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TIIE CONSTITUTION PUB. CO
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FOR THE WEEK ENDING TUESDAY, JULY II, 1878.
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No. 4, Volume X
TEEMS OF THE COKSTITCTIO.t
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*XmUTIO»—took at tae printed UM «a
«to m tae tu tattoos .bow. whoa the
The weather can't get any hotter than
aome of the poliiicuo* will be before
the camp.ltn is over.
Gaa. Bor fcHiRcc wonts to go to
cor greet fn.m Ohio. This is as it
sboald be. We need a professional
poker-player in contras in order that
onr rising statesmen may learn all the
more inurastiag details of the fascin
ating game.
The investigation wilt newer be what
Colonel Bolivar Bnlldtx-r would term
a coo nmmale soccers until the troth,
the whole troth, and nothing but the
truth, is tquaized out of Ampt. It
might be necessary to purchase a hy
draulic press, but we think Mr. Potter
woold be justified in going to the extra
TnSlaweeks ago, Kellogg was abus
ing Mayes for a knave and a villain.
Now he is band in-glove with the lee-
vee of Mr. Tilden’a title, and makes
daily viaita to the white bouse. More
over be is ready to swear to ihe truth
of one of 8}lvanus Cobb’s medieval
romances if it will aid John Sherman
to etespe justice.
Tn* fact that Or. J. C. Ayer, the pat
ent medicine man. died recently in a
lunatic asylum, has attracted the atten
tion of some of the ablest journalists
in tbe country. The theory of these
talented citizens is that toe doctor’s in-,
talleet wsa overworked, and it is s very
plausible one. If the business of In
venting and manufacturing pills and
hair oil renders the intelleci active,
there ate aome republican editors we
know of who would do well to engage
in it.
Wa want to hear Or. Felton explain
wherein be is better fitted to represent
the people of tbe seventh than Judge
George N. Laa’er. It is to be hoped
that he will argue the matter with the
judge on tbe stump. We would like to
know, too, if the doctor believes that
the convention, in nominating Judge
Lester, went contrary to tbe will and
wishes of the people. These are im
portant matters, and-it Is to be hoped
that Dr Felton will give them bis ear-
lie.-t attention.
Ir there was any more evidence
oeedtd to convince us that tie Indians
ate naughty and boisteionr, tbe fact
that they persist in attacking the great
and good O. O. Howard in tbe flank
and rear is sufficient. If there Indian*
were as brave and ss chivalrous a,they
are represented to be in the bocks, they
would charter a special train, catch up
with Howard and attack him some
where in front. How can a Christian
warrior fight the savages in any peace,
or in any degree of comfor 1 , until they
stop chaining him'around and give him
a chance to face thrm T
TUI ALABAMA CASVASS.
The election in tbe state to the west
of us is the next one on the political
calendar, occurring a* it does oa tbe
fifth of next month. Kentucky usually
elects a legislature and state officers in
August, but this year the Is not com
pelled, owing to the biennial feature
c f her constitution, to sustain the strain
of a popular verdict.
In Alabama the democrats bold tbe
field without despote. The republican
of the state met at Montgomery last
Friday, but they decided to burl a lot
of words in the shape of a platform at
the democrats, and let the fight go at
that. A resolution to nominate a sta’e
ticket was promptly tabled, and the
representatives of Alabama's "vast re-
republican msjority" thereupon dis
pelled. Cunning fellows I They will
now be able to conceal their weaknesi
as a party, while they claim all avail-
able patronage from the administration
on the strength of having been buff
dtxed. Tbe gullible northern voter
will be urged to stand np again "for the
old flrg,” because the republicans of
Alabama are martyrs In their devotion
to the onion, when the truth is, they
are simply not numerous enough to
make a ticket or more than tbe sem
blance of an organisation desirable.
The democrats ot the state on the
other band are acting hopefully and
unitedly. Their state ticket stands uu-
aaaailed and unassailable. Kufos W.
Cobb, the candidate for governor, has
been a leadei ot the state senate so
long that he is well known throughout
the state, and the other candidates of
the state ticket are men of capacity and
integrity. The platform sets forth the
usl claims of the party, as the one
that has given and will continue to
give tbe s'ate peace, boueet rule and
prosperity; shows that the prevailing
financial distress is due to the profits
gate expenditures, fraudulent practices
and class legislation of the republican
party; commends the administration
of Governor Houston; points to the
improved financial condition cf tbe
state as an evidence of the good faith
of the party, and congratulates tbe tax
payers upon the prospect of a reduc
tion in the rate ot taxation without an
Impairment of the good name of the
etate. finch a ticket and such a plat
form will sweep the state, with or
without oppseitiou.
fall back to his beloved Ohio. Neither
esme to s*ay, and neither will stay
even in a legal sense beyond his sen
atorial term.
The democrats of Arkansas held their
state convention last week, and a]
though it took two days, harmony and
an admirable ticket were among the
results. Governor Miller was renomi
nated on the fifteenth ballot, and the
rest of the ticket down to the
nominee for chancery clerk un
acceptable men. It is understood
that Gov. Miller represents those who
favor a scaling down of the immense
bonded indebtedness of the state in
stead of an inducrim’.nate repudiation
of the whole of ii. There is no repub.
licau party in the state, but it is po»
sible that the repudiationists and radi
cals may come to the surface in the
fashionable guise of independency.
£x Gov. Rector is sa-d to be willing to
lead such a motly lot; but whether he
does or not, there is no chance to de
feat the democratic ticket.
The platform adopted by the late
convention is a goed one. It keeps
step to popular music. It favors
tbe substitution of United States treas
ury notes for national bank bills and
their being made full legal tender save
where a contract specifies otherwise;
deplores tbe contraction of tbe curren
cy ; opposes further increase of the in
terest-bearing debt; favors the “equali
sation of tbe value of the greenback^il-
ver and gold for all purposes, so that
a national dollar shall be a dollar
among all our people and in every de
partment of our government”; de-
It is to be hoped that the republicans
will not revise their present programme.
We could wish lor nothing better than
to meet them on thla issue, just as we
could wish for nothing better than
to have them wave the
bloody shirt and raise once
more tbe outrage howL
If the claims issue is made with any
thing like the pertinacity which the
tone of the organs would seem to indi
cate, it would be the means of settling
in a very effectual manner a question
that would have been settled effectual
ly long ago but for the wilfulnees of the
republican majority in congress in
voting appropriations for all sorts of
fraudulent claims. Johnfiherman, in a
speech made in Ohio some time ago,
boasted that the party, of which he is
the distinguished type and emblem,
had paid loyal claims in the southern
state* to the amount of thirty millions
of dollars; and it is just possible that
his boast fell short of the truth. Since
1865. it has been the policy of the re
publican 'party to take up southern
claims and pass them to payment in
spite of tbe protests of the democrats;
and in spite of all the convulsions that
the organs are now undergoing, it is
certain that if the party ever obtains
possession of congress again, tbe claims
now pending will share the same fate
as those upon which John Sherman
breed his basteiul utterances.
In this matter of southern claims the
democrats—the souUurn democrats, at
least—will be glad to join hands with
the ultra -patriotic republicans, who are
now in an apparently hopeleea state of
than their favorite receives the nomina
tion. A »imi!ar state of things exists in
Heath or tbe W. ■
ot the Authorities— Indietmc
theurana Jury—The Theory
■ideal Bor—Action
el by
of Ute
have alluded to the fifth in order
our readers may the more readily *P
predate the dangers and difficulties oi
the situation. Theee dangers and diffi
culties, it meat be understood, are
wholly independent ol the wili or the
efforts ol the aspirants thenfielvei
There is probably not an aspirant for
congressional honors in Georgia to-day
(always excepting thoee whose re
markable greed for office has caused
them to defy the party)—who would
not sacrifice his own inclinations and
desires to the good of the democracy.
The troable is, the iriends of the can
didatea are not willing to accept the
sacrifice with equal complacency, aoff
the result is the^development of a spirit
dissatisfaction which subsides into
lukewarmness only to flare up again
upon the slightest provocation and in a .
shape that may bring about the moff wae “ llecud oa th. base ban around., near
K * -its barracks and wtro preparing lor arime.
Charier Venib'.e, aged 14, wu >11011* on the
grouad marking uamee on a hat when Wifi
Lawihe made some alighting remarks to
hku, and than mad* a motion aa If to hit him.
Venable warned him not to do eo, and Lawrhe
aald; "Yon are too pretty to hit.
