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ATLAHT£ .TUESDAY, MARCH la
Tki entry Qnitln la New York.
The following petition, signed by nearly
(oar thousand leading merchants of New
Tort, ban beta presented to the Legislative
of that Stale:
TUneiwrabUO* BenaUand AaenMy ef the
State of Xtw York, Albany:
The underlined, merchants of the city of
New York, deatre to can the attention of
yoor Honorable body, to the injurious work
ing of the Umy Lafca of this State.
Our ooostsat experience proTes that legal
restriction* upon the rate of interest are ut
terly ineffectual as n protection to borrowers;
and that, by preventing a free competition
among all classes of lenders, they injuriou ily
restrict loaning operations, and cause the
rate of interest to range higher than
1 in the absence of attempted legal
averagei
it would
operations; and, further, as being opposed
in prine pie to that free competition between
buyer and seller which regulates values so
perfectly in every other department of btui-
o the borrowing
. taws are designed
sespeetfnllyynythat
my dc resemaea irom
Although belonging
asses, whom the asm
except so far as may be
jto determine the rate of Interest in
contracts wherein no rate is specified; end
that hereafter our citizen* may enjoy the ad
vantage! of fret trad* in money.
The Bulletin, in an editorial indorsing the
views of the petitioners, lays:
“The petition was presented enly to the
wkohtaje merchants (L e. commission homes,
importers and Jobbers,) because first, they are
the largest borrowers; next, they arc per
haps the moat intelligent observers to the
matter; and Anally, because they may be
taken as fairly representing the views of
traders at large. The result of the presents
tion of the petition for signatures enables ne
to say that hardly one merchant to one hun
dred was found unwilling to indorse the
prayer. The feet is conclusive as to the
unanimity of our merchants to opposition to
any legislative attempts to regulate the rate
of interest"
Christian Catty.
In the early ages of the Church, vUltges
and cities were not divided into hostile or
even into inhospitable camps, belonging to
tbe same army. In those day* there '
real union of judgment, affection and feeling
among the followers of Him who had recent
ly walked on tbe earth. We read, to Holy
Writ, of a multitude that “were of one heart
and one soul; neither ealdanyof them that
aught of the things which he posseswriwas
his own." In another part of the Bible. Bt.
Paul placet unity of spirit among the chief
of Christian graces, a thing to be desired
and sought after.
When we come down to modem time* and
our own country, wa find the hosts of Israel
rallying under a variety of banners,—from
the venerable standard of Rome to the latest
ensign of New England Intellectuality.
Among tbe larger followings, there are real
ly distinctions without differences. They
differ, it is true, on a few unimportant points
of doctrine; but they look to one God, ac
knowledge the same Father, and are striving
to reach the same home.
Unimportant as tbe real differences to prin
ciple are, tee find, queeriy enough, fixed and
insurmountable lines of division growing
out of (hem to practice. To enumerate them
would be to name what every citizen knows.
They site oftentimes carried so far that an
otherwise good man hesitates to visit a suffer
ing brother to the next block who happens to
believe, perhaps, to a little different way of
administering* common sacrament. In all
probability, both of their peculiar beliefs
were handed down with their parental Inher
itances, or were the results of the accidents
of circumstances.
Society, to the restricted sense, sadly feels
this waat of Christato unity. No matter
bow small a community is, our multitudi
nous sects are very sure to cut it up into mull-
*r cliques and sections that become almost
strangers to each other. Such commt
are several degrees removed from the scrip
tural example heretofore mentioned. And
yet there aro many good souls, ready for any
There his been a terrible storm, which has
swept away the foundation of many a fine
'castle to the air,” and many of the trees of
hope sod faith which two weeks sgo were
towering towards the skies have been swept
off tbdr foliage and branches, and i
prone upon the earth.
This panic began by a very large and
wealthy “tali” cotton house to New York
■'lying down on their contracts," (we me this
term for we bear they are still wealthyJ md
when men grt scared they act just aa a flock
of tbrep. You see Ibe old ram gel seared,
and jump over a dilca, and every one of the
flock will follow or break tbeir oaks trying
to. Just so it is now with cotton. It
friends; everybody is kicking it, tad styisg,
like the negro did when tbe rabbit escaped,
'it was poor and sorry anyhow.” It
be well for our readers to recollect this: when
large boll house fails it alwiys put the
market down, end when a bear fails it puts it
up. The reasons are obvious to the trade.
There has been one thing against tbe mar
ket the whole season and that is there has
been no speculation, no life in the trade. And
now we must throw our weight against cot
ton, for it is only tbe fool that win not be
convinced. TbeconsMot large receipts both
at (the ports and the interior towns, and the
quantity still known to be to the country,
compel Is os to raise our estimate to 3,800,
000 bales, and we m ike it to'this way: He
cdpts to date 2,880,000, receipts last year
after this 380JU00, add increase this year 66
per cent, or 250,000 bales—over land and
Southern consumption 290,000, and this is
our present estimate. We hope we shill not
have to raise it again. We hear there is
pool to Augusta which cbarges!$5 entry fee
to guess at the extent of the crop, 'he Secre
tary will please record oorguet. 3,810,000
bales, and if we come the nearest to the
mark, which boot likely, he can pay over
tbe $3,000 to the widow* and orphans of (he
bulb who have been squeezed to death tty
the bears in this last raid. To holders
poor cotton we will say that large lob are
selling to Mcmphb and New Orleans at from
10 to 16 eta. a pound for the poor grades, but
buyers of these grade* are hard to find at any
price. Tbe market in Liverpool has been
doll, sales medium with a decline of J of a
penny to the price; principal
large rece'pb and the panic and decline to
New York. There are now 153,000 bales of
American cotton afloat for Liverpool, of
whlchi7S,OCO will be due and should be re
ceived next week.
Tbe river at New Orleans b the
four feet below high-water mark of 197L
GOLD ADO EXCHANGE.
On Uonday last it was reported in New
York that the gold clique had sold out twelve
millions of their hoarded gold, the ring was
broken np, and the comer over; next day
was beltevrel, by tome, that this “gripe vibe”
was started by tbe ring to tbeir intereit,and
all done only for a “inn.” Wc give tbe
story as our correspondent gives it to ns, with
tbe statement that we believe in higher
gold Exchange b much loner than usual,
at tbb time of tbe year, bring at 73-4
per cent compared with 9J. the same time
last year. Tbe reasons arc money in New
York has been so very tight that gold and
stock specnhlrn have not been able to bor
row it to tbe usual way, so they have bor
rowed bills .of exchange from the German
bankers at tbeir own price and then shaved
them on tbe street for what they could get.
$50,000,000 have thus been borrowed and we
do not see much hopes for a better feeling to
exchange or money either, now.
The lw«aiti(laef StasialOsriln.
A Washington dispatch says: “When Ben
alor Gordon, uf Georgia, wan van
lerday some amusement wan created by Vice
President Wileon at first inadvertently put
ting to him the iron-clad oath instead of the
modified oath prescribed for ex-Confederates.
When Mr. Wilson read: 'Yon solemnly
swear that yon have never voluntarily home
arms against the United States,’ a yery per
ceptible smile was visible on the faces of
many, both on the floor and to the gallery.”
he Brunswick nn* Albany Bait
read Case.
This cue mi called on Tuesday in Bruns
wick before Judge Bchley, of the Eastern
Circuit; bat owing to the absence of Judge
O. A. Lochrsne, tbe court was adjourned un
til Wednesday. On Wednesday tbe
again called, but up to Thursday night,
tbe court had been engaged to hearing mo
tions. t
A gentleman who waa present states that it
is probable that a settlement of the whole
case, ao far u tbe creditors of the road are
coacerned, will soon be effected, the bond
holders having sgreet to place one hundred
thousand dollars to the hands of Ur. George
H. Hszleburst, who is to be made the referee
for both parties, for tbe pur|<ose of settling
all claims against the road. This amount
will psy about 331 per cent If this pro po
sit km is accepted, the bondholders will push
the road forward to completion aa rapidly aa
possible— Telegraph and Meucnger.
COLONEL FOBEACBE RESIGNS.
Sill Take Charge af the Hacaa aad
W eater a Kallroa*.
they are serving tbe Master when they are
zealotuly engaged to foataring such dlffcr-
Now, we have no Utopian policy to urge.
Human nature, we are well aware, is human
nature; but when ainfnl human natural try
to be Christ-like, to pt unreasonable to expect
that they will treat every Christian man as
friend, regardless of non-essential disagree
ments? In some towns a few great-hearted,
largo-brained men, both lay and clerical,
have eucceded to bring about such a happy
result That a similar spirit doea not prevail
to all of our communities is, not only a re
proach to true Christianity, but also a reflec
tion on our intelligence and common sense.
