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& IHE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. LBGrtggs 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. iNoiirn^T pmn' 1