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IHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION.
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VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MOONING-, MAY 23, 1SS2.
PRICE 5 CENTS
THE WEEK EPITOMIZED
NARRATING THE HISTORY OF SEV
EN DAYS.
CrooMdlngs At Homs and Abro»4—TRo Polities and
Perversities of tne Old World-The Ways of
the jfeople at Home* and the Crimes and
Amusements is Win oh Thoj Indulge.
A ST. LOriS FIKE.
*St. Louis, May IS.—The northwestern pack
ing and provision establishment, at east St.
Louis, was burned last night. The loss is es
timated at sixty thousand dollars.
A DEFECTIVE FLUE.
advices from various portions of the stale mat the
cold nights are having a most injurious effect upon
the cotton crop, ia some cases rendering replanting
necessary.
Galveston, Tex., May 11.—The New York, Texas
and Mexican road lias been completed to Victoria.
The distance is one hundred miles from Ro*en-
burg Junction, Ihe initial point of the road. The
Gulf. Colorado aud Bantu Fe road opened to-day fo
traffic.
Cleveland, Kay 15.—The Leader's specials, giv
ing the result of the congressional primary meetings
in Columbiana county, show that Congressman
McKinley, has twenty-six outof fifty-one delegates
to the district convention. This practically settles
the fight, and insures McKinley's renominaiion.
PitwiDENCE, R. I., May 18.—No bid was made for
1be -pitRus estate at the upset price at the adjouru-
i d auction sale lo day, and the sale was adjourned
COME WEAL, COME WOE,
BILL ARP WILL MAKE THE BEST
OF IT,
And Then he Goes on to Write the Constitution a
Very Interesting Letter All About the Polks,
and About Boys and Their Uaee, Georgia
Pol.tUa and Things in General.
A War kcti > k fj.uk. * * * ~ ^
Whtmikstkr, lid.. May 18,-Tbe. West- * VEJ&SXl
minster jail was burned to-day. The prisoners
and most of the furniture was saved. The ;
cause was a defective flue.
IN FAVOR OF THE EMPRESS.
Marseilles. May 18 —The-case of the mu
nicipality of Marseilles against the ex-Empress
Eugenie, to recover possession of a chateau
presented to the late emperor lma been de
cided in favorof theex-einpress, who has been
awarded the costs.
• THE EOYPTIAN COMPLICATIONS.
Special Plsputcli to The Constitution.
London, May 18.—The French and English
squadrons have sailed from Suda bay, last
-evening, for Alexandria.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Home, May 18.—The Popolo Homano states
that an Italian squadron is assembling at
Messina, in view of eventualities ia Egypt. .
SAMPLE FRONTIERSMEN.
The Indians bring a report from Harris
burg, Alaska, that the white miners have been
fighting nmong themselves, and a number
have been killed. The secretary of the navy
has been asked to send the United States
steamer Wachusetta, to restore order. The
collector of customs at Wrangell, Alaska, con
firms the report of the fatal quarrelling among
the miners.
A WASHINGTON CONFLAGRATION.
Washington, May 18.—This evening a fire
broke out in the live story brick building on
Pennsylvania avenue, known as the old
Chronicle building. When the interior of
this building was burned out, the wall fell
and crushed the roof o'f the adjoining two
story brick building, No. 916 Pennsylvania
avenue, and this tv us also destroyed. The
•Chronicle building was partly occupied os a
market and partly as a job printing office.
A JUDICIAL PROTECT.
At a private meeting in Dublin, all the
Irish judges except the lord chancellor, unun
imously resolved to send a strong remon
strance to the government against the pro
posed abolition of trial by jury. The fear of
being arrested in connection with the mur
ders of Cavendish and Burke is now so gen
eral in Ireland that the peasantry traveling
outside of their districts apply to the police
for passports. Many emigrants leaving the
south of Ireland tor America resort to the
same course.
THE WOr.K OF EVICTION.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Boston, May 18.—A cable dispatch from
Dublin to the Boston Herald says: The evic
tions of tenants for the non payment of rent
have been resumed in many parts of Ireland
The sadness and astonishment following the
assassinations of the Irish secretaries had the
effect of stopping for a time the work of agita
tion. Tak.ng advantage of the situation the
process servers again prepared to oust the ten
ants in nrrears. In thecounty Galway alone
three hundred tenant-farmers have been
evicted inside of a week and the work still
goes on.
AN ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
London, way 18.—Advices from Soharn up
per Egypt, state that the eclipse of the sun
was successfully observed from that place
}-• ?.tr r-J-y by. tho English, Trench aud Italian
astronomers. A fine comet was discovered
-closo to the sun. Its position was determined
' by photography. Specirascophic and oscular
observation, just before and during the period
of totality gave most valuable results, the
■darkening of the liens observed by the
French astronomers indicating a warmer atc-
mosphero. The spectrum of the corona was
successfully photographed for the first time.
THE RUSSIAN PERSECUTION'S.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
London, May 18.—The correspondent of the
Times at St.-Petersburg, says the rumor con
tinues to circulate that General Ignatieff will
soon resign the ministry of the interior. His
* defeat by the committee of ministers on the
Jewish question has produced a deadlock.
The minister of finance, who sees clearly the
great loss which the exchequer must suffer
front the exodus of the Jews, threatens to re
sign if the measures of General Ignatieff to
accelerate the immigration of the Jews are
adopted. A majority of the ministers sup
port the minister of finance. Accord
ing to trustworthy data, the material
damage done by the anti-Jewish movement,
including houses, breadstuffs and other prop
•erty destroyed and the money taken away by
the Jews, ‘amounts to £22,000,000. all lost to
Russia To this must be added the losses re
suiting from the prevention of labor and
profit, and not only of the Jews but of others
■during tile riots, and from the stagnation of
trade generally, which would increase the
total by many more millions.
