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TUESDAY AIOKNme, SEPTEMBER 18, 1883.
PRICE 5 CENTS
DURING THE WEEK.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY
AND COUNTRY ARE DOING*
asetlb oT Admiral Pierre-Lrmao Abbott NomlnXed
by tbe Democrat, for Oor.rnor of New Jeissr
—Slot Id O.Dtoo, Cblo.-Bl i.n by a Had
Da*-Yellow Terar-Oaille DHesae.
Teeedar* September IS.
There were lire deaths bom yellow fever at the
Pensacola nary yard. An Incendiary fire destroy
cd 122,850 worth of property In Louisville, Ky. Ah
exander Worsley was shot and killed by his father-
in-law, named Clement, in Bonham, Texas, The
September cotton returns of the department of ag
riculture at Washington are leu favorable than
for August, the general average being reduced to
74. A mob smashed the windows of a cafo and sev
eral houses occupied by Jews in Agram. Thedcm
onstratiuus at Waterford, Ireland, under the aus
pices of thelrlsh national league were attended by
•over twenty thousand people, The recent floods
.have caused great instruction to the International
and Corpus Christ! railroad of Texas. There were
heavy frosts in several of the northwestern states,
and crops of various kinds were considerably dam
aged. Coventor Knott, of Kentucky, has designa
ted October 12 as the day for the execution of Kills
Croft, who was twice found guilty of the murder of
Ike Gibbon children at Ashland, Ky.
IK IH* CITY.
Three persons were severely bitten by a mad cat.
Nr. William Awtry, a brakeman on the Western
and Atlautlc railroad, was run overby a train and
killed. Stockin tbe now Kimball house is being
rapidly taken. The dwelling house of Mr. James
Thomason, near the city, was destroyed by Are, sup
posed to be the work of an incendiary,
tVedsesday, Septemksr 1».
Fourmore bodies were found in the ruins of
Bremer's rag warehouse in Cincinnati.
Frank Kennedy, who stole I6J7 of his employer's
money in Philadelphia and skipped, was arrested
in St. Paul, Minnesota. A severs wind and rain
storm prevailed in Wilmington,North Caroline. The
thirty-first annual convention of the American
pharmacetlcal association began in Washington
city. The Noro Draja Walja, the chief organ of the
nihilists in St. Petersburg, which was suppressed
by the government some months ago, hasagalu re
sumed publication. The catllo dlseaso continues
tospreadin England, and in some sections of
England only American beef is to bo obtained.
President Arthur lssuod a proclamation that the
world’s Industrial and cotton oentonnial exposition
will open In New Orleans on tho first Monday in
December, 1884, and continue until tho 3lst oi May,
1885. Kate Colton, a negro woman, poisoned a
negro man In Cairo, Illinois, because ho would not
marry her. Several business housos were destroyed
by fire In Forsyth, Georgia. A Chinese mob In
Canton, China, bnrned tho houso ol several Euro
pean merchants and also their wsrehouees. Philip
Mackey, silk manulacturor ol Patterson, New
Jersey, failed.
IK Till CITY.
The two high school* are denaelr crowdedandtho
grammar schools are full. Tho aldermanlo race Is
beginning to assume shape. Ofllcor Meyori killed
a msd dog on Hlllyard streot, but not before tho
brute had bitten two or throe porsoas. Robinson,
the convict who was shot several nights ago while
attempting to es.apc, la Improving. Property In
the neighborhood ct tho clty ball, tho site to; tho
now state capital, Is rapidly increasing in valuo.
TkarsSar, September 10.
•starts- VnnrW« fit Indiana, hex been retained
SL1 stator counsel for Jsmts .Nuttiniils approacMug
trial for the murder of N.L. Dukes in Pennsylvania.
Nat Thornton, a well known cltisen of Birming
ham, Ala., has become insane from religious ex-
citemertt. The appointment of General Schmidtz
by the French government as ambassador to St.
Petersburg creates an unfavorable Imprcsalon in
Berlin owing to his Alsatian origin. Ono hundred
and fifty thousand dollars worth of property was
destroyed by fire In Boston. Governor Ben Butler
nominated Edwin G. Walker, a negro lawyer, to be
justice of the Charleston, Mass, district coart. Two
engines were wrecked In a collision on the Union
Pacific railroad. ThoApacho Indiana are begin
ning to show signs ol treachery. Tho customs divis
ion of tbo treasury department at Washington has
decided that under tho present tariff snlphnto clu-
ehoutda la to bo admitted free.
IK Till CITY.
The watermelon market has about played out.
The borso trade is reviving and the liverymen are
prospering. The proposition to chango tho city
prison location meets with general favor, work
men are engaged tearing down tho warehouse on
the corner ol Hunter and Pryor streets, where Mr.
G. T. Dodd will erect a fine building.
Friday September 14.
Cadets Tratnell ol West Virginia, Campbell and
MoeUcr ol Now York were dismissed from tbe mili
tary academy at Annapolis, Md., lor hosing. Wil
son Clark, colored, was killed in a cornfield in Lou
isiana. James Stanley will be hanged In Galveston
on October 10th for tho murder of a man named
Stricklin, The New Orleans Timer-Democrat s ex
pedition to tho everglades of Florida will start on
October 5th. The police of Farts frustrated a plot
to kill King Alfonso during his recent visit to that
city. The International literary conference,wntch
represents the principal countries of Europe, met
in lJerno. The disturbances In the Interior of Agram
grow more frequent and conflict! with the troops
ace assuming a most serious character. The Now
Jersey democratic state convention nominated Ly
man Abbett for governor on tbe second oallot. At
the Pensacola navy yard there were alx new case*
of yellow fever and one death. Two Mormon eld-
era named Wilson and Parrish were arrested In
Clayton county, Georgia, charged with vagrancy.
IK TUB CITY.