Venable replied In an independent tone, and
eoon the two boja were in a light. Lawabe got
Venable nnder him. belt g older and atouter.and
niands the unqualified repeal of tbe re- agoniaed apprehension, in putting a
sumption act; favors a subsidy for a
southern Pacific railroad and appro
priations ior Ihe conatrnc'ion of levee*
on the Mississippi river; calls lor a
tariff for revenue only; invites immi
gration to the state; indorses tbe (mud
investigation by congress, and declares
that the colored population of Arkan
sas are identified in intereat with the
democratic party of tbe state, aud the
convention, recogn ; zing the impor
tance of a more barmouiona feeling,
embraces the opportunity of inviting
the colored people to an active co-op
eration in (urtbering common interests.
Tbe democrats of Arkansas surely can
not wants better platform than this.
BLUB BIDOB CBOSSIXOS.
HR. SPUR AMD TUB DEMOCRACY,
It fa quite possible that Mr. Emory
Speer’s arraignment of party conven
tions ia plausible enough 10 convince
ignorant people that organization is
merely a aperies of tyranny, but if an
ignorant man is capable of reasoning,
he will not be long in diecovering bow
piepoeterously silly the arguments
of the Independent candidates are.
It makes no sort oi difference
wbat Mr. fipeer asserts. He may
abase conventions until doomsday;
be may call them "linga” and their
members "tricksters; ’’ be may quote
Toombs and Stephens until echo com
plains at nia hoarseness; but unlay
he can show that tbe rcrul
conventio'ha ark Inimical to
threats of the people—unless he can
show that interior, unsafe and dirhem
Just fifty years ago UDarles Carroll I rat men are put forward as candi-
ol Carrollton lifted the first ahoyel of | date*—unless he can demonstrate that
earth at tbe ground-break iog of tbe I the nominations are contrary to the
Baltimore and O.do railroad. It was will and wishes of the people—his at-
not much of a road at the outset, al- I tacka upon conventions are prepoater
though it had a big charter. It wu I oua and silly. We gather (mm a bnel
operated by hone power over thin synopsis of Hr. Speer’s speech, which
stripe of iron laid on longitudinal sills. I we fldln tbe Gainesville North Geor-
Tbe half century that ha* since elapecd gian, that he crowned his abuse of con-
the wonderful derelope-1 ventioos by admitting that they make
ment that Charles Carroll forecasted I good nominations. If Mr. Speer made
when he inaugurated Baltimore’s great this admission, it wu a timely one for
road. He oonaidered the fact not second I bis hearers. It wu the antidote to the
in his life to the signing of tbe dedara- poison-a complete relutation of hie
tion of independence. elaborate argument against organised
] political bodies; and whether
Mb SrarHBHe bought hie carriage I be nid it or not, it ia true
and horeee for nothing. The democ-1 all the same. He will be compelled to
racy of the eighth district have reed I admit that Mr. Bell made a good con-
him into tbe party in spite of himself, 1 greuman—an excellent representative
and he and B.U Moore are organised I 0 f the people—and he will be coin
democrats whether they want to be or I pelled to make the nmu admission
not. Pmck and determination will tell I shonld either Dr. Carlton or Mr. Bell be
in th* long-run, and it seems tbe or-1 nominated by the approaching c >nTen
ganiasd have these qualities in great I t j on . j n brief, from tbe very nature of
abundance. Two weeks ago even Mr. I thUge, Mi. Speer’s platform consists ol
8tepnena didn't know whether he wu I bnt one plank, namely—gr. undlees de
an organised democrat or not, but the I nundatioa of conventions; and unleu
party took bold of the matter jind when I he can show that their results are iniui-
tbe convention meets it will organise | cal to the interests of the people, bia
Mr. Stephens by nominating him. This I eloquence will be betteied to pieces
is * triumph, not only of tbe Jefferao- I kDQ waste! against the sturdy common
nian, but ol lb* Stephenaonian demoo- I unu of the voters of tbe ninth district,
racy.
TUB AAYSX1H BUTBICi COXTMMTIOX
and his denutciation ol organisation
will be aa words given to the winds.
TUB rOWRR or IBB PRESS.
A correspondent, who eigne himself
Tdte,” writes from Btrnesville, under
date of July 9 h, u foUowa:
MAUmi Owanhifkaa What la tbe Kawifram
The official report ot the Ringgold
convention did not reach os uutti yes
terday. We would gladly comply with
the request of the convention »# to pub
Itcation, if any good oould thereby be
accomplished. Tbe convention wu 1unmet a**w areeka aaaee rear
made up of fine delegations of repre- I naira ears vabaneol agaiaat Mt Stanhaea
aentstive men, whose work is u accept- **> advtaal tbe dasaocratle i»nj to aomlnsm
able u it wu harmonious. The P»b- b^^^tTeT^^
licatlon of a detailed rffixal account I uanae weexpeouudownkt'
after nearly a week has elapsed, woold I an are Mr. staptoaa -great* speech in v
not further the good work, because I »R*mimo» but tbe saloon muauuot
■)—,,! - in nmamaiennr Tae Ooll.TIVirno«l tresa tae *e d May las en
everybodymalready In potoraionof pllMB- . to « l uta*w*aet«.ibt*.fc
the essential facte. Th* convention I mt Oeaynau ee T.i Caaumrr
wu one ol th* largest ever assembled I TllI Oogsrmrnox hu retired fi
in th* district, every county being I fi.jj because Ur. Stephens bu
wall represented. It adopted tbe ma- I from the field. He is no lor
jority rule, denounced dew legislation, I an independent democrat. The in
demanded the repeal of the tax upon I hM outflanked him. Discovering I
th* issues of state banka, re-affirmed I be could not be prevailed upon to
the principle* ol ihe democratic partT, g» nil c bimulf cf his own accord
and rounded off it* ac ion with the I o^uta-d democracy of the eighth
unanimous nomination of Judge Geo. I lricti wl , h determination and en
N. Lester. He wiUtake a seat in the p ri*eo! a wonderful kind, have
Important changes in the connections
between the 8outb Atlantic coast and
the great northwest are impending.
Two years will probably bring about
completion of the missing links, and
make tbe Tennessee and Carolina rail
road systems one for the purpoeee of
throngh traffic. Both of the Carolinaa
are looking forward to -this result,
Iu tbe cidiee of a year the
Spartanburg extension will be
completed to Asheville, where it must
await the completion of theSwanannoa
lunnel under the troublesome Blue
Ridge. This tunnel ia on the North
Carolina extension, which ia to be
joined at Asheville by the South Caro
lina branch. Beyond the great tunnel
there are sixty miles of track to be
built to reach Faint Rock on thh Ten
nessee line. From Asheville to Faint
Rzk the line runs downtBeeaay-goieg
French Broad, and at hast forty per
cent, of the grading ia completed. It
thought that in two years’a time
both of the Carolina branches
can and will be completed
to Faint Rock, giving both Charleston
and Beaufort direct lines to the north-
wee - .
This, however, depends upon tbe
completion of the Tennessee links, of
which there is not lunch douhr. The
gap from Wolf Creek to Paint Rxk ia
short, and the officers of the East Ten-
i, Virginia and Georgia company
say that that they will be at Faint Rock
aa soon as the Carolinians are. A gap
ol about fifty miks remains to be built
in order to tap the Cincinnati Southern
road, the future great north and
nonth trunk line below the
Ohio river. If no other corporation
would build this connection, Cincin
nati would; for she could not afford to
let aneb opportunities of direct com
mnnica' ion tie unimproved.
The completion of the Cincinnati
Southern will, therefore, be quickly
followed by the completion of connec
tions with bo’h of the Oerotioas. II
about the same time Georgia's North
eastern road could be pushed-through
Rabun Gap, are would all “stand th”
when these important railway changts
are made. There is nothing more cer
tain than that the Northeastern will
a otne day tap the coal beds and grana
ries of east Tennessee; but it depends
upon us to any whether we will enjoy
tbe results of such a work or let them
go over to the next generation. Toe
final extinguisher upon tie class
southern claims that have heretofore
been so popular with the magnanimous
republican majority in congress. Two-
thirds of the southern claims now
pending in congress are oi the class
known aa “loyal” cla ms—that is to
say, they are claims for damages done
by the federal troops when thev occu
pied tba sonth, the parties so damaged
claiming to have been loyal to the
union daring tbe war,and to all intents
and pnrpoaes inimical to the success ol
the confederates. In n word, in claim
ing restitution ior property destroyed
by the federate, they confess that, mor
ally at least they were traitors to their
section and their state. Thera are
many just claims pending, and these
will be paid, but the organs need have
no (ears that tho southern democratic
congressmen will not co-operate with
them moe. cordially in putting an end
to the avenge southern claim. Not
only eo, tbe solid sonth will regard it
aa a species of republican reform -a
step in the direction of trne economy —
a timely lesson to teach those who, liv
ing in the aonth) yet desired to see
their section dismantled and overran,
and their neighbors impoverished and
preyed upon.