While it would be chimerical to expect
that In our day.lhe conflicting opinions can bo
harmonized to one church, and while inch an
organization, if practicable, might not ad
vantage the cause of Christianity; yet there
to no reason why the membera of the various
branches should not cultivate and perfect
feeling of brotherhood, aoctol charity, and
The receipts this week are 83,000 balcs-
33.000 more than last year, and 11,000
than two year* since.
It to likely the receipts next week will be
about TOjOOO hales, com pared with 39,000 last
year, and 81 400 the year before, and the re-
cdpts at the interior towns 18,000 bales,
pared with 9,000 last year, and 13,000 the
»of our putting the receipts
*o much more than the
past two years, we win state that the receipts
at Memphis and Nashville alone were 16,000
bales this week, and will likely be 19,000
bales next week. These two towns have
been behind last year all the time, but they
are rapidly coming np, and vril] soon go
ahead of last year. Receipts ao far si Mem
phis, 323,000 bales, compared with 317,000
last year same time, aad receipts tt Nashville
are 48,000 bales, compared with 60,0001
time last year.
The weather this week baa been delight
ful. The thermometer baa averaged SO de
grees at noon; one day cloudy and rain, six
daya clear and pleasant. .For the remainder
of March we shall have pleasant, spring
weather—just what farmen need, and the
next two weeks will be generally dear and
The market to New York has been dull
and dtprereed an the week, except one day
when there waa a tittle activity; tales 3,720
bales; tales for wetk 10,000 bales, with a de
cline far price of { of a cent to spot* Con
tracts have been ray active indeed; total
sales 150,000 bales, with a decline cf one
cent*
Tbe decline teapots has been^ad cal—)of
a cent each day—tat the contract market has
The receipt of only 7,950
d many persons to
were exhausted.
We knew tt waa only accidental, and told
ear friends so. The heavy weight of so
much poor cotton, the extreme tightness of
the money market fa New York, the large
stock there (nearly 100.000 balrej the large
exports lately to Liverpool, the very large re
ceipt of American at that port, (350,000bales
to four weeks, more than
at that port to the
cepttog the "big crop year,”) and the very
large receipts for theaereon at our os
there, aad especially the tast,have
causes that have this week culmim
culminated in a
Wc were disappointed to the course of the
market this week as we did not expect every
body to get scared and cry “wolf” at the
same time, when tbe bottom to touched there
will bo a reaction and the greater the decline,
the greater will be the rise when it docs
come.
lonliiaaa.
Wc have only space for a brief summary
of the recent address tofaepeople, signed
by Oorcrnor McEnery and a committee of
the L-gulatnre.
After congratulating themselves upon tbe
fall indorsement of tbeir past conduct by the
prominent representatives of the Republican
party to the United States Senate, they pro
ceed to state the following conclusions of the
Senatorial Committee:
1. Tbe unanimous and emphatic condem
nation of DnreU’a judicial usurpations, abuse
and outrage.
2. The corruption, dishonesty land parti
sanship of the Lynch board who substituted
«parte affidavits, census estimates, newspa
per reports and other equally inadmtosable
data for tbe lawful and regular returns of the
votes of the people:
3. That no court or other tribanal can im
part any legality to a tenure to office thus
obtained.
4. The unanimous admission that the officers
who had the regular and lawful returns were
entitled to enter upon their offices, and that
to this case the uniform practice and lawwere
reversed, and the prima facia right accorded
to those-who merely alleged their election
•gainst there who had the legal and proper
returns
There propositions being concurred to by
allot the committee of the Senate, a majority
thereupon declared that the government of
Kellogg aad hto party over the State was
grore and flagrant usurpation. The majority
report was signed by Carpenter, Logan, An
thony and Alcorn—all Republicans.
Tbe Government, thus confirmed by the
highest political authority fa the nation, to
confronted by another, resting entirely upon
the outrageous judicial orders of Dorell, and
upon purely fictitious election return*. Un
happily for the honor of the Republic, and
thecauaeof right, jostioe and law, the Presi
dent has extended to this fraudulent Govern
ment the protection of the United States
y. It to still mom to he lamented, that
this support and protection have been con-
tinned alleys toll invesligationjrad exposure,
by a proper tribunal, of the illegal, fraudu
lent and usurping character of that govem-
We learn positively that Colonel G.J.
Foreacre, tbe present Superintendent of the
Western Railroad of Alabama, has tendered
hto resignation, to go into effect on tbe first
of next month, at which time be will take the
> position on the Macon and Western
Railroad, with hto office at Attonta,Ga. The
principal cause of this change, we believe, is
that CoL F.’s home is Atlanta.
We regret, greatly, this change, asunder
the management 11 CoL Foreacre the West
ern his become one of the first railroads of
the South. When he took charge tbe track
was to inch a condition that trains could not
be ran with safety, tat at once he com
menced repairs, and one has bnt to ride from
West Point to Montgomery now to be con
vinced that a railroad man had charge.
Since CoL F. assumed control of the Western
other railroads have been opened, taking
away much businen from hto line, tat with
an appreciation of the poaition he immediate
ly looked^o other prints and different chan
nels of trade.
To him are we mostly indebted for the fist
freight tine from New Orleans as well as for
the opening of the route from Bt Louis by
way of Meridian, over the last of which lines
many of our merchants are shipping, in order
to avoid the Nashville and Louisville Rail
road. In tills connection, wc would state
that Colonel Wadley has shown hisnsual
foresight to securing so able a man to manage
one of hto railroad* as the subject of this
notice
We have not learned who will be tbe Super
intendent of the Western Bailroad.—Coium-
bat Sun.
MIDMGHT
►YEBTUBE.
■ •
i and hfs Wife Bald InThair
Bed*, Thtir Bouse Ransacked
and Death Threatened.
The Lady Wounded.
Ian Feel Tbls Knife I”—An
•flTer to Pay by t’kcck
(cnered.
New York Herald.]
Three midnight marauders succcdcd, on
Wednesday night of tost week, to accomplish
ing one of the most daring acts of crime ever
perpetrated to this city, and in ao masterly a
manner as to Utterly baffle the police to ail
efforts thus far made for their arrest.
Mr. James Gardiner to a retired gentleman,
living at 224 Welt Fiftieth street, between
Broadway and Fifth avenue. His family
consists of himself, hto wife, a daughter
about nine years of ago, and a maiden of
about seventeen yean of age. who was em-
iloyed to hto family. In addition to these
lev. Mr. Daniels and wife have for some
weeks past been staying with Mr. Gardiner’s
family. On last Wednesday evening Mr.
Daniels and wife went to Brooklyn and re
mained overnight with some friends, and the
Gardiner family were consequently sole oc
cupants of the r own residence.
The house to a three story high stoop edi
fice, with basement The two front windows
of the first or parlor floor were furnished with
email iron-railed balconies, and the family,
with the exception of the maid servant, slept
on the second floor, Mr. and lira. Gardiner
occupying the rear bed-room, a luxuriously
furnished alcove apartment, the door of which
opens directly at the head of the stair. The
servant,whose poaition to the family to by no
means menial, slept on the third floor. Tbe
family retired to rest qs usuii on Wednesday
night, the Uttio daughter sleeping to a rear
room adjoining that occupied by her parents.
A iuiauf, ckacxiko BOISE,
as of the striking of a match, awoke Mr.
Gardiner suddenly during the night, and on
w*a*erlal Career >1 a millionaire
Financier—The Reverse* and
Successes af tire-President
of the pacific fflall
Steamship Company.
From the Hew Tork San J
Mr. Alden B. Stockwell, tbe President of
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, over
whose affairs rumor bss been very busy in
Ibe money mart and club-houses during
the past few days, or since the Company s
stock licgan to depredate, to one of the most
prominent speculators to Wall Street Al
though comparatively unknown outside of
financial circles, beds a central figure among
the millionaires on'Change.
Within the short space of three years he
hss presented an example of pecuniary suc
cess far exceeding the expectations of the
most sanguine worshippers of Mammon.
From ordinary circumstances he has risen to
be the possessor of fabulous wealth, and to
share with Jay Gould and Henry N. Smith
the reputation of bring the most wealthy
among the entire operators on the street
Hto deeds of monetary daring having been
numerous and noteworthy, and have been
conducted on a scale of greater magnitude
than those of the veterans on the stock
market, tike Commodore Vanderbilt and
Uncle Daniel Drew, ever dreamed «f under
taking.
Mr. Stockwell to of humble parentage his
father bring at one time to the liray stable
business to Cleveland, Ohio, where the great
looking toward the mantelpiece about six or
right feet from the bed he saw the indistinct
outlines of three men to relief against the
white papered walls. He observed also that
one or them bad a small lantern with a
“bulls eye” light in it He shouted instantly
at them, and aa instantly two of the men
sprung to the bed, one of them grasping Mr.
and the other Mrs. Gardiner. Of course both
of them struggled violently, nut Mrs. Gardi
ner was comparatively soon overpowered,
and could do nothing but talk to her assail
ant; tat Mr. Gardiner continued to struggle
and shouted vociferously for “Help 1 thieves!
murder! police 1” and all other alarming
ejaculations known to civilized and distresaei i
humanity. -Over and over again the rufflans
tried to stifle the cries by stiuiling bedclothes
into hto month, by muzzling him with their
hands and by appeals to Mrs. Gardiner to use
her influence tc make him ccasc shouting. It
was of no avail, however. The man who
bad seized Mrs. Gardiner was upon her and
held her down firmly and enforced physical
tranquillity by displaying a knife.
