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Written For Tbe Coottitattoo.
Judge Loop^wt graduated at Vale col
lege and went to Litchfield immediately to
reed Ur. Completing his studies, be return
ed to Gfcrgia and w*a admitted to the bar.
He commenced practice in the city of
Augusta. Very soon he wee married to
Ifise Parka, of Greenesboro, Georgia, who
waa an ooly child of her mother by her
first marriage. She waa heir to an ample
fortune for that day, and preferring her
native village aa her future residence, in
duced her husband to loca'e there.
At the time of h'a remove 1 to Greeneaboro
the her of the Okmulgee circuit waa a
young one, and the competition severe.
This competition is always the sure.t slim-
w ant to exertion. It bad ite effect upon
young Longvtreet, and very soon he waa
striving with the first men of (be bar, and
already he had established a reputation aa
a humorist. Judge C. B. Strong bad grown
unpopular, and at the expiration of bis
term in 1«23, Longttreet waa chosen by the
legislature to succeed him. This waa high
honor, for he waa quite young, both in
yean end in practice at the bar. At the
time of bit election fhere were several
criminals to be tried in the circuit for capi
tal offenses. Then the laws were executed;
public opinion demanded this, aud crime
consequently was much less frequent than
now, because of the greater certainty of
punishment. The gentle and humane
character of * the lodge led to the
^n'adrainisterirg" the tar thSfwmBl"!!?
strictly compatible with the law and pub
lic justice.
One of the cases to be tried wea a case of
murder, and of the moat attrociou* charac
ter. It had horrified the country, and
caused a shudder in every breast. Many of
the friend* of the judge feared he would be
Influenced by the plea of insanity, and the
perpetrator of the terrible deed would es
cape punishment, and be turned loojeupon
society, aa this waa the only plea which
could be made to excuse the exenwive guilt
of the criminal.
A man named Williams, of the county
of Jones, who waa a man of means and of
respectable character in the county, who
had married a lady of moat reputable
family and great personal beauty—a Miss
Rote who waa an orphan and widely known
and esteemed by all—bad murdered bis wife
in a moat cruel and revolting manner. The
testimony disclosed that Williams had
always sustained a good character and was
esteemed an upright and honorable man.
He bad cocue to lhi3 country when quite •
youth, fouud employment aa a clem in a
commercial bouse for some years and had
always demeaned himself uprightly.
It waa not knoVo beyond the family of
hit wife that there had ever been dissension
between him and bis wife. There waa no
proof, indeed, that established this knowl
edge aa being in the possession of any mem
ber of the family, aave the mother. Sud
denly the community waa startled with
the news that Williams bsd murdered his
wife.
Mrs. Williams was confined to her bed
with an infant only a few days old. Wil
liams vsi absent from home during the
morning and returning about noon called
for his dinner. The servaut placed it before
him and be ale; when, without any
«pp» tit excitement, he went into the
chambir of his sick wife. (This wasth^
statement of his servants, not admitted as
testimony but verified by circumstances,
and »specially by the condition of the
body) As soon as he entered be asked his
wife if she was prepared to
die. fahe laughed and asked
why he wished to know. “Because
you have to die, and I wished to know if
you were prepared." He took from his
pocket a pen xnife, opened it, and *aid:
shall \>V> sometime in killing you, and if
you feel the need of prayer you will have
ample time. The knife and his manner
frightened hie wife and she screamed. Her
aeivanl maid ran into the room and waa
•ordered away; abe bedtatrd, and aaid she
wanted to attend to the infant He thrust
her from the apartment, and taking the
oiUild floro ita tcreaming mother threw it
through the open window, calling to the
•eryaur, and telling her she could find the
brat in the yard. The day was clear and
warm, and upon the grass
just outside the window the servant
pad placed in the sun, a feather bed and
pillow* The pillows were close together,
and upon the bed; upon these the child
fell, was uninjured and lives to dry. Seat
ing himself upon the bedside, and holding
■down bis victim, he commenced punctu
ring her abdomen, forcing down the blade
•of the knife to the haudle with every
•thrust This was rejK-ated many time?, and
he was full one hour in doing ihia He
wiailed a few momenta aivi then cpra-
Wurnivd splitting her hives’s imo strip*.
continued to scream and feebly to
rcF*Ut. He next oil out one eje, then split,
her Jif»* and gashed her cheeks She
made a desperate effort to rise and run, as
be left the bedside and went to
a bureau In the room. She succeeded in
reaching the door, fainted and fell cut
upon the yard. Williams came from the
room, deliberately lifted, by its hair, her
head from the ground, aud with his razor
severed it from the body, ao as to leave it
clinging by the bone only.
At mis roonnnt a neighbor, Mr. Roque-
aaore ami his wife, came around the corner
fOl Uie house Horrified at the s ght Roque
iuort instantly struck Williams to the
-ground, lie fell by his wife’s side, and
deliberately attempted to cut his owu
throat. He only succeeded in half seveiiug
ithe wind pipe, when the superior strength
•of his neighbor, aided by his wife, arrested
his arm and took the razor from his grasp.
The servant bad ran for a>»ia:ance, and to
rwarn the neighbors of the horrible tragedy
fating on. . ,
Very soon Mr Roque more waa reinforced,
-Ww*n Williams was bound and an attempt
xnad* to staunch the blood. When the
whoWi story here related, was told by the
twomaa servant in the presence of Williams
*nd he admitted its truth, without any at
tempt at excuse or apology for his act, he
waa committed to prison, and to insure he
"had no opportunity to use his hands or
body to complete the suicide he bad at
tempted, be was securely ironed, and in
confinement, the wound on hvs throat
rapidly healed. , w .
When he waa arraigned for trial the court
waa four days in empaneling a jury. Such
-was the heinouanesa of his crime, ana
universally was it krown, lhat it was ex
ttremelv difficult to find men eaough in the
■county to constitute a jury who had not
iorroed aud expressed ao opinion of hia
^°Wben brought into court he was dressed
jax an elegant suit of black cloth, had se-
<vr. d the best counsel in the district, and
waSk 1 bly defended. To prove malice it was
necesw. rv to introduce the mother of the
murdered woman. This was the thrilling
acvne of »he trial. Tnat woman and that
testimony J ahull never forget. She wai a
fine matronly lady, of refinement and great
delicacv, aud in deep xnomirg. She took
the witness stand trembling with erao
lion. Her cheeks were blanched, and her
large liquid eyes swam ia tear* It was
moments before she could speak at
•11. But wb»n K»ntly by the
judge to compose herself, she rallied, and,
‘assured from the expression of every face
in the vast aud«lr*e, was for the moment
•comparatively cil2iposed. ....
To a question propounded to her by the
wosrewting attorney, as to the treatment
'« tay daaghtrr by the prisoner at the bar
nrW 9* *he hilling, she hesitated, sobbed,
;„ uri W to repress her emotion that she
SStS** i-in ly En-j «. in .he
SimnW w.UBI»d upon her «nd»be
.cutely tel. .he.n.b..r.^^,ntoi h«P»
liuon end <r»* txWi o lUwwl.
the 6r»t time ah* *es •'■•' heiore * ® 0 . urt ! n
»ny c*p*cuv. When she .ufflciently
cumpoeeJ the •>*« n.)U»le>l .0 » the
^Tumto* to the so'. itilnr pronml the Mked:
••Will vou repeat your <tu«Mk>n that I may
be sure that 1 understand nr This was
OouTwhen sha said. 'The priaoner at the
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tSJTiiEVX £3!2SI£5kU»iI™.
daughter. I inquired the cause when
%1 "“T* . ..... .wUr*d in answer.
VOL. XIII.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1881.
NO. 46
other by ber side, after wandering through
fields and woods to avoid hia pursuit, with
her flesh all bruiaed and blackened aa is
poarible to white Arab. Ehe came to me for
protection. Her father was in the grave;
abe never had a brother.*’ Here her whole
frame quivered as she struggled against her
emotion. She clasped her hands and looking
with upturned eyes to heaven, the ex
claimed in agony, "She was my child, aqd
O, God, she was dear to me, when abe
sank to the floor.
For more than sixty years I have listened
to the most eloquent end most celebrated
bar, on the hustings, in
nation and in the pulpit I have never
felt elsewhere the tame thrill or seen the
same effect produced upon any audience as
that which followed these simple words
from the lipa of an aged woman testifying
before a jury.
It was the eloquenoe of soul speaking
from its citadel, the heart The mother
made childless by the band of
the assassin. into wboae keeping
she bed given her darling to love and pro-
tectr There was a groan from^erery heart,
multitude. The kind hearted judge wept,
the jury wept, the bar and the audience
wept, and the proceedings in the trial were
suspended for many minutes. It waa only
the prisoner who seemed unmoved. He waa
a man of commanding presence, and when
Mrs. Rofce was called to the witness’stand
he rose up and remained standing during
all the time she was testifying. Bis large,
cold gray eyes were glassed aa he gazed upon
her, and hia features were as unmanlike as
those the sculptor chisels from the cold un
conscious marble.
