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THE ATLAN I A WEEKLY CONSTITUTION MAY 23, 1876.
The Atlanta Constitution
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Atlanta. Georgia.
southern patriotism.
i
Why there nliouM Ire, untsirleof th-
tricky politician’* rpeocbn, a (question
aa to the genuineness of aouthefn pa*
triotisni we cannot t*e. The south, eh
a distinct b-«ly of the people of the
union, has sever 1*een obnoxious to
the charge of h Y(»ocri<»y. On the other
hand it has liorne a reputation for
too impulsive frankneiM ami an over-
rearlineM to asnert both ita views and
U ability to RUaUin them. That the
war, in either ita incidents or result*,
should have changed this appears to
us anomalous. Certainly there is no
4xbiting reason for a 1 relief to the eon*
trary, exc* pt the lying and slnnderoua
statements which ignoble and design
ing politicians—s|Miilnmen, not atate*-
men—have to give in infbunalory bar-
anguea to ignorant and unthinking con-
stituencie*. Against such political
nroundrchMOi the entire south enter* it*
earnest protest.
Southern patriotism has not, since
the termination of the civil war, been
allowed to manifest itself. The class of
men who took control of the govern
ment and its offices did not desire that
it should have expression. In keeping
it stifled, under the ban of suspicion
and held in check by the manly
sentmcntsof a proud |«*>ple, they
their only hope for an extension of
j»ower. They demanded that we shonld
confess ourselves the blackest politic*]
criminal*,that we should denounce that
for which we had sacredly
fought and made the grand
est possible sacrifices and that
we should accept terms of recognition
which would have been brands of
famy upon our children to the fourth
and fifth generations. The te st of
triotism was the sacrifice of all that was
honest and manly. That test was re
acted with scorn, and for the decade
have endured the outrages conae-
fluent upon our refusal and kept onr
iwtriotisin warm to grace a better era.
That era, we feel, lias come. In the
same year that we cxirnse to the world
the glorious achievements of American
labor and genius, we also expose the
public wrongs and tyrannies in the ex
tent to which our institutions will tier-
mil them to lie carried and the remedies
to he applied. The last public utterance
of the late ex President Johnson, as
re) Killed in these columns, was that
"the saving power of the country lies
in the common honesty and |*»trioti*m
of the |*eop!e.” That “common hon
ami thnt “patriotism'* arc
to-day for the salvation of the country.
In the course of cut events, as sliap
ed by “the people" tic* south recognizes
the return of the country to its true
policy and line of action and no where
ia this hailed w it ii greater pleasure than
in the south. Our people are true to
the principles of the union, they will d<
aa much for their preservation as the
people of any other section, and in the
forwarding of the progress of the ct
try, the protection of its interests and
the performance of every duty belong
ing to patriotism, we challenges
slanderers and defy them to outstrip
its example.
A PAKT OK THK i KNTKNX1A1.
Tlie centennial exposition has bee
opened to the world with appropriate
honors—with speeches, songs, the clash
of musical instruments, the belli
of brass mouthed artillery and a gor
geoua display of multi-color, d hunting*
ttepresentatives siul representation;
from all quarters of the glut*? are gnth
i-red in the spacious buildings and the
entire scheme seems to he working
well. Tliat scheme was to bring the
American republic into the eyes of the
World with the results of ita regress
and the exhibition oi its achievements
«lur the first century of its exi
•nee, and by comparison with the ad
vanccment of older nation* show forth
tlie gigantic strides «if our people in all
the fields of art, science aud productive
industry. The wonders of American
progress are not mean ones and we do
not fear tliat our effort will end in dis
comfort or the failure to War strong
competitive tests.
We wish that another exhibition
could ho added to tli«**e already made
If some method could he designed for
showir.? o the world the progress of
Christianity in this country, in ad it*
details, embracing church exw nvons,
the multiplications «*f religious con
verts, the increase of Christian influ
ence in the mold ng of events an
affairs, the Christian world would have
reason to rejoice. We know that much
may be said by sootier* against the
churches, that instances of ministerial
depravity arc not wanting to W used
a* weaitons °f dtfense by the wicked,
bnt we also know that the preacher*
of America have pursued their laWr*
with more signal success than the
world lias ever know n before, and that
during the last century in America, no
field of toil—whether of the laborer,
the artisan, or the artist—has witness
ed such triumphs a* have Wen won by
the earn* t, pure and motion* advocate*
of Christ ar.d the gospel of salvation.
There should, we rejeat, be some
'•ntennia! honor* for tlie ministry,
w# art Speaking with reference to the
r boliciu <*f < hr ration principle. With
.•edaanddt^gmas we hare no issue
. ere. If men have l«eea made better.
;iave beta led to Christ, have been
redeemed from the certainty of eterua;
r the mediams ot tb« ;r >alva
tkoa tie worthT of «U the honors ot j
(hriatain knighthood. It ia to :i* !
universal clergy of American chut*. U j
that we would *v this honor done j
They have, In the years irorn 1776 u
1876 performed w ith fervor and forti
tude their mission. They have carried
the gospel into every heart in thi*
bnad land, whether it was received or
noL The people of the count.7 have
profited by these labors to an extern
se dare not attempt to estimate, bur
we do dare to ray that every faithful
minister of Christ has rvzsou to W
M««d »f the results a< hieved bv hi*
prt +eta**x* and hi* cotciuf orantwdor
Ration’s life, a* they appear to
in thi* bright centennial era.
The “ sick man/’ will probably die.
Tlie recent deplorable outbreak of
Mussulman fanaticism has almost cer
tainly brought upon Turkey a retribu
tion which will amount to its annihila
tion as a nation among European pow
ers. The event has aroused all the
nations of Christian Europe and ex
cited an apprehension for the safety
of the Christ ans in the dominion of
the porte, which will produce inter
ference of the most absolute and un
compromising character.
The facta are that a young Christian
girl at Salomon was seized by Mussul
mans and was being dragged to the
mosque when her crids summoned the
American consular agent, M. Lazzaro,
to her assistance. He rescued her and
carried her to the United Mates oonso
late, which was at once surrounded by
furious crowd of the Mohamedan fa*
natics. In the meanwhile Herr Ab
bott, thetserman consul, and Mr. Paul
Moulin, the French consul, hearing of
the affair repaired to the
mosque to protect the girt. Wnen they
had reached the church they were set
upon by the maddened mob and beau
en to death with irons wrenched from
the glarings. Tlie Italian consul ap
pealed to the Turkian soldiers to iuler
fere, but they refused, and the efforts
of tlie governor of Salonica to quell tne
riot were utterly futile.
Tlie fall particulars have been re
ported to the nations of the continent
and Italy, Germany, France, Russia,
Austria and England have ordered war
vessels to S*lon : ca and tliat vicinity.
The porte claims a different state of
facts and offers to mete out justice to
the already arrested Annie re of the
two foreign consuls. No definite action
en taken other than the above
but it is probable that a diplomatic
connultation.will result in tlie dethrone,
ment of the sultan and the establish
ment of a mixed Enropern protectorate
over his dominions It is certain to
all the powers that safety must be given
to the Christians of that country. The
fanaticism of the Mussulmans lias
brought its rich reward upon them
and they must speedily be taught to
respect the rights and tolerate the faith
of those even whom they hate.
CENTENNIAL BaD FAITH.
nor dignity to the senate by the eleva
tion to the senate of P. T. RaFnwn."
To this we heartily agree, if the fact be
aa stated, but we trust Raleigh has bet
ter “news” by this, time and. that the
demoenuk party is
pute there.
I Loir ia better 1
I
A TAX ON * TIME."
points rival-
It may be replied to ns that we have
no right to criticise any action taken by
the managers of tlie centennial exposi*
lion, because of the fact that Georgia re
fused to participate in tlie affair, and
as a state has stood aloof from it. W hat
we hIioII here say w therefore, is not in
tlie temper of criticism but of congrat*
ulation.
When we were appealed to in a spir
it of |«triotism—a patriotism referring
back to the revolutionary era, agreater
portion of the glory of which
belonfpi to us—we were told
that the occasion was to be made
love-feast" and re-union in the spirit of
true American fraternity. There were
to lie only mutual reminders of the
glory of the past, the progress of the
present and the possibilities of the
future. If there were memo
rials of American rnlor and
fame, they were to be those in
which tlie whole country had a com
mon property. If there were displayed
trophic* to indicate victories l»y Ameri
can citizens, they were to lie such as
were won from foreign enetuiesand not
those wrested by force from struggling
brothers, lieie in Atlanta, General
Hawley urged ns to come and share the
splendors of this exposition of Ameri
can achievements and promised tliat
we should !>e confronted with nothing
to offend our native pride or disturb
tlie sacred memories of the recent post.
Adopting the words of tlie “rebel'
to tlie “Yank” on the levee at Vicks
burg, in the fervor of his love, he ex
claimed: “Old Pard, let’s shake!'
When he addressed cat'll southern man
in this strain, we thought there was
feeling stirred in favor of the re-union
at the centennial. There ceitainly was
develop'd a belter favor for its surec
and many deplored that Georgia could
not join in the celebration.
