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11 ,cpTIONOF* reneoade. Ch „!c»ton News end Courier: ^ spccr is removed by the -"' d • 0 f t W o generations from let Speer, ami is infinitely hcr removed in motive and ob- ' The old grand sire was curn- I C n J conscientious in his political r w hilc Speer is the hireling renemy of his people and ,„es here *° win the wages of his l' 1 , It is humiliating enough one who was born here * *, j,,” lived here all his life should i the willing instrument or NO XXIII. THE BANNER-WATCHMAN. AN INTERESTING LETTER. !•,. pet-eci P r tors of his people. Far i hen a citizen ol an ad- ,t:ite eagerly accepts a re- , which is nothing better or than blood money, fb be mer iting the forms of law ;rved by h filing eve 'reused Caiolinian lo be guilty, r .,l to the satisfaction of a packed he .hall prove himself to be in- rllt l'.ir Sanders, for Snyder . j- lir llotterworth there was ,re\cii'c. These good people .. tin hire and the government . f ,i them They would have . ..rented a man from Ohio ora |. nn ,vIranian or a New Yorkeras .j’ouslv as they would have prose- mi a citizen of this state. Emory ret, however, is chosen because , Southerner, and, being a mthemer, any conviction that he ■ ht obtain would redound to the rater gloiv of the Republican The high priests of Rcpub- -ni demanded that the accused , : i,,crats in South Carolina should ■ hunted down by one of the ■them family, and Mr. Speer was , too ready to sell himself once ,,e to Mr. Benjamin Harris Brew- T!.:. l’.tnorv Speer, therefore, .mill be treated and regarded as , renegade that lie is. There was ,t. -.1 far as know, a single redeem- • trait in his character before the ,-e present prosecutions began ia he is despised by all ■pectablc citizens. At Washing- democrats had no use for tit 1. there is any hope that lie aid lecover the lost ground and habilitate himself ill tile esteem of > countrymen, that hope is past ml gone. N et lie will.not be for- c.ten. In South Carolina, at all . he will be remembered as the galler y of worthies in Ktiicli Scott, Moses, Whipper, Par- ■ and Cardozo have a conspicu- . place. These nev er served the Republican party more unscrupu- -h than Speer does, aud it must >aid in their favor that they mere- vtolc our purse, while Speer otild filch from us our good name ail make us poor indeed. THE NEW Ell'.HTrl DISTRICT. The Augusta News says that it • -tateil on what is considered good i.ithoiily, that Hon. Pope Harrow will oppose Hon. Seaborn Kcese fir the next congressional nomina- • in. Forces are at work in Ogle- i.i irpealready to giv e Mr. Barrow a mm, I)r. Carlton is also mention- id. but lie and Mr. Barrow will probably not oppose each other.— Savannah Time There is an old adage that you niu-t go from home to learn the ’nvv We do not know the News' g.iinl authority" for its statement in •ig.itd to Mr. Harrow, but sonn months since that gentleman posi i uly informed us that he was en ' v \ out of politics and would de- o-teliis time to the law. Again, Mi. Harrow ii laboring under the ■a '.r load as “the gentleman from Oglethorpe," Mr. Smith, being one of tin- live pillars that upholds Ath- tns’ negro postma ter. While wc a e personally his friend, and admire his ability and do not doubt his de- mocracy, we must say that we do not believe that Mr. Harrow could be nominated while laboring under the disability of being a bondsman for Madison Davis. Our people feel thi. degradation too deeply to give it endorsement in any manner what- i\ er. Wc have not heard Dr. Carl- tor. express any interest in the mat- ter.and must confess that the News is entirely too previous. Athens has no desire to rule this district, for it will rather be her mission to pour oil upon the troubled waters, and assist the nomination of some good man who w.11 best preserve party unity. TonctUnt Atlanta'* Tint Must. Why it via QIt- an and When Chang oil. Cunntitutian. We are permitted to print the fol lowing interesting letter. Miss Martha Lumpkin, to wh'om the letter was written by her dis tinguished, father, is now Mrs. T. E. Compton,and isjliving in Athens, in the old Lumpkin home. . A friend of hers—a lady in this c,t y~has had for many years a copy of this letter, and" it is her copy- that we are permitted to print. The'reminiscences of Atlanta print ed in The Constitution of last Sun day. suggested that the facts in this letter would be interesting. Gov ernor Lumpkin was a pure and il lustrious man,and the letter will con firm the high estimate of his char acter that all Georgians are now holding. Atlanta, Ga., October 25. 1S53. Miss Martha W. Lumpkin—Sly dear daughter: You doubtless have some recollection of my spend ing the year 1S42. in the "days of your childhood, in superintending and directing the allairs of our great State railroad, known as the West ern and Alantic railroad. Most of the important incidents at tending the labors of my public life I have recorded elsewhere, but there is one particu lar circumstance connected with that service, which I deem it especial-: ly appropriate that I should com- 1 municate you in more detailed and particular manner than might he necessary to sat isfy the curiosity of all others, ex cept yourself. It is an occurence con- and was lost withott a charge or An electric light company in Liberty street, New York, displays in one of its windows an interesting exhibition of the diverse uses of el ectricity. A miniature waterfall descends from the top of the win dow and behind it glean several in- canliant. The electricity which pumps up the water is conveyed over the wires. The city council of Columbus, f>hio, has formally rescinded the resolution adopting standard time *» the official time of the city and reverting to tile old or actual stand ard time. Gut of the vvl ole number of pa tients received into the Asylum dur "ig the past year, 147 were married, *"d 174 single. This shows there is more peace of mind in the cares ol married life, 'ban in so-called sin kle blessedness. l'lie yield of wheat in England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales is said •o be be deceasing, while in the l nited States the increase in the average of wheat in a single year ' s equal to the entire amount de volv'd to wheat culture in England. Editor Willingham sides with •Mahonc against the democrats of , ,r ginia, and yet calls himself a Democrat—all of which is exceed- "Iglv queer.