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The Atlantal (institution
WEEKLY EDITION.
TEEMS OF WEEKLY.
Weekly, per annum
'1* moBUa
I, «nir
If Amp! doeen’l hold the lort ll
country ia lout.
Dumb »nn!a u> be officially probr
W.iy doean't eonareea lend him an ea>
It ia almost ume lor Howard Carto!
to make bia annua! tour. Ho ia hereby
informed that ?h» Peer awnite him.
Wn uraiw, of the Carterarille Ei
preae, objecta to the title of colonel
Thi* la madneaa. la be not a native
Georgian?
Tna editor of the Chicago Inter-
Ocean will never believe the Booth
really at peace until be cornea to Gear
g» and ergagea in the erring fights.
8- m ol the extra loyal papera at the
north object to the word **nigger.'
they want it apelled according to the
maps of Africa- Niger!
Tna editor of the Fairborn K:
wanta Mr. Ilayea ouated at all haiir
Our conaervative advice aeeina to have
no eort of egret upon him.
Tux Coicagu Inter-Ocean haa di
covered the fact that the democr.
Bluffed the ballot-box in Florfda.
found it out by lying in weight.
Thb faithful E gera who ao ably
watchea over the deatiniee of Mr.
liayea’a mail-bag, thinka there ia room
for Dennis and McLm to be miataken,
Thia ia a very conaervative view.
Tux story now goes that Hayea will
allow Conkling to name the collector of
the port of New York, provided he in-
terpoeea no objection to the remov
of Arthur. Tula ia what we take th
liberty of ca ling a o m it mine.
Ma Tunis denies that he took any
part whatever in securing the Florida
revelations, but Conkling ia silent.
And yet, we remember, with a feeling
akin to awe, that the Utica tattler ia
professional danyer.
UOH. WILLIAM MKIXLST.
We regret lo lea n of the death
ffon. William McKinley, of Milledge
ville, which occurred at his home
that place last Thursday. Colonel Me
Kinley was prominent among those
who, in the better daya of the republic,
aided to render Georgia illustrious. He
was born in South Carolina in 1810,
and moved to Georgia in 1835, follow
ing the practice of law, and was one
tire leaders of the Georgia bar.
never sought political preferment, but
he haa been for many years one of th
moulders and directors of pub!
thought and opinion. He was elected
to the legislature from Baldwin county
In 1871, but owing to failing health h
withdrew altogether from politics at
the close of hi* term.
H
Lirtca or ma mauurs.
It is a noticeable fact that tl
nh- rl sketches of the bishops of lire
Methodist church, published in onr
coin inns a few days since, were utterly
without incident or adventure.
There was no tnrbnlence or noise i
their lives. There was no era or epoch
or pomp, or glory. They were calm
tranquil and even. There was an
eventful record of respectable parentage
careful training, early conversion to th.
canse ol religion, the joining the church
before the teens were passed, theente
ing of the ranks of itineracy, steady
pal lent and uncomplaining service, ai-
at last deserved elevation to the bench
Of bishops.
The life of one of them was a type of
the lives of them all; and one migh<
have served as the pattern ol them all
We must realise the fact however that
the lives fullest of adventure and dia
play and noise are not the lives that
make the world better or wiser, or
stronger. The moat useful lives are the
quiet and nnhistoric lives, that do no>
leap and roar and thunder like the cat
aract, but that move rather like the
gentle and lovely streams tnat beautify
every lardscap* they touch,and fructify
every field through wh ch they .
It is the result and not the notoriety
that we shoo'd look for in life.
8
MS. tiliixxx A I TU UHS.
A New York dispatch states that Mr.
Ti!d.-n, in a conversation with a prom
nent political friend on the recen
Florida developments, said that he had
no part whatever, directly or indirect
ly, in procuring the confession of tln-
Florida ballot thieves. Hesaidthatbe
hail neither advised in favor or
against the passage of the elect,:
rat commission act; that he sub
mitted to it as the law and felt brand
to obey the judgment of the lawful
tribunal that decided against him. and
that he oould not disturb the peace of
the country by Individually, or through
others acting in hia direction, bringing
exposures of well-known frauds to the
turh.ee lie so. ke with great caution
about what might be hia duty in case
the frauds should be clearly proven
before a competent tribunal, at d reach
to the presidential tiUe itself by imp!
eating its possessor, and avoid any di
me* expression of conviction on the
subject. The dispatch says there is no
question that many of Mr. Tilden'
friends, who have hitherto regarded
the presidential fa-ue
settled, believe now that Uayre will
be so implicated in guilty knowledge
of the Louisiana and Florida fraud,
that there will be no party willing to
sustain him in the presidential cha'r
and yet it may be regarded as certa
that no prominent democrat, unless
aime further developments be made,
will join in any attempt to oust M
Hayea in favor of a republican pro
tempore president of the senate-a eon
sum tuition ao ardently deeired by the
anti-Uayca red’cala.
»*sr voixr axd thr south
Qnte recently Ben Butler asserted on
the floor of the house that the grad
uates of West l’oint who took the part
of the seceded states in the late war
had been educated at the expense of
the nation, and deserved to be hangeo
for their tree sen against the flag of the
. country that had educated them. Com
menting upon this imbecile utterance,
a writer in the Washington Capitol,
whom we take to be the well-known
Virginian, Dabney U. Maury, shows
that West Point ia maintained, aaare
all other properties of the federal
anion, by the revenues which aie
drawn from all the states—very une
qually, it ia true—but the exowaivf
burden in this case fell on the seceding
states. He shows that Virginia hat
K not only contributed her own full quota
to defray the expenses of her sons a
West Point, but that she has done a
•Treat dral more than defray merely her
own share. She ia to-day contributii (
more to those expenses than all of th.
New England states together.
General Maury states that Genera
. Lee and General Johnston, and ever)
other officer graduated from West Fein
prior to 1861, were educated at West
Point in the sfalnr-right doctrine, an i
taught that a state had a legal right to
secede from the onion, and that when ... . ,, .
a state thought proper to exercise its .Tj! b “*?*^
right of secession no lawful power or “ “ d th ® «*estate-
r'ght existed in the federal union to m * d ®’ “ com P“'* d b F the
coerce that state; therefore, when
southern officers retired from the fed
eral army, to aid in the defense of their
moat solemn congratulations, that peace
ia assured. As matters stand the only
certainty is that both England and
people and Mates, they were not only
drived in th. academy*of the nation tbe-Utcctton of con-
.... cession aa they are likely to go. Amonz
, °“ Wh ° "T*"* 1 ° n thise well informed, the transfer Z
f“ an ‘"* ®f ce "^ on ot h'sstateever Gen Todleben to -wi cf ^
bsd doubted that he w*s *cting tn sc- (orcM „ onnd ConsUotinople is re-
» tourethiug ominous, while it
1861 the West Point text book on the
constiiution, which had been oerd since
is generally conceded .that the visit of
the great German strategist Von Holtke
osoboia m coxoaaaa
' th * y °° W *> Copenlmgen means the during of the
one whkh teaches that secession u a M x to to the British flit, „d
enme. The foregotrg statement pow ra. doriDg of sea by Denmark and
aeaa a hlltoncai in erest, bn at th. Germany will be indispifable evidence
same t.me we are of the optnion that that Bismarck sympathise, with Bos-
General krapry attoches altogether too ^ thc h BQch eTidecca j, not
muen importance to the r vtng.of.uch wanUrg even now. Ol the twopowere,
a fellow a. Ben Butler. Road. seems to be the most active.
| He ships have made their appear*
in American waters, and it
Mr. Stephens, from the committee on I “ plainly her intention, in case of
rule*, introduced a resolution, which, w * r > to n>*ke what will undeubtedly
with an amendment, was passed. The P r0TB bea veiy disastrous raid upon
resolution brings the hones together in British commerce; for it will be utterly
session ooe hour earlier than hereto- impoaeiblefor her majesty’s.fleet to so
fore. * ffectnally perform patrol duty as to pre-
O.i the call for and the passage of the teet the English merchantmen. More-
Pacific railroad funding bill, Mr. Hart- OTe r, it may be said that the invention
ridge signed the questions of material aQ d improvement of the torpedo has
ntere&toand practical purposes, aa well brought about a revolution in naval
aa the legal and constitutional pointoof I warfare—ao that the most magnificent
the bill. He opposed any reference of 1 >7 equipped ironclad in the British
the bill, deeming it unnecessary, and Beet m ‘T fall an easy prey to the most
favored its immediate passage. The insignificant gunboat. In the midst
“Hit's a tatat lack. bcaa. I drolar ter girahi
ef *t*in% Dey aortcr come on wid** cole, lUca—
teWwajI d*f« bow I fUBTuevo ft
aa'dea er cough got tmlile cr
Oetejtr cooghM n’t look tike hit goes ter _
foondMb'n. I kep* on linger’n’ ’roun* toner
keepta* ooe eye on de rhruxneti* de odder
on de<llremper, (well, bimeby. I begin ier
(eel de txeetle-wok give way, am’ den I
know’d dxt I wn* gwlneter gitter rachec. IaUpt
inter bed oce Cb car day night, aa* I i
oct so mo’ ier mighty nlxh *z moot*.
morn in’ de met ilea ’d dot
me, an’ den el I didn’t git done4 by de
•omas I’m a Chinee, she gimme back raihona
er anwafac tee. I dee nataUy hankered
bongzy arter water, an’ et'j time I aing out Ier
water. I got bllln’ hot aaaaafee tea. Bit got
dat w’eo I wake cp in de mo min’ de
•omen’d dee come long wid a kittle er tea an'
fill me up. Dey tell* me ’retxn’ town dat chil-
lone don’t gli honed wid de meezlea, w’ich
day don’t I wan Ur be a baby de nex’ time dey
bite dia place. All die yer met:
bean’ new ter me In ole times, ’to* de wah,
ain’t beer teller do aeraty-Ure year ole nigger
grapplin’ wid so meexlee. Dey ain’t katekio 1
no no,' ia dey boaar*
“Ob, no—I aoppoeenoi.”
