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THE DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL
I lie Daughter of Mendoza.
The following poem was written,
many years ago, by Maribeau B-. La
niar, at one tini9 President ot TVia,
at and a near kinsman to the present tei
enled Senator from Mississippi. L Q
C. La ai ar.
Oh lend to me, sweet nightingale
Your music by the fountains,
And lend tome your cadences
„ Oh ! river of the mountai.s,
'That I may sing, my gay brunette,
A diamond spatk in coral set,
Gem for a prince’s coronet,
ihe Daughter of Mendoza.
How brilliant is the morning star!
The evening star how tender!
The light of both ate in tier eyes,
Then soilness and their splendor;
But for the lash that shades their
sight,
They were too dazzling for th. light,
And when she shuts ttieui-all is n gT,f
The Daughter ot Mendoza.
Oh! ever bright and beauteous one,
Bewildering and beguiling,
The lute is in thy ,diver tone,
The rainbow in thy smiling;
And thine too, o’er hill and dell
i he bounding o' the young gazelle,
The arrow’s flight ad oceau swell,
Sweet Daughter of Mendoza.
What tho’ pe ciiatewe met no t. ore,
What tho’ too soon we solve;
Tliv form will float lik. etlieral lig t,
Before my vision ever;
Fur who can see, and then furget
The glories of my gay brunette!
Thou art too bright a star to bet,
Sweet DaUj.htei of Mendoza.
Then anti Bow.
Here is the same old mans! ri,
V\ ith its quaint, moss-covered tow
ers,
And the summer sunlight sleep ng
On the gleam ef thsgarden flowers.
And the wild dove, far in the fir-wood,
Comg in monotone;
And t* e stately, silent couttyard,
With its aulique dial-s'une.
The swallows have cmne as of yore,
Jod,
From'over the sunny sea,
And the ct/p ot the lily echoes
To the hum ol the wandering bee.
The iatk, in its siive.y treble,
Sings up ill the deep blue sky;
And the house is not as it was tad,
In those dear old days gone.
’Tv. as here that her ga merits rustled,
Like music amids' flowers,
And her low, sweet rippling laughter
Made licner thetose-w reatlied bow
ers.
But now, in its noontide brightness,
l he place seems cold and dead;
Aid it lies like a form of beauty
When tbe light ol soul is fled.
All hushed is each lonely chamber,
That echoed to s-wigs of old ;
And chairs are now all vacant,
And the hearths all daik and cold.
Yet the joys I had hereof yoie, lad,
No heart but my own can know ;
Aud the glimpses ol heaven she gave
me
In the de irold home 1< ng ago.
But they went one eve when she loit
me,
’Mid the Hahn of the summer air
There’s a grave far over 'he hill, lad,
The home of my heat t is tCeie.
\ Kentucky Riunant'C.
A hoy of st-venteon and a girl of
fifteen went from Kentucky, where
the law requires parentage c nsent
for the marriage of minors, across the
river to Cincinn.tti, wheie they were
able to get a license and have the cer
emony performed. I hey had been
married aboutan hour when thehride’s
father arrived; hut being unable to
detain the couple, ho had the boy ar
rosted on a charge of larceny in steal
ing the girl’s clothirg. Then the
groom’s father came, and became the
young people’s friend in need by giv
ing hail.
The Cartersville Express say-: ‘Mr.
W. ADe weese !• his cbil'i, Mhout
fr*en months old, Ly drowning, oil the
18th ult , Mr. Deweese owns the nid
ferry kn.iwn a- Puck# t s, across th*
Etowati itver about two u ile> from
town, and bis residence is about fifty
yards therefrom. Sothe one had left
t h > gate op* n, and he child passed
ou', uiadu its way to the river and it
is supposed got on the flat and fell
overboard and drowned
The Early county Neict says: “Mr,
\\ , E. Harris, who has i een teaching
school in this touuty for the last few
months, was arrested on luesday last
by Sheiiff W illiam- on a requisition
from the Governor of Alabama ou the
Goverror of Georgia. Mr. Harris i>
charged with the crime of ‘raising
‘.be figures on cotton receipt-, and
selling the cotton on the raised re
ceipts toa merchantin Columbia,A. a.
If you want a favor of a married
woman, I rag on her baby. If /•
want tG obtain her e ernal enmity, let
her turn around end cntcb you mak
ing mouthsat it.
