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10 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTIONS TUESDAY JUNE 3 1884 TWELVE PAGHHL UNCLE REMDS. TBR FUN AND PnlLOSOPHY OF THK OLD HOME. illn ot th. Atlmll-, Mr. Dr*. WHI . Kaowi HU Taalk Toa .Mach tor Brie i. sad Brtr Babbit Movaa to Boro . DOI'J Sleuth 8.wad Up. ???Kvo???y time I run over in my min' 'bout the prnats cr Brer Rabbit," Uncle Kemus continuri], without giving the little boy time to itk nny more emhirri&ing questions about Mr. blen ar.il bis wagon inll of money, "bit make me laugh mo* en mo'. Ho moot alien tome CIO ton top, yit dey wuz time* w???en he hatter be migbtyepry." ???When wu that Uncle Remus???? inquired the little boy." "I min' me er ono time w'en de t'er cree- ture all git de laugh on Mm," reeporded tbo old man, "en dey mike 'Im feel eorter 'shame'. UUacem lak dat dey 'ui some kinder bodderment munga de creatures en wui went out dat dey all got ter meet trwge???er aomo'rs en ontangie de tanglements, "W'en do time come, dey wuz all un urn dar, en .! ;>??? hlltder confab right 'long. All un uni got aump???n ter aay, en dey walk dir, ilgydid, die lak dey 'ui paid hr talkin'. Dey all had der plane, en dey jabbeied des lak folks does w'en day call deyae???f terge???er. Hit come 'bout dat Mr. Dog git a Beat right close by llrtr Ilibblt, en w???en he open he mouf ler ter Bay sump'n, he loofa look aolong en so strong, en dey ahlne to w'lte, dat It feel mighty kmc, "Mr. Dog, he'd any inmp???n, Brer Rabbit, he'd jump in dodge. Mr. Dog, he???d laugh, Brer BtbbU. he???d dodge en Jump.. Hltkeep on ills away, twel eve'y time Brer Rabbit'd dodge en jump, de t???er creetnree d ey'd alap der liau'a terge???er en break out In a laugh. Mr. Dog, lie tuck'n tuck a notion dat dey ui laughin' at him, cmdis make Mm so mad dat he 'gun Ur growl en siap right auaariually, en it coma ter dat pata dat w???en Drer Rabbit'd see Mr. Dj< make a motion far ter say a apeeeb, he'd del drap down en git und' da cheer . . "t'o'.se dll make urn laugh woe', en de mo dey laiiiili de madder it make M. Dog. twel bynuiby he git to mad he fi???rly bowmen Brer ltisi.it lie lot dar, ha did, en thuck lak he got er *ger. ???Atier w???ile Brer Rabbit git aorter on t???er aide, cn lie make a .perch en say dey oughtrr be a la >v far Ur make ail de creetura w???at got tushes ketch en cat der vlttlea wld der clawa. All mi mu ???gree ter dll???cep??? hll???l Mr, Dog, llrer Wolf, ??? n Brer Fox. "In dim days," continued Uncle Ramus, "cf all de creetura aim ???gree, dey put It oif twel nex' mcetin??? en talk it over some mo???, en d/.i'n de way dey done wld llrer Rabbit projiek. Dey put It off twel de ilex' time "Brer it ibblt got a kinder sneakin' notion dat de creetura amt gwlm do lak he want um ter do, en he 'low ter Brer Wolf dat he apeck lie lies way fir Ur do la ter git ell da creatura ter 'urea for ter lmvo Mr. Dog inoul eew???d up. ksr.c he tooln look so venomous; en llrer Woli s.iv dey 'nil all go In fer dav. "8bo null, w'en do day done come, D'er Itabii.t lie gltun en say uat de bea??? way ter do ia have Air. Dog mouf Bow???d up so bo tools won't look an venomous. Day all 'gree, en aou^^p iU???ite arm-chocr, bo want '1e kir. ??? den lie 'nil know it done bln done right, llrer It ibbit, lie aurlor study, eu den ha Mow: " M slot got no needle.??? "Bur M'ar, lie sorter fool In de flip er be coat collar, en ho Mow; "'Yer. U cr Hibbtl;'yera great big onel??? "Brer itibbit, ho sorter atudy 'g'ln, eu den he Mow: " ???1 alnt got no th'ead.??? " ???llrer B ar, he tuok???n pull a rav???iln??? fum de hoiiom er be weicut, en he 'low: " ???Yer, Brer Rabbit; yer a great long onel' .... "Kf it had or bln anybody In deroun??? worl??? ho???d er 'gnu ter fact aorter ticklish," Uncle Remus went on. "But ole Rrer it ibbit, he des itick'u lay ha finger cross he noae, en Mow: . ?????? 'Dji hoi??? um dar fer me, Brer II ar, en I'll he much 'bilge ter you. Hit s die ???bout uiv time er day ter ter taka a walk!??? Uncle Rsmua laoghed as heartily ai the child, and added: "Rome folks aty da creetura had de grins on Brer 1!ibbit 'bout dat time; but I tilt you right pine-blank dey atnt gtln much w???en dey year Brar Rabbit say dau" Nexi week. "Ou> uaiaar Gearrev Weir.???* Oopytlgbt, ISIS SHORT NEWS~NOTES. Ohio man are worth $t5. That is to say, dead and dellvned ailho medical colleges. Tinea is mneh wisdom in this quaint Ital ian piovcib: A man may become ao good that ha ia good for nothing. Or a class of Iwolva young ladles In an academy In Hampton, N. II., a few years ago, eight have died ot consumption. "Why live and bo mlaarabla when you can baoomtottably butted (ot Umo pounds loo." la ehots-u thing advertisement of an Kniltoh under, taker. A mas in Kanina has atarted 'live paper*, each it which died within a short lima. Ha has I ml sianed another and rails It Kind Wolds, be came, he says, kind wolds can naval die. At a wadding the bride was a young lady who had been a great flirt. When the clt rgyman asked tbs question: "Who gives this woman nwayr" a young man pnaent replied: ' '1 oaa, but t wont Tflaaa are 33 000 more women than men In Philadelphia. In the oonntry generally thirty Blahs and territories have mom men than women and seventean ttalea and leirtlorlee havo mom womeu than mao. Noesirrowa HxaaLo: l???rofeoaor Uerrlmnn dtclaret that In I0.0M yaan the ooeea will roll too feci deep over New YotkCfty. This shooldnot alum the New Yorkers, however. By that data apartment bonus In New Yotk, at the present rate ol aldinds. will bo boUl IM feat b.gb. A aovni. plan lor raising money bat been adopted tu a Pmbyieiten Sunday school la Oaao- srccranly, New Yotk. Bach member of the school ta required oa the bandar next followlA hlsorber birthday to ptaoa la the conulbutlou box t cent for every yraiof age rolled up. It fa noted as one of the queer phaaaa'of the Well sheet flurry that flfe heudred