-Ceae ef dey ia, yook’n dea pot my
down wid de migrajhnn niggwn.
bill wu panaed ; yeas 243. Days 2.
all. the confusion engendered by
Mr. Stephens gave Notice that be complicatioiu of negotiation and per«
won :d on the 25th move to take np the I P«taated by the various newspaper cor*
senate bill repealing the bankrupt law. I respondents, it ia likely that the opin~
The bill, aa amended and peased, I ion °* General Ignatieff will be of eome
rej|d9; , " ' * * - -
Be it
*c ; . That the bankrupt law.
weight. He ia of the opinion that
prospects of the early meeting of
a.*e hereby “ity and defend her Turkish conqueai
I COD * reM * renow «ceedingly Isvorable,
aud hopplement *ai
CTAem ol bankrni
d-atoa,’ approved 3
I Ra - U “ p re p»« d * b «r di g -
cap auattoo thereof be, at>d tb«namea.e hereby
rep.-toji-d ; Provid* c*. That each repeal a ha 11 in
uo manoer inv -lidate or eflect any c^ve U bank-
ropier InaUioted a-jd tending in any onr prior ,
to the day wneu tola act ‘ball lake effect; but. a TBM GEORGIA kAlLBOAD-lTS CONDI-
to all *ach penciitg can and the future pro.
WKdlnga therein and a<l penal action* aid
criminal proceeding* ariaing inereuu<>cr. he ■ _
ac:a hereby repealed a bail ooutinoe ia tuii force The reports of the officers of the
St tn‘^‘ railroad, particularly those of
'Teanpeaiaa. I the president, Jadge John P. King,
The bill dow not affect those who and the superintendent, Colonel 8-
have commenced proceedioge in bank- Johnson, in view of the recent
ruptcy, bat ia only retrospective in its controversy, are exceedingly inter-
-Mirations. esting. The gross earnings of the
Mr. Bell spoke at eome length tn the r°*d during the past financial year
bill refunding the national debt, postal I were $1013 712 61, and the expenses
$727,7000 45. leaving the net earnings
$286,012 16. Judge King, in hia
savings banka He said:
Tbe |>ato or to. ailn* but and tba bill
wi»i ore«a up tp. cuo»p!i?c/teiwtaL’'ioreiau I P 01 ** 8bow ® that the statement ol net
■on OOUMW-'C Uiudbi. data u> dtairoj me eonu f ’ *
iiy. atop the cwoimctioo of the currency and i
toe aormaage to Use »*auc ol property. UuJ z j
one of the great rtaourc-a of the counuv. ui-
m ? moaalut “** pubuc debt by m*amg
earnings from operations of the road,
js not a fair test of the economy which
his characterized the management dor-
ing the past year. He calls attention
jeriStoriW ao’toug'U I to a very serious and singular accident
cuuuo. n» an ,ucw biuc/in ui?.r oiiniutena^ occurre< I on the road during the
f®". ,b ® d®^ 1 ® 01 were chrou-
toi« ahau have been atcomi llahtd and captuu ia I m Til* CONSTITUTION at the time.
S5retorS‘Ju‘“^j;iiS“^ u i2 1 1 SS* l SSi” involving a loss of $30,000 in
War aiaciunw tba aautn passu I ersh. In addition to this the sum
arj ludgmenq toe bUI Uaderoonaidanuloa tf $119,000 was invested in
2!1 I steel rails, not more than half of which
or that can be iup;iku4. Thai
aw it will affiMd preciical and kpteo; reuei u>|t. L ’ l . “ •’
bum the ioveruiaem and people i uo notamer-1 been charged to current t xpenees
Another vitaf*rekauof thiameaaore will be I ^ ieae modifications,the net earn
is. iai<1 oul infra would have amounted to $376,
noi ooiy not go out oi tofTcoumry ui non I ^ These earnings have been
“ rgeIy b » E oar »nteeing for
SS “«•« trer tna bowl. It, other roads, notably the Port Royal
Jud B« ««s»rkf, with a slight tinge
“otSI.Of humor, that tbe history of this guar
r. J*. UMTO * h th * 1 - "1U> allvvr sntee ought to be very vividly recol
wr-aturuunz.dtncurenicy,tbe^Maiapaton^c' I lact * d hy the stockholders, Tint, fort.
iu, purp0 “’ th ® taC18 * r ® i * nored * H ® tbet ‘
•owiuWkraa. quotes from the report of the board
re ^re!S,riSSbdrt ^“i‘» ni'. u « a t.‘!S2:^ ““d® 1 ® 187 *, which is rather concln
-. ®*vs- It appears that earl, in that year,
*2? ““* °> Jvaa us to ibt^aad uuu reports (that were shortly afterward!
I oonflrmeJ) were current to theeflec
; unfriendl y sombinstion to,
J«e>**wooA of thia m guiflcmt cjmitiy I eng*ged in purchasing a controlling in-
SS’m’^SISS.TmJKStS? “d terest *■ «ho South Carolina road,
When the house had under o™-H !? lh . “ view of ®rippUng
eration the bill making appropriations G ®° r E I * road and restrteting
lot the service of the postoffice denart- !! at ® 1 rn c< ’ nnec,10na with other rentes,
ment for the fiscal year ending Jane Th ® b ^ ard dQaII 7 7 ie,ded “ the pres-
1H7Q mnA t** o.u *, . - ’ I 8Ur0 bronght to bear upon them and
accepted a proposition, which upon
1879, and for other purposes, which biu
after being amended was nas^ed ■ .
Mr Blount was strenuous in hi. efform | “ *'SH
to keep the appropriation sum within
reasouable bounds, yet such as ahou'd
be complete and ample. Oa the vote
on the bill for the relief of settlers
endorse the first mortgage bonds of the
Port Kiyal railroad lor one million dol.
lars and secure a controlling interest ir
the stock. This proposition wu snb
claimed by the Smlh and North I th ® 8tocKholdera
Alamama railroad company, hU h ° n ‘ ,f Utem ®? t th ® cashier
Saphena <» ext t»ed. and^ icoam ,b *‘ ,?**? “ doraed Port Eo - vil
of sickness, Mr. Harris wu absent. , b °!! d9 *? al1 P* id bnt * trifle > and ,ha<
The bill on public school, of the'dis roolT “”‘7 wi,bont “ crifice *
-■*1 olicited some coneideraole debate. , P ?!u . 77 P" d ™able
The b.li directs the comm: Sonera ol P nde to tbo . lact whtleothersouth
the District of Columbia to retain ard ® rn . oom J Ml ” i «® ar « renewing their ma-
ore, for the maintenance of th. pub. c 1
schools of said district for the remain
der of the current school year, the sum I
“ U i n0l be C0Mid « r « d *® control their own int.re.te in their own
an addition to the proportion of the
expenses of the District of Columbia
mortgage, the Gaorgia road has never
sacrificed a cent in renewal, and
a^e^^p Sr,,” „rr£
.T.T7“. rr '. 0 7 0, « SnTmoneydaaU> “ d received heavy blows, -‘the
tiie United btatee from said diatric: rSost formidable,” remarks Jmige King
under the provisions of the seventeenth somewhat sarcastically, “from our own
section of the act approved March 3, stockholders; bnt,” he continues in
lS77,and it provnieafnrtherthat tl.e | thes^ne vein,*‘tns, have a right to
trol their own intereets in their own
way, provided they do it at their own
expense and risk.” Concluding his
report. Judge King asks the privilege
of laying additional information in
separate communications before the
stockholders upon his own r«
ity, and at hia own expense.
r« ihYrerpir^ I Th ® ,™P® rt ol Colonel Johnson is
imnue tmuury. 1 am readyto nmn trVraa lilt I unusual!, interesting. He is ol the
“to r tf.“dffiSi’ c SSSlf- JP”®; riist the building ol the North
"arere wba .a. .mom ya., | eu.em road is the worst blow the
o.ilberai.1} set aside a earn or mooey Sm? G * or * ia company ever received, the
SSSl toVaetoSSn T^’SholiPn.*^ I lw ® in n ®‘ turnings from that canse
^Joaito tho K4(U being estimated at from $50,000
ctoainc toe acbools He woatt £t UtotJKlklbS I to $100,000 a year. Colonel JohnaoL
i,Ter 7 hopeful. He thinks that the
"““m businees should be fostered
hereafter to be aseumed by the Unite J
States, but shall be a part thereof.
Mr. Bionnt said:
Tba whole parpcaa from the beclonlna bv
m& to bring Uata hoove tv jo*t thia r
wbera they can a*v tkai toe a A cola „
al oalesa we make an appropdatioo.
ao long aa ench ooatrlvaaoea are naor
pprporu. w* did tola to ng ia* ytar with u •
uiddnatandlngik«i toe didrkt of O'
ahoald refun i the amount appropria ei
of tore* vchorl* The *ec etary of the
treavoiy informed toe committee, in
He says :
Oze great trouble with tbe road la that its
Fom carniaga are loo small, a 3d it it certainly
01 Tb ,Vw* ,n i °® !b - d,ra tI » de the west, through Charierc®
ardl ran must. nu. oould be mad. a w ,
I “** 6C ““ p" mir '-
um0 ** HwcimaiTflomof
— ’ tiu* to ng
he district «f
saiKl Chicago to Baltimore, HOladel-
f real aavorol that wna; I have aureu -UI be
revolt Whailathe prcpwl'lnor Thedi-
tnct of Columbia now ow.a ffO.OjO to the gov-
The gross earnings of the Macon and
mtrom*o?A'ooi* 1>rot ^ u “ “ boa An«usU road cere lees than the ex
Mr. Stephens, ol Georgia, introduced but - tbe ia
into the house a bill to 35£tate offi^re ^ to gOod eotKUtion. and ,t is hoped
the army who h.v. rerved over ^ cm
twenty yrere, and were wounded, md wto e thT^.Siti'on
hmfto ’Z? T!t - d » a ®KOod.ff U Z tttor
mustered out under the act of 1870.
Mr. Harris introduced two petitions
citis-ns of Campbell and Hirrb
conn ties, Georgia, for tbe passage of the
Texss and Pacific railroad bilL R
ferred to the committee on Pacific rail
road.
Mr. Felton intro laced bills for tbe re
lief of Isaac P. Sewell, of Cobb c-nnty ;
also for the relief if Green & Duke, of
Jackson county. After a first and stc-
ond reading the, were referred to the
committee on war claimai
peels bright
‘•UNCLE REMITS,”
CMCLE JtAJtfCS SUCCUMBS TO IBM
MHDXMIU.
