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THE WEEKLJ CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY, MARCHU8,1884.- TTTELVE PAGF3H.
ALL THROUGH DIXIE.
THE SEWS OF THE WEEK IS THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
What the Southern Folks are Doing???The
Latest News by Mall and Wirt'
to The Constitution.
Crimes and casualties during ihe past week
make a (rightful sum total.
Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina
were visited by a destructive cyclone, but its
narrow track fortunately rendered the dam'
age less widespread than was the case in the
dreadful visitation of a few weeks ago.
Among other casualties may be mentioned
the destructive fire damp explosion in the
Virginia coal mines, the floods, and the fatal
poisoning of a family from eating western
wheat.
The bloody fight in a Texas theater, in
which two desperadoes met their death, the
remarkable conflict between the state of
South Carolina and the Messrs. Cash, the
killirg of Colonel Wheat, in Nashville, by
his father in law, Colonel Spencer, and the
murder of one sister by another in Alabama,
are several of the notable matters of the
week.
Hon. Jefferson Davis made a brief but spir
ited addless to the Mississippi legislature.
A Tennessee river convention was held at
Chattanooga, and a Southern immigration
convention at Nashvilio.
In agricultural, business and manufactur
ing circles the situation is quiet, but every
thing is moving on serenely and prosper-
ouely.
Arkansas.
HiUna, Aik., Mareh H.???There are two ugly
break, la the biennia Circle levee, inundating is,-
000 acres of the ft nest cotton land in the state. The
levee around Circle was bultt by the laud owners,
who havo .loco the war expended 12,290,000 mil ns
tatalug them. The river here l. falliii g five laches
dally.
The gamblers are leaving Hot Springs, Ark., tbcfr
establishments arc closed and everything is quiet,
Virginia,
Fetebibubo, March, 10.???Heavy ratu fell in vari.
ousaectloDsof Virginia to-day. litre tbo rain waa
accompanied by two separate thunder norms tnd
considerable hail, The Appomattox river at this
point is very high and rapidly rising, and It Is
feared that tome o( the county bridges have been
washed away. The protracted spell of bad weather
has greatly retarded farming operaUoas of all
kinds in this section of the state.
Lynchburg, V*., March 15 ??? There has been
little of additional Interest from Pecahonti to-day
concerning tbo late mine explosion and nothing
worthy of btlng telegraphed is likely to transpire
until tho fire in the mines Is smothered, unless
another explosion should occur. Some fear of
such explosion was expressed last evening by Col
Dodds, of tho Midlothian mines, and as a pre
caution against a further lota of human life,
guard has been set at tho entrances to the mines,
Superintendent Latbrop has notified several min
leg experts, whose services were engsged, that
they are no longer needed. They will be recalled
Louisiana.
Monroe, March 10.???On Thursday night last,
John Ungers and wife, aged respectfully 73 and 00
years, were murdered, it is supposed by John
Mnlllcan and John Clark, at their home ncur
Cadoville. The bodies were not discovered until
Saturday, when a posse started la punalt of the
murderers. The men named had taken lodging for
tho night at Rogers's house, and It Is laid while
the old couple were altUng by the fire,shot and in
stantly killed both. The object of tne doable mur
der tni evidently robbery, as tho.pUco shows that
it had been raussckcd.tmt the murderers failed to
find tho unfortunate couple's money, as it was
concealed in tho matlreer, and then mado good
tbelretcape on atoieu horses.
Nf.w Ort.ean-, March 16.???Tho grand levee re
ported broken laat ovenlng, is situated In Polute
Coupee parish, a few miles above Dayou Sara, on
tho west silo of the river, protecting probably the
richestaugarproduclngscctlon of the stato. Tho
water from this crevssso will ovotflow Ihe greater
portion of Polute Coupee and west Baton Kougo
parish, and portions of Iberville, and Asiumpiio't,
lncludingllayon Crosse, Teto section, submerging
tho Texss Paclfio railroad for many miles. This
leveo was built by the state last year, and cost 167,-
uoo. II the wholdleveo Is gone, as reported, a vol
ume of water a mile wide and ten feet deep will
pour oat of the Mississippi at that point.
Manuel OatcU, a prominent cltlzm of New Or
eani, who died the other day, wai the father of
twenty five children.
Tho break below Ihervfllo is closed. Work on
the Davit crevasses and on tho break below Napo-
leonville Is progressing favorably. Abed break la
reported at Stevenson???s plantation, St. John???s
parish.
Florida.
Tallisssk, March 10???Mr. John Ward, whllo out
hunting, fouud a man dead about a mile distant
on Lewis creek. The man teemed SC or 35 years old,
was bald on lop of hla head, and had a light colored
moustache. Ue was barefooted and wlthoutaeont
His feet were In the stream and his hat waa found
thirty feet away in tho edga of a swamp. Hit coat
and shoes couldn't be fuund. Nothing was found
on bit person to show who he was except a visiting
card with Mortis W. Moss on it, besides n shoe but-
tonersiq) sixty cents. Ho Is about five feethigh.
He and another man patted through here Tuesday
and appllad for work at tne factory, but didn't get
It. Neither kave been seen sines until this body
was found. No marks of vlolenca were found.
Santa Rosa, Fla., March 12 -Last Friday night
Mr. D. O. McArthur, of Cold Water, in this county,
retired to bed la bis usual health. During the night
he heard one of his grand children crying and got
up and took the child to nis own bed. Next morn
ing he failed to get up, and the family, after waiting
some Ume, went luto the room and found Mr. Mc
Arthur cold and stiff In death, with the little child
asleep in faia arms. It Is supposed that he died of
heart disease.
Mils Mar7 Bowen, a well known elocutionist, is
giving recitations in Florida.
An inter-tropical exposition compsuiy is being
organ Usd at Jacksonville, Fla.
According to the Palatka, Fla., News, the aheriff
of Putnam county reiuses to serve the process
the county Judge; that when fined by that officer
for coutempt he tells him to "fine and be d???d,'
end Justice is therefore at a standstill.
