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ATLANTA WEEKLY* CO NSTH UTION. M&Y14 1078,
The Atlanta Constitution
WEEKLY EDITION.
TEKMB OF WEEKLY.
V«efcl7, per I
Ctntoof
Coloxel tiicu, ol the D*nen G»-
x«u», lout one of hie eye-teeth et Tee-
coe.
M*rt O’Keiee ieMoused of being one
of the heire of the Califomie benu.ee
king.
Are the democrat* preparing for the
congreeeional campaign 7 There ie
warm work ahead.
The repnblicena ue prepbring to
make a-hot campaign in Oregon. A
eeoator and a member of the bouae de
pend upon the reanlh
'Liza Ftaxaioa ought to have a
place in the treasury department. Bat
John Sherman ia auch a A rt that it ia
impoeaible to put confidence in him.
Packa«i> baa been nominated aa con-
eul to L verpool. Thua it will be Been
that the administration, however
fraudulent it may be, ia still honest
enough to pay its little debts.
Tnz country seems full of people
who want toconfear. The latest ia Tim
U nrley, who for many years manipuU
ted men and things in Booth Carolina
The country will be glad to bear from
Timothy.
A raw aeihehoern radical stomp
speakers ue needed in Georgia. They
might probably make a point by taking
the field for some of the independents
who threaten to sow the seeds of dis
cord in the democratic racks.
Ms Havas bas very little reepect for
Bill Chandler, as a general thing, but
when Bill admits that Mr. Hayes wra
resllv elected, the latter ia confident
that the former is trustworthy on the
subject.
Lst's see. Doesn't Packard about
complete the list ol those who have un
doubted claim# upon the administra
tion for office T We bsve always con
tended that,time would disembarrass
the administration.
Tna/lemocrata in congress ought tc
remember that Mr. Tilden has no in
tercet whatever, except as a member
of the party, in the investigation wbicb
ought tc be at once ordered. This fact
VRol be too clearly impressed upon
them.
Ukclb Joe Medill, of the Chicago
Tribune, has confessed. He admits
that the wu was fought on the part of
the north to free the negro. President
L'ncoln was ol the opinion that it was
fought to preserve the onion, bot Lin
coln was a simple backwoodsman, who
didn’t know hail as mneb about it as
Uncle Joe Medill does
Colonel Burnette, ol the Burlingto
Ilawkeye, is one of the few humorists
in the country who believes tbat the
south is over run with ku-klux.
the colonel could make up his mind
to visit the barbarians, he would find
that protracted visits to the julep jun
glee are much more dangerous than
the ku-kluxes that infest our native
wilds.
COL. N. L. UVTUMS8.
Col. N. L. Hutchins-not V.
Hutchins, as our typos made us say
this morning, is a gentiemau not forty
years of age—who quietly but success
fully practices law in the county oi
Gwinnett, sod lives at Lswroncevil'e,
Us. He was elected director of the
Georgia road without the alightce-
effort on hit- part, and mainly becanw
be deeerved it. We are informed bv
friends who are well acquainted with
him, and we are assured that he did
not attend the meet ng at Augusta
This ia more complimentary lu bint,
but we know what kind of at off bob
made out of, and we are not surprised
at the action of the stockholders.
A DECtty.VU STATESMAN.
It ia pleasant to oa Georgians to read
in the public journals, north as well aa
south, the many complimentary noticer
ol our young Georgia hero atateamat
Senator Gordon. But few men io so
aborts time bare won so enviable
national reputation aa Gord in. Ue
trained in civil service and the art ol
oratory, with meteor-like rapidity
though in a different direction, he hao
shot upward to the aenith, and already
shines among the stars ol the first mas
nitnde. Bat he has natural puwcraantl
sympathies that quality him for tbit
rot quest. Bold, ardent and sens b’e ii
bia mental characteristics, gentle, per
auaaiva and even effvc'iouato in hi-
qualities ol heart, there ia a personal
magnetism about the man that canno
fail to away the mnltltnda, whether in
the council or in the field. No com
n>tinder ever succeeded better in at
taching his troopa to his person, and
his presence distills the same wonder
ful influence on any theatre upon
which he may appear.' His speeches
are of the sort that win converts both
to the man and bia cause. Although
we may differ with him in acme of his
postulates and conclusions, we cannot
listen to him to the end without
pact for both the orator and the argn
ment. We have not yet received the
full text of S.’Dator Gordon’s recen
speech on resumption, but it is pleas
ant to note the tact tbat the public
journals and correspondents at Wash
ington apeak of it in terms of the high
eat prai e.
ATHXTA aa a roar or delivery.
What has became cf Mr. Candler's
bill to make Atlanta a port of delivery,
introduced in congreee at an early da;
of .the present session? We havt
looked in vain for the evidence of its
progress through the house of repre
ssu'.atives, but, so far ss we have seen
the record ia silent. We are wall swart
that members cannot always control
these matters to then own liking; bn
it ia a’so true that earnest, peretaten
attention, with proper aid fr.m out
a'de. seldom fails to secure early and
favorable consideration for a meritort-
our •oeaiure. We fear our custom
house bill baa not received that alien
lion. Mi inhere of congress who do
their doty to their constituents and to
the country at laige have an ooerou
task to perform, and it is impoasibli
for them to concentrate their mind
and > Aorta on any one of the moltifa
i ms interests that are intrusted
their keeping. Oar immediate repre-
t< ntative has doubtless done wbst he
could to secure an early and favormbl
action on bia bill, bat, so far aa appears
to the public eye, be£as bad to strng
gle single-handed for its success. What
interest has any other member from
Georgia taken in the measure 7 None,
that we have heard oL Nor are they
to be blamed. What steps have we ol
Atlanta taken to inspire them with
•olldtude for the mea ore ? Whet ha-
our city council, what hare our m«
chants and real estate owners done to
hold up the srtns of Mr. Co dlerand
secure the active co operation of ear-
pressmen for the postage ol the
bill 7 Will seme one in Atlanta an
are they really and earnestly at qork
in the dark? We bo;e the latter
branch ri the ail ernative may be tree,
tboogb the evidences have failed to
come to our knowledge.
We cannot account lor the apparent
popular indifference on this subject
except on a hypothesis that would
not be creditable to the intelligence
and energy of our .business men. If
they understand toe matter in its im
portant bearings upon the prosperity
of the city, we feel sure they would be
fully alive on tbeenbject, and nnite
aa one man in an earnest effort to se
cure tbe commercial facilities contem
plated in Mr Candler’s bill. Our pre
sent mode of doing business did well
enough when we bad but a handful! of
merchants who were coctent with a
lively trade from the surrounding
country; but Atlanta is
not to-day what sbe wu
ten, or even five years ago. From
•mail but spirited interior town, sbe
baa grown into an active, stirring and
populous city of near forty thousand
inhabitants, and her number still rap
idly tncreuing from year to year. In
stead of a tew thousand customers in
her immediate vicinity, she has reached
out her commercial arms and now em
braces in her trade nearly every south
ern state east ot the Mississippi. Con
ntetod with every portion of the coun
try by bauds of iron, and the competi
tion in railroad transportation having
pretty well destroyed tbe monopoly
tbe wholesale trade so long enjoyed by
tbe seaport citiee, a new and grand era
of proaperity and wealth is thus opened
to her and invites her acceptance. But
it will not be lorctd upon her. This ta
a day of windy competition in trade,
and tbe largest amount of sagacity »prt
energy wins the golden prise.
It is clear that we cannot
compete with thorn cities that
enjoy commercial fuilitiea that we
do not possess. Chief among
the foreign trade. Until we onrselvee
resort to foreign importations, we can
not expect toeoropete sucresefuliy with
those cities which bny where they can
bny cheapest the world over and then
sell to us at a profit. This is too mani
fest to require argument. And we may
go further and say that no city ever yet
engaged largely in this trade and en
joyed its full benefits, that did not have
a custom house at its own door. To
say nothing of the manifest inconven
ience and expense of a delivery and
payment of custom duties at points re
mote from the place of destination, the
very presence of a custom bonse in a
city, with an efficient official head
to point ont to its business men tbe tree
channels of a successful trade, can
i^it fail to stimulate importations
and add to tbe wealth and
importance of the community.
And now, how long will the people
of Atlanta continue to be insensible to
these important considerations, and to
tbe real elements of prosperity and
greatness. Will our city council do
nothing to secure the commercial ad
vantages we have alluded to 7 Is our
chamber of commerce so absorbed with
tbe 8t. Louis and Cincinnati quotation,
ol bacon and corn that it has no time
to spare for questions that so deeply
concern every property-holder and
business man of the city 7
Lot ob awake to our tree interest, get
ont of the old rats of past business hab
its, and catch an inspiration from tbe
spirit of progress that rplee in tbe most
prosperous cities of tbe union. We
cannut afford to stand still. We must
gird up our loins for a fresh start in tbe
race for commercial greatness, and
with the energy we already possess,
press forward to tbe goal. There is no
amount of prosperity to which by well
directed efforts we may not attain.
* Hants may, within tbe present gener-
ation, triple her population and become
the great commercial emporium of the
south. W e have only to be tree to our
selvae—to use wisely the advantage
that nature and human enterprise have
given us—to distance til opposition.
to be brought beck by a motion to re
consider.
