle of two revolvers com pelled him to sign seven notes of $150 each, payable annually, and secured by mortgage on Smart’s farm, the notes being made payable THROUGH OCONEE. VISIT TO THE BOHE OF A MODEL FARMER. Th* Gain Crops—Bog Hominy—Old Farming* ton—Dr Pile*—What Thrift and Entorprls* will Accompiuh on Georgia Lands- Notes by th* Way- to Smart’s sister, Mrs. Robbins. CROSS PURPOSES. Dr. Robbins was taken sick in the latter part of December, and continued bed-ridden until Februa ry, 1SS2. On January 29, however, Mrs. Robbins and John Smart—the brother with whom she confessed she had committed the heinous crime—went to Carlisle and in the office of Kennedy & Kennedy, lawyers ol that place, she made affidavit retracting the confession made to her husband charging her brotiicr with incestuous commerce with her, and said that the confes sion had been extorted from her by force and threats. That afternoon she left for Missouri, and in the „ room at the hotei where she stopped nee - speaking of hogs, there - » ’• - - * seems to he a regular boom in this section. Every farmer is raising was a letter addressed “to whom it may concert.” the purport of which was that the affidavit she had that day made was procured by intimi dation and that her brother by threats had forced her to perjure herself, and that the confession made to her husband was true, and that she and her brother were guilty. Before leaving Carlisle she pur chased an elegant gold pin, and en closing it, together with a most en dearing and affectionate letter in a box, addressed the package to her husband. The same day she left Kentucky her brother brought a civil suit to invalidate the mortgage he had given, alleging fraud and force, and also swore out a warrant for the arrest of his brother-in-law, Dr. Robhins, charging him with conspiring to rob. The warrant was dismissed, because one person could not conspire. Immediately warrants were issued for both Dr. Robbins and Martin. The examin ing trial resulted in the accused be ing held in bond tc the grand jury. In this examining trial the above particulars were elicited and the af fair created great excitement and intense feeling. The parties in in terest were very much inflamed, and fears weie entertained that a trage dy would result before the parties would leave Carlisle. THE PARTIES INVOLVED. The parties involved arc by no means from the lower orders. The Smarts are owners of farms, and are considered well to do. The woman, Mollie J. Robbins, nee Smart, while somewhat giddy and thoughtless, bore a good reputation, and associated with the most re- respectable people of the neighbor hood. She is now in Missouri with her fathe'rs family, but she is not divorced from her husband. Before she left this state she sold the seven notes of 1150 each, and secured by a real estate mortgage to Dr. Martin for $500 cash. John Smart, the brother, who she alleges ruined her, is far from being a bad looking man and is a substan tial farmer. About the latter part of 1S7S he, in company with three other men, attempted to rob and murder a miserly German called Dutch Ilenry, who was worth $40,- ocx>, and was known to keep the money around his premises. They were arrested, indicted, and Smart “peached” on his pals and two of them were sent to the penitentiary. On the trial of the third his (Smart’s) testimony was impeached on the ground that ne was an ac complice incompetent to testify and the third man was acquitted. The counsel for the accused in this bur glary case was Thomas F. Hargis, the present chief justice of Ken tucky. Another brother of Smart is now under indictment for murder and a fugitive from justice, Stiel. anoth er brother, is under indictment for felony and also a fugitive. The father and mother are deserving and honest people. Robbins is a physician with a lu crative practice, and is reported to be very skillful in his profession His family has always stood high, his father once representing Nicho las county in the state legislature. Robbins himself is a rogue, but this is as stoutly denied on one’ side as it is affirmed on the other. A VICTIM DOCTOR. Dr. Martin, who married Rob- bin's sister, and who purchased the notes of Mrs. Robbins, is a man of unsullied reputation and a a physi cian of pronounced ability. He claims that he purchased the notes in good faith, without any knowl edge of the manner in which they were obtained, and alledges that he is coupled in the indictment for the purpose of rendering him incapable of testifying. He is a cousin of the state senator elect from this district. Both sides have a large array of counsel. The state is represented by the commonwealth’s attorney and ex-Congressman Andrews, of this place, and Phister, of Maysville; the defense by Gen. Ward, of Cyn- thiana, Ross, Owens and Troop, of Carlisle, and Cassidy and McCart ney, the leading criminal lawyers of Northeastern Kentucky. The fight will, be prolonged and bitter, «s : qn this .verdict hinge five or six •other criminal and civil suits. A fruit train has been put on the Central Railroad. It is always a rare treat to an ink slinger to have a day in the country, away from business and care. It