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10 THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION: ATLANTA, TUESDAY, JULY 29,1884.—TWELVE PAGES. BETSY HAMILTON. A SKETCH OF LIFE IN THE BACK WOODS. HetMf Bays Everybody and *v*rgthtn* *u Plenti ful at the Ualoa CarapmeeUng, Triad Cblektn and Preschcrs XapaciaUjr—Old Brother Cola Oats After the Sinners, Etc. A* I said afore everbody vu at the Union catnptnecUn% and nothin’ waan’t ikaae. Old maids and old bachelor*, widdem and wid- overa, preacher* and fried chicken wa* all plentiful, Betwixt the frettiV and squawlin’ ehillun, figlftin’ dog*, loud talkin' boys, and hollerin' mule*; thar wa* a plenty fuss • gwine on to jine in with tbo preach in' and aingiu’ and ahoutin*. The gang* of folk* a movin' around here and yon all time preach in’ was enough to give a body a fit to watch ’em and try to listen at preachin’ too. I waa plum sorry for the babies. I know in reason if they had ther druthers,they wouldn’t never (end no campnicctins; po’ little thing* lugged about in the hot brilin’ sun frettin’ all tho time, and fed and stuffed on ginger cake* and green apple* and peachea, and set on a old quilt on the ground whar the hounds and the fine dog* could snatch the chicken legs out’y ther mouth*, and mebbe so ther mammies right then a shoutin' and don’t kuow whose a watchin* of the po’ little critter*. Old Mias Cas* tuck my time; she alters set* up nigh the pulpit, and jist a* shore a* Brother Cole preaches she let* in hi shoiitin She sot her little gal Mandy Ann in a little cheer at hor feet, and when she got to ahoutin and .failin’ all over everhody, somebody grablied up Mandy Ann hi keep hor from git tiu’hurt. “Glory, glory!” shouted old Mis* Cass. “ Whar is my little gal r Glory, glory wliar’* my little cheer? Glory, glory l” Some body find my little gal; glory, glory. Whoso tuck my little cheer; glory, glo-ree-ee-ee ivhac'j lnV ttlllfl U«n<tv A till’ irhifV. and talk ar. Oh, you on-consumed, benight' ed, on-worthy sinners ar, you needn’t dodge ar, kase 1 wouldn't shoot a har of your bead ar. You that has back-slid, and back-slid, and back-slid ar, and kep a gittin' furder and Birder back ar, tel you’ve done got plum back to them back benches ar, I say it, and I say it agin ar, I wouldn’t shoot nair one of you'unses ar. Oh, you on-worthy sinners, I couldn’t in reason shoot nairy one of you ar; as I was a gwine on to say ar, a Christian air a monstrous bard thing to find ar,. and when you start* out to shoot one, itbaint like shoot- in’ squirrels that you can find any whar* on tho spring branch ar. Christians, my brctli- ering, is as skase as hen's teeth ar, and when you tries to find a Christian to shoot ar, it's pine blank like huntin’ for a needle in a hay stack ar. “As I was a gwine on to say ar, cf I was commissioned to shoot a Christian, brethering, I’d load rny gun, I’d put in a big load of buck shot ar, and ram the lead in good ar, and take pcrtickler aim ar, and as I said afore, I wouldn't aim at none of you'uns ar. I’d pint U right down tbar at sister Cass ar, and, sister Cass, I’d pull the trigger ar, and fire the whole load into you ar. Then old Mist Cass clapped her hands and sot in to shoutin’ “Glory, glory, glo-ree-ee-ee,** at the top of her voice, and mootin' broke. Bktsy Hamiltxo. [Next week. "Anotiikk Hketch."! eo-ee,” and foil back in a trance. They tuck lier to the teut, and Mandy Ann fullered a squealin' at the hip of her voice. CarnpmeetJn’ is a great place for good catiu . aud for couples to court; and for old folks to git together and talk over old times. Miss Patience I’ottcr was thar rigged out in her Handiest best, and Calndony lowed the rain bow wasn’t nowliar to the colors she wa* diked out in, and her Monday frock, they say sho hadn't wore it afore sense 4th of July ten year h ago. It had been crammed away in her ehist, 9 and from the wrinkle* 'peered like it had been drawed out’p a gourd. Brothor Colo i* a old widower with gran’ ehillun, but he Hies around with the Ifi-year old gals; and the po' ole mnu never had no •usplcious that none of them widders and ole maids was a settiu’ of Uicr caps for him. Mias Palienco had a way of gwiuu to him ever mornin' at cnmiinieetin’ to talk about her •perrit-nal wel-ror; he was her parson, she lowed, and she had a right to talk to him and it wern't nobody's business but hor'n. Mho abused herself turrible, and told him thut sho wa4 i sinner, and a benighted sinner at that. Oh 1 if he could have seed to tho bottom of hot heart, how sho loved to have him tell her that she was good, and a gittin* riper and riper all.the time lor the grave. Hbe expected him to praise her and he did. He would tell her that she wasn’t no wusser'n thousand* that walked to and fro upon tho ycth; but she kep on a tollin'him that she waa a •inncr- I ohl sich a turrible benighted sinnur. “And l&eedi somebody,” says she, “to lead me down the dark thftrn-besot path of life in thia benighted ain struck, on-timely world.” He bad disputed her bein' a tinner, and routradicted her so long that he made up his mind he wouldn’t do it no more. Next time he’d agree with her. “You thinks I bfciht no sinner,” says she, "but if you calls settin' up a idle on the yeth like the golden calf aud a failin' down and a worshipin* of it a sinner, then 1 know I am a sinner, and a benighted sinner at that; leabt- ways the idle I worships aint a calf, nor is he —is it 1 mean—-any ways liken unto n calf, but I worship* it all the same as if it was a calf,” and she tuck a big dip of snutr. Then old brother Vole put in a big chaw of lerbarker and lowed s“ You thinks you air a sin ner, and In cose you knows the in'arducsa of your own heart iietter'ii me, urn! it haiut for me to spate your word; it looks reasonable to appose as how you knows, so ef you maintains that you air a sinner