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CONSTITUTION PUBLISHING CO.
ATLANTA, GA., TUJBfBD
AtFGUgT^TD, 1879.
KNIGHTS OF TIIE PLOW
WHAT THEY ARE AT IN JONESBORO.
Tto Proe**di»c» of IlM 8*b1*Abb«a1 C'sveBt'.oa of
th* But* Afriesltaial fedsfly of Ooorfla,
U B«ia it J—wWro Tfco Qae«-
tboS *f IlUTMt DiflCSJttd.
Jons**osn. August 12.—Tbe State agri
cultural society ui*t Uere to-day at 12
o'clock. I*rwidcm Tlioiuas Hardeman in
the chair. Upon tlie raaoienibling of the
oonvention after dinner Colonel Hardeman
made an eloquent addrco*, which waa inter'
runted by frequent applause. The roll waa
called, atmul 2U» delegates answering to
their names. Upon motion Dr. Janes, coni'
misaioner of agriculture, waa invited to a
teat ujkio the floor. Seat* upon the floor
Were also tendered newspaper re(»orteia,
ladiea. county agriculturist*, and
club* from adjoining counties.
General Wm. M. Brown, professor of ag
riculture in the slate university, read bis
report. The body of the report related to
experiment* with wheat upon the experi
mental farm of the state college of agricul
ture and mechanic arts. The following are
the conclusions in wheat culture: The sab-
•oiled plots had marked advantage over
those not subsoiled. The seed covered
shallow, yielded more than that plowed in
deep. The seed sown in drills produced
more than that sown broad oast, and that,
too, with a saving of half the quantity of
seed sown. Cultivation by plowing in early
spring increased the yield. The am moniated
super phosphates were tlie best as well as
tlM>chea|’eatfertiUcrr» used The application
< f nitrate of soda as a top-dreaaing produced
• it profitably result. Phosphoric acid applied
i »ol u ble fluid it ion to warmaoil waa found
t< tie beneficial. The experience of the last
•« w years has completely exploded the
I ry that wheat is an uncertain crop in
tale, and that therefore it does not pay
•o M
• it.
THE LOVE OF ROSCOE.
HE// ENGLAND'S “VIRTUE” AROUSED
How tks Twsia Pint K*t sad 0 esd aad laved
sad Pell—Th Lady la the Gdlery—Tbs
Xyste-icu Letter Carrier—Cs?:d'*
Bolt B poM Dutctbsd.
repirt was able, and will be pub
lished in full. It was followed by a discus-
slo t «i|>on wheat culture in Georgia, in
whir •» many delegates took part. The dis-
cuoii. n brought pi light many interesting
fact* and some amusing contradictions. A
delegate from Walker county said that it
WS'M eemmon thing for hitn Pi make fifty
Im'he.’- to the acre by using only clover and
|m»"at itnillzrrs. A delegate from Monroe
■aid lie hud a neighbor who made 5ft bush
els on >116 acre ujmiii which no fertiliser
hud iie -ti used. The experience of many
drlri .iii- corroborated the deductions from
Gei.erui Unuwti'a report
Private nousesaiid hotels densely crowde«l.
The com cut ion will get down to solid work
to-inoir i*v. Aiming the distinguished men
her** ., i. i. nimisaiuner Orr. Representative
fci vin -t • i. Dr. luiwton and a host of others.
tv» li.MU|«trh to The Constitution.
Joml-i* i..i, August 11.—The convention
was tailed to onJi r by President Hardeman,
at ft (.’l Us k. The pr»* e»dings were opened
Wit., mot hv Mr. Lret. of walker county.
. »« •».*,*.. by |>r. II. II. Cary, of Troup
—7 in,i i < hair lie instructed to appoint a
committee ..f on- from each congressional
distri, t vs ho-e duty It shall he Pi sugg< t to
the ci >. vent ion the lumie* of four j «• ona
as pn,ju*r t*» In? elected to the posh*. . of
trustriM .»t toe university of Goor«;.« .titer
some discussion the resolution w* agreed
to.
Resolution by Mr. Hatcher, of Macon
count \ —Whereas. There is a bill before the
legislature* to abolish the inspection fees of
ouinm -iciMi fertilizers; Resolved, That it is
the sense of this convention that any and
ail efl »rca to abolish the department of ag
riculture oi the inspection fees are a direct
eflort to njore tlie plantera of Georgia and
depriv ns of that protection which we de-
nibmi .< o dm,ild have at the hands of our
atale government; and we respectfully ask
their ro ,inuance.
Mr Iuiteller supported the resolution in
an able * peecli, which was received with
•ppl.ni>
Up.il. motion of Mr. Russell, of Pike the
resolution was referred to a committee of
five
lly i iMtation State School Commissioner
Orr now luUlreascd the convention tijsin
pubic i duration. The address waa in ter
es! it.;; ii.til highly instructive, and enchain
ed the attention of the delegate*. He ably
adv.M tied the dog law and tlie Moffett bell
plli.ii
At »he conclusion of the address of Mr
Orr on motion of Mr. Fleming, of Baker,
the convention thanked him by a rising
vote tor its delivery.
. i.»* president announced the following
d ...litice on the selection of trustees:
Hi l>. wherry, of Clinch; Kennon, of Clay;
Hi «k, of 8*uniter; Cary, of Troup; Fletcher,
o- (rtirue; Greer, ■>1 Jones; Lyon, of llar-
lu.v; Branch, of Green; Montgomery, of
Jhadison. The committee went out.
h preiidnit announced the committee
oo tlie Hatcher resolution to be Powell, of
Pike; Joi es. of Burke; Hatcher, of Macon;
Lret, of Walker, ami McFarlea, of Troup.
The committee retired.
Professor Willett of Mercer colln^, wi
next introduced and made a familiar and
excellent talk upon the cotton caterpillar.
Professor Willett is a member of the com
mission appointed by congress to investi
gate the cotton worm. He waa appointed
The convention confirmed the nomina
tion as above.
The committee on the selection of trustees
reported the following names, which were
confirmed by the omvention: Hon. L F.
Livingston, for4yram; Hon. W. H. Felton,
for3 years; Hon. James H. Fannin, for 2
yearn, and J. M. H. Bynl, for 1 year.
The committee on inspection of fertilizers
reported the following resolutions, which
were adopted: That the Georgia state agri
cultural society respectfully petition the
general assembly now in session to make
n • i Lange in the insrectiou laws that
wiil impair the efficiency of the
present inspection system and expt.se the
planters of the state to the impositions o!
the unscrupulous manufacturers of com
mercial fertilizera aud the litigation that
would rise therefrom.
2 That if, in the judgment of the ger eral
assembly, experience has deveiojied defects
in the inspection laws, we re*pectfiilly ask
that they, m their wisdom apply the reme
dy, and if abuses or irregularities have re
sulted in tlie administration of the inspec
tion laws we respectfully ask that they be
corrected promptly ami effectively.
Dr. Kd. Newton offered a resolution to
the effect that tlie convention peti-
ti m the legislature now in session to grant
an annual appropriation for carrying out
tl.« origins! design in tlie creation of the
g*s» ogical survey of Georgia. A substitute
to this was offered and adopted. The sub
stitute embodies regrets at the stopping of
the geological bureau and expresses the
bone that ere long the general assembly
will take action looking to the establish-. . „ _ _
w-tit ofa general gvulotfiaU Harvey. in K Governor Spragues return when th.
Tl*. report of Ihe ormimiltee on Mr. Fon- I outbreak occurred If any host lie word
taine’, romraunication recommend, the I I 1 *"*ed betweeii Mr. Conkling and Governor
iwreageof ihe immigration bill now fiend. I Sprague at Canonehet, they alone know
ng in the general amembly. *!>■“ «*‘*y were .or i.oone el»e heard them.
A memorial to Captain K. T. Dari, wa, What transpired in the village I do not
introduced by Kennon, of Clay, it waa kno *- Sp™Ky, e f«/«• ■" »evere
read and adopted I te-rtns to her husband s life and habits
The following named delegates were up- w, » ich ,ong •£* thelr . . m *Tj tal
pointed to attend tlie National agricultural I relations and blighted their domestic life,
congress which meets in Rochester. New Augu-t U—farther de
York, September 5U». 1879: Dr. II. H. •ccounts of the Conkling-Sprague
Carey, Mr. Dunn. Dr. W. B. Jones, J. I. quarrel at Narragansett Pier show
Lavender, M. R. Kawell, J. Henley Smith, l i ml the . »®*» r rau f h more senous
Smith of Telfair, John Stark. W. W. Wood- tl,un described, and of a different
niff. The tiame committee was appointed I neture. Specials say thatConkling 'went to
to visit the American poroological society the Sprague mansion on Wednesday,
which meets Septembef 17:h. 187ft. Sprague had gone away, saying he was
Mr tteese, of Macon, gate notice that he S° ,n * *° 0, ‘ Thursday night he re-
would offer an amendment to the constitu- turned secretly to the house aud orrupied
thm of the society. h;s private room unbeknown to the ro-
Mr. Philip Smith, of Clayton county, read ot \ he h ».use, save one servant Next
an interesting essay oil gfape cul.ufe and 1 “ r “ nt Anmn f “* r -
wine-making. Mr. Smith has had fourteen
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
PnoviDxacx, IL I., August 13.—An ex
tract from a private letter from Mrs. Wm.
Sprague to a friend, given for publication,
makes reference to the now notorious out
break at her mansion, near Narragansett
Pier. She says Governor Sprague’s cause-
!«ni and shameful persecution of the
children’s teacher is literally trne, as he
tells the story. To attempt to complicate
Mr Conkling with this matter is absurd.
