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CONSTITUTION.
VOLUME XIV.
TUESDAY MC§HZK&, AUGUST 1, 1882.
PRICE 5 CENTS
DURING THE WEEK.
employes look upon Hubbell’h assessment circular
I u though it were the solicitation of the preacher in
behalf of some
•WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AT HOME
AND ABROAD.
Death of Major John T, Kmr-EnclUh Soldier. Loot,
lag Alexandria—V. hit. Woman Marrying a
Negro— Accident.. Diaaat-r> and Crimea
adjourn 8oos. Etc,
the religious meeting house in ,
cause It is commented on as significant that the
(resident and Secretary Folger kcut mum regarding
lubbell's circulars until after three or four pay
days have passed and a large number of the em
ployes of the government have responded to the
demands of the republican committee.
Monday, July til.—Congress is preparing to
-adjourn this week. Mr. Stephens has arrived
safely in Washington. In a brush with the
Egyptian troops at Itamleh the British were
successful. The Arabs massacre 85 Christians
at Tanta. A serious riot between Americans
found la Niagara'. MklrlpovL
Buffalo. July 27.—The body of an unknown
.woman, supposed to hare goue over the cataract at
Niagara Falla was found in the whirlpool. It is
that of a woman five feet three inches in height,
but so badly decomposed that it is difficult to form
in ion as to age. She had brown hair, slightly
tin gold
and natives took place at Ningpo, Chino.
— lath Indian
Near Portland, Oregon, a Klamai
Killed a doctor for failure to cure his sick
son. 8ix drunken negroes fell asleep on a
Mississippi railroad, and were run over and
killed by a passing train. In the city.—A re
vival is in progress at Evans chapel. Over
3100,000 worth of dwelling property is in
course of erection. James H. H. Park, son
of ltev. II. H. Park, is dead.
Tuesday, July 25.—The iron ore unloaders
of Chicago have struck. 300 miners at Shen
andoah, Pa., have struck. An Illinois bank
has defaulted for $500,000. Turkey agrees to
send troops to Egypt. A New York tnan, div
ing into the water, died from the injuries re
ceived ten days after. On examination it was
found that his neck bad been broken. In the
-City.—An infant child of Mr. Laird died.
Haiman’s plow factory employs 400 men. Al
Davenport, of Campbell couniy, was before
-Commissioner W. B. Smith, charged with
illicit retailing and removing of distilled
spirits. He was required to give bond for his
appearance.
Wednesday, July 20.—The Fanclion blew
up on the Mississippi and ten persons were
killed. Fourteen persons have been killed in
an Austrian riot. It is predicted that the
democrats will carry Onlo this fall. The
strikers and working Italians in New York
engaged in a riot; one person killed. A
ravisner lynched at Hampton court house,
South Carolina. In the city—Two new horse
car lines are to he built in the city. Miss
Mattie Moyer and Mr. Samuel Spain united
in marriage. A vacant house in the fourth
ward lias become the resort of bats. Two
white men engaged in a fisticuft over the can
didates for the mayoralty. Tha municipal
race is bringing out a host of candidates. A
new cigar factory, with a capital of $100,000,
is to he established. Colonel Thornton has
called a liberal convention to meet in At
lanta, August 15.
Thursday, July 27.—A motion lias been in
troduced in congress bo pay Reed for his de
fense of Guiteau. A white woman has been
arrested in Wilkeshorre, Pa., for marrying a
negro. English t loops arc accused of looting
Alexandria. The Indians in Arizona are
again on the war-path. A guard in the Kan-
Vuer penitentiary shot and killed the provost
sergeant In the city—Mrs. Linda DeFoor,
mother of Mr. C. II. C. Willingham, is dead.
The colored military of Atlanta will go to
Ohio shortly on an excursion.
Friday, July 28.—It is rnmored that the
president will veto the river and harbor bill,
'i'honius Gunrdier. president of Costa Rica, is
dead. Representative Atkins, of Tennessee,
declines re-election• A violent explosion of
gunpowder in Chicago wrecked many build
ings. German immigration shows a marked
decrease. The trial of James Cook, charged
with the murder of young Nottingham was
concluded at Douglasville. Thursday, with a
verdict of not guilty. James Woodruff, at
McDonough, had two finger- mashed off. In
■the city—Julius Brown und G. It. Norrman
had a fisticuff in the office of the former.
Botli were arrested by the police and placed
under bond for appearance at court. The
eighteenth anniversary of Hood's battle ofl
Atlanta. Pete Saul, a negro man, cut with a
knife.
Saturday. July 29.—Aaron C. Burr, son of
the original Burr, is dead. Tho kheuive of
Egypt has entertained several would-be assas
sins of Arabi Pasha. The French ministry
has tendered its resignation. There is consid
erable dissension among the star route defen
dants. In the city—Major John F. Kiser is
dead. Mr. llill is lying very low. Fulton
County Sunday School convention meets next
' Friday. A revival is progressing at Evans
Chapel. Julius L. Brown was acquitted by
the recorder; G. L. Norrman lined $20. Mr.
J. C. Rawlins, of Rome, is dead. Fallon
-county is agitated over the fence law.
woolen stocking fastened with a garter made of
leather aud lined with red flannel doth.
