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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. APBIL 6, 1880.
VOL. XII., NO. 42
GEORGIA S PLACE.
THE HEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC LINE
Mmiag af tkc But* 'Execttive Conoiittae—A
CwjTtntio* is Jam* for Prwidtrt-MakiBf.
ftftd Aaotkir it Aigut for Goter*
Bor-IUkiag-Ia Atlanta-
Pursuant to call, the democratic execu-
live committee met in the breakfast room
of the Kimball house at 10 o’clock Tues
day morning and was called to order by
the chairman, Hon. George X. Lester; E
Y. Clarke, secretary, appeared at bia plan e.
For the state at larirc—H. I*. Bell, of For-
*y*b count r, James Banka, proxy for John
Nicbclla, of Pierce; J H. Warren,of Chat
ham ; E. Y. Clarke, of Fulton.
First district—J. J. Jotter, of Burke
aod Josephus Camp, of Kmanoel.
Second district—A. T. Mcfntire, of Thom
as and IV. A Harris, of Worth
Third district—James B. Hinkle, of Sum-
ter and Marshall J. Hatcher, of Marion.
Fourth district—John II. Martin proxy
for Mark II.Blandford.of Muscogee and John
T. Waterman, of Troup county.
Fifth district-W. T. Trammell, of Spal
ding and W. L Gunn, of Houston.
Sixth district—J. M. Face, of Newton.
Seventh diatrict— J. A. W. Johnson, of
Whitfield, also proxy fur P. M. B. Young,
Eighth district—Miles W. Lewis, of
Ninth district—W. E. Simmons,of Gwin
nett.
The chairman addressed the committee
upon the irujiortanoe of the work. He in
dicated that the immediate duty of the
committee was the calling of a con
dition for the appointment of
delegates to the national democratic
convention; the nomination of presidential
electors for the state. The committee had
aho to call a convention to nominate candi
dates for governor and other state office*.
On motion of J. M Pace. Hon. George T.
Rime*, member of the democratic national
c'nnmilter, tvas invited in sit with the com
mittee and fo favor it with any views on
atate or national que*tn n«.
Mr. Pace twos delegate I to convey the
pleasure of the committee to Mr. Bsrne*,
win* came iitto tlie itwm and gave the com
mittee a brief talk on the importance of
national issues and the du y of the hour.
W. K. Simmons then offered the follow
ing resolutions, which were re id:
CcMilvcd, That tlie action of the national clein-
• •craUr executive committee at Its it cent meet-
lor. in referenc.* to a more efficient organizailon
of the «!em«ar»Uc |«rtjr for the coming ua ional
canvas. him! the ajatein f»y the *nb committee
apiMilntisI hythil balv, whereby such organi/a
don era las Ikm efl'eeUNl, arc fully endorsed ami
approved by tbermamlitte.
Iiiwolvrd. Thiit,_ln pursuance of the policy atig-
the
culled hy lli
to adop
im-mUi
•shall If
the
f aaid sub
i»t the next :
lem.K-ratic pany
eomintltee
day of
to
orpla
mliic
aj-Mctnof organlxation by which the
’intier of 'the liatlo:^! commiltee
a member ol the Mate execu-
'ic mem tier, or munfar*, as the
may be, of the stile committee from
offi io.
cm oual dfairiet
of the
ommittce, thn member from each
tonal tlatrlctex-
omnultce; and a
in
That
each
leaiiy
Ihi*
rrqitewted to furnfah
I name
iiinuuv and hi* nureeiwoi
the chairman of thii
in nIUce, wlihacot .
l*cr» of their ttanactlie conimituc*. together w ith
the jaeit office addrexH of *ueh me i a hers; and that
the chairman of tlie Mate executive committee
furnbh a complete coainUdatcd liM thereof
to the msi eta ry of the national
conimlilcc at WaMhlngtou, »o that full
c iinmunlcatlon may tie e,.taMfaht d between mid
national commutes* 1 and the »Utc, enmity and
imlitees wot* - *— * *
s nuccvM In
campaign.
These resolutions were laid temporarily
on the table. M. W Lewis was of the
opinion that the best pulley was to call two
conventions and ho offered the following
resolution:
Kcnolved, That the committee issue a Mil for
two convention* of the democratic panv of the
state to be held in on —. The find,
for the pur|*«c of noleeilng delegates to the «in-
Ctnn.u convention— the .second for the pun*MO
of appointingelector* and nominating candidate*
iorgovernur and for state-house officers.
The resolution of Mr. Lewis was adopted
hy a vole of l.t yeas to I nays.
Josephus Camp moved to fall the first
blank with Macon, as the place of holding
the convention.
J.J. Jones favored the motion, arguing
that Macon was the most central i>oini that
could be obtained.
M. W. Lewis said he had sometimes been
thought opposed to Atlanta, hut he was not
nally so. He never heard of a state c
volition held outside of the capital city.
A voice—"Hen Hill was nominated for
governor at Macon."
Mr. Lewis— 1 That is so. hut there may
have been some reason for that.
The motion to IP I ihe blank with "Ma
con” was lost and "Atlanta" was inserted
as the place by a vote of 8 to t
Ah the time for the first convention
Wednesday, the tnh of June, was chosen.
Macon was again suggested as the place
for the second convention, bn? Atla-it» was
adopted with little opposition. Wcdnes
day, August 1th, was named as the time of
the second convention.
Oil motion of II. I*. Bell the basis of rep
resentation in both conventions was fixed
at twice the number of representatives in
the lower branch of the state legislature.
II. F. lkdl said lie wi-hed to offer some
re-olulions enjoining the people to give a
full and free opportunity to all democrats
to express their choice in the fairest man
ner possible.
W. K Simmons said there had always
been complaints that the j»e *ple did ltd:
know when county conventions were going
to be held lie therefore favorei the pol
icy of suggesting some day when the coun
ties shall hold their c inventions to choose
d«legates tv) the state convention. He
thought that this plan would give better
notice and remove a prevalent cause of
complaint.
J.J. Jones said he'oppowd such a pi
it might induce the county organizations
to neglect their duty of calling conventions.
James Banks suggested that the day be
named and the chairmen of county com
mittees be requested to call all county e in
ventions on this day. lie favoretl the plan
of making it advisory and not mandatory.
It was suggested by several members tha
the propnoed plan would be regardevl by
the county convention ^dictatorial.
W. Ik Simmons favoretl the plan and
gave some sound reasons for it. J. A. W.
Johnson said he had seen how the indepen
dents used arguments against county con
venikms. He said he knew as much about
thi* as any one except the chairman,
(Judge I.ester 1.
This earned a general smile and Mr
Johnson proceeded earnestly to argue for a
plan to have all the county conventions on
the same day and on a day to be suggested
by the committee. He thought this would
hush up all the bogus talks of independents
about the people having no notice of county
conventions.
Hon. 11. 1*. Bell offered the following reso
lutions:
Kraulvcd, That the people of Ocorgi*. in select-
the rtr-t convention meet on u»v .
June next, and the luwilno to appoint delegate*
to the second convention be hela «u Wednesday,
tliesceo .d day of July, and In m b case that the
\tensive notice practioahle l*e gtv
resolution practicable, and hoped the ques
tion would be leftaa it now is.
W. T. Trammell said the committee was
suggesting too many things.
Marshall Hatcher said the committee
was trying to do too much. He said it was
dangerous to tamper too much with the
parry.
Mr. Camp said this was the best time to
settle the question of two thirds or major
ity rule as the policy of the party.
II. P. Bell said he regretted the dhrus-
sop on this resolution. The two-thirds
rule bad caused much difficulty in the
democratic national conventions. It caused
such troubles in St. Louis in ’70 that the
convention aslrcd that the party in the va
rious states should express its views on the
question so as to govern the next national
democratic convention.
J. M. Pace thought it best to preface the
resolution with a statement that the deci
sion of the people on the two-tlmds rule
was to apply only to the uational con ven
tion and to the nomination of presidential
candidates.
The resolutions offered by Mr. Bell were
then adopted without oppo-ition.
Ua motion of W. E .8.turnons, the reso
lutions offered by him and previously laid
on the table were taken up and read again.
Mr Simmons moved the adoption of the
resolutions, and they were adopted without
opposition.
Mr. John H. Martin, proxy for Hon.
Mark Blandford, of the fourth district, of
fered Hie following resolutions:
Resolved, That tht« committee, having in Its
deliberations and action, Ignored all persona! In-
forest and- oil pna iowa. rsuauaemems and cUri
sums among democrat*, earnestly c us upon
the whole party throughout the Mate
to do likewise. overlooking or cast
ing behind them the hit term** of their
late contests with one another end uniting once
more against the common antagonist of their
principles and their policy.
fCet-oived, That for the promotion of this end
all demoenu* in principle are urged to participate
on an equal footing in the primary meetings for
ihe selection o. -gate- thereto.
Mr. Martin said he hoped the resolutions
would be adopted as a means of reconciling
the divisions of the democratic party in the
state. He had accented a place as a proxy
to carry' out this cad as far us he coulu.
J. JHf. Warren suggested some amend
ments to the wording of the resolutions,
which would bind the returning wanderers
to fidelity in the future.
Mr. Marlin said be feared such amend
ment would l*e taken as a reflection and
might work harm.
II. F. Bell thought the resolu
tions would open the door to mis
chief. It would open conventions to such
noisy elements as the independents might
introduce. They could stock the conven
tion with insurrectionary elements and
thus do the party great harm.
Marshall Hatcher favored the resolutions
as indicating tbw proper policy of the party,
as the mean- of accomplishing a real re
union of conflicting elements.
