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Newspaper Page Text^“THE CONSTITUTION. VOL. XVIII. "WEEKLY EDITION— ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY MOltNING, OCTOBER 27 1885. PRICE FIVE CENTS. GRANT AND JOHNSON. THS QI8T OP AN AFTER-DINNBR CONVERSATION. Vboanaoy K. Vopow VirratM a OoaronoUoa,' Which Grant Want Over Hla Fmoul and Political Halation a With and raw John* eon-Bom a Qoaav Havel aUona, 'M ■ N«w Vow, October 2.—Hon. Chauncey M. Drpcw bu tarnished the press tbs follow tag open letter to Colonel F. D. Grant! Nxw Vow, October 11 -My Dear Colonel: In answer lo yonr request for the particulars of a conn nation I had with yonr father.and to which I allddcd In a speech before the chamber of com. mcrce, tho following ta my best recollection! About four years ago I sat beside General Grant at dft cer. There wen many courses alowly .err ed and the entertainment fasted sereral hoars. Wo dfictused many matters suggested by hit tiarcla around the world and among other things be said to me, that when tn China, Prince Kang, Who was regent and the real ruler during the mi nority of the emperor, told Mm of their contra- versy with Japan, War was about to be declared, and the prince thought It would be a long and blood] one, and ashed General Grant If he would act as arbitrator. The general declined for want of time, bnt principally beoause ha was a prlrato person, and had no power to enforce hla decision. lie surges ted, howarcr, terms of compromise. When In Japan shortly alter, the mikado's ministers told their .aide ol the trouble,- and rereated tact that several of the Inropean governments wen actively stirring up strife oh both aides, hoping to benefit by war. The asm. request wag made to him on the partol the Japanese govern, ment to act as arbitrator, and In again deeltainghe stated the substance of the compromise he had advised tor China. The two nations adopted snb- atanttally the terms proposed by General Grant, and a disastrous conflict waaaverted. ns uoiuD to ardriw johrsow. The conversation drifted into the consideration ol bis relations with President Andrew Johnson. Tho narrative of this period was one ol ths most graphic descriptions to which 1 ever listened, and It Is nulortnnate tor history and posterity that It cannot bo preserved as It wsa told. It had the local coloring ol conversations with and state ments by tbe chief acton, and of tbe situations of tho parlies and persona as tho events occurred, invaluable as a portraiture and estimate ol tho times. I laid in my address that General Grant performed services to his country which wen unwritten quite [as important ae any tbit were recorded, and I think thla narrative will bear mo oat. This Is the sabalance ol the ' Story: Johnson began the day after the assassination ol Lincoln (to loudly proclaim at' all times and Places, with constant reiteration, tho Shibboleth "ticasos la odious and must bn punished, and khechief rebels ehall bn bang.” To giro ellect to this sentiment, as soon as ho vrai Inaugurated, ho Insl.ted upon tho United Slates courts In Virginia finding ndlotmenta against all the leading members olthe confed eracy. Ho also wanted tho officers in tho rebel* army, who bad left tbe regular army to Join tl rebellion, to be summarily dealt with by tl court martial. These movements ol thepresl. dent nrodneed tbe greatest', consternation throughout the south. The confederate leaders UoSAwtcd .o Grant -to procoet tbau- on ibu parole he had given, llo saw Johnson on tbe aobject, only to be informed that tbo president was, by tbe constitution, commander In chief ol tbe army, and that anythlog dona by tba commending general oa the Held was dona subject to hit approval or rejection, and he rejected thetorms General Grant urged that the rebels had surren dered an these conditions, disbanded their organ isations, submitted universally to the altnatlon, and were earning ont In good faith their part 0 tbaigrotmant: and every consideration, both ol honor and expediency, demanded equal good faith on tba part of tbe government. The other oonna would have led to an endian guerrilla war. fare, conducted In a country admirably adapted for It by desperate and hopeless man. OUR SURDS IR TUX aOXACH. Johnson onstlnately adhered to hla view, and aainmed the authority ol commander, when Grant flatly told Mm that It thare ware to bo any court martial, one might be called for General Grant flrst; that he would by every mesas ;ia his power protect his parole, and appeal to congress and the cauntry. f n the hslt called by thla atti tude ol General Grant, a vary remarkable ebanga occurred In tbe views and policy ol President Jobnton. General Grant duoovered that the most frequent and favored visitors to tho white house were the men whom the president bad proscribed, In the general's opinion Johnson's loy alty was subordinate to, 11 not entirely dependant upon Ma Intense hatred ol the slavn holding oligarchy. He was a poor whlto, bad bean a Jouueyman tailor, and, notwithstand ing tba distinguished publio position hohadheld, bo could not break through tbe clase barrier, and was treated so clearly with contempt by this proud aristocracy. When they plunged Into re bellion be saw bis opportunity. Ho believed In thepowerof the government, and thought the tlmobad com* when he oould defeat hla aaamloi. Conflicts their property, humiliate their pride and possibly destroy them. Ths abtorblnj am bition and passion of Ma Ufa had bean to be re ccivcd and treated u one ol them by tbe ollgsr- cliy. Having filled In that, and