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EMINENT MEN
IN THE EARLY DAYS OF GEORGIA.
KsWk Aagtiti* Btall-SU BfflUait Gamr—
TAts'M tc th* L-giriattr*—Mrettag Mitch-
*’l m tc* F.*.d «.f H.xsr—Other
Xaeidratf 1f H;« Lift.
ttir.u n {or The r>,n«titution.
Araonsnit tl»« yoai.j; men of the !«*?:.■:*-
lore of 1H2-*. ami wuo auljfteqnebtly be
• . inf duttingmmed in the htate, was
Robert Atiguetu* Heali. He represented
I In* county ol Twi«sp. He was not % nn-
live «.'•'.lyiaa, hot wan roared in the
hU!* 1 iron, t.i ear.iewt infancy. lie was
Ljru .n I'rinrf <i < rs* county, Maryland,
• »n* •• »i»:b day of November, 1800. Jlin
fair « r moved to Georgia in 1 80K, and set
tled in Warren county, where his son
Robert wan reared, -it the common
nchoola of the county young Beall re
ceived the ru*i»in*-nt* of an education,
Hint in biafi'leeuui year was sent l» fta-
■fTHE
.
Carolina, wh*
rdoealion. Ki
romery, in ttu city ■
ji a lmno- i to the iia
twenty years of ajr
i •; to
IN MYRA CLARK GAINES’S FAMILY.
>m!oct and expression. Lumpkin,
>.gn always iaq*erioua and fervid in I
SIXTEEN JESUITS,
never lost control over the ,
h.io»H of his genius, but AND the story of their arrival.
tncie with a ripe and control- |
the
in;? iucUinent.
T»i .oils, reuembled much the iumorlal
ty site, 1 I’rtnuss, but ii was only at tiinen and for
the huj>er:or ; ^
n of ihi lion, iatlu
mg Beall. by ex- nalu
rncreeded Judge j toe
district. Already !
unit ii4 a lawyer
one of th«
«>{ the Mate
ijual to the lofty
nnber | "-hJ continual lights ot genius of this
• •Oder. In many things these
arkshh- n.en w* ;e alike—both
*n excitiiuieiti and both were
gnaiion of il.r lion. | ibtLienced by the etheriality of their
fiud ihii excitement through
: Both were equally
• r.*u«, equally brave and equally
,.r» . dent,, careless of the future and
»digal o: lb;? present, deapisibg the
II routine of every-day life, but al
seeking and loving the scenes of
mr*y ;,»• r*'*"- 1-exc.t-. -i ""J-W r- *,>. hr.ppy a*,
./high nbiiitief, « the forum >>t >n the hustings, sur
rounded by the excited multitudes and
vimu'ating this excitement to phranzy
with a:: eloquence whi.-h seemed r.lmoet
lapcrhurnan. In tier atrsence of these
• hey would —• ex it at the gamingtable or
in the intoxijating draught. Such fiery
* nils burn up their miserable tenements
tod pass away ere yet they have reached
the ten o’clock of life's little day.
I’.eall was re-elected to the legislature
in ]->•_*♦*, and continued to increase his
reputation by his efforts, and before the
and hate, cod of bis term was ranked amongst tic
men of the state. He continued t-
•lice law, hilt he worried ot its
Igr ry and despised the labor neces-
disajqMiint si ry to excellence, ami relied too much
ative powers and tlie prompt-
? genius. When the imjiort-
•a«e demanded careful pr pa-
ambition rv.!'*n, he would g»* about it with an
entlv foreign to his
imderof nature, ni l :! wra* c randy at variance
mnlv with ids nabits, but when he did come
pr»*p.ire«l, «»r entered th
apples! j Xj. Arp#.r*rc* af 3x:tta Barp’ic-.d S:ranr«r» la
r.Y«rk 0?-a* op ft Very Isnrwtisg
Gnipur of Hic*rscfft& H story—
Plots sci Const* rplot*
Sew Yu'-k Jart 27.—The .••Itaaitr Costs
Rica, of the Pac sic Mail company’* Centra*
Aioer.ca . ami Mexican line, arrived in
Pjnsn.aon the 1- hiust. bringing oixseeu
Lauit prleat*. the adrsnet- guard of a strong
d io.p'T.an*. body to which the order of
expulsion from the republic of Nicaragua
* a- b:c;» j»..vea by iha govern merit of that
l.very \ <
. Itched
id with
■ded to
ng man
locratic
and ml
<•?, and
unuy.
I ft* etrcbms'aurTw.
ri»e of powers wLi<
voted i;
•ptiona'.
»favorably i
hieU 'led :<» this ex-
of late years have
Nicaragua arc ptetx
Ir. IsTo a number
itbers who bad
from Guiitsi:
ikon part against the
? r voluti. i..5 of that
' . i. to Thrir advent
beirstsy I l oountry
:t<«l no attenti K.v
t in I*et» \ where th. y
Governor Gibuer, in his lo.t of * , Gecxgift j
ai u <ieorg!S!j-." say*: General Clark* hiv
ing ■ wrh fa- ea ! the ha?t eof Jack's
eek ; nd di»ttnjrn*«h*d himreif bv tbe
:tive part whicli he tu*k in the brawls
i;i • '•.! ii. th* diys. thought hi.-- . ftorr?
light be a’tfoded witn bet‘e-* niece s A
j. iieT’pe wa sent to Mr Craw-ford and
acc*i»trU O.i the day of the meeti-g
Clerlce and his teci.-.f’s barra sedblm wi:u '
m i d:d£ v
i
qnibb!e«« and ooutroverstea he
of t-mp-r and «©Jf 1m guard When h-
uxk i.i- f-osif.o.: Iiii di-engaged «nu
w*-* fr^oi'er. and w*« .utj'rrfd t*
hai g outside hie body. General Cierke's
bai. .-.'.rack hii existed wrist. Clarke’,
ba ' -d was :ncrt'a*(d hut^ad of teir.^ ap
pes-e*! by this arc dertai Mirce-a He re
lie wed b;s •hAllei.^e v.iLou* ar*y renew* d
off. use. end c.»n'inu *1 a- l*».:g as !;« !ivei»
ii. Oft.rdi to oba*n:i*i b .- all tr.e rnran? he
Could *ssamentlriie wj» if Mr C’a*fords
jo iedva ceu ♦ M "
y*' it:. I* m-U t . -It C-Y'."
me. rri- r}. . (Ttoi-r i< ch rg-t by Mr L-tniar
i. , l \ \
HERE GOES JOE.
A TRAGIC SCENE ON A BRIDGE.
A Yotrg Min Ucd^r the I&fia.-tce rf L ; qn?r
Jcisps Freni the Si. Lscis Bridge Iitc
the S?e.lirg Wstert Below —
A Sirasgo E cap*.
rd the trial of J l fge
iiiiis nnd mi cntlm»i;utic partisa
id wae envied by tho-.e *>* c.»rree|e>n<
< nmbili'iii «>; bis own part
id .-«.rdia :y disliked by bis opjionent
of truth as of ch.
ms, and every election f
.. g.lt ol the people wa
•d, in tl»M niiitst of gren
i dent
l. s ly brave,
friends and
mi.ty oi bis
oost equally
•very office
ioeoiy con
el que
sh all who
lily t
depth
soul of j
oustlti
qual of
» par-
• 1'ially
*|tientl;
leads to 11
oils afleciit.g e.
j on the watch
mailed
other
im opportunitv
Ml u..-f im*I Ucail s.K.i,
found it foe as ambitious as himself, and
quite as brave, m Thomas Mitchell.
At ti.e .ii»n*-r table «»x .Martin Harden,
I'wall ep'ike ir.-. ly and bitterly ol Mitch-
. 11. Tina found in- willingearof Miteh-
ell; the consequence wna a challenge to
the field ol honor. Tnis was promptly
.n eepseil, and a meeting was had. Two
idiots were exchanged, when the inter-
lerenco of Iriemis terminated the con-
llu’t, and uninjured the parlies left the
fo ld. Mitel:.;, was a . v »uth Caroliman,
dangerous foe,
nl there
iioligst the
ends'of
ring
• tills ail.i
vhen it
kno
t .ul It h id r.-NUlt«st as It did.
h is the faMimn. I the world to con
demn the practice of dueling; lit the
same time to commend personal courage
a- tUvchieb st of manly attributes. There
is no test ol this more conclusive than
the risk *>f life in single combat, rather
than submit to insult or the .uiputa
tmn of dishonor. Tins position mny o:
may not be true, but the world accept:
it ns such, and lienors Iran who will
promptly, in open cotnlnU and on «qnal
terms, im et tii.i* nemv.
uig with Mr. Mitchell, no one doubled
the chivalton* bravery of Heall, and his
popularity with his jhh»|
tnblishcd! Ii was known that he would
at the iinxard of fits life, and consequent
ly no otic assailed the
the other.
nfiict lit
meeting of tin
bv those who Wue
to
• lor Ul
Iforlf. In
ny man of his day. And
ciliars he was hkened to l/ird lly-
ul certainly more resembled Prentiss,
i - highest or*Her of genius in the ab-
t-i.ce of tl«- other attributes of greatness
i frequently the cause of great unhappi
tt-ss, as manifested in the character and
Ityron and Shelley,
that of John Itan-
lolpb, 'Thomas .Marshall, S. S. Prentiss
it. 1 itolnrt Augustus Beall. Their
ihotightsand feelings etherwlized,lifts the
44»iil above the realities of life, driven to
L*ncounter tio-r.e disapjK)intments de
pression follows, ami a gloomy
in —lancholv ensues, and these al
ternate excitements and depressions
wear out tiie vitality of The physical
»nan, ami all such either die soon or eke
•ot a wasted, drivelling life in debasing
dissipation. Byron spoke from the heart
when he saM: ’biennis, thou art a fatal
gift.” His sad experience attested its
i ruth; and so did tout of Beall.
