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:•» NO. VI. unworn TH« BLOODY SHIRT.” r-y , , Thehtyova campaign cry of. the fepubliean-phity originated from one of Scott’* novels. Clan Alpine, „ den FiuYcn, in Scotland, attack, e^l a small band of patriot*, and ,l.nlightered (them to a man. To ,iouse thtl*i(jjj.ople*o revenge, the widows of the'irMndered soldier* stripped the bloody shirt* fromthe ,.,111 warm i>oi : k» of their husband*. ,nil riding through, the mountain* on horseback, bjtophving thcss.gory jjaniientsfanned'lheW into life the waning spatkof resistance .in the blasts of their countrymen. ..who rallied around this standard, and „ve' threw the invaders of their L,„(i. But in this instance the ap peal was made to the noblest and most patriotic instincts of the heart, and it was a touching, appropriate P ° nrt * and effective suggestion. But l»ot , 0 iii the case of John Sherman and other republican leaders, who have ►tolen the standard of Glen Fluven to appeal to the baaer and most cor. nut passions. Instead of arousing ■ wronged and outraged people, they seek, by appealing to prejudice and bitterness, to fan into existence ,be waning spark of sectional ha- „ c d, with all of its attendant evils. The bloody sh.rt is the banner un- dcr which they hope to further de grade and ion a conquered people, by elevating ignorance and corrup tion over intelligence and wrwth. But the bloody shirt has done its AT RICHMOND, i 8AF ™ EDITOR OF THE BASSEB-WMCHltiCN Aixnoapux H UTHERH CON- OTOKTptB LUTES TRAg- *®*®> A raw WORD* ABO IT TUB CRT. J.CT ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAT, SKPTEMRER. «9, 1885. VOL XXXI WHICH HAKES IT* TRIAL TRIP ON THE CHESAPEAKE BAY. Richmond, Sept. rS.--Dear Banner-Watchman: I reached this historical city on Thursday night, *h°ut 8:30 o’clock and quartered at the Ford’s Hotel, opposite the cap- o* 1 £ ou " d *' We fir *‘ called at the R. & D. depot to learn at what hour we must arise to see the new steamer, and 1 earned that a special v train left the Virginia street^ depot nor': in both Scotland and Aireri- * l 8 o’clock, a. m; We.were on s-fw#* *rr ■-1tsygariggaa 1 bear this gory banner aloft will | awaiting our party. We -were find itseif without followers. Peace joined by a select party of railroad and good will between the races ^ ’ sow reign throughout the south, mil with the exception ot the ex piring effort of the republican party in Virginia, the field is dear for a renewal of kind feeling between the late divided sections. The bloody shirt was folded list Novem ber by die American people, and forever butied in the grave with leciional hate and prejudice. SANCTIFICATION. We are glad to see a disposition now in* lifeMed'hy the state press to give ihe Holiness disciples justice, and speak of these humble and con sistent Christian* as they deserve. We know many of them and they are good people, leading chaste and (joe! tearing lives, and looking with love ami kindness upon all man- kind. They make no attempt to |iu,b ilu-ir f.,ith, but aie ever ready loexiend a helping hand to the sin ner and lift lum up. We clip the following editorial from the McDuf fie Journal, thi.1 pays a just a id fit ting tribute ti: Rev. A. J. Jarrell, lbs discourse delivered at Warren- ton went.a long ways toward en- ligmniing the people as to the true mission ol his ductrine: “Allho igh the subject of Sancti fication or Christian Holiness is ■u>acting much attention through on; tlie country, ai.il especially with it. she hound* of the M. E. church suuth. there are comparatively few p. - 1sons v. i.o correctly understand, while the great majority entertain the most absurd and erroneous con ceptions ot the doctrine taught by the leaders ol the association. To correct these errors and to give our rradeis the tine substance of their Iritli and teachings, we copy else where, from the Warrenton Clipper, ascimonby Rev. A. J Jarrell, who is considered one of the most intelli gent pieachcrsof the Holiness As sociation. It is a plain and pointed declaration of the principles upon which they base their professions; ■nil, it carefully read, will disabuse the public .<iind of many of the mistakes and much of the prejudice now entertained concerning the m.’ UNWISE LEGISLATION. The valued policy bill introduced by Repiesentative Calvin, of Rich mond county, if it becomes a law, wiil assuredly result in the with drawal from Georgia of al' the relia ble insurance companies, and prove of irreparable injury to the business interests of the state. It is simply an assumption by the legislature of the private affairs of the people—a self-constituted guardianship over them—that is neither asked for nor wanted. A man who has foresight enough to insure his property has certainly sufficient sense to manage his own business, and if it can be proved that, with an eye to gain, he has misled a company and over- 'alued his property, with their printed rules and regulations clear ly before him, he may and should expect to reap the fruits of his dis honesty. To use plain language, we can see this valued policy bill officers and memberu of the press, and were soon en route to West Point, on the York river, distant 38 miles from Richmond. We passed over the York River railroad, a branch of the R.& D. system," that traver>es a thin but romantic coun try, rich in historical interest. About half way oor route we Dassed the old homestead of Martha"Curtis, the place where the Father o f his Coun try courted and marriad his wife. The original house was destroyed several years ago by fire, and a small cottage now occupies the site, em bowered in a grove of trees. We also passed through the country oc cupied by the Pomerkey and Chick- chammery Indians. The remnant of this tribe still reside in this locali ty, hut by intermarriage with ne groes they are almost extinct. We shall writeup our trip and the incidents connected thereto at length to morrow, bvt in this letter have only time to give the following account of the new steamer that we clip from the Baltimore Sun: The new ste-imer Baltimore, built in Baltimore for theyork River Line has been entirely completed, and to day will make - *rial trip of about 40 miles down the bay and return A number of officers of the compa ny and invited guests will comprise the party on boa-ci. The new ves sel is a schooner rigged, propeller steamship of handsome model. Her dimensions are: Length 236 ieet overall, 215 feet on keel, 3S feet beam, 12 feet depth of hole, and 10 feet between decks. Her carpen ter’s measurement is t,3oo tons, 1,400 tons gross and 1,012 register ed. She has a carrying .apacity