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. „ York Herald: If the opin-
* J>t rendered in Kama* by
’i/e.) States Judge BrfV,er ** wcl1
jpded >t will prove • formidable
>t»cle to ‘he prohibition move
nt a"' 1 one on which the advo-
0 f that cause have not hitherto
ed
jee Brewer hold* that no state
either bv legislation or const!-
,,1 amendment, prohibit the
. traffic without paying for the
, t e property thereby destroyed
red. "This building, ma-
„,rv and fixtures,” he said, “were
nfl i amt adapted for the mak-
f beer, and nothing else, for
h purpose they were worth
thousand dollars; for any other
o*.e not to exceed five thousand,
the defendants are deprived
> r property to the extent ef
live thousand dollars by the
bition law. Before the state
jppi«.-' the business it must
he property destroyed.”
. a new point. The United
> supreme court has in several
pheld the light of a state to
hit the manufacture and sale of
and beer. But it has not
I upon the question decided
Ige Brewer. In a recent opin-
e court remarked: " We do
fan to say that property actu-
existcnce, and in which the
i the owner lias become vest-
v he taken for the public good
t due compensation.” But
; I ot property the court then
i mind was stock on hand, not
Th< question now raised is
i:ch far reaching importance
•ire to go to the supreme
for adjudication, and until *-et-
v that tribunal it will be an
juestion.
• Sparts
isn't a
Ishmaelitc
says:
man or woman on
that can read the supposed ad
on some of the letters that are
ed at th; Sparta post office,
care a great many people in
world that don’t know how to
and a deal ol misery is caused
eir inability to find it out. In
hands the pen indaed, is more
Jful than the sword,
the same way at all post of-
There are some bad scribes
this world of our’s.
WEEKLY EDITION.
■ = V.
NO. XVI
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1886.
VOL. XXXI
DYNAMITE DEVILS AT WORK.
Tarrlbl, Crtma ot Tahaman Darlls la osor-
(iould says: "The South is
ng ahead and its growth is
y. I see an improvement ev-
me I come this way. It is a
y, healthy progress, more
ked, 1 think, farther West,
r the soil is richer and immi-
allon larger than it is here; but I
t -ee that there is anything to
ml in the way of the fullest de-
nent of this section of your
;tv. You are not growing too
but your progress is substantial
r New Orleans papers com
asthat the feature of the expo
■i which seems to attract least
t on is the racing, despite the
hat there is now at the exposi
grounds one ot th« finest ag
ptions of blooded horses ever
ught together on anyone course
- country, ar.d exciting sport
ten witnessed on every rac
• negro digging gravel in the old
fiery ir, East Selma to put upon
• hr walk v around the city, a few
• ago came upon some old brass
ions mar keel “C. S. A.” and the
ht nearly frightened him out of
The idea that it might be
onfederate was too much for the
fellow and is calculated to
k almo«t any ore. It is barely
ihle that a Confederate soldier
laid a wav there.
Cartersvillc, Jan. 23.—The town is
wild with excitement over an outrage
committed here last night. At 10 o’clock,
jnst as the stato road train was pissing, *
terrible explosion shook nearly every
dwelling in the town. People rushed
out of their houses and flocked in the di
rection from lvhich the noise had come.
It was soon* ascertained that United
States Comm issioner Airon Collins’ resi
dence was the scene of the explosion.
When the ho use was reached by the ex
cited populate it was found almost tot
tering on its foundation, and the screams
of a woman could be heard for yards
away. The gathering crowds rushed
into the ah attered dwelling and found
Mr. Collins and his wife terribly fright
ened. Mrs. Collins was almost in con
vulsions. She was carried to the resi
dence ef Mr- Maxwell, near by, and Mr.
Collins to Mr. Hudgins’, another neigh
bor.
TITK TOWN AROUSED.
Ily this time the entire town was
aroused and an investigation made. It
was found that Collins’ residence had
been blown up with a dynamite car
tridge, which had been placed on the
front porch, four feet from the wall next
to the head of the bed upon which Mr.
and Mrs. Collins were keeping. The
fuse to the cartridge was three feet long,
giving the dynamiters ample time to get
away before the explosion occurred.
The house was in ruins, the front porch
was blown several feet away from the
main building; nearly all the shingles
were blown olT the roof, a large hole was
blown in the floor of the porch, and the
v* indow glass in the house were broken,
and those on the porch were completely
pulverized. Every lock in the house
was jarred to pieces and and the doors
forced open. All the plastering was
shaken loose, the weatherboarding shiv
ered, and the front posts blown down.
People continued to gather at the
scene of the horrible midnight outrage,
for the explosion had been heard for
miles around. Many appeared on the
streets half dressed, and it was thought
that an earthquake had occurred. It
was some time before Mr. Collins could
speak of the affair. He says that he
and his wife retired at an early hour last
night and were awakened out of a sound
sleep by being almost thrown out of
bed. He never knew whet had occur
red until friends began to arrive. Mrs.
Collins is still in a highly nervous con
dition, and is kept under the influence
of opiates. Neither are thought to he
hurt other than receiving a severe shock.
CARTKRSVILl.B NEVER BEFORE SO EXCITED.
Cartersville was never so excited be
fore, and the greatest efforts will be
made to capture these foul fiends and
would-be assassins. For several weeks
past Commissioner Collins has been try
ing moonshiners, and a few days ago
tried one Tobe Jackson and others for
violating the revenue laws, and bound
them over to await trial. These men
were heard to make threats against Col
lins, saying: “Collins will hear the
Blind Tiger roar.” It is firmly believed
that Jackson and his ^uirades did the
horrible deed. Last night when the ex
plosion occurred, the moon was shining
brightly and the town was quiet. As
soon as the excitement had somewhat
subsided, hundreds of citizens gathered
around Judge Fain’s house and demand
ed that the matter he looked into.
A warrant was immediately issued for
Tobe Jackson, and the sheriff ordered to
get a posse and take the prisoner dead or
alive. The sheriff got everything ready
and two crowds started out with pistols
and guns to look for Jackson. The posse*,
headed by Robertson, learned that Jack-
son was concealed in a house about a
mile down the road, and the place waft;
surrounded. Jackson was called for,
and instead of answering he ran out of
the hack door into the woods. The posse
followed in close pursuit, and Robertson
fired one shot from a gun, but missed the
fleeing fugitive. Ab Wofford, one of the
HOa.B.H. HILL
Beftea tki leiate of OsorgU In lMO-Far-
don of W.A. Choice.