The guests of the house were removed un
der Governor Sprague's threats of murder to
be done. Mrs. Sprague makes some expla
nations of il e cave against the trustees of
the bankrupt estate, in which Governor
Sprague uad sought the legal
counsel of Mr. Colkling, and says
as her means for living at Canonehet bad
been cut off, she requested Mr. Conkling,
who had already been consulted by Govern
or Sprague, to tee him and try to ascertain
what results were likely to follow in this
ca*e that would benefit or provide for her
children. “Mr. Conkling had stopped at
CatrORcbet for th s puqse-r, and wa» await
ing Governor Sprague’s return when the
ruing lie quietly went down town, and
the afternoon, returning to the house.
attention to the making of wine than ,. - Ll . ,. . - L . .
the making of cotton. He was greeted with I y° u Conkling replied that he
much applause, aud was, at times, very *** ” ot * Then if yoa are not, get away
amusing. * jIB fireonyou.
J. Henly Smith foil »wed with a speech ?n , Sprague is said to have made use of oi
favor of establishing a wine manuiaciur n; * n, ,^ ua n f > * m * Conkling, in seeming
•mpeuy in Atlanta *«« ch ~ n “f ion « ~» d
The reiKirtof the executive committee much hesitation, bowed himself <1/'^" the
was now read. It showed that the prelimi- 8t «I« * ,,d »«"««* doW , n th ® . ru » d * c rhe wi J-
naries (or the state fair to lie held in Macon ness and authority for this is Sprague,
next October have ail been made. It was coachman. The senator strolled along dowi
adopted I toward »he village until he reached
A resolution by t)r. H. H. C»ry thinkins 'V U K »“”*• *'" 1 w '! ile ,n . ,ro ? 1
the citizens of Jonesboro for their attentions I . c * ,u ® * ®* wheels be
to this body, and thanking Ihe different I ^ ® ,l,u * T* ,e dr nggiat says that Sprague
milnrad. for cnrtMiet was agreed to. 1 ”” “>* ”' ,t " “ ,,1!er ” , ‘ d ln BrK * 1
The thanks of the convention wer ten-• , . , . . , .
tiered Mr. Philip Smith, for liia ex client j«nii>ed from the wagon he hxik the wsgon-
p-,„ ir ftn wlne-makitup I «**at with him. Then he aud the senator
wii|iriii[wi tiwTt|t |wui> m m angry controversy, in which those
rising vot«,'to'ii^>t"uIe''invitati^'of'thr I wbooverhoard it heard Sprague say, “So
citizens of CutbbeVf. to bold their next 1 " “* * ri “'
nTcting in that delightful town, adjourned
to the second Tuesday in February.
MATTERS TO BE LOOKED INTO.
An Anxlonv Citizen Call* the AiU
■ or Ihe Legislature to Meverul
.Subjects.
The following letter was written front I shoot at next sight, Sprague got into his
southwestern Georgia to a member of the I wagon again and drove away. Conkliug.
legislature. The letter was postmarked with white face, loused into a
Fort Valley, but it sceius it was written in I restaurant and asked for crackers and milk,
Macon: which were given him, and which he ate
Mac.*, Ga„ August 12.—Dear John: As without outward sign of emotion, save that
am one of your constituents, I take the | blsf.eewas —Then l....mllednnt
liberty of calling yourattention to a matter
as one of four local observers for the south.
Experiments go to show iliat the cotton
caterpillar eats nothing but cotton. The
cotton moths (tel on |*eaches as well as cot
ton. Among the enemies of the cotton
moths the principal is the ichuenmon fiy.
whose life »s spent in killing them. It is
ini|M»riant to farmer* to encourage these
natural enemies of the cotton moth. There
are three form.-*— the caterpillar, theebryaa-
lid and the cut worm.
Prof. Willett hoped that by another year
be would lie able to propose a definite rem
edy for this great evil. The commission
hope that they may be able to destroy them
by poisoning the saccharine matter u|wm
which they feed. Nothing definite has yet
bfrii done.
The thanks of the convention were unan
iroously voted to l»rof. Willett for his very
interesting address. .
A letter from Governor Colouit, deeply
regretting his inability to attention account
of official duties, was now read. ,
Resolution by Mr. Myrick. of Baldwin
TImu the thanks of this convention are due
and are hereby tendered to the Hon. L.
F. Livingston, of Newton, and those mem
bers of the legislature who co-operated with
him in the manlv and successful effort made
in behalf of the agricultural department.
^Resolution by A. F. Nahu of Effingham:
That delegates from county organizations
shall not be entitled to representation in
tlie state convention unless said county or
ganization make regular annual returns as
required by the convention of the State ag
ricultural society. Further: That no tick
ets shall be sent to any society for ita dele
gates^ which fails to make said annual re
turn. Agreed to. .
A communication from Francis Fontaine,
Ksq., having reference to a bill now before
tlie general assembly on the aubiect of im
migration, was read and referred to a com
mittee of three.
Convention adjourned for dinner.
they proved to be aids to hasten the aco>m-
K isiiment <>f the ruling passion of her life.
i the intrigues which were rife here in
18C3 and 18&L and had for their object the
substitution of Chase for Lincoln as the
lea ler of the republican party tn that pres
idential campaign. Miss Chase was no in-
s gnificant actor. Later, in 1868. when the
men chief-justice had grown conservative
and longed to be the standard-bearer of the
democracy. Miss Kate Sprague, the wife of
the senatorial millionaire of Rhode Island,
was a still more important factor in na
tional politics. The marriage to Sprague
was not a love affair—at least so
said the gossips of the national
capital. Whether it was or was not, it has
nut proved a happy one. At the death of
the chief justice, in 1871, Senator Sprague,
it is understood, paid Miss NettieChase. the
second daughter, her portion of the Edge-
wood estate. Miss Nettie wa* not the coun
terpart of her fasciua ing sister. She was
plain, unassuming, and dome«tic in her in
clinations, but was gifted with considerable
artistic talent, ana her illu-traiious of
"Mother Goose’s Melodies” attracted atten
tion.
The attention which Sena:or Conkling
naiti Mrs. Sprague during the first year of
their intimacy was rot very marked. The
scandal did not become the topic of social
gossip until about two yean ago.
Tbeu they began to appear fre
quently in each other’s company,
at social dinners, public reception
private parties and public amusement*
Senator Conkling’a family Las not resided
in Washington for five dr" six yrara. The
ill-health of Mrs. Conkling and t ie distaste
of Mias Conkling, the senator’s only
child, for Washington society was the ex
cuse giveu the public for their absence. It
was. However, no secret to the initiated that
a liaison of the senator with the wife of a
federal official well known in New York was
real reason for the abandonment by
Mrs. and Mis* Conkliug of the society of
the national capital. The relations of Conk-
ling to this woman did not cease till some
time late in the year 1875 or early in 1876
Coincident therewith the scandal of his de
votions to Mrs. Sprague began to grow apace
For a year they attracted but little atten
tion outside of official society. Within
ibis circle, however, they were the subject
of more or leas comment. The lu>u.«e of a
southern senator who knew Mrs. Sprague in
her girlhood day* in Ohio was for a long
time the trysting place. Upon one occa
sion the senator gave a dinner party,
to which, among others, Conk
ling and Mrs. Sprague were
invited. She came late and her ad
mirer early. There were three or four of the
guests present and in the parlor when tlie
door-bell rang, and the well-known voice of
Senator Conkliug was heard at the door.
servant
wiio had arrived, and the'name of Mrs.
Sprague not being mentioned, be asked par-
•icularly if she was there. Being answered
i the negative, Conkliug withdrew. Guests
ho arrived subsequently were somewhat
astonished to find the senator from New
York and a servant bearing an immense
bouquet of the rarest and costliest ffowers
standing in the vestibule. The night was
inuleiuent, and Mrs. Sprague was the last to
. won’t take any apology from you, God
ilainn yon. Don’t cross my path again un
less you are armed. I shall tie armed ard
God damn you I’ll shoot you.” There was a
long and angry altercation, in which th.
sjiecrators ex|x**te.l to see a fist fight. The
language was nq>eat<-d several times,.Sprague
refusing u» receive any apology and Conk
ling, white wilh anger, trying touuiel him.
Finally, with the threat rejteaied again to
very pale Then he strolled out
the beach, atuf walked up and down, and
r^^^,“ra^:7nd~n‘i-uiciir"«»<*.. «£»»>«. wm,
llw Irgiahmire could do n.« a rervico. One «"»» » d "’ te .
of the governor's private reewrariea o«e» anzweni Mra. dprague s dawripU .n called
me three dollar* and zeventy live cent*, and "\ the T rWS .Yi .1
both return and negleeta to pay me. Could I sat..... fora tew momenu aitd then drove
you not have a committee ot nine anpuint- I — *'!*',
rd tn confer with a committee of eighteen [adore .be tram 9 arted for Providence, aud
ill the house and investigate the accounts of *“ the meanttme had his hmt browjn
hihMU^r&ou*woum'*il'wuTbe'a .^nato^Antho^yX.nd
tf^suLlirrn!; ' and if ^hS Jl>ere dictated the dispatch sent on,
money is paid over to the committee you <>>• the Associated press, in wh.ch it
can send .im half and keep the other half *■ ,uad ® «" th * t t ^ ub '®
for vonr trouble i waa with the Oertnan. and that Conk-
Sow. I want to tell yon. something, John. Hut! interfered The truth is that Spn«ue
but you must never let it be knoKti that I ,1,d lia ' e ."‘“hie Kith the German, but it
told it, for 1 never talk; I don', think it is **- hefnte he reached he house, Khen he
right; but they say-noK, mind you, I did Co" k “"S;, ««
nut suv it—but tlivv mv that a box of meat I nothing to do with it whatever. There was
passes^through Macm ?heot*i*r day mmked »»««ik of having stateme,da pnn,e.lm
tooueof tbeeiveruor-a plantathms io aooUo the Providence papera, but it vraa not done
west Georgia. Now,mind you.l don'ten war- uver thetr
rant the truth of it, hut they say it's a fact. I ttm trouble mt Spraguc s house Mi*. Sprague
Nnw. the duration is, ought there not to | “2 children
There were several guests in the
hou.te at the time, aud they also went away.
