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GAINED SO POUNDS. BnoownriLMt. Mk Fch.sid. Utea Dear Fir—Please find enctooea P. O. Ord«*r foil one Dozen 8TR0KULA KYKUP-SMITIIN- I, haveiiyoungnuin withm* r v ?. vcvr'i<mrrti with Rhcumatbm—could FAlETIEVILLE 1*4 Bottle* is well—able to I LB( vrltTCTP S* pounds in weight. You!* cr«.,, °r Fn* «*i» as Wwil Ft. Atlanta. | r.TITE CONSTITUTION. REAL ESTATE LOANS. FIVE YEAR LOANSj •ON PLANTATIONS IS MIDDLE AND NOBTHEEN GEORGIA on l»< Her term, tlnn flrf-n! r in-fl (n Atluntn. N lollatwl !>>■ FRANC IS FONTAINE. Fims Uiiun.so, ATLANTA, GA. VOLUME XVI. TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 3, 1884.—TWELVE PAGES. PRICE 5 CENTS. A COMPLETE PAPER. The Constitution Intermix III! Classes mid Appeals to nil TfUtex. The leading topic, ol thU week 1 * i^ue are: Travel and Adyextcu—“Bnnttuc the Lion on Ho/sebnck," "A Monageonrlon Dnch«n," "Itatx In India," "A Japanese Cremation,” "Southern France In the Tenth Century," "A Skeleton In Armor,” "Stmi«e Tatat of a Gutlelew For eigner." Anurttu Til* Camp-Fib R.—Vfn the Darkneoa.” •Halt." TALMAGE'S SERMON "THE UNPARDONABLE SI.V." Ont llmoaofi \Vitrr«i».—Uncle Reniua, "Brer Babbit's Motion;" Betay Hamilton, "Tlic Set tlement Women;" Bill Arp, "Money." Thi Co.wrrmos Detabthentx—"The Woman's Kingdom," "Ow Young People," "Answers to Correspondents," "Farms and Funnels," "The Antl-LIquor Fight." News or THE WEEK.—“All Through Dixie." "The Week In Congress," "News by Wire," "Short News Notes," "Points About People,” "Aeross the Wstcr,” "Daring the Week," "Georgia News," “The Political Field." EommiAUS-"Notcsou Current Topics,” and many other things ol IntrreaL Something to please every member ol the family. Only tl.SS IS Year. In Clnba of Fire, •( Karh. Subscribe at Once. ALL THROUGH DIXIE. 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