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THE'TWEEKtiY! CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY, *MABOH 11, 1879.
Off | jit A* I i♦ | * 1 ° CD€ °* hi* own; and It ta do mean ambition— 1 at the extra session is not determined. I bundle of appropriations
C 4l,0U!ltftUtl0U. Istt.tfzMrthtai boot done this generation *m Mr. Beck says congress will pass actsre- nearly if not quite twenty mk^^o. .
> I I **»« obnoxious statutes, thusgiv- j blame for permitting the heavy appro- the most serious attention. We regret
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^r^lS^r^r^ASCMDlBBTIBffSnilgjr^^ag^ THE JOYFUL JULIA.
right. It seems that yesterday Mr. Toggle I
in their little eaUns upon their poor and sickly 1 10 ule appropriation bills. As most I incurable. The committee on appropria-1 truth and strength of the arguments nse<l
ATLANTA, TUESDAY, MARCH It, WTO. | mpir^wHoowui ourBrnst and t«« | of the legislation sought to be repealed | tions certainly started out with good in-1 by publications of a partisan character.
" - '' - I acrea depredate tn nine. Thia is a question big I eras inflicted upon thecountry by tacking I tentions, and did, if our memory serves I “ The country,” says the Republican, ‘is
The moat revolting phase of premcdi-1 with interest to onr people. beside which others 1 ;t „p 0n ^ appropriation bills, it ia plain 1 ns correctly, report six of the bills before I “not ready to have the republicans ‘yield’
toted bloodshed ever known in thia rinklntonoOiinsne-. ‘ ‘
country ha. been rcacherl in three recent I The Wndenor of the colored man to
New England mnrdera. And yet, if they. ... , . . . . ,
had occurred in GeorgU-howcver, it is I hld <“*'r “ h “ <> n »* ba » “- ,n ' leed - »
Patriots**—Qentral Gordo* Vicdi-
cat d—the Georgia Claim.
I levied on all the states just after the war
I opened. Georgia, of course, never paid this
I ta**.*™* ^ is claimed at the treasury that it
is still due. This trick stopped the pav-
** money which the treasurer is
r pay the
—Bronchi to Trial—The Evidence
A'dnoed—The Verdict, Etc.
Our’neighboring county of Clayton 1ms
gani * f ?u’ I hee” the theater of a great public trial in the
that the months of the mical blatherskites I the holiday recess, and yet the heaviest “the taking down of any guards which I this’di'tric? r i^tLe n ?ast r 'oungrM^ r ^?ved “directe<l”to p»jptfiestate! Thist
are stopped as to that particular method. I ones were unacted on forty-eight hours I “ have been pot np to protect the free- home Thursday. Yesterday a reporter of not '“t long and the state will yet gain the ... . .»
But whatever the programme may be the before thelegal expiration of congress, "dom and purity of., the ballot. It asks “gene'rS mao* S^*t?xStaSilun end children Lave been absorbed in the
~~ — a- .. . . . . f .democrats »re pledged to insist upon an I Sothepublicbusmes8 of the highest and 1 4 fora general toning up of electionmor- Washington affairs and in the hope of I be will use all his exertions to protect the I event and little else has occupied consider*
simply impossible that they could have I » . • . | erasure of these unjust laws from the I most general importance has been long | “ ala and laws, north and south, and is I finding something new from that great I interest of the state. I ^, le attention in the county. Criminal trials
material,bat fn.m .pohucalpomtof view. | no how longit may transacted, and so it will doubtless con- “ propoeed to insist on this « an immedi- jW^***j£ BILL ARP'S SUNDAY CHAT. I •» "°‘ «»M- in our state, but the hi,-
take or how much the Chandlers and I tinue to be transacted, until public sen-1 “ ate and vital political duty. In the I in the midst of some clients from whom 1
occurred in Georgia.
Tlie most hojwl***s as well as the most ir-1
Aa horrible as it may seem, it is given I ritating characteristic of the negro since
out from Washington that not a single I freedom has been his tendency to roam
republican senator can lie found who has I about from port to pillar, a rollicking,
ever met Senator Bruce socially, and the I easy-going vagabond, sowing wheat in
families of republican senators bitterly I Georgia and harvesting tares in Miseif*-
I tory and episodes of the crime giving rise to
log&ns may flounce and fume. I timent shall become so active on the sub-1 44 face of the charges of election abuses at I we relentlessly tor^ him my and began to 1 tn which He Breathes Out His AflSa-1 this investigation were of such a character
The probable result is that the army I ject that either party will be glad to de-1 44 the south, as elaborated by the majority ^Sver^ioS'lhidi^emued: ’“* *** I tu* of spring Poetry. | as to render it truly
and the legislative bill will go to the pres-1 vise a remedy for the unnecessary waste | 44 of the Teller investigating committee, I Reporter—Mr. Candler, did congress
ident with the democratic amendments | of time during a session.
deny Unit they have ever called on I mppi, and any indication that he i» die-1 a(ta,:heJ - do about it ini We have tl,is to console ua in the new j “erisOng at the north, no party is justi
Bruce’s wife or paid her any attention lo settle down and er^ct unto him- ,bat caae? That “ the P robIem of the 1 congre3s ’ bowever-the two houses wUi | fled in weakening the federal laws by
and the current bnmidpdpe of ihnmt I come near to the conclusion of its work? | now inspiring is the earliest breath of I i n the annals of our courts. It will be
C ^ Cnt , ° . . us ? I Mr. C.—No sir. There is a great deal left I spring. How quickly it brings to life the I membered by nearly all our readers that
Written for The Constitution. i. \ celebrated cask
How inspiring is the earliest breath of I in the innat, of our courts. It will be re-
undone. It seemed necessity so. I slumbering emotions which, though chilled I ‘ he l8 ‘ h dayof Seutemfcer isst. at a small
Reporter—Why was the extra session | . , , | farm house near Morrow_s station, in tln>-
i-1 * ” ” * * ~ ° . , i - — 11.... - 0 1 — ” - I ii.j _ n , nnn a * | by the frosts and winds of a hard winter, 1 >.,» , ,, .1.11 \fra \igrv Fanner
| day. If he vetoes them, the wheels of I be in political accordance. Tlie new I “which alone election outrages are I Mr. C.—Because certain requisite appro-1 were not dead, but lay dormant as a bear in I was foully murdered 6y being knocked
I (ku nrirnmmont wnnLI Via hlfwtwl nftpr I ImncA will llO likothf»ol(l hnnsonnliticallv : I “ pliwl'fwl in mtnmnniliua trliorri nnlilip I n nen nn» n.ad. knllia loot 0.111. I kt. ,1.. XTT1 a I / 1: : I tho haiut with it linmnipr that till* hill
now plainly the tendency of thing*—each
It is difficult to say just how the plague I °nr Bainbn ge contemporary sees in the I he cotg 0 ff his own salary; and he I lioase will change a political complexion I comments of the Republican savor of I, " & t£ere not be other:mat-1 j ike writing an oad or a poetn to the vernal I cr ‘“J“ , st f,r.v,m. iildimlarioi
is getting on in Ru«ia. The Russian "“ r .““Jis a prudent man. He would hardly at-1 that is of eighteen years’standing. A fairness, for the editor desires the laws to M^c^V^’Jikriy-butThSl'^’tl.e goddess, but I remember that you city folks ^ the 'hiche^T' pireh. The murderer
government declares that the disease is | T me moan amiiertue tempt ^ draw his gahiry, under his pecu- table will best show the nature of this I be retained upon the statute-book as causics of the extra session also early a day. have an aversion to spring poetry. Besides left behind no clue by which to be traced,
stampeel ont, but i, perhaps overstates \ I liar tide, uuless therewas , fund from | imporUut event in our history: | mnch in the in^rests of the democratic this work re-thst ! couldm.tlf 1 would, fee p«bry fa. STS^ile^
republican voter. Of the effect 1 Mr. C.—It is hard to say. The extra sev K!'"''/ » a r hvmeTts mi lenient m-1 to •* almost helpless. Detectives and others
laws at the north we know »on will possibly run into June. It will ^Ue comes forth with exceeding violence "e" t . d,1, 8'" l 'j;“
I only by hearsay, but if common 1 Si*™. 4 ? 8 “ ^ land mixes up things promiscuous. Yester-1
the mutation in onler to prevent restrio I I * bich “ «»>M l»wfnUy be taken. He
tions on the coantry’s trade. All other 1 ‘ JiaJh I would hardly condnde to dissolve the
authorities rejiort terrible tales of devas-1 ' I army. In a word, the democrats can I ———
tation. The truth probably lies between. I g ’ There are'bnt t .JT f I compel the republican party to undo its I ArmuuS
The disease has and will doutitless spread obv, 1 a ^ d - There are bnt two solnUons of | , . - ----- ~ 1
in Russia wherever it find-heat, moisture tbe laW P robl ™ * h " ;b “ no *
i the farmers. Tlie negro is not only m
1 laborer, but a citizen, and he most
I either l>e made comfortable
The Supply or t'rriiiiaern. I tenant, or he must be encouraged
and filth, which are the three things upon |
which itfeefls.