rests and refreshes the overtaxed mind, and you can return to work feeling like a new person. For some time we have been promising Mr. Robert A. Moon, one of Oconee’s best and most successful planters, to pay him a visit, but it was not until Saturday evening last that we could steal a day and comply. Mr. Marshal, a very pleasant young far mer, came foi us, and in defiance of the threatening weather we were soon “all aboard” en route to our destination. This is one of the gloomiest seasons ot the year in the country. The fields are bleak and hare, and the whole land seems wrapt in a mantle of desolation. The crops are harvested,, and the only sign of agricultural life are a lew Ireshly-plowcd furrows or an occa sional field of small grain. Oconee is one of Georgia’s smallest, yet most fertile counties. It is noted for the thrift of its farmers and the beauty of its ladies. Its lands lay well and are very productive, and tilled with rare skill and care. You see few of those unsightly red gul lies or washes in fields that char acterize so many southern sections, hut the hillsides are ditched and the washed lands restored . to its pris tine fertility. We noticed on the roadside that an unusual amount of small grain had been sown, and yet the good work goes nobly on. Every crib you pass is filled with home-raised corn, while pens of fat hogs, ready for slaughtering at the first freeze, attest that the Oconee farmers intend to live at home and hoard at the same place. As a gen eral thing these men not only raise their own provisions, but they breed some of the best stock known in the country. All the Oconeeitcs was are bom judges of horse-flesh, and you seldom sec a thin or ill-used ani mal. If is an old saying that a man who it kind to dumb animals al ways makes a good husband—so judging from this we are not sur prised so many Athens hoys annu ally “get the mitten” down in Oco- Hlcknduniu QnadrUla. Texas Siftings. Choose yo' parduers, time's er Ilyin 1 . Take yo* places on lie So 1 ; Don't you hear dat Sddle errin' "Xicaerdemus Ebermore: 1 S’lute yo‘ parduers, bow perlitciy. Hat’s de motion through en* through; Swing dem corners, step up lightly. Hail r 1 his own meat, and they have, also, the most improved breeds of swine. We learn that Mr. Marshal, of High Shoals, has a Poland China hog that he calculates will weigh Soo or 900 pounds when fattened, while 400 pound porkers are as common as pig-tracks. After passing Wat- kinsviile you strike a beautiful road, and traverse a very fine belt of coun try. The farms all lay well, and vou see many handsome country homes. Seven miles from the coun ty site Farmington is reached. It is settled by a half dozen families, all leading and influential men. Dr. Price, that grand old gentleman, re sides here. Dr. Price has the confi dence and admiration of all his peo ple, and his name will live green in the memory of his county long after he has passed away. Dr. Price says he never tc uched a drop of liquor in his life, entered a bar-room or saw a game of cards played for money. At Farmington Mr. Moon met us with his pair of black sand- sifters, and the two miles interven ing to his home were soon annihi lated. Mr. Moon has the finest pair of Georgia raised horses we ever saw, and they would carry off the prize at any fair. They combine beauty with speed, and are descend ed from the best equine blood in America. Mr. Moon is justly proud of his team, and says not less than $1,000 will touch them. You can’t judge a man by his appearance, but ou can by the looks of his home. ’Ins is an unfailing sign. It you see his gates unhinged and windows pasted up with paper, the owner is cither thriftless or parsimonious. But when you find everything to its place and the premises in apple.pie order, rest assured that the occupant is a prosperous and energetic man. Mr. Moon lives in a pretty white cot tage, that stands back in a grove,— a perfect picture of real happiness and comfort. You see nothing on his premises mislaid. There is a place for everything and everything is in its place. His well-filled barns and sleek stock show a model southern farmer. We remained two nights and a day with Mr. Moon, and were never more hospi tably entertained. We were feast ed upjn the fruits of the field, the pastures, the forests and the streams. Everything is raised at home and is prepared in the nicest manner, by his own family. The Appaiachee river runs through his land, and with baskets he supplies his table with fish. His fields are filled with game that he captures when wanted. He raises all kinds of stock and poultry, and draws on the stores for only such articles as are not indigenous to this section. He raises not only corn enough to do all of his hands, but wheat and bacon, too. He has a large number of fine hogs ready for the slaughter. But the most surprising part of Mr. Moon's history is, that only thirteen years ago he moved to Oconee county a very poor man. He had onlv one horse, was without money, and even had to depend upon his neighbor’s for a wagon to gather in his crop. To-day he has nearly 1,000 acres of as fine land as there is in his county, plenty of stock, has ample means to run his farm, and what is better owes no man any thing but good will. He says he has always made it a rule to save part of his income, it matters not how small. He attends closely to his business, and deals with all men fairly and squarely. He has cer tainly a happy home. Mrs. Moon is a helpmeet indeed, while his two little daughters are thoroughly do mestic. They have very fine voice*. Mr. Moon speaks next vear send ing them to the Lucy Cobb. Mon day morning we returned to ou* du ties, greatly refreshed by our day in the country. rtr> Flendi la On Santa Fe., N. M., Nov. 21.