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For nlo38 WallSt,
VOLUME XIV.
FAYETTEVILLE GA
LBUrfggs C:
CON STITUTION:
REAL ESTATE LOANS.
FIVE YEAR LOANSI
OR PLANTATIONS IN
MIDDLE AND NORTHERN GEORGIA
On better term, than .re offered In A'huate.
Negotiated by FR.KCIS KONTA INK.
Fittui Burenina,
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ne leading topics el this week', tone ere:
Turn and Advkmturi—"Adventure With .
Mooiter Llea." ‘ A Genuine Bull Fight,”
"The Kduceled Dog," "Rescued by .n Al.-
batroos,” "Evidence ol a Homo,” "The Af
fection of Nocking Bird*.”
Tin SUtMiATioM cr THK Wxxx—The
HANGING OF JOHNSON.
Ods Huxosoufl WsiUM—Uuclo Remus, “Bror
Rabbit and Mr. Man;*' Betsy namllton, “Go*
dp;*’ BUI Arp, VWfcat Shall We do With Our
<,i-1*-,”'
Abound thx Camp Fibs—'“Mahone’s Flank Move*
meat," "Twenty Yoaw Ago/*
TALMAGE’S SERMON:
"1864 AND 18S4."
Tux coMerirnmoH DxrAKrsatsrs—"Tho Women’.
Kingdom," "Onr Young People,” "Anjtron to
Correapondents," "Ferms end Farmers,” "Tho
Anti-Liquor Fight,"
News of THlt Wxxx—“All Through Dixie,” “Tho
Week In Congress," "None by Wire," "Short
New. Notes,” "Points About People," “Across
tho Water,” "During the Week,” "Georgia
News," “The Political Field.”
KniToiiutB—'"Note, on Current Topics," and many
other things ot Interest.
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Eaeli. Nnbeeribe nt Once.
METROPOLITAN MEN.
THS LATEST VICTIMS OF THB WALL
STREET PANIC,
A T.ole of StMk Gimbtrr. end KSHon.lrr.-Tkc
Ui.uil or Or.r.Outlfla.tlon ol Brok n*
eks.li. by FH.ndr Banka-Soary a.d
Z.o la tb. e.m. Beat With yi.b.
IThe series ol sketches and illustrations continued
in thin number of TB* Constitution ato copy
righted by the author, and alt right, of publica
tion in any form ere rrseired. ]
NKW Yotut, May 2A-More news is suppressed in
New York thsn is published. Thismsy bo regard-
ed as sn exaggeration, but 1s not untruth. Much
that occurs doe. not seethe light; much more does
not deserve to: a great deal cannot be told. The
recent panic in Wall street lllnstretcs this anew.
The credit of many other houses would havo suf.
feted had tho whole that was known to som e pa
pers been printed; hundreds ol incidents charac
teristic ol prominent men have escaped tolling he.
cause ol tho charity olscmo and lack of space or
enterprise of other papers; and tho secrets ol the
chief snd most dlshonorablaol tho recent failures
ere really loo vile to tell, and can only be hinted
ah
I suggested last week that tho Fish A Ward failure
would prove to be the most disgraceful In Ameri
can annals. It now proves to be also the moat gro
tesque at far as Grant St Ward are concerned and
the most disgusting as relating lo James D. Fish
and the Mtrlno bank. The "Yeung Napoleon of
Finance," as Ferdinand Ward Is facetiously called,
John C. if uo, ms the principal customer of hell a
dozen houses In the street. The Newark Bavlnis
institution was carried down by Fisk A Hatch, who
substituted for its special deposit of 92,000,000 gov
ernment bonds, fluctuating railway and other se
en rides on which the bank could not readily
realize. It was the “ring” system o( spoliation in
troduced Into Wall street; nothing else.
la profitable contracts Gram's name secured the
firm. Ol coume somebody will have lo repay these
sums to the Innocent end simple investors, or
somebody will go to jail. But think of the gro-
terqnentss of such financlerlur, end see how. In
thetr new light, Fisk and Tweed grow to be quite
commonplace men. The old "Tweed ring" looks
ridiculous by comparison with this ono. -
George I. Bendy, president of the Metropolitan
bank would havo commanded svmpatby had It not
keen tor hla connection with the stock-gambling
house of Nelson, Robinson & Co.
It wise firm composed of his own relatives and
was favored by the Metropolitan bank beyond any
other house. The favoritism shown his relatives
deprives sency of any sympathy and has lost him
the presidency ol tho bank. Secuy has been
reputed a millionaire several times over; he hss
given several small fortunes to public charities and
educational Institutions. He was building a hos
pital to cost several hundred thousand, but the
failure leaves It unfinished. He led a ilomesdo sort
ol life, and outside oi bit banking' and stock
financing ltd a mild Christian sort of existence
Bnt this has been a bad ptnlc for Christian
flananctersllko Hatch and Bency and Kuo and
Dtdd. I most not omit to name Ward, who at
under tho ministrations ol Dr, Stores.
