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THE WEEKLY UOtfSTITOTION. ATLANTA. GA. MAY TUESDAY 10 188T
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
.fVHATTHB SOUTHERN FOLKS ARB
SAYINO AND DOINO.
Ad |C»u<juAfcel»T«M An imwenrtHUlrewf Ojtt-
■c ie«tic»-At» U lOfcdid Oun K lie Two Qjjr«
and wenedsTwo Oifcon-* F«r llUer
ffbiki Suru<d-OUwr Hew*,
kfti J'»«t
b'b “Lifo of
Maryland*
Tho fertilizer work* of X. Doraey, at Hiffli'
J%i.dt«wn, wero destroyed by Are
atf-nt m e o'clock Wednesday morning. Loci
(ii tic building* and aleck about oao hundred
tliOUMii.d dollara—itsartd for about iulf that
ancuut.
Loohlana.
Ex 1’icsidcnt Jifleraon Davit
tv ritten a review of General Woliel ye'
General Lee.” Mr. Pari* iakfi exceptions 11
many of the English general's statements, and,
while not finding fault with the laperUtive
opinion of General Leo's military ability ex*
pnrsed in the hock, he shows plainly that he
considers General Wolcclay’s criticisms of other
Southern leaden unjust and unwamaUble.
She review is wiitteo in a very cauctic ttyle,
and contains ittereslliig nutter in the way of
inside estimates of the relative value of the tor*
yicts of conltdctale leaders.
North Carolina.
Toetdsy f>lx negro b >j*. 13 to IT years "old,
were at the wharf of tho Wilmington <• rniprew,
prepating to go across Capo Fear rlvor to snoot
rice birds. One named (irant Host had b>r-
rowed a double- barrel led gun from a n^gro
man which, be says, had no caps on the t'tb js
and be did not know it was loaded. WbUo in
the net of blowing out one o? the tub**, tho
hammer Ml and the barrel discharged, killing
instantly Ed Smith and IS. Fillyaw. Hen Con-
oly and Ed Fillyaw were also ahot and died
soon afte r.'Another boy named George Bolt,was
wont did in both arms, but it is likoly ho will
mover Grant Best surrendered himselfiin-
trctMstaly after the shooting snd claims it was
ti:iidei-ial, which is generally boliovtd. as one
of toe wounded toys la hts brother.
Virginia*
LI r dray ArdcrforTu body was discovered
haiigiog lit m a limb of a tree near Liberty,
Tut Mlay. lie lisa Urn u.Mug from his h iuio
tbiee mike, but notbing could l*t» heard of
hia wbernabonts till bis body was discovered.
It v »r nndonbLdly n cam of suicide. He was
Li*li)y iMiK.cttd and In good circumstances.
Tu.sday, at Rlohuionri. tho logisUtivo nprt-
§n tntlvrs .on tbe debt mrmnUslon sub*
mitlida preliminary report to the goneral
*m< mbiy of the progrrsi of nogotiatioiis. The
varieus ronfereocas hill deviiloprd the fact
that the council of fnidgu bondholders lnlla*
nice a majority of tho consol and ten forty
hol ds of Virginia and that anr agrtf moat
made with their commissioners will DtTocapfc*
«d by thebondholds r« and tbns forever settle
the debt question. No agreement has yet
Iwen arrived at became the demands of the
Engirt b commissioners weresach that they
«Mild not be considered, tho amount required
to meet them being greatly In exoessnftbe
i et revenues of tbe ntite and the eommlttoa
felt compelled to rnnkc a formal decNntlon
lh*.t u 1*011 tho bails demanded by tho C-rgllih
(i.D.njiaeioucrs, it woold bo improper for the
p'lfpnt negotiation to yrocced farlhor.
Troneaaee*
A miMttlonal wedding occurred near Holly,
hafurday night, .fames Hmlthsomo month-* ago
married the daughter of a widow lady named Lea,
ami »tr being a poor woman, everybody said It
was a good thing for her, ns Smith was considered
an Industrloua roan. They lived
together peacefully a month or
tao. w ben thetr connubial bliss faded away. They
tc|-artrd. and a divorce was applied for an I grant
ed at tho last tenn of tho court, several woclts ago,
Pmlth again camo In tho neighborhood, and hov
ered around tbo scene of hi* wltbcrod affections,
9 bey svere this tlrao, however, contorol on the
mother of hit former wlfo. l.sat Saturday night
the widow and her former son In law weromado
luubaud and wlfo.
The Kichmond and Danville has assn mod con
trol of the East IVnnratfo, Virginia and Goor*
f la railroad. The East Tenoessee road pats si
to Its hand* Monday morning. 12. B. Thomas,
gmi ral nanager of tho Kichmond and l)an*
vilJo ccropany, will havo charge of the Ktst
Ten* stu- ccmpany in the samo capacity, with
Icadqnartrrs in Wsshiugton. Henry Fink has
lurn f| rotated vice provident of the ousoli-
flht# d iomnany, with otM.nnt Knoxville. l*oy*
ion liar dolph will he assistant goneral mana*
rrr C. 11. llndson, Into tnnragor of the F.ist
T«nnew eo ryatem, Is, u i der tho now organist*
tier, prut ral superintendent of the lines of
that rotupany. Sol Haas is general traffic
manager. No other changes of officials are ex*
iwttid until tho annual meeting of the East
luiiivueo dixcctora in Juno.