Let the organa cheer op. Southern
claimants who depend on southern
democratic votes to pass their claims to
payment will have but scant opportu
nity to congratulate themselves upon
democratic successes. So far as the re
publicans are concerned, the war they
-r4 making on eouthern claims is in tbe
direction ok reform—a gqaat improve
ment over the attitude of the party
vhen John Sherman was going about
boasting that a radical progress had
oaid out thirty millions ot dollars to
‘loyal” men in the sonth. The world
moves.
ing 'be want*, of the lower court,
makes ths building of the Ribnu Gulf
iae rather more important to Georgia
at least than it was before.
forty-els th coegraaa.
"A COSTBDMRATA'S ubarit words
Tbe New York ‘tribute prints, un
derthta tide, the following diepnlcb, j "fe^ene
tinned by (ko. uoiuod z
seeded to organize Ur. Stephana,
hammed ntierly tainted to go to
mountain, bat when the mono
seized him whether or no, and yai
him in, so to apeak, what could
aruAKT*, ^V-T. the Officers as* I ** “ <*amo
MNktmnulUffAMKuuM Ottetraaa* tM «u | lie can’t help himself. Ue is po
•* EvtaarLte. Xwd-Dral.d th* *rat u# mill be Dominated by t
fterauM* mtatttaw wit* jjwt raepte t*F*r I ^ , 3
•to. l •and joa tattnntBAi ot • fu.i ne*n lor | »h© Jeffersonian and btaphensci
£ demoeram, and be will thus be don
•.•sa asr; sszAssssriiss iiu » ™ »<>* ° ni - T
SunaaMsSiMTS!! rae I the oagenisad, but ior Colonel
tewaaeumam. —*» oa the Bonk’uuit'bt or 1 Moore, of the E-ening News, end
2?'?mannm > 'lh? 1 I ,or Tbe Consti nmox. In e word
n | to put too fine a print on it, the ii
ri^T »toO*rtl«uai L no|lbt prere ia,aa n distingui
This mesa age was sent by the asso- j historian has remarked, amply inti
dated press to all parts ot the country, I bio.
end it has everywhere been received (
with warm commendatory word*
“Not i he least interestingsays the I
New York Herald, “of the incidenia oi I
TH* AMI ASSAM HIM OCR ATS
The Alabama election in August
1,1 1 oe succeeded by tba Arkansas elec
tbaobrorvanoeof tb. national fcobda, I ^ ^ « September,
•a. th. patriotic message trom u.e , UU| , (j „ ^ a
eonth to th* north throngh Senatoi ^ M , obl e le 3 :ed; and
Gordon.” Th. dispatch attrac ed more ^ >urg wiu ^ MrM .hle
attention and lad to more comment, in M usk ol elrotins a aucsemor
faet, than .U th. other r WidwdlU? aenlir. jo
EesnavUta, to the POopleof whom it one ^ tie UtUe £
-!*%.*£ i!!T 1 *> 1
% *** J **ttO 07tr»| IJi.i - tnH in *v» n> ra-a (J
Uhtair maapfg. » pMftfMMtoi trill »MW« Ml
We feel it to be a dnty we owe to the
people as well aa to the democratic
party of Georgia, to enter a firm and an
emphatic protest against tin peculiar
metheds of campaigning which have
been adopted by the aspirants for con
gressional honors. These methods < no
body the g< rm of an evil that will
sooner or later, if the people do not
taka the matter iu hand, develop into
dissensions, and bickerings and divis
ions in every district in th« etate. The
democratic party cannot succeed
where tbere is a lack cf fcarmODy and
unity among its members; so that
whatever is calculated to mar the har
mony or destroy tbe unity essential to
victory is an evil to be firmly and vig
orously corrected. One of the most
important articles of onr political creed
is that the success of the democratic
party —the triumph of the principli
l hst party—ia far more essential, far
more important, than the success of
any man or any set of men, and when
are believe that tbe success ol the
party ia in tbe remotest degree endan
gered by the ambition ci any of its
numbers we shall not hesitate to sharp-
*n our protest with such criticism aa
circumstances may seem to snggsat.
As matters now stand we feel called
opon to enter a protest against the ac
tion of tbe various district committees
iu postponing tbe nominating conven
tions tor the purpose, aa it woold ap
pear, oi giving the virions aspirants an
opportunity to stir up the feeling of
partisanship which invariably exists
wherever tbere are three or four popu
lar men striving for the same prise.
An active canvas* by rival candidates
in advance ef the nomination is to be
deplored, and, at this particular junc
ture, is decidedly dangerous. It ia cal
culated to develop and nurse into life
a spirit of dissatisfaction among the
people. Each candidate has hie par
ticular friends and these friends form
a faction which will not be satisfied
with the nomination of the
convention unless tbeii
vorite ia selected to represent
the party. This is human nature, and
tbe remedy is, not to make an attempt
to relorm bnman nature, but to take to
usk those who have conspired to bring
about this stale oi things. The amateur
politicians most bo taught that conven
tions are held for the convenience of
■he people and not for the convenience
oi candidates who may desire to convert
the district* into political hippodromes
and go aronnd the circnit arousing
spirit oi partisanship among their
friends. Ii those whose duty it ia
call the conventions cannot be taught
bv mild criticism that it is the conven
ience of the people and not the conven
ience oi candidates that ia to be sub
served, then some more effectual
method most be resorted to.
Aa an illustration ot the evil to which
we have alluded, we neeJ go no further
than the fifth district. The candidates
for the nomination, whose names have
thus Ur been mentioned, are
good men, worthy oi the confi
dence of the people and the
oal ’ support of the party. They are ail
lire IpipuUr, and a!j have Urge foUowtpga
uu [ juthp district. The rooet ef them ar*
i to j eves; calculated to ami)ae enthssUga
> ujiBsh a character that tit* ftinodof one
1 TMtld to tv trm mltM ll w
ol
of
several of the other districts, but wej
‘ that
serious division.
The Unit ia not with the aspirants.
It U with those who have control of the
party machinery by which conventions
called. By postponing the assem
bling of theee bodies to a very late date
they have given an opportunity for an
independent candidate to come in and
take advantage oi the lukewarmness
and dissatisfaction certain to be engen
dered among the more enthusiastic
friends of the defeated candidates.
Tho remedy U a very simple one. The
district committees have only to re
member that conventions are called for
the convenience of the people and not
for the conveniei.ee oi candidates. The
committees should remember, more
over, that their power proceeds from
the people and that it is to be exercised
wholly in the interest of the people.
As to the conventions, it is a good old
democratic rale that candidates should
be men of snch prominence end pop
ularity that their nomination will add
strength to the party—and it is a rule
that cannot be too rigidly enforced.
Tbe selection of a standard-bearer
should be so carefully made that tbe
party and not tbe man will be
strengthened thereby. We want har.
mony and unity in the democratic
racks. Blunders such aa thoee wo have
beea mildly criticising are nothing more
nor lees than inviUtions to independ
ent candidates to take advanUge of the
bickerings and dissatisfaction of rival
factions of rival candidates. We do
not desire to see political hippodromes
established ih Georgia—circuits around
which good men are led by their
ambition, and who, annwittingly
and thoughtlessly, sow tbe seeds
discontent and division. If
we apeak plainly it is because the time
for plain speaking has come. Tbe peo
ple, and thoee rfh° represent the peo
ple are growing tired. The question
oi preserving democratic harmony and
organisation in the aUte, in the dis
tricts and in the counties is vital. We
care nothing whatever for the personal
success of any candidate. What wa
desire-whar Ihe people desire—is ths
triumph of the democratic party and
principles. What every loverSfEfe ^“1““
country and his section desires is the - -
preservation inuct of that organization
which has saved the eonth—which has
saved GeoigU—and which, we hope
and believe, will save the country.
There can be no success without it Ii
the sdministration oi the government
to be wrested from tbe knavery and
corruptions ot those who now have
control, it mu9t be done by the demo
cratic organization, and it is in this
view ol the case that we enter onr pro
test against any and every movement!
inside of the party or out of it, that
seems to point, even indirectly, toward
ultimate dissension and division.
THE BASE BALL TRAGEDY.
The icoonnt of the unfortunate afftlr in
which Carl Mitchell to eerioua'.j wounded Will*
UmLiwahe appeared yesterday In a ahape
which docs Injustice to young MUchelL The
head lines inadvertently giTen to the article in.
dicaiel that his act was of a much more culpa
ble character than ii really war. and conveyed
■ome insinuations which were not deserved at
nil by the jouth.
He ia, we learn oa good authority, ore of th«
model boya of the high school, haring, at the
end of the last term, shared the tint honor of
the second grade. His schoolmates all agree in
pronouncing him a clerer boy. and bis teacher
indorses the opinion. He U the son of Prof. H.
a. Mitchell, principal ol tbe Marietta street
grammar echooL From good sources we learn
the following as
THS FACTS
of this important case, which Is eo deeply de
plored: Monday afternoon about forty boys
BXATXVQ HU SEVERELY.
