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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY AUGUST 19 1884. TWELVE- PAGES.
THE PRICE OP FAME.
BILL ARP ON THE CONDUCT OF
THE NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
IT* Don't Llkstha FnndI Method of Vlllfrio* and
Atatise Mormla ??t Candidate* Hie B??-
fleoUoM on tbo QassUon-Talk* on
Oilier Ototrtl Toplee, ???to., Bto.
The' higher a mnn climb* tho plainer he
???hows hi* fundamental infirmitic*. That is
he has any and inoit pcoplo have got them in
ibis sptloonary world. I wa* wondering in
my mind why they hoden???t brought out all
these thing* about Cleveland and Blaine be
fore when they were running for office; but it
???eetiU that the office they run for wasenfc high
enough to develop every bidden thing,
they climbed up the pole the slanderer*
put at them a small opera gin**
now that they keep climbing higher
and higher they bring out their
long barrelled telescope* that magnify
* th?? us. nd tiftics to tlio inch and they hunt
all over them for spots ond blemishes and if
there is s little speck on the gloss of the tolo-
scope they mistake it for a big spot
mnn end raise a howl nil over tho nation.
When Cleveland wns running for governor of
New York he was aimed right smart by tho
republican newspaper*, but they never said
anything against lit* morals or his virtue as a
inaii, but now since he keeps climbing up the
I K??le and get* higher and Higher, they have
iroiight out their telescope* end microscopes
and kaleidoscopes, horoscopes and Cleveland
is an awful bod man. Well I nut afraid bo has
not been as clean in nil respects as he ought to
have been, I expect lie lias been overtaken by
tho infirmities of tho flesh, but mighty little
harm came of it and ho acted Jiko n gentJo-
Wlien men arc overtaken by a mult it
docs not mutter so much how they fall into
trouble ns it docs how they come out of ft,
1...1 ... rnmtt . ft. If. fit... .... M'l... .IiIH.Ia, (1 n. i ??
Just so with Mr. Hlaine. The slander against
him is worse than ngainst Cleveland, for bo
has n wife and children whom it affect*. It is
cruel and outrageous, for even if it is
all tliu truth it hna been nttoned
for long ago by his good conduct in his domes-
tic relations. If it wasnnt for Mr. Blaine's
family I wouldcut care n rent how many bad
things they brought nut on him, if they wore
true, for the southern people never had a worse
slanderer thau ho has been. Ilia Anderson-
ville speech was a web of lies, a monstrous
cruel slander, a bloody shirt dipped in slime,
and it was delivered by him, not for a princi
ple, or to illustrate truth, hut to mako politi
cal capital for himself. He deliberately sought
to ploy u|K>n the Imse passions of mankind,
to excite their hate and revenge, ana
thereby promote 'himself. And now
since Ida own iniquities have been brought to
light, I wouldn't rare one cent if it was not for
his family. David was in a jwaver of trouble
iny youth. _
had Letter kept dark. lie could have
. pressed the charges against Cleveland it ns
had tiled or wunted to. Ho ought to have
tclrgrn)4>cd every republican editor in tho
nation and begged them, for Ids own sake, to
publish tm charges against Cleveland with a
woman in the case. J.et not tho pot call tbo
kettle black.
And there is Black Jack Logan,Injun Logan.
WchIImreock Logon splurging around mid
abusing us like wo were a psssel of devils and
had Just broke out in ft new place. Before tho -
war lie was hollering hurrah for Dixie and was
sending back our runaway niggers, and when
the war broke out hu raised a con federate regi
ment and was sending the Indiana hoys down
into Kentucky where he wss to organixe his
regiim lit, and gl??.ut that lime ho wus bought
up with ii commission nsbrigndior-gutieral and
flopped over on th?? other si e, and has been
waving the bloody ???hist over since. Ho is a
natioi al fraud. *
But it is all right 1 reckon. Whou a mnn is
a candid ale the people are bound t<> know jjl(o
brstof him and she worst, doo, If' he is eu
angel on one tide he.utlf he made a devil on
the others nud ^snicidernte pooplo will split
tbo ditlervhce between the two. A candidate
OttfrifTto be fair and pure and spotless, for that
'???'1* ilio meaning of the word, But we can't ex
pert top< l that sort. Tho best men don't seek
office, end they rarely get it. It is n hopeful
sign when the office recks the man, and that
is what 1 like about Mr. Cleveland. Ho !m*
never bunted for office or intrigued for it,
and 1 believe tlm time lias come whou the
American people will honor a man of that
sort. They are tired???tired of tho hungry
horde who keep up the strife between tho aue-
tirin', tired of demagogues who deceive tho
her husband when ho was a candidate???and
they accused him of swindling and lying, and
every mean thing.
"well, madam, did you believe any of It,'
???aid Colquitt, very earnestly.
"No, indeed, I dident," said she.
"Well, madam, Governor Jarvis U a fortu
nr.te man, for my enemies abused meandslau
dered mo worse thau your husband was slan
derejL??? and then he whispered, "and V
Itvf y, mm iijcij tic
afraid they made my wife believe it.'
Well, we are getting along very well in
getting along
county about politics. Wo have all buried
the hatchet on Dr. Felton, and are goiug
to ???end him to the legislature
"nolens voJens."* Wo wanted to send General
Young too, for ae Lawyer Graham said, of
Bartow wants to make her representative
serve six years in congress as an apprentice
ship before she semis them to the legislature.
But there were so many others hankering ???
I reckon we will be represented all righi,
a ltd no barm done. This is one office the
doctor has not sought, and 1 arn glad to ace
GEORGIA CIlOl???M.
Ilio report of the Commissioner of Agri
culture on the Mate of the Crops.
The rcjKtrl of the commissioner of agricul
JC. llon.???.J. T. Henderson, has just been is
sued In in the press, showing tho state of tho
crops reported to the department for tho
month of July. In his summary tho commit
presents some in formation that is given
below:
Tim potto jr crop.
