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ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. ?IO.NUMEVT TO THK GREAT com hi iM .it OF GEORGIA. Liberi y i in II. the Homo of tlio Famous HtatcffMiuo? \ Itrllllaut Oration by Lix-Seimior NorwotKl. Thousands of patriotic Georgians ' w ire at>KOinblod at Crawfordvilie on Wodnesduy last, to witnosa the unveil ing of tho inonumont rocontly expected to Alexander H. Stephens, tho great commoner of that Stato. Liberty Hall, tho homo of the renowned states man, wus the greatest point of interest to tho visitors, and they ransacked tho old building from top to bottom. It Is estimated thai five thousand people were In attondanco upon tho cere monies. Too opening prayor wus mailt' by Itov. Dr. Barrett, of Atlanta, and Hju. Patrick Walsh, of Au gusta, in ~a brief and forcible spoooh Introduced tho ortitor of tho day, Hon. Tnomas M. Norwood, of Savannah. Tho inonumont unvollcd at tho conclusion of tho n{r ress, und tho voil was liftod by Miss Mary Covry, a grund-nioco of Mr. Stephens. Oh ono side of tho inonumont Is tho following tribute from an old friond, Ool. Bioh /ird Malcolm Johnson, which is beauti ,*\\\ and appropriate: **. Tnroughout lifo u sufferer in body, mind and spirit, ho wus a Bignal ox u in pin of wisdom, courago, fortitude, patienco, forbearance and unwoarying oharlty. In tho decrepitude of ago called to bo Governor of tho Stato, ho died while In tho performance of tho work of his otllco, and it seomod fit (hat, huving survived parents, brothron, sis -tors and most of tho dear companions o'i youth, he should lay his dying head upon tho bosom of his people." Too oration of Mr. Norwood was chasto and eloquent, und warmly re ceived by the multitudo. As it gives a clear insight to Mr. Stephens' lifo and career, wo print tho address In full: Wo como ncithor to praiso him nor to bury tho great commoner of tho i republic. What of him was mortal ha^ Ion;* boon given back to earth, and I what was spiritual needs no oulogy from us. His fume, like tho question I of Cesar's death, is enrolled In the -capitol and tho capitol covors tho con t.uent. These red hills echo and re- | eoiio his name and a thousand groves are in part its sanctuaries. Where over ho addressed the multitudes?and tho multitudes followed hltn as bo journeyed?ho loft undying moraories, and too people wondered and many aald: "Never man spuko like this man." And this was a truo saying. ! *' For take him for all in all we shall never look upon his like again." And bis like the world had never seen be fore. Thlfl is no extravagance of oulogy; no compliment purdonable only in un epitaph. It is uuvarnished truth. I 1 repout. that in all tho tide of time, history gives no record of any mortal whose physical und intellectual combi nation was comparable to that of Alox andor Hamilton Stophens. Wherever ho first appeared?whetbor on the hustings, in tho forum, or in delibera tive bodies ?his personnel aroused sur- : uriso and disappointment in every be Colder ; but when he spoke the people marveled at his power und wisdom. I With a stature of near six feet in height, at no uge of lifo did his weight exceed a hundred pounds. Palo and sallow, he seemed to bo a boy of 18 years until lie' attainod mluulo age, when envious timo began to furrow his , beardless choeks. Nor at any timo was his health ro bust, whllo for the last twenty yeurs of his" wearisome pilgrimage he was a confirmed invalid. So feeble and at tenuated in form was ho it seemed as if every day would be his last. And yet for the lirst thirty years of his manhood his physical endurance under ] constant labor was not surpassed by | that of any other man engaged in Similar work. In tho most heated und active political campaigns he seemed "never to bo fatigued. In fact, in tho fiercest of u political contost ho gath ered strength, as the eagle rises higher wbeu tho storms grow furious. Ho , ait! Hi himself: ''I am like a kite; I soar only in tho rngo of a gale." He was a signal exception to tho theory that great intellectual power is combined with strong physical de volopment. At no time did his strength exceed that of a boy of four teen" years. Such wus tho physical man. Alexander Stephens. But what is to bo said when wo turn to contemplate his intellect? It is not aaying too much to assert that at the bar, on the hustings and in tho legisla tive halls no man in Amorica has over achieved greater renown. He was never defeated in any contest before the people. In tho glndiatorial field to is career was mure remarkable than that 11! any other statesman of Amorica. I will not consume timo beforo bis ' neighbors and champions in recounting his continuous triumphs. Honry Clay, - -inj'>^;v?t speech delivered to bis con stituents, began by saying: "Forty years ago I pitched my tent on yonder bill, and you, and you. and you, took mo by the hand and mado mo wbut I am." To you who took this homoless orphan by tho hand when^he pitched his tent on that now famous hill arid helped to raise him to bis high emi nence. *t would be presumption in mo in nun-air his womtorful career. His boyhood was unmarked by any events or incidents of special Interest. His puronts " ero poor and this lad had f to undergo tho hardships and depriva tions incident to povorty. But tho precious jewel of his bend shone with such brilliancy thut it attracted tho at tenth.n of somo friends of wealth, who, with a view to secure his powers for tho pulpit, sent tho boy at their own expense to tho University of Georgia to take tho regular course for gradua tion. For reasons, best known to him self, bo preferred tho law to theology and. after graduation, bogan tho'prac tice as soon as bo could bo admitted to the bar. With bis power of analysis, his legal acumen, his tenacious momo ry. his studious habits, his fluency and entrancing oratory, he rose rapidly at tho bur, and his famo soon covered the Stato. Within Joss than four years after ho was admitted to tho bar, his ability as a lawyer and dobator convinced tho voters of this county that their inter ots sl ould bo committed to his koep ing. and thoy sent Mr. Stephens in lH'M to tho legislature, where thoy kept him until the year 1841, when ho declined ro-oleotlon. But his famo had gone <. fcr and beyond tho Stato. Hia speech on tho bill for tho State to build tho Western and Atlantic rail road, and his rej?ort for the minority who opposod tho resolutions, conHuring John McPherson Borrlcn, United States Senator, for certain views and votes in the Senate?these'alonoplaced Mr. Stephens In tho front rariKorGeor gia's ftitenmrn. 