Now it would seem that she acted
wisely. We would not resurrect one
buried memory ot the terrible
1 wtween the states or re-echo one sen-
iinent not in harmony with tlie asj
rations of the patriots of to-day. Hence
we ate glad that Georgia lias no repre
sentation in tlie g*ant show
Philadelphia, since the managers hav
broken their pledges and raised in its
halls the memorials of their vi«*toriea
over the southern people in the late
war. The placing in the Art Building
of Rithennel’a “Rattle of Getlya
burg." a notoriously un historical
painting, w orked up to please the not
them idea of sell glory in tlmt affair, is
an insult to tlie whole aouth and should
be so considered by every honest and
patriotic man. Tlie New York Tribune
coires'iHindent calls the picture “the
bloody daub of Gettysburg.’’ Now, let
the centennial managers hang beside
it the “bloody shirt" Si Morton and tlie
northern centennial will have received
its crow ning glory ^
ON THE WOO* Y HORSK.
There is a very orthodox democratic
journal published over at Raleigh, in
the state of North Carolina, and by a
cruel anachronism it is called the
'•New*." The other day the dem
ocratic legislative caucus in Connecticut
nominated Hen. W II. Itanium, who
has been a representative from that
state in congress tor the past e»gh*
years, to the poaiion of United State*
senator, vice Ferry, republican, de
ceased. This action is equivalent to
Bamum's election today and the high
honor could hardly liave fallen to a
worthier and ablet man.
Tliis new s reached the big editor of
the “News" at lUleigh, and had a curi
ous effect upon him. A dose of ipecac
shot down his throat by telegraphic
lightning could scarcely have produced
a greater disgust in his internal depths*
He realized that agrea* ^ .oneha. 1 been
put upon the democratic party and
for one, he determined to
vigorously protest against it.
He sent fora hot tie of native turpen
tine, nibbed a choice splinter of pine
and sat down to make things warm
and uncomfortable to the Connecticut!
fellows
The first dash was to write the not
very respectful caption “Rarauxu," and
then to make the explanation thus:
“We are so used to associate this
name with the wooiy horse, Joyce
Heth, the Feejee mermaid, the big cir
cus and the hippodrome that for tlie
i;e of as we cannot respect him aa a
-enator." Th*s will disturb the rest of
. e senator to a damaging degree. He
* ifi be pained to know that the “wooiy
tuna*” be never owned baa caused this
move—that Joyce Heih’s remains liave
found no reverence in the eyes of the
tar-heel—tliat the Ferjse mermaid L-
not the krr d of fish soiled to the palate
of a resin - cbewtr — and t at
.he big circus, hippodrome*
nee ticket* and all have no charm* fur
A MONDAY HANGING.
TWO NEGROES TIP THE BEAM IN
ONE DAY.
Th* Last of -Tin ra*cttan OR-
laws?"
VtUl'ifflhe Execution—A Terrible
Spectacle.
Special Telegram* to the Constitution
8: arsontu>, Eitisohzx Co., Ga., May 15.
To-day was ended, in this quiet vil
lage a human drama, wnfeb for Uood-thlntl-
fin I* aoareeijr a pa.wilcl in Amtriam an
nul* ot crime. ' ‘ - ' J-1'.
« Bows ofI, infl 5 today, were
executed two member*
negro ruffian* that ia
ed the
“fWAWr ASGE
that headed by Henry Lowery, operated in and
around Irfemal Swamp, North Cerotk-a. A hi*
tory of the working of this band of onLaw* will
enable the reader to better understand the exe
cuiioii which took pt*o* to day.
About the first of lset September the people o
Effingham county wereverymuch o. iraged by a
•erks of robberies—many of them planned with
great audacity and skill, and all of them
executed without the dettctioa of
•ny of the robber*. It was at first believed that
this thieving was simply casual and would not
amount to much. It,was finanlly made appa
rent however,
THAT OZGAJC'* 0 RAND OF f>E>PEZADOES,
wss at work, with no purp se but plunder, and
no«ort of fear for the law.
Upon tail discovery the citisens to* k active
steps to discover who the rihg'eader* were,
and put a stop to the villi*nous work. It was im*
pomible however to detect any of them. Upon
being pursued the rascals woail retr.at in to tee
adjacent swamp, from which no mortal powfcr
could dislodge them. In the heart of this
swamp they
HAD EECrLARLY BOLT CAW1W
at which they gathered after some successful
robbery, and when they were amply prepared
to defend themselves. They wt re all
cd and were reck'eas anddanng.
The Effltz
enon^and
county for
Say what you may there are some
things in this world that don’t match
all ’round. Liberty is one thii.g and
theabridgmenUjw party’s privileges
and rights other sort of affair.
The free AtBARw^aH a desire to have
his own way about certain matters of
personal interest and comfort, and he
recognizes no power, even in so liberal
a government generally as we have, to
imjKjoe penalties upon their enjoyment.
Tlie declaration of independence says
he “is endowed by tne Creator with
certain inalienable rights, among which
are the rights to life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness. ’’ That is the
original statement of»he platform upon
which every American citizen has a
right to stand and what is thereby giv
en to him is declared “inalienable" and
no power is permitted to take it s way
The average American citizen in this
vicinRy is just now agitated and in a
state of volcanic eruption. He feels
that one of these “inalienable rights,”
the la-t and greatest of them—is being
abridged and bis proud spirit threatens
rebellion against tbe powers of the
state who are thus encroaching upon
that right Tire world's second Bun-
nymede may yet be found here at our
very doors and another “magnacharta"
soon find embodiment ill the conces
sions of the powers that be. It m*y
appear a trifle, but whem weighed -in ^ t ^ c ?^^’ ho ^^ r<to f TolTcd 00
the la'ance of justice it will be found
him to
hi* inniNXoes,
T _,_h«ildwt be
I Tesy Be p*o-
and expressed tbe belief
_ , ^ into tbe arms of Jesus.
Neither showed any signs of fear ou the gal
lows.
Campbell** mother father and sister were in
the crowd; the latter waa very violent and ex-
ei*ed in her ipief. No disturbance, and tbe
•xtcuttoo passed off quietly Bobemon dkd
•“f IS Umt minutes. Campbell ttrupd-d
fi.rceljr. and died very hard; his l*s» and feet
was granted a wnt of »u*>eri
to turn the scale against tbe great, in
alienable right of the citizen—“be
pursuit of happiness!’’
.Shall the man of trade, the apostle
of commerce, tbe architect of material
prosperity be forced to pay tribute
for knowing when he shall go to tbe
mart, when In shall dose the doors of
the exchange, when he shall deposit in
the bank, when post his letters and when
do any and all the acta incident to his
calling ? Shall the judge render a toll
tor knowing when to undose the doors
of the temple of justice? tlie physician
deposit a fee for timing the salvation of
his patient’s life? the preachers render
a tithe for the knowledge that “this" or
“that" is tbe hour in which to proclaim
tlie love of Christ to dying humanity ?
Musi the laborer,or any other man, pur
chase his own victuals and then pay for
the privilege of knowing when to sit
down to their enjoyment? Must tlie
lover forfeit a dole to the state in order
that he may not miss tbe hour for meet
irg his lady-love vnd tlie proper poiut
of time to leave her side in order to
excape the frowns and warnings of “the
old man" from over tlie up-slairs balus
trade ? In fact, is no man to beallowed
to guide his movements, fix his trans
actions, or know that the snn is
running on the regular tchelule, with
out havi"g to “shell out" to the state a
certain amount of the currency of the
country ? All these various things are
done in “pursuit of happiness" and why
are they thus made dependent for their
exercise upon some exaction foreign to
their inalienable nature?
In other words, why are we taxed
for bciug proud,- or fortunate, or
necessitated 'o liave and wear a watch?
Ouly a few years ago the federal gov
eminent compelled ns to pay a tax
upon our gold and hilver time-pieces,
hut it repented of ita folly aud leinoved
thi* forced tribute. Now the state
takes up the cast-off custom, and the
tax-receiver, sitting in the public yah s
at the city Lall, requires the innocent
citizen to “give in" his watches as part
of the property to he listed in the tax
digent, aud the citizen, astonished out
oltedien', “give* in." Why is this
done? Where is the law for it? Show
ii* the statute which puts a tax noon
“lime," and we, too, will with thou
sand* of others cheerfully “give in."
The Washing!on correspondent of
tne Cincinnati Enquirer is usually a
correct news-reporter. He says that
“although the statement that Speaker
Kerr will resign has been vigorously
denied by correspondents who faile J to
get the uews, it is believed in official
circles tliat he will soon do so. Cox and
Randall are quietly canvassing for tlie
speaker’s place. Sayler’s name
favorably mentioned among western
members, and he will have many sup-
(tor era for the position
Tin: Ohio democratic convention
meet* in Cincinnati to-day aud promi
ses lobe a most iiucre tingand signifi
cant affair. The priuei|»al interest cen
ter* in the selection of delegates to $L
Louis, and th? fight for them lies l»e-
tween Rill Alien and hi* nephew, .Sen
ator Thurman. The re-ult will lie
watched for eagerly. Will Ohio go
back on William ? We fear she will!
Nxw York lias recently l>een in daily
expecta.iouof two firot-claas funerals.
Commodore Yanderbilt and Cardinal
McCloskey have both been almost at
death’* door, but are recovering. The
procession* are therefore indefinitely
postponed and newsjiaj^r obituaries
are crammed back into their pigeou-
holes with somewhat of savage chagrin.
abed, untfl a*x>nt the middle of January, when
they engaged in a murder so foal aad wanton
that It aroowd the people to frenzy.
