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TUI.-, weekly constitution.
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VOLUME XIV
TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 0, 18S2.
PRICE 5 CENTS
THE WEEK EPITOMIZED
NARRATING THE HISTORY OF SEV
EN DAYS.
Vroceadlngi at Home and Abroad—The Politic, and
Parvaraltua of tba Old World-Tba Way, of
tba people at Some, and tba Crimea and
AmnaamcnU la WblobTbay ladolca.
KILLLo ntn out nen.
Piiiladeli-hi a. May 4.—About seven o’clock
this evening John Davidson, aged 32 years,
residing at No. 718 Swunson street, killed his
mother, sixty years of age, by crushing her
skull with a hatchet. He was arrested and
locked up.
ALFRED'* DESPEBATIOX.
St. Paul, May 4.—Alfred Drake, 1C years
old, a pupil in the public school here, cher
ished a boyish attachment for some time for
a feilow pupil, named Jennie Faulkner. The
girl's parents lately interfered to check the
intimacy. The hoy sought an interview
witli the girl to-day to yrge a secret marriage
and elopement When she refused, lie be
came frantic and lired three shots at her with
a revolver, one of which made a llesli wound
in her shoulder. Tiie shooting occurred on
tiie sidewalk, and the girl ran into the house.
The Ixjy ran down tiie street, pursued by by
standers a short distance, then put the re-,
volvcr to his head, killing himself instantly.
A bridegroom's MISIIA1'. '
Milwaukee May 4.—Albert tiuleski went
out will) hi* intended bride float Sunday to
invite friends to the wedding, which was to
occur shortly. He left tiie girl at a friend’s
and told tier to stay until be went to another
friend's to invite him. He was not seen
afterwards until to-day, when he was found
unconscious by tiie roadside fifteen miles from
town. He had $30 when he disappeared, and
hail evidently been roblied. He is dying.
MIXED in tup. notion.
Pittsburg, May 4.—Nme inmates of a board
ing house were poisoned to-day. Lost even
ing Nclton Fry, u hoarder at the house of Mrs.
Robinson, purchased poison and gave it to
Juliu Watkins, a domestic, with instructions
to mix it in the dough. To-day when tiie In
mates partook of fresh bread, all of them be
came deathly sick, and tiie physicians tear
one or two' may not survive. The persons
TMiisoned are Addison and George Lomax.
Dabney Muppiu, boarders; Ada Wilson, Jane
Simpson. Mra. Reynolds und three children.
Juliu Watkins bus been arrested, and denies
having had anything to do with the poison
ing. Fry lias lied.
A FATAL CHF.KK.
Indianapolis, May 4—Edgar Chittenden
son of Dr. Chittenden, of Anderson. Ind.
was shot Inst night and probably fatally
wounded by n man named Ryan, a defeated
candidate for town marshal. The cause of
the shooting was Chittenden hurrahing for
the successful candidate in the presence of
Ryan. Three shots were fired. Ryan lias
been arrested and is in jail.
THREE TRAOF.DIES
Minneapolis, May 4.—This eveningayoun
man named Albert Eindy was run over am
instantly killed by a switch engine in the
Minneapolis and St. Louis freight yard. A
large number of persons gathered at the scene
and while two men, John Cochran and John
Grilfun, were cross, ng the track of the tit. Paul,
Minneapolis und Munitobu road, on the way
home, they were struck by a train, one be
headed and the other instantly crushed to
death.
A FUGITIVE .MttliDERF.lt.
Naw Haven, Conn., May 4.—John Ander
son, who killed Horace G.Hall in Wallingford,
in March, 1374, und was sentenced to the Con
necticut state prison for life, and afterwards
adjudged Insane and sent to the insane asy
lum at Middleton, escaped from that institu
Gun last night. He left a letter in his cell ad
dressed to I)r. Stanley, one of tiie physicians,
_ii» which lie stated that in twenty four hour
he would lie out of tiie country, tuat he would
harm no one unless he was cornered, and
then lie would light to death. He said in tiie
letter that he was armed to the teeth, and
that he had plenty of money, and he was in
nocent of the murder of Hall.
AN EARTHQUAKE SHOCK IN SPAIN.
Another shock of earthquake was felt in
Granada, on Friday. Several houses were
destroyed.
AFRAID OF AMERICAN BREADSTUFF*.
In the Italian chamber of deputies to-day
during the debate on tiie treaty with France,
Signor Luzzati, speaking of the apprehended
invasion of American products, said those
governments which were most alarmed at the
increase in Americanjimports were not suf-
ficently alive to the danger. It was time, he
said, that Europe should think about defend
ing herself against the United States.
THE STAR-ROUTE TRIALS.
Another vain effort has been made to bring
the star-rou e swindlers to trial, but owing to
the absenco of J. W. Dorsey the trial had to be
postponed until he could be found, the judge
considering it inadvisable to proceed with the
case without the presence of the accused.
MAY MUSIC.
_ On Tuesday evening. May 2. the great mu
sical festival, managed by Theodore Thomas,
was opened in New York. There were 300 in
struments in the orchestra and 3,200. voices in
the chorus.
THE TARIFF COMMISSION BILL.
On Saturday the house of representatives by
a vote of 125 to 33. passed the taritV bill. Hav
ing been previously passed by the senate, the
bill now goes to the president, and will tin
doubtedly receive his signature. The bill
provides for a commission of nine experts, to
oe appointed by the president and approved
by the senate, whose duty it shall be to revise
tiie taritl'and report to congress at the session
of 1333.
TIIE INDIAN OUTRAGES.
The Indian troubles in New Mexico and
Arizona have, it is thought, been brought to
close by the defeat of Laros’ band of Apaches,
seventy-eight of the Indians haviug been
killed in the engagement. The Shoshones
and Snakes are, however, showing signs of
discontent.
THE IKtsH QUESTION.
