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VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MOR^CsGr, MAY 30, 1SS2.
PRICE 5 CENTS
THE WEEK EPITOMIZED
NARRATING THE HISTORY OF gEV-
EN DAYS.
Vroeeedinta and Abroad-Th* Politics and
Pervoritttn if tit* Old World-The Way* of
the people at Bom., and the Crimea and
Amusement* la Which They Indulaa.
TRIBUTE TO SENATOR IIIIX.
Special I) Is patch to The Constitution.
WAHHixoTON.May 25.—To-day Senator Hoar
was seen industriously circulating a paper.
It was noticed that every senator readily sign
ed it Considerable curiosity was expressed
as to the contents of the paper in which tfcc
Massachusetts senator was so_actively inter
ested, and every senator was so ready to sign.
It was a letter addressed to Senator D. II. Hill,
at Eureka Springs, and read as follows: “Your
associates and friends in the senate have read
with great satisfaction the statement in the
morning papers that your physicians regard
the symptoms in your case as giving ground
for great encouragement. We desire to assure
yon of our affectionate regard, of our
sympathy with you in your severe trial and
our admiration for the courage and patience
with which you have encountered it.” Sena
tor Hoar wrote the letter and signed it first
He watched every senator who entered the
chumber 'luring the day and secured sixty-
one signatures. When lie bunded the letter
to Senator Brown he said: “Every senator
who has heel) here to-day has signed this and
every one seemed to consider it a privilege,
to sign it” To night the testimonial was
sent to Senator Hill, accompanied by a cor
dial letter from Senator Brown. The news
of the aaflTerlng senator’s improvement lias
been received hero witli great pleasure.
TIIE Mf.MIll'.ESIlIF OK THE TARIFF COMMISSION.
To-night it is rumored that J. F. Hanson,
of Macon, will be. appointed on the tariil
commission. His application lias been made
to the president and is strongly indorsed.
Governor Bullock’s friends assert that his
appointment on the commission is very probu-
TIIE JEWS IN RUSSIA.
St. PETUumimu, May 24.—The official
Messenger publishes the regulations agreed
i*I"'** by tlie committee of ministers, and ap
proved by the emperor pn thodfith instant.
They provide that tire*Jew* shall henceforth
be prohibited fnure-j-nlimr outside of the
towns and village.-iijViff'qit where Jewish set
tlements already exist. The Jews nre pro
hibited from trading on Sundays and Chris
tians’ holidays. • These regulations only ap
ply to governments where the Jews nre per
manently settled. All contracts
of purchase or tenancy with Jews
are provisionally suspended. The
Messenger also announces by order of the
emperor that the government is firmly re
solved to punish inexorably all outrages
against the persons and property o( the Jews,
seeing that the latter are under the protec
tion of llie laws which are equally binding on
all subjects of the czar. The governors and
other authorities are therefore, commanded
on their personal responsibility to take timely
measures lo prevent or suppress outrages on
the Jews. Any remissness will entail dis
missal from office.
THU EGYPTIAN SITUATION.
’■ Cairo, May 24.—The ministry continue hos
tile preparations A line of torpedoes is being
laid along the coast. The liutivc carpenters
and smiths were summoned to the citadel to
day. All the officers were summoned to Abin
barracks yesterday and required to defend
the government against intervention. An at
tempt has been made tocxuctasimilar under-
takingfroiu theBedouin sheiks,but they refuse
to pledge themselves to resist Turkish inter
vention. The united squadron has contracted
for three months' provisions. A dispatch to
the Times from Cairo states that the situation
is hourly becoming worse,
Constantinople, May 24.—Lord Dufferin
and Marquis de Novilles, English and French
ambassadors respectively, have again assured
the porte that England and France have no
idea of any radical intervention in Egypt,
but are simply considering the best means of
insuring order.
FLIPPER’SLUCK,
Washington. May 26.—Itis understood that
Secretary Lincoln has approved the recom
mendation of Judge Advocate General Swaim
for n mitigation of the sentence of Lieutenant
Flipper, woo was convicted of gross violation
of army regulations and sentenced to dismis
sal from the service. The president will not
net upon the case until he lias had time to
dispose of important questions of state now
claiming iiis attention, but it is learned that
he is disposed to grant the mitigation recom
mended by the judge advocate general on this
•case
Secretary Folger will to-morrow or Monday
issue a call for $15,000,000 of continued six
per cent bonds.
• THE TARIFF COXUSSION.
The members o» the tariff commission, so
far as they were agreed upon at the cabinet
meeting to day, are John L. Hayes of Mass*
chusetts, Henry W. Oliver of Pennsylvania,
A. M. Garland of Illinois, Robert. P. Porter of
the District of Columbia, Alexauer Mitchell of
Wisconsin, John S. Pkclpsof Missouri, James
Chestnut, Jr., of South Carolina. The list
will probably be completed by the selection
of William A. Wheeler of Xew York, who, if
nominated, will be chairman of the commis
sion, and J. A. Amblin of Ohio. The names
of the commissioners will be sent to the sen
ate in the early part of next week.
SHOCKING OUTRAGE.
San Francisco, May 25.—The Toombstone
Epitaph publishes an account of a fight at
lgns runclie, on the line of the Arizona and
Xew Mexico railroad, near the Sonona border.
