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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION
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ATLANTA. GrA,
TUESDAY DECEMBER 29 188S-—SIXTEEN" PAGES.
THE FIGHTING MORMONS.
THE 80.000 ARMED SOLDIERS OP
THBNAUVOO LEGION.
tCM Prospect. of tvsr With th. United Statss-Aa
Army oarer'. Vlew-Cctala Joy. Brijluunl
Bon-They Think They are Persecuted—
BoaoUtereeUnj StateaeaM, fie.
In a conversation between Lieutenant
Ceorgo Hoyle, United States army, and a t'ox.
BTrrtJTioK man, the other day, the Mormon
question-was cqiunlly touched upon.
“Is them ony danger of a war with the
Mormons?" asked the newspaper man.
"Such o conflict is among the possibilities
seriously considered by military men,” was
the reply..
"Will the Mormons fight?”
“That question.” said Lieutenant Hoyle, “re-
quires a full statement of the situation before
it can be answered. And yet there Is some
thing absurd to me In shen a question. Do
Christians fight for their homes and their
wives? Do Mobamedans fight for their homes
and their seraglios? Yon know they do. Then
how can you expect the Mormons to do less
When the emergency arises? Blit, first, sup
pose we consider some of the material aspects
of the question, apart from religions and senti
mental points. The Mormons were driven
from Ohio to Missouri, and thence to their fa-
mousscttlcmcntatNauvoo, 111. Then.aftersuf
fering from much persecution and mob violence,
thoy gathered np the remnants of tho wrecked
property aud courageously took up their lino or
march through a pathless wilderness, braving
innumerable perils, until they reached a vast
deaeft to (hr from the boundaries of Christian
civilization that they felt themselves secure
for centuries. Horethoy raised their taber
nacle and went to work to earn their .bread
literally by tho sweat of their brows.
You know the result. They made
the wilderness blossom as tho rose.
Their iugonnous and elaborate system of irri
gation turned tho arid desert into the garden
spot of the world. They built stately cities,
flourishing towns and villages, and dotted the
hills and valleys with farm houses iu which
conteutment and plenty reign at every hearth-
stone. Then came tho railroad* and telegraphs.
The gentiles rushed in. The machinery of
legislation and of the courts was Invoked *to
destroy the peculiar Institutions of
those people, and in tho course
of time the entire power of the general govern
ment was arrayed against them. We have
witnessed tho first frusta of the Edmunds act.
We hare seen Mormons of every class submit
ting to fine and imprisonment with smiling
faces rather than renounce polygamy. It
must be admitted that thus far the results of
car struggle with tho Mormons Is not alto
gether satisfactory.”
“Still they submit to the law. Will not these
prosecutions gradually suppress the objectiona
ble features of Mormon lire?
“Almost anything can be done If it is done
gradually. If tho prosecutions under tho Ed
munds act continue to be pushed very slowly
with moderate sentences they may In time be
successful, but then la danger to bo feared
from two sources. Any sadden activity or se
verity in enforcing existing laws might pro
voke au outbreak. Again, the proposed sup
plemental legislation of congress may bring on
a collision. One of the ohiects of the pending
bill Is to destroy the legal power of tho Mor-
. mon church by placing It in the hands of a
federal receiver with authority to wlud up Its
business.
“In cither of tho two contingencies mention
«d you think the Mormons would fight?”
’ “They would bo very unlike their follow-
men ell over the world, if they did not. Now,
I have been in the Mormon country. I have
mingled with tho people, and studied their
character, their conduct, and their material
and spiritual conditions. They are not up to
the standard of education and refinement of
would be little to rejoice over. To me there
is something indescribably bad at the thought
of exterminating a peaceful people whociiug to
their religious belief, monstrous as it U, as
devotedly ss we do to ours. The slaughter of
these loving families, aud these honest and in
dustrious citizens may some day be a stern ne
cessity, but it will be a mournful one.”
Tho reporter was pondering over the sau
gninary possibilities thus suggested, whe *“
lieutenant concluded by saying;
“By tbo way, Brigham Young has a
son iff the- United States army. He grad
ated from West Point In 75,
with next to the highest honors of his class.
He is now a captain of engineers and married
to a Mormon girl. He is a splendid fellow, in
telligent, honorable and much esteemed, and
KIs w)fe Is n lovely and pious woman, devoted
to Mr church, as most good women oro. What
would Captain Young do In case s conflict of
tills nature arose? On one side his rellgiou,
his people, and the Very legitimacy of himself
and wife, and tha honor of his mother?
THE MORMON DELILAHS,
the eastern states, bnt they are a hardy, moral
. indnstrioni people. Their industry is mar
aud
vclous. Thoy are sober and honest. In fact, you
will find among them all the virtues of a prim
itive population. They remind mo of tho good,
old-flithioncd people in some otour back coun
ties, remote from the railroads and tho oltiw.
It nil norolty to find myself among a people
where the slightest obligation was respected,
where every man's word was his bond, where
it was unnecessary to go. to law to collect a
debt, where tbo windows and doors were never
fastened, and whero charity aud kindness per
vaded the entire community.”
"Arc they happy In their family relations?”
“Undoubtedly o< much so osany people upon
tbo face of the earth. I have- talked with tho
wives. They are proud of their hatbands and
their children, and their husbands are proud
of them, and the some bond of love unites
them tbit is to he found In families every
where?’
“But I have rend accounts of the dissatisfac
tlon of the Mormon women.”
"Certainly. But they are the exceptions, just
at the women in the eaotern states who occasion •
ally demand the right to vote and hold ofllco
arc the exceptions in our society. Anil it is
also true that eouia of tho younger Mormons
who have been brought In contact with
the geutllos are dissatisfied. They rebel against
old conditions and thirst for what is to them a
new and progressive civilization.”