Mr. Ccchran, a farmer living near Elation No.
2, on the Central road, left his wife and dtngh
ter in their house and went off to work. He left
a party of neg oes at work In the field with
in sight of the h juse. Shortly af er his depart
u:e,u appeared from the testimony of Ka»u
Rhodes, a colored girl working with the hands
in the fi-id, Amos Bines, who had been long
suspected as tbe leader uf the gang, came to the
fence of the field and called Prince Robertson,
Charles Williams Daniel Davis and Paul Camp
tielL The ncgroedelt their aork and went to
him. After a short talk, he handed one of them
n pistol, and
THE OANO WALKED TOWARDS THE COCHRAN
HOOE.
Emma swears that she heard pistol shot*
shortly afterwards, anl heard lira Cochran
screaming.
At this point another witness, a negro tikes
the story up. He swears thu he
the Lot bran house when he saw here negroes
ter it. He saw them plunder the house taking
all articles of va'ne that they c'uild find. One
of them Amos Bines, then seised Mrs. Cochran
and threw her down. He held the screamin
woman securely, while another one of the fiends
drew his pistol
AND DZL1RERATF.LY PVT .IT AGA1NM HER BODY
AND FIRED.
She did not appear to die at once, and wi>b
the utmost coolness, another r«llain approached
her aud shot her again. The daughter of c
frightened almost to death, ran to the window
and tri d to escape. She was half way oat of
the window when she was Kited by oue o! the
Fcoundie'a, pressed down uf ou the floor and
a bullet
SENT WctltfJKO TUROV
The fiends then departed, the workmen go
lag Dack to the field, aud Amos Bines going
towards the witness, to whom he showed a gold
watch and a pistol that be had stolen out of the
house.
After this murder the people of eour/e arose.
«nd determined to hunt down he perpetrat
Committees searched the various negro houses
In the vicinity, and on one occasion a colored
man named Momtay Itolierta, whose house wa
about to lie searched, made a break fer the
woods. The committee ca .led a h«lL He
kept going ahead, wuen the v gilence
thinking it might be oat- of the mnrdcn-rs.puil
ed down on him, nn-1
Tiik New York Tituv* publishes
without comment tlie platform adopt-
e»l Ly the late radical minstrel show at
the capital in thiscky.a!id also strangely
fail* to mention the name of the sweet
young man “who writ ix."
Ai l the |>aj»er* of the country are
having their own centenuiai poem*
made to order for thi* anspirious occa
sion. Not desirirg to l>e extravagant
a not too much worn second-hand one
will do u*.
TiruRKi* more tronlffe in store for
j*oor Bristow. Now the friends of the
other fellow*have come into pcs^sion
of one of Ben** war epistles. It will be
remembered by the world at large tha
during the war Ben greatly endangered
the union cau^e by resigning hi* colon
elcy in the army. At the time he did
this lie • rote a letter in which he gave
a* hi* reason for resigning that “he
would not fight iu an army where
negroes where emphned as soldier*."
The idea of “colored troops" was abhor
rent to the blue blooded scion of Ken
tucky and he threw up bis commission.
He thought that the nation had better go
to Hade* rather them be saved by “nig
ger valor." Now, the nigger i* as good a
man a* Ben or any other radical and
thi* letter turns up just in time to tor
ment it* author and finish tbe work of
hi* defeat.
S It is announced that more ihtn one
hundred railroad and *leamboat com
panies have agreed to transport dele,
gate* to the natioua! democratic con
vention at hali-iare rale*. Still other*
ore expected to c*»me up to this meas^
are uf liberality. It is quite proj«er.
When it was foun t that he was an iuuocent
man it was of course regretted that lie wa> killed
and the (kroner’s jury returned a verdict uf ac
cidental killing
The outlaw* afteT their flnt murder aud the
fl re. hunt which succeeded it seem d to be
come infuriate, and »l«nalia-d (■»*» forty .lays of
liberty left them by a Serb a of mest causeless
and brutal acta.
A Mr. Zitloner. a respcctatde citizen was most
foully and caus‘leaaly murdered, his bouse hav
ing been plundered Indore the H-oundrels
put him to death. llis liody was then
tak jh and rpread upon the railroad track.
One of the most wanton crimes coinin' tted by
them, as we have not the epac j to enuuumte
theraall. wts the attick upon Mr. KoihwelL
This gentleman, a wounded *Joufed.-rate aoMier,
was lying i- his oed asleep when the outlaws
entered his dwelling to p’undcr it He U quite
a heavy sleeper, and never awoke at all. They
bad finished their robhety, and were about to
leave when one of them, turning, as he reached
tbe door.
rul'SEO A LOAD OF SHOT ISfO THE SLEEPER'S
head. Mr. Kothwcll was fortnuaeily skepiug
with his hand thrown over his head, and the
moat of the l«iad entered hia hand, which it well
nigh tore off This fact saved his life.
Another incident is that of a Mrs. lee kmger
who was final at by a negro ruffian one morning
aa she opened her window. Sue threw the sa>h
open, and the negro who was hiding under a
bush in the yard ruse and deliberately fired at her
S ic drew back suddenly and the shot burled
themselves iu the window just beside htr head.
TUE CAPTt'BE OF ANo-« BINE*.
A day or two after this occurrence it was d ; s
covered that Amos Bind tlie leader had worked
his way down to £aY«mmh He was followed
and raptured iu that city. He was thru brought
back to Effingham county, and placed In tbe
depot for a night prior to his delivery to
the jailor. Dnrii-g the night, one of the men
guarding him *t-q>p d off fora few monism*,
leaving him in charge of one guard. This guard
says that after his comrade h d gone, a fijurv
issued from the woods and approached the de
pot at a rtpid pa c He supposed it was hi«
comrade and took no notice of it. When the
figure had come within a few steps of the de
pot. it halted,
and* a kino ciaarcL aim at bin as. fired!
Hines fell, dead in an Instant, pierced with a
half dozen balls. It was then discovered, so we
are informed, that the murderer of Bines was a
m-gro. who lielotigel to the baud and who had
been deputized to kill him in ord.*r that he
might not betray them to tlie law.
In any event tb* killing was too late, for
Bines had already made confession* Involving
t'ampbcli. DavUand Robertson.
With the death of Bines the reign of terror
ended
_ TUE FINAL PLUNGE.
Teh-gram to the Constitution.
Pavannah, May 16.—The two negro prison
er*. Paul Campbell and Prince Roberson, con
victed of tne mutder of Mrs. Cochrane and her
daughter, at Springfield, Effingham county,
were bung to-day at that p'ace. A crowd of
»and persons was present. The pris
oners were guarded by the Hussars, numbering
tf irty armed men. They were b th ind fferent
11 ieir impending fa'e, and most vehemently
ectared to maeivcs innocent of any participa-
on in toe crime. Roberson died easy. Iron
mngulation. but Campbell died hard. Th
other p-isouers who were sentenced at the same
t me have been gmuted new trials. Mr. Ct*h-
rane. tha husband of the murdered woman,
»s p «sent to-day at the exccuiiou, and was
iuch affected
A CHILD or KOStAXi’E.
A Nehool Girl Etspo with Her Room
Bale's Betrothed—Two Desert*
Lover* - A Maying Parly that
Nearly Lade » an aa Tragedy—
Raved from Suicide.
Ki.dred, Pa., May 6.—Among tlie
Toting people of the best circles of El-
tired, “Blessie” Cooktog^upd sixteen*
adopted daughter of Jerome Cookton,
a rich fanner, wraa an acknowledged
leader. 8he recently returned home
from a Philadelphia boarding school
where she had been a pupil for four
years, making occasional visits home.
On one of these visits, alumt a year
ago, she met Alva Evans, the son of an
iron founder of London, Canada. He
was visiting this section with a party
of other young men for the purpose of
trout fishing. Evans fell in love with
Miss Cookton. Tlie result was that
correspondence wa* opened and kept
tip between the two aud a marriage
fixed upon, to be consummated when
Miss “Blessie” should have reached tlie
age of eighteen.
The roommate and “particular
friend" of the young lady at school was
Francis Peters, of Petersville, N. Y.
She wa* tw »years tlie senior of “Bles
sie," and left school some time before
tlie latter. Miss Peters is a blonde, ex
ceeding‘y attractive, and of a dashing
and reckless nature. At tbe house of
a friend in Philadelphia she met Isaac
Bell, a young man. represented to be of
an old family art^wealthy. Tlie young
people formed an attachment for each
other—at least Miss Peter* fell deeply
in love w ith Bell. As her parents nail
other matrimonial prospects marked
out for her at home she kept iter ac
quaintance with young Bell
A SECRET
from them, but, it seems, promised
marry him at some future day. Not
being able to have her lover visit tier
at home Mis* Peters made an arrange
ment with Miss Cookton bv which she
was to pay tlie latter a visit, when Mr.
Bell wa* to go also and stay a few days.
To add to the completeness of the ar
rangement Blessie" wrote to her Cana
dian betrothed aud he was (o join the
visiting party.
