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Newspaper Page Text»A FEARFUL CRIME aitobCMr io justcs in burke, f a YETI EV1LIB BA ^ I.Riingg* 4. r:xk;if Ev!ii of DrioooU Prottl «m v Am Erc’.km, Om #f Wfcem Tstm I I JWaT»BK«)U#, December J".-On .Saturday I* th# aopenar court room of tbit place, t*o men received the sentence of death, ttwir crime, fiendish to the laat decree, met a At parallel ia the treachery which followed it. [TLladej one mouth ago William Driscoll was murdered. The murdered mao had, fdr some time previous to hie death, acted at orrmtr on the Wiffiot place in thit county. Two days before hie death be bad rffproved two Detroit who worked on the place for pottinc op their mule* without giving them water. One of them resented the reproof end struck him; be attempted to defend him* teif, and both tnrued on him, and inflicted several painful injuries. They then left. These men were the defendants. Mass and Frank Twice*. Driaooll soon after swore oat wanaato for their arrest, and placed them la the hands of a constable. It was arranged tbat the constable should call at the Wiggfoe* place at daybreak on the second day thereafter, end make the arrests. That nh.ut Driscoll requested a friend to remain with him. They re trained up until a lata hour of the night. Tbs friend begged him a number of timse to retire, bat be declined, and ant up in a chair, with his clothing on. His friend awoke during ihe course of the night, and found him in the same position. The lamp was still burning. About an boar before day, be lay dh the bed, without ru moring bis dome*, and slept. The. dawn ugteud in a dark, stormy day. They arose and the friend left. Throughout the day. and into the night, the raia poured down in torrents, and Driscoll remained indoors. About nightfall another friend arrived, and remaiue.l with him until quits lata. Tbia gentleman was a physician. Finding him nervous and rest- leu, and anflsring from tbe bruises inflicted npOo him. be administered some soothing drag and left. In the neat room slept an old negro, Emanuel Drown. So others occupied tbe ho life. The negro was called up again and again by Driscoll to give him water. When be left him la^t it was far advanced in the night. He closed the door and left tbe lamp burning dimly behind bim. Making a pallet at the door which connected the two rooms, be laydown witn bis head towards tbe door and slept. He was called up no more. In the night be awoke and found three men standing above him. They badehiui icniain q met, and tbreateued instant death if lie uttered a word. rearing over bis body they opened tbo door and walked into the ad* • joining chamber. One walked to the foot of tbe bed. another stood at the door, another walked to the bead of tbe brd, and pointing a double barreled shot gun at the breast of tbe sleep er fired. They hurriedly left. At the mo ment the fatal snot entered his body, tbe murdered man sprang with a wild cry to the door of the room, the blood clothing ami the b.*d on The terror-stricken negro who had waicnrd the scene upon his knees, leaped front the tl ior, pudied Driscoll upon the bed and threw water upon the llamrs. Dris coll told him to go for AbeTwipga.an elder brouter of the drfendaut, who worked as a '‘cropper'' on tbe plantation, and a»k him to take charge of the place until be could bring there a Mr. Numb. who lived aome miles diaia.it Emanuel went at ones to tbe house of Abe Twiggs, about 150 yards off, and Abe sent liim (or another negro who lived in the next bouse to accompany them As soon as they reached Abe tbe constable with the warrants drove up. lie inquired for Mo»e and Frank. No one re plied where ihey were. He saw a light burning in Driscoll's room, and inquired if be was op. -They told bim he waa dying; god tbn four went to tbe bouse together. Drboull lay upon fljor dead. No one touched him; tbe room waa clmed and they left. A coronet'* jury met tbat day and com mitted tbe three brothers for murder. Wednesday last ilnnr cases came on to be tried. - On the trial they severed, and Frank W***irivd fii>t. ine negro Emanuel testified to the inci dents of the murder si shoved stated, and staled that the man who fired the gun was Mwa. the other Frank Twiggs, tbe third ag unknown man. This man wore a white hat. a heavy black overcoat and high boots, which aro»e above bis knees, lie ten'irted further that no word was spoken after they had passed the thrmhold of tf»e room. He m.o*i emphatically denied that the unknown man was AbaTaiggs. mu witneo* wpevery ignorant; and waa to ipi!« exuni discomfited by ilit cross- examination. The solicitor general finally, to the surprise of all, called Aba Twiggs. A hurried consultation ensued, and he was pgl u|H»n the stand. He waa asked who killed tbe deceased. The pr Loners turned to an ashen hue, and the crowd looked on With wnrpriaa and horror, as he replied that bis own brothers bad done tbe deed; that More had fired the fatal shot; that Frank bid com tuaudtd him to shoot, and that be himself stood by a mate spectator. Ha denied wearing a while bat, black over- onlor boots, or tbat any person answering to tbat description waa present. Tbe gray kgired mother of these men, aat by to all appearances .an unmoved witness of this unnatural tcaae. Each - made hia statement and each sought to oondemn hia brother’s and ■bield himself. A be, with averted eyes, wi ltd back to hia brothers, and chained t gfther, they were marched back to their arils. At the moment their doom was nro- * * discharged, as a reward fr~ in a clear, determined voice: “Yon have insulted me as no other man on earth baa ever done before. Yon took advantage of my friendless condition, and treated me in way that makes my blood boil to think ol jd I will be revenged.” Tbe young woman drew her band ‘from her pocket and threw a handful of red pepper into bis eyes. Ingersoll screamed with pain and clasped both bands to bis eyes. Tbe yon eg woman drew a heavy wnip from her side, tbe fash of which was armed with twit lad pine, and cot bim across the face and bands, bringing the blood at every stroke. Ingersoll shrieked, and, dropping on one knee, tried to protect him self from tbe blows that fell on hia neck, face and hand*, ▲ turoof bad gathered, and he heated far protection, bat no mao raised a hand to interfere with the chutiaeuent. Many of them eoeoniacad tbe yoonx woman, and criad that it aerrad him right. He waa balaborad with Iba whip nntll be climbed np several itepe from the Boor. Thera be tamed and gare her a kick in the braaat that caused bar to real backward. As aha MHw. W. Disbaroon caught her tnd n she had revalued her fee; she attacked Innwlh the pereons wlM gathered in the hallway eonlinuing vol. xm. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 28, 1880. NO. 29 left It, mark on Irgemoll. tbe if it, pale and trembling from excitement, walked rapidly through the crowd and disappeared. Tbe young woman who was the principal actor In iba scene, is Misa Aline Slav Free- man. She is living at No M2 West Fourth street. A reporter called at that address last evening, and Misa Freaman aud an el derly lady received him. Tbe young wo- luau has delicate feat arm and a dear, while complexion. Har manners art refined. ••I arrived In this country "she says, about three months ago, from England. 1 knew no one here. My lather's death de- prived me of support, and 1 cam* here to earn my living. For a long time I tried to gat a situation as geveroam or school teacher, but without succes-. About two weeks ago 1 saw an advertisement in a paper for a saleslady at No 9 Barclay alreet. 1 relied there, and found Howard a Inger- Mia Freeman laid that abe was not pleased with the condition of Ingervoll toward her, sad that when be praised her she asked him what her appearance had to do with the duties ha wanted her to per form. Ha told her, she says, that lw wanted her to go to live with his family in Brook lyn; that ha was an artist, and woold want her for a model there, and the: he would give her tan dollarea week In her neces sity. aha added, she consented to go. -We went over to a bouse on Jay street, in Brooklyn,'' aha said. "I think it was No. 185. and ha let himself in with a latch key. Not another soul was there. He in sulted me, and I rushed to the door, but funnd it locked. I screamed. bulfao ao, an swered me. I was nearly dead with fright when somehow » got the door open and gaioed the ball. I half fell down tbe stun, and I hardly know how I got hack here It ‘ arrest him I would be obi I red furnish two sureties of $500 each. I could' only gat one. So this morning I took six of the round leather bands used to run sewing machine* and bound them together. I oiled them to make them supple, and then took a dosen long pins snd twisted them into tbe end so that thay would scratch and cut Then I bought two handsful of red pepper and went in search of Ingersoll. and found him. When 1 reached borne I fainted. pojvbll*.** PUNCH. THE XEW SOUTH. SPEECH OP HON. JOSEPH B. BROWN la wklck kaDrylcts the 8oafa's Fast sad Pretext sad Petals tke Way Tkmgk wklck Esr Paters May be Mads Mere Bright —Tke Htp'i Pert Tkerein. nounped he was t •nd stolidly'. 