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UvaBLISHED 1850.
[ n;o\l A DUNGEON.
I chiMl I.K CONVICT RES- j
I |h , llt XT MIDNIGHT.
I Prokr* In a Cr**k— On
I *, w I ~r Wurd*Pr <
j t c*t Infantry Praiw
I . t r „ ooMiyry —Not*** in Gror
■ „ x h l** rv-w-iieil from the
| A rdanty, bt a land of
■ ho latlrml down three :
I > i i*r into the <iitngron
I r in< arrerato'l. The
1 , to m the <lea<l of night. an<l
■ • the men wore raa-ks.
I w.-rk. <>t> the plantation of
I - r. nsm* aitm from Ilaw
-1 hoy aoeolentaUv broke his
I frentoM into the creek,
I r*l roaipaaMMß* were tak
[ < r was not so deep as he
| • i t i>l plunging into water
I h he inatyied into a shal-
I ok. Ills head Mrurk the
j . o ' ns.ro. and death was
I . in. ■rporate.l.
i- funeral at i “iumbu* *ra*
I -<n. of V Bthliert. revent’jr
I tnnrnt of that city.
I I iiforyit will hanl
j tw the trM <>f '-o|>l, i)il. r
a- 4 Irwin, ha. -beared l.li
I .ml claims that he can clip
f .. of the Smmttr ffryiiHi
I ,-rutting irnuiwo since
I ■ .en put out in Greene
I ‘ \ m capitalist* thns far this
■ M il Mopped uo liarrels of
| l*rovetewee, K. on Fri
| .in itft over TOO |iounds are
I t ..maton sights in llaw-
I t again-t the* South- 1
| nded in a mistrial at
J n mas Wadsworth, who
■ mlms Sunday, have been
| . ais-ut unearthing a min-
I .v lan under eorer for
I : n- has just been acquit- :
■ : murdering Hiram Hail at
I f.inuerly of Terry, is !
I Tm- k f anners' Aseeeia'tion
I \ -r v: years old has re-
I -x t. r Winter. Hutciieson A
j - g male to extend the
Ii t by l*>gansville and
j > Honda and Western is
[ m - rof bouses for the use
I . - .1 " a>crows,
j i.t-dothc most thrill-
Tic Arabian Nights are
■ interested in knowing
I vd u|s>n the 26th day o(
j M h-on. in one year made
- - parator and steam gin.
L -i only fi.uno.
I \ugiLsta. made his
•lies to New York, and
(> m 75 cents each.
woman in Mnntor coun
[ x Ui' c^ms'u-Victoria-Ma
te - l.ouxma - Elanagm -
- vi ewed a bras* pin many
| umsily arraying herself
j 'irange to relate she spit
i tin* life by bring a bullet
i ‘.r.ilivm, Monday, lie was a
: of health, and having no
i •t. a- not a steam engine
I -on count. . Now there
it-lvf. iis.t for threshing
| i a mule: was pursued and
j ■■ i _ i.Hie. and ha* teen sent
| • nliarv for four years by
9 .i. j*. Milner, near Griffin.
MS .. together with his horse and
9| ■re kept at the mill. The loss
|g§ ' .31* and 31. MM.
9B mile agency Wednesday re-
B meat ly A. K. Sharp, a nicr
|B ion His liabilities are put
Br ' VsetsMt known.
jH The iron to lay the track
H ••> to Jug Tavern is due in
9 "and will no doubt lie there in a
H : has not already arrives!.
9 -la**-, an Kastman colored man
9 ' tongue is said to have made
9 " than f rum Is. was shot aud
9 o c |,v Unfits i hapman a day
9 • circulated infamous
9 * member of >lr. Chapman's
9 - :.*vn broken at Athens for the
9 -vnagogue. Tin-building will te*
9 m l hi feet long, and will cost
9 ' led M.*n. Tim corner stone
9 it*.' Ma**o on St. John's ilay,
9 cine. W ork is to lw finished liy
9 of *epteatber.
9 <- Wednesday. a dispute arose ln*-
9 negTvios near Sparta concerning
9 r. llenry Stubbs who is a ell -
9 quiet, r-sj.-clful man. was -cri
-9 s chap- dangerously wounded |.y
9 iNKMvr. The only wea|nns wen*
9 > nfs, w tueh they had in-en using,
■■ ii a- uninjured.
9 • sii. rdnml, of Macon, while in
-9 other day confessed that he was
9 urdeten* of an old man named
9 owhmim lei to the arre-t of
9 - " named seatdhgvr. and it is
9 i mysterv in w hich the ease has
HP*’ * . icihnl will la- Ml veil . scavenger
9 -.ui after the crime, but dis
-9 I of evidence.
9 ' ha- the following of mter
-9 • c* oia military turn of mind:
9 • < bight Infantry, of Itoston.
9 -—fully competed at the recent
9 lineal reached that eily Tues
■ they .lecture that no Northern
M |eie with the Southern rrack
B 1 tux pronminee the inspection
B :1m aw ant of priiet was fair
9 :>■; of the News writes from
9 i• follows: “I killed a raltle-
B at.int four feet longwliieli
9 uni a 1 wit ton He had wal
-9 • i’s-ut the eof a partridge.
9 •' chirk when it was caught nv
■ * > - morring. In the evening the
■ •• mi vant fence and I killed
9 ill o|'.-n an<l found the little
9 Mi neighlair, lionlan Cole
-9 1 a snake this evening alsuit
9 w lurk wasal.nit six feet long
V* ...I, ijUlc, and a button, etc.”
B ; t. s-, contained tbe following
9 - .s interned with a gang of the
H cgtv women. A raid on them
9‘ bn h. if rjrrtol out, will make
■ ' had never sen Monixu 1 . On
B Mung a pastetsvanl cortin was
B ;..ir>-teps vd the house oeeupievl
B - r> ti rred l<\ with a written
B ■ ' would gel :**> lashes if they
B town in forty-eight hours.
B . same cofhn with the same
B quart of kerxweue oil was
i awning in front of Mr. o.
■ ■n. t <rt*T has already
B tli' women refertxsl to
1 .-.la negro man named Kill
tins writing is having a
■ !'ir four ftarties, charging
B Tie oil with the cofhn is
B atigerou* threat. It evidently
B .n t uiurvler.”
■ UUI*.
B •; ;i lliirij- feet high rireerod
B . .n Orange manly, lat week.
8 ■ i .r. f..r U.UcUiuJ cUu-ki'ii.'? an
■ i. <>|irraUnii m Puinatu county.
■ ~ - mitts t.r South Huri'ia were
H A ]nl TliurMtai. making in
\ ■ . - all year.
■ . .irant:nel Jarksonvdle, and
8 ; lhal I'iace are not allowed to
mb -i*r in:air there.
■ _ • w nt the ut w seminary at
m ini last Wt-*lneMtay with im
-8 ami a large gathering of
S ... tlh the now law recently
■ * ' f l-oimlle. lwtween twenty
■ >•*- ana forty-live eats have
■ M.-mlay afternoon.
■ ,1 i. last month tberv were
■ vrriaga licenses issued by the
8 Ten of these were to white
Vri to.-olored evupU...
t.MI tons of stone for tits jetty
h i red to tbs contrai-tor- nt
8 t,.ns and iwa* tons of rail
-8 s.ugfct to Jacksonville.
8 j .vt.l over 110.080 of the $15,000
■ \.m ultaral College, ami the
B - , aol 1t November Ist. Work
H v In be eotnmeneevl at once.
■ •-* for ~osi'-‘'uring "Bango"
■ -nit of enoMnuo, ami other
■ i-ei! ordered by a sitiseq of
B • - ■ ml] set up bis establishment
It tuhol Msv, iml, there were
9 JaokMavilte i,sli,s** Ipet of
8 . r tbe -ante month in ISSf
■ • trt shioped. HeSidt- the above
■ ,-jj month cubit
-8 is* tidier pf WndliOg
B t " hinries. * -nostro
I ’bret of at the Jacks.