J. II. Warren suggested that the resolu
tions be referred ton select committee to re-
l*ort at I o’clock in the afternoon. He made
motion to this effect.
Josephus Camp moved to amend by in
serting the words, "who intend to abide by
the action of the convention” after the in
flation to independent democrats to re
turn to the organization.
Miles W. Lewis moved the adoption of
the resolutions.
Mur.-huU Hatcher moved that the chair
appoint a committee to prepare an address
to the people.
The resolutions offered by Mr. Martin
were read seriatim and adopted without
opposition.
The committee then adjourned to 3
o’clock p.m.
Afternoon Session.
When the committee reas-eiuhled the
secretary read the proceedings of the morn
ing session, and they were confirmed.
Judge George N. Lester, the chairman of
the committee, offered his resignation of
that position, but the committee refused to
accept it, and thus continued him in the
office he has filled with so much zeal and
ability.
A resolution of thanks to the proprietors
of the Kimball house for the use of the
breakfast room was unanimously agreed to.
The convention having no further busi
ness adjourned to meet at 10 o’clock on the
Oih of June.
All the democratic papers in the state
were requested to publish the proceeding*.
What the Delrcatra rtiink.
(•BORGS BARS ICS,
ticorgia member of the national democratic
executive committee, said: "My preference f* r
preaident is Senator (JeorRC II Pendleton, of
Ohio. I know of no organized independent
movement in thisaute."
GEORGE N. ULSTER,
My first choice for president is Allen H. Thur
man. and my second. Judge Field. The inde
pendent movement in my district, the seventh.
L not any Mrouger than it was when 1 made the
race against Felton. No independent catuli at.
•ilhev the governorship ox any official of th.
state government could get as large a vote In the
seventh as did Felton.
E. Y. CLARKE,
f Fulton, said: I am for Tilden." I thirk
BY V/HICH GR\DY WAS BEWILDERED.
The Kick Xec of Colorado Lcsagiag Axoaad in
Hew Toxk—Tha Mmeloa Fortunes of a
Few Day*—Jadga Schley's Lucky
Hit—A Word About Hoyle.
THE GLITTER OF GOLD.j heard of nothing in years that has given
me so much pain. I know nothing of the
circumstances, but I do knew that Sam
Hoyle is a better man than the most of
those who will be hardest on him. I have
known him since he came to Athens a
ragged, ex-rebel, lame and poor, seeking an
education under the soldiers’ bill, and I
never knew a man of more splendid cour
age, of better heart, of more generous im
pulse or of tenderer nature. At college be
was the friend of the weak, against the st rong
—ready to divide his last crumb with a
stranger, and devoted to his friends. In
afterlife I found him all this, and bis wreck
has come more through mistaken kind-
n«a or indulgence, than through any
grievous fault. It is a sad travesty that lie
wound he received when gallantly dlmbitig
the enemy’a guna at Franklin, ahead of his
regiment, should now prove the tell-tale
that delivered him to the detectives. It Is
said that it Is easy to praise those In profr
perity, but hard to speak kindly of those
who are down. I do not find it so here. I
would then rather find it hard and inhu
man to refrain from saving these words in
behalf of ray oM friend—of ray friend of to
day, for whatever may come of this miser-
pedal Correspondence of The Constitution.
New York, March 23.—This is a day
of sudden fortunes and great ones'
New York is infested just now with Col
orado millionaires. You meet them on ev
ery side, the Fifth Avenue hotel being the
rendezvous from which they radiate. They
carry chunks of silver in their hands and
stock shares in their pockets, and offer, even
to persons wbt» have no claim on their
kindne-s. investments for $100 that will
pay $50,0X1 within the month. A few of
thetu are very rich in rea!ity,as all of them
are in theory. The other night Mr. H, J
Kimball introduced me to a modest-looking
young fellow, who mentioned casually to
Mr. Kimball <an old friend) that he had
iust received a dispatch from the cashier of
bis bank announcing that the deposits had
reached $2,800,000, and lie had ordered
81,000,000 of bullion sent east. *‘I regret
thix,” the modest young fellow said, "as
the statement of my New York bank shows
that I have already $1,700,000 balance on
deposit here.” He then.remarked that bis
mine had just derlared a dividend of $100,- ti
able business, the lime will never come
when I will not love Sam Hoyle, and be
proud td call him my friend. H. W. G.
•li-lrict area Unit healed, and do not believe that
the independent movement will amount u* much
in this district at the next congressional elec-
.IAM» RANKS,
Nh-holK for
withdrew from his presence.
1 Forsyth, said: "Mr preference for president is
000 for the-- twuwiifxrihe eleventh oflf# wml hir'pi taenia casts tnretr a bttgfc t u
same amount declared in eleven consecu- * * ’ *
tive month?. 1 staked Mr. Kimball who his
friend was, and he stated that it was Dave
Mafljtt. the partner of Senator Chaffee, and
that he had gone to Colorado a few years
before as a newsdealer, and was now worth
not less than $10,000,000, and owned a bank,
a railroad, and the Little Pittsburg mine.
THE STORY or JIM SMITH.
There is little chance of getting into any
canal that will not drift to Colorado, and
sudden fortunes. The other night the New
York *dee|»er was crowded, and 1 rode over
from Washington on a Wagner car. I soon
found that we had a lot of passengers highly
reasoned with Colorado. One of them led
off with the story of a fellow who he had
furnished with money to buy his meals
with a few months ago, and was now worth
ov«?r a million He was followed by the
man whore brother’s son had bought a mine
for $25 and sold it in a month for $400,-
000. Then came the story of a inan
who was keeping bar at Leadville and took
the claim to an untried mine for a drink,
and sold it for a fortune. And thus it
went on. Ksch narrator outdoing his pre
decessor At length a nervous little 'old
man, with his head carefnlly tied uo in a
handkerchief, who had listened with great
patience to the stories of our fellow pas
sengers. opened his eyes slowly and re-
m irked:
"I suppose none of you have heard of
the story of Jim Smith—have you?”
1 thought he was coming in on my line,
I said—"no, what is it?”
"Well.” said he —"Jim was a brick mason
Brooklyn, and it took him eight years to
lay no barely $2,000. Just one month ago he
took his money and went to Colorado, and
now although it is hardly 30 days, he ain’t
•* orth a d—n cent.”
With this he closed his eyes, and smiled
sweetly, and dropped off into the sleep of
the just—and we had j»eace for the rest of
the uight.
1 understand that Mr. Ormes, who is
known throughout the south as the apostle
of the telephone, nas struck a riclwmine in
Colorado. He left here a few nights ago for
the west with a party of operators. He has
certainly struck a good thing in the consol
idation of his telephone company with the
Western Union telephone, ur.der the name
of the Southern Bell telephone company.
The shares are selling freely at $240, (the
par being $100) and I hear assuredly that
Ormes hits 3,000. He sold 800 shares at
$173 apiece, and there is no doubt that he
has made a fortune. Judge Schley, al*o
well known inGeorgia, has, it is raid', made
$00,000 in raining stocks, and he is now
president of a new company, in which
Congressman Luttri 11, of California, ex-Sen
ator Norwood, of Georgia, and others are
interested. It is said to be a very fine
property. The Tribune published the other
day a tubulated list of the mining proper
ties of ihe we<t ami showed that they were
capitalized at $150,000,000. New mines are
being ojtencd constantly, new companies
formed and new* shares issued The passion
for mining investment? amounts to a craze.
WALL STREET SPE»TLATION.
It has been slid by travelers that there is
not another s,»ot on earth that shows so
much of the frenzy of speculation a* Wall
street. I am pre{»ared to believe this. It is
a revelation to any provincial to enter the
gallery of the stock exchange and gaze upon
and are not talkint politics much at this time.
1 do not think tha
in the ninth Is
Speer was elected.
latliam: "I ara fot _
. csldcat and lv>tter. o< New York, for
president. I don’t think that lucre is an orga:i-
d independent movement in the first district.
J. J. JOKES,
of Rnrke. saM: "I am for lUyard for president.
We have had a good deal of tronolc with the in
dependents In my county, but I think it n all
i ignt now. There is no ludepeudent organization
In the first district."
JOSEPHUS cam i*.
Kmanucl sold: "I am for Hen
dricks and Potter for president and vice-pres
ident of the United huties. 1 think that the first
district is the most solid democratic district in
the stale. The independents have no chance
there tor success.
* A. T. K M’IXTIRK,
of Thomas, said: "I urn for the nominee of the
uiiwonal democratic convention. I know of no
independent movement In the second district.”
MARSHALL J. HAT* her.
of Morgan, said: "Tam for Thurman for presi
dent. The independents have no organization in
the third district, ba» we have a strong indepen
dent under carne t, and considerable uneasiness
Is felt that it may assume a serious phase, llut as
yet there have been no actual developments.”
JAMES B HINKLE,
of Sumter: "I am for the presidential candidate
put forth l»y the national democratic«onvention
My first choice Is Hendricks, with Totter fot vice-
president. Tildeti is my second choice for the
prvstinitial chair. I do not think that there Is
any organized independent movement in the
third district.
J. H. MARTIN,
proxy for Mark H. Blandford, of Muscogee, said •
"Juage.F1ead.of California, is my choice for presi
trtet Many people think that the supporters »<f
Henry IVrsous ore independent, but this is not
ihe tact.”
JNO. T. WATERMAN,
of Troup, said “My choice fa. .
Judge Field, ol California. There is no inde
pendent party in the fourth district.'