In Ocala there are now In progrese e four story
hotel with 200 roomi, six two story Iron trout
buildings end fifty rtsldencee.
At Orlando twenty eight citizens hover organized
a company with 150,000 capital to build a hotel.
Judge Hammond, of Fort Gates, estimates that
there ere 37,000 bearing orange trees in Putnam
coauty, besides 38,000 trees that will bear In n year
or two, 100,000 sour tress and M0,000 young seed
lings not long set oat.
Captain Hamlin, of the United Rules fishery
deportment, laerrenglng locations la the upper Ft.
Miry's river for the artificial propagation of shad,
captain Hamlin proposes to push the work at
once. _____
South Carolina.
Or abicjton, 8. C??? March 10.???Robert Emilia waa
to-day nominated for congrem in the black district
to succeed the late T. J. Mackey.
Colcsbui, March 12 ???A terrible tornado struck
the northeastern poetlaa of this county yesteidsy
afternoon. No Uvea were lost, bat the destruction
of property was very great It haa been raining for
the pest tea dope High water If impeding travel.
The lowlands are submerged and thoi river la atlll
rising.
Cglunbia, 8. C., Mareh in.???Colonel Jl. B. C. Cash
to day was taken betore Chief Justlcq Simpson on
a wilt ol habeas corpus. Much documentary evi
dence wsa offered by the prosecution end elaborate
arguments made on both sides. Tho prisoner was
defeudel by Colonels Ball, Watts and Pope. The
prosecution was conducted by Attorney General
Miles and Solicitor Newton. The chief Justice de
cided that Cash should be released on ball in the
sum of If,SCO Competent bondsmen quickly came
forward and qualified. Cash was thereupon sot free.
He will return home to night, llogon is still atlarge.
There it no probability ol his beiug captured. It Is
said ho will surrender when his father returns
home. Tho excitement has entirely died out.
Columbia, S. C., March 15.-Miss Carrie, Gov
ernor Thompson's oldest daughter, who was acci
dentally burned a few nights ego, died to-night
aftersttff. ring agonies.
Greenville, March 15 ???A prominent insurance
man. Major William I. Barrett, temporarily so
journing here, committed suicide lost night,
swallowing a large quantity ol morphlno. His last
words were, ???It takes more courage to live than
to die." Ho was a native ol England, a reputed
kinsman oi the carl of Bute, formerly wealthy hat
died poor.
Dr. George Trezevant, of Columbia, one of tho
most prominent physicians ol the south, is lylug
at the point of death hero.
At Gre nville, 8. C., the other day quite a sen
sation was caused by the arrest ol J. H. Foulk, a
passenger conductor on the Columbia and Green
ville railroad, who was arrested on tho charge o(
abductieg Miss Rena Johnson, of William-ton,
a student of WilUamston college. Tho girl, a
pretty fifteen-year older, took a trip to Augusta on
Fealk's train. At Greenville the couple spent tho
night at tbo Mansion house. In separate roams,
Jioweyer, Foulk according to all accounts showed
the Rirl many RtWaUons, Alter much doubt and
perplexity the prostcutlou against Fculx was drop
ped, and tho affair Is regarded as nothing more
than a freak on the part of tho girl.
The Foulke-Johuson affair, at Greenville, 8. C.
was compromised, the prosecutors decllnlug to press
the case and stating that they were satltflcd ol
Foulke???s innocence-
Kentucky.
Louisville, Match 14.???Daniel Kesler committed
suicide at the residence of his son, Conrad Kesler.
When the family of his son awoke the body was cold
and stiff and depending from a cross beam of
large grape arbor in tho rear oi the house. The
first intimation they had ol the suicide was when
the eldest daughter of Mr. Conrad Kesler arose to
pteparo tbo morning meal. It was about 5 o'clock,
and when tho young lady stepped out Into the
side porch to pass from her room into tho kltchon,
her eye fell oa the body swinging from the arbor.
In the uucerutn light of that hour It was
impossible to Interpret -the appearance rightly.
That It could have been the body of her grand
father never auggtsttd itself to her mind. Suspend
ed as It was, with the feet a lew Inches from tho
ground, It presented the appearance oi a llvu per
son who bad been suddenly checked in somo noc
turnal prowling upon being discovered. She looked
again at the straogo apparition to assure herseli
that it was no delusion. A wind was blueing and
she could sea the body as it oscillated toward
her. Rushing back luto the bouse all afirlghl,
she notified her lather of the man she had seen in
under the arbor advancing toward tho house. Mr.
Kesler arose, and, securing his pistol, walked cut
oa the poich. Ue leveled hla weapon and fired at
the body, which seemed to him to be alternately
advancing and retreating, as ihougn uncertain
whether or sot to make the adventure. When the
smoko of the powder cleared away ho looked
again, and observed that the body neither moved
from its position nor spoke, Ue advanced a little
closer for a fullor Investigation, and discovered,
as he approached, that 1: was tne person of his
father.
Texas.
Tibbell, Texas, Marcn 11.???Vivian, a little gltl
about five yean old, daughter ol Os Bowen, who
resides in Ihe south put oi the city, whllo out in
tbs yard attempted to pick up a house cat, doubt-
lea thinking it her own, with whlcn jshe is in the
habit of playing. Tho tuilmal bit her through the
lower side of the baud. A very abort tlmo there
after, the cat was observed to be tbo subject of a
???fit??? similar to that created by strychnia. The
patents are much alarmed tnrough fear that tne
cat has hydrophobia, and aroludeep distress on
account nl tear for tho welfare of their lovely Vi
vlau.
JzrvEtsoN, Texes, March IX???A very large and
ferocious catamouut was killed leto yesterday even
ing by Mr. Tom Totraes, only two miles from town.
It is said to have eaten a great number of chickens
and young pigs, and several small calves this winter
la the neighborhood, and was a terror to all around,
This u Ihe third one that has been killed here this
winter, and is sold to bs the last one.