infrared Insult and Indignity In the ellort. ba bieama the most vindictive ol men. Ho taw them foiled In their rebellion, defeated and Impoverished, end now be wanted to kill them. While he was devising meant to overcome General Grant's resistance to this last purpose, tbe leaders ol tba old feudalism called on Mm. They admitted their termer treat, ment of him, and Justified lb They said that fa eU tges and countries where caste dlettnctioDB existed, conditions were al- ways possible wMch promoted men who had achieved success from the lower lot) the noble older. As president of tbe United States he be- . carte, regardless of birth or ancestry, not only a member of their order, but Its leader. Johnson v as wildJwlth delight-ambition and pride were \ both satisfied. JORXSOR TURKS BIS COST, -d He became as anxious to stuteln and psrpotn. ate, In acme form, a system which had given the .' highest lodtl and political distinction tn a few gnat families as b# bad btan to destroy It. Grant dtdnothaveto wait long for tho formulation of his plan. Tba president sent for him andsstd that Ufa radiealjmeasurcs of congrats were revolu tionary and would destroy the country. The war was over and tba republic wanted peace, and tb at wss possible only by a union of all the ssotOns Tba provisional governmen tsfpravlde-1 tor tbo se ceded states were temporary, and without constitutional authority, and the state■ bal all the rights and ehonld poeess all ths prweri they had before the war. Ha had perfected a scheme to aeomplkk tbit result, and without- «al Grant's asskUnos. Its sueotat was soured. He could, by a proclamation Hinct tbo rebel statu to tend to Washington th-lr Roll quota ot senators and representatives. Hi had ssremaacas from enough members from the ! north, who, untied with them would mabt a quo- I rum ol ossa house at least, tl not both. Ton con- gnu Urea formed, fco would reeonlxa and la- rtsl at the capital- It tb* other northern members did cot choose *o Join they would be a power tarn sump mentlng u> some haU. oscar DEcuxxa to acclrr. To the general's suggestion that tkta would "They who do It will be ths rebels, but II you sustain me, teals trace Is Impoeslble■" Heappealed to Grant to stand by him In the crisis .and they would be tbe lavlon ol the repub lic. Alter endcavorteg for a long time In vain to convince tbe president ol tho folly ol snob a course, and Ha certain failure, no matter who snatalncd It, Grant finally told him ho would drive the congress •ooonstitnted ont olthe Capi tol at tho point ol the bayonet, givo possession ol tbe building to tbo senetore and representatives from the loyal statea and protoot them. If nscea (try he wonld appeal to the country and to the army he had so recently mastered ont of service. Johnson asked bln II ho did not lecognlie the powers vested In the president by the eonstltntlon, and if he wonld rcluae to obey the commander tn chief. General Grant said that under inch elrcnm •lances he most certainly wonld. Shortly after- ward the president sent (or Genertl Great, and said to him that ths relatione of ont government with Mexico were very delicate, and than wished him to go to the City ol Ifextoo at once onavery Important mission. The general knew thla was to get hi n out ol the way and pnt It In the power olihe president to call ax hlaeucceeior to Wash. Ington some officer npon whom he eonld rely. He replied that II tbe appointment was a diplomatic one, be declined it. II It was military, he relneed to obry, became the general ol the army coaid not be ordered to go oat olthe country when we areatpesce. Tbo interview was a stormy one, bnt the subject was dropped. Oce day tbe gener al was rent west on a tour ol Inspec tion. Ba knew General Sberman wss Ho bo Mi snooesor, and In him ha tbad absolute confidence. Tho outspoken loyally -fifthat great soldier prevented tho subject ever Icing renewed. It If at thla date needless to speculate upon whst might have happened had General Grant acttvaly assisted or passively obsyed tbe president. No one doubts the oonrage and obstinacy ot Andrew Johnson, and only a man of equal Urmneas and determination eonld havt prevented a most calamftfons and naforlnoatc strife at tba most critical period ol lb* rec; ns trac tion of ths republic. Yours very truly, Chaokciy H. Oxriw, nXD ORAKT'S ANSWER. New York, October 90,-Hoar Mr. Dopowi I -m In receipt of yonr letter, and thank yon for yonr rcipomo to my tequeat. I have read yonc Colonel William o. Hoar* Talks. WasniROToK. October 21 Colonel William G. Moore, President Johnson's private snore- tary, was Interrogated by a reporter of an evening paper today, regarding the disclos ures by Cbanoey Dopew, concerning the din ner table conversation with General Grant. His attention waa npeolally called to the statement that President Johnson endeavored to compel Gi-ucrab Grant to go on a mission to Mexico, with a view to keeping him away from Washington at tho tim* congress assem bled. "I have a note book full of memoranda about that Mexican trip,” ho replied. “It •hows that President Johnson assnred .General Grant that whila the prattle* of hit presence on the trip to ‘ Mexico wss desired, it would be so arranged as to permit bis rotnra before eongressmet. Regarding tho prominent part whleh De- pen’e statement alleges President Johnson’s oeslro to curry favor with tho scuthorn aris tocracy j-lpyod In his course in dealing witt^ sbwe.'efeo.ed lead,-re; CojipicJ^^TWre skid: There was no ninn in publio life who at tacbed less importance to aristocracy or was in more perfect