man stood in Itobi > t iha slock ??? actuate building, gating at It as If they eapeeled to tea It blow up. Probably not out in flhy had the iltghuat Inlerent la Urn panic b.yond asorbtd cnttoaliy. Soon will the marry picnic dayi In laaaaa roll s round, Whan, to escape the sun's fierce rays. We'll ae-k the shaded ground. Woere ecu have a peculiar knack Of wandering I rota tholr bad Da. CbakLtafi. Tckaat???LL, the wall known anrlii sad oculist, ol Philadelphia, read aa !m. pertain paper upon the ntvesdiy ol axtHlalng ike eanol all applicants lor We loeutaaot, beton the Psnnaylvaala suite medical society recently. Be di dared that a chronic dlachsrgs traaatbamr taide iite ieiuraece hstudosu In his experience he found that two thirds of the cs-os were eatable, although when negleeud they fnqneaUy became a cense ol total 0leasts la adult ci old age. POINTS ABOUT PEOPLE. Kwragsa Seagate ia threatened with symp toms of authoiablp, too. Mu. A. T. Stkwaet is 8i yean old and the richest widow la the world. It ta reported that Emory A. Btorrs will open a law office la New York. In Fred Ward don not conclude to ran for congress, perbtoe bn wilt lecture. William I'itt Ksllooo made $00,000 tn WAll street last week br soiling shor$| Liland Stanford wants General Grant nnd fatally logo to California to 11 real bit expenas. Fredinard Ward ought to get htmaelf TscdDated for a conscience without say further fooling. Tug prince of Walta bu found n new rotd to popularity. He bu become an entbusluticaad expert bicyclist. Tut sue ytsi of Grant???s torn in Wuli street It damaging tbs Lincoln boom very badly. Dad- d/fia le at adlse run. Mas. June Jacob Aaron gave a gold watch and 1100 to each of her servants u a thank offer lag for her recovery. Brrrtxo Bull hu gold bimaelf to a ctrcns for K0 a week, and the pride which once sat upon bia brow at departed forever. Srrrixo Bull bat signed a contract to trav. el with a show and the sceuo of tbo Indian troubles will now be changed every week. Jgani June does not believe in sombre colored dresses. She tblaks bright dresaet are neor-ury to health and cheerful life. Ward, the financial wiztrd, is now pathet ically spoken of u that "Wall atrtet bunko man Tbla la another drop In hla cup of gill. Brnatob Harris thinks tbst congress may adjourn by July I, but Senator Cockrell Is of the opinion that the dale will bt neircr August 1, "WriAT'a inie name?" A deed boa been registered la Kinsu conveying a 'certain lot of Und to William Usury liarrlaon Tyler Tippecanoe Coon. PuiLLirrg D'Knurry, author ot "The Two Orphans,??? la said to havo amassed a fortune of $3,000,100 from the nolrly three hundred pUysho hu written. ItcngLL Baoe is kept buiy from early morning till tew at night signing cheeks. Ue thinks II his ink holds oat he can pay all elalma against him. Sam Ward was stout, florid, bald, gray, rug. ted and grizzled. But ho was well Informed on all toples. aud hli Insinuating i??? experience mado him agreeable aud capdreUng always Queen VieroafA has not lived altogether In vain. Bbe has Jail teen her nlneleenth grand, daughter nahered Into the world aud Uarrauglng to marry off her youngest daughter to a deceased daughter's husband. No substitutes will be allowed In the notional republican convention for either delegatee or allernetce. This will abut out Rev. 11. W. Ileccber, who wae ui have uomlnsld Arthur, aud Emory btorrs, selected si thi Logan orator. Tiling la a large water-tank on the top of tho Philadelphia Record building. In cleaning 11 the other dey, the engineer found n number cl fnlt-growu eels nnd catfish in It. It Is supposed that they originally came from tho UeUuylklll river. Tine new Cuban tariff which ta to go Into effect ou the 1st of July, la such a buudlo of eiao- Ilona and Incougrutltoa that the merchants nml isxpayurs, gonurally stand aghast at Um pro-peel Jt is supnosed to havobscumodeled ou ibe Amort, can unlit ol ISM. Mrs. Ward faistd to be dying of norroas prostration at her mother's homo In Brooklyn. It ???AOmitltelUj ???xpcc'.ed that. Ward will make ststiifffgfllBnWr With sr.solver Ito lokt kfrluud tint in never face a cilmlual trial WuiLk Lawrence Barrott has lost $-10,000 by hli London engagement, Mlnnlo Palmer haaaddid to her coffers considerably more then that sum. Mr. Barren la not so young and beautiful as Mlsi P imer, and connoisseurs tu such mailers aay that hfs aaklra arouoiao uoady runted as hera. Captain Jack Bullivan was one of the noted oaaraowia of New York. He was famous as a shark catcbVr. The tad lattor weak of hit lift waawbeaheoiughl eoven sharks, the largest of which was sevauieon fool from now to tell. Cap lain Jaek'a dtaih was an oouurrouoo ul tno Monday just past Eiuut yeari ago Jamea W. SheahRU, an eil- ttor of the Chicago Tribune, wrolo an elaborate obituary article upjii Charles U Conor, wao dc- cllneit lo die. as expected. The ardele was saved, aud wltn a change til dalrw, duly eppeared lathe Trlbuue; but rbo wrtwr passed away nelora Mr. O Cuuir. Ksv. O. U. 3roR??xox, of London, will b to yeamold next month. Uis admirers, ineludlug many from ibis country, msau lo oalebrawrho Jubilee by gtvlug him a piewut, and over 13,100 was lUtiscrioed si llm atari lo open the list, li would belike this goal men lo quietly turn the money over w same worthey chart ty. Mr. W. W. Corcoran, the millionaire hanker aud philanthropist ot Washington. Is slid lo be exceedingly proud of hte ancestry, llo gioilte In rba fact that bis father waa only a poor, honest shoemaker, aud he treasures lbs old uoblsr't shop sign hoard aniong bia eholocsl poesussloua. Mr, Coroorau???a health la unusually goad this iptlng. Tug Marquis Tseng baa three aoni???Duke Kasl, Duke lit me and Oaks Poie-ihe oldest ol whom hu alrredy lived five years In Ragland, tqtee of thsm laving been paswd In a public school. Ullage Uuow only 11, end be It already euamred totomarrtad. Ilia 'geucral