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— F A YETI KV1LLE GA
OUR mGMSTOfev,
HOW XT CAMS INTO EXISTENCE.
W. H. Sparks T»Vm a X#yfil Vtsw of tkc
Finitin a* W.ia a H;*wj of *
Uo Fsrmatloc tf Coasts la iaU8.aU
- Pirttnl E n’.aioooiMo.
Written lor Tbe CotMlitutktti.
Ihc colonial gov'-rTmirnt o( tin- riiffrmri
Maira of tl*c ton 17iait«<l State**, introduced
il.o common law of Enarland, ar.il to tome
-Client her jrtdiciiil system. Their peculiar
relaitonahip to the moLLer Cj-antry was
riniilar to that of cuardian and wards
’JheM? coionuia were generally giants of
territory to companies upon certain condi
tions; and their government* created to
euit me situation of a yoong and feeble
Community, Governors for these were ap-
loirtteri by the ctonn, v..rii such {towers as
• n.ihlcd them to organImj a government,
4:o«i under the i rat rue ions from what wan
iiniveivaHy termed the home government
too/oliiri it In doing thin, it was necessary
to tnrtitute a law making power, which was
aiMialty Vf-nted in ?he g vernor and a cour.-
a:il, ai.d aln.'e'. u:. ■■ orrally these with the
!i"»ertMii v— *h» :-g|*jintrw*a of the crown
«*r borne pn* r me »i I ht+* enacted »uch
local laws its the necessity of the coloofflb
required, i. itto give th*ae laws authoritv
it wan in lire mam nee -nary that they rc*-
• eive (he sanction of the parent govern
ment. It wtut consequently, considerable
it tit n after their enactment before they were
of authority n> law* of the colony. In the
j»u*ariitro*\ tin- common '.aw of England
wraa the rule of ic iti and control in the
judiciary eyries.i of each colony A:*
<colo
owlffl
the i
thorny in < rie government of (treat ilnlaio.
it was natural they -iliould recogn ‘ae and
adopt her of laws, r*nd yield
obedience lu there. It wan only where these
iawa were* inapplicable to ca^M arising in
the pft*grc<R» of settlement, and development
of toe various colonies, that it became
necessary to enact iawo by the governor and
council to suit Dieae, and to engraft them
. ti|«on the common law, bo far an that had
been adopted a* the colonial law.
<v»io i of (»r-;rgi:i rc:, to a company, at the
head «ri which was GeneralO.’leihorpe. To
bun committed th- charge by the
lucatmj and settling
thin
litd fro,..’
grant a colony
.untlx r of c ilontsLs
. r. nucleus about
olLer.s that might
. •• ch.ny h- sailed
bin
•ug «.♦ .Savannah th-
•■re a trc.vy waanegu
i be. i he head chief of
inhabiting the court-
ritfaui colony.
'it this cor j.-iuy, and
f4.i t uilM icm to enable
HIS HISTORY OF THE WAR.
Aa Interview With the Ex President ef the Con
federacy-Meeting Hi* Old OlassaaUa—
WhntOae of Them He* to 8ey of Him
-Oa Federal Appoiatmente.
vol. xm.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1881.
NO. 52
and » speciaUjnry selected from the grand ! A LIFE WORTH LlViiNG.
tl»<*rp* was mi
•>»»*“i't
giand a:: the h
w of Kn-
i hr rb- *e
colony.
special jury _
jury. This jury was chosen by the
parties litigant. After the following man
ner, a list of the gTand jury was furnished
these parties. The appellant first took this
list, and if there waq a name he was unwil
ling should pass upon the casapn the list,
he struck it off. Then the responded did
J.kewise, each alternately striking a name
until there remained only twelve men on
the list. These constituted a special jury.
The oath of this special jury was essentially
different from that administered to the
petit or traverse jury, and was in the fol
lowing form. Tbi clerk of the court, with
the papers in hia hand, read the names of
the parties, and then said: “You and each
of you solemnly swear that you will well
and truly try this case between the parties
litigant, and a true verdict give according to
equity, and the opinion you entertain of
lie testimony, so help you God”—differ
ing in the great essential of the oath of the
petit jury, who swears to find a verdict
from the testimony—all of which if not im
peached, be was obliged to credit and b«
governed by, though in hia conscience he
might discredit all of this.
This peculiar oath gives the largest lati
tude to the juror in tneconsideration of the
m fc.lj —Iw, at -oaiy the Mw&isnouy
but its character, aa also the character of
me parties as known to them or from their
reputation where known by reliable jiartie*.
Tins system was so efficient and so reliable
in meting out justice between man and
man, that the jieople were chary of change
and preferred to bear “the ills they bore
rather than tly to those they knew not
of."
The second reason, ami perhaps the most
influential for their declining to organize
a supreme court, win* the fear of creating
a party court. Political excitement for
many years had been interne in tin- state.
Parties were s> nearly divided, and ho dis
trustful the one of the other, that each
reared the judges in this court of lost resort
would be chosen for party purposes aid a*
.ucli becomes terrible scourge.
In the meantime there had been
instituted an unofficial meeting of
>u<* judges of the superior court,
tor the purpose of arranging a uniform
practice fur each district and the review oi
och decisions as were of doubtful coireet-
iiess. Circumstances arising in there
cons taught the people there was a nece.vd
: y for organizing a court of appeal# and of
limit adjudication. One rtf there inat nr res
Mused considerable comment at the time
J its iKcurrer.ce, and it may not be annss
( •* narrate it here. The great William H
Crawford, after retiring from the public
•rvice as secretary of the treasury of tiie
United .States, was appointed one ot the
; idgcs of the .Mi|*erior court. In a certain
h«- had made a decision which was re
versed in the meeting of the judges for re
view. The case was rubinitted forconhiil-
i ration, and after due deliberation was
r.uivaeaed by the different judges. Each
was to give un opinion, and u was the cub
i >ni that the youngest judge should he the
rirst to give his opinion. Judge Hiram
Warner was the youngest man ar d the
voungeal judge present. The judge mak
ing the decision was the last to give an
.■pinion. Warner proceeded deliberately to
late hia disapproval of therulingof Uraw-
. .i d and went into an elaborate argument
ui sustain his opinion. When he had con
cluded his views were sustained by all but
• me of the judges. This man I will no*
UNine, but iu along argument he unstained
lie correctness of Crawford’s decision It was
tow for Mr. Crawford l- give his views.
He turned to his supjioriersand laconically
aid: “I am sorry to sny to yon, my iriends,
ihat yon are in a minority of one for the
aw, and the argument o( yourg Mr.
Warner has convinced me of my error, and
kv:th hini must unite in rever ing my own
PURE AKD WHITE AND GOX>-GXVING.
F*s-P<>r:rx t of a Maa YTko Ho* Campawd tk«
Tra« of Llh, Wilts* Words
&ad H-eds Vio Each Other
ia Taeir Qddea Worth.
In tbti co,y pretident’s room of the Metropolis a
bank of New York may be found any day in bor.-
n«» hours n gentleman bearing a remarkable tv
semblamx- to Mr Justice Wools, of the supreme
bench. Hearty, i-isccrc, direct—without the
slightest *.dictation—keen and dedidve Iu man
ner—he will imp can you *.t once as a fmocesaful
man of aff*in* But—bis name? George I.Seney.
occ of the richest meu in this country, and proba
bly the foremost philanthropist we now have.
Mr. Honey is 6vat fcuown to Georgiann iu the
gentleman who, without solicitation, contributed
SuO.OOO each to Emory allege and the Wesleyan
female college, of this state. To New Yorkers and
the north, he L best known as a great banker—aa
a promote* of great enterprises, second to few
men, if any, and n* an investor whose judgment
is almost infslfiblel
Mr. n ney has given away in larg- amounts
nearly one raiiiion dollars in the past year or
t vo. Besides the f!M>,CO) that he gave
V* the Georgia colleges, he has lately given $240,-
i-iO to csublbih a bo«pi ai iu Brooklyn—that snail
!>* o|>cn to the suffering of all races, color or
creeds. He gave a abort time before that 827o,tK.t*
t» Wesleyan uuiver.Jty of Middletown, where he
raw ut cfjllcge when a boy. He wjk he rctxum-
ered that they ured to have a hard time there
trying to keep the institution going, and he just
thought he would make them easy. lie has
given 175,000 to the Long Ialruff historical society
with which they might piirdhaae a library,
gave 120,000 in ci;h to
industrial home on Butler street iu New York,
"having learned that they were in trouble.”
These donations foot up S7t5 0i«, and there arc
others that might bi added that would carry the
amount to SI.OOO.OUO.
