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one Dozen 8TR0KULA KYKUP-SMITIIN- I,
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REAL ESTATE LOANS.
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lollatwl !>>■ FRANC IS FONTAINE.
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ATLANTA, GA.
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THENEWSOFTHE WEEK IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES.
What tbs Southern yolks Are Buying and Doing-
How tho Crops Throughout ths Country Stand
—Crlmss and CssusltlM- Ths Latest
Nows by Wiro to Ths Constitution.
Refreshing obowert have viuited every sec
tion during the past week, and the crop out
look everywhere is Unusually promising.
Reports of musical festivals, political con
ventions, walking mutches, and excursions
from every state show that the people arc not
too murh occupied with the serious business of
life to find time for recreation and pleasure.
The week has been singularly free from shock
ing crimes and casualties, and ail the tigut of
the times indicate a season of exeeptional pros.
perity and progress.
IVlixHlHMltipt.
There Is danger of the prosperous town of Green
ville. 311m., sliding Into the river.
Those In tho sheep business In Yiuoo county
Mbs., realise To per cent on the capital Invested.
Florida.
Jacksonville, Muy 27.—A party of Missouri edi
tors, 115 strong, arrived hero yesterday. They
were received and handsomely entertained by the
board of trade and clttsens.
Dr. Appel), ol Lake CRy, Fla., exhibits a curuin-
her which measure* 1« 1-2 Inches In lougth.
Kentuoky.
The western lunatic asylum, at Hopkinsville,
Ky., lias 500 patients.
The best blutgntsa land b renting In Bourbon
county. Ky„ at 33.75 to 31 per aero.
Paducah county, Ky„ Is to bavc n 3110,000 hotel.
In the vlelntty of Lexington. Ky., in the past
two months, fifteen stallions and aigMy-uiuo
dutyu
have teen sold, at a total of HWhb ▼ . s , a
jZM.<4*
<Iutyu.i a powder flask slnco 17C0.
North Oarolintt.
Raleigh, N. C., May 80.—Rutherford college, of
thU state, lum conferred tho degree of doctor of
laws upon Dr. Morris H. Henry, of New York,
Raleioii, N. C„ May 81.—A special to the New*
and Observer from Marlon, X. C. # says a mail
named Bowen was killed by n fellow named Line-
beck near Plurabtree, Mitchell county, in which n
dispute (is to .tho ownership of a mica mine. It
was near the piace the murder of Ray mid Ander
son about a mica mlnooccured last February.
Isouinlarm.
Baton Roroe, La., May 20.—Governor McKnery
received n telegram yesterday morning from ex-
Senator Perry, of New Iberia, Ktntlng that quiet
prevailed there, and thut there w.ut uo necessity
for troops, whereupon the governor revoked tne
order Issued for troops to proceed to that place.
KewOruCAK*, Muy 27.—Despatches from New
Iberia and St. Martinsville report everything
quiet. There Is no probability now of a conflict.
Baton Rough, La., May 28.—A crevasse has oc
curred nt Point Mororis It is now 1U0 feet wide.
An effort will be made to close It.
The town authorities of Xcw Orleans have com
menced a crusade against swinging signs across
sidewalks.
A walnut log cut In Hweedeu's cove contained
3,207 feet of lumber
TannoNsee.
Chattanooga, Tenii., May 27.—fNjiccIal.]—Jo
seph Dempsey, engineer on the Xoshvillo and
Chattanooga road, met with an nccldcnt at Wnu-
hatchle this morning. He was adjusting the valve
on the cngiie, when the steam burst out, knock
ing him to the ground and Injuring him severely.
Hpocimciisof the supposed lithographic stone
discovered In thlscouty have been brought to this
city. It 1* considered a rich flud.
James Williams, a negro, threatened to whip
Mrs. Jane Kergusou, a white womutt, and was ar
rested this evening and heavily lined.
A negro girl named Lucy Hill, while demented
last night, attempted to bum herself to death by
pouring a shovelful of lire coals In her lap. Hbo
was quite severely Injured, but not fatally.
The wheat crop of Tennessee Is promising.
Two Mormon elders, under a threat of tar ami
feathers, were induced to leave Marion county
Tennessee.
Texan.
Paris, Texas, Is to have 4 cottonseed oil mill.
Farmers In Waco, Texas, pay tl.30 per day for
bamls to chop cotton.
Glass made from sand procured on the Gelser
ran«lj, near Kan Antonio, is now made in that
city.
Professor W. LcRoy Brown, late of the university
of Georgia, more recently of Vanderbilt university,
has been elected to the presidency of the universi
ty of Texas, at Austin.
Guadalupe county, Texas, claims the honor of
the first conviction for fence cutting under the
new law. The fence cutter was tried, convicted
and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment in the
penitentiary.
Texas forty years ago was practically a desert,
and the handful of settlers lived pretty much on
game. To-d*y there are more than 10,000,000 cat
tie, sheep, horses, mules ami swine In the state i
and the cotton crop lost year was worth more than
the cotton crop of* the entire United States in
IMS.
Alabama.
Montgomery, Ala., May 24.—[Fpeclalj.—Pliarle
If. Cromwell, the general agent of the Central rail
road of Georgia and the Georgia railroad, after an
absence of several months, has returned to Mont
gomery.
General Jasper Packard, from Iowa, Is transferred
to this revenue district as general agent in place of
Xeustadt, who is promoted eastward.
