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Newspaper Page TextVOLUME xrv TUESDAY MOIUSmSTGr, JANUARY 3, 1882. PRICE 5 CENTS. MATTERS OF NOTE. AND M ATTER' Or SOME PU3LIC NOTORIETY. euined by ths Era of uio Vigilant Traveler-The Attnetiom of Hewzrk In the Way of Moral I>form-ii, Mieaelies Tippler*, and Social MLiittrcma in Ocncral. 'I of brown fur no, anil yet it eost only $8,900. ) Ti’.e.-e are millions wasted in tad architecture every year. Many a rich man is "perked up I in a glistering grief’ of costly ugliness. while i his humbler neighbor dwells contented in a i home whose tasty, quiet beauty is a grace to the city and a delight to the eyes of all who pass that way. F." H. It. FELTON’S FIAT REGARDING THE TRUE THEORY OF POLITICS. THE GUITEAU TRIAI The Late Member from the Seventh Unbowas Him self to a Reporter in Such a Way as to Shot7 His Continued Interest in Things of a Political Nature—His Platform. Nkw York, December 28. —[Special corre- . pondencc.j—The other evening I happened over in Newark, one of the greatest manufac turing towns in America. Passing from the ■ slepovto the mala business streets, my eyes caught a puzzling combination of signs just across the way. a dingy, red, low wooden building v.t p stretched on canvas in huge letters the words, “Salvation Army !” Just below this cons'd'—.ous announcement, painted on the ' lions-, was the statement, “A Se lect Variety Troupe Every Evening.” I was shocked at this apparently . reckless mixture of suggestions, sacred and profane, and determined to learn why it was permit- ti ,1 in the highly moral city of Newark. It seems that the curious old building was until recently a variety theatre where performances of the most demoralizing char acter were given nightly, and where the riff- ia:f of the city collected and gave tome addi tional. but not specially charming, attractions to the original bill. * Not long ago, a 1 t of English missionaries, mostly women, came over litre to wiork nil the reform they could. They braved the devil at once; captured bis stronghold;' mid commenced on his most devoted subjects. The “salvation army” is wliat their society is called, anil to let the world know they are on hand two flaming signs thirty or forty feet Song were prepared and stuck up. But be tween them leers the original bait of the wicked one. Whether it was left thereto .show how completely the place has been revo lutionised; or whether tlic omission to erase it was unintentional. I cannot say. But certain it is the mixture looks remarkable at first sight to the innocent passer by. The “army” i.tself is the .subject of diverse criticism. Some people believe it doing great good and others suy hard things of it". The women are most ac tive in their eppeals; singing, praying and preaching every night to the roughs whom they manege to get inside. They remind one of the heroine of “Adam Rede” whom George Eliot tried so hard to' ! make apjiear womanly in wliat we hr the ■ .south have always regarded os an unwoman ly gpluT* 1 Newark's most prominent character just now is Baldwin, the champion defaulter of 1 the nge.. 1 passed by lus pretty home. Inside he was sttting surrounded by comfort ond , * Vgancc, n<> doubt at that very momen t. lie c.teiy-,, thick vt. smooth-faced mail about * ** fortv vc.irs old, and t>*riiierl^ a prominent 1 manager of church a . 1 '.Its.' After inditing way with nearly two and a half millions he was permitted to walk around the streets under a twenty-five thousand dollar bond. It was ' |» raised to a hundred thousand and he readily gave it. A gentleman who knows him well told me that Baldwin evinces the keenest interest in the more recent rascality in New ark, and.that he is constantly talking of the defaulters who have just come to grief here. Baldwin need not he jealous, liis grab will stand colossal and unparalleled for a long time to conic. "What lie did with the money is yet, in a great degree, a mystery. He ad mits the general fact but declines to go into particulars. The Merchants and Mechanics national is going to resume business very soon, negotiations with creditors being now pending. The bank was considered the strongest in New Jersey—so strong that even this affair will not ruin it. It is rumored, however, that there will be a new cashier un der the reorganization. i find snugly stationed around New York harbor most of the Fftli Artillery recently at McPherson barracks. One battery is at Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island; another at Fort Schuyler in the liar- bor, and three over at Fort Hamilton on Long Island. Two batteries arc in the northern •part of the state. I had the pleasure of a call with some of the officers on General Hancock at Governor’s Island. We found that royal welcome lie al ways gives to his visitors. He is a prince of men socially. Wherever he goes lie capti vates by his easy grace and his warm sincerity. He speaks with feeling of the enthusiastic .support given feint by the south and it is * his purpose to visit tluit section when lie conveniently can. Without doing injustice to any one it may be said that no man is so beloved by the army as is Gener al Hancock. He has those high qualities which win men’s hearts and that gentVness which is the insignia of innate nobility. Speaking of the Fifth artillery, I am re minded tiiat it ranks as the crack regiment in this line of service. The light battery has un der Captain Brewerton made a national repu tation, and when General Sherman was last in Atlanta he told the captain that it was the completes!, best regulated battery he had s en. Vanderbilt's palace is fast approaching completion. Visitors go away up Filth Ave nue just to look at it. So many gorgeous de scriptions in the newspapers have detailed its finery front garret to cellar, that I was dtsaj>- poinied when I saw two great stiff, square structures connected in the center. The ex terior shows no architectural grace, simplicity and strength being the virtues of this great pile of brown stone. The interior is to be artistic in the extreme, but outside there is a lf-satisfied plainness, seemingly taking it Tile AMOkflu Aim mince* Illraoclf’ In the Field fur 1 S.S-S. Washington, December SO.