Tho condition and prospect in comparison
with an average is, in north Georgia, H2; mid-
lie Georgia, 85; southwest Georgia, 92; cast
Gcorgio, 83; southeast Georgia, 82,
avft-rage for the whole state 85.
In north Georgia tho prospective condition
is the same ns that rcjtortcd one month ago; in
each of the other fcctions there is a slight fall
ing <4
The wet weather in Juno and the early part
l..| u 4- 11 -.1 1 At .
fren
f July, was followed in Mime counties in east
ami southeast Georgia by three weeks of con
tinuous dry weather, and considerable shed
ding is reported. Lice and rust are mentioned
ii tome counties nmong tho casualties injuri-
usly ii fleeting the crop, Tho caterpillar had
made its nppcnrauce about tho 10th of June
in Dougherty county, ami about tho last of
the month in some other counties of southern
Georgia, but no damage from this cause h
been reported as yet. Tho injury to tho crop
ill causes it estimated at 15 por cant.
tiikcobr caor.
The reports of this crop ngroo very nearly
in every section with tho condition and pros
pect as shown a month Ago. Ou bottom lands
the crop has been seriously injured by the
rersivu wet weather and by overflow, but
uplands when properly worked, it is reported
good and generally much nbovo an average.
Tlic condition and prospect for tho atato is
95 per cent of an average crop. In north
Georgia, 92, middle Georgia, 95, southwest
Georgia, 95, east Georgie, 101, and in south
cast Georgia, 91.
TRK WIIKAT CHOI*,
A small nart only of this crop wa* threshed
before the 1st of July, and the yield compared
to mi average is better in every section of tbo
state than indicated by tho estimate of lost
month.
The yield compared to an average is in north
Georgia, 105, middle Gcorgiu 87, southwest
Georgia 87, and cast Georgia H9. Tho average
for the state estimated from north and middle
Georgia is 90.
The yield per acre in north Goorgia is 9
bushels, middle Georgia 7 bushels, southwest
Georgia 6.66 bushels, uud iu oast Georgia, 7
bushels*
Dice???Southwest Georgia, 98; cast, Georgia,
93. and southeast Georgia, 95...
hugarenne???Middle Georgia, 90; southwest
Georgia, 83; cast' Georgia, 92, ami southeast
Georgia, Di.
Boiglmin???North Georgia, 99; iniddlo Geor
gia, 70: southwest Georgia, 97 j east Goorgia,
93, iind southeast Georgia, 91.
???Field Teas???North Georgia, 103; middle.
Georgia, 75; southwest Georgia, 04, and south
east Georgia, 82.
Hwcet Potatoes??? NorUt Georgia, 97, middlo
Georgia, 95; southwest Georgia, 101; cast
Georgia, 103; southeast Georgia, 107, ami tho
iivirngo lor the state, IU2.
Mil. 8L\ TON'S AllItIVAL.
Ill* Purpose In Visiting America nt This
honest
?? Vane* amt Sunset Cox and Blount and
1 ???Iti 1 Cook ami Tom Hnrdoimin and their sort,
for they are amiable it ml unselflsh. 1 heard
O.kt. V ...AM ft ..Hi.. .. IlitU. ft.A A a. . .ft
Bob Vance telling Imw ho captured tho
votes of a backwoods settlement in North
Carolina when he first ran tor congress, lie
said hu liml never bent in that settlement ami
dident know the boys. Hu dident know their
politics nor their habits nor their religion,
llut lie sent them word ho would be there to
???co them on a certain ??!uy, and so ho rode over
the niouutaiu and got there and found about
sixty of tho sovreigu* at a cross-road grocery,
and ho got down and hitahetl
his borne and began to make their
acquaintance and crack his juke* arouud, and
thought he was getting along pretty
well with thorn, nut ho no
ticed an old man with shaggy eyebrows
and big bras* spectacles sitting ou aohunknnd
marking in the saml with a stick. The old
ntsn dident seem to nay any attention to
Vance, aud after while Vaiico concluded that
the old man was the bell-wether of the flock
and that it was necessary to capture hiiu. so
he sidled up close to him aud the old man got
up ami shook himself and leaned forward on
his stick and said solemnly, "This is Mr.
Vance, 1 believe." ** Yes. sir," slid Vance.
"And you have come over bore to sea o??y boys
about their voice. I believe." ???Yes, sir,"
???aid Vance, "that it my business."
"Well, sir." said the old man, "afore you
proceed with that business 1 would liko to ax
you a few Questions."
"Certainly, sir, certainly," said Vance.
"What church luout you belong to," said tho
old man.
??? That was a sock didoger???Vanoc didn't be
long to any church. He know that religion
and meeting was a big thing in tho hack
Woods, and controlled their |>olilios, but ho
didn't know what their religion wa* for. North
Carolina pas powerfully spotted and
had a nest ??*f Episcopalians in
cue place and Presbyterian* in
another and Baptists here and Methodist*
over yonder, and they never mixed, hut were
all one way in a settlement, and so he was in
a dilemma. ???
But be squared himself for tho rc*i??onsibil-
ity, end says he:
*???WeUj uuw, my frierni, 1 will tell you about
that. Air it* a fair question. Of course it is.
Weirin' tie my grtfud father came from
Bft otluttd, and ^ou know that over in Scotland
Nkw York, August 13.??? 1 Thomas Hex ton, nn-
coinpnnicdjfty Win. Hodmniul, arrived on tho
li??, of tho Guinn line
the lend league
Mr. Bex ton was escor
the cars by a committee of the council of tho
national league, In adtd by President J, P.
Hyan. flexion said that his relations with
both Parnell and Dnvitt were of tho most
friendly nature, and that tho two Irish leaders
were not estranged. lie expect* to remain iu
this country about a month, and says ho will
return hero two years henco.
In Birther conversation Mr. flexion nail:
"Mv only pur|ww<* in this visit to America
is to observe tho formation aud system of tlm
It ague, and to discuss, a* far ns postiblo, the
methods lor tho fostering of harmony, for
on harmony alone dcjtciuls the successful
carrying out of tho principles of the league.