You’ve been looking like you were
rather trndar tha waauar fas the osar week
c^botoe Bmoa." aaM a stn-Jemaa to the
» X Posy, too, bcm.il roo'Oer
AX GLAXO AMD RUSSIA.
hia what I tor.
'Where hare you Decs**
*rear ter ae like ev'eybody Cone h
toot dat. hay aiat so ole n%ser my aei
star Cat's had no tmuUscr time Crua I la."
“A kind to plenier
The situation in the east in prolific of
rumor, whatever else may be said of it, | ■O’an’lwawMalf alakimOy wuMu«a?x
and, while the uncertainty fa per ding. I ** ’ leBe ibtertn'nj a paaaet ertwjaaa’tal
the newspaper correspondents at the "" ” ’ -
various points of interest and the edi
tors who care to dabble in the surmises
suggested by the attitude of the powers
are having a jubilee, Ooe day the eos^
i Ter errand pcate? Ho
aU'I
aboliuffr
®*I bava’ct rraBy. What wa* the taaaezr*
i* aba hi: dr
respondents and the interested editors I c*cej
“What kiw of tfckaeaar*
“Hit Irok sorter cn’ooa, bon, hot ol* i
ANSWER* TO CORRRaPORDME:
Hicxoby Flit, Ga^ April S8.
uaVff^.o^^ i?^ l0cg doesit
About eight or nine days. Th* ordinary speed
of a s*earner la eight to sixteen mile* an hoar,
id. We think “Shaw's Mas oul of Zcgilah Liter-
ature.” edited by Tuckermaa, la about the best.
U will cost about S2fi0.
To Get Into Rook Shape.
Smyrna, Ga , April S9.
MmsES Editoxs : - IV ill the proceed
tepof Uie Blick trial be published In book
form? It ao. where can I get Ilf n
We believe Hr. John M Graham la
parlny a veriraUm report for pnhjtcafiaa. They
-re said to bo unite eenaetlooal. Thepabtl-h.n
will doabtle-s sdrertlre their book In Tax Cox
stiidtiox when It la ready.
* ‘'Uncommon*'—Wo nbonld Way So.
AnjutTA, May 1
^Why is good sense
relied common sen-, T It seems to ma It la
the most uncommon of all aorta of sense, PT.
It la so tolled becanre It la vndentood to be
DOlbt at which all the seven aesaea mi
common verdict ot the seven aesaea
The Beat Time on Hreord.
Mxsssa Editoksu^I* 0 hsve A ?een
Sg-M g!^ J !?U*g5 a °L lb £*" k
aCCt ?5^ l *Sv h! * ,eat * tl? aver been
p***edT What is the k.ngeat disUsoe ever
walked in toe shortest time f Waixwl
We believe Consignj’a la the beat endurance
walking on record. O'Leary of Chicago has Juat
made lo I ondou the beat long dlraoce walking
oo record. He made 520 miles in 1S9 bonia-or
eaa than • days. He did nearly 100 mile* a day
Makhtta, Ga.
Me'srs. Editoe^j : What w*8 me
by Selkirk in toe piece publltoed a few daya
ago about Gen. Toombs showing him *JC0.QJ0
he wu to pay about t-e Florida matt-rf
Mustard.
It wu a lie, u every one ought to have
known. If Gen. Toombs had *300,000 for auch
a pu’pose, he wou’d never have shown it
auch a fellow u Selkirk.
3k Ba«hi Buourk.
Atlanta, May 4,1878
Mk8sbs. Editors: What is a bashi
bazoark I Has it any reference to rank?
P. H.
It la an Irregular trooper serving under pay
from the saltan. A* a usual thing It la an
Asiatic, drawn from some of the pasha]ics. Ihe
baahi baxourka are free riders, and devote more
time to plundering than to fighting. They are
to the Turk* what the uhlana are lo Germany,
or the Cossacks to Russia, 2 It hu lo raft
esce to rank. Yon am probably thinking
‘•Baahaw” or “paihaw."
u l , aak’d wrl* rinbly Last
Rome, May 3, 1878
Mx=8*a. Editors: In the account of
BkAop kcCn skry’s alltpd illicit loves, 1 see it
wi ’ Inst.” Where
dom die expression eome from. I
It may be found In Burns's poem called “Ho
Wilie’a Prayer*’ A friend of Bum* gave a bej^
gar work on a Sunday Willie Fiaber, an elder
In the church, prosxoted him for doing ii
Burns wrote a satirical poem. In tbe shape of
Pharisaical prayer, and called It ’’Holy Willie’
Prayer,” In derision of Fisher
2HE HIBJSHXl not 1C.
A Pienaut TImo-Mr Toy Probably
Fatally Waonded.
The annna] picnic of the Hibernian
benevolent society wu celebrated yesterday
Buford, Georgia on the Atlanta and Chariot _
Air*Line railroad, about thirty-seven miles from
this city.
A arXCIAL TRAIN
well.fiUed pulled out of toe Union passenger
dspot at seven o’clock in the morning. After
moat delightful ride of about two hours, the p c
sic party arrived at thtir destination. The exn
tiro day wu spent In dancing, and the b^at of
order wav preserved until shortly before the
departure of the train, when several knock
down-and-drag-out fights occurred among
number of persons not connected with the
A special policeman appointed by the marshal
of Buford bad an altercation with a Buford pu
gilist, in which tha latter wu pretty badly
naedup.
A d.Acuity occurred between Mr Jno Toy. _
Atlanta,and a man by the name of Bea Murrell
who ia said to bo a resident of Buford, and
known la that vicinity as a ■'angeroua man.
flair terminated by Morrell shooting Toy
In the face with a email pistol,irfl cting a pain
ful and probably a fatal wcaud.
Panic* who wiueawd toe affair aay i
Murrell and Toy commenced quarreling
some canae or other, end that Toy struck Mur
rell in the face when the difficulty had wound
to flyhUng hut. U pen receiving the blow,Mur-
relJed palled oat his pistol and fired at Toy,
striking in the fleshy (art of tbe face to the left
of the nose. Murrell then
TOOK TO HU HKXL*
and ran with all Ms speed in the direction of the
woods. He wu panued.bv » number of the
friends of TOy and several of toe citizens ..
Buford, who became perfectly enraged at tie
shooting. A number of shots were fired at th*
fugitive with a view of bringing him to a ha
an eye witness to tbe whole affair says that
about eight shots were fired at Murrell,
ooe shot took effect, bnt did
a *t7p to tbe fight of
the would be murderer, who reached tbe shel
ter of toe woods and made hia escape from the
punning party.
Toy rece ved the attention of a physician
Buiord, who wu summoned to the relief of the
wounded man.
satiated on board the train, and upon
his arrival in this city Dr. Willis F. Westmore
land vitited him at Ms residence, No. 11 north
Gtihoun street An examination of the wound
fact
that he ball had ranged along the side of the
face to tbe back of the neck, where it lodged
and cannot be found. Dr. Westmoreland will
to-day rndeavor to remove the ball
Mr. Toy wu bleeding profusely from the
wound last evening, and wu considered in
most critical condition. Any new develop-
its in the case Unlay will be given in to
morrow’s issue.of Tax Constitution .
Fashion Folll i.
—Crepe Ball etc la creeping into favor.
-Pear-abapea pearl buttons peep oot oa the
sw summer aacqnes.
—Sdppera arm giving place to saadals-espe-
daily on the searh re.
—The silt-walking dresses, with short skirts,
are alive and prospering
—Have you dot a plain or dotted Swire mus-
linr If not gat ooe without delay.
sew straw fringe made with Jet pans
menterie above it, ia passably pretty.
A new bonnet is called the •‘star’—probably
because it took a Mam-teriy head to planet
—Bosaomy bonnets are powdered with flow
ery pearl,or sprinkled with fragments of crushed
rystaL
-Stylish slippers are without bows; but
pretty faet they frequently procure beaux for
■A young lady in New York buhl
lovert picture photographed on hex ana. Stick
pin there, giria.
—The prince of Wales appeared at a farcy
ball in Paris lately u Robimoa Crusoe,
shouts have left that to his aallor brother.
band of Mrs WoodhulL To make the
nag* verbally perfect, he should bj called Mr.
—Tb# young ladies of Opelika, Ala^ have
i “mapper club" to discountenance flirt-
tag la the opposite sex. Tba young men of that
wcJon most be ailppary beaux.
—“Tallow to yellow makes yellow look white.”
Hoodea, beware cf the jehow gauze veils now
waring in! bet truuct.ej can wear nothing
In l&ta a lady appeared at a ball ia Paris,
anayed in a ooetumedroorued wlta MOO staffed
humming birds slaughtered ier the occi
looked killing of course.
"Afternoon dances” hiva been Introduced
into high society In London. “High jinks by
daylight.” la what the reporen call ’em. Bnt
high jink's generally do last uotil daylight.
BaaLy, w&at*s the dffferewea »
cslta,l tack's oocch dec
—The^unnnR] mooting of the stock*
holders of the Mxriett* snd North
Gecnis n: Iroad will be held in Gan-
fr.a, Cherokee county, Gs. t qu the 8th
of May.
THE TRAGIC PERIOD OF KAIX
MO IMARA* S LIT A.
ner Trial tar the Harder of Hiss
®* w * t t-CsavlcUoa and Sentence to
Death-Incident* or the Ttlal*
Frecxlea Hother and Her Babe.
One calm night in the fall of the
year 1STC, toe hitherto quiet repose of the
nns of Pickens oonn y. in aozth Georgia,
thrown into consternation by
THRHUR1UER
of a beautiful young woman named Nave
Cowan, at a ball, by Mr . Kate Soihem.
An account of the killing, the romantic es
cape and capture of the parties a year afterward*,
w a published in Thr Constitution on the 14th
of February last A synopsis of tbe terrible
affair la about u follows: Soon
AITRS THE MARBIAOR
of*Mr. Robert Sothern, a handsome but wild
young fellow, to Miss Kate Hambrick, one of
the most beautiful and laminating young ladies
innorth Georg;*, a ball or party wu riven at
the dwelling of her father, Mr. Hambnck.
tbe belles and beaux of the neighbor hood *
invited and attended. Among the number
a beautiful joang lady by the came of Narcisu
Cowart. She, it mems, wu one of those
hakdsorr country oi$ ir
who, knowing bar charm*, delighted in making
conquests of men, but never dreaming that
harm would In any way result. Gay and light
hearted, she pursued the merry done from
early evening until near the hour of midnight.
