Atlanta weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1878-1881, August 23, 1881, Image 1
VIRGINIA B.
PAYET1EV1LLE GA
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WHERE POUCHT NORTH AND SOUTH
Hiw ChtittonTli A;pun ElgltMB Tsars
AfUr tks BtnggU Tssrs—Whsr. 8tczs-
wall Jickm Fsll-Ta* Clue*Her
Haa#s—P«t*rX stax's Gkargs
Spidal Oorrespoadeccsi; Philadelphia Times.
Th* Wfu»xjuit*a P. O. lQ(ut 7 —Coming
within kl«tht of CaanotilorevUi* I trfcd to m. ke
class scrutiny of tb* oh historic bouse that la
tbs a!l to all of tbs aatUoraanl, but my own gaze,
aa well aa tbs qoeatloorog aura of tho driver,
Cato, became fixed upon a much prettier picture
la the sard. Under the ahade of aa aim oat a
you a* ample who looked aa though they were
out for a picnic. The yoonr woman waa fair of
fae* and of gtnti* manners, and the
youth who paid her aoeh
deatly waa aoerethlac more thaa a broJrer Both
wore troveting awtaaaea of the oorthern cut, and
Z waa not surprised to learn than they hailed
from Hartford, Cooaectlcut.
••Who am dess people. Mom Oliver?" aaked
Cato, apeaklac In an undertone, aa the sun-
browsed tenant of theChaooellorhoaaaatepped
out to tho boggy with hia hearty Invitation to
"light and walk In."
"Yount married fo'.kses,” aald Fanner Oliver.
"On dere weddin* ’tkuixhno. aa deyr'
M I 'low ao. you 'qoUUtve nl«sab; you'd better
take keero' fyo' bourn," and turning to me Far
mar Oliver continued: "rhe young lady aaya aa
bow her father waa killed on tbla beak battle
field the day abe waa boh. He waa ao officer
with Ueannl fitefclea an' waa killed over than by
Hrael Grove aaae Ume aa Gennul Berry waff. Bo
•light and walk la, »lr! Any mark* about t =e
wWji? Well, I should aa/ ao! Corns In,
a church rvLL or vouna.
I aoeh plaaaant Introduction ea
—.... »the morning ann
toga of 8
behind, i
torn pike had brought tu to the church around
which 0ad«wica P.ugbt on the d«j« that wit*
1 the death grappled Hooker and Lee, a
m amall brick building, stand* fu tb* corner of a
den ns wooda * orwa.t to the left of the road.
Ita grove of nakadlflarefrom the >.dj dnln^foreat
tree*, in that they r ow several yards apir.
and»hd:era drrular plat of paatuie gram. A
few feet In toe rear of the church la a line of
breari works, now DO higher than the koeea and
thickly overgrown wlta weeds The ebur-h
walla ooouin aneil bates and cnuotlow bullet
marks, wnlle the overhangti g oaks show many
rcira. Indeed. It may oe aald that aa many
mlale baba have been pot into the churcb as
there have been prayers m*ui out from It. Moving
oa by a red da road bordered by pine and oak
and poor corufields, lu wblcn were negro c-tbiu*
ON A THE CAR SHED.
VOL. XIV.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUS i 23, 1881.
NO. 12
A EOUL MYSTERY
Mrs. Cramer waa Indignant at her daughter and
Berry and Blruey, ,
the burning aky, e new daylight spring up In t
doak and they place their tegfoua at Pleaaootoo ■
tack with the thought that ooee more the army
iaaaved.
It la too dark to aee the ruins of parapets, the
old graveyard and the well fall of war r. Ilea on
_ the Wilderness store. In
an hour the ho race bare taken us from one bat-
tU-flOd to another. Just down the road la the
ulace where Lee whipped Hooker, and here In
this upland forest ia the place where, a year
;ater, Lee tried so hard to throttle Grant
G. M.
DAN RICE AND HIS WIVES.
If Is Laat Wife. Whom He Knew When
Nlse Was a Baby and He a Clown,
fining to be Kid of Ulna.
Erie (Pa) Herald, July 30.
Dan Rice, the famous circus man and
clown, waa in the city this week. His ap-
ptarar.ee in Erie, yesterday, accompanied
by hie attorney, excited some curiosity on
the part of a Herald representative, who
investigated tho matter and learned that
-because of the troubled expression over
•be showman's phiz was caused by domestic
complications—that bis wife had com
menced suit for divorce on the ground of
desertion.
The subject of this sketch went into the
show business when very young, and it is
said, met bia first wife there as an actress
and there married her. They lived bap-
by tne mother's anger to interpose a lie to shield
the daughter
ENACTED BY TWO FAST YOUTHS. I
light," aald the New York woman, betraying her
. v r . . . . . .. . . „ own character by the remark, but the Cramers
A Tcaag Girl Inveigled lato Abandoned Com* I were not versed enough In the ways ol the world
paay, Badnosd, and Found Mnrdired-Soa# tu detect it
i Iatimt— I oont j nne< i to upbnld her daughter, who waited
The Judicial lavcaUgatiaa. I till her mother nad roue ini'* another room aud
then arose. Miy-n: to ber companion that she
would go out b hire her father found bar, and
Kzw Haver, August C.—The body of a beauti- I asking ner to *<» with b-r. This I
Id TOO* TO... -rtrfuuy*—d, — .«nd
at 6 o'clock this morning on West Haven beach, a j marn: bat ta Mrs Cramer did not return ahe
much-tbrocgcd summer resort. tour miles from I went oat after Jennie, expecting to find her. She
o* <*»• The bod, -«wn» f». d.wow^ ta “j
the aaud. One of the finger-ringi worn by the I horse car. **
dead woman bore the monogram J. C. By this [ _ In thto parUcular it Is certain that Mia Doug-
AURIFEROUS GEORGIA
DISPLAYING HER GOLDEN RICHES.
Ths Renewed Interest in tha Geld Production of
Georgia—A Ta!# of Erer Increasing Bick-
nast-A Saw Method for the Devel
opment of tha River B?£j.
they planned their daring attack upon Hooker’s
Eleventh corps. But the blue and the
cracker-box story had proved very dry
and It waa with the pleasure of a utility i r
preaching a well that I drove up to the Chancel
lor houae, with Us shady yard and happy bridal
party.
ai d many a day did Jrfferaon, MadUo * and Iboee
WbO came after take noontide rest undr r the eur-
r* unding elms. But the planks of tbe plank roid
a gone Coaches and four uo longer shake dust
from the shallow nits of tbe pike, and lovers no
longer seek the cross roads tavern as tbe hall
way to Gretna Green. la the old d-i>* u e chan
cellor bouse waa a massive brick luiUSl- g, step*
ed like a squat T. Around It ou cvvry *».!•: were
level fields that stretched for a
quarter of a mile or more, while three
play the atbehief. A bov* ihese grim (binge ia s
ragged retain the gable c-t-d near the root,
showing where sheila knocked for sdnala-
as ih«*y psuMd lu their *cre*mlng
year. ago. Ti.« oovob pillar.
Hooker had the misfortune to
stand when It was shattered by a round shot, waa
destroyed by tho fire and tn the place* of the pil
lars are wooden oolumus freshly painted ai d
without a scratch In the yard tbe visitor seta
the outlines of theoldbnu-e marked by shrubs.
Weeds and stray bricks, while a dozen sweet hol
lyhocks growing near tbe poreb remain aa senti
nels of garden beauties long since goue.
THE fcror WHERE JACKSON FELL
The sun la overhead as tbe lazy horats. white
with lather, log sdoug a level road between two
cornfields aud come twice more to where trees
grow thickly on either aid*. Thus moving In
the midst of Umber lor aomewnere near a naif
mile we come to a Mg stone planted hteadfaMly
by the raadstd*. Cato Is n»J<1t..g and I hit him
* smart crack with a soldier’s skull which Far
mer Oliver gave m\ aud the V'lnti of which I
had been studying since we left 11 * k--r'» sh .tier
ed beadousiters behind. Cau> gave a gruut slid
Jerk aud mumb.log: "l'se moa’ aaeep." spied
the atone. Then It waa amusing to watcb the
change come over the darkey's dull expanse of
Jaw and Up. He Ufte l hla eyebrowa, showed hia
sceth and aald, with antmattou:
"Ureas my tool. tab. u* am right heah."
"\Vbat's m ah?' What's that stone lor?’’
"Jtoan yo' kno*. aah. what dat ar’markable
-No. what Is it?"
-Bar's whar Uenni
_ _cker Lar-ey, de pre . ___ _
am', he pat dat ar atone dar, aah "
1 remembered that Jackson clou* »o
aevetal days alter he bad been wouuded,
farther questioning 1 learned that this r
a pot where the blcedit
t the
ding warrior led from hla
horse In the very hour ol hla crowning triumph
-Tbe stone la a rough block of white flint, qnar
vied here In the wilderness. It suuds three let t
eight inches high and la two feet leu Inches In
breadth. J ia surface shows denis and scare where
from loving pilgrim* have sealed bits of it a*
relics, aud all around are smaller fleets of hard
fork that have been used as hammer* wtih
which to crock in I mm. dlately around th«-
mtooo the ground la In amall undergrowth,
buck Id «>,ry Imsbea. chinkapins and the dec, but
nt a few he t it la encompawd by »>lnea a .4 oaks
of laigw growth.
NULUtT MARKS IN A RED OAK.
Between the sioue and the road la a red oak of
aoeh size that U uroat have sprung up thirty
yea.'* ago 1 noticed a dozen or more bullet holes
in this oak, and aaked Cato why they were there.
