, 1879-05-07

nave DeCn correct, hut mor1tly It WIS All Ollt-
of % The e. s9oa ot s sfs csIson sfs a %a.' ' e
Duyis hatl held nllycrsc posscssio,l Of i,rerllcA
40 long. nenrlY thirty years IL ali, Tint tl,c title
was IN him by rreacrIpt.u The heirs, being
point attempted to sct ,lp rstoppei us against
Jcifvrson Dnvs on tic ground tint lie Ind
t9unlirf n.NI acted rs onA Of the executors uf
the Will. They weta defeated In tIl,s, also, BY
jefferson payta' lawyers, tic Alcss,s. Pltt,nap,
aturc, mud prepared br:cf ti,nf viii rri|,asly BE-
= pts.edent N 'le lay of cstop1,el, not onls
r M,is,tssipp nut nll ossr r. II: Gon: fs
.leN Davis, BECAUSE the Inv was plasnly on his
sue M bnt thls was one Of these infrcquent eases
IN Which the la'y Inns beet, usea To work n great
hnrs mota wsonc !ays ,,ot yet net tnal,Nnnt! M
hot thalghI tho claim of de,lersau Davis IL ts
matter ot!inusiy unjust, Md who llas mt prt-
Yaiieiy holtl hm guilty Of rDbol,!E il.e Grnl;d-
eisaren isIn, :" l!s dead brot'1sr Lnlcr t,e It,.
OF hts brot'tcF's grandct'tidfcn's urgocftI, as
much land MS would make anothtr llrlorllell:
To ia,a,s sas Jefferson now las ait .! al t!le on!
1as!s proper,y, Instead OF onc,quarser ~ 6ctots
nave Only one-tiilt, instead VI two'thrds.
THE MoSrooMEnrs.
Thornton Montgomery, n ro4urefl man ahout
rs years Of ngr, lives at Ursino, near l e,..or, %
10 Rn,"rt s + Wn5s osui n,it ss bv & 'y XIX Ie"ss a9o @
Montgomerys. I'hs sale OF hurricane - and IN,
D,!cricId to Inc Mont eu,nrry "A VIVA nrItr IN tii.
obout 1000 acres. Joseph DnyIs yalsctl lien,
at S3aO0M or NJ, nycrn.rc nf III Mer nerc Tnt'
tan was then selling al $3.50 to s!i0 inic. iii,
Monsnerys wcrr ,ve,, t"n " vrnrs tjn,r m1e m, nv ~
tnud 10 ay II he ,t.rest t,f avIs y ieS g0mr o,
yrara atter tic sn,c or nntI tH7ti iinrinsr thn.a
years Tic interest ut ner cent M i, eeli' sis;SM
was promptly naid. iJrrH rrrr tim ihrrn
eOns, Thornton md ltaiaI. 2lry ,yerN @ ronort"d
to bo ctnrnnms,x wn,,,hr "ni ,u"o'1ru -, nu.
lima were Ss0l.OOf oheni. I,ut. ubm.,, i'm
tjine of Jusenb layist isroth' lin nrirc
Of nroducinr It lin mt hi, h, nrnocrton M VII" To
Snn,wnn,crrs onnJ IN sns,nr tc,,,,s o..nr%
inE to tir t1trcctin,s uf lin w,Ii A. ,nt,'n wna
not worth halt wIat II Ind hcep. tI,ey tl,",,ght
tIe fu1i reitcfInn ri nno.hnff Il, ala ,rimtI,oI
sbnnt.i be matr' f}ut In. rxcta,tnrs. viii :icff
Dayi. fwhn ali n1nnp hns ,,nrn Tia Satnn in thia
rnrn,Iisc} Mt Their lead rri,,se 10 ,nnhc the te.
sired ro1ccssIous, 'Jbry yiejilcd puiy tne.sjxth
im,trntl ri nnr.hnIs I'j;r sfmn, rnsrvs trir,1 ~
carry n,tnr ihr interest NJ sih0(S, ncr a,,,,,,u
Int enid mi IN sn frh"v rt,t n fnr,h.r rc'
durtion Of n tl,",,sanl Of twn md ,nrn threw
il r,lolr t,,Irnrt m, NJ .rff Dari. issj,cJ .nl
exnerfrh tlIc,u Ia dn. T,m,s tbr really hnnevr.