Adjutant General Gilmer Is Inspecting the Ala
hama state troopa at Demopolls, Union town and
Marion. He goes to-morrow to Birmingham, Tus-
curahta. Huntsville and Gadsden.
United States marines from PenwicoJa, command
ed by Major Taylor, passed through to-day for
Washington.
The Montgomery Sweet Sweepers go to Selma
Friday to drill.
General Superintendent Harmhan. General
Freight Agent Then Weleh, and General Manager
Gabbett, left’to-rilght for the time and rate con
vention of southern railroads at Atlanta.
Phelan & Beale are organizing a new association
among our merchants to consolidate them into a
merchant's exchange
Birminoiiam, Ala., May 26.—{Special.]—The
building season has fairly begun, and from the
belfry of the courthouse one hundred and flfty
houses can be seen inconrse of erection.
MoNTGOMKRY.Ala., May 27.-{8pecfalJ—Colonel R
M. Kills, of New Orleans, where he resided for
many years, was on a visit to his daughter. Mrs. K.
F. KepHnger, here. He took sick on the 19th ult.
of erysipelas, and died this morning. The dc
ceased was in Allen county, Ky., seventy-one years
ago.
Moxtoomkrt, Ala., May 28.«-(8pcclal.}—The la
dles memorial association are busily engaged ar
ranging plans to raise funds for a suitable monu-
meut to the confederate soldiers st Capital Hill, ou
the grounds where Jefferson Davis was inaugurat
ed nml the first confederate congress held. The
project meets with general and spontaneous
favor.
Birmingham, Ala.. May 29kH8pcclmlJ-P- K- Gil-
lesple shot and killed a negro at Worrlor, twenty
miles above here last night. Gillespie as eoostable,,
arrested the uckro, when the latter attempted to
shoot the officer.
Ella Williams, a notoriously bad negro woman,
hot and fatoSy wounded a negro man named An
drew Elbin,. in this city this morning. Hheshot
him because he snatched a book from her. She
fled but the officers arrested and lodged her in Jail.
Birmingham, Ala., May 30.—[Fpecla.]—It Is
mored that the operatives nt the Birmingham roll
ing mills will strike on June first. They are
union men. The union men who went out on a
strike a year ago, have prevailed ou them to de
mand on June flrxt a higher senlo of wages than
now paid. The mill officers will not accede. The
rittsburg scale is paid by the mill here.
Montgomery* Ala., May 30.-I8pcclol.l-The
supreme court has reversed the verdict In the
Wesley Posey case, and has given him another
chaucu for his life. The crime for which Posey
was convicted was oue of the most brutal known
in tho anuols of Alaburoa crime, and so enraged
the people that they made u vigorous effort to
lynch him. Thu case will be pushed against him
until he meets deserved punishment.
Montgomery, Ala., May 30.--[Special.]—State
Health Officer Dr. Cochran will go to the quaran
tine conference to-morrow. It will be composed
of the states of Texas, Alabama, Florida, nud
Louisiana, and will, meet in New Orleans on June
second.
Montgomery, Ala., May 30.—[Special.]—The
Warrior coal company met here yesterday for tem
porary organization and transacted some business.
They own 8,000 acres of coal land In Walker county.
Mostly Mobllians and Montgotncrlans.
South Carol inn.
Columbia, 8. C'., May 27.—{Special.}—Lewis R.
Redmond, tho moonshiner, Is buck among his
friends In the mountains. Before leaving Uolum
bin lie was made something of a hero by a number
of society ladles of this city. They visited him in
the peniteutiary, cheered him by pleasing con
satbm, nud bestowed upon him various gifts. They
viewed him with admiration and applmidtx
vised him to “kill all the unity revenue oOI
that interferred with him." Redmoml went home
blessing tho noble women of Columbia.
Columbia, May 2t.—{Special.]—'The Columbia
Register gets off the following tough one:
A dark colored girl In this city Is gradually un
dergoing a change in the color of her epidermis.
Rack of her neck and other portions of her body
have turned a reddish white. The change of cuti
cle takes pluce from thcup|>caruuce of an irritating
pimple, which after a few days of annoyance,
turns white aud for some distance around the lo
cality of the pimple the original colored skin van
ishes. The girl is not pleased with the slow pro
cess, iwi she declares she would rather be “as black
us tho devil than to be spotted all over In black
aud white."
Columbia, 8. C„ May 27.—[Special.]—The Clinch
buscball club of Augusta und the Mechanics of
this city will play a game for STiO, the prize given
by the executive committee of the fireman's
tournament.
Columbia, H. C., May 28.—(Special.J—Choice
peaches raised three miles from this city were of
fered for sale to-day at one dollar n dozen and sold
rapidly. lout year the Unit peaches matured May
19th, and were shipped north. Cherries and black
berries are now' plentiful and cheap in the Colum
bia market.
It has been decided thut the walking mutch shall
take place on the 19tb of June, In Clark’s hall In
this city. Fftocn young men have already entered
and several others have signified their wish to en
gage In the contest.
Columbia , 8. (!., May 28.—[Special. 1—The Colum
bia Musical association are rehearsing fora concert,
which they will give in the opera house one ulght
next week, for the benefit of the sufferers by the late
forest tires near this city. A number of fanners In
this county suffered to so great an extent that they
have been reduced in some cases to actual want.
It Is hoped that the proposed entertainment will
realize some five or six hundred dollars.
