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The Democrat. A Uve Weekly Paper on Live Isaacs Pa Wished Every Friday Morning, at Crawfordville, Ga. Si 1mm * Ca, Editors k Pr*’t MATE8 Of SUBSvaiPTIOJT: Single Copy, A-: \ . #l» (three months,) ... SO tar Adver tising rates liberal. BOOK and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Priew to saK the timea. Wttfta. J. J. MULLAN, 14 SOUTH BROAD ST., ATLAKTA, - GEORGIA, —MAX U r XCTUM.B OF— MONUMENTS, Taste k HmisUm, Ete. Sept.9,11 w 1**ftl Naticw. Application Administration. for Letters of G EOHG I A— Taliaferro C quhty. TKTHEHEAS Andrew L. HlUsman *Y has applied to me for letters of Administration on the Estate of Mrs. Martha C. Hillsman, late of said coun¬ ty Deceased. These are therefore to cite and ad¬ monish all persons concerned to be and appear at toy office, and show cause if any they can on or by the first Monday in October next why said letters should not be granted: Given uuder my hand at office in Crawfordville, 1881. Ga., this August 29th, CHARLES A. BEAZLEY, Ordinary T. C. Railroads. Georgia Railroad ■ — 'AND— 1 — Banking Co. Office General Manager, > Augusta, Ga„ Augsst 20th, 1881. ( XCOMMENCING SUNDAY, 21st Instant, vy the following p»«-;enger schedule will be operated : no. i west—Dail r. VO. 2 EAST—0AU.T. Lv. Augusta 9:3S ; a;mlLv. Atlanta 7 :l6la m ** Macon 7 AD a m “ Athens H:43 am ■’ Miiiedg’n H:58!a m “OMtt'd*lU2;33 p m “ W'sh’Pn 10:45,11 m ArWash’g' 2:10 n tu Ar.CTdv’ll I-tuil'p in •• MitledgMI4:4S!p m “ Athens J:15pr. ' Macon «:«;»in “ Atlanta 8:43 Augusta ' 3:tT*p m NO. ,i V'XST—1> ' r. ,*io. 4 LAvr— *• ;i hi Lv Atlanta s:45 p.m J ew»..* w. *»*«**», K R. DORSEY. General Manager. Gee- Pass'gear Agent. 500 KILE TICKETS/ GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY 1 Offics okhek'i. Paiszngkk March Agent, > /COMMENCING Augusta. Ga., S, tail. j this date, this Com \y pauy will sell FIVE HUNDRED MILE TICKETS, good over main line nndbranct.es, at THIRTEEN 75-100 DOLLARS each. These tickets will be issued to individuals, firms, or families, but not to firms and families combined. E. It. DORSEY, General Passenger Agent. MarchlO, I880.t-o-o. Hotel Cards. 0 L1NAKD HOUSE, CLATTOH STREET. XEAE POST-OFFICE, ATHENS,GEORGIA. carpeted. Good sample Room* all rooms fer Commercial Traveldts. A. D. CL1NARD, Proprietor. ATION AL HOTEL, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Proprietr. IS. T. WHITE. This House is now complete with its im¬ provements, viz.: The addition of n third capacity story .giving thirty-three seventy-five additional with rooms, now more every¬ thing fresh and bright and nil the modern improvements. situated the Depot and Being business near houses. The con¬ venient to tho Na¬ tional, newly renovated and refurnished, offers superior inducements to the Travel¬ ing Public. Rates, 82.00 per day. Special rotes fer longer time. IJIHE GLOBE HOTEL, corner worth and broad streets, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, Is centrally located, and within five min¬ utes' walk of all toe principal Business Houses, Banks, Post Office, Public Build¬ ings,Union Depot,Opera House,Telegraph Offices Street and Express Office. door,going cars pass tbe to all parts of the city and vicinity, Jevery five minutes during The House the day. supplied with the is all con¬ veniences of a first-class Modern Hotel,and is especially well ioeated.aod provided with all convenient facilities for Commercial Travelers carrying sampels. Each room connected with the office by bells. Telephone attachment with the city and Summerville in the offiee for the accom¬ modation of guests. G. S. ATKINSON & SON, Prop'rs. Formerly of Clemens House,Danville, Ky Educational. Mercer University, The Fall Term of Macon, this old Ga. and well known Institution will open ox the last Wednesday Sub-Freshman in September (28th..) next, A class, to be prepared by tho Faeulty for tho Freshman elass, and consisting of youths not nnder 14 years of age will be formed. The Law School, at the head of which is the Attorney Ueneral of the State, offers law. peculiar advantages to students of For catalogues and other information 3 dd r e- ; JNO. J BBAXTLY, Sec. Facluty The Democrat Tol. 5. POHTBY. AH ADV1 BBT. tad—a hand to hold my own. As down life’s vale I glide:, Wanted—an arm to leaa