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BROOK5VM.L!:. Mbs.; Pci r Wfflhre' ’ ,Ji " u.t 1 WEEKLY EDITION. jBOOlUtVILLI!, jr[.Tl. r Peak Out—Pleu« Iln<1 etiafoiixl 1’, O, Call .—tm rao jiuzo.i scbofdl v HVp.pp-aKrm'a i :, :i v,- £1?““*5“? with “« Who hai Men crtiipTed v.-,0i r , lm ati«mI nut UAlZ.- Atter*uthfnK i*- aiiciinmuim-coma no; waijc.* Alter t&kinu- ■wShlo to go to worV II,Vi mtn. il pounJn in lvefcht. \ours truly, U. eHULL*. I! For salt at tfiiitSt.. All.1,1. ■ v ' 5 CONSTITUTION. fA Paper foi"Everybody.! |TH E WEEKLY CONSTITUTION illtlGIITEST, BKSr AND CHEAPEST! j wlo copy ona jrear si.gq iiiieiubiofflTe tu ni YOL. XVI I. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 2G 1881. TWELVE PAGES- PRICE FIVE CENTS. WORSE THAN MURDER, PARTICULARS OF THE VILLA RICA RAPE AND KILLING. 'One of tho Voit SUbolie«l/7rlp90 that B73r Dis tract d » Civilized Community-- in Outratc a Weak and Simple OXindod Gir.—Ihe Killing of the ilra:al Bap!*;. Villa Rica is again quiet and the terrible tragedy of Tuesday is now a thing of the past. Thun day the town was perfectly‘free, from any excitement whatever an l the general opinion of every person w is that vengeaneo hod been rightly ineete t out to one who richly deserved it. The negrt who gave his life for the heinous crime bo committed was John Johnson. IIo was a young, burly, heav negro ond had been liviug in Villa Eica for a number of years. His Victim was a pure, inoffensive girl seventeen years of ago. She is tho daughter of a well-to-do farmer who lives about two miles from the town- and has always been considered weak minded by those who-kuow her. Her nnrno is Emma Morris and her father, Oat Morris, is known throughout the county. Mr. Morris’s farm is a well improved one. On it there is an elegant spring which ts quite a distance from the house. Tlio fami ly drink the water from this spring. On Tuesday morning about ten o’clock tho young lady ldt the heuso to go to the spring for a bucket of water. The path to tho spring loads through n -grove and wheu she reached this grove THK KKGRO 8UDDKXLY SPBANO OUT grabbing her by tho shoulder led her into tho woods. As soon ns the negro laid lii.s hand upon the young lady she realized her danger, mid began screaming for help, but her eu- treaties wero cut short by Johnson’s largo hand, which he clasped over her month. Once in tho thicket the muscular negro ' had no. trouble in cuting tho terrible crime he had been ternidating for more than a mouth. Theu bruised and almost lifeless the lady remained in the thicket for some time. Finally her strength relumed and with a full knowledge of the horrible crime which had been com mitted she sought her home and told her mother what had happened. Mrs. Morris was sick in bed and the news was a severe shock to her, but she bore up with great for titude until her husband came in from tho field to his dinner. Then alio imparted to him tho terrible intelligence,and from his daughter Mr. Morris ascertained that the negro was John Johnson. She know him well and could not possibly be mistaken. Mr. Morris's lirst impulse was to hunt Johnson down AND BLOW HIS It RAINS OUT, but he was a peaceful und conservative man ond after reasoning awhilo went to Villa Eica, and securing Dr. Gilmer, re turned to his home. Tho doctor quickly substantiatedTho girl’s story and Whon ho de scribed tho brutal treatment she had received, and tho horrible brutoc3 and wounds that had been inflicted upon the young lady, the father could no longer retain himself and quickly returned to Villa Eica, where ho made known the outrage. Soon a half dozen determined citizens organised themselves into a squad -and staitcd out in search of Johuton. - The search continued through tho entire night without sWcets, but Wednesday morning Johnson was found concealed in the woods, and when call- UdVu to surrender, quietly walked -aj*-rfo Jho StlTCUUS. -As »o*»n mm he rtmohert them he was securely tied, but while this was being done lie calmly told thorn why ho was arrested the cViir.e irig to occ°mplish it for more than a month, and that on Monday ho would have succeeded, hut was scared away from his plaoo of con cealment by some one. Ho then returned Tuesday morning, and in n heartloss way told Hew HX-CBKPT T1IKOU01I THK WOODS to prevent any one from delecting him; how be concealed himself uenr tho spring path, and how ho sprang upon tho young lady immediately niter tho young lady immediately niter ho passed him. His story was cnoug b to 1 * J t I.!. ! • _ I..41. L..I I.!. have produced his instant death, but his can- vero law abiding men ond decided to and Th ‘y tors were moke the proof of his guilt doubly then let the law take its course. pressed into service" two other negro men and then led the threo to Mr. Morrises home. The young lady wos asked if oitbor ouc of tho thice negroes was the guilty man; without u moment s hesitation she pointed her Auger ut Johnson and said, "TE8, HR IB TURMAN." Tho other two inon wero released and Johnson was taken to Villa Eica, where a warrant charging him with the crime was obtained. Then ho was arraigned before Justices 8tono and Turner, and upon bis owh statement was committed to jail, The county jail is at Car rollton ami Johnson was placed in tho town calaboose to uwait removal tho next day. His arrest and trial crq^cd seme excitement in the town, but there ^as , no (ulk of lynch law. The excitement spread to tho negroes, and among them there was seme talk of AN KrrORT TO CEI.RASK JOHNSON. These threats wero made known to tho mar