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Till'. Wl-KKI.V TI'LEOKAI’lf AND MESSENGER, FRIDAY, APRIL 2.1, 1»x.j.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Bankruptcy BUI In th* Senate-THe
• , and Pen.lona-Th* Charge.
W Maine* 8walm Wlth ‘
drawn — In ceneral.
to TII* ASSOCIATED PBMS.]
St, April 17-Tbe Senate, on
L 0 f Mr. Morrill, at 12:23, went into
session, anil on the doors lieing
.t 12:55, the chair laid before
dilate a communication from the At-
•y-Oeneral. in reply to n recent resolu-
ef the Senate relating to the star route
-mentions. On motion of Mr. Van
it wa s referred to the committee on
^Senate, proceeding to the conslder-
nf hills on the live minute calendar,
4no the bill to authorize the Secretary
W.lmsdiust and settle the account for
_5. l eta-w.the State of South Carolina
*I,e government of the United States,
11, balance the same by so reducing the
charge made against the State in 1800,
a. the act of 1SUS, as that the amount thithS
o ™ he account by South Carolina in that “*
“St un year, ma'v be taken in full
Miction of the account This bill.
Sup last week, was explained by Sir.
He then said that in
M the Governor of South Carolina got
' ,i ie Socretarv of War a supply of
Sunder the act of 1808 authorizing the
Sot arms to tho militia of the several
Si, but instead of one vear s supplies
-requested and received thirty years'
JSs. The urms were distributed by
« Govern, r to colored men only, and
arms could not now be found in the
Mr Platt opposed the hill. He did not
south Carolina ought to repudiate
e act bv which it got the arms in (plea-
i There was no proposition to return
e arms to the United States, but, on the
ntrary, the proposition was to keep
Mr Hampton said he would not discuss
cbill but would merely say there was
)* a very excellent nulitia mhisStato,
i or'anizalion in which Its members took
-id.” tiiat it was impossible to arm them
Xsi this lull passed, and if the bill did
it pa'S the militia of South Carolina
mill not get anv arms for tliirtcen years
ico’ne. He would not criticise the War
gjuu.nt nor the Oorernor of Smith
...Wua ivlio requested the arms, but there
ssagravc question whether tbeSesretary
War ha 1 authority of law forati issuo of
drty 'car's arms in auy one
'tar. lie would merely appeal
5 the Senate to pass the bill, it having
used last year without a dissenting
°Mr. Ingalls said that under the net of
KS the sum of $200,000 was annually
lowed by the United States to supply
nus to the militia of the several States,
outli Carolina had teceivcd the arms in
uestlon, and, therefore, if this bill should
(IS, the Senate, in doing an act of goner-
site to South Carolina, Would be simply T
obbing the other State*. For one, and as "> peace end comlort. _Mey
rpresenting his State, Mr. Ingalls pro-
! CHEATING THE GALLOWS.
The untinii>he<l business coming over ! m
from last Friday was a bill to relieve certain j
soldiers of the late war from the charge of
desertion, and after debate it was laid
aside with n favorable recommendation, j
It remove" the charge of desertion from *
the records of soldiers who served in the a Larne Crowd Preeent to Wltn.ee Hie
volunteer service, in cases where it shell
he made to appear to the satisfac tion of j
the Secretary of War that suelnoldiers
served successfully until the expiration of
their term of enlistment, or until the 1st
of May, 1885, but by recson of absence
from their command at the time they were
mustered out.failed to receive an honorable
discharge. It also applies to cases in
whieh it appears that soldiers charged
with desertion were subsequently enlisted
in another regiment and were honorably
discharged.
THE JEANNETTE INVESTIGATION.
In the Jeannette Investigation to-day,
the Journal of Dr. Ambler, after the ship
went down, was put in evidence. The fol
lowing ere the Isst tilings contained in it:
"Sunday, October 0.1881—Yesterday with
out food, except alcohol. Captain spolft
oi giving the men the option to day of
making their way as best they could; 'that
he could not keep Up. This occurred In
Uf*™ 1 ™ “hen we bad made two miles',
retrace. I told him that if
be gave up I would take command.and that
no one should leave him as long at I was
alive. I then suggested we send two men
ahead to try and make a settlement, and
that we make the best of our way with the
rest of out party. This was done. Ninds
and Noras are ahead. God give them aid.
We are getting along. The captain gave
the order for my going ahead myself, but
I thought my duty required me with him
and the main body for the present. Lee is
about broken down. Alexis shot three
grouse by Uod'a aid and we will have
something to eat.
‘ Wednesday. October 12,1881—We have
been without food since Sunday, exrcpt
one ounce of alcohol, one drachm of glyce
rine. Yesterday and to-day we have made
no progress. Since Monday, up to 3
o’clock, the wind and snow has been
against ns. We have been lying in the
hollow on the river bank.
"October 18. 1881.— Alexis died last
■light of exhaustion from hunger and ex'
posure.
"Thursday .October 20,18;1.—7u Edieard
Ambler, inut-offer. Fnrqnier
county. la.—My D*auBrother: I write
these lines in the faint hope that, bv God's
merciful provideuce, they may reach you
all at home, i have myself liow
very little hope of surviving." Wo have
been without food for nearly two weeks,
with the except:on of four ptarfiiigai
amongst eleven of us. We are growing
weaker and for more than a week have had
nofo.nl. Can barely manage to get wood
cnongh to keep warm and in a day or two
that will be passed. I write to you
all—mother, sister, brother Cary and his
wife and family—to assure you of the deej
love I now and have always borne you. 1
it had been God's will to have seen you all
again, I had hoped to once more. My
mother knows bow my heart has been
bound to tiers since my earliest years,
‘ioil bless heron earth and prolong her life
f His bli
sited against it. The bill was passed—
ess 30, nays li).