Ills reply, that they caioe with ihevotlejby
which Jackson waa killed, aermed to be disproved
by the freen appeeranc- of the holes,
• How can (that he?" I asked. "The holes
look aa though they were made within the last
„
hr Whas of a lauifh: ”
>’rf. where de rebels
bolea lookin’ lur rvllcar* Then 1 understood;
Ahe bullet marks had been kept fresh for nearly m
•core of years by such of the great leader's ad-
Jackson for tbe first time grew weak! The silent
woods are avouud. The aione ia aa still a* though
the bones of the man of f»me were beututt-.
aqnlnela skip over It. Bocks and does rub Uzily
oak la a bnad board with the algn :
pily together for several years and were tne
beat known people in the United States;
but a cloud came over their domestic rela-
•iona one day when Dan’s show was in this
city, the result of which a divorce was
granted Mrs. Rice from the Erie county
conr-s. Tbe divorced Mrs. Dan Rice did
not leave the country and dieof melancholy
but shesoon afterward found one whom ahe
thought to be more worthy other, and she
became a Mrs. Warner.
With the latter husband she lived very
agreeable till hia death, a few years ago.
Since then she has continued to abide in
Girard, and is said to be a very estimable
woman. Tbe fruit of tbe first union was
two girls, one of whom »s now the wife of
Charles Reed, ao equestrian of fame, and is
now traveling in Europe. The second
.laughter married Captain A. C. Wuizback,
of a German family, and is now living in
Oirard. Dan was at this time in the hey
day of his glory, and be was worth thou
sands of dollars where bis competitors were
worth hundreds. He wooed and won Miss
Itebecca McConnell, a daughter of Henry
McConnell, a deacon in the Girard Presby
terian church, and president of the Girard
national bank.)
The parents of the young lady were in
no wise favorable to the match, which
they considered quite unequal in point of
s'icial station and age. The union so ex
tremely dissatisfied the father ol the young
lady that be went so far as to disinherit her,
though she was bis only child. The prop
erty, however, which was quite ati extensive
one, was to go to the heirs. All opposition
t-> tbeanit of tbe showman availed not, for
tbe fates had decided otherwise. Dan used
frequently to relate that he saw his present
wife in her nurse’s arms at a show in which
he was interested, and which exhibited in
Girard along abont 1845. In this exhibition
was a circus play of "Tbe Sultan’s Halt
in the Desert,” in which Dan was tbe hero.
The exhibition of the bespangled cam
els and Dan’s gorgeousnets so delighted tbe
little one that it attracted his attention,
and from that time on, though he was a
married man he regarded the child as it
drveloped into girlhood with a special
interest. After the second marriage Dan
continued to prosper, and he built a resi
dence in Girard which with ita surround
ings, must have coat him anywhere from
$100,000 to $200,000 He continued to
make Girard liia headquarters, and tbe
death of bis wife’s father hai conciliated
matters to snch an extent that after his
mansion had been disposed of he and his
wife went to dwell under the paternal roof.
During the show season Dan continued to
•druggie on. With his ill luck and the de
parture of his worldly possessions there
came a coldness over his soul and his fain
ily, then consisting of his wife and a boy-
his very image—did not seem to have the
charms for him as before. As a conse
quence of all this comes the suit for
divorce.
It is said that Mrs. Rice has left Girard
on a visit, and that her husband is unable
to find her at the present time; also, that
be is endeavoring to see her for the purpose
of a reconciliation.
max the l«ljr wm identified u that ol Htai ta-pqjnwajHewU.
- « drug store oppotu e the era Ber nuuse—is ready to
Jennie Cramer, eldest daughter of a respected j t&at be mw du-m come out together, and
there is other proof, ol which I will speak present-
e where the remains ly. that tbe two women wore iu company with
-t Waiter Mxlley on Thursday night,
eat beard testimony. I y rom Thursday morning until Saturday mom-
to the effect that hia lug, however, there ia undoubtedly a hiatus that
with James Malley. I has not been satisfactorily filled in the story of
I the nufortunate girl. Within a few minutes of
man of this city. I there Mother proof, of which I will speakpresent
At the wm Haren mow. where the rern^n. jfcftg «S*.«y>_wgg. w-w.ft “
were taken, a jury of Jnquest beard testimony. I from Thursday morning until Saturday mom-
Mr. Cramer’s testimony waa to the effect that hir * — * ' *'
daughter had been Intimate with James Malley.
At Maliey’a request ahe had visited and en- i time that Jennie left her father’s house for
tertalned Miss Blanche Douglass, of Spring street, the laat time her mother repented of the hanh-
NewYork a young lady friend of Mr. Walter | new with which ahe had spoken to her d irliuy
nf the leadinr child, tor the girl was always petted anaindulged
Malley, who uad arrived at one or tne leaoaig i j^^aps more i h »™ the deserved, certainly more
hotels tn this city. This was on Wednesday last. | than proved wise. Donning her own hat the
a,mmmnm* TSSSSSSSSSSSS^.-—
day, on wbich day Mbs Douglass pa d a visit to to D f her, but getting no tidinga. Later
Cramers, and to shield Miaa in the day the father went out also and made In-
Cramer from mprimaoda for mornta,
said that they had been cut to- ^ child’s absence to the cnief, but nothiug had
gether *-» the shore and returned quite late and occurred up to tha; time, to far aa he knew,which
r*«ed the night together at the hotel. On Thun- would warrant the interference of the podee, —
imaacu uao u4£4*k at mac aau«ca. I h» anti SaII where «he» waa lit air to
day Miss Cramer left home again, and her lather j oun( h
sought her at the hotel, only to learn from Mia | On Saturday morning, about daybreak,^the
We received on Saturday information of a re
form or advance in mining tor gold In the rivers
of north Georgia that may produce wonderful
results.
Those who sue fstwiiiar with the g*dd region of
Georgia, know that the beds of the xirers are very
rich In gold deposits, especially of those rivers
wbl:h run through the richest gpld sections.
Some years ago an experiment was liade by sick
ing a flume In the bed of - r!~ :• aud
drying the earth within t-o flume
box. This waa mined, aud we It .rn that five
hundred dollars’ worth of gold wa*'secured from
the earth which waa taken out of >e box. We
are not positive aa to the terms r' this gxperi-
- *, but remember that the result - was one that
- great satisfaction. Persons '- ho have ex-
amintd rand or mud from thd rtVi bottoms lu
small quantity find gold in rrlua^'e secretions
therein. Just before the panic c! ’75 a company
Douglass that ahe had gone to New York to visit 6econd chapter ol the story began by the finding
jrouguMinuanenauaono vt ”«w aw G f Jennie Cnuner’a body on the sandy beach at
a brother there. With many misgivings the I me West abort, a* it is called That ahe was dead
father returned home. Oa Friday he received a I was beyond a doubt, but as to the manner ol her
note from James Malley. Jr., that his daughter death even, there L sail no positive teadmony.
“ tr“ , ‘ . ' V.u , Inside the bare, lj iug ou the beach, fn a spot to
waa away In New York at her brother’s. which uo tide would have been likely to drift it.
‘ 1l teemed
.... . eerthat L_.
night of her death. Mia Douglass denies ail I there from the shore. No human probability
knowledge of the girl since their meeting at the I exists that the tide brought tb.- oody mere.
Cramer home on Thurwlay. Mr. Cramer In bis I Enough has been leuruea * *
testimony ref cm d to letters received by the I statemeuts which tear ou tn*.
daughter as to the Malley*. Mia Douglass and I as suggesting clews or »s sub tautiattug certain
hcneif, arranging for calls and rides and inter- I facta that were tuspected lu tn fits; place ilia
views. One waa a request from James Malley tor I certain that a Jeuu e Ciamer had preaeived her
Mia Cramer's «K>mpaoy to Coney Island, her virtue up to the last lew days ol her ltle she was
consent to be expressed by meeting him at 10:30 certainly unable wduww the end.
p.m., at the corner by the store. It Is not certatu w oemer tcere was any s rugg.e
At the request of a juror. Dr.8hepsad.of West on tne part of the uuionuuate girl to preserve
Union, made an examination of tne body, from I ae» u-mor el the istat mma*e, bat it U reasonable
which he waa convinced that the girl had been emt-iu taat no auca s.rug^ie t-.»oa ph.ee. They
recently seduced. The affair caxues much ex I are, however, grounds tor suspecueg that she
citement in this dty. oa acoouut of the promi- j wss under toe influence oi some drug when ahe
nence of the yontig men involved Greatsympa- J died, though 1 am unable to learu anything
thy ialelt for Mr. Cramer and his family, one I definite about the caaracter of the drug. Mr.
theory, strongly entertaiued by many, ia f
waaacaaeof nuicide.cauaed by grief and ret .
Others believe that the girl made a misstep I always paid considtrab e attouuon to medical
from Kelsey’s pier and fell Into the water late in I science, and has had a great amount of expert-
the morning, when the tide waa low, receiving I ence iu luu.dung aud diaweeaug ceau budiea,
contusions about the bf ad and nose whten made declares that mere waa a v*.rjr unnatural odor
her insensible, ia which condition ahe waa 1 .bctit this body when it was lasta up. Me is*
drowned. The theory that her person waa vio- positive that it waa the odor ol some drug, and
lalcd by some unknown pereuu.and that she waa I that it suggested laudanum. As A. Curtis
then drowned, finds supporters. The manner in ] says, there was a terrioiy offensive uneil
which she met her late ia at present wrapped in I aLout it, but knows uotiirug snout
mystery. | what kind of a amell it was beyond
these (acta, aud that tuere were huckie
berries found in the girl's stomach. Nothing can
be learned of the result of tae autopsy, though
Kiv Haven Auzust r» issi —^The intcreat in I Dr. Fruddeu has acknowledged that. ne round
the my Mery attending the'dealh ol the beautiful iJh^Uried'tS i d auid^o are uaedufhanSSS
youug girl who was found drowned at West ^^fd^ up aud wuoare urod tohsndltog
Haven laat Saturdsn morulnx, la hourly lucreas-1 bodits of drowueu p-raons that she was not
uig No scandal has arisen in New Haven fora I drowned. The question ul death Is, therefore,
that the story of the girl's last days has done, and I *rith theories of suicide and ot murder, of course
no crime wZ ever committed here which baa ao US? 'tStStortf
aroused the public sympathy and indignation. I oi Mia Douglats, and it is wruuu tnat the ttsu
The girl wnose death nas so allracieti public I uiouy they gave was not entire.y in accordance
ixnmcui baa been very well known In New I with the lams. far ihai dLcrepancy goes of
Haven tor the past five years, although she was I te deterattined by the tactssa
only twenty when she died. Wbe waa introduced I they shall oe developed. A ah*, rt review ol the
whUe yet a chUd?by ter mother, tcTauch society t^umouyand -- —
A WRECKED VESSEL
W1LL18 A tlKaSl Y,
Sewing Machine Agents,
Dry Goods, fihoea and Hats,
CuRar for Cash.