[Written for the Banner-Watchman.]
In 1860 the senate of Georgia had in it ....... ..
. . .’TU. . - . .r • .i. points to which he gave especial promt
some of the brightest intellects in the r . r ,,
with his usual deliberations, and for two
hours that afternoon went patiently
through the review of Die history of
the esse from the commission of the
deed to the conviction. There were two
State. Conspicuous of these may be
mentioned, Billups, of Clarke, Tracy, of
Bibb, Holt, of Muscogee, King, of Glynn,
Lawton, of Chittham, Hammond, of Ful
ton. and last, at vd most prominent in the
event which constitutes the theme of
this article, Hi.'J, of Tronp. Many im
portant incidents .marked the course of
that session ofth.t Georgia legislature,
but none of a local iir personal character
Elicited more lively i nterest than the hill
for the pardon of W m. A. Choice. He
had been convicted Of murder in the
October term of Fulton superior conrt in
1859. The fact on vi 'hidi this convic
tion was based was that on the 30th of
Dec. ’58 he had shot aod killed Calvin
Webb, a constable of the o-unty of Ful
ton, who had on the previous day, on a
warrant issued at the instance of a credi
tor, arrested Choice for the failure to
pay a small debt of ten dollar! The
murderer was a son of a pious wi ldowed
mother, who had for many years kept a
hotel in Home, and whose excellet it per
sonal character, and skill and hosp itality
in the conduct of her business, hi d at
tached to her a Urge multitude of fr iends
throughout the state, and among the» a,the
unfortunate occurrence in which het • son
was the chief actor, and the drea dful
issue of that occurrence in his con vic-
tion of murder, had excited an inti nse
sympathy. On the other hand, the ag
gravated nature of the crime, the ut ter
absence of personal provocation to its
commission, the fact that the murdered
man had been shot, as most distinctly a p
peared, because of the execution of his
legal duty, had aroused i\n intense ci >un-
ter feeling of condemnation inthebn?asts
of vast numbers, who believed his con
viction just After conviction the case
had been appealed to the supreme court,
then having vs its chief that model of
judicial purity and learning, Judg e J. H.
Lumpkin, and the finding of the court
below had been confirmed. The opinion
of the higher tribunal had been express
ed in such terms vs to add to, rather
than take from, the intensity of convic
tion on the public mind, as to the cor
rectness of the verdict. It was with this
adverse state of facts that Mr. Hill, the
principal counsel for the defendant, had
to contend in the endeavor to aecure the
pardon. Still another fact unfavorable
to the successful issue of his effort ex
isted in the person of the Governor, J. E.
Brown. The personal relations of these
two men were not at that time of auch
a nature as to encourage hope that he
(the Governor) would be easy to influ
ence favorably toward any measure
which might add to the reputation, or
gratify the ambition of Mr. Hill. They
were rivals for the favor of the entire
state. Mr. Hill was the brilliant orator,
and the almost unconquerable political
controversialist. Though comparatively
a young man, he had met in debate the
oldest and most renowned political lead
ers in the state, and if not victorious over
them in the strife of words, had won lau
rels which had satisfied his warmest
friends, and at levst excited the jealousy
and apprehension of his enemies. He
had opposed Mr. Brown, I believe, in the
last preceding gubernatorial contest, and,
though defeated by a majority very grat
ifying to Mr. Brown's political friends,
he had evinced such masterly control of
his adherents, and they had shown such
invincible loyalty to his fortunes, wheth
er in triumph or defeat, as to subdue
largely the feeling of triumph on the part
of his successful antagonist and those
who voted for him. Mr. Hill had been
defeated, but he had shown a vitality in
defeat which was calculated to awaken
apprehension. Besides these considera
tions. it was a general belief that Gov.
Brown possessed much of that iron firm
ness which is always necessary to (he
enforcement of law which is painfnl and
fatal in its inflictions. He had won a
reputation for superiority to the influ-
I’ope has written an article
'The Century” in which he un-
Acs to account for the_defeat
the Union forces at the second
ttle of Bull Run. Gen. Pope is
ther late in explaining how he run
the Second Manassas.
posse, fired one shot from a pistol lnd | ences by which less virtuous and weaker
struck the top of a garden fence. Ben • men * re controlled, which forbade the
Akcrman, son of A. T. Akerman, fired 'hope that he could be cajoled, or de-
four shots at Jackson, but missed CEch I ceived, or frightened into an unwise in-
t j me terference with the course of the law,
mobx ASSISTS MADE TFsTsuDAY. j after that hmd been thoroughly, calmly
This morning Sam Jackson, Mart >! » nd judicially appealed to. The pros-
Morrison and John Spencer were arr«t- *i P ecU of * ucce “ in * n a ?P eal for P^ 0 ®
ed on suspicion of being accomplices in ^ Reuate Georgia, under all these
the crime, and true bills were found! $ circumstances, were slender. It requir-
nonce. The first, that it was impossible
in the very nature of things, that the
man for whom he pleaded had a fair and
impartial trial, at the time of his convic
tion, owing to the excited state of the
public mind in Atlanta against him; sec
ond, that the evidences of his insanity
were of a conclusive nature. His argu
ment continued during the two hours of
the afternoon session and then adjourn
ment took place while he was in the
midst of it. He resumed his speech af
ter the confirmation of the minutes next
morning and for another period extend
ing over an hour and half, there was the
same undivided attention given him by
that crowded assembly. A vast number
of curious facts were brought forward
in support of Mr. Hill's second proposi
tion. One thing that had been held
in the trial was that intelligent design
ing capacity, or coherent recollection
and narration of events were proofs of
sanity and positive disproofs of insanit
In rebuttal of this claim Mr. Hill had
collected a number of very remarkable
instances of the contrary. Oue of these
the writer remembers in many of its de
tails unjil the present day. A mother in
New Jersey, I think, had been arrested
and was on trial for the murder of her
own children to the number of six or
seven. When she came to make her
own statement as she was allowed to do
before the final verdict, she told exactly
where she got the knife or razor with
which she committed the deed; which
one of her children she began the bloody
execution on, the pains she took to make
the death sure at one stroke, that there
might not he the arousing of the other
children by the struggles or cries of tlie
the one which was being murdered, the
order in which she committed the sepa
rate acts, and what she subsequently
did with the instrument used, and with
the remains of her murdered children in
ordeor to conceal her crime, and other
things that aho did to escape the penalty
of it; and yet she was adjuged a lunatic,
and if I remember correctly, was confin
ed at that time in the asylum of New
Jersey for such unfortunates. The
speech was one of Mr. Hill’s best. There
were passages of iminitable rhetorical
keauty and others of surpassing elo
quence, and tear-provoking pathos. He
concluded with a powerful appeal to all
the humane feelings of his hearers. Into
this appeal he threw all that magnetism
which belongs to one >vho has made the
cause he advocates hi;' own, and who
pleads as though it mere .his own life at
state; or rather as thou gh he were al
ready suffering the pains o. f death, and
was begging deliverance therefrom.
