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1 fAYETTEVILLE GA 1
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weekly Constitution.
VOL.OME XIV.
TUESDAY MOENINa, XOVEMBEE 21* 1882.
PRICE 5 CENTS
PUKING THE WEEK.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE
WORLD HAVE BEEN DOING.
Collision Off the Roffiisa O «*t-Rieoio- <m jo q-i.t
and Barrow a* Ua< Ad 8 a*<® 8-nators From
Ooorzta* An Auroral Storm—O.aur i^or.
•flan and Domaatlo Mew®, Etc.
ed that Judge Hillyer will resign from the
bench. The weather has turned very raw
and cold. Vice-President Raoul
of the Central has resigned. He is in the
field for the presidency. The grand jury re
ports the affairs of Fulton county as being in
a satisfactory condition. Frank McGaughey,
of Atlanta, and Miss Emma D. Gan, of Green
ville. Tennessee, married. The Fifth Baptist
church is to be enlarged. Mrs. Wm. Bollmau
is dead.
BEYASH EL AZWAH-
THE FALSE PROPHET A FORMER
AMERICAN SLAVE.
The False Prophet of Egypt Claimed aa a Former
Ptnmylvanl* Mussulman — Hta Adventur**—
The Arab Slaves of Eastern Virginia,
and Xbeir Frogeny, E.c« Sic.
Taeaday, November 14.
Eleven new cases of yellow fever in Pensa
cola. Two villages of Indians have been de
stroyed in Alaska by the United States au
thorities. Louis Olsen, Swedish immigration
agent, shot his wife dead in New York, and
then killed himself. The queen of Spain has
been delivered of a female child. Sullivan,
the prize fighter, is to meet Allen in Colorado,
n Kaufman, Texas, a negress murdered her
baby. Tennyson’s new play “A Promise of
May,” has been laughed off the I<ondon utge.
Frost has been general in tbe northwest. A col
lision has occurred off tbe English coast be
tween the Westphalia and an unknown vessel,
but no lives were lost G vernor Long, of
Massachusetts, aspires to tbe seat in the sen
ate, now held by Mr. Hoar. Einory Speer is
in Washington.
IS THE CITY.
In DeGive’s opera house, last night,
speeches were made by ex-Governor Colquitt,
Hon. P. Walsh and Senator Joseph E Brown,
on tbe pending canvass for tbe senatorsliip.
Tbe opera house was crowded In the capital
Attorn y-General Clifford Anderson spoke
on the same subject. Policemen Watkins
and Lynch have resigned from tbe force. l)r.
J. H. Martin has resigned the pastorship of
the First presbyterinn church. Sunday morn
ing a thou-und dollar fire occurred at the
eorm-r of Wheat and Butler streets. A federal
deputy marshal has made $‘200 in fees in eight
days. There are sixty-three prisoners in the
Atlanta chain-gang. Two daily trains run
•n the Georgia Pacific road.
f3 Wtlsntir, .November 16,
There is no truth in the rnmOTCd resigna
tions from the cabinet. The postofllce de
partment is taking steps against the marriage
insurance societies. A large quantity of
dynamite was placed in a DesMoines dis
tillery by a dissatisfied partner; no lives lost.
The German landtag was opened by the
emperor. The lir.it extensive frost in the
southern states this morning. Tbe epidemic
at Pensacola has been declared at an end.
W. A. Atkins, of Newport, Arkansas, has
been arrested for passing a counterfeit $50
bill. Colonel Fielding Lowe, postmaster at
Dayton, Ohio, has committed saicide. Henry
Ward Beecher has been sued by his publishers
for failure to limsh bis “Life of Christ.” Mr.
Hendricks getting well. The ship Hankow
has sailed from New Orleans with 8,713 bales
of cotton,
IN TUB CITY.
Game is plentiful in the Atlanta market.
Oscar Tye, son of Drewry Tye. is dead. A
party of forty immigrants passed through the
city to Texaa. John C. Bell, sentenced to
hang in Lumpkin county on the Gtb of De
cember. has had his sentence commuted to
life imprisonment. The Bridal Wreath mar
riage association has been allowed to resume.
Thundoji November 10.
Patrick Joyce und Thomas Casey, in Gal
way, Ireland, have been convicted of the
murder of a family of nine prisons. The Illi
nois legislature bos a republican majority cn
joint ballot of 13. A counterfeit Bland silver
dollar is in circulation. Sir Andrew Buch
anan is dead. Rev. haymondo Gonzales, an
excommunicated Catholic priest, of Panama,
bus got married The Alabama legislature is
in session. Strikes of laborers are becoming
general in the north and west. Six men were
killed hy a railroad collision in Kansas. Mrs.
John Brown, widow of tbe fanatic, is travel
ing through the country taking up a collec
tion. The Virginia Methodist conference is
holding its one hundredth session. Senator
® Jmunds is in Michigan.
lit TUB C1TT.
The missing Constitution courier, John
Haralson, of Uniou co.inty, has turned up
safe. Judge Lochrane is in Canada. Mark
A. Fall. *f Atlanta, married to Miss Mildred
U. Todd, of LaGrange. W. A. Pledger, for
bis insolence, whipped by Mr. JohnC. Whit-
ner. Fitzbugh Lee is to lecture in Atlanta.
Fsld»7 a November 17.