of 800 tons of freight, and has accom modations for 150 fin t-class pas sengers and 50 second-class. The motive power is furnished by a compound surface cot densiqg engine with cylinders 30 and 57 inches in diameter apd 36 inches stroke of piston. They are the most powerful engines of their class ever built in this city, and em brace the very latest improvements in marine engineering. Most ot the working parts are of steel, and the bearings phosphor bronze. Each cylinder is provided with an adjust able cut off, and the main engine is controlled by an auxiliary starting engine. Steam is supplied by two Scotch boilers, 11£ feet long by 11 feet in diamster, constructed of £of an inch plate iron and braced for a working pressure of 90 pounds of steam. Eleven engines of different sizes are used throughout the vessel for various purposes. The Baltimore is lighted by 63 Ed ison incandescent lamps, furnished by a dynamo situated in the engine- room. In adition are handsome an tique bronze oil-lamps placed throughout, which are said to have alone cost nearly 81,000 A steam windlass for raising anchor or haul ing into dock, steam hoisting engines fire apparatus and grenades distrib uted through the vessel, and a num ber of life-boats and preservers show the.great regard of the com pany for the prompt'working ot cargo and presevation of life on board. Interior inspection of the steamer reveais one of the hansomest and most complete vessels now used in the inland commerse of the States. A cabin containing thirty open berths is located aft between decks. On the main deck are the forecastle for deck hands, refrigerator, ice chest and engine room. A solid cherry staircase leads up into the saloon deck. At its top* landing is a be veled French plate-glass mirror. On the saloon deck are our pqfser’s of fice and room, situated in the forward end, with two staterooms opposite. Aft of these and forward of . the PRESIDENT CARLTON'S SUBSTITUTE FOB THE TECHNOLOGICAL BILL. President Carlton’s substitute Tor the Technological bill, offered Wednesday, provides that the school be established as a branch of the State University, and that it be ■added to the Agricultural Depart ment, inasmuch as that department already possesses some of the in the light of legislation to en- * m 'dship bulkhead is the dining room, nnithed in Hungarian ash and cherry, with tables and revolv ing chairs of the same wood. The chairs and the stationary seats on side of dining room are upholstered in red silk plusb, as is all the furni- tureofthe saloon, which is 1S0 feet :ounige misrepresentation and fraud tpon the part of the people of «orgia. The present manner of nsuring property cannot possibly •fleet any honest man, and we can’t lte the wisdom or justice in pro- tecting swindlers. Georgia is well wtisfied with the preient sys tem of conducting the insurance business—the courts are open for a “ttlement of any dispute between companies and their patrons—and ,n y intermeddling by the legislature >> unauthorized and untimely. In' that body has manfested too S'eat a disposition, anyway, to as- ‘“me a guardianship over private business interests, a* it the citizens °f Georgia were a set ol -children or idiots. When a man is not able Xa manage his own affairs, let his immediate family, and not the Meg-- “lature, demand a guardian. We d o not suppose, however, that this even ,P°i' y T "'VT* ^ »U « ■Eke"The’ ‘‘Boeathmugh the house the falcon on the promenade dec ““ate will kill it. On Friday afternoon a twelve- Bar old son of John Simmons, a J* r <* hand on the place of Mr. Jer- "**>n Siccumb,.living near Knox- , e - in Crawford county, was 'mothered to death. A number ol ««gro boys were playing with the xottonin the cotton house. Site- moo*’ son made a hole in the pile. told the others to pile on more ^Uon, which they did. After ■Siting awhile for him to come out 2fy searched for him in the huge I>le and when found he had suflo- ***«> to death. in length, with a width alternating with the sheer of the vessel. The pantry, situated amidships, and sep arated by alley*.from the staterooms, contains steaming tables, silver and china lockers; etc'. Barber shop, bar-room, toilets foe Indies and gen tlemen preface the rows of 32 state room* ia the math 1 saloon. An in teresting -feature i arfc two bridal 1 chambers fitted, up with brocade lambrequins and upholstery done in red silk plush. All the staterooms contain single' and double berths, spring Buttresses and all the toilet accessories. The painting of the main saloon is in white, pink and blue colors. Between each state room Cherry pilasters make an ac ceptable coutraitto the richlv hand- painted panels on the wood work of the staterooms. "The designs on the panels are floral in their idea 14 staterooms counterparts of those below. A grand stairway ofJHieny connects it with the main saloon and is a piece of magnificent handi craft. A dome opens over the stair way and lights it through ground glass windows. Rubber mats and brass nesings are used on all tbe at irway*. The social hall is in the upper saloon, and at the extreme stern on the same deck is the smok ing saloon, 12 by 30 feet, situated at /k^place whare the fumes of tobacco cannot possibly permeate the saloon. On the same deck, be ginning forward, i» the wheel-house, . nTehgji k and steward . The part of the' ship thu* occupied is isolated froaj the passengers, and they are allowed its freedom under any p. text. The location of the kitcht on the promenade deck forward regarded by steamboat men as a happy thought, taking, as it does, I,of cooking from the saloon e rooms. All .the. sal e covered -JE-. .... The magnificent vessel which was prerented to the York River line at a cost of 1175,000, isyegafded af a '""lunjent tothe worktnaoshm of nnore mechanics. The execu- e officers of the company express smselvesas proud of her asm whole, and predict for her a career that wili be a further testimonial to the farsightedness that selected Bal timore at the place to’build: her. ELBERTON ITEMS. Elberton, Sept. 23.