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* HEW POLITICAL. ,DEPARTURE.
Wc see in the lest iuue oftiie
Echo that our esteemed friend,^. T.-
Olive, Esq., suggests that the dem-
Oilvc,
ocratic party in Georgia be harmon-
izt .j by inviting the independents
back into our ranks, and to show
, r ..L. J Shat
our g
friendship
Dr. Felton be chosen on the demo-
c - ..; c electoral ticket. So far as the.
rank and file or the independent par
ty is concerned, they well know that
the gates of organized democracy aie
always open to them, and they have
but to step across the line and be
received into full fellowship. Many
of them were innocently led astray,
and they will always receive a cor
dial welcome when they see fit to
return to the halls of their fathers,
lint when it comes to taking up the
organizers and leaders of this de
feated party, and elevating them to
responsible positions over the heads
of men who have stood by their or
ganization in its most trying hours
ami have proved fhithtul to every
trust, we must enter our protest.
Such a course would be simply
placing a premium on treachery
ami desertion. The democratic
party awes Dr. Felton and the oth
er independent leaders in Georgia
no more than it docs Bullock, Con-
h v and that crew of radical thieves
banded together shortly after the
war to oppress and rob a conquer
ed and helpless people. The timi-
lv defeat of independence in our
,te was all that prevented a reor-
ganization of the republican party
for independence meant coa
lition, and coalition was only
another word for radicalism.
There is not a shadow of doubt
but that Dr. Felton, Mr. Speer and
the other so-called independent can
didates for congress in the Georgia
districts were but emissaries of the
dominant party, who were employ,
ed by the administration at Wash
ington to overthrow the state gov-
eminent, by combining the negro
and the ignorant class of whites,
and appealing to theirpassions and
prejudices. Never was such a hell
ish cot.'piracy formed, and the men
who sold their influence to further
such a base end should be ranked
alongside incendiaries and outlaws.
What would have been thought of
a proposition for the American
tinny, after Benedict Arnold’s de-
-ettion of his flag, to reinstate him
in command? This move would
about lie on a par with Mr. Olive’s
suggestion. We do not close our
nes even against these leaders,
but thev should be only received on
probation—and let that probation
l e long and lasting. We have no
confidence in a man who would
prove recreant to his party and his
people, and would fear to trust him
at such an important mission, of
all others, as casting the ballot of
his state in as close a contest as the
Presidential election promises to be.
Dr. Felton has proved treacherous
to his party once, and what guar
antee have we that he would not
again sell out to the enemy? A
man, through policy, may kiss the
hand that smote him, but you can
never make him love it. Dr. Felton
has received two most mortifying
and overwhelming defeats at the
bands of democracy, and he would
be less than human if he did not re
sent the political chastisement.
Again, there is no reason for us to
try and conciliate the independents.
Thev are dead past resurrection,
and if thev ever again attempt the
conquest of Georgia it will be under
a new name and new leaders. We
base nothing to gain by taking
hem up, except to inject a
reacherous and discordant ele
ment in our ranks. Dr.
Felton has made his own bed
nmFupon it let him lie. We want
uch recruits. Two years ago
he might have come back to party
llegiancc with some degree of
credit; but not now. In the last
congressional campaign the lines
ere closely drawn and deeply
arked. so that there was no chance
r evasion or doubt to a man of
I'r. Felton’s intelligence. He knew
that independent success meant a
einstatement of republican rule in
ieorgin, and a victory of the negro
er the white man. He consent-
to lead a movement with this
lisgraceful end in view, and justly
ncrits the contempt and political os
tracism in which he will ever be
held.
We know Mr. Olive to be a
staunch democrat and a conserva
tive citizen, and it is not often that
wc take issue with his views; but
itt this instance we would ask our
Iricnd to carefully reconsider his
Startling suggestion, and we feel
Convinced that he will agree with
is that he was most too premature
n his lustiest advocacy of a general
litical lovcfcast in Georgia.
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A NSW POLITICAL. DEPARTURE.
Jonathan Norcross and General
Longstreet propose to organize!
ffWWWHIITWWN Haadiad Dollsis
oatotOaSuUUetiEuL curl m Ojxm D» j-
lay bel _
republican state convention/—At-
lanta Constitution.
There are two wings of the re
publican party in G*orgia*-the
more respectable following,- if a
Southern radical can bq classed as
respectable, under the leadership ot
Gen. Longstreet and Jonathan Nor-,
cross, while the rag-tag and bob-tail
of that .organization . are controlled
by such men as Speer and Biyant
This latter class embraces the ne
groes. Each of these tactions erf
striving,for the mastership, with a,
view to control the Federal^offices
in Georgia, and fatten on the spoils.
This new departure on the part of
Norcross and Longstreet, by which
they seek to rid their party of the
burthen of the negro, we consider
one of the most significant and im
portant political moves made in the
south since the war. We do not
believe that they would have under
taken such a step without consulta
tion with and the sanction of their
bosses at Washington? It is the initial
step made by the republican party
to shake off the negro, now that
they can no longer use him. In
other words, the republicans see
that there is no chance of ever re
covering a foothold in the South'
era States so long as their suc
cess means African political su
premacy over the Caucassian,
for the negro is such a treach
erous ally that he cannot be
depended upon. Again, Sambo
has lately become a most persistent
scavenger after public spoils, and
his supplications have changed to
the most insolent and intolerant de
mands. In return for all that his
party has done for him, he does not
give a single electoral vote; but on
the other hand, is a political pesti
lence following them through the
Southern States that drives off
every respectable follower—the
very class of men to make the back
bone of a party. For several years
past the republicans have been at
tempting to withdraw from the ne
gro, but he refuses to down, and it
is only by such an outspoken and
decided course as that adopted by
Gen. Longstreet and Mr. Norcross
that he can be shaken off. If this
new move on their part succeeds,
then indeed will the “Solid South”
be in imminent peril. It is natural
for people to go with the winning
si<fe, for nothing succeeds like suc
cess. Alienated from negro domi
nation, you will soon see the repub'
lican party begin to gather white
recruits fromlthe better element in
BQtPBANK ropSery. " ^TffESDATS CYCLONE.
kwo *-
•* Augusta to-day records one of die
boldest and sharpest bank robberies
ever heard of, and the fact that it
open :dsybgfct,*and at
pi one pf the principal
ie city, only increases the
d deverncssof the tianS-
The.,perpetrators evident-
experts and are; either mem-
' - rang now doing the cities
tion or are most probably
pair of knaves who
aeon banks on Thurs-
ftaoUer Dread Vftfor Sweeps TtaoaiHIBsse.