DEATH OF TURKESTAN’S GOVERNOR.
London, May 18.—General Kaufluian. gov
ernor of Turkestan, is dead. General Kauff
man ranked with Skobelcfl'as one of the most
successful soldiers of modern times, and,
while he had less dash and reckless bravery,
his campaigns were not less surprising in their
results. lie was a self-made man and rose
without official influence to the rank of gen
eral as the result of several years’ brilliant
campaigning in the Caucasus, and served with
■distinction in the Crimea. He afterward took
charge of ttie war office and reorganized the
Russian army. Nine years ago he undertook
the campaign against Khiva and in 1875 went
in command of an expedition to Turkestan
and annexed the northern half of the Kha
nate of Khoand, of which he was made gov
ernor after the Kusso-Turkish war, in which
he took a conspicuous part.
THE Gl'ITEAC CASE.
The proceedings before the District of Co
lumbia court in bane, before whom the ques
tion was argued that the conviction of Gui-
teau in the district was contrary to law, the
president having died in New Jersey, has de
cided that the court lias full jurisdiction,
This disposes of the lost legal move that can
be made in the prisoner’s behalf, and nothing
can how stand between him and execution
save the executive clemency.
THE GREAT SWINDLE.
The burden imposed upon the people by
the pension arrearages bill may he judged
from the fact that congress has had to appro
priate $16,000,000 for the payment of the June
liabilities alone. In one session of the senate
$1,000,000 was voted away by the erection of
public buildings.
Forties Flash.*,
Princess Beatrice of England Is to marry a Ger
man prince.
The French and English fleets are off Alexandria
Egypt.
Domestic New*.
New York, May 15.—Tne American tract society
issued during the past year 295,
ceived $379,221; expended $374,097.
Galveston, MaylS.—The Grand Lodge Indepen
•dent Order B’nai Brilh, representing Alabama, Ar-
ott.-t that he has been unable to dispose of the
property at auction sale under the terms of the de
cree.
FKWBUau. N. Y.. May 18.—The railroad commis
sioners met to-day at tne house of Matilda B. Bards
a maiden lady aged fifty, at Milton Ulster county,
to ST.po.ise her property, requred by the West Shore
rood. She fell to the floor unconscious, and died in
an hour from a fit of apoplexy, supposed to have
been superinduced by excitement.
Chicago, May 18.—The men in all the principal
tanneries struck at noon to-day because those in the
preparing department who asked for an advance of
one dollar a week were refused it. They demand
ed twelve dollars a week. The employers will shut
down. About 1,000 of the 1,200 tanners employed
n Chicago are therefore out of work.
New Haven. Ky., May 19.—This morning while a
bridal party was crossing the river at this point a
horse attached to the buggy of John P. Greenwell
fell down HDd was drowned, leaving the occupants
to swim out. However, the ceremony was not de
layed long, for the party proceeded to the Catholic
church and was made man and wife.
Lawrence, Mass, May 17.—At the funeral of ex-
representative Kicliol the father Matthew society,
of which deceased was a member, accompanied the
remains to the Catholic church. Father Devir, the
pastor, refused to admit the society unless their re
galia was removed. The members declined to do
this, mid the body was buried without religious
services.
Oil City, May 18.—Uebcr Dnaaldson’sHamous
dancing case will come up before the general as
sembly of the Presbyterian church at Springfield,
Illinois, on Thursday. It Is the first case of the
kind In the church. The offense was committ- d at
Eraeton, and all the lower church eourls have de
cided against Mr. Donaldson. He will be defended
by Rev. Dr. D. T. Carnahan, of this city.
Lexington, Ky, May 13—At the sale of colts and
fillies from .--wiget’s stable to-day, seventeen colts
brought 316,500 an aveiage of $970. Tv:enty-oue
fillies brought £9. IG0, an average of 3t3G. The most
remarkable fact in connection with the sale was
that the Monarchists colts brought a higher average
than those by Giengelgor Virgil. The colts by Mon
archist brought $1,290; by Virgil31,100; by imported
Glengelg $854
Nfav York, May 18.—Seneca V. Holloway, the de
faulting cashier of the First national bank of
though some folks do mix ’em sometimes.
Anyhow, I’m going to keep unbiased till the
time comes for maybe I might get caugbt on
the jury myself. Who knows?
Bill Arp.
Poughkeepsie, was discharged as cured from the
lunatic asylum yesterday, and was arrested on a
bench warrant at the doors of the asylum and
brought here and lodged in Ludlow Street jail.
To day he was brought before United States Com
mlssioner Shields, and his bail was fixed at 320,000.
He remains in custody until the bond is given.
Washington, May 15—The chief of thh bureau oi
statistics reports that the toial values of exports of
domestic breadstuffs from the United States duriug
tile month of April 1882, were $982,520, and during
April. 1881, $20.421.008; fo'r four mouths tnded
April 30th. 1882. $45,402,206, and for the same period
in 1881, $71,570,621; for ten^montbs ended April 30th,
1882, $157,546,12i. and for ten months ended April
30th, 1881, $225,150,795.
Sparta, Wis.. May 18 —An enormous pigeon roost
in this neighborhood is attracting the attention of
sportsmen. The roost is in a dense pinery, and i«
about half a mile wide and ten miles long. Every
tree emit tins from twenty to thirty nests. The birds
must n uni ber millions. They leave their nests about
4 a.m. in search of food.' Their feeding range is five
miles wide and thirty miles long. They return to
the roost In the afternoon. Hunters have shot and
trapped thousands of them.