In his twenty-seventh year he had so
established his reputation as an orator
»nd statesman that the states rights par-
r nominated him for congress to till a
,!•-».icy. He was opposed by General
l;isoock, and was defeated by a very
nail majority. The v>te was by general
«ket, and the canvass was closely and
warmly contested.
at the anti-tariiT meeting of
|xt2, and subsequently at the great state
rights meeting in 1SR* at MUletlgeville,
that his wogcler/ul iiowers were conspic-
nouBly dtspiaycSV. This was ’tlie*~tno*
remarkable lonveniion ever bold in
irgia, and was composed of her very
iblest citizens. The Honorable Christo-
pher B. Strong presided, and A. B. Long-
led as secretary. The
that convention A. . v . Clayton, W. 11.
1, Win. C. lUniel, Seaborn Jones,
Richard W. llahershaiu, 1). P. Hill house,
U K-kweit, A. 11. Cliappeii, George
II. Young, General Augustus Beall, Col-
mel New i.m, Charles Dougheriy and
iieneral Kli Warren ; and these co’nstitu-
;ed a committee to prepare resolutions
repressive of the views of the
itute. livery one of these gentlemen
>\a* eminent in the state for abilities,
liiuli character, and their public service
in the various departments of the state
government. Ail of these, with the ex-
ivption of that noble old patriot, and
conspiculously gooil man, iieneral War-
ren, are m ttie grave, and every one of
them has left .i proud name to posterity.
Bead was the youngest man u|>on that
committee, and every man upon it recog
nized him :ts equal in all that makes man.
At thaL tune there was opening to him
the dawn of a brilliant future. He had
been elected a brigadier of militia, ap
pointed the governor’s aid, proud posi-
t.oun in the state at that time; honored by ]
the confidence oi the people oi his !
country, and admitteil by all to be second '
M
r N' u
H Up lO
k i*r
i pecu-
gnifi-
j.: r and cotf*e ♦^.'’*1'' which they 1
.iitinued :o wort with gnat succ
oiirfs^nt day. Licoron the estate
rmed by Indians, who received i
■iry compensation fur their toils.
Pr*»sideui ijuadia in his message to con-
ess in lh7J. caileil attention to the
•caence of the fathers in the country,
ntccl at their hostility to free inan
itions, and drnoimctd them a: ilanger
i- to the peace *<f the republic, and aiked
'Strucrion a-* n»e course he .should pur-
u* with them. Con cress declined to ac? in
the matter, a; th* constitution c *uferred
pie power or. the executive to deni with
all sut h ]*er^ »ns, should necessity arise.
At the h einning of th s year a curate
was ^e;:t to tskeemuge of tlie Jesuits of
Mata.-alpa, who was unfavorable to the
Jesuits The latter stirred up opposition to
him and the government which appointed
him. «• d the result was the Indian revolt
< f March of thi- ye; r, which was sup
5*.i .*s ii by tlie people « I the city and sur-
r.-unding country at a hiss of about a dozen
uc.ion of considerable
lence obtained on the
ent commissioner cjn-
witli this sanguinary
;t. r whs at once i.-sued
J the Jesuit monastery
tlie removal of the
guard to Grenada
In the meantime the hostility of the
Jesuit fathers in L ion hud been aroused
against lilt- government coliege, which was
<’l»ened there undercharge of two professors
front Europe, one of whom, in his inaugu
ral address, insisted on free speech, free
press, etc., r s nece.ssry to the education of
tree people The anger at tb ; s declaration
was considerable, ana when the news from
kil*ffi' pa-arrive i-a©
ivea and the
to pony. Tl,
pot by the gov
,ecTed the Jet
utbreak ar.il :
or the supprrs
t Maiagnlpa
hr:*ring dat- 7th djv of November, lHio,
u bi.s-. ne Bihert Clary, v hiw iraui
was p.acfd in the hau*!s of ot e Jos a
G!« s, which warrant was pr seated
JuJge Tait, and by him baccd, in the
i"wn of Upartr, on the? 2t.h of Febru*ry
l ist (this report was made in November,
lv4i, and therefore ibis could i.ot have
o.i'll an old warrant, is staled ny Mr.
Lt-oer); that Bober.C sty vn<*arrested tipor
a d warrant nnd rarriei to Greene superior
c. *urt by GlZ‘S Tbal on tne first day of that
*: *'.r: Um — r. -j . Med, by lett- rs. t!ie judge
t.i attend :.11-x tsk** the exa*uin»t *»:i ot e
nan then in his custo.iy, wh « would make
onfcvdons highly interns ing to the
nd Foiled States That -,u the ni:
ti- same day he. arompsnitd by Oliver
ixini.t r, an attorney, attended to take th*
x ami nation This was not torupleted on
be tir:,t evening, bat iu company with the
same Mr. Skinner, was finished on the fol
lowing evening. Glass was given a certified
copy of this confession to take to North
Carolina.
“That from the whole of the ev
tscen it do.*s not apjiear that
Fait hail any connection
i:ther Glass or Clary, or
what confession Clary would make. Xliat
the conducted tne judge through the whole
nausKCtioi) itppears lobe fair and upright,
nnd to have been done from a sense ot duty.
“Y**ure>mmut-1- are decidedly of opinion
that t o improper or corrupt motives can bt
with justice or truth, imputed to the judge
«m that occasion, aid that if tlie
of the memorialist riaa been it jur/d by ihe
confession, such injury cannot with j
priety, or truth, be imputed to the j ad on
that occasion. Your committee feroear
frr.her comments, and rrcomuiend the
adoption of the following resolutions:
‘ It-*solved. That the several charges *j
hiluled against the Hon. Chari*s Tait i
the memorial of General John Clarke, ai
unfounded in fact and unsupported by ev
dence.
“Resolved, That the official conduct of the
Hon. Charles Tait entities him to the coofi
dence of this house and hisfellow-cit’/.jns.'
The first of these resolutions was adopted
by a vote of 63 yeas, nays 3. The second
by yeas 62, nays ‘
J udcc Tait was elected judge by a decided
vote; was transferred t<j tee Cnited States
senate where he served two terms, a-’
then appointed district judge of the United
S'.ates fur the district of Alabama. This
violent* they declared their suffering breth
ren were about to be violently expelled
frr.m the country and called on the fa’.Thful
everywhere to resist such outrage on re
ligion
On the eighth of May. an outbreak oc
curred in the city, m which 3,000 or 4 O'M
people resisted the police, amt a small mil
itary force there. and defied the govern
ment. The mob was fired upon and n num
ber of j eople killed and wounded. Tne
mob retired to the old convent “La Eecol-
l-ccion," and there barricaded themselves.
Fo?rei were sent from Managua. Grenada,
nr.*1 Rivas and the malcontents were forced
to disperse, only after a display of th
threat to V
3.3.0 Av.M.
9.30 P.M. fc
MIDNIGHT ty
H0RI-ZQN
- •-=£;
THE HAIRY STAR
AND A HOST OF ANXIOUS OBSERVERS
Prefnaor Boh of Dndlty Obssrvr.tory Csgss'tks
Enabling Creatar« and Sabnits It
to an Analysis—Prsfmor Dra-
pjr Hard at Work.
r.BAXv, N. Y., June ?!).—-The g^eat
comet was plainly visible here all last
n^ght, and interesting observations were
made at the Dudley observatory. Professor
Boss said this morning that this is unques
tionably the same comet seen by Gould
from South America. At 2 o’clock a.m. to
day the diameter of the nucleus was esti
mated at 7 seconds, and supjiosing the
comet to be distant 43,000,000 miles, which
is probably not far from the truth, this
would make the diameter of the nucleus
about 15,000 miles, or a little smaller than
tue moon. The tail was visiblejat 2 o’clock
for a distance of 40 degrees.