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. JUNE 14 1877.
Tin- Vltirder of *1 rs. Chambliss
:•! llic Miimui sry Puiiisli
lus-iii of ll.ti Murderers
FCLI. PAKTICULAHB OF THE WHOLE AFFAIB.
In our last issue we published the
death ot Mrs. Amelia hambliss, . ife
ol Mr. C C. Chambliss, of Hannahat
chee distiict, at tie hands f negro
murderers, at that time expressed our
belief that if the murderers were ap
prehended, tliat the outraged citizens
ol that section wc uld take the law in
to their own hands, ami promptly ex©,
cute the wretches. Before our paper
was issued the murderers tverecattgi t,
and af er their guilt was fastened up
un them to the satisfaction of every
body, tiny were executed in front of
the house where they had committed
the most wilful, cot i-blooded, cruel
murder ever perpetrated in this coun
try.
We have taken pains to learn all
the particulars of this horrible affair
and will try and furnish out readeis
with a 1 the facts necessary to a com
plete uuderstan ling of the case.
The perpetrators of the ciime were
Steve Overstreet, Jerry Snead ad Bill
Booth, three young negro men; the
olde.-t, Stove, being about 24 years old.
These three concocted .ogotl er to rob
the house and also to violate the per
son of the lovely young woman w hom
they slew. They planned it all out
some two months ngo. On Thursday
night of last week they met and ma
tured their plans. Bill Booth, accord
ing to the programme, set fire to the
fence on the back side of Mr Cham
bliss’ plantation at a late hour, weli
knowing that the unsuspecting hus
band would be drawn from bis home
to the fir*>, and leave his yout g wif
alone and unpr tectod. Tbe fire was
discovered ami Mr. C and hi- neigh
bors were roused and hurried to the
fire, leaving Mrs. C alone in the
house. Then Steve and Jerry set
about their work. Bill had been car
ried to help put out the fire he had
alighted. Steve took his position in
the yard and Jerry entered tbe house
and accosted Mrs. C She sought co
defend herself from the elutchesbf the
black fiend and se.ze 1 her husband’s
gtin. Steve hearing a noise in the
house is thought to have seized a hoe
that was near the gaiden gate and
entered to help ferry out. The gun
wa- teken from her hands, anti one of
tie negioes fired the loaf from one
barrel into tier face while the other
wretch dealt her a blow with th( hoe;
killing her instantly 1 hey fled, but
not to esc i"', for the murder was soi n
discovered ar,d they were backed, and
captured. Th- blood and portion of
the I lains of the murdeted woman
was found in splotches ou the shirt
frout of Jerry Pnead; the prints of his
blood star ed hands found on the
fenco Where he crossed en route for
his home at Mr. Seiznr.ore’s to which
poin! he was tracked and arrested.—
Many othe* - little facts and circum
stances were quickly traced up and
the arrest rf the three culprits effected.
After his arrest, Btevp confessed to
the part he performed and told on his
comrades. Each of them then con
fessed having formed and enteied in-
to the plan, and they all agreed in
giviiu; particulars, < xeept that Jerry
said that he did the shooting while
Steve avowed that Jerry fired the fa
tal shot.
At any rate, it wss evident to the
assembled crowd that they had the
guilty perpetrate rs and they improvis
ed a rude gallows by hraeiug a stout
log up against two trees with lotig,
orked poles, and from this they were
hanged one at a time, in the pres, nee
of nearly thrs* hundred peoph, men,
wen en and children, white ad color*
ed Before they wet 6 executed "hey
were requested to male each his
statement.
Steve stated substaneia ly as fob j
lows: I lived with Mr. Thou as Den>,
about one hundred yaids from Air.
Chambliss’ house. I came iioru Eu- j
lu,.ta to Siewar county. Was in the j
eleeti* n riot there in 18.'4. Bill Bou*b
first concocted the plan :o commit the
deed about two months ago. On Fri
day mglit ol laot week, Bill tiled the !
woods near CLamtdi-s’ feme, We
were to do the woik then, Lut Mr. !
Dent liuriied me out l<> the tirr and
Je ry tailed to come to do tns put.—
On Thursday night last we, (Jerry,
Biil and myself,) met again at the
church and fr m tbeie went to Mr.
