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THE "WEEKLY CONSTirUTIOK: TUESDAY OCTOBER 23.I883.-TEN PA.GES.
ANORTHERN PILGRIMAGE
Acres 1be Kctrcfolii-A Traveler wltfes Thrarj-
OcnUTackeei end Y.nke. 0»orzJ.n.-Im-
prtialon. end EsmlQlB3.oee.-How Co-
Opt retl.Q Xooreucd uo Cotton Cop.
Special to The Constitution,
II.
Sleep end an accommodation train, aa has al
ready been observed, carried the pilgrims safely
through New Jersey to the portals of the metropo
lis. It Is worthy of note bore that as soon aa th e
ferry boat had been made fast to the New York
landing, the Fat Pilgrim (who Is known at home aa
the political professor because he steers Tus Con
stitution through shallows that murmuras well aa
through deeps that are dumb) shook himself rigor
ously and wared his hands to his companions.
Evidently the City was not to bo besieged, but at
tacked. Hackmen more ferocious than those at
Niagara lied before him In dismay; honorable
members of the Trausler companies were not bold
enough to clank thalr baggage links In bis
face. Undoubtedly the other pilgrims wonld
have fallen victims to these monsters of civ
ilised transportation; bat bow easy it all
seemed now. A ted sisge-coaoh stood waiting lor
the Utile company, and in a few minutes they were
ambling through UeUougal street and Into the
Avenue iormerly called Fifth, bnt which is now
sacred to the congregation of pugs and dudes that
promenade there aud Ue in wait fur the privilege
of witnessing the passing of Colonel Debancy Kane
and his canary oclored coach.
But this is not to be a chronicle of the metropolis,
for here the pilgrims parted. The Fal Pilgrim re
mained to look alter a huge press which wUl be put
id operation In behalf oi the readers of Tin Con
stitution. Another remained to take a place on the
reportonal stair of me New York Timet,
wnllo me third punned his way to
Boston. It may be mat the Fat Pilgrim can
be induced to write out hla experience in me me
tropolis, and lu view of mis, toe Boston pilgrim
does not feel at liberty to draw upon hit own notes.
Bnt one or two impressions may be recorded. The
Immense vitality of New Kora is not of a social sort.
The metropolis seems to be a mart in which men
exlstfor me purpose of dolug business and not for
the puipoee of enjoying life. Thus, in me sum
mer season, me women who have money take
memselvesaud thtir children onto! town and turn
me place over to me men, and with me men, rich
or poor, It is one couunuai scramble. Ifarry, flur
ry. tight I Flurry, hurry, flight! Wild living,mad
speculation! All this does not strike the average
New Yorker as abnurmal or feverish. Ue enjoys it
to me utmost.
"It is business before pleasure and business after
pleasure,” said a bright young New Yorker with
whom me matter was casually dheussod. "Pleas
ure with us Is like a flake of ham lu a sandwich,
it has business on bom sides of it. 1 ask you to
dinner and break a bottle with you. 1 am fond of
you, In fact; but it you meet me In me street,
why, Just watch out! I’ll squeeze you U 1 can.”
The facts are even more painful than me bright
young New Yorker intimated. A ton deliberately
wrecks his father; father turns against son; broth
er cripples brother. Bnt you say, “Ah, mis it in
me street." Beat sir (or madam, at me cate may
be), In all mis wile domain of ours, there it but
one Wall street. Iu all the country round you will
not Hud another. Unhappily, lisluflueuce Is felt
miles and miles away from the metropolis. It Is such
a powerlul Influence, indeed, that nearly every
community In the laud has become entangled lu lu
web, and the llery Utile serpents of me lightning
snap their teem together at thousands of telegraph
instruments ss they carry messages to and from me
sheet to lit victims. The Immoralities of specula,
tlou have become so systematised that it Is uo won,
dcr mu sensibilities of men who are good and true
at bottom have become blunted.
We talk earnestly oi flippantly at me humor suits
UI of icfoiuia lu politics; but me disease lie* deeper
thau mat. The mural tense of me nation hat been
demoralised, in .me • atmosphere of- speculation
which, generating lu Wall sircet, has spread s'
0Tt r the countty. Thus we tee the south
losing more man twice the value
of its cotton ciup annually aithollille tickers In
In Cutter: and Abraham Uncoln.bom In theaouth,
combined in his remarkable personality me
pecnlailtlei of all lections. . ,
All these things me pilgrim remembered as his
theory took shape, and he remembers them now,
when hit theory It no longer «tbemr, but Iso far
as his obrervstlon goes) a fact. The weeds and
wild flowers mat were familiar to him In Ueorgla
ran along by the side of the railroad In
New England and kept him company. The land
scape between Hartford and Bprlnsfleld, and be,
tween Springfield end Boston, it peculiarly Geot-
gtan. Moreover, some of the fences are dilapidated
and a great many gates are off their hinges. What
could bo more familiar than these thingtT
There is one Itel which mo esteemed travelling
correspondents ol the northern Journals have neg
lccted to nfcntlon. namely: mat railroadsmake It
a rule to go Into all towns the back war. This la as
true ol me north as ol ibe aoulta, and the pilgrim
might have taken advantage of me fact to make
some very unwholesome observations. But he re
trained. He remembered how misleading the truth
may sometimes be made—how misleading It has
been made In thousands of instances by
me esteemed traveling correspondents of northern
journals.
in ibe aonth, that it to ny, in Georgia, tho towns
have grown up almost by accident In New Eng
land, the towns have grown up around faeiory
sites. The three features of most ol them are the
factory, the church and me red school house.
