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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY DECEMBER 22
GEORGIA NEWS.
THE NEWS OFTHE STATE BRIEFLY
CHRONICLED.
S, Hid Ria Ufa Wall Xnaurad-Lauraaa gup,riot
Court-Flanly at Daaa 1* UtlltoaaUlaa -Dn.th
of IM OKUMiy of Verna Caunlz -TP. ???
Berrlbla DaalliofDr. Tutor. Etc.
T??ur*.U F.lls, which is rcgaiilod a, the
most hcaotifitl of Tallulah's unuul falls, hits
rim lien three ftet within the Fast three or faur
Months.
MrJJ. A. Bofciason, owner ami proprietor of
the bUUdinffat Tallulah used for Mlliar>ls anti
EkatlnjD and eoatinif probably 110,000, killed a
monster Hazard or scorpion, midway up a tree
on the Tallulah rirer, (hat measured 15 inches
round and 18 inches long. ^ -
The citizens of Athens have voted to estali-
lish sjlno system of public sehoela,-asnlso to
rrect t.'O.OOO worth of loIMJo*, for that pur
pose. They wilt be in foil operation hy nftxt
July, end It lresthnated will Inertase oiitjiup-
illation fully 25per cent.
Rtirln* the 4nt week of I,aureus superior
rourt, svhich ad)ouraed on last Thursday, n
witness, who was saloy for a divorce, was
asked the maiden name of hia wife, from whom
he bad been separated for nearly twelve
moulha, and, atange to aay, ha could not tell.
Mr. Thomas HUIer, of Montgomery county,
earned n stick of timber to Imrira not long
simp for which ha received MS.*,. It aval
uinrty-seten ftet in length. Had it been
properly gotten out It would hnvemea^irrd
one Hundred and seven foct and would have
brought fl/ty dollars more.
Them la a huge liear in Hie nihtmUins
around TnHnlah. Ills track iinsjsrimo* the
palm of a man???s band. He tfawrees Tallulah
river from the point shove tho fulls to Hull's
Zinin, three miles Mow the Hcmln'rt place.
It is Mlevad that hh bed Is In the thistles
amang tho oUA on tho river Chnltooga.
The' lftonntshu In northeast Ocergts niul
arnuud TaUnlab abound with wild deer un i
turkey. Inst week a party of muiintalneur
hunters, beaded hy Captain J.uko Johnson, tho
police rondaetorof tha Karthcastem Pol I rood,
Killed /three flue bucks and a number of tur
keys., Pheasants, grouse and partridges nro
plentiful.
The legal oontcit for tho Tallulah falls prop-
crtyGs now trianfnlar, Heretofore the suit
wn?? the Cowart heir vs.W. D. Young; but now
the Weeks heirs have corantcnrcd action for
it. TV i (''attonic.v-at-law is Mr. Janie*, of J).ni-
glass rilldt who will contend with ox~8etnt<>r
J'ojk* Harrow, who represent* W. I). young,
tun! i'niftacl Hoke ftmitli, of Atlanta, who i*
counsel fot tho Cowart heira.
hole through the roof. Hu esmissl on Mm
evening of Dcccjulier 0. A rewanl la offered
for his eiiplnro. It Is ho|>cil Hint ha will ho
(fitighl. Them has never been a more aggm-
voted cose in (leorgla. Tho negro la consider
ed t ho worst prisoner that has been Ih farters-
vlllejnll for yearn. He luu iilsu hern nolcil
uthe/Worat negro lu Bartow county for sumo
lime.
II. ,1. Phillips, foraomo times resident off.ivo
Hprings, but wbo formerly lived In Wsreross.
wits pirated and lodged In Jail -by Sheriff
Mntlhca on a betith warrant l.itinl In Warn
eniinty rharging I???hllllps with forgery. Phil-
Ill s lias been an eztrnalve land trader, and tho
charge la that he forged (be great seal of tho
state tn a land warrant. Phillips Indignantly
denies the charge.
Hun. Amos Worrlll.who had beononllnary of
Ifpson county for tha last ten years, died last
Msuday morning at tea and shatf o'clock with
paralysis. Ho had long been 'suffering with
rlu immtlsm; and Ids aun. Mr. (land WorrllL
fur tho hut f*w years, diachargnl many ef tho
???lulleaaf thsoflloe. Judge Wnrrill wnaMto of
tho uldeit citizens of Thoauuton. Ho livrsl
and died a Christian gentleman, and his host
of (Mends mount bis death.
On Saturday night, December I J. at Haddock's,
John Thsmaa, s lad sierra yeare old, hoards noise
In the lot, and mppoanc It to tw made by-cows,
It ret bU gun twice In tbo direction of the solae.
Ou siautiy momlsf the dead body of hob Thomas,
ftthef or the hoy, wssfoundwtth the top of his
head allot off. Tho audo was killed by the other
Shot.
lirrW.tl. PratorcamolaamnsthorrlldsUeath
nt Hr. YsnValkanburgh's mills by driving bis
horse ton near an embankment on the road
side. Ills wagon turned over anil he foil out,
and wagon body falling across bis nrok. Jerk*
lug the hone on tho body nnd an 'conlfnlng
time till neither horse or nun foulil move,
and tho whole weight of the horse resting on
him, killing him Instantly. Ilo was Inimil
dead a short time afterward by some one pass-
inirtbal way. Hr. Pnator was nitre a vary
prominent and Indoratial citiaen of fmwfonl
??? minty, but hail molly moved to llilili euitu-
*jr. Ill was n landing light III the Methodist
t hureh. It* was about sixty-five years util,
uiiil bud not been lit good health for some
time. He was tho foter-ln-law of Dr. John
hulllrati, of llpsan county. Ho leaven a wife
(???mud marrlsge) and daughter, unmarrbsl,
nnd many friends, who will regret to boar of
aiiclea tiaglo death. The Kroner was notllcd,
who held an Inuucat. *
Nows narked tlila place on the llllli of an ac
cident which resulted Inthodruwulng of sue-
Moerasln district. The negro???s name Is nut
given. It seems that he bad oeeeally married
in belli ra, 8. ( ., and was on bla way In Mai nn
county, N. C??? to visit hia bride???s people. The
river was ton high to fold, but the driver at
tempted to era*. When nearly over the rur.