tuulUginoe, aeuisncaa and eauaordluary vivacity" aw re marked. l???niR Iturr. the editor ot the Eau Claire, IViacoatln, Democrat, hat fallen heir to fl.OM.ani bequeathed him by an unola In New York. We araaoinewbal curious to ito what he will do with hUauddeuly arqulr d houanit lle beiougod to Ihebraadrai gauss svbo.it ot rural editors; all bl- vtatinn wars ??? grille!." ala otfleo waa a ???atucium,'' slid he III ed up hls voice regularly onoa a wetk tu beast! ul oord wood and pouiota In exchaugv for aubaeilptlou, advertising aud Job woik.???Chi cago News. Tug Caarowltg, who hu just reached hla majority amid great rejoicing aud state ceremony' at st Patenbu g. It 3fi yaan old???the lime el the legal coming el age In Russia. Hit mother's be- Uolhal wu somewhat peculiar Dagmar, the tie. ??? king cf BETSY HAMILTON- THE DIALECT OF FIFTY YEARS AGO RETOLD. Bttir Tel:* Her Dtar Goaila Bow tho flottioi ffon-n Would Talk Oat to Alto lUUtea Her Zxporloioo With Bor 7??p Wtf?? B* Como Bone Drank. Last Farm. Ala., 1881. The li'tle ones came rminlDg io from school one afternoon. Eva in the advance of ibe inhere, panting with excitement. "Obi grandma," abe ex claimed, "I have heard some news, and i am going to traas Brother Clifford???they aay that he if going to marry Miar Fan Die and I believe it 'cauae???"Come come, my child???buab,??? eatd grandma, "yon moat not fall into the bad habit of repairing goaaip. If you will ait here, I will read whatUousin Bewy aaya about' the old women gossips in her neighborhood " The children always ready to h tar from Cousin Betsy listened with eagerness while ???be raarl: ???WIUT TURYTALXID ABOUT AT MKETtN.??? HiLLingg, Talladega County, Ala.???Deer Cousin: 1 aimed lo tell you wnat them wo men folks talked about at meetin, but it would be a tight ceaier to tell you what they didn???t talk about. They tack the cheers out???ll (be waggle* nod was a setrfn under tbe trees, and atter they et tbeir dinner old sister FrcsLourseeenufl box lock tbe rounds, but some of 'em smoked and Some chawed??? least ways Gramuaw Loftls alien ebawr??? and as 1 was a tellin you all of ???em talked. They all 'peared to git tbe start ol ole Mbs Pinkney, sbe bad her' cheer keeled back kgfn a aappiin, and atter sbe hsd said her say???w bleb none of ???em hearn???her uuder jaw drapt, and her snuff brssh drapt, aud abe drapt, and cue drapt off to sleep. But they never rntaaed the po ole creetur, kase they was loo busy ??? talk!a. Me and Caledony atopa thar and listened. "Did you uns ever bear who it wai that wise tryin to lire the Slmpaobea?" says old MiaiUreen, "Ah! law" sbe went on, "taint for me to sxy who I suspicion, but I know In reason bit aint tbe one ita layed to, 1 knows things l mought tell,??? says abe nod- din her head, "bat X don???t want to hurt no feellns, nor be tbe occasion of puttin no body in Jail, nor stylo nothin agin no body, norgitlin myself in no box to nave tbe law run on me for things tbat I haiut worthy t." They all bushed and tried to listen, bat tbe children was a frettin for ginger cakes??? aud a cryin for water???and ole Miss FresUoara kicked "Trip ??? out'u tbe dinner banket and besot upsicb a howl looked like we wasn???t a gwine to near nothin for the fans. Gran maw Loftia on-tied her ridicule and stopped tne young 'uns mouth* with ginger cakes lowtd sbe knowedin season they was born- gry; then old Annuity Pendergrass pitched in to tell all she kuuwed aoout rhe lire. ???That so sisier Green and lMLtell you 'uns what ail X have hearn whispereu around about the fire ef none of you won't say nothin about it to no body. I don???t say u for a fnck although it do look like it mought be to, kaae you 'uns all knons the Dewberry gang, hain???t got no use on tha face of the yoih (or the Blnipsonses and you 'uns all knowa how Miss Dewberry rarred when Buck Simpson tried tu run away with her Kilphy Aun, and you 'uus knows too when Mirs Dewberry giu?? mad she's mad. Now I duu't say it for a lack kaae I don't want to aay noitim ngm nobody, and I never need tne 'oiuan stick the torch, and I knows I hadn't oner tell it, kase for all I know the 'oiuan may be an clear of it as me or airy ono of you 'uns, and 1 all 1 knows about it lr that the Himpsonaes was Bred, ???Uata a lack auu It was dune in broad open day light and they was a almlu to burn tho house, kase tho lurch was stuck to the ben ???ouae aud it burnt smack io the ground and they had to wore to save dho house, now I duu't say ns how Mbs Dewberry donp It, nor nad it done kale 1 don???s know, and 1 don't want to work uo barm ngin her, and I wouldn???t tell you 'uns uuly 7 knows you 'uns haint a gwine to sty nothin about It whar it ken gii back to ole .Mbs Dewberry's years, but anyhow that'-, ilie talk," aud alter ole Annuity had ketched her breatu and carter rested from that speech she lowed: ???Have 'uus h arn of the weddin that???s to coma off toon? 1 recktn they???ll run away for 1 know tu reason tier maw won???t let 'em marry io tbo bouse.??? Miss Uooden lowed, "what's all (hat y???all was a tellin about Miss Sirupeouies hea 'ouse a burntn? Now 1 happens to know mure about that ar ole mile besot hen ouse than airy one of you 'uus tor 1 was thar, and hit Jist snows what a tlnue aMtttle spark of lire nas rix, and they've went so far aa to lay tho btaiuo to po' Miss Dewberry when she were'ni In a mile of thar, now I rccktu hit mought amtze tome of you 'uns el 1 was lo toil you that I air the very o'wan what stuck that ar torch myself, now tnstid of its being Mia Dewberry, why hit was me, I sire the very 'oruaa wnat dnuo it. The mliei was about to Cake the place, they wae banlaoousty alt over over thing, and Mrs 1 ' Ulster Simpson ther batnt bntone way to get sltet of them ar mttes aud that's to ourn Sin, aud me and her went uut thar audio air the very'oman thatetnek the torch, but never once't kaokerlated tbat steb a blue wuit'd er ns from