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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 1885. ON THE BORDER. He Report* the Indian* to be Well Mounted, Well Armed and Abundantly BuppUed-Tha Indiana Remain Savage* in Spite of What la Be ing Son* for Their In tercet. Etc. Washington, December 3.???Mgjor General Schofield,commanding the division of Missouri, says iu his annual report that his army,in round numbers, consists of0,500 infantry, 5,000 caval ry and 380 artillery, aggregating 15,000 meu. They occupy 05 different stations, giving an average of 231 men at each. He has the fob lowing to say about the necessity to prevent great destruction of life and ??? property by the savage Indiana: ???The Indiana are well mounted, having several ponies toeaclgnamwell armed and abundantly sup piled with ammunition. Being trained from early childhood, they are excellent horsemen and expert marksmen, equal in these respects to the best regu lar troop* in the world. It is manifestly impossible toperoanently overawe and bold in suwectlon suck bodies of savages by show of any force far In ferior to them In numbers. Considerable progress has doubtless been made toward the civilization of some of the tribes. But their savage nature has not yew. : been greatly changed, and their love of war not greatly diminished, while the temptation to engage in hostilities, and the opportunities to do injury have been vastly in creased. The reservations arc now surrounded by great herds of cattle, and by vast fields of wheat and,com, and by thousands of defenseless settlers. When tbo lapse of a few years has dulled the recol lection of past punishment, only a slight provoca tal last. The great majority of the large frontier popula tion are ttraugers to the earlier history of tho In dian eountir. They hare settled their since the In dians were located upon the reservations. Kolying upon government protection, the)' are apparently unconscious of any danger, while in simple truth they are liable at any moment to experience all (fie horrors or savage warfare. Nothing short of tho Immediate presence of a superior force can bo relied upon I o restrain the Indians from outbreak until they have advanced far beyond their present stage of civilization. Of course * ,J -- rrT - ??? purpose, a* compared with anything in our past expert, encc of Indian wan. The number of Indiaus in this division, as reported by tho interior depart ment, is about 175,000. ??? Of these about &1.000 are rated as peaceable, the remaining 122.000 being more or less uncivilized and warlike. Tuolr wsrrt* riors number at least 25.000, equal to the entire strength of the llnltod State* army, or two-thirds more than the whble number of troops serving in this division. It Is manifest that this numerical ly smaller force of troop* cannot absolutely prevent Indian outbreak* in the future, a* it has not in the pant. The probabilities of such out break* may have diminished in the last few years* and undoubtedly the facilities lor suppressing them have greatly increased by means of rapid transpor. tatlon of troops by rail. But tho question to be now considered is whether the vast increase! or tho in terests of life and property Involved doc* not now demand that such military measure* bo adopted as will surely prevent in future any wholesale destruction of life nml property by tho uncivilized tribes of the countnr. It is my duty to plainly and clearly present this question for the consideration of tne authorities upon w hom tho responsibility of the election finally rests. Following up this line of argument General Schofield says: 1 desire to pointedly invite attention to tho fact that while onr present fore?? can, by concentrating, subdue any rebellious tribe, as has no often been dono heretofore, thu warlike trlbs are no less pre pared for war now than they haro been at any former period, and that our present military force is manifestly insufildeiit to prevent or promptly sup press Indian outbreaks. I beg leave to submit that in a country of 50,000,000 people 50,000 men would bo a small army to bo maintained with solo reference to possible foreign wars. But when the country has constant -'that fbree to protect its against destruction by midst, it is extfemely he'fcavagc tribes As well mi{, their police ...??? pcricnec has shown to lie necessary for the daily service with no reserve for great emergencies. Tombstone, December 3.???The Indians at tacked the town of Duncan, on the Southern Pa cific road and Allied one man yesterday. They cut the telegraph wire between Wilcox and Port Grant. The military operator warned tho ranchers in tho towmto go homo and protect their families. The- Indians are between Persists ranch and Gamp- front D. B. Smith* ... people who live near .Stockton pass, was chased Into Fort Grant today. It 1* feared that all the families In that vicinity haTO been murdered. Washington, November 30.???Adjutant General Drum has received the following tel egram from General Crook: ???Sanchez brought into Fort Apache last evening (ho head of one of the hostile*. lie also reports tbst tho hostile* aro killing all the White moun tain Indians they can find scattered over tho reser vation, Jt seems probabicthat up to this time they have killed eleven women, four children and five men and boys. The White mountain Indians threaten the re*c itlles will be killed.??? The Indians who left Cedar Spring early yesterday rooming killed William Johnsou and a iwalve-year-old boy. THE APACHE8 IN ARIZONA. Tha White* Advised to Attack and Slaughter Them. From the Tucson, Arm., Star. Tho sconrge of Arizono has 1>cen and is tl??c murderous Apache. These fiends havo peri odically broken out and devastated tho ooupUy and butchered its peaceful inhabitants???men, women and children. Nowhbrc faxOVAfofc-. pcctor, miner, or cutter safe from thbit-wanton and fiendish assaults. Why is this? Why should not the inhabitants of Arizona fro as se cure in their persons and property against In dians ns the eitlscns of Massachusetts? We are citizens of tho tamo republic; then why should our homes and onr wives and our chil dren be at tho mercy of the pitiless Apache without protection, without redress? The gov ernment has corralled tho Apache on the San Carlos reservation. It feeds, protects and per mits tho Apaches to be armed with the most ap proved