Mr. Tlldea Is Pretty Well, Thaak Tow
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette.
Yonkers, N. Y„ Juljr 26—The widely circulated
rumor of the serious illness of ex-GoYemor Tflden
brought to this placid township a horde of corre
spondents, reporters and obituarists. It will inter
est Governor Tilden's friends, and possibly exercise
his enemies, to know that while the venerable man
fa not able to jump a five bar gate, he is quite as
well physically as he has been any time in five year
past.
Lore aad tuowj.
Special to the Chicago Herald.
Bloomington, 111., July 25 —Sophia Gregory, a
young lady 28 yean of age, who came here some
time ago from New York, was adjudged insane to
day, and will be sent to Jacksonville. Her hallu
cination fa that she fa heir to a large fortune, and in
her gloomy mood fa Inclined to end her life by sui
cide. It fa said that she was deceived in a love
afiUr by a young man now living in Detroit, .which
one reason why she lost her mind.
High Price for New Cottee—'Vena.
Special to the Galveston News.
Bryan, July 25.—The bale of cotton raised by
Alexander Beard, of Bryan, and shipped to the
Cotion exchange, of St. Louis, was purchased there
at twenty-four cents per pound. The staple was
pronounced very fine and classed the best gr&ile.
Cotton worms are reported in the Brazos bottom,
but it will be some weeks before they can do any
damage to the crops.
The President-Wants to Visit Milwaukee.
Special to the Milwaukee Republican-Sentinel.
Washington, July 21 The plans which President
Arthur had made lost spring for spending his vaca
tion have been disarranged by the prolonged length
of the session of congress. I am told by persons in his
confidence that hu had mado up his mind to accept
MansgerTyrrey's invitation to open the Milwaukee
exposition iu September if his official duties would
allow, lie so expressed himself o Postmaster-
General Howe ana the Wisconsin senators. How
ever, the congressional session is dragging along so
slowly that half toe summer is gone, and it will be
impossible for the president to leave the white
house much before the middle of August. He has
received a large number of invitations to spend a
portion of the next two months in various parts of
the country, and several that might have been ac
cepted under other circumstances will have to be
declined. Poetmaster-Geuernl IIowc will sj>cnd his
vacation at his old home in Greed Bay. aLd when
he shall be allowed to leave bis official duties he
will endeavor to persuade the president to accom
pany him as far as wBpvaukoe.
A Beard «f Wheat la a Child'. Threat.
mnr Albany, July 28.—A very singular case has
just developed which shows conclusively that the
science of medicine is not a science at all. About
itwo weeks ago Harry Whalien, son of John Whal
len, aged eleveu years, complained of a very sore
neck. U became badly inllamed from under the
left ear. around past the median line. Several phy-
siciaus made an examination of the case, one pro
nouncing it cancer, another tumor, and a third said
he could not tell Applications of poultices were
Wared upon the neck, and yesterday it developed
puss aud opened. While the mother was dressing
the sore she detected a foreign substance in the
flesh, and drew forth a beard of wheat, three inches
long, and with eight heads of wheat upon it. How
this came to be in the fl >h is a mystery, as the
family has no recoiU-cu.>n of his swallowing the
wheat. The case is very , uzzllng to the doctors as
well as the family. ii.vDoy is rapidly getting
well.
AND ACCEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC
GUBERNATORIAL NOMINATION.
ay opinion ms to age. She had brown hair, sligutlv
lixea with grJy. and upou one finger a plain gold
og with several stamp marks on the inside. The
Atlanta, Ga., July 20, 18S2.=—Dun. Alex
ander H. Stephens, Atlanta, Ga.: .-ear Sir—
We have been appointed a commit:<e of the
democratic convention of the state '-f Georgia
to convey to you the intelligence*': tlie fact
that you have received the noth y.ation of
that body for the office of governw for the
coming term. We take pleasure iu j'.iscbarg
ing this duty, and in accordance with the
wish of the convention, we cordially request
you to signify your acceptance of tj<: same.
We have the honor to be yourst respect
fully, '
Seiran Objecting to IVbite Teachers.
Special to the Chicago Herald.
Petersburg, Ya, July 26—At a mass meeting of
negroes held here last night resolutions were ac
cepted, pledging the negroes of the city to withold
their children from the public schools so long as
they are taught by white teachers. A committee
was also appointed to consider the education of the
colored children of the city. The meeting was large
and harmonious.
Tbs First of tbe New Tea Crop.
New York, July 28.—The British steamer Glen-
aven. Captain Donaldson, which arrived rom
Amoy yesterday, brought the first cargo of the new
crop of teas whleh has reached this port, and also
made the quickest passage from Chlua on record—
forty-four days and fourteen hours: She made an
average of 12J4 knots per hour During the voyage
2,500 tons of coal were consumed.
A Long Feme.
Ottawa, Ont., July 26.—Tho contract for con
structing the steel-barbed witc-fencing.on the east
ern division of the Canada Atlantic railway, which
i tosses through Locolle, has been awarded to Mi.
Vifaon, of Glcngary. This contract-embraces 1D0
rlengary.