The political agitation in Spain is rapidly
increasing. Mr W. W. Corcoran, of Wash
ington, has undertaken to remove the remains
of John Howard Paine, the aulhnrof “Home,
Sweet Home," troni Tunis to this country.
The Western and the New York press assoc ia
tious have merg-d A violent storm is ra
ging in lit* English channel, in which many
lives are lost. The mumcpal officers
of New Orleans are nearly all
disqualified front service owing to a section in
the new city charter forbidding officers to
..have business relations with the city. J. B.
Tinsley, a Knoxville stock trader, on being
detected in the presentation of a forged check
for$2,000, committed suicide. Three negro men
were killed by a boiler explosion near Mont
gomery. The Mexican congress has adjonrn-
'ed. Tne Grimes county (Texas) election re
turns were stolen by burglars.
in tub city
Hon. J. M. Bishop, of Dawson county, is
making speeches to tbo Good Templars. A
hatch of GO Motmons, from South Carolina for
Utah passed through the city. Amos Smith,
a well known colored man, is dead. Crisp's
majority in the 31 congressional district is
3,802. Nichols’s majority in the 1st district is
15.,
Faterday, Jiojember 18.
The congressional committee investigating
the work on the Mississippi river, have elicit
ed the fact that for twt nty years no real im
S rovement has been made in that river. Run
all and Carlisle are the democratic rivals for
the speakership. An auroral storm, extend
ing all over the United States and in Europe
is in progress. Six inches of snow in tbe New
England stale--'. Sir Stafford Northcote is se
rioniiy ill. A warlike feeling exists, between
Austria and Russia. The natives attacked a
Spanish fort in one of the Z k> Loo islands, in
the South sea. Seventy-five of the.assailants
were ki.ledand fifteen of the Spaniards.
in thb erv.
Senator Colquitt’s office is at No. 12 Wall
street. Mr. T. E. Blackshear. of Thontasville,
sent to Atlanta the other day two boxes of
heauiiful strawberries, grown in the open air.
One box was sent to Mr. H. W. Grady and
the other to Governor A. H. Stephens,
day or two ago Mrs. Buchanan, aged
ahont sixty years, while returning to her
home ia tbe country was thrown from her
buggy in a runaway and her scalp was torn
nearly off and hung down over one of her
ears. _ The Mutual, a new loan and building
association, has been organized, with J. W.
English as president. An unknown young
white man attempted suicide on the East
Tennessee railroad <rack.
Saa4aj, November 10.
At Alton, III., a ball was broken np by pis
tol shots. A review of the British veterans
from Egypt was held by the queen. Kellogg
has been re-elected to congress. Nine chil
dren burned to death in Paris. An operative
in the Birmingham, Ala., rolling mills, com
mitted suicide by throwing himself into the
furnace. The Texas university has been
fully organized. General Fessenden, of
Maine, is dead.
tiTsiein.
General Fits Lee lectured av PeGive's op-
•ra house. Governor Stephens has issued his
nommfeeina »o Senator Barrow. It is rnmor-
AN OPE IK A RIOT.
A Slate of Aaarvhj aa TharsdaF Night—Foar Me a
Skat.
Nxw Orleans, November 18.—The Times-
Democrat’s Opelika,-Ala., special says a seri
ous riot occurred there on Thursday night, in
which Jim Roberts, Charles Dix and Charles
Griggs were wounded. Pistols and shot guns
were both used. The row lasted all night,
and the destruction of show windows and
lamps was considerable. It seems to have
grown out of a general dislike for the city
government. About 1,000 shots were fired.
THE CAUSE OF THE BIOT.
The Columbus Times explains the orgin of
the riot as follows: At the last municipal elec
tion there were two candidates for may
or, Trammell and Dunbar. Tbe latter was
elected, but the old officials turned over tbe
office to the Trammell party. Dunbar finally
through the courts enforced his rights. Last
spring several of the Dunbar police were shot
by men who defied their authority. During
the session of the circuit court which has just
adjourned, a number of persons were indict
ed for carrying concealed weapons, which
was attributed to the opposite faction.
This, with a liberal use of stimu
lants, stirred the passions of men, and the old
feud was given new life. Thursday night
Mayor Duubar went into a barber shop over
Hudiuan’s bar room, and while there several
shots were fired in an adjoining room. He
paid no attention to it bat went home.
Shortly after gun shots were heard on the
street which continued at intervals during
the night. Twenty-three pistol balls lodged
in the window ol Neal Hud men’s bar room.
The windows of the bank were fired
into and broken. Dunbar’s bar room
was also fired into and the various
signs of tbe stores bear marks of the
festive pistol. The tiring was so general that
the quieter part of the citizenship remained
doors ana when they came out yesterday
morning they learned thatfour men had been
shot. After wandering about for half the
night the party went to the bouse of Mr.
Hart, a policeman, and began firing into it.
Mr. Hart, who was at home off duty got up
and with a double-barrel gun, returned the
fire, which put the mob to fiightand he thinks
he woundea several. During the melee Jiut
Roberts, barkeeper for Neal Hudmon, was
shot—three buckshot striking him; one in
thigh, one in back and one in shoulder.
Wounds serious, but not thought to be dan
gerous. Charlie Griggs, employe of Renfroe's
stables, shot in left anu. Cliailie Dick, Little
Brown Jug barkeeper, shot in left hand.