sympathy with tho people. President Johnson was essentially n mtn of the people, and acted with them. Ha did net curry favor with the southern aristocracy al any lime, and I cannot remember that the southern erlstoorata ware ever conspicuous et the whit* honso. I do not think that any of tho first families ol tho sonth srsocisted with President Johnson dating his administration who would not havo dona so before. I record nearly all these statements •• unjust to President Johnson, and contrary to my experience and knowledge of him.” N. W. Warden, who was assist ant private accrelary of Presl dent Johnson, being questioned on the same subject, said ha waa sorry to think that Mr. Depew had given ooior tn tho state ment made to him by .General Grant. "Thera is no question that Mr. Johnson said that treason should bn msdoodioas,bnt I do notbolievo that bo wanted to go as far ss this statement of Mr. Do pew's would iodioat*,was his intention. Mr. Johnson, in his younger days, was much opposed to ths aristocracy of tho scuth, bnt I think his ma'.nrer views changed in this particular.” deneral Bberman's Secret. Prom the St Louis Republican. Tho opera, letter written by Cbennoey M. De- pew, of New York, to Colonel Fred Grant, re calling a conversation of an Interesting nature between Gs natal Grant and |tha writer, wss re garded on tho streets yesterday as a valuable war contributlsn to current literature In tbe course et the letter Mr, Depew statea that General Grant waa tnstrnmental In saving tbe country from a second civil wee by taking e tout eland tgslnil President Johnson’s policy POINTS FROM PICKENS. Drsesfptfon ot loopm and tbo Barroaadlag Ocnstry—El»« Cotton ud Blookads Wbiiky -Tho Marblt s«ds and HowTaijiri Woiktd-Tbt Bleb Mountain*. toward* lbs parole i confederate oGlccr«, and by ~ - Johnson's plan to reatora > full participation in tba im tiikht for an opinion of tbe letter. "I have ncthlnx to say," replied ho, "I don’t want to be luteiviewcU about tbt matter at all. 1 krow all about ft and have the paper* arranged aid filed an ay. Bull won't ta.k to you or aiy living soul about that dreadful matter; .no, not for a million dollars." 'Tcihupa you can talk about some'portions ‘•No, air, I cannot, and I would ba much pleased 1 f my name waa not mentioned in counooiUa with this affair.'* . . |'Bnt Mr. Depew tees a to bo perfectly willing to "Weil, that's bis affair, not mint. Yon will (tally have to excuss me now. Good evsolDg," and General Sherman made hla exit from toe room Jn which the conversation occurred. General kherman spoke In the tone o! a man * ... • * rUen to be drawn from hla language waa that he waa lolly acquainted with tba particular* of the case, but TTbst VlcevFresldcnt Hendrick* Bay*. IVDiAvarous, October 24.—The Newa thla after noon contain* an Interview with Vice-President Hendrick* about the etory pnt Into circulation by Chauncey M. Depew to the effect that President Andrew Johnson contemplated the establishment of a congress, composed entirely of rebel sympo- tbiavra. That story won't do," said Mr. Hendricks, and pnbllc opinion wUl not anstatn any anon rr n oV t Jmbini lh of l j5?ni'J', 4 ^nI^r a ‘i 1 .W ccnvtuatlon with Mm on th. subject riUrrel M by Dcmw, I sm sure that Johnson hat no snob coMtitnUor.a* 0 1'tlmkMr. Lincoln Usd tntavla* alio, X bar- eo doubt that Johnson wanted Mr. Stanton re R -.red, bnt It was on personal ground* lor me- were. not Irfcnds. I c.tract I,,llcra be bad any eoeC pnraoaa as skat attifbotcd to Mm, ana I never heard It CD-retd before lb* last frwdsyt. It ta am likely -hattiirfc in Important political matter ornld have remained .secret tor twenty years. I have read various ataumenta .boot It u paaan, inn lam Inclined tn give tba greatest credence to I Judge Goodring, of Grenitld, whom etton about such nattera Is always ace orate, esdwbowae Urn la a position to know watt PresldcLt Jobnaoss wanted to da" From tbe streeta-tbo plural Is correct—ot Jas per, Pickens county, a variety of boantlfnl and impressive scenery stretches out or rlseanp ba. fora the eye. Jasper ltuil is set npon a MU, with wide, uneven valleys watered by branobes ot the Etowah on either (Ida; and beyond, towards tho cast. Is a great moan tain wall, locally known Long Swamp range. It la a epnrof the BtooRldgo, and Grassy Knob, oneof Itiprotuberances,stands over two thousand feet higher than the top of tho clock tower on onr Capitol; thereat ol tb* raigo ft only lets elevated; and as a bird files lies about five mUea distant from Jaaper hill, with no intervening object to mar the view. The grandeur and rare beauty of tho mighty wooded bills fo a perfect Indian summer air It Jasper's present glory, Towsrd tbo west detached peaks loom up, but; distance robs thorn ot the tints antnmn, and to the people of Jasper thoy are sim ply great bins silent outposts. In a spot so favored man shonld ha hippy,pros perous and virtuous. Bath* Is not. Tho truth Is, be rarely It; and tbe men of Pickens are not cxceptlonaL t tending in thesrorm, haxy air of ths delightful day, wesnggnted tosleadlng elti- sen the delights of Hla in tbe country, and b» proceeded at once to enlighten ns and to rob us of Ibesentlment we bad accumulated. "Before the war,” raid tho sage, "when there wuno rail, road, nothing bnt men and monntalnt, tho peo ple In tbe western part of tba county mads to bacco. Every farm hid its own drying honsoAnd tb* sweet, pure tobacco of the mountain slopes fonnd rttdy tale, In this, tho eastern part of the oonnty, wo raised corn and wo'fad tbe corn to many hogs. Not a bale of