THE OTHKB JnSCBEAHT
A Clean Heal—Post and Tdegraph-
Gothio Architecture Seven Hundred
Yean Ago—The Bard of Weverly
as a TwBedside Laird—Letters
in
Tlilrty-Elght Men Hung
From one Scaffold.
>Baggage Convenience—
The Great Eheep-
Walka of the
Border.
A ROMAN STATION.
steamship manager was born. He to about
twenty-five years of *ig& The taming point
to hto career, which had previously been
quiet and uneventful, occurred to 1863,
while he was acting as purser on one of the
Potomac River boats. On one of the vessel’s
trips -<own the river from Washington, the
lato Elias Howe, of Connecticut, the dis
tinguished inventor of the sewing machine,
was a passenger, with hto eldest daughter in
his company. Young Stockwell was very
attentive and considerate of the comfort of
Hr. and Miss Howfc, and extended more than
tho customary courtesies to them.
The acquaintance which was then formed
between the Pursgr and the Howes was re
newed in tbe following year to Paris, where
the father and daughter went for their health-
The future millionaire was quick to journey
after them to the French Capitla, after col
lecting all the money at hto command to ena
ble him to travel In style. On his arrival
there he laid siege to the affections of the
young lady, and was not long in obtaining
her consent to their marriage. Mr. Howe’s
sanction was secured, and they were wedded
with much eclat They tarried amid the gay-
eties of Paris for a short time after their nup
tiato, and then returned to this country.
Snbscquently Mr. Howe’s second daughter
was introduced .to Mr. Stockwcll'a brother,
CoL Levi B. Stockwell, and before many
months a new match had been formed. Mr.
Howe died to 1869, and left al< hto vast pro
perty to his two daughters. Boon after this
event Mr. Stockwell threw himself into the
arena of the tails and bears.
At first be confined himself to small invest
ments, tat gradoally launched into heavier
and more colossal operations. Pacific Mail
was hto favorite stock, and under his manip
ulation it advanced rapidly in value. He
purchased share after share and made it an
active stock. Hto ambition tad led him to
become a Director in the Company. After
getting himself elected a Director he aspired
to the Presidency of the corporation, to
which be also got himself chosen. Once in
the coveted seat he began to consider how he
could keep himself there without being
obliged to cany the stock of tho Company.
A solution was presented to the Panama
Railway.
Tho stock of this road was selling very
had hto knee on Mr. Gardiner’s breast, his
left hand on hto throat, and menaced him low and Mr. Stockwell seized on tt as ihein-
■The report of tbe committee records the
[mortifying fact that a government which is
not dejurt, is maintained by the aid of the|
I military power of the Ui ited States. U^N
resist the Executive, which with sras de
fends this usurpation,*wc arejrebels; if we I
de not resist it, the stupendous falsehood to
proclaimed that we acquiesce to the usurp
ing government The republican right of
the people of the State to select their own
political agents to utterly disregarded and|
| trampled on by the Preside nt
We have deemed tt imperative to assert I
[this right; end we are prevented and hinder
ed therein by tbe wrongful and unconstitu
tional interference of the Federal Executive, I
against which we shall not cease to protest.
Weappcal to our brethren in the other States
for thrir sympathy and support of a poaition
which they are all interested to maintaining,
tiros vindicating a cardinal principle of oar
political system. We have no other hope or
means of defense against the wroncs done ns. I
I We can only assert oar rights, refuse submis
sion to usurpation and abide the judgme^M
the American people in our ease. Mean
tt behooves the people of Louisiana to
serve their manhood, tbeir dignity and MB
patience. 8offeilDg under tbe greatest lodigl
laities which can be perpetrated upon a free
people they are threatened a i h a prolongation
of a reign of corruption, spoliation and op-1
prearioo for four years longer.
We have no other recourse against such I
calamity, and no means of re-estaMishling
our rights as a peon'e and our status as a Re-J
publican State. We therefore urge our fri I
low-citizens to give ns tbeir zealous support
and encouragement in our endeavors' to sup-1
I port and pot into operation this government, 1
not by violent resistance to the aetbority of
the United States, tat by a firm and united
opposition to any and every act of iheosMB
ing government of Kellogg and his coni
Unfa
■In view of tbe great disasters of our 8tate, I
resulting from political troubles, we have
been disposed to make large concessions and I
compromises to secure peace and good gov-1
gteteMMoLnaMcea hot all qf
that character have hero haughtily rejected
by the usurpers. Embotd.ncd by the coun-
tesance and support extended to them by the
Federal Executive, nothing then is left to the
free and honest citizens of this State who elec
ted on and our asMCtalee, tat to rally with re
newed earnestness and devotion to the defense
and support of the dejurt and lawful govern
ment. With thrir approval end support we
Congressman Beck the lacreas,
•f Salary
A gentleman from Griffin sends ns the fol
lowing extract from a letter from Congress
man Beck explaining hto position on the
crease of salary bill:
By jthe way, I ice that tbe papers have
given the Georgia vote to the House on the
sstory bifl, and I am mentioned as not voting.
This was upon the conference bill, and
eluded the whole legislative and Executive
appropriation bilL I was not to tbe capita)
when tbe committee made thrir report, and
therefore did not vote. But the record will
show that I voted—
L Against allowing the proposition for
any increase to be considered.
2. Against the reconsideration of the bill
as first voted down; and
A Against the b31 on its final passage in
foe Hoorn.
The Caldwell case.
Subsidy Pom, of Kansas, has subsided
after securing a good coat of Kalsomine from
that august body of Credit Mobilier patriots,
tbe American Senate. Hto noble colleague
to the star now. Tbe noble, &c., ad
mits that be paid hto way to—that
to, he bongbt and paid for the good-will and
fixtures of his rival in tho race for Credit
Hobflier profits—one Carney. That he
bribed members of the Legislature is also in
controvertible, If Hr. Alcorn, a Republican
and a member of the Committee on Privilege*
and Election, knows anything abjut it.
The facta are as plain as a nose on a man's
face; but, as Jim Nye truthfully said, this
corrupt craving for investigation must be
stopped or somebody will be hurt Wbat
will become of Honest John, of Carolina, at
Carpet-Bag Clayton, of Arkansas, if this
spirit of inquiry is not laid?
And this is the way they propose to do it
Conkliog, be of the ambrosial lock*, is Mas
ter of Ceremonies. It is to be formally ad
| edged that a certificate of election,drawn up
to good form, is conclusive, and that tt is
none of tbe Senate’s business how the certifi
cate was obtained. It to a deep laid scheme,
and is to be fortified by a deal of learned
talk.
Under such a ruling, tho biggest thief fa
tbe world is safe if he can buy a scat in the
scoundrel's.safe harbor. The legislature, in
a spasm of honesty, cannot touch him be
cause he to a Senator, and the Senate will not
molest him because he came to Washington
with a certificate of riectien in proper shape.
55 bat next?
Dr.J.LSs
We extract the following from the Macon
Triegreroh and Messenger:
In another part of this paper will be found
an account of quite a number ef remarkable
cores recently berfarmed by this celebrated
English physician and surgeon.
His rooms at Brown’s Hotel for revere]
weeks past have resembled the levees of some
distinguished personage, so numerous have
been those seeking advice and assistance. At
the instance ana earnest request of many
patients under treatment end others desirous
of consulting him, the doctor, tt will be seen,
has again consented to stay here until the
91st instant This derision will be very
gratifying to many who have not yet been
able to avail themselves of hto acknowledged
■kOL All unite to saying that he will not
undertake no core where there is not a
reasonable prospect of success. Hence tbe
confidence with which he iaspires hto pa
tients.
And through the urgent solicitations of
citizens of Atlanta, and the Northern part
of the State he bss been induced to practice
at the Kimball House, Atlanta, from the 21st
of March until the middle of April.
Tbe Memphis police mode 630 arrests dor-
jpg February.
Tbe State of Tennessee bis eighty-two
counties.
By the new school law the salary of the
Superintendent of Education to fixed at
$1,000.
^Ttarity of Memphis owes s debt of $<,-
Daring tost year Justice Winters alone
sent 179 convicts to tbe penitentiary from
Shelby county.
Tbe Memphis Msrdi Gras Krewe spent
$6408 88.
f
The nations! debt of Japan tt
to $140400,OCR
Forty persons a day are dying, at Rio de
Janeiro, of yellow fever.
