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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 1 1885.
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[Leading
Events of Interest in
the Old World.
MILAN ABDICATES THE THRONE.
Inglorious Ending of
Servia War.
the
TROUBLE .BREWING IN SPAIN.
Remarkable Conservative Gains Re*
ported in England.
London, November 24.—Sofia is wild with
excitement over the newt from the front, stat
ing that Prince Alexander, at the head of tho
Bulgarian troop*, has followed up his victories,
andfs driving the Servians slowly but surely
from Bulgarian territory. Tho latest dispatch
•ays that Prince Alexander stormed tho heights
ofTsaribrod, and occupied the city lost even
ing. The princemade a triumphal march into
the city and was received with enthusiasm by
the populace.
King Milan has decided to abdicate the
throne. If necessary Austria will occupy
Benia in order to prevent the accession of
Prince Karageargcvitch.
London, November 25.—-The Bulgarian
losses so far in the campaign are 200 dead and
2,000 wounded; 350 of the latter are severely
it^ured. Sixty-four Servian officers havo been
killed or wounded. Five hundred starving
Servians submitted to tho Bulgarians on the
frontier.
JCIng AUJan sent a message, under a flag of
jucc, to the Bulgarian advanced line, propos
ing peace, at the request of the powers. Tho
Bulgarian commander sent tho mes
sage to Prince Alexander. Tho latter
declined to accept tho proposition on
the gronnd that Bulgaria had not received such
a request from the powers. Prince Alexander
refuses to consider the peace proposals until
the Servians have evacuated thoWeddin dis
trict, and the amount of war indemnity pay
able by Servia to Bulgaria 1ms been fixed.
King Milan has returned to Belgrade. The
War is considered to be over.
The powers bavo instructed Prince Alexan
der, of Bulgaria, to agree to an armistice. King
Milan has given orders to bis troops to ccoso hos
tilities.
Belgrade, November 27,—Tho Bulgarians
yesterday vigorously attacked the. Servians at
1‘irot and captured tbo city, after being twice
repulsed. The ministers havo started to join
King Milan at Nissa. Large bodies of Servian
troops are hastening to tho front.
King Milan has joined tho army near Plrot,
where ne will soon take command ofa force or
to,000 men. General Topalovitch has refused
to propose an armistice te Prince Alexander.
London,. November 28.—Dispatches state
that the Bulgarian garrison at Widln made a
sortie but was repulsed after desperate
fighting in which many bayonets were crossed
and band to hand struggles ensued. Tho
slaughter was heavy on both sides.
A dispatch from Sofia states that reports from
Prince Alexander’s headquarters at the front
state that the Bulgarians continue their for
ward movement, A severe battlo was fought
at Pirot, lu which tho Bulgarians forced the
Servians to retire at the point of tho bayonet
and captured that town.
The Servian government has called upon
every man In Nissa, under pain of being snot,
to provide himself with three days rations, and
prepare todcfcndPirotand Nissa. Fifteen thou
sand Servian troops are disabled,and tho army
is sullen. As a last resource, Colonel Hor
Watclioritcli, Servian minister at St. Peters-
-Jburg, who is an able strategist, has left that
city to take command of tho Servian forces.
A CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES.
London, November 28.—A dispatch from
Belgrade says that an armistice between Servia
and Bulgaria was concluded at 3:30 today.
Salonica, November 28.—Turkish war
preparations continue on a largo scalo. Seven
ty thousand troom, 5,000horses and 180 cannon
have been landod at this port during tho past
several days. Turks are confident of being
able to repel a single attack by either Greece
or Servia, or the combined attack of both
these countries. Turkish troops from Uskup
arc being massed in the vicinity of Novi Bazar.
RESTLESS MEXICO. “*
Monterey,Mexico,Novcmbor 28.—Tho state
legislature adjourned Wednesday. Ono of its
last acts was to give tho governor extraordinary
powers, to maiutain the government at all lias*
arris. Governor Garda went to the city of
1 Mexico two weeksago to confer with tho federal
authorities.
In tho mcantlmo the city is being
filled with revolutionists and sov
oral large bands of armed men will arrive
within tbo next twenty-four hours from inte
rior towns. Unless tho state government as
serts itself speedily and energetically, it will
be lost. The revolutionists arc well armed and
arc ready to fight. It is generally believed
. that they will [succeed in overthrowing tho
stntc authorities unless tho federal government
comes to their assistance,
THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS.
Remarkable Conservative Gains Reported—
Tho New Members,
London, November 21.—The nomination of
Miss Helen Taylor, who is contesting tho par
liamentary division for north Camberwell, has
been refused by tho returning officer Miss
Taylor has protested against the alleged arbi
trary action of tho officer. Miss Taylor has re
ceived letters from n number of eminent persons
in various parts of Europe and the United
States, including ono from Henry George, en
couraging her to attempt to put to a test the
feeling of the country as regards female repro
sentatlon. It is stated that the authorities ad
mit that there is no positive enactment against
thcjreturn of a woman to parliament.
The general result of today’s elections is
slightly in favor of conservative reaction,
although it as yet affords uo certain indication
of the ultimate result. At Birmingham thero
has been no diminution of radical strength, ex
cept that Bright’s majority over Lora Ran
dolph Churchill is smaller than
the radicals expected. Tho greatest
numerical conservative victory Is that of W.