I Sprague stayed there all night, and next
h'tVhere did*i?utt"meal come from? I *■>"' '>"• There were several guests in the
Who paid for that meat?
And'what is the cuusideralion for which I d *>" >*J, , ’ l ^,V d “‘J“i T!!!
this i, aiveu? a-ked what Conkliug had done, and his
Of course you will know better than 1 »■»*« **'■ "»® tri ® d «“. d ,“ i , n i L"’ y „ 1 " > S*
tmasibly can wliat ia best to im done under *1»« had done in M wshingtom hor
‘tMn'JSd^J. 1 " T * r7 ' Tld “’‘* 0n *- !S:ri!ssW,?;"^ate^b"p -ith that
I would suggest a couple of coramitteesof lofMra Kaie Cliase Sprague. Mrs Sprague
ne from eaSThonse. ‘ a ”‘* “ n
1 don’t want it known that I told thio, ™ t>r 1,1 ^hiLid
iTlfTekne^T" 0 ’ V "'‘ M t0rgm ' Umwlfc
tundera.and some greenhorn has intro- M the Khode Idmud «««. |m«JM> bm
duced a resolution forbidding any more j Ml h»* seat in the senate on
matter” He fc» a inio« I zions, enter the diplomatic gallery and tbe.e
That sort of foolishness should be put down convey for king
hv all means, and promptly too. New I nious \\ anbingtoii beauty. .A gent 1 man
matter is what we want. I have traveled wbo had k'lown Mra 8pragae from
around a p»od deal over the state, and I childhood sanl to-day. She »as braute-
everywhere 1 hive been the cry is new mat- | eVt ‘ r - J **• ,,t V ' e
atrxaxoox sxsaiox.
The convention reassembled at 3 <
'dock
and was called to order by the president.
The first thing in order was the election of
officers; also tour trustees for the universi
ty The convention took a recewof ten
iiiitaites to give the different district* an
opportunity to make nomination*. The
election of »ecretary took place yesterday
afternoon. The executive committee re
elected Mr. Malcolm Johnson to that poet
tH JIon. Thomas Hardeman, of Bibb,
re-elected president for the ensuing year by
a rising vote.
A committee of three, consisting of
Mroars. Fannin. Hatcher and Berckman,
was appointed by tlie temporary chairman,
Mr. Livingston, to notify Colonel Harde-
tuan of hi* re-election. .
Upon being escorted to the chair, Itbsi-
dent Hardeman made a brief but eloquent
speech of thanks.
TI»e first congressional district nominated
Hon. Geo. R. Black, of Screven, for vice-
president, and for member of the executive
committee. 8 D. Brad well, of Liberty.
The second congressional dis
trict nominated Hon. R. E. Ken
non, of Oav, f»»r vice-president, and f*xr
member of the executive committee T. W.
Fleming, of Baker. The thiid congres
sional di*trict|t»ominated J. H. H. Black, of
Sumter, for vice president, and for mem
for new tuatter. -¥au might almost call it plWtmenB. She wm always »n ambitious
a new matter boom—so .-reat is tho de- woman, probably more aml.mous titan any
~T c I Amer.cun lady who ever livcit I do not
have not kept up with your proceedings think Mrs. Wprague is over forty years of
,, ,i,w*| v nerhaps. as l oniht hot if I mis- I age now; though a mother of children, she
take not, tliere are yet several counties that I d "” •***,’?JJ* r °,2^i 1>, Il? r ."J
have not had the tix collector and receiver now. It ts ^id her wm mot a love
consolidated; and there are several that I match. Thj.^jhterof a secretory of the
were consolidated last session that have nut tieMUT-. aftcrasrJ cluef lustice f the
he *n separated I United States and a presidential Mptrant,
Then tliere are thirteen Bethel churches Mrs. Sprague. Dissent married for position
^uorissold inUtree .ita of .m.rejh. ; augh.els^,
Oofleeonntjr hasn't changed her lit* hu, ^
There are seven! counties who have not wh...e of Ri> de laI " , ' d * ft* - *®*^
abolished iheir eommbsionens *'id «H I ^rea e-a diM4 t ,>ouit«ieRt in hie was
those that were abolished last session hnve I defeat "t her fattier s nomina-
not vet been .e-«tablialie.l. tron pressdwnt hy the Cincinnati ItWral
Oit. put your fooi down on anything that I republican couvenu n lu IS7- bbe even
looks to forbidding new matur-because if coegreMOten
.ii nv .hat. von have ttermitte«l an en-1 * ud «'bers in behalf of her distinguished
f;ring w^ »nd llrat ATing" yon ‘know father', uomic.t^ Sen.u.rs.pragu. spent
some of the more daring of them will com- ™“ ch of .h.
mence agitating the question of adjourn-1 Mrs. Sprague longed to be mistrese of the
menu The first evidince of that sort of white
folly should be nippeil in the bu»i Attend I After the Cincinnati wniennon *ic-
to that matter of private secretaries, and I
oblige your friend, Amo# Adams, jr. ’**
F.S —There is to be an excursion to Ty
bee in a few days—ask ’em if I may go.
A. A. jr.
Greeley instead of Cha*e. the latter
died. Then Sprague, Hoyt A Co., failed,
and since then domestic troubles have en
sued between the ex-governor and hi* wife.
The intimacy between Senator Ruscue
1 open this to say if yon are snccMsfnlln I ConkHng and Mra Katc ChMc dpraguc b~
collecting tbie bill, I will give you another 1 *^° ul three yews ago. It began by
to collect which I have against , who 1 Mra. Sprague seeking Ronator Ooaktiug t<
used to he in the executive office under I befriend and assist hertn saving y,® pnq,
Smith’s administration, for |9.50. A. A., jr. | **1?*™™ S.* llu ^f d
THINGS IN GENERAL.
a few miles nortbea*t of this city. The
estate is all the patrimony Salmon P. Chase
I bequeathed his two daughter*. It is
_ \ lovely suburban home, but its value i* not
Balabrldge Heads Tp a Budget j great. Here the great finance raiumer
News. 1 jbe rebellion and later the chief justice __
Baissmixiz, Ga., August IL—Hon. R. H. I the supreme court of the United Slates
U. C. Davidson, member of congress from 1 passed the latter years of his life. Although
1st congressional district of Florida, and J. He bad long bee t in public life as senator
W. Malone, a leading member of the bar of I of the United States, secretary- of the treas-
arrive. but here Conkling remained till she
made her appearance, and then, as the doors
were flung open by the servant, the assem
bled guests in the parlor saw the senator, in
his courtly manner, with whis;iered words,
present the token of his admiration. From
this time on senators slyly talked with each
other of this and other occurrence*, and the
tongues of the female gossips in that circle
wagged unceasingly. By and by Mrs.
Sprague began to be a constant attendant
u|ion the debates in the senate. After a
time her steady appearance in the gallery
set a[>urt for senators’ families began to ha
ited by the outside world. It mattered
.t how dull and uninteresting the pro
ceedings might be. the voluptuous form
and bright, bewitching face of Mrs. Sprague
were rarely missed. Comment followed, as
matter of course, and a wicked paragraph
atqieared in a New York paper and went
the rounds of the press. There was a short
lived sensation, but the public mind was
engrossed by the all-absorbing theme of the
electoral (rand conspiracy, and this
incident of the winter of 1876-77 was
soon dropped. So dramatic and pub
lic-defying were the actions of Senator
Conkling and Mrs. Sprague that it be
came one of the additional incentives for
scene-lovers to visit the senate chamber, for
however dull the debate, there was a never-
flagging intere>t in witnessing a great leader
in debate so in (lie toils of a brilliant woman
that he openly paid his court to her from
his desk in the senate chamber as she fond
ly watched him from the private gallery
net aside for the use of senators’ families.
The daily public demonstration was at
times of such an exaggerated character as to
almost surpass belief unless actually wit
nessed. At timei it seemed as if every
8)>eech Conkling made was for M rs. Sprague s
benefit. The moment ehe entered the gal
lery was almost invariably the sigual for
Conkliug to puee for her benefit by at once
entering by some pretext into whatever
might happen to be |*endiug before the sen
ate. It was over a year «««• Uiat Mrs.
Sprague's attendance upon ihe proceedings
of the senate became so uno kt l From
that time there has hard y been a
day when she has not been found
eagerly watching Coukling's every move
ment, while they exchanged notes of ardeut
glances with the carelessness of lover* so
beside themselves with their pa*.«i>tn i r
each other as to scorn to employ any m
to conceal their extraordinary intimu-’v
The average visitor who visits the galiei i ^
of congress goes tliere to gossin and stuo/
the personal peculiarities of prumine: t
]*eople, so that it is safe to say that several
hundred people each day lazily and m-tii-
ciously followed every movement o! the
foolish creatures who found life too short
for the affectionate intercourse of private
hour* alone to satisfy them. During the
last extra sessiou Mrs. Sprague’s otte iaance
on the senate became
than it had ever before,
through interesting or stupidly and excru-
VOL. XII., NO. 9
ever, notice the doors b8h
open slightly, while’the dn^ky
drop tlie note into the hands
waiting tBLrecelve it Even thei
but little attempt at conceahnr
ling would run to his desk, tear^_ .
envelope and eagerly read the«pte iu-
closed.
These incidents were the property
_. r every person who visited the
senate during tlie lait extra session, but no
one but Matt Carpenter was ever bold
enough to permit Conkling to see that he
understood what was going on. Upon the
occasion of Conkliug*s receiving con
gratulatory note at the close of hi- great
speech Carpenter assumed his most rakish
air ami went up and chucked the dignified
Conkliug in his ribs wiin a hilarious
chuckle, as if to say: “Oh. yon lucky dog.
you!” But it was noticed that Conkling
became very stiff and red at this assump
tion of plea antry. and .that Car-
l*enter at once gave up lib chaffing.
