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Aid Ezidlif fraa tki Mott Beyal S««4 that Em
Frmlted Is 8s;vj Ftoaets of G:Id«m Want
-Ailiiutry that Kikn Xillteas
far JLm# Lcg»g,i ii It.
New Toes, April 4—Rmariting the other d»j
oa the train that a ahipaaaat of 1X00 barrel! of
cotton seed oU bad been mads to Antwerp, a
pleasant looking geatiemai on my left said:
-That la nothing extraordinary. Tbe southern
“There are at patent flfty-cna mills. Theaa
rtpr. - it an lnvaatiasnt of P'..0(0.000 at least
notion stales. They do a bn*tneai of f»,000,000 a
year, by which they create a value of at least
$4,000 (tfi That la they uke raw material that
ooeta •&,000.000. ana when they are done with It
la worth t*JUX,«X> Meretofoce. and etaa now
whmiheawd mlUa am sot at work, thla added
▼aloe hi wasted. T<m oaa readily parowlv* what
an Imaaeaaa thing It moat be for the south U
the whole cnp of cotton aaad could ba thus
vol. xm.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 1881.
"What ia the*profit in hmnfl'.log cotton scad?"
**It to my fair, though it to nothing Uka the
booacaa It baa been uintldered. Xoat of the
mlila here ben aneocaaful but ..there bare (ailed irio
to mate money. A fair estimate to about aa fol
low!; A too of oouon eeed ylotda K gallons of
oU atSf ceuia-fl 20 It yield* abou* $L50 worth
of rule aud 8L50 worth of lint. It Meta about
ft for tU\eeod, and tf» for work Inf.
barhcU'Vf. Spu ***** tUSO cow on a
JteW .1 or * M profit of *J
. UiO. Th ■ oW .lory tut die Hat
eared Item the aeod by the handlin'.' will my
axpetaes. to feoltoh, aa yen m. null it toa ftUriy
r*" \ *«'"*' *. • ivd•her wOl rrow »«r-,
Idly and that will enrica ipe rouUi, aa It nearly
double* the ralue of one of ita moat important
product*.*'
"Wh-n waa the flnt aead-oU mill established
since the warT'
“la V*&, in New Orleans. In about twelve
yean that one mill has xenme 8fty one, a very
pretty rate of Increase and adds $4,000,0(0 annu
al ly to the value ef our cotton seed. 1 think the
development In Urn future will be even more
rapid, ss the market for seed oh U as wide aa the
world. As I fold you, we exported 130,000 barrels
last year at food.prtoea. Our oil to a* superior
and can be furalahad at *uch figures that Italy
has found It ncoamary to put a tax on It to keen
ua out of com petition with lu native oil*. We
will sell though all we can make. It to u-«cd In
aoap, white oils, stearin* and for hundreds of
purposes. The cotton seed cake U a capital
cattle food, and made into proper shape to
a splendid fertiliser. Ita comparative value as
attested by the state chemist of Georgia to
$X7.b0 a ton and we can afford to sell it for $22 to
$25 a toa. An ordinary fertilizer that has a <
menial value of fjf to sold at $20 to |70 a ton.
General Gordon has Just closed a trade by
which he gets $100,C00 In cash for an Interest In the
Belmont coal mine. Governor Colquitt and
Messrs. K. C. and Walter Gordon are interested In
the ownership. The New York purchasers take
one fourth of the stock at $100,000. The money
has been paid over and the mine will at once be
developed to about the capacity of the Dade
County coal mine. Mr. Otto, a practical business
man and miner, leaves next week to take charge
Of It and commence the enlargement. The
Company has an abundance of capital and to
satisfied that It owns one of the most valuable
properties In the south. Messrs. Grant and Ward
represent the new purchasers, being largely
Interested themselves. This single transaction
makes General Gordon a comparatively rich
and to the first step in the course of
flnaadrt sdboeases that predicted
for him two months ago. He has been out of
politics about six month*, and this one transac
Uon gives him a fortune on which be could retire
and live In comfort and luxury.
Major W. M. Green left New York last Sunday
night for Atlanta. He will reach the city Tuesday
or Wednesday and will o-gratae at ooce, and
prepare tall mates for working over the thirty-two
graded miles of the Georgia Western and fitting
it up with iron. A farce will be pat at work
immediately after hi* report, which ought not
take mere than two weeks. As soon aa ho has
run over the graded portion of the road he will
enter upon the main surety. Major Green to an
engineer of great experience and skill, and to
eminently fitted for the work before him. As to
the outlook for the road It to useless to repeat
what has been said before, and
yet It may assure some doubting
Thomases to say that General Gordon found
everything on his return to New Yorx in even
better shape than be had hoped, and his friends
more eager to push the work forward even than
he himself.
One of the Incidents of the Georgia Western
acbemo will be the early establishment of the
largest steel woiks in America at Birmingham.
Mr. Sayre, the president of the l«blgh Valley
road, and of the BcthleLem steel works, who
also interested in the Georgia Weatoni, has com
pleted hto arrangements for the invest
snent of 8*50,000 In new steel works at Bir
mingham, and will put them up the coming sum
mer. This Is but the beginning of the develop
ment ILat will come from that road. Mr. L. P.
Grant to quoted in New York as saying that the
projected road from Atlanta to Columbus to the
beat developed line of road In the United States,
and General McRae as saying that tn five years
it will have the beat lcc*l business of any road in
the south.
In a talk with Dr. R B. Hargis, of Pensa
cola, ad authority on yellow fever, he said he had
little fear that this country would receive a visit
from lb* bronzo destroyer this year. Said he:
••I am certain that the disease to endemic on ship
boaid, and that it never originated on land and
cannot originate on land. A careful study of It*
history shows that it was always introduced from
shipboard, and In many cases from ship* that
•ailed from countries In which yellow fever had
never existed. The disease to generated In the
hold of ships that ate cauxhi tn the calm belt and
delayed there for many day*. I have frequently
known ship* to be 150 days out Irons Liverpool
New Orleans, and have see'i the temperature in
their holds as high as 110 Fahrenheit. It to in
this close, hot, foul place that the materia
motbl to engendered, and It is hero that inspect
ors usually tall to look. 1 onee saw a ship that
had been examined by the inspector and passed.
When the bulk ws* broken 1 went into the hold,
and the air waa so foul that the candles in
hands went out. I predicted then that yellow
fever would come, and sure enough It did. and
•very mat., almost without exception, who went
about that hold was rroeuaied with the dia
propitious time for
such work. The dispatches tell us that the
exodus from Germany waa never so greats* at
present and that whole . vUJagfo are being
emptied into the ships. The hard winter In the
northwest has dlsoontented the immigrants to that
section, ana they are looking for new pastures.
/The influence that a railroad company can have
ia inducing them to fill np a section to enormous.
A Castle Garden man sold to me the other
day:
“/ay Gould has without saying much about It
absolutely turned the tide of immigration to the
southwest. Ha baa dona this by pamphlets,
•gents, and low rates, and ia rapidly building
up the country through which hto roads run l”
—George Alfred Tvwnaend gets 860 * week tor
and usually writes only one letters
It will be fawned very soon, sad will ba a strong
and notable work.
—8am email's Soot hem Dramatic Critic excite*
general and favorable comment In New York and
I see no reason why It should not be a great
cotton factory at Angus.*, cro-pt -*>.600. v
To fv* . **» piMt «*•» *nuxr*s., “ «■’ tV’MWs
*ud Nash Tiller .* f*a directors take t%,000 Mock
of course as lr t.iduala.
I iuppr « i may claim to be a judge ora
newspaper letter—end In the light of this claim. 1
want to lay that Hemy Richardson's letters from
Washington have been sappriringly good lor a
THE BOER CHIEF
TRACED BACK TO PENNSYLVANIA
Wbsrs Ha is Found -to Hava Bean a Trlla
Wild, Yat the 80s of Poor But Hosaet
Paraxta—How Ha Came to bs Traxa-
planted to African Wilds.
of newt and gossip and have made reputation for
their writer.
—Joe Harris's book, “Uncle Remus,” has been
reprinted In England. The Appleton* have a
copy of the English edition; it to much handsomer
standard subscription books.
—5*1 »a Mary Frsnklln. of Athens, who has been
studying art in Philadelphia lor several years,
and now has a studio in New York, sold a picture
called “The Page" tor $600 out ol the academy
exhibition last week. The picture Is a study from
life—the original being a Mias Chandler ol
Athena The picture to quite famous iu New York
art circles.
—I find in a mental review of this screed that I
have been saying good ihlcgs about everybody.
Well, let It gcc-auuahlne to cheap. H. W. G,
“the OLD SOUTH.”
t new to Washington. Ind
Wbat Mr. Jny Gould haw and Learned
f n Ilfs Trip Co Florida and Back.
New York World.
Mr. Jay Gould, who returned yesterday morn-
fog from hto southern trip of two weeks, was
found at hto residence last night by a World re
porter, to whom he gave a cursory account of hto
trip.
speaking of the south Mr. Gould
said: “I was more pleased with %vannah than
with anyplace visited. Ills a beautiful r'**‘
and will be a very rich place one of these < .
