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to this fat
n«t be oalfad an)" otatQ^fpMl^|
debitor, and yet bcehed on >»ari
suhject hw discussed a light wfatil
ana*.'red the purpose and bad til
la msanor*«tgeiui
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bit heart waa «r|t si
t aature^rom w el BfiT h’a blood
■ wanjoeaing. tp fabajjaMfc * Ufa
fadKd w*naissilr«jK»nd probably
afaat bv tkeofiMMina they p«v-
ifMtiihmdMfmwmgtosr m mber*
fpfaegSsnlfaS fifasifafafat, and *»*
who heard of General Lee's ear*
Midor, expecting General Johnston,
it bis at niy, then in North Caro-
effect of both, ___ _
and conciliatory, with a votes « W IK’ 0 tlio^tiiruBfh 8ootli ""oarollaa
tons of which was silvery, hs VfSI Into Georgia, Being an*ct»tnnied
both persuasive and convincing. » 0 4,^1 on horseback, then our on*
His career in the United Stefa* Jy moans of oonreyanoe, ha became
the form of
hand firing**!*
waa a Agate thatin half
afBgffa^atJtid'iMkaA^di 4 ft*
omataat aanaationa Manna
waa pointed tM|‘' Jw Conductor
Howryffcattfa atnfatfngia the door
of fan tonight bomb When he
waa arreated he reflated and re
futed togo; waa finally brought
to the oarshsd; bis baggage waa
also brought by the office vs.
When the party arrived at the
dining*room of the ahed the va-
lioa waa opaaad . In it waa dis-
00fared several artioles lost by
the newaboy. : While the exami
nation waa going on the negro
waa seen to suddenly alip ho ne-
thing into kia pockeW A gentle
man standing near Jr., a pistol
glisten and calledSffioer Gar-
field’s attar tiou tj\fa. Officer
Jones was standing in front of the
alagro andaaw him quickly put
las right-band to his hip pocket
where he had put the pistol
When he eaar the set he did the
game, at the same time raising
his club aud ordering him to keep
his pistol back. As he made this
motion the negro made a quick
change of his weapon to his left
hand, thrust it forward aud fired
directly at him, striking him in
the left shoulder. When the
allot hit the officer he leaned
alightly to one side and backed,
the negro then wrenched himself
•way from Officer Garfield and
dashed down the shed with
smoking pistol, firing at every
jump to clear the way. The ex
citemeutwas intense, and a great
c-.-owd gathered and shouted “Kill
him!” '‘Shoot him!” “He has
killed a man!” A dozen pistols
flashed with' the quickness, of
powder aud shots were rained af-
ter him as he dashed on, He
escaped the crowd and lushed
through the lower portion of the
abed np fifth to Pine down to the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Ga.
railroad, pistol in hand, mounting
the track he ran several hundred
yards until he reached a point
turning to the swamp below the
railroad between Stratton & Har
ris’s brick yards, he redoubled
bis effort and dashed down the
open space for it. After he left
the carshed the crowd followed
firing shot after shot at him, he
heeded them not and escaped.
Offioer Jones was determined not
to let him escape, mounted'^
horse and with Offioer 1
pursued the fleeing negro. When
the negro reached the open space
he looked over his "slraulder,found
that h d was pursued and kept on
the faster. When he discovered
the horsemen rapidly approach
ing, he suddenly' turned, waved
bis pistol and said he would die
before being captured. He ran a
little farther, was seen to place
the weapon to his right shoulder
and fire. He then laid the muzzle
over bis heart and polled the
trigger. He was noticed to reel
as he ran, and finally fell,running
seventy-five yards after firing the
shots. He fell on his side, hold
ing the still smoking pistol in his
hands, uttered two groans, and
died before the officers on horse
back could reach him.'
The excitement in that portion
of the city had reached fever
heat, and a large crowd gathered
around the prostrate body.
The sight that presented itself
of the county was
Ittfi Judge Matt R. Pree-
ifil&kcted place. The fol-
lowbag were attested as jurymen
to investigate fully the cause of
this remarkable death as mauy
reports haul already become cir
culated as to the real cause:
J. J. Olay, forsman, Wales
Wynton, J. A. Harrison, J. W. B.
Reid, J. S. Cherry, G. Graves, D.
J.^Huiris. A* Smith, J. W. Ford,
jC B. P<pgfik.vOharles Perron, W.
£C0tf»,*A. R. Free man, Tom
Alexander, Floyd Jordan, Ed
8eibles, Alec Day, W. G. Daniel.
The jury, after a ligid exami
nation of witnesses and a oireful
examination as to cause of death,
aendered a verdict to the effect
that the deceased hod come to
his death by a gunshot wound,
administered by hifuself, aud
that said self-destruction was to
prevent his being captured by
the officers. The dead man was
a train band on the Central rail
road, and was notorious for jiis
quick temper and troublesome
disposition.