Columbia, 8. C., Muy 28,—[Special.]—The cotton
and coni on the plantations mar this city are, dls-
plte the backward spring,actually further advanced
than this time last year. The farmers are busy
and cheerful. The season up to the present time
Is otic of the best ever known and the indications
polut to uuheard of crops. It I* altogether likely
that the cotton and corn crops this year will be
the largest ever knowu.
Columbia, 8. C„ May 29.—[Special. 1—Many of the
farmers around Columbia, 8. t\, are busy cutting
their oats. The yield Is remarkably heavy.
The South Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical
society are erecting a new and handsome exhibi
tion building on thetr grounds In Columbia. Mr.
Leo, the Atlanta architect, drew the plan of the
new structure.
Strawberries and blackberries are plentiful In
Columbia at ten cents a quart.
Much work has been done on the Columbia canal
in the post mouth.
The South Carolina college closes June 27.
Miss Kdlth Plate, of Columbia, 8. C., is going to
Europe to finish her musical studies. She is said
to be a genius of the first order. Only twelve years
old she is perhaps the finest female pianist in the
southern states.
An immense rattlesnake was killed at the Hamp
ton place near Columbia. It was nearly eleven
feet long.
flUMTKK, 8. C\, May 30.—(.Special.J—Mr. R. W. An
drears, the aged pedestrian, continues bis Journey
without mbbap. A letter has been received from
him postmarked Richmond and dated MaytKth.
In this be states that his walk has thus tar been
pleasant and devoid of any exciting incidents;
that Invariably he has been treated well by those
he has met; that as a general thing he has been
given free accommodation, and that thus far he
has not been sick one day. The Journey ms far ns
Richmond be has accomplished In 20 days, making
about twenty-one miles a day. This Is certainly a
wonderful achievement for a man over ninety-
three years of age. He Is now nearlug Washington
city, where he will llo over several days to look
after his pension duo him os a soldier In tho war
of 1812. It is announced that when Mr. Andrews
reaches the end of his pilgrimage tho citlzeus of
Boston will present him with a purse and give him
a public receigion. He confidently expects to
reach Rostom before the first day of August.
Columbia, S.C., May 30.—[8pecIol.]-rThe Charles
ton Nows and Courier, for its assaults on Tildcn
has been severely commented ou by sorno of our
best citizens. With regard to TUden’s candi
dacy it represents a small and respectable elemeut
of the democratic party; but tho great mass of
voters hold entirely different views. The people
want Tildcn for their candidate, and when the con
vention meets that want will In; supplied.
A special mcetfug of tho South Carolina Luth
eran Synod was held in Columbia yesterday am'
the day before.
Lula Hunt performed last night In the oper
bouse and astonished many lu the audience. Man
ager Cohen charges too high a price for admission.
This Is why tlie attendance was not larger.
Among the expense* of tho Piedmont cotton
manufacturing company, at Greenville, 8. C., for
the past year was the sum of one thousand dollars
paid out on account of achool and library. The
company has for yea fit maintained a school for the
benefit of operatives and children.
THE SOUTHERN CABINET.
MEN WHO GUIDED THE FORTUNES
OF THE CONFEDERACY.
Qketahcs of Benjamin, Toombs, Breckinridge, Beddon,
and Other of Jefferson Darla's Able Advisers—
Romo of the Incidents of Their 9*reer*
EaSCp Burin* LhcDaya of tho Confederacy
Georgia.
Warrkniom, Ga., May 27.—[Special.]—Young
boys ranging In age from 7 to 14 yean had a "go-
as-you-please" match on last Friday afternoon,
Willie 8wain, the youngest of the contestants,
came out first best, Charlie DcBcanglne second,
Arthur Nelson third. Willie Swain made 7 mile*
680 yards iu one hour,winning the contest by about
200 yards.
Savannah, Ga.May 27.-{8pceIa!.l-Thcrc Is con
tderable dissatisfaction here over tho sudden ad
vance of one hundred per cent In the price of ice
and there Is talk now of an ice factory being estab
lished.
Savannah, Ga., May 27.—[Special.]—Two negroes
and oue white man were before the mayor to-day
on the fharge of unmercifully heating their wives,
Owlug to the refusal ol the women to testify fully,
the rascals were let off with light lines. Wife boat
ing is becoming too common nmnng certain classes;
and the whippingpost Is advocated.
Kastman, May 27.-[8peclal-]-Reliable Informa
tion reaches here that during a storm last Saturday
three negroes, a man and his wife and son, were
killed by lightning In tho western portion of
Dodge county, near the Ocmulgoo river. They
took shelter under the gin house of Mono Lumpkin
colored man, and were all struck by the same
flash of clcctricltty, and n mule near by was also
killed by the same stroke. No other damage waa
done.
Lexington, May 27.—[Special]—'There has Ik’oii*
good rains In some parts of the county, others
none. It Is greatly needed where there has been
none. Farmers are busy clearing their crops so
they can sjinro the time to sow the grain crop. Tho
crop of both oats and wheat will be better than at
one time thought. Com and cotton promises
well at this time, and the dry weather lms given
the farmers time to put their crop* In very good
condition.
Klbkrton, May 29.-[Spoclal.]-A very interest
ing protracted meeting Is In progress at tho Metii
opist church hero. Much Interest is manifested
by tho people. All the business house* close dur
Ing tlio hours of service.
