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THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER: FRIDAY.JUNE 5,1885,
THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER.
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**6urvlval of the Blood Feud.** J No Cause for Alarm.
Under the heading, “Survival oi the | TheCharleston News and Courier.
Blood Feud," there is an article in considering the assertionsoi thealann-
Friday'a Tribune that transcends any-) ■‘■to that the negro race is in-
thing it has been our fortune to see i„| creasing bo rapidly that it sbutaqu.s-
type in many years. Taking for his oi time when it uill control the
text the fight which occurred recently country, says:
near a Florida church, and in which Th. answer to til ths flgares. «Utenienti
** . , and calculations which wo have quoted, and.
five or six men were killed or wounded, there f 0re| ^ t h 0 absurd theory of Afrlcaniza*
the writer constructs an essay that tlon -whlcU la founded upon them, i. a very
ought to go on record, with itsauthor’s simple one. They hare no foundation in
name attached, as a monument to hb Jrath. and the enori and Wlaetes which tl^
involve, and which were first published for
infamy. political purpose*, have been ao thoroughly
The Southern people need no defense and ao aatlafactorlly exposed that la surprising
anainst the Tribune: they do not ex- that Intelligent men ere still found to bate ser
acatnat tne lrtoune, tney oo n t, mo a a and other alarming dissert tlon. upon
pect justice, much less praise, at its Anjr one w jj 0 , D4 j be still troubled
hands. We merely desire here to con- 0TCr the proapect will be relieved, however,
sider the Tribune an extraordinary ele- upon reading the ctrelul and thoughtful study
ment in the political forces of the day. «' thc ■■■M* pre.ented by Mr. Henry Clan-
*, . j 1 nett, a special agent of tbe census, In the June
A portion of the essay is appended. number of the Popular Science Monthly. Mr.
The survival of the blood feud in the South Gannett point* out many gross error* tn tUe
Is ao curious that It deserves careful study, computation* of the alarmist*, chief among
It is perhapa the only instance In which a which la the basing of any comparisons as to
custom belonging to tbe earliest stages of civ- the relative Increase of tbe two laceaupon the
illzatlon baa survived all the enlightening and census of 1H70, since that ccnaua waa note-
humanizing influences of modern culture; In riously inacurate and untrustworthy aare-
which men who as regards mo»t other things garda the South.
appear abreast of their time, lemain, as to I The census of 1870 showed that the increase
best men to public positions, but I find 1 Ballad of Baby Jim.
many thinking and conservative men h. a. e
who bold that Mr. Cleveland Baby Jim can walk!
cannot too soon reform the present Call the neighbors ini
commission by putting better men in
the places. He's not at all steady, aa yet,
Secretary Lamar, who has been in- But totters around like a top,
disposed, is at his desk to-day, and the That'* spun till it. moat tun down,
newspaper reporta aa to hi. tiring ot I *nd is hunting a ptace to atop,
his duties or neglecting them aro with- Chorus:
FROM ATLANTA.
out foundation.
Tito town is filled with cheap amuse
ments of all kinds, including baseball,
which still holds a front place,
I learn that Mr. John I. Callaway is
here, strongly Indorsed for the mar-
shalship. He is from Oglethorpe I B * b r Jlmc » n **»'
1 Call the old folks in!
After the Defdultlna Teller-Interesting
Paper on the Alabama—Attempt
at Suicide Successful—Rev.
8am Jones Arrives;
Atlanta, June 3.—It Is by no means a
rare occurrence for Atlanta detectives and
reporters to be engaged In celebrated cases.
Far from it. Thq reputation they have
heretofore achieved will abundantly
_ . avouch the fact. They were called into a
Hero a trip, there a trip, stumbles and case this morning of unusual magnitude
e *** ■ and importance even for them. They en*
£ nickel-sUvtr Waterbmy wakh
, * be ECnt ‘o »ny one who will eend a
club of ten new subscribers to the
Meekly Teleobafh. See advertise,
ment.
8o Its awlm, away, swagger and awing;
From Mamma to Papa and back-lee tho “ luv / * n -
nin i tered upon it with a solemn appreciation
With .curve In hla gait and .smile on hla of 1,8 magnitude, and acquitted them-
lips, ‘ | selves with signal shrewdness and ability.
Everybody read in the papera this morn
ing an scconnt of the default of RIcha d
county, and is a man whose at- ne hu entered a "go-as-you-please" contest I B ' Scot*' the paying teller of tfce Manhat-
tainments, antecedents and education with all the chances to win. 1*0 Bank ot New York, for the enormeni
admirably equip him for the place. Just look at the spread of his legal anm of (1.000,104. During the forenoon
This puts it beyond the power of the him pitch a carve with hla toes! Chief Connolly received a lengthy dispatch
administration to be deceived on this I P°whe ytanageato ft®? “* ln the 818 from K. A. Pinkerton, New York detcofive,
US&pumv,
Miron, Ga.