“Would you advocate letting these people
alone''”
“No, not exactly that. But any repressive
measures should, in my opinion, be made to
operate gradually. Any sudden and wide-
aprrad disruption of finally ties, any violent
interference with tbo workings of the church
will he likely to reeult in trouble.
Yon know how revolutions start.
Sometimes a little spark kindles a mighty eon-
conflagration. When a people feel oppressed
Wty do not stop to reason. Tbs wild idea
seizes them that life Is not wor.h living, that
it la better to tile for their altars and their
homes than to submit to injustice aud tyranny.
Some 'unwiae step in the enforcement of
federal lawi may any moment light the fires of
rebellion all over Motmondotn.”
“In that event they will be wiped out. 1
“Yea, as yon say,” remarked the licutenaut
reflectively, “thoy will be wiped ont, but did
you ever stop to estimate
the blood and treasure such u
wtr would cost? In ths first place, the Mor-
faclght of the emergency. An order for an ad
equate force of troops to concentrate at Sait
Lake City would be langbed at all over the
country. It would lie said
that the government was alarmed,
and that little danger existed. A
handful of troops would be dispatched and in
the first fight they would be exterminates).”
“Would the Mormons dare——?”
“If the rebellion once starts they will dare
anything. Imagine a rural, ignorant and fa-
natlcnl people inspired by religious frenzy.
You know what has been the result In all ugc-s.
A war wared without reason or mercy. Then,
too, the Mormons are strong from a military-
point of view. They are estimated t„
number say . 250,000. They would
place iu the field every sblo bodied male o ve
the ego of fifteen. They arc mil hunters aud
e inccrs, stalwart and fearless. Already they
ve the nucleus of a splendid military or
ganization. The Nanvooleglon isestlmsted to
be 20,000 strong. It is' well.cquippcd and well
disciplined. Volunteers would ratty around
it in a few days. This army compu-oJ of
fathers, husbands and aons fighting for liberty
and the honor of their wives, mothers, staters
and daughters would precipitate
itself upon the federal soldiers
with such savage fbry as to lie irresistible tor
the time. Then the country wosld wake up
to the demands of the situation, but it would
take time to organise volunteers, and make all
the arrangements ncrews ry for an efficient
campaign.- Some times a little Indian war oc
cupies onr army eight months, and the result
of coir final triamph id perhaps, the surrender
of forty or fifty warriors. It most ba under-
stood that the regular army cannot
S t matter more than about 18,000
men. Tha Mormons could double
ibcrmta day’s notice. Onr forces
too, are scattered all over the continent, and
faralsthi - •
i the end
Salt Lake City, Utah, December 22.—Tho
trial of B. Y. Hampton, charged with conspir
acy, was commenced before Judge Zone today.
Humptonj who it a city officer, and a promi
nent “saint,” is charged with entering into a
conspiracy with disreputable women for .the
purpose of entrapping federal officers aud gen
tiles. The only witness examined today was
one of these women. Sho testified that she
entered into n contract with Hampton; thatho
furnished a house for her; that the police
promised her she should not. lie arrested
for keeping such a house in the city,
that the police paid her rent and reserved ouo
room in the liousp for “spotters;” thst Hamp
ton paid bcr$40O altogether; that he took her
post Governor Murray’s residence in n buggy,
(minted out tho house and told her to call on
the governor and try to got him to call on her;
that Hampton had promised her $300 if she en
trapped the governor; that Hampton and his
associates had told her that they wanted to
get ’ the names of the gentiles who
visited her house, so that they conld take them,
ofl’tbc juries iu the polygamy trials, and that
they- wanted to •enriHiromtse tho governor in
order to get polygamists out of the penitentiary.
Judge Zane impanncled the grand Jury to
day, and gave them pointed instructions to In
vestigate the cases of polygamy, unlawful co
habitation, and the keeper* tnd habitues of
disreputable houses. He referred to tho ru
mors that jitrors would be made to sqfler if
they made a thorough investigation, and sold
he would excuse any one who waa afraid to
serve. He told them that they must defend
themselves, even by shooting their ssssllsuts
1/necessary. ■
If You Want the Host you will stand by the old
favorite, Tnr. CoxvrrriTiox. No paper gives so
much nens, so much miscellany. It Is the cheap-
estpaper. Bill Arp’s letters alone nrc worth nil
that you p*y for the paper, (hand by the old paper
mid bring your friends with you,
LORD RANDOLPH’S WIFE.
Row She Conducted the Birmingham Cam
paign-
London, December 27.—The two most
prominent figures during tbo late election can
vass in Birmingham worn not the rival candi
dates, John Bright and Lord Bandolph
Churchill, but thednehess of Marlborough and
Lady Bandolph Churchill. The latter especial,
ly put forth anient and strenous efforts to se
cure the election of her huslmnd. And she nit
lint surcccded. While, at the hut election
John Bright had nearly aoven thousand ma
jority . ever so popular a candidate as
the late Colonel Burnaby, his
majority over Lord Bandolph a few
days ago was bnt 052. Lady Churchill took
the management of the campaign into her
own hands, tnd proved herself to lie as.popu
lar with tho Birmingham partisans as she was
a few month* ago with the Woodstock labor
ers. Even the radicals admired this new
chief of the Urimren league, and cheered her
wherever she appeared. Lady Chlrchlll may
he said to havo introduced a new engine of.