upon, Forever by my aid*. Wanted—a firm and steady foot, With stop secure and free. take its straight and ownard peas. Over life's path with me. Wanted—e form erect and high. A head above my owe: So much that I might walk _ Its shadow e’er me thrown. . /anted—an eye within wane# depth Mine own might look and see Uprising* from a guileless heart, O’erflown with love for me. Wanted—a lip whose kindest smtle Would speak for me alone; A Would voice whose breuthe richest affection's melody tone. Wanted—a true religious soul. To pious purpose given. With whom my own might pass along The road that leads to Heaven. UE MUST DIE IS TUB SENTENCE OB THE Bang Armor’s Crime—His rrlal aU viction—The Cenlesslon, aud of the Court.—Incident* Attending Trial. No event for years past has aroused more deep and general interest iu midst than the trial of Hang Armor Friday last. Amos Ellington was well known and respected farmer lived within a mile of Crawfordville. He was unmarried aud lived alone. April hist he was missed by neighbors. On tbe morning of day, the tenth of that moiith,*a ty of young men set out from fordville to find him. Supposing his he was jterhaps ill, first went to house. They found deserted. They then divided in s era! . Loud calls were heard from one of the number. hastened to the spot aud a ghastly met their sight. Amos Ellington lay dead. His waa shattered, covered his face head and ders with unsightly A buUet liad entered the left ear passed eut of through the mouth. walude r th* wounda were stump. The Inquest waa held, a verdict rendered that the dveeus bad come to Uie death aXUw Uretd* »a unknown 'wrson. Indignation was intense. The en¬ ceunty waa aroused to the higliest pitch of excitement made and horror. effort was to find the perpe¬ of the deed. Rewards were offered the Governor and the administrator the dead man. Mr. Wesley Wright, this place, on the Weanesday which the finding of (lie body, set for Branch’s mill, on the edge of county, in search of a negro who been in tbe employ of Ellington previous to bis death. This man Sang tbe Armor. Inquiries elicited from were and statement that be was present at the killing the crime was committed by Gus following A meeting was appointed for night, Wright when Sang in Judge tbe of Mr. and was to explain the circums¬ of the murder. At .this meeting first story was then denied, and the fixed upon Thomas Mines. On Sang sent for Mr. Wright and that he and Toro Mines to¬ bad done the deed. He was ar¬ and placed in jail. followed, Several con¬ confessions one that a white man sprang from bushes at tb* roadside as tbe deceas¬ was driving along in his ox cart, ordered tbe defendant to strike down with an axe; that the man himself shot Mr. Ellington. pistol and a tin bucket once in pos¬ of tiie deceased were traced in¬ Another story was that Alexander a young man who lived in tbe with a widowed mother, Jeff Adams, a colored man, were of tiie crime. The evi¬ on the trial presents nothing to to support this version, or to allow that any one else than tiie defendant was concerned in the act. Last week after a fair and impar¬ tial trial he was sentenced to die. The defence was ably conducted by Mes¬ srs. W. D. Tutt, Jas. F. Reid and W. O. Mitchell, under api>ointment of the Court; the prosecution by Geo. F. Pierce, Solicitor-General, Messrs. W. H. Brooke and Jas. Whitehead. Tbe display of skill of eloquence on both sides was alike creditable to each. The opening speech on behalf if Armor by Mr. Eeid, was concise and pointed; the conclusion by CoL Tutt, was forci¬ ble and eloquent. Messrs. Fierce and Brooke spoke for tiie prosecution. Judge The charge of His Honor, in*therr ^fthilrend j ««£i2l general presentments, we else where give it in full. When the verdict of the jury made SssitL'si'.’Zs’Ji: jssss of the law. No appeal will be made, and naught remains to the condemned man but the dread certainty of a hope Sessdoom. Throughout the trial the court room __ was densely crowded. Never before had a case of such ghastly atrocity CRAWj'ORDYILLE, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,1881. in this county. Never before had the tones of death been heard in kl court*. The hanging of will be the first in its history. Sat¬ Ob the assembling of Court, l»at urday evening, the prisoner wealed in to receive his