I rcckin n* how you air.” 8hc spit out the snuff aud the tears come in her eye*. Mias Patience was mad. Hhe never looked for him to agree with her, and she wa* •lUapp'intcd and was luskiii'up her mind to 4ell nun that sho was as good aud a sight bet ter than some that sot theyselves up for Christians-*-some gals that ho wo* a Ilyin’ around, too, but tho tear* of disapp'iutmeiit was a chokin’ of her to she couldn't speak He weut on; “A Christian air a hard thing to . . you, Mother Potter, a Christian air a hard thing to find, and all that’s left for me to do now. Mother Potter, is to ” He aimed to say was to pray for hor, but the old maid ria in her wrath. Mho could have •tood his callin’ of her a sinner, and a be (lighted sinner at that, but when lie come to call her "Mother Potter” it made her mad, hopjiiu iuad--.lt farly rit the dander ou her “I’ll have you to understand,” says she, “that I'm no'mother. You needn't ‘Mother Potter’ me. I’m no mother. I'm not the mother of nobody. nor likewise the stepmother of nobody (here'sho broke down cry in' when she thought how she would like to have been the stepmother of his children), aud if you means to hint that I oiuoo-old no-hoo, I know I haiut so powerful young, but I let you kuow if hit's tho oldness that you air a hintin’ at that you haiut no spring chicken your own Tn* Romakcic or Solitary Gctca.—In one of the gulches of the gold mining district of tho Divide, perhaps twenty-five mile^ from Denver, stand* the remaius of a cabin, if a few blackened and charred timber* aud a pile of stones, evidently at one time a chimney, can be colled remain*. T« tho miner* and pros pectors who pass over the rough trail to-day the pluco has a lonely and mournful look and many speculations are Indulged In ua to the history and fate of it* former occupants. From 1858 until 1884 this wild and almost uninhabited country was filled toith a busy population who had left comfortable home* and loving friends in tho east in tho wild pur suit of gold in these rich digging*. In the lat ter year, however, the number dwindled from several thousand to jH-rhips less than a score of white men, newer excitements having car ried the reatloss lido iu other directions. Among tho few who remained were two brothers who had left their home in o pleasant town in Illinois to mnko their fortunes in these marvelously rich placers. These were Thomas and William Coleman, who, though so closely rotated, were as utterly different iu disposition and manner a* could well be imagined, Thomas, who was of a dark and swarthy com plexion, was always morose and disagreeable, and generally disliked by his neighbor*. Wil liam, however, with hi* bright, blue eyes ami sunny hair, wa* over a favorite with all. But little wo* known of their previous history save that the elder wa« unmarried, but that Wil liam had left a young wife and one child it the east. It wua known, also, to a few, that this marriage wa* a continual source of con* toutial between tho two, and it wo* generally understood that the brothers had been former ly rivals for tho bond of tho girl whom Wil liam afterward married. One day, in the sum mer of 1804, the stage, which wa* still run niug in that section, brougli an a passenger i beautiful woman to the cabin who proved to bo the wife of William Coleman. The meeting o the couple was joyous to a degree, she explain iug that parent* and child having both diod •he had resolved to join her husband and in dividunlly share hi* fortunes and hardships, Upon her arrival Thomas wont out of the house and wandered a long distance over ridges and through gulches nor returned until long after dark. Just exactly what happened after he reached the cabin wa* nevor Known, hut it is surmised that a fierce quarrel ami double murder ensued, as late that night a man passing near there on horseback thought he heard loud and angry words followed by two reports from a pistol, and looking back after getting on top of the ridge he saw the bright light of a conflagration. Upon reach ing the nearest settlement he reported what he had seen. A party*of men started tho next day UNCLE REMUS. THE FUN AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE OLD HOME. At Uncle Eemui' Earnest UolicfUtloa, Sis Temp/ Entertains the Crowd With the Story of How Brother Wolf Attempted to Psss Off see Calf; Brer Babbit Olvcs Him Awsy. •elf, aud with that she rit and flirted up ofPa the bench, and left him a wonderin’ what ho had done. It do look like a pity alter a good sanwmt has Won preached for sich a man as old brother Cole to git up aud spile it all. The lust uight alter wc'uns got thar Mr. Morris preached a good sarmout. He said enough aud not ton much, aud it was a gittin’ late, but he called on brother Cole, and he ri* and ranted for about n rour. “Brethering and littering,” say* he, “I toll you a Christian, a rail sho’ nufTChristian, air a monstrous hard thing to find ar. A coun terfeit dollar or a spile't aig looks as good ns any tel you comes in examine it ar, and bust it ar, then you'll find, mv brethering, that thar’* a might sighty.ol dilference ar,aiul so ’tia with a Christian or rutlier folks what cal!