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. VOL. XVIII.
ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING MAY 31 1887
PRICE FIVE CENTS
DARING DICK GLASS.
desperadou tack a hundred or more yards and
of a neigh-
made their eacape in the direction
borte hoXuo, which they reached completely
riddled with bnileta, Cobb dying in a fair min’
wing the home.
By Idora M. Plowman,
V litlen Tor The OonitlLutlon.
Dallas, Tex, Hay 21—In conversation with
• cattleman from the Cherokee nation, he re.
lated some facts in regard to old Dick Glass,
the notorious negro desperado of that country,
which I thought would be of Interest to some
of ycur readers.
Dick Glass was raised in the Cherokee coun
try and owned by a full-blooded Indian of the
same name.
Be waa very black, tall, alender and sinewy;
straight as an Indian, mercnrlal and cat-like
his movements, with a piercing, reitlcss black
eye. and a savage, fear-inspiring countenance
and bis appearance wae characteristic, for ho
was more to be dreaded than any nnesged
beast of prey.
Bis notoriety dstee back as far as tha yaar
I MS, when he ran off to the federal army and
joined a company of Indian negroes stationed
at old Fort Gibeon, Indian territory.
tha Indian character, ha waa at home in the
terrltcry and knew every hill, Talley and trail
of that wild and wonderfol cooutrv.
He acted as pilot and seont for tho federals,
and killed a great many men—not even spar.
ilpleta women and children, leaving them
destitute of everything.
Be was an expert with any kind of weapon,
from a bow and arrow to a revolver.
It is laid that he could shoot an object tho
cine of a pint enp and never mist it, and could
shoot so rapidly as to make almoet a constant
stream of fire.
After the clcee of the war he formed a bind
of robbers composed of negroes, whose depreda-
tlons evinced a degree of desperato daring un
paralleled in the annals or crime.
From (bat time until 1883, tho year he WAS
‘ * * Uhi
killed, he led the life of an IsumaoUte—hla
hand was against every man. Large rewards
! at different times offered for him
were at different times offered for "him by the
United State* and Indian authorities, in con-
s -iucncoof murders tnefisaud other crimes
which he was constantly committing,
men that he meant to kill thorn on tight, con-
ere ali
s'qneutiy they went armed and were always
cn the lookout fur him, frequently making the
" " ‘ »wounded and aavotal
attack, and ho was often
times captured, sad once left for dead, bat
uwea ut|iiuicu. wiu uiiin twi tui uu*u, uub
always made his escape. There seemed to be a
charm, aa it ware, aver about him to protect
hia life.
awampa between tho Verdigris and
rivers—the fork where the Verdigris empties
into the Arkansss-a long narrow strip some
four or 11 vo miles wide; a whlto man could not
and an Indian would not live thoro. It has
sever been inhabited except to bo used as a
clans, who li to altogether by sseill
" *"\o Missouri, Kan-
fhoy
"haretcvoral times robbodthoHMNPHH
ms aid Texas freight cars whiio passing be
tween the two rivers.
When ths train would stop for water at the
Verdigria river they would jump on board,
piles oren a car and pitch the eontents out on
the side ef tho track while ths train was Inj
mot ion, and aa it slacked np to croas tho Arkanl
sarjbriagc, they would Jump off and escape. ■
iK|Viw(r> tajvjr nvuiu juuip vu wiu ceunpuo
homo of them were canght and carried to
Fort Bmllhfor trial, (Tiwirrendezvouals now.
entirely broken up. and very few, If any, of
old gang are lift in the swamps.)
'erfilgris Is a deep, dark, sluggish
the old gang are
The VerSlgrfi
stream,/ringed with heavy timber of cotton-
weed, nalent and elm, reaching far out over
thewa'.ei; the undergrowth la thickly matted
with cane, bamboo, etc, and therearooulya
places that can ba forded, and thsy
very few places
are from ten to fifteen mile* apart. There
the- Cherokee
were only two creating* from
side to get into old Dlck'a render Tons.
Hit pilndpel trading points were Glbion
a and llascogce. Once while at Gibson
bought a cow hide and. left it hanging out at
night fo ” ‘ “
upon irqniiy he fonnd that a nelght
chant btd bought It from Dick Gil
mere
.. Slats. Tha
row* somehow wan conveyed to Dickthet Bar
ton had canght np with him. and on the fol
lowing night, a little after dark Dlok crept
otutlonalynp to Barton's store, poshed the
door a few Inches ajar, took deliberate aim and
shot Barton through the heart, killing him
r thiseffsnao the Unite! 8titer
instantly. For
marshals made several efforts to catch him, and
in each attempt Dirk either killed or wounded
several of them, sad mad* good his ctcape.
T hey killed several of his band, which he
always had about him, and after he wae pur-
Canadian and Waehita risers. From that
country b# stole fifteen or twenty head of
home and run them over into Kauai and Kid
them; then stele soma fiat Kansas horses and
returned to hia old hiding ground in the
awampe between the Verdigris and Arkansas
riven.
Us htd been away to long people aapposed
him dead, and he considered himself sab,
Fatties from Kansas bad followed
him closely. They were strangers, of (Mono,
and knew nothing of the ins and outs of these
swamps and death trap*, and got soma
Cherokee* to go with them. Ths Cherokee
ware familiar with the rivsr crossings, and al
the tsaila that led into the swamps, sod were
1 assist them in
willing and anxious to pilot and
any way they could tocoptore the outlaws.