The consideraUon of the bankruptcy
.a was then resumed, and amendments
ere offered by Messrs. George, Morgan,
[otrand others. Mr. Hoar and other
castors were anxious to have tin bill
Isposed of to-day. and were willing to sit
its to accomplish that end, but as it be-
- manifest that considerable dis-
ssslon would arise on some
■nBropoaed amendments, the
mate, at 5:25 p. m.. adjourned.
Amongthe amendment! agreed to to-day
atone proposed by .Mr. George, giving
this due to laboring men and domestic
errants priority over debts due to the
tale or United States. Mr. George ex-
rrs-edthe belief that It was time to do
»ty with the practice hitherto prevailing
all countries of giving debts due the
eminent priority over those doe to bard-
forking day laborer* ami domestic ser-
snta in ths employ cf bankrupts. Before
djoumment, Mr. riant gave notice that
ie would to-morrow move to take up the
mst-offlee appropriation bill, whether the
tnkrnptcy hill should bj then disposed
or not.
nous*.
The morning hour bavin - 1 di-*
eased with, tho House, at 12:55, went into
■" ■ *' 1 ■■■ o.'P Mr. -[ ' it.* r
Illinois, in the choir, oo the pension sp-
repriaUon bill. Alter an hour's general
1 d". the bill WAS ml by paragraph! for
ffiemlmenL Out of a number offerer!.
b««»my amendment which was successful
Moneiucre.i-in* t!t« allowances to pen-
«n agent*, rending an amendment
biking out the provision for the pay of
agents, the committee rose and
ae House adjourne d.
SOTL-.
The Senate had a brief executive session
fry soon after .111. t<»*l.tv, ami the
rrommendatinn of I lie President that
Elector Wycker, at Key West, Fla., be
HroTnl on account of active sympathy
ith the Cuban iniurg* nts. was taken ut
he recommendation bod been referred L
* e Senate committee on commerce, am
u reported beck favorably. Objection
n mode to immediate consideration and
» subject went over. A. recoramenda*
•m ot this character is unusual, and is
ue in this instance, it U understood, to
*e international feature of the matter.
. nouei.
On motion of Mr. McMinn, of Tennes-
T- 'he lull limiting t«> two years the time
rith.u which prosecution may bo invl-
uted against persons charged with violet
internal revenue laws, was taker
l P.j t,r consideration.
Mr -White, of Kentucky, took advan
tfsof the brief debate on tho bill tocriti-
i« the action of the Springer committee
•topping the investigation of the charges
linstOov. Murray, of Utah. The man
ler Invpitigatiim had he was not
mlty, and had called upon Justice M&rUn
nd speaker Carlisle to testifv to his good
uararter; thereupon Uie investigation had
*av*d, and not only that, but thecommlt-
U-, 1 • v PWrew to investigate his
White*) character. He reiterated his
uargw1 against Murray, the man whom
M us Governor of Utah.
Mr. Miller, of Pennsylvania, called the
etuernan to order for not addressing
* to the MU under consideration.
'Utthe house decided that Mr. White
night be permitted to proceed in order,
ph.tocontinued to talk in the
strain, when Mr, Miller again called
»im to order.
.J 16 speaker thought that the remarks of
jm gentleman were not relevant to the
Mr. White said that the difference be-
Speaker and himself was that
he had been endeavoring to defend
>les stags
signe ... ...
the Divine Will. My love to my sister and
brotiicr Cary. God's blessing on them.
To you, to all, my friends and relatives,
a long farewell. Let tho Howards
know I thought of them to the last.
Let Sabel also know that she and Ernest
were continually in my thoughts. God in
his infinite mercy grant these lines may
reach you. I write them In full faith and
confidence and help of our Lord Jesus
Christ. Your loving brother.
"M Axblsb."
FROM AUGUSTA.
"Cj-L. ubu . •naeavoring to utitna
of» of the poorest people in bis
' f’,. . P**ktr had been endeavoring to
bills through Congress for the biggest
,£*>’ monopoly In the State of Ken-
Mr. Miller deman ded these word*
u down a*unparliamentary.
■‘*The chair desires that the
.. --ild not be taken down, and that
grtfcebetaken of them." [Applause
~ r * Miller thereup >n withdrew hie
j^°d;but insisted that the gentleman
proceed in order or not at all.
wr—“The chair will endcai
-J the rules of the House."
ar. Cirawon, of Illinois, suggested that
tat lstitade had alway* been permitted
members in speaking, and that their
>r*u were not confined to the provisions
hills under consideration.
Th*fcp«?ak. r replied that white of his
motion he would not interfere with
i, J?'!?* °* gentleman s remark-*
*ien the point was raised by Qi»othcr
l ‘ a *. lie »aa boand to dvdde the ques-
a in Mcocdanos witli tlie rules. _
*r. Miller sold be did not raise the S*® 0
out afanyUMlM toward tbacnhrtng
tl (mm Lantnelriv .11 1 nUia^f I IllCt W
Elocution—Willis Hodges Hanged
at Eastman—Full Particu
lars of the Suicide.
[special teleg*am.]
Palmetto, Ga., April 18.—Tpbe Turner
passed through Palmetto yesterday after
noon, aboard the down passenger train, on
his way to Greenville to be hung. Many
of our citixens went in to see him. He sat
on the seat with his mother, his head lying
In and About Mncon-*A City Rnpidly Com
ing to the Front.
Detroit Free Prcis.
Macon, Ga.—In the past two years Ma
con, Ga., a city witli a population of 23,000,
has expended $3,000,000 in building. Up
wards of $2,000,000 of this sum was ex
pended in a single year, and most of it for
stores and warehouses. If any one wants
an illustrat on of Georgia enterprise there
is no need to go further. If there is a city
of equal size In America which has done
better I should like some one to name it.
A MISTAKE.