cotton did w* grow in the entire county up to the cloce ol the sear. Now tbo west makes hundreds, If not thousands, of baler, and onr corn ' is tamed Into wbleay, and onr people In contlnnons conflict with the government; and today there Is leu contentment, less happlnr lets wealth In the county than there was thirty years ago.” Under the shsdosn of tbo uncomplalnlngmonn- tains King Cotton had taken a partner, and the twain were getting in their work. Blockade whis ky and all cotton) Put do yon really mean to say there art Illicit stills In tbe neighborhoodt'.' Well, sir, I don't reckon yon’d have to go ao mighty far to find ont." Tbe Wend at tbe editorial elbow ref osod to bo more explicit. Ho oould not say he had ever seen Illicit smoke rising from the dark reaaeeaof tho bread tacked hills !u front of us. Ha eonld toll us Just how high blaboniestood above lido; loe government officials htd given him tha length In teat and tenths of a toot; ba knew the height ot every peak; but no geodetic survey bad located tbo blockade stills, and 10 of course he eonld not •Ptak officially, and It was plain he was not pro; pars* to fornlrh on the spot accurate lnlormatlon of an unofficial nature. But when tho calm, losjoatlo bcsntlos of Grassy Kr.ob nnd Bberp mountain, and tho rest of tbe ^.rw:, rt j.ong P&i-mp raffle wertf' presentedat home to an ex revenue official: "Yes," ssld he, "it Is ell very flnoss you raw It! 1 but lint and last In thM range fully two bundred Illicit dlstlllcrlrsbavo been either raptured or destroyed, and tkMO le scarcely a glen of either slope ol tbe mountains that baa not Its own stories ol raids and even battles. Tbs adventuress of moonshiners sid revenue scouts In that one ret y.e, peaceful at It koked to you, would a velum* that would read like romanco filly yet rs hcnct. But that was five years ago,boloro tbs railroad came, before the beds of msrbls won an- covered; now, very little Illicit wbleky Ismtds In tbe Long Swsmp mountain#. Tho moonshine folks bsvs fallen back to other rangers. Bat stUI I wonld advise yon to contlnno tha study ol tbo mountains Horn jour first outlook. A closer In- rpectlon might lead to more fun, but It might not be so healthy.” Cora whisky Is not howtvei dear In Pickens. A ball-gallon Jog- so those say who hare triad tbe txparlmcnt-can ba entrusted toona of tbo boys of tbo neighborhood, and ba will return It filled st a cost of thirty cents. At tbs government Is entitled to forty-five cents from that quantity of liquor, It Is very difficult to make tho ruling prices of tba Pickens market and enttraobadlanca to the laws of tbo lahd consist. There Is a dis crepancy and this discrepancy oltontlmes In volves rlflee and shot Rons and dobs, and a con dition nl things that border! on war. There Is no war however In tbo valleys that Us among tbo mountains War In Pickens clings to tbe mountain strongholds, where wild turkeys •bound, and tear and deer tie not altogether un known. Down below all all la emtllng and beau tiful, end tbe proud claim It often beardt "This Is the white man’s county.” They present tho claim In a literal ernes Ex-Gnsger Tandy WII- klneon stayed tour months In tbo western isrtol tbe county, and In all tbattimo ba saw only three nrgioce. In tbe eastern end there are very few, and tn Jasper tbore •re , not enough, ssld on* citizen, to do "tbe wishing'' All told there are-lese thin thirty colored voters In tbe county. Or rather there were less thin that number; for the marble beds bare recently attracted from Cobb and other counties perhaps as many mors Tbe marble beds! Long Swamp Doha down neon them, bnt tbo mighty bills osnnot preserve them Intact any longer. Capital and entarprlM and Invention bare Invaded tba land, and It !g thought there art people living who will witness • reconstruction In old Pickens thst will dethrone both cotton and whisky, and Mills granaries and plant orchards, and make It tha garden spot that ratnre Intended It should be. Whst bu been dona tn Vermont Is possible In Pickens. In and atont Bntland, Vermont, 0.009 work men are engaged Is tba marble trade. Why iball there not ba 6,000 skilled or hardy loilera In Pickens, where tha beds are sim ply exbsuatlns, tbecolonot the rock more va ried, and tbe conditions o! mining leu expensive and difficult? It Is not known bow many acres,or rather mile#, ol mtrbl* there are In tba flald, became It bu not been folly explored, bnt ft ta known tkat the sup ply la equal to all demands, present or prospect ive Within a law jarda of on* another an fonnd the various colors anewn In fbs merbla trade, namely, tha j ink, the amber, Ihtwbita end blue, tbewbtte, ard a bln tinged with white, and tba variegated red, white and bine They era all than in gnat thick layers without sum or flaw. Tba pink quarry of the Geoigla marble company la but "a step” from tba quarries of blue and gray marbles. Tha quality of oven tb* luiftc* layers Is said to ba acceptable to dealen; and tba experts siy thst wbsn tbequsrry la deeper pur* wbll* statuary msible will be found In abandonee. If this shonld prova to be tba casa, Pickens oonnty will qnlta overlook tb* thin strata* of Varment, and pea- para to do battle with tha bouldan of Italy tn tba markets of tha wotld. Hew differently three Chicago folks go at It," said Colonel Stephan 0, Tata, u w* rod* dawn the slg-sag road to the quarries. "When I gave the drat company tnstcamotomo a right to got marble, they sought for bouldera on tho hill-side; hat theta men reject boulders u fall cl flswt, and tbereforo worthless. They go to ay Reheat bottoms