New York, May 19.—The failures throughou
le country for the seveu days reported to New
York numbered 124. Of these, seventeen occurred
tu the eastern slates, thirty seven in the western
thirty six in tho southern, twenty-one in the mid
die, twelve in the Pacific states and territories, and
three in New York city. This Is an increase of
aiveii over last week. Tne failures In the city <>f
New York are not significant aud business troubles
were seldom fewer than now. «
New York, May 19 —The ninth "bulletin” of the
Edison electric light company shows some interest
ing figures in the progress of the system toward
active operation In this city. The April weather
permitted the work to be carried on during only
twenty-four days, but those sufficed for the laying
of 12,500 feet of mains, making a total of 67,700 feet
laid up to tho end of the mouth. On the first in
stant there yet remained to be laid about 14,300 feet,
Ineiudiug connections at s reet intersections and
feeders.
Washington, May 19.—Hon. Harvey M. Watter-
son, of Tennessee, father of Henry Watterson. of
the Courier-Journal, is about returning to Louis
ville with his wife, who is sister of Mrs. Justice
Stanley Matthews, to celebrate at the residence of
their only child their golden wedding, on the 6ih of
June. Mrs. Matthews will be present o i the Inter
esting occasion. Mr. aud Mrs. Watterson occupy
the same room they did when they first came to tne
Ebbett, eighteen years ago, and have msde arrange
ments to spend a fart of each year in the same
room so long as they live.
New York, May 17.—Captain A. H. Bogardus,
who, with his Jon, accompanies Cole’s circus, suf
fered a bad wound at Amsterdam on Thursday dur
ing the circus performance. His five year old son,
Henry, was shooting glass halls from his father’s
fingers. Tho weather was eold and dump, and tin-
child's fingers were benumbed. In raising his rifle
he accidentally pressed the trigger Defore taking
sure aim. The thirty-two caliber ball struck Cap
tain Bogardus lu the lower left thumb joint, close
to the hand, smashing the bone, but nevertheless
he went on with the shooting ns usual, and then
summoned asurgeon.
Chicago, May 18.—The elevators contain 3,011,000
bushels of wheat, 1,322,000 bushels of corn, !>5,000
bushels of oats. 44,«luo bushels of barley and 191 000
bushels of rye making a total of 4,753,000 bushels
against 10,542,000 here for the same time last year,
showing a decrease since last week of 700,000 bush
els. The amount in store is the smallest on record
since the present elevator capacity was attained,
and comes about as near exhaustion as it is likely
to get. The grain in sight in America aggregates
only 22,000,000 bushels.
St. Louis. May 15 —The committee of the general
assembly of the Presbyterian church of the United
States, appointed to revise ihe constitution then of,
have arrived here, aud commenced to-day. The
committee consists of Rev. A D Craven, of New
ark, N J; Rev Dr. McGill, of Princeton, N J; Rev.
Dr. West, of Cincinnati: Rev. Dr. Hatfield, of New
York; lev. Dr. Patterson, of Chicago: Rev. Dr
Patton, of Prlnctou, X J; Rev. Dr. Moore, of
Columbus, Ga. The a» members are Judge Breck-
enridge, of St. Louis; Judge Nixon, of Trenton, N
J; Judge Moore, of Chicago.
Pittsburg. May IS.—Fire broke out last night in
the picking room of the Eagle cotton mill In Alla-
gheuy, in which a large number of girls aud hoys
are employed. Had it not been for the presence of
mind of one girl there might have been loss of life,
as the girls were mostly cooped up In rooms not
easy of egress. As it was, all escaped without in
jury and without panic, as the girl, whose name no
one could give, passed quietly through the rooms
and notified all to get out, es the mill was on fire.
The mill is owned by the Eagle cotton mill rum-
uy. The damage done will amount to S 0,000.
:e mill is insured for $150,000. but the manager
Written for The Constitution.
Sometimes every thing works along smoothly
ami nice for several days and there is no
mishap or misfortune and then again it looks
like the old boy had broke loose and every-
thinggoes wrong. There is nothing settled
in this subloonary life and a man will never
be happy until he can take everything easy
and patient and at all times be prepared for the
worst, and about the time lie gets so he can
do that he is about old enough to die and
generally does it. A long time ago I heard
an old man make a little talk in Sunday
school and he had on a great big long tailed
coat that he used to wear when he was fat
and now he was all dried up and says he "my
children there is nothing in this world I care
for now and I can shake it off and leave it as
sasy as I can put off this old coat,” aud he
sorter straightened up his shoulders and it
dropped oil on the floor. Mine is r.ot
ready to .drop yet and so i must wait
and take it, come "weal, come woe, and make
the best of it. I thought a power of my
scuppendine vine, as Cobe calls it, and I hud
put jiusts in the ground and planked it around
.u> protect it, anti it was growing so beauti
fully and spreading out over the top, and the
old cow had been grazing around it most
every day for a month, aud sure enough yes
terday she sorter climbed up on the planks
and reached her long tongue out and nabbed
it, and got it ail down aud used it up boda-
ciously before we could get to her, and its no
use to try to express my feelings, for I am no
saint, but am a sinner, and last night some
body left the gate open, aud when I got up
and looked out of the window this morning
to see if there was any frost on the ground,
the sheep were iu the front yard, and 1 dideh'i
wait tu take off my ascension garment or pffl
on my shues, and stood not on the order of
my going, but went for them once before tln-j'
bad eat up the rose bushes and
tue unanimous hedge
and other ornaments, ail of which had been
mentioned to me from, time to time by Mrs.
Arp for fear I would forget it, and so I flew
around amazin and got tile rheumatism again,
and have been gruntin' and takin’ on ever
since as a counter irritant, aud 1 am getting
along pretty well considerin’, and the same
day 1 turned the colts in the rye lot to
und set the little children to watch ’em al
keep ’em from fudgin over into the orcln
and shore enough the children got to playifl
mumble peg iu the sand and forgot the colli.