Carl M itchell wu standing near. He ns all.
Venable and he are •‘partners," as the boys say.
Carl resolved to defend his partner, and. seizing
n bat, he struck Law (he on the back ot the
head, near tbe Juncture with the spine. Lawshe
fell like he was dead, and for a few a condi did
not breathe. The boys tuppoted Carl had killed
him. Soon the wounded boy recovered and
gasped convulsively. Lawshe*s friends were ail
very angry with Mitchell’s interference, and
were about to pumah him’at once for it, bu 1
were prevented by the pluck of the latter’s
friend a
Mitchell left the grounds with aome of hit
friends, and Lawshe was taken home.
At ni ht Mr. William Venable, brother of the
boy involved in the fifthL, advised Carl
Mitchell to go and give himself up to an oDcer
ol the law. He accompanied the boy to the
house of Justice Bait, where he surrendered on
a warrant for assault with intent to murder.
Justice Butt required a bond of
nmiM THOUSAND DOLLARS,
which Mr. Venable signed.
Yesterday ths grand jury considered the esse
and found a trne hill against Mitch eu for as
sault with intent to murder. Judge Hillyer de*
dded that a bond of $5,000 was sufficient lor the
case, and Mr. Venable signed It.
DKATU OF LAW8U8.
The condltiou ol Lawshe was very precarious
boa the time he was struck.
Or. Bosch was called to aes him soon after he
was struck, and he at once saw the danger, and
did alj he could to prevent it The wounded
ooy was onoontdoos, and his danger was fatly
recognized, kaily yesterday morning there pre
vailed a report that Lawshe had died from ths
effects of his wound. This proved to be incor
rect, but tbere was no hope for him. He lin
gered until 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon, when
hed'ed.
Before death came. Dr. Willis Westmoreland,
audited by Dr. Dan Howell, examined the skull
and aaw how serious it was fractured. Part of
the skull was taken ont and trepanned aa skil
fully aa pcmible, but all these tfioru failed, and
death came at 20 minutes past 5.
TBS IH QUEST.
As soon as the death was known Coroner Kile
summoned a jury to hold an inquest over the
body of the deceased. Several witnesses were
exs mined and all the facta brought out. After
hearing all the jury returned the following
A TWIN-HUSBAND.
Two Wives, Tata Way*, and tteanda-
lom Li slug—la ht J W. I*. Faealrri
—A -oiniiun of (be Question Ana*
JonsJjr A*ooked For,
The following is clipped from the
Chattanooga Times:
tp. & J. West atlas L.
wick ia now pret ching lot the BaptiU chorea at
Greensboro. H. C, where he mamed a young
lady, number ot an icfloential family. ▲ pho-
tograpool Weal and outer documents were sent
to the clerk cf the church, who wrote Major
Connor to ‘‘come on at once and identify kin."
Being unable to go, W. W. 8impsoa,e*q, under
took ihe taAk and Jen for Greensboro aturday
evening. Yesterday he teiegrapea Major Oon-
—JT u lOUOWSS
M lt ia he. Ht a strong backing outside. Brethren
afraid to mere. What can I dor
To this Major C immediately replied:
"Consult the beat lawyers in the place. Do
your duij if the brethren are too cowardly to
Turn is a pretty commentary on the church at
Greensboro Here Is a man shown by indiapu-
table evidence
A SCOOMDAKL OF 1HX DARKEST DTE,
polln lag the sacred office of the got pel ministry,
and marry lag one of the members in me face
of a former dec aration ia their pulpit that he
was a married man. and vet "afraid to mn«A ••
Those timid brethren will find Mr. dim
termlncd to at leesi expose the scamp lfhe<
not put him in the penitentiary, wnere he be-
*«— —— i,y tbs name of Rev J W Pack*
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Tckei or Cora G’.ccca: a neve'. 12 no.
f^ro wewgota Di uw named Bev 1 W Fack- I Wife-a MwaMg.a; a noral llmo
ler m Greensboro. He had been there and mar* I Tiber and Thame*, ih ir asroci.tlon part and
rieQ before he visited CnatUnooga. When he I pre-e.it, 8vo, 11 u troted.
kax awat from here ] Her Majesty, the Quxn; a novel, J Eaten Cooke,
he returned to Greensboro, via Louisville. I n«,i? n< v«rthTmM. w nmt . nn
Bdrotat OrMtaboto, lie gaze out that He had |
burt. Rev N c, Uonre Among the Goipdi, llmo.
1874 76. 3
been absent in Washington and Louisville. He
of Atlanta, and others. This Is all our informs- I • i:°V
I KmZloe; . oo,d.-b. MmMH Itotlumo.
“ Uli * Ch ~ k ‘*“ 5“ | nro^rttand. * nerd. b7A. JCSM. Igm0
REACHING THE BOTTOM FACTS.
After reading the above a reporter of The . WUBa . „ uu
Constitution visited Dr. A. T. Spalding at nia I moisture of
Hooey and Uw>; pawns, by PSSaltua.lftmo
H r.co W.ld ; a nuv<.l, by Mis 4 M&i,a'y
Huue t Freeth a Piosperity, by Mrs N Uossland.
* to Una: a nov«^ “—
sing by C O Bimbaagh, ltmo.
Ld; a novel, by R N Cj.cy.ttmo,
8_« home, and ... Inrtted Into bU boaplubl. ^ ^
realdecoe. Upon accepting the invitation he I Political L'orcraiia, 12mo
entered the house, when he was introduced to I Princess and Gojlin; fairy story, by Geo Mao*
Mr. Vanbotue, ot OmUauooga, Term. The ar- I k-.’SSS:
hole irom the Time* aa* handed to Dr. 8. wee I
read it aloud to Mr. Vanhouse. This gentleman I Uud. r Lock and Key; a novel, by T M 8pe’ght.
return home tram Green-boro, N.C., where he I 12mj 3 K 3
had been to investigate ths charge made against I Laird of Narla v; a novel, by Mrs OUphanL
& J. West alias L. G. Boatwick a! Us Rev. J. W “•“we*it'mf' atnmt *' Ulcir ,MO P~i»*r»rion,
Fackler, and to ascertain if he was tko Rev. J I Handb ok of Toilet in Anc'eat and Modem Times
W. Fackler who presided at a revival held ia the I
SecoLd Baptist church in Atlanta in the summer | A ,, A 2*?*
of 1875. Our informant tells us that the follow-
ing ls the atatement oi Mr. Simpson with refer-1 Oa the Lord’s Sapper; a preparation for'com
to the investlgationa «"■«<■? by him at I m munkm, by Tiiomas Ariisoo, D D.
Greensboro: | PimUco. Fragmente and
ME. SIMTSON’S DISCOVERIES.
Mr. Simpson passed through this city Saturday I AlmCa.TPneTi; A Novel. lSmo
last, en route to Greensboro. He had " ‘ * ‘
pocket a picture of West alias Boatwick.
he obtained from M*jer Conner of Chattanooga.
Over FIwv* Millions of Human Beings
UyiBB ol Stnrvntluu.
From the London Times.
Shanghai, April ^ 27.—The famine
M We ths jnry find that the deceased, William
. Lawshe, cams to hia death by blows fn
base ball bat In the hands of Carl Mitchell.’
Ion of the deceased was x
by Dr K J Roach. It was fonod that theskulj
was fractured fearfully. The blow descended
nearly on the crown and produced five fractures,
oneof which descended to tbe temple. Itseem-
that the brain was seriously crashed by the
THE WAESAET.
After the death of Lawihe, his brother-in-law.
P. Barnes, went before Justice Tanner and
hteTwlLh manler* 1 He was ar^^d^b^^fmff ble rikemrion. Fackler was invited ont of tbe I A * P-F *® MiU oa tbe "buuj ccuon of Women, I and discharged the rifle withone hand I do not calmly fold tfieir hands* and die
John Honnazhzn.'.od at 8 o’clock wu uk«> to 04 ““ cburch “« cot.grez.Uoo be. ^ Flower,; bow tbar grow, etc, f ® ,he “ b ««^ n *«> «>llor trade dollgra. like our poor fellow subjects, the Mar-
—>•-* * Fackler I by w l Batiy. 12 mo. j gro , ic, i were thrown into the air, and I draesees, last year; they cat the dead,
the city ball, where ho appeared before Ju*ge
bwevthcau; a novel, by Rhoua | i B ts. gome sent spuming a hundred I the living for the same purpose. " This
amusing to see the I is no Oriental exaggeration, but the i
POSTSCRIPT.
A postscript is made up of after-
thoughts.
Ths unripe peach ia not good tor pre-
sexvlag—the health.
