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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. .ATLANTA, GA.. TUESDAY OCTOBER S'8 188-1, TWELVE PAGES.
IDLOS OF THE SOUTH.
asketchofthe lives of lee and
JACKSON.
7I>* Estimation In Which They Were Hold by Tholr
Soldiers???An Incidents of tho Boven Days???
^ Tight-How They Looked on tho Bottle*
hold-Other Incidents of Allies,
The difference in the manner in which
Generali R. E. Lee and T. J. Jackson
were regarded in the confederate army
of northern Virginia', says the National
Republican, ia one of the curious features
the war. Both generals were recognized as
men of genius, of piety, and of kin dliness
heart; both were courteous and dignified in
their intercourse with others, although Jaok-
. son was very abrupt and curt in speech and
action, and yet they were looked upon and
treated by the troops in a direct contrary
manner. For General Leo tho men had an
implicit trait and reverent affection that never
laltered from tho time ho took* command of
the army until they crowded around him in
tearful silence to bid him a last farewell on
the hill near Appomatox Courthouse, where
the battle flags were unfurled for tho last time
before being piled upon tho surrendered stacks
of arms. To tell tho truth, ho was defied in
the thoughts of the troops, and they never
doubted the issue of a campaign under. his
leadership, not even in the beginning of the
campaign of 18C5, when defeat was pressing
all other sections of the confederacy, and had
not "tho bottom of tho bucket so suddenly fall
cn out" it is more than likely that a dictator*
ship would have been thrust upon him as t
last resort to beot back the overwhelming num
bers of tho federals.
General Lee was a fine figure when mountod
on his iron-gray horse Traveler, and even when
on a hot and dusty march looked always neat,
His dress then was a simplo gray sack coat*
with tho star of a general on tho turndown
collar, a dark slouch hat looped up on the left
side, gray pants, and long riding boots. I
never saw him with either sword or pistol
buckled on him. As he rode along besido tho
marching ranks, ot tho head of his staff, ho
Always had his hat pulled down over his
brow, with his chin lifted ns if gazing intently
into the distance, lie was always considerate
for the health and comfort of his men. Ono
of the most provoking things to n regiment of
infantry on a hot, dusty, and wearisotno
march was for somo mounted otlicer or man to
come dashing along kicking up more dust, or
attempting to moko way along tho road
which (he infantry always claimed as thoii
right of way. Some generals aud their staff
indulged in this practice, but Genoral Loo
never. Ho always took to tho fields. Again,
it was currently reported and bolieved that
when tho army was in straits for rations he
utterly refused to make uso of tho delicacies
which the farmers woro eager to
send to his headquarters, but ordcrod
them to be turned over to tho field hospital.
When occasion offered ho visited tho sick and
wounded, and many a poor fellow was revived
by bis cheering words and sympathy. All
these things, and others that might be enu
merated. endeared him to his troops. On tho
march the general's presonco among tho col
umns was scarcely noticed, except that tho
tired limbs were braced up and the spirits
raised for further effort; but whon ho pasted
???long tho roads leading among tho bivouacs
and camps, the men invariably crowded to tho
- rcadsido aud greeted him with a reverent si
lence that was more cloquont, perhaps, than
the wildest cheering. He no doubt was pleas
ed and encouraged at this silont homage, yc
ho always responded by gravely lifting his hai
without a change of countenance. The writer
never recollects to have soon General Leo's
fsco otherwise than serious and pro-oocupiod.
Two examples may bo given to show tho
estimation in which Genoral Leo was held and
to illustrate tho belief that the success of the.
cause was absolutely dependent on him. At
the battle of Antietam, late in tho afternoon,
General Burnside forced a passago of tho
bridgo and assailed fiercely to the thin con
federate lino on tho ridge. This was beforo A
F. Hill's division had come up from Harper's
Ferry. Finally, the Holcombe legion of South
Carolinians, after fighting bravely, gavo way
!n confusion, leaving a dangerous gan in tho
lines, and the day seemed about lost on tho
right. At this critical juncture General Leo
redo up to them, and, seizing their flag, shout
ed : "what! my men, are you going to desert
your country in its hour of peril? Come on;
your general will lead you I??? Tho legion ral
lied immediately and reformed the lino, but
refused to ebargo until General Leo had re
tired. He consented, and they gamely plun-
K d into tho fight and held their own until A.
Hill came up.
Again, at Spottsylvania court houso, when
Hancock's men bad swept over the silent, cap
turing tho entire division and guns of General
Kdward Johnson, and threatening to break
tho confederate army in two. and when the
battle seemed lost to tho confederates. General
Leo, who Lever hesitated to exposo himself at
the point of danger, dashed up to General J.
B. Gordon???s division and announced his inten
tion to lead them personally to tho rescue.
When he placed himself in front instantly
cries sroso from the ranks, "Lee to the rear!"
"Lee to the rear!" General Gordon seizod tho
bridle rein of General Lee, and assuring him
that the division would not budgo if ho did
not retire, Lee reluctantly rode back, where
upon the division swept forward in gallant
atylo and re-established tho broken lines.
I venture to assert thi??t no such regard
would have been shown tor the safety of any
other confederate commander, whether John-
won or Beauregard, or even Jackson hitnsolf.
If ibis deep veneration was not inspired by
elevation of character and by what la indefi
nitely styled "personal magnet!im," then I
am at a loss to account lor the fact in tho
case.