Mescale is smuggled across the line, and
much ill-feeling is engendered between the
American railroad laborers and the Mexicans.
A few evenings ago a number of Mexicans
with their families encamped near Jmus
ranche. The American lalorers being drunk,
attempted to force the Mexicans to give nt>
their women. This was resisted, and an affray
followed, in which seven Mexicans were
killed and several wounded. A number of
Americans were wounded and it is thought
three will_die.
A SEW JUDGE.
Sir Charles Bowen, at present judge of the
court of queen’s bench, will succeed the late
Sir John Halker as lord justice of the high
court of the queen’s bench of appeals.
Albert Young, who was recently arrested
for writing a letter to General Sir llenry Pon-
sonby. private secretary to the queen, threat
ening the life of her majesty, lmj been sen
tenced to ten years’ penal servitude.
Dome,lie New*
Chicago, May 36.—The board of trade to-day
voted to adjourn over Monday and Tuesday on ac
count of Decoration day services.
I* appointed litemry executor, to act in co-operation
with Mr. Emerson’s children. E. M. Emerson uud
W. H. Forbes are appointed executors.
Salt Lake, Utah, May 26.—About 23,000 votes
were cast for the constitution yesterday. Not on
hundred persons voted against 4t. The Gentiles
paid no attention to it. The convention meets again
June 6. to select delegates to go to Washington, with
the constitutior /
Trot, N. Y /• 26.—An infernal machine, eon
mining potv' yfir.d a fuse, was found on the porch
of the office of the Weekly News at Warrensburg,
Warren county. An attempt had been made to tire
the fuse. An inscription on the machine warned
the editor to leave the town. He had offended
some by the utterance of temperance principl. s.
fir. John. N. B. May 22.—The bark Herman, at
New Chstle, reports that there was about 100 vessels
fast In the Ice, which is in great abundance around
the Magdalen islands. The Herman had a very
difficult task to work through from one clear spot
to another, and was accompanied by only one ves
sel. bound for Shedi&c. The Herman was ten days
In tlie ice.
New York, May 26.—The failures in business for
the past week throughout the United States as re
ported to New York number 126, against T21 last
week. Eastern states 19, western 38, southern 33,
middle 21, Faclflc coast and territories 9, New York
city 6. The New York city failures are not signifi
cant and are devoid of general interest.
Washington, May 26.—Honorable Russell Evrett,
of Pennsylvania, met with quite a serious accident
this morning by being thrown from a herdic pas
senger conch. When alighting from the coach be
was thrown against the granite steps at the capitol,
recei vlDg a severe cut across the cheeks and nose.
Wilmington, Del, May 26.—The jury in the case
of James Redden, colored, charged with criminally
assaulting a young white girl, after beiug out twen
tr-four hours, returned a verdict at noon to-day of
guilty in the manner and form as indicted. This
afternoon he was sentenced to be hanged on Friday,
August 25th. He has admitted his guilt to the war
den since the verdict was rendered.
Batavia, N. Y., May 26.—Fred L. Jackson and
Mrs. Charles Hoyt, tlie eloping couple fiom this
city, now tinder arrest in Portland, Oregon, will
probably be discharged to morrow. The cost of
their return would amount to almost $1,000, and,
as Mr. Hoyt docs not care to contribute that sum
for the recovery of his faithless spouse, the matter
Will be dropped, so far as he is concerned.
St. Paul, Minn., May 20.—A skull of heroic size
and singular formation has just been discovered
among relics of the mound builders In the Red
river valley. The mound was sixty feet In diameter
and twelve feet high. Near the center were found
tho bones of about a dozen males and females
mixed with bones of various animals. The skul
in question was the only perfect one, and near i
were found some abnormally large body bones
The man who bore it was evidently agiant. Thor
ough investigation of the mouud and contents wil
l»c made by the historical society.
New York, May 23.—A St. Paul, Minn., special
to the Sun says a suit has been brought at Winne-
peg against General Rosser, of confederate cavalr£
fame, and late chief engineer of the Canadian
Pacific railway, charging him with retaining cer
tain plans and profiles of the Canada Pacific road,
with intention to- defraud. Tlie police court held
the defendant for trial hi the next assizes Bail was
fixed at £-1,000 and the general was released on
furnishing it.
Boston, May 23 —The captain of tlie Portuguese
schooner, name unknown, arriving here without
her clearance p.pers or consignment, has been
mulcted in £1,500 for further examination before
United States Commissioner Hallett. She brought
64 passengers from Faynll and St. George, was fifty-
three days on the passage, and the members of the
crew state that bat for the provisions received
from vessels spoken on the way nil hands would
have starved.
New York. May 23 —The partition sale made to
day of the Bcuuctt estate under the direction of
the referee, the bidding was.pretty spirited, hut ir.
all cases tlie property was knocked down to Jame
Gordon Bennett. The property is located at Fort
Washington. Fifth avenue, 21st street, 38th, 89th and
“I NEVER DID ”
YOU SEND NOTHING
THORITY.