8 ' !h, ‘ month of Hat S7S Florin* ,
9 • anesoee sheep. Si hogs, 4,150
1 •-*> iunis veal, 33 saddles
I! -andsof Utrkey, 7,*00 |>qun<l*
I MSO tkmen eggs, 8,570
I terrapin*. 3 green turtle,*
8 '*♦■ 'vo37 riama, 450 pountls ent 1
8 ... !s ®* New York sheep, 35
8 -snST-£“*" is * geese. LSOO.pound* of
|K . , h '*‘ f t-500 |smuds of New York
S. ZL' -'•‘tahlaa, fruit, etc.
it Optician aixl get a pair of
|t "and Celluioid Eyedilasses. The
| :srh U handsome and durable.
■ •** .-lear and brilliant. Fot
■ - - leading Jcwipers and Opti-
Ciu' Satianmth Alonting
FRANCE’S TWO WARS.
Madagascar Tow ns Bombarded and Ton
quin Preparations Progressing.
Paris, June I.— L'Gavlois, in its ac
count of the attack of the Annamites- on
the French force near Hanoi, says: “Cap
tain Riviere'in leaving the fort advanced
with one hundred and fifty marines, leav
ing in reserve a force of two hundred and
fifty men. These, however, remained too
far in the rear to be of service to Captain
Riviere s advanced guard, w hich was* sur
prised by a large force of Annamites and
almost annihilated. On the rear guard
arriving at the scene the Annamites fled,
carrying ofl Captain Riviere and fifteen
marines, all of whom were impaled the
next day.”
A correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph Company savs that Mr. Morton
the l nited .States Minister, has not inter
viewed President Greyv relative to the
Madagascar question. The correspondent
iukls that the American Government sees
no cause to interfere in the Franco-Mada
gascan imbroglio.
Kiel, June I.—The vessels which are
to leave here next week for China are
those recently built for the Chinese Gov
ernment, and not German vessels as was
stated. Thev will take out a supply of
torpedoes. The vessels will be inspected
before they leave here by a C aptain of the
German navy, and will be navigated to
Shanghai by German seamen, who, after
the vessels have been handed over to the
Chinese authorities, will go on board of
vessels oft he German squadron inChinese
waters.
LoauKiX, June I.—Premier Gladstone
stated iu the House of Commons this
evening that there was at present no
chance of offering the good offices of Great
Britain to France and China looking to a
settlement lietween the two last men
tioned nations in regard to the affair in
Tonquin.
Tamatav, June 1. —The French have
bombarded two ports on the northwest
coast of Madagascar, causing great de
struction of British and other merchan
dise. A French man-of-war aud a British
war sloop have left this harbor. The
Malagasy authorities are pressing for
ward their military preparations.
WORK ON THK MISSISSIPPI.
An Inspection Made at Vicksburg which
Satisfied the Commissioners.
New Orleans, June I.—A Vicksburg
special says that the United States
steamer Kinma Etheridge arrived there
last evening having on board General C.
B. Comstock, President; Major B. M. Har
rod and Captain C. B. Sears, of the Mis
sissippi ltiver Commission, and Captain
tV. L. Marshall, of the United States En
gineers. They inspected Plum Point and
Providence Beach and the work done
at Delta Point by the Commission. Gen.
Comstock was most favorably impressed
with the work at Providence reach, and
is satisfied that the plan and work done
there is a perfect success and will accom
plish the tiesired end and result in perma
nent benefit to the navigation of the river.
Some very decided changes have been
made in the channel there as predicted by
Captain Marshall.
A careful inspection was made of the
revetment work done at Delta Point, and
it was found that not the slightest portion
of the work had given way. General
Comstock says that this revetment
work has demonstrated beyond cavil that
it is ]H>ssihle to hold the bank in place
and prevent it from eavinif by this
method. The work at this point has had
a fair and satisfactory test. It has stood
the attacks of the strongest current on
the river for several months without yield
ing. Any other bank where the reveting
is thoroughly done will do the same. An
inspection of the dredging work now in
progress in Vicksburg harbor was made,
and in the opinion of these gentlemen the
plan of making deep water will eventual
ly prove successful. Mr. Comstock left
for New Y'ork. Air Searls for St. Louis and
Mr. Harrod for New Orleans.
RACING AT LOUISVILLE.
lift Events which I>evelope<l Some
Pretty Exhibitions.
Lovi.syii.lk, June I.— To-day’s events
resulted as follows:
First Rack—For the club purse and
fi's), for two-year-olds; five-eighths of a
mile. Rosary was first, Riltcard L sec
ond. Wizard third. The time was 1:04.'4.
First Rack —For the Magnolia stakes,
for all ages; s'2s each, SSOO added; three
quarter mile heats.
Fatinitza ..... 3 10 1
Saunterer . 12 0 2
Follow Play 3 8 0#
Claude Brannon 4 4 0 0
Time—l:ls, 1:16?*, 1:10 and 1:18?*.
Tiiirii Rack —For the Falls City han
dicap purse of S4OO, divided, one mile and
five hundred yards. Highflyer was first,
Wedding l>ay second, Ballard third.
Washburn. Japonica, Mammonist, Bas
sett. Dixictta and Fosteral also started.
Silvia was drawn, and Lute Fogle refused
a! the post. The time \vas2:l3' 4 .
Fm Kin Rack—For the Richards me
morial slakes for three year olds; iy 4
miles. Tifford was first.' Pearl Dhorn
second and Ocelot third. Mayonaise and
Charlie Lucas also started. Tiie time was
2:13. Long Night and Violator were
drawn.
Fifth K ack —For the club purse of s:uk>,
of which SSO to second; for 3-year-old til
lies that have not won in 1883; 1.1-16
miles. Rena B. was first. Brocade second
and Billetta third. Orange Blossom.
Sadie. McXairv, Olivette. Longmate, Pil
grim, Rose and Correct also started. The
time was 1:51.
O'KELLY VERSUS McCOAN.
The Otiurrel Dropped in tlic Commons
after a Short Debate.
lain lx in, June 1. —On the O'Kelly-Mc-
Coau affair coming up iu the nouse of
Commons this evening, Mr. O'Kelly rose
and stated to the House that he thought
the quarrel between himself and Mr. Mc-
Coan was a personal affair and was out
side of the jurisdiction of the House. lie
moreover stated that lie eared neither for
the opinion of the House nor of England,
but only for his own honor. Mr.
McCoan, he said, having refused to
apologize for the language used
in his address to his constituents relative
to him (O'Kellv) he was outside the cute
gorv of those whom honorable men
pay attention to. Premier Gladstone said
that Mr. O’Kelly should promise not to
carry the matter further, If be refused,
he (Gladstone) would be compelled to
submit the motion in regard to him.
Mr. O'Kelly answered that he consid
ered the matter ended. This statement
was regarded as a sufficient promise from
.Mr. O'Kelly and the subject was dropped.
Murder by a Maniac Mother.
Harrisbcbg,Pa., June I.—Airs. Susan
E. Douglass, aged 27 years, residing in
Cumberland county, during the absenee
of her husband, this morning Cfft the
throats of her three children —George,
aged 5 years; William F., aged 3 years
and •> months, and 11. A., aged 1 year
and then killed herself. All were
found dead. The woman used a
razor, ljer husband worked some dis
tance from home ami only returned Satur
day evening 4ml left Alonday morning.
The familv phvsleiau had warned the hus
band and family of the woman that she
showed signs of insanity, but the warn
ings were unheeded.
Epgland's Coveted Prize.
11>\ im in. June I.—Tte Daihi AVvxssays
that if the sons of the Queen should be ap
pointed Governor General of a great
eolonv tbe precedent would hate to In
followed in other eases. 1 bere could be
no valid reason why, if the Duke of Al
bany was made Governor General ol
C anada, another of the Queen s sons
should not take the \ lee-Royalty of India
and another the Jx>rd Lieutenancy ol Ire
land, '' - •
The Cdnvtct Murderer,
Joliet, 111., June I.— ln the case of
the prison convict John Anderson, who
was lound dying from knife wounds in his
cell vesterd’av morning, the Coroner s
iurv found that he was murdered by his
%elf mate, Michael Mooney, who had se
edily tali,’ 11 the knife from a file to ac
complish his purp<.sc.