NashyILLB, Ga., May 29.—{Special].—Wo are now
in tho midst of fine rains, after *a very severs
ilrouth of one month, which KWP* thu growth
of crojis, ami especially oats whlch^as made
the man who killed his fellow showman ntAdairs-
vllle last December and escaped from our county
Jail, has been arrested In Texas. The county ofll-
Hals will send for him ami bring him back lor
trial.
Columbus, Oa., May 29.—[HpeclalJ—The case of
the state versus Ben Mitchell, charged with the
murder of Mr. J. B. Wright in the sumfner of 18K2 4
lms occupied Muscogee superior court for two days
past. Thovevldenco was concluded this evening
and argument will begin to-morrow morning. '
Blackmiikar, Mnff 30.—[Hpeclal.J—The first ripo
watermelon grown In Fierce county this year was
cut to-day. It was grown by Mr. II. D. Brantley,
within the corporate limits of Blackshenr.
Augusta, Ga.Mny[Hpeclnl.l—Hum Williams,
colored, was to-kay sentenced at Waynesboro to
hang on July 18. for killing Clem Bush, a negro, In
1883. Wllliuins was lodged In Augusta Jail this
afternoon.
Butlkk, Ga., May 80.—(Special.}—Rev. J. R. Rea-
pess lias Just received account sales of three crate*
of peaches shlpfail from his orchard to New York.
They brought flfty dollars. Mr. Rcspes* has no
trouble In disposing of his peaches os fast a* they
will do to ship.
Savannah, May 30.—[Hpcclal.j-Julla Screven*, a
negro girl, while trimming some vines in the yard
this morning whore she was employed, acci
dentally slipped. Jagging thu scissors In the left
eye, completely destroying it. She suffered fear
fully.
Augusta, May 30.—[Special.]—The Georgia rail
road mutual benefit association was permanently
organised and a constitution adopted to-night.
The society Is on the plan of the expreNsinen's aid
society, and the officers and employes of the rail
road are enthusiastic supporters of the new organi
zation.
Rom a, Ga., May .10.—[Special.)— 1 The new Baptist
church stands to-day a completed and magnificent
structure, and the first service will be held next
Sunday morning, when Rev. Dr.McDonald, of At
lanta, will preach the commencement sermon of
Shorter college.
Macon, Ga., May 31.—[Special.]—To-day was a
Joyous one for the Baptist people of Macon. It
was the occasion of tho completing of the brick
work of their handsome new church on I’oplar
street. At 10:12 a crowd gathered at the building
to witness the laying of the last brick oh the high
est point of the church. The workmen bad stopped
work, and were gathered around In groups dls-
ruling the fine work that had been done on the
building.
Waynesboro, May 31. [Hpcrisl.]—The superior
court has adjourned, and Judge Roney, after being
on the bench for six consecutive weeks, has dis
charged hU duty faithfully.
He pronounced the sentence of death on Sara
Williams, who killed Clem Bush, in a solemn
manner, on yesterday morning. Sam killed a ne
gro man named Clem Bush last October, by shoot
ing him with a shotgun, while he (Bush) was
standing on the streets at flight talking to a friend,
who was sitting In his buggy. Samba rash and
bad negro. He will hang July 18 next The dif
ference grew out of Jealousy between the men
about a sweetheart of Sam’s, Clem Bush having
told Ham's wife about Sam’s Infidelity to her and
love for auother woman named Alice.
Augusta. May 31.—[Special]—The suspension of
the stock brokerage firm of Rhine & Bell, on ac
count of the speculation of the Junior member,
John A. Bell, telegraphed to the Constitution last
night, shows liabilities of over fJO,000 of which
the paper of the firm b out for 110,000, without
the knowledge or consent of Rhine. Roth are
young men and are unable to cover the loss. Bell
has held a high and responslb le 0b*ition t and was
trusted by everybody, and bb present violation of
the trust of hb partner and friends b universally
regretted.
A stock law U taring agitated In Pbree county,
and there to some feeling over the matter.
From Wu>li!ngton Correspondent N..Y. Times.
Within ten days past two of the original cabinet
of Jcflviwn Davis, appointed at the formation of
the confederate government at Montgomery, in
February, ism, baveslaimed public uttentlon; the
one l>y reason of sudden death in a foreign land,
an<l the other because of hb serious lulu's* at the
federal ntpital. While the ueiuihlo and sturdy
Texan, Representative Reagan, who served as |>a*t'
luastef general of the confederacy throughout Its
brief aixl stormy life, was summoning convales
cent energies to get to the capital to vote for tariff
reform on Tuesday, Judah P. Benjamin confronted
death in Loudon. He, too, had served in the con
federate cabinet during the whole of the war, com
mencing as attorney-general, for a brief season
acting us secretary of war, and at the close of the
war filling the po*ition of secretary of state. One
other member of Mr. Davis’s cabinet, long since
dead, Mr. Military, of Florida, secretary of tho
navy, served continuously through what he called
the "ffiur years' night of the confederacy."
The original confederate cabinet was framed
with regard to the usual considerations of geogra
phy nml persona! fitness. It was assumed by the
ninth that Jefferson Davis was peculiarly qualified
by nathral gifts ntul cxicrieuce in civil and military
administration for the wise direction of the affaire
of the new government, and that he would not err
in the selection of hLs constitutional adviser*. He
had illustrated American soldiership in a serious
crisis to our arms at Buena Vista, mid, as war sec
retary under President Pierce, had shown striking
military instinct and prevision. His eight years'
services in the federal senate, and a previous brief
service In the lower house made him familiar with
the leading men of the south. The names he first
sent to the provisional congress of the confederacy
—then having only tho cotton stata* in
lt> membership, none of the * tionlcr states
Joining until hftcr Mr. Lincoln's call for troo|w,
consequent upon the firing on Fort Sumter, were
Jlolu rt Toomlis, of Georgia, secretary of state; (’.