NATIONAL DEAD BEATS.
How the CongrcMsmea Guzzled and Gorged at the
Yorktown Celebralloa Lut Year.
Washington, D. C., May 20.—A mine of
dynamite has been discovered which bids fair
to cgst_ the somewhat mysterious Cleveland
excursion bills in the shade forjexplosive power
when it is investigated. It is an item of $23,-
000 to make up a deficiency for the Yorktown
celebration. Certain members of the appro
priation committee have been making inqui
ries. and queer stories are told. It is said that
the commission, under direction of Senator
Johnston, had a steamer on which a large
number of sailors and members of congress
lived during the trip. It is said that they invited
all their friends to live on the steamer at
government expense for the three days and
four nighis they were there. The result was
that they boarded some 500 people in the most
extravagant style possible. A first class ca
terer had carte-blanche to make it as expen
sive as possible, and he fed 400 or 500 people
three times a day with the choicest luxuries
of the season. This was the smallest part of
the matter, and would probably be passed
over as one of those things congressmen in
dulge in and say nothing about, supposing
that the people who pay the bills will never
hear of it. It has leaked out, however, that
the bills show several thousand dollars for
liquors and cigars. An inquiry into the
circumstances has created a Hurry of uneasi
ness ainoDg the managers of the affair, who
were trying to get the bill through quietly.
It is said that on the lower deck a free bar
was run, and every one could get what he
called for without money and without price.
ORDAINED BISHOPS
NOW ADDED TO THE SOUTHERN
METHODIST BENCH.
Why Dr. Haygood Declined Consecration sa a Bishop
—His Duty to Emory College—A Change of
Church Name Recommended— A Criticism
of Soma Bible Society Sl.thod*.
was true he was rarely at home to invito anybody
with him, but he should have an open heart, an
open house and au open purse, so far as it went
His purse had never been entirely empty since ho
entered the ministry Sometimes it would get
nearly empty, but more would come in before the
last was spent He gave himself to God, trusting
in God’s promise to support him, and God had kept
[ his part of the contract better thau he had
The next duty of the bishop was to love the
brethren, to love all good men. This was an easy
duty. He had a great love for all good men, and if
hz lost that love he must first lose nis Christianity.
I There were many opposing forces to be encounter-
[ ed, some like those iu Paul's day who, when beaten
in argument, and when they could argue no longer,
sought to nut him to death.
When ahoy he was in much doubt as to which
church he should join, and he lmd. ns it were,
studied divinity in his boyhood to decide the que&
tioit. He had decided on the Methodist church anc
Nashville,May 18.—Thegeneral conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church south de
cided not to elect a bishop in place of A. G.
Haygood, who was elected on Monday and
who declined to be ordained. The committee
on revisalpresented a report recommending I KKJEESgUti&ESS&^qJSSX
change in the name of the church to Epis- that they might ever be bright and shining lights in
copal Methodist church. his st ' n ’ ice ' PBKSBJ!TATIOSS of the bishop.
Rev. Amos Kendall, of the Mississippi con- The newly elected bishops were then conducted
f u ,.—ii 0 s (■„_ to the altar, escorted by two elders, who presented
feience, expelled, was remanded for another them to Bishop Paine, saying: "We present unto
trial. I you this holy man, to be ordained a bishop.”
, — „ , , . — . , I Bishop Hargrove was escorted by Elders M. S.
A. H. Sutherland, of Texas, presented a Andrews, of Alabama, and J. B. McFerrin, of Ten-
resolution, which lays over for consideration, n< S? e ^- „ , . . . _. ...
•, , . .... , , ... Bishop Granberry was escorted by Elders Ed-
declartng that it is contrary to the principles wards aud Bennett, of Virginia,
and policy of the American bible society to
teach the peculiar doctrines of any church, Bishop Parker was. escorted by Elders Alexander
and claiming that they teach Calvanism*-by ^Bi^fiine^BirtioT'Plerce, Bishop McTyeire,
Version of the I Bishop Renner und Bishop Kavauaugh then ndmin-
the publication of a Spanish
Bible with notes and comments. The confer
ence adopted a plan for church extension.
Drs. Linus Parker, of New Orleans, R. K. 1 ’ Know all men by these prcscuts that we, Robert
Hargrove, of Nashville, J. C. Cranberry, of Paine, George F Pierce, Hubbard H Kavanaugh,
Nashville, and A. W. Wilson, of Baltimore, | H ,°,V and J " h ^, e Kee ." er {. b i?,° I f
were ordained bishops of the Southern Meth- “ ,c ’ ” “ ’
Nothing was too good for the several hundred
men who made their headquarters on board
the steamer. The best brandies, whiskies and
wines flowed night and day like water; im
ported champagne was scarcely fit for the
crowd to drink, so fastidious were they about
their beverages when Uncle Sam was footing
the bill. The most inordinate scenes were
enacted, it is said, on the lower deck, unre
strained by the presence of the ladies, who
occupied the grand saloon above. It is
reported that the thing kept on till it
terminated iu a horror. The boat started
back at one o’clock, and long after dark
when steaming up the bay, the vessel rang
with horrible shrieks of murder! murder!
The cries were those of a man in mortal terror
or agony, and came from the foot of the broad
Staircase leading up to the ladies’ saloon.
There was a moment’s hesitation on the part
of the crowd who thronged to the man's
state room, and then to make confusion worse
confounded, two ladies fell in a dead faint.