rent varriad the team down strenni. The
driver.Intuped ont andvraa aiding lib team,
when tho negro in the veklelc heeaaic
friglitviml, sail, making a whole through the
tup of the hark, climbed through and luiii|H-d
into the river. He railed on hia wife to follow,
bhrdid so, hot jumped cn lilui, and it Is sup-
jsiaed that the Injured him in her foil, lie
???auk and never nice, lib hod.v was receive rod
after two houn??? tluie. The dusky brldo re-
turned with Hie remains of lu-r husband to
Pcncca City.
Two nagrobojrawrre playing in a cabin about
n mile and a halFbeyoml the city limits, ???East
Macon, on the river road, on the mb instant.
Tho aider hoy was about eighteen yearn old,
nnd lilt cousin sixteen. The father of tho ul.l -
t St lad.whase house they wore at. had left u
shotgun lying on the hod, and In their romp
the youugcr hoy aahl:
??????Vs>11 out Mtt lists linatso ???
him that his mother wm sick???to run home.
>Mitu Mr. Dupree reached the house, a *pec-
tfitk, sad, horrible, and sickening presented
itstlf. Jth wife had fallen into tho fin- and
was hunted to death???her body was I turned to
9 rri*r>. It appeared that *to had taken a spasm
or a hr, and hud fallen into the fire, her arms
etrefe hed across the burning sticks of wood,
and then the tody remained, no one to remove
it, and the ilami** roasting (he Hash.
'4be Carrollton Free Pres* has the folloying
in relation to the Smith trial in Heart! county:
As our readers ore aware a anti i;??l term of
Heard Superior court was held last week for
the purpose of trying John and Ann ;
ar.d King, for tho murder of Bonner Barkjer
in tho upper part of Heard last winter. John
Hniith was first put on trial, and It was with
difficulty that n Jury was obtained. The firat
three days of the court was consumed In trying
John Hiitith. the care tolng submitted to
the jury Wednesday night nt 11 o'clock.
They brought in their verdict Thursday
morning at seven, finding Hinith guilty, and
not making any recommendation. Smith was
sentenced to he hong February .'jth, 1880. A
motion for a new trial w;in .nt once filed by the
defense on the grounds that there had been
communication with the jury, the sheriff liav
Ing asked the body some hours after they had
gone to the room if they were likely to agree
in an hour. Bach juror, however, lias made
affidavit to the effect that all agreed to a ver
dict of guilty, that they were influenced
neither way by the sheriff, and that he asked
no question from the answer of which he could
draw any inference as fo how they would de-
cide. <
FARMS AND FARMERS.
Mow a Thrifty Tiller of the Soil Liven
Among the Mountain*.
A correspondent of the Nashville American
gives tbo following account of tho better kind
of farming in Fast Tennessee, which, from
frequent personal observation, wo know to ho
true. The description applies, however, to tho
better farmer* of tho Sweetwater, Mouse Creek,
tho river valleys, tho Strawberry Plains, and
tho fertile country of the Clinch, Powell's,
Little Tennessee ami liiawansee valleys, and
northeast of Knoxville. In fact, good farmers
in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and our older status,
toetd not live indifferently, and do not in
rnsca where "there is ns much in tho man as
there is in the land." Tho account reminds us
strongly of the life and faro of eastern Penn
sylvania farmers fifty or sixty years ago where,
however, potatoes, turnips, beet*, etc., were
preserved in tho cellars, au??l not iu covered
{file s Jii tho garden. The writer says:
"An Kaat Tcuucatcc former Uvea bettor tlian
f illy farmer in tho world. The fact is ho hi:
loves in good eating, and raise* more produota
SiritcHl to tho tablo tlcui any other innu. Haro
|n tho winter supplies of oue thrifty farmer
that 1 have in uiy mind's eye. lie has wheat
nnd corn put up fur hix hread, fat hogN in tho
pen, fat hceveH and sheep, turkey*, chickona,
geese, ducks ??ud carp iu the fisli (xnid for his
meat. Tlds carp euituro i.i a new thing with
6 im, only having begun it throe years ago, nnd
e is very proud of his carp |??ond. An hi*
nilar ho ho* apple*, sweet potatoes, pumpkins,
avintc r squash and pie melons, a kog of pure
grape wine, a band of Imilcd eider and a bar
rel of??liter vinegar. Put up in the ganlon ho
liaa Irish potatoes, turnip*, winter raddialiea
niulcelfry. In the store-room adjoining
kitdieii ho hasu fsirrcl of sorghum mou
nnd two or thnwcaiiaof horny, beside* I.mi*
beaus, white ami clay pcum, navy beaus, pep
pers, and all kinds or preserves, Jellies, can
ned fruits, dried apples peaches uud |>cara.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE..
The Ccuth Cerollr* 2>8i>la*.ure???A Jf*fro Woman and
H??r TWO ChlWicn Kurdcrei la Mlaslatlppt-
C&urt Prcct (dlcgt of I*cribCarolioa-An
Exciting Affair in Tenacsice. ??to.
.mu
Ilo also has planted ??????? (hn g*ti*n (strsnl
??? " Srililr
carrot., isMisza anil ln-nls. nnd his childrun
Iwvn put awsy far family use will outs,
bhrstuuls, hickory-nuts, imnhero sod pop-corn.
lAikl (nlhssothlngs plnnty of good milk and
Duller, mh! who will say that this man swl
his family arc nut prepared to livosumptuous-
ly this wluU r, soil ou Into the spring of tbo
???nr.whon his stniwhorrirs nnd early vognta-
???\ ou got out of this house."