BY MY AU-
Saeh are Mr. Stephens’* Remarks Concerning Mr
Emory Speer and Hts Dispatch io the Colonels—
He Hu Nothing to Say Through An.
other—Mr. Speer’* Sudden Ulnese.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Washington, May 27.—The statement in
Dr. Felton's letter to Tue Constitution that
Emory Speer sent his dispatch to the meeting
of independents in Atlanta with the consent
of Mr. Stephens, after reading it to him,
caused considerable comment here to-day.
To-night I asked Mr. Stephens if he had ever
authorized Mr. Speer to send such a tele
gram. He replied promptly and with empha
sis:
‘I never did.”
‘Did he read it to you, as the dispatch to
Dr. Felton declares, before he sent it?”
“If he did I have completely forgotten it.
Mr. Speer came here and talked to me as I
lay in bed from my sprained ankle. He said
something about sending a telegram to the
independents in Atlanta. I said to him dis
tinctly: ‘Send what you please; you speak for
yourself; you send nothing by my
authority.’ This was all I knew of it until 1:
saw* his telegram in the papers. While there
was nothing in it, I must say it was sent en
tirely without authority from me. and if I
ever saw it, as Mr. Speer says, I have com
pletely forgotten lit. After his telegram ap
peared lie asked Mr. Baldwin, my secretary,
what I thought of it. I replied to Mr.
Baldwin that I thought nothing of it ex
cept as a telegram from Mr. Speer
as I had nothing to do with it, and had told
him he could send nothing as coming from
me. It was entirely his own work, and I had
notiiing to do with it. Tlie only grounds he
could have based such a telegram on was my
interview with you as published in The Con>
stiSution. He talked to me about sending
such a telegram, and I emphatically told him
he could send nothing as coming from me.”
Mr. Speer is not in the city. About the
time tlie preset deadlock began in the house
he became suddenly unwell and is now recu
perating at Old Point. It is a good time for
men whose politics are a conundrum to be
absent and I am glad to state that Mr.Speer’s
attack, while it may keep him away until
( this trial of strength between democrats and
republicans is over, is not considered very
dangerous. There are strong hopes of his
recovery- immediately after this case is set
tled.
MR. STEPHENS’S LETTER.
i studied the subject
and is _ convinced that he carni
Jy,supply that county with opium anal
and* have enough to export if he obtains the 1 as
rigljt kind of seed. The best to be had have '
been Sent him and the result will be inter
esting. The ridicule lavished on LeDuc’s tea
theories may have had a depressing effect on
the experimental spirit of the agricultural
department, but it is well known that the
capacity of southern soil is uot yet even in
telligently guessed at. Tea can be raised here
and a hundred other things, perhaps, which
vronever dream of planting. A hiton opium
would be a fortune to the Cuthbert man. I
hope he will make it.
THE GEORGIA HARBORS.
_ Senator Brown means to take hold of the
river and harbor bill when it comes in, and
to make determined effort to get more money
for Brunswick and Savannah. It will be aii
up-hill business to raise the figures already
set,■‘but no harm will come of trying. Gen
eral Gilmore, of the engineer corps, has taken
a lively interest in'"the Georgia harbors, as is
shown by his strong reports in their favor, and
by his appearance in person before the
house committee to explain their great needs.
He may come over from Xew York to give
the senate co'iumittee a talk on this subject.
If Senator Brown does uot succeed in getting
any more money we will still have by far the
best showing we have ever enjoyed in a river
and harbor bill. For this good fortune we
must thank the united efforts of the Georgia
congressmen, aided by Major Wheaton and
Major Warren, of Savannah, and Colonel Ba
con, of Macon. The southern representatives
have learned to ask for what they want in
congress. They no longer stand on the worn
theories c-f extreme state’s right and turn
their hacks to the treasury, but they are now
iff lor big slices out of the general appropria
tions, wrapped in the good “old flag.”
Congress becomes more and more
of • a business body as the
interests of the country become greater and
more diversified. A man without business
sn .pand taet cannot be a successful leader
now in either house though he have all the
other gifts you can iztaagnie. When a man
comes to congress he advertises himself and
aiL the world will know whether he is a fail
ure or a success
POINTS.
Filibustering di’d not agree with Mr. Speer.
Hy has been absent this week on account of
sickness.
Sanator Matt Ransom enjoys the honor of
intimate friendship with President Arthur.
Dave Vance, son of the senator, and well
known in Atlanta, has taken a position on the
staff' of the Baltimore Day.
The English sparrows have about extirpated
all other birdsfrom Washington. They break
the eggs of the otlibrbhyis in preference to
meeting them in open fignt. They are so thor
oughly protected here that you had better
knock down a man than to ruffle a feather on
one of these impudent little chirpers.
THE GLORIOUS COUNTRY.
BY
BILL
THE
ARP.
POETICAL
The Philosopher Drops Into Poetry and shows the
Sprite Time Pcrvor Pulsing Through His Ink
—About Beings Boy—The Old Way and
the Now—Boo Hives and Plows.
SHOT SIX TIMES.
llow It Ws* Received by tlie Politicians lu Washing
ton—Mutter* at tho Capitol.
Special Correspondence of ThC Constitution.