0.1 tbe 28*h of January next they be banged. Oa the «rsi they were furnished with •very advantage tbe court could give them. Able counsel were appointed to defend them, end they di-charKtd their duty faith fully ar.d w e! I. The charge of J udg* Snead yraa a model of fairness and impartiality. None abler could have he.n delivered. It waa pronounced by the oldest lawyers of this bar as the ablest aud fairest charge ever de livered from tbe bench ia this county. Tbe •antencin>:o: the prisoners an impressive scene, and was accompanied by a few ef fective words tmm tbe bench, Thu* ended onv of the tu« st remarkable trials tnat ever appeared in the records of crime. U. THE PILCKIM SONS One Xegra Kill. Another With A Knife -lie Skip. Out bwt tl Ciplneevt. dundiy morning lest information wee re ceived in Atlanta Mating that , ne*ro man bad baen brutally murdered in Kewnan, end in order to ascertain tha particulars a Coarrmmoa reporter waa at once dispatch ed to that place where the following facts were learned: Saturday even lug last wbiiM Truny Smith aud Blla Neal, two colored cilixeni •>( Nrwnan, were standing on a narrow bridge across a water drain at the oorner of Hancock and Brown streets. George Powell, a negro roan who lived about five tuiles (rum Nrwnan. rente along, and in passing by ibs two, Want between them. This caused Smith to demsnd an explanation, • brn soma words, so exact repetition ol which could not be established, ensued. Smith followed up Powell, who had step l»d about tau feat away, and after cursing. Mrnck at bim; but Powell warded otr tbs blow aud at tha asm# time struck at hia antagonist with a knife, which penetra ted Smith's breast a liule above and just la tbe right of tbe heart. Tha knife was a new Ibrce-Dlade puckat knife, with a live inch blade, and did ita work well, as it penetra ted the heart, causing death in a abort time. Several negroes were standing near by w hen me affray occurred, hut m their (right they permitted Powell to make hia arcape. Smith waa picked up and car ried to a saloon near by, hot before ha had been taken a dcsen stem We was extinct, and Powall waa a mutderar. The alarm waa atone* given, end in a short u mu scores of people had viewed the dead utgro. Coroner llnncan caused a jury of ItKiUtat lo be impanelled and began an in vesligatioo at once. Tbe evidence was much mixed, but ell tended to set forth the fiuita as stated herein, and after a oonsidvr- elien induced the Jury to renders verdict charging Powall with voluntary man- slaughter. T. A. Robinson, city marsh*!, went in search of- Powell as soon as his flight was discovered, and with out much difficulty succeeded in capturing him at his home about five miles; front Tbe tenate bavin* under consideration tbe bill IS. No. 131) to wtabush an educat onal fupd. and apply a portion cl toe nroee*d» of the pubile Unde to pabtic edocAtfou. and to provide for the more complete eadowmentaad support of nation al colleges lor tbe advancement of scientific aad iuduitrial education— Mr. Drown said: Mr. President: I have listened' with a great deal of. pleasure to the able and elo quent argument made by the honorable senator from Yermout [Mr. Morrill] in favor of tbe passage of tbe bill now before the senate. We live under a republican form of government. Tbe stability of tbat gov ernment depends, in my opinion, upon tbe virtue and intelligence of the people of the United States. We are exposed all tbe time to tests of tbe permanency and stability of this form ol government. ■When we had a spam* population of bnta few millions scattered over a very large ter ritory, with no large masses of people con gregated together in great cities or centers, we were in awouditioa better adapted to tbe maintenance of republican government than we shall be tprhen we have a hundred millions of papulation crowded in tbe cen ter* and upon the older settled portions of our territory, where lar^e ms—m can con gregate up »n abort notice. In that oondi lion, if wr*have large rnaases of ignorance, understanding nothing about tbe form or principle*of the government, we hare little to expect in tbe future. It becomes, there fore, important that we should educate the mass of tbe American people if we expect to perpetuate American institutions. Not only ia tbia true so tsr as it relates to the government, bat tbe public interest re quires that we have the whole intellect of the people developed and cultivated for the purpose of building up and improving ao- e'etjr Neither the intellect of this country nor of any other country is confined to chil dren born of the nooiiity, tbe aristocracy, or tbe wea tby classes. Neither Disraeli nor Gladstone was born of the nobility, and yet to day tbe destinies of England and of the British empire are eon trolled, by the intellect of these two competitor Though born neither of tbe nobility ugr of the royal family they say what the crown shall do, what tbe nobility shall do, and what the commons shall do. So it ia in thin government. The intellect of the people of this country is not*con- fi ed to the sons of the aristocracy' or the wealthy classes. George Washington was a surveyor; Benjamin Franklin was sprinter; K >ger Sherman, I believe, wasash<«e...aker; Andrew Jackson was a penniless orphan; Henry C ay was a mill-boy; Daniel Web t-ter was tbe son of poor parentage; An drew Johnson was a tailor, who when mar ried could neither read nor write; his wife taught him to read; be was self-educated and self-made; General Grant was a tanner; tbe great commoner. Alexander H. Ste phens, was a poor orphan boy; Abraham Lincmn split rai:s ard labored in bis youth with bis hands for hia living; and 1 believe the president-elect, General Garfield, was born of poor parentage. Then it is true tbat in this country as well as in every other the intellect of the country ia not confined to tbe sons of the wealthier or the ruling classes; and I maintain tbat the state has a right to have tbe intellect of the whole country de veloped out of- the mass of the wealth of the country and brought into ac lion for the protection of society and the building up and development of tbe coun try. Take our own country today. In the beck- roods among the mountains, perad venture away mi among tbe Rocky mountains, or down In die wlregremot the south, there is many a bright- eyed boy, who has intellect ol the highest order, la one of the humbles* cottages or cabins of the land. And there If neglected be ■say stay, a* d work his way through me with no opportunity-to show the power be p — f. Bat ■rod him to tbe common schools, - and let the rough be knocked off jhat diamond till It -begins *“ *■ ** a step him.. Re will to c<ltter. and yon ce S forwarder d thee b brighter It wills; brighter It will brl llent splendor and magnificence. But this could not have been done without edgcation eooagb to show what was In the boy. Thernfore, tbe development of tbe mowen and power of tbe state. Bat there is another good reason. Mr. President. fact of tbe large illiteracy of the — United States. He did not carry It out and shoe to what states or sections this illiteracy • r “'“~ meek I regret to say It Is from my own Thera are several reasons —'*— “ * our old system of society education of the ruling ci ednetiionof the whole a . we did not as they did in New Baglai'd. furnish ite money toeetafalMt—* * where all the we educated o<_ private seboole, where only tb» — and those who were weli-to do ooa d mod their children. Consequently there was a lar„-ctnum- and used them as slaves it was regarded unsafe t_ educate them. Therefore their education was neglected, and it vas a ver> hazardous experi ment when they were made citizens witbomedn* cation. The honorable senator from Shod6 Island [General Burnside] referred to the condition ol the tiooteti pcojilo at a time when they were degraded they were and how. they i looked down upon, and UKbe elevation that th y afterward attained when by a common-school African race, and go back two aad a half centu ries, and where were they and what were they! They were heathens; they llvdd on the contine.it engaged from time to time in warfare, and In many InWaitces the rule was indiscriminate slaughter; bu t if they took prisoners they were spared out of no mercy to tbe pris oner, bat because then considered, not only by the tribes selves bat by Old Easlaud and New Eng land. .hat they were proper persons to be made slaves. Companies were organized for tbe pur pose of engsglng in tbe importation and traffic, and ft isasld that the relgulog queen and *ftex- waid tbo klugs of England owuod stoex ia tnosj companies, lu teat day it was believed to be rignt. l do not mention this subject now with a view of bringing up auy m-jotcu quest! n about sla very, but I am Speaking of the nuujry of the negro, all then considered slavery was right. The ue- gr- ca were imported iuio this emutryas slave* and so*d into slavery from the British vessels aud the ve-selsol New England. They were old to os in tbe south We bought them, we believed It wa* rignt to buy them, and they believed it was tight to Sell them. In a word, at that time the negro was considered as only fit to be a slave, and fit for nothing else, aud be occupied a much more degraded position thau the rcotchdid at tue time rejtrred to by the honorable senator from Rhode Island. And just here permit mi to refer to a chapter in the history of my own state. The original charter of the colony of Georria made it a tree state, and tbe trustees for a uumb.