One of Mr Scncy’s peculiarities is that be gives
ciitircly without soilcitatiou. Itecognizing the
firt that if he allowed himself to be argued or
pvi>.uadcd into Riving foripcdal purposes that
iu would have time for nothing but Riving audi
ence to dvk-gHUous or pcUliuien, he has made
ids rule invariable that he will give nothing upon
v>iicitaUon. This leaves him free to quietly look
iTcr the couHlry himself, nud decide without
judlce or bias where the money is needed, aud
involving huge rchemfa. and competition with I
the shrewdest nnu, Mr. Seney has carried nis •
Christian character above reproach—stood bv the ;
principle* on which his faith is founded—and i
brought honor and repute to the caur' ne repre- •
scats. II. W. G. |
AT THE BATH.
ALL AROUJSfD US.
Wh«rf rrshtesabtc Attire CouhIsIm of
Just Natl-In* at All.
Clara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer.
A friend told me yesterday that if I
wished to become deliciously cool, that I
1 sbonM take a Turkish bath. The after
\ effect, the said, wasaomelbintr wholly catis-
:..ciu:y ;o the paxcued soul and body. Sev
eral weeks 9«o, 1 wrote a few lines abeut
what women wore in these baths. My in-
formetion wes ct second hand. Here was
a chance to perform the duty of
investigation right along with the
pleasure, cf Turkiahly bathing.
it, without making
has thou
which, of counc, he ca
llie i
about
j la short, though a failure in one way. It was a
| signal success in another, ana served, at least, to
• awaken the town for the nonce irom the lethargy
m'Sm t and torpor of the summer sol? cc now on us with
- —««.— _ almost paralyzing effect, isd in this ?erved its
WHAT THE PEOPLE ARE DOING, purpose admirably. The New3 and Advertiser
- prints a list of premiums, prizes, ar d the success-
J fol ct.-ntestants, in ro-dsy’s issue A gent'eman
Th,aw Plrl^^.P^d |
j£*stisg^ Esligiaa* &umb.Ui, Ma^rlmo* . counties, says the corn crop Is smaller and poorer,
■ and will be shorter ibau for years, but the cot-|
Iler first husband was W. H. Thomas. Mr. Pitrce,
her present husband, wa- iu Texas at the time of
her death, and had been there for over a year
Mrs. P. leaves a large number of children,
By Mail and Wire to The Constitution.
GauiuviUK, May 3L—The Soutbroa says
<>f Andrew Clark’s wonderful reports: We
ore informed by William Findley, who
-.as on the ground and represented the
parties charged witn burning Stewart’s
iiroperty, that Andrew Clark’s story tele
graphed to Coranuscioner Kaum about the
I went stra'tfhtway to one of the several j j til deliveries in Fannin aud Pickens
large establishments in New York during » counties by armed mobs,' eta. are large'
■h. hoax, when it w„ —--Jg,™ | ,i«d c.snrf, Th„ 5 w«* n0 delivery it
place. A woman look my $1 50 in an outer
He
•f fc|«plic
_ . a give u .
schemes yet uadeveloi>«-d, whicn ha
r-.ply.
zal
iiife:
.s courts. Districts and
i*re organized. The dia
listing of a number
i counties ti» be i>re;>'dv<l over
• «.f the su|*eri*>r court Ttiis
This wtn esteemed a high compliment to
edge Warner and a terrible rebuke to
who intimated that his opinion was
oh- nfluenced by parly considerations, he
wing n Clark man, and of course opposed
o Mr. Crawford. Allot there assembled
change in -hat day, save Judge Warner, are in their
graves. “He yet lives," and if I Lave mis-
tdc by • tiled fa«-.ts he cati correct me.
the It was some years after this occurrence
•fore me Icgi.slaturc organized a supreme
do court, and it was some years before the
judges were elected and the court eom-
u- | menced iia sessions.
I The common and the statute laws of
■n« England had become so extensively inter
he woven with the statute la*.s of Georgia as
of ui become the bare of laws of forces in the
1 * -late, and the statute laws of England to a
.;re»t extent were acknowledged as of au
thority in all her courts. These acre nu-
I,, r.iUc, and many of them of a character
'rrelevant to the institutions of her
■overmnent; so much so that it was
difficult to determine w hich and which was
not, accupied as of authority in her courts.
To ascertain this fact, so late as 1323, in the
cgislaiure of the state, a resolution was
,tiered by John McPherson Berrien, and by
that body adopted, appointing commit-
te«*s, ••{ an individual learned in the iaw,
to compile and digest the statute laws of
England that were then of force in the
iten- i ? Lite, whose duty it should he, within two
1 it. ! years, to report the same to the governor,
roc- who, a* soon as ibis was accomplished,
>\v« r - hould submit the same to three men of
»n in j ’.he most eminent, legal abilitit-s of the
•xer- I -isle, to be approved »<r disapproved,
thus Under this resolution the governor np-
vers. ' pointed William Schley to execute tins
•1 iii ' .vrk, and tlie work known as "Schley’s
nder IVg-st” was accepted and made of authority
i was j m the courts as the laws of Georgia. Thus
Liar, blending into one the statutes of England
d in- Mini Georgia, and in both recognizing the
Kn- I ::reat principles of the common law of
! England. ad the entire system of her j ti
lde r the I'*infs • dicature been adopted, and espei
add heavily to the already Immciok
•«hich the ge.icral public stands indcbtid to bun.
I wo UiisiisK with Mr. S5cncy one day and
asked him how it was that he wai
liberally, while he was yet so young e
reply wa« a profound one, while it ^
senid bill tics,: it dries up all the
sjdciy. and do his In),
it makes him a
wretched aud miserab c man. I have seen ibis
greedier money canker the souisol m» many
g<xxl men, ai d carry astray so many kindly
natures that I dreaded it more than X can ex
press, and determined to let it ge; no hold ou
me if I could prevent it. The best any to kill it
off iu my opinion was to pursue Uiu course that i
have started ou.”
"There is one other point. You tee I axn giv
ing you the eeiinsb view of the niai cr,” he a-.i-
<.ed, laughing, "and that is this: Alu rauwu
naa accumulated a mov’crate (ottuie i have uouvxd
that a surplus bring* him little cumforu Lot us
ippoac that ne h»s a lurluueof a million dollars,
nia will grainy every want that he can reasoua-
1y have, ami till Uie demands of his llie. It
■ Millies every desire or iuclinaiiou—aud beyond
tils point a surplus can bring but oue joy—and
t nmc.it of tli
department
At the ver
■ dele-
re doing it.”
s these reilectious ot Mr. Seacy;
w wen have arrived at his couelu-
l Mr. Sency teaches th,
i lesion tli
blc than li
under
iniliiemx- of this
which he speak.-, and live
in its blighting «t.ado^. It will
, nave helped public enter pi
rharity—who have *
j»t too often comes i
To illustrate, who will weigh the happiness of
I’^ler L'lMija-r, who at the close of a long aud hon-
orsbie life, meets death placidly mu without »
bar, aud goes into the ucxi world with th
' aM<
of i dice, what a bic-smg u had been
tithe stale in securing the strict at.d im
poriinl administration of the laws. It was
m 1815 that the completion
tvdr d over j *d the organization of the supreme
•ourt TnLs i court wa* effected in the election
wa* dieted j id judges. These judges were Joseph ii.
!>*.■;•■*, b\ Lumpkin for chici justice and Eugeni ns
v.-idisi over I A. Nis bet aid H. Warner as associate
■op> of each justices. Such was the reputation of
the county I Lumpkin fur abilities and purity of char
i-c.ion with actei
ey t*m!»
f pangs o» uo.
lg.; that fee i.
,viug douo his duty i
mmi who, having pine
for yeais, crouches
lived the napj
nought the un
legacy to his
eppnx,ch of death, ana
.iluuou Misipcned with the
is utVcT Mxnlivd a human
, human tiearl. Which has
:? To which has money
blessings of a » cople
bis life at.d leaves a
honored name and a be
ijved memory, or the man who leavoi n ina-» ol
money aud uie taint ota rvlhsh and mLcr.y ufel
But to re!uru. In discussing U»e soutn Mr,
”*"1 tuiuk the tide of misreprerenutiun agauisi
the south by wnich the northern peopie hav.
hveu kept bdndod so lo-gis rcatuug now on un
men wno started it, aud to Uie benefit oi your
1-cople. Toe blander* that are circuhstcd^aoout
v»» be sUudcre, excite mdigua’uou among the I
northeni people, aud by n compensatim: sens
justice, attract to th« son.h too Very sympa
and iriendaaos that luey a.c iutenoed
office and let cue into the next room, which
looked like the cabin of a Hudson river
steamboat. Ii was long and Irtw, withsof.
I*- l!.» anri ^rcr? •s-. ^ w.v rrt
the sides, opening into little dressing
rooms. 1 was told to go into one of these
and disrobe.
“Must I take off everything? - ’ I asked.
“Everything? Oh, yes,” said the attend
ant ; “but you will find a sheet to wrap
yourself in.”
