The Hartford herald., 1875-02-24
saturday. Februarx 90.

The Edwards Miss Courier records
the murder of four negroes by negroes in
thatvicinity within the past week. Nine
teentwentieths Of the negroes who have
lost their lives by violence since The war
have been killed by their own race.
Among the twenty-five fatal cases of
small -pox on the line of Clarke and Ogle.
thorpe counties, Ga, three of the victims
were upwards Of hundred years old, the
Oldest one being lady one hundred and
eight years old .
Times must be getting hard about Co.
lumbus, Miss. Two negroes were seen
the other day on the west side of the riv>
er hitched to pillow and driven by a ne
gro woman. They are said to have done
as well as horse.
Last Monday night the office of the re-
corder OF mortgages of Amite parish, La,
was entered by some unknown person or
persons, who took away the books belong
ing to the parish and the parish seal. As
yet no clew has been obtained either 10 the
lost property or the burglars.
A homicide occurred last Saturday few
miles from Calvert Two freedmen, Os>
borne Ross and West Jones, were sky
larking with each other, Osborne punch
ing West with an iron rod and preventing
him from mounting his horse. West pro-
cured shotgun, and, in the melee the gun
was discharged, its contents lodging in the
head Of Osborne, killing him almost in
stantly. The coroner's jury found that it
was an accidental shooting, and censured
Jones for his carelessly causing Osborne's
death.
Three strangers called at the wholesale
hardware store OF Cochran IL Lewis, Co.
lumbus, o., yesterday, and, while two of
them occupied the attention OF the clerks,
third man robbed the safe of money and
valuables to the amount of over 81 900,
but was caught in the act by one of the
partners, who was IN the rear of the store.
The property was found upon the thief,
who gave his name as Frederick Fisher.
Rear Admiral Chas. II. Bell, U. s. n,
died of pneumonia yesterday morning at
his residence in New Brunswick, N. J., in
the 77th year of his age.
Lieut. Dan Littrell was shot and killed
in Lee county, Va, some ten days ago,
and it is believed he was shot by his son
John, who, when informed of his death,
said he would not go to see him, as he had
no respect for him, because he had once
cut him on the neck and left huge scar
there. Dan Littrell, when sober, had ma
ny good qualities; when driking, be was
desperate man.
Cohen, the supposed to be murdered
Nashville pedler, has turned up alive and
hearty in his native land of Poland. He
had played little game on his creditors.
Hon. Landon Carter Haynes, after a
brief illness. died at bis home in Memphis,
Tenn, Wednesday morning. His public
life began when he was quite young, as a
Methodist minister, and commanding
personal appearance, with extraordinary
powers of defamation, made him one of
the most persuasive speakers in the State.
he was Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives of the General Assembly OF
Tennessee in l849-50. and was Senator
in the Confederate Congress from le6I-62
to the close of the war. After peace be
removed from East Tennessee, where he
resided, to Memphis, and resumed the
practice of the law. In 1872 he was nom-
mated as Democratic candidate for Con-
gress. and supported Greeley for President
with zeal and ability. But his district
was carried by Grant, and he and Greeley
we're m the minority OF the votes polled.
During the recent contest at Nashville for
United States. Senator, bis name was
mentioned as a candidate in the event Of
Johnson's withdrawal. Notwithstanding
he bad been an opponent of Johnson's
for years before the war, since the return
of peace his friendship for johnson was
never broken. As public man he did
not rank with those who lead, and was
not, therefore, the author or advocate of
any great measure which imbe ided itself
in the public mind. He was full of zeal,
of strong impulse and of generous aspira-
tions, and no politician in the country saw
more q the poetry of public life, with q