weapon of death and destruction, and the Apaches use the instruments of death to slay and murder our people. The very ground of this territory 4s moist with tho blood of our rosrdered neoplc. Tho very air rings with tho shrieks or the victims of Apopho atrocity. The glare of the frontiersman???s burning cabin signals tho fact that tho Apache is on tho war path, that ho has left tho reservation where the government feeds and clothes him???not be cause he is In want of food; not because tho whites hove molested him in any manner, but purely in the spirit of fiendish mpino and murder; not to seek food or shelter, but to seek victims to satiate his devilish disposition to kill and destroy. The Apache is by uature bloodthirsty, and having no sense of respousf- fouity gratifies his cruel, heartless thirst for blood by murder and rapine. Tuo time has cune when the people of Arizona will stand this no lodger, The government heretofore has protected and fed the Apaches, but has not so mnch as even protected the whites from the Apache*. On a former occasion tbo Apaches exhausted tho endurance of the peoplo of Arizona, and the whites armed themselves and went on to the Indian reservation and carried death and. destructionhnto the homes of the In dian as tbo Indian had carried death aud de struction into the homes of the whites. This can and will be done again. It is a severe remedy, bat it proved once to be. an effective ???nc. The Indiana have broken out repeatedly. Let tho whites break out once again and teach Apache in the Apaches??? home on the Son Carlos reservation that the whites can kill ami slay JU well as the Apaches. Let the whites inflict death upon the Apache in his home nnder the very eyes of the government officials just as the Apache has inflicted death and destruction upon the white*, in full viow of the govern ment. Is the government powrerful enough to protect the Apache and not powerful enough to protect the whites against the Apache? This appears to be tho situation. Tne Apache is protected and the whites art not. Retaliation and self-preservation is the first law of nature. The whites have waited in vain for govern ment protection. Now Jet them assemble and arm themselves and teach the Apaches that two can play at the game of extermination, and that the "whites hold the strongest hand in the game.??? When this is done, and not un til it is dose effectually, will the Apache be properly and effectually disposed of in Arizona. The Apaches have broken oat often. Let the whites break out once. STORIES OF THE WAR, Which Never Fall to Interest the Reader, Whether Old- or Young* Baltimore, December (J.-While the two armies nnder General Grant and General Lee were confronting each other below Petersburg, President Jefferson Davis became so exhausted by overwork that he determined to rest for a few days. His steward was a worthy German named Eggling, who before the war conducted a flourishing nursery business near/Richmond. The president notified Eggling of his purpose to take a rest, and directed that nil visitors bo excluded until further orders. Mr. Eggling Sand his asaistants carried out their instructions, and Mr. Davis serenely enjoyed hla rest. One night at about ten o???clock there was a i strong pull at the front door bell. Mr. Egfcling. answered, tho call, and on opening tho door found Standing outside a venerable gentleman who gave his name and said htf wished to see ; the president on business of great importance. Mr. Eggling informed him that the president bad retired, and could not possibly bo seen un- jtil next morning. ???But, my dear sir,??? said ttwfcaller, who gave his name as Mr. A., ???it srilLbo too, Istethen. I wish to try to save the Uyes of iwv German deserters from the other sUte.whoxataccnaenin* cd to be shot at sunrise psipleV':'- r\ v ??? The mention of the natiyity ot tbo doomed men touched a sympathetic chord iu Mr. Egg- ling???s heart, and he invited Mr. A. to a seat in tho hall. After bearing the main particulars of the arrest and sontence. of the supposed spies, Mr. Eggling became interested in their deliverance. He accordingly left Mr. A. in the 1ml), and went up stairs to Mr. Davis's chamber. He opened the door noiselessly, and moved on tiptoe across the carpeted floor to* ward the bed, fearing that Mr. Davis would be asleep. The gas was burning dimly. Mr. Davis happened to be awake, and asked his chamberlain what he wanted. "3ir. President,??? said Eggling, ???I have been in your service a long time, and have never, as you know, solicited any special favor from you.??? Mr. Davis admitted that. ???I have one to ask now,???. resumed Eggling, ???and I hope you .will not refuse it.??? He then requested that Mr. A., who was waiting in the hull down stairs, be allowed to como up to the chamber to see him on urgent busi ness, involving the lives of two innocent sol diers. Tito president consented, and in a short time Mr. A., accompanied by. k Eggling, pre sented himself before tho president, who re mained in bod. After a short preliminary conversation Hr. A, mad* known tub object of his visit, which was to secure a reprieve for tho two men until tho charge against,thomcouUl be further investigated. President Davis asked various questions, and, when i n formed ilia t the sentence of tho drum-head court-martial had been approved by General Lee, declared that ho could hot and would not interfere- Mr.: A. bceaxuo im portunate, and Mr. Davis so far relented as to agree to think over the matter for an hoar, at the end of which 3ir. A. would receive his fluid decision. 