That sight thsy canght two of the gang, and
left them hanging to tho first convenient limb.
This aroused old Dick from hit lair, ae It
were, and ho whistled aphis reinforcements,
and next morning earn* thirteen strong across
the river on thnCbareka* aide, Kao wing that
and next morning cinio t!
the river on the Cherokee Wi
no one except the Chcrokeea knew of their
vrhtnsbonta, or wen femiliar with the situa
tion of their rexdesvous, they swore vengeance
age intt the first Cherokee they might sot eye*
Two yenng half breeds, William Cobb and
Alex Cowan, had a few days before returned
from college, and that —- »—
en s rir g on the prairie
from college, and that morning gone oat far
ear their ows homes.
their nszly young heart* wart buoyant with
bright bores for the future; they ware exhllir-
mted with tha fresh breezes wafted from the
wild fit wen across the beautiful prairie, and
engaged in light cheerful conversation, when
suddenly as they neared the verge of a small
jungle thay ware fired upon by Dick Glare's
bud.
The yenng men, although surprised, were
armed, u every man in that section was at
that time, and they wheeled their horses and
rounded them. Dick
fcorae by yenng Cobb and left fordasd,
Tha two yonsg man dismonntad and med*
breastwork* of thair borsei; the horses were
•eon killed and tho young man both dread-
folly wcnnd*d,bst they saccotdcd in driving tha
utei after entering
The gang after following the yonng men
almost to the home, shooting as thsy went,
retreated and picked np Glaas, who was badly
wounded, bnt not by any means dead.
' yenng Cobb lay dying he looked a;
r me anion’s free, with a smile, ana
I, Cowan, good friend, they’ve killed me
As yenng Cobb .
hie companion's free,
"Well, Cowan, good fr
—I am dying—bnt there’a a consolation in
knowing tbat I killed Dick Glaas, I know he
ngtl
it dead; I stepped over hla head after I killed
’ rill net
mere.” He died believing that
would have received the reward offend for
Dirk Glass’ body—though ho muoh preferred
the approbation of hia countrymen to any
other compensation.
Voting Cowan vu thought to have been
mortally wounded, bnt alter a pile fill and pro
tracted illness, recovered.
After Cobb’a death, in leas than twehty-fonr
hours there were over five bnndred armed
Cherokeea at Gibson's station, for the purpose
of avenging the brave yenng half-breeds. And
bnt for thepenraaaion and advice of Colonel)
Adair and Boca and Cbief Bnshy Hoad and
other leading Cherokee* they woald have
cn-iscd the river into the Creek Nation, econre
td the country and killed Indiscriminately
every su'pioions looking party they met Tho
Cm* chief and othor prominent Creeks,
promised to deliver to the Cherokee anthori-
ties Dick Giant’s entire band If they woald
keep the Cherokeea from Invading their ooun-
try. With this understanding tho mon'dts-
handed and returned to their respective homes.
O d Dick Glass had been lefs for dead, bnt in
the coarse of a month or so it was learned that
he was not dead, and that he had gent back
into the Seminole country.
For a yesr or so he kept pretty quiet and
bnt little was heard ef him; then be seemed
to take a now Ica-.e on life, and start out afresh
In hia old relo—killing and stealing. It wet
about this time tbat tha notorious Jim John-
•on joined him. Johnson wu a mulatto. Ha
‘ kll ‘ ' “
bad klllid a negro in eutern Texan then kill
ed Iba sheriff and deputy sheriff who tried to
arrest him, and fled to the Ohocktaw country,
and while there killed two negroes at a negro
frolic.
Various attempts were nude by the United
States marshals to capture him, but he evaded
thtm all and Joined Dick Glass.
The band of free booterr. augmented by the
bold and duing spirit of Jim Johnson, a co
equal In crime with its leader, Dick Glass, led
a wilder and more recklem career than ever, In
wagon woald pass, and attack him from the
Tho growth wu not thick enough to hide
thtm, and they cat down brashes, stack them
In the ground and made athlck screen behind
which they secreted themsalves-two on ono
side and three on the other of theroad-wlth
the understanding that when the wagon readi
ed a certain point between them, Captain Six
Killer wu to order them to surrender.
They took position and did not hevo long to
tstore;
ill tho distance. It stopped st
they distinctly heard them burstiogopenboxos
and bands, ransacking and tearing up things
generally and swearing at the merchant, who
made no resistance, u he stld afterwards,
knowing tbat thair time wu abort.
In a few mlnntc* on they came. It was
tranquil Hay morning in 1885; the birds wore
awake and chirping thair good mornings In
“ ‘ ‘ tho ambnscfido; the aon
the tree tops above i
bad not yet risen on the prairie; a strong,
fresh, south breeze rnstlod the leant
, leaves of the
new nude breastworks, and tanned the excited
Tb eir excitement grew more and more in
tense, u they caw the approach of the desper
adoes. Dick Glau, Jim Johnson, and one
other of the party, walked side by side behind
the wagon, the other
n drlvli
Ing.
man was seated in the
A few minutes now and the matter would
be decided; it wu an anxious moment. They
were about to attack a man who
for twenty .three years had been
an outlaw and a fugitive from jostles, whom
all efforts to capture or kUI had proved of no
avail and whose body seemed Invulnerable to
tho bnileta of hundreds of unerring mtrktmen
—a brigand and band who neither expected or
gave quarter, and a hand-to-hand encounter
with whom meant death to him or them; an
outlaw tamed as ‘ a dead shot," who in every
conflict in the put had killed or wohnded his
would-be captors or foes. Bnt thsy were well
prepared to nuke the attack. They meant to
order him to surrender and not kill him unless
he refiued todo so; but felt thstln killing him
they would be doing their oountry a good
service.