THE COMING SESSION.
Hatter* Before the Expiring Seoalon of Coogreoa.
Washington, Nvoember 16.—In less than
three weeks congress will re-assemble. Sen
ators and members are already beginning to
arrive and make their arrangements for the
winter, and in a week or two more the town
will be made lively with congressmen and
their hangers on. It is expected that the
short session will be a very busy one and peo
ple are beginning to discuss the legislation
which will engage the attention of congress.
The ways and means aad appropriation com
mittees of the house will meet here at least a
week before congress assembles. Tbe esti mates
of the various departments will be printed
by that time and placed before the committee
on appropriations, so that by the time the
bouse meets some of the smaller anpropria-
tion bills can be reported. There are eleven
regular bills, and the committee hope to be
able to report and have passed by tbe house
at least five of these before the holiday re
cess. Colonel Robert J. Stevens, who has
long been in the service of this committee,
said the appropriation bills would not re
quire as much time for their preparation
as they did last session, as the heaviest
work of the committee had already been
accomplished, and unless there 'should
be an effort on tbe part of the minority to
obstruct their passage, they could easily be
disposed of.by tbe 4th of March, when this
congress expires. The democrats will be anx
ious lo reorganize the house as soon as possi
ble after this congress expires, and may force
the president to call an extra session by pre
venting the passage of the appropriation bills
this session. It is thought, however, that
such a course would react upon them and do
their party more harm than good. A great
effort will undoubtedly be made by the re
publicans this session to pass a tariff bill and
an internal revenue reduction bill, and,
to take prMiminary steps for the former, the
ways and means committee will meet in ad
vance of tbe session, ft is said tbe democrats
will try to prevent this, as they will want this
legislation reserved for themselves in tbe next
congress, and all the credit of it before be
country. As a parry measure it is said that
certain democratic member will introduce
bill on civil service reform. The proposed
measure originated in Boston, and will pro
vide that every employe of the government
shall be given a commission which will enti
tle him to hold his position on good behavior
for four years from the date of the commis
sion. It is not expected, of course, that this
hi., will pass.
THE TEXAS BANNER.
Step* ta Forward It to the New York Democrat*
the Champions,
Dallas. November 16. -A movement is on
foot among 'be leading democrats here
forward the Texas democratic challenge ban
ner to New York on account of her big ma
jority. although it was originally intended
that it should only be contested for in Presi
dential elections, and presented to the st tte
giving the largest majority. Georgia won'
in 1876 and kept it three years. Texas won
in 1SS0. and it is now in possession of J. B.
Sintpson. of Dallas. It will no doubt be sent
to New York
t*n« Ueucnti £lectl*n«
The general elections have resulted in
grand democratic sweep. New York gave
democratic majority of 206,000, Kansas 15,000,
Michigan 10,(XX), Massachusetts elects Butler
by 20,000. Pennsylvania elects tattieon, dem
oerat, by 28,000. and so on through the list
states. The next senator from Illinois will
an independent; from Pennsylvania. Louis
iana ana New Jersey democrats. The next
house will have a democratic majority of 7 r
Philadelphia, November 16.—In the ear-
ier part of the present century a large cargo
slaves, direct from the Arabic speaking
regions of northern Africa, was secretly
landed near Yorktown, Virginia. This ship
load of human chattels was delivered to
awaiting agents. Eight hundred intelligent
Mohammedan, light-skinned Africans were
distributed among the planters of eastern
Virginia. Fierce as untamed tigers, these
wild followers of the prophet of Mecca gave
the slave-owners more trouble than any other
eight hundred bondsmen south of Mason and
Dixon’s line. Many of them escaped north,
and their descendants live in Fayette
county, this state. Among them are the
Blues, Jacksons, Muncys, Palmers, Manaways,
and others whose thin lips, high foreheads,
aquiline noses, intellectual capacity, and
splendid physique stamp them at ouce as
superior in every respect to the full-blooded
negro. A Philadelphia Times correspondent
has found among these people the old home
of the great false prophet of Soudan. His
story, which will be published to-morrow, is
this: Among the escaped Mohammedans were
George Johnson and wife. George’s real
name was Beyash el Azwah. He was a sbiek
and priest of the orderof llami. For several
years be lived in the mountains near Cornellj-
ville, but, fearing recapture, went to Canada.
In 1850 he returned to Pennsylvania and
settled at Uniontown. In If54 he removed
to Brownsville, apd subsequently to Pitts
burg, where he died in 1877, at a very ad
vanced age. In 1830, while at Cornellsville,
his son Thomas was born. At tbe age of ten
Thomas had learned the Koran from his fa
ther, and could repeat hundreds of pages. No
turreted nto-que reared its mat-sive walls; no
bearded muezzin called tbe ex-slave and his
family to worship; but Beyash-el-Azwah nev
er forgot “There is but one God, and Moham
med in His prophet," and in a land of Chris
tian strangers, secretly adhered to the faith of
his fathers. In 1849 Thoutos Johnson drifted
to California, to return to Uniontown two
years later. In 1853 he went to Paris and
joined the French army. He was sent to Al
giers. At the close of his term of service he
joined a caravan, and crossed the great Desert
of Sahara southward into Soudan. For several
years he lived among the natives
of that almost inaccessible region
With bis almost perfect
mastery of tbe Koran, and his superb knowl
edge of tbe arts of civilization, especially of
war. lie forged to the front as a leader. In
1862, when be heard of the war of the rebel
lion, and was fired with an ambition to help
free the slaves of the south, he wrote a long
letter to President Lincoln, offering to recruit
a thousand Arab zouaves for the union army,
if the United States government would fur
nish transportation. The letter got into the
newspaoers, and was published as a great
• oke. He returned just as the war closed.