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It is reported at Eatonton that
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tin?.
AN HONEST BURGLAR.
trough
lay. ’ _
The robbery was swift and strange
enough, and by it book-keeper
Richard Crocker, of the Com
mercial Bank, was relieved of $2,500
in much lead time than it takes to
narrate , the > ciicumstance. After
colle cting from the up town banks
and turning the money into the
Commercial, Mr. Crocker went to
the Georgia Railroad bank, and ii£
making his exchanges collected $3,-
756.73. With this money in a little
satchel he went next into the Na
tional Bank, two. doors above, and
w4 preparing. Jot collect as usual
from the teller, Mr. W. H. Flynn.
At this moment, the accounts, as
gathered from Mr. Crocker, who is
intensely excited and troubled about
the matter, and from Mr, Flynn,
who indistinctly observed' the per-
i through die railingto the coun-
On the arrival of the North-East
ern train yesterday our city was
deluged with news from the cy
clone of Tuesdayjevening,which was
undoubtedly one- of the most de
structive storms that ever visited
-North Georgia.' J Ye reporter cor
nered Cant. J. W. Brumby, who
was in Gainesville at the time/ and
obtained from him the following
graphic description: “The cloud
was a very small one, not more than
one hundred yards in width, almost
solid black with a silvery gray
background. Its direction was
northeasterly, and completely de
stroyed everything in its track. The
Captain says that he was standing on
the public square and saw the cloud
at least two miles before it struck
Gainesville. It was traveling, at
the rate of about 3 minutes in a
straight line, but its rotary mo
tion was very jrapid, resemb
ling greatly the spinning of a top.
Beds, furniture, housetops, tree tops
THE BURKE BUTCHERY.
'b« r.Mter ot '.Lo sum Children Lodgad la Jan
Waynesboro, Ga., March 22.—
Hie preliminary investigation near
il c Bean ot'the killing of the five
ro children fastened the suspi
cion on the reputed father, Ed
wse. lie is considered rather
rthless, is trying to run a crop
nil has found it very difficult to
irovisions for his family, and as
ad doubts as to whether the chil-
Iren were his, he killed them mere-
to get rid of them. The investi-
ation shows that he left his house
i ly in the morning, taking his boy
•th him, that he sent the boy twice
ick to the house, ostensibly on er-
inis, but really to find out whath-
his wife and another woman had
ttne to another part of the place
r then sent the boy to a spring and
'hilc there it is surmised that hfe
Dowse) hurried to the house and
illeil the children. When he was
(formed later of the butchery ’ of
,s children, he mpunted his mule,
rent by his houi£ but did not stop
• investigate, hAirrying on to Mr,
ox’s, and strahge to say, was able
> tell as raucli about the state of
[lairs iu the house as though Jbehad
■ven it a thorough search. Dowse
now in jail here.
it is thought that the followii
oni the Hahlonega Sf ' *“ -
trace loflie Atlanta
courifc The
ro «L5d about the brow ,of ......
■ookoutl^uuntain last spring,, has arran;
;• iimred on the scene. Ha
dcsciifoa las being nine feet high
nd wi§i«C e a quarter of S ton.
, - *1Ff '
the South. The tariff issue is the
only dividing* line now between the
two parties, except the negro, and
since we are becoming such
strong manufacturing centre, pro
tection tariff is scoring its converts.
But even self-interest will not coun
teract the degradation of becoming
the political allies of such a follow-
ing as comprise the republican party
in Georgia. Had this organisation,
at the end of the late war, ignored
the negro only so far as to protect
him in his just rights, and not sought
to elevate a former slave above his
master, the disintegration of democ
racy would have taken place sjjpei
a few'defeats and when the stet^on-
al bitterness engendered by -the un
natural strite had subsided. But ff>
long as the negro is made the. issue,
the South will protest vfith an un
broken ballot. The republicans
may elect their national ticket . for
an hundred times yet to come, but
every old slave state will continue
to cast a ballot against them. They
feel that the success of democracy
is essential to their political salva
tion from a most degrading fate.
The same rule will apply to the
Northern States. With tew excep
tions, the great bulk of the demo
cratic vote in the North is
taken from the very - scum
of the farth, and the respecta'
ble element would feel degraded to
unite with such a class. So we
consider this new movement on the
part of Longstreet. and Norcross
fraught with great political
significance. 'It is a dan
gerous thrust aimed ...-at
the vitality of the democratic party
in the South, and if successful will
seriously imperil the Solid South.
When cast our eye over a list of
Federal .office-holders in i Georgia,
and see responsible positions filled
by ignorant negroes and men who
have -purchased advancement by
betraying their own people, we can
but fcelcpptempt for any party
government that would perpeti
suet}-aa infanyju* outrage. To gaid
the respect and support of an hon-
sons
ter, report the entrance of two well
dressed, genteel looking men.. One
remained slightly in, the rear, and
the other, a heavy stout man, with
lightxed moustache and whiskers
of stout growth,vappcoiched Mr.
Crock errand, bolding .out a check,
asked him if that was the Georgia wou
Railroad Bank.
Mr. Crdcker t Whopares.opening his
satchel turned slightly fromthe coun
ter, and told him the Georgia Rail-
roadBank was-two. doors below.
Thesnad remained and asked one
or two questions about the bank,
etc., not pertinent to the check, and
this attracted Mr. Flynn’s attention
to him. The strangers then went
out, and Mr. Crocker, turning to his
satchel, exclaimed, “I have been
robbed!”