* thcr-selvcs Christians ar. My brethering and sistering, ef 1 was called ujtou to shoot a Christian I would take aim aud pint my gun all around at fait one aud then tothcr (every body dodged) to see who I'd shoot and who I wouldn’t ar, (lie stretched out his arms and to»k aim at each one. Most anybody will dodge if you piut at ’em.) and brother Simp son, you ‘needn't think I’d shoot you, for l wouldn't. (Old Miss Cass sot right down nigh (he pulpit listenin’ and a waitiu* for the time to shout, and Miss Patleuce Cotter wa* a fan- nin* away with her turkey tail hoping he would piiil at her for a Christian) and brother Roberson, 1 wouldn't shoot you ar, and brother Galligber, I wouldn't shoot you ar, and sister I'inkney, I wouldn't shoot you ar, nor like wise you, sister Freshoura a’r (old Mis# Fresh- ours bad dodged behind sister Pinkney) and likcu uc also you, sister Haskins, nor done of you worldly, in hidings on that bench ar. (Mrs. Haskins had on a new Sunday bonnet) I tell you, my tittering, fine close eant take nobody to heaven ar, and brother Jobnsing, I wouldn't *h-x*t you ar, and brother and sister Jones, I wouldn’t shoot nair one of you'uns ar, and likewise also 1 wouldn’t take aim at uair one ot them air ou-«*«!i*arued sinners on them back benches ar, what comas here to tnecliu* to set up and steep ar* and totbers to laugh the cabin aud beneath tho still smoking ruins the burned bodies of William Coleman and his wife. Thomas Coleman was never afterwards heard of. Tho place to-day has a mournful loneliucss and silence, un broken save by tbo twitter of birds by day and tho bowline of the coyote at night.—Kooky Mouutaiu Nows. of 1854 or 1855, say* a writer in the Nasi World, 1 ran up to Lexington to attend tho races at tho center of Kden’s garden, ami of course General Abe and Colonel Tom Buford were there with their invincible thorough bred*. Colonel Torn, from a sudden quurrel that grew out of the excitement of the race course one afternoon, played a duet on pistols with an adversary, wnose name I cannot now recall. General Abe, hi* brother, and I were stand iug about forty or fifty find off when the fusil lade began, and remained apparently uncuii- cerned, for though lit* brother was hotly on gaged, the old hero was willing, according t< the rule* of Kentucky chivalry, to see a fair fight aud let the best man win. Coloucl Tom struck his adversary once or twice in several shots, uot seriously wounding him. When all the chamber* ot his enemy's pistol were emptied a friend who stood near, and not hav ing the fear ot Brother Abe before hi* cye.« ran up and thrust a fresh weapon into tin hands of Tom Buford’s assailant. General Abo, believing loo firmly in “fair play” to thus permit two men to combine against one, and that one “Brother Tom,” at once jerked out a knife ot glittering blade and made a rush for the too-busy interloper. More quick ly than it takes to tell it General Abe, with ono hand, had seised the poor fellow by the hair, and, like a (lash of lightning and with tho dexterity of nn Indian, made a circular incision on tho crown of hi* headland, giving the hair a sudden twist, lifted oil* as ucut r scalp aa one would undergo a dav’a ride t. “Now, ——- you,” said General Abe, a coolly tossed h»* Indian trophy to one side aud released his victim, “now go, — - you! I guess Wood's hair restorative won't bring out the wool on your head again soon.” The frightened fellow, never haviug cx|M-rienccd that kind of warfare, gathered his head iu both hands and ran oil' yelling as if Captain Jack and all the Mod«>c* were close upon his heels. 1 waa horrified, It being the first s'alp 1 had ever seen taken, aud riding home that even iug I asked General Buford how he could d« such a barbarous thing. “lie ought to have attended to his own busi tiess,” he replied. “I was willing, though my brother was engaged, to keep hands off and Id 'em fight it out, aud when he ran up ami hauded his friend a pistol to kill Tom with, 1 would have been justified in killiug him.” THE FLURRY*INST. LOUIS. The New Orient** Yellow Fever lie port Dis turb* llu»lue*». Mr. Lori*, July 13.—A (lurry of cxcitcnieut and much apprenen*ton aud dread wr» pro duced on Vhaqge to-day by the report that Yellow fever had broken out in New Orleans. Wheu it waa ascertained through dispatches from reliable sources that outy a child had died from a disease supposed to be fever, the excitement subsided and mailers relapsed into their usual condition. There was a break in wheat, however, aud provis ions showed great weakness, but corn and mts were higher and firm. The assignment f Weaar, Boogher & Co., also had some effect n the market, and produced a general feeling >f uncertainly, but that seemed to pass away with the fever scare. The West Virginia Democrat*. WaBKLtxo, Wnrr Va., July 13.—The demo cratic state convention met here to-day to nominate a state ticket. A big fight waa made over the report of the committee on perma- ■-* organisation, which named for chairman, ge A. Moffett, editor of the Register. Tho difficulty ended in Moffett withdrawing his name. The convention adjourned till to-mor- Daddy Jack appeared to enjoy Tildy’s story as thoroughly as the liUla boy. “*E ane fine laic. *E tnekky me labff tell tear is come In me y-cye,” the old African •aid. And somehow or othep Tildy seemed to forget her preteude^ animosity to Daddy Jack, and smiled on him as pleasantly as she did on the other*. Uncle Remus himself beamed upon each and every one, especially upon Aunt Tempy; and the little boy thought he had never seen everybody in such good- humor. “Sis Tempy,” said Uncle Remu*, “I speck it’s yo* time for ter put in.” “I do* bin rackin’ my min',” said Aunt Tempy, thoughtfully. “I see you flxin’ dat ar hawn, tin terreckerly hit make me think 'bout a tale wa’t I aint year noue un you tell yit.” Uncle Remus was polishing a long cow’s- horn, for the purpose of making a hunting- horn, for his master. “Hit come ’bout one time dat all de creeturs w’at got hawns tuck a uotion dat doy got ter meet terge’er uu have a confab fer ter *ce how dey gwine take keer deysc'f, kaze dent t’er creeturs got tush un claw, dey uz de* a snutch- in’ urn fuiii 'roun* cve’y conider.” “Tooby shot” said Uncle Remus, approving- ly. Dey sont out wud, de hawn creeturs did, un dey lack’ll meet tergo’er way off in de woods. Man—Sir!