asseriofisly ss any other business, at first
looked with derision on Lady Churchill's new
body, with its knights and dames
and badges, anil held slooft from it. But
they soon found tho league meant serious busi
ness, and that Lady Bandolph was the head of
a well disciplined phalanx of lady canvassers
whose Influence wa* not Who despised. Lady
Churchill's method of electioneering was as
follows; She opened a habitation in Birming
ham, with a force of 500 ladles, A number of
as a tale they are just where they
In ths end the government won
victory, bat it would be a ad on*. There
Jiuiu, WIIU w IIHVU VI s»w imuvb, n uuiuuvi ui
these were assigned to the task of making a
house-to-house visitation. Kach lady waa nj-
sponsible for a certain section of a certain ward
or of a certain street, and each had A little hook
to jot down her memoranda. Lady Churchill
herself, without having any special section,
visited all the “doubtful cases/ 7 The candid
friends who at first laughed at Lady Kin*
dolph's league were soon appealing to her for
help. The ladies of tho league visited some of
the jMiorcst houses In Birmingham and encoun
tered its roughest classes. Sneaking of her
manner of argument, Lady Randolph ssys:
“I tell them what our side thinks of the ques
tions of tho day—it may Iks tho church, it may
be fair trade or It may 1k> the land, aud they
agree with me or not as the caso may be. The
factory masters were good enough to allow mo
to speak to their employes whether they were
of our persuasion or no. And
1 found by this means I was able to get over
the ground with greater rapidity/ 7 Lady
Rundolpli is of opinion that “lady canvas
sers perhaps evince more tact than a mail, and
sho also regards the personal house-to-house
visitation nnd the little chats with tho electors
or tbeir wives ns a means towards n political
education. Lady Randolph atid her canvasser*
had to be extremely careful not to be entrapped
in the meshea of the corrupt practices act, which
is terribly severe on canvassers and agents.
A story is told of a candidate who was walking
down street during tho late elections when a
beggar accosted him for charity. “! cannot
give you anything, my good fellow, though you
were starving; 1 am a candidate for parlia
ment.” “Never mind, air; drop it in tho gutter
and I’ll find it.” But the candidate took no
chnucca. Lady Randolph was careful “tohave
the best legal opinion” for her every move.
Over forty thousand badges were issued for
her organisation immediately preceding the
election. “The league,” she explains, “is call
ed into existence to bring conservatives to
gether in friendly and united work for the ad
vancement and maintenance of those con*t it ti
lde* which have made England
, and to maintain the cause of reli
gion and monarchical government, as against
atheism and republicanism/’
I Aid y Churchill, as is well known is a daugh
ter of Air. Leonard Jerome, of New York. She
is a beauty ami a scholar, and when her bus-
band's re-election was necessitated, a few
months ago, by his acceptance of a place In
Lord Salisbury’a cabinet, Lady Churchill’s fasci
nations and ability were sufficient to counter
act the malign influence of her brother-in-law,
the Duke of Mi.rltmrougli. Lord Churchill And
I.ady Churchill, then Alins Jerome, first met at
a dinner in Vari». Lord Churchill was daisied
and fascinated by the heanty and brilliancy of
the New* York girl. The admiration was
mutual. After dinner she remaaked to her
lister: ‘That’s the brightest man I ever met,
ind I'm going to marry him/’ By a curious
olnrfdencc Lord Randolph made an almost
identical remark about her at the same mo
ment U one of hi* fricuds. Lord Randolph'*
(advanced and considerate views on tho Irish
question are raid to be the result of his wife's
influence.
•‘J/rr/f Uct. Bar,Pit's great love
itory, begins next week. Jtvn'1 fail to get the
frit rhajiUrs.
Ilf Was on Oath.
From the Marietta, Go., Journal.
When a wituc-M was being intrerogatod in
Cobb superior court as to his knowledge of
ffccts, he swore that although he didn’t see it,
he knew that a certain fact occurred, “What,”
said the astute lawyer, “would yon swear to
knowing a thing occurred and you never saw
ttr The witness hesitated a moment In
thought and replied confidently: “Yes, air, J
will. I will swear that J wa* born, but I never
saw the occurrence,” The lawyer subsided.
DRY IT IS.
THE END OF THE CONTEST BEFORE
JUDGE CLARKE.
He Beeldes That He HseXfo Jurisdiction as* BefaSM
to Continue tho Injunction-Tho Ordinary De
clares the Zlesult to be 228 for Prohlbi-
Ifon-A Buie 2fi#J—Another Contest.
At last the result of the prohibition clcotion
has been . declared. The contest before. Judge
Marshall J.Clarke was ended Thursday with an
order dissolving the injunction aud Ordinary
Calhoun at oucc declared the result to l>e 228
in favor of prohibition. • When
the court met at niue o’clock
yesterday morning Air. Julius L. Brown
resumed his argument for the coiuplaluant,
discussing very ably for an hour the point* at
issue. He tondo a special point oftheuncou'
stitutionality of the domestic wiuo feature oi
the bill. He held that the unconstitutional
part of the bill could not be pruned away and
that tho whole thing should be declared
void.
As soon aa Mr. Brown took his seat Judge
Clarke announced his decision as follows:
I have not had time, as you know,to prapare any
formal opinion, and It Is not ucceasary that I
should deliver one.
Several questions have been argued before me
venr elaborately, which I do not thlnlLit necessary
to determine in diapering of this case.
: itTonai'q'uc itloiw rniscd in the case, as every
intelligent member of the profession knows, it has
become a familiar doctrine that courts are re
luctant to deal with them. In a clear case, ami
upon urgent demand, the constitutionality of an
act will be adjudicated, otherwLso not. Tho re*-
trusted to the executive: the construction of tho.
under them is lodged with the judiciary. Tbo Ju
diciary has the right, and the duty Is imjioscd upon
Itjby the constitution when, au act is tnconsbfqftt
with the constitution. to declare it
void. 1 therefore feel fully Justified
In this case not to pass upon this question iu the
view I have taken. 1 will remark, however, In
passing, that If this act, or which the complainant
now complains, Is so obvjously unconstitutional
and void.lt docs not well apjicar to me bow his
rights of person and property arc iu such imminent
peril as ho represent*. Jt Kerns to me that ho
could well rest until some person, acting in virtue
of thIs act, should make some attack upon oue of
single ground, ana
that Is that a court of chancery has no JuriadicUon
ol the subject matter of lids bill. Ono of the
reasons is this, that a court of equity cannot Inter
fere with a measure of the legislature until it be
comes a complete statute. It cannot deal with a
statute as long as It 1» In a formgtlve state. ,
Until it become* a law I do not couccive that
the courts have anything to do with it.