Augusta, too, to thrlvlug. It looks like a New
England town, with its manufactories. There is
grct tnat 1 ooniu not visit Atuuits,
not only because of iu great and
growing importance as a railway and
badness center, which makes people call It the
Chicago of the sooth, bat because the people
were klod enough to' honor me with a special
invitation to come there. Here are the telegrams
which passed between Mr. English, the mayor of
Atlanta, and zuyself." said Mr. Gould. "They
are at your service If you wish Unm. and they
Msem to show,” he added, with a humorous
glance at the reporter, "that the people of Geor
gia do not thirst very much for northern blood."
The telegrams ran as follows:
“Atlanta, Ua., March *25.—Mr. Jay Gould,
l’alatka, Florida. Sir: At a meeting of the
mayor and general council held last evening the
following resolution was unanimously adopted:
“ ‘Whereas, Mr. Jay Gould, of New York, to on
h visit to the south and now in the state of Flori
da: and
" 'Wberea*. The said named gentleman to
largely interested in the material prosperity and
development of the country; and
•“Whereas, We would be plea __ _ _ _
personal attestation and observation of our city,
iu growth, activity and prosperity; therefore,
•“Resolved, That hto honor the mayor be and
he to hereby instructed to extend to the said
named gcut.eman an uffiefati levitation to visit
our city and accept Its hospitalities at an early
date, and previous to his return east.*
“Now. in obedience to the foregoing resolution,
I most respectfully request your acceptance of the
invitation. Your obedient servant.
“J. W. English. Mayor.”
“Palatka, Fla., March 25.-J. W. English,
Mayor, Atlanta, Ga—Sir: I am In receipt of four
tetogram containing resolutions ol yourgeueral
council, also your kind lnviution to visit Atlanta.
Nothing would afford me more pleasure than to
visit your thriving city, and 1 regret my engage-
monts are such 1 cannot do ro on this trip 1 nave
made a partial promise to seme of my 11 lends of
the Cincinnati Southern to take a trip over that
toad this spring, and it I do so I will extend it to
Atlanta, when I shall hope to meet you Phase
convey my acknowledgments to ihe members of
• ouncil for their kind lnviution,
ly appreciate. With my best wishes
tor the continued growth and prosperity of jonr
ity, I remain, yonrs sincerely,
“Jay Gould.
Mr. Gould said, in conclusion, that he had had
0 opportunity to visit tbe mineral regions of the
. .iuth, and especially of Alabama, and therefore
could not form any estimate of the value of the
mtercsu developing there. But he did not heal-
tie to aay that what be had seen convinced him
hat the old south to to-day an excellent place for
the lnvestm* nt of eastern ranttal, and that the
people of the old south are intiaoatelj more inter
ested in r* ‘ —* ' ' “
undo! th
politics.
THE NEW COMMISSION
charge
whuuiiuou.hii- nouy went into secret session
with closed doors and tight windows. Among
hemwlve* they communed until late In the
. vetting and then adjourned until this morning,
heu they will reassemble, and alter court con-
•ties submit their report.
Although Utt greatest secrecy
amouc mankind in their relations
oward one soother. Tbe wide circle of humanity
lays me under obligation to "do good unto nil
men as I hare
limited Circle
•ddftfaoal
•trip and
on me. * Frier.*1-
increase my obliga
tion. Tbe bands of blood and affinity bind me yet
I more, as the very word kind to ol the same origin
with kin. But while I am under obligations to
treat with becoming respect *11 aged men, I urn
mound most of all to bonoiereMtete^^te
Now. the relations that fc
THE NEWS BIT RAIL.
THE CAROLINA RAILROAD SYSTEM.
Uirronrown, Penn., March. 3L—Fifty-one
years ago Jacob Joubert and his wife, Bar
bara, emigrated from Holland, and settled
in Brownsville, Fayette county, Pennsyl
vania. A few months afterward they
removed to Union town, in the same county,
where they lived two years, Jacob working
at his trade, that of moulding bricks by
hand. Sometimes he did odd jobs for Hon.
Daniel 8tnrgeon, a resident of Uniontown,
then Uni tea States senator from Pennsyl
vania.
In the spring of 1811 Barbara gave birth
to a son, which the fond parents christened
'Daniel Sturgeon Joubert.” Senator Stur
geon purchased for the infant a stylish new'
dress of rich material. In consequence
Jacob and Barbara were the proud, at and
happiest of Dutch couples, and .hence grew
tired of informing their neighbors in
wretchedly broken English that the faonor-
eoiesebaior condescended to c!otha
their newly-born infant. In 1845 they
changed their residence to ConneJlsville, in
the same county, where by the patient and
untiring industry characteristic of their
nation they accumulated some money.
About 1850, or probably later, both
parents died suddenly of cholera, leaving
their only child, little Daniel. The young
feilow was properly cared for by a kind
neighbor, and bis parents' money, amount
ing to about $700, placed on interest. In
1855 his benefactor emigrated to the west
intending to take the orphan along
Arriving at Pittsburg the boy ran away and
returned to Connetisville. Foj an alleged
assault and battery on one Johnson on
April ll, 1855, he was arrested and lodged
in Uniontown jail. Senator Sturgeon em
ployed counsel, and at the trial the prisoner
was acquitted.
Young Joubert stepped out of the court
room determined to leave the scene of his
disgrace forever. Making his way to New
York he took ship to Holland, the land of
his ancestors, paying for his pa.wage by
working on the steamer. At Amsterdam
he made the acquaintance of Adam Joubert
his father’s brother, captain of a ship in the
South African and East India trade. With
his uncle he made several voyages to the
Boer country in Africa. In 1862, hearing
of the American war. he re
turned to New York. Enlisting in
the United States navy he served with dis
tinction order Admiral Dupont and others,
and lost one eye at the bombardment of
Charleston, lor which disability he now
receives a pension from our government.
Joubert is next heard of as captain of a
negro company in the army of the Potomac.'
He served directly under General Wetxell,
and bis men marched with Wettell’s other
colored troope, who, after Lee's surrender,
took possession of Richmond.
After his discharge he visited Union-
town under an assumed name. The one-
eyed young captain, still wearing his full
uniform, revealed himself, however, to
Hon. Daniel Sturgeon, then aged over 80
years. The venerable senator was the means
of his obtaining tbe $700 placiid on interest
years before, and ita accumulations. After
a thousand thanks to his namesake, he
sailed for Holland, and from there to the
country of the Boers, in South Africa.
Becoming a resident and a citizen of the
Dutch republic, he was in 1875 elected
"Woolg,” or representative to their congress
from tne province or department of Ohaitgi.
When the late war broke oat between the
Boers and the British, Daniel btnrgeon Jou
bert was promoted from one office to an
other till he is now the commander-in-chief
of all the Boer armies. Thus, from the
humble, whitewaahedapartmeutHof a cabin
home, aud from the loathesome cells of a
county prison, the orphan son of an ob
scure Dutch brick-layer has risen to the
position of general of the bravest army on
earth—a soldiery few in numbers, but
fighting for right and liberty against tbe
best equipped regiments ol the greatest
nation on the globe.
may become
Imo honestly and earnestly in order to be com
prehended. But the tie* between God and Hto
creature are the closest of alL I may be person
ally independent of my human parent. ”~
his old wee
turn dependem
my God I can never do maepenaent, ior -m
Hun I live, and move, and have my being ’’ I
most be at every moment of my existence the
pensioner of Hto bounty. 1 live In God’s world.
I breathe God’s air. I feed upon the creator™ of
Hto hand, I am bound to Him for my origin, for
my momentary pretci ration, for every capacity
and for all that gratifies them. He to nearer to
me than' father, mother, wife or child. And
when Ha says, “Who so loveth father, or mother,
or wife, or children more than Me, be cannot be
My dtoefple.” He claims nothing but what to
true and just.
Now let me reason with the man of nuwality.il
such an one be present in God’s house tonight.
You are honest, you say You are both just and
generous to your fellow-men. Tne cry
of the poor you do not disre
gard. The orphan and widow plead
not In vs In for your charity. If you wrong any
man in word or deed, you are ready to restore to
him, yea, to give him back douUe—or, «• the
Hebrew law bad it, fourfold. Well, toy brother,
you are ao far a noble man, and I mm bound lo
love and honor you. But how can ail that
excuse you from acknowledging your Gcd—yes,
jour God, your creator, your preserver, your
dally benefactor, your law-giver, king and
judge? God really !r, He is yonr God. The
relation between you u fixed by the fact of your
existence. Time nor eternity can change it
Let us try to measure tha great evil of lrrelig-
ion, of this godlessness It does not originate, as
some seem to imagine, in men's professions,
but nature—in tbe tie that binds every creature
to bis Creator What to the nature of that
wrong? Suppose you knew a youth
us, polite, kind to every nan and espe-
jfold men, and yet you happen t j k ow
that towards hto own father he deports himself
with complete indifference. He may be living or
dead, tor all that con seems to care. He may be in
the public alms-house, or extending hto tremb
ling hand for the charity of strangers But the
11 every —
time, thought or care upon that God who to more
than all creatures can ever be to him. This to. the
basis ol the argument,
father and a servant of hi
father, where is mine honor? and if I be a master
where to my fear? saith the Lord of boats.
THE PULPIT.
I»r,Hof k* In tbe FresbjterfauiChnreb.