shal, and a squad was organized to guard -the calaboose during tho night. This only mode the negroes worse, and a few appeared on the Streets armed. This brought out more whites. The town calaboose has no conveniences in it, and about eight o’clock Johnson framed on excuse by which he was brought outside. A guard was neor him, but Johnson thought tho chauco a good one and started to run. As ho sprang nway some one of the guards fired ft him. and Jobnren rolled over dead. The reportof the gun was a signal for a general gathering of blacks and whites. Quickly the *faot was ex plained, and wheu the negroes ascertained that Jc bn son had been killed, they wont wild, end vowed they would burn the town. Their threats, however, were quickly quieted by tho marshal notifying them thot, unless they dis persed, he would arrest them. The person who fired at Johnson was A CURD WJTn A SHOTGUN and the entire load took effect in tho back of tlie negro’s head, near his neck. His death wos ihfctnntcncuus. The body remained where it fell oil during Wednesday night, and «arlv Thursday morning a mes- •»<igtr was tent to Carrollton lor ihe coroner. lie did not arrive until into Thursday evening and the body was not touched 'until he came. Dunug the day everytody in Villa Rica and for mile ar< und cam* into the village and looked up the deed negro. The dsy was quiet and no one app.-e- Kends r j.v trouble with the negroes. Persons who were in Villa Rica Thursday, and who can.c into Atlanta by the Georgift Pacific that Slight, ray that no cue kn«?ws who fired the shot. Johns* n was a thick, heavy set negro. fte wet about twenty-eight years of age, end Weighed cue hundred olid forty pounds. lie was jet black. Since he was killed it haa been a* cert cued thot the recent burglaries in and about Villa Rica were his work. A GO VERNOR'S DANGER. Mnnhnta Iollcwltiff the Governor of Texas —The Charges. Galveston, August 22.—Tho roportad arrest of Govcn or I:eland at Houston is false. Gov ernor Ireland, accompanied by Hon. Barnett Gibbs, candidate for lieutenant governor; Congress-men Welborn ond Miller, together with about one hundred delegates to the late convention, arrived at Galveston last evening. Marshal Tracy informed a representative of tlxfoceocintcd press that he had no inlcntiou ol arresting the governor during his attend ance upon the slate convention at Houston. The marshal has no fears that the governor will seek to avoid the service of tho warrant, and hence ho has cetocted •another time mil i dneo for the arrest of the governor under the, ’roncois affidavits. The famous mis‘.•".•na tion case of Emil Francois originated hero in 1870. He was tried uuder the statolawof 1858, which makes it u penitentiary offjnse for a white person to ninrry.a negro—tho ne gro not being amenablo. The case was ap pealed to the'supreme court of Texai, and wps there ofiiriiK-d. It was thou carried be fore United States District Judge Duval, and THE WAR BEGUN. A Fleet Fight OH Sooohow in CThioU tbs Chinese are Defeated, After Sinking two French Chips- Contradictory Reports From tho Two Capitr.L—Oilier Foreign News. lOiillict with tho four teenth amendment. Judge Duval concurred in the decision of the circuit court. Ex-United States District attorney 0. C. Garland, who was tlif-n, as now, connected with' the cate, appealed to Circuit Judge Woods. That offi cial thought the writ of iiob.ca» corpus should issue, and instructed Garland to lay tho mat ter before Duval, but Duval died uni Judjo Turner was unpointed to tho vacancy. Turner declined to take action, inasmuch us* Francois had then been in tho penitentiary long enough for the question ol jurisdiction to arise. Garland then sent tho papers to United States Judge Morrill, of tho-eastern district at Galveston, but they wdre returned to him without act ion., Upon the nppbintipont' of Sabin the application was again •mad-v but refuted. Eubwqucntly tho matter was brought Up by Judge 8abin, who called Garland home from Ct liLccticut for the purpose ol.proseeut.jag tho cr.*e. The question involved* is. the \ulidily of ante-bellum statutes! since tho adoption of tho fourteenth amendment, ami nil decisions so fur ol loth elate and federal courts lutvo boon that tho state law* docs not conflict with tho' federal constitution. The question liss never f onc to the supreme court of the United 8tatas. t is held that the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments wero to prevent discrimination against tl.c negro, while this law discriminates against whites.- As to the suit brought by Gar- i land in behalf of Francois, charging Governor Ireland with conspiracy to defraud Francois of' his citizci ship, it is regarded by Governor Ire land as of trivial importance, and by the fede ral authorities here as more foHy. * GOMEZ UNDER ARREST. Ho Give* Ilia Version of the Death of the Cnptnlu of tho Julln linker. Nr.w York, August 22.