—The court rapm was literally pack id this morning. As soon asrGuiteau reached his eat in the dock, he shouted out; “Some of the lending papers in America consider me the greatest fellow they have met in some time. At 8 o’clock last night I received a telegram, which I will read for the edification of this audience and the American (•eopie." He then read: “Mr. Charles .!. liuiteau, Washington, D. C. All boston sympathize with you. You ought to be president. (Signed) A Host of Admirers.” Pausing a moment, he then branched off into a rambling harraugne. ending by saying: “I shall ..iihiuil my name to the next republican conven tion. I sltall expect to be before It. Therearconly two men in the country who want ns: hung. One is Judge I'crlor, who exj»ects to get $5,000 lrom the government if l am convicted, and the other Is I’orkhiil. who expects to vet bounced and who knows tluii I en tlte cause of it.” Dr. Kcuipstvr then took the stand and Mr. Scoville resumed the cress examination. Witness did not b dlevein temporary insanity.in the sense that a per son coaid be insane sud wholly recover in an hour. He belie - , eh v 1cU1lv'u as sane, but Coles, who shot ! Usenet til Albany, undoubtedly was Insane.; Mr. Corkhill announced that he had blit one more witness to in .rod uce on the part of the gov ernment and inquired of Mr. Scoville how much rime he would want to consume on surrebuttai. jlr. Scoville replied that he had several witnesses whose names had been pre sented since the care closed and he would a-k the court '<> permit them to be sworn on the around of newly discovered evidence material to the case. Mr. Corkhill wanted to know what he expected to prove. Mr. Scoville replied: “We have evidence to offer relative to the state of the prisoner’s mind just be fore the shooting." He also stated that he would, probably, require all of next week on the surre- buttal. i!r. Davidge objected to the reopening of the case, and Mr. Scoville insisted that he did not desire to del«v the trial, but the prosecution had consumed weeks with ex]>crt witnesses and he did not propose to be cut short in the matter of time. Mr. Scoville suggested that the jury be allowed to separate and go home upon parole not to speak of the trial during their absence from court, giving as a reason his solicitude for the health of the Jurymen' which is likely to become affected by close confine ment. Considerable discussion arose, which was eutshort by the foreman saying the jury did not care to separate, but desired a reasonable oppor tunity for fresh air and exercise. The discussion between tbe opposing counsel continued for some time with considerable acrimony, when finally Mr. Scoville, in replying to Mr. Corkhill, surprised every one by making one of the best and most im pressive speeches that has been heard in the court room since tbe opening o( the trial. Iu earnest and impressive language lie vindicated the conduct of the defense, and severely rebuked the course of the district attorney in his unseemly effort to muzzle and drive the defense from court. Some mnr.ifettaliou of applause followed the conclusion of his speech, but It was quickly checked by the court. Dr. John P. Gray, medical superintendent of the New York state lunatic asylum, then took the stand, ’the witness had made a study of insanity. Ills bus- iuess since 1850 and In that time had treated or investigated 12,006 cases of insanity. He had never seen a single instance where the only indica tion of insanity was an exhibition of immorality or wickedness, lie did not believe in what had been called moral insanity. It was impossible to dissever menial unity so as to locate an Impairment of the moral nature nr.t accompanied by an intellectual derlotiation. Insanity iu itself had no more tendency to excite to crime than neuralgia or any other disease. II puts nothing new into man's nature. It only perverts what is already there. Witness then asked prisoner how this state- hisrepiv was: “The inspiration was in the form of a pressure constantly upon me to commit the act” Dr. Gray continued the story of his interview "with Uuiteau, with oc casional comments by the latter of assent or dis sent, but not to the extent of annoying interrup tion, until adjournment. Dr. Gray stated that lid had made a thorough, complete and satisfactory examination of the pris oner at the jail, and at the request of the district attorney gave at some length the details of his ex amination and of his conversation with the prison er. The witness had inquired of the prisoner In regard to his alleged inspiration and asked him if it came to him in the form of a voice or vision or direct command, and his reply was; "No, it came into my head.” THE CONFEDERATE TREASURE. It will be remembered that our Wushing- ton correspondent, a few days ago alluded to conference between United States Marshal Longstreet and Dr. W. II. Felton, and stated that an interview had been prepared and sent to a Chicago paper. The following interview with Dr. Felton appears in the Chicago Tri bune, of the 29th inst: * Doctor,” I asked, “What effect, if any, will Mahonc's recent victory in Virginia have up-' m independence in Georgia?” ‘I think one good effect will be the assur ance it gives the independents