Tho United States courts will convene on the
fourth Monday in this month. Tho Air-Lino rail
road will transport free of charge pioturea Intended
lor the comlna art exposition of the Young Men's
library. Three small houses on Gray street were
destroyed by fire. Tbe Fitten building on the cor-
Her ol Marietta and Bread streets will be finished
about December first. Taylor Bryant, the negro who
wai convicted ol rape in the Walton county supe
rior court on the 3d instant and sentenced to be
hung on the I9th of October, was brought to tho At
lanta JaU for safe keeping.
hlirtu, September 15
General H. J. Hunt, commanding the depart
ment oi the south, was placed upon the retired list
ot the army, having reached the age of sixty-four
years; General Hancock will assume temporary
command. The grand Jury of Rutland, Vt, re-
tamed Indictments against ex-Treasorer Haven of
the Rutland railroad company charging him with
embezzlement There were 173 bnsineee failures
throughout the United States and Canada during
the past week. Joe Holder, a negro, shot and in
stantly killed Willis liadder, a negro boy, near
Cnlhbert,Ga- Henry H. Harrington, of Livermore
Cal. .shot and killed his adopted daughter and then
killed himself. Property to the value of 1100,000
was destroyed by fire in Brooklyn. William Run
yan and bis wife were toned dead in bed In Nil-
TUle, Pa. Three persons were killed by lightning
near Tarboro, S. C. Admiral Pierre, who returned
to France a few days ago from hla command of tha
French fleet In Madagascar, died la Paris. Barbara
Miller, a negro woman, was banged In Richmond
for complicity in the murder of her husband In
February last.
Ct TH* CITY.
Matilda Herring, a negro woman, gave birth to
triple t*-two boji and one girt. The residence of
I Mr. Edward Smith was burglarized. Atlantiens are
beginning to visit the new park. Monroe Ellis bad
his right leg and foot badly crushed while working
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia rall-
road.
■sadsr. September Id.
The Coreau embassy arrived la Washington,
fire at Casey, HI., destroyed 180,000 worth of proper
ty. The Virginia peanntcroplsa failure. Jones &
Co., a prominent cottop firm of New Orleans, filled.
Hugh J. Hastings, late editor and proprietor ot tbe
New York Commercial Advertiser, was buried.
Judge Robert Mayo, of Westmoreland county, Vir
ginia, committed suicide. Mrs. Nancy E. Clem,
who figured so prominently in tbo Young murder
casein Indiana fifteen years ago, was released from
tbe Indiana state prison. Cortchy castle, near
Forfar, Scotland, was burned. Tbe independent
labor party, of New York, Issued a call for a
notional convention of labor organisations, to be
held in Philadelphia, January 12th, 1881. John
Brady, the negro charged with the murder ol old
man Potty, In Greensboro, Ga., a few weeks ago
was found guilty.
IK THX CITY.
Clarence Jenkins, a train hand on tbe Air-Line
railroad, had his right hand crushed while coupling
cars. Falvey J: Herrick's broom factory was destroy
ed by fire. The members of the police force are or
ganizing a military compsuy. Jeff Acey, a negro
man, was arrested on a warrant charging him with
rape. The fonr-atory building on Broad street, by
the bridge, occupied by 81mona & Drummond,
and several other parties, svos damaged to the ex-
tent of JSfi.OOOby fire; fully insured.
CHARLIE ROSS.
Old LettersfihedsaFresh LUhtonttieSabJccl-Monrj
er Bleed.
Nrwark, N. J., September 13.—The Evening
News revives Ihe story of the kidnapping of Chap
lie Roan on July 1,1871, from the front of thefam-
ily residence at Germantown. Chief of detoctivfia
of police, of Philadelphia, Wm. R. Heins, recently
died and among his papen the family found two
letters tied securely in sepsrato packages, which,
on being examined, were found to have been writ
ten to Mr. Rosa by tbe abductor dot taring that If
ho did not como to terms the "blood ofltls sou
would be on bts bead." Tbe lettere
were not shown tho father of little JChar-
because it would only distress him
more." - At that time Mr. Ross was so prostrated
that all letters and information concerning tho com
were turned over to hla brother-in-law, Joseph
Lewis, who then consulted llelns, head ol the de-
bctlveaquad. Tholettcra just discovered aredated
November 22d. and 24 oi tbe year of tbe abduction.
In tbe first letter the abducton say: "We have now
arrived at a critical point. We have divided to fix
n day when this matter mutt bcscttled. Me
MUirrnav* twxkty thousand dolls Its
or you will neverseeyourboy. It seems to usyou
think more of the money thnn you dooi yonr child,
or you would have settled this buriners long ago.
You can look at your £20.000 a thousand times, but
It will not brine your child. I have never been
blessed with a child, but It seems to me If I was a
father I would long since hare paid the money and
got possession of him. We are not murderers yet.
God forbid, but unless you meet us In New York
Tuesday this business will bo ovor forever. Two of
us kid napped the boy. andlbotwo have had him
In their possession ever since. Your 120.000 would
be only 35.000 a piece. That is nothing to what we
expect to make outoi tbe scheme in hand. If we
had known your financial condition wo would not
have taken yonr boy. Now that we have him, wo
must have the ransoms, so that on November 24 wo
must bare
XONKY, OR Ills BLOOD
will be on your head. You sty you want more
proof that we have got yourboy. You fall to meet
us or-our agent in New York, November 24, and
you wiU have awiul prool that wo have him.”
Then the father, who never getsa glimpse of the
dreadful threats is directed to change hla signature
td "Saul of Tarsus' -to newspaper advertisements
notifying die Vilnius of dig wceptlou of tbetr
letters to "Abraham?" The noteptooeods: *'Tbis
Is thejsi^chanee»vre vlU —
'lime, but you did not como and wo left. Wo glvo
you four days more. If you dont meet us that do-
cldes
the fate or your child.”
Tho second letter wrs sent, in which Routs Im
pressed with the gravity of tho situation. This Inst
letter ever penned by the actors In the great crime
bore tbo postmark of New York. It was dated No
vember 22,1874. , ... „ ,
"We wrote you yesterday/' it begins, “saying we
would seltlo this business Tuesday, Novomber24.