W. T. TRAMMELL,
of Spalding, upon being interviewed, said: "1
•m tor the most available man for the presidency
or anybody to beat the republicans. If Grout is
nominated, I think that 11amock will be the
man for tne democratic party to nominate. If
ANOTHER MOVE
Mr. X><mIko'm Success.
New York Times.
Oar southern fellow-citizens arc accus
tomed to assert that the colored
wo glaring fanlta—that ho will not
Ittlalnc or Sherman Is nominated I want the
veution to nominate a civilian. As to an i de
pendent movement iu my district, I Utink there
the floor below. He will see about one
thousand men pushing, jostling, shouting,
swerving—swaying to and fro in clumps—
struggling over each other, and all the time
keeping such an uproar that not one single
word can lie heard. I have stood for an
hour trying to distinguish one word,
catch one sentence, but »lie din drowned
everything, and there ascended to me only-
hoarse clamor, broken here and thereby the
shrill piping of Ihe telegraph boys as they
rushed shrieking through the ct * *
In this exchange room there is an average
of 400 000 shares of stock sold daily. Of
course each share that is sold by one broker
is bought by another, so that the 400,000
shares really represent 800,000 shares in the
way of trade. These shares will average let
ns say $75 apiece, and wc have the total of
an average day’s trade in this room of sixty
million dollars. I have no doubt that there
days when the trading goes over
hundred million l'or the five hours of actual
work. It will be seen, therefore, that the
fuss means something.
The trading is done by margins as far as
the public is concerned. If a man wants
buy one hundred shares of Erie stock,
instance, he puts up a bonus of $10 a
share, or $1,000 for the one hundred shares.
He gives the bonus to a broker, who buys
hundred shares, charging bin) $12 50
commission. If the stock rises one cent he
makes $100: if it falls one cent be loses as
much. Slocks frequently lluctuate. fivc to
ten cents in a day, so that money may be
made very rapidly. I saw Louisville
and Nashville ri.-e sixteen cents in one day,
caryine on its crest a couple of provincials
who were freighted with two hundred and
fifty shares, and who cleared in one day
$1 000 each. A day or two afterwards the
Nashville and Chattanooga dropped thir
teen cents in one day, doubtless carrying
many a poor fellow down to ruin.J
The trading is done by professional bank
ers, who own seats in the exchange,
room. There are 1,100 of these brokers, and
they own the buildiugs in which they ope-
ta e, ami other property amounting to
about $2,000,000. A wat in the exchange
set Is for from $15,000 to $18,000. A short time
ago it became advisable to buy a new piece
of property. The number of brokers was
then 1.000. Forty new seats were ap for
rale, and brought an average of $15,500 each,
putting into the treasury about $500,000,
with which the property was purchased.
These brokers all have offices, near the ex
change building, in which are electric in
dicator? that record on white tape every
trade that i? made in the exchange and the
varying price. Krom the opening to the
close of business these indicators are sur
rounded by :neu with eager eyes and prached
chickens that no white man can profitably
engage in raising poultry in the southern
states. Mr. James C. Dodge, who recently
emigrated from Natick, Mass., io Laurel
ville, Ala., has signally refuted the popular
southern estimate of the colored man, and
has succeeded not only in keeping chickens,
bnt inducing thirty-four colored men to
work for him without wages.
Mr. I> nige arrived at Laurelville last
spring with the intention of cultivating a
farm. The local white population received
him courteously.and wished him every suc
cess, but they warned hi in that he could not
induce a single colored man to work on his
farm except at preposterous wages. When
he casually introduced the subject of chick
ens, they assured him that there was an
African church within a mile of his newly-
purchased farm, and that lie might as we'll
try to keep icicles in a hothouse as to raise
chickens in such a neighborhood.
Mr. Dodge was a stubborn man, and,
withal an ingenious one. He determined
to prove to the Laurelvilleans that he could
do precisely what they said he could not do.
Accordingly, he offered to bet with Judge
Siemens that he «ouid cultivate his new
farm with colored labor, and that he would
raise chickens without l*«ing a single one
by colored larceny. The bet was taken, and
Mr. Dodge went to his farm and began op
erations.
Witn the aid of the Laurelville carpen
ter, Mr. Dodge built a magnificent chicken-
house. with accommodations for five hun
dred feathered guests. The windows were
made so small that not even a consumptive
colored boy could pas* through them, and
the door was of unprecedented thickness
and strength. In one side of the chicken-
house Mr Dodge required the carpenters to
leave a round hole of about two feet in di
ameter, for a purpose which lie declined to
explain. Much pity was felt for him by his
neigh bora, on the ground that lie was wast
ing his money in a vain attempt to struggle
against the chicken-stealing genius of tne
colored people; but Mr. Dodge "guessed”
he was all right, and "cal’lated” that his
chickens wouldn’t be stolen to any great
extent. When the carpenters had finished
their work and had gone home, Mr. Dodge
unpacked a large bundle which he hud re
ceived from the north, and after dark lie
filled his chicken-house with three hun
dred chickens, and, locking it securely,
went to bed.
About It o'clock that night a leading col
ored citizen of chicken proclivities made
his way into the chicken-bopss through the
hole which had been left open, lie chuckled
quietly at the folly of Mr. Dodge in locking
the door, and at the same time forgetting to
close the bole in the side of the chicken-
house. When he had selected a dozen of
the largest chickens, he undertook to creep
stealthily out of the hole, but found his
egress impeded by a series of sharp and
projecting spikes. He then realized that he
had beeu caught in a trap of the same gen
eral nature as that pleasing variety of
mouse-trap into which the mouse readily
“liters through a wire-lined passage, the
pointed ends of which prevent him irom
escaping. The leading colored citizen’s
estimate of white intellect underwent a
sudden change, and he fat down gloomily
in the corner of the chicken-house to in
vent some plausible tale which would ac
count for his presence when the inevitable
moment of discovery should come
Half an hour later the minister of ilie
colored church entered the chicken-house,
and was warmly greeted by his predecessor,
who was beginning to feel very lonesome
Front midnight until dawn ihe arrivals
were almost ircessait. The fact that three
hundred chickens were in Mr. Dodge's chick
eu-hou.se was known in every colored cabin
withiu a radius of two miles, and the op
pressed race had risen as one man and
solved to have those chicken*. At half-past
three there was standing-room only in the
chicken-house.and gentlemen arriving after
that hour were compelled to reiurn home
disappointed.
After a comfortable breakfast Mr. Dodge
took his shot-gun and the key of the chick
en-honse, and proceeded to ascertain what
luck his trap had brought him during the
night. To bis great pleasure lie found 34
able-bodied colored men in the chickcu-
liouse, and, afier the most careful invest!
gation, he ascertained that not a chicken
was missing. He put no unnleasant ques-
thc t
lions to the colored men whom he had
canght. as to why they had crowded
into his chicken-house, but he merely
informed them that, he supposed
they had come to assist him in planting,
and that he was greatly obliged to them for
their kind assistance. At noon Judge
Slemons and a dozen white Laurelvillea’
arrived at the farm, and gazed with amaze
ment at the spectacle of thirty-four colored
men working energetically in the field.
When the judee was convinced that
chickens had been stolen during the night,
he frankly admitted that he had lost hi:
bet. and, borrowing the money from Mr.
Dodge, paid it on the spot.
Since that day Mr. Dodge has never lusf
chicken. He has, however, only canght a
few sporadic colored men. and has thus been
obliged to hire most of his labor. Never
theless, he has successfully refuted the as
sertion that no white roan can keep chick
ens in Alabama, and has on at least one
occasiou induced thirty-four colored
to work for him without pay. Whether his
plan would be permanently successful i*
tried in other parts of the south is, of
course, uncertain; but there is certainly
good reason to suppose that it would greatly
increase the security of chicken property.
iss the majority or two tninU rule by the nation
al democratic nomiaaUux conventions to the
democracy ol the *crer*l Mate*;
UewdwJ. that Uw^peopte iu their primary a»-
M inUlle*. held to appoint delegate* to Uic r\r»t
tXMveniiou herein called, be. aud they are here
by, requested to exprem their views upon this
question.
J. J. Jones said he thought ihe time for
choosing delegates to the second convention
was too far in advance of the convention
The delegates would be sought bv aspirants
and there would be all aorta of efforts to in
fluence them.
J. M. Face agreed with this view and
moved to make Saturday, the 24th ot July,
tlie time for cbotwing delegates to the sec
ond convention. This amendment was put
and was adopted by p yeas to 3 nays.
James Banks said he was anxious that
the resolution should cot appear mandatory
ard hoped it would be so amended as to ap
pear perfectly advisory.
J. li. Vi’arren said he hoped
some other day Hum Saturday
would be chosen. A great many
democrats in bis county (Chatham) were
Jews, wbo were the best democrats in the
world. 1 bey would not come out Satur
day, and he hoped some ether day would
be chosen. He therefore moved a recons:d
e rat ion ol the vole adopting Saturday, July
24th.
The motion to reoon>ider prevailed, and
Mr. Warren morel to insert Wednesday,
the#-T«t of July, instead ox the other date.
The motion was agreed to. |
If. I*. Bell favored the plan of submitting
tlie two-thirds rule to the people.
Marshall Hatcher oppoaed the destroy
ing of any old Land marks, and
moved to lay the reaoluliooa on the
table. On the mottoo there were 7 yeas and
7 nays, and tha chairaain voted nay, thins
defeating the motion to lay on the table.
J. J. Jones suggested that ihe question be
left to the Am convention, and that there
be do effort to settle it in primary meetings
J. H. Warren mad he did n“t think the
UcreuxM that I am for the nominee,
think that the imleoeudeuia have any
cnxth in the district. The nominee will be
elected whoever he may be.'