■wap profit from U»*» glance* of U»w reverential
In this way sentiment la lost, *nd
to chip off * int of tbw Hint as a
WRERK FUtASONTON Tt*OK HIS STAND.
C*tolaaakwpova byjAckron’smouwas 1 come
<mt v pou on* of the Haael Grove cteariag* more
than a half mils to the weal. Whilo I mat hnw
•lone among rank dock weeds that cover *hc
mins of a parapet, tae flash creeps to tbtuk ol
the mail tktug that Keenan stated from this rp-»t
tod»e Dajlilbt fa*kw now as U did then,
mo* u U^is through the tree tops, and
May evening eighteen years ago ner light was no
hw re fleetivw ol flasy clouds down by the>
Hath ol tbe mu. Twelve thou-and paalc-
— tu are pa-slug dowu the ro».
« woo’s and
Discovered fa ib« Arctic Kfglons.
Ban Francisco, August 15.—The Alaska Com
mercial company's steamer St. Paul, which ar
rived here this morning, brings the following
advices from Alaska: Captain Hooper, of the
revenue cutter Coiwin, received intelligence
of the cltcovery of come wrecked whalers by the
Indians on May 25ti>, and be at once
sent out a sledge party under
Lieutenant Htering to Investigate The
party landed on Kaluch.nlr island June
2 ana made their way over the lee westward to
of natives, in whose possession were found articles
taken from the wreck. Corwin’s party also
saw and talked with tbe natives who boarded tbe
was charged with this work, am _
partially through. Upon tbe coming of the panic
work was suspended and has never been recom
menced. experiments had been made, however,
which satisfied these Investors that If the bed ol
the river could be reached and made available,
very rich results could be obtained. Bo much
for the probable richness ol the gold-bearing
river beat oi north Georgia.
We leam from a gentleman living in this city
that a company has been organized in Boston, with
Mr. Llvenus Hull, of that city, asjtresident, F. A.
Cushman, of Lebanon, New Hampshire, as secre
tary, and M. C. Cushman, of Boston, as treasurer,
for the purpose of working the river beds of the
gold belt of Georgia. He says:
"The capital of this compauy is two and a hall
million dollars. They propose to work the river
beds with boats made on a patent given to the
International vacuum dredging company. It
Is now operating in several rivers in British Col
umbia and on the Pacific slope. The boats un
der this patent are built with large and ample
decks and with large covered pipes that reach
from the deckol the boat to the bed oi tne
river. When the boat Is in position and the pipe
rests on the river bed the vacuum is made by
condensing steam in the pipe and the atmospheric
pressure forces the mud and sand of the river
bottom through the pipe on to the deck of the
boat. About five tons ol river bottom can
be turned into the boat by the filling ol one
* can be cleared about
process is thus very
rapid and immense quantities of dirt can be
brought into the boat within the course o! a day.
Arrangements sue made to work this
earth for gold as rapidly as it can be
secured. Great results are expected from this
invention, as it lays to amall expense, the river
beds open at the hands of the miners."
whtie^jet sTchUdrbjrhermotherl uTsuch society I waumouyand tee facts already discoveredlain
a! w s at tercommirod, andtoereafter was mi *how » what diremioa tola dberepau^r L likely
deulabiy a belle in certain cinflea. The Cramers I to lead. In the fiist pL*ce, the iao Matieys
are people of very small meanm, the father keep- testified mat they did tot see Jeume
ing a tobacco ana cigar stmeon Grand street, I Cramerallve after Tnunday morning and Mbs
aud while their respectability was never ques- Dougtaa testified that she ouly sasrher once, aod
turned, it is certain that mother and th*i wa*. lu a street car going toward the New
daughter were lu the habit ol attend- I Haven depot. Waiter Malley testified that when
imj public balls and dances at which the greatest he learned Dorn Mus Dooxlass oltnis faet he
careTwas not exercised* to keep out people ol 1 started at once lor New York, supposing that J*u-
doubtlul character Laver the daughter waa seen j uie hadgoue thither, but when m fax as
often at similar places without her mother, aud Buunlord, he got a di. patch from bia cousin James
her society waa much sought by young men statingthat Jennie was aU right, and telling him
about town. She waa well known and well liked to come back here, which he did. He made
lor her beauty, which was undoubtedly striking, explauation ol why he followed Jennie oi
and lor her high spirits and good company, ai- how James knew that the was all right 11 he had
tuoughshe was not well educated, nor particu not seen her, nor old James explain the
lariy attractive mentally. matter, but both Insisted that they did not
But. although she waa so well known in a class I see Jenuie alive after Thursday morn-
of society fn which character taaot the test of ad- lug. The Utter declaration is tuidoubtedUfalse.
mission, and although she was sought alter by As 1 wrote yoterday the clerk of Kedclifle s res-
the young men of anything but doubtful repute- I taurant says, aud there is documeniaty evidence
nun wiih whom New Haven abounds, she never I of hla assertion, that Walter Malley took supper
was reputed to be a vicious girl. The worst that with the two girls on Thursday night at the res
has been said ol her for the last few days during I uuraut. The check for tbe supper is now In the
which her name has been bandied about freely possession of C. F. Bollman. who Is acting as
by everybody in town, Is that she wa> fond of I counsel for the coroner a jury. After the diacov-
ooubtful society and would be found I ery had been made by a New Haven newspaper
frequently in placet and in company man that Redcliffe’a clerk was ready to giye this
that a more careful young woman wou d evidence Walter Malley, with hu counsel, visited
have shunned Her parents either having tm I tne restaurant aud demanded the checks be
plidt confluence iu her, or else underestimating I given to him.
the peril she ran, tooa no pains to prevent her I As to any other of Jennie Cramer’s movement
from associations that were lull oi danger, bhe during Thursday and Friday, nothing is knowu
was petted aud indulged at homo and allowed ( ,y the rubde. That a girl sj well known aa she
to take her own course. was should have been around New Haven for two
Among the joung men wbo were attracted by I days and a night and not be recognized seem»
her beauty and who sought her society more or I unlikely, and it is, therefore, gen- rally believed
leaopeuly waa James Malley. Jr., a young fel- I that she was In retirement somewhere and very
low wbo is well known In sporting circles and I probably in company, at least part of the time,
wbo has con tn red in a few years to earn a repu- j with the people who falsely swore that they had
tcuon which is looked upon in his circle as envi
able and in other circles as toe reverse. He had
the command ol considerable, money and waa,by | T2 . e
Special to New York Tribune.
companion in his leisure hours, and I Dr. H. W. Painter, of New Haven, one of the
being tbe same kind of a man, also with cons de- jurjmen in the Jem le Cramer inquest, was iu
table money at command, he enjoyed a similar ibe city yesterday in search of Blanche Douglass
reputation. Water Malley Is the son and James I He sad to a Tiibane reporter:
Mau y, Jr, is the nephew of Edward Malley, the "1 expect tbat » e can break the testimony .
proprietor ol one ol the largest dry goods stores I Blanche Douglass. The principal points oa
in New Haven, who has accumulated a conalde- which this can be done are that she gave a.wror g
table fortune In his btnlmsa and ranks among address aod rhe statement of the restaurar.t keep
the rich men of the city, ills residence is in s er at Rcdcliffe’s, wbo says he Is positive that tbe
fashionable quarter and in a large, handsome I two women who were a his restaurant Thursday
mansion, with cultivated grounds, statuary and I morning were again there at night, although he
show the richness of real gold-
ue* d oi ly ay that tbe bed of the Chattahoochee
river, into which flows the Chestatee, yields gold
from the surface sands on the shore ms far dowr
tts.Milton county. This is simply the result o
the gold that has been borne into this river b
the little Chests tee and other mountain stream
tbat cross large veins of gold and flow into th
Chattahoochee. In California and British Colum
bia, where the dredging boats have been tried,
tbey have yielded astonishing results, and we
expect the same from this experiment."
^••Are arrangements being made for the experi
ment now?"
dredging the river between the 15th and 30th of
September. The company will not rest —
one experiment but will have boats as rap .
hey can be built on the various rivers of the
whole gold region. The boats cost from six to
ten thousand dollars each, and over twenty
miles of the river above selected has been leased
liquidate the American debt if released.
Butit was of no use; his death was inevit
able, and while protesting that his actions
had been for the good of the Indians, whose
chief he was, the drams vere rolled, a
volley of musketry was h ard, and the
career of Lera da waa at an end.
Aa to his wealth during hia lifetime,
there are many stories. One is that bar
rels of gold and silver were carried at his
order to the mountains and there deposit
ed by four men, wbo after finishing their
work were of course, shot, that it might not
be divulged. There is at Santiago an old man
who tells that he in company with
another, Ateiro, came to Tepic
in the night-time, escorting Lerada
and aix mules heavily laden with
gold and silver bars, brought from the
mountains in the vicinity of Santiago, and
which were deposited in Lerada’a house;
that after their arrival he was s ent t > my
mescal, and &9 he had a weakness for the
"vine celestial" he drank too much, got
drunk and did not return to the house. In
the morning the mules were found astray.
