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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. TUESDAY. MAY 18.1884- TWElTE PAGES. METROPOLITAN MEN. THE JUDGES OF THE COURT. ■ • glnfotar Clrcamittneta ol Their (ooldinUI Promo, tlon ta (heir I’leaei-Jud... Cawing and Olu dcralccT. end Beoardrr Smyth la Seen on the Bench-'-Snysler’* Lawyer.-, (The series of sketches snd illustrations continued in this number of Tbs Constitution are copy righted by the anthor. and all rights of publica tion in any form arc reserved ] NSW Yoax, May 9.—The democratic convention of 1868 which nominated Seymour and Blair was held in this city. Robert J. Elliott, then the only police justice of Louisville, Ky., was a delegate; and being naturally curious as to the methods ol committing magiitrates in the metrop olis, he visited the Toombs polico court to ob serve them. Judge Joseph Dowling waipreslding, and learning that Jujlge Elliott was a magistrate Invited him to sit with him on the bench of the little,dark and ddsolate looking court room. It happened to beat the bou r for hearing the police reports of drunken, disorderly, lighting and va grancy cases, and while he talked with Elliott, Judge Dowling continued the rapid dispaach of business for which he was notorious. When El liott returned to hit friend he said in unconcealed fmtzement, "He talked polities and swapped jokes and yet tried.slxty cases in exactly ono hour, 1 don't maurge that many in a month.” I was telling this incident to a lawyer from a dis tant city who expressed an interest, not co much in the polloe justices of committing magistrates, as in the sessions judges who tty tho vast majority of those who are examined by the police justices and who are indicted by the grand tury, There are only three of these judges, two of whom sit in dif ferent court rooms at the same lime—the third being a relief Judge hearing motions in "chambers. 1 was a matter of wonder to my friend how these judges managed to dis pose of all the cases which eight police magistrates, a monthly grand jury and a district attorney and four assistants were constantly en gaged in preparing for them, To answer briefly, is accomplished something after the hasty manner of Joe Dowling, ihough I do not think the sessions Justices are quite ai cold blooded and Inhuman as that local Jeffreys of "Ring” days was. His of fenses finally "smelled rank to heaven” and the citizens reformers ol 1872 .that he and his seven as sociates, together with three other very rascally judges, Barnard, McCunn, and Cardozo, were abol ished at one full sweep. But without being unjus Recorder Smyth and Judges Cowing and Qilder- slccvc, ol the sessions court, manage to dispatch great many cues in the course of the year, and, though they are under tho scrutiny of a large number of shrewd and some unscrupulous lawyers who make a business of appealing their cases when beaten, and who are on tho lockout for “excep tions" to every adverse ruling, they are very sel dom “reversed" or "overruled" by tho higher courts. In this respect, and in general character the present judges have made the administration of our seesions court the most effective and repu table we hsve ever bad. A few years ago with a recorder who wu made silly by dis sipation and a city judge who was born silly pro sided this particulor court was in dlsreputo, and wu summarily cleansed by reform. All the Justices ol this court are j udges by accl dent; Recorder Bmyth by the retirement from mental disability and subsequent death of Recor der Hackett, (a son of the old comedian);'Judge- Gllaersleeve wu elected not because a lawyer but because he was the captain of tho first successful American rifle team in England; Judgo Cowing wu a lawyer, but wu made a Judge becanso Chester A. Arthur wanted to make another man alderman large and compelled Cowing to unwillingly take the nomination for a fourteen years office of much more importance and dignity than the alderman ship to which he aspired. And yet those Judges of accident are nearly perfectly fitted in the placo they fill. Hackett wu unquestionably lnune for years while on the bench i his sentences were not only unreuonably severe but manifestly unjust; and many a mere tyro in crime sufTcrs still from Hac- kett’s menial defect. Recorder 8myth, is quiet as severe in his administration u Hackett wu, but not as unreasonable. Criminals have a dread ot being brought before him, and the "shyster” lawyers who practice largely in thatbranch of the legal profession. That ho did - tlon in that court lasted but a few hours, though it not expel him from court and direct tbst' took months to prepare for tho old ring lender an amotion to disbar the rascal be made was theorly , indictment that would "hold water." Burglars act of his which I have ever observed which would ->e often disposed of for twenty years inconslder- lead me to think that Recorder Bmythe wu rot “ dries. than twenty hours. Courtney, tho