and throw off about five foet of soil, and right there they start a quarry. My cornfields rest on beds of marble,” MAD MOONSHINERS; THEY FIRE UPON UNITED STATES OFFICERS. A quarry Is about seventy-five feet square, wonld he larger If the ewcep of thetteam derricks were greater. The coll Is cleared away, and tha channelling mschlnet put at work to cut tha top Into blocks about five foot each wayand weighing from five lo ten tons. Tho channelling mooMnea, to which Cut tho diamond drill belong!, drill •erics ol holes u taiga u one's wrist to thebottom of tb* blocks. On* block Is then blasted out to glvewokhlngroom, A serteaotholesla then drilled under On adjoining block, and the wedges driven In there boles soon dislodge It, and the great bofat raise-ft to a track or truck, on wbfeb It la transported either to the car, If ft hu been sold In tha rough, or site to tho MW mill t> ba cut Info slabs or blocks. Mtchlccry cheapens tbe process of quarrying and renders tbs heavy work easv and speedy. ThedlamOndisttbohnstaeueudol the famous machine-they cost 17,COO apiece—drill two holes, tschfls Let deep, In leu than four minutes. Tbs rawing Is done by means of water, sandjand the friction of a toothless uw. ‘The water washea the und Into the cut, and the uw tuba tho grit on audio, and a gang of thirty taws cats a great block into slsbt fn tho oonna of two day*. There are a nnmbcr of gania at work. So much doss machinery Icncn the working expen se* that tbe ionjb blocks can b* quarried and pnt on care at 60 cents a cubic foot, and tha slabs and rciulu Mocks can bo placed on board at about otse dollar a foot. The former are worth at tbi qnsny about two dollars a foot, and tha latte: about twice u much. Bo you sc* there la money In Georgia marble. Tbe pressnt works will soon bo equal to tha Ink ol cutnylrr’and handling 1,000 cnblo foet adsy. One thousand cubic feet fa tbo load of ten cate. All the machinery bu been prepared with a vltw or taking ont that quantity every day. Up abou’. tba quarries on .handsome bill stands a plcusht house, from tbo plaxu of wblob can ba sera not only tbo famous marble bods, bal tbo rest ol tbo beantlfnl valley, and tbogreatMlla beyond. Tbe lord proprietor ol tbo marble bods lives in this bouse, surrounded by an Interesting family. In all Plckena oonnty, Colonel Stephen c, Tala Is known and respeotep. Uewu a well-to- do plantar baton foreign capital sought bis mar ble beds; and now be goes to sleep knowlog that tbs capacity ol the works and tho enterprise of company will soon drop sennty dollars 'a day In bis pocket, royalty It seven cent* a foot, and when the quurite produce one tbonaand'fect a day, bo will enjey an annual income of something over ,20,. CM. Andjct tbit genial old gentleman does not for a moe'ent propose torcekancw homo In At- lent* or Marietta or New York; he pcopoeca to spend Ms days In Plckeni amid sccnu that are dealer to blm than all tho llnsol and pomp ol towu life. The mountain country la honored In Ibis way os even prophets aro not. 0 ksXarthqnake on Saturday. From tlt^rtulciavllIcnGii., Herald. Wfl' -t a-"-qW-'V'.-U- JTau rafUiqn-iiR •hrek of considerable force disturbed the usaal quiet of oqrolty. A rumbling sound as of distant thundtrticompenled tbo shock. Tboehockwu perhaps tba severest ever fait la tbit section; limbers ol houses creaked, windows rattled and tbe Jarring wu sensibly felt But few failed to notice tbo qnaklsf or tba lumbering sound. A cow wu being milked on tbe editor’s lot at tb* time of the shock, which Immediately lay down, the milker affirms, and showed signs o! dis tress, ei did alto tho call that seemed afraid to lraveltsmothsr'ssldefor soma time. Thlslsln harmony with the fact that animate fnvolcanlo countries usually glv* tha first alarm of approtoh- log earthquakes. Wo hare written to dlfir<rent loillona of tha country to acquaint onr reader* with Its effects, In onreennty. Dr. D. 1- Cheatham, of Davltboro, writes that tho shock recurred then abont 8:80 p.m. on Sat urday, local tlma. It canard considerable alarm among tba blacks, and hooata shook and trembled considerably; no damaga except In scare. Sev eral other shocks followed, but were slight, Iboogh ths rearing sound wu qnlta distinct; seemed to go from west to cut. Captain V. B. Joyner, of Oconee, writes that hie store balDgcrowdeda.lt wss Saturday, probably prevented bis noticing the shock, hut others fill It and heard tha rambling sound, similar to that usually heard on tho approach ol a train. Mr. G. Gordon Davla, of Harrison, writes, tho (•rlbqnak* area felt and heard bv sovcrsl parsons. It mad* a rambling noli*, resembling tha note* made by the coal burners on ths Central railroad. Tbt shook wss not violent, though felt by several. Mr. Macon War than, ol WartU-n, writes, ths Hist shock wu cavern and louder than any ol tba succeeding ones. Opinion la divided as to tbs elrccUon, but It Is generally conceded to hsv* com menoed south, southwest, and to havt psesad with a tremor and shock north, noithout, dura tion about tlx seconds. Tbs second detona tion leu sever*, about two seconds duration, and a half hour after the first but accompsnltd byjuoihcck of trtmor, The deto- triuij wereheard at Intervals of thirty to forty minutes until fats at night. Tb* shook wu no ticed by a congregation at worship at Pin* nil! < Lurch In Giles’ district, also Mt over tba Ogeo- ebe- In Gluioock oonnty. LonlsvlUs and Augusta. Georgia, aro the only other places that speak of feeling tha shock, so far as w» have seen. llun Waa Mon*y In It, From tbe Chicago Tribune. Tbe