At that fatal hour she danced her last time with
Mr. eothem. Kate, his wife, it appeal*, had
JEALOUI CP THR BRAUTirUL KARCBSA,
and early in toe evening informed her husband
that he must not dance with- Misa Cowart or
•peak to her during the sight To thia it teems
he rssented, and contented himself by dancing
with other ladies. The colminaU d storm of
jealousy wu wrought from the fact that the
fair Nardasa had formerly b*on a sweetheart „
Bob’a Hence the admonition. Aa intimtiUd,
however, at aboml2 o’clock to the utonish*
ment of Mrs. Kate Sothern, the fair
brid.*, ihe beheld Mias Nardasa Cowart upon
EAXC1NO WITH HRR HUSBAND
for a partner. Seized with jealous rage,
W'thoutany exhibition cfan evil design,
cvlmly walked up to her husbiud snd informed
him that be had prom sed to dasee tost sat with
her. He remonstrated, bat the perrisud.
length finding that tbe two were determined to
dance throuvh tha set. the jealous young wife
turned and quietly walked outside to her father
and demanded
THR LOAN CP HIV KNIFE.
Hesitating to comply, her father
quired for what purpae she wanted
She replied, “Tocuta tooth-brush.” Remind
ing her that It wu rather late to be cuttiug
tooth-brashes, her father reluctantly handed
her hia large pocket knife. Returning to the
dance-room she found that the dance wu over.
Watching with freLziedeye she soon espied
object of her jealous rsge alone, dancing across
the room. With tbe litoeneas of a tiger she was
betide the apparently happy but doomed
man. Seizing her by the shoulder with one
hand she exclaimed:
’ YOU 1IAVE DANCED ENOUGH ”
Brandishing the knife but a moment over her
own shoulder in order to give force to the fatal
blow, she plunged it
DKXP INTO THR NECK
of her victim. Tbe warm bloodshot from
wound to a wall five feet distant StT.1 another
blow wu dealt and tbe sharp knife penetrated
deep into to* left breast. As toe victim —
in the last throes oi death to the floor, still
other sub w s made with tbe fatal weapon,
which made its way into her body through
belt and clothes. By the Ume the nofortuua
young lady fell she wu dead.
Confoflon and amezement wu never greater,
une one asked to know who wu the man that
struck that woman.
Mrs. Kate Southern exclaimed, firmly,
”1 AH THR MAN THAT®DID IT 1”
The excited peop e rushed to the doors aud
said that no one should pass. Bob Sothern
once took his wife by tbe arm and said. "Gen
tlemen, I am going to leave this house, and
take my wife.” His remarks were made cm*
pbatic by the exhibition ol a dangerous looking
pistol in his hand.
The people allowed him to pass before they
had time to realise what had taken place. 8oth
■n and hia wife
MADE GOOD THUS ESCAPE
Mias Cowart’s family offered a reward of *250,
and the governor added SI 10.
A year elapsed before any tidiegs were nude
public of the fugitive*. Then they were found
in Franklin county. North Carolina. The his
tory oi their
IFCAPE AND CAPTURE
la very romantic. They were considering
propriety of returning and. giving themsalres
over to the law when arrested.
At the time of her capture, in January last.
Mrs. Sothern bore in her arms a small infant.
The whole family were placed in Pickens jail,
together with two or three others engaged In tbe
*fl*!r. iAst week ’at Pickens superior county,
the esse against Kate Sothern wu
TAKEN vr FOR TRIAL,
Judge George N. Ltater pretiding. The case
cupiedfour dajsin trial. Every particle of evt
dence possible on either side wu brough* out,
and every 1-gal point wu hot'y contested. A f
ter an exhaustive trial, on Saturday the S8to-
she wu
FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER
and wu sentenced to be hanged on the 21st __
J one Solicitor General Greer wu ably assisted
by Mr. a A Darnell of this city, and Mr J. _
Allen of Ellijay. The unfortunate woman was
defended by Cangicreman H. P. Bell, R P. Let
ter, W. H Simmons, Yf.T. Day and CoL Chrer
W Styles
The trial was very exciting; people having
wae Ir to the court from all par a of the coud
try. The poor woman
BILD HER CHILD IN HEX ARMS
nearly all the time. When sentence wu
pronounced, it si said she wu completely
overcome. A very unusual tMng in the trial
a ease in Georgia is found in the fact that all __
he attorneys oo both sides, seven in all, made
speeches and were unlimited in time. A mo
tion for
A NEW TRIAL
was made and will be heard on Monday, the
ISth instant It ia more than probable that the
we will reach tbe supreme court
Should she be hung ebe will be die second
woman ever hung in Georgia. And in view
the severs censure meted out to Gov. Smith for
permitting Miss Susan Eberhardt to be hnng
is reaaonaile to suppose that Gcv. Colquitt will
have to be thoroughly convinced of the justice
of the sentence before he will allow her to hang.
THR BENCH ON BISHOPS.
TDK PICTURES OF THB MRN WHO PRESIDE OVER
THR M. B. CHURCH, SOUTH.
It will be interesting to all readers cl
Thr CttsriTUTioN to have some idea of the
lives of toe men who fill the bench of bishops
at tha conference cow in session in this city.
We therefore give a short (ketch of two ol
them this morning, promising the others for to.
marrow.
BISHOP ROBERT PAINE, I? D.
Dr. Paine is the senior bishop of the Methodist
EpisoopaTchorch south. He was born In Perron
county. N C, his father bong a sturdy and re
spectable farmer. He ni rated in Tennearee,
and became a Methodist early ia life. In 1818,
(then being 19 years of age.) he wu a .milled to
the Tennessee conference, and wu assigned to
important work at once. He served the church
regularly until 18-9, when ha wu appointed to
the prerfdexey of LaGx*nge college, a denomi
national Institution in Franklin county, Ala
bama. At to* conference of 1846, toe first held
orgacizulon ol
sou hem church, he wu taken from the
presidency oi the college, and made a bishop.
He had been a very active worker ail his Me,
and having served In twenty sucoestive annual
conferences, and was chairman of the ccmmit-
« on the plan cf separation.
Bishop Paine is a graceful and accomplished
writer, to* life of Bishop McKendree
from his pan. He linow in fine health with
unimpaired mental and phjslcal vigo, and
many years of usefulness are doub Jeu ■>'—d
of Mm.
BISHOP CIO. V PIERCE,
tha Georgia biahop. Is well known to the
our readers. He wu bora in Greene county,
this state, in 1811 Hs wu Ur' Z aUy borne
into the Methodist church, his fa.her bring
of the most venerable men in tbe service of
Methodism. He jaired the church at Athens,
G*.. In 1326, and when only 15 years of age. was
tnU and eanust communion. He studied
law with the Hoo. Geo. Fo-ter.bat felt Impelled
ojeta the ranks of minister*, and therefore in
18H joined the Georgia conference. He was,
during Ms first year of service, the colleague of
BevJ.O. Andrew, afterward BUhop Andrew
He give signs of great premise at first, and in
second year wu stationed at Savannah,
the next year he was transferred
ticn. He returned to Georgia after
and wu there occupied with leading stations of
the church, and with her educational lastitu-
tiaoa, until in 1848 he wu made president of
Emory crilega. He held this pl®cs until 1852.
when he wu elevated to the episcopal office.
Bishop Pierce is probably the mosl
f the bi hops, haring a splendid pr,
silver-tongue. He is hale, sturday, ami the
honoo hangs easily oo his shoulders. He
is a graduate of the University of Georgia.
or HUBBARD H1XDR XATAXAU6H.
KtVRLARgh wsa born ia Kentucky
OufcscoootT,Inl30i BecrXus ol limiou
IhMgf, t!r fslier being the wen kio,n Wm.
KsTinssgh, snd hu murtx! (nndtslher the
celebrated Dr. Thornes BUe Be joined th.
When *1JT are of see. joined tbe Ifneraet ranks.
He wu sires daring the first jean o( his ser-
rtce sow. cf the most reimport ant end Isboricns
of wh .t was th-n a boder conference. Be d'e-
UegnlsSed himself eutr, however, by M* daunt*
las* enwgy, Ms stirring eloquence, acd Ms sue
work; and from Ms coraparat rely ob-
portions put Mmrelf In the very front
reaks cf th* mlnlatiy. The conference never had
• ®oreactive preacher, snd there is scare ly*
towocr city In Kentucky ttat hu not h_d the
M* mln s'iy
He vu elected to the bleh-pric In 1SS4. Bhhnp
AaviDaagh la a charming talker, and i*, in gen
«»1 Conversation, one of tee most delightful
i* the co ntiy He ia a grtpf •octal fav.rit*
afhowKh nearly 8 J jean* cf age, la (till active
Id te^ service of the chur h.
• BISHOP WM. MAY WIGHTMAN,
was tun in Charleston, 8 C.. la 1808 Aa, with
the other bishops he wu an early convert to
c*ue, in which he has Achieved so much
sooa * woo so muca dlMiuctlos, having
jafeed the church when he wu barely sixteen
frere of age. When nineteen years ol age he
iteduated at the Cdarleatcn college, and whin
lwen y applied for ^mission to the Carol
conference. He wu taken on trial, and wu
•WOJnted to toe Pee Die circuit For several
J+r» he labored in this and- neighboring field*
3 til 1834, when he wu appointed agent
I Randolph Mreon college. Three years
to he wu called to fill the chair of Ergliah
etiture in that institution. Being desirous
hewever, of resuming active religious life, he
resigned the position and returned to
He wu made presiding elder of a very impor
tant circuit, ahd iu '.840 wu appointed the ed
itor of the Southern Christian Advocate, which
position he fi led with marked ability. Iule5i
he was elected the president of Wtffard college,
holding tost position for five years. Hews*
then transferred to the Alabama conference,and
made chancellor of the southern university at
Gi^ensboro, Ala. He remained here for six
yedi* (till 1866) when, at the general conference
be was made a bishop. Hia residence Is Charles*
tea* South Cara ins.
. ftsnor DAVID SETH DOGGE1T
wa*-borfi in Virginia In 1810. He waa an early
5>nv«rt. jhm whemia years cf age applied for
into the Virginia conference. For
he travelled through two circuits, snd
«nt to Petenbarg. We very soon oou-
r nls reputation as a man ol power and
«nd therefore regulars filled toe most
Important posts in the Virginia conference.