(J. Mctnmlnger, of South Carolina, secretary of the
treasury; Ig p. Winker, of Alabama, secretary of
war; ?f. U. Mallory, of Florida, secretary of the
navy; John 11. Kcagun, of Texas, postmaster gen
eral, and Judah P. Benjamin, of Louisiana, at
torney-general. Tooinlis, Mallory, nml Benjamin
had retired from the federal senate, as had Mr.
Davis himself, as tliclr respective states seceded,
mid Mr. Bengali weut I mined lately from the house
of representatives nt Washington to the secession
coiiveiftfon of Texas. Secretaries Mcinmlngcr nml
Walker had local prniniticnec In South Carolina
aud Alnlmma, but were without federal dis
tinction.
Mr. Toombs'* tenure of the portfolio of state was
brief. The confederate government was transferred
Montgomery to Richmond In May, 1801, and
In thoj-Miltant language of that day till* event was
held t« beta very brave and wise defiance of north-
jbfii livnr to eoerec the seceded states, "a splen
Spirting of the issue with tlie arrogant foe,’ 1
thephmsc of n Richmond liowaimpcr. The
burly figure of Mr. Toombs was a familiar sight an
with insouciant air and carelessly arranged apparel
he dslty walked from hi* office to his quarters and
laughingly told how he carried the coufcdemt
slate fbffartinent in lib coat-pocket The eonfeder
then.Nviif too young to have much correspond
foreign powers. In the ninuuer of IWd
h-idgr.ed from the shoe WparfMcitf iftld
the field in command of a Georgia brigade
wbleb beenmo famous lu the aunnl'sof Lee's army.
It wu* a firm belief of tho late Alcxnii
Stephens, between whom nml
Toombs a touching friendship lasted for more than
forty years, thut Toombs wn* n born soldier. Mr.
Stephen* once told the writer that had Toombs
commanded thenrmyof northern Virginia lie would
have achieved southern Independence in the
second year ol tlie war. Toombs Is still alive, en
joying a green old age, at hi* home in Washington,
Wilkes county, Go., respected for hb abilities ami
virtues, which are not obscured by hb eccentrici
ties and RobadIMike utterances ns to public mat
ters. R. M. T. Hunter, of Virginia, who hud seen
long federal service as member of tlie house of
representative* and senator, and had long been
prominent ns presidential candidate tiefore seces
sion, was Toombs’s successor In thcdireetlon of the
confederate department of state. Hu b still alive.
Mr. Walker retired from the war department after n
few months' service. When Sumter was fired on,
he was credited with having made a boastful
speech, In which ho promised the exultant citizens
oi Montgomery that the "confederate ling should
soon float from the cupital at Washington." Mr.
Walker's friends always denied that he made any
such declaration, but It whn telegraphed pi the
northern press aud stimulated the war finding of
the north. That Mr. Walker never used the lan
guage quoted appeals to lie established by the db-
claliner of ttic southern government of any other
than purely defensive measure*. To extort recog
nition of lb Independence, not to Invade northern
soil, wan the constantly avowed purpose at the In
itiation of hostilities. Even the assault on Sumter
was declared to be a defensive measure, os tlie fort
was In southern watcra and within thcjtirbdlctlon
of a state belonging to tho confederacy.
Those day* of 1861 were full of passion and fer
vor In talk and deed a* pnqianitloii went on for
the battles of the approaching summer. Beaure
gard aud Hnrntcr were names talbmanic of south
ern valor and confidence. The creole general wa*
deemed a miracle of warlike prowess, and ineu
wanted no better pledge of the military nduilnb-
tmtion of the confederacy than was given in the
thrilling story of "Jeff Davb and hb Mbsbidppl
Rifles at Buena Vista." I'opubr temper was Jaunt
ily expressed by the message of the telegraph op
erator at Montgomery following the surrender of
Fort Sumter:
"DavU's answer was rough and curt—
’Sumter b oiir* and nobody hurt;'
With Ilalxhan, mortar and petard
We tender old Abo our Beauregard."
When Walker retired Irom the war department
he was succeeded temporarily by Mr. Benjamin,
transferred from the attorney general's depart
ment. Mr. Benjamin was succeeded by George W.
Randolph, of Virginia, a descendant of Jeffenon.
HU admfnbtratlon was able, but hi* health was
feeble, and he retired P> give place to James A. Sed-
don, of Vlrglnb, and at the close of the war John
’. Breckinridge, of Kentucky, waa at the head of
the war department. Walker b n live, a successful
lawyer In AUbama, while Randolph, Keddon and
Breckinridge are dead. Mr. Benjamin hoc now
Joined the silent majority, lib wonderful career
at the Knglbh bar b a fresh story In the •public
mind. When the confederacy dissolved In the
wood* of Georgia Benjamin, BrechinrPlge and
Toombs escaped separately to Europe, whence the
two Utter eventually returned to the United
State*.