When In about 75 yards of ths Ghsrokaes
Indian nation. Their deprsda
lass assumed the proportions of a war-ilk*
raid, u thsy marched ogonly and defiantly
across the undulating
ig hi
prairios of this beautiful lone try, and .
td and robbed by the wholesale, driving into
Kansas large herds of eattls and drove* of
sand wide swooping
ndplnnaer-
rlvlng
Well is Dick Glass remembered by many
of tho cattle men end cost boys of Texas .sad
Ho l-nltoilet.
Ho bss been known to almost entirely dis
mount whole outfits of nttlcnien while lu
transit from their ranges to tho shipping points
in Kant as.
On onoof these expedition* he was captured
by n sheriff In Winfield, Kansas.
Be was sitting In a harbor's chair being
shaved, and thought himself entirely safe,
Duattu, wiu luuugu* uiiuevu uuutBt/ oneo,
when tho shorlffappreachcd, and, to nao a cat
tleman's expression, ‘got thn drop on him,”
handcuffed him, tad started on bin way to de
liver him over to tho Cherokao authorities, a
considerable reward having been offered for
him for the killing of young Cobb.
Next day the iheriff retained and reported
that Glau bad broke stray from him; bnt it
waa confidently believed from tnbeeqttent cir
cumstances that be bribed the aherlif with a
asm exceeding the amount of the reward, and
the sheriff turned him loose.
Each escape seimed to strengthen his eonr-
•ge and sharpen his wits. Ones after that, whan
uleep in a haystack roar a smalt stream, a
squad of men slipped np near and concealed
stream, and waited till daylight to attacl
Dick and hla comrades returned the fire,
killed one man and wounded all the others,
aennted their best horses and loft their plun
der and a few ponies, of which th* man took
possession.
These are only a fsw Incidents where nnsne-
cestfnl attempts were made to capture or kill
Dick Glass.
Next to the lut act before he wu killed,
wea to sell a lot of stolen hones to tho notori
ous Leo brothers. (These brothers have all
tinea been killed.)
npany with Jim Johnson and two
iporeto characters (namet unknown) to Don-
deepen)
niton. Texas.
Jim Johnson end the two other pertio* crossed
the river four miles north of Denison about
annul, and Glau knowing that ho would bo
discovered by the polico at Dtnlson, waited
until after dark, and creased th* nil road bridge
and went np town on foot. He aneaked around
town all night, sold tha horses for whisky
turned
and started toward their camp on the
river. When they reached Colbert station,
three mllu north of Bed rlvtr, in ths Indian
territory, a party then recognized old Dick
about 1 o'clock p. m. of the ant day.
Ht soon muttered and mennted a squad of
four brave Cherokeea—Salourah Catoose,
(Thicket on tha mountain), Tlkonecikoe, An-
gnnna and Chalnkee—with himself made five,
and started in pnmit of him.
A cattle man who wu in the neighborhood
with a lug* drove of eattls, In transit to th*
northern put ef th* territory, had a crew of
hick were all negro**. He picked from
handnwl
them a yoong black tallow whom he con Id
trust, and eent him with the captain'* party to
set u spy.
-y felt their way cautiously along in
wake of th* marauders, keeping the little
t the
in advance until near nighttall.
met some men In n
wagon who informed them that
the party described, wu camping on a
stream, about two miles ahead. Tnsy in
structed the llttlo nagro to keep on ths road,
pass in an nnconconea manner by ths camp,
thoroughly locate th* aitnaUon ana samrana-
itgs, and rtdeonuntil ha earn* to the first
bens*, a little store on tha prairie, six miles
beyond, and wait there until the captain’s
party would arrive—which he did. The Char-
chess flanktd the camp, and found the boy at
the ator*. with all of th* necessary informa
tion. They talked over th* matter, and know
ing that Old Dick wu always on the q-i: vivo,
decided not to attack him at night, so post
poned it until morning.
Thsy ascertained from the storekeeper that
tbe beet place to attack him would bo a small
stream about four hundred yards beyond the
store, where there were a few trees snl sbrobi
to ecnen thtm from sight They went to this
place, hid their horse* near by and left tbe lit
tle negro in charge ef them, with iutructiou
t) at In care any ef th* gang should attempt to
Iicspc, they weald immediately call him. and
he meat com* u vapidly aa possible.