Europeans are amusing themselves with a
book, purporting to rive the letters the Grand
Duke Alexis received from voung todies while
to this country.
bloodily with a knife also, tho weapon some
what resembling a sailor’s sheath knife.
While all this was going on the man with the
lantern was busy ransacking a handsome toilet
bureau which stood at the foot of the bed;
tat, not finding as rich booty as was expec
ted, he demanded’to know where the money
and valuables were secreted. Mr. Gardiner
continued to struggle and to cry strenrously
for help; andMrs.Gardiner, who is evidently
a tody of very kindly Christian character, was
remonstrating with her brutal cap: or. The
little daughter, bearing the cries of her father,
left her bed to the darkness, and making her
way to her parents’ room, cried piteously and
implored the blackguards not to
KILL HEB FATA AND MAMMA.
The maid servant, Lizzie, also came down
stairs, passed through the front room and by
a communicating door into her mistresses’
bedroom, believing that Mr. Gardiner had
been seized with some sudden and agonizing
illness. She was to her night-dress, and aa
she entered the apartment she saw the man
with the dark lantern busy at the bureau
drawers and the other two upon the bed,
struggling with her master and mistress. She
to young and very modest and timid, and see
ing the fearful condition of affairs looked
on tt tat a few momenta and then turned and
to terror went back td her own dormitory.
Nothing, it seemed, coaid quell Mr. Gardiner’s
cries, for he seemed to be in a manner crazed
by the sodden and awful realization of so
fearful a menace from the depth of a tranquil
slumber, and the thieves threatened over and
over avain lo use their knives. Mrs. Gardi
ner’s assailant actually placed
TUB COLD BLADE
of hto weapon against her throat and asked,
“Do you fed that!" In response to their in
quiries Mrs. Gardner told them where to find
the money and valuables in the room, and
several tunes as jthe man with the lantern
moved about tbe room she obtained indis
tinct glances of the profiles of the two men
on the bed. Hr. Gardiner to his struggles,
which, as well as hto cries, were not for an
instant relaxed, several times got hold of his
assailant’s knife, and Mrs. Gardiner had a
small piece of flesh clipped from her car and
received a alight cut on her right hand. These
wounds, however, she says, were accidental
on the part of the ruffian, and in a great de
gree caused fay her efforts to release herself.
As her daughter still continued to cry and
plead about the bed, the man who had throt
tled Mrs. Gardner kindly lifted
TUX TERRIFIED DARLIXO
into tho bed with one hand, and the litticone
eowenoriy crept down between her imper
illed and powerless father and mother. Mrs.
Gardiner’s assailant she believes to have been
a German from tho accent with which he
spoke English, and she farther expresses the
belief that be most have been a father from
tbe kind and parental way in which he lifted
and tried to calm the fears of the frightened
child.
When tho thrives had obtained all the
available booty they rapidly left the apart
ment, their departure being, no doubt, accel
erated by Mr. Gardiner’s cries for assistance,
and they ran down stairs and left the house
by the front door. As soon as ho was re
leased Mr. Gardiner jumped from the bed,
ran to tbe front room and opened a window
and again cried .aloud, and repeatedly, for
assistance, tat, as usual, no policeman was
about. Finding no response be returned to
tbe bedroom and passed down stairs to his
night clothes, and by this time the thieves,
who had experienced some difficulty in open
ing the door by reason of a peculiarity about
lb “X ***?. ed fSress, and when he reached
the sidewalk were about a hundred feet dis
tant, going easterly toward Broadway. Mr.
Gardiner went
EH DI8HABLE AND BAREFOOTED.
to the corner of Eight avenue and called for
the police, tat shortly returned to the house
and noticed that the thieves tamed ap Broad
way toward the Park. Mr. Gardiner then
putonwpanta, shore and coat and went
down Eight avenue to Forty-eight street,
where he met a policeman, who came to his
bouse, while Hr. Gardiner went on to the
Twenty-seventh precinct police station to
make complaint. An old-fashioned alarm
clock stood at the head of the stain, near
Mr. Gardiner’s bedroom door, and in harmo
ny with the iiea of its owner rolled out a
deep alarm while the thieves vere in the
room, and jnst about the time they left it
itrack tbe hour cf two o'clock Thursday
morning.
Mr. Gardiner to convinced that the robbers
known something of the interior
arrangement of the house in order to find his
apartment so readily. It has .Iso been bis
enstom to keep the gislight in the passage on
the second floor burning all night As the
robbers entered the house they lit the gas in
S* lower vestibule, by way of makrng the
fane of retreat easy, and when they ascended
****" * shrewdly extinguished the light on
the second floor, so as to exclude all light
ttom the bed-room and thus prevent the pos-
riMhty of tbeir being recognized and identi-
SCO.
In the morning, upon taking off the bed
clothes, Mrs. Gardiner discovered a piece of
black alpaca about a foot square, which had
been used as a mask to conceal tbe features
of one of the robbers. She afterwards re
membered that she bad indistinctly seen this
on the face of the man who was struggling
to the bed with her husband, tat did not at
the time know what tt was.
with that Disease
or the Nose Coxmohlt Considered Ikcu-
BAZLE SHOULD HEAD THE FOLLOWING Let
ter FROM ONE or ODE OLDEST AND HOST
Respectable citizens.—I have beat sorely
afflicted with ozoena, a very disagreeable
discs sc tn tbe noer, for many years. Him
under Dr. Jones’ treatment, and am rapidly
improving. Dr Jonc.’ remedies godirect to the
•“‘ of .the disease; are very pleasant, and act
JJBCfiCHulj once. I cheerfully recommend
Dr Jones to my friends as master of his pro-
'3SUOB. a p. Fee EUAN,
„ , . . Macon, Ga.
DrJones has been induced to visit Atlanta,
and may be consulted at the Kimball House
from the *l*t of March, to the fifteenth of
ApriL
strument which was to keep him to control
of Pacific HaiL He knew that the Steamship
Company was powerless without the railway
by which its passengers and freight were
carried across the Isthmus, and that the pos
session of its stock would enable him to un
load himself of Pacific Mail, and at the same
time prevent hto removal from the Presiden
cy. He therefore sold short of Pacific Mail,
which Henry N. Smith began buying in, to
tbe hope of creating a corner.
The stock dropped several per cent, and
after Smith had secured the most of tt, be
contracted with Mr. Stockwell to sell it back
at 90 to three months. Before the contract
could bo fulfilled, the North-western gale
swept over 5Vall street, and unexpectedly
stranded Smith, who was jnst as anxious to
get the Pacific Mail off his hands as he was
previously anxious to carry it. Speculators
say that he beseeched Stockwell, with tears
in his eyes, to take it back, and that it cost
him a bonus of $500,000 before he could be
released from the contract
The fortune which Mr. Stockwell has
amassed bom his different speculations has
been variously - estimated at from eight to
ten million dollars. How much of this he
has lost to the recent fluctuations to Pacific
Mail to yet nnknown.
In ptrsonal appearance Mr. Stockwell is
medium-sized, and possesses a penetrating
bine eye. He wears a mustache and flowing
English side-whiskers of red color. He is
very quick and decided to b s manner. Hto
house on Madison avenoe, corner of Thirty-
ninth street, is one of Ibe most elegant and
cosily to tbe city . It is furnished to a style
of the greatest grandeur. Even the fenders
around the grates in the drawing-room are of
gold. Mr. Stockwell lost his wifo about a
year ago, and it to now reported in fashion
able qnarters that be is engaged to a well-
known New York belle.
Written expressly for the Atlanta Constitution.]
5Vc left Edinburgh to tbe haze and mist
of early morning—at half past five o’clock,
to be plain—taking tbe Waverly rente south
wards. The valley, celebrated by Borns
to “The Draw Lada of Gala iYater,” lay to
our path, and so did a hilly country clad to
green velvet; and at length there was a long
whistle for a busy manufacturing town called
Galashiels; and, shortly afterwards, wc were
seated
AT BREAKFAST Cl MELROSE.
An Eogiish ton! Englishwomen keep
them, and a man’s clumsy fingers are rarely
discernible. Tbe landlady or one of her
rosy-cheeked daughters takes yourjorder, and
attendsjthe table throughout. Such snowy
table-cloths,such mutton, inch tatter! We
do not know what good mutton to to this
country. Excellent grass, pore water, and a
breed of loog-woolea sheep (conspire to let
England beat the world in mutton chops.
The tatter comes to the table perfectly fresh,
without a particle of salt, to little fanciful
rolls about as large S3 a tailor’s thimble. I
know it to cruel to portray such homes for
Ibe weary traveler, to men whose stomachs
are harrowed by all the abominations that
Africa is capable of. Forgive us this odcc
though, for breakfast was essential before
setting oat for
TUB FAB-FAMED ADUEV.