Dent’s. Jerry lire- with Mr. -Size
more, Bill lived with Mr Chambliss.
We remained at church until nearly
2 o’clock. Friday morning. Sometime
before day Bdl went to set fire to the
fence on the east side of the planta
tion: he then came back. When the
fire was discovered and the alarm giv
en. Jetty and 1 dodged from the
white men anti slipped around to Mr.
Chambliss’ house. Mr. Dent, Mr.
Chambliss and tbe little negro boy
who lived in tbe house with Mr.
Chatr.oliss and Bill Booth all went
down to the burning fence Jetry
then en'ered the house and commit
ted the deed. I wutched ou'side. —
After the murder 1 ran to the fire.—
Jerry went home to Mr Ftauk Size
mote’s, one mile east of Chambliss.
Bill Booth’s statement: The plan
was made up so>e time ago fry Jerry
Snead and Steve Overstreet. 1 knew
all the plan, but was uol into it. We
were all together every chance wo
could get. I heard them talk the
plan over often. AI! tha' I bad to do
in the matter was to set fire to the
leuce. The attempt last week (Fri
< ay) failed, because Jerry was not on
hand, i knew Jerry would not fail
this time, as he was with u at Mr.
Dent’s, After I set the fence on file
I went heme to Mr. Chambliss, and
then went with Mr. Chambliss to lire
fire. Knew nothing about the killing
uutil the little negro who had been
ten back to tho house, retured and
told that Mrs. Chambliss was dead.—
Steve and Jeny did all the planning
aud got me to fire the leuc that the
men might be drawn away from the
bouses. lam a member ot the Bap
tist church, was at church last night
(Thursday) aud had my feet washed,
and took sacrament at tha church at
about one o’clock. We all went
ftouie with Steve from church aud
slept together until Dearly daylight
when I got up aud weut and set the
fence on fire.
Jerry Snead was the last one
caught. He said he was with Stove
aud Bill at Mr. Deni’s uu Thursday
night and that when the fire was
found out lie ran past the burning
fence and went ever to Ins home at
Mr. Sizemiue’B. He denied kiilii g
Mrs. Chambliss hut had his shirt front
bespattered with blood and brains. —
Just before fie was executed Mrs. Y.
F. Wright, the mother of tho mur
dered lady asked Jerry to tell her the
last words her daughter ever uttered.
He replied. “The last woida she said?
She said—Oh!”—, and then us if lie
suddenly thought ot what he was
saving, lie continued, “I don’t know,
1 was not there.” lie couf> ssed hav
ing crossed the fence at liiepoint where
the bloody bund prints weie found on
the rails, and his track being a pecu
liar i.ne, having the sole of one shoe
tied to the upper leather with a string
that made an impression at each step.
He find on the same shoes v. ben ar
rested and fie whs tracked from the
yard of the murdered woman to where
he was when anested.
Steve was first brought out to he
axe uted. A rope was adjusted at), ut
his ueck ami lie was let fall from a
wagou, The rope broke and he roll
ed over on the ground unhurt. Upon
being asked how he felt, he rep.ied,
“Fin still a kicking. You runs’ try
again.” A trace cha'n was then pro
cured and when he mounted the wag
on the second time and all ttiings were
announced ready, he kick-dor pushed
the wagt n from under him and swung
under the gallows. Hts neck was
not broken but he soon choked to
death.
Jerry was the next, and was the
most lm ly ’tightened of the three. —
11, deuied to the Ust and said tln.t
Steve, tire first executed, was the actu
al perpetrator ot tire otitno
Bill Booth was th* ii brought out
and hung in like manner, 110-ii bod
ies were carted off into an old fie,d
aid thrown upon the ground. Wo
leaiii that the negroes were after
ward pursuaded to bury their bodies,
which was done Sunday morning.—
Trie hanging occuired at lour o’clock
Friday afternoon, less than twelve
hours after the crime had been com
mitted Thus ends the most exciting
tragedy ever witnessed in this section.
Wben the doomed men were brought
out, and the question asked, “What
shall be done with theml” th*' re
groe present, some seventy-five iu
number voted to burn them alive.—
M.e whites dreideed to hang them,
aud they were accordtng'y executed
as above stated —Lumpkin Independent.