wicked work, thereby giving the country I SlSnSoVZI
rest, peace, and, after a while, prosperity. 1 Connecticutl._
Public sentiment is with them, justice I Gmrgia.1
and patriotism are arrayed on their side; I SSKjL—*
all that is lacking is backbone in our I low*
a place or.
J D Walker, d
J T Farley, d
N PH 111, r
OH Platt.
G E Spencer, r
S W Dorsey, r
A A San:eat, 1
_ 4 , «.. T ^ nsuaUon '. I made a visit to Atlanta to make some pur-
The rest of the second line I have not fin-1 c i ia .ses. They were arrested upon the road
ished, but feel that it is in me and will come I ^ck home and carried to Jonesboro. That
The figures orilresUle" dejartment of I to preride'hi‘^seliThoTe. LegWsriou I * f? - "? I d
agriculture do not ls-ar out the assertion I may devise mollifications or improve-1 bowbng J , aCob ’ n9 ° f mmortby °‘ I 'C&.-Z:
that there will I* any considerable dc-1 m ents of the tenant laws of England that I |h e * wo *? a “ bers '. 7* ,a ? “*?’ b ” ttba I Nevwls 1 ."'...--'. J P J.
> in the amount of fertilizers nseil I might he admirably fitted to the negro
thia year under that of last year. During I and his condition, bnt unless this is done, I
the seasonof 1877-78 there were insjiccted I the system of small farms will undoubt-1
and offered for sale in Georgia 91,4501 edly prevail. Perhaps it is best that i
has long been a missing ingredient
the existence of these laws has con-1 ci^u G f t h e last session?
i5SS2» 4 r I t , rib “ ,0d " ei l hC L^. th V arit - y J! 0r .. ,he AmoV^mSt m?Xt I ■« . m me sou .... come I back hoine snd carried to Jonesbom. T.,a.
D W Voorheekd freedom of theiaflot Tile ministrations ^cuUon the™?. JSSusbUL which was tlie b ? f ? re lon S- Mrs. Arp says it reminds while under guard in the court-house,
n w Voorureau w B AUisSaTr of uttle Johnny Davenport, if that func- SSy ofxT iff!Uh S ™emh her of U.e ten fines made on a wsger against ^anb fell msfeep and Julia Johnson
TcJScre/rr.d tionai-y is not belied, do not tend to h.ent^«md additions I tried‘o get a „ Dwldrbom . wdI SSSid foTTb^ireDra£>!i'
I “tone up elections” in the direction I [| |ey Kcre ou ^ brief,'the b?5’pr.e> The wind blew It down-sheep. | and were released, Julia Johnson’s borne
hinted at by our Springfield contem-1 vides for the appointment by the president
. N.HatnpRhire_ A republican!
I Xew York R Conkllng. -
G R Dennis, d
J Shields, df
J P Jones, r
The difficulty with ineis, l think, the |»>v- I was searched by the detective and bj* the
Tlie Forty-Fifth Congress-
Perhaps we should have written tlie I lVanlal!
ton*. How much of this was carried over I should—perhaps not; but to us there is J !j?® ^yb« h t^S17to b hLston: n and if I w5?m"iu
to the present season, we do not know; something peculutriy attractive in tb J The body has passed into history, and if | Wlscaudn
ZBVance,d AS Merrimon,d
G H Pendlet’n.d S Matthew*, r
* |J H Mitchell, r
g D Cameron, r
J Patterson, r
UBJMRIU,! -
. ... I 0 f 150’census sunervisora I ertv of tl,e BnR** 9 * 1 language. There aint I coroner’s jury. Nothing was fomul to con
porary. But in reply to this it maybe “ * JSS th?.™V.^ 1 word* enough to let a nianssenlimc.itsflow nC ct her with the crime then, but on Fri-
said that in most communities at the I i n g eniiroerators who shall make the munt I out "* tune when the lit is on him. M.wt I day after aomc glass jars were found there
north,public sentiment may be depended -ery^ly -»« SJJSSSSS SS SSTiJS.TH^
upon to protect the ballot, and to this I ^ort^thill ’that'whlri! 'iOtlhuZU * I they say has a word for every shade of I Farmer house at the time of the murder,
might be rejoined that therefore there is I IStionai board of health. ThU waTureed thought ami one for every grunt or groan, the guilt of Julia was deemed certain. The
.„ u ,e |h _ . .... . ...... MV . tot . tofln nonecessity tor federal supervision of I by-raie repre*„u,iv ? a„d U.e C ,h« ul Vari.er met
but it is known that up to yesterday English system. Whether it could 1st “*3, “ mcl,n .^ ( . onS; WalV,ng a " th >“.how«lve r , , o v wuclM Kim mamrul , -- ^Tbe very Mr 'i, redolent I Julia was captured in Newton county some
69,000 tons had, tliis season, been in-1 maiie to fit the peculiar needs of tlie 1 11 bttl ° *° “ y °* 1 “[\ gjggk" d ' 8 *”7 "FT 6111 *! 1 tbc dlseases ^«.d epidemics. I wiSHoe *' t s-ace Turnip greens are I days after. Iren davs afterwards some chuh-
... - - - 1 I a «u»mhlw an mcnmrmnnalv natn- I elected and succeeded.d.h. Annsunnz,.a.._tem-1 ••Mm* in favnrnf ih* &{- 1 the feltoxletter. I running up to »eed. Tl»e plum tree is in I ing that had been stolen at the time of the
. conversing further on the acts of I bloom; the busy bee is sucking honey I murder was found under a corn-crib on the
s congress, the Felton letter came up ^ from their fragrant blossoms and by and j Johnson place. She^was held^for trial on
la statesmanlike body. The voices of | iTb iTxrTB-^ii^n “ent at the south has resulted invariably j “iteTOOTEu-Dhi tlie recent letter of Mri.
The Partition of Texas. men who,
raised her hand and j«tint in/ «t one of the
negresses asked:
“That’s Julia, ain’t it?”
A chill of coming disepp intment ap-
peare«l to come upon the air. but the dense
crowd beyond could not s<v the notion of
the witness or catch her w< . ds.
“Go and put your band uihju J ulia John
son.”
Helj>ed to her feet the tottering old lady
slowly approached the four women. Dead
silence fell upon the crowd. Every eve
and every car was bent to catch the result.
Putting forth her withered and trembling
hand she placed it u|on
the wkosiq won ax!
Standing almost face to face with Julia,
she hail turned around and placed her hand
upon a woman named Susan Woods, who
“as a total stranger, and who differed in
»ry essen ini respects from Julia Johnson.
The result was (ike a clap of thunder in a
clear sky. The coutnel and the wit-
sses In common with the specta
tors appeared dumbfounded, and the crowd
seed with hitter disappointment as it sank
l>ack open the benches. The defendant’s
counsel drew a long breath of relief and a
smile of ctniiing triumph lighted up his
face. The jury witnessed the scene with
keen eyes, hut* without a movement to in
dicate that they had expected any result of
the examination different from the one ob
tained.