—A boy named Condolaria was murder ed near Alonvuerque by Jose Anzel Perea and his four daughters, who enticed him into.their house, beat his brains out‘with a clob and bur ied his body in their vineyard. All five murderets are iaisd and the Mexicans threatenljrncmpfc.. The murder of ail unde by* nephew in Missouri is said to have been for the purpose of silencing hi* testimony against a horse thief. I Colurabjr! Hallaloo! Nebber mind yo’ rajeged riggin'. SoVtdon’t show de nuked skin. Lawdy! see dat Peter Slater, How he bow en’ scrape aroun’ Head look like peeled partater— Slick es glass up ou de crown. Ladies change, en keep er •cooling’. Cross right ober, now you swing, Hole dem heads up highfalutin', Look permiskus. data de thiug. Massy!- look at Winny Jeeter, Dat gal flings a soople toe; Crack yo' heels, darTom, *en meet h Bow en smile, en—*'so en so.” Balance all! Now,don’t gjt laxy. Fly aroun' en tar yo' shirt. Stomp dem feet, but don’t go crazy Else somebody sho’ git hurt. Holin’ down dat music tign Teeth der settln sorter slope'm. Look like tomestones 4n de night. All sasshay! I 'clar to gracious, Sid'rin drouth an’ oberflo,’ Heb’nly Kingdom! look at Mary, Bofe eyes shinin' like de moon, “Don’t git w’ary, don’t git w’ary,” Dat’a de way to change de chune. Promernade! Now, dat comes handy. Hunt yo’ seats en take a res’, Gentermens will pass de candy To de gals dey love de bes’. AN EARTHQUAKE SECRET. How a Guilty Lore was Revealed by the Convul sions of Ischia. The following melodramic inci dent of the Ischia earthquake has just come to light: Count Jeppi, who possesses an enormous fortune and one <^f the oldest titles of the palatinate, had made a love match. His young wife was the daughter of Prince Cinella, etheral as a Ra phael and blonde as a Titian. Dtir- ing eight months of the year the happy couple were in the habit of living at Florence. When the grossest chaleurs began they went to this coquetish little villa, draped with vine branches, on the side of the mountain, and near the sea at Casamicciola. One evening last July the count left his wife after the ramble according to custom, along* the sea shore. The night superb. Suddenly the earth trembled as if shaken by the march of an invisible army of giants. The sky became covered with black clouds and the ground cracked opea, emitting the blasts of sulphu rous smoke. The count was thrown upon his face senseless. When he became conscious his first thought was of his young wife. He retraced his steps through the village—now a mass of smouldering ruins, man gled humanity and half-hurt men and beasts. Cries arose on every side, “Padre! Madre! Figlio! Jesu! Maria! Santissimal” Each stone seemed to wail and moan. With cold sweat dropping from his tem ples. Count Jeppi stepped over dead bodies and climbed up walls of tot tering houses with the sole thought, “Shall I arrive in time?” At the corner of a street a hand, still trem bling, projected above a mass of ruins, and a plaintive voice was heard crying for help. Count Jep pi dared not stop. He turned' his head and hurried past. After hav ing missed his way and having twenty times •grossed- aud recrossed his steps. Count Jeppi at last arrived at what had once been his villa. A narrow end of a wall was all that remained, quietly hanging from its nail, a gilded wicker cage contain ing a young dove which had been the favorite pet of the countess. The count felt himselfbecoming as feeble as a little child as he gazed upon this terrible debris.'Sud- denly he thought he heard a voice. The voice seemed to come front a great distance. He strained every nerve. The voice was heard again. He recognized it as that ot his wife. “I will save her,” said the count, and at once set to work. lie fell upon his knees and began to dig into the smoking ruins with his hands. The fine hot plaster seem ed to run through his fingers like water. He lifted up with his bleed ing and burning hands heavy stones and blocks that fell again, jamming and bruising him fearfully. The distant, feeble voice guided him. Suddenly it ceased. He had been working for nearly an hour. With the exertion of despair, he redoub led his labors. Just as he was about to faint away trom exhaustion, the debris upon which he wj^ standing caved in and revealed an empty space filled with smoke. Count Jeppi jumped into it, and, stretching out his arms, felt about in every di rection.. His hand at last touched something soft and clammy, was the dead body of his youn wife. He passed his hand softly THE RE UNION. A Large Crowd and Plenty to Eat. 1 uesday dawned bright