Thnrmau is u»y present preference
IK THE CASE OF EDWAfcO COX.
Wlxereia the Prisoner Pletds
His Hind on His Former
Furnishes Hew Points
ciil .Considers'
The Cox case has taken a new jura, and
once more before the courts; . After the
decision of the supreme court, refusing the
motion for a new trial, it seemed that there
was no alternative but for tne prisoner to
begin to serve hia. life-time sentence to the
penitentiary. His counsel, however, with
that activity which has chartflierized them
in every stage of this remark.tble case, have
taken a near line, which tley intend to
pursue with great di-igence, and
wi»h that determination which
comes from a feeling that on the success of
this effort hang all the hopes of their client
Monday morning in ’ Fulton superior
court, before Judge Hillyer,'; Mr. W. R
Hammond, of the counsel for Edward Cox.
made a second motion for a new trial on
extraordinary grounds which were clearly
set forth in a declaration ac »ti> pa tried by
certain affidavits. There are-hrec of these
grounds, and they are as foll"Ws:.
1. Because, at the time pi his ^ ,al. defendant
could not exercise his constit«itonal right of de
fending his own cast) in perf eau e he had
Alston. Defeudirot did^JM?ak that , ,
his usual powers of mind by moon of his severe
physical aud mental prostration, and was not
•apable of «sd?ting his counsel in the manage
nent and conduct of hisYase. Defendant was
not conscious of his mental condition at tlie time
of his trial, but has d scovered since his first mo
tion was made what his real condition wt at the
time, and ho> discovered since that time that W.
s. Wallace, a lawyer of Taylor county, Georgia,
and J. D. Mitchell, physician of the same place,
will swear to facts showlug that defendant was
not in a condition to exercise his usual powers of
mind, which facts arc fully set forth iu the affida-
of said Waljacc and Mitchell hereto attached
made a part of this mutton; and a so, that
John S. Wise and John B. Monaghan will swear
to facts fully set forth iu their affidavits hereto
attached and made apart of this motion, going to
show the extreme weakness and prostration of
the defendant at the time of his trial, which facts
were uukhowu to defendant’s counsel until since
the decision was rendered by the supreme court
affirming the judgment in said case, and which
facts the defendant was not In a condition of
miud to avail himself and present to his counsel
for their consideration.
2. Because defendant has discovered since the
hearing and deieruiiuing of hia former morion for
a new trial, aud since the judgment of affirmance
in the supreme court, that John W. Murpbv a
citizen of said county of Fulton, a witness sworn
and examined on the trial of said case by the
state, will swear that on the day before the diffi
culty which resulted iu the deaih of Robert A.
«lston, he, the said Murphy, promised defendant
that he would assist him ml use hi inilucnce in
making the trade between Robert A. Alston and
Jesse W. Walters, of Dougherty county, Georgia,
for Gencial Gordon’s interest in 1‘enitentiary
rompany lease No. 2.
Tills fact was unknown to any of defendant’s
counsel at th time of the first motion aud has
come to their knowledge since he rendition of
the judgment of affirmance by the supreme court
iu said case, and could not possibly have been as-
ceruined by them by the exen-iseof proper dili
gence for the reason that t: ey had no knowledge
“* " ‘ t the slightest lntima-
fact existed.
not iu the memory ot the defendant at
aoryc
je of l»is trial and of the first motion f«.. ..
trial because he was not in a condition,
mental or physical, to remember all the facts in
the case, having had his nerves shattered and
prostrated l»v a pistol shot wouud in his mouth
aud iu his hand, and having been in a depressed
and U'.ifecbled state of mind and body, and hav
ing been.unconsciously to himself,at the timeout
' e possession of his usual faculties and powers
affidavits oi defendant and hi? counsels hereto at-
tacned and made a jam of this motion.
Because defendant has discovered since
earing and determining of his former mo
tion, and since the judgment of affirmance in the
supreme court of said cause that Joseph Bennett,
a citizen of Atlanta, Fulton county. Georgia,
will swear that, on the day Colonel Robert A.
Alston was killed, about three o’clock in the
evening of said day, he the said Bennett went up
Marietta street in Atlanta, for the purpose of
looking at the new post-office building, and that
he after doing so started back down Mariett street
toward the Kimball house, aud at the
junction of Marietta and Forsyth str ets, at
“ corner of the squure on which is halt the
r post-office he met or passed Colonel It. A.
Alston, the deceased, aud spoke to him, and
asked when he got back from Washington, to
which he replied, **A day or two ago;” that he
then asked hint to tell him about his trip, to
‘ ’eh Colonel Alston replied “No, Joe: I nave
got time; I am going over to tlie canitol to aec
Cox, and me or him one will be a dead man
bclorc night ;” aud that Alston walked off to the
capitnl, and that wiuu-ss then went on down Ma
rietta street and stopped at the corner ot Samuel
& Reynold’s drug sure, and that iu 20 ot -»0 min
utes irom the time he got there, as near as he
could judge, he heard that Alston and Cox had
killed eacu other, which facts are ret forth more
specifically in the affidavit of the said Joseph
Bennett, hereto attached ns a part of this motion.
These facts were unknown to the defendant or
jiy of his counsel until since the rendition of
the judgment of the sup erne court affirming the
judgment of the superior court in said case, and
couid not have been ascertained *
exerdsool proper dillgeucc, for
they had no knowledge
' A *-U cxis
having
.tutor nr. .
the affidavit of the said Bennett, and of the de
fendant aud his counsel, hereto atta> lied, all of
which affidavits ate presented herewith as part of
this motion.
After the reading of this motion there
as a consultation between the counsel for
the state and the defense and it was agreed
that the 14tli day of April be set as the
time for the hearing of argument on the
motion. The solicitor is entitled to twenty
days notice in such cases, hat he waived bis
vilege in this case. Judge Hillyer grant
ed a writ of supersedeas, which suspends
the sentence of Cox until the 20tli of April
If Judge Hillyer should overrule this
second motion for a new trial the defense
could apj>eal to the supreme court and thus
ne the case to the very last expedient,
idem that legal proceedings are by
no means finished in this already famous
urder trial. The result of the pending
motion will be watched with intense in
terest.
SAM HILL.
Governor Colquitt lias granted a respite
of Sam Hill’s sentence for two weeks Yes
terday was the time tj•pointed for carrying
him to the penitentiary, but he will, of
course, remain in Fulton county jail until
Iris respite has expired. What course his
counsel intend to pursue, does not appear
to be definitely known. The general im
pression i?, that they will proceed to have
a regular trial by jury before the
ordinary on a writ of lunacy. There is a
statute which empowers the governor to
hear evidence in cases w here lunacy is set
up as a plea after conviction, but in this
case the trial will be had before the ordina
ry and a regularly itnpanrilcd jury if it is
had at all.
One thing seems certain: the friends of
the prisoner are going to make a very strong
appeal for executive clemency.
The petition for Hill’s pardon has been
signed by hundreds of people in Atlanta,
A NEW FLYING MACHINE.
lips watching the finciuaiions on which
their futures hang. Every office ha> its
coterie of tix or eight regular customers
who are on hand day after day, taking a
"fly” this way or that as their fancy may
dictate. To-day they draw four or five hun
dred dollars, and tomorrow lose it—man
aging to keep the balance ahead, according
to their luck or shrewdness. The most of
them have made money this season, and
.. there has been a steady tendency upward in
for the presidency; but. of course. 1 will heartily j all stocks I made my headquarters with
“ * “* ' 4 “ " r “ rt ' ‘ Messrs. Field and James, the latter a
Hpport the nominee of the democratic partvfl
With reference to the independent movement in
hL? district. Mr. race Hold: "We have never ha t
any independent movement in the district. |
of Whitfield: "My personal picference for presi-
t W. JOHNSON.
nephew of Mr. John H. James, of Atlanta,
who, by the way, are highly respected in
financial circles as honest and active, and
strong- They are courteous, kind, and. be
ing Georgia-born, are the medium through
which most southerners operate. They are
i | absolutely reliable—a very important qual-
bnt Jewett I consider'the most available man for
As to the independent ~ ‘
ilicaiion for out-of-town dealers.
There are a great many bucket shops in
the street, in which any amount may be
invested and lost, from one dollar up. And
then there are men who give "points” to
fresh speculators. They claim to have spe
cial information, and demand of what
ever is made as an equivalent for this. Their
usual plan is to advise one man to sell a cer
tain stock, and another to bay it. So that
in any . event they get a share of
profits. The street is infested with
sharpen a* 14 * thieves, but if a man gets into
respectable currents he will have no trouble
with tbe*sgentry. But it is a strert in
which, at best, men’s passions are quickened,
in which the pulses flash feverishly and
the vital fires exhaust rapidly. And so the
brokers and operators rush to and fro in a
perfect frenxv—gambling, with railroads as
_ t . : the cards and millions for stakes—patting
^ ^ would I fonuue future, home mod often honor il-
! self oa the urn of a Mogie chance. It is a
fearful scene, and kindles the blood of the
meat in the seventh, nothing ha* yet transpired
that give* me any opinion waste.er upon the
matter.*’ Mr. Johnson acted as proxy for P.M.
h. Young, but was not authorized to state hi>
noridou. with reference to a presidential p efer-
' or tho strength of the independent* in the
ith.