San Antonio, Texas, March IX???Ban Thompson
ana Nlng Flitter, shot coca other dosd in thu Vsu
devllls locator last night. Joe Foater, w hr attempt
ed to quiet the combatants, was snot in tee leg and
wilt probably die ol hemonhsgo. Tnotnpsou and
Fuher had been drinking together and entered tho
theater in company. They met Fas-
s the dress circle and some
words were exchanged. Tne dress circle was
quickly cleared, tho occupants Jumping into the
psfiiuetto below, and through the side windows
intothestrcet. No one teems to know who fired
tne first shot, or hew many were engaged la the
shooting. Before the theater was faltly
cleared of Its occupants, 1,500 persons
the outside were clamoring at the closed doers
far admittance. Shortly alter tberiiootlng Tnotnp-
sou???s brother put In an appearance but was
promptly arrested. The Jury was hastily cm-
paunelUd.andllwtsasoertalucd that Thompson
had received lour mortal wounds nud that Fuher
had been wounded three times, Iwool which would
have caused instant death. * The remains
of the victims were token in ctatige by a host ol
friends and rke obseq alee hove been ordered on the
grandest scale, regardless of exponsa.
Laredo, Texas, March 13.???There is a gentleman
hen who claims that he elept with Vincent, the de
faulting Alabama treasurer, n few nights ago, tn
Mexico. He says that he crossed into Mexico five
miles above Laredt.,
Longview, March Rt.-sTbUxlternoon a tramp was
refesed a handout by Mu. A. W. Morrison, when
he pulled his revolver and shot the yard dog, and
threatened Mrs. Morrison, after which he left. Mrs.
Morrison followed him with a Winchester title,and
earning him at tho J unction, brought him back and
turned him over to the officers.
Tho Galveston, Text, cotton exchange recom
mend! the discontlnnanci of tho coinage oi ellver
A sowing girl to Waco, Texas, made six lino
???hiru in sU hours oat day last week. This is pro
nounced the fastest lime on record.
Alabama.
OriUKA, Ala., March 10.???In Coffee county, Mrs.
Hughes and Mrs. Harvey, two tisters, quarrelled
overa cow. Mrs. Harvey, arming herself with a
knife, plunged It Into the heart of Mre. Hughes
Millet; her Instantly. A Hide son of tho latter wsa
then sot a pan by his Infuriated aunt, and nearly
eat to death. The woman ii no* confined in Elba
Jail.
GCNTEOsrtLLX, Ala., March 18.???A dcetraotlro
cyclone passed near hero last night. H. 8. Hets
and Mrs. John Tidmoio wets killed. John Tldmore
end Mrs. Frank Farmer ware eorioaely Injured.
About thirty houeee In the path of tho etorm were
blown to atenu. Storm left earth after moving
nearly six miles.
Tyler A Noble, of Anniston, Alt., purchased fce
timber blown down utar Leeds by (he eycioao.
Mrs. Eellmbeth Hannagnun has sold the privi
lege of wotodng streets of Mobile to a stock com
P??ny-
The dead body found at Tallimto, Alaheme. the
other day, is suppoeed to bo that of alailor named
Lewlt Staiel, from Montgomery.
Mr. J. Edward Wilkins, n lawyer from
Eng., was banquet,-1 at Gadsden, Ala., by the bar
of that piece the other night.
Hon. John A. Campbell, of Now Orleans, has ac
cepted an invitation to deliver an address before
tho Alabama bar association at Birmingham, Au
gust 7th. The Montgomery Advertiser tpeaks of
Judge Campbell, "the mo it Illustrious and re-
nowued lawyer In America to-day."
Colonel Augustus U. Johnson died lu Moutgom
ery last Monday. Ue waa lieutenant colonel of
the First Alabama cavalry during the war.
Tbo Birmingham, Ala., street railway Is to bo
extended to Elytcn, making three miles of track.
A movement t?? on foot In Alabama to rtiso a
fund for tho relief of Mr. Merrill Pratt, of Birming
ham, who It threatened with financial ruin because
his name was on the bond of o x-Trcasurer Vin
cent.
Tho market'gardenors are leveling tho old con
federate fortifications around Mobile.
Hon. John M. McKleroy telegiaphi the AdvortUtr
to night withdrawing from Ute taco for governor
which leaves the field open for tho present Incum
bent, Governor O'Neil.- This action on the psrt of
McKleroy, It is believed, Insure! blm thegoveruor-
???hip two yeara hence.
Mobile has sixteen cases of small pox.
Mr. Bud Wocd, a blacksmith, was killed by a
train at Dadevllle, Ala., last Saturday evening.
The rains did great damage around Montevallo,
Ala., ou the llih.
It Is saiJ that the Georgia Paclfio shops will be
located at Anniston, Ala., near the Oxanua line.
Last Wednesdav the sheriff closed the shoe store
of U. K. Murray A Co., Birmingham, Ala, under
an attachment for Ft,833.55, in favor of SC. John,
Kltktaam A Co, of New York.
Miss Lula A. Moore, of Brownsville, Is dead.
Mrs. Pant F. Semmcs, relict of General. Semmoo,
died at her home lu Monroe county ou the 11th
lost.
Hands are coming from all directions to work on
tho Sheffield railroad, and the work will be pushed
forward so os to secure the subsidies offered by the
federal government and Alabama.
North Carolina.
Raliiob, N.O., March ll.-Govemor Jarvis re-
csived B dispatch this afternoon announcing that
E. Bay and W. A. Anderson, revenno officers, who
recently killed threo men In Mitchell county, had
surrendered and were in Jill lu AthevlUo, Stato
rewards offered for their capture amount to 1800
and tho private rewards to tt.000.