Their plan wuto wait here until old Dick'e
nans), though of conns he knew
nothing of their proximity. The two
men walked clou beside him and u they cured
the place the Chcrokeea in breathless alienee
Dick Glau threw himself book in surprise,
at the tamo time raising his revolver in posi
tion to fire npon the captain. It wu never hia
policy to surrender without reeittenoe. In an
other second and ho would have killed Oaptaln
Six KUler.bnt at this juncture one of the men
on the opposite aide of the road, seeing the sit-
‘ , filial —
nation. iostantl y shot him in the bieut. His
pistol fell from hie hand, he reeled and
feU
npon hit back. Then the Cherokeea all .fired,
and Jim Johnson wu immediately killed, and
tho negro in tho wagon wounded;
tho other man ran like
o! tnlieU Tho Httio negro was immediate'
upon fbotcerto and eager for thochose. Mourn
ed npon a swift Texas pony hostarted out after
him, snooting as ho went. Tho t.'liorokoossild
it was amusing to watch tha boy; every time
he would shoot, hi* pony would tnm and ran
In an opposite direction; the darky not at all
dhooncerted or discouraged would wheel and
shoot again with tho time result. Ho finally
ran the man Into a thicket, and with an empty
revolver held him at hey nntil ths Cherokee*
a prisoner—unhurt.
camo and took him
The prisoners and the dead war* then
where they were identified by numbers of per
sons; Urge rewstde having been offered tor
them, both in Texas and Indian territory.
Thu ended tho career of tho notorious dar
ing Dlok Glass.
•THE GOOD OLD DAY” UUUDDU.;
From the Bridgeport standard.
Hen 00 years old remember when there were
no steamboats, bnt all travel on the water wu
den* by the alow, uncertain mores of sallin;
vessel#, when If one started for New York I
wu doubtful If he wonld reach there In a day
and mlnntet It requires to make the .
Hen now 60 yearn old remember when there
were no railroads, bnt all travel on Und wu
horseback, ana on foot. How a net wort
railroads oovers the whole oountry, and sever
*1 lines run from the Atlantic to the Psslfic
ocean. Nowit requires only six or uven
daps to cress the continent. Formerly that
trip required three mouth-.
Hen 50 yean old remember when there were
no photographs, but only paintings and draw
ings; mad* at great prices, of objects now done
better in an instant at trifling cost.
Hen of that ag* also remember when no
steamboat creusd tho ocean, and It was be-
Ueved that they never could, bnt now hnn-
unships are plowing every ocean,
dnds of steal .
reducing the time of crossing the AUaatic
from weeks to dsyi.
Hen 45 years old remember when there wu
no electric pl*llru>, but everything in that
doneintheoldtaehloned, alow wty.
line wu
Men of that
were no
tent by the slow going malls.
Hen 25 years old retnambei
remember whin thoro wore
no telephones, but sll ths measagasnowspoksn
through them bad to b* atnt by note or special
AFtfin grand and usefnl inventions hart
betn made within tho memory of men now
living. The younger generation can never
appreciate them u thou do who remember
tbe want of them, and therefore the gnat con
venience they are to th* world.
W* often hear of ‘‘tit* good old dayaof yore."
“ ' ■ '"" enjoyment of
Why deniivi our childrsnof th*
thou eld days? Why not pass a Uw teblddini
^■from ploa^B
•tram beats f
r forbidding
ir, railroads
from tanning onland, telegraphs from sending
plowing th* water,
i-rt.i
messages, telephones from being
all furnaces; steam beaters, etc.,
to batskin out of houses and other build-
lugs, all grates tar burning coal to bo taken
oot, *11 stove* to be melted for old iron, aU wa
ter worse In dtlee to b* left empty, th* on of
all «u and other illuminator*, except dipped
tallow candles; to be discontinued, and really
to the "good old times," my for five
to go beck I
yean. Then, if at"midnight on a cold, stormy
toted, ho smut be font .for
night a doctor la wanted.
instead of telephoning for him. If on# wiehee
to rend a menage to a distance, Instead ef tel-
rgraphing he must writ* a letter and sond it
by atngu to a distant place and wait patiently
for daya or weeks for the answer.
When cne goes home en a freezing night he
can sit by a wood fire, routing on one tlda
white freezing the oUror, and reading by
th*
dim light of n tallow dip instead of th* blitz*
of a gaslight or th* hots agreeable light of
... , ------ (Journey,Instead
kerosene. If he undertakes a Journey, instead
of setting into cars and going where ho wishes,
the best thing be can do ia to take a stag* at bar
times th* cost and ton times tu discomfort of
the cars. Let these and othor modern im-
-rovi meats bo forbidden and tbs "good o'.4
dove'' be brought bock, how long would it ba
before an extra Marion of the legislature would
Jare.-it riril in L ssiwV th* “gnret nM tllfl"
be Cernat ded to knock th* ’’good old days"
into (printers, and to restore th* much baiter
. _ . ranch
rredrrit ilsys which ws now enjoy, and for
Which wo ought to ba most devoutly thankful:
ARP’S LETTER.
AadCritlefic■ Beat ofSla Critics-Tha ‘Oldsouth'
«d4 the -Now South" The Slavery Qutation
•sd tu* i Conductor Flcoto-Ho Wanta
Jtaoo-A Good Letter. Store Sm.
