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- FA YETI EYIIXE f!\ I,IWJnp« c A UOHKfBLK'iOSuiE, AMD A VERT fXCiTIHG TRIAL. A Lnf Tnm U* Ufe if Jmfgt UzpXart- H*w WfJlnai Msrhr fl fits Wlfr, sai Ecw E* Mil D.a:k-8k«i!ck#4 bj CoUmI V. 2. Bptrki. 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 S.'SESM.SffiSKlSJCi 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