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I‘H.E CONSTITUTIONALIST
SATURDAY, May 22, 1875.
According to a circular of the Met
ropolitan Gas aud Coke Company, of
Loudon, that institution advertises to
furnish consumers with gas of 16-
candle illuminating power, at the rate
of three shillings aud nine pence—in
oar currency, eighty-six cents—per
1,000 feet. At this price the profits of
the London company enable it to de
clare dividends of ten per cent, annual
y—the limit allowed by law.
Tuat is a sad story in the Georgia
General News column of the suicide of
Mrs. James G. Eberhart, of Elbert
county. Death is in every form terri
ble, but when, as in this case,, a lady
on Sunday persuades her husband to
go to church, aud, when gone, deliber
ately takes a rope and, after shutting
herself in a room, deliberately hangs
herself until dead, it is horrible.
Wf, banked heavily upon the Athens
Tress Convention and lost. It was a
failure notwithstanding the extensive
preparations of the good Athenians.
No quorum was present. We are afraid
the Association is down with an obsti
nate ease of dry rot.
THE MECKLENBURG CENTEN
NIAL.
Parade of Firemen—The Races —An-
other Terrible Accident —A Gunner
Loses His Arm—Civil Rigliters Eject
ed from the Theatre—A Grand Rail
(■loses the Scene.
[Special to the Constitutionalist ]
Charlotte, N. C., May 21.
Daring the day the military and fire
companies paraded. In the
Races
at Carolina Park, the closing day of the
Spring meeting, a hurdle race, mile
heats, was won by Vandal, Junior, Mat
tie O. coming in first in the first heat,
but second in the two succeeding heats.
Time, 1:57. The selling race, Imile
dash, was won by Letilia H.; First
Chance, the favorite in the pools, com
ing in second. Consolation purse, mile
dash, was won by Mollie Darling, Bay
Line second, Bed Jackson third, Piney
Woods fourth.
Another Terrible Accident
occurred this afternoon. While the
Raleigh Light Artillery were firing a
salute Jesse Bingham, the rammer, had
his left arm torn off near the elbow.
The arm was blown two hundred yards.
There was a similar accident in the
same company yesterday. These two
were the only accidents during the cele
bration.
At the Theatre
to-night, while Rose and Harry Wat
kins were playing "Rip Van Winkle,”
six negro fellows took seats in the par
quette, in the mountain scene, when
the gas is turned down. Several young
men of Charlotte came in, and taking
seats near the civil lighters, quietly
waited uulill the light was very dim,
so that no one could be recognized.
At the cry of
"Put ’Em Out,”
three of the negroes slipped out, and
the other three were unceremoniously
kicked out and pitched down the steps.
The whole house cheered. When Harry
Watkins, on the stage, observed the
affair he slyly made Rip remark, “Dat
ish all r ight.” There is a grand
Centennial Ball
at the Central Hotel to-night. Merri
ment, music and dancing give rosy
wings to the last hours of the great
celebration. The universal verdict is
that the Centennial was a glorious and
superb success. J. D. C.
THE CHARLESTON REGATTA.
Our Georgia Boys Vanquished—Pal
mettoes and Carolinas the Victors—
A Good Deal of Swamping.
| Special to the Constitutionalist.)
Charleston, May 21.—The first race,
for four-oared shells, was won by the
Carolinas. The Palmettoes were swamp
ed. The Electrics were second; Ver
nons, of Savannah, third ; Coupers,
fourth.
The second race, for four-oared gigs,
was won by the Electric. Palmetto
second; Couper third. The Carolinas
were swamped.
THE DEMON OF FLAME.
Partial Destruction of a Pennsylvania
Town—lmmense Loss—Fire at Co
hoes, New Y’ork.
Osceola, Penn., May 21—A file broke
out at 11 o’clock yesterday. All pub
lic buildings, except the Catholic and
Methodist churches, were burned.
About 1,200 people are houseless. Es
cape was cut off by the woods taking
fire. No lives lost. Loss over $2,000 -
000.
Cohoes, N. Y., May 21.—The saw mill,
handling shop, polishing room and fin
ishing and packing department con
nected with Weed & Becker’s axe man
ufacturing works burned this morning.
Loss $50,000.
Homeless People—lnsurance Build
ing Burned.
OscejLA, Pa., May 21. — Hundreds of
people are homeless. A large number
of cars and trestle of the railroad burn
ed. Shipment of coal will be suspended
ten days.
Norwalk, Ct., May 21. — The Fairfield
Company Fire Insurance Company’s
buildings burned. Loss, $150,000.
THE DARK RIVER.
Mrs. Lincoln Attempts Suicide.
Chicago, May 21.—Mrs. Lincoln, after
being adjudged insane, attempted sui
cide.
Bismarck receives an average of ten
threatening letters per week, but noth
ing prevents him from taking his lager
#t the regular hour
Wm puli) lonliiiutumatet.
PRESBYTERIANISM.
Meeting of the General Assembly at
St. Louis—The North and South
Churches and their Disagreement.
St. Louis, May 21. —The General As
sembly of the Presbyterian Church
South met again this morning, Modera
tor Huge in the chair. The usual
standing committees were appointed,
and the Committee of Sustenance made
a report. Rev. Wm, Brown, D. I).,
Chairman'of the Committee on Friend
ly Relations between the Northern and
Southern Churches, made a lengthy re
port, which was laid over for further
consideration. The gist of the report
seems to lie iu the following passages :
In a communication from Rev. Win.
