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OF GARFIELD'S OFFICIAL J A YETI EYILLE GA Tks Lik«flks:4 ef a Split With tk. Stalwart* -Th# FimwlU ef Us least* CsasH- •r*d-Tka OrasltUra ef tks Sea- at* DiUfta lj at Werk. WAmauMrrta.dceraiber It U now generally concede*) that# contest between General Garfield and the stalwart win* of the republican party Is not entirely Improbtbte. Ill* averred tbatPres- Idaat Garfield will meet with a much more In- tanas oppodtion than Sir. Hsyes erer expert- an cod. alias the 4tb of next March, unless the i treated with that consideration which they claim sa a right. In flaw of a partible i the stalwart and anti stalwart of the republican party, the personal each republican senator who will 111 a seat after the «th of March Is a matter of Interest. If there Is a fight U will l»e carefully wiged la the senate oxer the con lira a Ion of appol ittaents made by the Incoming president. At present the awUwarta, or aatS-flayet senators, are In the sea Jorlty. Tba new senator* to to elected thl* winter »n republican leftelaiorai win decide whether or a be waged against Gen- The democratic senators. If they Uil la ha re a majority in the senate, will be table to decide any question where there is a di vision between Urn republican*, in the event of a fight, the lo’toe log named senator*, whose term* do not expire on the 4th of March, are estimated la sympathy with the feeling of the stalwart wing of the party Mom. Teller and Hill, of Colorado; Logan.of nilaob; Allison, of Iowa; Plumb and JogalU, of Kansas; Kellogg, of Louisiana; Jones, of Neruda; Rollins, of Kew Hampahire;ConkUnf, of New York; Cameron.of Penney Ivpala, aod Carpenter, of Wisconsin. There a*e clrouruunce* which render the »ctt< is of Menas. Edmunds, Wladoa and RUine tome- what uncertain. Tba former to naturally an ultra radical; la oompiatoacoonf with the stalwarts it ta announced, npua very high authority,bowerer. that Mr, Edmunds will be appointed associate Justice of the supreme eourijn pises of Mr .Justice Hunt. If ho dastma this prosper tire honor he would scarcely oppoai the next administration. Hr. Wlndom was warm In bU fealty to Conkling Isatwlatar, sad the latter was the first to saggest (bet Wisdom would, make a food republican vmldctit. Mr Window will probably act with whsU proba bly active opponent of the next administration; neither la Mr. Blaine. The follow log senators mte relitd upon to support President Garfield: lfeem. PtatLof ConnectlcuM; K Irk wood, of Iowa; Blaine, of Maine; Hoar, of Massachusetts; Ferry, of Michigan; Haundcm, of Nebraska; Anthony nnd Burnside, of Rhode Island, and Morrill, of \ermout. Of the ucw oetieto a, Mr. Kernsn's sucueaww In Mew York will, it I* «uieuUred, t» a ntilwart and a Mend of Conklin;, Jtugeue flalc, the probable auccemor of Kenator Hamlin, ol Maine, will hardly join with the faction, but the New York aeuaMi's friends claim him an a sup- rorter In oaeo of any dispute. Congtesaroan Hawley,of CoouecUcui, wr»oIs couutedupon as the suuresaor of Heuator Baton, will he a devoted adherent of Pmddenl Gartifcid.au l Hon. John Miter man. of Oil to, will support the admlnMra- tlou. Mbouid Uaneral Garfield r.e in perfect «c cord with both wing* of the party. It m calculated that there will be a lively contest forkupromacy for the next four years tetwie., Messrs, eherman and Maine »n the one >1 do and Cankliug ami Arthur on the other. There la a fawiblllly r.f the rlcrflou oi a republics t. sens tor to succeed Mr. Bailey by the leone* ee-legis lature. and (Wmaater Horace Maynard D me moat talked of for tha senaumhlp if the Teunea ace republkaua make the cr.ablnaUon they are marking. General Mahon*, ol Virginia, la relied upon to aland by the Mtiwam, and be will play a prominent part la a scheme for the rcorgaulsa* Don of the republican party iu ihe south. He does not desire to come out openly at the start and voto for a reorganisation of the senat*, bn*, the republicans claim that be wi I do so If It la atwolntely necessary. Tbero are eight sutes. the legislatures of which will elect senators this winter, whose action In * rupture within the party cannot be predicted In advance of thrlr selection. These autos arc California, Lidi .oa, Michigan, Mln. o rota, Nebraska, New Jersey, rfihnsylventaand WlMonstn. Am the outlont U now the stalwart senator* are in a slight majority, but approach ing elections may transfer th* b stance to the «.ther *ld«. The democrat, are calculating upon holding the balance of power in case of any re publican division. THa Ctililvailou of tl«« Cinchona Tree. Macon Telegraph. This wonderful production of nature, which furnishes the only drug that la a certain specific against the ravage* of .he malarial fever, is now cultivated with sianal suocom In India, home of the Koglhh | spent report the annual yield as reaching the astounding figures of elahl thousand dollar* per sere. A correspondent of lha agrl cultural department thtiilu ihla quite pumlble in view «if the fact, which th* trs te repoyts vetlfy. that “tho mwail hark* bring aa much aa eight whining* a pound In the London market, ’ The *ame writer s.ya; I have observ'd that the ciuciu.na region begins Just abom where the ioffee climate euda." It la a hardy tree that .America aecn*j*le to Uansportatlou, the.... chona has ben *o efTeciually ext-ratio at d by vol. xm. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 4, 1881. NO. 30 SCOTT’S SHOT BY WHICH HKREGAINS ATTEHTIOH. Tka Gripsack Ex-Gavsrxer ef South Carolina Mirtlsn x Ycnag Man—A Bailor Killed— Thrawa from a Bxggy—A Tramp's Simp-Grime and Casualty. Napoubon.O , Docembar 2T—Tba following arc the particular* of the murder of young Drury by ex-Govemor Scott, of South Caro lina: Drury was a clerk in Knee land's drug store and celebrated Christ mas eve with several young companions, among them being Scott’s eon, who drank too .i acb.and not wishing hih parents to see him intoxicated, accepted an offer by Drury to share the latter'# bed at the durgatore. About II o'clock a gentleman was tent by Mri Scott to find her son, discovered his whereabout*, failing to induce him to go home returned to the hotel and reported the facta to Gen era! Scott. The general then went to the store and called Drury up and asked for hit son. Drury denied that youUfc Scott : be realix *d this fact, and before crossing the ! trestle, he reversed his engine and con- * tinned tv blow on brakes. Realizing the catastrophe, he left his stat, and standing in front of the fire-box with hit band on the lever a waited the shock. It came and he was partially knocked down by a •tick of wood from the tender, but was » otherwise unhurt, though almost entirely • shut in by a mass of debris, which was J thrown against the engine. His life was probably saved by the fact that the rear of the tender was thrown to one side thus diverting the fall momentum of the train from the engine to the side of the cut, against which the shattered cars were piled up. All the passengers in the cab of the forward section were either killed or seri ously injured. Thomas A. Gaither, of this city, f scaped with broken ribs, but Phillip a Whianant, also of this city, Charles Kellers, of Pine Hook, and a negro named* Stroud were instyntly killed. The wreck caught fire and burned up, and at least one man was burned alive, as his cries could be beard, but nothing could be done for him. Mr. Gaither was the sole survivor of the passengers in the cab, A large force of men are now engaged in moving the wreck and building a track around it. New Okuax«, December 27 —-A collision occurred on Sunday morning between the REGALLY WEDDED AND 'ORNAMENTED WITH A TITLE. JOUCK noth bound owsenger And a freight Irmio ,u _ " when it would inure idti-rsiem., in a-.y ; w»' there. The father lntl-'ed on going atoll. f»on »oJ««MI. ’V?** 0 ** *».-*** Vf-««*"». Lootai w~ i ihaa th« twentieth parallel of lati- monnulit range of Ute tethmn*. It haa been de- vnuitMfiNt.tl. however. M luuU. that tu culUva- «w>n may be exxmndtA to the thlnteih 4«tro* ol north latitude. It ta *ntrc »luUy grown In th* l’ditjaub. ou the mim parallel of latitude with New Mexico, Aitsona and aoutheru California.- Tho rtnchotia lovea a dry roll, but flourlatics be*t In « u*f!»t climate when* tala* are frequent. W* have not tho lea*t doubt that it wtiuid thrive finely tu routheni Gaorgt >. In fact, there «al»t* In that region iu areat abundance a shrub - -4Jorolr rt*k mbJlcx in ai>peara!»ce and medicinal qualltlea U».a Invaluable tree. During the late war. Protewor Jowph Jones, of the medical eolleaeof I. >uUlana, thru a »urgeon In the con- fed*rate army, experimented extensively with the bark of this tree, which abounds In the "bay*” and branches of Ihe srabord of Georgia, In hla treatment of malsrtsl fevers, and with the most B atify tug r*suite He even went so far as to have rge quamlUeaof the bark collected fur hospital the bod-roora. Drury preceded him, and on reaching the door of the room turned round and refused to admit him The general drew a revolver end fired, as Le claims, accidentally, the ball passing through Drury's brains causing in stant death. ficott got his sod, returned to the hotel, reported tho shooting, and was arrested and taken to Defiance for safe keeping, there being much-* excitement and talk of lynching here. Hi? preliminary trial occurs Monday. Drury was to have been married to-day. Fontane nllaa Nntnll. Conyers Examiner. For the gratification of the enquiring public, we give a few facta ta related by Mrs. Kswling, the mother of the young lady who, it is alleged, was married to Mr Fontane, both of whom came to Conyer* several weeks ago, the alleged husband en gaging in the jewelry business. Mrs. Rswling says; "Mr. Fontane, alias Nutail, who has a nice wife and