Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-05-11

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had reached place near l.. }. NJ. BelPs,
where the road is very narrow, when he
discovered that pair of mules attached
70 tWO.hOrse wagon, driven by Asa
smith, were coming down the hill just be-
hind hiIn at a rate OF speed which made it
apparent that they were running away.
SIR. Layton started TO turn out Of the road
at the first available opening. AS he
turned the wagon shot by, and striking
the left hind wheel of his buggy and
wrecking it. hurled him against a bank
with such force that he received severe
internal injurieS-more serious, indeed.
than he knew at the time. Though able
to drive about in his buggy, he feels I'M
able t. preach, and is advised by his ply
sicians not to make the effort.
Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock is at At
lanta. Gen. Hancock comes to Atlanta
by order Of the Secretary of War to select
site for the military post here tor which
appropriations have been made by Con-
gross. A year AGO Congress appropriated
$2O0,OOO to be used in the construction Of
barracks. One hundred thousand dollars
of this money was set aside by the Secre-
tary OF War to be used IN Atlanta. The
secretary Of War decided, however, that
the act appropriated money only fO- the
construction Of barracks, and theI e
was no authority given for the purchase
Of land. As the government owned no
land at Atlanta, there was a halt in the
proceedings. The last Congress over
came this difficulty by apprOpriating
$40 QUO to be expended in the purchase OF
site. Gen. Hancock is accompanied by
Gen. A. j. Perry, quartermaster of his
division, and Lieutenant T. H. Barber, of
his staff. He will be rendered a banquet
tomorrow night. The date of his de-
parture is uncertain.
Chicamauga (Tenn.) special, MAY s:
ne Georgia authorities just across the
i- Ar" stirred up over an arrest made in
h ride = by a constable from Tonnes
S q. Brothers by the name of Wise had a
difficulty with a man living on j. q.
RObertsOn's farm. A warrant was OBJ
tanned tor the two men. but when search
was instituted they could not be found.
1t was supposed they (Wises) had fled
to Georgia. Joe Wilson, the constable
who had the warrant for the arrest Of THESE
men. after hearing of their whereabouts.
summoned several Oiher negroes and
started in pursuit of the men. Wilson
being a little 'sharper'' than the rest OF
the negroes, stopped when they reached
the State line, and sent those whom he
had summoned to help make the arrest in
the State of Georgia without a reQuisitiOn.
The W SEES were found, and after being
told they were arrested, cheerfully sub
mitttd and returned with the posse of
negroes to their former cline. The au.
thurlties at Rnggold say they intend to
prosecute the constable and whole ''com.
puddlement."
A party consisting of Officers Thomas
Hood and Charles Frost, with James
Keener and William Sneed as a posse. left
the Highlands of Macon county, North
Carolina, armed with United States war.
rants for the arrest of Cam Kjllingsly,
Will Reed, Phil Crane and Levi Crane
some of the parties charged with cOEnec.
ton with the late troubles at the High
lands, and they crossed into Georgia into
what is known as MOccasin county. When
in a gap in the mountain range they
came suddenly upon three men standing
in the gap or trail, and called on them
to halt, it being pitch dark. The chal.
lenged parties stepped back a few PAGES
from the trail and opened fire upon Hood
and party. The firing was briskly re-
turned. The three men then made loud
signals for help. and in few minutes a
rescuing party was heard coming up
Hoods party followed in pursuit for about
quarter of mile, when they were com.
PEELED to fall back and ultimately to re
turn to the Highlands, their force being
too small against the odds presented. Toe
only damage done, so far as known, was q
flesh wound of the hand of Sneed made by
a gun shot.
Long Pond correspondence Valdosta
Times: On Duncan ClaytOn's place
stands an old house that was built for q
tort in the time of the Indian wars in this
country. 1t was builtOf hewed logs and
strongly stayed together and is sound and
good yet. 1t was converted into a dwell
I'm, in VIII ch Isham Clayton, the father
of ID. and Jack Clayton, reared his family
Jack Clayton is responsible for the follow
ing story: when the Indians were NOV.
ing from this and upper counties in Flor.
ida their trail led by this house, and they
were repeatedly committing all kinds Of
depredations and the people We're in con.
slant dread of being murdered and
robbed. One night after they had retired
they heard an awful numbering and bang.
ing in the smokr house. They OF course
knew it was the Indians. No one dared t.
move as they expected tn be attacked
every moment. Not even the faithful old
hound was heard to bark as he was wont
to do. 50 they spent one Sleepless night,
and as soon as they could see in the morn.
ing, to their astOnishment, the smoke.
house was locked as usual and no sign OF
Indians on the place. Some one had gone
TO the smoke house that night and the old
hound had slipped in and, with that Gun.
ming peculiar TO his dOgship, concealed
himself until all was still and thought he
would take in some lard. In those DAYS
they used large gOurds to put lard IN
He stuck his head in the lard gOurd and
when ne had devoured all the lard, h.
could not eXtricate his head from the
gOurd-hence the noise. | don't ki Ow
whether the hound wO I'D halloO when
you pointed a switch at him Def re that
or not, but he has done it ever SINCE"