—dey wux a big gang «m, un de muster dor had out dar ’twan' b’ar tailin’ skacely. Air. Bull, he ’uz dar, Mr. Steer, un Miss Cow”— “And Mr. Benjamin Ram, with his fiddle, suggested !ho little l»oy. —“Yes,'n Mr. Billy Goat, un Mr. Uni corn”— “En olo man Rinossyhoss,” said Uncle Re inns. —“Yes, ’n lots mo' w’at I aint know __ names’un. Man—Sirl—dey had a mighty muster out dar. Ole Brer Wolf, ho tuck'n yeor ’bout de muster, un ho aech a smarty dat nothin’ aint gwine do but he mils’ go uh sed w’at dey doin’. “He‘study ’bout it long time, un den he wont out in do limber nn cut ’im two crooked sticks, un tie urn on his head, un start off ter whar de hawn crectur* meet at. W’en lie git dnr Mr. Bull nx ’im who is he, w’at lie want, whar ho como frum, un whar ho gwine. Brer Wolf, ho ’low: “Ba-a-n! I’m name little Book Calf! 1 “Kh-oh! Lookout, now!”exclaimedTiltl enthusiastically. “Afr. Bull look at Brer Wolf mighty hard ("RAVEL AND ADVENTURE. Thrilling Exploits and Pictures of Strange Land*. Tux Leozxo of G(.rx Plv».—In 18(18, when the Indians made a raid into Douglass aud El Paso counties they sought biding places in this country, but the canyon of Deer creek is too small for a covert. Turkey creek canyon J ives more secure hiding places. In earlier ays this country was traveled more than it is at present. A coach used to run to wbat is now known as Villa Park, (I\ T. Bsrnuw’s subdi vision) from Denver aud continue on the Alor- rison and adioiuing* roads until It reached a ranch owned by Juugu Reed, better known o* the old Pennsylvania house. The coach went south through the foot hills that adjoin Alor- riton to Fairplay. Among other interesting matters connected with Deer creek and the Platte conntry is the legeud of an old Indian chief and his daugh ter. Blazing Star, a war cbiel of the Arupa- hoes, had obtained the greatest influence among his tribe. Btcrn and implacable in bat tle, earnest and invincible in council, he cared little for women, and was accustomed to re- OFF TO BALTIMORE. THE GEORGIA EDITORS ON THEIR WAY NORTHWARD. Tba Meeting of tho Preos Osn* st tho Markhsm House Yesterday sad tho Proceedings of tho Body-Colonel Sstlll Elected President -Tho Dinnor at tho Usrkhsm. The Georgia pres* association met in con vention Wednesday morning at ten o’clock in the writing room of the Markham house. President J. H. Estill, of the Savannah Morning News, called the body to order, and on motion of Mr. 8. R. Weston, of the Albany News, Mr. II. U. Caban its was requested to act as secretary pro. tern. Captain E. P. Ilowell, chairman of the com mittee of arrangements, made a verbal report concerning the excursion. Captain Howell introduced Colonel A. Pope, gard all *quaws as very inferior creatures. I general passenger agent of tho East Tennessee fcrs r er - by r ^ io1 “r r^\ outUu 1 “Well, den, bimeby, terreckerly, dey got jr talkin’ un tollin’ der ’peronco des like de w’ito talks doc* at class-mootin'. Wiles dey 'ux*gwino on dis away, a great big hoss flv come spilin’ ’roun’, un Brer Wolf tuok'n fergit hi**n'f, un snap at ’im. “AH dis time Brer Rabbit bin hidiu’ out in do bmdic* watchin’ Brer Wolf, un w’en he see dis he tuck’n break out in a laugh. Brer Bull he tuck'n holier out, he did: “Who dat laughin’ un nhowin’ dcr man ery?’ ••Nobody aint make no answer, un tcrreck erly Brer Rabbit holler mt: ‘De hawn creeturs dey all look ’roun’un wonder w’ot dat mean, but bimeby dey go on wid dey confab. ’Twan’t long 'frt* a flea tuck’n bito Brer Wolf 'way up on do back er do neck, un ’fo’ ho kuow what he doin’, ho tuck’n squat right down uu scratch hissc’f tvld his bohimo fool.” Knty!” exclaimed Daddy Jock. “Dar you is!” said Tildv. Brer Rabbit, he tuck’n brokc-out in n’er big laugh un 'slurb uni all, uu den he holler tit- “ 'ScrUchum-scratchum, Uwsy, my law*! ' Look af dat Hook Calf scratch In’ wid claw*!' “Brer do hawn aroeturH. un 'twau’t long •g'ln: “ 'Rliiktuin tliiktiim. ride Mm on a mil! Dut Hook ('all got a long bushy tall l’ De hawn creeturs, dey go on wid der fab, hut Brer Wolf git skeordor un skeerdef, kazo he notice dat Air. Bull got his eyoou ’im I!...* n.i.ki, u.. *i,.» j[o Lol Wid dat Brer Wolf make ea ef he gwine way fum dar, un he wan’t none too soon, ucedrr, knee olo Mr. Bull splutige at’im, on little mo’ un he’d er natally to' 'im in two.” “Did Brother Wolf get away?” tho little boy asked. Yas, Lord!” said AuntTemy, with unction he des scooted 'way film dnr,’ un he got *t mad wid llrer Rabbit.dat he tuck'u play dead un wild went ’roun’ dat dey want all de cn*e turn for ter go set up will ’im. Brer Rabbit, he went down dnr ter ter look at 'im, uu time he see ’ini, he nx: Is he griu yit?' .11 de creeturs d< not ex dey knows uu.' Den Drer Rabbit! he Mow, he did: “ 'Well, den, genterinuus all, ef be aint grin, deu he aiut dead good. In all my ‘•pounce folks aint gil dead good tell dey grins.' “W’en Brer Wolfyear Brer Rabbit talk dat away, he tuck'n grin fum rear ter year, uu Brer Rabbit, he picked up &is hat un walkin- cane un put out far homo, un w’ett he got wav off inde wood* he sot down un laugh ter kill bisse'f.” Unele Remu« had paid Aunt Tempy the ex traordinary tribute of naming in hi* work to listen at her story, and when she bad con cluded it, he looked at her in undisguised ad miratiou.and exclaimed: •l be bless, Bit Tempy, efy,»u aint wnss'n 'at 1 is, en I'm bad miff, do Lord knows I |I” THE BUSINESS WORLD. The Assignment ot Wear, lloo^her JL Co. la St. Louis. Sr. Lofts, July 23.—The extensive dnr good* house of Wear, Boogher Sc Co. assigned this forenoon. The asset is are givea at about $<120,(KM, embracing good* and merchandi«c; $440,000 open accounts; bills receivable $l?5,- 000, other matters $3,000. The liabilities are not definitely known, but the aggregate is about $150,0011. The cause of the assignment was a refusal of the New York banks to make the customary advance. The firm states that if time is given to realise on the actual pronerty iu hand, they will not only pay in fiift, but have a handsome sur plus. About seventy tier ceut of their indebt- cduca* is iu New York, Boston and Provi dence. The only large creditor here is the 'Louis National bank, for $25,000. The Storm tn Wisconsin. Milwalkek, Wi*., July 23.