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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION*. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1884. WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. Entered it the Athmu PoetOfflee u iccond-cltn Mil matter, November 11,1878. Weekly Constitution, 11,18 Per Annum. Clubso! five, J1.00each; clubs of ten,H.00 each and a pout to getter-up of Club. ATLANTA, GA., SEPTEMBER 2,1884. Owixo to a mlaeonnectfon of the trains, tlie paper did not reach us In time for our twelve-page Weekly. Our arrangements are now perfect, and The Weekly Coehtiiutioe will Continue to visit its subscribers in the usual size, Ailed with the latest and choicest r.ews, 8t. Jong, having formally accepted the prohibition nominatloh for the presidency, is now abroad in the land to lend confusion to the campaign. Mr. Daniel lias not only made a speech of seceptancc of the proffered ' Yicc-presidcncy hut threatens to follow it up later with a letter. A fiErsEE of court having declared Wilbur F. Storey incapacitated for the management of bia affairs, Mr. Patterson, the buslnees manager of the Chicago Times has been put in charge of that alicct. It Is to be hoped that as a sane man Is now fn charge of ft, It will no longer be the journalistic sewer of Chicago. Noutii Carolina spent $17,000 In making a otalc display at the Boston exposition. It paid so well that she has voted $90,000 to make n display at New Orltana. Georgia will make a great mistake if aha does not profit by the example of the old North state, Jier position as Uio empire stats may easily be lost by a few auch mistakes. Tim farmers of Alabama, through tho state agricultural society, hare rosolrod that the resources of their state shall be credita bly represented at tho New Orleans expoll tlon. Alabama Is awakening to the necessi ty of Inducing immigration to turn her way, and Is determined to do energetic work to to reach tho leading place among the south' am states. CERTAtir fwrtlculara with reference to the Gordon relief exfiedltlon up tho Nile have been finally arranged. The force will he composed of 8,000 British troops, 2,900 Egyp tians, and a flotilla of 090 river boats Tho boats will be manned by 4,000. Canadians, t 900 Kroomcn, anil about 2,000 Kgyptianinnd Nubian boatmen. The cost of the campaign la estimated at 18,000,000. The scenes reported from tho Ohio and Pennsylvania mining centers aro deplorable. _ A procession ofjwlvcs and children, whose buabands and fathers had been arrested Without warrant, making fruitless effort for room In tho county poorhouse, seems atrangely out of place in America. The in troduction of foreign labor is at the bottom of tho trouble. The survivors of the Thirty-eighth Georgia have arranged for a reublon to tako place at Decatur on tho lOtli of September. Generals Gordon and Evans and Colonel Wright aro expected to mako addresses. The affair promises to he a pleasant one,and tho attend ance will be large, Hpecltl railroad rates will be offered, and a gala day is promlsod those veterans of any regiment who can attend. In rtspocso to tho strong fooling In Franco In favor of an allianeo with Germany, It is now announced that a treaty for that pur- pero has been agreed upon. It la the gen eral opinion that Germany would willingly restore to France the provinces of Alsaoo and Ixirralne, If France in turn would uphold Germany in her appropriation of Holland. This policy would ha distasteful to England but neither party to tho negotiation caro much about British opinion. HANGMAN'S DAY IN DAWSON. It may ba very well to break down tho superstitions against Friday by naratug other days for executions. But it will hardly do to select Monday, ai was done by Judge Dark In tho case of the man hung at' Dawson Monday. Wo all know that tho negroes in heavy negro counties are excitable and easily aroused. Saturday Is a half holiday with them, and they gather In the small towns, do tbelr shopping, gossiping and carousing. Sunday is another idle day with them, during Which they oongregato In crowds and oltcn listen to vicious and Inflammatory harangues from evil or unwise preachers To put an execution on Monday, in view of thus things, Is, It appean to ui, to take tba risk of a riot, if not to tempt one. The presence * of the Albany Quanta at Dawson doubtless prevented a oollfsion, more or leas serious, and in every sense deplorable. Had it not been for the prompt action of Governor McDaniel, the cool brad of Secretary ralmer, and the alacrity of the Albany Guards Monday's tragedy would have inoce than one chapter. It will be wise for the county author!las in heavy negro counties to loot over the field wall,when an execution Je approaching, and take etepe against possi ble danger. And above all It will bo well to care Friday's reputation hsroaiter with some other day than Monday. FROM NEW YORK, We received a letter yesterday from a dis- Uugulshed Georgian who has been in New York some time. But for the fact that the letter waa private, and we have not permis sion to use the name of the writer we would print It In full as the letter goea into details about bow the campaign is prog resting in the state of Now York. The letter was written by one of Uia closest political observers In the state, and ho wont to the democratic committee at Albany, and conferred with leading democrats In New York city, and at Saratoga. He conveys to us the Intelligence that there is no doubt but that tho Tammany hall democrats, with but few exceptions wilt support Cleveland, and