The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-19

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iA'nTIie Chisholm Tragedy. =
~ A report on the killing of Angus
Mcclellan, q British subject, In KEN.
per county, Mississippi, at the time of
the Chisholm massacre, has been pre-
sented to the Attorney General and.
Will be given to the Secretary OF State.
The evidence confirms, all the facts
thus far published In connection with
the tragedy and at the same time de-
.yelops some new ftacts which show
that the murder OF Judge Chisholm
was the result OF adeliberately planned
conspiracy, and twas intended to kill
other parties arrested with him at the
same time. The, killing was not the
result of any sudden Outburst OF popu-
lar passion or frenzy, but was delib-
erately planned and cold bl0odel MUIR
der, the purpose Of those perpetrating
the scheme being to remove the VIC
Tins of their conspiracy lin order that
they might not be witnesses against
them for offences for which they were
indicted In the State and federal courts.
The parties directly concerned IN Kill.
ing and those who aided and abetted
them and who constituted all the actors
in the tragedy, did not number over
ATTY perhaps. or this number twen-
ty. one, were indicted for offences
against the election laws In November
last, and of. these twenty-six were
members Of the Gully family. During
the, Presidential campaign large
number OF Outrages were committed
,upon, republicans black and white, in
Kemper county, and for these offences
twenty-one persons were Indicted, as
statedabove. Indictments were found
AGAINST them In the State courts and
also i'm federal courts. The .trials In
the State courts were to have been held
prior to the massacre, but the indict-
ments were all stolen from the clerks
office, and in consequences they could
not take place. The trials In the fed
eral courts were to take place In May
last, and the witnesses against the par
ties to be tried were Judge Chisholm,
Rosenbaum, the Hopper brothers and
Gilmer. All those indicted were DEM
ocrats, and the witnesses were repub-
licans. 1t was TO prevent these trials
that the conspiracy was Matched, It's
deliberate purpose Being to kill all the
parties named above as witnesses, and
the assassination of John w. Gully on
the 18th Of April was used as q pretextl
for the action Of the conspirators
against Judge Chisholm and his
friends. ..-,..-. f'rif'i 100 u. y
The report states that Mcclellan,
who was with Judge Chisholm as
friend in the Jail while the mob had
surrounded 1t, was called down by the
sheriff, who did not pretend To protect
the prisoners, and as he came down,
Mcclellan gave his gun to young CHS
holm. When he got to the bottom OF
the stairs the sheriff locked the gate or
door, SO that Mcclellan could not re-
turn, saying that they 1.-THE mobl
wanted him. Mcclellan, to be out or
there. After vainly trying TO return,
Mcclellan went out. After he had
turned the corner, and while walking
towards his shop, several Of the mob
fired on him, three bullets penetrating
through his back to his chest and
bowels, and he fell forward dead
Mcclellan was born in Scotland In
1917, came to Nova Scotia in 1919 and
in 1S48 arrived In Maine, where's he
stayed about year. In l649 he went
to Alabama, settling In Mobile. In
1866 or l868 hewen TO kemper coun.
ty, Miss, and in 1867 he purchased
some town lo6 IN De Kalb, and at the
time of his death he'owned consider
able property. During the war he
was a WORK manin the rebel ordinance
department simply as an employe:
While working at Mobile he refused
to perform any kind Of military duty,
claiming that he was British subject
and exempt, He applied to the British
consul at Mobile for protection, ana
informed him of his enlistment in the
sixty days troops OF mississippi. Inc
consul, however, refused to extend
him protection, alleging that by Eng
lish law he had forfeited his right to
tine protection OF, the British crown.
In speaking of this action Mcclellan
always charged that his Judgment was
biased by reason of his sympathy with
the Confederacy. At the close Of the
war Lei, ellan returned to De Kalb and
resided there until killed.. He always
claimed to be asubject of Great Britain,
and persistently abstained from per-
forming any duties peculiar to Ameri-
can. citizenship. He never had himself
reuistered., never. voted, and never
served on q Jury. As a question Of
net. it u clearly established that Nc
Lelian was not citizen of the United
STATES. and that he never voluntarily
renounced his allegiance to the British
crown. Whether Mcclellan forfeited
his rights as O British subject by rea-
lsOni6f his corlneotion with the confed-
crate military service Is for British
authorities to determine. A copy Of
the testimony, will be Furnished the
faneSentstiva Of Great, Britain BY the
State department.. Mcclellan was .
bachelor, and the legal succession Il
his property will require decision
upon his citizenship. His service with
the confederate troops was rs follows
| In the latter part OF 1851 tho governor
of Mississippi called into the field FOL
sixty days q body 0f militia. These
were known as State troops, were al
volunteers, and sent to Bowling Green
| XIV. Mcclellan Joined this force, which
was not engaged In actual hostiiitlee
ne occasion for active service arising
during their short term. ,-o,,,y
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DISCOVERY OF A RIVAL YOSEMITE
"A new grove of giant trees. recentl.
EdfScovered 100 miles south Of tho II
NOUS giant trees OF Yosemite, iB jus
explored and described. tits on aim
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thirty or forty trees there are 1905
trees. covering six miles square. BE
s si%stsd q flo ono q 90 year
IathersI are thousands Of young one
from one, hundred to one thousan
wears old and full of vlgor. The olde
trees, decapitated by storms and p
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tops, Are mostly e'eCo4I Ry1Ae Jun
a 1oss. s.8Ome Of the = Ue9 tire
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have revealad uuid> ~ @rie
i bodies Of encee<xt ~ - nal
srpixe. when grev - shot
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