The cross of Melrose, to the market place,
attracts our attention; and perhaps, a few
words about such symbols of Christianity
will not be out of place. Iu Catholic coun
tries they are everywhere, by the roadside, on
bridges, in the busy mans of trade and
along unfrequented mountain ways. The
irchitectural emblems of England are very
ancient—all, I think, older than the Reforma
tion,—and are either market, preaching, boun-
dary or memorial cross?*. The ono of Mel
rose is of rode stone, perhaps twelve or fif
teen feet high, venerable to appearance, said
protected by an iron rail. Undoubtedly, tt
was a preaching cross—that is, ono at which
proclamations were read, public business
transacted or sermons preached. 8nch relics
are carefully cherished to these tourtotical
days.
As we go down the village street we mail
a letter at the little rural poet office. Behind
the handful of boxes was a clicking telegraph
instrument—the joint institation being at
tended by a young lady. In this, may we
not see the model of our lesser .post-offices
when politicians cease to use them to advance
tbeir individual interests? A short distance
beyond the office we tamed down a short
street to find, among clustering gardens and
modest homes.
THE ADUEV OF MELROSE.
The keys of the gate are kept by an old
lady who insisted on going herself, instead of
sending her pretty daughter. The dear old
soul meant well enough, tat her endless
tongue took away >11 tho romantic feelin
that we expected to experience under tl
shadows of this beautiful ruin. While s
was pointingout tbespot that may cover the
heart of tbe Bruce, and other like guide-book
foolishness, I wss trying to gather the basis
for a memory of the wonderful arches and
sculptured ornaments, which were executed
Australia was called to the Chair, and Amer
ica kindly acted as Secretary. After con
siderable discussion, it'was voted to ignore
the laud of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Mrs.
Hemans,—the justly-lauded Lake district,—
and hasten on to Loudon. Not a word was
said about letters awaiting us there, but I
•MtftWMHFMhti. they exercised an under
influence ora the voters.
OUR BAGGAGE,
in the meanwhile; was at the railway station,
in the Company’s responsible care. For a
price, ranging irom two to four cents, one
can leave* parcel of any kind at an English
railway station, getting a formal receipt for
the same—a system that we found very
convenient and economical on many
occasions. It. greatly increases one’s lib
erty of action, and choice of a feeding place.
Arido of about sixty miles to tho after
noon, through a hilly aad naturally slotilo
country, pat us over the bordt r. As we ap-
noached the lino tbe bills became heavier,
me land poorer, the fences anl cottages
scarcer, and tbe sheen plentier Tbe Cbc vi ot
hills that resounded with the frequent dash
of border arms, are now great sheep-walks.
Beyond the boundary line the country
changes into level, fera’e acres; the sheep aro
commingled with fat, hornless black cattle;
and very soon the train halts under the great
railway shed to
The Tragic Drama of Blue
Earth County, Minnesota.
Tho Awful Scenes of'Execu«
tion. -
I lie Wrens Bed.
At a late hour Tuesday night quite a bridal
party arrived in the city and put up at one
of our hotels. The bride was accompanied
by two of her young friends and the groom
by two gentlemen. The names were regis
tered in the usual way, tat in some way e
mi,take was made in registering in tbe iden
tity of the bride. Tbe ho. re sped on toward
the dawn, and the bride, in her silent cham
ber, waited tbe appearance of her lord. Yet
he came noL Surely, he was not sitting ffp
all this time; Tbe rest of the party had re
tired, she was certain since the had heard
them in thrir apartments.
5Vbat had become of him? Impatience
gradually grew into terror.
She rang the bell and tbe servant knocked
at the door.
“Do you know where my husband is ?’’ she
inquired.
'Ain’t he here mam ?”
'No."
'Maybe be stepped out into the city, mam,
and will be bock directly.’’
“I’m afraid; ob, do inquire at tbe office and
sec if there to any intelligence about him.’’
The servant retired, and to a few momenta
returned with information that there was
none. The wife wss then alarmed to earnest.
She never bad a husband before, and like the
man wko drew tbe elephant in the lottery,
scarcely knew wliat to do with the animaL
In her anxictv she went to the room of her
bridesmaids and knocked at the door.
“ Who’s there f came to accents unmistaka
bly masculine.
“Me, Sarah; tat mercy, wbo are you ?'
There was a sudden stir and the sound of
feet falling heavily on the carpeted floor.
“Who in the devil am I to bed with, then ?”
•he heard the man ssy, as the door swung
open and her husband’s face peeped out.
“Oh! I'm distracted about you; where
have you been?”
“I’ve been here in bed; tat deuce take me,
I thought you were too.”
“Oh! James, it wasn’t me.”
“Who is it, then?”
“Why, iu Sarah."
“The deviL”
“Oh I no, James, tt was Sarah. Didn’t yon
know it, James?”
“Blast me if I did! I found her asleep, and
thinking this was yoor room, I crept into bed
and went to s eep, replied James, evidently
impressed with the idea that be had adifflcult
case to argue
“Is she asleep yet, James?”
“ Why, don'tyun bear her snore?”
But just then Sarah waked op, aud seeing
a man to ber room, set up screams which
filled the hall with people
And now the bridaloom found himself to
a delicate position. In the harry of explain
ing the matter to hto wife he had neglected
to put on his pants; and now in hto eager
search for them be was dancing around the
room like one possessed; now and then im
ploring Sarah to hush—
“I'm going, don’t you see 1 ’
But Sarah was seeing too much, aud she
wouldn't hush; and the wife in the hall,
hemmed to by the eager crowd, bad tried to
explain, but failing in ibis, bad leaned her head
against the wall and Was enjoying a hearty
cry.
At last, however, tbe pants were found and
fat on, and the hrnband and wife escaped to
heir chamber, while Miss Sarah doub'.e
locked ber door against all further intrusion.
Tbe next morning explanations were gone
into, but there’s no denying that both the
ladies were the least bit incredulous, and it is
said a perceptible coldness has grown up be
tween them, whilst tbe unintentional offend
ing bridegroom walks about a good deal, his
head down, and evidently indulging in un
pleasant meditations.—Boats* ibsC
C2TI was.fcadiy crosr-ey ed fifteen yeirs. Dr.
Jones, by a skilled operation, bas made my
eyes perfectly straight I would not take
any money for tbe benefit this skilled sur
geon has dose to me. I live to Macon, and
refer anyone to the professors of Mercer
University for tbe truth of this statement;
also to my father, Davis Smith, swell known
resident of Macon. Wm. Ira Smith.
The surgeon who performed the above and
so many other delicate operations throughout
the State, bas been induced to practice at tbe
Kimball House to Atlanta, from tb« 91st of
March to the middle of April.
The Scottish towns ot stone have yielded
to the dingy brick towns of merry old Eng
land. Any of them are old enough—Carlisle
certainly is, unless one wants something
older than the Romans; for there aro unmis-
lakcablc signs that tho ancient chape to to
gas loafed around the border town. A part
of tho Castle was built by them. It to still
in use as a garrison fortress; and the Cathe
dral of ten hundred and something to .also
serviceable; although both of them are old
and worn enough to retire from active life,
and take a quiet place among the professional
ruins. F.
WALL STREET EXCITEMENTS
Gold Up and Pacific
Down.
Mail
Soe-Saw cf the Bulls and Bears.
An Incipient Gold Ring and a Raid on
Pacific Matt.
so long ago that tt made my head swim to
think of il The Abbey was founded by
David I, to 1156, for tho Cistercian Monks.
Not long afterwards the English, under
Bdward II, made it a rain, that Robert the
Brace restored, at great expense, in 1326.
It was badly mutilated in the subsequent ware
of the bonier, tat the infamy of destruction
beyond repair to monopolized by tho zealots
of the Reformation. The stone to so hard
that some of tbe ornaments remain aa dis
tinct and well-defined aa when they first ap
peared from out tbe shapeless block. Tho
jackdaws and swallows were flying through
windows whom proportions generations have
admired; tho caw of rooks came from
the neighboring trees; and out to the < hurch-
yard—where Sir David Brewster and an un
known host quietly sleep—fleecy sheep, with
tinkling bells, were feeding. The scene was
ono of peace—for the daily flood of travelers
had not yet come to from Edinbntgh or Car
lisle. I am sure that an entry in my notes,
reflecting on the boasted advance of
modern times, to very pardonable; for before
me was a building of the middle ages that
no architect of this inventive period can sur
pass; he does well if he faithfully copies.
Luckily for future generations, what is left
of the Abbey to in the great family of Bnc-
clcucb, who will presetve the remnant of
pure Gothic art from future desecrations.
Wc sat, amid the fragrance of flowers and
tbe hum of mollitudinoos bees, in the sdjac-
cent gardens, while the gardener picsed
basket of red ripe strawberries. The moist
air produces prodigious fruit, but tt partially
destroys tho delicious flavor that we know.
