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THE DEAD SWAMP ANGEL.
Colonel Wfshart's Death Avenged
by Two Brothers and Two Friends

Correspondence of the New York Hsrald.l
WILMINGTON, N. c., July %, 1872.
Further particulars of the killing of
Tom Lowery, of the Robson county
gang of Swamp Angels" received here,
show that it was effected by 5. Wishart
and Robert +. Wishart, brothers of
Colonel Wishart, and James Mckay and
James Campbell-allr resolute and daring
young men-who started out for Scufie-
town, the capital Of the outlaws, on
Thursday night last, for the purpose Of
avenging the death Of the lamented Col.
Wishart, who was so basely murdered by
the gang They arrived near Scuffie.
town and secreted themselves along the
road travelled by the outlaws and inhabi-
tants. None of the gang were seen until
Saturday morning about eight clock,
when Tom Lowery appeared in sight, on
his way to Union Chapel, where political
speaking was to take place that day. He
was walking leisurely along the road in
company with a white man named Pre-
watt Lowery was armed with Spen-
Ger rifle and three revolvers. He came
on without suspicion until he got oppo-
site where the young men were
concealed, when he noticed the
tracks they had made in crossing
the road. He now seemed suddenly
to become alarmed, and commenced
cursing furiously. At given signal the
band in ambush discharged their pieces
at him simultaneously. Each of the four
shots took effect, and uttering yell of
terror and pain, Lowry plunged into the
swamp and ran about fifty yards when
he fell in the agony of death. But he
did not die without trying to avenge
himself The struggle was prolonged
while life lasted AS the young men APP
preached he attempted TO draw pistol,
but was too week to do so. One hand
was clutched so firmly about his gun that
it was with difficulty his fingers could be
unclasped. On his body was found
gold watch, the property of Mr.. John
McNair The body was Immediately
seized and carried on the shoulders of
the party to the public road, about a
half mile distant, where passing wa
gon was pressed into service, and the
body was carried 10 Lumberton and de-
livered to the sheriff.
1t was fully identified as that of Tom
Lowery, and was delivered to his wife,
who was sent for by the sheriff 1t was
inferred by his friends at 2 o'clock en-
Saturday somewhere in the classic pre-
cincts of Scuffietown. The same day the
sheriff paid over to the Wisharts and
their companions the reward offered by
the county, which was $1,000. There is
also State reward of $4,000, which they |
will probably soon receive. Stephen
Lowry and Andrew Strong are the only |
two of the gang now remaining, and it is
thought they will soon meet with simi-
lar fate.
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Philology and gastronomy are nearre
kindred than the careless observer might
suppose. The Chinese place the seat Of
the mind in the abdomen, and we are
forever finding out that the Chinese
knew many of our wisest things before
we ever discovered them. Then the
Greek word which expresses mind
phrenes-also means diaphragm. Let
us analyze a few of our own metaphYsi-
cal words. We express our strong men
tai repugnance to anything by the word
disgust. Now disgust is only dis-tdSts /,
when one says our tea-table is crude, he
really expresses the fact that it is un-
cooked; even the delicate moFsels which
madame sets before US under the name
Of Felishes, are so called from the French
releroher--to lick the lips. Think Of
this, delicate Miss Sophonisba, as you
carry that merry thought of chicken to
your dainty lipsl Savory and insipid
are only tasteful and tasteless. All this
is melancholy enough, and shsws US that
the Chinese are not all wrong. And. by
the way, this very word melancholy,
high-sonnding as It is, only means black
bile. Do We say that our housekeeper is
frugalf We only mean fruit-bearing,
aud surely she cannot grow serious over
that. There, that serious again is no
reprooG Il only means without laugh
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i MEMPHIS TENN: TUESDAY EVENING JULY 80 1872