The developments in the Irish question
during the week have been of a startling
character Early in the week Lord Lieu
tenant Cowper resigned, and the announce
nient was made that an emire change of pol
icy would be made by the government in
which all the claims of the land leaguers
would be a'*eeded to. The prisoners of state
including Parnell and Davitt were rel- used.
Earl Spencer was made lord lieutenant pend
iny the return of Lord Dufferin, a patriotic
Irishman. Lord Cavendish was made chief
secretary for Ireland. On tiie evening of his
arrival in Dublin. Lord Cavendish and Under
secretary Burke were assassinated. This act.
in face of the sudden conciliatory action of
the government, prodneed an immense sen
sation, and renders the future of Anglo-Irish
politics more uncertain and dangers than
ever.
THE CHINESE BILL.
The Chinese bill, having passed through
congress for the second time, is now before the
president for his signature. The bill differs
from tiie first in that the term for which Chi
nese immigration is .prohibited is reduced
from twenty to ten years. It is generally un
derstood that the bill will meet the president’:
approval.
A New Orleans editor has been put in prison for
contempt of court in publishing an enjoined ar
ticle.
Tbe verdict of $100,000 damages awarded Hallet
Kllboum for imprisonment when in contempt of
congress, by a Washington jury, has been set aside.
An Immense land swindle has been unearthed in
SL Louis, the parties having made $700,000 by sell
ing worthless land scrip.
In the trial of the star route thieves Colonel Bob
Ingersoll grew indignant towa d one of the oppos
ing counsel and shouted at him, “You are a liar,
sir, a liar!”
St. Louis, Mo., May 6.—The new cotton ex
change, erected on the corner of Walnut and Main
streets was formally opened to-day with imposing
ceremonies.
Cape Town, May 4.—The legislative council ha
passed a resolution in favor of the abandonment o
Hasu inland by the colonial government to the im*
perial government.
Philadelphia, Pa., May 3.—The executive com
mittee of the citizens’ republican association of
PeuuRyl vaula, has issued a coll for a convention on
May 24th to nominate candidates for office in ease
the nominations of tbe convention of May tenth,
called by tbe recent compromise committee, should
not be satisfactory.
Laredo, Texas, May 5.—In Jalisco, Mexico, yes
terday, a peasant named Amatillan, after beiug
shot dead by vigilantes because of some stolen cattle
they were seeking, which were found on his little
farm, although he assured them that he kuew not
whence they came,«wa* found to be absolutely in
nocent.
Washington. May May 5.—Secretary Chandler
has just received the following dispatch: “Irkutsk,
May 2.—The Secretary of the Navy. Washington:
At the Lena Delta, on March 24,1882, 1 found De-
Long and his party dead. I fouud alt the papers
and books. I will continue the search for Cnipp.
“Melv.lle.”
Chicago, May 3 —Charles Ford, the slayer of Jesse
James, passed through this city in company with
two detectives. It is understood ne is going to Penn
sylvania under orders from Gov. Crittenden, of
Missouri, to hunt for some members of the old
James gang.
Laramie City.Wyoming, May 4.—It is announced
that a wonderful discovery of native copper and
silver, twelve miles southeast of this city, has just
been made, directly across the old overland stage
road. The ore contains from sixty to one hundred
percent of copper, with gold and silver in paving
quantities. Parties are hurrying to the scene of
the discovery from all directions.
Washington, May 5.—Rear Admiral Rodgers.who
has been suffering for some weeks past from
Bright’s disease, died at three o’clock this evening.
Admiral Kodgers was seventy years of age, and has
been fora number of years superintendent of the
naval observatory at Washington.
Major William J. Twining of the engineer corps,
U. 3. A., one of the commissioners of the District of
Columbia, died this afternoon about 4 o’clock, of
pneumonia.
Vicksburg, Miss., May5.—Dr. Preston E. Buck
ner was killed at Greenville, Miss., last night by a
man named Wentworth It appears that the doctor
entered the room where Wentworth was sleeping.
It was very dark, and Wentworth, not being able to
discover who it was, called to halt, Tiie doctor
arid no attention to the command, nnd Wentworth
ired, killing Buckner almost instantly.
Louisville, Ky., May 5.—Mr J M Atherton,
prominent distiller of this city, publishes in the
Courier-Journal, this morning, an explanatory
statement of the circumstances out of which
has grown Senator Voorhces’s action In the senate
fur his own vindicatibn. and as a result of which a
new investigation committee to hunt for a new
whisky ring has been ordered by the senate.
Nf.w York, May 4.—Charles Wilder, aged twenty,
a German baker, attended a picnic at Harlem river
park on Monday, and, meeting for the first time a
fir] named Mina, became infatuated, and propos
ing was refused. He went to Central park and
shot himself through the left temple. He was
found this lnomiug.uud is now lying at the Ninety-
ninth street hospital in a critical condition.
Washington, May 4.—Consul Scott, at Chihuahua,
Mexico, in a report to the state department, -ays
that lie is using every endeavor to nave the cases
against the four Americans -now imprisoned there
brought to a speeds trial, and is doing all he can to
alleviate their present condition. The prisoners
alluded to are charged with being implicated in
tbe encounter at thcCosihuirlachic mines.
Nf.w York. May 4 —William Godfrey; Kruger
aged forty-three, a German inventor, committed
suicide this morning by shooting himself through
the head. Kruger was the inventor of a llyiug
maeliine, patented January 31, 1882. in which he
expected in six months' time to cross the ocean to
Earope in twenty nours. He was a schoolteacher
in San Francisco for ten years, and was a lecturer
. the subject hiv,. ial ’navigation.
