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rtPYTT fAVEjl F.VILLli u.\ !' E WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. VOLUME XIV. TUESDAY MOIUSnXG, NOVEMBER S, 1881. PRICE 5 CENTS. FROM WASHINGTON. ANOTH%) CRANK PRESENTS HIK- SELU AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Th?? Ltrge PunbUM of Confederate Sonde end the Prtrc Petd-The Contest for the Speakership- Hlecock's Chances for the Position???Ttn> The Complexion of the Xext House. W ???.miS'iToy, November 4.???Large pttr- cltr.es <.f confotlernte bonds are now being inutle litre bv leading brokers to fill the 1 orders of English customers. The average price paid to-day is about $2 for each $1,(??>0 of lanids. Most of the securities bought. liere er.me from Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland, anil it is a noticeable fact that the Jioldcrs seem quite as ready to sell tis the Brokers to buy. The explanation generally given of the sudden demand for confederate bonds, which have hitherto been regarded as worthless, is as follows: At the close of the late war therp remained in the bank of England to the credit of (he Confederate State of America an undrawn balance which, according to So licitor Raynor, of the treasury department, has been variously stated at from $80,000,000 to $17,000.0011. This balance, it is said, still lies tiirie un claimed, and there isu possibility, if not pros- 1 pect, that it will shortly be divided pro rut a among holders of confederate securities, or at least that steps will be taken to secure such division. In reply to inquiries, Solicitor Raynor, of tlic treasury department, says that he doe- not know officially anything with re gard to the subject; that he has received a number of letters from the south asking about this reported balance in the lionl: of England, and that he is engaged in mi hug investigations with a view to aseeitai. the luets, tint that thus far lie has received no definite information, lie says, further- nuro, that granting the existence of a balance he does not see what it lias to do with the eonfedi rut ??? bonds, or how bondholders arc to obtain possession of it. The motley was not deposited nia, 2: Colorado, 1; Illinois.; 13; Indiana. 8; 1 Iowa, !*: Kansas. Michigan ft; Mehnesota. I .'i> Nebraska, 1; Ohio, 15: Oft%on, 1; Wiscon sin, (i. Protn the south there are thirteen votes as follows: Kentucky 1, Louisianad, Missouri 5, North Carolina 1. TenmwetVirginia 2. It will thus be M en that in the fight of the sections the east lias sixty-eight votes; the west seventy-one, (including the Pacific .states;, and 'the south thirteen votes. The south, however, has no candidate. There is tun one way that a western candidate can succeed???that is, to have a caucus of the friends of all the candidates from that section and agree upon one representation candidate. This, it is alleged, will he done, and in such an event either Kasson. of Iowa, or Keifer, of Ohio, will be selected. With either there are two strong objections. Kasson has the par liamentary knowledge, the social qualities, the experience and the legislative intelligence t?? make a good speaker. Years ago. however, while in congress, he leaned somewhat on the side of free trade, and for this reason could hardly expect a vote from tito east, and cer tain Ohio representatives could hardly explain satisfactorily a vote given for him. Outlie oilier hand. Keifer has no experi ence at all. He flouted with tiie forty-tilth congress, and made himself in that and the lust congress conspicuous only by forcing himself to tlie front and making parliament ary points. in nearly all of which lie was over ruled. Nor is be popular with bis. own dele gation. That is to say. that while llie Ohio ???delegation will support him, they will do it solei v so as to be in a position to jump the trach and laud with the winning candidate. Ohio usually, whenever there are spoils on hand to divide, is a united delegation until the time comes to breakup. They can scent the lucky' coon a good way oil. Assuming that the east will stand with fidelity to its candidate the Ohio delegation will be in u position to turn the scale and de cide who the candidate shall he. Thischanue. ho???"'ver, will be lost to the delegation if Ki ll, i the candidate agreed upon by the west. In such event, it is not believed Keifer cmmi get a single vote out of the thirteen from '.he south, because of his close conru-c- itlt the Hayes administration. The re- ubiicuns of the south claim to have sutiered good deal at the hands of cx-President Hayes, and have no good feeling toward those in hold < lose communion with him. Should A SINGULAR SUICIDE. SELF-MURDER AT A ROOM BAP. BILLIARD itnfu. M. McPhcmca Becomes His Own 8*. r tot- T-i. cidcnts of x Remarkable Act of Setf-D: si. ?????? Uon???The Motive Involved in Myetery??? Ie Ttere a Lady in the Cose? mind deranged by the excessive use of liqu.Gr, th reason will forever remain unknown. Aiter the inquest the body was prepared and en cased end then removed toliismother'shome, corner of spring and Harris streets, where it will remain unit 15 o'clock this afternoon, when it will be for- warded to Knoxville, Tennessee, his former heme, for h erment.. The funeral will take place at the res: Jence. this afternoon, at 1:80 o???clock. ??? It ifus McPherson was just 25 years of age and . a young matt of fine character. His sad and inn:.n.ely end will 'cost a shadow over a household thi.'. is beloved and respected by ail. He was bom l -i" it noxville and will there be buried. GONE TO GLORY, AS THEY ALL DO WHEN THEY TAKE A DROP. Hanging of Tom Betts for the Murder of Judge Moore ???Confessiom Made and Forgiveness Claimed??? Retails of the Crime and of the Well- earned Punishment. t(* exf ago, wt bank tn secure the bonds it i an hardly be applied by the officers of the hank tn any such object. A gentleman, ??? whose relations with the state department have long boen such a> to afford him an op- jMirtunily to know the facts, said in n conversation to-night that the un drawn balance standing to the credit of the Confederate States in the hank of England amounts to ??????fSOO.btO, with interest accumulations and that it was the subject of diplomatic correspondence during the luhnlnistnitraUpri of .Secretary Fish. The position taken by the officers of the bank and the British government at that time was that the g ivernniciu of the United States, in'or der to establish its claim to this money, must acknowledge the existence of the government of the confederate states, and must prove that it, the United States government, had the right, analogous to that of administrator, to rereivi and di'i??'sc of t lie confederate govern - incut's projH'rty. As the government of the United Stales had always contended that the government of the Confederate States never had any legal existence, bur We% "inipt i >Ttt ,FWniili.i;$rw people ill inSuU i ????????????:ion, these conditions presented an iu- stlrlil ??????ilitahlc olcla '??? -r I'nil . tisi !