Weather Indications. -
Or*7C3 chief Signal Observer,
WashjtGjtoH, D. C., tjuoe I.— lndications
for Saturday:
lii (he South Atlantic States, partly
cloud.v\v gather and Ideal rains, winds
—4v stationary or higher tem
niu. .. 4 ml t.
perature an,., ' cuFC*
WBat will Brown's Iron c...
It will cure Heart Disease, Paralysis,
Proper, Kidney Diseases. Consumption,
Dyspepsia, Hheumatism, and all similar
diseases. Its wonderful curative power
is simplv because it purifies and enriches
the blood, thus loginning at tbe founda
tion.and bv building up the system, drives
out all disease. For the peculiar troubles
to which ladies are subject it is invalua
ble. It is the only preparation of iron
that does not color teeth or cause
headache.
TWO LIVES ON ONE GIBBET
BAILEY AND WIMHISH HANGED
ItEFORE THOUSANDS.
The Former Comparatively Calm, but
the Latter Hxcited— Both Confident of
Salvation—Two Harangues on the
Scaffold—Last Hours In Jail—Stories
of the Crimes.
Macon, June L—John Bailey and
Henry Wimbish, both colored, were pub
licly hanged in this city to-day at 1
o’clock on the same gallows. The couniry
for miles around has leen agog for day's
and days in anticipation of the event, a
public double execution not being an
every day occurrence in Georgia.
Throughout the whole of last night
every road leading from the country
into the city was dotted with ex
pectant bands of spectators who hail
trudged many weary miles in order to be
earlv on band at the scene of the hideous
tragedy to which thev looked forward
with such inhuman morbidity. The un
toward event seemed to possess an espe
cial fascination for the colored community'
who flocked to the city from every direc
tion in droves.which numerically doubled
those of the whites. It is not surprising,
therefore, that the crowd which
had gathered when the fatal hour
arrived was fully B,non in number
-Many were, indeed, not slow to charac!
terize this estimate as altogether too low,
and assert with indisputable positivenoss
that the throng did not ftiU a whit short
A day or two ago a siieculative indi
vidual commenced the erection of a grand
stand for the accommodation of some part
of the sjieculators, but upon the city
authorities demanding a license fee
ot $lO6 the speculator, with inex
cusably bad business foresight, de
sisted from his enterprise, and left
the throng to content themselves
as best they could with the accommo
dations offered free of cost by the natural
advantages of the field, which was once
the site ol the famous old Fort Oglethorpe
For several days past the portals of the
jail in which the doomed men were con
fined have been liesieged by a heterogene
ous crowd of negroes, who* devoured with
avidity every word which managed to
creep from the dungeon to their midst.
Hus morning found those tireless senti
nels still at their posts, but aii‘ r
mented, however, by a countless
addition of crackers of every hue and
description.
The last hours of the prisoners were
not particularly full of incident, but the
interest of the crowd was not a
whit diverted, notwithstanding. Yester
day afternoon the wives of the
condemned men visited them in their
cells and took their farewell in an inter
view which was over three hours in dura
tion. The News correspondent, who was
an eye-witness during the greater part of
the time, was not impressed with the
scene as being a particularly affecting
one. Bailey was. it is true. *nmcii
agitated, and his wife appeared all de
votion to him, but with Wimbish and his
wife it was entirely different. Neither one
gave evidence ol much emotion, and it is
more than doubtful whether thev felt any.
The prisoners retired at ! o’clock and
slept soundly until 4 o’clock this morn
ing, when they called to the jailer and
asked permission to sing and prav. They
continued at their devotions, without in
terruption, until! o’clock, when Father
Colltert was admitted to the dungeon, and.
after a short . season of prayer
and exhortation, administered the
last rites of the church and sprinkled the
condemned men with holy water.
After partaking lightly of a dainty
breakfast the prisoners rearranged their
toilets with the scrupulous devotion pro
verbial with murderers preparing for the
scaffold.
Father Colbert, who confirmed the men
a few days ago, never left their side after
his coming, and tried with every per
suasive word at his command
to impress upon his proselytes
the solemnity of their impending
doom. In the case of Wimbish lie
did not appear to be altogether successful,
but Bailey proved very much more sus
ceptible, and was profuse in his expres
sions of repentance and faith in liis future
salvation.
At half-past ten o’clock the Floyd Rifles
and Southern Cadets, under command of
Lieut. Col. C. M. Wiley, marched to the
jail, whence the prisoners, jailer, sheriff,
guards and Father Colbert were escorted
to the gallows, in the rear of the Central
Railroad shops.
The passing ot the final sentence of death
on the two prisoners was made simulta
neously on the 28th of last April, and from
that time forth the two men were insepara
ble.
The period intervening since that time
they had imssed chained to the floor of
the same dungeon, whiling awav a good
part of the time, no doubt, in offering each
other consolation for the common doom
which was impending over them both. In
the eyes of the crowd, therefore, the scene
partook somewhat of the execution of two
friends, a fact which doubtless lent it
double interest.
On the arrival at the ground the
prisoners were taken by the Sheriff to a
tent in the rear of the gallows, where the
priest consumed one hour in religious
services. The white robes were
then placed on the prisoners
by the jailer, and the Sheriff
led them up on the scaffold. Bailey
exhibited much emotion, but Wimbisii
mounted the gibbet with a smile and
laughed during the recitation of the
prayer for the condemned, for which he
was rebuked by the lirjest.
Alter a little Bailey stepped forward
and with a trembling voice said: “1 am
before you for a short time. Death is
sure and life uncertain. I thank Mr. Clay
and Air. Foster and his family and all oth
ers for their attentions. I recommend
that you all pray and try to meet in
Heaven and appear at the great judg
ment throne, where we all shall give an
account of ourselves. Thank God I hope
to meet yonfall in Heaven. We all have
a way to go—l have set my stake aud
have held to it.”
M’inibish then stepped lorward and said:
“I am here before you all in the fleshy
body; my spirit has’gone.” His language
was so incoherent that no one could un
derstand it; and lie shortly commenced
shouting and singing and exhorting in
the old cornfield style.
Father Colbert told him to look upon
his cross, and that he was to die a Catho
lic, and not to make any shoutingdisplny.
After another short prayer the black
caps were drawn over their heads, and
precisely at 1 o'clock the trap fell. In the
fall of five feet the neckS of both men were
broken and death must have been instan
taneous. No movement of the muscles
was noticeable after the drop fell, and it
is presumed that their death was painless.
After swinging 20 minutes in the breeze
the hideous spectacle was ended by the
cutting down of the bodies, which were
examined by I)rs. Wright, Ferguson and
Gewinner and-lifte pronounced extinct, -
John Bailey's body was given to his
wife, who conveyed it to Unionville for
burial, and Henry Witnbish's remains
were carried to Stursonville, another
suburban negro village.
When the bodies were first cut down
the crowd made a movement as if to rush
forward and catch a last glimpse of the
murderers, bqt the intention was frus
trated by the militia men, who stood a
cordon around the inclosure. The best
of order was maintained throughout the
entire proceedings, and after the de
parture of the remains the crowd dis
lieraed and the demolition of the gibbet
commenced.
W IMBISH S BLOODY DIRK.
The Story of the Fatal Fight Which Sent
Him to the Gall >ws.
Ilenrv Wimbish was a well-built mu
latto, about live feet and a half high. His
was not a brutish face, allthougu theye
was a want of intelligence in the expres
sion of the eye. He was a man of quick
temper,it is said, but not naturally ihcl'med
to get into difficulties, We was born ip
Chambers county, Ala,, near Opelika,
and was about thirty years of age. He
came to Macon a vear or two after the
war. He spent most, of the time working
on a farm in Wilkinson county. He bad
also been in the employ of Mr. G. J.Blake
and Mr. Peter Harris, who run brick
yards just IfilOJV Macon. He had
also worked in Monroe and iIT,W
ford counties. His last employment
Was unde" Mr. Joe Harris on the gravel
train on thejjast Tenonsiee, Virginia and
Georgia Railroad. Qn the lift day of iu= f
T line while at work with 3lorgan W ash
{ujHo'n i adjusting some cross-ties, a dis
pute aTbse, during Wbicn Ihh iJdJraS
—iW, and Wc pien flinched, and W lin
- •••Pltntt* Vigorously oil Jfasli
{,rßh piled u. ..