Officer Jopes was not severely
injured by the shot. It struck
him in the left shoulder, about
two inches from the neck,{and re
sulted in a flesh wound. He
went on duty soon after the affair
During the rapid firing in the
carshed a baggage mail on the
Central railroad came near beiug
shot, the ball narrowly missing
his body as In- stood in the door
of his cur. i
0 A YEAR.
A recant writ .r, who is hlinwelf n
gambler, is not incii .ed to believe
statement that piofessional gamblers
have a high standard of. honor
among themselves, fie niya they
are a very suspicious body of men
whose bond takes the form o( col
lateral security. The two chief
component parts, ho says, that uo
to makeup the professional gambler
are cupidity and laziness. These
two characteristics predominating
result in the complete demoraliza
tion of the man. He eums up the
whole matter in this way: “A bus
iness that-js illegitimate in itself
and draws, to its support criminals
from-jgj&ery wjfik in crime, mnst on
its faceup® demoralizing. I do not
attempt' to any that every gambling
room,in Boston is the constant and
faialy resort of criminals, but 1 do
'wish to be understood as saying
-that there is no a game in this
any other city that would exclude a
man on social or moral grounds.
Cash, no matter haw obtained,, is
the “open sesame” in overy instance
The conclusions arrived at in this
article have their loundation in solid
fact, and the deductions aad sugges
tions are the outcome of mature
thought, by one who has made the
subject a study, from the vantage
ground ol the dealer’s chair,*
Took Things Easy.—“Isit dos
Bible!” exclaimed the new chap'ain
to the worst thief in the peniten
tiary, “Are yon 52 years old?
My unfortunate friendyou don’t look
thirty!” “No,” replied the thief
hnmbly, “I don’t show my age, but
that is because I take tilings
easy.” And the good chaplain told
him that was right; that care and
ijrorry made men old faster than
hard work.—’Frisco PoBt.
Senate, not less than before'the So
pretno Court of the United States,
and subsequently before the Court
of Queen's Bench in England, was a’
long current of extraordinary suc
cess. Remembered in the United
States by the men with whom he
wae associated in high trusts and
Arduous duties, honored by the
tench and bar of England with
manifestations of respect and re
gard wken ho was about to retire
from the bar cf England, whjch is
p# rhaps nnequalod in the history of
that profession in that oonutry.
Louisiana can look with pardonable
pride on the great life, while (ho
mourns tho recent death of her
adopted son. Long will those who
personally knew him remember the
charm cf Ills social chnrncferi-t'cs.
Notwithstanding the wide range of
Ids knowledge he was so gentle as
always to tie seeming to roceivo ii*
formation, and perhaps none of I,fa 1
nost familiar acquaintances can
call ever having seen him during
social intercourse engigod in a
heated argument.
Tiainud to close investigation ol
the luw. ho found periods of relax
ation daring which his nirmory be.
dtmo h storehouse of poetry and fic
tion, and in times ol darkest proa'
p°ct and deepest depression would
enliven his comrades by recitations
from his favurito Tennyson. In
this connection, I remember ii tho
spring ol 1865, it must have been in
April, wo were going from Greens
boro to Charlotte, N. C., Benjamin
was in on ambulance with Cooper
and Geo. Davis, and I went ahead
on horseback, asm-mil. It was to
ward overing that I reached a farm
house which looked like eligible
quarters for the night, but the am
bulance not coining up, I turned
and rode back to ascertain what
had become of the party. After
some distance I found the ambu
lance stuck fast in the mud, while
Benjamin waa engaged in his favor
ite recitations of Tennyson, appar
ently depending solely upon Provi
dence to pull the ambulance out of
the scrape. He was an' enthusiast
of Tennyson, and placed him even
above Byron, who is a groat favor
ite of mine. On one 'occasion he
had a discussion concerning the
merits of each, insisting that Tenny
son should rank first and appealed
to me to decide. Upon my making
some objections, he, with his gcod
nature and exquisite bonhomie
claimed: "Well, let us admire both.”
He was a fins study for a yr uag
man who wanted to form himself
on a model for socinl intercourse
His last speech in the United
States Senate was a boautif ul exhi
bition of the resolute tone and dig
nified purpose of the South in her
assertion of State rights,and his clo
sing declaration that she would
“never submit, never, never,” was
maintained so far as he was individ
uully concerned by his surrendering
all the advantages e had gained
and casting himself penniless, as
every loyal Confederate was, upon
a foreign shore to begin anew the
anable to go on with me, hnt still
hopeful that it might be a more sue-
oesaful straggle In the future, it was
agreed that he fhcald go to tin
ooaat and make lilt way by Cuba to
Moxico and thence to Texas 10 join
me wherever, with such troops us
might bn assembled, I should be at
tl.e anticipated time. Before lenv
ing the West Indies he hoard of the
surrender of our armies, of my cap
ture, and the absolute termination
of tho war. Then, with sorrowing
heart, he turnod his hack upon a
crushed country, and has illustrated
American genius before, perhaps,
the most learned bot ch and bar of
the world.