Stick to the text. Josh Billing! advertised
a tootore on “Bilk,” but ho never mentioned
milk in his whiio dltoourto. Ono time a face-
tiett# ting told a yenng minister that if he
could preach a good offhand aermon from a
text that ha would send him he would give
him charge of the king’i ohipel and piy him a
good salary. When the morning cam* and tho
yonsg man wu in the pnlpit and ths king and
finer n and all ths nobility ware gathered there,
bit majesty lent npw piece of paper npon
wonld find the
which he raid the yonng man
text. The paper wu blank and to the yonng
man had to preach hla sermon about “nothing,”
and he preached a good on*. Bat it it not
every preacher can do It
The little talk I bad with the New York re
porter eeemi to have given offense to some
folk! and they havo taken It for a text and
preached a sermon. Had tho eermon ataokto
the text I would not complain, bu) tha preacher
bu foraged around promiscuous, and for his
own amusement let npa few scarecrows jut to
tee if he could hit them with a scattering gun,
I raid that the eouth had the labor of the
negro now nearly u cheap u she did before
th* war, and onr leu from their freedom wu
morff Imaginary than real. I wonld net have
said this twenty years ago, nor even ten, bnt It
la apparent nowrand It ia a consolation. W#
boast of It-Ido. I like to throw it In tbe
teeth of onr northern brethren and say “you
thought yon had rained na, but yon
Wa jost the pride of dominion—that wu all—
andtre gained votes and representation.”
I have paid willing tribute to the old south
too long and too often tar any one to question
my lor* or loyalty. I bar* said that we shall
never ace snob a grand and noble people again,
- l#t fiodi wfll not ,
for these modern way* and mi
cannot prodne* them, but I have no inclination
to ait upon ths river bank and ‘ atm." Ths
Maeun Telegraph nor any other Telegraph
bu never made more willing defense of
the eld south than I have tried to meko,
Sensitive to her froth, her honor, her
cblvalrlc manhood I have always stood in the
breach and stand then aliU. There most be
temothirg outside of any of my ntterencea
tbat provoke oven a criticism in that direction
The splendid defense recently made by
—* itofalfi
Dr.
IWard, ef UlaaltrippI, wastome agraMRHOT
The hold assertions of Secretary Lamar, at
mo np with pride.
Tho Telegraph rays: “We are writing no
del .in of slavery." Well, why not, if you
win to writo at allf Are yon ashamed of it ?
pretty well
. In and I think we are doing
etlog age and infirmity.
Won’t care what youcaU Ik" Tho now south
iris*
old fouth rehabitated it is the eontb, onr
aonth, and it ia a goodly heritage. Something*
brttor and tome are wont than before, but
I reckon we will get along. Somethings don’t
e ntente, but I can't help it Fo not going
tear my hair nor lose my appetite nor abase
teu my hair nor loae my appetite
my ashore. If the new eon th cannot prodace
such men *4 Toombs and Stephens and Ben
Jenkins and Cobb and Jt'
Bill and
it will pr
re I reckon the oountry la sate.
Johnson may be
Inoe many more nearly u great, and
I hope it la
Anothor little settlement by way of explena-
' —- - -- aolWi fsyont
tion and mollification and I am
to a picnic lut week and wu the Invited guest
of my friend Mr. Waring, and had agoodtime.
In my last Sunday’s latter I indulged in some
pleasantries about "Spring honk,” where Hr.
Waring llvee. and u he wu th* only gentlemm
connected.with the Howard family and wu a
son-in-law, 1 supposed the premises were his or
under Us ooitrol*
Mrs. Howard, tha widow of Charles Wallace
Howard, whoso untimely death we all lament,
writca me that I have done her great wrong,
Ibr the premftea are hare and the_ conductors
jopri- - -
THE ELIXER OF LIFE.
BY WALLACE P. HEED.
For the Constitution. «- y . -
It took Dr. Mixer’s breath away, Afit he tail
that, alter ail, life wu worth livln^-
He was* poor yonng phyeictan-jwlth a lot of
Impecnnlon* patients, and,it was u hard mat-
tar tar him to gat along.
But now It did not matter. If .the secret re
vealed In the document bequeathed to him by
hla queer old Egyptian patleut on hia death-
bid wu worth anything he would bo ablo to
make hie fortune.
It waa a singular bequest. It was the ell air
of life.
Aa Dr. Uixer read the paper over for the
:eproacbod
twentieth time he reproached hlmtulf fo#
not reading it before the Egyptian died. It
was too late to ask any question! about It.
After tbe first thrill of excitement Mixer felt
tbat tbe elixir wu a very unsatisfactory thing
Tbe written Instructions left by the dead man
were clear and precise, with one exception.
its and proportions of the mix-
tbe error in lut Bnnday’i letter. I wu not
snare of the subdivision of that property, and
am wholly innocent of intentional wrong. The
public does not care. myoonldenoeln
my own perceptions is west nlny, for I am (till
unable to perceive tits lqjnry done; bnt she Isa
lady who demands this correction, and re I
teak* it. I’ve sworn off now dram New York
and repsrtere and picnics. Let na all hare
peace, Bill Arc.
the BHaZEN bigamist.
He la Cliackeil In nia Career by n Newspa
per Man.