Just then a ghostly figure wound in a
.sheet emerged from a room and disappeared
through another door at the further end of
the cibiu. o.ie was a tall, thin woman
with a b:-jodJes3 fac*% aul ner back hair
hung Icos**. I wcu.di.T have liked to meet
iiirni a graveyard on adaik night. But she
was com pie tly enveloped, and that gave rue
comfort, for I felt b'uthingly ffjueandsli.
. 1 might beve been seen ten minutes after
ward coming slieetid out oi my room, and
"linking toward the entrance of the bath.
1 pushed open the door, and had scarcely
seen that I was in a mere ante-room, and I
wa3 in the conditions of my grandma Eve
before she took to aprons. Au attendant
had grabbed eff the covering.
“Here,” I said, huddling myself together,
“I want that.”
“Oh, none of Ilia ladies ever wearaoy-
thi:.£,” was the re-j .use, in aa expo.-ttiia-
tory tone.
Weil it wouldu’t*do to kick against the
fashion, and I allowed myseil to be pushed
into the bath room. What alight met my
astonished ey>! About 150 utterly nude
mien were in that big room, lounging in
How chairs and sofas walking
about, chatting with acquaintances end
perspiring like squeezed sponges. The
tenijierature was 120, the dry heat pouring
ia from rc-gisters on all sides. I was awful
ly a.-haiued at first, but the unconcern o:
tLe great maj-.rity gradually reassured me,
and ut lei e-h I ventured out of the corner
i which 1 had taken refuge.
The scene would have disenchanted, I
iw, the most anient admirers of my sex.
There tvtre many comely* bathers, to be
urc, with liue forms and smooth, white
kiu“, hut ihe revelation of hollow chested
uai'ta oid Hubby matrons, of spindle shank?
and hairy arms, or corns and bunions, and
of various unshapeliness, trss something
beyond tuy power or desire of descrip; ion.
An old walrus of u woman waddled her
red three hundred pounds about with
t lank, rib-displaying wearer of eye
glasses. 1 saw several persons whom I
Had seen before, and, bless me, how altered
they looked without clothes! One of these
wits the popular leading actress of a theatri
cal company, and 1 knew her by sight, be
cause of having seen her half undressed on
the stage. Somebody called me bv name
and 1 with considerably greater difficulty
recognized the face of an acquaintance.
Perhaps that assemblage was not fairly
representative, but, taking it as a standard,
not more than one in ten of us is reasonably
good in finery, and not one in fifty would do
for statuary*. The best figure in the lot was
that of a woman who could not have been
less than 45 years old,and it was perfection
itself in every curve and proportion; hut,
-is a rule, the women of 25 to 30 excelled in
form, tfce younger ones being scrawny,
and the older ones cither gaunt or llabby.
As for the cate little aprons, sashes aud
idiraentary skills which I had expected
see (and which I have since been told are
urn, though rarely, by parties of swell
women when they lute the whole estab
lishment for their exclusive selves),
shred was to be seen. The on I
wearers of anything were the d< ze:
attendants, all 'slender, sprightly yuan
women. Each had a towel wrapped around
her body from waist to hips, anotbei
one shoulder and across the breast to llie
opposite armpit, and a third wound turi
like around the head. They looked jaunty
md; agreeable. It was their task to show
uathera how to use the cold water douches,
pools and showers, and to scrub them
brushes as they* lay on marble tabl<
ike the bath well enough, but I am sorry I
saw the naked women, for they* (somewhat
disenchanted me.
Fannin County, wlWre the mob of
hirty Armed meet are reputed to have torn
•town the jail and -_xn u;> jack generally.
the „ *.hose ;in
jail simply pushed out a defective
otumon cheap window, and all (but
one) walked out, wh?n nobody on earth
hut themselves were present. This state
ment is made by the state prisoner who
stayed in on the grounds that those who did
j o out were the witnesses against him, and
therefore he would come clear. The per-
h *ns charged with burning Mr. Stewart’s
lorehom-e aud stable never were in jail or
ordered there, but were out on bond, and
m trial were acquitted; therefore had
no occasion to fee rescued or break
jaiL The two persons confined in the
dickens county jail, were rescued by law
less persons no doubt, but they were state
prisoners charged with killing Simmons on
account of a gambling scrape. One of them
had already been convicted, and the other
was on trial. Their case had nothing in
pie world to do with the revenue collectors
• r deputies. We publish these facts th>tt
: e authorities at Washington may in
future make duo allowance for after
•rrection in Mr. Clark’s ccck and
bull telegrams, and not too hastily judge
: he people of the mountain counties of
Georgia. We have just returned from a
trip into Union county, and we assert that
while theie are several government, distil-
l.’ries being operated in Union and Fannin
we are informed by Commissioner Carroll
and Mr. A J. Ls-rd, the faithful revenue
j'gents there, that the people seem per
(• ctly willing to quit illicit distilling and
-t ern anxious to do so as fa-t ns they are
informed of the justness of the lawful
methods of making tlieir corn into whisky.
The truth is, there is less lawlessness in the
mountains to-day, than there has been for
y ears, and it is because Commissioner Car-
foil and others connected with the revent
department and located among the people
are taking pains to give them proper and
friendly instructions.
Rome, May 29.—The city councir has deter-
MiiKd to erect a Fuitable buildiug for police
headquarters, council chamber, city court
clerk’s office * ,u
glue house
oue percent ou all UxabL , _ . ,
is just been levied. Finding that it wouit
■! iia practicable to furnish all who desired to
■.nr Judge B’cckley’s lecture Tuesday night,
uh tickets of invitation, the * Merry Circle”
ive issued a general iuvitaiion to toe public
through the press of the city. The Nevin opera-
house will be crowded. A number of Atlanta
expected. Mr. Joel Branham oue of the
ten eve y where looks remarkably weiL We have J Mapiso>\ June l.—We have had good rains in
every indication of a dry spell on us again.
Jasper, May SI.—Last Thursday and Friday we
imesstd the closing exercises of ihe EUijay sem
inary. The first day Professor Bates, principal of
aud boys eutertained us with beautiful speeches
and interesting dialogues, etc. I mu-t say iu be-
hah* of the little folks that they did well, and if
they perform all the duties c f life as well as they
did their part of the entertainment, their las;
days will be crowned with abundant success.
Friday morning the cl-uses in-Latin and higher
mathematics were examined and acquitted
themselves honorably. The thorough aha mas
terly knowledge they exhibited of all the subjects
- which they were examined proved that Pro-
tion. its effects morally, rellRiously and other
wise. He did his subject justice, and all who
heard him were delightea with the beautiful
periods that foil from nis eloquent lip*. Friday
evening at 3 o’clock Dr. Mitchell entertained the
audience with au excellent speech. His words
fell as pure gold fro n the coiners mint At 4
o’clock we listened to a fine address delivered by
Rev. T. II. Triplett. He did well. Theeuter-
tainmen* Friday night was good, the music es
pecially.
Decatur, May 30 —Squire Birke, colored, was
brought before Judge J. W. Kirkpatrick today,
cfiAigvd with assault and battery with attempt t6
commit rape last Sunday morning about 2 o'clock
upon the person of Miss Mary AtsnCUy, an aged
white lady, at her r
evidence r"
night aud seventy-five t
rtd hates stole
number of c
good
uinal
he was the urine real ch«
lK.rih parties. It may be truthfully said, he
was the only lawyer of the state occupying
with the whole people this proud position.
At the timtof his election he was traveling
ui Lnrope, Wid knew nothing in relation to
nis appointment until it was made. He
.incepted anu retained during liis life the
chief justiceship of the state, and retaining
| to the last the undivided co:itider.ee of the
i *ench, the bar, and the people. No pi
Inn
of
ahty or corruption in the discharge * f
iiis official duties ever rested in the mind
>f any individual. As I shall at uo distant
day have occasion to write more at lengih
' of this Rood and great man, it is not neces
>ary that 1 say more than I have of him.
We were friends from early youth and cor.
• unued *»o until his death. We w-re A d
mitted to the bar almost simultare.iu ’. v ;
entered tb»* legislature of the state at tu
j o. i oi cuSmulesiup aud >v ui^uUo —for
n-rivct n»int of aiauy aud a U.orouau retxmciil-
ou—lor a union strong and indlssolubie hi me
so! love and nrolfierhood. This 1 k..ow to t>y
e feein g of tnc best people of the Ui re»o*ra-
« of paity prejudices, ana this 1 loci sure i> .-c
lmg ot me soutuem people, lucre i* no
> wipe out ail the
as
; spirits of tlic Merrj Circle, iatborougbly
i d am! wy< the lecture will be a rare trout,
j c* nuni-nccment exercises of Shorter col
I-ge wil; open on Friday evening. June 10th,
» filch nip fit there
.rirnary <lcparim>n
_ | K , pn^cbed by Rev.
joaegc chapel. Th'
pro ■ ise to bo very iuterestlrg.—Rev. C
.•ansiias been invited to lecture m this city
e night of the 14th prox., tor the benefit of
ouug Men's library association, and]will
men’s houses searched, but no nams could be
found nor evidence obtained agsiustany partic
ular person. Rev. M. W. Sams, a well Lnowu
Baptist minister, who has l een spending several
months iu Florida, returned to his home,"Violet
cottage,” near this place, last week, greatly im
proved iu health. The dry weather has almost
entirely ruined the oat crop iu this county, which
at oue time premised to t>e very fiue. The com
H'ld cotton crops i;re also injured. Wheat is good.