tbat this will be formally announced by Tammany about tbo fifth of September, lie states that there la a large independent republican vote in the state that will vote for Cleveland, and says further tbat he waa surprised to see the work that ta being done by the atate democratic committee: that they bare made already a complete canvass of the state, and that from information he received he baa no doubt but that Cleveland will carry New York atate by a large majority. SL John???s vote will be strong in that state and will more than offset the democrats that Butler will gat. The letter is cheering, and we have no doubt but tbat It la a correct report of the status in that state. THB TRUCK FARMERS. On the 4th of September the truck growers' aaeoclatlon will meet in convention. The meeting la a very important one. majority of the truck farmers of the state will be present, and there is no doubt that whatever action the convention takes will be decisive. It ta to be hoped tbat such rail roads as are interested in fostering and ex tending the business of truck growing will be represented by those that have authority to apeak for them. There lias been, and there is now, a tendency on the part of some of the railroads to unilcr-estlmato the Importance of the truck busineaa In Georgia, and there has seemed to be a tendency on the part of others to regard it as a sort of temporary affair out of which the most should be made. We should be glad to see the roads???and we are not alluding to any particular line, but all lines that have an interest in Increasing rail way traffic in this state???take a livelier in terest in the questions and issues that now vex and perplex Uie truck growers of the state. If the buaioem is crushed out, the loss will not fall on the truck growers alone, but on the railroads that might have mode largo summer profits by hauling these products. It is s matter of abundant Interest to the whole ^alo. Pertinent to the subject In hand, we find the following in the Savannah News: Melon growers who are la the habit of doing a great deal of thinking before reaching a final con clusion are rather laelined to tho opinion that tho obataclea which make melon growing unprofitable ran, to a large extent, be reuored. Of courae, nothing can guard against an entire, or. a partial failure In the crop. Kxeeaslvo and unaeaaonablo rains cannot bo prevented and droughts cannot be broken. The melon crop la just aa liable to tall as any other crop. Melon growers take their ehanccs of getting a crop Just aa cotton planters do. Hut the complaint la not tbstthocroplsllssome- tlmea, but that a really good crop does not much more than pay expenaes. Tbo mslon growers aro disheartened because tbelr season's work yields them nothing. Tbo first question that presents Itself Is, can melons be grown at a profit, supposing that freight rates are reasonable and commission charges aro fair? If they Cannot, then there will soon be an end of the melon growing business. It Is folly to give lime, money and labor to tbat which brings no return. Hut II melons can bo grown at a profit there la a fine future for tho truck farmers of this state. The market for their melons ta practically unlim ited. Tbelr melons mature sooner than those of tho north ami west, and on that account, having no competition, better prices ought to be obtalnod. There b not much danger that tho market will bo overstocked, because the demand Is certain to In crease about aa fast aa tho production Increases. Two complaints were made during the season Just closed. They were that tho freight rates were too high and tho commission charges wore exhor-' blunt. The Oeeigla reeds say that whllo their t-harges were reasonable the chaigcs of tbelr west ern connections were unreasonable. They further say that they helped to develop tbo melon grow ing business by providing an Immonso amount of rolling stock not needed except fn tho melon sea son, and by making freight conccsslona. What they say Is no doubt true, and It Is also true, doubtless, that they are ready now to do all In their power to encourage (ha melon growers. Ad. milling that their rates are reasonable, can they not do something towards securing lowor rates from their western and northern connections! Kvery sensible truck grower understands perfectly well when the failure of Ida crops lies In tlie elements or in lila own efforts, and be atao understands when tho failure realise profits Is tho result of overcharges on tlie railroads. The statement has bean made In Tiie Constitution that tlio fault (or tho troublo) Is not with tho railroads of this state. Without exception, so far aa wo know, them roads have exerted themselves to build up tbo truck business. Tho dlfilciilty lies with connecting roads outside tho state, and It Is a very serious difficulty. These outside rootle, loosely and recklessly managed aa the most of them are, have no thought of build ing up any Interest in Georgia or In any other southern state, wliero they have no tracks. They play tho grab game exclusively on pro duce bound northwnnl. They not only Cbargo what tho traffic will bear, but they# consider themselves entitled to evory dollar that a car-load of melons will bring In n hungry market. This baa been their jtoltcy during tlie present season, aud it will bo tbolr policy next season unless a check can bo put on tlieir rapacity. They bavo an idaa that every season la to be the lost so far aa tho truck business Is concerned, and they try to make the most ol It. Now, tlie all-important Question Is, is there no