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Columbus Cnmuter
VOL. XXXI. SO. 308
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. SUNDAY MORNING. DECEMBER H, |hm».
N'T GET WET!
preserve Your Health.
Ladies’, Children’s and Boys’ Rubber Gar
ments are sold so low that they are within the
reach of all. One or two dollars invested in a
good Gossamer may save a $.0 doctor’s bill and
any amount of worry and uneasiness. Our
stock is full and varied in styles and prices are
pvr.
#T. A. KIRVEN & CO.
LAST WEEK
We announced a cut In the prices on our Wraps,
f r the reason we are overstocked Although
our business was heavy, we still have too manv,
and will continue the cut this week. Don’t for
get we have a choice line of Wraps for babies in
] on g clothes and children from two to four
1 years old.
J. A. KIR VEX & CO.
We show the best $1.50 Blanket ever offered,
and our $5.00 white Wool Blankets are the
larges' aDd be3t to be had for the money in this
I citv. Downy Crib Blankets, Pulman Colored
•oing.e Blankets $2.00 to $6.00. If you need
Blankets djn’t fail to see our stock.
.1. A. KIRVEN & CO.
Pond Lilies,
Apple Blossoms
AND
Morning Glories,
All on Plunho* of choice coloring* for (YonU fo
Tea Gowns and Fancy Work. Also a large lot
of China Silk Tidies Just received.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
Angora Hair Fringe,
In White, Brown, Tau and Black, new and T«ry
stylish. Also new Silk Gimps. Cords and
Fringes. Keep your eyes on our counters if you
would keep apace with all the new and stylish
trimmings, etc.
J. A. KTRVEN A CO.
Millinery.
Oar Bilk and Velvet Hats and Bonnets are
recognized as best workmanship ever turned out
from any.Olumbus establishment. We strive
to excell in style and quality, and are confident
of our success on this line.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
The hast 50 cents Ladies’ Merino Vest, extra
[large sizes iu Ladies’ Ribbed Vests. The best
[ Gents’ Shirt for 50 cents ever offered. Great bar
gain in Ribbed Top Half Hose at 20 cents.
Ameri an Hosiery Company’s Tan and Brown
! Colored Half Hose at 25 cents, warranted not to
fade or stain the feet.
J. A. KIRYEN & CO.
PREISTLEY’S
BLACK DRESS GOODS,
We carry the largest stock of these goods and
will make very close figures. Our 46-inch All-
Wool Black Henrietta Cloth for $1.00 is a grand
barga'n. Our 46-inch Preistley Serge for 85 cents
is the best value ever offered, wananted to wear
equal to any $1.C0 goods.
J. A. KIRVEN & CO.
CHRISTMAS
NOVELTIES!
WATCH OUR WINDOWS
[Mufllers, Handkerchiefs, Scirfs,
Cuff Buttons, Studs, Toilet Cases,
Collar and Cuff Boxes, Suspenders,
[And a variety of new things that will not be seen elsewhere.
PRICES WILL BE TOE LOWEST
j Possible for the fine qualities we show. You will regret
making your purchase if you fail to examine our stock.
[Chancellor & Pearce.
Remember we will receive so utions to our XMAS
R1ZE PUZZLE until December 24. Correct solution and
prizes awarded will be published on that day.
NEWS FROM OPELIKA,
Opelika Iron Works —Improved
St reets—Con federal e Veterans.
Enquirer-Sun Bureau, )
Opelika, Ala , Dae. 7, 1889. j
Your correspondent visited the Opelika
I Lou Works today, and found them over-
1 run with orders. ’ These works were estab•
lli-lied a few months ago by Messrs. Joe B.
IBennett, T. W. Thompson and A. M.
JBagby, and show what enterprise will do,
[and that Opelika is a first class location
for manufacturing institutions. The
! works are now building a stationary en
gine for the Opelika Knitting Mills, which
will make 300 revolutions per minute.
Ail parts of 'he eugiue will bo made at
1 Opelika. Their castiugs are pronounced
jby judges to be the very best. The
foundry has a capacity of five tons. They
1 have a large building 120 feet square.
Improved Streets.