The true story of tho Kno defalcation and the
salvation ol the Second National bank will proba
bly never bo told. Bnt while I am- under obliga
tions not to tell the astounding total ol yonng
John C. Eno's squiriderings. I may tay that the
three and a ha millions which report credits his
doubtedly in the midst o( temptation.
Naturally, such a young man with inch a bank
behind him would be a victim worthy the efforts
ol stock gambling. At any rate, they got him. He
failed Ignomlniously end has alreday been swept
violently aside autl out ol sight. It Is now remem
bered ol him only this—that be assumed several
virtues he did not possess, and had one which,wlll
bo remembered to his credit; .he waa domestic and
devoted to his family, 111- money was not sqn.n.
dcred like that ol Fisk and Ward in tho purchase
oi houses and jewelry for account of whom they
cannot now remember. Eno's Infatuation was
pnrelythat ol the speculator; his fromy lhatol
the gambler who feols that there Is no greater sat
isfaction in life than that of losing, except that ol
winning.
Tro tacts of how Amos R. Eno managed to mako
good hiss-n’sgreat lossos reads Uko a romance
stiasgerthan any I know! The ton oontessed on
Sunday, May 11th. Tho lather was first astoelshcd;
then mortified; then enraged, and floally was al
most heartbroken at the revclaitjn el the simul
taneous loss ot hts boy, his family name and his
mlllonB. He did not know what to do tor twenty
lour hoars, but calming down turned for support
where he bad eften sought it before, end strangely
enough to one much younger than himself. Years
ago A. B. Eno bad been a partner ol and made his
many millions with tho lather ol Congressman
William Walter Phelps, ot New. Jcraey; and sluco
his partner’s death he has been accustomed to look
to the son In times of dlfflonlty, as he onco looked
to the lather. Ho telegraphel to Phelps at Wash
ington on Monday, and the latter reached him oft
Tuesday morning, when he heard for the first tlmo
tho astounding story with pain and grief almost as
great aa that of the father. Mr. Phelps was also a
stockholder and director ot the bank, having been
pnt in at hie 1 ather’a death merely to avoid taking
a stranger Into tho concern, but with
tho understanding ol all hands that his frel
quent absences from tho country, political duties,
etc., Would mako It Impossible for him to giro an)
personal attention lo the bank's affairs. Mr. Kuo,
Hr., wbllo impatiently awaiting Phelps's arrival,
hadconsWered his legal responsibility as director
and named It to Phelps In conversation. Mr.
Phelps without hesitation declared thstthe entire
KODINANDWaOD.
pro es on the witness eland a combination of Jim
Fisk and Bill Tweed. With tho unblnslng air of
the Gascon Fisk be unblusblngly tells of "ring” op
erations more reckless, daring and extonslvo than
Freebooter Tweed evor dreamed of perpetrating.
Tweed robbed a City, full 9t l?ol«.ol {6,6M,t60;
Util min eppetn to have Ulkod out ot a few con
fiding friends I14.000.000. He appears to have taken
the entire Grant family end connections Into part
nership, under conditions which re
quired them to admit practically, “We
ere tools financially; you know eveii
thing, yon attend to the bnsloeii and we will ac
cept your guarantee ot 11.000 a month profit! for
etch of ns.” There wii no other consideration ap
parent in the artlolca or the acts ot this re maria
ble copartnership, tho Grants did nothing, slid
nothing, and drew their 91.000 a month with regu
larity and without •nsplclon or conscience. The
big profits shown in the books they never heard
ol—the books were kept to catch new dopes. The
Ward and Fish partnership looks discredablo to all
parties concerned. Ward appears to hare come In
to possession of tome ol Fish's secrets. Tho old
gentlemen was a gallant, and his down town bank
apartmenta-and hie Mystic plats up town were the
•oenes of occasional orgris, oi which Ward appar
ently knew. Ha forced old man Fish to aid him
in his reckless schemes for the plunder ol friends.
He could never have accomplished what he bat
done with Grant’i name alone; he had to have a
capitalist, and th/tt capitalist in a beak of credit,
to draw on occasionally to accomplish so bold
a fraud. Fish was the man who seeved his pur
pose, and he osed him freely.