to listen to the priest, and repulsed
him rudely. When asked if they de.
sired anything before leaving the
prison, they took some wine and
coffee. Roaillac smoked a dirty short
pipe, laughed frequently, and sang
snatches of songs. While this scene
was going on Baudoin recognized in one
of the jailers an cid comrade in the ar
tillery of the Guard With him he con-
vcrsed quietly, and spoke with great
GOODNESS of the certainty he felt that his
political friends would soon get the up.
per hand. After the very short inter
val for refreshment and preparation the
prisoners were conducted to the execu-
ton ground in prison vans. The chap.
lain, Able Folet, rode with them. On
the plateau of Satory, at five in the
morning, there was the usual scene, TO-
900 troops drawn up on three sides of a
square, and two firing parties opposite
two posts. The prisoners walked stead
lily to the post. but again repulsed the
priest so roughly that he hastily with.
drew to carriage, quite frightened.
They placed their backs against the
posts, Rouilac still smoking his pipe
and singing, and seemed to await their
fate as bravely as many better
men have done in the same place.
But, in consequence of its having
been found at recent execution that
the soldiers were made nervous by the
sight of the prisoners eyes, and could
not take good aim, positive orders have
been given that bandages shall be put
round the eyes of every man brought
out to be shot Both Baudoin and
Rouillac strenuouosly resisted the sol
diers sent to execute this order. They
loudly declared that they would look
death in the face. They tore off the
bandages after they had been put on,
and violently pushed the soldiers away.
1t was shocking and unparalleled
scene. Ultimately they we're overpow-
cred by numbers, and not only were
their eyes bandaged, but they were forci-
bly, lashed with strong cords to the
posts. In this position they were shot,
Every bullet took effect. The bodies
we're so strongly tied that they did not
fall till the cords we're cut; then they
dropped without the least life in them.
The like of this was never before seen
at Satory.
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=" WANTS TO BE AN EDITOR y

The editor sat in his sanctum and looked the
old man in the eye;
Then glanced at the grinning young hopeful
and mOurnfully made this reply:
rs your son small unbound edition of Moses
and Solomon both?
Can he compass his spirit in meekness. and
strangle natural oath?
Can he leave all HIS wrongs to the future and
carry his heart in his cheek2
Can he do an hours work in minute, and
live on a sixpence week?
Can he courteously talk to an equal, and brow
beat an impudent Ounce?
Can he keep things in apple-pie order, and do
half-dozen at once?
Can he press all the springs of knowledge with
quick and reliable touch?
And be sure that he knows how much to know,
and knows how not to know too much?
Does he know how TO stir up his virtue. and
put check-rcin on his pride?
Can he carry a gentleman's manners with n
rhinOceros' hide?
Can he know all, and do all, and be all, with
cheerfulness. courage, and vim?
If so, we perhaps can De making an editor
Outen o. him."
The farmer stood curiously listening, with
wonder his yisage o erspread;
And he said, Jim, / guess wei be goin /;
he's probably out Of his head.
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MRS. DRAKE MILLS WILL.
The Romance OF Hon. Fernando
woods Marriage.