And now at to General Jackson. Beforo tho
war he had been a plodding professor at tho
Virginia military institute, and bad been
noted for nothing except close attention to his
professional duties, ??? strict observance of his
religious tenets, and a general dillidenco and
awkwardness of manner that amounted to ec
centricity, and which made him at times tho
butt of tno lively cadets. The firm staiid of
his brigade at Manassas brought him respect
in the army, and gave to him the historic
sobriquet "Stonewall." The campaign in tho
???alley recalled tho tactics of Bonuparto in tho
Italian quadrilateral, end Jackson lost noth
ing by tno comparison. From that time earn
ward be was the idol of the army. For faculy.
fty of combination, for power of concentration,
fer rapidity of calculation, for fiercenen of
execution. General Jackson in his valley cam
paign had shown himself to be ncad and shoal-
dun above any subordinate commander of the
confederate armies, east or w<nt. His name
Wat in every inmitb, and nothing but praises
went with it. The -nasees of his countrymen
engaged in battling for a cause they deemed
to be sacred found something In the character
of the man that suited their tempera went in
their lime of labor, and this was apart from
UiCir lime ui iuuui, mm
the services he had recently rendered. It was
his retiring modesty, his utter carelessness of
pCmp and show, and bis simple trust in God,
and if ever a man believed in the righteous
ness of his cause, and that the Givei of victo
ries smile t upon it, that man wai Thomas
Jonathan Jackson. It may be said here that
up to this period Jackson was never under
stood. When be made the celebrated forced
inarch to Romney, Virginia, in the winter of
166J, there waa a howl all along the line for
hit removal as a fanatical incompetent, but
Governor Letcher knew his waa, and refused
to revoke his commission. Again, before the
war, in I860, he bad gathered together some
WO negro children and taught them in 8unday
school in Lexington, Virginia, and this raised
a terrible storm throughout the state. But he
kept the even tenor of his way undisturbed.
He was as firm as adamant where he thought
his duty was concerned.
It waa only during the seven days* fight that
the main body of the army came to recognise
Jackson in persona. His photographs do not
give an adequate idea of the mao. They do
net mark him apart aa a leader of men, and
show that inherent fitness for high participa
tion in the events of that epoch which the
chances of war had brought to light. Says
one of his men s "It would have been easy to
have mistaken him for the courier of ono of
his brigadiers, for all oxtcrnal tokens to tho
contrary; his single-breasted coat of rusty
gray, sun-scorched about tho shoulders, until
it was almost yellow, and his plain cadet cap,
of the same hue tilted forward until* tho vasor
rested almost upon his nose, were meaner in
appearance than the make-up of many a smart
fellow whose musket was the badge of his
station, and not a quartermaster in the corps
but would have considered Jackson???s gaunt
old sorrell a bad swap for his own nag. But
tho bright and piercing look of his steel-bluo
eyes, when ono could get a glimpse at them
UD j er ? a P Mm, tli?? firm set of his lips,
and the impatient jewing of his arms from
time to .time told of the eager working of the
energetic soul within." And the description
is a true one to the letter.
After tho seven days battle, whenever there
was great cheering on any part of the line, it
used to be said by tho listeners: "Its either
Jackson or a rabbit." Now the meaning of
}his was that whenever a rabbit was started in
the bivouac of a brigade,tho entire complement
of officers and men would turn out to pursue
bunny, aud, by heading him off here and
turning him there, poor buuny, who in the
end would bccomo bewildered by the diaboli
cal yells and cheers which met him at every
turn, was generally captured. Now General
Jackson shunned, if ho could, the demonstra
tions which greeted him whenever he passed
a camp of his own corps or of Longsfrect's.
The men would gather on tho roadside wav-
toff t ? c ! r ^ nts ont * Filing like demons, the
yells being taken up from camp to camp, as
???Old Jack" went skurrying along on his old
sorrel as fast as he could lay feet to the ground,
There was a spice of mischievousness in this,
for soldiers are liko school boys, and they
knew how badly Jackson hated notoriety, but
their admiration and enthusiasm for him were
such that they would havo charged tho very
gates of hades at his bidding. Never wero
more genuinely sorrowful tears shed than
those that fell from tho eyes of his army on
Jackson' bier.
I recollect that just bofore tho battlo of
Fredericksburg (Burnside???s) Gonernl J. E. B,
Stuart presented Jackson with a bran now uni
form, covered with gold laoo and stars, and as
gaudy as a peacock's train. Jackson had
never worn it, but on tho morning of tho grand
assault Stuart had persuaded him to put it on.
Accompanied by Stuart and some or his statF
he rode slowly in front of tho confederate lines
from right to left, but ho was not rocognizod
until he reached Pickett???s division, thou placed
in the center of the line. Stuart mischievously
pointed out tho gorgeous looking individual to
some officer of the division, and it ran down
tho lino like wildfire, "Old Jack???s got a now
uniform I" Instantly tho men loapcd upon
tho breastworks, yelling wildly and swinging
their hnts, untif Jackson could bear it no
longer, but, turning a reproachful look upon
Stuart, ho dapped spurs to old sorrol and gal
loped off to his own command. Sufllco it to
say. he pulled his now duds off as soon at ho
bad an opportunity.
Now, who can explain the philosophy it it?
Neither Johnston, nor Beauregard, nor Long-
street, nor Hill, nor Early, nor evon Job Stuart
wero ever looked upon by the army in tho
same light as Leo and Jackson. And yet oil
these officers wero worthy of enthusiastic ad
miration and unflinching support, it ia ono
of tho mysteries that mako us believe that
actions and events are largely beyond tho kon
of tho pure reasoning faculties.
I LI KIDA ON FIBE,
TYItli Political 1 nthuslasm??? Che Dem a rats
Confluu -i ot -*< ec??ss.
Senator Colquitt has recently returned from
Florida, wherd ho delivered four telling
speeches for Cleveland and Hondrioka. Ho
says the doraocrats have the republicans on
tho run and aro going to elect thoir
state and federal tickets by good m^joritios.
lie thinks Dougherty will neat Bisbco in tho
???i cond district, and thus giro both congress
men to tho democrats.
Senator Colquitt???s hopeful views of tho re
sult in a stato claimed by the republicans and
thoroughly worked up by their local
and national committees, aro in
dorsed by residents of Florida
who have been in the state during the entire
campaign. A few days ago Mr. Edward M.