Money orders, checks, etc., should be made _ rr — , . .... .
nayab.o to H. C. Hanbon. Manager. thlg practice, sunk in the darknets of savages. | of the colored population from 1860 tol8,0 was
That it is a custom blindly and unreflectingly 10 per cent., while the Increase of the white
followed Is shown ln tho grotesque facility population waa 25 per cent., and this, too, in
with which, In the most recent case, the ene- spite of a destructive war, In which the whites
mici passed from worship to murder. This is suffered heavily and thc blacks hardly at all.
no new illustration of the strange way in The census of 1870 was a fraud, and tho re-
which men allow utterly Irreconcilable ides* markable increase indicated lathe percentage
to lie side by side in their minds. There Is a of gain by the colored population from 1870 to
case ln tho books of a man who cut a traveler's 11880 is accounted for by that fact It is the
throat for the sake of a few dollars, but would ) K*ln In twenty years rather than In ten years,
not eat some meat he found ln the dead man’s With this accepted as a fact, a comparison of
pocket, because it happened to be Friday. The the colored population each twenty years
religion of those who think It no aln to commit alnco the opening of the century shows that
murder on coming out of church Is of the the steady decrease in percentage of galu lndi-
same general character. It simply has no cated by the census reports previous to 1870
bearing whatever upon their moral character. I was continued between 1860 and 1880, the
‘ Fkbokant Batis,” says an exchange,
M may have tho satisfaction of knowing
that he is not the only crank alter a post-
office.” And we don’t mind saying, if it is
any satisfaction to the Sergeant, tbit he
will not be the only crank who falls to get
a post-office.
11 Lama it adds another to his akeady
Jong list ot ex-rebe) appointments. Truly
the leopard cannot change bis spots.’ —
Tribane. Nor does he want to. Tbe
leopard jaBt now is content to ring tbe
changes on some fellows who have been
too long feeding from his pots.
The Courier-Journal says that General
Logan’s coat of anus is a willuw droop'ng
* over a spittoon, but this is an The
General's coat of arms is a tobacco poul
tice dormant, on n split back Murray's
grammer,prostrate: “None but tbe gods
aplt true. Them’s my sentimentsis tbe
legend.
_ . .. , . .... - . .. . figures for which years ihow that tho negroes
Bi’th.^t^c.oftheb^f.ud.bMrt d(|r tho onI , 9 plr
“I«»«-, a. against .1 percent to, th. whit, pop-
savages could evolve, and lacking as It plain
ly does any warrant der vablefrom civilized
ulatlon.
- ., , ... i It Is alio shown, upon the authority of Scrib-
thinking, la full oftnteveat for the soclol gist. atattatlcal Atlas, that the percentage of
..provet ' whites to blacks has steadily Increased each
error lD.rpsrable from all atteinpt. to deduce decade ,j nco i 750 . and that the proportion ot
“ I bl« c k. to white, ha. actually dccreaaciJn
, Ifll
any epoch by observation of the prevailing
customs. For It !> clear that a future histori
an, knowing nothing of these Southern men
Thk Globe-Democrat says that the jour
nalistic idea out dated the printing press
and developed in the time of Thosroes III.
And sometimes when we get hold of an
At anta paper we believe Ibe Globe-Demo
crat is correct, and that tbe filet of an
Egyptian chronicler have fallen into the
hands of Gate City editors.
au, Knowing noinuiK ui oumucru ucu . . . <, *. M
beyond the fact that they cherl.hed the blood ^nel“ will. The re-
feud, would on such evidence set them down | tn
V«h«un. a law tvnTafid infer P 0 ^ 01 nearly all statisticians in tho South
“ “* 1 . . rpC ' *°. a “ ld . I”*" show that thc colored population la making no
ZXZJTJSnZ 52*SL M £- M S - th. ,h». popui.,..». m
tnlh I ““T cities where th. white, outnumber th.
religion. Yetof conrre anch conclusions would * th .
be wrong. Tbe Southern people who aboot
one another down like dogs ln their blood
Thk Worcester 8py thinks if the Repub
licans should lose four Senators and gain
none tbe 8enate c wonid be equally divided,
and with Mr^ Hendricks to give a casting
vote, would be practically Democratic, and
that is rot unlikely to be tbe situation,
daring the last two years of President
Cleveland's administration.
. .rut The population of Charleston, sUted in
“?* SSaSTo 1 roun<l Bunbtr, - I » M.«». of Which number 25,-
^ 000 white and 27,000 are colored. Tho
I whit, population 1 In 42, and for th. colored
mentaa tomek.lt Mtonlahlng that they do >Uoa , ln ^ lQ ls
Bays the 8pringti.ld KepahUcen: “That
was n manly speech of John A. Logan’s to
tin 11 tads Legislature jeatarday. Hois
going to be a party man, of coarse, but
flfljB tbnt he will go beck to Weiblogton
with no feeling of sntagochm toward tba
adiulnbtiatlon. la proper. Tbe
President gave Logan n fair field.”
rr* r,r. I population I lna la VUS the flgnrea
not realise the absurdity and Iniquity of the | ... . t i n
i. th. i-rreie" tA it. u.t wcr0 * or and blacks, respectively, 1 in
vendetta. It Is the code carried to its lut d 1 in 21.' • • • Tho conclusion of the
enalyals. It ladu. to the same harbarona con- . th
«, «. I whole matter ls that tne cen mine
, n in»».tt.wth. »w nnn rf r n w I dies of tho reconstruction period, that it was
ln It long after the practical ground for that
■Mm”'H tte nrere?u*7of slaaihtcr < had I «u^ °* nUlon 01 lu wortbiciancu dUappcaratho
seem at If the mere lust of slaughter had tup- “ . . . «v««v A
... _n »%.. n.tmiii.a ,, .. , | tand-hank upon which Tonrgco and hla fol-
planted all the prlmlUve matterol-factmo- ^ hon..«»th.