And then a morning walk of three good Eng
lish miles brought two more pilgrims to tbe
literary shrine of
ABBOTSFORD,
The bills and trees completely bide the
house from the road until tbe entrance gate to
passed. The present estate is very afincone—
a gentleman's place, as they say in England;
but at tbe time ot Scott’s purchase, it wss an
uninviting moor. Just before he took posses
sion, he thus wrote to a brother-in-law from
bis residence at Ashaticl:
“As my lease of this place is out, I have
bought, for about £4,000, a property to the
neighborhood, extending aloug the bonks of
the river Tweed for about half a mile. It is
very bleak at present, having little to recom
mend tt but the vicinity of the river; but ol
the ground is well adapted by nature to grow
wood, and to considerably various to
form and appearance, I have no donbt
that by judicicus p’antations, tt may
be rendered a very pleasant spot; and tt to at
present my great amusement to plan tho
various lines which may be necessary for
that purpose. The farm comprehends about
a hundred acres, of which I shall keep fifty
to pasture and tillage, aud plant all the rest,
which will be a very valualiic.liulc possesion
in a few years." as wood bears a high price
among us. I intend building a small
cottage for my summer ab ide, being obliged
by law, as well as induced by inclination, to
make this country my residence for some
months of every'year. This to the greatest
incident which has lately taken place to our
domestic concerns, and 1 assure you wc are
not a little proud of being greeted as laird
and lady of AbboUford?
Tbe small cottage expanded Into a fine
mansion of diverse architecture, and the
modest property into a large domain. Lock
hart says that it was the great object of
Scott’s ambition to be a Twcedside Laird.
He proposed to found a great Protestant,
landed family. But God disposes; and to
day the author’s sole descendant is a great-
grand-daughter, who is a devoted adhi rent of
tbe Church of Rome. She succeeds to the
estate at Abbotsford.
THE HOUSE
to open to visitors on every week day of tbe
summer season. A register of visitors to
kept to the office, and the number of them to
surprising. On the Saturday previous to our
visit, sixty-three travelers came from the dif
ferent quarters of tbe globe to do homage to
the memory of the Immortal bard. There is
much of interest to the house, which is freely
shown by a young lady, who goes at tt with
out any waste of time or words. She had
told the stoiy before. She shows tbe two
carved chairs that were a present from the
Pope; also more chairs from GeorgeIV: a
silver urn with the compliments of Lord By
ron ; Chantry’s bustof Sir Walter; thcchair
and table that he used, and hto library of
about 20,000 volumes. The armory, library,
study, and in fact, all of the rooms that are
shown to visitors, are said to remain ray
much as thrir illustrious owner left them
And then we went down to a rustic seat cn
the bank of tbe Tweed, lira of song, fable
end tradition, that flows a few rods behind
•hi bouse. 5Ve sat there pcihaps an hour
on that beautiful summer day, in tbe pretty
vale, surrounded by trees that sheltered the
great heart which spurned all compromise
with the mountain of debt that tbe faults of
other men devolved upon him late in life, and
which he bravely struggled to discharge until
body and mind broke aown under the her
culean task. The words I have jnst been
reading from Lockhart, of hto last momenta,
will be a better conclusion than anything
that I can write:
Lockhart,” said be, “I may have tat a
minute to spdk to you. My dear, be a good
man—be virtuous—be religious—be a good
man. Nothing else will give von any com
fort when you come to lie here.”—He paused,
and I said, “Shall I send for Sophia and
Anne?"—“No,” said be, “don’t disturb them.
Poor souls! 1 know they were up all night—
God bless you all.”—With this he sunk into
a very tranquil sleep, and, indeed, he scarcely
afterwards gave any sign of consciousness,
except for an instant on the arrival of hto
sons. About half-past one r. m , on the 21st
of September, 1832, Sir Walter breathed hto
last, in the presence of all hto children. It
was a beautiful day—so warm that every
window was wide open—and so perfectly
Stni, that the sound of all others most de
licious to hto ear, the gentle ripple of the
From tho New York San.]
Wall street had two or three exciting topics
ot discussion yesterday, and as usual in stir
ring times the gossips circulated free from
board to board and office to office giving
out tho very latest intelligence. The
early morning hours were devoted to dis
cusring the gold pool which is now said to
be to process of formation. Rufus Hatch,
Henry N. Smith, and other financial heavy
weights are said to be to this pool, whose in
tention is, if possible, to comer go'd and ad.
vance the premium, holding on for a culmi
nation of the scheme until gold becomes
scarcer than at; resent Aa tbe market stands
at this times comer is manifestly impossible,
inasmuch as exchange to low and falling oil
day by day, and, further, aa gold is exceed
ingiy plentiful and the supply not un
duly drained by foreign shipments.
Henry N. Smith, who is said to be at the
head of this scheme, to the same operator
who figured so extensively to the Black Fri
day panic when brother-in-law Corbin made
his little stake. Ho is half broker and half
turfite, and besides hto office in Broadway
and hto balance at bank, owns a few trotters,
such as Goldsmith Mud and Lucy on which
he has won heavily. When Mr. Smith origi
nated this pool Mr. Jay Gould was short of
gold, tt to arid, and was forced to cover at
small loss.
Mr. Smith and Mr. Gould have not been on
tho most intimate terms recently, owing, as
tho auctioneers say, to circumstances too
numerous to enumerate. Both are sharp
operators, and to the prosecution of th-lr
little enmities will probably soon gtvo Wall
street a pleasant news sensation. Betting U
to favor of the nltlmita success of Gould,
whose head is, metaphorically speaking!
longer than Gould’s whole body.
Another sensation was the ground and lofty
tabling to Pacific Mail, which dropped 8 per
cent, amid tremendous excitement. Even the
peripatetic gossips were nonplussed for a time
by Ibis sudden retrograde movement, but al
length thrir ingenuity, taxed to ita utmost,
solved the mystery by a aeries of the most
extraordinary rumors ever heard even on
Wall street.
Among tho rest was one that has often
been circulated heretofore, to the effect that
the assets of the company aro impaired, but
to what extent or how, rumor sayeth not.
This was the bears’story, while the bulls held
that tho affaire of the company were never in
a more satisfactory condition than at present
The declino of 8 per cent they say, was
caused by the manipulations of the bears, and
not fay anything connected with the affairs
of the company.
A reporter who called on Mr. E. W. G.
Bellows, the Vice President of the Company,
yesterday, was received as cavalierly aa
though he was the bearer of a cartel of defi
ance. Ho asked Mr. Bellows whether there
was any truth to the reports so widely circu
lated to the street relative lo the embarrass
ments of the company, and received a gruff
and surly reply in tho negative. Mr. Bellows
intimated wbat tittle bo didn't know about
tho company's business was not worth know
ing-
Mr. Henry Clews, tbe self-made banker,
82 Wall street, was the next gentleman visi
ted. Mr. Clews to a Director of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company. In answer to the
stereotyped inquiry he replied:
“No, sir, there to no truth whatever
those stories. Tbe fall to the stock to-day „
which you allude to due entirely to 5VaU
street manipulation. There to noreasan why
the stock should fall off ether than that
afforded by the current operations of the
market.”
Reporter—I have been told, Mr. Clewa,
that there to a growing distrust in the
minds of opcratois as to the ability of the
company.
Mr. clews—This to only a stock move
ment, and any other stock i< just as liable
to be similarly affected any day. To show
you that the company is ■ ot in an cm*
barrassed condition, 1 need only say that,
at the meeting of the directors to-day, it was
resolved to purchase four new steamers and
pay for them to cash. Docs that look like
young man miniged to get
tth under
it till the last instant,
Bth till the drop fell, a
• rope cau-cJ his teeth to cat
noting stump.fell to tbe
coolv smoked his pipe,
ous “Hi yi-yi," “HI-yi-yi," at
Very few persons remember tho Indian
frontier war of 1803, because it was obscured
by the mountains of smoko from the crim
soned fields of tbe South. Tho war ended
to the defeat of the Indian, after they *
massacred over
SEVEN HUNDRED PEOrLB,
mostly women and children; and three bun-
died and throe of the murderers were tried
by court-martial, and condemned to death.
President Lincoln respited all tat thirty-
eight.
One causa of discontent eras tho govern
mental prohibition that they, tho Sioux,
should not make war upon the Chippewa*.
5Vhcn upbraided to 1863 for evading this
command, Ibe chiefs answered with this home
thrust: “Our great Father wc know, bas
alwas told us tt was wrong to mako war,yet
now he himself to making war, and lulling a
great many. Will you explain this to us?
Wc don't understand it.” But the real cause
of the outbreak was
THE OUTRAGEOUS SWINDLES
of the traders and government agents. They
swindled them beyond the bounds of belief.
The villainoos thieves robbed them st every
turn, and when the brave and eloquent Red
Iron protested, the Indian agents slapped
him iu the guard-house. They were fully
aware of the magnitude of the contest on
the Southern soil; and various facta led them
tobclicYCthatlhocoualryhadcxhaustcd its
fighting material and was going to ruin.