four chil dren at home, wks made to leave his b>ard mg house, in Dallis, S. C , because he failed to pay his board. He then applied lo her t* rent some rooms for his family, which she did. He engaged in business at Kings mountain, vidtinghis wife regularly every Saturday night, and seemed to get along as agreeably as two people could. Nutall was organist in a church at DalJi*, and became intimate with Miss Rawling. her daughter, at choir meetings and she be came encieme by him during ihe la’ter par. of 1879, or the firat of 1M0, during which time his family livedinher(\lr*.Rtwling's) house. He corresponded with Miss R twliog, while at King’s mountain, as H. R Fon taine, many times delivering his own let ters, and praising Fontana to Mrs. and Miss Rawling, telling them what a 'tine, nica fellow be was- etc,* svemingly to he very much interested in Mis? Kate Kaw- I mg's wel I fare, saying'she ou^ht tommy Fontane by all meant’ Mrs. Natali an? plcioned that something was the matter with Miss Rswling. who denied all until she couul hide it no longer, when her fsther, who is presiding elder of a Metho dial district conference, in North Carolina, ’carried his daughter to an extreme part of the state, leaving her in the care of a (rienu Fontane, alias Natali, says he followed i hem, unbeknown to her father, on the same Ira n, and eloped with Mias Kawling. This eras in June or July last. Nutail says himself they traveled together through Tennessee, Ohio and Illinois, as- Miming different names, thinking some of the Rswling family were in p-.irsnlt, and says he "knew he wonld be killed if they caught him for stealing bis wife, uni that he didn't want any trouble about it.” Mrs. Ktwling says she never knew any were killed and several others fatally wounded. The steamer E B. Ward, previ ously reported run aground after tbe.colli- -ion with the wreck of the Deaota, has been towed to this citv and decked for repairs. CRIMEA HP CtSUALTY. Chicago. Decernoer ss.—x most melancholy and pecu.lar tragedy was one of the episodes of Christmas in Chicago. 1 he >cene of the tragedy waa at the eleeant residence on Lake avenue of Mr. Robert Hehded, assistant manager of the branch of the bank of Montreal in this city. The household constated of himself, wife and a little babe, some three months old, hla sister, JLss Ada Hcbdcn and the servants It la staled by all In the vicinity that no family lived happier than this one It was remarked by the neighbor- that Mrs. Uebden never went out but that Mr. Hebden’a sister went with her. ** I never saw tin se two ladies together," said one of the friends of the fatally, •• hot that they were lautthing ah i joalng. Trey seemed like moat'af- /«ctl(Kiate slaters, and were never apart. Mrs. H. bden never went to market without her sfcter- i law going with her. and ibey Were apparently • happy, i can't understand It ” And this is the story: Mias adaHehden was a tanning and cultivated young lady, some twenty two years old. t»he waa born ia Hamilton. Ontario, where her father waa rector of an Episcopal church, bbe came to reside with her brother some five mouths ago. She bad co acquaintance in the city except Mr. HtMen's friends wbo came to the house She waa delight fully social a>.d domestic In her habit-, and a<l wno came in contact with her were charmed with h« r Tlvacltv and c mveraatlousl powers, none iu company being more entertaining than Mbs ilebden. f*he had all the element of comfort that her heart could wishJor v and nothing wax Sobs! > reek purpo-cx. should this tnd genoua plant, upon analyst*, prove equal to ib* Bourn Amen at original, it would prove a b cmkox of uutoid the resident* of the chill and fever ■ experience haa shown that the bark of the cul tivated cinchona 1a far superior u> that. of the tree tn a wild auto. Also, that wUhctrc, the •tripping of the baik need not endanger the life of tho tree. A aito w taken off cxu n.liu* the whole length of the trunk and one-third of Us dncumlerom'v. The wound ia then .treated with auaw matting and kept wet until tho healing process i* completed, and a new baik hectuato Iona Each year a fresh strip la peeled off. and the work ol depletion at id tivuperattda conunuea paripamu. According to the repm of the correspondent of the agricultural department at Washington, a plantation ol oae hundred acre* of cinchona tree* stay be started at a total thousand dollars per acre. I *"> the supply of hark la rapidly diminishing account of the lmproYld«ice of those who root and branch, while scat erlj any«tfort la a lo replace them. Friday ev„i.l .g Mr. and Mr. Uebden and Mbs ebden vbf:cd at the residence of Mr. 8. G. Fbher, Jr ,’on Lake avenue, whose children had teemed to be remarkably lively to him, a* ahe unchanged in her manner. She ate her b'reakfaa't aa usual and spent the forenoon with the famil* aud shortly after the noon hour sho came down Buster Bhiron’s Dangatrr Vi eded to ax Esg- lialx Lord—A Bridal Ontdt Fit fat a Queen—Fifty Thousand Dollars a Tear to Brgln Housekeeping. Ssx Feakcisco, December 27.—Sir Thomas Henry Fermor Hesketh was married Thurs day evening to Miss Flora Sharon, daughter of United States Senator Sharon. The cere mony was performed at .Belmont, the country seat of the senator, at 7 o’clock. There were one hundred guests present at the marriage ceremony. Dr. Beers was the officiating clergyman. Subsequently there was a reception at which over one thousand invited guests were present, who were car ried out by special trains to Belmont. Many of the toilets of the ladies were mag nificent. The bridal robe was one fit for a qneen, and never before was such a costume seen this country. The gown was of a hour. After dinner Mr. Hebden went upstairs to the nursery tu look after the child, ihe uu&ehaving gone down stairs. Mrs. Hebden had also left the room Mias Hebden walked lo the secretary In the parlor, from which ahe took a small Smith & Wcsaou revolver. Plating herself in front of the maut epiece she cocked the weapon, directed the muzzle iowar-1 her breaa; and fired, the bail in- filming a wound from which she died in a few momenta. 1 be alarm was at once sent out to the neighbors, and a phyridan called In. but life km extinct, the leaden measenger having com pleted Its mtsdou. There seems no reason why ►he should hare taken her Jl/e, except upon the hypothesis that she became temporarily lusaae, and in that Leak committed the act. She was a lietler* alter .he i.mn.e.l tW Imt dufkto -SS.f.^LVfJJj'JSaSttSe.252.*! li.il ran .way, and Mcingnotic. oilier m.r- rfaSeJan npoaherme * *** U “ l riage, but that sho bad really married a Mr. Fontane until ahe came to Conyers to ree her daughter and son-in-law. when Itehold! the socalled H R Fontane waa the veritable J O. H. Nutail, disguise—his red hair and wbUkers dyed black as a crow, wearing spectacles and walking lame with a ranei Mr*. Rswling wss almost heart broken at this slate of afiaira and persuaded her daughter to go home with her which she agreed to do, but the father made her leave the child, saying "he had stolen his wife and if she carried the child he was confident her ^arenis wonld persuade her to quit woo, under me leader* Ip of -Billy the Kid,’ Los V . go* l*U, and colls for lynching were made, hut tnu vigilance of tbi captors, Depu*y-8ncnff Garre t and others prevented them. Yesterday ,:ia th - •.-—xts hira/’ Mias Rswling had been gone but a few days, . when those whom the child was left with, were grow ing suspicious that something waa wrong, and the baby was given u» first •»ne and then another, all thinking probably the father might also leave and somebody wonld have the bably left on their bands Finally the child waa g ven to a negro woman, and some one wrote to the mother the condition of her child, etc. The Rev. Mr. Rawlirg agreed for his daughter Co come for her babe, and ho would take her home if she would promise him, from that day she would let Nutail go, and heve|no more to do with him. She promised that she would, and Mrs. Rswling _ and her daughter came for the baby last procure li tmm ihe nmtre tree. In* bccominx ! week. They remained here several •"ridcat %b*t, unit** supplemented by days. Mrs Rawlinr sat up every -“I night, with Nutail. and her daughter. during their stay here. She says Nutal. will not go home with them, notwithstanding they all left together on last Sunday tor North Carolina. It is the opinion of those who are __ qnainted with the actions and conduct of Miss Rswling and Nutsll towards each other, while here, up to the time ot their departnr*. that she will eventually live » .... - Mss killed to Santa Fe. but to no tfiect. He the depot with a posse of three hundred made a 4 *rraal demand for the prisoners, bat was told if he wanted them to take them The sheriff then stationed men at the engine to cover the euct eer ana the balance of the posse crowded about the train, the platforms of which were crowded with ad-Utumal guards pressed into suggested to take the prisoners now. Stewart, one of Gamira party, said the instant **— fired he would unloose every so W the genuine cinchona. The only tavUble ivaody in the premises Is to make th* rul ivaii.m * f the eh chon* uee a specially iu agriculture, and wherever it will I v f.u • thriv* oo th* habitable elohe iber* it should l*e ! B ates! fur Uo "healtug ot the nation*.” Ko \ that the supply will ever exceed tho de* j *uarr1 oled v-ith l>lu p! jlanu mrnld. UhuY* aruV hvers'w ilh' their"baneful ii- lets* are prevaloat ta every chme and latitude, awl qutufne lathe only sure eme.?j for them. Me are glad to see. iherator.