Miss Peters came to Eldred
the middle of April, and in a few days
thereafter Isaac Bell made his appear
ance. Miss “Blessie" liked him from
the first. It was near the latter part of
April betore Mr. Evans came from
Canada. During tlie two weeks that
had elapsed since the coming of Mr.
Bell Miss Cookton had transferred her
affections to her friend’s betrothed,
and his love toward Mis* Peter* hau
visibly grown cold. It did not take
the jealous eye of Miss Peters and the
young Canadian long to notice the
change, a* it affected them respective -
ly, but they had no iuea that it was
anything mo*e than aremporarv flirta
tion. On the arrival of young Mr.
Evans “Blessie" planned.
O.LY I
FLLE
the scribe of the “Newa. Thi* is oars, i too, lor our side lias been out and on it* j
but as the editor has toddled the wrong *
horse the damage to the senator and
the rarty ifl slight. True, the editor
Ait: “The democratic party of Con- j the best feeling yesterday And the lar^- i
cccticut has added neither omamrat * ert vote ever polled counted out.
| own res urve* for some years.
The Libr r. election patted off with
At the trial ol the ibice cor»plr*u»rs. the evl-
dence I have n>entionc<l *1a*\c, with much iu
tridental itrengtbenlug, cuuvicted them prompt
ly of murder, the Cocbrau care being ma le the
one upon which they were tried. Wnen asked
what they bad to say before sentence ot death
was pissed upon them, they all protested their
innocence.
That night • n Impromptu revival waa organ
ised in the iail, ana l*rin*v Kobertsoo, quite
famous as an exhorter. led the meeting. He
ixeached and prayed and sang until be wa-
complete’y prostrated, when Paul Campbell
took if up. Tlie meeting was kep* up till day
light aaoodcruwdof citizens loafing sboutthe
windows listening at the quee- songs and riiouta.
On the next night two professional colored ex
borten called at the jail, aud open-d the meet
in*. It w*i understood thst it would be quite
ioteresiingjuid the crowd was assembled again.
After the prisoner* had warmed up to the work,
the outsiders heard I'rince Robertcoo cMra the
floor. They listened at what be had to say and
were astonished to hear him conies-
to every particular of the crime
which he was condemned. He claimed
that he had been converted to the Lord, aad
ssael the prayers of all present that haring
conferred and repented, be might be forgiven
at the Thiooe. Hymns followed bv r*aul Cam
bell. • nd Daniel xwvls. esch of when ronf-ss.
el in the moat explicit terms.
This curious confesricn evoked under such
peculiar circumstances, of course nu; the ques
tion of the gui'.t of fhe prisoner* absolutely at
A (HiteMl Utr. LX.
The fourth negro, George WLUaaa
who was to have been hung today
was condemned for the murder c"f
hi* own child. It was a most inhuman crime
and the details of the killing were terrible
11* had been convicted at the
I'eecmber ura of the court
tut was grant*dsctwmat oa tbe tethnkality
that his wife h d testified a gain-1 him iu tne
n at trial.
WHY WYES THEY HTNG CX NONPAY?
Considerable coir.mem has leva indulged Is
*>a the fact that Uksp negroes were sentenced by
Judge Tompkics to be hung on Monday. A
very gfDcfal aad very f w!lsh impeesdou has pre
vailed that ih-re ia soaae reason beyond mere
cumin, which bas made Friday the ••hang
man’s day." Oue gen tie in sa even went so far
as to assert that “If there negroes were bu agon
Monday, it wouldn t be legal.'’
Judge Tompkins, brvsc this f.rtid habit,
which has for so long a time pet i'r.day under
suspicion and dhcredU, ao4 Uwd Mobday as a
day of exeuwoa.
A MAY DAY PARTY
foran excursion to the mountains. On
Wednesday morning the party started,
in accordance with previous arrange
ment*. Mi** Giokton and Mr. Evans *
one carriage and the 7isiting couple ...
another. On reaching the woods the
party spoiled at random. They natu
rally got *omewh«t separated; but
while Miss Peter* and th- Canadian
were always in hallooing d stance of
each other it seemed that tlie • ther
couple strolled further away. The oc
casion seemed to be one of no pleasure
to Evan* and Miss Peter*, and they
after an hour or so met near tbe edge
of the wood* and sat down to wait the
return of the other conple. They sat
there talking for an hour or more, and
as there was vet no sign of either Bell
or Miss Cooku... K °th Evans and Miss
Peters betraveu much
deuce of uneasiness and alarm. The
Cauadian told his companion to remain
in tier scat, and he would walk back
over the hill ana look for “Blessie,’ __
he was fearful she had lost her wav.
He wa* absent a long time, and finally
returned looking pale and anxious. He
bad seen nothing of either of the miss
ing young folk*. Miss Peters was
CUCAn.Y AGITATED
over tin- result of his search, but nei
ther she nor Evans at that time enter
tained the slightest suspicion that the
prolonged absence of the two was bv
design or that they were together.
They returned tothe farm house where
the carri-ge had been left, in order
give an alarm and have a thorough
search made. They found that the eon-
teyance in which Evans and “Blessie’
had come was gone. For the first
time
A TERKIULi: SUSPICION CROCKED THEIR
MINDS.
A farmer told them that a young man
aud a young woman had couie off the
mountain aliout noon, and getting into
the carriage had driven rapidly off in
the direction of Minot station. Evan*
would not lieiieve that tlie conduct of
“Blessie" and Bell was anything more
Ilian a girlish prank, and was confident
that 1hev would find them at home.
Oo reaching the »arm they f->und they
were still ah.-etit. Miss Pet r* hast* ti
ed to her room to hide her emotion. In
a few minutes she sought aud found
Evans walking in the vai J, and placed
a note iu his ham!. * It read as fol
io as:—
Dear Frank—Fogreatly do I lov* Mr. Hel
that 1 hire iriven up all f »r him. I hore you
mil b*- orave enough lo beA»- up. aud th'nk ot
me »* the most cru**l creuure in the world.
T«-ll aIva I have not th* courage to write to him,
nor to father and mother. We are going to be
marred and intend to return to Eidred when
tne aosMp* a e through with us. rare ell.
Freak. Hid Alvi farewell forme. I hope he
had learned r» hate me b jfore this B. c.
Evans coolly handed the note back to
Mitt Peters and remarked quietly:—
“I am glad to have found the young
lady out before it was too late.”
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
The same evening he was driven to
the railroad and returned to Canada.
The iaruier’s family took the matter
very calmly. Miss Peters, however,
was found lying in her bed, about
seven o’clock the same eveniug, cover
ed with blood. With a small penknife
she had severed tne large arteries of
both armband war nearly unconscious
from i<>ss of blood But for the timely
discovery of her situation she would
ooon liave been past all aid. Her
wounds were bound up and a doctor
summoned, who now has her in charge.
Her parents were sent for and arrived
here this morning. They will remove
their unfortunate daughter to her home
as soon aa they can with safety.
A ROMANTIC HISTORY.
“Blessie” Cookton has a remarkable
history. .She was found, in the summer
of IStio, on the doorstep of Fanner
Cook ton’s lie use, in a basket. Accom
panying the intant with a note:—
Tbl« child's 14tuer i« tbsou of a rent tor of
the United S ati*. It« mother i% ag:r*y girl
who hat bn-u oonTfteM to ( bri<nn<l cannot
bear the thought of this inme-nt creature
growing up in ieooranee au<l vice. Is t t-re
room for it here' Its little wings sre we-rr and
like the de*r je«u* it has no p ace to lay its
bead. T m it not away, bat Wo it for the
lore of CtuUt.
The child was a bright little thing,
and, as the farmer had no children, h~e
aad his wife concluded to adopt it as
their own. It came to be such a sun
shine in the houae that they gave it the
name of “Blesting," which "was subse
quently turneJ into “Bieaeie.”
And stacked t
Aad while! coot era** suavely grow*.
And o er the sunset'* dying icae
Tbe first grealw hi tetter throbs and glows
And from the eteareut red of glare,
■*—* •“*—■—’ moon floats fai
of purple air.
ted sheaves
r Weave*,
deceives—
Then. mye^MBVflffnBiair
tostend.
ed Belhlelems hi
And in
AteLl„
A lovely
NOTES AND OPINIONS^
I GATHERED FK09I THE TORRES-
PON DEN IS OF THE CONST1.
TCTIOX.
npbell Connfy—Newton County—
Deco rattan Im Eons e-Stone
Mountain Fifty-Six
Yearn Ago.
In hallowed fi
item's harvest land!
And through the dim field, vague-descxUd,
A homeward hast d! shadows glide;
And sickles gle m ca every side.
Yet gaze hut dbmeiugia face -
A cmdid brow, ftfl smooth with youth;
A tranquil smite: a ta.eu of truth—
The pauent, star-eyed gleaner, bulh !
—Appleton’s Journal.
CAMPBELL COUNTY* NOTES.
Campbell Co., May 12.
Editor* Corwtitution :—The people of
Campbell county are almost unani
mously in favor of Gen. Alfred Colquitt
for the next governor, and we are grat
ified to see such a goodly array of coun
ties that have expressed their prefer
ence for him, as the people will show,
if the convention will nominate their
choice.
I'ABpftKW <
which we had clambered. It then
extended from- the edge ol the
precipices round on the east, south and
.yrest sides to the precipice again. It
npuefcd of loose rocks, per pen-
on the lower side, as high as a
man’s head in places; it was then level
back to the stopping rock. It enclosed
an area of perhaps ten acres, and was
evidt ntlv designed as a place ot defense.