-—Potcr Gomez, alias John Williams, who was steward of the schooner Julia Baker, whose - captain, James Lewis, is supposed to have been murdered by' Wnlktr, the mate, was a passenger on board tlic steamship C’ienfucgos, which arrived here this morning. Immediately upon reaching the pier, tlio purser gave to tho poliqoman fealed instructions from tho chief of police and tho United Stales consul at Nassau, giv ing information in regard to Gomez, and ask ing that h© be psresteo. The policeman took that tho cargo of tho .Julia Baker had bcou stolen, that it was suspected that the captain hr.d been murdered, and that Mato- Walker and Gomes were believed to havo takpn part in both crimes. Gomez was taken before United States Commissioner Shields, who hold him for examination. Gomez stated to a reporter that he shipped ns steward on board of the .Julia Baker in June lost. They sailed from this port on Thursday, He did not know tho date. Cnptniu Lewis wa* ill. He was no better next day, and they lay ofTRcritonlc until Monday, and then ut tho order of tlic mate went on their courso for Mar tinique. The captain grew worse, und on tho next Friday died. Ilis body was thrown over- board. They sailed to Long Key, in thu Bi* hnmns, where the mate sold a deck load of lumber, ond said ho was going to Trinidad for n cargo of fruit. Gomez says ho thought this suspicion?, and at the next port they touched, Orange Key, he left the vessel, lie say* ho docs not think onyono was responsible for thu captain’s death, but thinks the mate did wrong in disposing of tho cargo He says he obtained seme of the money. Gomez wa s hell in $25,0UI) bail for examination. London, August 21.—Adispatchfrom Pekin, of this dale, to the Times, says: TJio French consul lowered his flag nt one o’clock to-day. The interests of the French subjects have boon intrusted to tlio Russian minister. China ab solute y refutes to admit the French claims. There wos a conference to-day betwecea 1 Fong Fa, Chinese minister, mid Primo Minis ter Ferry. It was without result. The following- is nn official resume of the France-Chinese situation: Notwithstanding tho successive respites granted Cliiua by France end tho moderation of ^ tho French <flicials having tho negotiations in charge, China has finally refused all satisfac* tic-n ft r tho Lang 8ou treachery, and recalled its plenipotentiaries to Shanghin. Francois, thcicforv, compelled to present China with tho laft tuminojis, M. Potenotre, French uiiuia- tor to China, has been instructed to acquaint Tfc-ng Li Yainer of tho vote of parliament,and aho with the fact that tho iudcinuity has been definitely fixed at 8,000,000 francs, payable in ten years. Unless ■ the demand shrtild linvo been complied with in f«4> -eight hours, Admiral Courbet would take tho necessary steps forthwith to sejuro the rcpa:ation duo France. Tho term of grace expired nt ouc o’clock this afternoon. Tho French charge d affairs were ordered to quiet 1’clkin immediately, and join M. Patenot o at n: t : n .1...:... 4l.« ,1... bbanglrsie. Li Fong Foo, during tho day, asked lor nn audienco with M. Ferry, anil nn- licurcrd to him that he had been ordered to re turn to his post .at Berlin. The Chinese min ister hade Mr. Ferry farewell and received his Ayt kin dispatch to the Times saya thatTsung Li Yemen professes to be prepared for war t » the end. Thoy are secretly hoping, howevqf, to involve neutral powois in thcquarrel respect- Jug IH« treaty *p.°»ta. ✓ - It fs reported in Paris that tho Chineq* government nt Pekin has given a final rotusgl to the Flench demand for indemnity and tJjo .The Bulbil admiralty i* arranging crcosu tlio Britibh squadron in t'hin03e wntw*; so ns to afford motcclion to Briliah subjects MX China.* t . *.*. Li For.g Tao, Chinese minister fo Frauo^,.- has leceived his passports. • *-*£ London, August 22.—A special dispatlS frem.Shanghai to Reuter's telegram eorfip'i’Jik pays that Vicomte dc Somalia, French repk£* fen l a live at Pekin, immediately after Jgwer.i OR the French flog at tho legation, started for Shanghai. Admiral Courbet-has been instructed^) bombard the arsenal at Foochow this morniuj, nml to land a detachment of tropps and deslro tho war material and stores aceumalat^d th :A, which are of initnen60 valnc. This, action JS intended as a reprisal fqr tho astiAn of Chinese nt Lougson. At tho aftmo timojfe French fleet off Keelung havo been ordere'iA’ upy tho port and * • *— the indemnity demanded Adispntclifrom COLONEL KION’S DANGLE. I’robnMy o Ills Death Bml from a Tussle With Lula Ilurat. WiNNftuor.0, 8. C., August 21.—[SpeclaM— Colonel James If. Rion, of this place, is suffer ing with a peculiar hurt which alarms him self and hit friends. When Lula Jfurst gave her fir?t performance in Columbia, about two months ego, Colonel Rion was requested to go upon the tlngo and test the girl's powdr*. Ho did m und a lively tussle ensued, which greatly amused the assembly. Although a small mm. Colonel Rion is very strong and wiry, and ne made a very good aland against thc*<Gcorgia wonder." After tho entertainment Colonel Rion discovered that in the struggle he bad ruptured n blood vessel in hi* arm, and a physician who examined tire hurt pro nounced it a serious affair and advised tho colonel to be very careful. Tho arm continued toj*ive hi*T. much pain and ho vainly sought relief in sundry remedies suggested by his medical advisers. Lately the injury has assumed, nn alarming phase. Soincthiug - n&ture of blood poiaoniug has and his health is breaking uewn rapidly. Hi* friends are seriously troub led about hi;icondition. Tho doctors ’declare that if the blood poisoning cannot be conquer- frd, death will Ik; the result. Colonel Rion has for many years been eatcemed at one of the moat ablo and successful lawyers in South Car olina. He lives in elegant'stylo in this town, Mtrrcundcd by an intare ting family. His h- brmy is said to be the finest In the state. Col onel Rion has tha sympathy of the entire com munity in his trouble nod the fervent wish of all ia that he may recover his health. A Ship of Death. New YofcK, August 19.—Tho consul at B.:r- ath e» ho* k-Iegrr.phed t!:ut the ship Braea- IZolsting tho German Flag. Bcvlin, August 2U.