Independent of the question of identity,
the comet would have particular interest
ami he visited the city ye-Aerday for the
purpose of ob:nining the iustrumeuts
quired for that purpose.
To a reporr-r who caught him on
wing just as he was setting out for Dobbs
ferry he furnished a brief transcript of the
work of the preceding night and the ditli-
cr.lties encountered This is tlie first occa-
n upon which the methods of physical
astronomy—the photograph and tfic’spec-
troscope—have been applied to the study
of comets, and what may he the ultimate
result can scarcely be predicted until the
printed photogr phs are placed in the hands
of scientific men. During the nights i
which Professor Draper has been ei
singe l in this work he h.:a not favor*
with perfect atmospheric conditions f<
a single continuous hour. Yesterday
morning he brought bo;h his ‘elescopes
to bear upon the problem. One is a small
instrument, with powers varying Iron
!e«s than 100, and the other a Is.-ge one that
has few peers in beauty of definition, pen
etrating and resolving properties, and range
ot noy-era. The two r.re mounted together
ana their revolution upon their axis regu
lated by clockw -rk with nearly absolute
precision. It is thus possible to view
object at different powers at the s
instant by transferring the eye from
cnlur to the other, and to make drawings
Sr. Loots, Jui e &«.- Of all thesdveutur»s
related, that of Joseph Snell takes ti e rag
oil the bush. O.i Srti day night, at a few
minutes before desk. Snell walked up to
Jacob Cox, the bridge collector on the east
en i of the great structure. Said Snell to
him, “I’m dead broke I’ve been over to
Gait S; L uis ana got away with ?100. Le!
ie bridge free, won’t yon?
I’ll \ ty you some oiLer time.” “I esn’tdo
J Cox; “it’s against tbe rules”
ce my coat and keep it, but let me
id Snell. “1 don’t want youi
said Cox. Snell, seeing
there was no use trying to do
uiytbii'g with th*' bridge tender, turned on
nis heel ard walked back towards East St.
Lou'S again. Af.er c ontinuing his journey
east a few yards he met a stranger and
••lltitd »*) sell him l he coat fora r eke!
t’fce stranger refused to buy. but gave Sn» II
a nickel. Sne:l took it and walked upon
the b.idge i gain. This time a« be came up
to Cox be handed him tbe nickel, and. a-
passed him. he said: “Here goes Littb
mat,”
Jo«
j bii
vith
the
ida
as good evidence
being a gentleman, as the hanging the por
trait of General Clarke near that of Troupe
and Crawford iu the state house, is of h‘
being an honorable man.
Mr. Lamar says, or intimates, that I
wrote from a love of Mr. Crawford. That I
rv-vere the memory of Mr. Crawford is very
true. It is equally* true that I entertain no
animosity or disrespect toward General
Clarke, and it is with ^reluctance I produce
these records iu vindication of the truth of
w hat I have written. 1 fancy ii Mr. La
mar’s nature had been as free from prt-ju-
t m dice, or unworthy memories, he liau not
v them under ' attempted the charge which he has made
£uch
r) ftr* {Uem dcc,,ie as 10 thc tr,uh and credit due
! >•> the two statements Mr. Lamar saya be
S || rlirM^niM ’ lias the pamphlet which i denounced
“Si..
-s>™ i» 1 s,“ fisJns
from the records of the state.
W. H. Sparks.
and by land 10 Co:
in pr* gre-ss which ij witnessed by the devo-
tee.-4 ot Nicaraugua, particularly thc women,
with tears and lamentations. The intiu
eucis brought to bear on the government to
prevent Their banishment have been extra-
ordu ary.
Adv:«*s from the south rays on° of the
faiir-us one thousand pounder* of the point
at Callao, to which Chilian .diips ot war
always gave a v.ide berth iu their frequent
luring the war, wa* ship-
Malais cousino bound for
May 31. The Ei D o, of Irlao, of
>l:t
as, tu
r.insjK
1 the state, lie j May 31,>ay* •
ved t<» I Mink by th
at the head of the bar ! Lilting into the hands
1 lb
maf;which wa**
i> prevent her
the Chilians,
si bv Uoticrl
1 him, but k-iey hn*
ninpetition with ordi
irt.l the effect of th*
ed
i«l \Yi
afally
■rood sea going condition.
i*“*.i in Lima is looking up a little,
uks, Nicional Depru and Cailao, have
i d their door.* iu Lima fur general
| 2P.24’* qtl
. t'hilisn, *»f lqui«jue, says that a
o it m the Dark Cristoforo at
The vessel wav laden with
ntals of nitre on the government
lo.noo of which hail been taken
on board at iquuiue. Two of the crew j»er
•shed and tne rva.ainder were arrest d
pending :he investigatioi:, an occurrt-ce.
which is considered to be oi a suspicious
A REPLY TO MR. LAMAR
m bis new home. His for
tune conaieled in a large plan-
tation, and a great numlier of lie-
groea. He knew nothing of planting,
and did not give it that attention which
then made that sjieciesot property profit
able. Its management was trusted to
others. And very soon it was
embarrassed with * debt. In the
meantime he had contracted habits
destructive of his best interests, pecu
niarily and politically. His domestic
relations were not w.:.:t they snould have
been, lie grew somber and neglected
n.s business, which soon went to ruin.
He sold his plantation and recklessly
waste*! the proceeds, and suffered the
fight of his God-like genius to fa.ie into i Ky ti«% m miani i!.v.|inrhiit onrrrninc
Tbe Great Nouctaern Fair.
New York Suu.
There is to be • wo-ld’s fair In this country
next auiumu, which promises to be of the great-
ot interval aud to Im; followed by th? most beue-
ficisi results. It i=the International cotton
jK»iiion. which Ls to be opened At AtlanU, the
west enterprising of souUiern cities, on iue5th
**I October.
Though it is called a cotton fair, it will be in
reality much more than that. The project for ihe
exhibition Las been received with no much favor
thu the managers have decided to greatly ex
pand their original idea The cotton department,
therefore, will be made the central and distinct
ive Iculure of a cooiprehe.i«ive display of the
products of industry: and the natural riches of
•.he s uthern stale* esp-.ti >Uy will bj prominent
ly brought before visitors. Contributions
fiozit the manufacturers ef Euro
and of oil para of this country
range since the perfection of the spec ro
scope. Hence tne excitement at
tronomers and scienylsta genenfU/. •—
trnm analysts—the art ot tiepicti .
cor:i|xnition oi a substance by tlie 14.J* a
lines of light given forth by its healed vap fr
—nates irom about lbGO, when Kircubojl
and Bdusen published tlie result of thrir
iab.»rs. As the suu and the stars are
knowD to be encompassed by high
ly heated vapors it is natural
to expect that tne nature of these bodies
also may be inferred from an examination
of the light they send us. Premising that
tbe display of light given forth by any hot
vapor is called a spectrum, and the instrn
meat through which it is viewed is relied a
spectroscope, we may proceed to detail the
brief history of tbe application of this in
strument to the light from comets. Donati,
at Florence, in 1804. was the first to exam
me the spectrum of u comet and try U
identify it with that of some ter
restrial substance. He found
spectrum in his comet to consist
of three bright lines. Temple’s comet
was next observed in 1SG6 by Secchi ami
Huggir.ps. aud they likewise observed a
spectrum consisting of three lines, due to
the nucleus, but discovered that most or all
of the light of the coma, or tail, was re
jected sunlight. In 186b Brorsen’s nud
Winnecke’s comets appeared. They were
comparatively small, but attracted much
attention from jiossessors of spectroscopes
delicate enough for astronomical work
They were observed carefully
by Hugging? and others, who,
finding tlie spectra of each comet
to consist of three bright lines, detected the
fact that their p oitions coincided with
those due to tbe light produced by raising
carbon to a high neat by means of the elec
tric spark, and drew the inference that
:omel? arc cotniMised *>» gaseous carbon,
obtain two negatives at the same
moment The two photographs
taken yesterday nmrniug wpre simnltane
ously executed M * u tv.s ot the tworefracT-
inatruments clamped together in the
ken with „ .