The speech was closed amid profound
silence and with many bedewed cheeks,
and the calling of the yeas and n ay*
proceeded with. Many senators' w h°
sat patiently and listened attentive ly to
the arguments and appeals, left tl'eir
seats and the chamber before their
names were reached. One of them
who sat near the desk at which I did my
work, to the right of the President, left,
saying he had done bis duty by uphold
ing the Governor's veto before, and he
would now let the matter take its own
course. By these absences the negative
vote was so lessened that a two-thirda
majority over the Governor’s veto waB
obtained without materially increasing
the vote by which the bill had before
been passed. Thns terminated one of
the most hotly contested struggles of
legal nature of which our court record is
afford us any knowledge. Choice after
ward became a soldier in the Confederate
army, was a brave fighter, but to the"end
of his career addicted to drink, by which
he was always inflamed into unnatural
irritability. He continued to evince that
want of harmony of character with which
he was credited at the time of the killing
of Webb, and as a result of which, he
was both admired and dreaded even by
his friends.
A NEW RAILROAD.
Prom London, Kentucky, via Knoxville’to
Augusta. * ■ >
From the Knoxville Chronicle of
Sunday, we get the following im
portant information:
An agreement has been made
between the Louisville and Nash
ville and the Richmond and Dan
ville railroad companies by which a
line will be built from London, Ken
tucky toToccoa, Ga., through Cum
berland Gap, Knoxville, Maryville
and Rabun Gap. This is our infor
mation, and we have every reason
to believe it.
The agreement was made nearly
two months, ago and surveyors are
now at work between London and
Cumberland Gap, and are push
ing this way as rapidly as possible.
London is a small town on the
Knoxville branch of the Louisville
and Nashville, about forty miles be
yond Jellico. It is about forty-five
miles from London to Cumberland
Gap, sixty-five miles from there to
Knoxville, and about 250 miles to
Toccoa.
The Louisville and Nashville
company wiU'-build-as far as Knox
ville and the Richmond and Dan
ville people will build to Toccoa.
The road from here to Toccoa will
penetrate a comparatively unknown
section ao less valuable for its agri
cultural, mineral and timber wealth
than that portion of country lying
between here and London. The 16
miles already in operation between
here and Maryville will be utilized
as a part of the great trunk line. Af
ter leaving Maryville a few miles it
follows the level and fertile valley
of the Little Tennessee river, almost
to the source of that stream, cross
ing the Ducktcwn branch of the
Western North Carolina road at
the mouth of Nantahala river. It
will of course passthrough the far-
famed Rabun Gap, and down the
great eastern water shed to the val
ley of the Savannah at Toccoa, there
connecting with Augusta and
Knoxville, already in operation to
Augusta.
We believe that the dreams of
the past half century are about to be
realized.
The proposed line will be the
shortest route from the great north
west to the sea coast. Penetrating,
as it will, in connection with the
lines already in operation, the ex
haustless grain fields of the north
west and passing through the im
mense coal fields and timber re
sources of the-Cumberland ranges
through the iron, copper, mica,
granite, marble and timber re
sources of western North Carolina
to the harbors at Charleston and
Port. Royal, it can be nothing less
than a paying investment from the
start.
NASHVILL’S MYSTERY.
NO LIGHT AS YET UPON THE DARK
AND HORRIBLE AFFAIR.
Speculations and Theories--* Woman Said
to be Implicated—No Doubt of Its Being a
Shocking Case of Murder—What has De
veloped.
A FRUITFUL FIVE-DOLLAR BILL
The Massachusetts legislature has
ceived a large number of petitions
king the passage of a law prohib
ng the selling or giving tobacco
minots. The petitions were re-
'cried to the committees on public
altb in both houses.
Whenever the ladies “go for” the
quor business, they generally do
•omething in the way of practically
forwarding temperance whether
they use petitions, axes, or moral
‘uision.
The New Orleans Picayune says:
A good business man makes a good
general. He will advertise, let the
enemy know where he is, and make
*« effort to be at the head of • col
umn.
“This
A NOVEL ASSAULT.
If a nun wants to build up a rep
utation we advise him never to give
«n editor advice as to the way he
ought to edit his paper. The editor
•Iways thinks the man giving the
•dvice is cranky. The advice is
generally consigned to the waste
basket.
1* seems that convicts do not have
1 great deal to say against convict
l»b°r, though it is believed that most
of them would rather be entertained
ln elegant leisure at the expense of
‘udustrious people, than to help
»long with the public works
Some of the fortunate ones who
b»ve been at the table say that
President Cleveland is abetter feed-
* r »t his state dinners than President
I Arthur. Cleveland has the appear*
* nce of being a big eater.
;
against them hy the grand jury, that ia
now in session, for selling whisky with
out license. Major Wikle has telegraph
ed to Atlanta for blood-hounds and spe
cial detectives. The grand jury has re
quested the Governor to offer a reward
for the capture of Tobe Jackson, and the.
following gentlemen from Cartersville ar
rived in the city to-day at noon to press
the matter: J. A. Baker, Esq., Mr. A.
W. Fite, Mr M. R. Stansell, Mr. E. D.
Graham and Mr. Douglass Wikle.
A MEORO SHOT.
On yesterday morning a white man
named Bud Wilkerson, living on Mr. A.S.
Dorsey's place, had an altercation wi th a
negro by the name of Bob Dangerf ield,
regarding the moving of some pea h ulls,
which resulted in Wilkerson shooting
Dangcrfield in the breast with a double-
barrel shot gun. Had it not been for the
heavy clothing that Dangcrfield w< ire at
the time, he would have been instantly
killed, as 40 bird shot penetrated the
darkey's breast Drs. Lyndon and Ho
gan were called to aee the wounded man
and carefully extracted the shot, leaving
him out of danger, They lay that noth
ing but his heavy clothing saved him.