*, that acientUts and our own guvernmaai. wo. are bieoah'K aroused to ttie imporuium ol not <u»ly per|ietu*t teg. but largely ium**lng the pro- ouc;iou of the cinchona tree. Bar uhl cvntgusi mv fit w uukc wn approt rteU'Ht lor tlw of a ship load {koto oi yeuoi plants for gratuitous distribution at lb* tk,. rou;h. we arc sure it would be generally ap- r i They proire»l. and mUhitn'a few'yoaiM^roroVvery 1 proiiuble *>uiceof revenue to tho iouutry, arid* o rtT - from the ranttary bkadnga which would follow. 1,1*^ Aa tne luaucr vow stands, the poor cannot afford I v \ em th*cuornu>uaprteea aaked for^utniu-s wnlch u.e j ,,K “ ‘ live. ROMANTIC NUPTIALS. Ia Which w Bride of Ilia Introduced. hpcdal dispatch to the OunstltnUon. Hums, IVc«-*b*r i*—Sam riah aroma to hare been born under aa unlucky star. The alarm of fir* alluded to in my morning communication -was caused by the burning of ajonall house on the ptero of Mr. J. W CA^UeTwear lb* c»*y, ocnpM by the wife and e&Udrea ef dam Ftsh, who did the dronabowettag act yesterday. A one-year old Mild waa con sumed ia the burnt home. The mother had gene over lo Mr.OocMVs tee vine a small dasgh terin charge ol two smaller children. By sms means or other the bourn was fired, roasting nitre one ot the children as above stated. unproduc- »e country, my of their ( andt p tE abtoa throe, ■___ ' k is damn- >*r of years a feeling I to something oombusUble near the ~1 hav* just heard of a very romantic elopement wbkh is now sunt * alt of GriAu wtth any amount of goelp Decidedly — * beautiful and “ xtrts m ail \li^ V»n Bwll vn II oi Mr74/r. rnww. ot thte city. Mr7 Jo* Ac lomteu, a wealthy yoMg femar from theeooaty et •wen^dro. He has kmg admued Mule Him Mary, and bang Inussaie with the Borum family hy a wit of soalsi; rs’sTisnahlr. had tiro sorom to ^ Oa Saturday theoo SSmrtm 9 ^ his bloahiag. cfciMhfc iwrotheart aadkhxuo- » ttomwa. A Jastioe of the peace soon the knot and u* twxla were made oca. They proceeded to the tew of a stater of the bride received congratulation, and from throes hack, to Griffin, making •f th*d*yuathof theytMUgliUy! 1 tonteeoiapkt lyprosuatedoy the mock of her danghte 'e elopement, and the trouble is mast pamfsl »L arouud. ta well off In worldly goods. the prirouers who bap oepu ty-*fferifr, e then went to ceed, and the master of transportation said that If the irain was not allowed to proceed be would department, jumped into the cab with a pair of t’egoa. The tr*ln then proceeded. the skirt being one solid maw of em broidery, wrought upon white satin with beads, crystal, and pearls of the very best description,the pattern for which was copied from a painting of an old court robe, now hanging in the gallery of the Louvre, in Paris Dovn the aides of this embroidered ront pices were panels of point d’Angle- terre lace, fifteen inejie* wide with reverse of the pearl embroidery that joined the under train, over which fell a second train of the same magnificent silk, and which is known as the Manteau dc Coor, or, to put it in English, the same style of coart train that is worn at a presentation to the English queen of to-day. It was put in deep plaits on a band and J lined tb the waist under the body, which was cut in points both front and back, with bands of the same embroidery around the square cut neck, down the front and around the side, and laced in the back. The demi- sleeves were finished with a fall of the same rich lace, abont two and a half inches wide, and above it a band of the embroide ry; bnt the crowhtng feature of the robe was the rich piece of lace (also pointed d’Angleferre and the same width as the panels), which commenced at the point of the body in front. Was carried gracefully ever the hips, and met in the back, falling over the entire train and reaching to the bottom of it in two broad waves, being caught to the gown with bunches of white flowers of an indescribable style. A drapery of point d’Angleterre lace fell over the shoulders, meeting in the front, and was held together by a bunch of arbe pine flowers. A perfectly plain long tulle veil? reaching to the floor, was fastened to the hair with a little knot of arbepines. The ornaments were most magnificent diamonds, thatpnee belonged to her-mot ti er. There was but one bridesmaid, Miss Bessie Bedgewick. The presents were nu merous and very costly. It is understood that Sir Thomas settles $25,000 a year on his wife, and the senator the same sum. The couple in a few days will depart for Eng land, to occupy the baronial balls of the groom’s ancestor Congressman Felton’s Tribute. To the Editor of the National Republican: Sir—The friends of ex Attorney-General Akerman were pained by the news of his unexpected death, as announced in this morning’s paper. When I parted from him in Cartersville Ga., three weeks ago. he give promise of a long and viguroiulife. He wm engaged jn a vt-ry extensive and lucrative practice, which was constantly increasing. When bis hopes were brightest he was suddenly stricken down by the destroyer, leavit-g a wife and six bright, manly little boys, with a host of warm friends to mourn bis un timely death. His friends were just now very hopeful that he would be appointed to fill the va cancy made by the eleva’ion of Judge Woods to the supreme bench. No man in the south ado could have been appoi*.ud would have filled it more capably and hon estly. He wonld have brought to the bench the learning, culture and careful pains taking that are needed to make a good ju rist. But no words of mine will add anything to his legal reputation, already national. I desire to bear testimony to his worth and high character as a citizen, a neighbor, and a friend. He was so honest in his convictions,, so unflinching in the discharge of what he believed to be his duty, that nobody coul 1 associate with him intimately without great respect for his rectitude of life and character. Our town and county will greatly miss him. for he was liberal to all public enter prises that promised good to our people. I speak the sentiments of his neighbors, who knew him best and appreciated him roost, when I tender their heartfelt sympathy to bis family, who are so greatly bereaved in his loss. W. H. Fsltox. Washington, D. C., December 23,1880. OLD-TIME POLITICS. fairly; and if as a judge he proves a fail ure, it will be because of his want of early training and application in law knowledge, not because he is or ever was deemed corrupt. As circuit judge in the south he was popular, and the people had the greatest confidence notonly in his integrity, but in hia jndement, and spoke highly oi his decisions on the bench. That he was fearless in the discharge of his duty as a lawyer, I speak whereof I know. I« the winters of 1862-63, while Grant’s army was opposite Vicksburr. at Young's Point, ana Colo nel Woods was under the immedSlte command of General Sherman, the latter had a correspondent of the New York Herald, named -Locke, arrested on the charge that in one of his letters to his paper Locke bad mentioned matters that had by military orders >cen interdicted as giving information to the enemy. The penalty was a severe one- death. A military court was called for the trial of Locke, who applied to Colonel W. B. Woods to defend him as his lawyer. In doing this. Woods raked Sherman unmerci fully for his petty spite against newspaper correspondents. Surprised at this, I ssked Colonel Woods if he did not think Sherman would resent such language to the detriment of the speaker. He replied that Sherman was lawyer enough to know thvA^vjuunsel had, and an honest one wvuxer- ctse, the rightjofspeakingan A LIGHT MELANGE OF NRWS AND COMMENT FROM H W.G. The Democracy lx the North—Tilden ia the Campaign—Judge Woods’s Sicctssor—The Cotton Exposition—Immigration to the State oi Texu. court deemed the language of t^e wrote to ihe.Herald did riot justify the construction General Sherman put upon it. FROM WASHINGTON* Special dispach to the Constitution. Washington, Decembers?.—A* it was impossi ble to keep a quorum caagrcte adjourned for the halidajs. Looking over the record I Bad that the Georgia delegation are very watchful and laborious. Mr. Blount has been busy oa the appropriation bill Where he haa his hands fulL Mr. Hammond ha* been busy on the judiciary committee, to which many important matters have been referred! lie never misses a session of the house or of the committee, and ia one of the moat industrious of Georgia* congressmen. Senator Brown has introduced several bills to improve the rivers and harbor* of your statu and to remove obstructions to navigation and raft lug, &s> follows: For improving the Chattahoochee, be tween West Point and Bolton, where the Western and Atlantic failtoad Crosses tile fiver near At- l&uta, tl0,0»; for the Chattahoochee below the city of Columbus, $50,000; for Flint river from the mouth to Montezuma,iu Matron county,$50,000; for improving the Allamaha, f 10,00}; for the Oconee, $10,000; for the Ocmul„ee, $10,000; for the Savsn xiah river from Savannah up to Trotter’s Shoals, 61 miles above Augusta, f 50.0.0; for the Oostenau- ia and CooSawatte rirfen-, t5,0C0 each, and for theCuoa, from Rome down to the coal fields of Alabama, 1175.000; for the Improvement of the harbor of Brunswick, $13,000. In nearly all the cases the bill Introduced is for the amount estimated by the engineers.