Toxaa*
The Farmers'alliance cotton congrats, in towlou
at SVsco rnrawcak.adjeurucdTburaday. Theobjoct
f f the MfcM)iul.ly was toarranga to enter Uio menu-
far iurtbK of wagons, agricultural Implomouta, oit-
ten pn».*ca ami oil in ills. Over f 10.000,000 wore
itproeutid. Arraugcmcula have been concluded
for (ellir tlngstaiutics Mid for an early charter
under tho laws of Tea at Fire hundred ihouiaud
dtiUaia were appropriated to tho erection of a cot
ton mill. Ollier roanul loturiug enterprises will ba
taken up tight away. The laxly fully reprewntc ‘
the sgilcuHural Interest of the state. There were
otic bumlrul delegates present.
An earthquake was felt at El Paso K in-
day, the vibrafions lasting about two minutes.
It was |«rceptihlo in ev« ry portion of tho city,
ai d tho abeck so alarmed the citizens that only
Invalids and the hclplt as were left within door*.
For )Mobably two uilmite* preceding tbe ahoek
many peiaona reeogid/.o<1 thn dUtlnctand of-
feosivo smell of sulphur. While tho vibrations
l»*t«d omny articles hanging on walls tetoilU-
t<d mi d soam fell to tho il >or, whim plastering
foil from the froa'a snd cuttings of iu mrd wall-
inis at d l»u*ibvsa bonnes At the cotirVioiiM
rvwtr).(-«* of tbe (hock were qnlte dlmarnlhl**.
rink a were stopiud, buildings wero cra.Lol
and honca tau e to a et .uditill in tho streets.
The fi»t im|irrs\ioti was of vertical nsclIUtion
Tbi»leat<il only a ft \v sd'omls* Thru a iu‘n-
ute'sawful mlui w»s i»)l<iwet by a very pro-
t*obHi cd borixonUl waveiiko motloi. No »eri-
cut damage baa rcanltcd hi this ueighborhjod
Alabama*
News reached AunUton last WodncaDy
of the flight from hlf home, tu bt. flair county, of
Jovcpbus Compton, present member of tbe stste
legislature. Compton settled in 8t. Clair couut)
four years ago, comlug ftrom Kentucky, sohetUud,
He look up Ills abode In the little town of Edoo.
where he followed the trade of a carpcu er. His
life was exemplary, arid In a year or so no war
elected tows marshal. Last year, after a seaooua-
bio probation, Compton was licensed as a UethoMst
ptcacbcr, and Ills id mens and exhortation* were
of tho most fenrld and orthodox character. He
joined the independent party In the last sta'e
ramrtlgn. and was selected by that crowd at ttaolr
standard bearer for legislative honors. After a hot
fight be was elected over the regular democratic
nominee by 500 majority, and last November toik
hia seat in the lower house of the legislature. He
didn't cut much of a figure as s law maker, but tic
did attract considerable notice and caused much
talk In Montgomery by his love for liquor, uudtr
tbe Influence of which he waa nearly the whrle
session. Now comes the strange story of this
man's life. Thirteen years ago he was engaged *n
making moonshine whtskej in one of tUr noun
tain counUcs of North Carolina. While thus on-
gsged he became inrolTed in a difference of oplu-
Ion with a party of revenue officers, and
In the melee that followed Compton shot and
killed one of (he officer*, lit was arrested, tried
tcuTicted and sentenced to twenty-tour years in
tbe i-enitenUary. He remained in that InrtltuUm
Mir y earn find then OKaped. For year* he sac
nedvdin covering up hu tracks, and hit escaps
Sictaed a pcrmancut or* But ouc day not long
liuearr.sa who is cow for* man of a bridge gang
on ifccCcorrJa Pacific roal, Oompton and at
cu.ce utt«nlaed him “That U Joaephsus Castou,
V h«* was a prLooer in the North Carolina peniton-
L'aiy when 1 was a guard there, several years ago,"
tsid tbe foreman, and then he communicated hia
dltcovety to the N«r'h Carolina officials.
Ibe governor baued the proper papers
for Compton'S, alias Fasten'*, airett and aent
them to the sheriff * f Jefferson coaoty. this
Mate, to be serrod. A gentleman lu Lieu r»
orlrcd a letter from a friend In Birmingham toll-
leg him of tbe receipt of the requisition end thti
fact was told to Compton. Compton was snpsria
tending a gang of laborers on s contract which he
had taken on the Talladega and Cooaa Valley rail
road, about a mile from Loco, aud had walked up
lo tbe village coal leas on the afternoon of last
Wednesday a week ago. When tho receiver of ttt*
letter told him of iu contents Compton turned
pale, stammered a few broken explanations and
then walk«d hurriedly away. That is ibe last that
bss been seen of him in that section, and his
whercat-outaaro unknown. He never even went
back after his coat.