Kernersville, n, O., March IX???A report was
in circulation last Saturday that the wife of John
Macoy, living about two mlloa from town, bad at
tempted to lake tho Itfo of her husoaud by cutting
bis throat with a butcher kulfu. ,
At Lenoir, N. C., last week Lucky Joe Wilson, n
famous deeperado, escaped from jail bv feigning
death, fimeariug his face with the blood of a
chicken, and making his hands and feot as cold os
ice with snow setsped from tbc???wlndow sill, he pre
sented such u ghastly appearance that ho was car
ried into an out hourc to be laid out for burial. At
tho first opportunity he vatnoseJ the rancho and Is
stilt traveling.
Edwatd Ray and Walrhhdlll Anderson, two reve
nue officers, who, on the 15th oi February, killed
three tneu In Mlichtll county, N. U., have sur
rendered, and arc now In Jail at Asheville.
Mr. l???eter Franctico Potcttd, ol Raleigh, N. C??? is
dead.
A deputy sheriff and a Justice of Ihe peace, named
Wilson and Itedman, are In the North Carolina
Peulttntlaiy, wutktog out sen tenors for murdor.
Kings Mountain, K. C., Match 14.???Mrs. Emma
E. Uooildge, daughter of General Disha, of Mobile,
and cousin of Governor Porter, of Tennessee, was
arrested in Pnlladelphla yesterday for attempting
to abduct her son Alfred, she waa put under 11,500
Mrs,Giietwsslattenily killed. Tue agricultural
and mechanical oellcgo of Starksvilio, was dam
aged to tho extent of |l2,o:o. Tho estimated lost
In tho county UHOO. ooj
The lowo journalists will visit Vicksburg, Min
in April.
Jackson, March 14 ???The legislature has parsed
and the governor hoe signed tho following bill:
Boltoiisotcd by tho legislature of theetatoof
Mississippi That It shall be unlawful for auy per
son, company or corporation to sell, or offer to sell,
arty tor pistol, csrtiidges, caps, or other contriv
ance by which said pistols are fired, withlutho
limits of tho stato of Mlrslssfpnl; and any person,
company or corporation violating any of tho pro
visions of this act shall bo guilty of n misdemeanor
and on conviction thereof shall bo fined not less
than twenty nor more than fifty dollars.
Macon, March 14.???Mr. Andrew Triplett, a well
to do farmer living lu tho northwestern portion of
the county, was found dead on the bank of a little
creek near Mr. W. M. Hlckaby's house. There were
no marks of violence on his person, and ho evi
dently died from exposure. He had lino in Iris
pocket and valuable papers. Mr. Triplett pur
chased a fine, largo hone la Macon on Wednesday,
and left for home. Ho dismounted at the creek,
and being intoxicated and the horse restless, it is
supposed he was unable to remount, and laid
down, got benumbed acd died.
Pass Christian, March It.???A man was found
dead on tho end of Butcher's wharf in Pass Chris
tian Monday momlag of this week. Inquiry has
riuce revealed hla identity to be that ol Mr. John-
ston, of Ohio, who had boon agucst oi the Mexicau
Gulf hotel tfneo tho middle ol January. The body
had been out on the left breast, on the right groin,
also on the right tide of tho neck, and whon fouud
strassuspended bye cast not Hue from tho tv??U of
tho house ou tho end of the wharf. Tho dead man
lef t ou record no remsoo for hla self murder except
a few words scrawled on old envelopes, thus: "I
seem to be driven by some Infernal spell lately."
"I stabbed myself and after walking to tho plor
cut the vein In my neck." The deceased was
about fifty years old, and sooms to havo boon tu
easy clrcumuancot so far as wealth was concerned.
Tennessee.
CtlATTiNooaA, March 10.???The Tennessee river
at this point ooutinuod to rlio until ten o'clock
thlamorning, when it became stationary, at forty-
threo feet. Tho fourth and fifth wards suffered
most, hundreds of houses being submerged and
tho sheet of water la now over a mtlo wide. The
people living in two story building) are compelled
to Ecek safety lu tho seoond story, whllo those liv
ing in cottages wore driven to seek higner quar
ters. No lives have beon lost, though considerable
suffering among extremely poor classes exists.
Several largo mills and manufacturing establish
ments on the lowlands havo beon forced to sus
pend operations, owing to the fires being put out
by tho water. Tho Roane Ironworks are completely
submerged. It Is thought the river has reached Its
maximum and will commeuco to recede to tflght,
The damsgodono amounts to rnauy thousand dol-
Naiuvillr, March 11.???This -morning William
Spencer shot and killed his son-in-law, Ed 8.
Wheat, at the Merchants exebanga corner, opposite
the telegraph 0111 so, Speacar was former United
States marshal for tho middle district of Tennessee,
and was succoodod by Wheat. The trouble roso
from a disagreement In the settlement of business
matters. Wheat was a member of the fl m of
Buford, Thomas A Co., of thla city, Spencer hits
been arrested.
Tho following Is another account of tc-day's
tragedy: Ex United States Marshal Edward 8.
Wheat wosehot twice and klllod by Wm. Sponco,
his father-in-law, at twonty-flvo minutes put eight
bond. Her previous attempt to kidnap bur chit- ni??xasosr-in-i??w, at iwoniy-uvo mmuioaput olght
dreu hero wo widely published at tho tlmo, o'olock this morning, u ho gu In the act of
crossing College etreot In front
widely published
Cjiabljtte, N. C??? March 14 ???Jadgo Mchae hu
passed scuteuco of death upon Adolphus Pressleys
and Earnest Williams, who wore convicted at tho
prcscut term of court of burglary. They were both
sentenced to bo hangod In too Mecklenburg county
Jail on the sjin day of next May. Their attorneys
wok an appeal to the supremo court.
Tne Charlotte Oeseiv.-r says: lu tho superior
court the old suit of Mr. U. 11. Peoples, woo suts
for a divorce fromhls wife, M.??? A. feoplet, cir-ie
up forulel. According to bis statement hit better
hall hu In more ways than one made his life a
burden to him. OA one occulon hie Mary Ann
Induced him re climb on apple tree and shake
down sumo fruit lor her. ilo uusocked his shoes
end crawled up. the tree. Whho ho was up there
lie heard an unusual noise, aud looking down saw
his wife cutting away at the tree. Ills first Impulse
wsa to ctlmb down, but she told him to do It if ho
dared aud shu would chop off hts logs. So Mr.