We had a fiue raiu a; this place this evening.
Bain bridge. May 30.—The union meeting o!
in attendance. Bishop Beckwith
town Saturday. Bishop Gross, of the Catholic
church preached in the c'mrt-honse Saturday
morning, aud at night to large audiences. It was
handsomely decorated witn beautiful fiowets
by the fevr members of the church liviug here.
—On Sunday we were visited by a refreshing
and vigorous rain that cooled our parched earth,
and made glad the hearts of our planters. Cotton
id larger and looks healthier aud cleaner of grass
recent rain will s ive it a vigorous growth. C.
has suffered greatly In this and our sister counties
Mr. Mike Colbert, express messenger is confined
inhloncga. This is
stowed ulion a dcse „ _
selection could not have l>een made from o
—Mr. E. Fra-kli i, of Florida, whoc
_ . town some we« k.s nir.ee, looking up ai
•stmeui, has, with Mr. J. ii. Kilby, • ”
actively into the lumber business. Their mill is
directly located on the line of the Marietta nud
"orth Georgia lailroad, and iu the couissof a few
mouth?, when the i* i\d i? completed to Ball
round, they will find ready sale andtrausporta-
for their lumber. Ihe demand for lumber
dw great and Increasing, and I have no fears
tbai thc.sc gentlemen have struck it big.
again to-morrow acd will tnke up the crimiunl
the past week Three
aud Mrs. Irby, reached here from your city
Monday night. The remains were carried to the
old family butylng ground in Greene county,
iroar emyrna. Mrs. Tunnell was a member of
the Baptist church. Her Christian virtues and
cheerful disposition made for her a large circle o
friends, who will mourn her death.
Barnesville, June 1.—Mr. W. R. Tyler, one of
our popular young men, left yesterday afternoon
for Miuedgevi'Je, where he will be married to-
ucs me cuupic m lung, piomuji me.
Another marriage comes off here to-morrow
night. Will name the parties after the event
A revival is going on at the Methodtst church.
Gordon institute is hammering away on l*in-
Carrolton, Miy 27.— Mr. William Conyers, a
resident of this place, accidentally shot himself
this morning. The gun was loaded with small
shot aud the enure contents were deposited in
the front part of his left shoulder and arm, near
the body, producing an ugly and dangerous
** ‘ aand
Athens, May C6.—Mrs. A. P. Dc&riug and
laui liter are on a visit to Atlanta. Rev. Mr.
Smith, of Gaiuesville, Is in Athens for the pres-
Fhi Kappa encu&l debate will take place on the
.. _ pope Barrow will p ” " *
lug suffered for seven mouths with that dread
isea.se, consumption. He has been a resident of
lie town for many years, and was highly es
teeruecl ——The protracted services at the Metho-
an ru boast of
n Mr. Evans, ri
, should he consent t 1
c-iept.
the bill
clarge a
lecture here. Tne
social ion intend
W. Giady to lecture at an early day
Mr. Frank J. Cohen left yesterday for Chattanoo
ga, bis future home. Mr. Cohen is one of the bes;
local editors in tbe state, and your corres|K>ttdeut
vrishes for him a brilliant career in the field of
j-.iumalism. The railroad magnates have left
• ■s, after deciding the depot quistiou. Our citi-
z ns are anxiously awaiUng developments r
ihe prejecteil road from Rome to Atlanta. _
generally believed that such a road would be of
vast benefit to both cities, audits completion will
be hailed with joy. Dr. . fe. Kv*:is, of the
Methodist church, preached an able sermon to-
ight on the temperance question. The doctor.
dashed off, upsetting the bi
to pieces "* w
fitil&brd
merstd in the river tLis morning, of the colored
Methodist church. Mosre Reaves, Nicholson
ib Co. will ureax ground for a large warehouse
ext week. Rev. G. G. Smi'h, oi Gaiuesville,
in the city. A walking match has been got-
m up nmoui; the young men, aud will come off
THE EXPOSITION.
The Contract tor the nnlfiltng-AB In*
ter cm fair Letter.
The contract for she erection of the exposition
buildirg wss let yisicrday to T. G. Healey for
545,000. The contractor is to furnish everything
and have one wing of tbe building ready for the
reception of machinery by August 1st, another by
A ugust 15, a third by September in and the entire
building completed by the 15tbof September.
About twenty or thirty small buildings wi:l lie
erected on the grounds, but they are not included
in the contract mentioned above. Engineer
Sabin has gone north t^coatract for motive power.
. ...— — * *-— —-.for
i* late
iml as far.
my duiy hurriedly
Mr. Seuey is an American oi Americans. All
his instinct* aud traditions arc wun uu* country.
Hts gnoidiaiher, Joshua Seney, wa» u member of
...Fanners’ ciub, of the American iustitu ,
held in its rooms iu ihe O-oper union, on Tue~
d-*y, Mr.y 24*h, 181, I>r. I. P Garrish in th**chair,
Mr. J. M. Jonca offered the following resolutions,
which wcic unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That we, the members of the Farm
ers’ club of the American institute, of the city of
New York, do most cordially extend our encour
agement and cooperation in the Atlanta cotton
•xhibition. t« held in that cit^ln October
question calmly
week with a severe attack of rheumatism,
Hia many friends wish for him a speedy reooveiy.
The venous committees on the fourth of July
celebration are actively at work. Cheap rah
i;re liave been secured on all the railroads leading
to this city. Tne fare from Atlanta to Rome will
lo 52. good for three days, and a large crowd is
expected from the gate city.—-One of the most
pleasant social events that has occurred here in
sume time was the gathering of young people at
e residence of Mr. A. R. Wright Friday night.
Tne merry uarty broke up at a late hour, after an
v vening of hearty enjoyment.
Uawkinsvillk, May 28—Mr. Joseph Mil
ler died at his residence in this place this morn
* * • ■ -• - ; aud severe"'
ittsburg. Pa.,
in 1858, and
resided here since. At the close of the late '
Ire* purchased au interest in the large carriage
manufactory here and wes principal manager in
a euccesful busincts until his health failed. His
death is a heavy io*s to our ;owu aud community
e served throughout thelatewarintheThir-
, -First Georgia regiment, under General J. B.
or don. His death has been daily expected for
hail this
•‘whatever 8euey ;
on the simple feet
bv Krvalues* of
. .u Ulitrettrival
Aiaoiu, -ic not»b,<
:ethe:
t-dcb
tfCCUpi
other
members *»f tbe satu**
ad served upon tin* snrre coraniiti
and I think l knew him ui ‘5t thor
and frotu my heart, in th^ae lari day
life, and when 1 have numbered un
sour score years, can truthfully say
cd
i road, a long ssnl promisin
, _ -the New York. Chicago and au
«tich i* capitalised at 5tk'.tMJ.0UU, and v
- , lonuneuiiy
b ne
v-ntroliod l>y viriuaily v
rare, anown on y i
pher.j
\V a
\V
Ihim
> bin
Eli
fhonys > Foster, B'-sd;
W • .1-* Ha*M . .honia*. \V. Cobb. H we I
Aid rhou.as iVibb, with the three hr.u? • -■>
IKiughrrTv, were all bom within the rad
& tew counties, and ail were nearly of the
* capital oi f-.G,
iteeis Kttcr. o
nquvi on Thursday
►t authority, "Mr. renej’s 1-jJiX aud raU-
nterpriaea.
benefits to them
American institute exhibits n« np.va
upon tbe agricultural, mechanical and manufae
i-.ring interests of the north and w»st, in deveh
ping skill and industry to sucbjperfccUon
mmand the first i re ml uni at the various inter*
tutional exhibitions.
ResoWed, That a committee ol five membeis
w appointed to attend this exhibition and report
ihe proceedings to the club.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolution' he
sent to the officers of the Atlanta exhibition;
nud we extend to them ardother members .vten
-.-‘siting our city the use of our rooms and .ibmry
-> well as their attendance ri our club meetings.
The committee will be appointed at the nest
meeting.