of Georgia and of tlte south that victory is possible. Hereto fore one great obstacle to tbe success of the ndejiendents has been the belief, entertained by thousands of our best citizens, that organ- democracy in Georgia and in all the sou^.iern states was impregnable; that against its moss-covered ramparts all aggressive move ments were doomed to failure. It was con sidered almost sacrilege to question the strength and infallibility of an organization which had so long dominated all political, social, and economic matters in the south and whose traditions were interwoven with our history before and during tlte civil war. Our young men felt that their future political, professional and business success was largely dependent upon this or ganized democracy. All their dreams and aspirations were colored in some measure by the hope of the kindly approval and friendly assistance of this political power. To oppose it was to become a political outcast—to throw yourself away politically. Independ- entisni might succeed in some counties, in an occasional congressional district, owing to local and personal causes; but to make an attack along the line was to fight the irresisti ble. Mahone’s victory teaches our people that ORGANIZED DOfEBONISM IS Vl LNF.RUU.S; that, like Achilles, whose mother thought lessly failed to dip his heel in the river Styx anil thereby left one vulnerable place in lits body, which proved liis overthrow, this or ganization, .heretofore considered invincible and perpetual in the south, is shown to be mortal—can be wounded—can he defeated and, in my judgment, when men generally recognize that fact the prestige end pover of the organization will have departed. Men have long been tired of its methods—its frauds —its intolerance—its proscription—its utter lack of well-defined principles—held together only by the hope of spoils and official place— suliordinaling country to party purposes— like Vc.-nV.:.!.orv>«-. t«-<j ,v-\ ,• prosperity of the south—running in ruts that the institution of slavery cut deep in northern thought and southern legislation. I believe that now men who have been looking for a way of escape from these evils, and who have seen the power of independentism, "will join their jiolitical futures to this rapidly growing movement in Georgia.” * “Will there be a regular independent move ment in this state next year; and who will lead it?” “There will bo; that is to say, there will be independent candidates for all the principal ttise of republicanism—ot supporting their own candidates for office—they hanage to cast their votes so as to do the most good for the opposition. These -os are few, exceptional, and strongly ntark- !. The great mass of the republicans will be found standing shoulder to shoulder with independent democrats in their war upon the methods and sentiments which have so long coutrolled the south. This will be the great' issue: the total annihilation of the nfethods and sentimehts which have retarded the pros- vrity and happiness of these states. If I were required to FORMULATE THE ISSUES OF A SOCIAL CAST, THAT BEING THE LEADING F TURK OF THE SEASON. Another Wttnen* IllHelonex Now anil Important Facts Washington, December 80.—The Post to-morrow will publish a letter over o fictitious signature, the writer of which claims to have been a clerk in the confederate treasury at Richmond, and ns' such accompanied the specie from Richmond to Char lotte, North Carolina, leavlug Richmond on the night of April 2. 1865. The amount taken the writer does not know, but thinks it must have been very large. At Danville, Virginia, the treasure was, ou April 2d, taken from the carand placed in a bank vault, where it remained until after Lee’s surrender. Then Secre tary of the Treasury Trenholm, knowing there was no inrther hope of success for the confederacy, or dered that a portion of the specie be used to redeem confederate notes at the rate of one dollar specie for seienty currency, and the writer claims he saw immense sums of specie thus paid out, being him self one of tlte fortunate ones) After Lee’s surren der wliat remained of the specie was sent to Greensboro, N. C.. where tsa.OOo was paid to John ston’s army. Here also all the officers und clerks of tbe government were paid oft' iu gold in sums ranging from $50 toS150each. The writer had assisted in preparing the pay-rolls for this pur pose, himself again a beneficiary, presumably, ns lie describes the methods he anil others used to conceal their treasure. Wliat then remained was taken southward, but the writer parted eorapauy with it at Charlotte and thereafter had tro personal knowledge of it, but he srou'.s the possibility of Jefferson Davis having profited by a siuglo dollar. The writer in a private note gives bis name and address as C. G. Addison. Prince George county, Maryland. THE CHICKERING PRIZE. ranted that ail the world knows who lives ; and how gorgeous must lie the treas- sliut within from the vulgar gaze. Kfej The email l’luno Drawn by un Atlnntion Lbtnc t In TcxttM. At the conclusion of the closing exercises in Judges’ hall yesterday the gentlemen in charge qf the I’hiekering piano exhibit held the drawing for the $1,000 square grand piano, given away by them ro the lucky person anion; those who had registered at their exhibit. , , , . . Tiio committee to superintend the drawing, which took place iu the presence of a large audience, was composed of Director General Kimball, Green B. Adair, t'aptniu John Miliedge, Dr. A. L. Connaliy aiid Couneiimau Payne. None of tbe Chickering representatives were on the- stand or had aught to do with the drawing. There were 25.063 names on the registry, and each mime was represented by a coupon in the box. These were thoroughly mixed up and 100 of them drawn at ranUum and placed in a small covered basket. Master H. I. Kimball. Jr., then drew ont one coupon—No. 5,112—whieh rep resented the lucky party. He was found to' be Frank Powell, of Waco, Texas. Mr. Powell i- a son ot Dr. F. U. Powell, oi this city, brnnmarried and moved to Texas about one y« ar ago. to engage in railroading. Captain Miiledge lonk charge of tiie coupon and the piano w ill be held subject to the order of the fortunate winner. . Mr. Nelson’* Error. New York IVoild. that will be made prominent in this indepen dent movement in Georgia, and upon which platform of principles democrats and repub- cans .will stand until they'are enforced in practice, I would give something like the fol- owing: ’1. 