Macon was laid out for a Southern city,
and there is whose its founders iriade a
grave mistake. Go there to-day and you
in her lap. His wife sat behind him. After w m the widest public business streets
the train passed, the following telegram known in any city in tho laud, while at
was sent from this place: the same time it has the rush and bustle
TTn£°,‘;» * r ' D “ nUl ’ /Sf"*! Ga \i of a Yankee town. The wide streets make
Under the circumst .nces of the crime, it .
is an outrage to hang Tobe Turner after P av * n S 80 costly that scarcely anything is
commuting the senteuce of John Thomas, done in that direction, while the busl-
Wedo pray you to commute his sentence. I ness houses are such as would
WSj 11 n ^ ro * c "? ne H. 4?xT r ' * «« “■»' ** «w»
“H. F. Gouohtlt, I inhabitants. Narrow her streets, and
"Motto an Attaway,
"C. T. I.YNnoN,
“H. U Johnstone,
"E. Mobley,
“and many others.”
As yet, no answer hu been received.
I give her wood pavements, and Ma
con would pass for a Northern city with a
stranger. She would do better. Our North
ern towns and cities are full of eyesores in
the sna; c of old woeden b'dldings in the
| business districts. We put up a five-story
rble front alongside of a story and-a-iialf
His bowels of compassion are not so easily mor ble front alongside oi a story and
moved as they were in the case of Thomas, tinder-box. Macon is of solid brick and
TURNER COMMITS SUICIDE. •‘°“ e fr0m *° *i“ re . »
Atlanta, April 18,-Tke gu«d, «cort- ® SffifclEX St
tng Turner, reached Grantville on time by I partment.
tho West Point train yesterday evening, situation, health, etc.
and proceeded at once to Greenville. There Ifthe cspltal is ever removed from At
Turner was kept in the Jail alight. This
morning his fhmUy and friends were al- Tiave gone there from MilledgeviUe. The
lowed to be with him in his cell, and the business portion of the city lies in a beauti-
scenes were very affecting. An hour be- ful valley, while the academies, jreylutns
, ahd the residence* of the wealthy look
fore the time of execution, while the slier- t j own fromtlie.rangeof hills encircling the
lit and minister jrere .'with him, Turner place. Tlie soil is such that the streets are
asked that lie might be left alone to pray, in good condition within a few bourn after
He confessed the crime and repented of I the heaviest storms, and this is one
it Ho nnnfowod turn ftttn.nnK ntl«ni« u!o the r««Otll Why tlie paving question is
; \ ? at 7 m P;* at »* alc ; de * I ,0 little agitated. As for health, few clt-
of which he repented and said, as a last | e s in the country can show a better re
request, ho wanted to bo alone. All left cord than Macon, while the cost of living
him, when he took a silk handkerchief, * 8 mu< £l c * iea P® r than in any of Korth-
1 • « ,1 . . »if ern cities. Let one spend u couple of
twisted it into a kind of rope around his hours in almost any Southern cemetery
neck, and throwing the cover of the bed and he will bo amazed at the number of
over him took the ends of the handker- headstones erected in memory ol!old peo-
chief and twisted until death etreuetl from “*"8? “.TdSK
strangulation. W lien Sheriff Mofett came I and it is not an unusual thing to find stone
in after him, he was found livid and dead, alter stoue recording the age at 90 or up-
As the execution was to be wtrd! '' . The proportion of children's
v.i .v , , , .. J1 graves bears no comparison with our
public, thousands had gathered Northern cemeteries. At Augusta, where
from Greenville and the surrounding I I bod the curiosity to make a count, I
country. Tho greatest excitement pre- <ound that for every person dying under
vailed. Thu, th. unfortunate man .** ML'S lived^m ^TcnTSS. Fo?
euted his repeated threats to take bis flife I every child under 12 there were
before being bung, and cheated the gal-1 three who had passed SO. The cli-
I _ mate about Macon is so genial that a win
lows. t ter hotel there would always be filled with
It was currently published here this Nnrlh „ n runniav awav from the
who does not travel In the South can have
no idea of the hopeful feeling entertained
by all classes. TheSouthis just beginning
to realise her own value in agriculture aud
climate. Her people arc each year grow
ing in that intelligence which makes agri
culture profitable—in that common sense
which puts the past behind them and
brines u brighter future. You hear no war-
talk in tlie South. You hear no iiolitlcs
among the masses. Yon cannot find one
man in 10,000 who ha, any bitterness oi
feeling. The people arc working with an
energy which Northern men do not dream
of to buildup their towns and cities, im
prove their agriculture,develop their min-
iral resources and make their,share of
this country a credit to the nation.
LAW AND ORDER*
A portion ot the Northern press so stu
diously and maliciously misrepresent the
8outli in the matter of law and order that
people are prevented by their fears from
crossing the Ohio river. It is true that the
South lias Its murders, hut take tlie coun
try State bv State, and the North lias
three to one. It is true a negro is raided
now anil then, but il the same man lived
in tlie North he would probably be lynched
instead ot whipped. There are more bnr-
glars, thieves and bad men arrested in De
troit, Cleveland and Buffalo in one day
than in the whole territory of Georgia or
Alabama. You mayspenda month South
and not hear a quarrel or see a drunken
man; you may visit half a dozen jails and
not find an average ol two white criminals
to each. The life and property of a law-abid
ing man are as safe in any portion of Geor-
S a or Alabama as in the District of Colum-
a, and the standard oi morality is far
higher. There is more real neighborly feel
ing in the South to-day for a Northern
ng
nigrant than lie can find In tlie West. He
is sized up for what he is, and if lie is the
man to tie to the men who fought him in
war will fight for him in peace.
M. Quad.
FROM ATLANTA.
How Luke Powell was Killed—I, It True—
John Thomas and Tobe Turner—
The Two Crimes.