W her the bill repealing the resump
tion act was taken up, and the discus
sion resumed. General Gordon spoke,
favoring the repeal, causing much ap
plause in the galleries. Ill advised
legislation, he said, was the prime
of onr financial depreciation to
day. He favored’honest finances and
return to specie payments. He
steadfastly maintained that tbe conn-
try should return to specie payments
at the earliest possible moment com
patible with the interest ot its indus
trial classes. He argued that tbe poli
cy of the country hid been contraction
and quoted from the previous seta of
congress in support of his argument
Beferring to the set of 1873 to demone
tise si .ver, be said it was an attempt to
keep gold in the country. Tbe flow of
gold from tbe country could no more
be prevented than the Great Eastern
could be staid in mid-ocean daring e
storm by curing her anchors on a pass
ing cloud. It had bean argued that
that tbe shortest road
specie resumption was tbe
one mud that road was contraction no
matter how rough it might be. He de
nied such a proposition. At the bot
tom ol the financial structure which
congress bad been building daring tbe
last ten years was an insufficient supply
of money. Above that, a greater de
mand for money; above that discharg
ed and idle laborers; and above tbat
the air filled with tbe clamors of a dis
people for relieL The contrac-
tionista admitted that distress followed
tbe passage of all their laws, but denied
tbat they caused distress. He spoke ol
the importance of the financial legisla
tion and said that senators discussed it
as if the credit of the government was
the only question involved.
Beferring to communism, he said
that-tbe demoniac spirit oi communism
f tolerated here would not only doom
tbe reward ol labor, but would rain
tbe liberties of oar citizenship. Nosnch
bird of ill omen could flourish on our
soiL The people were Buffering, tbe
country seemed rgitated, but beneath
it all, controlling it all, was the law-
abiding spirit of the American people,
eteva'ed, sanctified by suffering, endu
ranee and trial.
Mr. Hartridge introduced a bill to
repeal a portion oi the revised statutes
of the United States which related to
tbe transportation of cotton.
On the discussion of the bill for the
government of the District of Colum
bia, Hr. Bioant opposed an amend
ment, which a—mad a proposition that
the general government should assume
a certain proportion of tbe expenses of
tbe district.
Ia tbe tariff debate in tbe bouse on
the 8:b, speeches were made favoring
the bill reported by Mr. Wood. Mr
Harris supported tbe bill, not, he said,
that it contained all the desired requi
sites to meet tbe necessities of tbe
country, but because it wu an im
provement on the present law, which
increased burdens on one class to sup
piy bounties to another, and protected
particular industries in violation of
equity and contrary to tbe genius and
spirit of our inalitntinna.
deucy, led to confiro or reran# the action o!
heoaea of coutnw by virtue of which
Mr. Hayes was declared e'ected and was inau
gurated on the sth cf March. IS77. Theot-jec-
ualo the latter tekeae. both upon xrotmds
conotltnoonol low and ot expediency, wo
baraiepeoudty state. To the other cooime tic
objeeuooe cannot be made. Snchanln-
reodzatloc, to be conducted by acanreeeioaal
commote arith power to ccxnpel the alterd-
auce of wltcemea and to senl lor perrons and
la clearly within the power ot
pie asleep .on toe subject, or
OMOBOlx IB CONGRESS.
When the bill to repeal tbe bank
rapt law wu before tbe senate, an ef
fort wu made to reier it to the judf
clary committee, at lsut the amend
meats, the object being to perfect the
bill. It wu urged that the saving
clause of tbe bill u it passed tbe sen
and came back from tbe house wu to
il arrow to save certain classes of utiona
deemed very meritorious. Some of
them actions were intended to save
rights which bad accrued to assignees
to bankruptcy.
Mr. Hill bad no objection to referring
the bill if tbere wu a necessity lor it
Tbe only proper question, he thought,
before tbe senate was, whether the
amendments proposed by the bona-
were of snch a character u to authorixs
the reference of the bill again to tbe
judiciary committee. There were
roue, he said, why he favored the re
peal of the existing bankrupt while at
the as me rime be favored tbe existence
of a uniform system cf bankruptcy.
He thought there had been abuse in
the administration ot the present law-
thought estates of debtors went to some
persons other than their creditor!. He
would not consume lime in showing the
pirticnlar defects in the law under
which frauds could be committed. He
said.
Whilst do belles. that it w ad be a calamity
uj a great commercial oounl-y like this
have s uulfoxm system gf bankruptcy, while
believe test each s sv-tem is almost a necessity
while i betare In a buss measure tbit wrote
and opprtsakma miy grow up U the exiatlra
laws an uacoonlUoaally repealed, soli. In vl. w
of lb. Intel th*: exist. In view of the malac
saints: muon of the peso-at lews, 1 believe 1:
suite In accord with thedjelno of th eoeatry,
nosh creditors and debtors, that the present
system shook! bo wiped out 1 believe that to
be the only ttr.-claal remedy, and therefore 1 am
psvpnied to vote for the Mpwsl.
In the debate in the bonne on the
mint power of tbe country, end con
coining the re opening ol the mint in
New Orleans, Mr. B.ephers wu of the
opinion that the coinage of the country
should be doubled. He said:
The or mmltb e hare fsepretrtaoa before them
Widen the Sew Orleans mint, foe orwat CP-
cm mil, toe a new mini at Quincy, lilinjls. for
moat Omaha, toe owe at Sp-tarhetd. Bock li
-and, as well ns at Indianapolis and at Louts,
ctuloue, Soetb OsroHaa. and Kansas Cur.
hire ta taateta and several otter traces. Ail
there matters are yet before the committee.
SU there pcopoeUoua Will hare u> be dul
ooutdarvd i bot ws think tbn mint power will
nave tote largely increased, e*jadaily It onn-
grea* should psm lbs rl.vsr balUou oertrScsv
ofU, shlehl trust Si Ulte passed.
* Oentrsl Gordon submitted an amend tamt la
-so-led to be peppered by him to ue but mak-
ss appropriations for the current aid eentta
centcxpsbwsof tteladme d-psrtmsut and f r
nlfllUas treaty sups'shore with various Indian
v.bcs toe ibe ysir ending June SI. in. and lor
which was rejacred lo Us
In discuesing the paragraph of tbe
legislative, executive, and judicial ap
propriation bill which relaxes to the
deportment of agriculture, especially
.he salaries of tbe department officials,
Hr. Blount stated that the question
amply was, whether the saline* were
u> stand as they bad for years. He
Sould eee no reason why ihey should be
Mr. Siephens from the committee on
coinage, weight*, and measures, repor
ted a bill to retire certain river coin
row in nee and to provide for the ex
change of subsidiary coin for legal ten*
Jer notee under certain circumstance*;
which was read a first and second time,
•war thee* questions 1 Are our poo- ordered to be printed with the accom
panying report, and recommitted, not
Tbe Augusta Chronicle contains
oriel Dirarraphy of the new president
of the Georgia road. Edward Porter
Alexander was born in Washington,
Wilkes county, Georgia, on 27ih May,
1835, being now in his forty-third year
He was reared in Washington and
when quite young was by Gen Toombs
appointed to a cadetship at West Pjinf,
Taking a very high stand in every de
partment there, he graduated in the
school of engineering second in his
class and was made assistant professor
of applied mathematics. He was sub
sequently ordered out west under Gen.
Albert Sidney Johnson in the Utah
expedition daring the Mormon Iron
bles. At the opening of the dvi]
war he was stationed on duty in the
United States army in Puget sound, in
Washington territory. Hearing that
Georgia had seceded, be carried 4iia
corps of sappers and engineers to Sac
ramento, thence went to New York,
where he resigned his command and
entered the confederate lines in Ten
uessee. He joined General Beaure
yard’s army in Virginia, ranking as
captain, and was prominently engaged
in tbe battle of Manassas and all the
principal fights of the army of northern
Virginia. His gallantry and disiin
guished services toon gained for him
promotion, and in a short time he was
made brigadier general. Afterward be
became chief of artil.'ery of Long-
street’s division, eetving with him
in the 'Tennessee campaign,
and when General Longetreet’i
corps returned to Virginia, Gen. Alex
ander was made chief of artillery of
Lee’s army. Returning from the war,
he was elected professor of Mathemat
ics and engineering at the University
ofSonth Carolina, at Columbia. When
radical trustees were thrust upon the
state, General Alexander resigned, and
was afterward elected superintendent
of the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
road. Frcm this be was called to Ope
like, Alabama, to manage the Memphis
and Savannah road, and thence was
elected manager of the Western rail
roadof Alabama, which portion he
now bolds. He will be officially in<
formed of his election and notified of
the time when he shall take charge of
'he Georgia railroad.
From all we can learn ab^ntthis
new hero, for any man tbat coaid beat
Judge King under tbe circumstances
a hero, we are constrained to think he
will be able to ran the road success
fully.
He is a brother-in-law of Gen. A.
Lawton, of Savannah. He is not
entitled .to any praise for
this, for probably he could
not help lu But we have such a high
opinion of the good sense and ability of
General L« wten, that we trunk he could
even benefit a brother-in-law by hie
•relationship. We have been rather
careful ebcut our investigations about
this new officer. We are interested in
-success. W<* find that he is a man wl
oas been well educated in engineering
hat he was the genins of many a wed
planned fight during the war; that
more than once the fate of our armies
rested on hia skill as au engineer, and
tiutt they never lost a man or an
inch oi territory by any
fault o! his. Tbat since the war he has
uken come of the poor old worn out
roads left by the war, without tbe pow-
•r of transportation, even, and m^de
them pay dividends.
We expect much from General Alex
ander. We hope we will not be disap
pointed in him. We will aid him all
in onr power to hold np hia hands. If
he chows that he is not able to perform
the duties of his office, we shall not
hesitate to wav so,
TBE PRESIDESCT ASD AS ISTE^TJOJ
TIOS.