MILES W. LEWIS.
of Greene county: “My first choice forthepresi-
doacy, is F elds although 1 am for the, uomiu.c
whoever ha may ha.” As to an independent
movement. MreLew* said: "I do not know that
there exists such a thing In my district. A* yet
1 do not know what Xr/Stcphens’s position will
ha."
w. s. suraosL
of Gwinnett, said: “I am ter the most available
man ter president. 1 am uo ter Tilden, for I do
not think him the most arailaole man. as it is my
opinion ha will never be able to hsnnoeire the
kelly party. As to the independent movement
in my district. I do not think that it is gaining
any ground. Speer is not a bit uroager to-day
a be was when elected, and 1 have heard*
l*roT. KltelirFa Latest Effort at Suc
cessful Aerial Navigation.
New York Times.
Within two or three weeks the scientific
and general public of New York will be af
forded an opportunity to witness the pow
ers of Prof. 0. F. Kitcbel’s new flying ma
chine. The well-known inventor has for
the post three years bsen devoting his at
tention to the problem of aerial navigation,
and has succeeded, he thinks, iu bringing
that interesting question to a satis
factory solution. The great trouble
with ’the flying machines oa which so
much time and money have been expended
and lives lost heretofore, on both sides of
the Atlantic, was that, while direction was
possible under favorable circumstances, the
matter of elevation or depression was en
tirely dependent on a valve iu the balloon
and the carrying of ballast. Professor
Ritchel baa now completed a machine,
which he considers will render the sustain
ing balloon independent of the artificial
aerial currents, relieve it from the objec
tionable valve, and dispense with the bal
last arrangement altogether. The new ma
chine is furnished with a fan apparatus,
whereby it can be raised or depressed at
pleasure. The forward familiar steering
helm of the machine can be used so as to
and we learn that petitionsare being circu
lated all over the state, and are receiving
thousands of names. The proceedings be
fore the ordinary will be had, if at all, be
fore the effort for pardon is made. Of course
there would be no presentation of the peti
tions if Hill is adjudged insane. \7e learn
tixat several prominent medical men
in Atlanta have expressed the opinion that
Hill is not in his right mind. His counsel
are very active in his behalf, and if there is
tny |*)ss>iblc means of saving him from the
fate of life-time imprisonment they will
find it.
LETTER FROM MR. STEPHENS.
Iu Which the Cnsey-McWhorter flat
ter I* Explained—The Simmons Case,
an lie View)* It—General Gordon**
Action In the Supervisor Appoint-
way "complicated” in General Walker’s
office with a "recommendation of Dr.
Casev” and "endorsement of Judge
McWhorter.”
3. It is utterly, untrue that General
Gordon'stated to me in the senate census
committee that I was so "complicated,” and
when 1 denied it, that he said:
"Beware, the record is close at hand.”
Nothing of the sort occurred at that meet
ing.
4. It is utterly untre that General Gordon
called upon tue at any time with his
carriage at the door and asked me to go
with him to General Walker’s office that we
might secure Dr. Casey’s appointment.
5. It is true that General Gordon did call
at my room the day . before the appoint
ment of supervisors for Georgia was made.
It was about 4 o’clock in the evening, t juite
a number of friends were in my parlor at
the time. He came in hastily and begged
my company to excuse hint for asking a
conference with me for a few moments on
business 1 immediately rolled into my
bedchamber, where he entered, aud said:
"General Walker is about to appoint the
supervisors of census for Georgia, and asked
me to come up here and see you and know
whom you wish for the second district.”
I repr ed: "I have seen General Walker
myself on that subject. I called to see him
soon aftev my arrival in this city last No
vember. It was after f had learned that
the state wa* to be divided into census dis
tricts. I told him I had recommended
several pereons who by the division of the
atate were embraced in the second census
district, anfl while I had'not'a word to
abate in anything I had raid as to the com
potency and ability of any of them: yet, as
Dr. Casey was the first whom I had ncom
mended, and the best recommended. |»er-
haps, of any applicant iu the state—having
the rcconiiuemlaiion, in addition to mine,
of both seuatois, with the governor of the
state and several of the most prominent
members of the legislature—1 should insist
upon his appointment for the recond dis
trict.”
"General Walker,” I said, "fully under
stands my position.”
Then I asked General Gordon, "Whom
are you for for that district?”
He replied, "1 am for Casey.”
"Well, then,” said I, "t,o back and tell
General Walker I say appoint Dr. Casey.
He was my first recommendation and is my
last.”
General Gordon immediately left my
room. The interview did not last over
three minutes. I felt perfectly sarisfi'.Ml
that Dr. Casey would be appointed.
General .Gordon made no re|H>rt to me.
and I have never yet seen him from
that da>’ to this, except in the senate
census committee, on the Gih of Feb
ruary, about-tue scenes in winch so many
gross perversions of truth have lieen given
to the public. Some of these I corrected in
a letter to you front this city, written on
the 7th of that month.
I need hardly say. therefore, that I was
exceedingly disappointed and somewhat
chagrined on hearing, the evening of the
day after General Gordon visited me,
that Judge McWhorter _ had been
appointed in *our district instead
of Dr. Casey. I couldn’t understand it. I
could hardly believe it to be true. I still
waited tor General Gordon to come aud ex
plain to me how it occurred. My surprise
was greatly increased in a day or two after
wards. when I saw it announced by tele
gram from this city that Mr. Harris, a dem
ocrat, was appointed for the fifth district,
and Mr. Clifton, a democrat, for the third
district, including the black belt, and that
I had had Judge McWhorter, a republican,
appointed for the second district. 1 under
stood, at the same time, that General Gor
don had pressed the applications of Har
ris and Clifton. General Gor
don has never yet made any
explanation to me. I thought he had
treated tne badly, and said so, but did not
go into any particulars. He heard, I sup
pose, of what 1 had said, and sent a friend
to explain. I told that friend promptly to
say to General Gordon I did think he had
treated me badly, but that I would receive
explanation from anybody but himself.
I sought no quarrel with General Gordon,
and.if anything occurred between us in the
census committee room, or in the corre
spondence that ensued, and which has been
published, "disgusting to the public taste”
or of a "disgraceful character,” as one
the editorials characterized it. I
certainly not resjionsible for it, I did
think an explanation wa3 due to me from
General Gordon of what occurred between
him and General Walker after his interview
with me. 1 still think so, and with that
equanimity of temper which 1 have pre
served throughout this whole business, I
shall await tns giving it himself, and not by
proxy, in such way and manner as may
best comport with his sense of propriety and
dignity.
G In reference to the appointment of
Judge McWhorter, I emphatically state
that uo one knows better thau he does that
I did not favor his appointment. When he
sent his applic ition to me,l wrote to him that
I would Inc it, but that I was thoroughly
committed to Dr. Casey: that I would state
to the superintendent that 1 knew him
well, that he was a republican, and was as
well qualified for the office as any other re
publican in the district, but that nothing I
said iu reference to him was to be unde--
stood as interfering in tlie slightest degree
with my previous recommendation of I)r.
Casey If anything can be found in the re
cords or elsewhere inconsistent with this,
let it be produced. I write from memory,
but 1 feel assured that I never gave any re
commendation or indorsement to Judge
McWhorter’s application inconsistent with
what is hete averred. m
7. In reference to the appointment of Mr.
Simmons, I have only this to say in addi
tion to what I said in my letter to you of
the 7th of February. The opposition to his
appointment I regarded as*"a very great
to-do,” over comparatively a very small
matter. The main points of opposition
urged before the senate census committee
when 1 was present, were his "illiteracy
and extreme bitter partisanship,” with a
vague charge against his moral character.
Upon thesubjectof spelling and handwri
ting I thought he would pass muster with
a majority of those who had applied
through me for the same office. As to the
charges against his moral character, after
thorough investigation, I regrrded them
a9 utterly false and slanderous.
The charge of bitter partisan
ship was founded exclusively upon
words used in his letter of application to the
president, in which it was insisted he had of
fered an insult to all southern people who
were engaged on the confederate side in tlie
late war. i did not put any such construc
tion upon his letter. * 1 thought he confined
tlie remarks to that class of people who had
abused, denounced and attempted to ostra
cize him for giving republican tickets to
colored voters in the last presidential elec
tion. I did not think it good policy for a
democratic senate to reject a |mau because
he had thus spoken of those who had at
tempted to ostresize him for what he h td
done. I thought, though I may have been
wrong, that if Simmons should be rejected,
it would be said by our enemie at the
north that it was because of his union
timenls, and because he had given republi
can tickets to colored voters. I didn’t
think it good policy to give grounds for
making such a charge. The democratic
stronghold, north and south, in iny view,
was the maintenance of the principles of a
••/air vote and an honest count” in all
elections.
STAKING IT OFF.
CAPTAIN GLOS7ER GOES INTO CAMP
And Propose* to Blast th# Way Clear to the Coal
Field*—The N. and C. Directory—New
comb On Hi* Way to Atlanta—
The Other Railroads.
the greatest economical questions of the
nineteenth century. K. ToomuL
A FEDERAL DECISION
Tixat Verdict* Against a State Cannot
be Enforced.
Washington. March 20.—Decisions wete
rendered by the United States supreme
court to-day iu the following cases: Mem
phis arid Charleston railroad company vs.