Policeman assaulted—Legal Fight Be*
_ * tween the City and Railroads.
afternoon that Turner was hung at the
appointed time.
Execution of Willie Hodges,
[special telegram.]
Eastman, Ga., April 18, 1881.—A large
crowd of men, women and children as
Northern people running away from the
rigors of our winter,. There U strong talk
oferecting such a hotel, and a dozen fine
sites are at hand to select from. There is
no winter to. speak of in a country where
peach Wees bloom the last of February,
and where every garden vegetable is fit for
the table before the North ha, her April
[special telegram.]
AuouerA, April 19.—At an early hour
tills morning policeman Bennett attempted
to arrest a suspicious darky, srith a bun
dle of etoien goods, near the depot, A
scuttle ensued, in which the negro's pal
participated. Bennett was overpowered,
hie pistol being srrenebed away and fired
four times, one bail taking effect, inflicting
ptiniut wound. After a terrible etrug-
gle oi half an hour's duration, the negroes
made their escape. Bennett'e injuries are
dangerous, but not fatal.
To-day was allotted as being the proper
time by the Fort Itoyal Railway Company
to commence work on their proposed con-
nection of the Augusta and Knoxville,
Fort Royal and Central railroads on
ronte along which they had purchased the
right ot way. The work was begun near
tbc barrel factory, on Hall street, in the
southern part of the city, and
rumor waa prevalent that the
city would most assuredly protest
bitterly, the authorities on both sides were
in readiness. Superintendent Bas, or
dered the hands to work. They were im
mediately arrested by the police and token
to tlie station house. Superintendent Bass
succeeded in releasing them, and arranged
their trial for Tuesday. This is quite a
remarkable case and brngs forth much
comment, and may result in a big legal
fight. Tlie railroads in question are in
dignant at the monopoly of the so-called
street railway, which is believed to be run
by a political ring, and contend that they
have the right to locate their track. On
the other baud, tlie city claims that it can-
not be done without permission from the
street railway company, of which Patrick
Walsh is president. Tbe flglit lias been
expected for a long time by both parties.
Those who are well acquainted with the
facte say tlie railroad srill now file a bill of
injunction restraining tlie city from any
interference with their legal work.
This injunction, if put into operation,
srill bring on tbe discussion and, decision
of questions very Interesting and profita
ble to those interested in Augusta's future
prosperity and happiness.
TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS.
Arrnlanment of the Democratic Party—
Indorsement ot Arthur's Admlnls
tratlon—A Divided Delegation.
KASBtiLLE, Tins., April 18.—Tbe plat
form adopted by tbe Republican conren
tlon indorses tbe administration of Pretl
dent Arthur, because of bis prudence, im
partiality and patriotism as a Republican,
and because bis conservttlsm, honesty,
wisdom and statesmanship have given
peace and prosperity to tbe country. Iter-
reigns tbe liemocratic party of Tenneseet
for repudiation of tbe bonds of tbe State,
for selling tbe railroads ot tbs State at a
low twice for bonds they'previously brand
ed as fraudulenL It chargee tbe Demo
cratic party srith pretending to favor low
taxes and fewer office-holders, end yet
making taxes higher and offices more
numerous; with hoarding in the State
treasury hundreds of thousands of dollars
MnstU'a tiLMUiv ami with PTMtiflff
sembied here to-day from ail quarters, to I showers,
sritness tbe execution of Wilfis Hodges, I what bacon bas.
wbo murdered Lizzie Jones, mcolored wo- Macon bas two artificial ice factories, a
man. on tbe 28th of last December. The splendid fire department, gas and water
details of the crime have been already set I works, electric light on tbe tower system
forth, and were shocking and brutal in the for the whole city, good bolele, two cotton
extreme. Before tbe hour of execution, a I factories, a cotton compress. large foun-
telerram wee tent to Governor McDaniel, dries and machine ebope, and many other
asking for a respite until a petition for the enterprises of a public nature. Her rall-
oommutation of the sentence horn death road connections are excellent, and her
to imprisonment for life could be obtained ihlpmenta of fruit and truck are growing
and forwarded. Tbe Governor telegraphed I to be on immense thing,
tbe sheriff declining to grant the respite, I There are jobbing bousea in Macon do-
and at 1:30 o'clock the execution took I ing a business which would show fair
place in tbe presence oi a large aud pro- I figures for a city fire times its size, and it
miscuous crowd. I has some ot the keenest business men in
The prisoner exhibited no signs of fear, tbe 8outh. Its proportion of young men
and after praying fervently, lined a nyran. I seems untuullr large, but there are few
At the conclusion of tbe singing he made I idlers among them. They are taking hold
a speech, exhorting bis friends to keep out I of all torts of business srith energetic
oi bad company, and to quit drinking I hands, and much ol Macon’s prosperity
whisky. He requested bis friends to see may neattributed to tbe energy and ambl-
tbat he was boned. Taken ail hi all, the tion of lie young men.
speech was very «en»ible. The crowd re- " wbat is needed.
mained orderly,, and at, the conclusion *f | ^ Norlhwn mu> , hotlU go Soath „.
the execution dispersed quietly.
FROM SAVANNAH.