The Baltimore Sun thus elaborates
and fortifies the position taken by Th
CoxsTirrTia* the mornieg after it was
known that confessions by McLin and
Hayes were !n exigence:
Th ntoavtir widsand obvious disttoefoo
between the projection to here toe electoral
frauds in Florid* and Loekitaa thorousfciy *ad
officially tafwrifRtoti aad the proportion to
cotfccthnaaprem* conn with power to try anew
tbe question ol Mr. Haju’« tide to the pmL
RECORD or A TRIP TO THE GREAT
JTRXXCa REPOSITION OJF 1873.
lnvesU^don, fairly and Impartially con
ducted. several good results might follow,
uuead of partisan criminations and recrimisa-
loos, charges sod counter-charge*, assertions
and denials, the country would have proof—
proof, at least, as tbe nttnre of th* case sd
mita of—an 'ha proof, certainly, that cjaid be
elicited la a jadida! proceeding before thesu<
court or any other tribunal, upon the
subject of tbe alleged frauds. The facts thus
proved would be placed upon record, there to
r all time to come for future lnstroc
lion and warning. The American people would
be placed in possession of the facts necessary Or
them to found their verdict apon in regard to
the true character and extent of tbe electoral
conspiracy and tbe guilt of those who partici
pated in iu The future historian of the
republic would not be left for hii
ftett to ascertain conjecture and specula
Hon, but would be able to spetit by and
frcm the record. The popular sense of justice,
which which should never become really bloat
ed, would be vindicated and satisfied. For this
purpose.sswehaveshowa.it is by no means
neceesary that Mr. Hayes should be unseated
that Mr. Tilden should be installed In his stead.
What has b.cn done .wust stand, not because it
«4 rightly done, but because it was done In ac
cordance with tbe forms of taw, and there is no
power givea under the constitution by which,
when the result of the presidential election bas
once been declared by the only body competent
to declare it, tbe two booses of oongrear, that re
mit eta be reviewed or reversed.
It Is not necessary, in order that a fraud shall
be known and abhored of all men, that tbe gov
ernment shall be revolutionized. Any pro
ceeding to oust the actual president, duly de
clared and inaugurated as such, upon the
ground tbat he was not properly elected, would
the lets revolnticmary and Mexican,
aad of dangerous if not fatal precedent for the
AU thia. bower«r, only furnishes
additional argument In favor of thorough and
searching lnvestigatio i. The very fict that
Mr. Hayes cannot, as we ibelieve, be lawfuUy
disturbed In his office, and that it would be un
wise to attempt to disturb him, makes It only
important that the means by which he was
inducted Into the pit*ideacv -the frauds by
which the office was given him- should be thor
oughly exposed. The disgrace which will follow
and which will Inevitably attach to every
who had part or lot in those frauds, ox who has
ooosctoutly and knowingly benefltted by them,
will, morally speaking, be worth all the costand
double of iinw«UaHno.
ODD BA A N RRANOB.
He baa Trouble wltb French Hooey
‘Tea gwine ter git bankrnptid ef
■tty heah much longer!” said O.d 81, after one of
bis morning excars ous.
••What makes you .h nk so?**
" *Kae« r*s bln heah two weeks now, an* I kant
tell bow much ten tents is in dls French money,
no way dit I kin fix hill”
“What Is the difficulty?”
•*Dst ■ hit—ef dey’d ouly print dcre ’rithm>
ricks fo Nani ted ht-tea tJk to dal I coaid git
grip on hit, X tuB^t 4ariei-»**p books wld d<
fokes, bit dey donM”
• Oh. you win lesra by and by!”
“Jess 'bent de time dit I’se bustid I’ll kno* ml
’b mi hit- dat Is, 1*11 kno* bow ter count what
hadn't g*t an* dsrj*U kno* bow ter keep what I se
gib 'em! Dat’s jessce nine-bole dat I'«e tryini
ter k*ep obub.”
Well, what is It that bothers you about the
money?”
W*y, I goes out wld dis eflber piece dat lookv
like er qiarter ter git change; de man in de store
gibs me er hundred centimes, es he say! Den
tinki he’s done chea: hlssef, but dat ain’t my
fault. I goes tn text do* tn’ buys somvhln* dat
mark'd twmty-five sous, which X kno’.4 ftm New
Orleens means cents, an* 'fore de Lord, de man
fokes dat hundred centimes dat I calls er duller
t* makes ms gib him five cents mo* ter bo
Dat’s what I calls highway and low flung rJ>-
OEOROIA beryl”
“But thtt silver piece wu only twenty
end one huulrelcentim.s make one franc, or
t«errty cents, you see?”
‘I beaks jer, but I’*e studyin* now!”
WhatabooT*
‘D-y uy dat er heap ob dem Non ted States
bxds la belt ober els way, don’t dej?”
“So th y are.”
“Well, a'l I*ae got ter say, is d*s, dat I ain’t
repudlaahantr ef I wax fer de slber bill, bat
when I gits borne sginl'te fer payin' de forrla
bond holders er hundre 1 centimes on d* dollcr.
Fee bound ter git eben ruohswl”
Then he coanted his mcney again and went oat
atictaptirof -gal'uses."
AN8 WRRB 2 0 V OR RASBPOSDMS T8.
The Opening Ceremonies or the Ex-
iwlUoa-Dakes and Frances aad
>ther Similar Oddities—The Amer
ican Part of Judge and Jury—
French Printer*—Col Marcella* £
Thornton** Tme Meld Dlfysavered.
A Tory Ugly Sort of Tree.
Sxykka, May 5,1873.
Mr. Editor: One more question,
What is meant by the expression “th* Gregorian
tree." Alenas
means the gallows. It was so cal'el from
tfas suecemivo inle In E Jgland of three Gregorys
We arc Not Authorized to Kay.
Cartcbsviixz, Ga., May 5
Mr. Editor: 1 eee yon advocate the
nomine loo of Dr. Felt-m by the democratic con
vention. Doyoukoow whether or not he would
cceptlf to is •‘hotor*’ were offered him?
Felton Mam
We have no authority to speak for the doctor
tfe me;e!y tugge.-ted a piece of policy for the
democrats, and do not know what the Coder's
ideas are.
IE la Certain that the Ninth mill
Organise
CAKTQumuc, Ga , May 5
Mr Editor: I have another question
to ark Is Mr HockenhuIL tbe chairman of the
* ommittce In the ninth, lu favor of *a orgsnlzed
fight this year f Fxurox Max.
Eels. Wehavedlredaatboritrfcraaytsg'ta
ATLANTA, VJA.. May U.
Mr. Editor: Yoor voting roan is
good at answering questions. Will be give me an
answer to * his one? If aa, 1 will give titm anoth
er to wr«*t« with. What 1* meant by tbe r.
pie-elan ‘By UUr* W H.P.
It is a corrnp fon of By Jans, or 1. H. S. It is
usel by Ophelia in Ham'et, where she »ays:
Gis, and by St. Charily!" Ask
hard.
■AWWIA UA., O
Mr Editor: What ia the address
Prof. Edlscn, ihefinvestor of tbe phonograph.
Arc there any phonographs on exhibition?
Ai
Bis residence Is Men'o Park, Middlesex coun
ty. New Jersey. There are several phonographs
being exhibited in New York, Polladelphla, Bov-
ten, Brooklyn. e*c. They wffi probably come
south by next season.
The I as teat Horae In Georgia
Mi oeir, Ga., May 6.
Mr Editor: What is the fastest
ho se in Georgia? What Is his t me and bis
▼alar.
Wbi e Cloud, row in tnin'ng at Atlanta is
probably the fastest horse In the state. It is said
he can go below i6-probAbly down to 39 He is
valued at $5,000, and is probably worji $l, ! 01.
At Vanderbilt University.
Cantos. Ga,. Mat S
Mr. Editor: Can you inform me
to bow a letter abouM be addre sed to retch
ChanceJor A. A. Upecomb? P. T J
Yo can address him at Vanderbilt Un rertlty,
Teon. This wili be aoffle'ent
Proceeding* ot Drm >er*Uc Executive
Committee.
Bo**, Ga , May 4th,lS78.
Pursuant to a call the Democratic
Executive Oomalttt;, for the Seventh Oocgres-
sfonal District of G o-gia, met to-day and took
cffloal ae.1 uaa follows :
L Keeo vtd, That a conveailm ot the di
cratlc party of the Seventh Conf ressfonal District
be, aad the same is hereby, , cal lea to be held
Ringgold, Georgia, oa Thursday tbe 4th day
cf Ja?r ttx, for ths purpose of nominating
a candidate for cocgrcsr from said da tries.
9 Rato, ed. That the bs«tt of representation
for each ot th.- counties compos*ng the district
said ccaveutioa, be four del gatee to each
btr that they era entitled to ia th* lower house of
ttas General 1 srembly
9 Resolved, That the several counties to
district bo requested to setter their dtJesatts
said coovenlkm, on the first Tuesday to J,
ntx», 12 such manner as they may deem advisable
On x&otioa, tbe committee adjourned, subject
to the call of the chairman.
T. B. Joxxs, Chairman.
W. P. McCiatcht. Secretary.
The attention of the democracy of the Seventh
ClKrtct la caficl to ths sCrtal action o1
Ex. afire Gosunlnre ss shore set forth.
I are directed by the comaittre to rrafoctfo’lj
urge c;oc their
important*of xlrinx bote totteirnquotas
the lima of auefisx delegare* to ths cocras-
fiao.
as to ths
tonal, is left frro to act is tnc-i way as .lii
most procureof hataosj. The demcerate
cocaty crjsoixafiecs are erjafcteto ftre the
roopla a chases, to Da freely aid faEy heard
Bj car y acdorr and a foil repreecrdafioo la the
cocswifioa, tt Is tote hoped that all d,merits
a ho asp re to the petefi s of ccsxrannas rrom
oar diafnet may be reduced to submit their same
ta te.oireaare. mud that w» may wicrea oc
the Mud aarlTsssary of our repubEe such sa
uootmtty of seertmret aswiill resit tn the heal,
ta. or ttetefiEuatso* that baa to loo, teen a
dtformtty poo what ahoaid ba a cured demoo-
raes. prereciiox psrf-rt pojfca! symmettry
moire, and actrexsscaa. torerrel by too ssma
Hire aad impa'eaa T. E. dona.
dmtreua Omn. tth Con. riairre.
District pa;ere p.csac rjff.
PARIS PJENCILLINGS.
LETTER TV.
Editorial Correspondence ol Tbe Ccnsfiiutloo.
Past, April 07,1878.