It.??? Me aad Gal couldn???t siand it uo longer, we had io git away to laugb, Jist then they called ue in the home losing ibe "far so Jars ami dore-ray-uiezs" aud we hadn't more'n turned onr backs tel tbey said all they could lay they toDgues to about ue. Auut Naucy.wu sorter bentod 'em aud they never seed her. Old Mug Fresboura lowed; "I uy 1 know who them folks la lust's gwine to marry. Wu they dark complected, Annuity or was they fair? I don???t .mud a (clliu you'uoa, aaya Annuity, It you'll promise not to azy nothin atomic lo no body. 1 don't kuow as iisao, and I don't tell it for a lack and you 'urn nnui'nt uy nothin about U to nobody, but ita tbe talk that Caledony Hooker is a gariae, to marry Cap Dewberry, and that Belay llamil- oud daughter of the ' Denmark, was ea. brother, who would Inherit toe crown, ahoun. >.?? accept Dagmar as bis prospective qut-n. After a proper aoasou cf mourulog .he agreed lo to* ar raugement, aud tu duo time became the empress mower r t Ike future Nicholas II ot Riualt, Tai Rev. Chaslks A. 8taesly, the poet- preacher, la now pastor of one of tho most promi nent churches lu Ibe south, the Citadel-square Baptist church, of Chazleaton. 8. C. Uateaaldrobe oue of Iha meal remarkable of young man. Ha ta only 31 Iran ot ate At tha age of IS ha published a booh ol poemi of rare moth, t??o editions of which wen sold latideof o year. Ue la celled iha flpuigenu ol tooth Carolina, aud iha audience room, which la Iha lancet lu the die of Charlestoo, can am aocomumdaM tbo crowds which throng to Saar him 1 hero hu boeo no minister lu Charlie, iAn lu twenty lee yean who hu ro ulmd the multltudeouhela doing. Though small of a-at- ura, be u a king of coogiegottona, and should hit Ilia and healih bo spared, there Is no aailmatlni the greet work he may do tu tha religious world >ribe high postdocs he may attain JgrrgRSOR Davis???s estimate of Mr. Benja min h that he ???could uol be called eu ocelot nor a debitor, aad yet hashed on every subject be die. cuved u tight which answered the purpose aad had Iheefficl of both. In Basanets gentle and es-nrl'latory. with a voice eeery tone ol which was rtlveiy. be waa both pertuaiive and couvinclna. Noielth.tandlBg the wide range ol hla know ted ce hJwas so gsuiicea always lo be setmtug to r, reive IntormeUuu. end oerbapr none ol hla outer familiar arqalutanoos can mart ever having seen him daring social luleieohias engage In beared ergum.-nl mined to tho elom tuveeU- gallon Ol in- tew, ha found periods ol relaxation during which rl.m.m ry bream-a storehouse cf pietry end fiuioa.end In limes ef dtrXtet p-aspect and deepestUapreaakxT would enliven bis oom?? redes by ledtailnnt from bis 1st.,rite, Tennyson. The pride of Loufaleua. the roeeof all trueoo-ifed- era we, the admiration of alt Americana who r. tofeo la tho glory or their counts) wa n. mast loagktsp frees tag memory o< Judah BBaeJiaHn." ton ia a gains lo mtrry Tom Davn.??? "1 uy ii," aaya old Mlu Freanoura"I knowedtt, (or ??? Ureamp 1 icon Gap ami Tom both dead and seed 'am plain an 1 sec me hair aloro me.??? " fust a auoro sign of a weddin" uyi old UUa Greet:. They vo got it a alngin now alt over the Mtilauaut, auu you mights- welt try to m.ka Gooey rivar run backarda ar to try to stop a report atter it gits in old Arm- utty l'audorgramas mouth. Tap come noma itgbl lothcr day, but be was madder'll ha wu drunk. "1 naint got much use for some folks in this letlltmeni" says ho, "1 know gome of 'em is st good as over mid shoe trainer, bat tothers won???t git tney jes dues tel the devil gits ???em, but Bets, honey,duu't get p.giersd ef you wasn't worth noucin they wouldn't say nothin about you, Hiu a set that wants your sweet hearts lor for some of ther own gals lhata doin all this talkin. Talkin and tatlltn is wrier Uke lire. Ole Annuity strikes tbe match, ole Mira Green feelings on a piece ot light 'ood to rates the blase; then oid Mias Freahoura neves would be out done by none of ???em, she piiee on oak wood to keep np tbe Are, and tho more they aay the hotter and wuuer it gits. M -I Gooden is the best one tn the gang; ???ho iliogs in a word, and ita u good ga one oi these hero "hand grenades" dung on to pot the lire out. ???Wnat aira hand grenade?" Sava Aunt Nancy. ???Why its tneao here new fangled bottles with sums tort of truck tn 'em lo pur out a Are," lays pap "and it beau water all to smub. 1 wu np thar at Tails deifa town miner day and seed ???em put oat a tiro, tbey flaog them bottles in and it put tha fliaout uutcker???n yon could say Jack Robtne.-n. 1 tell you Bela, bonej" aayg he for ha waa mad "ef thte hers aattlement don??? keep they months ofl'n yon, and stop a stnglnofyoor name around longer that possum mouth Tom Davisu. I low to atop it abd I wont use no hand grenade nuther -see this here band? (doubling np hit fir), well this hire ii all the hand grenade I'll use." Ererytbiagyou hear lately is ???ump'n that wu told at qumerly meetin. Yourn. Briar Hamilton NEWS OF GEORGIA. The Albany News says mat two negroes, Rollins James and Bis Al.ck, went to the plantation of Hears. Jonc-s & Jones, fa tbe edge of Lee county, about five miles frem tbla city, and commenced rocking iha residence of Mr. Moore, the ovenccr, Mr. Moore esme out amt remonstrated with them, when they fired upon him. Mr. Moore Is an af. fllcttd man, end retreated to tne negro quarter on ihe piece. During hla absence the negroes broke In to hls home at, d stole ererjthlrg cfralae sod made off with It, Joit beyond waa a negro oabln, which these desperadoes entered and de mended romethlcg to eat. Tbe woman wu alone, which the. dlicovered, and aa sbe turned to go out, one of the scoundrels relied her by the throet and choked her, and threw hrr to tbe floor. After both had ecoompllibed their faelilib purpore. they picked op fhcfr booty end fled. By this time, how, ever, tho nrgroce from the querter bed been aroused and they made