-r of yesn persisted iu their refueti to submit negro slavery or rum to be brought Into tbe eolouy. Fin* ly it waa discov ered tbat the adjoining colony of Sooth Carotins and other soumern colonies that had adopted slavery were more prosperous than that of Geor gia. aud the people from the other colonies refused to emigrate to Georgia aud stay there uuless they were permitted to carry their slaves with them. About that time in our history John Wesley and George Whitfield, the two great dlvlaea who under Frorideace were the fouuders of Methodism, aud who pjuued tbe church on our society. I have no doubt many a man h lived in the United States of intellect grand as those I have mentioned whn has died unknown to fame. Why so? Because no circamntance has led to the first stage of development that has made the person himself conscious of his own powers. That bright boy has never been sent to school; he has never been taught even the first rudiments of a common education; he has been confioed to labor in the backwoods, in the factory, in the ehop or in the mines, and while he may have been regarded there as one of the most intellectual of bis com rades, there hss been no development that showed his powers to either him or them, or tbat gave the country tbe benefit of those powers. Educate the whole mass of tbe people snd you have tbe beuefit of all this power. Let me illustrate. The honorable senator who lias-just taken his seat was too modest to refer to it because he is from New Eng- lard, but we find a noted example there. When the ruritana, ai we term them, land ed in this country and located themselves on the oleak shores of New England, they commenced building up socle y by the or ganisation of churches and the building of houses of worship, and they located the ■chool-bouse.near the church. They estab lulled a system of common schools that was intended to embrace the whole popula tion and to give every child an opportunity to have a common education. They com merced eariy, and la d deep the foundations of their universities and colleges. The re sult has been that they have endowed and built up colleges of a very high order, where immense numbers of the young men of this country hare been educated. *Go out through the mighty west and over the territories to the Pacific ocean, and what do you find? Where was the mem ber of congress or the senator in this hall educated? Usually at a Sew England col lege, Where was tbe minister of religion. •oil, associated themselves with tbe colony at Stvatmah, aud Whitfield established bis orphan found that this wis not enough. Very grave) the fact thatzhev question* were raised as to whether a race who in tire organiz|pion of were entitled to all the tights ot the original citizens of ihi* country; ia oilier wont*, whether tney ha«l the rigat to vote an l hold cfflre: and l had to take one • more That step was to propose to tbe states. Then states and territories large amouot» r of the public domain have been s«$ apart for dw use of colleges and schools there °f congrem to use a portion of the land f°r this purpose. Then, agal-. the act of lh&2, of which I have been speakir^. which •pDropriatea a 'certain • amount of the public lands in aid of agricultural colleges. i« * jothci use of the public domain for that purpose which ha- not been objected to. | Alter all that has bn— — —— - the negro advanced one farther step. From being a citizen without rights as to vo ing and j After ail that has breu done, why may we not holdiax office be was lajide a citizen free » now appropriate :ho future proceeds of thepubUu b* I right! lauds and the patent office to this sacred puroosef and independent, with a of any other dtizsiv of the United States. Of o><u’*r. 2 mean legal rights. He was made the le.zal equal of any and evenr other citizen of this union. Social rights must take care of them * •elves: neither the ooagren nor any other governmental power can regulate them. Bat all bis legal rithu were .guaranteed. Then what was the status? Here aTe four million persona formerly slaves, then f eodmec. then citizens without all tae rights of citizenship, then full- fleugedn ttzens with every right of the citizen, turned loose amoog'us. without education, incor- according to the best estimates, about f2.O0O.OOC.- 000 in the valueof our si.Tea It was tnat much, gold value, our own under the constitution of the. *‘nited State*, which we lost by the war, and It jftjpyBFWn heavy draught Then we had to support the confederate armies for fohr years without a dollar of help, out of our subsuneq. True, we issued e nfedcrate bonds aud notes; they were paid out for oar substance, bat at the end of the war they ware repudiated and they became as ashes io oar handa We lost, teen, not only two bUiloos ia slaves, but we lost about two billions more in the support of our armies for $our yean Then we lost imm nsc amounts in the destruction of property by .the armies outside of what was necessary to feed and clothe them. But that was not all. At ihe end of tbe straggle e had to return to the union and resume iir position and t»ke upon onrselres oar just proportion, according to our means, of the war deot contracted by the government lathe suppression of what is known as the rebellion. Then, I my, with tnese draughts upon us we are not able to educate these four millions of peop e that were turned loose among us. As I have already stated, during the period of slavery it was not our policy to educate them: it was In compatible, as we thought, with the relations existing between the two races. Now that the) are citikens-we all agree that it is our policy to educate them, as they are citizens, let ns mak- toem the best citizens we can. 1 *m glad to see that they show a strong disposition to do every thing in their power for the education of their children. Then I say the provision of the bill that gives for ten yean at lea-t the advantage to the slates where there ia most illiteracy i> a just and a wise provision, and I thank the senators from New England and the other wealthier states for the sense of Justice they exhibit in coming forward and showing a willingness to aid in the education 01 these people. We all agree tnat it is Important tnat they bo educated, iou will agree with me that we in the southern states are not now abls to educate them, and our own children. They were set free as a necessity of the union.- You so regard It. Then it is proper that the udion should coma forward, and wnn its vast re sources aid in their education, and I am glad to the patent ofiioe to this sacred purpose? But I iielieve mere is another provision oi the 'xjnsututioa that may have mime bearing here. ^ shall guarantee to every statu -The United iu this anion a repohlk «.. _ i the constitution. - -!! 1 be right i of government” iu the position I took in tbe commencement of tbta argument, that this government cannot be per~«tuiud as a republic without the education of the whole mass of the people, then to approprl ate money for the educiUon ot the masses of the penpte would bo a better mode of guaranteeing a renubbean form of government than p. under make a guarantee by the use of the army FELTON’S FIDGETS g {& “arch, saw, at Providence. BECAUSE HB WAS LEFT N THE RACE* Preferring a Young MaaNam*dClfm«ata toBeprs- seat Them ia Coagress—8add»a Diioovery That the 8tate is la a Bad Plight, aad the Pecpls Bat Little Bsttsr. Ann M. lisllou. . - j .„llr,u, said house being .house of prostitution: with Sllunl, Wilson la J.uuary. 1S73, «t. hotuo ol msUaMro In Ptut- IJonce, .ml with (JlTeisoUurWwdY.omcn, white I name, are not known lo tbo petitioner at tVa-h ln| !. ,0 ?!£?. 1 ? 0 , T y.“ C0 ' •»**$ Alexandria, Va.. aad at rhllailnlphla, Pa , and at New York dlj. 1 l»clw:v-n Ihn ymin l; tt-j re-s. 11 making this dlffimlty dismal don • of tho public lands tor very important purpoce, and It seems to nte there is no other possible dispo sition that esn be made of this fund la the future wBict can result In anything like the benefit to the v ven0.aut and the p.ople of the United tbdvmosi rgr -,n the appropriation of pcrp0aCsT a ri?-<.!tituu. * -——«e proportion of our public domain, which lathe property of the people, haa been ap propriated by-congreas to railroad corp rations aud other purposes, looking to the settlement aud development of the territories. And while I am I not prepared to My that this may at the time have. improper use of a portion of the punllo educating the this way tbe union, tho'maiutenahoB of •aFSKWsS states, and the future peace and prosperity of the whole country. Let us give to the whole mass of our people, ia all sections of the union, the ben- * \ education; and Prussian system _ _ m nt of tbe brightest intellects "tbat - may be found In the public schools by such legislation and appro priations as will enable them to proeecnte their studies till they have made themselves masters of the particular art or calling for which nature seems to have fitted them. * It may be objected that it oosti large sums of mooey to educate our whole people. I admit it: higher development bat it is an Investment that pays back a heavy rate of inter st. Who is most likely to make money, an educated, enlightened people, or an tion. see a movement made that looks In that direc- I have better hopes for the race (or the luwre luau I had when emancipation took place They have shown a capacity to receive education, and a disposition to elevate themselves that l* ex ceedingly gTatlfyinc, not only to me, but to every rigbt-tninkJug southern mau; and 1 wish yuo to uudcMstgud that we harbor no hostility to the race m the south. There are many reasons why we should not, no good reasons why we should They were raised with us; they played with ns as chil dren. Uuder the slavery system tha relations were kind. When the war came ou it was supposed by mauy that they would rise in insurrection and soon disband our armies. They at no time ever behaved with mor- loyalty to us, or with i propriety. Since the eud of the war, when, l . _ b ought, you very unwisely gave them the ballot, they nare exercised the right! of freemen with a which shall be improved and built up, until the whole mass of the American people have the bene fit 1 ! that will aoou result iron lu Tills Is tae surest way to maintain anti perpetuate our re generations. But, as I stated a while ago, I have given yon a reason why there is such a vast prepoudenu * illiteracy now ia our section. Is not onlv due *o the fact have the common-school and slaves In the colony ol bomb Carolina, whlca nedid, aud which ho declared did muen to en able him to maintain his asylum. And this great divine became one of the ablest an J most zealous advocates for the establishment of slavery in the colony of Georgia. Finally the pressure upon the trustees became so great that they yield ed, and a avery was permitted and .soon became an established institution. I simply mention this to show that in my own slate slavery was prohibited by law at a time when tha people of the motner c .untry of New England were Im porting slaves under tho sanction of law without a question tbat the traffic was legitimate. biavery was fouad to be unprofitable in New Eugland and the middle states, aud, like every other traffic, it was carried where the commodity was most needed aad would psy best. Conse quently the slaves were sold by the ancestors ol toe people of New Eugland and the middle states to our ancestors in the south, and the money obtained for them was doubtless invested lu building up your towns, your factories, aud your commerce. At that time, however, neltner section believed that the other was doing wrong in igagingia the Importation, the traffic, or the seof slaves. Thus matters passed for a long period. Slavery was recognized by all, and the mvages imported ss slaves were trained here ia the practices and Ideas ot clviiixstiott till they were wry much elevated ust appeal to you not - ... ire to be liberal toward the *omh la aiding la the education, of these people. 