and beau tiful after the rain, which had been falling fur several days past, and the highways and byways of Banks county was lined with the good people of Banks, who went to the appointed place to pay trib ute to those gallant few who march ed out ot 'Homer on a beautiful April morning, in 1S61, to battle for what they believed to be right. The Banks Conntv Guards xvere formed on the 4th day ot July, 1560, and elected Capt. D. G. Candler as their commander, little dreaming at that time, that they would ever be called upon to defend their country’s honor. Their uniforms were not very costly, hut consisted of bullet buttons anil six yards of blue cotton jeans, with a yellow stripe down the pants, about three inches wide. N one but the wealthiest could afford this uniform, and the company, af ter forming into line, resembled a crowd of school boys more than a hand ot heioes. This gallant com pany lelt for the scene of action with nearly a hundred of the best young men of the country—men who could knock a squirrel’s eye out with a rifle from the tallest trees. Where are they now? The little remnant of sixteen that formed on the llill side at Pruitt’s Mill last Tuesday, are not ail that is left. A few have moved out west, and sev eral could not he here, hut the most of them arc now sleeping their last sleep on the slope at Malvern Hill. On the plains ol Manassas several of these heroes are waiting for the eternal morn, for them to again re-' une with their friends. Gettysburg holds in her blood-stained fields a few who we will never meet again. Fredericksburg, and the woods and fields around Richmond,claim sever- as their own. The sixteen that answered to roll call on Tuesday are about all that is lelt, and many of them can show the scars of several hard-contested battles. Lieut. Ash, being the senior Lieu tenant. took charge at the re-union and had the loll called, and formed this little hand into one of Capt. Candler’s famous lines of “git into line like tater rows.” The people of Banks county had a splendid barbecue prepared, and two long tables were well laden with tile good tilings of the moun tains. Prominent among nil the good things were the famous Banks county ginger cake. This countv is said to excel all others in the man ufacture ot this celebrated bread. Fried chicken was in abundance, which generally satisfies vour re porter, lor it there is anything we do like, it is a good tried chicken. I he boys had went out hunting, anti caught two large 'possums, which were barbecued especially for the handsome Captain, but he did not make his appearance, and Wal ter Brock, the spy that Capt. Can dler sent into Washington City, took them in charge, and we think him and Sergeant House managed to get away with them. The crowd regretted very much that Capt. Candler was not present, hut the following letter will explain why he was absent: Gainesville, Ga., Nov. 27,1SS3. Mr. W. 15. Pruitt, Dear Sir: I confi dently expected to have been with you in your reunion to-day, hut ow ing to the fact that we have several days of very inclement weather, and that A'. D. Candler leaves to-day for Washington City, and we have a good many details of business to arrange, I have been deprived of that pi easure. But my best wishes will ever he with every member of the Banks Countv Guards and 2d Georgia Yolunteers. The members ot your company were young men from the best fam ilies of Northeast Georgia. They were amongst the first to respond to the call of their state in defense of principles that were right then, are right now and a just God, in His own way, will yet vindicate them. The highest compliment that I can bestow on them is to say that they did their duty, and that while there are many deaths marked on your roll there are no desertions to deface the pages. Overpowered by numbers you were forced to cap itulate. The terms of capitulation were honorable, and as honorable men we are bound to observe them. It j But I hope there are none amongst us so destitute of love of manhood as to kneel at the feet of the con- We think this a good plan, as it will be a good record to keep, and let the children of those who fought for the lost cause, have some kind of a record of what company and regiment their fathers belonged to. We feel certain that next year Banks county will do her whole duty for the old soldiers. Everybody went awey perfectly happy. There was no trouble or drunkenness to mar the pleasure of the occasion. We hope that next year the gentle men of the Banks County Guards may have all of the living members present, and that the “handsome Captain” will be on hand with the flags that the boys followed during the dark and bloody days. The following letter, just received from Col. Edgar M Butt, the com manding officer of the 2d Georgia Regiment, after Col. Paul J. Sem- mus’ promotion to a Brigadier-Gen eral, speaks for itself. Col. Butt was beloved by every member of the Banks County Guards, and there is not one of them but will raise a yell when they know that they are still remembered by this gallant man, who lost his eyesight at Mal vern Hill. We were asked several times at the re-union if we ever met him, and whether he was still in the land of the living. Col. Butt was like Jhe handsome Captain, always ready to len^) a helping hand to the sick and the wounded of his regi ment. We hope to see him next year at our re-union, when the “Southern hoys” will give him a roy al welcome: Buena Vista, Ga., Nov. 25th, iSS3.