There was a pause in the revelry. It was
found that the cries of murder came from a
colored man who was being kicked und beaten
by a white man. It was au hour before quiet
mumble peg in the sand ana torgot tne coin , w f s rest pred among the excited and frighten-
aud they stepped urouiffi to the orchard, ami ed P?°P le > an<1 word passed around tna
when 1 went to run’em out they kicked th “ f "^ wa ‘* nvpr f«r ftm.tnr i,«l
up and gailoped off and strui'.-
grove fc
I Episcopal church, south, a man who in the judg-
odist church in the presence of 1,000 people at
McKendree church this afternoon.
DR. llAYGOOD’s RES.GNAVION.
At the session of yesterday the letter of Dr.
Haygood declining the election to the Episco- 1 - „ - . .. . , , , . a
iTcatpil a Tirnfniiml' in u.ent of the general conference of said
pacy, created a protound sensation. In the church is well qua iiR t d for that office. And he is
debate which took place upon it, Bishop hereby recommended to all whom it may concern.
Pierce said he knew brother Haygood well, I to exercise the functions of said office according to
and he desired to say that the act was not rash the discipline of suid church, so long as his spirit
and hasty. After all that had been written atld Practice be such as become the gospel of Christ,
„„ j i,„ and lie enntmueth to hold fast the form of sound
5.1. *he subject, he must have expect- I W ords according to the established doctrines of the
ed that he would be voted for, but ctrcum- I gospel.
stances of a peculiar nature had kept hint I In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our
silent. He said Dr. Haygood had never sought I hands aud seals, this the 18th day of May, in the
or desired the office. Two or three weeks Sgo ^ oue thousand eight hundred aud
he had addressed Dr. Haygood a communica- Done in Nashville, Tenn.
tion, inviting a conference on the subject, but Spaces follow for the signatures of the bishops
lie declined the interview, saying that he must performing the consecration,
observe absolute silence. He had known Dr. , A 1 the conclusion of the ceremonies hundreds of
Haygood from l.iaboyhoodinti.naWyondcoo. |
pau
The
positively refuses tostate in wjiat companies.
Eureka, Mo., May 18.—Lydia Adams, an old col
ored ladv, died here yesterday, at the extraordinary
age of 113 v> ar>, of heart disease. She was a native
of Virginia, being born iu the town of Halifax, in
that atate, iu 1769, and sne retained her physical
strength «p to only a fow mouth* ago. At the age
of over 100 years she would wager that she could
throw the best man in this township three times
ou' of five. She was a constant attendant in George
Washington's tent duriug the revolutionary war,
aud she used to make her spending money oy sell
ing rakes and peanuts to the soldiers. She related
very t-equenily many incidents of the great states
man. She also nsd in her possession presents given
to her by him personally, and she is undoubtedly
the oldest resident in the state. She has survived
most of her children aud relatives, who also have
lived to a great age.
Washington, May 20.—A general order has been
issued by the war department establishing three
grades of prizes for marksmanship, viz: The de
partment prize, the division prize and the army
prize. Teams are t > be selected from the best
, marksmen in each company, and theee are tocom-
i pete in August of every year for places in the de
partment tram. The soldier who make' thehigh-
.:.v _ H ent score In these contests is to receive a goid
'mwlidsn? a •u^rlzlnnld medal. A division team is to be selected from the
O^nr no* etflctinnt 01 a .Provisional be ^ l Die departments, the contest to rake
governor and order new elections. place in September of each year. Gold and silver
Na*hvhae, May 15.— i h • state senate to day pruts will be givea at these matches. Each alter-
paseod a bill to fuud the staiedobl at sixty cenUon hatevoar die general of the army will a-ssmble
the dollar at 3, 4. 5 and 6 per cent inierati. Tne from the entire army the twelve best shots, and
vote stood 14 to 11. The hill will probably also pass these will co ..pete for three gold medals and three
the lower house. silver medals, which may be worn on dress occa
Charleston, May is.—The New. and Courier has slos.
died uiy young June apple trees just
to scratch themselves and broke two of ’em
down, and when I got to the house and s T
down iu the front piazzer to ruminate and gi t
calm aud serene, 1 heat da scream of fire in the
buck yard, and shore enough the black smol.c
was a pouring out of the kitchen, which is m
the basement, aud the flames were all over t< c
cook stove, and licking the ceiling, an .1 v.e
smelt tar, and shore enough Ralph, tin, ho .-
that is everlastingly a doing something,
boiling a two gttiluu tracks-Of tar-to pit. . J:' J
new boat, aud it had boiled over and taken
fire, and it was an awful sight to behold, and
the boy bad run, but one of the girls rushed
iu aud gathered the bucket with her apron
and siuug it a ru'd out of the door, and by
that time we all had water, und
aqUKNCHKD THE CONFLAGRATION,
for which 1 shall always think the Southern
Mutual ought to be thankful, for I've been
insuring in that company for twenty years
and the chances are against them now and
gettiug more so every day. As it turned out
we only lost a coffee pot and a tin pan and
the tar bucket—and the boy lost his tar and
in a short time the family got done talking
about it and became all calm and serene. A
boy is a great invention. He is so useful and
keeps things moving around so lively. He
shot a mink this morning, and has pretty
well exterminated the snakes. He bqilds
fires aud brings water aud milks the cows and
goes to mill and puts up martin gourds and
loses his kuife and borrows mine aud loses
that aud digs the potatoes for dinner and car
ries them in his hat and hunts eggs and pig
eon squabs and gets mure scold
ing and less whipping than any
body and don’t care a cent what a pound of
sugar costs, so he gets three teaspoonlulls in
his coffee. Then again he is so convenient to
lay things on and can bear so much and keep
fat, aud learn so much naborhuod news.
Where in the world he got that tar I have no
idea, but my opinion is that he and his
mother are in partnership about that fer she
never scolded him nary time about the fire.
non-resident tampering.