■— and _ . _
i now working close to this city.
miles of fencing and about 1,000 gates. The con
struction train is
Poisoned by Canned Strawberries.
Special to the Chicago Herald.
Clinton, 111., July 21.—A family of four per
sons were poisoned in this city to day by eating
canned strawberries. Tho acid in the can had
formi-d ox .Jo of tin. The family patlook freely
and were very sick, but will recover.
A Clevelander's Ingenuity.
Special to the Cleveland Herald.
Washington, July 27.—Captain C. H. Morgan, a
Cleveland man, now one of the mechanical engi
neers in charge of the navy department building,
has solved tbe problem of driving foul air from
elevator shafts, and at the same time cooling the
atmosphere by the construction of an ingenious
fan placed in the elevator.
t£ lint »> Ot.dfi Hotel BewcrGas.
Special to the Chicago Herald.
Evanston, July 25.—Decde Perkins, nineteen
years of age, daughter of A. H. H. Perkins, of Bock-
ford, Illinois, died to-night at the Avenue house,
where she was brought a iew days ago In the hopes
ofsuvlng her life from the effects of sewer poison
con traded at a Chicago hotel.
Ns Patience wltb '•Putlenee.**
New York, July 27 —Eldridge T. Gerry, presi
dent of the society for the prevention of cruelty to
children, has warned Lester Wullnck that the pro
duction of "Patience" by children from the Boston
theater at Wallaik's theater next week would result
in legal measures to prevent it. au appeal will be
made to Mayor Grace, who has power under the
laws to permit performances l>y children.
Ton Many OOcn for Onn Man.
North Adams Mass., July 27.—Rufus G. Malden
ex-selectman, chief of the fire department, deputy
sheriff, town collector, etc., and present treasurer of
the lloosac Valley agricultural society, came into
court this morning for sentence for incendiarism, to
which he had pleaded guilty on Saturday, judge
Bacon sentenced him to four years in the state
prison.
Jadge Poland Nominated.
Moxtteueu, Vt, July 2s.—The Second district
republican convention nominated Judge Luke P.
Poland for congress on the first ballot. Poland re
ceived 191 votes; Congressman Frost, 125.
Mexican Elections.
Matamokas, Mexico, July 27.—The recent con
gresdonidelectioni turned out generally in favor of
tbe supporters of General Diaz, though the Bcnitz
party is again gaining strength.
The Grain Market.
Liverpool, July 28.—The leading weekly
grain circular says: Grain was quiet owing
to the decline in America, ana advices of
large shipments thence. Cargoes were de
pressed and rather easier. The various spot
markets were quiet. Foreign wheats were
somewhat lower. There was a small atten
dance at to-day’s market with an indifferent
demand. Wheat receded a second further.
Flour was slow anti somewhat easier. The
Canadian moved slightly downward. Corn
was easier and a smalt business was done.
Net YcUcw Fever.
Special to the SL Louis Republican.
San Antonio. July 25.—private dispatches from
Brownsville state that there is much uneasiuess
over the report that the yellow fever is in Matamo-
ras. Some disease is prevailing in Matamoras
which strongly resembles Yellow Jack, and from
which there have been fifteen deaths within the
past week. A conference of physicians has been
1 and a decision rendered bv them that the dfa-
ea e is not yellow fever. Dr. J. R- smith, medical
director of the department of Texas, who has been
at Brownsville on a tour of inspection, is reported
-to have visited Matamoras and examined one of
the cases, aud, like other physicians, pronounces i
not yellow lever, but, also like utem, ne does no
state what it is.
STEPHENS SPEAKS
n Outspoken Letter otAAcceptanoe 1- '.VMcnHe
Lays Down Els Mdess on How tbe tH vernor
Should Act—A Sound Jeffersonian l lat-
fortn—Tbe Creed for the Csmpsifci.
Philip M. Russell,
H. W. Hopkins.
Allen Fort,
R. S. Bubcu,
Hoke Smith,
Washington De-sac,
John O. Waddell,
J. N. Gilmore, }
Pope Barrow.
MR. STEPHENS' REPLY.
House of Representatives, Washington,
D. C., July 25, 1882.—Messrs. Phillip M.
Russell, H. W. Hopkins, Allan Fort,
R. 8. JBurch, Hoke Smith, Washington
Dessau, John .0. Waddell, J. X. Gil
more, Pope Barrow, Committee,. e!c.—Dear
Sirs: Yonr letter of the 20th inst. ; officially
informing me that I bad received t'^e nomi
nation of the state democratic convention for
the office of governor for the coining term,
and requesting me to signify my acceptance
thereof, was handed me that day on tbe eve
of my departure from Atlanta; and under
the heavy pressure of business sines: my re
turn to Washington, this is the first
convenient opportunity I have had
to respond to the same.
THANKS.
Allow me now to say tliat the nomination
is cheerfully accepted; and for the great
honor thus conferred upon me, under exist
ing circumstances, I take this occasion to ex
press to you and through you to those whom
you represent, my feelings of profound grati
tude.
THE ADMINISTRATION.