These are to bo seen from me car windows; but
me most dlttiugniihlng feature—the town meeting
—it not to ho teen by the casual traveler. It It
this that gives New England lu peculiar organisa
tion—the. orgaoiaatlon of local self-gov, riinivrit.
We make great arguments occasionally in regard to
the necessity of local sell-government. lu New
England there seems to bo uo necessity for argu
ment, morning Itself, being always on hand ready
for Instant use. In fact, me machinery of It is au
tomatic, and rno slightest impose will set it In
motion.
It it a pity that every farmer In Georgia could
not have an opportunity to rldo through New Eng
land. The Journey would benefit him even If Die
trains made no stop. It is not necessary ito rove
around rediscover results. The wonderful econo
mies which me people have been oompelled to
adopt, and me wonderful energy mat has made
me adoption possible, are manifest on every band,
vei.no tor me wbtlituf me reckless gam Diets of
Wall street, if me influence of mis s;mculatlve
center h*s inauu llaell lei. lu the rural commnnl-
tie* wbai is lu be said ol Its tiled upon me me-
tropolls itself f Tiuly, nothing need be said. One
has ouiy re take up me daily papers and read me
JSreuui of me comings and goings of the people
who make uo nbailscalled society lu New York-
f litas t-11 I r*.I rt (4 IIM iaIhi nlvo.t.ll.. - — .
UhQ pinKU Uli vissws se vwisw« vvv *v*y **• .svW 11/11;
the aeeuuuisoi me vuigaiteus who straddle any
ami every speoueular fm“®/‘"“>J,f»»I>esfol die-
f,laying ibeir wealui. lu me scusluve mind, me
desire to criticise gives uiaue to concern. What is
to be me upshot of It aUT .
Betas the pilgrim made bis way through tblswon-
deuul city ho lud me contolaUon ol knowing that
in the taiust ol all inis demoralisation gnu un
touched by it, dwell people who are me very sell
of me eanu, aud he earned with Mm as tou venire
oi a former flat giaieiui remembrances of their
kindliest and conauleiailou. Ana somehow he felt
that these people would finally succeed by sheer
force oi example in arresiLg aud preveiiltug me
Spread of me demoiailieiluu which hat lu head
nils tiers 111 Wail sued. Hi tbU frame of mind he
betook himself Us a railroad siauon In me upper
pan ol me city ana was soou spinning away across
Hew n'uglftuU.
It mlgut be ■uppoted ibo pilgrim wu lonely tiler
Musing with bn traveling companions. Ana no
woi dir. Oue oi Ultra—ibe Fat Pilgrim—waa ihe
iollieai and motn a>mp*ibtetic ol companion*, while
JUKI.-. ,Ko
the ether bad hit naiuial vivacity Increased ny the
leas of a uunk. Uue never knows until he has loti
a trunk huwvecnUarly humorous ihe slluailun la.
II a lea* tiunk can d be welgbed. It would pull
down ibetcairsii eleven thousand Ions, and lu
pressure upon the mum can therefore be lastly im
agined. But me pugrim going New fcnglandward
soon found mat lie had a Theory lor a traveling
companion; a lesbty wiib a big. Dig T; e Theory
wDicn a as iho outgrowth and development
of a consctcnUous study of native Ameri
can lliuatuie on me uue baud aud of pa
tient observation cl human nature an me other.
No uno-w im a Theory to keep him company could be
aulte lonely. let him try never so herd.
4 wmu was ibis IbeurjT klrnply this, that tbedlf-
creme, between me representative men end women
of me north aud south are not neatly so marked as
me gentlemanly enliois on boih sines would have
us believe. To give It another aud perhaps a more
defluHeloim, ms Theoiy with a big T which ihe
pilgrim carried along wlm him was re me effect
Uiai me people ol the two sections. In tplw oi en
vironments that seem to be totally dissimilar, are
not essenually different. In sume ret peels me
theo^r was a bold one. For many fenerations me
been accustomed re hear
ft
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ttooA
nuntjJ
vai
true
Keik.mil uuil’OM*,
lltttlou*. Ou »U0 ride, ihe gentlemanly editor re
marked that slavery ami ibe reeulia oi slavery bad
proouceu a neoi/le dihereut aud inferior to those
who lived at the norm where do slavery existed.
On the other ride the gentlemanly editor remarked
that your uue southerner, being a descendant of
the cavaliers, was suptriorrio tho churlish minded
puritau oi the ninth with bis slang-wbaDglug cant
and h> pocrisy; attd we beard, in this connection, a
giea' deal a bout chivalry aud knighthood. We have
heaid also from the geutleraauly editors on both
rides that ibe people oi the two sections can never
assimilate or oecuuie bomogereous. The truth U,
the whole question was seined long ago by the
newspapers, uutu It has become a tradition which
even Judge iourgeo, tu "ihe Fool's hrrand," has
seen At to employ lor the purpose ollurtherlng
•owe tomauiie p»aus of bis own.
But one day, some yean ago, whila the writer waa
fitting iu tuv editorial rooms of ’ilia toNsrmrrxox
with ms back to the door, some oue came in and
•poke to him. The heart) voice wsa so familiar, so
evidently that oi Colonel Tom Hardeman, of
klacou, that the salutation was returned In off*
baud fashion, the newspaper man in the meantime
going on with ms woia without turning bu head.
as be wrote, he ktin up au Intermittent conversa-
lion on matters about which he had talked with
Colonel lUrdeman a few hours before. The gen-
tlemau whose voice he had mistaken for that of
Colonel Hardeman wu from Portland, Maine, and
be bad called, u ha explained ween explanations
were possible, to see an old negro nun named
bemus of whom he had beard sundry reports In
dress, manner aud conversation be was a Georgian.
