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We learn from the Columbus (Miss.) Dispatch, that Mr. Wm. B. Pope, son of Col. Ben. F. Pope, of Gadson, was shot and dangerously wounded by a negro named Austin at Alta on the Georgia Pacific railroad, on Saturday, the 29th ult The ne gro fled, but was pursued and overtaken about 1 o’c/ock on the morning of the 30th u/t. IIe was immediate’y strung up to a limb of a tree and his body riddled with bullets. Young Pope was taken by a special train to Columbus, Miss, to re- ceive medical treatment, and is doing well, but not yet out of danger. His father is in Colum- bus, and we hope to here of the young man’s ppeedy recovery We learn from the Columbus (Miss.) Dispatch, that Mr. Wm. B. Pope, son of Col. Ben. F. Pope, of Gadson, was shot and dangerously wounded by a negro named Austin at Alta on the Georgia Pacific railroad, on Saturday, the 29th ult The ne gro fled, but was pursued and overtaken about 1 o’c/ock on the morning of the 30th u/t. IIe was immediate’y strung up to a limb of a tree and his body riddled with bullets. Young Pope was taken by a special train to Columbus, Miss, to re- ceive medical treatment, and is doing well, but not yet out of danger. His father is in Colum- bus, and we hope to here of the young man’s ppeedy recovery