With Mr*. Rose, the testimony ceased for
the prosecution, when the counsel for the
priaoner. aanounced they would offer none.
The defense relied upon was insanity as
evinced in the extraordinary horrors of the
act andas developed in the previous conduct
in various acta of his life disclosed by the
testimony of the state in the prosecution.
This wea ingeniously urged by counsel.
The prosecuting attorney closed the argu
ment to the jury. Ia the progress of his
address, he unrolled from a napkin the
fatal knife and razor. The blood bad not
been wiped from them, and particles of
integument were held by the gapped razor.
It was a ghastly sight, and produced a
shuddering through the entire
court room. But when he held
these np before the jury, and said: "Gen
tlemen, look on these fata! ministers of the
murderous work of yonder wretch in human
form 8ilently, bat Ol how terribly are
they testifying of the damnable deed!
Could I give them voice, what a story
could they tell of the dying agonies of the
beautiful and lovely Mary Rose! But a
few years have gone since she was the rose
of the society of the community. Her
beauty transcendent, her amiability un-
s irpaaied; her lovelineas the envy and the
emulation of her youag companions; the
hope of this aged and honorable mother,
who gave her in the flower of her youth to
him her heart had chosen (O! how fatally
chosen) to love, and to comfort through life.
Could these uilenl instruments epeak,
what a tale they would tell. What c
picture; what a scene they would reveal to
you ol the iron-hearted malignity of him
who whetted these for the awful immola
lion, opening to your vision the lazy, black
h.ood clotting in his heart, vital only with
the thirst of murder. They could tell of
the demons grinning and rioting through
lus brain, prompting and persuading to the
helliah act, and how they rejoiced in its
doing, that Satan should have another wit-
roes to the world of hia power over man."
And then, with the knife and the razor in
either hand, held aloft, be said, ’These are
the instruments, but yonder is the
door and justice, white-robed and
immaculate comes to demand retribution;
to demand that society shall be protected,
the law vindicated in the infliction of ber
penalties and the mandates of our holy
religion obeyed—*a life for a life.’ Ail
imperatively appeal to you and you will not
shrink from the obligations of sacred duty."
In ten minutes the jury returned a verdict
guilty of murder in the first degree.
On the day following, which was the last
ay of the term, Williams waa brought into
court to receive the sentence ef the law.
He was the first criminal on whom Judge
(•oogsireet bad been called upon to pass^the
sentence of death, and his voice was choked
•viih emotion, when he, in obedience to the
Jaw, asked the prisoner at the bar if be bad
nyibing to say, why the sentence of the
*vr, which was death on the gallows, should
lit be pronounced against him.
Williams rose up with nie coat closely
it toned around him, presenting a most
mimanding manner god coolly addressed
the court for forty minutes, and at times
was really eloquent. In conclusion, he
aid:
“Yes, X killed her, because I loved her.
If 1 had any other motive I shall carry it to
the grave with me. Very soon I shall be
with her before the All-wise Judge who
will need no testimony to justify his award
shrink not, for I am not afraid to stand
with her before Him because none have
ecrets from Him. He is the
judge who decides the innocence or the
criminality of the act from the motive, un
influenced by prejudice or passion To Hiui
alone this belongs; no earthly tribunal ia
devoid of it. I know I am a criminal, and
unfit to live before the criminal laws of
then as now, of the same importance to
political success. He had written and pub
lished his Georgia Scenes whilst
at the bar. a work eminently
difcriptive of the peculiar characteristic*
of a certain class of persons, then coneti to
ting a large portion of the population of
middle Georgia. It is a woTk of humor,
and the scenes and persons there described
are from life—many of those mentioned,.
with names slightly changed were well
known to me, and I can vouch the truth of
the delineation of these, especially true to
nature. After associating himself with the
church, he became impressed with the
conviction that the work waa immoral and
strove to suppress it, but the copyright had
passed from him and he failed in the effort.
He bad prepared a second volume, which
he refused to publish, acd suppressed it
when ready for the press. It remained
amongst bu papers, which unfortunately
were burned with the bouse of his
(1 daughter, Mra. May, the daughter of
Hon. LQf!. Lamar, and subsequently
to the death of the iudge.
Judge Longstreet was peculiarly a humor
ist and though he was a distinguished
_ joand a more dirtingutshal - president
of three colleges, a pious and sn effective
preacher, all of which reflects great credit
upon bis name, yet, when be shall be
forgotten as a judge, as a successful teacher
of youth, and a learned divine, his name
will be handed down to posterity by his
“Georgia Scenes." W. H. Spares.
TERRORISM IN RUSSIA.
Home Interesting Points or tlie Late
Execution.
Et. PrrxBBuao, April 18.—The most
stringent measures are constantly in opera
tion to suppress every possible item of
news that might encourage the nihilists, by
letting them know of any activity on the
part of their fellows. It is hoped by the
police that nihilistic activity will eventu
ally die out, if the nihilists can be kept in
ignorance ot the operatiouc of each other.
Every official action of the government
shows, on its port, a condition of
quiet but absolute dread of nihilistic
operations. Every item of well authenti
cated news that happens to leak from any
source, shows that the nihilists are better
organized than ever, and that they manege,
despite all precautions of the government,
to maintain anearly perfect communication
with one another, and are engaged in some
deep and cautious conspiracy. Fresh plots
are constantly coming to light but the offi
cers seem to be completely bsfiled in every
effort at investigation. It is now agreed
on all hands that the brains governing
the movements of the conspirators are
of undoubted superiority. The managers
seem able to correctly circumvent every
government action towards suppression,
and to forecast nearly every official move
meut. It has been ascertained that at the
late imperial funeral services the very
candles aud tapers that had been at first
selected to burn around the czar's bier, and
u> afljrd light to members of the imperial
family during the ceremonies, were all
tilled with with uitro-glycerine and other
explosives. But for the accidental dis
covery of this fact while one of them wa
being handled, during which it brakes
revealing the interior, a series of most hor
rible disasters would undoubtedly have
occurred around the dead czar’s very
corpse. The two officers who made the
discovery have been liberally rewarded
and promoted for their vigilance. After
the candles and tapers had been removed
and destroyed and replaced, every effort
was made to conceal the discovery and
discover the f
but without success,
palaces are now protected at every point
underground against mines. The other
day a carriage from the imperial palace
was stopped by a peasant’s wagon, and the
peasant banded some mysterious packages
to the coachman, who secreted them. The
l>olice, however, were made aware of the
transaction, ana they arrested the coach
man, who is still a prisoner. Nothing can
be learned concerning the peasant, who
managed to disappear, and the officials are
dumb about the whole affair. Five pro
fessors have been dismissed at Jassy for al
leged complicity with nihilist plots, and
STEPHENS—CAMERON.
THE GEORGIA STATESMAN’S VIEWS.
Ha Ooafinaa Camaroa'a Vltwr-Aa Explziatlai
ef the Fsmoes Speaah oa Slavery as
tka Oeraar-Stoca of the Blath
ers Ooafedertoy. •
Nothing I can say here wi
geanceof the offended law, and it is mock
rry to ask the question of the convicted
criminal. The question the law pu»s into
trie month ol the weak, temporal judge,
will not be asked insultingly in the court
of heaven. I appeal now from your mockery
ol a trial to that high court for the sal
vation of my worthless life. Upon this
l place no value. It is only a weak
aid fearing spirit that shrinks
from death and clioga to its clay, doting on
the miseries of time. But I do appeal to
Him who gave me a soul, to purge it from
the imputed guilt demanded by your mis
erable code. Before Him 1 will s:and justi
fied. It is hut to surrender to you this
miserable body, now weary of time; the
life you crave eludes your grasp, acd your
vengeance. This miserable clay you will
torture, but the soul is superior to the
malice of man, and goes to its God defyiug
you.
"Sir, it was said in the progress of tuis
trial, that my act was that ofacowaid
You, sir, in a few moments will pronoarce
the death sentence, and appoint a day for
its execution (and 1 pray you let it be an
early one). I have r.o preparation
to make to meet it. Let that gen
tietnao. row in my eye who flippantly
made against me the charge of cowardice;
when bis gallantry ran no.riskof resent
meat, or his insolence of punishment; upon
that day, so msny deem awful, follow me.
a* 1 sit upon the box which is to coffin o-y
d?ad body, and he shall see the gibbet has
i*o terrors for me and, too, he shall see me
meet the fate you will award with all the
fortitude©! Socrates, and the unbending
nerve of Sidney. I await your sentence,
sir."
At the conclusion of his address Wi)li.u.n
remained -landing with his arms folded
upon his chest, aud with a defiant g»*e
upon the judge; remained unmoved
while the judge prefaced the sentence of
the law, with a most affecting address to
him upon the enormity of his crime, ar.d
the awful fate which awaited him. I have
this address as it was written by the judge
11 is a most touchingly eloquent documeu t,
but entirely too voluminous to iutrodnee
iurv here.