Sunday night Dr. W. E. Boggs, pastor of
the Central Presbyterian church, preached
a masterly sermon, of which a synopsis is
presented below:
MaLl. vi:—“Ason honoreth hto father, and
servant hto master; if then I be a father, where is
mine honor? and if I be a master where to my
fear? saith the Lord of Hosts unto you.”
Those present on last Sabbath night may
remember that the matter brought forward for
your consideration was the great principle of
honesty and fair dealing between man and man *
The words o! the text were
"A false balance to an abomination unto tbe
Lord; but a just weight to Hto alight." The
proposition aeduced from these words to that
religion solemnly binds us to avoid every form of
fraud dishonesty, double dealing and deceit in
our business relations with our fellow men. Open
dealing, candor and veracity must characterize
every transaction. The law of God allows no
compromises with evil. The Goapelo! Christ of
fen no asylum fo men who petsirt in fraud.
loners of roads and revenues. The result of the
This to the current report, and although
"What to the remedy for thi* state ol thin**
“The freezing ship. Dr. Gamjee. of Washing
ton. has Invented a process by which tbe hold of
any ship can be frozen through and through in
very tew hours. Thorough freezing will certainly
kill the raorbitic principle, and I **y thto ad vis
cdly and with the* example of the Plymouth
before wy mind. The hold of that vessel waa
never frozen, as subsequent lnvmtis*tion proved,
WUh one of Ga*2jre’* freezing ship* its every
harbor, I would be willing to stake my Ufe against
the possible latrodaction of yellow fever into thto
country again. If we only take advantage of the
means and knowledge we have, in ten years yellow
fever will simply be a matter of history. We
need but onee realize that it to bred on shipboard
alone, and that it must Ue introduced from ship
bond, and then we etniteep It oat, just ss Spain
has kept it out of her kingdom 1 frel certain
that none of the morblric principle of last year's
epidemic has survived foe winter, and with
proper quarantine regulations mid treatment we
will never know yellow fever in America again.”
Mr. Kimball left New York Tuesday night
ter Beaton and to to-day working up that city.
He feels sure that he etll make the Boston sub
scription close up the tm.coo capiral and thus
•mure beyond question the success cf the expo
sition. He showed me his estimates mads before
be started work what each city ought to give, and
the total footed up |r^5.O)0. Atlanta. New York
and Baltimore have gone beyond hto estimate*,
and New Tork has just wet his figures. He Iceto
assured that he will return to* Atlanta- with
$170,000 suWcrtbed. After he finishes with
Boston he will go to Philadelphia, Cincinnati.
Louisville and st Louts. His purpose to to be in
Atlanta in two weeks from to-day, when work
will be opened with a vim. Mr. Edward
Aiklroon will go with him to Philadelphia. The
addition of wool exhibits to the exposition hat
widened ita tope and added to it* Interest very
much. Mr. Kimball said to me Sunday night:
“The most Import nt thing that Atlanta can
do—by ail odds the moat important—Is to see that
proper acco - modations are made for the people
that will come The exj addon to an awn "
euecess already, if that one thing to attended
From what I can leva our people utterly fail to
appreciate the Importance that thto exposition
has a sumed. They abonld bend every nerve to
seeing to it that accommodations are provided.
This la the matter of greatest importance."
Tbe people c! Atlanta and tbe Piedmont
•action tued have no tea; that the admirable
system of toantigmStoa *0 saodetely and efficiently
by ColonF.reacre and Major Hous
ton Will suffer because Mr. Fope baa come to the
front. Mr. Pope to a most prc«*
mc~'*— friend of Immigration end has for
yean been a fora* ia that direction. Thereto
more liberal or procattas thaa thac
be has established and to jort ripeniog-acd
I these gentlemen Fulton
roiintT’g first commission is a good
names of the gentlemen composing tbe board are
a sufficient guarantee that the law will be strictly
enforced.
Mr. Grxmling to
in Its advar cement and improvement.
1 hings, bring honesty, good judgment and discre
tion to the front.
Christ died to mre men item tS«r ata*. not in
them. It to written, “Everyone that hath this
hone pnrifleth himself even as He to pure."
Now.it to my purpocstofollowoutthtogre
principle into another and higher sphere of dut
I shall endeavor to show you upon solid grouiK
of reason and truth that Impiety to In itself
creat wrong, because it is^ the neg.ect of the
highest duty which one being can owe to an-
lt will be conceded at once, I think, by all
right minded men, that thto view of the matter
to not a» thoroughly considered by most of ua as
it deserves to be if true. Intelligent men of
the world understands the preacher 'wy writ ao
long as he keep* to the well known dntiea which
man owea to hto fellow But when the preacher
goes beyond that well defined territory to speal
of duty to God, of the evilol impiety, impenitence
and unbelief, it to easy to see oy the expression
of men’s faces that they do not: 3 readily compre
hend one’s meaning. Tbe reason ol this is plain.
Mantaud cannot live without calling into daily
exercise the duties of man to man. Thr^,
therefore, at least in their nuwt obvious forms,
neceMMvily become familiar and thoroughly un-
dentood. Not *0 with the higher sphere ol duty
directly due to God We donotcome opalpahly
into contact and collision with Him, if 1 may so
speak. God to not Included within tbe catalogue
of daily wan»s. There are pathsleadtag
up from earth to heaven worn the visible to the
invisible, from creation »> the Creator. But men
are not compelled to Io”ow there path*. And
many of us are content to folk at the paths o'-
thought to speculate about them a little. Bat a
the same time to walk 00 the lower level of the
visible, the tangible, tbe human.
Moreover, the penalties visited upon men for
thi neglect of God —
A WAR OF RACES.
Over <s Thaasand People Murdered.
Panama March 26. -Advices from Lima
state that a war of the races has broken out
in the valley of Canete where more than
two thousand Chinamen have been bar
barously murdered by negro;* aud Cholas
On one plantation six hundred inoffrns
men were murdered in cold blood. Ail
the cane fields, sugar hou-es, machinery,
eic. etc., have been corned and destroyed,*
sod property to the value of millions has
been wrecked by these miscreant* All
foreigners have fled the valley, which 1?
one 'of the most fertile and productive
in Peru. Some of them have been killed
Full particulars are tot yet at hand
*3 tbe work of murder aiid plunder
is still going on. It is feared the adjactnt
valleys of Chenca will suffer next. The
Chilians refuse to send troops to quell the
disturbances. It is feared similar scenes
will be enacted throughout Peru. Even if
the Chi ians leave Lima, tbe foreigners will
certainly have to light for their lives and
put down the Canaille, who are already
b»a*ttnc of what they intend doing as soon
; s|the Chilian troops leave here.
Iks Effect of tbs Sale of the Scariaatorg sad
Aihwflle Railroad—Projected Western
Caanectioaz—Ooloael Pop?, of the
Air*Lite, on Immigration,
The Present* of a Princess
The wedding gifts of the Princess William
of Prussia are on exhibition in the old ces-
tle at Berlin, with the exception, however,
naturally enough, ot the stud of six horses
presented by the province of East Prussia
and the 1,000 bottles of old hock sent by
the district of Nassau. Silesia, the bright
est diamond in Frederick the Great’s crown,
and which gave birth to tbe Princess Wii-
liam, presented her highness with a magni
ficent set of jewels. Schleswig-Holstein gives
a table cloth with twenty four servletes em
broidered by natives, in Holstein fash
ion, with scarlet silk and edged
with mottoes, along with a
very finely carved and massive oak
l inen chest, with colored escutcheons on the
lid and an inscription; also a magnificent
handworked carpet, silver gray oa n crimson
ground, with Prussian eagles surmounted
by a gold imperial crown at the four cor
ners, and in tne center the initials of the
wedded pair and a royal crown and heraldic
emblems. From the same quarter come
twoantiquelv carved oak chairs, uphol
stered with bronze green plush, in form
like the coronation chairs in Westminster
Abbey, and a couple of sky-blue silk and
satin sofa cushions, embroidered with flow
er wreaths, inclosing views of Auguatenburg
as* well as a magnificent crimson plush
table cover, bearing the family arms, and
looking more like a triumph of oriental
art than tbe work of the ladies of Altona.
There is also a water-color painting of an
eastern monastery or other building Dy the
Dowager Duchess Adelaide, mother of the
bride. The Rhineland gives the classic
goblet, with a lid of pure gold, executed in
the Renaissance style, with precious stones
and email work and various representative
figures in relief and otherwise. In addi
tion to a symbolical representation of the
Rhine with its tributaries apd other
appropriate emblems, the goblet
bears emblems of antiquity, the middle
ages, and modern times—in the three acts
of Cxesar crossing the Rhine, Charlemagne
founding the cathedral of Aix-la-Chspelle
and the Emperor William completing its
sister pile at Cologne. Pomerania has &ent
a costly service of silver plate, the province
of Saxony a magnificent buffet
But all these costly offerings are thrown
into the shade by the truly gorgeous wed
ding gift subscribed for by nearly one hun
dred of the chief towns and cities of Prussia,
containing about 5,500,000 inhabitants, and
representing in value 400,000 marks, or
£20,000 sterling. When finally executed
in solid silver it will represent
the ornamental appurtenances of a
princely table, 50 feet long and 9 feet wide,
consisting of a iarge centre piece in the
shape of d Venetian galley; two candelabra
of thirty-one lights, and ten smaller ones of
seventeen each; also four large jardinieres,
and as many symbolical river groups, repre
senting the main streams of the mora’-chy*
11.. t.l - .L.nt,. tk.AJ.* arwl tha Vi.fn
Special to The Augusta Chronicle.