- The appropriations usually fall below the' amount of the estimates, but Senator Browu’s Idea serins to be that it Is best to Claim all that the engineers call for, and prw* the matter upon the attention of congress from time to tlrte. He hopes, in the eud, to get appropriations largo enough to do the work neccerary to put these stiearns in a navigable fe condition. There are other rivets in Ueorg'v neediu^ assistance, where the surveys have not yet been reported. ■» 11 the bills above mentioc id have been referred, under the rale of the s»uat>, to the committee on commerce, of which Mr. Ransom, of Xordi Caro lina, is chairman. In the case ot the Savant! ih river between Au gusta and Savannah, no estimate has yet been made public. But thla inlmaatkm will be given mjou, and liie bill already introduced cau bs fitneuded accordingly. The peo. le of Georgia who are Interested In great in behalf of the couU I seed them to their senators aud rep eseutatives to be Introduced at aa ear:/ day. This is a aug- gtStion Senaidr Brown made to-dav to youroor-l respondent lie says a durcen petitions in favor of each project are much better thau or ■' lion sigued by a larger ber ot perrons, no matter many. Let tho persons W 'O are vitally lab in these projects take the'**aia* to send in .v«ry Information to thc-tr. ••uator * :iv. «. an t algn.up and ? * U will aid very mu;h it The president b» teooznized Charles if. Ban croft as vice-consul of Haytiat Mobile, and A. Grant as consul of the Netherlands at Pettiacola. but consistency is not looked for In partisanship. According to the Advertiser, Arkansas ought to have cast about20,000 more votes than she returns. Special Correspondence Constitution. New York, December21.—It looks as If the de mocracy of New Yotk was determined upon doing away with the“boas” system—which has been the rule of plunderers who levied toll in propor tion to the votes they control. The people of New York have overthrown Tammany repeatedly, aud its history has been one story of disaster from the disgrace of Tweed to the downfall of Kelly. Mr. Tilden was shrewd enough to see that the Tammany system—which is the system of ‘‘bosses"—was doomed to and overthrow he easily took control of the state by opposing it. The real leaders of democracy have discovered that the old organizations must bs wiped out and ztew party machinery ado’ ted. They hare there-, fore held meeting* at the Hots 1 Brunswick and a plan has been carried out that will give a liberal' and yet disciplined organization lit which there ?s at. once individuali ty and compactness. Under this plan Tammany and Irving halls will be ignored, and s;eclal antagonisms will be burled in a policy broad enough for all democrats. Tnere Is little opposition to the new programme, even the general committee of Tammany being divided on it la Philadelphia the tame steps are being taken and a democratic club, upon pretty much the bads of the Dnlon League, is to be organised with George \F. Biddle and such men at the head. It need not be said that this reorganizdlon In New York is the m:st hopeful dgn in the demo* cratic heavens for many a day. The wrangllngs of the New York democracy have brought noth ing but defeat- bnt with a solid democratic vote in New York the country can be carried by the party. This last move brings to the front the best have, not in special cqtiads of “ bosses,’* but by a general advancement along the whole line. MB. TILDEN AND THK LATE CAMPAIGN. Kelly's “Express" continues to charge that Mr. Tilden is responsible for Hancock’s defeat. I heard yesterday from a man wb*> had it from Montgomery Blair, that he (Blair) -was with Mr. Tilden when Bamtun tsked him for a subscrip tion with which to carry Indians. Tilden asked how much he thought he ought to subteribe, and he replied: "I think, $30,030’’’ Mr. Tilden at once gave him a check for $100,000. He told Mr. Blair that night that denfoerfle? was fighting on the wrong lames, snd would be beaten unless a change ot front was made. By the way I have a direct story about Tildcn’s withdrawal at Cincinnati. We all remember that his letter was construed to meAn withdrawal. Mr. Tilden did not peremptorily forbid the use of his name until 2 o’clock the night before Hancock was nominated. There was a private wire run ning from Tilden to the rooms of W. L. Scott, of Pennsylvania. Blair, Seott and one or two others freely dlschsscd ihe sitnation after adjournment on the second day In which Hancock had forged ahead. At 2 cTclock a dispatch was received from the old niin positively forbidding the use of his name—and,then and there the fight for Tilden was abandoned. Mr. Tilden haa Gild repeatedly that lie could have been elected without doubt If he had been given the nomination at Cincinnati—in spite of John Kelly. He now declares Htai he is out of politics and business, and will give his few re maining years to leisure and enjoyment. He looks better than ho has for years. JUDGE WOODS AND HIS SUCCESSOR lhero is a decided drift in Washington for Judge McCay as the successor of Judge Woods, it being reliably stated that Judges Wbods and Bradley have both endorsed his application. A gentleman who talked with the prteldent mbje-t says he said iu terms that he would -not appoint a Georgia man I as ihe appointment of Judge Woods itself Is cred . itatemeut the friends of Judge McCay are dlscouragf / of them hnyfc abandoned the fight. He is first twitted with languishing in population and prosperity, and, when the census exposed this not had the manliness to retract, although the census bureau has substantiated the accuracy of from the description of the ballots and doctored return , reason to expect a phenomenally large rote in that section. And now that it turns out to be much less, in ratio to the population, than that of the northern states, the deficiency is credited to suppression. Some people are very hard to please. A Heavy Snow. The most remarkable snow ever seen in At lanta appeared when the people of the city woke up Wednesday morning. It began to snow at mid night and steadily until daybreak the white crystals fell, covering the earth with a mantle of white which gleamed even In a moonless night At 8 o’clock there was such a fall of snow as was never seen before •in these parts." The earth was already covered, but this piled ou the fleecy mantle nntll it smoothed over the landscape and draped every roof wirh its soft covering. At 0 o’clock It was nearly six inches deep even where it had not drifted, and in places where the tViud hadvj* hill ed the fleecy flakes It wa.*/ fool or more to rolld earth. Old inhabitants who hnvo known Atlanta since it was Marjha^vllle say there was never such snow here. In the winter of 1870-’77 there was a sleet and snow which lay on the ground a week, but it was cot so deep as this. The United States signal station at this point showed that the storm was very general in Georgia and the Carolina*, while a large pert of Alabama is covered with snow. Co lumbus is lying under two Inches of white cover, and her people are enjoying the first visit of tho downy fall that they have seen for years. Augusta and Macon both are favored with the pickings of the heavenly geese. As the telegrams indica e this is a very general storm and a gentlemen who said yesteaday that the whole United States was under snow waa not far wrong. Tho sun peeped out at noon, and it was thought that the snow would melt, bnt (he wind came to the rescue aud tho thermometer fell like lead. By night It stood at ten de grees above Zero, and at eleven o’clock it had fallen to three degrees above that terrible point It was supposed by good judges that it. would be down to zero before zuornlng. It was a bitter, terrible night, full of suffering in this city, where so many happy, warm homes were the rcene of unalloyed joys. TDK BEAUTIFUL SNOW, Obi the snotf, the beautiful snow, Filling the sky aud earth below J Over th housetops.rover the street. Over the heads of the people you meet— Pancing, ' . Flirting, Skipping along. Beautiful Snow? it cau do no wrong, ylng to kiss a fair lady’s check, inging to Hps in a frolicsome freak— Beautiful snow, from the heaven above, Pure as an angel, gentle as love. w, the beautiful s ces gather and la , Whirling about in Its maddening fun, It plays, in its glee, with every one. Chasing, Laughing, HttrryiDg by; ' *—ufeles tho eye, iocs, with a bark aud a boi .-nap at the crystals as they ed y around. The town is alive and its heart in a glow To welcome the coming oi beautiful snow. .tag they gd,- Over the crush of the beautiful snowi Snow so pure that it falls from the sky. THE CAROLINA TEA FARM. CoimnJMlouerLfDne Helret* is Planta tion >mr Smumfryllle-Wbat la Proposed to be Done. Charleston News and Courier. The Hon. W. G. LeDuc, United Suites commis sioner of Agriculture, arrived in the citv on ~ day evening, aud u quartered at the Cnarli Sun* —, Jeston He i* accompanied by his private Secre- Hotel. tery, Mr. O. D. LaDow. the Hon. J. H. McGowan, a member of congress from Michigan, snd also a member of the committee “ — * **■* agriculture of the house of representative!, and by Mr. J. Jackson, the expert tea culmrist, connected with the de partment. The object of the commUsioner’s visit is to find a suitable location to establish the ex perimental tea farm, for which congress has already made tbi necessary appropriations. Y sterday Receiver Fisher, of the 8outh Caro lina railroad, placed a special train at the disposal of the party, who. in company with Mr. E. L. Roche, secretary of the agricultural society of south Carolina, inspected tho lands lying alon; the South Carolina railroad between this city an< Summerville. At SummervillJ carriages were secured, and the party vhtted the plantation of Mr. Henry A. MIdaleton, about two mile, from the village. After a thorough examination of the s it and. the premises, the commissioner deter mined to locate the (arm at that place, provided suitable arrangements can be made for the control °*The EroSaSected is a light sandy loam with a good clay subsoil, and is situated on th* high and healthy ridge between rummerville aud the Ashley river. A portion of the farm is now t nder Mountain railway was the scene of a terrible tiagedy. The train had just passed Neelyvill- when the discharge of pistols caused Conductor Wcl-h to hasten to the rear. As he opened the door of the smoking car a man presented a pistol at his head, advising him to stand aside. The man then ran against Welch aud pushed him from the platform Standing In the doorway he fired several times into the crowded car, and then jumping ou the ground, disappeared ia the adja cent woods. When Conductor Welch scrambled to hia feet and re-enteitd the car he found pearly all the pass tigers h dden under the teats. Dr J. H. Payne, a prominent citizen of Carroll, was lytug in the centre of the car iu the agonies of. death. He has bet a shot two or three times. K. F. Jones of Smith’s Ferry, Beaver county, Pa., was lying across hla seat, with the blood streaming fronts wound lu the arm. Mrs. Jones his wife, who was seated opposite, was wounded In the head, aud was crying hynerl wliy: “My hns- baud la killed, aud 1 am killed " It is thought tuey will both die. No oae knew the assassin, bar. it ts said he was one of a party in a conspir acy to rub toe express, and. ou the plan failing, revenged himself tu the manner above stated. Special dispatch to The Constitution.