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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, OA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER 14 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
PIQUANT PARAGRAPHS,
An Organized AntUUqaor PartjNot Nee<]<
ed???Progress of the Baptists???A Corner
in Cofllns???Mr. Beecher on Evolu
tion???Men and Dogs,
In this country we do not need an organized
anti-liquor party. The most powerful forces
society are working against the liquor evil. ]
us look at some of them. First must be mention
ed the clergy. Not only are the Protestant min
isters practically a unit in favor of total abstl-
lienee, but the Roman Catholic priests number
aorne of the [most devoted temperance advocates.
Our teachers and professors, numbering more-than
2f>0,COO, are nearly unanimous. Newspapermen are
largely on the samoside, as a matter of expediency
They have found that they think more clearly and
do better work when free from alcohol. The doc
tors are either against liquor or very cautious in
prescribing it. The life insurance men are on the
game side. The railroad men of the country
Are practically under bonds to abstain from drink,
The business men of the country in selecting and
Advancing their employes give the preference to
total abstainers. If all these forces, moral, social
And business, do not succeed in making the Amer
ican people a temperate nation, then nothing will,
No political party under the leadership of St. John
cr anybody else can be any stronger.
The Christian Index thus sums up Baptist pro-
gicse in Georgia during the hundred years juit
completed: ???When the Georgia association orga
nized at the old Kiokce church, thero wero only
4*0 Baptists, five churches and one association In
the Mate. We now have a countless host; as nearly
as we can come to It, we would SAy 230,000Baptists,
1 ,CC0 churches and ICO associations.???
If the democrats fAil to cany Ohio, they will at
least have the consolation of knowing that they
scared tho Blaine lenders out of tbclr boots.
The irony of fato is wonderful!. Many Ameri
cans believe that Benedict Arnold lived miserably
after his treason, and that his descendants sank
into obscurity. But the fact is that Benedict Ar
nold lived to a good old age, enjoying a large for
tune and the rank of major general In tho Itrltlsh
ormy. Ills three sona rose to high positions in tho
same service, one of them becoming a general,
The present representative of the Arnold family
Is the Rev. P.dward Gladwin Arnold, rector of
etAp???cford, Ucrtsfottfehlrc. He has a large estate,
and married the eldest daughter of Lord Chal-
inondelay. On the other hand, it la only t
weeks ago that the grandnlcceof Tltomai^efferson
was sent to an asylum for genteel paupers. Trea
son pays; and after all, as some historian has
eaid, it is ???a gentlemanly crime.???
???Suppose the democrats fall to carry Ohio?'
suggests a correspondent. Well, suppose they do;
it will ho enough ii they carry New Yorkund
Indiana.
A corkre in cofllns is the latest thiug. The
third annual session of the National Funeral
Directors' association, held in Chicago lost week,
attracted considerable attention. It seems that
the cofllu makers have a pool, and tho underta
kers in the cities and towns have local pools. Tho
manufacturer! comer tho undertakers, making
them ray comer prices, and tyc undertakers cor
ner ths . people. No manufacturer
has o right to sell to an undertaker who Is not in
the poo), and a coflln must not be sold for a penny
lest than the comer price, nor must a hack or two
be thrown in by way of competition. Tho em
ployes of tho coflln concerns are listed, and no
coffin maker can employ a man who has been In
tho service of n brother manufacturer unless he
lins a certificate from his last employer. Tho
bearer of Jhc certificate must not be paid higher
wages than he received before. This prevents tho
manufacturers from enticing the employes of
their brothers. This coflln^ corner Is a matter of
grave importance.
Wr. arc under many obligation! to our exchanges
In various parts of the country for their kind re
ferences to our recent trndo Issue. As an cvldonco
of what can bo done In Atlanta on a pinch, the
' trade Issue was worthy ol notice porhaps, but wo
propose to get out a bigger and a better papor oue
of these odd-coni c-shorts.
??? In a recent sermon on evolution Mr. Beecher Is
reported as saying, ???1 don't care. I am not cither
a monkey or an ape, whatever my anccstcrs far
hack may bare been." The Chicago Inter-Ocean
takes the Brooklyn preacher sharply to task for
such reckless talk. The truth if, a man with tho
proper prido of race docs cure about the status of
Lis ancestors. It makes him more self-respecting
and Alls him with nobler. ideals to belicvo
that his first ancestor was created iu the image of
Gad, made a little lower than the angels. And,
on tho other hand, a man cannot holp ft cling that
be lies something of a brute???a nature If his first
parents were monkeys. It nerves a man for higher
flights to think that he has a birthright of kinship
with divinity. Nothing has a stronger tcudency
to keep a man toiling onward and upward than
the thought that he has and owns a lineage that
links him with tho highest, and tlmtmust not bo
dishonored, an inheritance that must not bo ig
nored or trampled In the dust. The ???don't caro???
view will not do, and tho evolution idea Is not
calculated to do ns any good
Joaquin Miller Is a poet who has sense enough
%??o write good prose when he sees tho money up.
lie has accepted nu engagement to spend several
months In thoMtoeicelppl valley writing up tho
u\igar interest and the New Orleans exposition,
lie promises to "paint the south in a b.nze of
Klory.??? ^
Arrau Lienee, of Washington, has au Incoma of
??25,0(0 a year. I!c is young, highly educated, and
Sings rnd plays. But ho Is ??oddest when he sings,
and In bis blue moods has made five attempts at
AUitlde without success, lie Is in despair. Poison
will not kill him, for be has tried it twice. On two
occasions ho tried to hang himself but was cut
down. Recently he aimed a pistol at bis head and
fired twice, but tho balls glanced off. As every
thing die has failed to kill him, he has abont
made up his mind to read Blaine's campaign
epccchcs in Ohio, but he naturally dreads the pain
attending such a barbarous method of self-torture
The prince of Wales smokes cigars, pipes and
cigarettes. As a rule, however, tho cigarette
amokcr never touches a cigar or a pipe. Another
thing about cigarettes Is worthy of meution. To
enjoy them the smoker must be In perfect health.