remedy tor this state of things? Than la a remedy, and n very effectual one. That remedy is In the bands of the railroads In this state. They hold tbo koy to tho situa tion, nud they have ft in their power to dic tate terms They ate In a position to compel roads connecting with them to charge fair rates, and It is tar better for them to tear- leeoly use their power iu this respect titan to suffer an important interest, and one from which they receive a largo revenue, to be crippled and crushed out. The roads have great responsibilities resting on them with respect to matter! of this kind, and while It ta true that lhaj have not been ready to recognise then responsibilities in the past, nevertheless we hope that they aro ready to recognize them now. They have it In their power to do a great work for Georgia. THE PROPOSED RATE WAR. The statement that the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia road tato draw out of the pool in Neptember is a very interesting one. It Is also Important???more important, perhaps, than a great many people would be incliued to believe. The roadln question Is a powerful combination, and Its withdrawal from the pool, for which It has doubtless been preparing for several months, will probably precipitate a war of rates such as baa not been seen in the atate for several years. The question to be Considered, however, la the direct as well as the relative effect which this cutting of rates will have on the public as well es on the railroads. Will the effect be salutary or the reverse? Will the cutting of rates really bring about cheap rates? Tna Constitution is aud always has been opposed to the combination known as the pool, for the reason that auch a combination is de structive to legitimate competition and op posed to every theory of enlightened railway management. But it la questionable wheth er tba pool aa It luuexisted among the south ern roads ta not really more serviceable to the public than what ia called a rate war. The pool ta wrong to principle and could not exist an instant if railway managers really understood, or appreciated their obli gations to the public and to tbelr stockhold ers, but a rate war goae to the other extreme and 1s for mor demoralizing. Railroad men sometimes allude to a war of rates os "unrestricted competition,??? bat clearly it Is nothing of the sort. It ia not competion of any kind. It is simply a con dition of things brought about by reckless railway management, and ia demor alizing both to the roadx and to the public: as detrimental to tlie interesta of the tatter In the long-run as to the former. We know very well that the most thoughtful business men have no admiration for a war of rates, but even if they did, it could be conclusively sbown, we think, tbat consumers have noth ing to gain by aucb a war. A war of rates never cheapen snppllA to the public; and there is nothing In snch a war to compensate the business public for the attendant demor alization and the reaction that moat follow. Foiyt ia well-known that the reckless rail road managoment>hich indulges in such un- business-like freaks os a war of rates, sudden ly wakes up some fine morning and binds it self to the excessive conservatism which the general public recognizes as high freight charges. This excessive conservatism cannot have any very serious effect In Georgia, ow ing to tho watchfulness of tho railway com mission, but, In the event of a protracted rate war, it will fall heavily on other com- inanities, and some of Its effects will un doubtedly be felt in this atate. The Havannah News lias printed an opln Ion to the effect that in tbo event such a war, the Central wood can tnoro than -hold Its own. From a superficial point of view that ia undoubt edly true; but there are other things to be token Into consideration besides equipment and connections. The Central road Is as well equipped and aa wisely managed os any cor poration In the south, and yet it ta not in condition to cripplo itself by entering npon a rate war. Itcnnnotafford it. The stock of the East Tennessee Is mainly held in blocks by capitalists, and they can cosily afford to pocket whatever losses may accrue from the flurry in rates. The stockholders of the Cen tral road, on the other hand, represent an other class altogether. Tho majority of the stockholders are men nnd women who hare been invciton In the rornl for years. Some of them have Inherited their Investments, soma hold the stock as trustees for estates and for widows and orphan children. Those who manage tlie property of such peoplo can not afford to waste It In a rate war from which nothing ia to he gained but actual loss???if we may bo pardoned tho bull. In spite of these considerations, however, thero Is nothing to prevent such a war. It has been suggested that tho commission has power to prevent tho Injurious redaction of rales, but the matter haa never been tested, and it Is hardly likely that the board will feel called on to interfere In a contest which, however demoralizing It may be, hurts the roads worse than it hurts any other interest. There can bo no doubt that the fluctuation rates Is unjust nnd injurious to the Inter ests of the business public, but it la question able whetber the commiulon would under take to regulate such a contest. The truth necessity la tho best regulator, and If there were a law affixing a penalty to tbo pooling business, the necessities of the ease would promptly develop competent and conserva tive railway management. There aro plenty of competent railroad managers In the coun