???I slum't do It,??? roplinl tho oMor Iml. ??????
i fool with mo, niph-k up a IhkidI .
w^kiici
sold the other. ???Pll wo if I oan???t
you get out," and wixlng the gun he
??? d the muzzlengnin-t the other'* lie*! and
ulltd the trigger, the charge entering the
liter (ad'a head and killing him instantly.
<>n Thursday, tko I7th instant, we visited
Liberty hall, Crawfordvilie. On entering the
frontdoor we saw lettered on the inside door,
in largo letters, tho following:
Ifcaur the (treat mthlthAt.
placed there It tho ladles on the iM-raaion of
the removal or the remains of Mr. Stephen*
IVcm the Atlanta eeim-leryjo Liberty hall, the
final mting ptare.
Tho old humestead, the old oak trees fuai.
tirageous and beauUfiiH. the ancient rhur. h
nearby where the minted Rev. Jeme Mercer
uaed to preach, all looked as the tong ago, but
them was a vacuum created by the absence of
the great statesman that coimnrattvelv ren
dered our visit devoid of interest.
The sleeping room yet contains the bed
I now draped In mourning) in which Mr.
Hephetu used to itfcep. The library yet con-
taint many valnaMe volume*. Among them
nre document* referring to tho I'nitod Sutw
coogres*. and dating back to Mr. Stephens'*
entry tuto public life, fifty years ago. These
volume* Mrs. Oorry, tho estimable niece of
Mr. Stephen*, has ou private sale.
Xlawkinsville Dispatch: Mr. John D. Dupree
came to llawkinaville for a coffin for the re
mains of Mrs. Dupree, wife of his brother
Luke, on Tuesday Mr. Luke Dupree left hi*
wim sitting by a fire in her room, with her
chlidret). .???-he was not well, but wa* able to
ritnp. ntdwas parching ground peas, Sv??n
WfterMr. Dopwe left the houke, one of hi*
little children ran dgwu to the tMd attd told
blea liegln to cotuo in. And all of them things
were raised on a hundred and slaty goo farm
that can Iks bought Cor $tyOO.
"Tlds tiifty fanner'*goo<l wife, with her but-
tc>V.eggs, chicken*, turkeys, and the feather*
from tho geate and docks, pays all the family???s
store bills. ]le has put op far hia stock corn,
labelled oat*, sheaf oats, cut f nlUrr. clover, or
chard gmi*, ml top, crab gras* and timothy
hay, liesidca rick* of wheat mid oat straw; for
he believe* in divenlilod farming, feeling con
fident that some of hi* crops will ??c sure to hit
the season. Ho is out of debt and ban money
nf- interest. Ills oldest Iwy is at school at tho
Ntate university, and one of Ills girls is attend
ing one ef the best IV-male colleges'in the south,
and better than all, he nnd Id* family aie con
tented and lrnpny. There are many hucIi
former* in E????t Tennessee. Would that tlu-ro
were more of them! Wheat 1* *tlio Kast Ten-
tiewco farmer's money crop, aud yet it would
Ini hard to find a country with a iboro slovenly
4 ulture of this crop. The nvevago ought to lio
fifteen husltels |ier line, and yet it Is not half
that, a* there nro farmers in every county
whoso average for tho Inst tell rcarthasnot Dili,
c-tt below fifteen bushel* per acre, aud often
goes al*ove it; this, two, without the uso of
commercial fertilixer*. Their method*, how
ever nro simply tbo dictate* of common sen no
and experience. Clou r is a naturul fertiliser
for w heat. The proper time to mow wheat iu
eaU Tennessee i* from the uiiddlo of Bcpteni-
her to the lOllt of Ot tolx i. aud when it is
properly put in ami put in iu tho proper time
ou ii turned clover nod it never fails, but tho
clover should be turned in a ??hort time after
the first crop in taken oil', aud then tho land
should be retunird, well harrowed nnd rolled
la-fore the wheat i* drilled in. All this takes
time, patience uud hihor, and (ho second crop
of dou r, which for it* seed i* often worth full
a* lunch us tho first one Is for luiy, is Io*t, or
rather is turned under to feed the wheat. By
tho ti.??o of commercial fertilizers a much larger
yield ha* Inch made. Mr. William Cannon, of
Monroe county, made an average of fortydive
bushel* and ten pound* of w heat on a sixteen-
acre Held in lv-1. but thi* was on clover land
with two hundred pounds of grain to the acre
drilled iu with it, nml on the Kamo field in
Usiiti, by the use of two hundred and fifty
pound* of grain to the acre, lie made an
average of forty-one bushels aud thirty-seven
pound* of wheat to the acre. The average
fainter, however, docs not do this way. Iso
knows a* well as he know* anything, that
wheat plowed in in stulk Uud Into in Octotier
or early in November will not produce more
than half n crop, but bis hither did that way,
uud he keep* on in the same old rut. lie
ku??>w.% too, that it is clover,ami clover alone,
that make* hi* neighbor'* average of fifteen
bmhels to the acre. He knows, too. that his
neighbor, with an abutidnnco of good clover
hay. kie)w> hi- stock in good condition on oue
half the corn that bo frvda hi*.aud yet ho goes
on in tho way his father* trod. t>??r furuiers
are, how ever, improving in their husbandry,
uud the time Is near nt lmud whenonrWhe.it
crop will bo doubled."
We may add to the above that Mr. Cannon???s
wheat i rop for 1W5 wn?? even bettor than that
for 18*4. while that of Mr. I^noir, a few miles
further up the Kast Tennemco, Virginia A
(ioorgia railway, wa* tiic finest and beat wo
ever k.w. Chnuou'> farm i-* in l.oudoucoutity,
and l.ittcir???s, wc believe. Is in Knox.
A UihmI Uiltan ltMl??or.
CoNvan*, tia., December 18.???tfipecial.l???