Georgia*
They are killing rattlesnake* op in tho
mountains.
The colored teachers of tho state met at At*
lantalaat week.
Tbe Hi ate Teachers' association convened at
W*xt 1'oint on tho -ftfta lust., and held throe
days.
There it a rosn in Sumter county over fifty*
two yearn old, who has never received a letter
of any kind.
Saturday morning, Elbert Crowder, colored,
was killcu by a tree faJJiug on him, throe miles
fit m Forsyth.
Mrs. W. A. Bragg, of Jones county, has sold
103 pounds of butter linen January I, from
cows, for which she received 30 cent* per
pout d Bhe also sold |09 worth of In'ter last
year after famishing the family with plenty,
A meteoric stone MI near Camilla, pisslug
tow&rds the southwest about 3.7) Thursday
morning. Onoof our citizens aiw the lamia
oua bedy while quite a number heard the
heavy rumbling noise made by tho passing
visitor.
Mrs. Ann Jr win, mother of Mrs. Dr. C. A.
fbiathain, of Dawson, died at her homo in
Liimpktn i n tho 10th instant. She died of old
age. IcicK in her eightieth year. Hhe had
twenty-tight grand children and about forty
gnat grand children.
Wilkes superior oourt devoted an afternoon
to commemorating tho lifo andaorviceaof Gen*
er* 1 Hubert Toombs aa a practitioner at the
bar. Very touching and appropriate addresses
vvi-ie delivered by Mosara. Hamuel Barnett, M.
1*. Bene and Jos. E Strother.
A litt’o r.cgro boy naved Amo* Nelson, the
sen of Ed Nelson of Dougerty county, dio l of
hydrophobia, on Mr. J. I*. Doz er's plantation.
Ho wsr bitten by a little flee four weeks ago
aid rhowed tho unmlatskablo ay nptoma of
rnl.li b on Sunday morning. lie had one cou
th It ion after another and suffered cxcnmi.it*
ingly before ho died.
Tuesday morning Noah Johnson, a color*!
midtnt of tisnrliravillo finding his chill
quite sick, administered * powder wni-ih ho
fi.ur.d about the house. Tho child imnisliaUi
i> fell into n slumber from wbioh it no/or
around, and exHDiiuiug tho romaiuder of tho
powtUr ho feund lh»t bo had given uu over
flow of morphine, from the effects of which it
d cd.
Mr. O. W. McCormick, of Tkornasville, snr-
prieid, a few days ago, the paetora of several of
the churches qf that rfty, by enclosing to oach
one a warrantee deed to a bou*o and lot in the
city. The consideration of tho d**ed» waa the
gnid snd righteous induct co of tho different
pHSt'-ra in the Hty. Mr. McCormick I* not a
member of any church.
Tho Craw fordvlllo Democrat haa been shown
Hranipb- of doth that was made in tho town of
t iswfridville roctntly by Mr*. Wi Ham Foster
fr* mill cuUati. Tho novelty of this cloth Is
that Mrs. Fofcteris 72 years of ago and sho
coded, ipm. and wovo a covcrlot sn*l a ciuu*
t» rratio in the iMt fow months. Mrs. Koator
it: the only worosu in Taliaferro county who is
uaiig ibo old loom yet.
Tmiday afternoon, Goorgo Sims, a negro
hii<klayer, was drowned in tho Kavanoih
river, jnat below AugaiU Sims, In cjajpmy
with Jt ff Stoaks and his two sous, wore fishing
in a boat tied to tho shore, olgh*. feet from
land. Sims was druuk and fell to sloop. Whilo
ropoaing ho foil over and was drowned In wator
flvo feet deep. Stoaks was unable to safe him
■s tho boat was capslalng, and feared that his
sons would drown. 81ms was found with a
hook and lino 100 yards below his watery
grave.
Master J. Irby Buckner, of Kpr.ta, whilo
out iu tho woods with some other boys, was
badly snsko bitten on tho baud. IUt hand,
wrifct and arm wero swellod up to an onorotous
r fzo. As soon as tho little follow found how
bo w*s hurt ho, with a thoughtfulness beyond
his years, n»u nt hia very best speed into town
and to tho drug store, a dhtanco of a mile, for
u-liof, which bo scon obtainod and is now
doing well. Tho thought of stopping at his
homo, in tbo neighborhood of which he paasod
on bis way to the atoro, did not navo the pro-
vailing influence over him which it would
have had with moat littlo boya of hia ago.
1 a*t Hatutday morning, at Sparta, an nn-
ttaually largo congregation assembled In the
Methodist church to witnoss the unveiling of a
n ural tablet to the memory of the lato Bishop
George F. Pierce. This tablet is placed on the
wall, a few feet from the floor, In the back of
tbe pnlplt, where it can be seou from all parts
of tho honte.
Mr. William Stevens, who erected this tab-
lot, is an Ki gliihmsn by birth. He accompa
nied hit patents to America when a child and
U one of tho weathiest merchants and planters
of enr connty. Is a generous, charitable anl
public spirited citizen and Is a devoted aud
crrslitcnt member of the Methodist church.