Nrw York, May SO.—The late breakfastsra
st the Holftnan house today heard load voices
in parlor D, and their enrioaity wu excltad u
to what the quarrel wu about. Tho voices
were not load enough to catch more than here
end there a phrase, “But how do you got
over there marriage lines?" wu ono of the
phrase* that led the ladies in the broakbat
room to look Inquiringly at each other. Than
there were three or four voice*
talking at once, and ona of them at length
•honied: '‘I’m satisfied, anyway; and I’m going
home; as yon can—”
Directly afterward th* door opened and a
fine, portly man of about fifty-fir# stopped
Into th* corridor, accompanied by another gen
tleman. One of there wu Colonel Frank 0.
Borr, ths well-known correspondent, and the
other, a tall man with *- Jong, drooping mus
tache, who also riatma to be a uowtptpor
man, and whoeo nemo Is Goorgo D, Lawson.
The story, u told by a gontieman praient, ia
tLawnon ho* beon oUyjug in Now York
and grew np with it, and I liked it and do yot.
But its time wm out—I reckon it wu. Solo
mon says there is a jtlmo for everything,
time wu ont, and wonld havo beon out before
bnt for tbogoadingsof our nortborn brethren.
Tbe beat men of tho sonth were advocitoa
of freedom long before it cirno.
llonry Clay wu the champion of gradual
. * be had tho
emam .
hearty
of the
i, forty years ago, and
oration of many'of the beet men
with Joseph Henry Lumpkin,
onr great chtef-Justlco, among them,
he Telegraph uka, "Who
The Telegraph uka, "Who made all th*
wealth that made the sonth a beautiful and
peaceful country. If we did not loee It by tbe
w»r, whir* la it?”
Tbe Telegraph la a "fanny man” toe. -
suppose he means wealth in negro sUvm, for
there la nothing olio "In the text.” Well, I
am not ready to admit that tire negroes made
aU onr wealth, and the white man made noth
ing. Lot’a tote talr with the white man, even
it—hla victuals and clothe*. I can prove that
by my neighbor, Montard, and other thrifty
neighbors, who worked them u slave* and
now work thtm u freemen. It la about the
tame, all things considered, so tar as money
concerned, and ths responsibility
good cook Jut now—one that needs a master
—that la a fast, bnt I can’t, and I am content
Sometimes I tael very mneh ilk* that tame
Judge Warner, whom the Telegraph tries to
make maalandar, but to whom I rendered
compliment and compliment only. I asked
‘ " - -- fluting "
him en* day what ha wu ran
[ about to
•erioosly, and he replied, “ipy Mend, I will
that Colquitt hu boon up north
and he made a speech in which hetaidhewu
gltd the niggers ware free—didn’t he—didn’t
her
“Yea;" said I, "I believe be did."
“Yen" said I. "I believe he did."
"Well, my friend, yon nover heard meaty
, and you never will—good morning.” And
It and you never will-good morning.’
h* pissed en with slow and solemn step*. No,
sm not glad and I am net sorry, but J am
tconellsd. Aa Pope says, ’’Whatever Isis
igbt”
The’
Telegraph Intimates tbat somebody is
tolling our children that their fhtbsn
fought and got whipped and than Mad
stout the money they loit in the fight
Thu ia an awful strain on th* text It can
hardly hast it. I dldent know thU onr tathers
not one in ten of the soldiers owned any
nor did they have very mneh liking for them
They fought for principle, for equal righto.
~ " ■ like onr revolutionary tires
They fonghl jut 1
' ght, ■ • - ’
against a tax on tea when not on* in a
hundred drank It. They fonght hectare w*
come. A fight helps folks sometimes. I
knew a man one* whoa* liver wu out of order,
and he quarreled with everybody with or with
out provocation, until en* day a fallow hauled
away and mashed the jaic* ont of hia nose, and
It mad* a peaceable Christian out of him. It
Is a bed remedy, bat it bents medicine. Th*
did my it wu going to be a rich man’s
t a peer man’s fight, hot
ilonist dared to tell the sol
diers that thsy were fighting for slavery—
Even Mr. Lincoln In bit proclamation of fran
dom wuaucfol tossy "Ido this u a wu
meant*.”
Tbe negro u property wu the least of oar
iercsbythewar, Ws could notes’him or drink
him nor wear him and nobody had any money
to bay him. W* had fonght ouraslvos ont or
‘ " ’ ana clothing and horses
avcrylbing, outof food
and moles and cetti* and bogs. Onr nsonrwa
were all ton* and it wonld hava been hat littl*
comfort then to have had a lot of nagro chil
dren to support, even the able bodied ones
would have been a harden, for we had no stock
and bnt few Implements.
Bnt old Father Tim* is a good doctor, and
twenty years hu brought onr values up to
about th* tam* they ware before th* war.tlavu
Included. Tha Telegraph asks “what* is onr
propirt}?’’ Why it wu destroyed. Four yean
war alii deafrby anybody's proparty, bat w*
for uvtrel wocke, and not'over tan days ago
be mentioned to one of-ltii eeqmfdtaBcottliat
bo wu about to marry a pretty young girl
where father wita "well fixed,” and whom
homo was In a quiet town In Now Jereoy,
Tho acquaintance happened to monlion it to
Colonel Bnrr, who obaeivod, “Why, Lawson Is
married already.”
Tho eamo evening Colonel Burr and Lawton
met In the cctldor of the Hoffman homo and
had an angry discussion. Lqwton, Infuriated
Tbo ingredient: . .
tore were given, bat tho quantity required at
ore powerful drug wm not stated.