Mr. J. M. Bartow (tmale, u young firmer of
Moelulalc. misil thi* year on one acre 2,???J.tl
iM>unds of mis! cotton, making 730 |mwiih1s
lint. Mr. tioodo i* a im mUr of the Young
Knrmers' club of the southern state*.
l ine Hog* lu Adatrsillle*
AnAliaviLLC, Cm.. December 18.???[Special.]
Adair*vtile can boost of some tluc hogs. Oue
miacd by Mr. Lauderuiilk. only twelve months
old, weighed three hundred and fourteen
n ml*. One weighed at I<ewis and Lelle*
I'* giu wiighed five huudred and sixtv-five
pound*. Jt was only eighteen months old.
MAKIUKU IX tlKOUOlA.
Mr. Robert D. Jenkin* aud *tlss A. O. Lee 5
T. J. Smith aud MU* Ola William*. Fort lialue*.
DKLITIIS IN CHOUGLU
Mr. r. r. Itmntler, Eockdalc county Mr- John
*v. Thornton, Forsyth county???^Mr. J. G. strapper,
ColumUu Mr. Thomas ft. Fortson, Mukozcc
county Mr. Walker Harris High fihoaU. Mi*>
Helm r.t per* Itall. Atlanta Captain E. T. John-
wo. Marietta Mr. (??. k t*wUUo|, UattWCll.. .??
Uaa luv?? ItUttCb Dctatux.
North Carolina.
A very Imj^rtant trial ha* been In pro^rcs* for 11
ilaysat Washington ttmtof the Rate v*. three white
men, Mt??r-. Wludley, Stewart and Newberry,
charged with killing n man named Waters, to se
cure a large amount of law ranee money oil his
life. Policies were made in WIndloy'x favor. Tho
jury today rendered a verdict of ???notguilty.??? The
cste ha# excited a remarkable degree of intercut,
owing to the prominence of the parties.
West Virginia.
The jury in the case of Jennie C. Harris v
W. E. Pickett, a young merchant of Wheeling,
toJeoiDpcl the defendant to support her child,
returned a verdict last Hatm day for the defen
dant without leaving their seats. It was con*
c-lusively proven that tho plaintiff hal secured
the loan of the Imby from a German family in
order thatshe might produce the child in court.
Twenty-four hours ago Pickett was denounced
on all sides, while today be is being congratu
lated by all. The girl has disappeared and has,
it is thought, drowned herself.
Florida.
The first southern forestry convention met
last Wednesday iu DeKumak Hprings with
'delegate* from Louisiana, South Carol ins,
iNortli Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama
nnd Tennessee. Kansas, Connecticut and
KSvertl other northern states are represented,
Tho convention opened with prayer by Bishop
Mallalien. Governor Ferry delivered tho
speech of welcome, and Hon. N. II. Eggleston,
of the agricultural department; Hon Warren
IHijzby, president nnd B. E. Farmer, secretary,
of the American Forestry association, arc pres
cut. The C'hautauquau amphitheater is decor
ated witli surpassing artistic skill, in wood
vine, fruit and flowors, from wouthern forests.
Mlasiaslppl.
f???clia Tcrrymnn (colored) and her two chi?
dreu, boy and girl, agcJ respectively eight an 1
eleven year*, were murdered at Laurel. Sara
Wilson, colored, ngod about twenty-tiro, had
during the absence of the mother and boy at-
Umptciltooutrage tho girl and then killed her
with an ??x. lie enticed Ihc hoy inti the boas??
nnd slew him. Uc (licit broke open the worn in???s
trunk oral took money and several articles from
it. The mother returned while Wilson was *u
the house and he Immediately killed her. Ho
then act fire to the house, but the fire was dis
covered In time to rescue the bodies. Wilsotf
was raptured and "did not live to see tho sun
o down on his Moody work."
Virginia.
Tho ( lcdion of United Htates senator to succeed
General Mahonc, whono term expires March 4th
18*6, took place ou Tuesday the l???>tb inMant In- tho
general assembly. Admission to thO galleries and
tho floor* of the nousc nnd senate, was by cards,
signed by the speaker of the house and the presi
dent protein of tho senate. The eastern gallery
of tbehouKsand only the gallery of tho senate
were reserved for ladle*, ana both wore filled. ???
in tho senate John W. Daniel wa* nominated by
Mr. Wingfield, of Albemarle, and the nomination
wasseocindcd hy Momr*. I the*, Petty, McCormick
and BCnbb*. General Maliono wa* placed In nomi
nation b>* Mr. Gaines, of Nottoway, and tho nomi
nation was Seconded by Mr. Norton, colored, of
work. Mr. Daniel was nominated iu the house by I
Mr. Beverly B. Munford, of Pittsylvania, nnd the
Inomlnation wa* seconded by Mr. Dnnlap, or Rich
mond and Mr. ittewnrt, speaker of the hoiiv*. Mr.
filabonewaa nominated by Mr. Martin, of Norfolk,
seconded by Me??r*. \> Iso, Mays and Harris,enlorefi.
ift.l:lMho vote wa* taken and resulted as follows:
Iraaiol W; Mahonc 2*. The two houses wltl meet
iu Joint convention tomorrow.
| Mr*. A. D. Barnes, daughter of W. Trice, com
missioner of revenue of Lynchburg,; ocntM||lUe<l I
???s last Tuesday morning by shooting herself |
with a jdstol. lUd health was the cause of
tho act.