Brown, Chairman of the Southern Com
mittee, to Rev. Dr. Niccols, Chairman
of the Northern Committee, he says: “If
your Assembly could see its way clear
to say a few plain words to this effect,
that these obnoxious things were said
and done in times of great excitement;
that they were to be regretted, and
that now, iu a calm view, the imputa
tions cast upon the Southern Church
are disapproved—that would end the
difficulty at once.” In reply to this,
Dr. Nieeols says: “We cannot make
this recommendation to our Assembly
for the reason that we are still of deci
ded conviction that its action for the
last four years, so fully cited to you in
our communications, constitute suffi
cient grouuds for fraternal correspond
ence. Dr. Niccols then reiterates:
“All the acts aud deliverances of the
Northern Assembly, of which you
complain are wholly null aud
void and of no binding efficacy
as judgments of the church vve re
present, or as rules of proceeding for
its presbyteries and church iu session.
That in so far as they or any of them,
can bo supposed to impart any inju
rious imputations upon the present
character, standing of churches and
members of Southern Assemblies, as
Christians or Presbyterians, such an
application of them would be unjust to
you, and would be disapproved and re
gretted by us ; that the acts and deliv
erances of Northern Assemblies, of
which you complain, were made in pe
culiar times and under strange and ex
citing circumstances, when the pas
sions aud feelings of men were
profoundly moved; that as acts of As
semblies which we do uot represent,
we cannot sit iu judgment upon them,
nor express any opinion as to their
character; that we feel competent to
express the desire that they be con
sidered by you in the same spirit of
charity and Christian forgiveness,
which we trust those people whom we
represent will exercise towards any
thing to which they may object in the
proceedings of the Southern Assembly.”
To this Rev. Mr. Brown replied: “The
grievances of which we complain and
which we desire to see removed lie
entirely back of the present and an ad
justment which entirely ignores the
past is unsatisfactory.”
This virtually closed the controversy.
The Question of Reunion of Northern
and Southern Churches —The Elder
ship Overture—lmportant Business
to be Considered.
[Baltimore Sun]
Four Presbyterian Assemblies hold
their annual meetings this month. To
day the Northern Assembly meets at
Cleveland, Ohio, the Southern at St.
Louis, the Cumberland at Jefferson,
Texas. What is known as the United
Presbyterian Assembly will meet at
Wooster, Ohio, on the 25th instant.
Tho “Assembly” is the highest court iu
the Presbyterian denomination. It is
composed of delegates from presbyte
ries, aud the chief officers of the vari
ous boards have seats in the body as
corresponding members. Its business
is to hear appeals from synods, receive
overtures from presbyteries, reports
from various departments of the
church organization and to effect
chances of church government iu co
operation with presbyteries.
The Northern Assembly, entitled the
Presbyterian Church of America, is
composed of thirty-five synods in the
United States, comprising 174 Presby
teries, 14 of which are in foreign coun
tries. It has 4946 churches, 495,034
communicants, and about 500,000 Sun
day -school scholars. In 1837 the Church |
was divided into parts known as Old
aud New School churches. Iu 1870 the
Old and New School Assemblies united
and became the leading body of the
denomination in this country.
In the Northern Assembly at Cleve
land to-day there will be deliberation of
fraternal relations with the Southern
Church, of the finances of the several
church boards, the eldership overture,
negotiations for closer union with the
Reformed Church, the hymn book ques
tion, and various other matters of in
terest.
The question of fraternal relations
with the Southern Church failed at the
conference in this city last January,
but the spirit evinced by both sides
since then leads to a belief that all dif
ferences will be healed. The address
of the Southern committee demands as
its sole desire the removal of imputa
tions of heresy, schism and blasphemy
which the former acts of the Northern
Assembly seemed to cast upon the
Southern Church. The whole difficulty
arose from the “loyal” and “disloyal”
question which the late war injected
into many denominations, aud which
all churches should evince Christianity
enough to eject from among them. The
committee of the two branches are to
report to their respective assemblies,
and some conclusion it is to be hoped
will be had of the question, or the con
tinuance of negotiations. Several Pres
byteries of the North have adopted
overtures to the Cleveland Assembly
respecting the subject. The Presbyte
ries of Platte, Mo., of New Castle, Del.,
of Osage, Mo., aud some others ask the
Assembly to accede to the demands of
the Southern Church. The Presby
tery of New York urges the Assembly
to “continue to labor for a better un
derstanding between the two churches
by the appointment of anew commit
tee, who shall be ready to meet any
committee of the Southern Assembly
that may be appointed, or by adopting
such means promotive of harmony as
its wisdom may dictate.”
The eldership question will occupy
much attention. The last Assembly
sent down to the Presbyteries for rati
fication the following overture :
“If any particular church by a vote
of members in full communion, shall
prefer to elect ruling elders for a limit
ed time in the exercise of their func
tions, this may be done ; provided the
full time be not less than three years,
and the session be made to consist of
three classes, one of which only shall
be elected every year; and provided
that elders once ordained shall not be
divested of this office when they are
not re-elected, but shall be entitled to
represent that particular church in the
higher judicatories, when appointed by
the session of the Presbytery.”
Returns have been received from 103
presbyteries, 75 voting for the over-
ture, 25 against, and 3 “tied.” It is
not deemed probable that votes ot the
remaining presbyteries will defeat the
ratification, in which case the Assem
bly must agaiu approve it in order to
make it operative. Some who have
sertutioized the vote carefully say that
the nays come from those presbyte
ries situated on the border of Mason &
Dixon’s line, and which represent the
conservative elements of Presbyterian
ism. It is contended by them that it
will be dangerous, in view of the
strength of this sectional opposition,
for the assembly to insist; upon the
immediate passage of the overture.—
Fears are expressed that another
schism may be forced by the sudden
ness with whieh a constitutional
change is proposed to be effected after
the reunion of the Old aud New Schools.
The Monmouth Presbytery takes this
view of the question, and has adopted
an overture to the Assembly, asking it
to suspend its sanction.