This is such serious business tbnt we write you
again to let you know that this affair must bo set
tled. Wo saw your boy as wo came over, and he Is
all right. Ro», this manor must be settled, or It
will be too late. Your boy Is in chargo of our two
confederates. If tho matter is settled satisfactorily
we can send by wire "all right aud he is delivered
all right to yon. If wo "send "ali wrong" no
power on earth can restore him to you alive. This
matter, then, must be settled by Tuesday, Novem
ber 24 in, at noon, or never, if you want your child
. »-•*»- moot ill 113 NAW YftPk
alive keep truetallb and meet uh iu New York. 1
Upon the heel* of thi«, a third letter camo,
proved to be one dated November 22, with an addi*
tional note saying: “We send you a copy of tho lot
tar mailed to-day. Tbi* subject i« so Important
that we send you two letters, so that you will be sure
get one or the other."
THE FATHER OF CHARLEY.
Christian K. Ron, farther of Charlie Rosi. savs of
the Newark News’ story: "These letters which lam
reported as not having received are no different or
worse that those I did receive up to November 6,
inclutlve. If they are bona fide I don t see what
right Captain Heins had to receive and open letters
addressed to me. I think there must be some mis-
take about them. Wbilo I was 111 my brother-in-
law bad charge of my correspondence and kept no
thing from mo/'
MRS. CLEM FREE AGAIN.
Itcleused- Frum l'rlreo on the Aniilver.nr/ «r the
Young Murder.
Indianapolis, September 16.—Nancy E, Clem,who
figured so prominently In the Young murder case
in Indiana, fifteen years ago, was released from
itate prison to-day, the anniversary oi tbe day on
which the double murder was committed. Mrs.
Clem was twice tried tor the murder and finaUy ac
quitted. Her brother, Silas Hartmann, who was
Jointly accused with her, killed himself in jail.
Mrs. Clem’s peculiar business relations with Young
formed ths chief ground other prosecution. She
was In tbe habit of borrowing large sums of money
from btm. as well as from other men, paying exor
blunt lutercel at short Intervals. It has since been
learned that she did not Invest this money at all,
but bid it, and that the rams she paid as Interest
were Invariably part oi the principal. Her scheme
ifto accumulate a conniderable amount of nor*
rowed money and then cease Hiring Intereet, alleg
ing that her investment had tailed. When the
was finally released from Jail, after her acquittal on
the charge of murder, she resumed her financial
transactions with a new set of victims. At last her
purpose wu discovered, and she was arrested on a
technical charge of perjury. She was sentenced to
ap-rm of lmprironmentin 1810. which expired yes
terday. Like most criminals ol her class her prison
record baa been a good one.
The Young murder Is still a mystery and will
probably never he cleared up. The object of tho
murder of Young aud hla wife was undoubtedly
robbery, and Sllaa Hartmann, known a*"Bike," was
probably concerned In it Abrams, whowta also
arrested, was tried and sentenced to imprisonment
for life, i.ut was afterward pardoned by Governor
Williams, public sentiment being against his fur
ther nuntshmenb Another brother of Mrs. Clem.
Craven Hartmann, waa believed by many persons
to have been the actual murderer, bat the state as
sumed that Craven Hartmann was a myth.
Daring her last term of Imprisonment Mrs.
Clem's husband secured a divorce and left the state.
SUICIDE OF JUDGE MAYO.
Th. Virginia Uu4J.sl.rs F.ru . J.4g. 1.1. *«lfs
Mirim
NoaroLK, Va., September 18.—Judge Robert
Mayo, of Westmoreland county, shot himself In the
head in the stateroom of the Virginia and Balti
more steamer early Ibis morning. Th* deceased
was a prominent lawyer and father of Bobert W.
Mayo,of the senate, and of William Msyo, of the
bouse of delegates The cause of
tbe suicide ts not known. Judge
Msyo related his trouble to an Episcopal clergyman
ol Norfolk, who com* from Baltimore with him.
He said that when elected Judge he did not agree
pollllcaUy with hit sons, who were prominent re-
adj inters. He was told that poUUca would not
„ ... situation Irritated
kirn, and be said he felt like eudlng hla troubles by
blowing out hit brains. He is widely conucclaJ
andsnuncle of Commodore Mayo, of ’the United
States navy.
GARLINGTON’S ORDERS.
OP MISMANAGEMENT
PROBABLE.
Tha SuppIemsPtal Imtruetioni Allrged to Havo Boon
flsnt tb* tho Arctic Bxpioror. Miiiing-Tbe
Possibility of • Be tarn to tbe Polo—Tbo
Disposition cf tbo Stoio*.
,fond the evangelical creed, liberty ol conacienco,
and religious toleration. May Lather's anniver
sary help to atrengthen l’roteatant feeling, preserve
the German Evangelical church from disunlou and
lay the iouudatlou of everluathur peace."
DAVIS AND BLACK.
Ex*Secretary Thompson’s ttcroiieetlons— Davis tha
Recognized Fpolstimsn of the Cabinet.
Memphis, Tenn. r September 15*-Hon. Jacob
Thompson, who is now except one the only aurviv-
ing member of President Buchanan’a cabinet, and
Whose memories of the stirring events which led tip
to the late civil war must, therefore, form one ol
ihe moat interesting chapters in the hlatory of this
Country, was interviewed relative toJndgeJero
Black's posthumous paper. "I have just finished
Waihinotost, September 15.—Commodore En
glish, acting secretary of the nary, baa received
the following dispatch:
St. John’s, N. F,, Beptember 15.—To charter
another foreign shlD, with a foreign crew for this
duty, to go north at this late season, would sim
ply invite a fresh disaster. The Proteus was han
dled very unskillfuily and tho crew behaved shame- feeding Judge Black’s reply to Mr. Davis," said Mr,
fully at the wreck The ship must he American Thompson. "I read it with a great deal of interest,
manned andoftlceredbythenavy,and thoroughly P^V'toSS? '“y"^ ’“ire'sheJ thin
equipped. Unless winter quarters can he reached j *uow. As between Judgo Black,
north of Cape Athol, the attempt would he useless, who has now iwscd away, and Mr. Davis I do not
Tniiramint im rinnn Moivlila hav will be id- -like to iiiul ennnot decide with Judge Black. Wf
Tills cannot be rtoue. Melville Day wm do im wer0 Inllmft!e|y awoctated. ttn d a warm friend.
passible by October 1st at least. A ship canuot ibip sprang up between us. In my department
winter at Upernavik, and canuot sledge north from questions often camo up. I was called upon to
, h -„ v Wildes. decide, aud 1 was frequently asked to take Judge
mere * ' .. wf .. . v .„,u JJIack’s opinion by thewe who were concerned.
