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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. 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