try???and some of the best are in Gsorgyv Bet the pool be abolished by law, and they would quickly adjust tbelr lines to tho new conditions. Tho pool it an experiment???a makeshift???nnd a very foolish one. Let the roads abolish it. A TABERNACLE NEEDED IN ATLANTA. Dr. Hawthorne, of tho First Baptist church, started a movement on Sunday that may have a largo outcome. He appealed to ???the rich men of Atlanta' to get together and build a great tabernacle In this city???a lingo people's church???a tom- plo, Dttlldcd for no creed or sect, but a great temple sacred only to tho worship of God. Such a house, he said, ought to have a seating capacity of $4,000 people. It would, ho said, do more for tlie material growth of the city than a new railroad, nnd more for Ita moral elevation than could bo eitlmated. IIo thought at a cost of $100,000 a tabernacle might l>o built that would nfc- tract thousands of people who otherwise would never go the church. Tho appeal had lto effect. Ono member of Dr. Hawthorne???a church has signified his willingness to head a liatwith $9,000, and the movement will probably take shape, number of gentlemen are discussing tlie nut- ter, and if they take it In hand will put U through. city Itself destroyed. Various Chinese provinces may be overrun, and army after army annihilated, but even then the Invaders would find that they hod achieved a barren conquest China has an immense population, and she can put large armies In the field from time to lime with comparatively little diffi culty. 'She haa three formidable fleets, and is well provided with warlike equipments. France, on the other band, has more important interests nearer borne. She muBt bold her own os a continental power, nnd her colonies demand the protection of a watchful eye and a strong hand. She cannot afford to put forth all of her energy la a con test with China. There is another point to be considered. If an attempt Is made to blockade the Chinese porta the commercial interests of the leading nations of the world will be injured and any one or all of them may step in and take hand in the row. Commerce in these days is a matter of two much importance to be jeopardized or interfered with. The French will not bo permitted to seriously damsge the trade interests of Eng land, Germany,Russia nnd the UnitcdStates. Altogether, the prospect is not favorable to France, and it is to be hoped that hostilities will come to a speedy termination. England is displaying a commendable indigna tion over the cruelties practiced by the French In theirwarfaro with China. Less than thirty years -ago the English tied East Indian rebels to the months of loaded cannon and blew them Into fraiments. England has always punned a policy el butchery and plunder. Still, she has a right to protest against Inhumanity. Tnx total national prohibition vote cast In peat yearn haa been very small. In 1872 James Black ran for president on the prohibition ticket and re ceived 5.G08 votes; In 1870 General Green Clay Smith received 9,022, and in 1880 Neal Dow re ceived 10,800, In none oi these contests was there s wide spread organization. Temperance men be lieve that they will climb uprtos majority in the same period that the republican party did, twenty yean. Hlrncy, tbe first liberal or republican who ran for tho presidency received only 7,009 votes in 1810, and yet In 1800 tbo party elected its presi dent. TYix Graphic says that editors of newspapers never meet without a smile. The outlook, then, must be hopeful. . Da. CnuDELLi, an eminent Italian authority, says that the best preventive of malarial attacks Is treatment which was once sneered at ns an "old woman???s remedy.??? Tho remedy, briefly. Is as fol lows: Ono lemon cat Into pieces, pooling and all, put Into three moderate glassfuls of water, which Is boiled down to one glassful, and alter cooling and straining through lluon Is swallowed by the take It. It Is all one mass of feathers and lace and birds of Fsradlse. All Faria waa erssy over It. Rhea considers it tbe most wonderful dress in the world, and expects to dazzle tbe Americans when she shows it off behind tho footlights. Now that the colored brethren In the neighbor hood of Mscon have begun to born their churches, we may conclude that the revival season is about over. The small shote and the yellow-legged rooster will grunt and crow amen to this. Plain English has always been unfashionable In America, probably because our society people have been unfortunate In their teachers. There Is only one hope and that lies in the fset that simple Anglo-Saxon la considered the proper thing In England. At a time when everything English la considered the height of perfection by our modern fashionables, it Is natural that Mr. Gladstone, Sir Stafford Xortbooto, Hlr William Ilarcourt and Mr. Bright should And Imitators. These great leaders of public opinion in their speeches and writings use about seventy-flve per cent of 8axon. The men who make history, and utter thoughts that breathe In words that burn scorn to tue the Latinized and Frcnchifled Jargon which Is so popular with half educated people. The wildcat and tbe bearare beginning to make tbelr appearance In tbe rnral regions. This is a sign that the snake season Is about over. Riiinelandbe, who shot the New York lawyer, Drake, so far from being a lunatle or a would-be murderer, la developing Into a genuluo hero. It seems tbat blswenlthyrolatlvcs, lu their endeavor to separate him from the poor girl whom he mar ried, offered him a round million. They also offered bis wife