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V FA-Y ETTEVILL12 G-V ^ LBGngg? THE WEEKLY VOLUME XIV. TUESDAY MOKNTXa, JUNE 20, 1882. PRICE 5 CENTS DURING THE WEEK. "WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AT HOME AND ABROAD. The Army JUU^tmabt BUI—Politic*1 nomination*— A Heavy Loee at F*to—Pemlo-BtrioXeu Euro* paann—Marriages and &ee«piIoaa la At* Janta—Wifo Harder* and Suicides. the Air-Line road ran over a strange man and killed him. One negro nearly killed another by the use of a brickliat. The Fulton pomo- iogical society had u full meeting. There was was a large display of fruit. Bishop Beck with baa gone northwest on a fishing expedi tion. A policeman shot at a burglar but missed him. The city court jury gave Dr. Wilson a verdict of $5,000 against Atlanta. It is rumored that Colonel Wadiey has re signed tiie presidency of the Central. Monday, June 12.—Tho army retirement bill enforces retirement of officers at the age of 64. This retires General Sherman in two years and puts General Sheridan in command of the army. The memory of Garibaldi was celebrated in New York, Cincinnati and Rich mond. The Irish bishops condemn the no- rent movement. The strikes in Cleveland and other places are waning. A*new tele graph company has been organized in Chicago with $21,000,000 capital. In the City—The police commission tried and acquitted Captain Aldridge and Patrol man Justice. There were 400 arrests during the month of Muy. The contract for paving Peachtree street has been let to Mr. Spanks, of Louisville, and the work has already be gun. On Sunday night Mr. Frank N. Carter and Miss Betty Winters were married, Rev. Virgil Norcross officiating. Miss Sallie Agnes Holland died at the residence of Mrs. S. A. Lester, on Sprinr street. J. Branham Dun lap, of Bullards express, was married to Miss Emily Homme). A brilliant recep tion was given at the residence of Colonel Peters, in honor of Ralph Peters and his bride, nee Miss Nellie Goodman, of Cincin nati. An art loan exhibition in the interest of the Young Men's Christian association is in progress. Policeman Weaver died on Sun day of injuries received by a fall from a street oar. His representatives have sued the city for $15,000. Tuesday, June 13.—In the senato Mr. Brown secured the defeat Of a proposition to retire naval officers with the pay due their brevet rank, thereby saving the government a large sum of money. The senate also passed the bill to refund to Japan $785,000, which that government had been previously com pelled to pay the United States. It has since been demonstrated that the position of Japan was correct. Tillman, democrat, of South Carolina, is to be ousted from his seat, and •Smalls, negro, to be admitted. Emory Speer voted with »hc republicans to sustain the levying of political assessments. Frederick Ruble is the republican candidate for governor of Maine: J. R. Beasely has been nominated by the greenbackers for the governorship of Tennessee, ami Senator Anthony has been re elected to the senate from Rhode Island for the fifth time. A movement is on foot in France to moke the judges elective. Over •one hundred persons were killed in the Alex' amlriu riots. The empress of Russia hasgi ven birth to a daughter. The failure of the pres ident to appoint the Utah commission is due to the fact that there is no money to defray the expenses of tho members. In the City—There are only five stations on the Georgia Pacific so far. They are: Chat tahoochee, eight miles from Atlanta; Maple- ton, seven miles from Chattahoochee; Cin- •cinnati and Georgia junction, three miles from Maplcton; Salt Springs, three miles from Cincinnati and Georgia junction; Dou- g’nsvttlc, six miles from tjittrOptfna; WitinV station, five miles from Douglasville. There arc thirty-five employes In tho post-office. A new street railroad is to be built. William H. Barnes, an old citizen of Atlanta during the war, is on a vis ; t to the city. A new . brass band has been organized, which promt .sea music on the 4m of July. Tne com mencement exercises of the Atlanta colored colleges are in progress. Wednesday, June 14.— A wrangle took place in the house of representatives, in which Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, called Mr. White, of Kentucky, a liar and a lunatic, and Mr. White retorted by calling Mr. Kelley a scoundrel. A Mr. Weed lost $150,000 in one day at faro in Ncwburg, New York. Crop prospects in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are good. The republican liberal convention of North Carolina indorsed the nominations of tlie liberal convention. The strikers throughout the north are generally going to work. The Europeans in Egypt are panic-stricken, and are leaving without any regnrd to property. In the giving way oft bridge in Indiana 11 persons were drowned. In the City.—Mr. G. H. Tanner was mar ried to Miss Annie E. Murpliy, daughter of Anthony Murphy. Mr. W. II. Barnes wus banquetted by the Odd Fellows. Over a mil lion of dollars a year is pent in the barrooms of Atlanta. For shaving and blacking boots tlie sum expended is $’.13,000. Many cases of burglary are reported. Mike Lynch is build ing a $1200 store on Decatur street. Mr. B. W. Wrenn is agitating the nbolition of the baggage system and its transferral to the ex • press companies. Thursday, June 15.