Another reason is this: that a court of equity has
no power to suspend an election. Complainant's
bill doc* not *sk in terms that the election be sus
pended. The thing that ho prays for Is that the
ordinary be restrained from announcing the result
of the election. Well, I think that the saber
of the thing is that he prays that the election
,V ~^lrdholcc.to l»e really a choice, must be cflbctu-
„ an election, Is not an
announcement of the result an essentially con
stituent part of it.
Well, If that In true, has a court any right to sus-
poud an election? The gentlemen hav * —
dneed a single case so indicating.
If we reflect a moment upon the character
of onr system of government, we are obliged to
admit that equity Jurisdiction cannot Interfere
you. It la an clcmcuUry and all
. of this country, that thl« Is a gov
ernment of the people. The ultimateand absolute
sovereignty Is lodged with .them. .Tho constitu
tional means of cxprenliig their will, and tho only
—*— is in the ballot. iracJtisMi cr—* —“ *■-
way to make his wWi known.
Now. It seems to me, for this court to declare that
eight thousand cltlxcus of this county, on the 25th
eeJlor to deny this application, and Ills so ordered.
TlIKY “ASKED FOR MOKE.”
TVhcn Judge L'Jarke had concluded. Air.
Julius Brown arose and said:
“Wo desire to carry the case to the supremo
court at oucc, nud meantime we would ask
your honor to ctmtinuo tho order until tho au-
premo court ha* had an opportunity to pats
upon the case.”
Judge Clark naked the lawyers for the pro-
hi bit ion iota if (hey had anything to say.
“We object,” said Colonel T. 1\ Westmore
land.
sludge Clarke raid to Colonel Westmoreland:
“I call your attention (o the language; of the
statute.”
The statute was read, ami Judge Clarke
seemed somewhat embarrassed at the pu/./.liug
question before him.
“Wliat ought I to do?” he asked.
“Wo think you ought uot to coutinuo the
restraining order,” said Colonel Westmoreland.
“But what will they have when they get to
the supreme court?” asked the judge.
‘They will have their tame on Its constitu
tional grounds,” said Colonel Westmoreland.
"Your honor decides that you havo no juris
diction; ought your honor to grant an injunc
tion in a case where you havo no Jurisdiction?”
Air. Julius Brown said lie was sure his side
hail shown the court that tho complainant
would bo very seriously in
jured if the matter was not
stopped. He urged that there waa no danger
of any more licenses being issued as the author
ities had discretion to grant or refuse and
could not be compelled to do either. Kvcn if
they did grant licenses they conld be revoked.
AU he wanted was to lie fairly heard in the
supreme court and he was willing to be put on
tenns as to tho time that should
occupied in currying the case
He would carry it up aa quickly os
jiotfeiblc.
THE JUDGE SAYS “NAY.”
Judge Clarke said in a very decided tone:
“Gentlemen, my first itnnrawiou about this
matter wna with the defendant. On reflection
think I waa about to full Into error. I do not
think I ought to continue this restraining or
der and 1 shall decline to do it.”
The following order was then prepared and
signed: .
. W. Clfiyton vi. tV. L. Calhoun, Ordinary. -Rill
ror injunction, etc., In Fultonmperiorcoart. Alter
aremnent had In the cause on tho motion fur an
injunction, It In ordered and adjudged that tho In
junction be refused. Markham. J. (’i.ackk,
J. 8. C. A. C.
AN EXCITING OCCASION.
Ordinary Calhoun waa sitting in the court
room during the trial, ami aa soon as Judge
Clarke announced that he would refuse to con
tinue the restraining order, the ordinary drew
from hi* pocket a document which he quick
ly signed and dated and then
uddrewiing Colonel Alyuutt and Judge Ham
mond, he laid:
“Gentlemen, thia is the result, and I declare
It to be 228 /or prohibition J”
A moment later Mr. Tom Glenn approached
him with a paper, which he tendered with the
statement that it was a contest before the ordi
nary.
“You are too late,” laid Judge Calhoun. “I
have declared the result.”
Judge Clarke had not then signed the order
dissolving the injunction, although he had au*
nonuced hi* decision from the bench.
Air. Glenn walked up near the judge’*
stand and said:
“I call your honor's attention to the thet
that we have tendered a contest which Air.
Cal boon refuses to take noaaesslon of.”
“Oh, now,” said one of the counsel for tho
prohibitionists, “you cannot make a witness
out of the court."
At that the laur ami spectators laughed, and
Air. Glenn remarked:
"That's all right,” and passed out at the
lobby door.
And the end la not yet.
Yesterday afternoon the counsel for tire
liquor men went before Judge Clarke and filed
the contest which they had tendered Ordinary
Calhoun.
Jury prayed for mandamus to compel the
ordinary to hear the contest, and alto asked
that a restraining order Ire passed to prevent
tho announcement of the result.
Judge Clarke granted a rule nisi, requiring
Ordinary Calhoun to appear Monday the 28th,
at p a. inland show cause why ho should uot
hear tho cpntcst. Tho judge refused a re
straining order.
Ordinary Calhoun raid to a Constitution
reporter last flight:
“I do uot consider that I tookmiap. judg
ment on the gentlemen. I postponed the
declaration of tho result at first
in order for a contest to bo filed, but they met
me with an injunction. That waa dissolved
and they filed their contest. It was sot for
trial the next day atul that night they'cu-
joined mo again. The next day they with
drew the contest and pressed the injunction.
When that wajfolissolvcd I declared the result,
aa I had a perfect right to do.”