I do not deem it wise in u year like this, when
the country is absorbed in a presidential oil-
test, to endeavor to gain attention for any
other subject. I shall probably return home
on tho 30th instant, as political events will re
<|tiiro my attention, Soon after next year,
however, 1 shall come again, and addrc-H the
citizens of your country on tho subject of tho
work we lmvo in hand. 1 ???
When asked if he had any special nows
UNCLE REMUS.
TilCy TrUs cf tb* Tin* When Mr. Hawk Attempt*
to fetch Brer Babbit, ant**In All OtberCw**
Mrtr Babbit la too aharp-Ba Bogs Mr.
Hawk to Catoh tha Jaybirds, Etc.
BREAKING THE BARS.
"I year tell cr one time," said Tildy, "w'en
ole Mr.???Hawk tuck'n kotcb Brer Rabbit, but
'taint no tale liko doin you all bin tellin'."
"Tell it, anyhow, Tildy," said the little boy.
"Well, 'taint no talc, I tell you dat now.
One time Brer Babbit wuz gwine Tongthcode
bushes pingin' ter hisse???f an' he see a shodder
pass bfclo'im. He look up, an dor 'us Mr.
Hawk sailin' 'roun' an' 'roun\
"Time he see 'im, Brer Rabbit 'gun ter kick
an' >assy 'im.
"Mr. Hawk aiut pay ntf'tcntion ter di??. Ho
dcs sail nil roun' and 'roun', Eve???y time Ho
sail 'roun???, he git little closer, but Brer Rabbit
aiut notice dis. He too busy wid his. devil
ment. He shuck his fis' at Mr. Hawk, aud
chunk???d at 'im wid sticks; an' alter w???ile ho
tuck'n. make out he got a gun, an' ho tuek'u
aim at Mr. Hawk, an' 'lowed, 'Powl' an' den
he holler an* laugh.
"All dis time Mr. Hawk keep on sailin'/
???roun' an' 'roun' an??? gittin' nigher, an' birae-
by down he drap right slam-hang on Brer
Rabbit, an' dsr he had 'iin. Brer Babbit fix
fer ter Bay his pra???rs, but ???fo??? he do dat, talk
he to Mr. Hawk, an* he talk mighty fergivin*.
lie'low ho did:
"'I 'u*dcs playin',^Mr. Hawk; I 'u* dcs
playin'. You oughtn* ter fly up an??? git ux*l
wid a little hit cr man* like me.*
"Mr. Hawk rufllc up de tedders on bis ueek
an* say:
" ???I aint Ilyin' up, I'm flyin' down, an' w???sn
fly up, I'm a gwino ter fly way wid you.
You bin u playin??? de imp 'roun' in dis settlo-
nt long null*, an' now cf you got any will ter
make, you la tter make it quick, koze you aint
got much time.'
Brer Rabbit cry. He say:
?????? mighty sorry, Mr. Hawk, dat I is. I got
goP buried right ovor dar in fence corn-
Tbo Attempt of the Kentucky Convicts to
Escape,
Frankfort, Ky., August 15.???At half past 8
last night the rumor was current that the pen
itentiary convicts were making desperate at
tempt to escape. By the time that aid arri ved
at the prison, the terrible struggle was over.
The gates were locked, but when the authori
ties were satisfied that all was quiet, and the
convicts were placed under lock and key in
thei/cells, the outer doors were unbarred, and
a few persons were admitted. Captain Ed
Johnson, the guard at tho gate, says ho had
received an intimation that a conspiracy was
on foot, and for the past two week* had been
very watchful iu locking and unlocking the
gate. It has been the custom to allow tho
prisoners to make, in their leisure hours,
varicus small articles for relatives
and friends, and when John R. Wolff, son of
the county clerk of Scott county,, who was re
cently sentenced for ten years Irom Lexington
for forgery, drew near the gate and aslcod per
mission to get a box out of the side that tho
clerk might have it shipped to Georgetown,
Colonel Johnson opened the gate aud told him
to step out and put it down iu tho doorway.
Jcmes Cunningham, a "trusty," sent up* for
life from Hickman county fourteen years ago
uns know whar 'twux, kaxe (fen dey could git
long widont me fer a mont* er two.
"Mr. Huwk 'low, ???WbarbouU is all dis
got???????
"Brer Rabbit 'low, 'Right over dar in do
fence corndcr.'
Mr. Hawk soy show it tor ???im. Brer Rab
bit say ho don't kuer ef he do, ho say:
"I'd a done allow'd it ter you long 'fo* dis,
but you hoi??? mo so tight, I can't wink mr eye
skacclv, much less walk ter whar de goP is.*
"Mr. Hawk any he fear???d he gwinuter try
ter git 'way. Brer Rabbit say dey aint no
daugtr cr dat, kase he one er deze yer kinder
mens w'en dey cr kotch onco doyor kotch for
good.
"Mr. Hawk sorter let Brer Rabbit loose, an'
dey went todcs do fenco-corndcr. Bror Rab-
* it, he went ???long ho good dat dis sorter easo
tr IlnvvU tvHitil Mwuif Ik, tvnv Tim-
Mr. Hawk mind 'bout he gettin??? wav. Dey
got ter de pluco nn' Bror Rabbit look all 'roun'
un??? den hu frown up liko ho got some mighty
1 in11 ,li.-nn'int iiii-iif. nti???lin mv*
bad disop'intment, an' ho say:
"You may b???liuvo me or not, Mr. Ifnwk, but
ft wu III AM llv vu lllu Ul HOt, iUTl Jill,Tit, UHL
We er on do wrou % side cr do fence. I hid dat
gol* Home???rs right in dat corntUr'dar. You fly
over an??? I'll golhoo. - * ???
% "TcoUjr ??!io* *lis look far, an' Brer Rabbit, ho
cro|??o tlioo??? dc fence, an??? Mr. Hawk flew 'cross.