!ffw^home, r , V . t .;
sr s vr
not to prosecute J* t une a „n
inquest was held on tbetUhof
after the examination of three w' ’
and Dr, Gewinner, attendant phj sictau,
SAVANNAH. SATURDAY, JUNE 2. 1883.
I I be jury brought in the following verdict:
''We, the jury, find that the deceased
; Morgan \\ asbingtou came to his death bv
j hand of Henry Wimbish on last Wed’-
; nesday resulting from knife wounds in
j nieted by Henry Wimbish, and from the
i evidence of all the witnesses we believe
Henry Wimbish guilty of murder.”
‘••Macon, June 11. 1882.”
During the October term of court of last
year he was tried and convicted of murder
in the first degree. He was given every
laeility to prove his innocence, and every
effort made upon the part of his counse'l
to mitigate the crime and to soften the
verdict after it was rendered,
but all to no avail. On December
12th he was sentenced to hang
by Judge T. J. Simmons, on the 19th dav
of January 1883. His counsel appealed
for anew trial, which was not granted.
Then the counsel, as a last resort in be
half of his client, appealed to the Supreme
< ourt of Georgia. The case came up be
fore that tribunal in March last, and the
judgment of the court below was sus
tained. On Saturday, April 2*th. he was
sentenced to die, the’day set being the Ist
day of June, 1883.
Air. IL A\ . Patterson, as a last effort,
sued out a writ of lunacy, whic h on Tues
day afternoon, Aiav Btb. at half-past three
o’clock, came off in the Ordinary's
office at the court house. A jury composed
of the following gentlemen was sworn:
Messrs. A. Aiix, G. C. Connor, RolandJL
Hall, At. G. Schwed, Jere Hollis, P. O.
Holt, J. L. Saulsbury, J. C.C. Burnett, 11.
J. Cherry, Wm. A. Poe, J. Madison Jones
amt Dr. E. Fitzgerald. Air. It. W. Patter
son, counsel for Wimbish, and Solicitor
General Hardeman conducted the exami
natioii. Drs. W. F. Holt, C. H. Hall and
E. r itzgerald were in attendance as ex
perts. Several witnesses were examined
who testified to Henry’s peculiarities and
weaknesses of mind, hut all this testimony
was as to the condition of his mind prior
to conviction. Jailer Foster testified as
to Ins conduct in jail. The fhree physi
cians then held an examination ami're
ported the result. The jurv spent some
time in deliberating, caretully weighing
all the testimony, and examining the
prisoner themselves. The foreman, Mr.
J. L. Saulslmry then brought in a verdict
that AV nnbish was of sound mind. The
jury was polled after the usual manner
and the prisoner remanded to jail to await
his execution, his faithful counsel, Air.
Patterson, having exhausted everv
means in his power to save him froth
the gallows. During the trial AVimbish
sat in the room and picked at his. hat.
He received Hie verdict with the same
indifference that lie had received the death
sentence. Wimbish has a wife and one
child, one child having died since his in
carceration. The wife lias been to see
him only a few times since he has been in
jail. She visited him on last Tuesday,
but exhibited but little concern about the
awful death awaiting him.
BAILEY'S FATAL SHOT.
How a Shining Dollar Cost Two Men
Their Lives.
John Bailey was a small black man,
with regular African features, but show
ing more intelligence than Wimbish. He
was not quite' as tall as his Celt com
panion, and had a better appearance. lie
was compactly built, quite voung look
ing, although lie was twenty-eight years
old Alay 1, 1883. He was horn in
Clarkesville, N. C. He came to Georgia
when quite young, and was purchased by
Air. John Fitzpatrick, of Twiggs county.
Here ho remained until emancipation
freed him, and became to Macon. He
had been residing in and around Aiacon
ever since. lie was a cook for some time
for Alajor C. A. Thorpe; afterwards lie
was a carriage driver and house boy for
Judge T. J. Simmons; then he worked for
J. J. Clay, Esq., in the oemet ry, ami Was
in the employ of Air. F. B. Gartrell, on
Cotton avenue, when he got into the diffi
culty with an old negro, Parish Tappan,
whom he shot and killed. Bailey was
always a good, sober and reliable servant.
June last, John Bailey was attending a
lodge of the Sons and Daughters of Jacob,
over Alex. Tatum’s store on Cotton ave
nue. He wanted a dollar changed to pay
liis dues, and went down stairs into the
store without his hat, to get the dollar
changed. An old man named Parish Tap
pan, the clerk, was the only one behind
the counter, but several men were in the
store. Tappan took the dollar, but did
not change it for some time. When Bai
ley asked for the change, Tappan said his
money drawer hud been robbed. Bailey
got mad at Tappan’s delay, and finally
asked for the change. Tappan said “give
me the dollar.” Bailey saidJie had given
it to him already. Then arose a dispute
as to whether the money had been given
or not. Some hot words passed, and the
matter ended by Tappan being shot and
killed. Bailey ran away, and was gone
for several months. He afterwards came
back to Macon, and was hiding in the su
burbs of the city, when he was overtaken
by Chief of Police Hurley.
On November 20th his trial came up in
Bibb Superior Court, Judge T. J, Simmons
presiding.
The jury was only out about an hour
when they returned a verdict of guilty.
The prisoner -was sentenced to he hung
on the tilth of January, 1883. During the
announcement of the* sentenc? the Judge
exhibited great emotion. Bailey had been
a servant in his own household, and the
recollection of his kindness and tondness
for his child, the Judge almost became
lost in the father. John Bailey wept bit
terly as he beheld the emotion of the man
who, by the law’s decree pronounced the
fearful declaration, “Y’ou are to lie hanged
by the neck until you are ..dead—dcad
dend ! Aiav God have mercy on your soul.”
The prisoner was overcome, and he was
led away to jail. His faithful counsel,
determined to exhaust every means to
save him, applied for anew trial, but this
was denied. They appealed to the Cu
preine Court, but that tribunal refused to
reverse the decision of the lower court.
Thus John Bailey waS doomed to death.
MADE FRIENDS RY FATIJ.
The Two Criminals Chained to the Floor
of the Same llungeoii.
Henceforth John Bailey and Henry Wim
bisfi became inseparable, They were
chaiued to the floor of the same coil. They
were brought out together on Saturday’,
April *2K, 1883, and stood before Judge
Simmons for the second time to hear the
sentence of death. Bailey was greatly
agitated, but Wimbish assumed a stolid
indifference as the day was announced for
their execution.
Their cell life has not been marked by
any special demonstration. The devo
tion of Bailey’s wife is in strange con
trast with that of Wimbish's. She has
been a constant visitor, and done every
thing to console the unfortunate husband.
They sent for the colored preachers,
who wept, as they thought, rather tardily.
Father Oalbert, of the Catholic Church,
passing one day, told Jailer Foster that
if his services were desired by the unfor
tunate men. that he would come at any
time. They sept for hint, and be has
been making regular visits every day
since, Tlje Sisters of Mercy plso wept to
them to pray with thciii. They expressed
a desire to join the Catholic Church.
They were received and baptized
by Father Calbert. On last Thurs
day, the 24th ult.. Bishop Gross visited
their cell, and confirmed them as mem
bers of tbe Catholic church, and admin
istered such consolation as the rites of the
church confer. They have been visited
every day by both priest and Sisters, and
the culprits stated that they were pre
pa red for death.
G. Bauman took the pictures of the
criminals last Thursday in lmtli sitting
and standing positions. ‘ *' ' ' "
The gallows had beeii prepared for sev
eral days and everything had been put in
readiness by Sheriff Westeott, so that
there was no halting or confusion in the
execution.
For tile Murder of His Wife.
Raleigh, N. C., June 1.-Robert Hen
derson, who murdered his wife near Ox
ford. N. C., last 1 November, bv beating
her. was hanged at Oxford to-day. The
execution was private j only a few persons
being admitted within tfic ’epclosure,
a large cudwd filled (fie town',' as it
was expected that the hanging would
be public. He made a full
confession. The drop fell soon after noon.
There w r as a very bitter feeling toward
Henderson, who narrowly escajHHl lynch
imr.the day after the murder. He had
been tried iii April, and was sentenced on
♦he last day of that month. The jury was
composed equally ot white ami colored
men and quickly-agreed on a verdict. The
wommi was about to become a mother at
fjie time of her murder, ■ •
Cold Water on the Cpfll-Peruvian
Treaty.