editor of tbo Bloomington Through Melt Ifsgsslno, lately snspanded, ta a philosopher, and aneoaners In tuhstanc* that h* will not Ifo down todlanpontbegravao his hopes. "Icandldlytotd my creditors," ha uya, "that then was monsyln tbt Through Mall, and that If they would permit It to snrvtvo theta wonld b* enough In It lot thorn and mo too. Idldnotliatotbam. There ta more It than allot nawlllavarhoablatogat ont I pnt is NO In cash and W MO,NO fn hard work Into myieir.tEdu they have 11000 In ft, and my formfrpailnerpnttnaboullS.aM, I can lick the white-livered Ananlu that uya there wu never sty thing la It." Ha adds cheerfully also; "Un- llt* Mr. Wakcmanol ths Current I iball neither cty, suicide, cor go mad.” It ta avllent tba editor the through Mall It not yatworld-waary. Da Saar tha Potat. From tbe Lewiston, Ma.JJonroal. a j-ke ta • mytary to sous paop’.a. In a certain com t In this state on a tlma tha proceedings ware delayed by tha failure of a witness named Sarah Mot. y to arrive. Alter waiting a long Urns for Earth tha court emetoded to wall no longsr, sad, wishing to crack htallttla Joke, remarked; "Thla com twill adjourn without Htrahmony." Every body tangled except on* man, who eat In solemn meditation foe fiva minutes, and than hunt Into a hearty gafiaw, exclaiming: sea Itl” "1 at* Whan ha wan b* triad to tall the Joko to his wile. "Thera wu a witness named Mary Mony, abo didn't coats," said ha, "and ao the court 'Wa'll adjourn without Mary-mony,’ ” "I don't it* any point to that," aaMhb wife. "I knew ft.” he said, "I didn't at first; hntyonarill fa about ttvt mlnutas." Moalfmirr Oonnty Oraalls Bioltsd over tha At tempt te Kill Deputy traitsd Slates marshals -Sew test named ins Brill end wnsl cusp round In sn AmBasn, xta. Fsstengere who cams in on tbe Eut Tram passenger train Friday tell of a terrible tragedy tbat occurred Thursday night at Lang Fond, In Montgomery county. It wutholr slant killing ol tiro deputy United Elates marshals and tbe wonndlng ol a negro. Just twenty miles from Lumber City, a station on the East Tennessee retd, ball way between Macon and Brunswick, Is Long Pond. Near Long Fond a great deal of ■Lucre wntsKY has bkek iranx within tbo past two yean, and the revenue men have raided the locality a dozen times, but btva never been able to secure a prisoner or find a still. There raids however, reralted In establishing the fact that one still was tnralng ont nil ol tha Illicit wbbky that wu being made In that section of tbo county. Actuated by tha promisee of heavy rewards, a great many deputy marshals and pseudo dctco- tlvra havt hunted tho county over, but wore uorcr . ABUTOriKDTHOmL, The mountains, vallojs and hillsides, were infest id by revenuo men, but they always gtva up tho task, and long ago tba marebala In thst district despaired of finding tbe still and gave up tha effort. A few days ago a negro man on tried Lumber City and searching ont Mr. William Wall, deputy marshal to Marshal B. U, Wade, Informed Mm that ha kntw where tbo •till wss located and that for a certain sum ho wonld pilot tho officers to tho plaoo. The negro then entered Into details, Hs described tub location or vnx still ted Informed Mr, Wall that tbo man running U were desperate characters and wonld not hultato to kill a man In a minute. Mr. Wall knew from put experience tbat bo wonld bare a desperate gang to deal with If heurdertook the raid, bnt bewutmtnofnervcsnddtcldad to go in and win or dft in tbe attempt. Late Tbnnday afternoon Mr, Wall, aocomps nled by Wm. Clements, a deputy, left Lumbnclty in a buggy for Long Pond. Tho negro who wu to gnldo them lo tho still was with thorn. The natva was a rouoh orb •nd slow traveling. It wu late In tbn night when they reached the neighborhood of Long l'ond and then they bad noma distance to travel. Epnired on by tho hope ot aooompltahlog that which so many had failed to do M(. Wall decided to make the raid that night Ha Instructs id the nigro to lead him on tottio distillery. Tbt segiocompllod, aud about an hour altar luvlng Long Fond told tb* deputy .marshal tbat Ibey were than within a fcwmlloa ol the place. ir ax ambush. 'But ice dat huvy timber over there," ssld tbo negro pointing to a mountain nlda, “well, we will havo to go fro'dat.” 'All right," ssld Mr. Wall, as ho pushed hit tired horses on. lu a lew minutes thoy Usd en ured tbo woo'de.nnd guided by tha faint llghtol tho st-p. they puthed their way elowly along. After Icing In tliq weeds about fifteen minutes Mr. Wall ohrerved a nmu stepping Into there, ,-(!***{!< "Hlkgiy Mi *th< i,iio gastont, a is pure nln ar-iRDOD him. Concurrent with tho Huh wu n report, and then another and another uotll four.dlttlnct shots had been fired! and then everything wu dostbly still •gain. Tbs shots had boon firol from bolh sides of tbs rotd, and tha mtn In front and Ibey were unerring and death deal leg. Both white men were killed outright and the negro Jlcspcrately wounded. Strange to say however, tho noreea were not hurt. When Mr, Wall wu shot ha wu In tha ACTOR DBAWIRO His fistol. to fire at the man In front of him, bnt ho never got the weapon out. Ho dropped from the boggy dead. The lead of shot had struck him in the fee* and had torn half his head off. Mr. Clemente wuebot.at about theism*, tlmo and dropped from: tha boggy too. The shooting frightened tho hones and tbny ran. Tkta uvad tba NAUGHTY ALGERNON S1BTOB1S. Soma Chicago Stories ThatdoNotBadennd to tho Credit of a Husband, From the Chicago News. Nellie Giant's nndutllnl husband wu never la Chicago lormore than a few houri, bnt there ta