Hammond, formerly of tho Atlanta bar, but
now practicing law at Orlando, carao to this
city for a short visit. He is accompanied by
his partner, Mr. Andrew Johnson. Mr. Johnson
Is well acquainted throughout Florida and hot
observed tho present campaign with a keen
interest. When asked yesterday by a Coxrti-
TtTioN man what ho thought of tho outlook,he
said t
???Both sides aro doing thoir host. There aro
several elements of uncertainty in Florida pol
itics just now. Ono of them is tho largo in
gress of northern settles sinco our last
???lection. I am convinced that most of thoso
aro republicans. That is they wero so in tho
north. Alter they comoto Florida and meet
our pcoplo they ico tho difference in tho com
plexion of tho two parties. That makes them
J generally voto tho democratic ticket on local
???sues. For this reason I think tho domocratio
state ticket will lead their electoral ticket
much os three thousand votes.??? I
"There is no chanco for the defeat of tho
Cleveland and Hendricks electors, is thcro?"
"I think not. A vigorous campaign has
been made by them and tbeir friends, and
they will carry the state, but by a majority
considerably below that of tho state ticket."
"What about tho rumor that negroea from
Georgia wero to bo run across
the lino and voted????
"There is some talk of that' danger, but I
think we are prepared for it. Wo havo a reg
istration law. To-day is the laat day for rog-
istering. Printed lists of registorod voters
will bo prepared for each precinct. In none
of (bem tho vote Is so largo but that almost
every man can bo identified.
It will bo a hard matter
to ring in the Georgia darkies on ua."
"Will the democrats elect both congress
men?"
Probably, though there will bo a hard
contest in tue second district. Tho first is
ertsinly democratic. In tho second the ro-
>tk??lleans, most of whom are negroes of
course, are organized and led by Con-
f ;rc??ktnan Bisbec. Ho is a bold,
r dustrlotiH worker, a fine organizer, and a
men of ability. He is making a desperate
CURLY BILL
A MAN WHO MADE THINGS WARM
WHEREVER HE WENT.
Tbe Story of His Crimea and Capture???How He
Escaped From Hia Guards???The Qaug He Led
and What They Did-The Men Ha
Killed and How Ha Klllad Them.
strain to return bis scat in congress. llis op
potent is Mr. Dougherty, formerly ot your
state. He seems to be confident of election
and so ere his friends. The chances are in
his favor but it will take ceaseless
work nnd vigilance in all parts
of the district up to tbe ciose of tbe polls to
elect him."
Mr. Ed Hammond considers Dougherty???s
election as pretty certain. He say that some
of tbe best campaigning done for the demo
crats has been the worst of John Graves, who
went from Atlanta to Jacksonville two year*
ego. Graves is a fine speaker, ready,
spirited and intellectually eombattive. Ho is
a candidate for elector at large. Mr. Ham
mond agrees with Mr. Johnson that tho dem
ocratic state ticket will lead the electoral
ticket by a good majority, but he ia confident
of a clean democratic sweep for both state and
federal offices.
The Tale of a Dawk.
From tbe Monroe. Ga., Advertiser.
Some weeks ago. Miss Maude McGough,wno
lives near Forsyth, set a trap for a hawk, bait-
g it with a young chiaken.
lw *
?? o When she went
w jock for it the trap waa gone, also a chain,
about two feet lone, which was attach*! to tbe
trsp, and was tied to a bush. Lut week, Mr.
Thomas McCommon, with a rifle, shot a
hawk which measured four feet and ten inch
es from tip to tip, and had a trap attached to
its foot, with a chain???evidently the trap that
had been set by Miss MeGough. .The trap
was rran dangling beneath the hawk before be
was shot. He bad got caught and carried tbe
trap off with him.
A Murderer Arrested.
Chattancoga, Terns.. October 2\???(Special.!???
Date osILp-ctr. who Murdered Captain Wharton
Campbell county, Eo-t Teona**. in WO, was
??????mtcdlnthis city t&gigbt. The murder was
one of tbe most coldblooded ever committed.
???Yes, things are more quiet now than thoy
used to be, an' I don't look for vory rough
times ahead If I do get elected,??? and tho
speaker, Dave Wood, democratic nominee for
sheriff of Dona Ana couuty, swung his legs to
and fro as ho eat on tho semi-circular stud-
horec poker table of tho Commercial aaloon at
Lai Cruces. A modest kind of a fellow Dave,
not given to bragging or "stuffing tho tender
foot,??? yet a man who has fought in tho van
guard of frontier civilization for nearly a quar
ter of a century. Tall, stout .of muscle, and
large of limb, he is just tho Kind of a man tho
late Rev. Mr. Kingsley would admiro, and
when added to this he enjoys tho wcll-descrvod
reputation of ???being quick on the draw,??? ho
has nearly exhausted the list of frontier vir
tues.
"Were you acquainted with 'Billy the Kid????
queried the scribe.
"Well, I should soy I was. I brouuht him
from Mcsilla, where he was. tried and sen
tenced to be hanged for the murder of Sheriff
William Brady, of Lincoln county, on tho 1st
of April, 1878. Ho was tried for this murder
in 1881, at the March term of tho district
court, and the scntenco was to havo been exe
cuted on the 13th day of tho May following.
Tho killing of Brady was a cold-bloodod mur
der. Brady was crossing tho plaza at Lincoln,
accompanied by George Hindman and J. B,
Matthews, to aunounoo that no court would
be held at the stated April terra. Thoy woro
all armed with rifles. Billy and a companion
had token up a position behind thoadobe wall
ofGunstall Sc McSwecn???s corral, which
manded their approach, and as tho party carno
in range a shower of bullets was fired into
them. Brady vros killed instantly and nind-
man mortally wounded, but Matthews suc
ceeded in making bis escapo. When I brought
the Kid to Lincoln I was accompanied by
Deputy United States Marshal Bob Olingcr,
who was afterwards killed by the Kid,
was killed along with Deputy Sheriff Bell,
another guard. While the guards wero ab
sent, Billy managed to get into the armory,
which was without a sccuro lock, and got a
six-shooter and Olingcr'a shotgun. lie killod
Brady with the pistol and Olingcr with tho
shotgun, seized a horse, and rodo out of town.