He rushed out to overtake the
men, if possible, and left his satchel
with Mr. Flynn. His search was
vain, and returning, he found $1,
250.73 still in the satchel. He
thus robbed of $2,500, the
in their haste, not getting all the con
tents of the satchel. Mr. Croi
is not certain whether he had open
ed the satchel 1 at the counter, but it
is pretty certain that the second man,
whom Mr. Crocker did not see at
all, and who Mr. Flynn says was
little taller and with a.yellow mus
tache, abstracted the $2,500, while
his part ner engaged Mr. Crocker in
conversation. Mr. Crocker report
ed the loss to his bank, notified the
police and rushed to the depot to ers -
watch the outgoing train .on the
Georgia road, and he was assisted in
his search by Cashier Taliaferro of
the Commercial and the police,
, The,Constitution contains * ape
cial of the^oth inst, from Macon,
giving jtheliiccojiAt of 1 the sharpers
an that city, aa follows:
“Two sharpers have been work
ing the Macon banks to-dayi They
operated separately. One was of
light bu ild, the other of heavy make
aqd opd. did the heavy business. He
weighs about 150 pounds, had a red
mustache, wore a Derby hat and
was well dressed. Just before one
O'clock, the hour for closing busi
ness,-when everything is. rush and
bustle, one of the sharpers entered
the Central Georgia Bank, and pre,
senting to Cashier Chestney a hun
dred dollar certificate, requested
him to change it, asking particularly
for two two ddlar and a half gold
pieces, and .the balance, of the moa
ey in specie. . Chestney.did as re
q uested. "Tfhen file sharper said:
'*11118 money is so heavy, can you
not give mo.a fifty.dollar bill for the
half of it? 1 ’ Chestney.complied, and
passed the bill to the. sharper, who
gave Chestney fifty dollars in spe
cie, -and retained, the other fifty dol-
lars in specie in bis pokkeL , While
Chestney ^w**/xx»irqting the fifl
dollars ipL specie, he had. receive
the sharper very blandly said:
Well, thtstnoneyis .so bulky,
belieyeI wjll not keep.anv of it,so
just fiike back this fifty dollar bill
arid keep~the specie I have just
jiven you, and gtye me back my one
lundred dollar note,". .
This Chestney did, and the sharo-
er hurriedly-left the bank, making
fifty dollars-,by the transaction.
Chestney very soon discovered the
trick;-., notified the policemen, and
tried jo Imp *hp matter silent. It
was learned to-night that the self-
the respect ^n^support of an honj
est Southern he^rt,.must (he domifl
nant party/ make a clean sweep of
all such characters, and appoint
ia thdir^atead men ;who
have the confidence and esteem of
Ithe people among whom they were
kercreareJ-M
TfrQWEB3rjfOM SHUqKS-
CSathUt Ot*tn*r. ■
A new MMiljfpTfL work of art in
the wjut -pt artificial flowers bu
bee* JHttoduced in Charlotte by
Mrs. A^C. Wadsworth and w '--
Bet^iKBfrs tonufibythe
mmm
xtyed^in various, col-
" and arranged,
first
choice'
is pleating
ladies in the
t of the bouquets is quite
■ ._^ r _Jle J l.~They are clever ^
tists/and there is a good demand
for their shuck bouquets. • ‘Nn -'AUO
and timbers were flying in the air
in every direction.
“It must have been an awful
sight?” we ventured.
“Awful!” said the Captain; “it
was the grandest sight I ever be
held. The noise made by the whirl
ing clouds, crashing timbers, and
roaring thunder is unequalled by
anything I ever before heard or
imagined. One-hundred coal bum
er engines with furnace doors open
would be nothing to if? But with
all its magnificent grandeur, it car
ried with it death and destruction.”
A young, white man, whose name
the Captain did not remember, was
killed suddenly by being blown
against a tare, and (n old negroSso-
man was killed by falling timbers,
these being the only deaths report
ed. Many others were seriously
and some fatally wounded. Mr. W.
B. Simmons’ two-story house was
pounced upon and raised from its
foundation and scattered to the four
winds. Mrs. Simmons and her little
girl were the only occupants of the
house, and they saved themselves by
going into the smoke house cellar.
It then struck Dr. Wilkes’ house
4 levelled it to the ground. No
one was at home except Mrs. Wilkes,
her husband and about fifteen young
ladies had just gone to the Baptist
seminary. CoL Candler’s barn was
completely demolished, two houses
of Mrs. Dorsey’s, one for Mr. Mar
shall and many others—about twen
ty in number, too numerous to re
late. It crossed the Air-Line rail
road three miles north of Gaines
ville, and levelled a large two-
story house occupied by Mr. Pow
ers. ‘Five milts south of Lula a Mr.
Cape’s house was blown into atoms,
killing his little son. Hail stones
as large as guinea eggs and larger
fell thick and fast throughout the
track of the storm. We wish we
had time to write up Capt Brum
by’s description in iull, but space is
wanting. _ . . . .
Lula, March • 25.—A' cyclone
passed near here- this evening about
3:30. It blowed down Marion
Capes’ house, and hurt all the fami
ly more or less, one. of his sons seri
ously. Great damage tojtimber and
other property is reported.
Grantville, March 25.—We
had no rain, but a little rein and hea
vy clouds and no cyclone. The cy
clone passed in six miles of Grant
ville at about 6:15 p. m. It did
much damage, hut the particulars
cannot be had.
LaGrange, March 25.—A cy
clone, about one hundred yards at
its base, passed half a mile north of
town at six o’clock this evening,
tearing up trees and fences, but
fortunately no houses were in its
track as far aa hearfi from. The
whole town were out to view, and
were wild with excitement
Acworth, March 15.—The first
we heard of the cyclone it struck
the farm of John McLair, five miles
southwest of Acworth, where it
Radius Bis way tfEadaaS aa
s -Uavtac VataatU* UatmofeaS,;-; W J
Not long ago, says tha Bostoi
Globe, the-directavs of the Bank of
little amused when the secre-
read to them, at their usual sit
ting, the following ill-spelt and
somewhat curious letter:
“Two Gentlemin off Bank Eng
land: You think you is (all safe
hand your Bank is seafe, but i
kows but tur. i bin hinside the
Bank thee last 2 nite hand you nose
nuffin abowt it; B i urn nott a theaf,
so hif yeo will mett me'in the gret
squar rom, werh arl the monelys, at
twelt 2 nite ile ixplain orl to yeow,
let only 1, hor 2 cum alown, and say
nuffin 2 nobody.—-Jon. gmifl.”