The city force has been engaged during
the past week in grading the ravine and
catting out a new street on the Auburn
road just southwest of the cemetery. Ope-
aka now has, thanks to the present ad
ministration, the very best streets she has
hvi in years. Street Overseer Hamby un-
1 d rstands his business, and the work done
) by ins force is of lasting benefit.
The Little World.
This ingenious automatic wonder is now
| exhibiting in this city, on Chambers street.
Fell on the Streets.
A foreigner en route for New Orleans,
[while waiting for the train was walking
about the city late yesterday evening.
His heart became affected and he fell on
(Calhoun street in front of,the residence of
Hon. John T. Harris. Drs. Emory and
I Palmer came to the relief of the sufferer
laud he was removed to the Driver House,
[where he is now improving. He states he
subject to these sudden attacks and
as going to New Orleans to be treated
| at the hospital in that city.
Confederate Veterans.
1 "s county veterans will meet at the
house on Monday morning to ar-
proper memorial observance
he al of President Davis.
Acknowledge There is Less
Deafness.
" ork, Dec- 7.--Physicians have
with a jealous eye the increasing
1 y of the souud discs invented by
Wales, of Bridgeport, Conn., as
.its who have been under their care
Dor years, have in a week’s time had their
■P-jUng restored by its use, and they
■ k nowledge that there may be a decrease
11 the percentage of deaf people in the
'ceafcus of 1890,
Total Visible Supply of Cotton.
York, Dec. 7.—The total visible
of cotton for the world is 2,828,434,
•oh 2.439.024 bales are American,
. st 2.448,687 and 2,215,987 respectively
tat tear Receipts at all interior towns,
- "A ceipts from plantations, 288,387.
[Crop n sight, 4,100,025 bales.
PERISHED IN THE FLAMES.
Steam Pier No. 39 Burned at New York.
Four Dead Bodies Recovered.
New York, Dec. 7.—Fire broke out
at the river end of National Steamer Pier
No. 39, North river, about 2 o’clock this
afternoon. The steamship Holland, which
arrived this morning, was docked and a
gang of men started to clean the pier so as
to make ready for the ship’s cargo. While
they were thu3 working Foreman John
Dunn- discovered Are among a number
of bales of cotton near the end
of the pier. About twenty five men were
at work near the spot. Some of them re
mained to assist in putting out the flames,
others fleeing to the street. Those who
stayed behind were caught by the flames.
The pier is practically destroyed, as it was
on fire from end to end. Four dead bodies
were taken out of the ruins. It is feared
more are still there. The loss will be
about $750,000.
this man killed himself
Because He Stole $80,000 aud Lost it Buck-
iug the Tiger.
Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 7.—August
Sehattenberg, secretary of the school
board,shot himself this morning at his resi
dence on Reservoir avenue because of the
discovery of crookedness in his accounts.
Sehattenberg raised a bill of a Boston
publishing house from $834 to $S0,834 and
drew the money. When the discovery was
made last evening he refunded the money,
but an investigation of his books was
| ordered, and he killed himself rather than
i face other crooked developments. Schat-
! tenberg was a reckless poker player, and
| it is believed he has lost thousands of
] dollars of the school money in bucking
the tiger. Schattenberg’s death was in
stantaneous. He leaves a wife and several
children.
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
The Louisville leaf tobacco market has
been strong and active for the last three
days. Desirable hogsheads are scarce.
The latest news from Emin Pasha, by
way of Berlin, is that there are strong
hopes of hi9 recovery. His brain is now
known to be uninjured by his serious fall,
and the fever is reduced.
News from Berlin states that Emperor
William has sent several cablegrams to
Explorer Stanley congratulating him on
his safe return to civilization. Stanley’s
reply “tickled” the Emperor muchly.
The exports of specie from New York
last week amounted to $334,283, and the
imports to the port of New York amounted
to $259,280.
j The cruisers Chicaeo, Atlanta, York-
town and Boston sailed from Boston yes
terday for Lisbon.
Bishop Tuig, of the Catholic church,
died at Altoona, Pa., yesterday, after a
long illness.