Uvea for the fend and Utla render, it. study ^rt^uVaon o lhe Son h
still more dealrehle. , Duu ‘“-
The experience and the records of
The meaning of this is unmistakable. Macon bear out this view of the case,
Thk income ot Prince Henry tf Batten
burg who la to marry Beatrice ot England,
1. only 50 per week. This smonnt ln
America will bay fine clothes, long diinks,
icecream, theatre tickets, and hire borers
and boggles, bat it won't pay board bills
and warberwomen. Henry should slay
away from AmericanntU Beatrice’s f.OO,(X.O
income begins to coma In.
A Cincinnati piper aaja,of Republican
Senatori: They are said to have decided
to res at appointments Ibatare not fit to be
mode. This determination is credltab'e.
They will thus preserve tbe Integrity of
tbelrown minds. They will represent the
honest opinion ot tbe psrty. They will
avoid all responsibility. That plan of ac
tion, therefore. It the true one.
Says tbe Pittsburg Chronicle; ''Georgia's
repudiation cblckans have come home to
roost with a vengeance, and abe rules tbe
day when she nwlndled tbe holders ol
eight million dollart’ worth of her obliga
tions out ot their rights. Tbe New York
Htock Exchanie baa refused to llsttha new
issue of 0corgis bonds, and the savings
banks ot New York will pot touch them,
and they ara likely to go begging for pur
chasers. Honesty is tbe beat policy for
States as well as individuals.'' Honesty
demanded that the State should not pay a
thief's debt with honeit men's money.
Pittsburg capital wilt ba seeking Georgia
fnsldo of ten years.
...tinn, „.i,„ , ,, ,.i —Mme. Albant recently sang “Ln the spot indicated. The train pulled
sections, who do not parade their Traviath” at tbe Hague for the benefit of “P promptly as instructed, and the board-
opinions in interviews, I have reached 72 stranded chorus singers, and netted party, divided Into pairs, entered tbe
ehn cnnchiomn ti.ot tho nrlminUtrotlm. them over f1,400. smoker, ladies’ car, and sleepers, looking
the conclusion that the administration ’ ’ for a atout gentleman in brown derby and
has not yet gained the full confidence KT .JLr 1 A i P,I?S?* f “ h “®J , ‘..“* , "}‘®MgTrystiit, with a bulge at tho eye. a littlo
of tho people and tho party. TherSls of the General Theological® Bemlnar®y this “uar'btnton'^stly rines r0 pock£ts°aD!
strong feeling of hope and trust, not VnGrnnal Helmin'*" C0nMCrs,ei188 * n parently orammed to over’flowing’wiib
unmingled with doubt and anxiety. ^P'^opai clergyman. gold, stiver and currency, and probably a
T . I —To the beginning of his last 111- fat grip and hamper basket on tne seat In
G- ness, Victor Hngo persisted in taking daily front laden with rbe lost wealth of tbe an
„ walks, varied with rides on tbe knife-board lncky Manhattan bank. It is needless to
cotton statement. | a { „n omnibns. No matter whst the say that if each a remarkably preposses-
that thne from 13.27 per cent, to 13.12.
plain, therelore, that the colored ra-.-e docs not
The Chronicle's cotton article of May weather was, ha never would wear an over- sing individual had been anywhere on the
29th furnishes the following facts rela- coat - train, he would now be In the clntchts ol
live to the movement of the crop **.|
gathered from the fact that tbe account for ^ re ., 8p :
P “‘or W ^. : week ending this evening I 'SI
(May 20), the total receipts have "ached | yWa^ afWrs ^lone, during her stay at|“”£ l W h 0 h5?«sd to
the train, was seized, but
blacks two to one tbe death rate among tbe
Utter exceeds that among the former.
Mcsscnobk one year and one ol the above de
scribed watches to any address.' This propo
sition ls open to our subscribers as well ss
those who aro not.
6,964 bales, egainst 7,429 bales last week, Aix, amounted to just £355,
9 413 bales tbe previons week and 8633 —Secretary Whitney is credited with as he did not at aU answer the description, wowlllscnd tho Weekly Teieoraph and
h«iei three wpeka since- meklmr the Intel ft® »eoo a iplishment of being able to keep save in the name, he was discharged on
bales three weeks since, making the ™ 181 his eyeglasses onhta nose while laughing his own recognizance, after having satis-
receipts since the 1st of September, 1884, heartily, and sclent'sta have noted that factorily established hla Identity The
4,701,361 bales, against 4,751,662 bales for fellows who do a good deal of smiling manl- coal biles and water tanks were subjected
the same period ot 188164, showing a de- fc8t n0 di, P° sit,0:110 dr °P thelr glasses. to a rigid examination before the train
cre«.« «tnc» Hcntcmhcr t 1RR1 nf tin tot — Outside of music, politics and roll ed under tbe car-shed, but no million-
crease since Beptember 1,1881, oi 60,301 , “ “ OtrlRosa’s hobb es and he » ir ® defaulter. The presumpUon is now
bales. bigfn . picture Allery bu?h« not W strong that Mott will not come to At-
The receipts at all the interior towns for yet got Into Parliament. Among his pie- I*nta.
the week have been 6,160 bales, since Wf‘« h« values highly a.full-length portr.it cbcise op the Alabama.