H. .Smith in tho Strand division. Speaking
generally, today’s figures approximate of last
election, the liberal vote summing up less and
the conservative more. The result at Chelsea
will be announced tomorrow, lu a speech at
Chelsea today, Sir Chius. Dilke, liber
al candidate, threatened a certain lady
of influence with a year’s imprisonment at
hard labor for intimidating voters. Tho lady
to whom be alluded, whose name be did not
mention, is Lady Codagon, wife of Earl Coda-
gon, under secretary for the colonies and pres
ident of the Chelsea conservative association.
Sir Charles Dilke's committee states
that an organization of ladies
which has been making a house to house can
vas, has used the Dilke divorce case, adding
infamous untruths to influcuco voters. The
Loudon political clubs are in a ferment tonight.
The members of the Carlton and other conserv
ative clubs are satisfied with the prospect of a
reduction of the liberal majority. The news
papers issued extra editions until midnight.
The torfes have gained seats in Barr, St. Ed
munds, Warrington, Rochester, St Alybridge,
Exeter, Colchester, Blackbrun, Cambridge,
Bath, Plymouth and Cheltenham, and tbo lib
erals have gained in Newcastle under Tyne.
The totals thus for are thirty-four lories,
thirty-three liberals and two Parnellites. The
net tory gain is 10. The conservatives every
where show increased strength.
Farther returns show a net tory gain of elev
en seats. The Standard regards the result of
yesterday’s voting as a solid testimonial to tho
tory cause, and as encouraging the conserva
tive! to grata tfvit* Jt auoacflte the result
asauoial guarantee of the eventual triumph
of the party. Tho Morning Post says tho tory
reaction is au accomplished fact The Daily
Newa makes no comment on tho tory gains.
London, November 28.—'The tory success
still unchecked, and the enthusiasm ot tl
conservatives is unbounded and contagious.
Great crowds gather in tho neighborhood of
the bulletin beards, and cheer tho announce
ments of the sweeping tory success. In West
minster, Burdette Coats, the baroness’s hus
band, polled 3,096 votes, defeating Professor E.
S. Beasley, liberal, tho famous writer,
who polled 1.730.
Gladstone is fearftilly chagrined over tho
suit, and has abandoned all hope of more than
the barest liberal majority at the best. Ho has
arranged to leave Scotland on Saturday, trav
eling by the night mail, in order to avoid awk
ward demonstrations on the way.
A dispatch from Sofia says that at 4 o’clock
on tho morning of Thursday tho 2fltb, Prlnco
Alexander at the head of 50,000 Bulgarian
troops, entered Servia. Great euthnsiasm pre
vails in tho army and throughout
Bulgaria. When tho announcement
was made that Gladstouo had received
7.879 votes to 3,245 for Dnlrymple, the enthu
siasm of the liberals fonnd vent In cheers, and In
the singing of“He’s a jolly good fellow.” Groans
from the'conservatives and nationalists mingled
with cheers and a few scrimmages took place.
In Woolwich, Edwin Hughes, (conservative),
polled 4,700 votes, and Captain H. M. Hozier,
(liberal), polled 3,549. Hughes has tho imputa
tion of being tho most artful election agent in
the kingdom. Ho escaped imprisonment for
bribery in Sandwich in 1880, by taming
queen’s evidence. Captain Hozier is a famous
military writer, and was formerly a war corres-
pohdent for tho Times.
London, November 28.—Tho political sitna-
tion tonight indicatestbat tho conservatives will
remain iu power. It now seems impossiblo for
Gladstone’s party to secure that majority of
members in tho next parliament, which Lord
Salisbury has declared necessary to prrfvc that
the British people desire a change in tho gov
ernment. Henco both tho conservatives and
liberals now accept tho Tory retention of tho
office as certain and both parties havo already
begun shaping their affairs to conform to that
prospect.
It is thought that tho Tory premier will
arrange h is cabinet before tho opening of parlia
ment. Whether his party hold power by virtuo of
the small majority of its own, or by virtuo of
tho strength derived from allianco with tho
Parnellites, it is everywhere conceded that *
will be forced to mako
THE IRISH QUESTION
the subject of his first important racasuro
legislation. As the homo rulers will certainly
havo tho balanco of power, any legislation pi
nosed by the conservatives for tho benefit
Ireland will bavo to contain very generous and
radical concessions in order to bo occoptablo to
the league members. Their demands In this
respect may 1m regarded by tho new govern
ment as extortionate, and may on this
account bo refused. They, will, how
ever, in nil probability, lto battled in tkoir at
tempts to carry ont such determination.
Gladstone can bo very vindictive.
Tbo Parnell vote threw tho liberals from pow
er and tbo same vote prevented their return.
Gladstone knows that tho torics do not lovo tbo
Irish and would be glad to 1m independent of
them.
Now, if tbo conservatives could bo made in
dependent of tho homo rulers, tho Parnellito
balance of power would disappear, and the Irish
party might go to pieces, to stay dismcmborcd,
because of tho loss of tho cohosivo
power of accomplishment,* Gladstono
is English almvo nil things.
The story is current in tho clubs tonight that
Gladstone 1ms intimated to Lord Salisbury
a willingness, in the event of conservative suc
cess at tho polls, to givo tho whole liberal
strength to tho support of tho government on
“all reasonable measures, In order to provent
the necessity of yielding to tho ruinous courso
of placing England uuder Irish dictation.”