1 In the yenr 1843 ho was again Jdrawn away from his llrst lovo, tho lawl nover to r< turn, and as tho circumstances from this partial divorcement fi>t?m the profession of his choice and lifelong enco havo novor been fuiiy-^lc art) (ffrttv, to tfc? YArMAr, I xfm ) ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. ?IO.NUMEVT TO THK GREAT com hi iM .it OF GEORGIA. Liberi y i in II. the Homo of tlio Famous HtatcffMiuo? \ Itrllllaut Oration by Lix-Seimior NorwotKl. Thousands of patriotic Georgians ' w ire at>KOinblod at Crawfordvilie on Wodnesduy last, to witnosa the unveil ing of tho inonumont rocontly expected to Alexander H. Stephens, tho great commoner of that Stato. Liberty Hall, tho homo of the renowned states man, wus the greatest point of interest to tho visitors, and they ransacked tho old building from top to bottom. It Is estimated thai five thousand people were In attondanco upon tho cere monies. Too opening prayor wus mailt' by Itov. Dr. Barrett, of Atlanta, and Hju. Patrick Walsh, of Au gusta, in ~a brief and forcible spoooh Introduced tho ortitor of tho day, Hon. Tnomas M. Norwood, of Savannah. Tho inonumont unvollcd at tho conclusion of tho n{r ress, und tho voil was liftod by Miss Mary Covry, a grund-nioco of Mr. Stephens. Oh ono side of tho inonumont Is tho following tribute from an old friond, Ool. Bioh /ird Malcolm Johnson, which is beauti ,*\\\ and appropriate: **. Tnroughout lifo u sufferer in body, mind and spirit, ho wus a Bignal ox u in pin of wisdom, courago, fortitude, patienco, forbearance and unwoarying oharlty. In tho decrepitude of ago called to bo Governor of tho Stato, ho died while In tho performance of tho work of his otllco, and it seomod fit (hat, huving survived parents, brothron, sis -tors and most of tho dear companions o'i youth, he should lay his dying head upon tho bosom of his people." Too oration of Mr. Norwood was chasto and eloquent, und warmly re ceived by the multitudo. As it gives a clear insight to Mr. Stephens' lifo and career, wo print tho address In full: Wo como ncithor to praiso him nor to bury tho great commoner of tho i republic. What of him was mortal ha^ Ion;* boon given back to earth, and I what was spiritual needs no oulogy from us. His fume, like tho question I of Cesar's death, is enrolled In the -capitol and tho capitol covors tho con t.uent. These red hills echo and re- | eoiio his name and a thousand groves are in part its sanctuaries. Where over ho addressed the multitudes?and tho multitudes followed hltn as bo journeyed?ho loft undying moraories, and too people wondered and many aald: "Never man spuko like this man." And this was a truo saying. ! *' For take him for all in all we shall never look upon his like again." And bis like the world had never seen be fore. Thlfl is no extravagance of oulogy; no compliment purdonable only in un epitaph. It is uuvarnished truth. I 1 repout. that in all tho tide of time, history gives no record of any mortal whose physical und intellectual combi nation was comparable to that of Alox andor Hamilton Stophens. Wherever ho first appeared?whetbor on the hustings, in tho forum, or in delibera tive bodies ?his personnel aroused sur- : uriso and disappointment in every be Colder ; but when he spoke the people marveled at his power und wisdom. I With a stature of near six feet in height, at no uge of lifo did his weight exceed a hundred pounds. Palo and sallow, he seemed to bo a boy of 18 years until lie' attainod mluulo age, when envious timo began to furrow his , beardless choeks. Nor at any timo was his health ro bust, whllo for the last twenty yeurs of his" wearisome pilgrimage he was a confirmed invalid. So feeble and at tenuated in form was ho it seemed as if every day would be his last. And yet for the lirst thirty years of his manhood his physical endurance under ] constant labor was not surpassed by | that of any other man engaged in Similar work. In tho most heated und active political campaigns he seemed "never to bo fatigued. In fact, in tho fiercest of u political contost ho gath ered strength, as the eagle rises higher wbeu tho storms grow furious. Ho , ait! Hi himself: ''I am like a kite; I soar only in tho rngo of a gale." He was a signal exception to tho theory that great intellectual power is combined with strong physical de volopment. At no time did his strength exceed that of a boy of four teen" years. Such wus tho physical man. Alexander Stephens. But what is to bo said when wo turn to contemplate his intellect? It is not aaying too much to assert that at the bar, on the hustings and in tho legisla tive halls no man in Amorica has over achieved greater renown. He was never defeated in any contest before the people. In tho glndiatorial field to is career was mure remarkable than that 11! any other statesman of Amorica. I will not consume timo beforo bis ' neighbors and champions in recounting his continuous triumphs. Honry Clay, - -inj'>^;v?t speech delivered to bis con stituents, began by saying: "Forty years ago I pitched my tent on yonder bill, and you, and you. and you, took mo by the hand and mado mo wbut I am." To you who took this homoless orphan by tho hand when^he pitched his tent on that now famous hill arid helped to raise him to bis high emi nence. *t would be presumption in mo in nun-air his womtorful career. His boyhood was unmarked by any events or incidents of special Interest. His puronts " ero poor and this lad had f to undergo tho hardships and depriva tions incident to povorty. But tho precious jewel of his bend shone with such brilliancy thut it attracted tho at tenth.n of somo friends of wealth, who, with a view to secure his powers for tho pulpit, sent tho boy at their own expense to tho University of Georgia to take tho regular course for gradua tion. For reasons, best known to him self, bo preferred tho law to theology and. after graduation, bogan tho'prac tice as soon as bo could bo admitted to the bar. With bis power of analysis, his legal acumen, his tenacious momo ry. his studious habits, his fluency and entrancing oratory, he rose rapidly at tho bur, and his famo soon covered the Stato. Within Joss than four years after ho was admitted to tho bar, his ability as a lawyer and dobator convinced tho voters of this county that their inter ots sl ould bo committed to his koep ing. and thoy sent Mr. Stephens in lH'M to tho legislature, where thoy kept him until the year 1841, when ho declined ro-oleotlon. But his famo had gone <. fcr and beyond tho Stato. Hia speech on tho bill for tho State to build tho Western and Atlantic rail road, and his rej?ort for the minority who opposod tho resolutions, conHuring John McPherson Borrlcn, United States Senator, for certain views and votes in the Senate?these'alonoplaced Mr. Stephens In tho front rariKorGeor gia's ftitenmrn. 1 In the yenr 1843 ho was again Jdrawn away from his llrst lovo, tho lawl nover to r< turn, and as tho circumstances from this partial divorcement fi>t?m the profession of his choice and lifelong enco havo novor been fuiiy-^lc art) (ffrttv, to tfc? YArMAr, I xfm ) give those interesting facts as stated to me by an oye witness. During that year Mark A. Cooper, a Whip;, reBignou from Congress to bo a candidate for Governor, and, the Legis lature being in session, a number of prominent Whigs assembled in Mill edgevillo to select a candidate. The Democratic majority in that district was about threo thousand. It was con sidered hopelessly lost to the Whigs. Their leadors naturally did not long for the nomination. Each tried to con fer tho honor upon the others. Many wero tho compliments generously paid to the "great ability, the burning eloquence, the rushing oratory, the commanding influence " of each leader when tho golden prize was ten dored him, but no man reached out his bund ; they know tho gift, like Circe's kiss, was fatal. At last in desperation a Nestor among thorn roso and made a speech full of policy, not to say a politician's wisdom ?a speech that has often been made, and will always bo mode, under liko clrcumstunccH. Pie - aid, in substunco : " Every man hero is praying to have tho cat boiled, but It is very ovldont that not ono of us is bravo enough to undertake tho iob. Wo are like a good many people I know who, whon a subscription is to bo tuken up, prefer to do the praying whllo tho but is passed round. Now, wo hero are all too old to fool with this business. Wo can't afford to be