evidence here all the same tbat he wu far from being a model spouse. Juns 28th, 1SS3, a dispatch to tbe Times of this city detailed at great length a rcsndal, In whloh tbe principals were Algernon Bsrtertaand Mrs. Bntb, an extraordinary pretty woman, who traveled from Eoglsnd with Mm, •nd, arriving la Milwaukee In April of that year, pnt npat tho Planklnlon honse. After awhile Mrs. Bash rented a costly house on Eevchtcontb street. She left the house but rarely and formed no acquaintances. Her exclusiveness wu locked upon ss due to tho customs of arlsto- cratle Englishwomen, for she had given It out that tho wu a widow of tltlo and blue blood. After a lime It wot noticed that .portly man of middle ego went to her bouse every Saturday at midnight, let Mm sell In with a key whloh he car- rhd, and remained In the bouse until Hondty or Tuesday night following, never during the tlma appearing In pub lic. Scon the geerips get to work and tbo portly gentlemen wu found to bo Algernon Bartoris, The costly furniture, ft appears, hid been bought on credit, and one of rbo dealers, becoming anx ious, went to tbs house, but found It vsesut slid deserted. Mrs Buihcamoto this city and took uanKim-r in wiiusm i>. uro-n, ol now tors; loss she wenttoKnglsr-d when sixteen years old, and a year allcrwird married there n wealthy English gtulk-nian named Algernon Bash, sixty fir* vests ol age. Bush and dartoric ware lullmalo Irletdl and clutricompanioul, and tho latter accompanied her and her husband to Mil waukee. Sartorta, she said, waa Itrya y Interested In tbo lumber hu*Ii'c-a near elrocn Bay, slid hnr Lintend rr,olved u eettlc In this country and Improvo his fortunea, most ol which ho loit la London specutatli ns .Bho Insisted that her hus- hard wu always with her lu Chlisgo when Bartoris visited her, but no onu ever saw him. Ni-Jllnr wu ho ever ,cou with her la this City f tin denied the story tbat she renrs- n-ntf-1 hrnclf In Mllwsusco u a widow. While tin. Bmb acknowledged *h* »m well ar oualoted with Baitoils, he on the asm* day denied any knowlcdaoof her whatever. On tho day alloc Mrs. Kuth'a arrival In Chicago Hartorls came bars, sent his btgtsto lo tho l'almcr house, sad a nolo for sn Interview to Mrs r.uih. Tho next da; they both disappeared ayetertonaly, an. utti'iim ipi m i wi. „ __ , tijlDftopat bimtobul. Tbo lady of the houio MJd 11 wm * peeno irbieb fort /rcqaoBtl - * «onw, when Algernon wi wm thru ami lUcrti 8*1*1 I I .... much to her mrrow, whrn Alxrrnofl wm In town. ^ treat dml wm then aud liar.* Mid about the m ot NtHIo Grant and her hiubead which will icarccly benr repetition hero. CAN A JEW BE SAVED 7 too firmed the terrlblu itory. TUI LATMT* Ycatcrday'1 Ccxurrcno* conUIord an to* covotolthe BMiMlDMtlon ot» depoty rorouuo collector named Clements tnd a deputy United BUtea msnbsl tinted Wall, by Illicit distillers at Long Food. This Infornmtlou wu brought to the city by pasMDgcrawboountlnonttt Eut Tea- noise railroad, tbt Brunswick dlrlalon ol which j ama through Lumber City. A almllsr state ment was also telegraphed to Collector Crenshaw. It appear* tbat tb* report waa believed la J*unUr City !U*lf. for an applies- A Uueer Discussion Springing Oat ot tli* Death of Blr Moses Monteflore, From tho Profldonco Journal. A mild discussion o( tho question, "Can a Jew bepavedf" bfa sprung up out of tho death of Sir •a Montcflo e. Tho Christian Register drew tho moral a fow weeks aro that "according to tho doctrine which still holds tho mind ol Christen dom m bondsgo and darkness, this groat, pure, faithful soul was fatally sell deceived, ted has passed to endless sorrow." Thla Induced tho In dependent to seek letters from rrolesior A. A. Hodge, of Princeton, and Dr. Danlol Curry, ol tho Methodist Review, (or tbo removal ol thla re proach upon orthodox Christianity. Dr. Carry denies thla^r for. tho -non CiIvaoUMc b( Uf'ol, Miidthe Christian K«*gM r hastens ta c>n* /••isi'H admlrutlun tor 'the grand fight which Armiiiisnlftm has ixiHltiUttJC<1 sgslnst too dogmas of Calvinism." *Bnt FmnpM’ Hodso does not fatroso well. Hla reply Is that "Warnever a hu wan bilng la found aa a nutter of fset to bo reconciled to God, end by * holy U/ogirca evidence of po*< mure, we, with perfectoonfldonco, suit to tbe application to tbo pore of th* expiating vlrtuoof Christ'* tot nRets and ol the neeaentiug poorer ol Uh rpldi. Wo believe, therefore, taat without os crptlon. tbe acceptance of eaeh man wt-h God do the man's personal relation to Jesus Christ" This, S s tho Unitarian paper points out, mcaus that 81r (oacs. Graved at all, muithave been saved as a Christian; It dtprtvra thoreliglon whloh prodnood this saint of the credit for the holy fruit It baa t ome; it Implies tbat tbe man who through a looe Ufa refused to accept tho expiating virtue of t'b«Ll's aacriflc* was,, diner faithless to hit own religion. or "waa saved through a surreptitious ap 11 cation ofChrutlanIty.” Thus, the Christian Register think*. l)r, Ifodgo docs not hold tbe freed so looonsfstently, therefore, a« we miebt at first suppose Ills reply toour paragraph only establishes the proof of onr accusation. If he baa proved anything, be has proved tbat a J«w cannot be saved unless he ' rniMn. roriwuwH pftitiuounr says that "When any one, (Jrrak, Tu Christian, has Jive da holy lift, or, w* honor, baa rendered to* name c e, Greek, Turk. Hindoo, or ifo the saint ol Moses one* more Illustrious by hla munificent charity, lnoor* roptlble integrity, and unspeakable beauty of character, we should aa soon think that tho geutlo ard holy Jesus was forever abandoned to tb* ploomand sorrow which darkened tho crosa u that such a soul wasrtmarded to eternal night.