The people were too scared to attempt to pro
vent film.
"He must havo been very poorly guarded."
"Well. no. You sco there was no regular
jail at Lincoln, and ho was confined in an old
mdebo two-storied building. Ho was hand
cuffed, except at meals, and had shackles on
him. Unfortunately, ho was ono of tho very
few men who can pass tbeir wbolo hand
through tho same space that their wrist will
puss through, aud so ho could slip his hand
cuffs cl! and on at pleasure. With his hands
free, and with a wretched old door to tho ar
mory that could bo opened with a push, tho
rest was easy.???
"How many men did tho Kid kill beforo ho
was downed himself???? r
"It is hard to soy, but it was over twenty,
He had killed seven betoro lio was soventoon
J cors old. Ho had declared that the next man
e would kill would be 8heriff Tat Garrett, of
Lincoln county. Pat know tho Kid would bo
as good as bia word, an* so he didn't stc
nlng Him until he laid him out col
'*=3
"lio was a tall, dark, largo whiskered fel- r
low, very pleasant in manner, aud just tho
last man you???d take for a desperado.???
"I knew the Clanton gang pretty well,???
continued Davo. "Iko Clanton wdl the loader.
Ho was a watchmaker by trado, but preferred
to be a cattle thief. He had around him a sot
of genuine bard cases. Amoug tbe crowd
were Curly Bill, Cactus Bill, Joliuny Ovcr-the-
Fence, Johnny Oliver, and a lot inoro of tho
samo stripe. Thoy had their headquarters at
Cioverdalc, where tho Clantons had taken up
a ranch. Clovcrdalo Is situated in tho oxtremo
southwestern corner of New Mexico, aud on
tho line of Old Mexico and Arizona. It Ia
right at tho mouth of Guadaloupo canyon,
through which General Crook entered Old
Mexico on his Indian scout last ycao. At first
the gang only stole Mexican stock, which they
left at Cioverdalc until thoy had a chanco to
drive them to tbe Ban Carlo* Indian ageney,
which was their chief morket. Sometimes
they stole thoroughbred American stock, when
tbey bad to set to work and romovo tho
brands.
"The plan was simple enough. A pioco of
blanket was taken ana wrung out after being
dipped in water. A common frying-pan vis
then bested nearly red-hot. Tho wet blank it
was applied over tho brand and tho red-hot
pan pressed bard against it. Tho stoam gen
erated scalded the hair clean off and tho job
was done. In a few months tho hair grew
???gain and a new brand was put on. The samo
plan is adopted by horse thieves. Then again,
the fellows had a kind of branding iron with
which they could chnngo a number ot brands.
I once heard a Texan boast of a man in Pro-
sido county, T exas, who started in only flvo
years ago with two old cows and a branding
Iron, and is to-day worth $100,000. 1 told him
> knew half a dozen men iu New Mexico who
started in with nothing hut tho branding iron
sml are to-day worth $200,000. Tho branding
iron has laid the foundation of msfiy respecta
ble fortunes both here and in Texas.
"ThatC'ianton gang arc pretty well scattered
now,??? continued the deputy sheriff. "Ike
Clanton gave Doc Holliday ond Wyatt Karp
ewoy cn the job of the attack ou the Demon
stage in March, 1881, when the diiver was
killed, and that caused tho freo light between
the Eurp boys aud the Clanton gang on tho
streets of Tombstone. Both sides undo the
country too hot to hold them. All of tho
Clanton crowd not killed are somewhere in
Montana, and the last 1 heard of Wyatt Earp
he was running a saloon in 'Frisco.
"Curly Bill is a pretty hard case. IIo is well
educated, good natared, and quito tho gentlo-
man when he ain???t got too much cowboy's cor
dial on board. Then, though, he's a holy ter
ror. He went up to Shakspeare once and filled
up with rotgut, and then commenced to show
oti bia shoctin*. iio knocked the snots out of
the are of hearts end put three bullets in tho
lame hole, and then bad his pard, Jake Wal
lace, to stand off some twenty leet and let him
knrek half m dollar from between Jake???s thumb
and forefinger. And ho did it every time.
There waa a soldier from FoYt Bowie standing
looking on, an* Curly asked the soldier if he???d
hold up the coin. The blamed fool consented,
???n??? Bill sure enough knocked the coin from
between his fingers, and be asked him to hold
it up again, lie held it up with his right
band, and tbeseeond time Bill shot the thumb
off him, coolly remarking as he replaced his
sun: "Guess I've given yo yer discharge in
full.???
"Yes.??? broke in a genuine cowboy, ono of
tbose who punch cows for a living and not
boles through tbeir owners, "I knew Curly
well up in Grsnt county, an* I never had uo
ute for him. When be was full he didn???t know
his friends from his enemies. Ho tried over
cn the Ban Simon to kill Jake Wallace's horse,
an* all became be felt kinder like killin???some
thing. Jake allowed that he didn't want tbe
plug killed then, ?????? be had some use for him.
'Mcll,* ssjs Bill, ???I guess as how I want to kill
something, an* I may???s well commence on
sou.' But Jake got there first though, and
Kcckiay- went out from Shakspeare with a
buck beard and fetched him In. They seat tor
Dec WocdvHJe to Einer, and Doc he fixed him
up. Dan Tucker waa deputy sheriff at Shak-
speare then, an* be said as bow if BUI would
make a complaint he'd go an* fetch Jake in.