fa- strlctly a Just judge. -out forger, who with only a blank sheet of bank Judge Rnfus J. Cowlngwasa few years ago » -iperandapeu and ink made a facalmilo of an yonng practicing lawyer who wu suddenly afflicted with a desire for office: ho wu immature enough towfoh to be an alderman and foolish or afflicted enough with the political itch to wish to be re-elected. I met him one day before the nomin ations were to be msdo and he told me of his ambition to be one of the next aldermen large. I vainly used on him my favorite argument —that a professional man either loses all his time and more than all his salary in any minor office, else unhappily oomea out with money and without reputation. He wu not nominated for alderman at large, but was named on the republican ticket for city judge, I congratulated him on this, because the office is one in the line of his profes sion and in which he could hope to make public reputation. Besides the term for which ho would be elected would be 14 years lualead of ono. He did not think ho could be so elected, matter," I said, “it is better for you profestlonally to be defeatod for a judgeship than to be elected an alderman." He wu elected judgo much to his surprise, and hu made a most capital officer, establishing reputation where many of his predecessors won Ignominy. The selection is to the credit of Chester A. Arthur, who wu then the local political manager of the republican party, Butforhim Cowing would have remained an al derman a year longer, and then have gone out ol political life. It la of no particular consequonce that Arthur made him a Judge because someone of the machine boys wanted to bo an alderman Ho made a good Judgo when he mado one of Cow ing- and u ho demanded only one place among the seven, which Cowing had to bestow alter his election the penalty wu not heavy for Cowing to pay. The atoryofthat appointment is not a bad one to tell u illustrative of Arthur’s practical no tions of civil service as ho hu illustrated them since he became presidcut. There wu an appll- cant for the position of court officer under Cowing named Laurence Curry. Ot the bundled applicants ftr-h:- * * t** 1 • ~vl\ t. \ for the ten places which Cowing could bestow, Cnny was tho only ono who had tho combined drawbacks of being unknown to Cowing, of having only two men to indorse his appli cation, and of bolng a confirmed democrat. He bad ono advantage, however; he wu known to Arthur and his law firm through some faithful aervlco he had dono u a deputy sheriff, and Arthur had come to recogs nlze him u ono faithful among many faithless. Curry wu accordingly appointed ono of several officers, but within a yur wu mado and a till re ts “Captain Curry of Besaiou Squad” as he and hla subordinate officers are called. Ho wu the deputy sheriff to whom the credit is due of capturing Macfonald, the noted bank of England forger, who escaped to this coun try with 911)0,000, allot which (excepta few thou sand dollara which confcderatca on the detective fores of this city secured from Macdonald) wu recovered and returned to the bank through Cur ry's efforts. Judge Gildenleeve, as 1 have said, wu made a Judgo by accident, lie had Juat returned this court havo a holy boron of his curt decisions, strict rulings aud rude punishments. He la cold and passionless—ho hu no sympathy for the ertmlnal at the expense of the injured individual or offended public. He seldom suspends untence and puts an offender on his good bchavour. The accused must be very young and have been very greatly tempted who secures this consideration at Recorder Smyth's hands. He is snappish with thi lawyers, both of the "shyster" clue andtheaasit tants of the district attorney's office. He recently soundly lectured the district attorney for negli gence In preparing eases to be tried before him, althouge the district attorney, John McKeeno, wu hla life long friend, for many years his law part* ner. The prisoner's pen In the courtrooms of the ses sions are at opposite aides from the benches of the presiding Judges, and when a prisoner is called from one of these pens to take his place at the bar for trial he hu to pass through an aisle on either side of which is the audience, and traverses the whole length of the room to.retch the dock. Im mediately in the center of each court room are tho skylights which supply both light and ventilation; and these are regulated by small ropes peadlog from them and gathered in a large loop about a man’s reach above the floor and directly above the aisle through which the prisoner Is marchc-l. Ashe comes from the pen or prison the first objects which catches the prisoner’s eye are the hang men's nooses in these pendant ropes. Imagine the feelings of a wretch if he happens to be guilty. The next object which the prisoner encounters is the eye of the jndge. The experienced criminal or the culprit whohu been wsroed by his counsel, prefers to see the nocses rather than to mut the