^ mail, exprm and baggage can were thrown to gether and borued. consuming'the mail and ex- iiiem matter. *1 be baggage waa nearly all saved. William Wood bemr, the fireman oo the passenger matt Our] doio) L3« lets known Persons In o think of with infor mal), was killed outright. He had been recently married, and f4s wile was oa board the train. Robert Hayleu. engineer of the i bureau ts i want, bnt inadequate »e money to . he could e he b now tECK allied. atelligCDce •ter reach- 8 o'clock. railroad, raUe, nine ock. Two leit C har riers, one the other Paw creek rord train. ben Hayleu, engineer of the passenger seriously injured. T. G tilery, ex- prem meseeng» r. bad his right leg broken. A. S'ewari. mall agent, waa rerioaslj hurt in the ' " ~ passengers were hurt exoeptooe lady, t waa slightly cut by broken glam. The engineer of the freight train is missing. It la said he was drunk and was running against orders. New Yoxk. December 28.—A fire recurred early ■' * — *-~ table manufactory ol srowo Vrcaklag J«ki Naw Y- u. Deocmte Johu Kelly ta Tumsif K*l»y’a Heart. SA—Tha revolt against Nutatm. real dtautet organ isattaAs that go that the veaetahle Auauv as -~che 1 has i fcaslaWfcttan of renu. la the futuro Mr. I upon Mas as me ot the tew respectable Ct ft! ed tl It o rath fret) lott •bo- (kit uwb Engineer Anthony, broke loose and stopped after running x abort distance In the rear car were the flagman. Bob Griffith, of this ciry, aod six pkasengers. three whom were colored When the detached can slopped Flagman. Griffith jumped off. and having told the train nun IO —-|j - - broke far before he heard the approach!j g train blow and then realised the fact he cxdd proceed no-further, bpcanse of the trestle which is ore hundred and fifty yards tang and very high. He waved his flag se the engine m charge of E-igmeer When berry, earn# in e'ght ar.d theengi neer expressed hia noogmrion ol It oy iu i mediately blowing oo brakes, bat hteu%in ».-as heavy and be was nearing the Bottom of one of the biggest grades oo the road, hettce it was Uuporeiblt to stop. As soon as was dtsuroyed. as were also the edjuiaing build logs XS. XJQ. Stt and Sit Cherry street, oo canted by veiLoas manufacturing firms. All were erred oat to protect the property and prevent a charge < f killing you g Drury, pronounced the dead mur Jer in the first degree, and ecott was — to Defiance JaiL 2Ji—Hla Higgins, aged IB today because she had A Snceeasrnl Family—Ohio Judges of Cincinnati inquirer. “Some men are born to greatness; others have greatuess thrust upon them." The Woods family, of Licking county, are of the former. Wm. B. Woods, lately appointed associate judge of the supreme court of the United States, is not or.ly by birth an Ohioan, bnt is to the manner cf Ohioans born. His family were highly :reapeclable in all its parts—rather aristocratic, and be longing to the old whig aristocracy. Bat William, after the old whig party went down—done to death by the abolitionists— became a democrat, and in 1857 was elected to the legislature, and at the January ses sion following was elected, as the democrat ic candidate, speaker of the home by a vote of 58 to 43 given to Nelson H. Van Vorhis. The next session Mr. Woods was again t member, btu, the legislature being anti democratic, he was defeated for speaker by a vote of 57; cost for Richard C. Parsons, to 42 for William B. Woods. As speaker of the house, Mr. Woods, in one sense of the word, was a lailnre, on ac count ol his limited knowledge of parlia mtm:ary law. But knowing that the laws regulating deliberative bodies were like tl e common law, made up of precedents, which sometimes varied, he thought he hud aa good a right as any other man to establish precedents for his own use, and hence many of his decisions were at variance with the sales laid down in Jeffersor/a Manual and Cashing. Yet, as Mr. Speaker Wood.-, after making a decision, no matter Low much it might afterward innre to the injury of his party, always adhered to it, all parties were pleased, and he got by this means the reputation of being a lair presiding officer, as he always baa that of being a good, whole-souled, clever gentleman, and hence was popular. As a lawyer, in Ohio he never had much reputation, because of his lack of appreciation, caring more for the society of his friends than of his law hooks. At the breaking out of the rebellion a brother of William B. Woods was made colonel of a regiment William B. Woods lieatenant-colonel and a brother-in-law, William Warner, major. As the war pro gressed the elder Charles R. Woods was promoted to general, and William B Woods succeeded lo the colonelcy of the regiment, with his brother-in-law, Warner, as iientecant colonel. Before ibe war closed both Charles R and William B Woods were made genera’s, and William Warner got the same title. The elder of the broth ers is still in the army, on the retired list, thousand acres, about two hundred aer s ol which the commisaioner proposes to plant iu tea If the experiment succeeds he will bring: ihe u bole body uuder cult ration. The ad vantages of the farm toSmnmervire»nd the whole state cannot be over-estimated. It will open a new field of enterprise and labor, and in- ie the variety and value of imuor, aou in* productions. NECROLOGICAL. Tbe Death ol Kev. Dr. Chapin, or Mew York. New Yoxk, December 27.—Dr. E. H. Cha pin, the well known clergymen, died in this city yesterday. The sicknen which confined him to his house for a considerable period, terminated fatally but not unexpectedly, lor it ha* been known for some time that there was no hope of bis recovery. He was born iu Union village, Washington county, Decrm her 29,1814 In 1837. when 23 years of age, he waa ordained in Utica to the Univer- salist* ministnr. He immediately began preaching ana accepted a call to become To be trampled In mud by the crowd rushing by. To be tracked and trampled by thousands of feet. Till ft blends with the hdhibie filth of the street. Once I was prire si t£e snow; trat Ijeju— v Fell'like the snowflakes from Fell to be trampled like filth in foa.V>be»plt GEORGIA GLIMPSES. THE STATE !N ITS EARLY DAYS. ceatrie Exscuttvs— S ceivisg a Nobleman a Kovel Manner—Charlton's Spsech Against Wilsy, Etc. Written for The Const!tn’inn. The father of G vernot George M Troop was an Englishman. His utoioer was the sister of Lochlir, John and William Mc Intosh. These luuer were Scotch, and for Lochlin McIntosh the county of McIntosh Wits named. He was a man of most marked character. In early life he was the aide of General Oglethorpe—and with hint on the memorable occasion of the quarrel of the duke of Cumberland,the brother of George the Second, and General Oglethorpe on the battle field, during the war with the pre tenders in Great Britain, He wns then a youth of only eighteen years. H i was a great favorite with Oglethorpe, aud was de voted to the general. When the duke, in a rage, rode tip to Oglethorpe and accused him of being the cause of a disastrous move nient, McIntosh was by the side of tbe gen eral, and instantly resented tho duke’s in sult to his general. The duke was the com- chief M the forces of the crown, md McIntosh’s oil.‘os? w.\s a cTpTTHltfrTTnc.' inceof pn< pastor of the Independent Chrisiian church, of Richmond, Ya., a society composed both ofUniversalists and Unitarians. His pastoral work in Rrobmond waa continued with suc cess till 1S40, when he accepted the charge of the Universalist church in Charleston, Mass. In 1S49 he came to this city in order to assume tbe pastorate of the 4th Unirer- salist society, wnich he has ever since re tained. Paris, December 27.—The death is an nounced this morning of M de Tillancourt, a republican member of the chamber of deputies for tbe department of Aisne. THE OKLAHOMA COLONISTS. considered the ablest posdble appointment, and is the favorite among the lawyers lutercsted. It is said that Mr. Pardee, of New Orleans, an Ohio u will be certainly appointed. Senator Jonas ssys that this appointment would be satisfactory, Pardee Is especially well up in commercial law, and has been elected judge by the people. Tho feeling against the president (or pooling all issues in Ohio men is getting to be strong, and may result In a smart fight ou Pardee if he is appointed. Judge Hooks and Judge Hopkins have both been favorably mentioned for the cir cuit judgeship, but the movement in their favor has not taken definite shape.) THE COTTOH EXPOSITION. I met Mr. F. R. Gouldlng, of Boston, a promi nent cotton manufacturer, who sold that the in terest in the coming cotton exposition through out the north was exceptional. Mr. El ward Atkinson is at work pressing the matter public attention and thinks that great advantage mu»t accrue o the south from the exhibition of the Dedrick press, which is small, cheap, and perfect It is within reach of almost every farmer, and packs cotton in bales of lli pounds as hard ss cherry wood. These bales can be pecked in the common bagging that is used for packages in stores. A English gin that is faster than any ever known is also a specialty ot Mr. Atkinson, and will be exhibited at the exposition. Goods and machinery from England may be looked for. A great many manufacturers have already engaged rooms at the Kimball and Markham. I asked Mr. Gotuding what he thought of the chance of the south to capture the spindles of the north? He sold: * 1 think the south will manufacture in the near future the coarser yarns, etc., but never the finer goods. In five years I believe that there will be a great growth of factories for coarser goods in the south.’