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4 THEfWEEKl Y CONSTITUTION: TUESDAY* MAY 6* 18S4 TWELVE PAGES, i THE CONSTITUTION. Weekly CenetlUUea tl.SAPer A??nnm. ATLANTA, GA., MAY 6,18M. THE CONSTITUTION THE PRICE* HOW TO GET IT. The price of the Weekly Con stitution is $1.25 (one dollar and a quarter) a year, to single sub scribers. It is sent to clubs oi 5 or more for $1.00 each one year. It is sent to clubs of io for $l.oo each, and one extra copy is sent one year to the getter up oi the club of 10. If you send for one paper only, or for less than five, send $1.25 each. If you send for five or more than five, send $1.00 each. If you send for 10 or more names send gi.oo each, and and one extra name free for every $10 sent. No varia tion from these rules. KbNTUCKY FOR TILDEN After tbs action of the democratic prims- riea in Kentucky, we do not lee how any man can doubt that the Hon. Samuel J. Til den will be nominated by tbe democratic convention, world without end, unieaa he formally refuaea to accept the nomination. If anything waa considered certain, it waa that Kentucky would go for HcDonald. It is tbe home of the HcDonald boom. It ia the home of the revenue reformer, with whom "Old Haddlebaga" baa been training. It ia the borne of tbe Courier Journal. It liaa been considered the most pronounced Mc Donald state. But when the people were heard from your Vncle Samuel come to the front. He made no fight for preference. On the contrary, he deprecated the uaeof bis name. There waa no machinery at work for him. With the exception of tbe Hon. Stoddard Johnston, a stout fighter be la too, we do not recall a man of prominence who advocated Mr. Tilden???a claims. The declarations for Mr. Tilden are spontaneous. They come from the great popular heart. And eo it goes. Whenever tbe masses speak, the name of Tilden is beard. There are but two things that will prevent Tiiuen'a nomination. One is bis absolute refusal to ' accept. The other is???death. In AuiirlM lu Unwin In 1U) y In Spain.. Tbs I ??? 11iAil MURDER AND 11 8 CAUSES. According to Mulliall> Dictionary of S a jistfca murder is a pause pf ^Ifallil lu Kbt(UudmtMi M .i...u.i..i Io Mf per 10.0:0,000 lultelglum to'140 111 France....,??? to '465 in Rctndlnavie, token lu fi.rmany -to070 ??? Inlaud (1070) - - to'.til ???to #10 to aa to MM .to su lu United etatea. ???to 800 Tbe exceedingly unfavorable reoord of the United State, la tbe natural reault of a low condition of public aentlment on the aubject of murder. This condition of publlo tenth meut finds expression in weak lawa, timid courts, and Jurymen who do not healtata to commit perjury whenever they encounter a bribe, or elae are weak and poorly balanced ae to be turned aaido from the plain path of duty by a law yer???a talk or by aome maudlin notion. The great object of pnoiahment la the prevention of crime, and jurymen that acquit a mur deter are tho wont enemies of aoclety. By turning a murderer loose on some tenllmen til ground, they become parlies to a subse quent murder, and no Just man should then hold them guiltleas. Huniun life can be rendered tiered In tliia country aa it la In Knglandif the law in every cue is fully and promptly exe- ented. The laws of every slate are (011101601, but public sentiment in none of tke states is as inflexible as it should be. The law should become a terror to all, and the jury that faithfully appliea It ahould have the epproba. tion of all men. We believe pub???io sent! ment ia as healthy in thia atato aa In any other elate of the union, but in no state Is It up to tbe lew or wbat the situation demands The crying need of the land is men who will give society the full benefits of the law In the jury box. Weak or dlahoueat jurymen are not wanted. The atailatica of Mulhall enow that wa have had altogether too many of aueh Jurymen lu the peat. WHEAT CROWING AND (MIGRATION Now when the fertile lands of the west have ceased to be cheap, or to be obtainable at ail from the government, when, too, tbe tide of emigration wonld naturally turn to ward, the rquabie climate and cheap land, of the south, there Is a very strong effort to en large the northern field, at least so far as for' elgn arrivals are concerned. A company has bean organised for the purpose of building, railroad from Winnipeg to Tort Kelson on Hudson's bay, a distance of 572 miles. This scheme is fortified by immense land grant, and large subscription! have been made to its capital stock. It Is claimed that tbe scheme Is not only feasible, bat will prove vsry profitable. We are assured that no ice will obstruct tbe route; that