Nf.w York, May 4-—The recent discovery of a
f ront robbery at the winter palaceat Pekin, is stated
a tno china papers to have created a great sensa
tion. ‘The almost idolatrous veneration with
STEPHENS SAYS
THAT HE IS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR
THE GOVERNORSHIP,
And Seeks Nothing in the Way of Pollttaol Prefer,
ment. But Ho WU1 Serve if the People Make
Such Foot Known to Him—The Demo
crats Will Find Him Beady.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Washington, May G.—To-day I called on
Mr. Stephens and found him as usual very
much occupied with correspondence and
other business. I said:
“Not. wishing to interrupt you, I would
like to propound to you some questions, if
you are not disinclined to answer them,
touching your candidacy for the governorship
of Georgia.”
“For publication ?” said he.
“Yes, for publication.”
“Well, I cannot say I have any disinclina
tion to answer any question you may pro
pound on tnat subject, or any other in which
the public interests are involved, provided
you report me exactly in my own words.”
On being assured this would be done, Mr.
Stephens said :
WHAT HE MEANS TO DO.
“In the first place, then. I want you distinctly to
understand that I am not a candidate for governor,
nor am I a candidate even for nomination to that
office by any party in Georgia. I think
all that is being now said in the pa
pers of Georgia upon that subject grew
out of a remark of mine that you reported some
time ago, that if the people of Georgia really wished
me to servo them as governor, as numerous letters
received by me indicate, I knew no reason at that
time, if my health continued as good as it then was,
which would justify me in refusing so to
serve them, though my own wishes and desires
were, as they had been repeatedly declared, to retire
from public life at the expiration of my present
congressional term. This 1 now repeat. By this
language, 1 do not mean to announce myself as a
candidate or even an aspirant for the governorship,
but to express a simple willingness to serve as gov
ernor if the people in an authoritative manner
should express a wish for me to serve them.”
* A RUMOR DENIED.
“Is tfipre any authority for the statement that you
will accept the nomination for governor by the
mass meeting advertised to be held in Atlanta, on
the first of June, and representing what is called
the coalition party in Georgia?”
“None, whatever, though I should not be disre
gardful of such an expression of confidence by any
uumberof citizens of the state, and the more so,
coming from men not of my own political associa
tion.”
A NOMINATION WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
“If acouvcutiou of the democratic party, selected
under the common usages of the party, should
nominate you for governor, would you accept the
nomination?"
“I should take that certainly as such a demon
stration of popular confidence and the will
of the peoplo as would meet the con
tingency under which I have statedmy willing
ness to serve in that capacity to the best of my abil
ity, and I should accept the trust looking
alter the rights and interests of all classes
without regard to party organization, but with
tiie object iu view of restoring harmony to the en
tire state, building our waste places and restoring
the old commonwealth as far as possible to her
former proud position in the sisterhood of the
states of the union." ;F. H. R.
GAtlikHl.b IO HIS DAT HERB. ‘
au-1 the court adjourned to S:30a. m,,
ay, when the taking of testimony will be-
owart was placed in the custody of tbe
The defense will be justifiable homicide.
THE BISHOP’S ADDRESS.
CAVENDISH SHOT DEAD.
ASSASSINATION OF THE UNDER
SECRETARY.
•tie DoU
The business failures for the past week number
Mi.
A destructive fire at Racine, M is., caused a loss
oi $3,000,000
A determined war is being wag id on the
gamblers by the authorities • f Si. Louis
The trial of the Carolina political prisoners has
resulted in a practical failure fo- the government.
Tne president has emi ted so much of Fitz-Jnhn
Porter s sentence as (.debars him from holding
office.
which the emperor is outwardly at least regarded,
the apparent inaccessibility to the palace walls, the
strictness of the regulations affecting admission to
the various iuclosures, and tbe duties of the innu
merable guards, all combined to render au actual
burglary an event of no small significance.” The
North China Herald say.: "The prize was no doubt
a tempting one. The disclosures thus Wrought to
light are not tnose of an ordiuary theft.”
Forelcn Flaanco,
Berlin. May 4 —The lower house of the Prussian
diet to day adopted the ecclesiastical bill as amen
ded in the upper house.
Rome, Mays.—ProfessorSbarbaro,awiiteron in
ternational law, yesterday, in public spat in the
face of Signor Bacelcssi, minister of Instruction.
Sbarbaro was arrested.
Paris, May 4.—Weekly statement of the bank of
France: Increase 11.325,000 francs in gold and
4,050,000 francs in silver.
London. May 4.—l’he decrease of specie in the
bauk af England this week is £501,000. The pro
portion of (fie bank of England's reserve to its lia-
jltties, which last week was 44 3-10, is now 43 per
cent.
London. May 4.— Canon Farrar, in his sermon at
Westminster Abbey last night, eulogized the late
Mr. Darwin. He said there was reason to believe
that the attacks made upon religion in his name
were contrary to his solemn convictions. He main
tained that religious fa.th rests upon foundations
which no physical discoveries can impair.
St. Petersburg, May 4.—intelligence from Ya
kutsk states that, the American officers searching for
the Jeannette’s men, in consequence of the exorbi-
taut sum demanded for the steamer Lena, engaged
another steamer for the search. The latter, how
ever, is unsuitable. It isalsostated that M. Sibitia
to-trims dispatched the lama to search for Lieuten
ant Commander PeLong's party.
Gaspe. Quebec, May 6— A boat from Esquimaux
Point arrived at English Bay, Anticosti island, last
night and reported that twenty-six persons at Es
quimaux Point had died of scarlet fever during
me winter. Great distress prevails nil along the
north shore. Women nave traveled from twenty
to thirty miles over rough roads begging food for
their children. No vessels have arrived from the
seal fi-Jiery or from Quebec. There is no ice on
Uiat coast, but there is a great quantity of snow
Hunters have returned with very small lota of
fur If the people of Antic- sti are not supplied
with provision- shortly the majority of them will
be in a state of starvation. No ice is to be seen
from the south shore of the island.
In GeneraL
Jay Gould’s income is estimated to be a
dollar a second.