cold, calm and searching look cf Recorder Bmyth. The frozen dignity he wears is malely asramed. It Is not natural, and tits badly on him. You cannot under stand why such a pleasant face should look to Im passive,' why so genial a gentleman should he so harsh a judge, and why so sympathetic a look should take on it so fixed an express]oo. I do not think be would be accounted strictly a courteous Judge. If he is cot a little crabbed by nature, he hat been unnaturally soured in disposition by his present service: and the trickery of the lawyers In practice in this court is calculated to exasperate the meet benign ant disposition, while the revelatioos of crime brought out in the Sessions trials are sufficient to disgust anybody with the least humanity la his touL I taw Recorder Bmythe recently bring a young "shyster” to summery account for an cffbrt to deceive the court by one of the stale tricks of cursory proceedings them, The Tweed examlna- *—— in 1878 from England as captain victorious American title team when political factions in this city were look. Ing around for candidates. Tammany hall and its demecrallc rival were sharply contending at the moment, and Irving hall, nomluating Glider- sleeve ran him on his popularity as rifleman. The republicans supported him and the Tammany candidate was beaten. Lackingln<xperlenoeacd trained knowledge of tho law. Judge UUdersleeve has, notwithstanding, made a most excellent magistrate. This has been lets because of the legal soundness of bis decisions than because be he has lent dignity to a bench which predecessors had made ridiculous and has helped his present associates to restore confidence which had been el - entirely and hopelessly lost in the administration of oue of the most Important though not the highest of our courts of criminal Jurisdiction. The quick dispatch ot business In the general sessions I have already alluded to. 8ome of the Instances of summary trial there are very interest ing, and Clerk John Hparks, who has been In the service for twenty odd years, has many interesting reminiscences of the K.-le bond so nearly perfect as to pass ecru tiny, was ' led In about three hours, and evidence on which '0 indict him for perjury was elicited at the samo into. He recently got ten years in State’s prison on tie two convictions. A burglar and ..arroter was recently tried 1 -'ay and sentenced for eighteen years and -lx months; whilo tho subsequent trial ,of the «oman who aided him, and who received the same harsh but Just punishment, was hurried through in n single morning. Almost every sort of crime ' i led in the sessions, though the murder cases are usually sent to the higher eourt of oyer and term!, ner, in which one of the supreme court judges pre- >ldes. Numerous capital sentences imposed by the judges of the sea- -lous court. Clerk Sparks has all tho curl- ..us cases of this court fora generation back tuck- cd away In his memory, and can draw them out much as he does the papers and rooords in tho thousand pigeon holes in his office. It Is raid that he can lay hla hands on any record in the building at a moment’s notice; this is all the more wonder ful because of the fact that the records have not been too faithfully Indexed except in Sparks’ own mind. Ho is the ono perpetually serene spirit of the sessions court. Nothing ever ruffles hts tem per, disturbs his digestion or quickens either his pulse or his gait. Jndgea, district attorneys or lawyers, clerks alike, wait on his leisurely and dig- ullied way of doing things. Thoso having butlneia with him are either very much amused or fright ened by his manner. In friendly busi ness intercourse he takes you hand much as you would take a cat, and purrs and smooths you down while he fs tolling you all you want to hear and a great deal that' unnecessary for you to hoar. It is curious to ob serve how he will mix up valuable information as to tho law points of a case with his interesting recollections of its trial, and yet leave the searcher for tho Information unconfused by the reminis cences. To the culprit in thedook his manner is the very oppcslto. He will ask an secured man what be has to sty as to tho lodic-ment charged, "guilty or not guilty,” or a convicted murderer what he has to say, why the sentence of death should not bo pronownced on him with about as much apparent feeling as be displays when asking tho ordinary applicant at his desk, "what can I do lor youf" Yet I am told that Judgo Cowing never pronounces the death sentence without mingling a tear or two with thoso ot Clerk Sparks. Prrssssl Paints. Chevalier Wlckoff was no more a chevalier than I am, exoept as James Gordon Bennett dubbed him in ridicule. Wlckoff, about ALL THROUGH DIXIE. e ■ U M1W OF TI1B WEEK IB TUB SOUTHERN! STATES. What the Southern Folks are Doing—The - Latest News by Mall and Wire to The Constitution. 