—Ex. ^ ou must recollect that Charlie ’* Sotting old and is liable to do a jjreat many things that we might think was wrong. Please excuse shortcomings. Edwin Booth, many years ago, in wining a brief antibiographic skeigh of his own, career, said; “My debut on ‘life’s stage* was during a grand ‘star’ performance, November 1 .1.1. it being on the ‘meteoric thower,’ mentioned by old almanacs a farm some twenty-five miles Md" * t ' more ’ * n H # D° rd coun *y nccted with the the terminus of that great road, and the name of the town located at that point, now one of the most growing cities of the state, known by the name of Atlanta. That location was after the most careful examination of the contiguous coun ty and due consideration of all its advantages and disadvantages point ly unitedly selected by Charles F. Si. Garnett, then chief engineer of the state of Georgia, and myself for the porposcs above indicated. When selected it was in a perfect state of nature, a wild unmolested forest, not a fence or cabin to be seen anywhere in sight of the loca tion, nor did wc ever know who was the owner of the land which we had selected for these impor tant purposes and where now stands the largest inland town in Georgia. Upon inquiry, however, we found the place we had selected belonged to Mr. Samuel Mitchell, of Pike county, Georgia. I immediately wrote to Mr. Mitchell and sent my communication by a trust worthy express,‘informing him of our selec tion and that if he was the legal owner of the place I wished to pur chase of him a few acres for the use of the state for the purpose of erecting the necessary depot build ing, etc., thereon. And further requested him to visit me at Mariet ta without delay for the purpose of consummating our object. Mr. Mitchell being ail entire stranger'to me, i was wholly unpre pared to form any opinion of the gentleman with whom the business of my office led me to have business transactions. Speculators and shar pers, however, got some intimation of the secret of our selection, but how 1 never knew, as 1 know it was not from Mr. Garnett or myself as both duty and prudence influence us to keep the secret of our selection from others until we could commu nicate with Mr. Mitchell. The speculators got to Mr. Mitch ell about the same time that my ex press arrived at his house,and,fortu nately he was a gentleman of too much intelligence and character to have been imposed upon by such fellows, even il he had not have re ceived the intelligence which he did from 111c. Upon the arrival of Mr. Mitchell at Marietta, my head quarters, I was very much pleased to find in him all that could be de sired—a sensible, plain, independ ent, naturalized citizen of Georgia, who had long resided ill the state, and by his industry, care and good conduct had accumulated an ample competency of the good things of this life; consequently found our business transactions of the most pleasant character, my anticipation of the vast importance of this spot of ground falling so far short of that which has already been realized in regard to the population, business and expansion of everything con nected with the place, I confess caused me to err greatly in not pro curing more land than I did from Mr. Mitchell for public purposes. 11c said from our first interview that he would receive nothing from the state, and claimed as a right and urged that lie should have the honor of making the state a donation of all the grounvl that might be necessary for public purposes, free of chnige. Although I urged him to receive a fair compensation, consequently I was forced to take his conveyance free of charge to state. 1 therefore only took five acres, what was nec essary for present purposes; and I must confess his cleverness and lib erality influenced me to take less land than 1 should have done if he would have suffered me to pay a fair price for the land. In the next place Mr. Mitchell desired to have a town laid out into lots and streets. And at my request Mr. Armcs, then a sub-engineer on the State road, assisted by myselt and some others, laid out the first town at what is now called Atlanta. This being accomplished the next thing in order before advertising the lots for sale was to give a name to the town, although destitute of build ings. Mr. Mitchell and many oth ers said to me, that they wished the town to bear my name, Lumpkin. I p/omptiy and decidedly replied that I would not sutler it to be so. First, because we already had in Georgia a co'unty as well as a beau tiful flourishing little village called Lumpkin, in honor of myself. And secondly, connected as 1 was ■ with this whole matte 1- , I considered it indelicate and improper, and sug gested to Mr. Mitchell that, under all the circumstances, I thought it would be more proper that the town should be called Mitchell than Lumpkin, but advised him to con sult with Colonel Garnett and oth er intelligent gentlemen on the sub ject. After which Mr. Mitchell and Colonel Garnett in company in formed me that they had named the new town and there was to be. nb more objections or change; the towh should be called MArthasville, in honor of my youngest daughter, yourself. I still, however, suggest ed reasons why it might not he'a' judicious selection of a name, btit they declared that what had been written was written and they would ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1883. VOL. XXX hear of no chi lge whatever, and thus the first its in what is now called Atlanta v re sold as lots ly ing and fcelongn^ to the town of Marthasvillc. t was incorporated as a town by th legislature of Geor gia as thc’townif Marthasvillc and _ a post office wa established by the j federal governnrznt and a • postmas-- tcrappoiuted by the same as the town of Marthayillc, and it would have borne the name yet but for the predominate low vice of envy. I do not recollec’ofevcr having be stowed a singl thought on the name or the plac previous to the subject having ben introduced as hereinbefore statd, nor do I believe that I ever shoulihave thought of the place hearingthc name of my self or any of my amily if it had not con- |, een presented a.d urged by those who had the best'ight to move in the matter. Mr. Vlitchell was the owner of the landind he alone had the right to lay out a town upon the same and givtit a name to suit himself, nor do 1 d-ny the right to the legislature to iter and change the names of our tiwns and coun ties. At any rate they have done both in several instances, and in one instance they namd a county, then changed its name afterwards re pented of the ciange and then named anothci couity after the in dividual, whom tfcy had unjustly discarded. There’ore they may yet, in some paroxysm, change, ruh out the great cit>- of Atlanta and substitute or reinstite your name. But whether they do- or not is a matter of small coise^ience. since your honored promotion in this mat ter was acquired withlut seeking, A