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TIIK .JOUKNAIjISTS IN COUNCIL. Annual Meeting ot* the Htate Pkh Association. Tho South Carolina Press Associa tion held its nineteenth annual meet* in;: in the city of Columbia on tho 10th and 20th of July. Tho attendance wus unusually large, and the business was dispatched satisfactorily. President W. H. Wallace, of the Nowborry Obsorver, called tho moot ing to order, and requested Chaplain Sldi H. Browne, of tho Christian Neighbor, to open tho proceedings with prayer. % After the introductory exorcises President Wallace dolivered the follow ing address: It givos rae great pleasure to meet so many inombers of the South Caro lina Press Association hero to-day. I hopo this largo attendance augurs a new era and an upward movement in tho association. It would be a good thing for us all. and for tho public whom wo servo, if we, tho " moulders of thought," could soo more of ouch other. Porsonal association for a short time ouco a year at our State meet ings would m;il<i- us bettor acquainted with each other, and servo the good purpose of rubbing off somo of our sharp angles and corners. The result would bo that our discussions and con troversies would tako a more liberal turn, and thoro would bo more respect and consideration for each othors' opinions. Personal controversies, so ofton degonorating into abuse, would givo place to discussions of public ques tions on tho high piano of roason and argument. Thoro novor was a timo in tho his tory of this State whon so groat a responsibility rostod on tho profession of journalism. Whothor newspapers shape or only rolloct public sentiment, thoro is no doubt they givo tone and charactor to popular discussion. It is a timo that calls for moderation in maintaining opinions and toleration towards tho opinions of othors. Thoro is nothing so intclorant as Ignoranco, henc? thoso who know tho least are most impationt of contradiction or correction. In thoso days passion and prejudice run high?thoy have largely usurped the throne of reason?and there is no tolling to what lengths thoy may go if not checked by the sobor judgment and tho good oxample of thoso who speak to tho pooplo day aftor day and week aftor week. It is in their power, to a largo degree, to still tho tompest of passion and projudico that rages in tho hearts of tho pooplo. Not by a unanimity of opinion on public matters, for that is not possible, and not desira ble if it wore possible; but by a spirit of toleration, each man giving ovory other man credit for honesty of dpinion and rightfulness of purpose Thoro is a bitter light raging be tween radicalism and conservatism ; or, moro properly speaking, between innovation and stagnation. Thoro is much that is commendable on both aides of tho question. It is tho samo oontost that has boon waged with more or loss vigor and vonom for centuries. Tho journalist is strongly tempted to rush headlong into the thickest of the < light, to chargo with tho impetuous i radicals or to rosist tho onslaught with < the mossbacks. But wisdom dictates that in this caso, as in all others, tho truo position is somowhoro midway between tho two extremes ; and it is tho province and tho sacrod duty of the journalist to keep a lovol head and firm foot as ho troads this narrow path; so that out of all tho turmoil and strifo that rages around him ho may be ablo to scparato the good from tho bad-and discern the truo from tho false. At this time tho qualilicationmost needful to tho journalist, after intelligence and information?for which thoro are no substitutes?is an oven tempor. This, and this only, will samo him from becoming a prey to his own and others' passion and projudico and tho puppet of a clique or faction, and will enablo him to consider ovory public question Impartially and calmly. The editor who frets and fumes because things don't go his way is like a spoiled child and makes himself a public nuisance, besides destroying his own usefulness. The journalist who stays near the line that divides tho two oxtromos is oftenest rightj and enjoys tho greatest serenity of mind. Tho calm is in tho trough of tho sea, not on the crest of the wavos. Ho who occupies the ?"golden mean " botweon two extremes Is sometimes spoken of contemptuously as a " trimmer"; but such an one will bo respected far above him who sees nothing good except on ono side, and whose chiof occupation and dollght It Is to eulogize whatover his sido does and bolitile whatever is dono by tho ?other. Tho tendency in journalism is to ox trOmes, because tho extreme journals appear to tho superficial observers to oxerciso great power. Such journals appear to oxort a wonderful influonco over tho public mind, and their editors vainly imagino thoy aro raising a tre mendous dust. But things aro not always what thoy seom. It is tho old fablo of the fly on tho chariot wheol. So far from extreme nowspapors ?ixoroislng a controlling Influonco, they simply float on the tide and aro car led along by It. It is easy to float. Tho tost of strength comes when ono buffets against tho waves. Tho journalist with tho majority appears to bo doing groat things ; but ho is ?only following, not leading. And horo arises tho question that presents itself at ono timo or another to ovory conscientious odltor: How shal.' I bo govorned in tho conduct of my paper by tho opinions of the peo ple ? Tho argument on ono sido is, that the pooplo are tho rightful rulers, and therefore entitled to have thoir own views and measure carrlod out; that this is a government of tho pooplo, by tho pooplo, for tho people, and therefore whatover thoy want dono sin hi Id bo dono, and that It Is undemo cratic to opposo them. The moro ploasant courso would assuredly bo to go with tho peoplo or the majority. That Involves no effort and no sacrifice, and it entitles ono to be regarded?by politicians at least?as a " friond of tho people." If a newspaper is to be simply the mouth-pteco of a clique, whothor large or small, that Is the proper courso ; but if it aspires to be an oxponontof truth and right, regard loss of majorities or minorities or factions, it must form its opinions on public matters and express them frankly, if not fearlessly. Majori Mes are not always right; in deod it is a debatable question whether thoy are oftorter right or wrong. And thoro is no tolling whon or why majorities may change /rom ono sido to another of a public question/ But majorities are not always wrong. <tae may bo on the popular side of ft question and still be right '? and this it; a very pleasant position to occupy. It is bad enough to be