Thia mornieg we are ia receipt of tbe
official programme for tbe iaausuration
ceremonies to occur May 1st Of coarse
before this letter Comes before tbe
readers of Thb CoxanrtmoB tbe event
wifi have taken plsce,bn'. I fear I would
be counted derelict if 1 filled to indicate
to you tbe full magnificence with which
tbe inauguration ta to be invested.
"SO POSTPlKXWKSl”
tbe intelligence directed toward ns,
but I am enabled tp assure you that like
many other French affaire, the an-
nonneement ia vary ’"hollow.” Tbe
troth is that, to- save M. Knots, tbe
French manager-general, from tbe
storm of ndicole and denunciation
which is already gathering over his de
voted he td and giving vent to its mut-
terings through tbe Faria press, it has
been d tided tbat tbe “inauguration”
shall occur on tbe 1st of May and then
that the buildings and parks shall be
closed to tbe public nntil the 12th of
May, in order that the installation may
be complete. Tn« French managers
and exhibitors areklone responsible for
ibis delay, ss then will be no failure
on the part of anyrone of the visiting
nations.
THE INAUGURATION
will begin at 1 p. m., May 1st, in tbe
“vSiitibnle of honor" of the Trocadero
palace, where the minister of agricul
rare and commerce, will receive the
foreign princes who are present in Paris
and officially representing their
Among these will be notable;
His royal higbceea tbe Prince of
Wales.
His majesty Don Francois d’Assise.
His royal highness tbe Dnko of
Aosta.
Hia royal highnea the Prince Boyal
ol Pays Bas.
His royal highness the Prince Eayal
of Denmark.
Hia imperial highness the Grand
Duke of Leuchienbcrg, representing
hi* majesty, the Emperor of Bossia.
The priuces will be conducted into
a vast salon prepared for their recep
lion. After them will be received, in
like manner, the ministers and chargee
d’affaires of all the powers, the commis
sioners general and presidents of all the
sections ol visiting nations, the French
ministers, officers and members oi the
French corps legislatif. etc.
At precisely two o’clock
PRESIDENT UACKAHON,
in tbe uniform of a grand marshal of
France,will arrive from the palace of the
bJysee, in a gala carnage, accompanied
by Madame MaeMahonprad escorted by
Us military household,composed of gen
eral officers of the army and military
attaches trcmforlgn nations. From the
palace, along the Champs Elytee, the
Prece de l’Etoile and tbe Bonlevard da
Roi de Rome, the president will ride
.between solid lines of the Frerch sol
diery ,'standing at “present arms. 1
Arrived at tne Trocadero, the preei
dent will be received and conducted to
the ealqp oi the princes. After pai
ring the usual compliments the pros
cession will form under the grand pen-
style and take its way to s platform
erected over tbe npper basin of the
cascade. In the tribune at the rear
Madame MacMahon and the ladies oi
the diplomatic corps and of the French
ministry will have their places.
THE CEREMONY,
When the company is statioaed npon
the platform, M. Teiecerence de Birt,
minister oi agriculture and commerce,
having at -hia sides M. Edmond Teis-
ecrence de Bart, his chief of staff, M.
Kraulz, commissioner general, M.
Dielx Monin, director of the French
section, and M. Berger, director oi the
foreign sec’ion, will eddreaa the presi
dent in a lew phrases of welcomo and
cnngralnlstion over the completion (7)
of the great enterprise!
The president, with s laconic direct-
*ss a few shades .deeper than Grant
ever exhibited, will respond pply:
“THE EXPOSITIONJSOFE^J^-I
Immediately the cannons of the Ho* <
tel dee Invalides, of a battery of twelve
pieces, stationed on the Isle dee C- goes
in the Seine, and of Mont Valerian, (in
plain view,) will thunder forth a salvo
of one hundred and one gnns I Two
immense military bends' will play pa
triotic airs of the various nations par
ticipating. At the same moment all
the waters of the cascades and foun
tains in both parks will be set to play
ing, and tbe soldiers and marines sta
tioned at the flag staffs and domes
will hoist to their peaks the flags and
standards oi all nations.
The spectacle will be one of great
beanty, and will doobtlese excite the
wildest enthusiasm among toe thou
sands upon thousands of Frenchmen
who will be present to witness the im
augurs tion.
THE GRAND RVUNDS
ot the exposition will then be made
npon the invitation of the minister in
charge. The procession will form in
the following order, which it will hold
throughout the journey:
Tbe prefects of the Heine and of po
lice;
The minister of agricnitnre and
commerce, and the commissioner
general;
Their highnesses, the visiting
princes ;
The marshal-president of the repnb-
If*, il.inbwl hv \1 fl’Anri;(rvntAOv-r.„:--
system of machinery exhibits will be
pat in motion and the mn^ic of tbe
wheels, “in which ia the spirit of tbe
living creature,” wiU drown the blare
of the trumpets and announce tbe
paissance of the arts of peace over the
pomp and noise of war.
W hen the French section has been
traversed as far as the central transept,
the procession will torn to the Porte
Rapp, where President MacMahon will
take his le*ve of the prircee, ministers
2nd commissioners, and, enterirg his
carriage, return to the Eiysee, the en
tire route leading through lines of soK
diers - a distance quite as gicgt as from
the stale capitol in Atlanta to the fair
grounds.
AU the soldiery in Paris, more than
60,000, will be on foot that day and
form a military specarle itself worthy
of the best days of the French nation;
for I am told by competent authority
that the armv is to-day in better con**
dition and animated by a healthier pa
triotism and esprit de corps than for
many years past.
This great occasion, to which the
whole of France is looking forward so
anxiously, needs but a fine day to
make theceremouy memorable in their
history. They have an abidirg faith in
their iuck, and yesterday i was Mons.
Alfred d’Annay, a Parisian journalist,
who saidto me:
“The sun of Ans'erlitz will not re
fuse to glorify this festival of labor a id
peace.”
I sincerely trust that the aforrssid
sun will not disappoint the faith of M.
d'Aunay and his countrymen, but, ss
they would remark, nous verrons!
THE POSTS OF HONOR.
The committee of commissi oners gen
eral to whom was assigned ths labor of
apportioning the posts of honor in the
exposition have just concluded their
work. It was decided that of the nine
groups into which the exposition is di
vided France should have the presiden
cy of four, and that where the presi
dency of a group was given to another
nation France should have the second
vice-presidency. Where France has
the presidency she gives the first vice-
presidency to another power. The as*
eignments as made are as fallows:
1st group-Pi esideut to Italy; vice-
presidents to France and Sweden.
2d group -President, to France; vice
gerents to the United States and
France.
3d group—President to France; vice
presidents to Switzerland and France.
4th group—President to Austria;
vicesprosidents to France and either
Portugal or Denmark at their choice.
5th group—President to Belgium,
vice-presidents to France and Sweden
Borway.
6th group—President to* England,
vice-presidents to France and R issia.
7th group —President to France; vice
presidents to Spain and France.
8th group—President to France; vice-
; residents to Austria-Hungary and
•Vance.
9th group—President to Pave Bas,
vice presidents to France and Portugal
or Denmark.
It will be seen that the United States
has not the presidency of any one of
the groups, and this fact may at fir.st
c rose our national pride tc raffle a bit,
bat when the sitaa.ioa is explained it
will be found that we have been given
better position than we had a right to
expect.
At the meeting the visiting commis
sioners had agreed thal France should
have the presidency of the first group—
the fine arts—which is looked upon aa
the post of honor. The representativ e
of France, however, positively declined
toaacede to such arrangement, and in
sisted upon its right to exercise a hoe
pitable self-abnegation. In remem
brance of their treatment at the ceu
tennial, the French and some others
were disposed to confer the honor npon
the representative of the Uuited States,
but the ideas of propriety and sense of
personal modesty which distingnisn
Governor McCormick, led him to forbid
such assignment. It was at his in
stance, I believe, that the presidency
of the group was assigned to Ifaiy, the
home of art and artists.
In making the other assignments^
England did not at all hesitate to put
in her decided claim to the presidency
oi the 6.h group — machinery—and
there was no way to avcid giving it to
her, considering the enormous display
which she mekes here in the depart
ment These two departments being
disposed of the only .remaining group
in which we make a strong showing of
exhioits was tbe second—education
and instruction, and the application cf
the liberal arts. Hence it was to the
first vice presidency of this group that
oni representative was assigned. It
a coveted, place, sought for espe-
SPVR - a or THE DAT.
Doing* on trie Tn«Y-Gene ml Horn
Note*, Etc
—The general deeire for fast hones seem* to
be oa the locreaa; in Georgia, and frequently
new ooea are being added to the sizing now to
the state.
—Mr. Waeh. J. Houston, of DeKalb county,
has reared quite a number of well bred horses.
—There Is rrtry probability thalTBay Stran
ger” and “Beaumont’' will come together to ten
days or two weeks' time. Tbeae horse* are be
tog handled dally at Oglethorpe park, and are
in flue condition fora trot. Should a match be
made the race will be decidedly close and Inter*
Written for ths WteL'y Constitution.
1101SCS OF IU
By J. O. HARRIS.
[All right* rtsemd by the Constitution Publish
ing Company.]
—The Bavannah News aays that May 1st waa
celebrated by the military of that city m grind
style. The Guard* battalion and the Georgia
went oa * picnic to the Hermitage. The
day waa moat pleasantly spent ia dancing sod
other amusements usually had at affairs of this
chsrac'er. One great feature of the occasion waa
friendly contest between teams ot fifteen men
each from the Hasan and Guards for a pane of
thirty dollars, to he Invested In larnitnre for the
hall of the company.repreMntad by the winning
teams. Tne shooting was yery good on both
aides, and, though the content resulted to fayor
of the Hussars by seventeen points, the Guards
have the satisfaction of knowing that their
shooting was good. Each team fired one hun
dred and fifty round*, making a possible score of
hundred and fifty. Tbe soores of the teams
were as follows:
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lie, flanked by M. d’AndiffretiPasqaier,
president at tbe senate, aad M. Grew,
president of the chamber of deputies;
The members of tbe diplomatic
corps;
The ministers and undersecretaries
of etate;
The dtlegates from the constituted
bodies of France, the academy, etc.;
Tbe members of the high co'll mis
sion ol international expositions;
The commiastonera general of the
visiting nations, and
Tbe directors and chief* of service of
the exposition of 1878.