Secretary Mallory was a gentleman of charming
dbposltfon, of respectable abilities, and of varied
Information, making him a most agreeable com
panion. There to no reason to suppose that a
ful employment of the limited naval
resource* of the south could hare been made than
Mr. Mallory made. Yet be was lampooned with-
emu's of the administration In rongruw, consplcu
ous among whom was the Into Henry 8; Foote,
once Jefferson Davis’s colleague In tlie federal sen
ntcaml hb successful competitor fn the race for
tho governorship of Mississippi in 1K»L This wa*
during the gloom following the numerous and con
sccutivc confederate disasters of the early weeks of
1862. Fort* I>onelson nixl Henry had yielded to
Grant; itonnoke blnml, New Orleans, uml bland
No. 10 were merely link* In the chain of disaster
that threatened a speedy catastrophe for the con
federacy and gave a dark contrast to the brill
iant foreground of tho first year of the war, illn
minuted by the victories of Manassas, Bethel and
Ball’s Bluff. At thi* time the friends of the secre
tary of the navy expressed the belief that "were a
confederate vowel to sink lu n storm in mid-ocean,
or lie fatally struck by lightning, the Examiner nud
Hr. Foote would advocutca revolution of censure
of Mr. Mallory by the confederate congress,
Benjamin fund no licttcr. He was assailed with n
cumulative venom that knew neither limit
tlgue. llo was charged with all the military fail
ure's. and was, moreover, credited witli an unduo
Influence over the president, used for selfish pur
poses. That hb cuumlcs did not despise Mr. Ben
jamin's diplomatic, abilities was attested by the
aiunzing Protean skill with whirl/ they credited
him. In hb dealings with hi* chief, according to
III* censors, Benjamin could bo Richelieu,*Mazarin,
Wulsey, or Jeffrey* at hb own sweet will. Messra.
Benjamin and Mallory hail, in tho poverty of reve
nues of the south, os rom|*ircd with those of the
uorth, a worn* problem to deal with than that of
Thembtocle*. "U» make a small state a great one."
I/Hiking bock at that four year*' struggle few will
iall to see the difficulties struggled with by tho
confederate minister* of war and navy. Mr. Ran
dolph held the war fiortfollo during the period of
Meridian'* repulse in the Seven Days’ battles and of
of Pope’* dbustcnriiiPlcdiuoiit Vlrglnb. Mr.Scddon,
au able man of the highest public virtue, was con
demned for the overwhelming defeats of the eon-
federate armies In tho summer and autumn of
1863. The deluge entile too soon after Breckin
ridge'* accession to the war office for a jiopulur
judgment to he framed as to hi* administration.
North ('arolina wn* fortunate In her contribution
of two aide und pure men to {he confederate cabi
net. • Ex-Governor nml cx-8cnat»r Thom-
Bragg succeeded Mr. Benjamin a*
attorney general and George Davb
succeeded Thomas II. Watts, of ^Inbamu, in
the same office. Bragg Iihn 1**011 dead for tell year*
or more, while Governor Walt* practice* law 111
Montgomery and Mr. Davb 111 Wilmington, in
their respective states. Mr. Mcinmlngcr was secret
ary of the treasury during nearly the whole exist
ence of the confederacy. Hewn* the least popu
lar minister of the cabinet, being iidd and forbid
ding In manner. Hb administration of
confederate finance* was Judged a
failure. Mr. Trenholin, hb siieccsscr, also
a 8011th Carol in ian, possibly escaped the angry
•maire that liefell Mcinmlngcr by reason of the
collapse of the confederacy that camu within a
brief time after lib acceptance of the manage
ment of the treasury. Mr. Trctiholtit b dead uml
Mr. Mcinmlngcr practice* law In Houtli Carolina.
The jHisItlon they held wa* a trying one. A gov
ernment without the iNiiibof financial credit, with
nrmlcM deployed until they are mere skirmish
line*, cannot beg or borrow with much success.
Tho confederate cabinet wa* a fair expression of
the executive ability available lu the south; not
so brilliant or able a* It* soldiership a* Illustrated
by Ut*. Jackson und Gordon, but cquul to such
achievement* as were possible In the fucc of count
less difficulties nml obstacle*. A cabinet present-
lug such 1101111*3 ns Toombs, Hunter, Breckinridge,
Benjamin nml Fetid on b no beggar for appreciation
Irom the student of American political history
mode during tlifi decade preceding secession.
Not* • otiif* war it the hrnt material
the Month had, but (t would hnv
teriiil anywhere. Toombs, Hunter, Breckinridge,
and Benjamin were nil colossal figures lu tlie fed
eral srnntc. Toombs, a Mare Antony or Mlrnbcnu
—wn* ulwny* at hb best In agitation. He, with
thqaid of Governor Joe Brown, Inshed Georgia,
after stubborn resistance. Into secession, with
Hcrechcl V. Johnson, Alexander II. Htcphcns,
nml Benjamin II. Hill—a rare trlumvlnito of gen
ius and eloquence In opposition. Toomlis to linrd-
ly viewed l»y Georgians as the biggest Georgian of
that day. That distinction was claimed for Howell
Cobb, who was Buchanan's secretary of tho treasu
ry, by thousand* of Georgians. To Toomlis ami
to Georgia Mr. Davb gave the |wi*t of honor In hb
rnhlnct, Cobb being already the president of the
provisional congress. Hiilmoqiicutly Virginia wa*
honored similarly, when Hunter became Toombs's
successor. Benjamin, type of the genius,of Ills
race, an American Dlsracllf, throughout the war
Justified tho cxcciitlvo confidence, by
fidelity, capacity for latoir, ami
Inexhaustible fertility of resource.
Hcddou was a man of the Calhoun tyi** of mind.