The moonftiiner* of Brock???* Pocket have at last
come to grief. Ten days ago the revenue official*
received notice from P. K. Amos and Murine Noo-
gin, that If the}* attempted a raid to Brock's Pocket
they would bite the dust. Thursday morning,
bright and early, W. L. PIttx, deputy collector o!
tbo Mkth division; W. II. chapman, revenue agent;
Major W. J. Milford. A. A. MeCorklc, deputy United
stat * marshal, with two other revenue official*,
started for Brock???s Pocket, which lies In tho cllir??
of Hand mountain, near the corner of Marshall
and PeKalb counties. In this mountain fastness
the moonshiner* have for year* felt secure, os irom
the higher cllflk scmnuuling the Pojket a watch
wa* continually kept. The wen who marled on the
lost raid expected nothing but a hard fight, and
went prepared for the worm. The fool of the
mountain wn* not reached nutil night, and the
.raider* decided to halt nnd reconnoltcr for a few
ibotir*. Jt wan dUruvered that aJl wa* quiet around
Ulu?? little dimillcnr. and just before day the offi-
x-er* dashed in, finding Amo* and Xoogin Iff deep
alumlier. They were bucked ami gagged before
they had oftiortiraitj ?????* resist, aud within twanty
mluutes thno the march wa* rtarted towards .Gad*-
don. At the latter place the prW>ncrv|wcre carried
before fommlrelom r Green, who put them .under
unvy Iwmd, aud not making the bouil thoy were
arried to jail.
Fruuk White, former agent of tho Wheeler
A Wibtoit scwiugXinaehine company, brouglit
suit against that company iu the city court of
Birmingham on tho Mth instant for five thous
and dollars, on (he ground of false imprison
ment, ho having been jailed last January on
(lie charge of embezzlement, and on his trial
wu* acquitted.
The Alnabnmn conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church South, by unanimous vote op-
|ri??H ??l any change of the church name.
Texas.
The practice adopted by the state penitentiary
board of fanning out convict* to wealthy plan-
ter* and hiring them to railwavcorporation* has
fur several year* been severely deprecated by
t ho labor element of the state. Thu fecliug ha*
been greatly augmented by recent aaaertions
that the convict labor ou the Urge plantations
fn the Brazos bottom is to t??e increased iu a
ay* by tho importation of several hun
dred convict*. This???lias railed out manifostoc*
from the ctllxen* of Hcarnc. in which they
declare that the iinitortation of conviet* is
lufnottsto the businea* interests of tbo town
anil the tailoring men of tho community, nnd
w111 not l*o tolerated ; that oue-half the force
of the i*cnltentiary i* now emnloyed upon tho
plantation* in the vicinity of ltcarnc, aud that
any increase in the nnmbcr will lie resisted.
The dtoati*(faction is general, nml threats of
releasing the entire force of convict* now em
ployed are freely uud openly made. Circulars
arc*being scattered broadcast calling for a citi
zen*??? meeting to be bold on the IStb instant, at
w hich definite actiou will be taken.
Tho negro. Andrew Jackson, who perpetrated
tho horrible crime at Mink prairie ou Friday
night, the Uth instant, was run to cover last
Wednesday by blood hound* at a point
nhoiit fifteen mile* from the nfiie of
murder. When the dogs got scent they fol
lowed himdoy and night for twenty-four hours
through a circuitous {Kith iu dense woods. The
mmderer waded creeks for a long tlistanee to
threw the dogs off the nent, but they bayed
him nnd he took to a tree, where he was cap
tured by the ofiicer* tome hours later, lie ar
rived at tha??DUUty Jail hero hut night Unllv
ut up around tho leg* aud face from hi* wild
hasc in the underbrush.
South Carolina.
The South Carolina general assembly began
Moudny the tlilnl week of the session. There
arc now pending forno three hundred meas
ure*. About ninety per cent of these are pri
vate aud local measures; the other ten per
cent are public ami Important bills aud Joint
resolutions. It is safe to calculate tlx.it not
one-third of all these can be passed in the due
course of legislation before the day set for ad*
jourvnmnt. The idea that it is absolutely nee-
cssary for the legislature to amount sine die
before Christmas is one which ha* been harm
ful to the best interest* of the state. Bill* and
joint resolutions, affecting in the highest de
gree the Interests of the people, are rushed
througb^both houses, and after adjournment it
is discovered that they contain damaging errors.
Inst year at the close of the regular session
I spent a week examining the laws
parted by the legislature. end
I discovered many serious errors which, had I
exjw-cd. w ould have occasioned a cenuine ten-
salicu and probably compelled an extra ses
sion of the legishtureto undo Its careless work.
Home sensible work has been done during
the past week. Tho house passed, by an over
whelming majority, tho hill to repeal the
odious lien law, aud my information is that the
.senate will concur with the house in striking
the law from the statute book.
The senate very sensibly tabooed the tyranni-
< al law excluding emignmt 1 agents from the
??? tate, passed by the houses
The anti???prohibition sentiment has grown
steadily since tho opening of the session, and
now it is tooatrong to allow the enactment of
any sumptuary law*. Tho reaction which I
pr< dieted in the columns Tuk Cokhtitl*-
tios ihst year has actually begun. Town*
which have tried the no lfeenoe plan are com
ing to the general assembly, praying for the
repeal of the lows whtdtU|Me them dry. Im
mense anti-prohibition petitions have come
from Chester, Anderson, Barnwell, Lancaster
and other important towns. The high license
compromise seems to be very popular just now,
and will probably be adopted by, many com
munities. ???
Tennessee. ** ,
An exciting affair is reported from Putimm
county, Tennessee. Thomas Robinson, col
ored, of Putnam county, waylaid Mrs. Joseph
Brown, white, and after raping her threes
times, heat her to death with stones and left;
her lying by tho roadside. Bobiuson was fol
lowed and arrested and bed bis preliminary
trial at Pekin. The proof against him was
very atrong and her was remanded to Ml at
('ookeaxiUe. On the way to CookesvWe tho
pocse was overhauled by a mob of infuriated
??? citizens who, after a terrible struggle with the
gourde, succeeded in capttiring Itobinson,
whora'thcy beat to death witli sticks. This
tookplaco near Dublin springs, a few miles
! froro Cookesvi 1 le. A youug white man named
Hay* was suspected of being ImplicstedUn the
crime, but was released for want of evidence.