Spartanburg , 8. C., April 4.—-Now that
railroad rumors are the order of the day, it
may be refreshing to know that the pro
gress of the Augusta and Knoxville received
a big boost to-day in "the land of the sky,"
and the prospects of Augusta being
accorded her favorite westen connection, via
Knoxville, are flattering. To-day, then,
the Spartanburg and Asheville raUrcad
was sold, under a decree of the United
States court, and" purchase t by the bond
holders for one hundred and eleven
thousand dollars. The new: company was
organized, payment anticipated, deed exe
cuted and possession given, j Mr. R. Y. Mc-
Aden, of Charlotte, become president; W.
H. Inman, ef New York, vir(.-president, and
James Anderson, of Spartz Vburg, superin
tendent. Arrangements mode for an
immediate completion of the road to Ashe
ville. The Spartanburg and Asheville rail-
rad is seventy miles loDg, and at the time
ot the road's going into the hands of a re
ceiver, in 1878, the grading had been com
pleted to Hendersonville, N. C , a distance
of fifty miles. 8teps will now be speedily
taken to finish np this most important link
in your western connection.
It is confidently asserted by the authori
ties of the Western North Carolina railroad
that their work will be finished this year
to Paint Rock, on the Tennessee state fine,
45 miles distant from Asheville, where a
connection is made with a branch of the
East Tennessee and Georgia railroad, which
is about 45 miles in length, and connects
with the main line at Morristown—12 miles
above Knoxville. Thus Asheville, 90 miles
distant from the East Tennessee and Vir
ginia and Georgia connection, is destined
soon to be a distributing point for through
freight to the Carol in as, aside from the
abundant and varied agricultural and
mineral products of the rich valley of
East Tennessee that for many years have
reached the markets of North, South
Carolinia and Georgia by slow and expen
sive methods. But far more than all, re
cent developments point to an early com
pletiou of the Knoxville and Ohio railroad,
to a connection witn the Lebanon branch of
the Louisville and Nashville railroad.
The missing link here is about eighty
miles of ungraded work, nineteen in Ten
nessee and sixty in Kentucky. Its com
pletion places Knoxville within 265 miles
of Louisville, and by connection with the
Cincinnati Southern, near Danville, Ken
tucky, within 279 miles of Cincinnati.
The main thing just now then, to connect
the Augusta branch with this growing
Carolina railroad system, is to closely join
Greeuwood, where your line of the A. & K.
railroad ends, with Spartinburg, where the
fftw line begins. To-day, then; an impor
tant meeting of tbe friends of the Spartan
burg, Laurens and Greenwood railroad was
held. Engineer Kirkland reported the
survey completed, with a good line, sixty six
miles in length, grading and masonry cost
ing two hundred and thirty-eight thousand
dollars. Steps were taken to organize a
to sneer. He
maketh Hto Son tort.3on the evil andtherood.
He rendetn rain on tbe just and on tbennjute.
This to Hto way of dealing. For if He were
exact the penalty as we do of one another, the
Mid most speedily come to an end, so far a* we
• concerned. Bat thto very foodnwa
end patience of God are .only
too much misunderstood • and abused
by men, *e*ardlere of the day of wrath, which
*_ »«— •-•tiro.
. help you take a short
excursion Into the realm of duty to God. I
propose to follow out the line oi thought indi
cated by the text, of inferring the divine from the
human, entering the “first table of the law by
means of the “.ecocd table”
First, then, my text-God’a solemn remonstra-
tioa with lrieligi us' men—implies that duty
arises trom the refatioos of ooe befog to another.
The duty of a son to oto * " *
grounded in * the relation
Lid child’s duty. A sou’s obliga
tion to honor and obey hto father does not origi
nate ia any contractor freemen t mi hto part to
respect hto father’s authority. This
serves attention because I am
that many acute men of tbe 1
deceive themselves in thto respect. They readily
admit that professor* of religion are bound to
love, serve and honor God. because we have
promised to do to- They fail *> s a that all
us ate alike bound, whether we have .vowed 1
ox. x ion may, he often does, enter Into agr
lent with a parent and bind him tell by a prom-
the Rhine, the Elbe, tbe Oder, and the Viatu
la, with another centre piece and wine cool-
era—to all which will be added a complete
dinner service iu crystal and porcelaiD, with
550 silver plates. The four rivers named
are represented as bringing their several
bounties to the princely pair, who are sup
posed to be making a voyage in ibe central
Venetian galley, typifying tbe ship of state.
At the helm sits the bridegroom in old
German costume, and near him is the bride
in corresponding attire, gazing at the god
dess Fortune, wno poising herself on her
slippery ball in the middle of the galley, is
l>oariag out her cornucopia of blessings to
the youthful pair.
Prominent among; the offerings of so
cieties and corporations ere an obelisk and
statue of Germania, with shield and fencing
rapier, from a fighting corps of students at
Bonn, where the prince studied, and a neat
little silver statuette of a private Prussian
soldier from the officers of the First Pomer
anian Grenadiers. But the most expensive
gift of this category ia the comprehensive
general library subscribed for by the people
of Berlin.
Of personal presents there is a massive
silver vase about two feet high, embossed
with enpids and flowers, the gift of the
“Queen of England and Empress of India,”
aa the writing runs. Another aouvenir of
her majesty to the bride does not figure
-among the gifts exhibited—namely, a min
iature of herself set in rubies aud diamonds,
worn by the Princess William at tbe altar,
with the bridal robe, also presented by the
queen.
without any cpccial »jrcement. The witaea* in
• court mftj oc r.quire*! '> take an oath te >peak
the truth, bat all men are bound without oath to
speak me truth. Foreigners and aliens are
bound to obey our laws -a long aa they live iu
this country. And in like manner God alaims
we aay choose, but on account ol a necessary
relation a ue betwixt the creature and the Crea
tor. which antedates all vow*, and to dependent
company and submit the question of a
county subscription of seventy-five thou
sand dollars each to the voters of Spar
tanburg and Laurens at an early date.
Stirring speeches were made by Mr. Eugene
F. Verdery, president of the Aueusta and
Knoxville railroad, and others. Work will
commence as soon as county subscriptions
are voted, and will be pushed to an early
completion.
It will thus be seen that when the
from Greenwood to Spartanburg is cli
up, Augusta will be in a fair way to clasp
bands with Knoxville. President Verdery
is making sure of every connection, and is
closing up every gap on his line. He has
already shown himself considerable of a
railroad tactician and capable of managing
a combination as great as the Augusta and
Knoxville is soon destined to be.
THROUGH RABUN GAP.
Last November tbe Chronicle printed
series of Atlanta specials looking to the
establishment of some such needed line
through Rabun Gap. At that time it was
rumored that northern combinations were
moving southward upon the mountain
pass, and would combine with one or the
other projected routes through that point.
The time has come, it seems, for Augusta
to control the first ronte, piercing the
Blue Ridge and reaching Rabun Gap, which
has properly been called the Thermopylae
of the Georgia and Carolina railroad sys
terns. Pending the completion and exten
sion of the Augusta and Knoxville railroad,
the Geogia railroad shows a disposition to
control the Northeastern railroad of Geor
gia, from Athens to Lula, with the object of
extending the line to Rabun Gap as soon as
possible; at which point any number
of western lines and northern com
binations will be willing ti
unite in forming a through route to the
west It is not generally known that such
a road through Rabn Gap is about one
hundred miles shorter than through Chat
tanooga. The following article, which
recently appeared iu the Athens Chronicle,
is from the pen of Mr. George D.
Thomas, Ja well-informed and business
like lawyer of Athens, and embodies the
most convincing array of facta we have yet
seen on the subject:
We take it for granted that nothing need
be said in regard to the paramount necessity
for the completion of the Northeastern
railroad, so far as Athens and northeast
Georgia is concerned. But to thinking
minds, it is apparent that the country
through which the road runs is not able to
build tbe road, and for tbe accomplishment
of that end we most, beyond all question,
look for aid. Where shall we look?
We think it easy of demonstration that
the Georgia railroad is onr only hope. If,
then, we can succeed in showing that it is a
necessity to the Georgia railroad, as well as
to Athens, we then find the interest of the
t wo identical, and at once a plan for devel
opment opens.
Ti.e completion of the Augusta and
Knoxville railroad is now a certainty. That
road hopes to be in the trunk line from the
west, via Knoxville, to the seacoast, either
at Charleston or Savannah. It is self-
evident that all its business will be so much
taken from the Georgia railroad. Then
again, if the Macon and Brunswick railroad
ntere3t on its debt, and have a surplus re
maining.
From Lula, the present terminus, to
Rabun Gap, is 57 miles, which could be built
for $12,000 per mile, amounting to $684,000.
Tbus the Georgia wou'd ?• cure the whole
road, 97 miles in length, for an aggregate
coat of less than $1,000,000 (about $10,000 per
mile, including present equipment) When
the Northeastern is built 10 Rabun Gap, the
Blue Ridge from Marysville will at once be
pushed forward, and tbe Georgia will then
control 115, plus 97, equal to 212 miles of a
line 85 miles, the shortest route from the
west to the sea coast.