leadville sermon. whisper of lessened malt or worth on your part or your amily. And you may always rencmhei that one of the mostdistingiished towns in Georgia was loc4cd by your father, and by its original and first proprietor was named |n honor of yourself. Marthasvillc. The name being stolen from you will never change the facts appertaining to tie case. I think, however, as tie legislature had just the same rigjt to change your name as they had i> change the name of the town call*] after you they would have acted more con sistently to have change! your name as well as your town tothat of At lanta. Most affectionately y«ur father, Wilson Lumpkin, A FALLEN PRIESTS BRIDAL Tbs Blackmailing Pair Cams to oner In a Wli coniln City. Milwaukee, Dec. 1—Ex-Priest Anton Pufalski, charged with at tempted blackmail, and the woman who was his partner in crime, fled trom this city last nijjit. Before starting the two went through the f arm of ‘being married although; they had claimed to >e man and’ wife. The Rev. Fathe r Gulski, the Priest who brought the charge of blackmail, has been in charge of the Polish church, which has ihe largest congregation in this city. The fact that Pufalski, aided by the woman, had been committing v.vious crimes come to the knowledge of the priest and it was determinal that they had better leave the twn. It was also agreed, after some consultation with the clergy hercy that certain funds be furnished them for the purpose of having Pulfaski return to Prance or Rome gnd the woman to go further west, <11 of which was agreed to. Pending the effort to accumulate sufficient funds to fur nish Pufalski with money to return to Europe, it seems that at the insti- gatio'n of several malicious persons, Pufalski and the woman presented one morning in September last Father Gulski with an account, ap parently against the reverend fa ther. It purported to he a claim for the maintenance of a child of the priests. The Priest kicked Pulfaski out of doors and then had’ him and the woman arrested. Pending trial, Pulfaski and the woman addressed a confession to Father Gulski, ask ing forgiveness and promising to leave the city if released. .The mat ter was presented to the court and sentence suspended. SPEER’S PERFIDY. In reporting the election trials at Columbia, S. C.. a correspondent of the Augusta Chronicle describes Mr. Speer’s first appearance as fol lows: Mr. Speer arose to reply. Imme diately all eyes in the room were turned upon him and he had the closest attention. It was evident, however, as he proceeded, that a feeling of great disappointment had pervaded the audience, and when he concluded there was probably not a dozen men who heard him. Mr. Speer's personal appearance has been so often described that it is hardly necessary to picture him again, except to say that to us he does not possess the handsome physique we had expected; his manner is not near so pleasing as we were led to believe; he is not the orator we looked for; he is not the polisljcd speaker we had heard of; he is not, as will be subsequcntly shown, the erudite scholar thnt he is considered by his admirers; he is too small of stature to command admi ration or respect by his inches; his eyes are not at all like the eagle's; his complexion is bilious, and, altogeth-' er, he is an exceedingly common place looking person who will do very well to make up one of a crowd. “Only this and nothing more.” Libtlky A curious case has recently oc curred in Hamburg, in which the manager of a branch establishment sues his employer for libel by tele phone. The manager pretended that he did not hear the . message, and obtained a witness to receive the second edition, but as telephone messages can be heard by others than those they are intended for, it is considered that a libel spok. n through the telephone is “publish ed," hence the action, the result of which is not without interest to good many people.- Origin AVim. Liquor has been sold in Forsyth for several months in open disre gard of the prohibition law, and Friday the prohibition citizens held a meeting and nominated a full tick et, headed by the republican- post master. Banks, pledged to enforce the law. The anti-prohibitionists will put out a ticket also, and a moat exciting municipal contest may be looked for this wteek. DisconiM Dollnna by a Kim la a Tandy Tksatra. Chicago Ticif*. At one of our evening entertain ments Mr. J. L. Dow, N. P. (Victo ria) a Scotchman of exceltent hu mor, who is returning from a tour in America, read us a sermon which he had taken down, as he heard it in Leadville. The service was in a theatre; some whisky barrels made the pulpit. After singing “A Day’s March Nearer Home.” a hard-fea tured miner rose to address the hard-featured congregation: L "Friends, the regular preacher has gone down among the boys who are working the new carbonate mines at Gunnison, and I have been appointed to take his hand and heave it for all it’s worih. To many of you present it won’t be necessary to tell you that I’m kinder new to this business, but I don’t believe there’s a rooster in the camp mean enough to take advantage of my ig norance and cold deck me on the first deal. I have been reading in this yere book that yarn about the prodigal son, and I will trv to tell you the story. The book don’t give no dates, but 1 reckon it happened a considerable spell back in this his tory. It seems that prod’s father was pretty flush with stamps, and a real good sort into the bargain, as he always shelled out pretty freely when the kid struck him for a stake, and never bucked at the size of the pile either, so long as the boy heav ed in hearty on the ranch and gen erally behaved hisself hansum. But by-and-by the kid grew restless and wanted to rustle out the gravel; so he got the old man to ante up in ad vancc of the death racket and let him go. He no sooner got the div vy in his pocket than he shook the ranch, and spread himself out to take in some of the far off camps Well according to the book, he had a pay up time at first, and slung his coin around as if he owned the hest- paving lead within a thousand miles of Denver. But my friends, this game didn’t last forever. Hard luck struck him at last, and the prod is found in one of his sober intervals remarking in a confidential way to one of his chums: “I say, old pard, I’m busted clean down to the bed rock, and them’s the cold-blooded facts.” The book don’t say what the prod went broke on, but probable steered up against some brace game. Be that as it may however he was so beatifully cleaned out that he hadn’t a two bit piece left to go and eat on. In this condition he struck a ranch belonging to an old granger who taking pity on the poor busted prod, gave him a job of herding hogs. The granger wasn’t a bad sample in a general way, hut he was inclined to be kinder mean on feed, and so it came that the prod got so frightfully sharp-set for a meal he had to go whacks in the hog trough. You bet the kid who in flush time had been boozing round on the best of every thing, like a silver king or a railroad monopolist, had now plenty of time on his hands for doing a tall lot of thinking, amrfine day he said to himself:‘‘I’ll just ding the business. Why, even the meanest help-in my old governor’s hired service arc liv ing on square grub and plenty of it, while I’m worrying along here on a shook lunch. 