twenty thousand dollaisdown and three thousand a year to consent to a separation. These offers were rejected. Drake acted as tbo paid agent of tho Rhinelander family in the at tempt to briDg about the separation of tho devoted husband and wife, and it was for th>a that ho was shot. A very pretty romance as it stands. THE TROOPS CALLED OUT A hotel porter informs Gath that Brother Blaino trill certainly be elected. Really this ought to set* tie It. When hotel porters can get their opinion! tooted around In this style, It Is about timo for the back driven to ho Interviewed. The walkers and runners of the precent day are mere children by the aide of Ernest Meuscn, a fa* nous runner of fifty years ago. Mensen once ran from Paris to Moscow, a distance of 1,760 miles, in thirteen days and eighteen boa nr. In 1836 he ran from Calcutta to Constantinople, 6,015 miles, in fifty-nine days. He always out-stripped mounted couriers. Invariably he took a direct route, climb ing mountains, swimming rivers .and running through forests. His food was a small quantity ofbiecu.lt aud raspberry syrup. Ho died in 1613 while runulng through upper Egypt. Pi ck paints Butler os a bunko stocrer. as a matter of fact there fa not much painting to do. ECHOES FROM THE PEOPLE. The Hanging of* Bavtther Arouse* the Indignation of the Blacks. Who Threatened Violence???The Cell for Troops Followed by the En forcement of tho Verdlot, Etc. Inventions, Etc. Greeny, Jonesboro, Ga.: 1. Ia the Jenkins men tioned in The Constitution as harin * patient at one draught while fasting. This treat- tloucd in The Constitution as having been de* ment has been aucccssfully adopted In the deadly Sfilre StWashlngtomESfiSnl Mil ???* i a vftlunblc invention oil q wheel for any kind of vehicle? 3. Would it not be best to exhibit It at AN OUTRAOB. Several of tho leading citizens ot Cobb county were in the city yesterday attending tho United States commissioner???s court. It seems that a man named A. E. Johnston, of Cobb county, took offense at some parties who were witnesses against him in Cobb su perior court, and he came before the United States commissioners in this city, and sworo out a warrant against William Groouer, James Davis, Berry Morris, and B. Nichol son, charging them with conspiracy. These defendants are dll good inoffensive citizens, aud have the good opinion of all their neighbors. Some of Uicni have never been in a court, even on tbe civil side, much less charged with a criminal offense. They were called suddenly from their homes,.bad to leave their work, and ot conrre not knowing the nature of the charge against them, summoned their neighbors to come along with them to help them out When they arrived here, yesterday, the man who swore out the warrant could not be found. Ilia wife bad been subpoenaed, at his instance, but he did aot come because there were war rants against him, and he was afraid he would bo arrested, and the case could not be tried, his wife having no knowledge thereof. It is unreasonable then that tho south is solid when we are having just such cases as this occurring every month. Such * case as this in a northern state would result in some one suffering. A dozen men were called away from home for noth ing; simply, as it is believed, to give man the chance to collect some fees for his family aa witnesses, be being afraid himself to attend the court and make good his pro- tended charges. This state of affairs will last only until the next administratiou. FRANCE AND CHINA The bombardment of Foo Chow by the French Meet makes a pacific settlement of tbe difference* between France and China a matter of great difficulty. It is impossible to resist tbe conclusion that France stands no chance of gaining anything by engaging In a war with China. The walls of Foo Chow may be battered down, and the A Baldwin county man stood out of doom the other dny nnd saw a snake flying through the air. The snake fell and waa killed. It Is different with those that leap from bedpost to headboard. They may disappear, but they arc never killed^ Tiie New York Herald has been corresponding with well-posted persons In several of tho most important state#, and tho result fs very encourag ing showing for Cleveland and Hendricks. In Ohio tho democrats aro fairly certain of success. Even if tho republicans carry the state it will bo small a majority as to mako it substantially a defeat for them. Indiana will oertalnly go for Cleveland by at least ten thousand. In both states tho republican defection is very large. Michigan will certainly bo lost to tho Blaino ticket. In Wisconsin tho democrats are very con fident. Tho outlook for Blaino is discouraging iu New England. It is believed that with faithful work Massachusetts can be carried for Cleveland. The New Hampshire democrats aro hopeful, but. | Secretary Chandler???s work Is feared. Vermont will poll a full republican vote in September, but great falling off* Is expected in November. Con necticut is doubtful with tho chances in favor of tho democrats. New York and New Jersey aro safo for Cleveland. The He raid feels justified in predicting a democratic tidal wave. The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, In tho ab sence of Mr. M. Halstead, remarks that ???tho dem ocrats are afraid of West Virginia.??? If Mr. M. Hal stead was at home he would bo tempted to add tho name of Georgia to the foregoing list. The London Times tells a remarkable story of African witchcraft. It seems that ono Picot.a negro on tho island of Mnarltlus, was accused of killing and mutilating a