J ic* in* to the solicitr-r general she asked: As soon as the sentence was pronounced
- * t the prisoner was returned to the pri on,
and heavily ironed to secure bis safe keeping,
as also to prevent his doing violence to
himself. On the day appointed tor his
execution, when the sheriffs and the guards
were ia his room, and when the irons were
stricken from him, be complained cf cold,
and folded a blanket from his
head about bis shoulders, while
waiting for the clothes to array
him for the gallows. He then asked for
some spirits, drank it. and let the tumbler
fall and break upon the floor. Stooping to
cUl«ct the fragments and throw them
aside, he drew the blanket close about his
chin, at.d with a fragment of the broken
„_ r „ glass cut a deep gash in hia neck. Tuis was
AAelmxuc'n that l became alarmed for the j not dbcovered until the blood from the
NL mV child and u:gt J her to leave J wound ran upon the floor. The wound was
1dm immediately- Sb- replied if this * of such a character as to make it necessary
JSuiSSsu^-r repealed i e would do U, hurry the execution He was hurried
•o. They went home to reaiue at the farm ‘ * * ——
of Mr V* iUiams a:.d appeared to be getung
on very well, until shortly c.ier her first
leged complicity i
twenty students have been expelled for the
same reason.
At the execution of the aasassios on Fri
day it was learned that the woman Fieoff*
sky, oa the day of the tragedy, regulated
tne movements of the other assassins. She
dispatched Russakoff and his accomplice
to the canal side, there to await the emper
or, while she quietly walked around to
the bridge aud thence at a safe distance,
was a spectator of the tragedy which
she planned. Aa stated in yesterday's
dispatches, the executioner of the nihilists
is a pardoned convict. His name is Froloflf
and, in the pre nihilistic days, when the
abolition of capital punishment was still
maintained in Muscovy, he committed
illree successive murders, and was con
demned to penal servitude for life. When,
however, revolutionary successes rendered
the services of an imperial hangman india-
I*nsable to the ministry of justice,
rroloff volun leered for the office on
condition that an amnesty for his put mis
deeds should be granted to him. His offer
i was accepted, aud *.v some time Le has
been a busy man. ¥jt every “function"
be receives forty silver roubles—about $30
—from the Rua.ian exchequer; but that
official fee by no means represents the total
emolument he derives from the practice of
bis handicraft, for he is permitted to trade
upon the superstition still current in Rus
sian society respecting the luck conferred
upon gamesters by the possession of a mor
sel of the rope with which a tfhman being
had been strangled, either by the hand of
just ice or by his own. Immediately after the
nihilists had been hanged, Froloff was
surrounded by members of the Russian
jeunesse doree, eager to purchase scraps of
tke fatal nooses; and be disposed of several
doz n such talismans at from $2 to $3 a
piece, observing with cyuical complacency,
wbeu he had sold of hia last rezunaut that
“he hoped the nihilists would yet bring
him in plenty of money." There is indeed,
every prospect, if the Melikoff regime only
lAate long euougb^that Froloff will speedily
become a wealthy man.
The following additional details of the
execution of the nihilists have been re
ceived: On Thursday Russakoff asked Ur
three wax tapers, such as are carried to
church, a copy of the New Testament and
one of the small consecrated loaves made
and sold by the monks. When not pray icg
be smoked cigarettes.
To thT Editor of the Philadelphia Press:
• • • I watched the course of General
Cameron's party with a great deal o! con
cern. Most of the letters to the Philadelphia
Press I believe I have eeen, or et least I have
bad read to me quite a number of them.
You will permit me to say that these were
very interesting to me. They deal with the
southern question from a standpoint rarely
reached by travelers or visiting newspaper
correspondents. No one can read these
formation as to the condition
in the southern states. I was particularly
struck with the remarks of General Cam
eron, as reported, at several points in the
progress of the trip. Those at Charleston,
Savannah and Augusta, as well as what he
stated upon the subject of education at
Nassau, were exceedingly interesting.
General Cameron stems to understand the
state of things at the south just now and
the problem of its fatuie better than almost
any stranger who has visited our country
sioce the war, and be expresses his views
with a strength, fairness and can
dor that must command the ad
miration of all readers, even
though they do not agree with him entire
ly. There is a profound philosophy in
almost every thing be lias said in relation to
the labor of tbe country and our changed
system of labor, os also what be on several
occasions .expressed with reference to the
education of the laooring classes. In my
judgment he is perfectly right when he
says the great object in the efforts of univer
sal education should be rather to confine
instruction to the elementary branches of
education, embracing all in tnisrauge, than
to aim at a general high school or collegiate
course of education for the entire popular
turn. Lite is eminently practi
cal, and while all should be
taught tbe rudiments of education in order
to fit them lor the business of life, whether
engaged in mechanical, commercial, agri
cultural, mining, manufacturing or other
pursuits of labor, yet a high order of edu
cation should not be attempted except with
those who, by natural aptitudes, are fitted
for the higher professions or the very great
mission of teaching. The ratio of these to
tbe entire population in all communities is
comparatively small. General Cameron's
remarks on education therefore I was very
much pleased with.
What be says of tbe importance of cotton
manufactories iu Georgia and her sister
adjoining states is eminently true. No
state or country is better suited by reason
ol natural water power and climate, to say
nothing of other considerations, for facto
ries of all sorts, especially of cot;on. than
Georgia. Here this great staple is produced,
acd tbe spinning of it into yarn adds two
values to the primal cost of the raw mate
rial, os he very properly states. Georgia
produces several hundred thousands of
bales ot cotton annually. To illustrate
clearly aud briefly what I mean,
suppose this product should reach
500,000 bales, allowing 500 pounds
to the bale, it would aggregate 250,000,000
pounds, which, at 10 cents per pound
would make its value $25,000,000. This
cMton manufactured into thread (which
can be done much more cheaply in Georgia
than in Massachusetts and Rhode Island),
and exported in this shape, General Cam
eron says, to tbe north and to Europe to be
pnt into cloth, it would amount iu value to
$75,000,000, instead of $25,000,000 when
only the raw material ia exported. His
remarks in regard to our immense and
inexhaustible deposits of minerals, such
as iron, copper acd gold, cot to speak of
others, are alike pertinent Allow roe to
say that 1 think thtre is no other domain
of equal space on the face of the earth
which abounds witb greater sources of un
developed wealth and all the elements that
constitute the power, greatness and gran
deur ot a state that the 58,000 square miles
within the limits of Georgia. Her future,
therefore, is great and hopeful in prospect
if her people are but true to themselves in
working out their own high destiny.
It is, after all, as has been well said by
one of Georgia’s best poets:
It is tbe man that makes the land.
And not the land that makes the man.
What is first wanted for building up a
high order of civilization in any land is
good government. Good government is
that which secures the rights of person and
property, with just and equal taxes upon
all classes of society, and equal protection
to all kinds of labor. Such is our present
state government in Gecigia. If it be
by three-fourths cf tbe states since the war.
My position erer was# at Montgomery as
well as at Wesbington. that if the relations
_ ao, then this relation
should be abolished. The highest civiliza
tion looking to the benefits of both races
always was znd is atill my object.
Very traty,
Alexander H. SlSxfhxss.
Washington ? D. C., April 14,188L
THE2!LONG-LOST CHARLIE.
Tidings fnua England In Regard to
the Koss Boy.
Philadelphia, Pa., April 18.—A veritable
trail for the recovery of the long lost Char
lie Roes is thought to have been discovered
at last. CoL'John W. Forney has received
•*wo letters.one from G. W.Kingabury. er.d
‘he other from Robert B - j .min
T Iugman, of Londogiving some
■ (cau u.™ information elativo to the abduction. Mr. .....
- . , . Harman strike that he observed a para- itwasa
;?rapb in aEJaS Antonio (Texas) pacer of n -, ......
m ot affairs February 17, to the effect that Charlie lbrow ° into ®* le y north of the hotel.
Ross had not yet been found, while he was Here it was picked up by an Italian rag
under the impression that the child had
oeen returned *to his parents. This notice
recalled to the mind of Mr. Hugman a mat
ter that came under his observation pre
vious to the 25tb of February, while he and
bis family were residing at Laughton, Essex,
twelve miles northeast of London. His two
youngest children went to a school there.
which was attended by a very pretty boy of
of about 9 years of age, who was called
George by the woman with whom he lived,
but who frequently said his name was
Charlie Ross, that the woman was not his
mother, and that he was brought over from
America in a big ship. The boy claimed
that his mother was a lady. Mr. Hugman
says that the boy answers to the description
of the lost Charlie, end that be left the
village some time ago, it was under
stood, with the intention of beirg sent
home. Mr. Kingsbury vouches for the re
liability of Mr. Huhmau, and states that
he was stopping at Laughton about a year
ago. He had his attention called to the
boy, but paid no particular attention to the
matter, as he supposed that the Philadel
phia boy had been found. Mrs. Hugman
has told the writer that the woman
who had the boy in charge always
wore a veil, her excuse being that her hus
band was abroad, and that she bad taken a
vow not to show her face in public until
bis return. Mr. Kingsbury concludes as
follows: "A little before my visit referred
to the boy was taken away, and some
months after the woman herself moved
to another town only a few miles away, and,
ai we write, we do not know whether the bov
is now with her, or not. or whether the tak
ing away was only a blind or ruse played by
tbe woman or cot; but Mr. H. will make
a visit to the locality to-morrow and find
cut whether the child is with her or uot.
