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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.