The letter being duly read, was,
as might be expected, the topic' of
conversation and suggestion for
some little time. Others thought
that under the apparently ignorant
ly-written letter a deeper mystery
was hidden; but all agreed that the
safest way was to put the letter
with proper instructions into the
hands of the detectives. The de
tectives looked grave. There was
plot at work, they saw; and,
with their usual penetration, they at
once penetrated the deepest depths
of the iniquity.
There is a very large room under
ground, where the huge wealth of
the bank Is deposited—millions and
millions of English sovereigns, - bars
of gold, and hundreds-weights of
silver, with myriads of notes. The
detectives, of course, knew that this
room must be the place which the
writer of the letter designated as the
“gret squar rom.” It is full of
treasure. The floor is of solid-stone
pavement, and its walls, roof and
doors are of wrought iron and steel.
All the night long detectives were
secreted in the room, but they saw
nothing and heard nothing, with the
exception that some said they heard,
about 1 or 2 o’clock, a strange noise
they could not account for. The
next night was the same, and the
next and the next; and when the
board day of the bank came around
the whole of the bank directors
would have treated the aflair as an
idle attempt to frighten them had
not their attention been more strong
ly called to the subject by the , fol
lowing incident: ,
A heavy chest had been forward
ed addressed to the “Directors. of
ank of England.” The chest
f course, opened beforerihetn
at once—such a thing being very
unusual—and found to contain a
large packet of very valuable p&pers
and securities which had been safely
• fcrethtg Sound wa
o’aftytthe say4Vdw >'GERMAN €ARI*.f |
I laia iouial «• I -nnatoa * .»tri-arlJ |
s' Sxtraot frxMiafritflatar wUh.Mr.Hja, fink.
atMft^lamn’wskvisfo'lSsbmd-: ;<I icsw vad»*W* ovsdj
nasmow ft Vioid Q’lWktfriS'Jiftofo wVl 1 “
England were much perplexed and bourse he came ’from somewhere,' > ■I'lh.'the Hver D«nobe,iniGermanyy
-hut thrt a rriiftii they are often eanght weighing from;
swept everything in its wav,timbers,
fences, his barns and gin housc.and
on through the premises of William
McLair, where it did its work in the
same terrible way. It missed bis
buildings but killed some of his cat
tle. Thence it went into the plan
tation of Doc Davenport, taking
away one of his tenant houses to the
floor, leaving a sick negro woman
in bed uninjured. Then it leaped
across five miles to near Moons,
where it demolished some of the
buildings on Captain Hammett’s
S ince and • destroyed Johifson’s gin
ouse, Mr. James Johnson’s dwell
ing, out houses and tenant houses
were all torn down. Mr Allen Bo-
lars. They tried also on TeUer'Cobb, ri nf’s premises met with a like fate
of the Exchange bank, who does and M J S - wa * injured- Oth-
not know if it succeeded. He is
busily balancing his Cash and at 9
o’clock to-night finds himself seven
dollars short, and when he balances
his work no doubt he will also be
fifty dollars'loser. Other Macon
banks may have suffered, though
it is not known. The sharpers
worked yeiy cleverly. One would
ask for the change of ten dollars
while the other would operate the
hundred dollar, scheme. The police
are on the sharp lookout, but noth
ing has been teen of the sharpers.
The three disconsolate cashiers were
ful operators.
signs of
A NARROW ESCAPE OF A TRAIN.
Macon,March 24.—This mom
ing at^five o’clock, six miles this side
of Muledgeville, the Macon aqd
Augusta railroad train, due in Ma
con atBevew o’clock, narrowly ra
id a terrible accident As the
■nMNMnHWMt twenty]
feet longDpver Fishing creek, ”*
gineer Tom Thomas felt the
giving way. He opened wide the
valves of we-engiue and let her go.
She cleared the trestle and reached
the track safely on the other side.
The guano, mail and baggage din
- went through the trestle. The w
" ano car was torn all to pieces. The
other two cars were badly wrecked.
The passenger cars were uninjured
No passengers were hurt Engi-
neerThomas was the only person
injured. He was severely cut on
the topof the bead. Hisgrea
nfind in jumping the <
itle, no doubt, saved the
entire train and the destruction also
ol many fives.' - „ -
0 wotqaft attempted to
yhM^onuQtjn Macon!
wilt conte "before the
ers suffered similarly.
Dallas, Ga., March^C.—A small
’clone passed north 01 this place
to-day, about 12 m, going in a north-
easternly direction towards Ac-
worth. It passed very rapidly. It
was funnel shaped, and the rolling
and tumbling clouds could be dis
tinctly seen and the roaring of the
wind could be heard. The cyclone
struck Bud Cooper’s house, about
three miles irom town, blowing it
down apd severely wounding alt
of his family, and perhaps killing an
infant child. Several of the citizens
have gone Out with physicians. No
other families have been heard from
as yet
A CORPSE IN BAD HANDS.
MsmsUpMOatMa W A Ann
John Schroeder, an undertaker,
•ays a New Albany,IntL, special ot
the aoth. inst, to die Neir Yoik
World, employed two colored men,
Williams and.Cletnan John'
Nathan ’
lSn!
to bury the
ora, who died
tanjohn-
body of
of small-
pox. The negroes came to the on-
Idertaker’s at night, got the coffin]
and demanded f to Idt their mr-|
vices. Fearing they would get
drank, Schroeder refused to pay
jthaaMaey swtU the job waa done,
bnt gave thein fifty cents to buy a
disinfectant toward of the disease.
With this money -the negroes got
drank and were found by a police-
□mi after midnight in adnmken
stupor. They had placed the cof
fin in ji wagon ana started to
country, but on their way ups?ti
coffin and threw the eoraso'^iu'tj
the pavement.- Lf.tht ■■■
riV^.^w'hfle" thfc corpse
Vi W'lyJrtg on the sidewalk a couple
Oi negroes stuihbled ’ over the cojf-l
fi.i in the dark. Schroeder sent
men after midnightihitha'seeneand
bird thfebody buried. TncMj
Will |mHmM ‘
deposited in the vault With them
the following letter:
To the directors of the Bank oft
England: Gentlemen—My hus
band, who is an honest, man, wrote
to you last week and told you that
he had found a way—which he be
lieves is only known to himself—of
getting into your strong room, and
offered if you would meet him there
at night to explain the whole mat
ter, except the inclosed box. You
set detectives upon him and he took
the box to show that he could go
there, whoever might watch, if he
chose. He gives you another chance)
Let a few gentlemen be in the’room
alone, guard the door and make ev
erything secure, and my husband
Will meet you there at midnight.