- cration of the subject Secretary Fisli came to the conclusion that the money could riot be recovered. In the opinion of the gentleman above quoted the large purchases of confeder ate bonds which are now being made arc part of a great speculative scheme, and so far as the real value of the bonds is concerned it lias no significance whatever. tt is understood as coming from Mr. Mac- Veugh personally that u principal reason why he declines to stay in the cabinet is that lie considers the present administration to be modeled on the stalwart idea, and its methods will be such as he cannot approve. On this lieing brought to the attention of the presi dent he remarked that he would be very gltul to permit Mr. MacYeagh to use his own methods entirely if lie will only stay in the cabinet until he finishes the business he com menced. Not long after lie entered upon the duties of his., otlioc, Secretary Windoni prepared a plan for relieving the heads of departments trout the importunities of iieisons seeking for places, which he submitted to President Our- iield, who regarded it with much favor. ??? The plan contemplates the apportioning of the subordinate places in tlic civil service among the states, according to population; the aj>- jM'iintment of a commission in cadi state to examine applicants, and all vacancies to be tilled from the state to which the retiring or deceased incumbent was accredited. .Senator Williams is credited with tlic fol lowing little speeeh during the executive ses sion of the senate. When Senator Ferry an nounced that the republicans bail determined to give up their light over the Lynchburg postiua-itcr, Mr. Williams said: ???I never dreamed, Mr. President, that I .should live to see the day when an cx-Confcd- orate brigadier would lead the republican hosts to defeat, or hear an old slave-owner call the roll of his faithful servants, not at the base of Bunker Hill, but in the chamber of the senate of the United States.?????? Senator Mahone smiled, it is said, a very broad smile at the remark of ??????Old Ccrro Gor do.??? Tims far tlic contest for the speakership of tiie forty-seventh congress has' been fought only in the newspapers. Now, however, that the* senate has adjourned, the canvass will take tangible shape, and by the 15th or 20th of November the right will be well on, with all the candidates here on the ground pulling the strings. It so happens that in the next congress the republicans have very poor ma terial out of which to make a speaker, and for tills reason there is a scrub race for the prize. The east presents a candidate in tlic person of Frank Hisooek, of New York. Reed, of Maine, is mentioned, but he has no serious thought of being elected. From the west the candidates are as thick as black berries. There is Kasson. of Iowa; Bunnell, of Minnesota; Burrows, of Michigan; Keifer, of Ohio; Orth, of Indiana; Ilaskell, of Kan sas. and Galkins, of Indiana. The next house of representatives, accord ing to the closest calculation, will be made up of 147 republicans, 13<5 democrats, !* green- liackers and an independent. Of the nine greenbackers five can be classified as republi cans, three of whom, at least, will ]>articipate in the republican caucus in the house organi zation. The probabilities, then, are that 150 republicans will go into caucus, and whoever of tiie candidates for speaker receives seventy- six votes will receive the nomination. There is no doubt but that tiie contest will be one between the sections???that is, the east and west. The east, as the situation presents it self, lias infinitely tiie advantage, because it presents but one candidate, Mr. Hiscook, of New York; whereas the west has a half dozen or more. Classified by sections, the cast in the next house will have sixtv-eiglit votes from the fol lowing suites: Connecticut, 3; Maine, 3: Massachusetts, 10; New Hampshire, 3; New Jersey, 4; New Y???ork, 20; Pennsylvania, 10 Rhode Island, 2; Vermont, 2; Maryland, 1. The west, including the Pacific slope, will have seventy-one votes, as follows: L???alifor- liowevcr, be the distinctive candidate from ihf west, it- is more than' probable that Ohio would give Hiscoek enough votes to secure him the caucus liomi- atioti and the election. The majority of the tes from the south, it is thought, will go to Hiscoek. There is some talk that the ad ministration will take a hand in the speaker- hip contest todefeat Hiscoek. This because lias lint always acted witli tiie' more pry- uneed stalwart wing. The friends of the resident, however, declare thutlhe president nils to keep his hands off, and that as a matter of fact Hiscoek is more acceptable to m than any candidate the west presents. It cannot lie discounted at this writing how he remainder of tiie house organization will he completed. Ex-Congressman Rainey, of South Carolina, tiie colored brother who re ived the empty compliment of the vote of e last congress for the clerkship, is again a miniate. So is the old clerk, Edward Mc Pherson. The public measures which will pon by the forty-seventh emigres.