—Hon. W. B. Pruitt, Athens, Ga., My Dear Sir: I have but a moment at this late hour to reply to your postal, inviting me to attend a re-union of the Banks County Guards, on the 27th inst., having been from home tor two weeks, attending the fall riding of our Su perior Court. The reading of it turns my mind back into the past, and memory .from her storehouse, brings up before me every face to day as clearly as appeared in the dark and bloody days of 1862, in Virginia. Nothing would give me more pleasure than to be with you, but it will be impossible. I would regard it as one of the greenest spots in my life, to be there and grasp the hands of the living, and with mel ancholy pleasure recount the virtues of the heroic dead. To the living, I send a hearty “God bless and pros per you!” For the dead, I scatter the amaranth over their tombs, and write upon the portals, “Hope, Eternal Life.” Please write me of the re-union. Your old comrade and friend. Edgar D. Butt, A SAD ACCIDENT. Hr. Honry Gibson, of Hott'i Mills. Shoots »t a Squirrel and the charge Is Recelred by hie Brother and LltUeSon. Columhut Timet. Friday evening a party consisting of Mr. James Bird, Henry Gibson and his little son, and his brother, Tom, all of Mott’s Mills, Ala., went out squirrel hunting near that place. They soon found their game, and were stationed at different joints. Mr. Bird fired at bunney. The squirrel made a flying leap, and Mr. Gibson aimed at it, thinking that he would bring down the game on the wing. Not noticing that Mr. Gib son was going to shoot, his brother and little son ran to the spot where the game would fall, thinking that Mr. Bird’s shot had killed thesquii- rel. lust as they reached the spot BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. Tba Lynching of Lewis Houston. Birmingham, Nov. 26.—There has been a great deal of excitement on the streets since the lynching of the negro, Lewis Houston, who at- the face. The mouth was |l uerer and, spaniel like, lick the open, the eyes were closed and the hair was tangled and matted over the forehead. Caressing in the darkness the golden tresses, he ex claimed: “If you are still alive, speak or make some movement." Being convinced of his wife’s death he tried to lift her out of the terri ble tomb in which he had found her. Seizing her by the shoulders he tried to raise her up. But she seemed to have become terrible heavy, as if an enormous weight were attached to her feet. At last, with one supreme effort, he dragged the body near the opening. He scarcely dared to gaze at her. But scarcely had he done so when the bereaved husband uttered a cry like that of a maniac. His wife pressed to her heart the corpse of a man who had his right arm thrown around her fragile waist, while his left., held in its rigid grasp a \\ bite rosO that had never withered. The head was crossed, and no feature was recognizable. The man wore no ri n K, and no clew of any kind could be discovered. The next day the jbodies were-exposed to the vil lagers, The count stated that he believed that he had found the body ol a] lohgilost friend, and offered 2oi- 000 lire tq any one who could make known , ind prove the identity of the 1 stranger’s corpse. But all in vaii). .The count "had the bodies buried separately in the cemetery of Casprnicqiola,.and is still seeking to discover the name of the man who had; stolen - from him his wife’s heart! The Dublin,Gaeette tells, of a rape whiph has been committed in Wash ingtW county*. ' The ravisher had selected a ten-year-oM' girl as his victim. He accomplished his .hell ish purpose and flea. Hewas pur sued and tracked to Colonel Guy ton’s place, in this county, where he stole a mule and was still flying. His name is John Webb. His vic tim’* name is Polly Tomlin. The brute was being pursued by infuri ated men, from whom we gathered the above. A reward of $530 been offered for ip. He is low, very black ilcy and wears a li twenty-five years has the scam and chunky and wear* a light mus tache and is about twenty-five old. hand that smote us. But we are again in the house of our fathers one grand union of states—and are true and law-abiding citizens, may all former animosities he forgotten, and a love of our common country unite us as a hand of brothers. Very truly, yours, D. G. Candler. After dinner a couple of boxes of fine cigars were brought out, which had been sent up to the “Gentlemen of the Banks County Guards” by theTalmadge Bros., of Athens, who are always on the lookout to do something handsome for the old sol diers. 