Bill Towed as how he???d make no ^complaint,
but would look after Jako himself. Jako hoard
of this and cleared out while Bill was laid up
for repairs.
"The San Simon is a hard place even to-day,
but wasn't it a terror then,??? continued the
cowboy. "Thero was an old Irishman named
Fletcher, from St. Louis, bought a hole in tho
g round there and started in to mine about tho
mo tho railroad got in. I???m blamed if tho
boys didn't frighten him to death. They kept
ahootin* into his tent, rankin' him dance, aud
leadin' him such a life that he took sick of
fright and died in the military hospital at Fort
Bowie.???
"Yes,??? broke in Davo; "the San Simon waa
lively. Thero waa a little Jemmy Hughes, a
kid of about sixteen, going round with two six-
shooters in his belt, whooping her up with the
best ot them. I think that kid is about the
most infernal young scamp unhung. There
was a man camo to tho valley from California
and took up a ranch. He had a very hand
some young girl, a daughter, about fourteeu
years of oge, end tho kid took up with her and
induced her to run off with him. Tho father
discovered it beforo they had much of a start,
and with a hired man of his followed them up.
Jemmy had a double-barreled shotgun, aud
tbe moment they camo within range he opened
fire and downed the hired man. lie filled him
too lull of holes to skin. The old man thought
he'd make tracks for the ranch. Uo had loft
something undone at homo that required his
immediate attention." " ???The Tot of the San
Simon,??? as tbey callod Jemmy, has come to
S rief at last,??? remarked the cowboy." "Ye
now os how he killed that wife of hia in Clif
ton, Arizona. Ho then lit Out for Old Mexico.
Well, about ton days ago, I waa down to Casas
Grnndes, an* who should I sco soldiering in the
11th Mexican cavalry but tho ???l'et.* Seems
as though he had been caught trying to run
off some stock near Janos, an' had boon sen
tenced to servo in tho army for five years.
H???1 of a country, whore thoy mako|jail-birds
national defenders."
"Something liko Billy Wilson's Zouaves,???
observed a drummer, who had joinod in tho
g roup, "who refused to garrison West Point
ecause it was too close to Sing Sing."
"Did you ever lioar Jako Wallace toll of that
time on the San Simon when he bit off moro
nor ho could chaw???? queried tbe cowboy. A
universal "no??? was the response.
"Well, a lot of tho boys hod jest come in to
the San Simon well heeled. Thoy had run oft*
a bunch of cattle belonging to the Corralitos
company, in Old Mexico, on* had got tho cash
for it, and tbey started iu to havo a high old
time an* whoop her up. They took possession
of a large canvas tent near tho Silver 1???alsco
saloon, an??? thero bein' no women, inaugurated
a stag ball. While thoy were dancing a train
pulled in nn???some of the passengers who didn't
care to invest a dollar on frijoles aud bacon,
attracted by the music, eutored tho tent.
Among the crowd was a regulor dude of a chap
who looked as though he was just walkiu*
around to savo funeral expenses. Jake Towed
as how he???d havo somo fun with him.
"Walkin' up to him lio eovored him with
is gun an* ordcrod him out to danco. Tho
tenderfoot looked ^??t tho gun, looked at Jake,
an??? 'lowed as ho line! to go it. When Jako got
tired of tho fun he asked tho young follow to
take some whisky straight, an* out of a tin
oup, and they went to tho Palaco saloon. Jako
hod ono of those handsomo ivory-handled,
silver-plated Colt's, on* tho young chap asked
him wont it cost. Jako told him $35, an* the
fellow commenced to laugh. He says to Jako,
says ho, *ITn iu that lino myself, a drummer,
an???I could sell you as good a gun for $20.'
Jako bo pulls her out on??? says: ???Not much you
don???t; just look at her,??? an??? hands her over.
The moment tho drummor got tho gun in his
hand ho pulls right down on Jako. ???Now,*
snys ho. ???d???n you, you???ve had your fun, nn???
now I'll have mino. Danco, d???n yo, or I???ll
make a lead mine of yo.??? ???
"Did Jako donco???? r *
"You bet yor sweet lifo he did. . When ho
got through tho drummer asked him out to
hnv?, a drink, an??? says Jako: ???Young man,
whero did yo como from???? ???I???vo just como
from California, said ho. ???11???1/ said Jako,
G thought as how you???d come from Now
Here tho young gentleman who ran tho
stud-horse poker game suggested that ho want
ed Jiis tablo, and tho party adjourned to tho
bar to take a drink and liston to tbe voico of
the dealer calling upon all to take a hand in
tho only game where "tho gentleman wins and
the horse thief losea.??????Laa Cruces, N, M.,
Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wo get letters by every mail
praising the books sent from our
Constitution Library. The cheap
est and best books ever offered.
They arc being taken rapidly.
OINIIOUHK FIUKS.
CLEVELAND ASSAULTED.
The Disappointed .'Applicant for ??? Pardon Lies la
Wait for the Governor nnd Fiercely AeeslU
Him???Tho Orlaln ot the Dlfflonlty???
He le Arretted nnd Held ler Trial.
From tbo America*, Ga., Recorder.
Tbo cotton gin of Ur. William Uirey, about six
miles from this place, on tho Friendship road,
was discovered to bo on fire Friday night about 8
dock. Tho flro wm seen in tho city, and tho fire
alarm founded. The flro caught In tbo lint room,
and in spite of all efforts the home and gin and
six tale* of cotton were consumed. The loss was
about VI,660, with no insurance. ,
From tbe Albany, Ga., News.
Cotton losses follow swift on each other. On
Thondny evening, about six o???clock,*the gin
house under tbe control of Mr. J. W. Armstrong,
gusrdisn for Miss Lollie Mou??*hon, was burned to
the ground. It contained about fifteen Liles of
cotton In the seed, and near a thousand bmhch
of cotton seed, belonging to Mr. D. K. Nolms.