Lullfruit, fiune i.—Tfie Peruvian Charge
d'Affaires here, in a letter to the
states that General Jglesias has po am
thority to conclude a treaty of peace with
„ ‘ ~ A f hat the only effect of the
Cnili, ftuu --- ** v * him would l>o to
signing of a treaty witu oew
promote
Mr. David Ghyb,.,. Ca , jays:'
“Jly strength anij appetite I qUickH re
gained by the use of Brown’s Iron Bit
ters."
CAFFREY’S DOOM SEALED.
LORD SPENCER REFUSES TO
COMMUTE THE SENTENCE,
The Execution to Occur Ts-Day-
Kelly’s Case Not Yet Hopeless—The
Kerry “Sentinel” Publishers Sum
moned—The County Mayo Prisoners
Arraigned—London’s In vine ikies.
DrpLix, June I.—The ladies’ commit
tee to aid political prisoners have sent the
following telegram to Premier Gladstone:
“We appeal to you on the ground of hu
manity for the commutation of the sen
tence of Thomas Caffrev and Timothy
Kelly, two of the condemned Phuenix Park
murderers. Three lives have already been
taken in atonement for two. We ask for
mercy.”
Caffrey was sentenced to be hanged on
June 2d and Kelly on June 9th.
Earl Spencer, Lord Lieutenant of Ire
land, refused to reprieve Caffrey.
AV. Edward Harrington, editor of the
Kerry Sentinel, and the printers of that
paper have been summoned to answer a
charge of printing the poster which ap
peared on the 19th ult. inviting persons
who desired to join the Invincibles to at
tend a meeting to be held on the following
dav.
The work of the committee in charge of
the Take fund for 1883 is rapidly drawing
to a close. The committee have thus far
dispatched 4,600 emigrants f/om Counties
Mayo and Galway.
Castlebar, June I.—The prisoners
charged with being connected with the
recently discovered murder conspiracy in
County Alayo were arraigned here yester
day. Informer Coleman ' was
sworn. He testified that he
was a Fenian in 1866, and
that one of the prisoners offered
him £23 for shooting one gentleman. Cole
man mentioned the names of others whom
it had been resolved to murder. The hear
ing was continued.
This morning an informer testified that
he hail received a letter from Nally, one
of the prisoners, containing apian to mur
der an inspector of police who had at
tacked a mob at Ballna.
London, June I.—The dynamite con
spirators. Dr. Gallagher, Bernard Gal
lagher, Ansburg, Curtin, Whitehead and
AV ilson, against whom true bills were
found yesterday, were arraigned in the
Old Bailey this morning before Justice
Hawkins. They pleaded not guiltv, and
their trial was fixed for the 11th inst.
NALL’S DEFICIT PAID.
Conley Tuts Up the Money and Sues the
Bondsmen.
Atlanta, June I. —Joe Nall has been
under arrest in liis sick bed all day, but
rumor says that the amount of the defi
ciency has been made good to-night. As
the story goes Postmaster Conley paid
the government and then entered suit
against Nall’s bondsmen for over eight
thousand dollars. The recent exposure
of the previous shortage lias lost Air.
Nall much of the sympathy originally ex
pressed for him. It is a bad ease, ami one
of long standing.
The big Library Assoeiation excursion
ot ladies and gentlemen goes to Macon in
the morning, and will picnic at the Cen
tral City park.
AV . A. Turk, the Southwestern Passen
ger Agent of the Richmond and Danville
in Atlanta, is to-daY announced as Assist
ant General Freight and Passenger Agent
of the AVestern North Carolina Railroad.
The new fruit line was opened to-day
from Charleston to Louisville.
Two Austell refrigerator cars went to
Savannah to-night on a passenger train.
Air. Brisnoe assumed his duties as
Secretary of the Railroad Commission to
day, and Air. Palmer and Air. Harrison
theirs in the Executive Department.
The Post-Appeal has knocked quite a
hole in the real estate boom with its solid
shot of yesterday and to-day. It has
created quite a sensation in certain
circles.
Another batch of bogus Defoor family
murderers has been arrested. It is a
mystery that will not easily be solved.
The police made another raid on a
private gambling room this afternoon'and
captured three parties.
The illegal voting cases against certain
prominent citizens have been abandoned.
As was expected, the grand jury thought
the law not sufficiently plain to admit ot
prosecution.
BELLEVILLE STILL AT PEACE.
Pittsburg Jubilant Over the Agreement
on the Wages Scale.
Pittsburg, June I.—The signing of the
scale of wages by the iron manufacturers
yesterday caused great rejoicing among
all classes. A number of mills are run
ning to-day, but most are shut down till
Alonday to allow the employes to attend
the annual picnic of the Amalgamated
Association at Beaver, Pa., on Saturday.
On Monday every mill will have resumed.
The wire drawers of Oliver’s mill on the
south side, to the number of 250, and also
those employed by the Cambria iron
works at Johnstown, Pa., struck to-dav
against a 10 per cent, reduction of wages.
DksAlojnks, low a, June I—The strik
ing miners, in addition to blowing up the
residences of certain colored men brought
here to take their places, are charged
with firing two houses *of miners last
night, a few miles out of town. There is
no clue to the jierpetrators.
Sr. Louis, June 1, —Thirty.four of the
riotous miners near Collinsville, Indiana,
who pleaded guilty to indictments for
riot, were each fined f25 and costs, but a
stay of execution was granted during
their good behavior,
EXONERATED OF FRAUD.
The New Qrleans Election Cases Won by
the Defendants.
New Orleans, June I.—Several wit
nesses testified in the election fraud trials
yesterday that they had registered trom
the ward and precinct specified, but did
not vote, There were also sub
mitted the names of nine per
sons which appeared on the poll
list book as having voted, but which did
not appear upon the indexed registration
book of that poll. The names of eight
persons were also submitted which had
been recorded as voting ?wq or three
times. The State at H o’clock last night
rested its case.
To-day many witnesses testified that
they had been registered in the Fourth
ward, but had not voted, although so
recorded in the books kept by the commis
sioners a|it| clerks, Other witnesses gave
testimony as to irregularities in the man
ner of conducting the election by the de
fendents. After argument the case was
submittee to the jury, who in an hour re
turned a verdict of not guilty.
MEXICAN FINANCES.
The Kweutive Authorized to Liquidate
the National I)eht.
Mexico, June l.—LeColitna states that
work has been suspended on the, Mexican
National Railroad on the Pacific coast.
The Congressional Committee has re
ported a bill authorising"the'Executive
to liquidate the nationsl debt, ex
cepting only the debts of the empire,
those of the Miramon and Fuloaga
Governments and claims already rejected.
The claims admitted by the Mexican atod
American intend' eoi‘uml§fciqii and tfiqse
for railroad ‘subventions are not affected
by the proposed settlement. The Execu
tive is authorized to issue bonds bearing
3 per cent, interest, receivable for govern
ment lands, adjudicated property and leC
ters patent, the debt to remain national
The details ol the settlement iiitolves’
that the smouaU recognized are left
entirety to the Executive. The bill has
passed its first reading, audits discussion
will begin immediately.
Failures in IGiaineas
Y((Hh, .tune’t. The l>u si nets mil
urefi reported by the Meroautlle Agency
of H, G, Dun & Cos„ during the past week,
number 151, against 158 last week. The
New England States had 21, Middle States
16, Western States 42, Southern States 26,
Pacific States and Territories 13, New
York city 8, and Canada and the Prov
inces 25. The only failures of importance
in New York were the assignments of
Max Mlieuthal, tobaoop dealer, and Cohn
A r ox, shofes:'John- Halter Brewer, of
Brooklyn, has also assigned. Tbe most
prominent failure in the country was that
ofE Buckley, Of San \ntonio, Texas. WOol
deafer, with UaqilHfes of W50.0H0. His
assets haye not beep ascertained yet.
Havana, June I.—Ricardo P, Rohlv fe
Cos. and ty Cos., the firms w hich
were reported yesterday to have sus
pended payments, kept their doors open
to-day, and it is now stated that both will
continue to meet their engagements as
usual. It is said that the matter of the
$200,000 expected by Ricardo P, jvohlv &
Cos. iroili £ Cos. has been settled.
