The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-08-14
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

a CORRESPONDENT OF lHe lOACiiS0 49, 1
mes,Journal writes I'm Wayne county,
sona eigbteen or twenty miles north oil
This Mace ON the goth of last month,
coIored gentleman attempted to go 10
church with a white lady, Miss Hugnes;
She told him be could not go. de repleu
that he would. He started into the mouse
Of the Young lady, and she, as ali otners
sbouId do. deliberately took shot gun
and discharged the contents INTO ms IeiS
side which we're only fourteen Ducks1 not
The Radicals of the Selma Aia) Coh'
pressional district have nominated ne
gro tor Congress. ana nearby
the Civil Rights Bill. :, Jortb
Carolina by large majority, with seven
ont of eight Congressman, the suceessiui
Radical being a negro. -;1lo
A small riot occurred at SomervlIie'
Tam last Friday. The Radical candl-
date for Sheriff O! Fayette county, Ai !IGI
Reeves and his brother, Paul, were E, k AIod
Inv Oscar Burton. Judge j. u. 6e p,
was also shot by Burton, but ne , Dur
ton, who was also wounded, "lIi 80 "a
IT. 6obt;ng occurred about negro, auu
e. roTroas of the surrounding country
a-rnad themselves and threatened 10
frrn the town. Armed men went up
en-, Nemphis to succor the whites OF
SomarviIle but no further difficulty &C.
Cured. ;uoc,o1
bonds, issued by Radicals.
The thermometer at Little ROCK gu o tHe
9th stood at 1862 and on the IOth DIT Iva
The air from the South had the appear
arce Of being driven by a furnace
REGULAR cremation furnace. we had
little of the same sort on the IOth.
The price current for girls for wives IN
Arn,opian VILLAGES Is quoted at from $40
$50, according to age and quanty;
Frank Mouiton, who IS the only unIn-
terested person acquainted with all OF the
Reecher-Tilton secret, has at last given In
his testimony, and it is unfavorable TO
Beecher. ol
A terrible steamboat disaster occurred
on the Ohio river last week. The steam
or pat Rogers took fire and was burned
Sixty lives were lost.
The steamer Henry Ames struck
snaC near Waterproof in the Lower mis-
sissippi river last Friday night 1hree
lives and the corgo wereslost.
A prize fight took place near Plttsbnrg
batween two pugilist, Collyer and Ed
wards last Tuesday. After the eleventh
round, Edwards was declared winner.
Goldsmith Maid made the best trottlns
time ever recorded, a few days since
2:I5I M.
MARSHAL DdLdlIlct d
nnder Louis Napoleon, and VINO wa
sentenced by court martial to imprlson
ment for life, made his escape last pun
dav NIGHT from the Island of st. Nal
.merite. where he was confined. IL
said that he let himself down from tn
fortress with a rope, where his w1e mt
him with a skiff, and rowed him away t
a shin in the distance. The commandan
OF the fort has been arrested. :,
Several weeks ago DR.. Guy H. Smlti
son-in-law of Nathan Naught, OF TINS piac'
and a former resident OF Columhla hl9
self was attacked by some negroes
Austin Mississippi, and fired on then
The bullet missed its mark, and kllle
n little negro girl some distance OF
This exasperated the negroes so tn
they collected a mob and took Dr. Sml'
20 the woods to hang him, which the
would have done but for the entreaty
the Doctor wife and the Mayor OF Aust
after that Dr. Smith made himself
voluntary inmate of the Jail, to preyTe
being mobbed, until last Friday Wh,
some of his friends took HIM hernahu
On learning this the negroes callect
in large numbers and notified t
mavor that unless DR.. Smith W
brought back and put in jail they won
hmm the town. Dr. Smith had
preliminary trial, and as his case
clearly one of accidental shooting, he
released on giving bond in the sum
60 600 for his appearance for trial.
inceused the negroes, and they accordl
" formed a mob and taking Dr. Sml
from his residence, locked hum up IN
cell in the Jail. Of course this was c
trarv to all law, but the white people, l
to submit, as the negroes were largely
the majority Last Saturday an arm
bo1v of white men rode into Austin,
groinr to the Jail liberated DIR. Smith, '
9ccompanied them to their homes IN
hills, When the negroes heard this II
fury knew no bounds and they 5"
vengeance against the town and all IN
They sent word into Austin that II
Smith did not come back and go into
cell they would burn the town and m
the streets red with blood. The W
ladies and children were sent out
Austin, and the whites, about two hume
in number. commenced preparing TO
the desperate negroes The neg
made several assaults, and met with
feat every time, losing several men
this writing. Wednesday, the eXclten
Is intense. and armed white men
renorted going to the rescue OF
whites shut up in Austin. Negroes
Coahoma county, Mississippi,are swarT
10 the help of the negro insurgents:
many are also crossing over from Ar
sas. The negroes greatly out numb
the whites, nearly three to one.
Tuesday the negroes circulated the
mort that they were numbering VIC
aud children on the nelgborlng plf
lions. which caused the white mel
leave Austin and 80 to their rescue
negroes then quietly occupied the
and plundered its stores aed reside