Peoples remained in his poroa among the llmoa
until by aud by tho tree came down aud broke a
1st oi hts bones. Tho Jury announced that they
Iannd the issues lu favor oi the plaintiff.
Heflin, Match 14.???Cleburne county is terribly
excited over the death ol a latnily oi lour persons
from eauug western meat. Two days ago Ur. It. C,
Orwell, a well to-do farmer, was lu this place, and
amoug oilier purchases took ??? homo with him a
quantity oi Cntcago beef, for the purposo of giving
it a trial. Wnliu Mrs. Otwell wu cooking it her
husband remarked that there was something queer
lu its appearance, but did not suspect Its true
nature. At tbo dinner table the wife and threo
ceildren ate heartily of it, but Mr. Otwell, being
sick,did not came to the table. Wlthiu tu mluuica
Edwatd, tho yoougeat child, turned deathly pale,
aud swooning back died almost before his parents
realized that bo was sick. Wnllo weeping over tho
event the second child exhibited samo symptoms,
nod it was not Jong until he,too, was laid a corpse
by his little brother. Tho oldest child had by this
Ume fallen a victim to terrible retchings, and wu
lu violent oonvulalona while younger brother waa
breathing his last. Then the mother fell a victim,
and by sundown tho entire family of four were
laid side by tide, dead. The officers ate taking
steps to locate the cause of death, and for thla pur
pose have scut off some of the meat for analysis.
Missiiaippi.
Jackson March u.???Uou. Jefferson Davis spoke
to the two houses Jointly, tho govomor, stato offi
cers, supreme court judges nod n large ua-mbhge
of citizens. Ue wu enthusiastically received.
Lieutenant-Governor 8hands welcomed him loan
appropriate address. The speech of Mr. Davis only
occupied fifteen minutes, u he is physically very
feeble. Referring to ihe federal government he
said: ???I have been reproached for not asking pardon
Pardon comes \lt;r repentant*, and 1 have not yet
repented. My actions woald be ns those of the past
under tbo Mmecircuautoncee. Ho (toted that Utty
had robbed him of that which wu not denied me
humblest citizen, but, thaak God. they had not
abridged Ms ilghtof being a native Misslasippua
that ha held this right sacred above all others, and
while hla heart should boat, her interests and those
south should bo paramount;
that in hla opinion tho southern
people were IntollectnnDy equal loony, and lu
advantages being superior, be believed she would
yet hold the helm, direct tho ship and rldtlt
safely through the storm. Ho wu AS a watt upon
tho political aea, sectadcdin bis lonely homo; yet
his greatest desire wu to see tho south prosper. He
closed by thanking God that ha wu a native Mis-
shslppton, and that when ho died hot soil would
rec Ive hit bones.
The governor hu approved tho railroad eaptr-
virion bill.
frraREViLLE, March 11-A cyclone struck thla
place this afternoon, doing immense damage,
Wavcrly, which suffered so severely lut week, wu
slid visited, and groat dams gels reported.
HTAtumuJt, March 1A-A terribly dee tractive
storm passed through this coocty yesterday even
Inf, doing great damage. Its course was from
???oathwutto northeast along the lino of the Caa-
Aberdoon and Nashville railroad, (boot
twelve miles west of here, destroying Umber and
blowing down hotuee, etc. Tho telegraph llnee
alooftbo track were greo'iy damaged. At Steel???s
mill! rig mites from here, every building wu
blown down, andreveral fsmillce are almost du
ll ute. One colored women wu fatally hart.
???treot
tho Merchants??? exchange. Spence hsd
followed Whoat for more than two blocks. He
called to Wheat once, and tho lattor turned hts
head, bnt did not slop or reply, Spcncn overtook
him on tho street crossing and fired tho first and
alii shot into Wheat's back, the bulletpenetratlug
ho heart. Wheat felt on his back ou
tho crossing in front of tho oxchiugo. Snanro
walked around him end fired a second t.'Jjr into
his breast, tho bullet shattering tbo watch in his
rest. pocket, and entering hts body
between tho seventh and eighth rib
Wheat groaned after the first shot, butnoverspoko
and died almost Instantly. Tho body wu lmmcdl
ately removed to an undertakers and an in
quest held. A verdict wu rendered
accordance with the abovo facts. It doclired that
the murder wu mailcloul and unprovoked. After
firing tbo aecond shot Bpeoco mado a remark which
wu understood to bo to tho effect that Wheat had
choked him. Spence wu Immediately takou Into
custody, and hit pistol, a self cocking Smith
and Wesson, with two barrels discharged,
aud all others loaded, was tagen
from him by s policeman, and bo was commuted
to Jill under a bench warrant. The trouble Is
ssid to havo originated from a business dispute oi
sems years standing.
CnATTANoooa, March 12 ???Tho Tonncsseo river
convention hu been in session all day. Governor
O'Neal, oi Alabomt, presiding. About five hun
dred delegates are present from Georgia, Alabama
Teonrmeeand other states Interested In improving
soatbern rivers. A committee wss appointed to
rntmorallu congress to appropriate 1700,090 for
completing tho wotk already commenced at the
Mutclo Shoals on tho Tennessee river. A commit
tee of olie hundred wu appointed to visit Wuh-
lngton aud meet tho harbor and river commltcft
on tbo 20th Inst. Colonel Tomlinson Fort was ep-
DOtnted chairman nf tho committee.
Natnvitxa, Month 12.???Tne Southern Immigra
tion ueooiation wu called to order thla momlag by
President A. J. MoWblrlcr. Governor Halts de
livered an address oi welcome, aud spoke elo
quently oi the resources of Tennessco. and csllod
upon tho north to help develop thorn. The au
dience wu large, and included many ladles. Let
lets were received from Governors Hubbard ol
Texas, Knoll oi Kentucky, and Jure iaol Worth Caro
lina, ex Governor Brawn and others. Governor Crit
tenden, oi Missouri, delivered an affective speech.