Hudson's bay, including the straits, isopen all the year; that Port Nelson Is 250 miles nearer Liverpool than Montreal, end that tbe wheat of Dakota and northern Uinneaota and from the Saskatchewan valley can in that way be saved from the expenses of 2,000 miles of land transportation. But the chief object of the scheme consists in an enlargement of tbe wheat-rais ing area of tba dominion of Canada, and the settling in it of the immigrants of the next ten years. If the railroad can be built, it would no donbt open np a vast section in which wheat esm be grown, if men can be found who are willing to spend their livae in as Inhospitable climate for the sake of secur ing the (ruits of a very brief summer. Cheap land and cheap railroad rates and skillful advertising do often tum people away from the more favored aectiona, and it is very likely that we will bear a great deal hereafter about Hudson's bay and its new cities. Port Nelson will be boomed as another New York, and Winne' peg's glories will be resuscitated, end her corner lots worked off on the first incoming fiood. All things are possible when behind the ehrewd advertiser stand capital and or- ganfxalion. If we bed a law for tbe proven tion of cruelty to mankind, the men who at tempt to induce a newly arrived foreigner, looking for a new home, to go to tbe new banana belt, would receive tbe punishment they richly deaerve. Bat the people of thia country, who with ayes open prefer polar regions to sunny skies deserve neither protection nor pity. TRUCK FARMING. The track farmers in southern end south' western Georgia are cultivating aa large an acreage thia year aa last. The Albany New, and Advertiser says that in tbe neighbor hood of that city there are about three bund' red acre, devoted to watermelons, and beaaa, iquaahte and cucumber, are also largely planted. The same paper eays that although the season has been somewhat unfavorable to rapid growth, the melon end squash vines promise an abundant yield. Aa we have said heretofore tbe success of this new and promialng interest la almost wholly in tbe hands of tbe railroad mapagers ???f the sta'c. They have it in their power to foster the business and thereby make money during the usually dull summer months, and they have it in their power to strangle it by exceasire freight charges. This is a matter that baa never received the atten tion and atndy of the railroad managers that it deserves. It Is true they have cut rates to ???ome extent, and have manifested a desire to encourego tbe truck farmcra, but their deaire baa not as yet taken the shape of e system atic purpose to lend themselves thoroughly to building up a new Industry. There are millions in it for tbe railroads, not this year or even next year, but in the fntnre, and thia is tbe fact that should present itself to the minds of the managers. The railroads ere permanent institutions. They are' bnlit for all tlmo, and that is a foolish and n short sighted policy which persuades them that It Is their duty tosqueexe for tbe nickel in eight rather then prepare for the thousands and million! that eucceaaful truck-farming in Georgia would place In their coffers. ATLANTA AT NEW ORLEANS. Tna Constitution aome time ego suggested that the manufacturers of Atlanta make a collective exhibit of their works at the ap proaching exposition In New Orleans. It waa our idea then that the exhibit could be made In the main building of the exposi tion. The manager, of the exposition ob jected to thia, however, and the scheme was teaian well; and there the editor of tte Al bany News and Advertiser saw the pipe in the well bringing npa supply of pare artesian water, while at tbe same moment the pipe in the pond was carrying off tho stagnantwater, the active agent of malaria. Tho description which Mr. McIntosh gives of wbat he saw and of the means employed to make the ex periment e success is very interesting. Tbe pond covered an area of about two acres, with a depth of ten feet in the center. To drain it thoroughly the outlet must be made in the deepest part. Id order to accom plish this, Colonel Fort bound four substan tial pieces of limber together, floated them over the center of tbe pond, and upon this foundation built his raft or pen, which sank as it was added to. When the raft had been built, the foundation rating on the bottom of the pond, e platform was placed across the top,end on this platform a derrick was set np. To this derrick tbe boring apparatus was a - tacled. At first a pile-driver was used, Lu when the pipe had been driven down through tho bottom of the pond to a