1 kno* there have been complaints that they msy have been cheated la some instances at the ballot-box. Ignorance may be cheated any • where. Doubtless, senators, you have >een the more ignorant class cheated in your own states. If you would guard against ibis effectually in the Olebrattng the Arrival s»r Ttoelr t’»«- pet It*■» 1'mitiers. New You, December 22.—The fir.t annual festival of the New Ragland society of Brooklyn wm held in the academy of music in that city Ust Wight, lion B. D. Sit It man presiding, tbe guests of honor, rreaijcnt Hayes snd General Great, respectively, oa the right and left of President Stillman. General Sherman. Boo. W. M. Evans. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. PreaiJent Porter, of lion. Ja Sate. Ju . Hunter, Geuersl riorum. Rev A. A. Low. H»«o. J. M Yaucwtt. H teaden and lion. S L Woodford w> M the mrne time with the guests of the viewed by Tu* Coxstitwtiox reporter yes terday morning. Powell dots not deny tbe killing, but mvs tbat be was drinking at tbe tune it happened. He says tbat be never knew S tub before and do«a not recollect to have e«*r seen bun previous to the killing. Hie story coincides mainly with tbe foregoirg but ha attempts to justify bis action throughout. Sentiment is much divided quite a number of people thinking tbe killing an unprovoked and bloody murder, whilst .utters believe a joatiffcation can be estab lished. Be public opinion what it may. the eviJeace adduced before tbe coroner's jury will bother ahy twelve men who shall attempt to say guilty 11 'The southern church holds np to the gaze of heaven and earth more convened hmtbeus [re ferring to our slaves) than can be shown la ‘ " * * Ute result of tbe labor* of all held np a large numbei who were converted to Christ!«uity and reclaimed to civilization. In other words, Providence seems to have bad a great It nil UWIIC Uic F*, ....v.v — O---' and at once jailed him, where be was I or the village doctor, or the lawyer, or the * • ~ local politician educated? Moat of them in New England colleges. Thus they car ried New Koglatid ideas ail through the west, which have controlled in tbe organi zaiionof society and the legislation of stater, and in tbat way New England may be aaid to have dictated laws to tbe continent Her idea?, taught to the youths tbat have gone out west and scattered all over this broad land, hare been carried along aud ingrafted upon society, and we are obliged to admit that they bave done a fireat deal io controlling tbe destinies of the country. It was not only so with New Eagland; bat there is another- very noted example wortbv of onr attention. I refer to tbe lo UV4I kingdom of Prussia. At tbe time Napoleon not guilty when the First led biaarmy over Europe like an deign in this mster They were brought here as. slaves: indeed they were prisoners and slaves ax Borne and sold as snch by their own people. We _. _ necessary to educate them, furthermore for th* reason that they do not sow understand, as ifliorance does not anywhere understand, the tm-ory and form and spirit of our government. Education will eaabte them to understandJL must give it to them. must teaca them to love the union and to be .. .MM there is no longer the union of our fathers. As tue union is to be Indissoluble, the states which form the union, and without which It cannot be maintained, must forever remain indestructible, and they most co t nne in the exercise of all the reserved rights which they now possess under the constltulon as it stands, with the amendments adopted by the to teach all citizens, > teach their children, A Uorrlbie crime. Memphis, December 21.—A special from Tupelo, Miss., a station on tbo Mobile and Ohio railroad, gives the following account of a most horrible crime committed In tbe northern portion of Monroe county, Miss . last Saturday night. Tbe details are as fol lows: Mr. Biown Riding, whose family consisted of bis wife and daughter, two years old, on Saturday night permitted wo men, giving the name of Miller to tay all night at his bouse. They occu pied tbe bed in tbe same room with tbe family, it being tbe only one in which ihere was a fire-place. Abont eleven o'clock tbe (lames from tbe little cottage attracted the eighbore, who found tbe. bouse so or consumed that nothing could •e done to save it. It was thought tnat the family had absented themselves for-the night, but tbe charred remaius of the tno were found In tbe debris. The Investiga tion developed the above facts, and a search was at once made for tbe two men. It was ' found tbat they bad separated, one going towards Aberdeen, tbe other in the direction of Tu pelo. The posse tbat went toward Aber tieen were successful in finding their man hiding in a field six miles from that place. He was returned to the scene, where he told the following story: We wanted money. We were permitted to re main over night, and we laid awake after retiring till the heavy breathing of the family satisfied ~ ot their wfi-n we arose, chloroformed them, tiffed the house of valuables, consisting of twenty-seven dollar?, a watch, nil ot c othes aud a pair of boots. Then we scattered cotton, satu rated with coal oil. over the floor and on the bed, and set fire to it and left/* The crowd wss composed of twenty-five resjlute men, who determined that the villain should be punished with his own weapon. They pinioned him, arranged fine splinters, saturated with coal oil, around him and tet them on fire. A vigilant search is being made for the other man, who will doubtless ahare the rente fate if caught. ELECTRICITY* uv.il them as slaves, the right so to they were going e improving all toe ter niued In His divine decree* that they should no longer be slaves And who can say that It Is not the design of ProvW ence that the descend- ■ uts of those who by the rule™ of Africa were *ul<l Into slsvcry. Improved aud elevated by stsverj **“ they were fit for irtedoni, may the importance of maintaining republican insti tution? in the parity ia which they originally came from the hands of the framers of our con stitution. and to maintain the bahot-box In its parity also. I announced in my own state to tbe I want to see the day come when that will be so everywhere, not ' only in . Louisiana, tiontb Carolina. flor id*. and Georgia, but in New York, MasKCua- setts. Onioaud Indiana as well. Let it be so every where. Let ns educate our people, white and colored, up to the point where they understand the proper use of the ballot; then lrt it be free to all. ai d let tbe ballots be fairly counted when dt pwlted. Having referred t» the struggle th«t brought about tbe prerent stole of things, I will add that whatever 1 may have thought of tbe term* you dictated to ns, I have accepted them, aud I have all the while advocated carrying them oat lu letter aad in spirit in good faith, in practice as well as ia thoory. When ever the whole mass of the people are educated there Is no danger in doing this. Until the? are educated the>M will Be impostil ms prac iced upon ignorance in every IIroadway Illainlnnteti Wills Its Bril- » Haney. New Yoax, December 22.—Three quarters of a mile of Broadway, between Fourteenth and Twenty-third streets, was lighted by electricity this evening. There were 16 lamps at the top of twenty-foot poles, and * tho light that blazed from them was of that whiteness aud intensity that characterizes the electric lights. The lamps thus far erected are of a simple p«t era. The glass ts a plain globe, with two lncnes of the lower part ground so as to mill- loam, Hsn. h. r. wait also seated I-the rreoaaeut of the United tales.' When the meeriug »utedded, rresldent Hares MkHBlMilBMfiout' rrpltol a» toll >w»: • M . Chairman and gem ■ten: W. h»v$-often heard of philosophical Sew Ragland W.*»snd principles. It has been asld. Powell answers the indictment that will be found against him by the next grand j ary in Coweta county. • The Democratic Party. New Jersey Democrat. It wm killed when John Adams twa! JetTefson in 17V7. It was killed In tiCt when Andrew Jackson was defM ed by the coalirtan b -tween th* friends of Joan Quincy Adams and Henry Ctoy. 11 w»s killed In ifitOby the “hard elder cam paign" of General Harrison. It was killed by the election of Abraham Lin- °°it was killed by th* re-ileetie* of Lincoln Is 1».L It stm killed by the election of Grant in l&A It was killed "very dead ’ by me reflection of Grant in 1S72. U was killed by tbe "coasting oat” proeees In MIL killed by the •Tzanting in” process in avalanche and swept down kingdoms and empires before him, l’rus-ia was a diir i class p-wer, devastated by the rsv ages of war. At the end of the great struggle. In making preparations to build tip society, she early took into account the importance of educating the whole u.a.'S of her people She endowed universities liberally; abe established a sjaiem of public schools through out the entire kingdom, and- she not ouly by net legislation from time to time made arovistou for the education of all her children, bat she made of lanrc•?»