Early last Wednesday morning a rumor that
the /false work of the new bridge wa* about fo
bo Swept away by n high river drew a large
nowd, which filled the completed portion of
the bridge and the adjacent banka. The crash
came at lfc30 o'clock, and tho crowd purged for*
ward to see the work go down. GcoAyo Mog-
'gfatta stepped on a loose plank on the bridge,
which gave why and precipitated him to the
rocks below. He fell bead downward and
jdaabcd his bruins out against the rock*. Ho
pra* terribly mangled, bis head being literally
(mashed to pieces, nnd only a small plcco of
shapeless, featurcl&s flesh wa* hanging to his
reel;, ills body also wa* much brokon.
Intelligence wa* received on the Mth instant of
Irfitnl crime in Buffalo valley Monday. Sirs,
in.wn, while returning home from Bam Young's,
'hero she* had been at work, was assaulted, nearly
illed aud left dying in the road. Suspicion rcsten
n a negro who was found In the neighborhood
???1th blood on hi* clothes, hut he proved that he
had been killing hogs and was released. He would
bavobren mobbed. The evidence Is appearing
that Joe Brown, her husband, is tho guilty one. He
has been partially insano for several years, nnd she
t nssupported him and the children by her own
ibor. Her husband has threatened the lives of
many and among others hi* wife.
A letter\ras received in Chattanooga loft Holiday
from Mrs. Sixer, of Fonda, New York, making inqui
ry regarding her fattier, E. A. Manning, whomyrtc-
rlouftiy disappeared in till* city thirteen years ago.
The only trace of him Is a photograph taken in
1873 and forwarded to her at the time, but it was
signed with an assumed name. Ko other trace of
him ha* ever been found.
At half past four Thumlay morning n ter
rific explosion in north Nashville shook the
houses on both sides of tiic river with *uch vio
lence as to jar tho people out of their bed*.
Crowd* began gathering at llart & Hensley's
pork packing house, where it was found thatan
immonso grease tank in tho toiler shed
had exploded. Tho toiler shod,
tho slaughter pens, -close pens and tho gable
end of tho mainbuildlng Were torn away and
lumber and brick thrown in every direction.
Mlsa Jcsssc dark, a beautiful youngJRady
about 17 years old, daughter of T. M. Clark,
of McKenzie, met with a terrible death on the
night of tho 17th. Full particulars have not
yet developed. A jury of inquert has been sum
moned bn tlmvo not yet reported. It appear*
that the vonng lady In question and a young
mau by the name of Ed McGhee, of Bolivar,
Mils., a student of McTyeire institute, were
alone in the parlor at the time, when by some
means a pistol wa* discharged and thd content*
took effect in tbo back part of tbo youug lady'*
head, killing her instantly.
A very scnrationnl arrest was made in Chatt*
nooga Saturday night. M. B. Irvin, one of tho
Lest known young men iu tho city, was arrest
ed while waiting on a customer at a store,
charged with being Frnuk Douglass, a notorous
forger nnd counterfeiter, who broko jail at
Sigine, Texts, six months ago, and for whom
arrest two thousand dollars was outstanding.
Douginas went to Texas) several years ago, and
published a ncw*pa]ier nt Kyle, in Hayes
county, Texas. Shortly afterwards he joined
a notorious gang of swindlers aud counter
feiter s at Luting. Texas, and forged neveral
thousand dollar* of checks and com
mitted various other crimes. A gen
tleman named Mathew* happeued in tho
city today from Hayes county. .Whilo walk
ing up the street he accidentally eamo aero**
Douglass???who 1* going under tho name of
Irvin???In this rity. He recognized him at a
glance and had him arrested at once. Tho
prisoner den ie* the charge and claim* it is a
rase of mistaken identity, but tho proof is c ou-
~ incing.
Tho Nnabvillo ldood-homo association last
Haturuay decided to togin their sprinzjmcc*
April W, to continue six days, four races per
day, .Stakes to close February 1. C. If. Hil
lock resigned hi* position os secretary aud Col
onel Geo. White was cho*onto succeed him.
A LIVELY GHOST.
STORIES OF THE WAR,
Which Kccer Fall to luterest the Header,
Whether Old or Voting.
The writer of this lad tko distinction of
being the ugliest man in the army. True it
wob a somewhat uncertain distinction, hut it
was a distinction, nnd he wore it with ns good
a grace, perhaps, as any one else could have
done. In fact, he was somewhat disposed to
he proud of it, nnd submitted to the good
nntured railing his ugliness excited with snch
n philosophical grin as would almost always
tnrn the laugh in his favor. Only once did he
let the taunt disturb the serenity of his tem
per, and then only for a moment.
It was on the night that General Johnston
An 2Apparition lljtimt* n Church JVtaapl*
MaklnglM Appearance from n Graveyard.
From the Brooklyn Eagle.
The people of I*wrcncc.au aristocratic quar
ter of recent creation near Far Rockaway, are my*-
rifled and puzzled by the appearance of a specter
in tho tolfryof the MctliodLl Episcopal church.
The women and children have come to regard It
as the veritable ghost of a deceased sexton, and per
sons or acute Imagination do not hesitate to declare
that they have heard the church bell ring at un
seasonable hour*. Tho men gather in dark places
every night to ubaerva tho strange
sight and compare note* as to the pro!table charac
ter of the npparetion. It flit* atom the* belfry In
the most nimble fa>h!on, one time ascending to
the anexof the ???tccplc and at another executing n
mini e on the tlnnting roof. It play* hide and seek
in the lattlcc-work of the bell-room, enlarging ami
decreasing in size according to the anxlu of ob-icr-
vation. A remarkable thing about it la that it
never appears on a Sunday night. The story of
**"argc right ha< reached several villages and
.... alght score* of person* walk or drive to the
Iclalty of the Lawrence church to verify It.