From what we can learn the shooting
was done in self-defense.
1 he Madisonian thinks that H,
• Bell would make a good gov
ernor. Georgia ia filled wtth good
bmber for governor, but the trou-
~ is in getting tha voters to think
■ Brown ia in favor of silver
^ raumg eaiurd*. Joels in fa-
lmti?1Mtagf. Ha i» for
| Setting nchif ypqcan..
WB CAM BEAT IT.
A decided sensation was created
Atlanta Tuesday by a Texas pony thr ow
ing a man over a large wagon and li and-
ing him on a sidewalk fifteen feet ai ray.
We will wager all that we are worth,
that if one of our little street car m ules
had anything like as fiur a showing, he
would throw a man over the Commer-cial
Hotel. At least their activity would : tug*
gest their ability to do it, when some one
ia trying to back them up to a car.
A BAD MAN.
A gentleman of Athena is acquainted
with Tobe Jackson, the Cartersville dy
namiter, and says he is a bold, bad man,
and somebody will be hurt before be is
raptured. The last account .from the
punning party is, that the celebrated
dog, “Nig,”, had been found, and will bo
again put on Jackson's track, he hi cer
tain tei.he captured, if ho ran b«kept,
from catching the dogs and tying them I
with hia suspenders. '
ed the energy of despair, or the buoy
ancy of an almost unreasonable hope to
inspire the effort. It was probably as
much the former as the latter that was
the real motive power in the appeal. The
hill had been once—possibly twice—
pAssed and returned without the Gov
ernor's signature. A final and desper
ate effort was now to be made to secure
a two-thirds majority, which was neces
sary in order to make the bill a law with
out that signature. Itf previous passage
had been by so small a majority, and
there was such a numerous and weighty
vote against it, that no one but a most
determined and unconquerable advocate
could have hoped strong enough for suc
cess not to weaken his own cause b;g
manifestation of discouragement. How -
ever Mr. Hill felt, he never for once be
trayed any but the most fervent zesl and
the moat confident expectation of suc
cess. He began his great epeech before-
the senate atthe opening of the afternoon
session. The chamber wae filled to its ut
most rapacity; representatives from thi>
other end of the building, and citizens o f
leisure, and business men of weighty en -
gsgements, having heard during th e
noon recess of the anticipated afternoo n
undertaking, were there, drawn by tine
wide-spread interest already given tl ic
occurrence, and equally, also, by the n»-
nown of the speaker, who hiid
already come to be considered
well-nigh irresistible "at the bar, ais
well as on the stamp. The wid
owed mother of the condemned man, for
whose life this final heroic effort wi>s
to be made, sat in the mile’ fronting the
President’s desk, clothed in deep mourn
ing, and evoking the sympathy of th e
sternest, not only by her son’s dreadful
danger, bnt by her own afflictiou with
paralysis, with wich she had suffeiTed
from before the date of the crime. Jus*
behind sat a sister of the condemned
min, wife of a prominent senator; and
jnst behind the sister, and very near the
entrance from the lobby, sat the aged
colored nurse,on whose motherly care the
infant life of Choice had leaned in safety.
These were all clad in deep mourning.
The lobby and gallery and every availa
ble foot of space in every part of the
chamber was occupied by the sympa
thising arid’ expectant Mr. Hill began
.Proceedings Against anex-Pritst For a Re
ligious Revival.
Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 23.—
The United States authorities in
this city and Madison have been
investigating a charge against Mi
chael Biron, publisher of the Mil
waukee Lucifer, who, it is alleged,
printed a vulgar attack on the Vir
gin Mary and the Roman Catholic
church.
Biron was formerly a priest in
Germany. Some months ago he
edited the Armenia, at Madison,
and it was in this paper that the al
leged obscenity appeared. He is
well known in the east, and the
news of the prosecution has creat
ed a sensation. He said this morn
ing that he expected his arrest last
week and had engaged his attorney.
He had understood that
the complaint bad "been forwarded to
Washington for e xamination and a
reply was expected within a few
days. He thong) it, however, that
the administration, would not inter
fere wiih the liberties of the press.
In regard to the publication he said
it was a poena from a celebrated
German poet living in this country,
who had transcribed it from a book
published by a celebrated Jesuit
missionary and recognized by the
Catholic church. The poem treat
ed of a faith core in whieh a scan
dal was shown between a nun and
a y oung priest.
An Object Lsuon ln Flnance-What Help*
One Helps Another.
American Merchant.
A little money sometimes goes a
great way. As an illustration of
this read the following, founded on
an incident which is said to have
reatly occurred:
A. owed $15 to B.
B. “ $20 to C.
C. “ $15 to D.
D. “ $30 to E.
E- “ $12.50 to F.
F. “ $10 to A.
A.'laf them were seated at the
same table.
A. having a 85 note, handing it to
B..remarking that it was $5 of the
$15 he owed B.
B. passed the note toC., with the
remark that it paid $5 of the twenty
which he owed.
C. passed it to D., and paid with
it $5 of the $20 he owed D.
D. handed it to E, in part pay
ment of $30 owed him.
E. gave it to F., to apply on the
12.50 due him.
F. passed it to A., saying,
pays half I owe you.”
A. again passed ittoB., saying, “I
now owe you $5.”
B. passed it again to C., with the
remark, “This reduces my indebted
ness to you to $10.”
C- again passed it io D., reducing
his indebtedness to $5-
D. paid it over to E, saying, “I
now owe you $20.”
E. handed it again to F., saying.
This reduces my indebtedness to
you to $2 50.”
Again F. handed the note to A.,
saying, “Now I don’t awe you any
thing.
A. passed it immediately to B.,
thus cancelling the balance of his
indebted nes.
B. handed it to C., reducing his
indebtedness to $5.
C. canselled ‘he balance of his
debt to D., by handing the note to
him.
D. paid it to E , saying, “I now
owe you $15 ”
F. took $2.50 from his pocket and
handing it to E,, returned the $5
note to his pocket, and thus the
spell was broken, the single $5 note
having paid $82 50. and cancelled
A’s debt to B., C’s debt to D., E’«
debt to F„ and F’s debt to A., and
at’ the same time having reduced
B’s debt to C. from $20 to $5 and
D’s dept to E. from $30 to $15.
