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'A . 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,