Vet no more enthusiastic lover of the union
cause stood upon Pennsylvania avenue in the
city of Washington on the day of the last
grand parade of the federal armies than tbe
tall red-cap Sheik Johnson, fresh from the
wilds of Africa.
After calling on .ibe Turkish minister he
visited Connellsviile, Uniontown, Browns
ville, then Pittsburgh, to see his wither In,
August he went to Egypt. There, as is the
duty of all Mohammedans, he made a pil
grimage to the tomb of tbe prophet at tne
sacred city of Mecca. Returning to Soudan
be acquired a greater influence than ever over
tbe setui-civilized inhabitants of that exten
sive country, and claimed prophetic powers.
As time rolled on bis wealth and power in
creased, and when tbe English invaded Egypt
he proclaimed himself El-Mehdt, or the last
prophet Allah shall send to conqu-r the ene
mies of Islam and rule supreme over the world.
While Arabi Pasha wassufiering defeat, rumor
bad it that tbe false prophet was achieving
extraordinary victories and slaying thousands
of his foes. To such a person all Mohammedans
will kneel. According to Mohammedan belief
El-Mebdt is to come with great signs and
wonders just before the judgment day. He
will appear on a milk-white charger, accom
S anied by an innumerable army of hearded
lussulntans, all mounted on sn w white stal
lions. lie must be a visible ruler with power
and victory on his side. It he manages
to spread the report that he- is
killing Jews, Christians and pagans by
thousands he may be accepted most will
ingly by the Moslems. The defeat of Arabi,
who claimed to fight for the cause of Islam,
may cause all Mohammedans to turn to John
son as tneir coming prophet It may be ad
ded that one of'tbe false prophet’s hundred
wives is a native of Fayette county, an octo
roon from Uniontown. Site accompanied him
to Mecca and to Africa in 1865, aud is said to
be tbe mistress of bis barem. She, too, is a
direct dependent of the Arabs of the slave-
sbip of Yorktown. She still writes to her re
latives in Pennsylvania.
rang a bell in the marshal’s office concealed !
in the mom. In response to tbe signal he J
rki-d the rope attached to the trigger under
tne scaffold at 12:30 o’clock. The drop fell,
tne Indian shot through the opening, and as
the rope pulled taut, there was a crashing
sound. He struggled for a few moments, but
the end came quickly. Soon there was noth
ing but a convulsive twitching of the
muscles. In fifteen minutes from the time
the drop fell Brave Bear was pronounced
dead by the attending physicians, and fifteen
minutes later the body was cut down aud de
livered to the undertaker, who caused it to
l e buried in the Catholic cemetery. There
was little excitement attending the execution.
Everything was orderly and the affair was
i onsummated without an accident. This i*
the first instance where an Indian has been
hung in Dakota for a crime against a white
man.
Tae Growth la Acreage aad* Production Daring he
Last Right Year®—The Exports and Home
Consumption—Extggern ions aa to he
S.aa of he Crop, £10., Rio.
A MODERN MIRACLE.
Wonderful and Inatanta >eona Cure of a Canadian Girl
— l’he Efflcacjr of Prayer.
Montreal, November 15.—The Rev. James
MeCaul, minister of the Stanley street Pres
byterian church here, relates and vouches for
the following extraordinary faith-cure through
prayer: William Scott, a farmer in comforta
ble circumstances residing near Martintown,
county of Glengarry, has a daughter, Marga
ret, 19 years of age, an educated and inteili-
(f-nt girl.. Through getting wet feet, the doc
tors say, in winter, sue became affected three
years ago with hypertomia, or congestion of
'he spinal cord. When Mr. Me-
Omit visited her first he found her confined to
a bed in a darkened room, as anything like a
moderate amount of light caused her intense
pain in the head, and during tier whole sick
ness she has never been without more or
lfiss pain, while on some occasions the pain
was most excruciating. Although suffering
so much from bodily infirmities, she was one
of the most joyous of believers, and seemed
completely reconciled to her lot, though as
sured by her attending physician, Dr. Mc-
Bean. of Martintown, that she could never
recover the use of her lower limbs, and fur
ther that she might die at almost any time,
Her Bible seemed to be her constant compan
ion, and she drew from it great consolation.
Mr. MeCaul was so much interested in this
strange case that after his return to the city
ite bad special prayers for her at his weekly
meetings. The prayers however which are sup
posed to have had the first effect were by Iter
own family, who were religious people. Mrs.