Yours respectfully,
Ellen Smith.
This letter was more mysterious
than the last. The only thing that
was evident was that the writer
“Ellen Smith,” was a better writer
that her husband, who styled him
self “John Smiff.” The| detectives
were shown the letter and acted ac
cordingly. Ot course they were
posted in the room. In the morn
ing they told a strange stery. They
said they saw a light at about 12
o’clock. It seemed to come from a
dark lantern, but directly they ran
to the spot from whence the light
proceeded it went out and the strict
est search had discovered nothing.
The bank officials became alarmed.
They, however, agreed to do what
perhaps would have been wiser if
done at first, viz: to depute a few of
their number to visit the vault
alone. So it was arranged that
three gentlemen should remain in
the strong room all night, and that
no one else should be with them.
Every suitable precaution was tak
en when night came. The sentinel
paced up and down outside; the. de
tectives were not far off; and, after
the most rigorouj search had been
made, the gentlemen were locked
in. At last one of them, who pac
ed the floor rather impatiently, be
ginning to think that perhaps, after-
all, it was only a clever trick, cried
out: “You ghost, you secret visitor,
you midnight thief, come out! There
is no one here but two gentlemen
and myself. If you are afraid I
give you my word and honor as a
gentleman, that the police are not
here. Come out, I say!”
It was more in jest than in earn
est that Major C , for he was a mil
itary man, shouted out the absurd
speech, for as we have said, he be
gan to suspect that, after all, some
practical joke was being adroitly
carried on, as had before been per
petrated. and he did not much like
being victimized himself. His as
tonishment, however, was great
when, in reply, he heard a strange
voice saying: “If you have kept
your word, Twill keep mine. Put
out your- light, for I’ve one, and I’ll
come."
The Major and his fellpw-diffec-
tors did not much like putting out
the light, but they were no cowards,
and after some demur it was done.
Where the voice came from was,
however, a mystery, for (here was
no hiding place in the room, every
side being of thick, many-plated
iron and steel; the criling was also
of the same WteriaL
When, the light was out they
Waited in silence, while the Major
grasped firmly in one hand a revol
ver and the other held the lantern
and a few matches. For a. little
while a low, grating sound was
heard, and then a voice, evidently
that of some one in the room, said:
“Are you there alone, sure?”
The Major, who cared nothin;
bodily harm, struck a match.
W«li S hKd lIiS tjSpg. be de
the y e - A e aia
jttief^pjor called upon the myste-
Vto come forthg and
ain.N XQjce was hejgtdt saying:
can I trust you. now??’
Majo* W4S angry and his
comp^qwpf. al^tnipd, and after try
ing ‘ip. yajn tp. trace the point
WMU the Voice Proceeded,, cx-
claimed. “Well. wefii put out the
light again; only come quickty and
put an end totnis bother.” S»o
jpg he put oat the fight again.
but the! puzzle was^-how? '• A ghost
could not have entered more mys
teriously. The man soon spoke for
himself, and the directors, who
were still at a loss -to explain his
presence there, listCped in astonish-'
ment"/ It-appeared-that,he' *wa's a
poor man, and obtaibed a precarious
living in a strange way. When the
tide was ldw it is the custom of a
certain class of men, unknown ■ to.
refined society, to enter sewers to
March for any. articles of value
which may'have been washed down
iiito them. It is a'very dangerous
task, aiid, of course, revolting in the
extreme, ‘but they not infrequently
find very/precious things hidden in
the filth. This man was one of those
strange adventurers. One night he
had discovered an opening leading
to some place above. There was a
large square stone which he found
could be easily raised. He listened
for some time, and finding all was
silent,. Ufted;up the , stone without
much' difficulty, and , found, after
some investigation by the light of
his lantern,, that he .was in the
strong-room of a bank. These men,
like miners, can readily determine
the exact, spot of ground ‘under
which they are, and he soon had a
clew to. the whole mystery. He told
his wife, who was a woman of supe
rior education to his- own, of the
whole affair'and he then wrote
we have .seen to the directors. Down
in the sewer, he was able to hear all
their movements as well as if above
ground, and thus was not only able
to know their plans, but to frustrate
them, and of course could watch his
time to remove the small but valu
able box, ty leave the letters on the
table and to appear so mysteriously.
No one had thought of looking to
the stone pavement, which was sup
posed to bq solid and immovable,
as it was known that there was no
vaults below, although the iron
walls and doors had been carefully
tested- The mystery was now clear
ed up and the man well rewarded.
A SAMPLE SPEECH.
What Clark, tho Jnramctioaiit, Is Saying to tha
Negroes.""
• Jftuvm Telegraph. , J
We are furnished by Mr. J. R.
Andrews, of Jones county, with a
report of a speech made on the night
of the 19th at County Line Church,
in Jones county, by the negro Clark,
for whom the police are looking:
“Gentlemen, this.' is F. H. Clark,
from Louisville, Ky. I have come
before you to-night to form a labor
society. You need a laboring re
form society, and you have got to
have one. lam one of the thirteen.
There are twelve more that will fol
low in pairs of two each. I have
been sent out by your Governor and
the United States to reform you.
hat are you getting per day or
month or year for your labor? Some
of you say forty, fifty and, seventy-
five cents per day. Gentlemen, do
you know the meaning of a labor
reform society? I’ll tell you just
what it means;' It means that yoti
shall stop working for nothing for
“Mars” John. Farm hands’ wages
shall be raised to $2 for men; boys
fifteen years old $1.50, and women
$1.25 per day, washerwomen $1 per
dozen, garments, big, little, great or
small, the price shall remain the
same. What are you working for?
Simply nothing. You have got
this to stop, and if I can’t stop you
one way, I will another. We have
;ot plenty of troops and artillery to
Jack us up for 'our rights, and we
will have them—yes, we are going
to have our rights if we have to
wade in blood waist deep. I know
vou fellows know how to use a gun.