3Ir. A. then withdrew, and at tho appointed tlrao returned to the chamber with Eggling. Tho president courteously informed his. guest that lie .had. considered the matter, fully, and could hot change nis decision. ???The men must dio, if General Leo has ap proved the sentence,??? said the president. ???Is that yonr irrevocable conclusion ???? Mr. A. tremulously asked. ???It is; I cannot reverse it,??? Mr. Davis re plied. ???Then,??? said 3Ir. A., ???will you .rise from your bed and unito with mo: in prayer to Almighty God for the souls of the poor unfor tunates who are to bo shot to death in the morning???? President Davis agreed to do this, and in a minute tho three persons in the room were kneeling, and BIr. A. was fervently praying for the salvation of the doomed Germans. When ???Amen??? was said BIr. Davis was about to rise, but he was prevented by BIr. A,, who said-; ???Now, BIr, President, I want you to pray.??? BIr. Davis, however, insisted on rising, and after doing so, said: ???Mr. Eggling, bring mo some paper and pen and ink,??? They were speedily produced, and in a few moments tbo desired reprieve was handed to Mr. A., who, after profusely thanking tho president, has tened back to the confederate camp, arriving just in time to avert the execution. THE O LUSTER HATTLKFIELD. While the regiment was recoilnoiter 1 nc along the Coosa river, General N. B. Forrest got after it and chased It aero** the stream. Forrest knew that by fording at another place, and by taking a near cut, ho could overtake and capture Straight aud his raider*. The ford, how- idiiigi ??? ever, w as a dangerous ono and fra it without a guide he rode up to and inquired for some one to point out the dangers of the stream. There was no man about the house, but a young Thunder unless she desisted. From the Baxley. Go., Banner. While in Florida a few weeks ago wo visited the Olustee battlefield,which is about two miles east of Olustee station, on tho old Florida Con tral railroad. This was one of tho hardest fights In Florida, and. all things considered, it was a most terri* ble battle. Tho federal* started from Jackson ville to go through Florida, something Ilka Slicxman went through Georgia. About 0,000 federal* nnder General Seymour, left Jackson ville fir Tallebassco, They hsd gono but forty-fl* o or fifty miles on their journey when they were met by General Finnlgan and Gen eral Colquitt. The former was at the station two miles away, while tho latter was on the field with his men. Tho battle ground is an open pine fiat, cover ed in part by low palmcttoes. This afforded no shelter for either party, and they fell thick and fast on both aides. In tho beat of battle, am- munition gave out and a messenger was sent two miles to headquarters, bat our men waited bravely. Finnlgan ordered them to fall back to the breastworks, but still tboy faced the enemy. Ammunition arrived and a shout went up along tho line of battle which made overy heart throb with Joy and barn with trues patriotism. Again wo:d came from Finnlgan ???Fail back to tho breastworks.??? Colquitt answered: ???3Iy men do not know what you mean, sir,??? and still tho Airy of battlo increased. Men fell dead on every side. The cavalry were ordered on the right. They made a move, but in trying to cross tbe Ocean pond many of their hones bogged up and tho riders were compelled to leave them and wade out throngh mud and water. But the last come and 4,000 boys from Georgia and Florida whipped out 0,000 yanks as slick os a whistle. The battle was severe; about 1,500 were killed. The federal* had pushed a company of colored men in front, nearly all of whom were killed. But the worst is to como. The southern boys were so enraged at having a drove of negroes to fight, that many of them went on the battlo field and killed tbo wonuded with knots and chunks of wood. A very large man was stood up like a brute, near tbo railroad where all who passed could seo him. Hundreds lay on the Imttlo field and were devoured by hogs and buzzards. A stench roso np from the field which spread for miles away. How desolate tho place looks, even now to one who is acquainted with tbe facts above. Tho same old pine tree* with their shattered limbs and scarred bodies that stood in tho midst of tho battle, still stand like silent sen tinels amid the scene of carnage. Thousands pass this historic place without any knowledge of being on such blood-stained ground. Bloat of our people have heard of the ???Hero of Olustee,??? Governor Colquitt. It was here that ho made his name. General Finnlgan has recently died. He wai a brave and good man. Several gentlemen from this county were in the fight. A gentleman from Coffee county told us a few days ago that ho lost his homo in the Ocean pond. . , , We counted os many as twelve bullet holes in a single tree, and were successful enough to get one bullet os a wsr relic. A. TIGHT SQUEEZE. The Recap* of Colonel StrHght from Libby Prison* From tbe St. Louis Republican, Captain Jack Warner, who was quartermaster of Libby l-rhon, and now Uvea at (:cntraUa,Ill., far* nlsbe* the Republican with tho following story: Ja tbe Jotur pert oTIM there wa* organised an expedition of union troops, having far its object a raid throc&b the country in and around Rome, G*. Two men were fit this raid whose narrow and mar* (rulr. LtirCtkiico. , ; Bates, on the ttrtngtti of haring been aprbooer 1.700 raiders into rebel hand* and they were thrown into Richmond prison. . One day Bates Impersonated a doctor who was in the habit of visiting the rick and passing the guard got away, although he wa* afterward* recaptured and can Into a loathsome dungeon, from which ho emerged In such an emaciated condition that no one expected to sec him get home alive. But he was a MlETTYd.IVg CORFU and in after year*, when the republican conven tion at Peoria was divided into factions, no ono of them able to elect a caudidato for state treasurer, Judge Condit, of Centralis, got the floor and re cited the Bufferings of a union prisoner of war, and wound up by nominating Major Kra*tu?? N. Bates. Tho tiitrao took liko wild nre, and was carried throngh with a hurrah. He was elected and served another term. colonel straight also hod an escape experience. Ho wa leaderin a plan by which 117 men got out of the ramous prison. Iu tho basement of Ltgon warehouse, which then wa used a Richmond prison, a. large quantity of straw was kept for the purpose of making bed*. From the rooms In tho upper stories a wide chimney ran down to tho basement floor. By means of this chimney tho men took tarns in going down to this room, where, with a scoop such as is used in lifting flour from a barrel and ono part of a strap hinge, a tunnel wa commenced In be basement floor, and by dint of several week* ... .. ??? ??? gr across the street, a dis and preparad to jjmer^o __ raw. Thera was a woman in this ease by tho name oj Abbie Green, and she now holds a position In tho United States treasury. Bbo boa been warned many tlms about fooling with the yankee prisoners, and was threatened wlthbelng locked up inCastlo ht, and she managed ... JpCBhOWl until he could get out of tho country. Thus