Scott, the patient’s mother, who is a person
of intelligence, relates tbe matter connected
with the sudden and startling recovery as
follows: October 31, last, the relator &sk»d a
lady visitor what she thought of the faith
cure. The interrogated was no- able to an
swer, but it was subsequently resolved to ad
journ to Margaret's bed room to hold a
solemn hour of prayer for the recovery of the
helpless and hopeless, three years bed ridden
girl. The ladies all adjourued to the bed
chamber, and Mrs. Scott says: “When I knelt
down it seemed as if the only prayer l could
offer was: ‘Lord help my unblief.’ We were
all
FRAYING IN SILENCE,
and it seemed as if a pin could be heard drop
ping on tbe floor. After continuing in prayer
for some time, I was about to rise, when that
passage became strongly impressed on ntr
mind: ‘Though it tarry, wait for it, because
it will surely come, and will not tarry.’
While I was considering if I ought to
consider, this as a command to continue
longer at prayer, Maggie repeated about tbe
same passage, and 1 resolved to continue
graying. Maggie now began to repeat other
passages of scripture, and her voice seemed
so strong that I looked up, and, seeing
her eyes closed and a strange look on her face,
i began to fear that she was about to die, ana
thus she would be delivered from ail her
earthly pains. While I was still looking at
her she repeated aloud: ‘Behold, tbe bride
groom cometh. Go ye qut to meet him.’ She
at once opened her eyes, and, pushing aside
the bed-clothes, turned her feet out on the
floor and sat up in the bed. I was almost
paralyzed, but aid not move from my knees
at once. She stood upright on the floor, when
I sprang from my knees, and, clasping her in
my arms, called all the family to come with
me to praise the Lord. Maggie kneeled down
with us and joined in our praise
meeting without suffering any pain, al
though she had been suffering severely a few
moments before. We then arose from our
knees and walked out to Mr. Scott’s room,
Maggie walking alone and not seeming to feel
any bad eflects from tbe bright light although
she had not looked on a bright light for three
years.”
Independent witnesses from this city have
visited the residence of Mr. Scott, and from
family, neighbors, and medical men have had
the above statements all verified. The-girl is
keeping well aud seems to be improving from
day to day. Tbe Rev. Mr. MeCaul is a staid,
sober, worthy man, who would not lend him
self to deception wnatever. The whole matter
having been related at a prayer meeting here
has created a sensation.
EATEN BY INDIANS.
From El'ison i Cn.’s Annual Review of the Cotton
Trade for the Season 1S81-85.
Opinions as to the out-turn of the new Amer
ican crop differ far Less widely this year than
they did either twelve months or two years ago
in respect of the crops then coming to mar
ket. Both last season and the season befote,
at this time, the prophets were neither so
cautious in giving publication to their fore
casts, nor so moderate in tbe expression of
their views as they areat the present moment.
At the opening of both seasons tbe estimates
ranged5,600,000 and 6,500,000 bales; and curi
ously enough, the maximum figure proved
correct in one season, and the minimum in
the other. This season there is an entire ab
sence of what may be termed small
estimates: few authorities looking
for less than 6,500,000, while many are expect
ing 7,000,000, and some as much as 7,250,000.
The season has been very favorable through
out, though not more favorable than that of
two years ago up to this date; but unless the
area planted is under-estimated it is difficult
to see how the crop can reach sq large a figure
as 7,000,000, to say nothing of 7,250,1100, though
with no open winter it may easily run up to
6,750,000 or 6,850,000 bale?.
lSSt-82
Acres.
Crop,
bales.
Per
acre
l8#0 81
0 4U8
1879 80
1878-79
1-77 78
14,428,000
13,202,000
5.757.000
6.073.0 0
4,0H,000
4,585 000
4 669,000
3.833.000
0 99
0.384
1876-77
0 385
0 97
0.347
1875 76
1874 75
11'745,000
10.0i0.000
BRAVE BEAR’S DEATH.
Death of General Fesxenden.
Portland, Me., November 18—General
James D. Fessenden, United States Register
in bankruptcy, son of the late Senator Fes
senden, dropped dead on the street at half
past ten o’clocc this morning. He was near
ly 50 years of age. He was in General Sher
man’s army in its march through Georgia.
Sentencca t* Haag.
Goldsboro, November 18.— The trial of the
negroes Robert Pratt and Frank Moore, for _
killing O'Neall, a white max, closed to-day. . covered with a black cap
Pratt was sentenced to be huog on January
I9th next. Moore goes to the penitentiary for
twenty years. There were five negroea ox
the jury. Moors when sentenced confessed
the crime.
Dow the Indian Chief Approached the Danslian
Mooms und Fell.
Yankton, DaK., November 16.—Brave Bear
the Sioux Indian chief convicted of the mur
der of Joseph Johnson, near Fort Sully, on
the 15th of May, ls79, who was banged yes
terday in the jail yard, was taken from the
jail to the United States marshal’s office, in
one of the upper rooms, at noon and there
bound with straps,leaving hisjfeetfreaso that
be could walk to the scaffold. After his
arms were pinioned he called
for a man who could talk Indian,
and with but little delay an interpreter was
called from the outside and Brave Bear bad a
few moments’ conversation with him in the
Sioux language. He made no confession, but
did not deny the deed for which he was con
victed He asked the interpreter to send
word to his people to make no a'tempt to
avenge bis death, kill no horses, and omit all
the customary mourning exercises
He also asked that tbe message he
had sent to his people be convey* d
to the president of the United Slates, that the
Great father might know he had given gixtd
advice. At the conclusion of his tslk, Great
Bear was led to the place of execution, just
outside the building. He mounted tbe scaf
fold with a firm tread, and stood upon the
trap which was soon to drop from beneath
him and hurl him into e ernity. His legs
were securely pinioned with straps and buck
les, the rope was adjusted about his neck,
and the awful moment had arrived. The
black cap was drawn oVer his face;
then most of the attendants
stepped back to the sides of the platform.