Mr. J. I. Daniels, Mclntosu, Qa., Days:
“Brown’s Iron Bitterfe felieVed luy sister
pf general debility and dy@f>e|>Big
GEORGIA'S TAX OFFSET. *
i
The Revolutionary Claim Decided
Against the State.
Washington, June I.—The first Comp
troller of the Treasury has rendered a
decision in the case involving the right of
tiie United States to apply the money ap
propriated by Congress to the State of
Georgia as a set off against the quota of
the direct taxes apportioned to that State
by the direct tax act of August 5, 1861.
He holds that the act of Alarch 3, 1883, to
refund to the State of Georgia certain
money expended by said State for the
common defense in 1777 does not in any
respect affect or suspend the law requir
ing the accounting officers of the Treasury
Department to make a set off, and is not
mandatory in the sense of repealing or
suspending any prior existing statute. The
same rule now applied to the State of
Georgia has been applied to the States ot
Kansas, AVest Virginia and Missouri. The
balance certified by the First Comptroller
Alay 29, 1868, as due to the United States
from the State of Georgia for its quota of
the direct tax has not been in any form
set aside or rendered inoperative.
The debt statement issued to-day
shows the decrease of the public debt
during the month of May to be $4,890,-
476 60, the cash in the Treasury $317,868,-
062 34, the gold certificates outstanding
$83,460,940, the silver certificates out
standing $80,033,331, the certificates of de
posit outstanding $11,805,000, the refund
ing certificates $358,000, the legal tenders
$340,081,016, the fractional currency out
standing $7,003,598 Hi, and the cash bal
ance available $131,549,631 42.
A post office to Be called Langley was
to-da> established In Emanuel county,
Georgia.
Upon the application of Gov. O’Neal, of
Alabama, the Secretary of the Interior
has consented to alfciw a rehearing of the
land grant case of the Alabama and Chat
tanooga Railroad Company, in which
there is a difference of opinion with
regard to the intent and effect of the grant
ing act.
Secretary Teller rendered a decision in
this case on the 21st of last December, but
as the Legislature of Alabama does not
agree with his interpretation of the law,
and as the case is an important one, lie
expresses his entire willingness to hear
further argument in order that the State
may be fully satisfied. •
THE I’OI’E IN DIPLOMACY.
Prussia’s Ministry to Take Church Mat
ters Into their Own Hands.
London, June-l.—A dispatch from Ber
lin to the Exchange Telegraph Company
says: “Prince Bismarck presided yester
day at the meeting of the Prussian AlinisJ
try. It was decided by tj|g Alinistry to
take the regulrtion of church matters into
their own hands, independent of Rome,
and to submit a bill in the Diet providing
for a modification of the Aiav laws.”
The Standard’s correspondent at Rome
says: “A vehement antagonism exists be
tween Cardinal Ledochoski, Archbishop
ol Posen, and Baron Von Schlosser. The
latter accuses the former of intriguing to
frustrate negotiations, and the Cardinal
accuses Baron Von Schlosser of bad
faith.”
Rome, June I.—The Vatican has aban
doned tor the present all hope (ft' establish
ing diplomatic relations with England.
L' Osseroatore Jlomano savs that al
though Baron Von Schloezen' will shortly
leave Rome he will return on tiie expira
tion of his three months leave of absence.
Le Moniteur denies that the negotiations
between Prussia aud the Vatican have
been broken off, but says Prussia will ex
perience great difficulty In replying ter
Cardinal Jacobi's note.
Berlin, June I.—The bill to be sub
mitted to the Diet by the Prussian Alinis
try, providing for the modification of the
Alay laws is not intended to be an organic
measure, but one removing the chief ob
jections to those laws. The bill will con
sist of a single paragraph allowing the
saying of mass and the dispensing of the
Sacrament, in consideration of the re
cognition of the government’s modified
rule in regard to the duty of notifying
the government of church appointment.
THE CLOSING FESTIVITIES.
Banquet* the Order of the Day at
Moscow.
Moscow, June 1. —The imperial regalia
used on the occasion of the coronation
were to-day returned to the Kremlin with
great ceremony. A State banquet will be
given to-night to the Mayors of cities and
the members of the nobility.
AI. Waddington and Gen. Von Scliwei
nitz, the French and German representa
tives at the coronation, repectively, will
both give banquets Sunday to the foreign
representatives.
London, June I.—The Pall Mall
Gasette publishes a letter dated Alay 24,
from the Nihilist Shepniak, author of
“Underground Russia,” in which the
writer says that the Czar will not be mo
lested at the coronation liecause the sys
tem of attacks to create terror lias been
replaced by plans for a coup d’etat and
attempts at revolt,
Sued for 5H300.000.
St. Louis, .June 1. —The Wiggins Ferry
Company, of this city, entered suit in the
Circuit Court to-day for $300,000 damages
against the Chicago and Alton Railway
Company, for breach of contract in 1864.
The Alton and St. Lonis Railway Com
pany, the predecessors of the Chicago and
Alton Company, made a contract with
the Ferry Company for the exclusive
ferriage of the Railroad Company's
business, passenger and freight, across
t.ie river trom East St. Louis to the city.
AVhen the bridge opened the ferriage busi
ness drifted away from the ferry company.
A former suit between the same parties
for breach ot contract, resulted in a judg
ment in favor of the ferry company for
$130,000.
Bat and Ball,
Games of base ball were played yester,
day as follow* ■
At AYashington—Nationals 10; Eclipse,
of Louisville, 9.
At Providence—Providences 7; Cleve
lands 3.
At Boston—llarvards 13; Princetons 4.
Buffalos 7; Bostons 5.
.\t Philadelphia—Athletics 15; picked
2. Sullivan pitched for the Athletics.
Chicagoes 10; Philadelphias 1.
At New York—Thursday’s games closed
as follows: Metropolitan 10; Columbia*
3; Detroits 1; New A'orks 4, New Yorks
13;Detroits 7.
At Brooklyn—Columbia*a; Brooklyns 4.
At Richmond—St. Louis 7; Richmonds 4.
The Fall from the Bridge.
Gorham, N. H., June I.—The wreck
on the Grand Trunk Railroad at Stratford
is cleared away and trails ;u:e n6\y run
ning. The bridge is not broken as was at
ijrst reported. Hie accident was caused
by a freight train being moved by the
wind along the siding so that it was
struck by a passing train and thus thrown
from the track on the bridge. The bodies
of the engineer and tireinan have been re
covered from the river, and the iinured
brakeman, Radelift'e, was also recovered.
Blown to Atoms by a Boiler.
East Saginaw, Mich., June I.—The
shingle mill of G. V. Turner A Sons,
eight miles below this city, was Blown to
atoms this morning' By an bi-plosion of a
1101101-. Vfillfam G. V. Turner, engineer;
Hil-am Goulding, tij-entau, and John Mc-
Dowell, bight watchman, were killed. J.
L. Turner and Rose Flew were seriously
injured, and Orlando Seiders and JL’eter
Nelson fatally, The cai. SS 0 { explosion is
uot Kr.CTTif. The damage is *o,OOQ
Mny<t>(t,<> by a Maniac.
F-RTKK.S'BIjRG, Va., June I.—Last night
Glenroy Henson, the coloretl keeper ofthe
city hay scales, was murdered by bis
stepson, John Henson, a lunatic, by strik
ing him on the head with a fence paling,
in which there were several nails. The
nails pertetfated the skull, causing almost
instantaneous death, The murderer was
lodged in jail.
A Death Trap Sprung.
Philadelphia. June I.—While a large
cask weighing 372 pounds was being
hoisted to •an upper floor of the paper
warehouse on Commerce street this eve
ning, the rope broke and the cask fell on
tw-o men. Joseph McCullough was in
stantly killed'alia Edward Kelly sustained
injuries which will probably prove fatal.
The rOpe was rotten anaun|t for use.
T4*r*<i Bodies at Onp Drowuinjj.
Saginaw, Mich., June I.—John Fitz
gerald, John Walton grid John Xausland,
log employed by the Muskegon
Boom Company, were drowned in the
Muskegon river at Herseyyesterday. The
bodies had not been recovered at last
advices.