- Just as the hands of the elisk balanee.1 on the! hour of four Wednesday afternoon one ol Atlanta's best and most widely known.young men died by his own hand. Than Kui'us M. McPherson there were few more popnlar or brighter boys. Born a gentleman, he never departed far /rum the teachings he had re ceived and hut for his one great fault he would have died a noble man. The causes which led to Ms death are buried in mystery, and in order to tell of his death the story must lie prolonged,' Korsometime past Mr. McPherson had been in the I-oiilsville and Nashville railroad agency in this city as the head of the clerical force, and as such, discharged the duties imposed uiriii him with fidel ity. but on the 5th of September last resigned this position to accept a place with the International i Di sposition. Here he remained until a few weeks him he assumed tiie management of the di play made by the Shenandoah Valley railroad, oi Virginia, raid until last Friday his conduct was the source of much pleasure and grcal pride to his many friends. But on that day when he left his work lie went unou a spree, which ended yesterday as the last breath went out of hlsliody. Months ago Mr. McPherson gavo'his friends much anxiety by tine of these sprees, but when he sobered up he resolved to do so no more, auil with his usual faith ???adhered to his promises until Friday last. Those who know him best say that his promise would .-have been inviolate hut for a slight mis understanding between himself and if young lady to whom he was reported to be engaged. ??? Tilts Jady resides in e neighboring state, and was, if reports are to be credited, the idol of the dead boy's heart. Several days ago, iu conversation with one of his friends, Mr. McPherson said: '???She lias gone hack on-me: l don???t care to live longer,.ftud it I can???t straighten trie affair I will kill myself.??? The friend aPthe time i bought ???twns ohlv a passing trouble, and, laughing at Mr. McPherson, forgot the conversation unp i ; . sierday, when the terrible tragedy recalled r. That he really mount what lie said there can li-in he no doubt. On Monday night last Mr. McPherson encounter ed several gentlemen at the Kimball house, to whom he repeated his threats of self-destruction.. To these gentlemen he said that he wotil???1 moti he dead: that that night was liis last on earth, and that the next morning would dawn upon his dead hodv. Tiie crowd was coni posed of his friends, and although they laughed at iiis threats, they tried to induce him to go' to his home, where he had not been since Friday, but their entreaties were useless. Tuesday lie spent with friends, and that night retired very la e. The next morning, yesterday, tie got up rather life and went to the time City lunch house, on Wall street, amt ate his breakfast. Soon after this he met a friend, with whom he entered the Kim ball house billiard saloon, and to whom he said: ??????I am going to brace up; this won???t do: will take another drink,and then I'm done." This was about 10 o'clock, unci after the two hud taken their drinks they sat down to watch a game of billiards that was in progress: and he e Mr. McPherson remained until a short time before the deed was com mitted, although his friend soon 'e . Alwmt 2:80 o'clock Mr. U. M. Brown, of DeKa'o county, an old friend, of Mr. McPherson, came into the saloon and in a short time they were iu close 1 conversation. During tiie talk Mr. McPherson ie acted ' a ked his friend to Jena him a pistol, but was not . i I accommodated. Just at this time Mr. Brown was WIU Ul . BILL ARP???S LETTER. pi: i. lie passage, without doubt, of a three pefeem unding bill.- There will he an agitation of inter-state commerce bill; some civil ser- & reflections, and may he a tariff howl, lutside of the regular appropriation bills, it not thought there will be mfieh in the na- tre of general legislation; but the lobby will ??? tst h- 'ivl with sciiein Tsuni'jobbers whohuve designs on the nafional nioney bags; Over-at tlic senate end there will also be a skirmish ing for tlic officers. With David Davis???s vote and tlmt of Mahone, tlio, republicans have a majority of the senate. There is no doubt but that very early next winter they will elect a republican secretary and other otlicers. The Star prints the following society gos sip: President Arthur, when it was mentioned to him that it was rumored that his unmar ried sister would preside for him. said, ???I have but one unmarried sister, and her health will not permit her to attempt to discharge the duties.??? He, however, frankly said to the lady who was talking with him, that lie in tended to have receptions???meaning, of course, after he moves into tiie cxeeutive'mansion, and the season for receiving begins. When the sasne lady spoke of the number of widowers already in high places liere???his o,'- licial heir apparent being a widower, and t' :??? new secretary of the treasury, the new British minister, Mr. Allen, tiie dean of the diplo matic corps, and Senator Anthony, the senior senator, and other prominent members of the senate and house, all of which would tend to make society dull, as ladies, of course, could attend no entertainments given by gentle men who had no ladies to preside for then'??? the president answered reassuringly: ???You will find that all will provide themselves with ladies to preside pro liae vice, as we lawyers say.??? A well dressed and powerfully built man appeared at the white house this afternoon, and demanded to see the accounts of the president. The door-keeper at once recog nized the visitor as a crank who had called there in May last, and was sent home to his friends in Pennsylvania, and with a view of delivering him into the custody of the police, suggested that the accounts could lie seen down the stree???, and that he would accompany him. The man, who gave his name as John Wooling, of Pennsylvania, then presented a letter which he insisted gave him the right to enter the mansion, and lie endeavored to force his way in. Dinsmore seized him and a des perate struggle ensued. Wooling attempted to draw a revolver, but Dinsmore, who had grasped him by the throat, choked him so un graciously that he was unable to use it. Steward Crump and another employe hurried to Dinsmore???s assistance and the lunatic, was with some difficulty overpowered and the re volver taken from him. It was a large sized seven shooter, with every barrel loaded. The police were notified, and Wooling was taken to the station and locked up. The letter which he presented read as follows: John Wooling. you are hereby informed that Dr. John Noetling is lawfully elected president of the United States and occupies tiie white house