pursuit, locating the ne groes In a certain cabin on an adjoining plantation. Home staid to watch their movements, while others started to Albany after Mr. Jonea. Mr. Chan Jones started onr to the place and met them. They told him what had occurred, and be went with the two negroes to Cqnlre Fleetwood and rued out warrants against (hue desperadoes for rape and burglary, fqnirc Fleetwood having no bailiff ap pointed JefieJohnron and Lymus Hardin aa spe cial bailiffs, and requuted Mr. Chnn Jonea to ac company ibem u one ol the pease. Tbey relumed to the negro quarters, and, as they approached, tha negroes seeing them coming, rnihed Into the house and barred the doers. When tbey reached tbe house an old musket was seen poked through a crack In the wall, and the negroes lnaldo the bouse fired on the bailiff, but without effect Johnson returned the Are, while Mr. Jones went tn the other side of the houso. Johnson hat, loed to him, ' Lxikout, or they will kill you.??? Jnat then Mr, Jones raw the muxxle of the gnn and dropped, and the load passed over hte bead. Mr. J. then returned tne Are through tho crack and beard one cf the men cry cm that he wu shot They them broke in the door and the other nrgro wu reloading the old musket. Tho bailiff covered blm with hte gnn and Mr. Jocea ordered him to surrender, which be did. They started with the negroes to Leesburg. The wounded one wu helped along, while the other, when they had Jnat started, made a stroke with hls knife at the balflffsnd started to ran. Hewu ordered to atop or they would die on him. Ue said ???Fire and ha d???n!??? Mr. Jonea emptied ono barrel ot bis gnn In hli back, which brought him down. He arose and started off again aud the second barrel wu dle- chargerl. which made him willing to go along. About haii a mile farther he made a second attempt, bnt wu Anally knocked down and cap tured. They were sent to Lceabnrg and their wouuds droned and every atteniton given them. Tbe negroes on tho plantation Indorsed the course of the halltlTr, and wonld have lynched the des- seradoea If they had not been hurried out of their way. They had a commitment trial yesterday at Lceabnrg. Thera are over twenty residences In course ot erection In Gainesville. There is great activity in real ertete. Danfetsvlllo Monitor: Rev. D. V. Buthnrford sent entered the woods, over brash, under brnih, arourd uptlngs, behind trees, atonnd and ove. bill! and branches and creeka, bnt Jim was on bia native heath and In bis accustom'd billiard et length escaped the tevenne man. There hiii been no such foot race In tbla county aince the Indians left It. The Washington Gazette say* that Mr. W. Bcrdelt brengbt In a floe load ol about fourteen bur.died pounds of red clover bay and sold It at eighty cents per hundred. It beau western hay by all cddi and Is pare clover. Bat tbe finest feature of ail, It la hcme-relitd. Hr. Buidett bu three acres In thte clever end bu already cut about 13,- ??0 pounds. He lays be can cut It again In month ok two and get about arnsch more hay and tbat with good rains ho will make two cut tings. He cuts with a mower and rakes up hay. Berrien News: Mr. George MoMIllan while shearing hls sheep last Saiurdur came near being setlonsiy Injured. While builly engaged In clip ping tde flreco from a sheep, an old tarn, not tlae fug bis appearance, mace for him and gave blm a terrible ??? bun" Just under hls 1st! cheek bones Tbe sbtep came out of the afftay nnhur*. but George waa Injured to the extent ols broken tooth and a strained Jaw bone. Mr, Blmpion. of Stewart county, hasbocn exhib iting a ??mp!o stalkcf cotton that measures fully ten inchrs in hetgut' Itwu an arerafe sulk of three acres. Borne Bulletin: Mr. Fmtthltowtkl, an Angloe Butsian. Germanic Itelluaikl, te lu the city, con- tiinj tetlog the beauties oi our natural scenery ana tbe pitce cf shoe leather. Wo were neTereiskg better d.llgbtecnoitenmbnttktiky iban by Ihu superiaUTece-lacyontbebalfihellnawaky of make In- hla acqoelDisnceouih.boulevardthlainoilug byihcgatllghuwtanppoaeyoucatchoDikl. Wiley Eerae, a colored man who wu living the Douglass place. In Mitchell county, waa drown- r d In the liver at the fetry on Saturday night. He had Imbibed too frrely and undertook, while dtut k, lo catry hlmreif actors the liver on tho ferry rope hind over hand, when he fell In and was drowned. His body wu recovered and burled Tuesday. Last Sunday Light a negro named Price, who livnwlib Elijah Fitldi in Mitchell county, wes called to hie gate by an unknown party who fired and wcuzded him very dangerously. Dahlonega Signal: The N Q A college hu an honest man for jauitor, In the potion cf Albert Meriwether, colored. Last week Miss Deris Stow lost a valuable gold ntedal, which she look a yrar ago tar i xcelleuce tn botany, and atter searctrtog thoroughly for It about gave it up. Next morning when Albert went to sweep out tbe collexe he found It, and ???found no rest ferDhe sole of hls foot" umil ho ban restored It to Miss Doris: We hte son, the olher day. to Mr. George Griffeth to ask permission to put hls eow tn hls pasture. Mr. Grlffelh slated that ha ??????had taken tn several head pasture. Mr. ,???- . -. ji sever'd head of cattle aud hla puture wu also very thin, aud under the cltcnmitaucts he could not let the cow ran In the putnra,?????? although the preacher offered to pay blm wbat wu rlaht; but Mr. Grtffetn wu not wllllrg to give permission. So all Utlijgs re mained qutetu we understand It, unUllutSebbath evening, when Mr. Gilffethsent Mlsa Evas missive asking iK-tml.