He said there ins nothing political la thu immi
gration movement. Thorn wu no politics in a
???oath when such a move takes hold of the ptople.
In twenty yean the south would bo tbo greatest
manufacturing section of tho whole country.
Youths present would live to seo tho trulls of this
meeting. The west would Join bauds wltn tho
eooth in the great work. Cjlonel Hooker, of
Mtwfsrippli was ths next speaker.
He euloflxed Amerioan inventive genius and
enterprise, and gloried In the fact that Americans
I evented the telegraph end steam navigation, and
constructed the F.lmiielppl and St. Louis bridge.
He sold there ought to bo a reultra of rR ,h,
people ot the union. Mtoriislppl wu heart and
hand in this immigration movement. Ttre south
WU the deeilned region. President McWhlrter
then delivered a formal welcome to thodeicgatig
and tho members ol the association. He said the
prelect muting wu a mere scaffolding for tha
work to bo performed hereafter.
NatvlLfJC, March U-Tha Immigration
eoclation this morning adopted by-laws
establishing tbo territory ol the aioct
atlon lo embrace the fourteen southern states. The
objects of the association ora to utablish immi
grant homes srbenneceeaary to encourage foreign
nod domestic emigration, publish and distribute
statistics and maps upon the resources and various
industrial lnteitstaof tha southern autos, make
contracts for tho tranapdrtobon and settlement of
immigrants, within tho territory embraced by tho
association, establishogondss for tbo several statu
and establish permanent eahlbiti of southern pro
ducts In Earops and America. Tho capital stock
Is to be no leu than 150,000. nor more tbap 1501,000,
In shares of IX Letter! from distinguished per
sona were received, pledging tfaoireoraost coopera
tion with the movement Ths n??xt annual meet-
log will bo held In New Orleans.
CNATTSNOOOS, Tain., March 23.???Lott night C.
L. Barnes wu sitting at the saloon of Pat Morgan,
Ml Joe Boise enured and palled the chair from
under him, and let him fall on the floor. Barnes
loft tho honto and returned soon thereafter to And
Bales occupying flie seat and he Jerked tho ohslr
from under him. Bales got up mad and struck
Barnes in tho month, whereupon Barnes knocked
him down. Bales went off and toon returned <r|th
a pistol and tired twice at B tmes but missed. The
latter then struck tho pistol with a poker aud
knocked It out of his usallant'a hand. Bales wu
at onoe arrested and fined 159 In the mayor???s court
thla morning.
Tho United States fish commission car, from the
Wjthovllle, Va., hatchery, arrived here to day with
4.0C0 California trout, to be distributed In tho trlb
It lories of But Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia.
It is the most valuable lot of fish over sent south.
In the family of Mr. Joe Guthrie, at Bogerivllle
Junction, Tenn., two more children have died
from eating the poisoned canned blackberries,
making threo deaths in all.
The Tonncsseo river convention was held in
Chattanooga this week, and resolutions adopted
urging the government to couUuue tho work of im
proving tho river's channel.
Mrs. P. V. Ottarson, ol Nashville, Tenn., Is in
Moulgomery, Ala., to establish a circulating li
brary,
Mrs. Martha J. Patttcnon, of Tennessee, tho only
surviving child of ex President Andrew Johnson,
hu received a handsomely bound momorlal vol
nmo by tho common council of Now York city,
Tho volume contains tho resolutions passed by tho
council upon tho death of ex-Presldcnt Johnson.
Oa tho 11th a meteoric stone fell near tho brick
yard of W. G. Bush .it Co., In Nashville, Tenn. 'It
was the size of an egg.
Bill Arpls lecturing to good houses in Ksst Ten
neasee.
Small pox still llngore In Davidson county, Tenn.
In Nashville, Tenn., Mr. William Spruce, when
lodged In Jail lot tbo murdor of his son-in-law.
Colonel E. 8. Wheat, gave orders that no newspaper
man should bo admitted to his pretence.
Tho city aud stato authorities are raiding tho
gambling rooms in Chattanooga,
BOATING ON THE OCMULGEE.
llhiotj <r ths lll.wi.r ws at ths Harr I'rsseett
Nearly Forty Yfars Age.
About one and a half miles from Bullard's sta
tion Is the "Bluff" on the Ocmulgeo. Hero It wu
In the days of stcnmboallng, on that river, the boats
used to haul freight for tho contiguous country.
About nhalfmllo below, on tho cast side of tho
stream and almost butled In tbo mud, Is tbo skele
ton or hull ol what wss once, perhaps, the finest
boat upon tho river. Maoy hero betn the times
while hunting aud fishing lu the swamp, I havo
stopped and looked curluuaiy and wondctlngly ???
Ihe great bulk, hall decayed, halfgonoto pteci
lyitttr there buried In tbo mud, a silent monument
ol ntlslorttinc, ptrhtps dinner. I have talked
with those whom 1 havo met In the
???tramp aud at tho elation about it
but none oi them could giro mo lu history one
but few teemed to take any Interest in tlto matter.
It Ilea there today as when I first saw It, and its
history would still boa mystery but for tho wreck
of tbo City ol Columbus.
Absolutely Pure.
Ama&usft vsruaaa
tliNii lhn or.lli.airy kind*, and cannot bo aold ia
coin petition with the multitude of low-ttst thort*
weight, ???fum or phoralute powden. Sold only In
enua. \\holettle by Boyntou Bn*, Atlanta, Gb.
..n VALT !" , ! ,0R0 ' 8 C.-Dr. J. M. Klein says:
Barisfactlon 1 ?????? 111,lltera *??? a,re B * T6n RnivofJ??l
Governor Routt, Denver, one of the 300 ot ChVts.
go, brands tbat number on hts cattle,
"The doctora said my child must die with
spurns. Samaritan Nervine cured him.???
Wm. E. Tanner, Dayton, Ohio. At Druggists.
