Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1867-11-23

Mace and vicinity meet, IN great NUN.
bers, on SATURDAY, nights, at the AT,
rican Church, and post twenty or
thirty armed sentries on the outside
to guard the approaches We can
scarcely imagine any reason for such
extraordinary precautiOn, since they
have a military force to protect them
against interference on the part of the
whites, against whom they may he
plotting mischief. And in truth, the
whites would hardly notice such os,
%tentatious bravado, iflheir hands were
not tied. They are incapable of feel
iugs Of luminosity or hate against This
poor, ignorant, deluded race, at all
commensurate with the feelings they
manifest, or the provocaticnS to it.
The white men sec and appreciate
the great importance Of harmony aud
rood feeling between the races, and
are bearing, aua waiting patiently for
the removal of the pestiferous infuen.
cps seeking to disturb them, in the
meantime, regarding with a Ienlcnt
eve the silly demons ratians Of hate,
which in the naturafcourse 9f events
must Iass away Meridian Mercury
BREAKING Up.-Itls said that the
United STATES military authorities are
breaGing up the negro asylum at
LauderdaIe The inmates are being
forwarded to Vicksburg Two in,
stalmentS, we understand, have pass
ed through here
They say, too, that the military
post here is to be broken up There
Is a general wish that it could have
been kept here until The tune might
arrive when the people should be per-
mitted 70 take care Of themselves, -
Meridian Mercury.
Capt, Helm, of Brook>vi'Ie, who
has been detained here for several
weeks awaiting orders rom Gen ORD
with regard to his case Of ,Iapplog
ui:gers jrws, was informed by Lieu.
Nye, commanding Post, that order,
had been received 20 release hIm and
he left on the cars this evening for
b me,
He speaks in the highest terms Of
the officer commanding this Post,
who, in fact has gained the respect
ofthis commuuit" - Meridian Mcr.
curry.
Judge fill has granted a writ Q
ba5eas cO,pus III tie case Of Maj
MyCardle. Thi. places Gen. Ord il
a dclemna If he r,luS,s to reSpec
he writ he will run The risk of losu!
his place and il be respects it anC
gives up his Prisoner he will have t,
4 prove his charles against him, aut
+ that is what he canno; do. We vii
venture that lie nrw wishes some on
. had smtched bis pen from his ban.
it sI,el. &c was writing the ordyr for ar
r,st Columbus Index
'' CoRNTH II TENNESSEE Rvs
RAILROAD -Mpjor Wohord write
e bis paper, the Rcpub2icaA under dl'
- Of the Goth ult from Cincinnati {: =
e am sill in Il G city Of Cincinnati, u
ing my besi efforts to get at least Ii
ty thousand dollars as stock in Of
a RaiIroad | am progressing slow
IN. but surely. - orinth News.
AN ATRncI Us MURDER - Mr.. |
vim, a nephew Of our We'll known ft
low tizeu, Bryan Willis, was mu
r. dcicd on bis plantation, near Udy
al Kinds c unity on Saturday last u
OF der circumstances of pecd'iar atrncit
Il seems that some DAYS previous
the murder Mr.. Irwin had seme dill
Guilty with one If The negroes III |
cmploy, aud that at the TIM ihe y
is gro Threatened his life On the mot
for ing of Saturday Mr. Irwin proceed
- to the field us usual, taking the pl
caution 10 90 armed. Whi'r walk
no III ongh the field at some aistnn
,u. from where the hands were worki'
/. the negro with whom be had the dill
Guilty crert up behind him and stro
him in the head with a large rot
If crushing him to the earth and dcpr
ons ing him of Consciousness. While
.ea' his condition the negro proceeded
examine his person, and finding
ale pistol, deliberately placed its mnz
uu. t. his victims temple and blew
.er' brains out. Not satisfied with Il
the fend bent his head almost to
;sC, ipllv with the Init end of the lis