**l teit very much at homecoming u«
Western and aiuuuc toad this morning."
Maine Yankee; "it is my old state over again."
inousands of time* during the AUantaexpoiW-
this cnenumonou Uu view of all the ttaaiUog. is
may well be called such) waa repeated.
crackers born in Georgia made tb* MporiUoo po?
si ole, and Georgia Janaeee came Horn the n<,rihto
see It. About uiis tunc the »«*»«' ibe pilgrim
began to develop IttcU. He rexitmptr^ -^a,
blopcwsil Jsiktou, the gtnlns il the «. r mi me
southern side, was s».jW4* Puritantx
Utc euild evu mw. lu bu devoted camp ,j.« —.
SS; -Hal. 0#: Kn«l ell! The iTfliuSt
Elder's going to piey' 1 It lbs sooth had its typical
Cavelier In emeu, me north had lit ij pleat carajjjr
convincing
Tiuly, with, there people life Is e buimere and
not e pastime, end here ere the resnlls lo show for
it, success, prosperity, comfort. If the Georgia leg-
luaturecould beinaucod, In the lutcrest ol good
government, to forego one of lu long summer
scstlous and appropriate tho money that would
otherwise be expended in lhat direction re paying
tho traveling expenses of delegations of out most
progressive farmers from every section of Ihe suite,
wire the understanding lhat these delegations
wonld proceed leisurely througn .the west end
north, studying the processee that have wrought
such wonderful results, the state would be the
richer tor It In the long run.
Alter ell, this may be e foolish notion. Dears,
the school of experience is, it is the beat one. No
doubt the delegations of farmers would return to
their homes aud their commission merchants and
plant more cotton than ever. Many readers of Tua
Constitution will remember tne Irritating, but
amnslug result of the co-operative organization
known as the Patrons of Husbandry. For a season
or two, every agricultural community In Geotgla bad
ftagrango, and there was great enthusiasm among
the farmers. By means of the grange they oould
oo operate with each other, end by means of co
operation they could control the production of
cotton and thus fix Ihe price of the tuple. The
plan was simple end feasible, for it has been de
monstrated a number of times since the
war that a smell or short crop of cotton
will fetch higher and more piofliable prices
than a largecrop. Everything seemed livorable
for the farmers not only to realize the largest
returns for their cotton, but to devote themielvea
at the same time to other branenes of agriculture
which had long been neglected-corn aud small
grain, lor lneuuee. , ....
At last the experiment wu decided upon.
Grange corresponded with grange, all the arrange
ments were made and Pomona aud Ceres smiled
upon Ihe prospect To the utonlihment ol every
body, no! excepting tbe Patrons el Husbandry
themselves, a larger crop ol cotton wu grown
In Ueoigla that year than ever before; for etch
partlcalar pairon, believing that bis neighbors
would "oo-operete," concluded to take .time by
the forelock and plant u much cotton u be could
manage. This result ol "co-operation" Is elltung
K raUel to the story told by Dr. Holmes lu the pre-
ieto "The Autocrat.” Arrangements had been
made forall the lnhabltanu ol the world to yell
out at the tope ol their volets. Tho result wu
that, at the appointed time, the world wu never so
silent belsre or since, ererybody expecting to hear
a greet noise except one old Udy, wno wu deal.
Bo far u the pilgrim knows, there was no Patron ol
Uuibaudry too "dear’ replant all his available
lend In cotton.
No doubt the gentle reader (and he muit be gentle
If he bu had the patience to follow this random
chronicle) la pro let ling that all tbeze things are nut
lmpres Iona ol New England. But impressions are
elusive. They hide behind ell ions ol suggestions,
end they must sometimes be pursued into foreign
coverts. This being the cue, another Buudty will
do ek well as to-day. J. C. H.
THE TREASURE
THAT WAS LEFT SOMEWHERE N
THE SOUTH.
Tbs Closing SaiBM of tba Oo.L-d. rate asvsniaaat—
History 01 tbs Bitssr Tralc-Mr. Bass’s ISaosy
of West B osmesf tbs Meaty—Tbs Mis-
•iMippl sod Kentucky Brigades.
MOSS asoui THAT CONyXOINATX ®0U>.
GntrrtN, Ga., October &- Bet us start at Chris
tlanburg, Vt„ on the 11th day of April, 1645, where
alter General Echola, who was then In command ol
the army ol Western Virginia, had learned the sad
but trueiiury oi General Lee's surrender at Appo
mattox on tbe »ih. disbanded hla men aud told
them to seek their home, u best they could. Two
forlorn brigades with no homes they could reach lu
safety, one under Basil Dnke, from Kentucky,
other under John C. Vaughn,
from East Tennessee, both bravo and
tried commanders, were called lu oouucil of war
with their subordinate commanders aud It wu de
cided to make the match across the Alleghany
mountains and Blue RIdgeand if possible form a
ntlon with Jonuaou’a army. ihenaeoutGreeuaboro,
NU Accordingly the Hot <M match waa laheiiuuby
these hardy ball-led soidiera, aud night and day
through UtlUboro, Va., to Mu Aliy, N. C„ and ou
to the Yadkin river, where a hall was made re rest
and ascertain the sliuailon ol tho contending
armlea. From ihla poiutll> was learned Ural Geutrai
Jobueon wu negotiating lor me surrender ol hit
iST, and Dial out only hope wu re turn westward
loin General Diex Taylor, who wu at that lime re-
Oorted re bo gaining brilliant victories over tne led
oral forces In the iraus-MlialMlppi department. We
gathered all our loicsa together with whet paroled
Vicksburg prisoners were then lu mat pari of Norm
Carolina at,out c.'oocord,auU moved ou lo Charlotte,
where we fuuud Pnaldeut Davis, Becreiary of War
* Brocken; '
General Breckeutldge, Bewetsry ol ’Treasury George
A Trenholim Becreiary ol Navy R. B. Mallory aud
oiher cabtuet and staff olbocn ol the presl-
other cabinet
dent'*. We
amount of,
e considerable
Which were distributed among the soldiers at
Chariotte.’by orders Horn General Urcekourldgu.