1861 he was appointed pastor of Randolph - Macon
college, and in 1862 wu made professor of Eug-
ltah literature in that institution. Alter serving
here lor five yean he returned to field service
and resumed charge of the leading pastorates
tbettaie. From 1850 to 1854 he waa the editor of
Qavterly Review, and ~ade teat periodical
uower in the tend For two years after this Lv.
eereed at Wrshington city, ana was then made
preeiting elder of the Richmond tircuit. During
Utetapat exciting period of the war he wu sia-
tioard at Richmond (from 1862 to 1866 ) At the
k t -o* r al conference of this latter year he was
e.ee*ed b shop—the universal verdict bring that
he (halved toe peat that was given Mm, an t
that he honored the office while it honored him.
BISHOP HOLLAND HMMONS M’TYIERK.
Btahop McTylere ia a South Carolitian.
wu torn In 1824 in the Barnwell district
joined the church when only 12 years of age,
and applied for permission to preacu toe gospri,
before he had finished his college education
He wu licersed in 1841 by toe Virginia con
ference, be teing then at Randolph*Macon
ajUtge Daring to* next year h- joined toe
viretniarouference.and wai appointed to the
Williamsburg circait He was then transferred
confarenoe, and succeeded D
3?°!Lc ^“mme™ cuarge of toe St i- rancis
church. Mobile, that geutlemen having bjen
made assistant editor of the Southern Christian
Advocate. Bisnop McTylere served In Ala-
bamnootil IMS. wneu he wu removed to Lou*
, He wu at once. aut omd in the city of
Ae w Orleans having charge of one of the largest
churches in that city. In 1854 he wu made ed-
it-or of the New Orleaua Advocate. Hewa\
hJWcver. uot divoiced f.om the pulpit by thia
*tep. out continued hia pastoral work wi“
aimoet unabattd vig »r. Ho wu transierred
Alabama conferecce aod made a pestor
TEE EDUCE OF E0CE1LE.
ihe Montgomery church. In 1866 he wna . leered
bishop, and took up hia residence at Nai
where he now Uvea.
BISHOP JOHN CHRISTIAN KEENER
torn in Baltimore. Md., in 1819. He
! U . et0 7? 1 ' Conn. In 183S he wu o nvertid aitd
joined the church, ^e did not anply lor i
•utaaion to toe conference until 1813, when
wu accepted on trial and aent as junior preacasr
transferred
stationed in New Orleans. 1U
New Oileans fo eleven years, filling various
He reoiaiued
... .—l — ,—-— *—j, lilting various
positions In the circuit, and distiaguisiting him*
. b y^ta elrqueace and earaeatnea*.
to 1870 he was presiuiug elder of the clrcnit
aud editor of toe New Orleans Christian Advo
cate at toe fame time. He filled there positions
with wonderful ability, and wu in the latter
year elected bishop. His residence is New Or
The PomoloKlctl Society.
The Atlanta Poir ologlcti society met Tester-
day evening at the State Agricultural bureau
with President W P. Ribinson in toe chair, and
Secretary M. Cole at Ms post of duty.
The minute-' of the last meeting were read.
Mr.*M. W. Johnaoa mov dtoat when Lam
bert’s seedling strawberry is mentioned in tbe
mUjutes, •‘Identical with monarch of the west”
be added With tola correction the minute*
were adopts.
Mr. J. A very wu admitted to the society as a
member.
Mr. William B. Lowe wu re instated to the
membership of the society.
EXHIBITION CF FSUITS
By Mr W P Robinson. Cherries- Black Heart,
May Duke, Gov. Wood. Black Tartarien Coe’
Transparent, Knight’s E s rly Black. Strawber-
riee—Lambert s 8eedlii>g, Monarch of the West,
Star ef tha West, Duncan, Prouty’s seedling,
Newest)’* Prolific Duchess, Elis* Scedliug, Gold
en Seeded, Agriculturist, Rusted’* Prolific. Chrs
Downing, Triumph de G.i d, Wilson’s Albany,
20 seedlings of 1877. Linings White, Longworto’s
Prolific
By Mr Geo H Haynes, Strawberries—Lam
bert’a Seedling, Michigan. Col Cheney, Wilton’
Albany, Charles Downing. Cherries — May
Duke.
By Mr Mark W Johnson, Strawberriea—Wil-
Sm’s Albany, Kentucky
By Dr Samuel Hape, 8trawberrles-Star of the
Weal, Lambert’* seedlin*. Captain Jack, Gres
American, Russell’s Advance. Cherries-Coe-'
transparent. May Duke
By Mr M Cole, Strawberries—Wilson’s Alba
ny, Charles Downing. Triumph de Gand, Len
oini’a white, Kentucky, Ljugworth’s protific,
Incnda. Nspole n HI. Agriculturist, President
Wilder, Monarch of the West Apples-Shock-
ley of 1877, native Crab—Pyrua, Coronaria.
Aurea Mulberries—Hicks
By Mr Pascal J Moran, Cherries—May Duke,
black Tartarien.
Mr U W Johnson offered the following:
Resolved. That at toe next meeting tha straw,
berry be dhensred, taking up toe differs va
rieties in succession, and discussing the merits
of each lor different uses. Adopted.
A discussion wu Indulged in by tbe body
relative to the cultivation of strawberries
The society took np for consideration the
FUTURE PLACE OF MEET.'aa
during the preseut season.
Mr. Ltugnton stated that the Atlanta board
trade had authoxizsd him to tender to the
todeij tho use of the chamber of commerce for
their meetings.
Captain N-.wman stated that Dr. Janes would
bs pleased to have them continue their meetings
at the state agricultural bureau.
A few of toe members favored the acceptance
of toe Invitation kiven by the board ol trade,aa
by h tiding tha meeting* of the aedety there the
deliberations of the society would not be dis
turbed by intruders.
The larger number of thorn present favored
meeting at the state agricultural bureau
wu more convenient to thc members of tbe
society, and at the same lime more information
relative to the
INTERESTS OF TH* SOCIETY
from visitors and others interested in the grow
ing of fruit. They thought that vtaita from
stranger* would cot be object!enable, but on tbe
contrary would be glad to have them c*>mr u
hear the dtacumioua upon toe culture of fruit.
After some discussion upon the subject it was
voted unanimously to meetejch Saturday at toe
state agricultural bureau, and that a vote of
thanks be tend jred to Dr Janes for Ms Mod in
vitetton.
Mr Wilson moved that the small scraps of
paper used for the purpose of displaying fra't
upon be dispensed wi to and tbe society purchase
number of plates.
Mr Lacgsum eta tel that he would donate to
theaocietv a number of wooden trayr, which he
thought would fill the bill.
Mr Whson. “Can they be washed 7”
MrLutgston. "Yes, air.”
Mr Jennings. ( *I move to accept the generous
efferof Mr Langs on whether toe trars can be
washed or not”
The motion was adopt d and a vote of th«wv.
tendered by the aode.i for his kind donation.
The society then adj rained and on motion cf
President Robinson toe large amount of fruit on
exMbtt then followed suit immediately after.
Tbe Common Enemy.
In order to make headway against the
i enemy, 'Discs** it la necarsary lo op
pose him with persistence It very frequently
happens that a remedy perfectly adcq uie to toe
ics of tha a e. if perristtd tn. Is eoa
and thrown aside hectare «lew dot
it do not care a malady How unreasonable sol
unjust would such a ludgm.nt be regarding
Hostetter’s tomato Bitters, one of the most
popular an t highly sanctioned medicines of the
day, a potent Imr’goraai and an Invariably suc
cessful remedy for comtipalloc, dyspepsia, liver
«anp > alnt, Intipient rheumatism and gout, inac
tivity and weakness of the kidneys and bladder,
and for inSraitias tori lent to the decline of life
No fact ia batter established than the above, yet
in order ta experience its truth those sill ued
with obstinate form of d seree should rive this
benignant curative a patient trisL If they do,
they may rely upon decisive curative results.
Si miy7- d3: lac* tar sat Awm*j7
Only a Dollar.
Rockville, Ont.. May 4.—Last night
four men entered the residence oi Jno.
Johnson, and demanded his money.
Oa refusal they beat him and injured
him fatally. AU the money the mor-
derera secured was one dollar. Several
Methodist church when caly is years of agf, sad arreet* have been made.
By J. O. HARRIS.
[AU right* reserved by the Constitution Publish
ing Company.]
WU.
MI38 JANE DELIVERS A LECTURE.
“This world*a full er funny people,**
remarked Miss Jane blandly as ►he,
and Nora, and tbe schoolmaster sat in
the porch the evening ef the day of
Vanaeriyn’a exploit with Judge Wal-
thftli’a horses. *'Ii’s full er lunny peo
ple, an’ the more 70a live tbe more
yoa fine it oat. Toey cut up their rip
pita right befo’ iolks’s ejea— mere
spesherly the men. Everything the
men does, the wimm-n fa gotter make
a great ’miration over it. Ei they don’t
git together acd gabble over it like a
passel er pnddle-ducka then the men
S 'fa Blighted and thar ain’t no end to
is trihalation.”
“This fa something new,” the school
master began.
“No it ain’t, William Woraum, and
mighty well you know it It’s been so
sence Adam cut np his capers in the
gyardin’ er Eden, an’ it’U be so tell
Gaber’el blows hia horn.”
“It fa new to me, at any rate,” the
schoolmaster remarked, blowing a
clond of smoke in tbe direction of the
moon that seemed to float in « sea ol
fleecy cloude in the east, and wonder
ing whether it would ever reach its
destination. “ Do yon mean to say,
Misa Jane, that men are really so anx
ious to receive the applause of women
that they form themselves into small
mobs and compel the weaker sex
sonnd their praises 7”
sponi
“It fa curious, though,” eaid the
schoolmaster, “ how far a man will go
to ment the approval of women. In
the old days men were in the habit
hewing and backing each other
pieeee in the face of the multitude
merely for the purpose of crowning
some fair lady queen of love ant
beauty. But there fa neither hewing
nor hacking in these times.”
“ Lotd knows, William Woroum,
they didn’t mangle one another for the
aike er the wimmen. It woz tht-r
vanily a bilin’ in ’em. Look at Emory
Reed, a primpin’ and a perfumin’ his-
self. He never darkens this door that
I don’t expec’ to hear hm holler out—
‘Look at me folks; ain’t I a pnrty
pink?”’