If you don’t know'it won’t take you
long to learn. There is a large
amount of money in our hands for
distribution. Gen. Grant sent us for
ty thousand dollars. We raised twen
ty-five thousand in Augusta, twen
ty- five thousand in Atlanta and 20,-
000 in Savannah, and in Macon
fifteen thousand. And we have-got
the United States to back us in this
move. Georgia is the meanest and
lowest down state in the- nnion to
the colored race. You are just as
good as the white man, and if any
thing better. I .know you have
more honesty. I am as good ai any
white man that ever made a track
on top of this earth, and so are you.
We have got to be more united be
fore we can get our rights. The
money is in tnis country and we
must have it for our labor. Then
you can have fine horses and bug
gies to ride in and fine houses to
ive in—in other words be boss some
ourselves. I want you all to meet
lev. W. J. White, from Augusta,
and Col. Peck, a colored lawyer
from Louisville, Ky., at this church
Saturday night You can then join
this society. . *
* “I know there' is not a * colored
democrat in this house to-night, but
let ' me tell you something. If I
know of any colored man in this
state to cast a democratic ticket we
will put him in the chain-gang for
99 years.” • • <■*■>■■■ •.
Question by Mr. Andrews—“By
what authority ?”.etc. ,
Answer—“Our authority is vested
in our society.”
&
50.ro' 75 -pounds. ' I- have them
weighingiSpoonds. three years 'of
age.’ In South Carolina, Georgia;'
'or the eastern'part of- this state,
where the waters are" warmer, the
same fish would doubtless have* at
tained a. weight of fifteen pounds.
In’this section with : long Winters
and late cold springs they will not
grow with such rapidity.” •
“At what age will they spawn?”
fin this section, the Scale carp at
two years, the Leather and Mirror
at three.*?’--I' :•" * ' 1 ‘
■’ “Can’ the male be distinguished
from the. female?"
“Easily. The female is the larg
est, and just before the spawning
season acquires a bright yellowish
cast on its belly and Sides.” 1
1 “Are they prolific?”
’•Wonderfully so. Last Septem
ber I caught a female ’carp weigh
ing only iij pounds that must have
had ;o,ooo eggs in it. A female
carp weighing 5 pounds is said to
contain 500,600 eggs. Unlike other
fish, they do not-spawn at certain
seasons, bnt drop their eggs as soon
as each • female attains maturity,
whether that be in -April or NoJ
veraber.” t t. -
“Is it a game fish?”
“Not so gamey as the sheephead,
trout, or “that cavalier of the sea,”
the Spanish mackerel, but at times
it takes the hook freely, is a strong
£ uller and fights to the last. Often
tst fall I had them to snap my line
in two and escape with 'bait and
.-hook;” ill .
‘ “How many carp can be raised
to the acre?” • , • 1
“That depends! If artificially fed
I should say five thousand, if not,
perhaps half that number. A carp
pond properly cared for and abund
antly stocked with natural food will
undoubtedly pay its owner a clear,
net profit of five hundred dollars
per acre. This will lead a cotton
farm, won’t it? There is always a
demand for fresh fish, and they can
readily he sold for ten cents per
pound. At that price the profits
per acre would be enormous, if pro
per care is given the ponds, for carp
have many enemies.”
1 fWhat are they?”
“Green frogs, musk-ratk, turtles,
snakes, cranes, herons and king
fishers. • The only remedy is the
shot gun, and Jt mus't be used dil-
ligently and effectively during the
sprir%and summer months. Oth
erwise youf chip will soon be ex
terminated. r have killed a blue
crane with a pound and a half carp
swallowed whole in its throat. The
ponds can be protected from poach
ers by stretching strands of barb
wire uhder the surface of the water
dose to the ban ks. This will soon
put a stop to night seining.”
WHOLE FAMILY POISONED.
Mr. Ooorgo Grace, HU Wtto ana Children Nar
rowlyOcap. Death.
. Public feeling at Cape May runs
hi|jh against the 1 S-year-old son of
Mr. George Grace, whose arrest is
imminent on the charge of having
poisoned his father, mother, two sis
ters and two brothers with “Rough
on Ratti,” says a Cape May, N. J.,
special of the iSth inst. to the Phil
adelphia Press. The boy has been
a grief to his parents for several
years, wild in his habits and ungov
ernable in temper. The punish
ment which Mr. Grace administer
ed to him rather hardened than sub
dued him. Dr. Downs, the family
physician, also keeps the village
drug store. Several hours before
supper time yesterday young Grace
entered the drug store and said: “I
want some arsenic to poison rats.”
“Arsenic is not used now-a-days to
poison vermin,” replied the doctor,
“but I can give you some ‘Rough
on Rats.’ ” The youth’s
sullen face fell and
he hesitated, but finally took what
was offered to him. About eight
o’clock, Dr. Downs was summoned
hastily to the Gra<;e mansion. He
found the entire family, except the
little daughter Bertha, writhing in
agony. Six patients in such an
awful condition at first rather para
lyzed his energies, but he soon dis
covered that the sufierers had been
poisoned, and, missing the youth to
whom he had sold the rat’s bane,
asked for him. “Oh,” i> a id little
Bertha, “it was awful. Pa and nja
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS.;
el-tima orl ,H ir. P s: ; u; t’/,
Dublin,! GA, has been gh'ook up
-.JyiWitfW&Wfcr ftorri cetrlT
Geo. .Grant» quite feeblirimd
T Another: Ohio man killed his wife
^d attempted, suicide. • , \
An attempt was made to assassi
nate the Governor of Illinois.
Mr. Thomas Wilson, of Gaston,
N. C„ was killed by a negro.
Saturday, the Emperor of Germa
ny celebrated his 87th birthday.
A very heavy shock of earth
quake was felt in San Francisco.
Hie murderer of a man and wife
was lynched at Maysville, Kansas.
Damage suits continue to be en
tered for the City of Columbus
wreck.
One man was all that was saved
from a Philadelphia bark tliat went
down.
A St Louts man shot his wife
while drunk and then blew out his
own brains.
_ A postoffice has been re-estab
lished at Walnut Grove, in Walton
county.
Col. Taylor captured a large still
in Elbert county, but was resisted
by eight men.
A bill ofinjunction has been filed
in Richmond county against an en
forcement ot the no-fence law.
In a drunken fury a man in At
lanta, named E. M. Evans, cut his
wife’s throat. The woman is alive.
Six children were poisoned in
Pennsylvania while hunting sugar
water. They tapped the wrong
trees.'