Charles Rowell says that lie has little hope
of getting on a race with George Hazel in England.
Miss McClellan, daughter of General Mc
Clellan, has been the belle of the military circles at
Old Point Comfort, Vi.
William H. Vanderbilt owns $G0,000.000
in government bonds. He has just received from
the secretary of the treasury a check for the quar
terly interest thereon, amounting to$475,000.
Madame Nilsson has resumed her own
name, and when visitors asked for Madame Rou
zaud the servant says “You mean Madame Nilsson,
do you not?” she says she determined on this
course shortly after her husband's deatb.
Emerson, now that he is dead, is said by the
French writers to resemble Lamartine and Victor
Hugo; the English reviewers hear iu his poems and
essays the echo of Tennyson and of Carlyle, while
the Germaus, such as have read his works, compare
them with Goethe's.
M. de Lesseps’s scheme of flooding the
Desert of Sahara will cost $15,000,000. In eight years
at most, be thinks, the gigantic work might be fin
ished. It i* not impossible that the same year may
be mode memorable in the history of engineering
by the oi>euiug oi the Panama canal and of the
great inland sea oi Africa.
Six of tiie twelve bishops of tbe Methodist
Episcopal chutch north are obliged to do the work
for which the whole number was elected. Bishop
Death at Itev. Thomas O. Summers, of tho Methodist
Episcopal Church,
Special Dispatali to The Constitution'.
Nashville, May G.—The city was shocked to learn
of the death of Rev. Thomas O. Summers, a clergy
man of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, who
has long been identified with Nashville, both as au
officer of his church and a worthy citizen, active iu
every public movement.
sketch of his life.
Rev. Dr. Thomas Osmond Summers was bom
near Carfe Castle, Dorsetshire, England, October 11,
18t2. He emigrated to the United States in 1830.
and became a preacher iu the Methodist Episcopal
Churcn at first in Virginia, in 1840 he went to
Texas as one of nine ministers to constitute the
first conference there, in 1844 he joined the Ala
bama conference, and as secretary of .the conven
tion at Louisville, Ky., assisted in organizing the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South. By ap
pointment he as.-i-ted in the editing
of the Southern Christian Advocate and in com
piling a new hymn book. In 1850 the general con
ference elected him editor of their books and tracts
and of the Sunday-school Visitor, and, in 1853, also
of the Quarterly Review, in ihGG he was elected
editor oi the Nashville Christian Advocate, which
position he occupied until 1874 when he waselected
professor of systematic theology iu the Vanderbilt
university. His writings include commentaries ou
ibegospelsandoulhe Acta of the Apostles; com
mentary on the ritual of the 11. E. church, south; a
Treatise on Baptism, a Treatise on Holiness, Sun
day-school Teacher or the Catechetical Office:
Talks, Pieasaut and Profitable. The Golden Censer,
Scripture Catechism, (two volumes Old and New
Testament) Refutation of Thomas Paine’s Theolog
ical Writings, and the enlargement and revisions
of Watson’s Biblical and Tueological Directory.
The deceased also edited numerous volumes for
Sunday-school libraries, and also 400 or 500 volumes
of books published at the Publishing house.
He was one of the leading con
tributors to Johusou’s Encyclopedia, published iu
New York. He was the editor of the Quarterly Re
view. established in 1S7U, and published at the
publishing house, from its first issue down to his
death. It has proven uuder his management to be
one of die finest literary productions published in
the south. At the time of his death he was about
to send to the press a work ou Systematic Theology.
Many of his most valuable manuscripts were de
stroyed by the burning of the old publishing
house, in 1872, as well as a large library, that de
partment having been in that portion of the build
ing where the fire burned fiercest Since then he
had had a large number of nook- given to him un
til he had accumulated another large library.
The deceased was the secretary of every general
conference held since 1344, and was again comp i-
mented with that distinction at the present confer
ence, in which he sat two days, uetermiued if pos
sible, to Uve through it.
The deceased was a man of broad, liberal views,
was always congenial, kind hearted and charitable,
and a thorough Christian gentleman. He leaves
an iu valid wife and one son. Dr. Thomas O. Sum
mers. His two and only daughters met accidental
deaths when young, oue of them haviug been ac
cidentally drowned in the reservoir by falling from
the parapet into a basiu, while the other was killed
by falling off a horse.
The feeliug among the members of the general
conference now in session here is oue of profound
regret at the deatb of so worthy a brother, and re
ligious satisfaction that a fitting close crowned the
life of oue w ho was always a Christian in heart and
mind.
THE COW ART TRIAL.
The Colored Cburehe*-The Work of the Bt.hopn-
Itl.hop Pains's Remarks.
Nashville, May 4.—The general confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, held its second session to-day, but no
business of special note was transacted, the
work of organization being still in progress.
the bishops’ address.
In tbe address of the bishops, among other
subjects discussed, the following is said of the
church work among the colored people:
“The negro population of the south and
southwest, upon which our church, in time
past, bestowed much labor, but which for
several years has been turned against us. i
again becoming accessible to our influence.
Opportunities to preach to their congrega
tions sbould be diligently improved. Tbe
colored Methodist Episcopal church in Amer
ica, organized by us a decade ago at the re
quest of the remnant of our colored member
ship,has maintained its integrity, and made
some progress. They are in great need of fa
cilities for providing themselves with
suitable pasters and teachers of their own race.
Whatever assistance they can render them in
this .respect especialy, will be well be
stowed; and we invite to this subject your fa
vorable consideration. General legislation
is limited in quantity, as the great body of
the minority and membership are in each
thorough accord, that nothing more is needed
save j constant recourse to spiritual aids.”
“Not- statute law, but life, aud life more
abundantly, is the want of our day. A low
spiritual experience is the greatest danger of
Methodism. "Whatever you can do to pro
mote personal, family, and social religion,
will prove our best defense against tiie ene
mies that war against the soul. Let our ex
isting laws be judiciously and faithfully ad
ministered, and it will be found that persons
who Jive in violation of their baptismal cove
nant cannot live within the church.”