At any rate I have hardly a doubt this is
und was the veritable Charlie Ross, and
ihat if he has been taken away, tbe woman
could tell something about it, and, if we
can make any new discoveries, we will
write or cable you as soon as made."
THE DEAD EARL.
Obeiinc into tears and dedirod to answer.
She Ki*d xl«ra\ s been a dutiful child, never
disobeyirg asd “T 2
kMvIlhTUj Hr.WrtlteMtoJehotad
h „ T.rv tadly • bm nit}* P£-
▼ions. 1 .-poke lo him about it. tie
admitted that he had cbofead her; she
waa his wife and be had a rights© jtfike or
4Cbokr her. This was *uch »n extraordinary
The execution took place at 9 o’clock in
the morning, on Siroonofsky plain, the
same spot on which Molodeuky was exe
cuted. The scaffold was a rough wooden
stincture, painted black, consisting ol a
high platform, upon which were three
posts, each with a chain and manacles, and
one long horizontal beam, with iron rings
for ropes, supported by two perpendicular
posts. In front was a low platform for the
officials The large plain around was cov
ered with snow and ice, which was melting
in the warm sunsine. By 8 o'clock many
tbcu5ands of people had collected around
the plain and swarmed into the various
t tree is leading to it.
The condemned criminals were seated
high in the center of two-wheeled plat-
forma, tightly strapped to iron rods, with
their backs toward the hones and having on
their breast large cards with the words
“Tsareouhieat” (murderer of the czar) in
black and white. The condemned per
sons were dressed in black and wore
a sort of black uord, coveting their
beads and shoulders. On tbe first tmabrif
sit Rusakcfl mad JeiiAh.fi, both cf whose
features were nearly concealed by heavy
hoods. Jeliaboffs dark, pierciog eyes
seemed to shine with even intensified bril
liancy and defiance as he looked on the
scene around him. On the second tumbril
were seated Kibaltschitisch Sophie
Pkoffsky and Michailofl^ _ the
woman occupying the middle
seat. Of these three the features of
Sophie Pieoffsky were alone distinctly
visible, her extraordinary high and broad
forehead being nnshrouded by the hood.
Her slightly flushed face betokened great
maintained with like federal action it will
soon bring all the requisite labor and capi
tal to make us a great and prosperoui
people. But excuse what I have said on
these topics.
One remark attributed to General Came
ron in one of his conversations I wish to
call your attention to. It doubtless sprung
from what I know to be a very common
error at the north as well as in Europe. It
is what purports to be an announcement
that was made at the time of secession,
"that slavery was a new corner stone ’ of
the new confederacy. This originated from
a speech delivered by myself in Savannah
soon after the Montgomery convention of
1861. What wa3 stated by me at that
time was of a very different character
front that which got into the newspapers,
and which has been incorporated into many
histories. In giving an account to the peo
ple in mass assemblage in an extempora-
ueous speech of the charges which had
been made in the new constitution adopted
by the Montgomery congress, after citing
several provisions, such as that the veto
power might be exercised upon any one or
more items of an appropriation bill without
affecting the other portions and for prevent
ing what are called "riders" on apprepria
tion bills, that the cabinet officers might be
allowed seats on the floor of congress for
the purpose of explaining matters pertain
ing to their departments, and that tbe pres
idential term was extended to six years,
with an inhibition of re eligibility thereafter.
1 came lsstly, I believe, in the order in
which I spoke, to the subject of African
slavery as it existed with us. Upon this
point I said that we had made no change in
our new constitution from the old one
formed by the laibers at Philadelphia in
1788 except as to territorial rights and tbe
rights of travelers or sojourners with their
servants in states where the institution,
as it existed with us, was prohibited by
law. In all other respects there
was no change on this exciting
subject, which had been the immediate
cause of the rapture between the states.
The metaphor of tbe “corner-stone” was
but a repetition of what Judge Baldwin of
tbe supreme court of the United States had
declared from the federal circuit court
bench several years before. In that
case he said that slavery, as it then ex
isted in the United States, was the ‘-corner
stone” ot the old constitution. I stated to
the meeting that it was the same in our new
constitution of tbe new confederacy
which was formed at Montgomery. I said,
further, that this “stone," which had beeu
ejected by several of the builders of the
How Bis Asst Hour* Were Passed.
London, April 19.—Lord Beaconsfield bad
very serious relapse during the night and
died peacefully at five o’clock this morning.
He was perfectly conscious to the last
Doctors Kidd and Quoin and Loids Rawton
and Barrington were present when Beacons
Arid expired.
Lord Beaconsfield’s renewed debility be
gan on Sunday night when au east wind
commenced to blow. He continued to lose
ground throughout Monday, unfavorable
wind continuing and constantly increasing.
He died at halLpast four o'clock
ibis . morning as calmly as if he
were asleep. Tbe announcement of his
death was immediately dispatched to the
queen, the prince ot Wales and other
members of the royal family, acd to Mr.
Gladstone, who is now at Howarden. The
news becanje generally known throughout
ihe city towards 8 o’clock, when special
rHROUGH TO MEXICO
AN IMPORTANT RAILROAD EVENT.
# Breaking of Ground for the Chicago,
Texts and Mexican Central Railroad—
Baltimore's Effort to 8ecnrs a
Lins to Atlanta.
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
Chicago. April 19.—The fact that the
Pennsylvania company had executed a
mortgage for $20,000,000 became public to
day through the loss and subsequent recov
ery of tbe instrument itself. L L. Gilbert,
a prominent lawyer of Pittsburg, came to
Chicago on business connected with this
mortgage, but while in the wash room of
Grand Pacific hotel accidentally
dropped the document out of his pocket
w ass wept up in the waste psper and
picker, in whoee possession it was found
to-day. The mortgage was made out April
1st to Wistar Morris, Edmund Smith and
8am L. Felton, all of Philadelphia, as trus
tees for the mortgagees. The inert pi ge is
to secure $20,000 interest bearing bouds for
$1,000 each.
Tlirough to Mexico.
St. Louis, April 19.—A special dispatch
from Dallas, Texas, says: The long expected
event of the breaking of theground for the
Chicago, Texas and Mexico Central railroad
took place here yesterday. Nearly a thousand
persons were piesent The first dirt was
thrown by Daniel H. Hale, of Chicago,
president of the company, after which a
large force of graders were put io work on
the line between here and Claibnrn.
Speeches were made by Hale, Wright and
Peck, of Chicago, and several Texans.
The Virginia Midland Extension.
Baltimore Son.
Tbe action of the Virginia Midland rail
road directors in deciding to extend that
road from Danville, Virginia, via Moore-
ville. North Carolina, (with a connection to
Charlotte), to 8partanburg, South Carolina,
has an importance for Baltimore which will
at once be recognized by the entire busi
ness community. The extension is to be
effected under the name, for the preseut,of
the North Carolina Midland railroad, and
not only frees the Virginia Midland from
the reproach of being merely a local line,
but must of necessity contribute to greatly
enlarge the southern trade of our city, and
in the end make Baltimore probably a large
cotion as well as grain port. The Baltimore
and Ohio railroad company have
expressed a willingness to nubscribe to
wards the construction of the road, and
other business interests of Baltimore will
not be slow to contribute to its success. The
Merchants and Manufacturers' association
of this city has by persistent efforts kept
prominently before the business men of
Baltimore the practical idea that in order
to hold their own with other leading cities
they must adopt a more aggressive course
than they have hitherto taken. When we
have as direct a connection with Atlanta as
we have now with Chicago, our trade will
show increased vitality, and we wiil be in
close communication with the richest sec
tionsef tbe south.
Sale ora Railroad.
RicmcoKP. April 2a—The foreclosure and solo
ol the Petersburg railroad which was to have
was given him, and the crowd below
as with one voice yelled to cut the grating
loose. This time he did it and escaped.
Grace again showed his courage by ascend
i:g tbe ladder and going into
a room ablaze all over and the wa’ls
tumbling in in every direction, and
after a hand to hand struggle with a patient
earned McClelland, who was nearly dead
from heat but desperately determined to
stay in his room, Grace forced him b» ad-
long through a window ar.d parties outside
caught him. Grace inhaled the heat and
snffered internally afterwards, but is not
in danger. A patient from Monroe county
named N. Ferkle was burned to death.
These patients were all taken from the
balls, but in some way wandered back.
Three fire companies from Cairo arrived at
6:30 o'clock and are working upon the
rains. Superintendent Dr. Wirdner is in
Chicago on business. The loss is estimated
at $150,000. Ferkle ia the only patient
missing.
IN GENERAL.
ALLIED BY FAITH.