LITTLE CROW
was Ihcu the head chief of the Sioux. Ho
waa an able man, and skilled in the art of
war as carried on by the savages. He hsd
been to Washington once or twice, and knew
the pale-faces were without number; but
still he burned to avenge the wrongs of hto
race, and the contests in his breast ho de
scribed as fearful. The first outbreak was
on the 15th of August, while some young
braves were hunting. They quarreled with
white men, shot them, murdered their
families and fled. Tbe whites pursued,
and tho Indians armed themselves. The
next day they gathered together to the num
ber of a hundred or more, and came
whooping down to Little Crowa's wigwam.
It was early morning and ho had not risen.
He was awakened by thrir noise, and sat np
with hto blanket around him. They told him
what tad transpired, and asked what they
bad belter do. The exigency of the the de
cision was startling: and so fnllv alive was
he to the peri s to which a decision either
way would expose him, that, as he afterward
stated, the perspiration “came out to great
beads upon my forehead.” The hope ol sue-
ceaadccidedmaaclion,andhcsaid: “Trouble
with the whites is inevitable, sooner or later.
It may os well take place now as at any
other time. I am with you. Let us go lo
the agency and kill the traders and take tbeir
goods.”
Then the war licgan in earnest. It lasted
until late in the fall, when the Indians were
overpowered, driven off, and a large number
of them captured.
TRIAL, CONDEMNATION AND EXECUTION.
Three hundred and three of the captured
Indians were tried by frontier court martial
and sentenced to death. President, after
looking ora the record of the testimony,
would only sign the death warrants of thirty-
eigbt. These were ordered to be hong at
Mankato, on the 26tk day of February, 1863.
On the Monday previous the condemned
were separated from the other prisoners.
When the death warrant was read to them,
says a reporter who waa present, tt was
thought that the scene would be particularly
solemn and distressing to the doomed sav
ages. But it was not so. They received this
ly smok
ing it to-hts
the jerk of 1
it off, an
ground!
singing the 1
intervals.
After the fatal noose had been adjusted
around the ncck9 of all, tho accno to described
as havingbecnonc of swfol interest A pain
ful and breathless suspenso held the vast
crowd, which had assembled from all quar
ters to witness tho execution. Three riow,
measured and,distinct beats on tbe drum by
Major Brown, sod the rope that held the
scadold was cut by a Mr. Duly, whose family
had been murdered by Indians, and thirty-
right struggling bodies were dangling be
tween heaven and earth. The rope around
tho neck of Rattling Runner broke, and he
fell to the ground “with a load grunt." as a
local reporter described it. He was placed in
position again and was soon dangling with
the rest. While tbe signal beat was being
given several of the condemned were seen to
try to clasp each other’s hands, and tbeir fu
tile efforts to clasp one another to death aro
described as having been distressing;
The lifeless bodies were cot down, placed
four array wagons, and taken toa trench
prepared for their reception. They were all
deposited to the one grave, thirty feet to
length by twelve in width, and four feet deep.
They were laid to the bottom to two rows,
with their feet together and thrir beads to
tbe outside. They were simply covered with
blankets and tbe earth thrown over them.
There they tie to this day, the great grave
bring a mute warning to the savages wbo still
roam upon the frontier.
The others condemned, but not executed,
were taken down the Mississippi to an island
nrtor Davenport where they were clo*clycon-
lined for a year. They were then taken up
to a barren reservation, row within Jay
Oookc’a wheat belt, and turned out to freeze
and starve to death. It to a question, when
they looked around at their cheerless abode,
not being able to read Jay Uooke’e advertise
ments, and knowing nothing of tbe isother
mal lino, and seeing desolation reaching to
tho horizon all around—tt to a question, 1 say,
if they did not wish they had been hung
with tho rest
BEAUTIFUL HANDS.
A Sunday Story Written Tor tbe
YouDg Headers of The
Constitution.
BV COUSIN ANNIE.
“Aunt Myra, Dell Cork-ton has the moat
beautiful hands of any girls I era saw.”
Aunt Myra turned round, palled off her
spectacles, and looked at her niece, while she
said:
“In wbat respect, dear ? ”
“Tn wbat respect,' Auntie? 5Yby,in form,
color, shape of tbe nails, and all, of course.”
“But is there nothing else about them
which makes them beautiful? ”
“5Vby, Auntie, what else could there be?”
and Blanche looked other wondcringly.
But Aunt Myra, instead of replying to the
question, said:
“ I know some ono who; bas more beauti
ful hands than Dell Colleton.”
- Why, anntic, who can it ter
“Floy WainwrighL”
“Floy 5Yainwright," and hero Mias
Blanche’s nose bad a decidedly upward ten
dency. “Aunt Myra, Ido not really think
you mean what you say l The idea! Why
Floy’s bands are luge, ill-shapcn and brown
as a berry."
“Yet to me they are amongst the meet
beautiful bands 1 ever saw.”
“Bat, Auntie, nothing to to compared to
Dell Carlcton! ” “ Far handsomer," wss tbe
quiet reply. “You, perhaps, don’t know
why I say this.”
Not waiting for an answer, she continued:
ton’* Dell came home from reboot,
mother said:
“ ‘Dell will you not curl the baby’s Lair? I
have been ao bmy all day I could not do tt
myself.’ ”
“1 could see that Dell was angry bv the re
luctance with which tbe obeyed, i'lacing
Willie to a chair sbe began her work. But
she had no patience with the ugly tangle*
and mats of hair. More than one cry from
the little fellow told of the pain lie was suf
fering at her hands. Daring this time Char
lie, her other brother, had spied among tar
books a luge illustrated geography, and pull
ing it out, was now turning the leaves with
childish delight. Dell turned round and saw
him. Instantly it waa snatched away, while
with ber band fbe dealt him a slinging blow
upon his check. Ilcr mother reproved ber
for this, but she seemed not to mind it. Be
fore long she said:
“Mother, mar I not have another piece of
that fruit-cakcr’
“ No, Dell, your father has not ticcn to din
ner yet. Be satisfied witii what I have given
The reporter confessed that tt did not, and
took hto leave, the venerable banker smiling
blandly upon him as ho bowed himself out
Mr. A. B. Stockwell, President of tbe
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was found
by a reporter of Tbe Sun at hto elegant man
sion, comer of Madison avenue ana Thirty-
ninth street, last evening. Two private car
riages stood to front of the door when tbe
reporter arrived. When asked if there was
any troth to the rumors on tbe street about
financial embarrassment of Uio Pacific Mall
Company, the opulent.ateamahip manager re
plied that there was none whatever.
He said that be attributed the stories to the
panic in the stock market, and pronounced
them to be without any real foundation. He
remarked that tire company was sound and
prosperous, and was not impaired on account
of the decline to stock. The reporter sub
sequently asked the following question:
“Can you tell me anything, Mr. Stock
well, about the stories in regard to yourself f’
“What do you mean?” he replied; “the
report that I have madean assignment of my
;” that to what I would like to
Welt, it to entirely untrue; I have done
no such thing. The report is absurd."
Mr. Stockwell mentioned that the steam
ship company was having eight huge steam
ers tatit at Wilmington to beputon tbe tine,
and that it was receiving machinery for the
vessels from.
Read What Dr. HcKellab of this
Crrr says op Dh. Jones’ Successful
Treatment.—Editor! Jdeyraph and licuen-
gcr: Having been a£tufferer let many years
with spiral irritation and general nervous de
bility, and after trying many remedies with
out relief, I came to the conclusion I could
not be cured, and had about made up my
mind that I never again would be free from
pain, which at times waa interne, and com
pletely prostrated me Bat to the short space
of two weeks Dr. Jones had caused all my
pains and diseases tn disappear, and I con
sider myself permanently eared of a disease
which had heretofore balled all skill I un
hesitatingly recommend persons who are
afflicted with chronic diseases to try Dr.
Jones’ treatment while tt to to their reach.
J. D. y cKellar.
The people of Macon have persuaded Dr.
Jones to extend bis stay at Brown’s Hotel
to that city until the 21st ot March.
De Mortals.
H. F. Williuk, Esq, of Savannah, died on
the 13th insL
Mrs. Mary Harris, sister of General H. W.
Riley, died in Dablonega, on Sunday last,
Mr. John Penick, of Madison, died enthe
7th tost.
sentence very coolly. At the close of the h. r 1m srwnrtW the JMr. {tarta!
first paragraph they gave the usual grunt of ^
approval; blit as the second was being inter- lons - DeU cam0 homc from * ch ° o1 - Hcr
prated to them they evidently discovered the
drift of the matter, and grunted a less hearty
approval. Some of them smoked thrir pipes
composedly during the reading, aud one to
particular was observed, who, when the time
of execution was designated, quietly knocked
the ashes from bis pipe and filled tt afresh.