It is a pity it has been destroyed.
While we were on the mountain a heavy
rain passed below us, while the sun
shone brightly on us. With some diffi
culty we descended by the direction of
bushes we had dropt, and passing near
the north side we reached Sir. Cop
land’s by dark. Yours. Ac.,
* J. II. QuuiN.
rBASC FKAXKSBM.
American Sympathy In Itlr French
DnrlnciheWnr.
Telegram to The ConaUtotion.
Paris. May 14.—The appointment of
V. De Marcere as minister of interior,
will be garetted immediately after the
Rust in wheat in this county—crop funeral of M. kicard.
largely injured by it—cotton coming Jules Ferry, presiding at a uumer-
up slowlv—planting generally done,
except in low, wet lands—farmers
pretty well up with their work, and
readyto make a good fight with the
grass.
Young folks having picnics and en-
oving to the fullest extent, this fine
day sunshine and flowers. G.
GEORGIA JAIL-BREAKERS.
a plot to .urunr.R the jailor
WHICH DI»\T WOKK.
The Attempted Escape Discovered
and the l*ri»oner» Placed In
Iron*.
A Liberal Hovemept In Fmbryo-
Pblladelpblana Wf)
for Bristow.
Telegram to the Constitution.
Nrw York, May 13.—Tbe conference
to be held in this city in regard (o the
presidential election, in response to a
cal- issued by Carl Sch irz, Wm. Cullen
President \Voolaey,ex-Govem- crop in this section has been pronoun-
° r ^. U i. <X ?„ U “ ra “ !?•&„«■ ced generally, by the most experienced
NEWTON COUNTY NOTES.
Snapping Shoals, Ga., May 13, 1876.
Editor* Constitution: — The wheat
meet at 3 o’clock p. m. on Monday
next at the Fifth Avenue hotel. About
170 gentleman from various parte of the
country hav* accepted the invitation to
at end the meeting. Many others de*
taiued by .private business* have sent
letters expressing sympathy with the
movement apd a desire to co-operate
with it. N^SHyall those who accepted
the invitation belong to the republican
party.
Philadelphia, May 13.—The move
ment originating with some represen
tatives of the .reform union league of
this city to influence the nomination of
Benj. 1L Bristow for president, has
started here, first meeting of the gen
tlemen interested being held at the
LaPierre House last night. M-etinr
was strictly private. Those identifier
with tlie mo\ement are thorough re
publicans, favc&ible to relorm within
the party lines, but opposed to any
i dependent ticket. A committee of
this body will attend the conference
meeting in New York on Monday next.
The following is the platform:
We the undersigned republicans,fol
ly recognizing that there may be an
honest difference of opinion in regard
to the fittest person to fill the presiden
tial office, believe that Benj. lL Bris
tow of Kentucky, is the best eligible
representative of that fidelity to trust,
vigor in administration, activity, cour
age and hostility to corruption, which
the times and our safety imperatively
demand. We therefore unite to fur
ther by all honorable means his
nomination at Cincinnati,binding our
selves to do all we con to secure parity
in the elections and nomination of the
best men to office and
turn to the honest government
early days of republi
a SI ALL CHAHuE.
traits u» Whisk New York
Trailcmncn ore Pat.
Few York Graphic.
The means jw resorted to for ob
taining ^.ucient change for some busi
ness purposes are varied and occasion
ally instructive* as pointing out the
natural course in which the dimes and
nickel pieces drift.
The middle class of restaurants and
saloons in some instances manage
secure the nt cessary change by send
ing messengers upon the street to make
small purchases, for which bills are
teudered and currency or silver receiv
ed. The bakers accumulate a great
many nickles, and these are appealed
to by the persuasive argument of a
smaller per cent, than the WalJ
street brokors demand. The
ferric*, where pounds of nickel
and silver are daily deposited, are
also made available in this respect, and
doubtless an eye is thrown out to turn
ing an honest penny in the receipt of«
small premium. Tlie larger restaurants,
like that in the Astor house, go “on
’Change” for their change, and the
other day were compelled to pay from
two to four per cent, premium.
This speculation is not confined
individuals and regular brokers by any
means, but seems to be epidemic.’ The
Third Avenue railway company, which
accumulates the greatest amount
small change, made a miss when L_
managers went into Wall street for pre
mium* on their collections, influenced
undoubtedly by the same irresistible
desire for t-peculation. The other day
the company was obliged to cost about
vigorously to obtain change for the
transaction of their ordinary business,
and as they are obliged* to change
amounts as high as one dollar, it
is said that an unusually large number
of persons obtained free rides by
presenting a bill of that size. The bil
liard rooms and cake aud coffee offices
are very little inconvenienced, for the
supposable reason that people who are
iu the liabitof visiting these nlace* gen
erally liave just abontthe right amount
of change about them. Lager beer
dealers vary, but the great number of
them “mark it up" more frequently
than tliev did before the currency be
gan to be retired. The retail stores
pursue the same course as the hotels
and buy of the brokers, who are reap
ing quite a harvest out of the ternpo-
rar stringency. Yisitors from the
country carry off a great deal of silver
every day as souvenirs, the jingle of it
not vet having been htard among the
hard-fisted farmers. How long this
state of affairs may lost is beyond the
' knowledge of the officials at the sub-
treasury.
Incredallfy.
How potent is this trait of the hu
man mind. The Bible refers to it and
says: ‘ Were an angel to come down
irom heaven, ye would not believe." ft
is the came of much injury. We are
disposed to doubt tbe sincerity of our
best friends, and so far is it indulged,
tliat it often leads to misanthropy.
Ibis is particularlyapplicab e*to tbe
virtue* of many trnfy valuable remedi
al agents, however strong they may be
indorsed.
Header! If you have Dyspepsia, Fe
ver and Ague, Sick Headache, Torpid
Liver, Bilious Colic, Kidney disease,
Flatulence, Constipation of the Bowels
or General Debility, and hesitate to use
Dr. Tutt’s Liver Pills, write to him and
be will furnish you with hundreds of
certificates from tbe most reliable men
and women in the country, who have
been cured by them, of whom yon can
make direct inqairy. It will cost yon
but a postage stomp. The proprietor
solicits the investigation of all who
used a truly valuable medicine.
—The all-gone feeling which people
sometimes speak of, is caused by want
of proper action of tJie liver and heart.
Tnese may be assisted, an 1 tbe bowels
regulated by Parson's Purgative PiUs in
small doses.
—Corn and flour are staple articles,
but not more so than Johnson's Anodyne
Liniment, where known, it is good for
children or adult*, for any internal
soreness oi the chest or bowels, and the
best Liniment prepared, under what
ever name.
IMPERIAL COMPLIMENTS.
rrnm in:m m Kind Word tm
Baron Von tfoOmaa of
New York.
Telegram to tne Constitution.
New York, May 14.— A Herald
special dated London 13th, savs:
Thursday a grand reception wa* held* at
the Prussian embassy. The entire di
plomatic corps wo* present. On the
presentation of Wyckham Hoffman,
American charge d'affaires, to the em
press, her majesty expressed gratifica
tion in being able, for the first time to
personally express her thanks to the
members of the legation which, daring
the Franco-German straggle, under
those sad and depressing circumstan
ces, was so good and so painstaking.
Her majesty also requested Hoffman to
convey tier thank* to Minister Wash
burn, and spoke kindly of Bancroft
Davis, the American minister at
Berlin.
wheat growers, as very materially dam
aged bv dry mould on the blade.
Splendid stands of com and cotton.
Farmers very busy and energetic, cal
culatin' generally on 10 cent* for cot
ton next fall. One good omen is very
perceptible—people, generally ^tre econ
omizing and buying as little on a credit
as possible. As to politics, there is no
excitement in this department of social
life—for each classification can ka given
to politics here. The people look to
John H. James as the coming governor.
He is regarded as the friend of the
working class, the producer and laborer.
Being well known through this section,
he is the better liked aa a true and no
ble specimen of that close of men so
much written of and photographed in
the pictorial papers all over the world
and properly called “self-made men."
Gov. Smith was not generally known
when he was put iu nomination, yei
who could face him in a race to-day it
he would consent to run; aud who
would more. gracefully follow' Smith’s
administration than John H. James.
Respectfully, Citizen.
OUR ROME LETTER.
LOCAL NEWS AND INCIDENTS.
Bomb, Ga., May 10,1876.
Editor* Constitution:—For the past
two days Borne has been all astir. On
yesterday the annual parade of the fire
department took place. The sight was
a very pleasant one indeed. Tne hook
and fadder company with their truck
led the way; the Rainbow S. F. E. com-
S nv followed next in order, and the
ountam City S. F. E.company brought
np the rear of the procession
Led by music the parade extended
through several streets, after which the
steamer companies threw several
streams and the hook and ladder to
make one run.
The ladies were oat in full force to
witness the parade, which, of course
was a gratification to the firemen.
To-day was our
MEMORIAL CELEBRATION.
The spring having been late and there
being no flowers on the 26th of April,
the celebration was postponed until to-
l*he tire companies, different schools
and numbers of citizens formed a pro
cession at the Baptist church and from
thence marched down the main busi
ness street of tlie town. Preceded by
a bras* band the long line marched
slow’ly toward the silent homes of the
never-to-be forgotten dead.