—Court week in Elberton has always been synonomons with rainy, bad weath er- Last week, however, passed off as bright and balmy as a May day. Judge Lumpkin dispatches business in a manner satisfactory to all. Out ot about fifty cases on the civil docket very few were left. The criminal docket was light, only six cases being tried. Three ot these were found guilty, one of gambling, one assault and battery and one of eog stealing. The electian for mayor and coun- cilmen will take place on Monday, sSth. This election promises to be very quiet, as there is no opposition to the re-election of the old council, and Mr. H. F. Chandler is the only candidate for mayor. Misses Gallic and Bessie Thur mond, of Athens, are visiting Mrs. Dr. Oliver,ofthis;place The sociable of the season wilt be Eiven at the residence of Mr. J. H. Biewer on next Friday night. All the young folks will be there. Miss Allie Tate, a talented young lady of this place, has accepted a situation as teacher of music and drawing at the female college in Monroe, N. C. Most of our lawyers are in atten dance upon Hart court this week. A sub-cription is being raised for the building of a $5,000 female acad emy. This is' certainly a good move, as the present house is too small to accommodate the flourishing school being taught by Prof. Noyes. The rains on Sunday and Monday will injure tbe cotton crop in this count/ io a considerable extent. Water courses are higher than they have been for years. piements necessary to carry out the had b “ n s P lia ^ red ’ and Aejreavf. purposes of technology. The sub stitute further provides that the land script fund, amounting to about $17,000, be appropriated to tbe es tablishment of the school, and that any additional appropriation be made necessary to make up the com plement. A NEW COURT HOUSE. In their general presentments the grand jury of Madison county re-, coinmend that immediate sieps be taken to secure the erection of a new court house in that county,and request Solicitor General Howard, in case the ordinary fails to take the necessarry steps within three months, to proceed by mandamus .at their instance to compel him to do it. We learn that Judge Darnel wrilyofbse to obef the pritorj. pf (he grand jury. ’ DEATH OP REV.' J. H. ECHOLS. V Lexington, Ga.„ Sept. 23.—Rev. Joseph H. Echols, one of our most prominent and pious citizens, died this morning at 2 o'clock. He has been on; the verge of {he grave for months' past, but owing to the strong constitution and tenacity to live he fought off the dread disease until at last it conquered him. He was a member of the , Confederate congress, and a man who had the respect of ail who knew him. STEPHENS' HIGH SCHOOL. Prof. V. T. Sanford, one of the most successfuleducators in the south, will next year take charge of this school, located in old Liberty Hall, the home of Mr. Stephens. The name of Prof. S. is enough to plant the institution on a firm foundation. bailroad honey. Mr. Jatn.es M. Edwards, formerly superintendent of the North-Eas- tern, is now in charge of a new trunk fine between Memphis and New Orleans. This road was built under the supervision of Mr. Ed wards, who expended twelve mil lion dollars on its construction. He is recognized as one of the best rail road men in America. FINE STOCK. The Athens fair will show some of the finest horses in Georgia. Oconee county will make a desper ate effort to carry off the first prize, and says Kentucky must climb high to beat her. The outlook for tbe fair is bright indeed. HART happy. The house bill to establish the stock law in Hart county has past ed the senate, and now only lacks the signature of the Governor. This abolishes fences in that county without the people voting on the question. -.- There are very few county treats urers who would, like Mr. W. L. High, our county treasurer, take his own money to pay claims against the county when there was no county funds in his hands. This he has always done, and we think he i* entitled to the thanks of the by the republicans tor Governor of New Yor k. Hill will’probably be the standard-bearer ot the -demo- cr#t *' • A delirious small pox patient in Montreal escaped from his home and ran through the streets. He ise the report in the of the blowing up of :ge house -of , the the blowing -owntJTlhe mammoth Gospel tent at Caitersville. Cartersville, Ga., SejL.20.— Last night:, the dynamiter! =* paid RqH oHnJbnesH »ia»t^|iid blew the floo# out of his buggy bouse, as,a foretaste, perhaps, of things yet to be.’ - h * « The story may be related as fol lows: Friday night, in the courssof. Ijis sermon, Mr. Jones made a vere' se vere attack on the men who are flanking tha prohibition law in Car ters. After using some vety sting ing words, Mr. jonessaid. “Now I have had my say to you, I will talk to you and reason with you concerning whaV I have said and the strictures I have made . on ( you. But you and I can’t fight. I would as soon get into a pit with a. mangy boll dog, and gnaw with him, as to fight such low down scoundrels as you are. A man who will illicitly, speakingly, perpetuate a traffic on a community that his voted it out, is too mean for me to belittle myself by a personal fen- counter with him.” THE EXPLOSION. About 10 o’clock last night the quiet of Cartersville was startled by a terrible explosion like the thunderous roar of a can non. The inmates of the house of Rev. Sam Jones felt the building tremble^ and heard tbe f lass rattle, and those asleep and awake,spra'ng. to their feet with astonishment writ* ten in every line of their facet: i At the same time a- man- at the gospel tent, several hundred yards distant, saw k flash of light * in the diaectiofi of Jones’s residence, ac companying the exposition. The flash seemed like a suppressed bolt of lightning, that appearance of it having been caused by the fact that, the explosion was within the walls of the house. There have been re cently several - - - . ^ TORPEDO EXPLOSIONS by malicions parties and Mr, Janes and bis family decided that the noise was the explosion of a torpe do somewhere in the neighborhood. The man at the tent decided that the flash was more than. a_c away and such the impression Others who saw ;and heard it, Therefore nothing was done in thf way of an investigation. * JL This morning a servant went to the carriage house, about fifty. y*rd»> from the family house, and soon re ported to Mr. Tones that the car riage house had been broken into. Mr. Jones went doyjf n and found the floor of the house torn out as if by some crushing force, The flooring 2x10 sleepers, right new, had been shattered as by a bolt of lightning. THE TENT BLOWN EOWN. At 6 40 p. m., a ’bu* load of peo ple on their way to the gospel tent heard cries of “tent blown .down; no meeting to-night” This was easy to believe, *s a fearful ..storm , had been • and Was still raging Continuous rains had caused' many to reman at the tent for the night service. Some had come early and .other were.entering the tent while those already assembled were sing ing wheti A FEARFtJL GUST OF WIND, with torrents ot rain, seemed . to burst right over the great tent The poles and ropes to the leeward gave way, and in an instant tbe people saw the riain ;drenched canvas be, ginning to settle gradually down upon.theftL- It’ seemed to pause and hover a moment and the tall poles swayed downward, THE GREAT ROPES snapped like thread, and the' tent with all nalia settl on its nest aiid congregation under" its" vast folds.' Three Hundred people, most of them women and children, who but a moment before felt as secure from the raging elements as if they were under their own roofs, rose'to their feet SHRIEKING AND RUNNING hither and yon among the sea of .plank seats. The scene was inde scribable. The wildest .confusion reigned, with terrified children, clinging to their flying parents. Hats,Shawls an.