Another slowly rubbed a pipe-full of tbe
cheerful weed in hto hands, preparatory to a
good smoke. The news that he was to lie
hung did not seem to have a depressing effect
upon this gentle savage.
The few days that intervened before tbeir
execution they spent in singing tbeir dcath-
soncs and parting with their relatives. On
the Wednesday taforc tho fatal Friday, each
Indian claimed for execution was permitted
to send for two or Uireo of bis relatives or
friends confined is the same prison, for tbe
purpose of bidding them a last adieu, and to
carry messages to absent relatives. Those
wbo were present during these interviews
described them as bring very sad and affect
ing. Each Indian bad some word to send to
bis parents or family. When speaking of
tbeir wives and children, every one was af
fected to tears. The ruling passion was
strong in death—the hope of the happy hunt
ing ground beyond cheering these savages in
their last moments. Ta-ti mi-mo sent word
to his relatives not to mourn his loss. Hereto
he was old and could not hope to live long
under any circumstances, and his execution
would not shorten his days a great deal. He
wanted hto friends to consider that be had
only gone to the happy hunting grounds
a little in advance of them. “I have
a great hope,” he said “of going di
rect to the Great Spirit, where
l shall always be happy.” This last remark
reached tho ears of Tazoo, a very intelligent
Indian, who was also speaking to his friends,
and he elaborated upon it in this wise: “ Yea
tell our friends that wc arc being summoned
from this world ora the same path they
must, too, shortly travel. We go first, tat
many of our friends may follow ui in a very
short lime; I expect to go direct to the
abode of the Great Spirit, and to be happy
when I get there. They tell us that the road
is long and the distance great; therefore, as
I am slow in all my moyemente, il will prob
ably take me a long time to reach the end of
the journey, and I should not be surprised if
some the active young men we will leave be
hind us will pare me on the road before I
reach the place of my destination.”
Several of the prisoners were com]
overcome during Uio leave-taking, and were
compelled to abandon conversation. Others
affected to disregard the dangers of tbeir po
sition, and laugbed and joked, apparently a*
unconcerned as if they were sitting around a
camp-fire in perfect freedom. Late on
Thursday night a correspondent of the press
visited the condemned for the last lime.
They were all fastened to tile floor by chains
two and two. Some were sitting up, smoking
and talking, while others were reclining,
covered with blankets and apparently asleep.
The three half-breeds only were dressed ia
citizen's clothing. The rest wore the breech-
clout, leggins and blankets, and not a few
were dressed with paint The majority of
them were young men, though several were
quite old aud gray-headed, ranging toward
seventy. One was a youth of sixteen. A
Catholic priest spent Uic entire night with
them, trying to impress them with a serious
view of the subject He met with some suc
cess, and during the nigbt several were bap
tized and received into tbe church.
Next morning preparations were made for
the execution. Thrir irons were knocked off,
and, one by one, they were tied with colds,
thrir elbows being pinioned behind and the
wrists to front, tat about six inches apart
This operation occupied till about nine
o’clock. White Dog requested not to be tied,
saying that be could keep bis hands down,
tat of course bit request could not complied
with. After ell were properly fastened they
stood npin a row around the room and sang
with loud voices an exciting death song.
They then sat down and all commenced
smoking. Tbe caps were shortly afterwards
fastened on their heads. They were made of
white muslin taken from the Indians when
their camps were captured, and which had
formed put of the spoils they had taken
from the murdered traders. They were
made long, and looked like meal sacks;
tat, bring rolled up, only come down
to the forehead, and allowed thrir
painted faces to bo seen. They re-
ceived these evidences of tbeir near
approach to death with evident dislike.
5Vhen h had been adjust id on one or two of
them, they looked around on the others who
bad not yet received it with an appearance of
shame. Chains and cords bad not moved
them—thrir wear was not considered dis
honorable—tat this covering of the bead
with a white cap waa humiliating. There
waa no more singing or conversation or smok
ing now. All sat around the room awaiting
thrir doom. At 10 o'clock they were formed
in procession and marched toward the long,
dismal scaffold. They are described as hav
ing gone eagerly and cheerfully,even crowd
ing and jostling each other to get ahead, as
hungry boarders when going to dinner. Aa
they commenced the ascent of the scaffold,
the deatb-eong was again started, and when
they bad all got np, the noise of their deep,
swelling voices was truly hideous. It ap
peared to the spectators as If Pandemonium
had broken loose. It had a wonderful effect
in keeping up thrir courage.
One young fellow, just before marching
to the scaffold, was given a cigar by Cotonri
Fisher, now managing editor of the Daily
Pioneer, who was present and who has given
you.”
A few momenta after Ibis, Dell left tbe
room. I happened logo in the hall for a drink
of water. Just then I saw hcr coming oat
of tbe dining room, a large slice of tbe cake
in her band. 1 went beck softly, wishing to
save hcr tbe pain and mortification of dis
covery.
“Why Auntie,” Blanche exclaimed, inter
rupting hcr at this point,“Ibad no Me* that
Dell could act sol”
“Nor I cither until 1 saw ber. Now you
know why I think her hands are not tieanti-
fuL Hands that deal falaely and unkindly,
and are not loath to pilfer, are far from tiring
pretty to my sight.”
“But, Auntie, tell me why ytiu think Hoy
Hanniwright beautiful."
“Ah! Floy, dear, little Floy. Sitting here
Uio other day, 1 raw her pan by. A poor,
lame man bad dropped htoprutcb, and to hto
efforts to regain it uad fallen upon tbe pave
ment. Floy did not pass him liy, as others
had done. No, ber hands were quickly
placed around him, while all her girlish
strength was.bioughtinto requisition as sbe
raised him to bis feet, and banded him his
crutch. He never noticed bow large and in-
shaped the hands were as bis graceful tests
dropped upon them. To him they were tbe
most beautiful bands on earth. A little
further down a child was crying under tbe
heavy weight of a bosket of clothes abo was
carrying home. Floy’s bands were instantly
laid upon one side <-f tbe handle. The child
stopped crying, looked up wondcringly, then
smiled through bet tears as she raw another
thus helping hcr lo bear the burden.
Now, Blanche, I have told you wby I think
Hoy's bands far-more beautiful than Dell
Garleton's. Hands that arc ever ready tn
help in deed* of merry, love and kindom
are the most beautiful bands on earth tn me.
Atlanta, Ga., March 13,1873.
Ex-Bsnrasr Johnson on the Rcnch.
Nothing could be more striking than tbe
high administrative talent which hto honor
evinced to such an eminent degree, tbe still
ness and the qniet that lie produced to teas
than an hour. In tbe large Court room,
crowded, as lit was wiUi spectators, was
remarkable. Tbe grand jury having been
emponnded he opened their duties to
them, in an able and eloquent ex
position of the high prerogative which
they held aa tbe grand inquest of tbe
comity, and of tbe subordinate hut not Ices
important functions of tbeir body, as the
“— of the treasury, and tbe internal
- *nto of tbe country. Wo regret
exceedingly that we are unable to give this
master-piece of judicial instruction in full to
our readers, or even * correct synopsis of it.
It was listened to with marked attention, and
made a deep impression (as it should have
dene) upon the minds of all wbo heard hie*
5Ve commend moat cordially to these to
whom tt was addreesed, the beautiful tovoea-
tion to the peroration of the charge, in which
5? “Ued upon this great power of foe court,
■tion that bound them to
.... —— — duties, to giro him their
diligent aid to the noble effort of foe court to
suppress crime and devote foe morals of foe
people;— Central Georgian, o
NMvocspEBtUTT.Loss OF Vital Fluid,
Seminal Weakness, etc. Cured— Dr.
Wif 0 1 Am employed
your skill, I was Indeed a great sufferer with
III sl. iii , .Z Tr ■uuwtr wiui
all the ills that follow the TioUtka of
of our existence, foe abuse of
*“*!*•• their terrible tale too plainly
nervous debility, irregular sleep startling’
and watoting dreamt, Weakness ot thetack.
floating spots before the eyes, something like
weta, forgetfulness Inability to concentrate
»"ful ferebodingt, desire to avoid
company, doll, heavy feeling. I was wast
ing away and despondent I have teen
using your wonderful remedies now two
nave regained my former vitality
eadvlgor; my mind and body are improved
1 am, indeed, a new being, with nearly all
my former vigorous rated sni body ! am
now able to pursue my occupation, and feel
that I am a new man again. •n«i know how
tpshun.fattetutmc.foat awfnl secret habit
white would have ruined me, tat for your
skill. I am, your friend,
re r . . Joseph W. Josltn.
.. Dr ; Jones, of London, England, effected
the above and so many other great cures, baa
oren induced to make a professional visit to
Atlanta, and may be consulted at the Kim-
me mute information as to the rema&blo March toth'e flffoentho? aJS. * Ut of