—Dr. Xachtigal/special along the w«»tt coa*t of Africa to Augra Peguj- ta, on board the German-man-of-war Mo; we, has hoisted the German flag over the territory south of the Congo, which belongs to a Ham burg merchant named Woermanns. These merchants had concluded treaties with the in land chiefs, who ceded to them all their sover eign rights. dalle left 8t. Luria for New York on the ltlth imtnnt, with cholera. This is the Biltiih steamer which left Calcutta on the 4th of June, bound for Eemcrara and New York. Cholera broke out during her pattige. and on her arrival at Table Bay, July 4tli, she was reported to have~bad 18 fatal cases. There were 651 coolies on board, of whom 28 had been down With cholera. The steamer took in coal at Table Bay, and left for £t. Luria, where she arrive l ou the ."0th inst., er.d was placed in quarantine. The health vflicer in New York was nt once noti fied by telegraph. No apprehension is felt al the surgeon general * office, as the vessel will be prrq-erly eared for on her arrival at the New* York quarantine, by tha health of ficer at that port. Private IVbiatUr a Victim. DrT.rui, Ind., August 10.—Tho body of Pri vate Whistler, of the Grcely party, was ex humed this morning in the presence of hit relatives At the family cemetery in the coun try. His identity was fully established. Tne face and neck are well preserved, but the flesh is all cut from the back and limbs. The in testines were in place, but imply* The stom ach mly contained a email amoutef hair and mossy stuff. says Ibero to . The Pall Mull Gazette, this after that Chinn will not issue a declaration of w.i , but will inform Franco and tho' neutral pow ers Hint tlio will regard a repetition of tho Kclung incident, or an attack on Chinese territory ns an ipso facto declaration of China will ask the other powers, and especial ly England, to lie strictly neutral. Tho English colony at Hong Kong has boon the Lust) of operations nguinst Tonquin. China expects, in c«?o tlio French attack is ronowed, that the Euglibh^olonista will bo rclcosod of their duties us neutrals. It is quito certain sho Chinese will immediately cross their touthcin frontier and invade Tonquiu. Le Paris denies that reinforcement* havo been ordered to China. Tho question whether Franco will carry tho war into tho interior, the .pa j»ei says, to not under consideration for Ibe present. Franco will only occupy Foo chow and Kclung. Lo Temps believes Franco has no idea of blockading thu open ports of China. If found necessary, it says those will be chosen that will least interfere with inter national commerce. Lc Temps call* attention to the absence of an actual -declaration of war. A dispatch to tho Times from*Foo Cliow says tho French ships have been forbidden lo ontor the Toku roadstead. Seventeen thousand rifles and a qunutity of dynamite and gun cotton have been landed. Musked batteries nro being erected. Tho Times llong Kong dispatch says the French residents are leaving tho city. Two thousand French soldiers uro momentarily expected to orrivo there from Tonquiu. London, August 23.—A dispatch to the Times, which left Foo Chow at 7 o’clock this morning says; At 0 o’clock Inst night, Admiral Courbet offi cially announced that he had receive! order* from IV : Is to make reprisals. Tlic British vice- consul and the doctor left their anchorage last night, and reached tho English gunboat* nt mid night. It Is reported tlmt Li Fong Pao has Leon instructed by imperial decree to settle tlic dispute ou tho best terras possible. A dispatch from Shanghai of this morning ys that Admiral C’ourbct hn^announce 1 hi* HoubIod, of tho Pacific mail ateumriiip com pany, ;#ny® in the event of war between^ Franco ond China great benefits would m emo to his company. China has a sjnendid licet, officered by Englishmen, that would to threaten the business of tho French ^ Mcssngcries company, tho largest blCAUitdiip company in the world, that a great deal of it would ho diverted to tho Pacific mail steamship company. In case England en cages, all she must do evidently, wo wouhl Luve more business ut tho highest rates than we could Iran die. Threo ironclads of the Russian navy will rtnit ipQHcdialcly to reinforce tho Russian licet in phincee waters. Lon don,.August 23.—A dispatch which left Pl.nnghtti »t six o’clock this evening says Till; KANSAN DEMOCRATS the<:_ ... I two French rebels were sunk. A telegram from Pekin announces that Li Hung Chang has been instructed to make pacific, advances. The Exchange telegraph company, flulhorfty of tho Chinese embus*/, state F*-o Chow was bombarded by tho French this morning It is leper ted that Li Fong Pao lias receive n dispatch cf two hundred words from his government, in consequence' of which ho ap prised Prin e Minister Ferry that ho had postponed his departure from raris. Le Paris believes the object of dispatch was to sound Li Fong Pro concerning the chances of sub mitting tho quarrel to arbitration. Later news rhowa that Li Fong Too left Paris nt 8 a’clook this evening. THE NEWS OF THE NAVY.. Tlio Grcely Disposition of til® Ofll cers—Department Decisions. Washington, August 23.