—Ex-Governor Denni son, of Ohio, is dead. The Arkansas ' demo crats have nominated Judge J. H. Berry for governor. The editor of the Cleveland Lead er forcibly ejected & priest from his office. The priest had called for some rejected man uscript. At Mount Sterling, Kentucky, a ravislier was lynched. In a feud at Lloa, Texas, five persons were killed. At Canton, Ohio, George McMullin murdered his wife. The Brookfield, Mo., bonk robbers pleaded guilty and were sentenced to twenty-five years in the penitentiary. William Johnson, of Xenia, 111., murdered his wife and com mitted suicide. In a gas explosion at Wilkes barre, Fa., five persons were killed. At Win Chester, Ky., ten negroes and one white man were drowned. In the City.—A brilliant reception was given at the residence of Major Livingstone Minims to- Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Knowles. -Smith Clayton, in costume, delivered a lec ture on Oscar Wilde. A wealthy Atlantian oilers three cents apiece for rats. B. H. Por ter and Miss Barbara Kennedy were married. Real estate speculation is at its height. The public library is making large additions of books to its shelves. Captain John Millcdge is to deliver the prizes at Oxford college. Friday. June 1<«.—la the. senate Mr. Hoar introduced a bill n-mlating the succession to presidential vacain-ns in the members of the cabinet, according to date of appointment. The membership of that commission was an nounced, and it will nt once enter on its work. $245,000 more are required to complete the work of the ceusus. An immense labor demonstration took place in Pittsburg. Forty * persons were injured in an accident on tlie Louisville, New Albany and Chicago railroad. The richstav lias been' proroqued until No vember 30. The Englisu, French, German, Austrian, Du*ch, Italian and Spanish fleets are represeentd off Alexandria, Egypt. Com plaint is made that the Russian refugees are arriving in the country too fast for the abil ity of their Jewish friends to provide for them. In the Jf'ity.—A match factory has been es tablished in Atlanta, and a new broom factory is proposed. A La Crosse club has been or ganized. Mr. W. 51. Curry, of Hampton, has sent Mr. S. M. Inman a bloom from cotton planted April 17th. A great many peopleare going to the watering resorts. The small-pox reports have entirely ceased. Saturday, June 17.—A destructive tornado throughout Missouri occasions great damage. Twenty lives lost. Sixteen business houses burned in Gadsden, Ala. Two murderers lynched in Denver. The situation in Egypt continues threatening, and fears of a renewal of the riot are entertained. In a West- Vir ginia railroad accident twelve persons were seriously injured. A large quantity of Fe-1 nian ammunition discovered in London. I In the City.—Way freight train 16. on the* IK-tructlre Forest Kim. Milwaukee. Wis., June 15.—A special dispatch received hare-to-night shows that forest fires of a destructive &V1 most threatening nature 1 are raging in the interior ol the state. The burned’ and threatened places are distant from telegraph sta tions, and it is almost impossible to obtain details. It is learned, however, that several logging camps, with all their ent logs -and immense amounts of standing timber have been destroyed. It is reported that sevemlJires have been lost, and it is known that manycnttle have been burned to death. The lateslYeporvIs that the flames are sweeping into the town of Hewittsville, and it is feared that the town with its mills, etc., will be destroyed. People are out iu oil directions lighting the flames. Wheat and Prairie Dog*. Abilene, Texas, June 15.—Advices from Buffalo gap say the wheat crop iu that part of Taylor coun ty is yielding an average of forty bushels per acre- and that the same holds good throughout Brazos and Colorado river regions. Frost-bitten wheat is turning out better than was anticipated, yielding 14 to 15 bushels and averaging 15. There is great anxiety felt throughout this entire new section of country over the immense number of prairie dogs that have appeared in the grain field, particularly oats and com. It is feared great destruction will be done by them. An intelligent farmer says state aid to destroy the pests is needed; that they breed twice a year and scatter over the country; that be fore emigration poured iu wolves, cayotes. haws and wildcats kept them thinned out, but these beasts being driven ouc by tlie settlers there is nothing to war on the prairie dogs. - STEPHENS SPEAKS ON THE PROMINENT ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN. Ha Never AflUstsd-wlth the Coalitionists nor Cones- ponded -with Them on Tolltteal Iesaes—He Un hesitatingly Adheres to the Democracy. —The Great Commoner's Plain Talk. - Better shoot all their Horses. Galena, 111., June 15.—Yesterday in the town of Linden, Iowa county, Wisconsin, William Butler, wealthy farmer of the town, was returning home from a neighboring place with a load of posts, when his wagon was overturned and he thrown to the ground and instantly killed. A little earlier hi the day a brother of the deceased was very serious ly injured by tho running awsy of his team. In the afternoon John and Thomas Bader, sons of de ceased, were run away with by a fractious team, which wrecked the wagon. Thomas was hurled under Iho.debrK sustaining injuries of a danger ous character. The accident occurred while the ons were going after the remains of ther father. Nemo Heavy Investments, New York, June 15.