Washington, May 24.—There was a lively
demand for The Constitution this morning
among Georgians at the capitol. Xor was the
desire to see it confined to this highly respect
able class* It was announced in the even
ing papers yesterday that the night before
Mr. Stephens’s letter had been telegraphed to, . , , ,
Tiie Constitution and that it flatly contra- ij • returned presently and shot Silk in the
we bi-OD floatir.u- '-:V- H anil as the latter turned, shot him again
Mn'kllk wo*Hard to Kill, Hut They Got Him atl.unt
Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Little Rock, May 26.—An Indian Territory
special says: Moses Silk has been killed at
FOrt Spunky. Silk was drunk and was firing
a, revolver indiscriminately, when Sheriff
Vaylor attempted to take the weapon from
;im, but Silk threw him down and threaten
ed to kill him. Taylor rose and walked away.
dieted some reports ivhich have Ire. .-jJ
around concerning his altitude in the guSftre'' ln
Nassau streets, tlie whole property of the Bennett
building ill Nassau street realizing £65,000 of the
amount.
Pittsburg, May 23.—The final conference be
tween manufacturers nnd the committee of amalga
mated association of iron and steel workers relative
to the signing of a wages scale for the ensuing year
was held this afternoon, and resulted iu an ad
journment without coming to an amicable settle
ment of their difficulties, and a strike on Juuc 1
first, seems inevitable.
- Ubrana, 111., May 23.—Mrs. Jacob Haller, of
Champaign, was lodged in jail here to-day, having
become suddenly insane. She imacined that Mrs.
Fagan had bewitched her and her two children.
In the absence of her husband she pursued Mrs.
r'agau with a hatchet, which she finally sunk into
her face, and afterward broke her skull' twice. Slen
feared to interfere. Mrs. Fagan will doubtless die
of the wounds. Mrs. Haller, later, was adjudged
insane in the court.
New York, May 23—Charles H. Smith, who was
Indicted by the grand jury of the District of Colum
bia on a charge of stealing from the treasury depart
ment certain nlates and material of the six per cent
issue of bonds on January, 1880, was arraigned he
fore United a tales Commissioner Benedict iu Brook
lyn to-day. His counsel then raised objection of a
misnomer, and claimed that his client’s name was
not “Charles H. smith.” An adjournment was
then taken. Smith says he has not been in Wash
ington since 1875 and.is innocent.
Lacrosse, Wis., May 23.—The will of ex-Governor
Washburn will not be published before the first
Monday in June. It is known, however, that among
the bequests is one of £50,000 to establish a public
library in this city, to be called the La Crosse public
library; also a bequest of £3i'5,000 for a memorial
orphan asylum at Minneapolis as a tribute io the
memory of his mother, to be called the Washburn
a-ylum These two bequests, with the gift of Gov
ernor Washburn to the observatory at Madison, and
his country seat at Edgewood to the Dominican Sis
ters, make* his bequests anti gifts more than £500,-
000. His estate will reach £2,500,000.
Leadville, Col., May 24.—Early yesterday morn
ing the Grant company’s smelting works were com
pletely destroyed by fire, which is supposed to have
been caused by an explosion of the furnace. The
loss Is estimated to be between £500,000 and $400,000.
The insurance is £65,000. These works were the
largest of the kind in the world. Over three hun
dred men are thrown out of. employment here, and
quite a number at Omaha, where the refining
works arc located. The woiks will be rebuilt.
New York, May 26—It has beeu ascertained from
a member of Governor Crittenden’s party in this
city that on Ids return to Missouri he will oouclude
negotiations for the surrender of Frank James and
possibly other members of the James gang and thus
put an end to the organization of brigands in Mis
souri. Frank James is now iu Jackson oouuty, and
instead of meditating more mischief is represented
as being anxious n> make the best terms possible for
himself Gov. Crittenden is fnllv itujrmed as to
his whereabouts and means to have him in satstody
inside of ictt days. It is asserted the whale James
gut.g will be broken up. Toe putts nre ail laid and
only await tke governor'.*return iot cxocuiiou. The
governoraud party will jvturn to-morrow.
Muscatine, la.. May 24.—'There are new and
startling developments in the McMiuomou patri
cide, twelve miles west of here, telegaphed Satur
day. The girl Mary, who on Saturday declared that
she shot her father in self defense, here brotheraud
her older sister are here in jail. The Daily Journal
has a full confession from the two girls showing
that the murder was committed by the brother, in
order that the children might have their own way
at home,and that it was arranged that the youngeei
sister should acknowledge the shooting, with the
idea that the plea of self defense and her extreme
youth would save her from punishment, and thus
her sister and brother escape punishment also.
There is much excitement over the case here.
Farelsn Flashes.
The duke of Grafton is dead—aged 67.
Cardinal McCabe, of Ireland, has received a num
ber of threatening letters.
tlie '--bteas* Silk staggered and seemed
_ ... I The revolt in the southern provinces of Austria
Rr hmono. May 26.—The new bridge of the Rich ! i s at an en< j.
moud and Petersburg railroad over the James river, j London, May 26.—Canon Ernest Wilberforec, son
taking the place of the one destroyed by the fire
some time ago has been completed, aud was crossed
for the first tune this afternoon.
Knoxville, Term , May 26.—A motion for a new
trial ln the Larkin murder case was this morning
continued by Mr. Justice Matthews until the July-
term of the federal court. Larkin is out ou a bond
of £10,000.
of the late bishop of Oxford, has beeu appointed
bishop of Newcastle.