Spanish Gold for American Sufferers.
Madrid, June I.—The Cuban budget,
w hich was read in the Chamber of Depu
ties on Wednesday, provides for the pay*
ment of the remainder of tpe indemnity of
*4,44hy awarded by the Spanish and Ameri
can Comuiiskidu to. the Americans who
euflered losses during the Cuban revolt,
ATLANTA AND HER BOOM.
INNUMERABLE ENTERPRISING
PROJECTS UNDERWAY'.
Mercantile and Military Structures to be
Erected ou a Mammoth Scale—A Pri
vate Asylum for the Insane—A Fair
Debutante’s Sorrow—Other Note* of In
terest.
Atlanta, May 31.—The Gate City is
on the biggest kind of a I >oolll just now.
Our leading citizens of wealth and influ
ence have become aroused to our deficien
cies as a great city, and determined ef
forts are being made to supply some of
them.
The Gate City Social Club is already in
its elegant club house; the Georgia Jookev
Club has already applied for a charter :
the Chamber of Commerce has over a
hundred new members and proposes to
own its building in future; a Cotton Ex
change is also talked about; the Gov
ernor’s Horse Guards are to have an ele
gant new armory.
Most of these projects are on a sure
foundation, as they are backed bv such
men as S. M. Inman, B. E. Crane,’ If. J.
Lowry, E. P. Howell, Anthony Murphy,
E. L. Vorhies, John 11. Janies, John
Keely, AA alter A. Taylor, and two hund
red other leading citizens.
The paving of Marietta street is pro
gressing rapidly, and the work is well
done. To-day an eight-mule team is plow
ing up the street in front of the eapitol
and post office, and within a month the
work will be entirely finished to the
Peachtree street junction with Belgian
blocks.
Capt. AA . D. Grant’s force is coming in
to the city from the old McPherson Bar
racks on Peters street, where they are
macadamizing in a substantial manner.
During the summer Decatur street will
have Belgian blocks, and other main
steeds be macadamized.
Judge 11. E. AY. Palmer, of AYashington,
and Hon. AY. H. Harrison, of Lumpkin,
are in the city, and to-morrow will occu
py the chairs in the Executive Depart
ment now filled by Col. Isaac AV. Avery
and Mr. C. A. Seidell, who retire to-day
from service.
The colored excursionists to Marietta
had their usual experience yesterday. It
has come to be a common tiling for Deco
ration day in that place to be made a
nuisance to the white population, and a
scene of fighting and frolic for the negroes.
Decent white people, outside of a few
Federal officials, long since abandoned the
attempt to decorate with propriety the
graves of the Union soldiers in the Na
tional Cemetery. A reform in this direc
tion is earnestly demanded.
Atlanta has no Tybeeor Montgomery to
excurt to on Sundays to enjoy the sea
breezes, but enterprising railroad men are
running well filled cars, on ./excursion
rates, to Stone Mountain and Marietta
every Sunday.
The recent visit of the committee ol
legislators to the State Lunatic Asylum
at Milledgeville has given anew impetus
to the project for establishing a private
resort in Georgia tor a class of insane
people who are able to pay for proper
accommodations and good medical atten
tion.
Dr. Henry Boynton, of A T ermont, \yth
J. A. Ansley and other gentlemen of
this city, has inaugurated a movement to
create such a place at Catoosa Springs,
and a charter Is applied for under the
name of the Catoosa Springs Sanatarium
Company. Thousands of people all over
Georgia will hail the advent of this long
desired institution. It will soon have
plenty of patients of the better class of
insane.
It is safe to predict that w hen the com
mittee shall report to the July session in
regard to their observations at the State
Lunatic Asylum, there will be some legis
lation to secure a better classification of
the patients, and to remove some of the
most harmless from the institution. This
w'ill result in making room for more vio
lent cases now confined in countv jails.
Governor McDaniel has made tiie follow
ing appointment of a Board of Visitors to
the State University, at Athens: Rev.
Thomas G. Pond, Col. H. 11. Jones, J. H.
Dunham, 8. A. Reid, Rev. ,1. G. Ryals,
Col. Mark Johnston, Thomas P. Cleveland
and Prof. W. J. Xorthen. Several of
these gentlemen are quite proficient in the
duties of visitors, having served in that
capacity for several terms.
The Alabama editors were full of hearty
praise of Savannah, and the ladies were
just delighted with the rare beauty and
abundant hospitality of the “Forest City.”
AY hile Atlanta gave them a kindly greet
ing and a pleasant drive about the city,
they missed the varied scenery, the ocean
breezes and the shell roads of Savannah
and the one brightest and loveliest flower
of remembrance in the bouquet of their
excursion will bear the image ol the grand
old “Forest City,” whose brave sons and
charming daughters so well know when
and how to entertain.
Miss Selena Fetter, the talented voting
debutante of Louisville, Ky., wijl rea'ppef#
at the Grand Opera House in Chicago
next week with a heavy heart. It will be
remembered that Miss Belle Abell, the
brilliant young actress of Jacksonville,
Fla., made her debut with a heart almost
crushed by the sudden death of her belov
ed father. The same heavy blow has just
fallen upon Miss Fetter, who writes as
follows to Mrs. Nellie Herbert, of this
city:
“Your kind letter came to me last week,
and on the day that was destined to bring
me the first great sorrow of my life—the
death of my beloved father. His illness
had been one of years, but the decay of
health was so gradual that when at last
the fatal moment came it found us un
prepared for so great a loss. The
arrangements for my Chicago engage
ment are so far completed that it would
be impossible, without great loss to
the manager, to change them; so
I will go to my work Monday
? ext .„ a sore heart indeed.
It will be a hard trial for me, hut I trust,
with God’s help, I may be able to do my
duty, and with credit to both my friends
and myself.” There is here no boasting,
no expression of a desire to win mere
fame, but a holy, God-consecrated pur-,
pose to do her “duty.” So pure a woman
and so conscientious an actress deserves,
in this hour of sore trial, the hearty “God
help you” of every lover of a pure drama
and a purer stage.
Gov. McDaniel not only ha* t\u impedi
ment in his speech, but' also uue in his
action, Ufo'Ves, as lie talks, slowlv,
put generally with rare wisdom and pru
dence. He will take plenty of time to
select his staff officers—l sav select be
cause I think he will not have them iliru.st
upon him nolens volen^a, ud tofully investi
gate the affairs of tbe convict lease sy*.
f em ‘ iU e 3 111 disappoint bis best
friends bv tlie appointment St unworthy
men to office— not if he knows what be is
about, The State House will get all the
purification possible.
JLIW 1 last letter in re
paid to Col. Isaac AY*. Avery as a sucees
the State M. Browne, of
the State lm tusuv, is misunderstood by
soiUQ uf the friends of this well-known
gentleman. 1 merely suggested that so
gifted and experienced a journalist o u gkt I
not to be allowed to bis VaWs under
the robes of R college professor. Jdo not
qi,eiJon the ability and titties. ,r Col.
Avery for the position, and since I have
learned that ids health unfits him
for the laborious “midnight oil”
work of an editor, I heartilv
n°nw 111 . reccmmendation that
now proposes his name to the trustees for
1 eonsideratiun at the animal meet-,
ing. at which time the vacancy will
probably be filled. General Browne, like
Colonel Avery, was a journalist, a private
secretary and a gallant soldier,' and, like
Colonel Avery, had some little knowledge
of agricultural matters If Georgia
journalism i to lose the Cplonei from
active hen ice oh any of her great dailies,
I should be most happy to see him given
the desired Professorship.
I notice that “Richmond,” the able
South Carolina correspondent of the Au
gusta Chronicle, says Col. F. C. Morehead
“was the originator of the Atlanta Expo
sition and greatly assisted in conducting
it to a successful conclusion.'! Now this
is a very fruitful theme. Col. Thomas I*.
Stovall, of London, formerly of Augusta,
first suggested such an exposition, then
Hon. Edward Atkinson, of Boston, used
the suggestion to stir up the people, and
gobbled tfye movement
Its inlapcy, auil by the generous aid
of Senator Joseph E. R.-own, he was
enabled tp fgayf Is. At a later pe
riod Col ..Morehead and others helped on
the project. But to one man—too modest
to be known through newspaper puffs of
lus own suggesting, or gold badges and
naming ribbons, or speeches, often made
of his own labors—more than to anv other
was the success due. I refer to the Hon.