boat, but a young man can. Ho can outlive doteat, but wo can't. I propose that in order to make a show of light wo nominate a little fellow in my district named Stephens. Ho's a boy, looks to be 14 years old, but he'll light anything. If he gets killed ho's out of everybody's way. If ho whips tho light wo can choke him off the next raco." Mr. Stephens was nominated, accopted. and entered at onco on his work. What followed I havo from a friend of Mr. Stophens' who accompanied him through that memorable campaign. Tho Democrats troated tiio nomina tion as a joke and turned their back on that district as ono rock-ribbed and impregnable. Tho boy candidate on tored at once on a triumphal march. There being no railroad or telegraph in that section tho nows traveled slow ly, but tho Democracy of the Stato soon heard unwelcome rumors of dis aster at tho front. They camo at first as the gentle breeze comos that foro runs the gathering storm. Then came a louder, swelling sound like tho sough- * ing of tho pines as tho strongor couriers of tho air broko from tho storm center, liko fleot-footcd couriers houring^ messages of disaster to forces held in reserve. Finally tho storm had gathered in strength and tho forest swayed and groaned and tho Demo cracy heard a wail for help. Speedy j meetings wero hold, and a gentleman from Savannah?a trained and ablo debater?was dispatched by relays to tli^ sceno of conflict. Ho appeared sud denly and without notice at ono of Mr. Stephens' appointmonts and challeng ed tho boy to meet him in joint debate. Tho challenge was gladly accepted, and when tho palo-facod, beardless boy, who had tho conclusion In the de bate, had delivered his last blow on tho veteran Democrat his remains wero borne away by JMs sympathizing and mortified friends and woro never heard of again during that campaign. That defeat aroused the Democracy to greator energy. They decided to orush the boy at one blow, and to that end they dispatched thostrongoststump speaker of thoir party, Hon. Walter i T. Colquitt, to drive tho youngster out of the district. Tho Domocrnts wero afruid that tho gosling Whig would not dare moet their champion in joint dobate, and they arranged a sur prise by concealing him at a farmor's house tho ni^ht beforo and near tho point of Mr. Stephens' appointment. At tho hour for tho speaking Judge Colquitt was rushed on tho ground and his friends demanded a joint debate. The little David of tho Whigs readily consented, ho having tho opening und conclusion. Mr. Stephens opened with a rambling talk of an hour, studiously avoiding all salient points of advantage to his adversary, ?fudge Colquitt re pliod with all tho great power of which lie was master. Tho eyo-witnoss says whon Mr. Ste phens roso to reply he was transform ed. His eyes flashed, his form dilatod, his stature seemed to stretch to tho coil ing, and his triumph in the debate was bo complete that tho Democrats grew | angry and attomptcd to break up tho ( meeting, until a lunk mountaineer in a coonskin coat and cap stepped to the . side of tho spoakor's stand with his rille I and proclaimed that ho would kill any man who interfered with tho speaking. The Democratic ehampion had enough of thnt campaign and retired from tho district without another debate with tho haste that had signalized his coming. Goliath was slain ; tho largo Demo cratic majority was overcome, tho boy was elected, and from that day, for fifty years, ho reigned without a rival in tho noarts of his people For forty years you honored yourselves in honoring him. Tho Roman maxim, " a man is known by his associates," applies to a people and thoir representatives. No higher encomium could be paid to you than you conferred on yourselves by continuing this great statesman in your service. ? But his fame Is not your exclusive in heritance. It belongs to his native State and to his country. Ho came a surprise and remained a wondor. Ho roso like a meteor, but soon took his rightful position among tho fixed stars. In erecting this monument of marble standing on a baso of granite, wo add nothing to his name and fame ; wo scok only to perpetuate both and to gtvo in spiration to tho vouth of coming gen erations and an Incentive to high and noble deeds. Tho marble but typifies th o character of the man, while the granite symbolizes the enduring foundation on which his glory stands. AROUND LIBERTY HAL.L. Liberty Hall, tho home place of Mr. Stephons, where, for more than forty years, he dispensed his hospitality, and which stands In ocho distance of whoro he was born, occuplos an olovatod position on tho loft-hand sido of tho railroad. A plain archway forms an entrance to tho grounds, Inscribed with large capitals and bearing the familiar name of ?* Liberty Hall." A wldo path, ovor which hundreds of Georgians navo pass ed in thoir frlondly 'visitsto the groat commoner, extends from tho gateway to tho front door, and In the centor of this path the monument Is erected. Just to the loft of the monument and surrounded by a white fonco is tho gravo of Mr. Stophens. This was concealed by a fragrunt mass of beautiful flowors, which rested thoir weight upon his tomb, and seemod to communicate to tho air tho ineffablo sweetness of his life. Jn front of tho gravo and just to the left Of the sidewalk was erected a pavi lion for the cxeroiseo. The platform was completed yesterday and this morning tho ladles wore busily ongaged in mak ing their decorations, Jars of flowers, handsome bouquets and long blades of grass were atnon# the, eeaieal attrac tions., The vortical pieces v^ero fes WoVkM with goto bit*!*, wWBVi the fron? veranda of tho hall was decorated with tho same kind of trimming. The area in front of the mansion occu pies about two acres of ground and this is thronged with trees, the pre dominant one of which is the ohina berry. In the midst of this dignified assembly of guardian boughs, the state ly old mansion reposes in quiet slmpll c ty. Everything is just as Mr. Ste phens left it when he went to Atlanta to All the ofijee of Governor anal to which ho never returned. Tho bachelor life which he passed at tho hall was one of great simplicity and purity, and the sweet suggostlvo ness of tho spring, as it breathed from tho surroundings to-day, seemed to add an exquisite flavor to his eulogy. THE COTTON INVESTIGATION. Senator George Urges trio Importance of tho Wowk?Necessity of Farmers Answering tho Questions. In a letter to Mr. Patrick Walsh, of tho Augusta Chronicle, Sonator George urges tho importance of th? present in vestigation int<Ktho causes of tho de pression of theflpgriculturat interests, especially cotton, and tho necessity of tho farmor correspondents of tho Sen ate investigating comraitteo answering as fully as possible tho sot of questions mailed to them. Tho following copy of a lettor to Mr. J. Washington Watts from Sonator George explains more fully tho Import ance of tho Investigation and tho work of-tho committee: CARROr,l.ton, MlS8., May 17, 1803. .1. Washington Watts, Laurons, S. C. Doar Sir?I havo not the blanks you refor to. But you can got some in Now York if you will sond the names of tho persons whom you wish to havo thom to Mr. A. B. Snepporson, cotton exchange, New York?ho will sond them blanks. e But roally I do not wish tho number of corres] ondonts Increased. Thoro aro twenty for oach Stato. If each of tho twenty would, on duo rofloctlon and conversation with intelligent friends, answer tho questions, I think wo would get tho matter about right. This investigation