sentence. Jfo sign of emotion waa visible, saw the uneasy rolling of the eyes—which tnained fixed for a IMM of this bis air Ss. Me A# no bora af a brutal if be had tst. of October We give hie words verbatim, as well aa the language of REMARKS AFTER VERDICT. Rt Court: litre you any-* tiling to any why the of th* law should not be pm upon you in this case? The Prisoner: Yus, sir. The Court: Well, my it. Prisoner: Well, you all knew Mr. Ellington is dead, Tue first thing done, he was shot. I done wrong is the commencing of it. There were three of us there, and after we toll¬ got through, instead of 1 coming and ing of it, I goes on the other if don’t way. We have all got to die, and we repent, In hell we’ll fall. There’s where I say I done wrong by not and com¬ not ing up and telling it fist trying to keep everything kid. The Court : Well, the verdict of the jury in your case imposes a painful duty on the Court. Prisoner : Yes, sir. till I get The Court : Wait, now, nothing through—that is if you have more to say. Prisoner : Yes, I have get another word or two to say. Well, I put my trust in God to serve Him the balance of my days, and tel! the truth going and coming, I have told a heap of wrong tales about it from the commencement. It was me and Mr. Steven a and George -not George, that fellow that stays there. I can’t think of bis name. He was the watcher. The COURT : Who _ was tb* other fellow ? * Prisoner: Jef. Ib th* evening, three quarters of an hour by sun—that was the time he was killed, and I ue knowledge what I done. 1 bit him two licks. But tb* first tiling do:;«, JWWfwai?’- lie was shot at in Mi# wjfihn, an. think I would have had some friends in town. But now it ia just with the State. Thr Court : Well,the trial through which you here pee red he* hear, e very fair one—e very impartial trie). The court took greet care to appoint three lawyer* to defend you. Prisoner: There didn’t but two of them plead Iu my cere. Tbe Court ; Well now, I know ell ebout tbet. They here done their du¬ fully. ty. They The here Court represented you faith¬ wee very particular in its instructions to the Jury end the examination of the witnaases, to see that you had e fair trial. Prisoner : Well Thr Court: (Interrupting.) Wait, row; don’t toy any more. It was very natural that there should be a great deal of feeling in this coun¬ ty about your case. If you had been a white man on trial, the people would have the same feeling about the had case; been because an . .offending man killed—killed on his own sell, In in the pursuit of bis daily buiness. the day time, almost within sight of t he court-heure,in his own country and his native county, with his wagon and rails, attending to his own business, not expecting any assault, this man was cruelly waylaid and murdered. If you had at first given tbe same ac¬ count that you now give, it would not have made your earn any better. If there had been forty persons con¬ cerned with yon in the killing of this man it would not have made your ease better. According to your own before con¬ fession, and your own statement me now, yon struck him a deadly blow with an axe; and the doctors said that he came to his death by the blows so inflicted—that they were sufficient to have caused the death of this poor man. And while I am pained and sorry that a human being should so act as to sub¬ ject himself to the extreme penalty of tbe law, I am glad te know that we have not been groping in the dark, and that you now, in this court and in the presence of your Maker, confess that you are guilty of this horrible crime. It does not make your case better, even if others were concerned with you. proceeded at The Court then some length to dwell upon tbe atrocity of the crime, the certainty of the prisoner’s doom, and to admooisb him fct earnest and eloquent language to prepare lack to meet his God. We regret that the of space prevent tbe publication of his remarks in full. The sentence of tke law was then pronounced. Charge ot Hen. B. H. Pottle, in th. KHe *“f Armor ’ Murder, to Tallaftwo Superior Court. [Stenographic report by John if. Qrahan .] *•«»«.«-* - »• *•*» | their general presentments, we presmt ! in full the charge of Judge Bottle in ttie atwe stated case. ) Gentlemen of the Jwry .