Lerada was on his way to Guadalajara, and
the other man, his companion, never was
heard of again. His ideas of discipline
were as severe as his ideas ot many other
things. It was his custom to review his
24,000 Indians on the first Snnday of every
. month at£ o’clock a. m., and it was ex-
; pected tbat every man weald be present
• .T|th •sufficientexcuse. An they had to
come from many leagues away h woulcTnoF| ©t
seem strange if there were many delin
quents. On one occasion, at one of these
reviews, wnen those present were in the
line, one unfortunate arrived ten minutes
late. He was called before the chief, and,
after being reprimanded before the whole
army, was led to a tree and shot.
The family of Lerada, his wife and two
daughters, reside at San Luis. She is ir
very comfortable circumstances, and is rep
resented as a very ladylike and amiable
person.
A BOLD HIGHWAYMAN.
Thirteen Fnll-ffrown Hen Qnletly
Submit to be Bobbed by • Single
Brigand.
Denver Republican.
H. M. Barton, the alleged stage-robber,
who was arrested in Pneblo, and brought
to Denver in July, bad his preliminary ex
amination before Judge Brazee yesterday
afternoon. Barton is charged with rob
bing the stage running between Del Norte
and Alamosa, about midnight on Jane 29.
The robbery was the most audacious in the
annals of highway robbery, and links the
name of the perpetrator with that of Billy
Le Roy. The story of the deed is besi.
told in the words of J. B. McMillan, of Del
Norte, one of the victims of the robbery,
and who was the first and principal wit
ness for the prosecutiou in the examination
of yesterday. He said in substance:
"There were eight men and one woman in
side the coach, four men besides the driver
on top. I was among the latter, sitting
beside the driver. It was about midnight,
I should think, and abont twenty miles
from Del Norte, when we were halted It
was very dark, aud we were just turning a
bend in the road when the word came to
bait There was only one man visible, to
•the left and about ten feet ahead of the
coach. The robber was standing behind
a piece of canvas stretched alongside the
road, and had a revolver pointed directly
at myself and the driver. He
told us calmly to deliver ourselves,
and he would not harm
bat that if we made a bad break he would
shoot. I was on the side next to the robber,
and I immediately got down from my seat,
followed by the driver. After we got down
the robber came from behind the canvas
and placed over our heads a cloth cap
which came -down to our ahoulders and
completely blinded us. He then ordered
us to stand still, and himself went to the
stage door and ordered the occupants to
come out, one at a time, and take their
positions in line alongside the driver and
myself.
"He told the passengers not to make any
unnecessary movements, as they were all
covered by the guns of his men iu conceal-
AMWEG’S HEART
BEWITCHED BY CHARMING NELLIE.
Nsllis Hassltiat, the Girl who Jilted Tilde a,
Becomes Impressed with a Bandy-Legged
Gixoru Singer, All ot Wkioh
L.ads to
enormous amount ol work as the river bed can
be mined for ten or twelve feet deep.”
In connection with this we recall the experi
ment made by Mr. Sam Carter, of Murray county,
who. having become satisfied of the richness ol
the driftings in the river beds, conrtructea a boat
for the purpose o( mining them. He started near
Warsaw ferry, a short distance from Norcross,
and made some headway He soon discovered
that the difficulty of getting at the sand and
gravel with hia imperfect method was so great
that It did not pay to mine it, but he discovered
fact that it wsa very rich
gold deposits. There was uo
doubt then that II the driftings
could have been obtained and at low enough
cost that money could hi ve been made out of It,
and this new invention seems to accomplish at a
very low price what Mr. Carter was unable to
sccompliah at all. We shall look with great
anxiety for the result of this experiment as we
have always contended that few G-rorglans dream
of the enormous ricnes burled in the gold fields
in the northern part of our state. ~
shall be kept fully informed.
wreck and exhibited two piles of articles which
they »akl they bad taken from her, Tbey oonsist-
rtl principally oJ carpenters’tools, elc. The fol
lowing articles were recovered and have been
brougnt to San Francisoo to be forwarded
to tbe United 8tales treasury department: one
whaling iron marked blank, ycadbly the Initials
»; the owner of tbe vigilant, with five dots, sup-
;• red to mean boat No. 6; one
p*r of sliver-bowed spectacles ana case;
one par of marine passes and one
kulfe marked "V.," oa the handle. The natives
said that the wrecked vessel carried a par of
reindeer horus on the end ol her jibboom. The
Vigilant is kuown to have carried such orna
ments and is said to have been the only vessel
in the sating fleet having such, which leads to
oooclu-loa that it was abe that
found In her, one of thtm In a berth and others
thalr
withered and drawn tight. From
description it la surmised tha the vessel
wrecked a la back aa the winter of IS?
first winter out, and that wreck subaequ „
drifted out to ae* and was lost sight of. The
sledge pat/ being unable logo further waa with
drawn on account of the melting snow. They
proceeded to Cape Serdeze. and were
picked up br “ '
they traveled i
- td her rudder
•t, but the damage was repaired in «
r with materia obtained from the wreck of an
fountain* around.
says he will not swear to this, vsec
Water Mai ey was educated at Seton Ha’l col- | show further that Blanche was not at the Elliott
lege, and during nls stay in New York was I house Friday night, as she swears In her tceti
kuown, as ho has boon since bia return to New I mony.” „ _
Haven, ac a fast young mao. with money to "What Is tbe generel opinion In New Haven as
spend. He made the aequantance ia New York oi I to who ate the guilty persons?"
___, ■ *- * w - 1 1 *-•*—— ly to the Malley brothers.
_ cion that they were lead-
tomato oi a house ol ill-fame tn Thirty first I ing this kind of a life, but not until people saw
street, kept by Lizzie Bandy. Notwithstanding the Tribune this morning did they have any
— character young Maiey appears to have I definite knowledge of it. Yet the father of the
.me Infatuated with her and spent a good deal I Maiey a offered this morning Sl.CU) reward for
of time and money in her company. Since Mai- the apprehension of the guilty parties, and
ley’s return to New Haven be has visited Blanche la petition has been signed by twenty-five
Douglass in New York severed times. About a of New Haven's leading men for a town meeting
week ago she came to New Haven, and dnnng tooffrran hdditiona f 1,100. The meeting cannot
her stay here she was in hla company amost con- be held wiiain four days, according to statute
stautly grooming indeed at some of the find-class I If Blanche Douglaw will toll all ahe knows about
hotels, but visiting and being Traded by the I the Mallcys aud their hand In the business,
youegmau. __ _
* ■ visit to New Haven Decan a awry i ..
_ I ward.”
to the minds of everybody who is at ai conver
sant with the circunn-tanoea, with the unlortu-
item the tide ol Howard’s flight and to
terrific onslaught of Jarksou’s victorious men.
RlDlNii DOWN TO DEATH
Then Keenan takes a grip upon bin reins, aavs
koriariy -gnod-by" ana wheels his horse wtb
luck % touch »s the beast never felt before. Me
nod*a* hepasse*Huey, and* moment thereat-
ieraay»: "Cavary. charge,” and ao quiet is h:s
vo-.ee tha the three hundred troonersWely hear
it to tbe creat uproar. But wba terrible words
ao say! Tne men kco “* J ‘*
xa<yoneof the tore* to
Huey ride ai>wast into a narrow road and tbe
cavalrymen fotCow two by two. Capa are rakod
off by the brushwood. Nero are scratched aud
torn bv th* hanging *>!****' rW **l
fasz and ai come atas. From th* right now and
then whistles ups handful of bullets aud adcaen
saddle* are tmptled. but uo notice Is taken of me
the destructive
natives
to ba to ne want They were
..•liedwith arms and ammunl
with goods plundered from the
wreck U the schooner LaLeta. The last totolll-
oi the cutter’s government la up
July 9ih, when she sailed
from Norton sound to GotuIotU bay, thence to
proceed northward to Kotzebue sound and Point
Barrow to loom after revenue matters, and
then westward to Wracxel Land, before the ice
closed to search for the Jeannette. Tbe mildness
the previous winter and the thto-
i of the Ice encounte ed by the
win. gave Captaa Hooper strong hopes
of being able to reach and explore that land
atiUbm ud » Ewu, w!k*Ud|u ta. ML
* ‘ - im the plana road And
tight is before him! Line
plana road And
what a tight ia before him!
upon line of Jackson’s vetomn*-*rea
.ol them-are coming oa the double quick at
.1), ta. komI *•»«! tarow, Mid* bl* .
.tout. •■»»««•'." Md ipot. hi* hoTM ptamb Into
ta. w.11 ol bu«n. Th. dm bMtalloo.
S ooe flash andbiladed anotner and nearly half
the three hundred fsOLbot Keenar. Huey,
drrowool ib tad Haddock, btawd by tacir com-
ndm r*ta»r ib,ir homo up oi.d« tam mod
*-11. «Kh hoi Mom l»M lhj» taock ta. oo
comlDt umlor.thco.tady.tdaotitttbta.Jdo
U tooth to tooth Starr brtor. did UK*
hto'drad taro omi lh.mta.To. with ad trur
tom u>d tatatjmoott»ly mMtta twmti taotmod
Tirtor.oo* tad .d.tac n, munuu. They work
ta. hr*, tad l:oot ol tar ootiox u. tad dell
« UkeTlb rodtaboll
“AUftoltn J»o “Mat rota Kreowt. tall
In the cleoa tl** • nertyr. ewetui, hu tall,
tk'hlte the cirri, .ttoke ol hi* aebre, awoo,
•Bound ht. heed, like . htoo there lumlnout
ta **OTE» KkkkAIt'i hkkD BOOT
Bat thooch Jacktaa rrota* Iron tbe taedt
tad rata.* on a*er tae proetett. bodlea ot Seta
I an M. Yioar. Intnhl h. iUddnek end Uetr
comndee. too tali Bteaue here p«taot eod sol *
tsc rhea l hu Pleeeootoo boon tale. H. father*
.bout bltatomlyore sooe, double taouoe.esd
eet Keedltotiy to ewtap tar eppeoeeb. He hidta
hie One now the roomy taeU *ppee^2ore
! the enemy
issrshssszix
STvSESS fi&T
too opens. Every gnn speaks oo the
lartd flash, a crash, a roar, live thunder vetoed . „
jmnflredfold! Hooker, among the fiesperate fa* pie of the south call cotton ”gtog?"