FREE TRADE AGITATION.
Free trade agitation is roviviug throughout
England. British traders in nearly all branches
of nianufocture, aro loud in their^fomplaints
of suffering from tho effects of competition car
ried on by foreigners under tho tariff protec
tion. Tbo complainants rely on Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, chancellor of tho cxchoaucr, to
introduce into parliament; for their bomiflt,
somo comprehensive aud efficacious schcmo of
retaliatory duties.
The liberals were maddened by tbo Viscount
Currans’ (conservative) victory in tho
Arycambc division of Buckinghamshire and
pelted him and his wife witlwmud, aud other
wise maltreated them. Tho latter escaped by
climbing a wall into tbo adjoining yard* Slio
lost ber back hair In tho flight.
__.Jes in Chelsea, of making vulgar, indelicate,
unlndyliko and lying statements about him,
lms raised a storm of indignation.
GLADSTONE MAKES A BPEECIT,
Gladstono left Edinburgh on tho evening
ronil train. A torchlight proccssiou escorted
him to tho depot. When tho train reached
Lockerby a mob gathered around tho station
aud insisted that tho ex-premicr deliver u
speech. IIo responded to tho demand in a
placid voice, saying that Scotland was doing her
duty nobly, and tliat English counties wero
certain to do the same.
Madrid, November 28.—A state of scigo lias
been declared in old Castile,' forming tho
prescut provinces of Burgos, Valladolid, Valen
cia, Avila, Segovia, Soria, Logronoaud Sautau-
dcr. It is reported that revolutionary agents
with important papers havo arrived in north
ern provinces.
London, November 28.—An interview with
Don Carlos is published today, in which tho
Spanish pret dor says that no will remain
quiet so long as Spain Is tranquil, but will in
tervene to defend monarchy if anarchy or re
publicans threaten it. He said that bo would
not hesitate to resort to civil war if such action
was necessary to Spain's welfare.
A KENTUCKY MORMON.
A Curious Suit In Which Much Money l« In
volved.
Kouiville, Ky. f November 23.—Tho case of
James Haley A Co., vs. Samuel Haley, which
was argued and submitted to the court of ap
peals at Frankfort, on Saturday, In ono of tho
strangest cases fliat has ever reached court for
adjudication. The appeal is from Brackcm
county, and involves an estate worth upwards
of $40,000. Thomas Haley died intestate in 1883.
He had two wives living and ono deoil* By
Martha, his first wife, he had five children; by
bis second and dead wife, ho had four children;
and by bis third wife he had six. After tho
birth of three children to tho first wife, tho
husband instituted suit against her for divorce
on the ground of adultery, and the de
cree in accordance therewith was entered by
the court in 1847. He then married his sec
ond wife, but lived illicitly with his first
wife, by whom be became tno father of Mar
garet, who became his third wife alter the di
vorce had been granted. His second wife
died, and bis first wifo had the divorce pro
ceedings set aside, and tho case reopened for
ftirther hearing, but nothing thereafter was'
ever done towards prosecuting the snit to ter
mination, and the case was finally filed in a
condition reinstatement of tho first wife’s
marital rights. Subsequently, when tbo
daughter Margaret arrived at years of matur
ity, she was duly and legally married
to ber father, by and with the
mother’s consent. Tho children of the first
marriage now claim to be the hclw at law, whieh
the children of the other two marriages deny,
on the gronnd that it .cannot be proved thi
their father was at any time the lawful hus
band of Martha Haley. The children of the
second marriage claim to he the only heirs of
the deceased becanse the third marriage was
incestuous, and therefore void. Both of the
issues of the latter marriages are coually inter
ested iu proving the bastardy of tuc first set of
children, otherwise the first would be held the
©nip heir at law, and the two last, the off
springs of bigamous unions. The singular re
lation is then developed of a daughter attempt.
log prove herself of illegitimate birth*
Frenchmen can bo properly be called “tb
nights of the table”. They are good judge
in au its refinements end delicacies* In orde
to stimulate the appetite and keep the digee
tire organs in good order they give proem!
nenceto ANGOSTURA BITTERS. When you
try them be sure it is the genuine article, man-
ttictuxcd by Pfo J» U. JB, giegext A Sou*
Short Talks with Farmers on
Farm Topics.
What the Farmers Throughout the
State Are Doing.
HOW THE CROPS ARE GROWING
OUT OF THE GROUND.
The Commissioner of Agriculture JIas Some
thing to Say.
Washington, November 29.—The annual
report of the commissioner of agriculture states
tbut experiments undertaken with a purposo
to check the present enormous waste of sugar,
folly one-half, in the milling process, met with
highly gratifying results so far as tho direct
purposo was concerned, ninety-eight per cent
of the sugars present in plants subjected to ex
periments having been secured. An important
series of investigations in food adulteration
bavo been commenced. Tbo work has
so far been chiefly with
ter and honey, but it
proposed to extend it until uniform methods of
examination and standards of comparison aro
established. The commissioner, referring
the request of tho American Pharmaceutical
association that the commissioner of agricul
ture tako measures for tho introduction into
cultivation in this country of such of the im
portant foreign medicinal plants as would bo
adapted to our climate, in older that they mighl
be readily obtainable in a fresh state, and tnal
another industry might bo added to our
country's resources, says thero is no doubt that
many of tho most important medicinal plants
arc perfectly adapted to our climate, aud could
be cultivated in perfection, and it wonld seem
well that means should be taken to glvo them
proper trial. Fears are expressed, ho adds, that
some of these plants are becoming exterminated
in their native stations, and In respect to somo
of them, as, for instance, tho ginseng plant, tho
time has como when thoy may probably bo
made objects of profitable cultivation.