Time lie lit on t'er side, Mr. llawk year Brer
Rabbit laugh."
The little boy asked what Brother Rabbit
laugh for, ns Tihly paused to adjust u flainiqg
red ribbon-bow pinned iu her hair. ...
"Coze dey wuz a bricr-jmteh on t'or side ??4
fepce/f said Tildy, "an* Brer Rabbit' wus^a
dar." i >?????? j|7
"I boun* you!??? Aunt Tempy exalaiitf&L
"Ho 'uz in dar. an??? dar ho stayed toll 2{r.
Ilnwk got tired cr bangin' 'roun , dar." ,j
"Ah, Lord, chile!" said Undo Remus, with
the candor of on expert, "some cr dat talo you
for murder, was within the gateway, hut a
little distance from the gate, at the time.
As Johnson opened tho gate he turned
to speak to a man across the doorway, to
which Wolff had been directed. Johnson says
lie docs not remember anything. It?? Jell senso-
kss from a blow struck by a bottle which
Wolff had concealed about him. Eight other
prisoners, who must have used Wolff for tkoir
purposes, were at that moment along the wall
<>n tho inside, just out of sight of the guards.
When Johnson fell they pushed the gate open,
and made a rush for tfie arms which were
kept iu a room near by. Cunningham ran to
the rescue of Johnson, and dragged Qeorgo
Alrop off him, inat as ho was ia the act of
plunging a knife Into the fallen guard. In
the meanwhile O. It. Benson, guard from the
shop, came ts?? tho gate and the firing became
brifK snd general. Cunningham grappled ~
W. Graves, prisoner, and finally managed
put him under lock and key. Alsop drew
pistol pu Captain L. D. Holloway, prison clerk,
who jumped out of the window ond ran
rut intO'thc afreet. Wolff, with arms, had
gotiru into the street and was firiug
Captain II. C. I???nync, one of the guards, wi
returned the fire, and though fully exposed
(heir assault, were making brave eAorta
drive tlic prisoners back. Captain Hallows
wbn was unarmed, was describing a circle i
the street, while Alsop was pouring volley
after volley at him and from behind Bud
floutli, a youug man who chanced to havo s
gun in his hand when tho alarm was given,
took aim at Alsop, and, it is believed hit him
in the shoulder. Two convicts then attempted
to cover their retreat by rapid firing
on Payne and South, but the brave boy from
behind a tree shot Wolf in the log. H<
and was captured. Alsop and Thcophihui???
Graves and W. T. Grant, also prisoners for
murder, started on a ruu out on the Oweutown
turnpike. They met Allen Jones, a farmer,
MORMON MASSACRE.
A DOZEN MASKED MEN ATTACK
MORMONS AT WORSHIP
In Lewis County and Bhoot Down Two Bldora In
Their Track*-Two Xaoapoto ths Woods. Bat
Were Probably Blaaabtsrsd - Another
Captured andOsts a Load offbot.
CHAtTXKoOGA,Tenn., Adgiist 13.???^[SpeciaJ.]-,-
Eldor B. H. Roberts, cbinf of the southern
Mormon mission, was in tho city to-day t j pro-;
cure caskets for the two Mormon elders killed
in Lewis county, near the Hickman lino*
Elder Roberts told your correspondent that
while the elders were holding a meeting at the
house of one of the members, a inob rode up]
to the bouse and fired upon them. Two elders
and two member/(both men), were killed out
right, and another was wsunded. He said*
there had been ho provocation on tho part of
the ciders. They were ??? ouly preaching tho
gospel as they understood it, and wore in the
house iof a member; r had net done or
said anytbiugin the neighborhood to justify
the oeiion, and were iu the discharge of the
duties (6 which he had assigned them. When
asked U he would continue the mission in tha
locality he replied, "most assuredly." They
did not expect to give up the field nor shrink
from the work. They expected to still carry
it on and would supply others to take the
places of those killed. The caskets were pur
chased in this city iu which to send their re
mains to Utah. They are looked upon by the
Mormons os martyrs, and as such will bo in
terred at the headquarters of tho church at
Salt Lake City.
aternation that ; ^resulted from this
unfortunate shot, the???elder made his escape.
who
in a nuggy, forced him to give the buggy u
gy, loft
than thirty armed men have gone in pursuit,
but no tidings have yet been received from
them. Each of the escaping convicts i
armed with more thnn three revolvers. Grant*
wound was serious, but not fatal. Robinson,
the armed guard, was also seriously wounded
Cunningham, the "trusty," who rendered
such praiseworthy service, will hove powerful
pleading in his behalf for pardon. lie was
cut in the side with a knife, but tha wound
is not dangerous. Captain Johnson was struck
over the head and back. Onlv three of tho
convicts named escaped. Too others wero
coutured or driven bock.
GEORGIA AT NEW ORLEANS.
gotright, en some you got wrong.
"On, I knowod'twraat no tale liko you all
knbwed ???twnat n<
bin tell in???, replied Tildy, modestly.
''Tooby slio??? 'ti??," continued Uncle Ucmus,
way of encnurngemcnt;?? "but w???ilos wo
wine 'long wo better straighten out all de
ink* dat'll b???or straightenin???."
???"Goodness know* I aint Sitin' tor tell ho
Commissioner Dabney Come* to Atlanta to
Slaet Commissioner Bacon,
Yesterday Mr. Charles W. Dabney, special
commissioner for state exhibits at the world???s
exposiyon at New Orleans, reached Atlanta,
and will rcinaiu hero during to-day. Mr,
Dabney conics to look utter Georgia's proposed
..I.II.U .1 41 *i._ *_
(1 ey's to bo any
Don???t run y<
???mus, enrouragin..
namin' down let vut her folks do it; un, l??L
???' soul, (ley???ll do*'null* uu it bidout waitin??? for
??? Idlin'.