. traffic
of the Houtb are peculiar to itself, and are
better left to tbe people boro and roared
The Victorious Hussars—Prominent Man there; but the South is to-day offiirlng
“ ™ *
[sracuL telegram.1 should make that country an £1 Dorado
SAVANNAH, April 18.—The Georgia Hus- for all seeking e cbenge or an inrutment.
sars under Capt. Gordon and a detach* “t 10 ■ < ;™. 0 ‘. ( ** a S“
ment of the Chatham Artillery under mSre ^let? profit M tlian any twSrty
Llent. Harmon, proceeded to the depot at acres on any farm in tire
one o'clock to meet the delegation ot Hus* North. Fifty acres of Georgia farm srill
sari from their victorious contest at I make a larger cash return for crops raised
Charleston. On tbeir arrival . they were I and sold than any 100 acres In the North,
greeted with cheers bvths large, crowd This statement can be proved a dozen
assembled, and the artillery fired a salute times over, and by Northern farmer* wbo
of thirteen guns as * welcome. Tbe dele- bare made Uie change. Why any Michigan
gatiou were escorted to CapL Gordon’s I or Ohio firmer will act his face towards
residence and hospitably entertained. To-1 tbc blizxara country to begin life over amid
night the entire troop take supper at tbe I tbe snowiirifu and long winters, when the
Guards’ fair by Invitation ol Cant. Gordon. I South offers him so many more advan-
Tbe community was shocked to-U»v by tagee, is a matter of mystery.
the announcement of tbe death of Hon. Macon handles 00,000 bales of cotton
John O'Ferrill, ordinary of Chatham | per yrar, and this is proof enough that an
countv. He was on tbe street as late as I oil mill would And plenty of seed and par
10 o'clock last night, conversing with a profit. Let some praitical man with
tricuds. He died at t o'clock Ihti morn, cash enough to prove his earnestness go
ing. of congestion of the brain. He was an I down there anil lie will find the hurines;
of tbe people'; money, and srith creating
a railroad commission so much in viola
tion oi justice, law and the constitution
that tbe courts have enjoined them from
exercising the function of their office. It
also denounces the loose of penitentiary
labor eo as to bn
•H'b free, skilled , -■** ,—
ocrmtic tariff policy as cslcuUteri to
g American labor into damaging oon-
with the pauper labor of Europe and
of all tbe world.
Tbs delegates are w.thout instructions,
at according in the most authentic Infor-
obtalnriJe, as regards their Fi e*i-
preference. they stand 17 for Ar-
, _ (or Blaine. 1 for I-ogan, 1 for Ed'
units and 2 doubtful.
Merited Pi.cc*;;.
°t
ing, of congestion ol the breln. He was an down there anil
alderman, member of tbe board of eduea-1 men ready to take slock and back him.
tion and prominent in tbe Hlliernlan so-1 This Is another point where a bagging fac
ile was a member of tbc Guards tor} is needed, and where one will lie at
publican blues, and had been ordin-1 work within two yean,
ary twelve years. He was unmarried. The great need is manufactures. There
He was aged forty-eight veara. Tbe bar I is no better site fora wheelbarrow factory,
met this afternoon and took suitable a targe furniture factory, a sasb. door and
action in regard to bis death. He will be blind factory, to ship .scores of points
buried Sunday morning from tbe Cathe-1 South; an agricultural works—indeed,
drab I there are a dozen things which good busl-
In a fracas between Winnie Mack and I ness men can see big profit in. Tbe South
Claudia l-opez, negro women, the former hu become a great buyer of reapers and
was horribly and brutatlv hacked about mowers,hoes,rakes,shovels, spades, steam
the face and neck by the latter with an old engines, wagons, carriages, wheelbar-
arrnv bayonet. Tbe injuries are suoposed rows, and plain furniture, and tbe day Is
to be fatal. not far distant whtn, with her iron
At r.oon a notorious white woman and coal and excellent railroads and river
■tabbed, dangerously, it is believed fatally, navigation, she srill refuse so buy these
named Hal Fielding, who angered things north of tbe Ohio river. Some one
tainted • • ■
[special correspondence.]
Atlanta, April 18.—I have not eeen any
publication of tho circumstances ot the]
Ikilling of Mr. Luke Powell, of Meriwether
one of tlie victims of tlie storm of Tuesdayl
morning.
The guards who came here yesterday
from Meriwether after Tobe Turner stated
that in the storm or cyclone Mr. Luke
Powell was teken up bodily and blown
bsteut two miles from his residence and
entire top of his head crushed off',
course death must have resulted
instantly. Several other persons were also
killed on the place, Mr. Powell's father; a
son and three or four negroes. Mr. Pow
ell's wife was fatally injured, and is not
now expected to live.
Mr. Lake Powell was one of the best
known and most successful of the planters
of Meriwether county, and if this report Is
correct, his death will be very generally
lamented in that section of the 8tate. I
had tlie impression previous to this reiiort,
that Mr. Powell had escaped with slight in
juries, and hope that it may yet prove so.
JOHN THOMAS AND TOBE TURNER.
The circumstances attending the crimes
oi which these two men were convicted,
and the action of the Executive in their
respective cases, suggests some reflections
K rtinent to matters which have recently
en brought prominently before the pub
lic, and involve tome questions oi crimes
and their punishment ot great public in-
teresL
John Thomas, a negro, killed Lindsay
Weaver, a man o( bis own color, because
the latter had invaded hie home, came be
tween him and his wife, aud
was a constant menace to his
domestic peace. While this was
clcarlv the cause ol the homocide, evi
dence of it did not go to the jury, and if it
had, it ie doubtful u it wouidnave lessened
tlie verdict because ol tlie well known tra
ditional and present disregard and indif
ference oi that race for the sanctity of the
marital relation. But it was this in a
large degree that moved tbe Governor to
commute the eentence. While the crime
waa technically murder, an extenuating
circumstance was that it waa committed
upon an impulse, and daring a scuttle.
But above this tbe commutation
waa intended as an impressive
lesion to the people of Unit race
that marriage la a sacred relation, and
that its sanctity moat be preserved at all
hazards, and that he wbo invades Ibe
borne oi another, Co tbe detriment of the
domestic peace, and corrupt its purity,
even though the partiee are black, lie dues
it at bis peril.
This will be a new le«on for the negro
and a revolution of all bis domestic no
tions. Whether tbe leseon will be effec
tive, remain* tobe seen.