If he is a trifle bilious he will complain of tho
quality cf his cigartUee, and will try brand after
brand without finding one to bis liking. Last
year IM.OCO.OfO cigarettes were manufactured in
the United States. It is generally admitted that
toltfcco to more Injurious in this form than in any
other, but cigarette smohint increases In spite of
the cUorto of the doctors and the lawmakers
j.ut it dowif. It Is difficult to check a popular
Vice after It gets under fall headway.
Editor Joseph Fultizek's nomination for con
grew after k residence of sixteen months in New
York recalls the cave of Sunset Cox, who lost only,
two terms of service in congress between tho time
Of leaving a seat from Ohio and getting Into an
other from New York. Editor PulJUtr. howerer,
fs more of a phenomenon than gurnet CAx.
AN escaped black tiger from Robinson's circus is
now roaming at large In Princes* Anne county,
V*. Several persons Lure encountered the beast
and sustained severe Injuries. An old d-trkey met
the tiger on a bridge abont desk, an-1 taking the
animal for a block dog proceeded to give it a kick,
when he discovered his mistake, and with a yell
that was beard In several counties, jumped into
the river and saved hto Won.
Fifteen yean ago Mark Twain had no money.
Me wrote newspaper laten at $25 ?? piece when he
could, and was refused by a newspaper permission
to collect and republtah.tbt letters he wrote for
its columns. A subscription book house placed
him ob his feet-Ay publishing his "Innocents
Abroad,??? and ever since he has managed to keep
ahead of the world. ???Gath??? had in his early days
??* hard a time as Mark Twain. He worked all
/lay long for a newspaper at $1 a week, and was
obliged to strike before he had his salary raised to
[5. He never climed up to $10 a week until he
q alt the paper. Now ho makes hto 115,000 ^ycar.
Steamfoats have been placed on the Congo
river, and the completion of the railway around
the cataracts will render It poesible???to make iu
three weeka the journey, which it took Stanley
three years to perform. It will soon be possible to
reach Central Africa from New York in six or
feven weeks. The Congo river to the great high
way thnt.will open and civilize Africa. The Congo
valley is densely populated by a brown
race, differing from tho negro,
and speaking CS7 languages, but giving evidence
of a common origin. These people are very intel
ligent and the missionaries Had them docile, and
willing to learn. The development and civiliza
tion of this wonderful country will undoubtedly
be greatly aided by King Leopold, of Belgium,
who h as declared hto intention of devoting much
of bis life and his wealth to this object.
Valentine, tho funny man who wrote the???Fltz-
noodle??? papers In Fuck, to cow very serious. He
has left tho paper and sued the proprietors lor
$50,CCO for alleged breach of contract. Valentine
claims that he was entitled to a share In tho
profits, but never receive 1 anything beyond his
salary. Tho humorists of the present day are grow
ing mercenary. Instead of taking their pay In (uu
they go in for tho ducats.
FERHArs it will be some comfort to people to
know tho causo of the present phenomenal hot
spell. According to the scientists It to due
to tho Influence upon our atmosphere of a vol
canic eruption and an electric storm on the sun
which arc estimated to cover a space of 150,000
miles In diameter. Four Immense sun craters are
visible, and they arc all lu a state of eruption. It
to believed that the season of heat will bo followed
by elect ric storms, a cold wave, And perhaps
earthquake. _
Men and dogs can endure the conditions of any
climate, Tills was doubted by tho celebrated phy
sician Boerhane, who believed that no being
breathing with lungs could exist in an atmosplicro
having os high a temperature as that of tho blood.
Men live on tho southwest coasts of Africa aud
other hot rcgioiiEwherc the heat of the saud uuder
their feet reaches 140 or 150 degrees. Only tho dog
to able to follow man Into the extremes of heat
and cold, hut this animal loses his acuto smell in
Congo aud Syria and the power of barking in Sur
inam.
HOW IT STANDS.
THE SITUATION IN OHIO PRESENT-
. ED IN ITS TRUE LIGHT.
A Bepntlican 8tst# by fromTwsnty to Forty Thou
sand Majority???How tho Democrats Carried
the Legislature and Gubernatorial Elec
tion???The Isaacs Vow Presented.
A Notable Exhibit.
From the New York Mail aud Express.
Among tho most remarkable newspaper tosue
ever published is that of the Atlanta Constitu
tion of October 1, containing forty-four pages, in
which is Riven a complete review of the material
proems of Georgia aud the contiguous territory.
Of this great paper an edition of 51,000 copies was
printed, the largest ever issued in tho south. It
is in itEcll a forcible illustration of tho spirit of
progress that animate the new south, and con
tains matter that must convince every reader that
manufactures and diversified industry are hereto
find f heir greatest openings In the next decade.
A review cf the situation in Georgia presents
the following facts, summarized from a mass of
information gathered from all parts of the state.
1. Tbcjcotton crop to short from 25 to 85 per
cent., extensive wins nnd a drought foUowlug
* titlng injured seriously a Inigo part of it.
2. Food crops arc more widely cultivated than
ever before, and of these the harvest to abundant.
8. Trado is Increasing ; merchants aro putting
iu new and largo stocks of goods, and tho outlook
for commerce is very favorable.
4, The condition of the farmer has steadily Im
proved. They depend less upon cotton, and ralso
their o
i farm supples.
expected to reach 175,OX) bales this year, and a new
coinum* has lust been built. AU the factories
nnd mills of the city, except tho eloomargarlno
woiks (notable and praiseworthy c ??????' *???
6. 2 ho cities arc growing with unexampled
rapidity, Manufactures aro coming Into promi
nence, end arc openlug new avenues of employ
ment.
c. ltailrcrd building to going on rapidly, and
ic faculties far transportation arc wonderfully
p proved.
7. Education is receiving more general attorn
ticn than ever before, and good schools are recog
nized as oue of the most important factors in tho
growth of tho cities.
We have rpaco for only a few illustrations of
lesc conclusions. . .