1 know what I’ll do —I’ll just skip back home to the old man and ask for a new deal.” So awav he went, hut he had a hard time’ reaching the old ranch, and don’t you forget it. When you have plenty of coin, my friends, everybody’s pleasant, but when you’re on the borrow, you don’t find it so good. Finally he did strike the familiar trail leading down to the old home, and while crossing some vacant lots the old man, as the book puts it, saw him coming faroffi Yes, that old man’s eyes were very dim, but he did not fail to spot the boy afar ofl". And what d’ye suppose that prod’s father did? Did he whistle the dogs up to chase him oflf the ranch? You bet he didn’t. Did he go and take down his shot-gun and wait till he got a good drop on him? You bet he didn’t. No, but I'll tell you what he did. He just waltzed right out of the gate to meet him, and froze to that poor scare-crow right on the spot, and fell to kissing of him and weeping over him and calling him his poor, long-lost boy until the prod got broken all up, and cried like n sluice-dam when the show comes down ofl Pike’s Peak under a July sun. The old man then took him right, away to a clothing store and rigged him out in the nobbiest suit to be had for coin, and put an ele gant ring on his finger, ordered the fattest steer on the ranch to be slaughtered, invited all the neigh bors in. and had the biggest blow out that camp had ever seen. . Now, it appears the prod’s broth er was out working with the teams, and when he came in he asked some of the help what was the meaning of the picnic they were having in side, and when told the reason he just got real mad. The old man hearing of this, went out to him and said: “Come in, iad; your brother’s come back, and we are having a regular old-lashioned jubilee; now, you come right along like a good fellow, and share in the breakdown.” But the brother would 'not budge, and he said: "Look here, dad, I have stuck to the ranch, and have never transgressed your orders, but it never struck you to have -a picnic of this kind until you -give-in honor of a loafer who has disgraced our name.” But, my friends, you nuke your bets on it that the old man-had a level head, and wasn't easily to be bluffed. He says: “My son, you say you have never transgressed my orders, but are you quite sure that's so? 1 tell you that you have griev ously transgressed my command ments now by your unbrotherly and uncharitable behavior Learn that I am pleased by service of mere form, if the heart is not in accord. You may count that your service is according to the letter of the law, but I tell you it don’t fill the bushel worth a cent, so far as the spirit is concerned. The spirit yon are showing, my lad, leads to nar- row-mindedness, to bigotry, to in tolerance, and to fooling round and burning folks because they don’t fix up their formal observances just exactly as you have arranged and you assert must be right." And now, friends, it is to the credit of the brotnerthat he took his old fathers' square talk in bet that old man ough-bred—and don’t you forget it A ROMANCE IN HEAL LIFE. no Hlltcry or th. Bah* TtetVMum on Mr. FATAL DUEL IN THE NIGHT Comtitatioa. The constitution is enabled to present to its readors this morning a romance in real life that is as com plete in all its details as one could desire. One Sunday night in March last about eight oclock there was a vig orous ring at the door bell of the residence of of Mr. James P. Harri son. When the ring was answer ed there was foundon the verandah what appeared to be a basket of clothes, but no one was in sight. The basket was taken into the honse, and an examination of its contents showed that within the folds of the warm clothes nestled a PIIETTY GIRL BABY. Of course Mr. Harrison and Mrs. Harrison were taken by surprise at the visit of the young stranger hut its helpless condition at once enlist ed their sympathies, and they pro ceeded to give the child such care as was necessary. It was found that the baby wa* unddr the influ ence of some drug, doubtless ad ministered to keep the little one from crying. Dr. Gray who lived a short distance from the residence of Mr. Harrison’s, was sent for and attend ed to the wants ot the baby, and in two or three hours it was all right. As Mr. Harrison did not cate to found an orphan asylum he turned the baby over to Captain Crim, of the police force, anil that officer car ried her to the Ivy street hospital, where it was taken in charge by the matron. THE BABY NAMED. Mr. J.J. Toon, who exercises a fatherly care over the inmates, was charmed with the pretty face of the little stranger from the realm of mystery. A number of ladies called to see the baby and several were so carried away that they offered to give it a home and a name. Mr. Toon finally decided to name the baby “Centraline Ivy,” in honor of the institution—the Central Ivy street hospital. After two weeks the baby was given to a benevolent lady who adopted it, but the child soon sickened and died. She was described as a lovely little girl, and the ladies who saw her forgot the possibilities of her birth in their ad miration of her soft cheeks and cozy little dimples. WHOSE BABY WAs’lT? One day soon after the baby was sent to the hospital, there appeared at the door an old lady who asked permission to the warm precincts of the cheerful institution. She was properly accredited and was admitted. She at once manifested an interest in the baby and soon ad mitted that she knew of its history. She said that her name was Pear son, and that she was the grand mother of the child and had with her own hands placed it on the ve randah of Mr. Harrison’s house. While she was sick she was visited by a handsome young dressmaker, named Tillie Pearson, who was about iS, and as blooming as a rose. The girl was the old woman’s daughter, and was the-mother of the baby, which was the result of an unholy alliance between the young dressmaker and Oscar T. Wa ters, a cotton buyer. The old woman stated that Waters