every day. * Almighty God. Communicated hv the Holy Spirit. Colonel George Cowie,'chief of the diplo matic and consul division of the fifth auditor s office of thetreasury department, has resigned. Cowie recently passed a claim for $2,000, which was pronounced illegal by the first comptroller. It is said that the "claim was indorsed by the state detriment officer, but tills endorsement was not thought to be suffi cient to warrant its passage by tiie fifth audi tor, and as Cowie was the responsible person, his resignation was requested. Secretary Hunt informs the officers of the navy and marine corps that applications for duty through persons of influence will not re ceive attention. All such applications must be made directly to the secretary. .1 Xitmiitam Woman. Chicago Tribune. ???Twos a terrible moment. The man was evidently drowning, while the crowd on shore stood helpless and horrified. At this juncture some one yelled, ???Oh, forabpat!??? But there was no boat v.ithin ten miles. The suspense became awful, and the sun sank into the misty bosom of the west like a bloody pumpkin. All at once a female voice was heard above the roar of the breakers. ???Never mind the boat: take one of my shoes.??? It was the voice of a heroic Chicago woman, and the applause that greet ed it was heard three hundred miles at sea. joitrad by a friend, and excusing himself, he left Mr. McPherson, promising to return at 1 o???clock. Boon after Mr. Brown left the saloon Mr. F. C. Leavitt, of Boston, a gentleman whom Mr. Mc Pherson had in' tat the exposition, came up and sat down beside him. This was atiout three o'clock, und for some time the two ;,dked .about, the expo sition. Then Mr. JlcPlierscu asked Mr. Leavitt to take u short Wulk with him. to which the latter agreed. and for the first timoaftot entering the saloon eurlytin the- morning Mr. McPherson left it. When the strefif was reached they turned up ITvor to Decatur and up Decatur to Peachtree. At the junction of these two streets Mr. McPherson said: ???X want to go to a hardware store for a pistol; wont you go with me???? This question, it seems, somewhat startled Mr. Leavitt, and he asked McPphcrson what he wanted wijh a pistol, and was told that it was being bought for a friend. The two then went on up Peachtree to Clarke???s hurdware house, where Mr. McPherson ask ed to see a smith and Wesson improved. The clerk, to whom the request was addressed, showed him several pistols, from which number one was select ed aud paid for. He then asked for a box of cart ridges and loaded the pistol. While thus engaged Mr. Leavitt asked him what he was loading it lor and was told by McPherson that he was going to Montgomery that night and might have use for it. McPherson then gave the clerk twelve dol lars, the price ??f the revolver, and the two started baek to the hotel. On the way he remarked to Mr. Leavitt that he had given too much for the pistol ana said thin it wasu t worth more than ten dollars. Returning tothohotel they re-entered the billiard sal<Kin, and sitting down, were soon joined by Mr. L. C. Van Epps, one of Mr. McPherson???s friends. Thev then ordered drinks, and after drinking Mr. Van Epps went for cigars for the party. While he was out Mr. McPherson purchased three papers from a newsboy, and handed one to Mr. Leavitt, who began reading, just as Mr. Van Epps returned with the cigars, one of these be handed to Mr. Leavitt, and then offered one to McPherson, who remarked that he would smoke it after awhile. Mr. Leavitt then resumed his reading. Mr. Van' Epps sat down, and Mr. McPherson got up and' started to wards the rear bar. Near tne counter there was a game of pool going on, and for a few second's he stood und watched it. Then he went up to the bar.aud putting his hand into his coat-pocket drew out the box in which the pistol had been put by the clerk from whom he bought it. The box he laid on the bar counter and then turned to look at the game of pool, but in a second faced the bar again and took the pistol from the box. He tneti stepped back a short distance and cried out ???good bye boys,??? at the same time raising the pistol at arms?????? length. His voice was loud and attracted the atlentiou of nearly every one in the saloon, who turned just in time to see him place the muz zle of the pistol against his head aud fire. When he turned the end of the barrel towards his head and before firing, he cried out, ???1 place it there!??? aud pulled the trigger. For a few seconds after the report he stood still aud mauv of his friends, among whom was Mr. Brown, who had just returned tofillhiseuguge- S ent at 4 o???clock, felt assured that ???twas only a rce that was being enacted, but when the man reeled and fell they knew ???twas a tragedy that they were witnessing. As soon as he fell Officer Joyner, who happened to be present, ran to his side and raised liis head, but the seal of death was npou his face. Just over his right eye and near the temple there was a large ugly hole, from which the blood was pour ing aud the brain oozing. Calling to those near by the officer soon removed him to one of the windows where Dr. Drake glanced at him aud said that the wound was fatal. The ball, after entering, passed downward and caused a profuse flow of blood; in fact, so strong was this current that the gurgling sound made by his breathing in dicated a strangulation. The intelligence spread rapidly, and in a few seconds the sulooujwas/irowdea with people anxious to know the particulars. To all inquiries the phy sicians said that the wound was a fatal one and that death would shortly relieve him from all pain. The crowd finally became so large that the body was placed in the elevator and carried to room G7 on the third floor, but before the room was reached the death straggle began iu earnest, and when the litter upon which the body had been placed, was set on the floor. Rufus M. McPherson's life was over and his soul rushed into the presence of his maker. In the room where he died there were only a few persons, but among these was a friend of the family, and upon him fell the unpleasant task of informing the family of the sad death. First|he went to Major Campbell Wallace, the president of the Merchants bank, and told * him that his grandson