is deemod by mo a matter of great interest to the cotton farmers of tho United States, provided only, we havo it made reliable. Usual ly such investigations are confined to the examination of mercantile experts. Tho opinions of those exports aro very important, and circular lotters contain ing appropriate questions will be sent a number of thom in each cotton rais ing State. Yot I thought it also import ant to havo tho judgment and opinion of Intelligent farmers. Tho compari son of tho answers of both classes will, I hope, lead to tho proper conclusions. I trust, therefore, that you, and all othor farmers, whoso names havo been furnished to tho committee by tho Governors of the States in which they severally reside, will devote time and caro enough to this interesting matter to make the investigation as complete as possible. Whon you (or any other correspondent) cannot answor a parti cular question you cun say so. and therefore, omit that question. Wo do not expect each correspondent to answer fully each question, but I hope all will answor as many as is practic able. Tho object of tho Investigation ox tonds not only to furnishing Congress proper information on which to base remedial legislation, but also as an in cident, to furnish the farmers of the United Statos such esscntia1 informa tion in relation to thoir business as will enable oach of thom to judge for him self what course he shall pursue as to tho cultivation of particular crops, selected from those productions for which his farm is suitable. If it lsdls eovod that thoro are legislative means, by which prices can be raised, then those means can he used. If It shall turn out In tho near future there is no hope for enhanced prices, then the cot ton raisers will have a fuir opportunity of bettering thoir condition, by such diversification of thoir crops as in tho judgment of each shall bo doomed ad visable Very truly, j. z. George, Chairman Com. on Agriculture, U. S. Senate. ?Attornoy General Townsend has furnished tho Govornor with answers to a numbor of questions that havo arisen concerning the dispensary. Ho Btates that it is not obligatory on tho county board of control to appoint as dispenser ono who soouroBa majority of free hold voters in town, but tho board may uso its discretion and reject any improper applicant. Tho mere fact of a man be ing an ex-bartendor would not ronder him ineligible, but under tho act ho must havo relinquished such business two years previous to filing petition. Tho holding of real estate as trustee to collect rents does not qualify a man to sign a petition. Husbands cannot sign on tho ground that their wives own roal estate Tho man who owns real estate but who is oxempt from poll tax on account of inability to do manual labor may sign an application. Brutal Fight in Prospect.?Ad vice from Augusta state that a cock fight has been arranged betwocn'Aug usta and Atlanta sports, which is to take placo in Hamburg, S. C, tho early part of June. It is high time that this disgraceful custom of South Carolina being made, the dumping ground for outside brutes and gamblers bo per- [ manontly stopped. There Is sufficient lawlessness and brutality within our horders already, and It Is hoped tho law, or tho Stato Socioty for the Pre vention of Cruelty to Animals will In terfere and provent tho fight, and ar rest every participant in the disgraceful sport. In this way will ono blot upon the honored numo of South Carolina and of Aiken County be wiped out. ?Aiken Times. ?Mr. Wm. McMahan, who is ono of our best farmers, living in the Georgo's Crook neighborhood, Informed us the othor day, that ho reoently sold two bacon hams in tho city of Greenville that netted him $10.28 eash. At present prices for bacon, If he had sold tho whole bacon ralsod out of that hog, with tho lard, ho would realise at least $30.00, and it did not tako moro than fifteen bushels of corn to raise and fat ten tho hog; that would -be $2.00 por bushol for tho corn. What hotter evi dence is wanted that tho hog and corn crops aro tho profitable crops for our farmers to raise.? Easley Democrat. ?At Quito, tho only city in the world on tho Uno of the equator, tho sun sots and rises at six o'olock the yoar round. Your dock may break down, your watch stop, but tho sun never makes a mistake, here. When it disappears for the night it is six o'clock, and you can sot your watch by it. ?A lawyer worried a witness with so many questions that the poor man de.-lared he was so oxhaustou that he must havo a drink of water boforo ho could say another word. Upon this the Judgo remarked, " I think, sir. you had better lot tho witness go now, for pou hh'vW jmraipoa him dry.,r "LORD" BEBESFOBD'%OABEEB. FACTS THAT AUK STRANGER THAN FIOITON. How a Swindler l>upe<l * Lire and Progressive Cliy In Georgia, Cores ondence of the Atlanta ?ournal. Rome, Ga., May 20.?One of the most fdcturesque swindlers of the day has ust reached the end of his tother hero. Sidney Lascollos, alias "Walter S. Beresford." more familiarly known as' '"Lord" Beresford, professed son of Lord William Beresford, of England, professed capitalist and professed as sociate of royalty, who camo to this quiet Hill City of North Georgia, two years ago, as a wealthy gentleman of leisure, and was wined and dinod by the social swells, will leavo his cell in Floyd County jail in a. few days for a convict camp in south Georgia, to be gin a six years Bontonce for forgery. This will end tho second of tho two great trials which havo mado Bomo famous In tho criminal annals of tho country in tho last two years, tho other cause .celebro having been tho caso of Mrs. McKoo, tried for tho mur der by poisoning of her friend and neighbor, Mrs. Wimpoo. By reason of its having reached t'ae United States supreme court and thoro having pro voked a decision involving the far reaehlng question of state's rights. Ile res ford's case has becomo of national ?almost international?importance. Tho caroor of this man, or such of it as lias come to light through tho tes timony brought out on his trial and in his own statements, has a much stronger flavor of fiction than of fact. The whole strange story has been re called by tho Imminent transfer of tho noted prisoner to tho ponltontlary and a striped suit, and It Is Interesting enough to bear recounting. HIS ADVENT IN HOME. It was In January, 1891, that Beres ford mado his appearance in Bomo. It was something in the naturo of a tri umphal entry, too, for his coming had been boralded and ho was wolcomod and treated as became tho son of one of Britain's most poworful poors and tho possessor of a quartor of a million dollars of his own?all of which r,he lord had caused himself to bo pro claimed as being. He came ostensibly to look into tho -flStna Iron Furnace, near Bomo, us a probable Investment, and the Messrs. Hamilton, owners of tho furnace, laid themselves out in en tertaining him. Ho wore clothes of per fect fit. bore himself like a true noble man, talked satisiledly of tho vast wealth of bis father, Incidentally let It bo known that ho bad himself como into possession of a fortune of $250,000 left him by a dear aunt, just deceased, and exploited conspicuously a check book of a London bunk whoro bis wealth was said to be stored. He mado a good hnprosslon on all sides and rap idly won friends by bis pleuslng man ners, which were deliclously demo cratic for so high a scion of such blue blood. THE LONDON END OF IT. The story of how this groat lord had strayed down hero Into North Georgia