Commanding United States \auLc. [This I always did. With Davis, a southerner, and
lieutenant oARLINGTON'S refobt. ^4no of the leading men in the senate. my rela-
The following despatch, from Lieutenant Oar* r_ rio:
llngton, was received at tho sigtml office to-day ;
“fit! Johns, N. F. Beptember 15.—Chief signal
officer: iltto store# were not left at Littleton Iilitud,
because itwaa not in my programme to do so. It
was my intention to establish at or near Cape Pres
cott. and to the northward, as recommended by
Lleuteiiaut Greeley, and to fill the gaps caused by
the Neptune’s failures to ret above Cape Sabine.
The rations were left at Upernavik by the Yantio
for my party. Part of these met at a point forty
miles north of Tessusak. All since returned
totheYautlc. The ultimate result of any under
taking to go north at this time Is extremely prob
lematical. The chances are against Its success,
owing to the dark nights now beginning in these re
gions, making ice navigation extremely critical
work. There ts uo safe winter anchorage on the
west shore of Greenland between DImnj and l’adoro
harbor, except, perhaps, North Btar Bar, the whiter
quarters of the gauntlets. However there Isa bare
cjtance of success and if my recommendations are
approved, I am ready aud anxious to make the ef
fort. My plan is to buy a suitable scaler, take a
crew from the volunteers from the
crews of tho Yantio and Powhattan, now
In this harbor, paying them extra compensation.
Lieutenant J. C Caldwell to commaud the ship,
two ensigns aud ono engineer, to bo taken from
those who may volunteer from the same ship. Also
employ an Ice pilot. The ship must be under
United Btates laws, and subject to military dis
cipline. I believe nothlug can be done with foreign
dvlllau officers aud crews. In the event of not
enough seameu volunteering, tho remainder to be
enlisted here. Commander Wlidcs will communi
cate with the navy department. If anything Is to
be done it must be done at once.”
Garlingtou has been advised that tho secretary of
war will not authorize tho proposed expedition this
fall, but will orderlt next year.
EXPLAINING THE MYlTXKY.
The dispatches received to-day by the acting
chief signfarofficer of the army and acting secretary
of the /ffavy. from Llentenat Oarllngtpn, of the
Greelcrrelief expedition, aud Commander Wildes,
of the Doited Btates steamer Yantic, have excited
1 lere much comment and discussion. The telegram
from Lieutenant Garllugum; it is said,
seems to be a reply to a cat
egorical question, “Why did you not land
your stores at Littleton island, or LUo Boat Cove,
on your way north.” Tho reply: "Be auao it was
not in my programme to do so. See lay Instruc
tions,” aud tuts reply, it Is argued, sot ms to Indi
cate either that Lieutenant Gsrlingtoti. never re
ceived the so-called supplemental order to laud his
stores at Littleton lslaud, on his way north,
or that if he received such supplemental
orders he did not regard them as
inperative, and did not suppose that they were
mended to supercede the earlier instructions not
to leave his stores at Littleton island ou his way
north. It siiini to be generally admitted hereby
thoso who discuss tho subject that tho landing of
tho Proteus stores at the mouth of Bmith’s sound
before the ship herself encountered the perils of
the heavy pack, north of Cape Buhlnewasof tbi
utmost unpofumce. T “ J
undSi-MmUax w
ored to secure — _—. . „
Solid b7 land get alf soon as pomible after
reaching their base of operations, and before run
ning the extreme risk which is necessarily Involved
by the attempt to penetrate any part of the great
polar park. The experienced artlo navigator,
Leigh Smith, on his lost voyage to Franz Josef land,
two years ego, took the precaution toputa largo
part of his provUlous ashore at the very earliest
possible moment, no as not to bo entirely at tbo
mercy of the lee. Tho wisdom of his course was
demonstrated only a few days later by the crushing
aud sinking of his ship.
THE RESULT OF TH* MISTAKE. , ^
If the bulk of tho Proteus's stores and tho
ready made house, which she
had on board, had been landed
in this way on Littleton's Island, or Cape Sabine,
as coon as the ship reached either of there points, it
would not have ta.*cn necessary for Lieutenant Gar-
Huston *o seek safety at Upernavik. 800 miles
away, and the lives of Lloutenaut Greeley's partv
would not have been Imperiled, as thoy now are
by an insufficient supply of provisions at a point
where they had reason to expect abundance. The
responsibility for this fatal omission must rest. It
is nald, cither upon the department which planued
the campaign, or upon the officer to whom
wu eu misted the execution of It. Tho
department refers to iu supplemental
orders u evidence that It had foreseen aud guarded
against such misfoituno as that which befell the
Proteus, by directing that her stores be landed be
fore she entered Bmith’s sound. Lieutenant Gar-
llngton, on the other hand,seems, it is said, to have
had no knowledge of the supplemental orders, and
to have acted upon his original Instruction, which
were td land his stores ou his retreat, after ho had
tried to get through Bmith’s sound, and
had tailed. This apparent mlzunder-
Mtaodlng between Lleuteuaut Garllngton and
thefdepartment as to the most lmportaat step of tho
mu miner's artlc campaign, will doubtless t>e cleared
up when further information shall have bceu re
ceived from Lieutenant Garllngton, by mall. As
the situation now stands Lieutenant Garllngton
seems to havo been acting strictly iu accordadce
with bis original instructions, aud his telegram of
to day hears, it Is said, no evidence of any knowl
edge of a modification of those instructions by the
latter supplemental orders.
GARLINGTON'S COURSE CRITICISED.
Some aurpriso Is expressed here to-day that Lieu-
>nant Garllngton, after the low of his ship, did not
wale at Cape Hablue or Littleton island for the ar
rival of the Yantic, instead of undertaking a long
and hazardous Journey In open boats to Upperna-
vik. July 23d. when the Proteus was crushed, was
near the beginning of the best season for Arctic
navigation aud was the height of the arctic summer.