N. Y. Cor. of the Chicago Journal.I
You will remember that Mrs. Drake
Mills fell from a fourth-story window in
Washington, few days since, and was
fatally injured. Thereby hangs a tale
of interest. Drake Mills was a retired
merchant of New York, wealthy and oi
high social position. His wife's maiden
name was Miss Sutton. She was born
in Williamstown, Mass, was connected
with the first New England families,
and, after her marriage, bright light in
society. They had an only daughter
named Alice, who possessed many of
the bright social qualities Of her mother.
During the war, to the surprise of her
friends, and the intense disgust of her
mother, she became enamored with Fer
nando Wood, then a widower. In time
they were married, and an alienation in
the family resulted. The father took
the part Of Wood, and when he died he
disinherited bis only son, Henry Ed
ward, for his hostility to Wood. Henry
thereupon had his name changed by a
legislative act from Drake to Sutton, the
maiden name of his mother. Moth
eF anu SUI hcpb duOiig aiOOi iIOiu
Mr.. Wood and his wife, and steadfastly
refused to recognize them. Mrs. Drake
spent her winters at the capital because
Of her fondness for Washington society,
bpt always ignored Fernando She
possessed G large property, and up to
her death lived in royal style. Now
comes the remarkable part OF the story.
Prior to her death she made will,
which contains the following provisions:
|. Il stipplates that her portraits and
paintings Of eVeFy description shall be
given to an institution at Washington,
in order that they may not be deseorated
by the hands of Fernando Wood.
2. She bequeathed one dollar to her
daughtey, Mrs, Wood, and one to each
of her children,
3. The interest on all her property
is 10 be given to her son Edward during
his lifetime.
4. Upon Edwards death one-fourth OF
her property is to be given to her lawyer,
one.fourth to son of Mr.. Mills by
former wife, and one-half to Williams
College, Massachusetts, all in full pos
session.
8. Finally, her executors are en-
joined by the will to publish it in full in
the New York Herald as an advertise
ment,
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More ExecuI;os. ss versailles.

Paris Correspondence Of the London News.l
The bloody plain of Satory was the
scene of two more executions this morn
ing. The men shot this time we're OBJ
scure individuals, belonging to the dregs
of the Paris population, who we're SEN
tenced to death by a oourt-martial for
common-law crimes during the reign Of
the Commune, without, as the prosepu-
ton alleged, any political pretext. And
yet one of them Bsudoin) was convicted
not only Of numbering a man named
Heron, but of setting fire to public
buildings. The other convict (Rouillac)
killed q man named Dubois, and alter
ward robbed his house. The prisoners
COARSE, brutal men-whether justly con
iemned or not, assumed the airs Of po-
litical martyrs. When warned at four
in the morning that their sentence was
about to be executed, they abused the
jaIlers, and said their friends would
aVenge them. They both refused
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The Oddities or Musicians.

From Wats0ns s Art Journal.
Lully labored like a feeble amateur.
He sat down at the piano with his snuff
box and sang and played till, by means
of trying here and there, up and down,
iancied he had discovered the most suit
able melody. This discovery he then
communicated to some subordinate, who
wrote down the direction, and that was
the end OF it.
Sarti required large dark room, even
at night but faebly lit up; his musical
ideas came to him only in the stiffness
of the night. Of Spontini, too, we
somewhere read that he was able to COM
pose only in the dark. Cimarosa want
ed noise about him; he liked best to
work in merry company. Salerli, to
excite his fancy, strolled about in the
most frequented streets eating bon-bons,
with lead pencil and paper, to be ready
when the occasion offered. Paer com.
posed, chatted, scolded, disputed all in
one. Sacchini felt himself incapable of
getting melody unless he was with his
lady-love and had his little kittens about
him.
Alex Gesca, if one may lend faith to
eye-witnesses, resorted to similar means
the bottle served him instead of a
lady-lovel Pisiello remained in bed
when he intended composing-a cheap
practical means, as trustworthy con-
temporaries have assured us; it saves
fuel, clothing, etc. Ziggarelli, before
sitting down to the piano to compose,
read a few pages of Latin poet; then,
however, he worked so easily that he
was able to write in four hours-four
hours, | say-a whole act of Romeo and
Juliet When Father Haydn couldn't
get along he would take his rosary and
say few aves and general inspiration
returned. In another place we read
probably of his later years-Haydn sat
quietly down in chair, but he must
have upon his finger the ring that Fred |
erck the Great had once given him.
In London, however, this expedient |
seems to have proved unavailing, for we
have report, tLat once the master had |
no inspiration left at all; for two weeks |
he vainly tortured himself to get an ap.
propriate continuation to the first eight |
bars of an andante.
1t is well known that it has been
thought some connection existed between |
Mozarts fondness for billiards and ten
pins and his musical disposition. Bee
thoven went out into the open air, into
the magniAcence and solitude OF Ma.
ture Mehul was lover of flowers, and
liked to sojourn in pretty gardens. Men
delssohn, it is said, always had bouquets
at his desk.
Halvey required the sound of boiling
water to become disposed" e" Auber, a
good rider, mounted his horse, in order
TO gain the romantic country, where the
artist finds everything he needs; form
erly, perhaps, in after years, when the
celebrated composer was an old, very
Did gentleman, he probably composed
MS operas on foot. Francois Huntin
felt most inspired for composition in au-
umn. He walked up and down his
'oom catching fies-no very difficult
ask as that season Of the yeaF-and thus
we're produced more than two hundred
the greater part Of which
night at ono time be found on every
liann--lopg enough ago it is true,
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For Representative.