* A POLITE INVITATION, uts had held. Yesterday about noon, bowevsr, Jollector Crenshaw received a telegram lnfarm- lug him that though the ofttcer* had dkkh mmp urow by themooniblncra they bod not been hlllsd. Tha Information Mat to th* collector's offlm wm very meagre. Th* collector expects full partto Ian of the affair by mall today or tomorrow. Af ter ricdvlog the telegram announcing the killing of Clements and Wall, Collector Crenshaw In formed ifo comalrtioatr ot Internal revenue, and asked, that a reward ba offered for the arrest of ih* murderers. Within a tew hours be received a reply authorising are- party to proceed at once to l oieeth* lawegalnsttbe rampant moonshiners n that reg Ion. The comm lsaloner said he want ed a posse strong enough to overoomeall resid ence, end that it would be commanded by Special Agent Chapman. Bine* th* deputies wars not killed the reword of I1.COO may not beo/tered. A smaller sum may be advertised for the appro- tic nslon of tbe woold-bo sssoislns. Ppeclal Agent Gbapman|hei recently been cn- cased in revenue raids among the moonshiners in northeastern Georgia* lie came to Atlanta test for Telfair county tomorrow »to SCOUR THE COCXTY. a*d Bupprcta tb* distiller* who have grown eo defiant down there. From the ton* ol tbe com- mfaeloner’e dispatch Itl* evident that he does not mean to trlfl* with violator* of th* revenue laws who attempt to invent th* execution ol ibtpaw by assaetinUfng .le officer*. Tb* ▼ eng Fond song ol moonshiners will be cleaned oat forthwith* TBS LATMT PARTICULARS- The following special dhpatch from The Cor* tmuTioR’s Ifscon correspondent gives tha latest partknlert that have been obtained fromth* scene ol too attack: If acor, October^.—{Bpvdal.l—Full partlcntere from Long Fond conoernlug the aitacs on in* revenue raiding parly have not yet been re reived, but the letnt Information is tbat th* affair was lets shot king than wm at flrst reported. None of the raiding party were killed. Mr. onteR xeanl th* negro gold# were both •lightly wounded. The . ,maw** wounded and Marshall Wall'* killed. The party wm fired open by jblnera, who stood on a porch in front ol McBride's More, which le In the vicinity ot the illicit etui. McBride says tb* store wm looted end ho WMObeetL He snows nothing about th* ‘ oolina. The horse ridden by William Clemente ia frfpnfcncd by (be firing sod ton aw*f. Mr J. W. Wall, of this city, and who travels for W. R Cox, tea brother ct Depute Marshal Wa*l Ifo waiacrn by your eormpouMnt tonight. Resell hla brother teUcraubedtbat he was oilrlxht, asd that no one bid been fclllfl. Deputy jCtrehu W. W. Cofoultt, ol Atlanta, hM been ordered to tbe econo of tbeahootlog* Marshal g. o. Wale will do all In bis power to bring ths offander* to Tba t Is whs t Ram June. Call, an Ugly Latter -Bit Atlanta Flans. Balards, Bar, 8sm Jonas wu lu Atlanta, on hi wi, to Birmingham, wbarclio loss to bold a act lea cf meeting! with Mr. Ban Email. Ha brought wills MmalettaewMchha rccelred jesterda, morn ing. ft ran •• follows: ATLSRTA, Gs.,October 22—Ha*, gam P. Jouu, Caitcisallla. Os.—Dear hlr: Tba prohibition qurillonls grltlBg redbot In this town. Ilara btsrd tkat Too lutafiosd loooma Hera to iccturo. II yea want ;i -i- and bappiutss In ,oun you bid tottar stay away aud ht Atlanta prop!* drink u much as they want If you como bora wo will maka It bolter lor you tbau tbluga along this Huo usually *' You had bettar gat ,am Email away from h»r* Tttrs iu Miuu i-jupi* wbo don’t ucUcto in yours and bis kind. Truallox that you wllltraatus with tbo proper resprot, Ao, w* *ub*crib* our* llcspoeUu^i^T Mr. Jouc* wu asked what be thought of that latter. He smiled pleasantly and said: "Why, that!- spoilt*ItiTlfslIon torom*. I will b* with you beforw tbta tiling it orar." "*Vt<n will you ooma lo Atlauta? ’ "About tbo lath ol Noyembar." w myou make toy speeches tn tba prohibition "Well.yet. I bayo rometklng I wsnttosayon Iba subject." Mi Jot “- RiflfiJ” "TUB aODLCSS MILE." A Frolaslaot Batlral Lad by Koady ami ■aakey Proves a Pallor*. New Yobx, OctoMr 21 -fgpactal f-ErugcUct Mocdy bu auficrca bis first dclett clue* bt ba- ctm* famous fo rcrlyallsm. On tba cast aids ta an area of a (quart mil* that ta aald to ba tba most poyuloui In tba world. Tbo blocks araaollt with •lx story tenement bo usee. In which largo famine* ocmmculy'dwcll In thus or lour rooms. Protea- taut cburobca became rcarotr tod acareu lo tbta part of town natflol taogtk not ooowu left fn what one city miashmaiy termed tho Oodtau Mila Then won maoy Jewish synagoguei and two Roman Catholic cbonffiea. Imt tbo majority of tbo paopta did not worship at all. Ibis sisla Of Uriois bream* somawut of a scaadd toil", rrotralsn t Christlaao ol Now Yoik, and a food wu rataed to bulidand kaap opau tba Bic cm* atrtat Ubcrnacla Iba Intjution wu to luinauiata tba boos* with a nyfyal m ramarta. bla as to roust tbe qautuand assrmh's a perma- a*al congregation. To teat and Mco.1t wu tn- H-tcd, with ecukey oner mor* asijcfslol with i -t; ,ad by them tha ubc rustle -— tar u th* revival ta concerned, and tb* Moody •Bd Bankty mcatlngs ar* .uspended. No appra- Clsb'e iraprwslon waa made, tbe audlenoM w*» sot !•#•*. aud not a slnglo oenvantou wsi alaat- rd, though tb* ino rcTiuirilt labored *1 taalf •tart tbe drU war afrmh, tb* prcaldeat replied:

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The constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1884-1885, October 27, 1885, Image 1