had threatened to kill the child, and that she taken it out and left it on the verandah of Mr. Harrison’s house. At the time, however, she did not know who lived there. After a tew days the old lady died and the blooming young dressmaker’s life was en shrouded in the blackness of woe. THE DEVELOPMENTS. In the midst of the young girl’s distress, Mr. Toon got hold of Wa ters and endeavored to gel him to marry the girl, hut he said that he was not ready. It developed that Waters had carried the girl with him to Charlotte, where he lived, and that there he had introduced her as his wife, and had, in that way, grossly imposed on his family. That occurred before the child was bom. All efforts to get Waters to make reparation were fruitless, and the girl, after three moths, left the hospital and nothing more was heard of her there for several months. A few days ago Waters turned up at the hospital and asked for the girl. He was told that she was not there, but was informed where she could probably be found. He went to the place designated, but the girl had gone to Union Point. Waters followed her and now comes the story that h« has married her. It he has and he tieats her well he will be doing her an act of long delayed justice. At least it will go ms far ns he can toward reparation for the wrong he has done the pretty dress maker. HURLED FROM* A TRESTLE. . Aten thousand Milon Texas. dollar blaze in A Colon* Mu ud Woman Strack By an Exprus Train and Killed Near Darliboro. Awjutta *Yr u t. A fatal accident resulting in the death of a colored man and woman, occured near Davisboro. on the Central railroad, about noon Thurs day. As the express train, due in Savannah at 3:25 p. m , was ap proaching a trestle over Williams’ swamp, the engineer discover a man and woman crossing on the ties. The man had reached the end of the trestle and the woman being be hind, he turned and went buck to assist her. The engine struck both the man and woman, hurling them both from the trestle in . the swamp below. The train was brought to a stop, and the bodies were recov ered from the water. Both were frightfully mangled, the woman’s skull being crushed and her head nearly cut in two. The re mains were cared for, and the train proceeded without great delay. The unfortunate people were nam ed Ann Williams and Ed. May, and lived in the vicinity of the place. Onj of Ui» PsrUctputa Foud Dud th* Hot Ijonunf-Th* Otter u T*t Unknown— 1 Th* Myatery and Romance Surrounding the Death ol» Toung Telegraph Operator In Michigan. The dead body of Byron M. Sib ley. a young and good looking op erator, was found near an old man ufacturing establishment near the depot. He lay upon his back with a bullet hole in his temple, and not faraway was his revolver, with all except one of the cartridges dis charged. There were footprints in the partly frozen earth, indicating a st^ggle; but the motive of the mur derer was not robbery, for the young man’s watch and money were un disturbed. As he was universally esteemed and not known to have an enemy in the world, his friends and acquaintances, save one, were at a loss to account for the tragedy. This one, William Ward, a hotel clerk, was able to throw some light on the tragedy, but only enough to invest the case with a thrilling interest, and throw around it enough of mystery and romance to set the town wild with excitement. Ward explained the day before the tragedy Sibley had told him that he was in trouble with a prom inent citizen of the place, who ac cused him of improper intimacy with his wife, based on the woman’s confession. The injured husband had notified Sibley two weeks be fore of his discovery, and then threatened to kill him il he did not leave town. Sibley had protested his innocence of the charge, hut the husband refused to believe him and insisted that Marshall was not large enough to hold both of them. Sib ley had gone to Detroit to secure a transfer to some other town, but, failing in this, had re turned to Marshall on Monday last and resumed his work. That after noon he had perceived letter from his enemy saying that he was sorry he had come back, and giving him until the next day to leave town. Sibley told his friend, that he had written the man a note saying he had made up his mind to stay; that he was innocent of the charge, and that if the husband did not stop dogging him one or the other would have to sutler for it. Ward asked the man’s name, but Sibley refused to give it to him. He showed Ward his revolver, and said that while his enemy had a self-* cocker he would, if it came to that, make the best fight he could with his old style weapon. Sibley had the letter, unaddressed, in his hand as he went out, and the next morn ing it was found, still with no in scription, on his body. When news of the murder spread throughout the town many people remembered that about 9 o’clock the previous evening they heard two pistol shots in the neighborhood of the depot. One family living near the scene of the murder say they heard the shots, and soon after light footsteps on the sidewalk as ofsonie one running in slippers or very light shoes. A womah testifies to having passed the manufactory just before the shots were fired, and be ing seized roughly by a well dress ed man who came out from a lum ber yard near there, hut who, on seeing her face liberated her with an apology. The theory having the most supporters is that Sibley and the unknown husband met in the lonely spot described by appoint ment, and that, becoming involved in a scuffle, both fired, the young man falling a victim. It is certain that two shots were fired, and from that fact that Sibley’s death must have been instantaneous, it is be lieved that he fired first, and that before he could draw his adversary killed him. Another theory, and one that is well sustained by several de tectives, is that Sibley went to the old manufactory to meet the recre ant wife; that hcr husband learned of the appointment and followed them; that he was the man who seixed the passing woman, suppos ing her to be his wife, and that the hurried footsteps after the shooting were those of the guilty wcynan.who, seeing herself discovered, fled for home while her husband was engag ed in his encounter with her lover. The morals of the upper crust society here are not so spotless as to preclude the possibility of several families being suspected as chief actors in this tragedy; but as yet public suspicion is divided between two. The detectives claim to know who the man and woman are, but say they will not make an arrest for the present, as they arc convinced that Sibley fired firsthand that the husband shot in self-defense. There are hints that the