_ London, May 36.—The Post's dispatch from |3er-
lin says: Reports have reached here of a terrible
conflagration in KietT. The Homes hare been raging
face Tuesday.
natorial campaign.
When the letter arrived in its original
shape this morning copies of the pajier con
taining it were rapidly circulated and various
comments were made. Some of the enter
prising correspondents who have been writ
ing the great Georgian up as the leader of the
independents felt the wind suddenly drop
out of their sails.
That’s a crusher,” remarked an eminent
Georgian, as he finished the last sentence of
the letter. Mr. Stephens has received many
warm congratulations from friends
in Washington. He has for weeks
past been one of the principal
topics of gossip here. While his friends have
understood all the time exactly how he stood,
ingenious efforts have been made to distort
his utterances and to give color to the silly
story that he was in sympathy with the so-
ealled new movement in Georgia. Since it is
no longer possible to keep up this programme,
I suppose the next thing in order will be to
commence abusing him as a bourbon. In
deed, the New York Times, of to-day, applies
that well-worn but indefinite epithet to him.
Well, the “bourbon” looks better to-day
than he has since he had his un
fortunate falL He is fast recovering, is
in excellent spirits, and while he
watches the progress of events in
Georgia with a calm and cheer
ful interest he is looked upon by
common consent here as the next governor of
his state. His work on the history continues
without interruption. The advance sheets
show that it will be a handsome volume.
While it has been written in an incredibly*
short time, considering the nature and scope
of the subject, it has been formulated from
materials gathered in years of study, reflec
tion and observation.
The labor of answering letters ton the guber
natorial question has been very heavy on Mr.
Stephens. 1 hope the letter will lighten
this. These appeals have come from
all parts of the state; from all shades of po
litical opinion; from all classes of society.
Some of them are strikingly original,expressive
in a quaint way of the earnestness of their
writers. The other day when he was speak
ing of the great number and variety of these
letters I asked if any of them came from la
dies. “Noae,” was the reply. This is an ev
idence of the extreme aversion southern
women have to touching any political ques
tion, for it is well known that Mr. Stephens
is a universal favorite among them. I have
no doubt they have already, in their hearts,
elected him governor.
TEXAS POLITICS.
In the lone star state they are casting about
for a good man to put at the head of their af
fairs. I hear Me. Culberson, of the bouse,
prominently mentioned in this connection.
He is a Georgian and a cousin of A. B. Cul
berson, of Atlanta. He ranks high as a law
yer in Texas, and if not chosen governor is
good for a return to congress. Governor Rob
erts aspires to the senate and will oppose sen
ator Coke, but wit h not very flattering chances
of success. Coke is very popular; a man of
fine natural sense, disturbed by little culture.
Judge Reagan seems to have strong hold out
there. While he can easily come back tocon-
gress, lie is be*ng urged to "make the race for
governor, and has a strong following for the
senatorship if he chooses to enter that race.
Mr. Olin Wellborn is considered safe for an
other term in the house. Mr. Jones, present
greenback congressman from the Galveston
district, and one of the loud prophets of po-'
litical revolution in the south, will make an
independent staud for governor and be left at
home to nurse his new party. Jones is not
indispensable here.
RAISING OPIUM IN GEORGIA.
A gentleman residing iu Cuthbert writes to
Senator Brown to procure him some seed of
the opium poppy and says he is sure they
will grow well in his locality. The seed have
heen sent and the result of the experiment
will be reported to the agricultural depart-
i meut. During the late war opium was suc
cessfully grown in Virginia, Tennessee, aud
blinded, as he fired at a Choctaw Indian; who
was seated on a stump eating lunch and tak
ing no part in the affray. The Indian was
shot through the hat. He leveled his shot
gun at Silk and fired both barrels,
loaded with bird-shot, into his
stomach. Silk now walked up to Taylor and
said: “Taylor, you have killed me, but I
want to make friends before I die.” As he
spoke he seized the sheriff and tried to kill
him. As he held him in his arms he drew
one of the sheriff’s pistols from his belt and
shot the officer once, when two of Taylor’s
friends came to his aid and lodged two balls
in the side of his assailant. Silk loosened his
hold, walked back a few steps, and, exclaim
ing: “You have killed me this time sure,’
fell on tlieground and died without a struggle.
He had been shot six times, and was literally
riddled with lead. Silk was one of the most
notable desperadoes in the Indian nation, and
had long been a terror to the people of Fort
Spunky, a little village on the line of the new
railroad. He is credited with being accessory
to numberless murders.
Nashville Tens., May 26.—Yesterday near
a house on the mountain, sixteen miles from
Knoxville, John Walker was stabbed by An
drew Evans. Walker who had been carrying
a sack of meal picked it up and walked 200
yard ,and then fell and died in a few min
utes. Evans gave himself up.
STEPHENS ON SPEER.
Written for The Constitution.
Just now the country is most glorious. You
city people ought to shut up your doors and
come out and see the smiling land, and .lux
uriate in beauty and innocence and peace.