—A telegram was received ut tho navy department to-day from ^nnmamler Wi dts announcing tho arrival oi the United .States ship Ynntic at Woodshnll this moiniiig from Newport, and that ho has ordered tho tug .train to tho wreck of tlio Tal- epoora. Ho says ho will tnko Commander Merry cud send tho remaining men of tho Tnlajiooia to I ho Wabash nt Boston. Tho oth er r.flWcr? of tho vessel lmvo been sent to their homes. .The Yulitic will proceed to tho wrcel end relieve the train, which will then bo or dered to-Newport with such public proporty oe may hove been saved. Before Iho rin-tis nml tho Bear, Greeley ro. lief jd< Diners, are put out o commission nml Fold, in nccordanco with m t <’f congress providing for tliolr puichnVe, congress will bo asked by tho navy deportment to authorize their retention in tho (civicStuA Miivoy vessels. Tho treasury ofll* rials w<uld ideo like that one of tho vessols bo tranifjjed to tho revdnuo niarino, loba used iu iUiisir#off the coast of Alaska. Amrvf the claims for mileage under tho Gnthufio--decision, pa»»cd by tho Accounting cflidiww tho treasury during tho past week, is thnWlf Rear Admiral Thomas G. Bolfrigo for £15.1r and that of Commodore 8. Nicholson or $M#,' Tho lwfivnl coal board, of which Commander Luc© ii ! presidont, in accordance with tho rcquestjjof Secretary Chandler, havo in vestigated tho subject of tho comparative merit* w. anthracite and bituminous coal for ordinary naval use, and reached tho eonolu rion thu* semi bituminous coal, especially if sniokci^B, is tho best for such uses. Anthra cite is ‘^vgarded as tho best quality and bi tuminov as tho third. doy's.date, sny» tha .v..- \x T SIBLEY MILLS AFLAME. soy intention of bombarding tho arsenal at Foo Chow to-duy. Tho French consul in Hliiinghai lias lowered his flag. Advicca from Pekin of yesterday state that tho governors of Yauntu and (Juangs hud received'the imperial order* to mnrch with their force* into Toiiquin. A dispatch to tho Times, which loft Foo Chow at 2:10 p.m. to-day, nuyn: Hostilitio* began this afternoon at 2 o’clock. At 10 thi* morn ing the French government had received no news from Foo 0h<*w. I.i Fong Pao, the Chi* lietc minister, ha* not yet left Puri*. Le Martin and Le Fruncais us*ert that Ttung has telegraj»hed him not to h ave Franco. A Chinese clflcial telegram stnte* Hint th 1 ; French aie desirous of a settlement. This message was sent, however, before it wsj an- noui.ctd thut thu French hud begun *flriugon Foo Chow, «t 2 o’clock this afternoon, Tilt l*O»ITI0X OV TBR NKfTSlI.H, Thu merchant* and underwriter* of L>n- held a meeting to-day, to co.niJ«r the L< bring of the Franco-Clifnese difficulty neutrals. An Primo Minister Ferry had an nounced that the -bombardment of Kclung, would not create a state ot war, but w*> simply a means of furthering French nop- tiations with China, irn.uiry was raised in the meeting whether Admiral Courbet would admit English or German vesrcli loado l with erms into Foo Chow. One neutral vessel, it wos stated, was bow en route fur that port, with a cargo of dynamite ordered by the vice roy. The meeting resolve.! to urg Karl Gi tnville, secre tary of statu for foreign af fairs, to press Wane© to deli no her intention regarding neutral*. It is senii-officially stated in Paris that inas much os Franco has not declared war, neutral eels going to China are not subject to restric tions which would be imposed in a state of actual war.- The Eastern telegraph company has given notice that owing to the ho*tiiitii Chow, telegrams to that point will be accept ed only at the senders risks. Such telegrams would have to go from Bhanghai to Foo Chow over the wire* of the Chinese government *“ SDVAWT40SS TO IXItlClI^. F>.w York, August 23,—President J. B. of 'Mighty Tltoiumml Dollars Inflicted. Augusta, August 22.—[Appeal.]—At 4 o’clock this afternoon, a fire broka out iu the picker room oftbo Sibley mil!, top floor, caused by u match or some ignite bio sub*tanoo run ning through the machinery after opening tho bales and turning into tho pickor. Thu fire extended down, burning tho interior of four floors, leaving tho basement without dam age, except from water. Tho pickor houso is located immediately in rear of tho main building of the mill connected with tho mill and separated for protection in just such cares ns this. Tho fire did not extend at all to the niniii factory, ond wns put out mainly by the admirable flro apnratus of the Sibley and King mills, which are so connected ns to bo used together by underground hoao. Tho city flro cngiucor went out ond greatly a:i*ist- cd in tho rapid extinction of thu flames, and (ho prevention of extending to tho main building. The fire burned about ^>uo hour, and (ho flro service at tho factories worked perfectly. Tho damage was variously estimated to-night from thirty to sixty thousand dollars. The picker house, worth eight. thousand jin nor iiuudu, wumi iigni* . i)ii r iii3Hi)f|, uninjured, but the interior wus burned out. Tho inachiucry of the picker rooms was very valuable, and nearly all is a total wreck. It to thought by some tHat two or threo months' ill be occasioned, but tho officers think delay wil. a ftw week* will suffice to* put cbincry. The insurauco is with a great many companies, and the loss will foot up about one- (enth the (lie insurance on tlio whole mill. The Sibley 1* tho finest mill south or north, ami its eulvution from fir* to-day was a most frrtunatc escape. Tho mill has already cost «ov?r n million dollars, and this firo will provi a big backset. VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE. The Message of Governor Cameron on the Hinto Debt. Rirnuoxn, Va., August 19.