BISHOP PAINE’S APPEAL FOR REST.
A.ter the reading of the address, Bishop
Paii** arose and asked to be permitted tore-
tire from active labor, owing to his infirma-
ties and advancing years. “For sixty-five
yeari,” he said, “I have had the houor of be
ing an itinerant Methodist preacher, and for
thirty-six years a bishop. In the general con
ference of 1324 I was a delegate, and, as bishop
or delegate, have attended ever session since
then. For the confidence in my reliability,
indicated by these facts, I wish to now return
my most earnest gratitude to my much re
spected colleagues in tiie Episcopacy, between
whom and myself the utmost cordial feelings
have been unvaryingly maintained. I tender
my thanks. They have generously sup-
S lied my lack of service by doing double
uty. * * * * * Ido most devoutly
thank God that in early life I became a
Methodist itinerant preacher, and have con-
nued such. But above all, i rejoice in the
religions experience which Methodism pre
sents as the privilege of its members, “The
joy unspeakable and full of glory.”
A COINCIDENCE.
“The general conference is doomed ’.to
basements,” remarked a lay delegate, yes
terday. "At Atlanta four years ago,” he
said, ’we held our meetings in the basement
of the church, and iu Nashville we are sent
there.”
THIRD DAY’S SESSION.
NasIiviile, May 6.—The third day’s session of the
general conference of the Methodist Episcopal
chutch, south, was called to order at 9 o’clock yes
terday morning by Bishop Kavanaugh, aud opened
with prayer by Rev. John C. Edwurds, of Virginia.
Arno ig the new members who reported was Mr.
G. R Ulcuu, of the couth Georgia conference.
BEQUESTS ACKNOWLEDGED.
Re ’. J. B. McFerrin, the book agent, acknowledg
ed tij» receipt in April, 880, from R. C. Kent, ex-
eqijMb.'if Mrs. Kent, of Wytheville, Virginia, of ft
chbi2Fi£l New York lor $2,524. The money was do
tinted "for the use of the chutch In spreading and
disseminating the gospel among mankind.” The
Calvin bequest now amounts to $12,388.75. Notice
was called to a suspended account due the chutch
under the division of the church property in 18'4l.
of S2GC.17.
COMMITTEE ON APPEALS.
Bishop McTyeire announced the appointment of
the committee on appeals as follows:
Lord Cavendish, the New Chief Secretary for Ire
land. and Mr.'Burke. the Under-Secretary, Shot
Dead In Fhccnlx Park, Dublin—Tho Ex
citement Oooas.oned by the Tragedy.
Robert Cowart Arrulxm-.l tor the Killian of Judge
Tharm-nd.
Dallas, May 6.—Wedne><la, was spent in the dis
trict court trying to get a jury to try Robert E Cow
art for killing Judge J. M. Thurmond. Three
venires of sixty men each were exhausted and only
seven jurors secured. The interest is uuiversai aud
it is difficult to find a man who has not formed an
opinion. There is every indication oi a loug, hard
contested and historical case. The following is the
arrryof counsel: For the state—County Attorney
R. B. oeay. ex-Judge H. Barksdale. Proctor K.
Field. J. M. Ftemmen.J.C.Biggeraud T.J.A. Brown.
The defense is represented by Crawford A Smith,
Wright A Wright, E. G. Bower aud S. Robert
son. There are four brothers of the de
ceased present—Wm. Thurmond from Brown-
wood, Texas, Philip M. Thurmond from Tomb
stone, Arizona: J. s. Thurmond from Fort Worth,
Texas; a-id J.G. Thurmond, county attorney,from
Noiau J county. Sweetwater. Texas. A brother of
R N Bell, A IlQuillian, John Adams, C E Bow
man, J B Ahrens, J M McTier, C C Mayhcw,
Jacob Ditzler, R Himer, E M Watson, T
R Cortis, B T Alexander, G G Browder,
A R Wilson, W L C Huunicut, C I Vandeveuter
L. B. Stateler. John B. Stevenson, K. A. Yates, J
Boring. T. C. Weir, M. H. Neely, Horace Bishop, T
H. B. Anderson, W. W. Duncan, T. T Christian.
M. M. Pugh,, W. V. Tudor, rt. Burr, C. S. Smith, J
D. Blackwell. F. B. Carroll, H. D. Hogan, W. J.
Joyce, John H. Dye. Young Ewing, Bishop Keener,
chairmau; B. Craven, secretary
PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.
Among the memorials and appeals presented
were the following:
By Rev. H. J. Acams. of the north Georgia cot.
ference—Memorials to change the rates in grant
ing certificates.
By J. W. Hinton, of the south Georgia conference
—Memorials from the south Georgia conference.
By Rev. J. E. Evans, of the north Georgia confer
ence—Relativejto the pay of traveling preachers.
By Rev. J. B. McGehee, of south Georgia confer
ence—To amend the Discipline.
By Rev. Amos Kendall and Rev. T. C. Weir, of
North Mississippi conference:
Whereas. There is some dissatisfaction among our
pastors and people, especially in the rural parts of
our territory, growing out of the inability of pre
siding elders to give to each quarterly conference t
Sunday iu cousequeuce of the size of the districts
and
Whereas, This also cripples the usefulness of
the presidingelder to SQme extent; therefore, be it
Resolved that the committee on itiueraucy be re
spectfully requested to take into consideration the
propriety of substituting fourteen for twenty
in line 8, question 3, section 2, chapter 3, page 5,
of the discipline.
' THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC STIMULANTS.