Every store was religiously closed
and as one heard the low sad mu*ic
and saw such numbers, with wreathe*
and garlands, moving with one accord
the (nought would force itself upon the
mind that the souls of the people were
in earnest
Arriving at the cemetery, prayer was
offered by the Rev. W. 11. LaPrade, of
the Methodist church, then followed
rns ADDRESS
by Hon. R. R. Harris, judge
of the Floyd county court. He touch
ed upon the personal characteristics
of the different military leaders, more
particularly however upon those who
have already parsed away, urged the
completion of the memorial monument
proposed to be erected here, referred to
the soldiers of Georgia and closed by set
ting forth the duty of all to keep ever
living the memories of tk« illustrious
dead. The address was short, in it
were woven some very pretty thoughts
and seemed in fact to give general sat
isfaction and pleasure.
With singing and the strewing of
flowers on the grave* the ceremonies
closed.
I was informed of
A PECULIAR OCCURRENCE.
A stranger passing through attended
the ceremonies and in walking
among the graves noticed the
name of an old friend who had gone
with his company to the war and had
never been heard from. Much jov,
though indeed melancholy, will it give
his dear ones to know where the resting
place of the loved soldier 1*. I did not
learn tlie names of the parties.
REMINISCENCE* OF THE MOUNTAIN.
Editors Constitution: In a late num
ber of your widely circulating and very
popular paper, I saw an account of a
recent excursion to Stone Mountain,
and its surroundings, that brought
fresh to my memory a visit that I in
company with two other young men
made to Stone Mountain
FIFTY-SIX YEARS AGO
next August. I then heard of but two
white families in all that country, a
Mr. Strickland near where Law-
renceville now stands, and a
Mr. Copeland some five miles
northwest of the mountain, both
of them stock keepers. We were at
Hon. E. Winn’s, at the Hog mountain,
and hearing of tliis great curiosity, we
determined to see it,tliougU*ome thirty
miles away and no roads except cow
paths. So getting the be*t direction*
we could we followed the cow path,
which led us at dusk to Mr.Strickland’s
lonely cabin, and although we had to
tie our horses to saplings and sleep on
a split puncheon floor, yet we met a
hearty welcome, for they seldom saw
tlie f*ce of a human being. In the
morning, after their homely but cheer
ful breakfast,we betook oars* Ives to our
cow paths, which led ns to a cow ford
on Yellow river, and after crossing it.
when we reached the summit of
a hill, we could see the mountain, and
by it directed our course across valleys
and muddy branches. But little wa*
then known about (he mountain,and we
were told we could ascend it only on
the east side, so we directed our course
thither,through the tall grass.golden rod
and pea vines. Arriving at tbe foot of
this great wonder, after securing eur
horses and procuring a supply of bush
es to drop at proper distances, for the
purpose of directing our return, we
commenced our ascent. Sometime*
the clouds would favor us by obscuring
the sun, then it would hu s
forth with its truly August lavs
Having no guide we sometime*
failed to choose the best way, and bad
to clamber np ms best we conldd. We
suffered much from heat and thirst, and
with the apprehension of want of water,
but os soon as we found ourselves on
the summit we fonnd plenty of clear
warm water, and we were met by a de
lightful cool breeze from the west. That
and the enchanting view presented to
oar vision, torn which way we would,
made us forget for the time almost
everything else. There doubtless
are much grander scenes than this, but
the unbroken forest, the vallevs of the
Chattahoochee, Yellow and Soath riv
ers, their creeks and branches, together
with the far off range of Blue Moun
tains, as far as tlie eye could range, al
together presented
THE MOftT BEAUTIFUL PICTURE
my eyes ever beheld. Then the sense
of the then loneliness lent enchantment
to the scene. No city, town, farm or
liabitation of man wa* to he seen; a
large herd of cattle grazing at its base,
and a few buzzards leisnrelv sailing by
were the only sign of animal life to be
After catting oar initials on
some cedars, we went to ex
plore ttit wall of rock, over
ously attended meeting of the party of
the left promised De Marcere tho sup-
of jport all republican deputies.
The Republique Francais.Gambettu’s
organ approves De Marcere’s, appoint
ment.
The municipality of Paris has voted
a loan of 120,000,000 francs for public
work*.
M. Save oi the left and deputy from
the department of Lotet Garonne, has
been appointed to succeed DeMarcere
as under secretary of state
At a recent sitting of the council gen
eral of the department of Yaucluse, a
member spoke in opposition to the pro*
posed subscription tor a monument to
tie erected by France to the American
union, asserting that America showed
ingratitude to France during the late
war.
The prefect refuted the assertion and
recalled the fact that during the late
war, he was prefect of Dijon, and in
presence of the invasion he received a
delegation of American citizens who
banned him 200,000 francs for tlie sick
and wounded. Subsequently o’her
delegations of Americans brought him
additional subscriptions, altogether
more than 2,000,000 francs. The re
marks of the prelect were received
with applause by the citizens present
at the discussion.
AN IBK1TAIILE (iKOOH.
Sail Ending of a Itridnl Surprise
Parly.
Telegram to the Constitution.
Sr. Louis, Mo., May 14.—A deplora
ble affair occurred in Dahlgreen, Ham
ilton county, 111. Friday night a party
of young men gave John Steerman, re
cently married, a serenade. Steerman
ordered the party off, hut they not leav
ing at once ; he tired into them killing
Willis IjOwing and wounding Boh Bur
ton and Frank Taylor, all parties highly
respectable, Steerman being son of
Judge Steerman one of the most prom
inent citizens of the county.
DISRAELI*.*; DEFEAT.
The Irish Member* Lfadias the Part*
•r Reform.
London, May 14.—Smyth’s motion
in favor of closing public houses in
Ireland throughout Sunday, which
passed the hou*e of common* wa* an
abstract resolution declaring that in tlie
opinion of the house it is expedient
that the law which forbids the general
sale of ^intoxicating liquors during a
portion of Sunday iu Ireland should be
amended so as to apply to the whole of
that day.
The Time* says that the question
practically raised was whether on a
matter which purely concerned their
own constituents, the opinion of a vast
majority of the representatives of Ire
land should be overcome. The Irish
people may fairly be said to be unani
mous in favor oi Sunday closing. An
earnest being given of fair treatment
of Irish lccal feeling which niiy be
trusted to hear good fruit,and it is only
astonishing that the government should
have wantonly exposed themselves to
defeat by throw ing away so admirable
an opportunity for conciliation.
Urorjjln ilwMlp.
—Columbus Knquircn The r
Sam Smith, whom tiie radical conven
tion at Atlanta appointed as oue of the
delegate* to the Cincinnati convention,
ha* made his moneyed arrangement*
and will go to Cincinnati.
—Augusta Chronicle, 14th: Capt. L.
H. Luke,a prominent citizen of Coluue
bia county, died yesterday morning,
He was for many years tax collector ot
that county, and was highly esteemed
aud respected.
—Augusta Chronicle: Suit was filed
in the superior corn;! yesterday by-
Monroe A. Ransom, esq., against the
Piedmont aud Arlington file insurance
company, for $100,000 damage* for ma
licious prosecution Mr. Wm. 11.
Jones ot Athens, ha* invented a very
convenient tilling coffee pot under the
above name.
—Augusta Constitutionalist: The
widow of tlie great Stonewall Jackson,
with her daughter, is the guest of Mr
J. O. Mathewson, of thi* city. These
distinguished people since their pres
ence in Augusta, have received the
re j>ects and honors from a number ol
our people.
—Sumter Republican: I'ostmaste
Bell informs us ttiat the postotiice ul
Dauville,discontinued since the war,
has been .re-established by the govern
ment, and Capt. L K. Spivey appointed
liostiimster.
—Thoinasville Times : According to
the best information, the farmers in
Thomas county have their crops un
der better control at this seq^ou of the
year, than for mauy years previous.
—Thomasvilie Times: The hoard of
directors oi the lair association hel
their regular monthly meeting on
Thuroday. The attendance was umi»u
ally large, and all the arrangements i
holding the fair on the 2Uth were com
pleted.
—Early County News: We notice ...
the store oi Messrs. Jones <fc Freeman
a side of country bacon weighing 0:j
pounds. This bacon was raised by Mr.
John S. Mosely and sold to tliat house
by him. It is the largest cured side w
ever saw, raised iu tins county.
—Cedartown Express: Judge Undei
wood has refused a new trial iu the
Meeks case, aud now it goes to the su
preme court.
Cedartown Express: There is aca
a wheat field in this valley hut
has the rust. As yet, however, it lias
not appeared on the stalk.
—Cedartown Express: Farmers ...
this community complain of the hack
wardness of tne cotton crop. It it
slow about coming up, and fears are
entertained tliat some of it will have to
be plowed up and replan ted.
—Yale has a Professor B?ers as well
as a President Noah Porter. A college
with Yales, Beers and Porters in-Cider
put* toe-malt-o-blush. Beers is great
est on He-brew Lager-ithins.
—Henry llolt, of Montreal, ha* just
inherited a fortune of $16,000,000.
Whereupon the Rochester Democrat,
with a degrading servility unworthy an
American citizen, nominates him for
queen of England—Graphic.