—New York capitalists are puttidg a good deal of money into real estate and buildings. Mr. Russell Sage has engaged architects to make for him plans for a large double house at Eighth aveuue andrlinetieth street, upon ft plot of ground 100 feet square. James-R. Keene has be come the purchaser, of the Wendermerc apartment- house at Fifty-seventh street and Ninth avenue (or being his first investment in real estate in this city. William Ji. Falconer, of Falconer & Son, recently purchasedJ>G0,lt/O acres of agricultural and grazing land iu Colorado. The property at No. 928 Broadway, for which William M. Tweed paid Sli'J,- 500 nine years ago, was sold by auction last week for $00,000, after an ofi’er of iw.000 hHd been retused for its purcoase at pilvtte Mile. Jose F. Navarro filed plans with the bin c>m oi buildings to-day for the construction of eight fire-proof aparlment- houros in Fifty-eighth and Fiity-uinth streets, near fceventh avenue, which nre to eost $300,000. Albany, Jnric"l4.—Successful observations of the Wells comet were made ut the Dudley, observatory yesterday and-to-day at tlie meridian transit. The most interesting fact obtained is that the comet has a real nucleus. Yesterday tais nucleus was clearly seen as a bright, perfectly round aud sharply de fined disk of light. If ustrouomers elsewhere con firm this discovery, it will settle the mooted ques tion as to whether a cornet has a real solid ed qui body the center of its mass. Tito npparent diameter of this nucleus is about three-quarters of a second.'.or, after allow ing for irradiation, about 2U0 miles. The observation to-day shows :!iat the.comet is still in creasing in biightucss, and that the vapors which surround the nucleus are becoming more dense aud abundant. The observations have also proved the Dudley observatory epbemerles to be remarka bly accurate. Exports of Domestic breadstuff*. Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette. Washington, June 14.—A bulletin from thB bureau of statistics sets forth that the total value of the exports of domestic breadstuff’s for May, 1882, was $10,107,415, against $19,804,618 for May, 1881. The total (or the five months of the present year was $55,509,611, against $91,375,239 for the first five months of 1881. The total for eleven mouths of the current fiscal year was $167,653,532, against $241,955, 413 for the corresponding months oi the last fiscal year. Tlie article oi rye is the only one In which there was an increased export last month over May of last year. • Newport’s Electric Ug'it War. Newport, R. I., June 14.—The opposition to the electric light is daily assuming more formidable proportions. To-day the men erecting poles were expected to visit Mr. James R. Keene’s place and that gentleman was determined that no poles should be placed in front of uL beautiful villa. Accordingly he had stationed on his grounds a force of men with axe4 Who were Instructed to cut down the poles as fast as they were planted. Mr. Keene, however, thought bettei oi it when a pole or two was put up and decided to consult his lawyer before cutting them down. The French Emtuu; at the Vatican. Special Dispatch to The Constitution. Paris, June 15.—The budget committee of the chamber of deputies, owing to a remonstrance by M. De Freyclnet, has rescinded its action rejecting a grant for the maintenance ef the French embassy at the Vatican. The Price oTa Deg. New York, June 15.—Frederick Yoss, 80 years old, obtained a verdict of $2,000 against the Third Avenne company for the loss of a leg. He was run overby one of the company’s ears. Deadly “Batter." Philadelphia, Pa., Juno 13.—Mrs. Margaret She! len and her two daughters, Margaret and Ambrosea, aged twenty-three and seventeen, are ■ in a critic* condition through eating, on Sunday morning, some butter containing some metolic or mineral substance. The board of health this morning or dered an analysis of the butter to he made. Struck by aa Iceberg. Qcebec, June 15.—’The steamer Pera ran into an iceberg off Cape Race on Saturday afternoon, and at midnight went down. Three boats, iu which were the crew, separated. Two boats were picked up by the Lake Msnitoban. The other boat, with eleven men, is still missing. A Drawn Prize Fight- Smith’s Ferry, Va., June 15.—The Weeden-M» lony prize fight was declared a draw after the 41st round. IVeeden was overawed by the roughs, and agreed to have it a draw. Mrs. games In Keasas City. Kansas City, June 1-y—Mrs James has returned home from St. Louis. Her lecture tour has proved a mournful failure, and she will probably retire permanently from public life. Death of Ex-Gereraor Dennis**. Columbus, 0., June 15.—Ex-Governor William Dennison, known as the war governor of Ohio, died, this morning, aged67 years. Flipper’* Dismissal. Washington, June 15.—The president has ap proved the sentence of dismissal in the case of Sec ond Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, of the Tenth cavalry. ' Halifax, June 15.—The Allan Une steamer Canada, from Glasgow, is reported ashore at the mouth of Halifax harbor. Death of • Priest. Milwaukee, June 15.—Rev. Father Peter De- barge. spiritual head ol Elm Grove convent, aged 52 years, is dead.; ■ ■ ■ t . Special Dispatch to The Constitution. Washington, Jnne 17.