— Cky brigade, under General Duke, and
brigade, under General Vaugun,
were oideredto Jolu a brlgadoof Mifcbsdppl ueops.
aud lurm an escort lot mo president, and uiis .
whole force of throe brigades moved out Item _
charlotte westward, tbrougu York, Cheater, Lau- .
reus and Abtartllle dlstricis, Bourn Carolina, ball- 1
log at Abbeville about noon, ou May the tat, 1666,
and on me second dayol May we had crossed me
savannah river, and camped at Petenburg
Church, about three miles Iruin me tlv-
«r as well u I can now recollect
me distance-mis wu in tne corner ol Elbert
county or peibapa lu ihe uortnesai corner of Wilkes
county. NOW wtiai transpired here aud about nere
forme next live or six days hat been a mailer ol
deep concern and oovered In mystery so deep that
u nat baffled mo pen ol many a ready wilier aud
mu canning of too beat secret deteouves. To my
own mind then ta more myth Ilian mystery-mure
subs lance in mu whole story and 1 win
briefly gtvomy reasons lor 1L No one nasover told
what auiuuui o! gold or silver me trcuura con
tained. uo ouo hu erer told how
many wagons nor how many mute*
reibe wagon-how many men and from what sec
tion or .rateexsept.the vague niuunsilou that
"Vaughn's men got it. Now, alter 1 relate what
e private soldier, with hlseyes open, saw from me
outside ol the chief commanders marque, for but
few men had access to thstnilde when suen a death
Struggle la golugou u was men transpiring, for mu
last mrocs had come and the but throb ol me con-
when be reached homo be told Ms
wife what he had done. The noxt day he stayed
at home. That night abmil I) o’clock somoonocall-
cd him tohls door aud shot him dead. Tho mur*
ler created a great deal of excitement, and the ex
ilement wu increased by
mystery. **—
,11 there
Mrs. ilosely diverb d
msplclon, 1 f there wu any pointing towards her,
by offering a big reward for Ihe murderers, but It
lid uot lead to mem. Tbe will not being com
pleted, tbe widow received the lion’s share
ol the eslale, and all went smoothly
until a low weeks ago. when she mado a statement
lu court during tho wlndlug up of tbe estate which
aroused suspicion. The cue was worked and two
mon were arreiled and Jailed In Abbeville. One
of them gave the officers a pofn'er in tho esse by
which Hughes wu located In Ueorgfa. DU arrest
was delegated lo Capialu Basby, who yesterday
icok Mm In. It now develops I
sired tbe three men to do the kllllL.. „
ihe clly prison awaiting transportation to Bouth
A WFBS’ JEALOUSY
leads Her lata Swallewlac a Pelseaed beta-The
Itaebaad'e llery.
federate heart bad grown silll aud Ihe fevered brain
of liagreatebleT —*“'■““****■ •“«
Strange Case In Tetflsll Court
From the Ulnesvlllo Gazette.
There was one strange cue brought before
tbe court which seemed lo puzxle both bench
and bar. A negro, wbo wu deaf and dumb,
wu arraigned for vagrancy. He wu illiterate
aud kDew nothing of the dedf and dumb al
phabet, and conld only be imperfeotly under
stood by signs. There wu no way by wblob
tbe nature of tbe offense charged could be
communicated to him. Under our law could
a man be convicted of a crime without a
chance to defend himself? And yet, there Is
no doubt bat what litis mate Is a perfect nui
sance to tbe community. An effort wu made
under tbe direction of ibe judge to get some
man who would lake care ol him to go on bis
bond and take him out of Jail, but we do not
know with wbat success.
a hosts Walking Around,
From the fiurater Kepubllcan.
Monday night about nine o'clock a young
married lady wu passing tbe cemetery, with
a colored woman as guard, going from her
home to a neighbor’s, when sbe heard a ter
rible groan from among tbe graves. 11 jib tbe
women were badly scared, when tbe bresxe
swayed tbe evergreens around tbe towering
monuments ana revealed their white forms
in tbe moonlight, they took them for ghosts,
III me uiuvuiikuis nscjr IWA IU«IU iui ftuuata,
and ran for dear life, nearly terrified to death.
After tbe young lady got lo the bouse she
wu spell-bouDdft- ’ ~
forliwu fully ten minutes
before tbe could toil that a lot of ghoeta were
promenading in Hie cemetery.
Love la Chiplsy.
From the Leader.
A certain yonng man went to call on a
young lady, and teeing her crues tbe ball in a
mother-bubbard ba supposed by her appear
ance that he bad called too early, and ut
down outside and waited patiently until bis
rival came and was smilingly received. He
lys Us bard if it is fair.