By Rev P P Ellis and others, of Missouri confer
ence—Whereas, the use of alcoholic stimulants in
any form as a beverage is an evil iu the laud, to be
deprecated by all good men, aud more especially
by the church; and
Whereas, The manufacturing, buying and sell
ing or the renting of houses for malt or distilled
iiuuors are accessory aud partieeps ctiminis to the
dire evils resulting in poverty, shame, disease and
death to the users of these liquids; therefore, be it
Resolved by the general conference of the M. E.
Church, south, That the manufacturing, buying
seiUDg or urtng malt or distilled liquors
as a beverage be declared' iuconsistent
with the profession of a Christ
tfan man, and any member of the M. E. church
south, so forgetting his high aud holy position as a
Christian and a Methodist be deemed guilty of im
moral conduct and be disciplined as the law of the
church aud the word of God provides.
ResoUvd, that it is the duty of our membership
to d all iu their power, in an honorable and lega
manner, tosuppress the traffic in and use ol alcol
kolic and malt liquo s.
THE NEW SECRETARY.
At the request of Dr. T. O. Summers, Rev. J.
Tigert was elected recording secretary ofthecom-
ference.
CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES.
The organization of the standing committees
haviug been completed, the chairmen were au-
nouued, as follows:
Episcopacy—Dr. W. Bennett. Itinerancy—J. J.
S. Martin. Publishing interest—W. W. Walker.
Boundaries—R W. Browder. Missions—D. c. Kelly.
Bowman is believed to be fatalry ill. Bishop Peck is - prisoner. Geo. i:. Cowart, of Kansas City, is also in
too sick to work. Bishop Foss is laid up with a j utpuniain-e. The court house is filled daily. Many
sprained ankle. Bi-hop Merrill is able to <1o only predict trouble during the trial, but it is probably a
balf work. Bishop Scott is. on account of age and groundless fear. A jury was secured at IU o'clock
consequent infirmity, incapacitated from labor, and I at night, euu-apelied, and the pri-ouer, R. E. Cow-
Bishop Harris is out of the country on an episcopal art. arraigned, charged with the murder of J. M.
tour to South America aud Africa. Thurmond on March 14,1882. Cowart pleaded not
Dublin, May 6.—Lord Frederick Charles
Cavendish and Under-Secretary Burke were
shot dead this evening in Phcenix park. Lord
Cavendish, was the second surviving son of
seventh duke of Devonshire. He was born at
Compton Place, the Sussex seat of the Caven
dish family. November 30,1330. He was edu
cated at Trinity college, Cambridge, and was
private secretary to Lord Granville from 1859
1804, when the latter was president
of the council. In June. 1804,, he was mar-
to Lucy Caroline, second daughter of Lord
Littleton. He was a liberal in politics and
since 1805 had represented the Forthwest
Riding of Yorkshire in parliament. Since
the formation of the Gladstone ministry he
had been financial secretary to the treasury.
All the sons of the duke of Devonshire are
members of the British parliament. The
duke has been in the house of lords'since
1834. His heir, the marquis of Hartington,
has been in the house of com
mons most of the time since 1857, and
a few years ago he was the leader of the lib
erals during the temporary retirement of Mr.
Gladstone. Lord Edward Cavendish, third
son of tho duke, has been in the commons
most of the time since 1865. The duke of
Devonshire is a man of influence in the pri
vate councils of his party, but his studious
habits have kept him from coming much be
fore the public. The Cavendishes have the
reputation of being good landlords, and they
have generally acted upon the principle that
property owners have duties as well as rights.
The family has more than once rendered
valuable services to popular causes. Tub es
tates of tiie duke of Devonshire—193,000 acres
-are in fourteen counties.
HIS APPOINTMENT AS CHIEF SECRETARY.
Lord Cavendish’s appointment us chief secretary
has given general dissatisfaction Speaking of it a
couple of days ago, Mr. Parnell said the appoint
ment of Lora Cavendish looked badly for the suc
cess of Mr. Gladstone’s plans. He was afraid he
was too weak aud vacillating. The liberation of
Michael Darttt he considered the strongest blow
Gladstone had struck. Henry Labouchere, liberal
member of parliament, thought tne appointment
of Lord Cavendish a farce aud the new policy like
ly to produce grave results in Mr. Gladstone's party.
It would cost about seventeen whigs aud dissolu
tion was not impossible,though improbable at pres
ent. Mr. Story (whig) said the new policy would fail.
Lord Cavendish was a bad selection. If half
measures were adopted to suit the whigs, Mr. Glad
stone would lose the support of the radicals. If he
went great lengths he would lose the whigs. There
fore lie was bound to fail either way. Mr. Healy,
land leaguer, said the government threw sprat to
catch mackerel. We got the sprat aud kept the
mackerel. We are glad Lord Cavendish is ap-
£ tinted. We could not have fought Mr. Chamber-
in, but Cavendish is sure to be such a failure that
we cannotshow him more quarter the.:; i; due (lie
government for what it has done. I regard the ap
pointment as the wo rat possible thing for the liberals.
Mr. Shaw, oue onthe youngest men iu parlia
ment, said the appoiutment of Lord Cavendish in
dicated that the policy would be small iu all its de
tails. He thought it meant more than an overhaul
ing and centralization in Ireland for the sake of
economy. Since he heard of the weak appoint
ment he had lost all faith in the success of the
movement, but did not think it would lead to a
dissolution, though a reorganization might be
necessary. He thought Cavendish was selected lie-
cause he would consent to let the policy fritter
away where a man like Chamberlain would insist
on carrying it through. He did not believe very
deeply in the sincerity of the goverement. Hd
thought tiie prisoners had been released oft ac
count of the enormous pressure from all over the
world,
HOW THE ASSASSINATION TOOK PLACE.
Lord Frederick Cavendish and Earl Spencer had
remained at Dublin castle, engaged in the transac
tiou of official business, until six o’clock
this evening, when each dro’ve to his
respective residence. After dinner Lord Frederick
Cavendish and Mr, Thomas Henry Burke, under
secretary for Ireland, w nt for a walk in Phoenix
rk. They were shot close to the chief secretary’s
Jge. No arrests have been made. .