There is only one country in the
world where every female is titled. Thewc
of Holland ate all Dutcbwies.
Since the democrats have organized
Mr. Stephens and BUI Moore, the latter refines
to converse even on business without getting on
adry goods box
Ths Augusta Chronicle should bl
low the Shining example of The Constitution
aid scceptthe nomination of Mr. Stephens\« a
victory lor the organized democracy.
Hox. Charles C. Kibbxx will be a
candidate for the damocrauc nomination for
congress In the third district Tbe state is la
debt to Mr. Kibbee for some very valuable ffr-
ricea.
Toggle and Harris are making it
warm for toe arerag* voter in tbe fourth dir
trick They locked borna in LaGrsnge the other
day and the boys had a good deal of fun sad
lljtr lo give bond on the warrant. The pita *ooo tacune the aoaoeM. ol the .cum ol the I ^ ?«•
oner was represented by Mr R 8. Jeffries while fovn, and as ocisttd with only j Jtstoo >., T „
snjfHtn* Bin til atit* iinnn «■ w>wkst of tfe low, Wilfred Lunuerawoe; a novel, by Geo Macdon-1 ywds, and it W*8 amusing to see the I is no Oriental exaggeration, but the ac-
sultation tbe counsel agreed oa a bond of $5 ooo A special friend who accompanied him on all aid, llmo crovd start after them beiore thev fell, tual state of things in a district not 700
oooalouaare. th. hewl boUj of iheaowe. Thi. D D U got w*. chipped. Texas miles from Shanghai.
Ugnedby Mr. x>. A. Beatie, prof. E. g. Morn P* 1 * was rarely seen separated, but would go I 7 16m0 •• 7 Ueu 7 Want * D D ’ Jack matched the Peruvian with a The following memorial was issued
— arm in arm together upon every occasion. Mr. | Key to Knowledge anUJse of tbe Bible. I Mexican dollar. Pointing at the cap I bv Li Ho-Nien, governor of Honan and
*^o?is Lxfm n t!ain Ai - i^ r *fUn I of liberty in the center he ehon.ed, I Yuan, special high commissioner for
» .« k . • . .. , e;apo.m,byHouKooeab«S* “Knock out that capdoctoi.” The doU I hun^ne lelief:
leaving thj hotel and upon arriving at a cor- I jmpendtam or G.eciiu Antiquities. Clevelaud I iar was sent above the heads of the I ‘ TLh drought with which the pro*-
ner not tar distant, the desoon remsreed te | Qoiei Mire oodoiphta; a novm. by Rath Gar-1 spectators, the rifle cracked, and Jack | y nce has been visited for several yeArs
“THESE THEY ABE NOW,’
Mr. B.,
will be burled to-day If his mo'ber arrives in
time. Sbs ls absent, and an effort will be made
to keep the remains until she reaches tbe city.
Carl Mitchell, who la between fourteen and
fifteen yean of age, ia spoken of by all who
know him as a model boy, modest, truthful and ^ T he two referred
noble lmpulaet. It was his lmpulai'
that led to the sad affair, the details of which
iriei*. the bully of Greensboro. There two I
haregireu abore. It IzuotreuibleUret the ““ Mr ' simp*” ami hi. Wend Toth.pereon reeding oa(oar Mbrertbereaod j,^ he it , long way lower Cue*. «... u.e. ,u »
* ^ until the quartette met fac* to face upon the (18 in money we will re-re one of the tolfowirg [ 0 jf .“It turned sideways,” said he, and they soon disappeared or dispersed
I uuvaf a Rebel War cie*k j w Jones, a U|ind d«>PP®d in the edge of the giw*” I io search of BUbsisteLce elsewhere,
^^rof w a ‘ J w J ^ ^ I pointing to a patch of timothy over 100 Now the famine has attacked the well-
The friends of Dr, Felton are not ss
confident that he will have a walk-over as they
were a few weeks ago The nomination of
Judge Lerterhat done much to heal tbe divis
ion of the democratic tanka, and the csnvsMhe
take will do more. Be will be
was flipped np and shot ont oi sight. I could be counted by millions. The
. . Jack said he saw it going a long way | lower classes were first to he affected^
face upon the I
sidewalk. Fackler said to Mr. 84
•I suppose that you are hunting me; are I ^ ^
you? ” I Ligni o? the World; poems andhyp ns,Ul r atreted. I yards away. Its owner wss chagrined, I to-do and the wealthy, who find them-
MzSlmpaoa mule no repig- aa tbe q err w.e lT.oi ,* rauncreton, bj p Ljttoa Bel- J or he vul t*d it as g memento. A five eelves reduced to pester misery as each
iim Oau'«o7i£cU«ot M.dcln^ by Wm Alt- centnickteglistened m the sunlight, d.yroee by.end they, in their turn,
•yed the individual who made the rmark with i ken, m d,8to. and was snuffed out like acandle. A I are dying off or following thoee wb<»
a view to compare* very feature of the face with I .niBreis ran:ed by Themselve*, from th> cent followed it with a “Di-i-init” that have migrated else where. In the earli« r
vb i /^uS' , £s , ,i!«’ Z \,’auB-.r. “b“outh*3™^^ofthi £^ ^“01 ^. e i*.
pockeL The speaker remarked that be and hia 1 0 .j® t irotn the Fieoch, by Norman Lockyer, I the twang of a guitar string. I upon the bodies of the dead ; next, the
w werB An«5i? , 2 ,u {h? e irmT of the cnmberiand R* a i Mr * Hiines then annonDCfd that the I strong devoured tbe weak; and, now,
Atumte^i^tbe Army r theCu imund, 8to1 i doctor break a hundred balls on the general destitution has arrived at
but that before he left he intended to dltdote I Miadi«march; a novri, by Geo E’Uat, s vote. I time. The four r'fles were loaded, and I snch a climax that men devour those of
every fact with reference to tbe care to the breth- ^ * nian detailed to assist Texas Jack in their own flesh and blood.'*
ren of the church. Mr simpeoa told Mr Fackler I 8 “5S5-ei. *"** w “*wi h porirata keeping them loaded. A boy stepped This dreadful picture ib inlly borne
that he wanted him to go to Atlanta with him ; I Amszou and Madeira Rivera, Kei cr, 8ro, tiius-1 to the barrel and banded the balls to I out by the letters received in Shanghai
that If he would he (Simpeon) would defray all ^ r ,_ | Colonel Fletcher, who kept them in I from the foreign missionaries in Shansi.
Sunday afternoon there was a severe expense* Tttiaoffjr Mr Frefuwd to the strong- Lemu^^JJ^atory anducacripuonsorth.au-» the air as fastas he could throw them. In the prefecture in which the cap-
thunderstorm which niesad aU around the city cm terms, and in doing so aald tnat he and hia I I The doctor stood as though carved in ital of Shansi ia situated, the popular
and gave aome exhibition of its power in the wife would leave Greeuabcro the next day never ‘ I stone. The rifle was raised and fired. I ttonhas diminished from over 1000,-
to return. He aiao r. quested tbe deacon to fur-1 |A quick jerk downward with the right 000 to 160,000, and the Chinese news**
idea of murder could have entered hia mind. It
acaroely poatible that he could have contem
plated seriously injuring the uniortunste young
The only plausible theory or the occur
nee ia that Carl Mitchell, seeing his friend
overpowered by a much larger antagonist, hia
first thought was to reacne him. Acting upon
thla impulse he aelzsd the bu, and, without
sopping to consider the remit, dealt the fatal
blows that have plunged two families In the
deepest sj/row.
div.
It ia earner to put > car-load of taw
mtanselou Into * aecilon .1 poliahed aton-
pipe than to convince an independent candi
date that he is not tnat the man for the people
t. And this season the indications are
that it w ll be aa hard to convince the peopte
that they want independents
Emory Speer is complaining through
the Athens Watchman that the delegatee to the
oouventiob are pledged. The practice may be
ocjectionabte, bat what has Mr. Speer to do with
that? Moreover, if they are plelged it lathe
fault of tbe people and not the fanlt of a
ration which haa not yet even aasembled.
Mr. Speer still withholds his plat
form of principles from the too ardent g>zr ol
the multitude in tbe ninth district, it wul be
■ for him to attempt to make the campaign
by merely attacblng conventions. Upon this
issue be la already silenced unices be can prove
that tbe nomiaeea of tbe cocventlons in his
district have misrepresented the people.
Tax friends of Colonel Thomas G.