* other light arti cles were blowing about like chaff,' and all were swept out into the storm and darkness. Two score of lamps, most of them electric burn ers, were swept from their fasten ings and burst into one wild glare that illumined the darkness for an instant and then fell into the mass of dry straw that covered every foot of ground under the tent This caught and ; WOULD HAVE CONSUMED ALL if the rain had not drenched every stitch of canvas that covered it Many were unable to get out rill the tent had settled and then ripped openings in the tent, through which they escaped into the blind ing darkness, drenching rain and driving wind without. The egress of the people was greatly impeded by the seats and the tangled ropes. Fortunately no one, so far as. now known, was seriously injured, though many are scratched and bruised. All were terribly fright ened. Eye witnesses say it looked as if one of SAM JONES’ THREATENED JUDG MENTS had fallen on them, and if.the end of the world bad really come greater fright confusion, and ..-c&Mjterna rath n«|t have pi evaded: The Was insured against fitfef bht the tent of the daaoage from that cause seems alight, though four large street lamps exploded when they were dashed from their post*. The damage otherwise cannot now be estimated. _ Miss Gussie t Hale will open 4 iressmaking establishment at Dr. Bale’s residence on Jackson stret t, rear of campus and invites the ladies to S vdberrf'calt t T jTT ill tween two posts about 25 yards ■part, or whatever distance wanted, with a rieg to which to tie the rein of the halter on the animal,you have a tjick whidh allows it to graze from one post to the other by slid ing _ the nng along the w ’tie. It well and there is no patent nit WUUtDyar, Hear Hartm. Monday we came dbvrh on the- traiaPWlf^BBpjty-htarshal'Cjirt^” who gave us the following particu lars M the IriTTdg of w]P Dy*r on tty j B ,t/about sbndown. in ranklin county, some three miles from Martin, a station on the Elber ton railroad: It seems that the murdered man, who was about 25 year* of age and lately married, had for some time been a government’s witness -gainst the illicit distiller* in Hart and Franklin counties, anil these, men had 8wortfprcngeancef*H*ioit him. tCAshtf farter the threats, that reached his ears from various sources,’and advised him to go arm^d: Dyar remarked that he bad sworn nothing but the truth, and din not think any one would dare torharui him. Besides, bis ene mies hid already gotten a true bill againrt him for carrying a pistol concealed some two years since, and they jwould delight to get him in more tf-mbTe, if possible; that there was. iiother witness living pear, who undoubtedly had falsely testi fied, and if any one was harmed he would be the otyr- Mr. Carter say* that Dyar Was a sober, truthful man, and his , tesfintopy flways went a long ways> ’■ with the court. The evening of hi* death this officer rode over to Noah-Dj-ar’*, and un cle to: Willis, whert Ihe latter was engaged in making up sorghum, and served several notices on him to appear as a witness in Gainesville on the following day, also instruct ing Dyar to meet him (Carter) at Martins, | when thev would make the trip together. He promised to do so. In dess than an hour alter Mr. Carter’* departure Willis Dyar started for his home (he living on the farm of Elias Dya') driving a tyne-steer cart. He bail occasion to J>as*.tbrou^toa.*ltiit' of woods; not . ■ —*■’ TT,* 1 ’ ;— Reeder, the builder of the engines *>t the boat, and General H. S. shipping point TOR THE CLYDE Heidekooper, postmaster at Phila- stopped at a mudhole to drink Dyar,was seating on the cart, with his feet hanging ovei the Iront- board and resting on the shalves. His assassin, as appeared from the tracks and trampled ground, had fbrsomd time been waiting' for his victim behind tree hot 25 steps from the highway. He fired with deadly aim, nine buckshot entering Dyarw 1 and killing him in- stantly, as had he raised the slight est alarm it wiAifllJiave been known at the farm house, where the report of the gun was distinctly heard. Yhe steer, doubtless alarmed by the sound, started for home, and the first intimation that the young wife had ot hfr husband’s fate «as when theyude vehicle.stopped in front of the^ate, bearing its ghastly freight. Gym’s ffetArmstill hanging rover the front of the: cart, and his body lying in the* bottom. Her anguish was heart-rending, and the alarm was soon sounded. A party of neightyon wOt-obcs-started.-out to learn JSj|icpj|rs|bul the murderer had fled and the only sign left was the beaten eptli where he stood in wait for his.victim. A-cbrooer’s jury was summoned the next day, and a verdict rendered that the de ceased came to hi* death at the hands ofwtvuqknown party. Some who; examined the ground think there were,two men engaged in the killing. There is not the slightest clue to the murderers. Sevetal Railroad system. A WORD ABOUT THE POCAHONTAS AIT Ant. A CONGLOMERATION Of RAILROAD FINANCIAL OKEATWfl|L I BHWHMnii»MriN»AkD'’'wH it'*# IS DOMQ POE ras PAWrirTT’f . V 1 .vtfli ,jt 19.