The schoolmaster laughed.
“Yon must excuse Emory, Miss Jane,
He is in love.”
“Well, mere • knows, I’d hate to set
my cap fer ’im. I’d be afeard he
wouldn’t w’ar well. Silk gloves don 1
core bone-felonB."
“Who't. Mr. Reed in love with, Mr.
Woraum 7” queried Nora.
“I am afraid to give the yonng lady _
name,” said the schoolmaster, rather
coldly. “Bat she fa quite worthy ‘
him.”
“ She is a good woman, then,” said
the blind girl.
“Young foxes,” remarked Miss Jane,
pointedly, “don’t know the diff’rence
between a spring pullet and a settiu 1
hen.”
“ Does Miss Nora stand for the fox,
or is it young Reed 7” asked the school
master.
“I call no names,” replied Miss Jane.
“O i, I’m the fox, you may be sure,”
said N- ra, laughing gaily. “ I am tha
young fox, aud sister fa the old fox.”
“Folks run well when ther shoes fit
’em,” was the sententious comment
Miss Sane.
There was Bilence lor a little while,
but William Wornnm’s landlady was
not satis lieu with the abrupt tarn tbe
conversation had taken.
“It ain’t only the slick-lookin’ men
that wanter show therselves off,” she
continued. “Thar’s that Dan Vander-
lyn. X wish I may die ef he wnzzeut
the impidenteet-lookin’ man when ha
com - back a drivin’ that carryall er
Judge Walthall’s that I ever laid eyes
-n.”
“His appearance was somewhat de
ceitful then. A more embarrassed ma n
I have never Eeen. Hia confusion was
unaccountable.”
“I seen ’im,” persisted Miss Jane,
“an’ ef he wa’n’t as proud as a jay
bird with six eggs in ’fa nest. **-— 1
ain’t no jadge er human natur.'
“He had a right to be proud,” said
Nora.
“No,” remarked the schoolmaster,
“he ought to be thankfolthat the horses
didn’t trample upon him. He tfnght
to be thankful that two or three doc
tors are not at this moment Betting his
bones and sawing off his limbs—hew
ing and hacking him where there
would be no mnltitnde to witness the
courage with which he faced the sur
geons’ knives.”
' “An’ that ain’t all,” Mies Jane con
tinned, evidently unimpressed by the
Bchoolmaster’a comparisons — “that
ain't all. He’s been totin’ pervisions
out here to ole ’Cajy Cooper. No
longer’n day before yistiddy he h’isted
np »n’ took a sack er fl >ur an’ a mid
dlin’ er meat ont thar.”
“Some people call that charity,” the
schoolmaster said.
“A hen that lays in another hen’
)st don’t hatch menny chickens, -
reckon,” was Miss Jane’s comment.
She always vanquished her opponen
with her homely axioms.
“But the chickens are hatched and
well taken care oi for all that,” said
William Woraum.
“An’ what sorter charity fa that
that let’s eve’y know what it’s a doin 7*
Miss Jane continued.
“Vanderlyn didn’t mention the mat
ter to me.”
“No. But didn’t he bay the vittles
at Padgett’s, an* didn’t he know that
Sue Padgett ’ud spread it all over tha
county ? n
• I dare say he wouldn't know Mrs.
Padgett if he were to meet her on the
street. But, ior the sake of poor old
’Cr jy Cooper, it fa to be hoped that
Mrs. Padgett’s activity will neither
spoil the meat nor make the flour
musty.”
‘ X. takes a hot day to spile a beggar'
meat,” was Miss Jane’s comment.
“And a longer and a sharper tongue
than Mrs. Padgett's to make my friend
Vanderlin’s charity ungracious. Now,
here’s Uncle Ben”—as the old negro
entered the gate—“we’ll see what he
says about it. Come here, Uncle Bra,
and sit down on the steps, I want to
ode Bra came np, hat in hand.
‘Howdy, Mfatiss; howdy, Misa No’s
how ay, Mara. William.”
‘ Uncle Ben,” said the schoolmaster,
'X want to get your opinion on a very
important matter.”
“Lar’, honey 1 W’at sorter ’pinynn
de ole nigger gwintergive w’ite folks 7”
“The question fa this. Uncle Ban :
Suppose yon are sick and Buffering for
something to eat, and I send you a sack
oi flrar and a middling of meat. Mis.
So-and Bo finds it ont by some means,
and runs and tells her neighbors, and
her neighbors come to the conclusion
that 1 send yon the provisions merely
because X want to be looked upon as a
kind hearted man. I want your opin
ion of the matter.”
“lx de vittles sent ter me. Mars.
til li nnrt V* ’ “*““•
William?"
•Yee."
“An’ I gifa it all safe an’ Bonn’7
‘Yee.”
“An’ I’m lyin’ dar fa’riy hone-in'
arter a moufol?”
“Yea.”
“Well, I tell you die, Mars. William:
Dat vittlee fa gwinter do me a nation
sight mo' good dan de talk’s gwinter
1 dat’s my
good to'rds
- . , „h do folks
talked tell der tongue dropped out. Ef
hit ain t in de naberhood er char*ty fer
ter greaze a bongry man's mouf, den
de folks w’at I hear eplainin* de Bibel’s
d °no jpne an* K<>t it wrong eend fo*-
Uncle Ben's analysis is superior to
Foure or mine,** said the schoolmaster
to Mias Jane.
. .**?£» *H n ’ 8 8°* mor ® 8*b than a jay
bird,** said his mistress. “When he
ain’t earin’ he's a talkin' an* when he
ain’t talkin’ he’s a earin’. I stood an’
looked at him Monday mornin* a mor
tal hoar, an’ thar wozzmt a minnittnat
he #an*t talkin’ to hiseelf— right out
loud, an’ gigglin’! You oughter heern
*im a giggiin.
Uncle Bin scratched his head and
laughed in a confused manner.
“L>rdy, Mis iue,” he said presently,
you wouldn’t go on dat war ef you
knowed who I wu* a chairin’ wid. I
ee« sights, moo. I sees sights w’at
obody el-e don’t see.”
“An* Tun can’t w*ke up no hour er
the night,” Mias Jane continued as
ersistently as before, “that you don’t
ear Ban. borne j pee ne’e a ringin’,
sometimes ha’s a qnarrelin’ with Fer-.
roby, an* sometimes he’s a disDutin*
with the wind.”
*;Pm gwine ’way fnm here,” ex-,
claimed the ^ old darkey, laughing.
“You all makin’ it too hot for me.”
“Where’ve y >u bin to-day ? Loafin’
roun’ Fioyd’a ?” Miss Jane asked.
“Lordv, Misties! vou’s a sight. I
ain’t had bnt one dram dis blessed
day, an* Miss* Padgett gimme dat. I
bin over deregyard’mn. She a migh
ty atirrin* w’ite ’ornan, Miss Padgett is.
She ax’d me ef we all didn’t have a
m 'ss er Inelish peas las* Chuseday, an*
1 up an* sed dat ef we did Misties didn’t
sa.e me none erf e pot licker, an* den
she sed we wux tech smart folks over
here dat she ’low’d we had ripe peas.”
This aroused Miss Jane’s ire, aa the
shrewd old negro knew it wontd. “It
od pay some people ef they’d keep
tber nose outer other fclks’s bizness.
Who ast Sue Padgett to cornea stickin’
her nose in my cupboard, I’d like to
know 7”
“I dunno’m,” replied Uocle Bea, in-
uocently, “but dat w’at she Baid. 1 tole
’er dat I speck we’d have ’um ripe ’fo’
de mont’ wax out, an’ den I reckon
you’d sen’ ’or eome.
The schoolmaster was greatly amused
at the tactics employed by Uncle Ben
to exasperate his mistress.
•Til see her stiff fust,” exclaimed
Miss Jane. “An* who ast yon to be
givin’ ’way my vegetables to other peo
pie?”
“Goodness, Mistissl I ain’t give
none ’way. I des ’low’d dat yon mout
sen’ ’er sumpin’ fresh, fer hit’ll be a
mighty long time ’fo’ she gits it outen
her gyardiu’.”
“well, ei you wanter give enny
green track away, yon pull it outer
your own patch.”
“I’m gwine I I ain’t got no time fer
ter be settin’ ’roan’ here wid mfatiss
scoldin’me’boat Misa Padgett.”
“Yes,” said Mis- Jane, as though she
were describing Uncle Ben to a stran
ger, “he’ll go in that kitchin, an’ the
fast thing yoa know yon’ll hear the
meat a slzzin* an’ a fryin*, an’ yit the
cold vittles that Ferraby tnck out this
very day oughter last a week.”
Uncle Ben made haste to get awav,
and in - few minutes the occupants of
the porch neard him singing a hymn,
giving ont the words to himself in a
most sonorous voice, and then intoning
them in a style peculiar to the negro.
“A body ’ud b’lieve,” s«id Miss Jane,
after a little pause, “that Ben wax a
goin’ right to glory, an’ yit he’ll go up
yonder to Fioyd’s grocery and tote wa
ter all day ier a pint er licker.”
“It is very strange,”remarked the
schoolmaster, as though he had been
pursuing an 'independent train of
thought, “how people will let their
“You may well say that, William
Woraum,” responded Miss Jane, with
traction.
“ It would scarcely be right to blame
her for talking about Vanderlyn, bu'.
when she goes so far as to inquire what
people have for dinner it is about time
to examine into the condition oi the
country.”
“Well, Vanderlyn kin gitter’long in
dependent er her, I reckon.”
“Oh, ihere’s no objection to her talk
ing. A little gossip, well-seasoned now
and then, is far more effective than a
sermon—provided the sermon be a
poor one. Tattling, whether it be idle
or malicious, always conveys its own
moral. Talking about one’s neighbors
is an exceedingly light and airy occup -
tion. It ought to be classed among tbe
professions. Give me a tin box full cf
snuff aud three women who are on
happy when they are compelled to re
main at home, and I’ll ensure any re
ffsetive person an exceedingly pleasant
time. The entertainment will eonafat
of farce, comedy and tragedy, all in 1
■ hape so mild that no serious effecu
will ensue.”