—You ate enjpK „ii n the trial of a case of great jmportaim*. The State of Georaia accuses the defm- |h* ***• Sang Armor, with having in ■••*** ofmurder '• tW * T** r - eommltud the «tmm eiUtewal’your upon Amo* Ellington, a whether county. It it for you to »f tnal accusation has bean made ant according hnj* p** to law. The attention which ym to the testimony, and the latareat which you have manifested In the wkOa counsel have bean addressing has been very gratifying to th* Court. -» satisfied uie, gentlemen, that you deeply administration and profoundly pnbfic interested in of justice with IM9* naaetian. ascertain ■Too the exact truth of the ataan have before you on ij whose sfcta Is Mack; but the mtta* ao distinction between race*. h|M knows colors. neither “Justice, high tike its low, great ■Mb nor nor retail; it bind*, connects, and faa is to be tried wit h regard to Ms kis caste, or bis social status in the 9f. The law requires the same ha of evidence to convict this man BB to convict » citizen occupying [best station in society. tgenler .gentlemen, the crime charged here is What ia murder? The law define* murder to be the unlawful killing of * human being In the peace ef the auto, hw* torson of sound memory and s di tuto?bpi press* implied. malice aforethought, Express malice cither Is that ex detibente intention unlawfully to take away nmnliested t.» life Of a felldw-creature. which Is by .external circumstances edproie wise* of proof. Malice shall be Implied no considerable provocation ap P»«r». and where all the clrcnmstances of the nant killing heart. show an abandoned and malig¬ Justice !, gentlemen, seeks for the truth through the channels that the law has pMrtided You for the ascertainment of truth. can alone look to the testimony and * of this case in the ascertainment M the truth -it and what your duty 'you, after proper ascertainment of we law and the testimony in this >, should flnd it your duty to acquit, sitter ton f»d Id, notwithstanding, consult pas i fude, prejudice and the opinions of the you are not the men that the ntend* you should be when It puts * rn B»d ill h» | liberty of tbe citizen into Ptw, ptat gentlemen, fi^y iMlM ilavrful killing murder, as I have aald, of a human being jgi the peace fy of and the descretlon, state, by a with person malice of *t< either express or implied, M hilling is shown the law pre e, and put* upon the person W* ■l duty matins. of showing that it was l. i, not denied here that Amos Elling A„ tfn has to hi* jkilted. death It Is not denied that he e at vloient hands. The n’isffkin far yen to decide is, whe did the who is the perpetrator of this Jury have charged ] '•!■', V \~L inJ^oI'hi.n .m, mdwIU.stamC' .u th.. „ r .. ) fi ditia:* of tk« urand-jury. until his *rty »st»hiM ll .-d 1 and that be tom baeoMt * and degraded that walks most man the face of earth, until hi* guilt I* shown The bv the State has beyond right a reasonable doubt. Court no to express an opin¬ ion to you about what has been proven or what your verdict shall be. It is the provinee and the duty of the Court to hold up before your minds the majesty of the law and to charge you with oautiou upon your duties in the Investigation of this case. Toe are charged on one hand with the maintaining protection and enforcing society the law, with of against the as¬ and th* lawless; on the other hand the one charged with the preservation of life and the liberty of the citizen. Human life Uthe gift of God, and no that life private citizen—has furnish a right to unless he can the an excuse for it. Nor has a jery the to take the life of one charged the crime, unless the testimony Is so and satisfactory as to generate full and to exclude all reasonable doubt. Now, gentlemen, when l speak to you, an officer of the law, as to reasonable 1 do not mean to say that any which enter* your mind thould con¬ you. Tho human mind U so orga¬ aud constituted that it doubts in ma¬ things. Even the plainest and *im truths are plain to some mind* which not to others. The law does not re¬ absolute certainty about anything. that is required U moral and reasona¬ Now certainty. morally asd reasonably are you that Amos Ellington came to h!s at the hands of the prisoner at the bar. If you are, you ought to stand firm that conviction and enforce the laws of land. If you are not, you ought to him. The rule in criminal