-slon to call on her that evening after ll f. .MDahva. responded to bis compliment, and tohl him that ho would cot let her lather put hla cow lu the pastute, and thercleio he oould not call uuleia he would reverse that decision. He gladly accepted the opportunity; and now, whflo he visits Mlzs Eva. with a smile from ear to ear, tho cow mcandeta to nnd fro over tho pa-turc, thinking ol the Ingenious trado MUr Kva has mnde. A pas ture Is a very good thing lo have lu a family, Mrs. Annie Mason, wife of Mr. Wlllism Mason, of Uawklusvllle, fsdesd. Mr. J H Parnell, of We t Point, expects to ship eight thousand boxes of peaches this season. Fannie Freeman, of Baldwin county, who bad bar leg broken tn fbc accident on the Central rail road lut December, hsa received 1150 damages. Tba case wu compromised by tbe parlies. Petitions for the removal of tbe Murray county alio lo Pleasant Valley are being circulated quite freely north of Mill creek and so soon u tho rcqnl- ???Ito nnmber, two flf tha of Ute poll lax pxyets are obtained, they wilt ba laid before the otdfnaty. Die J Fand Bartow Cole were called on last Monday evening lo peiform a very difficult surgl cal (petition. A little girl of Mrs J T Uamtlck, living four miles north ol Carrollton, while play ing on the banks of a ditch which her father was coveting, bad the stub ol a smalt cane to stick through her fool, going In on tho under side of the Instep. Tho piece otcane wu altogether near ly two Inches long, and went clean through tho loot and had to bo taken out from above. Ether mi administered, and tha Carroll Free Preta says the operation was performed iuccceafnlly. Mr. Jack Robert*, of Jones enunty. Uvtng seven miles (ram Macon, anocecded recently in captur ing a couple ol bustards. To each be itteched a bell, palming one ufihobclls white. Ustheugave tha bussatdi their freedom and they went on their way rejoicing, James Boyd, of Lumber city, fa dead. He wu bora In Camden county, Georgia, April 11, Jgtf7, near the town of 8L Marys, aud died at hfs home In Montgomery county January I, ISM. In bis early boyhood Great Britain aud tho United dtales being at war, and the coast of Georgia being threatened by Invasion, ha itfugecd with hls par ents to LoniavlUa, Jefforson county, Georgia, la U12. dlopping hero only a tew yean, ha moved with his parents to Montgomery county wtieio ho lived until a law yean before bis death. The peattlons of honor and unit which be held tn tbe county ol hte adop tion daring hls tong life, were many. Among ihcm tha year ba attained hls majority, ha wu sleeted lo the office of eheriff of Telfair county. Ue afterwards served the same county u tax col lector for a number of yean aud also represented ibe same county lutbe lower house of tho lefts- leiure. The widow ot Thomas Smith, tha old man who wukUltd by a Western and Atlantic train, hu been given tZO by the railroad. Redmond, the notorious South Carolina outlaw, wu born and relied tn Rail county. Tho cntwiordvllla Monitor prints the following Interesting story: BYLuroaxB, Ga., May the 13 1SS4???mr Edlttor ulnae alow mo a .mall space la your Colium. whet bu bln golngou-ln this dr.ct-.lon Minnie W1I- ilemsoa hu been fling around Uka a Salon since eta Bun off with Mr W J Cmverson .but 1 think .-be bu lit oa a flower at lut, which win teat her bom# .off her EvtiteaUug borrow. John Lankford hex. Taken: U T Portion wife and. gone to pans uuknuwn. and. HT Portion bsi btneoTaken mr. Johu Leuklord blaur Mbs Becker, Lankford, and ???one to pans u known mr. Portion Seem to have, revenge. II Mr. CC. Lankford hone, had not to died ao would have Caugt them Mrs, K Drake la lu a nad Condition on the account of of. h.r non. A lad en make, hehuuoldiay ai home but one Day. since hls Father ban dead and tbat wu Sunday 1 drink than Snake la about fobbed, batesnapfug at Eeer thing that Mated by him Mr Atednt Drake would not Stay at home .that dy. but Mr W W Cut- breath bad carry hta ??lie olio boo her mother Ma- dhla Please pte* this Bill In sdy noae: If seem Uk mr A Drake Brains le welkins out at hla noae Jost lat tha WritUuuou Family. Bril. She. huComa to a. Bud. ai LttL Camming Clarion: A few dayi ago the revenue menul Atlanta laid a ichema by watch they felt into they could efftet a cap-are ai Jim Strickland, noted among 'hr m ua blockade distiller. Tbe Etea wae for an (f&ctr lo dr fee In a woman's c???othra and bring with him Atlanta's tenets ran- uet- Ther came???Jim wea standing in the public road near hte boose talklbg to same oaa. When ibe men were In a lore teet ol him. Jlm smeli reT- eonoandeouifag lo hta Mend, leaped the fence Into a cotton petdh with Atlanta's runner ctoao behind him. II wu e fnll quarter aocas too field. Jim being eomo manor htmaelf mad* tha distance In lea than ao time, the reruns man having gained had melted It up and sold tho gold, u many one In hls place wonld have done. Leary Courier: Mr. J.H. Slnqnefleld, .'of Bake ccunly.ball.ff for the ?th district, while trying effect tho emit of a woman on tho plantation of-P. W. Jonea In tbat county, last week, was prevented from doing so by the Interference of Ibe hands on the pteco In a very threatening manner. In (ho melee which occurred Mr. Slnqnefleld wu foroed to defend himself and knocked one or two of them down while advancing on him with up- raietd weapons of every description. The7 sat tne tewatdiflsncr.and MrStoqnefleld only escaped with hla llle by the closest ???.nave??? The maji-sty of (be law sbsnld be ut-bcld, and these parties should ba made to pay the penalty cl their resist ance. Bure A Bro., oi Bremen, have lost their sawmill by fi re. Bov. T. Mi B. George, former rector of tho Pro testant Episcopal church ol the Msdtelor at Wuhi lrgtOD, in Wilke county, hu been called to take cherge ol bt Luko'e church at Hawklnivlllo. Johnson county farmerearo making fine prog, resa with their crppe. Mr. Jsaao b. Clemente, of Camming under date May 21,wiltea. ???In your Issue ol tbla morning yon say, 'ar matlrne ago a Dae jersey ol Mr. Bell, In Forsyth county, wu killed. Bo tho dog of Mr. Issec 8. Clements hu been put fodeaih as appears by tha reward I offered. As to tho killing of ihodog, allow me to aay that Mr. Bell's Jersey ball wes not killed and that tho killing of (ho