From Macon, it I* reported, that although tho
cotton crop has fallen oil', tho farmers have de
pended on it so much leu than usual that they
arc able to bear tho lots.
lu Savannah over 1.000 new bouses have been
f iut up during tho year. In Columbus, tho growth
n population has been marvelous, and tho in
crease In tho valuo of taxable property Is put at
?. r C0,CC0. Chattanooga reports a population of 23,*
C00, au Increase of 6,000 wi thin tho year. In Mont-
gome y, l,2i/0 new buildings havo been erected
since DM); $20,000 a year to spent on its public
schools, and many families have cotno to the city
mainly on account of its superior school facilities.
Atlanta Itself reports-n population of 66,009.
During tho year new buildings of the value of
$ I, tty, ill o hove been put up, Tho cotton trade to
* this year, and a n???
. All tho factor
tho clcomargari
rtby exception) i
park to being h _
???.Yy Improved. New
factories and mills have been established and oth
ers arc under way. . ......
*??? ??? ???*???" ircrs for the now south to plainly
........ nu Is no longer to reign solo
mousreh. Diversified crops will give better re
turns and moro varied employment for the. ener
gies of the people. w ??????*???
usMitned a leading jd
nnd extensive tlepo*!
Lard, with cotton rl|
and factories, with n
systems of railway 1
tlon, the field for their growth r . x . r ???.
unlimited. The south. If the present tariff to not
disturbed and its protective feature;; climinatod,
northwest was to the genera-
.ion It fore the war. If it welcomes northern men
and ixrilunsbusiness ideas, northern capital aud
ci.an ibe will flow into it in a steady and fructi
fying i.main. What the south of tho future to to
he di-nciid* largely upon what its present occu
py >oore tomatolt
THE CHARLOTTE MINT.
A ??n tiff Sum of Money Sent to Atlanta and
Gntnrsvlllo Parties.
From the Charlotte, N. C\, Observer.
As long as the branch mint has been established
Tn our city, there are a uamber of citizens wbq do
not yet understand what its business to. The
popular idea is that the mint was established
solely as a means of providing a place for Colonel
Cowles, but the truth fs that the mint Is quite a
valuable institution. To go into tho details of Its
uses would require too much apace, but one in-
itance w ill Lc sufficient to show what It to doing
in one line of buslnetf. Yesterday morning
sponge gold, or amalgam, to the amount of 9*8.00),
was received at the mint from parties in Gaines
ville end Atlanta, tin., to be sold to the United
(State*. The gold wm melted, run into bricks and
arrayed to orcertain its fineness, and by seven
o'clock was on IU way to Washington, wbtlo the
train going south car led to tho Atlanta and
Gainoriilc men their payment for the gold. They
Too Vonog to Comprehend*
From the Chicago New*.
???Paw, be you fur RIu.lte?"
???Yes,' my son, red-hot for Blaine.???
???Well, what about them letters?*;
???Why, you see, my boy, an infernal rssc.il named
Ftotcr-a rncak, a liar, a thief, a aeallawag and
scoundrel named Either???published mxs letters
that be rays Mr. B'alnc wrote to him.???
Did them show that Mr. Blaine was a bad
man????
No, Indeecd, my son. On the contrary, they
what a good msu Mr. Bl??????
"Tbeie, there, never mind, Throphllit*. Yon
???re too young to understand politic*. Run along
and play now.???
flow a Baby Helped to Make a .Senator.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal.
It was during Hendr Icka' first race for the senate
and a member of the legislature was in the same
car. lie was very bitter against ileadrlctu for some
reason or other and took no pains toeonccal it. Ua
ws* going up to the capitol with bis wife, who bad
a little labyfn her arms. The baby was crying
violent!/and the mother seemed unable to soothe
It. "Let me have tha little fellow,??? said Hea
dricks, Talking ????p and reaching out hto arms.
The mother banded him the child relactantly and
he start*??to dandle ft up aud down, and did ft s*
ouecefv.'uily that the baby stopped crying and toon
fell asleep. Ha csrrtejl the ehfld all the way to
IcdtoLtpclto, and when be left the car the
The following letter written by a leading poli
tician in Ohio to a friend in this city, gives a true
inright into the present campaign which Is creat
ing so much excitement in that state. W* can
commend the writer as a man worthy of credit,
and would publish hto name, but the letter was a
purely private one and, of course, wo could not
without hto consent:
Cincinnati September ???22nd, 1881.-Mr Boar
Friend: As Judge Caldwell onco said to Halstead
???I am afraid that my opinion of tho ^political sit
uation in this state is not worth a d???n ' but
since you have asked for it you shall have it. Thts
Is a republican state. On a full vote, where
the issue* are purely natioual. this
state Is good for from twenty to forty thousand
republican majority. Last year it .gave Hoadly,
for governor. a little over twelve thousand ma
jority, and tne year before it gave the democratic
candidate for oecietary of state (Newman, who
is now up for re-election) a plurality of
over nineteen thousand votes, New*
mau???s election followed the . enactment
by the legislature of the 8mtth (Sunday) MU, the
Fond law (liquor Jaw) and the Russell taw (taxing
every body and everything), and of course Ills largo
vote cahle from republican Germans, whose fealty
to that party had only been shaking slightly, but by
no means lost. Shortly after the election tne state
enprem e court met aud declared the Fond law un
constitutional. Tho Smith law bocamo a dead let
ter, and the Russel) law was modified and purified
of its most objectionable features, and
if on election for state officers had .then
been held It would have been demonstrated that
those Germans who had lelt tho party had only
so temnotarlly and now, that legislation afleettug
them was nullified, they were back in lull lorce,
and with their aid, tho Republicans wauld hare
again triumphed. But the republican legislation
in the winter of 1882-3 (taking its cue from the
dtoctoion of the Supreme court on the Fond law)
enacted the Scott faw (a modified edltiou of the
Fond law. and almost equally obnoxious to tho
Gcnnans) nnd submitted to tho poopcl of tho state
two proposed amendments to our constitution
relating to the liquor traffic One of these amend
ment provided for licensing the traffic and another
piobfufud It* manufacture and sale in tho state.