A new pest to farmers has recently
played havoc with a ouo hundred and fifty
•cro field of corn belonging to Mr. E D. White,
near f.ylvania. This now pest bofoto
which the lively locuit aud tho cnorgetlo grass
hopper most rale into Insignificance, Li the
regular old black jumping, chirping cricket.
(\*Ue« tcd together In Innumerable nordos, these
little infects took possession of Mr. Whlto's
cue hundred and fifty acres of corn, which was
up and growing prettily, and ao rapidly and
effectually did they do their work, that in a
fow davs almost tho entire field wasdetsroyed.
to rourn so that tho entire field had to bo
plowed up and replanted. A careful examina
tion revealed burrows all over the field, whore
tho industrious creatures carried tbo young
ct-rn and stored It away, after they had cut it
down. It is not known where tneeo crickets
came from, but it is thought that the cause of
their appcarasco In such vast numbors Is a
local one.
Bom Thomas, the negro caught nnler tho
curbing of a well near MtUcdgeville, died a hor*
tible death. Tho wooden curbing, In falling,
caught Thomas In such dose quarters that he
waa obliged to stoop oyer aud had no use of
himself at all. UU crying and pi toons prayers
for help touched the roost callous hearts.
Inch at a time he felt the water rising, and
frequently yelled to those aboye him tolling
them how much tho water had risen. Finally,
almost overcome from suffocation, cold aud
anxiety ho cried out:
"If yon don't reach me qnlck, I am gons.
The water is now up to my chiu."
This exclamation waa followod by a gnrg*
ling uoise, and tho poor negro was ltft in a
watery grave
Mr. King Champion went in tho samo woll
and had a miraculcu* escape from tho
mmefktc. He went down in a bucket, anl
on reaching tbs poiut whero tho curbing
caved, ho kicked up a rock from the
side of the well, loosing the rock
curbing above, which bogsn falling. Mr.
Cbnmi ion, through a'nrost suuerhumau power,
polled himself to the top or the well by the
rope. The bucket was caught in the well by
tbe falling rock, and was covered from view
while Mr. Fhampion was climbing the rope.
Mr. Champion received ptioful Injuries from
the falling rock. etc., but nothing serious. The
well la Mxt> feet deep, and Mr. Champion
elimbcd the rope forty feet.
When Hr tieU Tun *.
Frcm tbe Lhtroll Free Frew.
Bertie—"Kay, mamma, me and H.trry hid a
nice toCay."
Water—"Ves, dfar, but you should say Harry aud
I in»tcr.»l of me *^d Harry. tVUcu you tpcabof
ycum If amt another person you should always
piece your friend first."
K—* But he wasn't first, mamma. 1 beat him
tworret-. Time enough to place him first when he
gets there."
DEATH IN THE MINE.
One Baadrtd an. fifty Miner. Sap^Md to 1. Lott
-km. Be.cu.ra luoeumb to tn. After*
da bp * neartrecdlps Icnn at tb.
Mto.'OtA.r Ca.ltlt. of tb. Day.
Bare tu M*k. Ih. Old Ob. Do.
Ficm the New York tun.
“My d«u." ih. mM to hot haihind. “ckn't I
hare . new bone.tr '
"OirtAlalj," h« replied.
••Mb.nr'
• When the Metropolitan, win a tame oi ball"
Nanaimo, B. C, May 4.—A terrible exploi
ted of ,«* took place last eroning in No. 1 .haft
ot tb. Vancouver coal comp»,'■ mine, in
wblrb there wtronpwaid. of l.V) miners at
the lime. The Drat intimation tbo.. on
fare bid of the exploilon waa n terrific <hock.
followed by au outburst 'of thick blink rmoko
through the air shaft. The ffnt exploilon wu
qukhly followed bysecond one, stronger
tbau the Ant. It canied piece, of wood, min.
«r»' lamp., etc. hundred, of foot in the nlr.
In few minute, flame, began to israo through
the sir shaft with a load roaring noise. The
fan house soon caught Are anl waa ijulclly
consumed.
In the meantime nine white men .nd fonr
Chinese were brought up through So I on
belslleg shaft. Rescuing partial continued in
tbe attempt to reach the entombed men. but
were able to rescue only fifteen nptotbiiliour.
They were overcome by after damp and
had to be rescued by other*.
Oftbrie noLlo rocuerv, K.vnuel Huisno auc-
cumbed to the etTre aef the after dtinfi.
Nanaimo, 0. C, May U, ii p. m.—An explor
ing party that went down tbi* morning hrnke
through into the mine and diacovoroi dead
lying in all direction*. All hope U now given up
of taring any of them alive. Thirty-lire bod
ies were recovered from the min. this morn
ing. Tbe fire I. Mill burning, but U under con
trol. The mine is owned by tb. V.ucourer
Con! company, of London, England.