dog bu no connection whatover with the ahootlng of tho bull by a negro boy In my employ. Elborlon Bou'h: A rather novel caso was before tho ccuniy court on Palurilay luL A young man by the name ot tVanrlcy waa charged with seduc tion, under promise ot marriage, which contract he had refuted lo comply with until ho fonnd that ho had got into a light place. Jn the court room afteralull investigation of the charge, and it ap peering to be hls only chance ot escape from the penalty of the. tew, ba con, eluded there and then to exeenta 'ht connect and having the ordinary with hte license, and a minister ol toe Gospel preen t to perform Iho ceremony, he told hte victim that he wu ready to marry her right then and then-, bnt she dceltned. and raid she would let too law taXe Ha comae, be lieving that If he Intended to marry her lu good tilth, that he would havo doneao before that time Tbo yout g man wu placed under a bond ol 1300 lot hls appearance at the superior coart to answer toe charge above mentioned. The Columbus Enquirer says that Hsa Cm mb wife of ???Jack??? Crumb, bad teen murdered at her home at Pino log, on Crooked river, In Florida. When found she wu lying la (ho front yard, and her young baby wu in too house at play. There wore several braises upon her body, and her neck showed signs ol where toe vile asaaseln had choked her. The tody looked u If It had been In thte rondlllnn tor several days It wu discolored Mon- *???3 " Dr. Veto N. Jordan and Dr. J. J. Mason, ot this city. Upon their arrival If wu thonabt by iha family that the child wai dead, bnt toe phytlctene decided to remove toe grain of com by culling through toe neck into the windpipe. Tula wu donp, and .by pumping aboot flftuen minutes tho child wu rcsuiilcated. Tho operation was a wry nice one, and toe child???s iccovery will be remarkable, considering tbe unfavorable dr-, cumitancca under which It wu performed. The agilcnllnral clubs of Pfka aad Upson conn- flea are becoming Interesting to the farmer a large club at Tbomiaton under the management of A. J. Williams, te engaging toe attention of too young farmers of toe connty. A similar club at High tower's mill aud the BatneavlUe club are woll attended. Americas Recorder: ftetarday a negro named John Breedlove, while vlsltlog a companion at toe Jail, sllnpcd a file In whilo the guard wu not look ing, and promised to brlug another, Ue wu not suocersl ul to getting too other In, though, for bheri ff Mlsi waron tho watch, lie calico Policeman Bub Wheeler Monday night, and itarted to arrest Bread- leva but beard ha wu not at hi,me, Tue-day Wheeler met np with him and arrealod him. The prisoner in Jail had filed two ban nearly tn two, and would soon have escaped. Frank W. Smith, tho decoration tramp, hu an other engagement to inflict himself upon tho poo pie of AcdorsonvlUe on tot 30th of Jnne. Tho supremo coart sustained toe decision o Judge R W Carswell lu the cue of toe State against Vifirren Price for the murder ol hls soa ln-law, to Johnson county In to* year 1833. Thte te toe only murder cue that appears on Iho dockets ot toe Johnson superior court Price will b* kept if tho Sanderevlilt Jill nnUl toe fourth Monday In Sep tember, at which lima ha will be carried to Wrights, vtlla, and then and there receive hte sentence from toe court. Butler Herald: Taylor eouaty. among other tolnn worthy ol note, can produce a negro man who hsa bean atone blind for *1 yean, yet be bu almre been sole, wHh toe arttnance ol hls wife to make adecentUvinq for themselves and a larm na him until a. Jim want over tha fecc*. dear leap, remans lost a moment laying hta heads on theicp rail and scaling tot lenc* on a fly. They lactthet keaoaa pick 130 pounds of cotton par day, and with ih?? aaalaunc* of hte two little boys, can Ue Into bundles aU toa grain of any kind tost tores ???cradlera" can cat as tut u It falls from their cradle. He can cut wood. port hta family on a little farm. there are some perrons blnaed with healih and two good eyes, who my It b a hard taah to makes rapport, if there lr a p-reon In tha county that nel St assistance we think It U blind Ban Caldwell, rhe cause ot hte bUnducaa wu from sore eyas when at to# age of eighteen years. One el toe moat re markable features ol hla charec-er la that ha never fe gets a voice, alter once catching Ita round, and uineb ed to call most any person by name with whom ha te acquatated. The story of Bev. Mr. Kannard. pistsr ol tha Proms'ant Episeopal church In Oedartown. la oaa ot peculiar sadness. H* had foe route'tore been paying hte addresses to a beanUfnl young lady of that place. Tha lady did not receive hte advances with favor. Her rejec ion of bis soli ro preyed npsn his mind tost he became moody, and later developed inch a violent formot Insanity that ho had to bo taken to tho asylum. Tho following hymn, which ho ukod toe choir to slog at too lut service conducted by him, will be read with Interest In the light of these develop ments: In toe hoar of trial, Jesus plead for me: Lest by base denial I depart fromtoen; When toou ree'atme waver, With a lo >k recall. Nor 'or fear or fever buffer me to fall. With forbidden pleasures Would tola vain world charm. Or lu sordid treasures Spread to work ms harm; Bring to my remembrance bid uethtemane, Or, in darker semblance. Cross crowned Calvary. Should toy mercy send me Sorrow, toll and woe; Or ahenld pain attend me On my path below; Graut that I may never ??? FaU thy hand lo see; Grant mat I may ever Cast my care on thee. When my last hoar cometb. Fraught with strife and pain, When my dost relurneth To too dust again; On toy truth relying, Throngh that mortal strife, Jesus uka me dying, To eternal llfa. POLITICAL NOTES. In eleven states women are allowed to vote on school affaire. "Boii ???LiNcoLN is not a very dark horse but he 1a kept well blanketed. The Pharisees of the party want Lincoln, because be te without