It waa rumored fiver tho city Thursday that
an indignation meeting would bo called for
Saturday uiglit to protest against tho effort* of
the liquor men to defeat tho election. The
rumor could not be traced to a reliable source.
Yesterday morning the contested election
case came up again before Judge Marshall J.
Clarke.
The question at issue this time waa whether
or not-fudge Clarko would compel Ordinary
(Calhoun to hear n contest which was tendered
after he had,declared tho result and which he
refused to hear.
After a little more discussion it was agreed
to put the case ofl*until Alouday next, and it
was so ordered by Judgo Clarke.
tiOfigip FROM WASHINGTON.
Df the many conspicuous “characters" to be seen
on the streets of Washington one of the most fern-
jliar Ik l ieutenant F.O. Brownell, aman whdsc noto
riety is based upon hls having been “ElUwdrth's
avenger.” This tall,spare, slckly-looklng man was,
early Jn the spring of Irtil, a member of tho little
p*rty, which, under Ellsworth's load, dashed up
the etalre of the*Mar*ball house In Alexandria and
tore down the confederate flag that Honied from
the roof. As they were descending, Jackson, the
proprietor of tho hotel, stood at tho l»ottoin of tho
stairs. lie shot ElWvortfi dead In his tracks.
Brownell flood by Ellsworth’s side,and hardly had
hit companion fallen before ho sent a bullet
through Jackson's heart. This, with perhaps the
exception of some of tho Baltimore riots, was tho
first blood shed In the civil war, aud thus did
Brownell win the notoriety which today causes
him to be lointed out on the street*.
Brownell was at the time of this incident a pri
vate In the New York Fire Zouave*, a regiment
composed entirely of New York firemen. After
this daring deed he was promoted to the rank of
second lieutenant, aud ns such fought a few weeks
later at Alauassas. Ho continued In tho scrvico
until lMV-*, hut won no ftirtlicr distinction. At that
time Ills health failed, ami he was retired for life
in Rill pay n* a first lieutenant.
Pcvcral years ago he obtalued a 51,000 clerkship
n tho pension offlee. Hubsequcntly he was promo
ted (o the position of special agent at a salary of
tMooaud expenses, which place lie now holds.
There i» nothing About tho man, mentally or
physically, to attract attention, but wherever ho
goes people turn and look at him with curious In
terest, «■ some one nay*. “Tlicre U Ellsworth's
avenger.”
Kvciy o»e lias noticed the heroic slzo attributed
to General Winfield fioott In hls statutes and por
traits. Few of them are exaggerations of his real
proportions, Ho was six feet four and a half inches
high, and perfectly formed. In his frill diew uni
form he presented a stt)>crb appearance. It I* laid
that tho dlmlnutlvo Mexican* were awe struck
when they saw him and that many of them at
tributed the sueecs* of tho Aracrlcau army to tho
grand physique of Its leader.
Tho general was greatly Inconvenienced by hls
unusuaUixc and whenever he bad an opporturity
always had special preparations made for hls com
fort. In an old autograph album In Washington,
I find this letter written by hls hand.
Wasiiinotox, Friday, Jttoe 15, Uq
r4SSK»«ra^
morrow night at eleven o’clock, ami pi
me a bed, at least six feet six Inches..Ji
or one without a foot-board. Your* respectfully
Wi xrvKiO tfcorr.
The painting* which adornjiho wollsof the rotun,
riaof tho capital at Washington have no high ar
tistic value, but some of tlitin jKtatcs* peculiar his
torical Interest.
Tho best of these painting* Is “Tho Lauding of
Columbus.” It lias enjoyed a remarkable popular
Hy. Countless thousand* of engraving*, lithographs
and photographs from It have been scattered over,
the country and It was sought after by every good
citizen when the government stam|*cd a copy of It
on the greenback five dollar note.
This picture ha* a romance. It Is said that as
aron Burr, then at tho height of hi* fame,
driving through the country iu Now York state 1
or hi* bon-cr cast a shoe while waiting nt the shop
of a wayside blacksmith to havo the shoe replaced
fils attention was attracted by a rough charcoal
sketch of hls hone* and vehicle drawn on the sldo
a stable. The rapidity with which
roust have been executed, It* faithful
likeness surprised and Interested him. Besides tho
sketch, cbaicoal In hand, stood a shock-headed
boy clad in homespun.
This boy was John Yandcrlyn. who afterward*
became famous a* the painter of tho “Landing of
Columbus,” which hangs in the capitol, and tho
'Marius at Carthage,” which had the distinguished
honor of being exhibited at tho Louvre, Bari*.
Burr learned from the boy that he had received no
iuMrnctlon In drawing and that iutenriflod lifo In-
ffrest in the crude genius.
lhirr Is said to have given him a card with hi*
address and the words: “If ever you want employ
ment, and desire to sec the world, put on a clean
shirt ami go (o New, York to that address." Months
afterward Burr wa* interrupted at breakfast by hi*
rvant handing him a small parcel with the state
•id that tho boy who brought it was waJtlng out-
e. Tho parcel was found to contain a clean,
ciMmc, couhtry-made shirt. Burr
mystified but ordered the servant
low the boy In. In a moment, the artist of the
lacksmllh shop stood before him. Burr at ouoe
ok him Into hi* family, educated him, and as-
ried him to Europe, where be spent five years In
l lie study of art. lie became famous, and at ono
me counted even the great Napoleon among hla
atrnns.
With the usual fete of the arti>t, however, ho
always remained poor and at last died In pover
ties r the old blacksmith shop.