soon came out. Ho had mot in I .omlon tho previous December, Mr. W. M. Pondleton, the socretary of . tho '* American Sales Syndicate " of Wall street, who was in England engaged in floating corporations, real estate com panies and various other boom enter prises. Mr. Pondleton had among his other schemes, one for the develop ment of tho yEtna Iron furnuco, own ed by tho Hamilton family near this city, on which ho and his Now York partner, T. J. McGuiro, bud un option, lie and Beresford camo together by chanco, but when tho lord found that his American acquaintance was from Georgia bo casually referred to tho fact that ho was just thinking of making some investments in Savannah prop erty through a friend of his there, and asked Mr. Pendloton's advice. Ho told Mr. Pondleton that bo was Lord Wil- i Ham Borcsford's son. that ho was on gnged In the Indian service at a' salary of .about $10.000 a year, that an aunt bud just died und left him $250,000, and that his father, wno had boon high in tho Indian gov ernment, had retired on a salary of $40,000 or $50,000 a year and was enor mously rich. He said lie was going to Amorica and wanted to invest a fow hundred thousands while thero. Mr. Pendloton began to look with more favor on bis new found friond. Ho told him that If ho wantod to put money Into Georgia property tho Pied mont belt was tho place for it, and ho called his attention to tho ./Etna furn ace, which he said ho proposed to capitalize at a million or a million and a half. Lord Beresford seemed pleased with ./Etna and tho prospect of a big deal loomed up in Mr. Pendloton's oyes. My Lord was to sail for America by tho Umbria in a few days. Would not Mr. Pendloton obligo him with a fow lettors of introduction? No sooner said than done, and when be sailed he carried with him letters to Mi*. Pen dloton's Now York friends, to tho Hamiltons, of Bomo, to Genoral Alex ander, of tho Contral railroad, and to other prominent Georgians. A QUICK SALE. Onco In America, Beresford tarried not in Now York, but hied himself on to Rome. Arrived here, ho wus mot by McGuire, Pendloton's partner, and taken out to tho ,-Ktaa furnuco. The I Hamiltons took possession of him, and I saw that their lordly guest sufTored for I nothing while tho deal for tho sale of , tho furnace wont on. Borosford aoemed dolightod with tho property and came to terms quickly. In a fow days after reaching here, on tho 8th of January, he wrote a letter to Pondleton, in Lon don, which ho first read to Harper Hamilton, In which he told him ho had "decidod to tako tho whole prop erty " and would "loavo for England In about ton days to comploto the ar rangements." My Lord did leavo, but It was not to " completo tho arrangements." A week aftor this lottov was sent, Beresford announced that ho was going to Now York to sail for London. To Harper Hamilton he confldod that ho was short of money ; that ho would got to Now York too loto to draw from his bank thoro and catch his boat, and askod for tho advance of a couplo of hundred pounds, for which ho offored a check on tho I^ondon and Westminister bank, whoro, ho Bald, ho had $250.000 do positcd. Ho exhibited his half-used up check book, and explainod that in England tho possession of ono of thoso books was evidence of a doposit in tho bank. Tho money was unhesitatingly forthcoming, and Beresford was band ed $970 from tho Hamilton safe. THE BOGUS LORD EXPOSED. Ho loft for Now York. Soon the ohook was returned, markod "no funds." About tho samo time, a letter which Beresford had written to " Lord William Berosford," in London, in tho Eresence of Harper Hamilton, came aok to Rome, ana was found to con tain nothing but a blank sheet of paper. Then tho Hamiltons saw that thoy had boon duped, atid thoro was deop and dismal disgust in tho social circles wherein tho lord had rolgnod for a brio* pVfrfoVJ. It transpired that Beresford had not victimized the Hamiltons alono. Prom otnor parties he hod borrowed lesser sums, and his young lady ac quaintances had not even escaped. One of these was Miss Maud All good, a belle of Rome, who had in trusted to the so railed lord a one hundred and fifty dollar diamond ring, which he had begged her to lot him wear for two weeks as his " mascot" and " bon voyage." Whon Boresford disappeared Miss Allgood's ring also turtiuu i.p missing. he weds an heiress. Two weeks later ho appeared at Beaver Falls, Pa., whoro ho was mar ried, on tho 23d of February, to Miss Maud Lillienthal, under tho name of Sldnoy Loscolles." Miss Lillionthal was an heiress, her mothor, a Now York widow, being reputod to bo worth ton millions. Boresford afterwards explained that he bud met Miss Lil lionthul und her mothor in Europe, and had travoled with thom; thut the mother had driven him off in London bocauso of his expressed intention to marry her daughter, and that that was his real object in coming to this country. In July, 1891, Boresford was cap tured in Now York, and after six weeks of legal battling beforo Judge Truax and Judge Cullen, brought to Georgia for trial on tho charge of cheating and swindling. On his way down, ho confessed to his captors that his real numo was Lascellcs, und when ho roached hero ho registered his wifo. who accompanied him, as "Mrs. Lus celles." This caused the irdictmontto be changod from ono for cheating and swindling to forgory. which led to tho case's being appealed to tho supremo court of tho United States on tho ground that a prisoner oxtradited on a warrant charging ono offense cannot be tried for another and different of fonse. Tho supremo court, through Judge Howell Jackson, decided that ho could. a kemaukaule statement. At the trial Boresford made a state ment in which ho denied that ho had claimed to bo Lord Boresford's son. but insisted that he was Lord Bores ford's cousin ond insisted, too. that his real name was Boresford, not Lascollcs. explaining that tho use of tho latter was in accord with tho eustora in Eng land, whore, ho protosted, it wus tho habit of society people to have two names, ono for society, tho othor for business, sporting, etc. Boresford was convicted, but ap pealed to tho supremo court of the Stato. Pending that appeal, ho was released on bail and published his de termination to live down his convic tion. Ho sot up in business in Rome, opening out a brokerage and insurance office and bieyclo agency. He was ap parently an excollent business man and throve for u timo. He wus popu lar, mado friends fast, and scorned to got crodit easily. This went on for u few months when Boresford uguin skipped. At the same time that he disappeared, his wife, who had elung to him faithfully, also left Rome, though by a different route. Sho wont to her mothors home in Now York, but for several weeks Berosford was ehasod in vain. Finally ho was run down a second time, arrested in Now York and brought to Rome, where ho has since reposed in Iiis prison coll. About tho only startling thing the bogus lord hns succeeded In doing since his last incarceration was to ad vertise in a Now York dramatic paper sovoral months ago for a "partner with $500" to back him in a lecture tour. How ho expected to till lecture ongagomonts while a prisoner behind tho bars, is. up to date, unexplained. Rocontly Boresford was sentenced to six years at hard labor in ?he peni tentiary. Tho execution of the sen tence has been suspended pending the decision of the federal supremo court, but now that that body has sustained the lowor court, in the decision handed down by Justice Jackson