1840, started, with John J, Ryan and others a daily paper in this city called tbe "Republic,” with the avowed purpose of breaking down tho Herald. Old Bennett ridiculed the paper every day, giving among cthor thingselaborate accounts of tho gorg eous dressing robes and esps which Wlckoff and Ryan wore when writing. Tho paper survived only a short time. When died Bennett publicly tnnounccd bis intention to employ the two editors on tho Herald provided they wore clothing suitable for citizens of a republic. Ryan accepled his offer, and remains to this dty in the service of ihe Her- aid at Faria. Wlckoff became, later on, the pri vate secretary of Mrs. Bennett and attended her and her hutband on their famous bridal trip to Europe which Bennett described in claborato let tors giving minutest de’alls of their pleasures, Wlckoff is the person whom Bennett is supposed to have referred to in theao letters as the valot who attended his bride at her toilet; 1 first me Wlckoff at Bannett’s house, in 1843 where his obso qulous attendance on Mi*. Bennett was a matter of quiet amusement to tho cynical Ur. B. and of amazement to my then unsophisticated self. William F. G. Shanks. GENERAL GRANT'S BANK. A Maniacal far Ills l-sissaal ICallsf-Ward Dsutd by mwetlvca. Nzw York, May 10.—The Telegram says a move ment hut been cet on foot by Jay Gould, and other irlends of General Grant, to raiso a fund with which to place the general on his feel. Fcrdeuand Ward waa the only member of the firm of Grant <tr Ward, with tho excoptlon Swift, broker member, who visited the office of tbe firm this morning. Hi went et osee to bis private office, whero be re. mstned In coceulUUou with Mr. Davis, assignee and receiver. Ho refilled to say anything. Tho legal complications hare Interfered considerably with the work of lnveatlgallou, but fntbeond the appointment ef a receiver will be ol benefit, affaire ol the firm more readily straightened out Rumonwero again current this morning that Ward had been arrested, but the only foun dation for them wu tho fact that wherever he geeihe is followed by deteetlvei. II le probable that no arreat will be made until the report ol tho anignee le ready, unless Ward should, in tho meantime, attempt to leavo the mate. General Grant wu not at the office to day. Golonel Fred Grant aal'1 he bad uo news communicate, and that he did not know bow his affaire Hood, but that he feared he had loat all he pataca eed. There were fewvlsliore at the Marine bonk, and the excitement In the neighbor hood of the building hai died out. Windows are still sbutandcloaely guarded. Wouldn’t Take Him. Will this toad take me lo Atlanta?" uked a traveler of a "cracker." No. sfr-ree," replied tbe countryman; "uarry a time." -That’s strange," mused the first speaker. “A man told ma a few hours ago that ll would.” "He lied, stranger; I’ve been hyar twenty y’ars, aud I hslut seed ll tuck nobody enny wbar ylt; an’ f don’t s'pom she ever will long ufoku kin ride an’ walk ” "Wall, li I fol oar tue read I’M gal there, won't It” smilingly uked ihe traveler. 'Not much; icr yektint toiler it, kaae she don’t move, an’ ye kelnl ioller nothin’ what don’t move long in front of yo.” But If I travel this route 1'sl soon reach the city, t reckon.” -Then ye struck it, mister; jes’ keeps movin' the way ye’re goiu’ an’ ye’ll git thar arter awhile. Momln’ to ye.” , The Usd sriha rail Kim Strike. Fall Riven, May 10.—To-day coinplatea the 14th week ol the strike in this city, and practically concludes the strike. Tbe •planers have not for mally voted to go beck, nor is it likely such a vote will be paseed la muting, but soma of Use struck mills are in full operation, aud others nearly so. Of two hundred spinners who struck In ten mills, probably not over one-hall wUl secure work again In this city, bulky the burning of the Begaaore mill and the tubulin tlon of ling frarata In the Tree; The put week has Jjeen rather quiet. A number of the usual spring - onrentiona havo been held In several states, but few events of interest havo occurred. The weather is all that could ha desired by the farmers, and the crop prospect is very tine. Arkansas. Beebe, Arkansas, expects to ship over 8100,COO worth of strawberries this season. Mississippi. Aberdeen, Mississippi, is to have a 930,000 now Haronlo temple, Jackson, Mississippi, will give from 925,000 950,000 to the State female college. II located there. Kentucky. The spring meeting of the Kentucky association will begin at Lexington, May 7th, and contlnuo six days. There will be four races each day. J. R. Wolf, of Georgetown, Kentucky, wu ar rested in Lexington, Kentucky, Wednesday night on the charge ol forgery. committed by nenry Swalne, and his caute for committing tho deed Is unknown. Mrs. Reed’s throat wu cut with a butcher knife and she was terribly bciten over the bead with an axe. Her hutband reached the bouse Just before the expired, She revealed the name of the murderer, and oco hundred citizens started In pursuit, and lilt Light ho wis lodged in Jail hero. Threats of lynching him were freely expressed. Raluoh, N. 0„ May 8.