A body of masked men attempted to
lynch two murderers by the name of
Cooper at Christlanburg, Va., last night,
bat the Sheriff summoned a posse and car
ried the prisoners away and hid them.
WEEPING FOR THE DEAD.
THE MOUTH IN MOURNING FOR KX-
1> RESIDENT DA VIM.
-a. Davln' La»l Far*wall to Hla A alio..
Itemalna Lying In Slat*. Ouardad by
Military—l’r«|>aralln»a for tllo
Funeral of a Great Man.
New Orleans, Deo. 7.—Thro© works
ago. in the midst of a cold rain storm, on
one of the dreariest morning" of tho year,
Jefferson Davis was carried from the
steamer Leathers to the Pay no mansion.
Last night about 11:15 all that was mortal
of Jefferson Davis was carried from the
Payne mansion to the City Ilall In a
hearse. It was weird and solomn. At
10.65, hearing the low rumbling of wheels
in the streets, the kfilioted widow of the
great statesman took a
Last Farewell of His Ashes.
One kiss was Imprinted on the pale, cold
Ups, aud then she turned sorrowfully away
to the solitude of her own apartment.
The door had scarcely closed behind her
when an undertaker entered the main
hall. The hearse and two carriages were
waiting at the door. First the magnificent
floral offerings were transferred to the
carriages and then the casket was carried
to the hearse by the following friends of
the ex-President: E. H. Farrar, Judge C.
E Fenner, E. B. Kruftschritt, J. D. Hayne,
R. W. Foster and James Richards. Officers
John Teen and L. S. Sebisa served as the
police escort. The gentlemen named en
tered the carriages and the
Hearse Moved slowly
out First street, the carriages droping into
its wake. The fnll moon, standing almost
directly to tho zenith, shed a soft yellow
ish light through the vale of mystic clouds
that were sweeping up the river, and the
drenchiDg foiiage of spreading magnolia
on either side of the street. Great drops
of water hung like crystals from the
points of drooping leaves, and now and
then dropped upon the damp pavement
as though—“ frees grieving, if aught in
animate ere grieves”—they were
Dropiug Tears of Sympathy,
as the sad little cortege passed.
The route taken was out First street to
St. Charles, and down St. Charles to the
city hall, where the remains of Mr. Davis
will lie in state until next Wednesday.
By the time the hearse reached the city
hall the council chamoer and lobbies and
corridors of the ouilding were crowded
with citizens. The council chamber was
quickly cleared and the way opened for
admission of the body. The hall was
Heavily Draped In Black
which was relieved with red, white and
blue of the stars and stripes. There were
also rich floral decorations everywhere,
beside crossed swerds and other military
devices. At the head of the hall hung a
portrait of the dead chieftain, richly fes
tooned with crepe,through which sparkled
incandescent sparks like tiny stars. The
catafalque was draped in plain black.
The Coffin
was covered with black plush, edged with
broad black braid. The handies along the
sides consisted of a single square bar of
silver on either side, and across each was
a short bar of gold. The top of the casket
is covered with one sheet of heavy French
plate glass, which extends its entire length
and rests on a thick copper lining. The
interior of the casket is lined with white
satin, and beneath it upon the catafalque
is spread a thick Turkish rug of black hair.
The body was carried to the catafalque
by the same gentlemen who placed it in
the hearse.
Lying in State.
The remains of Jefferson Davis are lying
in state in the council chamber at the City
Hall. The coffin rests upon a catafalqua,
and is devoid of much ornamentation.
The casket has a silver plate upon which
is the single inscription, “Jefferson Davis,
at Rest,” with the date of death added.
Badges of the Confederate asso
ciation, the flag of the Wash
ington artillery carried through the war,
aud a bunch of wheat, a pair
of crossed Spanish daggers, fastened to
gether with purple ribbon, are the only
other ornaments. The desks of the Mayor
aud clerks have been covered over and
turned into a platform, which is a recep
tacie for the floral offerings. The room is
darkened and lit up by a cluster of electric
lights, their brilliancy being dimmed by
sable drapery. Soldiers in uniform stand
guard, stacks of arms and cannon fill the
corners of the chamber, and all around the
walls are rows of plants and shrubbery,
forming a beautiful contrast.