The shipwrecked crew would have had to wait for
the Yantic, as events proved, only eleven days, and
if tbe latter ship had uot been obliged to search for
uarlington and his men, she might have remained
two or three weeks longer at tbe mouth of Hmith s
sound, which would have given Lieutenant Greeley
that much more time to reach there if he was on nls
way in boats. After the receipt to-day of the tele
grams from Lleutentant Garllngton and Comman
der Wilds, the secretary of war had a consultation
with the acting secretary of tbe navy and the acting
ebb-f signal officer, and It was finslfy decidtNl that
the sending out of another expedition this fall was
impracticable and would only put more lives In
imminent peril.
CELEBRATING lUTHER.
ons were probably even more intimate, and he
) my warm personal friend to-day. Davis and
Hack were aho Blonds, and were very intimate,
seems a little straugo that
friendship of a lifetime should
. *t »r ........ 1..- i r. I signal P*
ildcniy cui.se when both were nearing the
a vo. remember very distinctly a conversation
had with Davis iu Paris about two years a>:o. We
met every day aud often talked over the past. Ono
day I asked him If ho Intended to reply to Black’s
Crilichm of his book. 'I think I ►lull reply,’ Davis
said, laughing. 'Black Is disposed to tnako u very
serious nmlter of a chance expression I made about
•Old Buck's’ timidity. There was no deep inclining
Li what 1 said, but Blavk seems determined that
mo public shall ro understand it.' I heard no more
cf the matter until 1 read the interview with Black
• rids morning. Davis's letter I have never seen."
"Doyou find anything to censure iu tho state
ments made by Judgo Black?"
"Ho states his own position, that of President
Buchanan, and of Mr. Davis with perfect ami-
lacy," replied Mr. Thompson. "There is not tho
!r»"d doubt that tho warmest personal relations ex
isted between Mr. Davis and tho president. Iln
consulted him on all matters of importance and
gave considerable weight to ids opinions. Really
Davis was looked upon in the senate ns tho cham
pion of tho administration. IIo represented Inter
ests upon which tho president leaned for Mipport,
and it followed Hint ho should bo consulted when
an important step was to bo taken. Tula close
relationship rather grew than diminished
up to tho very last. To such an extent
was it carried that some ;membcis of tho
cabinet were actual!)' Jealous, turn thought it rt
alight upon them that the president should prefer
to cousult with otic oubddo of tho cabinet. Davis
vhs a secessionist, and never thought to disguiso It.
Ho was outspoken ou all occasions. Black, on the
contrary, was bitterly opposed to it and wits equally
frank. Their arguments with tho president were
long, frequent and exhaustive."
"Do you know by whoso request it was that Mr.
Davis went to Washington from Mississippi Just
before tho president’s message was sent to con
gress?”
"By thoprcsidcnt'a own. I think. Such was my
impression at tho time. Yes, I am sure of it, ami
think tho president told me that ho had written
him privately to come up ami talk over tho message
jvlth him."
"Did lids visit have any effect upon tho tenor of
tho message?"
* "if so It was imperceptible to mo."
V SOME LECHKHOU3 MORMONS.
a«mo Chronicle* That Mny l>« Head With Interrat In
tseorglu. *
Tin A Delphi A, September 13.—There was an af
fecting socno to-day at No. 005 Warnock street, tho
homo of Mm. John Enqucst, when her sister, Reg-
ittV Andersen, a blind Mormon proselyte, was led
Into tho houso by her brother Leandoraud Mstcr
Atjua.iwho rescued her Sunday morning at Castle
iai7ce.~~Prudent." active navigator*. .j-jJrdon, Now York. By somo miscarriage of ft tele-
!-j-ro%a 1 tw» v **f^*t< V- n, '_y\Uie incuuiigc, Mrs. Muquent had uot been
.to the ►af.-ty tin fr T sup- MWufi. d of h*r sister's" esc*per. ttnd ‘hart
Th* Appcsraac* of th* T*wa mf WttUnUerg-Uersfm
me* I'mcat.
Wittenberg, September 15.—Tbe city Is profusely
decorated. Crown Prince Frederick William waa
received with great enthusiasm. Two thousand
clergymen are here. The commemoration waa a
great success. The doorway of the Augustine mon
astery was flanked by Venetian masts. Colossal
busts of Luther and Melancthon had been placed
on the balcony of the town hall and on stands
throughout the city. The emperor’s bust in front
of tbe town hall was decorated with flowers. Por
traits of Luther and mottoes from
sayings and writings were displayed
In many windows. The number of visitors Is esti
mated at 50.000. On arriving at Wiltenburg, tne
Crown Prince Frederick William, with Prince
Albrecht and Herr Von Gossler, drove direct to the
Stadt Kirche and Attended service. Over 1,000
clergymen filled the cbnrch. After reading tne
liturgy. Superintendent General Schultz delivered
the festival sermon, taking his text from SL
Matthew, chapter xxL, verses 42 and 4J. Tne royal
party then proceeded to the Hcblow Kirche, where
the crown prince placed a splendid laurel wreath
upon Luther's grave. Tbe party afterward inspected
the archives in the town ball relating to the refor
mation. Meanwhile a long procession marched to
Luther’s house, where the crown prince subse
quently, in a large hall which served,formerly as
Luthers lecture room, declared the Luther hall
open. In his addreas the crown prince said: "Mar
ihU festival serve as a holy exhortation to uphold
knowledge that tho il*lu!li.il gtrl
being broil*!:t to Philadelphia unlit tho
front door was opened andsho appeared. ■
dor. on, who Is a jrouug aud beautiful Klrl.sa.u .....
her homo n*ar Stockholm, In swedou, had boon
visited by a Mormon ntlaslonarr, »ho psintod to
her In the most glowing colors tho advantages she
would derive from czchantlng her humble lot to) a
home among tho Mormons. "Ho told me," she
•aid. "that the weather In Utah waa always pleas-
out. that every kind of fruit grow In the streela.nnd
that nobody llvod there but rich men, n great many
of whom were unmarried and wanted wives tl~
told me that a husband wan awaiting mo amon
bis people, aud said heowncdablgooalmine,lived
lu a pa'aco and ownod a dozen carriage! and a
groat stable lull of horses."