During the closing nights of the extra
session Mrs. Sprague, in a ve 1 .loW-brown
dress of summer goods striped w ith a dark
er brown. a c! aster of roses at her throat
and a black lace baton her brown hair, fol
lowed Mr. Conkling with unflagging atten
tion. 8l»e was present during ihe terrible
Lamar-Conkliug episode, and it b to her
presence that every one attribute* Mr.
Coukling’s excessive arrogance an drop vin
dictive savagery of reply which *ew out
Lamar's caustic closing remark: ‘‘They
“ ere word* such as no good man wijjild de-
lt is asserted by those who
with authority that Conkung has been
more or less influenced by Mrs. Sprague for
sum* time. It is believed, that he bad pre
pared a sjieech attacking the decision of the
electoral commission, aud would have de
livered it, but .for the arguments and fasci
nations of Kate Chase Sprague, who persua
ded him to the opixuite course.
Utica, N. Y., August 13.—Tlie statement
that Senator Conkling had an altercation
with ex-Gorernor Sprague of Rhode Island,
at Narragansett Pier, created little or no
surprise at the senator’s home. For years
hb neighbors have been predicting some
such outcome of the gallantries for which
Conkliug b noted. Before hb marriage be
was a gay boy, and just across th- Mohawk
river, in the neighboring town of Deerfield,
youth whose presence strongly suggests
the senior senator. When tins slight-
mi tided yokel comes to Utica, the initiated
wink knowingly, and contemplating the
curl that bangs the boy’s forehead they
murmur “Ru&coe.”
Tlie feeling against Conkling in Utica has
been growing in bitterness since hb refusal
to come home to attend bis daughter’s wed
ding. Shortly after adjournment of the ses
sion he came here ( and although hb daughter
and son-in-law live on the same street with
him, distant only two blocks, Conkling ha*
not called on his child, neither has he re-
cognized his sou-iii-law. When a young
man Coukling’s amours gave hb father
great uneasiness. The old gentleman, who
waa a model of virtue himself, frequently
admonished hb head-strong sou. but to no
purpose. When Conkling became suitor for
the hand of the lady who afterward became
hb wife, Governor Seymour, the lady’s
brother, strongly objected to the match.
Conkling persevered, aud on one occasion
Governor Seymour invited him to the door
of the Seymour mansion and showed
him down the steps into the street.
Roscoe triumphed, and for the
sake of appearance a peace
was patched up between the two families.
When, in 1868, Seymour was a candidate for
the presidency Uticans were at first sur
prised at the vehemence of the denuncia
tion of tlie governor by brother-in-law
C;mkling, but presently it became apparent
that the young matt was paying off an old
grudge of his precarious courtship of the
governor’s sister. The governor, .who is
d-eply attached to his sbter, paid no atten
tion to Coukling's abuse, and the result was
that after the lordly senator had traduced
hi in for some months he made a show of
friendship for hb dbtingubbed relative.
Governor Seymour, with characteristic
nobleness of character, never alluded to the
more than partisan abuw which Conkling
heaped upon him in the memorable cam
paign of 1868.
Of late years Conkling has been much
separated from hb wife, and scandal has
been busy with bis name. It has been un
derstood here that, becoming enamored of
the wife of Pension-Agent Howe, of New
York, he sustained intimate relations with
her for some time. The husband sued for
divorce, and in a very short time he wa»
dismiss^ from the office of pension agent
Conkling’s name has been mixed up with
that of Kate Chase Sprague for some years
past It is well known in Washington that
the Blaines, the Sitgreaves and the Jessops
have frequently ignored the lady iu ques
tion because of her too ardent admiration
of the senator with the byperion curl.
Miss Blair, when conversing with a Utica
FISHING FOR FACTS.
THE DRIPPING AXE
RUMMAGING AMONG THE BUREAUS.
Tua Progress nf th* Proceedings Against th*
Comptroller-General—History of PrsTions
Impeachment* in Georgia—Th*
Question of Expose*.
church property, at from eight to six per cent per
advertisement was inserted in news-
here and in all parts of the south,
and many are the editor* who will mount AND THE TERRIBLE TALE IT TELLS,
when they read these lines. The proposi
tion contained in thb advertisement was
about as liberal and accommodating a one Th* Latest Details of tha Terrible Tragedy Nar
The expectation that the articles of iru-
penchmen! would be reported by the judi
ciary committee Tues iav was not realized.
Quite an extensive audience gathered to
hear the grave indictment submitted, but
were not gratified with a knowledge of its
contents. The committee has fouud it no
child’s play to put into form the piultiplied
and complex charges and .*q>ecifications
which are to be embodied in the document.
COitlSG IS TO-DAY.
It was almost authoritatively stated yes
terday that the report would lie completed
and the articles ready for presentation to
day. The committee will present them
and they will be read. They will then have
to be adopted by a vote of the house as its
charges agairst tlie comptroller-general.
These will then be taken in h nd by the
managers and the senate notified of their
adiness to exhibit them. Upon their pre-
»tat ion to the senate the whole house b
cpected to accomi*ny tlie mauagens and
be present.
D | banl!y PSHpev that the- tjhigh
court of impeachment” will be organized
permanently before Monday next. The
uecesaa*y preliminaries to give the proceed
ing* a smooth send-off will certainly occupy
all the intervening time.
THE LENGTH OF THE TRIAL
is a matter of calculation among members
but the estimates are necessarily unreliable
from the fact that no decisio*n has been
made as to the length of the daily sessions
oi the court.
Chief Justice Warner is reported assay
ing that he would feel greatly relieved if
he could only have safe assurance that the
trial would not occupy all of four week*.
When it is remembered that the commit
tee* alone took testimony for fully thirty
days, and that the high cxmrt will not only
have_ to travel over all that ground again
and investigate at length various other mat
ter* upon which those committee* did not
touch, a faint glimmer of the magni
tude of the imjieuding trial may be
bad. All estimates which * place
the duration of the trial short of three
weeks, ai best, tuay be safely called absurd.
To one who has any knowledge of such
trials the truth is only too apparent that
weeks will lengthen beyond the monthly
line before the verdict will be asked of the
senators sitting as jurors.
Judge Warner announces a desire to s|>eed
the matter in every possible way ami is
Uiug'to work as continuously to the end
possible. At the same time he thinks
the senate should take turn to forward its
legislative work and not pet mi*, the trial to
iuierfcre with it
WHAT IT WILL COST.
The question of the expense attending
this trial is one that is interesting no few of
the member*. Estimates upon this item
vary widely, running all the way from
$10,000 to $30,000. That the first named
figures is the very lowest price of the pro
ceeding is certain, allowing that the trial
can be finished, inside of three weeks. In
cluding per diem, witnesi fees, printing,
reporting and all the necessary incident
al expenses of the trial, the best
figures we have seen made are
$15,000, and it is thought the
biRa can be fairly paid with that sain.
Whatever it may cost the liability is now
virtually incurred, and it will be no use to
stickle and haggle over the matter. The
state can well afford to bear the expense if
th >reby the political atmosphere is purified
and the escutcheon of her civil service bur
nished free of every blemish.
FBEVH I i IMPEAUMKMTS.
Hon. Salem Dutcher, of Augusta, has col
lected some facts regarding previous im
peachment trials in Georgia, wtiicli are per
tinent at this point. We give them for the
information they contain.
’ 1701—Henry Osborne, judge of the supe
rior court. for election irregularities’" °-
vunnah. Result not rec >rded.
1800—John Berrien, ex-state treasurer, for
embezzling $9,050 52 of the “Yazoo de-
iNxdt,” and opening the scaled |>ackage of
said deposit. Case dismissed. Trial lasted
ten daj s.
1808—Obadiah Echols, Reddick Simms
and Francis Flournoy, land commissioners,
tor selling lands illegally for gain and mak
ing /al*e returns. They were found guilty,
removed, disqualified, fined $1,800 and im
prisoned in Oglethorpe jail. Trial lasted
er a month.
1824—John Lovering, Samuel Jackson
Imvi U—Thecriea in the Cm®—'Tho Strang*
Conduct o An Gnnn—Th* Division
of th* Old P*od1»'s Property.
_ the most captious could desire. It was a
taking scheme to say the least of it.
Many persons here in the city and front
elsewhere at once proceeded to get a por
tion of this idle money. That ts to siy,
they attempted to do so. Application after We presented 1: st week an excellent like-
appliration roiled in, and it really looked as ncss of Martin Defuor and his wife who were
though the con^ro must do a lively bust- murdered in their bed sir miles from Al
ness. Whitcomb fussed and fidgetted about lantaou the Jceville road. The old man
as though he had the dwbursement of mil- WJW »eventy-six years of age—the old woman
lions on his hands, and it was really a favor seventy-nine. Tliev had lived for thirty
to get hint to su.p and talk to a.fellow, i vean , beneath the roof where they were
There wa* not the slightest breath of suspi- j murdered, aud^dunug all that time had en-
~ un. joyed the confidence and esteem of all who
knew them. Indeed they were most
cion that the institution wa* all correct,
some months ago, when an article ap
peared in one of tho New’ Orleans journals
exposing the fraudulent and swindling op
erations of a branch of the association in
that city. This article was copied into The
Constitution, and created a considerable
stir in the Dowery circles. Mr. Whitcomb
rushed up with papers and letter* to show
that he was all O. K., and that his business
wa* legitimately conducted. He also
claimed that it was his hidden hand that
. pled over the bogus departments in that
city.
The result was that suspicion seemed to
been allayed and still tue tide of would-
borrowers rolled past his door, and out
it new and fresh victim* were dragged in-
every day. Numbers of those who had ap
plied now begau to compare notes and
TEST THE TECTU
the reasons assigned for the delays in the
•an* that were wanted. They found that
they Lad all severally applied and com
i»lied with the rules of the association,
mt no money had come to them.
Whispers of sharp practice were started, and
gentleman, ha* alluded to Mrs. Sprague a* and Fleming F. Adrain. land conuuis-
“lliat person.” When tho ex-governor’s sioners, for embezzling public fund*, “rais-
wtfe was in Columbus, Ohio, she was also ing” land grants, etc. Found not guilty as
tabooed socially. I to Lovering; nol. pros, as to others. Trial
A prominent official of Oneida county. | lusted three week*.