The commissioner describes the results
the work of tlio microscopical division in tho
discovery of a method determining counterfeit
butter, and in this connection says:
The unparalleled Increase the past few years
of the manufacture and sale of various com
pounds of animal fats, vegetable oils and other
substances, which aro fraudulently represent
ed to tho puhlio as bntter, threaten tho
destruction of the legitimate dairy business in
terests, which are of the largest magnitude, and
affects all sections of the country. It Is not, he
says, competition with dairying that is depre
cated, but the simulation of daily products, tho
deception of misleading names, tho uso
of impure substances, and the dishonest
snlo at high rates of products
otherwise of little value, practices which de
moralize tho trade, defraud honest industry
and deceive the buyer. To protect tho public
from these deceptive practices, ho earnestly re
commends tho prompt passage of u stringent
law by congress to prevent tbo continuanco of
this business, except under such regulations as
the necessity of tlio case demands. Tho en
forcement of this law, if thought advlsablo by
congress, should bo placed under coutrol of tho
internal revenuo department.
GROUND AND GRAIN.
From tho Jasper, Oft., News.
Wo havo in our offleo fonr potatoes of tho
yam variety, sent in by that cncrgitic and pro
gressive farmer, Mr. A. J. Talmadge, weighing
33 pounds. Tho largest weighs 101 and tho
smallest Gl. Tlio four cannot bo nut in a half
bushel meusure. If you know of any ono in
Jasper county that can beat it, wo would liko
for you to trot him out.
"■TomthoCnmUle, Qa., Clarion. _ .
It is said that John S. Pooyo, Bast Mitchell,
has made this year, with ono horse, twclvo
bales cotton, 250 bnshcls com (fifty bushels on
one acre) and peas and cano in proportion; and
his neighbor, Air. Ed. Crosby, has mado thirty
barrels of syrup.
From the Harmony Grove, Ga., Signal.
Mr. Harvey Telford, of Grove Level In Banks
county, is tho boss gourd raiser of Georgia. Ho
hns two gourd vines, ono of which produced
158 and tho other 80 gourds. Tho vino that tho
158 grew on was 50 feet long and was ns largo
ns a common sized ropo. Air. H. C. McDonald,
who is n reliable gentleman of the Grovo Level
m-ighborhod, vouches for tho truth of this state
ment.
From tho Crawfordvillc, Ga., Democrat.
Air. J. H. Hltcbell, one of Taliaferro's pi
porous farmers, brought in a specimen of hi*
potatoes Saturday, which weighed thirteen
pounds. Ho says ho has somo that will pull
tho beam at fifteen pounds.
From the Hawkinsvillc, Ga., Dispatch.
Tho best crop of sugar cano wo havo heard of
was mado this year by Mr. Joe Waltou, of tlio
third district of Dooly county. From 40 canes
planted last spring, ho mode, and has saved
250 for seed another year, nnd had enough to
mako thirty gallons or good syrnp. Wcgct tho
facts from Mr. Enos S. Bowen, who informs ns
that he ground tho cane and mado tho syrup.
Tho enne was of the red variety.
From the Dawson, Go. Journal.
Some time lost spring tho Cypress Pond Ag
ricultural society offered a prize to tho mem
ber of the association gathering, this fall, the
largest yield of potatoes from a quarter of un
acre. .Several were in tho contest, but wo
have yet beard of the result of but ono man,
Captain W. It. Oxford, of the 12th district, who
made 107 bushels. Tho measuring of tho po
tatoes was witnessed by Messrs, J. R. Powell
and J. G. Fitzpatrick, who certify to the truth
of the above statement. Captain Oxford lias
tho riblxm on the potuto question.
From the I*crry» Ga., Journal.
Several years have elapsed since we have scon
bale of w estern lmy sold in Perry to a Hous-
in county farmer, and wo hope
never to witness auothcr trans
action of that character. Our native
grasses make as good hay os can lx« purchased
anywhere, and it is the height of folly to buy
an article that can be secured cheaper at homo.
This summer and fall largo amounts of hay
was harvested in the vicinity of Perry, and ft
is quite likely that thero is more titan a suffi
ciency of “long forago” in the county.
From the Falrbum, Ga., News.
Mr. J. L. Styles, from near Palmetto, informs
j that he gathered this year 125 bushels of
potatoes from a half aero patch. This shows
the possibilities of the potato crop, and also
that Mr. Styles understands their cultivation,
and is a believer in tbc intensive plan of fann
ing. The potato does not receive the attention
it should from our farmers. It is excellent for
the table, can be fixed up in quite a variety of
ways, and is very palatable and nutritious.
And besides it is an excellent feed for horses,
cattle, hogs, etc. Especially is it valuable for
hogs. We have always understood that for
fattening hogs potatoes wore almost as desirable
as corn, especially where they are cooked.