child for some block art sacrifice. He was tried, found guilty and sentenced to be hanged. Picot, however, coolly told tho judge that he would not be hanged and defied tho authorities to carry out their sen tence. From that time oil tbe bouso of the Judge was haunted by spirits, and night after night showers of stones from Invisible hands rattled upon the roof of tho house. The judge???s wife was frightened out of her wits, and finally tho Judge went to tho executive council and pleaded for Pi- cot???s life with such success as to aecure his pardon. This Incident has created considerable talk Iu England, and tho Saturday Review docs not best ial?? to claim for tbo African sorcerer unusual powers. Undoubtedly tbe negroes carry their voudonlsm with them wherever they go, and civ ilisation never entirely suppreasos it. The world???s convention of the Y. M. C. A. has just closed its session at Berlin. Tho next annual session will be held in Atlanta. There are now in the United State* 810 aiMciatlons. with a member ship of 106,137. They own eighty buildings and (3,066,673 worth of real estate. Tnx English postofflee department is far ahead of ours In some respects. The postal savings bank established In 1861 has received in penny and six penny contributions something like tuco,000,000. This department also frets llfo insurances and annuities. By paying a penny a week between the i _ fifteen and sixty a person is entitled to an annui ty of fll after reaching the latter age. Such small savings and small profits would bo despised iu this country, but It Is quite likely that something similar, though on a larger scale, will sometime be adopted here. With t??*e masses government savings banks and annuities would be very pop ular. Juiwe Watkins, of Shreveport, La., has solved he road problem in his section. He luts erected a light and incxpensivo but durable roof over four miles of roadway in the Red river bottom, at a cost of (3,600 per mile. This keep* the road dry and hard throughout the year. The road bed Is raised enough to keep off the surface water aud the dust is kept down by the rain that blows in from the sides. The farmers pronouuce this roofed road a grand suceess. It U dry and hard during tho rainy season when other roads iu the neighborhood are axle deep In mud. The statement that Logan Is coming to Georgia to strengthen the whigrepubUranwhftc-mau's colored-party, pleases us. The party deserves to have the remains of the English language splat tered over it. By all means let Black Jscky come. The charming French actress. Mademoiselle Rhea, has returned to New York from her Europe an tour. She is In fine trim, and talks as famil iarly oi kingi and queens as if she had lived all her life with the royalty oi Europe. The greatest lUcr&tures and artist* of the world overwhelmed her with attentions while she was abroad. Victor Hugo dined her, and prosed her to become his guest in raris. In the matter of costumes for the coming season Rhe* fa peculiarly fortunate. Her bemmfttl ball dress for the fourth act of her new play, ???Yrmne,??? waa ordered for the qoeenof Holland, for a court dram, at a cost of twen ty thousand franca. For some reason she failed to tho New Orleans exposition before selling tho pat ent? 4. Where docs Butler, St. John and Cleve land reside? 1. No. 2. Advertise it. 3. No doubt of it. 4. Butler at Lowell, Mass., St. John somewhere in Kansas, and Cleveland at Buffalo, but at Albany, N. Y., during his term of office. Several Questions. Reader, Thomaston. Ga.???1. now and Jn what should a watermelon be packed to keep through the winter? 2. W???hat will bo the round trip faro from Atlanta to tho New Orleans exposition? ft. Who was the last democratic president of tho United States? 1. Perhaps some reader of The Constitution will answer this questiou. 2. It will be $14.75.??? 3. James Buchanan. About Barley. City Cracker, Atlanta, Ga.:???Plcaso Inform mo where I can purchaso a small quantity of barley. At any seed house in the city. Seo our adver tising columns. Negroes nnd Suicide, W. M. O., Elbeiton, Ga:???Please mention an in stance or two of a negro???s having committed sui cide. The instances aro not nt hand, but negroes do occasionally commit suicide. Cure for Stammering, ??????orrespondent, Ga: If there is any successful remedy for stammering, whnt is it? Some stammerers cannot be cared. In*ordlnary esses, however, the person afflicted may overoomo his disability by cultivating self-confldence, speak* ing deliberately and Inflating the lungs fully be fore uttering a sentence. Cost of Telephones. Subscriber, Covington, Ga.???Whnt would it cost to put up a telephone line, say fourteen miles lu leugth? That depends. You would require thirty polls to tho mile, and they vary in price In different localities. Then the cost of labor in digging holes and putting up tbc|wircs varies. Tho wire will cost twenty-five dollars per milo with tho insulators, etc. Perhaps these points will aid you in ascer taining tho cost. To Sink?? Farming Pay. J. M. 8., of Greensboro, writes us that the only way to make farming pay In Georgia Is to work, and work bard five days and a half in the week. Edwards, the Corn Doctor, D; D.P.. Griffin, Ga.: What disposition was made of Edward*, the com doctor, after reaching Richmond, Va.? At last accounts he was in Jail there. An Old Coin. D. J., Dawson, Gs.: Please tell me the valuo of a cent coined in 17??h. Scott A Co., 721 Broadway, New York, are large dealers fu old coins. Write to them. Btontevnllo Coni. J. n. G., Nt???wnan, Ga.: Please rive me the namo ef some one in Atlanta who deals in Montavallo Watch the advertising columns of Tax Consti tution. Gault's Report*. .H. N. Mitchell. Walnut, Jackson county, Go.: For the Information of ono of your correspondents 1 will state tbat I have a copy of ???Gault???s Re ports.??? Tlie Slormons. Cans, Ga.. August 21.