Be assured, if under Providence I shall live,
and be elected, it shall be my earnest desire
and endeavor so to perform the high and re
sponsible duties confided to me as that no one
of any party or class or condition of life, can
justly say, at the expiration of the te.m, that
he or she suffered any injury or wro)tg from
any act of commission or omission oneglect
on my part. iy ,
DEMOCRATIC 1-tUNCIl'LES. *<• '■
Those time-honored principles of democracy
to. which the convention in its platform refers,
in'which I was reared, and to which I shall
ever adhere, are, indeed, I • believe, the
basis upon which ali our past glory
was achieved, and to which for
our higher career in the future we can only
county as well as in other counties of the
state, as a result ot excessive rains. In Ddllas
county myriads of the grass worm are de
vouring grass, com and even cotton. An old
and observant planter says this species of
worm and the cotton worms never come to
gether daring the same-season, and when the
fomierappears in considerable numbers it is a
pretty sore sign that the cotton worm will not
make its appearance. Either kind are to be
dreaded as the scourge of the plantation.
A planter of Colnmbus, Georgia, noticing that
the worms were making inroads on a patch of
corn, made a weak solution of lime and poured
a little in the top of each stalk. No sign of
them, says the Tiptes, has appeared since, and
the com is growing finely. The solution
sprinkled on the com would no doubt answer
the purpose.
' The genuine cotton worm is reported by the
Selma papers to have appeared on several
plantations near Martin’s Station, in Dallas
county. Several gentlemen of Selma went
out on neighboring plantations and found no
regular cotton worms, but discovered aspecies
that had left the grass and attacked the limbs
of the cotton.
The cotton caterpillar has appeared on sev
eral plantations in the upper portion of Bar
bour connty. Cotton worms and . flies have
appeared on plantations in Greene county,
and in the neighborhood of Knoxville and
Carthage in that connty the army worm is
eating fodder, sugarcane and grass, but do not
trouble, the cotton. In the western part of
the state, near the line, they are reported to
be destroying everything they come to in some
localities, cotton and all.
The continuous rains and humid atmos
phere will have the tendency to canse cotton
to shed.
From the Franklin, Ga., News.
\Ye hear that the worms have attacked the
late com in this vicinity in the river and
creek bottoms and are destroying it in large
quantities.
From the SL Louis Republican.
The following letter will be gratifying to all
readers:
Tallulah, La., July 24, 1882.—Messrs.
Catchings, Sawyer & Co., St. Louis, Mo.—Gen
tlemen : You say you have reports that worms
are doing damage to. crops in this section. If
such is the case, it is news to nte. There is great
anxiety felt concerning the worms, but thus
far I have not even heard of the discovery of
the first worm, and as for any damage being
done to crops in this section that certainly is a
mistake. The worm is always discovered in a
Very short time after it makes its%ppearance,.
and it is always the third crop that does the
damage. So, should we discover the worm
now, it would be about the loth of September
before they would destroy the crop.
It is quite natural for the people to feel un
easy concerning the worms, and some start
the report hoping it may have the effect of
improving the price of cotton, while no doubt
some would deny they bad worms in their
cotton after they had really made their ap
pearance, in order to keep up a credit.
The crop in this section is looking magnifi
cent. We have had a little too much rain,
The Ex. Con grass aaaa Proposes to Try to Get Con
gressman Clements’s Seat Away from Him
and He Outlines the Plan He Eroposea to
Follow in Order To Do It.
but it is now clear with a good prospect of its
days. If I do not have
remaining so for some
the worms, I will make the largest crop I have
made for ten years. We have an abundance
of labor that is contented and cheerfnL
Very truly yours, A. W. C.
Major Lucas was here yesterday after visit
ing all of his places, and I asked him if he had
heard of any worms, and his answer was in
the negative.
THE YELLOW FEVER.
Its Existence la a Violent Form in Matamoras—Jfe-
sarded as Epidemic.
Chicago, July 29.—The following is embraced in
a special dispatch from Larado, Texas: "Reports
have been received from Matamoras that the fever
which has been prevalent there, called malarial
fever, proves to be a most violent type of yellow
fever. It is rapidly spreading and tbe black vomit
accompanies il There havo been a number
of deaths during the past four days, and
hopefully look. Some of these it maybe £££28“fe ****-***
A Bank Swindler Surrenders.
Detroit, Mich.. July' 28.—Frank. Bigelow
former receiving teller of the National Bank
of the Republic at Washington, was arrested
this morning at Port Huron. He absconded
June 23d, and is alleged to be short in his ac
counts #2o,000. A reward of $1,000 had been
offered for his capture. He was in Canada
and virtually gave himself up, saying he was
ired of being hunted from place to place.
Swept Over the Falls and Drawaed.
Washington, July 24.—Among the excur
sionists to the Gteat falls of the Potomac yesterday
■were Allied B. Robertson, a patent solicitor, ai d
Hamilton Platt, a printer emplo> cd al the Govern
ment printing office, both of this city. In the u*
tenioon these gentlemen went in swimming, and
being caught in the current were thrown with such
force against the rocks that Mr. Robertson was dis
abled and in the sight oi hfa wile and others was
carried over the falls and drowned. Mr. Platt, in
an almost helpless condition, was forced in be
tween the rocks, where he succeeded in sustaining
himself until some parties on the rocks above
threw him a rope, by the aid of which he suc
ceeded in reaching the shore.*
Dangerous illness of Miss Anna Parnell.