'me politFal ’caucus’ is only advisory in its character—should have no binding force upon the actions and consciences of free citizens of a free government; but every ballot cast at tin election iv hid represent the convictions of the individual t-.cr. 2. We insist that it is essential to free govem- it to have a free ballot, and a fair count of all h:> votes honestly call at any state or national riion; ar.d the machinery of managing and •if ervistng elections should tie guarded and pro ved by law so that fraud will be impossible, it. Honorable payment of nil honest debts—cs- ially the payment of the national and state L .‘its—as rapidly as our surplus revenue willuu- thi.rizc. .4. In financial matters we recognize gold and silver as the money of the constitution; and all paper i.-snes—greenback or other paper currency— sh arid be redeemable, at the will ot the holder, in ccin, at the treasury of the United States. ”5. As soon as the reduction of the national debt will permit, we favor the repeal of all internal rev enue laws, and believe that all the revenues of the federal government should be raised by it tariff upon foreign articles imported into this country, an.1 which tariff’ shall so discriminate in its pro visions to afford ample encouragement and protec ting to all home industries. u. Weadvocate a liberal system of internal im piovemetits by the federal government for works of i. national character only—especially our water- rentes of transportation. “7. The national government is the supreme au thority known to the people of this country, and its laws have the first claim to our obedience. Every eitizen of the United States is entitled to a full protection of his personal and political tights under those federal laws. “x. We believe every child should have the op portunity of acquiring a common English educa tion in schools forever made free by a liberal sup- pi -’t front the state government. ''s>. Monopolies, by whieh a privileged class exer cise a controlling power over the property and labor of a multitude of citizens, are opposed to the g o-ills and spirit of our government; and we will HU adily resist every measure or system that tends to concentrate political power or undue business importunities in the hands of the few at the expense i ! the many. ’ “10. The present Isytem of leasing the state coti- \L-te must be wiped from our statutes as a foul blot upon our civilization and humanity. •11. Party proscription and sectional prejudices Jt-’.ve greatly retarded the material growth and de velopment of our state—whieh material prosperity V-.-earnestly desire and will diligently foster: and • this end, we will use every moral anil legal 5 cans to suppress proscription and to liberalize q etional prejudices—recognizing the unity of our c •mmou federal government, and equality of all v b-n before the laws.” “What do you think of President Arthur’s i ministration ?” .“So far he has made ns a wise anuconserva- rtre president. His admirable bearing dur ing the long illness of the hue president en Afftred him very much to the country; and t.-ie non-sectional and liberal character of liis tteent message has convinced the people that the affairs of the government are in safe frauds. If he continues in well-doing the < wintry will have cause to congratulate it- AJf. He is growing rapidly in the confidence ot the'southern peopie: and, outside of sec tional politicians, the south will rejoice to find in him a president for the whole coun- tr >''” . CHRISTMAS CAROUSALS. j rection, and that some of these have gone to j Europe. | This feature of tlte rumor, however, is j brushed aside by these "knowing” ones to • give full scope to that part connecting the I president with the story. | Should any man be selected for such a mis- Our Bachelor Provident the Object of Shy Attention* j s i on as J s here intimated,, few better adapted from the Brit.sh Minister, Wild ie Supposed j („ jj ie purpose could be found titan the Hon to bo ou the Lookout for a Suitor j Lionel Sackville-Wcst. All his family are for the Prmoess Beatrice. J a jjout the queen in confidential capacities, and have been during her whole reign. He comes of a family of bachelors, so to speak, ' and is himself a bachelor. The Sackvilles began in the year 10711, and all the honors of the house becam* extinct in 1843 with the death of Charles, second Viscount Sackvillc, and fifth duke of Dorset. The representation of the family then fell to Mary, countess of Amherst, and Elizabeth, countess of De La Warr, tlte latter a younger daughter of the third duke of Dorset. Elizabeth, in the death of the last Dorset, by royal license assumed the surname and arms of Suckville. She was the mother of the new British minister, anil in 18U1 the Queen made her Baroness Buckliurst. Iter oldest son died unmarried, and liis brother, Charles Richard, became earl of De La Warr. He also tlied a bachelor, and the next son, Reginald Windsor, took the title. He is mar ried and lias issue. The fourth sou, Morti mer, took the mother’s title, and is the pres ent llarott Buckliurst. Though twice married, she lias no issue, and Lionel, the present British minister to this country, is heir to'the baron. His sister was married*to the marquis of Salisbury, who died iu ISfiS, and she is now the wife of the'earl ot' Derby. These Sackvilles are Wests, through their father, the Earl lie La Warr, or Delaware, as it is commonly written. The Wests date from 129!). The earl died in 18G7 and the Baroness in 1870, so that, on the whole, he is a man the queen would be likely to send out on a mis sion so momentous to her Beatrice, who, it is said, the queen loves with a wonderful ten derness; atul wouldn’t it be funny if she should become the first lady in the*greatest country on earth—Mrs. Beatrice Arthur, nee Guelph? New York, December 29.