Home young ladies called on a married lady
to get a thorough knowledge of preliminary
arrangements fur.niarriagelesute, amongot her
things uked about wu f "
Sulhtf berii and
“picking geese." Uhe explained the process
when one of them innocently uked: “Mrs.
U. do you scald the geese?”
Large laaksa.
From the Berrien News.
Mr. Micajsh Gray, living in tbe western
lur Tuesday which meuured resjiecrlvely
n'A and 5J{ feet in length. The largest one
bad 18 rallies and a button and the other 11
ratlin and a button. They were coiled up
together at the month of,a gopher hole, and
made a mound as large u a ball basbel
meuure. Both were killed at one lire.
Qrcinam’s Potato.
From the Cherokee Advance.
Levi Gresham, colored, brought to onr office
a potato, Ibis week, weighing seven pounds.
Its thspe is very mneh like a tnrnlp. This la
a good potato for tbe dry season. Levi is a
prosperous colored farmer, wbo wofks his
own stock, psys his own debts and makes at
home vrhat he consumes.
MAUKISOES, HKIIIKSMMIIS, ETC.
color, pale rose bilo* Ihe tav,
The diamond u an engagement ring ta going out
of fashion, became diamonds have become ao ■ aw
fully common."
Br'dc a malds mult wear iho t tales on abort Kate
Greenaway dm*, a In pele colon, with boontta to
match. If ihe wedding ta u church.
The fashionable wedding bell of ibe moment ta
made of white bachelor bunoae, with a rescue of
''nm 1 aa map{>alfll" fhlt ITsmi* winfi ehnnt
the "pale marigolds" that Keels wrote about.
Wedding breakfasts ere re e large extent to take
Ibe piece of ths customary ree -pllona rbla coming
■***"" They era ••Mcar' 1 and 1cm axperulre.
ruction with church weddings la now voted "com-
moD,"no matter how fashionable the coutiictlDg
couple may be.
A Philadelphia bride received among her wed-
land painted cbtna. two handled sad odd pieces
n «JI. that coat t it tpos thru "hand Mint;
IU IMPS i-y/w, »t Uiiec uiuu WUIV
era" six mgaihs to do Ur* "dtvotailn srt bosUies."
grew quiet la despair u the strug
gle ended, oidera were given to pay off tne mice
Brigades. Now It eppeara Uiat Major White, chlel
auartermaaler, who Had in charge three waguua,
file ambulances or ordinance wagons, which uela
the treasure-one wsgou had live kegsanu one box,
another nad lour kegaandtwu boxes, tne third hau.
three keia and oue nux, aud a body servant of Jen
inivtaaaia he saw one bag In Ma)o. n bile’s pomes,
mon—twelve kegs and luur boxra waa the buiden
of the ueaaurA Now allow ihe boxes Wbo silver
coin the four noaea would hardly contain uvet ten
thuuiaud dollars, then al.owmo kegs re oenlalu
gild oolu aud lhat each keg held ten uiou.
rand dultaii, there would have been one
hundred auu twenty thouiand In gold and len
thoutaud lu silver, maktug Ihe toial ouu nuudred
and thirty thoueanu. We snow, however, Uaioue
kea that was Ken open bad lu It uoih gold aud silver
coin, aud ir mey were all ol mixed meial cuiu, ihen
ton total woum be greatly reduced. VVUeu Uio pay
ing commeneea Mai iho Mluiaelppl brigade la paid,
and the quartermaster made out hla roll according
to rank and pay, and tho men were greatly dltaai-
tailed and threatened luiueoraluailou It It waa not
changed lo a lair divide with olllcjra aud
men alike, which we think wkallually uoue.lor we
know Ural General Vaughn ordered hu qirarwr-
fluster, Major Mike Biepheuk, re draw uir lull
rare lor Ms urigado end re then make a division,
without any regard re rank, Ihe private re receive
u much aa the geueral aud it waa done aud cacu
of Vaughu’a men drew from Major aiephena
twenty-seven dollars and tweniy-llve ceutilu stiver
coin, nearly all Mexican doliaie coined lit Idol.
One ol Iboie dubaral now haveae a keepsake iuiu
will have to Ihe last day, EacU man after
the division wax mado weal lo tho general
and gave him oue dollar of hla money, saying:
"General, you can*! go home, take ihu ana buy
the best horse you osu find aud make your escape. •
The (feucr. 1 took Ihe of bring with realshi hu eyes
but said, "No. Wherever U the taw of zuynien
shall be my fate." We were told then that a like
SStUwupuraued In JUencraJ Duxea. origade.
The Keiuucky iroope then tell 0 > «* «T remake
inelr way nearer heme wlih (heir lot Uiey
raid they never eould reach Iheti
homea auarmul. Thai wa« ihe
wu mw of them.
ihe Mlsdaslppl brigade waa In front and moved
away, we did uot know where. President Davta we
undentood to have told hla comrades to lake care
ol themielvea, that alt waa lint; aud be lull ltuiu
near Washington, aa did bit staff, aud all scattered
re take care ol inenuelvts If they could. T he late
of all after that has been cold laeloiyaud eong,
aud hiitory will repeat Ihe wile while nations use
aud tallaudgeueraiiuueeomeandgo. After au have
(canned,but General Vaugnu’a command he lent
to Wi ahlugton to oommuuieate with Geueral WU
eon at Augusta, and re negotiate turns lor our sur
render, end on the 7lb day of May Ihe whole cum
raa„rt moved up to Washington end camped Just In
me rear of Geueral Toombs’ place, aud uu the
morning of May ih lih we nad our paroles given ue
giving ua safe loudect lo our homes end Uautpor-
ration, signed May I, DM, by Lot Abraham,
canuin and piovoat msishal, acting un.
der orders from Geueral WUeou, at Anguara.