THE SONS OF WESLEY WILL MEET
Aed Rsvlsw tks Work of the Past and tko Preseat
—Preparations for tks Mooting of tks
Methodist Eonmonical Connell ia
Load&n and Its Work.
taken place under a decree of the United States
circuit court to-day at Petersburg, has been post
poned by an order from the same court to the
10th of May next Notice of the poctpoi
has been served on the parties interested.
“THE GEORGIA GOURD CLUB.”
editions of the morning papers were issued
containing the announcement. Though
t unexpected, iu view of hi3 physi-
m’a statement last night, hia symptoms
gave grounds of more grave anxiety than at
any period during hia illness. His death
creates a deep sensation. It was observed
ut 3:15 this morning that Lord Beacons-
ficid’s end was near. His pbysicians.tbink
it was only his strength of will that
enabled him fo struggle on as long as he
d-.d. The accounts gathered from his phy
sicians show that he retained his cheerful
ness. He several times during his illness
stated his belief that he would die. One of
• he doctors says the drowsiness which
had beeu apparent earlier in the night,
deepened towards midnight into
fctupor. from which ho was
with difficulty roused. He then took nour
ishment up to half past one o'clock.
About two o’clock he became comatose,
breathing with much difficulty. Doctors
Kidd anu Bruceator.ce applied usual re
storatives, but for tbe first time since bis
illness they tailed to produce any effect, and
it became evident that death was imminent.
Five minutes before he expiredhis breathing
became slow and gentle and his face was
very placid. His heart's action and pulse
continued for iniuutes after his breathing
ceased to be apparent. His friends and
nurses continued around hia bed a few min
utes after bis pulse ceased, as the end was
so quiet that it was difficult to realize that
he was dead.
The Pall Mall Gazette, in a leadingarticle
this afternoon, says: That Beaconfield’i
death will be an irreparable loss to his fol
lowers is very clear. The loss may prove
only less serious to the liberals than to
tne conservatives. The profound trans
formation which Lord Beacons
held wrought in the temper and
spirit o English conservatism as it
was in the day of Peel seems to us to have
heen among the meat serious political
disasters of our era, but in such a system
of government as ours, we shall long miss
the coolness and self-control,the experience,
good sense, and on some occasions, magna
nimity of the great party leader who has
gone.
Joseph E. Boehm, a sculptor, has taken a
successful cast of Lord Beacousfield's face.
Ii is understood that Dean Stanley visited
Lord Beaconsfield’s residence to-day to oiler
a luuib in Westminster abbey for the
remains. Strong wishes are expressed in
iho highest terms for the acceptance of the
oiltr. out arrangements are in bey a nee,
E luding the return of Lord Barrington
ord Rawdon and Sir Philip Rose from
Hughenden, where they will examine the
papers of the deceased.
The Cuckoo this afternoon says that Lord
Beacon‘field will divide his property be
tween Ralph Diaraeli and Lord Rawton.
Spec .aa diepatch to The Constitution.
Bx&Liar, April 19.—All the evening jour
nals express sorrow for the death of Lord
Beaconsfield. The North German Gazette
aajs with him ends the active life of one of
the most eminent men of modern times who
have faithfully devoted themselves to tbe
advancement of greatness and welfare of
their country. It is said Prince Bismarck
was greatly moved on receiving the news
A New Organisation with "Bill Arp"
aa President.
Atlanta, April 14.1881.—Hon. William
Arp—D»'ar Sir: Some of our good people
thiLk of organizing a "Georgia Gourd
Club,” with the hope ot encour
aging the cultivation of that ancient
aud honorable aid to old fashioned hospi
tality in tbe south. It is contemplated to
have an exhibition of gourds—old and new,
say drinking gourds, powder gourus, darn
ing gourde, shot gourds, surar gourds, soap
gourds, in short all varieties of big ana
little gourds—in Atlanta during the ensuing
autumn, with perhaps an accompanying
supper, at which all the drinking—well
water, of course—shall be from gourds; the
collection ot specimens to remain for per
manent examination at some suitable place
for the benefit of citizens aud strangers
alike."
In this movement there is to be no
thought of politics, no new or old south,
nothing but good humor aud a desire to
revive the pleasant memories of tbe pa&t,‘.to
child ia* bora «h*n beater wmoxcx
iuilj. She came as sooa as she was ab.# to
nKmiudwtnwa :o rrtora witu him,
I A ^ •••inftt mv nroteal*.
bol rwmu.Uy d.d *>. »««»*» “>>' P''*—
1, ,« osl until Lot Child
uora. th*t h. ••..-uct *a<i cba»cd
Jy. - again. She d.d tot let me
know' this, until her child was six month
Sd becw'0*» 1 bad opposed her returning to
hTm- Hu. b.d
to the gibbet and covered witb gore, was
mediate*}’ executed.
The spectacle waa a horrid one, mere
rveemVang a bloody butchery than the
descent execution of the law's demands.
He never quailed, refused with scorn the
s*rr-.o«s of a clergyman, and died without a
shudder. ,. ,
In this trial Judge Lorfstreet established
the character of an able and impartial
criminal jndae, to the entire satisfaction of
iba bar and the community.
Paring tbe period of his incumbencv be
loet a favorite chi'd, whi.-h affected him
most seriously. He became melancholy,
declined a re-<*lect:cn and very soon onitrd
himself with tbe Methodist church, took
orders acd went into the ministry. He
5* fcaui* J 1 *«, 1 b*li««. fint Uwjer who er*r
my oqw *« ■ *Ka» 1 » nr+ichtr in Georgia. It wa *
mental excitement, but there was no sign
either of fear cr remorse.
The Golce says six political prisoners will
be tried by a military court at Moeojw at
theerd of April. Three of the prisoners
are of noble rank and are named Kashin tiff.
Schevria acd Prisclakai. One is a son of
a priest earned Presbrajensky. acd two
are women, one the wife of Doctor Barx-
moslirz and the other tbe wife of a teacher
uatntd Korol «rff-ky.
—Tbe Hon. David Davis is being survey
ed, for a spring suit of clothes.
—Sir Walter Scott's Abbottsford is fo be
let, furnished, by the year or for the season.
—Chicago’s wealthiest man is Judge
Tree, who prances around with $4,000,000
at his beck.
—Richard Wagner is uncommonly fohd
of cats. They remind him of the music of
the future.
—A readjuster has turned up in a Boston
grocery house. The amount he took with
him is about $20,000.
—Mr. J. G. R. Hasaard will have charge of
the New York Tribune during Mr.Whitelaw
Reid's absence on his wedding tour.
—The Pall Mall Gazette says that Gam*
betta is in some respects to Grevy what the
prince of Wales is to the queen.
—England has four universities, France
fifteen, and Germany twenty-two; Ohio,
with that simplicity which is characteristic
of the west, contents itself with thirty-
seven.
—ChiefsJnstice Pierpoint, of Vermont,
decided the other day that drunkenness
has never been held in that state a good
cause of divorce under the statute, and re
fused to grant one on that ground..
—It is computed that since the beginning
of the century, - fifty-eight attempts have
been made on the lives of sovereigns and
presidents of republics, of which nine have
succeeded. The proportion of presidents
killed being, as compared to ci owned heads,
four to five.
—When Jay Gonld drew his check in
Philadelphia the other day to Thomas A
Scott’s order for $2,400,000, on a single stock
transaction, how he must have been pleased
at the contrast with his first advent into
New York, many years ago, as the owner of,
a patent on a mouse trap.
—A street car conductor carelessly car
ried his bell punch home and allowed his
children to play with it. The next day
when the company informed him that he
wss nine million nine hundred and ninety-
nine fares short, his hsir arose so rapidly
that bis hat, in banging against the ceiling,
broke out fifteen yards of plaster.—Phila
delphia Record.
—Eugenie is having a fan made for the
Princess Beatrice, in Paris, that ought to
take the wind out of everybody else’s fan.
It is painted by Albert, from designs of
Lelois; the sticks are of mother-of-pearl,
and the letters of the word ‘‘Beatrice’' are
traced out in tiny pink convolvuli, while a
crown of splendid brilliants decorates the
handle.
—Lord Lome has $50,000 a year and a
furnished house as governor general of
Canada. His wife has $30,000 a year from
parliament, and also bad a dot of $150,000,
which may be presumed to add $6 000 a
year mote to their income, so that if the
duke of Argyll adds $14,000 a year they
have $100,000, which for a childless couple
is comfortable. .The economy practiced
at Rideau hall is very strict. The duke of
Argyll began life poor for his position, but
economical habits and Aie rise in value of
]»nd for many years, have made bim
abluent. He has also received a large sum
of public money as salary.
—Gabriel Winter, of Flushing, L. I., died
19 years ago, leaving $250,000 worth of prop
erty in real estate tnere and in New York.