—I called uponMr Stephens this afternoon, and found him very busily engaged with his two secretaries, in bringing np his correspondence: After a general inquiry as to hU’fcealth; andLbeing assured that it was as gopd as it lias been for tlie last twelve months, except his sprained ankle, which was slowly improving, the con versation turned upon the present outlook touching the governorship of Georgia. He said the intelligence received from ^ail parts of the state, by letters and newspapers, was very gratifying to him. The opinion seems to prevail, very generally, said he, that a large majority of the democratic state convention in July will be in favorof my nomination." There is,” how ever, he added, “in some sections and by several presses very strong opposition, which I think arises from erroneous impres sions that it seems to me could be easily cor rected. I wish you would write to the edi tors of The Constitution and tell them to set these things right” "Why not” said I, “set them right your self and let me repeat what you say to The Constitution for publication.” Me. Stephens—“I will, if you will report ex actly what I say aud submit it to mo before sending, so that there may be no mistake about Ra In one of your reports which was not submitted to me a misapprehension on your part of-the application of my remarks to one telegram instead of another caused nia some annoyance, as it, taken in connection with other statements by me, involved iit- consistenciesand contradictions. The telegram which I so unqualifiedly denounced was not Mr. Speer's which he had told me he in tended to send, and which he did send, but it was tlie telegram from Atlanta to tlie Chicago Tribune of the 15th of May, stating in substance that I had consented to accept the nomination of the independents and’ coalitionists.' That was the telegram which I said I had never given authority to Hr. Speer or to anybody else to send. On the contrary,' have uniformly said I would not accept the nomination of any party except the dent*, ocratic, with which alone I was par ticularly associated.” Upon my assuring Mr. Stephens that all he might say on Ibis rie'ension should be written- out and submitted for his approval before be ing sent'to the press, he then prqceeded to say: ' i- 1st One of tlie erroneous impressions attempt ed to be made on the public mind iu sonic, sec tions, to which I refer, is that there lias been a correspondence between me and leading coalitionists and independents (whose object is ,to destroy the democratic party) and iiiat -an understanding exists between them find me as to their plans and purposes and that I am in sympathy with them. To this have simply to say most em phatically that there is not tlie slightest foundation for this idea, statement Or insinuation. It is true I am on friendly relations, personally, and hare been for years with the leading independents, so styled in the state, and with many of the leading re publicans. But no such correspondence ever took place between me and either or any of the parties designated. No man’s fidelity to the great principles of the J democratic party . was ever maintained with more steadfastness than mine has been since first connection with it, upwards of a quarter of a century ago. I have, with one exception, voted for the candidates nominated by that party, and on all occasions, during all. that long period in the county, district, state and federal, elec tions. This exception was my refusal to sup port the nomination of Mr. Greeley for the presidency in 1872. The whole of my life has been devoted to the defense and maintenance of those principles upon which the party was organized upwards of eighty years ago. How is it possible to suppose that. I, at my pres ent age, could be conspiring" to over throw and destroy those ; principles to wbich my whole previous life.has been devo ted, or to overthrow that' organization in which alone there is any hopeful prospect of their preservation and perpetuation. It has been stated, Willingham, Lawshe. Longstreet and Felton are parties with whom -this cor respondence has been held, or by whom it is claimed that I was made aware of their plans and purposes, and that I was in full sympathy with them. I never received from General Longstreet, whom esteem personally, a letter on any political question in my life, and never wrote him one of that character. I have not written to nor received from Mr. Lawshe letter in the last twelve months on any subject that I can think of. I have been intimate with Mr. Willingham for many years, but no correspondence Las taken place between us in- the last twelve months upon political issues or questions. I have received but one letter from Dr. Felton on any subject for nearly, if not quite, a year. That one was the letter to which I replied on the 18th of May, and the reply to which he published in The Constitution on the 23d of May. 2d. Another error existing in the public mind is ih relation to my position in 1378, when in what was called my t’-asey letter, it is said I de fied the democratic party in my district and proclaimed thyself an independent candidate without regard to the convention, called by the executive committee of the district to nominate a candidate. Farther, it is said in this connection that there is a difference in the principles set forth in the Smith letter aud the Casey letter on the subject of nomina tions A reference to the record will show that both these are errors. First, in tlie Casey letter I did not proclaim myself an independent can didate without regard to the action of the district convention, and secondly, there is no variance in principle between the Casey and Smith letters as to my views or the pro priety of party nominating convention. The tacts'and circumstances under which the Casey letter was written were these: A demo cratic caucus in the house here had resolved as ,a democratic measure to press the celebrated Potter resolutions to a vote under the previous question, and to pass them as the oasis of future party policy. I opposed those resolutions and voted against them be cause I thought them mischievous in their tendency and results if carried out. As and for this disagreement with my party on that question, 1 wqs severely censured, not only by certain northern, but, by southern democratic.;papers, there was au attemptin' my,distpet.,to rule Die out of the party, tier cause lT ofi,. niy opposing the dictation of the T pgrty caucus on this ptib-i A RIDE TO DEATH. A HORRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT AT KINGSTON YESTERDAY. An Engine Plunges into Som*? Freight Cars, with a Fatal Result—One Man Killed and ‘Another Fatally Wounded—How the Accident Oc- J curred—A Horrible Sight, Eto.,Sto. lie measure,.