The national agrfctilitiral department 1* now the
scene of busy preparation for the return of the con-
gmunen after the holiday a. The supply of soeds
never equal* tho demand. Ono of the most per
plexing .duties of the average congressman U to
fairly apportion bl* supply among hi* constituents,
with an eye. of course, to planting them where
they will “do most good.” Member*
frem city district* frequently give their
apportionment of seeds to friandi wlO
represent agricultural constituencies. During the
lari few years a marked improvement ha* bean
made in the quality, as wall as the varlaty of tha
seed rent out. The present management of tha
department is s*id to he *jflcmatlc and excellent
in all respects. Already there is a heavy demand
for the Agricultural Report for this year. It will be
larger and more valuable than any previous publi
cation of the kind. Four hundred thousand copies
have been ordered. Only about ten thousand
copies of last year’a report are on hand. The forth
coming report will give special Importance to truck
forming In the south. It will contain an article on
that subject from a well-ported citizen of Norfolk.
The officials of the department believe there Isa
greet pomible future for the aoutb In truck farming.
REV. SAM JONES.
Wbat H. U«a to Xz, About lit. St. Lout. Trlp-H.
H.d XTcrjthlux In Oood 8tup«. but wu
Torotf to L.«t. on Account or Otbn
Cloclnuctl Next..
Rev. Situ .Tones was ia tho city Saturday,
sad WAS mot by a Constitution reporter, who
Hiked him about hit 8t'. I.out. trip.
“Vie began at 8t. Louis on tho22dof Xovem
her,” sahl the ouangiliat, “and hold throo
service! a day.' From tho beginning to tho
ctoeetbo congregations were flue, with increas
ing numbers and interest from tuo fint aorvleo
to tho hut. After tho second day of the
zorvico wo moved into Music hall, tho expozi-
tlon building. I preached then for ten days,
and my voico gave ont on account of tho groat
size of tho auditorium and its miserable ac-
couatlci. We then sought tho largcit church
building In the city. Wc had the hearty co
operation of the leading l’rozbytorian,
Methodist, Cumberland Froibyterian, Christian
and Baptist ehurehez. I never uiot more
brotherly cordiality nor more earnest support.”
“Was the work successful?"
“Yea, the services wore profitable from the
beginning. Wc know of hundreda who wore
(onverted to God and thonsanda of members
of the church who were quickened into now
life. Mr. Moody conducted aorvicos there for
four months and them wore four hundred con
verts; Mr. Uiirriaon for ten weeka and there
were thirteen hundred muuca of parties taken
at the sltar. 1 waa there only four week* and
onr work had just begun when I waa forcod to
dose my labor there because of tho-bolidaye
earning on and on account of my' engagement
in Cincinnati."
“When will yon go to Cincinnati?”
“Brother Small and I will open a meeting In
Cincinnati on tho first Sunday In January."
“Will you go Isick to St. Louis?'
“I do not know. Tko leading pastors and
those who arc io position, financially to say so,
stated that if I would return at any time dur
ing the coming yeer they would hniid a taber
nacle which would scat ten thousand people,
and that they would givo mo their hearty co-
om-ratlon, and If wo remained long enough at
that sclgo they felt the victory would bo com
plete. The laat week of our aervlcn was about
ai good a meeting aa I over saw. At tho last
service thousands were turned away. I preach
cd In tho auditorium of Dr. Broolu'c
Presbyterian church and the people were
standing (Tom tho pulpit to tho door. Every
available space onen to a foot rest was occu
pied. Two of the stenographic reporters of
the aiobe-Democnt, who were a little late,
could not get In until I asked tho crowd to
S ve bock so they conld mako their way into
is church, At tho some time Hr. 8mall was
preaching to a packed audience In the lecture
room of the oame church. Still thousand
wore Jumcd away. After I dismissed tho
congregation that night, the great crowd lln-
gerrd, nnd for quite a while I was busy shak
ing hands ami listening to ‘good-hyea’ nnd
'God bless you’s' from thousands of people.
A nolder, hotter, kinder, or moro generous
people I never labored among than the St.
Louis brethren.' I am satisfied that tho vic
tory would havo been complete If I had hud
six weeks longer in tho city, with tho momen
tum the meeting had rcuched the last week 1
was there." *
"What aimnt the indignation meeting?”
“I heard nothing of the indignation meeting
nor of many other tbinga connected with our
meeting there In a disparaging wayoxcept
what 1 read in the papera of oilier cities. Tho
Globe-Democrat stood shoulder to shoulder
With ue in the light. The Missouri Itciml.ll. au
with its faithful long lisud reports ofthoscr-
.yi-.-i.-t> did us great good. I havo many
_Jcr loth tltoso oapera." .. _
* Weekly Denk Statement.
Kaw Year, December 28.—The weekly
statement or the associated beaks thorn the Ibltow-
Ing changes;
* OfiM
-ass
«S:S
UoisworUdd in czeeu of the
I
oao nanors. ’
tho meeting .
_ -ass great success fn that hundreds
converted and thousands of Christian
_ ipie were quickened into new life, but it
wna a great failure iu the eenae that thousands
of blood-bought sinners in St. Louie am still
unmoved and unaaved. God Men St, Louis
forever I”
“Whero will the Cincinnati moetlngs be
held?”
“We will begin iu Dr. Joyce's church and
Jnat as wo are crowded out of ono wo will go
to another.”
Mr. Jones Intends to taka Cincinnati if ho
has t» slay there ail summer.
SADDER RUT WISER IlOtlS.
Exuberant Canines Taught Nut to Tackle
Flying Railroad Trains.
K incut on, December 27.—“Did 1 ever run
over adogr’ said a locomotive engineer on tho
Weat Shore rood. "Yea, often. Sometimes, at
night, thoy look os big aa a man on the track.
1 had a little rplaodo with a dog only a few
days ago. Whllo running near iiarrlogton I
saw three or four hunters. Each bad a dog.