There was 1500 on the cotton, and $T00 on tho seed.
The homo was Insured for 1225 Iu favor of Mr. J.
W. Armstrong, guardian, etc.
IiARNkrr, Oa., 0eU??l??cr22.-(8pcdal.]-0n Thurs-
.w_ ...i *???* *be gin house .of Major Ira
Phelps plantation, this
?????? ??? 4 ???iked
no i uniiafire oti either, and the cause ot tho flru Is
unknown In both
porttons over one . hundred feet. A train
of loaded cars on a sideling would have
teen burned but for tho presonco of mind ot
Mr. Ed O???Brien, who had then omhedout of reach
after the turpentine had been drawn out of them
oil the Hide neat tho fire. Mr. O???llrlcn had the
hair ('ii his head burned wbllo removing the ears
frdin their perilous position to e pIsco of natty.
Tbeir loes is about three thousand dollar!, with
out any insurance. The fire Is supposed to have
caught from a until colored boy lighting a match
In the ginnery to go to lied by.
From the Covington, Ga., Star.
Mr. Joel Hight?????? gin and gin house was burned
d but Tueedsy night, together with fourteen
bales of cotton. It Is not known how the fire orig
inated, as It was not discovered until It was too
late to save anything from it. He had no Insur
ance, and the loos fulls very heavy upon Mr.
Right. UU lose was about f f ,W).
FIELD A Ml) FOREST.
From the Summerville, Ga., Gazette.
Jim Bock Gilbert lost week went bunting tour
consecutive nights and caught twenty-four 'pos
sums.
Not long ago a hawk pounced on a chicken In
the yard of Mr. Comp, near J. If. Loveless*. 5Ir.
Cerop???s eight year old son ran up, struck It on tbo
back of the neck with a paling and killed ft. It
mearuted over four feet from tip to tip.
G?? orge W. Tyler while paddling up Rtccoon
mill pond last week, saw a %:ornin??*U'??ti iu the
water. Paddling up gently, he resche l down,
??? * y the toil, jerke lit Into tho
9 tilled It. ft mensured four
teen Inches otic woy, seventeen tbo other, au<l
weighed tbltty-fire pounds. Its bead was four
inches across.
From the BTackdtear, G*., News.
On lint Friday morning Mr, Fred T. Ctson went
out to his field to pick ness. He bad Just com
??? felt a ???
Albakt, N. Y., October 20.???As Governor
Cleveland was going from tho executive man
sion to the capitol, at nine o???clook this morn-
ing f ho was assaulted in front of the medical
college on Eagle street, by Samuel Boone, of
Elmira, who struck at him with
his right hand. Tho blow waa
warded off, and tho man repeated the attempt
several times, without hitting tho governor's
face. He then darted towards a pile of cobble
stones, but was intercepted by George H.
Ilnughton, before ho could obtain a missllo.
Boone then returned to attack tho governor,
when Dr. Haughton seised and held him, and
the governor leisurely resumed his walk. Dr.
Haughton then released Boono, who quickly
wont to his boarding houso on Lancaster
street, where he was arrested shortly afler.
Dr. Haughton overtook tho govornor and
converted briefly with him about tho assault.
The governor then proceeded to the capitol
and wen^ to work, alluding only casually
to the matter to tho attaches of the office. In
the police court Boono pleaded not guilty, and
asked for two days to prepare his case, as he
wonted to telegraph to Judgo Boardman Smith,
of tho supremo court, to defend him. The
coso waa put dswn for Wednesday afternoon.
TOR CAl'SK or TUB ASSAULT.
Boone has been seeking n pardon for his
brother-in-law, Byron B. Fnirbank, sentenced
tetivo years nt Auburn for* shooting Into
crowd assembled near his houso ami soriously
wounding a boy. Boono and his wilo callod
on tho governor at Elmira during his rocent
visit to the stato fair nnd asked for tho pnrdon
of Fairbanks. Tho governor said ho would
look tho matter over when ho roturned to
Albany. Ho communicated with District
Attorney Stancbfield, of Chemung county,
who expressed liimsolf os strongly opposed *
granting it. ns ho did not think thoro we
any grounds of clemency.
TUB ASSA1LART TURKS UP.
About a week or ton days after tho gover
nor???s return hither Boone turned up. Tho
governor told him ho had not reached tho
case. Boono made somo threatening romarks
and retired. He followed tho governor back
and forth to tho exeoutivo munsion that day,
nnd declared that ho would not loavo till ho
got tho pnrdon. Finally ho disappeared.
THK IRTkRVlKW WITH PAlKDANk???S SIST2R.
Thla evening tho excltomont over tho as
sault on Governor Cleveland has largoly
abated. Tho condition of Mrs. Boone, who
hos bcon suffering from hysteria sinco her In
terview with the governor a week ago to-day,
is not dangerous. Tho statomout that sho was
injured by tho govornor during hor iutorriow
is entirely untrue.
When ho told her he could not pardon hor
brother without investigation, and that tho
esse must take its turn, she flow at him and
attempted to scratch his face. He sin
seized her by the wrists and sat her down
chair, saying: "Why,you poor,foolish woman,
why don???t you behavo yoursolr????
Mrs. Boone was then led Into tho ante
room, where she fell upon tho lloor in a fit of
hysterics. 8ho was not injured further than
sustaining some bruises Inllioted upon horsulf
during her struggles.
FAianARKs raoHouKOin iksakr.
Fairbanks, for whom she sought pardon,
appears also to be a crank. The govornor to
day received a dispatch from tho warden of
Auburn prison, stating that Fairbanks has
been pronounced insane by medical experts,
and has been transferred to tho Insnnodepart
ment.
BOONE IN COIJRT.
Governor Cleveland Declines to Proseeut??
Ills Assntlnnt.