cases is differ from the rule in civil cases. The law so tender with life and liberty that It makes a different rule for the government of Juries. Whea you pass upon the rights property, the titles to Sana, you simply make your verdict* in accordance with the preponderance of testimony. You hold the scales of justice In equipoise, and whichever way the scales fall you render your verdict. But that is not the way in cases where life and liberty are involved. The defendant all. is not The compelled State to must introduce make testimony its at case so weighty that the beyond Jury must reasonable find the doubt. de¬ fendant guilty a And when the minds of the jury, after having conscientiously weighed the testi¬ mony, waver—come to one conclusion aud another—and can not safely rest npon the conclusion of guilt, it is such a doubt as the iaw authorizes wifi you to consider; and mind ia such in case, this case,after you having acquit. analyzed But if the the testimony,weighing the conclusion one view that and the oth¬ de¬ er, comes to the fendant is guilty, yon ought to stand that conviction. If that is your conviction and you can not get rid of it by reason, and observation, and experience, you should find the defendant guilty. in Now, this gentlemen has introduced of tiie jury, testimony the .State case be¬ fore you which they call the testimony of confessions. Now the law on that subject is that con¬ fession* should be scanned with great cau¬ tion. If there be testimony before you a* to a confession of this party, the law re¬ quire* you to scan it with great caution. In the next place you must be satisfied from the testimony that the confession was free and voluntary. Now the lias allowed this testimony to go you. Still 1 have no fight to say that shall nof consider the free and character of these confession*, If sue confession was obtained by the 2 hope of benefit or the remotest fear of -.= jury to th*- defendant when lie made it No. mjSSJS SygSSS: yew ££Ji moat •AWySsssrcrsi f t m^^abm! r thU ** fays, WM don by thls “J* al<me ® „ or in » connection , with oth the' oernetj2<^rf ni;lrJ® >r sU 0f ". 0, 7, ahow * or i lu * *-t that h *>« chief wa » 1 hTmV£*>,.I. Li .i. h T « 0 ® cn m „®T how ® v ® r much fact tffat doMnot™.* , *^h^ n ^M W W *.? , iV** 1 b J * 0 i*‘ h,t en in ’ th the * i | crime uuilf d °^ 1 ffect . th ® question of his * Now | ovntUm.r. yoa . h * v ® . '’card , a ESiteCi. areal deal nf Th°.! y £ ' of Mid hi hta e.:« th ® J? nson, ‘ r h »» has 'bean L awn !5,n.i.?5r said **m!n!u 'hi R, fon * U ,hat ® r * SUKLAWX5TBlSH.SJsi! you oblivwf are obliged to consider. o Now what weight you will attach to the testimony of a confession, (if there has been such before yon) is a mailer rxelii alvaiy for vour consideration, iu tt Is ooahaoth.e, 1 will read you the language of a distinguished author un toe law of evidence. "But if, after th* whole statement of the prtsouer is given in evidence, the prosecutor he is at liberty can contradict to do any and pact then of the it, whole so ; their consideration, testimony is left to the Jury for precisely a* in other caaea, where one part of the evidence is contradictory be supposed to another. For it is not to that ail the parts of a confes slon are entitled to equal credit. TH# Ju ry may believe that part which charges the prisoner, and reject that which is in hi* favor. It they see sufficient grounds for so doing, tf what he said In his own favors# not contradicted by evidence "f. fered bv the prosecutor, Mur improbable in itself, It wit! naturally bo believed by the Jury ; but they are not bound to give weight to it on that account, but arc at liberty to judge of tt like other evidence, by if the all tbs circumstances of the case. Anil confession implicates other persons by name, yet It must be proved as it was made, not omitting the names ; but the Judge will instruct the Jury, that it is not evidence against any but the prisoner who made it. But though the whole o| what he said at the same time and relating to the same subject must follow b# given In evidence, y ct It not that all parts of the statement are equally worthy tof credit, but |t Is for the Jury to consider, under all the circumstances, how much of the whole statement they consider worthy of credit or belief, including the facts assert* those