The procession will pass down the
park, between two double lines of
tfooup, to the Pont d leo.s, which con
nects the Trocadero with the Champ
de Mara. It will traverse the bridge
and still proceeding between lioes of
eoldiery, pass across the park to tbe
grand terrace of the palace, where it
will be received by tbe members of the
senate, ol the chamber of deputies, of
tbe judiciary in their red robes, of the
institute, and ot the various commit
tees belonging to the French section of
the exposition.
Passing in front of all these the pro
cession will enter, the
PALACE or THS CHAMP DX MARS
by the "Porte d’Honneur," under the
central dome of the lx cade. Here they
will treat themselves to a general view
of the splendid vestibule To the left
they will see displayed the crown dia.
monds of England and France, the
celebrated ware of Sevres, the tapestry
of tbe Gobelins and porcelain ot Beau
vais, over all of which will tower the
great equt atrian statue of Charlemagne.
To tbe right will be seen the Indian
palace of the Prince of Wales, contain
ing the presents and trophies of hia
celebrated tour ol India, and iu front
of it, an equestrian statue of the prince
himself.
The precession then torus to the
right and enters the long avenue upon
which are erected the characteristic
facades ol the foreign sections.
Before each of these buildings will
stand aligned ths commissions belong-*
ing to each country and thwr attaches,
white Uie balcoiS and windows wffl 1
be filled with the ladies of country
accompanying their husbands, fathers
or brothers.
This will be quite s kaleidoscopic
picture for the president and his guests.
Beginning with the English and Cana
dians, there will follow in quick re
view the American?, Mexicans, Peru.
Tj*™» Atgjotines, Swedes, Norwegians,
Italians, Chinese, Spaniards, Austrians,
BoastanS’ Swiss, Belgians, Danes,
Greeks^apsnese.Tunisians.Mcrrocms,
Annamttes, Portuguese and Holland-,
era. Here,'indeed, will be grouped
representatives of the intelligence,
originality,luxury and beamy of a great
Part of toe beet powers oi the earth,
and in fifteen minutes one may feel
that he has circumnavigated the globe.
The proceeeion, after vievrng the
P»nd vestibule in front ol the Ecoie
Militmire, will pass by the gallery of
machines, at which moment the entire promised with thequ
\Y McA’pin,c*puun ot tc
Lieutenant H B Prichard >
Private L M Rrals
Private W F Pn*ton
Private James W Scblty...
Private B B Minor ... .
Ptiya’e B C. Wright
Sergeant Julian ^cbley^.
Corporal Ueoree C Gaiilia
Private John 8 Coburn ..
Private J G Hayward.
Sergeant E J Keiffer...
read a vuvvicu.juitvC. WJU^IU 1U1 COJIO*
cisJly by Russia and Sweden, and the
assignment to the United States was a
compliment fully comnu ns urate with
the part we are playing in the exposi
tion. In the matter of
JURORS OF AWARD,
we were even more fortunate, for in
the list of jurors, as proportioned
among the nations, we rank fourth.
The list shows as follows:
Of the 400 juTors awarded to the vi
siting nauons, England has 76,
AostroxHungary 50, Belgium 40,
United States 33, Italy 27, Switzerland
26, Spain 26, Russia 35, Hclland 24,
Japan 3 anti China 3. The others go
to the minor states of Europe, the col
onies, etc.
The commissioner general has not yet
designated the tbirty*tbree Americans
who are to serve upon tbeee juries.
THE CATALOGUE
of the entire exposition is just now
going through the press and is a volu
minous affair. We have b<?en several
days coi rectiog the prooMsheets of the
American exh bit, and I cannot trust
myself to an expression of the opinion
1 have of the French printer. If a
French proof-reader only knew it he
wouldn't want to get any nearer Leaven
than Atlanta—and it is a considerable
distance this side of the “periect
printer's paradise 1”
The catalogue is divided as follows
VoL 1— Works of art in the French
section; Vais. 2 and 3 comprise the
exhibits of Algeria and the coknies
VoL 4 takes in the foreign sections.
VoL 5, the agricultural implements,
living animals and horticulture, VoL
6, retrospective art; VoL 7, the finthro
pology of M. Q litre pages of the ineti-
ate; and Vol-fi, the alphabetical tables
and list of objects exhibited.
The above is the scope and size of the
official catalogue, but there are a score
of M catalogu&' promised from private
publishers. Against these the public
are being liberally warned. None of
them are correct and many are the
boldest shams, made np by the signs c f
firms and exhibitors as exposed in the
various sections.
I have now give^ you about all the
preliminary information that I possess.
Particulars that are reliable are hard
get st during the present frenzy to “gel
ready.” The French papers are in a
constant snarl over the “accuracy” of
their reports, while the French com'
mieaioner-general cries "fiacre Bleu!’
at the whole crew for daily * objecting
him to a thousand torments, by reason
of their absurd and exaggerated ac
counts of the affairs of the exposition.
The French newspaper, I have learned,
is always finding '‘news’ 1 and printing
it so that it ia totally "new,” even
unrecognizable. I am convinced, the
more I see of it, that the French journal
will never attain its fullest glory nntil
it is edited by Col. Marcellas Eugene
Thornton. ___ S. W. fi.
▲ Tranquil fiervao* System
Can never be possessed by thoee whose
digeetlve «ad Mriinl mflro organ* *re to* etate oi
chronic* disorder weak stomachs make weak
nerve*. To restore vigor and qtietndeto
lauer, the first mart be invigorue: and regu
lated. The ordinary ied&t ve* nuyfcatquil
the nerves for a while, hut they can nev<
Hoe tetter’* Stomach Bitters, remove the
o nervous debility. That snperb invLorant acd
corrective of disordered conditions of tbe a timtn
tary organs ha* also the effect o* imparting tone
to the nerves. The detieuetUsne* of which th«y
are constituted, when weakened to consequence
of l«po%ri*hQ*nt cf »he b oo 1, recultin^ from
imperfect digestion and aasii
strength from th* fond of vitality diveioped
tfce system by the Bitters, whiah impart* th j i
q aired in pc: as to the nuuive function, and g tve
tone and regularity to the corrective and svacua
St tuea tbur *atAwmayl«
A Prime conned rum.
New York Time*, rep.
Why did Mr. Tilden refuse to take
the oath of office, March 4,1877 ?
PrslslDg the President.
Vickstuzg H-ra d, dem.
Hayes is doing very welL He is
kindly disposed toward us, and he has
secured the enmity of the extreme
radicals. Any one who can do thia is
necessarily a friend to tne south. Of
course the president ia wrong in ding
ing to the old southern radical balks
and fraxzlea ends, but then we most
GUARD* RAM.
Lieutenant WJohnstone (ctputoofteam... 41
Private George Appleton..
Lieutenant W P Hunter,,
Private M Maclean..
McNulty.
„ _ Mtell rere.
Sergeant Major Jos Philips.
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TotoL^. —re M8
Average per man 36 8 15
—There is a probability that Mr. “Chucz 1
Anderson, of Marietta, will send a challenge to
Mr H L Travis, of Griffiu, to trot his stallion,
•Beaumont,’’against Mr Travis' stolUon, “Kim
Jackson.”
There are at leastadozan horses iu Atlanta
that can trot better than three mlnu'e*.
—Mr Jack Chamber*, of Savannah, has Issued
a challenge to trot “Maud” against “Irish Gir
for $2,50 . Should th* challenge be accepted by
CaptM J Doyle, the owner of ’ Irish Girl,’* the
trot will come off at Thunderbolt track, nea r
Savannah, at an early day.
—By a special dispatch to Tbs Consimmox,
May 3d, (via pca.al card) we learn the following:
IFAUghabatongh," owned by Mr M J Doyle,
ha* not been stnt north, as stated to yoor paper
of tbe 1st Instant He to here, where he will
probably remain during the current year. Mr
Doyle say* he U going to astonish the world
with the *pv£d of his horse when he does scud
him north.
—Eight or ten trotting horses are stabled
O-de'horpe course, and are being handled daily
k in the way that :hey should ga"
—Under the head of “Spider ta luck at Mo
bile,” we clip Hu. following from the Columbus
Enquirer: “Tbe Columbus hone Spider
the trotting race* at Mobile tost week. Mr.
Jack Odom, who has returned home, had him
charge. The trot on Thursday was mile heats,
beet three in five-8100 for first horee, $50 to sec
ond, and $ K> to third. Spider won three straight
heats, the first withoat breaking, to 2:44%, 9:44,
9:48 Shswhan's r. g George Johnson was i
ond, and Seal's Mina Link waa distanced
the first. He also won the races on Friday and
Saturday.”
—Mr. Chuck Anderson’s stallion “Beaumont'
will, we understand, bs shipped to the western
circuit at an early day to the care of Mr. Henry
Bradley, tote of Augusta, but now residing
Atlanta. The stallion is at Hr. Frank Bedd'
stable,where he Mill remain nntil shipped west
ward.
—Over fourteen thousand head of mules and
horses have been received in thtt citv since the
n commenced, and still they come. This
speaks well for the farming prospects of our
state.
—Mr. Tra’ria, of Griffin, wil pat “Kimble
Jackwn” down to lurd work for the next two
months to prsp-tre him lor tho contest <
4, at Oglethorpe pars to thij city.
SPORTING NEWS FROM ABROAD. .