Beptember 1st, 2,591088 bales The re- oI doe J efler80 “ which bangs ln his dining- Cspt. John Mcln'osh Kell, of Bunnystde,
... ' , ' .. ... o icn 100 ,u ' who was the executive officer on the eele-
ceipts at the same towns have been -,160 —jj g_ g ny( j er 0 1O man w jj 0 8ur . brated Alabama, and achieved a reputa-
bales more than the same week last year, rendered a pension of 172 a month, has an tio, > ,or gallantry and naval skill in tho
and since Beptember 1st, the receipts at imitator. Commlraloner Black has recelv- brilliant and eveattnl career of that fa-
fact of Sonthorn ^civilization does not j s before us, but it differs but littlo,
hide the pieturo of Southern barbarism f rom t i ia t of 1884, already discussed in
painted so blackly behind \t. Here is these columns. This shows tho annual
the conclusion: death rate for 1,000 among tho whites
ft is to be hoped that before the tut South-1 to ho 11.80; colored, 20.03.
era feud ls extinguished in the blood of tho 8 1
parties to It, some man of science will tnvestl- Editorial Correspondence,
gate and describe the custom fully, so that | Washington, D. C., June 1,1885.—
ttfXszxv&T: * ith a “’,; lay
Strang, and punting. The world certainly 1 8[ >d Washington is very bright altor
ought to ascertain why a practice which died most depressing wet spell
office-seeking and
■Ull persists so stubbornly ln our Southern i - , . . . ..
Slates In spite of all the modern Increase of I office-giving promiso to be active
reverence for hnman life. There is an impression abroad to the
The Tribune ha. in its own office n «"[«<*««“ the departments have been
far more Interesting study, if it really *tock and hat many removal,
desire, to consider hruti.l.acs. as a will he In order within the next thirty
surviving relie in human bosoms. The TllU h “ broo * bt more Senators
article which wo holdup totl.e eon- f nd Representatives here than have
tempt and acorn, ot .11 true men could h®™ "««“ “ "T on ® tlm ® ® lnc ® 0,6 ad *
not have been born of any but tho low- J°«rnment of tho Sen. e. Tltey are
cat nature. The man whose heart can ' 0 " 0 ’®®* 1 ^ const tnent. who desire
give forth such malice, such falsehood, ‘PPolntments, .nd thestrugg e I. wor-
such vindictiveness, such bitter malig- connected with It,
nity, is a hundred degrees below the
Georgia has a full quota ot hungry
QSays the Sun: “It teems that the 8uakim-
Berber railway it to be abandoned. Tbe
navriea have already stopped work, and
the seventeen miles of railway constructed
are. therefore, to remain en appropriate
mtmorial of British Intervention lu tbe 8 Au
den. Political philosophersuk wbat more
fitting monument of 111 caneldered and re-
sultleas a tioa there could be than a rail
way begun in Ignorance, dropped la a few
mile, and leading nowhere. Buch a gigan
tic abtauilty ia toogrulerqaal/ farcical for
farce. Ilia now known that the evacua
tion of tbe Soudan will be attended with
an immediate relapse of the country Into
its formerooodition. Tbeeffeetof English
interference will peat from the native
mind with tbe departu-e of the English
troepi, end leave no more trace than their
foo'jlepv.
status of him whow only inatinct U Pilots, who are gradually mod
tribal adherence a^ny cost. ®« tln * t,,eir d “ r « ,ro 1 m , ,orei « n ■“*
■ . , ., 7 , , . , , siona to consulates and from bureau
H the future historian lmd no data chtoh to clerk.' places. It Mcm.toa
outside the fi e. of the Tribune, the looVcr . on that thtu thing, are man-
South would Indeed bo unfortunate, \ ^ thB iamo 0 , d f „, llon . ti 10
tltat ia, If the true cli.racter of the pa- genatora „ e ukln n the placet (or
per were unknown. It ha. nover in .l thelr heIlchmen anJ poor kin without
theoe long year, of trouble mid tri»‘| ,„y reference to the spirit or letter of
told the truth concerning “>o I civil service reform. Tho newspapers
Southern people, unless it may have. Ioud protea , a t loni that tho ad
been to empltwizo a.lander that was mlniitration Uaa been deceived and
to follow.
imposed upon, hut the deception and
la something that nobody knows.
I Chorus:—
So lta awlm, away, etc., etc.
I Baby Jim can walk I
point, and if his friends throughout the
State will back him up, there may be a
serious break in the plans laid to die-
pose of the patronage. It will he re-1 "riunlhe rililge'ln!
membered that the Legislature which stand back and glret^e fellow, chance,
had the nerve to attempt to clean out Steady now! watch him begin!
the rottenness at Atlanta investigated 0l1 ' look *t the kink ln hla legal
Nelms, with an unfavorable result. “'^'="'>® p K d l“,“‘®^
. . . ... a* . Take care old man, of your nose!
This cannot be successfully offset steady! There-holdtothechalil
by the indorsement of a Legis
lature that permitted itself tvithout |
protest to be invaded and insulted by
drunken rabble. After talking with | people and cossip.
intelligent and leading men from all
Bo its awlm, away, etc., etc.
asking him to watch incoming aonth-
bound trains for Scott and arreet him if
found. The dispatch described Bcott as a
man about forty-five years oi age, atout,
weight about 170 pounds, Iron-gray hair,
rather thin on top, abort, heavy mustache,
bulging eyes, face indicating a high liver.