Of course, Athens would donate its stock
uponcertain conditions, namely: that oar
city should alwavs remain a through point,
both as to freight aud passengers. She
would reserve the right to build the pro
jected road to Eatonton or any other point,
and have through rates in con junction with
the completed Northeastern. With thess
rights secured, it can make no possible dif
ference to the citizens of Athens and north
ern Georgia, by what corporation the
Northeastern is operated.
But some one may suggest that the pres
ent constitution inhibits one railroad from
rebasing another that shall have the effect
diminishing competition. The answer
this objection is found in the fact that,
while the Northeastern -was chartered in
1870. the charter of the Georgia was amended
in 1868 as follows: "Be it enacted, etc., that
the Georgia railroad and banking company
have the power to extend their road
from or near the city of Athens to the
town of Clayton, in Rabun county,
etc." "For * the above purposes, the
said company increase ita capital in such
form ana upon aach terms as its directors
may determine; provided said increase
shall not exceed two million of dollars."
So that prior to the grant of the Northeast
ern charter, and before the adoption of the
constitution of 1877, the Georgia railroad
had and still has the right (because the
act of 1868 bad not been repealed) to build
this very line. A fortiori then it would
have the right to buy an uncompleted line
and finish it.
AN IMMIGRATION PAMPHLET.
Charleston News and Courier.
Colonel A. Pope, the general passenger
and ticket agent of the associated railways
of Virginia and the Carolines, writes that
he is now preparing for publication and
hopes to have completed early this month
the first edition of an immigration pamph
let containing such information concerning
the resources and attractions of this state
as will assist in turning the tide of foreign
immigration in this direction.
In order to make the pamphlet a com
plete and reliable index to the state, Colo
nel Pope has asked a number of eminent
citizens to contribute articles giving, a
description of tbe industries and resources
of the state, the crops and the soils. The
description of the cotton mills of the state,
os published in the News and Courier, will
be published as a part of this pamphlet, or
be used iu making up the desired inform*
tion.
The following matters among others will
be considered: A comparison of the
immigration into Virginia and the Carolines
and that into the northwestern states; a
brief and comprehensive description of the
three states his lines traverse; their physi
cal and geographical relations to those
European districts which furnish large
bodies of emigrants; our railway system,
ita extent and its advantages over those of
the west; marine and coastwise service
detailed information abont the terri
tory traversed by each road of the
association; abstracts of our population,
material resources, etc., from the census
of 1880 as compared with that of 1870; our
homestead laws; school laws; method of
settling lands; rates of taxation; cotton
mills and manufacture; water power, util
ized or otherwise; valuable woods; mines
and mining; manufacturable earths; in
structions in raising early fruita and vege
tables; our climate, its humidity and
dryness; our summer resorts; compensation
for labor; transportation guide. Under
these heads a store of valuable information
will be famished which mast inevitably
have its effect.
Colonel Pope says that he has perfected
all matters of rates and transportation of
immigrants from leading eastern cities, ana
also from points in Great Britain and
Europe to every station in South Carolina
controlled by the railroads which he repre
sents. He will assist in every possible way
the efforts of the state agricultural commis
sioner, and has already transported more
than sixty immigrants to Columbia at
greatly reduced rates. He hopes that as
landlord and tenant measure, embodying I ot recognizing the divisions of the party, or
the principles of free sale, fair rent and of bestowing the patronage of the govern-
fixity of tenure. ment upon any one of the factions in such
. In ibe house of commons last night, _ . . „ . - , M ... .,
Major English told me yeaerdej that the in-1 Lord Spencer Churchill (conservative) gave I a manner M *° * )e considered as taking sides
crease in citj property this year would go sharply I notice that he would to day ask whether I with it. It may be remarked, however, that
over one million dollar*. I persons contributing articles to the Freheit I Senator Conkling contends that the presi-
Bob Grinin,one ol tne at scssors, estimated ihat ,P ro ®“ utio “i. 1 w A^ ,h ” 1*™ dant h»a done exactly this thing innomi-
of this amount fully half a million waa in new members of the government did so con-
s£5HH25S?SS
cmpltet record tor . young city and put* oui tout «“ theintorviow^itUM.. Conk-
MKMment. .hare 120.(00,ao. The dsbtol the ben alluded to are Sir Charles Dilke and UD 8- hwmi Ter »' full >' whst th ® i ' ew York
city ia about ten per cent of the total value, but I Mr Thomas Brassey, a jutiior lord of senator did not'want, but he did not ask
it It decreasing while the city I* growing. Mayor admiralty. I him, and Mr. Conkling did not volunteer to
English thinks that in three year* the debt will .While a dozen policemen were escorting what he did want, if he wanted anything
have shrunk to 7 per cent ol the total ralue which a process server act Halhmore, county * -mvtintments The ^resident
tothe highest rate permitted. The outlook for Leitrim, they were attacked by twenty 1 in the wa Y ol appointments. The president
building next year Is quite as good aa last. women with stones and sticks A girl thinks it quite likely that Mr. Conkling
Cne ol the needs of tho city 1b a night force I?,! h,ve bcen disappointed in his action,
the postoBce. With two night clerks to dis. M?iCTw e r«Kri<>ua)y injured!”* 1 ° f ^ but he is ® ml in the °P inion thot Mr.
tribute the mall as It comes in, our business men I iir. M. J. Quest, member of parlia I Conkling has no right to imagine that he
could get their letters two hours earlier I ment, writes to the papers here as follows: I has been deceived. lit determining to
and could have their morning TlmTunisiantribeshavelatelybeen worked >te<;r clear 0 , aaything wh ,ch can be eon-
mall all answered before the up into an unwonted state of excitement . ..
day’s business was fairly opened. The mail that by the concentration of French troops j sinred as an application or as tnkin;: Sides
reaches hero at 8 o’clock at night, and which is I ou frontier, and French emissaries have with either the Conkling or tho anti-
reftlly one of tho most important mails of tho spread far and wide the menace of inva Conkling republicans, the president, is
day, could be distributed by 9 o’clock the night | xollowing the example set by Mr Flwe on
of it* arrival, where** it to not ready now until ^ng energetic measures to insure older his accession to the presidency with refer-
the next morning. I am interned that two night on the Tunisian aide. ence to the qtmrrel* of the hardshell and
clerks at a salary of about $75 per month would | The authorities of the London custom I softahell democracy of New York, which at
do tha work, and it acetfls that Uncle Sam ought house have .been warned from Livernool
to give that much tosuch a city as Atlanta. . I that an attempt to blow up that building I *7** tl “ e were quiteas bitter m the piesent
—I met Colonel Tom Howard yesterday even- will be made shortly. Extraordinary pre- dissensions among the republicans of tho
ing, and he mid he had just see* a young fellow I cautions are being taken. I state.
who had come from Iowa and waa looking for a I 8pedal dispatch to The Constitution. I Senator Fair, of Nevada, said to-day
home in Georgia. London, April 6.—The News says: We that he did not think the senate would
actually kept looking over hto are informed that the statements purport- th chines* treatv at this s«*«inn
shoulder.” said Colonel Howard, “aa il he was I in 6 8 ive *** account of the land bill are f° i nslder the „ “ es ® re J" y i l a f s f| 0 “*
being pursued. I found out afterwards that he *5®°"*** in several important particulars At any rate, said be, I do not think it
was simply apprehensive that the Iowa weather T h ®/ *tn>ngly resemble one of tbe various will be of much benefit to the people of the
S? Ho s. y rictinquhy‘hibe^n 1 h "°7 d ‘f
been thirteen feet of snow there thto winter, aud ma< j e in regard to tbe identity of the person carefully, and I really do not see anything
that whole settlements were snowed in for guilty of the breach of confidence by which 1 in it that improves on the present state of
months. Ono of his neighbors, he mid, was such document has been made public. I affairs.” I wish, said the senator, “that
caught out in a blizzard with hit wife and child, I Germany. I there were more papers to enlighten the
and all three froze to death in their own house- Special dispatch to The Constitution. people upon the Chinese question. The
tot. The atom wuwbunain* Uutthex flida’t A Berlin dispatch to the Reuter’, tele- P~P. le .. 1, J* 8 . ^
know where they were, and auppoaed they were pram companysays a number of progres °
* * rick of Iowa, and says * iata and ^nationalists left the house on
there .re thonud. tte L him who will.move | Monday before the vote on Herr Wind-1 ^portotionofeh^totor"
A Model Family.
scnsury. Pa., April f.—While Mia. Hoover,
a widow lady residing about three mUe* from
jvmrnlo* to ~ the reran fired
>toter. the shot taking tffcct
right ride of her neck and tearing it alaroat coot-
pteuiy away. A neighbor bearing rise report at
prof«?sons My prote»ion to be
so more ih*a a f-*-“ '
edgement of my duty. Ibe duty
ft Christian to :
tcloowl
Hoover's house, wbeje he
A Ctears* «f Bncbsbot
Mxxrurs. April 6— Lawson ssheltou fired a
charge of bncksbot Into the bread cf Lx
Ctebb last night, kilting dria* insunqr. Both
aecroca. ana the quarrel was about the favor of a
colored girt.
than a public
Iftcknowledge* it of not The* relation, the tie,
to real. God 1a related to me. He to my Creator,
my Lawyer. He
1 connection*,
facts, and the
my Benefactor, my Judge,
offers to be my Redeemer. __
there relations, are real. They
dutirs grow out of them by moemity of nature.