—A severe hail and wind storm visited Wisconsin and did much damage to crops and property last night. ID severity was most felt at Jeflerson, Water- town, Fonil du- Lac, West Bend, Kewaakum, Oconomowoc, Plymouth, Whitewater, and in cluded the country. their approach.. But doubt and uncertainty ‘he proposed excursion tendered by hi* road, prevailed among the tribe, and Blazing Star I Ou motion of Mr. J. W. Burke, the tlianks believed they were about to yield to the white I of the association were tendered Coloucl Pope man. I and his associates for tho courtesies offered. Noted for hi* boldness and unheard of in- I After tho transaction of some other minor trepidity, the war chief resolved to reconcile I business the following resolution was intro- ali opposing factious by a grand coup d’ etat. j duced by Colonel John Triplett, of the Thom- Calling all chiefs and greut warriors to as*cm- I nsville Time*, and unanimously passed: hie on a certain day. be suddenly appeared I Whereas, it Is proposed to bold a state fair In the before them on the topmost point of a great I city of Macon during the 1 ! u .... ..Lj.u .j... nfmvn th« „, n »t rnmnntic nnd I *hnll he a reflex of the agricultural, inauufactur- rises above tho most romantic aud I j mineral and other resources of the state: beautiful part of the canyou, a spot known as | Therefore, be It resolved by the Georgia pre** Glen Ply in, whore through groves of cottou I Rociation In convention assembled, that a* the In- wood Deer creek, clear as crystal, dashed along (tcrest and reputation of the empire state of the with n Round that is wonderfully musical I south are Involved, wc pledge ourselves indlvldu- u' H L “»>• and collectively to an earnest co-operation How he got up to that height no one knows, 1 wi ' h tJle 0 flj ww 0 j the state fair. In working up an but it was to be tried again soon after, as tho | exhibit which shall prove ail honor to the state, story will show. Assuming that the great | demonstrating to the thousands who will be In at* Alanitou inspired him to stand there the war- tendance what Georgia Is in the quantity aud di- rior nddrwMd tho.e in tho glen below Mm, v ^'£$Syji!£iS’unanimou* “gmg them to a relentless war against the I jy re . e ieetcd president of the association, lie face. I J. W. Burke was elected ilJrst vice president. His cries for the whito (nan's blood were I C. W. Hancock was elected second vice-presl- heard and answered, and many spear* flashed ! doDt * • ,| uu n .,.. n ..i„ * I Air. 8. P. Weston was re-elected treasurer, in the sunlight at his appeal*. I j \y. chapman was elected recording sec- But ono old chief returned from tho pow-wow I reDry. sad and disheartened. Laughing Eyes, the I Air. W. A. Knowles was elected corresponding chiefs daughter, was beloved by Wagulln as if I secretory. •ho had boon hi. own child. An executive committee oi live wa. elected « Ho knew that one of tho pale face., a young \ Vo .h1,, John Triplett, scout, who, a mere boy, had como west iu the I j. Stanford, O’, ft. Pendleton, days of Kit Car*on, loved ond was beloved by 1 J. W. Anderson, tho Indian maiden. He knew that Blazing I On motion Messrs. 8. II. Christopher, Geo. Star had contracted a special hatred for the P, Woods ond Joshua Knowles were appointed young scout. Ilenco, he resolved to warn the I a committee to draft resolutions on the death young girl. Ilis warning mine nono too sopn, I of Mr. U. L. Weston, lately a merabor oi the but when the maiden started for the settlement I awociation. to worn her lover she was beset by highway-1 The morning session of the body then ad men, aud after a thousand perils escaped to I journed. find tho settlement burned and her lover a I t aftkbxoox skshiox. E risoucr in tho hands of her father. She soon I Tho association met at three o’clock, but in new the worst. Oil the erngabove Glen Plytn I the afternoon session had but very littlo to do. was the body of her lover who had been laid I Tho following resolution introduced Mr..W. there fo die of starvation and exposure. She | E. Mum ford waa adopted: among the southern Rtatc* without un appropria- scout had breathed his last. .w. Wince that time it i* said that in the dead of I this association, pledge our personal and edit night cries arc heard ox of the old Indian chief I influence to the aid of the »tntc, district aud c ped ond fell into tho canyon beneath a corpse The father, finding his daughter dead, aud or« riving in the same way at the cause, succeeded I varied prodiict* by the means he knew in reaching tho top of I position In New Orlcsp*. —I * editorial __ _____ ndcouu- hcwnilinff tho loss of his daughter, nnd other I ty commissioners of the New Orleans exposition. ^dtV.EPer t )rii 0 . a ^^V , I°n^^^ iug lor her Inver. So rum this legend, hardly n t . V |iig that ittch a result would add to the repu- otu enough to be called so, for tho old pioneer* I ration and standing of our beloved common* are so near to tho Coloradoan* of to-duy that it I wealth. , , . . is not at all unlikely that tho legend bad sorno ^ Tho treasurer s report showed on hand foundation in the lnvc of a young man named *3®7.25, which was increased by inoro than Walter, for an Indian chiePa daughter. As for I P" by tho payment of dues. The fund » the ghost story, it is not out of place in tho ro- I k e pt * or payment of the incidental ex- mantic scenery of tho cliff and the granducr of I Pauses of tho conventions, and i* growing tho clilf.—Denver News. »rg°r overy year. Mr. 8. R. \Ve.ton has I becu such an ciiicient treasurer that he ha* Wooer. Aoaoss ms Coxiiskxt—Wood— | been ro ; e!ccted for many years after ho left Snow.