- when I was in the discharge of the higAtrUfl! delegated to me as a repre-:; : sentative by my ; constituents. Casey wa^ the.-i chairman of ,the democratic executive .com mittee in the district. He called a corvep- tion to meettQ-nominqte a candidate fti tjie regular way. ! He wrote, to me at tfus'pjace- inclosing a .'copy, of,'the gall.-1 replied,'g^itg hinv'a full account of the situation here,, mid win* it was for; that tlie attempt was being mailfc to rule me out of the party, but in that letter I distinctly said: “I do not at all object to conventions as a proper mode of selecting, candidates, especially where all persons participaring in them agree upon certain principles to be maintained and cer tain policies to be pursued, and where there are several or many aspirauts for the position, and where success can only be reached by concert and unity of action, nor do I object to anything done by your committee iu the matter of calling the Thomson convention, nor their recommendation touching the two- thirds rule. That rule I always regarded as unjust and unfair ’in its operation and utterly out of place in any other except federal nominating conventions. The effect of.’.this rule in our district, state ani county conven tions, under the manipulations of ring mus ters is generally to defeat rather than carry out the will of the people, and from this evsl' has sprang very materially throughout the country a growing disposition to do away with this mode of electing candidates. An other point in conclusion I wish to be dis tinctly understood upon. From the tone of that class of papers to which I have referred it would . seem that I am to be considered hereafter as having abandoned the democratjc party and placed myself in antagonism to.its organization by the telegram referred to, etil. If the question of my political principles or affiliation therefor is raised in that conven tion I plead,to its jurisdictions. If 1 am not a democrat of the siraightest sect .in Georgia, i hen who is? You, my dear sir; know the material and, stuff of which my democracy is made; you know .well who, in one of our darkest hours in 1870, framed that platform of principles which maintained the integrity and equality, of tho several states and rallied 1 the people of Georgia to a rescue of their con stitution and rights inthe memorable cam paign and election of that year. "You know that you were one of them and I was another. the event, therefore, that this convention shall repudiate me as an un lit representative of democratic principles and shall attempt to rule me,out of the democratic party because of that telegram, or anything else connected with my recent public acts, hen I say to you and to thenvplainjy and fcyiactly that, I shall regard tlieir • idiel as but. aj brutum fulmen, issued *y an irresponsible faction of tricksters, and whether I or they Are sound in. the faith of the.fathers, shall be left with the true de mocracy of the district to settle at the polls in that contest.” , . .“I stated on all. proper occasions that I, woulfl. not oppose the nomination of any. other by the convention unless my vofe off, tlie Potter resolution should be censured and I ruled out of the party be cause uf it But if they did condemn my vote referred to and nominate another, I should appeal from the lower to the higher tribunal. I canvassed my district, met the people , in masses, and defended mv cause on the principles of of democracy. I maintained trat fidelity to ; »rty organization did not require pliant con- orniity to party causes or dictatiou upon questions of legislation. This was the height my independentism in, that canvass. I had been put ffown in the house here and de nied the privilege of addressing tlieni even .for three minutes. , upon the passage of v th??, resolution. I yvas not then warring against tlie. democratic par- ty but trying to save it withits organization from Inevitable self-destruction. I told tin s leading man.of the party, who were pressing the adoption of the .resolution that if they succeeded and made them a party issue they would not, in my opinion, cairy thirteen con gressional districts, in the next - election throughout the entire northern states. This warning, did but bring down,upon pie fiercer denunciation by certain presses both north and south. When,however,the true democra cy of Pennsylvania—the old keystone state, in convention a few weeks-.afterwards, spoke in condemnation ,of the policy of the Potter resolutions, which really involved the peace of the country, this voice fell upon the ears of the leaders of .the party in the house as dis tant thunder, indicating a storm of popular reprobation which brought them to their senses. They soon determined to tack ship and abandoned the further prosecution of the measure. I have thus sketched the status of the case when I entered the canvass of my district in 1878. At that time nearly every democratic paper in the state was for ruling me out of the party, but before I got through with it there was not one so low, as to do reverence to the Potter resolution. I discussed the question before the masses as a democrat, talking to democrats and placing ray defense before them