And an acre of ground that will produce from
fifteen to twenty bushels of coni will
easily produce a hundred bushels of potatoes,
with (scarcely any difference In the cost aud
trouble of cultivation.
m tbc ilivUMYllk, ga, Dispatch,
oloncl Denton own*' a large body of finely
timbered land adjacent to the river* Ho has
in one body twelve b.tf of 490 acres each, or a
total of 5,880 acres.
Home years ago be purchased from the heirs of
.. i old Scotchman who had granted tho lands
from the state of Georgia, twenty-six lots of
490 acres cadi, aggregating 12,740 acres, pay
ing $100 per lot. Somo of these Iambi ho has
since sola at $500 per lot, and will probably
make $10,000 on this land speculation.
Tiie pine trees of the wlrcgraas section
re finding purchasers.
Marsh alv i LLE.Ga., November 21.—[Special.]
Messrs. Rawls and Gammage, on a three mule
farm near here, made this year eighty-seven
bales of cotton, averaging 452 pounds per bag,
besides over 200 bushels of corn, somo oats,
end potatoes. The caterpillars swept over
out the 1st of September, doing considera-
injury.
THE WAY THE CROPS GROW.
Mr. J. E. Paullain, near Fort Gaines, ha*
cleared 1300 on a two mule farm.
Tho potato crop of Tallwt county is the largest
fbr years. Potatoes aro selling at twenty-fivo to
thirty cents per bushel.
Mr. N. Johnsou, Whitfield county, killed a
hog a few days ago which weighed 425 pounds.
Mr. J. H. Kenner also killed ouo on Monday that
weighed 380)4.
Mr. J. O. Burke, of Screven, will mako ten
barrels of syrup this season together with plenty of
com, cotton, poos and potatoes. Nobody will bo
hungry on bis plantation next year.
Air. John Vaughn, of Dooly, ploughed a jack
tills year and made a splendid crop, much raoro
than a good many did ploughing mules and hones.
Besides cotton, corn, peas, etc., ho made about 900
gallons of syrup.
Air. G. W. W. Stone, Jr., tho blind farmer,
mechanic and politician of Newton county, has
made fortv-fivo bales of cotton this year, supervis
ing everything on his farm himself. Ho is a son of
Professor G. W, W. Stone, or Oxford.
Air. W. F. Wallis, of Putnam county, has
ginned and packed twenty-nine bales from thirty
acres cultivated with one mule. He will get three
more bales. Besides this, Mr. Vf. has twelve other
plow ‘which will mako over ono hundred boles.
Messrs. Ganiago and Rawls, near Montezuma,
make an extraordinary exhibit. They have already
marketed seventy-five bales of cotton, averaging
527 pounds to the bale, with several more to gin and
jMick. They have made 800 bushels of com, with un
abundance of peas and oats.
Air. Jesse II. Horne, of Dooly county, gath
ered 29)4 bushels of corn per acre this season on 10
acres of land, making 478 bushels on tho 10 acres,
and on his entire three-horse farm ho gathored 70
wagon loads, measuring 16)4 bushels to the load.
The best yield of cotton in Houston this
year is that of Mr. E. F. Davis, who runsa ono-
horfc farm. From this farm ho has gathered 1H
bales of cotton, besides 75 bushels com aud a suffi
ciency of peas, potatoes, hogs. etc. Tho cotton ha<
all been sold to Mr. William Brunson; unit averaged
467)4 pounds per bale.
Alr.R. A. White, who lives Just ont of the
corporate limits ofChtpley, Is one of Harris county's
best farmers. With four hands ho mado six hun
dred bushels of oats, nino hundred bushels of com,
twenty-five or thirty bales of cotton ami one linn
dred gallons of syrup. He made so many potatoes
that he turned Ids hogs in one patch without dig-
r. White says he paid out for hire fi4
OUR LETTER BASKET.
CROSS COUNTY, ARKANSAS.
ttfiSR
what these four hands did.
A BRIDGE BURNING.
A Most Exciting Incident of the War—Friend*
of the Perpetrator*.
From tho Nashville Union.
Tho burning of the bridges in East Tennes
see, which took placo in December, 18(11, was
one of the most notable local occurrences during
tho war.'. It was also ono of tlio most disas
trous events in its resultant effects upon the
population of East Tennessee. It excited first
alarm and afterward a feeling of intense indig
nation throughout tho confederacy. Aloro thau
nil other occurrences, it seemed to embitter tho
feelings of tho southern people against East
Tennessee and to fix it iu tlio southern mind as
n territory accursed with disloyalty, and
peopled with traitors. On the other hand, it
seemed to impress tho northern mind with tlio
idea that hero wero a people unsubiugated by
military power, and with loyalty sufficient to
Inspiro them with courage to strike a blow for
their own delivery. So it impresses either
side. But as before remembered, tho immedi
ate consequences were most disastrous to tho
East Tennesseans in ninny ways.
Tho schcmo for tho destruction of tho bridges
on the lino of tho East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad, as was afterwards developed,
was matured iu the federal corps in Kentucky.