depth of thirty feet, it rated on solid rock, end then work of drilling and boring was began. "At a depth of fifty feet below the bottom of the pond,??? the News and Advertiser says, the drill struck an opening and once tbe water commenced to sink with roar tbrongh the big pipe, the top of whioh was only a few Inches under water. The drill pipe was drawn out, and tbe pond com' menced to empty Itself os fast os tho orifice that tbe drill had made through the rocks would permit tbe water to flow. When tbe water in tbe pond leveled itself with tbe top of tbe pipe a reamer was attached to the drill pipe and sent down to open the way for the b'g pips to be sunk deeper. In thia way the pipe was sunk until the joint of two sections wee at most level with the bottom of the pond, and there it waa unjolnted. That was some time last week, and tbe water has been rap idly linking ever aince. Had It not been for tbe heavy rains, all ths water would have been carried away ere this. When all the writer has passed off Colonel Fort will have square pit dugaroond the pipe, and the pipe will then be driven down to a level with the bottom of thia pit. The top of tbe pipe will be covered with wire to keep the trash oat, the pit will bo filled with rooks, and thus the drain will be keptopen.??? The experiment waa not a costly one, addition to the labor, only (75 was paid out. II every pond in aonthwest Georgia can be drained cheaply, it will soon become, with its supply of artesian water, one of tbe healthiest, aa has long been one of the most fertile, sec tions in the world. The draining of these ponds will be a movement not only In the dlraoiion of Improving the healthfulucss southwest Georgia, but in tho direction advancing its material development, The pond which Colonel Fort has drained will ???upply him with aeveral thousand tons JUUCk for composting, and experiments It was reported that Mr. Stanton, tbe recretary ol war, had ordered bla body taken Into me middle oi the ocean and there rank, to that there would be no spot of earth that, as be alleged, might be worshipped by eoomeraen as holding the remains ot President Ltncotn'saasa stn. This report led to me writing of tbe lines yon ask for. We'have been unable to find them In print, bat ex-Senator L. P. Mandevllle. of Carroll, furnishes them to us from memory. They are quoted below: In abandoned. It was then proposed that Atlanta should erect a special building and T, V t .??? V \. experiments make haraAllaoHwaa.l7i.il .u.LJ a,, which 1.4 hai already mails have coavlncc.1 hint that no better terlilissf can bo found make her collective exhibit anyhow. Mr. Barns, our comminioner, secured a place for Atlanta and came home to report what he had done, We most confess that we were not tapsc laity struck with the idea of a separata build ing for Atlanta. Wa had no fears but what the money could bo raised with which to build it, but wo were apprehensive that our manufacturers might prepare (o make tbelr exhibits In tho main building, and thns leave the Atlanta building without n fair repro sentatlon of what wo ere really doing in the way of manufacturing, A largo meeting of manufacturer! hold some time alnoa coincided with thia view and the project of a special building waa for the time abandoned, it being agreed that each manu facturer would exhibit under hla own classi fication and that Atlanta headquarters would be established in the main building. Since thattlme, however, another meeting ot manufacturers baa been held, and it lias been determined to havo the apactat building aa at flnt intended. The manufacturers agree that even where they make competition exhibits in the main building, they will alio make anexhlbitln tho Atlanta building- If thia is done, ths building will be filled to overflowing and aucb an exhibit made os will doincalculablegoodfor Atlanta. Tho move ment ie already under way. and a subscrip tion paper haa been started to raise the re quisite money. One firm heads the list with $300 and many others havo subscribed .$104 each. We cheerfully waive tho doubts wa have entertained on this question, and will co-op erate to tho beat ot our ability in the move ment for a apeetal building. We are lor Atlanta, and wherever she starts wears with her. Our good elty depends more on her manufactures than on anything elae. It la her shops and her factorial that must make or mar her future. As .they grow ahe will grow, and If they do not grow ehe must ???tend still with them. Anything that tends, tbrrvforc, to advance the lateral's of our manufacture* should meet the hearty and prompt support of our people at large. {There ia no dtisen in Atlanta who owna a foot of around or who does e dollars worth ot busi ness, that is not personally interested in this exhibit. 