The State of Tennessee; appeal from" the
supreme court of Tennessee; decree af
firmed. The question involved in this ca.-e
state constitution, which authorized rre.1- T* 1 ? 5 v ? nius shortly after
state constitution, which authorized cred
itors of the state to bring suit against it in
the state courts. This court holds that the
right to sue which the state gave its credit
ors by the provision aforesaid was not in le
gal effect a judicial remedy for the enforce
ment of their contracts with it. It was
Tuesday the survey of th 2 Georgia West
ern railroad was actively begun by Captain
Gloster and h»s assistants. The party
started out from the Markham house about
3. o’clock and proceeded to a point about
three miles from the city where
they went into camp. The
party consisted of the following
gentlemen: Captain A. W. Gloster; assist
ants—Messrs. Davies, transit man; Mc
Daniel, leveler; Roland, level rodman;
Kelley, flagtuan; Thompson, rear chain-
man. and Gillespie, stakeman. There are
six negroes in the party, thus making thir
teen in all
Captain Gloster talks "business.” He
says the survey will be actively begun at
once and will proceed from this end of the
road.
The party went out well supplied in all
respects and thoroughly prepared for its
work. The survey will begin at the depot
grounds, where the circuses usually hold
forth in Atlanta. The surveying party will
be on this side the river for a week to come
and will then push the line on into the
hilly cauutry J*eyomL ■ fc .
Captain Gloster says he has ridden on
horseback over the entire line of the road.
He says the projected line does not run
through a very difficult country. The hard
est work will be found at this end of the
line. Generally the country through which
the Georgia Western will pass is not so
rough as that penetrated by the Western
and Atlantic railroad. The survey will be
pushed witli great energy, and though it
cannot be said when it will be finished, it
is certain that there will be uj delay in the
0]>erations.
It begins to look as if the long deferred
hope of the Georgia Western would be ful
filled very soon. The surveying party is iu
rite field, aud there is an assurance tuat as
soon as the survey is finished the contract
for the construction ot the r »ad will be let
out aud it will be sn accomplished fact.
Captain A. W. Gloster, engineer of the
Georgia Western railroad, who locates all
the roads controlled and owned by the
Louisville and Nashville railroad cornpauv,
is not a stranger in Atlanta. He was an en
gineer in the confederate service, and built
all the fortifications from Peachtree street
running to tlie southeast below the Georgia
railroad, and had charge of the i>ontoon
bridges. His career in peace is still in the
interest of Atlanta and the south. We hope
to claim him as one of our permanent citi
zens in the near future.
AMONG THE LEADERS.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Nashville, March 30.—The stockhold
ers meeting of the Nashville and Chat
tanooga railway passed off to-day with the
utmost harmony and good feeling. Grea
regret is naturally expressed at the retire
ment oi Colonel Cole, who has so long and
ably filled the position of president. Highly
complimentary resolutions eulogistic of
his management, fidelity and faithfulness
in the discharge of Ins duties during his
connection for many years with the Nash
ville and Chattanooga, was unanimously
passed by the stockholders. President II.
Victor Newcomb earnestly seconded the
resolutions. Colonel Cole bade adieu to his
stockholders in a feeling and eloquent ad
dress.
Tlie stockholders unanimously ratified
the sale of the St. Ijouis and Southeastern,
and Owensboro and Nashville roads to the
Louisville company, then adjourned. $
The board of directors of the Nashville
and Chattanooga held a meeting immedi
ately after the adjournment of the stock
holders, when Colonel Cole formally tender
ed his resignation, and Superintendent
Thomas was elected president pro tern in Iris
place until Governor Porter can become
legally qualified to act as Cole’s
successor, when Thomas will resume his
former position as general superintendent.
The utmost friendliness prevails between
Cole and Newcomb, who were out riding
this afternoon visiting Vanderbilt uni tensi
ty and other points of interest iu the city.
The Louisville and Nashville officials,
including President Ncwcjinb, General
Manager DeFuniak. and General Freight
Agent Stohlman. accompanied by Colonel
Cole, leave on a special train for Atlanta
to-morrow.
1 sought an interview with Mr. New
comb at the Maxwell house, endeavoring to
elicit from him an explicit intimation of
his intentions concerning th^ building of
the Georgia Western. Mr. Newcomb was
frank and unreserved, but stated he had
nothing new to impart. He did not dis
guise that he had taken up the project re
luctantly, but the force of circumstances
inevitably tended to the building of the
road. He has now gone so far, in ray opin
ion. that even if he was so disposed, he
cannot now retrace his steps. I think
Newcomb is himself disturbed when he re
flects he has burned his bridges behind
him and now has no alternative before him. t w
The people of Atlanta may rest assured ; Culpepper’s residence on Peachtree, and
that the prospects of building the Geor- . Mr. Edward Rawson has tendered an ex-
gia Western were never brighter j cellent lot on Fair street, and one just be-
than thev are al this moment. The project yond West End. These are liberal offers
may be delayed a short time, but inevi- and are made upon the sole condition that
tabledesiiny will speedily make the missing I the school building must be
link in the system ot southern ( roads a located upon the lot select-
wrongs, and it also uses the power^granted LINKED TO LINKHAW.
it by law to correct itsown errors from time.
to time by inviting all complainants on 1
either side to come before it and submit THE CHAMPION SHOT OF CAROL!NA a
their complaints, with such facts and argil- j
ments to sustain them as* may be in their _ _ ^ „
power, «nd thus right the wrong, if any is Binned Met Now I Will Bain Yon,
found to have been done. The public have I 8ir”—How Mr. Little’s Weak Imagination
abundant cause tube thankful to the com-l Wot Worked Upon—The Bride in
mission for what it has done. Its services Her Light-Grey Silk, Etc.
have already been very valuable to the pub-!
lie, and let us hope that all parties will
meet the questions submitted to it with ] Lumberton, N. C., March 31.—The reader
fairness and candor, and rely npon the will doubtless remember the tragic occure
(tower of truth for the proper solution of rence at this place last spring, resulting in
•i'*' -•-*—* :—i »: «t._ the death of Edward Hartman, a Baltimore
drummer, at the hands of Miss Amelia
Link haw. the particulars of which were
telegraphed at the time of the occurrence.
The tragedy occurred in ihe parlor of the
American hotel at this place. For some
months prior to this event Hartman had
been regarded as Miss Linkhaw's accepted
lover. He-visited the lady very frequently
every time he came to this village, and the
two were often seen together in the streets
and in society.
On the night of the tragic death of Hart
man he came here on one of his periodical
Washing*
Wm H. Moore, Editor Evening News An-
gust a, Ga : My Dear Sir—On the 12th ult..
during the heat of tlie excitement over the
appointment of census supervisors in our
state, you wrote me calling my attention to
several newspaper editorials severely cen
suring my course in relation to these ap-
a ...... ,/r i * _
registerinc, a lady called at the office and
inquired for the deceased, and was shown
into the parlor. Hartman soon came in re*
s(ionse to a message that had been sent to
him He at once approached the ladv and
extended his hand to her. As he did so
merely . ooraent-to be sued for the ^urpo^ fl
nf h»*inf* «n When that ^ na a p Hartman before he
utI * inat could retreat, exclaiming as she was in the
of having an adjudication,
adjudication was had theic was
no power in the courts to enforce it. The
state might refuse to pay, and the courts
could not compel it to do so. The remedy,
which is protected by the contract clause of
the federal constitution, is something
more than the privilege of having a
claim adjudicated. It must include
power to enforce the results of such adjudi
cation. Only such remedies as are required
to enforce a contract are protected by the
federal constitution. The right to
sue which the state pave to its
creditors was practically of no
value to them as a means of enforcing
their contracts. It gave them t;o real rem
edy, and consequently the withdrawal of
that right did not impair the obligations of
their contracts within the meaning of the
prohibitory clause of the federal constitu
tion. Chief Justice Waite delivered the
opinion.
The South and North Alabama railroad
company vs. The S ate of Alabama—appeal
from supreme court of Alabama. The
jioint involved in this case was precisely
similar to that in the preceding one and
for the same reasons the decree of the lower
court is affirmed.
The following southern cases, in addition
to the above, were decided in the United
States supreme court to-day:
Laura E. Jones vs. W. T.'Blackwell, from
the United States circuit court for the dis
trict of Louisiana. Judgment reversed
Edward J. Gay, appellant, vs. Charles E.
Altei et al., from the United States circuit
court for the district of Louisiana. Decree
affirmed.
Mrs. W. B. Fleitas vs. John Covhrem and
William F. Halsey, receivers, from the
United States circuit court for the district
of Louisiana. Judgment affirmed.
The Howe machine company vs. Jesse
Cage, clerk, from the supreme court of
Tennessee. Judgment affirmed.
Sarah S. Walden vs. Darius S. Skinner et
al. from the United Statts circuit court for
the southern district of Georgia. Decree
reversed.
Theophilus S. Fontaine vs. John McNab,
and Kllcii B. Ponder vs. Lavinia L. Lfeiau*
ney et al. Appeals from the United Stales
circuit court for the southern district of
Georgia. Decrees aflirmed.
A NEW BOOM.
The Normal Xehool Quealion not Met
tled, bnt Atlanta Will Get the School
if It Comes to Georgia.
The normal school question has not been
settled. Dr. Sears, agent of the lVabodv
fund, has been in the city for some days
past conferring with the state board of edu
cation with reference to the removal of the
normal school, at Nashville, to Georgia.
The proposition made by Atlanta met with
favorable consideration at the hands of Dr.
Sears, and while the matter is still (iending v
there is every reason to believe that if the
school shall be removed to Georgia it wili
certainly be located at this point.
atlanta’8 proposition.
The city of Atlanta pnqiosc.s to donate
$18,000 for the erection of a suitable build
ing. This proposition was made to Dr.
Scars by Mayor Calhoun, acting under au
thority from the city c raced. The city is
not willing to give more. Dr. Sears says
that at least $25,00) must be furnished. It
is thought that the remaining $7,000 can
be secured by subscription. Under the act
of the last legislature the state will donate
$G,000annually to the school in caseil
comes, and i)r. Sears will also give $(*,000
annually out of the Peabody fund. Mr.