had shot himself. The news startled the major and almost caused his death, so rtrong was his feeling for the dead boy/but with great fortitude he rallied and caused the sad intelligence to be carried to the unfortu nate youth???s brother. Mr. Wallace McPherson, and to his mother. When Mrs. McPherson' first heard the news, she was sitting in her chamber at home and would not believe it. She worshipped her boy and could not bring herself to think that he would do the desperate act that was ascribed to him, but when the 'dead body brought a con firmation of the report, she gave way and almost died of grief. Boon after McPherson's death, Coroner Hilbum held an inquest, but the evidence adduced indi cated clearly that the deceased came his death by his own hand, and verdict so saying was returned. No positive evi dence indicating the real cause for the deed was deposed, and unless McPherson died because of a Tli" Food Old Times Whcu lie Was a Boy???The Expo sition, Etc. I was a ruminating over the wonderful tlii; fcs in the exposition, and it carried me Lac . a half a century, only a half a century, wli :'there were no railroads, no telegraph, no : i. wing machines, no keroseue oil. When oviri Ltthers were eontent to haul their goods a I . t: < red miles on old-fashioned wagons, with < raple bottoms, and the hind gate sloping avtri??? up yonder???when we boys used to go alone w???th.???em to Augusta, or to Macon, and i ^ ut???at nigllt. and listen to the old nigger pvii'rs, as they told us about ghosts and ! ???^d houses, and witches riding ' rsuc. 1 > horses at night' and platting rir manes, and stealing a shoe > < the whitest foot. When there were no Sri li in the world and the tinder box was i1.behind the door and we saved all the we found in the woods. When our ???os dipped candles once a year and put tin in the candle trunk and we were al iow d one for each night and there were fifty O' ir for company and sickness. When we boys iff'. |-i nankeen in summer and country jeans \n;V, uter. and honest wool hats, home-made or rixdskin caps, tlmt would hold water like a jug. ??? When the girls knit their own stockings un.i it took only six yards of country liome- sp'iVHb makca frock, and wc had quiltings and a t fad dinner and invited the nabors, and so ;.i??- of the patchwork was the sun ilower and the rising sun and the honey comb and thi Irish chain and the road to Jericho, and it .v. :??? quilted in shells, and wc children thou fht it was juts the prettiest, thing in the widijj'world, and were so sorry for the poor ???folks who didn???t have em. We were rich at oi???.r house. We had nice plank window shut ters and 8x10 glass, and a big room, another oil'' hy the side of it, and a porch and two lit: it shed-rooms that were not ceil ed. and I???ve never heard any musigsince that sounded so sweet and woultl pm 'em to sleep so gently as the patter of the r.i i.; upon the roof that covered that shed v'lrs we slept. Everything was good then, aiuYthe world was lovely and tire days were lor,'and happy, and it was almost an age to Cl. p; turns, and chestnuts and chinkapins \\ ' Ip. better than they are now, and my mother's turn-over pies and mince pics rv the best in the world and so were the gi . r cakes, and now a days I catch myself Lering why they are not so good as they be, and think may be they have lost receipt or the sugar has lost its sweet- Those were good old times. I won???t were better than the present, or that ere happier on the average, but still I think of them, just as all people who growing 0 ld love to dwell in memory ??? iv I the past. The world couldn???t live that ri now. Railroads apd telegraphy aj-. owing machines and kerosene'oil are a n<\ _rify, and we couldent get along without ttppf They eame,in good time as a dispensa- ti ??? a wise Providence. They came like w .'Leri i. hto tb fid: IH } ;i T i hey wet pt-ujJfc were ) \ to thii Jonesboro, twenty miles distant, was Fri day the scene of a righteous vindication of the law. Tom Betts, a brutal and graceless negro scoundrel, expiated upon the gallows his crime of murder. He enacted a cowardly assassination, and died the death of a dog, as he deserved. On a peaceful day in August, 1880, Mr. II. J. Moose, an aged and popular citizen of Clayton county, left Jonesboro in his wagon, after transacting some business, and drove to his home. He was at peace with his fellows and wholly unconscious of danger. Tom Betts, however, was following close upon him, with thoughts bent upon robbery and mufder. While Mr. Moore was in liis barn yard unhitching his horses, Betts crept upon him from behind and dealt him a crushing blow upon the head with a heavy rail maul. The blow was a fatal one and that speedily. Betts robbed the body of $134.25 money and fled toward tdwn. The crime was soon discovered, the hue and cry raised, and pursuit made. Betts was overtaken as he was entering town. On being called to halt he threw out of liis pock ets the money taken from Mr. Moore, and which was thoroughly identilied on the trial. Tlic proof of his having followed Mr. Moore, and of his entering the barnyard with the fatal maul in hand, was conclusive. He was convicted and sentenced to be hung. The case was taken to the supreme court and there af firmed, The day for the execution of the sentence was fixed for October 21st, but Governor Col quitt respited Betts until yesterday, in con sequence of a petition for a commutation of the sentence to life imprisonment. The Gov ernor, however, refused to interfere, and yes terday, shortly after noon, the assassin was choked to death in the presence of thousands of the people whose laws he had defied. Be low will be found a fall and accurate descrip tion of the incidents of the hanging. The fiendish and brutal murder of nn old and defenseless man was avenged by the law yesterday in tlic execution oi Tom Betts, a negro, at Jones boro. Betts, who had lieon confined in Fulton county jail, for safe keeping, was taken therefrom Thursday aud carried to Jonesboro, where he was lodged in one of the heavy iron cages iu the jail of Clayton county. He spent the night until one o???clock in prayer and conversation with the prisoners, but at that hour dropped off to sleep. lie did not sleep more than an hour