JOHN OvERToN, JR.. is a candidate to
represent Shelby county In the Lower House
of the Legislature. subject to the action Of the
primary meetings of July 10th. ll5 to
JAMES NJ. HARRIS is a candidate to rep
resent Shelby county in the Lower House Of the
Legislature. subject to the action Of the pri
mary meetings of July Goth.
JOSEPH BARBIERE is a candidate for
Representative in the Legislature. subject to
tions. July Goth. t0tu n
S r, CANNON is a candidate to represent
Shelby county in the Lower House of the Leg
islature, subject 10 the result of the primary
elections to be held the 10Th of July instant.
I0q-te
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tub and begins the drying process, after
which an hour is spent in donning her
clothes and arranging her twilight, y
not forgetting the aforesaid defect in her
apparel, and spending ten minutes ex-
ira in admiring herself; she then saun-
ters forth, inwardly congratulating her
self that " the bath is off her mind for q
week, ANYHOW"
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ter. We are sincere then in the belief
that philology and gastronomy are at
least cousins in relationship And that
very word serious proves it. for it only
means without wax-that is, pure honey.
We might indefinitely prove our depen-
dence on sensual meanings for supersen-
sual words, but the tea grows cold and
we waive further examples.
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JACK DOYLE. pe@osratic Sc, ti nominee, is a
tion August 1st. 80 I'd
No Politics I'm Local Onices.-I am
an independent candidate for Sheriff of Shelby
county. If elected. shall appoint the best
men can get as deputies. WIN strive to do
my duty to the ,peop e. of this county. The
Office shall never be used as political machine
while / am sheriff. If consistent with your
views, will be glad to have your support.
Yours with respect,
40-te A. p. CURRY,
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A. WOODWARD is a candidate for re-elec-
tion to the Office of Trustee of Shelby county,
subject to the action of the Democratic
County Convention. 25-t
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To the People of Tennessee.

IN RESPONSE TO THE EXPRESSION
i of a popular desire. sufficiently general
and Influential to control my actien in the
matter, / hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the office of Judge Of the Supreme
Hon. +. A. r. Nelson. Election first Thurs
day in August next b. COOKE.
Chattanooga March IL, 1872. lite
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j hereby announce myself an INDEPENDENT
candidate for the office Of Tax CoLLkcTOR OF
SHELBY COUNTY subject to nothing but the
ballot box. Election. August 1st.
l24t HENRY NJ. L0EWENSTINE.
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To the People of Tennessee.

In response to the call of many leading
citizens Of the tate, hereby announce my.
the Supreme Court. made vacant by the resig-
nation of Hon. T. A. X. Nelson. Election
first Thursday in August next.
ROBERT MCFARLAND.
Morristown, Tenn. 2)-te
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FOR SALE.
Lots For Sale i'm Ida City,
ON u
Long island, New York.
FOR SALE.