Richard Peters has tendered a splendid
building site of four acres just back of Mr
necessity. The seriousness with which
Newcomb contemplates his situation, and
the deliberation with which he acts is the
most conclusive evidence of his earnestness.
H. W. G.
THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
I suppose no one will entertain an idea
that I favored the confirmation of Mr. Sim
mons except as probably the best of alter-
natives. I would, of course, have preferred
i?V ^ ~ J . March.—Mr. I a democrat, but that wss then out of the
v ~ *“ 'question. When General Gordon agreed
with General Walker that it was a fair and
just distribution of these appointments to
give two of them to the democrats and three
to the republicans, and this agreement had
been acted upon by the appointment of the
torUc
irmimt. ■
•• ** Headrica*. S; ter Field, a; looker-on a? a battle would—while over all
S; for Bayard, 3: for TUden, l; —falling on the maddening scene like a
— — i benediction, the soft chimes are sprinkled
The Price *r Kentarky Seduction. from the steeple of old Trinity, falling with
Fxaxkimet, Kt., March The lower *he same geo tie music on brokers that
house of the general assetu
fan.
pressor, is made to contribute to the impell
ing force, both subject, together or sepa
rately, to the will of the conductor In con-
nvi'tion with the new machine the professor
bos invented new material for the carrying
balloon, consisting of Scotch gingham, with
rubber coating. The whole fabric is vul
canized, and proves to be 50 per cent
lighter than any balloon coating yet used.
The possibilities which the future has in
store for invention, as Mr. Ritchel estimates
them, are simply bewildering to the ordi
nary mind, and if they can be realized there
is little doubt that a complete revolution
would mildly describe the changes that the
affairs of mankind, as now conducted, are
destined to undergo.
XalhattoiTa Way.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Birmingham, Ala.. March 29—The re-
Q —The lower the same geotie music on the brokers that Birmingham, Ala.. X
bly yesterday tbrongon oneaide of it* twavv *nd oo the ot tbe di-coverv of
ou of any un- » graves of the old Knickerbockers that j mingham is entire) v nni
> [ in • k. .noiAa* itknMK rani. An th« * . _ . • V
P, one*U.oti» h«*. mnd oo the I port oltbe di-covwr <rf oil in or narBr
. a hill making seduction of any uu 1 graves of the old Knickerbockers that j ^ entirely unfounded. Mr. Mal-
tuarried female of good repute, under s: *«P ’ n ancient church yards on the Hatton, who sent o!* the statement, is alto-
91 yew of age. under promise of marriage, j other,
a felony. It hsea the penalty at from one |
to five years in the penitentiary.
gether too sadden and sanguine as a news
\aot~T sam hotle. gatherer. There are no signs of oil. or any
I liave just heard of the trouble of Sam | prospect of an oil we!L
poinituenrs. and you kindly offered
the use of your columns to make any such
answer to these comments and censures as
I might deem proper. 1 thanked you
in acknowledging the receipt of your
letter, for your double act of kindness,
hut stated that I did not think the proper
time had come for me to speak to tbe pub
lic upon the subject. It seemed to me it
was a settled purpose of some parties con
nected with the press throngbont tbe coun
try to misrepresent me in everything I did
or said, either in or out of congress. False
interviews were published and extensively
copied. Tbe prompt denial on my part of
their truth seemed only to increase the
vigor of misrepresentation on other mat
ters.
I was not insensible, however, you may
be assured, to some of the most unjust as
saults made again-t me in the articles to
which you called my attention, especially
in reference to the appointment of supervi
sor for our dist net. yet you and my con
stituents may also be assured I did not al
low my temper to become at all ruffled by
them. I chose to abide my time. That lime
has now come. and. with your indulgence,
I will make a very brief but pointed vindi
cation of myself again>t the most promi
nent of these unfounded charges to which I
allude , i
1. It i* utterly untrue that in the ap
pointment of the supervisor in the second
district 1 “left my life-long friend, Dr.
Case/, on the wayside.” During a long
life I have never turned my back upon a
foe, and much less npon a friend.
2. It is utterly untrue that i was in ahv
two democrats—Clifton in the third and
Harris in the fifth—this, of course, settled
the matter of the political character of tbe
supervisors of the first, second and
fourth districts. They must, according to
the agreement, be republicans. The re-
ma ks that General Gordon made in the
state census committee about having Sim
mons rejected with a view of getting Mr.
Griffin, a democrat, or my friend. Colonel
Mark Johnston, appointed. I looked upon
as entirely illusory. According to the agree
ment and understanding between General
Gordon and General Walker, two only of the
districts were to be filled by democrats.
These two, as I understand it, General Gor
don had filled with Messrs. Harris and
Clifton, as I have stated. Of coarse, there
fore, if Simmons was rejected some other
republican would have to be put in his
place. I thought, whatever may be Sim
mons's faults politic illy, he was a good
honest, upright citizen, greatly slandered,
but highly appreciated and beloved by all
who knew mm best, and would fill the
office welL If he was rejected, I thought
democracy might go farther and
fare worse. How this is I do not
know. One thing is certain, neither Mr.
GriftinnorColonelJobnson has been put in
his place. Of Dr. Gatcbell. whose name
has been sent to tbe senate, I have nothing
to say, because 1 know nothing. It is said
that he is a republican of very short resi
dence in our state. I hope he will make
an able, efficient and acceptable officer, but
I do greatly doubt if the public interests
will be better subserved by him than it
I would have been by Mr. Bimmons. Very
' respectfully, Alexander H. Stephen*.
A Letter from General Toombs Upon
tbe Subject.
Washington, Ga., March 23.—The action
of^his commission attracts a great deal of
public attention. It seems to meet with
much approval a^d some discontent. This
is very uatural. The question of transpor
tation by railroads, especially in the agri
cultural and exporting states of the union,
is scarcely less important than production
itself. Hence, it deeply affects the business
and interests of a large majority of the peo
ple of the United States. The railroad
commission had its origin in wide-spread
complaints that the railroad companies of
this state claimed and exercised the power
to make their own tariff of rates, fixed their
own schedules for tbe transportation of
passengers, freights and cars over their
roads aud to discriminate against persons
and places and to combine at pleasure with
each other to prevent competition among
themselves and thus toll, at their own
pleasure, every article produced and every
article necessary to production which had
to be transported by them, as well as all
pa-sengers using their roads. These charges
seem to have been well sustained, as the
constitutional convention, the great ma
jority of the people of the state and the
legislature all took prompt and efficient ao
tion to redress the evils complained of, and
to these ends, among other things.establish-
ed this railroad commission, clothing it
with authority and imposing upon it the
duty of regulating railroad freight and pav
seuger tariffs, preventing unjust dis-crimi-
nation and requiring reasonable and just
rates of freight and passenger tolls._
All civilized nations have found it neces
sary to regulate by law tbe tolls of common
carriers All human experience has vindi
cated the necessity and wisdom of this
principle under all circumstances. This
necessity is greatly increased in this age
and country by the fact that the great body
of the transportation of the country is un
der the control of huge corporations, prac
tical monopolies, clothed with sovereign
exemptions, rights and powers. It would
violate tbe principles of eternal justice to
(termit either party to fix these tariffs for
both parties, and justice can only be done
and rights protected by interposing a com-
(•etent and impartial tribunal to decide, in
the first instance, all disputed questions
with the right of appeal to the judicial de
partment of the government. Ihisis just
what the legislature has done by enacting
the law in question and establishing the
railroad commission to give it full effect.
Dr. Sears says that if Atlanta
gets the school he will pay its expenses for
the first year. This is most liberal, and
entirely characteristic of this noble philan
thropist
We are informed that several Georgia
towns made propositions to Dr. Sears, look
ing to the location of this normal school it
their mid9t. Newnan threatened at one
time to give $30,000 to have it carried there l
but has made no sign that the threat will
be executed. Augusta offered $10,000 as a
donation, but nothing in the shape of an
nual support. This, of coufse, was too
cheap. Athens made a bigoffer. iSheoffer-
ed to give the Lucy Cobb institute, the rock
college and the use of the philosophical and
chemical apparatus of the university. She
(red the use of the chapel, and Wt
also offei . ,
addition to all this said she would do
nate from $0,000 to $10000
year. But Atlanta’s proposition made
the impression, and it is perfectly natural
that it should have done so, for Atlanta has
many advantages over the above-named
towns. She i* a central, populous, growing
city, and offers a beautiful site, to be
crowned at her expense with a costly build
ing. Dr. Sears was directed by the trustees
of the Peabody fund to remove the school
to Atlanta if suitable arrangements could
be made to do so, and while he was per
fectly willing to receive bids from other
places, Atlanta has undoubtedly been the
choice of the trustees and their agent from
the beginning. In a few days we hope to
announce that the matter has been defi
nitely settled, and, in the meantime, shall
console ourselves with the thought that if
the school comes to Georgia it will surely
stop in Atlanta.
These railroad tariffs can neither be uni
form nor fixed without injury to the pub
lic or to tbe carriers, and therefore, our*~‘
to be altered from**time to time”as provii
by the constitution. The real cost of trans
portation is the primary element in making
a fair, reasonable and just tariff of railroad
rates. The cost of transportation is not
uniform, the topography of the country
through which railroads are constructed,
the different grades, tbe amount of travel
and traffic unon them, besides many other
thing*, greatly affect the actual ccst of
transportation, even at the same periods of
time ; but the most potent of all the causes,
affecting all the roads alike, are the marvel
Ions discoveries and inventions which are
—, - Fnf i T& „. . being constantly made by this generation
farther and of men. These discoveries and inventions
have reduced tlie actual costs of transporta
tion by railroads probaoly not less than
seventy-five per cent. These discoveries
and inventions do not belong to railroads.