Brave Bear was beginning to weaken and it
was found necessary for a couple of officers
to stand near to sustain him. In his nervous
agitation he caught hold of tbe dropping
rope as it swung in front of him and cluogto
it by the fingers of his pinioned hands.
An officer released his bola and moved the
rope back oat of his reach. Thus he stood
bound hand and foot with his head
awaiting the
TkeFateof a Touns Aierck.ae ta Barbaoask—A IIu
man Plata.
Panama, November 16.—A young merchant
of B'rbacoas, in company with some friends,
established himself on the bank of the river
Putumayo, among the virgin forest, which
there covers every foot ot ground. The*
erected a house, made a small clearing, and
already saw tiieir way to a profitable busi
ness, when they were visited by a num
ber of Geventos Indians, who came ostensi
bly to trade. They were received
well, and were apparently satisfied, but sud
denly attacked and killed tbe Columbians,
and afterwards cooked and ate them. The
Indians had never visited Putumayo before,
aud no one had ever fallen iu with them ou
tbe Amazon. Other tribes have made tbeir
appearance in different places, and it is be
lived tbat some more powerful tribes are dri
ving the weaker ones trom the heart of the
unknown forest, or they arc voluntary emi
grants, who will murder and plunder
whenever an opportunity offers.
Residents on the frontier also suggest
that they may have been driven
from their homes, wherever these may be, by
slavers wnose vessels ascended several tribu
taries of tbe Amazon, a few months ago in
search of slaves and produce. The Star and
erald says of 'he suggestion, that Indians
are captured on all the interior rivers and
carried off to different out-of-the way regions
where they are compelled to work on planta
tions established far away from anything
bearing even the semblance of civilization.
It is probable that tbe death of Porter and
his friends will attract the atteutton of the
Colqptbian government to these long neg
lected regions of the republic.
SHOT HIS WIFE.
signal which was to send him to instant
death. A priest advanced to
his side, whispered a few words of prayer and
then stepped back to the edge of the platform.
The officers in charge palled the string which ' hismoiry
Lnti Oleea, af Mlaacapella. Craaed br O rial,
tempi, to Kill til* WtTe.
Saw York, November 18.—Louis Olsen, wile and
three children, arrived here last night from Min
neapolis, and put up at Yauderbilt hotel, near the
Grand Central depot. Olsen had been driuking
heavily, and early this morning quarreled wita his
wife. He fiied two shots at her, one ball
taking effect iu 'he arm near the shoulder.
The woman was oonve.ed to Bellevue hospital,
where it was necessary toamputate her arm. ulsen
was arrested, aud is now held to await the result
of bis wife’s injury. The children was turned over
to the society for the prevention of cruelty to chil
dren. Olren lived in Minneap "
aud he was on bis way to Europe to take charge of
emigrants destined ior Minnesota. He was crazed
with drink at the time of the ahootlug, and when
arrested told the officeri that he shot his wife be
cause *;.* was engaged In conspiracy to rob him of
THE GARNERED CROP.
LOOK AT THE FLEECE OF AMER
ICAN FIELDS.
compare as follows with deliveries for the
previous two seasons:
AVERAGE PER WERE.
1881 82.
1882-83.
9.000
Smyrna. W.i., et.
2 500
Average weight
422 7
134 000
Consumption
ISS0-SL
76,155 81,162
7.555 4,522
8G99 '.309
2,310 2.483
28,405 20.944
122101 117 010
423 1 437.7
19 M00 127,880
130,500 125,538
TOTAL BALES.
1882-83. 1881-32.
8,905,000
393.000
451.000
120 000
1.477.090
ISST-Si.
4.220.000
235.000
411.000
129.000
1.089.000
American 4.227.000
Brazil 468 0 0
Egyptian 812.000
Smyrna W. I., etc... 130.000
East India I,4n6.000
Total .6,593 000 0,349,000 6,084.000
Average weight...... 422.7 423.1 437,7
Bales of 400 pounds 6.968.000 6,716.000 6 654 'DO
Consumption .........5 96S,‘ 00 6,786 000 6,523,000
The season before last spinners increased
their stocks at the mills: last season they re
duced them; this season we have assumed
that the deliveries and consumption will be
the same—that is, that no alteration will be
made .n the surplus at the mills.
MOVEMENTS AT THE PORTS OF EUROPR,
PARTICULARS FOB THE LAST EIGHT CROPS.
Import
Stock, October 1...
American.
..4,500 000
.. 292,000
Brazil.
500.000
39.000
Egyptian
320.000
14,000
Supplies.
Deliveries
..4,792 000
..4,227,000
539.000
468.000
334.000
812.000
Stock Sept. SO......
Stock, 1882.
Stock, 1881
Import
Stock, October l....
.. 565.003
.. 066.000
Sundries.
... 130,000
... 17,000
71,00)
39.000
27.000
E. Indian.
1,450 000
409 000
22,000
14.000
45.000
Total.