Viewing the Remains.
Since early morning people have been
pouring in to obtain a last look at the
dead. No crowding is allowed, and visi
tors are filed through the room in regular
column. All classes are represented in the
procession by the bier. The number of
colored people is marked.
Mourning is General
And every place of prominence in the
city has put on black. A noteworthy
e ent this morning was a telegram sent by
Mayor Shak9peare to Secretary of War
Proctor, officially notifying him of the
death of Ex-Secretary Davis and the date
of the funeral.
Selma’s Sympathy.
Selma, Ala., Dec. 7.—The Confederate
Veterans’ Association met this morning.
After a feeling address by Major W. E.
Wailes, first vice-president, a resolution
eulogizing President Davis was introduced
by Captain R. M. Nelson, president of the
Commercial Bank, and was adopted unan
imously and ordered forwarded to the
Davis farni y. Memorial services will be
held at St. Paul’s Episcopal church on
Wednesday next, the day of the funeral,
which will be attended by civil and mili
tary bodies and citizens.
SHE LOVED JEFF DAVIS.
Mrs. Fairfax, of Wasniugtou, Drapes Her
House in Deep Mourning.
Washington, Dec. 7.—Tnere is at least
one woman in this city who worships the
memory of the late Jefferson Davis, and
who has the courage of her convictions.
She lives at 235 Second street, southeast,
and her name is Mrs. Frederick Fairfax.
The shutters are closed today and
if the bell-pull was only obscured
by crape, it would be easy for
an observant passer-by to imagine that
death had visited some one whose resi
dence had been within. Draped from
three windows of the upper story, is a
wide stripe of black staff, evidence of
mourning of a high order. In the center
of each of the window sills, just where the
black is fastened, is a rosette. If the ro
settes were also black they would
have excited less comment, but they
are not black. Two of them, one at each
end, are red, and the one in the middle is
white, and the manner of their arrange
ment combine to form the colors of the
Confederacy, and their display at this time
made it evident that some one was sorry
because Jefferson Davis was no more.
To a Star reporter, who called upon the
lady, she described herself as Washington
born, and said she put the mourning on
her house because of the death of Jefferson
Davis, whom she admired aud loved. The
Star says: Mrs. Fairfax Is the wife of
Frederick Fairfax, said to be a gentleman
of wealth- The city directory gives him
no occupation. Mrs. Fairfax is the daughter
of the late Lieutenant Cooke, of the Uulted
States army, who died a great many years
ago, leaving to his daughter the house In
whioh she and her husband reside. Fair
fax was not actively engaged in tbe Con
federacy, bnt Mrs. Fairfax’s relatives were
all Confederates, so she said this morning.
It was suggested to her by one of the
newspaper men who called on her thi9
morning that some one might try to tear
tho mourning emblems down. If any one
entertains any such idea he only needs first
to see Mrs. Fairfax as she appeared when
that suggestion was made. He will at
onoo abandon his project.
A number of colored people gathered on
the aldowalk opposite the house this
morning, and loudly criticised the action
of the inmates, but they went no further,
and at a late hour this afternoon the dis
mal drapery and red, white and red
rosettes were still in place, fluttering iu
the cool breezes and reflecting their colors
in tbe windows of the Lincoln school
building, which happens, curiously
enough, to be precisely opposite No. 235.
AT RICHMOND.
Resolutions Adopted Highly Eulogistic of
Life and Character of Air. Davis.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 7.—The Chamber
of Commerce, at a largely attended meet
ing, adopted a lengthy preamble and res
olutions highly eulogistic of the life and
character of Mr. Davis, from which the
following is an extract:
“This event calls for unusual notice from
the chief commercial organization of the
city where he spent four of the most
eventful and illustrious years of his
life. Singled out at the close
of the war as the victim of malignant hate
and persecution, he bore himself with
such high courage and lofty consciousness
of right as to win in even greater degree
than before the esteem and affection of
the people whom he had in other years so
faithfully served. These vicarious suffer
ings for the deeds of the Southern people,
doubly endear him to our hearts as the rep
resentative of that section of country,
that as a mark of re9pect to his memory,
this chamber requests that public and
private buildings of the city be draped in
mourning, and that merchants close their
places of business upon the day appointed
for the funeral; that a mass meeting be
held in the city at some future day, when
a memorial address will be delivered; that
we earnestly request the family of the de
ceased to permit his honored remains to
be buried at Richmond, tbe capital of the
late Confederate States of America.”