11 it la made complete and full and entertaining, at it can be, it will have inch an effect on our manufacturing Interests as our own exposition had, which waa to treble them in four years. We can make an exhibit that will annas visitors to New Orleans and establish Atlanta firmly as tbe leading indus trial city of the south. That once done, she will go to 100,000 population without a bait or a break. AN ORIGINAL METHOD OF POND DRAIN 1NO The Albany Newt records the auccees ot an experiment which promises to have as ini portent a bearing upon the development of southern and aonthwest Georgia aa the system ot artesian wells. It seems that Colonel John P. Fort, who waa the first to demonstrata the practicability of boring artesian wells in that section, conceived the idea of draining the stagnant ponds which are scattered over south west Georgia, by running them off through the subterranean passages that are known to exist at a distance of from seventy to one hundred feet below the surface. Colonel Fort's experiment was made on his Hickory Level plantation in Dougherty connty, and the pond upon which he experimented is situated about tiro hundred yards from bis ' pioneer ar- We trust that this successful experiment may lead to othera equally as ancceasfui. KEENE'S FAILURE. Speculation haa ita mils posts, find the mile poala lead to tbe Jumping-off place Those who undertake the journey can travi no other road. Occasionally a bag of gold is found at the end of one of the beautiful ealclnm light rainbows that adorn tho land scape, but from the rainbow to the jumping- oil plaoe is not more than a day???s journey. Large numbers of fatuon's people have trav- ed this road during the past twenty years, and as many more will travel it during tho twenty years to come. The latest traveler of any note iaMr. James It. Keene, lhis gentleman, attar finding many bags of gold at tho ends ot ns many rainbows, has at last reached bis jonrney???s end. The particulars of hia final plunge are related,in the dispatch es printed in yeatcrday'i Constitution, end they ere even of Interest to those common place people who are in the habit of earning tbelr living by tho sweat of tho brow or in the ardlnary routine of business. Some of these simple-minded, commonplace people will even go so far aa to aympathias with Mr, Keene, but we may be sure that none of that gentleman's friends, acquaintances or "spot" companions will shed a tear over hie failure. On the coutrary, tbe harpies in and around Walt afreet are already engaged in fighting over his financial remains. It ia a desperate crotjrd, engaged in a desperate business. They would bo glad to make capital of theireoula and refile them off to the devil If only to keep the blood stirred by the ex citement of gambling. They have not a ???park of humanity left in their aordld lives, not a generous impulse, not a auggeation of honesty' except to illustrate tbe old eaying that there ought to be honor among thieves. As cold-blooded a lot of hyenas as ever waited for the going down of the moon to scratch in a graveyard. Of this element Keene su one of the lead ers, aa rccklesa as any, as unfeeling is any. He waa called generous by tho New York pi pers because he gave a hotel porter two dol lars for brushing his coat and a bare footed beggar-girl tan cents to buy a loaf of bread. He had hla fast horses, his wine suppers, hia coaching parades, his fan faronades and his what-nots. In the bloom aud glory of hia renown be was speculating in breadstuff, and provision!, cornering wheat aud corn and meat???alwaya bent upon ad vancing the price of the necessities of life. By thia means he got In debt to the poor, and with one turn of the wheel Providence baa paid him off. Time, according to the old poet, goes by turns. This ia only another way of saying that Providence makes its influence felt sooner or later. Mr. Keens is only one of many hundreds who are engaged in tha bus iness of preying upon tbe public through the methods invented in Wall street. Soon er or later each and all of there will follow Mr. Keene to the jumping-off place. ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE. Young Lady, Album. Ge.