This has been a panic of the mllllonelree end
stock gamblers: not Uke that o! 1873, a panic of
merchants. Then stocks were high and money
tight; nowitocks are low and money cheap. Then
the sobitantiel business merchants having no In
flated stocks as collateril found difficulty In bor
rowing money and suffered; now the gamblers In
stocks flod it impossible to raise money, though
cheap end plenty, on substantial stocks. Another
thing has tended to create this panic; the million
aire banken have loot their nerve. Over-certifica
tion had been golsgon so long that the sadden
■topping of it under this state oi nervousness has
swamped thoaebroken who have been mtit favor
ed. They an suddenly required to do basinet ■
on a cash basis. Hence these tears in Well street
Of the five hanks which failed til had some aus
picious or Improper connection with Well street
speculative firms. The Marine bank wsa ruined
by Grant and Waid,of.wbich Fish,Its president,was
a special partner. The Metropolitan bank, George
I. Seney, president, wae embameeed by Nelson,
Bobluon A Co., composed of two sons and one
eon-in-law of deney. The Atlantic bank of Brook
lyn, wasamere offshot ol the Metropolitan, and
wu practically owned and actually directed by 1
£esey. The president of the Second netiocal hank,
OXOBOK 1. SXNBV.
father with making good to the bank is less by a
sum it takes seven figures to express than tho
amount the young president made way with. lie
wu young but not inexperienced In business; be
Is of a quiet and domestic disposition,
socially popular, with religions associa
tions and pretended ' religious ten
dencies; a reformer in politics: and there was
everything abouUlHfsccpl his ysuth to com
ilttlW thd’coSfMBRbnciaily reposed In him;
His wu a peculiar Institution. A bank for deposit
for fuhlonablo women, with uollmltod pin
money for the numerous theatrical mansgors and
aclorsol tho vicinage: for tho scores of large dry
goods hourcs and Jowelry • stores In
the neighborhood; for the np-town
chsriUes Uke the Bellevne trailing school lor
nurses; for the Civil Service reform auocliUon;
for (he big up town hotels, grocers like Park A
TUUord and furniture men Uko Hcriei
A Co., who bnUt the Vanderbilt men
•on; and above ell for the multitude of people
well to do, bnt still in moderate drcumalances,
Uvlng on Murray Hill, the centra ol wealth and
fashion, who deposited each month to their wives'
credit Innds for enrrent household expenses. No
hank in this city, possibly none In the world, ever
had inch e multitude of lady depositors, or sr'aose
failure could have brought misery to directly and
Immediately to many flresides antoc’jitomcd to
JOBM C. XXO,
look upon It. There wu also in the numerous
hotels end ratanrrnls near by a large number of
branch offices of dewn-town slock brokers, who
did a specel- live business by wit graph tad tele
phone, The “Twenty-third street gang,” com
posed of William B. Travers, Charles J. Osborne
Addison Can mack, gpenoer and other prominent
' bean,” had quarters on the next block. Whether
or not his contact with the operators indicated ltd
to his first venture, and finally to his misuse of
tht bank's funds I cannot «sy, but Eno lived un
wiluam walth mu*,
morel responsibility of all tho directors amt be at
onoe assumed, and that, chief of ell, It wu due to
Mr. Eoo's name and reputation, the credit of the
bank, the gootfof the goneral public ana of all the
otherbenkiof the city, and of the hundreds ot de
positors whose money wu attracted to the bask by
hie name, that Mr. Eno should make good every
dollarol his uu's losses. The difference In dollere
between the legal responsibility which the severel
directors had calculated end the
morel obligation! which Mr. Phelps now proicnted
cd In his strongest language, wu uvenl millions.
Mr. Eno’s own legal responsibility could not at the
utmost have exceeded 9180.000, but he wss, under
Mr. Phelp'a view of the illnallon, called on tor
nearly four millions. Naturally there wee a
struggle. It would have beau strange if there had
not been a long and bitter contention between
eorscience and cupidity. Mr. Kne has thi general
reputation of being a "close man." Men who accu
mulate great fortnnrs usually make that reputation
at the seme time. They ao become close aod cau
tious, and learn to love the wealth which they find
to be their power, which represents their lives and
and emphasises their snccesa. Bnt Mr. Eno hte
also the reputation oi having made every dollar he
pota rears honorably; of belngabaolulely upright In
<he strictest sense of commercial honor, with r.n
old fashioned merchant’s idea ol integrity, whose
word wuugood and binding as his bond. It wss
this sort of stern character that yonng Phelps had
tolcfinencsln this grevo matter. He spent ell
day Tneadey with him, appealing to him by every
consideration ot J nstlee. moral obligation, family
pride and the wishes of all the other memhets ol
the family. It was perfectly true, u Mr. Kao uld,
that ho wu only one of the
stockholders, end one ot the
dinc'ors having no actual responsibilities differ
ent from the others. Bot It wss represented to
him’that the bank enjoyed its great credit, not
because of the president, but because of Its presi
dent's father; and that while no
legal obligation attached to this yet
there wee a certain morel rcepotul*
blllty to the depositors, many of them people la
moderate circa instances, to whom the loss would
cause for • time an untold amount of misery. Mr.