That line of of retd wts a vital artery to tho
southern confederacy. It was tho main lino of
connection between the cotton states and tho
sent of war in Virginia. To kocp it opon and in
running ordpr was a' necessity even if It re-
jufred half tho forces of the confederacy to do
it. The imnortnnco of tho road was os well
understood by the fcdcrals as by the confeder
ates, and they determined to destroy it,
Accordingly certain East Tennesseans, most of
hem belonging to tho United States volunteer
orces, wero selected for tbo purposo, and to
each was assigned tho destruction of tho
structure of th<f bridge in tho locality with
Which h6%aa tnost firaiifinr. The night for tho
burning was agreed upon, aud the several
leaders of tlio movement mado their way
stealthily Iwck to East Tennessee and secretly
recruited their assistants out of the union popu
lation.
Ono morning East Tcnnessco was almost
panic-stricken nnd the whole confederacy
startled by tho announcement tlmt several of
the principal bridges on tho road hod been
burned and that unsuccessful nttempts bn*l
been made upon others. It was assumed at
onco that this was tho work of East Tennessee
unionists. Tho wildest excitement pfovaftod.
Tho more nervous felt suro there wero other
burnings in ccontcmnlation, somo going so far
as to nver that thero was a plot afoot for a
general assassination of all prominent mu feder
ates. Excitement turned to indignation, and a
most violent spirit of persecution developed
itself in new quarters. Tho condition of tlio
East Tennessean of known union proclivities
was then indeed a perilous ono. Man v arrosts
wero made.Several of tho members of tbo legal-
1sture who wero then at homo enjoying tho
Christmas vacation wero arrested. It was
charged by some that tlio East Tennesson legis
lature bail secured tlio recess in order to aid iu
tho burning programme,anil this charge several
of them bad to meet; ouo of them, Jmlgo
Pickens, senator from Hevler. having died In
prison nt Aladison, Ga., without over being
tried. Several other prominent private citizens
suffered a like fate. A general eourtniartial
was organized for the trial of all bridgo-htimcra,
by which three persons—Ifaun and tho two
Harmons—were convicted nnd were hung. All
this, of course, had its natural effect in still
further embitte ring the fellings nnd intensify
ing the hate s of the two divisions of the people,
nnd contributed much to tho borrow of the
vendetta that prevailed nt the ••lose of tbo war.
Among the incidents of tho “bridge burning”
wns the unsuccessful attack upon tho bridge at
St raw lx,Try Plains. Thero is scarcely to bo
found in history a more heroic individual de
fense of a trust than wns inndc by Kcclan, the
Irish watchman of tho bridge.
Tbo attack was led by Colonel William
Pickens with a considerable numlxr of men,
variously reported from eighteen to fifty. Kec-
Jnn, protected only by his dot, bravely stood to
bis post. After discharging all tho firearms nt
his command he tuet tho torch-bearer with bis
heavy knife, and inflicted n wound which dis
couraged the attempt and disabled tho colonel
for life. IIo was himself seriously, but not
fatally wounded. His hgroism wns duly recog
nized. A box was set up at tlio bridge for con
tributions to the “Kcclan fond” and for months
nearly c\cry passenger, as tho train slowed up,
made a deposit in the box a sum quite sum-
• lent for tlio support ot Keclau and his family.
Whatever became of him i do not know.
There were several other failures to reach tho
bridges, and the whole project, so fnraa crip
pling confederate or benefftting federal opera
tions was a wretched failure, most melancholy
in the results, which arc, even yet, keenly felt
in several Ea*t Tennessee communities. The
federal government long ago very properly
pensioned some of the sufferers from this ill-ad
vised movement. The participators in it wero
led to believe that tho federal army ot occupa
tion would at once enter EastTennessco to hold
the country and protect them. It was nearly
two years before a federal soldier set foot on
East Tennessee soil with any intention of re
maining.
Subsequent official developments disclosed
the fact that the confederate authorities in their
judgment of the great body of the union people
in East Tennessee in regard to tbo bridge burn
ing did them, though through an honest mis
take, a gn at injustice. They believed that
there was a wide-spre ad conspiracy among East
Ti nneuxe unionists for tho burning ot the
bridges and other acts of violence, ami that this
was known by a sort of free*masonry to them
all. The truth was, tho great body of the
union men knew no more about the matter
than tho confederates, and deprecated it for
murh stronger personal reasons. Tbc secret
was confined to tbc few men selected in the
neighborhood of each bridge for tho work of
destruction. The whole programme, as before
stated, was arranged ipjKentucky.
A national dispenser of happincra is accent
bottle of Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, ** j
A Land of Genial Climate and Fertile Soil!
Mh. Editor.—I introduco to the readers of The
Constitution today a section of country new to
them. Until recently it has been away In the In
terior, with no railroad to provldo means or transit
to tho outside world.
Two years ago Jay Gould built the Iron Mountain
and HelWA railroad 130 miles, thus opening up a
section unrivaled in richucM of soil or in variety of
: vegetable productions.
This county lies between the 8t. Francis river on
the east and the White riror on the west.
Tho famous Crowley’s ridgo, in width 2)4 to 0
miles and 100 to 250 feet in hclgtli, passes through
the center north to south. Tho railroad crosses tho
county in like direction and short dlstanco from
the western slope.
Tho soil is or a dark loam, easily cultivated and
exhaustion. No fertilizes has erer been necessary
here. Guano Is unknown. Among tho ridgiM the
country Is broken but well adapted to mum grain
ami all manner of fruits, reaches, apples, pears,
grapes and strawberries, cotton aud com grow to
great perfection outlie lower louds-often two bales
per acre aud 75 to 100 bushels of.corn. Lands rent
at from three to four dollars per acre. Only a small
part oft he county Is yet In cultivation. TKousand-
of fine prairie nnd timbered lands for snlo cheap.
blight tho growing grain.