Pome of them declare that the specter has followed
them home anil hung around their residence* for
hour*, like one trying to revive a broken friend
ship-
lzift Saturday night the strange figure was mom
than usually active, nnd score* of person* Vein
their eye* fixed on It until, benumbed by the cold,
they were driven home. Half the village declare*
that at precisely 10 o'clock the toll wa* tolled, and
the oilier half b laughing at tto superstition, a*
they call It. Immediately alter the tolling, three
hearty amen* were heard, and then tto specter
flatuned Itself but on the roof. Thin wav interpre
ted to to an attitude of prayer. After a few min
ute* there wa* seen the lirellwt skipping in and
out of the latiiec work, aud theu the pbautom ran
no and down the Mir face of the >tccplc, concluding
* y perching on the top, and dhappearing In the
irectlon cf the graveyard. No person like* to
alk by the edifice alone, aud tho?? who
ililve pa** with all possible speed. No
graveyard goblin ever created half the
excitement. It i* said that one night
the h xton found the toll rope broken, and fear tag
go into the loft no toll wa* rang, and the people
torrrttcd the silence to mean that the prayer
ih ting had been |Kvtnoucd. Next day. to the
rprUe of tto sexton, tire rope wav found Intact,
d that mystery I* still puzzling all who tollcre
the.dory. An old Irishman inure neighborhood
tffered to make an investigation any nlgut If ooae
cue would provide him with a candle blessed by
the priest of the Catholic church. There wav none
to to had In Lawrence. l??ut one wav procured from
Far Rockaway. aud then the old man of strong
faith was ordered not to dare to go near the church
with hts heretical taper. All sorts of tlcvitvsarr
suggested to arrive at a solution of tto illuminated
mystery, but no pereon seem* to have the moral
courage to put any plan into execution to-yon l
watching the adjacent graveyard to sec if the ghost
doe* not rise octofsocne grave.
Dr. R. O. Cotter. 126^ Second street, Macon. Go.
DUen'Cs of the Eye. Ear, Throat and No*. Late
four yean with Dr. A. \\. Calhoun, Atlanta.
agreeable night it was, dark as erelras with a
slow drizzling rein, not enough to wash a
fellow but only to make him soggy and grimy.
Old soldiers know how cn army marching by
djviziona manage to rest the brigades at inter
vals and at the same time keep up a continu
ous march. Perhaps my younger readers may
to curious to know. Tho first brigade in front,
when it !??? desired to rest, simply opens ranks
and rest on either side of the road, while the
.second and following brigades march through.
The first one cleared the second one is halted,
and ao oniniticccasion, tto first foiling in line
as noon as tho rear of the last one panes.
Well, we '.were marching thus. Tho next
guorning. jufet at aunrfae, around tho right
rfcirt of Dost mountain, I was riding at the
.bend of the regiment, tired, wet, sleepy and
l.nngry, when in passing Walthall???s BUssissinpi
brigade I wn* aroused from my misery by
hearing nn unmlstalablo voice crying out:
"Tom, Tom; I say. Tom.???
"What the dickens do you want,??? asked his
comrade, waking up.
"1 want you to wake up and look at that
man. If I was as ugly as that colonel I???d re-
tign and go home.??????
The laugh that followed for a moment unset
tled my complacency. It did seem cruel, and
1 ro forlorn anyhow; hut as the laugh seemed
to do tho poor dcviL* good I could not begrudge
it to them and tried iu a sickly manner to
laugh too. - - ^
How llonnty Jumpers Were Shot.
In fc'cptcrator, lS63,tto Third division of tho
Ffcond corps, In camp near the Rnpidan river,
had iU first execution. There were two con-
Hcjnncd, "both bounty lumpers" who had
enlisted in a regiment of this division and had
(stayed after receiving the advance bounty,
hoping probably to repeat tho game with some
other regiment. Early one flno afternoon the
division marched out to n chosen ground and
formed three sides of a hollow square, tho
fourth &ido being a little ridge. At the foot of
the ridge were two onen graves ntout twelve
feet opart. The division, consisting of about
eight thousand men, rested iu place until the
note* of the dead march were heard. ???Atten
tion!" was souuded by the bugles, and all was
rigid silcnco ns a procession, composed
of the prevent guard surrounding
two ambulances in each of which
me of tho culprits sat on a rough coffin, en-
JcTcd tho square at one of the angles nnd halted
near the graves. A coffin was placed nt tho
end of each grave, and tho two deserters were
made to stand up in front of the provost guard,
faring the long lines of attentive countenances
of the division, while the findings of tho courts-
martial nnd the ordcis for tho execution were
read. After religious service* the two were ar
ranged, sitting on their coffin*, their eyes ban
daged and their arms pinioned behind. In
front of each a tiring party of tho provost
guard took position, and tho word of command
from the provost marshal was given. Ouo of
% to deserters fell hack on his cofliu, hut onlv
wounded, for ho sat up agaiu. Tho other, who
was not hit, jumped to his feet, burst hi* pin
ions and snatched away tho white handkerchief
from hi* eyes. There was a murmur of disap
proval throughout the division at tho awk-
wardnrss of the provost guard, which was now
apparently adding both unnecessary delay and
torture to tho penalty of the unfortunate men.
Tho wonnded man was placed again, and hia
party dispatched him with it* next volley. He
lay motionless on his coffin. But tho other
seemed almost invulnerable, for the second
volley from his party, though it may have
scratched him, loft him still struggling vigor
ously to free himself. A brilliant idea then
entered the provest marshal's mind. 1I??
brought up his men ono by ono close to
the condemned man to have them shoot him
successively. But, for some reason, the
muskets would not go off; merely the caps
Hashed. Seven or eight men went up oue after
tho other, and presoutod their muskets within
n foot or two of tbo deserter's head; but only
to suap raps. A low growl of indignation ran
along tbo rank* of the division and bccatuo
fierce when ono of tho provost men???s gun*
went off flually ouly to wound the poor fel
low. who *at there on his cotliu squirming
about under the slow murder. The igcu-
era! of tho division wa* in a rage, and
sent his stall' one after the other galloping up
to urge the provost marshal to do the disa
greeable duty promptly and properly. Min
utes went by aud still the repeated efforts of
twelve veteran soldiers to kill this sitting,
blindfolded, pinioned, helpless man were all
in Vain. A superstitious feeling spread through
tho division that he would not t>o killed, be
cause ho could not be. Nearly half an hour
of volleys nnd filo firing had passed, when the
provost marshal, placing the muzzle of his
long-barreled seven-shooter to tho unfortunate
man???s head, discharged all tho loads. The
victim fell back, and at last all was over.