instigated, the plan given above was devis ed aud carried out, and if it had not been for RSMARKABLK ACC1MCKT, to go under a gas main which had bceu encoun tered for fear that if it wa gone over tho tunnel would get too close to the surface and it would bo broken into. A sharp turn under tho main was made. Colonel Straight, who wa a large, heavy man, got caught midway between his shoulders and hips in making this turn, and wa held there a though he wa In a vise. The men in front pulled and H lu the rear pushed, but without avail. FI- toward daybreak lie wa hauled out more hnn olive. It was then too Into to make the delivery general, about 117 petting rfwny. As they emerged from a hole lit the vacant lot. they ctond, by the aid of the moonlight, bo observed from the windows of the prison, and many amusing remarks were provoked. After two or three men had popped up from the very bowels of the earth ana hod taken quickly to their heels, a fellow at tho window shouted: ."Where In h are those men coming from???? Another prisoner, who was In the secret, but wa crippled and could not get away, ran up to the ex cited man at the window and hissed: a large manner oi mu men were rrcaiuurcu. out | Straight was taken care of by Abbic Green until ho H*afriyJB Confederate War Record*. Tlio work of collecting the war records has been I going on slowly In Washington for the past ten year*. Colonel Robert A. tfcott Is In charge of tho work, with General Marcus J. Wright to look after! the confederate archives. A correspondent aays:??? The greatest Interest seem* to attach to the cool federate archives. They have been collected from wldoly scattered sources. In the hurry of flight, iu the destruction of headquarter*, ana tho cutting off of communications, orders, dispatches, and off Ihlal documents could obtain no ufo depository. Matty were carried urorodrogMMlHHliHMffi ronvclilntof Ik * The greatest I ??? ??? . I??? ?????? archives have been from tho Klch-fi moud historical society. Tboy Included papers and rcoonWof field operations, and many or tbo most valuable- document* connected with tho govemd inent offices at Richmond. From ncarljj southern state there lir.?? been sent * ner bearing upon the campaigns of lint there urc deplorable omission*. ???riilllMI diligently prosecute* flffii there win never be a complete and ccord of confederate operations com- archive* of the union were preserved, and their compilation remain* as merely a patient task. . . A.peculiar; mystery attaches to tho last confeder ate teal. TVhar bccamo of It. About 1870 there appeared In Wahfngton a quaint brochure from ???R???jynioiw pen. t _IW Nolo OUR LETTER BASKET. Told from Texas.! DfcattB, Ter., December 2.???[Special Cor< raspoudcnce.]???From Texarkana to Fort Worth tho ride is through tho pleasantest part of Texas. At Fort Worth there is a good deal to seo. This city will in time lie the railroad center Texas. Already the people there???many whom nr#* fii'nro'inni???rill Vnrtlt Worth **t Iderivotiou of seals. At the end was the abrupt announcement that a certain Jeweler In this city t-onld ftimkh, for a specific price. Impression* in isllver electrotype of tho lost seal of the confederacy. It roon became known that Colonel John T. Pickett Was a* certainly the author of this monograph mi It hat Judah I'. Benjamin was- tho ???A. Ccnal, a Loudon barrister,??? who wrotel tho fampn* work, 'Tho Republic o' From whom had Pickett gut tho seal sohndy knows. After he had secured enough itn- net Hons he returned it presumedly to It* original mlder, and tho secret of its abiding place died with Republic. Nob! ' * Mdcf,'aiid???tl)oac(^onl*abldini'placodfedwlih Pickett. He had the original, for one ofthe olec- was sent to "J. Wyon, engraver of her U seal*, lotulon,??? who had executed tho Ho certified that he never roodo dnplif eatCH.andlhatlbo electrotype showed stichdcllfi cate tracery that none except tho orlglual seal gpuld harc boon used. Ptckctt had been consul at iMopuin. wmi sai ls ridicule* that hod ake and delay in execu- by exposing the similar delay in the procurement or the great seal of the United Wate*,' and the fact of the fitter'* seal hav?? lug bcou designed by an English lord. In tho last volume of tlm war records now beln mailed h n history of the campaign In Missouri Kansas, Indian territory and northwest in iw?.'. The confederate record* give the famous quarrel between General Hindman and Goncrai Albeit Pike. Pike disobeyed orders and wa* arrested as a traitor, traitor. General Hindman declare* that bo dl??covered mong the very* troop* detailed by him, and among the clJizcuK In the adjurrni part of Texas, ???a secret society, funned for restoring tbo yankco union." Forty-six of these traitor* were jait to death by tho people of northwestern Texas. Two of them de clared that like wa* looked to a* tho probable leader of the organization. General Hinduum con cludes: "Tills society having been broken up, aud Mr. like???s Influence among either whites or Indi ans amounting to very little, ho wa* turned loose, and ha* since been permitted to go at large.??? General Pike's reputation was not affect ed by Hindman's Implacable animosity, for Ire be came the editor of the Memphis Appeal. General Hindman i* recalled by Minister 8. H. Cox a* n ??????tire eating congressman,??? with no thought of compromise. It wa* lie who Involved General Claiborne in the street riot at Helen*, Ark., jnri Ix-fore tire war, when several live* were lost. Tho connected report* of the Hindman-flke quarrel, now made public, reveal a great deal of the mutual recriminations among officer*, and tire constant bickerings with southern srafegovernors over their rafieal to transfer the iniUila to the army, cause* that largely influenced tbo final collapeo of seces sion. North Carolina Faying Fenslon*. It a 1.1:1011, N. ( December 0.???Tho legisla ture at tbe'losc session appropriated 900.000 annu ally for the payment of pensions to soldiers who were disabled In tho wsr.by reason of wounds, and to widow* of soldier* who were killed In tho service of the Mate. About 1,000 application* for penrion* under thlx act were fifed. The state board of peusions has apportioned tbe money among 1.0Q9 widows and bVJ soldiers. Each re ceives 414.75 per annum. _ 'Onr Picture* or Strange Lands??? thh week tell of a ???Ruck Farm In China,** a ???Strange Tribe in Afrlra??? and then leaving strange lands Ul! of ???A Fight in Ktrange Water*.???