—Governor Cam eron to-dny sent to thu general assembly a mcstBgc, in which ho lays before that body tho numerous facts iu relation to tlio financial matters, aud makes various suggestion* and recommendations. He first* refers to tlio suc cession of vexatious suit* brought nguiiizt tlio i-tnto since the adjournment of the legislature in March last, nouo of which, how ever, hare resulted in serious interruption- of (lie public revenue. Collection* have been hatibfbctory, end establish tho fact that tlio income under tho present rate of taxation will be ample for all purges, including tho re- Jeraplion of all coupon* semi annually on I ini J liv ll.rt ■ nf Vnli.ti.-v I 1 lllfi* <1* created by tho act of February J I, 1882. He does not believe, however, that the cadi balances are sufficient to meet the current ob jects nml at tha some time cover the expendi ture of f!00,000 monthly in tho purchase of Riddlubtrgtr bonds. The effect of that policy, while depleting tho treasury, ha* not boon to stimulate the market value of state securities, lie therefore suggests that the monthly pur chase* Lc limited to $25,000. , Referring *te the treasury the governor say* there is at present over $!,200,000 which will not be materially increased before Dec«tuber next. This amount i* subject to heavy deduc tions before it con be made available for tho of IheccmMonwealth, Including $135,000 deposited iu the Planters aud Mechanic*' bank {I’ct< rsburg, failed, credited to the fund for use, but not now available for any purpose*. In this connection the government recoin* >1* mi investigation of the dealing* of the Mate with that brink. A Troublesome Nut Grata. From the Hprfng Place. Ga., Time*. There is a nut gra** infecting some cur gardens hereabout* which becoming exceedingly troublesome annoying. No known agen- . . known ^ cy exists for its ^extirpation. Every remedy has been tried to kill it out which po**ibly could be devised by skill and scjence. One nut will germinate ten thousand spars which * * ‘ id tn< pring tip during one night, and the threads circumventing all other sort* of vegetation. The more yon kill It out the better it thrives. If it continue* to spread and turf it not many i ^ar* hence Ibis grass will defy incision .even — • * - - ten elephants and a thumb lancet. Take Strong Ground Agubist the Prohibition Amendments. Toprka, August 22.—Colonel A. S. Everest, of Atchison, was mini© permanent chairman of (he dcmoora(ic state convention, nud If. Miles Moore, of Leavenworth, seterotury. Colo- ncl Everest, ou taking the chair, made quite a long speech, in which he denounced tho re publican party. Ho took strong grounds against prohibition, nud made nn earnest ap peal for the resubmissiou to the people of tno prohibition amendment. TIIK KKSOLUTIONS DRI'ORTZD. The committee on resolutions then reported the platform, which iudorsc* tho resolution of the Chicago convention and tins candidates Dinned by that body, commoud* tho adminis tration of Governor Glick ns wise and pure, nudmitnes u number of mnrked advantages to tha people of tlio state obtained by it. It declares that altptiblie lands of the United States should bo opened to actual settlement, anil therefore favors tlio opening to settlers of all Midi laud* in tholudiaii territory,denoun ces the arrest aud removal of actual settlor* fn.in nidi lands by United 8tntcs troops, aud declares the refusal by tho United States gov ernment to permit tlio question rclatiugf to tho titlcs-fb lands In tho so-called loiliuidCrritory to bo decided by tho United States Burts, to Lc nn outrage upon tho rights of nlPcitizsn*, and a cowardly evasion of a direct call tqgnn- Fiver a question of vital importance to su-jb cit izens; opposes tho importation of foplg per labor uniter contract to compete wi citizens, and opposes convict labor as J opposition to tlio froo labor of our coun tub rnomni.TioN ©ukstion. < On tho subject of prohibition, tho rtfcolution says the constitutional prohibition lfits boofi fruitful of discord, perjury and discriminating, ho* not lesseued th© evils of internnorandD, but rather destroyed tho pure flrosiife influ ences which muit ever bo tho loving poftor to POISONED BY HIS WIFE. Ward; that quiceccd in by a majority ol our people; that it is an assault upon tho pcreonal liberty of tlio citizen; that it lias destroyed und literally confiscated private property without any com pensation; and that ills not in harmony with the spirit of a free people to dictate to tho in dividual wlint lio snail cat, drink or wear, or what tho religion, if any, ho shall possass. In view of tho foregoing and othqr reasons, thoy demand tho resubtnission on tho prohibitory amendment, and plcdgo themselves to work unceasingly for this object. Tho repeal of tho present obnoxious und unjust law for tho en forcement of prohibition is doinaudod, and in its steed-to recommended a well regulated licence syotcin, rigidly enforced, whereby tho interests of tempcrryicc may bo promoted and A Brutal Cria* Committed by a B*ss and Wicked Woman Who.Forstteul of Her Domoatle Da- Ucf. Poiaoc* Her XIuMund In Cold Stood—A Terrible Tula of Crimo. Tuesday last Atlanta developed a highly sou* Rational case of wife poisoning stepping aside for a moment from the dull routine of suicides, to givo the rejiorters a fresh class of news. Annie Wilkinson, a negro woman who re sides at 234 West Mitchell street, put a largo quantity of arsenic in tho coffee Tuesday night ot supper and induced her husband to drink copiously of the poisoned fluid. This virtablo Lucrctia Borgia is as black os ink and her fnco very much resembles tho aco of spndps while her lean angular figure makes hcrony thing but attractive. She is the sea- ond wile ot tno tnau to whom she gave the arrenio last night and if rumors be correot nu inordi nate