—-To-night there was’n very quiet wedding ceremony at the residence of I)r. May, on West Nineteenth street. The event merits attention, from the fact that the young lady in the case was at one - time the fiancee of James Gordon Ben nett. of the Herald, and is known as Miss Carrie May. She has now become the wife of W. M. Wright, who, in the early days of by- cycling in this country, undertook and suc cessfully carried out the task of riding one of these vehicles from New York to Chicago. The affair between Miss May and Mr. Bennett is one which is not forgotten by the public, or it might be said more correctly of its sequel, and certainly never will be by Miss May her self. Mr. Bennett was to be married to her, the day was fixed, and everything in readi ness. The night before the wedding day the young man, not altogether steady as to his legs and very much at sea as to itis head—a condition superinduced by indulging a taste 'that had given him considerable notoriety— called to see the young lady. What happened at that interview hits never and never will be stated in the public prints, but- it was sufli- eiefitiy aggravating to cause a personal ren contre between M iss May's brother and Mr. Bennett, in which the latter reeeiv®d a puru- incling. This led to the noted and very mys terious duel in Delaware, in which May and Bennett were principals. * The affair created good deal of talk at the time in general and club circles, and the newspapers were filled ith accounts, which, while dealing with the general features, never attempted to present the true reasons for the very unceremonious breaking off of the match and the desperate determination of the lady’s brother to punish the editor for the insult offered her. “No one.” says Mr. Ilenry L. Nelson in the Jan- w „ guv number of the Internationa] Review, “cvfti tie iust beyond, with its arches i visit th* Atlanta exposition and not have a feeling ami towers is far more attractive to me « -1 exultation at the evidences of the birth of the .ii.ii rowers, is lar i.io.e auracme lonu. desire among the southern people to reap the «.l- Extr.ivaganee lias no limit in New Aoric. TAatK *es to be gained by industrial pursuits.’ By Two residences even finer than VanderbiliS j the word "birth" Mr. Nelson shows that he has been are talked of, it not definitely planned. One i 1 -ad into the common error of men whose knowl- is to be built by Russell Sage, Jay Gould’s j edge of the south is of such recent date that they far na ho has arer The other is imur that the region has only recently been partner—us ,ar as no nas atit . lne ouier f | dl-overed. The "desire to reap the advantages to oe very near to \ anderbilt, and _ts threat- j gained by industrial pursuits” is old: the cuing him with the prospect of being twice hindmace r»a«been tbe rbeioric of thosrC persons iis tine*' <1$ his home. This will be built by I who once sought political success by the maiiiibic- Flood, of California, who wouldn’t mind tack*- ' Hire of southern outrages. Mid have recently come luilliiin in i liW rnt- : to commit-southern pouticel outran to secure ing awav a 3pare luilliou m a neat little cot The Atlanta exposition itself is a result, tage. I* or unpretentious homes m New lork. j uoi.; cause. It was made possible not by 3sr. Ma* Philadelphia and Washington, the Queen hone and Mr. Sneer but in spite of them. Money - \ n ae style i* all the go. : would not formerly seek investment in that region. It is certainly prettvand homc-like. There is L not because investments wmriri not payas well ten s.. .* 1 jLV l* \ yearsairo as now, but because such men as Mr. Ma- jllst finished in Washington a LOtU^e of ““s i hone aud hi'allies of “the new era" succeeded in kind so perfect in proportion and taste that j making capitalists believe that investments would you would not be asliumcd of it in ten miles not pay. offices whieh are to be filled by elections next year-—governor, congressmen, and - others. Indeeed, the moral force of organized bour- bnnism lias been broken in Georgia’ever since 1S74. It only needed one breach in its walls TO SHOW ITS WEAKNESS— to remove the awe and veneration with which it inspired men. Before this time the most intelligent citizens would tremble at the simple intimation that they were not in line with their party—that they meditated any thing like revolt front the behests of the as sembled tricksters and manipulators of the organization. It was regarded something itke excommunication from the church in the fourteenth century. It was social ostra cism. In many eases it involved business ruin. But now contempt rather than terror is awakened ill liberal and intelligent minds by the threats and displeasure of bourbon leadership. ’ Another matter has heretofore operated in Georgia in favor of bourbon solidi ty, viz: the pretended apprehension that the state might fall into the hands of the