White watered rtlk* arc very elegant for bridal
drew*, and have very suddenly come into unusual
|vor.
POWBESS
Absolutely Pure.
' This powder nerer ruin X m.rre of purity,
ztreuft end wboleramenew. Moneoonoaunl,
than the ordinary kind, end cannot be old In earn-
pedtkm with lh. nmltlmd. of law fait ahort wtilbt
THE FIRM
QT J. P. STEVENS & CO. BEING DISSOLVED, I
have re-cstablhhcd myself with an entirely new
stock at 47 Whitehall street, and solicit orders hy
malL Direct all orders and letters to
J. P. STEVENS,
JEWELER,
47 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
DOT 17 Wky dy Lip -
PENNYROYAL PILLS-H, , ,
fen branvy,)LD,<uBan uotbStTtLT.
THE COTTON MABKET3. '
CONSTITUTION OFFICE,
Atlanta, December 19,1SJ5.
TOE WEEK???S REVIEW.
New York???There was not n
'cotton market this week. Tire i
crally quiet and dull, and bprin
paratively inactive In the ftitnrc 1
middling 9%c.
Local???Cotton steady at unchanged quotations.
Receipts for ihc week amount to 7,047 bales, against
6,983 bales for the corresponding week hut year.
NRW YORK, December l8.^The following Is the
comparative cotton statement for tho weekending
today:
Net receipts at all United States porta , Jtr??.27*
Same time last year 2S7M i
Fhowingfn decrease. 22,291
Tctalireeclpk.. - *,i 10.290
Same time last rear...... ???a via am
t fihoiring a accrejue..,....-
Kxport* f?? r the week
Fame time last rear.
Siowfnt a decrease.;. .
Total exports to date 1,7771067
game time last rear LWI.flQ9
Showing a decrease 1*4,468
Stock at all United States ports 4,019,27a
game time last year l,01i.5(H
Showing an increase 1,707
Stock at Interior towns 2(1. w,
game time last year....
Showing an inocw
lame 6??'ow
Showing a decrease 49,000
American cotton afloat for Great Britain 2*1,000
game time hut rear M7.0Q0
Showing a decrease, 106,000
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19,
New York???Cotton was doll all day, but closed
only a few point* lower. Spots, middling i}{c.
Net receipts today 37,010 bales, against 23,009 bales
last year; exports 27,787 bales; last year 27,512 hales:
stock 1,052,323 bales; last year 1,012,783 bales.
Below we give the openlngjmdclosin*quotations
of cotton futures In New York today:
OPENED.
December 0.W# 0.80 27
January. 0.
February
March... 9.MS 9.55
May. 9.775 0.78
Clored very doll; sales 29,300 bales.
Local???Cotton u'Met and steady. We quota spots
Good middling 9Vic; middling 8Kc: strict low mid-
riling 8Kc: low middling Swc; strict rood ordinary
??c; good ordinary 7j jC; stains/J^Sc; tinges 8' fa
NEW YORK, December 19???The total visible sup
ply of cotton for the world Is 2,877.729 bales, of whleh
2,580,329 bales arc American, against 3,053,531 bales
end 2,689,431 respectively last year. Receipts at all
interior towns 179,8?? bales. Receipts from plaata-
tlous 284,907. Crop insight 4,00,750bates,
PROVISIONS, GRAIN, ETC,
CONSTITUTION OFFIfflt
' Atlanta, December 1
1 indicate tT
ide today:
WHEAT.
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
December .1 b3 83 8$
roaic.
December 0 00 9 00 0 00 9 00
cleab mo sides.
December 4 IQ 4 80 8 80 4 80
Live Stock.
ATLANTA, |December 19???Mule* are in foir de
mand with supply moderate. Tho market is tin.
thonged ns to price*. Wc quote as follows: Malta
-14 fo W hands f80tftfl25; 15(o 1531 hands flffita
lies. Horses???PlugfOuMlOO: drive 810O98UO.
CINCINNATI, December 11*???Hogs firm; common
and light $3.00683.75; packing and butchers SL73
Flour???Best p
Mlscrltaneous.
ent $??.25680.75: extra laney 83.76
0^86.75: extra family 85.23; choice
,7i;.cxtrajSS
family 84.75^85.00; family 8l.50^8L7$; extra
^44.50. Corn???St. Charles white 58c; No. 2 white
56c. Corn Meal???tW COe. Oats???Rost proof 47??30c;
Tennctaeo fl.oa Hay???Choice timothy, large bales
(0. . choice timothy, small bales, 91.00; No, 1, large
bales, 90c; No. 1, small bales, 03c. Peas???Red Tom
??lay 75c; mixed 7?????o. Wheat Bran 93o@81.00. Grits
$3.95*bbl. Coffee???KlO 10??13c ??? ^
ment Java 75c. Sugars???standi
lated 73ic; white extra C < flj;
Orleans choice 45c; pnrao 80A83e
ham*, largo average. 12c; small av
1UUIV Iiuicz: ??IOC liiur* J
bound hamee 84.00. Trace chains ffiUPtel
xhovola 89.60; spades f0.60tfl8. Axes 87.4
?? dozen. Cotton cards 83.00#tS5.0a Well
peaches fle; nmgh dried apples 2c; evaporated,
owing to quality. PsanntB???Tenncsseo 60; North
Carolina Gc; Virginia G&.
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