The Stuart Horse Guards, of this city,
wiii sand a delegation to the funeral of Mr.
Davis.
General Thomas L. Rosser has opened
a subscription with $1000 for a monument
to Mr. Davis’ memory.
Senator John W. Daniel has been re
quested by the Legislature to deliver an
address on the life and character of Mr.
Davis
JACK8UN ON DAVIS.
Beautiful Words from the Lips of Mr.
Davis’ Old Comrade.
Savannah, Ga., Dec. 7.—Savannah is i.i
mourning for the dead President. Tho
Confederate monuments in the park and
iu tne cemetery have beeu draped aud the
military armories are being hung in black.
The Confederate Veterans Association met
today and arranged to send a tribute to
New Orleans.
General Henry R. Jackson, Ex-Minister
to Mexico, and who was a brother offic.r
of Davis in the Mexican war, ls
Vice President of tne association
delivered a brief address. “The
occasion is one of no ordinary sorrow in
its own pathos,” he said. “It transcends
all other historic sorrows. Even as the
closing sesue in tbe life of the illustrious
dead, it transcended in moral sublimity
all preceding acts of vicarious suffering
for otners, for the dead as wetl as tne liv
ing. It may have been natural for some
to assimilate his position to be upon the
bald rock, while the hungry vultures
preyed upon bis vitals, and yet how vast
in reality! No adamantine chain encircles
his limbs. He declined to wear fetters.
No vultures preyed upon his vitals. He
kept his conscience clean. Upon the roex,
indeed, he stood, but it was that rock
eternally fixed by God himself in the
moral universe. No earthquake could
3hake him from it. As sureiy as
the word of God is true, so
surely wiii the memory of Jefferson Davis
be borne to coming ages to make them
brignter by its own peculiar lustre.”
The Georgia Hussars, which were a part
of the Jefferson Davis Legion in the war,
have draped their quarters in respect to
the dead chieftain.
NEW YORK SOUTHERN SOCIETY
Sends a Telegram oi Sympathy to Mrs.
JefiVrson Davis.
New York, Dec. 7.—The following is a
copy of a telegram sent this evening to
Mrs. Jefferson Davis at New Orleans, on
behalf of the New York Southern Society:
“Mrs. Jefferson Davis, New Orleans:
The New York Southern Society beg leave
respectfully to tender you their heartfelt
sympathy in the loss of your illustrious
husband. [Signed]
“John C. Calhoun, President.”
Wilmington Takes Action.
Wilmington, N. C., Dec. 7.—The Ladies’
Memorial Association held a meeting to
day and passed resolutions expressive of
their sorrow at the death of ex President
Davis, and resolved to attead the memo
rial services in a body on the day of the
funeral. The Wilmington Light Infantry,
of which Mr. Davis was an honorary
member, met and resolved to
hold memorial services at some future
day. Rev. Dr. Carmichael, chaplain of
the company, was instructed to forward
a telegram of sympathy to Mrs. Davis.
The Confederate Veterans’ Association
met tonight and made arrangements for
holding a memorial meeting of citizens on
Wednesday, the day of the funeral.
Sorrow at Danville.
Danville, Va., Dec. 7.—As Jefferson
Davis held hi3 last cabinet meeting in
Danville, and was the guest of the citizens
of Danville previous to his flight from the
Federal forces, t he Danville people have
heard the news of his death with peculiar
sorrow. Today the Hustings court adjourn
ed as a token of respect to his memory
and the City Council held a special meet
ing and passed appropriate resolutions.
Tonight a public meeting was held under
the auspices of the Cabell-Graves Camp of
Confederate Veterans, and after several
feeling speeches, resolutions of sorrow
were adopted. Tomorrow several churches
wiii be draped iu mourning.
South Carolina to be Represented.