-I remember to have reen many ywn ago Hues written on John Wtlkea Booth, beginning, --Oh, its, him a grave aa broad ??? . ???wjvp. ??! ths Udal wave? measarelsre moUou Can you set me a ropy ot them ,nd [Ive the author and cucumeuncca under which vy were written? The lines you allude to were written. It la mid, by a reddest ot Springfield, 111. Tha ctreum- ???tancss were these: Shortly after Booth was killed Oh! give him a grave as broad is tbe sweep Ot the tidal wavea'ImeaiurleM motion. Lay him to sleep In tnearms ol the deep Since hla heart waa as tree as the oc.-att. It was liberty slain that maddened bis brain To avenge the dead Idol he cherished Bo 'tls meet that the main, never curbed by a Should bold the last freeman now perlebed. The dust of tbe brave could not rest in the grave Of a land where blind force bath dominion. Butthe step ol a alavn never soiled the proud wave That apurueth the hamper and prison. All the hosts of the despot defylDg, May not sleep lu tbe sod, ny a nation???s feet trot I hat he shamed with blagloryln dying. Yes, bldehlm away, from the -ad eyes of day In the coral of sea green abysses , Where themeimUdena gay, aa they fly thro' BhaSf pm'ple hla pale cheeks with kisses. DURING the week Let them moan him with music Let the tempest bell oil, tbe repose of a soul. More sublime than the sound of lta surges. Be hath written his namo, In letters of flame, O'er the pathway to Liberty???s portal. And the serfs that now blame, now crimson with shame, When they learn they have enrsed an Immortal. He hath died for the weal, of a world 'neath the heel Ol too many a merciless Nero, at while there Is steel e That God's reogeance t Thsn give him a grave as broad as tho sweep Of (he tidal waves??? measureless moUon, Lay our Brums to sleep In the arms ol the deep, Since his heart waa wide as the ocean. W. H. C.. Athens: 1. What relation are General William T. and Senator John Sherman t 2. Native atato of each? I. Brothers. 2. Ohio. Subscriber, Oostenaula, Ga.: Is there any sale lor confederate money? It so where and what 1st? Yes. but the demand Is not steady, and the price paid Is a mere trifle. Subscriber, Talbotton.Ga.: Where Is tho larg est suspension bridge In the wothl? The one now being built across the Forth at Qneensbnry. Scotland. It Is one mile and a third In length. B. C. II., Lockport, N. Y.: I am a physician of twtnty.flve years experience. I wish to get Into ft warmer climato for ths benefit of mv family. Would there be any room for me In Atlanta, or have yon all the M. D.'s your place can support? We have a good many physicians here, bnt tho old maxim ???there Is always room at the top" ape plies. J. B. K.. Batter, Ga: I see In your issue of ye torday that Dr. Met!, In hla sermon before the Bap fist convention, asserts that the eunuch whom Philip baptised was an African. I have been of the oplnlnn that he was a Jew, and wonld like to know ot Dr. Melt his authority for saying he waa an African, taking It for granted that so learned a man haa what he at least conceives to bo good au thority for tbe assertion. I have thought that Cornelius was tho first Gentile coaverted alter tbo atcenfion, and that no Gentiles were In tbe temple upon tbe day ol Pentecost, but tbat tbo Jews "out of evory nation under bearen??? were there, and had, llko tho onnuch???mat " ?????? * tbelr annual temple wont Dr. Melt says tha Blblo la his authority for saying tho eunuch was an African. In Acta 8:27, it Is said ho was "a man of Ethiopia, an ennucb, ol great anthorlty under Candace, queen ot the Ethio pians." Be supposes the Ethiopia referred to was In Africa. Bo Is not to be understood, though, as aaecrllo* that tho eunuch was a negro. 8tndent, Atlanta: Wbat are the lengths ot the Nile, Mbsbfippt and Amazon? Tbe Nile, 4.109 miles, Mississippi 8,ICO miles aud tbo Amazon 4.034 miles. _ LAB. Atlanta, Ga: 1 To what denomination , docs Dr. Talmadgo belong? 2 Where did the negro e <F2iptlng from? 1 Presbyterian, 2 Be la supposed to be a descend ant ot Bam. J L W, Itlokory Flat, Sa: 1 Wbat haa became ot General Pemberton, of Vlcksbnre notoriety? 3 Were General.A. S. Johnston and General J. E. Johnston related, and If so wbat was the relation ship? 1 General Pemberton Is dead, 2 Tho biographies ot tho two are sllont as to their relatlonsblo it any existed. General Albert Sidney Johnston was a nafivo ot Kentucky, while General Joseph Johnston Is a Virginian. Constant Beader, Atlanta. Ga.???la calomel a min eral or a vegetable eubstance? It la one ot ths preparations orltorms of mercury, a metal. No very definite answer can be given, but there la good reaton to believe that several centurlee.be- foro Christ flrearms were used In India an** In China. B. V.. Live Osk, Florida-Whlch was the most destructive Are In the world's hlstoiy? So far aa the destruction of property la concerned It Is generally concede d that the great Chicago Ore ot 1871 heads the Hat. It destroyed properly worth $192,000,009, and 250 lives. B. A.. Seneca, 8. C.???How esn I tell Roudan fowls ot purs breed? Boudens stand and walk erectly. The males weigh from eight to ntno pounds; the hens from flyetoreven. They are lumpy in shape, evenly ???peckted white and brown, with Urge comb, crest and beard. 