young telegrapher was, in fact, guiltless of the intrigue charged upon him by the wife, and that she made use of his name to cover up the tracks of a much more prominent man, who is just now in terror over his treateded ex posure. The fact that previous to his death young Sibley had not been known by any of his Iriends to be on intimate terms with any mar ried woman gives color of reason to this suggestion. BEECHER ON POLYGAMY* Ho Lot** th* Mormon* an* Hate* Their Wicked luutnuon*. “Mormomsm is a stink-pot in this nation,” said Rev. Henry Ward Beecher yesterday morning as he faced an audience which crowded Plymouth church to its utmost ca pacity. “It is a great pi oblem as to how we are to get rid of it There are two ways of treating it. One is to send an army to Utah with des potic power and command that it be eradicated. The other is to admit Utah as a state, surround the Mor mons with refining influences and let our religion do its work. Mor- monism is the transposition into our times of the Mosaic ideas and insti tutions, and if the New Testament can’t conquer the Old it is not what it pretends to he. You hate the Mormons. I don’t; I love ’em. But I hate their institutions, and I want to see them redeemed and this blot removed from our nation I lectur ed ip the theatre in Salt Lake City, and President Taylor and the Twelve Apostles and as many of their wives as could be convenient ly spared were tfcere "to listen to me. Aside from polygamy the city is orderly and prosperous. "If any one believes in the ver bal inspiration of the Bible, I don’t see how they can throw any stones at the Mormons. z\n old-fashioned regular Presbyterian could have nothing to say to their arguments from the Bible in favor of their in stitutions. The Bible saints had many wives. So do the Mormons. There was Solomon. What kind of *nan was he? In all his glory, was he not arrayed like one ot these?” Mr. Beecher preached for an hour and a half upon his vacation trip through the great North west and South anfl the observa tions he made. DOWN IN OGLETHORPE. TteXldi*pp*r. A Pike county gentleman informs s that he know* the history of the man who has lately become so fa mous in this part of Georgia and the neighboring tenitory of Ala bama as “Ogletree, the child steal er.” He says that his true name is Charles Smith; that two or three yeara ago he was sent to the chain gan^ for six months by the late Squire D. D. Malier,. for stealing money out of a negro's house. He . . is known to be a good runner, as fn was iT’rcal tin? **** rece “tiy shown, for he was °r- run f or several miles after he stole the money before be could be caught—Griffin News. The eastern bond train on the Norfolk & Western R R collided with freight train. The engineer was badly hurt and a tramp killed. Tbzaa store* aild thc railroad de- pot atLadiga, Abu, was destroyed by fire. Losstys^ooo. FREE SCHOLARSHIP. A Osserout Offor trom tte El barton Military Acadimy. The following letter explains it self. Any deserving youth wishing to avail himself of this generous proposition will please hand his name to the editor of the Banner- Watchman, who, assisted by a com petent committee, will pass upon the claims, and bestow the scholar ship upon the most worthy appli cant, if there be more than one. This is one of the finest schools in the state. Elberton is a healthy and moral town, and its society unsur passed. Prof. Davant, Principal, is recognized throughout the country as one of the leading southern edu cators. The following is the prop osition; who will accept? Elberton, Dec. 1st, 1SS3.—Mr. T. L. Gantt, Dear Sir:—I am au thorized to offer a free scholarship to each county in the Sth congres sional district. The selection of that scholarship is left with you, the edi tor of the paper in your county. The pupil will be charged $12 per month board, including everything except washing. Will you do me the kindness to write me at your earliest convenience if any one in your county wishes to accept the proposition. Respectfully, P.E, Davant. *•; Birminghaam, Dec. 4.—The ar* rest of the negro Wesley Posen charged with committing rape on the HRte seven year-old white child only ode week after the lynching pf Louis Houston, who was also charged with the ofiense of attempt to rape, has revived a great deal of talk in regard to Houston lynch ing and some intereating facta have come to light. Lexington, Ga., Dec. 3.—Editor Banner-Watchman: Last week Lexington’s corporate laws went into effect, and Marshal Knox has already brought several transgres sors to taw. The fines imposed are very light. Our new ordinances are published, and create some amuse ment. For instance, it only costs a fine of $ 1 to run a house of ill- fame, while the assessment for throwing a base ball on the public square is $10. The liquor license is fixed at $25. We can already see the beneficial effects of incorpora tion. Mr. Moon, of Madison county, has rented Judge Young's bar-rooin, and will open another jim-jam fac tory in our town after .Christmas. Court is still in session, and will probably hold the entire week. The fence case was to come up to-dav, which is looked forward to with great interest. It is reported that the evidence of the Ordinary’s com mittee will conflict Our late lamented grand jury bid fajr*to rival the Georgia legislature in adhesiveness. They were strict ly a temperate body, except about finding true bills. They are con demned by some and commended by others. Two families leave this week for Texas. They have the deepest sym pathy of their friends here. Tuesday night the Maxey’s Ma sonic lodge will give Mr. Pope Tay lor the Royal Bumper degree and also serve an oyster supper, prepar atory to his leaving for Texas. Many visiting Masons are expected. Pope will need a square meal, we fear, before he gets through with the Lone Star State. The friends of Mr. W. E. Faust, of Simston, will trot him out as a legislative candidate, if he. allows the use of his name. “Big John” is one of our solid citizens, and would do honor to his county. Mr. Willie Knox will next year turn the tan-yard over to Mr. E. Swann, our coupon-clipper, who will again pull ofl" his coat and go to work. Will embarks in a more lucrative business than breaking hides. Two soiled doves are now in jail for disturbing worship at a colored church. They have been trying very hard to give bond, but failed. Judge Pottle positively refuses to take a drop of the ardent or even engage in a friendly game of whist. There is a man living in this coun ty who has been baptized three times by immersion. He has joined the Methodist, Missionary and Prim itive Baptist churches. A gentleman living at Lithonia, Ga., is