—The West andWarehonseCo^ With which Athens . riftfoad frade, hat always been considered a th in our city, and it is even ar gued ihat’it is a company of straw; only, known on paper. Hence It was a very, interesting visit to the headquarters of this corporation, that we could tee the extent of fhe busipess transacted. As stated in our yesterday’s letter, West Point is situated jS miles from Richmond, fn the York river, and is a place of some 1,500 inhabitants, belonging solely to the W. P. T. & W. Co, delphia. . , Finding ourself in the midst of so much, wealth and railroad fame, the gentlemen surrounding us counting their money-by the millions, wh si- died up to a titan with a slouch hat j»nd a $15 *ujt of clothes, feeling .that, like qurself,. his. pocket book -doubtless, iplt lonesome in such com pany, and wc would ,show by our f cts, that, we Were not proud be cause we sported S beaver. But, gentle reader, wedroppedour, new found friend like a hot shovel upon learning tbat-his name was George T. Baker, president ’of the First Na tional Bank of Baltimore, one of the largest owners m the R. & D. syn dicate, and who had ten million dollars change on hand. We next tackled B stolid-looking gentleman, of about 45 summers' who might, from appearances, be a merchant in some small line of trade. Bntthis was William P. Clyde, President ot the large syndicate that bears his name, and also owner of the Clyde River 'railroad leads to this place, and is one of the smoothest lines in the south. West Point is a most important link in the R. & D. syn dicate, at it opens to this company water communication with the yvhrld. The river is navigable for the largest sized steamships, and they anchor at these splendid wharves from alt the foreign ports to discharge or take on it cargo. • It is worth a visit to tee the steamers lying there, loading and unloading precious freights; wa ch the largest and fihest compress ia the country at work, reducing cotton bales to the thickness of a few inches; see the stevedores in gangs of hundreds Working like beavers, and watch the great tush in this busy little mart, which, hardly a decade ago, was unknown to the world of com which is a branch of the Richmond of learners. Isi f*ct, *e soOn & Danville syndicate.. The York discovered that we-were out of our 100 yards distant from a farm house, ... _ , „ and his little steer, it is supposed, m - ’ - e never saw such dis out. The people aie very indig nant against Dyar’ for witnessing against his neighbors, and hence he has rbut little sympathy. On the other hand, many persons openly rejoice at his death. Marshal Car ter j* of the opinion that had he gone home with Dyar, as was his original intention, that he would not have been v assassinated, as it is kffowto that tye always goes armed and would-, h*ve refurned,tbe fire if taht knled At thelfirst shot. Others think that the assassins were lying in ambush for both men,' and Mr. Carter saved his own life by going another road. Dyar did not receive enqugh recompense,** a .witness to I ake.it an object to him, and Mr. arter says he did not like to testify, it when putropon the stand would II the truth, it mattered—"not who (ie injured qr offended; that he was a brave man, and the court officeit respected ,him. T|he pay of a government witness is only 5 cent* per thUeeacn way, with $1.50 tor eacb day he is before the court, and this leaves Vareiy enough for hut el bills. There are other .witnesses in Franklin county threatened - with death if they do not leave, anil they are badly frightened since Dyer’s fate..! Io fact, it will be a difficult matter for the giwerQ.nient. to secure testimony tu convict the moonshin ers. Marshal Carter says he has no fear for his o.v 1 life, as he has nev er insulted or wronged a prisoner but simply docs hi* duty. He is one of the best officers on Marshal Nelms’ force, and a braver man never lived. Fighting Oft Oeath. Greenville Banner. Couductor Frazer, of the interna tional and Great Northern Railway, tried to fight off. death a few hours in order that he might see his wife once more. He had been shot by a tramp, and had been taken to Tyler, Texas, in a dying condition. “Help me to fight back thii cruel death, boys, until my wife gets here,” •aid the dying man, cheerily. The doctosr had already told him that he could live but a few hour* with a calm courage he heard the verdict, and called all hit wonderful force to his aids in tbe struggle to await until hi* wife arrived. “Tell me exciting stories,” he said to the boys around his bed, “for J must take this run till the comet.” gret The bpursspeed rapidly by; tbe merry Voice of the conductor grew fainter and fainter, but his courage never faltered. ’ A telegram from his wite, in aii-. swer to one sent to her some hours betore was .brought, into the room and read. She was coming , on a special train; the toad was cleared for her—*—- --a „ .... „„ Ayopagi. _ man in the flush of love and a new life pitted agai^s^ ,tjie king of ter rors. The news nerved Frazer for a moment, and bis-efforts to keep up were renewed. A little later anoth er telegram. “Old boy,” iyhispered a brakeman, “she will be here in an hour.” “Turn me over hoys,” he said, It was done. He whisperd’ to an attendant: 1 A. “Charlie, X nanieot run on this schedule. Good by.1” • He was dead. patch and system in work. There is no confusion, and few commands are given, but every man knows his place and not a moment is lost. The stevedores are paid 15 cents per hour, when they work, hut do not get steady employment, as twice as many men are kept on hand as needed. There are acres upon acre* of warehouses, and all freight i* handled by number*, a separate space being set aside for each town. Every facility and appliance to ex- E edite work a,nd save labor is at and. West Point is not an attractive place for a town, and will never be more than what it i* now, a ship ping point for a great railway sys tem. The country around it is flat and marshy, and presents a monot onous and uninviting view. It is *0 mile* distant to the mouth of the Chesapeake bay, and the historic city of Yvrktown could be seen from its wharves hut for a bend in the river. We do not blame Corn wallis for surrendering such a place, for if we owned all the country around Yorktown any man who wanted it couhl demand and receive our unconditional claim at the muz- zleofafire'cracker. But this land is rich in reminiscences of the edriy settlement of Virginia and the revo lutionary war, and on every hand are places of interest to the antiqua rian. Near West Point, not far from the river back, is the authenticated site of the Smith-Powhatan-Poca- Every farmer around Richmond-has locoted this little episode on his place, but from the best information We can gather York river has the clearest title. We saw the copy of a picture of Poca hontas, taken from life while she was on a visit to England, and we must congratulate Smith upon put ting her oft on an unsophisticated countryman. We always felt a little hurt at John for not marrying the maiden that so gallantly saved his life, and thus perpetuating the John Smith family on America, but after viewing the ungainly features of Miss Pocahontas we are forced into the opinion that death from Powhatan’s uplifted dub would have been a happy exchange for such connubial bliss. Our party, spent the morning in strolling over the ships at the wharves, and ..watching the intet- esjting process of loading these ocean aionsteis. There was a French