"That la the tatal point In the whole bnsl--
ncee," said the doctor. “Bow am I to knew
bow mneh tense? Old Ben All hlmiolf did
not know. Heapent his life frying to A ad
not know, lie spent nia lire trying lo Bad
out, and died hero in the hospital. The thing
la worse than nsaleul”
Bnt lilxuwu foil of pluck and perreysr*
ance. He did not like to give np a good thing
if there was a living chance.
“I’ll experiment with small doses until I hit
the right proportion),” he thought. “It ia said
that tho elixir give* a man unnatural physical
strength, an active mind and a clear complex
ion. I’ll den myall carefully and watch.”
That night Dl Mixer decided to call on Mbs
Hlcklepenny. He had been on tho point of
tolling tho yonng lady what he thought or her
several times, bnt had hold back on account of
Ms gloomy proapccls.
"Bangft:" aald tirodootor,' "If Fro got tha
elixir ofllfs, wo are all right. Ws may not
make mneh money, bnt several hundred years
of life ought to count for something. I’ll pro-
nntn thli vfinr avAiilnf
pose this very evening.”
paying th* vteit Ml
_
thinkingoftho wonderful elixir. Why aot
make in (flint to compound It? He boa tied
sbent Ms office and oollicted the neoemary in
gredients. Then he made npthe mixture.
1 of the ilonbt-
at being croeatd In Ills achame, threatened to
kill Bnrr If he '^ave him away.” _ Directly
after this, when tbo Incident wu being dis-
cnuid In the c*fo,C. F. Bacon observed, “Why,
I worked in a Connecticut newspaper office
newspaper
with that man sixteen years ago, and ho was
married then and deserted bit wife.” Whan
they ■sperated, Colonel Bnrr wrote a letter to
tbe "well fixed man” from Near Jertty, in
which ho told him that Lawson lull Lai
married several time*, and that h*
knew that one wlfa at least was living
and had three Children by .him. The
girl's father came to New York In conse
quence of this communication, board a narra
tive about hit would be son-in-law, and re-
toned to lay ths statement before the pretty
yonng glrL She, of oonree, did not believe
there wu a word of troth In It, I "
ay it.
over and denied every word of It. The per-
— • - tl) y r>
ltd father atated all this In a letter t
Bnrr, and suggested that the two man should
"face it ont” in his presence. Th* time tar
tbe facing ont wu this morning, and the plies
parlor E, of th* Hoffman. At toe meeting Mr.
Lawami spoke at length of, senators and repre-
w length of
tentative! who would vouch for him. lie're-
viled Mr. Burr In fin* style, and bis prospect
ive Jersey father-in-law seemed to ho with
Mm until Mr. Bnrr quietly produced a mar-
of Gaoi
aim until Mr. Burr quietly ]
riag* certificate bearing the name or Georg*
D. Lawson. Then there wu a lull In the
proceedings, which WM followed by a desultory
oonvenation npon various methods of killing,
conducted throughout by Mr, Lawton, who
* ■ “ ■“ ■ father froir
favored shooting; and then th* ah... inn
New Jersey hunted boms, a madder and wlsai
man. Tha girl, who Is only twenty, sums t/
have clung to bet Lothario to th* Iasi 8b
rent him a note by her fothor, filled wit
phrases of loving trastfolnem. Bnthsrbtbs
vowed tbat her lover should nover cross hit
threshold more.
A WOMAM’g BILK COLONY.
From the Baltimore American.
Mr*. L. F. Baldy, of California, a member of
tbe Weman’i fillk Colton association of the United
Stales, bu tccurcd about one bnndred acres of land
oearOdenton, Md., which will be devoted to silk
culture. The land will he divided between ten
silk colonists, and each will own ten acre* of land.
Nra Baldy la (o Mach the colontsu, u the hu had
considsrahte experience In the seme line to Call-
Ihmia. Each colonist pays EOO, and la rantisbed
gueningat tbo proportion
fni drag.
“The doio may kill me," he said with a grim
smile, "bnt I’ll ran the risk.”
Be swallowed tbo staff, and set down to
await developments. In the aonrso of half an
hour or so ho began to foal oxbltsiated, A
look at the mirror thtfffied Mm that his eye*
were bright, and bit cheski ro*y.
“I believe I struck it,” ho oxclilmod gleo-
frilly, and Jwlthont farther delay he started off
to tee Mils Mlckloponny.
Jnat what occurred at Mlsa Micklepenny’s
residence usypx camo to llitht. Dr. Mixer
never told anyhfiSy, and Mist Mlckloponny
was very rotioent. The servants whispered it
about tbat tho doctor was inebriated, but aa
ho was known to be a very temporato man tha
It is certain, liowovor, that Mixer woko up
In tbo morning with a very b.d headache, IUa
" ersa and haggard f
■emetbing
dull eyes and haggard faco convinced him that
northing was wrong.
Th* elixir did Hi" he growled. "I did not
gat the right proport Iona, I'll try It again to-
waited nhtll bod-tlme before trying hte
j oration*.
experiment. This time be wu very
At last everything wu fixed to his satisfaction,
and b* drank off hla precious elixir, and want
to bed.