Moral.—“Here i* a little and there
a little,” helps to pay ofl large scores.
Money circulates from band to hand
and business moves. Pay your
debts—in full it you can, and if you
can not pay in full paj something.
What helps one helps another, and
so the round is made.
Nashville, Tenn. Jan 23.—The
abrorhing topic of conversation and
dispute continues to be the mutilated
body found a few days ago in that
part *f the city known as “Hell’s
Halt Acre.” The latest alleged clue
is a statement in the Cincinnati Sun,
which says that a lady named Mrs.
John E. Taylor, of that city .believes
the body >0 be that of a cousin of
hers from Montreal, named Robert
Martin. A city detective who has
been working up the case believes
a woman to be implicated in the
crime, either as an accessory or wit
ness. This on the supposition that
the mat was discovered in a dive by
some jealous lover,or that he became
involued in a free fight in such a
house, was killed and the body car
ried away to prevent discovery.
Others believe that the reason why
the head was cut off and hid wasthat
the murdered man was a well known
character in that locality and his as-
rociates of general recognition, and
that it he had been found murdered
suspicion would have rested on his
associates. This on the supposition
that his associates were the criminals.
But at best, no distinct clue save
that tho murderer was a negro, has
been discovered. The deteetivas
while not baffled say that the chan
ces af discovering the guilty party
or parties are desperate.
Hundreds of men yesterday visi
ted tfie field where the body was
found, and the ground in every di
rection dug up, but the missing head
could not be found. It is believed
that it was burned or thrown into
some safe place. Its value as a clue
to the identity of the murdered man
can be seen at a glance.
The discovery of the first genuine
clue happened thus: Mr. Gras, of
the combs establishment,opened the
hand of the man and found what
proved to be a lock of hair from the
head ot a negro. It was black and
“kinky,” and had been worn by a
negro beyond a doubt. The palm
was lacerated and the lock was bur
ied in the flesh. This proved that
the deceased had grappled with his
negro assailents, or one of them,
after his hand had been cut, and
that he had seized him by the head
and pulled out a lock of hair in the
death struggle.
Tl.e diabolical nature of the crime
whose parallel Davison county has
never seen before, the mystery en
volving it from the first, the start
ling manner the victim had been
discovered, combined with the en
ergy of the detectives in their search
for clues, rendered the affair food
for comment and querry from
center to circumference of the
city.
STORIES OF THE SEA.
“JUMBO” OUTWITTED.
iCoutmu BROW'S a Taxarkana Fakir a
TMng Or Two.
A Texarkana special says: Gam
blers, cappers, faki/s and general
bad characters, who have been a
living terror to the pe ople here for
some months past, wei ' e somewhat
stunned last night to learn that
'Jumbo,” their most promi'nc® 1 lead
er, had been euchred by a party—a
Stranger—who was supposed * By ev
erybody to be a greenhorn. “Jum
bo” formed the ceuntrymaL v* ac
quaintance, and toek in the t> own,
“Jumbo” doing the agreeable, and
paying for drinks, oysters, ciga'rs,
etc. Finally they found themselv. os
on the Union depot platform, am 1
seemingly before he knew it, the
countryman realized that hit roll of
money had in aome way been trans
ferred to the care of “Jumbo.” The
latter thereupon attempted to excuse
himself for a few moments, but was
quickly foiled ia hia purpose by the
countryman who, drawing a 44 cal
ibre revolver, forced “Jurabo” not
only to return the stolen money, but
also to give up an additional roll of
hia own, and, after pocketing both,
he quietly aqd cooly disappeared.
Ireland’s Olden Feme.
An effort is being made to restore
to Ireland its olden fame as an egg-
producing country. A poultry farm
has been established in County
Meath and stocked with the Hou-
dan fowl and the Rouen duck; and
the cottagers in the neighbor
hood have been encour
aged to raise poultry by the gift of
sittings of eggs, to which is attached
the condition that one-half of the
brood is to be returned to the farm.
The experiment has so lar worked
admirably, and a poultry show has
just been held in which nearly all
the specimens were hatched upon
this poultry farm in Meath.
The fire at Packey colliery No.
2, at Lost Creek, Pa., which broke
out last August, has at length been
extinguished, costing the company
over <60,000.
AM AOEICVLTUKAL CLUB.
An agricultural clnb has been organ-
ix ed by the farmers of Scull Shoals dis-
tni % in Oconee county, with R. L. Dur-
Vi«m as President. The best element of
the f ’wmers belong to this organization.
The o bject is to protect the farmers, and
enable them to buy goods together at
wholes: de rates. They pay rash for
everythi og they buy, and we feel no
doubt in .predicting that this organisa
tion will r esult in great good to the far-
How a Whale Knocks a Vessel to Splinters.
Nor.taem Territory Timci.
At noon on Oct. 24, when ten
miles southeast of Kanelang in the
Flores Sea (a great resort for
whales)! the steamship Hampshire,
of London, Capt. Child, bound from
Singapore to Port Darwin, sighted
the track of a large whale and short
ly afterwards a cumber of men
were observed about four miles
away off the port bow. The ship’s
course was immediately altered, and
we ran down to the men, ten in
number, who were clinging to some
bamboos which had floated from
the wrecked vessel. A boat was
lowered and sent off in charge of
the second officer with four men.
They had to row some 600 yards
before reaching the men, who were
picked up and brought on board the
steamer. The shipwrecked men on
reaching the deck were much ex
hausted. The men. on being ques
tioned by Capt- Carpenter, of Sing
apore, who was a passenger on the
steamer, and who spoke their lan
guage, said that they were three
days out from Labre Hadji, in Alias
straits, bound to Macessar with a
cargo of rice, and about 8 a. m. that
day they were under full sail, when
without the slightest warning, they
were thrown into the water by a
whale striking them from under
neath and smashing the vessel into
splinters. The men, on reaching
the water, swam to some bamboos
which were close by, and had been
in that position some four hours be
fore being sighted by the Hamp
shire.