a rrcord. Ex-GoVEBK3R McCreary, of Kentucky, is a candidate for concrete In Phil Thompson's district. The president has approved the bill grant- log a loan ofSl.OtO.OCfi to the New Orleans exposi tion. Senator Voorheis Is very cheerful nnd be- lives that toe democrate will hare a waik-awsy tola year. The Berlin Kreuz Ideltungssys that Count Herbert Bismarck hu been appointed minister to The Hague. Dos Cameron la for Logan, with Arthur as second choice, and 1s opposed first, lut and all toe lime to Blaine, The prince imperial of Austria speaks, it 1s asserted, every dialect known In tbe Austrian dominion., except Turkish. The robust candidates are in a perspiration with too work of shaking toe tree, while Tilden quietly gathrre up too (roll. The most active specimens of the snake ???peeler, so fer reported thte season, ars tha addera belonging to Mcnre Arthur and Blaine. I am for Tilden for president,??? said Sena tor Camden. "I do not think that Senator Bherman will bo able to secure tbe republican nomination. It looks Ilk* Blaine hu ft.??? Mr. Edmunds pretends that he dosen???t wan the presidency; bnt people havg begun to notice too increased poll terns with which ha 1a showing visitors throngh hli tombstono manniactcry. All the demoerstio state conventions for toe election of toe delegates to the national convention in Chicago In July have now been called, with toe exception ot Delaware and Ohio. The New York Herald comes to the conclu sion, already reached by cool headed political cal culators hereabouts, that iho presidential lightning ??? qnl'ouapt to strike Secretary Lincoln u any body ouuldeo! the favorites. Mr. John 0. Ego, the young banker who lostSS.OOO.COOIn Wall street toe other aay, 1s treu- nrer of tho Now York Civil Service Reform associa tion. The yonng man seems to bo In need of somo kind of reform nos laid down In too civU service rales. Roscoe Conklixo told a gentleman in NewYorkyeaterdsy that he favored Blaine rather than any of too other aspirants, becanso hli F- administration would bo one of forco. Tho senator added ho wu tired of administrations that gravi tated anywhere and lauded nownore. Or 113 democrats at Colnmbla college, Now York, forty-five are for Tilden, twenty-nice for Bayard, nineteen for Cleveland, and thereat Mattering. Of the republicans one hundred and seventy ono are for Komuoda one bundrr' three for Arthur and slxty-toieo for Blaine. New York atatae has a voting population of 1,108,363???353,(01 nAtlvo born, 330 333 fortegn bora, and 90,K9 colored. In New York dtyalono there are 330,037 votcis, or nearly one-fourth of too 33.211 are nallve bo 311 are foreign born. Friends of Blaine, atter a careful canvass make toe following estimate of hteatrengto on toe first ballot: New England, M; middle steles, 87, central states, 80: northwestern, 0. ; Pacific, 28; southern 81; territories, 8: total, SOI. Northern 269; sonthsm, M; territories, 8, Neccuary lolee, 411. Only two notices of contested seats in the republican national convention havo ao ter been filed???ono from toe first district of Alabama and toe other from too first district of Georgia. Two more are expected, however, from Now York, and ono from Illinois, with possibly another from Mis souri; and too whole delegation from Vlrelnte will have to bo passed npon u between toe Manono and anti-Mahona wings of tba party. Senator Plumb, who is R delegate from Kansu to the National republican convention thinks that Btelne will be nominated for presi dent by tho republicans, and Tilden by toe demo- emir, judging from present Indication*. Ho think* 'he democrat* will offer Tilden too nomina tion. but that pouiDly he may, on account ef phys ical infirmity, decline in favor of a Now York man. The New York Morning Journal thus monrnefor Logan: "Tba boom tost one* through Illinois The li??ht ol hope did shed. Now darkened Is, and all lu Joya . Are Jangled, mangled, find. Tbe owner ol that bunted boom. Which came down with a crash. Now grim and glum, flares at toa gloom And twirls hta fierce mustache.??? Nine democratic state conventions have been held so far for tb* appointment of delegates to Iha party's national convention.. New Jersey and Virginia are to be coanted for Tlldan.whohu carried alx states, with nlBetv-totikiJ'*?????tei. Bam dallcomr a next wilh sixty delegsirW-riou reuuiji. vanla, and Butler and Canute have twenty-six eack from Massachusetts and Kentucky respect ively. But little is now heard of Edmund:, and a candidate he te believed to be dead. The fight wiU be between Blaine and Arthur, with Bialne in the lead. If neither of the leading can didates can win, one dark bone hu u good a chance aa another, with John Sherman presenting toe strongest points. Tna gush about Linco.n for first place te now quisled. A gusb candidate U bard to keep up Interest in. In a campaign run ning nearly five mouths. A coaagaroNDfNT in Washington states in toa Chicago Tribune that a senatorial syndicate wu formed lut tall to cany the election ot dele gatee in tbo western slates for Arthur. Sabin, of Minnesota; Wilson,of Iowa; Manderaon, of Ne braska; Conger, ol Michigan, and Sawyer, ot Wls- e-wuln. nr* named u membsrx of to* combination. Tbe result of too attempt; u summed npbythe correspondent, I* "an occasional Arthur delegate, a sprinkling of Edmunds men and aa overwhelm ing majority for blalae." Or republican* prominently mentioned for pneldeucy, General W. T.bherman lathe oldeet, at 01, and hte brother John ranks next at Robert T. Lincoln te toe jcungeu-lf). All toa others an between 30 and 00 Senator Logan te about 33. Edmunds 30, Hawley 38. Allison 53. Har rison and Gresham each 51. and Blaine and Arthur each 31. Tha democratic candidates are ranch Older. Tilden te 73 Payne 71. Thurman 7L Me- Dooitd 05. Hendrich. 00, Bayard 5L General Pen- i Randall 53. Flower. 19, te Ibe youngest re the raca except Governor Cleveland, who V.