vessel in the harbor,and we boarded it also, but a* we had grown a little rusty in that language,, our conver sation with the officers was confined to a narrow escape from being run over by a truck and a slip up on the gang plank. About 12 o’clock the new steam ship Baltimore W*s sighted coming up tbe river, and she wis soon an chored alongside the Danville, an* other vessel belonging to the R. & D. syndicate. We saw on board the Baltimore several familiar faces, including the genial Sol Haas.and 2 Ur Athens friend L. L. McCteskey, pair rof the best railroad men in America. • Together with Col. A. S. Buford, p esident of the Richmond and Danville road; Decatur Axtell, of the Richmond and Alleghany; Mr. John P. Branch; Mr. Charles Har wood, of the Atlantic Coast Line; Mr. Thomas Carpenter;: a number of newspapier-men from North Carolina and IfVirginia' and a sharp sprinklings of iovited guests, We boarded the magnificent new Steamer, and met a hearty welcome from the passengers and officers. The Baltimore^ had among her passengers Mr. Sol Haas, general tfaffin«''mriiager; ,’A. *B. Andrews, superintendent of North’ Carolina roads, assistant to President Bufond; Mercer Slaughter, general passen ger agent Richmond and Danville railroad; D. Cardwell, ' assistant general passenger agent; W. A. FmIt, assistant jpassenger agent Western North Carolina railroad; L. L. McCleskey, assistant, passen ger ageht of the Atlantic Coast ' liny; Reuben Foster, general man- ;er of the Baltimore, Chesapeake d Richmond Steamboat Compa ny; William P. Clyde,mresideirt the same company; John Mc- nnery, director of the company; sorge P. Appold; J, W. McCar- k, agent ot tbe Clyde Line; Geo. . Baker, president of the Fiwt ational Batik of Baltimore; C.W. hears, assistant general passenger *1 ;ent Richmond and Danville riilroad; F- M. Heidekooper, fi st vice president of the Richmond At d Danville railroad; Washington Booth, vice president of the York S J ud S. e A v e, Ha«fcell, ident Columbia, Charlotte and p: est| N irfolk and . Seaboard rokd; ■ A. Madison, compilerrof, the Richmond and Danville system, and Charles financial latitude, and fell back on our friend Capt. Bernard for" com panionship. But in *11 seriousness, we never met a mprevy hole-sou led, genial set of gentlemen .than the railroad magnates- assembled on board the Baltimore. We sat down to a. fine dinner on the boat, and certainly spent a most delightful day. President Buford, of (he R. & D., is an agreeable old gentleman, and did all in his power to make his guests enjoy themselves. But among the most delightful acquaintances that we formed, were the proprietors and staff of the Richmond Dis- patch, and the Adjutant General ot Virginia, Our return trip was en livened by vocal music, oratorical efforts and fresh stories from the press gang, and the city was reach ed only too soon. The Dispatch is doing noble work for the cause of democracy, and the people are sus taining this grand paper as they should. It i» a financial success, and one of the proprietoTs the first year received $35,000 as his portion ol the proceeds. We spent several pleasant hours in their sanctum, and always found an old Virginia wel come. In future letters we will write up the things and points of interest in Richmond, our interview with Col. Buford in regard to the Georgia Midland road, a visit that we made to Cluverius, sentenced to death for the murder of Lillian Madison, and also talks with the prominent wit nesses, a sermon that, we heard by the Rev. John Tasper,col., and other points of note. -It will take a'half dozen letters more to complete' our trip. We declined going to Baltimore, having visited that city before, and feeling that duty called us home. T. L. G. ELBERT COURT. Jnds* Lumpkin's] Decision on the Stock * Law Issue. A number of important civil cases were tried; The one that: attracted the l«ge|..tcrowd and. excited the most general interest,'' wait the case T. C. Hudgens and others, against George L. Almand, ordinary, it be ing an application for a writ of pro hibition, to prohibit the ordinary from declaring the result of an elec tion held in last July on the stock law question. The ordinary by his counsel demurred to the bill, and this question was ably argued by Messrs. J. P. Shannon, J. N. Wor ley and F. H. Colley on the stock law side, attd Messrs. M. P. Reese and John C. Reid on the fence side. Judge Lumpkin sustained the de murrer and dismissed the bill. The case was immediately carried to the supreme court on a writ ot error, and will be heard at the present term of that court QUARTER WITH A SNAKE. Mr. Seymour Billingsley, of Greenesboro, was the other day walking out with a friend near that town, when he feltsomething strike his prnts. After proceeding some little distance he decided that it might be a snake, and returned to investigate. He found a large high land moccasin stretched across the S ath, that he first thought was dead, ut Mr. B. was soon convinced to the contrary when his snakeship made a leap for that gentleman, springing its eutire length, but he fortunately escaped its deadly fangs by jumping above the reptile. The snake was then killed. BAPTI8 AS * B CCIAION, The Apalachee Baptist Associa tion closed an. interesting session at Greshamvilie, a village some ten miles west of Greenesboro, last Thursday. The occasion drew to gether a-large concourse of people from Greene and adjoining counties —the crowd being estimated at t,- aoo. A large number of visiting ministers were piesent, including such distinguished men as Dr. Wharton,of Montgomery, Ala; Dr. Hatcher, AtVrnta; Dr. Montgomery, Greensboro, K id others. The asso ciation meets next year at Monroe, Walton county. WILL VOTE “NO LIQUOR. Henry VV.'Grady favors $5,000 liqnor licenses in larg;e cities, but if the question is narrowed down to whisky” or “no whisky,” he will vote “no whisky,” It is the general impression that Atlanta will go for prohibition. The contest, however,: will be t i'heated. qne. andjbotli sides will spend money liberally, having already raised $100,000 each to spend on fhe election. THE RABUN MURDERER. The trial of Eugene Beck, the wife murderer,, was to commence at Clayton, Tuesday. The prisoner it ably defended. Pope Barrow, Esq., leading the case.. Beck is a remarkably handsome man, but does not seem to realize the enor mity of his.crime, and while on the train from Gainesville Was laughing and talking.with all who addressed him. -Hfs defense will be insanity. CARP BY THE HUNDRED. -i- Crawford, Ga., Sept. 22.