and on awakening resumed his praying. About 8 lie ate a hearty breakfast and soon after some colored ministers were admitted to his cell and spent two hours with him. The jail was well guarded by seventy' citizens of the county armed with double barreled shot-guns. Thev allowed no one to pass through the street rapped up in his arm. He was a good old man, na 1 hope to meet him in heaven. I am glad that can say to you that God will help me. Al! tho acknowledgements -would not liiake my pun * isment less. I have made a full surrender and He has for given me for all that I have done. The truth is tho truth, the truth must come. I would not tell a lie to save my own life, because I will soon be iu the presence of God. Tnerc are some who got up something about a store being, broken open in Fairbum and said I done it. Honestly, before God, am just as clear of that Fairbum matter as you are, and I know nothing about it. You hate my dear wife whom I tenderly loved. Dr. Johnson knows how I treated her. I respected and loved her as you love your wite. Yon know (turning to Dr. Johnson) you have talked to me. You gave mo rood advice and 1 want to meet you. Dr. Johnson, in heaven I am guilty of taking tho poor old mants life, it is true, but a great many things put to me 1 am not guilty of. But I drank whisky and rail with bad women, and whisky and bad company and no respect for my God have brought me to this rope. All of you should raise your little children in such a way that they may not come to what I have come to. There may bcagrcatmany rejoice at my downfall???von don???t know my heart.??? Here Betts???s feelings found re lief in tears, and after a slight hesitation and a Htt\e emotion he continued: ???I feel that I am going up to my God. I feel???I know???that God has pardoned my sins, and I know that allmv acknowl edgement is no good. You all know ???Mr. Davis. That man has talked to me. He gave me good advice, but I served the devil and went on my way until I have come to ray rain, but I hope to meet you all in abetter world than this; will vou all take this to yourselves? Let this be your prayer: ???Where will X spend eternity: in heaven or in hell???? If you live fifty years it will end, but eter nity! there is no end to it. I feel that I will be with God. There are things laid at my door of which l am innocent, and God knows, and you will know some day, that I am innocent. 1 want you all to see what you souls are worth???more than all tilts world. ???What profit if a man gain the whole world mid lose his own soul,??? and if there is any one hero that is leading the life that I have led,take warning by the rope around my neck. Turn this evening. To-morrow may lie too late. I put oil??? the serving of God, and put it off. There was always something I wanted to say or do. I have put it off until I am nearly in hell, and just did make my escape. I hope you all good luck. All that swore lies against mo 1 hope to meet them in heaven. I did not make mention of it tic- cause I didn???t like you. I think It wax my duty. May God bless you???may God bless you???may God???s blessings rest upon your little children and your wives???may God receive you all, is my prayer.??? The remarks were made with but little hesitation and scarcely any apparent fearof the coming death. Betts was speaking just twelve minutes and a half. When he censed and sat down a prayer wax offered by Rev. Berry Austin, colored. This prayer occupied four mid a halt minutes. Betts shook with emotion as it was delivered. At IS miiiutes to one he shook hands with those on the scaffold, aud asked that prayer be offered again. Squire Tin imp- son, an old colored preacher, then made a prayer. Betts, still kneeling, then made tiie followingUn loading by the jail without a permit from the she& jBepts looking toward Dr. Johnson, said: iff. This wits a precaution against the possibiliw'' ^ ???Dr. Johnson, Goodbye; may God bless yon. of lynching or rescue. At 1 o'clock iie stepped u They came like coal came wlten the wopa o?? the old world was about to give out. They' came like other things will come as the world grows older and the jieople in crease in numbers. I???ve no fears about the world coming to an end very soon. It will be several years first. All this coal and iron aud manganese wasent put here for nothing. I saw enough iron ore in one hill near Rockraart to supply the world for ten years, I know, and Mr. Cole???s road is B right to it, and somebody will buy it 3 long from Judge Barber, and go to de veloping. It is acres broad and acres deep. The manganese to make it into steel is not far away, and the coal to smelt it is within easy reach, and these combinations were not accidents. There wouldent be a steel rail in the world to-day if Bessamer had not dis covered the new process of making it. And now Mr. West is going to push liis little road to the coal fields of north Alabama, and Wil liam E. Dodge is already asking for the right of way from Cartersville to Fairmount to de velop liis mines, and all these enterprises are to he carried on with nortnern money for they have just found out how rich we are in minerals and that we are a sort of civ ilized people and give ???em a welcome when they come. The south is nature???s reserve and the time is at hand when the world must draw upon us for supplies. I see tiiat a feller in Pennsylvania lias been raising a little passel of cotton, and has b.ought it down to the exposition, and says lie is going into the business regular and plant three hun dred acres. Its sorter like Mrs. Arp???s little orange tree that she keeps in the flowerpit all winter, and it had a few blossoms and three or four little sickly oranges. That???s all very nice, but I???ve no idea of planting'300 acres of ???em. Pennsylvania lias stole a powerof things from us, butshehasent stolen our climate as yet, and I???m not alarmed about her competition in the cotton business. Our folks will steal her cotton mills and manufactures before she will raise enough cotton to keep one loom a running. Our people are not so had off,no how,for any thing. When we can???t get a thing we can do Without it. When we are crowded we arc right smart ourselves, as was illustrated in the late war???why we mado salt out of smokehouse