* “ Why not the finer good*r ’ “Because the climate will not permit of it. Now, you may oak me why. 2 reply that I do not know, except that It is a fact. Just aa we cannot make Irish linen In this country. We haTe sent and got the s*me operators, machinery, and aU. and yet cannot make thesamegiadeof Unen as-the Irish. So the south cannot maker the liner grade of goods that are made in the north. The experiment has been tried, and was cot suc cessful?” Alluding to the profits of southern factories, he "said: “The Pacific mills, the largest in the world with a capital of several million and over three thousand operatives, mokes the best dividend ct any in this country. Outside of this. I think the southern factories pay os good or better dividends than the northern." He further said that the question os to whether climatic changes consid ered, water power is as cheap and profitable as steam power is being largely discussed. Cursing, Dreading to Selling my soul to whoever w< advi&ed to leave the'country before he was arrested, which ho did, and canfe fo America, and soon after was followed by his family, who came to Georgia with Gen eral Oglethorpe. He never returned- to England, and was only a middle aged man at the breaking out of the American revo lution. At' once be, with hit brothers, united themselves with the whigs, and did sigfial service during that struggle - It was during this war ho received a gross insult from Barton Gwinnett, one of the signers of the declaration of indepmdtn e, and it was to commemorate his name the county > of Gwinnett 'was named. McIntosh received this insult quite coolly, and without apparent excite ment said to Gwiuneti: Odr country Is in peril; wo are engaged in a common «mus o , and she has no'men to sparo. We will postpone this matter until our cause shall fail or be triumphant. Then, sir, when no cause will suiter from the loss < f the/»ne or the other of us, you shall account to n»o for •this indignity of today. As soon as the independence of Georgia was acknowledged by tnc British crown. McIntosh challenged Gwinnett. They met and Gwinnett was slain in the conflict. It was said of McIn tosh that he never deserted a friend or for gavaanenemv, and those Who knew bith the men raid George M Troup, his nephew, of all nis kindred, most resembled hitu The father of Gmernor Troup was a raer chant, and at the breakirg out cf the revo lution hesitated as to his line of duty. This was unpleasant for :h8 family of hia wife. 2twas impossible to.remain in the country and continue neutral. Yet Troup proposed to do so. i£e wss waited on by L6cniin McIntosh and told lie must decide and unite his fortunes with the rebels or the English crown. Still he hesitated. This aroused the ire of his brother in-law, who imperativelysaiS to him: There is an al ternative; yon can leave the countrj% for hi-re you shall not etay and remain neu tral, for in tliis corflict there can be no neutrals. Tronp determined at once, and without delay left tho country and west to England. Hie wife was an ardent patriot America was her country, in her cause ail her sympathise were en listed. She was devoted to her brothers, and, though she followed the fortunes ot her husband, her heart was with her broth ers and their cause. As a woman she quite as rera will as waa her brothers, dissatisfaction to Iter htnband and her de termination to return to America and share the fate of her brothers and the destinies of her country. A compromise was effected between them. It was to return to Spanish America, where they could be near her family and yet away from the field of strife Pensacola was selected—in west Florida— and thither they came. They had not been long in Florida before in tb-lr way that most markable man, McGilrei * I read and heard vehemently shouted these last words concluding this speech, and they always called from tho masses the wild shout which presaged victory. This action cf Charlton’f and this Epeech of Troup’s was Charlton's political funeral. Jackson denounced him, and with all his magnificent abilities, he went into obscur ity as a public man. Jackson was an Englishman, but was a most thorough rebel, never hesitating, never turning back, but true as steel to our cause, and every man his- judgment approved or his experience attested. When * Savannah fell into the hands of the British forces Jackson and John Milledge escaped, and ciossing the Savannah river some miles above the city, made tbeir way to the camp of a small force of Americans stationed in South Carolina. They were unknown and immediately arrested aa spies. They had no evidence save their own declarations to establish their identity and summarily; they were condemned aod sentenced to bo hanged. The ropes were arouud their necka and they were being led to the gallows when, most opportunely, a gentleman ar rived who knew and saved them; When a lad, some seventy years ago, I heard an old Yazo man say tbi* mao’s co ruing was most unfortunate, tor Jackson richly deserved the gellovrs The werds were scarcely ont of his mouth before he was knocked down, and he was cruelly kicked by every one near him. This speech ct Troup enshrined him in •he hearts of tho people, and most justly. Unquestionably he was the ablest man Georgia ever prod need, and it is a blot upon, he escutcheon of tho state that his grave remains undistinguished by a monument to tell where he sHepa. In his habits he was most simple, in his ...ww negligent in the extreme. Though reared and always associating with gentle men, he was as indifferent to etiquette as ho was careless in habits and dress. When he retired from public life it was to his plantation in Laurens county, where with his slaves, more than five hun dred in number, whom be always te-raed his family, he cont inued to li ve until his death, which was quiet, and without a . witness. His home was most humble, n cabin of pine log? Ifis furniture simple and very plain. There were no ornaments and the joists overhead wore uncovered and painted green. He was most attentive to i.he comforts of his slaves, ami was more a slave to them than they to him. A pa triarch amidst the , people, he seemed to think only of their protection and comfort. At home his clothes were made from tho same material as that which clothed his ne groes. There was neither ostentation, of wealth or pride of position, but an abufid- . SE&ssj aljceX.A8LAE • and iln unspotted- poritycf morals. iu mauv thit.gs he was eccentric. It was in Mil. I bsllens, that the flato of Sccs- weinier'visi.ed MiliedgvviUe, then the seat of government for this state. Ho was tho first nobkr.Vu.n -tire people there had ever seen, and it was determined to show him iorne c vilfties' in their way. The legislature was then in teici m and the duke was in vited to vldt the body. - Daniel Bfaitefold it.d Seaborn Jones, aids to Troup, were the masters of ceremony. BmiUiord had, but Jones had no* t a uniform, and it wasdccided hat the aids of tho governor, iquirea to a kuid dvk-», must escort hint iu uniform. <\es was a small man, with fin enormous read, and Ids only chance for a uniform was to borrow' one from General Thomas Dawson, Whqwasa much St outer man than Jones witn a much smaller head. Jones got into the pants and coat, whio’i hang like hags about his person, nut the hat waa vo go; U refused positively to cover the head of Jones—and he was compelled" to wear « very plain citizen’s tint. There was very little ceremony about thn'duke, who was a blufl^ jdly German, isiting anew democratic country. He was very Hoc looking man of fitly years, intel ligent. and unostentatious, closely observant ot everybody dad everything, ana evidently desirous of knowledge, and a correct, knowledge, of the people of this couutry and itsinstiiutfons. Waiving all ceremony with Brailsford and Jones, who were, as he was informed, aids of the governor, he went from liis hotel on foot, to mec iho legislature. . It had not been deter mi ued what were to be the ceremonies of the reception. Every member.proposed he should .be welcomed with three cheers from the members stand ing, another that he should be introduced to the president ami speaker, both of whom should welcome him with a speech. Finally it was egreed that as they were republicans, and despised any and -everything ilka cere mony, that the duke should ba received standing, end invited to u chair to witness the proceedings. The hour had arrived, and the duke dressed as a plain gentleman, entered with Jones aud Brailsford, and was shown to a chair provided-for him, and tho house pro ceeded to business. The duke seemed much interested in scruti nizing the features and manners of each member near him, and whoever addressed thekhair. In his book he a!ludes to this visit, and remarks "“tbit each mem ber, as far as he observed, was characterized by a remarkable individuality, all attesting tbe fact that they had been reared sepa rately and apart from the civilized world.” Dealing la shame for a morsel ofc* bread. lUting the living and fearing the dead! Merciful God! have I lallen so low? And yet I was once like the beautiful snow! Once! was fair os tbe beautiful snflw. With an eye like its crystal, a heart like its glow; Dace 1 was loved for my innocent grace. Flattered and sought for the charms of my face, Fatlief. Mother. Sisters—all, God and myself, I have lost by my falL The veriest wretch that goes shivering by w ill make a wide sweep, lest I wander too nigh. For all that is on or above me. I know. There's nothing so pure as the beautiful snow. flow strange It should be that this beailti/tll snow should fall on a sinner with nowhere to go! How strange It should be when the night comes If thtTsnow and the Ice struck nlydesperate brain. Fainting, “ -jug, Dying alone, Freezing, To l>e and to die iu my terrible woe. With a bed and a shroud of the beautiful snow! FOREIGN FLASHES] 1’tie Progress of Sbe Irisb State Trials. Dublin, December 29.