Well, I think 1 will go over and see Newt
Tumlin. He has moved over to the settle
ment, and is running a furnace about three
miles off, and the other day he got on the top
of the smukestack and called me und 1 beard
him from my piazzer. He wants me and
Cobe and him to get together and pick out a
man for governor, aud write a card and pre
sent them to the people of Georgia. New
says that three men have as much right to do
it as nine. Jesso, aud I thought we would
noiuiuate Cobe, but Cobe says he dou't respire
to such a high perdition. But when a man
forms und expresses an opinion before he
heurs ail the evidence, it disqualifies him as a
juror aud lie can’t try it. However, it a man
don't livi in the county I suppose he cau talk
as much as he pleases, for he can’t set on the
case no how. aud his talk don’t amount to
anything. Well, it does show right smart
cheek und a disposition to tamper with the
jury, which 1 don’t think is commendable.
1 don't think that non residents ought to in
terfere with our affairs until they move back
again, especially when they have got no bet
ter excuse thau that they was afeerd of the
smail-pox- When there is a conundrum to
guess, I don’t like for a man to plow with an
other man’s heifer. It*looks like these nine
men were afraid the democracy would nomi
nate Mr. Stephens, aud they jvanted to get m
ahead and snow smart. If they wanted Mr.
Stephens shore enough, a considerate mod
esty would have waited nutil the regulars
nominated him, and then they could have
fallen into line and slid back into the parly
very gracefully, aud got forgiveness. Bat
they wusent the first to nominate him nohow,
for Bob Hargrave nominated him at Rome,
and Rat Johnson nominated Lint at Car-
tersville, and old fatner Willing
ham says he has been running him iu
the Free Press for several mouths. There are
several feliers scattered about in the state who
have got ahead of the hounds and are run-
ordered the free bar closed. It is this sort of
thing that swells the deficiency to $23,000.
It is reported that about half this amount is
for free whisky, wine, cigars aud other luxu
ries on the commission boat. The French
and German visitors, the cabinet and presi
dent were on other boats. The sensation of
the season is promised when the bills are
culled for in the house.
POWDER AND SULPHUR.
Attempt to Open u Safe—A Father Killed—Fatal Ex
plosion.
Shamoken, Pa., May 20.—An explosion of
sulphur occurred in Buck Ridge colliery near
this place, to-day, causing the instant death
of Jos Laurence and Frank Osman, and
fatally burning David Green and Frederick
Hoffman Green has since died. Hoffman
had entered the breach with a naked lamp,
while the other men remained behind the
battery. An unexpected body of sulphur was
met which ignited from the lamp causing
terrific explosion, and hurling the men with
great force against the gangway timbers.
About 200 tons of top coal was dislodged which
fell on Laurence and Osman. Green and
Hoffman were terribly burned.
Providence, R. I., May 20.—An attempt
was made at 3 o’clock thi3 morning to blow
open the safe of the national bank of Hnpkin-
ton, at Hope Valley. Powder had been blown
in about the safe door. The explosion blew
off'the outer fastening and destroyed the
lock, but the entrance to the safe could not
be made. The thieves escaped in a stolen
carriage, leaving a fine lot of burglars’ tools.
They were traced only a few miles through
the country. This is the fourth attempt that
has been made to rob this bank within the
past eight or ten years.
Muscatine. Iowa, May 20.—John McMere-
mon, a farmer living twelve miles west of
Muscatine, aged sixty-five, was shot and
killed by his fifteen year old daughter yester
day. The father and daughter were quarrel-
iug, when the girl's brother, aged eighteen,
handed her a revolver, with which she shot
her father through the breast. It is supposed
thut the children desired to get possession of
their father’s property. The mother is in an
insane asylum.
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
kanMV<, Florida. Loutriana. Mladssippl, Tennessee : marksmen in each company, and these are tocom-
aud Texas, met this morning. * * * —
City of Mexico, May 15.—The senate has decided
Tho North Carolina Celebration of the Mecklenburg
Declaration.
Charlotte, May 20.—The 107th anniver
sary of the declaration of independence by
the people of Mecklenburg county on the
20th day of May, 1775, was celebrated here
to-day with great eclat. Senator Vance made
the welcoming speech. Senator Ramson read
the declaration, and Senator Bayard, of Dela
ware, was the orator of the occasion. The
two senators from South Carolina, Messrs.
Butler and Hampton, Congressmen Scales,
Cox and Armtield of this state, Robinson
of New York; Berry, of California, and Gover
nor Jarvis and staff, of North Carolina, were
present. The review of the North Carolina
State guard by the governor and the adjutant
general of the state, took pla te on Indepen
dence square, the spot on which the declara
tion was said to have been made, and the fire
companies from Augusta. Georgia; Columbia,
Greenville, and Spartanburg, South Carolina,
and Danville, Virginia, took part with the
Charlotte firemen in the parade. Military
companies were present from South Carolina,
and the military parade, while not large, was
imposing. The crowd present was variously
estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000.
ning % Stephens on their own hook, all of
which is premature, and I’ll bet Mr. Stephens
don’t thank ’em for it, for hnman uatur is
human uatur and it don’t magnify his popu
larity for a tew fragmentary friends to be dic
tating terms to the regulars and veterans in
service. I'm for Mr. Stephens myself when
he has been nominated by the Georgia democ
racy, for then the case will have been tried
and a verdict rendered, but I don’t want the
smail-pox to scare me into it beforehand.