*lH*akingof the Narragansett Pier alterca- 1832—Shad rack Bogan, commissioner nf
tion here to-day, said: “Why, when I was land and gold lotteries, for fraudulent draw-
in Washington that winter it was a matter of i ng*. Found guilty, removed atul disqual-
common report that Conkliug wa* com- I ifietl for twenty years. Trial lasted two
pletely infatuated with Mrs. Sprague. If I weeks.
A" »;.i ie -peecli she was in the gallery; if I No one of these cases approached the
*'•* * ■’•k a carriage ride she was at bis side; I magnitude of the Goldsmith case by matiy
sc was always open to him. When degrees. TJie trials were speedily and
'■ -*de *bat midnight speech Kate Chase economically carried forward, und yet they
. ague was in the ladies’ gallery. She I cost in proportion more than tlie highest
'>«>ed until two o’clock in the morning. I estimates made for the coming trial.
The senators would nudge one another and XIIIBTm AT w . 1Rlf
remark: ’Conk’s audience is all here.’ ” 7 TUIRTEE * AT #
Mrs. Sprague is a handsome matron, not | session of the committee of^ thirteen
quite forty, gifted with rare charms of per-1 " as * ie j” yesterday, but the committee con-
-on and possessing brilliant conversational I venestbia morning to hear some testimony
power*. The se ior senator from New upon matters not before touched upon but
York has found her societv every way l which are of the utmost importance. What
agreeable. 1 developments may be made it ts impossible
The Utica Observer prints a column giv- anticipate, but that something serious
£ue's atte idance ing mainly the version of the altercation M ias been scented may be inferred from the
more m.*.rious th»t appeared in tlie New York World. Ed- reassembling of the committee and the
Eariv aod late itorially tlie Olxrver says of Mrs. Sprague: I summoning of distant witnesses. Whatever
ddlv *and event-1 "it was either her misfortune or her fault I J 3 l ‘ e result it will be promptly reported
ciatini dull days she wm alwiy* found in f ™.“ » very early age she has been if
a. unflagging attendance " - ' - 1 Ok—h——■
back to the bouse for its action.
the" official re-1 Tolved in scandals, before she was sixteen, I where will the court bit?
iiorters."' WTien she was ready to retire Mr. I and when her father was governor of Ohio, There is a general determination man!-
Conkling always accorai»anied her to her I *be made a great social commotion at Co-1 upon the ;>art of the public to see and
carriage. During one of the first all night I !utubus. Afterward, when her father wa* I kuow as much of the impeachment pro-
sessions of tlie prolonged debate of I secretary of the treasury, the W ash tug ton I ceedingsas possible and there will be a ga»
this lost extra session, Mrs Sprague 1 floeeips were filled to overflowing with ac- I 0 f spectator* at every sitting of the court,
sat in the front row of the pri-1 counts of her behavior. Whenshemarried|p u bii ccur i 03 ityisgrtatlyurotisedconcem-
vate gallery seats watching until 3 o’clock) it was supposed that she would govern her I j n g ^e trial and the inquiry is constantly
in the moniing. This made such an up-1 conduct with more circumspection.” made: “Where will the court sit?”
roar of scandalous gossip among the sena- I The Utica Herald, whose editor, ex-con-l Several suggestions have been made upon
tor* and attetxLuita of the senate that Mrs. I gressman Lilts H. Roberts, is knowing to I t j ie j,j ea that the senate chamber is far too
Sprague, Ute next night, flanked heraeif j Conkling slittieindiscretions says: J sma n for the crowds to attend upon the
with tiro ladies, the perfect pinks of respect- The affair at the summer residencei of hearing of the cause, and we give some of
ability. Mis. SenatorBlaiiw and Mrs. Don Hw-jor Sprague will render public scandal* lbem . *
Cameron. Mra Blaine is a most experi-1 * hteh ». •* the part of decency to conceal. j t j 9 suggested that the court
enced lady in Washington iife, while Mrs. | rhv-e who have had the cux Ty^, st ^ 1 i e * I sit in the hall of the house
Cameron w a quiet ladylike, iunocent wo-1 fowl upon them will not wondlf that the 0 / representatives and establish a bar
. who would be the last one to suspect I injured husband has shot now, but 1 inside which shall be admitted only those
wrong. Tne mean* eiuplujed nv Mrs. { has not before attempted to defend I wb0t under like circumstances, would be
Sprague to protect oerselt' with the presence I his honor. But he has long conducted hint-1 en titled to euter upon the floor in the sen-
o! these two ladies mart have been purely M *> ■» ** command no great sympathy. ate chamber.
political ones. They remained with her J The scandals are so flagrant that they can I Another idea is, to hold the court
during the greater part of :l a night session.! *xwr hardly fail to become notorious. I ^nate chamber and limit the admission
and for a time the gossips were choked | It is rumored to-mglit that MfffcCqnkHng 1 the galleries by the issuance of tickets,
down. Surely if Mrs. Blame and Mr*. J will soon apply fora divorce. Ihetecfent de-1 j n the Andrew Johnson case, each senator
Cameron could approve of Mrs. Sprague’s ( velopmenta, u is claimed, having reopened r am j party in interest being allowed the dis
course, others need not be too rigorous. 1 Ute breach that was supposed to have been I tributton of so many tickets daily.
Wnea Mr Conkling made his first lo-'g | settled lately between Roscoe and bereelL j ^ f ew have suggested the renting and
speech in debate, his private secretary re-1 I ase of the opera bouse as a place that could
tained a seat in the special gallery for Mrs. j A Carload or Silver. I he adapted to the comfort and convenience
Sprague, and *at by her side to protect her I The passenger train of the Western and 1 of the court and the ample accommodation
from the enormous crowd that I Atlantic railroad, which reached this city I of the public.
packed the galleries on that occasion. When I Sunday night brought with it a carload of I —
he had conciudtd, and was surrounded by I silver bullion, which was taken on at DalJ I ii unNrY M „
a crowd of eagt r associates warm in their I ton. The baUion was in the shape of brick* ‘ u
congratulations, it was noted that Mrs. | weighing 100 poands each. The precious
congratulations, u was noted tnat airs, i weighing 100 pounds eacn. me precious 4 . __ . . ...
Sprague seised a card from the secretary 1 white metal was from the Philadelphia I Bn * Where l» Mr. Whitcomb and Ilia
_ *7 i _ i: .1 __i» .u. I . - i .i._ /\.i* I Pnnil.rnnw Kabt
Ponderooi Safe?
months ago a gentlemanly party
ami scratched a line thereon in all the hot | mint and was en route to the New Orleans
haste of eager enthusiasm. The secretary I mint. It went forward to stay. An offl-
caught the note and disappeared. A mo- c ial was along with the bullion looking af- e lab-.rate grav*ide-whi*ker-and tnous-
raeut after he wa* seen approaching Senator I. ter its safety. Many of the passengers on 1 n in .rily figure and iordlv carriage
Conkling. who turned away from half a J board of the train were much interested over I descendedin the gate city, and at once pre-
d.«zen senators who stood with outstretched [ the sight | pa.ed to make him.-elf at home. His “dis-
t an gay” appearance gave him audience '
he same state, were guests of the Shawn
h iuse, Tuesday.
Habra Harrell, who ha* had fiva year’s
experience in the penitentiary, was arrested
and lodged in jail Sat imiav night last, by
Sheriff Burkett Marshal .Smart and
Waters, constable, under a warrant from
Muscogee county, charging "assault with
intent to murder” a Columbus policeman
and a negro.
Our merchants are busy receiving large
stocks of fall good* and clerks.
Work on the buildings of Mrs. T. R Hun-
ncywell and Dr. A. T. Bourn has com
menced. Mr. Tve puts up two brick stores
for her and one for Mr Bourn eighty feet in
^{iamdt «t Son and J. F. Dickinson are
going to have brick extensions added to
their * tores on Broad street
The torpid state of the fighting market
was “upN*t” yesterday. Two gentlemen.
bands and eagerly read this little note. As
he glanced over it a d*ep dash of pleasure
passed over his face, while he put the note
Nx
F»*te»t lime. 1 business circles, and hi* letters appeared
August IL— Edwin Forrest, | regular and conclusive os to bis integrity
her of the executive committee John Mi
Rae, of Montgomery. The fourth congres
sional district nominated Jas H. Fannin,
of Troup, for vice-president, and M. R-
fUtasell, of Carioll, f.*r member of the exec
utive committee. The fifth congreosional _
district nominated J. C. Middlebrooks. of Arnran and Loeb. had a “spute” ard »lung
pike, for vice-president, and for member words and jelly glasses at each other fari-
of the executive committee George W. 1 onsly for a few momenta. No blood—the
Adams, of Monroe. The sixth congweakm- ** a*
al district nominated Hon. L. F. Living-
stou, of Newton, for vice president and tor
««jnrii)b ri f ib* executive committee A J.
, o! Bib*. The seventh coogresoioral
diistnci itomtoated George H. waring.^of
airuiv, for vice-president, and for member
3the executive committee, T. Horne, of
Wt't field. The eighth
ury, and chief justice
supreme court and always extremely
economical, the savings of this long life did
uot exceed $A>,0iM. At the time of his death
hi* sole property was Edgewood. and the
value of this was peatly diminished by the
shrinkage iu real estate consequent upon
the (<a*dc of 1873. ln addition to this, the
vast improvement* made by the board of
public works, as engineered by the Wash
ington ring, entailed such enormous assess
ments upon this property that it would
have scarcely sold for ihe tax-liens against
it. When ex-Seriator William Sprague, of
Rhode Island, married Miss Kate Chase, the
Sprague*, of Rbo*le island, were million
aire*, and tlie senator not only controlled
the politics of the state, but he and Ins
family, from this princely income,
were among the most liberal contributors to
the republ nxn national campaign fund.