He wore when lut seen in New York a
dark-gray salt, brown derhy hat, diamond
collar button, rings, etc. Pinkerton stated
that It was believed Scott had already
reached Canada, but pcsiibly he might
have gone West or Snub to throw detec
tives off the track. Chief Connelly tele
graphed the conductor of the Air Line
train, dne here at 12:48, to slop for him at
tbe Air Line shops, near tbe city limits,
end in company with officer Poole and an
able squad of reporters proceeded to
w^v’Sv* 10 a NtckaWfiver Watcrbuiv
Watch04 the style repreiented in the cut li
low to any one who ■ 111 .end ua a club of ten
new subicriben to tho We.ely T^ Pa
and . lF.8sh.NGEp. at one dollar each. This will
enable each aub.crtber to zeeuro the pa j
tho Unreal club rate, and at tbe r.me time
compensate the club agent for his trouble
80 »* c *“*M-thit is, tboie
whoae names are not now and have uotbeea
a* m0nth * to tho receipt
ot tho order on our book., will de codnted
There watchci aro not toya, but accurate
and serviceable Ume-keepera. They nre slm-
pie, durable and neat The case, ahv.y. wear
bright. Teni of thousands of them ore carried
j^pcople of all classes throughout the I'nltcd
The sbOTO propositions will bo kept open
for a limited time only and parties who wish
to take advantage of either should do to at
bnce.
£^*Unlc8S otherwise directed wo will send
the watches by mall, packed In a stout paste
board box, and our responsibility for them
all the towns are 2311G1 bales less than ed a Ietter ,rom ft lftd y pensioner who says m °ns vessel, will contribute a aeries of will end when they aro deposited in the post-
L hL.r.hn.tn,;*. I she ha« fallen heir to a fortune, and, bate. P«P«" ‘“..^^Centure covering tbe 0 Oce. They can be registered for ten cent,
for the same time ln 1883. I no j 0 nj;er dependent upon it, does not feel I history of the Alabama. Proba-
Among the interior towns, Macon is | it right to continue to draw her pension. |Wt the first paper of the series
credited with 1 bales for the week and —Robert Yergin, a ono-armed ex-1 contribSuSn wiil b^of histSic intereat and
with 48,247 for the season. Last year the Confederate soldier of South Carolina, has 5a?ae. Vhoee who have had the privilege
receipts for tbe week were 0, and for the J n e iRhteen year-old daughter who cannot 0 f knowing Captain Kell will need no as-
|59 001 bales. These figures show of, 8urance lh at his work and statements will
_r„. 'Otobutahehuearned money enough o be atoo intely accurate and reliable. It is
that period, of 1 bale, and a falling oil ® oU, *® and ft[ c “ m ® ontwith the vaiedlc-1 altracl altontion evcryw here.
for the season of 11,651 bales.
The total receipt, from the plantation!
ainco Beptember 1, 1881, were 4,741,953
bales; in 1883-84 were 4,760,680 bales; in
1882-83 were 5,922,380 bales.
Tbe mammoth gospel meetings aro in
fall awing, and will now donbtleis grow
daily, since Rev. 8am Jones has arrived.
He will probably take a prominent part ln
the proceedings, lie- preaches to-night at
the tabernacle on Alabama itreet.
an overdose or laudanum.
Tha Rotten Umpire Again.
Boeton Commercial Bulletin.
I A new game of cards called batebill haj
The receipts aince September 1 np to to- |>** n * n J , , nt8d - We presume the knave ot
night are 48,377 bale. lea. than they I tb8 Paekis Ibenmplre.
were at the aame day of the month In 1881 A Thickly Settled I ocailty.
and 1,107,083 bales less than they were to Norristown Herald,
the same day of the month ln 1883. \ rr-np ot the sixth ward of Philadelphia I doctors and attendants worked with him
Tbo exports of cotton from the United I has been prepared, on which all the aa I ell through the long hoars cf tbe night end
at€3 till, nasi week, ss ner latest mall re-1 lo ? 1 ? 8 are mdinated by black spots. It Is morning, trying to rouse, hint to life.
J. A. Moore, or Amos Moore, as he was
called, the man woo attemp'ed aoiclda by
drinking laudanum, aa wired yon last
night, died at 9 o’clock this morning. Tba
tarns, have reached 20,792 bales.
The Chronicle has tbe following to say | (or a week,
of tho market flactnatlona for the week
under review: / I Up w,th the Mnlnrsi
Th. .peculatioe in cotton fortatnred.ltvory | A cnHon B 1 a h r “ b ”V; a e , T ~ I I ^ , 1 o ng u,, Ma ,
otiiu lUJuaciitmc it outlet Ui u; mni. UCHIU, RV IB31, CBIUO Him lUU leas tic
has been working twenty-four hours a day I craved, and asked for the last words he
at this market during the put week baa been 11«„. I ««« *•* q-j
comparatively qul.t with acme Irregularity In lS ,, . 0 i n & ,1 ! r U h. g »°m° ^KttaJi £“° a * w f l " gj- frSgl
values end au unsettled tone. For the first peculiarity prevails to a limited extant, in lb!m evldlnOv oJ rela-
baltot the week the Liverpool market was the skating rinks ln this country, ih*es an™“score or^moreof afiectionMe
Closed tor the Whitsuntide holidays, depriving letters signed by Llaxie Welch, who lives
us of Its influence in affecting the course of I A Reckless Conclusion. in Atlanta. Nonce of hla death has been
prices. Still on Batnrday there was tome do- 8L Fan! Ulobe. telegraphed to his relatives in Nashville,
pressure and on Monday a sharp dtcllno, dne | a prominent corset dealer in the East, ft 81 * 8 J®‘ D °ffi iu 8 has been heard from
•poka. After death it was with soma diffi
culty that ho could be identified. It was
finally settled, by acquaintances, that he
was the Moore who came here some
time ago from Nashville and took
work with Manck. In hla aatehel and
to tbe more warlike aspect assumed by Euro I who claims to have gathered reliable its-1 „ ,, ....