........
left here in I8»i8, aud has since been in nearly
the Pacific states aud territories, principally L tab,
f«*lors<V>, Nevada aid Ca iforni«. Mr. Merritt
was a citizen of liawkinsville tor years,
prior to and during .the war, and many roonu
meats to his energy and enterprise still exist here,
i-inong them the rnagnlfic-nt old “rock ware-
house” which he built just before the beginning
of the war. lie was also a leading * u ~
s amhnat enterprises—the only mts— —
and from Hiwkmsville before the
heat and enterprising young t.iwns-
.1, Messrs. Roswell A. and Frank S.
rriit, and of Mrs. R. W. Anderson
-.erritt is well knewa among the old settlers
i Macon. Savannah, aud, in fact, all
Heat healil
i ten is as active
We are beginning
only half his age-
in here now, and ii we uo not u
i wi;i begin to suffer. We h
were, but none to do any pei
e Baptist church here—Rev.
Tli* luteraationai.
Cinduuati Enquirer.
The provpectusof the International cotioa
sdUov. to be held at Atlanta, Oc’ober. Novemo^r
and December next, has been received. It a
neatly paper-bound pamphlet of thirty pages, aud
contains, b,sides a large amount of valuable in
formation, cut* of Oglethorpe park and a bird’s
eye vi w of the exposition buildingsand grounds,
several p«ag* s are devoted to the general r a!e« and
regulations lor exhibitors. Ia ihe clarification
the six departments are divided into for-j-one
groups, * xnnradng two hundred and twenty-two
classes. Department one is devoted to productive
machinery, implements, proceares, etc.; depart
ment two to natural products, textile, etc.; do
partnunt three to manufacturing ma
chinery; department four to mann-
. McCall, i*
rie- of meetings, a
t. Tne temper*!
ite by the uofile ladles
. xy and smashing
hull (fireman) is about
s in interest. Mr. Houickei
and fried chicken is scarce.
uuty. but
-Jt’sdrougl.., _
-Mrs. J. M. Sims died 8und«y la-
and was buried at Wiatervill
She had been sick lor several
THE EVIL PiSSIONS
THAT DRIVE MEN TO LAWLESSNESS
A Pennsylvanian Harden n Girl Who Preferred
Another for a Husband—'Taking Testimony
in the Ohriitlancy Divarc* Ca«e—
Crimea and Casualties.
rears, while battling in Mason’s mill pond in
liart county last Saturday evening, was attacked
with a spasm aud drowned before assistance
Eastman. May 80.—'Your
to-night oa a tour of several weeks, and may be
absent ell summer. The Constitution, however,
will be left iu competent and reliable hands at'
this place. Miss Carolyn Bishop also takes her
departure to-night for Marietta, where she will
perhaps remain during the summer months.
Mrs. M. A Guyton, who has been spending a few
weeks with relatives in this place, goes to Perry
t< -uight on a visit to the family of General Eli
Warren.
piers constructed for
Macon, May 31.—The first crate of Georgia
•c aches left here last night via Southern expresr
rNew Y’ork. The crop in this section is esti-
DOCTOR MUDD.
.ouday aiteruoou. Considerable interest is
rn, and h( J 1
have entered.
hown, aud heavy bets made ou tne favorites that
Rome, May 31 —A brass band is being formed in
this city composed of a number of talented young
gentlemen and promises to be a success. The
lailureof the Chattanooga batik created a ripple
mumps, is thought to be improving. Judge L.
E. Bleckley lectured here to night at the Neviu
opera-house, or* “Many and Much; or. Number
aim Degree." The judge was greeted by
sparkling wit and enjoyable humor. It is to be
hoped that Judge Bleckley will deliver his lecture
in other cities, for we feel assured that it will be
heartily enjoyed wherever it is delivered. The
judge was the guest of Mr. Joel Branham during
hia stay in the city.
Jonesboro, June 1.—About 12 o’clock last night
at little city was again aroused by the cry ol fire,
aud soon a large crowd were gathered at the bus
iness part of the town. It was soon discovered
that the two-story frame building owned by Jones
& Loyd and used as a wagon and bnggy manu-
s thousand doll'ir?
eied with the
Canton, May S').—Four car lo-vls, about 150
nic niggers," spent last Saturday in our town
iey beuaved themselves very gentlemanly, aud
Hawkli.s bridge and the other a
were let out last Saturday by our ordinary u* ar
William Buford at 5.90 cents per square yard f ;
heavy freshets in the fall washed away and dc
ino'-iahed the bridges in our county to such an
extent that many bridges will have to be bulit
and other improvements made by the c
A gentle rain fell yesterday,
phere and reviving thegard
crops which sadly needed it.
Qcitm an. May 30—Superior court adj<
after a two week’s session. Cousiderab.e civil
business was transacted. 1 he trial of Luke Me
Cormick, a ut gro, charged with the murder of
Marshall M. Kinsey, colored, occupied three days
and resulted in a mistrial.—.—Miss Anna Norris,
young lady formerly of Atlanta, was painfully
A Talk Will* the Man Who Set Wilkes
Boolh'a Broken JLe*.
G. A. Townsend in the New York Tribune.
While 1 was ordering dinner in the little
bar of the White tavern nt Bryanton, Mary
land, some time ago, a gentleman drove up
in a buggy who hud a strong body and
ountenance. He was clad in grayish
clothes, with a broad brimmed soft black
bat, and his jaws were long, the lines of his
face expressive of will and character, and
hia eyes were generally half closed, though
them you could see that he had a search
.* observation. He wat bearded about
the chin and bad a strong pair of
shoulders. Altogether he had a Virginia
body under the Maryland head. I ad
dressed him and at first he was a little
guarded, but in a few minutes dismissed
hesitancy and spoke frankly on the greatest
object which ever came within the range
:f his family or his neighborhood. This
,va3 Dr. George F. Mudd, the cousin of Dr.
.Samuel K. Mudd. the celebrated accom
plice of Booth. He is a republican, and 1
was told by the neighbors holds the very
highest position in all that region, and has
he largest medical practice. There are
four doctors at Bryantown and vicinity,
and it is, though a pretty place in itself, the
center of the beat families probably
Charles county.
The following is a memorandum I made
on Dr. Mttdd’s remarks: "Wilkes Booth,”
he said "wj-s well known here during the
ti ** or e x ui »aths previous to the assassina-
• i .a. recording to the best of our knowl
edge he came here first direct from Wash
i^igton city, riding out ou horseback, and
letter of introduction from Canada. The
people hereabouts knew who he was—
rather an unusual profession and kind of
man to be among m here. Dr. Samuel
R. Mudd had o»*eri a medical student in uty
office; he wou:«i be or.e of the last men to
assassinate anybody, but he was a bitter
man in the war, and that sullen, sour
feeling was not uncommon among
1 here is no question but that he k:
Booth some time before the tragedy, and
was in the plan to abduct the president.
Nor is there any doubt but that Booth had
long selected this country as the region
titrouvh which he meant to operate. He
had studied these roads, and several of the
parties he picked up in this part of the
country as accessories hart no other with
them than their knowledge of the roads
and how to get in and out. In that way,
perhaps, he picked up Surratt,
Atzerodt and Herold. When he
came out from Washington the
night of the murder he esme on the direct
road to Bryantown, until at some distance
to the northwest of us he struck the road
leading him across the swamp to Dr.Mudd’a
house. There he arrived in the morning
and stayed all day end took the next night
go to the Potomac.That is why so few per
Philadeli'iiia, J une 1.—The lower section
of York county, is wild with excitemeut
to night over the cold-blooded and heartless
ntutder of I^tma Myers, a young lady resi
dent of Coyles Ferry, which is a village
containing a few scattering houses, situated
upon the Susquehanna river, about eleven
utiles from this plac>». Miss Myers had
been living in the family of John Coyle,
the ferryman, for some time past. John
Coyle, Jr., the son of her host, fell desper
ately in love with her, and has several times
made overtures of marriage, which she
treated coldly. A few days ago he grew
more desperate aud told her if she did not
marry him he would kill her, and it is said
fired a shot over her head to frighten her.
She, however, did not relent.
This morning, as she was attending to
some duties at the spring house, Coyle
followed her from the house aud again
tried to persuade iter to give permission to
their marriage. She told hint in reply that
.-he would neither marry him* nor any
other man. He gave her the choice of
marrying him at once or being shot, and,
drawing herself up at full height and
placing her hand on her breiat, she said,
half p’ay fully, “Shoot me right here, Johu
Coyle.”
Coyle, enraged at being thwarted and
defied, drew a seven chamber revolver from
his pocket, aud placing the muz/.'e a 1 most
against her breast, discharged the weapon
aud the bullet passed directly through her
body, producing instantaneous death. Sur
veying his victim with a smile of satis fac
tion and revenge for n moment, he placed
the pistol over his braes'- and fired, the bul
let glancing harmlessly from his body, lie
again raised the weapon to the hack part t.i
his head and fired again, but the bullet
produced only a slight scalp wound. He
was, however, staggered, and, with the.
idea that he was mortally wounded, went
to the house aud informed his mother that
he had shot Emma aud had then shot him
self. He then went to bed and awaited
death front his wounds. The physicians
came and prononuced his wounds slight,
and he was taken in charge by the constable
ami was landed here in jail at noon to-day.