«! «rr*ilufi men la sbaptng th* efftire Of the people ol the l ulled d'etre, ihe priori- ISM. pke retetred t * are not meant. 1 suppose, as be- 1 1: had a popular majority In the ouch, and farsecular to New England, but that they are I wt Jtia a waall fraction of a popular majority in generally accepted end b «4 there their firs' p ac- I th * worth aad west ia the elecuoa of ISSte cel illustration of thrir Ida >s and principle*New It number* over three Bullions *1 voter* la the Ruguu l idee* sad principle* have had mac* to north and west, aad nearly a mtiUon ia the da with the p*o*p*my *• i-ow enjoy, and about , which we Wte) be t»»«acfal. but which we cannot'! which we may l — deem to • gtwri. Tbr sublet Is sen Urge* Ine m I* uterine, Ud» evening. We have here friends whowttidottusewbjsriJustice. lmearoundsM Mr. Everts. Hr. B ecner. aqd ategGencrei Grant.. icheers), to whom 1 will leave this dterarelon and merely menuoa the Idea*. New England b Here* that every man and woman should have an cq«al rhirr* with every ether man and woman. New Eagland betievttl* equal lUhta. which can be secured by mean* of tducaW'*. Hew England batirv.e that th* only road to dte maintaining of credit to tovaact payment of every debt accrued according to toe tetisc aad spir t. New England teilevre la home and to tho viruses that make home happy. Win three New Eos land ideas srssjssrEjrjr^r ‘ “ iUh Sew Eadtr- — aatleoal sea«b tioc cie»U of JEs * drecendante > cabers cannot be bought or Intimidated tbrtr faun to fonndol Ubeny aad equality, e the democratic pa ly. long Uve the d .. . will not send him to -The state has an Interest in Tbe law required the aad then tbe siatf gtv - child to be educated school" «?b*mys: *• It, and it shall he dc parent to send the m.. »«- — •—j him the rudiments of an education. He have tt; the good of society require* it; the Uw Prumia rose rspidiy. to a secooa-raw power: and within the last few years the tret of str.-ngth came between the kingdom .of Prumia aud the empire eet up by Napoleoo, when his ■ n r enr a wiwits amn waa nnon the throne. What was the retail? That ht !r third rate king d -m. overrun by Naprfejo tbe Firet. had tieen to baa jow.na Eur >pc. aad wbau tr* struggle came Piusria swept over France, dethroned ine moo- a’vh. the saooamnr to Napbseon First, and dictated tiros to Franc* upon her own soli. Why tall so? It may ho said ab# had abler generals; that hr? armies were better hand lad There was another reason: abe bad a better educated people. Her whole people ““ ‘ _ todtvtdaaUSF doing, and then she had all tha bca. Intellect* bringing -J me marretous uxnt tu wuxisuao tivJO? Bat let us noace runner in<» remarssme History of this people. The two aecuons of tbe ualou were arrayed in hostility against each other on the subject of slavery. If you of the north bad mb np daily to put ia new carbons. The ___ ’as so intense tnat beside it the gas-jets were of a sickly yellow tint, and where the white rays did not reach there wasa dark shadow. The strongest light was cast obliquely at an angle of about forty-fire degrees. For a radios of ten or fifteen feet from the tall posts there wm also a deep shadow, in which a section of this country, and probably in every state in the uuion appropriation made in 1862 of portions of the pub lic land to establish agiicultursl and mechanical bave agreed to accept would have said: "We have cou- ktitutional guarantees that we shall bold them. if Ut 1 Uen proposed to tax the people of the *— — liberate United Statue to pay for them and „ .... them, the people would have submitted to no entree ions of the state. Tne trustees of the uni such taxation. Tnerefore that was impossible. HprsltyWeed that they would endow The pasrions and prejudices oa both sides of the line were aroused into active play. Tne re was but one way to eradicate slavery, and that was to »at by the toots: and as Prt~’ * a treat nrqbiem, we v> the states, aud : and as Providence was working oat a great prqblem, we were plunged . states, and tne insiiiu- the result Neither side .ternDieted abolition at the comm -ncement. but as Fnreidence designed it, the termination ol tear it oat by the working out a gr into the war bet' Africa and sold by their own people into slavery, and from having gone through a oag period of aervUode, the time haB come when rrovideece determined they — * Is of throngha oag period of ae when IW’ J longer be slavt _ jndand the a had engaged in the Importation of them aeour friends of New England and th* northern has been most beneficial It wssscoepted by oa state, the laud scrip wild, and the money ws_ delivered to the trust:** of the state university. and they connected with onr univerrity a college of agriculture and the mechanic arte, which has been well con ducted and resulted to great good; but there were certain sections of oarStatis not well content with the centraluuii >n ot it, as they termed It. in one locality, and It was asked that it be distributed more justly between th differ- t branch both sides of the cotiege aU’Dahlooega ia the building of the old ..— — United Plates miut that eongrem doueted for the purpose of a school, and they gave 12 000 a year of tne Interest derived from the fund ■* **~ toward its rapport Since th%u It has been carried up to S3 509 per an um and we bave ettabUhed three other branches ol the universitj—one at niliedge- vltie. ouc at Cathbert, and one at Thomasvllie. Tho-e branches are colleges lower grade than the university. Tht. gins and bojte-we Bars, both sexes there edu- Ikfflsu o fill the differeuLp aers where it was necamary to have ability. A gt veromeut that edocates ail her brightest intellect nas greatly the advantage guarded and* as we had need slavery and made profit by U, and no section ’eon.d charge tost another was alone responsible, every section and every part of the onion had ■> bleed for it. aad we all had to bear hardens to get rid of it. Bat we are rid of it. * » When the constitution cf the United States was formed si very was not only tolerated and pro- vain • made lac the sorreodering up of tagiure slave* to the owner on reqnl-itioa. bat a: th\t time the *m:m woe not ready to cut off toe lm conation; those engaged lathe traffic wanted to make more ■eccy out of h. To* y were unwll iiag to give it up, and it was intistedupoa and carried, aad imorporaud into toe eonatitutioa ■ongutta toiaeeunuy. treedosa to worship God. luswp‘WM to the imk. "Welcome to General Grant," tbe general reoiw.dlhat be brlleved when n Man was a riuaen «4 on* state, he could go to nay ponton of toe country wuk all the rights be ■emcescd at tbe starting potat. though he was termed a earpH badger. Tbe elegant cities that Rave sprang np on tbe prairies were toe work of •arpec bacMcs. there beta* bat lutle progress to acomesnnlty entirely composed of Mttvwsf that rcTBMgrns. Va., Decwfoer 20.—The heavket fow stum axperieneafi here In this section for over two yean prevails today, teow is I dlmg to toe depot of an lech aa hour. Tha indications are that there will be a very deep enow. Daavtuh. Va . December Ji —A heavy elorat la raging hero-toe fine of toe sl_ Wind doenarth. -faqiaaah. PeeeMberS —Snow fell here to-day w w<i ^ t i „ , w u , , . to the depth of flat laches. It mewina fi min 1 tateliect Uiat ts bora to tot wealtaier and higher stonforiuownamrodmeat. it is expra ly pro- “ v ““ areesof society. vidol tha* that cianse abali no: be amended prior ULder tbe Prussian system, as I uaderetand it. i to ijsr. Then nsg oe* were slaves, and Steve* ‘ " " - that property was guaranteed niton ol the United state*. . it into tie strugsle ul 1661 we —- —. ... that »f wo fa led we ivsuM educated la tost department —* *' * * itaiectiort la those four bauca col.ege*. t hey are located to sections where tbry • au be easi y reach * * our people generally. There I* « cheap in board established there. Hew halls are retorted to. an i it is deemed altogether respectable lor a young mau io bo«rd himself as tgp>t he can and go into the achoui* The amount of good they are doing is lncaicu a- ble. At Dahlonega th* trustees ere authorized, on the proper examination of a youna mas or young lady to the college, to give a certificate authorizing him or her to teach iu the public schools of the state, aud at toe last comment--ment there were about eighty licensed for teachers. They go out all over oar country a id teach three mo:.GoV *cbools during the vaca tion. In this way they make tome money toe a- b-e them to go fonraid again with their studies. And thus there is a very great aseon-itof goud done by iir.t college, and I snould very gladly see aa laree an addition as pjwiole made to lu eu- 1 dimb Cincinnati Commercial. Washingtok,December 21.—Congressman Felton, of tbe seventh Georgia district, is preparing a speech which will attract very general attention. Congressman Felton is an independent democrat, and invincible .‘a his district, when elections are fair. Bat in ihe last election he was cheated* out of Lis seat in congress, as he proposes to show. He regards southern bourbonism an un mitigated. evil, a cuAe npou the snnny south. He therefore is determined to eu, ploy every legitimate and honorable means in his power to effect its extermination, aud he calls upon every good, well-meaning, well-wishing democrat and republican qf his district to aid him. -This is all tbe republicanism there is in him; thisi? all tha democracy there is in bim—an-un faltering determination to destroy the dra gon bourbonism, which is fast drying up tha life blood of his stata. This, ha claims is tha offensa ha has committed; thb the source of ail attacks upon him, and this is why fraud waa directed to secure his defeat iu tha late election. Mr. Felton ia collect ing tha evidence of these frauds. He has many affidavits of defrauded voteii and others, entering into the details of election crimes. He haa also statistical information and comparisons, that go far to make his case a strong one. Among Mr. Felton’s supporters are many colored men. In answer to the qaestion whether the negroes were making good citi zens, Mr. Felton replied: "They are our laboring class—onr pro ducers of wealth, aud generally peaceable and industrious; an amiable people, dispos ed to do well." ‘Do you‘regard them a dangerous class, empowered with the franchise?" They are well meaning, and want to be good cittzsns. In the hands of good men they would be useful, good and peaceable citizens, aiding to build up the interests of the country. But as it now stands their votes are made a source of corruption. By this I wean that the bourbons, by intimi dation and devious fraud, employ their votes to put themselves—the bourbons—in office to control the affairs of the state to suit themselves." "Are the colored people true to their trust* ?" "During the war, when my house was in the midst of dangers, I was often compelled to be away, from home, leaving ray wife and yonng children. When leav ing 1 would tell one of the colored men to go and stay by my wife's door until my return. 