", see,” s >id a man to an acquaintance
whom he met cairying too heavy a
tuick iu his hat, “that you don’t go iu
for the Maine liquor Law ” “Why,”
he answered, “I partly do and I part
ly and rn’t.” “I go in fi r the liquor, but
not tor the law.”
Is She Bewitched ?—A Toting
,• fill's tni|criiiitiir.<il and
Elusive Bed folio v .
The good peop'o among the bills of
Morris county, N. J., have found ex
c.foment in the case of a young gitl
said to fie “grieviuusly vexed of the
devil,” and whose condition is as un
accountable us it is deplorable, ibe
girl, according to the World Infor
mant, is a daughter of Elijali N.chels,
blacksmith of the Gle'don Iron Com
pany at Hurdtown. She predicted
evil against hor fifteenth birthdiy,
wh ch befol on the 13 h of October
msi, aud since that r’ute she has been
bediidden and paralyzed. At times
there appears under ti e Oouuarpar.e
of'hei bed u presence ns ot a rat, a
rabbit or a cat swiftly moving from
place to place and eluding detection.
Invam is the Led stripped, or tbe pa
tient removed to another place; tbe
“presence” is only powerless to act
when tbe raothersleeps w ith the child.
Tlie physicians, no less than ihe cler
gy, and the common folks of all tho
country side are baffled. Crowds come
daily to see the mystery. On one re
cent occasion Mr. Richards, Mayor of
Dover field hie stiff fiat above th©
“pr sene©,” and tho hut received a
blow that crushed it. Violent blows
have been given to the objects held
out over the place where the "pres-
ence” was, and, needless to say, at
tempts tc grub ibe presence have
lailed. All the while the gitl lies
moaning as if in b rror or pam, aud
her position in the bed would be
pi ai n1 v such as to show that the mys
terious movements were not caused
by her The girl has been known to
abstuin from all food for tho space of
fifteen days, and for some weeks past
she has only received a little milk
daily, yet her face is fair, aud, when
the visitation is not nigh her sleep is
appaieutly healthful. Her patents
are plain and honest peop ©, who view
this as an affliction not to bo turned to
account for notoriety or money. Tbe
neighbors, unable to account for it in
any tlier way, have solemnly decieed
witchciaft against an old woman liv
ing among them , and charms are in
active demand — N. Y World.
IVliy lie <{nii I'rent'liiHC-
A good t-tory is told of a preacher
In lowa, wtiich has the novelty of
truth about it. Ho had been preach
ing several years with great earnest
ness and zeal. He pulled off his coat
and went in for the baivest of souls.
He prayed, exhorted and visited with
sinners and scoffers in season and out
of season. His bread cast upon the
wnteis did not come back to h'tu.—
His pay was poor, and his purse al
ways low. It was probably also poor
preaching. Ail at once he quit
preaching without a word of explana
tion te anybody. One day a kind
hearted brother w T ent to him and in
quired why he had deserted his post.
“Well,” said the preacher, “I’ll tell
you the ttulfi about it. I thought I
had a Divine call to preach, and I
went to work with all my heart. I
git very poor pay, and that in good
wishes, garden truck, and occasional
fractional currency. I prayed over
the r atter, that God might show me
the right way. All at once I discov
ered there was a mistake about the
matter. The call to prench was in
tended foi another man of the same
uailio down in Warren county, and in
some way it got miscarried, and so !
quit.”
The Butler Herald, is responsible
for the following: “Mr. Martin, Brooks,
formerly' JusticeofrheF aceol 768th
(i. M , o' Tay or county, ays he ate
the following at a public barbecue of ■,
this county; Thirty pounds barbecued ;
Bbont, fifteen pounds of corn litfht |
bread, twelve barbecued squirrels,one
gallon cider, and one quart corn wl.is- ;
key Mr. Brooks request? us to say
that at that time he weighed two
hundred and fifty pounds, and now
he only weighs one hundred and
fifty.” '
The fi st thing a young man does on j
seeing a fi tend with a netv hat on is
to take it off and seriinely try it in
his own head. W hen a young lady
sees an acquaintance with her new
bonuet on, she just lifts her nose and !
serenely wonders “where the thing
got that fright.”
Harry \Vilborne, who made his es
cape from the pemten iary nine year?
ago, han teeeutly been captured at
Chattanooga. He was supposed to
have died, as on the penitentiary
hooks opposite Uis name appears tho
following endoieenient : “Casualty un
known—d cd—date uukrown.
