The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1879-05-23

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mud turtle would be ashsmei 90 own that
the wss the author Of such shallow arii-
RE. The fact y. ~. Know" has been
retting terribly In HE harness sin e. John
White. a lawyer from Clay county, walked
into him 70 fercely In a speech he made
during the Last term Of our Crcuit Court.
lie has been wanting TO vent hrs spleen up
on some body, snd We suspec, there IVES
more malice than humor IN his article o.
last week. lie vas afraid to tackle White,
and jumps on Ne instead. But he can't
provoke ne into declaration of var. Our
experience with wster-doe. last week, vas |
quite sufficient for u.s. let this whole
matter now BE- consigned 10 a wstery grave,
and let there be no aitemp, made to 0sh
II up.
PERsoNAL--Mr. Robert l.. Brooks, q
young gentlemaa Of this place, len las,
week Tor Missouri, in which State he ex-
poets TO make his future home......Mr.J no.
Pointer, .lno len here for IIlinols ukere
he expects TO iocaie.....Miss Maggie Smith,
very beautiful and agreeable young lady
from Gsrrard county, il visiting Mis- Mol
lie Newcomb ..... Mrs. Ann Hale, Of Lou
isisna, accompanied BY her son, Willie
Hale, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Terrill,
near this place. ..... Messrs. J. G.. Hersdon
and I'd. Hogan, travelling sgents Tor Brad-
ley 4 onbert, and John r. Morton A Co,
passed through here this week en- route TO
the mountains. -. &c. DR.. S. W. Brown and
family, lef here Wednesday morning, for
Paint Lick, Garrsri county. where they
will make their home in future. Doctor
Brown was reared in this county. and after
active practice Of his profession for iiteen
years in our villsge, departs, taking with
him the bet wishes of our people. III
and his most excellent wife have many
warm friends here, who regret to zee then
leave NJ, but wish them prosperity wherev'
er they 60. To the people Of Paint Lick
We recommend them a. desirable citizen
Lieut. John scoti. Of the U. $. Army
accompanied by his wife and child are Wis
iting this place. Lieut.. Scott was stationed
here for several years just after the war
and has host Of friends here. The Di'
vision with which he Is at present engse
ed, ia in Montana Territory,
THE SAUNDERS MArrEE.--It Is not m,
desire to engage in . discussion With th'
editor Of this paper His course has gen
eeally met The approval Of all lsw.abidins
fair minded citizens The people Of Rock
castle county admire him for his fearless
and outspoken condemnation OF lawless
ness, and TO that fact may he attributed il
a great degree, the quite respectable circu
; lation which the INTERIOR JoURSAL ha
I; attained in our county. Justice TO th'
good name Of our people, demands, how
ever, that | should notice an editorial II
e the last weeks issue. | sllude to the srii
Gle commenting on the result Of the tria
: of George Saunders for the murder Of tn
A negro, Middleton. which trial was had a
:. the recent term Of our Circuit Court. Tn
= ssiler Of the article was evidently misin
formed ~ TO the facts in the case, aud di'
r not understand the "true inwsrdnes- O
b. affairs" quite as we'll a. he imagined. Thi
2 must be true; for would be allow TO be
2 lieve that the writer, or his informant coul'
!. be prompted by any sinister motive to cas-
4 a reflection on the people Of this county
Although many persons may have believ
> ed that George Saunders was guilty Of tn
crime with which he was charged, still Il !
| the policy Of the Law TO Pressme the limo
4 cence OF ali offenders, and no right-mind
. ed jury will find man guilty Of murde
! unless he is proven guilty, and BY the tes
. timony Of reputable witnesses. In tn
case Of George Saunders, the Common
wealth simply failed to establish his guilt
though thirty witnesses were sworn foe tn
{ prosecution. The assertion made BY tn
: writer Of the article referred to, that Oh I
: jury were organized to aequil, had NJ
foundation in fact To any vne seqnaint
ed with some al those composing the jury
: the assertion that they would violate thei
osths, would have no other effect than Il
excite ridicule for the man who made il
We sincerely trust that the vigilsnt Com
monwealths Attorney for the Eighth Dis
trict will allow no more Of Lincoln coun
ty's criminals to have changes Of venue Il
this county. We do not want them here
But il they come here, and no better elias
Of witnesses can be produced against then
than in the Saunders case, rest assured
that our jurors will turn them all looee
And il makes no difference whether the
witnesses are white or black. A good ne
gro will be believed here just rs readily Al
a good white man. Periurers, no mattel
what their color, will obtain no credit.