AH AMOROUS KOOKR SKNT TO JAM..
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Uostok, September 13.—In the Norfolk county
superior court, at Drcnhsm, to-day ths trial of
"Elder" Jackaon F. Kraus, Catherine U. Cobb and
and have been running for some rears a small
edition of tbe Oneida community in tbe town of
Wreutbam. It seems that Evans appeared in that
town some two
so-cilled rellzii— —. ,
pries:, Hie distinctive feature of which wore free
love and so-called inspiration, lie attracted a
small number of converts, and ilnco then, np to
the arrest ot the parties, meetings were regularly
held In tho house ot one Cobb, who early became
' “ "b'e wife,*
ig we
UU*T Hium liWtl ttentj ,/«•"»" V# mtrn
much iskon with the views and —
"Elder," as appears In tho light of recent devel
opments.
Cobb tes -
details of debauchery: that
Mrs. Cobb in sbameful relations with Kraus, and
that he waa Inspired and directed to do so as s rollg-
lousactoto. Cobb says that he wasso firm a believer
In Evans and his relations that ho acquiesced In
this view, but that sulnequently hadbeovored that
Evans waa engaged In the same rotations with Miss
Whiting, who Is Cobb's niece, and Is also young and
pretty, rbe baa bad two children, both by Kraus,
as supposed, and to day appeared In court with one
of them In her arm*. Cobb appears to have con
cluded on this that the same revelation which was
right torKvau waarlghtfcrhim, so a. he says he
left Mra Cobb and went to Uvlng with Mbs Wbl-
this lime Ihe neighbors began to gel In
censed, and tbe arrest of tbe Ictcheroua "elder”
and bis ftmal. admirers followed. Krsns laid the
blame on the women, who he aayapuraued him and
forced themselves upon him. Evan* was to day
sentenced to two years In the house ol correction
for bis relations with Mist Cobb and tor one year
tor bts Intimacy with Min Whillog.
Tbe district attorney did not press tor sentence
against the women, end It Is supposed their cares
will be put on file*. Evans 1* safd to have come
from western New York, where be carried on a simi
lar woman eslabllibmcnt, and got two young
women into trouble ol the seme sort ta that which
attended Mbs Whiting's experience.
LIFSCOMB AND THOMAS.
A CMtr*r«ray lt«t«..» K..tk Carellaa OB.Ial
Which C.4. Is Hired.
Special to the Cooitltutton.
Coluhhia, ». C„ September 15.—A controvery
occurred in the corridor oi the itatohouae this
morning between James N. Lipscomb, secretory
ol state; for South Carolina, and John P. Thomas,
Jr., private secretary to the governor, concerning
the.means resorted to hy a newspaper correspond
ent to obtain information from ihe .executive de
partment. Lipscomb said tbo correspondent wonld
not scruple to snrrepilllonsly procnrelnform*Uon
from private paper*. Thomas distgrewl with him
astn trie Integrity oltbe correspondent, and then
withdrew Into his olllce. In a <«"
comb followed him, and said to ■ntomia that hu
remarks were tantermonut to calling him (Lips
comb) a liar. The private secretary denied any
such Intention, but claimed the right to enjoy and
express hla own opinion ot the correepondent,
whom he believed to be a gcntlemau-Cli scorn*
Insisted upon bis construction of the remark and
without giving Thoraaa time to reply slapped him
In the face. Lipscomb Is a large, corpulent man
of <“lektemper;Xti*pf*Judlc« and Inclined to
be overbearing in hi* manners. Thoms* Is asmall,
bony young man of quick manner* end moifeside-
^ P &S'S!^ b VMiA^ f roc|u^
sation about tha citjr to-uUht, aud will be the stale
hrSiSS* S is Sellerea that U»: end i.
not yet.
NEWS OF GEORGIA.
WHAT THE PEOPLE ARB SAYING
AND DOINO.
All ill* lctdlo« Crimes, Casual!tc* and Other Events
—Bow tbo Crops TbroucRoot the Country Brand
—T«lk About roll. I oi and Bus I ness-
Matte a of General Interest, Etc.
Macon, Ga , September 11.—Tbe city waa
startled ibis morning by tbe announcement
that Master. James Findley, a leu year old
son of Mr. C. D. Findley, bod fallen from
oue of the cupolas of Merccr.uDiveraity. Im
mediately Tint Cokotitutiok representative
proceeded to lnveatlgate It, Finding Dr. Bat
tle, tho president of the university at borne,
ho pointed out tbe scene of the frightful fall.
In tbe rear portion of the university building
Is n tower ot circular farm, made of brick,
about three feet in diameter, and over 100 feet
high, used os a means of ventilation. It bos
an iron pipe running from the ground to the
top, as an escape for tbe obnoxious gases, and
it also has iron croes-bara on the aide, aa a
means of ascending it. Young Findley and
a party of little boys were attempting to
climb to the top by tbe cross-bars, for tbe
purposo of looking over the town. Tits other
hoys had finished their climb, and when
Findley attempted to do so, his foot slipped
and he fell tbe whole distance to tbe bottom,
lie was picked up by ills companions, bleed
ing and insensible, and was taken to his
home, about one hundred yards olF. Dr.
Fitzgerald was immediately aiiiiimoncd to tho
little sufferer, and did all within bis power
for him. He was restored to consciousness,
and at tbe last accounts was resting easily.
It is a remarkable fact that not a bone was
broken, though bis back and bead were con
siderably gkmnedand bruised. Dr. Battle
said that ho had found it almost impossible to
keep the little boys from playing in tbe build
ings, and that ho had frequently threatened
them with tbe police. No blame la attached
to any one, and tho accident is very much re
gretted.
Auuusta, September 11.—A young man
name John Kusblorth.a mechanic, attempted
to commit sulcldo hero yesterday by taklNg
chloral. Physicians succeeded in resuscltnt
ing him. fie was confined at the pollco
quarters to prevent another attempt. This
morning ns a negro was tiasslng through the
room with a boltlo of carbonic acid to disin
fect cells, Kusliforth snatched the bottle
from bis. hand, and drank n large portion
of the contents. He died in a snort time.