—Henry Swain, the negro who, last Monday morning, ao brutally murdered Mrs. Reedy at Waughtown, near Winston, and hu since been in jail at tho latter plsce, was taken from jstl at 3 o'clock this morning by a large party ol masked men aud bangec. Ho oonfessed tbo crime, wblch be declared wu for the purpose of robbery. The murdered woman was 02 years of Florida. Orlando, Florida, is to have water works, Tho Santa Fo canal company, of Florida, after an outlay ol 980,000, without sufficient returns hu ceaaced operations. Tho new hotel at Waldo, Florida, is nearly fin lshcd, Tho number ol arrivals at tho hotels in Florida, during tho seuon o11883-34, wu 49,060. Texas. McKinney. Texu, May 7.-Durlng a largely- attended meetlug at the Methodist church, colored, Monday night, the foundations gave way, and the church collapsed. Two lamps exploded, scattering the bunilug oil over ihecongregatlon. One woman wu burned to death, aud another will probably die. Several others were badly burned. A panic prevails, and tbe entire town turned out, tbluklng that a negro uprising bad takeu place. Tho cue ol a colored woman who wu a grand mother at 10. Is repined from Naevgdoohea, Texu. Louisiana. Nxw Oelians, May 8.—Tho osnvonllou ol B’nal Brilh yesterday debated tho ureranoo ol Iho Cleveland asylum, and appointed a commltteo of seven, one from each Hate, to consider the matter and report at the next annual convention. The election of representatives to tho home of New Or leans and tho Tones hospital look piano, Rev. Mr. Stmfioid, ol Memphis, wu reflected to Cleveland for four years. Lut night tholodgo wu entertained by a summer night's festival at the Spanish ForL Virginia. Richmond, May 8 -Tho trial ol School Superin tendent Carter M. Louthan, indicted for engaging in politics in violation ol the law recently passed, hu been finished. Louthan wu found guilty and fined 910 in addition to tho forfeiture ol his office. Uo will appeal from the decision and test the eon tltullonallty ol theatatute. Richmond, Va., Mays—Tho supreme eourt ol appeal to day rendered a decision declaring un- consil’utlonal iho law passed by iho lut legisla ture providing for tho election ot registrars and Judges ol election by board of threo members choscu by that body for each city, town aud coun ty in tho stato, because it is required of Iho mem hers ol said boards to bo freeholders, This doolalon makes tho elections cl registrars and judges by theso boards illegal and of no effect, and conse quently takes the wholo election machtnory o( tho state outof tbo hands oi tho democrats, and re places it whero ll wss beforo tho passage oi the law, In the hands ol tbo coalitionists. Mr. J. I’anenhart, cl Millwood, Va„ has Invented a steam carrlago which runs along noiselessly ai tbo rate of twelve to fifteen miles an hoar. A number ot codfish have boon eaugbt in Nor folk harbor the put woek. Seven or eight artesian wells havo recently been bored at West Point, Va. Most of tbem an strong sulphur, Maryland, Balthiokx, Msy 10 —In tin.- Southern Baptist eon forouco this morning J 0 C Black, - oi Georgia, re ported tho nominations for officers aud boards oi managers oi tho foreign sad homo missions. Ths officers oi both boards were re-elcctod, exoept a very few uoimportaut changes. A resolution, commending tho school enterprise at Saltillo, wu adopted alter au addrea from Rev. W D Powell, missionary at that place. Rev E F Baldwin, oi North Carolina, spoke with reference to establish ing a mission in KaMljca, province of Algeria, whero he had recently baptised a Scotch Frubyto- rlan missionary. T he tlmo and placo for Iho next convention wu fixed at Augusta, Georgia, Wednes day bcioro tho 2d Sunday lu May, 1885. Eor Dr J L M Curry, oi Richmond, wu toloclcd to preaoh the annual sermoa and Dr J L Burrows to preach an hlsicrlcal sermon on that oceulon. Appropriate resolutions on tho doath of Revs R N Wonkier and Marlin tf Summer wero adopted. RevC O Bitting, D D, o! tho American Bible un. ion, spoke of hu Bible distribution. The digest of the reports of the vlci prosldsuti wu read by Rev P U Kerfoot. Tbe missions In China were dlsou ised at tbe evening ae-ston and a resolution to contlnuo Hum wu adopted. Five correspondent messengers wore appointed lo the HapUst aud anniversary meeting in Detroit. Adjourn cd tine die. Baltimom. May 10.—[Special]—A groat deal ol work la being dono by tfie African Methodist Episco pal general conference to-day. BlehopJnoM Brown presided. An effort wu mado to hare the matter oi tending a committee to Philadelphia to Inueeil- gate tho affalra ot tbe publication department, res commended, but lolled. Ror. Mr. Townaend, cor responding secretary ol the mlaslooary aeolety, made hla report, ehowlng a decided lacreaao in the minion work oi the church. North Carolina. CHaaLBSToH, N. O., May 6.—D. Edward Belgle, cf . C.. commuted enfold* at Loweavllle, new tbla city yesterday by taking laudanum. C’HaaLcTta, N. C„ May 6.