he regarded as a tolerably good uega
the center and coma, while with the
smaller on*» be has Iran ferml to the nega
tive, in addition to the center, ti»c cornu
i d the envelope, a considerable section of
the luminous train. In the former the
peculiar feature of this comet—namely, tbe
parabolic extension of the corns
laterally, so a. to suggest the
image * of a bird of tUtue with
baii-exteniled winus—is developed with
vividness. Tnis appearance is discernible
by the naked ••;.«, but it is only with a
telescope with u power of at least 100 di
ameter* thin it strike* the imagination with
extraordinary fore.*. Prof. Draper did not
consider tint he obtai: ei the most |*erfect
negative possible of thejeenter and coma,
but he had demonstrated that it is pr&cti-
| cable to obtain one. and the rest is only a
question of time, as the comet will be vis-
Ikid
lie watetud him. He >.*vv lrm walk
inc a little way, tit doxu or. a bench
*r d in a deliberate way, take < il his .-hoes
ti e » his pan's and other clothit g Then
w-s nothjrur left upon his body but his
underclothing, when he climbed on 10 the
•. iuge rnil.ii* aud stotid ti-cn r« a tv to take
-. !<*• g jump. As he reomiyed isi sirs posi-
1 ton teveral persons who had wiimssed his
previous mov* men’s, and who imagined
• hat he was disrobing on account of '1h
eat, ran toward? him. As they reached
him th*-y heard him nay, “Good l»v,
Lassie Jare,” a:i*l ihen descend like
(it! arrow into the rushing water
below. Those on the bridge who saw him
ttike the jump peered over the railing and
wondered whether he would ev**r come up.
la they watched they saw the man's head
rhc. It bobbed up and down like a cork ii
tbs' water It was hard to tcH whether th
man was swimming or merely whirled to
tbe eurfacs by the current. As they
watched the dusk changed to darkness; and
the dot in tlie water was lost sight cf. X
•me of all the crowd on the bridge who saw
the man go down imagined he would ever
i ee earth again. But here they
were mistaken, for last, evening Little
Joe Snell turned up safe and sound, al
though hungry as a bear and a trill
burned. Two old men sailing down the
river in a skiff, when near the Meier *
furnace heard aouie one shouting for help.
The cry came from Arsenal island. They
looked and miw Little Joe on shore in his
underclothing. He begged them to come
in and take him on bourd their boat and
pilot him to this side. “How
not drowned?” they asked Snell, when he
told them he was the man who jumped
from the fridge on Sunday night. “Well,”
said he, “I will tell you. The minute I
struck the water I realized what I had
done. It seemed to me that i touched bot
tom in the river, bat tbe moment I got
lop again 1 stepped there. I struck out
for shore at first, but the current wi
ftvift 1 found 1 couldn’t get there, and
just 11 jateddown with ii uutil l was washed
clear upon Arsenal island.” Snell
Swiss by birth, 36 year* of ace, ami lives
with his mother at 88 St. Charles street,
tie says be bsd been drinking steadily for
i.‘. >’«■». ■*■■!*» >n», au
and thinks that if he not made tne jump
lie would have had the jim jams or some
thing else.
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF ELIZA.
He Imagines he cannot eat anything, yet he
.«umcs a large amouut of food. Then he thinks
be is wasting away In fleth, hut I ccnnot delict
that he is growiig any thinner. I m.mctim<
think he is gaining flesh. He dots not go out *
hi* 100m and cannot be coaxed or dtiven to take
exercise. I think if he would take plenty of ex*
eic.se. change the »c ne of hi* dally life, ax;d
seek companion* who would divert his
from himself, *
spirits and be n:
he once was.
The meUiocholy which stole upou him after the
death of histUuglin r was great y enhanced when
he attempted to do some literary work andfonud
Ms ;en filter* *1 «r.d that his thoughts were weak,
on the day ot the funeral of his: d«ught'-r Hattie
Solace Saxe, June 5. many of liis old frient
tended the service, exrocung to catch a gi
of him. but he did not leave his room, and
not be induoed to tide to the cemetery. The dis-
glimpse in hi* ram
bling talk of the wit of nthrr rtwys.
fHE AGE OF MATRIMONY.
Mntrlmonlal llabiu nnd ( nstnnis of
Hie Kngllah People.
Galignanl's Messenger.
If »he y-ar 1879 be taken ns a fair test of
the matrimonial habits ami customs of En
i;l!sh people, it would appear that tlie dis
proportion in age between husbands and
is not usually very great, ami that
only in quite exceptional cases either
spouse is old enough to be tbe parent of the
other. From the statistics of the registei
general it seems that the great majority
of persons marry when they are withir
a few years’ age of one arotber. Tims, the
number of men who were ihemselvt
tween 21 and 39, and who married 1
between 21 and 39, is about 70,060, or
nearly half of the total number inarrud
g the year. Moreover, of the 12,8 0
who married iu their non age, hardly
my a«i 400 married women *
25; while, even among women, the
proportion of minors who married
is quite insignificant,
rule were in existence pro
hibiting all marriages betw
>f whom was old enough lo be the parent of
heother.it would t»**t, as it seems, hav
prevented more than about a thousand yet
sons of cadi sex from making them solve
happy. Drawing n line even at lif cei
years, and supnosit g that a disparity ii
age of this amount w. r * a bar to matrimony,
found that about 2,120 men wou'd have
1 disqualified from marrying women
youngertnanthemselves, while lot “mid
lie aged” would have I* ;cn similarly pro
vented from bestowing their hands and
hearts upon comparative juvenile
cavaliers. Turning from the gen
eral tehies to those which tell of the
widows and widowers, it will lie found that
the latter usually reach a tolerable ad
ranced age before they venture for the sec
otxd time into the hymeueal contract-
especially if it ic with a widow. From 35
to 55 is the favorite age for widowers lo
marry widows; and there are almost the
same number of bridegrooms found among
1 hem at each of tbe years included in these
two decades. Those of the bereaved bus
bauds who many spinsters are, how'ever,
much younger in their generation, and
there are nearly 4,000 of them between the
ages of 25 and 35, agaiust only about 800
who marry widows.
“KO SENEMa"
The Sleeping Xluugurmu'H First
Speech In Four nnd a Hair Jlontfan.
Macukoix, Penn., June 29.—It i* one hundred
and thirty-.dx days ago that John (iyumber w«-
n tmitted to the poor-house, and, although In all
this time he has had the most careful attention
aud been clneely watched, it was not until lost
vcnliig that he was known to utter one imelligi
•le word or sentence. Four weeks
tlon of the sleeper was such that his death was ex
pected dally. ' “
being led;*l»e eats everything that isgiTeuhlm
with relish. Last evening for thc first time rince
*3 the poor-house Gy umber spoke.
I him sitting on a chair with his t
•fcfi&sj'frinl ttyniSw^B
Urknesj*, and like so many of the chil
dren of genius, he in his adversity came
to despise the world. His passion for
darning was his ruin, as it was that of
Prentiss. This incites to other damaging
dissipations, and in the vortex of these
wallowed up a genius—in these t
hii Ancient Mistier.
Editors Coxititctiox: In vour issue of
Friday lost is a communication from Mr.
” aud re
qu,
• » O'"?! ■
as men of
rs. There was Jo-
Ajax talisman of
. au.i B. Bra isi «rd
rty. and Nathan
<*: e-ntsequexna 1 they were excee
wonderful creations—meant to enlighten “ ^° •
the world. Earn* in In 16 his constitution
gave way and on the 16th of July of that
year he’died at 36 years of age.
His death produced a deep sensation
throughout tlie slate.
The genius of Lumpkin and that oi
Beall has often been compared, the one
with the other, au«i asoilen pronounced
to be of the same on*
dingl;
... ... e
ecetved. and the dine tor general of the fair
fay* he already has many application.* for sp*ce
from bu-iuej* men, arid is receiving more. “There
wiil he a pbee for every product of human
thought and labor.” he told a reT^rter of the
tnd ma::ufaeturiug resource* of the south, the
display ol what thc foutfcera states are : roduciuz
and o: their remarkable mineral wealth, will
help to draw theattentim o! the world toll:
natural advanuup* and wonderful possibility
of that incomparably fertile region, its fame as
the great s-.mt of ojjiou culture ts already univer
sal; bat it* capabilities in other directions are
little unden-naxl, even here at the north.
had progress
Uune*i the :l k>
had done so, a:
of temerity lor
enab arras x ii, .*
id th
min
meut. He spoke i*‘r an
he conc’.ndevh a voice u
claim “What did l tell you." It came
from the venerable and \eneiwted Gener
al David Bia* kshcar, an>; was answerc*!
turn “My G**l. arc all liie hrams *>: the
Tins speech j laced Bead amongst the
first young men 'the -tatc. and his
reputation fi .c.l the -.ate. lie was then
but twenty-five years e.f age. and was two
months younger than Lumpkin, though
much y« uc-gvr in appearance. His tem-
{enuneni «as more ar lent than mat of
* aggres-
Albert l.atuar, a highly intelligent
Sj**ctabie gentleman oi‘ this state.
In this communication I am charged
with making a moot unjust and upfounutd
ueral Elijah Clarke and his
•n. General John Clarke. This charge is
predicated upon the statement in my com
munication. recently published, upon the
character and public service^ oi W. H.