Special i/ispatch to the Constitution. -
Dublin, July 28.—Miss Anna Parnell is
dangerously ill of brain fever brought on by
the news of the sudden death of her sister.
Miss Fanny, last week. She does not recog
nize any one. The doctors entertain but
slight hopes of her recovery. Charles S. Par
nell, her brother, has been telegraphed for.
Preacher Haskell.
Washington, July 20.—They call him Preacher
llubbell since the publication of Secreta Folger's
letter saying that he would have the government
The Egytian Cotton Crop.
London, July 2->.—A. dispatch to the Man
chester Guardian, from Alexandria, says that
persons competent to judge, believe that
half the cotton crop of Egypt is lost, and also
tbe greater part of the wheat crop of Lower
Egypt, in consequence of the neglect of irri
gation.
proper here to set forth, as they were an
nounced by Jefferson, the great founder of
the party, more than three quarters of a cen
tury ago:
THE JEFFERSONIAN CREED.
"Equal and exact justice to all men of
whatever state or persuasion, religious or po
litical.” j
“The support of the state governments in
all their rights as the most competent admin
istrations of our domestic concerns, and tile
surest bulwark against anti-republican ten
dencies; the preservation of the general gov
ernment in its whole constitutional vigor as
the sheet anchor of our peace at heme and
safety abroad.”
A jealous care of the right of election by
the people.”
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of
the majority—the vital principle of republics
front which there is uo appeal but to force,
the vital principle and immediate parent of
despotism.”
“The supremacy of the ciril over the mili
tary authority."
“Economy in the public expense that labor
may be lightly burdened.
“Encouragement of agriculture and com
merce, its handmaid.'
“Freedom of religion, freedom of the press,
freedom of person, under the protection of
the habeas corpus, aud trialby juries impar
tially selected. 1
“These are some of the principles which
constitute the creed of our political faith, the
text of civil instruction, the touchstone by
which to buy the services of those we trust,
and should,” said Jefferson, “we wander from
them in moments of error or alarm, let us
hasten to retract our steps and to regain the
road which alone leads to liberty and safety.”
THE PLATFORM ENDORSE?).
The foregoing, gentlemen, embodies the
leading ideas and principles by which my ad
ministration shall be governed, if the people
of Georgia shall call me to her chief executive
chair. They are all in strict accord
with the broad, liberal and catholic
platform adopted by.the convention which I
most cordially indorse. May I entertain the
hope and express the wish that all in our be
loved state who desire good government may
unite in harmonious action in sustaining these
fundamental principles and thus secure the
peace and prosperity of the old common
wealth as well as promote the peace, prosper
ity and happiness of our matchless federal
union of states.
For you, personally, gentlemen, please ac
cept oiy kindest regards as well as my best
wishes for our common country.
Yonrs truly,
Alexander H. Stephens.
lost bis wife an:
daughter, and fa now dying hi inself. Brownsville
Texas, and Matamoias have been quarantined
against by all the lower rice ground towns. Great
excitement and consternation prevails.
News was received here yesterday tha
the coast cities will be quarantined against it imme
diately, as ships have been freely plying between
Matamoras and other gulf towns. A dispatch from
Austin confirmed tha news Given above, and says
the state health officer there has notified the New
Orleans board of his action, aud will picket the Rio
Grande with rangers if necessary.
DEATHS IN NEW YORK.
New York, July 29.—The mortality for the week
ending at noon to-day reached the appalling figures
of 1.217. A larger number of deaths has not been
recorded In any single week in ten years. The
deaths for the day numbered 218. One-third of tbe
victims were infants who succumbed to cholera in
fan turn, due to heat. Five sunstiokes were re
ported in Brooklyn to-day.
YELLOW FEVER IN HAVANA.
Special Dispatch to The Constitution.
Havana, July 29.—Fifty-four deaths from yellow
fever have occurred here during the week ending
last night
An Ovation to Sullivan, the Pugilist.
Easton, Penn., July 27.—There was a rumor
abroad to-day that Sulllran, the prize-fighter, would
pass up the Lehigh and Susquehanna road by acer-
tain train, and at the appointed time, at Easton
station, crowds gathered to wt.lcomc’and catch a
glance of the American champion. At Bethlehem
a great throng of mill men appeared. At A lien
town and Catasanqua the scene was repeated, and
at Weissport the iron works were shut down owing
to the workmen flocking to the depot. As the train
' ' id ey
approached necks were bent and eyes strained to
see Sullivan, and as that individual a<
the platform he was loudly cheered. He bowed at
each station and the train moved off amid cheers
and applause. At Mauch Chunk the affair closed.
The truth is, Sullivan .was not on tne train when it
reached Easton, but an agent from New York who
resembled him, was willing to impersonate him
and did so. perpetrating a mammoth joke. The
agent left the train at Mauch Chunk. Fully 10,000
neople were sold.
I MISS MY CHILD !
O, I miss my child in the bright spring day.