No rttuse is assigned for tho net.
GntrriH, Beptember 11.—The death of John
Nipper occurred this morning, twelve miles
from here. He was a resident of Henry coun
ty, being a very prosperous farmer. He was
in his eightieth year, next birthday 25th of
December. Ho was the father of J. D. Nipper,
of this place, who U traveling salesman for
Lamar, ltankin A Lamar, of Atlanta.
LAWakscxviLLg, September 11.—Tbe dwell
ing houso of Mr. Bryant Mobley was burned
/eaterday afternoon. Cause or origin un-
1 mown. Scarcely anything saved.
OBirriN, September 11. — Tho pauper
rago in Qriflln (or tho present and past year Is
cortalnly a nuisance that ought to bo nbnlod.
There are places provided for such people and
those who pay to keon them up would fed re
lieved If tho authorities would tako steps to
make Iimllcra l.i-tti-r in this respect, j Im rage
is principally among the negroes, us compsrn-
W.ISJ
more thoy’ll continuo to come if something is
not done to stop it.
Atiikks, September 11.—Major O’FarrolI
will not hs a candidate for re-election.
CABTKnsviLLk, September 15.—About three
. clock this afternoon several of tho inmates of
Barlow county jail made their escape by tear
ing out, by some unknown means, the iron
window facing and then tearing the brick
wull which was about two feet thick, leaving
a hole large enough for them to crawl
tbrougli. It is evident that tbe prisoners
were aided and furnished tools by parties out
side. Among those who escaped wero Fria
ble and Wyly, tho men who were in jail un
der the charge of having murdered young
Stephans, near Adalnvllle, lost Bprlng. Every
effort is being mode to capture tiie fugitives.
Ciiattahooua, September 12.—Toereis blood
on tho ntoon. Two prominent young men of
this city, becoming angry as the result of n
practical Joke, a challenge to fight a duel was
sent and accepted. Humor has It that a hos
tile meeting will Uke piece on F’riday morn
ing within it hundred miles ot this city. Ths
friends of ths young men are doing all in
their iiower to prevent the meeting, but at
this writing It seeme the tight must come off.
Names nre suppressed for prudential roaeons.
Tiiomastok, September 12.—Sheriff Foster
_ tow days ago came very near having an on-
counter with a negro who was wanted in Tay
lor county, and wno at the time had been ar
rested by the eherlff of thh county. The
particulars are about these: Sheriff Foster
tad gone in the house and had arrested the
negro and had him by the collar with one
hand and In the other the eberiff held hi*
pistol, amt as tho sheriff was miking his ar
rangements to put the shackles on bis prison
er, tiie prisoner gave a sign that lie would re
als!, when the Sheriff Foster told bint if he
didreelat that he would shoot hUu. "You
won’t shoot me will you” ealjl tiie negro, and
at the same lime making * plunge for Sher
iff Foster’s pistol, and being so strong twisted
it from the eherilTs hand, and made bis es
cape, but not until Sheriff Foster had trailed
him over the head with * stick. The negro
bosainco sent the pistol back.
Calhoun, September 12.—The trial of David
Dukee, colored, charged with being accessory
before the fact of tiie murder of Lela Lewis,
referred to In to-day’s Constitution, wo* en
tered into yesterday afternoon. The defend
ant having no counsel, tbe court appointed
Colonel* W. H. Dabney and T. C. illlner to
defend hint. Tbe defeudantbad no witnesses;
only made a statement, denying bis guilt in
any degree: said that he bad not been to
Mrs. Barnwell's but once In shout twelve
months, and had not seen Margaret Harris,
who was convicted on Monday ssprincipallln
the first degree. In that length of time. He
declared himself innocent repeatedly. His
attorneys made every legitimate effort to clear
him. Colonel T. C. Milner opened tbe argu
ment for the defenoe, and bis speech was an
effort characterised with xeal and fervency.
Colonel Dabney's speech is considered one of
the best of bis life in tbe defense of a crimi
nal. The state waa represented by Colonels
W. C. Glenn end Hugh Harris, who repre
sented the commonwealth with marked
ability. The jury were out several hours and
returned a verdict about ten o’clock last
night, finding Dukes guilty, with a recom
inundation to mercy, which puts him In the
penitentiary for lire. Margaret Harris will
probably be sentenced today,
Macon, September 12.—ThU evening as the
Central train arrived, It brought at least oue
person anxious to reach the city. For folly
half an hour before its arrival, a well dressed
young man, of pleasant manners, mode his
appearance in the carsbsd, and his nervous-
nem and manifested excitement eras very
noticeable*
Tbe cars boil scarcely com* to a stand still
before he had entered, and soon afterwards
emerged with a modest and stylishly dreaeed
roung lady leaning on his arm, who, witlt
teaming countenance foretold an expectant
happiness. Hurrying from the building,
botn repaired to the Drown house, where the
TiixCoKirnTUTion's representative went over
soon afterwards, and learned ithnt quiet
Macon was to bo the scene of a most romantic
affair, and that the Brown honae was to be
the chosen epot of its culmination. At 9:15
o’clock, a few friends gathered in tho li.iud-
some parlor of that hotel to witness
the marriage ceremony of Mr. Kobcrt Monl-
throp, Jr., and Miss Katie Mosa, of Eufatila,
Ala., by the Kev. E. W. Warren, of tills city.
Mr. Monlthropisof the firm of It. Moulthrop
Sr., extensive brickmakers of EiifHtiln, and
has been engaged to Miss Moss for
some time, but his mother objecting
to the alliance has prevented it until now,
but with a determination characteristic of a
young lover, they would wait no longer,
and the serenity ol our quiet city is disturb
ed by a sensation. The couple will spend tho
honeymoon north and west, visiting all the
planes of note.
Oxahna, September 14.—The Deadline
house, valued st $2,500, insured for $2,000:
waa burned last night. Thii houso is well
known as thebaildingwherea desperate fight
occured, In which one or two men were mur
dered, when prohibition went into effect.