Uam!M T * h*" * lr * d for to open Grand
Itornlord???a Aold Phoiphate,
la Debility from Overwork.
????a ?o* CoLMKH . Tipton, In<L t saya: ???'!
uaed it in nervous debility brought on by
sufl????' * D warru weather, with good ra-
mu will! my wu, uui nu iintuyun. u?? a iiw vr icu*
of the City of Columbus was bolng discussed lu all
of Its details, whereupon an old gentleman, of
kindly and intelligent mien, remarked that thirty
seven years ago ho camo very near losing his life by
a steamboat dUanter not twenty miles distant from
where wo are now sitting.
Ho proceeded: ???At that time my homo wai in
Florida aud my boat routo to mtddlo Georgia wu by
way of Darien, up tho Atlamaba and Ocinulgcc. fc
MncoH. Tho time consumed in tho trip was fra
qnoutly ten days or more, but the country waa
wild along the rivers and the boat* being very flue
for thou nays, had splendid pauongcr accommo*
datiouti and the table surpassed those ol many of
our modern hotels. It wu in tho month of Febra<
ary whon I took passage on the??? ???Mary Prescott???
from Darien to Macon. Continual rains had kept
the river In floe boating order for .soveral months,
and at the time to which I refer thero wu alto os*
a freshet lu tho river, nothing unusual occurred
until we sighted a rival boat about a mile and a
half ahead of us, also bound for Macon. We wero
this time about thirty miles below
Bluff. Immediately there wu
much activity amongst tho olllcers and
crew. Tho smoko from tho stack grow darker until
Its color wu an inky blackness Thou U wu known
to tho passengers tbata raco was to bo run.
???Tbo other boat had been gained upon and _
evidently preparing for tho race. Tho nime activity
could be distinctly discerned amongst its crow, and
dark clouds of leaden amoko floated back nnd huug
litre* a pall over tho water and about tho ???MoryPav
cott.???
???Our boat wm now trembling u though it was _
thing of Hfo and nerves undcr*iho great preaauro ol
steam which blued and spurted like thomaudsof
vipers. The great wheel at tho stern revolved with
much greater speed, and tho big timbers and Iron*
which supported It creaked and groaned
under tho tcrriblo strain. Deck hands
worn removing a ouslgnmeut of rosin,
In barrols back to the ongiuo aud I saw tho ilory
tongues of flame lick up more than one u they
weie ahoved In tho furnace to yet up more steam.
The alack wu now drawing finely Tho current
nfhotamoke and flame went up tho flumo with tbo
rutir of a tornado. 1 he sifter had bccu broken and
partially carried out at tho ton by tho current, aud
now great coalaand ebuoks of lira poured out with
the amoko and Ilamov and scattered about over
deck and water. Already tho burricauo Ucek bad
been twice set ou Are and exilngulithcd with
buckets of water. Thu pressure of steam bad grown
an great tbat the safety valve bid been blo vn par
tl illy opeu and waa beiag held down by stroug
haudv, when tbo captalu, a compact little fellow
with a bard face, gave ordeis to ???tie It down.'* A
bawier wsa wound over it aud faiimicd to staples
driven In the floor for the purpose. Our passengers,
of which thero wero mnny, had gathered on the
upperdeck to watch the mccand toabsko flats, Jeer
and Haunt handkerchiefs at the paamuigeis of
tbo rival boat. We wero now paiaiug it and tho
race Wrfs evidently onra. Wo would run luto tho
landing at tho Bluff first, and consequently have
a good atatt of the other boat for Macon. All of
these thoughts seemed to flash through the brains
of thu wild and demented passengera and craw of
tbo Mary Pretcotl u they howled at and tauuted
those of the opposing boat pot twenty yard! d!<
taut. The chagrin of the defeated wu so groat
that some of os diatlncly saw a man disarmed who
wu asking an effort to fire at us with a gun. The
stern of our boat bad |uit left the bow of ike other
when a precooccrted cheer of dorialon (and It
seemed to mo of malignity) that drowned fur the
moment tbo roar of steam and splash of win els,
Vfent up from tbo throats of our passengers. In ono
mighty climax of noise, to signal the victory. The
echoes from the banka had not been
returned???the voices wero still living upon the
enr???the cheer had not btgun to soften when Urn*
bora and peopletwere thrown In every direction,aud
the thunders of heaven amine J to fulng throub.
ray head. The explo*Ion wssurrlbl**???deafening,
I did not hear well for wt*ks after, and to this
day have never fully regained It. How I cacapedf
the Lend onlv knows 1 aud one other, a child,
was picked uplnscniiole from tho muddy banks.
l???h??- partial remalua of some of the lo*t ware re*
covered, probably catfish consumed moat of them.
I wss afterwards told ihnt tbo rival boat, though
uninjured, did not atop lo render any assistance,
but went on to Macou u though nothing had
^Vne gentleman who gave me this history now
raaldei lu Kernaudlna, and his name ts James O
Ktarnea. ???J?? a??m Piiaraou ???
HOPS FOR Al-F DOYAL.
tk?? Supreme Ceert Wilt Krebab???r Greet Blm a
Ns*.* Trie!???Ill* llretel ??? rlmr.
It la probabto that ihe supreme court will grant
AU D ??yal a new trial. Hnch Is the belief of Ihe
attorneys on both sides of the case It Is expect
id that the decision will be rendered Tuesday,
and tbat Doyal ??lll have another chance in the
courts before a jury. Doyal will get this new
trial on the ground that one of the jury, G. H,
Wlggers.said before the trial that If he could get
on the jury he would hang Doyal. Wlxgers ni
.Inc. bean imllctad an a chant, ofloncry,
and, although he his been elearea,
on on. charge there are atlll two others agalm
blm. Since the trial It haa com. out that Wiifen
made the threat referred to and tbat (act .paw
ing to supreme court by effidarita. it to presumed
there win b. a new trial pouted oa that ground.