—Peraito. the Mexican mustang rider, began
at four o’clock on Saturday morning at ths Pros,
peel park fairgrounds, Brooklyn, New York,
the attempt to ride 105 miles to fifteen hours,
accomplished the first 100 to four hours and
twenty minutes; avenge per mile two mlnu.es
and forty seconds; fastest mile in two minutes
and thirteen seconds. He completed his 200 h
mile at ten minutes to two o’clock to the after
noon, and at seven o’clock to the evening corn*
Dieted his 301K miles, but continued until lu
completed 305 mites, at 7:10, making the 1s t
mile in 2:41. Tbe rain made the track heavy, or
he would have accomplished the task in fifteen
—The Louisville Evcnicg News says: All the
turfmen from tins city who attended the Nash -
ville races, speak very glowingly of the incceta
ol tbo meeting, and pronounce it the best for the
put five years.
—The running races begin at Hill's driving
park, Washington, d C, on tbe IStit of May and
contiLue three days. There will be three races
each day, and the purses aggregate $1,500.
It cannot now be stated what horses will run.
tbe entries for each race do not close until
the day before each race. Tbe stables of Mc
Grath, OJen. Bowie, McDaniels, Wycht, of On*
ciacati, and T Q & W R Davis are mentioned to
this connection.
—Nine hundred and forty dogs will be ou ex
hibit ioa at the New York show
—The New Orleans jockey club propose*
hanging up a fine purse fora mule race at their
course the 13th tost. A great deal ol interest is
being manifested to the coming sport, which
wilt doubtless be a rich aed amu?mg affair.
Mr. Oliver Tones of this city, owned a mule
some time ago, which he sold to Mr. John
Higfflower of Griffin, that would likoly be the
winner if be wu entered.
—Mr Harper is not directly interested In Ten
Brock's xn< tch with Mollie McCarthy, he hav.
ing merely hired his hone’s running powers to
Coaly, oi New York, foe the race, receiving
therefor, it is sai l, $5000. Be received tbe same
sum for permitting Ten Broeck to run at Balti
more. There seema to be a lack of confl Jence
in tbe match among the horsemen of tbe blue
grant region tbat Is auspicious, to uy tbe least
ofP.
—The book betting for tbe Kentucky' Derby
is u follows: Four to one against Hlmyar; five
to one sralnst Milan; eight to one against Day
Star and Levtler; ten to one against Pomeroy
and Momentum; eleven to one against Axiom
and Checkmate; twelve to one sgainst Beacon*
field and McHenry: fifteen to one against Cam-
me F., Grigsby, Asplnwsll Bally M, aid Charley
Bash; twenty to one fgainst Burgundy; twenty-
five to one against bay colt by Enquirer; twenty
to forty t one exalnst all others.
—The trotting gelutog Controller bu placed
still another record to bis credit, following op
hts victory over time at a distance of. ten mile*,
by trotting over Bay District Course, San Fran
cisco. on tbe 90tb alt, twenty miles to wagon,
m 59:57. John Stuart had the record at this
disianc? and way ot going, for a performance
over Fashion Course, L1, in 1868: lim*, 59:23
—Tom Ochiltree, tbe well known race horse,
is reported lame, though not so badly as to nn*
fit him for racing this season.
—Point Brenzs park, Philadelphia, hu ar
ranged a four day’s meeting to follow that at
Balmont The dates sze May 28 to 3L
—Friendship park. Pittsburg, Pa., occupies
the same date* as Point Br.-rz s.
—An eastern circuit hu been formed by Mys
tic. Beacon and Narragansett parka. Mystic
park from May 14 to 16; Beacon park from May
91u>-93; Narragansett park from May 98 to 10.
—Tne eutern Ohio circuit hangs up $19^000
Loodonviite bas Jane 4 to 5; MssMllon has Jun*
19 toll; Warren hu June 97 to 29
—A new trotting circuit bu baen formed In
tbe west, embracing MleneapoUa, Kansu City
and Dubuque.
Nubyxlu Tkxk.—Third Bay—Thursday. May
2, 1878-First Race—Cumberland Stake, for
tnret-yeur-o'ds (foals of 1875) $50 Airai ce, $25
forfeit: Association to add $500; mile basts;
A CAUTIOUS KINSMAN.
It came to pasa, therefore, tbat while
Mrs. Padgett was dispensing her gossip
and dipping her snuff, and while Miss
Jane Perryman wss delivering her lec
ture, Vanderlyn was either wandering
between William Wornnm’s academy
and C*jv Cooper’s, or sitting in th
door of the rode log cabin listening to
the katydids and the feeble cries of the
woman tossing and rolling in the deli
rium of fever, or communing in a
half-serious, halMmmorons way with
the shadow of himself that seemed to
gather shape in the oppressive ioneti -
ness and gloom of the dark. It came
to pas*, also, that he did not accept
Judge Walthall's invitation to dine with
him the day after the little incident
with the horses. He watched with |he
sick during the long nights and joined
the achool-boys in their sports in the
cool afternoons. Only Jack, the school
master and Dr. Tidwell knew of his
mission, and these seemed to regard
hia utter devotion to his charges as a
matter of course —as Svimething charac
teristic of the man; but i;one of them,
could they have followed him to the
hovel where distress seemed to have
ken up h*r abode, would have recog-
niz -d ti e Ya derlyn who j layed and
romped with the children in ihe man
who sat in the cabin door as silent as
the gloom itself, thinking, dreaming,
watching—endeavoring to solve a prob
lem that always eluded him. If he had
dreamed that he was nursing back
to li, r e one of the only two persona
who could solve this problem tor him
perhaps he might have faltered in his
work of charity. Perhaps, if the futuie
could have been unfolded to him as he
,t night after night, g-sing into the
darkness -if the shadow of nis old seif
with which he communed could have
haye had the gift cf prophecy—he
would have talen Jack by the hand
and wandered forth through the bios'*
somieg fields into strange lands. We
shall never know. It is enough to say
that the shadow could not prophesy,
and he remained to face tne future
with the serene confidence and cour
age that made him more of a man than
mo it of hia fellows. He knew he had
a duty to perform, and though this was
the problem that returned always to
perplex him, he never for a moment
{altered. He must do his duty; but
how and when ? This was the ques«
lion.
Thus, with this problem continually
before him, and his other self flitting
through tbe pines, a pitiful ghost of
the oast, he ministered to the sick and
watched the legions of wakeful stars
sweep slowly across the skies in vain
pursuit of the sun. But, after a f w
nights, his loneliness, except in a vague
way, ceased* to oppress him, and his
problem, while it was ever present, no
longer vexed him. The solemn silences
by which he was surrounded seemed to
soothe him, and the night-wind, rips
pting tremulously through tbe leaves
of the oak and softly through the
feathery boughs of the pines, minis
tered unto his vexations: so that
whatever thought or feeling came to
worry was quickly dissipated by his
surroundings.
Neither poet nor philosopher bas
written adequately of the vast silence
of the deep woods when night bhs
muffled all ordinary sounds. We cha f «
ter of this, as of the infinity of space,
and pass it by; we make faces at the
moon and measure the voids that
yawn npon her sterile surfsce; we look
at the sun and ran trippingly back :o
the first eclipse; we weigh Strins, and
boast of having measured Mercury; we
la: gh at the wandering comet that,
rashes through the skies, pursued by
myramids ol meteors, and we entangle
the shining star-drifts; bnt we cannot
solve the mysteries nor measure the
magnitude of the silence that eeemB to
settle upon all nature and all space in
the lonelv hours of night. It appear?
to be a c use rather than a condition —
marvelous and awe-inspiring. It was
in the midst of this silence that Van
derlyn, for want of something bett<
to do, comes to inspect himself and i
analyze his feeling and impulses, not
gloomily, bat cheerfully as oue engag>
in a pastime; and thuB it was that b
came to know himself.
A few nfghts after Vanderlyn had in
stalled himaeit as norae, he was sittu>
in his accustomed place in the do
when his attention was arrested by tl.
sound of some one waikiag in the nn
derbrash. It was a strange sound to
hear in that place and at that hour—the
position o' the stars showed it was about
twelve o'clock—and Vanderlyn was
curious to know what manner of per
sou waa abroad in the wilde;
ness. The sound of the fooi
steps came nearer and then sud
denly ceased. Than tt began again,
ceased once more, eeemed to come for
ward again and finally developed into
the figure of a man moving somewhat
cautiously in the deep shadows of tbe
pines. Vanderlyn watebed it with some
curiosity. I: appeared to him one of the
many phenomena of the loneliness that
surrounded him like the waters of a
sea. but the figure still pressed forworl
and came nearer nntil it stood qni
cloee to the silent watcher.
“You look lixe yon sorter mistook
your bearin's, stranger.”
“No,” said the newcomer, “I'm
huntin' up them that's lost them.”
‘•What might your name be?"
“That’s neither here ner tbar. Hit
ain't a name that'll stand bandy in'
about in the dark.”
“A man's good name,” said Vander
lyn, carelessly, “don't gether no dust
pasflin' from mouth ter mouth "
“No, I reckon not,” responded the
stranger, “an' it don't lose nothin' by
bein' let lone. Similarly I ain't wor
ried 'boat your'n, an' 1 ain't gwine ter
up an' ast you fer it. I'm a huntin'
woman name 'Cindy Ashfield.”
“You ain’t got fur ter look,” said
Vanderlyn quietly. “She's lyin in thar
at the pint er death.”
“Sick ?” asked the man eager!
coming nearer.
“You'd think it. Outer her head the
whole blessed time, an* a talkin' eter-
naly.”
“WiU sbe dieT 9
“The doctor can't tell. It's a tough
rastle. She gits better ez soon's she
S ' is woss an' gits wuss ez soon's she gi ta
»!fer.”
“Does she know folks ?”
“Sbe wouldn't knew her own mam
my from Adam’s house cat.”
Just then the woman turned t
easily in her bed and began to talk _
the delirious fashion of those who are
snfiering from an extreme of fever,
was the same o!d cry. to which Vander
lyn had become used:
“Jim!—Jim l—Oh, Jim!”