They are inevitable, unchangeable and para
mount. “The earth to the Lord's and the full-
aam thereof; the world and thing* that d
therein For He ha’h founded It upon the
thereof; the world and thing* that dwell
ein For He ha 1 "! founded It upon the seas
and istabltobfd it utan tbe floods. He to tbe
maker of our bodies and the father of our
spirits We may ignore these facts,
ntgkri or deny the obligations growing out of
them. Bat He has said, “My glory I will not give
unto another." "If then I be a father, where is
mjr honor ? and If I be a master, where te my fear?
Ednrjitlon nt Use Sontlx.
Chicago Telegraph.
The suggestions of General Garfield a* to the
necewity for school houses in the south have
served to call general attention to the subject,
and the Springfield Republican contributes a
series ot articles to the dtocnadon of the matter
hich are full of interest.
The condition of things Is considered at three
periods—before the war. during the reconstruc
tion and at the present time. The first period was
that of slavery; the second covers tbe beginning
of government by the freed men, and the third
the effort at white sell government on a perma
nent basto. The years 1S60, liCO andlSSO are taken
to represent these period*.
Before the war the slave holding states had
schools, tome of them first-class, but no public
school system worthy of the name. Districts
were cot compelled to rapport schools. taxation
wasioefPaent throughout, and, worst of all, the
public tmool was reckoned a charitable institu
tion fit only for the very poor. Being neglected
by both taxpayers and pupils, inch schools could
hardly be said to have an existence. The
education was in private schools where tuition
was so high that ottiy the rich could pay it, and
so it came that the south, with one-third of the
country’s population, had leas than a sixth of tbe
total at. end an ce in pub 1 ic schools—tbe attendance
being irregular and the schools .inefficient at
that—about its due proportion of pupils in
private schools, nearly half the college Graduates,
and half the total number of illiterate whites.
The curse of slavery plainly appears In thto
statement. There was the spirit 01 caste, and the
ruling class waa educated in the best manner
while the mames were neglected.
In 1870, notwithstanding the evils arising from
tho administration of affairs by ignorant negroes,
there was a considerable improvement. The
attendance of white pupils at public schools in
creased from a sixth fo nearly a fifth of the whole,
and included abont two fifths of all white children
of - rifoal age: but oi the yoong blacks not one in
ten was enrolled in'the public schools, taking
the »'v.e» together, and in Miarisalppi only about
one in thirty. Tbe attendance at private schools
also increased to about hall that of the whole
_ Sb the enrollment of white children had
doubled from that of 187a and the attendance of
the had increased five fold; two-thirds of
tbe whites and one-half of the blacks went fo
school. This to a most remarkable change, and
the writer cf the article from which the statement
is taken weU says 'that “the presext status of
southern education is foil of excouragement aid
that their only
mlety lies in intelligence and the supremacy of
the law."
__ extended to Atlanta, which is a fact
within the range of probabilities, the quota
of freights that come over the Western and
Atlantic, and the Atlanta and West Point
railroads, will have a new and important
outlet to the sea, which will alio be a rival
of the Georgia railroad. Then also, the
road from Axderson, South Carolina, to
Walhalla, crossing the Air Line ro&d at
Seneca, begins to assume evidences of being
pushed through the Blue Ridge. This
rued must carry a part of the western
freights, and add to these the threatened
combinations of Jay Gould with the roads
in Alabama to get to the sea by flanking
the Georgia (and powibly the Central), ard
we see the probability of the Georgia, at no
very distant day, dependent upon its local
business. Tbe Georgia then must have a
western connection that shall at least rival
rbe^e others, if it does not outstrip them,
if it cannot be obtained at Atlanta we
must of course look to the other terminus
at Athens. If then the Georgia must have
an independent western connectipn through
Athens, its interest in the completion of
the Northeastern becomes paramount.
Tbe Georgia road is unquestionably able
to buy complete the Northeastern, and the
purchase can be made now to great advan
tage. The first and second mortgage in
deotedness of the Northeastern railroad is
$279 200. and there is no floating debt.
1 he paid up capital stock is, in round num
bers, $240,000. of which the city of Athens
owns $100,000. Now the city could, and
would, beyond all question, donate its
stock to any corporation that would com
plete the Northeastern, for in its completion
soon as he can prepare his pamphlet and
have it translated into the leading foreign
tongues and placed in the bands of the
steamship agents of American lines in
Europe, that a large number of immigrants
may be induced to come to South Carolina.
SUICIDE BY STARVATION.
A Hopeless Invalid Kilting Bersel
by ReltiBlnsr Nourishment.
Iowa City Correspondence New York Sun.
Hattie Deuell is a maiden, 32 years
age, who for many years past has been an
invalid, and has on several occasions fasted
one or two days at a time from belief that
her health would be improved. She has
also once or twice abstained from speaking
for a long time. Miss Denell is a sister in
law of Dr. B. H. Aylworth, and lives in his
family. Despite her strange conduct, she
cannot be said to be insane, as she would
always converse rationally, but was very
determined in carrying out her own will
Since November, 1879, she has not, so far
as can be ascertained, spoken an audible
word, although her organs of speech are
not at all affected. During the winter
she complained of excessive coldness in
her head, and frequently wrapped quilts
about her and lay down with her head
close to the stove, vainly trying to get warm.
Her general troubles seemed to be neural,
gia and nervousness. She had been con;
fined to her bed for several years. On Feb
ruary 27 it was noticed she had eaten none
of the morning meal taken to her. This
was repeated several times, and at length
she told the attendant that she need not
bring her anything more to eat. Dr.
Aylworth and her sister remonstrated with
her, but to no purpose, and, knowing her
strength of will, they ceased to urge her.
She soon outlined her purpose by writing
on her slate:
“I have no hope of recovery or relief,
and aid determined that I will die."
She has wasted away without any marked
change of physical disturbance, until now
she is extremeljr emaciated. None except
her most intimate friends are permitted to
see her, and very few are admitted to the
house. When strangers have been allowed
to enter the room she has manifested great
excitement, immediately calming on their
withdrawal On Saturday morning she took
up her slate and wrote:
"Do you think it would prolong my life
to drink freely of cold water7" and handed
it to Doctor Alyworth.
He replied: “If you do not drink you
will probably sink into low typhoid fever
The President Feels that Conkling has no Just
GrtoTance—The Chinese Treaty Dead for
the Present-Mrs. Sprague and her
Guests—The Senate Debate.
Washington, March 6.—The president, in
conversation with reference to the subject
of the recent New York nominations, said
that he had nothing whatever to reproach
himself with so far as Senator Conkling v
concerned. The president holds that Mr.
Conkling has really no cause of grievances
against the administration. In the Sunday
I afternoon interview between the president
and Mr. Conkling, of which so much has
V"A A.A. been said, the president was unreserved in
his acknowledgment of the obligations
which he felt toward all the different wings
T A Lira A V Th XJ\T \ I ITfl I sation for improvement, where ihe tenant of the republican party in the state of New
A-0.JJAA.kJ rill U if aLIiO | renders to the new tenant at the laud-1 York, for he realizes very fully that unless
I l °The'si 1 ndBrd t fn <1 a i l«i‘dm ’‘mUcIc this ! they had 1,11 P ulle<1 , °ge lh< ‘ r his be-
ABOUT ATLANTA AND ITS SUBURBS. morning^aysGlaSone’sbiU extending the hllf he WOttId not now be aStting in the
_________ I Bright clauses of the land act will not be I white house. But he took particular pains
vnit— Tun... t— . I introduced to-morrow, but will be delayed I to impress upon Mr. Conkling that he could
Kitha Dollar. Iamar. 1, Cit j Pn> P .rt,-A until later in the season... The bill .to be nnt think Jfo
Young Kan Fiom Iowa—Ths Heed of a
Night Clerk—A Valuable Cow Fu
ture—Transfers of Seal Estate.
introduced to-morrow will be simply the 1
not for one moment think in his public acts
the
treaty showed that
~ -ut/nuttuuio aiuuuay uciure me vuuj ou uerr wtuu-i.. . • «
southward as soon as they thaw out or can dig I thorst’s motion regarding the abuse of the I «id that
down to their houses and get at their property.” I right of asylum by assassins was taken, fr® 55? * ___
tod loan associations. There are now three of I forward alter master. l that in every respect the
these associations at work and all are prospering. I south AFRICA. Chinese were not an inferior race, but a very
The Germania has a little over 2,000 shares, the Special dispatch to The Constitution. different one from the Caucasian race, and
Atlanta over2,000 and the Hibernia 2,500. The j Capetown, April 6.—Governor Sir .Her- j the two could never be harmonized. He
total amount of money loaned per month is about I cules Robinson and Chief Justice Sir John I repeated the old story of the Chinese as
IIO.COO. or S120.CD0 a year. With thto there arc Devilliers, are expected to embark for I being the harboreraof filth and disease. Tho
built .bout eight hour*. » month or loo a year- on the 19 h Instant, to begin the | aen^or hm not only eeen the Chione on
the builder, in most cue. «4dingfti„d. ol their I JSfewcaaUeP ° f ^ ^ commrssroa at g»Ifacri
own.to that borrowed from the association. The EcsstA . I knows Whereof he speaks.