Eno recognised this, and declared that he wu
perfectly willing, after the hank had
failed, to provide for all the small de
positors and the charities oat of his own private
means. Thle would have involved an outlay of
perhaps three-qnarteri of a million or from that to
a million and a half. The family hubeen appeal
ing to him to do more. Amoe F. Eno, hla oldest
son, who hu generally been regarded as an ex
ceedingly close buiinese man, wu the first to Insist
with his father that their obligation went further,
and that he would not be content to Inherit money
which came to him througn their
unwllllngnets now to make good
every deficiency. To tbo everlasting
honor of tho family It ahonld he temembered that
every member of it. Including oven the daughters,
whose private fnnds had been been swept away In
thedtfalcatlon, took tho ramo ground and made
the aame appeal. The attitude «(the stern old
father, however, wu equally characteristic, no
had ne right, he said, lo rob his honest
ebi'dreu la order that one who had
been ’ dishonest should be screened.
Then he was asked to think of the family name,
but Ms answer wu equally characteristic: "The
famllywamolsall right, my name is all right, I
earned my money honestly, every dollar of it, and
have always dlschatged every obligation. That a
sou ot mlno should depart tram my toscblnga will
not affect my name or lhatol my honericblldren.”
Throughout Ibo whole day and until midnight the
diecuaslon and appeal went on, Fhelpi being
pushed forward at every tarn lo reinforce tho ar-
t-urner ts ol the family, At lut he got a
call tor a meeting of the dlreetoia
at the residence ol Isuo N Fhelpi,
an old man and an Invalid, now far put (evenly,
wlirritt was supposed theyconld bo entirely pri
vate [Here Mr. Eno took tho ground that 11all tho
obligations ot Ibo bank were to bo provided tor the
ntbcrdlreclnrs should thtro their just retponilbll-
ty w 1th him. I he bank bad a capital of 9300.000
whlcAhad originally been subscribed by ten men
ltt s! ires of 930000 each. IK surplus wu double
the utatal, so that the actual loss represented to
each 'grectnr by tho defalcation was bis stock plus
blssajplus; that Is to sty. In tho caso oi most oi
thetr-, feo.COO stock plus 903,000 surplus. Mr Phelps
wu the drat to agree to mako up bis share ot this
dapluu and surplus and to dollvor it in notes of
suitable sizes at tho bank before 10
o'clock noxt morning. Isuo N l'hclps
agreed to do tho ramo thing and ultimately, and
aftergreat opposition most of tho other directors
assented, some oi them, however,only giving their
note* hod refuiiDgto mako any exertions to put
in money tor Immediate necessities, Tho capita
and surplus ot tho bank Doing actually lost, thts
ol cow tea, wu not a gilt, slnco they would have had
lode the tame anyway it tho hank wore to goon
evenwinding up its affaire now; and they
had the$r stock and surplus to show for it. Wnen
the $900,010 wu secured in this way, there wu
■Hi) left a deficiency of nearly
83,000,WO; which seemed to Mr. Eno
more than ho ought to assume, or than he had the
right to uke from what, in a very few yean, moat
■hopewM the property of bis honest children.
PhBlpgtbori-upon offered to givo 91C0.090 of this
ameuat provided one or two of his follow dlrec
lid glvo equal sums. In somo fashion or
matter wu Dually brought to a head;
shook hands promising to meet etch
Ihe bank tho nti; morning with tbilr re-
quotas of 999,000 In currency, and Mr. Eno
Ha mako good all deficiency. It wss after
mldotgK on a stormy night whon they paiUd.
The next morning at tho bank the old man
stood tip like au old Roman, not shielding orpre
t-ndlagto shield Ills criminal sou, who had il.imi
far more harm already to him Individually than
lo inrtbdy die. but promoting evory person who
had prated faith in the bank. “A million today,"
he aafd, "and a million a day for a fortnight, lilt
Is nteestsry." Secretary Fulgor crowded through
to congratulate him, and all were
feoslor when a dispatch came from tho
luee. The defaulting president, only a
f.wNMne before had made hlz lut dig at the
ban^ijn?' Ifist stab at Mi lather by signing his
hvCajtt-j'V.deiiaiu the lastheur.before hi" forced
resignation, to a check proientcd at the clearing
hdnse for.890 030. Hero was a new sou ice ot peril
which had not been apprehended. It had been
supposed that, after his confession ol Sunday,
there wu no moro to bo feared irons him, Tho old
man, slung and bewildered by this last tttrnst from
his ton, whom ho had trusted, fairly broko down.