—It seems that a r>air of Chicago bed
bugs took passage atioard Dom Pedro’s
carjiet-bag and reached .San Francisco
in perfect safety. In two days there
after the city was overrun, and the in
habitants, attributing the plague to
Chinese emigration, are loudly clamor
ing for a massacre of the Chow Chows.
—The politeness of the Californian
was well demonstrated at a recent
horse race. A man who lacked the lu
cre to secure him admission at the gates
perch d himself on a monument in the
lone Mountain cemetery and compos
ed himseif to watch the flyers, wnen
suddenly another fellow reaching up
touched him on the leg. “I want that
seat, sir.” “Oh, you he d——“But
it’s my family tombstone. My grand
mother lies buried here.” “Oh,” feai‘1
the sport, and accommodatingly climb
ed down.
—A fashion item savg: “Only the
lower hall of tlie latest society stocking
has stripes." This is douhtle.ttanother
result of the hard times; but we should
think that if tlie “society" ladies were
to dispense with a few lace rutiles about
the neck they might afford to wear
stockings stri}*ed, all over.—Norris
town Herald.
Now, we ask you, as a quiet married
man, what you’ve got to do with ladies’
stockings? And, beside*, if they are to
wear them “all over,” they will have to
button them rouud their necks, aud
they mav just as well preserve their
lace rutiles to trun them with.
Cedartown Express,
On the evening of the 8th inst.’, about'
good dark,.Mr. C. P. Gordon, jailor,dis
covered that the pr soners were making
an attempt to esdii>e. The facts which
led to his suspicion, and also the facts
connected with the attempt to escape,
we give below as we obtained them
from Mr. Gordon:
Mr. Gordon, who is 'sjiecial deputy
sheriff, had been absent all day ou bus
iness connected with that office, and
returned home about dark. lie had
been in the house but a few* minutes
when he heard an unusual noise over
head, w hich souuded like parties cut
ting. Upon hearing thi* noise his sus
picions were aroused, and pulling off
his boot*,Mr. Gordon slipped up stairs,
and (Missing the door where the cutting
was being done, went to the lower end
of the hall and then came back to the
door, and through a small hole saw a
man pass the door. After hearing and
seeing what ho did, Mr. Gordon was
satisfied that the prisoners in the
cage* were out. Locking the hall
door, he went back down stairs, and
out in town to procure the services of
gentlemen to assist him in recapturing
aud reconfining these men in theic
cells. In company with some other
gentlemen, Mr. Gordon retirned to
the jail and went up stair*. When he
opened the door the prisoners, Win.
Meek* and Bud Turbyville, had re
turned to their cells—Meeks’ door
tartly closed, and Turbyvlllc’s stand-
ng w’ide open. Mr. Gordon entered
first, pistol in hand, followed by seve
ral, and Turby ville upon seeing him,
said: “We are all in our cages."
THE CONFESSION.
At first Meeks denied having any
key, but owned that lie opened the
cage-doors. A search was made, and
in Meek’s cell, a key, made of bone,
together with a buck-bale and old case-
knife, broken in two, W'ere found.
When these were found Meeks owned
that he unlocked his door with the
bone and bucket-bale, and then wont
and opened Turby villo’s door. He de
nies making the key, and lay it on Ned
Larkin, colored. ‘Ned says he did not
do it. The general opinion is that
Meeks made it.
From the three negro prisoner*. Ned
I.arkiii, Rick Pullen and Eli Adams,
Mr. Gordon learned that the program
me was to kill him, and that Meek*
had a piece of lied-slat, about 3 feet
long aud four inches wide, standing on
one side of tlie door, and tlyqt Turby
ville had an old case knife, broken with
a sharp-point standing on the other
side, awaiting his debut.
We have no doubt had Mr. Gordon
entered alone, they would have killed
him and effected their esca|»e. The
jailor deserves great credit for his
promptness in thi* matter. Both these
men, Meeks and Turbyville, are incar
cerated for capital offences—Meeks is
tinder seutencc of death and Turby-
ville is bound over on a charge of man
slaughter, awaiting trial at August term
of court.
Mr. Gordon engaged Mr. A. G. West
to make some chains, and these fellows
are now fastened so as to preclude the
possibility of e*ca(»e.
and connty of Richmond, by the neck,
until you are dead, dead, dead.*
Hays was terribly affected while the
sentence was being pronounced and
wept freely. He has changed to » great
extend danng the last few days. He
appears to be in miserab?e health, and
it gQOold not surprise us if death in a
natural form takes h m away before
the final termination of the case in the
courts.
It is generally understood that if
Judge Gibson refuses to grant a new
trial the case will be carried up to the
supreme court.
THE GOLDEN SIDE.
There is many a rose in the road of life.
If we would but stop to take it;
And many a tone from the better land.
'A hough the winter storm prcvaileth.
Better to hope, though clouds hang low.
And to keep the eye still lifted,
For the sweet blue *xy will still |-eep through.
When the ominous clouds arc rifted.
Here waa rover a night withou'. a day j
Or an evening without a morning;
And tha darken hour, so the proverb goes.
Is tho hour before thvdawutng.
inanya gem In tha rath of lifo.
We p!iss in our idle pleasure,
ictier far than the lewcled ciown
miser * hoarded ireasroe;
It uiny be the love of a littic child
Or a mother's prayer to heaven.
Or only a beggar a grateful thanks
lor a cap ol water given.
Better to weave in the web of life
A bright and golden filling;
And do God s work with a ready heart
THE DEATH PENALTY.
HAYS SENTENCED TO BC IH NG,
The Doomed Man Completely Tn-
uerved—tree ting Keene* nt
the Jail.
> ugiihta Chronicle and Sentinel, 1 tth.
Yesterday morning Judge Gibson
haviug determined to sentence John B.
Hav*, convicted of the murder of John
Henry Key, sent an officer to the jail
after the condemned man. Hays’ wife
was at the prison when the officer ar
rived,and an effecting scene ensued.
Her screams rent tne air, and for a time
it seemed a* if she would go into con
vulsion*. Hav* himself was scarcelv
less agitated. The cool demeanor which
he bore through both trials entirely de
serted him, and he shook and trembled
like an a*(>en leap. He was finally es
corted away from the jail, his wife’s
agonized cries ringing in his ears a* he
walked np the street. Hi* arrival in
the court room created quite a sensa
tion. When tlie court asked the coun
sel if they had anything to say
sentence should not Im* passed upon the
prisoner, Major J. B. Gumming rose in
Ills (dace and said:
“ Counsel for the prisoner intend to
file the motion fora new trial. It is
not necessary in order to preserve all
the rights of the prisoner to file tie
motion to-day. On the contrary, his
rights would seem to require that the
motion should lie prepared with more
care and deliberation than counsel hav
been able to bestow on it in the short
interval which has elapsed since tlie
trial. It might have been anticipated
that of c urse such motion w ould lie
made, and now counsel remov
doulit by stating in their place* that
such motion i* in preparation and will
he filed before the final adjournment of
the court. That motion will operate as
supersedeas of any judgment pro
nounced to-day, and it
quite certain that no sentence
passed to-day will Le carried into exe
cut ion. What right of the state* then,
demands that a sentence should be
pronounced which can lnt nothing
more than a forin?^ What end* of jus
tice will be promoted by pronouncing
a judgment which lose* even the merit
of solemnity, when it is known at the
time it is uttered tliat it is not to be
carried into execution? I think I have
showh that it is not in the interest of
the administration of justice to pro
notince sentence at this time. But
with that 1 have nothing to do. My
province ami privilege are to sjM-uk i*
txdiali of the prisoner at the bar, and
rav in lii* behalf that if no pub
lie interest demands his sentence
at this time, there *eem to be suf
ficient considerations why it should
not be pronounced. I know your hon
or would not unnecessarily add a single
drop to the prisoner's already full cuj.
f misery, and yet—I say it most res
entfully—to sentence him now would
e to do that. I know your honor
would not needlessly add another j^ng
to his utter wretchedness,but, with iter-
feet respect I say it—to sentence him
now would Imj to do that. It will he
time enough for that solemn duty
when the highest court of the state
shall have reviewed this case—after
w hich, in any event, judgment of some
sort will have to he proi.oinced. We
trust tlie law will then be satisfied with
a milder sentence than the only one
your honor can now pronouuee. But
at any rate, the pronouncing of any
earlier sentence will he hut the
enactment of a scene productive of no
good to society, and full of bitterness
to the prisoner. This is what we have
to say why sentence should not be pass
ed u(Mjn the prisoner at the bar."
Judge Gibson said, substantially
“The view's (.repented by counsel have
great force and make me hesitate. It
is n > pleasant duty to me to joss sen
tence upon the prisoner. I purposely
postponed doing so at the time the ver
dict -vas rendered that I might consider
whether my duty required me to pass
sentence at mis time. 1 have come to
the conclusion that it does. A judgment
must be rendered on every verdict. Un
til that is done there is nothing final;
(here is nothing which can he taken to
the supreme court. For fear of any
mi.-take in this matter, I will pro-
“ unce sentence now. If a motion for
»ew trial is to oe filed I will take
pleasure in granting an order of super
sedeas, ar.d I will take more pleasure in
loing that than in what I am about to
lo now. I shall not trouble the pris
oner to stand up, hut will re.d to him
what little I have to say.”g
He then sentenced Hav.-, in the fol
lowing words:
“Mr. Hays - It is no pleasant dutv to
impose the severest penalty of the law
ii(*>n a fellow-citizen. The laws ag&inst
murder in your case provides no other
han the death pe salty upon him who
s found guilty However much I may
eel moved to ex tend mercy to you,duty
m s Krietv, fidelity to trust and the im’.