When he blurted ont thli question poor
1 staring at hte taow
Mixer wu alttlng np In bed I
interested spoettior the doctor wonld
havo looked very much like an African. Troa
hte hair wu straight, but hte akin wu u black
asM
The
unfortunate rolled np h'l alcoves. It
m I’m In a devil of a acrspo." _
ha paced ths floor. 'Thli won't do. I can’t
call on my patients nor go to my ofiloe. Foopla
wonld tbuktbat a blasted nigger had kilted
me an 1 stolen my clothes. Wonder what Miu
Uleklepanny wonld think of HI"
He droned himself and polled down all tha
enrtalna. Of conns, there wu trouble ahead.
Ths landlady bad to find ont why ths doctor
did net eome to breakfast.
Mixer satisfied hat by yalllag through I
dosed door that he wu net well, and that
bad dtelded to fast and sleep u mneh u ha
eonld, through tha day.
After getting rid of the kind hearted woman,
th* doctor worked on hte fare and hands with
•oap and water for an hoar, bat with no other
■ •suit than to make hla skin blacker than Ik
wsa before.
• Contaond 1” he erted, "I’ll donhlo th#
dote of elixir and kill myaelf at once. Better
thf
die than go tbrooth lib this way!”
Again ba bailed himaetr with his dings,
in a abort tim* h* had swallowed eiothsrdoaa,
"Fools very mneh like mixed drinks,” '
momhltd, at ha tall over on the bed. " n
feel—blc-llko I wu drank
“Hie!
ecs of a cocoonery end Instruction
Th* reject of tbe usocutioa Is to tarnish to ltd Its
sad children respectable and lucrative employ
ment Bha soya with proper diligence there’s mil
lions In IL On next Wednesday afternoon Km.
Baldy and IheCBsltimora ladles whom she has in
terested to the enterprise will go out to Oden ton,
on tbs Baltimore slid Potomac rood. Mulberry
tress will poadbly be set out this year, In
order lo tarnish bed for tbe silk worms that com*
next spring. Tbe silk worm's digestion is only
lulled lo while mulberry Its res or the leaves of
the usage onugs btuh or the Japonic* mulberry.
In dxwatks from th* time tha eggs are received,
and thsy can b* secured at a vary null fignre,
ths woiass have spun their cocoons, which hare
only to b* steamed before cash worm hu finished
Ms complete roll of silk. Th* climate has nothlag
to do with MIX culture, u It will be carried on in a
cocoentry where the temperature can be kept at
all times at about eighty dagnea. Aa the mulberry
Icsrts are only green to spring, tbe silk worm hu
to do bis spinning to tbs spring. Mrs. Beldyteon-
thnilartleln b«r undertaking, end acre no reason
why Maryland should not bs a successful sllk-
growlng state. A recant confrere appropriated
tis.coo for the purchase of silk worm eggs, and tar
tha maintenance of mulberry trees. Km. Baldy
says to* vain* of silk annually Imported la not tea
than forty millions of dollars, while Paterson, N. 1.
can tore out u good silk u made in Lyons, Mrs-
Baldy also suggests toe raising of grapes along with
toe silk worms, u to* worms require bntsix weeks
of care, and toe colonists must not bs idle. Hra.
Baldy la stopping at toe Karbla bonding, Charier
and Leslngtoo streets, where sherecelrettocac to
tainted tuber silk
Tha martyr to lot* and science tamed over
like a 1
and slept lit* a log for aix honts.
When he opened!
hte eyes he felt a little bet
ter. Hla skin was eoft and hl« hands, ilospito a
ysliowlrh appearance, had anatoral look.
Mixer rushed to tho mirror.
oilier rosucu su sue luinvotet geyo a groom
u soon u be ax Ms face. He was ne longer
black. His face wu orange colored, with
streaks of pnrplo and cardinal red. Hte bate
r u Mack u midnight hadtanwt
formerly
”Tho mlrerabte man swore silently to hlmaolF
and sat down to msditsto. There wu nothin*
to b* done but to go ahead with the elixir
business. II* went to work rnckiojriy and
drank a quart or mora of tho horrihlo liquid.
There w.s uo bod for him this time. He eonld
"‘wbenhocarnttoMrosIffood old Doctor
Dobbs wu sitting by Me bedrid*.
“How long bars I
bean tola way:” aaked
M ‘Trn day*,” wu th* reply, ‘Jot kup quiet,
old fsllow.yon tree, th* mend now."
“Flees* hand mo that glut,” begged to.
•ldc i
One glance showed him that be wu all
Hte akl
right fib akin sras as wbito as of old but
the tract! of a MvereUlnere could not bomb-
(AkOO.
“Has anybody inquired after me?” wsc
Mixer's next qutation. . _ .
„Y*s, Mitt Micklepenny every dat Bob
don’t talk any more. Yon wan experiment
ing with chemicals and poteonon* drugs, and
marly killed yonraalt Yon most not works*
hard to totals.”
Mlxsr grlaned aad timed over,
“They have not canght on to th* elixir," h*
M lea reft ftnlartfrflA “dri.l I'll t«lrA MM D1T<
-id'to «T undertone. >nd
self not to catch on to H again, 1
mo live.”
Ths Lord did lathimlivo, mneh to Miif
Mickluonny’i joy, and tho doctor plunged
Into a belter practice. Helot all fanciful ox-
ha tried the elixir,