> have beeu
It was rot
• her a nova experience to be tons pursued.
able time with attention* that a
to a certain extent distasteful to her. It i
■ Malley occupied another room
whalers haTe been lost, as early to July
— unties ol whale oil were reported to have
i by the natives sad other hunters
• about Suak island. Four casks of whale
oil drifted ashore there about the same time. These
signs giv j rise t v an apprehension that some
remaining whaler waa wrecked to the fog on
the outlj ing r el or rocks shore that island. The
fact tha the packages of all found were unbroken,
is thought toinOioate that possibly one side of
the unfortunate vemel whs br »ken In lettiDg the
cargo out No further details ol the supposed
wrecks had sreachcd Alaska up to August 4th
when the St. Paul left.
The King's Levee.
The proposed cotton exposition at Atlanta has
point like the UUle seed tha was planted to
the ground to becosne a mighty tree, shading the
nations No one. when Mr. Elward Atkinson
cm suggested iu dreamed that it ever would or
conid attain snch proportions and lu daily
growth Is a constant surprise two to its most
~ olne supporters But Mr Atkinson sad »o
h shout the extravagance and waste ol cot
ton culture and spinning that people generally
foil a sort of obligation resting upon them to
present fully the other aide—the economies and
profits of cotton culture and manufacture So,
while the crop and all Its forms and every r w —
of its culture wih b» folly and adcu
presented, there will be a great rivalry
exhibiting every eon of process
and machinery employed to Us ma
nipulation and fabrication, demanding enormous
space and giving the greatest posable interests
to this unique exposition, th* most important
one the country has seen since the Philadelphia
eentsnnUl, and one which promises to be of in-
estimabie vaue in every way to the southern
people and to eoutoern interest. Oottou. indeed,
deserves to have a area exhibition for Ueeli.
rsmer was seen after Thursday, su Blanche
Douglass testified?”
*• Yes, ahe waa seen by the man who attends
aud she was uot easily to be won. A number ol the 'fiytog horses’ at Savin beach. He identified
notes, written by him to the girl and produced to I the body Saturday as that of the same person he
— * taw there Friday night ta company with another
woman and a man with a black mustache. This
excursions, drives, etc, to which he invited her. I complicate* the matter; nobody would say the
~ ' • * * 1 ad black mustaches. It is thought that
woman was not Blanche Douglass. The
return ou the foUowtog Mooday, but she dkl not I question now is. who is this man?”
The ultimate rule ol her conduct seems to
been tha she must not reman away from
home over night, and tons, while she received
Malley *s attentions to part, and wu even on; | Blanche Douglass lart night, and gave the follow-
with him on oue occasion until four o clock in iQg account of it to a Tribune reporter, who
the morning, ahe yet maintained her rule,or that found him at his hotel late ta the evening:
of her parents. "I first ascertained tha Blanche’s lawyer. Mr.
Blanche Douglas* testified a the inquest on Blydenbarg. had been at the house in Tbirty-
Jennfe Cramer’s body that she had known the first street, to respome to hex telegram and had
girl about a mouth. Jennie Cramer was to New given her strict instructions to say nothing. I
York about ihe middle ot July from Saturday prevailed upon her, however, at length to tell
until the follow!* g Wednesday. No particulars I the facta. She had been anxious to shield the
have been brought out at the inquest to regard Malley boys and this will acooum for all dlscrep-
to the manner ol their forming an acquaintance, ancles to her statement!*. I am convinced that
but It is supposed tha they met first in New York the told me tbe truth. The first statement which
The circumstances attending Blanche Douglass s conflicts with her testimony at the inquest, and
stay bet* lead many persons to suppose that her J which destroys the testimony of the Maiey bo»s,
object ta coming was to promote the intimacy •;* that on Wednesday night, when the who.e
which James Malley. Jr., was desirous of estate party stayed at toe Malley house, ahe herself
(ting between himself and Jenuie Cromer. ,«cui led a room with Water Malley, and Jennie
tether ahe came for that purpose or not the cir- Cramer • * *
constant** indicate tha she succeeded to doing together.
. " -- "Hers
She iBlanche Douglass) arrived to New Haven positively that she saw nothing of* Jen*
on Sunday, July 31st, and on Monday. Tuetday n ie Cromer and knew nothing cf her after the
aud Wednesday seems to hare divide! hex alien inter was seen by ner iu the Saving Rocs car
tion between her dres*maker and Junketing She denies that Jennie was with tnem at the res
witn the Malley boys. Oa Wednesday Jennie taurant on Thursday evening. Concerning
Cromer called on Bla che Douglass at the *- - * •
Elliott house, in pursuance of an arrangement
made by James MalU-y, Jr. While she was there
be came to *n-l in Wed the two women to go to
water Malay’s residence for a visit. Blanche
Dougian consent* d readily euongh. and Jennie,
tiler a little urging, stld tne "didn’t mind.
No further exposition of the domestic arrange
ments ol the Maiey household has beeu made
public than the evidence to relation to this visit
of the two girls to the two young men. This, to
say the least.was peculiar, water Malley reertv
ed hit cousin and the young ladies to his
father’s bouse, where his father’s family all live.
The party wm to a room apart from all the othtr
Inmates of the house, and care waa taken to pre
vent the servants from knowing of the presence
of the two girls, or ax lea: from seeing them.
They were entertained with a light sapper of
r*k- s and wines. None of them drank very
heavily, seconding to their own testimony, (none
other being available), but before the evening
wm over Blanche Douglass complained < f not
being well, and said tha she fell unable to re
turn to her hotel. Jennie Cromer, a though she
had previously refused to remain away from
f;oa the field and the sin house,
quires an additfona vaue, throagh labor be
stowed oa It. of $100.0(0 COO before u leaves the
manufacturers* hand* D all the surplus wheat
raised to CM United &uus were s ' -
e over night, wm induced to stay
moo.
Wba passer! during tbe night is only known
by conjecture mod from tbe testimony of tbe two
Malley boys and tbe Douglass woman. Tbey
testify that tbe girls slept together to a room by
themselves, and tha no impropriety marked the
occasion. The young men both corroborated this
saying tha they both slept to another room, and
(Jar
the lawn s
to company with the v
Our readers
*eutlemsLn « ho has given us the above in
formation says tbat it ta calculated that th;
dredging boat will take from five hundred to a
a visit with Miss Douglass to tbe latter’s dress
maker before returning to her own home. When
sbe did go borne abe wm still accompanied by
A MILLIONAIRE BRIGAND.
Lerada, Who In Lowe, War and Gold-
Letting Hade Tiling* Ham.
Alta Californian. jt
There are many interesting incidents re
lated of Lerada, t e remarkable Indian wbo
for eighteen years ruled tho Tenic part of
the Mexican republic. When a boy be was
engaged in herding sheep and cattle on a
ranch near the town of jaieco. Every day
there passed on her way to and from school
a very pretty girl, of a good family, and an.
acquaintance began between them. She
always had her books, and on her return
from school the two would retire to some
quiet place, where she would
teach him to read and give
him his first ideas of arith
metic and geography. He was exceedingly
apt in learning and anxious to acquire
knowledge, and he improved it in such a
manner that ha soon became recognized
among other Indians aa superior to them.
Qis master often ill-treated him, and Lerada
was often heard to say he would revenge
himself. The acquaintance with tbe girl
ripened into love, which was reciprocated.
He had asked of her parents that he
iarry her, a proposition that waa
. iie family caling him a beggar. Bat
he oue day killed bia maaterand then fled
to the monntaina, taking a camber of In
dians with him. After increasing the
number to eighty men, be one night enter
ed jaisco, went to the house of the girl,
took her out, and killed those of tbe family
whom he deemed bad insulted him. He
forced the cure of Jalisco to go with him
to the coup on the mountains, and when
there made him marry him to the girl.
Lerada afterward took to the road
as a brigand aud was a terror for miles
around. Many times troops were sent after
trim that never returned. About this time
came tbe French, who.hearing of his many
exploits and influence with the Indians,
made overtures to him to join them prom
ising $30,000 per month to pay his men.
Lerada accepted and went with 8,000 men
to Mszatlan, received the first instalment
came back to Tepic, disbanded them, and
pat tbe money in bis pocket. He aterward
received tbe same sum regu
lariy and as regularly he
pocketed it. This was the beginning
of bis politica prominence, and he rapidly
made advancement in his endeavors for a
complete control of the government of this
: eciion of the republic, i »e appears to have
been a terrible reveDgeiul man, and anyone
that he imagined bad done him any injury
lived but a little time after. Oa one occi
sion, at a ball in Tepic, he observed an offi
cial of the government in conversation
with a senorita with whom he was ena
mored He directed one of his own officers
to go to him and tell him to leave the
house. Lerada, seeing the official still con
versing with the young lady, again called
his officer and asked if he obeyed trim,and at
the same time pointed to the pistol wLich
the officer carried, asking if he was aware
to what use such an instrument was put.