1 lie thanks of the company were returned to the Talmadge Bros., and the boys enjoyed the ci gars immensely. ’ Rev. <3. H. Cart- ledge seemed to take a great inter est in the soldiers of Banks county, and he, too, produced a box ol fine cigars, which the most of the com pany put in their pockets to smoke alter they got home. The greatest thing needed was some one to make them a speech. A great many thought that probably General Toombs would be there and that they would have a chance to listen to their old comrade once more. The people up there believe in Gen. Toombs, as most of them have fol lowed him on the field of battle and know that he never turned his back on an enemy, There was no one present that couid make a speech, so they had to satisfy themselves with telling over their many hair breadth escapes in the days when they were soldiers. We met several who went out with the Banks County Guards as young men, who now have silver locks, and children who are large enough to be soldiers. After dinner a meeting was call ed, and M. L. McDonald elected chairman. Upon motion of Mr. Cartledge, a committee was ap- f jointed from each company that eft Banks county, who should meet some time next year and prepare a big barbecue at Homer, and also to get up a full and complete roll of all the companies, the number of killed and all other particulars, and have the rolls filed in the Clerk’s otHce of the county, so that the fu ture citizens can see who wore the gray. Mr. Gibson fired, the shot taking eflect in the little boy’s head, just back of the ear, one of them pene trating the skull, and also 111 the thigh of his brother. One of the shot is supposed to have entered his kidney. Mr. Gibson was horrified at the unexpected results of his shot. The wounded were taken home and Dr. Johnson of this city was sum moned. The doctor did what he could for the relief of the suffering, but we understand that the little boy is seriously if not fatally injured. The shooting was entirely ac cidental and our readers can well imagine the grief and sorrow of the fond parent and brother. A BOY MURDERER. » Toong Totwooo Borrower was Shot Down by a Ptaymato. Lynchburg, Va., Nov. 24.—Last night on the farm of General Gran- ville Moorman, In Bedford county two boys, John Spooler and Richard Newcome, aged ten and fourteen years, were sitting in the stable yard talking. Newcome was chew ing tobacco. Spooler remarked that he looked as it he enjoyed chew ing, whereupon the other remarked that he had always hated borrow ing and made it a rule of his life that he would shoot the first man who ever asked him for ti chew of tobacco. Young Spooler then said: “Dick, give me a chew.” Newcome put his hand in his pocket and said: “If you ask me again I’ll shoot you.” Spooler repeated the request and his companion drew a small pistol and shot him in the stomach. The two had been fast friends and play- mates. Since the shooting the young murderer has been over whelmed with grief and says he did it in a fit of passion. A Sad Story. Sparta Sunbeam. We heard last wtek one of the saddest stories that we have ever listened to. We heard from Rev. B. II. Sassnett, who was visiting re lations in this county at the time, that a .friend in Eufaula, Ala., had committed suicide. The suicide as told is as follows: His friend was in the sitting room at the time, engaged in conversation with a friend. His little boy came in while he was talking and was troubling his father, and the father not wishing to be disturbed, gently pushed the little fellow aside, telling him at the same time to go away, and as he did so, the little fellow stumbled and fell against the stove, killing him instantly. The father screamed, and in so doing startled his wife, who was up stairs bathing her baby. In trying to come down stairs she fell and broke her neck. The heart broken father went up stairs a short time after and found that his wife had left the baby in the tub and it had fallen over and drowned. It was more than the father could stand, and in a few minutes he blew his own brains out Thus a family that had an hour be fore had been perfectly happy was each and every member dead. We have never before in our lifetime heard of a sadder storjr. Was this predestination or was it an accident? Knisdbyany, Hidalgo, Texas, Nor. 34.—Mr. A. J. Leo, a member of the Tcgisla- tempted to rape the widow lady Friday night. All day Sunday and Sunday night squads of negroes were gathered on the streets discus sing the lynching, some of them making threats that were overheard. A negro lawyer named James A. Scott was mainly instrumental in stirring the blacks. Late last night it was rumored that the negroes in tended hanging the widow lady and the jailer. Governor O'Neil gave Mayor Lane authority to call out the military, and last night the Bir mingham Rifles and artillery com pany were ordered out to quell any attempt that might be made to carry out the threats. No disturb ance occurred, but from the way the negroes talk the matter is not yet ended. THE STORY OK THE LYNCHING. Lewis Houston, a negro, charged with attempted rape upon a white lady of Birmingham, on Friday, was taken out on Saturday night by a mob of 150 men. They had sent three men to the door, who were met by Jailer Hnygood. They pre sented drawn pistols and demand ed the keys. The jailer refused, hut seeing more men coming to the res cue, he was forced to deliver the keys. They then went to the cell of Lewis Houston and quickly took