W ork of a Uaiiiiic.
ColumbUH Enquirer.
On Wednesday night last, the house
I of Mr. Thomas J. McGehee,near Per
kins’ Mill on tne Mobile & Girard
Railroi and, was set on fire by his cous
b, named Virgil King, the house and
everything in it wus burned, Mrs. Mc
: Gehee escaping in her night’cbtliee,
without shoes or bonnet, and M r . M.
in neatly the same condition, Tho
pareuts of King live in Marion or
Ntewait county, Georgia. It is said
tha: I e has been confined in the Lduisi- j
a: a Asylum where fie martied. He
was released from the Asylum, and
shot either his brother-in-law or fath
er-in-law, fled from there and came
hack to his parents. Several weeks
since he came to Mr. McGeheo’s Hvi
dontly insane, and lias been growing
more violent ever since. Before burn
ing the house, he shot Mr. MoGehoe
with a shot gun, loaded with small
shot, at about fifteen paces, the load
taking effect too low down to inflict u
dnngeiotis wound. A warrant was
sued out before Judge O’Neal on
Thursday, and a posse went in search
of ihe madman and found him at Mi.
Bon King’s, about eight miles south
west of this place, tcre the posse con
veyed him in irons to Seal b teThurs
day ovehing, und cot fined him in jnil
for rl.e night. Ho wus to have had
an examination yesterday, Fi id ay
morning.
Mr. McGeltee is a poor but Tory
worthy man. This is a sad blow to
him, as everything ho had in the way
ol supplies aud clothing,etc., was con
sumed by the fire. He and bia wif?
aud four little children are left liouie
,6B&, and without food or clothing.—
They deserve, and we hope will re
ceive, assistance from their neighbors
iu this their hour of groat trolib e and
necessity.
King is own cousin to Mr. M.Gehoo
and Mr. King.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
Fort Mitchell, Ala , May 31.
A man by the name >f V- H King,
in a fit lunacy, on the night of tho
30th, wei.t to the house of u Mr. T. J.
McG iieo and, after compelling McG ,
with his wife and children, to leave
the house, proceeded to smash up
crockery, pots, oVene, etc'., went to ii>e
well,cut the bucket louse ill the well,
then proceeded to fiie the henso by
poring kerosene oil on the bed. McG.
lost everything. About th© time of
firing McG. returned, having pi ©cured
a gun, to defend his home. Tbe gun
however, missed fire. As the lunatic
advanced upon McG bo se zed t*he
gun, wrenched it from his baud* aud
shot him in bis hip. McG, had made
two ineffectual efforts to procure a
wartant for bis arrest.
Respectfully, I. B. YV.
A Iteniillcw .tlugui'l.
Prof. Smith was once lei luring on
Natural Philsophy, and in the course
o! his experimentslieintroduced one of
Carringtou’s tiros; powerful magnets,
with which he attracted a block of
iron from a distance of two feet.
“Can any of you conceive a greater
attiactive power?” thu lecturer deman
ded.
“I ken!” nuswercd a voice from
the oudience.
“Not a natural terreitrial object?"
“Yaas, sir.”
The P'ofessor challenged tho man
who had spoken to nutno the thing.
Then up rose old Seth Wimlet. —
He was a genius in his way, and
original. Saif ho:
“I ken give ye the facts, squire, and
you can Judge for yourself. When 1
were a young man, thar were a little
piece o’ nateral magnet, done up in
kaliker and diminty, as was called
Betsy Jane. film could draw me
fourteen miles tveiy Sunday. Sakes
alive! it were just as natural as slid
ing down a hid. Thar won’t no ie
si.'tin’ her. That ere magnet u yourn
is pooty good, but ’taiu’l a circum
stance to tho one ’at drawed me.”
“1 arj convinced that tho woild is
daily growing better,” remarked the
reverend gentlamun to a brother cier
giyrnan; “my congregation is
cons'unlly increasing.” “Yes," in
terrupted the lto her, who hap
pen oil to be a penitentiary chap
lain, “and so is mine.” And there
the dmcu3oion oil the ear’y t.rrivul of
the millennium dripped.
“Are you fond of tongue, sit i “I
was always fund of tongue, and I like
1 it stitl.”