ed by the party io his own favor as well as Now asserted against him. of law" gentleman, in applyiug this "rule you must consider each part of as make against him,and reject such parts of the confession as make In his favor, If you choose to do so—If you find any thing In the testimony which authorizes yog to do to. The whole matter of the confession Is loft entirely to the consider ation of the shouM^ Jury. Now 'froim'the uentleman ’ sun- tot pos. you heltev* tlmouy Wright, that a confession was made to Mr. Mr. Rhodes, or Mr. Hammock, or other persons, and that it had all ele ments in it which the law says make* it a good voluntary confession, suppose It was fa » and ; suppose you have scanned it with caution and come to the conclusion that it is worthy of credit, you must not stop there. The law does not allow a ju ry to convict upon a confession alone. If there is nothing to sustain this eonfesdon, and It stands by Itself with no corrobora¬ tion, although you may believe it to have been free and voluntary, and entitled to full credit, you can not convict this man. Corroboration means something which strengthens and confirms a confession. Now is there any eorroboratleu in this case. The Supreme Court have decided that in determining whether there be corroboration or not, the Jury may look at the fact that a man was killed, that he came to a violent death. That Is what tb* law calls evidence of the corpus delicti. Now what amount of corroboration you will require. Is a matter for you, 1 will not *sy to you, gentleman, that if you believe from the testimony that Amos Ellington ffleient came to a violent death, it was to a »u how much corroboration, It is for you say corroboration you will require; but tho confession, with the corroboration, be whatever It Is, If there any corroboration at all, must be such as generates full belief in your mind to the exelusion of n reasonable doubt. regard Now, you have heard the testimony in to the manner in which Ellington came to his death. You have heard the testimony of the physician, with his used opinion and the as to the instruments mod# of his death, it is for you to say, connecting it with the confession (if there was a con fession), You whether it amounts to a corrobo ratiou. have heard the testimony, adduced gentlemen by about the the fruits of the crime as State. I am not author¬ ized to tell you what they were, if there were any at all. You have heard testi¬ mony about n bucket and pistol; it is for you to say whether this testimony is credible, the confession or furnish** a corroboration to which the State alleges In this case. Something was sa|d in the argument about motive. It is true, gentlemen, that the motives. iaw does The require law a Jury to look for is presume^ that no man who saae will do an act without a mo¬ tive, But the Jaw doesnot require tiie State to show a motive. An act may be done, crime may be committed, where a motive does not appear, and tiie fact that a motive dees not appear, is no reason theless, why juries it is should not convict. Never¬ proper for the jury to look for the motive wiilch may have actuat¬ ed the party in the commission #fcrime. Now, gentlemen, I believe I have given full instructions in regard to the |aw of this case. I have studied to do it plainly and simply, because I did not want to be misunderstood by the jury. I greatly de¬ sire that thi* cane shall be fairly tried, ac¬ cording land; to the testimony, and the iaw* of and l do not desire to use a word that may be misinterpreted by the Jury. This man i* entitled, as I have said, to a fair and impartial trial by a jury of his countrymen; and if, after a fair review of ss apaattsswatss: it i! rmr dittv to lull it i- \<iui The Democrat ADVBttTfNIlIC *A One Square, first Insertion . . 1 • » Om- Square, rich subsequent insertion. 96 One Square, three month* . . 4 •» 0®e Square, twelve months . . • N Quarter Cofiimn, twelve month* . . M N Half Column twelve month* . . 4* a* Otte Column twelve month* •# M One Inch or few* considered a* a MMre. We have no fractions of* square, nil traction* of squares will be counted at *1 i.i heralded hNni tract Advertising. 