The state proceeded with other testimony,
however, and when its case was announced
as closed it had raised a structureof circum
stances that seemed to completely hedge
in the prisoner aud leave her guilt beyond
question.
Nothing daunted, her counsel hail rigidly
and mercilessly cross-examined every wit
ness and elicited every detail of the testi-
titnony calculated to prove it contradictory,
uncertain and exculpatory. He introduced
the witnesses for the defense and sought to
ertablish
AX ALIBI FOR JULIA.
It was proven that the crime must have
been done shortly after 3 p.tn.; that Julia
was present washing clothes at the house of
Mr. Adams, between three and four
o'clock, at a distance from the
scene by the route she would have
had to follow, quite two-thirds of a mile.
It was shown that while here her husband,
Jim Johnson, having been sent from the
scene of the murder after Mr. Adams and
other neighbors, came to the house with the
news of the murder. Julia finished her
washing late in the evening aud returned
home. She had a prior engagement to
eomc to Atlanta with the Bella the
next morning at an early hour. She went
by Perry Calhoun’s house between nine and
1IP» hnard will >» . .. I «>K tlie SOU1 WIU1 music mm *s I elICCI Uiai Airs, aiary runner nrn
riotwoTintr^c»untrv f afflicted^it^m^arial ncvcr heard and * ith that isnot her death at the hands of Julia Johnson,
diseases l’ ainiClCU Wlin mM,ni>l I av n m««l Tl»*» wrv air 1.4 redolent I Julia uraa canfured in Newton countv some
*pect«l7nthestete7"Forthe'corre*j«on'<i-1 a^d 'Z of The I a f cmbly , 80 I ^tttttStE&PSSSttS; j Republican can adduce in favor of the ef-1
ing period of hst year 71,00.'. tons were fol.iro is a question we .re not just now f c “ d “ J? ficacy of t be election laws at the north. After
te.1 w. oive .he fiL.nres for tl.e I --I I te u>Ponxe m* gr«rt issues. It was not ^ wiu Dot W1 to not ice Uiat ‘ be ^‘st.ll remains that their enforce- ( si ,
anlike body, lne voices 011 . . .« . f , • w ^ 11 | ment at the south has resulted invariably I Repor'ish—uiu me recent iener oi air*, i jneswwiamvu wmu « mr«n.. ui*.... mieu m MreBuw..«.
bv reason of their intellect and I th6 on ‘y carpet bagger lett is atr. h-eiiogg, I idation of the ballot. Doesl Felton create much of a sensation in Wash-1 the violet banks. Alder-tags hang m grace-1 Tuesday last It seemed that Julia had
■ , h - who would be glad to be guaranteed I - ,, _ ... , I ington? | ful dusters upon tl.cir slender stems. J,,n- the would is xnws
pirf thmr convKtirayrare | ^ flami sword of |Mtice in 1 the editor of the Republican doubt .17 \Ye | Mr. C-No sir I heard nobody ™»k I quill, are in ay.ller strut ndsMM. are ^ thcrc „ not a rou ,
inspected. We give the figures for tlie | prc[«red to discuss,
principal points, showing the number of
tons inspected each of the two seasons np
to the sixth of March:
1S77-7S.
Savannah and Brunswick A\VO
Auffu*t*~.~~ —- -22.102
Atlanta and other point* 1.1.4M
The indications are that the question I the courage w.*..
1*79-9 I of the partition of Texas will soon assume I capable of leading, were drowned by the |
31.40) I prominence and intrude itself into our I clamors of a well-meaning, but undisci-
20^1001 politics. The state is already rent in I plined mob. It was by no means
I7,10l> I spirit by the internal schemes and jeal-1 markable congress. To be sure, nothing
fd.ooo I onsiesof sections and an army of hungry I but extravagant, factious and partisan
result a decided gain over the senate of I
;iiawc m ■ . . ol , *i._ 00 ;»nro I Al1 those charges had been made on Gen- I earliest broods.
I the late congress. Six of the new south-1 “ °1 . I! I era L. Gord x° n . ^ d ^cre known to he | Everything is li vely-
brought into the state this season to finil I make the agitation lively and effective. I of the republican senate, but,at the same vTS^n 1 !!'
* __.i „n *1... <!...« Wlicn Tctiu wm «.1mi() M l intndiA nnS/tn time if mn«t ho confessed that the I name, >, vaiu*, nouswu,
Sixty-nine thousand tons have l>cen I politicians, eager for place, are ready to I legislation was to be expected on the part I uZZaI of the presidency by the republicans; to I untrue. As to that matter ~of borrowing I over the meadow the new-born lams are
3 1 - * 1 -- ••• * a I em senators wUl certainly be heard irom, I ^nfessions of Purman of McLin I *“°*»cy from a bishop the facts are well I ping.
XTnn.™ Vob( Vonco TTnneton I tDC C° nIe8S1 ° nS OI rurman, OI AIL 1.111, I . * . fnam). I* I Over the
— I .... _ . . ,. . . | . . , . i nameiy, iunanh »coi, «uuur. jiuuswu, ■ ... , _ _ —. . i known to Geaeral Gordon's friends. It an-1 ^ cr thellttie lioys mc ripping,
a market, and all the indications are that I'V hen Texas was admitted into the union I time, it must be confessed that the H * t ’ Walker and Call. Messrs I An(lerson > w eber and Jewett The elec- pears that soon after the war I I got that right easily, and rippln is
aa manv tons will he inspected this year I »n 1845, one of the conditions was that I democratic house did not always! - 1 ’ ... . ,* I tion laws upon whidi our contemporary I Bishop Wilmer tendered to General Gordon 1 right word. It comes without a strain, for
. . * . . I I.... ; 1 -vj: — I Jonas and Groome are also said to De el-1 1 “ — 1 ' rm * ** - 1 w ‘ * K “”“ "
cliaractcr, and the proof against
I overwhelmingly satisfactory to the minds
.. I of the public. The indignation against her
“ !p * I was open andhetive, and at no timejafter her
1 arrest would it have surprised the peoplo to
have heard tlufTthe law had been antici-
jvated and tlie woman hanged without the
intervention of a court. Such propositions
term
Griffin
| not he surprised to see a movement to I did not perform their duties with the en-1 The N.xt c«nsn*._ I law. These enactments are themselves I <««>”“ “m. I and reck ho i3v T . n a“h!S!f I « *" * ur ld. and black and^hlte
The political complexion of the new I thmt en j take formidable shape within a I thusiasm, the energy and the courage I The new census bill is not just such a I ^ promoters of frauds, and there has I Gordon in Washington? I off their store clothes before they were off— 1 guTldood i^tlie rourt-hou^itt^only her
senate in not a matter of doubt or dispute. I H j, or t period of the future. I that should mark the courseof men ani-1 hill as we would have drawn, inasmuch I nQt | >een an honest election held under I Mr. C.—I do not think it did so at all. The I dabliuin the branch, rockin the ducks in I fW M i| Us hand and her faithful attor-
Incluiling a repahlhan to 1* eleetcil in TeI „ hM ampIe Und —, aJ . matcd by th, .u- L I .n— . ... a:. a I .u. . «... —i— - I .......