desire to enter a third matrimonial al liance caused her lo commit tho deed which lias placed her behind tho prison bars. With Jasper Wilkipoon tho woman has lived at 23-1 West Mitchel street about three mouth*. Tlio marital relations between tho husband and wife W RRR NOT THIS IW.KASANTK.ST, nml frequent quarrel* and less frequent fight* were heard by their neighbors. Iu tho aamo house with the Wilkinsons a negro man named Hollingsworth resides, nud he and his wifo declare that, tho Wilkinsons wore alwSy* quarreling and fighting when together, unless thoy were asleep. Wilkinson 1ms been working for tho East Tennessee transfer company and Las tho reputation of being sober nud indu*- trlou*. Ills work keens him from homo all day, and when he reaolie* homo at night ho wonts his supper. Tuesday night when no got tho liberty of tho citizen bo rostered. Tho committee then unv: We reiterate tho view* of your candidate for president, In his letter of ucecntnuec. that laws noiiii. huu iviiii.ii mu niuiu.unH won nwim cur zcDfelilp nud public welfare, *ro unwise and voxu tloni. Tho resolutions were unanimously adopted. TIIK IIKS(!UUIH8t«NIBTM AT WORK. At tho afternoon session of the resubmtorion convention tho report of tho conference com mittee came up again, ond whilo being dis cussed tho coiniiiittco from tlio democratic convention appeared and announced that they bad nominated C. N. Holliday for lieutenant governor, and invited them to com© ovor and witness tlio nomination of the remainder of the ticket. This announcement was received with great npplauso, and after tho appoint ment of a resubintoaion state central commit- fee, the convention adjourned • with ttyreo cheer* for Click find Holliday, and wont over to the democratic convention. FUSION WITH TIIK RKHUBMISRIONISTR. Tho conference committee reported, recom mending that the reflubinissionists bo given a plarcon tho democratic *tato tickot. Tho re port tv ns adopted and tho convention pro* cetded to jioiiilnntu state officers. Governor Glick was renominated by acclamation, Tho governor ackrowlcdgcd tbo honor ill a long speech, reviewing liis administration and de claring in favor of tho resub- miridoji of tho prohibitory amend ment.. C. K. Holliday, reuthmtosionist, republican, was theu named tor lieutenant governor, whoreuiion a motion was inodo to npjMiint a committee of threo to invito and es cort the resubmiision convention to tho demo cratic convention, to sco tatter nominate their ticket. Tho ihotiou wus carried, and a few minutes later the members of tho rnsubmtosion convention appeared in tho hall, and wore greeted with cneers. Tlieir chairman. J. G. Colder, was invited to tho platform, and mado a brief speech, declaring for Gliok and resub- mission. Otlior speeches wore made, and then tho nomination of tho candidates pro ceeded, with Holliday’* nomination mado unanimous, and tho ticket was completed ns follows: Secretary of stato, Eugene Hagan; attorney general, G. R. Smith; auditor, Hugh N. Gavigau; treasurer, W. O. Huttmun: superintendent of public instruc tion, 8. W. J. Keyes; chiof justice,.K. W. P ('ntiipbcll; associate justice, T. A. Hurd. A state central committee was then elected, and tho convention adjourned. An imntens© rati- deathu meeting wos then held. THE ORIGINAL REPUBLICANS* Celebrate the Thirtieth Anniversary of tbo Perty. Strono, Me., August '19.—On the 7th of August, 1854, a county convention wo* held Logon grumbling with his w’ifo about it'. Tho wc-tnan accepted th»eballengo and while still quarreling sullenly prepared supper. Wilkin son, it seems, is very fond of cofleo qt»d finding dodo on thu table, asked his wifo to mako a pot. She aroso from tho table and entering a spinll closet in which tbo provisions were kept got some ground coffee and put It in n half gallon coffee pot. Sho then went In to the yard and filled tho pot with water from the well. It did not take tho hot fire u groat whilo to briug tho coffee to n boil aud then Wilkinson drank freely of tbo beverage. His wife, howover, WOULD NOT TARTK IT, and when Wilkinson rcmnrkod that it had a peculiar taftc sho retorted by advising him not to driuk it if ho did not likdit. 8oou after supper, while sitting in tho back yard talking to tno Hollingsworth family, Wilkinson begnu tempts to vomit, and filially foil over in tho grass and begun groan ing terribly. Hollingsworth feared that some thing was wrong, aud asked Wilkinson what ho had entefi for supper. Instantly Wil kinson declared that ho had boon poisoned, nml asked Hollingsworth to get tho coffcu pot. During this time tho woman wus in tho houso and wheu Hollings worth entered her room and asked for tha cof fee jM>t, she requested him to go about hi* '“- »«*. Hollingsworth quietly took tho doffed pot from the In bio and started into tho back yard. On hi* way. ho picked up a uuccr and when ho reached Wilkinson poured Romo of tlio coffuo into it. Tbo pecul iar color and tho presence of soinutbiiiK on tho surface streugthed tho suspicion, Hol lingsworth entertained, niidlwhcn Wilkinson's wife came iuto the yard and attempted to got the saucer uway ho was almost convinced that foul play had been exercised. Tho woman osked for tho saucer laying that there wus nothing wrong with the coflao and tried to tako it. by force but Hollingsworth would not givo it up until sho promised to DIIINK WHAT WAX IN TIIK MAtoicR. Ho then handed it to bur but sbo quickly dashed tbo saucer to th* ground, breaking it into a dozen pieces* This convinced Wilkinson too that no hail been poisoned, find turning to Hollingsworth he inked him to take tho coflbe pot to a doctor and havo it examined. Hollingsworth sign!