The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1882-09-01

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saihfed themselves that these char
gee can DC sustained. IL is the duty
Of our Supervisors 10 10y them before
the prosecuting attorney Of Copiah
county. George Green, who attempts
cd to escape from the farm, but hos
been rcOaplured and Is now in tho
county jul, may be readily examined
by tho Supervisors. DC can tell them
q iale, and prefors being killed to
return to Copial. His sentence was
a fine and Imprisonment. His fine
has been paid;and VIC fail to see ony
constitutional law authorizing his
being rent 10 Copiah. Judge North
however, has discovered that lllcjail
Is q di fferent establishment from that
intended by its builders. 1t is, lie
bshes ga "stockade," where couyicts
arc detained until Matthews is
READY TO YANK THEM OPP.
to theplace ofior,ure,so that when q
Justice sentences q man or woman TO
the County Jail. il implies cousign-
| trcnt to tortaous labor. ulcerating
|apkIets, the lash, thumb string, blood
bounds, theshot gun and The proba.
biliiies ofa violent death. This is
| The penalty 10 Adams county Tor
petty INTERCHANGEABLE to murder,
nrsol md grand lnrcenyis allotted
The more comfortable retreat Of The
penitoniiary,
The case OF Green has considera-
by exercised all Of our colored pop.
u!a,ioG. Matthews hns written to
the sheriff Offering TO lot Green alone
in consideration If $40 q month for
his unexpired term, providing that
Mr. Pollock will consent to il. Green
is friendlcss, but Aunt Hannah
Thompson, a good old soul and &c.
tive in many os the excellent colored
benevolent socieiies, offers to pay thu
blood money and save the county
the expense Of his board, by feeding
Green until bis release, although he
is neither kith, kin nor acquaintance
of her. With or without settlement
with Matthews, he should be dctuin.
ed here, and violated contrast, il
not more exalted and better inllucn'
ccs. should prompt on end TO this
damned Copiah Farm.
We copy the above from tie Com
ct, and in doing SO, wo desire to say
that We are not cog,izant OF the
above, "a our Board Of Supervisors
have never seen fit TO Let tho public
know Of tho dealings between them
and the County Contractor, aid since
they have been given to the public by
ono Of the leading journals Of tho
Safe, wo deem it but just to Mr..
Mathews TO notice II and give him q
chance TO refu!c the charges, and VIC
now soy that our columns are as free
for bis rcfutation as they arc for any
thing relating to said charges. Mr..
NJ. is not particularly friendly to us,
and We caunot say That we have any
special love for him, politically or 9th
erwise. bat think this proper aud
inst. We would now, in connection
with tho above, call his attention 10
the following and ask him II it IGOR IL
not true: Tina. at tho April term. 1881
OF tho Circuit G ,urt. one - was
indicted for - ard failing to
GO. q trial al iha. term, his Gaze was
continued until tho next term. He
not being able to give tho bond re-
CURED by law, chosc, rather than ro-
main in Jail for six months. to so to
the County Contractor, as in such
cases mado and provided, until atrial
in bis said cuuse could be had; ut The
October Term following n nollc pros
cqni was entered as to him in HE
said cause, but Notwithstanding this,
no Was kept in custody until just be-
fore the April term 1882, Of said
court, being six months after said or
der had been entered in bis ea:d
cause, and we now Gsk him (if such
was the case) IL no ever told that poor
negro that by al order OF The court,
no was at liberty, and If he ever paid
him for his labor, for the time he
worked for him, the fees allowed By
the same law that permitted him 10
work him under q contract With tho
b ard OF Supervisors.
Ia us much as we have published
the article in reference TO Mr. j. NJ