—The attorney general of the crown, in his address, referred to the hum ble occupations of most of tne traversers, and cold doubtless they found agitation more profitable. He warmly denounced the agitation as an ifitol- erablo conspiracy. The intention of the govern ment, he said, in instituting these proceedings wo* to protect the rich and poor alike from fright ful tyranny that respected neither life uor prop erly. The people hod been told not to accept M. O'Connell's dictum, that uo farm was worth a drop of blood, and a few days after they were thus advised Ferry, the bailiff, was shot ut Ballinrobe. The remarks of the attorney cen tral at this point caused considerable feeling in coart, especially when he quoted the reported words tne of J. traversers. that was worth . a hundred speeches.' BlMpprarsBre oT ClalKlrea. Nrw Yoax. December 2*.—Oa tbe 14th of Octo ber. 1579, the wile of Alfred Carlson, of su Stayreeqat avenue. Broohljiiu*ewt her Uttteboy. tamed; and. although search waa made for him. be wav sever found. Oa Thursday lees .she wot her li:uc girl, aged eleven, on another errand, and she .also tailed to return. No perron has bora found who bee seen the child; end. «1- dliigenl *c*reh w«s made tar her. be found. Mr. end Mrs. Carlson ti accept me vrt»i£cacy of the New York Undvrgraoad rallroaaeompeny. to which he was recently elected. He win go abroad with Zia taially ia April next. Something Strategic Golds lo Take Place. Special dispatch to Tbe Constitution. Caldwell, Kassas, December 29.—We are having tho coldest weather ever known la Kan sas. About one handled colonists remain in tbe camp. They ore no donbt making preparations far some strategic movement as *ooa as the weather will permit. The following areolar fell Into the hands ot a newspaper correspondent to day: [3ecre» and confidential] Caldwell. Kansas, December 29.—To the members o! Payne Oklahoma colony: For tbe time being, we have been stopped on oat way to the public ’—"*■ would have move uo. This L — colony to bold themselves In readiness eral Willard Warner was elected to the state senate in 1866, and while a senator of Ohio, his term ot office not expiring until January 1868, went to Alabama, aiTd waa elected a carpet-bag Senator of the United States. General William B. Woods went south Immediately after th? close of the war. and it eras thought at tho time that his influence elected Warner to tbe senate. General Grant, while president, appointed William B. Woods one of tbe circuit judges of the United States court, and a few daya since President Hayes promoted him to the supreme bench of the United States, in which situation, if he has learned enough of law since be left Ohio, be-will make an excellent jaige. The belief is that he ia honest ana will do right, and that he never can be zaade to act tbe role of a Bradley, and do wrong at tbe demand of his party. Aa an equity lawyer be can be trusted, for Lis efforts will be to administer justice at leort 5.1.0) p opie. You wil! go in secretly, end no one will Dt informed except tbe members These lands are ours, and we want them before planting rim*. Take ppirasinn of them. David L PATSk^PreddenL The leadera of the coiooy are in eorrespendeace with tending colored men of the country. and to over five hundred fro dmen members of tbe coiooy ;thnx under the terms of treaties theee frved- men here a right to settle on these lands. They will aJjo«sk uuu arranteroen Is be mode to settle “exodustors" an these lands. Captain William H. Matthew*, a prominent colored lawyer of Leaven worth. It is understood, will take tne lead lathe matter. An exoduster said to day “we have been outraged and driven from the south. I have been two yean in Kansas and I do not like the climate and cannot make a living here how why not let os into theee lands tha: were i in* ns** He ■<«! that party dare OEOBUIA EXICRATIOX TO TXX VS Captain Fanlkner, who is agent cf the most important Texas railroad, and who has had charge cf the immigration business, says that the emigration from Georgia to Texas has greatly de creased—for the last three months it bos averaged he thinks 400 to JW a month, bnt for tbe year throngh it wonld hardly go over 103 a month. A few years ago It was ten times this much. Ee thinks Georgians are much better satisfied and more prosperous than they have been since he has had anything to do with emigration. He says that Texas is filling up quite an rapidly however ss ever before. Tbe statistic* show that twice ss many people are carried into the state b7 the railroads as are carried ont, thm giving a steady ingoing tide. The census shows that the increiseia population for the past ten years has been 90 per cent, and if the present apportion ment obtains, Texas will have 11 instead of# congressmen. The railroads are largely responsi ble for this immigration. They owned vast tracts of land which it waa important to settle up, and they have sent agents all over Europe. Thrcuah tickets for all the leading points In Texas are on sUe in all European cities, and over one- fifteenth of the entire immigration Is from Europe. Steamers from Liverpool run to Kew Orleans and are bringing in mauy immigrants— but the railroads do the ms In work. Abont 200 Chinamen were imported a short time since to work no the roads—but they were taken off by formers who find them tbe best of workmen. Is* many coses they have a cut off their queues and married negro women. ety to its original chaos and bringing abont com- znuatem. He particularly pointed to Mean. Drennau, Bray ton, Gordon, O'Sullivan and Kaliy ms agitating with a view to ptcttnlaiy profit, lie quoted Nolly’s violent speech, which immediately preceded Ferry’s murder, aud then proceeded to atal with the violent speeches attributed to Dillon a^d Parnell, both oi wnum had told the people hod a remedy for tneit grievances iu their own hands. The former- he said, had advised them to put no faith in the ttnusn parliament but to drill. He cited various funner passages of tne speeches by these two members ol parliament, as exospecatlng people Into spoliation and murder. He quoted, amidst the general laughter, from the speech of Mr. Big- gcr, who said tie didn’t recommend the shoot in* of landlords been ise tne wrong men bod been sometimes shot. After quoting Mr. Harris’s recommendation to the peasantry to emulate the example of the French in' 17X1, he aakl the laud league is rounded upon a basis of sedition and treason. Parnell, who was given to ex pressing his opinions moderately, had himself declared that either auucnwi;. miiw-u the landlords or tne people must go, and U would be for the people themselves to decide which. Court then adjourned at 3:«) p.m., because the attorney general was fatigued. Parnell was loudly cheered oa leaving the court The Times’ Dublin enrreeponden on the remarkable lock of popular in state trial*. Toe attorney lor the crown < ol compU.ity in the murder ol LordMouutmom*. A monster loud meeting was to hare been held to day iu Clare, but was prohibited by the aa inmides. one thousand perjocs assembled, bat were quietly dispersed by tne police. ZSGLASD. London, December 29. —The Pall Mall Gazette, ia a leading editori«l concerning the Transvaal outbreak, says: “England is entering on aa ex- peatireond irritating war of conquest against people whose injuries we admit” 4 The official returns show that the foot and mouth disease is seiioaaly spreading amongst the cattle in all ihe large counties of Eugland. There of the coiooy say they wiUteare their frifcttdsto tush tbe question immediately opoo tbe meeting otrongrera A committee of leading colored men win all cm the president after the holidays on t la subject H. w. G. Hard to Please. Boston Herald, ind. The popular vote lor president at the late elec tion is now conceded to have given General Gar field a small marginal msjuiity—tome 2,000 or SJLQoutof the millions cast The small vote reported from several of the son-hem stales, rela tively to tbe population, is exciting some com ment. The utrductica of the republican paper* is that the colored Tote was supprefeed. This seems hardly to jibe with the charge of wholesale ballot-box staffing and manufactured return*; ss of Eugland. There _ of tbe disease reported in Norfolk, andiA#«in Loudon. e6.7Mc iiAl-N-LEV, miner*' have resolved to give notice lo the masters wtth a view to obtaining tea per cent advance In wages., I The remains of Lieutenant Irving, cf Sir John I Franklin's Arctic expedition, brought to New York by Lieutenant Sehwatk*, and wnich arrived From the state house he was escorted by Jones and Brailsford to the governor’s quar ters, a single room in tbe boardinghouse of the good Madam Jenkins. Here they were*' received by the governor, who was not ex pecting the visii. He was seated, tailor .fashion, about the