—Dur. ing the heavy rain storm yesterday Dr. Mark Willingham’s fish pond Ope it the lasf dispjtch written Stonewa’.! Jackson to Gen. L and penited just Wore his death, was written with a. pencil in a hurried manner upon the battlefield of Chancellorsville. It told ot a probable attack by the enemy, ami with the true instincts of this Chris tian soldier, wound np with aft ap- peal to God for victory. The other i* a framed copv of the play bill used at the.. Richmond Theatre on tne inight of December 26,1S11, ed. in excess.of„ ten pounds, weighed 15 pounds, and is said to have been seven years old. —f OEN.’TOOMBS J A telegraphic dispatch from Washington, Ga«, says General Robert Toombs is seriously ill. He is in his seventy-fourth year, and has been confined; to his bed for RICHMOND-ON-THE-JAMES- THE naOUtlAN AS YOU FIND HfK AT HOftE. A TOUR THROUGH THE CAPITOL BUILD* *Dt3 AND’GROUNDS. The Virginians are a nohle-hearf} ed people, and we do not blame them for being proud of their grand old state. Even in her yeemAnry you see evidences of chivalry and refinement characteristic to this di vision of our Union. A stranger is at once impressed-With the courtesy and hospitality that he meets on every hand. It comes so natural and spontaneously. We do Rot know a place that we were more favorably impressed with than Richmond, and before we wete in tbe.city a day we fe’.t as if in the midst of friends. Richmond has •. population of probably 75,00a It is ouitt on seven -little hilL, on fine banks of the James river and at the head of navigation of ‘het stream. From the roof of the Capitol a fine view of the city can be had, with its brisk streets, very clean, wide snd orderly, and so densely wooded as to almost conceal the irousas. Its streets are all paved with • granite blocks, and Richmond is a place ot considerable manufacturing and commercial importance. Churches and school houses are numerous, and on every hand you see evi dences of thrift, enterprise and pros perity. The site of Richmond was first visited by John Smith (as like wise every other locality ;in the W.S. by some John Smith) in 1607, ;and the first settlement made in 1609. The city was laid off in 1737, and incorporated in 1742. From that day to the present time it has been rich in historic interest The most conspicuous building in the city is the Capitol, standing upon f commanding eminence and in the midst of a lovely park of twelve acres. This park is a pop ular resort for the citizens, and at any hour in the day you see ladies, gentlemen and children resting upon the benches or strolling be neath the stately elms. The park is the home ot hundreds of squirrels, that breed here and are so tame as to feed from the hand. They are protected by a city ordinance. Lit tle birds of various kinds also _ flut ter through the branches, but are not quite so gentle as their four- footed neighbors. The Capitol building was modeled by Mr. Jef ferson.after an ancient Roman tem- C le in France. It is a very plain uilding, by no means representing the wealth and advancement of the state. It is badly arranged, miser ably kept, and there are a number of county court houses in Georgia far more attractive. This building certainly reflects the character ot the party now in power. In the rotunda is a statue of Washington, that Lafayette pronounces a fac simile ot his person. It was carved by Houdon, a French sculptor, who was two weeks with Washington at Mount Vernon in 1785, during which time he took a cast of hts face, head and upper part of the body, and minute measurements ot the person. This is said to bean exact representation of the Father of his country. The bust of Lafayette, which occupies a nich in the wall near Washington, was also made by Houdon. From the shape of the Marquis’ forehead we are reluctantly forced to the con clusion that this noted Frenchman was a lineal descendant from the Flat Head Indians, and is only sur passed in appearance by another statue of Henry Clay, which re minds us of a bone that some hun gry dog has been gnawing on. There is an old stove on exhibition in this building that was made in England in 1770, and was used in warming the House of Burgesses at Williamsburg. We will here state, by way of parenthesis, that the Bur gesses warmed themselves out of a stove made of clay with a com cob stopper. There is no place to attach a pipe to this stove, which doubtless saved oceans of profanity to those who had to put it up. At one end ot the Capitol is .the Hal! of the House ol Delegates, and in this room was Aaron Burr tried before Chief Justice Marshall for treason; here the secession convention met in 1861. In 1870, while the court of appeals was sitting in the foom di rectly above this hall, the floor broke and 65 men were killed and 200 wounded by being precipitated into this hall. What an admirable place this would have been for John Wise to hold one of his black-and tan glass-ball-shooting meetings! But there is scarcely a nook or corner of this old building but is rich in thrilling tne (night ot December 26,1S11, while “The Bloody Nuti” was be* ing performed; when'that stneture caught on.fire anff was consumed, burning to death Gov. Gj W. Smith and 59 others. The Wills; twice ’he size of those now used,, was printed on old style type, With 5 the "charac ters of the performed arid fc iynop-. sis of the play. The! bill stajed that the performance, would conclude n«w stands fapon the«site Of the theatre. The monument’ iti the portico contains the names ef the victims, The exeeufiye mansion Occupies,the east end of the . capitol 'rounds, tad is a'plain hut Staid* tooking building, ihe finest work of its kind itv America is the’Wash- tngton monument in the Capitol square. It onsists of an. imposing column of Richmond granite, rising Irom a star-shaped base, surmount- ed by a gigantic equestrian statue of Washington, and on ped:i*tals around and beneath him are figures of Patrick Henry, George Mason (not the assistant engineer of the Athens fire department), Thomas Nelson, Jr., Andrew Lewis and Judge Marshall. The entire cost of the monument was $259,- 813.26. Had its construction been postponed to Ihe presen': era thu bosses of the job would have in vested the odd 26 cents in n monu ment and pocketed the first six fig« ures. A bronze statue of Jackson is also on the grounds, that was presented to the state of Virginia by English admirers of that great soldier. The bell house, an . odd shaped tower in one corner of the incidents and historic reminis cences, and one feels while treading, its halls, that he is on sacred ground. Virginia’s capital is closely alligned with the rise and downfall of the Southern Confederacy,* cause so clear to the hearts ot every tiue Southron. But by far the most interesting part of the building Is the State Library, containing 35,000 volumes, including many rare and valuable MSS. and is a sort of mu' seum for the preservation cf objects of interest, among which we will mention historic chairs, portraits of Governors in Colonial times, battye flags of the late War, original manu script of Virginia’s bill ofrights, the first in America, the lawyer’s 'fee book of Patrick Henry (we Will add that Pat. did not charge a Client $100 for suing some railroad, for.