“I am not so sure of that,” said Nor..,
laughing. “You are rarely here, M
Woraum, when yonr society meets ”
he had called it tbe Society for the Di
semination oi Important I itelligenc
“When Mrs. Pruitt, and Mrs. Dusei;
berry, and Mrs. Padgett and Mrs. Bag
ley comeover of an afternoon, I ofte
wish yon could be here. Yon lose
great deal.”
“I propose to join the society,” sa ;
the schoolmaster. “The time is fa
approaching when every good citizt
will be called upon to talk about b
neighbor. This fa directly in the lire
of modern progress, and I do not pro-
pcee to be left behind when the wave
passes over the cenntry. I propo
also to nominate Vanderlyn as a mem
her. He isn’t much oi a talker, bnt b
can be trained. He is very snscept
ble.”
Till.
WHAT VANDZELYN FOUND IK THB WOODS
Wandering aimleeelv and restleasl
in the woods one dav, Vanderlyn can „
upon a little log cabin. It waa built iu
w hat might have been termed an falar d
of pines. Surrounding it upon ail side
the chestnut, the white oak and tt..
hickory reared their lofty heads heav
onward; but nearer stiff, and almo
hiding the cabin with their green
feathery foli ge, a little thicket ofpin.
had straggled into robust existence. 1
fa scarcely probable that Vender!} ..
w< n d have discovered tne house hn -i
not a gaunt-looking car, lying in ti
shade of a sweet brier, raised his bee.
and barked feebly. Going a iittia
nearer Vanderlyn saw the t.onse, which
was fast going to rain. There were no
signs oflife save the dog. Desolation
seemed to have brought peace and
qu'Bt to the place.
“Hello!” cried Vanderlyn. “ Who’s
a keepin’ house 7”
The dog made another feeble attempt
to convince the intruder that he wus
invested with the responsibilities of a
guardian, but he seemed unequal to the
task, and the bark anbwded into a se
ries oi low, uneasy mumblings aud
growlinga. Vanderlyn thought he
heard voices, but no one appeared.
“Hello I” he yelled again. “ fa all
handa gone a visitin’ 7”
In response to this summons, a pale,
careworn-looking woman, ill-clad ai d
with unkempt hair, came to the door
“Does you want enny thing, mister ?
We ain’t nothin’ bat a pasael er p V
lone people here, and we don’t trouble
nobody ner nothin’.”
The sad and hopeless tone of her voice
waa as pitiful as her appearance.
“I’ve bin walkin' ’roan’ a right
8mart’m,” said Vanderlyn, “an* I’d
like mighty well to git er drink er ws-
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In Attempt to straddle tbe Texas
Paelfle K»tlron<l BUI la tbe Senate
by senator John*toil.
abnnt the grandmother’s knee, and 'TITT? CTTIPB AT Tin hTTCl
over whose fair curie the gentle hand LD-D rUjUo,
of the grandfather had never parsed.
The se thoughts passed through Van-
aerlyn b mind po rapidly, and seemed
such a natural outgrowth of the wo
man s words that he did not pause to
analyze them. He stepped into the
house and stooped over the old man,
who, aroused by the unusual noise—
the woman who had spoken to Van
derlyn was barefooted -or by the myr-
tenons instinct which even in the d irk
gives warning of the presence oi a
strange person, tamed restlessly and
callled L U in a querulously feeble voice:
“Mindy! Maud;! Ob, Mndy!”
“Here I is, pap. 1 ain’t gone.”
„ •“ .1®^™ y° a a “ighty long time
brut dinner, Vfandy—a mighty long
time. Make ’aste, Mandy —make *aste,
W, and then the feeble voice sub
sided to a low muttering that was quite
pitiful to hear.
The woman on tha other ride waa
still more restless. She was in the de
lirium of fever. She laughed an.l
talked and wept, and more than once
she called ont:
“Fetchmy baby back Jim—my lit
tle b jby. Jes’ once, Jim, an' then
yonk n take ’im. Oh, fetch my baby 1”
How fur might it bo to the big
r< ?ad 7" asked Vanderlyn, who, as was
his custom, had made ms way through
the fields and woods.
“Half a mile right straight ahead,’
pointing out of the door.
“An’ how far to town 7”
“Three mile.”
“Do ennvbody in Rockville know
yourda-Jdy?”
“Mighty few folks in these parte,'
responded the woman brightening np
a little, “bnt what knows'Cajy Cooper.
He useter be somebody when he had
money.”
“Weil, now voo better set down an 1
res’,” said Vanderlyn, with some so*
licirade. “Inside er two hours you’ll
hear me raitlin’ up here, an’ we’ll see
ei we can’t fetch these rick folk.
’roan’”
The woman did as she was bid, col
lapsing, rather than sitting down, up
on the door-sill.
“I’ll set here tell you come,” she
said, patiently.
- Vanderlyn disappeared among the
thick pines, and the woman, bnryirg
her face in her arms, sat Bwaying her
body lrom side to aide, and counting
the minutea anlil. his return. Vander
lyn reached the road, turned to tiie
right and walked toward Rock sill-..
Presently he heard the rattle of a bug
gy behind him, and he turned to look,
it was Dr. Tidwell Dr. Fraok, as tha
people of Rockville, old and young,
called him. Vanderlyn g.vo a yeil
that astonished the doctor’s horse and
snrprised the placid old gentleman
himself.
“Why, bless my sonl, man 1” he ex
claimed, aa Vanderlyn tame running
back, “what is the ma-terT”
“I tell you what, Doc., ef this ain’t
providence then I'm a dirt-eater.
’’You'll have ter come ’roan* to the
other do’, mister.”
Vanderlyn went, and a right met his
eye ae he iif ed the gourd to his ii;is
that he never forgot whi.e he lived.
Io the end oi the room—the cabin con
sisted nt bnt one room-were two pal
lets. Upon one lay an old man with
hair as white as enow. The pallor of
hia emaciated face waa something aw
ful, and Vanderlyn at first supposed
that he waa dead. Upon the other
pallet a woman tossed, and moaned
and mattered.
“What’s the matter In there7"
aided Vanderlyn in a low tone.
“Starvation!” The reply came so
suddenly and with such 'errible mean
ing that Vanderlyn was stunned for a
moment.
■ Starvation 1” repeated the woman,
with an emphasis that made tbe strong
man before her shndder. “Pap’e bin a
lyin’ thar more’n a week, an’ what he’s
e’t indnrin’ er that time wouldn’t
more’n make a meal fer a kitten. Ef
we woz a gwine tei die, mister, we
ain’t got a bite er bread er meat in the
house, ner a dost er meal er floor, an’
I'm tnat weak I can sca’cely ketch one
breath alter another. Ei it hadn’t bin
fer ’Cindy Aahfield we’d a bin dead by
this time—pap an’ me—an' I wish ter
the Lord she’d a let ns be. It ’ud all a
bin over by now. 'Cindy’s lyin' over
thar hornin’ np with fever, an’ she’s
bin lyin’ thar two weeks. I crawled
down to the road this mornin’ an’
waited hoars and hoars, it 'beared tei
me, ier some an ter pass. Ef yon got
enny wimmen folks, mister, yon better
git down on yonr knees in the woods
ont thar an’ ast the Lird ter look a tier
um betterin He’s looked alter ns.
“I think I kin do better than that,”
said Vandenyn in a cheery voice, nut
in spite of this his thoughts flew back
to an old Virginia farm house, wnerein
a hale and hearty old man, hfa white
hair falling to hfa shonldera, sat and
smoked hu pipe in peace and comfort,
and where a sweet-faced old womaD
smiled at the romping grandchildren
who ga hered are trad her. And some
how, ra this connection, he thought of
Jack—Jack who had never romped
•He tjplcalarailieni negro never um tbe term
UCzr.'* All tbe write lAOria are railed “XiM,"
whether tier «re married or angle The tuta
1« probably , coo traction ol - Mlttrew," ud
riioaid l>e ibbren.ted tho.: -Mis" 1 may ray
her. thst lb. word ‘■hooe-in" u tued hy aegtotl
prao. brazing, wifalng, drabtag. 1 . - J
gather. ”
"Well, the folks at hfa house fa
mighty sick, an'he’s wusa’n sick. He’s
starvin’.”
“Tut, tut 1” exclaimed the well fed
old physician. “I’d like to hear of a
man starving in this county. Why,
sir, it would revolt public Bentiment.
It would be worse than assassination.”
“My witness ain’t fur. Doc., an’ I
want, you ter come an’ look at ’im."
“Very well; I’ll go. But. I tell you
the tbiog is impossible. My son fa the
ordinary, and he”—
“This way. Doc.,” said Vanderlyn,
seizing the reins and turning into the
woods. “It’s right over yonder.” And
the doctor’s gray, which had ambled
peacefully over the red bills and far-
reaching valleys of that section, was
urged into a gallop. The rickety old
buggy span ihroogh the trees in the
most confusing manner, bur before the
astonished physician could frame a
nrotest the buggy was pulled up at the
door of the cabin.
“I tell you what, Doc., ef you
gwinetcr be enny good ’roun’ here, you
got ter be mighty spry.”
Dr. Tidwell did not respond to this.
He was lookirg at the haggard face oi
the woman sitin g in the - door, who
had raised her head as the buggy
came rattiin -. up.
“Why, bless my soul, Mandt
What’s the matter with you 7” The
old man had known her from a child.
“Lack er vittles, Dr. Tidwell,” Bhe
replied, with a pitiful attempt at
smile.
“Who’ve you got sick here?”
“Me, an’pap, an’ ’Ciudy Ashfield.
The physician got his . medicine cace
from under the seat ol the buggy and
went into the honse. The old man wa>
still muttering and giving feeble direc
tions shorn his imaginary dinner, am*
’Cindy Ashfield was imploring “Jim 1
to bring her baby back. Presently the
doctor came to the door again. Hia
fac was pale and he appeared to he
excited.
“Mr. Vanderlyn, I wish yon wonld
drive to town and ask Dr. R unsay b.
come out here as quick as he can. This
fa a Berioua piece of business—a verv
serious piece of business Tell Run-
say to be in a hurry. Then drive to
my house and tell my wile to eend
chicken, some rice, aud all the co'
victuals she has in the honse-ai
don’t be rough with Maggie.” Maggie
was the mare—the ambling gray—and
Vanderlyn wasn’t very rough on her,
but people whom he praised on the
road said afterwards that nobudy wou’d
have thought the old nag -she was a
sort of land-marx in that section—had
so much life in her. It fa to be pro
sumed that Maggie was somewhat as
tonished, bnt she was too conservative
in her methods to make any
demonstration. She merely bent
her heed to tbe bit. and
in a v.rr short time Vender
lyn was in R Kkville. It was not lot.
before Maggie was returning with „.
addition to her burden of Dr. Ramsay,
a hamper of provisions, and a bottle o!
wine, which was suggested bv the
thoughtfulness of the young physicia .