8elect those with pink white feet, black and while plumage and good crests. R.C.L , Canton, Him: Please inform me where can set a copy ot Hon. B. H. Bill's ???Notea on file Situation." It would be dlfflanll to get a copy, but It might be done by advertising for It. D. P. M??? Jonesboro, Ga.???1. Is "lhanks" con- ale eicd cor red? 2. Is It Dot nted by a largo portion of tho boiler class ot English 7 1. Certainly, 2 Your supposition Is correct. The simple word "thanks " In acknowledgement of a favor or courtesy sounda very well, but tbo frisky habit some peoplo have ol saying "Toanks,thanks, thanks,??? whenever the occasion offers makes a good old word ridiculous by the unnecessary ropt- Utloo. C. B. J??? Eilerton, Ga.???t. Why U It that our railroads do not offer lower rales tor summer tray el? 2 Wtd there bn any inducements In low rates this summer? 8- Why (s it that they are so far be hind reads sast and west lu this ptrtlculai? land 2. llouroorrotpondent will look In the ad vertising columns ot Tua Constitution from day to day, he will And tow summer rates advertised by various roads. S. They are not behind other roads when the cltcnmataneea ol the case are con sidered. W A Ram toy, Augusta, Ga.: I notice to your pi- r a ommutttcatloa from E L P, Madison, ua., that he has In his pomemion a silver c tin (half dot tar) withUtti 1 scripfioa: "Pre-ented to W A Ram- soy by hla Mother, July 9,1861." 1 have nodoubt but tt la my property. I bad stolen from me some time about 1885, a box containing silver and gold coin, 1th streral relics given me by my motner, as welt _i some little arlelre given me by my fetner In 1880, who died April. 1884. My mother died .1884. We eiwayt chatted a small negro boy otlhe swaltug, lium the tact be runaway aud left the night el the ???-.calleg and have never area him since Yon can ???end thia letter to him and It he Is aafiaflvd It Is mine then he can send It, U not I do not want It and I would only want it aa a relic In remem brance of my mother. A -tip's Crew kiriins (jaavaaes. Boston, Man.. May 3.???G Jobmon.a merchant ot Pott an Prince, writes undir the date of April 10th, that the sloop Grepptcr. flying tke English flag, commanded by fcamuel t Partington, a submarine diver and working on A cay Island, about 80 miles west of Port an Prince, naa been captured and burned by the natives She had on board some 110,000 worth ot wrecked cargo, from the royal mail steamer Nile, which was plundered and destroyed. Tbe crew was either killed or driven the mennubu by the natives. The government dispatched (ship of war In search of the crew. It la (eared the; natives who retard t Tuesday, April SS. In a Philadelphia baseball game, the nmplre, Wm. McLean, angered at remarks made about him, threw a bat violently Into the crowd. A row ensured. McLean was put under a SiOl bond. Tbe wareblp Portsmouth arrived at Providence yester day from St Thomas with one ease of yellow fever on board. Governor Ordway, of Dakota, has glvi bond ot $10,090 to answer charges ot maUea-ence. Several large lumber mllle In different parts Michigan were burn, d yesterday, at a total lorn about 1701,000. Mayor Gulllate and the new coat- cilof New Orleans were lneugnrated yesterday. The stockholder! ol the New York tcedemy music have denounced Mapleeon ae playing false with tbelr Interest. Frank James has arrived Booneville. Ho., and released on a 81,000 bond. Bam T. Wilson, a convict guard, near Vicksburg, waa lynched by negroes yesterday. Henri Roche- fort'e ton Is alto misted wifi, thccoircepondent O'Kelly In Egypt. Circulars advocating the Aquero movement hare been circulated In Havane. laborers lu the South African diamond fields bare struck because they were searched at tbe end each day???s work. is tbs cirr. Yesterday afternoon a meeting of manufacturers and their executive committee was held at the office of Comminioner Barns lor the puipoee dlscnmlng tbe question ot Atlanta???s special build ing at New Orleans. Major Bams was authorized and requested to go ahead with the arrangements lot a collective exhibit ot Atlanta induitrles In separate building, u heretofore proposed, and celt upon our merchants and others Interested tho success