* Wc have some rich sketches for this department next year and those who rend it will have travelled over th entire earth, aud learned the customs of all the pro ale that inherit it. For young folk* it U an cduets Jpon in iuelf. _ ??C0m V. ML I At OX OF PURR. Cod Liver Oil, wills llypophoaphltoa. FOR WASTING CH!LV)KP.X.| Dr. f??. W. Cohen, of Waco, Text*; say*: "I hare used your Emulsion In Infantile waning, with good gesnJtA Jt no* only restore* waited tissue, but gives strength, and I heartily recommend It for diseases Stranded by atrophy," * When a miner ba* been eaten by a grimly, the restmn people-speak of him as befog ad mite, d ur Ktt York city it America's metropolis; her pride is Dr. Ball'* < oegh Fyrop at(tBM of . ....... of whom are Georgia ns???call Forth Worth ???tho Atlanta of the southwest.??? A strange thing about Fort Worth is it* pop ulation. It Is constantly shifting, always changing, likfe tho sands of the ocean. At e nt iTeckon there art 30,000 people iu Worth. Next year this time there will be fully 5.000 more and yet probably not more than three-fourth* of the people who now claim that city for their home, will remain there for another year. No ono Jean tell why this is. Bfr, W. L. Bfalone, now manager of the Gazette, the leading (taper of Fort Worth, said to me yesterday:, ???Five years ago I know atinost every young mnn in Fort Worth, today I don???t know a dozen. Tho people i were aro always on tha. move. The. ; city continues to grow very npldly, and It will | in timo bo the metropolis of north Texas. Wo have a good many Georpians here# and os soon as one comes to my office he wants to know if wc get Thk Constitution.??? A dozen years ago all tlio real estate in tho city of Fort Worth could not have been mortgaged ifor one hundred thousand dollars. Today tho rvalues reaches up into tho millions, and the- mau who owns a dcsirablo building lot any where near the heart of the city has got a nioo thing of it. Every three or four years the land doubles in value. This is true, too, of tbo towns lying in a radius of fifty miles of Fort |Worth. Decatur, In Wise county, tbe town from which 1 write, has within a dozen years jdone wonders. It is now a thriving place, with wide awako peoplo and every indication of {further growth. Wise county is a grain ! producing region, and all the farmers raise more bread and meat than Ithoy can use. General Robert Toombs owns 20,000 seres of flno land in Wise county, and it is said that Governor Brown, of Atlanta, is also tho owner of soveral large and valuable tracts. There are hundreds of Georgians up through here, ???Tho (roods are full of 'em.??? Agriculture is profitable, although today corn sells here for twenty-five cents n bushel, and wheat for fifty or sixty cents. Last year this county raised a million and a half bushel* of corn, and no ono knows how much wheat, besides about 20,000 bales of cotton. Governor John Ireland, of this state has just written a loug article on tlio progress of Texas for the North American Review, from which eomo Interesting facts about Texas may be gathered; In 18C5, at the closo of tho war, Texas wa* de moralized and almost ruined. It is true she had been spared the tramp of hostile armies; yet, her material wealth was gone, bor loss iu slaves alouo being 1137,000,000. Her labor system hod been de stroyed, confidence bad fled, and hope had de parted. Thepnrsulta of the people had been essen tially agricultural and pastoral; but agriculture lay paralyzed, and tho flocks and herds of the grazer were scattered and lo??t???added to such misfortune the Iron heel of tho conqueror came to crush tho really brave and genuine manhood of Texas. But the men who had strongly mot the storm of war were prepared to meet it* counequences???tho placing In their stead tho selfish stronger and the ignorant negro. Governed, how ever, by a clam that only sought the deeper degradation of tho people, wo can under stand that Texas naturally reverted .to tho oppres sion of Mexican rule, and found no consolation by comffcrifoii. The days seemed dork indeed. This Mate of things, ameliorating gradually bnt with ag onizing slowness, came toon end in 1874. After nine years of experience those who controlled the government of the nation realised that tho way to treat brave men was to trust them, and so restored to the people their politics! rights. Upon this res toration Texas entered with a bound, as It were upon her new career. Embracing all tho territory between the 0ith ami 100 degree* of west longitude and tho 20th and 36th degrees of north, latitude???* territory of 274,000 square milcs-larger than New York, New Eng land, Pennsylvania. Ohio and Maryland combined larger than tho half of Europe, omlttlug Russia, she c..m Mipi ort a population equal to the present popu lation ofthe United State*, and yet not crowd her people. Plio has * genial climate, whoso uni- .'ormily of tcmpcrt(uro give* health and Comfort fnd docs not shut up labor for .six month* of tho year with lee and snow. She has a soil, rich and dlvcisified, producing wheat as in California, cotton as hi Egypt, aud corn a* in 1111- UcR She la the gracing ground of a contim nt, where within ths memory of man count- lost herds or buffalo roamed over her prairies, from her northern to her southern boundary, but whoso trail* are now covered with Inclororev brooding cattle with which to feed the world. Let me call earnest attention to a few remarkablo facts, which I take from the official reports of tho Mate. Our tables of statistics show that in 1838 the population numbered about 60,000. In forty-nlno ycara it has increased fifty-fold, and we now have 2,008,000. . Fifteen years ago, In 1870, the anememed value of property was a little less thsn #150,000,030. It I* now twn,000,000. Yet the tax rate for 1813 is only twenty-fire cents on tho hundred dollar*, one- half or which la for the public school*. In ibis Important matter of public schools and tbe education or our youth, U mutt be remembered that tbe father* of 1836 set aside one-tenth 1 of the general nvenue of their republic fora perpetual school fund, and also granted to caoli county four leagues of land, or 20,000 acres. 