We are all vaccinated now and are no more
afraid to go to Atlanta than the Presbyterian
preachers are. But then I suppose that poli-
tics and preaching are very different things, market.
istered the rites and prayers of the church usual iu
Episcopal ponsecration. Bishop McTyeire then de-
lived to each of the newly ordained bishops a
parchment containing the following:
AAUilUlllt •UWJLUU noun AWGIIVA. DIOUUpO
of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, have this
day. under the protection of Almighty God, and
with a single eye to his glory, by the imposition of
our hands and prayers (beiu - assisted by other or
dained ministers) set apart Robert Kennon Har-
ivefor the office of bishop in the said Methodist
fidentially. Last night he had an interview
with him, in which the doctor unfolded his
views on the subject. The bishop said he
was startled and saddened and he remon
strated. Titey had a long discussion, in which
lie tried to dissuade him from the intended
declination. But the doctor had assured him
that his convictions were clear, strong and
decided, and that he was resting serenely in
the full persuasion of his duty. The bishop
said lie could not combat the brother’s sense
of duty. A conviction of that sort
was like the call to preach, it being
matter of individual conscience
He said Dr. Haygood’s environments,
as president of Emory college, were of a pe
culiar character. That institution had been
brought up under Dr. Haygood’s labors from
financial distress to a good and prosperous
occupied nearly an hour.
THE SOUTHERN MUTUAL INSURANCE CO
From tho Athens Banner-Watchman of May 18th.
Much has been said of late about the Southern
Mutualineurance company of this city. Attention
being called to it at tiffs time by reason of a "bill
in equity,” filed by the company, in which it prays
the court for construction of its charter.
As there is some misapprehension as to the ob
jects of the bill, and as the question involved is of
Interest to many people in the shite, we look occa
sion to interview one of the officers of the company
In regard to it and herewith present the result:
Reporter—“I see that the surplus fund of the
Southern Mutual is in litigation.”
_ _ Answer—“Not at all. The company has not
condition; and there were those now taking I asked and will not ask any direction from the
advantage of the institution, young men pre- court as to its snrplus.”
paring for the ministry, whose prospects ImL
might be damaged by the college falling into B auy years.bee/buildiug up a reserv£fund\vhich
the hands of another man. The bishop said I should be large enough to Rive ample and unques-
he fully sympathized with Dr. Haygood 1 tioned security to Us policy-holders. The manage-
in this matter. He had himself been men , t of 1 the company now feel that they have
nlnrpil under cimilii!- when he I reached that point. They think that the reserve
M „ iu f,,nd is lar S e enough for the present business of
was elected to the office, and he would propa- the company, and if. therefore, the surplus is
bly have declined if he had not made it a I not to be increased further, the question arises,
rule to regard the voice of the church as the I what shall be done with the annual interest on
voice of G«d. Since, however, he had not lh ? reserve fund? The profits of the business,
„„ nnsingfrom premiums, as you know, are nowdi-
always been certain that he did right in ac- I vided annually among the policy holders—and
cepting. t -he object of the bill is simply to ask the court
Dr. Boring said he agreed with the senti-I how this interest shall be divided.”
ments expressed by the bishop. There was I Reporter—‘‘What is tho question as to its di-
no man elected, or could have been elected, vis , i °5,r’ „„„„
whom he thought was so providential a idea that only titofe who are now nfemberTof
choice as that of Dr. Haygood. He did not 1 the company have any rights in it—that a member
desire to be discourteous to Dr. Haygood, but who has passed out and severed his connection with
he suggested that the conference take no ac-1 dle company has no further concent in it, and con-
tinn until tn-nmrrmv nt 19 nVWlr Bequentlv, that any division must be made among
Uo “ * 12 , ,, those only who are members at the time the divi£
Dr. Adams said lie knew Dr. Haygood well j on j s ma de. But doubts having arisen as to the
and he was no child and he thought the con- I propriety of this action, the company has appealed
ference should accept his declination. He Ithe courts for direction in the premises. The
therefore made a motion to that effect as a other idea „ l3 that ail >’ division must be made
substitute for Dr. Boring’s motion. Thebishop HSggfcfH who have ever had P^ies from the
decided that as Dr. Boring had not put his j Reporter-"It would therefore sec in, that a pre-
suggestion in the form of amotion, Dr. ■ sent policy-holder need not take any steps in the
Adam’s motion had precedence. Dr. Peter- I matter at all?”
son moved as a substitute that the conference
”Of course not, no one need take any steps, all
postpone action until to-morro vat !2 o’clock.
Drs. Hendrix and Dye favored this. This vote policy-holder or not, is protected by the hill, ana
was taken and carried,
the new bishops.
From the Nashville American.
The auditorium of McKendree church was not
only filled but jammed yesterday at the ceremony
of consecrating the new bishops. People began
pouring in more than an hour beforehand, and be
fore the time had arrived for beginning the services
the seats had long been filled and every aiffe was
packed with tho throng anxious to wituess the cer-
thc rights of every one of them submitted to the
judgment of the coUrt. The bill filed by the com
pany is entirely impartial, it presents all the facts:
It lays all the objections, difficulties and intricacies
of the case before thd court and asks a decree
which will protect and do justice to not ouly the
present, but past policy holders."
GEORGIA’S FINANCES.
The Warrant. Which Have Hcen Drawn on the
Treasury Within the Lant Few Day..
“Has the governor drawn all those warrants yet?"
asked a Constitution reporter of State Treasurer
Speer yesterday.
“He has,” replied Mr. Speer.
“What is the sum total,” asked the reporter,
the altar railing. I “I have since the 8th of May," replied Mr. Speer,
Promptly at four o’cloik, the services began with-1 “sent up to the governor and received his warrant
singing the hymn, “Am I a Soldier of the Cross,” for the same, couponsand other evidences of money
the congregation being led by the choir and accom- I paid to the amount of $605,339.83, of this amount
panled by the organ. $193,806.83 was school commissioners drafts, aud the
Bishop McTyeire called the congregation to other represents interest ou the publiedebt, and a
er and led’. He theu said: "Hear the reading | part of the principal.”
emony, and people had turned away by hundreds.