A sure and beautiful harvest is in sight every
where and the farmers are about to be re
deemed. Nature is in her teens just now—
a blushing maiden wearing pantalets and
preparing to bang her flaxen hair. How’s
that for high? If I was a poet I would sit in
my piazer this lonely evening and breath a
poem or on ode or an idle or a pastoral song
and say
How sweet the sunlight rests upon the land
The woods are happy iu their summer clothes
The waving grain by gentle breezes fanned
Gives token of good picking for the crows.
The fields are proud and “feeling of their oats”
Or boast of beiug “just as good as wheat”
The jay bird sines his adamantine notes
And kine with swelling fat stick out a feet.
Jesso. I feel the poetic inspiration all
aboard, but somehow my rhymes have to be
powerfully strained. This I suppose is the
:;uult of our language, though possibly it may
be mine for there arc a power of folks who
swell up and gush, but are not poets. Maybe
that blank verse is my forte in the spring of
the year, for they say it is a higher type of
rapsliody and is more esthetic. Blank verse
don’t jingle like a jewsharp, but it elevates a
man to more ethenal regions. Blank verse
has no long ineter, or short meter, or 8s, 7s
and 4s, but just meters all along the line,
whether its long or short, like the qaire sings
in the Episcopal church, and can trot, or pace,
or gallop through a sentence aud make the
tune to fit it, meter or no meter. Still I don’t
think old people ought to try to write poetry,
for they can’t get up sufficient gush. Age
knocks the poetry out of a man just like
marriage knocks the music and romance out
of a woman, She quits play in’the piano in
about two years and takes to the sewing ma
chine. She quits singing and goes tqcluckin’
and scratchin around. I don’t like that. It
always makes me sad to see an anxious, care
worn mother, and it would seem like enough
to scare off her own girls from marryin’, but
somehow it don’t. The longer a man can
keep up his boyish feeliugs aud hilarity and
play boss with"his little boys, and the longer
a woman can laugh and frolic and picnic and
romp with her children the better for ’em.
When Mrs. Arp condescends to put on her
long-eared sunbonuet ana go with me and the
children to the dewberry patch I am happy,
ticks or no ticks. That’s an event, that is.
Dewberries are ripe now, and we eat ’em with
sugar and shore enough cream and make pies
out of ’em, and if sugar was cheap or easy to
get, we would all be happy. No
family of size and appetite like mine
ought to go through the berry season without
a barrel—for there are .blackberries and
huckleberries and rasberries and cherries for
tarts, and peaches aiid apples for dumplings
and everything for jelly find preserves and a
dollars worth of sugar"at a ’time is just an ag
gravation. Mrs. Arp said yesterday she had
rather be stinted in anything than sugar”—
and coffee”—said I. “Well, yes,” said she,
I can’t do without coffee”—“and plenty of
butter,” said I. “Yes, and butter,” said she,
“and good flour,-” said I, “and lard and nice
clothes and number 2 shoes, and so on and so
forth and so on, all of which ends in want
ing plenty of money. Jesso.
The clover is blooming high this year and
looks too lovely to cut down, 'but such is life
and the end of all things.
••Time cuts down all
Both great aud small.
Old father Time used to go about in sum
mer clothes with nothing on but his bones
and a scythe blade in his hand, but now
we can cut down ten acres to his one
with a buckeye reaper. They ought to get up
a new picture with the old feller sitting up ou
a machine and driving a pair of Kentucky
mules in a wheat field at harvest time. There
are a heap of the good old primmer and spell
ing book pictures going out of date. Nobody
ever uses an hour gloss now. Nobody ever
sees an old-fashioned bee hive with a round
top and made of straw. The old farming pic
tures look curious to this generation—the
humpbacked man cutting his wheat with a
crooked sickle, holding a bunch in one hand
and cutting it with the other. And there was
two men a plowing—one was driving the steers
and the other holding the plow, and that’s
where Ben Frankiin got his maxim—
The chainLer of deputies on Mondav resolved, I the Carolines. Professor Porcher in his “Re-
- despite the opposition of 31. Say, miui-ter ot . cr,,, of southern fields a ml** fores re ** egre
Boston May 26,-The will of Ralph Waldo Emer- ! finance, toggle proposal of sutetUufftjgthe j that the of sLVh Carolina and Gco’r-
roa «*nt*‘u* At the close of the sitting M." Say tendered his resig- ! gia is admirably adapted to the cultivation of
erty to bis wile aud children* J junta Eliot Cabot nation. the poppy. The Cuthbert gentleman tays he
The Georgia SUtesmun Sits Down Flat on the Ninth
District Congressman.
Special to Cincinnaii Enquirer.
Washington, May 23.—There was a report
in circulation at iflie capitol to-day to the ef
fect that there was a letter published this
morning in Atlanta and Angusta-, Georgia,
from Mr. Alexander H. Stephens, in which
he declared his unwillingness to accept the
nomination of the independents of that state
for governor. A reporter of the Star, in or
der to get at the truth of the matter, called
upon Mr. Stephens at the National hotel, he
being still confined,to his room by reason of
the injury he sustained in the fall he had re
cently at "the papitol. When'asked if he had
written a letter in regard to the nomination
of himself for governor of Georgia, Mr. Ste
phens replied in the affirmative. He said
that last night he wrote a letter, distinctly de
fining his position, to an old friend, Mr.
Charles G. Smith, of Washington, Ga.; that
Mr. Smith had written requesting him to state
his position under his own hand.