Mi>* Kate Ciuee wss in face and form one
of the loveliest women that ever graced
Washington society. Her wit and vivacity
of conversation equaled her wonderful
mfeeile* missed. physical perfection, and combined to make
Tom Clark, living near here, killed a large her one of the most fascinating creatures of
rattlesnake iuesdsy. It was six feet long; modern times. She was a shrewd, keen
fifteen inches in circumference, and had | woman of the world, and her ambition for
fifteen rattles and a button. j social and political distinction was the can-
TUe heaviest rain that has fallen on our ker that eternally gnawed at her heart,
earth since Uncle Noah’s little shower, fell 1 The pardonable desire to see her father pres-
upoo os last Su .day evening, lasting two ident of the United States wss for exceeded
'boors. We are having two ranch rain and by her ar V*jon to preside at the white
tonal district nominated M. C. Fulton, cloudv weather. CaTterpillare are increas- { boose and feign as the first lady in our re-
of McDuffie, for vice-president, and for ing. endangering king cotton’s prospects publican u>urt. Her undemanding was
member of the executive committee, P. J. seriously. naturally broad, and from childhood the
Berckman. of Richmond. Oar colored base-ban dub. Oriental*, and had been the pet and companion of her
Tim ninth congre—tonal district norai- ’ the “Lone Stars.” black stars, of Quincy, 1 father, and thus affairs of state claimed
nated Dr. W. 8. J««e*. of Clarke, for vice- , Florida, played a match game yesterday. 1 more of her attention than the fobberiee
president, and lor member of the executive 1 The former won by a score of fifteen to \ and frivolitira of society. Indeed these lat-
^m pi ary Christian* and inoffensive
in the last degree. It seems hard
that these old people afJer having liveil so
long and so uprightly—after having accu
mulated by honest toll a su • ciency of the
world’* goods to maintain them comforta
bly in iheir old age—it seems very hard in
deed that they should have been made the
victims of the most terrib’e tragedy known
to the annals of Fulton county. They were
the last persons in the world from whom
violence could be expected, and lienee the
last persons u|»on whom violence should
have spent itself. Aud yet a cool, deliber
ate, damuablc murder ushered them into
another world^-a murder so horrid
in the plan and so savage
and brutal in the execution
that the stoutest heart cannot contemplate
it unmoved. The day after the crime The
Constitution gave tlie full particulars, de
tailing with unusual minuteness the cir
ca tus’nnces, the ap|»earance of things in tlie
bouse, around the house, and throughout
the entire premises.
One week after the crime tlie only valua-
bies missed—tlie notes and the money—
fact, it had not made a loan during the I were found in an old-fashioned pitcher nj»on
{•eriodof it* establishment. I a table in the comer of the very room in
The processes by which theconcem got hold I which the deed had been done. Scouting
f the money of the innocent people who parties scoured the couni ry in every direc-
took stock in the enterprise were almost I tion. Every mind in the community wa*
without number. They are highly respect-1 excited, and every eye was strained,
able pariies. They say the book* weie‘ not I Reward* were offered by tlie rel-
shown them when they asked to know the]a*ives of the deceased and
real mode* and tactics of the association. (by the governor—the whole police, for a
Thev found that the scheme wa* the time, seemed to have dedicated themselves
fork of an eminently shrewd man. The (to the search for the perpetrators of this
barter is general and plays nothing more I crime, without the shadow of a palliation
the affair than to shield the operators or the semblance of a parallel in the history
__ nn the law* against swindling, false pre-1 nf Georgia Many arrest* were made, but
fences am! clear robbery. It requires that I the negroes, u|miii showing their where-
loans shall be made only to stockholders. Iaboiita U|»on the night of the crime, were
These shares of stock were sold to the appli-1 promptly and justly released. Theory ran
cants and three years’ instalments of from I wild, and fact seemed lost forever in the
$25 to $40 were to be actually paid in even I mists of mystery. Suspicion ran riot, and
before the person could be )iermit-1 was just in the act of pointing ita trembling
ted to file a desire for a loan. This finger at the kinsman of the deceased,when
preliminary having been safely attended I sympathy shielded him with her hallowed
to, the application wa« sent forward to the I wing. And then Asa Gunn wa*
home office” in Washington City, whence I brought, with his wonderful confession,
i never returned again. Scores of our i*eo*| inculpating a white man and another
pie were thus inveigled into the scheme, I negro. Thorough search wa* nt ’de for
and their money disappeared in a hurry. | these pcrsitis in the county from which
The murmurs become loud and pronounced, I A*a said they sprang, but no such men
and some of the language used could not I were to be found. And then Asadenied all
permitted in these column*. The pub- | knowledge of the killing, saying that the
. in fact, appeared to have smelt a mouse I bite from the dog, the blow* from the spade,
that wa* by nomannerof mean.* a dintinu- land the horrible threats of his captors had
tive one. I frightened hint into a confession, the words
• «o.\E u li it merino. I of which were not his word*, but had been
Wednesday it was annum.,-ed that the put into hta mouth by men believing in his
manager” had made his exodus from our I Rh'D and hungry for Ins conviction. And
midst aud that his absence was liable to be *£«” Asa was carried out to the scene of
declared epidemic. The signs about u, e the tiwwly, and it was thought by many
office were bad. The occupant* were gone, I P*<*Hent men r'f* th ® thinpj
llie safe gone, the general mogul of the he . . P°, m,cd , out ,. a, ' d
ranche was gone, having uceeSfully bat-1''!» answers which he gave forever fixed
lleil the deteetives. He left no words 0 f I him as the guilty man, and the only gniUy
comfort behind him. He only said that |™“? 10 c ? n . ,lc f J on , *' 1,h ,f he whole affinr.
all complaints should be settled through ,!| it a quiet, collected gentle.ua,. whoiwent
the “home office ” I out btm said thatAsa was again threat-
The losses which it is supposed have been fned and prompted and so intimidated by
entailed upon the unwary applicants is set ,h « crowd which was present, that he told
down jit I a medley of lies which would have awak-
SIX thousand dollabs. e ' ,ed ‘h® e "Ty of Munchausen and kindled
.. . . . ,, , 1 the admiration of Fork ms. And the pub-
this not a cent may be exinrcted back | i( . 5ilid tbat A «n had been shamefully
again. It is^ not the policy of dealers in 1 and should bo released because he
sueh enterprises to pay back the losses of lia , confessed under duress, and it didn’t
their victims. . Some money in the share of believe in confession anyhow. And the
was supposed to have been done, is
an old, dull and gapj>ed instrument and
shows but one or two indications
of blood, which possibly was the blood of a
chicken killed the night before. That the
assassin should have stopped after murder
ing two persons to destroy the evidences of
hts crime upon the ax blade by rubbing it
in ashes, is considered a very absurd and
unusual action for a murderer. What use
to rub out the blood on the ax when there
were horrible gashes left in the necks of the
aged pair that no power on earth could rub
out or obliterate? The murder, it is claim
ed, was d«ne with
A HEAVY DIRK OR BOWIR KNIFE.
The cuts were clean and smooth, severine
arterira, tumbles and vertebras. In the
SSrJiS °y.“ an „ th ®y wont through the
cloth of hts shirt-collar. An axe, and such
an axe iu that described, could not have
made such gashes, or such a cut. It is said
that it would have been difficult to have so
cut the necks of these people with the
sharpest of axes, while they lay upon yield-
mgpillows and a springy bed.
o is under the present accu-
UAD SUCII A KNIFE,
will, a long, heavy; blade, like a butcher's
knife. He exhibited it from his person
the day before the murder and
threatened with it to chop in two a dog that
had made a feint to attack him.
The fact that the negro and hu wife dis
appeared from the vicinity almost lima,
upon the discovery of the murder
added another link to the chain that
Detecttve Jones wm putting together.
After careful hunting and inquinr he
found a negro man to whom this party, the
day after the murder,
PAID A DOLLAR AUD A HALF
in dimes and nickels, such as were missed
from the pockets of the old man Defoor.
This money was paid to the negro on con
sideration that should he be ques
tioned about the other one lie was
to ray that the payer and his
wife hail stayed all night with him in his
house. 'Hie fact is that the negro did not
stay, nor did hts wife, but came early next
morning.
8till another one of the strong indications
of tlie guilt of this party is tlie fact, as
stated, that his wife, in her exile with hint,
IS WEARING MRS. DEFOOR’g SHAWL,
which was taken from the house on the
night of the murder and was not missed
until subsequemiy. This is said to be an
indubitable fact and is considered a clinch
ing piece of evidence against the accused.
The negro, when found, wa* more
than a hundred miles away
tn Alabama and, as he sus
pected, safe from all suspicion or pur-
8,, .„ . '* e ha* been run down, however, and
will be brought back to explain these dam
aging facts appearing against him. It is a
matter of curious sj»eculatioti in all these
theories to fix
A MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME,
since mere robbery does not appear to have
t»eeti the chief incentive. Indeed there ap-
IK’ars to have been considerable pains
taken by tlie murderer to leave behind the
evidence that he was not killing for the
money results to be obtained then and
there. The detective feels assured that in
the WPtnre of tho |«rty he is after he ha9
also taken that which will unlock the deep
mystery. Until his return there will be
keen curiosity to know the result
CRIME AND*CASUALTY.
HKxrsTKAD, Tex., August 5.—The recent
dreedful murder of K. R. llooth. Esq,, a
promising lawyer in this town, recalls the
many murders and assassinations that have
occurred in this (Waller) county during
the post year. The list is a terrible one.
p irst, ts the massacre of the Lynch family,
occurred iu the fall of 1878
te southeastern part of this
county, and was so horrible as to
exceed belief, and its publication in the
northern states was put down as a canard.
deposits awaitmg a decision upon the loan men who took Asa out-tbat is, some of
applications were g.ven back, because to Lhsm—said .he is undoubtedly the
h »v« retained them would have been emu- | man> the on ] y aI ,j s i, aU surely
die. And they led him back to jail where
iual.