Laweoo, of Eatonton,aie desirous that he should
allow hia name to go before the legislature as
candidate lor judge of the Ocmul<ee circuit
Colonel Lawsjn is one of the met: prominent
ben ol ibe Geoigis bar, hia attainments ra
hit profession embracing sot only a profound
knowledge of tbe law itself, but the literature of
tbe tew
Nobddy will join with ns in nomina
ting Georgia editoes. But for the fear of aettieg
would nominate Dick Graon in the first, John
Triplett tn the aeoood, Pat Woods in the third,
Jewett DeVotie in the fourth. Daws Alexander
tn the filth. Ingenious Speer in the sixth* Carl
Willing;.am In the seventh, and-BU Moore
the eL-hth. After all this ia but an idle dream’
Let us awake to the rent realities of hie.
AMaWmRB TO CORBX*POXDMJITS.
Msexetta, GAre July a 1878.
Editors Cos»**rrnox: Wnfle yon
are on the“tobec^questioo.” Gobboo
aecuti. wants to go to the txoaL She pi
dusra (who dote cot tike to tell his real ace,
he is a w idower) that used the weed SO jean,
and hea quit its ore f r 5 years. His came is H.
^ Y a Fall River Saffrrer.
higher I 1 ’ said the doctor, and up~they I Fall River, Mass., July 9.—James
_ jwf'rSlf.'aiiSS^S’rimiig I went ei K ht y or ninety feet, and were M. Anthony, largely interested in the
picture of the mala wbo went bv the nmma r>i I . WU AgHjia lWi. broken on the turn. Each ball was Union milU, died to-day from an over-
vZZ to «. B&'Var'StaSL^ti.'l'tSrS’.ISS: fllled , witb others, and aa the glase I dose of chlorai hydrauC Hut neivous
- r. Spatdiug .(A^fant* ol Hr. f« kte^who wu “Ii ranu??7 u>m^ brKrMkiViSSS! ttmo w “ Mattered the feathers floated off on system haa been much disordered by
our city tn the aummerol 1875. were I lmm Owmin-Sn.. [the wind. Tbe doctor then tried too tool I the great losses of the mills owing to
I M? °L U<0 8 “ h-tcUmii. hy Ueo . uuiuid. ltu I thrice, reloading his gnu twice while I the uelalcgtious of the treasurer
rpamiCAILYth*aaxz. ;ohnTcoauwuu; a non.. I. hill'-II Ik- ”™l lUTX i,^~1, 1 “'‘“““""a ui mo lunurer.
_ ..... I Joshua Da* (Lou «v>n.mtinhff ijmn I & Dali was in tne mr, and break it at
That the various features of the face In each I Aoua a of qu zdlijct, by VLu J F Kciraedy. the third shot. He did it on the third
picture are exactly alike, and that both pictures kjM;* novel, 12m . trial. Half of the bail fell among the
i.ltaeMwof ihaaMMpMKm. TIM de.c»u “»£• spectators behind him. Texas Jack
thaGrcaaialMrochiirchlQlormadMr. hlmpaoa j Bari. UcnriJc; novek7ro*i ttM FkuoIISao. I raid. “Dead bird, but fell out ol
while In company wtih him upon the streets that I Ma^It Be; snoveu by Carl Uj u#. Svo. I bounds."
Ur Xackler had .U'cd Irom the pulpit that he b, B J 0 *® ** day was begun.
WM I Fere. Inna I What had been done was mere byplay.
a mABUID MAN, I Wd Marrys itaveteonthe Coatinent, juvenile I One hundred balls were thrown into
and that he had a wife and two children residing I PhlU*^Van Art rede; poe ns. by Sir Henry Taylor 1 1 air alternately, and they melted I seems now to be at its worst. Tlieim
in Louisville, Ky., where he reaided many years, I Qaakei Fan sun; a tai« of the revolutionary I »way like magic. The doctor shattered I poveriahed country consists in the
engaged aa a printer uooa tbe Courier*Jouruai. I .. . __ 191 out of the hundred. As fast as each I greater part of the provinces of Shansi,
few weeks ago Mr Fackler stated to a member I h wVr^oniS S Sf’hSTdc eSLuStMiery ltmo I ri ^ e WIUI emptied of its BCOre of balls, I parts of southwestern Chihli, Western
the church that he intended removing hia I vse*ruh roe; a novuL ltmo. I be laid it upon the table and seized a Shantung, and the northern districts of
famRf to Greensboro to hve, and wanted to pro | Tha ca-tieFisgur-, by ii ifourgiogcon, M D. its I freeh gnn. He shot faster than Texas I Honan, comprising an area van iusly
cure board tor them. Very soon alter this it I CowpSa^oJtica WoriuT^brnT'’ llai0 * Icould load. The balls were hurled I estimated at 70.000 to 100.000 tquare
Vssaacenaiued that Mr r*ckter • • » 4 ^i**^*^1«««Jem*; The FreacdUr and Els- [ in tbe air ftomJlfteen to eighteen yards I miles. The greatest distress is ia the
* Fating His ADDxiasxiTo xiss yaebsough, a in front of the doctor. The hot rifles aouthern half of Shansi, including tbe
the charming daughter of the proprietress of I hi£^Sn£ ttpb °‘‘ nl A Book forth8 House. I were handed to an attendant who s*t I provincial capital,Tai Yuen,the popula-
the Yarbrough house at Greens bo rough. The I Hoc-e wife’s Domestic Science—A Book for thal them in a tub of water and sponged I lion of which,unless rain comes at once,
marriage tervicea of the c.upie were celebrated * t. I them eff like horses. They were then bids fiir to Decome absolutely extincu
soon after in the parlor of the hotel, and Bev. TfiSscri^ure SSSStSs^otSiST* b^^vSo wi P* d OQt ***& handed to Texas Jack, In its horrible details, as given by all
J. W. Fackler, according to his own statement, I B*rae,Du I who reloaded them. I witnessed, foreign and native, offic al
waa a muchly married man. This social event JSsLi'^L, 1 ,After again successfully trying his and missionary, it is the direst calamity
*- Greensboro was soon noised about and Edit. h^So-Head. Fairv storv i6mo shoi » » ball was tossed upward that this or any country has been vis-
occurrence furnished a topic of considers-1 Old Ooontess^a novel, by e Hofer (find broken by the doctor, who aimed | ited wi*h. The sturdy Chinese peasants
DlrtAiWWID, WIC *11X0 UBVACU, BUU WBV* I T UW U-O ..u.awaua J “V“
Demi-Moii.e; a satire, by A'ex Domas. I flow after the metal. It had a hole I in succession has resulted in a famine
sroauch audits Difficulties, Medical, | through the center, and the liberty cap I of an intensity and extent hitherto un
and pointed to two individuate coming down I nra-. - noT#L I was uken out as neatly as thongh cut I beard of. Aa autumn advanced m o
the street Tho two referred io were the m*n I ^.eaiou irou* tTnamb-ivitepj/rtory, i2a»o. I out by a chisel. Nothing but the I winter the number oi thoee in need ot
who was the object ot their search, ana his j wtouow's F.rce ana Nature ncenliAc. | rays of the sun remained. A quarter I relief iucreased daily, until at last they
STRUCK BT LIQBTXIXO.
stantly
tba stroke and waa so severely shocked that
BEATS THE WORLD.
niLDMSXisrjssx.OA.
The Exploit, or nr.ramr-Khoollnx
cut. on tne Fly atllh a gllla-l'ni.
ling the Keek*ofBotllrearhaeThey
nere lam* la Air
Gotham hzs, at last, a genuine sen
sation!
The polo dubs are paled; the coach
ing club ia retiisd; the new-fashioned
su’eides have lost their inteieat; the
passionate gentleman who carves his
(gmilrand then shoots himself, thus
getting the fu t before the horse, attracts
no more attention, but all of Gotham
has gone out to see a wild man shoot.
A 51A&VELL0U3 UTLX 8UOT.
His name is Carver. He ia the best
rifle shot in the world.
It would be impossible to credit the
story of his exploits if it appeared iu
only one paper; but as all the New
York papers concur, we must believe
statements.
ing on the wing he takes sight witi ont
shotting either eye. This attracted to*
Jtiontion of a stranger yesterday.
Why do yon aim with botheyeaopen
doctor ?” he inquired,
, “Oh, it'a a habit I acquired on the
plains,” responded the dector. “When
shoot! rg deer, I kept one eya open for
the deer and the other one open for
Indians.”