The Southern Presbyterian Clinch
comprises the elements of the Old and
New Churches iu the South. The schism
iu the New School Assembly occurred
previous to the Old School Assembly
during the war. Two organizations were
formed, which united, taking, at the
close of the war, the name of the
“Presbyterian Church iu the United
States ” This ehun h now has about
110,000 communicants. The Southern
Assembly is the only Presbytei iau body
iu this country that has not approved
and become a party to the confedera
tion scheme. It is expected that, at its
present session in St. Louis, the Assem
bly will identify itself with tins move
ment. Olher important business will
cotne up, among which is the question
of altering the course of the theological
training of ministers, so ns to enable
theological students to defray their
own expenses and to gain much expe
rience iu church work before under
taking the charge of a congregation.
The Assembly i3 asked to recognize
the international series of Sunday
school lessons, and to change the loca
tion of some of tne Church Boards.
The Assembly will also receive and act
upon the report of its committee to
arrange a plan for co-operation be
tween the Boards of the Southern
Presbyterian Church and those of the
Reformed Church in America.
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church
has about 100,000 communicants. The
origin of this church dates back to the
great revival in Kentucky early in the
present century. In consequence of
this religious awakening new congrega
tions were formed faster than they
could be regularly supplied with prea
chers, and this led to the licensing of
laymen to catechise and exhort—a
grave departure from Presbyterian
usage which was not sanctioned by the
Church. A separation took place and
anew organization was formed. Last
year negotiations we opened for a uni
on with the Northern Ptesbyteriau
Chuieh, but they came to naught. The
Cumberland is the least Calvaoistic of
all the Presbyterian churches.
The United Presbyterian Church is a
small body of 75,000 communicants. It
was formed about fifteen years ago by
the union of the Associate and Asso
ciate Reform churches. This Church
is one of the most active organizations
in the country in the prosecution of
missions in foreign countries.
FOREIGN NEWS.
An Editorial Bombshell in France—
Another Carlist Victory—Germany
Still Poking at Belgium—The Metric
Convention.
Paris, May 21.—An article appeared
in the Figaro, suggesting that the re
venge of France be postponed one
hundred years, which causes great
sensation. It is asserted by La
Liberte that the article has been made
a subject for Cabinet discussion.
An International Metric Convention
was signed in this city yesterday by
the representatives of all the Powers
whieh participated in the conference
on the metrical system.
Hendaye, May 21.—Two days fight
ing near the town of Yalmaseda. The
Carlists claim to have occupied Usurbil
and Ario, from which the Alfousist
troops retreated with heavy loss.
London, May 21.—A correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph reports that the
German Ambassador at Brussels is in
structed to request the Belgian Gov
ernment to prohibit religious proces
sions, and the object of the manoeuvre
is the overthrow of the Belgian Cabi
net, The correspondent guarantees
the accuracy of the report.
Gen. Kaufman has returned to Tur
kistan and resumed the Governorship.
FROM NEW*YORK.
Cardinal McCloskey Gets a Splendid
Cross.
New York, May 21.—At a reception
given Cardinal McCloskey yesterday
by the pupils of the Convent of Mount
St. Vincent, on the Hudson, he was
presented with a casket of flowers con
taining a pectoral cross. The cross
was of diamonds, with two topazes. It
is worth $20,000, and was a gift of the
community of Mount St. Vincent,
Meeting of Dry Goods Importers—An
Effort to Prevent Smuggling.
A meeting of dry goods importers
was held this evening for the purposo
of Liking some action to prevent, in so
far as they were able, smuggling of
goods. About thirty firms were repre
sented. The matter was discussed
at great length, some importers
being of the opinion that a com
mittee should be appointed to visit
the Secretary of the Treasury and
enlist his services; others of tak
ing action witli regard to securing re
form in the Custom House, and of hav
ing bonds signed by responsible par
ties ; while others favored only the
formation of a permanent organization
for the present. Tho latter course was
finally adopted, and a Committee on
Permanent Organization appointed.
DEATH OF JESSE I). BRIGHT.
Baltimore, May 21. —Jesse D. Bright
is dead.
Sketch of His Life.
He was born on the 18th day of De
cember, 7812, in Chenango county, New
York. When he reached manhood he
went to Indiana and began the practice
of law, held several offices, among them
State Senator and Lieutenant Gover
nor. In 1845 he was chosen United
States Senator, and re-elected for two
successive terms. He was a strong
friend of the South, and early in 1862
was expelled from the Senate by a
vote of 32 to 14 for having addressed a
letter to “Jefferson Davis, President, or
tho Confederate States.” After the
war he settled in Kentucky, and from
there went to Baltimore.
When boys reach a spanking age
they see their “palmy” days.
The United States steamer Tennes
see is the fastest war ship in the world.
AUGUSTA, GA„ SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 33. 1875.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Appointments—Escape of a Counter
feiter—Tne Everlasting Sheata Set
tled.
Washington, May 21. —C01. Asa C.
Matthews, at present Collector of the
Ninth Illinois District, has been ap
pointed luternol Revenue Supervisor
for the District comprised iu the States
of Illinois, Michigau, Wisconsin, vice
Wendel, resigned.
A dispatch was received last evening
at the Secret Service Bureau, from
Tyler, Texas, that the notorious coun
terfeiter, Peter Maoartliey, had agaiu
escaped from custody while being con
veyed by United States Marshal Pur
nell from Tyler to Austin.
The President leaves for Long Branch
June 3d.
Cameron Burnside, of Philadelphia,
nephew of Senator Cameron, and Otis
O. Tiffany, of this city, a sou of Rev. Dr.
Tiffany, have been appointed Assistant
Paymasters in the Navy.
It seems to be settled that Mr. Slieats
will not return to the Sixth Auditor’s
desk. The friends of Chief Clerk Me-
Grew are urging his appointment.
THE PALE HORSE.