Now, den, old man Hawk,???w???ich dey call
'im Billy Uluduil iu my day en timc.???ola
man Huwk, ho tuck???n kotch ???Brer Rabbit do*
luk you done said. He kotch 'iiu eu hu hilt
Im in a mighty tight grip, let 'lone dat he hilt
im so tight dat it make Brer Rabbit broil*
mine short luk ho dc* come olfn a long jour
ney.
erjbody is Iresbytcrten." Here he pvu*ud
to note the effect, but saw no sign *??l svmpath v
with his grandpa. * 1 :
???But my grandmother came from England,
???ml over there everybody bdougi to the
Kpi.M .ij wl churvh." lie paused agaiu and the
eld iiibu inarkid another mark iu the stud
and spit his tobacco away idf.
"But my lather was born in this country iu
??? McGiodut settlement, and so he grew up a
Mdh< djftt." Still no ??ign cf approval f.*mu
the ojil men, and so Vance t4??ok ui* last shot
ai d said: "But my good old mother wa< a
L r a|4ui t ami it's my opiniou that a man has
got to go under the water to gel to heaven."
The old man waked up aud taking him by
the bind said, "Well you arc all right, Mr.
sauce," and then turning loth* crowd said,
"tH??y* bt*'l do aud you may v??>te for him, I
thought he looked like a Baptist." And the
old man slowly drew a fla.k from bis coat-tail
and banded it to Vance to seal hi* faith.
Speaking about slander, 1 heard the other
???lay that Governor Colquitt stoop s! over at
Kalrich te tee Governor Jarvis, and Mrs. Jar-
vk to.d him how the newspapers slandered
from tin* other aides Mi - Scxi??u *nni
???No. Adair* remain about the same. The
land laws are badly administered. The gov
ernment has appointed land commissioner*
who are in sympathy with the landlord class,
am! they broke tho hack of tho Hoa'y act.
That a tenant should be com pel led to pay
rent on his own improvements i* a shnineful
tiling, and the league'* first effort i* to forward
the nbolishiiieiit of' that system. When wo
accomplish that the adjudication of rents will
bo taken up. No doubt that question will re
quire long consideration.???
???What are the essential dilfcremva between
Parnell and Davitt? Wo have heard over hero
that Davitt has been ostracised.??????
Mr. flexton seemed surprised nt these
words, and uuswered that there must Ik*
some mistake about that. Mr. Davitt has
a plan of his own for the benefit of the ton-
mts, but that he lias been ostracised by the
???nruell l arty is altogether wrong. He and I
ravelled together to the Leitrim convention,
??* you see we must l*e friendly, and hu as
sured me tiat he would allow no pursiua!
preferences to stand iu the way of the unity
in which there is strength. You know every
body has great respect' for D.ivitt. He is a
mmi of gr??al thought, and has sintered se
verely lor the cause. Any statement that
there is any ill I*cling between Parnell and
him ia crrourous.'*
It lias been suggested that a meeting bo or
ganized when Sexton returns from Host*
he j urjM.se of giving him a graud reception,
nd utlording niui au opportunity oi cx-
lainiug the work of the land league.
Burned to Death.
From the Mtllcdgevllle, Ga., Itoeord.
Penny Clay, a colored woman living on
whtt is known as the Nathan Hawlyns place
in this county, went to church Wednesday
night last, leaving five of her children in her
he use; one of whom was studying her lesson.
1 he house caught fire during her absence anil
the result was, thn'C ot the children made
their escape and two were burned. They
doubtless all fell asleep, for it is stated that
as (he elder children got to tliu door dragging
??'tie of the younger one* with them, the rout
fell in, knocking it back in the house and it,
with one other, perished in the flames.
He holler en ho beg, but dat aint do no
good ; he sntmll eti ho cry, but dat aint do uo
good; he kick en bo groan, but dat aiut do no
good. Den Brer Rabbit lay still en Htudy
iilftout w???ot ??lo minuter goodness ho gwiuu do.
Dimeby ho up???n low:
???I dinn er w???nt you want wid me, Mr. Hawk
w???eu 1 aint a motif full ter you, skacclyl
' ???Mr. Huwk, s*****??, ???I???ll make way wid you,
in den I???ll go ketch me u couple er Jaybirds.'
"Dis make Brer Rabbit shake wid do all-
exhibit at tho coming oxposition. Said ho to
a CcKSTiTi???tiox man:
???The management have voted five thousand
dollars to each state and territory as a sort ot
nucleus around which they may gather prepa
rations for collective oxhiuit* of thoir natural
resources. Our management has alwayi
taken great interest in tho state of Goorgia.
Atlanta is the only city Hint Director Goucral
Burke hits visited m person and Gourgin is tho
only state. Wo look to Georgia us tho fore
most southern state aud as ??no to give us a
leading exhibit."
T his is your first trip to Georgia in tho in
terests of the display 7"
illy I have not paid much at-
; personally
tuition to tho Georgia pcoplo because I
sidered them amply ablo to take care of
solve
of them-
overs, kase cf dey???# any kinder croetur w'at
i ??? ! ^ M i ii. Mb
ho nntnlly spisu on do topside or do yctlp
a Jaybird.
"Brer Rabbit, sexoc, 'Do pray, Mr. llawk.gp
ketch item Jaybirds fils???, kase 1 can???t stun uni
bein' ou toper me. i???ll stay right ycr, plum
"Mr. Hawk, sezeo, ???Oli-oh, Bror Rabbit, you
done bin fool too many folks. You' aiut fool
many
me,??? sezee.
???Brer Rabbit, sezee, ???Efyou can???t do dat, so
Mr. llawk, den de lies* way f??*r you ter do is
ter wait on lomnic git tame, kozc I???m dat wiP
now dnt I don???t taste good.
???Mr. Hawk; sczi'O, *0h-ohP
???Brer Rabbit, sezee, ???Well, den, cf dat won???t
do, you better wait en lemmo grow big I???ll
bo a??? full meal cr vittles.
"Mr. Hawk, scsee, ???Now youcr talkiu
sensei???