him away. As soon as the report er learned these facts he hurried in the direction the mob was said to have gone. At the corner of Twen ty-first street and Sixth avenue the reporter was stopped by a masked man with a drawn pistol. The re porter’s progress was several times arrested; but he succeeded in reacli- ing a spot in the rear of Capitol park, between Twenty-first and Twentieth streets, when he saw a group of men standing around the prisoner under a pine tree. A long consultation took place, when it was discovered that no rope was in the crowd. A man was despatched for it and soon returned with a well rope. It was placed around Hous ton’s neck and he was told to make a confession. He replied, “Gentle men, before God, I didn’t do it.” He added that when the officers car ried him before the lady he declar ed to her he never had” even been upon her premises. He was then told he might have five minutes to pray, if he wished. Houston dropped upon his knees and began to pray in a low sing song voice. Then rising he said: “Gentlemen, if you will have the truth and nothing but the truth, I’ll tell you all about it.” “Out with it,” said one of the mob. Houston, pausing an instant, began to re peat that he was innocent. The rope was then adjusted, and a num ber of men catching hold, and as the word was given to proceed, he exclaimed, “Jesus, take me home!” The next instant he was raised sev eral feet from the ground and the other end of the rope fastened to the tree. Then an order was given that the crowd disperse, each man being enjoined to make no display or use of firearms. In a few min utes thereafter the mob had vanish ed, leaving the body of Lewis Houston where it had been swung. The whole affair, occupying proba bly not more than three quarters of an hour, was conducted with the ut most quiet and order. The night was cloudy, threatening rain and intensely dark, it being alnm-* im possible to have distinguished per sons even without masks. Lewis Houston, who was probably not more than twenty years of age, met his fate almost solidly, and showed no sign of agitation, unless hissing- song-prayer may be regarded as evidence of excitement. the crime alleged. The crime for which Houston was lynched was made known Fri day night by the ladv advising the police of the fact. She sent for the city marshal and told him that on Thursday night she was waked by a negro at her bed. She tried to scream but the negroe’s hand cov ered her mouth, and she was forced down upon the bed. Her children, sleeping in the same room, waked, and raised affrighted cries, and a young man in an adjoining room started to the rescue, reaching the room only in time to see the negro jump from the window through which he had entered. The people of the house managed to keep the affair until Friday night, doubtless with the view of throwing the ne gro off guard in order to eflect his capture. As it was, the man was found at work in the round house of the Louisville and Nashville rail road. lie was taken by the officers to the residence of the woman on Tenth avenue, south side, and im mediately identified by her. lie denied all knowledge of the affair, but his manner tended to confirm charges against him. GENERAL” NEWS. IT— OUR GAME OF CARDS. Draw-Polcar. Royal flush—The color of an old toper’s nose. I 1 our of a kind—A monkey, a slim, a jackass and Oscar Wilde”. Full hand—A drunken work men. hlush—A boiled crab. Straight—Jersey apple jack. lhree of a kind—Tile organ grin der, the accordeon player and the everlasting whistler. Two 1 pairs—Suspenders and shears. One pair—Adam and Eve. Ace high—Heave it away. Jack pot—John’s preserve jar. Never pjay poker with" your uncle, if he fails to come in with his ante. Don’t straddle the blind unless you are full enough to be carried home on a shutter. . Always bluff when you find vou are on the edge ot a pecuniary pre cipice. D. J. Burke, of Shoal river,Jack- son county, Fla., has been the rather of 39 children. Alaska will go before congress demanding a simple, inexpensive territorial government. J Senator Wade Hampton, of South Carolina,is said to have an income of .fS,ooo, besides his salary. In Junc, July. and- August of this year, 475 persbns residing in : the United States took their,.own; lives; B. K. Bruce, tho colored register of the treasury, .sends presents to all aspiring negro babies named for him in the south. Now sober old Tennessee is be ginning to put on airs. A lady is going to apply for admission to the bar at Maryville. A watchmaker way up it! Chica go generously proposes to change time pieces to the 24 hour system for the mere trifle of $7. The Washington monument reached the height of four hundred and ten feet Saturday, and work on it lias been stopped until spring. The Italians in New York are said to be more economical than even the Chinese. A whole family will snbsist on $2 a week, rent ex cepted. Gen. W. S. Hancock obtained a verdict Wednesday in the Court of Appeals ofXew York against the St. Cloud hotel for $4,000, the value ot diamonds, army badges, etc., stol en from his room in that house in .76. San Francisco. Nov. 23.