New Hampshire next June, the senate | ynnjageg” f or division. The state is I they seemed
will consist of 42 democrats, Si repuhh- , arger tban the whole of Franco and lin S rcadiness with which the demagogues 1’““-' ““>• I history u. ..... -- .... ,.n.
cans and David Davis. The democratic noarly „- lx tim „ thc ^ of p ennsylvaniai of the senate fashioned extravagant and Hn ‘ler tb ®? 5nt ™J of the .J ol,t,Cal e “ Cmy ; show this. Tlie election laws of s *‘ at the toi reme more gm^hread! There'toey go h " “Pj*
majority over all will not be less than 8,1 but she ] ackg peopjg. Her increase for partisan legislation, and upon too many I ll “ aag ? 0<ia bl aa “ u rcasona y “j tbe states, while not contemplating I Rkpouter Wl.at about thatlettcr Mrs I a "'’ tl ‘ erc tllcy p'-wLite tlicir jmor mutLrr I t " ri j gy hi3 a, a counsel. Never l.a.l
and : will oftentimes be 10, on account | several years under thc stimtilusof reck-1 occasions did the democratic majority of I expected. inproniisewas -ing we I gucb stupendous frauds nor antici- j Felton wrote to Senator Ferry (or Lein iii I ]f m t 'hev haveiu^cnt 'killcd n 'or drownrf I ! a *Y er a amre or one in which cvcre
of the vote of Illinois’ j-omlcrons mdo- Ieg8 „ n d seductive advertising has tiecn thehoosc-its “conservatism” getting the ^ appointment part of it was settled, unscrupulous attacks upon h« ; k»bnh rai.vass? / ‘ “ S»had like
V , L I astonishing, and the figures are now pnt better of its judgment-cither concur in I ™d all the controlling officers of the new I t ^ e . g rity oE the ^ aTe ncverthelu , s I 1 * ? —“ the anger of the populace. H.s.ppearan.c
Bnt when we come to the house the I at j^ooo souls. Her climate is re- or compromise with legislation that I count must^he acceptable, not only to the | ^p^ ^ preserve the freedom of elec-1 Mr. Hubbell, of Michigan,'
atatiRticianH iliaagree. On account of six I niar kahle f ** ~ ** ‘
vacancies the houoc will conniat at its I sonreen «
meeting of 287 members; 144 are there-1 versified
fore a majority. This much is certain; I estaassun
rioiiTixo fob iier life.
and the chil-1 xhe public temper was in such a frenzy
love to have cm I n, at men dared notsiteak a wonl in doubt of
ever and anon I t j ic g U nt of the accused. Timid people
cut finger ^or a | were a fraid to talk to her lawyer lest
democratic strength can fall below 14<, if I The reasons for demanding a partition I organic law, trampled upon rights of| d * tecn stat P S ? n PJ^ nc *P^ e I Republican, in advocating tlieir retention I ^Jj^.lP^ 10 I stum i>e<l toe 1 , or the bark knocked off his I a part 0 f t h e public indignation nnght fall
there U no.lwenteewm onaccountofsick- of tbc atate are ncarIy J local rtutee, outraged the liberties of citizens n ^° popnhhon| ^ the % | k.ter I I them,. Prejudire and inflamed p^-
I 1I '-0 IU PWPUIAWWM D.1WU.V* UUUJUU.UW WE. I ^ Q gtatUtC-bOOkS.
ness or other disability. Messrs. Acklin I ,. baraoter . The people'of the union at I ami piun.lereil the treasury of the people. whitcs - the ob j e f. h 0 ' 0 " la f a basis fo ^ ,,, -
-» t— r»i—i : o:—j-a—I. . - 1 I- r — - - - j enormous registries of black voters and I The farmers of the south should look out I about two sheets.
- I t'liuugii vjaixj ui uiu maicruuuu, »I1U au i tuuiu mi* ** « wwutuu I 1 * r* 11? * A W lLn i.
other. Ourestimate gives thc nationals tbo i n , ere8t< , of her present population principles. It is this policy that has kept I dent -. y cn , er f * ranc,s A - W . a ‘7.^ 7' 0 . Brown’s Letter
11, namely: Messrs. Lowe of Alabama, I nrge that she should remain unified for I tlie republicans in power, and even now, I n ® ?i 0 «a < ’ .1 I Barton Advertiser.
Forsythe of Illinois, Dc lot Matyr of In-I , bc To take five small states, I standing face to face with party decay and I. n "* Y Mm I in Uiother column we pnbliih ut intreraUnr
.lUna, Weaver and Gillette of low:,, I-ruM with an „ cnge population of 230,000 death, they areas resolute> «»d uncom- ^,7me to toe rena^T'Wo
and Murch of Maine, Ford of Missouri, I an ,j carry forward the work of pro-J promising as ever—so much so that they I ... . .. . , . I *”**•• now living in AUanta, explaining the
Russell of North Carolina, Yocum oi I that is being made in the same ter- have compelled the democrats, although I ®P® ^ _ 8e *V l W1 . ^ oo ' m o I the^ etlu^tion *0? the colored race. The^riter
rennsylrania, and Jon«i^ofT«*aLThese | ritory now would be a perilom, under- the Utter represent a Urge ““J^ty of
the people of the country, to pursue I °P° n 'J rho ® e I present time is probably the most influential
| ntv Will depend, to a great ex- | citizen, as lie is certainly one of the most able, of
lx. x, ., , . .. | the state, although now devoting himself to
I tent, the thoroughness of the I business rather than active politics. lie Is
I new count. We have not been able to JL
figures leave the radicals 129. It I taking. In the present condition of
does not matter what their I Texas and of the country generally, it is
vote is, if the democrats are sure at 1)etter that th e tcrrito ry of that state
the outset of a majority over all. Of I should have one government, one set of
the 147 given to the democrats in this e«-1 i aWRf one public debt and one purpose in
timate, we do not know of hut one doubt-1 me thods of material progress. To
ful or disputed nanu Mr. Hendrick B. I divide interests and multiply machinery
YV right, of Pennsylvania. Mr. Y\ right I j 8 jo^* t he strength she now possesses,
was a member of the last congress^ and I j s ne ither wise nor politic to have this
os such acted with the democrats. He I ,] 0 ne, and the wants or ambitions of
is in facta Tom. Ewing democrat, and I politicians shotdd not be permitted to goad
there can be no doubt of his participa-1 people into this folly,
tion in the democratic caucus. If the j n ita political aspect the division of
handful of greenbackers find that they I Xex asis not neeiled. In a matter of such
have not strength enough to drive a trade I -pave importance and with such mightv
on, they will dissolve, and tlie democrats labilities for the future, part’v
will get the larger part of the squad. In politics should be sent to the
that event the democratic candidate for I ^ar. We know that Texas is over-
speaker will have not less than twenty *helmingly democratic and that the five
majority. That will be just about the I nt , w states would send eight new and
* ize I awfully democratic senators to Washing-
Thr rotter committee itrporti. I ton. Wc know the political value of this
The reports upon the presidential I accession to a democratic majority, bnt
election of 1876 are before the people. I we hesitate to declare that Texas is ripe
They present to the well-informed noth-1 enongh for a change so beneficial to the
ingadditional, and papers like the Tribune I party of her love. She can do better for
hasten to pronounce them “merely a new I herself and the country, for the present,
collection of words.” The republicans I by insisting upon full representation in
wonld dismiss the whole subject It is I the house of representatives. It is more
more than a bore to them, and they I important to have a working majority of
would gladly bow it out of onr politics. I democrats in the house where the econ-
But it will not he bowed out The facts | omy of the government is controlled than
are about to assert their rightful power;
and in the way of having at hand clear
and comprehensive statements, supported
by ample proof, of the electoral crime,
the reports submitted to the late congress
by the Potter committeeman* invaluable.
They contain-the chief ammunition of
the campaigns of this and the following
year, from which the stumper and
the writer will draw freely. For
on these very rej>orts—which are hut
printed briefs—the case goes first to the
people, and then, years hence, to the his
torian. Let no one doubt the result of
the popular verdict. The people,
os a body, are always right, and
they will assuredly avenge the
wrong that put in the presidential office
for the first time in the history of the
country,a man whose only warrant is vil
lainy-villainy, it is true, of other men,
hut villainy nevertheless. We welcome
therefore the voluminous reports—the
minority reports as well as the majority
report. Let them be printed and well
distributed, anti let the story they tell be
presented before November, 1880, from
every stump and in every sheet. We
may well despair of the republic if that
star}* is not taken to heart—if the party
that is responsible for the theft of the
presidency and its active conspirators are
not held to severe account for their
crimes against the will of the people. We
have no fears as to the result. Let the
facts he carefully council, plainly pre
sented and impartially accepted.
Tbe Labor Problem ia Georgia.