Chairs brought in from the neighborhood and from
below filled almost every available foot of space,
and where there was no room for chairs were peo
ple standing. .
Bishops McTyeire, Kavauaugh and Keener, and
Dr. J. B. West, occupied seats behind ihe pulpit,
the venerable Bishop Paine and Bishop Pierce sit
ting immediately behind
praye
of the Scriptures," and read a selection from Acts j
xx: 17-35.
Bistiop Keener then read from St John xxi: 15-17.
Bishop Kavauaugh read the 191st hymn, which
was sung by the congregation.
the ordination sermon.
Bishop Kavanaugh preached the ordination ser
mon from the seventh, eignth and ninth verses of
the first chapter of Paul’s epistle to Titus.
He said four bishops were about to be consecrated
to their holy office Jn the Methodist church a |
bishop was au elder put In office. The best writers
taught that thrte were but two orders in the min
istry. To tbe bishop was confided the stewardship |
of God’s church. The mysterious but gracious spirit ]
How much have you in the treasury now?”
“I have now on hand $837,842,84, of which $275,-
000 is United States bonds, which were paid into
the treasury by the purchasers of the Macon and
Brunswick railroad.”
JAMES VICK DEAD.
The Venerable and Charitable Florist, After a Useful
Life, Passes Quietly Away.
Rochester, N. Y., May 18.—James Vick,
tbe well known florist and seedsman, is dead,
aged 63 years. He was born at .Portsmouth,
divine revshrion we were Ti.ld that a ! DtckeilS. He Came to this
Land Script Swindlers.
Yankton, Dakota, May 20 —The Western Union
telegraph company, were compelled by the supreme
court yesterday, to produce the telegrams relative
to the Santa Fe land script frauds there. The tele
grams show that John D. Cameron, W. D. Russell,
and E. E. Carpenter, the latter of Beloit, Iowa, were
implicated iu the manufacture of bogus script.
Carpenter has been indicted and will be tried with ;
his country in 1843,.
and set type with Horace Greeley on the
Knickerbocker. He subsequently became
editor of the Genesee Farmer and Horticul
turist, and was for a long time secretary of the
American pomological society and a member
of the Royal horticultural society.. He went
into the seed business in 1860, and was one of
the most charitable of men. It is reported his
gifts averaged $10,000 yearly. During the
Kansas grasshopper plague he sent $25,000
worth of seeds to the sufferers, and last year
sent $10,000 or $15,000 to tne Michigan suf
ferers.
divine revelation we were told that
bishop must be blameless as the steward of God.
Christianity presents us a God which modern athe
ism denied, ne did not propose to argue this
question; only there must be a beginning, and the
existence of a Deity must be admitted to account
for something else. Nothing must have ever re
mained nothing unless you could prove that noth
ing could make something. Admitting the exis
tence of a God, everything else could be accounted
for He peopled space aud lit up the glorious bod
ies that give us light. This was more ration g.
than any theory yet discovered. Man was
made in the image of God, in spirituality, in
immortality. He wat made to know, love,
serve aud obey that God who gave him ex
istence. God loved the creatures he had made in
his image, it was no wonder that every living
man was an illustration of that love. The bishop
must be blameless as a steward of the mysteries
of God, not self-willed, arrogant. This was an es
sential qualification. A single act or a single word
from him recorded might do great damage to the
cause of Christ. The greatness of the work in
which they were involved and iu fearful responsi-
the nihers if he ran he fnnnd Cameron is coming ! bilities must ever be present in their minds. They
sarsssws.'st srtSSSWK i
>■«., me,n „d . I. W praftn, holto. ) ^ “W„ "K!
, • | began rising in the mind half the difll-
stappace ot Crap Report*. ; culty would be over if he would not speak.
New Yobk. Mav 20 —The New York cotton ex 1 A bishop must not be given to wine. Wine was
’ .... hv the National allowed and its occasional use prescribed by the
change was notified yesterday bj the National gcri p tnre8 j n teTe ial places. But a bishop must
cotton exchange of New Orleans that henceforth not t>e given to drinking.
the monthly crop and acreage reports are *o be dis- A bishop must not begiven to the love of money
continued. It is alleged that these re ports,pre par- because the love of money was a root of all evil. An
ed bv local exchanges throughout the sonth upon inordinate money-iover was an idolater. There . ——
information from planters and trader*, have been was no harm in the money; it could be put to a Ureenwoqd. Laurens and tqiartahbun; railroad ia
found to be unreliable They advanced loca great many good uses if the pouesror wished, but being graded. The Augusta and Knoxville direc-
interest instead of indicating the real condition of the desire for it should not be allowed to grow in tora subscribed $>5,000 to stock in the roaas named,
the crop, thnsenabling speculators toinfluence the the heart. _ j to-day. Ihe three roads trill Decontrolled in Augus-
Ilarrah for Flanacan.
Galveston, Texas, May so.—There is a rumor
current here that Hon. Webster Flanagan will be
appointed United States marshal of tbe eastern dis
trict of Texas, to succeed W. J. Phillips, the present
incumbent. It is stated that Mr. Flanagan is in
Washington for that purpose, and that his appoint
ment can be momentarily looked for. Mr. Flanagan
is the gentleman who said in the Chicago national
republican convention, “What are we here for if it
is not togetoffiife?”
Kailrotd Development*
Augusta. Ga., May '20.—Work on the Savannah
Valley railroad, from Anderson Court House, Sonth
Carolina, to Dorn’s Mines, on the Augusta and
Knoxville, will be commenced immediately The
The bishop should be given to hospitality. It' ta, and it is thought will be consolidated.
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