Now about the gold. We see mere could nut
reasonably hare been over l.ao.twu. Thu waguu
that waa seen going back to hauburg waa surely
me one leut back from headquarters to pay Ueu-
end Vaughn’s command, aud waa never dsstlued
any Idruicr. Tne other two were aenl to me Mia-
ilarippl aud Kentucky brigades, giving, aa eveiy
reasonable mind wonid suppose, a lair enaie lo me
president and bla cabinet and allbta rsulnen.
tor hla booy-aarvant referred re says be
taken u mucb m bo could
Weil escape wilA-givlng the heavy meial to rn*
men and uklng the lighter weight but more valua-
ble to tbeiDMlvce.
We beard ol no robbing turther than mat one keg
named Boyd, who wee forced lo replace II by Gap
Uln Bowen of ihe 62d Tonmaiee, end as we passed
through Denbun;, and while in WeablugtoD, we
heard nomiug of robbery, and General Vaugnu’a
man were held together re Ihe lari aud never failed
lo obey me orders of Orelr leader.
There was a Captain M. iu Vaughn’s brigade Ural
never returned lo East Tennessee, aud ae heard
reports afiar tb# war that ba got loot of confederate
gold end went west end went to banking on lb
There waa alio a Lieutenant D„ who never ra
turned and It waa Mid he had "a pile over lu
Georgia" eomewhere. The Lieutenant D. luitalbe
description ol Wiseacre to (ome extent, aud may
have been moving noder orders. We do uol know,
but (or me real of Vaughn’s brigade, ell reported
In due time end none el
them rich except lu me |27.z6
silver which made some ol ear pockeu heavy, aud
we really (ell rich goi.g home Horn me war with
money lu oar pockets.
My theoiy is, and will be until more definite
facta can be produced than ever haa been, Uusi the
money wu dlsirinuud so far as could ba re legal
nisuly pay ihe men, and the reel was never ebsu
duued by theufllcvia, lor mere wu not more ol 11
men tbey conld manage to getaway with.
Keepeclfully, J. O. B«gx.
MURDER WILL OUT.
Caetala Baser Fleke a kaa re Isr a Marker Cam-
■MMklflk
Captain ILgby reached a laUsfactoiy conclusion
In a murder com which he hu been working lor
nearly two weekj ytiieiday by aliening George
Hughes at Note roes. Hug hot u a white mac, and
me murder with which he Is charged was commit
ted near Abbeville, 8. a., about Cbrlitmas, UU.
Thecsae leone full el tragic end romenlle history,
end the facta handled by one of Beadle’s reporter!
could be woven Into e flnbclut dime noveL
Previous to me date of the muider, there lived
near Abbeville, aa old man named Mosely He
wu quite weel-hy and wu a widower. In leie he
marrrai a yonngglrl. Not loegalterbieweadlng.
old nun Mosely ascertained ihaibta bride loved
hla wealth mure thau eha loved him. T he reauii
qusne.c wlitoul number. In
‘ 1KP, Mosely aad bla young
her mat he wu gedhg re make el
S ilVt WCUt IU AHVIIIIII MU’A IWU m 4»v» •
rte ftif 0
.New Yobk, October 17.—Mrs. Amanda
Myers, eighteen years old, committed suicide
by taking poison on Sunday night at C93 Mon
roe street, Brooklyn. Borne tiiuo bad elapsod
alter her death before it vras kuown to wbat
cause it was due, then it wu ascertained she
iisd taken a duao of tbe poison known aa
"Rough on Kata.” Tbe sequel will show she
took it either to frighten her husband or be
cause she wu laboring under a temporary ab
erration of tbe mind. Mrs. Myere at tbe li me
of her death bad been mar
ried nearly two years. Her husband,
Charles E. Meyers, is a salesman. On Sunday
night on bis return from a brief absence ebe
called him to her, saying: "Charley, I have
taken poison. 1 am sorry for it. Won’t you
get met something lo take." The young bus-
baud wu startled anil did not believe bis wife,
although be kuew sbe wu subject to fils of
depression. Tbe girl-wife then complained
of pain iu tbe stomach, and groaned so that
her husband kuew sbe wu in pain. He en
deavored lo soothe her, and realised that she
told tbe truth. Ou the mantle wu a box of
poison; tbe box wu bait empty.
"My Godl wbat have you done?" uked tbe
husband,
I did not mean to do it. Run for a doc
tor.”
Mr. Meyers then hurried to the corner of
Reid aud Gates avenues. Just around the
corner Is tbe pharmacy of Charles Wright.
He uked for some mustard. It wu giveu to
him. Be went bock aud administered a dose
of hot water and mustard, this he gave bis
wife, it did not relieve ber, and then Meyers
went for a doctor. Dr. Job Carlin wu the
nearest within call, but when be arived,
tbe poor girl wu beyond bis aid. A re
porter of the World visited the rmidenae of
the Meyers, iut night. It is a two-story
brick. They occupy tbe upper rooms, im
mediately over the parlor. Upon ringing
the bell, a man of medium height, witlTfalr
blue
complexion and cold, steel blue eyes, an
swered, He wu Meyers and wax very phleg-
.malic. He immediately snowed tbe way to
the second-story back room, where be told
tbe following arery:
Tin: (TOKY OF THE HUSBAND.