inside of the party and appealing to them to send men to the •onvention who would decide whether I was a true demodfbt or Hot. The result was a unanimous vote in that convention, save eae, indorsing my course and presenting my' name for nomination. If there was treason to the party in this, then let those who - wish make the most of it. I then said: But how, Mr. Stephens, about your saying that there was no issue between yon and Mr. Speer? Mr. Stephens—3d. Oh, yes, that is an other one of the matters to which I re ferred in the beginning and to which I in tended to allude before closing this conversa tion. My meaning was clear and explicit' that there was no issue of fact between myself and Mr. Speer touching the sending of his telegram to Dr. Felton on the 14th of May. Of course I did not mean to say there was * no political issue or difference between Mx.Speer and myself, as has been insidiously atgued by some. There is a difference, a wide difference. The real dif ference between us, as I understand it, is that he is an independent, and acts outside oi the organization while I am an organized democrat acting within the organization. 4th. In conclusion, I wish to add that I have authorized no - person in any case to say; Jthat I would accept the nomination of any party or organiza tion or association of indiviuals except the nomination of the democratic party, or that I would vote for any one except the nominee of the democratic party.” After the foregoing was read to Mr. Ste phens, I asked him if : it was correct. He said: . “Yes, and that ail persons who may read it may feel assured that it is correct, I hereto sign my name. ' .’ “Alexander H. Stephens." ■ With this authentication I send the inter view for publication, believing that the read ers of The Constitution will Be interested in its perusal. *• F. H. IL J ' : n 1 *• • '3 i damage was done the track and very little time was lost in bringing the passengers bn to Atlanta. An epsine was attached to the passenger cars and the train came on to .the city, arriving here at a few minutes before seven. The coathc-s were scratched somewhat on the outside, but received . :no very great hurt. The principal damage was with the front baggage car, the engine and. the freight cars that were on the sidetrack. The dam- ... , ■' iaged cars and engineattrated imu-li attention Saturday morning at a few triffintcs .befclre when they reached the city. ■two o’clock a terrible, rail way accident occur red at Kingston, on the Western and Atlantic railroad, wbich resulted in the almost instap' taneous death of Andrew J. .West,; engineer, ion the southward bound fast, mail train;And. IGeorge Boss, his fireman. Tim details bf'tlib tragedy are thrilling in the 4xtfeiue t 'akd are' Pepijcd below: ' ‘ : No. 7 is a through freight train which passes Kingston at 11:25 p. m. On the fdte-, ful night it left on the side track at Kingston' three ’ freight cars. In pulling out from tpe] little village from some ca,use as yet un'eiv plained, the switch regained open for the sideling as ilie freight train resumed its jour ney northward. 1:41 a. m., about two hours after the train passed up the.road was the ar rival time of the southward bound fast mail which is due in Atlanta about four o’clock. The train . is one of the fastest trains in Georgia, frequently running at a speed of forty miles an hour. It is said that as it approached Kingston it must' have been running at a speed of from. 35 to 40 miles an hour. At any rate it does not stop at Kingston, and it is hardly probable that the speed wa3 much slackened, as it is not customary to pay much attention to tiie small places along the road where stop pages are not made. The . engineer was Andrew. J, West, a young man of-thirty-eight, with a keen bright eye, a cool demeanor and a resolute face.. His fireman was George Bass, a young .man scarcely twenty-one years qjt age. From the first switch to the cars was about six hundred feet. From the- second switch the distance washout half as great. : Both switches were ppfeff for the sideliugs, and an engine coming from Chattanooga must inevitably collide pith the cars unless stopped iu time to pre vent such au accident. The two men, smoke- begritnmed, stood upon the engine "General”- as it thundered along through the njgbt. It- was away after luianight, and the passen gers were dozing and. snoring ill their berths or lay stretched in un gainly shapes upon the car seats. Thje first switch threw the engine a little from its course, but as the track lay directly alongside of the main line the change could barely be noticed. A few turns of the ponderous dri vers and the' engine gave another jerk to one side and the headlight Hashed upon the cars standing upon the side-track, alongwhichthe train was dashing with lightning-like velocity. The ' brave engineer could take but a moment to think, a second almost, and his engine would dash into the Cars. Reversing li is engine, he applied the air brake. That was all that lie could do. Step ping front his perch in his cab, lie started to jump from, the locomotive. As he stood be- tween the tender and the engine the crash caine. Tlie locomotive went through the first car like it was a bank of fog and shat tered it into ten thousand pieces. One of'- the heavy side Sills passed along the" boiler over 'the tender and struck into the baggage car. The second car was driven into the third car two- thirds of its length. Tho engine came to a halt witli ,a tremor, and the drivers began to do the Work laid out for them by brave An drew West. They revol ved backward, and as they moved the