A negro was shot at Eufaula,
Ala., and accused a young man of
the crime who was absent from the
city at the time of its commission.
Senator Brown made a speech,
Tuesday, in favor of the general
government educating the negroes
of the south.
The Governor of North Carolina
has called out the militia to prevent
the rescue of two murderers in the
Ashvilje jail.
The waters on the lower Missis
sippi are beginning their work of
destruction, having broken over the
levee and washed away the village
of Waterloo, La.
Two youths, not 20 years old,
had a difficulty in Union county,
Ga., aqd^ one was shot and killed.
James Cook killed Jefferson Ander
son. '
The destitution caused by the
overflowing .of the Mississippi river
belqjy Vicksburg is appalling. In
Tensas parish alone over 20,000 peo
ple are suffering for food and shel
ter. The whoie country is being
flooded by the back waters.
The coal fields of western Penn-
sylvania are now the scene of a er-
newal of the Mollie Maguire out
rages. A number of black-listed
miners haye organized an oath
bound secret society, which has for
its purpose murder if necessary to
carry out its' purposes.
Buenaventura Baez, ex-President
of Santo Domingo, died on the 4th
inst. at Horniequero, near Maya-
quet, Porto Rico. He was 75 years
old. He left a fortune estimated at
$2,5000,000.
Paris, March 22.—Dispatches
received here to-night report the
capture by the French troops in
Toriquin of the town of Thinguyen.
The Chinese made a very weak de
fense .of the town, and finally fled
leaving the French in possession of
a very lazge quantity of military
stores, provisions and ammunition,
Several hundred Chinese were kill
ed, but not one of the French force
were injured seriously.
THE TARIFF CAUC US.
oftlte political tfilth and rottenness
A sign board blown by the late
cyclone, Waa found in Pickens
county/ more than 100 miles from
the Alabama cross-roads where it
belonged.. f vI ,
The five-year-old ^daughter of
Green Barfield, of Dooly county
fell in a clay hole in rear of the
dwelling on Wednesday last and
was drowned before being discov
ered.
Take him up one side and down
the other, including his good looks,
Larry Gantt has more of. the com
bined facilities requisite for a great
journalist than any man in Georgia.
—Hartwell Sun.
According to (the Hawkinsville
News, under the same roof in Wil
cox county, lives the great-grand
mother, grand mother, mother
daughter, granddaughter and great-
grand-daughter, and yet there are
only four persons in the house.
A horse-coffin is something new
under the sun, at least in this part
of the country. A favorite horse,
“Mike,” belonging td Mr. J. M.
Wood, which he had owned for tea
or twelve years, died and was yes
terday buned in a coffin made by
Mr. Floyd. It was a huge box,
measuring nine by six feet—Wash-
ington Gazette.
The Buena Vista Sentinel says:
Mr. J°hn F. Hollis has a wonder
ful pea. The growth and yield is
almost incredible. They are plant-
ed .„ in . hiUs 3° *eet apart, the vines
will* then cover the ground. One
vine has been known to supply a
famfly with all the fresh peas want-
ed for table use.”
A few days ago, while some of
nis hands were clearing off a field
° a his plantation near Eatonton,
Lr. H. A. Cogburn came in posses
sion of a quantity of silver. It seems
that an old tree, containing a hol
low, was burned. In the debris was
found a quantity of melted silver.
Dr. Cogburn has no doubt it is the
hidden treasure of some miserly
Jerson who is long since dead and
Juried.
respondent of the Bruns
wick Herald writes from Nashville:
On the train coming from Dallas,
Paulding county, Georgia, we had
the odd experience of seeing a real
Mormon. He was ayoung man
reared in upper Georgia, but lately
residing in Colorado and now a
missionary. His missionary labor
seems to be confined to converting
handsome young women and escort
ing them to Utah, one every five
weeks, there to be turned over to
the polygamous wretches who are
able to maintain them. Such a piti
able and perplexing sight—a decid
edly handsome, modest looking
young woman, perhaps 20 years
old, fine complexion, dark eyes and
hair, and a splendid figure, perhaps
a little inclined to robustness, sat
beside the missionary. A few min
utes judicious pumping secured the
frankest admissions from the pair.
He seemed honest, intelligent and
sincere. She honest, simple and
well bred, certainly modest and vir
tuous, but no indication of mental
training. Her face denoted all that
phyiognomist would declare
strong and perfect, yet she was a
convert to Mormonism. Several
poor benighted people, women and
girls, who met us at the stations in
upper Georgia, were all, as the con
ductor stated, converts. The mis
sionary, Mr. Echols, would go to
the platform at each station and
hand out the tracts, and told them
when he would return. These mis
sionaries have a strange experience
in only securing handsome but ig
norant young women as conveits.
The men don’t need any conver
sion.”
STRENUOUS PRELIMINARY EFFORTS FOR
HARMONY.
“You know what that meant, and
don’t you forget it All that is in
favor of electing Mr. Taylor your
leader in Scottsboro district and
Hill’s district wifi please rise on
your .feet. (All stood up.), Mr.
Taylor, colored, you are elected
leader-of our society in these two
districts, . You must have them or
ganized as soon as possible. We
must have our rights, and all of you
that refuse to join ns, we will drive
you into it by force of arms. Re
member, we hav a plenty of troops
and artillery and we kndw how to
use’**
law;
own
whites in every.gragge
W^O^SaYMESBOKt
nu M* Mia Ask-
and the children drank their coffee
and I didn’t take any; all at once ma
turned pale and screamed, and pa
and the boys jum ped up from the
table, and I thought they were all
going to die.”
On being confronted with the
suspected young man, Dr. Downs
questioned him closely, and receiv
ed such confused and contradictory
replies as confirmed his already
strong suspicions. In the meantime,
by the use of antidotes, all the suffer
ers, except the youngest child, had
been relieved of their cramps and
retching. The infant is still di
gerousty if not fatally ill.
No cause for this fiendish act is
assigned save the idea that by doing
away with his family the boy might
inherit his father’s property.