peso politics and to tbe Improved crop pros- tlatics. ssya lhat 15 per cent, more t»rseta ..^|^' , fr Haynes held an Inquest over
^.rbu, on Tuesday there -a. a XZt \ to tt. ^tj ttiy tothajumg;,. |
recovery, the reaull apparently of manlpola. daatb from an ovardoaeof landannm.ad-
tlon with a view of effecting the opening of „fd te^r nf tho Voreet. miniatered by bit own hand with r-lcldal
the Liverpool market But on Wednesday, Intent
with disappointing accounts from Liverpool, I Pbysloal Sport nnd Mind Culture. |_Tha body «l tha poor anicida lay
there waa a fresh decline, followed lathe lattr | Now York World. ff. ‘sta* oSh"« ah d.V, i“d“
The dlgnity-bordened pereona who ha ; | room was_ visited dnrin(( the aay by tnany
tba ep-
1 never noticed until to-day, 1 ' remarked
a well-known comedian, "how near ail
that la above groend ot John Wilkes Booth
ia to tbe epot in which he atood when be
killed Abraham Lincoln. Just about
where the private box in which Lincoln
was shot stood, in Pord'e Thea re, now
tbe Army Medicel Moitum, there Is a
glasa esaa in which Is exhibited tba portion
of tbe vertebrae of Booth la which the bal
let of Boeton Corbett wet fonnd. I re
member Join well end played with him
often, and it sent a shudder through me
to-day when this portion of bit backbone
wea abown me. When EJwin Booth waa
given permission to bare the remains of
John Wl'kes Booth dng np from the Pent
leathery grounds in which they were
barled, ao lhat bo conld have them re
moved to tha Booth family bnrial ground
to Baltimore, be waa distinctly promised
that all ol bis body waa in the box tn
which be was barled. It ttrikei at t'
would have been better if tbe government
bed not retained thie piece of bone. It
dree not serve any good purpose in baring
(ftextioitnd in tho tnateum. I am sorry I
waa lodnced to look at It”—//trahti
WatkinyUm Cbnwposdmt,
Crime ia not aa common In the South i mp oaition continue. Juat now tho ap-
aa in other sections. The city of New pointment of Nelms as marshal ia ex-
York baa furnished In the laat aix p^ed. Colquitt Is here to urge it,
months more criminals than all the At- Everybody In Georgia know* that this
lantic Southern Statea combined. Com- appointment should not bo made. The
mon inurdere, paricldce, fratricides, ma ttcr has been tboronghlymanipu-
suicide*,infanticide,andthewholecata- i a tedfrom the start, and on Saturday
logue of lnatfnl crimes have disgraced jj^ a gentleman mentioned on the
its civilization. Not a Southern jour- streets that bnt a few days before,
nal has gloated over any of these mis- h n Governor McDaniel's office In At-
fortnnea; they aro rightly regarded aa i aDtS| x e i m8 boasted that be then had
Jiigraccful to the whole people. Bnt Bryant’a resignation in his pocket,
the Tribune tuma from its cesspool to The coalition appears to be about aa
vilify under cover of fine writing a Btrong i n Waehington aa in Georgia,
people whoec chief crime seems to be a I if u,is thing ia to continue, the condi-
lack of admiration for a journal that by t j on 0 f the South will not be improved,
common consent is re^irded through- After yearn of demoralization and de-
out the country aa a disgrace to honor- bauebment, her hope of htving her
able journalism; a relic of war; a fit | affaira in the hands of her beat men
companion of murder and rapine, the geems likely to be disappointed. Yonr
offapringof war. |,eadera will recollect the pnbliahed fact
that Colquitt, in order to advance hit
Fen ce Aaauted. I owa porpeses, had indorsed retention of
stretcher in
I Vans VavV WneM I It. .4.
dealings by tome recovery, caused by tba „, „„ t _ Ju . w U1J .
exceaalve rains in tba Southwest, which I utnally Heprecate Indulgence in physical I people. Looking upon "he face ol tl
prompted a moderate dtmand to cover coo- j aporta and wonld tarn oar colleges Into I nian, It vu difficult to feel from I
tracts. Yesterday than waa a variable and monaatcries. seem lo be running on a fool pearance that be hail thereat be had paid
noaeUled market closing lrregularTwlih tho bob, so to speak, sines one young gentle- so detrly for. The face wss gaunt, fea-
ntxt crop dearer and June lowtr. Today the man who la a professional baseball player tnrei poor and pinched and all over these
underwreku-eonntafrom and a famous captain took a iefaldtploiua an expression of bopelaaa despair and
?Ins'r«rd. 7mnr n ^?^ »“h hopof * nd ■ Pd» th© Colombia I agony, that made one pity and pity atilt
Liverpool, bnt afterwards Improved, there be j_ lw gchool. the poor day till be turned away trom the
log few seller* and some demand arising to I e.e I sad light. The last body I eawln that
cover contracts. Cotton on tha spot was dull, Thsae Hanor Democratic Tlmaa! I room, which is sometimes used as a kin,'
and on Wednesday quotations wore reduced courier-JenrnaL of morane, was the charred and blackenei
M*. Tb. export demand fall off and there | ^Briwyn^tb.Bqril. of oftoatvapartlay.I ESSJS'm taSaaSS^jS’fiS
d.'narime’^hiSS 01 the two thilatter w.i the least repul
Yaatarday there was a better general buslnet ratcals In Mr. Vila, a dwrtMl Iail rire and the leariangxeattva of tbe agony
reported for. otnntng.hut today tbe :m«ket am. Ji{*»®'®o' ( ol disaointlon, and ot areallesa and hope-
m“dZ,‘upUudT T If"au.tt 1 h’.'dr^, NowffiU h "*| 1 *** '“‘^bojond.