"We have been married not quite two
years. It wu a love match. 1’rior to tbe
montage my wife wu subject at iutervale to
fits of despondency, which became more
marked after we baa been married about three
months. I then consulted some of tbe most
eniinentpbysifiiaas in Brooklyn and Now
York. Tliey all agreed it wu a trivial mat
ter end would wear off in time. These tila ot
depression became chronic, so much.so that
it wu remarked by my friends. I went
out for a walk Bunday night, nud
when I returned 1 found my wile in pain.
Bhe told me sbe bad taken polsou end I must
save ber. Knowing as l did tbat sbe wu de
ep ndent, 1 did not believe it. I finally saw
tnat the wu in pain and then ran to Wright’s
drug store. I there obtained some mustard
which I admiutatered. It gave tier no relief.
I then ran for Dr. Corbin, but he arrived
loo late to uve her. Sbe died in my arnie."
"Do you kuow tbe cause of ber desponden
cy?" uked tbe rejiorter.
“Yes; she wu dupondent because sbe bad
no cbildren,"
In tbe front room lay tbe body ot the dead
woman. The features woro those of wbat
must in life have been most beautiful. Tbe
chestnut hair and tbe delicately '
brows, together with tbe long fringed lubes,
betokened no trace of suffering. As Mr.
Meyers uncovered the face he sighed. It wu
not an elegant home, but comfortable
uuk uu eicgnui huuiu, uiu uuiuiuitauio
and neat. Ae Mr. Meyers led tbe way
down stairs, he (aid: "1’ro told
you ail 1 know about it. I am very sorry my
self.” This wu said in a half ud tone, A
gentleman wbo realdesln tbe vicinity inform
ed the reporter, “Mrs. Meyers had not led a
■y UnT ” “ ’ ‘ "
happy life. Her file of melancholia can be
ucribed to other causes than thou given.
Jealousy is one."
A Turkey Hauler’s Advsaturs in Wilcox
From the Uawkinsvlllo Neva
K. L. Duflle, while bunting turkeys In Wil
cox county recently, bad a strange adventure
which la worth printing. He left home be
daybreak, and just ns it was light
fore
enouglit to see an object a few yards, he en
tered tbe swamp where he knew the turkeys
bad a roosting place. Ue seated himself at
tbe root oi a large tree, and io a few
minutes be saw tbe drove of tur
keys playing on tbe ground u they usually
■ ■ **-— ■ ‘ Mr. Duffle
do when they leave tbelr roost,
laid bla gun across a small log and began
taking sight, when be uoliccd tbat tbe log
either moved or ble gun slipped. He read
justed tbe gun acrom tbe log, and again teok
aim, when ibe log again moved, This excited
him, and he forgot the turkeys and began to
wonder what oould be tbe matter. On iurtber
investigation hewualmoet paralysed with fear
at finding tbatwhat be supposed wu a log on
which be nad rested bla gun, wu nothing
more than a huge gopher snake. The reptile
wu about thirty-eight feel long in the imagi
nation of DuQfc, and although the gopher
snake wu never known to attacks men with
out being wounded or disturbed, Mr. Duffle
thought it beat to leave tbe swamp, aud ha
did ao. We ehall probably hear something
more from this monster reptile.
Qtorxia Walnuts.
From the Jrwinton Appeal.
Mr. H. V. Bias gave us Iut week two well
matured Knglisb waluuta grown upon a tree
upon Ida place on Spring lake, in Irwin ooun-
ty. Mr, Bass informed us tbat be planted tbe
aeed of Ibe tree aboot twelve yean ago. Tbe
fruit matured this year iu September. The
walnuts were well filled with meat, and u
perfect u if grown In their native soli.
A Xuliii Lira.
City or Msxtco, October lf.-Scuor Gennsro
Ralfoahu left fur New York tiarringe for a loan
of ten millions for the Mexlraa government.
poixrs run society PEorLE.
At table tbs ladles are eeived lint always The
le serves any gentleman, ber sg*
to do with It.
When e lady seeds oat reception cuds end the
reoelves only cards la retard, there the social Inter
change termluatez, until It is taken up again by
tba persona wbo thus accept her hospitalities.
It it becoming customary whsn a bride returns
calla the lint year she scuds up e card with "Mr
ud Mrs." upon It, albclllhc li vldtlng alone. Bhe
ebo leaves bur husband's Individual card for tba
tletnao or gentlemen of tba house. The corn
ed card 1a for ths Udy only.
HOUSEHOLD DEOOUAMOX.
Chair seats have now a floral design worked In
one comer.
Damask leather paper (or walla Is one ol tbe Dos
recent novelilca. it comes In medium colors, end
can be wsahtd.
Doylies intended for fruit ere onramanted by
bavlug one corner turned down end e Lacans oi
other piece ol fruit worked on Ik
Antique lace may be washed In borax water, and
alter toeXtag a wh le In Hand then left lor an hunt
or more la warm suda, the wale/iboiriu fee (quits
ed out. sad It should he pinned in ihape oo k
clean board ta dry. Do nol Iron It or blue ft.
VhglntaT
s isannt crop will be better fhao cm Id
DERRY'S DOWNFALL
A STORY OF DEFALCATION AND
SUICIDE.
Major Bsosan Dlsoovras tes Bbartass of Hla Belli.
Sseper—TBe Ntglsoted 0ril>era«nt-Piosl Ocn-
cssioc sod eulside Or Lsadsncm-
Aa I-Jared Women's VsQgesnoi,
Special to ho Constitution.
Macon, October 19.—This city was startled
this morning by tbe announcement that Mr,
Wm. C. Derry, the book-keeper of the Tele
graph and Messenger, was dead, During tbe
morning rumors were rile tbat be bad
died under circumstances of a peculiar na
ture, and It created considerable excitement.
