The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-11

James s Bass was tried in the Circuit
Court OF Clarke county on Tuesday on
a charge of manslaughter, for the killing
OF Joseph Brown some five years ago Bass,
as deputy Sheriff, had arrested Brown, and
shot him for attempting to escape. The
jury did not take more than fifteen minutes
to return a verdict of mot guilty Mes
Senger-
The parties who were robbed of their
horses near Enterprise Saturday night a
week ago, have recovered four out of the
seven stolen. The thieves sold these four in
Butler, Ala We hear there is probability
of the arrest of the parties. The robbery
was of such bold and daring character
that the court now sitting in Clarke felt
called upon to urge upon the grand jury III
a special manner, TO make thorough inyes-
tigation. That duty they have discharged
but, of course, the result has not transpired.
lib.
Some two weeks since we had an item Of
two horse thieves who had been captured
and on their way to Kemper county. to be
delivered up to the officers of the law. had
been lost or nIislaid. We now understand
that they were mislaid, and an Indian
. found them some days ago in the woods in
the lower edge of Kemper. They had been
shot and had their thrOats cut The bodies
were tied together with strong ropes.-ib.
Dr. Davis who lives near Forest Station.
on the Southern Road, was called upon bv a
negro who urged him TO go as quick as he
could to somebody in must urgent need OF
his services, about two miles distant The
Doctor mounted his horse and rode rapidly
in obedience TO the summons, accompanied
| by the negro Somewhere on the road, the
negro knocked him senSeleSS off his horse
with a stick. and robbed him of fine gold
4. doll l.
is probable he thought he had killed his
victim, but the Doctor revived. The would
be murderer and successful robber was pur-
sued and captured by the citizens some dis
tance off. He confessed to the deed. and
conducted his captOrs to where he had Sc
creted the watch and money, which We're
reeoveIed. TheTeupon. the negro is said to
/ have disappeared-fnally. We heard that
/ he was, or had been, 4 sOldier-ib
/ MAYOR OF BROoKAvEN.-Tom DeeeIl was
elected Mayor of Brookhaven on Monday
| last. Brook" has now the largest and
/ best fed municipal head along the railroad
/ -Copiahan-
There viii be meeting in Gallatin, Oh
/ the fourth Monday in March, for the pur
/ pose of forming a Soldiers Historical Society
/ for COpiah county.-ib.
/ Mr.. Hugh Anderson, j., has contracted tt
carry the mail, by private subscription
/ from Hazlehurst to Pine Blutt in this coun
/ ty, and is also making efforts to extend the
route TO Utica. He will leave Hazlehurst
/ every Monday.
/ The negro man who was shot a week OF
so since by one of our citizens, on his at
/ tempting to break into his house, has died
we learn, from the effects of the wound re
eeiyed.-Natchez Courier.
/ James Patterson, white man, convicted
of petty larceny, was yesterday sentenced t.
suspension by the thumbs two hours eacl
! day. for two days
We ask that our contemporaries call attcn
ton to this sentence, pronounced by the
/ Hon. Thos. II. Davis, Judge of the Probat,
! and County Courts in and for the county %
| Monroe. 1t has been charged by those who
! seek to find in every Southern act materia
for our condemnation, that Mississippi
courts, i'll compliance with Mississippi laws
were intlicting severe and unusual punish
ment upon freedmen convicted of trivial of
fences. Let this sentence, which is being
/ executed while we write, give the lie to ou
base detamers. Mississippi courts will pun
ish the violatOrs of her laws, be they whit,
or black meeting out even handed justice tt
| all.-Sunny South, 3rd.
| The Natchez Courier contains the annua
| report of the Natchez Orphan Asylum, unde
date of March Ist-the 1ifty-secoud anniyeT
sary of the Asylum.