Coyle talks freely of the crime, and says
he would not have done it if Emma hud
not refused to marry hint and dared him U>
shoot her. He confesses everything con
nected with the terrible affair, and discusses
the matter coolly and with an air of bra
vado seeming in perfect ignorance of the
magnitude oi the crime of which he is
guilty. He regrets constantly that he
escaped a fate similar to that of his victim,
and still expresses a hope that his wounds
will prove fatal. Dr. Rouse, a prominent
surgeon and physician, was called to dress
his injuries, and to him Coyle pro
tested that he was insane and that
his own physician knew it was so. A care
ful examination of the mttrdert-r does not
'develop any symptoms peculiar to insanity
nor is it known.Uiat lie is subject to fits oi
temporary aberration of the mind. He,
liowever, lias a very repulsive and brutish
•ace, looking like a* man competent to per
form just such a bloody deed. He is largi
and brawny, and is regarded by all iu tin
neighborhood as a dai geroits and desperate
man. He is atxffe tne medium height,
with dark featiftra and heavy, dark
uoUitacLe. He is just the opjKtsite of
victim. Miss Myers was about
eighteen years ot age aud the iiossessor
ot great personal beauty, and was known
by sight to every one crossing the rive:
Unit point. Her manner was attractive
fascinating, and gained her a large circle of
warm friends. She was formcly a resident
f Chamber.tburg, but at the death of her
parents sometime since she went to reside
with the Coyles, where she assisted with
the duties of the household. It is stated
that she never encouraged the attentions of
young Coyle, nor in fact the attentions of
iiuy particular admirer.
At the scene of the murder this afternoon
there was a genuine feeling of sorrow at the
tragic fate of the beautiful young girl and
an intense feeling against the Coyle family,
who had exposed her to the dangers of their
reckless son. The coroner’s jury viewed the
remains, heard considerable testimony and
returned a verdict that Emma Myers was
murdered deliberately aud in cold
blood by John Coyle, Jr. K. D. Ziegler,
district attorney has sufficient lacts and
lestimony already to send the case to the
grand jury at the opening of the next term
oi the quarter sessions court, oa Monday
next, aud he will use every effort to have
the criminal speediiy pnnished. This is
the first murder committed in York county
for two yeara past and it is a theme that
in everybody’s mouth to-night.
Chicago, May SO.—At 1 o’clock this
morning Henry Graft, a German, tliirty-
i wo years old, died suddenly in a saloon
conducted by Nick Shanks, at the corner
of Elston and Fullerton avenues, in conse
quence of a drunken and most foolish act.
Graft went into the place aligntly under
the inllucnce of liquor, and after passing a
few words with a number present, waiked
up to the bar and called for a pint of the best
whisky. When it was furnished and
r.aid for instead of taking it away, as the
crowd supposed he would do, he coolly
crank it to the last drop, dome acquaint
ance made a joking remark about me size
of the drink. Thereupon Graff a-serted
that he could drink a quart more, and was
willing to back himself up to the extent
. f j!.._ 0*1,0
Chicago, June 1.—The Times publishes
the following interview with Mr. J. C.
Wright, of the United States Marine hospi
tal, who is an old friend of Jeffer*ou Davis.
Mr. Wright, in reply to au inquiry as
to how long he had known Mi Davis, said:
“He was room mate and hum at West
Point. We both graduated iu the class of
1828. Our attachment was extremely close.
He was at. ardent, impassioned boy,
tv d. although im was not poa**
s-aaed of superior bodily strength,
he was almost entirely without
fear of anything. He was particularly tena
cious of opiuion, aud asserted himself al
ways in the meat positive maimer. He was
a boy who attracted all who came near him
and was a universal favorite at the school.
During our stay at the school four classes
graduated some three or four hundred offi
cers, of whom but three are now living,
excepting Mr. Davis and myself. Two of
them, General N. B. Buford and General C.
1*. Buckingham, live in Chicago, while the
third is General Charlotte Drayton,of Soutii
Carolina. General Drayton is a son
of the General Drayton of the revolutionary
war, and he and Mr. Davis, were the only
ones of tbe five that were in the southern
confederacy. Alter leaving West Point Mr.
Davis and I met hut a very few times, al
though we have kept up a correspondence
for the past filty years, excepting the time
cf the rebellion. A fter it was oyer, I wrote
to him to learn if all that was said of him
was true, intending, if he was not clean in
his personal record, that the correspon
dence should cease. I was soon satisfied
that much that was told of him was coined
in times of excitement and hatred. For
instance, that petticoat story.
The truth of it is that Mr. Davis and his
wife were not traveling together at all. He
and a party of geutlemen were making
i heir way toward western Texas on horse
back, and were far in advance of Mrs.
Davis, who, with her sister and servants
and escorts, were traveling in ambulances.
On the night before their capture they
bad beard that they were being
followed by banditti, who believed
that they were carrying away with them all
the confederate funds, and so they halted for
the purpose of letting the ambulances catch
up with them, which they did. Tents were
then pitched, and the party retired for the
night. Mr. Davis slept with his boots on,
ready to jump up and mount his horse at
any moment. It is true that he hail taken
ofi'hisco&t. Well, during the night Wilson's
Michigan cavalry came tip on one side of
them aud the Wisconsin cavalry came upon
the other. Kach’mistook the other for rebels,
and they commenced tiring. Mr. Davis was
ol course, awakened by the firing, and,
knowing that it was imjHissible for any
confederate soldier to be there, he jut»{ied
up. Knowing that he was captured, he
bought lie might effect his escajte during
■illusion, but ii he found that intpes-
ble. he decided that he would stop further
■loodshed by giving himself up. Just as
started to leave the tent. Mrs. Davis
inded him that he had forgotten his
, and an old colored aunty picked up
Mrs. Davis’s shawl aud lie threw it
is i boulders Mr. Davis was
much wore feeblu then than he is now, aud,
rful of the chiIIof the air of the gray of
morning, he kept the shawl about him.
sta-ted out and tried to find his horse,
■Inch he had left tethered near the tent.
;;t before he left the tent the cavalrymen
discovered the identity of one another, and
' ad surrounded the little c imp with a guard.
Of course everything was rtone in less time
than it takes to tell it. Well, Mr. Davis
found his horse, but it was mount-
by a Wisconsin cavalryman,
then determined to Haunt
the shawl in his horse's face iu the hope
that he would rear back and dismount tne
cavalryman, and then he could mount him
nd escape. J ust as he had removed the
shawl from his shoulders for that purfiose
he found that another cavalryman was
right behind him. Seeing then that escape
is impossible, lie gave himself up. That
the truth about the capture; but so far
his being in Mrs. Davis’s petticoats is
jriccrned, that is simply ridiculous.
‘Mr. Davis is a very j*oor man; he is
at is called land |»oor. He is living now
the property bequeat hed to him by an
lady who died without natural heirs,
but there were some debts ou the estate,
and as the devisee he became the executor
of Hie estate and was obliged to pay off
these debts to got control of the property,
and be had to borrow money to do it with.
So the bequest has really thus far been a
burden to him. Jiis own plantation he has
leased entirely lo his old slaves, and they
it to suit themselves and never make
more than a liviug off it, and he does
not seek to compel them to pay any rent,
was his poverty that determined him to
■ite his book, it is now in the hands of
Appleton A Co., the New York publishers,
atut he expects that it will be out in a very
.tort time. It should have been out some
time ago, and its non-appearance is one of
his reasons for coming north at this time.
to get a royalty on each I took publish
ed, and is, of course, anxious that sales
shall begin as soon as possible.
says he wouldn’t have slavery re
stored if every negro iu the south would
beg to have the old conditions renewed.
Neither he nor any southern man of sense
wants slaves again, and they wouldn’t have
them if they could. He regrets, and ao do
I. that the negroes were clothed with tlie
responsibility of the ballot until they had
received at least some degree of education.
As it has been, the ignorant negroes have
been pliable for right or wrong in the
hands of any who chose to use them.