"Now go to that man,” he said, "and take
him by the beard and lead him from the
house.” The officer, well knowing that if
he disobeyed his own life would be forfeit
ed, cid as he was told. On another occasion
he sent an Indian with a watch and a snm
of monev from his place at San Luis to
Tepic. the Indian stole both, pawning
tbe watch. He was apprehended and shot,
and so, too, the poor pawnbroker and the
innocent purchaser of the watch from the
latter—both were arrested and shot by order
of Lerada. But bis ambition for ex*ended
power rained him. His frequent successes
Had led him to believe that be could cap
ture Guadalajara, and with eight thousand
Indians he started for that city, when, after
a well-fought battle, he was routed and
obliged to return to Tepic, having lost the
prestige he had gained in eighteen years, as
well as the confidence of his officers. The
latter ’*went back on him,” and one "gave
him away,” receiving, it ia sad, a conside
rable snm for the information; and eo at last
Lerada was explored and soon after was shot
Draa Stanley's Will. near the bridge cro*sirg the river passing
Loxdox. Utta it.—The wUl ol the tale Dorn tW* ci:j. He begged earnestly lor bis lUe,
Stanley hs* been sworn under 80.000 pounds. I one person assuring me that be offered to
ment, and their lives were in jeopardy,
ter the passengers were all in line, he put
caps similar to mine over their faces, tied
their hands behind their backs, and then
proceeded to rifle their pockets. He took
nothing but money. Everything else he
wonld place just where he got it from. I
do cot know how much money he
got From me he got about
$140, which he took from my
pccketbook, replacing the pocketbook
after taking the money oat. He had a
light burning in front of the canvas, behind
which was a reflector, which 6h*d the rays
directly in our faces. He occupied about
fifteen minutes ia the search. He then
ordered us to kneel, which we did, all in a
row, and he proceeded to rifle the mail
bags. The woman, at his bidding, held the
light for him while he did this. He opened
only two sacks, I believe. He kept ns
kneeling about half an hoar. He kept
talking all the time, using good language.
In fact, during the whole time of the rob
bery he was very gentlemanly.
"He had a soft, mellow voice. He was
not nervous or quick, but did the work i:
business like manner. He was a man
nearly six feet in height, smooth face, had
a heavy, light moustache, and w6uld
weigh perhaps 165 pounds. He bad on a
dark hat and coat, and was not disguised in
any way. After he had robbed the mail he
skipped off into the darkness. \Vhen we
found he had left we removed our caps,
untied each other’s hands, picked up the
remnants of the mail bags and the mail,
and proceeded ou to Alamosa. It is my
opinion now that be did the work, alone,
and that his comrades being in the boshes
was all a hoaiL”
THE LORDS BOW DOWN
8t. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The people who read the papers, must
have noticed the havoc, the (more than
usual destruction done this year by the
flashing eyes and palpitating symmetrical
which range nightly behind the glamour
of the footlights at Uhrig's Cave theatre.
The Girl in Red'* had hardly passed
from the heart of the town when Mr. Bir*
rett found the light that lies in Mamie
Taylor’s eyes had been bis soul’s undoing,
and now Mr. Amweg’s achievement, of
which the story will be found below,
eclipses all the exploits of the season.
The story is one which mu3t be taken
with a great deal of allowance. Upon one
ade there^s only a chorus singer, on the
other, Miss 'Nellie Haseltine; but if the
troubadour is to be believed there have
been experiences of more than passing
richness at the Cave daring the last two
weeks.
John Amwrg is a blonde, short built gen
tleman with a fair voice, fine eyes and a
good leg. He has held subsidiary positions
in the Ford opera compauy for some time
past, and this is probably the first time his
name has appeared prominently in the
newspapers. It appears, according to hi
story, that three weeks sin ceayounglady 8
great beauty occupied the front seats at the
Cave, and seemed only to take a i interest
in the proceedings when he was on the
stage. She looked at him fixedly and smil
ingly, he says, until at last hisatttv t'on was
drawn to her. and one evening—; ?itl be
kemembered that all of this is An. weg’s
tory- she took the bouquet from her breast,
s issed it and by moving it about pinned
his attention to it. Then, with a smile, she
placed it under the seat upon which she
was sitting. As soon as the curtain dropped
Amweg haatened to the place and secured
the flowers, among which there was a note,
and then asked a friend who the lady was?
"Miss Nellie Haseltine,” was the reply.
“And who is she?”
"The belle of St. Louis.”
An interview was arranged, in the course
of which, Amweg says the lady told him
she had received ninety-nine offers of mar
riage. one of them from an old man in New
York worth fifteen million of dollars, that
he was a democrat (meaning Tildenjand
she was a democrat, but that she could not
marry where she did not love He says she
went on to tell him that he, Amweg, was
the only gentleman who had touched her
heart. Amweg said that he replied that he
hadn’t a five dollar bill in the world, and
that he had just as soon se !e in St
Louis as anywhere. Several no.cj he al
leges passed between them, and two pho
tographs upon the back of one of which
was written "Yours until death ns do
part, Nellie.”
Naturally all this good fortune, real or
alleged, turned Amweg’s head, and he
confided the matter to two or three dozen
friends, besides writing home to his
mother that he was going to get married,
and sending her one of the letters which
he claims to have received Of course the
story spread. Last Monday night Miss
Haseltine and her mother leit for the
White Snlphur springs in Virginia, where
they now are.
At this point Amweg may be left for a
little while and the attention of the reader
concentrated on Miss Haseltine’s brother
and Mr. Fred. Paramour, who, it was ex
plained, "had aright to act in the prem
lses.” These two gentlemen heard the
.'loriesafloat and concluded that the proper
course to pursue was to punch Amweg’s
eye, and for this purpose that sweet singer
was yesterday afternoon beguiled np into
Mr. Paramore’s office, on tne fourth floor of
the building on the southeast corner of
Fourth and Pine. Mr. Haseltine had
a&ked a Mr. Lion to be present as Amweg’
friend to see fair play. As soon as the
party gathered, Mr. Haseltine asked Mr.
Amweg if he had said he was going to
capacity of the poorest people. Without
an endowment tuition at Athens would be.
$150 a year.
Like the English, we have scholarships.
We are allowed as many scholarships as
there are members of the general assemble*
in the agricultural school at Athens. An : l
Franklin college we have 50 scholarships
for deserving young men who are not ab. e
*• pay.
The university differs from the denomi
national colleges in the state. Ana here
let me say that I am not aa antagonist ot
the two denominational colleges. It has
been my fortnne to teach in both. I wish
to see both flourish They exert a conser
vative influence which we coaid not get
elsewhere. They stand as a warning to
the trustees of the State university that
they must respect tbe religious sentiments
* the people. There is always danger that
universities under politica control that
men of skeptical tendencies may get into
the position of instructors. If this should
ever happen in Georgia there would be fi
cry, "To your tents, O, Israel!” and there
would be tne tents ready for them.
The difference between these schools and
the university is that they give only
the old A.B. degree, while we
have various degrees in both
colleges, giving advanced advantages in
modern languages, in ancient languages,
and in sciences. Young men who have
left these schools have spent two years
profitably at the university.
Dr. Mell read an editorial from the The
Constitution as to the true course of the
university in fitting men for practica life.
He said that able journal has always
been the friend of the university. It has
supported me well there, and when I see
a criticism in Toe Constitution, I
know it is the criticism of a
friend. We are giving just what the edi
torial asks now aud are turning out excel
lent civil engineers and men who are pre
pared for the practica work of life. If it
is asked why we turn out so many A.B.’s
aud so few practical scientists and business
men, I say it is because they dou’t come
~ Harris, of the Richmond college, tells
that this year Harvard turned out 182
graduates and only one bachelor of science.
The reason why there are so many law
yers and doctors graduate and so few
civil and mining engineers is because there
is a demand for the former and not for the
latter. The demand will always regulate
the supply. We ought not to be reproach
ed for not graduating more practical busi
ness men, when you don’t send them to us.
We are prepared to educate men as well in
in these practica sciences as any college in
the south.
It is objected to the university that there
religion there. True, no religion
taught there, neither is
taught in any other
literary college. Every professor at the
university is a member of one of the great
denominations in the state. The Bible is
read to the students and one of the profe3
aors prays. I insist that there is more
religion there .than anywhere else in Geor
gia. The chancellor is required to preach
to the students every Sunday, and they are
required to attend. I thank God that such
is uiy privilege to address one of the grand
est audiences in the world—an audience of
educated minds. There are no denom-
inatioral teachU gs there and there
are no such teachings anywhere in the
state. At the university the professors of
the different denominations teach in Sun
day schools and each gathers around him
the young men of his own faith and drills
them in it. The university is a religious
* very much to the track of evidence we
"Does this tend to free the Malleys from eon
cection with the death of Jennie Cromer?" asked
the reporter.
"lam not prepared to ssy that; it show# at
leMt what wm going on. a&d that it wm abont
what the public tbotuht.’’
• Could Blanche throw any light on the state
ment tbat Jennie wm seen at Saving Rock beach
was ont riding. 1 forgot what day. they posed a
man ou a bicycle, who stsred at Jennie m if he
knew her. Jennie told Blanche aterwardthat
the had known him well and that he had
thought a great deal of her. The question is, ii
the bicycle man and the man seen to ner company
Friday night one and the same?”
•Tnen you are loosing to tbat direction now?”
"Yes, bat we bare revere! clews we ae work
ing. X canco: my what they are.”
Tbe doctor, to speaking of the appearance of
the body ol the dead girl, which he examined as
soon as it wts removed from the water, said:
"There were no marka ol violence on it. There
i the forehead which became
the body began to deconr oee,
i beeu ctured by contact with a
BLmche sent a note to th* Hoffman house yes
terday and pud her bill for the time since the
And Agree to the Land Bill aa Passed
by tbe Commons.