dirt, and coffee,out of dried po tatoes. Talk about your suit: of clothes made in one day for the governor???made /by all the skill of modem machinery and lots of hands to help do it. I know an old lady in Butts county whose son joined a company in the war and was to go oft??? in tnree days, and she had the - wool clipped from the sheep and carded and spun and dyed and wove it herself and made him a number one suit of warm jeans clothes before he left. Now, that???s a fact, and can be proveh, and it???s a more wonderful thing than was done at the exposition, for she had nothing but the old wheel and a wooden' loom. Our folks got along pretty well when they had to pick Hie cotton from the seed by hand and could only pick a pound a day, and we could get along now in the same old way if it wasn???t for the new-fangled fashions imported on us and the idle folks that don???t work and have got to be supported by somebody. Adam Smith wrote a book and proved that the labor of one man could decently support eight peo ple, and my opinion is that we have got to that pass when about one in eight is doing it ???and that???s the reason why so'many contri vances are invented. It is to help one indus trious man support seven or eight vagabonds ???or non-producers, for they are all the same. Well. I hope Atlanta is happy and the expo sition a success. Mr. Toon told me there was nothing lacking but a steam planner. Bill Aep. Ju??t Suppose. Springfield Republican. Suppose Hancock had been elected last year. How the present queer little boom-in confederate paper would have alarmed all the republican or gans! .lynching At half-past ten o???clock Betts was visited in the jail by the representatives of the press. He was found in a cage built of heavy iron bars, and in -.vhieb be was considered sufficiently .???-ecure to allow trim the freed/iii 1 ???I the cell. He vus .voniewln. bleached from long confinement and,was in cheer ful spirits. He is a heavy negro; atofcpt twenty-six years of age. and??? when in nehllli weighed about 150 pounds. lie received" the reporters with great freedom, mid did not hesitate to talk. In reply to a question as to wliat ho had to say, he replied: , , , ???I shall say what I have to say when I reach the ground. I may not say anything. I shall use my own judgment about the matter. Whatever I say will be the truth, because the people want the the truth and they ought to have it.??? ???How do you feel about your future?" ???I have made my peace with the Almighty, apd I have no fears as to what will follow my death.??? ???When did you experience this conversion???? ???About four weeks ago, in the Atlanta jail.??? ???And you believe that you will go from the scaf fold to heaven???? Yes, I believe that in a few hours I will be with my God.??? He said that he had been treated very kindly by Sheriff Archer, but that during bis confinement in the Atlanta jail he had been badly dealt with, and that a sufficiency of food had not been given him. He said that he would probably ???eat a snack??? if something tempting could be placed before him. At 12 o???clock he was taken from the jail,his hands manacled, and under the guard of seventy citizens was conducted to the scaffold, riding in a spring wagon and sitting upon the coffin that was soon to contain his body. The scaffold was a well-constructed affair, erected i a field belonging to Mr. James Davis, about one mile from the town, half way to the place of Judge Moore. The road out which Betts rode to the Scaflbld was the same out which he followed Judge Moore on the day of the murder. The scaffold consisted of two upright beams with a cross liar about thirteen feet from the ground. The platform was supplied with a double trap, held in position by an upright beam resting on a wheel ruuuing in a groove. To tl|is was a rope for springing the trig ger, and upon trial it was found that the affan worked like a charm. The rope was an inch hemp rope, well stretched with a five hundred pound weight It dangled from the cross beam- and was looked upon with awe by a crowd o?? nearly four thousand people. The scaffold was erected in a good place for the con venience of a crowd, taring between two hills. A rope stretched about It some feet off kept the crowd at a good distance. The wngon containing Betts, the sheriff, jailer aud a deputy sheriff, reached the scaffold at twenty minutes past twelve, Betts ascended tlic scaf fold and after a short delay he asked': ???How much time have I got???? Sheriff Archer replied: ???Hpw much do you want???? Betts answered: ???You know what I told you.??? The sheriff looked at his watch and said ???I will give you half an hour.??? This was at half-past twelve. Betts arose, looked pie prayer: ???Our Heavenly Father and our God. I do feel thankful, this evening, for the glorious ??? ??? km m g on Thy holy name. I thank that everything is well with me, and that I enjoy the privilege of calling on Thee one more time. Our Heavenly Father, have mercy on me. Have mercy on all of us. Have mercy on the poor little children. Have mercy on these, my brethren. Have mercy on the people every where all over the land. May ray death be the cause of some poor dying sinner turrs- ing from his ways and coming on the Lord???s side. Lord bless us all. Bless my poor wife. Bless these little children. May they tie raised in the fear of God. Mv, Father, go with me now. Go with me through the valley of the shadow of death. All my help must come from Thee. Have mercy on my enemies if any rejoice in my death. Have mercy on them. May they feel that they will have to die ar.d that they have souls to save. Oh Father, may 1 ineet-this people at Thy right hand; go with me ailU-Teecive me. Amen!" TheiSffitei was concluded in Uvoandahali min utes. during its delivery tears were freely shed by the less hard-hearted of the spectators. At the conclusion of the prayer Rev. R. T. Kent, a colored minister of Grinin, shook hands with Betts, and stated to the crowd that he had been re quested by the doomed man to sing a favorite hymn, ???Ah Whither Shall I go???? Betts joined in the singing, adding a good bus voice. At (wo min utes before one the ministers left tlic scaffold. ???i upon the trap. The block cap was adjusted, and as it was being fixed about his head he remarked: ???Full it under my chin??? good-bye???tell your mother good-bye.??? At one minute past one Betts stood upon the trap ready.for the full. SheriU Archer stepped from the -U.flbul. took Up 'bn Tope that was con nected with the trigger, gave.it'd g-'iit'c po'l!,', ???.