8UH, In addition, they set wide fifty leagues???more than 220,QOQ acre* -for a university. Subsequently the state of Teza* dr/nated to railroads sixteen alternate sections or land to the mile, and coupled thla donation with an obligation to survey an equal area for the school frmd. Till* fond now own* from that source 32,- 000,000 acres; worth, at tbo minimum government price, 184,000,C00- It ha*, besides, #7,000,000In cash, bonds and stocks, which yield more than 9J/j0O,0OO as lan available school fand for the year 1885, allowing each child in the Mate #5 for alx months??? tuition. The Increase In value ot the school land*, whether from leone or from salo to actual rottler*, will In a short time relieve tho people from paying any school tax at all; for, with the Interest ou early a hundred million* or capital Invest there will 1* enough revenue for tho grandest froe- school system ever known. Of tlio 274,000 square mllea of Texan territory, 20,- 600,000 acres are rich In mirtnmls???Iron, coal, cop- prrjlradand silver. The timberiand*,wlth;HH varie ties of wood, comprise 48,000,000 of acres. And over this various territory run, already, 7,300 miles of raUro&d, connecting us with the market* of tbe world. The crop estimate* for 1885 include 1,300,000 b*lc?? of cotton, 4,000,000 bushel* of wheal, *,000,000 bushels of Coro and 32.000JMO pound* of wool. Twelve million bead of live stock sustain them selves on our 353 varieties of grasses. We cou feed New England with cheap meat. Wc can supply Old Kuglaud with fine beef, France with fat mut ton and Ingratiate Germany with tho bust of pork, though not one-fifth of tbo area of Texas i* yet occupied or utilized. This article by Governor Ireland calls fo some comment. Ho says ???wa can support Imputation larger than tho present population of tho United Htstcs, and yet not crowd tho people.??? It ia Hot very long since this same gentleman wrote an artiete, in which he claimed that in tbe near future tha people of Texas would be ???crowded into tho sea??? oy itn migrants. ??? Tbe present population of tbo United States b from 6fi,??tXMNU to OOfiOOJOOO. Tessa t?? In- creasing in population st tbe rate of a million kcry anxtoui to get a copy o( o poem entitled I ??????tmrwpectton,??? Jrnny ono will Hindus the poem no will take pleasure in printing It. Eostojc, Tliomat county, On., November 88U ???Editors constitution: At It la a rainy, dull tlmo I ??? thought I would improve theIline by rending a let ter to the "tetter Baikct.??? We tabu Tiu OOSan?? . J fn j???y reading Bill Arp Talmago'a icrmont - children enjoy mr reading "Bctry Hamil ton." Wo can't do without Bit??? Arp, bcJtgntb comfort to me. Alto a poem now aud then. 1 haro raved "ltnck me to Sleep Mother," and "Keep mo Florence None.' There three poems aro dearer t?? mo than two or three Cosimtuiioxs. with many good wither, I remain a Mend of Tun coxrmu- T'os, < . g. V. A, rOHEIOM NEWS. London, November 30.???Tho Timas uyr: Mr. Gladstone's Midlothian progress tuts iieon-a failure. Me return, to the bouse aa tbe leader , of tbe opposition, but .that position may act aa a brightest jewel In hla crown of fame if. he shows himself patriotic and non-partlsap in hla manage, meet of tho dlfllcult Irish Question. ??? MC OtADOTONK BFKAKS. Mr. Olandstonr, speaking at Buckley, Flint shire, today, said that tho liberal reverses wrer< due to the tomfoolery of nominating duplloato candidates, the miserable imposture called ???fair tfade,??? and lastly and chloBy tlio Irish' vote In ftimt Britain. He had nothing to say against lit, Irish felloiv-cltlrens. He had spent the best part of his life In humbleendoavon to do them jnatlee, and he hoped that hla part: would continue Its rtttarts to aid the iris* esnae. Tho power of tho Irish In tlio present elections had been spent. Ho would bo much surprised If the now comity electorate should ;voto against tlio men who had been lighting I heir battles for forty yean. The Fall Stall Oaactte, in an analysts ortho voting up to the ctoae of Saturday, makes tho conservative gains elghty-nino and tho llbonil gains forty-three, and estimates the total voU cast as follows: Liberals, l,??p.*,Sai; conservnl [live, 1100,210. London, December S.???Tho political situa tion tonight la one of perplexities to all British politicians. The liberals close tho week with n tie with the torles and FnrnettUes combined. There arc,however,enough constituencies yet to vote to make tho whole issue ono of awoluto uncertainty. A glance at tho history of tho rampsUgn will make the reason of this plain. When Mr. Gladstone was defeated In a purlin mentary vote, In which home rulers withdrew their strength from him, ho know bis absoutco votes, added to tbe votes he tallied, would bo more than sufficient to overcome tho entire al lied opposition. Ho was disgusted with his whole relationship to tho Irish party, and con fident In his strength, resigned power In outer to regain it on anew foundation, whereon ho should be independent of Irish members. Ho desired to have at his back tbo British nnOorlty so that whatever ho might do for Ireland should be accepted as a conclusion and not aa extortion. He felt able to accomplish this re sult. He had enfranchised d TWO MII.UON VOTES, I I hail redistributed the boundaries of coustltul cnclcs, and felt certain tlmt his party would gain largely from these meas ures. When tho campaign opened, how-, over, the radical leaders went otT on ???(heir own hook," ami tried to secure aq alli ance with tho homo rulers with whom they believed they Could secure government for themselves. In tho meantime, MrJ Gladstone, hy almost superhuman efforts, had eucceedod in dwarfing tho impor. tanre ofthe disestablishment Issue hy localiz ing It In Scotland, where It Is popular with tho majority aud throwing It out from tho cam paign altogether In England, whore it is un- popular.With the mqlonty. Hy this achieve, inent ho stopped the religious stampede from his ranks snd brought lack thonssmls of de serters. Voting had now begun In tho large (owns. The liberal party gradually drew to gether, and tho tory party left without n dis tinct Issue, aa gradually dwindled. Tho l'arnellltes havo stood together to a man whllu they have voted in all esses against tlio liberal candidates and In favor of tho tory nominees In districts wherein no nationalist candidate was running. They havo practically parted company with tho torles. At the thneof writing, the liberals have elec ted :tl3, coitservalivca2W, and Farnollltes 70: while Air. Gladstone has therefore 70 majority over tho torles, they aud tho houiu niters tie him. THE KING IS SURELY DEAD, Madhip, November 00.???