The Bainbridge Democrat trails atten
tion to the fact that the farmers in that
section find the difficulty of procuring
reliable labor to work their lands in
creasing with each’year, and says the
question is becoming alarmingly interest
ing. Our contemporary accounts for the
scarcity of good farm hands in south
Georgia by stating that the negro is rapid
ly withdrawing from the labor market,
settling upon cheap lands and working
for themselves, and continues:
HMaabtdooof srery negro mask to hares
to ha\e eight more of a majority in that
branch which is consulted shout the ap
pointments of postmasters and gaugers.
There are too many of the sons of
'Georgia in Texas for us to feel unmind
ful of the welfare and prosperity of the
great commonwealth, but we do not
clearly see the advantages which parti
tion of her territory, at this juncture,
could bring to her people or to the coun
try at large.
The Coining Straggle.
The struggle that will be begun in
about a fortnight will not be one between
the two houses. It will be between the
executive power fighting for the retention
of the passionate results of a civil war,
and the legislative power fighting for a
free ballot and a return to a patriotic and
national policy. In very many respects
the contest will resemble that between
the marshal-president of France and the
chamber of deputies after the 16th of
May. The democrats have a similar bat
tle to make in favor of popular liberty,
and the radicals will rely, like MacMs-
hon, upon bayonets, centralisation and a
swarm of officials, ready if need be to re
peat the crime of 1876. This is the con
test in a nutshell, and the democrats will
assuredly not be found wanting.
And public sentiment in every part of the
country will sustain them, after fifteen
years of peace, when everybody is hoping
for a return of prosperity. Who is there
that wants a law that would, if strictly
t nforced, put only ignorance or malice in
tltc jury boxes of fifteen states? What
business man wonts the polls surrounded
by soldiers whenever the necessities of
the dominant party demand it? Who
desires to give the republican managers
full swing to bribe with the money of the
people men by employing them as deputy
marshals or supervisors? These ques
tions present the points at issue between
the two parties, and there is not an hon
est and at the same time fully-informed
man who will answer one of them in the
affirmative.
The exact course that will be adopted
a temporizing policy. In nothing wax I
this illustrated better than in the| tent »
passage of the Chinese restriction I
n vrlio enKnMd with .11 eamestnet.
I procure acopy of thenew bill, and we do I In the rebellion, «ndiini»y betaken forBmnted,
bill. Happily, the executive veto I * f ‘ v L , I w, nrosumf, that he fairly represents the pn-scnl
came in to prevent the consumma
tion of a dishonorable violation of out
treaty obligationa, bat, nevertheless, it
was the duty of tlie democrats, wholly
apart from their individual opinions upon
the subject of Chinese immigration, to
place thejpsolves right upon the record.
Howbeit, this inclination to temporize
and compromise on the part of the demo
crats was in some sort atoned for by the
stand taken on the repeal of the test oath
for jurors and the election laws. The
resolute attitude of the democrats was
altogether timely and commendable. It
may be said, moreover, that in all mat
ters of current legislation, the house lias
acted as a wholesome check upon the
partisan extravagance ol the senate, but
not’to the extent that strict economy
would seem to have suggested.
Our greatest objection is to the attitude
assumed by the southern democrats
in relation to the northern democrats.
This attitude has been so pecu
liar and so conspicuous that it has at
tracted the attention as well as the un
favorable comment of the editor of the
New York World, who, upon more than
one occasion, has felt it to be his duty to
remind the southern representatives that
their democracy is as much entitled to
consideration as that of their not them
brethren; that theyjepresent constituen
cies whose citizenship is as unquestioned,
and whose interest in good government
ia as great as those of the people of the
north. This reminder on the part of the
World was a trifle hnmiliating, perhaps,
bnt it embodied the timely information
that the southern democrats are not in
any respect pensioners upon tlie good
will of the democratic representatives of
the north. Happily, the incoming federal
legislation will not be embarrassed by
the presence of a republican majority,
and the responsibility of defeating re
forms in legislation and retrenchment in
government expenditures will rest solely
with the person who occupies the execu
tive chair.
Tire Old awd tbe New.
No doubt the responsibility for the fail
ure of two of the twelve general appropri
ation bills should be divided between the
two houses, although the chief part of it
must be scored up against the senate, on
account of its insurance upon the reten
tion of the system of carrying elections
by means of deputy marshals and other
federal agents. The house did pass all of
the appropriation bills, hot it did not pass
some of them as early as it should have
done. The result was that when it met
on Sunday night last eight of the appro
priation bills were undisposed of, namely,
the legislative, the sundry civil, the army,
the deficiency, the river and harbor, the
fortification, the post-office, and the ar
rears of pensions bills. These bills in
volved the expenditure of $125,000,000, or
nearly seventy per cent, of the entire ex
penditures of the government. Most of
the accumulation of business was due to
the dilatory and partisan action of the
senate, but still the bouse was not
without fault It passed the sundry
civil bill, for example, before it
printed, and yet that irregular
not therefore know how soon the preps-1 ouJ’to'md'Tndpn^d’nf'a'toxe »S!
rations for the census are to be begun. I {£““* °* ,he who * c ' o1 th * t clas * on this
Thc appointment of the supervisors will I There are muty thin*, in the letter which will
, ... x xu i • I rratifr northern zenUmenL It appears, in tlie
doubtless go over to the regular session. Snt place, that southern prejudice acainst e«lu-
The other parts of the hill are all that I “b^Mtohedrart/rera by&fmoreOwnRh't!
in be desired. It prorides for fuU and
accurate details of the public indebted- I Itltutiotu. There m no ■Uipicknn reservation,
ness of states, counties, cities and towns, I pri^^^ OT s I Irti < ijew™'nt-nly *pro?»2d n wK! in-
together with the “ownership of the debt
of the United States, by whom owned, I with the alow pranea ol opinion, which are
and the respective amounts.” It calls I SSuUenoU^urao^ltedttuwish tJrneni-
also, for full statements of their condition
by all the railroad companies in the I breaking. 8unri*e and high noon will come in
country—their capital stock, debts, earn- I d The^franknes* and hepefulnc* with
ings, expenses, the number of acres of *f«> .pera,
land granted them, and the number of I by a dozen yeari’ experience of freedom in the
.... t* \ i I conviction* of those who formerly be-
acres still unsold, salaries and wages paid, I n eTe( i that the institution of slavery
number of employees and number of pas- ^eten^S th.t'°beliet ^Sliced ^uch,
sengers carried. Similar information is I in the highest degree cheering. Whenever the
® . . .. | controlling element* of the *outh perceive as
exacted of all express companies—insti- I clearly as Governor Brown has expressed that
1 - better off, and have fairer prospect* than
■ wuw. xiave been possible if they nad had their
come the insurance companies, which are I own wish and war, they will cease to spend much
. « a xl • -I * x I time bewailing the lost cause, bnt will rather
required to report their capital, assets, I j (XJ t forward, and bend their energies to realize
number of persons employed, deferred | °' U “ ,mure "
and unpaid premiums, total liabilities, The Ccor ^ a Editor and III. Barbed
losses adjusted and unadjusted, receipts I Arrows,
from cash premiums and all other! IteKalbCountyNewz
sources aud expenditures. Telegraph
companies are not overlooked; they are I that they so jnercileariy abuse Mr*. Felton for
required to give a complete statement of I beU t fro» l Mto.pproreo(Georat.lxdta .nUrinz
the number of miles of wire they own, «*> p £'i?“ , w 5S a ’ «£h JbnlST .bJS
their capital, receipts, expenditures, num
ber of officers, and Dumber of messages
sent for the press, private parties and
federal officials. With all this informa
tion, together with tlie usual statistics of
population, nativity, births, deaths, crops,
manufactures, capital, wages, materials
and products, furnished us in the next
report, we shall have a pretty thorough
and very interesting exhibit of the condi
tion of the country, as a guide to future
legislation.
The effect of the new count upon repre
sentation in congress or the electoral col
lege is, ot course, more or less conjectu
ral, although there is considerable to go
on. Thirteen states were counted in 1873,
including South Carolina, Louisiana aud
Missouri. These later enumerations
show an average increase of 15J per cent.