Then he talked some about the Conk-
ling-Garfield controversy, and he says
phatically that the president should be
sustained in upholding his constitutional
right in nominating, and, by and with the
cousent of the senate, appointing the
olliceiHof the government. It will destroy
the government and make executive au
thority a farce, to compel the president to
ask senators whom lie may nominate*
When fie was in the senate. President
Buchanan sent to him to ask him about a
certain federal appointment in his state,
and he says he told the president that
five dollars. The
taken, the money put
bet
, Nor should 1 nee'
■:o*\ • .n this »irt Mark A Cooper and Abrahsr
The H. Chappell and Eu^mus N Cn
the area and so simultaneously produce such
Th.- galaxy of Talent, virtue aud worth, as w
r- ,,f found :n these men of a few counties i
t a; uidule Georgia . - W. H. Sparks.
i.COu ioift
%»»;. Aa tTideoce oi Lis :-bu:;y to oommauC
'. one/ ia the great money capital oi this
o- .airy is shown iu the iaci ifeat in lcsathan
, lortj-etgh; Boars Be secured il6.uUO.iO) c*p*ul to
*y i,.. j tu vest in totufiera securities, oi which none- ol the
subscriber* xnew & single thing. The power oi
>:.oh a man to do sood is -imply ic calc U ale,
cud it » a raaiter oi con gram union that he has
turned hi* atienuou to southern investment*.
What his wealth !*, is hard to say. Mr. Mc-
• rocken, the superintendent oi construction oi
he new road*of the system, remarked yesterday i
nai Mr. 8eney hsd cleared fa.000,000 in the ,
machinery and manufactures. The dirwio:
are represented in the pamphlet bysn ad dm
* inch touches upon the many points of in teroi
'' “ e exposition. The clas.es in depanmen
the j
auty l
irtof
Ttif* Frodls •! Ibe Revtwfon.
New York Herald.
The question has been asked again and again
' lag to the best report. His fortune
vdj"..-.usly«:im*ted to be from <12.000.000 to *20,-
A11 applications i.
accomplish that end. Its affairs i
ged under an abundant guarantee fund,
rarious committees are nsmed in tl
pectus, whicn t* stocked with matter oi :
Albany. May Si.—This section is badly
x -i- werfellr.cre last rfu
last evening plenty
surrounding country.
5 the report of a good
z to suffer. The gar
dens about Aln&ny nave ubou; succumbed to the
drouth, and the supply of garden truck is short
sorry. For i-.me t me pas: the city council
:e portion oi it, on the aliened ground
inefficiency Their ehtion brings
indignant response and protest
rUh Utc council that*chon*
i> ueot*-«.ixy. The city bos a
team tire engine and anparatt:
i. and the? feel that they
’ ostly ap-
—The corn-crib and
oil the princip
cannot afford to throw
pliocces on an inefficient i
though they be voiunteers.-
contents oi fodder house and wsgo
place of J. G. Lundsy, in cist Dougherty, were de
stroyed by fire last Saturday night.
It is supposed to be the work of an incendiary
A well attended protracted meeting ho* com
menced at the Baptist church in this city.
wounded in the foot, having dropped a pistol
while removing it from one place to another.
Fishing parties are numerous and successful.
Crops generally are suffering for rain, but tbe
melons are growing finely and promise an
.abundant harvest. sheriff McNeil lt-ft tfcli
morning for Slepheas's pottery with Savannah
— ■— * —•'need to the chain
CHATTANOOGA, May 30 -
gives the acoirant of a don
l<ort. Alabama, yestenay. twenty xnilcs from
Chattanooga. An Irish tramp named
Meehan, while bathing Saturday morn
ing with some young men, be
came angered because they spattered him
with mud, msaed for his knife anti cut William
c..peland in the nock, causing iusunt death.
The tramp was seized and bound hand and foot,
aud wnile in prison Sam Reese, a cousin of Copt-
inud, slipped up and shot Meehan through the
head, causing death Immediately. Reese escaped.
Tne two cousins sre connected with the weaith-
kst and most substantial families iu that neigh
borhood.
house. The new part will be four s
s high,
him. I think his plau was to ride
by night and hide by day; that required
of course a good previous knowledge of the
country. The night he left Dr. Mudd’s he
came due south, passing by a road two or
three miles east of this and between
here and Hughesville, till he
came to another road running off
somewhat easterly; by that fie got down
to Cox’s place, iir. Cox died a year or so
t*go. I saw him in custody in tbe second
story ot this hotel with handcuffs on his
hands. The only person who Haw Booth
that night that has spoken is a negro who
directed him to Cox’s house. Our supposi
tion has been here that Booth crossed im
mediately into Virginia, but the contrary
opinion prevails. If he could get across
the river there was not much necessity fpr
his staying on this side, which was soon
overran with troops
A Cltaplnlu Advlslag IIIn Creator.
Albany. May 4t.—At the opening of tbe
s ession, Kev. M. C. Lockwood, of the First
Baptist church, of this city made the
^ p r and the
fuTf quantity of the*liquor poured out. The
reckless man put the measure to nis lips,
and never removed it until the whiskey
h-d disappeared. He then turned around
with a laugh to claim the money, saying i
.* mocking way, “There, you, what did
tell yout’* But before the two bills
could be placed in his shaking palm
he fell to the floor unconscious.
The saloon-keeper and startled lookers
made every exertion to arouse him, but
wi.imut avail. In a few moments Graft'f
respiration and pulse ceased He was dead
fue police were at once notified, and the
■-\loon taken in charge by them, while
ribank was arrested to await the action
the coroner’s jury. Graft was a single ini
end worked at Lister's bone factory
Elston avenue, aud is said to have been
generally an industrious
Dr. Plww'iAiivic*.
From "Our Brother iu Block.”
The late venerable and eloquent Dr. Lovick
Pierce, who never mb Bed a chance, during a min
istry of seventy-five years, to do tbe negroes good
was preaching out* ou ••Christian Progress’’ at a
ramp-meeting, it wor his manner to make ss-
lonUbiug climaxes now a*id
.. for him to nominate whomever h«
chose, and if there was nothing against the
nominee’* moral character, and he pos
sessed the qualifications requisite to the
proper performance of the duties of the
office he was nominated for it was the plain
duty of senators to consent to his appoint
ment. But when the executive preroga
tive must be sacrificed to the personal
political ambitions of individual senators,
then indeed is the government in danger,
and without respect.
“Mr. Davis will visit our other classmate,
General Drayton, in South Carolina, on hia
way back. He only came by way of Chi
cago to see his classmates here. This made
the third time he came north to visit me,
but it is the first time he got to me. The
first time he came was while I was in Cin
cinnati. He came up as far aa
Covington, but he received so
many anonymous letters threatening bis
life that he was afraid to cross the river
Then, again, he intended coming to see me
when he was invited to address the agricul
tural society of Illinois, in 1876, but there
was so much talk raised about hia having
been invited that he concluded not to
come. This time he came very quietly,
and I met him at the depot. He was
keenly touched by bis kind treatment
wblle'in Chicago.”
GEORGIA CROP AND FRUIT ITEMS.
> him
Iruuting on Jackson street, and will edd 01 rooms
to this already elegant hotel. The ground floor
Yt ill contain nve store rooms. Mr. Mitcheil is oue
of our most progrewlve and public spirited citi
zen*. and Tbomosville is greatly iudeoted — W1 —
f jr her present prosper*i
commencement of ~
take place in the
of the university,
* ** n-
literary address.
take place in the latter part of June. Dr. Mell,
... - )re#C Qtne commencement
profits of sales of the revised New i
* There is no Bible rocietv or mis i
Delation to profit iherebv. bat after
Ufa
y nearly
fiihout embirrasameat. It is rapidly growing
s ms er ro-rprise 1 * are uniformly successful
traverse
i,
seleciLn.* were of
ter and tr.tallvger.ee of the
eoramuTed a- aristocratic I
drawn for each
Testament
ch count v tbe pajirg expenses, which by the Englishoemnu
.f ■>,. are gvrea aa <100.000 for work thus fordone
V ? .v ' ! both Testaments, oil other profit* go to th** t"
ran ui tne vexsnr pres* publisher, who at the
a d the high [ '.ten of tne eopvroght euarantced all expenses
"tv selected the revisers then Ihe American committee,
rr-mon there s ??* eTl
m in this latter
and these were t^en paid by ’ private subscription* up u> this ; some time a capitalist
1 were exc**p’*-d ume. The profits must be very great if the Ox- buy no baptise* tile tha: nhich ocmes of aoisc
..ro.rs. Tmt>e forvi publishers have already sold, os rerorted. good, and that tbe mi* r n/.» no :-tj to live by and
v* eliaroe- -.*».aoo copies. But this number includes the no hope to die with like ihu of the man who
' , x«jj.o.v> sent to this oountrv. The different styles does hi* duty to his fu.-ow-mea—and above all.
old cheaper ia the United states than they it teaches that a man may be a Christian ana as
* Beams” nt Haase mad Abroad.
•J. R. R.” in Augusta Chronicle.
Derby is enraptured with Mr. J. C. Hsrrii
t eopvr-g
era then
_ . receiie and will not get one
cent. Tneir expenses, not for labor, but for
travel, cnrreapaodeoce stationery, e’c.. have that
xt capital at his back. He
Sisy }<«• oi w« »*! In tte b«t olfeaUtt, 1 • Uncfe*SmiV’’wM<a» h*T prana on. o! ih.
he ha* many years of uscfulueai ahead ol j znoet popular of recent pubiicatioua. it is nos
~ or g 12.000, and ha* crossed the water, givxnz it
iuent.ti as w c ll as an Amur!
line with that of Mark Twain.