No better ranges for cnttlo and hogs than to bo
found in Cross county. But little shelter needed In
winter and tho cave supplies abundant food for
cattle, while acorns and htekorynuts In vast quail*
tlty prepare tlie bogs so that but littlo other care It
t h c old county scAt. Perliapa half ail
somespleni. , ..
many ns 160 bales cotton. This county
market this year somo 10,000 bales cotton.
In many parts of tho county very fine—oak, poplar,
piue, gum, hickory, etc. Fine field for saw mill
county Is an Inviting field fbr the poor man ofolder
states who has spent years of hi*.labor in
have not been so fortunate ns to learn of a country
whero they may find f* * ** *—
several years ago and . _ „
foot on Arkansas soil. We nro mostly democrats.
Few negroes, nod no man puts a look on his stable
or crib. Plenty of game, such as lieur, door, pan
ther, wolf, wild turkey and many smaller varieties.
Ono man killed flvo l>earn last week n fow miles
from Wynne station. Million* of squirrels every
where.
If any ono would like to hear mom from our sec
tion 1 will cheerfully glvo any information I cun.
g Wishing Tint Constitution, iu* editors aud pat
rons many happy days, i am
Yourt tnil}-,
J. Vi. Fuim
Wynne, Ark., November 19,1885.
Tobacco vs. Cotto.n
I see In last week’s constitution that Bill Arp
thinks "cotton still Is king." Novr I agree With
Arp, that so far as uscfiilness Is concerned,'cot
ton is, and ought to bo king. But I venture to say
taking tho quantity raised per aero, In North Caro
lina and Virginia, and tho price that it brings on
the leaf markets, will not only placo tobacco king
over cotton, but any other farm product raised in
tho United States as a profitable crop. This is a
big assertion, but can Arp or any ono rofotO It? Un
derstand, I am not speaking of tho two crops front
a point of uscfrilncaa, but of tho profit to the raiser.
I think tho Consumer of tobacco as wnUky gets tho
worst of it. But when I aeo that Its culture Is a
blessing to us, add that our soil and cllmato aro
Milted to its culture, and that It rewards the honest
laborer with sums which sometimes scorn*.almost,
fabulous, 1 am glad totco them plant it, jape It,
**? seen'in Tn*®N*Trnmoit of several counties
In South carol iim and Georgia being in a small way
Fucccwftil raising tobacco. I am not acquainted
with tho soil of elthor state, but I have no.noqbt
_jsn cotton. Jt seems
nnd cotton on bottom lands 1
•uecessftilly iu Kouth Carolina
requires experience to succeed oven
invention lms yet comctohclp tho l
"imr*
’on upland
it both bo raised
Georala. Built
oven hero, for uo
tho former in its
culture.
Can Arp find room In his cranium to believe that
on a single aero of our land not assessod at over $6
per aero is frequently raised and sold for cosh four
hundred dollar* worth of tobeco? Does he know
that 600 to WW pounds per aero la an avetvgo crop
per acre and that tho best grades sometime ttrthg'
"dollar and one dollar and a half per pound?
Wo aro not all rioh a* yon might suppose, for
M rouge to say many ©four farmers have never
learned tho fine art of curing yellow tobacco henco
there Is always low grades such a* red, green and
orally
Z Not only has tlio culture or thli famon* weed I
mado our land* valuable, poor tnon rich, and our
hills and wasto places to bloom as a rase, but U has
earned sleepy lUUo town* to spring up In a few
year* to l»o fine nnd noted cities such as Winston
ami Durham whose products aro chewed and
tmoked around tho world. | pVJ
Fonr year* ago ono tobacco firm In tho atato pda
more Internal revenue tax than the whole state
ling each year and it seems
[developments can bo made. But doubtless this is
[only a beginning. Wo havo thotiMnda of acre* of
lino laud yet untouched. New railroads aro being
lmllt. Our imputation Is rapidly increasing Our
forests of timber, fine lands, pure air aud water will
>non make this IMcdmoht section of North Carolina
one of tho wonders of the south, if not of tho world.
■ jrthe publbbcrNof The Constitution will con-
hit, I may give Us readers a more foil description
. f this section, and If desired, a more completo bis*
lory of our method of raking and curing
tobacco which i* erf-*'" - ■ ——* 1
purls of tho Minth.
ill Lo glad to have Mr. flouthem write
briefly oil the subject suggested. Brief letters, to tho
point arc welcomed by editors and reader* alike. 1
L A. Houtiikun.
Itaky BprirgvJtocUnghimCo., N. C.
THE KING-JONK8 CONTROVERSY*
An Opinion from General King* Horae-**
Will There He War?;
From tlio Washington Post.
Public interest in the affair of. Congressman King
And Mr. Cuthbert Bullitt Jones, both of Louisiana,
. continued unabated a)I day yesterday. Not for a
long time has the placid surfoce of WMhiagton lifo
been stirred by *o powerful an agitation. Opiniona
•re divided ss to whether General King’s reply to
IhoJone* letter, both of which wero published iu
yesterday’s Post, threw any light upon tho question
pr could be considered as setting it at «est in any
practical way.