The liquor men almost uuauimoualy supported
tho find amendment and opposed tho second,
and the tonpcrencepeople were equally opposed
to tho first amendment and in favor of
tho second, The result was that, although
1.0th amendmend* received a very
. ??.%????? ????*??. ... inients wero uoteafod. -
e was made up from Clove-
court (which was
being tho only
that bench) to test
the validity of tho Scott law. nnd It was then
decided constitutional, Okoy delivering a dissent-
lug opinion. At about this time congress reduced
the tarifl' on wool without disturbing the tariff
on woolen goods, and as Ohio to oue of the
largest wool growing states In tho union,
the mult wo* disastrous to our wool-
crower*, the majority of whom were largo repub
lican*,nnd who bolted tho ticket of their party
lc*t lull iu consequence of this action.
c men mi me a
id taken to tl
republican,
thousand majority, <
to till a vacancy.
As yet tho democratic legis
lature hi.s done nothing with tho Hcott law, but
coses arc now pending In the supremo court to-
again test its validity, nnd these eases will proba
bly be taken out of their order ou the docket uud
given an early licsriug. ....
You then havo a republican state thrown
Into democratic hands by purely local
cause*, which- causes have not boon removed
(which causes can only bo removed by the demo
cratic parly, because we hold tho leKtolaturo un
til January 1st, 1880 and tho supremo court
until April, 1887,) aud which .very seriously
nfl'cct the social habits and the bualuoM
Inteletls of a largo and . lollu.-ntlnl
cists of persons who have heretofore acted with
the republican party, who were staunch and un
wavering id loyalty to the republican party up to
two ytais ago, and who since that time have twlos
demonstrated that they hold the balance ot power
between the two parties in this statoby oicctlnj
tho democratic ticket ou both of those ocofolons.
It Is cesy to see from this that as this claw,
of iiersons (the Germans) vote. Ho will f0 all Utsj
elections lh this state on tho 14th day ol next-
mouth, for there to absolutely no defection amoug'
the Irish nor any other class of democratic voters.
Tho party throughout the state, except lu this
county, was never lu a better state of organi
zation, and Jn this county cvcrythiyg is being
rapidly rbaped. Heretofore . ft has bcou
tho policy of our purty [leader* to make a
great show early In tho fight, and about the time
the fight was about halt over wc would bo ex
hausted financially,but this time a different policy
ha* been adopted. As yet we havo acutely made
a move, but from this ou the democracy pro-
pore to make tho contest a tcrriblo one to the end
of the battle. Each day hotter than tho day be
fore, and if we do not win, It will lie
became It to not in our power to win.
The Gcrmaus, I believe, are with ui, with
money ond votes. They have a* yet taken no
active part, because it was policy for thorn to keep
fillet In order . that tho prohibitionist*
might not be orousea into making an active fight
for the republicans, but when the proper time at^
rives for them to show tlielr bauds it will bo io.riid
that they are on the right side. The republicans
undeistand tho straits they aro
in, and their . nccrfsltlos, for they
buve brongbt Blolno Into this state to make a
K ind canvass, I<ogau to already here, and Go-
Dudley of Indiana, eoratnl-^loncr ol pen
sions, to to arrive nt Columbus this week to stay
until the campaign to over. You will romomber
printing oiucc, aim no is ncru 01 wj w
cine with this Mate, and he to ronoi
Luvlng a million dollar* at hi*
The paper* to day report him. as
reported
??? nuT\ h*eL
The paper* to day report him. as having
resigned his ccnunlurionership in order to go Into
the banking businew, but the democrats up here
knew all about his ???resignation??? some time ago
You will learn from all tills that the republicans
do notjiTopone to lone this state, *nd that the dem
ocrats ??o not propose to let them win it, aud a* to
which will git on top 1 am uuabio to sn/, but oue
thing Is certain, wliicK ever .party wiua will fie
mighty glad that the fight to oYcr when It Is over.
>TBE TYOHLD'ri WE ftLTIlf U4T WO *1 AN.
Situs Mary Gnrn t Prnbnbly tha IMchest
l/ninarrled Lady Living,
From the Courier-Journal.
If *ny of tho estimates, even the lowest, f plsced
upon the valuo of the estate of the lato John W
Garrett, the great railroad president, prove to bo
correct, hto only daughter, MU* Mary Elizabeth
Gsirctt, will be the richest unmarrlod lady In this
country. The estimates run *11 tho way from 9LV
OCD.iuo to $50,000,(M>. and the latter la quite as like
ly to he correct a* the former. With the Gsiretts
a dollar always means at leart 100 cents. There
has never been anything liko "water??? In any of
their securities, the nira of thefr work being to
make actual and not apparent valuo for every
thing they own.
Miss Garrett receives as her share of the estate
ne elegant and costly residence at tho corner of
Monument and Cathedral streets, with alt tho
plate, furniture and picture* ft contains. Thu
property is Just now undergoing extensive lm*
>rovementi', and will, wheu completed, be one or
be finest structure* In the city. The ptotore
gallery alono will be worth a .Urge
fortune,end she was also to be the owner of Monte
Hello, one of the flncut and most extensive piece*
ol property owned by Mr. Garrett,end of tho beau
tiful Garrett cottage at Deer park, whereJjer Uth-
THi: BLAINE CAMPAIGN.
Mbs Wolff, ol New York, lias until now teen
considered the wealthiest unmarried Udy
America, but Mica Garrett's fortune will bo even
greater than hers. Ml?? Wolff is a maiden over
fifty years ol age, who bas devoted her years to
deeds of charity. ... , ,
Mba Garrett to only twenty-eight, but hat had
-lore experience than pr bably any lady of h-;r
year* in the country, as her father???* confidential
secretary, she hod ample opportunity to study hto
affairs, and during the Utter davs of his life ane
tranwted mucli of hto buffioexs.