London, August 15 —In the house of lords this
evening Lord Salisbury made a statement to the
genera effect that aihough the opposition re
tained ita objection# to the land bill, and particu
larly regarding its provisions affecting lease
bolder#, and although they would have
felt pound to support Lord Landsdowne,
if. he had persisted to malntainitg hia
amendment on that point, they would not take
any action which would reud the bill back to the
house of commons which had removed the
dangerous excrescences of the bill. He ex
pressed a hope that the bill would be of
great benefit to tenants and not of much ham to
landlords.
Lord Landsdowne declined to pres* his amend
ment.
The house of loida then agreed to the amend
ments of the house of common#.
Lord Salisbury gave confirmation to the state
ment of Gladstone that there had been no ar
rangement between tbe two sides, and be sad
that the bouse of commons wm responsible for
The final proceedings of the lords consisted
principally ol mutual congratulations on
the satisfactory ending of the difficulty.
'The amendment of the house of lords author-
ag the land court, if it saw fit. to award to the
_ idlord who had bought up the tenant right of
holding compensation out of the price pad when
tbe bolding changed hands, which amendment
Mr. Gladstone wm reported yesteiday as having
sameM the lords amendment
„ _ .ster tenant right custom, and
wm rejected on Gladstone's motion. The report-
s of the house blundered Mr. Gladstone’s state-
of commons last night of tbe last amendment of
serted th .1 the opposition leaders were not aware
when the sitting of the house commenced of the
course the government intended to take to re-
;te amendment.
L wbo sad be thought the conduct
of tbe government al throngn contemptible,
characterized Mr. Gladstone’s statement
scarcely credible, for which he was called to
1er.
Mr. T. P. O'Conner, home ruler, trenchantly
[enounced the government for iu surrender.
Mr. O'Donnell, home ruler, having sad that
he noticed that the liberals were green with ter-
rcr at the prospect of dissolution, ridiculed the
idea of a crisis
Mr. Healj, home ruler, said he agreed that
there had been no compromise, for the lories bad
no need to aak it from the government, which,
having surrendered to Afghanistan, Transvaal
and Bred laugh, might be expected to make no
difficulty about tbe land bill.
Tbe Ceorsla Pacific Railroad,
New York World.
The construction contract for building the
Georgia Pacific reilroad from Atlanta, Ga.,
Miasi>sippi nverwu signed Saturday last 1.
Georgia Pacific reilroaa company, ol Georgia, and
the connecting railroad companies which are to
be consolidated, making one company from At
lanta, Ga., to tbe Mississippi river. The con
struction company which takes tbe contract for
building this line of from 450 to 500 miles ia the
Richmond and Danville extension company,
which was chartered and organized for this pur
pose. Its subscription list has been completed for
his sister? Mr. Amweg replied
that that was his intention. Haseltine
then struck Amweg with his fist, which was
returned, and the two parties canghf each
other by the hair and swung round and
round as though practicing a new-fangled
german. Mr. Paramore in the meantime
produced a cowhide, which he had brought
for the occasion, and was wating for some
body's pants to get tight so that he cou.d
have Alitte of the pie himself, when he was
collared by M«*. Linn, who remarked that
one at a time was enough for Amweg. Of
coarse Paramore resented this interference,
and fora time there was a double shuffle,
in which much hair, many co liar-bo t tons,
and considerable temper were lost. When
everybody was tired of the circns they ai
drew off and began to discuss the matter.
"Yon know you must be mis
taken,” said Will Haseltine; "yon may be
iior.es! in what you believe, but my eister
could rot have written you any letters.”
"Bat I’ve got the letters.”
"Where ?’
‘‘Oat at my house.”
He was compelled to give Haseltine
written order to search through hia trunks,
and that young gentleman soon returned
looking very much annoyed and bringing
two letters and two photographs, all of
which were promptly confiscated. The
iady’s friends still declared that there was
some mistake—that Amweg had been im -
posed upon by one of theSHaseltine ser
vants, and he was asked to come out to
the house and see if he could not identify
one of the girls there. On the way ont
Haseltine asked him to describe the position
of the furniture in the parlor if he had
really been there, and he did this very cor
rectiy. At the house Haseltine snm'
rnoned one of the servants, a very pretty
laundress, upstairs, and aaked Amweg
if that was not the girl he had met.
‘No,” he replied, "it was Miss Nellie Ha
seltine that I met, her whose photograph
yon have there.” No amount of question
ing, no threats could turn him trom his
story, and the idea was at last abandoned,
and the party broke up on the Haseltine
door step. All four of the gentlemen were
pretty badly rumpled np from the fuss at
Paramore’s office, Amweg being especially
beaten np about the head and face so that
he coaid not appear upon the stage last
night.
To day he says he will begin two suits
against Will Haseltine and Fred Paramore,
one for assault with intent to kill and the
other for civil damages. The case Is more
than a cause celebre.
cent upon the stock, payable September L
construction company thus bM a subscribed
ita of $5,000 000. Tbis. it is sad. meats tbe (
coos.ruction ol the road from Atlanta to tbe Mis
sissippi river to tbe in tercet of the Richmond and
route Is *Od to be very valuable, and much of it
it ell known railroadmen, ^rtv»r« pj m»rrh*r.t»
of New York and the south.
THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
Address of Dr. Hell Before the Legis
lature Tuesday.;
Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock by re
quest Chancellor Mell addressed t he gen
eral a sembly in the interest of the 8tate
university. There was a fail attendanca ot
members and a goodly number of citizens
' i the gaieries. Dr. Mell said:
Many mistakes are made aa to the
character of the universities. S,
many institutions are called uni
versities that the public mind will compare
us to institutions from which we are en
tirely dissimilar. We are not like the Gor
man system, which staling at the fak
school and gymnasia culminates in the
universities, of which there are twenty,
the lower schools there is a regula curricu
lum and a discipline. Id the university
the course is eclectic, and each student
regnlates hia 'own conduct. We
treat our students on
ground that most of them as boys;
therefore place them under certain rules.
They must attend prayer and recitations.
We enforce the attendance of the student
and we lay down the coarse of study which
he is to pursue. Our university is con
structed to meet the needs of boys as well
as men.
In the German universities everything
theory—there is no practice. We unite
tbe practice with tbe theory. The
European colleges do not practice
yoang men in writing or oratory,
and they criticise us for doing so.
Bat the genius of oar institutions is each
that our people must be a writing and a
speaking people.
We also differ from the English people
in some respects, while in others we ae
like tne English. At Oxford there are
twpnty three colleges all constituting the
university. Cambridge hss nineteen col
leges all mak ing one university. We have
the Franklin college and tbe agriculturel
school at Athens, and the branch colleges
in the atatef are parts of the
university. All degrees in England, as with
us, ae conferred by the university.
It is an error to suppose that the colleges
ae lor the rich aone. The university is
endowed and its tuition is brought to the
THE DEADLY DRUG.
[Ady who Proves to be the Wife of Ssv,
i, of Weston, Takes as Overdoss
jTpbiae—Tho Discovery of Her
lintity—Her Sad Death.
institution but not a denominational
tution.
As to the discipline at the university I
cannot bear witness as it is in my hands.
The government there is responsible.
is respected. It
government of influences,
takes hold of the heat of the student
and destroys ai disposition to college
tricks. Itstndies the disposition of the
boy. I challenge comparison with any
stitntion in this matter. Our students
cease to exhibit distinctive characteristics
as students, and merge them in the char
acteristics of the citizen. Why should not
there be discipline at tho university? It
ia said there are grog shops there. They
are everywhere. In the college towns
where liquor is prohibited, liquor is smug
gled in, and as there is difficulty it
getting it the boys procure it in goodjquan
titles and drink it because they have it oi
hat.d I taught fifteen years in such a
school, and there wai more whisky drank
there than is drank iu the university.
The expenses at the university are very
low. Room rent is nothing Thirteen dol
lars and a ha'.f a month will boar*
student There is no other
place in Georgia where there are snch
cheap rates. The majority of
boys at the university are poor boys.
The society of Athens is polished. Every
student is admitted to be a gentleman aud
every door h thrown open to him. Every
boy needs three kinds of culture. The
culture of the family, the culture of the
school, and the culture of society after
wads. The culture of the school at Ath
ens is eqnal to any and superior to nearly
all. The cnlture of society there is as fine
as can be found anywhere. Religion holds
its head np there. It is the dissipated
tnan who is there put into Coventry.
have spoken to yon of the condition of
the university. It is yonr institution. Its
interests are in yonr hands. You know
what ita wants are, and I have confidence
that yon will supply them. [Applause.]
Drcdzlnf tbe Rivera.
The article on dredging the beds of the riven
that run through the gold fields of Georgia and
working them for gold that appears in The
Constitution of to-day provoked consider
able comment. A representative of Tax Constitu
tion met Dr. Utile, state geologist, and asked
him If he knew anything of this new method:
I understand,” he sad, "that there oe two
computes organized for the purpose of working
the river beds of north Georgia for gold, (toe of
them is now building a dredging boat at Leathers
over Martin’s ford, ad will be ready for opera
tions ta abont four weeks.”
Soon after the TVestern and Atlantic pas-
senger train, due in Atlanta at 12:40 p m.,
stopped under the car shed yesterday, a
Constitution representative saw two or
three men emerge from the ladies’ coach,
bearing tho apparently inanimate form of a
lady, which was taken into the gentlemen’s
reception-room and deposited on a large
table in the center of the floor.
Tlib unusual spectacle attracted quite a
crowd, and in an instant the room was fall
of people strong with curiosity to know the
cause of the lifeless object being upon the
table. Among those aound the table was
Mr. Sanford Bell, the conductor in charge
of the train from which the lady was taken,
aid to him The Constitution representa
tive applied for knowledge, but beyond
the fact that she was a passenger on his
train holding a ticket from Cincinnati to
Macon, but little could be obtained from
him. Mr. Bell, however, remembers that
just above Marietta as ne was passing through
the train, he saw the lady leaning back
with her eyes closed as though asleep. He
paid uo particula attention to her until
the train stopped under the car shed when
she was found helpless and unconscious,
when he caused her remova to the waiting
room.