1 knew that he would die before any haYm could come to her. And they are just as trustworthy now. Of course, there are bad on os among them like in any other class, but they are more tbe exception." "Petty crime with them ia rather fre quect Or, if this ia not ao, it is made to appear. On the chain-gang—an sibominmble institution, that should be abolished—there are 1,165 criminals, of which number there are but 115 whites. Perhaps in this con nection it would be well to remember that the state hires out these convicts to con tractors. They are usually strong, able- bodied men, and of course valuable as laborers. You can readily see that this kind of convicts are prised by the contract or* ” "How do you look upon the president's recommendation to apply tbe proceeds from tbe sale of*public lands to the support ot public schools?" "It looks very much like the dawn of day to us. It is very destrab le, and we woul welcome it” « "X nave teen it stated, in reported inter views, with eminent southerners, tbat your section would uot accept such aid it it came with any restriction." "That is the expression of the bourbon eletuepL It is the outcropping?, the effete idea, of the old states righto’ doctrine, ■ which demands that the state shall have supreme authority, or none at alt It is not the sentiment of the people who are to be beuefited by the benificence of the general government, but of those who desire to rule tbe atate, and make it appear that all blessings ebrae through them. I he people want the proffered aid because they need it, and they * do nor care whether it comes with northern school teachers and northern school bonks or not. -If tbe northern school teacher and the borthern school book are cheaperand better than our own, we want tbem. It ia the end to be attained thal we look to. Tbe average bjnrbon dees not represent tbe people, and they do great injustice to onr toiling, earnest classes, who need broader ideas, statesmanship, and belter aid than they have heretofore had. Ibetwaen the years toCX and 1678. That said tp re?o? hu been guilty cf extreme cruelty to- w *rd toe petitioner In this: That he has pueon- ally asmuited her with great violence, and especially at tho hout-o known as "Canonchet." iu South Kingston, in the year 1677, in that he entered her room at night in tho wloJow, which WM mi ,:orrar.d .•■lOTMcd to throw her therefrom: ttut m tKr JJM1S73, bo forcibly laid b.nS on hof and thwalened to kill her: that he ha. been eulltv ol cou tinned drunken m n that .luce therarlr tiarl of bealecUJ and rSsSJ.'bllnr * , n< r5 nt ■hllllj to do ao, to provide neceaoo chlidroe" atiUtatenco ot tho petitioner andher After rccltln, various Instances of maltrest- .... -j, amnion that. for th© petitioner Uauourhet, raid Sprague ha.s cupiea wua house vs a place of r«-nort fur per DS of vlcfour reputation and bad charac irr '} ABaw* d the only *on oi the petitioner ¥7 illiam Sprsguc to conrort and axso- •ate with person" of bad clwnt^r, aa- ;o l«e- h!dolB££s , anuTdlrliC*.. with- uS!Ste5 «u educational idvautapa, thereby tending to corrupt hia morals and vitiate his future ill*. * Therefore toe t*tl- tbat she maT bo d£££d f“m ££ SSiS’CtS?thatlho cnsujdjof tbetr lour cbiUlren,taraeofMid marrtago-to-ttlt: William S^n*^**^ ll**?**’£} htl Sprague, *C“ « ran: kathcilae Chase Sprague, aged 7 yeara, and Portia Sprague, aged Vyeara—may t ?, ber ‘ “a that zhemay be allowed 001 S 1 th ® OBte, « of «dd 2S^Sn£S.*SXJlnlK2i UKl “ ,t, ’ ,m « This evening Governor Sprague »aid Lhat noth- if tto bim for .ears a. 5sxs‘a. c ^no.%r,»'b, , 7injs [jSh JfiStafta t J le d *5 1 w *» married eu- tered a house of 111 repute, and up to the day of my marriage I had not entered a brothel." Gov- ?£ m 5f. 8pr * KUO a "** r ^ d Htat it was bis belief that were instituted at the suneatlon of ben* tor Conkllng on one side and Trustee Chaffee on the °*her- Hr. Conkllng. he said, wuhed to clear his •***» *»• couM retain hU bold on Garfield's admtnl*ration, while Chaffee sought 10 anjrthIn, l lhe * vrenor might hare to say with respect to the equity bUl filed last Mon * day, and waa endeavoring to dlrert attention from his own misdoings. The supremo court of W ashington county does not mart until the thirl Hondav in Februarr and be think, there will be ffentj of awer the divorce prtltion and lu allotaiiotis be fore the court c aiventa. He is find always has “® <n * . “!»• anxious to shield his children, aud should he file a ctom bill will present.such, one as will£an ™ nch P?ln and sorrow in the fninre - H ? w ?T cr *^ uch L» m X ^ POW dempatewy to tbe the strength of his battery and charge him with adultery. Boston. Mass. December 21.—The publication of the libel of Katherine Chase seeking divorce from her husband, ex Gov. mor Sprague, has fallen like a bomb-shell among the community here to-day. The libel wm anticipated to be on toe grounds of cruelty and non-support, but when the allegations It contained were read—of adul tery with numerous women, many of them weil- k rental Ion wm produced. fi itne of the women with whom tbe exfgorernor Is alleged to hare had adulterous intercourae this afternoon pronounced toe charges wherein their ■Jtttoo wore connected tobHL. A couple of tbew women rive vent to their fcellars lu . verv tbres crier uuumer, ut d one of them letlm.led tbetlt would he r^her un .f, toTKirSIlV^ Bprsgue, should she eolpe within rtcht K.tbertue snd her friend* tried hard to effect an arrangement .*°y® rn# ‘5 whemhy a divorce could be br her without publicity. It U reported that with this purpoae A. corbm.a banker ol b, ‘ n B »b«ot such an understanding, and that he offered to *>uy ap tne claim of toe bank f 1 _ Co f n V* ierc * ln New York to the In- terest of the ex-r overaor. provided he would en ter into a collusion with toe obj et mentioned. The governor replied to this offer: "No mutual agresment shall be made for a dlrorre that wUl not justify my coune in ejecting Roacce Conkllng from Canonchet." Corbin hoped to appeal to toe sympathy of the mother of the ex-governor; but. as her sympathies naturally ran In toe ffirection 01 ***£25 children, she would submit tonopro- ceas which won>n seem to license Mr* Sprague’s past career. When tots was understood, the de cision came to file the wife’s bill. The governor wm reported to have had aeon- solution with General Butler Ust night, and his friends to day aay that the governor 1m decided to file a cross libel against Katherine, ln which he will charge her with her adultery with Bos- coe Conkllng, infidelity, desertion and squander tug his property. A FEARFUL "ACCIDENT. k Charlotte Kail road Train €2oea Through a Trestle. Cliaklottx.'N. C.. December 22.-A fearful ac cident occurred on toe Charlotte railroad, about two miles beyond Lincolnton, at four o’clock this evening. Tho entire passenger trrin Accept tbe engine, which passed over safely/went through atrestla whle*at tolepoint U fifty feet high. The full particulars cannot be learned yet, but It Is definitely known that the mail agent, David Bloom and a passenger named James w. Goodson. were disabled by toe accident,' and subsequently burned up by the flames which communicated. It ts supposed, from a coal stove used on the road to the mattered and splintered care which were Piled one upon another in toe «***«tn. The con- doctor. Captain Harris Johnson, escaped with skilled. THROUGH THE VALLEY DEATH OF HOS. AMOS T. AXERMAN* Hia Llfa ui Buricu u a OJtix*n, u a Lawjtt aad aa a PoUtlolaa-How tha H.w, of Hia Dta-.h wit Bttoi.ad it Hast aid Abroad- Eii Tasini. teento street and Broadway. Bonrbonlans la Alabama. Editor McClure in Philadelphia Press. Alabama Is ooe of the most bourben of the southern states. It is not bdurbon In the sense that ware upou th* colored race, bat it U bourbon in keeping both race*more neany In old ante-bel lum tracks. Not havii g been compelled to begin ln niter poverty at toe «tio*e oi toe war, the people have uot advanced aa rapldlr M their opportunl ilea should hare made them advance. They have exceptional source* of wealth. The riche*i cotton i the center of tbe state belt of to* sooth < Ue std* by side 1 grown in tea yesn from a few thousand nearly or quite a million. Kail ways traverse the state and competing trunk lines carry her pro duct* to the marts of commerce ln toe north at moderate rates, and there ts everything to make Alabama look beyond the dregs of r to tell them that toe world moves. Instead of THE BATTLE OF BALDWIN. H we could have two or threeotherof these branches ln dlffrreat rectioas of our state we c>uid add greatly to tne present advantage* DjQbtkM the same may be true In toe other The only regret I have abint tola matter Is that toe food we shall he able t> raise from to* In wbfeb a Number o1 floated. JacxsoxviLLX. Fla.. December 72 -Quite an ex- citenuM ws*created thismorulngat Baldwin sta tion, 20 miles from tola city, at the creating of the central and Florida railroads, by toe appear.nee of luj men, principally from Vaidoata. Ga, and Laze City, Fla., and well armed. They at once uju tour or arc meuus ut tae party, issiug over 11.000. Thegamblereat fi st tetistea and one of inem received pretty rough handling, then they surrendered, refunded toe money eud ptid ail of toe expenses Incurred by toe raiding party. The gsmblere were notified to leave the place. Ihe raider* went acroM to* county line to avoid arrest, and the discomfited gamblers came t> this city to consult counsel. Leu Brag hbu MOr« Work. a community entirely composed of native* of that community. H* believed to* New F.retiaad Idea of obeying toe laws respecting the rights of free dom 1* po’-itir*. The • irxrim Tafem" was responded t* by Met. Hretry Ward Baachae. Nx« York, December 17.