No will was found; but his wife, believing
that he bad made one leaving ihe property
to her, divided her interest m the property,
tirat to ber sister and then to her son. .In
the absenceof a wilt, Wiuter’s property was
divided np by administiatora between five
heirs. Last week his will was found, be
queathing everytbirg to his wife, which
Cincinnati, April 20—The executive
committee of the western section of the
ecumeuica} conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church, to meet in London in
September next, had a session here yester
day with four members present, namely,
Bishop Simpson, Rev. A. C. George, Bishop
McTyeire and Rev. D. B. Byers. This sec
tion embraces all branches of the Methodist
church in America. The object of the
meeting was to assign nineteen speakers
and some number of essayists. That woik
was done, but the list will not be made
public until their acceptances aro received.
understood that Bishop Simpson will
make the opening address.
Tbe following are among the rules agreed
upon for the government of the conference:
There will be four general divisions for
purposes of organization and equity and
fraternity. The first division will include
the British Wesleyan Methodist churches,
the second division other British Methodist
churches, the third division the Methodist
churches in the United 8rates and Canada
having an episcopal form of government,
the fourth division the non-episoop&l
Methf dist churches in the United States
and Canada. Each church carries with it
its missions and affiliated conferences. A
business committee of twenty-five, ap
pointed by members of tbe executive com
mittee, is to receive and report upon all
questions, resolutions, and communications
not embraced in the regular programme; it
is to appoint a presiding officer daily from
the several divisions in rotation, and to
nominate for the confirmation of the confer
ence at its first session four secretaries - one
from each division. Each paper is limited
to twenty minutes, each invited speaker to
ten. Hereafter other speakers may speak
on each topic not exceeding five minutes
each, the whole time devoted to each anb-
; ect being limited .to one hour. The con-
erence will meet in City Road chapel,
London,(Wednesday, September 7,1881, and
continue until September 20, inclusive.
There will be two sessions a day, except
Saturdays, and the hours of session vrill be
from 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. and from 2:30 p. m.
to 5p.ro.
The following are the topics selected, the
first day being occupied with Bishop Simp
son’s sermon on "Christian Unity,” and
addresses of welcome, etc:
Second day—L. Address to grateful recognition
of the hand of God In the origin and progres of
Methodism. 2. Statistical results. X Methodism,
d elevating society. 4.
has exerted on other rell-
_ cues, ana ext ‘ ‘
modified Methodism.
Third day—-5. The Itinerant ministry. A Lay
preachers* 7. Women and their work in Method-
ism. 8 Bcriptnral holiness and the special fitness
secure the largest evangelical denominational
RlltS.
filth day—1L Methodism and the Lord's day.
12. Relation of Methodism to the temperance
movement. 13. Juvenile temperance organisa
tions and their promotion through the Sunday-
school and church. 14. Civil measure* to suppresa
Intemperance and relation of the church to such
SARA’S GOOD-BYE.
Beginalng Her Farewell Engagement
—Her American Tour 11m Been
M Cbarmtsc”
Nrw Yoke, April 19 —Bernhardt arrived
in town yesterday morning, acd began a
ot.1 ud t-w (rKiaret, tax I o>uld not
mnUupoa be? to 1«»™ *» »*>• h * J
pTOmwfbScui* »h* t«»| ti. would t»k»
from her brr chiidns. Betor. her *«md i
_L.nn in mv house iu Um iccrst Noun of j —, — — - ■
W i5 ooVchUd iu her era.*. »od the | beem» »pr»»ch*r
a novel experimental plat to the rear of the de
partment of agrk allure. The pUt is compered
of fifty two btss, into which will be placed seven
kinds of virgin sot! and autaoil from tbe follow
tog ecosnes: Gordon. Hall. Spalding,
Houston. Lee, Ware and Burke. Tbe
old constitution, had been replaced by us
aa the chief of the corner. This is the & am
and substance of what 1 said on that occa
sion, and from which the erroneous idea
has gotten'abroad, and even in the mind of
General Cameron, who is usually to correct
1 trust that it the letters to the Press should
be put in book form yon will submit to
General Cameron tbe propriety of having
this matter corrected. Before I consented
to go os a delegate from
the state of Georgia to Mont
gomery 1 put my acceptance of that high
trust upon the express condition that the
convention appointing me would first adopt
a resolution authorizing tbe formation of a
new constitution, by the convention of
southern states there assembled, as nearly
upon the principles of the then existing
constitution of ihe United States os was
practicable. The resolution waa adopted,
and under its instructions I went to
Montgomery. The result of tbe labors of
that coocress was the formation of a
constitution aabftoatially, in outline and
principle, tbe same as the constitution for
mulated at Philadelphia in 1«37. The few
chtPg— in it, as cited in that famous
“corner etone speech." were all of aconser
rative character, as I conceived, and upon
this vital and exciting subjtc*. of slavery
there was no material change in the new
from tbe old constitution- Oa this subject
.. , bo change was made in either the conled-
I —•- federal amsiitatioaa until the
sets ef tins which hart been arranged -for the
loa wifi be fenifiaed as fcilowa: One wtth
ammoote: ooe with ammonia and potash; one
with potash and pbospooM add: ooe with pbos
phone add and ammonia. aiwCaoc with potash.
**b« remaining three bios win be fertilized as
“?* - 1 ? 1 rt-MexM.-« no e b»» wMm*dein «ther tbe
with solnbie phosphoric eod. a»*d cm wlthl uwv v—» ...
phosphate Soar. The bins will be
cotton, watched and the results
farewell engagement to-night. A Tribune
reporter aekeo the artist bow she enjoyed
her tour, and was answered: "It was charm
ing. Of course I have been working hard,
but I have had a car all to myself—
I can’t pronounce the name of it—and the
American hotels are splendid. Once or
twice the theaters were too cold, but that
is net a great matter. American audiences
are appreciative, and I have been kindly
received. I shall always remember thi-*
trip with a great deal of pleasure, and I
hope to oome again. I shall be glad to get
hack to France. There ia only one France
after alL An revoir."
Mr. Jarrett told the reporter that the
manager of the Theater Francais is very
anxious to have her go back to the company
and has made her several offers. Mr. Jar
rett thinks that in time Bernbardt will
return to the scene of her earliest triumph.
He a’so thinks her American trip has been
very beneficial to her health, financially
it has been a success, for she has deposited
$150,000 with her bankers.
A Laborers’ Strike.
New Oslzans. April 20.—'The laborers are on
a strike to bt Bernard parish Tbe leader of tbe
■trike is a white man. A committee of planters
yesterday waited on the governor, who wiil, I
r, oid-r out troopc toque 1 disturbance*.
common consent you have been se
lected as the president of the proposed club.
And the object of this communication is to
enquire if you would honor us by accepting
that position. Very respectfully yours,
Amos Fox, J. T. Henderson, John MiUedge,
Benjamin E. Crane, R. J. Redding. J. L.
Cummings. 8. Root, M. A. Hardin, w. W.
Clayton, T. L. Langston, J. S. Newman, S.
T. Jenkin*, A. C. Wyly, W. P. Harden,
George \V Adair, T. C. Howard, J. W. Fears,
W. H. Parkins, B F. Wyly, J. T. Lumpkin,
M. W. Johnson, James A Anderson, E. P.
Howell.
At Homs—Near Cartersville, April 19.—
Gentlemen:—I know that I am growing
old, lor 1 love more than ever to indulge
io reveries of the golden past when our
wants were few and our habits simple and
unostentatious; when our fathers bad time
to read to the children at night, and hear
their lessons, and our good mothers wore
black bombazine dressed and indulged in
no gossip. When the brass andirons shone
bright in the old fashioned fireplace, and
the keys hang by the mantel, and the
home-made cedar pail stood on the water
shelf, and a gourd, a clean, sweet gourd,
was there to drink out of. Those were
honest days. There was no wild rush after
money, no bank notes to fall due after 30
days, and everybody had time to be digni
fied and hospitable. Not long ago I trav
eled overland from Jacksonville, Alabama,
to Gadsden, aud a-opped a few minutes at
an old fashioned homestead, where the
well was near the gate and a gourd h
near upon a nail, an old fashioned gou* u ,
and I thought the water was delicious and
a bright-eyed maid insisted on drawing me
some right fresh utom the bottom, and I
saw tbe wooden churn and a clean dasher
upon the shelf, and the old lady was sitting
in ihe corner next tbe window knitting—
knitting, and she looked honest, and truth
ful and kind, and I know she was hospita
bie and would have set me down to a good
country dinner.
But I will not enlarge It is sufficient to
a now that I feel complimented by your
and will gladly accept the unexpected
honor. Many of you I have known from
my youth and esteemed you, aud all are
names familiar and honored, and it will
delight me to be more intimately acquaint
ed. Mrs. Arp ha* duly considered this
matter, and says I may "go.” 8he still has
“confidence," and confidence, you know, is
a good thing in connubial relations, os well
as financial. The lack of it will not only
“bust a bank” but destroy domestic peace
and concord. Let us all have confidence.
Yours truly, Chab H Surra.
(Bill Arp )
Messrs. Fox, Crane, Root, Langston,
Wyly and others, Atlanta, Ga.