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 7.—The General
Assembly of South Carolina today passed
a resolution providing for memorial ser
vices in the hall of the House of R-pre-
sentative-< on the day and hoar of tbe
funeral of Jefferson Davis. Two members
of the House aud the Governor will repre
sent the State of South Carolina at the
funeral.
Wild WALLACE’S WAYS,
HOW ONE MAN TEKltOltl/.tCD AN EN-
THU# COMMUNITY.
The HI. lory «f The Trouble from I he
Beginning In the I'rrmout. Time.
The Nrgrora of tho Vlolnlty
Completely Demoralized.
Mountain Hill, Harris County, Dec. 7.
—[Special Correspondence.] —I am here in
the midst of the territory where Will
Wallace, the new Rube Burrows, has been
terrorizing an entire neighborhood,
don’t know whether Wallace is near by or
somewhere else. Some say he is in Flori
da; others that he is within easy call.
When I hear the description, however, of
the way he goes armed to the teeth with
a Winchester rifle and a brace of revolv
ers, I feel more comfortable to think he
is in Florida.
I had a talk today with one of the most
reliable citizens in this commuity, and he
told me the whole history of the trouble
that has recently demoralized the entire
populace, especially the colored contin
gent. One singular fact, however, is that
the people who talk here about the ex
ploits of Will Wallace are careful always
to request that what they say shall not be
repeated, and more particularly that their
names shall not be used.
The Origin of the Trouble.
Previous publications have attributed
the origin of the trouble in the Mountain
Hill district to the obnoxious teachings
of a negro teacher in the community.
The gentleman with whom I talked today,
however, denies this. He says that it is
true that a negro teacher was driven from
the neighborhood for advocating social
equality, but that this affair had nothing
to do with the subsequent trouble. There
is another theory which those who ad
vance it are almost afraid to breathe. It
is said that the negro Ranee Gordon, who
was killed, was the confidential agent of
an aged and well-to-do farmer. Ranse
attended to ail of the old man’s business
and handled all his cash. The old gentle
man had a son who was jealous of the fa
vor shown Ranse by his father, and the
theory is that the son had the negro put
outoftheway.
Who Killed Him?
The people who hold to this theory do
not believe that the son did the killing.
They charge it up to Will Wallace. Said
the gentleman to whom I was talking:
“Wallace is a very dangerous character
and has very little regard for human life.
The killing of Ranse Gordon occurred
more than two months ago. He was
served with a notice to leave home within
ten days. He did not heed it, and tne
next afternoon, just before sunset, he was
shot from ambush while ao work iu his
field. He died in three minutes.”
Who did the killing?” I asked.
Well, that’s the question. The fellow
who did it went up the bottom to Mr.
Crockett Whitten’s house aod said: ‘I
killed that black devil down yonder.’ Mr.
Whitten asked who he was talking about,
and the man replied, ‘Ranse.’ Mr. Whit
ten requested the fellow to leave, as he
would frighten his wife, who was not
well. The man apologized and walked
off whistling.”
“Well, didn’t Mr. Whitton know the
man?”
“He says he did not. The fellow also
met Mr. Calvin Massey soon afterward
and talked to him. He told Mr. Massey
about killing the negro and was very in-
differeut about it. Massey also says that
he did not know him, as the man wore a
mask.”
“A coroner’s inquest was held,” contin
ued the gentleman, ‘but it developed
nothing. Nobody knew anything The
witnesses were also summoned before the
grand jury, but tney were equally as
timid.”
Other Outrages.
“Well, was that the end of it?”
“So far as the legai investigation was
concerned, but,.the trouble had hardly be
gan. After that a notice was served cm
Shade Story, a Democratic negro and a
good worker, to leave by Christinas. Tne
time has not come, but 'Slade says he will
certainly leave.”
“The next outrage was perpetrated on
Andy Hutchins, who lived on Mr. B C.
Kimbrough’s plantation. A party of six
men went to his house and called for him.
Andy raised a plank in the fl/or and es
caped in that manner. They found Gabe
Walker and his wife there aud whipped
them severely to make them tell where
Andy was. While three of them did the
whipping the other three sat on the fence
and whistled.”