One of tho canines was a handsome pointer of
a reddish-brown color, it thought it would bo
st art and try a race with the engine. It
Jumped on tho truck aud ran ahead, barking
over Its •boulder. Tho train war ' * "
five miles au hour. It was only
before that dog found the engine too oioeo to
him to bark, and ho hadn't time lo leave tho
track. Tbo cow-catcher struck him, and the
ni xt we raw waa a dog going np in tbo air a
good many feet. We thought ho would never
come ilowu, but by-and-liy ho dropped, end
luckily in u |wml of water, ifo swam to the
shore, anil ns he elimlieil out ho 'ki-yiod' so
that we hcunl him even alcove the roar of the
train.’’
“Doga, too, arc queer animals around loco
motive.," continued the engineer. “Once
tlicre was a dog at Milton that always watched
for the train, and when it came hail a race
with It. That dog ran alongside the engine.
It waa too smart lo get on the track. One day
ho started aa usual, but It was a little further
from the station, and he was running with all
hla might looking up at the cun, trying to
bark, when ths train went over a culvert, nod
'bouse' went tho dog head flrat down iu tho
mud and water several feet. That dog must
have imagined tho train did it, hccauK ho
never after that would ran a race with it.
Once while running at a very flut clip, I no
ticed two llttio boys near a house, witli a big
hull doc. The dog waa an old bruiser, ready
to fight anything. Just as tho locomotive
came netr, the Imps clapped their lianda and
shouted to the dog to 'Go for him.’ The dog
did go for the locomotive. The pilot caught
him. threw him elear over . the emokcstack,
and when he come down ho struck with hls
hock on tho valve stem, rolled off io the ditch,
and ran for homo without being hurt.”
'Isn't It a little extraordinary," Inquired the
T, “that the dog wu not killed?"
reporter, _
'Oh, no,” talil the engineer. IT have seen
chickens on the track run over by tko locomo
tive and they would roineuut under tbo driv
ing wheel without being killed. The wind
must havoeought them somehow and thrown
them like a puff hall without hurting them.
thcm.iVheu you strike alifg oldes t then ittedif-
frrent. One night a big hull gut on the track.
When it uw the light of the locomotive ho
sewed end curled hls tail and bellowed, head
down, reedy for battle. We had no time to
•hot down, ami the only Ray to do is to strike
such objects foil force in older to knock them
ewsy from the. track. If they foil ou the track
they ate liable to get under tho wheels anil
throw the engine off the rails. So I gave her
‘a few pegfif anil tho machine thirty raised
from the track. When it straek the boll It
wu square oa the head. Tho big animal wu
thrown 20 or 30 feet, and then rolled down a
steep embankment and went ont of sight.
Once in t while a dog will be thrown with
great force. I uw a nog straek oue day and
be arcmed to be all rolled np. Ho went like a
canuoa ball from tbo locomotive' striking a
board Cldro. It brfike tbe board late with a
crack, and that{wu the loot wcoaw of the dog.”
Yon hare *30 every lime you Imy a ComUuiloa
sewing aurhloc. It Is guaranteed lobebetterthan
thefv. Htngers. If U is no* yon can return it and
ve will refund your money. Buy one of our ma.
cbtnetaod make your wlfc happy,
THE JOnNSON-arCI.E'NDON TRAGEDY.
The Full Details of the Quarrel niul the
Death.
From tne Meriwether, On., Vindicator.'
Decently a misunderstanding occurred be
tween Judge Bufua Johnson, living' near
Joura's mills, nnd his son-in-law, Mr. W. E.
McUondon. Tho misunderstanding aroso con-
coining some rents cialmcd’by Mr. Johnson,
Mr^McClcndon havlngpeld n Imlcand n half of
cotton for a one-horse farm. Mr. Johnson sued
out a distress warrant ou n portion of the
properly of Mr. McClendon, and directed tho-
bailiff of tho middlo ninth district, Mr. Biley
.Cooper, to levy the warrant on tho property
Monday afternoon. McClendon having moved
bis family nnd a portion of hls effects to tho
residence of Captain Heard, went. down
Monday morning after tho rest. About
3 o’clock Johnson walked down to
McClendon's homo accompanying Mr. O'Koal
who was driving a wagon. Bucking Mc
Clendon's house, Johnson said, “como in and
see how mean ho hu treated me.” O'Neal,
discovering McClendon in the yard drove on
and left tho two together. Beaching tha msl-
-dcnco of Mr. Fayette Milam, hardly a quar
ter of a mile distant, one or more pistol re
ports were heard. In tho meantime, Cooper,
the bailiff, rode up to HcCIendon'a houso ex
pecting to meet Johnson thoro and make his
levy. Calling and receiving no response,
Cooper went into the yard to await the coming
of Johnaon. Going near tho well, bo saw
Johnson lying dead with hls hammer and pis
tol lying by his side. Directly Mr. Fayctteo
Milam came np and fonnd Mr, Johnson as
Cooper had first aeen him.
Mr. McClendon walked to Mr.
Milam’s house and reiwrtcd that he had ahot
and perhaps killed Mr. Johnson. His hurls
were temporarily attended to, when HcCIehdon
gave tho following statement: After O'Neal
drovo off Johnson and McClendon wore left
alone. Johnson charged McClendon with act- -
Ing unfairly in carrying off tho corn ond stuff
before paying up tho rent. McClendon said ho
had paid tho rent nlroady, and had tho bailiff
made a levy ho should havo submitted quietly
to the judicial decision of the matter. Betas
no lever had been made he had tbe legal and
moral right to carry off hla property. Johnson
then complained, that McClendon liad acted
wtan in breaking offend burning aosc pine
I Kilos that ho had been nailed to puts to
keep stock out of tho gsrden.
McClendon - replied' he had cut
tho poles, bought tho nails and put ths fenro
up: that (he poles had roltod and ths nurse
had broken tip acme of them to start fires.