recently and widely quoted, it will not bo long be foro the ex-lord and ex-capitalist will bo wearing stripes in Gross1 lumber camp in South Georgia. LYNCHING IN MICHIGAN. A Mob of Right Hundred Opens the ?lull ami Hangs (he Culprit. Detroit, Mich., May 24.?A special despatch from Corunnu, Mich., to the Tribune says: William Sullivan, tho farm hand who so brutaliy murdered his em ployer, Layton Leech, and murderously assaulted tho hitter's wifo, paid the penalty of his crime last night. He was tukon from tho jail and lynched at 0:40 o'clock p. m. Tho mob consisted of over eight hundrod men, who shouted themselves hoarso as tho body dangled at tho ond of a rope. Just beforo ho was taken from tue cell, Sullivan attempted to commit suicide with a knife, which ho had in some manner concealed about his person. By means of sledges tho jail was soon broken open by the mob. A noose was placed around his neck and the crowd dragged him through tho jail corridors to tho big juil yard and to n low, marshy square of ground about 200 feet to tue rear of the jail building under tho oak. Men fought, struggled and cursed for tho privilogo of holping to tug at the rope, which was thrown over the limb, nnd with a sudden jerk Sullivan, who had been lying motionless and ap parently unconscious on tho ground, Was raised to a sitting posture. Anoth er pull und his head and shoulders wero visible above tho black mass of those thut surrounded the spot. A terrible sceno followed. Tho body was pushod from hand to hand und soverul drew pocket knives und lunged . ut tho swinging corpse. Others began to tear tho clothing and in a few moments only the shreds of his shirt remained hanging to his shoulders. When tho body was loworod to tho ground, portions of tho mob which had boon unablo to get close enough to take a hand in the uctuiil hanging, seized upon tho ropo und drugged tho lifeless body through tho miro. After ward tho crowd dragged him about the stroot und around tho'court house square. - An Insurance Story.?An insur ance agent called into an establish ment on Main street tho othor day with a large account book under his arm. and walking up to the propriotor in a business sort of way, inquired : "How's business?how's stock ?" "Oh, business is vory dull," ropliod tho tradesman. "'Pon mv word, sir, I haven't got $000 in tho houso ! Terri ble dull!" and the mun looked vory sad and sighed. "Then, sir. " saiditho insurance man, with a good deal of warmth, " how does it come that your stock is insured in our company for $4.500 V" "Ohl ah! beg your pardon," ex claimed the dealer In great confusion ; '"thought you was the tnx-rr an. I was suro you were tho tax gut hero, or, upon my soul, I would not nave said thut, when my stock is worth fully $8,000. Lome fen* yoursul* ohrV* AN KSCAPK FROM PRISON. The Wonderful Ingenuity of a Peni tentiary Convict and Hit? Mysterious Flight. From the t'olumbiu .lournnl. 2ltli inet. One of the ruoet Ingenious escapee ever made from the penitentiary oc curred last night. The authorities uro mvstifled, and cannot satisfy their own minds how it occurred. The convict's name is Albert Jenkins, and as ho was considered a dangerous convict, he was confined in a coll on tho first floor, whore it was thought it would bo im possible for him to escape, but to a man with tho ingenuity of Jenkins nothing is seemingly impossible. The doors of tho colls are of iron and aro doubly protectod. From the upper part of tho door thoro projects a triangular piece of strong iron. When tho coll is closed a long iron bar ex tending throughout tho length of tho building is drawn in front Tho door cannot possibly be opened then, for tho projecting iron from tho door strikes it. This projecting pieco is firmly riveted to tho door and it looks Impos sible for any one without tho necessary tools to break it. In addition to all this thoro Is a padlock on tho door. Jenkins, bv somo means, took tho ; rivets out. There is somo evidence that a lilo was used to lllo down tho j ?hends. und it is supposed that this was his plan of operation. Ho must have worked at it for many months, and vory quiotly. for none of tho guards or any of the convicts In tho adjoining colls over heard him make any noiso. In his coll was found a little ball of coal tar wrapped In an old rag. It is supposed that aftor Illing tho beads he would amour tho eoul tar on tho heads, so as to prevent tho guards from see ing what ho wus doing. ' In tho open ing, whoro tho rivets wore, thoro were evidences that tar had been placed thoro. Having gotten out tho rivets there wus still another difficulty, the pad lock. But .Tonkins had ovidontly fixed that some time ago. Tho lock, when closed, will make a click as if it hud locked, but. on examination this morn ing, showed 1 hat it would not. although sounding exactly llko it. Tho guards have never examined it. or at least not recently, and as thoy closed tho door and clicked tho lock thoy doubtloss thought tho prisoner was secure Hav ing lixod both tho lock and projecting iron it was an easy matter to open tho door noiselessly. Jenkins had on a ball and ohain. Tho piece around his leg hud been broken for somo time in preparation for tho escape. To tho ordinary ob server, or oven to tho practiced eyo, nothing was wrong with it. The prisoner quietly took it off his leg and left it in his coll. Tho only tool found in tho coll was a small pieco of iron liko a part of a blacksmith's tongs, but to what purpose ho put that Is not known. .tonkins, having gotten out of bis coll, which was in tho new prison, went up stairs to the fifth story und prized off a small plank in tho colling. Two convicts were sleeping near by, but they say they heard nothing. Now came tho most daring and dangerous part of tho escape. Jenkins wont through tho colling floor to that por tion oT it which projects four or five feet beyond tho building. He pulled up another plank near where a lurge scantling extended from tho roof to tho ground. To get through that narrow hole on to this scantling would be most hazardous in broad daylight: to do so successfully at night is wonderful. But Jenkins accomplished the feat. Ho slid down to the ground. Tho scant ling was covered with threads from his cotton clothing. A guard in the hos pital heard a noiso in the prison and summoned other guards. They looked all around tho building and about, the yard, but eoidd find nothing. It is probable that Jenkins had reached the ground and secreted himself before the guards reached the .scene. Jenkins1 amazing nerve in climbing down the scantling is more wonderful when the fact is considered that he bus a curvaturo of the spine, which makes him u cripple. On ordinary oc casions ho apparently could hardly walk. He got out of the walls somehow. Nobody knows how he did it. When it wus discovered this morning that he had escaped it was not thought possi ble that he could have gotten out of tho walls, for after escaping from the prison ho was still in tho yard, sur rounded by brick walls twenty to thirty feet high. But ho got out. A thor ough search was made for him by all tho force within the yard. Every nook and corner was examined, but no .Jen kins was there. The walls inside and out wore looked over, but there was nothing to show where tho prisoner sealed them. The penitentiary uu thoritles uro therefore convinced that Jenkins has gone. Superintendent Neal has sent men to different railroad stations several miles from tho city and has notified the rail road authorities to keep