Wallace Grows Bold.
“Everybody was almost satisfied that
Wallace was the leader in these outrages,
but there finally occured an incident that
furnished what might be termed conclu
sive evidence. Wallace was emuioyed as
a laborer in repairing the bridge at Han
ley’s mill. Ned Truett, the negro who
preached Rarse Gordon’s funeral, came
along. Wallace stopped Ned and asked
him if he could dance. Ned said that he
used to dance, but had quit since he got
religion. Wallace thereupon compelled
Ned to give an exhibition of his knowl
edge of dancing. He also made the
old preacher stand on his head He Dext
required bim to repeat the sermon he had
preached at Ranse Gordon’s funeral. After
all this he pulled a revolver and placing it
near Ned’s lip, shot off the old negro’s
mustache and told him to ‘git,’ and he
got.”
These are the principal outrages that
Wallace and his confederates have com
mitted, yet they have on two or three oc
casions since then fired into negro cabins.
This is their mode of serving notice that
they must leave. The scene of their oper
ations has beeu in the southeastern corner
of Harris couuty, about three miles from
Mountain Hill post office, yet the negroes
for miles around are terribly demoralized.
They are fast leaving the country, and on
several large plantations there is not one
to be found. Many others say tbev intend
to leave as soon as they can fiud houses
elsewhere.
Not a Negro There.
Mr. B C. Kimbrough says: “I have 450
acres of lane and there is not a negro on
it.”
“What are you going to do about ii?” I
asked.
“I don’t know,” was his reply. “I guess
I will have to sow it down.”
Another gentleman said: “You see that
dirt throwD up there? I bad a weil started
there some time ago, anal cannot get a
negro to go on with the work. Those that
are here seem perfectly demoralized and
will do nothing.”
The better class of people heartily con
demn the outrages which have been per
petrated on the negroes, and as the En
quires Sun has already published, have
held a meeting to stop the trouble. Gov.
Gordon was petitioned to increase the re
ward of $300 offered for the person or
persons who kfiled Ranse Gordon. Since
this meeting was held there has been no
repetition of the outrages, but a feeling of
discomfort and disquietude still pervades
the community.
How Wallace Looks.
Will Wallace is described a3 being 5 feet
and 6 inches in height and weighing 135
is ft b° ut 28 years of age, has
light hair and a light mustache, and is
rather good looking. He carries a 38 cali
bre Winchester rifle and two Smith and
Wesson improved revolvers, and a belt
lined with cartridges. It is said that the
people in the community are satisfied that
he has led in all the recent trouble, but
they are afraid to attempt to arrest him or
to testify against him. They fear either
personal injury or that their property will
be burned. He is said to have a confed
erate named Will Stephenson, who was
run across the river from Alabama for
selling whisky without a license. At pres
ent the prevailing sentiment is that Wal-
-j 8 coalt nnnity and gone to
Florida. I was told, however, by one man
that if I would remain until Sunday night
he could procure me ao interview with
him. I like such men, but I don’t believe
a man profits by wasting time to get a
chance to talk to them.
GOVERNOR LEE’S PROCLAMATION.
Recommends Memorial Services Wednes
day Throughout the State.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 7.—Governor Lee
tonight issued the following proclamation:
To the people of Virginia: Jefferson
Davis is dead. The hearts of our people
are heavy with sorrow. Our grief is
natural and proper, our mourning
unreserved and sincere. Wnen
certain States of the American Union,
some of which had much to do with the
formation of the republic, declared the
government the States themselves had
created to be destructive of their rights,
and attempted to assume among the
powers of the earth a separate and eaual
station, they selected this illustrious states
man as their chief magistrate. In tbe
estimation of many of his fellow-
citizens in other sections he was
traitor. In the opinion of some people we
too are regarded as guilty of treason aud
with him should equally share all the re
sponsibilities attacning to such action.
When he was our ruler we gave him our
dutiful obedience. When he was in prison
and in irons, profound compassion; when
in the retirement of private life,
our respect and revrenee; and
now that he is sleeping his last
sleep, we would be recreant tu the
elevated traits of human nature if we
failed in a proper manner to do honor to
his memory.