ST- r*™-w»™o. April G.—General Lon. **•**"**
and is e^erly sought lor. Themonej i>always .. ...fr ..rnhihited th. retail sal. of “ er Eagewooa home on bataraay night,
in denund mid command, abonl flity per cent. nemt^tr Sridat a^d »us£idedthe Among the guMta were Senator. Conkling,
Mr. Joel Hurt, of the Atlanta building and loan, Westnik. a newspaper otSmobu.”, forpnb- i?,h
thinks there is room for three or lishing an account of the disturbance.
Md«o7te°^ 0 ^L“ Khier 8 the P ”“ ntry iD lhe 8° Ternment of The km«£ the’ wag.nTS
• »*». a* base driw ^ “w— ia *
be done in a short time. In any event we will Seville, April 6—The river is ajrain ris* -Ex-8enator Spencer, of Alabama, is
probably have in a few months four or five 1 isg, and the inundation is worse than before. | to be a candidate for the Brazilian mis-
building Mtociations at work, and then no The water in some of the suburbs is five I s j on#
in Atlanta will find it impossible to get a home Ii I ™. e ' ,re ^ J de€ P* The flood has reached the I -l-Postmaster-General James, Assistant
he wants one. And whenever a man gets a home | llaz *" ueva * _ J Secretary Upton, and Comptroller Knox,
he to pinned down to the soil. 1 * ^ *
I heard a good story , the other day abont
A KENTUCKY ROW
Mr. Henry Seltzer’s cew. It appears that Mr. In WbicZl Halves, Bocks and Platola
Seltzer, who toa Rian ol most excellent judgment I Were Used.
and who take* his own way, bought him a cow, | Cincinnati, April 6.—A dispatch from I in regard to the maturing fives and
have returned to the city from New York.
Secretary Windom and Attorney-General
MacVeagh returned this afternoon. Nothing
was decided upon in New York as to tho
financial policy of the treasury department
fused so stoutly that they bW —. —, r — , ^ - ■ u , „ ______
8250. He still refused, and when cir.dt. Carter county, on the day of the by the refunding act. The consultations
they asked him what he waa going to do with SJSSSJ?* 1 , *![ 80 j 0n i, SlSfwS with > he lea< J in 8 financier last week were
r. I democrat, and J. S. Jones, greenback f a n free and frank. The main point dis-
deetpr for that district, ^*re I eussed was about the $104,000,000 of bonds
on Pcachtree street for 82,400, and turned htocow | KjSj'jL *hl M y et and which may be - either
in. His friends laughed at him for patting 82.4001 death by Houston s shooting one of the f ours or foure-and a-balf? The propriety
in a cow pasture, but he smiled as they laughed. 1 assailants. Then Horton and George >V.| 0 { 8e i\i nK that amount of bonds, which
Th.oih.ray by «■ Sterna WffO .form, cow Simornfa, a democratic stump ap«ker, clMa sbou ]d be disposed of, and how they
fun SmJ cow.ind fCulhW^pitu^ crS; r^ should ^ P ut u P° n the market were the
him, figuring interest on its valueand taxes, fifth Ieadin S features of the financial question
about 83 a day, the cow has the use of it In two 1 m °b, but drove them off. On March 28th I diseased. As stated above, there was no
or three years, when tbe cow dies, he will sell the a meeting of several Citizens of Deer 1 jgcisjQn Tho gentlemen who appeared
„ ns. hntPi f „ r c f eek P^ioct occurred at Kitchen’s before Secretary Windom and the other
Atiante? w^undenSmd^i^ovemenUs on°foot to S J£?\ °? Cracker’s nwflc, , m officiala were all very urgent that in
buildo^e. itS^roSorodTloSSe lt^Sm!!d£ EUiot county. The party becoming intox-1 8elling the bonds they should be disposed
trace a* ay from tne railroad, where the noise of >cated the quarrel broke out afresh and I 0 f so as not to affect the money market
the trains rad drays will be avoided. It will thus developed into a fight in which the weapons j e ;*her wav not to uive an v advantage to
be a favorite ms sort offamHy hoteL The capi I used were fence-rails, rocks and hunting * it b er the “bulla” or the "bears.” They
wS&ESf^tohWhff^^St^A bStog If ihe "all pged r nartfei nan Js U in the w , er ? *^«red that such had bwn the policy
location will be looked for somewhere near the bearing of the apged participants in the of department, and would so continue.
First Baptist church. It is said that Mr. Scoville, I affray was had last Saturday and Horton jbe results of the conference will be re-
of the Kimball, will probably lease it H it is was the only one against whom I po rtet i to the president, and will be acted
built, rad run It in connertionwith the Kimball, I sufficient evidence was adduced to bold, jjpon ^ ter the cabinet has taken the subject
tofffSESSSr almost orquite enough H was bound over and the rest were dis- KrfuU Snsiceration.
Mr bok Qrtmtn hu bought from Dr Spal-1 char - K ^ d *. the h * nda ,e 4 l The president sent the following nomina-
dfogtoe'iSdenofoncSstSIt nS?lStotr!e. magistrate's house and rode down Bruin tions to tbe senate to-day: Hiram Price, of
He paid 84,(00 for It rad was offered 85.0C0 J creek together. When near the house of fowa, to be commissioner of Indian affairs
ytsterday. I Dick Farley the quarrel was renewed, J ^- ice Thomas W. Nichol, whose nomination
Dr. 8paldlng, Dr. Henry Wilson and Treas-1 and a ternble fight with pistols and knives | j s withdrawn at his own request; Absalom
urer D. H. Speer will all build residences this ensued, lasting flalf an hour. Dave Wil- Blvthe to be United Stales marshal for
iF^lw n th^5)r^Vi^^ll^d r th^hSSSS h^mahad his skull above the r*8fat SouC; Carolina; United States’ attorney,
tor rSftJ^MrhUfo mtr pSS? open *>y a .h»rp rock or kmfe Samoel W. Melton, for South Carolina;
imrent,nearnuformerimwwweon ore and was .tabbed twice. D'9 k GeorR e M. Doskin, for the southern district
II,ior J F. Camming, aay* Atlanta 1. -> I Wilhama, his brother, waa .hot m I o£ Alabama.
full that yon can’t .tick a tnfie Into It He tell. I the thigh and right hand and stabbed Mr. Mahone’s deak in the senate
the story of two gentlemen who came here to buy j in the right arm. Last night these wounded I chamber was decorated to-day with a very
property rad ctrald not get * mom at a hotel or * I men were alive, bnt were expected to die in J handsome floral anchor, to which was
place in * boarding honre rad had to leave. a fe - houra The affray inflames an j XcTed a SSd bearing Uie following
FOREIGN FLASHES.' already excited community, and leads to inEC riptiom “To Hon. William Mahoc-
FOREIGN flashes. grave apprehensions of bloodshed on a The Colored Virginians sojourning
_. - . - _ .1 Isiger scale. | Washington tender this as a token of their
■Tlie Irish Land | — appreciation of the manly stand taken by
A Foundered Crew. I V nn in defense of free speech, free schools,
London, April G —A Constantinople dis- j Chaeleston, a C., April 6.—Captain 8. H. J a faj r vo te and an honest count.”
, , . ThB Mathews, master ol the rtearner United State*,
patch to the Reuters says. The latest ao-1 wblch went ashore near Cape Romaine, reached I the senate.
count from Ohio estimate the number of I thto city to-night in the tug Wade Hamp-
victims at 5,000. All the foreign men-of-war j {^' here 1 *last ^tght^or ^tfjo relief ol _
stationed at Smyrna, have started for Ohio, lheHnltdl Sutra. Hereport.Oyt aH attempt. I ^rTmlretionof sena“e‘oJaoers.'
The United States minister, Longstreet, has I ioned P <rt»ut ? p! ia.'The two puwen-1 Mr. McPherson inquired why the vice-
nrdered the Galena to proceed thither with I eere-names not - glven-were brought to president had not, in compliance with the
for the anfferera ,hb cSty thi. morning on the steamer Ranter rules,called for thepresentationof petitions
succor lor tne sunerers. _ , _ , . 1 from Georgetown lad .left on the morning train ■ • •
vessel also brought a I
The superintendent of the Eastern tele- j for savannah. The
from Qeorgefownrad, left on the morning train | ud memorials.
“ —mr,— . The vice president replied that this being
graph company,at Smyrna,telegraphs under portion of the cargo, which Is stored here. The lhe v, “ 1 fit rtSSH
date of April 4. that company’s office at I crew rad abont fifty package* of the cargo ot an executive session of the senate there was
Phlft rPTaortPd that the continued shocks of 1 the United States were sent to Basra- no morning hour.