EdwanpG. Roes, the newly appointed
Governor of New Mexico, ia a printer, and |
waa quietly setting type when hla appoint
ment waa made known to him. He will I
now receive a salary ot (2,500 a year and |
have no proof reader to bleu.
“The elepbaat goea round i
The band bomba to play,
round and roaad.
The threatened war between England la Republican official in the mat-office
and Russia has petered out ao gradn- department at tilts place. This is true. _
ally that no demon.,radon mcctssl the I have ^cn a moat reputable gentle- ^ I
final annonneement that Rosaia had man who read this letter in thc depart- (rom the editor of th* Tribane. soldier of fortune. Ic
W* will advance the data of any sub
scriber lo tha Weekly Teleoeafii one
year and send by mail a pkkel-sUver
Waterbmy watch for {3.W.
accepted England’s terms and that ment. Wlien the matter was made
peace waa at laat certain. ' public, the letter by some process was
. Gladstone bar again triumphed after slipped ont, and a search a few days
his peculiar fashion. There waa aince failed to find it. As I write I
little display over the re- learn that there may possibly be some
tnlt, and hia way to peace was I hitch in thc Nelms bnsineaa.
a difficult one, bnt lie traveled it cow One thing is assured, via: that Mr.
ageonaly and snccesafnlly. Not only Clgveland will do Georgia a great
baa he obtained the line of frontier wrong If he shall follow the advice of
pretty much aa desired, hut be has 1 Colquitt and Brown in making appoint
availed himself of tho excitement to me nts for the State. He knows noth-
leave the ngly Soudan difficulty to be ing aboot tho Scotb, and I fear that
settled by others. All the world most bis secretaries from that section have
rejoice with tbe placid premier that been too busy to afford him much of
war has been averted. Bat bow long the Information he should have,
will it be before RuatU moves into I Nobody objects to the spirit oI civil
Herat? I service reform, that will promote the
An Inadequate Return.
Nashville Union.
HOARD or VISITORS.
Tbe following board of visitors hss been
appointed to tha North Georgia Aisricu!
tnral UoUegeat Dablonega: W. J. No-"
en, Hancock county; J. B. Lawton, 1
ton county: E. J. Roberta, I'nlton county
A. D. Candler, Hall county: j. H. Butts
Th« yonng men who tredlap*s«d topu* Hall i»antf: j. M. Proctor, kail countv
on tbo other side of tbs street and in other Latham Anderson, Dawson county: H. '
LtLS^aZlE SSS ^kin^tb^TesrlSS: SESmSSSyT# liriSEote
S ft?? 1 ? ft® toneqanty; h\ Wilton, Fulton county
Ur to Monday,
World’s Bartholdi
to (58,870.32, and Included contributions I winter these same atria chearfnlfy and na" IT. cTlloward" DeKalbT
from 03,990 peopla. The World deaervea opmplamingiy lurulehed lights and fnal for I The commencement begins Sanday,
the grailtud. of .very citizen in the United
Btatesfor its vigorous and cff.clive work willing to accept are but an inadequate re- session this afternoon. Besides tha n
in raising this fund. torn, at tha beat, for tbe last winter’s fa-1 lar bnsintM, much time was consnmsd in
■ | vora. | tha disenation of the proposed e ‘
Taa New York Tribnne, which was | • * * | ment of the new Decatur street sew
“The Waterbury.”
ry.
%T
FOR #3.50
Act Promptly.
and parlies who wish this done should incloso
this amount, or wo will Bcml thorn by express,
the charges to no paid when they are deliver*
el. Address
TOE TELEGRAPH AND ME33ENGER,
Macon, Georgia.
Make money orders, checkn, etc., payable to
H. C. HAHBON, Manager.
.udden & Bates Southern
Music House
Converted into an Incorporated
Stock Company, with $200,-
000 Paid in Cash Capital.
AocSi of Chlrkerinr Flsoos
-h*& IJO.OOO Worth oi lir.j.or
i**i«‘«U MerchiindlHo at One I’n
:ha*e, 7j.«JU Pieces of Bheet
Muhlc at Quo l’Qrchakc.
Rofttl this, miiftlclAiiH and music lovers. Bai*
lnon has rushed us tho past yc«r no that wo
could not post you, an usual, through our ad*
vortlsouuMitM, and lo innke Hmuitd«, wc hero
vertlacmcuta. and to make amoods, wo her<
give a few solid facu well worth taking in.
l-'.dd. n .v Hal. *4 .-<mtli. ru Mu-i<• lit. ■ t
household word from tho I'm unac l<»|tb« Klo
'■ni.'lf. Who han not h* nrd of it : U :r n
Mu in u. nth M ii-1«* Kinporimn. from wlil< h a
■olid musical Houth draws lu supplier. Klcrea
large branch he
agents dlitribu
Houthem Male
IlH
j wide awake
jds through
md its yearly talc:
ery
early
opera*
half a million Jolla:. _
Founded fifteen yea
rock of large capital,
trade, it ha.i atood, uiimi*
paulcs, pssttlsnccs, cycloi
ensure Us permanency
conrs. It has been lncorpoi
t ■ <.. k rumi'ittiy. wiUiu ;■m|.1 ii|. fit'll (Mil-
U1 of l-uo.fuu, which is nwuctl solely by the
officers and employes. The officers are: W.