—On Mav U, IHM, nl Santa Barbara, “‘We journalism. Cal., Mr. W. CliHord Wood, or Philadelphia. At four o clock in the afternoon tho editors to Miss Minnie J. W. Snow, of Santa Barbara. I and the ladles who accompanied them dined The above notice, which appeared in a morn- I Markham ns guests of the Co.vsthttiox, ing paper of this city a few days since, is the An excellent dinner was served and was par- solo announcement thus far made of a young I \nkon of amid pleasant hits of conversation romantic mar-1 between the quill drivers. There were no rioge. * I blasts uud no speeches. Air. Wood, the groom, is between twenty.five I _ ovv to halt*more. nnd thirtv years of ago, living with his widow- „ At eleven last night the party started for ed mother, Mrs. Ann Wood, a brother, and an Baltimore under the protecting wing ot the unmarried aister at No. 1,818 North Eighth I Tennessee people. There cau be no street, and employed as a clerk in tho Third that tho trip wfli bo a pleasant one. National bant iff No. 1.428 Market street. The party wn* made.up as'follow*: There ii nothing in tho appearance of the well I \ jhanV ^ * c ' r Wld ttU<1 Ad'trtiser, dressed, quiet mannered, red mustavhed young I ‘ t. llii bank clerk to indicate that he ha* more ro- manco in his composition that tho prosaic na ture of his busiuea* might lead one to suppose, but tho circumstances of his luarringu pro claim him as possessed of sonic attribute* that benefit a hero of fiction. In 1863 Mr. Wood .was one of the many ant, Banner-Watchman, Athens. H. ft. Move, University Reporter, Athens. (Mark Howell. Constitution, Atlanta. >1. II. Cnbanlm and lady, Christian Index, At lanta. J. it. Pioragoolc, Southern Clipper. Atlanta. J, M. Brown and lsdjr. Democrat. Balnbridgc, J. C. McAIichacl, Gazette, lLrne.-vllh* W. W. Fleming uml lady, Early County News, (.lark ilowell, coiumuiiou, Aiianti T. J. Ripley, Constitution, Atlanta. T. J. Qullliuii, Chronicle. Athens. W. O. Whidby, Southern World, Atlanta. A. V. Smith and lady, Christian Telescope, At lanta. W. L. Clark and Uuly, Republican, Atlanta. youug men to leave the panic,stricken east for I. J * A * Gray and lady, Medical Journal, At- now pasture* beyond tiiijMississlppi. lie set-1 j pother nnd Indy, Southern Cultivator, At- ►.ed in Omaha, Neb., nnd there made the ne- 1 * quaintance of a pretty and modest mannered girl, who had found employment in n store, 4 year's residence iu Omaha waa enough young Wood aud at the end of that time he re turned to the east. What ho may have said .. . . to Aliss Snow before leaving Omaha nobody I Blakely. . „ , but hinuolfaml SjmMbnj, but ft does not ftp* in to have entitled hrm to oorre- I j w Stanford ami lady, Enterprise, Cuthbcrt. apond with her. and it was some time after his j, L . fnderwood and Ddy, South Georgia CD- return east that finding vain all endeavors to | Hon, Camilla. hnuUh the pretty shop gir? from his mind he he, # W. -The eptaUe, WSS?;CViiiSJ^; weeks delay, waa returned to him from the I Kidney Daniel, Solid South, (Amy dead-let(er office. This only seemed fo wliot I Mr*. M. W. shaver. Weekly, Cony his intoreat, and he wrote to Omaha, inquiring I J. W. Peacock, IHist, Dublin, of Alias 8 now'a whereabouts. The answer were I George W.Cheeves, Journal, Dawson, discouraging. She hud gone, no one knew | whither, save that her journey had been west ward. Though temporarily bn filed, Mr. Wood wa not discouraged, aud, while attending hi his I business ami eujoviug life like other men, lie I atill steadily kept*in view the idea of finding I D. J. Branham and lady. Mes*enger, Kahmton. William J. Green, News-Letter, Fairburn. 8amue 1 R. Freeman, News-Letter, Fairburn. 8. E. Lewi*. Trlbllne, Fort Gaines. George I*. Woods. Dispatch, llawkinsville. T. P. Littlefield, Sentinel. Jesup. 8. p. Callaway and lady, Kejiorter. laiGran; JACKSON—CONGRESS. Continued from ‘Jth page. Hammond" hangs over that law office to-day, and the gentleman irnkes as much money at his practice, and more too, whilst be Din con gress than his congressional salary amounts to; and that D the reason that when he came to make the speech upon the Drlff, out of six col umn* as published In the Atlanta Constitution, five column* of it were quotations from other pco- —le. You take and measure it. There la very lit- ■e to read written by Air. Hammond. Take and measure it with a rule, ond if you can make moro than 111 columns of Hammond in that lengthy speech that I hold in my hand,- as published in the Constititiok, I cannot measure. I think the discussion on the tarill was unfort unate at the time it was. If the presidential elec tion is lost at the polls, it will be the tariff discus sion that produced It! With a protection senate and a protection president, it was to say the least of It, most unfortunate todlscuis it at that time, ond so the national convention at Chicago has I challenge the gentleman when he comes to speak to the people, to state the measures he 1jmt»* po>.