A NOTOBIOUH VILLAIN,
Wanted on Forty-One Charges-Ha Pick* a
Jail Lock WlUaaHpooo,
CHattakoooa,October??.???{Special. J???^ telegram
was received In this dty at 1 o'clock this morning,
from UiesUriiTof Etowah county, Ala., stating
that EH Crump, the daring tblef who was captured
toit week, bod escaped from Jail, The whole coun
try fs aroused and pouca are scouring for the des-
svelipg and complicity Hi a horrible murder, The
tctal amount of reward* outstanding for hto arrest
to over 13.000. IDs mpe waseff??*Mby mean* #f
a pewter spoon with which he picked ?? ceil lock.
Bev, Henry Wnrd Bceelier Writes a Letter
About Mr. Blnlue. .
Tho Blaine caf^paign of lying and dodging
has reached a point where the corruptionists
no longer attempt evasion. On the coutrary
they resort to the most fatuous species of
falsehood. Hardly a day passes but some
fresh evidence of Brother Blaine???s official
prostitution comes to light, and os soon as
one denial is demonstated to be a lie, another
lie ns bold ond as unblushing I* resorted to.
Tho latest lie is in the nature of an attempt
to deny the truth of a statement made by
James P. Joy in 1877. Joy la now a promi
nent Blaine whacker, but in 1877 ho stated to
feveral friends that Blaine had offered to
prostitute bis office of speaker of the house
in Joy???s behalf,'provided Joy would enable
him to place certain depreciated bonds at
par. The facts have been stated and denied,
but the following letter from Bov. Ilenry
Ward Beecher not only explains the whole
matter, but gives the lie direct to tho denial
and is in the nature of a challenge to Brother
Blaine himeclf. The letter is dated at Brook
lyn, October 0, and Is addressed to "General
B* A. Alger, candidate for the gubernatorial
office in Michigan:???
Dear 8ik???The publication of your tclograra to
Mr. Jnmes F. Joy, of Detroit, but now in London,
and bis reply, compels mo to publish the facts of
an interview with him at hto houso on or about
Eeptembcr 20,1877. in order to clear myself ot tho
charge of bcariflg false witness against him. I
have steadily refused to give to the public press
the story of that interview at the hospitable board
of a private house; but as tbe utterance of a pub
lic mau about a public man I had a right to men
tion It privately among my lntimato friends. In
what way tho partial and imperfect story of that
interview got Into the nowspaper I do not know.
Certainly not with my knowledge or privity. Mis
led by there reports, you telegraphed to Mr. Joy
in London???
Detroit, Eeptembcr 30, 1881.???Joy, care Brown,
Idplcy A Co., London: Dtd IUalue offer to ac-
E Unt committee to suit you if you took Ltttlo
ock bonds off hto lundaY Henry Ward Beechor
sajB you told him Blaine did. Alueb.
Henry Wnrd Beecher said nothing of tho kind,
as you shall soon see. It was easy for Mr. Joy to
reply: -
I.OKDOW, September SO, 18M.-R. A. Alger, 1)2-
trolt,Mich.: lilslnenevermndo x mo any offer to
a committee to suit mo In any manner or
for any consideration of any kind what
ever. J. F. Jov.
Flcasc rend to him the following narratrvo, and
you moy depend upon It Mr. Joy will not contra
dict Its substantial accuracy, neither will any one
cf the several gentlemen who wero at tho table
with me; nor will other witnesses, not a few, deny
that tho samo substantial statements havo boon
made by Mr. Joy to others not fnfrcquoutly.
Toward tho close of the dlnnor, Eeptembcr 29,
1877, political matters wero Introduced, and among
other thijigs Blaine's failure to rccotvo tho nomi
nation that went to Hayes. Mr. Joy spoke with
contemptuous severity of Mr. Blaluo and gave
1hie statement:
"When a difficulty occurred In regard to certain^
lauds in the southwest, In which I was interested,"
committee was about to bo appointed by con-
grrrs to examine the matter. Blalno being speaker
of the liousa. Through a friend I asked Mr. Blalno
to have one sound lawyer appointed on that com
mittee, I did not caro of which party. I simply
wanted a sound lawyer. In a day or two Mr.
Blalno eent me word through a friend that ho had
certain depreciated bonds, aud that If I would en
able him to place them at par *1 could havo my
committee at l wanted It.' " I cannot forget with
wliat cutting room Mr. Joy leaned back In his
chair snd raid "That to tho man Blaine to,??? and
???be* added, ???X refused thooQer. and a* ths courts
soon retried the matter no committee was ap
pointed.???
At that time t knew nothing of tfco lands In
question nor of the bonds alluded to, but I did
understand fully Mr. Joy's oplulon of Jamos 0.
Blaine.
Wlint changed Mr. Joy's notion nnd lod him to
nonilnatoMr. N Blftlnont the Chicago convention in
18801 do not know. It can probably bo found out
by inquiring of tbo editors of ccrtAln great dally
newspapers, who hardly found language blttor
enough for years to Inveigh against Mr. Blalno
and who now cannot flrid language enough to
pour contempt upon the men who do not approvo
of placing Mr. Blaine In the presidential chair.
1 shall not prolong this letter by narfkting Mr.
Blaine'* views of tho matters in an interview with
me which took placo after my speech at Cooper
Union, during tho Garfield canvass, at hi* own ro>
quest, it. the Fifth Avenue hotel. I can hardly
telfcvo that ho has forgotten that.
J cannot but admit the Indomitable pluck with
which Mr. Blalno Is defending himself against
such a cloud ot charges as was never made against
ony other presidential cundldflu since thy gov
ernment began. Yet I cannot allow roysulf to be
misled by sympathy with hfs undoubted kind-
heartedness, courago and audacity.
Unsound In statesmanlike Judgment, Unscrupu
lous In political methods, dim-eyed In perceiving
tbe distinction betweeu truth and untruth, ab
sorbingly ambitious, but shortsighted as to tho
methods of gratifying hto ambition, but with a
genial social disposition and a brilliant rhetorical
capacity, Mr. Blatne makes an alluring candidate,
tut would make a dangerous president.
I pray you to excuse my adding to tho care* of
your canvass by a consideration ot tboso matters.
It was, however, but Just to you to point out how
misleading was your telegram to Mr. Joy, and
bow irrelevant to tho subject matter was hto reply.
JIRNRY WARD BtECUKR.