[Special.]???There was an imposing scene at tho palaco of tho Its- curia! upon the arrival of King Alfonso's body. When tho procession reached tho monastery tho lhikc lie Sexto, tho royal chamberlain, knocked and reqnrated admittance for Alfon so. When inside tho gate, tho duko unlocked tho coffin and called three times 111 Alfonso's csr. Then, according to tberitual, he sold: "There Is no reply. It is (run tho king Is desd." 1I?? re-locked the coffin snd broke bis wand of office. The nest cabinet has been approved through out Si*ln. Tho only fear is In regard to Honor Zorllla, the republican chief, who wilt loso prestige unless ho attempts a revolt. If lie Is raptured tho sentence of death already passed ??? pon him, for participation in former revolts, and bo will bo executed immediately. Tho i lanlfcata of Chrloo promising to confirm to the Spaniards all thult present civil and re Uglous liberties, ia considered a direct 1 Id for the throue, and ia also Interpreted ns s prelude to tho proposal of marriage of Don Chrlos???s sms, rriuce Jalaiie, and tho princess of Asturias, tho king's eldest daughter, In tho. ovent of no heir to tbo throne twin* bom. Both (artists and monarchists would welcome uich a settlement wltlwudnmatlon, naltwonld end the fifty, years' conflict and enable Spain to assume nn appropriate petition among tho ewers of Europe. MADntu, December tl.???The queen regent to day, for tho first tlmo, presided over a council rtf the cabinet. deports aro In circulation that the young OUR OWN comp Short Talks With Our Readers on Matters of Interest. * We Cannot Supply book uumbersof Thj??:c<W- STrrtnox. The only way to keep up is to tub- H'ribCr ; Tho Printed Blip on your paper tclla whan yome lime 4s out. It save both of us trxrabl??-Mf you wiik renew before the date of <**piratlon* .. ; ???Coming, and Shouting ns , Tht*y Corn??,* ??? Our readertatill come to tbo front with praise* of their favorite paper. U r e could fill this eel* um with letters, but these wiir taffice to let new readers know wlint our old readers???think? of Thk Uonstitction. Read what they at* aud thru subscribe for the best family pap??i* iu< the world. 4 ??? Letter* From Onr Render*. ??? i J. C. Cousins,.of Equality, Afo., mUeas^uak Constitution is gaining ground rapidly r.t this office, and la certainly tho best paper In tho United? State*. Tiroes an hard out hero; crops short; cotton cheap. I ariseU an. old man, to, eubscrlbo to .tkki Comm tion. He said money was ao scarce ho could ??4ot t*ke It tittlcn Mm CONsTimioN wuuhl take it out In shuck* atul pumpkins- I toi.t him to; bring hlN truck tome atut I would .pay him for it and rend yon the money. Hd said that he knowed' during tbe w? 0 * forbc b * d * ccn h, P J to* T. N. Allen, BIcLcndon, Texas: I send ydrt* a club of ten suUcribers to the Wkkxly Coxstotv tion. \\ * find It tho safest and best paper In tbui south, and because U sp**ak?? the sentiment* of tha, ronthern people, and Its round democratic prid-' . dplcs, wc like It. In It wo find new* from all thel world; and best of all Uncle U1U Arp???s letter*. B. J. W., Ella ville, Gn.: The OoNoriTimdlf ??? | Is the be*t paper l over saw. I prophesy that. Iu, > less than twelyomonths it \rUl bo in tho hand* of, ; every civilized family in America. W. A. McWmoitkb. Salubrity, Sample eoplc????U distributed and nrUi *end iu anotoce club toon, i have been a regnlarmbRorlber toyoar paper for eighteen year*, and I bceu able to *c?? an* improvement in it all the time. J.W. RailKY, Halifax, Ky.: My 43oxtri- Tt Tro.v Ofthe tilth hurt., wa* tho best paper l ever* saw. I is so far ahead of oil other paper* (ha# 1/ want to set circulation lucrea**.. You w * agent at every ofllcc. If you outfit I Will do all I can. Tha Constitution Sawing Machine. ???< * The sewing machine monopolists are howl ing! The Constitution sewing machluoh**' kmteked their monopoly into doll rags. Foe yean* and years they have boon charging three* prices for machines. Wlidnthey sco ns telling a machine hotter thsn their $15 machines, for* #18 with the paper thrown in, they realize that' they will have to cut prices or break op^ otiti' arrangements. ' They aro now hying to bnlly or bny tlm/to* * tory into refitting to sell to un, unless* wo will'* agree to charge $4O'for our machines. We will ??? never consent to do this. Wo ??? do not beliovd ' IthCT can buy or bully tho factories. It wilt b*>??? well, however, for every ono who wants turn of our morbific*, to buy at once, and then hoy are Independent of whatever tho mbiiopo??* ly may do. ??? Remember! We cell a machine^ modcllcd'Jtfli ter the Singer, bnt superior to tho ono tliay sail * for $40, for $18 with tho paper???or$17 whfcanfci tho paper-to subscribers only* Wo ictyontry/ this machine ten days, and if yon don???t: likwi it you can return it and we will refund vour: money. This yuiimntct; goes with cvcry'iua- chine, Order ntotire. f MOney Talk* Mighty Pluln, and that is wliy ! c print thla letter. Many pdpplo doubt tlirt tho* machine wc rail fur #18 (with the CoromTUTio-N? thrown In) can be as good a* tlio machine r if un, fell for#45. Wo guitnintcr that onr nmrhlnq Iq; batter, aud If It Is not wc will refund yonr money; But her* Is testimony from Mr. J. W. Black, out; ngent nt Lutherville, Go. Head what ho soy*: Mis* Alice Walker nnd Mr. Bnniel Pinlth hnve ro* ??? reived their machine* and am both well p)??a&4<l. '"hen Mbs Walker rerelwd her machine smaa ??? ho lm??l bought one for 5|.?? from an ugsrit <>tten-d cxi-liuDcc i<ir The Constituiiun umchlno *qd. pay Sl> tUm n nce. 31k*. 8.11. Johnson, Lothalr, On.: I havo laycd Nckhotvlcdglngtlio receipt of. my rawing machine longer than I riiould have dono. It caNMl,' safe, ami I* nil, and more too,than wmi reprosontetr. ??? * would uot do without It for anything. 1 ??m well ??? b "'mI with it mid jinn paper. E. A. llniXKU.Y, Wnrronton, Go.: Tlio sew ing nuirhhie ordered from you cuina t #f#lfr(n dm> . thne. My ulster has given it a.thoroiigu trinl*n<t ??? ray* It exceeds her highest expectation*. Equal to any #15 machine. machine I have kecu. Would fujvirofinyf half price ran get l_ . you for your kindness. PETKn Cleveland, Elberton, Go. Ma chine lm?? arrived. Am glnd to ray It is till you ??? Claim for It. TUB Co.NKrm now h the b??