repub lican party and some congressional districts be controlled by negro votes. But oar citi zens have had tlte courage in these last years to inquire wherein have they been benefited by this unrelenting war on the republican party. Wlnt have we gained intellectually, morally, materially? Has the south under the dominion of organized democracy pros pered and grown in manufactures, a*gricul ture, population, and wealth generally.more than the north under republican sway? Have our affairs been administered more honestly, more economically, and more wisely than theirs? Alas! the inquiry has not been favor able to democratic rule in the south. Men do not regard with horror now, as they did some years ago, the possibility of republican supremacy. If it is suggested to an intelli gent man to-day in Georgia, his probable re ply will be, ‘ WE can’t be worsted.’ Everywhere in the state good men—liberal men—progressive men—are anxious for new political regime. Our young men feel that, in following this organization, they have followed an ignus-fatus that only deceives— that dances before them brightly* just previ ously to our national elections, and, when the votes are counted, leaves them stranded njnui political blunders anil apparent cor ruption. Georgia is ripe to-day for revolt. “You ask: Who will lead this movement? I answer. If successful, the peojtle will lead it. The liberal men of all parties, democrats and republicans, forgetting all former purty allianccs, coalescing under the common ban ner, with one common purpose—to suppress present jxilitical evils, ana inaugurate a bet ter system in tlte state—will move on to victory. Whoever carries their standard must be the choice of the jieopie; with a clean political record; with pluck, energy, and jiower on the stump; and who will shatter no glass house as he brings home to the political tricksters and corruptionists of tlte state their jxilitical and official crimes.” “Do you believe all the democrats and re- publicans who are opposed to bourbon meth ods and sentiments could be'brought together- An Urn ot Illooilfthcd and Murder. Macon, December 28.—At Round Oak .Tones county, forty miles from here, a young farmer named Jack Wmiam Gray interfered with a negro dance Monday night and was fatally stabbed by three negro brothers—Bob, Henry and Alex'jackson. Gray fired into the brothers killing all three—one dying on the spot, one before reaching the door, and tbe other a few hours later. Gray crawled out of the house and died on the steps. R. A. Brown, a prominent eitizen of Amer- icus, took morphine, from the effects of which he died this afternoon. He leaves a wife and four children. Mobile, December 28.—In Baldwin county near Sibley’s mill, opposite Mobile, Joel Johnson, a well known citizen, was riding along the road when he was shot from behind a tree by a negro. The shot struck Johnson in the head, stunning him and causing him to fail from his horse. He was then, dragged to a pond ami thrown in anil tile negro mounted the victim’s horse and rode to a party. Johnson revived and dragged himself Haif a mile to liis home. Abe Johnson, the wounded man’s half brother, who is deputy sheriff’, started to arrest the negro who had Johnson’s horse. The negro resisted arrest and drew a pistol and exchanged shots with Deputy Sheriff Johnson. The latter fell and died in fifteen minutes. The negro escaped but was fouud later half a mile from the place oi shooting dead, shot through the breast and wrist. Shreveport, . December 29.—Last night twelve prisoners, ali colored, broke out of the iron cage and escaped from the parish jail. Among them were John Mobile, Paul Pringle and EtI Belton, sentenced to be hanged in Mansfield, DeSoto parish, next Friday. Only three have been recaptured, /fhe jail was new and built by P. J. Paules & Brother, of St. Louis. Deputy sheriffs are' scouring the country for the escajied prisoners. Mobile, Pringle and Belton were sent here for sate keeping. . Chattanooga, December 28.—A special to the times gives an account of a terrible trage dy which occurred this morning at Bellefonte, Ala., a small station on the Memphis and Charleston railroad, 44 miles from this city, reselling in tlte probable fatal shooting of O. M. Tennell, W. D. Martin, and liis son, John. They are tlte only merchants in the place and tiie difficulty originated in jealousy The weapons used were pistols. New York, December 23.—A Decatur, Ala. special says: At Peacock Tract last evening Murv Mav, colored, 18 years of age, shot and instantly’killed Catherine Bogg, a girl of 13 years, also colored. Mary May confessed the crime, but gave no cause for the act. Aealnat Sunday Review* in France. Pall Mall Gazette. A strong and well founded agitation has arisen in France against the Sunday reviews which were so corn moil, whieh fell into disuse, and have lately been restored by General Farre. It is needless u> say that the French are not Sabbatarians. Sunday vith them, whether with or without religious services, is a holiday: and they do not see why the soldier, who is now wo: ked much harder tiinu he used to be throughout the week, should not have his rest too. The discipline of the French army is much stricter than it was, and it is hardly too much y that the soldier cannot cal! a single hour his to . own during the week. There is a general consent upon one common platform; and, if so, ujKin ! in the military press that the abolition of the Sun- wliat issues would the light be made, in your - "av reviews has become advisable, if not necessary, nnininn : and the Avenir Militaire says, with much force, in i i’ - ,, . „„„ r, ; ___ ! that the soldier alone of all the nation Is unable to I believe they can. Ot cou.