. Mr. Stephens says he had not retained
copy of the letter. He gave it to Georgia cor-
respondentsas soon as it was written, as it was
intended for publication. He had seen a dis
patch sent front Atlanta and printed in Chi
cago, stating that there was in Atlanta a tele
gram from Mr. Stephens, saying he would
accent the independent nomination. Mr.
Stephens wrote to his friend, Mr. Smith, that
there was no such telegram in Atlanta or
elsewhere from him;- , that he had not author
ized any person to say he would accept the
independent nomination, and the gist of his
letter in a nutshell, he added, was that he
would not accept the independent nomina
tion, but he would accept the regular demo
cratic nomination, if tendered him.
He said he had, no aspirations for the gov
ernorship, but men of all parties in Georgia
had represented, to. him that the people
•wanted him, and he had said he would take
the nomination it the citizens of Georgia de
sired it. He said he would regard the action
of the democratic convention as voicing the
will of the people. If that convention should
nominate him, lie would take it as evidence
of the people’s desire to Lave him for gov
ernor, and he would run; but if tbat conven
tion should uot nominate him, he would
construe it to mean that he was not the peo
ple’s choice, and he would not run on any
ticket, nor for any party; that if the demo
cratic convention should not nominate him,
his name could not, and should not be used
Heaven with joy. The American Bible so
ciety has this work in hand. It may be truly
called the greatest of all missionary move
ments, foreign and domestic, in our land.
We rejoice iu its past history,and pray that God
may bless its future a thousand fold more.
Iu reference to the paper of Dr. Savage, sug
gesting a more definite plan for collections tor
the society, we recommend the adoption of
the following: That we most cordially com
mend to all our congregations the American
Btble society as well deserving the support of
all Christian people; that we recommend to
our pastors to give to their congregations, so
far as practicable;ithe privilege of contribute :
ug to the Bible cause.
Nashville, May 26.—In the general con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, yesterday, the report of the committee
oil revisal, besides submitting a recommenda
tion that the word “south” be eliminated
from the name of the church, proposed to
change the name from Methodist Episcopal to
Episcopal Methodist. Judge Whitworth ,,
favored the change because tlie question on
which separation was based was dead, and he
thought if the name was changed 400,000 ne
groes in the south would join the church, but
would not do it as long as it retained its pres
ent name. Dr. W. R. Brown, of California,
wanted the name changed because it
was objectionable to the western people.
J. Wofford Tucker, of Florida, said names
had in them history, and history crystalizes
itself into creeds. Although it is clainfed
that the word south, in connection with our
church, is no longer applicable; if it was
called by another name, we will confuse the
subject in the mind. Were not nine-tenths
of the members south of Mason and Dixon's
line?
P. A. Petersou, of Virginia, said they would
have to discard sentiment aud look at facts.
The,suffix '.‘South” would have 'never been
added to bur name but to distinguish it from
the M. E. cliUEch. Our mission is to plant
our church in every section of the country,
and not alone in the south, as our name
would seem to indicate.
E. K. Miller, of Missouri, said a change in
naiue was demanded. No one could visit the
northwest and view things as they exist, and
deny this.
J. D. Shaw, of Texas, said he wanted the
mlity, doctrines and name of our church to
ie for all the world. It is our commission to
go into the whole world. This Ls the “great
commission.’’ He said we are too much
limited; our success demands this change.
W. W. Bennett, of Virginia, spoke strongly
against the change, saying it was a surrender
Anson West, of Alabama, said he thought
that there were not much agitation on the
subject. He favored indefinite postponement
because he did not want tlie matter agitated.
We are not claiming the whole world, and es
pecially tlie northern part of our country.
That was simply poetry. We would gain
nothing by a change. They would still be
called “that old rebel church.” The line was
there and would stay there till they were dead
and buried.
Dr. McFerrin read the following in lieu of
the report of the committee and moved its -
adoption.
Resolved, That, the matter of the change of
the Methodist Episcopal church south, to the
Episcopal church be referred to the various
annual conferences by the bishops during
the ensuing four years, and that they report
the result to the general conference in 1886,
and further
Resolved, That the church name, if chang
ed shall be the Methodist Episcopal church
of America.
Dr. J. E. Evans, of Georgia, moved to.
amend by making the name Methodist Epis
copal church of Christ. This amendment
was not accepted. The substitute prevailed
by a rising vote of 105 to 40.
THE ADJOURNMENT.
Bishop McTyeire suggested that tho hour of;
adjournment whs at hand. The session had
been a very harmonious one, and suggested
that it be closed with devotional exercises.
He-lined out as a Closing hymn that song of
Charles Wesley’s, beginning:
“And let our bodies part.
To distant lands repair.”
It was sung with true devotion. Dr. Mc-
AiiaUV offered a fervent prayer, touching the
hearts of many.
“Let me loVe Thee more and more,” was
then sung during which a great deal of emo
tion was manifested by the members.
Dr. McAnally advanced to Dr. McFerrin,
and they clasped each other, while the tears
ran down their cheeks. He then clasped the
hand of each of the bishops after the true
Methodist style. There were few dry eyes in '
the audience.