It was alleged that lie bad been a defaulter
fora considerable sum and had committed
suicide by taking iadanum. Tbe allusions to
it on tbe streets reflected on tbe management
of the paper, and Tux Constitution’s repre
sentatlve called on Major J. F. Henson to get
tbe facts connected with tbe matter.
UK. HANSON'S STATIUSNT.
During the conversation tbat gontlemsn,
said: When I took the management of
the Telegraph nnd Metsenger Mr. Derry wss
bookkeeper, and was regarded as thoroughly
honest until about tbe lost of November,
1882. He wrote me a letter that be was short
about a thousand dollars in hla cosh. I waa
thunderstruck at bis confession. On account
of his family, as well se his old age,
decided not to expose him, and paid
up tho amount of bis defalcation. His
son, l’rofeaser Joicpb Derry, gave mo
bis notes covering tbe amount. I never
uttered an angry word lo him In reference to
tho matter, eml was surprised beyond expres
sion, when bis real character liecsmo known
to ms. 1 agreed to let him remain in bis posi
tion for a time, In order tbst he might look
for some other situation. I noticed a few
weeks bsek that lie grew restless end nervous
whenever I went about Ills desk, end looked
in his books. His mannerchanged whenever
1 did tbix I told my brother, H. 0. Hanson,
who is in charge of tbe business ofllce, that
we mast get na of him. He left the ofllce
October 4. We found that there were dis
crepancies in nil our important accounts. _
want to see him—have heard that be was
slek. On Wednesday night of this week 1
heard that lie had been upon the streets that
day. 1 want to hia house end told him what
hail been developed at Ihe ofllce, saying that
while I did not propose to undertake to force
or bully him to do so, tbat I wanted a truth-
UI UUIIJ IIIUI at# sr\», (Uas a nnutvu u until-
ful statement of the faels In connection with
some heme I proposed lo submit to him, end
that In view of whet had transpired lest year,
I was not in s ninml to be trilled with,
ACKNOWLEDGED Ills OUILT.
He owned he lied continued without inter
ruption lo appropriate money from the ofllce,
anil said that ho would furnish me a state
ment from memoranda he had of the amount,
This he promised to bring to the ofllce yester
day at 8 p.m. Calling at about 0:30, and
finding he had not brought the promised
statement, I wrote him a note calling bis at
tenlion to the fact, and 'suggested that this
matter was of sufficient Importance to him
to warrant, bis Immediate attention. The
bearer of tbis note reported, on bis return,
that it wu delivered to Professor Joseph Derry
wbo informed him that Ills father was uncon
scious. This morning I received a sealed let
ter from blm and a statement inclosed, Ths
statement bu a number of memorandums of
amounts and fools up $808 and In his loiter
be refers to tbisu statement promised, which
I understand, to he tbe amount of bis short
age since I paid him out ol Ills first scrape."
Major Hanson further uld that no one,
coulu have been more utontahed at the facta
of the esse than lie wes, and that ha would
notwithstanding the severity of Ihe oharge
have been u lenient as possible with him.
A fatal not*.
Yesterday morning about 10 o'clock, Mr.
Derry entered the drug store of Dr, Ingalls,
on Fourth street, aud lukoil for a two ounce
vial of laudanum, saying it wu for his wife,
and during its purchase he asked If it wu a
very potent article, end if it would kill n
man. Dr. Ingalls laughed and told him it
would kill a hall dozen, little drearalug that
tbe customer would be wllbin a short while
beyouil tbe help of mortal man. When Mr.
Derry went home be sought bta room, tml
not ooming out soon enough. • member of
tbe family entered and found blm In an un
conscious state, from which he never recov
ered, and this morning early be died. He
hu been n citizen of Macon a
number of yeans, end wu regarded at nn
exemplary man, having been identified with
Ibe churoh and lla manors. Ha wu tho
father of Hk James' church of Augusta, and
organised ill Bunday school. It ta uld ol
bim that ba never refused a church donation
or erer tamed a person from hta door. IDs
manner of living wunotof an extravagant
nature, nor were bis habits of a questionable
thought. He bad llvtd a Ufa of comfort end
esse, but could not account for his discrepan
cies. He, rather than face the ignominy of
tbe crime, committed ulf-destruction, end
placed binuelf before tbe bar of God, where
he will answer to that higher tribunal. His
body wu taken to Augusta this evening.
a colooxd oiul's DurxaATioN.
This morning about tan o'clock u Green
Austin wu sitting outside of hta barber aliop
on Cherry street, a negro girl bv tbe name of
Fannie Moore cams by aud looked in, In an
excited manner and passed on. After a while
she returned with a towel in ber right hand
and uked if ebe could see Gus Farriff. Bhe
wu told he was inside and she wen
in almost immediately a pistol shot wuhesrd
and a yell, Ofiloer Morphy, who happened
tn be near, went in at once and arrested the
woman who held In her band a pistol that
had been concealed under the towel. Bhs
wu taken to the barracks and soon aflerwsnts
before Judge Matt it. Freeman for prelimina
ry trial bearing, who, after a thorough look
ing into tbe com, dismissed IL The facta
were that the poor girl bod been seduced and
guarded with shame and deiperatlon, bad at
tempted to kill her seducer.
Tixas will employ 1,000 convicts in Iho pro
duction ol iron ore la the Rusk penitentiary. Iu
experience In tearing convicts to work on farmland
rellnsjns hu been unutbfutory.
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