Opiniona ore alio divided as to whether General
King need have answered Jones at all. in this con
nection it may be interesting to know what shapl
Representative opinion takes at the home of the two
parties to the controversy and to thgt end tho loo
lowing from tho leading editorial In tbo New.
Orleans Daily Stales of November 21 is quoted. Tho
States U the party organ at New Oilcans, and has
been an ardent supporter of General King in tho.
past. It says:
“Elsewhere wo print the foil text of tho letter ad
dressed to General J. Floyd King, member of con
gress from tho fifrh dlitrict of this state, by Mr.Cuth-
bert Jones, a boa native of tho northern portion of
tonfrlana. Certainly no gentleman In this section
of tlio union has over bocn subjected to sudh a cos-
" " ' * “ on Gcnorar
lomost right
..that a man
fl extremity of his power
or even take notice of every assault that malignant
enemies or quarrelsome bullies may choooo to mako
upon hlpi. llut unquestionably it la the sentiment:
■ay, the stem unwritten Uw, among no, that whero
there in a real cause of quarrel, where one genth*
man has wronged another and cannot exculpato
himself, Mich a retaliatory attack as that of Mr.
Jones calls for prompt and determined action.
“W hen the Interview representing General King
ss having reflected upon the virtue of ladles of tho
Jones ami Liddell families, was printed; we as-
Mimed that It was one of those scandalous ami no
te rious falsehoods that dUroputablo newspaper
correspondents fabricate for unscrupulous and Mm-
rational print*. General King did, m tect, declare
It to bo ouch, but ho failed to maintain his denial
against the correspondents In this case as ho waif
expected to do, aud os he should have dono.
. “Mr. Jones, who artc<l with decided manliness at
the time of the publication, assumes that ho has
new grievances which prompt hfra to arattmo that
General King wns not only guilty of slandering lib*
mother, but of playing tho part of a sneak and
traitor, nnd he has denounced him as such In tho
letter w e print elsewhere. Here is a dlstliict causa
for quarrel If General King has done thero
things ho must stand branded beforo tho eornitry
os a villain; if ho is Innocent, he should not per-,
mtt the man who has thus secured him to go nn-
rebuked. There Is but ono conreo for General King
to pursue In this ease. If lie expects to retain tho
respect of the people of Louisians. Ho knows
what course that is.
Mr. cuthbert Jones, himself, hit dead tether and
_. Jthers, his spirited mother, tho lovely and queen
ly w ife of his father's adversary, havo been deeply,,
foully w rouged. He charges^ fn terrible sentences,'
brothers, his spirited mother, tho lovely aiul quccti-
ly w ife of his tether’s adversary, havo been deeply,,
foully w rouged. He charges, fn terrible
General King with having dono thLi fin
General King must vindicate himself
uhargo or wear tlioV- - 1 1 • * ~ jm
bus ba n burned tn*
“/donot e:
King, of I .mi I.*
"that there
the controversy with Mr. Jones. I am tired of being
asked questions on the subject. My card is a sufiK
dent answer, lo ter as 1 am concerned, te Mr.
Jones, and Ido not intend to bother myself olteito
ipcanihg,
A Great Invention*
Our reporter met Air, Frank Logan on tho
street yesterday*.and naked him hopr “Tiiu
Great Georgia Feuco icoinpany’J.was progress-
lug. Ho replied: '' » v *
“AfaguJflceijtlyp have just returned from
Athens*, wherei wo s*)l<l Hunnlentt A YUncey,
tho famous JFwey intfn. 'tho right to ton comi
ties, They investigated our fonco thoroughly!
and wore so Impressed with it that they toolc
right hold. They aro llvo meu and will mako
a big tiling out of It.”
“Did you receive many replies tolyour ‘Big
Ad’ In oar ‘WeeklyF ”
“I should say so. Had a perfect deluge of
orders nnd inquiries from North (.'aroUna to
Texas. Havo sold within tho last thirty dnyu
rights to about twenty counties, and nro on
ttws now for several more. A good thing
Will take. This is tho greatest maebino of tlio
times. It will be of more benefit to the farm
ers of tho country than any of the great agri
cultural machines now so necessary to overy
well regulated term.
“A live man can buy ono or moro conntv rights
and make more clear monoy than any legitimate
business In whieh ho can eggsgo. or n farmer
can buy a term right and mako nls own fenc
ing at less cost than any fonclng which he can
use. AU our rales aro to practical farmers and
business mcn—bnt I’m in a hurry. Good day,’ 1
sun&wky-lt.
Tho president will bo asked to pardon Avery
nenson, of North Carolina, convicted of participa
tion in tho recent Highland troublos.
IlORSFOltll'H ACID rilOSPIIATB.
Uimiilmons Approval of Medical Staff.
Dr. T. ft. Comstock, physician at Good Sa
maritan Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., says: “For
years wo havo used It In this hospital, Is dys
pepsia and nervous diseases, and as a drinlc
(luring tho decline and in tho oonvalesconco of
lingering fovers. It lias tho unanimous ap
proval of our medical stall,”
Marshal Turner, of Black Htstion, N. C., was shot
and klllcd'by Itolicrt Bishop last Tuesday. Bishop
escaped. _
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bottle.
Eight village* surround Montgomery within 500
yards of the limits of that city.
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