-Yesterday morning H. Proctor, a prominent etUzen of Lincoln jounly, a merchant oi Denver, twenty miles north fit Charlotte, wu called to Use door of his residence by a man named Boo Thompson, who la known aa man oi no very amiable traits ot cheracter. Thompson held e pistol lu hla hand, aud as soon Proctor appeared at the door,tookqulck aim and fired, and Proctor fsii to tha ground mortally wounded. The bullet (truck Proctor in Ihe left breast, end passed direeity through left lung. Proctor* aacarrled into the house and physicians were et once scut for, who soon arrived, aud tiler an examination pro nounced tha wound fatal. The cause of the shoot- leg la said to have been an old grudge that exlsied for a long time between the two parties, snd which Thompson proceeded to settle in the man ner set forth. lu the exeUeaent incident to tbe shooting Thompson succeed ed^ia making hit (•cape. Tho Indignation of the neighborhood wu thoroughly aroused, and Urge parties i tar ted out In ell dlrectloue lu search of Tnotnpaon. One perty struck the trail about noon, snd following it upsrrlvedattbe bouse of Thompson's brother, near Brevand’e station. They surrounded Ike boos aud the object of their watch came out end surrendered. Tbe murderer wu carried thence end lodged in jell at Uncoiatoa. Winston, K. C„ May S.-Mrz. liarrisou Reed, a seh mill, four hundred strikers Ins* their plseae, j _ end the manufacturers have reaolved that many I «o*t estimable Udy living near Waughtown, wu ef the oiten mu*t look tor employment elsewhere, horribly murdered yeeteidey. The murder wu »j.e herearo2]0stuilent*at Iho State UDivenlty of North Carolina. ______ Tennessee. CuaTTawooaa, Tcnn,, May 6.—This rooming Ella May, a five year old daughter ol C. Boyer, died. Lut Friday evening she ran against a ves sel in hot mothtr's band containing scalding wa der. The water fell over the chlld’e neck, arms and breast, scalding her In a shocking manner, and after great snfferlDg died aa above stated. Ciiattanoooa, May ft.—A few weeks ago Dick Warner, a negro, made a criminal assault ou Mrs. Mardr.r, wife oi a farmer living near Scotlaboro, Alabama. Thai whole section of country aroused aud a search wu mado, terminating in tho capture of Warner. Good counsel prevailed, and the offlccra wero allowed lo placo the prisoner in jail to await Iho acllou ol tho court. Information received Ibis evening stales thatlutnight Mm Mardargavo birth lo a dead child as a result of the shock to her nervous system Tho dosd child wss entirely black. When thin fact became known another mob was organised, which surrounded the Jril.iUinsndlng tho negro, Tne jailer had learned of Ihe lutentloaa ol the mob, and clandestinely spirited Warner away. Tbe town it. lu a tcrriblo stalo of rv’.Htm -lit, demanding to know the wheroabouls of tho negro. Ciiattanoooa, May 6.—A killing occurred this afternoon at hall pul one o’clock at Ihe wharf at the foot oi Market street. Josh Flipplnaud Tom Usmmond, two bands on the steamor Warner, hah a difficulty. Fllppln wav standing on tho lower deck with one shoo.off, when Hammonds seeing him, walked and stepped ou bis foot. Fllpplu got up and spoke roughly to Hammond, wheu the latter replied; "God damn you/I’ll kill you.' Aud started toward Fllppln, who struck him with his list. Ill mm oml jumped back, stumbled ovor something and fell over tbe guard Into tho river. A bargowu standing near, and Hammond sank beneath ll and was drowned, CHarrANoaoA, May 8.—ipectal—The queston as to whether tho Methodist natverslly wu to bo open to the pupils ot all colon and provlous con. dltlou of serslludo, hu again been sprung upon lhe:communlty. The fact has been mado public lot tbo first time, that the property on wblcb ibis university is to bo built wu deeded by C. J. Shot field and O. St. J. Sheffield to tho Freedman’s society ot Ihe Melhodtet Episcopal ohuich. Tho published portions of tho charter show tbe unlvorslty will be for tho education ol ail, regardless of color. Tho prime movers in raising subscriptions toward building tho school denied strenuously that it was to bo mixed, aud ou Iho-strongth ol this promise eonsldcrablo money wu subscribed in this section ol tbe south. The oouveytneo oi ibis property settles tho question, and considerable Interest Is manifested among those interested lu It here. CiUTrANoooa, Tcnn., Hay 8—[Spoolsl]—At SprlngcliylMt night, while George Btcwartwes walking across tho railroad bridge a train camo upon him before he could leave the itructuro to savo himself. Uo lowered himself to iho wood work and hung suspended until becoming excited whilo Iho train wu passing over him, his bold broke and ho foil to tbo rocks below, a distance ol about twenty lost. His injuries are very sovero but thought not necessarily fatal. 