-EdItors Constitution: \ our editorial iu Weekly Constitution of the Wth instant, ???The Mormon Killing,??? gives the true belief of the Mormon elders In respect to polygamy. The elder* who have been preaching in this section did not name the marriage relation, but when railed out and asked as to their belief atd practice in the church (so called), frankly ad mitted tbat they believe and practice polygamy, but owing to the social and legal restraints pineal about them In tills country. It was inexpedient to preach the doctrine of plural marriage (as they term Jt) iu this county???Gwinnett H. R. D. Theory of Earthquakes. Editobs Constitution: My attention haa been called to an article in your issue of this date from tbe able, though not very graphic, pen of W. L. 8., in which I am called to task for not having ex plained In my article upon earthquake* in your Iwuc of the 21st fast, what ???electdcitv??? la: and. after quoting from such eminent men as Franklin aud Dufay, whose theories upon the nature of electricity are too well established to tie doubted, goes on to explain that no one pretcn??U to know what tbat fore* is. nnd tbat everything adduced to prove what electricity ia amounts to nothing ncu hr mere conjecture. I would not attempt to form an Idea of, much Iras prove what electricity is; and ef what it con- sbta, other than it it a force In nature. Tbat It exists, 1* to me a self-evident fact: and that upon its existence everything of a celestial and terera- trial nature dcfxud*. The movements of the plan- nett in their orbits, She grand phenomena of cyclone*, the growth of plant*, the flight of bird*, tbe movements ot men and animals, all de pend* upon this subtle agency. It were in vain for me to elucidate Inwhatman- ???er this wonderful force acts and of what it con- : rat fe r woui $ 1 ???$***??U??Pn>T* the fact of the exiatence of a Creator, jtnd^to prove that Albany, Ga., August 25.???[Special.J???Eariy yes. terday morning a telegram was received from tho sheriff of Terrell county, for the military of this city to comoat once; that their services wero needed to secure the prompt hanging of Georgo Clarke alias Jones, the negro who was recently found guilty of rape, and wos sentenced to bo hung to-day at 12 m., as the negroes of the county and adjoining counties had threatened that they would rescuo him if they had to kill every citizen in the city aud burn tbe town of Dawson. Great excitement prevailed, as their intentions were mode known to the public generally. THE GOVEBNOB NOTIFIED. The governor waa telegraphed to from both Dawson and Albany for instructions, but not bo- ingin reach of the wires, no reply was received from him until nine o???clock last night, when a. telegram was received from the adjutant general ordering Captain Woolfolk, of the Guards, to go at once. Before the telegram was received from tho adjutant general, the sheriff of Terrell county had telegraphed the military to come immediately,, tbat tho county would pay all expenses if tho state refused to do so. Tho officers made known these facts to their respective companies and everything was held in readiness, and in re ceipt of tho telegram conveying tho orders, tho Albany Guards and tho Jackson Light Artillery, with a battery of only two guns, boarded the train and promptly moved off. THE TRAIN WRECKED. About one milo from the city, after they lutd got under headway, the engineer, Mr. Pate, dis covered that the track was considerably obstruct ed, but too late to prevent an accident. He Im mediately pnt on his air brakes and reversed his engine. Mr. John Dedrick, fireman, jumped from the engine and was painfully hurt???not seriously hurt. Mr. Fate deserves great credit for the calmness displayed. He stuck to his engine until tbe last moment, when ho jumped and was fortunately unhurt. The engine, baggage car and front truck of the passenger coach, which con tained tho Albany Guards, wero thrown from tho track. The rear coach, and a flat car, which con tained the two pieces of artillery, only remained. Fortunately no others were hurt. Not much damngt??was done tho engine nndlthc cats, but tho track was considerably damaged. . The military remained at the wreck andawaltod tbe down pasrenger, which was due at Albany at eleven twenty-eight, which was waved down, and awaited tho up train which left hero at threo o???clock this morning, and transferred passengers at the wreck. The companies boarded tho down train nnd proceeded back to Dawson, where they arrived in safety. It Is very evident that as many as fire men figured in the felonious attempt to wreck tho train, as tho tracks of men were plainly observed. Every effort is being mado to ascertain who tho participant* were, and hopes are enter tained that they are on their track. Tho artillery was returned, as the pieces could not bo tram- feared.! " , ??? THE FUSONEB HANGED. When the troops arrived in Dawson they found a great state of excitement, which was soon awed into quiet by their presence. They reported to Sheriff Thornton. Joined by tho College Guards, numbering forty men, the whole party formed a hollow square and, taking thoprlaoncr in the center, marched to tbo gallows. Rev. Bar ney Adams, colored, briefly addressed