This it tho latest of Brother Blaine???* trans
actions that have como to light, and the de
nial* on which Mr. Beecher place* hit foot
chows tlmt tho "personal magnetism??? of the
republican candidate is of *uoh a character
that ho is not only willing to lie himself, bat
ha* friends who are anxfons to equivocate
and Ho In his'bcbalf. Tbo whole campaign,
to fas as tho corrupt republican campaign Is
concerned, ba* been given up to dodging and
lying, and as it begun so It will end. Ac
cording to tbe evidence, there has never been
a time in Brother Blaine's official history
when he was not willing to prostitute bis po
sition for tho sake of making money. He is
a fitting candidate of hi* party, aud simply
because he is corrupt.
Tbe Monthly JUport of tbe Natlenal Cotton
Exchange.
New Orleans, October 7.???The report of the
National cotton exchange shows tne cotton
trove incut of the United States for the mouth
of September to have been os follows:
BUTLER IN INDIANA-
Detail* of tbe Execution of a Wife Kurdnet???
Wealth snd Family Influence Try ia Vetu to
8ave Him From tbe Gallows???Hie Gsy-
ety In tbo Foot of Death. Etc.
Font Wayne, Ind., October 10.???Charles W,
Butler, one of tho most noted criminals in
thestato of Ohio, son of George Butlor, a
worthy physician, was executed to-day at
Columbia City, Ind., for the murder of Abbio
Butler, his young wife, at Princeton, Ind., on
September 29, 1883. After his arrest for
murder, Butler was incarcerated at Columbia
City to await trial. During bis confinement
he succeeded in effecting his escape and
for some days was at liberty,*
but was subsequently recaptured.
His trial occupied nearly a month. All that
wealth and influonco could do was done to
save him from the gallows, but without avail.
While tho priest and the sheriff wero with
him in his cell last night Butler played several
airs on his aceordeon. At ten o???clock to-day
he took sn affectionate farewell of his sisters.
Just before the march to the scaffold, he again
took up his aceordeon, concluding with a long
larewoll chord. He then began dancing, but
was interrupted by tho entrance of the shoriff
to read bis death warrant. At 12 o???clock tho
'prisoner was hsndcuffed, and, accompanied
!>y the priest, the sheriff and hi* deputios,
proceeded to tho scaffold. Butler stopped
near the drop to make a rambling, incoherent
speech of a tew minutes length, iu which ho
raid that oil who wore conneclud with hto trial
???nd execution would bo aorry for it. After tho
conclusion of bis speech the priest, tho prisoner
and Ihe attendants knelt in praror, after
which Butler walked to tho edgo of tho drop
and kicked it viciously to seo it it was *oli<f.
???While tho noose was being adjusted and tho
black cap put over hia hond, ho cried out in
piteous tones, ???Plcaso take this off; the rope
is too tight. Plenso loosen tho rone. It
ain???t right.??? His request was not heeded. He
was arslstcd on to the drop, which fell at 12
o???clock. Butler stood too near the hinges of
the drop and-hiadescent wns slow, hi* feet
ecru ping tho drop. The nooso was, however,
adjusted properly, and in seven minutes ho
\fi\s pronounced dead by strangulation. The
execution was witne'sicd by 250 people and
immense crowds surrounded tho jail.
TIIK ATLANTA POST.
EXfOBTf, ETC.
Jt??(f(.u and exports
Export* to Great Brltlan
Exports to France ....
Exports to continent....... ....
Total ovcVlsndl???... ....V..???.................~J
Of which to mills
Of which to porta
Of which toC'anads
Jn trsccit overland..............
At??ea between ports.......
Htocks at ports
epluncr* takings ....
mi
M,4*>
1863
75,521
Ten Million Dollars Put Into tha LonUvIUo
nnd Nsihvllls,
New Yoke, October 7.???A syndhUte in Am
sterdam and London has taken $5,00#,090 in
stock and $5,000,000 in tends of the Louisville
snd Nssbville railroad company at $20 per
???bare for stock. Tbe company bas reserved
tha right to offer bonda and stock at given'
prices to Us stockholders, tbe syndicate tak
ing whatever stockholders do not take. The
proceeds will liquidate the Hosting d??U. The
company will probably come out m a day or
two with a circular to stockholders.
The Mllltnry filer tin;? Last Night nt the date
City Gunnl Armory.
Tbo Atlanta military post was organized
last night in tho Gnto City Guard armory.
Tho post is composed of fivo companies,
bo Gate City Guard, tho Konnosaw Itiilcs,tho
senior's 1 torso Guard, of Atlanta, tho Jack-
son Guards and tho Walton Guards. Bach of
those companies was represented in tho moot
ing last night, nnd tho military fooling in this
section of tbe state was greatly revived.
Tho meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock
by Captain Jackson, of the Gate City Guard,
who, in a neat nnd appropriate address, ex
pressed his pleasure at seeing so many pres
ent, ond extended a hearty welcome to tho
representatives of tho Jackson and Walton
Guards. Captain Jackson stated that a mill-
* y post second to none in. tho stuto
ild bo easily organized in Atlauta.
Captain Coleman, of tho Jackson Guard,
was elected chairman, aud Quartermostor-
Sergeant Frank Arnold, of the Governor*!
Hone Guard, was chosen socrctnry of tho
mealing. It waa then ascertained that tho
Gate City Guard was represented in th* moot
ing by Coptain Jackson, Lieutenant Sparks
arid-Lieutenant Seiple, and a largo dologation
from tho company; the Governor???s llorao
Guord wns represented by Lioutonnut May,
H, M. 8. Frank Arnold, Corporal Tom Arnold,
Dr. Urockctt, and Private Perkins; the Jock-
son Guard was present by Cnptnfn Coleman,
Corporal Gwiu,ana l'rivalo King; tho Kon-
nesnw Jtlfies were represented by Captain
M. B. Spencer, Lieutenant W. J.
White, Sergeant Tumor, Corporal
Locfler, Corporal Spencer and several privates.
Tho Walton Guards wero represented by Cap
tain Bay and quite a number of tho company.
