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mmm volume m 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.