An Editor Gone —An Ex-Queen Dies—
Lo, the Poor Indian, Bites the Dust.
Cincinnati, May 21.—Erwin House,
assistant editor of the Western Clirist
nin Advocate, fell dead of heart disease.
He was 51 years of age.
Munich, May 21.— Ex-Queen Amelia,
widow of the late King of Saxony, is
dead.
London, May 21.— Dudley Baxter is
dead.
Lake City, May 21.—Grey Beard, the
most troublesome of the Indian pris
oners, en route for St. Augustine,
jumped from the train and was shot by
the guard, and died iu two hours.
SAM BUTTERWORTH.
An Eventful Career Ended—Dan Siek
les’ Friend.
Sam Butterworth, who died in San
Francisco recently, was a remarkable
man in many respects. Accomplished,
handsome and couragous, he was very
popular among those who knew him.
When Dan Sickles killed Philip Barton
Key, Butterworth’s name was tele*
graphed from one end of the country
to the other as the champion of the
murdered man. His early life was
eventful. Butterworth was born at or
near Newburgh, in New York. His first
practice was law. When quite a young
man he went out to Mississippi, and
was very popular there until the braves
and duelists of the State decided that
lie must be killed in order to be nega
tive. A picked duelist challenged him
or insulted him, and Butterworth w’ent
to the field with a great crowd around
both of the principals, only a few of
whom were with the “Yankee” intri*
der. They were both armed with a re
volver in hand, a revolver in the side
sheath, and a Bowie knife. The ground
was measured at ten paces. They were
to fire from the base line, then to ad
vance and draw the second revolver,
and, if alive, to finish up with the
Bowie knife. Butterworth and his an
tagonist emptied their revolvers unsuc
cessfully. Tiie antagonist, however,
shot away the cock of Butterworth’s
reserve pistol. He drew a knife and
rushed forward, with a loaded revolver
in liia face, when something human
seized the crowd. The seized the arm
of tho man who was ready to kill But
terworth.
“Let the game Yankee live. It’s a
pity to kill him,” was the cry.
Butterworth returned to Now York
and engaged in the practice of the law,
but, being a natural leader of meu.with
a vehement nature and an intolerance
of restraint from inferiors, he also
engaged in politics. Ho acquired both
practice and office, and under Mr.
Buchanan was at the head of the Sub-
Treasury in Wall street. Dan Sickles
was then the great leader of the boys.
When Sickles discovered his wife’s
intrigue with Philip Barton Key he
conferred at the Washington Club
House, afterwards Seward’s residence,
with his friend Butterworth. Tho latter
weighed the evidence and the case.
Said he:
“Send your wife home to her moth
er. Don’t hesitate. After that, never
see her again, and never have a scan
dal about it, for you can’t afford ex
posure.”
Sickles left the Club House ostensi
bly to take Butterworth’s advice. He
had scarcely been across the public
squaro opposite when Butterworth,
who was a cool and reflective man, re
membered a strange, uncertain light in
Sjckles’ eye. He walked out to find
him. Just then Key emerged from the
corner gate of the square, having
waved his handkerchief to Mrs. Sickles,
in the house (afterwards Colfax’s) op
posite the farther side. Butterworth
had scarcely addressed Key when
Sickles rushed up and commenced to
shoot. Key fell mortally wounded in
a second, and was carried hack to the
Club House to. die. Butterworth was
immediately accused by his political
enemies of being an accessory, and of
having detained Key until Sickles
could murder him. He stood by Sickles
until the latter returned to his guilty
wife. Then Butterworth oidered
Sickles never to speak to nor commu
nicate with him again. Their career
ended as friends at that moment.
Butterworth, among other immense
litigations, led the memorable raid on
the NewAlmaden mining property, con
ducted from the city of New York.—
After enormous expense aud trouble he
carried the suit, and was sunt to Cali
fornia to superintend the mine, with a
salary of $25,000 a year. Hencefor
ward he was a merchant. He was in
flexible in his business transactions, a
bitter enemy and a faithful friend, and,
although his unpopularity was great
when he first visited the coast, he be
came a power among powers there. He
was referred to in judgment aud cour
age, and when he retired from business
in 1871, W. C. Ralston gave him a din
ner at Belmont, where the wealth and
intellect of the West were harmonious
ly represented. He died worth $7,000,-
000, mainly made in lands and real
est ate. He was a person of almost
solemn purpose, of martial carriage,
aud a high type of the Northern man
of affairs.
His death was melancholy. He had,
according to his belief, a tumor on his
liver, and his abdomen was twice cut
open to find the place and relieve him.
He died of the effects of these cruel
operations, leaving w'hat is more than
fame behind him—respect.
The W T oodstock Standard says the
meanest man in Vermont lives in Ches
ter. He was invited to join iu singing
at the funeral of one of his neighbors’
daughters. He accepted the invitation,
aud soon thereafter presented to the
father of the deceased a claim for fifty
cents for services rendered on that oc
casion. The bill was paid.
THE TURF.
Charlotte and Louisville Races.
Charlotte, N. C., May 21.—1n the
hurdle race to-day Vandal, Jr., beat
Mattie O. T. M.
Louisville, May 21. —Fourth race—
Camargo won ; time, 4.027 4 , 4.03 }4.
Second race—Ballankeel won. Third
race—War Jig won; time, 4.04 U, 4.06,
4.07, 4.05.
The fifth day’s races of the Louis
ville Jockey Club were ruu in the mud.
A drenching rain fell throughout the
morning and during the contests, mak
ing the track very heavy. Notwith
standing the rain the attendance was
large, the main attraction being a race
for the gentleman’s cup.
First race—Tennessee stakes, closed
with thirty entries ; fifteen started.—
This was a dash of three-quartars of a
mile.
Summary : Creed moo re, 1; Teculo,
2; Vagrant,.3. Time, I:22 }A.