a lookout for him. Tho police in this city have been asked to keep on the lookout us it is thought that possibly the may be hidden somewhere in Colum bia. Jenkins has never boon made to do much work owing to his affliction. Col. Nonl only gave him light jobs ubout tho yarn. Ho was apparently the meekest and most obedient prisoner in tho wholo lot, and to look at him no body would suspect him of harming a baby. But he is ubout the slickest negro in the Stato. Ho was first sent up from Kogeflold for five years for housebreuking on August 2nd, 1802. Ho oscaped. wont to Chester, and was convicted of house breaking and larceny there und was buuteoued again for five years, having been received again at the penitentiary in 1892. Ho first said that he was a nativo of Alabama, but tho next time ho camo ho said ho was from Georgia. Ho then gavo bis name as Mose Wil liams alias Hershal Curtis. He es caped from tho Georgia chnin-gang. where ho was sentenced for twelve years Ho was to have been sent back thoro when his sentence expired here. Ho is said, also, to have escaped from tho Charleston jail. Jenkins is a bright mulatto, red hair, dark groy eyes, burnt In corner of loft ovo, third und littlo finger of loft hand out off at first joint, 5 feet 7i inches high and about 25 sear. old. COT.UMUIA, S. C, May 26.?Albert Jenkins, t l)o young Nogro prlnco of jail broakors whoso wonderful escape from tho Stato penitentiary Tuesday night has been tho subject of much remark, was caught today as ho boarded tho freight train not far from tho city, .lenkins Is about 25 years old. Ho said that the publlshod reports of bis pscapo wore correct. Ho scalod tho' high walls by throwing a largo hook he found in tho yard ovor a guy noar tho wall. In showing tho officials how ho did it he wont ovor so fast that he had to be pulled back. He said that the reason why ho was so anxious to escape was that he hud somo burlod troasuro in Georgia. , ? ?-~?^mm+ ?*~ mm* - j ?Isaac U. Vincent, the defaulting Stato Treasurer of Alabama- has boon p'ui-doirod. TUM? DAVIS REINTERMENT. A Ceremony Without Precedent?The Ashes ?il'tlie Dead Chieftain in New Orleans?His Hosting; Place In Hielt? rnond? The solemn transfer of the remains of Jefferson Davis, late President of _ the Southern Confederacy, from their i temporary resting placo in New Or leans to tho spot of permanent sepul turo in Richmond, presents a spocta clo unprecedented in this country. Perhaps the only analogous incident in modern history is tho removal of tho remains of the. great Napoleon from tho island of St. Helena to tho splendid tomb of tho Invalides in Paris. From an article in the Atlanta Jour nal of recent date wo copy some of tho ; facts conneetod with tho interment of i Mr. Davis in New Orleans, and also j tho description of his permanent rest I ing place on tho James, in beautiful 1 Hollywood, where he will be sur | rounded by thousauds of his dead com patriots : I When Jefferson Davis died in New j Orleans on the Oth of December, 18S9, I thore arose at once a dignllled but I friondly competition among tho cities I of tho South for the honor of furnish ! lag his lust resting placo. His widow, to whom the question was left, deollned j to deeido it at once and it was only re cently that she gave her decision in 1 favor of Richmond. Meantime, tho remains have rested temporarily in Metairio comotorv in New Orleans*. This beautiful city of tho dead is distant about three miles from tho heart of the metropolis und is reached by grand and magnificent drives. It is tho most picturesquo and tho most lovoly of tho several eon: ^eries which are grouped together in the suburbs of Now Orleuns und is the highest elevu tion in the city. Tho environments of the cemetery, which issoverul acres In extent, present an ideul picture of Semi-tropical growth, under tho restraint of tho bund of art, while within its hallowed wulls tho costly and splendid mausoleums and monu ments erected to perpetuate the names of loved ones entombed therein. I vio in grandeur and beauty with the \ exquisite and sublimo sylvan scenery. Neatly kept lawns, adorned with shrubbery and flowers of every hue, border* tho well shelled drives and walks which traverse this most charm ing of the cemeteries of New Orloans. AN IMPOSING MONUMENT. Tho remains of tho distinguished Confederate chieftain are buried in the tomb of the Army of Northern Virginia, which Is situated at the extreme north western portion of tho cemetery, and is ono of the grandest and most impos ing monuments on tho grounds. It rests on the very spot where the young Louisianu volunteers pitched their tents in 18(51, when being murshulled for tho greut conflict. An immense gray mound, circular in Shape, rising with a gentle elevation twelve feet above tho ground, murks tho resting placo of the dead, and constitutes tho approach to the tomb. Around this plot of verdure is a hand somely shelled drive, while four grav olled walks lead to the top of the mound. Tho monument proper soars thirty feed above this at'tlAoal knoll. It con sists of a shaft of granite, gracefully proportioned, supported upon a hand some baso. Above this shaft is a heroic statue of Stonewall Jackson, the work of the sculptor Porelll. Tho shaft is 2H feet in height and the statue 8 feet 9 inches. IN THE VAULT. Tho vault in which the remains of tho ex-president have been temporarily placed is directly to the right of tho entrance of this chamber of the dead. It ditiers in no respect from tho other vaults in the tomb, save by a dis tinguishing black marble slab which covers tho opening to tho receptacle, shutting out the remains from view. Upon this slab is inscribed in letters of gold a perfect facsimile of the signa ture of Jefferson Davis, while below are chiselled the explanatory dates. ??June .Id. 1808?December 6th, 1889." Reside the vault Btands a stool draped with black cloth, about live feet in height, upon which rests a globular shaped flower vase of glass, in which are constantly kept freshly cut (lowers. Adjoining it is a large floral arm chair of white Immortelles. Chased in im perishable dowers of red at the back of the chair are the words ''Jefferson Davis." while attached to it full in gracoful folds the red and white rib bons which the veterans of the army of Northern Virginia and Tennessee placed upon the chair when tho re mains were Interred in the tomb. For upwards of a year after the in tormcnt. u guard of two men was kept at the tomb night and day. but this vigil has now been withdrawn. Tho vault is now so secure that it is im possible to molest the remains without calling the attention of the keepers of tho cemetery. The tomb has room sufficient to inter the bodies of 2,f>00 men. , HIS FINAL RESTING PLACE. The last resting place of Mr. Davis, in Richmond, will bo In what is known | as tho.now part of (he famed Holly-! wood cemetery. In that city of the dead repose the remains of (leu. J. E. B. Stuart, General Pegrain. (Jen. John R. Cooko, Gen. Wm. Smith und other Confederate generals and 12.000 ot her officers and soldiers of the lost cause. The Davis lot Is elliptical In shape and is located in a hulf-umphitheutor, or, in other words, on a BUbplateau in a somewhat precipitous slope on the banks of tho .lames river. To tho north of it, with a semi-circular base line and rising some thirty feet to tho main platform, at an angle of soino forty-five degrees, is a swarded back ground. From the south the line of the half-amphitheater, or what would bo the diameter line