5!r. Sic wart was traveling for Uerrlam and Mltcholl, grocery, ot ibis oily. The famous wharf suit ot V. K. Stevenson, Vs. Ibe City oi Chattanooga, in Iho federal court, hav ing boon decided lu favor of Stevenson, tho city attorney announces that the case will bo appealed io a higher eourt. While Squire Sbelton, ot Cblcamauga, was pan log along tbe streets of Chattanooga Wednesday night, ho wskstruck on the head with a brink by an unknown person. Ho was knocked insensible and his Injuries era considered qulto serious. Ciiattanoooa, Tcnu., May 10,—[SpecialJ—Sheriff Robinson and Oily Marshal Barrett, ol Bcottlboro, Ala., camo to tho city lut night tot Bamuol Recto, charged with muideratSeotUboro in 1831, and left at« o'clock this morning with Iho prisoner. From Ibe officers it Is learned that a min named Cope land, a relatlvo of Kccao, had a difficulty with luoffenslve tramp and wu killed, Reese look a doublebareled shotgun and killed Iho tramp sfoer bis ariest. He remained about Bridge port several months aud having tho reputation ol beluga desperado was not arrested, lie hu been living hero for somo time working at the carpentering business. Alabama. Anniston, May 7.—Mr.T. II. Moltey, secretary aud treuurtr ol the building and loan association, slates that ho will haveover ono thousand shares taken by the end ol this week. Anniston. Ala., May 8 -[SplelalJ—Tho prelimi nary trial ol Willis A Hawkins. Jr„ for killng Western Hardy last Friday, was concluded to-day before Judge H L Jeffers. Several witnesses wero examined for Ihe proiecuilou. The detente only Introduced oue, but Uroy bad several in walUng 11 they bad been necessary. Eloquent snl exhaust ivespeechcs were made by Mttars. Wlllet A Feat gin, counsel for Hawkins, who used every effort to oonvluco Ibe judge that the killing wu jugtlflable, while Metsrs. Bsruey, Caldwell A Broylca for the proeccntlon loll bo clone unturned lo show that the killing ol liardy was murder, pure aud simple Alter adducing all the testimony, the judge de cided that though Hawkins killed Hardy, the tea- llsnony did not sustain Iho charge lu the warrant, wblch bad been for murder, though ho thought It out to bind tho prisoner over in tbo sum of one thousand doilers to appear bcioro the next term ol Calhoun client* iwtirL Judze Hawkin’, lather ul use prisoner, Immedle. ately gave the bond, aud ho and hi* son left for home via Atlanta. MoXTOCNKar, May S.-[dpectel J-At tho United Stale* court to-day Judge Bruce rendered his deci sion In the marshalship case, which bu been pend ing for several days. In a lengthy opinion he de cided that the office wu vacant, and would have be filled by the appointing power according to law. Judge Woods,u circuit justice incases oi vacancy, appelate the marshal until the prerident Dominates someone end the ncmtuco la confirmed. MoNiooHsav, Mty 9.—A dispatch from Dr. Smith, state geologist, says that a tost wu comple ted at tho unlvemtT labratory yesterday, and that It is developed that rich phosphate beds exist in Autauga county. Similar discoveries have been made In other portions of tha state. These discov eries are in Ihe agricultural part of the state. TuscUNBia, Ala., May 9.-l8pectal.)— Today’! auction sales cf Sheffield lots wu a repetition In nearly every respect of yesterday's field day, only the competi tion wu stronger, coming at most exclusively from the substantial men. who were eager purcha- ■trs al steadily ad Turin* prices. The prediction the knowing out* yesterday that higher price* would be realized to-day wu fully substantiated. Theadvaae* compared with yaaterdey reached nearly M percent, while some partita who were bouaflde inrestors yesterday refused offers o! orer M per cent profit on Ihelr porchaers to-day. Mark Lyon, president ol the Motile real estate company, purchased yesterday and to-day IwoBty-dee late and will improve Item forthwith. They have also secured one-lhlrd of tbo Sheffield hotel company’ff stcck, which gives Motile and Montgomery the controlling interest tegetber. F. D. McMillan, of Atlanta, took tbo cake by outrivalliug all his competitor/, end sc'ured tho triangular lot. about one hundred and fifty four, for eighty nine Bwndted dollars, on which it Is proposed to bnlld an opera honso. Thoro were 115 lots sold today, Tho total brought eighty seven thousand nln« hundred and thirty fire dollars. Tbe loweat let sold for three hundred and twenty flvo dollars. Tho highest brought eighty nine hundred dollars. Mr. Earnest Lamar, near Seims, Alabsms, baa thirty acres lu Irish potatoes'. Tbe crop fo beauti ful, aud tbo prospect for a flue yield Is very prom- king. South Carolina. Chabliston, May 7 —Last night an attempt wu made by a sheriff’s porre composed of about forty men to capture W.B. Catb, tbe Chesterfield outlaw Tbe Cash mansion at Cash’s depot was surrounded and a thorough search of the promises wu made but tbe murderer could not be found. a 8usftEa,S C., May8—Captain R. M. Andrews, •gen 93, started yesterday for Bit ton, Moss.,’on a pedestrian lour. He expeots to msko the entire Journey on foot, and fo confident of hfo ability to do It. Columbia, S. C., May 9.