Second race—Gentlemen’s cup, one
aud one-eighth miles ; two started. It
was won by Misfortune, beating Ox
more by a neck. Time, 2:ll>£.
Third race, Association purse—Sum
mary : Bill Bruce, 3 years old, 1 ;
Mainsail, 3 years old, 2, 2 ; Vanderbilt,
4 years old. 3, (distanced); Little Flirt,
6 years old, distanced. Time,
1:52, 1:53^.
Gen. Wm. Mcßae—The Georgia Rail
road Superintendency and Railroads
in General.
I Atlanta Herald, 21.]
The distinguished soldier aud rail
road official, whose name heads this
article, is one oE those singularly
thoughtful meu who never commit
themselves to any one line of policy or
action until it is already an accom
plished fact. He holds—and rightly—
that when a man says he is going' to
do thus and so, it then becomes his
bounden duty to do it. Otherwise, if
he has made up his mind to do a thing,
but does not tell it to any one, then he
has a right to change his mind and
plans, and do so with perfect impunity.
This, then, accounts for General Mc-
Rae’s reticence in not divulging auy of
his plans, but takes things coolly and
calmly ; goes forward and does things
without saying anything about it.
At tho meeting of the Stockholders
of the Georgia Railroad last week, Gen
eral Mcßae was elected to fill the posi
tion of Superintendent on that road,
while at the same time he held a simi
lar position on the Western and Atlan
tic Railroad. After proceeding to Au
gusta and having a talk with President
King and other officials of the Georgia
Railroad, General Mcßae returned to
the city, and for reasons known to
himself addressed a note to the com
mittee of Directors appointed to noti
fy him of his election, wherein he de
clined to accept the position.
Being a thorough disciplinarian and
very exacting of duty, before he would
p'ermit his name to be used before the
meeting of stockholders, he notified
them that he would require a total
transfer over to him of everything con
nected with his department, and upon
this ho was elected. Now, during the
time his name was up, many rumors
got afloat regarding Atlanta and the
Georgia Railroad, based upon the hy
pothesis that Atlanta wanted to de
prive Augusta of the headquarters of
the company. This, to some, was ren
dered moro plausible by the fact that
Atlanta sent a delegation of her City
Council and citizens to the Stockhold
ers’ Convention for the purpose of ask
ing them to hold their next convention
in this city, and by the election of
Hon. John 11. James as a Director, in
addition to Major George Hillyer and
by the election of Gen. Wm. Mcßae as
Superintendent. Now, this to Augusta
might have looked like a bold move to
wards that end. But Atlanta is not so
grasping. Gen. Mcßae informs us that
he would not have felt authorized to
change the office of the Superintendent
from Augusta to Atlanta. He would
merely have been the servant or the
company. Neither does he know that
he would change the railroad shops
from there to this place, though he
does believe that the interests of the
road demand that either the machine
shop in Augusta or the one in Atlanta
should be dispensed with. There is no
great necessity for two shops. Now, it,
was rumored that Gen. Mcßae would
transfer the machine shops from Au
gusta to Atlanta, and that he would
have them merged with the W. & A. R.
R. machine shops, thereby forming one
grand machine shop, at which they
would repair and manufacture their
own engines.
This is unfounded, but Gen. Mcßae
says he believes railroads will, iu the
future, economize more than they have
in tho past, especially by fraternizing,
that is, one road will do the work of
another, where it can at a small remu
neration; as, for illustration, at Dalton
there is the AV. & A. R. R., tho S. R. &
D. R. R. ami the E. T. & G. R. R, all of
which had to keep a switch engine to
do their work, notwithstanding there
was not enough work to keep them
employed all the time.
The three roads have united and are
going to economise by the switch en
gine of the AV & A. R. R. doing the
work fur its own road and the others
at about real cost. This plan, the Gen
eral says, might be adopted by a great
many roads to their advantage. In
conclusion we will state that Gen. Mac-
Rae still remains with the AV & A. R. R.
There is some little speculation in rail
road circles as to who will be the Su
perintendent, of tlie Georgia Railroad,
since Gen. Mcßae declines. It is more
than probable that 001. David E. But
ler will be the man, provided he will
accept. If uot him, Col.S. K, Johnston
is the next man. There is one thing
certain, however, Judge King iuteuds
that the Georgia Railroad shall pay a
dividend this year.
Candidates for Superintendent Look
ing Up.
[Atlanta Constitution.l
Considerable speculation is rife as
to who will be elected Superintendent
of the Georgia Railroad.
Quite a number have been named in
connection with this office. Among
others are Ed. A. Werner, of this city ;
Rev. D. E. Butler, of Madison, and
Carlton Hillyer, of Augusta.
A dispatch from Philadelphia an
nounces that the jury' in the case of
Father Gerdemauu, charged with ap
propriating funds of St. Boniface
Catholic Church, disagreed on a verdict
and were discharged. The judge who
tried the case is said to have become
nervous, because he received anony
mous letters threatening his life, and
charged the jury in accordance with
these threats, and not according to tho
facts in the case.
It is the mind that makes us rich
and happy, in what condition soever
we are, and money signifies no more to
it than it does to the gods.—[Seneca.
THE CONVICT INDIANS.
THEY ARRIVE IN ATLANTA AND
ARE GRAPHICALLY DESCIBED.
“Black Horse,” “Lone Wolf.” “Grey
Bear,” “Woman Heart,” “Mrs Black
Horse,” and Other Cut Throats.
[Atlanta Herald.]
Yesterday afternoon your reporter,
hearing that two hundred and fifty In
dian prisoners would pass through the
Gate Oitv, en route for Florida, where
they were going to die, armed himself
with an Indian grammar, and being
heeled with a free pass, boarded the
Western and Atlantic train to meet the
distinguished visitors.