It was a long straggle the old doctor
and hfa colleague had with disease ar d
the results of want. F-r weeks ’Cajy
fiunnitr and ’f’imlw lol.fio ,1 i~.. .
Cooper and ’Cindy Aahfield fay almo
in the arms of death. They were pro
vided with every comf >rt, and Vander
lyn watched by their bedside night al
ter night until he came to regard them
as specially in his charge. There w.ia
something weird in the monotony ol
thus ministering to the sick, engulfed
as it seemed to Vanderlyn, in the dark
neee of the woods, and the stiff greater
darkness of tbe night What strange
thoughts came to him in his loneline s
will never be known; but, sitting in the
door, watching tho far-off stars, and
listening to the gentle sighing of tl e
pinea, he caught glimpses of tbe man
Vandenyn, and came to know him
more intimately than ever before. How
few men ever have opportunities <t
meeting themselves face to lace in
ssmest, but friendly c mm union.
‘Know yourself if you would know a!l
men,” says an old writer, but no such
philosophy occurred to the uncultiva
ted giant who was playing the part of
the Good Samaritan. It is more tbtn
likely that culture would have driven
him into other and perhaps high* r
realms of reverie, but con d it have
enabled him to put his thoughts ia
words, when his other self, as it seem
ed, stalked out of the misty pines acd
stood before him, shadowy but arro-
guit, they would have been somethicg
“Who are you?”—to the shadow.
“Daniel Vanderlyn.”
“Who am I?”
“I neither know who you are nor
what you will be.”
“f am rid of Vaad r r!y*\ thar V 9
“He will never trouble you any
more.”
“ It is better sc. Lit him go his ways
about the w<»rl J. I will remain here
and do my duty.”
“Ba-Iwas kind to you”—from the
shadow.
“After a fashion: vea. Kinder to me
thar I will be to vou ”
“I gave you a chi d ”
‘•That w?.s well. Bat I will never
wander nn and down ?he world with
him as you did ”
“Then you wi l n-?ver find your ene
my—the man you L«.ve b en parsn*
in*”
“I have forgiven him. The acr. that
mad ♦ him my enemy t®av*» me ail >he
happiness I Lave cv*r hud. He was
my benefactor.”
And so, with tbe pines sighing gently,
the stars glittering overhead, a»creec^i-
owl shivering and crying in the woeda,
woman in the delirium of fever
calling for her baby always, Daniel
vanderlyn communed with the shad
ow of himself that ^rose and came to
him out of the darkness of the pight.
[TO BE CIKTIKCEH.J
THE SENATE.
WA' HiNGTON. May 4. -The bill 1186,
introduced by Senator Johnston, as it
it reported by request, is an omnibus
bill providing for the construe;ion of a
line from Memphis to Jefferson, Texas,
and from Austin to San Antonio, and
bv the Texas & Pacific from Fort
Worth to E paso, and autnor zing the
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio
railroad company to build from San
Antonio to El paso, and authorizing a
company not named to build a line
from Donaldson ville to Ownge, and
authorizing the North Louisiana &
Texas railroad company to build
from Shreveport to Monroe, and
loaning to th se companies
ten thousand dollars per mile in green
backs, at the rale ot four per cent, per
annum interest, said money to bo re
paid out of service rendered by said
line for the government The bill gives
no mortgage on the pro] erty of the
company, or the repayment of the sub
sidy to the government, and gives only
a lien upon the earnings after twenty
years. The bill further provides that
the Southern Pacific, of Olifoi>
u a, shall have &i the lights,
franchises and laud grants of the Tex •
as and Pacific company between El
Paso and Santiago, and provides that
if that company shall accept the pro
visions of the act, it shall Then be re
quired to build its line from Fort Yuma
to the Rio Grande river, and connect
from some eligible point on its present
constructed line to Santiago* the whole
to be completed within six years afier
the passage of the bill. The friends of
the Texas and Pacific ucteily repu
diate this bill as being in no sense
in their interest and while they claim
Senator Johnston as the friend of their
measure, and in no sense antagonizing
them, they claim that the bill in ques
tion was prepared in the interest of
Mr. Huntington, and is promoted by
Mm and his friende. The friends of
the Texas & Pacific are very sanguine
of passing their bill as reported from
the committee, and have no apprehen
sion* whatever as to the effect of the
bill just introduced.
THE HOUSE.
Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, offered an
amendment to the legislative bill in
creasing the item for the New Orleans
mint from $10,000 to $135,000 The
amendment was agreed to; yeas 125,
nays 91, and the hill was passed.
Tbe Kastcru qntmlnu.
London, May 4.—Notwithstanding
the hopeful news of Russia’s conces
sions which is announced from Vienna,
and intimated from St. Petersburg, it
cannot be said that there is any posi
tive chang- in principle of the questions
in dispute. It is said that a concilia
tory disposition has prev&ileu in coun
cils of the St, Petersburg government,
but it is asked what does Russia cons
siderat this moment to be peaceful
concessions or conciliatory propo; ala.
A fresh attempt to reach an under
standing is described as getting over
the difficulty of form by
MAKING FAR REACHING CONCESSIONS
on the merits d the question, but the
misfortune seems to be that what Rus
sians consider a question of form,
Eugland regaids as a question of prin
ciple. Euglaud demands the placing
of the treaty of San Stefano before the
congress for unreserved ditcussion.
Russia, it is said, refuses to give way on
that point. In Berlin, as in London,
the subject is treated with skepticiem,
and as long as it is known that
RC.-SIA REFUSES TO YIELD
on the chief point, and that Eugland
maintains her demand. The Times, in
its leading editorial article, says the
British cabinet admits in principle
that an interchange ot views respect
ing the substance of the treaty would
be desirable in case difficulties which
now obstruct congress should be re
moved, but it shows no inclination to
waive ihe preliminary condition. Ac
cordingly it has hitherto refrained from
expressing its views, and haa
not yet replied to the annex
to Prince Gortschakofl’s circular
In other words we are holding our case
in reserve until the court before which
it onght to be laid is properly construct
ed, or at least until there is a fa r prea-
Pe°t of its being thus constructed..
The Times, in an article commenting
on the appearance in United S:ates
waters of
THE 8TEAM8HIP CIMBRIA,
with Russian officers snd men aboard,
says: There are good reasons why we
should regard proceedings of this kind
without alarm. The chief oue is that
the United Slates government, which
haa always prided itself on fulfilling its
neutral dnties, has been placed under
special obligations in this respect by
the Washington treaty.
TODLEBEN’s MOVEMENTS.
The Times* Pera correspondent tele
graphs: “General lodieben is taking
the Rhodopke insurrection vigorously
in hand. Troops have been ordered
up from Adrianople and Phillippolu.
Reports are current respecting the
withdrawal of Russian troops beyond
the neutral zone. General Todleben is
very desirous of taking up a strong de
fensive position, whidi the present
disposition of this force does not
afford.
The Basserett newspaper, of Constan
tinople, concludes that iu case of a war
between Eogland and Russia, Turkey
will be neutral, but adds that the ques
tion is too involved to allow a definitive
conviction on the snbject.
THE CZAR AT THE HELM.
The Standard’s Karlin dispatch sav*
the czir has himself undertaken to con
duct affairs during the illness of Gen.
Gortschakoff; hence, a more pacific
aspect of the sit nation. Tbe corres
pondent of tbe Standard at Rome has
strong reason to believe that the report
that lialy would send troops to Albania
is unfounded. The Standard’s Vienna
correspondent hears that the Russians
are on the point of withdrawing from
San Stefano. They will leave one regi
ment to guard their store?.
STILL OB-iTINATE.
St. Petersburg, May 4. —A corres-
xmdent of the Times telegraphs on
Friday as follows: “Nothing transpired
to-day justifying the supposition wnich
was eatei tamed last night that tbe •
prospects were brighter. The Turkish
quadrilateral forts show no disposit on
u» surrender, anu the Raesians have '
taken a position cutting communica
tion between Varna and Shumla.”
—A delicate complexion is bast com
pared to a r looming rest-; bnt when the
countenance is disfigured with Blotches
“ d Pimples, like weeds in a rose-bed,
ttie sufferer should promptly use Dr.
Ba | l " B ©wi Mixture, which quickly
and effectually eradicates such unsight
ly evidences oMmpureblood. 243
Dr. Jndson haa j ist re turned from
an extended trip 'hrotuh the counties of Rnrk.
dale, D Kalb. Newton. Bait*. M??^ jSS
Putman and Morgan. He »f* toe «Spiir£&
W«r*n«|*of r ruS! bm «S?itjfdJ hm* Com
wbere it hu Aril .to. to enme up!
for.a™^ n &rZ££:
to nuke a tucceta thi* year “**
On tbe HI* Umnde.
Galveston, May. 4 -Nothing of tn-
tereet transpired on the Rio Grande
today. The civil and military anthor-
ltie* are taking measnree to prevent
violations of tho neutrality laws. The
News correspondent rays: “It fa the
°P iD ^°° 0,th ® *>«t informed people on
the border that the revolution will be
Tbe DUa office™ find it
difficult to prevent the garrisons from
pronouncing for Lerdo.*’
Horn.ll.Tl le Agape I
Horxxllsville, N. Y., May 4 -a
personage in full Rnwian nniio-in
pMeed to rough this place bv the Erie
railway this morni> g. He had a
through ticket from New York to San
Francisco and was very reticent.
fire..
Wl «’ M ? y 4 -McKeczie &
Taylor a large flouring mill, two miles
her0 ’ *“ totE ' , y destroyed by
Sr® “i 18 morning Eitimatcf loss,
S2 8 '«y? P In9a . red , ,D t he Bri dah tor
00, Pfcasjix, of Brooklyn $3 000 •
JNew Xork, $5,000, Lycoming, $2 000
The raS I u i 8 - *. u PP? s »<i to have been
9W^d by frietjoa in t)ie iqachin^ryi,