“It’s me she's a callin',” exclaimed
the stranger in a suppressed voic?.
“Noboctv on this wide eartn but me.**
“You?”
“Yes! It's me. I know it 'Cindy
wouldn’t holler fer no livin' bouI like
that 'ceptin' it wu* me.'
“'T vouln’t do no good, can ; she
wouldn’t know me, an* I dessay I
wouldn't know her. Hits 'bout even.
But I'd like ding nation well to know
who that Jim is she's a callin' on.”
“ Maybe she knows an' maybe she
don't,” answered Yanderly'n dryly.
“That's what make I say what I
do,” continued the other. “I don't know
no Jim but me, an' the baby is a bran
new wrinkle. But it's bin mighty nigu
six year sence I seed 'Cindy &n 1
dunno what's turned up in that timo.^
* You've bin traveilin', I reckon,
Vanderlyn suggested.
“Edzickly so, Cap' gotn’ 'bout from
pos’ to piller. I didn't fine 'Cindy at
L ino, an' I 'lowed maybe she might
be viditin' at Mnndy Cooper’s. Well,
Cap', good bye. I'll drap ia some time
when 'Cindy mightn't be worried by
strangers.” . . .
“You’er her brother, am t yon 7
Vanderlyn inquired as the man walked
off into the darkness _
•* Yes, I am ; but what kin I do?
“ On, nothin’. G>od night,”
The sound of the man’s footsteps
died away, the crickets and the katy
dids endeavored to impress Vanderlyn
with their presence, and a whip poor-
will added her voice to tbe concert.
“ Her brother!” Vanderlyn mnsfcd,
lighting his pipe and walking out under
the shadow o! the pines. '* She ought
to be proud er sech kin. A man that
stays away six year makes htmRef
.L.iro • ran* hAT*1 TIP thft lit—
Asteroid and Z ?r e —
Is* Davis* ch c Jim
and Moille Jo ea~
3_s Davia* cb c Jim B^t, by John Morgan
Wn Mayo's b f Stiver Mam. by Bonnie Scot
land and Moniei — — 4
Randall * GP*« b c Warfie-d, oy War Dance
and Flor«c^. —— i
D jugias A Go’s bf Bonanza by Bon tie Soot-
—If success depends ipon health
sure), health depends upoupure blood.
Dr. Ball’s Blood Mixture mitatsins tbe
remember that "he ta eomewbit com. blood ma state of parity, aid health ia
Ibereeult. 242
Time, l:.% l:te«
Second Rice—Nile herta lor tel wee, for Atao.
ciuioo parse of $250:
J J MeniL’s eh h, 4 j o. Unde Jtff, by War
Davet and Fly — 11
Barry A Tompkins'* b 1,3 j o, for Pal Mal
loy asm by Engineer.
McGav- ck A Go’s br. L. 3 y. o, Botnie Ittca,
byBocnto Scotland and Lena Herding.... $ a
Time, 1:50.1 :«7*
Third race—Association pone 9SO; dash of
three quarters of a mile, for dl ages.
Jar. T. Wildama’ br g. Short tine. 4yo. by
Lixlagtaa and imp Ivernesa 1
Crro A Thile’s brg Bristol, I j o. by Bonnie
Scotland, dam br <ffiDde Haloid 2
J J Dunne’s ch g Colonel Hu& 4 y o, by
Muggins, dim oy Dooerail 3
Epf ag e et Hardesty’s bg Mill B4y.8yo.by
my
Please, Jim, fetch back my baby
. little baby—my poor little baby
Oh, fetch ’im back, Jim l Jesonce, Jim.
My little baby!
“No, ’tain’t me,” said the man, ea*
gerly. “It’s somebody else she’e a hol
lerin’ ar er. Tain’t me.”
“Do you know hea?” Vanderlyn
asked.
“Do yon know your sister?'
“It is doubtful,'' Vanderlyn re
sponded. “And 00 you’re her brother ?
Well, Mr. Jeems Ashfield, I’m glad you
dropped around. It wuz gittin' dnrned
lonesome, a settin' here liseenin to the
crickets an’ the ecritch-owls.” •
“Does she take on much like this ?*'
asked Ashfield.
“ From mornin' tell night, an* from
night tell mornin*. Won’t yon go in an*
see ’Cindy?”
“ No. Not j ^s yit. Hit might sorter
daze *yer,you know. Delereousnesa
ain't gotter be tampered with, they tells
me”
The man was evidently restless and
rervooa. He stood first npon one foot
and then npon the other and nibbed
his hands together incessantly.
“ You ain’t got nothin' that 'ad fit
the dampness like a dram, is you ? ” he
asked finally.
“ No,” said Vanderlyn. “lacker's too
hot fer this kinder weather.”
“ Wouldn't be too hot fer me,” ree-
ponded the other. “ I'm beginning to
feel right coolish. Weil,” after a pause,
“ I mus* be gittin’ 'long. Clocks don't
atop an* wait fer a feller to atan' 'round
an' tnm loose bis law, an* I got a
mighty far ways fer to sa’nter.”
“ Yon might as well go in an* see
’^indy,’' Vanderlyn persisted,”
ekase; an’ yit*’—remembering the lit
tle faim-home in Virginia—“a man
that stays away fifteen year makes
himself skaser—I'm a sinner ef he
don't.”
The next morning, Vanderlyn rede
to Rockville with Dr. Tidwell, who
visit* d the sick twice a day.
“ Doc,” said Vanderlyn, after the
two had ridden in silence some little
distance, “ is 'Cindy Ashfield got a
brother ?”
“ Well, reullv, now let me see—it
cau't be Jim— ’
“That’s tbe puty,”exclaimed Van
derlyn. “ He give ns a pop-call las’
night,.” *
•‘ J.m AshfL-ld!” bringing Maggie to
stand-still in the road.
“ That's wnat he says, an' he's a good
witness, I reckin.”
“Why, bless my life! It can't be
Jim Ashfield. With ail hia villainy,
he's no tool He doesn't dare to come
back here. It was as much as my son
and the sheriff could do to prevent the
people from lynching him not six years
ego. He’d be strung op, snre. Why,
he’s the confoundedest scoundrel, on*
. o —that same Jim Ashfield. You
don't mean to tell me that the rascal is
back again ?”
“ That's what he said, D >c. He didn't
hang’round long. What’s he done?”
•• Why, bless my soul! Haven't yen
heard abou . Jim Ashfield ? Any child
can tell vou. He is the most notorious
rascal in Georgia.”
*“ Did he kill enDything ?”
“ Wort-o than that, sir,” replied the
doctor with judicial gravity.
“ Worse than that. He's an incen
diary and a chiUl-ste der.”
“ A child-stealer! *’ exclaimed Van-
derlvn, growing grave himself.
“ Y< 8, sir—a child-st?aler.”
“ When was this, doc?”
“ In 1841. The way of it was this
He was forever hanging around Judge
Walthall's plantation, mixing and
mingling with the niggers, and giving
them whisky, until one day the judge
caught him sneaking about the place
and ordered him off. The next day the
judge's dwelling-house waa burned.”
‘Burned?”
Yes, sir—burned to the ground .
and but for the carriage-driver, who
happened to hear the popping and
cracking of the flames, the Walthall
fam ly would have been roasted alive
Yes, sir—roasted alive.”
“ Did they ketch him ?”
“ He was suspected, arrested ar.a
brought to trial, but the testimony wm
not sufficient to convict him, thougi
public opinion had already made np iis
verdict.”
she returned, the child was gone,
couldn't be found high nor low. Jim
Ashfield had been seen in R >ckvilta
early that morning and suspic;on im
mediately fastened npon him.”
“ How old wuz tbe baby, doc ?”
“Nearly a year old, and aa bright
child es you ever saw.”
“I* the beby ever bin foun*?”
“ We scoured ihe countrv,” con
tinued DA Tidwell, “ but no Jim Ash
field could we find, and it was more
than a year after that, when old Davy
Rjach, whj had hanied a load of cot
ton to Augusta, laid eves on tbe wretch
and had him arrested. At first he de
nied that he had stolen the child, but
finally agreed to restore it if Judge
Walthall would guarantee not to pros
ecute him and to get him safe out of
town. The judge jumped at the pro
position, but tbe boys wouldn’t bear to
it until Mrs. Walthall appeared among
them. And where do you suppose the
baby was found? Why, sir, 'Cindy
Ashfield had it ail the time-even thi
clothes it had on when it was stolen.
A poor, weak-minded creatute 'Cindy
is. She took on awful when the judge
and hia wife and the crowd went to get
the child. She was really fond of it,
and »he carried on to auch an extent
that Mrs. vValthail employed her aa
nurse, and ahe nursed the baby nntil
it died.”
Did the baby die ?” tsked Vander
lyn.
“Yes, sir. It never thrived. Itju*t
faded away. And so Jim Ashfield's
back again ? W ell he'll have some fu 1
if he makes himself too prominent
around here.”
X.
voices in the Nianr.
Vanderlyn made no more inq.niri s
of tbe worthy doctor, who, takir.g ad
vantage of the silence that ensued, fell
into what the newspaper reporter of
the present day would not inaptly term
“a genial doze.” It wa* his custom,
and in inaugurating it, he illustrated in
a very forcible manner one of. Mias
Jane's impromptu proverbs to the ef
fect tbat “it’s a honest man that’ll trust
bbself with his own horse.” The mare
knew her way, and as sbe ambled along
Dr. Tidwell slept and DaDiel Vander ly u
surrendered himself to his thoughts,
and these invariably carried him back
to the sick woman c«Uing for her baby,
and the old man who had so narrowly
escaped falling a victim to hunger.