The people at every station we passed
were waiting to see the
“Painted Devils.”
At Big Shanty, while eating a splen
did supper at Lacey’s, the following
telegram was received by Mr. Lacey :
“Don’t prepare supper for the In
dians. They don’t eat. They drank
twenty gallons of coffee and bought
twelve pounds of tobacco at Dalton.”
Signed by a gentleman in Dalton.
At Cartersville we found Otis Jones,
who, likeourself, was studying
An Indian Grammar.
Upon inquiry we found that Jones
had telegraphed to Chattanooga and
had found that there were two squaws
aboard the train. Col. W. N. Hawks,
of Atlanta, had also made it convenient
to come from Cartersville to Atlanta
with the captives. (But we promised
not to say anything about what he did,
hence we forbear.) On boarding the
train at Cartersville we found to our
chagrin t hat our two hundred and fifty
Indians had dwindled into seventy
four.
They were principally of the Kiowa,
Comanche and Cheyenne tribes, aud se
lected from
The Worst Captives
at Fort Sill in the Indian Territory, who
were to be carried to Fort Marion at St.
Augustine, Florida, so that they might
be far removed from their respective
tribes.
Among the notable chiefs among the
prisoners were Lone Wolf, Woman
Heart, Swan, White Horse and Bird
Medicine, of the Kiowas.
Grey Beard and Maurinac of the
Cheynnes, and the
Notorious Black Horse,
of the Comanches. Black Horse was
accompanied by his squaw and daugh
ters. Upon being introduced to Mr.
Geo. L. Fox, the Government interpre
ter, we asked to be allowed to inter
view the prisoners. Giving a ready
consent, we were soon among the In
dians. They were fancifully dressed,
and seemed to take great pains with
their personal appearance. Notwith
standing the travel had worn most of
their paint off, they would polish their
faces with their hands as we approach
ed them. Among the Comanches, the
only notable we met was the haughty
Black Horse, who, with flashing eye3,
answered our questions by saying,
“Me no talk to white man; he meaneo
no good.” Leaving him, we paid court
to
His Bquaw,
a comely, finely formed aud developed
womau of about twenty-seven Sum
mers (none of which, however, had
been spent in Florida,) and his daugh
ter, who was a bright, beautiful Indian
maiden of about twelve years of age.
She was the only one among the ptis
oners that embodied the idea of the In
dian that we had from frontier novels.
She was as straight as a pine, with hair
that was as black as night, eyes as
dazzling as the sun, aud all those other
perfections that Cooper speaks of. Iu
opening a conversation with
Mrs. Black Horse.
We asked, doubtfully, if “Lo, the poor
Indian” was among the excursionists?
She quickly replied, “Poor Lo has
passed away, he has gone to hunting
grounds of his four fathers, where
game is plenty and fire water free; he
has gone where the white man will not
take away his lauds, aud where Gener
al Custer canuot molest him.”
Leaving the Comanches, we went
among the Kiowas, and found that in
the language of
Chief Lone Wolf,
that they “no like the Pale Face, he no
meanee, when he say he’s the lied
Man’s friend. He makee bad fire wa
ter givee no goodee medicine.”
Chief White-Horse was the only lu
dian among the Kiowas that spoke
honeyed words to the white man. We
were in the act of cultivating him
when the interpreter told us to move
on for White-Horse was “a bad man”
upon doubting, he told us to offer him
a cigar, which we did, and he, in an
swer, threw it out the window, saying,
“I no smokee your tobacco, when I no
meanee Red Man no fooloe white broth
er,” and with a smile and waive of the
haud, we passed along.
Before entering the car where the
Cheyennes were, Mr. Fox told us that
White Horse was the leader of the
ignominious fight at Howard’s Well,
Texas, where a wagon train was mas
sacred, and the captives
Burnt at the Stake,
and that the Texans dreaded him more
than any one man in the tribe.
Fox. they called Romeo a Mexican
interpreter for the Cheyennes, aud
turned us over to him.
He told us before going among the
Indians “to be careful and not to offend
any of them for it was dangerous. Un
like most of
The Red Skins
they are talkative aud jovial, and you
would be interested if you do not laugh
at them, or say anything to make them
mad. I tell you to be careful, for if
you were to pick from the whole world,
you could uot find thirty-two more
treacherous scouudreis than those iu
til at car.
They are the villains that murdered
the Gerrnau family from Pickens county,
in your State, iu Kansas; that is, they
murdered the parents and carried
The Girls Into Captivity.
The squaw that is among them split
Mr. Germain’s head open with an axe
after he was wounded. Only this
morning “ Lean Bear,” one of the
braves, cut two of our soldiers, and
then
Cut His Own Throat
The circumstances are as f< Rows: Just
as we entered Nashville, a corporal and
a guard entered the car and commenc
ed distributing food to the prisoners,
when “ Lean Bear ” showed a dissatis
faction to the portion that was meted
out to him, by plunging a pocket-knife
up to the hilt in the corporal’s back,
and as quick as lightning he with
drew
The Knife Still Reeking with Blood
of the officer and stabbed the soldier
in tjie breast and then dealt ing to cheat
his captors out of their revenge, he cut
his own throat, and fell gasping 011 the
seat. At this juncture another soldier
entered, and he sprang from his seat
and grabbed for the gun, in the strug -
gle the piece went off and the ball flew
heavenwards without doing any dam
age. Weakened by the loss of blood
and his struggle
He Fell to the Floor,
and in endeavoring to crawl to where
his knife was he fainted.
All three of the wounded parties were
left at Nashville. The Indian’s death is
certain. The corporal is considered
mortally wounded, but the soldier I
think will get w >ll. But come 1 vill let
you judge of them for yourself.