Chio reported tMt tneTOnunueu suocM oi ^ to the tug' Forest City, from Mr. Ferry sustained the position of the
earth^ake were destroying the honw 8%rKanah% and another portion of the canto ch “£ t declaring that the rule to which the
injured by the first shock on Apnl 3. It is | was sent to Georgetown on a tug from that port. thn
said to be utterly impossible to enter the Captain Mathew* has no hopes of siring the senator referred was applicable only to the
town The telegraph office is nearly de I vessel, which has fourteen feet of water in her legislative session of tne senate.
number OI killed ana wounaea win prove I here- Tbe m,, numbering twenly-Kven per- relation..
to be enormous. i aora. have beenjenttoSwraomm. ThSbeing no objection the petition ,
Tbe starving Lu untie. I received and referred as indicated.
Ohio, April 6.—Occasional shocks of I
earthquake are still felt here. All the open «“«’ I "V* «r_ p«,^u*nn
spaces in the town are filled with the I Iowa Crrr. Iowa. A- ril 6.—The oondition of | . A motion made by Mr. J endleton to go
_ our Only hope of continued prosperity.
This would leave $140,000 of stock, which
could be bought at from $15 to
$25 per share.. Take it at the high
est figure and it would amount to $35,000,
approximately, which, added to the bond-
ded debt as above, would make the cost of
the road $3144900. Practically it would be
than this, lor many of the stockholders
almost worthless, to secure the com
pletion of the road. One of our prominent
citizens, owning 75 shares, and another who
owns 25, have expressed their willingness
to do it. Bat at the above figures. $314,200,
the Georgia would secure a road 40 nixies in
length, well equipped, with seven depots,
and able to pay not only expenses, but the
and delirium. If you drink i don’t think
it will now prolong your life.”
She then drank freely and sat np in her
bed a little while. Yesterday morning she
sat up and wrote a few words on her
slate, rising partly without assistance. Her
pulse yesterday was quite feeble, but
regular at 80. Her eyes have a natural and
intelligent look. Her hair has not been
affected by abstinence from food. Dr. Ayl
worth thinks she will live several days yet.
The family are very much grieved at
her strange conduct, whieh can hardly
be called insanity. Her fast is not
irom mauia, but a desire for death without
violent suicide, as au escape from physical
suffering. Various rases have been under
taken to have her eat, but unsuccessfully.
She drinks a little water each day, but akes
no medicine nor any medical applications
made to her.
Dr. Aylworth is about sixty-five years of
age. a practising physician of the best
reputation, and no suspiciOB of fraud is
entertained.
Mias Denell was still living at 7 o’clock
this evening. At abour 6 o’clock she had a
severe sinking spell, which her attendants
thought must end fatally. 8he rallied in a
few minutes, however, and eeemed better
than before. Her pulse rose to 120 and her
breathing was a trifle harder. Lost night
she had some conversation by means of her
slate with her sisters, Mrs. Aylworth and
Mrs. Carleton. She began by writing:
"Do you think I am going to live alwaysT
She gave a negative reply when asked if
she suffered pain. She was then asked if
she would have begun in her fasting if she
had known what she must undergo. To
this she gave an emphatic reply in the
affirmative. She slept about eight hours
last night. Her body is exceedingly wasted
and her akin un usually dark. Her ey«i are
deeply sunken, her cheeks hollow, and Her
nose thin and pinched, and her nair
streaked with gray. The flesh on the jawa
has wasted and the skin is almost trans
parent and shows the outlines of the bone
very prominently. Doctors who have visited
her say she may live several days yet, but
id wun tne i low a city. tows. a< m o.—Tne condition or i .
wounded, many of whom are in a hopeless Ml** Hattie Denell, who has been fasting in this into executive session having been rejected
- • ’ -* ms dead and I city for the lost six weeks, remains unchanged, by yeas 30, nays 31, Mr. Bayard took the
1 '™dS 8 STSSS. The a*ar WSStJSiSS,go?.'
W0ttndedJtill_nnder _y« _ralM. ji TKre ! Mr- breathing are .bom the More u tbe Uatlwo) ju8tificat i 0 n for the thirty-eight democratic
There are far mote Tictim. ot damege. in I -He medical eodetr here expres. their dftap-1 senator. jnmadnUinjng the
“X““JS r ,h 4.‘iSu B ?SSS u S
^"wUh'^teti/ati^ Thy ere.ot. he,o~CUrmedlralmdet,
French man-of-war rendered valuable | imwith the deepest regret the present unseemly f , t \ arof
«■»«»;it»ncp | -nd disgusting exhibition ol tbe misfortunes of into <» urt of last appeal-—ttie oar oi
sittaMi t Th#. nonaHtntinn I humaa^ings in this city, rad that in our opln-1 public opinion—they should be willing to
Special dispatch to The Constitution. 1 lon who ^ aB d abet the prolonged suicide 1 submit to it the case which they were
London, April 6.—A telegram to the I of an Insane Individual should be held respond- making now.
foreign office states that the authorities at ble *«o«dteg to the pclnripire of commoplaw/* when the senate bad met at the begin-
Ohio ask for four thousand tanU. Only I gfiffSiLal **5*S£f*tiS?3L‘fa nlnf ol the session it had formed itaelf
fifty houses are left standing. On all sides I ireing, declare* that every porrible way except I under the control, numerically, of the
cries of distress are heard from the rains,) force has been tried to have her break her fast, democrats. They had claimed that it was
but nobody dares to approach to render I but to no purpose, and that this criticism to their duty to reorganize the commit-
assistance. 1 harsh rad not justified by the facta In the rase. I tees. Their efforts had been met by dila-
£ pedal dispatch to The Constitution. 1 A BwrwUzr Evades Arrest. tory motions on the other side, and
T
provisions.
4*BEAT BRITAIN.
liitlHUSiiihillilii
her aistere expect her death hourly. The
latter no longer set food before her. but
daily implore her to eat something nour
ishing.
KSSSdSESu JWLfiltKt?^r’hoJJS there «era .till Oft this Boor 39 avowei
tsLW. Stanley, aud for several days pretended 1 friends and supporters of the democratic
, to be doing up the place. Meanwhile, the house* | standard-bearer, and of the principles and
London, April 6.—It is expected that 1 of several prominent dtizen* have been entered which tnht standard-bearer repre-
Gladstone’s »p*ech introducing the land .‘“WH V c u£S££‘ torn "ita'iilSlJjouSS sented. The autiuof the vote had not die-
bill in the hou» of common, tomorrow VrchSent The closed itaelf until 37 avowed republican
will occupy about three hours. It is antic- j g^pidon* of the police at once rested on him, I senators bad brought in resolutions asanm-
ipated that tbe bill will provide, under tbe I and an effort was made to arrest him. that they had a majority. A great
bead of the rale of tenure., that every He h“ traded. «»rchth!i. fra. end , monDt of mystery had been allowed to
tenantry .hail first be offered to the land- «th^Nl^S houti was envelope the vote of one Mnator end that
lord, and the landlord may prohibit the fJJSSiJeSShii lotof bortl-r’.ioola A gang I mystery had remained until the senator
sale of the tenantcy where reasonable I 0 f burglars seems to infest the place, and.it is | had come forward and thrown the ergam-
grounds exist The question what are j thought that Stanley to the ring leader. | zation of the committees suddenly into the
reasonable grounds may be referred to the —•———— hands of the vice-president, who was not a
land court. Where the landlord proposes Starve!! to Demux. member of the senate. The democrats had
to raise thereat to. the purchasing tenant KzwYoka. April ^-Ma.-Un^Sln^r. an under-1 yetted without a dilatory motion the
the latter may resell and shall be entitled ***?%,hr a^BhrStSaiTto the effeS control of the committees to the repubii-
to demand from tbe landlord a capitalization I ftSscrsT Magdalena Miller, aged el, had died at cans, but tbe question now was whether
equal to ten times the annual increase de- I fjj. 442 West Fifty-fourth street from voluntary it waa their duty in the face of all
mended. The saleof a tenantcy bars a claim starvation. Trouble* rad miriortune* in her farni- facts as promptly, as unquestionably,
to compenraUon for disturbance or im prove ly.tccetherwith the lo*s of 8A0(^lafoo“eJvto*ep to submit to the present motion to do
ments, and the receipt oi such compensation JgSS^SSrirswre/A^tthreeweSttSoSe something for which only justification was
bars the right of sale. When a tenant ac- J ^ of food. Every effort short j found in the doctrine that it .waa the will
cepts the increased rent proposed by a land- j Q f violence waa made to Indace her to eat but she j G f the majority. He dwelt at some length
lord, such tenant may not be disturbed for J refused to swallow anything except water. Nina I upon the rights conferred upon the minori-
fifteen years, during which period there TS?Ut£L a The*c2e Sm | ties by the constitution and the rules made
shall be nocompulsory increase of rent ex- co^wfor fo^tiSioxxtomor- in accordance with it Instances had
cept as the consequence of a breach JJwT occurred when he felt it his
of certain statutory conditions, but if the J • doty when he thought a question was fatal
tenant declines the prot oeed increase and The Confederate Graves. ^ the welfare of the country to interpose
quits, he shall, if he sella hu holding, be | New Okleaxs, April 6—The graves of the I everything that he was allowed to inter-
_ •-“ *“ * order that the question might
for sober second thought and
——— —-- — - *. ’ ~ , , , . . , i Army oi i pppprapp • navtr g reumou bv ir~f“'*• i ■—<“ «• the people. But there
fully protect the tenants rights for com pen- j r I must befjuatifi cation for that action.