Craw lord. In this article I say, “About
this time there wu* forming the scheme
which culminated in the famous Yazoo
fraud. The famous Elijah Clarke, and his
no le>s famous sou, John Clarke, were sap-
, poaed to be interested in this stupendous
truth. ! scheme.” I certainly made rto charge
That ot j of tlu- sort, out merely repeated what was
and full of pathos, charged against these two men at the time,
w v» modest ‘ suggest no oi tenderne- ar.*l deep sym- and which was again and again reiterated
.iu showed I pjunv. B-ali's wa* deep.v emotional am! 1 by the press in 1>24 and 1823. when tbe
i rn> I fall oi lire, nwiiv exciteJ. aggressive and j n«n« ot the original stockholders in Uut
ks lieiore an JeSam. l.mnpkin tenderly solicited, com,any were vuolin whsch toe
;.;m ouu I: Beall amhoranvelv demanded, l.umi.- “«*•«
1 . \ „ x ,,,..1?.. 1 t non this authority I wrote. I had cot tbs
i*l a.: cxcittug t km it-d. boa.I drovt . both equal!} , j ls § ,. <lf stockholders before me a: the time
e house were | mo veil their audience, Lumpkin to tears. , o£ * vrHting, but well remember the ebarce
i- I’ampbell, 1 Beal* to wrath. made aud denied when use list wa* pub-
.1 ■•;r«>>e-l tbe | j;, lt a lllt . occasion re*iuired, he could, bshed, and the correctness of this list was
i«l tu*:<s: elf* ct- dll whispered elo*iuence ntVer publicly disputed. A
< >:.c n *•: ; t n;cu move t:.** tendereat chords of j excitement was very
iverwhelm : c » t he human hear:. This Lumpkin always : ma “ y — . were . pu
did: but he could not arouse the fiery
paations and invoke to wrath his bearers, , 444j>j w% v..
as was Beali s wont and Leahs power , taiuly wa* charged and generally believed.
when he felt the same aroused in his: hence the supposition,
own nature. He was better acquainted As to Mr Van Allen’s duel with Mr
with the human heart than Lumpkin, , Crawford, I merely stated the facts, and
and he knew how to awaken its passions gave* the general reputation the man.
in answer to his own. liis genius was i L 58 tr , ao was * northern man, and was
of a finer mould than that of Lump- e ‘ ecl * d 90acuor his circuit,
kin's, and capable ot extremes of feel- ! m:
" '** “ ‘ “* no object'
ic’u Proftssor Draper
such purely physical
imagined Irom mere
11.1 spectra With, the
■d he expects to deter
ti.e 1
vh.1t
This has excited' some incredulity,
much ai it is iilliculi to believe that bodies
as unsubstantial as comets are known to he, \
should retain fi^at sullicient to keep carbon
in a gaseous state.
Mr. Lockyer, by means of Ihespetroscope,
ha* adduced evidence for believing that the
following so-called elements (metals) exist
in our sun: Sodium, iron. calc.urn. magne
sium, chromium, nickel, barium, cadmium,
wruuium, varandium, molybdenum, xinc,
coualr, hydrogen, maganese. titaniuui,
aluminum’ strontium,’ lead, csriurn,
potassium, palladium. These whose pres
ence he bos rendered probable are bismuth,
tin, silver and seveu other : r«' metals.
Tii« elements apparently wanting iu the
suu, but possessed by the earth, are carbon,
siiicium, chlorine,’bromine, iodine aud
thallium. Tne fixed stars are shown to
have a composition approximating that of
our suu, and tbe elements composing the
r.ebula have to some extent been deter
mined. The comets remain as the heav
enly bodies of whose constitution least is
known aud most conjectured.
The problem at w
is toiling is not one
interest a.s may be
talk about nega'.ivt s
mine whether come
inry substance of earn
a c* the constituent elements of the
ntnlei of these wunderfui bodies—'
regarded a- hell* migrating from point
to {Hunt in the physical ttnivc . .
pUd with the souls of the damued. I!
c*rhon is proved to be present, then there
no unconquerable obstacle in the way of
assuming tlml comets are theafi
ganic life; that growth and ilccay are illus
trated. perha?>8 in strange luxuriance upon
the surface of their brilliant centers, atwl
that posdbiy intelligent beings may be
whirling through interminable space within
luminous atmosphere that surrounds
Oar “Comet Department.”
II there were any people who believed that At
lanta would be content with discovering
they little kuew the ambitious spirit ol
this town.
Oglethorpe park, where the fair bnildicca
be placed, grounds have been secured for a prac
tical display of cotton culture. Oa halt acre
plots, contestant? fora premium for superiority
ux this braitch of agriculture will pbuit, culti
vate, and ga her their crow. Specimens of every
variety «*f cotton wilt be found growing in the
park, and vL-1tor* wil: be able to *ec the plant at
each stage from tii germiuatioQ to maturity. Ex-
h.blta of cotton seeds and of all the implements ---- . - . . .
ustsi ia the cultivation of cotton will be made. I pnsxn into its so-called constituents—violet,
and thc various machines deslgued to prepate it ” ' ’
for market will be iu active operation in the
buildiugs. A model cotton mill on a great scale
will also be erected. The intention is to make at
Atlanu next October tne fullest exhibition eve
presented of all that ejneerns the raising and
preparation of cotton.
We propose to discover a whole set
If the scientists say that there are no more comets
coming we reply that Atlanta’s present comet
come when nobody was expecting it. The fact
that Atlanta is looking for them will have a great
deni to do with getting them into range.
On Suadav night at 7 o’clock, Mr. Joe Carter,
who I* iu charge of the “rotr.c*. departin'
which we have just added *0 Tub Ookstitc
*.i«v a pronounced star with an undeniable Gil,
in the northwest It uufoidc-d its tail as thc sun
went down and by dark was in high feather. As
Mr. Carter had seen thc tegular gomet only
the morning before in the uortheeat headed -
• »" opposite direction, he concluded at ouce tt
- —er—aud with the deiis-.oH o
Half n fury lie I ween lb« l.tigAgf*
luent uml the WrUUfug.
Springfield Republican.
Alxmt 5t» years ago n prepossessing young
ruau appeared suddenly in a small uiqun-
n village near Asheville, North Carolina,
ar.d obtained work in a farmer’s family.
She called herself Mary Burt, but gave uo
further clue to her origin. Her tasks were
skilfully performed, and she could sing
song, dance a reel and tell a story
that she became the village favorite.
ftern years later the mystery surrounding
her was forgotten. Having declined more
than one good ofler of marriage, she settled
down us a good-natured old maid, became
the beneficent ‘’aunt” of tue neighborhood,
and finally wa* persuaded to take charge of
country* school near by. After several
of teaching her whole cliarrcter seem
ed to change. She became moody, melan
choly, and fond of solitude. Purchasing a
ny and lonely spot among the moun
ts, she hid a rude log hut built.' and
re she lived without any companionship
that of her dog, cat. cow and chicken*.
: only book was the Bible, and this she
rly learned by heart,
ue publication of this woman hermit’s
tory in the Asheville Citizen not long ago
brought a solution of the mystery. The
rticle was copied into a Vermont paper,
ud attracted the notice of Robert Fletch-
•, a prominent citizen of that state, and
letcher soon after visited Asheville,sought
the editor of the Citizen, and together they
vent to Mis j Burt's house. The hermit did
iot recognize the Vermonter, but she soon
earned that he wa* her old lover. A mis
take had kept 'hem apart fur half acen-
iry, but when Fletcher left Asheville a
*w days later, Mary Burt Howe, for that
res the hermit’s full name, accompanied
him a* his wife.
Howe and Fletcher w;ere
young they were engaged to be married.
The young woman fancied her lover was
ached to another girl, however, and sud
denly left her home iu Maitie.^ Going to
, was the !ii>t tune lit*
i it was thought an act
ttu to uo so. lie seemed
d (or a moment appeared
it was but tor a moment,
ired. his words began tneli-
tlow. In ten minutes his
seen in tlie :la>h of his eye
of lus words. The house
nd attentive, and in twenty
tv lace was pa.e with excite- l.umpk:a. But he was deficient in that
this
great, and
bed against
Doth’Clarke and Crawford that were not
wed founded tn tact, mud this publication
may have been one of them. But '
lOllccte-l by t
duals,
butidiegs They will
. _ . *L.
ill be see a, therefore, thit the Atlanta fair
promL*es to have a unique character, and to be
»! great advantage not only to the south, bat to
** iu iucreasinz aud
t natural wealtn and
suites which were so
It will ado prove to
everybody, what their enormou*
iuricg the lost t
11 peoples
‘.ore their lost fortunes.
outhem people are working hard aud inteUigeat-
t'nele He mas.
Richard Henry rtoddard in X. Y. Evening Mail.
The July number ot Scribner's Monthly neither
w ._. . r ^ # tielow tire average ol this
uer&ry standard is not high.