"There lino tolling," be ssld, "how much more
there may be. It Is usoless tor us to go on In tho
dark." In the directors' oflico there wu
sllonco for a moment or two, broken at lut
by Bant EximluerSerins, who uld, "Well, Ihen,
I must crier tho shutters pulled down." Atthls
moment tho run was at its height, Two long
llncio!deposltorist:otchcd,from tho paying tellers'
windows (o and acrou the pavemont, and
every cheque was being cashed on presentation
with tho utmost rapidity trained tcltoia
could attain. Hesitating an Instant to give the
order, tho bank examiner turned sgslu to Mr,
Phelps: “Can you donolhlngf Itia'ul fair to ask
you to go any furthor but perhaps yon can suggest
sunethtng.” I'nolps turned to tho venerable
partner of bis doad father and said, "Come, Mr.
Kao, let's mate another effort, i'll take the hall cl
this risk willi jou." In a moment It wu reduced
lo writing, Phelps and Kno s'trued their namee to
It, and tho danger wu put. The [bank remained
open until six o'clock, paying every depositor who
erme and Ihe run was over.
Mr, Kuo wu probably worth at a low cellmate
9!fi 0.0,000 although bo hu been currently rated at
about 919,(00.000 considering hie ego, the nature ol
his life, and the treacherous ebaiaeter ol the stab
Ihusdealthim from bis family circle, there esu
be no one to doubt bis splendid conduct. It wu
only natural that, groping lu Ihe dark as to the
extent of thorcaldanger, ho should hesltato aod
somewhat slowly mako his way to the tremendous
•acrlfloe his sense ol honor finally compelled. It
it understood now that the worst la kuown,
Put the directors end stockholders merely
mtko good their imnslrtd capital aud surplus,
caving the restored beak to show for It; end that
Mr. Kuo assumes all other responelblllUes, with
nothing to show lor in lie thus-lakes from wbat
must bo in the course ol nature in a few years, go
to tho rest of hli children, more than one fourth
ol hlz entire property, the accumulation of seventy
years, in order, solely, that no one who deposited
In his son's bank because of Ute father’s life long
reputation for Integrity, can ever say that be bad
lostbylt. Ills name Is deserved, it Is in every
body's month, end praise tor him is all that la
heard. Nobody tMnka now ol calling him mean
or close.
As forWIUlam Walter Phelps and his pari In
this Important transaction, he tried at first to keep
It as much u possible out ol the paperr, and hu
until now succeeded. The only praise I have beard
olss being awarded to Phelps wu In a letter ol
John A Stewart, president of the Untied Slates
Trust company: "If Waller Phelps lives to be a
hundred years old he will never again have the
opportunity of doing ao big a service to this com
munity and Indeed lo Ihe country as be did lut
Tuesday.
This Is one oi the suppressed news-romances ol
the city to which I have alluded. I think I will
not apologise tor lolling It, or tor the great length
of It. William r. a. Shanks.
ne Waa Crssy,
Podge, you're a fool,” yelled the good lady,
threateningly.
Yes, deary. 1 suppose so,” replied the poor fel
low, trying to smile, “Dot I wu not always crssy-"
'You've been crazy cats Macs I knew you,” she
howled.
"Wu I off my bare when you married ms?"
"I think you most assuredly was.”
"Yu, yea," raised Polge thonghtfally, "it is a
self evident fact that I wu crazy, or yon never
woold ha vs got ms."
Tho curtain arose then, snd the circus begin.
ALL THROUGH PIXIE.
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rai mn or, the weir u rail
SOUTHERN ITATIA
What the Southern Folk* are Doing—The
Latest News by Mall and Wire
to The Constitution,
The evenls of the put week have been of
more than usual interest, end yet there is no
single occurrence standing out in bold relief
as the leading sensation.
South Carolina is quieting down stneo the
killing of Boggan Cosh, the celebrated South
Carolina moonshiner. Redmond has been
pardoned; the New England editors have re-
tamed to their northern homes; a perpetual
injunction has been declared against the
rsilrotd commission In Mississippi. These
are some of the leading events of tho week,
The crop prospeot continues good every
where. South Georgia and Florida expect
shortly to flood the markets with an immense
melon crop, even larger than that of lut sea
son. I a other localities the fruit crop promt-
sran large yield.
Business is light, but no lighter than usual
at this season. The panic flurry'in Wail
street touched very few places in the south,
and touched them lightly.
Maryland.
Baltiboix, May 19.—W. G. Hally Burton, tele-
greph editor of tho Evening News, died suddenly
yesterday evening about six o'clock.
Texas.
Dz.nison, Texu, May SO —A nvgro who endeav
ored to assault three girls yesterday, wss buntod
down by a mobol citizens, ciplured In Iheevcnlng
snd token to J all. At midnight a mob took Mm on
to lynch him, snd ho wss wounded by shots, nut
the sheriff recaptured him and securely put him In
Jail sgsiu. ______
Mississippi.