A lbakt, October 22.???Boono, the assailant
of Governor Cleveland, was arraigned bofore
Justice Gutmann, at the pollco court, at fivo
o???clock this alter noon. The courtroom was
thronged by a curious crowd. Boono, who
looked careworn, asked aud obtained permis
sion to mako a statement. Uo said he had
been greatly worried over bis brother's case,
and hqd scarcely slept for aoreral nights.
He admitted that bis conduct had been hasty,
and said he waa sorry for what bo had done,
lie also insisted that ho never intended doing
the governor any harm. Justice Gutmann
???aid lie hud received a letter from Governor
Cleveland, stating that he had , no desire to
J irosccute the prisoner, and recommending
cnlcncy. Boone was thon discharged, lie,
with hia wife and father-in-law, left this
evening for home.
AND THE IIAIN9 FELL.
WAYS OF THE WICKED.
mei ncd work, when be
slurp p*in in hfs
be never suffered such pain In bis 1
section. During the morning very thick
clouds were blown from tho west and at noon
a stiff breeso blew drops of rain against tbo
window panes and flecked tlio housetops and
streets. From clovated places a long gray
streak several miles away* toward tho west
could be seen looking like an immense fog.
It was tho ruin slowly making its way toward
the city over the parched fields and hills
that for seventy-four days had not
been watered, At a quarter past twelve a
Lig clop ol thunder seemed to churn the clouds
together, and a moment later tbo wind was
whisking tho "liquid sheets??? on all sides, and
the piles of dual that lay nn tho houso tops
was taken up on tho svator's erest and sent
with the gushing streams down tho gutters,
mo king the water, red with the dust.
Wednesday a Corrtitutiow man asked Cajv
tain R. J. Redding, of the department of agri
culture, what the damage by tbe drought bad
been. He said:
It has cut off the cott'm crop about fifteen
per cent, cut off tho pea crop about half, cut
off the sweet potato crop about a third, pre
vented tbo sowing of early fall osta so that in
north Georgia the chances for a full crop are
???light, cut off tbe late clover crop,
hicb, however, did not amount
> much, prevented tho sowing of
turnips and dried up tho pastures. It has
been quite a bad drouth.???
"Colonel Richard Deters says the weather
conies to suit him as well as if ho had tho
ordering of it.???
"That may bo the case with him, but It hao
not been with me,??? said A(r.[tedding, "i have
been
WATCH!KO TlfR HBASOKS
for a long time, and I never saw but ono year
that I did not think I conhl have improved,
so far as tho rain was concerned, and that wael
1859. Tho rains all suited me that year, but
tbey never exactly suited mo before nor since.
As a usual thing, you will find a settlement
will hardly ever agreo exactly as to when
rain is needed.???
"This settlement seems to bo agreed that
tbh one wes needed."
???Yes; there icems to bo no division of opin
ion as to this rain."
It is not generally known, but it is a fact
nevertheless that tbo rainiest jurt of Georgia
is Rabun Gap. Six feet of rain fslle there
yearly. Tbe lowest rainfall is at Swainsboro,
where tho rainfall Is forty inchost yearly.
Ifli? Ths Southern Confoderaejr Failed.
General Beauterard In theCentuiy.
"We needed for president either a military man
of a high order, or a politician of the first claw
(such as Howell Cobb) without military preteu-
It is but another of the many proofs teat tlm
direction may readily go wlln pbyikwl court**,
???bd tost the passive oetetufve policy stay make a
long agony, but can never win a war.???
Chicago, October 22.???Shelby C. Price, tho
tho son of cx-Sheriff Price, of Davidson coun
ty, Tennessco, was arrested here to-day charg
ed with the murder ot James J. Raymer. Ho
denies all knowledge of tho affair.
James J. Raymer, tho twelve year old son
of F# L. Raymer, of East Nashville, disap
peared on the ovening of October 4th, having
in his possession an envclopo containing $50,
which ho had been sent to put in his uncle's
sale. Diligent search was made but no traco
was found until October 14th, when aa Mr. A.
A. McEwin was walking on tbe railroad be
tween the first and second mile posts, his at
tention was attracted by a nauseating odor
coming from a culvert. Ho went
down to tbe opening of tho culvert, and
to his horror saw within tho body of a dead
person. Tho coronor was summoned. Tho
jury and the coroner examined the premises
ana discovered signs of blood, both en the
track and tho rooks bclqw, and evidences
that tho body within tho culvert had bsfin
dragged thero and shoved or pushed acme dis
tance back into the opening. Further exami
nation revealed tbe tact that tho body had
been forced feet foremost into tho orifice, tho
arm! extending backward over tho head.
The remains had evidently been thoro for a
number of days, as thoy wero greatly
decomposed. when tho body was
taken out it was found to bo that of a boy
about twelve years of age, barefooted and
without a coat. The right jawbone was broken
and other evidences ol foul play wero discov
ered. Tho boy???s hat had been thrown into tho
cnlvert beyond whero tho body lay, and by
his side was an unmarkod envelope. Tho
pants pocket on tho right sido was turned out-
ward, showing clearly that tho body had boon
robbed. His vest was rolled around his neck,
showing tho tody had been drawn by tho foet,
tho head dragging tho ground. A verdict of
death at unknown hands was returned. It
was subsequently ascertained that the remains
wero thoso of young Ilaymor.
Tho evidence against Price is based chiefly
upou a cluo obtained by tho nolioo last Satur
day evening from Dick Averitt and John
Vcrtrees. Ab.ut fifty yards east of tho troitlo
they found a peculiarly made German
silver buckle, which Shel Prico has
worn H on tho leather band around the som
brero which ho brought homo with
.him from Montann six weeks ago. This som
brero wan tbo admiration of tho tho boys of
East Naahvillo. and especially little Jimmie
Raymer, who find long been desirous of going
out west to fight tho Indians, and had listen
ed with great eagerness and interest to
Price's account of his experiences os
a cow- boy * in Montana. Tho buckle
was easily identified as that which
had fallen Irom Prico???a hat, boenuso it boro his
name, the loiters "Price,??????seemingly scratched
with a knife on the faco ot it. lio had oitou
showed this to hi* young acquaintances in East
Naahvillo and told them how ho had engraved
this nomo on tho bucklo whiio sitting down
on tho plains by a flro mado of buffalo chips,
several hundred miles from suy other human
being.