...... tit was a new comer—aud with tne ecus'.
The spectroscope when tint constructed ,,. urnaliBt h0 t - enl the following dispatch:
consisted of an ordinary prism, upon whtch 5 - H H W(krner Rochester. New York—I notice
the light to be examined was allowed to j lt , ^ northwest a comet, with uii erect, but
fall after passing through a narrow slit. • careening tome rlgut, moving swiftly towards the
The beam 01 white light is broken by the ; s.:ttngsu:i. Is l hw tue *ame comet that was
, to-cslled ciinstituents violet 1 the northeast last nivht, with a till to th^ 1
---. , -SSO-caneu constiiuenis T1 oiei« If not, please credit another comet
indigo blue, green, yellow, orange, red. j account: Job Carter,
For white hunt is cot a a 1 tuple thing but j for Constitution
is to be compared with a rope ui uu | Tte belief was general among the star-gazers
infinite number of strands, each Sunday night, that the early cime 1 -w^h e
we i end tnere was cougratulauon on sll sid
nar- I “Bully lor Atlanta.” said one citizei
row slit to ao opposite wall or sciwo ce; "
hand, whereupon he remarked, “ Ko scncm.'
which in thc Sclavonic language is, “I tbr~'
you.” These words had barely escaped his
when tears filled the eyes of the Hungarian, 1
be wept a* though laboring under some weig
grief. Wilhelui. his attendant, tri--11
A TRAGIC MURDER
Oraiy Boa and an Angry 8on in-L»w Quarts
and Terminate tbe Dificnlty by Harder-*
The Origin of tbe Dispute—A Great
Ssnsaticn Caused by It.
Special dispatch to The Constitution. *
Washington, June 26 —James Y. Christ
mas shot and instantly killed William G.
Whitney about 5 o’clock Saturday after-
at their boarding-house, on I, near
Fourteenth stteet, Whitney wa* a son of
Mrs. General Myra Ciarke Gaines by her
first husband, and Christmas is her son-in^
law. The two men were formerly in busi
ness together and there have been several
quarrels between them relative to business
It is stated that Whitney has
several times threatened to kill Christmas,
and as the latter was going down to dinner,
company with a lady, Whitney entered
the tront doer and struck him. Christmas
turned, and seeing Whitney with liis hand
hij hip-pocket, drew his pistol aud shot
Whitney through ihe heart.
Christmas is a widower, his wife—Mrs.
Gaines’s only daughter—having died last
year. Whitney is represented as a morose,
aulleu man, of a quarrelsome disposition,
who for some wetss has been on such ill
terms with his family and the world that
he found it necessary to take his meals in
his room. Persous who saw him on the way
to his home Saturday stale that he had been
drinkiug a good deal. At all events,
shortly before five o’clock, persons who
are occupants of the house, heard high words
and what evidently was a quarrel between
the brothers-in-law as they were descending
to dinner. The altercation waxed warmer
and related to business nnd (amity. Vs the
two persous entered Uie door of the dining
room, where the remainder 01 the boarders
were already seated, Christmas suddenly
drew a pistol and shot his brother-in-law.
Christmas immediately went to the door,
summoned a police officer and surrendered
himself. He is at the police station in
charge of the authorities.
It was Mrs. Gaines's money, it is said,
which had helped the partnership, and the
son was jealous of the son-in-law, and was,
moreover, inflamed with drink.
Uncontrollable passion is the only reason
that can be assigned by the murderer for
The occupants of the house who
have been witnesses <o the altercations
which have occurred for many weeks, arc
disposed to sympathize with ttie murderer,
or, at least, say that he had intense provo
cation for his rash act. The murderer is
ne a cousin of {Senator Ransom, of
North Carolina.
On Colonel Cook’s advice Mr. Christmas
declined to make any statement of the
matter except a brief statement which he
made to the effect that lie felt that he acted
self defense*, and, having been warned of
c hostile intent of Whitney, prepared
himseli to resist any attack that would be
made upon him by Whitney. In thc
evening Mrs. Games sent word to him that,
though he had kill' d her son, she would
see that justice was done him. Mrs. Gaines
is nearly prostrated by the occurrence, aud
there is tear, considering her age,
that she will not recover from
shock, being under tbe con
stant care of her physician. Both of the
men being well known, the affair is the
leading topic about the hotels and other
public places. The house iu which the affair
took place was for a long time the residence
of Mr. Catacazy, the Kusriau minister, and
the house where the Grand Duke Alexis
was entertained on thc occasion of his visit
to this city, when Catacazy was minister.
It was the scene also of the scandals that
brought about the controversy between Cat-
ncazy and Secretary of State Fifth, which
resulted in Catacazy being recalled by his
government as iis representative iu this
kuntry.
A personal friend of thc family saya that
Mr. Whitney, the son of Mrs. General
Gaines by her first husband, a Mr. Whitney,
of New York, bad been, an invalid from,
childhood. For years lie had suffered so
severely from epilepsy that in mind and
body be had become a proper subject for an
asylum, and only the most indulgent, pa
tient and hopeful mothers would have
borne so long with his dangerous jealousies,
whims and imaginary wrongs anil indigni
ties from the other members of the family"
On Monday last Whitney had a more
than usually severe epileptic fit, ar.d from
that day lie has been in a morbidly excited
frame of mind, a monomaniac iu reference
to his brother-in-law’s relations with him
self, his mother and the family. Hence
tlie following advertisement in Saturday
morning’s Washington I’ost had some bear
ing upon the act of Mr. Christmas:
“Caution—Thin is to Inform tbo public that J.
Y. Christmas is u»t allowed, uuder any circum-
ttaaecs, to collect any bills for tbe firm of William
<! WWtn«r ii Co.. KutUpw n, A. Linger A Co.,
No. LUrNiuetecuthsufci. Very r
~ Friday niql.t
fer agent of the Fourteenth street cars to
look for his card against Christmas in the
morning paper, and then look out for fun.
In the midst of the excitement a messenger
was sent to the intersection for a police offi
cer, aud the transfer agent then understood
for the first time the significance of Mr.
Whitney’s remark.
THE EXPOSITION.
WALKING FOR FUN.
*he shipped as stewardesss
hip bound for Liverpool. The vessel
vrecked 011 the North Carolina coast, ar.d
aftt r many adventures at sea in an open
boaCand among friendly Indians on land,
Mias Howe found her way to civilization.
Robert Fietcher traced Ins runaway sweet
heart to the ship on which she sailed, and
hearing of the loss of the vessel, always
mourned her as dead tiii the North Caro
lina paper gave him a happy' surprise.
An Aftempt to Cover (six ThouNnml
qnartrr Mile* In m Jinny Ten Min
nies.
New Yore. June 29.—To-morrow morning at
:5 o’ciork William Gale, of Cardiff. Engl&ud, will
begin a feat which ia in all probability uusur
nnssed iu the records of pedesuianism. He w ll
attempt to walk G.000 quarter mites in C.CO0 ten
minutes. Thc ground chosen is a block on Madi*
sou avenue, between Eighty seventh and Eighty-
eighth streets, and the headquarters ia the
Park View hotel, located on the same
block. The track i* iu the form of an ellipse,
ar.d in length of measurement it is equal to two
hundred aud foity yards. There is no especial
object in the walk, save to show wbat energy and
pluck can accomplish. Gale backs himself, and
comes to this country from England, of -which he
is a native, more especially to show what human
endurance can accompllsh.rilie is well known
iu England as a pedestrian, having accomplished
the hitherto unparalleled feat of walking 4,000
quarter miles in 4 000 teu minutes Thc struggle
of endurance,which i* to commence to-morrow,is
merely a repetition, under more favorable cir
cumstances, than those which taxed his energies
n England. The chief thing that G«le dreads
is the want of sleep which he will be forced
' Cardiff, Wales, duri
rs were forced to tl
er to keep him awoke.
He is expected to cover one hundred quarter miles
during the first day. Thc distances will then be
graduated according to tbe pedestrian’* ability.
The event has been tbe subject of much com
ment in the sporting world during the past few
weeks, and should his venture prove a*successful
* he and his admirers expect there will in all
robability be a match walk arranged between
im and one of our American long distance
walkers.
Voice* from veorgla.
Hartwell Suu.
Thk Atlanta Constitution is fourteen years
old, and it is our opinion that it has acoom-
lished more for its city and state than any paper
wf twice its age on this continent. It has always
been uniformly courteous and liberal with
country
when “
Th© Return of the Kimball Party from
the Exposition Pilgrimage.
Director-General H. I. Kimball and Sam
\V. Small returned to $he city last Tuesday
after a llying but remarkably successful
trip to the north aud west in the interestof
the cotton exposition. Messrs. Kimball
and Small left on Thursday the 16th, and
during tlie following ten days worked with
gratifying success.