^e there -re . H y on a single day out of the 365 in the year, "I am some republicans who will refuse to co-ojverate -J,■ tu-day from morning toeveniug.” In the Eng- with the independents in their fight against : ' i-h service the Sunday is free but for church par- organized bourlwnism. For years past, in 1 ides, and pnr men have no notion of the hard Georgia this class of republicans have been in ! j i ";|I^ c ^ n u° a eS5l!^^ n ?h^^2 , ’ he secret, and sometimes in oj>en alliance .,-rvice is an uncommonlv free-and-easy with organized bourbon ism. Under the ea-ie-t in the world. Our Ituchclor President. A most interesting bit of gossip 1ms been engendered in a certain circle here over tiie alleged discovery that the Hon. Lionel Sack- illc-West 1ms conte to this country specially charged by bis royal sovereign with a mission no less delicate than the choosing of an American husband for her only remaining unmarried daughter, the Princess Beatrice. That her majesty is holding back Beatrice for some undiscovcrable purjtose is plain; that her majesty 1ms studiously cultivated a friendly, we may say a warm, relationship between the republic and her empire is hap pily one of the crowning glories oi Iter reign. What grander expression of the nearness of this wish to her royal heart could she give than the deatli of out* president afforded oppor tunity for? Hence it is perfectly natural this wise qusen should desire to .'signal, and lasting bond of union bet. LJ the two great countries, and what would oe more sug gestive to her motherly heart, for such a consummation, than the bestowal of the la test pledge of her love for Prince Albert upon a son of the republic? It was this spirit whieh gave to Scotland’s Argylls the Princess Louise. And in this connection we are re minded of the very friendly sentiment cre ated in botli countries when the Enhlishnmn Sartoris carried off the daughter of the then first citizen of the republic. Most persistent effort failed to reach the origin of this rumor, nor could it be traced to any officially reliable source whatever; but ttiat it should be cut out of whole cloth seents scarcely jtrobable at this time, when there is by no means a dearth of gossip, and very spicy gossip, too, and, I may add, in tbe very di rection of the honorable minister. *Tlie strangest feature of the talk is that the British minister Iras decided overwhelmingly in favor of President Arthur as the lucky man, and tiiat the subject has already' been ■ broached to the jiresiilent. President Arthur, it will be remembered, lost bis wife iu January, 1S80, and lias, therefore, been a widower nearly two years. His wife was a daughter of Lieutenant Herndon, of the navy, and by this marriage ason in ids ICth and a daughter in her 10th year are living. Titus it is not likely Mr. Sackvillc-West has decided the Princess Beatrice sliall become a stepmother as well as a wife. This would be too much condescension. Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore is the full name of this youngest of Queen Victoria’s nine children. She was born April 14, 1857, and is therefore in her 25th year.. President Arthur was born October 5, 1*830, and was 50 years old last birthday. Be this aS it may, Mr. Arthur will pass the world over for a much younger man, and it is said her majesty’s minister lias de clared him to be the finest specimen of man hood tiiat ever came under his diplomatic eye; likewise, no ruler on tiie [earth can hold a candle to him for tiie beauty of manner and person; in fact, the minister is said to have declared: “The president is every inch a king.” Now, Mr. .Sac'kville-West ought to know, for’tissaid of him he is a very famil iar figure in every court in Europe, and that before now he lias performed tender errands of the heart for his gracious queen. The gen tleman has been longenough in this country, however, to know that many a younger, and perhaps fairer, lassie than tlte’ Princess Beatrice would fain be woed by our handsome president. But does Mr. Soekville-West believe that he lias-but to lay liis hand on the man to settle tiie whole business? Here gossip fails to re- sjiond. And though Mr. Arthur should de clare himself willing to wed into tiie royal family of England, does Mr. Sackville-YYest believe the matter would lie with him alone, so far as the republic is concerned? Here gossip again failed to respond. And further, does not Mr. .Sackville-West know that the bare announcement of the marriage of the president of these United States to a royal princess, and she of the mother country, would cause a searching out for and burnish ing up of rankold antagonisms on tbe part of this country tiiat would forever jingle, like a myriad of mothers-in-law, about tlte ears of the illustrious couple? Here gossip a third time failed to respond. It may safely be depended upon that part of the rumor referring to President Arthur is groundless, though, as it has often been said, tlte queen would bestow Beatrice on Ireland, Fanh 1 ouabit: Ilrunkciine*s. Washington, December 22.