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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.