VlcTOaia, B. C„ May 7.—The telegraph
wire between Itrltlsli Columbia and the south were
dow n yesterday. Lest night's telegrams from tbe
CXilonlrt'e Knhaimo correspondent state that tot
while men and 75 Chinese were In tbe mine at the
time of be expiration Forty-seven women have
been made widows by the disaster and 1J0
ihlldirnrrj.h.utd. F, me e Idnamca refused to
pitce U.tlr read In cofiiuB,aud had tn bo com-
pelltd by force to do so Many homes are
u inplc cly broken, and tho city I* in sackcloth
.nd ashes. Mores s' i 11 continued closed and Jltt'c
business done. Hogs are at hair mast. All hope of
sating tbe meu now tn tbe mice Last been aban
doned,
huiMiNCitiAM, Ala., May 1—[.Special.'—
News of u teriibio accident nt Coosa tnnuol,
tat my milts front here, on tb. extension of
tbo Columbus and Western railroad, reached
tbe city Into this afternoon. A whit, fore-
man and seventeen negro laborer* were at
work in Ibe tanned, getting ready for a largo
blast. While ramming the blast with an Iron
hat a Simla of flint waa atrack with the Iren,
malting* spark, which ignited the powdor.
Of the < iglitren men only six cam. nut alive,
and all of them were more or leu injured.
tup; nisiAN maw.
A Few l'retly St Ilf btorlea Anent Man's
storage Capacity,
Ftrnt wool Housekeeping.
Elisabeth Charlotte, tho dnehon of Orleans,
writing under tho date ofltocember ft, 171s, says:
“Tho late king, Monsieur the Itauphlu, and tbo
Due de Bern were terrible caters. I have oflou
seen Ibo king cat four plates of dlfierent kind, of
soup, a whole phi’s.ant. a partridge, a dish ot
salad, tao thli-ksllcosof bam, mutton flavored with
garlic, a plateful of pastry, and finish bis repast
with fruit and hard-boiled eggs." There was n
good old German from Wittenberg, wbero my Lord
llaralrt attended tbe university, wbo had a fine
faculty for storing away provender. Hia case is
woll allotted. For a wafer bo would eat * whole
sheep or a wholo pig, or put out of sight a bmbol or
chenlcs, ehn.es and all. Ho lived until bo was
about eighty yean oral.,, greater portion ortho
t>mo supporting himself by oxhlbltlug tho prou
ltarlty of bis appetite, which, to say tho loatt, mint
bare bun every eccentric ono. Thui, bo would
cbitw glow, earthenware and flint Into small trig-
menta. Ho had an especial preference for cater
pillars, mice snd bird,, an ! when those wore not
procurable be would content himself with mineral
•uutances.
Once he pnl down bis “maw an t gulf.” a pen,
tbo Ink, and tbo rend pounce, and bo would have
gobbled tbe Inkstand, too, bad bo not boon re
strained. Taylor, tbo water poet, tells of Nicholas
Wood, or Ibo county or Kent. In England, who was
* tolerably good trencherman. On ono occatlon ho
got away with • wholo sheep: at another time with
several rabbltsiat a third with three doron pigeons;
well grown pigeons, not *iuabs; again with eigh
teen yards of black puddings, and on two other
occasion* sixty ponnds of Cherries and three peek*
or drmson*. Hr. Copland, tn speaking of two cbll-
dicii who had wonderful appetites, tho youugest,
seven years o'.d, being tbe worse, sabl: ' TU.
rtu.ntlty or food daronred by her was astonishing.
Everything that eonld bt laid bold of, even lu Its
raw state, was seised upon mod greedily. Among
other articles an uncooked rabbit, half a pound or
eaudlea and aome butter were taken at onetime.
Tbo mother stated that this Utile gltl, who was
apparently In good health otherwise, took more
(bod, if she could possibly obtain It, thanthe rest or
her family, ronslsting or six besides herself.
A trifle over a bundled years ago a I-onion youth
ate five pounds of shoulder of lamb and two -ptarta
of green petti In fifty mlnutca; and a Polish s tidier,
who was presented at the court of Saxony, succeed
ed in one day lu getting onuide or twenty ponnds
oftaerandhairarc.stra!t,srith tho appropriate
"ililngs." When !.verge ill. was king, a watch
maker's apprentice, nineteen years of ago, In
threooinarleii of an hour devoured a log of pork
weighing six pounds and a proportionate quantity
ol pea. c pudding, washing all down with a pint of
brandy, taking in two "tots." Tho tall Nick
Darenport, tho actor. Is known to hive cairn s
aeveU'poiiml turkey a' a tingle sitting. lustanoes
of depraved appelllo are numerous, and men have
been knowu to swallow fire, iwords, spider*. Hie*,
toada, serpents, cotton, hair, clay, chalk, lllot,
musket balls aud earthenware. Ouo man eonld
swallow billiard ball* and gold watches. Iu the
New York medical Journal for ISSi a record Is made
of* mui who could awallow clasp knives with Im
punity. On. day he overdid the business by
swallow log fourteen, aud it killed him, which well
It might, tn 1*70 In England two ntn of Wilt
shire wage red with each oher as to which could
consume the greatest quantity of food in the
ahortett space of lime. One of them blotted from
existence six poundx aud a half of rabbit, a loaf of
bread, and two pounda of cheese in a quarter or an
hour, aud he wa• so pleased with the approbation
he received from the bysiandors that he ttnlshed
etvwlth a beef steak, a pint and a half of gin, aud
a half pint of brandy.