It is needless to say that while among
them we were very civil, even going so
far as to smoke a dirty clay pipe that
was offered every one of the braves, —
While talking to Mr. Graybeard a re
porter of a cotemporary entered,
when an intelligent Indian remarked,
“Another Mr. Dead Head comes—
another writee muchee and rneanee
little.”
Leaving the Indians we next bored
Capt. R. n. Pr.itt, of the 10th U. S.
cavalry, who commands the party. He
said that liis paity' consisted of 32
Cheyennes, 24 Kiowas, 14 Couiauches,
2 Arrapahoes, and 1 Coda, guarded by
22 soldiers of the sth United States in
fantry, and two interpreters. They left
Fort Sill, in the Indian Territory, on
the 20th ult.., and after stopping at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, for nine days,
and reducing the escort from sixty sol
diers to twenty-two, they had made
haste for the “La id of Flowers,” where
he would leave the prisoners. They
are, as we said before, bound for Sr.
Augustine, Florida, where, we presume,
the Government sends them ou “a
death march,” for we cannot account
for their being sent to Florida at this
season at the public’s expense if it is
not to get rid of them by an untimely
death.
In Atlanta.
When the train arrived last night,
the ear shed was thronged with the
Atlantese, who welcomed the redskins
to Atlanta.
After clamoring for some time for a
first-class war hoop, the party tried to
get some other expression of opinion
from the cut-throats, but only succeed
ed in getting a quid of partially chewed
tobacco thrown into the face of one of
our citizens as an answer to a question.
Possibly this answer was not in good
taste, but it was Indian-like, pertinent
and eloquent.
The Profits of tire State Road.
[Atlanta. News.]
In a speech delivered on Thursday,
at the convention of stockholders of
the Georgia Railroad, Mr. E. A\ r . Cole,
late Superintendent of that road, and
also officially connected with the AVest
ern and Atlantic Railroad, made an
admission concerning the latter which
will be read with curious interest by
the public generally. In the course of
his remarks he stated that the income
of the State Road last year amounted
to $1,400,000, and the total expenses to
SBOO,OOO, leaving a profit of 3600,000.
We suppose that in ihe SBOO,OOO is in
cluded the $300,00C paid the State for
rent. Bnt even if the rent has to be
taken from the $600,000, the neat sum
of $300,000 remains to be divided
among the lessees.
These figures are of curious interest
—the more so as thus far the lessees
have not permitted any report of their
business and expenses to be published
—hence w r e must suppose that Col.
Cole’s remarks were made inadvertent
ly; that, in short, he “let the cat out of
the bag” without intending it. It must
be remembered, too, that the business
of the State Road last, year was not as
large as usual, and not so large as it
will be this year if we have anything
like an active Fall trade.
A profit of $600,000 in one year is a
nice plum for a party of gentlemen
who have not to spend one dollar of
their own money to obtain it. The fact
that such a sum could be earned from
it is proof that the gentlemen who
offered $30,000 per ruanth, rental, could
have paid it easily and still made large
sums of money. With the increase of
our population and consequent increaso
of our commerce, tne profits of the
AVestern and Atlantic Railroad will
quadruple before the lease expires, and
every share holder will make a fortune
out of the road.
Of course the large profit already ob
tained is due wholly to the admirable
manner in which the road has been
managed since Gen. Mcßae became its
Superintendent, and should he resign
to take charge of the Georgia Road, to
the Superintendencv of which he has
just been elected, the lessees will find
it extremely difficult to find a man who
can fill his place with the suceess that
has attended his management. That,
however, is a question for their con
sideration. That the road will prove a
mine of wealth to them we have uot the
slightest doubt. Au old railroad offi
cial with whom we have had some con
versation on the subject, estimates that
the profits on every share will average
$30,000 per annum, by the time the
lease expires if the road is managed
with anything lik eeconomy. This will
give a total of $750,-HM) per share—a
very handsome return in a quarte r of
a century, from an investment that has
not cost a single dollai.
“Old Dog Tray Ever Faithful.”—
A quiet game of dra w quarter ante,
was in progress the other evening at
Chico. One of the party managed to
get a heart flush, ace at the head, out
of the deck, aud laid it in his lap, wait
iug a chauce to play it. Presently the
chance came. The guil Jess gentleman
counted out forty dol ars better with
one hand, and quietly went down with
the other hand for that flush. It wasn’t
there. He had to play his original hand.
Two of the party called his S4O oetter,
and one of them in tqe nhow-down pro
duced the identical heart flush that ho
had been at such paius to secure. He
knew it was the same, for the ace was
crimped just as he ha i done it. The
secret was that Ira AVt atherbee’s dog,
Patsey, had quietly put his nose in,
picked up the flush, carried it around
to his frieud, wagged his tail knowingly
and walked off —San Francisco Ctiron
icle. _ _
Great Sale of Pictures. —The sale of
the fine collection of paintings belong
ing to Mr. Samuel Mendel, a prosper
ous Mauchester cotton spinner, took
place at the Manley Hall Gallery, Lon
don, the last week in April. One day
six-two pictures—with few exceptions
modern and the great majority Eng
lish-produced £32,190; on another,
ninety-seven pictures produced £65,593.
The total for 159 pictures is £97,783
an average of over £6OO for each pic
ture. Turner’s Grand Canal, A r enice,
one of the most lovely pictures in the
world, brought 7,000 guireas ; Jepthah,
by Millais, brought 3,800 guineas, and
“Ohill October,” by the same painter,
brought 3,100 guineas. Ihe whole of
the contents of Mr. Mendel’s house,
including the pictures, plate, porcelain,
engravings, wines, and Brie-a-Brac have
now been sold. The amount realized
is £150,147 —a tidy sum with which to
begin life over again.
New Series—Vol. 3. No. TOO
AMERICAN GIRLS.
What They are Doing in a Usefnl Way,
and M hat They are Capable of Doing!