On this basis a recently compiled table
puts the population of the country in 1880
at forty-seven millions, Georgia haring
1,226,000. Assuming that the number
oi members in the lower house will be
320, the ratio being 130,000, Georgia
would retain her present number of
representatives, while Alabama and Vir
ginia would each lose one member. But
owing to the unfairness and incom
pleteness of the census taken in the en
tire south in 1870, it is much more likely
that no southern state will sustain a loss,
leaving New Hampshire and some other
of the older northern states to reap the
kisses. The political strength of the two
great sections of the country will not be
materially changed. The west will gain
at the expense of the east, but the north
as a whole will have reason to congratu
late itself if it holds its own, Mr. Blaine
and some other of the dust-throwers to
the contrary notwithstanding.
Th. Federal Eleeti.u Laws.
The editor of the Springfield Republi
can possesses a mind of judicial fairness,
and his comments upon matters of enr-
wh»t our brother editon «re pteued
to rail a. “woman.” We will thank
kind heaven tor more --women" who mo wUljnz
to help their huabend hear the burden, of life
whatever circumstance* *
. und them. Gentle-
feel like *aying/*coo-
found the editor*, confound tbe paji
men, it if a shame, and
found the editors, confo--
found everything that will not step aside and bow
to any Georgia lady who love* her husband —
than she fean the barbed
1 arrows of Georgia edi-
What Mr. Stephen* Saya.
Washington Correspondent Richmond State.
Alexander H. Stephen* mp be is ashamed of
^SdSabS^tSH^ewould n finYreBS forth?
people, bnt instead of that we have been a bur
den, and the forty-fifth congress adjourned in
deeper disgrace than any congress in the history
of the government ” He hopes for better things
from tbe next congress. Mr. Stephens was the
only democrat in the house who rigned the peti
tion of the republican members requesting (he
presidenrto give ex-congressman Rainey (colored)
The Presidential Fight.
St. Louis Port and Dispatch.
1. If the republicans should elect their candi
dates for governor this fall both in New York and
Ohio, they would be rare of electing their candi
date for the presidency, whoever he may be.
2. If the democrats should carry both Ohio and
New York thenrerideutial election would be ab
solutely settled in their favor.
X If the democrats lose Ohio and carry New
would be with the democrats.
4. u the democrats lose New \or* uucarrv
Ohio the struggle will still be close, but all the ad
vantages would be with the republicans.
X If the democrats lore Ohio this fall, Mr. Thur
man is disposed of as a presidential candidate. If.
on the other hand, they rhoold be victorious, it
wonld mean Mr. Thurman's victory and Mr. Thur-
TSSrSSSSJSffiragTKtrws-kffi;
autumn Mr. Tilden's presidential ambition is dis
posed of. Bnt even if New York should go dem-
ociatie.it may not ****—
i a victory for Mr. Til den.
The Grergia Western.
Douglaiville Star.
Whenever Atlanta moves in the matter, and
ftiitfi take a definite it will have its in
will be taken; oar sister state Alabama will come
to the front; and we shall look confidently lor an
early completion oi the road. Towns and rillages
will spring np—academies and churches built-
industries ■H—niawt trade will revive-resources
develop, and good old antebellum times will re-
Atlant* .Twenty Tear* From Now.
Savannah Recorder.
Atlanta win be the great city of the state. It
ill be the attractive and ^— *”*
great trade, and in a degree
ufacturing place. There is nothing
to prevent Atlanta from having 100,000 popular
tion within the next twenty years, and the year
1900 will find her with that population, if not
her husband s chances better. The letter I to groxv up and see trouble and be sent I s jo ns ruied the day and against every man
. a plain » busineaa-Uke documenA. I to the legislature or congress, and there get I fetation of them the courageous young ntl-
I a little^ wlilnd In moms and in^money, j vocatc had to tattle singlediandcd._ To in-
“ r ’ ‘ ’*■* “ ‘ ase the clamor against him aud his client
was circulated that he was “a d—d
Yankee” and a radical, and that he had
volunteered to defend her and sent to the
north for money to pay the expenses of her
reporter asked Mr. Candler | later, and tneya oe "auee samee. i mw n i defense When he arose in the court-house
about the appropriation of $72,000 to Geor-1 last year. B. A. I j ie was confronted with a heavy array of
* * rptur AMn rAdiULTY I counsel for the prosecution, backed by a
CRIME AND CASUALTY. | imme|l8e audiu>r y from which came not
single glance of kindness or pity for the ac-
gia for expenses in the Indian wars of
1835 38. Said he: “This matter was put
into the hands of W. O. Tuggle by Governor
Colquitt, and if thc governor had not sent I The CurtI* Troxedy la Richmond A I cuge ri. £ stranger to them all, Mr. Jeffries
such a live special agent on at the time, the I Kentucky Step-Moiner a Treatment i began the supreme duty of presenting to
sf a Child, Etc. I the understandings of these people and the
Richmond, March 6.—The funeral of Cur-j world the certainty that a great mistake
tin took place from St. James’s (Episcopal) I had been made, and that his client was in
church, of which deceased was a member. I nocetit of the horrible deed laid at her
The church was crowded, the attendance I door.
CHOOSING THE FATEFUL TWELVE.
money would not have been appropriated. It
seems that Tuggle stumbled on this matter.
He was looking up other older claims of
the state when he came across the claim
which has just been recognized. He seized
this and soon found an act authorizing its I being the largest known at a funeral service
payment. He put the two together ami l.erc for years. Every available space in the t T he preliminary skirmish which opened
pushed the matter to success. Tuggle has build ng was occupied, and the sidewalks u t ; b been detailed in our specials,
worked finely. He has been indefatigable | wen- l>l..cked up by those anxious t« gam I-riie .heriir.nd other officer, wore disouali.
it. hia exertions all the while in WraMng-1 admis-ion. Hundreds were unable to get I J”, Qn accoun , .“preySS^onnectiOTwitl,
k 311 - , .I 1 ?* i>c follow mg :i‘lditi°nal partH- ilarsof j case ami tlir panel snmmonc-J liv them
Ut: porter—-How about thts difficulty at | the melancholy affa.r were developed at the wa3 qllashe * A ' n e W officer summoned a
,v u „ 1Trucv . I new panel and from it the jury was drawn.
CURTIS s statement. 1 \yi,cn seventy-eight names had been called
r“\y _ r* * "*“*"■ I 1 ”- 4 **’ I Young Curtis, after being assaulted by I a jury of twelve honest, upright, intelligent
passable barrier. It is claimed at the trea- p oin d e xtcr. called on a friend, F. H. Me- and impartial men had lien qualified and
sury that Georgia owes about amilliondol- I Gu're, for advice, and made a statement of I the struggle for life and death began in all
lore on a direct tax levied m 1862 on all the I u ie a ff a ir, to which the latter testified on I its solemn earnestness. The court-house was
states for the support of the union I Tuesday. He said the young lady, a Miss I crowded to overflowing, and hundreds
side of the civil war. The treasurer | Cottrell, living on th« a grove road, near | failed to gain admittance. Ladies ami chil-
tlie treasury in the efforts to obtain this ap- I inquest:
propriatioti? |
Mr. C.—I don’t think that will be an im-1
r i Kicnmnuu, caueu on r nuay tasi 10 reiurn a i uren came tn scores, many lor tne lirst in
just awarded the state as a part payment of I pai ro f shoes gotten before, and which she I in their lives, to be spectators of atrial
this tax. But this is not the way to secure I not like, and to get in exchange a pair I the issue of which was involved the fate
the payment of the tax claimed of the I t j iat „|, e | ia <i on lered to be made; that he I a human life. Day after day they gave in
state. The claim just allowed has nothing handed them to her and remarked: “I can- closest attention to every detail «.f tlie
to do with it. Let it be made a separate I not how you can wear such a little | proceedings and watched, with no ui;ccr-
mattcr. The tax of 1802 has been collected shoe,” or “such a shoe.” Curtis said the tain inductions of their bias, the progress
from Kentucky and Tennessee, arid the way I heel was nearly in the middle of the shoe. I of tl.e trial. It was an occasion that
proposed is not the proper method to procure He further said to her, “I want to see them prom -e.| t«. |,c historic and no cpi»odc of
it from Georgia. I think this apparent dtffi- on ” ft n expression which he said was very was viewed with unconcern,
culty will be avoided and the state will get I customary in bis business, to satisfy wheth-
th £. money * * xi. *x .. , I er there was a good fit. She declined to put
S*” on, and he walked will, herI Onr -p«ce it. too limited to permit of ade-
we desired to discutB, but remewtlxtring the I I,,,,. .ffiMton t° help her in. He stated that tailed review of all the testimony, which
“aft *£?“**,", an ?“ ta,a her friend was silting in thc phaeton on I wa3 excce lingly voluminous and occupied
,he ?' de f et, , to * h S pavement, and that in , he better parVof two days. The prisoner
bade the distinguished Georgian good day gc tt m g in the 'ady had to step rather entered a plea of not guilty. The state was
ana retired. I across her feet, and in doing so tripped, and I represented by her able solicitor-general.
he then tightened his grasp upon tier arm I Benjamin H. Hill, jr„ assisted by Hon. John
in order to catch her. That. Cur- [ 0. Stewart, Colonel John L. Doynl and Mr.