Special dispatch to The Constitution.
IN THE LONDON CLUBS.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
At The London clubs and other late West End re
sorts, the news of the assassination of Lord Fred
erick Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke was
receiving wifi; a feeling oi stupefaction, followed
by expressions of the bitterest resentment.
STABBED AND MUTILATED.
It now ap ears that Lord Cavendish and Mr.
Burke were stabbed, aud not shot. They were both
strolling iu the park about half a mile from the city
gute, and a quarter of a mile from
the chief secretary’s lodge, where a
car drove up containing four men, two of whom
jumped down from the car and attacked Lord
Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burne, stabbiug
them both several times in the throat and breast-
The victims struggled hard for life, aud in tbe
struggle became reearated, their bodies being
found some ten paces apart. The tragedy occurred
about ten minutes afterseveu o’clock In the even
ing, and iu broad daylight
NO CLEW DISCOVERED.
It is said that after the act the murderers imme
diately drove off. There seems to be no clue to the
.issossinnation at present, but the police are taking
tbe most extraordinay measures to discover the
perpetrators. A large quantity of notes a:.d gold
coin, beside their gold watches, were found in the
pockets of the victims, which showed that the ob
ject of the crime was not robbery.
POPULAR INDIGNATION.
Great excitement prevails throughout Dublin,
and widespread indignation is expressed over the
event. The telegraph offices are besieged for the
latest news. Owing to the lateness of the hour of
the arrival of the news iu Loudon, nothing of the
outrage is as yet known there among the general
public.
COLLECTOR JOHNSON.
The New Head of the Revenue Office—What He Has
to Bay About Hl> Course.
Collector Johnson, the new head of the revenue
office, came up from Columbfis yesterday. He was
met in the arcade of the Markham house, last night,
by a Constitution reporter who asked:
“When will you take charge of the revenue office,
Mr. Johnson?”
“I expect to be up about the 15th for that pur
pose.”
“Then you have not come up this time to stay?”
“No. I will return to Columbui to-morrow aud
will probably not come to Atlanta again until just
before the 15th.”
“Have you arranged vour plans and determined
upon what changes gou will make in the office?”
"I have not decided yet what! will do. 1 will
keep a part of the pretent force and will make a few
changes. X have not decided definitely and fully
what I will do.”
“Will Mr. Clark have anything to do with the
office after you take hold?"
"No: I see no prospect of anything of that s-irt.”
_______ ______ “You were postmaster at Columbus, I believe,
Revivals—i’r. Peterson, aunday-school—J. H. Car- prior to your appointment to the collectorship?”
lisle Education—Dr. J. H. Harrison. Churched- I “Yes; I have been postmaster there for eight
«AaG<\n tv \fna noiit* years.”
Mr. Johnson is small of statue, wears no whiskers
stituted for him through the medium of the porte
at the unanimous request of the powera, but the
powers have intimated that nothing must be done
to precipitate the dethronement of Mohamet!
Twefik, nor must the accession of Halim Pasha be
broached until the dethronement of Mohametl
Twefik becomes a necessity iu the interests of tho
powe sand of Egypt in particular This plan, white
rendering the porte the instrument oi deposition,
keeps the khedive uuder the collective protec
tion of the powers, and places them perforce under
the control of the sultan.
The Madison Ghost.
From the Valdosta Times.
Our sister town across the state line has
been enjoying a first-class sensation. Some
days ago a lady, the wife of a prominent man
in Madison, reported that she had seen a gen
uine ghost in the cemetery, which is located
just out of town near a swamp. t>he saw it—
she knew she did—and it was dressed like a
woman. It beckoned to her, and so on. She
was so greatly in earnest about the matter
that five young men went out to see for them
selves. It was not long before four of them
appeared on the streets and affirmed
that they saw the ghost. There was
no question about it! They saw it and could
show it to anyone who would go out with
them. A crowd of about a dozen young men
and boys then joined tiie four and went.
Sure enough, when they got within about a
hundred yards ot the place a ghost, attired in
white raiments, rose and fled to the swamp.
The panic-stricken crowd returned to the town
and raised the whole neighborhood. One of
them swore that he saw it rise and light in a
tree. The merchants all closed their stores,
the lawyers left their offices, tiie doctors aban
doned their patients, the blacksmith
left his forge, the shoemaker de
serted ins bench, and all went to
the cemetery, leaving the women and chil
dren to the mercies of—their fears. About
twenty were mounted on horses with tiie
avowed determination of outrunning the
ghost to the swamp. The editor of the Re
corder, who, as we learn, was a sort of a leader '
of the mob, conceived the idea of cutting off
the retreat of the apparition and accordingly
dispatched four or five men who were noted
for their coolness and courage around,
stealthily, to place themselves between the
cemetery and tiie swamp.
When tiie excited crowd got to the gate tiie
ghost rose from behind a toombstone and
started for the swamp, but detecting the five
braves, it turned across a cotton field and
Hew for another swamp farther off. Abon
this time the excitement rose to fever heat,
and was cooled only, if cooled at all, by a
very heavy rain which began to fall. The
footmen dashed after the Hying appari
tion, shouting, “catch it, catch it!”—the
twenty horsemen ran over the fence
and ' demolished about twenty pan-
nels—and away they went, playing
havoc with some very nice cotton
which had just been chopped out. On they
went, gaining on the apparition until a mis
step threw the ghost down into the mud, and
before it conld get under headway again the
horsemen overhauled it! They held it at
hay until the last footman arrived and saw
for himself!! It was a young man by the
name of Height dressed in a woman’s even
ing wrapper. He was one of tiie first five
who went to see (but did not) the ghost seen
by lady above mentioned.
At last accounts there was a sore crowd in
Madison.