Thoso present wero attired In uniform, and all
presented a hamtoomo anpcnranco.
Tho constitution and by-laws ol tho Sivan-
ruth military post wero read and adoptod for
the government of tho Atlanta post, subjeat,
however, to such verbal changes us may bo
r??quirrd and as ore suggslcd by a comtniltao
composed of Captain W. J. Ray, of tho Walton
Guurds, Captain John Millodgo, of tho
Governor???s Horse Guard, Captain M.
B. Hpertcor, of tho Kennesaw Hi do*,
Captain Coleman, of tho Jackson
Guard*, and Lieutenant Sparks of tho Gate
City Guaid. Thts committoo will olio have
tho- constitution and by-laws printed and
causo copies to be circulated among tho com-
psnics comprising the post.
A motion was adopted rt
pnny in the )>ost to oleot
shall bo commissioned offlcors, and there
members elected shall constituto tho oxoou-
tlve council of this post.
The session wes not a long one, and every
thing was dono with harmony and dispAtch.
Tho compauics comprising tho Atlanta
post have about two hundred and sixty men
rank end filer The Onto City Guard is about
seventy-five strong. Tho Goveanors Homo
Guard is about sixty-five strong. Tho Kenno-
saw Hides have about thirty-five man. Tito
Jackson Guards havo oboutdfty men, and tho
Walton Guards about forty men.
After tho meeting adjourned tho. Gala City
Guard fell into rank and gnvo an exhibition
of their proficiency in drilling.
FltOM THIS TO'III,
GREEDY GKRR.1UD.
He Marries a Widow In holm a nnd Deserts
Her in Montgomery,
Columbus, Go., October 0.???[Special.]???Mus
cogee county jail now furnishes lodging to a
much-msrriod medical quack who stylea him
self Dr. Reese A. Gerrard, of Indiana, and hia
third living wife, Mrs. Lidia Gerrard, neo
???Miss Lidia Bradshaw, of Barefield,*111., both
of whom ore In a fair way to try tho reforma
tory effect of a sojourn in tho Georgia peni
tentiary. Tho . pair arrived in Co
lumbus from Montgomery on tha
9th of August. They secured lodging at tho
boarding house of Mrs. Rogers on Oglothorpo
street, procuring a license during the day, that
night the doctor engaged tho services ol Judge
Hargette, who made tho twain one. Tho
judge furnished tho Item to tho newspapers
and tho marriage was duly chronicled, much
to tho dissatisfaction of the doctor, who doair-
cd to havo somo corrections made us
to tho points which thoy hailed from.
This excited suspicion, aud *tho papers wero
sent to the various points with the notico
marked. Nothing was heard of tho mutter
while the doctor and his bride spout tho
honeymoon in visiting various points in and
near this city. But a storm was browing which
was destined to destroy this conjugal felicity.
On the 22dof September a handsomely dressed
lady entered tho office of Judgo Hargette and
proclaimed liorteli Mrs. Dr. Bceso Gerrard.
Bhe stated that she was in ^quest of her bus"
hond, whom she learned from a newspaper
published here had married another woman in
this city. Tho judgo detailed the circumstances
of tho mintage, when she swore out a
warrant, charging tho nowly married pair
with bigamy. Tho warrant! wero plaeed Ja
tho hands of Bailiff McMiehall, who soon had
them in tow. They wero out enjoying on
ovening drive, liltlo dreaming that era ???
anodici- sun roso and set thoy would
occupy prison cells. When confront
ed by his wife Gerrard broke down
and wept bitterly, asking for a privato
audience. On bis bending knees ho plead
for mercy but tho outraged woman turned a
deof car to his entreaties. II* and ilia now
wifo were sent to jail in default of bail. Hi*
real wife was a Mrs. Borah M. Hall, a well-to-
do widow of Bclmo, Alabama, where tho doc
tor woed and won her six or eight months ago.
61io is evidently a lady of culturo and refine
ment. Shortly after tbeir nmrriago they
moved to Montgomery whoro they formed
tho ncquainiauco of tne woman, Miss Lidia
Bsrdihaw,who was visiting friends iu that city
aud was frequently their guost. Mrs. Gerrard
suspected nothing wrong until thoir disappear
ance. After tho consigument of tho guilLy
parties to jail she returned to Montgomery,
and Judgo Hargetto received tho following
letter from her to-day, which iudWTatcs a sus-
I iicion of tho cxistenco of still another Mrs.
ierrard and several promiscuous little Gcr-
rards:
Kind Frixnd: I heard that Dr. acrmrd'a first
wife nnd children bud been thero to rco him. I
wl??h you would write to me, whether It to so, or
not. 1 luanl It came out lu tost week's puper.
* 'it mo know all tho i*artleulars about thcuiuir.
ly woy. Your irienu.
SARAH M. Gj:hkahi>.
Nothing bos been heard thero of any other
wife, but os tho returns aro not all in thero is
no telling what the result will bo. Gerrard is
n medium-sized man,rather good looking; has
dark hair, black eyes, muotHcho nnd tmnrd.
llo is of pleasing address, snd is about 40 or
46 years of ago.
WOOD'S WICKED WAYS.
An Old Letter From Abraham Llucoln
Concerning Alexander If* Htcphan*.
From tho Augusta Chronicle.
Gur iriend C. K. Gunther, of Chicago, whoso
collection of vnluablo manuscript* wo havo
already referred to, and whoso scholarly taste*
are only equalled by his practical knowledge
and kind heart, sends us a copy of tbe follow
ing letter from Abroham Lincoln, tho original
of which is now in his possession:
Wahiixuiox, February 2,1848???Dear William:
I Jiut take up my |>eu to say that Mr. RUqdien*. of
Gioigis, a little, slim, pole focrtl, consumptive
man, wfth a voice like Logan's, has ju<uconcluded
the very best speech ol an hour's length i cm
heard. My old, withered, dry cyca are full of
'Wwr. tee U out anything like he delivered ft
our people ??bail see* good tuaiiycopios.of it.
Your* truly, A. Line6m.