After the hip shooting, the doctor
seemed attacked by a rifle fever. He
blazed away at anything. Two pocket
matchboxes were spun into the air and
knocked into smithereens. A gentle
man threw np a blue lead pencil, and
itlelllothe ground in two pieces. A
black pencil met the same fate. A
lusty bumble-bee hummed over the
.ward, and the doctor greeted it with a
bullet that onthummed the insect, for
the bee flew off at a tangent, and took
the ground in a bee line. Hie doctor
had shot away its wing. One of ihe
most surprising shots was at a rifle
cartridge. It was struck the first time
at twenty- five feet and ihe shell knock
ed off. Carver drove the bullet through
the air with a second shot. A silver
three rent piece was wiped out the sec
ond trial. An enthusiastic genius wob
bled his pocket-book eky ward, and it
We condense the account of hia ex- d ° wn a hole in it. There
Ploit. from the various ptpera, giving I covered*Sattite^*u
some of tho moat wonderful. We comi- take the money out of it. A folded
mend them to the attention of the At-1 ropy of The Son went up, and came
l&nta tifle club. It must be remem-> I down pierced. On unfolding it twenty-
bored that this shooting is done with a Th^^k Ui^w uplto* briAa^re
rifle. It would be wonderful with a were two reports, and the BpectR.ora
ehot-gnn; with a rifle it is miraculous. I were coverea with brick dust. The
At 3 p. m. vesterdav Dr. Carver [ doctor broke a brick, reloaded his gun,
stepped to the front cf the little ehed In! deUcl l? d p , iece t“
v, , . _ , . . „ I atoms while in the air. He also shot
near the centre of Deerfoot park. Four c ff the neck of a soda bottle while in
Winchester rifles lay on a table to the the air, rechaiged hie rifle, and shat-
nght. The famed Texas Jack and CoL tered the bottle before it fell.
F n e ‘^? r J .? f . ?*? Jl““ uco ’ Colonel Fletcher then threw np a
shoved bullets into the rifles, supplying f etce picket end wise. A bullet pierced
themaelvee from a strong rag carpet- it* centre. Again it waa launched into
b .‘*3 n .^° U o le ‘ , A h"” 1 of S 4 " 8 the atmoephere. A second bullet went
stood thirty-five feet away. The doc- through the hole made by the first.
tor pl ,i ked . n J? a and a position The picket was kept in the iir, and in
near the table. The spectators spmd seven shots the doctor cot it in two
out in two long wmga on each side, pieces. A negro with a buck aaw could
P'iT'i 1? ons » ab “™ h » lr »“ thrown no t have done better,
behind his earn. He wore dark panta- Mr. J.T. Hill, one of Colonel Berdan’s
toons, lapped over his boots, a soft sharpshooters, picked up a piece of lath
white flannel shirt, hM light-colored six i ncfl e* long, Blood forty feet away,
sombrero and a glazed belt, with a gold B nd a ked the doctor to Aoot it ont of
buckle nearly as large as a railroad freg. hi< , hand. Carver did so. Then Texas
H J a r ? h V w “ c 5 T ^? d w,th * J«* h eld up a shingle and seven bul-
grimj buckekin gtove, and the corner i et a were sent through it so close to
ot a blue silk hradkerchief peered fro^. gether that they made a hole large
the pocket of his shirt. A white silk enough for a rat to jump through. Hill
scarf encircled hia neck, and was fast- I , he n held up an exploded cartridge,
ened to hia bosom bv thedtamond-eyed I and the doctor shot it from between his
and ruby-noetnlled gold horse's head thumb and f re-finger. Hill had never
TiL Wta«“sw,(.J.T«u.) T 3 d «* r ““t* 1 yeeterrtay. but
whfoh „ * <*• ei flucceasive glasa bfillfl while, riding a after witnessing his shooting said that
Wfifon Er.iu^, tile Bjid, by Beker 8 w, (. juveaUe) glob j horse at full speed in O Aliform*. he would not have hesitated to « hold
Upon bis arrival here bo visited Dr. Spalding FlreVlgade.br Bilur8 W. (e jurenUe)globeed. U - P * fly by hind leg8 » and Iet him
aud procured from blma picture ot Mr Fackler Seymour;« novel, bvo. t ? S8ed »«veial glass balls in the air for np away at it.”
Arm^^reo^c,^^^; I -he png* of putUng Ihim^tnm.'
SC 1 U °^i!' 0 si,r, e T““ d blt " tiiongh struck b, lightning “Ttoow
in search of tne man whom be wished to identify I Aunsls of QiMUbet, by Hoa J B Kennedy,
with tne pictures. Mr. Simpsou says that <he I vVor *v. Pu -» “ "* ‘
much excited over the event
■ eoyci&i wcid luiuwu unu tuo an, i ui*cdcdo| *cu>i> , uic/ mo uwu,
promptly chopped by the doctor's but-1 and when there none to take, they kill
TB.B sKiaaBR tbaqrdy. I hand popped the empty shell in hia I papers here give the number of people
ntih Mrs Fackler No 2 with her certificate of)
membership of the Baptist ctrarchot Greens-
which occazzed .b.at s o’clock. Mr. J. M. ban. When thacoovaraatloahad flaUhM the I “Vb/r’-mcura.Va? I Eighteen" glare bafla werebroken *s|awfnltatejustrecorded,*tover5,000,-
8iephenA a telegraph operator, who rtaidea on partj broke up. Mr Shwvaoaaa* hi* IrMwU n-1 An „ lr r 1 Iqmck ss n lazy man could clap his 000.
Power, auaet la the sth ward, wza la on* ol • b* tarred to the depot, red tha former took p*w*ge | iutnds eighteen times. Then * ball was I The government has not done touch
bod icon* with hU wile and two children, when lor Atanta, when, upon hia arrival, he met Mr I The killing oi J. J. fctmner W“ I missed. There wre no'.iher tong run to relieve its tamine-etricken sut’jscts.
the Ugh icing atrock * ties In the jmrd. In- Vanhuae and nqoHted Mm to make known I brought about bj ■ mfeterlou art of rtrcnm-1 o j f 0 Howed JJ two miseea. I The board of revenue has sanctioned
tb* tart, which ha nad peoenred to I)r AT Spal- I aunert, aome ol wbkh ware hinted at yesterday I 0 o e hundred and eig t bells were bro- lonna to Bhinai of 600,000 taels end
nmsecs ra*annas din*. >h» ke n iu three mine* » and fifty-three 100.000 picola of rice. A further grant
oooaeol Ihe corners and then want Into the o*. arAUnzo a oranos. | On the lunnh ol Jnij there waa»general Irollc I The time would have been I of 200.000 taels and 16,000 piculs of
room. Mr.supbena-aarKUnlncoua leather upon the coocmalon ol tha coorataatton of I *• “Jr" «Pdn*.lu«t ootalde tho a.rthem cltr I eren ^ eUer> were it not for an awk-1 rice waa made by the imperial govern
bed reading. Ho saja bo felt a terrible thock, onr reporter with Mr. Vanhoose, Dr. Spalding, I At night there wze chop oat the *roun«a with om :f the nfles. This men! on the 22J ol Much in an edict
and the whole room appeared to be In s Ware, who had listened attentively to the wnJe nar-1 *“ a » * ,Mrid iolliflratioa It appeals I [, the beet time eve; made by the docs I in which the emperor ia made to ac-
Be aaw something which looked like a hop mire, mane a few remarks relative to tbe mat-1 ‘too* tod been toeij used during the daj and 1 beating his Breton time over forty cose Uimseli oi every form of miegov-
,ill or nag tar. Ho believed that Mr. simpwm bed not by Ute time nlgbt cimj. most ol the crowd secoE( j s Jj e discharged the rifle* fastr ernment.