I tohit ii, It-iit, A i.at. «, 11• • n*111fi ami
manager, aud J. D. Murphy, secretary.
ro, therefore, a-t safe in dealing
iso KH with any hunk, ami need
i hi to the pt'riiiatu'iicv, rekpoiml*
_ . __ „ trautees. UUaolld. Sow uullce
these
TRADE ITEMS FOR 1884-85.
More IManoi and organs sold yearly than
by all other southern denlers combined.
950,000 worth of Chlekering Pianos bought at
one purchase lu October last. I-argeht pur*
chase ever made by any Southern bouse.
Special bargains. Klegant Hanoi only IJ10,
with hainlw.Miif emhrul.lt red ( uver, Mmil, In
structor and Music Book. Organs, Mi. l-'a),
975, IPjd. with Htool, Iiislnutor and Mualc
Hook. All freight paid. Easy lURtsllnieut
terms. One i-rii e to all ami that the lowest
known. WiUo iif. and we will nave you
l•jr.
• purchase,
120,000
disc, 8UCh mn viuuua. vjuilc .
deoufl. Mtrings.etc., bought at
from the Eatey Organ Co., Atl
one-half th«* not of Importation. Immer.be
bargains now cScrcd r»tall buyers. Accor-
.1. oil*. 7 im-iits 4-ath; Kl< liter Hariminlrav 10
i. 91: Violin- II; t.uliar- U. I’*
; n ?
rent*: Han
ganlul Ital
per set; clear Grit Italian, 15 cent*,
per sot; Orgulnettes, wllhotuties K>.
_ I given If
i art* not iatlifai tory. %.*vUtd Catalogue
ary L l-M, free to all.
eaplluslc Depot. 7'»"00 pieces of Sheet
^ ' mgbt at one nurchiwe, offt
ntsa
opy. Ad
siitlly sob! fo
c. Bond for a catalo
Don't semi North fo
only
of To
) 91-50 pe
“fonndrii bv Horace Greolv.” and. accord- Colonel Moaby Offarad n Command, but d*no!te action was taken.
“AiiiirjLunjlAil I Daollnae. Tba cat* of Rawaon va. Turpin will be
L ® onfonnd * d In a letter from Col. John B. Moebv to a ,ak,n Q P ln ,h8 United States District
by Whltalaw Reid,” baa never been an ex- , riend Alexandria, Va., dated Hun* Coon to-morrow morning,
ponent of conatatency. A few yean ago Kong, April 18,1885, be says; an attempted outrage.
the Tribone, in tpeaktng of John A. Logan, n , - .* "‘V°5' I r ? d b / *£. H iS!i! h ' Tbe parttenlars leaked out this afternoon
aaid that he was "all noise and month” cblnil?5rav h iriti ’fbertv^ S emDlorlDr 01 »» attempted ontrage on a Imi- nine-
and a "political tmrglar;” hot when Logs:. al ottlcera Soo'ax-Ooatadantre! I declineif white girl dav before yesterday by
was elected Senator from Iliinoia, a few hot have kept it a profound secret nntti ? " h * a he " l .°-
1 was made with China. X could not ft!? .■**".■ ”• ™
, a mere mercenary *5® .°* !>;
■aan a conld not fight tor I iS r Jai r a5? , n n !!S25w nnhHol !?. “ V " 1 "'
_ money, or from anytbiog 1*« thanpatrl-
It •ometimea happens that a man’* good «*« motives. If •« had been made public MW l ^l* T a m h <7n?« Darned
astion fails o, appredatlon. Such w« th. “RS ap 1 ^
case of a country atore-keepav at Modoc her sod been
Landing, Ark., who gave the ore of hia weakness
atore and hi. rerriem fre. of filmr,. to die-1 ^
tnbnte the government rations giver. to|xhua wai ceitainiv mu bona ln it. I.
tha fixed anfleret. lut year. He bai re- might bare played the t-art MT.m.ri.na _ aAiiaoen a. Mou
oently been tried, convicted and heavily °* K ft, p -,” loonded agream tm- There hare l»m remora tn reilroa.! ctr-
fined tor riolaUag tba Bnod.y law In kee t 7 than th.tof the Moytlv” prob^^rerignriion of ftf pjv
lng bis store open for be* distribution of a c»r« HoparlnlandentFfy.cf theEutTe: iT-se
the**rations on Banday. Th. Nashville Toal.wco« ra ffertn«lro»*vren sad to- ” p '“ r "
Union say a; Tn* conscience of that com- dlacretlouo -ouin, nerv„ —— I “nfirmediw c.edi ad.
manity mast cqoal in UndcroM* and deep ©Sf fciiwu! SVo h< ^* 8m
riHgkwa fccliofc that oi tha Texas village creat remedy was discovered by
where they bant np Artsmna Ward’s I JESS'S, eJtT’SuuTt. 8SsnBLTI A eicesl-silvee Watert
"wax-works show” because ba had a rtiF | New York.
re*cnt*t!ono( Jodu Iscariot among hi
LUDJIEN & BATES’
SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE,
8 At?ANN AH. fit
EXCELSIOR
COOK STOVES
ALWAYS SATISFACTORY
EIGHTEEN SIZES AND KINDS
tm; grauman Criap are in the c,ty
ALL PURCHASERS CAN BE SUITED
I acd the .Weekly Telf-grat
11 be sent to any a<
Sec advertisement,
1(3.50.
Isaac A,Sheppard Co.,Baitimore.l!d.
am) t on ham: BY
fll.O. B. OHEAR, Agem
Macon, <
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