The lady laid upon the table perfectly im
movable, and save the irregula rising and
falling of the chest os the air passed
through her lungs, there was not the
slightest indication of life about her. She
was a large lady whose massive frame
would attract immediate attention. She
was attired in a full suit of brown dress
goods, over which was a new linen duster.
Her general appearance indicated a posi
tion above the average, .while her face gave
evidence of great inteuigerice.
Her once jet black hair, now well mixed
with grey, hung in loose ringlets about her
head, while her haf closed staring eyes
told too plainly that she was rapidly near
ing death.
It soon became apparent that she was an
entire stranger in Atlanta, and beydad the
facts obtained from Conductor Bell nothing
could be ascertained until Carrie, the stew
ardess, came in. Then the inanimate form
was recognized as a lady from southwest
Georgia, who passed through Atlanta about
the middle of July last en route to Ohio.
When it was known certainly that the
lady was a stranger in Atlanta, her pockets
were searched for the purpose of ascertain
ing who she was. In the right hand pock
et of her duster was found a pocket book
and a broken vial of morphine partly
empty. The t aight of the drug soon led
the crowd to believe that the missing por
tion was the cause of the stupor that
made the body lifeless, aud
instautly messengers were sent for
physicians. To the call Drs Oimstead and
Kedwine responded, and at a glance they
confirmed the suspicion that had seized tha
crowd.
In the pocket book was found a trunk
check, a ticket to Macon and a small
amount of money, but nothing to tell who
she was. Then the dress pockets were
searched, and from one of these was taken a
letter addressed to Mrs. S. G. Binion, Leba
non, Ohio, care of Dr. J. L. Stephens. The
post mak showed that the letter had been
mailed at Weston on the 4th of Augnst,
1881. It was found to be a letter from May
Binion to her mother, but discussed only
family affairs.
From this it was supposed that the almost
lifeless form was Mrs Binion, of Weston,
Ga. In a short while this rumor bad spread
so rapidly that it reached Mr Elam
Johnson who was personally acquainted
with Mrs. Binion. Immediately after
hearing it Mr. Johnson hastened to tbe
car shed and at once recognized the lady as
Mrs. Binion. the wife of the Itev. M. B. L.
Binion of Wetson, Ga., and then for the
first time it was known who she was.
Soon after Mr. Johnson reached the car
shed another gentleman to whom the
lady was known put in an appearance and
and in a short while a telegram
was sent to her husband, at Weston, in
forming him of his wife’s perilous condi
tion.
The physicians did all they could to re
vive the lady but without effect. The dose
of morpine had evidently been a large one
and had been running through*her system
for several hours, rendering aid wholly im
possible. Several hypodermic injections
were given but without any good result.
are very rich in gold there can
doabL Experiment* that h*ve been made
demonstrate this. It is ouly necessay that tbe
sand of the river bed be brought to the surface,
—'■en astonishing remits will be witnessed."
How comes this deposit to the rivers?”
First, from the i cumulations for
land on each side of the riven for miles and
miles Is rich with gold ore. This 1# washed
through ages Into the riven and Is held in the
sand or on the bed-rock. In the seoond place,
there are many ve fna of gold that run through
the riven. In the third plaoe and most im
portant, all the tailings and slulcings from the
Imperfect mining that hM been done in
north Georgia for the past seventy yean have
— — -, it is
water from tbe sluice boxes they carry with them
fully m much gold m hM been taken out of the
ore. This of course Is partially liberated, and
being of heavier gravity than nuid or water, fall*
to the bottom of the beds. It is my belief tint
there is more gold in the bottom of the riven of
north Georgia lo-day than hM bren taken out of
that f ection since gold mining began there."
"Where do you think the richest deposits will
OI course the gold sinks gradually through - the
sand until it strikes something that It cannot pass.
be found on the bed rock of the river and to little
dip* and corn en that It makes."
"You have then great hope* of this new exper
An electric battery was procured and thus
life was mads to dwell for a time.
With all present it was a question as to
whether or not the morphine was taken
with a view to suicide, and until Mr. J P.
Beatty, a member of the legislature from
Webster, who is well acquainted with the
Binion family, appeared, the doubt was not
removed. From,Mr. Beatty it was ascertain
ed that Mrs. Binion had beeu addicted to the
use of morphine to such an extent that it
was generally known throughout the place
where she livid. For the purpose of secur
ing freedom from the habit, she went to
Lebanon, Ohio, some weeks ago and was,
be thought, en route home when she took
the overdose that rendered her uncon
scious.
Soon after making a thorough synopsis
of the care the physician abandoned
ai hope of saving the lady’s life but nev
ertheless continued to do what they could
for her.
About four o’clock Mrs. Binion began to
sink rapidly and in less than an hour sbe
was barely alive. By those who were pres
ent it was thought she could not live many
minutes and what could be done wm done
willingly and quickly by the friendly hands
of thoLe around her.
From the time she reached. Atlanta to
the hour of her death she never spoke.
During the entire afternoon she lay upon
the paiet that was spread for her with half
closed eyes and immovable limbs breath
ing her life away. Around her stood the
two kind-hearted physicians watching
closely any change that might occur hoping
yet to be able to save the life ot the
lady dying among strangers, while beside
her stood Carrie, the stewadess, fanning
the fevered face, hoping to give life to the
almost dead body.
In the room beside the physicians were
Mrs. Col. A. W. Starke, Mra^Greer, Mr. J.
G. Medlock and Mr. Beatty, all anxious to
do something for the dying woman.
About half past nine she began to sink
rapidly and at ten o’clock breathed her last.
The body was then turned over to severa
ladies who volunteered their aid and by
them prepared for burial. After they had
performed this sacred work Mr. G. R. Boaz,
the Loyd street undertaker, placed the body
in a handsome case and placing it aboard
the Macon train which leftat 12:20that night
gave it in chage of Mr. Beatty, who accom
panied it to Weston for interment.
Coroner Hiiburn was notified and with a
jury of inquest sought to ascertain the
cause of the death. Colonel W. T. Tram
mell and Conductor Sanford Bell, both of
whom saw her on the train, Drs. Redwine
and Oimstead and Mr. J. P. Beatty were the
witnesses, but nothing additional to what
has been set forth wss adduced. After the
evidence had been head the jury rendered
the following verdict:
Atlanta, Ga., Auzust 16,1881—We. the jury
Impaneled and sworn, to toqntio into the cause
of the death of the person before us, supposed to
be Mrs. M. B. L. Binion, find from the evidence
adduced that she came to her death from a ov
erdose of morphine, evidently administered by
herself. H E. cumhikcs. Foreman.
F. A. Hilburn, Coroner.
To this verdict the physicians attached
the following:
We, the attending physicians, believe tha the
deceased came to her dtath by an overdose of
morphine administered by herself.
J. C. Olmstead, M. D.,
C. L. Redwine, X. D.
A SCENE OF CONFUSION.
efficient, and the plan on which it is worked Is
correct I bad a long talk with Captain Noble,
who is to charge of the building of the dredging
boat, and he hM a most perfect confidence in it,
for It is being demonstrated dally in other mtaea
that there boats do all that Is darned for them.
THE GEORGIA PACIFIC.
A Short Tails w lia President Gordon—
Wbat will be Do
General John B. Gordon, president ol the Geor
gia Pacific railroad, reached this city on Saturday.
Genenl Gordon return* from New York, where
he completed every arrangement for the rapid
bufldlrg of his line. The Richmond and Dan-
lie extension company hu taken the entire
cvtairoct, and all the papers have been signed up
There is nothing ahead now except work and
plenty of it
Genenl Gordon says that trains will be running
from Atlanta to Douglssrille to six weeks, or
eight at the furtheresL Temporary bridges will
be used for the conztruction trains until the regu
la iron bridges can be completed, which will be
93 days.
There are now at work on the line between
Atlanta and the Mississippi river on the Georgia
Pacific about HO hands, besides the surveying
parties. It Is proposed to prosecute the work
from eleven points along the line at once and to
engage severol thousand
Genenl Gordon will prob bly reman In At
lanta and along the line for some time, the work
tha hu kept him to New York so long having
An Excursion of 1,100 People Have •
Narrow Eacaue.
New York, August 17.—The steamer Ply
mouth Rock, on her morning trip to Ix>ng
Branch with some 1,000 or 1,100 passengers
at 11:30 o’clock, when about twenty miles
from Iron pier, burst her steam flue, knock
ing open tbe doors of the engine room,
from which an immense volume of steam
hisaingly escaped. A scene of terrible con
fusion and tenor ensued, the passengers
being- madly panic-stricken in the
struggle for life-preservers. Men
were seen to seize them eveu from
women. For about half an hour there was
a scene of dire confusion in the upper deck
cabin. The struggling mass was wedged,
the doors being blocked up, and to facili
tate an escape the windows were broken
out by the officers of the boat and the
passengers passed through head first. Aa
soon as the panic had somewhat subsided
the band struck cp and this helped
to reassure the pasrengers and
restore order. The tug Germania about
half an hour after the accident, went to the
assistance of the Plymouth Rock and took
her in tow. Before starting, however, the
steamers Schuyler and City of Richmond
also came up. The latter boat and the
Germania towed the disabled steamboat
some distance up the bay to smooth water,
where her passengers were transferred;to the
City of Richmond and brought to this city
The Plymouth Hoik was towed to her dock
by the Germania. In the panic there were
a number of women and children knocked
down and trampled on, but to what extent
een a last brought to a satisfactory conclusion they were injured has not been ascertained.