UR. R. O. COTTKIt,
ltd l-'f Second Street, Ala con, fta.
Dikeaseaoftbe Eye, Ear and Throat. (Formerly
axosialcd with Dr, a, w. Calhoun. Atlanta, Go.)
The Clrcua at Rutta.
We kinder calkllatcd-that'a mil an’ Ike an’ me,
We'd allgodownto Sentinel liutleaudhevasort
Tbe day the Greatest Show on Earth w ere that lu
Inside we struck a table with a cur’om sort o' oce
an' * sign as raid tala name were Phailoh sail Pc-
An’ that he was a 'Gyptlan king as long ergo went
trace—
The show bed got the mummy at stupcndloiu ax-
rente:
We stoed an' Used It up erwhtle when ike turned
'tmtudand said:
'll pcets ter look erbout ter me 'slf this gentleman
Then^IMll remarks: "I reckon It 'n'dbeagood
An ^chimeshi with: "A inquest would jtst erbout
Au Gwn we sot upon the coryae of I’harioii alt
An’taerfa reg'iar verdlck In surprisingly short
“Whereas, this r. 8. l'eter, bain' lhar layln' a, dead's
Show on Earth.
IIUCCANEEB AT MAPLE.
An Interesting tor/ of tho Earl/ Days o
Florida.
From the Tallahassee, Fla., TaUohameean.
Prior to the discover/ of steam, aa appliod
to the purposes of navigation, and before the
mtdernn * ' ' * *
vey had 1
esdaof the earth, the greater part of Florid*
was almost an unknown land.
The everglades were untrodden, gave by on-
frequent bands of wandering Seminole In
dues, and even their treaspaasei in that wilder
ness were held in check by the reptiles which
•warn In the oozy swamp*.
There was no inducement—nothing to re
pay—should the patient mariner dream of
threading the intricate navigation of tho
cents, deeply snd variously Indented as they
are, stndded with thousand* of laltndf; homo
of tho pelican and thn cranes, tho osprey, the
regie and tbe screaming sea gull. Each river
mouth, too, with sand snd soil washed from
the ltfii, abounds in treacherous shoals.
Thus coasts snd interior Mike wore admira
bly adapted for snd did become the haunt and
refuge of the lawless—the savages, tho smug
gler and the pirate—MI of whom frequented
there part* unmolcited, carrying on their dep
redations far and wide.
On tho cast roast of Americt and on the
Spacith main, we read that CaptMn Kidd was
pirate- king, bnt here on the west coast of Flor
ida, which now wo have good reeson to ex-
lict will soon become tbo garden snot of the
world, sod where we now see fair ana prosper
ous eltles springing into being; here, I say, —
the'
eltles springing Into being; here, I say, was
hisdqointens of a pirate chief; whojudging
. the following narration, snrpaeeed in dan-
ing and savage cruelty Ml that I have ever
heard ascribed to Captain Kidd. Hy Infor
mant was tn ancient negro named
Antenlo Ferpino, who died in TM-
labsssee at the age of 117, shortly after the
late war. Hit own history and recollections
would fill a good tiled volume. Ha was born
in the island of Jamaica, and at tht ags of 16
was valet to a British officer, who was then
ststicncd there. On the breaking oat of the
war of independence, Antonio tooompaniod hia
mister to tbi. continent, taking part in nnm-
ticna engagements, among other* that of
Fui ker o Hill. At tho close of the war he
•lilflcd down to tbe south, finally taking up
Lis abode at 8t. Augnstine.
When there ho entered the oervica of the
Spanlrb governor of tho fort, Who ao far treat
ed him as toempioy him in carrying dispatcher
between there and the Fort or St. Mark*, a
seivicoof great responsibility and attended
wilb consider*!) e danger as that onwtUed
[Ciiod.
We talk of the severity of Florida wn'ere
nw-a-days, old Antoala eonld toll of a enow-
sit-in), tbo severest he evor experienced,which,
in ISOS, overtook him on one occasion between
Angoittno and St. Marks. Bat to return
to our talo.
Ho described traveling by land and by sea
dangerous in the extreme. On his frequent
jmineys (generally made on horseback,) ho
had to beware ot hostile Indians, and also the
buccaneers, who did not confine their opera
tic ns to tbo ocean only, bnt It was wall known
that tbiy bad stations some dlstanoo from tho
eeast, lo will fortified by nature and art as to
be- well nigh impenetrable.
Acurding to Antonio's ta’e, the notorious
liiato rhief alluded to above hid ouch a
etrotghold on the shorco of Uurdon’o bay, only
acceraiblo through a secret pasta go or eanal cut
i.y tbo pirates threugh the outride peniaanla.