VOL. XII.—-NO. 19.
I'lic Fnunivfil of Uarr>uge.
A good story is told of how he per*
formed the csfe'mony of marriage
while he was justice of the peace. It
was his first attempt, acd the appli
cants wete of the true western
! They called upon Cody in the log
cabin where he Ir ld his justice office.
Bill had a hook of forms, which he
took down and studied attentively to
get some idea of how he should tie
tho kuot. There were forms for every
trausnetion of life, hut he failed to
liiid w hat he was looking for, ami
finally slammed the hook down and
chsetvid to the parties:
“You two fellers join hands;” and
the "two fellers” did so.
Then he said to the groot t) : “Are
| you willing to take this woman to be
your lawful and wedded wife, to love
her, honor her, and obey her T’
‘You bet your butes,” was the re
sponse of the hashful hair-lifter.
‘•And you, Miss, are you willing to
take this hero man to be your wed
ded husband, to love bio, honor him,
and support him?”
She giggled, and nodded in the af
fiimotive; but this didn’t suit Bill,
who said; ‘‘See here, Mias, we’ve got
to have this thing on a dead square,
and we can’t marry folks by halvas in
this country. We are bound to go
the whole beg. If you want this here
man for a husband you must ep'ak
out and say so, Ss though you meant
it cure. I’ll ask you aguiu. Will
you take this hore man to be youf
lawful wodded husband, to love him,
Conor him and support him?”
This time the lady responded brave
ly, “ Yes sir, I will-”
This satisfied his honor, and he re
marked, “Thut settles it. Now lowk
hero, you two; you are msa and Wife,
ami whoever Bill Cody ami God Al
mighty have joined together, lei no
mart put asunder;”
“/Did now,” added Bill, “let’s take
another sip of tarantulat juice, and
drink to the happiness of the happy
couple,” which everyi odv, with true
western uuauauity, ptoceedel to do.
I)r. Way land, of Brown University
in the United Slates, had a boy about
sir; years old who was anything but a
fool. The Doctor placed him undor
the care of one of the students, with
the charge that he should Dot go out
without permission of his tutor.
"May l go out'?” inquired the lad
soon afterwards.
"No,” whs tlielaconic reply. A few
minutes pans*, followed.
"May 1 go out?” again inquired tho
boy.
“No,” again was the response. The
miniature edition of tho Doctof slow
' j rose from his seat, took up hie cap,
aad made for 4 the door.
“Stop!” called the tutor. “Do you
know what “No” means'?”
"Yes,” said tho boy; "It,s a partie'e
of negation, and two of them corning
together are equivalent to an affirma
tive!” His wit was bis passport.
Bullock reached Atlanta on Friday,
and as we learn from the Constitution,
has come to s'and his trial in the
cases the state has ftgaitiot him. Gen
eral Ga-trell is his leading counsel,
and Messrs. Willis IlawkinsandD. P.
Hill will assist the Solicitor in the
prosecution.
W W. Cuin, wlio was captured in
Daily county some months ago end car
ried to Stewart county on a charge of
murdei ing Mr. Cherry, at Lumpkin,
id 1875, was leceutly admitted to bail
by Judge Crawford in the sum of
g'2.500.
If Irish potatoes, When twelve at
fifteen inches high; be liberally
sprinkled with a soh’tion of nitrate of
potash (sitlpotre) —one pound to three
or four gallons ot water — while it will
seem temp raii y to kid the tops, will
oreatly iucrcnte the tiso and quality of
potatoes;
A correspondent to the McDuffie
Journal says that hogs fed on coiiard
leaves once a week will r.ot have tb®
cnole a. When they have the disease
and are too sick 'o eat, a few drops of
the juice pressed from the stalks will
effect a cu>e.
When sotting a heh a tablespoon
full of sulphur put into the nest will
pievent the ffpp< stance or presence of
lice either upon the chickens o" moth
er. If any one doubts, let him try it
Rnd note tho tesult.
Governor Colquitt has appointed
Hon. George Ui.lyer to the TMsat
Judgeship, caused by the decease of
the late Judge Peoples.
Sumter county line determined to
hold a coun'y lair iu which the ad
joining counties ura iuvited to take ft
part.
In Gwinnett coctnty the firmer? J. -
tertrtin fears of ravage* from; *■>
h vpets.