**t mem** paper In .the couutry. We could not do wltuout ,lt,> . M. Fillinoamk, Sprlngvale, Ga.i Ma ne through yonr agent. J. W. Ucnnlngton. gtvnts Ira and complete xatufactlon. My wife IIImm ???> CoNMtTLiioN machine Just as well a* a *v> wa- Queen Merertlfs han already developed symp toms of lung disease and scrofulous debility, Inherited from her father, aud will never 1m> In i. lwoper condition of health to succeed,to tho rate it con lie figured out that of, ??ajr t*,nco,OCtt, win not be enlarged to H, C(??,0W> or do,00(1,000 irltliln tbe neat hundred years, How doe. Governor Irelond noodle hla wn Watnoeofar Itwlllbe rewrrad for a tu tu n letter to tell ofthe life til "tha wild, wild, wot," and ofthe phenomenal growth of ran of theae Teaan citlea. IttXHA Wm. A. Dt.y, of Balkcahnrg, Iowa, write* aa tbtlowa. A. The rosmrrnon >a??na to be devoted toauncring pul,It,: want., allow aro to wijfwt nue: There ri a growing InterM In carp culture- ibronahoul tbe countnr. JS/JOrtpooU have been MippUedwIththla f.h than Waridufton, and Jtt therotoverplittloknowledcaefthahaliUauf carp, an* how - ??????*????????? ao. of j I.riracewllhrarewauldttvoa few no.rn.ou u. Wed:onld befIM1-, h??ro ??hort letter.from an,of - irreadenontbetohiect. ItUnncotour Beoera .tereiu, and After praetieal u:??*e,tioot inat lava rrirat deal of ??Di;',y.r,ce uiduoubie to new begin- nil _ Mr, A. J. Johnron, of Hnnttville Tena., i?? ENGLAND IN HOVPT. CAino, November 30.???General Grenfall tel egtapha that the bodfea of rebel eavalr,. aud infantry are demnnatraling on the left Innk of the Nile, near Koehay. Tlieannonat ateamer Lotua h employed In .helling tha rebel*.. The following la an rxtmct from n reeent letter of n Britl.h uffirer atatloncd at Aaaavan: The mahdfa death, Inuead of dee,..???>k -- pirettge, ha. tnen-oMoi It. Ilia tomb ha. hecomo (he renter nr faoatlrinn. III. mantle tin. fallen on Khallfla Abdulla K Twuha, who wlehl. auttairitjr wH???BaPfe 4 flrtr3 l S' tarriiion hwnemo qnantUlaa of atnmu, nltton In the areenat at Khartoum, ???killed artlindia,'uul material .* ueaator hull,ling hare fallen Into the band, ofthe rebel* who aro ???Me to orianiTO Hewer convoy, between Hcnnaar, Khutonm, Berber tnd Uongofa. They bare on. ??? *- ???r-" -nut on the river wnth inn*,, aro toil Ming. Theen- tohrt In eontact with the En- lay, and IHoy- hart all neeea- ratcept the. Imuwtant Item, tlnrothecrmw- ??? wilipure'an "they 0 rermlre. , aoranco north rranlar gorvmor.t uf dirt ihsrtctum, lirnitol emn of Aim TaWPW are under repair at mm fcdwlth* th H nd*. they Known n nrof thB Brftta mainfng loyal sheikhs, pnSng them to come In.ai ???Muring them of a good reception,, Tbe Arab* a now with the rebels, heart and non). The race i Unugol*. it is not only pn*b- Onr ??????Wit Aryt* Is In FlorUlt, waiting with rad butlK.r>efol heart at the ty??>??t ride of'a son, who U ???cry ill. At unw-* hi* life l-r.* I*t it klinna dr*fi??ar* cl u(, tot now U is hoped be w Ul reeowr. We are M.re tbe tevK*nd i >mpaUiy of *ur nadem will go o??it toihri/fr1<-n??t Hto j* kOUHok wU)?? *orrow ana HVlngin a gn*t*ha<Ww. ??? ??? J. 3f. Chino thn, entire and liKCONMtTLTION mncllilicjiwtg . _ e lnc, Wo have used It about ferir week-. It: WILL; motteysaved to auyons wanting to bay a ma chine of you. . Our Watci bury- Wwtch. I We are nulling our famous Watcrburyt bjU (he thousand*. Remember we send the Waterbary welch and chain in a **IJn Un??J box am) Tnr.Vos- *TiTfTioNj??no year, all for #3.28, Tills Isa reduction ??? Of28centsouourold price, and I* thu bo-t offec B ade. The watch and Cham In satin-lined box will?? sent to old Mitocribcrs at ILto, without Hut rot wateh for your boy for Christmas. It U tins hrs.t present you cun get, arid will make him happy. . Our watch ha* no advertisement on the back. Tho . back I* elegantly frosted aud engraved. Mr.-C, B., Brummell writ** as follows: Tbe watch ordered of you has been put to tho test I for the last ten days, and can my that It kevj i ??h good time s* any watch In this town can. Rc<om* mend it to any wanthig a good cheap wateh. Hurrah for'i mCtiNMUtTios, Ills Hi*-u-i paper. It now comet with a now head ou, but I gut** tha t editor still boh) on to tbe old one. Tim uks to you* Iteractfully, C. B. Jijti'xxdu. Our Agent'* rrize*. Only a month remains in which to work for our agent???s prize*. No prize has been won- so' far. There are hundreds of agents whoso li??ti are about equal and all very small. Wa havo so many agents that each lias only small terri tory and sands in only small clubs. A littlo ??? work during December will win ono of tlio prises. The following list will show wlut tha prizes are:. I??t. For tbe largest number of tnbseribera rent In by one agent between now nnd January i*t; IN*,...........'......, *00.00 In Gold* 2d. For tbo second largest number of rubaerib* rr* wit in by one agent between now nnd January 1>L, irM.....,......"".,............. ,...990.00 III Gold* 3d. For the third Urged mmU r of ml???*??nberi fentlnlby one agent between now and January W., JMC. .....??l0,Of> In Gold* 4tb. For the fourth largest nunoK r of mid rib* ee?? pent lu by oue agent between now and January *> bt.,l*Nl - *10.00 III Gold, 6tb. For tbe fifth largest list of rotacritiera rant In by one agent between now andJotrua/y. l*t., ....: One Sewing Al..< U1m* S FOr the rixth. largest list rant in - by ??r-nt between now and Jaraimy?? IA,.. Tlia Constitution LibrAiry. to iJtb. Kw tbe nest five Urgnt li- tt rent one agent between now MNinaujr bt., lorn..???. . ~.-.A AYaterbury Hwtcli feaeh. Thi* competition i* open to aUonrmrnt*. We wUkkecp fceeount of every *nb*crtb??>r aimt in by every agent apd will award the prize* on January 1st to those who havo sent tho largest list*. < inly money rant after October 1st, will bt credited on the prize lists. Agents nil! do well to keep In their hand* book* the li-t of Miijs rant in no that there can bo no mistake. Go to work nt once now for these prize*. They are offered firstly byTfc*Oo.v<rm;Tio* In appreciation of it* agent*. It will Us ??**y for any active man or woman to g??t oue of |hk?? prize*. Nsine* need not W rani in all at once, asr for from one office, AH nafos* rent by wy ns agent, from any point, beywssn now sad anuary tat., 1^0, wfll be credited to kM lift.