tho multi tude. He sang*hymn and offered a prayer. Tho prisoner manifested but 11 tele concern. He said nothing publicly, hut through tho minister ad mitted his guilt, and requested that none should follow in his steps. Ho said ho was ready to die, and wanted to be burled in a decent place. |At twenty minutes to twelve tho drop fell and in thirteen minutes tho physicians pronounced llfo extinct. His ncok was broken. Tho body was taken down and buried at the gallows. All Is quiet now. Tlie Correspondence With the Governor. It chanced that Governor McDaniel was out of tho city. Tho first dispatch asking for troops was delivered to Mr. Howard Palmer, who forwarded it to Social Circle with tho request that ft bo sent by messenger to the governor at Monroe. As soon aa the governor received lt he telegraphed instruc tions to Mr. Palmer, who in turn ordered out tho Albany Guards, whose prompt actlou probably prevented a riot. Tho followiug was sent last night from Atlanta: Atlanta, August 25,186t.-Captaln Tut Wool- fork, Albany, Ga.: In behalf of the state the gov ernor thanks you nnd your command for your prompt and patriotic response to his order to aid the civil authorities at Dawson in executing George Jones to-day according to sentence or court. He congratulates you that your presence and prudence aided in averting tho threatened disturbance. John A. Stephens, Adjutant GcncraL Wednesday Governor McDaniel issued an executive order offering a reward of$200 for tho apprehension ot tho party or parties who placed crossties on tho railroad two miles from Dawsqn a few days-ago to obstruc ??? i?? train bearing tho Albany Guards, who nor?? going to Dawson by order of tho governor to suppress the threatened riot there. The rail road company has offered n reward of tern hundred or two hundred and fifty dollars for tho arrest of the parties, and tho virtue in re wards will bo tried in tho discovery of tho perpetrators of this dastardly outrage. the mayor's gratitude. Wednesday the governor received the fol lowing letter: Dawson, Ga., August 25. lm-Governor H. D. McDaniel, Atlanta, Ga.: Will your excellency ac cept the heartfelt thanks of tho law-abiding citl- sens of onr town and county for your response to many valti y notified ??i..- quletly, not the least show ???in conclusion I would simply state tfas ssssssss WM. W. Habeboluc, M.E. feel which mis ??? lira- Aij-oii mrre b thin, pawed oMfcz, of reaUtanc* to the execution ot the icntcncc. A itranger dropping In without, knowledge of tfhot. had transpire.I lu our mhlit today could not MU that anything unuaual bad occurred. While tho *radU- pwiKu, guing quicuj iow.ru nome. w. expect no further trouble. Ag??ln, with thunk, nnd beet wUhe, for you, t long snd useful life, allow mo to tuncribe myself your obedient servant, . W. R CgUXTHAK, Mayor. General Lee to nia Son. Ws make no apology lor printing tho following letter, In aplto ol Ha age. It la s noble paper that every father end every eon ahould read with beno* fit. It waa written by General Leo to .hi, son, as the date will ahow, In 1852: Abuxgtox Heights, April 5,18*>.-My dear ion: I am Just Ii^ the act ol leaving home for New Hex* Ico. Mv flue old regimen tba, been ordered to that distant region, and I mnat hasten to ice that they are properly taken cue of. I have but little to add In reply to yonr letter! ot March 28.27and 28. Yonr letter, breathed a true spirit ot frankneaa;tbey havo already given myself and yonr mother greet pleasure. Yon mtut ftndv to be frank with tho world; frankness is the child of honesty and cour- rey what you mean to do on every occasion, ipd take it for granted you mean to do right* if a friend asks a favor you should grant It If It fa reasonable; if not, tell him plainlv why you cannot; you will wrong him and yourself by equivocation of any kind. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one; the man who requires von to do so Is dearly pur chased at a sacrifice. Deal kindly but firmly with jour classmates; you will find it the policy which wear* best. Above all, do not appear to others what you are not. If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not otben, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man s face' and another behind his back. Wo should lire, act snd my nothing to tho injury of auyotie. it 1* not only brat a* a matter of princi ple, bnt it is tbe path to peace and honor. Jn rraanl to duty, let me. in conclusion of this hasty letter, Inform you that nearly a hundred S ears ago there was a day of remarkable gloom and arknra* still known as the dark day???a day when the ligkaof thesun waa slowly extinguished as If by an eclipse. The legislature of Connect teat waa in session, and as the mem ben aaw the unex pected and unaccountable darkness coming on they shared in the general a we and terror. It wa* supposed by many that tbe last day-the day of judgment???had come, home out In the coaster- nation of the hour moved an adjourn ment. Then there arose an ??? legislator. Davenport, of who said if the day bad come be at bis place doing bia duty, u. proved that candles be brought In so that tho bouse could proceed with itt duty. There was quiet net* in that man???s mind???tiro quietness of MavcnJy wisdom???an inflexible wflllngncat to obey present duty. Duty, then, lathe imbUmrat word In onr hurauage. You can not da more; you ahould lever wish to do lash ITrrsr 1st???lifjfr wear one gray hair for any lack of _ ??? _ _ *?our affectionate father. To G. W. Cents Lee. B, E. LEE.- of - Stamford, mt he desired to toot me duty tn