Jackson, Miss., May S3.—In tho United Btatea
court to-day, Judge Pardoo affirmed Judge Iilll'a
decision in the vallroid injunction cases against
the railroad commission, and msdo Ilia lnjuctlon
perpetual. Judge Wood, ol tho United States
supreme conrt, declined to reopen tho question,
J -dgo Watson, counsel for tho commission, Is pre
paring an appeal to tho United Btatos supremo
conrt. _____
Virginia,
Psrxuauao, Ya, May 19 —During a storm hero
to-night, A tile Jonos, colored, was struck by light-
nlng and Instantly killed. Her mother was severely
stnnnod. They were silting around the flrepiscaat
tho time."""
FnxxsBuaa, Va,, May 19 —Henry Stratton A Co
wholesale liquor dealers, msdo an assignment Hits
afternoon, for the benefit of their creditors. Lie
buttles 9(3.000; asoti 993.000.
Kentucky.
IUnnoDiHuao, Kr- Mty 10 —A horrible caso ot
wliolesnlo iwlsoul- g by hemlock occurred near
thisplaco to day. K'gbuca boys, after playing n
gsmoof baseball, started lu search of wild pars
nip!, hut got bold ol tbo deadly hemlock Instead.
Tho boys ato freely, aud were token violently 111
Two ol them died almost Immediately. Five arc-
la a critical condition and ass not expected to
llvv, and the others are suffering severely,
Louisiana.
Kgw OnmiiNB. May 19 —Governor MeEnery was
Inaugurated at Balov Kongo to day. There was a
large attondance ol citizens.
Naw Orlkans, Mayl9.—Tho Ploayano's Alexan
dria special says; Tho river Is rising slower. It Is
uow even with tho March rise. A heavy rain aud
hailstorm prevailed today. Or Saturday tbo
now loveo on Cummlog's plantation, bolow here,
broke, flooding two or tbroo hundred acres ol cul
tivated land!.
South Carolina.
UolUMSia, B, C, Hay 19-[4pecUll—The authori
ties havo received from President Arthur apardoa
for Bodmond, tho notorious moonshiner, who was
lately transferred from tho Albany prison to Ihe
Bouth Carolina penitentiary. Redmond's health
Is very pqor. IIo returns at ones to bis family snd
friends, lu lbs mountains ol Bouth Caiollna. Ilia
pardon gives general satisfaction, for It was
thougblbythoso who were familiar with Ms carcor,
that be was more sinned against than sinning,
Columbia,8. C., May 2i.-j4pcc!a!]-The excite
ment over the killing of B iggan.Caab has enllrcly
died out. Ills eventful Ills snd trsglo death will
form tbo basis of a;volumo entltlod, "Boggan Utah,
the Southern Outlaw." The book will no doubt
and many readers, especially In tho northern
states. Colonel Cosh hu been confined to his houso
sicoihlsssn wu killed. He Is very lacltura and
glum. Tbo outside world, whleh hu been led to
bellsva that bo Isa vicious, heartless old gentle
man, would change that opinion could it bnt wit-
ness the poignancy ol Ms grid. The truth la, Colo
nel Cash, whatever his bad qnalltlss may be, can
in', be said to be vicious or hard-hearted, Us Is
tomler-heartcd, generous and brave, eud
Isa lakes tbo death of his son very hard, lie docs
not tolh on the cut Jaet. A gentleman Who visited
him yesterday tolls ms that ho belloves tho old
gentleman cannot lira much longer. He is suffer
ing with neuralgia ol the hurt and may die any
moment. Miss Cash, a yonng lady ol eighteen,
who has been altandlog the famalo college at
Btanton, Va., hu relumed home to cheer her lather
In bis great grief- Tncra Is not much probability
ol the case against Colonal Cash tor complicity lu
he killing ot Richards bring pressed. It will
probably be nolprostatl.wben court meets.
Columbia, 8. C.,Msy 53-[8pecis)]-A very pro-
greasivsand Intelligent planter who farms on a
largo scale not lor from Columbia, says the present
m is wonderfully good so far. Tho Indies*
lions are cheering, and he cor-fldcnlly expects
•bun-lint crops. Cotton and corn are doing finely
and Ihe fruit crop will bo remarkably large. Tho
weather couldnot brlmproved oa. This same
farmer Islla ms that ba will havo watcrroolons In
lb* Columbia market b/ June 21th.
