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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.