which went Into the center of the roomeud eecn Mr.Feckier, hnt hedeeenMr. Huetwtck,ol |-ere 1 er than two men could load them. I Contributions to a considerable ex-
thereeeemed to explode and dr tn all peruot Canada, who. In hi- opinion, la an imposter. I otreaatuiT tioht I Oo). Fletcher then stood a hundred I tent have been made by the diflerent
the room. Mm. Stephen, wu znocked down by Hemy. that Mr. Blmpron may not tote are. | andwedyfor tan._^A dreoa waa todand wm a and began to hurl glare provincial governments, and an
an; dilftrerce la tha bcea praaaamd In tbe two tae scene ol wild merriment, b appeal, t
ikmiyais of the rlgbt aide enaned. preachers, bat that be bed. He thought that I 1° tto general jabtiee tne Ughta were pot ont AI m^-gd gji* fimt two. and then shattered I by individual Chinamen which shows
thelorebe*d,eyea -ad month In the plcturee general_acufflietan«l.and In the melee Skinner I “ 8acceasion> T bey were thrown thi
balls at the cioctor’* bead. The doctor amount oi money ha* been subscribed
and then shattered by individual Chinamen which shows
Tbey were thrown | that the sufferiugset their fellow coun-
diflercd very widely. Be wee atao ol ihe opts- , “* i “J •“ with snch toree that the broken p eces trymen have deeply moved tbe whole
Carver’s “ I
Cuinese resideutu in Britiah colonies or
WSAXX umj „****».. - in the foreign Bettlements at tho vmri-
e per^g mb, V-ek- I aeynce.,.and me metier wa. uni, ^ ^ t ^
p.r^^ni^liTLmmLa*^,?^ tred- He ke^hm feet, benthimself Theone grret diffiralty^n toe way
“T^rel^-Wbere^l party who cat Skinner. Atm. bU wm tberv I gtoee into a million fragments. A hand-1 cle. And b^ta of burden being altke
Tne fluid *e«med to pw down bar side end
tore off bar aUppur; In tba bell of her foot
burned a terrlb.e blUier. None Ot the children . . , . i kpir unowerea nmi
•era hurt. Mr. Stephena wax ahocked very bonetty ol purpoae and contradict any atenCer I bop taoke up alter Its revelry we« p«at ud I h - j nomhrero
bedly for tbe Ume being, and the learner ted that might be brought agaiaet Mm He we. skinner manta home- Ha Un*ered to pmn Fletcher then hurled a ball in I Ubiaeee reeidente Tn Britiah colonies or
aeved him tram any ajvere lnjary. it Is strange vary loath to believe that tbe man In question nnut Bondar morning, when bo died. There gw. w ith all hia foice. It went up io the foreign settlements at the vari-
that none ol tbe children wete hurt. Mr. Ble waeXarter. He gave many good reatunswhy | atui aeemed to be no positive evidence Ogata* | -h—,n;i„i I one treatv^norta The ioreiim relief
pbtos ray* tbe notee *ocomp*nylng tbe ttroke b« thought that tbe
w*a tearfully ^ood And drafening. Heandhte ler waa Bottwlck. a fraud,
lazil y made a narrow racape Irom death. Mn p«ar©d in the Police Gtz
raportel better laat nlgbL be having committed
that h<«
twnal journal He did not know where Tack- 1 party woo cot narnner. a true bus waa mere-1 ----7,— d e-ijed I unequal to the task. IMfi U Con
ler wax Bis home area at Bmllbvllle. Qa When 1 lore lonnd acalnat her charging bar with ><d of feathers apprareo. ana toliea l nnequai u»ituo iaea. vuanei mcuu
laat heard o’ I away upon the air like the fiery drip- | ttguous to Chihli, and the moat ready
- .. , ^ . .Dings of an exploded rocket. After way of approaching the famine area ia
rtvuazonacixtaa. | ^onreixthe doctor discarded the rifle by way of the port of Tiemiun. Dpto
r k n ‘ m “ h ' r ‘ \ I for x Parker shotgun. that point there is, of coarse, no diffi-
’• 2 s ” S „ Ah«"biw. of bell metal, Col. caity From Shanghai to Tientoin
.. torn lor weal tee waa i p xU;tlcr i M invention, so constructed I thtre are eteamera almost daily, and by
lag arevlvai la onr city in 1815. hat a wita and I ^^.^^^^“"iSetawelTknmra tonWedT,”* waa^roUad'to'toeairt Tbe j ^nredmto'Trientsfn.' 1 From that poit
* H |doctorUm^rneetwic*before| - he,distance rannot^be
all day cn the fourth, and that ihe catting oo- rao<xnzi> a mvji .woman. , , .e™,-, . . . .
dtatacce from ute spaing. from hta wile at Cethbert, Ga Judge D a. | B-me anppoaa that aha ta Dot rntltr of the I sixty ' ards. I tween 4 000 ind 5.0CW feet high, and
Tae proprietor of tale retort canaUr krepe Vaaon and Hon. Jehu T. Oatk woe the an or-1 chanred on her white otacre think aba I The most of the spectators rushed I the means ol transport ere camels, or
n^a of Fackler. wu oewvii accrerpure, mad have anon* for the care, more than satisfied. The carta drawn by mules, men and don-
the law, who area that* all la well." Mr.JohoMcTulra^holalnUniateljaoqaalnt- | ,naplclooa aa to tae principal Taetvidence be-ldcctor drew on hia coat, xndquieuv | keys., Aa one carnal can only take
that they
ARREST BOB JtORDSU.
Wewaa Acenaed or KUIIwc I
An account of tbe death ot J. J. Skin- When pawing throngh tats rttr Dr Spalding | Kr *‘_ r “ lt1 ^
»r appeared yeelerttay He wm mriooMy eat rajlttot he gave Fackler a nnmbm offattenVo
rt 8Lv«8onnron tbt<th or Jdly aed framtte jjj « hrtt I uken tae d.nUd to knowlrdge of the o^ and
tfferta of hta wound he died Sunday morning. ,"!!*£reto^Tratimtamd atonuy paelertM h.r innocence. She waa ern-
““ del to J-ll mm U there now. she 1. well known
tan tbt Afternoon of yratentey m good c
mzdeby tb« autboritira, mud a woman wu
pointed out a* tbe guilty party. Bailiff John
• gtriof
•cter. It to raid that lira evtdaoee plainly points
to ter a* tbe guilty party. Ebela now lu j*U.
▲ prtbamary exzmtnaUoo may be hadaooo.
Macon. Ga„ July 8.1878.
Editors Constitution ; What doc
tbe word "peuny.” ueu in fpuacctlpn wtt
•*s*li*,” mean? P S.
Ij M ft Ca/njpiUo of tie word "Ta
Begay n*“ arenailaof which U000 wetzh Id -If you want yoqr Baby tq took
l^uta/i-tmMy.swac* aata/ wW make 20 i brigni, do pot gut « «0 »l»*P W;ti»
ptysM to tae LM saii Et U lank three | 1*b4»3J!m *h»Q bat Dttfif,
koa’t a. la4 to* answer. «f>i» it m*.; ».» Bib/ 8yf«p. *9 «nU »
be-1 doctor drew on hia coat, and quietiv I keys., Aa one tamti cap .
„„ «, ^ taey drank two glasses ot eareaparilla. He tbaeepicnle, that is about 4 cwt. and
tut find the bill aga-’uat ber. JLdr! takes nothing strorger. After ah*lf I the cnpply of beasta of burden of *11
abmt Mr. F-ektar i. In. ., m „. heer’a rest he raised a nfle without re- kinds is limited, however much grain
“ 1 at the . .tide boom Tuawtay and there arid that I moving hi. coat, and asked hta fnend ' * “ • -
»be raw Fanny on the nlgbt of Ute kilUnr* Audi Tex*s Jack to pitch up BometmngWDUe
■be bad in ter band an open knife. Fanny be emptied tbe gum Jack tossed up * | Improved communication between
peanut *t fifteen feet, and the doctor Tientsin and the interior by the repair
cur another - ftbot off the end. A ginger snap was of the Hrand canal, and the constrac-
awore positively that (be I split in twain. The cover of a paper I lion of one or iwo main lines of rail*
ther tbe further invent*’I box was propped on the ground fifty way, haa again and again been im-
Mr.Joba Mc3ulra, wbo te intimately acquaint- I
It appeared freta the article of yeaterday that ed with Bev. J. W. Fackler. thinks that the per- |
doe to
end ao appeared ui caae mttotume. ctrenm dmMto'do him aome tajoedoe. H. ears th.t I t^eTumtay‘Starts aaS’tart I moving toaooatTantitok** 1 bi » Wend 1 may be shtpped’to Tientsin itcan”only
staooca were dearly •oasned, however, and be- be think* Mr tfimpeoa tejakt k«e in tbe nan | the nw ^ tmDJ qq ^ ^ t be kiUlny, and I Texas Jack to pitch np something while I be sent forward in driblets.
1 raid to ber, "I’ve cot
being Weal, formerly of Chattanooga.
Mr. McGuire who haa
a*n that at five tight tbey are very much uu-. ^, VQTnrr ,
lie, but, that upon a very «£ora obratratian * «° w ® 10 AH0TBI1
tbe marka of tbe facet Are rlmilAr in alnvwt
▼err rtapecL He left our reporter iteting ibat |
be would
tf —ikd. sue. , w th* *^.M puablnc t-te orae. and wUiao to tbe bottom of ft two bgfletg through it. Many persons urn engineers ana capnajisix xnpy
n^ft-emlnreur He thinks that thla manTn A preliminary ezimtnatioo teth. caeeof F-nnyl tbini; thgt the doctor takes no aim have one and all turned a deal ear to
SSSitwta and UtaTwret ta^ra I ranSUn wtU prochl, be had in a day or nr* while shoo ing frt m the hip. This ia i nch propose, and give their guper-
where else mid WtU reohahly break out In a I —V y s migla^a, ,'qr the manner in which he fiuous energy and supetquoiui money
**"*• -- - I Tyr- zatiu-ua. -1 runs hia eve along the barrel, gajec at I to the canalruction of expensive arse-
that Weal Is
y break out la a
P«W ptaao to azrij day. Mr. gapkier made
■Uu/lriaadatapttf i/ilf Mti» eiIi Mia in
dtapoeed u ailitaa outaroxi tadUpoatikl*
fifth* (act*