D Is pretty certain that the publication he ia stiu confessing and denying, and
I The CoxsTtnmoK of the fraudulent I | } .j ni! nnd pe-iying, and lyiug yet again,
doings of the New Orleans concern had a But the stern facts printoi by Thb Cox-
rent influence in keeping men from this STITtmo , in iL , ,l ra , elaborate review still
•mcern, thereby saving to the people much I remain.
money. I The murderer was |»erfectly familiar with
what captain MiLLEDGE sats: I habits of the eld people and the pretu-
Captain John Milledge was seen by the | iww.
reporter. His firm, Milledge <fc Ellis, was The murder was not committed for the
appointed and retained a* counsel to the j purpose of burglary. The money was left,
association. The retaining fee was paid, I The murder was not committed from a
but one case was brought to them and in it I motive of revenge. The old people had no
they examined the titles merely. | enemies. The murder was the result of
Captain Milledge say* that Whitcomb I a deep plan. An active brain laid it.
cante highly endorsed by public men and I The murder may have been done
merchants. lie accepted tne fee, and tl-elf r “hire and salary.” Why not? The
business of his firm was to legally serve the | murderer may have been playing for futures,
concern in these matter*of law. He know* | Why not?
nothing of Whitcomb or his whereabouts, | The motive for the murder is shrouded
and is astonished at his disappearance. The I in the deej>est mystery!
flrin had no knowledge of ai.ytl.iiig about additional carticilabs.
the office except the prosecution of their l v .. . „ . .. .
legitimate business or professional employ- _ “'.‘'V* w “ *"7“1
ment when it should be needed, | Justice Tanner for trial. He waived an ex'
There will he anxious inquiries for Whit- anunat.on and went back to ia.i. He say
comb and a., earnest desire on tlie |>art of I tlmt * le l ,r o. ve aI > Z^ 111 l ia [ ® n ® ld "
f his distinguished ">8.. who lives six miles beyond th.
rep »rted to be | u I < hattahooche will swear that he speut that
Washington. It is there the "home office” rernble Friday night under his roof.
and it is beyond question that those wl.o I wif w!i detective, left on
, mulcted will feel disposed to make «' e ^^ iiG™
any and prompt "home" mns for the re-U> im *'„ He *«* «>',(>. ldn ^ a reiinisition
. _ very of their money. We fear they
duped beyoud redemption, but they
have the consolation that they were swin
dled by a scheme with a flue large name.
many and prompt "home" mns fertile Hc took wilh h , .nare.iuisn , °n
covery of tneir money. We fear they are E ™'", ®“ vern , or ® 0,< i ,u,t "P”" tl e
J j j l of Alabama for a man whom he it confident
is the right one.
I From the ordinary we lean) that the De
foor property has been divided among the
I heirs. The property amounted to about
I $6,000. Tliere were four heirs: Mrs. Walker,
I Mrs Leonhardt, daughter* of Mr. Defoor;
A ««» ™.,vw, rv.,,.1,. ti,. n and J. W. Moore, ton of Mr. Torn Moore,
‘ and T. H. Jeffreya. The dwelling went to
allthe other women in the world. Mra. Walker. We learn that it was sold by
—It WM a Jeraeyman who asked why I her to Mr Moore last week and has been
‘» r vice-presi-1 torn down by that gentleman, who proposes
IN GENERAL.
i erecting a barn upon
San key wa* always ranuiu
dent on the Moody ticket. I to use the lumber
-Tiiere is said to be a great deficit in tlie I his place,
silk crop of France, Italy, Spain and Portu-1 Each heir received $1,500—one-fourth of
gal, in comparison with former years. I the property. Mr. T. H. Jeffrey* took as
—Kev. Newman Hall s church Iim 1^251 His share the notes and money, amounting
communicants. In its various schools there | ^ a .^, ut 8Um ’_ w, . l fi t “ e understanding
5,000 scholars and 400 teachers.
—A Pennsylvania man wilh two wooden
¥• “ theacceptad suitor of a New York | e ftyZeadi taking his or her pro raw ‘upon
widow with a wooden arm and a glass eye. I a r ^ liv Uion of the whole.
An Albany man advertises for “a girl I
to work tn hair.” He is evidently a baclie-1 Detective Jones’* Theory,
lor.—Utica Observer. I The theories upon the subject of the
—About 40,000 baskets of peaches arrive I Defoor murder are by no means exhausted,
in New York daily, and yet tlie crop has) There are no leas than a half dozen detec-
beeu “killed” in every conceivable way. (tives working out a half dozen *e)>aratc
—There's a great deal of ple-eat-y in the | theorits. arirnnf from their several^ «orabb
nonnem states was put down as a canard.
It will be remembered tliat Lynch, a respect
able farmer, whose wife had (lied a short
time previously, was awakened out of his
sleep, by the report of a pistol and a ball
striking him Tho ball went through his
lungs, aud that was all he remembered
until he found himself in a lane outside
his yard and his house in flames, in which
ms two young daughters—one a beautiful
girl, of seventeen—and five other children
{•crislicd. A singular circumstance
was that the manner in which
the charred bodies of ihe seven chil
dren were found showed that they
had not turned or changed theix positions
in their beds. It ever has been tne bolief
that they were first murdered and then the
house tired to cover up the crime. The mo
tive and the perjietrators of this dreadful
human sacrifice to the flames have since
remained a profound mystery, nor have tlie
authorities of the country or of the state
ever m*de any attempt to ferret out tlie
authors of the massacre. Tlie devils incar
nate that sent these poor innocent children
to eternity are yet unknown, and it now
looks as if they will so remain until the
secrets of all api»ear in the great day of ac
counts.
The Lynch massacre, dreadful as it was
—more appalling than anything the In
dian* ever did in Texas—has been followed
by a series of a*sa**i nation* scarcely less
terrible. The next in this list of blood was
the murder of a quiet, inoffensive young
man, Robert Finklea, in Hempstead,during
the winter, by a cattle owner and stock
man, IL W. Crawford. Tlie murder oc
curred in a saloon about midnight, the
body of tlie murdered man being dragged
across the street and left on the steps^ of
another barroom, to lead to the conclusion
that the killing had occurred there. The
blood was washed up from tlie floor where
the unfortunate Finklea was shot down,
nor has his murderer since been seen.
Close upon tlie heels of the death of
Finklea followed tlie assassination of Ed
ward Greer and Lewis Cooper, both, good
citizens and the latter a constable, in the
southern [tart of the county. Cooper was
unarmed and was shot down while begging
for his life and his little children. His
murder was a cold-blooded and deliberate
one, and yet his murderer, John O. Greer,
was given but five year* in the state peni
tentiary.
that the' amount of these notes which can" 1 I-** *P" n g * dreadful and cold-blooded
pot be collected shall be rosde up to him i*, d0 °I ^
-A Pennsylvania nran will! two wooden | otber ,, eirs frou , the whole prop- Methodist church of Hempstead. A young
legs is the accepted suitor of a New York | taking his or her pro raw upon man named Kirby, having a grudge against
an old gray haired man, John Steele, hear
ing that he was in the congregation at
chur- h, it being Sunday, procured a revol
ver ami stationed hitnself at the door till
tlie congregation was dismissed. Steele was
about the first to step forth, when Kirby
deliberately shot him down. There was not
an ameliorating circumstance about the
murder, and yet tlie court of appeals of
Texas gave the murderer bail in $10,000, it
being charged by the local paper, the Wal
ler County Courier, that money had been
used with the court.
Tlie next terrible assassination was Thom
as Loggins, a respectable’ citizen. *fbo,
—N. h y!*People. C ‘ ^‘ Herr? pi«i pi««. | d „ u “ 2522SiE
•Mary leads her little lamb
Around by silken tether—
ihe calls her little lambkin “I
Because It is a wether.
the mysterious tragedy. One of these still-
bunts hc* about reached its climax and
prompt action been taken to test the accu
racy of the conclusions reached.
A MOLE COMES TO THE SURFACE.
in his pocket aud locked a warm glance of 1 driven by John Murphy, mode the fastest U( i reliability. He professed to be, and ...
thanks to Mrs. Sprague, who wa* eagerly 1 mile that was ever trotted in the world yes-1 tiave no doubt was, the manager for a new
atching him from the gallery. Th.s o|»en I terday afternoon on a three-quarter mile I department, to be opened iu ihis city, of
acknowledgement of a union of hearts was | track'on Mr. Bonner’s farm, near Tarrvtown. I the United States home and dower associa-
one of the sensations of a very in- I The first quarter was made in 32%, naif in j tj on . That institution he advertised a*
teresting afternoon. The favorite J 1:05)4. three quarters in 1:38**. and the full | having been cliariered under the law* of
amusement of spectator* who | ra ii e in 2:11%. Three watches were held | Pennsylvania in 1871, and to have been in
were fond of watching the Sprague-Conk-1 on him. The fastest made the mile in - UC c«»*ful operation ever since. It * l a
ling comedy was to siudy the ostrich-like J 2:11% and the slowest in 2:12, consequently perpetual charter and a capital of a u il i »n
art of concralmeut employed by the two in I the time, according to rule, is 2:119%. j dollar.-. $kiu,0u0of which wo* (aid up. The
writing each ottier notes. Ridiculous as it | as*ociarion was represented os having
may oeem. it is neverthel** a fact that I A Mage Baptizing- branches in all the leading cities
there was hardly ever a time when Mrs. J Madison, Ga., August 11.—Un ye*terday j „f the union, and this suave
Sprague visited the gallery that the two did afternoon a large crowd of S|*-ct*tors wit- and p!au*ible gentlt man, named E. A.
uot at once begin a correspondence, ms a I nessed the baptism of 88 negroes at “Hey- 1 Whitcomb had been sent out to Atlanta to
means of emphasizing the open glance* I fish-pond. This make* 245 that have establish the “gulf department,” with
which they were constantly exchanging, received the “baptismal rites” in conse- headquarters in this city.