—A rather un usual arrest for drunkenness was made by the officers of the Fifth precinct. A young and attractive girl about eighteen years of age, dressed in quiet but elegant style, was diseov- ereit in tlic early hours of the evening in the , Smithsonian grounds surrounded by n gang of roughs. They had found her in the streets ^ ( under the intluencc of liquor and had decoyed - her to a lonely sjiot to rob Iter of the jewelry which site wore in profusion^ and perliajis with other designs. They were interrupted by the arrival of the officers and took to their heeis. The young lady was taken ip charge and conveyed to tlte station. It was found tiiat she was no common character, and Iter face, of more than ordinary lieauty, showed no traces of a fast life. Tlte handsome, fur- linetl circular whieh she wore was stained with the mud of the streets, where she had fallen in her staggering progress; a costly hat- of the latest design was crushed and luttered beyond recognition. Her dress, which was of a lovely shade of empress cloth, and her well- selected j’ewelry pud other details of her toilet, evinced a refined and well-bred taste. From what could he gathered from her inco herent and disjointed talk it was evident that she was a person of education and accustomed to good society. When she realized her. situation she hcgHjk to' cry 11._ MH {•. wJ-* ascertained that she had left her home in the upper partof the city (the west end) early in the day to make acall at the houseofa friend. While there she lunched and jiartook rather freely of Christmas egsi-nog; the liquor did not begin to have its full effect until she start ed for her home early in the evening. She staggered along the streets, and while in this condition ami almost unconscious, she fell into the hands of the roughs, with the results above mentioned. Her parents in the ele gant home were ignorant of the terrible fate whieh had befallen their loved daughter. This incident is a striking illustration of some phases of social life in this city. The School In the South. Joqrnal of Education: The most refreshing school utterances just now are coming from the south and from the southern men. Wc have had our eyes turned toward Quincy so long, and have so long been accustomed to Colonel Barker’s eloquent expositions of good schools, good teachers, and the great revival of pedagogy at Quincy and Boston, that we have lost sight and sound of our brethren at the south. But the time has come to listen, for they have a brave, noble word to say.' First comes Dr. Curry, successor to Dr. Sears in charge of'the Peabedy Fund; and his eloquent, burning words at St. Al bans and at Hartford have not ceased to electrify those who heard them. Later comes Dr. Ilaygood, president of Emory college, Georgia, author of Our Brother in Black. He has been up and down New England during the last forty days, and wherever he has spoken great audiences have listened with delight, as he has announced the condition, the position and the educational policy oi the new south. Why, it is a new evangel of everlasting peace nhd good wiH to men that these eloquent brethren are preaching, and no greater good could be done for the cause than that they should be sent to evr ry great city iu the northern states to tell what the new south is proposing for herself in the way of her future, of her advance ment and enlightenment. Vl ith Mavo on the southern platforms telling of the united sentiment of the north to aid in the great work of southern construction on the basis of intelligent freedom, and Curry and Hxygood at the north to assure us of the hearty and sincere purpose of the south to build on the solid basis of the free school and an educated ballot, what may we not expect? It is to us sometbing approaching the sublime, almost the miraculous, to listen to Dr. Havgood in Tremont temple, Boston, teaching us ol the north, of the great brotherhood of interests whieh make us one, and of the grand results of the war which emanci pated the white men of the south and gave tbe negro the ballot, as the magna charta of his equali ty. “What has God wrought?” FASHION NOTES. Shirring is out of favor. Fans are of modern size. Veils are not worn with pokes. The word chndda means shawl. Opera cloaks are of moire plusli. Brown furs are restored to favor. Black pearls are wom in mourning. Pointed trains supersede square ones. New trays for cards arc made of plush. Plainer costumes are seen in Fifth avenue. Bangs must not extend across the temples. Scrap boskets are shaped like antique vases. Sofa pillows of plush are labelled “lean on me.’’ Mother Hubbard dolls are tbe favorite this year. Feather fans have butterflies and bees upon them. Bteast feathers rival ostrich tips for small bon nets. , Polonaises much bunched up are parts of new costumes. Nickel chatelaine watches for shoppingare chosen by ladies. New embroidered “splashers” are mounted on . _ ripgs and rods, as she hail Louise on Scotland. The accept- /Antique heads, with jeweled evts, are the ciasps ance of the son of an Irishman, as in the ^for bracelets. person of President Arthur, is, from present ■ The new oriental lace has the long stitches of In- apjiearances, about as near as that promise ; dia embroidery. trait lie fulfilled without compromising the' New scarf table cloths are made of satin, with dignity of the crown. Ireland, left to decide, would refuse Beatrice. The father of the president, William Ar thur, was born at Bailey mane, county Antrtin, Ireland, and, as is well known, was a highly respected Baptist minister. The preside; t is an Episcojialian. What is, perhaps,-the only semblance to P® | the troth in this if there be anv truth i 1 Vf 101 1 one, the in it ««. « that Mr. Sackvillc-West has had j ribboi^ItTos q- ’ appointments with several youtlis in this dt- 1 its effect. ends of plush; above the plush Spanish lace is ap plied, the figures being outlined with the Florenee etching silk. On the more delicate shades of satin the white lace is used, but on the dark or vivid colors block is used. These cloths are very effec tive. Bonbonnicres. which will hold two or three pounds of candy, are made in theshnpe of u gentle man's silk hat; one very lovely one was of blue plfish. with a cluster of Juccuymiuot and Mar- — tbe side, and .-iriags of blue quaint and very Feeuvhy in ft (indistinct print Y

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1881-1884, January 03, 1882, Image 1