—At aboot half- past four o'clock this afternoon a young woman stepped into th* hallway of No d Barr tf itbst and sent a boy upstairs for ~ * ** ■annfartnTer of I Washington Letter la Augusta Chronicle. aaotoe* abowsgroAi vumat for th* military, he i* odes Lochias* is hem. aad oaly swain the ivalof htaGerman clMota from Frankfort«n- i t> *..^*** ^ to -Main to initiate rrreeedfogs tookfnx m a son. 1 * j rally cade* her banner, aha had toeta stems la- ” •- - aUffta cultivated la tt«lr respective positions. ; andtoty mem Kady to Step toward aadfili to* vain* of o*e million five hundred thowand JST'jtebu'S^jgsSi* Howard S Ingersoll. a lubber stamp*. Ir gersol Upon the sieppod in (root rubber stamps. I r.gersoil appeared, t * * & him and raid. QwVRp* w npaann * —— m WUI—III •sate* wlU be seapened, and the present Leal ccodlttoaef many of them radically changed. Th* enterprise la MS aa easy ooe, and will be Threaten** a tribe *r Miner*. ODtrua.fi. December a—At amzmmees- *--** —{ Uornlzxr. last night It wm ytwteaaaaaeth. andtatae eat of a refusal. :o laangurate a still* Jaaaary The men art now paid by to# xaou to. not in waore maw wuwcu m t&ey axe la Fra iw. There may have tea some of toeabmtgsne*alsby nature aad maeef to* \aoat useful man that ihs army canid have re- | qutradtaotoer positions who woe la tbe reaka wsmm power area nos koowa ti eanm tiuyhad pot bean dercteped by education. a»d therefore to* state fort toe benefit of their mental psweta llaay toasSateha# he right to to# aid of ail to* pjaticiiity. At ... surrendered our araiessutd the toea pr- sident of tXeUnivdbutM adopted a policy without cou ooogrem of recooatructing tne unwn. he required ni to cell coavtntioos ln th* havings h'rtceutb eonadtatiooal s made over ltla to* < The southern states, m well aa too northern and western sates, agreed at t te end of toe struggle >hat tisverv shouid be abolished: aad we put Into the cocsti- tutioa a prvvaixi that to.ever gusraatew abodtion. Then the xtegro had taken ooe step. From a slave ha * ~ ' | ts ntal pjwcr cf iu v i lo other msy tbao MH m am ot iba pronto of toa s be done by th* aid. a|M weal- ci toevtate. a a* step- From belsc a freed a citizen. Bat It wss 1 more for the Come at Last. The engine for the Lawrencevllle branch rail road, expected for many days, has been received at ut. The engine is one of Baldwin's maze. ^ “ ** “» eight-wheeler, with a cylinder 12 by IS. and forty-inch driving wheel, with a capacity of eighteen tons. It Is now at the machine shop* ot the Atlanta and Charlotte Air- Line awaiting the transforming hand of C. D. Wall, master machinist, to be converted from a Let us do mor* lu to* south sod brag lem. We are tired hearing so much twaddle about our woddesful periormamoes since toe war. when really we have dot* »o tittle- Looa at France, and then besllenL ln lft?s she not only lost n flue, sh-? has in ten years so i realize this. It is this eem conviction tbat tbeir interests and tbe bourbous’ are not identical that bave caused tire split, resulting in the independent democracy which I represent" "In what condition are your industries?” "We are improving. Naturally we have Ihe finest country in tbe world. We can produce nearly all the products common to this country. Then ours is the great min eral state of the south, and my district ia the greatest in this respect of the state. Nearly every furnace in the state is in this district. * "There are|cotton manufactories springing np all over tbe state,especially cotton manu factories, in many of which merely the thread is prepared for northern and eMtern manufactories. These arc very profitable, yielding from twelve to twenty per cent on the capital invested. This is only a begin ning of what may be looked for ^ we can get the government out of the bands of sel- fivh politicians and into those with broad Statesmanlike ideas looking to the real weifare of the people." * "How do northern men succeed in Geor giar "If he goes there strictly to do business he will succeed, but if he meddles with politics be will be likely to get the bonr- boas after -him. The hody of our people welcome him, however he may t»me, if ne bean honesr,*straightforward man. The prejudices that formerly existed against the northern people, are -giving away—have given away, as we have become better acquainted with tbem. A new spirit has taken perception of .our common people, which we'cjmes progress and mere liberal id-*s. We are glad to have northern thrift among us." "Will not the* Cincinnati Southern rail road be of great value to you " "Yes, it will be of almost Incalculable value to the state. It will not only frater tiixe us with tbe north, bat it will be tbe means of stimulating all our industries, cheapening themzchinery we need, encour age its more general are, cause mannfacto rits to spring up all along its li.-.e, and in nnmerous ways contribute to the wealth and prosperity of the state." "You say bourbonbm is the retarding element with you. What is its proportion to yonr peopleT* "It comprises chiefly those who hold of fice for office sake, and those who hope to bold office. In other words, those who seek to live off lb* sweat of their neighbor’s brow. Outside of this class onr people are thinking lets and less of politics etery year, and giv ing more attention to those things that con tribute wealth and comfort tj the commu nity.” construction party of tbe I awrencevllto railroad will soon have the rails laid and the road ln sac ccssf ul operation. 1 he passenger coaches are ex p c ed very soon. Tuesday night at tenfo 1 clock, Hon. Amos T. Akerman, ex attorney general of the United States, died at his home in Carters- ville. He had suffered for about a week with inflammatory rheumatism. His phy sician and friend, Dr. H. V. M. Miller, of tbia city, left him Tuesday morning with little hope ot his retevery. The Inflamma tion ‘grew worse steadily, and at length reached the regions of the heart and stilled its pulsations forever. Few men were better known in Georgia than was Mr. Akerman, and few have borne a more active part in the events which have made the history ol the state far fifteen years past. • He was bora abont fifty-five years ago in New Hampshire where be lived until yonng manhood. Having received a good collegiate education he resolved to come to Georgia. Soon after his arrival here he fortunately enlisted the kind regard of John McPherson Berrien who was then in the zenith ef his fame. Young Akerman was admitted to the Berrien household as tutor and in connection with his dutiee of tnition, studied law uuder his distin guished patron. He was admitted to the bar and began the practice in Habersham county. Clarksville wa* hia residence during part of- his early legal career. The strprig-.points in his character soon displayed' themselves. He became known and respected for his acumen, his unwea rying perseverance and hia iutrepld cour age. More than once an effort to snub the yonng New Englander was turned joith 0:1. , ... iavs \ i r M;j.*-ru.r cx|>ericiice and established reputation. By patient devotion to his profession and up right condnet, Mr. Akerman worked him self to a good practice before he had been * long at the bar. It is said that the noted Thomas K. Thom as so highly esteemed him that on his death bed he told his wife if she ever wanted any legal advice or any friendiy counsel to con sult Amos T. Akerman/ From Haber- tham county he removed to Etber ton. When the war came on he espoused the cause ot the confederacy and served in Toombs’s brigade as quartermas ter. But the principal labors of his life were pet to: med after the waro About ita close he married,Miss Scudder, in Athens, a woman of rare culture, of whom those who know her sav beautiful words She ia now the mother of five sons, and their education has been her work. 8he has fitted the eldest, who is fourteen, for college, and has trained them all with a Vendor and thor- ugh tuition. Iu 18C5 Mr. Akerman was a candidate for the constitutional conven tion. At that time passion ran high, and when he declared in Elbert county that he was in favor of allowing negroes to be*partiea in the courts he signed the war rant of his defeat. It is somewhat singular that Linton Stephens was defeated in Han cock county for the same convention and for the eatue reason. In 1868 Mr. Akerman was chosen to the Constitutional convention from Elbert county. He had grown still more liberal in his views and in the convention appeared for the first time to be thoroughly in sym pathy with the principles of the national republican party. It ianot too much to say that no man in that body hao more to do with forming tha organic law under which the atate progressed until 1877. Dr. Miller, himself one of the men who con Hulled tbe convention of 1868, speaks in the highest terms of Mr. Aker- man’c services to the state in the formation ot' the constitution. It was in th* conven tion, Dr. Miller says, that he first appre ciated the intellectual strength, the fioc con servatism and the purity of intention which dis'ingnished the character of Amos T. Akerman. The