Curiously onongb, while sorvej ing there a fow
werko ago, we came upon this eanal, which
leads throogh the side or the town of Naples to
a deep natuial basin bejond.
Tho basin beyond, sheltered and deep, give
a secure anchorage to tho pinto fleet,whilo the
fort ashore could bo well garrisoned by tho
pirate crews. They found it good policy to ally
thrmiclvcswilh trio Semlnolea.then enraged at
tbo occupancy of tho Spaniards, and sack an
alliance proved moet formidable, ao tho un
fortunate governor at St. Angoitlna found to
hlicoat.
Inspito of tho danger attendant upon the
voyage between Cuba and the continent, he
kept up couatant communication with tho port
of Havana, and having hitherto always made
tho Jourrry with safely, ho was Induced, at tbe
earnest solicitude of his young son and daugh
ter, who at that time were neariy grown op,
to let them Mart for the port of Havana,
Never was decisions attended with more fe
tal consequences. The pirate flotilla attacked
the vessel in which wore the children; and
after a short, sharp struggle, tho crew were
overpowered and tho children taken prisoners.
Arrived at their stronghold on the bay, th*
pirates deliberated as to tho best way of tam
ing the important capture to account. Sum
moning their Seminole Mllco to the council,
thry at lut decided on the bold stroke or
marching on Fort Augustine, and cMllng on
tho governor to surrender. In the event or his
refusing, they would threaten to pat his child
ren to death.
I.lltl. did they know the stem staff of which
that brave old soldier was made. In front of
tbe fortmi walla, according to their plan, they
first produced the girl, threatened to destroy
her if their demands were not complied with.
The staunch old governor replied that he
would “hold the fort.” Baffled for tho time
they again came forward, this time with thi
•on, who, they bMievcd, was hia father's favor-
ire child; Mill the governor refused. They
then bad to resort to torture.
In tall view from tho ramparts the mis
creants led out their captive, and tightly bind-
lug round bis head a knotted cord, through
which wis traversoly thrust tbo barrel of a
pIMol, they deliberately proceeded to twist this
round aa a lever, the cord cutting through tho
thin into the very skull. Thk screams of the
victim were heard within the fort as he im
plored his father to yield.
But no, the governor would not treat with
them at Ml. Sorely tried as he must have
been bo doubtless knsw that no dependence
could bo placed on any treaty mada with such
treacherous snd creel enemies. Had bs yielded,
the probability is thit bis submission would
simply mean tho torture and maancre of hia
whole command.
Enraged at hia persistant refusal, the refflans
so increased the pretsure of the ligature that
the boy fell lifeless in the handa of his tormen
tors. It waa afterwards found that the eknll
was actually fractured.
Maddened by the sight, the governor, head
lug the defendere. mads a fnrioaa oally from
tho fort, routing the pintee and Indiana, who
broke for the woods, leaving the dead body of
the eon, but, unhappily, carrying off with them
tbe bapieia girl.
Prolonged bnt frnltleaa was the chase after
the fiendish crew. Too well they knew the
foreit labyrinths, and in deep aorrow and de
jection the pursuers returned. A raid was after
wards made on the pirate* on Gordon's bay,
bnt all too late. Thsir stronghold was aban
doned, and the poor captured gtrl no more wu
iron or heard of.
8uch seas tho tMo as told by tho old negro
eye witness aud participant of thooo tragical
events, and hud ft is today, looking at tho
qnlet water* of the lovely land-locked hay, to
realize that midst theso scones so felr, such
Moody deads were done, and at inch a recent
date.
[Tbe old canM cat acroro the beaotlfal rite
selected for tho fritnre city of Napleeand
thoallghtremainoofthoold fert. Is all that is
left to remind us of its formsr occupancy by
tbe daring buccaneers. Who knows hot that
tb* treasures of this second Captain Kidd vat
)i* buried slung tho lias of this old canrii—Ed.
TaUahnssssan.
Douglas iu Daatb.
From a Chicago Letter.
Stephen A. Douglas, Jr., had an axpertanc.
a few year, ago which few man bare known. Mr.
Douglas's father, the senator, .Had In IMl. and waa
buried on the lake there near his old boas, at
thlity fifth street, where stands the monument,
kurmointed by the "Little Giant's" figure. Nine
teen yean later or tn 1*50, workmen opened th*
metallic rase of the sarcophagus to renew tbe Mnc
lining, t-tepheu A., Jr- was »ent for. and In a few
moments stood looking throuch the glass ltd of the
reftin upon tbe face of his father. No perceptible
chant*' had taken place In the score of yean.
Aside from the leathern sallow tint which tho dash
of ibe de. d takes on, the face had the naturalness
ol life Itself. Th* chocks were not sunken, there
bed txen no falling away of tba ilesh. and tht ax-
lieutenants perfect as when the btoadofUfe
cooreed thioush the vetna long yean befwe. For
»n tour the soo. a man of thlrtv years, ati easint
THIRTY-FIVE LIVES LOST.
a Xr. nes stfamir Sir hi a Not wit ran Bsrh-Anvaor
Oolllsloo, la Whleh tba Italian FaaMng.rs
Crown toe Lira Boats, Besolitosla saa
DrownlDX or Tbirfx-Vlvo rtools.