middle of his bed^ with Yeraft the head ootet ’Mira luff n l»htAlfc^| the Alabamas, Whose father was a Scotch man and who educated his son at Edin- borough, Scotland. McGiWerfly was then young, ardently bated the Americana and with zeal united with the British. At the time of meeting Troup he resided near where now Is the town of Weturapka, which means falling or tumbling water. He invited Troup to come and find a home and sfcuriw with him. He had not adoubt but that he* was an emissary of Britain, sent to incite the Spaniards and Indians to unite with England and assist in patting down the rebellion. Troup vacilated and by the advice of his wifc left Pensacola and went to Mobile—thee a part of west Florida. From Mobile he proepeeled the country above upon the river, and finally deform?ned to locate upon blnff on ihe Tombigbae river, which in compliment to his wife he named McIn tosh's bluff, which name it bcira to day. There, George Michael Troup was bora. When the war Cessed, with the capture of the British army under the command of Lord Cornwallis, at YorktoWn, Virginia, Troup broke up his establishment at McIn tosh’s bluff and returned to Glynn county, Georgia. In early boyhood, Governor Troup was placed under the charge of a Catholic priest, for instruction in Savannah Very frequent ly I have heard him say, that his teaching was most thorough/and consequently he was, when yet very young, qualified under a high school, then taught at Flatbuab, on Long Island, New York. This school was celebratedJor giving a most tooroaghedu- caticn and well it deserved it. When Governor Troup ontered this school, he found that he made the number of pupite twenty two. They were from seventeen states. In subsequent life, nineteen of these met as members of the same congress. Per haps, a similar instance never did, and never will occur again. When his education was completed li? was yet a youth, not having attained Jiis majority. He went to Sivannah to read law. There he found many young men of talent with whom he was associated; one, a man remarkable for abilities, and only a year liis senior, Thomas Upton Pulaski Charlton. It was then that James Jackson, whose portrait hangs in the gallery of the hall of representatms of the state house in Atlan ta, was preaching a crusade against tin nankeen crape pantaloons, &i!k socks, ftua a coarse osnaburj;s round coat or jacket, and was reading Akenside’s poems. When introduced to the duke he bowed hia head, but did not remove' his hat, and requested the duke to be seated. All this while tho duke had been standing, bat-in hand. As suming a seat, he placed his hat upon the floor, but observing the governor remained with his hat on, with a slight movement of irritation or disgust, he snatched up his hat and rather roughly placed it on his head. A few words only passed between the two great men, when the duke rosa with the evident intention of bringing the interview to an end, when the governor said: •‘Brailsford, there is some good brandy In * that case,” pointing to a small closet, “perhaps his excellency will refresh hiti.self with a glass after the fatigue of walking.” The brandy and glasses were placed on a tattle, and the governor, in his stocking feet, rose and joined the duke and his .aids in a drink, wheil the duke, with out touching his hat, bowed himself from the rv&om. He had tho good ta9te uot to a.ludetothc non-observnnce of the usual etiquette on the part of the governor, or to mention it in liis book. B As an orator, Governor Troup had but few equals. His manner was most grace ful, his gestures appropriate and easy—hia matters always cogent and conclusive. He never spoke long, never said a word which should not have been Raid, and never re pressed one which was nectary to express his convictions or elucidate hia subject. He was tue petaonificatipn of truth and sincerity. Never affected what he did not feel—never broke a promise, or even a word or action to deceive—was deeply and widely read, and knew the human heart as he did his book. He had but three children, two of these preceded him the grave, and only a fow months since his last and youngest, his beautiful Aurelia, died, and there is no nn«t/>rirv to beaT his name or emulate hts my- Wend I ■ loved 1C. nt was my ^ & gpABKS. the British tnUnins ship. AUl&nta. which ■ from Bermuda In January last for Eaglai d, with more than $OJ . ogbk seamen o- board, and has no: since beta heard from, to published. The cummisfciocen consider that she was a very sta ble ship one speak favorably of her officers, and point out the taetthot at the time of her loss an ixtepti-jnsl Storm prevailed, wnich was fatal to a number of merauuti.tr rael*. Constantino fle, Dec 29.—The agitation in V/ »anh*rn Albania e-Olnst conscription to srowlnx. The Turidih functionaries at Prlsrend. L'-kup and Ipek, hare been dismissed and re placed toy the Albanians. the cause their denunciations of this act, and equally so in tbeir support of Jackson. Tronp was announced as a candidate for tbe legiala tore, but was .compelled to decline the honor because of non age. Atasubsequent period both he and Cnarlton were, under the auspices of Jackson, elected to the leg islature. It was in this legislature that he established the commencement of a fame that culminated in his preferment to the highest honors which could be bestowed by the state. His first speech carried his name in a blaze of glory fro.m end to end of the state, and he was hcr'idcl before he was twenty-three years of age. It was made in opposition to a bill to re*.tore a man named Campbell Wiley to citizesalrp, with per- tnunion to re.ura with hts property to the state. Wiley was a man of fortune at the com mencement of the revelation, and, as moat rich men were, was opposed to tba cause of the colonies'. O.se o: ths firat acts of the legislatures of Sontb Carolina and Georgia subsequent to the war of the revolution was to pass a law confiscating the property and banishing from these states every one who bad been faithful in tbeir allegiance to tbe British crowo. Wiley had escaped to Florida, carrying with him bis negroes It was charged tbit be corrupted Charlton, which was unquestionably untrue, but such was the public feeling on the subject at this time, that to be suspected was to be condemned. In tbe ammittce of the whole upon the bill, the speaker called Chariton to the chair, and upon tbe vote to report the bill to tbe home for Anal passage, tbe vote was a tie, and Charlton rave tbe cast ing vote in favor of the bilk In committee Troup’s speech was ardent, impassioned and lollot vengeance agaicst Wi.'eyand tbe tones, and its conclusion was in these * No, no, Mr. Chairman, never whilst I have breath, or voice, will I caaae to de nounce this bill, and all similar ones Tbe law which drove Wiley and all like him from the soil of tbe states which they polluted, was, and is, a . most righteous one, and should remain untouched upon the statute books, which it honored No sir, no sir, let it remain; it is the fiat of justice, the «tigma of reproach upon the traitor, w herald his crime and his infamy to poster ity. I vote for it? No air. If ever I forgive an old tory bis kins, may my God never forgive me mine.” How often m after years, in the heat cf the political contests between Troup a* <1 Clark for tha governorship of Georgia, have THE RAILROADS. AUGUSTA ADD XNOXVJLLE. Augusta Evening News. President E F. Verder-. of the Augusta and Knoxville rood, leaves Wednesday evening for New York where he will purchase Iron for tho rosd as far up ss the river, and perhaps lor ten miles bejond. Tho iron will be shipped out by schooner to Augusta earlier t ft an if ordered from the west. Expedition to now.tbc detideratim and the track laying will begin as scon os the Iron ar rives. President Verdery will return from New York by war of Cincinnati, where he will order tracks for five hand cars, twe re flats and about half * dozen box cars. Car shops north are so irowaeo with orders that It Is imp salblc to have orders for ran filled at any early date, to that the working firoeoMJie kooxrtlle rorf, Uielr occupied on the river bridge, wUl be put to work ou Monday next, and the wood work of the cars needed for a construction train will be put to- S’MiPBLpB iss-wg Thompson A Heindel, aud will be ready by the U Aflne neweugine V will also be ordered for tbe road, but os It will take some time to get It com pleted, a second band engine will be purchased for the immediate use of tne construction train. It will thus be at*®, that earnest and ootid work is opening ap. and that tracx-l*ylog, csre bullding, bridge-bull ling will soon be followed by the running of possea. er and freight trains ttiqi will come in to increase Augu-ta’s trade. NOT PROVEN- A Falrbnrn Merchant Uroagbt to At lanta anti Tried for Cheating and Swindling. B. A. 3haw a late merchant at Falrbara, was yesterday before Judge Tanner for trial vpon a warrant charging him with cheating and swind les- U appears that Mr. Shaw and a gentleman by the name of Green who resides fnA:I*nti had been doing a partnership bmlaeesin Falrbara. Mr. Green gave the business no attention bat lelttbe trade In Mr. Shaw’s hands. Not lone since the firm ftiled and thereby several Atlanta bouses suffered. Among the AtUnta cred itors was Eddleman dc Bowie, who had sold Shaw A Green goods amounting to about one thousand dollars, aud upon which there had been paid in all abont' five hundred dollars. These gentlemen caused the warrant, charging Bhaw with ( heating and swindling to be 1mo<*1. . ax\-* yesterday morning he was a: rented, brought t lore another justice for uial. Covers the Gronud, . ThomosvLle Times. Tits Constitctiox to the best general newspa per liOhe state, If not indeed In the south. ISSfWSTINCT PRINTf