judicial system of the old constitution waa almost entirely his work,, and ita excellence is attested by experience. Many of the leading lawyers in the state commend it aa the best system they have ever seen. One of the efforts of Mr. Aker man in the convention deserve* especial notice. It was proposed to insert in the constitution certain repudiating clauses which would wipe out all previous private indebtedneM. This movement be fought with vigor and even with bitterness. It seemed to arouse every energy of hia soul. In spite however of bis efforts and those ol other strong men the repudiating articles were inserted. The convention lacked several days of adjournment, bat Mr. Akerman left it at once. He went home and urged the peo ple to vote against the constitution because bo honestly believed that though mainly good il licensed frand in the repudiation articles. When the constitution was re vised by congress these articles were stricken out. ln 1868 Mr. Akerman headed the Grant electoral ticket in Georgia and stamped the entire state below a line acmes ita center, while Colonel H. P. Farrow spoketor the same cause in the upper counties. During the campaign he delivered a speech wnich was published in tfnll, and happened to meet General Grant's eye. It pleased him, and he inqnired.abont hit Georgia friend. * Soon after he was elected, Mr. Akerman re ceived an appointment as United StaUa district attorney. When the president waa requested to appoint him, he asked abont his qualifications. Said the gentleman who- made thercqnest: "He is capable of filling this or any other office in your gift." "Do yon mean any other T* asked Grant. And the friend repeated the indorsement. * Iu 1868, Mr. Akerman had bis spirit put to a severe teet. Prejudice was bitter and passion was high. A crowd in south west Georgia shaved hia horse’a tail and offlered him. personal indig nities which must have stung him deeply. He went to Lexington onee to'at- tenti court and the hotel keeper refused to give him a room. He went to the court house and. rising in the presence of a crowd and calmly stating the matter to Jndgo ft I —_ ..L.J LI a ?! Places Nreared. Mrs. C A. Brfdennsnn, of Mount Airy. wu.„.. the city Tuesday tine brought down several of the tiwin immigrants, who were yonng men without families having occupations, such as tinsmiths. Isboem.k.*r. and comp' SUors, he view of obtaining places for them. Mr. ■ Houston, general passenger and ticket agent of the Air-Line, accompanied her. and in a fee hours avery one had secured exc-llen*. situa tions in Atlanta. The balance of the immigrants bring possessed of means are looking at farms alongtoelineof the road with the view jot early tedln toe bar and gr-cerv of L Hertz, which wee totally destroyed: fora liAtt-lnsumooe fil.200. Otiier lomea are rustalnea by N. N. Falk, on stock flOuO, no insurance; J. D Copeland’a ho >se and Store. 11.601 Insurance 81.0M; J ti. Bambnrg. two stores, I*.(XX), fully Insured; K. C. Ontey. S 0 *** faatnanca.fLaOO; K. H. Browning, house. XjCO. no insurance; Dr. J. P. Ott, bout*. 1300 insured. The cause of the fire Is unknown. matron therefore stands. Th* senate aiaoo constitutional quer.ion: It has c with the education of the people. Well, under tbe strictest rule* -* *— bat w* do not live powtblj that was so; i:-tier toe constitution that we The amendmeuis made at the termination oi tbe struggle have v*ry greatly ejlarged to* Powersoft this g vernment. Agaio, I thing toe eoaaUuUonal objection cannot apply ‘ "'■* ' that tt ia mainly a toe proceeds of the to tht* UU, for tiro pabdc lands, and ao far m toea*~ proceed* are concerned there hra never been a time when tor government did not have toe r.ght to dispose of them. As far back as IStt there wm a law nested lac tbe dlftincutfoa of •nesa/pius lands treasure, aad in ISftl to til eeedaof public lands, the r. end in IWt to distnoua toe net pie. The Constitution** Work Appreciated I am xaorethan pleased with Thx Comrrmrnox. I I wm astonished at the ability and discrimina tion ia la editorial columns and tspecutUr in toe articleoo Nebraska politic*; yon will find, how ever, that Paddock will be returned from toe consideration of his known influence ia WathJ lngton aad lor toe sake of toe prestige whldhhlJ re-election would give, not only himself but us Martata l am sure there is no sorer or merK .effectiT* way of drawing-immigration or capital, W t-.an by just such work aa Tax Coxrrmmox la u*og, siay^MrariartramA|mMMmmafiaafiMfirth r c- ft.: »C ci Tbe Vlrglala Midland. ALKXAXDkia, Va., December 20.—'The Virginia midland rail reed was told to-day at public auc tion by the Hon. J H. Barbour, commissioner, to Mess's R. T. Baldwin. J. Wilcox Brown and Robert Garrett for S3 600.0M The purchaser* represent a sjndlcata of tne creditors. Th* first bid. M,000.00, was made by J. \V. Burke, of Burke A Herbert, of this city. DIVORCE IN HIGH LIFE. master of tbe Atlanta aud Charlotte Air-Line railroad at Charlotte, was crushed between two cat* and almost Instantly killed. Mr. Roland was a young man. 21 or 25 y« are of age, and brother of James Boland, conductor on the Alr-Lln* rail read. He wm unmarried. His remains were carried to Central yesterday for interment. A Mntnal Killing;. LornviiLX, Ir., December 21.—Charles Mc Adams and Phi Ip Rial, two highly connected : men of Haweaville, In this state, shot and each other tiaturdar in au afftai growing out c(-disparaging remarks aad* by th* fori with regard to his wife, who wm Rial's sister. Ua Draw at MlgUL Cincinnati Enquirer. We take pleasure ia informing sister states that they are at liberty to draw on Ohio "at sight' PzoTinrxcx, R. L, December 71.—Meters E H Hazard aud c. H. Paikaont, counsel tor Mrs. Kata Chase Fpregue have filed la the supreme court at South Klugstno, Washington county, a netitlon for divorce from her husbaud. ex-tienaaor illiam Sprague. The petition recites la sab- married to William fegrague at diver* places and times from the year 1864 to <79, ln Providence and elsewhere, and especially at Nantasxet Beech. Mas— chnwtts. lo ltrg; with Elizabeth R. MeNne, formerly Elizabeth Rhing. at couth Harriet Brown, ln 2 lot oar neighbors In clatic In the Cotton Field. CnirivsrATt, December 21.—A special from Fort Smith, Arkansas, reports the murder test ti*m day. ox Dr. W. L. Cathey, of Alma. Arkansas, by a laborer named Bland. In a cotton field. The murderer bu not been arreted. Andrews, asked that hi* cases be continued to the next term. Judge Andrew*granted his request and he left the town. About ibis time he moved toCartersviile. In 1871 President Grant appointed him attorney general of the United States. There was some trouble about bis confirmation be cause he was front tbe south. While the was pending before the senate Colonel H P. Farrow, then claiming a seat in that bedy, called on the president. In a conver sation about Mr. Akerman's fitness for the >lac». General Grant said that if he had ;nown Mr. Akerman was so sound on eeriain contested legal principles as to the policy of tbe govert xnent, he woold have appointed him a judge of the supreme court when he appointed Judge Strong. It may be added that General Grant alwayt had the highest regard for Mr. Akerman's character and ability. After eighteen months service iu the cabinet, he retired and retained to Georgia. Actively entering tbe practice, he appeared fre quently in the federal and state courts, and up to his death enjoyed a very extensive legal basinets He still figured in politics as the acknowledged lyaderof the republi can party in Georgia He appeared in the state conventions, and was always a moving spirit in tbeir deliberation*. The enthusiasm he threw into all his opinions be fully displayed in.his political career. He wa* an uncom promising republican,and urged a thorough organization even when there was no hope of success. In the preliminaiy presiden tial campaign last spring he was a warm supporter of General Grant. At the time of his death his friends were pressing-his claims for tbe circnii judgeship made vacant by the promotion of Judge Woods. Mr. Akerman was a man of very strict opinions in morals as well as politics He was a devoted Presby terian. Nevar did his family retire or rise without family prayer, no matter what happened. As a man he waa greatly admired by those who knew him best. In hia recent Atlanta speech Senator Brown paid a high tribute to bis patriotism and parity. Dr. Millersays be has never known a bet ter or purer man, and declares that a long and intimate acquaintance only intensified bis admiration ot hie character. 7.von hia bitterest political opponent* gave him credit for honesty iu his convictions and courage in tbeir support Few men have pasted through such trials and come out ao ^*>t- Lera in the public gaze. As a lawyer he ranked with the foremost in tbe state. As a politician he was learned in the hiftory of* all the great movements At Ihe Point of Death. Caldwkh. Kansas, December 2L-D. M. Acorn, a prominent Muon and stocknun of Aus tin. Texas, and owner of toe Lriand hotel at tola place, is lying at to* point of death, and wiU not live until morning. A Georgia Failure. . Macon. December 22 —Tbe failure of Welch A f Albany Ga.. is repotted to-day. - The ■ are *03,10). The firm did a general every new de velopment. He was not an orator, bat his calm manner, hie dear logical style, and his earnestness invariably impressed those* who heard him. He waa indeed a remarka ble man, and after all^the discoloring preju dices under which be haa lived and pros ed death of Hon. A.T. Akerman, which occurred last night, hu cast a gloom over tob community. take place at 2 p.m. to-morrow Tbe bar of this place field a meeting this afternoon to adopt suit able resolutions and to appoint committees and 1SS u **

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Atlanta weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1878-1881, December 28, 1880, Image 1