Havbe, Mays.—Tbo French steamer La
Bretagne, Captain DeJousseli, from New York,
April UOtb, arrived here at noon today. She
report* that during tho aightahe collided with
and sunk a Norwegian bark. Tho crow of the
hark wax saved.
Tbe Meamer J,a Champagne, which called
yeaterday morning for Now York, and whleh
olterwaid* returned, having been in coUlalon,
wa* ran into by the steamer Villa de Bio. The
latter steamer sank, bnt her crew and pa wen
geii were raved
The collision emoted a panic among the Itah
lana on board the Champagne, who mada * rush
for the life boat and earned It to cipslio. Thir-
fy-five of them were drowned, in addition to
three aailora who had tried to prevoot the
rath. The Meamer Villa de Bordeaux rescued
fifteen Italians clinging to the capsized life
boat.
The collision took place about noon In tbe
fog. The shock srao eo violent that 1a Cham
pagne wa* threw almost completely over her
starboard beam. A wide hole, two yards long,
wu opened in the larboard tide near the poop,
jost above the water mark. Tho captain, find
ing it impossible to return to Havre, ran tho
itcamer aground on a randy beach in order to
save tho live, onboard.
A DBAIIUIN TRADITION,
Tracing the Origin of tho White Man to
England.
From tho San Francisco Chronicle.
Of Ml European nations tho Brehmine have
•IgnMiaed the English Mono with a doubtful
compliment, for there la extant s tradition
among them that certain Brahmin sages visit-
id, In the dim long ago, England and there
created white men, whom they called Ganda-
nas, or God fearing men, bnt nltlmttely there
eagrs became dligusted with tbe ancient Brit
tons on account of their keeping pariahs as
aervanta. Tbe learned Brahmin who told ms
of this tradition tailed, however, to inform mo
who created the pariah or human being of low
degree. So particular are tbe Brahmins about
the maintenance of their carte that tho richer
community only employ bereaved Brahmin
widows or their poor relative* for the execu
tion of their household duties, and it must bo
cMd that, no matter how terviio may be the
position of a Brahmin in a Brahmin house
hold, no insult io given, but the servitor la
held in as moch consideration as Is the
muter. The lot of tho Hindoo widow is not a
happy one—for tbe law prevent* her from
again entering tbs marriago state, and there
fore aha is often compelled to work for her
livMibood. The Brahminical It w, so arbitrary
io other respects, is not the lees here. Widows
are compellrd to wear white, to always keep
their heads shaved and covered, bat th* dhoti
form of dress Io preserved, and even thedonbt-
fnl pleuure of taking snuff la withheld from
them.
It will be seen that the position of tho
Brahmin woman lu South India is enviabio to
that of her sister in North India. Though oho
is not regarded u an Mina 1 , Mi. !• a little h*tt»-
thsn * chattel. The average Hindoo mind ca 1
not receive a woman u a human bting pu,-
srtsed of wml and oenribUIty. Though ono in
fluences tbo aspirations of her children, shapes
their destinies, yet sho is withhold from share
ing their triumphsorthrirpleuan*. Feelings
•kin to pity trio* in the English breast* or
rather lnd ignation, aa when passing through the
native villages he lees engaged in severe toll the
women, whilo tho men, squatting on the
'groond before their houses, enjoy io thefcool of
the eventide the song, of tho wandering min
strel or tho latest marvel from the llpc of th*
profesMonM story teller. It la reported that
the meet creel in their treatment of the women
are tbe lengaro, who claim for thomMlvei
more than ordinary attributes. Tho Euro
pean it to him no less on object of oontompt
than a pariah, and when the Ion gar talks with
a Griffin (aa a newly arrived Bnglishman In
India is called) he does not show hi* disdain,
for fastidious Brehims, when they apeak to n
Sudiaor* European, on accustomed to plaoc
tbcfr band on the stomach, and catching the
holy thread, prerent the back of th* hand to
tho person addressed, end ot the close of tho
conversation, by a rotary motion, they display
the palm. To there who regard this as an in.
suit, it is anch.
The Brahmin Is a bundle of extraordinary
contradictions. Wltno<* him buying a load of
wood from a pariah. Ho halls the unfortunate
creature, who, sotting down hia harden, edges
away whilo the Brahmin examine* it Tho
Bnomln then move* sway. The pariah ap-
K aches the wood, and with his hands before
month, lest hia breath tonoh th* poison of
tho august porch iter, ho conclude* the ule.
No pariah tuts th* pnbllo highway made by
British money and under British supervision
whilo a noble Brahmin preset. Brahminyonth
are beset from thrir birth with tedious restric
tions; tbo dignity of their race and thalr own
dignity to n them* which never tiros with their
parents. I'eibapt their only luxury 1* that of
aking snuff, and In this even the law inter
feres and lays down a certain ago whan they
may begin, to a bachelor thl* pleasure it pro
hibited; snuff taking can only begin with mst-
rimony.
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