* * * At present how narrow is
the limit of occupation for women ! A
hundred or two may be studying mu
sic in Europe, hoping to find a fortune
in their voices. Most of them will fail.
Perhaps a hundred or two are studyiue
art in New York and elsewhere. In this
field those who are willing to make tb<*
exertion may win fame and a compe
tent. Many women have become tel
egnph operators, and a few book
keeper, while hundreds are clerks. Ail
this Is well. Much, better than running
sewing machines, scrubting basement
steps and going to market. A few w. -
men have proved themselves good
editors, and others will, in time to
come. For the matter of poetry aud
general literature, women have long
been the peers of men. Many
earn a good living on the stage, a work
as honorable for them as it ; s for men.
But after all is said aud done, the ma
jority of women have nothing better t .
do than to dress prettily, read books,
play on pianos aud entertain company.’
When we say the masses, we mean, of
course, those who are above want, and
are uot forced to toil from morning un
til night to earn a living. There are a
plenty of hard working women iu
America, we all know; those who have
to endure as much physical fatigue as
crims uals iu the gall ?ys. These, for the
moment, we are uot considering.
To what end is all this reading of
books, learning of modern languages,
culture iu music, and travelling over
the world ? That some husband may
be entertained when weary of his led
gers ; that fairy stories may be trans
lated from the German for the child
ren in the nursery ; that the piano may
be played on occasionally, or a sketch
drawn now and then ? * These accom
plishments are not to be altogether
despised, if they have n<>t beeu ac
quired at the expense of more prac
tical and useful knowledge. It is to be
feared, however, that the practice is
too often forgotten in the education of
our girls. Mr. George Dawson, of Bir
mingham, England, when in this coun
try visited our common schools.
At a high school in Philadelphia he
found six hundred girls in one room,
and they “were in the middle of the life
aud characteristics of Lord Byron.” In
how many schools in England* would it
be any use asking the girls about Lord
Byron? They would sav that they
never heard of the gentleman. Other
girls at home, content themselves with
beginning little scraps of canvass or
kid which they produce when company
is present.” It the sum total of their
lives should be ascertained, it would
frequently represent a certain sum of
money spent at the milliners, the dress
makers, for music, hotel tills, balls
and travelling. Were a man to lead such
a life it would be considered mis-spent.
He would lament it more than Mr. Gre
ville does at the close of these remark
able memoirs, which accouLt for the
vain and riotous living of kings, queens,
and of persons of high rank. We can
hardly expect to prosper as a people in
any good and earnest direction, so Jong
as one half of mankind are doomed to
the almost useless lives which prevail
among the American women of the bet
ter class to-day. In this land of free
dom aud opportunity every girl should
be educated with a definite object in
viewr. If, in after life, she has no occa
sion to practice her trade or profession,
it will at least be some consolation to’
know that she is indepentof the “slings
aud venoms of outrageous fortune.”
Wliy Meu Become Bald.
Because they wear close hats and
caps. Women are never bald. Some
times, from long-continued headache,
heat in the scalp, bad hair-dreasing and
some other causes, women may have
bare spots here and there; but with all
these combined, you never see a wo
man with a bare, shiny, bald head.—
Aud you never see a man lose a hair
below where the hat touches the skuli.
It will take it off as clean as you can
shave it down to exactly that line, but
never a hair below, not if he has been
bald fifty years. The common blacic
stiff hat, as impervious as sheet iron,
retains the heat and perspiratioD. The
little hair glands, which bear the same
relation to the hair that the seed wheat
does to the plant above ground, be
come weak from the presence of the
moisture and heat, and finally become
too weak to sustain the hair* It falls
out, and baldness exists. A fur cap we
have knowu to produce complete bald
ness in a single winter. A man with a
good head of hair needs very little pro
tection where the hair grows. Women
who live much within doors, and who
are, therefore, susceptible to the cR 1,
oil their hair and plaster it down hard
and flat upon their skulls, so as to de
stroy nine-tenths of its power as a non
conductor, have worn for years post
age stamps of bonnets stuck on the
back of their skulls, and then going
out of furnace-heated parlors, have
ridden for hours in a very cold temper
ature without taking cola and without
complaint.
Man, with his greater vigor an 1 hab
its of outdoor life, and with his hair
not plastered down, but thrown up
loose and light, could no doubt go to
the north pole, so far as that part o!
his person is concerned, without anv
artificial covering. And yet we men
wear immensely thick fur caps, and do
uot uare to step out in a chilly atmos
phere a moment lest we take cold. It is
a silly, weak and very serious error.
The Creator knew what ho wrs about
when he covered a man’s sku.il with
hair. It has a very important 1 unction
in protecting the brain. Baldness is a
serious misfortune. It will never
occur in any man who will wear a com
mon clack high silk hat with five hun
dred holes through the top, sc that
there shall be more hole than hat. This
costs nothing; the hatter will lo this
for you when you purchase your hat
If the nap be combed back the wrong
way, and alter the holes are made it
be combed the right way. no one will
observe the peculiarity. The hat will
wear quite as long—the hatters say
considerablj longer—because it is dry
instead of moist. In brief, tbere is uot
a single objection to it, while it will
certainly prevent baldness and keep
tbe top of the head cool and prevent
much headache.
The Burlington Hawk-Eye says a
Davenport journalist has fallen madly
iu love with Susan B. Anthony, aud
when he knelt at her feet and offered
her the deathless devotion of his
yoong heart, she shook her head sadly
and sighed, “Oh, dear, dear, pa, could
he but have lived to see this day,’’ and
then wept softly as she thought of the
remorseless flood which swept away
her parent under the very shadow of
the tossing ark.
Discoveries of coal are simultane
ously being made in various parts of
Massachusetts, Utah, California, Ore
gon and Washington Territory,