In Uie case of lobeTnmer. who is white,
and who deliberately ebot Shuttles in the
back, every ellbrt to g.-t esecutive Inter-
M ■ failed. Tbe crime was a cold
murder committed, eo the
evidence makes It, by a
swaggerer and a bully, who-e hands
were already stained with blood.
It would have been a mockery oi justice il
the law had been set aside—such a mock
eryas brought CincinnaU to grief, and
would have created a storm of Indignation
{that would have swept over tbe whole
ptate.
1 Tlie execution ot such a man as Turner
is shown to be. (or Uie crime of murder,
will bave a more wholesome effect, and will
be a greater check upon crime* of that
Icharacter than the execution ot o score oi|
ignorant negro criminals.
RErt'SEO.
HThe sheriff oi Dodge county and others I
communicated to-day with tlie Governor,
asking a reprieve of Willis Hodge, under
sentence to be linng to-day, until
petition and evidence could
presented tor a commutation
sentence. Tbe Governor answered
bv telegram at 10 o'clock this morning,
refusing to interfere unless Uie matter
should be presented in more definite
shape. Nothing was heard in answer I
tlie telegram.
STRICKEN FROM THE DOCKET.
South Carolina Election Cases at an End
—A Deferred Act of Juetlee.
[TEL.GRAPHED TO TnE ASSOCIATED PRESS.]
Charleston, April 18.—An event of con
siderable Importance to tlie people of
South "Carolina, in their feeling of security
at home, and in their relation to the na
tional government, was tlie motion made
by District Attorney Melton in tbe United
States Circuit Court this morning to dis
continue all cases on the docket involving
the charges of violation of the election laws
of tlie United States. The motion was
granted. All tho cases were stricken from
tlie docket In making the motion Mr.
Melton reviewed the hearing of the cases.
He stated that when he hod come into the
office he found about two hundred cases
on tlie docket, and realizing that all
could not be tried he had obtained
permission from Uie Department of Jus
tice to discontinue the less serious cases.
Of the trials already had. there wes one
convicted and one plea of guilty entered,
the other cases resu.ting in mistrials. At
the next term of the court the cases had
been, upon his suggestion, continued. At
the last term, cases arising under the new
State election, whereby State and national
elections are kept separate, were alone
tried; bis desire being to avoid even the
appearance of making inquiry into the
conduct of the election of the State officers,
thee trials had again resulted in mistrials.
Being thoroughly convinced that in
the present state ot public sentiment, con
victions were impossible in these ce~es, he
had also informed the attorney-Atmeral
and had received from him a letter dated
March 5th last, directing him to exercise
ilia own discretion in the matter. Under
this authority, be moved that tbe cases be
discontinued.
Judge Bond, withbut commont, immedi
ately ordered the clerk to strike all election
cases from tbe docket Ex-Judge McGrath,
wbo was general counsel for the accused
in all the election cases, arose
and denied very emphatically tiiat con
victions had tailed to be secured
in consequence ot any influence in public
sentiment. He asserted that the tail
elding
A Dlsxruntled Moke.
Nkstbuouh. N. Y., April 18.—In the
may ask why these excellentopportanitlee
pointed out are not taken advantage of.
I They are being "gobbled np” at a rate to
astonished every Cody. Five years ago thin COnl
I wrote of the profit of oil-mills in the
woe because that in no place preposed by joe "*i
the district attorney for trial; had there —i_
been sufficient evidence upon which to
base a conviction, even hail the judge been
sitting alone without a jury. The discon
tinuance of these cases, from whatever
cause, is a welcome relief to tlie people of
the State. They have regarded the prosecu
tions as groundless and accomplishing
nothing, save to cause local irritation and
embitter the relations between the State
and Federal government.
THE SURRENDER OF MACON.
How We Spent thts Day Nineteen Years
««o.
Nineteen years ago to day Brevet-Major
General Wilson with a portion of hia Fed
eral cavalry entered the city of Macon. A
brief review of the occurrence may be of
nterest to many wbo were not present at
that time or may have grown up since.
General Lee bad, a few daye before, ear-
rendered tbe remnant ot bis army at Ap
pomattox Court House, Virginia. General
Johnston was confronting General Sher
man in North Carolina, who had laid
waste the country by his overwhelming
(ojees from Atlanta to tin Georgia sea
board and through South Carolina, where
be fired and burnt their beautiful capital
It was tbe Intention ot General Wilion
to destroy all of the Confederate govern
ment works, railroad depots and shops,
manufactories of every description, seize all
the horses and mules, whether publ* or
private property, and join Slto
North Carolina. He was soccstafu! in
Alabama and Geo oils in his destructive
raid, having met with but email forces (o
poseiilm. until when within thirteen
lies of Macon, on the afternoon of the
29th of April, 1805, a copy of tlie following
telegram wus Kilt him under a flag of
truce by Geq. llowell Cobb, in command at
Macon;
"Raleigh, N. C., April 19tb, 1805.—7",.
Jfiyur-G’eneral Gilmore: I have made nil
agreement witli the Confederate generals
for a suspension of hostilities until certain
terms are approved at Washington. These
tanas smbrecs tbs disband msnt of all tire
Confederate armies, and a firm and last
ing peace. You will tlierefore cease all
(urtiler depredations on pukUc or private
property anil make dispowitions looldn;
a general |ieaee. W. T. Shuman,
"General Commanding.'
The telegraph wire had been interrupted
for several days between Macon and Au
gusta anil also beyond tho latter place. At
12 o'clock, in., April 20, the first telegram
was received, giving information to Gen.
Ouob about Uie attain in Virginia and tbe
armistice In North Carolina, stating that
"Johnston and Sberman bad closed an
armistice which would close tbe war. and
to bait General Wilson's advance on the
spot where this communication would
reach him." This telegram was sent bv
General Beauregard. A copy of tbe tele
gram from Sherman to Gilmore waa sent
by Beauregard to General Fry, cotumand-
* - . and by
To Repair Damages.