Bearing no malico to the land
and the people by whom ko hod
been nurtured, from whom be hod
reeciyed the lug' eat trusts and hon
ors, he lookod back to tho homo of
his youth with fondest recollections
,«nd most anxious wishes for tho wel
’fare of all the people he had lefi be
hind, md has died in a foreign land
with the prico o r a guiltless con
science and tho composure cf a
master mind.
Tho pi ide of Louisiana, the love
of all true C.infoderates, tno ad ai-
rntion of all Amcrinsne who re*
m30 in tlio {lory of their country,
men must long keep groen the mem
ory of Judah P. Beniamin
Tho Le Moyne crematory at
Washington, Penn,, his not been
cold for nearly a week. Dr. Gross,
whoso remains wore incinorated in
it Inst woek, was the most distin-
ished man that has been cremated
in America. It is expected that a
great impulse will now be given to
this mode of deposing of the dead.
Day before yesterday the body- of
Rev. Mr. Lee, a Lutheran preacher,
of Pittsburg, was incinerated, and
after him came the remains of Gen.
Andloy W. Gazz in,of Philadelphia,
who was a gallant soldier of the
Federal army and the author ol sev
eral wotkaon bankruptcy. General
Gazzam lias been attorney for ths
National Cremation Hociety of
Philadelphia ever since its organi
zation, and he is likewise the first
member that has died and been the
subject of cremation. Rev. Mr.
Lee’s ashes will be bottled up and
sent to Switzerland, to be buried by
the side of his parents, while the
ashes of Gen. Gazzam are to be
aroed and deposited at tho foot of
hia first wife’s grave at Uiica, N. Y.
is,
TaMoBUd*
The can#.of Georgia in the
yean pant vu ootton and credit.
The farmers jin the ootton regions
planted nothing but ootton, bny-
‘their food supplies almost
itirnly from the North. Their
•Mraoaiae from the North, and
abb their baoon, oata, floor and
everything they consumed in (he
way of provisions.
This waa all very well when
the potton erop wan good and
prioes ruled high. Bat the av
erage ufae bad. Georgia has dia-
oovered that no country can pros
per on auy one crop or any one
industry. The State, under the
old system, hen alternate good
and bad yearn. In the good yearn
very little money wan made, .for
the grower of ootton paid the
transportation of the ootton to
market, with commissions and alt
the coat of handling, aud hn also
paid the commissions, taanapor-
tation aud coats of handling his
necessary supplies, which earns
from the North. There wan only
one inlet and a dozen outlets. In
good seasons he made some little
money, but the invariable bad
seanona not only swept away the
small accumulation, but left a
load of indebtedness to be worked
ont in the future.
Georgia is doing muoh better
now. The farmers are to a very
large extent raising their own
meat and breadstuff*, manufac
tures have doubled their number
and size of oities,affording a home
market for very much of the pro
duct of thb farms, Agriculture is
being diversified so that the fate
of the farmer for the year does
not depeud upon the shoo*as of
one erop only. Money that was
formerly sent abroad for supplies
is now kept iu circulation at
home, and the condition of tbiugs
is iufii Lely better.
Atlanta, with 40 000 population,
takes much ot the surplus of the
vicinity, and the manufacturing
cities aud villages all over the
State are consuming the products
of their neighborhood, withdraw
ing from the production of a sta
ple that mnst be exported a vast
vmounc of territory, and turning
it over to more profitable branch
es of agriculture. A great many
ootton growers do not ship tliqir
cotton at all, but sell it to the
cotton mills direct.
It is needless to say that there
is a very stroug tariff party in
Georgia. They feel the benefits
of placing the factory beside the
farm,even more than Pennsylvania
does.
A Berlin newsp-per has got hold
of a genuine sensation, It says that
an enormous hotel is soon to be
built at St. Augustii.e, Fla. It will
be tlireo miles long, six miles deep
and seventy-five stories high.
Guests will be taken to their rooms
by 500 balloons; the table in the di
ning room will he foar miles in
length, and the waiters who serve
the meals will be on horseback.
There will be a cuspidor in the office
100 feet in circumference. The
Get man dosen't often try to be fun
ny, but when be does he means bus
incss,
A Grave-yard Unearthed.