-ld with a barely audible thu<' Bells wont down. The (All was three and a half feet, tint hie neck \fns not broken thereby.-. In four minutes Iris pulse was ex amined ana found'to be forty "boats to the minute. In .*ix minutes his pulse was gone, and in seven minutes life was extinct. The body was cut down by Sheriff Archer at eighteen minutes past one, placed in a good board eotiln and buried at the ex pense of the comity by the sheriff. The very best order prevailed throughout the day. There was little or no drunkenness, and no rows. There was a general feeling of satisfaction at the maimer in whieli the execution was conduct ed; and thus ends the double tragedy iu Clayton. DOWN IN DIXIE. over the crowd with a calm, undaunted, but not bullying expression, and commenced speaking. We give his speech exactly as he made it: ???Well, I have come to the gallows. This is the last act of my life. All my hopes are past now. There are many of you who are stunding around here who rejoice in your hearts to see this, and it is, I feel, justand the will of JGod. I have led a wicked life. I have spent my life in folly, running after women and in serving the "devil. In my heart 1 have not got a thing against a man liere to-day. I am glad that I feel reconciled before you and "before my God. I am charged with the murder of Judge Moore. You all stand here and want to know is I guiltv. There has been a great deal of lies swore against me. There is no man in the world can say I did the murder, still they advanced themselves and swore things that were not true. I don???t feel that more than two or three men swore the truth, and I can say that Sheriff Archer, and Mr. Davis, and Billy Camp, were the only ones who stated the truth. Mary Lewis swore to a lie. She is guilty In the sight of God. Tom Spence swore to a lie. I am glad that I can tell them of it. Thev have all swore to lies; and Mr. Nash, he swore to a lie, and George Mann swore to a lie, and Austin Mann, his hither, he swore to a lie. But still all these ac knowledgments will not suffice me anything, and 1 will, in a few lnoments.bewitb my God. I am not sufficient to talk to you as I desire. I wish you all, I wish to God that you all would take an interest in your own souls, as you see what the serving of the devil has brought me to. I have bceu led by the devil as thousands of you all are. There is men here has talked to me when I was wild and sinful when I was stepping toward hell They advised me right and tried to make me live to be a man, an honest man. But I sinned and have done awful things that I ought to have let alone. You want to know if I killed old man Moore. It is true. I tracked the old man out. I tracked him out and hurried him into eternity without one moment???s warning. There has bceu manv lies told, but that is true. The devil had me Chattanooga is fearfully infested with tramps. Knoxville, Tcnn., had 27 deaths and 3S births in October. Cholera is killing hogs in some sections of Mis sissippi. There are more than fifty thousand Baptists in Arkansas. The Nashville merchants pay over $800,000 annu ally for snuff. Cottox h.os been about all picked out in the hill counties of Arkansas. A large number of emigrants are passing through Tennessee for Texas. The break bone fever is prevailing in many por tions of West Tennessee. The cotton production of Arkansas for the rear 1880-81 was 705,000 bales. W. H. Garlner has been elected president of the Mobile cotton exchange. Wagon loads of eels from the Catawba rivfcr are carried daily to Charlotte. The dried fruit crop in the Knqxvillc section of Tennessee, will be 400 cars. .Arkansas is daily receiving train loads of em igrants from the older states. ??? Bread poisoned for rats killed Paul Jenkins, of Harrison county, Ky., who ate it The Alabama conference of the M. E. church, south, will meet in Selma November 80. North Mississippi citizens are purchasing lands iu the pine country in south Mississippi. A fourteen pound gar fish was caught a few days ago in the Catawba river. North Carolina. The Tennessee press association will visit the ex position November 15. I)iwrrnEi:iA is playing havoc with the children in Allen county, Kentucky. Work is progressing steadily oil the state insane asylum at Little Rock, Ark. A tomato vine in Bowling Green, Kentucky, hss grown to the height of ten feet, CUsiberland county, Kentucky, boasts of a jar of honey that is thirty years old. Fortv-tvvo acres of land in Mason county. Ken tucky, recently sold for $125 per acre. Seven thousand walnut logs are in Cumberland county, Kentucky, waiting for a tide. iphtueria, which "has been very bad in east liville, Tennessee, is disappearing. The biggest man in El Paso, Texas, is a China man, who is six feet four inches high. The wells and water courses are lower in Jackson county, Florida, than ever known before. Mias Risby. a Houston, Texas, girl, made her de but in opera in Florence, Italy, November 1st. It takes $30,000,000 for freight and insurance to place a year???s cotton crop in the New England mar ket. James Anderson, of Florida, caught a cat fish weighing one hundred and twenty pounds in Ifom lake, Shelby county. The schooner Mystery???arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, the 30th of October from Indian river, witli 000 pounds of turtle. Thirteen hundred and ninety-one farmers have paid for their fertilizers iu Greenville. South Caro lina. In Texas the dose of medicine administered to horse thief is very simple, consisting of only one drop. New Orleans merchants have contributed $12.- 750 towards the building of a new Catholic eh urefat at Vermillionville, Louisiana. There are 309 convicts in the North Carolina penitentiary, of which number 75 a re white and 234 colored; 00 "females, 2 white and 4S colored. Shipments of coal from the Sewanee coal mines during the month of October amounted to 769,331 bushels. This is 149,859 bushels more than lust Oc tober. A INDISTINCT PRINT