Dear lady, there is probably im use In
telling you tiiat fashionable life in a mat
city is a rough one ou your beu-.:.. Lite
hours,loss of sleepanif mental excitement
will leave you by and by shorn of thoso
beautiful tresses which drew lovers around
you in other year*. Artificial sut stitutes
can never pass for those rich and glossy
locks. Parker's Hair Balsam will stop
your hair from falling ont. restore it; nat
ural color and softness, and prove cleans
ing aud beneficial to tlie scalp.
“Cabh lias become so scarce in Ben
ton," says tlie Record ot that California
town, “that Chinamen shoot off fireworks
when a customer pays a hill.”
Where the Fire is Out.
Magic No More a Mystery—Seen
From Across the Vorld.
Hnroun of A-loppo," said Mr. Phillip Der
▼si, "Had mastered every secret in nature
which the nobler magic seeks to fathom. He
discovered that the true art of healing la to os-
sUt nature to throw off disease—to summon,
as it were, the whole system to eject the ene
my that has fastened on a part. IIU processes
all Included the re In rigo ration of the principle
of life."
In this the eastern sage merely anticipated
tho practice of the beat physicians ofto-dav.
What life Itself Is, nobody knew then—nobody
knows now. But we have learned someth
of the reason why the mysterloas tide ri*A
and falls. Provided the great organs of the
body are not Irreparably destroyed, medical
science can always relieve, and often save.
Yet no reputable physician now adheres to
tbe barbarous and stupid processes of deple
tion, such os bleeding, by which it was at
tempted to cure disease* by reducing the pa
tient's ability to resist it. Now-a-days wedo
not tear down the fort to help the garrison—
we strengthen It.
In this intelligent and beneflclent work, itls
conceded that Parker’s Tonio lead* all other
medicines. As an lnvlgorant It acts imme
diately and powerfully upon tbe circulation
and the organs of digestion, tlun giving na
ture the assistance she calls for. It follows
that all ailments of tho stomach, kidneys nml
liver are at once relieved or cured. No other
preparation embodies the same quslitiex or
produces similar results. It Is delicious to
u*e, and the best known anti-intoxicant. Prico
60c. and th Hlscox A Co., New York.
Commissioner Henderson stated to your
correspondent last night that, from present
Indications and froci information received
from various sections of the State, the
African Methodtat Episcopal Zion Confer- * do “"*? od
ence now in annual action here. Biibep J. I w ,“ °”
J. Moore, presiding. Rev. F. O. Harper, 1 ihw there art four
to-day offered nil resignation ai I fire now. Three yean ago I
minivter of the denomination. He gave
os his reason that he did notlike this coun-1 factories. A dozen have been eats
try which he said was free onlv in theory. I within that time, and all are making
HeVpokeof the cute spirit am'l the ostra-
ebru of colored men. He was called here 8°othare vineyards. ^This^ spring I ran
There
. _ ran
acroea more than fifty Northern men
down there to enter into that business.
rUXTXE* STATISTICS.
I w *tjL ^Macon has aereral charitable liutituions.
e would enter bis protest In the 1 " 0 or three colleges and academies, and
church, receive the ordinance I , good public school system, and her
rn to Britiah Guinea. Bishop church edifice* are numerous and bend-
to become a professor in tbe Centenary
College of New Jersey, but owing to bis
color hia service* were dispensed
He aaid be would enter bis
Episcopal
and return _ , ...
Moore aaid they aU knew that many of um,. The increase in tbe price of real ee-
three statement! were true. Coined gen- tate in one year bas been fully thirty-three
tiemen were not rightly treated in the | per cent, while taxes this year wUlbe
South—not being allowed decent accom-1 per cent, on a foil valuation.
‘ 1 The city's credit is first class, and her
local government is solid sod honest She
needs and is certain to have at an early
modatlons in tbe care. Harper's resigna
tion was accepted.
Itams from Amerloua. date a government building, and is just
Abexicus, April 19.—Spying term of Uie completing what wlU be one of tbc finest
Superior Court convened last Monday with opera bouses in tbe country.
Judge Allen Fort presiding, and will coo- I -rax not.
tinue through next week. A good number I Tbe Macon Tnioxarn and Ukmxnoxx,
S5ssstt6.isfatfs.seak£s&
criminal docket wUl be taken up Monday. ^ p^rr in Georgia, white tbe evening
Ileiules onr local W preaeat we p,prr Is storking up a good local drools-
ha” Jtajor IL R. Shorts^ of Eo- an d u the plant tor something bettor
lauia, Edgar Shipp. Esq of Cbatta- iQ q,, ( uWre . r
hoochee and G. w. Warwick. E»i„ of
Hmitliville. Our firemen take tbeir defeat tbxcoobtxt.
in the late contest in Macon In the best ot I The country around Macon to a natural
humor, xml are loud in tbeir praiae of tbe I garden-spot, and while tbe aoB is not only
bo*pttidily with which they were received I extremely fertile, tho climate favors any
and treated by brother firemen and dti-1 cereal and almost every fruit which cants
of Macon. It is an occmaion that srill I groirn in Urn North. Great quantities of
‘ | — melons, — " — — —
long bo remembered by our boys.
It to now a settled tact that Americas t
. to (mx 1 to bare an
kenralr a to"
j, tbe crop will be greater
baa known tor many yean,
be peaches tor tbe markets,
for everybody, and money with it
all. It to to be hoped this cheerful predic
tion srill not tail of fruition, as both tbs
peaches and tbe money srill bo acceptable
In Georgia this rammer.
ing tlie Confederates at Aui
him forwarded to Macon to <
s Upon tbe receipt of tha telegrams, Gen
ral Cobb withdrew bis little army of
about 2JM men from tbe entrenchments
around Macon and disbanded it.
