American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-07-18
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PyylSHiyG A SLANDERER.

More than Il year ago George Il.
Long of this place began to erince
a show of affection for Miss Sioss,
the youthful and attractive daugh-
| ter of the present member OF Con
SreSs from this district. w hen Mr.
SIoss discovered the facts he Ob
| iected to any intercourse Whatever
between his daughter and the young
gentleman, The latter WaS deeply
| iucensed, and accustomed to de-
nOuuce the father, and assert I'M
worthy acts on the part of the
daughter. His language was such.
and his ii assertions W ere SO common
" known, that the pretty slrl had
Withdrawn from society and led Il
life of perfect secluSion.
Meanwhile the father was III
Washington. He came home Fri
day afternoon, aud heard the whole
story from his family and friends.
Long was advised to leave Tu>cum-
hia, and said to-day, just before he
was shot. while sitting III front OF
Aydlett's Hotel, that he .'never eX-
pected to spend another Sabbath i'll
Tuscumbia."
Rising from his seat, he went into
the bar room, drank ii glass OF ate,
and saunterrd along leiSurely down
the sidewalk. He turned to the
right and was going toward his
home, and at the very instant that
he touched his hat and bowed to IL
friend approaching him, a gun was
fred from he second story window
of Warren'S store, on the opposite
side OF the street, and long fell, two
buckshot penetrating his body, one
passing through his neck, buT fail
ing to touch the artery, and Il fuurt Ii
entering the skull just behind the
lett ear. He fell, bleeding proiuse-
". Even NOW broad, blackened
mark Of blood extends across the
brick sidewalk, and stains the sand
in the gutter.
Long was soon removed to his
home, and DR. Alternately aud other
surgeons sent for, hut their skill
can avail nothing. The young man
is surely dying. He said just now
that he thought he was shot by
Young Warren, a nephew of Col
Sioss, but since it was Col. Sloss
himself. it was "ali right"
Nothing could justify Longs as
. saults upon the girls honor, and no
one condemns Col. SlOsS.
Long was often told that he should
leave TuScumbia before SlOSS came
home. He had at length agreed to
90 away, and i'll this he confessed
+ his guilt aud admitted the proprle-
. ty of Col. SlOSS' conduct. Long WAS
wholly fearless, and it was only be-
cause urged to do so by bis friends:
of whom he has many here, that he
: had consented to leave TuScum ola.
9 His father and kindred are excel
lent people, and it is only said Oi
the Young man and in dero9ation oi
his worth that he had been a villal {
e idler for some months An ldieI
| will talk too much, and If he habitu
8. ally air his eloQuence it front of the
corner grocery there is often dealt
d and damnatIon III very innocent
words that bubble up from ioun
tains Of whisky.
Long may die within the hour ii
which he WAS shot, and within
which this is most hurrlediy writ
- ten, ana lie may survive one or Nv %
h OF even three days. No vital organ
t is touched, but die he must. Suci
q wounds in such weather must prove
f fatal.
, Colonel SiosS is in charge of the
u Sheriff, and one of his deputies oc
e cupies the room from " hicl he free
! upon Long.
WHO THE FATHER Is
>, The Washington correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial says
II MAJOR j. II. SLOsS.-A menbcI
u of Congress from Alabama, who oi
G SUNDAY evening sho: and hIi!e,
George +. Long. of Tmscnmbia, VIA
formerly a resident OF Illinois. IL
= removed from Alabama to Ed
Z wardsVilIe, Illinois, III 1919, and WA
e a member OF the State Senate dur
IS inc the memorable campaign be
4 tween Lincoln aud Douglass tor tie
=, United States SeuatorShip. Brln!
+" a Democrat, lie sided with thu
g sIittle Giant III the fight, and di,
u thlm good service. Upon he brcal,
r. ing out of the war Major SloSS re-
turned To his native state and en-
= tered the Confederate army. HI
7, has been a member Of Congress 10
Tour years.