6,900.000
771,000
1,859 000
1,456,000
7.671.000
6.533.000
Deliveries
Stock; Sept SO
Stock, 1882 ;
Stock, 1SS1
... 17,000
... 17,000
.... 11,000
403.000
409 000
289.000
1,078,000
7U,000
978,000
THIS SEASON THE AREA PLANTED
is given as 16,590,000 acres, which, on the b
sis of the largest previous production, that of
1889-81 (0.408 per bale to the acre), would
give a crop of 6,768,000 bales; a produc
tion equal to the average of the six
seasons 1875-6 to 1880-1 would give a yield of
6,536,0(10 bales. Two mouths hence the re
ceipts at the ports and the deliveries over
land will help one to niake a fairly approxi
mate estimate of the crop, but at present the
only trustworthy guide is the acreage, and
that does not iudicate more than 6,768.000
bales, say in round numbers 6,800,000
bales, or about 200,000 bales over
the yield of two seasons ago. With such an
enormous crop as this we should probably
witness a lower average range of prices than
ruled in either of the previous two seasons,
in which case the stocks at the American
mills and ports would be brought back to the
figures of 12 months since. Aside from the
replenishment of stocks American spinners
will, as estimated by the Financial Chronicle,
require for actual consumption 150,000 bales
more than they used last season. Canada and
Mexico will also take a little more.
THE MOVEMENTS FOR THE SEASON.
1887-83. 1881-82. 1880-81.
Crop 6,800,000 5,435 000 6,586,000
Port stocks. Sept. 1 t‘24,000 218 000 141 000
Mills stocks, Sept. 1 41.000 128,000 91,OU)
-.6,965,000 5,781,000 6,821.000
Supply
American consump
tion -2,136,000 1,936,000 1,185,000
Export to Canada, etc... 90,000 77,000 62,- 00
Port stocks, Aug. 31 218 000 12i.000 218,000
Mill stocks, Aug 31 - 128,000 41,000 128,000
Total z,572.0"0 2,228,000 2,263,000
Export to Europe- .4,393.000 3,553.000 4,558.000
Total as above 6,965,000 5,781,000 6,821,000
It is just possible, therefore, that with a
crop of 6,800,000 bales. Europe may receive
le»s American in 1882-83 than she did in
1880-81. while even with a crop of 7,000.000
sue would not get much more than she did in
that season. Is is all a matter of price; at Gtl
per pound cotton moves out of sight rapidly;
at 7d it disappears slowly, for the simple
reason that at the lower price consumers of
cotton and distributors of goods lay iu stocks,
while at the higher price they reduce their
holdings to the lowest possible compass. It
wtis the ignoring of this economical truth that
led so many people astray last season.
THE PRICE AND THE SUPPLY FROM INDIA,
Last season the import into Europe was
1.657,000 bales, but this total included at
least 100,000 bales kept back out of the pre
vious crop owing to the low prii es current in
April, May, and June, 1881. With a large
American crop, it is hardly likely that Surats
will move to Europe as rapidly this season as
they did last, especially as they are pretty
certain not to enjoy a repetition of the exten
sive patronage bestowed upon them last win
ter and spring by American and other specu
lators. It is not unreasonable, theref jre, to
calculate that at least as much cotton will be
kept back as was retained the season before
last, in which case the import into Europe in
1882 83 will not exceed 1,450,000 bales. The
must current estimates of the Egyptian crop
range between 1.750.000 and 2,250.000 can tars,
or from about 250.000 to 320 000 bales of 650
pounds, each, against 420,000 last season.
These figures may have to be changed later
on, but at tbe moment 320,000 bales i9 by the
most competent authorities considered a
large enough estimate of the probable import
into Europe for the season. Last season the
Brazils sent 406,000 bales against 249,000 in
1880 81, and this season it isexpected that the
supply will reach 500,000 bales. From Smyr
na„ the West Indies, etc., the imports will
probably not vaty much from the quantity
received last season, 125,000 bales against 111,-
000 in 1880-81.
WHAT EUROPE MAY GET. "
It has already been shown that Europe
may not get more than 4,393,000 bales Ameri
can out of a crop of 6,800,000, hot if the yield
slightly exceeds this figure, or if the Ameri
cans only partly replenish their materially
reduced stocks, the import into Europe may
reach 4.500,000 bales. On the basis of these
figures, and the estimated arrivals from other
countries, the import forall Europe compares
as follows with the figures for the previous
two seasons:
1882-83.
1881-82
1880-81.
American
4,500,000
3,834,000
4,520,01)0
Brazil....-
.... 500.0 0
406.000
249 000
Egyptian
.... 320 000
420 000
412,000
Smyrna
4',003
42 000
West India
.... 90, 00
81.000
69 O00
East India
....1,450,000
1,657,000
1,094,000
Total
...6.900,000
6,142,e00
6,38 ,000
Avera e weight..
422
4 7
44
Bile- of 400 lbs.
... 7,279 300
6,403,000
7,025.000
Bearing in mind tbe fact that European
spinners hold a smaller stock at the mills
than they did twelve months ago. it is appa
rent that an American crop of 6.800.000 to 6,-
900,000, comingaf*er one of 5.435,000, would
about restore the stocks of the world to the
aggregate touched at the end of September,
1881, but would leave a deficiency in respect
of American and Egyptian. The outlook for
consumers is, therefore, satisfactory, as it may
be taken for granted that, with such a sup
ply, prices in 1882-3 will be lower, on aver
age, than in any of the past three seasons, in
which they were for middling uplands, 6%d..