CoLCaais, 8 C., May 33 -[dptclsl.]-Colotel
Ball, ol Lturens, passed through Columbia last
night on bis way to Cbermw. Ho hss been retained
uColonal Cash's lawyer. The court ot general
sasloos begins at Chcits-rfiold next Monday. Tbo
solicitor ol tho circuit, General Newton, mil proa
ths pretention. Ism told. Colonel Ball thinks
there Is nothing lo toe use; that he will ha able to
clear his client without any difficulty whatever.
Colonel Watts will also taka part In tha defame.
Columbia, B O. May 2l.-[4psci»li-9an»tor Wade
Hampton Is spending a lew dsys In Cjlumbla.
Tennessee.
Chattimoooa, Teats., May 20 —(Special ]—A
terrible lire occurred to-dsyst neon, and a large
loaa cl property wu Incurred, A few minutes ho*
fore 13 o’clock the fire at-rra sou-ded from the
large planing mill of Woodard A Morrison, Just
beyond tbo Western and Atlantic crossing. The
fire spread so rapid y that It wae Impossible lor Ihe
workmen to enter the hut ding for anything. Tho
wind coming from lbs weal fan ed the flames fu
riously Into Gillespie's brick block, which fronts
on Market street, la a very few sninntes that
block and all the little shanties adjoining were oa
fire. Every article ol household goods and mer
chandise wu moved onto! tho buildings adjoin-
lug, and In less time than It takes to tell It tha
whole ol Market street and the Western anfi
Atlantic crossing were covered with men, women
and children, piling up bed clothing, dry gsoda,
groceries, fruit, furniture and every conceivable
thing. The fire originated In the engine room,
where a handful ol shavings caught fire. BMore
anyone could prevent It the flames had spread
and ihe whole bnlldlcg was on fire.
Chattanoooa, Tenn., May 23 —[9peclal.l-last
night, at tho loot of Lookout mountain, at a lawa
party, a shot gun waa accidentally discharged la
the hands of J. H. Lee, Instantly killing Andrew
Ultcnoll. This morning the coroner’s Jurylremmed
a verdict ol accidental killing by tho too cunless
handling ol flro arms,
NasnviLLi, May 23— Atlonr o'clock tbli attar
noon, Judge Allen donlod the motion ol WUIam
Spence, convicted of Ihe murder ol Edward 8.
Wheat, for a now trial, and sentenced the prisoner
lo be hanged In the J ill yard on the 18th ol July,
between one end lour o'clock In the afternoon.
Spence’s counsel announced that ho would take
steps to bring the caso before tho supreme conrt u
soon as ho could communicate with his associate
counsel.
CiurrAitoooa, Tenn, May 23 —{-Special) - Two
hundred colored emigrants leave this city to mor
row (or California to work at farming.
Chattanoooa, Tonn , May 24 —[Spocia']—This
evcnlt g a riot wu threatened by the blacks at
the corner of Ninth and Market streets. A negro
and ft whllo matt, names unknown, engaged In
a fight, when about flttoen or twenty negroes who
were loafing around, gathered rorflts, clubs, and
ether weapons with which thoy threatened to kill
tho white man. Tho timely arrival ol the police
prevented bloodshed.
Alabama.
birmikohih, Ala, May 20 —[Special ]—Broken
Arrow coal company, ol BL Clair county, on tha
Erst snd West railroad, has suspended operations.
Bad management and a lack ol funds Is assigned
aa tho oauso. The majority of the stock wu owned
by Atlanta parries. All the live stock nelouglng
10 Ihe company Is offered for sals.
Two Mlchlgsnders, named Anderson an t Fox,
glib tongued fellows, went to Calera a few days
sgo and by fslso statements as to their weal A se
cured sn abtolulo deed to $60,000 worth ol prop
erly from Mr James Hardy. These men put Co-
lora In a Mg boom by promising to do wonders ln <
building factories and furnaces. It leakod out
Baturday that they wore adventurers. They were
followed to;thU."ctty and compelled to receiver
Htrdy'a property-l '
MoSTooHntY, Ala., May 20.—(apoclill-Tho rail*,
road commission had Mr, Gabiistt, ol the Western
Railway ot Alabama; Major Bhellmin, ot the Gear
glaCentral, and Dr. Flewollan,ollheColam'ins
and Weslern, before them, revising (hopusenger
rates.
MoNtoohirt, Ala., May 21.—Ths New England
press asseclAtlon returned to-nUbt highly d-llght-
cd from their trip to tho Crescent city. Roturnlpt
tho Loulsvtllo aud Nashville railroad authorititis
•lopped tho train lungeuonjh to offer the aiarcla-
tlon the welcomo opportunity of being, oue and
all, Introduced to Jcffjrson Darla at tho station.