- killing a $10 cow), Jefferson’* marriage bond, specimens of Continental and Con- federate money; etc. We were also )ii* capture. shown an original letter and land plat by Washington, and also aged documents from Daniel Boone and other noted Virginians ot old. They were penned in the Horace Greeleyan style of chirog- raphy. There is also the" 1 original parole signed by Cornwallis at Yorktown, and from the quivering shape of his letters we are inclined to the belief that Ws Lordship had a severe attack. the buck ague about that time. There is also a bust of Mabone on a top shelf, but that butt is not so farge a one as the little renegade will make on the 4th of next November. We saw a book printed in 1556, ae.years after printinf&was invented; a'nd right here WOR Will state (hat some of our enterprising Georgia dailies might borrow the same special dispalche the wickedest aci 1‘P 1 night ■But square, was used as a guard boure in ye olden time. In the city the various buildings used by the Confederate govern ment for offices are painted oat, sad are even at this early day eagerly examined, by visitors, who seem to look with interest upon any and everything connected with the Lost Cause. The White House, occupied by Mr. Davis, is now as a public school, while the other government buildings were either destroyed at the burning of Richmond or are tarned iato some mpre peaceful use. It was in St. Paul’s Episcopal church, remarkable for die grace aad symmetry of its splire, that President Davis was at worship when notified by Gen. Lee, on April 2,1865, that the city most be evacu ated. St John’s church was built jn 1740, and it was in this building, if *775* that Patrick Henry sounded the keynote of the revolution, “Give me liberty or give me death.” Like several r>f our late secession lenders, the most deadly missile thatPntrick Henry fired at the enemy was his tongue. A handsome 11 si nest block now occupies the site of the old Spotswood hotel, SD familiar to tbe old soldiers, but the American hotel and the Ballard, Hpnse, the latter connected by a bridge across the street with another building, are still open to the traveling 1 ‘public. The house where Edgar. Alton Poe spent a greater part of Ms- life as the adapted son of John -Allen is still pointed out to visitors who are poetically inclined. Our guide ex plained that we would remember Poe as author of ‘HThe Raven.” We stated that wq had rather see the spot where the compiler, of “The Three Black Crows* lived, at We wanted to get a* much as possi ble for oar money. new obleans Exposition. Actira Preparation* tor tbs Opsalnc of An other Great Fair. : New Orleans, Sept, 22.—F. C. Morehead, president ot the Cotton Planters’ Association, has acCepted the position as Commissioner Gen- oral of the North and Sonth Amer ican exposition, which opens here November 1. Mr. Morehead inau gurated the late world’s exposition, in the management ot which lie also filled the position of commissioner general with marked ability. -» The number of men at, present employed by tne Exposition man- agetnent considerably exceeds that ot those employed by the’miAnage- mentot hut year’s Exposition in tiie same kind of work. The work of preparation has gone forward very smoothly under the present man agement, and if is believed that the coming Exposition will ecli]pse the late one in magnitude arid interest. KUltasaBoy Wbo Ttmw Him Wrcatllas. Susquehanna; p*., Sept 22:— Glenwood, this couuty, is the home of the Hon. Galusha A. Grow. One of his near neighbors is the widow Tarbox, who- had a son, aged 17, named Henry, A one-armed man named Hudson kept a peanut stand opposite the Tarbox residence. Oft’ Saturday morning young Tarbox was in hjs mothers yard. Ijudsoo walked over and told the young man that he could throw hit* three' times out of five, notwithstanding that he only had one arm. Tha<’tWo' wrestled, and Hudson was thrown several times, in succession.’ That: made him mad. He jam, Jo his • peanut stand and camd back with his band behind his hack. Ha walked up Close -to Tarbox, %hO then discovered that .Hudson, had ■ 1 pistol in his hand. Before tpeyonng . man could get out of his way Hud tan shot him, once through the body and onCe through the atm. He tbeii'' ran into the Tarbox house arid; tak- • ing a rifle and a revolvers belonging iSumm the crowd that had assembled with his weapohs, and swearinghe would' shoot the firet man- 1 that attempted ' to molest him, he made bis escape to j the woods. Young, TerJw* .tew c - sincedied.andno trace of the mar ... defer has been found, Mr." Grow' and other citizens offer a fewird’for rioatr joyo ' in inu-it AFAUsrttiAWettt ,ir ,uij - • u •, •( A Youn* Lady With an Vnr—L ^ »« Commit* _ 0U; protector'on HisLbJfclPfifd'ml„_ to-day be-alive arid drawing a pen sion! But there are two objects on several weeks. It is feared 5 that d * s P]*y Ity^is room that appeal to this is his last sickness, it«s\ - foe deepest emotions of tha heart Point Clkab, Ala., September 22.-1 ’ Yerterday evening BetflakTarLi; the sixtesn-year-old daughter of Mr. Faria a tnsU-esrrtor, residingoneigad!* hslfT miles south of Clear Point, fbetjMttelf in ttye bead with ,her broJher’n.ptotol ' s±i«sa&vSS3Sji».'- er, ptodtefag Instant death. She to said to have had an nncontrolable : temper and had some trouble with * neighbor some three or four .weeks ago. Since .that time she has twice attempted stylclde, , once.by drowning and again by taking laudanum. Both attempts failed and a strict watch was placed upon her by her parents;uatiladoUfiweek'ago, when:... she seemed to have regained her oheer- m keepSoff.'displaya steel breast- faI "eaa, and all team of a furtkar attempt late, found on the carcas of a dead at self-destruction werelremoyed... Yea- enk4fe Had the pocr fellote only tragedy proves that thl* wsa greA||ijtorere^ w - merely a ruse to gun q favorable oppor tunity to commit the fatal act.. 1 The pisfolasedlwas 1 * 29-calibre Smith £ Weston revolver which her brother hai just aleaaad, leaving all the cham bers empty except the ene that did tha, mm