Johnaon laid It waa o moan trick. Approach
ing tho well, Johnaon aaiil McClendon had
stolen tho well rope. McClendon said John
son wot ar. old man, thatho hnd respoct for
his oge, hut If Johnson said lie, McClendon,
hail stolen tho repo, it was a tie. Johnson
said McCl endon was n d—d liar. McClendon
responded -that Johnson was another. John-
1011 replied that McClendon was a (I—d—J
liar. Said McClendon, “you are another.” At
Ibis Johnson walked up to McClendon aud
Jetkinghla hand suddenly from bis pocket,
dealt McClendon n severe blow on* tho
left side of tbo head nhovo tbo >
car. McClendon wna knocked down by
tho blow nud . partially stunned. The noxt
thing McClendon remembers Is that ho wad
fiat on his bark, Johnson's left knoo on his
body ami hls'left hand at his throat. Mc
Clendon hastily drew his pistol which John-.
son taught with his left hand making an effort
apparently to draw hls own pistol with tho
right. MeClemli'li tliinkv .liitin-mn knocked
the pistol down so tlint tho first shot struck
McClendon In the thigh, coming out aliovo tho
knee. Thesccoitd shot wav turned asido aud
struck tho ground. Tho third struck Johnson
in thrbody, and ho Instantly begun to relax
ids hold anil gradually remove from oft* Me.-
Clendoti. McClendon rceulloeta _ firing only
threo shots, though live elmmlK-rs'of hi- pistol
me empty. An UonnSOU relcusen MeClondon.
tho letter sprang to hls feet and stffM.-d towsrds
the home or31 r. Fayette- 3(l|am,''uuothrr sou-
In-law of. loliliuon. Mi (‘leii.lou nay. I lie last
ho saw of Johnaon tho latter was squnttlug on
tIn: ground and holloaing. Ho iv.ik found iload
a short tiruo uftcrwnrds hy Jfr. Cooper.
McClendon, after having hls hud bathed
hla leg bandaged aud tbe dirt brushed from hls
cut, got in a buggy and waa driven Io town
•even miles distant, to have his wounds drcaiod,
Tbo doctor advised against riding further, so
ho Went to tho residence of Mr. J. E. Adams,
sending for his wife ond tho sheriff. To tho
sheriff McClendon garo a statement of the oc
currence, and talil If subject to arrest ho waa
In tho hunda of tho law. Mrs. McClendon soon
arrived and aided In nursing her husband,
whose wounds gave him considerable pain dur
ing tbo night. Dr. K. 1). Terrell, who druteil
tho wounds, thinks with pradeuee no serious
results are lo lie reared, thougti It will lie sev
eral doys before this point cau bo definitely
settled.
Tho rad afikir ia deeply regretted hy oil our
citizens. Mr. Johnson wu a well known citi
zen, having been sheriff of tho county and a
member of tho old inferior court, llo was
shout 05 years of age, over six feet high, vory
muscular ami a stout nun for his years. 31 r.
3IeClendon is Iho youngest non of the late
Judgo Freeman McClendon, about 30 yearn of
•go, and not strong nor stout physically. Ho
married a daughter of 3Ir. John --on two yeare
ago. and until recently has been on good terms
with hla (kther-in-law, though 3!r. Johnaon
has teen at variance with Ida sons and other
•ono-ln-law. Of Isle yean Mr. Johnson had
been in difficulties with some of hla neighbors,
though never before hove wo heard of Ills
striking anyone.
Judgo Johnaon wu burled Tuesday after
noon at 3 o'clock. It is said ho was shot In
four nlares; once in tho eer and nock, slight—
onco In the arm, alight—once in the log, alight,
and jn tho body fatally^
3!rs. Humetl's great story, “Ifuoli Ado,” tho
most beautiful love story of the day, begins next
week. You will never oeexe to regret If you miaa
the fint chapters of this thrilling story. 8ubtcrib«
stonce. _
THE HILL-8HARON CASE.
San Fuancisco,December 27.—The decision
In the Bharon-Hlll cose, after stating tho evi
dence in tho ease, cover* 1,731 pogro of legal
cap, written with a type-writer. The decision
refers to the refusal of tho defendant to pro
duce the alleged marriage contract before tho
examiner, and directs her committal for con
tempt In making inch refusal. The decision
the superior court In the dlvotra
aron vs. Sharon, in which an appeal
now peudlug, tha decision rays:
The supremo court of the state bas uniformly
Held thol an 110-1 from judgment suspends Its
asasr^'jss
U not otojipcd by (lie ju<!ftntent of tho imnsrlor
court In tho r*>* of fcharou rs. 8h*ron from «Uow*
lux in Ihi* rate that the <terl«rat!»n of mmrrfexo fe
fiUM and forged.
TliedcciMon then aajr* thxt tho principal
question wa* whether the alleged dedication
of marriage wan genuine or forged. Ku< h
»pare ie devoted to tho toatimonv of the »•*-
pert* In handwriting, firm whieh tho court
decided that the evidence U largely in fovor of
the plaintiff,and prove*,!* fora* each evi
dence can, that the Rijcnaturo to the docu
ment is forged. It also hold* from tbo samn
testimony that tho word “wife,” “my dear
wifi” letter* ia a tracing substituted for
another won*. The opinion conclude* by
(dating that the alleged marriago contract i*»
forgery, and demra it to be nail and void.
In Kcnewlag Your huli«ertptlon add
making H.?.> in all, and get tbe paper for another
year and a Waicrbtuy welch and chain, all parked
In a eatin lined box and rent port paid. Thf» i% a
baraalii, H.95 for paper •!»*! watch, ami the watth
1* tho hast of timepiece*. Hewitts* when you ro
ut* your mlncrlpt Ion.
Moody ami ftankey to Come.
Moody and Kankey, the evangelist*, will l*>
Atlanta In a few month*. Arrangement* ba\n
ra made for them to dart oo a aoothera tour in
Vkhraavy. They win he In Knoxville too. and.
will go from there toward the Ml»ittippi rive..
From MUUartapi they wlU come baek by Atlanta
and willfpcml thw <Uy» bw.