Sam M. Inman, the Treasurer, whose
hrmneßs, business tact and generous con
duct saved the enterprise from bankrupt
cy at thestort and prevented KimliaU from
making It it failurd at the last, He was
the sheet apcfior of tfie concern, and yet the
most modest and meritorious official in the
whole directory. Chatham.
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TAMMANY’S PIPE OF PEACE.
Smoked by the Sachems at Their Coun
cil-Fire.
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There were fully 900 of the 1,300 mem
bers of the Tammany Hall General Com
mittee in the big wigwam last evening at
the regular monthly meeting. Ex-Judge
Albert Cardoza was ealled upon to pre
side. Air. John Kelly occupied his cus
tomary seat in the front row and near him
sat nearly ail his prominent lieutenants
and w ard leaders. After deciding that
the next gathering of the committee
should take place in September and pass
ing resolutions of regret at the death of
Assemblyman James J. Costello, ex-Sur
rogate Delano C. Calvin addressed the
committee.
He reviewed the past history of the
Democratic party, defended State rights
and drew’ forth -applause by saying that
those wiio were betore him representod as
well any others the people of the great
State of New Y'ork, which would proba
bly decide the next Presidential election.
Congressman-elect John J. Adams, of
tins city, was next introduced. After re
ferring to the struggles of the Democracy
to oust the Republicans from their malad
ministration of national affairs, he re
marked that during the canvass of 1880
the Republican chieftains sprung the
tarifl issue on the Democratic party.
Many held that the issue defeated Gen.
Hancock. He ( Adams) did not think that
that was the ouly real cause. “The men,”
he continued, “who carried Indiana are
now’on trial in AYashington for robbing
tiie government 011 star route jobs.’’ He
further said that the next House of Rep
resentatives w ould no doubt try to reform
the tariff law s. The internal revenue tax
ation should be wiped out as a war tax.
The only hoj>e of the* Republicans was in
digging some pitfall for the Democratic
party to stumble into.
State Senator Grady was received with
yells. He said that there had been a great
deal published lately about the Tammany
Senators who had opposed certain of Gov
ernor Cleveland's nominations. Shouting
at a high key he exclaimed: “There will
never be a Democratic convention that
will abuse the Tammany Senators for their
action in Albany.” Senator Grady be
came excited as he defended himself and
his Tammany Hall colleagues.
He accused Governor Cleveland of try
ing to force ex-Senator Murtha, of Brook
lyn, upon the people of New \ork city as
a Commissioner of Emigration. Boasted
that the Tammany Senators would have
voted for any nominee who lived in New
Y ork city. Tammany Hall would stand
by its Senators. The Senators from
Brooklyn and the rural districts got
w homsoever they wanted nominated for
Harbor Masters and Port AYarden. New
York city did not receive as much recog
nition from the Governor as the smallest
county iii the patronage distribution. The
Governor would yet thank the Tammany
Senators for not confirming the men he
nominated at the last moment for impor
tant offices. The people of the citv would
never tolerate the turning of the city into
a hospital for lame politicians of the entire
State. He closed by glorifying Tammany
Hall as the only Democratic local organ
ization.
The resolutions which were read were
voluminous. They recited that the people
ol' the State and city should be congratu
lated on being represented this year by a
Legislature freer fn*i the corrupting'in
fluenees of the lobby aud the corporations
than any of its predecessors for years.
Amons; many ol'the pledges carried out
were the bill abolishing the manufacture
of hats in State prisons, the one providing
that the people at the next election shall
decide the question of convict labor in the
prisons; a just and equitable excise law’;
an apportionment which gives eight
Democratic Congressmen to the city of
New Y'ork, and an enactment w’hicli cor
rects many abuses of insurance and other
receiverships.
The resolutions went 011 to sav that as
residents of the city of New I'ock we
regret that the five-cent fare bill, which
limited the fare on the elevated railroads
to a rate which was deemed by Legisla
ture and people alike to be sufficient to
permit a return of 10 per cent, on the cap
ital actually invested, failed to become a
law.
There is a sudden break oft' here, and
then Gov. Cleveland is applauded for
vetoing the proposed law known as the
Page savings bank bill.
Mayor Edson was indorsed for all the
good points of his official action. The last
resolution was in joint approval of Govs.
Cleveland, Pattison, Butler and Waller.
All the resolutions were unanimously
indorsed and the committee dispersed.
MAHONE LOSING I’OAVFK.
The I’reshlent’M Confidence in the Read
justees Shaken.
Washington Special to Philadelphia Press.
It is possible that the recent elections
in A r irginia may in some degree affect the
relations which have existed lietween
Senator Mahone and the administration.
The former has controlled the Federal
patronage of the State absolutely, and the
adverse criticisms of the Northern press
upon the systems of rewards and punish
ments adopted by the Virginia Senator
have shaken the President’s confidence in
the w isdom of turning over to him the A'ir
ginia oltices. The reeent elections seem
to prove tfiat, with all his resources and
his wonderful organization, he has been
Unable to prevent serious disaffection in
the ranks of the Readjustee, it is be
lieved here that the heavy falling off in
the lieadjuster vote is mainly due to the
tact that faithful henchmen of Mahone
have not received the official rewards they
expected.
The Senator, however, cannot be blamed
because there are not enough offices to go
around. The Readjnsters attribute their
set back to the circumstance that the
negroes at this busy season ol the year
were nnahlc to leave the farms to vote.
The returns thus far received, although
not complete, cover all sections of the
State, and show that in several cut the Ue
adjlister strongholds tfie party has been
beaten. In the Southwestern section,
where Muhonets white followers have
heretofore giyen hiTO large majorities, he
has; lost sqch leading counties as AVash
‘hofofft Montgomery and Pulaski.
in the tide-water counties serious re
verses have been met, and in Norfolk
county, where Mahone has hitherto been
strongly supported, he is defeated. De
zendarPa scfflp, however, hangs at his
ne*i, bqt his defeat w’as due to the fact
that the vote was divided between three
candidates.
Robert Bolling, ex-ipspector of customs
at Newport News* Va., is here. He came
bere to soe If he could not be reinstated,
fold he finds that lifo mission is profitless.
Mr- Bolling was a classmate of Senator
Cameron at Princeton. Sanator Mahone
demanded Boiling’s removal and the lat
-10 V, J*C J, ”bylvania Senator
I'jy, e ‘P’ Mr, Cameron stood between
Mahone ana the President for many weeks
and kept Bolling iu his place. Last Tues
day Mr. Cameron sailed for Europe, and
b,efore the end of the week the axe foil
across the inspector’s neck.
St. Petersburg" Rioters.
St. PKxt;ps.t sti, June l.—The mob on
Monday was composed of drunken men,
wro capsized every private equipage
wit tun thoir reach, and tore down and
trampled upon the imperial colons. It
was in consequence of this riot that the
illuminations were prohibited in St, Pe
tersburg on Tuesday night.
Detailed for Duty tut the Bridge.
Kgw York. June t.—The Police Com
missioners to May, at the request of tbe
Brooklyn bridge trustees, directed that
eight men he detailed for duty on the
bridge from the New York entrance to the
centre of the main Span from noon to
midnight every day.
Kboxville’a Improvements.
KNOXYH4JR, Tkv\\, June I.—The free
postal delivery system went into effect in
Nnoxville to-day pursuant to the special
act of Congress. The recent census
shows the population of the city to be
more than 18,000,
France at the Hub.
P aris, June I.—-At a meeting here to
day of Tour hundred merchant*, with M.
DeLesseps presiding, a resolution was
adopted requesting the government to
ensnro the representation of France at
the Boston exhibition.
A Twelve Months’ Old Bore.
Washington, June I.—lt w r as just one
year from the beginning of the first star
route trial when 31r. Merrick began to
day the fifth day of his address to the jury.
Anderson Recommended to Mercy.
Darien, June I.—The jury returned a
verdict of guilty in Anderson case at
10 o clock last r.mhe, recommending im
prisonment in the penitentiary for life.
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