W. W. Gay. The testimony for the prosecu-
THE CHEROKEE RAILROAD.
catch her.
tis said, was the cause of the assault.
the lady’s statement. I tion enibrace<l;the narrative by the wltneasof
Miss Cottrell, the young lady who was I the discovery of the crime, the situation of
tlie innocent cause of the tragedy, appeared I affairs at the time and all the
ten o’clock that same night, going to Boll’s,
am! her husband harrowed fioiu lVrry
Calhoun ami gave it to her. Coley, the
school teacher who boarded with Juia, tes
tified to having paid her $1 that
night and $2.25 some time previous.
She came to Atlanta, made her pur
chases, and returning was arrested
and carried to Jonesboro. She has never
since been near tier home. Ann Bell testi
fied that in the surprise store she bought
$3 worth of shoes and paid that amount;
that Julia bought two pairs at 75cents each
and gavea bill in payment. While her hack
was turned she heard one of the clerks say:
Auntie, this is a ten-dollar hill,”
but did not know that the
remark was made ^ to Julia
or in reference to the bill Julia had given.
Thc clerk went to the casliier’s desk, re
turned, took her $3 and gave it to Julia
with some additional change. She tenilied
that when arrested by Sheriff Hutcheson,
they were met by Detective Ed. Murphy
who cursed them outrageously and threat
ened to kill them, lie said be was “a
United States sheriff sent by Grant to look
after this thing and hud just come from
Washington city.”
THE STOLEN GOODS
found at Julia’s house were yet in the way.
In reply to this it was proven that Julia had
previously bought like fruit jars from Mrs.
Adams; that Mr. Adams and others had
sn such jars containing sugar and coffee
... Julia's house and placed in full view ex
actly where the ones in question were found,
and also that the clothing found under tho
corn crib was found ten days after her ar
rest and after thorough searches by thc cor
oner’s jury and others had failed to discover
such goods in thc place where they were
thus subsequently found It was claimed
they were put there by the true criminal
after the arrest of Julia.
It was also shown that the footprints of a
man were found near where Betsy Farmer
was found and that they were thought to l»«
the foot-prints of a white man named Ben.
Gibson, who visited the Farmers. He waa
engaged to lie married to Lou Farmer, but
the match wasopposed by Mrs. Farmer and
thc family. (About one month after the
murder they were married, he a groom of
twenty-two and she a bride of forty odd.)
Gibson swore that he was picking cotton
at,Mr. Ferguson’s, two miles away, all that
day and did not know of the killing until
he came to thc house on a visit that night.
These, briefly, arc the imjKirtant elements
of tlie testimony given.
GOING TO THE JURY,
the case was opened by Hon. John D. Stew
art, who made a very vigorous and effective
speech. He was clear and logical, and
handled the circumstances ably, and aji-
pcared from his argument to leave no op
portunity for explanation that would be
of benefit to tlie accused. He
was followed by Mr. W. VP. Gay, who made
a brief and pointed address to the jury
upon the evidence and claimed the cer
tainty with which the proof fixed the crime
upon Julia. This was Mr. Gay’s first ap-
pearance before a jury, but he gave flatter
ing evidence of the well-trained lawyer und
* a rise in thc profession is certain.
Mr. Jeffries arose to address thc jury
shortly after 8 o'clock on Friday morning.
He began with, as lie eloquently stated,
great embarrassment, surrounded as be was
upon all side* by (»assions, prejudices am^ft
wonderful combination of circumstance*
that appalled, even though they did not
discount)^. Warming to thc work in hand
Med Off to the Cherokee Iron
Work* for $22^*0— A Probability
that It will be Extended.
Tuesday, last at Cartersville, Ga., was sold I a { tiie examination on Tuesday dressed in I cumstances which grouped themselves
the Cherokee railroad, together with all the I j^p mourning, accompanied by her | about the horrible affair. It was shown
franchises, rights, privileges and irarauni-1 brother, and gave her evidence promptly I how the murder waa committed and the
ties of the road to the Cherokee iron works I a nd clearly. It is summed up as follows: I spoils of the robbery were ascertained. It
for flie sum of $22,500. The sale was made I Tb e f irs t time she saw Curtis was six weeks I was shown that Julia Johnson had visited
according to the terms set forth in thead-l a g U ' w },en she went into Wingo, Ellett&l the house the evening prior to the murder
vertisement, which are $5,000 cash immedi- I Crump’s shoe store to try on some shoe . I for the ostensible purpose of buying eggs to
ately upon the sale of the road, and the re-1 Curtis insisted on her trying on tlie shoes I assist in the preparation of a public dinner
mainderfof the purchase money to be paid I w hile he held them; she objected, but he I to be given at a colored school on the Sat-
within thirty days from the day of »le. I persisted. At lait she succeeded in getting I urday following. The goods found in and
The lenghtof the road will lie seen when I the shoes and put them on. He then in- I about her premise* were identified, with
we state that it extends from Cartersville to I s j s ted on buttoning the shoes, and she al-1 slight exceptions, as having been stolen
Prior station, on the Selma, Rome and Dal-1 lowed him to button three buttons, and I from the house at the time of thc murder,
ton railroad. It is thought very probable I f oan d great difficulty in preventing him I It was sought to be shown that Mrs. Far-
thot the line will be extended. Air. West, I f rom buttoning them all the way. When I mer’a person was rifled of a $10 bill
the owner of the Cherokee iron works, is I s i, e took up the shoe first taken off Curtis I and that on thc day following Julia John-
ex pected in Atlanta to-morrow on businest I insisted on lacing it, and stooped down at I son had spent such a hill at the surprise
connected with his purchase. Mr. Daniel I ber feet and remained there until she I store in Atlanta. Clerks from the store
S. Printup was some time since appointed I changed her position. She then left the I swore to Julia and the Bell woman having
the receive- *nd remained in possession of I storCt having purchased a pair of shoe*. *“ “ UMI :
the property until the day of the sale. | Afterwards Mr. Crump, a member of the
firm, forwarded her a pair of shoes from
Philadelphia which did not suit her,
and she went to the store to exchange
them, when Curtis again insisted on trying
a pair on her, which she declined to allow,
and took the shoes home with her. Last
Friday she again visited the store foj the
purpose of leaving one pair of zhoes and to
have the heels of another pair plated, leav
ing a lady friend in a carnage at the door-
Curtis opened the bundle and remarked:
"What a pretty little shoe; I certainly
would like to put it on you; I don’t see
how you can walk on such feet.” This pro
voked her very much, and she told Curtis
he would oblige her by not commenting on
her foot. 8he then left a pair of shoes to
be plated, left the store for ten minutes,
ana then returned for them. After com
plaining that the plates were old ones, she
ordered the shoes to be wrapped up. when
Curtis asked her how she wore shoe-heels
off, and then told her to pnt her foot out
TUGGLE'S STRUGGLES.
How He Pressed a Claim In Wash
ington.