lent designs Of joseph Davis toward Ills cmuu.
cipateA alavcs were defeated. Meanwhile
they Ind purchased the Grsfno planta-
tl0H df Robert Z. Woods for S115,0J0. 1t
was tneImbeIca for s30,0O0, and ts'lny Ia nut
worth the incumbraucc. TlIe Montgomcrys,
partly 70 t'!d LUCK, arc now scarcey worth any.
thing, though they htyn plantation Of n,iaO
nctcs, md produce 12oo to 1,50o bales OF cotton
annually. Their misfor,uhcs are largely due
III one year, 1874. they lost S:o0 0e0 In bud debts
contracted for ndvancea to ,lclr ,'egroes; a'nl
thSy haye lost considerably every year since.
The Mnntgomcrys are IL very, remarkable
iamiiy. lllc Ok! man, ben. Tho died a year or
two w ago, h1s! VINO Was t'ic Sf,glt"l purchaser
T.,,1 - ."s p ma' w. n s - Mr,".',l,
mi Iinrrirau WA "e ~. :, h;,n " ,r,t ~ NV
na. a.att,. et.t H., IN ,i1 ~ !. t ht
ff rfc nnT ~ ~ n. smr XIX t5,c" nrn,rc for tc
hr,,s ,rn ~, f.,,a ,hourI, H.. h., ~, ,,.vnr vr
i,srn IN srhoo, ia o H.. tsst Src,,,n,,mt IL ~,
aiss,ss,5ui V"|,es mn, "ss, sal 9T,nr 4 t. t. sah
1nr XII. ov"r en,a noi rrn & a..
s"n II" Thorn.o,, % In. nrv..r 'cr,, ~ scoo' nt i',s
sn,,rh. iimsrIi % !" rc"d @ wrttr T. ia"r III,
lila .,,rrrnt ilteratu1a nf t tnv. md Is nn
agreeable tulkcr. nj, nnurrra ara bctter than
,qss St nnetostTsnitct; f e. the "|!te msn
$sss. el TX. sf s. .sss 4, y d! euSs plsss.
thorough rcspuct Tor him. Tie Aiontgoncrys
arc all black men, nut In4'attoes.
THE EXODUS FROM TUE ISLAND,
etrauge 10 say. affected tl,r Montgotnerys moro
than any oter planters. Many Of their nuorrrs
arc heavily III debt to them fur Supplies, mud
these raj nway, They soon found, however.
tint they l,ni made 1nistnke In ieayi,,g s.,ch
masters, mi te}cxrn,hed back word frou1 Kan.
ma City .that tley wuuid rcturu II nny|,odr
would 70 to fetch item. Isalah Mont9otneryy
went for them, utd, when was on tIv I,luMi.
lie sent word iu have placcs prepared for fIfty.
ripe. With tlis complement, tl,p islun! las ail
In iohnr /, rn",ls "rrr,,t fnr C,,n,. MttrhT,its
ground Zoo nrrcs 10 n)t, which is iuftlly
cnitiyntea nt nil This vrar. Mni, f}uunu hi.
i .Mn nsrcs. lnrGr,v cnltivaicd by nhorcrs hirrii
nj El ccnts carh tiay. without boura.
~; owvr,
W. =, ,oo o.o'tl. r-
mas q plan!ntloh ol ",g0o ac!ee on Inc 1s1ahtl.
TIC haa fcuhccd me f,rlGes lor sIpPlleh on credit
this year very Rucll oelaw last years eash
prices, and ~ this way has removed nil'esl o. the
dissas1sla;t'n's' C9l' l.oye!.s place Is entirely
outslaG ol tHc itaYis property.
dDzerB- IT. east more thnn 406 votes for llayca
Hhsl seven 1or Illden. " conta'ns some of thu
best eotton.lnld 10 the South and tlIc average
yield Of it Ia eBtinInted thns;
Ouner. Arrtoaf. Arerare ba,ts.
Col. 1ovoll ....... ..,......,UtD 1,.0D 10 1000
7 ~ bt1nfr I .JItN