named Lexington Johnson, in honor of the county-site of Ogle thorpe, from which county his fath er moved. Mr. J.J. Bacon, now in charge of the Roane House, is keeping up a splendid table, and Pam glad to know doing a good business. Mr. Roane will move his family back to Lexington year after next, and erect a neat cottage on his land that joins Mr. Latimer. It is all bosh to talk about moving the court-nouse, for not one man in ten will favor it. Editor Moore’s rooster is again crowing too'previ ously. It is reported that Judge Gilham will not oiler for Ordinary next year, and the name of Mr. J. S. Baughn is proposed for the vacant hhair. There seems to be a mania in our county for young men running away from home, as several have lately left their families without warning. It the court-house is moved San dy Cross puts in a bid. It is the most centrally located city. A great deal of small grain has been sown in our county, and it gives promise of a fine yield. J_-T. Olive, Esq., shortly moves to Gainesville. He is a fine lawyer and a model citizen. Several young men of this county hiding out from the sheriff, who is after them with bench warrants. One of Lexington’s belles will soon be lead to the altar by a young man from Columbus, Ga., so Dame Rumor says. Charlie Witcher saj% he has enough ot the legislature, and will not offer again. He made a splen did member. The carp mania is sweeping our county and hundreds of ponds are being built The Banner-Watchman is- the popular favorite in Oglethorpe, and I believe it now visits nearly every home in the county. You are hearti ily endorsed by your many friends down here. Spy. TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. A stranger from Kansas City sui cided in Savannah. M. de Lesseps has received a box containing dynamite/ Georgia gave eight votes for Car lisle and one for Randall. A rat’s bed made of greenbacks was found at Weldon, N. C. Twenty-two houses burned in Lynchburg Va, loss $35,00a ^ Five of the largest towns in South Carolina elected the dry ticket Sat urday. Greenville. December t.—This city went wet to-day by a majority of eighty. At Newbry, Ireland, the Cath- olic priest was stoned by the Or ange faction. There has been a terrible storm on the Newfoundland coast and many sailors were drowned. A negro’s house with two chil dren was burned about 8 miles from Cuthbert, on Thursday. Mr. Tilden contemplates donating his residence, Gramancy Park, to New York as a public library. Troy, N. Y., West Point, Conn., New York City and Liverpool have all experienced disastrous fires. The U. S. supreme court decides that the State ol Georgia cannot be sued on the M. & B. R. R. bonds. The hackmen of Augusta publish a card, reducing the tare from the depot to the hotels to 15 cents. A year or two ago it was 50 cents. Coroner Hyatt held an inquest over the remains of Lawrence Feeny, of Peekskill, who committed suicide by self-imposed starvation. The civilized powers are forming a combination tor the protection of Christian residents ir. China, in the event bfa war between that country and France. Chattanooga, December 3.— Near Spring City, Jack Thompson,’ colored, while scalding hogs at Dr. W. J. Thompson’s farm, fell into the kettle and was sc. ' 'ed to death. Brkniiam, Texas, December 3. A young lady named Mina Hodde, was burned to death while, pouring kerosene oil out of a can in making the kitchen fire to cook dinner. London, Dec. 4—The proprie tors of the cotton mills in Lanshire have given notices to their em ployees that a reduction will affect 90,000 weavers, who are holding meetings for the purpose of oigan- izing a strike. O’Donnell, the slayer of Carey the Irish informer, has been sen tenced to hang. Upon being re moved from the dock the prisoner shouted: "Three cheers for old Ire land! Good-bye, United States! To hell with the British and tht British Crown! It is a plot made up by the Crown!” The prisoner shouting, cursing and struggling was then forcibly removed by the police, amid the most fearful confusion and slamming of doors. Cincinnati,December 1.—-James Boyd shot and killed his son Alfred, aged 17 years, this afternoon, at his home in Comminsville. Boyd is a huckster, 49 years of age. Return- ing home this afternoon he found his son playing marbles on the com mons. He reproached him for not working and then roughly caught the boy by the collar and dragged him home, a distance ot one hun dred yards. Upon reaching the porch door the boy struggled and catching hold of the door refused to enter. His father then drew a re volver and deliberately shot his son through the chest. Boyd was imme diately arrested. Th* CarauTlll* Engln*. "Tom P. Carnes,” the engine for the Carnesville railroad, arrived at West Bowersville last Friday. It is a complete curiosity, being almost entirely different to anything we have ever seen. The speed gearing with one extended line of cog wheels. Both drivers and pinions are altogether on one side, while the fire chamber stands perpendicular. It certainly is a peculiar sight to see the machinery in motion, every part performing its part with perfect precision. Weight ten tons. It presents a very respectable appear ance, occupying about as much space as an Elberton Air Line engine. In statue a little above the medium, but is perhaps not object ionable, as the most of its weight is at the base. Uncle Billy trans ferred it to the Carnesville track Saturday morning, and treated the boys to a ride out to the first trestle. He is highly pleased with its opera tion on the stringer track. Now let the moneyed men of old Frank lin come to Uncle Billy’s aid, and ere the approach of gentle spring the shrill whistle of the locomotive will be heard on the red hills of Carnesville. To Uncle Billy we venture to offer three cheers tor his untiring devotion to the cause of general progress. Ten years of his most vigorous manhood have been dedicated to the construction of railroads in this country. Th* Lin* KUa-Clnb. On and after the first of the new year the following mottoes and greetings will he printed on cloth and hung on the walls of Paradise Hall: “Credit am an enemy to entice you to buy what you doan’ want.” ‘ Dar am no danger of de well cavin’ in if you keep on top.” ‘•If life had no sorrows we should grow tired of bearin’ each odder laugh,” “Gray h’ars should respect dem- selves if dey want to be respected by odders.” "De man who eats apples in de dark musn’t let his stomach be too pertickler about worm holes.” “While color has nuffin’pertick ler to do wid treein' de coon, doan pay too much fur ayaller dog." “While honesty am de bes’ pol icy, doan’ be too fast to express your candid opinyun of your naybur.” “Bumps on a man’s head may ex press his traits of character, but you kin find out all you want to know about him by goin' on one excur sion in his company.” “What we do to-day am dun fur to-morrer. What ve intend to do to-morrer won’t buy meat fur din ner.”, “He who judges de character of a pusson by his clothes am buyin’ a mule by de sound of his bray." “De pusson who has no tempta tions am one -of de biggest sinners in de crowd.” - “ u ; •n*> I ■ o ! ■ ■ - ' . t “Kind words cost nuffin! Dat’a de reason ao many-of us am willin’ to throw away sich a heap of’em.” GEORGIA ITEMS. i A buzzard with a bell around SEE— neck is hovering over Heard. The grand jury of Lee county -re* commends that the ordinary no more licenses to sell liquor in ‘J thatcounty. Capt C. A. Alexander, of Wash?' " ington, sold last winter $60 wdrttT of collard seed that he savcd l J ?”