‘ r for the sake of Joe
Georgia. Our people
y who ha* ilia-traced
them, and who will, like Hons Christian Acder-
o'peroua. it t
al on 1 at the *
i may \
be lib- | i ant glad of this, cot only_ for the sake of Joe
Fn
i of the *
It has
superior overt, names to serve as grand For example, the very popular twenty cent edi* under
a ouomm of this number ennsti- i rioa aold herein New Yora.sells in London and I condes
• • , . ........ ? Quebec for twenty-fire or thirty occ to. and the and d.
•,,,_« , "i.. i_ . i wucorc tor iweacy-cTc or thirty cccto. and the and devion* that a Christian mu** *»j owur *«»
iUteri t rnt body. Appeal* were taken from I &j«bcr priced copies are proportionally in- nicer scrapie when fro goes out into active busi-
f -~f jury to be tried by crossed. J no*. Through a long life, active ail the time.
th* verdict of *
Tne tubsrr.pnon books for the capital suck will
c and probably longer. A new and beautiful
r arid set of
>r this ehu
derouuns'.iou.
ehuroaheroa: _ _ , „
for the completion ci their fine brick structuie
Washington street. Tne Brunswick fair opens
on.the yth of June. The iirucswick and Albanv
railroad will sell half fare tickets, and
that many of
following prayer which was freely com
mented upon after its delivery:
Our Father end our God.we come to Thee seek
ing thy favor and wisdom for the legislature. A
great issue is before them, about which strong
^anions are excited. Conflicting opinions arc
Lressiug upon them. Selfishness and hatred are
motives which prompt human action, alas, too
often. Love of position or place may se w ' *k
men from their integrity and honor. Wep*. -*ee
to heip the weak to be loyal to their com ...lions
to the comiug conflict of opinions. May neither
organized mec ace nor fear of personal loss lead
. „ v j any man to betray his self-respect
I.aGeange, May 31.—Mrs. Cooper, ihe mother- i OT J barter his honor. Thus may
„ nr Methodist pastor. Rev. C. Po;-e. . *n fulffl the trust which had been
e paroonag** eunjmy m ining at . rt pcf«d in them, and may the result be that
conaeqofiT.ee of tbi* atihetton no ser- wu i,^ Ehall have Thine approval, which shall
eld. Mr*. Cooper had been s-ck for uy and clear y establish the right and defeat
but it wo* thought that one was ia- ^, e wrong. If in any way the honor of thi* state
prt.vlur. ond her death wo* a sad sarprtse^to the j ha , beeo affected by the fais-neoa or folly of any
‘ pray to Thee that it may be by the wfar
cited
rising
lull
trumpet
tones. aud hi* eyes flashing as lew
• yes ever fleshed, ills rifcbt hand w«s still high
advanced. he congregation trembled for him.
V* hat could he say roor ? Bat he was ihe master
of such a crisis. He would up the sentence with
bn expression like thunder: "If you can’t crawl
—worm it along 1 -” ^
Home I'rwperliy.
Springfield Republican.
The southern newspapers are good reading
t days. They take sensible, * * u
ic; but it was thought that one was ia-
*nd her death wa* a sod surprise to the
immunity The funeral took place yesterday . m .„ wt . Ui uiannam/ uc uj ^
•Episcopal uetvn^s were held iu the 0 [ tails legislature, made to ssiert Its dignity
our country and its representatives. May ad
Prest yterlan church last aunday morning and
evening.;—The LaGrange Light Guards have 1Trril
been f nallemeed by the * est itoint Guards for a ami charity,... -
prize drill They wiii go down about the middle m our prayer for help and strength aud wisdom
of June. Court nas adjourned. for there men.
^. n _ t _ i _ ¥ din themai
pa*rtotic£ views of national politics, and are en-
•eged ie the pleasant labor of recording home
prosperity. The coming expj ition at Atlanta,
is cordially welcomed, aud promises to fitting
ly represent and benefit southern Industrie*
In addition to the business boom already reported
from several cities ol the south. Richmond c aims
'‘everywhere signsol brighter and better things."
* - - -**-—* — art; being vigorously
great hotel ana opera*
projected, ihe state newspaper ufges
tty mu-t have a new hall, and it coI.k
,V4 t „T T1 -it.arkatiofl of capital iu manufacturing
enterprises, arguing that "skilled. Intelligent la-
<1el;>*rWu<m« be chraralerlrad W wrartw gS'Xtojwl XtM^preducUra Mamd,
banty, la all ir anllnea ol “ “t, liiilnti, im dcpen^enoe.”
Albany, May 28 —The fair, so-called, which
came to a close yesterday afternoon. wa« not much .
in the way of a fair, but w*s n- vertaeless a arritig-; for the _
delightful and er joy able oocarion—a sort of two | the Army of (Cumberland,
days' picnic on a large scoie. diversified with
tertainment of the society of I and* kiiled tOMfay at CynthUna. Ky., by his
" *■ rother-in-law,_Alexander Odor. HuD married
hlch meets hero __
^ 0 sep'.ember zist and and 22d. President Garfield, c»dor'te sister. Thoueh she died tea years ago,
number of novel and interestiag features. Several j .Secretary tiiacol* and other members of the j ihe two men hare had Li feeling toward each
horse races cats? off. also fcy>t stilt, wheelbarrow 1 cabinet nave notified tne secretary that they will i other all that time, growing out of a family quar-
and velocipede racing, glass ball shooting. pri« ! be pre-ent. Generals Sherman. Sheridan. Han- i The murder b«s the appearance of aeltber
dec amation, essay reading, dancing, etc. It was ! c cz rchofieid. Polk, Aturer and Crook and other *tton. Odor came to town armed with a double
r*tner short «n exhiDits, but the above and other i prominent army offioem wiii attend. Gen. Grant i barreled shot gun, loaded with bucoshot, and
attr*ctions in abundance, were greatly appro I promises to attend the reunioa if not prevented j finding Hull, he called to him. "Are >ou ready*'’
ctau-d by a large crowd :a attenuonce on both 1 by be nine m Great preparations are being made aud fired. The fi-at shot brought Hull to the
day?, many of whom were from a | fe«rc bJ tire local committees. | around, and Odor then deliberately fired the
distance. Mitchell
ties sending
the
Dahlonxga. May 80.—Mrs. Mary C. Pieme, I
head, tearing ti into a
nephew of Ben Butler, ana that his right name is
William If. Salisbury, of Salisbury, Mas*. H<
was forced to leave borne on account of reckles-.
new. went to Californio, mode a fortune in th<
gambling and saloon business, and afterwards lost
all. He came to Colorado three years ago. He
nss two sister*, one married at.d wealthy, living
in Lawrence. Moos. H.nce the murder, friend*
have been doing everything t " **
»achuseti« lawT**»ware h»r»
Fine oat patches around Athens.
Wheat around Homer looks fine.
AD alton orange tree is bearing fruit.
Chops are promising la Catoosa county.
Corn and wheat doing well in Fayette.
The apiaries ol Talbot county pay well.
CpTTON in McDuffie county is In good condi
tion.
Crop prospects in Washington county very
fine.
The wheat prospect around GrantvlUe is very
good. w
McDuffie county will make fully half a crop
of fruit.
In Murray county hands command from <12 to
<15 per month.
The Irish potatoe crop ol Hancock county will
be a short one.
Judge Pope, ol Albany, Is eatiug green com
from his garden.
The average wool clip el Talbot county Is bet-
:r thou last year.
J. L. HiRDAWAY, of McDuffie county, hasten
Good prospect lor fruit.
Mb. Sam Nottingham, of Talbot oounty, is
raising a fine crop of hay.
A large amount of western com and bacon
carried to Houston county.
Dr. M. D. Summerlin, of Sandcrsville, Is eating
»n than lor several years.
Abound Powder .Springs wheat looks well,
arn fine, cotton late but good.
Dr. W. O’Daniel, of Twiggs county, has sold
20Q bushels of peas this season.
As a general thing the oat crop of Hancock
oounty will not be a good one.
W. M. Copeland, of Henry county, is experi
menting in rloe culture this year.
Wheat and oats are rapidly maturing In Troup
county, and some are ready to cut.
Talbot county farmers are giving cotton chop
pers 40 and 50 cents a day and feed.
A. J. Tison, of Sumter county, has seven acres
of cotton from ankle to hall leg high.
B. H. Herndon, of Troup couuly, has a field ol
cotton which will average nine inches tail.
The clover and grass crops of Whitfield oounty
very fine, and are now'ready for the i
From three acres of land W. L Orr, of Sandera-
vnie^ will gather 20.0U0 pounds of oats in the