2K3 duty, aa conseientioas officers of the law bs% nas* ■avstsi S sasusttres* suasrr'KiJST.'xrjrtr 1 * - There Is one other thing to which 1 <te sire to call your attention. ts Suppose not guilty, you should that the find that this man or case is not made out *>*• doubt, according to law beyond a rmsuns it is your duty, aa l have said, to acquit. But suppose you should bellav# thattor case has boo mad* out by the duty beyond to convict a reasonable Than doubt, it is your you have an °* hpr duty to psrform, and that i* to my what hi* punishment shall be. If you flnd the defendant gnlltv without any iiS‘ussfe'S*sAy* the death penalty must mend, as you have a right to do, that h* imprisoned file in the of his penitentiary natural for and term life, tits of the court is not to impose the pea of death, but to pass sentence accent - ing to your recouimeadatiua. tto gemiu. remember what 1 toil you about that, you find him guilty without the recoin mendation, the guilty, penalty la death; but tf you find him and do not wish him you will say In your verdict; “We, the Jury, find the defendant guilty and recommend him to the mercy of tin* court, and find that he he imprisoned in of the his penitentiary liatursi life.'' for and if during find the th* dofen term that you daht guilty, or the State has not made out it* case beyond a reasonable doubt, it and is your duty toaoquit. verdict, Betlre, gnntienion, make up your -- • —> HANCOCK ON ARTHUR. The Vle*-rre«l4*M Speke* «f ia High Term* by tbe Patriot u! Governor’* U land—Senator Heck, of Kentucky, aa the Policy *1 Mle Democrat*. While In Boitnn recently on hi* way to Portland, General Uonerat Hancock was asked hit opinion warmth of replied Arthur, and with much that he was an able, pat¬ riotic, high-miniled being called gentleman, Chief and, in th* event of nis to the Mag¬ with istracy. would discharge It* duties but one purpose, that of benefiting the en¬ tire oountry; and that th* people might rely on his judgment with absolute confi¬ dence. t . of A » special late date, to from the Milwaukee Bayfield, Wl*., ftcpubtiean, gives an Interview with Senator Beck, of Ken¬ the tucky. with reference should to the course that Democrats take In ease of tbe death of Prtttldeal liar field. Mr. Beck said tt would be a time when lore of „ £*'*"• P*»wwn" i on; fj* **f,fr al *d ton anv Ihdu Jcgj 1* . **.** ” r political f. d ® at ^i.i <> *_- Mr. Arthurf In juch a contingency this >5*w!?n Would u u he UD a !$ greet- r th ® *“*"■ ifreat the calamity intensity whioh had befallen the aa* tor spoiU of party for spirit the time m,d the **N® r "*® 1 ' were for* « otun - ROUNDABOUT IN GEORGIA. —The drouth still continues in Farm¬ ington, —The Ooonte fair begins on the 10th of October. —Religious revivals are general throughout the State. —Farmers io Irwin county will not make over half a crop, . —Stewart county, at a recent meet¬ ing, passed resolutions in favor of the fenoe law. —The Inoreasa in the taxable proper¬ ty of Hawkinsvllle tor the past year was #44,041. —Mr. Churchill died suddenly ia the Third Baptist Church,on Friday night last in Atlanta. —In Hawkinsvllle tbe other day, Tessa LteCrafienreid accidently shot himself and died in a few hours. —Farmington was visited by a cy¬ clone last week. L was but a smalt entertainment, and did little damage. —The cautious Ordinary of Ogle¬ thorpe Couuty runs the marriage li¬ cense business on time, taking a lien on tiie bride. —The Dooly county crops, according to the Ilawkiiisville Uisputch, are prom¬ ising. Tlw corn is in better condition than the cotton. —The Athens Chronicle tell* of a fa¬ tal accident which haiqteoed to Afr, Wit. McRae, of Watkinsville. As be was returning from church in his bug¬ gy accompanied by his wife aud two daughters his mule, taking fright ran away, and all were thrown out, Mr, McRae subsequently died from his in¬ juries, but tiie ladies were not seriously hurt. —Mr. W. W. Simpson, who is en¬ gaged in fish raising, found, during tiie long dry weather iu July and Au¬ gust, the supply of water which was from two springs, failing; »o be cut a ditch fifty three yords long to a well on the hill; entering the well 41 feet helcw tiie surface of tire water ana h feet from tiie bottom of the well; and put in pipe to convey the water to tiie foot of the hill. There is now a nice branch run¬ ning from the welt into his fish ponds, I«•« and it lias Increased tiie supply of wa .......*- *•. 5- froin 1 i " 11 I'tiii"' -