>iiSi|I fall before. A girl, not 13 years old, was mkr-J T tied at Butler recently. A sister ot —— - her’s, of the same age, was rnqqriea some time since. The Covington Enterprise say'sV 1 “It wouldn’t surprise us to see Suit j-’ 1 "' ator Livingston in the field for coov -i gressional honors.” A negro woman went crazy!in'l--r.| Chattanooga the other day becaqipe,.. she lost a pair of bracelets which were given her by a dead sister.', " •)'< -av:r[ There is said to be a movement on, hand among the colored people' of ,' Newton county looking toward^ • ‘a’ '■ removal to a colored country, -l , ' r - > There are four bar-rooms irt 1 El-' Jl,: ^ berton and seven white men con- i' u nected with them, and not one: ofLv/ the seven drink a drop of intosica-.,,-p ting liquor. . ' _ Mrs. Edwards was given $400 -. damages by the jury against the city ■ of Marietta for injuries sustained by her horse backing off an unbanister-"'’' ed bridge. An Augusta correspondent says that the Hon. George T. Barnes . - will go before the congressional, convention in his district as a candi date for nomination. .j'" Prof. C. I. Hughes, late of Friend: ship, but now of Americus, .three years ago planted an orange grove of twelve acres near Pineville. Fla., for which he has recently been ; of- - fered $4,500 in cash, and has : re fused. v ; Governor McDaniel has offered a reward of one hundred for the. ap prehension and delivery to the. slier-, iff of Washing county of John \Vebb : - ’ colored, who is charged with rape o upon the ten year old daughter of , , a respectable colored mail in Wash-, .. ington county. Savannah Times: There , was . on exhibition at the market this morn ing an immense rattlesnake that was ; ' captured in the everglades hT FIbri--'^ da a few months ago. It showed-!-j that during life the snake was about - seven feet long, had sixteen r^ttlps, and was as large as the calf of a. / man’s leg. •" The town of Cochran appears.'to . , progress backwards. The Haw- kinsville Dispatch says that the cot* " ton factory, Clement attachment,- - t not proving a success at the proprietor, Mr. Scofield,, deter-., mining to get as much fun as' "pos-”; sibleout of the investment. reVnoV-”-' ed the machinery and converted-a the capacious hall into a skating') rink. While digging out some ruins jty. the rear of a brick building bejpg j erected by J. P. Dailey, on MiTTaqiU Fahm streets, in Savannah, 'Satiir-'' 1 day, a negro named Anderson covered a sword in a tolerably fair ! state of preservation. A part of ; the blade was broken off, but the balance was well kept. There is etching along the blade that can be traced, while the hilt looks from the finish and carving as though it might have been a good one. The negro will keep his treasure trove, as he was advised to do by some parties who failed to secure it. We heard seveial times of the discovery of old-time muskets, sabres and utensils of war in Yamacraw, but none recently, until this discovery was made. It is evidently a relic of the wars between the French, the allied forces of Americans, the legion of Pulaski and the British forces in the early history of our city and country. GENERAL NEWS. It is said that Tennyson wears corsets. A nineteen-year-old boy in Ohio has sued for a divorce. A bishop was paid $500 for pro nouncing the benediction at a wed ding the other day. The negroes were not all killed in Virgininia. Nine of them are elected to the Legislature. Blaine is the highest bidder for the Presidency so far, his offer be ing $1.75 to each person in the Un ion. The “Devil s Slide” is the coolest place in Yellowstone Park. Water freezes there every night in the year. Forty million dollars was recently advertised to loan in New York at rates of interest ranging from 4 per cent downwards. Iu one district in Yucatan, in a fortnight, there were killed 30,000 pounds)of grasshoppers and over 11- 000 pounds of locusts. A young girl employed in a tele phone station in Hartford, Conn., has almost entirely lost her voice and is now unable to speak above a whisper. North Carolina will levy no state tax next year. The Western North Carolina Railroad Company will pay into the state treasury $600,000, which sum will carry on the state government. A correspondent of the New York Graphic calls attention to the fact that nature is protesting against Mormonism. There are now in the territory 7,000 more males than fe males, and the Mormon report of births last year records 200 males than females. Wages in Mexico along the lines of the new railroads have nearly doubled. Common laborers receive $1 and $1.25, as against 50 cents twelve months ago. Masons and carpenters get from $1.75 to $2.25, and the pa£ of clerks has increased at least 50 per cent. The highest prices paid for dress ed hogs in the interior of Wisconsin is given at $4.10 to $4.50 for heaw weights and best quality. How is it that we arc charged here eighteen cents a pound for hams and ten cents for sides? Somebody must make enormous profits. Dr. Baird, of the Fish Commis sion, drew off the water from the largest one of the government carp ponds in Washington Wednesday beginning at 2 o’clock in the morn- ing and working by calcium lights until daybreak. The result of the year’s breeding was found to be very satisfactory indeed. . In making improvements on Coles Hill, Plymouth, Mass., the graves of pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower and were buried during the first winter after their arrival have been discov ered. One was opened to-day and contained the skeleton of a middle- aged man. five feet nine inches in heigh t. In another grave the skele- ton of another mar, was discovered. These are the only graves of the first settlers which have positivelv been identified. Tablets will be placed to mark the exact location.