Iterative demands of justice com pels me
to sentence you to be hanged on the
sixteenth day of June next, on or near
me commons, in the city of Augusta,
Ot ear curious lives asunder.
A SPIRITUAL FEAST.
Ml ATE MEN DAY SCHOOL CONVEN
TION.
‘•What Shall the Harvest ito.”
On Friday night, Rev. W. C. Smith
of Graatvillc, delivered n strong a- d impa-a-
itive address on the “duty of church lm-mlvn to
the Sunday tchool." Bcv. W A lurks, Sunday
school secretary of the North Georgia conference
continued the discussion of the same topic in
an enrue t and practical effort Kev. D It
llMUiiiiou presented the subject of tire “study of
tlie Senpturrs** in an impasaiocco style that
made a oet-p impression on the convention.
On Saturtiay m< ruing the attt nuance war
largely increased. Some to or To delegates r. -
mod and the house was tilled.
The exercises were opened with prayer by
John i. McGuire,of Atlanta.
Mr Thomas Moore of Fulton county off red a
resolution endorsing the action of the president
iu invitiug the tniemativual Sunday senoo! con
vention to hold its next session in Georgia and
renewing the invitation, which was adopted
organization made a rcpoit,
. i in the chair.
The committee recommended \V G Whidl.y for
ra-clcction mh president, which was adopted
The next section relating to vice-presidents was
taken up
Alter discussion the report was recommitted
to tlie committee. On motion,
the president was n quested to
enlarge the committee by tlie addition of thn-o
members.
Tlie president appointed R \Y Smith of New
ton, J N Hutchison ol Troup and W I* Ac-
t latchy of Cobb as aald committee
j T McGuire addictsed the convention on the
topic, -Horr can the ctMAfel. »»c won to Clin**-.*
The address was concise au 1 attended with the
unction of the spirit.
I>y request of many members of the conven
tion M ss Emma C Hart sang “Home of the
Soul,” In melting strains
The address of Prof. \V W Lumpkin of Athens.
“ Why all should work iu tne s.mdav m-hool
cause," waa a magnificent si*ecitnen of word-
paiutiug that swayed the convention by its
charm* and impressed all with the beauty and
power of ita sentiments
The essay ftf Miss Marla I.M Eve. of U’eh-
raond county, entitled “My neighbors,” was lu
her happiest vein.
The committee on organization return-d and
presented the following repo
We recommend for cleclioi
fleers:
Prestdent-W G Whidby, Atlauta.
Vice presidents—
First di trict—A M .
Second district—Rev.
inlila.
Third district—€ It Armstrong, Kistman.
Fourth district—J N HutchiuMui, Hoc
ville.
Fifth district—V R Toinmey, P -catur.
Mxlh district— Kev Henry Quigg Uoiiye :
Seventh district—G K lo>ier. Marietta
EigUt district— 1 T M Itryau. Union l'oiiii.
Ninth district—11 P lk-11, Cumming.
Secretary—Walter It Itrown, Atlanta.
the following of.
munts to Ute constitution,
lo amend article .das follows:
••*1 he aim of this convention is toaidii. pro
mo.ing puieani it - -
fourth Friday iu August of i
pi ce as may be apnointed
uezt prcc d.ng if
to apiioiut a <icpnl> in t
nty in lus din-
aldered a delegate t
a report ol the condi inn ol the nundny school
cause iu hi* county to the secretary.
' ’* ‘ qtiired to report
•retary-f
their appointment uf deputies t ....
tliis couventiou by the first of August. Ih7»»
Tlie delegates of escii congress! mil district
arc inst'ucied annually to pre-cut the name of
some hiiitaol* la-rsou for vice-president from
-onvention shall l>e elected
their district.
Tin- officers of this
stench annual meeting.
The ho :rt Ury of county associations Mia.l re
port the condition of the Sunday M-hool caiise
iu their county to the ms rotary of thD conven
tion l*y the first day of July of ear 1 , jenr.
*1 he committee *!«> reoouitncud that u .stand
ing committee of liv • b» appointed by the presi
dent on revision of the constitution a d i»v
laws, aud that Uie secretary furuisti each v oe
president with a copy of .heir r port.
On motion the re-jiori was adopted as a whole
taltr-d the
“Wli l does the PUiidMy school demand? ’ lie
is a pleasing and forclb'e speaker aud hi* ad
dress w«s waimiy comuicuded.
The selection of tlie next place of meeting
on ti
ofJ<
IUrt of Union P.dnt, Athens
inivetsity, delivered
k‘ou 'CliristUii Ue-
i ornate and (-haste k *<
•ism.’' In manner and
At titree o'clock the ot,
Maptist and Methodist orphan It.
Ud with
the pulpit,
convention on
«h repine
melted all
dose of the *
in and were -rated iu fro_. ..
Rev o K ll.itler addressed th
the ''claims of the orphan" in a speed
with ptthos, logic aud beauty. It ni
lu».u j.r tent. Mid lm>UKbl»ut in Kin.ins
or* the duty of GhrlatiaiiN to provide for
moral a.s w. l! an physical well lie ng of the
|4iitifl' *-*-* “* l * **-.
twecu the two homes
Walter R. Brown tendered hi* resignation
which was jorepted and Mr Krnert M Word
• Iccled in hlsstcad, with great uuan:iuity Mr
Word ia a yottug man of promise and c truest hi
whatever t c undertakes
J T Pendleton, of Atlanta, defined the * doth n
of mid-rintendeutHiuid tcachcis ’ in a graphic
ami terse style. 1
Tht- wtilKMof Rct W A Il»l.r.ty, ,.( Atl.iiu,
on "How to bring children to Chr.st" wok well
digested, aud a model for perap cuity and Umu-
Nora iiarriwm and i
,n 7. Stewart A Beck, t-» MImi Marla Lou Eve
and J M Brown were unanimously adopted by
•Uar
by \
ygood. of Atlanta, and A . „
Conyers. A resolution w-mt unanimously adot.--
ed reciprocating the Christian greeting of thu
awociiiliou. and authorising tite president toap-
poiut five fraternal messenger* to attend the
The president announced the following
as Ute statding committee on revision
of the constitution and by-law-: J c Hart I n
>u Point; lliouiaa Mo '
ton Point; Ihotnas Moore, Hilton county;’it C
Word, Atlanta; W F 1 atillo, M A Candler, !*_•-
Kev Robert It v
. 1>. !».. of .'
iutpre Bed itsell deeply upon ail pt
J C II.irt, secret* ry of the orccnc
bath M-nool aato latlon. and <» a ftamspeek
light which
ut.
ii nty Sab
— i ’
the DeKa b UMidttli
lute <!«Uiu Mjraw wero liivlo bv J T Oi
borne and W R Webster.
The convention sang the “Sw<ei By and Itv “
when Rev I» K Butler pronoun.ei t» e ‘en-dic
tion, and the president announced the conven
tion adjourned ri/* dii.
EXERCISE OS SUNDAY
Ik- ween 1 'AO and 1.50T) persons assemble «t
the t'beraiicle ou Sunday. The convention
sang. Jerusalem my Ila> py Home.” when l.< v
IbdM-rt Irvine, oi Augusta, made a short invo
cation. The ronvcntion then gang. * Sweet
ii urof iT-ycr." when FevJ L Lup» rend the
.th chapter of I*tilth, i'ray-r waa offered up
by Rev ii B Hamilton, of Horae. The conven
tion sang ’Sheltering Kork “ R«-v Robert Ir
vine then preached from the vf»th verse of tne
7th chapter of Hebrew*: “Wherefore he 1* «hlc
also to save them to the uttermost thtt conic
»oi by him seeing that he ever ivet x to
ion for them."
an do justice to the profound
preached by him It he d the
entire audience spell bound for over one hour
nd met with a cordial respondc from every
Christian heart. All present felt amply re pud
by it for coming out.
At half past 3 the convention met at the tab
ernacle. The children of the Meth tdi t orphan
home, led by Mr. Hayden Hughes, Bang several
sweet song*. Rev J M Hill well was Intro luced.
and malt an effective, impressive and uloqm-ut
Speech He 1* one of the nest worker* and tnou
captivating speaker* in the state. The v. r.
tion was gr eatly bencfitlcd by his efforts to make
—Cincinnati Time?: A shoemaker
i» a member ol the Kol.r nyalem.
—“Untieyour eye-lash,” is the flesh-
cat classical epigram.
—Cincinnati Times: Augusta, Ga.,
has a painting of St. Jerome, four hun
dred years old, and one would think
they might, by this time, be able to
get a new one.
— Gifted girls who write verses usu
ally draw more freely on the past than
trii ed hoys do. Boys wli > vividly re
call the past involuntarily stand up to
do it.
—Tom Thumb is going to Texas to
live, and the Chicago Times thinks that
some day we shall hear of Tom being
waylaid and abducted bv a Texas grass
hopper.