As the Pacific mail steamship
company’s tugboat Restless was on
her way down to Sagami on Nov
30 a curious incident occurred. She
was traveling at the rate of about
eight knots, when, without any per
ceptible reason, the speed suddenly
decreased, ^although the indicator
showed the same pressure of steam
and’ the engines were working
smoothly. One ot the crew went
forward, and, on looking over the
bow discerned a large fish, which
had been struck by the vessel clean
in the centre and was bent back
slightly on each side. A boathook
was brought and the fish securely
caught under the gill, but it was so
heavy that it took six of the crew
to haul it on deck. It proved to be
a fine specimen of the sunfish, and
measured three feet by four inches
by two feet six inches, The sun-
fish looks more like the dissevered
head of a fish than the entire ani
mal. While swimming they turn
upon themselves like a wheel. They
grow to a laree size, often attaining
diameter of four feet and some
times even that of twelve feet.
WASHINGTON LETTER,
Rernlar Correspondence.
Washington, Jan. 24.—A good
many of the delegates to the Missis
sippi improvement convention,
which met at the Ebbitt Thursday
afternoon were at the capitol that
day. They talked Ireely of their
hopes and projects and of the large
appropriations for the river im
provement which they expect to
get from congress. The tenor of
their talk indicated that there is nor
hafmony ot thought among them.
The delegates from the Upper Mis
sissippi and the Missouri complain
that the bulk of the appropriations
has hitherto been given to the low
er Mississippi, and say they do not
intend to submit to this any longer.
Some of them declare that they in
tend to demand equal shares with
the lower river, and that it this is
retused they will fight against any
appropriation. The river and har
bor committee will doubtless meet
to night to hear the views of the
delegates to this convention.
The action ot Secretary Lamar is
re-opening the question of the val
idity of the Bell telephone patents
is in the direction of the public in
terests. The secretary does not
pass on the merits of the controver
sy but simply recognizes that such
a controversy exists, in good faith,
and provides for its adjudication by
the courts. The office of the Secre
tary is analagous, that is, to that of
a grand jury. He decides that the
evidence warrants a trial. -f
The members of the Dakota del
egation, headed by Judges Edger-
ton and Moody, called on the Presi
dent yesterday afternoon by ap
pointment, and presented the claims
of that territory for admission into
the Union, with a view of securing
his aid and co-operation in attain
ing that end. Tha President assur
ed them that he would give the
matter careful consideration and
would do what he thought right in
the premises.
In one respect the republican
senators have reason on their side
in asking for information touching
removal from office. Every man
has the right to know, and to have
it generally known, that his removal
was not due to any discreditable
causes. He is entitled to his repu
tation. If his management in office
has been, from a Hhsiness stand
point, satisfactory, those who dis
place him, from outside considera
tions, should state the facts in his
removal frankly.
Just here lies one of the draw
backs to office holding, whether
under the “spoils” or the “merit”
system. In either case the incum
bent is exposed to detraction from
those who wish to raise themselves
St his expense. Where preferment
goes by favor simply these rivalries
take the form of secret personal in
trigues. Where the officer is sup
posed to hold his place on his merits
the opposition finds a convenient
weapon in charges affecting his ca
pacity or character. An honest
officer is entitled to protection in ei
ther case, and the best protection is
generally to be found in publi
city. Charges should not be made
in the dark. Our fundamental prin
ciples of law are based on the in
stinct of justice which requires the
accuser to confront the accused in
open court. This feeling should not
be disregarded in political warfare.
A displaced officer, whose record is
clear, should not be sent out of the
public service under a cloud of sus
picion.
One who follows the silver con-
troveisy now raging in congress and
the newspapers, will not get a very
flattering opinion of the American
people. According to the mono-
metalists, the country west of the
Alleghenies is populated with fools
and knaves, whe are trying to cheat
their creditors out ot twenty per
cent, of their dues. But according
to the silver men, our business cen
rers at the east are nests of crime,
where the conscientious thieves plot
against the rights of the poor. It is
to be hoped that foreigners will not
take us at our own salvation. L.
* GEORGIA NEWS.
f ^IwMiEUbii&Ov df Wilccrxkioun-
S r, ki led a 2 year old pig the other
ay which netted him 444 pounds
of pork. •' ,-m-ixji" s is * -.■ ;.}A r»", - ■
The board of education for Han
cock cotfn'.y has adopted Appleton’s
readers to be used in its public
schools.
J. J. Watkins, of Pulaski county,
made last year on a four-mule farm
59 bales of cotton and a full supply
of corn and other farm products.
OCONEE SUPERIOR COURT.
Watkixsville, Jan. 25, 1886.—Supe
rior court convened to-day. Promptly
at 10 o'clock His Honor Judge Hutchins
railed the court to order, and procee ded
to organize and charge the grand jury.
By the .time this ceremony was finished
the members of the Athens legal frater
nity began to put in an appearance. The
call of the issue docket resulted in pass
ing and continuing cases until the case of
Daniel vs. Malcom, ejectment, was
reached, when the court proceeded to
hear argument upon a preliminary point,
which carried the court over until after
dinner. The prospects at present are
that the court will dispose of most of the
business on the docket during the term.
In case the murder trial of Whitehead oc
curs this court, a large crowd will be in
attendance. The Athens bar is well rep
resented, as usual, by Maj. Lamar Cobb,
Hon. A. S. Erwin, Solicitor General E.
T. Brown, Messrs. T. W. Rucker, A. J.
Cobb, Sylvanus Morris, Geo. C. Thomas,
E. K. Lumpkin and Hon. R. B. Bussell.
Much regret is felt among the sojourners
at the hotel at the absence of Col. Thur
mond, who is unable to attend this term.
It hardly seems like Oconee court with
the Colonel absent Oconee is a ooumJ
prosperous county, and its citizens avoid
court hourse troubles, and spend but lit
tle money for lawyers' fees and costs.
The B.-W. is popular and booming in
Oconee, and has many staunch friends
and subscribers. The hotel, under the
management of Dr. E. S. Billups, is sus
taining its reputation for hospitality and
good cheer, acquired during three or foe
generations of lawyers.
Tho following cases were tried on
Tuesday:
Wm. B. Daniel vs. W. T. Malcom—
case of ejectment. Verdict in favor Of
defendant.
•Tames White, cashier, vs. J. C. Wil
kins, M. B. McGinty and D. H. Malcom
■garshinee. Verdict against Malcom of
$2050.
Reuben Furlow vs. Margaret Furlow
libel for divorce. Verdict No. 2 for
plaintiff.
A. A. Carter, plaintiff in fi. fa. vs.
James A. Bell. Verdict for Bell.
Walton, Whann & Co. vs. Francis
Jackson, complainant. Judgment for
plaintiff.