‘td through congress! Trade marks, whether ‘•raw or cooked!" How much are you interested hi trade marks? ne sent s^od. I hope thfiy were not nil morning glories, like he sent to Walton county. (Laughter.] lie has sent you books. I trust they were not all agricultural reports. There are other book< beside* agricultural reports. Has he cleaned out the Chattahoochee river, from the bridge at Atlanta to West Point? Other rivers are obtaining appropriations. Where D-the appro priation that might make that a highway for tho people—to assist the people to a steamboat Imo riding upon ID waters, bringing the freights down cheaper than by railroad? But my brother says he did not go to congress to get appropriations; it is not his business. If I am scut to congress, I assure you I will go and get everything I can, hon v < orably. for the people of my district. I will send yotl two packages of seed where he doe* one, [laugh-/ ter], and two books where he does one, and I will' clean out that Chattanoocbee river, if I can build up jHiwcr enough iu congress to pass the measure; \ and If I cannot succeed there, I will try and or- 1 K ulze a company to clean out the old river any- ' \w. [Loud applause.] I cannot do it if I re main In my law office in Atlanta. When congress is not In session,I w ill be moving about among you, trying to see how lean know you aud have you beucutted, because no man can rightly represent the people who simply walks upon a carpeted floor, sit* at a mahogany desk, writes with a gold pen and wear* a silk Imt. [Applause.] A man by the name of Jakes Jingo, I believe, had boos near Jonesboro. One day he came in [town with honey. He said: “Tom, here Is ten f illons of honey, got out of a five gallon keg.” |om sad "That is a lie; you cannot [do it; It Is impossible." “But I did It, h»re is the honey.” “But thatdon’t prove It-you never pot It out of a five-gallon keg.” “Yes I did: you don’t know my bees. Them bees of mine.tncy just pack like h—II.” [Laughter], Now, if you were to put all those bees to packing Ham mond, they could not pack blood and heart and soul-enough in him to make a representative man of this congressional district. If it is true thht there was sickness and debility, of eiurso ft was his misfortune; but the question remains that if, with six rears in congress, or twenty-four years in office, rolling and rotating from one office tonu- other, he ho* done nothing, why continue him? Now be is arranging to stay there until he can ro- tate Into the senate. If there was a chance for him in the United States senate, he would ssy, “Go it, Harry, I am for you for congress!” If I would help him get into tho senate, he would ad vocate my claims. I helped him into one of Ills offices once, wanted to be reporter of tho supreme court. He was reporter, and 1 knew ho was going to stick. I wanted tho office. I was poor. So I went to Governor Smith und said: “X can be elected reporter of the su- ? reme court, if I can get Nat. Hammond out. here is but one way in the world to get him out.” He raid, “Howls that?" I raid. “Get'another place for him, the attorney-general's office.” Ho raid. “I have promised to give that office to V. IV. Alexander.” I went to Nat Uammond and said, "Colonel, how would you liko to ho attomey-gen- eral?” "Well." lie said, "I don't know. It rather strikes me favorably. [Laughter.] Why?” I said, "J want to be reporter ot the supremo court. I need the office badly. I am In politic* In tho legislature. I uni poor, and I want tho office, In or der to get along a little better, and I think I can bring Influence enough to bear to get you that of* flee-,, “Well." hesaJd/M will consider the ques- Jtlon. He says now he took ten days, but my recollection D it was two or three days. It was a little bigger office, and I knew ho would bite like ono of those speckled trout. [Laughter], He said the next day that if the governor would appoint him. he would accept the iwsition. Ho says now that Governor Smith had offered him any position in his gift before that. If he did, tho governor had forgotten his promise when I saw him. 1 induced General Toombs to go and urge, and Colonel l. W. Avery, who was then thf editor of Thk constitution. I induced man after man to go to the executive office to havo Nat Hammond made attorney general,and,at last, when ho go‘ well hold of the attorney general's office, he let go tho renortersbip. It is JJke an old fellow in the moun tains, who had been accustomed to very ordinary cooking. One day he dined with a farmer in the valley, and they had some nlco biscuits on tho tab e. As soon as tho mountaineer saw them, ho took two of them and put them upon his plate. He said to the gentleman at tho head of tho table; Ihavc token two of your biscuit*, have taken them because they »■» uuuuu jur own no- •ther ft rat. I wish I could give him another right now. iLaughter.J I want to succeed him again, but, unfortunately, there is no office for mo to givo him. and, therefore, it Is an Issue which you, my •*U*wdtlzens, mint decide. Mr. lIummoDd—Wlll^ou iillow me to ask you a question? Arc you w mlnutes to reply, if the”judge will givo me ten minutes? \ ou have gone over your time. Mr. Jackson-If you will let me reply, I am trill ing to do it, I am willing to do what yon would not do with ine iu Atlanta. I am willing to do nate upon any field or stump you may go to at any time. Mr. Hammond—You arc beyond your time. 4 ,r“- -toekson s I had a jieronitlon almost as beau- tlful as his, but he will not let me speak It. If ho liad noUnterrupted me, I would have spoken it. Just Imagine the eloquence of tho second CDy, as my Brother Tblwvll calls him, nnd perhaps you may form some faint conception of wnat my pero- ration would be. It would have been equal to Maury * geographlenl discoveries, so eloquently dcsc.ibed by my friend, 1 trait you will seo proper SiS'ilE.