When tlie dispatches, under a flag ot
ItTT ft
Tbs beat evidence in tbe world of tho
parity and excellence of Btaekwetr* Boll
Onrhem Bmoklna Tobeeeo Is found In the
fact tbet tbe feme of tble tobeooo lncreaeoe
from rear to rear. Tble could net be the
j merely “ rotten up t-> rerli."
nreu , _
orbed anydubtoua or danjrerotxa ls*re-
dkete In It Amoox millions of naan of
til nationalities, ■ art-1 jr tome one would
find out If It wets Impart Injurious or
nn pel stable. For 14 jeers tiile tobacco ha*
been acknowledged to be tbe b*tt it th*
» orU, and every year tbe Bull Durham
brand grows more popular, tbe demand for
It wider, and smoker*
e e:.thufiia«t:cover Itt
none natural flavor.
Aak your dealer for It.
Get the genuine—trade
mark of tho Bull.
There la no done where
Blackwell'* Bull Durham
bulking Tobacco la utei.
Clothing and Hats.
Atlanta to haring quite an epidemic
ivorees. Our matrimonial squabble,*e<
o be on the increase. It ie not a good sign.
Tbs growing laxity ol the marital obliga
tion I, not healthy, by any means. Avery
suggestive case is uentiimed, that baa
some peculiar and unusual features. Think
of a wife getting an injunction against the
brutality and persecution of a drunken
husband. Judge Hammond baa granted
inch a process at tbe application of a mar
ried woman, who seeks protection from
her husband. Sbe baa five chil
dren by him, and for ten long
rears hu been enduring bia nnklndneas.
The cause of tbe trouble is that almost
universal source of crime and misery—
drink*
Yesterday as I stood in tbe depot to see
a friend ofi, a handsome young fellow, tbe
ion of ooe of our leading citizens, as at
tractive s young man as ooa would sriah to
•ee, staggered along unsteadily in a state
of intoxication. The youth looked hardly
ti bv of ago, tbs don upon his Up I
indicating manhood. It was a sad .
de and a striking Chutretkw of th* evils
Itruce, reached General WDaon, near the
Colnmbua road, lie elionted "peace," be I
| refu-nl to belt on tbe ground. lie replied be
would only stop when be bad reached and
captured Macon. He arrived at Tattnall
Square about 0:30 p. m. without resist
ance. Duplicate, ol the dispatches from I
Generals Sherman and Beauregard were
sent out do him, under another fieg oi
truce. Wilson replied that be would rac-
cognize no instructions from Sherman
through Confederate mediums of com
munication; that he srould allow General I
Cobb fire minutes to surrender the dty,
or he would fire upon IL Cobb re
plied that he wta without tbe means
of resistance, he wcnld surrender, but
I would do so under protest, and was ready]
to receive General Wilson and bis staff at
bis office.
Col. White, with several other*, were
•rat by Geu. Wilson to make the terms of
surrender, and tbe latter, with bis staff,
came in about two hours after, at :i o'clock
p. m. Gens. Cobb and Wilson dUctuaed
thepropriety at aome length,of tlie Federal,,
under the rule, ol war. entering the city.
I Wilson agreed to keep hia troops ont of
tbe dty, except such as were necessary for
a military guard. Gen. Cobb and staff
were then paroled: bat Wilson kept a
[guard around Gen. Cobb's bouse. Wilson
a;kod wbat extent of commissary stores
were in Macon, and stated that tlie re
mainder of bis army would resell Macon
in three days, when he would re
quire supples tor 15,000 men and 20,000
animals. This was the first
information received of this extent of Wil-
I son's army. Many of tbe Federal, entered
tiiat night, and until their removal from
Macon, committed many depredations by
insulting tbe ladies, robbing thdr rest-
donees an J pillaging generally.
I On the night of the 22d tbe soidiera set
fire to two blocks on Mulberry street, end
• portion of tbe buildings on each wax de
stroyed. Several other attempU at Incen
diarism were made on the following day. I
but tiie fire was suppreued without sen-
one damage. -
It ha, been pubUabed that General Wil
lson is writing a history of his war record.
WE NS HIP
Ac
CALL AW AY
Take great pleasure in call
ing attention to their new
stock of Spring
CLOTHING AND HATS.
They have made extrardi-
nary exertions to suit the
taste of their customers. The
greater portion of their stock
was cut and manufactured to
thei i ordei They are pre
pared to meet the demand
for the finest and best grades
of goods.
ol
TIRED OUT.
exhaustion without effort, which makes life
a banlen to so many people. Is due to tha
fact that ths blood Is poor, and tbe vitality
consequently feeble. If you era suffering
from such feelings,
Ayer’s Sarsaparilla
Is just what you need, and will «lo you incai
culablegood.
No other preparation so cunrentraU* and
combines blood-parifytng, vtulixlng, enrich-
Ing. and Invigorating qualities as AYut's
Rl«AIMiIHT.t.
runi'AuiiD by
Dr.J.C.Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mast.
Sold by all Druggist*; f 1, six bottles for f 3.
ir uxvj
si
ment, without enr/1
merit Reoomrueruled onhr for Benral^a |
WILBOR'S COMPOUND OF
PURE COD LIVERI
OIL AND LIME.
Wilbor*e Cod-Liver Oil and Lime.—The
friends of persons wbo have been restored
I “'■|1 Consumption by tho use of
•reparation, and the grateful
__
the article a vast popularity la N. w
ad. The Cod-Liver 6ll Is In thl* eornbU
robbed of iu unpleasant taste. » ; i
-ed doubly effective In beta* coupled
I with the Lime, which is itself a retorativu
Lung*. A. B. Wti.sos, Bartoo, propri
etors. Bold by ell druggists.