LECTURE TO DRUG CLERKS.
A Huge Tree.
UcDuffla (Ga.) Journal.
Mr. Randall Reeves, of the Dear-
ing District, recently cut a pine tree
on his premises, that rather surpas
ses anything of the kind we have
yet heard of. The tree was cut up
into railroad crossties, of which he
made six‘.y-two, which squarred six
by ton inches and nine feet long.
A man named Mallon died yes
terday et New Haven, Conn., trom
a draught of oil of vitriol which he
took in mistake for whisky,
Kate Romer, ol New York, aged
sixteen, has committed five rob
beries within a year from houses
where she has been employed. Last
week she stole her ten-year-old
sister from school.
Fruit growers in the Tallassee
country says the freeze was a bene
fit to the LeConte pear trees, and
there are thousands ot cuttings in
Leon county ready to put into
groves.
Effects of Mercury, Lead, Fotaah, Iron, Sil
ver, Bismuth and Arsenic.
Among inorganic drugs, Profes
sor McCorkle, in his lecture to the
drug clerks of the city at Granada
Hall, Myrtle avenue, enumerated
lead, potash, iron, silver, bismuth
and arsenic. He mentioned mer
cury as the earliest known curative
drug. It was applied externally by
the ancients for the cure of many
complaints, Its power for the de
struction ot weak organic life was
notable. The eggs of lower organ
ism were readily destroyed by its
fumes, and the egg of a fowl placed
in mercury would lose its germina-
tive power. Calomel was less dan
gerous in large than in small doses.
Ten grains would cause vomiting,
while a tenth of a grain would re
main in the system. Corrosive sub
limate was one ot the best disinfec
tants of organic matter, but required
frequent renewals, as it exhausted
itself in its efforts to destroy the or
ganism. Lead was a dangerous ir
ritant poison, and the nr&ctice some
people have of drinking water on
an empty stomach trom lead pipes
in which the water had been stand
ing all night was especially con
demned. Hair dyes were dangerous
because of the lead in them, and
ladies were often dangerously affect
ed by the lead in the Brussels lace
they wore. It has become fashion
able to use bromide and iodide of
potash tor various complaints, but
it frequently resulted ' in rashes.
Iron, the speaker said, existed in
every green thing, and the
whitening leaves grew brown in
the fall because the arms and iron
failed to properly combine. He
never prescribed preparations of
iron for the old, because they could
uot assimilate it. For the young he
thought it all right. Subnirate of
bismuth when taken into an acid
stomach or combined with acids
proves an active irritant poison.
Arsenic and quinine are almost
equally used for malaria. Despite
the stories to the contrary he knew
that an arsenic habit could net be
acquired so that the dose might be
increased with impunity or would
be demanded by the system, as in
the case of o'pium or quinine. It
could never be given without a cau
tion, and with every box of Rough
on Rats the caution should be urged.
Nitrate of silver could not be used
with freedom. An instance was
given of a man who took large doses
for diarrhoea and became permanent
ly the color of mahogany. Referr
ing again to arsenic as a quack cure
for cancers he recommended the
boldest quack as the safest, because
the larger doses killed the can.cer as
well as the patient, while the small
er dose did not affect the cancer.
A mad dog appeared in Flat-
woods, about two miles from Rome,
and created considerable excite
ment. He was killed after biting
several other dogs.
W. \V. Kennedy got a verdict
for $350 in the supeiior court at Co
lumbus, Wednesday, against the
Columbus & Western railroad for
damages to stock in transportation.
A negro woman on Dr. Cogburn’s
plantation in Putnam county, was
attacked with convulsions while
getting water from a springon Wed
nesday, and fell in the branch and
was drowned.
J udge H. M. Holtzclaw, of Perry,
has induced the Cotton States Life
Insurance Company to pay a claim
which lie held against it for $1,500.
The money was due on a policy
held by his son-in-law, Henry S.
Cook, now deceased.
Isaiah Miller, of Montgomery
county, was splitting rails a few
days ago, and while endeavoring to
turn one-half of a cut, was caught
under it, where he was forced to
remain until he could make some
women at a distance hear him and
go to his relief which was after he
had about expended his breath.
ti.c vwtx .1— o_L„»t a hs
drove many of the wild animals in
habiting those mountains to the val
leys below in search of better pro
tection and more food than could be
found in the rocky heights. In some
instances the deer, driven desperate
by the pangs of hunger, would ap
proach near enough to the farm
houses to be captured with but lit
tle difficulty.
Sunday night John Dean, ot
Paulding county, was arrested for
counterfeiting and is now in the
Cedartown jail. Dean is charged
with belonging to the gang compos
ed of Stephens, who is now in the
Atlartajail. Bobo, a fugitive from
justice, and others. It is said Dean
made the molds with which the
Columbia dollars recently passed in
Rome were made.
Several years ago a certain clerk
in Eatonton, being drunk, went
into the cellar of the store to sleep
during the day. At night the pro
prietor charged him up to five dol
lars for storage and lost time. An
other merchant, on a like occasion,
made a similar charge against his
J. F. Henderson, trustee for Thoma- I clerk. The next day the clerk was
son, vs. J. T. Hester, complainant for sober, and at -light he went to the
land—Verdict for Henderson. ledger and credited his accocnt with
L. & II. Cobb vs. James W. Veal, com- $5 for being sober one day.
plaint on attorney's lien. Verdict for The Georgia Marble Company
plaintiff. placed one order tor 1,000 carloads
Mrs. M. S. Stround vs. E. C. Long— Q f marble Thursday, and all of it
attachment. Judgement for plaintiff. has to be brought over the Marietta
The present grand jury is one of the & North Georgia road. Two trains
mostsound and influential set of men a day will scarcely pull the marble
who have filled this capacity for years. 1 that is being qnarried at the mine
^—. * at Tates. Over Little river a new
TELEGRAPHIC SPARKS. | bridge is just being completed. It
is of iron with marble piers, and is
Congressman Rankin, of Wiscon- I the only one of its kind in the South
sin, is dead. I ■ —♦-*•»———
The tunnel on the EastTennes-l GENERAL NEWS,
see road, which caved in a few days
ago, has been permanently repaired. Knoxville yesterday elected
The county poor house at Jack- democratic mayor. The other offi-
son, Mich., was consumed by fire ces are divided between republicans
and five of the inmates perished. I an d democrats.