This correspondence is published at this
so that exhibitors may be preparing for
revives her will and unsettles titles which
lack just a year of the undisputed twenty
which would make them good against all
comers.
—The landowners of England are getting
into a state of perplexity about the steady
depreciation in the value of their property.
One case may serve as an example of many
which are said to show the general average
of depreciation throughout the south and
west of England. A farm cf 250 acres,
near Hastings, in 8ussex, was bought in
1870 tor £11,000, in. 1873 it was sold for
£9,500 and iu 1880 it was again sold for
£8,000, this being considered a fancy price,
and one which could not have b^-en ob
tained but tnat the wealthy purchaser
wanted the laud to round off his own
larger possessions. This shows a falling off
of 27 per cent in ten yefirs.
—Princess Louise is described by a cor
respondent of the Pniladeipbia Press os
fond of housekeeping and the kindest of
friends and hostesses. There was sickness
at Rideau hall almost from the day the
princess arrived there Lady MacNamara
waa taken ill with scarlet fever and the
princess nursed her through it; then a
young mother and her baby, euests at
Rideau, contracted the lever; the Daby died
and the mother lay very near death
A Tsnihle Storm Devastating Arkansas—Several
People Crashed to D=a:h—An Old Grndge
Leads to a Killing ia Arkansas—
Texas Shooting Scrape
Galveston, Texas, April 18.—A special
dispatch to the News from Little Rock yes
terday says a terrible storm swept over the
northern part of Drew county, leveling
houses and trees and destroying human and
animal life. On theplamaiion of Wm. D.
Rodd y. three houses were blown down, one
of which, occupied by Alden Hill, onlorcd
wife and seven children, was torn to i *
In attempting to save one o his chil
dren, Hill was struck by a piece of flying
timber and killed. Two children were also
crushed to death. A colored woman was
blown into a tree top, where she waa found
with her baby in her arms, which was un
injured. Two white women are reported
to have been dangerously wounded. Others
whose names cannot be learned are reported
to be killed or wounded. Some valuable
cattle were killed. Bedding and clothing
were blown five miles.
Atchison, April 20 —At about 4:80 o’clock this
afternoon, a quarrel occurred to a saloon, to East
AtChlson, Musouri, in which Mark Taylor, a
citizen of thi* county,
killed by Amburr Bates, also of this city. Taylor
was drinking aud a quarr.l occurred, growing
out of an old grudge. Bates knocked Taylor
down, and the latter on regaining his feet, drew a
opened fire on Taylor.
,—ed through Taylor’s hat one.
latter returned the fire, missing lila aim. Bates
then fired a second shot, which took effect to
Taylor’s left breast, severing the mam artery of
the breast. Taylor fell and instantly expired.
Bates then fled to the river, and. taking a skiff,
attempted to escape to the Kansas shore, but a
party of citizens drove Mm back to the Missouri
kide, where he surrendered hiciscli to the tea*-
ahsL After waiving an examination before a
MteUce, ho wu taken to 8L Joseph end lodged iu
fire Buchanan county jail.
Galveston, Texas, April 20.—A terrible shoot
ing affair is reported from Pippon’s Camp, near
Aralde, General Baylor ana hia oon, and Mr.
Gilchrist and his two four being principal
actors. Both parties reef do in Kucea Canon and
the shooting occurred over a difficulty
arising from an old feud The Gilchrists had
been miming themsehvs end making threats
agatost the Baylor's during tho day. General
also wounded. Young Baylor was slightly
A BRAZEN BRIBE.
connected errors. 1*. Horn modem skepticism
iu Iu different forms and manifests lions. 17.
From formality, worldllnc&s and improper amuse
ments among our own members. 18. From
innovations upon established Methodist usages
and lnsUtattoos.
Seventh day—10. Tbe higher education de
manded by the necessities of the church in oar
time. 20. The duty of tbe church to maintain
schools which are Christian in their influence and
character. 2L The education and special train
ing of ministers in theological schools. 22. The
education and special training of ministers while
ed tn ministerial and pastoral work.
ith day—23. Denominational literature and
bllcation. 24. The newspaper and tbe use
made of it by the church. 25. Methodls
hjmnoloey.
Ninth day—26. The maintenance of home mis
rions among the most degraded populations. 27.
The Important work which the Methodist laity
have performed in this direction, and the great
opportunities which they have In the future. 28.
The best methods oi reaching the unconverted
section of the richer dosses. 29. Methodism and
its work for orphans, for the aged, and generally
tor the dependent classes.
Tenth dsy—10. The results of Methodist
rions in heathen lands. 21. How to avoid waste,
rivalries, and confusion arisL * *
Methodist ( bodies occupying
Establishment and sup-
tiguous fields.
Eleventh Day. ,
portol training schools for native converts and
native ministers in the foreign field. S3. Use of
-■rcr-—— —-—
in Pa>al and semi-infidel nations. 35 Resources
of Methodism for the work of the world’s con-
yerrinu, and the duty of developing and employ*
i unity maybe
maintained and increased among ourselves and
medc manifest to the world. 37. The catholicity
of Methodism. 38 Methodism as a bond of
Augusts, aa a day .‘of fasting and prayer for the
success of this conference.
forest manifested in the great cotton
to be held In Atlanta next fall. The whole civ
ilized world seems to be preparing for it One
thing is certain, it vrill be the grandest exhibition
ever held in America. It is true, it may not bring
together the largest number of spectators, but ft
wui show the greatest number of substantial rei
reset.tative* of solid interests that this or an,
other country has ever shown on any occasion.
the gourd fair and festival next autumn.
Further particulars during the summer.
A FEARFUL TRAGEDY.
1 ratification of the thlrteeLth amendment' m*,(S!oS.
By Fire.
Dentes, April»—Almost the whole business
part of the town of Bon Meoreia, New Mexico,
was destroyed bj fire yesterday. Lom oa build-
Bresiling Oat of m Fire In a Hospital.
Anna, Ills., April 19 —A fire broke outta
the bath room, on the fourth floor of the
north wing, of the Illinois southern hospital
for the insane at this place at 11:30 o’clock
last night. After getting the patients oat
an effort was made to check the flames,
but as the building had a mansard roof
it was not until the center of the building
was reached that the fire was mas
tered. Three patients were dis
covered in a room on the second
story of the north wing entirely surrounded
by the flames. The throng on the ground
witnessed their frantic efforts to bunt
through the grated window with breathless
excitemt nt. Finally a ladder was procured
aud placed near the window, and although
the flames surged around the ladder,
three times men started up but
were forced by the heat to return.
One gallant fellow named Grace ran up the
ladder, thrust an axe in the window and
commanded the colored patient named
Nelson, to cut bis way out, bat the latter
simply pushed the axe away, and again it
BUU IUS UlUtun IUJ licoi ucdiu, UlC
servants would not attend to the sick wo
man, and the princess nursed her night and
day. Every meal, every cup of water or
b>wl of gruel, the princess took to her sick
guest with her own hands.
—About a couple of miles outside Bey-
rout there are some pine.wocds, with a few
bostelries dotred about, which form tbe
lavorite promenade of the citizens of Bey-
rout on holiday afternoons. There is an
open space where the children play, with
their parents looking on. Tbe Mohamme
dan children sing mocking songs about the
Christians, and vice versa, but tbe prac
tice is so common that it ordinarily excites
no attention On a recent occasion, how
ever, the children went too far, and came
to blows. Their parents interfered to stop
the fray, but soon began quarreling among
themselves, and there waa a regular melee.
Hundreds of men hurried up on both sides,
and in about a quarter of an hour 3,000 men
were hard at work, not merely with fists
and sticks, but some of them with dagger
and revolver. Two Christians were killed
outright, and many wounded-on both sides
before tbe squadron of cavalry that had
been hurried up to aid the police could
separate the combatants.
—Dr. Kidd, a homseo^ath, was Besoms
field’s family physician. The queen inti
mated that her medical attendant. Sir Wil
liam Jenncr, was at my lord's service, and
as an intimation from her majesty ia
equivalent to an order, 8ir William wu
sent for. He, however, refused to attend,
alleging the impossibility for a practitioner
of scientific medicine to meet a person
professing the principles of hoimeopatby,
adding ihat he did not think Lord Bescons-
field’s interest could in any way be served
by a consultation with Kidd. Lord Bar
rington then direct* d Dr. Quain, another
regular, to attend Beaconsfield. but he first
wrote to Dr. Kidd, asking him to state his
method of treatment. Dr. Kidd rt plied
that be waa in the habit o! treating his
patients aa other practitioners did, with
pharruacopce’cal remedies in ordinary phar-
macopceical doses and applying the princi
ples ol scientific medicine, although he did
not feel precluded from using in hia prac-
t ce the so-called hoc tejpatlic remedies
which, in his experience he hod found tue-
ful in the treatment of disease Armed with
this Dr. Quinn visited SirR Bennett, presi
dent ef the college of physicians, who
agreed that Dr. Quoin ought to attend Lord
facture ot cotton la the south. By the way, the
interest manifested In the matter by the business
men of Atlanta Is most pleasing to observe. They
recognize iu importance, ana are not alow in
showing AUbatantial appreciation of it.