When nature riots in costly array;
When the singing bird and the humming bee
Through the orchard grasses go bounding free,
I miss. O, I miss her then!
I hear her voice when the evening breeze
Of summer steals through the quivering trees—
When the hush of twilight about me jails.
And the glow-worm glistens, and night bird calls—
I miss, 0,1 miss her then.
COTTON CATERPILLARS.
Baaiors as tk Tbslr Appcarmaec
Mincing Lane.
London, July 28.—In Mincing Lane sugar
is quiet and’steady, except common, lor
which the demand is limited. Coffee at auc- rssula »DeaiaL
tion sells freely at full prices to two shillings. From the Montgomery. Ala., Advertiser.
The advance for fine tea is slightly lower. J The cotton worm is reported to have ap-
Rice is steady. ' peared in several plantations in Montgomery
FELTON IN THE FIELD.
ENTERS THE LIST
TERSVILLE.
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and to show that they had and did agree. po J
litically.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution.
Cabtersville, July 27.—I’ll bet that Dr.
Felton takes his seat in the next congress.
Mind you, I do not mean to say that he will
be elected but I will bet that he is seated in
the next congress.” This was one of the first
things that I heard as I stepped off of the
Western and Atlantic train yesterday after
noon. With a view of taking the bet if it was
good one, I asked my betting friend to ex
plain his proposition. He replied: “It as this:
If Dr. Felton is defeated at the polls this
time, he will cry fraud and contest the case
before a republican congress, and will thereby
gain his seat. He commenced paving the way
to this end to day. when he said in his speech
that he was defeated in the last election by-
fraud and that he had affidavits and certified
certificates to show that Clements was elected
by illegal votes, and that in this canvass he
would show the people where and how they
were cheated out of their real choice for con
gressman by fraud, and appeal to them to
right the wrong at the polls and to see that
they were ■ not. again defeated
by the same means. Of course
I don’t pretend to quote his lan
guage, but I will bet if he is not elected he
will contest and gain his seat.”
' Not wishing any March futures I moved on
to see if any one would offer to bet on the re
sult in November. I met Mr. Mnrpby,
A SHREWD OBSERVER,
who takes a deep interest in politics. He
said: '‘Clements will be elected by from
COO to 2,000 majority. Dr. Felton’s major
ity in this county will be reduced to from S00
to 1,000. I can name over one hundred in
fiuential men who have always supported Dr.
Felton, that will not vote for him again.
Foremost among them is General William T.
Wofford, formerly Felton’s confidential ad
viser and most influential friend. Felton
will lose strength in every county in the dis
trict.” Everywhere I went I found knots of
men discussing Dr. Felton’s speech. Step
ping into one of these crowds 1 asked what
the doctor had to say in his speech. One an
nounced that he had declared himself a can
didate for congress and that he would take
the stump against Clements. Another said
that he had professed the warmest friendship
for Mr. Stephens and then, Bru
tus like, stabbed him. “How,” I
asked, becoming interested. “He alluded to
Mr. Stephens as the foremost statesman of the
south, us his warm personal friend, who had
sat by his side for six years in congress, voting
together in the interests of the people,
AGAINST THE ORGANIZED
democracy, and being denounced by the
bourbons on that account. In explaining the
coalition, he said that tbe first meeting at the
Markham house was purely accidental. He
registered at the hotel, and a number of his
friends called on him. While in his room
these gentlemen, who happened to be there
by no prearranged plan, commenced a
discussion of a platform of his pub
lished in the Chicago Tribune and suggested
running him for governor on that platform.
He unhesitatingly,declined to allow the sug
gestion of his name, but spoke of reasons that
actuated him in publishing the platform. The
second meeting, which he says was precon
certed, was composed exclusively of inde-
endeat democrats and recommended Mr.
tephens as governor. This meeting was
on Monday. On Friday he wrote Mr. Ste
phens of the meeting aud who would com
pose it, and asked him if he would be a candi-
date if they recommended him irrespective
of the action of tbe organized democrats, and
urged him to telegraph his answer yes or no
to Cartersville Sunday if he got the letter in
time, if not to telegraph, care of Markham
house, Monday. Sunday he received
A TELEGRAM FROM SrEER
at Cartersville stating that an important tele-
f rani awaited hint at the Markham house,
londay he received at the Markham house
the Speer telegram.which had been submitted
to Mr. Stephens accepting the recommenda
tion. He said that no one except Mr. Ste
phens and himself knew that Mr. Stephens
would be recommended by the independents.
No one except Mr. Stephens and himself
knew that he expected a telegram Sunday at
Cartersville and one Monday at
the Markham house. Hence Speer
could not have acted without
his knowledge and authority. Four days af
terwards Mr. Stephens wrote him that illness
NO ENTHUSIASM.
Dr. Felton spoke for about three hours in
the court-house to about two hundred and
fifty people, mostly from Bartow connty. His
hearers were attentive and respectful, but not
enthusiastic. -It is hard to tell whether he
has lost or gained strength in the district, but
his supporters lack that enthusiasm that
marked his first campaign. I fonnd a great
many Felton men who said that they intend
ed to vote for the doctor, but that they would
take no interest in the campaign. In his
speech he arraigned Colonel Clem
ents for his vote, on the inter
nal revenue bill, aud stated that Speer was
the only democrat in the house from Georgia
that voted in. the interest of the people.