In the “sundry civil bill,” signed by the
president Tuesday, was the following sec
tion:
Tbe secretary of tbe treasury 1* hereby directed
to pay tbe state of Georgia <72,296.92, in full
treasury not otherwise appropriated.
These few lines tell a big stoiy. This
claim of the state has been pending ever
since it was due, but never till the present
administration of our state affairs was it
pushed to a final issue. Governor after
governor has had tlie affairs of
tlie state in his hands, and nothing waa
generally known oi this claim until a few
weeks ago Governor Colquitt sent assjiecial
agent to Washington Rev. W. O. Tuggle, of
LaGrange, to look to the interests of the
9tate in several claims now peuding there.
The state claims reimbursement for money
advanced for the common defense in the
revolutionary war, in the war of 1812 and in
the later Indian wars in which the state
st»er.i her treasure as she sac
rificed her blood. Mr. Tuggle went
to Washington and worked like a Trojan.
It is a remarkable fact that Georgia is the
only state that slipped into the “sundry
rival bill” as it is called, and the state get a
good slice, owing to the labors of Mr. Tug
gle and the influence of Governor Colqnitt
m Washington, the claim went through
and Georgia gained over seventy-two thou
sand dollars due her for the money she ad
vanced in the Indian wars of 1835—38.
There are other claims, hot
there is no telling whether they
will ever be recognized. They are
all more ancient than this and their success
will be at least problematical. This gain of
seventy-two thousand dollars is like gaining
ao much for nothing, for the claim has been
resurrected and redeemed.
Yesterday Governor Colquitt received
and let him see it. Declining to do this,
Curtis advanced towards her,as she thought,
with the determination to throw her dress
aside to make her show him her foot
At this point the coroner asked: “Did he
actually attempt to do that?”
Miss Cottrell—“No, sir; but I don’t know
what he might have done. I turne d : in me
diately to leave the store.”
Tue*witness then stated thatCurtis opened
conversation in regard to different germans.
sociables, styles of dresses, etc., although
she had never been introduced to him. Af
ter reaching the pavement Curtis told ber
she had not left the right change, being
seventy-five cents short, but on swing bock
to correct it, he laughed and said it was all
right. This, from a stranger, provoked her
very mnch. Curtis followed her to the
phzeton, and in helping her in gave her arm
a very severe grip. She then declared to
her friend that she would never go into tbe
store again while Curtis was employed
there; tbat she considered him not only
very unrefined, but decidedly insulting.
Witness detailed how she communicated
the matter to Mr. Poindexter, who mid he
would horsewhip Curtis, but she did not
a suppose he would do it.
given in a $10 bill, but could not say posi
tively from which one it was received..
They thought it was from Julia. It was
shown that on the evening previous to the
homicide Julia had gotten this Ann Bell to
stand security for her to the amount of
$3.50 at a store in the neighborhood; this
to show that she had no money immedi
ately prior to the crime.
Miss Betsy Fanner, who is fifty odd years
of age and quite feeble, was the principal
witness for the state. She testified that on the
afternoon of the crime, near three o’clock.
Julia Johnson came to the bouse and asked
her, Betsy, to go with her to a cherry tree
some hundred yards off in a bottom of tlie
creek, to get some cherry bark to make bit
ters. She went, giving Julia the axe at the
wood-pile, with which to strip the bark
from the tree. They went to tne tree and
Julia stripped the bark, and they turned to
come back to the house; at that moment
she was stricken down and remem 1>ered
no more for several days following the
crime. She swore positively to the state
ment that it was Julia Johnson who came
and tliat she knew her, because of her pre
vious visits to the house. Mr. Jeffries had
objected to the witness being sworn upon
the ground that her mind was clouded and
that she was imbecile. Judge Hillyer made
the usual tests of capacity and permitted
her to testify. When she had sworn the
facts as to Julia Joinisoti, the most
THRILLING SCENE OF TUE TRIAL
resulted. Miss Farmer’s attention was di
rected toward where Julia Johnson was
sitting, but she failed to point ber onu
Several negro women were called from the
audience and Julia and three others were
ranged in a line in front of the witness, and
she was told to point out Julia Johnson.
The counsel at the bar, the judge and jury,
looked with bated breath for the result.
The audience seemed wrought to the most
fevered pitch, and every eye and every
nerve was strained for the* denouement.
There trembled the feeble old lady
whose next word was to fasten
the crime for ever upon the
accused, and there stood the array of four
women from among whom she was called
Mr. Jeffries soon launched into
A SPLENDID ARGUMENT
that chained every listener with the fasci
nations of eloquence, logic and i»owerful
appeal. The fact* proven in the case were
handled with consummate skill and ability,
and the argument seemed to build itself
out of a natural sequence of
truths, destined to carry irresistible convic
tion to the minds of the jury that his client
was innocent. We cannot describe the
effort. It was masterly in every detail, and
the great test of success was given
him in that he held the immense
audience for six uninterrupted hours,
during which time he s|Mike with in
creasing |»owcr oml enthusiasm. Tlie jury
and siiectators seemed s)h-1I-Immiiu1 by the
force and magnetism of the advocate, and
when lie closed his argument with
a splendid peroration his fame as
a zealous, brave a ul {tewerful advocate was
the topic in every mouth. Men who had
abused him unheard now spoke him the
highest encomiums and no man ever won
by more zealous labor and unflinching de
votion to his cause more merited coiupli-
meats.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL HILL
followed in conclusion. His speech was the
noblest effort he lias ever made in his posi
tion as commonwealth’s attorney. It was
one of the closest legal arguments and most
exalted appeals for justice ami vengeance
through tne law that has been heard by
this people for many years. Mr. Hill is an
earnest worker, and ail through his
address to the jury were the ev
idences of patient toil, the proof of a
thorough legal knowledge and the
genius of a masterly command of the facta
in his case. He did his duty to the fullest
letter of his oath, and earned the shower of
compliments and thanks bestowed ujion
hint by the people upon the conclusion of
his speech.
JUDGE HILLYER'S CHARGE
to the jury was a perfect aud careful expo
sition of tlie law bearing ui»on thc facta of
the case. It gave the jury a calm and lucid
statement of tlie legal principles by which
they were to be guided. The charge
was commended by every one present as
unexceptionable in all its parts. Through
out thc trial Judge Hillyer presided with
all that cool and dignified demeanor which
is his conspicuous virtue upon tlie bench,
ami his rulings were, all of them, promptly
and firmly made.
THE VEnntCT.
Theiiir> remained out all night And come In
yesterday morning to lio recharged. Shortly af
terwards the twelve men tiled into the court
room. They appeared to be unusually jale. aa
with suppressed emotion, and nearly everyone
the Jury, find thc defendant not guilty!”
Thc triumph was complete. Mr. Jeffrie* waa
congratulaud aa the hem of thc best won victory
in the criminal annals of Georgia. The prisoner,
now freed from the charge, appeared dazed at the
intelligence.
Bat AtKive thc victory of the accused was the
victory achieved for true manhood in the verdict.
It waa a grand thing to aee these twelve
men brave an overwhelming prejudice and public
clamor for the blood of the woman. It was grand
to see a commm.ity ho wrought up quietly acqui
esce in the verdict of that sworn jury.
Julia 1* yet held In custody to answer a charge
of assault to murder HeAv Fanner.
to that lady
a Arty In Geor
gia. The independents will probably survive the
rebuke, and Mrs. Felton’s hnshand will be a can
didate for governor all the same.
I»nr*on Felton Rent*Tliciu All.
MilledgeviUe Union and Recorder.
Some parsons hide behind their coat,
To aave their precious life.
But Parson Felton beats them
lie hides behind his wife.
Vncic Remus and III* Kong*.
Augusta Evening New*
Since “Old Si” joined thc Methodist church in
Atlanta and “quit all his foolishness,” he spends
all hia time singing "Uncle Remus's Revival
Hymn," although be says it waa written by a* bad
The Ticket to Win.
Bainbridge Democrat.
TUden and Hendricks for 18» ia the ticket that
nutyli«»nd|.Ut«thwegentlemenM thohrad
to (elect the tine criminal. Slowly she ol the government.