“I Lub Honey, But Am Dun Wid Bees."
From the Hiucsville, Ga., Gazette,
An old colored man, living in the lower
part of this county, went a few days ago to at
tend a prayer meeting, and as is customary
among the colored folks, he drove a yoke of-
oxen. He arrived at the church at an early
hour and tied his oxen near some bee hives,
and as it was too early for the bees to be out
he thought that there was no danger, so he
left his oxen and went into the church. It
was later than usual when the congregation
met that morning. The sun was shining
brightly, and the bees were beginning to stir,
but the old man was unconscious of every
thing that was going on outside, nor did lie
realize the situation of his oxen until he was
startled by a wonderful noise. He looked,
aqd behold! The bees had become enraged
at the idea that such huge monsters
being so near their homes, and they went
for that yoke of oxen. By this time the old
man had reached the scene of action, the
bees and the oxen completely covered, and
when the old man attempted to brush them
off, bnt this only added fuel to the fire, for
they left the oxen and went for the old man,
aud before help could be obtained they had
him almost entirely covered, so that you
could hardly tell whether he was a man or a
swarm of bees. Just at this period a young
man came to his relief, and taking the knife
from the old man, he attempted to cut the
rope with which the oxen* were tied, hut
alas! he stayed just long enough to receive
one sting, when l.e threw down the knife and
took to his heels. The old man called for a
bag and covered his head, but this only made
matters worse, for the bees became entangled
in his hair and stung him so badly that it
was forced to leave his oxen and run for life.
By the aid of a physician he was soon restored,
and he now says: “I lub fioney, but am dun ’
wid bees.”
Cabbages, Collards and Corn Cribs.
From the Coca ran, Ga., Enterprise.
Yesterday afternoon we were told that Mr.
D. G. Nichols, who lives about, three miles
from town, has cabbage and collards of this
spring’s growth that are simply enormous.
His cabbage measures 2 feet 10 inches across,
and his collards 3 feet and 11 inches. The
cabbage are all well headed. He has, also, a
large crib of corn that was gathered last year,
and asmoke house that contains one thousand
pounds of home raised bams and middlings.
Our informant took dinner with Mr. Nichols,
and says that there was on the table a pie
made of whortleberries of this year’s growth.
Wbat an Alligator Ate.
From the Butler Herald.
One of the largest alligators that has evar
been seen on Flint river was killed a few days
ago by Messrs. A. O. Allen and Thomas Bee-
land, on the Allen plantation in this county,
which was ten feet in length. Upon exam
ination after being killed it was found that
the alligator had swallowed whole, with the
exception of its feet and legs, a small dog be
longing to Mr. Beeland, which had been miss
ing for three days. There were also found in
the entrails of the alligator a large rock, a
liglitwood knot and several sticks.
A Thumbless F&mily.
From the Athens Ga., Bauuer-Watchman.
There is a man in town who has two thumbs
on one hand, and his children have no thumb
at all on the right hand. He says as far back
as he can recollect that his mother nor any of
the female relatives of his family hadatbumb
on the right hand.
ucation—Dr. McAnally.
COMMITTEE ON FINANCE.
The following committee on fin ance was an
nounced by oi-uop McTyeire:
T. F. Langham, B. H..Greathouse, J. G. Cox, A.
R. K. Bell, H W. \V. Davis, T. Turnbull. J. B A.
Ahrens, Samuel Carpenter, T. T. Hester, George
W. Proctor. A. A. Oglesby, John A. Carter, A. D.
Bright. Ervin Miller. E. B. Ellis. L. M. Wilson, E. J-
Liily, C. B. McCutchen, H. W. Foote. James W.
Fulton, B. A. Philpott. W. B. Brown, W Stokes, J.
W. Hunter. J. K Willis, Samuel Cuppies. J. B.
West. J. T. Swearingen, Thomas B. Haitian, W. H.
H. Adams, W. C. Earle. Geo^e ftiornbujgh.
DR BEDFORD'S CASE.
Through the LouisvIIit conference Dr. Redford
appealed for leave to answer the charges made
against his moral character by the settlement com
mittee. This led to a rather lively debate, there be
ing a feeling exhibited to let the matter drop. Rev.
or moustache, and has a bright, piercing eye. He
is just thirty-five years old.
EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS.
GAFFER TIME.
France to Lead, tbe Powers Collectively to Dictate,
and Turkey to Obey.
London, May 6.—A dispatch to the Times from
Paris says: The consular reports respecting events
In the Soudan have revived the apprehensions
which were latterly calmed down. According to
the latest exchange of views between Frauce, Ger
many and Ausuia. the powers will allow France
the initiative iu the Egyptian question, leaving
France to come to an rgreement with Eng
land so as to secure unanimity
John H Dye said he feared that in the discussion i of views. The principle of Turkish
some man would speak indiscreetly “and hr ng intervention under any form iu Egypt, has be-n
disgrace on our church.” “Let thU matter go to the abandoned. Mahamed Twefik, the present khe-
bones of old quietus.” said he. Finally it was dive, will be retained in power so long as iris le-
agreed ;hat Dr. Redford might have a hearing in tendon is compatible with the existence of order
writing. iu Egypt, failing which Halim Pasha will be sub-
“O where are you going, old Gaffer Time,
This morning in May,
The sweet o’ the day?”
“Wherever you will, pretty boy and girl—
Wherever you tray l"
“Then, go we no further, but sit down here,
At the head ol the laue,
\\ hile you sing us again
The songs of your youth, and my love and I
Knit a daisy chain.
“Sit we down here in the pleasant grass;
And that we may be
Beuer friends—all three—
Give to my love your glass to hold.
And your scythe to me.”
Old Gaffer Time, he laughed full loud,
Futtloud and blithe,
(SiRtching his tithe;)
"Ho! you would have broken the glass, and you
Have olunted the scythe!”
—Edith M. Thomas.
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