® MT ,u PP°J t * [Great cheering mingled with cries of "Hurrah for Jackson”]. AN ENTERPRISING FIRM. Alessrs, Temple of the woman who had made so deep ad impres- I coq. slou upon his heart. At lost success rewarded ' w his patience and faithftiluos*. A few month' since, und fully sen years from his parting | g. H. Chrtetopi H with Miss 8now ut Omaha, he learned that she I T. It. I’eun, and lady, Jasper County News, wa* living at Santa Barbara, Gal., still un-1 SloiffteeUp. married. Mr. Wood's fort uues had improved | Joshua Knowles, jj'mie Jnurasl.Mud Ison, in that decade, but his heart had remained I Fouc ^ c » Henry County Wcekl), McD< unchanged. Without hesitation he wrote to I \v. \y. Wadsworth and lady, Coweta Advertise Aliss Snow. She renlietl, saying that she re- I Newnan. mem bered pleasantly their acquaintance ini I. 8. llopkfns. College Journal, Oxfonl. Omaha, and very soon the mail brought her! j l *it' kIVui’ News’ sTvaunuh' an offer of marriage from M. Wood. I K ' u \ Lewts/lshnwellte, Bparto. queer that Wood takes his vacation sol William Bark, Herald and Georgian, Sanders- earlv this year,” said the youug man's fellows I vllle. the bank on hearing not long since that he j W. B. Bmnon, Eaglets-rates boro, was away ou n three weeks’ leave. But Wood had whispered a word W. L. MathU, Jr., Telephone, Sylvania. W. K. Mum font. New Era, Talbot ton. John Triplett, Times. Thomasvllle. C, R. Pendleton and lady. Times, Valdosta. mother's car. and uuknown to the rest of the world he was hastening westward to claim the bride for whom ho had waited over ten years. | cn , n *\, When tho two stood face to face at Santa Bar bara neither recognized the other, but the no quaintance of 1873 was cosily renewed and the marriage immediately followed. The young | bnny couple at once came to IMiiladelphia and the groom's home, with his mother, at No. 1.M8 North Eighth street. j The pear crop of Lowndes county D a very fine “Yes. it's rather romantic, said the eider I one. 4 Mrs. Wood.'With a smile, and the groom peer-J An excellent corn crop D insurei! in Schley I’. G. McDonald, jiooly County Vindicator, Vf- _ »na. J. W. chapman, Gazette, Washington. Joseph Tillmau, Reporter, Waycross. J. W. Iletdt and ladr, News, West Point. 8. 11. Weston and lady, treasurer G. 8. P. A., A1 GEORGIA CROP NEWS. ing from behind the receiving teller's w'teket I county? at the Third National bauk. confessed that his | Excellent marriage was a little out of the coni urn Philadelphia Times. i good as the The Fatal lMffal. New Yoax, Julv 23.—The police ran to th< earth this morning Salratore Landino, an I Italian whom they nave been hunting siuee | * trie*l to mnriler his wife on July 4th. When his war to the police station Landino drew I Cotton good. and cotton crops In Webster county. Crop* In Ilall couuty are about Dud can grow. The grape crop of 8tewart county tiffs year Da very fine one. Stewart county will make corn enough to do her through to next year. Lowndes county will make the best phial of poison from his pocket and swal lowed it. lie died before medical assistance, j which was summoned, had reached him. Pauper Immigrant* Who Want to May. New York. July 23.—A writ of habeas corpus ras procured to-day by counsel for a number o I -.jRJ._*• .jf*** 1 ^® 1 * ® f . <»uaty. tdavoa:* emlgranu who arrived here a few dsn j ft w,1 ieh give* promise of ago. and who it b charged are Illegally deprived I ot • bale to the acre, of their liberty by lha c*mmM<wen of emigre- f Mr. Lee Barrow, of Washington ttoo. The tatter soy But the Slavonians are i aa-1 new ground of fifteen acres that wi per emifranta and are going to ship them back. trasheb of corn to the acre. i crop in It corn* out that the wheat crop of Hart countv as but slightly damaged by the rein. The crops from Wadley up to DavUboro.and around tUddleville. are the best seen for years. The crop prospect D excellent in all the counties below Columbus. Mr. B. E. Fall past, of Screven county, has I.uilden & Ilntes's Afusfc. The thousands of readers of this Issue ot tho Weekly Constitution will not fall to note with interest and be entertained with the very attrac tive nud well constructed advcrtDemcnt of Messrs, •udden A Bates, proprietors of the mammoth mu sic house cornei Congress, 8t. Julian and Whitaker streets. The story of their career since the com mencement of business in Savannah In 1870 I* briefly, succinctly aud modestly told, and the key note to their wouderful success b shown to be In dustry, pluck, enterprise and push. Indeed, the history of the house briefly told reads like a romance, yet Savannah knows every statement D a fact that needs no argumeut to prove it, as the result—grand success D prominent. Such an es tablishment as Messrs. I,udden Si Bates's needs no advocate. It D a monument to thrift and enter prise, u credit and advantage to the city in which it D established, nnd to the entire sontb. The Ann require no words of prube—"By their works shall ye kuow them," aud they can be judged ac- cordingiy. “By their works" we know Messrs. I.uuden A Bate* to be clear headed, progresaive btuinefe* men and good citizens, woula be glad to see more such houses, not only in Savannah, but . t .vi° l , » l u! out "to* 0 * To-day they gave another exhibition of their enterprise and determination to increase their already large business by secur- P - "? to this mammoth edition, and wui send from their own bouse ten thousand : Y ou re, r “I* 00 information given In that advertisement, which, by the way, was con structed by the irrepn-mible junior of the firm, Mr. ,'ami Is a tribute to hD genius. What l “ “Y hc J*®* *^tl»i In the most practicalcon- \inclng way. and has mode his aunounemnent nost attractive. If you want any thing at all in R» musical line you find it at this music temple, r at anv of its numerous branches throughout Becking a New Outlet. Halifax, N. S , July si.—The steamer Neptune J!cu lo*t evening (or Hudson straits, taking Lieutenant Gordon, of the British navy, and Pro feasor Bell, of the geological survey, who wUl «* th e straits for meteorological observations The expedition Is In accordance !vj“, a *®te i qf parliament appropriating 170,000 to obtain reliable in formation aa to the navigation aud os to the feasibility of the adop- t'thc nirn7«t. umm " ° uU " ,0r rr,> Tho Irish Nnuutml Lengue. Chicago, July it.—The second national conven tion of Irish national league of America will as semble at li o'clock a. m. on Wednefday. August LI, imt, In Fanefni h»H. (Wtnn. Death ot 5iro. nwUatoelm. iTmauto, Pa., July 23,-Mre. Jane Grey Swiss- helm died at her home at HwDsvale yesterday af» ternoon. aged 6* year*.