Au acute dialectician, ho was an expert iu polem
ic*. Of ample fortune, ho had abundant leisure
for study, aud passed su honorable life, serv
ing brleflly In emigre**, to which bodylicwaseloct-
cd over tho faiiioii* John Minor lMb. 'lib public
twcfiilncxM was Impaired by chronic disease. Than
Breckinridge the south Im* lirnl no more pictur
esque public diameter. As soldier and civilian hb
lift- was meteoric in the brilliancy of Its triumph*,
and yet gave a tini/orm display of steady and grow
ing light to lie dimmed at Inst amid the shadows
of the tailing confederacy. Ho was leader of hb
l*irty In tho house of representatives at .12; offered
tho 8|*uibh mission liy President Pierce at 33; vice-
president when he was onlyand elcctad senator
while he wa* still vlrc-pre«Jdcnt and under 10.
Breckinridge lost heavily by hb participation In
war, to enter which he left
nearly a whole term as United Plate*
senator, when ha drove out of Kentucky
la-hind hb fleet Arabian*, distancing hb federal
pursuers In the rare for the confederate lines. Ifsd
the Charleston Convention of April, I860, remained
In Mcwfon long enough for a harmonious selection
of a nominee upon whom both wings of the de
mocracy could have united, Breckcnridge was an
obvious probability, by reason !»oth of personality
ami geographical consideration*. Nominated, he
would almost certainly have bi n elected presi
dent. "I am an extinct volcano," he would *ny,
when, since the war, hb friend* would urge hb
participation In pnhllo affairs. With pardonable
patho* hb old time friends recall the"Youug Hick
ory of Kentucky" a* they dwell upon tho consecu
tive triumphs of hb early life and the rich, unful
filled promise of lb meridian. It b no mean part
of the epitaph of the confederacy that lb military
power wa* crushed Just a* John Hreckcnridc, with
characteristic dash and 'bring, bail grasped it for
final and supreme effort.
Mr. Illalne Doesn't Know.
From the PhlldcIphU Press.
A gentleman asked Mr. Bblnetheother day who
would present hb name to the Chicago convention.
Mr. Blaine replied that he did not even know that
hb name would tie presented to the Chicago con
vention; certainly no one liadbfen refected by
any armngemement with him, or with bb ap
proval, for such an office.
When are you going to Augusta*" hto friend
then Inquired.
As soon as the weather gets a little hotter." was
the response.
The Kplrlt of Atlanta.
From the Louisville Post.
Atlanta wanted the new Kimball house com
pleted, and the company lacked ti’i,W0. It was
robed within twenty-fonr hour*. The spirit of
j, 1 ■ M El I'll J luivii . in ur wnv . 1111 , • —-
oul Umll \if the Kb'bmoivl F.uralnrr, (be ksdlD* , th» ww wuth »ho», lUdl Umm J»>» In work.,
piper In the vjvib. uul Mllerljr UMifol b, the en- »nd not In work.
DURING THE WEEK.
What the People he City nntf Country are
Saying nod Doing.
Tuesdat^-TIic striking miners of western Indt-
ann have rewohred to return V* work. W. W. Kerr, .
one of the counsel In the star routo cares. In him
tCMtiinoncy before Hpringer’s committee yesterday,
clearly charged Attorney Bliss, of the prostration,
with having conspired to let Dowey go, and with
general conspiracy against tho goteromenra luter-
04. The Universal pence association b In session
In Washington. John Carpenter, an cx-correlet,
brutally murdered hfe wife in New York yesterday.
He had previously tried to kill hbsbter-ln-lawanil
after the murder of hb wife tried to kill himself.
Thirteen deaths from yellow fever have occurred
iu Havana during the week ended yesterday.
City New*.—Home Important Improvements are
being made on 8t. Paul chareh. The building In
being considerably enlarged. Ed Bret*man, whr>
wu* knifed Saturday night by an associate whom
he lmd a difficulty with In Brooklyn, was mud*
better yesterday. Yesterday I. II. Adams was eonv-
missioned captain of tlie Putnam Rifles, of Katon-
ton. C, F. slmonton wa* commissioned second
lieutenant. The adjustment of the James-bank
matter has brcti going right along to consumma
tion. Saturday and yesterday the creditors of both
classes came fn to sign in a steady stream. Between
six huudnil and seven hundred have signed. Tho
circular was sent out Hatunlay and replica of a*sent
arc beginning to eome into tho committee from alt
quarters. Tho adjustment b moving forward oa
well os could be. The committee- b at work j sur
fed Ing all the details.
Wednesday.—The graves of the confederate dead
at Fredericksburg, Va., were decorated yesterday
Business was suspended. II. J. Treaay, of Lexing
ton, Ky., has been flood three hundred ilollara for
publishing a slanderous card about Circuit Judge
Morton. The Glcnxurk cotton mills, with tlie ex
ception of the finishing rooms, at Richmond It. I.,
burned yesterday, and the Brierly mill at
MIUHiry, Mass., was also burned.
cmr News.—Watermelons are beginning to make
their appearance on tho market, and the ricgroc!*
are twinning to wear n happy smile. "Old Llni-
rlck,” who was sent to the asylum from this place
ral months ago, made hb escape and was lock
ed up night before last for being drunk. Night be
fore last a thief entered Mr.* George Thomas’S resi
dence on Walton street and stole a wutdi and aba*
ten dollars In money.