Somehow or other, he was not troubled
about Jack as in the old days. N *r
reed he have been. Tbe b>y rapid y
grew in thp good graces of Miss Jar>e
Perryman and the schoolmaster. He
was bright and tractable, and his pre
cocity never-assumed the shape of pert-
ness. Ia the evenings, while Vander^
lyn was engaged in his work cf charily,
the b y would lay his bead in the old
lady’s lap, and listen quietly to tbe
conversation, occasionally making some
mode s’ ccmment of his own, or asking
a question, and Miss Jane seemed nev
er so well contented aa when she w;is
passing her band caressingly through
the thick curls of the little boy who
was so good natured, so patient and so
obedient. Upon such occasions it wss
observed by the schoolmaster that she
was not as critical in her remarks, and
that even the tone of her voice lost
something ot its old-time asperity.
They had famous times—Mist Perry
man, Nora, the schoolmaster anti Jack.
They constituted a little social world
of their own, the qniet of which was
never disturbed tave by the visit of
some new comer, or the untimely sere
nades of Tiny Padgett, the village poet,
who made no attempt to conceal that
he was desperately in love with Nora.
Unfortunately, Tiny'a serenades were
generally the result of that befuddled
condition of mind that usually waits
upon a too frequent inspection of wine
when it is red, and when his weak
voice rose upon the night air in start
ling proximity to the quiet people who
sat in tbe little porcu, Miss Jane was
wont to remark: .
“ Well, 1 wish I may die ef that Pad
gett chap aiu'ton another spree.”
“ Ob, don’t make lun of aim, sister,”
Miss Nora would tay.
And then the fchcolmaster: “No;
the boy s in Icve”
‘* Well, et I wuz Sora I'd marry ’im
1 w'ce over but what I'd s op that rack
et. It makes a body feci right fiabby
to listen to ’im. It's sorter tike wring
in' the water ou’er a raw oyster ”
In justice tuthe love smi> ten poet, it
mus- be arid that he was oftener sober
than druLk, and upon such occasions
he contended himself wuh lounging
upon a be; c ; in front of Vanderlyn’s
shop and watching nis lady iove’« win
dow from afar. Thro ago ihe mysteri
ous influence of ih t. pity which the
stroughel for the weak, or from s mi
other cause Vanderlyn had come to be
on very familiar terms with yonog
Padgett, who, in his maudlin way, was
blindly devoted to Vanderlyn. Oue
evening some weeks after 'Cindy A 3 la-
field and C^jy Cooper had been pro
nounced convalescent by Dr. Tidwell,
the occupants of Miss Jane’s porch
saw the light of a cigar shining in the
%994°n of Yanderiy'e shop, Jt ww a
signal that Tiny Padgett was on hand
“The faithful lover is at his post"
said the schoolmaster.
“Wed, I hope to gtac'.oua he ain't
chnned up,” remarked Miss Jane fer
vently. “Whydon't tbe little wretch
act tike white folks an' c^me in the
house. Nobudy won’t bite 'im, I reck#
Poets are sensitive,” the school
master said. “They prefer to worship
*t a distance. Mocking birds never
_ng in flocks. The old troubadona
never went in drove®, and even the
wood-robin hides himself to sing.”
“Well, whv don’t Padgett hide, I
wonder ? Why don't he go off in the
woods where nobody can't beaf him ?
Its good far him that he don’t come a
howlin' under the windows, elte he’d
git a shovel-full er hot ashes.”
But the poet did not tune his voice
to sing, and presently tho?e who sat in
the porch heard footsteps coming clown
the street.
“That's D n,” said Jack with sudden
interest.
“Ltt'a wait au* sec what they say,”
arid Miss Jane.
The Birong, hearty voice of Vander
lyn broke the silence.
“Why, hello, tittle Padg! You here?"
“Yes,” returned the poet in a piping
voice, suggestive of an accumulation
of thought ‘Yea I thought I’d come
out ' and cool off a litte, and have a
chat with you."
“You’re mighty backward, Padp. Ef
you don't mind, that young Ksect’ii cut
you out.”
In spite of himself this
allusion to Emory Reed jarred unplea -
autly upon the tchoolmaster’s ear, and
he moved uneasily in bis chair.
“You've gotter be mighty spry ef you
git aheader Ried. They tell ma that
he breaks a bottle er camp mootin'
drape on his close ev'y day au’ two on
Sundaye, an’ he looks jes like he come
outena ban'-box. It'll be like drag*
gin* a sack er salt thu* wet san’ ef you
take the shhe outer h m.”
Tne poet laughed a weak little laugh.
Oh, I'm not on that line, Mr. Vanier-
lyn. 1 wasn't born lucky like some
people. I am unfortunate. No good
woman would want me for a hm-Laud,
and I should never think ot marrying
a woman I really loved.”
4 How's chat, Padgy ? ”
‘ I know my failings. I am one of
the no-accounts. And then there’s
the liquor—you know how ihAt
serves me. Some people are born weak.
I haven't loUwbed a drop in a week,
and yet I may wake up iu the moron g
with a desire for drink absolutely un
controllable. It was the way with me
at college, and that ia why I was ex**
pelled.”
“ Damnation, man! ” exclaimed Van
derlyn savagely, “ ef y^n kin let up on
leker one week youk’u let up a life-
lime ”
“ Oh, its very well for you to talk
that way, Van. They all say so. I
hear it wherever I g >. But I know bet*
ter. I know what I can do aud I know
what I can't do. You might as well
say that old man Cooper could have
controlled hia dcrire for fobd. Don't
preach, Van.”
“ I: ain't much in that tine, Dadgy,
but durn me ef I wouldn’t like 10 eee
you stan* at your full heigh l”
“Oh, I'll do well enough. There’s
thia consolation, Van,” he continued
with a little sigh, “I don't hurt any b dy
but myselL It I could be made to be
lieve that any woman on earth loved
me, I should be miserable. It is better
as it is.”
Then, sa if desirous of speaking of
something else, said: ‘’What's ail the
news, Van? They tell me you’ve got
to be a regular doctor.”
“Yes,” replied Vanderlyn, in an earn
est* to e, “I'm a fns.rate doctor. I’d
like mighty well to take you in ban’,
Pidvy, an' fetch you hack to life.’’
“You're a good one, Van,” a little
sadly and^wistfully, “aud you Cculd do
it if anybody could. But it can't, be
done. Shortly after I Jeft A* bens, a
schoolmate invi ed me to visit him. lie
was dead before I got the letter. If I
had taken him ut his woid my visit
would ha*e been a little hue. I have
fought with my eelf for years. Asuojg-
er man would have conquered. Some
thing waa lacking. But no w about Cajy
Cooper and the AaLfi elds? They toil
me Jim Ashfield has settled among us
again.”
“ Well, that's the funny part, blamed
ef it ain't,” resonded Vanderlyn. “ I
talked to 'im once in the dark, bnt I
wish I may be shot ef I ever seed 'im
agin, an' 'Cindy ain't nsyer Lud eyes
on 'im ”
“ Well, I'll tell you what, Van; that . f,
'Cindy is a deep one. You have heard
about *hat baby business?”
“ Jedge Walthall’s tittle un ?*'
“Yes. Well, that girl kept that
baby out thero in tbe woods more’n a
year, and nobody knew it. The boys
wanted to send her along with that
lovely brother of hers; bnt she peream*
ed and cried, and said she didn’t know
the baby was stolen. 6he went oa at a
terrible rate. A.wording to her story,
Jiin told her he had found the little
thing in the woods; but it was remem
berer by those who searched her house
for Jim and watched it afterwards that
*it was a month or more before even
'Cindy could be found. The child waa
so changed by exposure and lack of
proper food that its own mother hardly
knew it. That 'Cindy ia a shrewd one.
If she hasn't seen Jim tbe two have
lost their cunning.”
“ No,” said Vanderlyn, decisively.
“She ain't seeti *im. I ast her.”
Young Padgett laughed. .“Maybe
not, Van. It isu't for me to j udge even
’Cindy Ashfield.”
The village poet made two friends
that night- The schoolmaster had
regarded him aa an utterly dis
sipated youug blackguard, and
Miss Jane had always ailadtd to him
ss “that drunken vagabond of a P*dg'
etc” They were both impressed—and
the schoolmaster was not a little sril-
dened - by what they had heard. The
latter, moved by some sudden impulse,*
arose, passed ont through the littie g ue
and crossed the street to where Van
derlyn and Padgett were sitting.
*T have appointed myself a commit
tee,”-he said, *‘.o come over and invite
vou gentlemen to sit with us awhile.
Miss Jane and M:ss Nora are nodding
m the porch and Jack ia fast asleep for
want of company. I was dozing my-
salt ttutil I heard Va jderlvu'g voice.
Won't vou come over, Mr. Padgett?'
“Me?’' enquired the young man,
l na tialL*»a.mtoZdd, half-amused tone.
I* had been so long since such a cor
dial invitation had been <x ended in
R ckville.
“Certainly. Why no ? * heartily.
“Can’t you be s ciable? Y m have
been a hermit loig enough. Coinr.”
* *Tmy Padgett lau^ne • I don’c
think I'm q ri'e presentable, Mr. Wur-
num.” But he went all the same. The
temptation to b* near N ,r«i and hear
ber voice was even more irresistible
than hia periodical thirat for 1 q 1 ,r l:
was a uiemurab e evening for mm 811
ting where he coul jus*, se.? toe out
lines oi tbe > .eautifai f. ce, and listen-
l' g for ihe pleasant voice to break into
the ci nver.-aiion, ho gave himself
wholly up to the spell of the in meat.
He was well educ-ted, iboroughlv in-
fo -med up in all cui rent topics' and
u fluent conversational ret. But, upon
that occasion he surpassed him.e’f.
Inspired by the presence of the
woman whom be worshipped
from ufar, he became brilliant. With
admirable tact, the nchoolmaster drew
him ou*. until even Pidgett was aston-
ieUed at himself.. Bnt through it all
there ran an undercurrent ol salness.
Ha seem id to hear the fair young girl
on tbe oiher side always a-ki’ng:
“ Would you live a new life for my
sake ?” And he was always replying:
“ It 1b too late ”
[TO BE CONTINUED ]
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