Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-08-26

the day was spent. Attorney-General
Mcknight, Col. A. s. Colyar and Gov.
Foote, of your city, and Col. Iuge, of
Mississippi, represent the State, and mem.
bers of the Shelbyville bsr, whose names
are too numerous to mention, are engaged
in the defense. s.sh.s,, .rVsr ; %
!, A petition asking the Attorney General
to dismiss the case has been circulated
through the county. Quite lively dis
cussion was sprung this morning upon
the presentation of a juror, who had
| formed an opinion upon the petition.
Gov. FOote, one of the counsel for
the State, seemed to regard this petition
as s.Hydra Headed Monster" that must
at all hazards be cut down, and s'Her-
cules" like, endeavored to STAY the mon
ster upon his first appearance.
The learned counsel nicely discussed the
construction of the recent statute of
Jan. 20, 1871, which provides that s.no
citizen shall be adjudged incompetent to
act as juror" because of an ''opinion
formed as to the guilt or innocence of
the accused, upon information derived
from any published accounts of the fact;
unless it afflrmatively appear that the
writer of said statement in said article
protested to have been an eye witness to
the Transaction" Latin and English die.
tionsries were brought before the court
to ascertain the literal meaning of the
words Article, and Published.
After a very close and scholarly dis
cussion of the meaning of the words, and
their application to the particular 'tpeu-
ton" mentioned, the court construed the
meaning of the article to be, that the
''opinion formed" must be based upon a
newspaper publication. sa.1a
In other words, that the intention of
the act was TO remedy an inconvenience
more particularly incident to crime trials
in large cities, growing out of the sudden
'apparition" in the newspapers of all the
facts in the case the next day after the
occurrence.
Several other cases, civil and criminal,
OF less general interest have been tried
this term. His Honor is compelled to
leave and court will adjourn next Friday
week. There are several other felonies
and numerous misdemesnors on the State
docket so that the civil docket will
scarcely be touched this term.
.... AN OUTRAGE.
Mrs. Hickman, the widow of Capt. w.
o. Hickman, deceased, just missed being
being choked to death by ruffisn thief
who entered her house one night last
week She lives in the suburbs of Shell.
byville, east of the depot. There was no
one in the house that night but the Wo-
man and her two little sons, the eldest
about eleven years of age. The screams
and struggles of their mother woke up
the boys, and one of them lighted a can
die, but in the meantime the scoundrel
escaped. Nothing was missing but few
clothes. The womsn's neck was badly
bruised, but she has nearly recovered.
WATER wATER!
The cisterns in Shelbyville are all giving
out and the wells going dry. We must
have water from the heavens or we'll per-
ish. Our crop hopes are all withered.
FARMERS CLUBS
Are meeting regularly in different sections
of the county, and discussing freely the
science of farming. We would suggest
as the most pressing, practicable subject
tor this season; "The best way to make
corn without rain..n
RELIGIOUS.
Three ladies and seven men were
Baptized by Immersion" in Duck River
four miles west of Selbyville, by Rev. T.
Fl. Hmson, Pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, Souh, in this place.
The fourth and last quarterly meeting
of Shelbyville Station, for this Confer
ence year, will embrace next Saturday
and Sunday. The Rev. E. P. Pitts, the
Presiding Elder, will be present.
Capt. Lee lectures in this place Tues
day and Thursday night of this week,
for the benefit of the 'Lee Memorial
Fund" Subject Tuesday night: ''God
in the Ocean" Thursday night: ''The
Battle of Hampton Roads,"
ITRMIzER.