of tho complete circlo, skirts a rugged descent to tho river. The muin plateau is covered by n number of mugniflcent private monu ments. The lowor slope to the James Is studded with small trees and granite boulders, A PICTURESQUE SPOT. The spot Is one of tho most pictu resque In all Hollywood. It is secluded, yet at tho sanio* time accessible, and its natural beauties are capable of being greatly enhanced by artificial means. It commands a splendid view of tho .Tamos river up and down, while immediately beneath it are the falls, ovor which the foaming waters toss with a ceaseless roar. In summer the little islands in the. fulls uro covorod with verdure and folingo. Beyond, across tho river, aro tho ChoHtorfiold county bluffs, to tho west a succession of cascados, and to tho oast tho city of Richmond, termi nating on tho bow of a croscont which sweeps from tho back of Hollywood to tide water. The marblo picture of tho groat Con federate gonoral faces almost due south. Wreaths of laurel entwino the shaft to its apox, whoro tho stars rep resenting tho Confederate constellation are brought to view. Tho great soldier Is shown in a Confederate fatigue uni form, with his cup drawn ovor his eyes, which soetn to bo peering lu tho dis tant** ?Us dfook has Xkkto thrown carelessly over Iiis right arm, in which hand ho holds hij sword at rest. Tiie fiugors of his left hand hold a field glass. ' The simple inscription on tho side of the southern dio tells its own story? '?The Army of Northern Virginia, Louisiana Division,"?while the whole story, with all its hopes, sufferings, victories and defeats is told by the in scription on the othor side of the die, "From Manassasto Appomuttox, 1801 1805." Beneath tho mound is a chamber, reached by a flight of stairs at the northorn end of tho monument. A grated door oMion with heavy padlocks keeps out trespassers or thoso who might como there to desecrate tho graves of tho honored braves. Vaults navo been built Into the walls of this chambor. which is supplied with light by four openings in tho mound. A hnndsomo cabinet, with a glass cover, stands at the entrance of the eavo. con taining a list of tho members 'of the association buried in tho tomb. A I?TS! I, V l>I. IN IIAMUUHO. Three Men are Wounded Heenuso the Cows Ale the Wrong Oats. Augusta, Ga., May 25.?A bloody shooting nlTrny .occurred in Hamburg, opposite Augusta, in South Carolina, between Proprietor Joseph Pettyjohn, of the Arlington hotel, and his two sons Willio and Joe, with Mr. Tom Butler, of Hamburg. All of tho princi pals were wounded except young Joo Pettyjohn. Mr. Pettyjohn had twenty-eight head of cows in tiio pasture of Mrs. Henry II. G?tzen, a sister of Mr. But ler. This morning tho cows got out of the pasture and were grazing 00 Mr. Butler's out crop, and he penned tho cows up and gave orders not to-re lense them until damages to his oats were paid. Word was sent Mr. Pettyjohn that Mr. Butler had the cows pounded, so ho. with bis two sons, armed with breech-loading guns, together with Mrs. Pettyjohn, drove over to Hum burg with the avowed intention of get ting t heir cows. Thoy went to Mr. Butler's, turned tho cows out, and drove them to their own plantation near by. and Mr. Will Pettyjohn says they sent word to Mr. Butler that thoy hud taken their cows, and if he wanted anything for him to como on. Mr. Butler says fearing trouble ho armed himself with a shotgun and was standing in front of Mr. Shinnall's bar room, in Hamburg, when Mr. Petty john and bis family were driving through the town returning to the city. Mr. Pettyjohn says they saw Butler get behind a tree and cock his gun, so he stopped his horse and they all got OUt. Mrs. Pettyjohn and the two sons got their guns in readiness. Who fired the first shot is not known. Tho Pettyjohns claim Butler flred, but Butler docs not, know who banged loose iirst. When the shooting tirst started they wero fully fifty yards apart. Tho Pettyjohns advanced upon Butler, who backed into Shinnall's barroom. Willie Pettyjohn was the Bret one idiot, and he was wounded in the right arm throe times, in tho loft leg and received two othor flesh wounds. Mr. Joe Pettyjohn claims that But ler shot him in the head three times through the door of the saloon, and he was also shot once in the stomach, and it is apprehended this will prove a fatal wound. Mr. But ler was also badly peppered in the face and chest and his hands wero all torn up, but ho is not con sidered dangorously wounded. Butler claims that the Pettyjohns got out of the buggy and took a position behind a railroad trest le before he tired. Ho felt that his life was in danger, Fully ton or twelve shots were fired and great OXCitomont was created.. Nir. Pettyjohn says his (rows were loose, and did not get out of the pas ture, and that Butler Is mad with them because they will not discharge a tKm hand who Butler claims ho hired xf the year. Butler used small bucksho. and the Pettyjohns' gnus were londei with turkey shot. No arrests wore, made. ?A gold coin about the size of a 50 cent piece and only as thick as a 10-ceut piece, was plowed up the ot her day on the plantation of A. J. Ruple. near Or angeburg, S. C, on the old Charleston road. On one side of tho coin is a crown and figures of no special design, and on the ot her side is t ho head of a woman with tho following insoi'ipton: ?' loannes, V. D. G. Port. Et Alg. Bex. 17-12." Immediately under the head of the woman is Stamped the letter H." As will be seen from the date the ';oin is over 150 years old. but it is in a splen did state of preservation. --The city council of Charleston has awarded the contract for painting a portrait of the late Gen. Beaut'Ogard, to ornament the municipal portrait gallery, to P. II. Carter of Georgia, for $1,000. Competitive bids were receiv ed from all parts of the United States. ?Judge Ronoy has appointed J, II. Averill as permanent receiver of the Port Royal and Augustas Railroad, with W.T.Gary and Boykin Wright as counsel. The headquarters arc to be in Augusta. Inflamed itching, burning, orusty and scaly skin and scalp of infants soothed and cured by Johnson's Oriental Soap. Sold by Carpenter Bros., Green ville, S. C. ?A young man who had never bo foro ridden on a railway train, boarded a passenger train on tho Maine Cen tral, tho other day. and knocked vigor ously on the car door to he let inside. ?Near Richmond, Vu.. there lives a man who is said to be one hundred and five years old, and ho astonishes tho natives by reading without spectacles. ?Tho settlement of the debt upon fho Brooklyn Tabernacle has been oj fected and Dr. Talmago will not resign trom its pastorate. ?A farmer living near Owonsboro, Ky., has a horse that goos without a rider and regularly drives up the cows each evening. ?E. T. Gaillard, night clerk of the Kimbnll Homo, Atlanta, took a pi mira tion of opium to cause sloop, with l ital results. ?Moro than $70,000 of the funds of the Cincinnati University is missing, and whore it is no one seems to bo nbTo to oxplaln. ?Tiio Supremo Cmrt of North Dakota has decided that tho Prohibi tion law of the Stute isconstitutioxtal. ?Harry BUI, tho Atlanta forger, who has. loft for Canada, has been In dloteil by tho Atlanta grand jury. ?A saloon, the only ouo In tho place, was wrooked by the Indignant citizens of Burlington, Ind. ?The wedding of t'\o Duke of York an I Princess May of Teck hos boon fix ed for July 0. ?M. M. Dufllo. of Arkansas, who has beou appointed eouosul to Winnopcg, iti a taativo of South CaroUua.