Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1879-04-19
court and Jury before whom he was tried
and he was discharged

court and jury before whom he was tried
and he was discharged
Charleston News and Courier. The
southern prets has done its part. Now for
Judges, Juries and governors! The hanging
ot Two or three "genteel" murderers will
stop the bloody pistol business Nothing
else will. Every one Of the assassins relies
on his money or his connections TO save him.
treat the rich aud influential as the moor
ana irisndless are treated, and they will
thlnk tWlce before they shoot once.
Nashville Banner: Mr.. CHRISTOPHER
Brandon, OF Stewart county the father Of
COl. Nathan Brandon. senator from Stewart
ana Montgomery, presents a remarkable
case oil vitality. lie is lightweight Jears
old' ana Is apparently as active and sprightly
now as AT any time Of his life. He has mar,
rled four times and is the father of twenty,
seven children. They range all the way
ifom one year old 70 si1tEatbTGe years,
Savannah News: The number of little
negro children cremated in the interior Of
the state through carelessness is really start
ling On last Monday evening Dick Walker,
colored, living on the place Of Mr. &. II,
walker, seven miles from DdbIin, left his
three little children in the house in charge
OF their older sister, about twelve years Of
| age Soon aiterward the house took FIRE,
ana the girl ran out, leaving the children in
the house, where they were burned up.
Assumption (Ls.) Pioneer: The crop
prospects throughout the entire length and
breadth OF this parish are very flatiering.
On nearly every sugar plantation the cane,
both plant and stubble, is springing up
handsomely in response to the caressing
| spring weather, and occasional opportune
rainfalls. The season was unusually favors.
BILE for planting the well preserved SeedA
cane, and at present writing, for cultivation,
the earth is in splen lid condition. Labor
seems to be plentiful.
Houston Telegram Every day mur
derers are turned loose or condemned to
! nominal imprisonment in the already over.
| crowded penitentlaries, and on all hands are
| heard complaints Of the expense Of main.
| tanning thousands Of criminals in prison.
| so violently has the fever OF economy in
| spending money on the punishment of Grim
lnals taken hold Of our authorities in Texas
that 1t ls considered a perfect godsCnd il
| prisoners will only take the trouble to escape
and keep out of sight 0! the law officers.
Such murders as those OF Alston and
Of Elliott are not without their good effects
The grand jury in Atlanta returned seventy
five true bills in jitfy, and demanded Of
the COunty's representatives in both branch
es Of the general assembly an effort to pass
law thar shall put an efiectual blockade and
stop to the buying, selling, owning, pos
sessing, loaning, borrowing, or bringing into
the state, any pistol or pistols, or in buying
or selling any pistol cartridges" Among
those indicted for carrying concealed deadly
weapons are two women.
The act recently passed by the Tens
neSsee legislature regulating the sale of pis.
tolls makes it a misdemeanor TO bring into
the state, either for the purpose OF selling,
| giving away or otherwise disposing OF anv
belt or pocket pistol except army and navy
pistols. Any person guilty OF violation of
this law shall pay fine OF not less than
twenty-five nor more than one hundred
dollars, and may be imprisoned at the dis,
Yeticp OF ,the court Grand jusVIE are re-
| quired to present persons charged with q
violation OF this law, and they may be pres
sented without prosecutor.
Court proceedings at Rio Grsnde City,
Texas: During the trial of one party, in,
diCted for murder, his honor became some
J what excited, and dismi ssed the district at
| torney, hning him S25. He had verdict
written out Of not guilty, and asked the
jury il that was their verdict Eleven ans
swered in the aRrmaLiYe, one answered no.
He thereupOn ordered the sheriff b release
the remaining prisoners in Jail The sherf
refused to obey the order, and his honor had
court adjourned until afternoon. On its
reassembling be had the district attorney
called, and falling TO answer, after boing
called four times, he was fined $400 in add.
ton to the S95. The only reasonable s1lu.
ton of this action of his honor is that he
had been imbibing too freely OF the limpid
waters OF the Rio Grande.
The Virginia Legislature passed the
Notlett register bill (amendatory to the
present law, The principal amendments
are First, that the registers are re luired TO
be placed on the counters one painted in
red and the other in black; tax on the alec
hOlic drinks reduced from two and a-hal
to one and half cents, and mat drinks
a half cent drink On spirituGus liquor
sold by the gallon at retail, "A cents for the
first gallon, and for all above that quantity
20 cents the record Of sales to be kept IN q
book furnished by the au iit)r, and paid for
by the dealer. MCnlhl. returns to be We i
fed by the dealer upon his oath. The bill
came back to the senate Saturday, and that
body coucurred in the house amendments.
The bill goes TO the governor, The changes
IN the law will reduce the revenue to one
half what it was for the pas. year