Thursday.—'The author and publisher of tho
work entitled "Marie Picgcoiinlcr" have been sen
tenced to three months' each. Moody and Hankey
have closed a successful mission at Croydon,.Eng
bud. They will rail for America on-July fifth.
A. Zctclle has sued the state of Virginia for ten
thousand dollars damage* for refusing to accept
tax receivable coupons for restaurant license.
Fifteen hundred coal miners In tho third pool
have refused to ncccpt the reduction of a quarter of
a cent, and will strike unless tho district price la
paid. Mile. Cotomhler has been sentenced to three
months’ Imprisonment, and to pay a fine for tho
scandalous brochure about Sarah Bernhardt, enti
tled "Haroh Baroura."
city News.—Dick Barker, a negro man who lins
been tramping the street* for several weeks post,
was yesterday arrested and charged with vagrancy.
The poire nrc arranging a twelve hour go-as-you-
pfeaso race for Saturday week. Captain Print.
Htatlonhouse Keeper Buchanan and. Fatrolmnn
Nolan nro three of the entries.
IJntDAY.-MoMra. Mabone and Inge, prominent
tobacco manufacturer* of Petersburg, Vo., have
made au alignment. Their liabilities arc forty
nirio thousand dollars, assets eighteen thou«and
dollar*. Tliclr firm I* compared of William Mabone
j r „ non of General Mabone, and L. luge. Sir John
Jaiu**irmifJM^Ucd uatagj«r. »•
« nd. and had sat for Atnlofic since December. lliP.
The weekly statement of the Bank of Prnneeshown
nil Increase of 3,736, nuu fra nee* lu gold and 2,889,000
fnines In silver.
City New*.—The tournament of tho Governor'*.
Horse Guard nt Mnron was a grand success. Prlvuto
ILlfeJonn won tho prize, T.J. Tollmans won tho
second prize nud J. N. Calhoun tho third. Mr.
George I’nyne won the fourth. There was a grand
bail nt night and Mbs An rial fall of Macon wu*
crowned queen of love and beauty.
8atubdav.—James Tucker, colored, wa* hnugcil
nt Itarl*, Ark., yesterday. Thomas J. Wilson, an
oil broker of Pittsburg, has fled with hb wife* Mir
Iruvcs large shortage*. The Harmony, Po. r saving*
bank has closed its doors. It was dependent Upon
the Penn bank. Another heavy frost occurrcil
lust night, living the third in succeralvo nights,
doing heavy damage to corn, oals, potatoes,
garden vegetables, truck farm* and especially to
tobacco, Ire quarter of an Inch thick b reported
In Panada nud freezing temperature b reported
throughout western Fmnsyrania, Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois. Michigan aud Wisconsin,
Pity NEWs.-Tlie Jewish synagogue at the corner
of Garrett and Forsyth streets was the scene of an
exceedingly Interestlng service yesterday when tlu*
ceremonies of Pentlemrt or Feast of Weeks om*uitv«I.
Tills Interesting feast to observed In comminora-
t(on of the revelathius on ML Final and in addition
to the usual services conducted by Rabbi Jarolison
yestenby, a ebw of eleven boy* and girb wn* con
firmed. The synagpgue was elaborately and beau
tifully decorated wills evergreen* nml flower*.
Three arches were In front of the pulpit, the center
oue bring over the reader's desk.
hundav.—Thu estimated decrease In tho public
debt for May amount* to l'»,000,(fr). Two hundred
and flfty shop hand* struck at the Fort Wuyno
Ind., railroad shops yesterday. Hon. V. DcU, a
republican editor of Fort Hmlth. Mtk., ha* Uvii
indicted for libel. The body of Paptaln Dorr.
Twelfth Infantry, who wa* drowned in Niagara
fn!b, hn* been found. The Pourtney-Roa*. race at
Oak Point, New York, ha* been aguln portioned
until Monday as the Atatertovcry roagh. Harvey
D. Parker, aged 79, proprietor of the Parker horn**
aud widely known hotel man, id Bo*ton, ifleil
yesterday. The conference committee of the Iron
manufacturers and mahMpunated association c X
Pittsburg, met tbb morning and signed last
year’s wages scale, with the addition of *j) per
rent advanceonsteel ralband »hvt-ts demanded by
;w7—In the walking matrh between tho
clerk* In the court house, on Saturday but, the nu-o
was won by Mr.T. J. Glenn Jr. Hcnuule fifty*
eight mile*. Mr. Areh Ortoe, a young man well
known throughout thu state, and who to licket
agent lor several of the rallroaib In this city, at
tempted to commit suicide but Saturday by (•hoot
ing himself through thr head with a |»btut. He U
very low.’
A Truthful Man.
"That b the only truthful man I’ve met in At
lanta since I’ve been here," remarked the new
comer to a gentleman, and waving hb hand toward
a youth, who was walking away.
"Why do you think ho b the mod truthful?"
iked the aiblressol one.
"Because," replied the stranger, "he*» the only
one I’ve seen, that didn’t say be could walk sixty
mile* In twelve hours."
That's cosily explained," smiled the Inhabi
tant
•How?"
’He's gut a cork leg," wo* the soft answ er.
i Tin* Tildcn Hoorn.
From the Ft. LouU Republican.
The country has never ucn anything liko tho
TUden boom. It b sweeping every state without
a brake. The unlnaugumted cx-preddont will
have the honor of being the only man w ho ha*
ever received a presidential nomination without it
ballot—by ocvlamatlon