-. (ltd his willingness to do so, but whon hn aroso to start Anna Wilkin son sprang at him aud attempted by lorco to take tho pot away. Hollingsworth, ruther than fight hor, ran around tho houso severs! times and finally hid the pot under the house. Tho woman took a box of matcho* and tried to find it but failed. Finally Hol lingsworth got tho vessel nway, and going to Schumann's pharmacy, asked Dr. P. J. Bcbu- msn to examino It. Tho doctor did as re quested, and without any troublo found loi/i, m t.uuittj ruiiiuuuuii nun uvm hero which organized in the name of tho ro ot, nml auoptci claimed by the people in Franklin county that tbo convention gsvo birth to tho republican party of tho United States. “* party of tho id diluted, but the surviving members of tbo Tho claim convention assert that it was first to formally adopt the nemo "republican” and a dis tinctively republican platform. They say no records can be produced to offset Choirs, which they have preserved. At any rate they arc celebrating tho thirtieth anniversary oflho convention to-day. Tho date was postponed from tho 7th to the 19th in order not to inter fere with other celcbrutlon*. Tho celebration is under the direction of a general commit tee, composed of one member from each town in Franklin county, lion. J. W. Porter, of Strong, acting as chairman, and an executive committee or four. Mr, Blaine, Governor ltabic and Uaimibsl Hamlin are tho chief orators. The Cholera Record. London, August 23.—Tho steamer Barnoe- tnone. from tho Mediterranean, is lying at an- tnone, from me Mcnuerranean, is lyingai an chor in Laugh Foyle, and is flying the yellow (leg. It is feared there is cholera on board. There were four deaths from cholera at Tou lon tost night and two at Marseilles. The gov ernment intends to break np camp near Tou lon nud distribute the troops among other sta tions. Owing to the appearance of the chole ra ut Geneva, Dr. Costello advises tho imme diate inspection of travelers at Laptainc, tho tint railroad station of tho frontier, Tlic reportof the ravages of tho cholera in the southern deportments of France for tho iifist (went*-four hours, is os follows: He- rfiuit, 9 deaths; Garde, 2; Ahdu, 12. Th© daily bulletin of thnprogres* of tho cholera in Italy is as follows: Bergamo, 3 deaths, 13 new cases; Compobasio, .4 deaths, 8 new case*; C*uneo r 2 deaths, 13 new coses; Genoa, 15 new ; Carara, 4 deaths, 5 new cnees; Parma, _ new case; Naples, J new case; Cesenza, 1 newcas*; Turin, 2 deaths; Carte Maurizio, 3 deaths and 4 new case#. The stowoway landed at Waterford, Ireland, ing tho examination—no analysis was neces sary, the quantity of arsenic being so great— he was listening to Hollingsworth 7 * story, nud when ho had heard it all ho advised him to get a policeman and bavo tbo woman arrested, saying that the man whs drank rorriB re on that vkhski. could not livr. Hollingsworth repaired to the city prison at > once end. retorting the case to Mounted Officer Clark, sskiu him to go out. Tho officer coin- J dicd. and when bo reached Wilkinson’s house blind it surrounded by about fifty negro women and half as many mon. He had no difficulty in finding Anna Wilkinson, but when thewomeu ascertained that the coffea had really - been poisoned he experienced tome difficulty in getting his prisoner away from the crowd. The women particularly werecinmorou* for tho prisoner, saying that sho ought to bo hung anil that they would swing her to a lamp post in a second. The prisoner did not pay any attention to theso threats, mid when questioned by Officer Clark about the matter sullenly refused to talk. Dr. Johnson had been summoned during Hol lingsworth’s absence and was doing all ho could to save tbo men’s life when tbo officer reached the place. Mustard had boon administered internally and externally and sumo reaction had been produced, but tho darkey’s condition was considered beyond hope. The woman was taken to tho city pris on and locked up.' sue tiowoway itD'icti bi naicrwni,ireiiiu i i. from the steamship Cranmore, from Liverpool for Baltimore, ana who was token to tho in firmary ill with what was reported to be Asiatic cholera, hss died. No one can bo in duced to bury the corpsc^tUhougb a reward la efferered. A Vicious Animal. From the Wrlghtsvllle, Ga.. Recorder. The other day as Mr, James Dick* was re turning from Mr. J. C. Snell’s to bis home in WrighuviMc, tho horse which ho was driving wns attacked and scvercly-cut by a largo hog. Thu horse became frightened, ran a short dis tance at full speed, and thus escaped from be ing more seriously injured. Tha' bleeding was profuse and th© wound so severe that Mr. Licks was foretd to leave his horsa with a neighbor, and get other conveyance to Wrightsville. The horse is badly injured, •nd it to feared that ho to ruined for iifo. Tho 1 eg fs certainly a very vicious animal, and should Dot t o allowed to run at large. Tho owner should not even wait fora "cold spell** to give him tho sorcthreat and headache, but ho abould be executed at once without benefit of clergy, faud forever debarred from a Happy entrance into the kingdom of "hog-heavuu. 1 America* Retaliation. London, August 20.—General E. A. Merritt, American consul general, announces that tho Ktiro!*an exporters of cattle to the United Htatee must hereafter obtain a permit from Iho commissioner of agriculture ofVasbington.b-'- fore they will be allowed to land iu America. i INDISTINCT PRINT I