—Cap tain Hogue, of the Alaska commer cial steamer, Dora, reports the dis covery of a newly created volcanic island. Smoke and flames are plainly visible. The island is near Bagaslor. Captain Anderson, of the whaler Matthew Turner, con firms the report. General Bradley T. Johnson is reported as saying that the late election in Virginia “was the su preme efloit of tlie civilization, the culture and the morals ofa commu nity to shake off’and destroy a bale ful influence which was blasting the state. The intelligence, the vir tue, the property and the educa tion of the state rose up and vindi cated the moral forces that control society.” Walnut City, Mo., was laid out last summer, and lots were sold to the amount of $150,000. Merchants flocked to the place, and Mr. Slew- art, ol Sedalia, Mo., erected a large block of business houses, and a large three-story hotel that cost about $20,000. About Soo persons became residents of the place, hut there was nothing to sustain it, and they had tlie merchants starved while awaiting the building ofa railroad and the coming of the "boom" that the road was to give tlie place; but last week Thomas Nichol, who managed the compa ny's business, was unable to pay the tew men who were earning money in tlie town, and then it leaked out that he was $30,000 holt, l’he railroad scheme was immediately abandoned, and peo ple began to move away. The town is dead. GEORGIA NEWS. I'our and one-quarter miles of the Augusta & Elberton railroad has been graded. Uncle Billy Bowers says the Carnesville railroad engine can make two miles in 7 minutes. A ne w post-office has been estab lished in Franklin county, named Salubrity, with A. McWhorter as postmaster. \\ . 15. Lowe, J. I*. Harrison and other gentlemen of means have combined to work the mountains ot marble in I’ickens county. Last Thursday two colored boys I-rank Brou n and Bob Clements] engaged in a wrestle, and Brown bad one of his legs broke in two places. Macon s colored residents have elected delegates to the Atlanta lid- 11cat1011.nl Convention. A motion to condemn the civil rights decision was frustrated. Corn is selling in Leary for 24 cents a bushel, fodder at 25 cents per hundred pounds and cotton seed for-io cents per bushel. All "-ood sound, new produce. There is a mercantile establish ment in Gwinnett county that sold within the last year $15,000 worth ol goods, and there was only $i.r 0 on the hooks of debts. 3 Twelve hundred dollars were sub- scribed at Washington for an arte sian well, hut there is not much in terest taken in the matter because the place already lias fine water. Atlanta, Nov. 23—A white woman who was brutally beaten by her husband, Pinkney Cornett, on Monday night last, died this morning from the effects of the as sault. lion. W. P. Price lias, at the earnest solicitation of a large nor- tion of the citizens, given his con- sent to serve as mayor of Dahlone- year, if he should ga for tho ensuing; he elected. T. N. What Maddened the rather. A Waterbury, Conn., man gave his wife a severe beating the other day because their children, seven in number, are all girls. The distract ed father is deserving of sympathy rather than condemnation. It’s bad enough to have one or two girls sit ting up around the house with young men, but when it comes to sitting up in squads and platoons all over the house, the very idea must be maddening. It is quite likely the old chap urged these objections to his wife, and she tried to console him with the reflection that he could get his dry goods at wholesale rates. -• ... Renfroe, of Gainesville has invented a cheap and practical apparatus for extinguishing tires in the lint-rooms of gin houses. The whole apparatus will not cost ex ceeding $2 or $3. The negro Steve Travis, who was so badly shot bv some alleged ku- klttx near Roswell, has so far re- recovered as to be able to walk about He never will be a stout, able*bodied man again. Toccoa News: The engine for the Carnesville railroad reached this place last Tuesday on its way to V\ cst Uowersvillc, the eastern ter minus „f the road. The engine is different from any we ever saw, having no driving wheels. The trucks, four in number, are supplied on one side with cogs, by which tile engine is propelled. It l, C ars the name of ‘,1 om P. Carnes.” Wednesday last, near Whigham m I .erce county a white man naml ed Alfred Bird made a desperate attempt to kill his wife, attack- mg her with a razor. He inflicted several ugly, though not mortal wounds in her hand and back of her head. A little daughter it years of age, going to her mother’s fn*'h'J??v e, K eC %'L ed ? P ainful ' v °«nd f Yf n Eh ,V T h u ,,meI y ^'stance of Mr. Ber. Bird, brother of the un- fortunate husband, saved the life of the wife. A nearly fatal accident happened. to Mrs. Williams and her little daughter Came, while on their way to Heard county from HotyansvillV on Thursday last. While frowmg , Dansby s bridge th* horse w« frightened by a hole and backed 1 bv a hoje ^ the buggy and its occu the creek. The distilr water was about tea feet.'"’The i tow»a and seat fell off and tb* ke£ K . ladies from sinking until they wire etcued by a couple of ‘ who were passing. •’ en „.,$*• into" ce to thb