r-— — v..—«... - of the late protracted meeting at t> e j The department’was established
Mr. Conkling would write Sirs, fcnrague a 1 quence of the late protracted meeting at t‘ e I The department was established with a
note, fold it up deliberately, and place it I colored baptist chnreh here. The meeting I becoming amount of solemnity. The
with a blank piece of paper and a small en- I is still progress ng with great vigor, and the I branch cf so extended and heavily capital-
velope inside of a large official envelope, I prospects are that many more will be con- I :*ed concern must hare pru|«er surround-
when a colored messenger would xppcarj veried. | ing*. The little, tidy office on Wall street
without even being snmtnoued, fluid tne I • 1 ot»|>oeite the onion de|*>t entrance, was rent-
package would be handed him. Then be I e& and fitted up almost equid to anv private
would disappear. After awhile he would 1 Special dispatch to The Constitution. banker’s parlors, and a thundering big
be seen to enter the gallery and hand the I Montezuma, Ga., August 13.—Two bales j inju safe that would hold enough money to
large envelope to Mrs. 0,1 • • tn««»i , i* l -» —- — —•— 1 d \i Un>hM l —* * *
all the ladies aboat her
vive. Mrs. Sprague was never in a nurrr. | E. De Vaughn at fifteen cent*, iu weight 1 letters emblazoned the windows with the
It was her custom to place the envelope on I was five hundred and fifty ]founds, and I DMme oi the association ai.d of the mana-
her lap and let it remain there | classed as good middling. | ^ et c. A heavy sign was erected across
the sidewalk and it was impossible for any
one to arrive in or denari from the city
—King Henry VIIL was an eccentric e . ~ ™~
ooer. He never popped th, question. He 8ineethe oommM.un of the fljstardly
t9t married a woman and are-d her after-1 crime. Detective Bill Jones, one of the vers
ward .Oman ... I abariMst, shrewdest and most successful
. s . u 0 . men in the southern field of the pro-
—The pew which W. H. Seward used to 1 fea , u hu been silently and indus-
occupy at Auburn has been made triously following a trail indicated to hb
cupboard, and is owned by a citizen of the I lnind ^ likely to bring him to the correct
town. I solution of the enigma. It is safe to say
—The dear girl who read a thriilingessay, j that not a shade of the case has escaped hb
How to Get Along in Life,” when she I scrutiny and that every feature tor and
graduated last summer, i* getting along I against hb theory has been duly weighed
nobly. She b now the mother of triplet*. I and considered. Still he b confident tbat
—Even if a bov is always whistling *7 I he has made no mistake. If he has erred,
want to be an angel,” it is just as well to it b an exceptional mishap to bis usually
keep the preserved pears on the top shelf of I correct judgment
the pantry I Yesterday he came into the capitol to
-To mike rMpberry jam—put twenty- 11 1 * 1 *® 15 ! Hi# Brranjteraenta t°
five quarts of the berries in your coat-tail I manacle the murdeker.
pocket and sit on them.—Waterloo Ob I An affidavit was sworn out bv Mr James
server. I \i. Moore.oiie of the relatives of tbeDefoors,
—The “Rev. Ann Oliver is said to be one I charging, to the b**t »*f hi* information and
of the most attractive pulpit-orator* in I l*elief. that a certain negro was the mur-
Brooklyn. Siie i* ab»>ut ;?8 year* of age, -1 h rer of the aged and unfortunate couple,
tall, slim, dark, not pretty, but exceedingly 1 Upon the bas-.s of tbt* affidavit, the gov-
graceful. 1 "nior issued a requisition a)*>n the gov-
_i,;i_ ,i ia , I ••n»or of Alabama lor the negro in question
motto lor . bl«L„mh." but i.V. bafl riTue ayl.cmrtuuteJ l»etec.ive Jonc.Mtbc.ynt
hu’vSnff.TSd ;!lh afliuron" " 1 '"' m™biH.M? JmZy °J?m« lift
husWd » Head with a flat iron. ycterday aften...... for Montgomery, with
—\\ he. the boy fell out of the apple tree |i„e necessary papers to secure the warrant
and broke hi* leg in two pince-. the d«icu*r j extradiiioii, and expects to return to the
who wa* called in attributed the accident I c i t y ot , Saturday morning, bringing witb
to the effect ot climb it-^teuliennlie , lim lhe real criminal.
Herald. I thk convincing cluen
At the benefit given to Irving, the actor, I which have sufficed in the mind of the de-
ra* thoughtful enough to place elegant 1 tective for the ociion thus taken are many
bouquets t in tlie boxes of some of hb par and peculiarly interesting, hu: at this stage
Canllaa'fl Firat.
_ _ it were some trivial
matter. Then, after a proper time, obe ...
would open the envelope, read the indoeure 1 Charleston, August 12.—The first bole of 1 without learning the tact that the Home
and then the blank piece of paper would I new crop cotton in South Carolina was and Dower association was one of the prom-
be used for writing the answer. Then the | shipped from Biackvtlle to-day to Charles- ii^ot institutions of the city, and that it
colored messenger would again appear and I ton. .
receive the reply. As the messenger left I — - 1 “money to loan.”
iSd^tothidSi^lSdiS ^from *lhe | Special dispatch to The Coflutitudoa. | Such waa the heading to its advertise
center of the senate chamber, where he
.Edxdox, Aoguat 12,-Tlm Staedarf'. 1
cumtjtittee J. O. Montjomery, of Clarke | ,i era i.
... ppareqtly abrorbed in tie proc^dioj. of that ex-Emprejs Eusenie h M purebaaed I
I ter became interrating to her merely.ai be senate. Any close observer would, the Wamenbarg caitle tn upper Stjnt. ' p*na lani term loam ou city, town, Una and
a* idOggtns, a respeciamo bu«u. .j,'
while riding out of town, way waylaid by
Daniel Morris, concealed behind a tree, aud
deliberately shot and killed. Subsequently,
near the same spot, the three Logginxes,
friends and relatives of the murderer, also
waylaid and assassinated Reuben Morris, a
justice of the peace, and a brothar of Dan.
itrrb
!> ;i*t. fe.trful
lit j: of R. IL Booth,
a gol man ami p *nu:»ing lawxer, shot
d«» at. a; psrcntly about a glass of beer, for
which he had himrelf paid. None of these
a.*-.-as*tus have been hanged, and it b be
lieved by citizens ti nt this is by no means
the end of til's bl«x»dy series of startling
crime*. .
The New York Pool.
New York, August 13-Twenty-six
road*, represented in joint executive Com
mittee, have agreed to discontinue making
special contracts for freight at tiiriff rates,
or at less than tarifl’ rates. Shippers will
b&ve ten day* in which to fill their present
eng icement*. No reflates or drawbacks
wilt be allowed except ou freight on which
contracts sere made prior to June 12th,
1878. and ail such drawbacks vouchers must
la* approved by the commissioners before
a v ot »be trunk line* will pay them. This
Will effectually put an end to the rebate
trous. The sum received at hb theater tub
year is about $190,000.
—A New York brewer has made a con
tract to ship to Forts, France, from 500 lo
1,000 barrel* of beer a month The same
brewer, who won a prize at the Paris exhi
bition has recently made large shipments
of beer to Australia.
—Solomon’s wisdom was never more a|
parent than when lie warned not to lose
sight of the rod. Mbplaced switches have
wrought great evil to the race in these latter
days.—Philadelphia Times.
—"Samuel Spriggs, the on! v place in tovrn I r , „ V1 „ ..
wbereyonenget Blewn pOuDd.. ..‘Mgavl f th .nigh. of the muffler. H« where-
for ..V2i lUr ’ hv * do “y’ V 1 * ■**.. * 1 .u.uu !mve been traced anfl hie wander-
well-toelo grocer Mgned > mtacnpt.ou lo * followed until .1 U alm,«t »n im-
towards the erection of a uew church. Nihility for him to have Uen it any other
—An exchange thinks the time wiil cer-1 plac * at tbat hour. This b arrived at, a*
taiuly corue when man will go flying I we understand it, from bisappearances jo*t
of the proceedings we can merely indicate
the salient point*.
The negro who b now accused is one who
was about fbe neighborhood of the Def.>»r
locality for more than a month prior to tlie
commission of tlie cnn»e. He had a thor
ough knowledge from observation and hear
say of the habits and characteristics of the
old i*eople. He had been to and was famil
iar with the house and it* surroundings.
He wa* a shiftier and reckless negro in all
^Tbe detective claims to be able to locate
thb fellow near or
AT THE HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT
Maatr in Their Ear*.
Special rib patch u» The Confltltutlon.
.tthYrtf. August 13 —Captain Briggs Na
irn energetic Citizeu of thb place, has
just nut a steam mid for tlie purpose of
grinding corn now and {racking cotton la
ter. The mill grinds sixty busheb of com
adav. and the music of its machinery
makes our hearts glad and relieves our
minds to a great extent of the thoughts of
dull times.
An Improvement.
Sunnyside, An rust 13.—Mr. George
Schatffer “the live cotton man,” of Hamp
ton, Ga., is having a large cotton warehouse
put up at this place. It will be used fora
storehouse ahn. Our little town ia in a flour
ishing condition. The farmers are iu high
spirits (not ‘ private stock”) at their pros
pects and we exp-ct to do our share of the
cotton trade thb fall.
Tbe California Campaign.
I5an Francisco, August 13.—Congresa-
j „ .. _ mau Hendrick B. Wright, chairman of the
through the air. Tbe time has already before and subsequent to the time when the labor committee, addressed an immense au-
corae—but they are generally young men,' killing should have occurred. , dience of workingmen at Union hall last
and it requires an enraged parent fluid a The murder, it b alleged, was not com- , night on the Ubor and Chinese questions,
front stoop to help tbe business along sac- mitted in the way it has been heretofore Advocating tbe expulsion of the Chinese
cessfully.—Brooks of tbe Elmira Gazette. supposed. The axe with which the deed by peaceful measures.
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