—[Special]—TMi morning at 8:80 o’clock your correspondent. In company with Sheriff Samuel W. Rowan, visited Jim Cole man. The culprit, In bis dark cell, u he grinned through the Iron ban and welcomed us, looked like a vicious, bruifob follow. His sunken eyes snd re pulsive visage denoted tho hsrdoned criminal. In stead of being cast down with sorrow and remorse and trembling In view of his tppioachlng death, ha actually teemsd cheerful. He apparently had no Just conception ol Iho enormity of hfo crime or rise awful punishment which wu to be meted out lo him In a few short houn. He agaiu made a full and freo confusion of bis crime, de scribing Just how be had committed the murder. I visited Coleman early Ihla morning and found him dsessed In a new suit ot black. He wu cheer ful aud talkative. He said he had a good night's rest. Ho ate uo breakfast but one biscuit. When I uked him why, he said: "Because I have uo appetite for earthly food. I’ll soon be In Paradise, whero I will dine with my Redeemer, on Heavenly foed.” When questioned further he asserted that he was fully reconciled to death, end the gallows postoued for him no lorrors. “Tell me truthfully, Coleman, why you killed Sarah W tills,” 1 uked. He laughed aud replied: "1 can’t tell, because I don't know myself. I Juat killed her so, I hail nothing against her. X wu with her that night and sho said my wlfo would not like mo being away. I was not mad, fori knew she wu right, bat Just as I was going out tbo door I spied the hatchot, aud u quick u I could got lo hor I killed hor. That’s all there is about It," At oxactiy eight minutes put eleven Coleman took hla position ou the gallows. Ho suffered tho executioner to place him on tho prcclso spot ho wos to occupy. When his eyes met tho nooeo which dangled impatiently above his head, ho >lld not tremble or show any ovldonco oi fright. He Join ed lustily luslnglug"JustuIAm, 'and thenoffo.e-1 a brief anil peculiarly forvid prayer. Evenhlaspir- ltual attendants regarded bis words os tbo blas phemous utterances oi a hardened criminal, woo sought to personato tho martyr and Christian. No body present placed any faith in his declarations, ills lut words wore these: Good bye, aim friends." 1 pray you will all moot mo at the great Judg ment day." Precisely at 11:!9, tbo trigger rope wu jerked suddenly aud vigorously by Bhcrff Rowan. The murderer's neck cracked llko a whip card, and hfo death wu Instantaneous aud painless, Tho body wu allowed to bang soventoen minutes, wheu It war cut down and given to friends, who burled It this afternoon. No membora ol hfo fam ily woro pteseut. No excitement attondod the ex- ccutlon. Sheriff Rowan, proved himself a skillful hangman. The onllro performance wont off with- it a hitch. Colundia, 8.0., Msy 9.—[Special.]—Tho Register of this city, following tin oxsmploof the Charles ton News and Courier, oppo-cs tho nomination ot Tildou for tho presidency. It fo safe to affirm that nclthorof iheso newspapers truly represents tho South Carolina democracy ou this particular ques tion. It would bo who anil modest, too, tot cer tain editors In tbfo state to desist abusing TUden anil condemning him for abiding by tho decision ol tbo olcctnral commission and not taking his seat by force. They assuredly bare not forgotten Iho peculiar role South Carolina played In that drama. It seems they era desirous to revive a question, tho discussion ol which cannot add to tho honor ot South Carolina or brighten her fame. Fortunately, however, our pcoplo think for them selves and will wilh cheerful alacrity seize this opportunity to show tbetr fidelity to tbo choico oi their psrty. Your correspondent lays no claim to any rcmarkablo ululoness, but ho thinks he can fore-easi tho political horoscope with a vision clear enough to di-cera Iho action ol our Juno conven tion; when; If the ilgns do not provo fallacious, Tllden will bo proclaimed iho choico oi the demo cratic voters In South Carolina, as heir certainly tha favorite of tho great maze ot volets throughout Iho United Slates. Columbia, H, 0„ May 10.—Memorial Day waa duly observed. Tho graves wero beautifully decorated In tho various church yard during Ihe morning. At 6 o’clock In thesltcrnnon near two thousand persons siscmkled at Elmwood cemetery. Governor Thompson, tho stalo officers Judges ol the supremo court and many other no table citizens wero present. Rev. Il.O.Judd of fered prayer. Tbe children of all Iho private and publlarohoula scattered wreaths and flowers over the graves. Columbia, B. O., May 10.—[Special]—It 1s said Boggau (huh has signified hla lirioullou to surren der some day next weak. Tho court meets in Chesterfield in two weeks, end It Is thought Colo nel (huh and Beggan will ho ready to Hand their trial. Governor Thompson having decided not to la- lerfore In behalf oi tho threo Greenville murder- eralhoy will hang next Friday. Absolutely Pure. vel of parity. £1 . old only t _ apyotou Dri/i, .ulmi*,