train awiiy from the wreck tlie’form,of the engineer dropped from be tween 1 the engine and tender and fell a limp mass beside the track. At the same time the fireman lay almost dead near the track. The ar brought the passengers to their jeet in an instant' and began an investigation. Conductor Horatio Bradley sprang upon ' the’"engine and caught the 'throttle: {* It was wide open, showing how per fect liadpe'dh the efforts of the engineer to reverse and'stop the engine. When West was takei Up he was insensible. His shoulder was bruised, and. upon the top and back of bis head was a terrible blow, evidently inflicted by a piece of heavy timber. He .was evidently in a dying condition, and in a few minutes expired. ... ' J The fireman, George IJass, was uhconsciousi. He presented a most sickening spectacle. There was a long gash over his forehead, another across his nosC, and through tha; gash' he was breathing. His face ( neck and chin was one mass of lacerated flesh. He was in a critical condition atlas; accounts and liis death is expected. His father lives jn Atlanta and went up to King ston yesterday to be at the bedside of his soul Tlip statement was made in Atlanta yester; day that Bass was dead. It was not true, however, but the news of his death is momen tarily looked for. The unfortunate engineer was carried into the depot at Kingston and a messenger was sent to Cartersville for a coffin. The remains were placed in a coffin and at one o’clock yesterday reached the City. They were met at the train by Mr. O. H. Swift, the undertaker, and a delegation from the Knights of Honor, an organization of which Mr. West is a member, with a large number of railroad men. The remains were carried to the late home of the dead man, on Foundry street. To-day they will be buried. At three -p’clock il>e remains will be taken from the residence,to the Third Baptist church and there thejfuneml sermon will be preached. After that the remains will be. put upon a special train provided by' the Western and Atlantic railroad and carried to Oakland cemetery, where they will be interred. The funeral will be managed by the Knights of Honor, and will be attended by hundreds of friends of thff unfortunate man. Mr. West was about thirty-eight years of age, and leaves two chil dren, two bright eyed boys. His wife died some time since. A semi-ludicrous incident in connection with the accident was the narrow escape from death experienced by a tramp who was sleep ing in one of the freight cars. When found he was not able to give any account of him self. He said that be did not know who he was, where he had come from, when be left, or anything'about it. He was considerably bruised. -After considerable questioning it was discovered that he was a tramp named John Fitzpatrick, and that he was from Phil adelphia. He had evidently been sleeping ih one of the cars, and being awakened by the sudden shock, was half-stunned and dazed, and could give no account of himself. His injuries were attended to. 1 It has not been settled yet exactly where the blame lies. It is probable that there was some misunderstanding as to who was to close the switch to tne side track. The loss by the accident.’ while considerable in many ways, will not foot up verw heavily on the engine. While all the outside light work and wooden trimmings were broken up tlie heavy part of the engine is but slightly damaged, considering the fearful shock. The engine and one of the cars came in yesterday afternoon late and presented a woebegone spectacle.. The engine was minus its smokestack, cowcatcher, bell, cab, etc., aud the front end .of the boiler was smashed in. The railroad men say,} how- ever,:that the real damage is. out of propor tion to what would be supposed from the ap pearance of the engine. Several thousand dollars will, however, be required to get the damage repaired, . Strange to say very little THE NEWBURG POKER PLAYEftS. iir, tVeeJ Testifies.to Kurtber Losses, of S45q,’p00 While Playing with Scott. ' ■ Npjv York June 1C.—The engineer of the steamboat M. Martin lying up at Newburg,on ]the Hudson, had hip fires lit early yesterday morning, for at 7,a. ni. the boat was obliged fastart Tqr Poughkeepsie with a distinguished pq^ty on board. In this party were Francis ,]?. Weed, the victim of the $150,000 game of draw poker, an account of which was pub lished in The Constitution yesterdav, and Dr. M. M. Hedges,, who is now’ charged with having been in collusion with William F. Scott, the winner of the heavy stakes. Dr. Hedges was in 'the custody of’Sheriff Odell. The lawyers retained in the case and a few witnesses were on board. The court house at Poughkeepsie was crowded. Among those ' present was Fred Bostwick tlie cashier of the Stissing national bank, Pine, Plains, who took the $100,000 note of Mr. Weed to collect for 10 per cent of its face value. Mr. Weed is fifty-five years old, Small, in stature and unusually active for a person of his age. Dr. Hedges, the prisoner, sat beside his attorney ana paid strict at tention to the evidence, particularly that given.liy Mr. Weed. He said lie was first made aware that there’was trouble east, by re ceiving a telegram on Thursday last at De troit He came East at once, arrived in New York Friday night and went to Newburg Monday night, getting off the train six ipiles below and proceeding the rest of the way by wagon, in order to avoid'any unnecessary dis play of himself. No hint had. been given until yesterday morning on the boat that there were other games which. were played subsequent to the celebrated poker game, and which involved the enormous