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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. AT CAR- 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. ia5vtu»^pwg »‘ 1 V$ 1 / ./ /'