Mr. Davis had ktiul wordlol greeting for the gen
tlemen of tho press) who left the ex-presldenlmost
favorably Impressed with him,
MoNTOoxsav, May 21.—Judgo W G M Unison, ot
Autauga county, has been appointed by Unltod
States Justice Woods, Unltod States marshal (or Use
middle snd souihsrudlstricUol Alabama, pending
the action ol tho senato on ths nomination ol J jseph
11 Speed He Is s native ot A'ltoufs county.
'HiRMisoHati, Alw, May Hgssfqpeotol]—Arrauga-
mcnls will bo made next month lor lllrmlog'iare
to havo Ireo postal dollvory, Bhe now hot the
requisite twenty thousand luhabltou*-, aud her
postal receipts amount to over $20,009.
lliRMisoitair, Ala., May 23.—[8,s eta 1—News
reached boro to day that A, M. Dowaldrop, resldlog
it Wheeling station, a low miles below, on the.
Aiebsme GreTfBonth’dra rellroYd, wu attacked,
knerked down and robbed ol fltty-one dollars the.
iilgiit"before lut by a party'ol "four negto-s." He
had been to Dlimlngham, end had Just stepped
horn Ihe (tain at Whirling to walk tohlaroridsnoo..
IIo suffered from a severs bftilso on the head. Ills
Ofti wsto bandaged and his mouth gagged, bat
not before bo recognized ono ot tho party.
BiRHiNoiian, Ala., May 33 -A decision waa ren
dered to-day In tho dtcutt oonrU judge Spratt^
presiding. giyTngdEe Alabama Great Bunthcns
railroad,companypoascaalon0(6,003 aerosol cooT
and Iron lauds Bold by J C Btanton, when prendent
ollbo road, whon It wu known u the Alabama
and Chattanooga. _______
Georgia)
Talbotton. Ga., May 22.-[8p:clM.]—Tho Co
lumbus district conference met hern to day.
OitcitaRD Hill, G»„ N«y21—(Special].—IhsflrM
box of peaches of tblf season were shipped I tore
thla placo day before jeitcrday, by Mr. John D.
Caunlogham.’Jr., to Rochester, N. Y. ThupeachiM
wore examined by many and pronounced very find
As usual Orchard IIII1 leads on peach’s. Tho crop
In this section Is very flue and preparations are
being mado to hat dlo It. Mr. Cunnlnghsm says
his crop will not bo up lo tho aveisgo, u tho over
whelming crops his trees have borno tho past throe
years forced him to pruno them acre roly lu order
t > prevent their bearing much frail this season, la
order to rccnptreie bis treos.
Macon, M»jr 2L-[fi[Heist )-A nollto appeared
somo dais since ol tho myatorlons disappearance
In e cave near Chattanooga,-. Tenn., ol Mr. W.
U. Moore, cf Ihe Hut Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia railroad terslco at that placo, Uo wae
from Macon and Is well connect! d here.
A uuusTA, Ga,, May 81.—t Ipcclal ]—A sadden rala
and thnuder storm swept over Augusta Ibis alter"
noon, Tbo lightning struck the Clinch Rifles*
hall, knocking off a corner of ths cornice aud
glsnctd off to the telephone wires In front, doing no
damage to tho Interior of the buildings. Every
tclephono tu town exhibit!d tho lr.fluenco of tha
violent ahotk. Bricks from the topof a building
fell around a until boy on ths pavement, bathe
escaped nntouchrd and without a bad shock.
Amah's, May 21.—(Special) —A petrified sheep
wu plowed up near Harmony Grove, a few daya
ago, on the plantation of J I. Harrto. Thu entire
animal wu turned u > and It had turned to a soft
•tone.
BLiCXSUIAB, Msv 24.-[8pocIal)-It I» reported
here that yesterday Thomas J. Bird, a jcmig white
nun. living near Kate, in this county, took hie
wife and a negro woman to the housed Ms Mary
Legget, a widowed white lady, and incited hit wile
aud the negro to an attack upon Mra. Lrggett,
which revutled in Mn. Leggett being pretty badly
aud up. Bird, his wlio and the hegro wen
promptly placed under arrest* Bird denies his im
plication In the difficulty end ujs he put a atop M
ft*
fiVLValia, Ga., May24—(Special]—Willoughby
Cloud charged with killing a negro plead gnlltv to
Involuntary manslaughter in the ccramlislon ot
an unlawful act, and was lenlecccd by the court
to one year's Imp11-onment In the penitentiary.
Columbus, Gs., May 24.—(BpecUl.J—The demo
cratic executive committee ol Muscogee county,
compesed of J M McNeill, chairman, B H Craw-
lord, G Ganby Jordon, J S Garrett, John King.
Henry Goetcblns snd Aaron Lend, held a meeting
today and resolved to call a county convention to
meet June 3d lor the purpose ol selectlog dele
gates to the state convection which convecen la
Atlanta June 18Ur.