Sam Small, of the Evening Herald, was pres
ent and took the speech in short hand, which
he will publish Sunday. Dr. Felton will
two thousand copies of the paper which
rill scatter broadcast throughout the dis
trict.
On the 12th of August he will speak in
Rome on the frauds perpetrated in the last
election. His speech to-day opened the cam
paign, and you may look oat for a lively
one.
prevented hisanswering Sunday by telegraph
imirabiy,
but that he (Felton) had managed admiral)
etc. Mr. Stephens i3 our candidate and
shall vote for him as I recommended the pco-
When the mirth of childhood doth fill the air—
Still another voice I can almost hear,
A face very bright, I in fancy see.
And a head rests gently upon my knee,
I miss, how I miss her. then!
Perchance dimpled fingers in innocent glee
On a lovely face Ungers caressingly
From lips that are kissed, fall soft ripples of love—
And a mother's low prayer is wafted above—
I miss, O, I miss her then!
pie to do. He then quoted. from the Con
gressional Record to show where Mr. Steph
ens on the floor explained to Mr. Bingham
that he was tbe nominee of both parties in
the eight district,
ELECTED Ri REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS
as their nominee, tliat every republican in tbe
district voted for him, and the 58 against him
was polled by scattering democrats. He is
now a candidate for governor, recommended
by the independents and nominated by the
democrats. Dr. Felton then went on to state
that it had been charged that he had formed
a coalition with the republicans to control
the federal patronage in Georgia.
What were the facts in the
case? When had Authur appointed an in
dependant. He had never asked President
Arthur to appoint but two men; one was
Daniel S. Priutup, of Rome. And the other was
J. D. Cunningham, of Atlanta, and that
neither of them had been appointed. He
wrote Arthur if he was going to appoint
democrat judge, he would be glad to see
Printup get it. If be was going to appoint a
republican, he would be glad if he would ap
point J. D. Cunningham, of Atlanta, who was
u nephew of his friend and neighbor, Miles
Dobbins. In tbe platform
ADOPTED DY THE CONVENTION
and prepared by Brown aud Stephens they
censured the president for prostituting his
appointing power. The only democrat that
Arthur had’appointed was Judge Underwood
of Rome, the bitterest enemy of independent-
ism in the state. This appointment was made
at the earnest solicitation of Governor Brown
When Prince resigned as postmaster of Au
gusta Mr. Stephens, instead of ask
ing for the appointment
In the hour of joy, in the nour of gloom,
I sigh as I stand by her silent tomb—
The future seems empty, the past all a dream,
Its sunlight so fleeting—a pitiful gleam,
I miss, U, I miss her then!
I look on the fair dainty garments of white—
On toys hid away from the dost and the light.
On blue shoulder-knots laid away with such care,
And the little brown tress of soft silken hair.
And I miss, yes, miss her then!
I miss her now, I shall miss her e'er
Through the long still nights, and the days of are
Life’s broken thread shall be rent for aye.
Till 1 wake to the dawn of an endless day.
How sweet not to miss her then!
Annie H. Smith.
Atlanta, July 28th, 1882.
he
some democrat in Augusta, and
knew that a good independent democrat then
wanted it, and was an applicant, he solicits
the president to appoint Mr. Holden, a stal
wart republican, who never voted the demo
cratic ticket in his life, as Prince’s successor
He then read fiom a private letter from Mr.
Stephens urging him on the plea of friend
ship to write to Auther at once recomiuend-
ANDY JOHNSON AND GRANT.
Icbktsd by Representative Pettlbeee.
Special to the Cleveland Herald.
Washington, July 25.—Representative Pettibone,
of Tennessee, who has just been renominated for
congress by acclamation, is a native of Bedford, O.,
and formerly attended Hiram college, and was a
pupil of the lamented Garfield. Since the war he
has resided in Greenville, East Tennessee, the late
home of President Johnson. He says ihe old home
stead looks very much as it formerly did during the
lifetime of the tailor president, and is now occupied
by his daughter. Mis. Patterson, who presided dur
ing his administration as the lady of the white
house. The little tailor shop where Mr. Johnson
used to work at his trade still stands almost un
changed from its former appearance. “The last
time I saw Mr. Johnson,” said Mr. Pettibone to me, -
was on the Sunday evening before hi* death. I
often called to see him, and ho always expressed
himself freely during my visits. I had a little dog
which I had, in my admiration for the great soldier
of the war, called ‘Grant’ But Johnson disliked
General Grant so much that he could never bear to
hear his name, and he always called the dog
Prince.' The dog was quite a favorite with the old
statesman, and frequently found his wav alone to
Mr. Johnson's office, where he was nlways treated
with the greatest consideration. On this Sunday
evening Mr. Johnson was much depressed
in spirits. He had felt of late that his vital
forces were rapidly leaving. We walked
down to the spring near his house, and I tried as
best I could to cheer him up. ‘Prince,’ as he called
him, was with us as usual. The animal* was get
ting along in years, and gray hairs in his eyebrows
showed that he was approaching the limit of canine
existence. Looking intently at the dog a few min
utes, Mr. Johuson stooped down and patting the
little fellow on the head said, in a tone that 1 shall
never fall to remember, ‘Prince, you and I will bo
going to our home before long.’ I left him that
night still quite depressed, and the next morning
went to Knoxville to attend to some court business.