Augusta Evening News.
The cotton exposition in Atlanta should meet
The Attempted l»archase or a Denver
Judge's Decision.
Denver Republican.
If attempts are made to bribe judges it ia
not often that the public is m&do aware of
them. It, therefore, created quite a breeze
in the probate court room yesterday morn
ing when Judge Harrington stated that an
attempt to bribe him had been made, and
he produced an anonymous letter and two
$50 greenbacks to prose the truth of what
he said. The judge had just opened the
court to hear an application for an allow
ance, against the Ebert estate in favor of the
Exchange bank, of Denver
As this case involves more than $40,000
it has attracted considerable attention in
legal circles, and the court room was well
filled with lawyers and other persons
interested in the case. Judge Harrington's
face was severe aa he rose—the room being
ao still that one could have heard the pro
verbial pin drop—and expressed his regret
that any body should have so poor au opinion
of bis character and reputation as to think
him capable of acceptihg a bribe; or,
indeed, that any person should dare to ap
proach him with a view to a so dishonest and
contemptible end. The judge went on to
state, to as interested an audience as ever
assembled in the probate court-room, that
he had that morning received an anony
mous letter containing $100. "I will read
the letter," continued Judge Harrington,
"that you may better understand and ap
preciate its contents." Expectation and
some anxiety were depicted on the faces of
many in the court-room as the judge pro
ceeded to read the letter, the main points of
which are as follows:
The writer of the letter commenced by
saying that the judge waa aware that the
case under consideration was one of more
than passing importance, aud, while the
defendant was represented by able counsel,
yet it should not-be forgotten that tbe
plaintiffs were powerful and wealthy, and
might possibly wield more influence than a
comparatively poor individual could. The
writer again called the judge’s attention to
the importance of tbe case, and reminded
him that it would require a vast amount of
time and labor, as well as entailing a great
deal of trouble, to arrive at a correct con
clusion, and kindly intimated that the
court would find $100 in tho letter. This
i 1100, the writer said, was not sent aa a bribe
Irut merely to, in part, pay tbe judge for
the trouble that he must go to iu order to
thoroughly investigate the case. As was
stated before, the letter was not signed, and
there was nothing in the handwriting that
could be used as a clew to discover the
name of the writer.
Before the lawyers and others in the room
had time to reoover from the surprise tbe
reading of this remarkable letter hadcu&aed.
Judge Harrington coolly walked to tbe
stove and remarking that he knew just
what to do with such lei ters and such money,
threw the two crisp $50 bills into the fire.
He then returned to his chair, and without
further remark upon the subject adjourned
the case.
It should be stated, in justice to the
attorneys connected with theca.se, that their
surprise and indignation upon the discovery
that such au attempt bad been made to
bribe the court was complete and sincere.
Major Smith afterward stated in court that
the letter had undoubtedly been written by
person who was asiguorantof tbe ways
l the world as of law. This opinion was
echoed by the legal fraternity of Denver.
A prominent lawyer, in conversation with
blic&n reporter last evening, said:
s was a most blundering piece of
work. The person who did it knew nothing
of the law, in fact displayed deplorable
ignorance. In the first place, the judge of
the probate court has no final jurisdiction
in such matters, and even had a less honor
able judge than Judge Harrington occupied
the bench and accepted the bribe, it would
not have benefited the briber in the least;
for the other party to the case would have
carried the case to higher courts for a final
decision " This affair was the one theme
of conversation among legal gentlemen
yesterday, and many expressions of esteem
and honor were made upon tbe summary
manner in which Judge llamngton treated
the matter.
among our people ben at home oa well os abroad.
3 he managers are meeting witb eucocm in sub
scriptions, and the exhibits of tbe mill and cotton
pit duct of tbe country will be universally repre-
Augnsta and all this section ol the monuloctur
ing south should be fully represented, and out
mill and cotion men should be moving in the
m*Uer, and taking active steps that Augusta may
be present as the leading southern monuloctur-
log town.
Not only should our goods here presented, but
our people should attend. Enthusiasm should
be infuaed into the public, and every mesns or"
device for this end employed. It would be
good idea to advertise and picture the expedition
acd when It meets to diversify the exhibition
with entertainment and attractive feature*. Let
tho a " “ - -
realized kept on canvas. 1 his sketching and
painting could be better done than by photo
graphy, and we suggest that some artist-say the
legends to the forte to which i
with which Unde Remus confronts what toe boy
has inferred from what he raid, with what'
actually raid, and accuses him of false witoe
and reduce* him to abject tubxaliUoa. before —
will consent to go on a stogie syllable with his
story? In such touche* lie* the charm ol thi* fas
cinating little volume of legend*, which deserve*
to be placed on a level with Beincke Fuchs for
Its quaint humor, without reference to toe
ethnological interest possessed by three etortea,
as indicating, perbap*. a common origin for very
widely-severed racea.
RELIGIOUS ITEMS-
Beaconsfield Thenceforward the two
doctors worked harmoniously. Neverthe
less tbe incident bis caused great excite
ment among the profession. On the 11th
instant, at a meeting held at tbe college of
physicians. Dr. Quain was asked to explain
his conduct. Hia anew*:*' is Recorded in the
above narrative. Dr. Quain i unifies his
conduct by saying that, having been placed
in a condition oi great difficulty he had
been called upon to perform a duty in
which be felt that hia decision most be of
considerable importance to tbe profession,
and might be of vital interest to the patient
and public; but he had acted according to
bis clear sense of duty, and from co other
motive. It would seem from the facta that
famous as Sir William Jenner is, he prefer*
a patient should die rather than violate the
rules of professional etiquette. The papers
of London criticise him severely, anti bis
course is only sustained by the medical
journals of the ‘‘regular" school.
Some two hundred perrons have just been con
vened at Fulaald, Teun.
Moody and 8ankey won over IfiOO persons
the chonffi to Ban Ftandzoo.
The Southern Baptist convention will meet in
Columbus, Mississippi, to May.
Two hundred and fifty ordained ministers
ore laboring as missionaries iu Chino.
The Episcopalians of Tuakaiooea. A labs
pieparing to build a handsome church.
Thxox am 178 Jewish congregations to the
United States, with a membership of 12£46.
The guteral oooveution of toe New. Jerusalem
church will meet to Washington, D. C, May 20.
The statistics of Petersburg, Virginia, for 1870
and 1880 show an increase of 390 church memUr-
ship.
A colokxd church in Corsicana, Texas, has
expelled seven of its members because they
the United State*, will hoA iu triennial i
...... . the. purpose*
religious education.
There tre fifteen branches of the Methodist
church to the United States, the aggregate mem-
beahlp being 3#0,*&
UBILAUU, April A*.—aqiurw u> mo prOTGU -
Journal indicate* an unusually fine gran crop.
The herd* are entirely free from disease, except a
case or two of black leg among young stock.
Many cattle that broke away from shipping
points, last 1*11 during tbe early storms, will bo
better than lost a
St. Paul, Apr.- _
been along tbe line of the I
railroad, says the farmers along the line have
examined the wheat left In ttack», and find it in
first-class condition. F.an hai been entertained '
that it would be a total lore, but owing to the dry
air and winds it la well preserved.
.—A prominent commission
5- , — lost received a great num
ber of report* from all section* of Missouri. Illi
nois and Kansas, re-pecting the condition o
winter wheat, almost all of which are extremely
discouraging. Serious damage is reported in
nearly every section of the state* named, and the
total ruin to some places. The prediction is
ireely made that tne west will not raise half a
crop of winter wheat, and that the quality of that
harvested will be poor.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
known to be Infected with yellow I
Janeiro, Vera Cnu, Havana and AsptowolL ,v~-
sels from sncfaporU are to be subject to such de
tention aa the board of health may direct. It
also adopted a resolution inviting toe local in
spectors of the national boanl oi health to bo
preareit at all the meetings of the state
board, and inviting the cooperation of the agent
of the national board to the investigation of all
. . auspicious character. Tbe
iiaaMag jasgsas*
Humor In tbe Newspapers*
Scribner’s Magazine.
Robert Burdatte, who of all American humor-
Brooklya Ragle ha* been carried beyond toe
bound* of local dune by a writer who works one
ana.lt stray veto of humor with peculiar skill:
and the Rabelaisian mirth of toe Derrick Dodd
paper*ha* done the *ame office for toe ban Fran-
daeo Post, while The atlawta constitution ha*
extended it* southern repetition north, east and
west by the publication of Mr. Joel
Harris's “Uncle Remus Sketches. ”
FASHION ITEMS.
^ Dima toicluotera ore toe flowers forchUdrea’s
I'Yellow refuses to be discarded and asserts
newest sunshades axe thlrty-rix inches
Jgrz pansies for wedding bonnet* for brides-
Bonnet firings are now fastened to the bonne
by what seema to be small gold ropre.
Thk attractive summer bonnet i* simple, no
trinuntog save a spray of roses and a muffin