IDA CITY is SITUATED ON LONG IS
J. land, 5 miles from New York city, the
Long Island railroad running centrally
through Ida City, Lots there are hereby Of
dollars each. oE a credit of ten years, paya-
BILE in ten annual instalments-say IS 90 per
year ON each lot. The parties owning the
above property propose to sell to the Southern
people one-half Of the lots, cay 1000. on the
above terms. without interest. The East
River Bridge Is nov. in process Of eonstruc-
ton. connecting Manhattan Island, upon
which New York is situated. with Long Is
land.
This is a good opportunity for any person of
this section Of country TO invest small sums
In the purchase Of these lots. Terms are
easy, and within the reach of all. Property
on Long Island will rapidly increase in value
as soon as East River Bridge is completed.
Map of the City Of Ida can be seen, and
full information Riven, upon application being
made to HY. F0NTAINE,
responding Secretary,
No 10 Madigon STRAIT
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To the Voters of the Fifteenth Civil District:
L am candidate for re- election to the Office
of Constable of the Fifteenth Civil District of
Shelby county, which includes Chelsea. Elec-
tion August l. 1872.
1l4-ta GE0. ia. WILIIAMS.
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AmmoumoEM Enrs.


We are authorized to announce A. T.
LACEY, ESQ, as n candidate for Congress,
subject TO toe action of the Democratic Con-
gressional Convention. 1l4-te
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For FIoater.

GEORGE A. MATHES. of Someryille. is
hereby announced as candidate for floater
TO represent the counties of Fayette and
raj Assembly. subject to the action of the pri-
mary elections in Shelby, on the Goth inst, and
the Democratic Floterial Convention. llS-te
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j. HARVEY MATHES is a candidate for
reelection to the office of Privilege Tax Col
lector for Shelby county. subject to the Demo-
cratic Convention. 47-te
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For Jodge or Chancery Court


SAM'L P. WALKER is the nominee of tn
Democratic Convention for the Office of Judg
of the Second Chaneery Court. Cite
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INSURANCE.
MASONIC MUTUAL
Life Assurance Association,
No. 334 Front Street,
DIR. HINSON

HAS LATELY PROCURED AN INSTRU-
III ment that removes the disintegrated por-
tiOn Of the teeth with comparatively no pain,
and IL il well worthy Of attention, and can ac-
complish with IL more IN one hour than for
merly in three. Give him a call and your
teeth shall be more perfectly plugged and for
less money than ever before:
5. HINSON, Dentist.
lO5-lS Office and dwelling. 2s3 Main It.
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SPRINGS.
SwAYNE'S
MAMMOTH SPRINGS.
SPRINGS.

NVHIS BEAUTIFUL, PLEASANT AND
Il economical summer resort is near Spring
vile Depot. on Memphis and Louisville hail
Tenn. Only seven hours from Memphis and
eleven from Louisville. Excursion or half
fare tickets from Memphis. Mason, Browns
Vile. Bell, Humboldt. Milan, Trezevant, Nc
keHzie. Paris, Clarksville and Bowling Green
Hacks from Springville to the Springs, 81
miles by shady ridge road, meeting the morn
ing trains.
Enlarged accommodations and hot and cold
baths. No style to pay for.
Board az good AS the country affords. Per
day, 81; week. $40; month, $50. Children un-
der ten years and servants half price.
Daily Mail and Express offices at Spring
yille, where address " Proprietor Swayne's
Mammoth Springs" or TO their care 62-ll0
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DISTRIBUTION.
Worth Your Attention.

A Farm Of forty liO) acres. with House, Barn,
Stock and Carriages, valued at--....-.-..tl0, ,0gQ
First Premium. 81. .u0
Ten building lots, valued ats 500 per lot
Ten Premiums.................... 1850 each
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a GARD.

A LII LETTERS AND INQUIRIES IN
Areference to Ida City and the purchase and
sale of lots should be addressed TO Hy. Fon-
taine. Corresponding Secretary, No. l9 Madi-
son street, Memphis. Tenn. The title to the
property Is perfect in me, and the advertise
ment and maps published correctly represent
the value and attractions Of theplace.
ll3-t1 JACOB THOMPSON.