While absent I received the intelligence that Mr.
Johnson had been seized with a fatal illness and
had passed away. He had started on a ^journey of
10 or 50 miles to bis farm in Carter county .whether bis
daughter, Mrs. Patterson, had preceded h^m a few
- days before. He had toUi me that he wanted to be
buried by our Masonie lodge, of which he was a
member. The remains were expected in Greenville
early Wednesday morning following, and I had the
lodge drawn up in line at the depot to receive the
body. Just as the train was coming in, little‘Grant,’
or ‘Prince,’ as Johnson called him, attempted to
cross the track, but was caught by the locomotive
and his life crushed out of him. The old states
man’s words 1 when I las( saw him, down by the
spring, came back to me, and the strange coinci
dence impressed me greatly. To those who knew
him well, - he was a remarkable old man. He lies
buried there in Greenville, in one of the most
beautiful spots in this beautiful world.”
thunder and lightning.
Two Men Klllcd-
A statue Clipped—Several Chll-
drea Killed.
Midway, Mass., July 29—During a thunder
shower on Friday afternoon a woodshed near the
house of Patrick Casey, in which several women
and children had taken shelter, was struck by light
ning, and two of Casey's children, a boy and a girl,
were killed One other child was seriously though
not fatally injured, aud the fourth was slightly af
fected in one side.
Loomis, III., July 29,—During a terrible rain
storm last evening, about three miles from here,
two men, George Miller and Hiram W Havitley,
were instantly killed by lightning. One was feed
ing horses in the barn, and the other was pitching
bay.
Montreal, July 29.—The crown of the head of
the statue of Lord Ne’soa. some sixty feet from the
uge under a tree In West Roxbury during a thun
der storm. The liehtning killed O) Leary and
Breca, and knocked Gilligan senseless.
How a Drunken Hun Wan Saved.
Special Dispatch to the Philadelphia Times.
Burlington, N. J., July 24.—William Meighan, a
drunken man, threw himself on the down track o
the Pennsylvania and Amboy railroad last evening
four miles below here! The driver of the half pas
7 o’clock bp .freight train, which was going at ful
speed, happening to eatch a glimpse of hlm,~stopped
at the next Btation below Burling'
ngton and tele
graphed news of the fact up the line The men in
charge of the express train leaving here at a quar
ter to 8 were notified just as they were moving out
of the depot They cautiously steamed down to
wards tne spot, and the engineer seeing a black ob
ject in front of him on the track put down the
brakes. The train was brought to a stop within a
foot of the object, which proved to be William Mei
ghan. He was thrown into a baggage car and put
_ ,y jj, e - - - -
out at the next station. Only for tbe freight en
gineer telegraphing up the line Meighan would
have undoubtedly been killed, as if the train had
beeh going at its usual speed it would have been
mpossible to have stopped in time.
A Strange C'unce for Drowning,
\ La Crosse, July 27.—Fred Howell, son of Mrs.
H. B. Howell, of this city, a young man eighteen
years of age, was drowned yesterday afternoon
while in bathing. It is supposed he had a sun
stroke. Companions with him were unable to save
him when he cried for help. The body was recov
ered about two hours after the accident.
TRIUMPH.
The dawn came in through the bars of the blind—
And the winter's dawn 1s gray—
And said: However you cheat your mind.
The hours are flyiug away.
A ghost of a dawn, and pale and weak-
Has the sun a heart. I said.
To throw a morning flush on the cheek
mu'
Whence a fairer flush has fled?
ing Holden’s appointment, as (he) Mr. Ste
phens sp< c ally desired it
He
REPLIED TO MR. STEPHENS
that he could not request the President to
make the appointment, etc., but that Hol
den got the appointment and is now post
master of Augusta, which is the second best
in the state, and that he got it through Mr.
Stephens's influence.
He then spoke of Mr. Stephens being a pill
lhat the independents forced the democrats
to swallow, and that when the pill com
menced working and purging the democratic
! party then the fun would commene.
j He then continued to stab his friend, Mr.
1 Stephens, by trying to unite the two causes
As a gray rose-leaf that fa fading white
Was the cheek where I set my kLss;
And on that side of the bed all night
Death had watched, and I on this.
1 kissed her lips, they were half apart.
Yet they made no answering sign;
Death’s baud was on her failiug heart.
And his eyes said: She fa mine.
I set my lips on the blue-veined lid.
Half-veiled by her death-damp hair;
And oh, for the violet depths it bid,
And the light I longed for there!
Faint day and the fainter life awoke,
Aud the night was overpast;
And I said: Though never in life you spoke.
Ob, speak with a look at last!
For the space of a heart-heat fluttered her breath.
As a bird s wing spread to flee;
She turned her weary arms to Death,
And the light of her eyes to me.
—H. C. Bunner, in August Century.
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