of the Atlanta enterprise. WcdsaaSay, April SO, Ex -Mayor Caleb 8sndera, ot Lawrence, Maas., has been arrested for tampering wltn the ballot box the December election. Arbnckle Bros.' coffee mllle in Brooklyn, valued at $150,040, have been de- ???troyed by fire. The Union Pacific railroad has announced a -'horizontal" reduction ot wage*, general strike all along the line Is highly probable. Tho Parts conference to determine electrical unite ssarmbled yesterday. The proceedings wero opened by M Jules Ferry, prime minister. M Louts Cochery, minister ot posts and telegraphs, Is presi dent. Delegates In attendance number sixty-four representing twenty-six states. Daly, the inspected dynamiter, has been removed from Berkenhead Chester caatle to prevent the poealbtllty of escape. The bill Imposing a tax on sales to take place the stamp tax, will probably be passed by the Mex ican congr ss. The prospect of this solution ot the vexed question gives general ufitfaofion. In the election tn Cuba for members of the Spanish codes eighteen ot the 21 are conservatives. The election In Spain was quiet. IN THE CITY. ' The suit ot Colquitt, governor, vs. Bonfroe et al, zntt to recover certain interests paid banks to the detendent while state treasurer, was called In tbe superior court yesterdsy. Owing tothe unavoida ble absence of Judge Lester, whole at counsel In the case,the trial waa postponed until May 13th. Major J. J. Williams, of the wholesale commission house at J. J. Williams & Co., died at hla home at Stone Mountain yesteiday. Therakay, May 1. The supreme court ot New York yesterdsy grant ed an attachment against the property ot the Gcor Bla railroad and Banking company tn a salt by Wil liam J. A. Fuller. The Georgia railroad and Bank ing company guaranteed tbe payment ot fire hun dred mortgige bonds representing 1500,040 of the PortRoyeliaUroad. A heavy storm prevailed In Buenos Ayres. A Mussulman agitation is in pzo- grealn the Caucassus. The firm ot Ward 4 Foster, ot New York, has suffered by tho forgeries of W, J. Philips, the defaulter. Dr. E. J. Barker, the oldest editor In Canada, Is dead.- The special em bassy appointed by the king ol Slam Is expected to arrive In New York from Liverpool, on tho Alas ka, roma time during this week. Tho envoy Is halt-brother to the king ol Slam, and Is accompa nied by his wife and six or eight noblemen of the blghertreuk. IN TBS CRY. On the 7th lost, about fitly Journalists from Maine, Massachusetts, Now Hampshire, Vermont, Conneollcut'gnd Rhodo Island will leave Boston ana trip south over the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia lino- The programme ol thotonrista embrace- a visit to Atlanta, and tboy will probably arrive hero abont the lonrteonth or fifteenth. Jeff Morris, a negro boy,was knocked from the railroad track near Balman???a plow factory, some lime dur ing Tuesday night. Bo waa found yesterday morning tn an Insensible condldltlon. He was cut In a half dozen places. Friday, If ay 9. About 140 hands employed at the round house and on tha eastern section of the New York, West Snore and Buffalo railroad, at New Durham, K. J. ???truck yesterday, Tho company hu failed to pay the wages dne for the past three months. In Boland, Iowa, on Tuesday, Edward Thompson fatally crashed his wife???s skull with an ax and then Jumped Into tho well headfirst and was drowned. A general strike haa been Inaugurated among tho freight handlers In Buffalo. Gangs otmenln ???event depots have quit work, and othen are ex pected to do so. Policemen are etatloned eo ae to pieserve order. Three hundred tracklayers on the Ontario and Quebec road have struck for higher wages. The convocation of tho university ot Ox ford has decided by a vote ot 444 to 321 to admit women to a participation In the honor examina tions. The Thetis, which is to be the flagship of the Greely relief expedition, took her departure yesterday afternoon et 2 o???clock from the Brooklyn nary yard. The French steamer Assyrian, bound hr Madagascar with provisions (or tho Frerch forces, has been wrecked at Providence bland, In the Iadlan ocean. 