In concluding the exercises, Bishop Mc
Tyeire pronounced the general conference
adjourned sine die, to be succeeded by
by another consisting of an equal number of
ministers and laymen, to be elected according
to law, and to meet on the first Wednesday
in May. 1886, in the city of Richmond, Va.
The doxology was then sung, and Bishop
Pierce pronounced the benediction.
“He that by the plow w. uld thrive
' eithe ’ ” ’ ’ “
Himself must either hold or drive.”
But now one man will sit upon a cultivator
or a pulverizer and do ten times the work in
a day. I dobt see how them old time fellers
did make a living, for with ali our improve
ments it is nip and tuck to get along anil keep
even. But some of those old spellin book
pictures stick fast and dont degenerate a bit.
That rude boy still climbs the apple tree, old
dog Tray still gets into bad company, the bull
gores the ox and the milk maid has vain ex
pectations and turns over the bucket just like
they did in the olden time. We can mend
up our machinery and invent new ones but
our old habits and traits of character -remain
about the same. I dont know that our people
are any happier than they were 4,006 years
ago and the same old truth prevails. Man
that is born of a womans and there are nooth
er sort that I know of, is of few days and full
of trouble. Bill Arp.
THE METHODIST CONFERENCE.
AN INDIAN APPEAL
Nashville, May 25.—In the general confer
ence yesterday the announcement of the elec
tion of the following named editors was read:
Samuel L. Webber, Southern Christian Advo
cate; W. H. Porter, Western Christian Advo
cate: T. T. Christian, Alabama Christian Ad
vocate; F. Richardson, Holston Methodist;
W. T. Black and F. L. Reed, Raleigh Chris
tian Advocate; Z. Meek, Central Methodist; I.
T. John, Texas Christian Advocate; D.
R. McAnnaily, St. Louis Advocate;
their resignations as members of the commit
tee appointed to publish-the Quarterly Re
view. and J. H. Carlisle and J. W. Tucker
were elected in their places. Dr. B. Craven
submitted tlie following report, which was
adopted: The committee on Quarterly Review
has completed satisfactory arrangements for
the publication of the Review, and has elected
Rev. J. W. Hinton, of theSoutb Georgia Con
ference. editor for the next four years.
The committee reported as follows on the
Bible cause: “The Bible is the foundation of
our holy religion. Itis the base of opera
tions in all Christian eriterprizes at home and
abroad; the sine qua non in every church
work and in personal and family religion as
well. It is the great source of the principles
of civil law and civil government, and
is the first factor in the advance of
Christian civilization over the world.
wu.u uu.,, — The multiplication and distribution of
at all; in short, that he would take none but j the Bible until it shall be printed in every
the regular democratic nomination. Mr. ! spoken language and dialect and a copy
Stephens said that he had never given any. placed in every family throughout the woriy.
authority for the telegram sent by represent . is an undertaking superlatively grand in its
tal i ve Speer, of Georgia, to Dr. Felton f to s he ' conception and worthy of the united prayers
effect that fie (Stephens) would accept the and labors of all churches; the full accom-
iridependent nomination. plishmentof which would thrill earth aud
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
San Francisco, May 25.—A Fort Thomas
dispatch says tbat Esketleschew, chief of the
Caytite Apaches, has visited Colonel Herbert
G. "Brackett, of the 3d cavalry, commanding
the post, and states that he wishes the govern
ment to allow his people to go back and live
at their Old home in the White mountains.
There is plenty of grass and water for 3tock
raising, and they can farm. He complains
that the sub-agency is unhealthy and the
land unproductive, and that no water
can be had there'for farming purposes. All
they desire is to be permitted to go where
they can make a living, and if they are al
lowed to return they will not ask the govern
ment for assistance of any kind, as they can
support themselves. He also stated that they
wish the military to protect them from Amcr-
cans, Mexicans and hostile Indians. Refer
ring to the cause of the Chircahua
outbreak, he said it was caused
by Agent Tiffany not assisting
them to make water ditches to irrigate the
land. Two of the chiefs, Jub and Meclise,
went on two different occasions to Tiffany
begging for this assistance in getting out the
ditches, and Tiffany would not reply or give
them any satisfaction whatever. This chief
stated that he represented fifteen chiefs of
different bands of Apaches, who had sent
him with the message, and hence he spoke
by authority.
ACCIDENT AND CRIME.
Housed by Vigilant*—Fourteen PcraonM Burned to
Death—Serious Accident**
Callingwood, Ontario, May 25.—It is now
learned that- fourteen persons lost their lives
by the burning of the steamer Manitoulin, on
Lake Huron last week. The fire was caused
by an explosion of a coal oil lamp.
New York, May 25.—In a new tunnel
which is in process of excavation through
the palisades of Union Hill, New Jersey, for
the New York, Ontario and Western railway,
Several tons of rock fell to-day upon the
workmen. Two were killed and another
probably fatally injured. Work was sus
pended for the time.
Boston, May 25.—At Marlboro, Mass., yes
terday ofternoon Lewis Tarye, the champion
bicycle rider of the United States, was thrown
from his bicycle and had his skull fractured.
He will probably die. ,
San Francisco. May 25.—A dispatch from
Wallowaka. Wyoming territory, says: Andy
Neal, a horse thief, and generally a disreputa
ble character, was hanged by vigilantes near
Rockford last Monday.