Tho recent rains ot last month
uncovernd several things in this
section which had been hidden from
tho eyesol man for many years.
On the plantation of Mr. W. J.
Palmer, near Acworth,a great many
arrow heads, and other things made
of alone by the red man, have been
foued, and it was well understood
that the plase was o.ice the dwelling
place of many Indians; but Mi. Pal
mer did not know that he was the
posessor ol an Indian graveyard
until the big freshet lifted the soil
that had been gathering over it for
a half century or more.
This part of the place was cleared
fifteen years ago, and was remar
kably free from rocks at that time.
It is on a little elevation ot the bot
tom lands. About twenty round
holes are now exposed to view,bear
ing evidence of having been careful
ly dug and lined with rocks. So
lar nothing has been found in them
fnore than arrow heads, short stone
spears, and pieces of soapstone and
earthenware ve-sels. Though a
further exploration may reveal other
and more important relics.
Mrs. Palmer 1ms a soapstone bowl
which was left by tho Indians, and
she has used it twenty years for
chicken trough-
When it is remembered that but
comparatively few years haselapsod
since the red man was solo posessor
of this country, tho wonder really is
that more tracts of that race do not
remain.—Ac worth News aud Farm
cr-
(NmII factories.
OofflKMraiJt, IxD n May 4,’tt.
Editor Home Gwr.kn«Jw
month I ban b##n travaliag
through this State, and of fmM
have visited small as wail as Issro
cities, and am surprised at (ho
great number of - email faistorlMi
Every town, however few Iks fa-
habitants, ean boast of bar iMMk
factoring. Souther# people, tm •
rule, think that it taken large eaip-
ilal to carry m maouf «cti flag of
any kind; but this is a great ■fa-
take. Borne oi these smalt (site
ries'are making more aesty to
day than larger one# My' twi
nes* trip has ettsbfad me to git
at a olaas of small and modfaaa
sise towns that Souttwr#
seldom visit, and I hava
much Impressed with tho grsafa
want of our Southern eoontey fa
manufacturing—not cotto# ■Ufa
andiron furnaces alone. Alt ’ad
mit that these'ire needed, faslt 1
allude more particularly to other
brauohea of manufacturing. Tber#
is millions of dollars paid- thto
Statnby the South for artfafao
made here of wood brought from'
Alabama, Georgia and^TennSMSSi
Any one interested in thin line
of developing onr oonntrjr fatd
his own pockat-book should oomfa
to thia State and investigate thR
matter. One factory to Tovnt
Haute in making Tbarral afa«a#i
Their machinery qoet about ffi.*
000. Tho ownero an now quite
rich. This factory ia managsd by
an old aoldier who fought under
Lee. His name fa Gaptiln W. T.
Wilson, and he told me hit #■*
ployera started srithont a .dollar
comparatively. He also BUted
that he would cheerfully ausw#^
any inquiries from* the Bontli. u
other places I find buggies, wag
gons, handle, chair, .furniture, ho
siery, agricultural impleawNR.
hominy mflls and hundred# of
ether factorise too numerous to
mention.
Practical men in evnry bmoeh
of mnnnfaotnring one be esoniwd
from these States at reasonable
prices. Skilled wechadlm to
these smaller places get mush
lower wages than at, any points
South. I would like to see every
newspaper in the South keep this
subjeot continually agitated until
all our towns and cities nra fully
equipped with facilities for un
king tiieir goods in all lines.
This constant Jrain of millions
from the south for northern man
ufacturers will always -keep us
poor. Even business men to the
South hardly realize the vast
amount expended in this way. It
is far more important to-day than
the tarift or educational bills.
The North is reaping the benefit
of protection, and we will get re
lief sooner by slipping fa and
sharing the 'manufacturing with
her than by discussing the -ques
tion. That fa the way they have
made their money. Let us profit
by their example.
Yours truly,
Kan.
A writer in the Seuthern World
tells how to make cows come home
at night, “Take a broken Iron pot
and poor some molasses in it Sad
pat some men! or bran over it nod
then put it where the cow will lick
it and she will bo certain to_ come
up at night. Just one time is suffi
cient to make her come every night.”
Washington waft childless; Ad
ams’s favorite boy died by snicide;
Monroe had no son; Madison had no
chiM; VanBoren’s son went to an
asvlutn; Pierce’s only child was kill
ed on the rail wsyjPclk had no child
and Johnson’- only son was self-de*
strayed.
“She loved not wisely but to
swell," remarked a discarded lover
on pasting his old girl dressed in n
seal skin sacqoe and leaning on tho
arm of her husband.—Gordon
Mountaineer.
Five mon in the Southern states
now read the nowspapers to where
one read them ten years ago.
The Roman Catholic clergy no
It njcr oppeso cremation iu Italy.