sum of $450,000. When Mr. Weed testified that such was the fact, the spectators looked amazed. Mr. Weed testi fied that within a week from the time he lost the $150,000 at poker in Juue, 1881, Scfftt approached him and offered to give him a chance to get square, and thus induced him to play a game of faro in Dr. Hedges's labora tory. Weed said that the betting again ran very high, and before he concluded the g.ime Scott had won the enormous sum of $450,000 from him. Before this faro game started Mr. Weed testified it was understood that if he won $150,000 by it he was not' to receive any money, but that it was to go as an offset to the $150,000 he lost to Scott in the poker game. The exam- ination brought out the fact that Weed was in debt to Scott for $1,200, which Scott had previously won at still another poker gante. These three amounts foot up to the vast sum of $001,200.' The evidence of the cashier showed that when the first $50,000 note wffs paid at -ho Stissing bank Dr. Hedges and Scott had both opened accounts there and taken books, and that the doctor directed the cashier to credit him (Hedges) with $23,525, and give him a draft drawn to Scott’s order for $22,500, the cashier retaining $5,000 for himself. Mr. Weed’s account of the desperate game as testified to before J.udge Barnard was as follows: •'I played » game of cards in Dr. Hedges’s labora tory with Hedges and Scott in June, 38S1. The game'was called draw poker, I believe. No one else was in the room. It was in the evening about 8 or 8:30 o’clock. The game was for money—a so-so kind of a game. We had been playing about half an hour before this large sum was wagered.and lost. During that time the betting was from 50 cents up to $5 or more. I had occasion to go out and do s'ome' errands that evening. Scott aini Hedges told me to come back again. After about fifteen minutes’ absence I returned again and there found the same two persons and no one else. Mr! Weed testified that the game was re sumed. The betting was kept up. Dr. Hedges withdrew, but Weed and 8cott kept yuttin'g in their chips. “When the betting stopped I held my four aces and Scott held a straight flush pf clubs; Hedges had a king full; Scott was declared to be the winner; the chips were counted;they represented the amount in the jiot; it was annoithced how much'Hedges arid I had lost, it Was $150,000 each.” . an Dr. Hedges, the prisoner, was held in $2,bb0 bail to answer the charges made against hirfa. THE GboSE WHO WAS PLUCKED.!: Mr. Weed is a son of the late Harvey Weed, of the old New York dry goods firm of N. & H. Weed, who died leaving property estimat ed to he worrh $1,000,000, consisting in great part of remunerative real estate in New'York, lie also owned one of the handsomest places in this city. His heirs were hia son, Francis I*. Weed, and a -daughter, each of whom, it is reported, received half a million of dollars. After, his father’s death Francis P. Weed bought a beautiful place iu Montgomery street. He went' into the manufacture of woolen goods and invested, together with an other citizen of this city, ini a large farm near FargO, is Dakotah territory. He has been foiid of billiards and cards, and played with J)r. Hedges and Mr. Scott oftener than with any others. \ l A DENTAL SPORT. Dr. Montreville M. Hedges is a dental stir- geo'n and had until recently rooms at the corner of Third and Water streets: The dOfe- tor is a well known sporting man, and He entered pedestrians in walking matches’at Madison Square garden and elsewhere arid is known by nearly all the leading sporting men of New York. One of his annual expe ditions has been to visit the trotting meetings of the Grand and other circuits and at these meetings, he has had varying experiences. Last summer he started with the Grand cir cuit in the west and following the meetings, returned home at their close some $12,000 or $15,000 richer, it- is said, than when he left. ' He soid his dental apartments and business.- Last sum mer and fall he showed that he had made money, and it is reported that he talked at one time jast summer of purchasing the val uable business of the Newburg plaster and cement works. In various ways he displayed what was supposed to have been the accumu lation of a fortune made by following the trotting meetings of 1881, and being in the “ring.” He was looked Upon here as . a 'shrewd, smart and discreet operator at'the Various games he entered into, and when his sudden riches became known it was believed they were obtained, as he said, by betting; that he had, in fact, “bucked <the tiger,” and “struck i-t:to win.” William M. Scott, the crafty doctor’s al leged accomplice, who is now dying of con sumption in California, is a young inaa,of about thirty years. He is well connected, having wealthy relations here and iil’Toronto, Canada, one of whom is or was a member of .the Canadian parliament His father was the’Rev. James Scott, at one time the pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, which is attended by his family. •‘‘Will,” as lie is familiarly called, is an expert billiard player, and'this accomplishment led him to form an association with Dr. Hedges. f - The Liverpool CTrsulsr. Liverpool, June 16.—This week's circular o£ the Liverpool cotton broker’s association says: Cotton has been in good demand. Latterly it was quiet with' a cheaper tendency. For American there was a tali request, which was freely met. Long stapled has been very active, with advancing prices, fee* island has been in t»lr demand, and I* generally }£d 1'u.tuns have been steatfer, but have dtcliue-a .££i. xndistinct print