6)^d., and 631-32d., respectively.
EXAGGERATION OFT1IE AMERICAN CROP.
. In some quarters it is suspected that the
size of the American crop is being greatly ex
aggerated, and that instead of being 6.800,000
to 7,000,000, to say nothing of 7.250,000, it
will not exceed 6,500,000; but even if the crop
should not be larger titan 6,500,000, there
would be enough cotton to leave stocks at the
end of the season about tbe same as at the
opening. Twelve months ago we stated that
the world would want a crop of 6,215,000
bales to keep the then heavy stock intact,
but we also said, in the same
report, that under certain cir
cumstances (and before the great Indian de
velopment had taken place) a crop of 5,734,000
would suffice. So now, we do not say that the
world needs 6,800,000 to 6,900,000, but merely
that such a crop could be bandied without
difficulty, as it would be pretty evenly dis
tributed; while we do not believe that any in
convenience would ensue to the consumers if
the yield should not exceed 6,500,000, as there
would be sufficient to supply the estimated
increased wants of spinners without serious
trenching upon stocks. It will require 6,500,-
000 bales, however, to keep prices at a moder
ate level.
SIZE OF THE AMERICAN CROP A GUESS.
The size of the American crop is at present
so much a matter of mere guess work that it
is impossible to form an opinion of any value
as to the probable course of prices during the
season, especially as there is also much uncer
tainty respecting the extent of the Egyptian
crop and as to the movement from India. On
all these points pretty definite information
will be available in about a couple of months.
In tbe meantime consumers, while operating
as sparingly as possible on the spot, are large
buyers of early shipments and deliveries on
the basis of the rates now ruling for Novem
ber and December futures. It is evident that,
for the remainder of the current year, spin
ners consider 6}£d a safe price at which to put
themselves under contract.
As to next year, everything will depend on
the developments of supply and demand
during the coming two months, on the ex
piration of which we shall know better than
we do now whether the American crop is
likely to be nearer six and a half millions
than seven, or vice versa; while we shall also
be better able to gauge the condition and
prospects of tbe great distributing markets
for goods and yarns, tbe present unsatisfac
tory state of which is, to some extent, trace
able to the uncertain outlook of the markets
for the raw nnt'erra)
The /Aurora Friday Night.
New York, November 18.—At Omaha last
evening, the aurora was very brilliant, the il
lumination rendering the night almost as
bright as the day. At St. Paul the sky was
of blood-red color, the display being grand
and fearful. Cheyenne reports the illumina
tion at that point last night as bright as day.
At Hanover the display in the northern heav
ens was most brilliant and dazzling. In Cal
ifornia the aurora was visible from the north
ern part of the state as far south as Sandiego,
and was most brilliant. At Olympia, Wash
ington Territory, the aurora was magnificent,
the heavens north and east being brilliantly
illuminated.
Burning to Death.
Syracuse, N. Y.. November 18.—Alvin
Getman last night, while intoxicated and on
his way home, fell in the road after putting a
lighted pipe in his pocket and dropped asleep.
His clothing took lire. He was burned so
badly that he will probably die. He pre
sented himself this morning at the house of
a neighbor iu a terrible condition, his cloth
ing being all burned off except the wristbands
of his shirt, and five or six inches of his pan
taloons which were tucked in his boots.
Two White; Men Kilied-
Richmond, November 18 —Two white men
were killed on the Richmond and Alleghany
railroad last night. One named England,
was crushed to death while coupling cars,
the other, named Williams, fell or jumped
from tbe train aud was run over. He had
both legs cut off and died soon after the ac
cident.
General Chalmers counted Out.
Vicksburg, November 18.—A special to the
Commercial says the secretary of state has
declared Van H. Manning elected. Tbe gov
ernor lias issued the certificate to him because
the tally sheet of Tate county showed that
1,400 votes were cast for J. R. Chembless al
though the tickets read J. R. Chalmers.
AVERAGE WEEK-RATE OF*CONSUMPTION LAST SEASON
was about 70,500 bales in Great Britian and 60,-
000 on the continent, making a total of 130,500
for all Europe. As tbe great markets of tbe east
aDpear to be overstocked with goods, it may be
tbat tbe requirements of English spinners for
the new season will net materially exceed
those of tbe old season; but continental spin-
ic.cuuuu nera will, in all probability, increase their
dren! Olsen Uved ‘iu^Mfimeapoiri"for five")ears, consumption fully 5 per cent Perhaps, for
all Europe, there will be wanted an uverage
of 134 000 bales of 400 pounds per week. The
deliveries may exceed, bnt they are scarcely
likely to fall short of this
estimate. In actual bales, the figures
Killed by a Train.
Richmond, November 18.—Wm. H Brooks,
aee't 43, car inspector of tbe Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad, while crossing 'be track near
the company’s shops in thiacity this evening,
was run over and killed by a car which had
been detached from a train and was running
down grade.
^ Fire at Fort Worth. .
Galveston, November 18.—A special to the
News from Fort Worth states that at thiee
o’clock yesterday morning a fire was discov
ered in the flour mills, and this and nin*
smaller houses were burned. Loss $40,000;
insurance $20,000.
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