We are again citizens of the United
States. Once more Virginia is equally in-
terested with other States in promoting
the glory of the common country, but
such citizenship does not require us to
treat as unknown the records of the
past. Having been informed officially
by the Mayor of the city of New Orleans
that the funeral services of this eminent
citizen will take place in that city at noon
Wednesday next, 11th inst., and in order
that there may be unanimous action on
the part, of those of our people
who desire to testify in a be
fitting manner their respect for
his services and character, I have the
honor to recommend that upon that day,
at the hour named, memorial services be
held in the churches throughout the Com:
monweolth. To the above was affixed the
great seal or the State and signed by
Fitzhngh Lee, Governor of Virginia.
Governor Seay’s Proclamation,
Montgomery, Dec. 7.—Governor Seay
issued a proclamation today, appointing
Wednesday, December 11, as a day for the
people of the city to assemble together and
show by appropriate exercises, of a sol
emn and patriotic nature, their reverence
for the illustrious dead.
Steamer Burned at Sea.
Philadelphia. Dec. 7. — News has
reached Lewes, Delaware, from Chinco-
teague that a heavily laden unknown side-
wheel steamer was burned this evening,
twenty five miles off the shore. Life
saving crews started to h3r assistance,
but the fire spread so rapidly
that before they reached her
she was burned to the water’s edge.
It is reported that tho crew of the vessel
was rescued by a passing schooner, but
news is of the most meager character, and
positive information is not obtainable to
night.
Dam Pedro at Lisbon,
Lisbon, Dec. 7.—The steamer Alagoas,
with ex Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil
and party on board, and flying the old
Brazilian flag, arrived in Tagus at 10:15 this
morning. She anchored off Belem, a
suburb of Lisbon, opposite Lazaretto, but
was not compelled to undergo quarantine.
Dom Pedro, the ex-Emperor, Count and
Countess Deu, son-in-law and daughter
respectively of the ex-Emperor, three sons
of the Count and Countess, and Prince
Augustus, of Saxe-Coburg, the other son-
in-law of Dom Pedro, came ashore imme
diately.
Fatal Railroad Accident.
Dubuque, la., Dec. 7.--Two freight trains
came together, head on, yesterday at Du
rango, a little station on the Chicago, St.
Paul and Kansas City road. Conductor
Berry, of Sc. Paul, and Fireman John
Hickey, of this city, were instantly killed.
A flagman neglected his duty with the
above result.
Disappeared With $850.
Atlanta, Dec. 7.—[Special.]—W. J.
Auson, of the firm of McConne! & Ander
son, contractors, disap neared today, taking
with him $850 of the firm’s money. Chief
Connolly telegraphed in every direction
to-night for his arrest.
BUSINESS OF COLUMBUS.
Probable Extent of Her Sales for the
Year 1889.
A wholesale merchant calls attention
to the statement m an industrial pubiict-
tion that thv wholesale trade of Columbus
in 1888 amounted to $3,475,000, which, he
thinks, is too small. An investigation into
the subject shows that no accurate statis-’
tics in regard to the sales of Columbus
merchants have been compiled siuce 1882,
when the total sales of her mercnau.s
amounted to $5,676,201, exclusive of her
cotton business At that time the factory,
sales were $1,556,021, and her grocery sales
$1,598,600. The cotton trade of the city
amounts to between $3,500,000 and $4,000,-
000 annually, which would have made the
total sales of the city about $9,000,000 in
1882,
The business of the city has increased
wonderfully in the last seven years, aud
the Enquirer Sun will prepare an exact
statement of the business for the year 1889
as soon as the merchants render state
ments of their sales for the present month.
This information wiii be furnished by Mr.
M. M. Moore, the efficient Clerk of the
City Council, and will be absolutely accu-
ra’e. Mr. Moore thinks the sales for 1839
will be more than doable what they were
in 1882— say something like $12,000 000 ex
clusive of the cotton business, or $16,000,000
with cotton sales included. The article
showing the business of Columbus for the
year 1889 cannot fail to interest and please
every citizen of Columbus, and others who
feel an interest in the future prosperity of
the city.