There are about 30 cases of small 0pelika wH1 soon have a Nation
pox in San Antonio, Tex. a l bank, application having been
A mulatto named Henry Fergu- made tQ w V shin gt on fortheneces-
son, made an infamous assault upon
an estimable lady of York county, I ” P P
S. C. I The Mutual Self Endowment,
Seven brothers, all ravidg mani- which brought grief to so many
acs. were sent tothe Illinois asylum, credulous gudgeons throughout
There is a heavy fall of snow in Georgia, was reorganized under the
Baltimore. old charter at Greenville, S. C., on
Opelika, Ala., has suffered by a I Saturday last.
$5-°®°®''*' I Health Officer Edson of New
New York state had a slight I York, on Friday, seized several hun-
ea I“ lc l ua “®- , _ ,1 dred boxes of frozen oranges, pour-
The trial of Dr. Armstrong has ed carbo ] ic acid over them and
commenced vrith closed doors. I dumped them at the offal dock.
A quack doctor named Lightal, xhey had been frozen in transit
died in San Antonio from small I f rom Florida,
pox. ,1
The Chinese are receiving the 1 An Indiana man who was at Bir-
benefit of boycotting on the Pacific ! mingham a few nights ago has
coast. I bought a hill on the Southside High-
A train on the Memphis & lands to build a $5,000 residence at
Charleston R. R., was wrecked near I once, and has gone home to arrange
Huntsville, Ala. | to move his family down.
Hon. T. M. Norwood has intro- . , .
duced a bill for the relief of Morgan . Ebersburg, the noted Austrian
Rawls, of Guyton, Ga. playwright, who has been confined
The governor of South Carolina f or ,w , 0 J' < V\ rs P ast in the-.ns.ne asy-
has offered a reward $100 for Clifton ‘, ura , at Doblmg near Vienna, is
Scott, the murderer of John Holmes. ?« ad -, w as the founder and ed-
R. H. Butler, who has been run- !S?L°.J he ,Y‘ enna comic paper,
ning the Piedmont foundry at Kikenki, and leaves a considerable
Gainesville, dropped dead in the fortune > won ent,rel y b 7 h,s P en -
streets. AtColumbusFridayCapt.Rand-
Tohn Walton has closed a contract hette and Engineer Long, of the
for a monument to be erected over steamer William Ellis, which sunk
the graves of Gen. and Mrs. Robert several weeks ago, were presented
Toombs. 1 b y the People’s line with a hand-
Charles Howard, the watchman some silver service and a gold watch
in the Marietta & North Georgia R. respectively for their gallantly on
R. shops at Marietta, was brutally that occasion. The Ellis has been
murdered while on duty. The rea- thoroughly overhauled, and resumed
son for the murder is not known. | her schedule yesterday.
THE GEORGIA MIDLAND.
The Columbia Enterprise says
i Columbia can boast of as few pro—
How Grlffln is Beginning to Look Up-Tbo fessiona l loafers as any town in the
ospec , c. ^ I § ou th of her size. Every man here
Griffin, Jan. 25.—In addition to has employment and follows it.
the $25,000 first asked of Griffin to I Dead beats and tramps pass on to a
the building of the Georgia Midland more congenial climate. This can
railroad, another $5,000 has been be attributed to the strictness of our
subscribed to the same, some of tht town ordinances on such fellows and
country precincts not responding the reception they meet with from
as liberally as was hoped for. And I our citizens,
in this connection it is only proper I .
to state that to Hon. S. Grantland, A negro in LaGrange is the own-
our worthy Mayoi, and Mr. James I er of a house and lot in the city and
M. Brawner, one of our most enter- ‘P? 8 ? 16 ? °‘ va * ua hl e land just out-
prising merchants, are due the ever-1 s, ° e ‘" e incorporation. He also has
lasting thanks of our citizens for a contract for carrying the mail two
the noble work put forth by them in three times a week to a small
behalf of this enterprise. They v ‘fi a ge a few miles distant, which
worked hard early and late, neg-1 P a y* "! m a quarter. The same
lected their private affairs for the I co ' or ed man came to LaGrange
public good, but they have the sat- when it was in the woods, and tent-
i?faction of seeing their labors e “ w, ‘h his then master on the spot
crowned with success, such of their I now covered by the Baptist church.
efforts well deserved, but they hard- w. aid i- . ~
ly dared tofoope for. Mr Al Perkins was ,n Carrollton
Un anticipation ol the Georgia ?" Uat ..W e , d "* V * n,n ,* anc *
Midland, r£l estate is looking up. ba f. w f h ' 1 e ‘ f ® f 5 >" h.s coat
Several elegant building lots have f' But tW ?
been sold within the last few weeks a "f r «r Ren u° me -’
to parties here, who will at once "^11"'’.
erect buildings thereon. Every va- ‘ f y re ‘T'
cant store (and there are but a lew , . . . * t .?.°Y n i hl *
here) is being fixed up ready for '° n sa » , " s ‘ , * ule 1 d
occupation, and several of them . . , , - . ? nd pl ace s
have been rented in the last few he had been ,n t0WB - but al1 in vain,
days. The completion of the road Mr. Charlie Hudson, who died in
will necessitate a wholesale grocery Rockdale on the 15th instant, was
house in Griffin. This is one thing the oldest man in the county. He
we are needing badly now, one ofl was born in the year 1796, and was,
our business houses doing consider- therefore, ninety years and seven
ably now in the way of jobbing dry ’ " ” —- - * - ~-
goods. We are on a boom, and our
boom stands on a good, solid foun
dation.
Sunday morning Rose Morgan
and J. W. Clopton caught a large
beaver in a trap on Col. W- A.
Maxwell’s place, in Sumter county.
It weighed 42 pounds, had web feet
behind like a goose, while the fore
ones were like those of a coon.
, , „ , ,. j - g||-An l ,,. • Ur
President Cleveland lyas gone to
Baltimore to attend a charity, hall.
days old. He was buried at Salem
church in Sheffield district, the old
est church in the county, by the side
of his wife who had preceeded him
about seven years. He reared a
large family of children, nine in all,
one of whom is Mr. N. D. Hudson.
He served in the war of 1812, doing
y$¥fSt«ierfice for his country. He
was a descendant o! the Hudson
that discovered, the state of New
York, alter whom Hudson bay and
Hudson river, in New York, were
named. He wae a relative of the
immortal Henry Clay, of Kentucky,