It waa also stated that whon tho moon rose
on the Saturday night, October 4, Prico an-
E eared at the cabin of a negro woman who
new Him, not far from the cmvert, in which
Jimmie Raymer's body waa found, and asked
for water with which to wash his hands. Tho
woman handed him a wooden pail full of wa
ter, and sho noticed that thero wero somo
blood spots on his hands. Sho asked him if ho
had been shooting dovcs,upon which,it is said,
ho turned around and offered the woman fivo
dollars In silver to say that she had not
seen him. Sho promised that aho would not
do this anyhow, and he thereupon shook tho
water from his hands, returned tho sil
ver change to hia pocket and strodo out of
the house, hurrying towards Naahvillo. When
arrested Price denied any knowledge of tho
crime, saying he is a sou of John L. Price,
deputy sheriff ot Nashville, from which
place he returned to Chicago, Septerabor 27,
en route for Montano, where ho has boen
herding cattle ou tho Mussol Shoals range.
Ills FI rat Hide.
From tho Marietta, Ga., Journal.
Wo aro all creatures of circumstances, which
accounts largely for tho differenoo in individ
uals. There aro some poor fellows whoso ad
vantages have boon so limited that they aro
absolutely ignorant ot how to act when tbey
advanco out of tho backwoods into the glare of
tho town. On Monday last a tall, gawkv,
youg follow camo to town to tako tno
afternoon paaaengor train going
north. Evidently it was to he his first
ride, judging from tho blundering process
with which ho went about it. Just boforo
tbo train arrived, be was aeon standing with
hia mouth wide open and hia hands stuck
deep in his pockets, as if he had to soo with
hia mouth aa well as hia eyes, and his money
would get out of his pocket if ho didn???t hold
It down. Whon the train rolled up puffing
and blowing, tho astouished young man
found himself without a ticket, doubtless not
willing to part with bis monsy for fear tho
train wouldn???t come. Some one told him
whero he could buy a ticket and he wont hill
tilt for thb ticket office. Iio got hie ticket
end camo running back lust in timo to aeo
tbe train moving off. Ho mado a dash for
tbe first car, which waa tbo mail oar, and ho
climbed in at the open sido door. As ???Undo
Bam??? doesn???t allow intruders ambng tho
nt picked him up and threw
ground, falling on his knees
and hands. Ho scrambled up out of the dust
???ud grabbed hold of tho railing of tbo btggago
ear and pulled himiulf up ou tho etops, and
with frightened look ho held on with both
hands for fear somebody else would tnrowhim
off. The train soon passed out of sight, and
we trust he got to his destination without any
Airtber miihaj).
THE ISLANDS OF THE SEA.
Tlio Agriculture of Tahiti???Missionary and
Ollier Work.
WAfuuNGTow, October *A???Commander Yates
Sterling, commanding the United States steams
ship Iroquois, In a dispatch dated Hay tl, Septem
ber jo, reports the arrival of hie verael at that
, having stopped two (lays on the way at
Illava. At that piece the usual vLI ti wero
ezcliHURid with tbe French authorities. The res-
ids ills compel tbe natives to work. They aro re
quired to plant so many cotton trees a year, or do
a certain amount of work ou tho road. All tho
businos ot tho port Is done by two !mu*w, ono
tier men, tbo other American. The value of tbe
exports ibis year,It la (staled,will amount to about
fl,?0u,000.
???t Commander Bterllng ssys tho French coloniza
tion ichcnics do not seem lobe progresring very
micmsfully at Tablta. Hindi* and coprahs are tho ???*
chief ex|*jrts. \ cry little cotton Is grown on tho
ilium), and only sugar enough fur home conoitnp-
C binsmen grow most of tbe cotton. VanQ-
e growing baa beert introduced lntoT.ihlte,
but hss net been successfully grown- It roqulree
-rat rare aud cultivation, os each flower hts to
-.kbamiltd or thet??ollcu will be scattered. In
MixUo humming blhJs perform Mil* operation.
There Is an establishment lor desslcatingcoc'Maut
mist. It Is all shipped to San FrancLoo.
That city base trade with TabUi amounting to$0.
lio ii month, principally In lumber, provisions and
oil. The English Protestant* sad the missionaries
have been at work for along time, and mostof tbe
natives ere of the Protestant persuasion. The
Catholics have lately erected several substantial
churches, with school* attached, and aro working
zealously. Tho king was oni or town when the
vessel arrivtd, but on tils return, Ola man-ler
and Australia, reaching Sydney by
November 1st. The health of the officers end crew
wm excellent.
TUE EARLY FROST
i yesterday
i but
From tho He raison, Ga., Banner.
Unde Johnny Jordon rays there wu frost at hia
house last Thursday night.
From the Washington, Ga., Gazette.
Tbe first frost of the season was sc
morning by those who arose early.
From the Jasper County, Ga., News.
Jack Frost mode bis first visit this i
Thursday morning. *
From the MURdgcvflle, Go., Chronicle.
On Thursday meaning, 16th Instant, wo hod tho
first Poet of tho season. It wm small, but distinct
and tangible to sight and feeling. Seventy or
eighty years ago. aa old people tell osl II jrax not
- - tommoo tfclng to have a kilting frost by the
tbeGeorgi* state election, which was the
first Monday in October. Thoro has been a marked
clisogc lu our seasons since that time.