A MINER'SSROMANCE.
stram
tferent tint.
row 5 U! 10 an opp£n£“ alf ornm w, j w«SS”«YlS'r
shall have on the wail a si»ot of light of the ( There was some little uneasiness as to the con-
shape of the slit—an image oi the riit. Now. : Requeucea of two unexpected comets springing up
inserting the prism, we observe that the [ within a day or two, * * -- >«a.
beam is bent out of its course but some of
its constituents (the violet, for example)
are bent more than the otter*. Thus the
lights of different colors are separated, i received*!:! responuTto &e claim of Mr.Carter,
and instead of one image of the s-it, we J J-A. Carter, Atlanta, Ga: \
have many placed side ny side and some over- j ££
lapping—a broad rainbow-colored band of drsi'righ t location aud couitellatlofls ii
light spread across the wall Sac.: i* the ; po«ible. “
effect of one prism. B/ tne us-i o; eight or ,
ten prisms tir.s widened image of the slit , Tbe
may be extended ma^y yards, all it;
‘•I'm not a
Yc*terd«.y 1
t when yon
ck yard it’s
iug the following dispatch was
— -» Mr .carte-
disp&ich
:att but
ry, and f
_ __ !S.teliatioi
H. II. Warner.
Convention
Toronto, June 28.—The Suaday-;ch.»ol
Snndsy.Kchool
^ _ Closed,
tures exaggerated. Tuis ts the spec
If not thrown on the wall or screen, the j vehtionof the ..
spectrum can be examined through a small • by J W Joue>, of Richmond. V*, Governor Coi»
telescope, which is always attacned to the or'^wSfthfby^v A^hur
spectroscope. The light from the hot vapor ^ ]j ol Cleveland, ou eur.day^'.-iool
ol sodium passed tnrough tne slit of tne i m ^ R io:i»ry work in the west, and by itev A Suth
have up III* ftwMthearl to a Rich
( Hutu—.Married Year* Afterward.
Chicago, June 28 —At Amherst college. In the
Km*of ‘W. there were two chums, who had if
together ever since they had first entered col
They were test friends and no trouble bad
disturbed their friendship. One was thc»
rich parents and the other of a country minister,
when thfcv graduated, the rich mm’s son went
into business with his father iu Jew York aud took
r.is friend with him as an employe. Things
went smoothly for s >mc time, when that com^
mon accident of life happened. They both fell
in love with the iame g:rl The fight in the
heart of the employe wav long aud bilter, but,
contracting hi* position with tnat of his friend,
the difference iu the advantages he could offer
the woman, he yielded, and with scarcely a word
of parting, with none of explanation, he left
New York and went west. A year afterward
found him in ban Francisco, and he soon joined
the gold diggers. His fortune was varied, at times
rich, et times poor; afterwards in Nevada he
followed silver minlcg. aud when the silver
craze struck Leadville he went there. Ihere he
was successful, and this spring, a rich man, he
determin'd to return east for the first time in
twenty four yearn. Yesterday, as he got off the
southwestern train at Wilton, Iowa, and went to
>f twice its age on this continent. It has always
uniformly courteous and liberal with its
try cousins, who always fe:l mighty good
1 it quotes a paragraph from them. It is
to be enlarged to an eight-page, and we are
happy iu its prosperity.
Athens Watchman.
The city of Atlanta is certainly a “moving
place ” Possessing, probably, not “*
, many ad
vantages os other cities, still by the indomitable
energy and public spirit ol her people, she has
increased wonderfully In population and wealth.
They contribute liberally toward paying thc
erhooda, <
1 city.
0 rapidly Improve
spectroscope gives hut on
line of yellow oa the sere*
periodical Its uterary standard is no* high, | , rtWM i*- v = fa na in a certain r.art of the snec ered a speech '
, which it rather lucky lor the contributors, only | io * always xaiia in • SSraRSIf evening Drew
vs. ia spite of hi* beinir a northern ! three of whom here pre'end to give us anything 1 train, and is invariable. Hence, anyb*jdj „—„ —1 >, \
Mr lama- mav -ot krow that a* ! resembling literature—Mr. W D. Howell, who ■ —as for example tbe sun—wmc 1 produces
* ur . . . . ma > uut S-OW mat a. , ^ h £ ..p-*-,.., P—T>nn«<hiitT ” Mr (ioorec »
speech w hie a closed the session. In the
. ,, . »q re .^ e3 W( . re delivered by Dr
n. Kec W B Amott, colored,
e evening, which was con*
. . ,r;cal effort of
>. and t
hit phi:
ai* ('La»i«
!l> flU
Ho
r.At tre, but much ir-*? un-
«*i his judgment, and not
ran aw ay from lhi& into
i eminently Lumpkin's, vrbicti | wcrc no waiooil prtjadU... .
V. 10 ex * kept a mostenv control over fiis fev* :nirs | Abram Baldwin. and?ubsecuen«:v Stephen ' cmmbutionsof tiiese geutiemea rerreseat what. ' :a fixed places in tne spec:
ud .objected hi* p«*ion. to i» coovic- l e»o .nd S.»oel Bu.hn.U .ud xu.ny ! •SlSStti^^&ffA'SSSZ i TlT^y SUS^S.^aSd b?
tons. Lumpkin was even in his temper: others were northern n.en 1 aunner of Sew England puriuaisa. Mr. Cable, j Ju “emrico^ we can idenuf'v
Bead erratic and uncertain, and often— in an eminent decree possrased 1 the Preach Cnoieeiement of Lougm and Mu ,5* « Matitneni? Such brief!?
•v • H -nnetno-<»v of hw -Trired the public con^deace of the people of Geor-1 Barna. the wit, wisdom and folk-lore of the late each ot 11a constituents, ouen, or.en>
.•> ...e impet.Ks.lj ot ms excited , F u r Lamar rava tbe cau» of difficuhv i Amencan of A Incan descent. Whether' ' J
Amite—drawn xuto error, and not nn- - *• 01 ! , ^ i Mr. HoweUi possesses gesia* maj be douoted;
Tre.-r.emiv into -teat imprudences. Crawford and Uarke, originated m , “fc* vSSST talent of an agree
1 -• 1-.^ n* lvr it ^- - -h,- 4nr»k<»- lull lbe e;ec “ oa oi a fur :£ie 'N esic rn c:r a bi e sot t i* » reruun that we lock forward to tti
t.t..u r k.o ... Uttui . . ty m spoke. i>eaii ;u which Gr.ihn, C.srke’s brotber-:u- future prvwwork with coasiderahle confiience.
AS he ft poke. Lumpkin s genius inspired WJt> A can ..date and wa* opposed bv ! Wetamk highly also of Mr. Cable, who poises
thought; Beall s foi*owedthe instincts of Charles Ta:t: that Clarke esp->bed the .*Sl^ t ^imm l S2Kla2
the moment, and were uncontrollable, cause of his brother-in law Griffin, ar.d : his 'avtrace reader* hare y?di*-
Tne tire of his >ren:us flashed forth in Crawford that of Tait. Now Tait was also a covered, ereauy o» he ha« amused them, and who
l.gbt and warmth when suddenlv exci- brother-in law Mr. Lamar differs from the i h** ~tAr, «- taiux. a Dating adiition to me
^1.«tb.,ui.***nt |x>wd.M>> tbr toucb I
OwU liar,.a... . 1. wa. ty 1 ^ derived on all have puwd away -
tyra ten.k in tne trial o* ( poisac** aight-mare Cucle Eeau* is a
,juit© aa re-
ji .t n igh nioet t^eautilul harmony. -- —*. tor in® acqutuai ox jnoge nu. ana aumv a 1 •• rr — rr< «—
he cjotrol j they were alilre-uiey were the soul of , tbe on i y i: i_. rJe d by the record of „ . ^
srequentlv • eincer.ty and truth. _ | Gen. Ctarke’s persevering vindictivenea*. i ^ niij Joan Phu;hix. Ar'^aus Ward, or I to tbe number already accummated. His j jaouuii -.
nincity o W. H. trrAUS. j Now, as regards the duel with Mr. Crawford, I Mark Twain. | next observations will be spectroscopic thousand *lelw
a line wain which
uim to Chicago, a lady who was trying
» turn 1
past forty, but
> her timidly at first
Tlie Comet Socially Considered.
Boston Herald.
The cornet rr-.:i be sc:z»d upon Ly young ;
1 a is atteutioa. slipping forward to
first looked with wonder, then joy,
tiiai it was the woman he had
f om 60 long ago, a woman ~
nandvjme yet. He talked
au<l 1 “
and aer present condition wo* soon known
him. Her parent* had died, nud, depending on
her own exertions for support, she had taught
school, and at present wa* principal of a ,achool
in western Iowa. Tne o!d i -ve still lived in the
miner s heart, and he soon lound that he had not
been entirely forgotten by her. To make a long
siory shor:, it wa* a very happy looking couple
who got off the train here last night, looking for
a minister, and a still nappier one which regis
tered at the .Sherman '*
Leadville, cob
t> Mr. and Mrs. shearburn.