Saving the rights of discoverers and invent
ors, they are tbe common property of the
human race.
For these, among many other reasons.
SAM HOYLE’S DEFALCATION.
A New Requisition Forwarded to tbe
Governor of California.
Tut s lay morning a telegram was re
reived at the executive office from Deputy
Sheriff Henry L. Collier, dated at Sacra
mento City, to the effect that Governor Per
kins, of California, desired a certified cor “
of the indictments against Samuel R Hoy
and a new requisition, based upon an affi
davit that Hoyle had fled from the state -
Georgia and was now in California; also,
certificate that Collier and Starnes were
authorized to make the arrest. A* soon as
possible a bench warrant was issued by the
grand jury, now in session, for the arrest of
Hoyle, and a bond fixed at $10,000.
The sheriff upon being handed the war
rant made a return over his official signa
ture upon the back of the paper to the ef
fect, that after diligent search Mr. Hoyle
could not be found, and that to the best of
his knowledge and belief Mr. Hoyle had
fled from the state and was in California
Tbe grand jury then returned a true bill
and a new requisition was made out and
forwarded by Tuesday afternoon’s mail tc
Mr. Collier. The papers will reach Sacra
mento in about a week. As the dispatch
was from Sacramento neither Collier nor
Starnes had seen Hoyle, as he is said to
in jail at Los Ange os in the southern por
tion of the state and about 350 miles from
Sacramento. _
THE TASMANIA.
of firing: "You have ruined me; now
will ruin you, sir!” With these words she
J railed the trigger and sent the ball upon its
atal errand. The ball struck the deceased
the stomach, and inflicted a terrible
wound. Miss Linkhaw at once retired from
the hotel and returned to her father’s house,
where she was subsequently arrested.
The affair caused the most intense excite
ment in the community, where both of the
principal actors to this unhappy occurrence
were so well known and highly connected.
The wounded man was carried to his room
the hotel, and the best medical attend
ance at once summoned, but without avail.
Miss Linkhaw was arrested and removed to
jail, where a few weeks subsequently she
gave birth to a son. This event occurred
on the very evening that Hartman expired.
Before dying the deceased is understood to
have denied to his father any part in the
ruin of the woman who had caused his
death.
The accused was tried at the fall term of
superior court of this (Robeson) county.
The trial attracted a great deal of attention,
and was attended by hundreds of persons
from a distance. The examination of wit
nesses and the argument of counsel occupied *
several weeks, during the tedious days of
which the fair prisoner, accompanied by
her father and two sisters, appeared in
court daily, closely veiled. She was finally
acquitted, on the ground of temporary in
sanity.
Tne romance of the young mother’s life
was not to end here, but the most interest
ing chapter of it was reserv ed for Monday.
During her imprisonment Miss Linkliaw
received letters of sympathy from some of
the best people all over tlie country, and
was called u(K>n by ladies from many sec
tions, who happened in the locality during
the months of her incarceration. Among
her correspondents was Charles Little, an
officer of the custom house at Sullivan's
island, near Charleston, S. C. He became
deeply interested in the fate of the fair
prisoner, and wrote to her regularly every
week or two. On the night the trial was
Expected to close, Little started front the
island in a small skiff to be present,
and learn, at the earliest moment, the fate
of the woman in whom he had become to
» interested. The night was stormy
t attempting to reach Charleston in
the frail craft, it was driven against a snag
the river and capsized, and the ardent
lover came very near being drowned. By
almost superhuman efforts the determined
lover succeeded in gaining the shore.
Nothing daunted, he obtained clothingand
again started on his errand, reaching Flor
ence, 8.C., in time to learn that Miss Link
haw had been acquitted.
From that time up to the present the lov-
s kept up a regular correspondence, which
resulted in their marriage on
Monday. Early that morning
Miss Linkhaw, accompanied by
her sister and child, left here by the early
train for Florence, South Carolina, a little
town near the North Carolina line, where
they were joined by Little, and the mar
riage ceremony wa3 quietly performed at
the residence of a Methodist minister. The
bridal party, accompanied by the child of
bride, left fur the home of the husband
the interior of South Caro
lina, The lady was neatly and
becomingly attired in a fashionably
cut and elegant light gray silk, and looked
exceedingly pxetty. She is about twenty-
three years old, rather petite, with chestnut
brown hair, which curls naturally. The
lady, whose lifs has been such a romantic
one, is highly educated, of retiring man
ners, and before the unhappy event which
clouded her life was the reigning belle of
this county.
Chicago, March 26.—Clarence K. Davis,
the polygamist, after being indicted by the
grand jury on two counts for bigamy, was
arraigned in the criminal court Tuesday
morning. The bills returned by the jury
present that Davis, on May 31, 1864, mar
ried Mary Ann Madigan, in Hamilton, On
tario; that on October 31, 1871, he married
Maggie Vandecar, in Ohio; and on Febru
ary 23, 1880, he married Carrie Cleveland,
otherwise Carrie Lynch, the nuptial rites
being solemnized in each case while each
wife was living, and without any legal sep
aration from any or cither by divorce. In
anticipation of his appearance in court, the
room was well filled, a majority of the at
tendants being made up of ladies. Davis did
not look at all happy when ushered in un
der the supervision of a bailiff, and, beneath
the searching scrutiny of the ladies’ eyes,
wilted to such a degree that an unbroken
study of the floor engaged his attention
from first to last. Mesdames Brantford
Davis, and Detroit Davis, or wives Nos. 2
and 3, were present, and from every appear
ance the most harmonious feeling now ex
ists between them. Wife No. *1, nec Miss
Cleveland, of Quincy, did not show up.
She is in the city, stopping quietly
at the Darker house, on the west
side. Her whereabouts is not
known to any representative of
the Chicago press, and she is living in re
tirement in the strictest s*nse of the word.
Attorney Gustavus Van Bnren, counsel for
Davis, announced to the court, when his
client was asked if he was prepared or de
sired to plead, that they would both like a
little more time to look ove** the indict
ments, and the case was continued to April
15 It was learned this evening that Mrs.
Quincy Davis had written her husband iu
the fourth degree a letter this afternoon.
She is the one he claims as his only
love and true wife, but the
nature of her communication it
lias not lieen possible to learn. A call at
the Parker bouse secured an interview,
but no sooner did the young lady suspect
and satisfy herself that her caller was of
the rcportorial guild than she excused her
self and hastily withdrew. At the county
jail Davis said ho had received such a let
ter, but would not show it. By dint of per
suasive interrogation he was moved to say
that his darling Carrie still loved hini devo
tedly and believed fully in his innocence.
The letters to Superintendent of Police
O’Donnell from alleged women claiming to
have !>een married at some more or lea* re
mote period, come pouring in at the rate of
three or four a day. St. Lonis is about the
only place of any pretensions that has
not been heard from. Three came
to-day. The first, a very long one.
signed Rebecca Davis, nee Smith, went into
A Terrible Story From tbe Sea.
Norfolk. March 29.—A man named
Richard Henry Williamson arrived here
this morning and represented himself as
one of a party of ten picked up at sea from
the ship Tasmania. The following is
account of tbe loss of his vessel. 1 he ship
Tasmania, Captain Burgess, left Pensscila
on March 3. with timber, for Liverpool.
On the Gth tbe ship was cost away south
ot Hatteras during tbe storm and tbe crew
took to the boats. Tne boat containing
himself and nine companions was picked
up next day by the schooner Hattie and
taken to James river. We landed
the commission has fixed'its schedule for I.at Burwell’s bay last Friday,
the present, with the lights now before 11 walked to Smitbfield. and thence to Port-
them. I land, where I arrived Saturday night. Wii-
This schedule is by no means perfect; no I liamson shipped to-day on the British bsrk
wise expected it to be perfect; bnt it 1 Minnie Carmichael bound for Liverpool.
the details of a marriage with Clarence E.
in San Franc-sco three years ago. The
writer says she still loves him. although he
left her to work in a laundry. Another
from Susan Davis, nee Tweed, of Portage
City, Wis., avers that they married in the
winter of MG7, he deserting her
in two weeks after, and she thinks he is a
scoundrel. Ihe other, and the twenty-
third on file, is from Marion Davis, Elgin,
III. She don’t s»y when they assumed the
connubial vote, but does tay he cleared
out six weeks after, and she reluctantly
»dds another disgrace to his name.
Mseshfield, Mo., March 31.—Reliable re
port reached here of the drowning of three
voung ladies in tbe Niangua, fifteen miles
north of here and in the edge of Danaa
countv, last Thursday evening. Three
daughters of Silas Gaun, aged fifteen, sev-
enteen and nineteen years respectively,
together with a young man, Robert
I fay, were starting to a party iu
the neighborhood. They embarked in a
skifl to cross the stream just * l » Te . “
and immediately after tbe lef *
shore it sank in twelve feet pfwater.car'T-
ing down to a watery grave the throeyoong
ladies. Young Ray waa mved, but Ut
that his recovery is despaired oh The Md
event has caused much grief _ coni
inunity, as the vonng ladies
one of tbs oldest and most respectable
families in Dallas county.
e-nun March 3L—A mau calling
himself' Frank Howard, who had operated
in Charleston, W. Va., as a confidence man,
was shot and killed on Monday at 1‘eytona,
on Coal river. W. Va., by a man named At-
kins, who claims that he shot him in self-
defense.