"Brer Rabbit, sezee, ???En I???ll rush 'rona 1
mnng* de bushes, en drive out Pa???tridges fer
we???ll have mo??? Ain dan w???at you kin
What other southern states will mako ex
hibits?" ,
"All of them nearly???Florida, Alabama.
South Carolina and North Ciirolina will
mako good exhibits, flouth Carolina has ap
propriated ten thousand dollars. It is not
lully decided that Virginia will make a dis
play, but one is about promised. Maryland is
in sciiiu doubt, and so is Dolawaro, liut with
these exceptions I think every southern,
southwestern and almost every northwestern
state will be represented. The only status that
do not promise exhibits aro tho eastern, and
possibly some of the central states. There
shake a stick at. 1
"Mr. Hawk sorter study 'bout dis, en Brer
Rabbit, he bog en he splaiu, eu do long en de
short un it wuz," said Uncle Remus, embrac
ing liis knee with his hands, "dat Brer Ribbtt
tuck???n git loose, en he aiut git no bigger, ou
^ he druv no IVtrhigcs fur Mr.
need'
Hawk.
Dc Lord he???p my soul!" ex-daizno.l Tilflj,
'''' ??? ouly comment made upon
and this was tlx
this extraordinary story.
Next week, ???Tu* Wisa *Bikd akd nt* Foousv
Biao.???
I* LULA HI RST MARRIED?
From one acre in oats this vear^ Mr. Henry ha-
A Statement That Mi* Has I .tried n Toting
Stan Into Matrimony.
Several papers over the country now state
that Lula Ilurst is married. It is said that
rhe has yielded t<* the tmlruaties of Mr. Paul
Atkinson, her business manager, and has mar
ried him. There seetns to be uo definite in
formation on this (ftoint, but the paragraph
has started the round*, and is traveling like
wild fire. Thu Rome Courier, which ought to
km.w, has this:
"Mr. Paul Atkinson ncs Miss Lula's business
tranaist-r, aud now having captured the mascot hs
will d?? tiMIu* let the old gvuiteman return to hla
term iu Polk eounty. It is estimated in an east
ern pater that Mr. Atkimon wentiutomatrimony
to t???ceu otT the efforts of a prominent theatrical
rnsnsgrr in Boston."
Miss Lula's friends in Atlanta do not believa
that vhe has allowed herself to become en
tangled in a matrimonial alliance, and the
next thing they expect to see is a card from
the mysterious maiden denouncing the whole
thing aa a canard.
mu. doubt about Now York and maybe one
or two of the western (dates. I think there
will be thirty states and territories represent-
<d. Thu Texes peoplo have appropriated
(20,060 and much more will be raised from
private sources. Texas proposes to erect i
special building, but that I regard as a mis
take. The government exhibits, which will
be in the center of the national aud state
building, will be very fine. Tho state
displays will be arranged around the
S ovcrnincut displays in their geographical or-i
cr.".
Mr. Dabney will to-day meet Commissioner
Bacou, who will be up from Bavannah, ami
they will confer as to tnc best things for Gcor
gio to do.
THE WICKED PASSENGERS.
The Stories Tolil by the Rescued Passen
gers of the Amsterdam.
Nxw York, August II.???The steerage pas
sengers of the wrecked steamer, Amsterdam,
some 200 iu number, arrived hero this morning
by the Fall river steamer, ???Pilgrim.??? They
were given o good meal and sent to Cattle
Garden. F. Jetter, of Lako Rots, Wisconsin,
said that he was the last to leave tho steamer
after she stranded. Constantine Ludwig, one
of the cabin passengers, presented the third
ctigiuccr with a watch for saving his boy's
life. He had heard complaints from the cabin
patHTger* iu regard to having lost articles but
no did not *eo any case* of thiev
ing or looting. Tho islanders
treated them well, and shared with
tli< m what they bad. George Miaon, English
steerage passenger, said that after he got
ashore he saw a sailor bringing his (Mison???s)
trunks to the landing. Mison claimed his
trunk, but the sailor said there was nothing
in it, and he wanted it for his clothes. Mison
clainud the trunk and found in it several
articles belonging to him. Uo took
possession of them, and gave the trunk to
the sailor. The sailors acted badly.
They helped themselves to cigars and wino,
and did not seem to care for any bt*ly. They
treated the steerage passengers a groat deal
worse than the natives on the island. Vernon
Randal, another English |*as*enger, said he
thought the captain an able seaman, but hu
had no rommand over bis men. Kaudal lost
all his property. Several other passengers cor-
robaratft d Ihese stan incuts. The agent* of the
Rctter??l*ui line are caring for tho Amsterdam
passengers. ^
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' The Story of the Attack,
The Nashville World thus describes tho
story of the massacre:
While the congregations of Centerville, tho
county scat oi Hickman county, wore quietly
engaging in religious worship lost Sunday
morning, ono of the bloodiest affrays known
in this state was in progress aud uenth wa*
dealing his bloodiest summons, within twenty
mileB of their homes. The circumstances of
the tragcdieif were related last night to a
World reporter by a gentleman of the utmost
veracity, Mr. William Marshal Johuson, for
years clerk and master of Hickman county,
who had just arrived from tho scene of conflict.
About Jour years ago a company of Mormon
missionaries settled in tho vicinity of Center
ville and began to earnestly disseminate tho
doctrines of their sect. The elders saw that
tbo intelligence of tho community aud tho ex
treme dccorousncss of the quiet natures by
whom they were surrounded forbado the at
tempt to establish the primo feature of thoir
faith and the gratifying of polygamy upon the
The remaining members of the attacking
force then left the zeene of bloodshed. But
they bad determined to-esterminate tho Mor
mon faith, and repaired to the house of a man
named Garrett, who peaided close by and cap
tured the last of tfe???o>lders.. He waa bound
and taken to the. woods where, in a few min
utes, gun shot* were heard, fio it-was but
reasonable to suppose that he, too,
HAD nXKV SHOT TO DEATH. .