— -r . have often
wondered why Athens and other towns in Geor
gia could not learn a valuable lesson from our
thriving sister city in this respect. Atlanta, by
thc generosity aud splendid hospitality of her
citizens, enjoys a national reputation of which
any people might feel justly proud. We would
be glad to see Athens imitate her metropolitan
sister in this respect, feeling sure that, like “bread
cast upon thc waters, after many days it will re-
Mlliedgcvllle Tnion and Recorder.
We see it stated that General Gordon hrs the
prospect of Deeming in a few years the richest
man in Giorgio. He has Urge poo*6irfon* in coal
mines along the railroad of which be is presi
dent, running from Atlanta, Ga., to Meridian,
Miss. There mines were deeded to him on con
dition that the road would be built, and it to now
a settled fact that the ro*d will be built. We are
sure the good people of Georg!* will be glad to
of the goed fortune oi General Gordon, ana
rdead,
brilliant
„ .. northern Virginia,
next to the immortal Lee and illustri'
wall Jack-on. General Gordon served
and country faithfully during the last war. He
followed the flag of thc south from the initial gun
10 the surrender at Appomattox. He was thc
L*uucs of the confederacy, and cast imperihbable
renown upon himseif, his country and hi* cause.
.Since the war, he has served Georgia faithfully
in the senate, making an able, practical and ener
getic senator. Having a large family to support,
- -* *—n hi* purse, he found tne
inadequate, and left the
service of hi* state by force of necessity.
public capacity he eminently
b think he justly merit* it.
stated, is the process of spectrum
prof, draper’s observations. -
. n._u
New York Times. j Li pi.
The b*d weather yesterday r.revcnted i
1 farther ooser.atioaa of the comet in this j ubiy gutde'to
A HOPELESS HYPOCHONDRIAC.
and with the most
conversation with a
Constitution ircporterJTucsday Mr.| Kim
ball remarked:
“Since tbe 16th we have traveled more
than 4,000 miles, slept in bed but once and
have addressed people every day and some
times twice a day, and at no time has there
been a lack of interest shown. On the con
trary the interest in the exposition has
been overwhelming, and we come back,
after ten days’ work, with the exposition
$23,000 better off than when we left. At
Chicago we met Colonel Thomas Harde-
“Tlie exposition is very well supplied
with funds, it would seem from the contin
ued successes,” observed the reporter.
“Yes, and as I gather tlie inouey I seethe
necessity for a more liberal expenditure of
it Originally, when we contemplated
making the exjiosition only a cotton fair,
we regarded it as necessary to charge ex
hibitors for floor space, fearing that .the re
ceipts without this would fall short of the
expenditures. It is now apparent that the
overwhelming crowd will enable us hi pay
expenses without charging for floor space,
and exhibitors will be charged only the en
trance fee of $23 00. This, with the gate
money, will be the exposition’s source of
revenue. Of course the railroads will be
charged floyr space, as tbe railroad building
will be erected solely for their benefit,”
“Where did you go from here?” asked
the reporter. , .
“Friday, the 17th. we were in Cincinnati
and were in New York Saturday. We were
in Boston Monday, Chicago Wednesday,
St. Louis Thursday and Friday, Louisville
Saturday,Sunday and Monday in Nashville
and Tuesday we are in Atlanta. There,
you have the circuit we have made.”
“Well, how about the inouey? Where
does it come from?”
“The Chicago board of trade pledged $0, •
000; St. Louts cotton exchange and mer
chants’ exchange pledged $10,000 and thc
board of trade of Louisville pledged $10,-
000; Nashville pledged $5,000. The enthu
siasm is overwhelming. In St. I*ouis, Gov
ernor Stannard made a capital speech ana
asserted that the exposition would be
worth $50,000,000 to the south. Colonel
Palm our in a speech on the same occasion
said many good things for us. The crowd
which is coming will be immense, and the
people of Atlanta will have to throw open
their houses—it will be all that we can do
to accommodate the vast crowds that are
coming.” * .
Yesterday Mr. KiraLali was kept busy as
could be. In the afternoon a meeting of
the executive committee was held, at which
Dr. A. L. Kennedy, who was largely identi
fied with the department of awards at the
centennial, was confirmed as chief of the
department of awards for the exposition.
Mr. Kimball has never made any claims
to oratory, but he is rapidly coming to ihe
front in that line, his Gordon banquet
peech and his late Louisville effort stamp
ing him as a good speaker as well as a man
of great foresight aud business energy.
In thi3 connection the following from
the Boulder (Colorado) News and Courier,
may prove of interest :
“From Charles T. 8afiin, chief of the depart
ment of engineering and machinery, we receive
a descriptive prospectus of the so-called ‘cotton
exposition,’ but really an international exposi
tion of ail kinds o! material* used m manufac
ture*, the arts, science*, etc. This world * fair
adjusted W under *this ! John «. the *•«». » Confirmed
: ;_.li -ne various sortsof destiny, so | invalid. Fall ol Oelualonn.
vanged under cimeis or meteorite* inev;- • N - £W y OKK j uac 27.—The .'■uu eays: The poet
tide 10 matrimony. Tuere ri a certain law [ John Saxe beor me such a confirmed hy-
ue»ehborbocd. t .nc<. it was first seen there cere wni^a young people Tigueiy comprehend, i ^ochondnac that r:o one is able to convince him
have been only two nights that * ai1 walcn * eaius oar “ lrolo,sera iao ^ a I hei* not a hopeless invalid^iiin« the^deatfiof
were favorable’ to observation, j formulA*. £?*ilHJL
although Prof. Draper has been can** Cnderstand It. | {^i-underheh.
successful in obtaining fair negatives. Norristowa Herald. j * : I nave never encountered a more obstinate
Weary as he was with two nights of hard | william Sprairue. of Rhode Island, ha* spent a j maa." says tiie^doctor. “He sit* in his i~
and many demand* upon hi* puree, he found the
salary of accmgrr *- *
ce of hi*
every
fires tl. .
thou good and f
ism, heroic courage, devotion to
oountry, forthude and sacrifice,
success and good fortune, then, truly, General
Gordon is entiUed to any measure of success to
which ne may attain. He to now, with hi* usual
energy and ability, working in a new field, and a
moat important one, tfie development of the re
sources of the south. We trust hi* greatest hope*
may be realized. '
Consider Onr Hat Uplifted.
Cleveland Herald.
Thx ATLaNTa Constitution, i
nisi ii
e should not
laence was of h.„ , -
.aoup.1.. him tytyi* a n me tyippieex ana yj r crawfurd s vjte stands recorded Browse, or Licuicnaat Derhj ever created, and ; the Hudson, ue made
“ UiinK for ot JaiiT- Tut, and ia.t ia I !< ***** P” M ?Pr 1 moroing between
b.®Tad* I »«to*e»ry n«in, |
, ^ . Ream Joan Phu;nix. Ar'^ans Ward, or I 10 number iuxeady aaatnuiated. His j jaoatus a year he ougii
i>. H. Sparks. .... -• — ' —* * * * “
SS? uj have?coupto^ ! ailment to chiefly niental and hto mind ha*
^ | uumed the most fearful hypochondriacal hue.
„„ properly represent Colorado at this
exposiUon. We know it would plejrethedirector-
zeueral of the whole business, Hon. H. I. twim-
ball. and our old friend Sabin as well, for u* to
moke a big representation, as both are old Colora
dans. and both use every means in their power to
give u> acc xnmodations commensurate with the
importance of the mining interest. This to an
opportunity to advertise Colorado to a people who
Plant Sore Cotton.
Memphis Avalanche.
A Georgia paper howls for more cotton. Ditto
n T .-paper as far in j the Avalanche. Meat is dear. Cotton to cheap.
advance of most of its southern contemporaries j But cotton to king. Plant more cotton. Cora to
in intelligence, a* it to above them in moral stand- K oing up in price and cotton going down. Plant
ard. more cotton. Men. women and children, horse*
Philadelphia Pres*. and mule*, can eat cotton and grow fat. Plant
Thc Atlanta Constitution will soon become more cotton. It may bnng only six cent* per
an eight pTge paper, larger than the Springfield | pound, but tf the grower don t get rich at tW
Republican and not much smaller than the Cia- 1 the farmers who rawe grain and hay will get the
cinnatl Gazette. It to the purest, most lndepend- montjr
ent and ablest paper in tne wjaboard state*, and [
deserves success.
the law ol average* will be sustained
if the southern cotton-raiser to left with an-
empty bag to hold. Plant more cotton.
vcTiMrT PftTKlT