Jacksonville, September 14.—At 3 o'clock
this morning, fire broke out In tho drug store
of William Neabit, and rapidly extending
destroyed twenty-two warehouses, storehouses
and residences, involving a loss of over $50,-
000, on which there was only $7,000 Insur
ance. Heaviest losers are Bowan, Doan &
company, largest merchants In tbe county,
who saved much of their stock, but lost heavy
mods. They had $1,000 insurance in Georgia
dome,and $3,000 in Central City of Alabama.
A. L. Stewart lost $2,000. The block known
throughout the state os Office row was de
stroyed. Also Harper's store and Major
Wylie’s residence. The fire is believed to .
have been incendiary. Nesblt had a large
amount of money in the safe, which, it is be
lieved was first stolen and the building then
burned.
Tallapoosa, September 13,—On Wednesday
lost, while Mr. James C. White, who lives '
near Gurley’s tank, in Jackson county, Ala.,
was absent from home, a fiend in human
shape—the same one who stole Charlie Tilden,
of your city, and who only a few weeks-ago
tried to kiunap two or three boys near Hiram,
l'aulding county, Ga , patsed by and inquired
of Mr. Whito’s two little boys if they knew
of any stray black cattle in tbe settlement,
anil hired the oldest one of them to accom
pany him, oa he told them, to a large spring
some half mile off, where the settlement cat
tle ranged, and iuduccd the boy off, and after
ho got hint ahray from the houso forced him
to go with him, and came this way. Mr,
White, when ho returned home in the even
ing, Instituted search for the hoy, and finally
obtained track of tbe rascal wlto decoyed lilm
off. Mr. White arrived here lost night with
three others in pursuit. Yesterday about 3
o'clock the rascal passed tbrougli this place,
making his way towards l’aulding county,
Ga, wltcro he Ts understood to have a wife
living near the scene of bis former exploits.
Tho rascal is supposed to Itavo ntardcred the
boy, as his clothes are all bloody, ami ho did
not havo him as ho passed through here. He
was lost seen with tho boy near Oak Level,
Ala , where lie had brutally boaten the child,
He told there that a negro woman in Etowah
county, Ala., had beaten it that way, and that
lie Imd knocked her in tho hood with a wagon
spoke and left. Oak Lovel is only 15 miles
from hero. Tho child is only 0 years old, and
dressed in ltomomado dark colored pants and
white cotton shirt; had one foot hurt when
It was curried off. Tiie rascal is named Ogle-
treo, and is about 30 years old, about five feet
stoop shouldered, and had on worm uome-
liinde woolen imals, hickory shirt, and white,
dingy Hupped lint. There ii u rewurd of $1U0
for hirn in Jackson, where ho stole tho hoy.
d li,- ooiiiiniinily ii greatly incensed over the
outrogo. A largo party left here fast’ night,
going towards lluclmnnn, In pursuit. If he
Is caught he may perhaps find a short shrift
and a sure rope. Ploasu pass him around.
Calhoun, Soptomber 13.—The court an
nounced, Just before tho dinner hour to-day,
that tho prisoners, Margaret Harris and Da
vid Dukca, both colored, tlio former os prin
cipal and tho latter as accessory before tiie
fact, in tiie murder of Lola I-owis, by poison
ing at Fair Mount, on tits 17th of last Au
gust, amt found guilty after having lmd a fair
and impartial trial and Ihe benefit of abio
counsel, wonld bewntenoed the first thing in
the afternoon. Tha courthouse was densely
packed at 1 o’clock p. m„ with people anx
ious to hear the death sentence upon Mar
garet Harris, and tile sentence of a lifnof ser
vitude in tbe penitentiary upon David Dukes.
A few minutes before the judge
reassumed the bench. Shoriff Taylor ac
companied by tha prisoners and a necessary
guard entered the courtroom. Tho sheriff
commanded silence and Judge F'ain took
bis accustomed seat. The sheriff then seated
Margaret Harris in a chair fronting and
very near tho court, when deathly sllcnco
prevailed and when that most solemn of all
duties devolving upon a Judge was entered
into hy Judge F'ain. He spoko somo little
time to tiie prisoner in reference to the nt-
trociousnes) of her enme and of her trial
and conviction hy twelve Intelligent and
impartial jurors. He also spake solemnly
of the doom that stared tbe prisoner in
tiie face and which tiie law demanded tlmt
be should pronounce against her, and after
admonishing her to prepare to
meet the great unknown future
and her God, who would pardon even
a murderer, proceeded to pass the sentence. I
give only the substance, which was that:
"Margaret Harris, be, on tbe lfitb day of Oc
tober next, between tbe hour* of 10a. m. and
2 p. in., at eome convenient place to be eelect-
cil within one mile of tbe courthouse, bangcu
until dead.” The prisoner did not seem to
realize tbe solemnity of her condition amt
fumsl the court with apparent composure
whilst he enunciated her sad, yet righteous
fate.
DUKnnXYUlCtD.
David Dukes was then presented in front
of the court and a sentence of hard labor in
the penitentiary for and during his natural
life pronounced against him. The court said
but little to David; spoke of having known
him from his. Judge F'ain’s, boyhood, and of
the comparatively happy life be must have
lived walls a slave, from the character of
his owners, contrasting it with the horrible
slavery ho was now to endure during the
remainder of bis life now in his declining
years. He (David) seemed calm, and looked
into the judge's face without a trace of
nervousness or emotion while the sentence
was being spoken. When tbe judge had
finished Dukes tuked him if he might bid
him farewell, and upon being answered in
the affirmative walked up into the stand
and shaking Judge F'ain s hand, said lie
Imped to meet him la heaven. As be was
carried out of the courtroom to the JaU he
ehock bauds with several he knew. Uordoa
county has not had a legal banging since
1850, and tiie one to take place on the
loth of October next bids fair to be an
occasion of exciting curiosity, and one long
to be remembered by the thousands who
will doubtless gather to witness the leap of
Margaret Hams into eternity.
The Covington Star says that a Newton fac
tory negro aged seventy-eight years, named
Washington Hoberis, and who weighs only
eighty pounds, was recently married to a
lump of African fat In the shape of "cullud
’oman,” fifty years old, who balauced tbo
scales at two hundred and seventy pounds.