The masked avengers then disappeared, and
nothing had boeft beard of them at tho timo
that Mr. Johuson left-Centerville. None of
their names are.positively known, save that
of the one who was shot at tho gate. Ho was
Dave Hinson, a farmer of dangerous charac
ter, who had been a noted guerrilla in'the late
war. His body was carried home and buried
by neighbors, $>ut the whereabouts???of thoao
: united wjth liiin in the terrible deeds'of that
: Sunday morning are wrapt in mystery. Thoir
??? coming had bcen-unexpect jd, thoir vengeauco
bloody and thqh[ departure secret, ?? . .
The mail carrier from Ivy Mill postoflice,
??? in the Immelliato vicinity of the affrhjr) passed
the house where the dead bodies * lay -n -fow
minutes after the-shooting occurred. He de
scribed the scene which met his eyes 0 as ho
rode up to the gate ot Condor's home a? never
to be forgotten. The bloody form of-Hinson
lay where it bad fell, his shotgun ot hh sida_^._
and hi* horse died but n few feet frpm *''dTs
head, sporting and trembling in its fright;
just inside the front door, nt fait length, was
extended tho body of the Mormon??? cider, ??? hii
brains scottered on the wall and-floor? inside ???.
-her chamber, . ??????*??.. r*
WRITHING IK TKDBIBLH AG0!fT, -
was the unfortunate woman,??? her. log shot to
pieces, while on the green award beneath tho
window lay tho other elder, with a load of
buckshot iu his breast, while men and women,
added pAtlios to terror by thoir lamentations.
The mailman said the scene was too sicken-
???enlightened institutions of tfio counties of
Hickman and Lewis, which adjoined, and they
contented themselves with tho un
obtrusive dissemination of other articles
of their creed. They gradually crystal
ized around two points, Shady
Grove, in Hickman county, and Cano creek,
in Lewis. These points were made the base of
???porations, and here were held their meetings.
and thence wero sent to other sections and
other states the apostles of their croed. J The
prcsenco of the sect was the source of no little
annoyance to the citizens who were oducated
with tho idea that marriage was tho most
Fncrcd legalized by tho state, and abhored tho
existence in tho midst of those who, though
they did not openly attempt its dcsecratiou,
yet taught doctrinos which involved tho ob
noxious practice of polygamy. This aversion
to tho new sect, while deep, yet gavo
no potent expression of its exist
ence until the terrible deeds last Sun
day morn, which shocked tho bounties from
center to circumference. Tho Mormons did
not ollow.thc year to pass by uufruitful of re
sults, for they gradually gathered to thoir be
lief sufficient strength to render places of wor
ship necessary. and at Shady, Grove, and on
the banks of Cane creek, they expounded the
mysteries of the sect. Though these moot
ings were decorous, ond the machinations ot
the ciders performed with comparative secre-
cry, yet they were closely watened, os results
indicate, by those who felt the nrcsonco in
their midst of the dcsciples ot Brigham
Young to be an insult that only blood could
avenge. Vengeance caino, and it came with
bloody band when least suspected.
Last .Sunday morning tho ciders had gath
ered their flock about them in tho house of a
man named Condor, ou tho cast prong of Cane
creek, in Lewis county, about twenty miles
from Centerville* ???While tho worship was in
progress a party of a dozen men rode up to tho
yard fence, hichcd their horses to tho fenco and
clustered nt the front gate.
They were
ARMKIft with aiioTGirxa
mid pistols, wore each a black mask, wero
quiet but determined in demeanor.
After a whispered consultation nt tho gate,
nine of the number walked up to tho door and
rapped heavily. It was tho summons of
death. Youug Condor and John Huston re
sponded to the call, but instead of opening tho
door ui)on the fnco of u friend, thoir eyes
glanced down tho barrels ot cocked nhotgune.
Ono mnn stepped out from his compan
ions mid entering tho hall, commanded Condor
nnd llutson to surrender, and follow whero
bidden. These were tho first words spokon by
Hie torbiding visitors, ami they told of bloody
iutcations. Condor ond Hutsou refused to
comply with the peremptory command, aud
made show of drawing weapons, at the samo
timo backing toward the door that opened into
tlio room where tho congregation were. Tho
refusal was tho signal for hostilities. The
crowd who were in the porch surged into tho
hallway. One blow from a shotgun, and
young Couder lay upon the floor,
WITH Ills SKULL CRUSUED.
Hutson snatched a gun from an assistant,
and wheeling as he ran out at the back door,
tired both borrcls at the three inenatthegate.
One rank dead iu his tracks and the fugitive
???j>cd toward the woods, with tho bullets whist
ling oround his cars. At the crock of the
weapon the congregation surged iuto tho hall,
and the scene becamo terrific. Desperate to
madness by the loss of one of their number,
who was the real lender, the masked Mormon
lmtcrrf began to use buckshot with deadly ef
fect.
They wanted the blood of tho Mormon elders
aud tliey spilled it with ayengeance. One
, where ho threw the whole rillftgo
into tlio wildest excitement by recount
ing the circumstances of the trage
dy. The town was paralyzed ???' with
the awful nature of the deeds committed so
near their homes and firesides; but in n few
hours parties started out to the scene of blood.
They had not returned when Mr. Johnson
left Centerville, so no details further than
given by tho mail rider can be given. Ono
thing is certain, that never did hatred cul
minate in more fearful slaughter than in tho
acts of the dozen masked men who used tho
shotguu on Cone creek yesterday morning.
THE VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.
Explaining the IUddleberger Bill???The
Election Machinery.
RicnuoxD, Va., August 16.???The general
assembly to-day passed a resolution providing
for a special joint committee to examine into
the status of the election laws of the state,
and to ascertain if any legislation is nocessary
to perfect or change the election machinery,
and to report by bill or otherwise.
In the house a bill was passed, by unani
mous vote, amending and doclaring the trno
intent of the Riddlcberger debt bill, so as to
counteract the recent decision of Judgo
Hughes, authorizing tho funding oC tho cou
pons maturing sinco July 1st, 1882. Tho
present bill provides that no bonds of tho
stoto shall ho given for any coupon or interest
maturing after tho first of July. It fixos that
time os tho date of tho exchango of
soverol classes of bonds mentioned in-
the Riddlcberger bill.