TO W. II. IlEXKbOX. ,
The thousands of admirers of Mr. flteplicns,
who never before saw this letter, will be
pleated to have ond preserve it now in this
form. Thero v as alweye a tend of eympathy
between Lincoln and Htephens. in suite of
wide divergence of opinions end habits, before
and after the war. Wc do not know to whet
tpcech cf Mr. Stephens the strango and fateful
man who wroto,tne Lb.ve letter referred t??,
but semo of our older readers may identify it.
Tbe Logan to whom Mr. tttephetie wai corn;
portd vocally was a Judge Logan, of Illinois,
a pk neer of that state and a local ooliberity.
Of course the Utter was written when both
Lincoln end Stephens were members of con
gress.
They Fixed II.
From the Well 8t*eet Nows/
They ret by the light of a follow caudle figur
ing.. The old man had a piece of chalk and tbe
son bad ilata and pencil. By aad by the old man
forked up aud said:
???Well, Henry, havo you got it????
???Not quite, father. We have got eighty acres of
land?'
???Wc*.???
???Yr raise fXX) woijh of stuff to sell?
???And it costs usftOO to do ft????
???Wllcn, let???s see. Twice Vt are #9. end 50
end M are CO. No, that won???t fetch It. Let's are.
I???ve got It???I???va hit the idee."
???WhatIsII???? . ". ..
???We slap on a mortage for $800, and not only
have the capital to work on but tha Interest we
have to pay can ba figured as a dividend."
???By Georgei but that's it-tbat the Ideal The
railroad* to that way and coma out ahead, aad
why can???t we????
How n Slinrp Negro Worked Shock & Co, toe
All IIo Wanted.
Early yesterday morning Mr. V. J. Hurst,
of tho ffrmofBheck ,t Co., visited poljcohcud-
quaiters snd requested Uio nid of tho depart- ???
mi ut in scouring tbo arrost of Joo Wood, m
negro man. ???
bkcc-k Co. are in business on For-
*)th ctrcot near tho capitol, and
lor tho pr.-t three years Wood has been in their
rrrvlcc. When TVorwf f***rrnn working f**r flheeHr
& Co. they wero buying hides from a firm that
wont out of business nteut two ycare ago. This
firm was in the habit of delivering thoir hides
to Shcck It Co. during the day, and without
waiting for n rcttlciucut leave. Subsequently
tho hides would b* weighed and tho money
sent to the firm by Wood, who always carried
it faithfully. Day bolore yestenfsy, whon
Mr. Ilurst returnoJ to the storo from his
dinner, he found a bundle ot hides on tho
floor, nnd Wood told him that it bad boon loft
by the firm. Lato that eveaing, whon Mr.
Hurst began closing up, Wood oskod him if he
fhould take the money to the firm. Mr.
Hurst went to tbo drawer to get the
money, bpt not finding it made out
a check for thirteen dollars, tho
amount, and instructed Wood to doliver tha
check. Early yesterday morning tho gentle-
man to whom tho check wm mad* payable ou-
tmd Bbcek A Co.???s, and exhibiting the check
to Mr. llurat, asked t
???What does this mean? For what do yotx
owe mo $13????
???For those bides,??? said Mr. Hurst,
???What hides???? asked tbe gentleman.
???Why, the hides that you sent u* ycilor-
^Wo didn't send you any hides yesterday.
We have been out of that business nearly two
years and haven???t handled a bidu in that
time.???
The gentleman then said, that Wood
broughtTiirn the cheek that morning asking
him to have it cashed and not knowing what
it was lor bo called. This
was astonishing information to Mr. Hurst
and at 'once he began looking
for Wood, but ho could not bo found and tho
aid of tho police was asked. Mr. Ifurst says
that Wood has swindled him systematically
for tha last two years nnd that tho amount
will run away up into the hundreds. Ue says
that Wood has always been left at tbe store
when he went to dinner, and time and time
again when he returned he found a bundle of
hidis oil the floor which Wood always said
come from tho firm. Mr. Hurst, not knowing
the firm had gouo out of business, always gavo
Wood tho money lato iu the evening, instruct
ing him to carry it to the firm. Mr. Hurft
soys that Wood watched bis chance, and whon
no one was about brought In hides which the
film had already poid for.
THE MEXICAN VETERANS.
A Latter From General Dfox, of Mexico???
Telegrams From Various Veteran*.
Bt. Louis, October 9.???Tbe convention of
Mexican veterans bad about 240 old soldiers
present this morning. Vica-Prssident Manson
again presided. After roll call tbe foil raring
Inter from General Dias, ol Mexico, wan mod:
f Mexico, Beptembsr 19.???To John h\
With your favor of the 6Ui of th??
current mouth I received the invitation which
the veterans of tho war of 1840 aud ???47 ol
your country sent to those of our
army. I placed it at once in the hands of tho
t, undent of the republic, who. I do not doubf,
will see that it is attended to by dictating tho
proper arrangements for that purpose.
(feigned) Fsawssao Dux.
Tbe following telegram was also read:
City ol Mexico, October 4.-To Cahill, Con
sul of Mriico, Itbenis: It Is not possible for
the Afexican rflicere to attend the reunion oa
ths 8lb lust. I write by mail.
8ic. Navaxoo,
Secretary ol War.
CcDgrstutafory telegram* were then revt
from organizations of Mexican vcteraus.iu Ban
Francisco and New York.
Tbe folowing officers of the ensolng yeir
were elected: President, James W. Denver,
of Ohio; vice president, Gensrsl M. D. Mm-
sen, of Indiana; secretary, A. M. Kerne ly, of
District of Columbia; grand marshal. Colonel
tamucl L. McFaddcn, of Maryland-
fItrrlffTrnts Acquitted In llirmloK???iao.
Birmingham. October A???{gpecULl-Louto Jea-
kins, a negro brekeroan ou tb?? I/mtovllfo and
Kashvill?? road, toll between two freight cire i
Vitjvua tost ulfcht, and was i
??? feherifi Truss and Deputy Br
showed that _
officers were trying to
named Hugely.
antly
apod felon
t appeared here.