The crimafor which Doyal wu Mnleocsd waa
extremely brutal. Doyal bad been drunk to Grif
fin and wss arretted by Potloraun Mark A. Han
cock and lodged In guard boim Doyal threaten-
I d to kill Hancock and durioff the next week re
pealed his threats. Oa (he evening of th. so weed
ing Saturday tiler Hancock bad gout off duty Doy
al ??w him standing on the strtetand approached
him in .threatening way. after baring first ee-
cured a pistol. Ou reaching Hancock ho said:
???Yon kicked me up, tod I will pay you far it.???
Hancock replied that it wee all over,
and there woe no now sett} le nay trouble
and was turning away when Doyal drew hts
pistol and shot him wtuerely ia Ute boweto
Hancock threw bto hands to bto wound nnd
lamed aw
attain bnt
???boost UHtsatlr,
Doyal hu had on. trial In tiro superior coart nnd
with n scowllni face and (rather ??ul
Uon. tile Mid that feeling la very strong against
-.wo 1 .? 0 " 0 '* 'fwonty-third street Ihea'ert tn
Now Yi rk, was anc lotted tor 0147000. Hlim
Hough on lints.
(neats out rats, mice, roaches, tiles, ants.bcd-bugx
chipmunks, chlpmuuks, gophers, llio. Druggists.
Cnnepnti-Mc Vltnlltjr.
All excltante, to radically cure, muat be
iuuoccnL Tho art consists In continuing
their use until matters in tlia eye tern contrary
to health are removed. Health finds happi
ness in tha mere senao ot existence.
Drandrctb???s I???i'lsiticiulnte the blood soot
to ouable nature to throw c ft nil morbid hu-
tr.t.re, and enre diiease, no matter by what
acme it may bn called.
Tho eecret of recruiting the vital princlpl.
is discovered In Brttudreth???a Fill), because
they remove what holds ft in check. It ia
believed they poteen the elements of vitality.
Urnt, healthy animal warmth, 1b certainly
increased by theme of this wonderful med
icine. Provided the great organs ore not
'rrcpornbly injured, thero Is no discaio Bran-
dreth???i Fills will not cure Tho truo nrtof
healing lx to asxlit nature to throw olTdlgeae.
???to concentrate, ns It were, the whole vital
ity of the Bystem to eject the enemy that box
fastened on a part.
Oet Brandroth???a Filial Be pntoff with
none other! and fqllow the printed directions
and health will anrely bless you.
The heatanu oldest medicine for core ofUvd
disease* la Dr. Sanford???s Liver Invlgoretor.
Texss stockmen want is division ol the state 'oa
thelOO.b meridian.
Fair Drawing, the Feature.
The Henry Colli-gc Lottery Is noted for Itscndcas.
or to satisfy all that tho drawings cannot bo other-
wlso than fair. Next granri drawing, March 27Ut.
Capital prizes. 130,000, ,10.000, ,5.000. eto. Tlckts
only ,2. halves II. Send your order to J J Dougin,
Covington, Ky. .
Another mow storm causes a! railroad block vie
at tfuebeo.
CONHUMPTION CURED.
An old physician, retired from practice,
having hod nlnced In his hands by nn East
India missionary the formula of n simple
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
consumption, bronchitis, catarrh, aathmaand
all throat nnd lung Directions, also a positive
and radical care for nervous debility nnd nil
nervous complaints, after having tested Its
wonderful curattvo powers In thounands ot
oases, has felt it his duty to make it known lo
his suffering fellows. Actuated by this mo
tive and a desire to relievo banian Buffering,
I will send free of charge, to all who desired,
this receipt in Oerinnn, French or English,
with full directions for preparing nnd nsing,
Bont by mail by addressing with stamp, nam
ing this paper, (V. A. Noyes, 1-ta Power???s
Block, Itochester, N. Y.
TOe Oiler Cotton has taken more premiums, and
ills for more money than any other cotton In the
mrkot. Seo sdrertfsement In this issue. w
Ladiss Who resari piivion and sconomt
write to tho Kueshsxot H'r'o Co., New York City,
for descriptive samples nnd IlltutmUons olEm-
broideries, Laoee. Braids. I???.achlngs, Robes, Bklrto,
i netting-*, ate., which It mails fret ol charge to any
aa arete. 4
Give yoar children Smith's Worm OU.
U
W. J. Madison, Bloomfield, N. J., hang hlmiel
on n meat hook.
Money la Loan
On Improved farms tn Fallon, DeKalb, Henry,
ockdale, Nr???-- " ???-*???
Clarke, Ocon
Jockdale, Newt/m, Morgan, Greene, Taliaferro!
??? - Hadlson and Cherokeo counties.
ilarke, uconee, Madison and Cherokee counties.
We are operating through the Corblo Bank, and
out negotiate promptly every lotn wa undertake.
Addretoueat Atlanta, aod oar assistant, Dr. John
B, Holliday, wUl come to see you.
Van Errs, Calhoun & Kino.
All WeahucKKaruenlui.Orffann, Hesnal
[rnpotency, and narvotu disorders permanently
'll*, 1200.200 p.lts 0350, 409 plUs 10.00. J.
Auanu - Wh ^
???keonttoh hu the oldest operahouse In the
Barnett???s Toilet Article*.
??? The leading toilet arttclee ol Joseph Bnrr.ott *
L Sf'??i 1 ' C 2?1???S? ptenatt'scologne tad flnr-
ksrsafiwss ac
and rfcJzout both testify over their antograplu that
V>d t cologne*. Barnett A Co., are ako tha makon
foMhe'OTtottif 4 B,0,t ??? kta ??? fl * vari -"
x Thereare thirty United States ermy deserter.at
DANDRUFF
I<i Hemovedb; the Cie ofCocoislue,
And it stimulate* md promotes Urn growth of ib??
hair.
BnravtPsFlavortPx Extract* are tbeb<j??i.
ent
, . . m ??? Be CArefal,???
AsU xor Cells??? ???Koaghon Corn*.??? 15c. Quick
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