Since the decision of Judge nughes waa
rendered coupons to the amount of- ovor
$1,000,000 have been presented tho second
auditor for funding, and that officer has only
delayed doing so for the reason that tho man
damus has not been served upon him. - Thera
arc now in cxistcnso nearly $2,500,000 of theso ???
coupons, which, but for this act, would no
doubt be speedily funded dollar for dollar, and
thus bo made part of the principal of tho debt.
Persons funding aro required to produoo
with their old bonds all tho coupons maturing
since July !, 1882, or thoir equivalent, ana
they receive iu exchango. Riddlebcrcnr bonds .
bearing interest from the 1st of July, 1882.
Tho bill will doubtless l>o promptly posssd by
the senate to-morrow, ond os promptly there
after acted on by the governor. This action
alone seems to justify tho opportune presence
of the general assembly in extra sossion, pro- *
venting, as it docs, such a largo increase of
the principal of the debt.
named Gibbs rushed out of the door and con
fronted the assailants. But only fora moment,
for ere he had time to beat a precipitate re
treat,
A LOAD OP BCCKSnOT
had literally blown his head off. Another,
whose name could not be learned, endeavored
to escape through a window, but os be reached
the ground, hu wa* seen by one of the party
who stood on the tront porch and he, too, full
tinder the munlcrout fire, with bullets
through his heart.
Two other ciders at the firsi alarm had
clambered through a hatchway to the garret
ami the roof, and made their escape to an ad-
8cent cornfield. They were discovered,
icwtver, as they fled for ,their lives, and sev
eral ef the party in the house started iu pur
suit. Prayer* were of no avail to soften the
lit orts of the determined men who clamored
i>r blood, nnd women stood weepirt?? iu the
presence at the death they could not avoid.
The forms of the fleeing ciders and their pur
suers were soon lost to view in the waving
rn, and ouly the
CRACK OP SHOTGCKS
told of the struggle to preserve life on the one
hand ami a relentless determination to end it
on the other.
Back in the house carnage had not ended.
There was a fifth elder who had taken refuge
nniotig the w??.nicn, trusing to them t??> save
him from the bloodv fate he had seen meted
out around him. for a few minutes he was
not detected; keen ami vindictive eyes *??x??n
marked his hiding place, and one of the mask-
??rs entered the room and advanced .toward
him. Seeing he was discovered he tied to Mrs.
Fonder, the wife of him who owned tho house.
The man with the shotgun was not to be
balked, and fired point blank at the wily
Mormon as he clung to the woman. The
buckshot missed the aim and lodged in the
of the protectress. In the con-
The Seventh District.
lladkoa, August 15.???[Special.]???Tho re
publican executive committeo of tho sovonth
congressional district met in the hotel at Ox-
anna to-day. Colonel N. B. Spears, of Talla
dega, was elected chairman, C. B. Parker,
secretory and General Willinrd Warner, treas
urer.- Tho committee instructed tho chairman
to call a convention to meet at Talladega Sep
tember 9th, to nominate a candidate for con
gress. Tho republicans will not permit Gon- ???
eral Forney to havo a walk over in tJThi dis
trict. Judgo Murdis, of Shelby; George Par
sons, ond llr. Mosely, of Talladega ana Judgo
Btondcfcre, of Gadsden, are spoken of for tho
nomination. The republicans depend largoly
on tbo support of tbo iron men in this district,
this being truly tlio iron district of Alabama.
The Montgomery District.
Moxtgomkry, Ala., August 15.???[Spoelal.]???
The convention for tho congressional nomina
tion In this, the second Alabama distriet, con
venes on the 23d inst. Doubtless Colonel Her
bert, the popular and indefatigable, representa
tive, will tie nominated without opposition.
AN INCENDIARY NEGRO.
Smalls ns n Disturbing Element In South
enroll nn Politics.
Beaufort, 8. C., August 13.???[Special.]???
Robert Smalls, tho "convict congressman,/
has been making some incendiary harangues
in this county. Ho was in town to-day and
was questioned by your correspondent re In tiro *
to the question ot a democrat opposing him
in the "black district." "It ia in ray opinion.
a false rumor designed to frighten me. but it
don???t scare me worth a cent. I am going to
be my own successor in this district, and don???t
you forget it. Suppose the democrats are
such fools as to placo a nominee of
their party in tho field against me,
what do you supposo it would
amount to? My constituents would eleet roo
or raise hell; that???s all about it. You white
folks may expect to seo the devil stirred up if
you attempt to deprive me of my place. There
is another thing, too, you may as well make up
your minds to divide some ol the offices witn
us. We mean to mako a fight this year. We
count on carrying the state for Blaine and
Logan. We are going to beat Cleveland out of
his boots. Besides, wo mean to run a fiill state
ticket." Smalls swears that he will go back to
congress or die in the attempt.
THE NEW 11IKRIA QUARREL.
I'S
The EX'SlierfflT Takes Away the BobAs???At
tempt to Regntn Them.
Ns* Ibrria, 1 La., August 15.???At 7:40
???clock this morning, Sheriff Veazay; accom
panied by six deputies, entered tluo court
house and found it deserted, but all the prin
cipal records of the sheriJr* and clerk's office
were missing. It wss said that ex-Sheriff
Victor had occupied the build
ing during the night, but had left at
nn early hour. At 9 o'clock Judge
Gates issued an order to the sheriff directing
him to demand from cx-Sheriff Victor ana
Clerk Scrgucra the records of the court, and
in the event of their refusal to arrest them.
Sheriff Veazay, accompanied by a detach
ment of ten men from the LaField artillery,
and,
under command of Captain Charles Donnanu,
immediately executed the onler. The sheriff
and deputy clerk surrendered to Captain Don-
nand but refused to turn over the records,
denying Sheriff Veozay???s authority.
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