CYCLONE NEAR COLUMBIA
MnchDuuf* to Farm Prcsorty—Kotow Ejcapo
, , -M.LteUm.. r
say-
Columbia, S. C., March 24.—
About’daybreak tin9 morning, a cy
clone passed over this -county : three
miles northwest of this place/doing
considerable damage to farm prop
erty. Eye witnesses describe the
storm as approaching with a terri
ble roaring sound and bursting up
on them in all its fury almost imme-
ffiateiy. The only injury to persons
so far as can be learned, occurred at
the house of G. T. Taylor, five milts
north' of Columbia. Hearing the
^r esile?
bis wife, tybo .sprang from her bed
and ran into the next room, followed
by her husband. .Almost instantly
the building-was levelled and the
heavy timber* pressed Taylor and
his wife to the fldcir—hoi'seriously
injuring them; however;- 1 ^ • >
' *" - .-tit ■■
Yesterday at noon a pleasant cer
emony was performed at Waynes
boro, in which Capt. James White,
of Athens, and Miss Julia Deveraux
Ashton, of the former city, were
joined in marriage- The officiating
minister was Dr. C. W. Lane, pas
tor of the First Prtshyterian.Cnprch
of Athens, and) the parties are all have a constant change of pasturage
widely and favorably known in the to do well. Mr. R. B. Mathews
th» caucus Largely Attended and Speeches
Mriteby an the Leaders—A Resolution to con
sider the BUI in Committee Subject to Amend
monte, and then Pass It. Canted.
The following result of the Dem
ocratic caucus, held Tuesday' night,
at Washington, is fraught with
great interest. After considerable
discussion the resolution offered by
Mr. Morrison was adopted by
vote of 114 to 17, as follows:
Resolved, That the bill common
ly known as the Morrison tariff
bill, shall be taken up for considera
tion at the earliest practicable day,
and a reasonable time for debate al
lowed thereon. And after such de-
bate that a bill be passed for the re
duction of the duties and war tanffic
taxes. •
This before its adoption was
amended by Mr. Hopkins and Mr.
Morrison by adding the following:
Resolved further, That the ado
tion of this resolution shall not t_
considered binding in controlling
the individual action of democrats,
__ except to the extent that each mem<
ber may feel that he onght to be in
fluenced by the expressed opinion
of a majority of his associates.
Mr. Carlisle then offered .the fol
lowing resolution, which was adop
ted by a vote of S8 to 57:
_ Resolved, That in order to recon'
cifo the conflicting opinions, and to
secure- legislation reducing taxation,
the plan for the reduction of taxes
at the present session of congress
shall embrace a provision repealing
all internal revenue taxes on tobac-
co, snuffand cigars, and the special
taxes.connected therewith, and also
reducing the tax on brandy distill
ed from fruits, to’ten cents per gal-
1qil provided that such repeal and
reduction shall not be made except
tn connection with the tarifl duties.
Classic City. Capt. White is cash-
; ier of the National Bank'of Athens,
and is one of the mast popular and
substantial citizens. Uit - •>* - . .
Meerschaum has been discovered
in some parts of North Carolina.
: Several of the farmers in 0|
thorpe county are selling off tl
Socks of sheep since the stock law-
carried, as these animals must
says his flock pays him a clear pretit
of $200 a year, in wool and mutton.
We see that there' is a ram on a
Texas Yaqche from, which 38 pounds
of wool was taken at a single, clip
ping. lathis section the yield per
headi is from three-to six pounds.
1 connection with the tarifl duties.
A Sad Death.
POn Monday night last, at Bellton,
Ga., occurred one of the saddest
deaths ever known to that comma-
?ity*. Mr- Joseph Fowler that mora-
mg aet fire to a plank kiln. That
night, after his family had retired,
and just before he was to go to bed,
he went out to see how his kiln was
getting on. He was under the
plank, which W*» in weight about
seven thousand pounds, rekindling
the fire; when the supports gave
* h ole weight of the tim
ber falling on him, killing him in
stantly. Mr. Fowler was about 41
years of age, had a wile and severe
Sttle children. He recently united
himself with the church; was a
most consistent' Christian,. and one
of the best and most highly esteem
ed citizens of Bellton. Mr. Fowler
had for several years been fightin
against consumptive tendencies an.
had just about recovered from that
diredisease.
GENERAL NEWS.
An Ohio convict has declined a
pardon.
The sheriff ofNew York has been
indicted for fraud and extortion.
A party ot Baton Rouge, L-a.,
bird hunters recently killed 1,400
-robins with sticks.
Dr. Carver killed 1,003 bats on the
wing in New Orleans in 7.1 minutes
a few days since..
The New York Sun thinks that
Mr., Tilden should be nominated
“and no questions asked.”
briny deep.
A block of ice found on the bank
of the Tuscarawas river after the
break-up contained five unusually
large water snakes frozen fast
A young lady of Mecklenburg, N.
C., has just graduated as a physician
in Philadelphia. Her card will
read: “Dr. Annie Laura Alexan
der.”
Every broach of promise case
this year has been won by the fe
male. Men will find out by and by
that the only woman to flirt with is
another man’s wife.
Columbia, S. C., March 24.—Ba-
gan Cash is said to be roaming the
woods disguised as a negro. He
fired on a wood chopper, who hailed
him, Saturday, on the Santee river.
Charlotte, March 24.—Perry
Farragh, of Chester Station, was on
ladder putting in a window, using
a putty knife. Slipping be fell to
the ground, sticking the knife in
his throat and severing the jugular
vein. He bled to death. 8
A woman living in Chambers-
bure, N. J., claims to have hqd a
snake fifteen inches long ««! thick
as an ordinary lead pencil removed
from her stomach. As evidence
she exhibits the snake, which U said
to have lived two day* after its re
moval, and is now preserved in a
bottle of alcohol.
The entire edition of this paper*
3,000 copies, says the Ilion, N. Yj
Citizen of the 14th inst, was, dur
ing the night just past, printed by
means of an electric motor, and is
thus the first newspaper in the
counter printed by the power .ol
electricity. 1 • \
On the mountain near where the
Middle Fork emnties into Tygart’s-
Valley river, W; ’Va., there is!an-
acre of: ground on which snow”
melts as soon as it falls, and' even'
during the coldest weather not a-
particle of snow remains on the'
spot. A thick vapor is almost con
tinually ascending, which' in the'
winter time can be seen for miles
around. In the spring the foliage'
and vegetation of ul kinds are much'
earlier than on the adjoining lands.