240 miles north eff Madagascar. All of the German federal princes have agreed that if the relctutag rejects the measure prolong ing the anU-szctellst law, a dissolution ol that body shall ensue. in Tire CITY. Yesterday was tho annual celebration day ol the Pullen county Sunday school association. The schools spent the day at Ponce do Loon. The new officers were Installed. Dr. Thomse msde tbe In troductory address. Master Willie Hemphill da Uvored the address cl welcome, and waa applaud ed by tha Chautanqoa salute, tha waving ot thou sands ot handkerchiefs. Speeches wero made by Dr. McDonald aud othen. The declamation prize waa awarded to John KlmbaU. Lula Brown was awarded a book. Willie Harwell and Willie Han- ???ell were honorably mentioned. MlerSsT, Mas B. Forest flres'are reported in the Sbonanyunk and Cataklll mountains, In New York, and In several mounutuons parte at New Jersey and Pennsyl vania. Brisbane, tn Pennsylvania, with 250 houses, was burned up. faveral Uvea have been test. An appeal lor aid hu been made for Brisbane. Payne, president ot Medicine Valley bank,who was shot and wounded by men who attempted to rob the hank at Hu per, Kansu, died Thnradty night. Tke barrel milt, press house, and canning mill ot the Moetlc Powder company, at 8crenton, Pa??? were blown np to day betveen three and (onr ???'clock, and the soda, grinding and pulverising mills were set on In and horned. The ship Alan- fine, ol Bremen, Norway, was wrecked Wednesday night In a northeast gale fire miles east ef Wolfe Island station, Magdalen bland. Nine esn Uvea wire lost. An attempt was mads to blow np a ???rein oh a Spanish railroad with dynamite. The Oriental bank ol London haa impended. It me weighted down with unproductive capital. Tha Irish government bee requested Sonar Zotills, a Spanish agitator, to leave Franc*, and eo arold expulsion. Thb request bee been compiled with. Egypt hu not been Invited to enter the financial conference. The French cabinet will ask for an additional credit of 90 C00 000 franca for the Ton' quin war. IN SIS CITY. The whig republicans were In session hen Thursday and yesterday. Mr. Johathan Norcyou withdrew from the convention. A platform wu adopted favoring a protective tariff, fits repeal of Internal revenne, and prohibition. A state execu tive committee wu appointed with General Long- street as chairman. A resolution wu adopted requesting leading repnbllcana of the north to come to Georgia and speak during the pending campaign. laid*/ May 4# WlUUm Brooks, a negro, wu hanged In Alexan dria, Friday, for wife-murder. The house commit tee on rivers and harbors hasabout concluded its approprlatson recommendations. John Ever, the scenlo artist of New York, died yesterday morning at bb home in Hempstead, L I, in the 78fit year ot hti age. The Irving ball democrats ot New York have reorganized tor the coming campaign, and have declared tor Tilden aud Hendricks. Tbe to* bacoo monopoly in Costa Rico Is now fully estab- lbhed and a decree hu been Issuod prohibiting the plant being grown by farmere. The strike of the Buffalo freight-handlers continues. Several squade ot Italians have been Imported, but they were roughly treated by the strikers. The sub committee el the house elections committee have decided to reporfin favor of Englbb, in the Indiana election contest ol English against recto. The bolter of the Whitney marble works at Gnurernent, St Lawrence connty, New York, exploded yester day, killing firemen Instantly and fatally Injuring two others. In Philadelphia, Judge Thayer to day delivered the opinion ol the court ol common pleas No. 4, admitting Mrs Carrie B Kilgore to prac tice. Every other common pleas court hu refused her admission. Tbe jury In the esse ot Wm. An drews In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, charged with killing his wife and then burning her body at High Springs, on July the 4th, 1881, returned a ver dict last night ot murder In the second degree. The secretary of the treasury yesterday afternoon lisued a call for 110,000,400 3 per cent bonds. Notice is given tbat principal and accrued interest will be paid at tbe treasury on the 20th June next, and interest will cease on that day. In the trial of Black Wolf, a, Cheynno chief, and hb accessories, in Mills City, Nebraska, for burning Anderson rscche, Black Wolf wu found not guilty. Hunt ing Wolf, White Bear and two others pleaded guilty amidst a scene of excitement. IN THE CITY, Yesterday morning a street car fcelongijg to tbo Metropolitan street car company wu entirely de stroyed by fire. Judge Jared I, Whitaker died at hb residence, No. 37 Jones avenue, yesterday morning. Tbe ???Constitution Library Ws call apeetal attention to the advertisement of Ths Constitution Library," to bo found else where tn this morning???s paper, > We have carefully examined these books and heartily approve wbat b said In the advertisement. They are large, handsome books, printed In clear type on line paper, end are offered at halt the price they command In tho bookstores. 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