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! 10 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. ^ Allen's Brain Food botanical extract strength- .??n# the brain and positively cores Xerevout Pebilitv, Nervousness, Heaoacbe, unnatural losses, and all weaknesses of Generative Sys tem; it never fails. $1 pkg., 8 for $5. At by mail from J. H. Alien, 135 druggists, or 1 First Ave., New York City. ' 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. ANGOSTURA BITTERS wero prepared by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert for his private use. Thefr reputation is such to-day that they have, be- etme generally known as the beat appetising tonic. Beware of counterfeits. Ask your gro cer or druggist for genuine article, manufac tured by Dr. J. G. B. Siegert k Boat