a floate?' on the tido of popularity ; It in worse to be a journalistic Ishraael, whose hand fa against ovegry man and every man's han agalns% him?a ohronio fretter and kicker against everything that is ?a Charles A. Dana on a small scalo ; for in this field he stands without a rival. This is not independence or individuality, but stubbornewsand pure TIIK .JOUKNAIjISTS IN COUNCIL. Annual Meeting ot* the Htate Pkh Association. Tho South Carolina Press Associa tion held its nineteenth annual meet* in;: in the city of Columbia on tho 10th and 20th of July. Tho attendance wus unusually large, and the business was dispatched satisfactorily. President W. H. Wallace, of the Nowborry Obsorver, called tho moot ing to order, and requested Chaplain Sldi H. Browne, of tho Christian Neighbor, to open tho proceedings with prayer. % After the introductory exorcises President Wallace dolivered the follow ing address: It givos rae great pleasure to meet so many inombers of the South Caro lina Press Association hero to-day. I hopo this largo attendance augurs a new era and an upward movement in tho association. It would be a good thing for us all. and for tho public whom wo servo, if we, tho " moulders of thought," could soo more of ouch other. Porsonal association for a short time ouco a year at our State meet ings would m;il<i- us bettor acquainted with each other, and servo the good purpose of rubbing off somo of our sharp angles and corners. The result would bo that our discussions and con troversies would tako a more liberal turn, and thoro would bo more respect and consideration for each othors' opinions. Personal controversies, so ofton degonorating into abuse, would givo place to discussions of public ques tions on tho high piano of roason and argument. Thoro novor was a timo in tho his tory of this State whon so groat a responsibility rostod on tho profession of journalism. Whothor newspapers shape or only rolloct public sentiment, thoro is no doubt they givo tone and charactor to popular discussion. It is a timo that calls for moderation in maintaining opinions and toleration towards tho opinions of othors. Thoro is nothing so intclorant as Ignoranco, henc? thoso who know tho least are most impationt of contradiction or correction. In thoso days passion and prejudice run high?thoy have largely usurped the throne of reason?and there is no tolling to what lengths thoy may go if not checked by the sobor judgment and tho good oxample of thoso who speak to tho pooplo day aftor day and week aftor week. It is in their power, to a largo degree, to still tho tompest of passion and projudico that rages in tho hearts of tho pooplo. Not by a unanimity of opinion on public matters, for that is not possible, and not desira ble if it wore possible; but by a spirit of toleration, each man giving ovory other man credit for honesty of dpinion and rightfulness of purpose Thoro is a bitter light raging be tween radicalism and conservatism ; or, moro properly speaking, between innovation and stagnation. Thoro is much that is commendable on both aides of tho question. It is tho samo oontost that has boon waged with more or loss vigor and vonom for centuries. Tho journalist is strongly tempted to rush headlong into the thickest of the < light, to chargo with tho impetuous i radicals or to rosist tho onslaught with < the mossbacks. But wisdom dictates that in this caso, as in all others, tho truo position is somowhoro midway between tho two extremes ; and it is tho province and tho sacrod duty of the journalist to keep a lovol head and firm foot as ho troads this narrow path; so that out of all tho turmoil and strifo that rages around him ho may be ablo to scparato the good from tho bad-and discern the truo from tho false. At this time tho qualilicationmost needful to tho journalist, after intelligence and information?for which thoro are no substitutes?is an oven tempor. This, and this only, will samo him from becoming a prey to his own and others' passion and projudico and tho puppet of a clique or faction, and will enablo him to consider ovory public question Impartially and calmly. The editor who frets and fumes because things don't go his way is like a spoiled child and makes himself a public nuisance, besides destroying his own usefulness. The journalist who stays near the line that divides tho two oxtromos is oftenest rightj and enjoys tho greatest serenity of mind. Tho calm is in tho trough of tho sea, not on the crest of the wavos. Ho who occupies the ?"golden mean " botweon two extremes Is sometimes spoken of contemptuously as a " trimmer"; but such an one will bo respected far above him who sees nothing good except on ono side, and whose chiof occupation and dollght It Is to eulogize whatover his sido does and bolitile whatever is dono by tho ?other. Tho tendency in journalism is to ox trOmes, because tho extreme journals appear to tho superficial observers to oxerciso great power. Such journals appear to oxort a wonderful influonco over tho public mind, and their editors vainly imagino thoy aro raising a tre mendous dust. But things aro not always what thoy seom. It is tho old fablo of the fly on tho chariot wheol. So far from extreme nowspapors ?ixoroislng a controlling Influonco, they simply float on the tide and aro car led along by It. It is easy to float. Tho tost of strength comes when ono buffets against tho waves. Tho journalist with tho majority appears to bo doing groat things ; but ho is ?only following, not leading. And horo arises tho question that presents itself at ono timo or another to ovory conscientious odltor: How shal.' I bo govorned in tho conduct of my paper by tho opinions of the peo ple ? Tho argument on ono sido is, that the pooplo are tho rightful rulers, and therefore entitled to have thoir own views and measure carrlod out; that this is a government of tho pooplo, by tho pooplo, for tho people, and therefore whatover thoy want dono sin hi Id bo dono, and that It Is undemo cratic to opposo them. The moro ploasant courso would assuredly bo to go with tho peoplo or the majority. That Involves no effort and no sacrifice, and it entitles ono to be regarded?by politicians at least?as a " friond of tho people." If a newspaper is to be simply the mouth-pteco of a clique, whothor large or small, that Is the proper courso ; but if it aspires to be an oxponontof truth and right, regard loss of majorities or minorities or factions, it must form its opinions on public matters and express them frankly, if not fearlessly. Majori Mes are not always right; in deod it is a debatable question whether thoy are oftorter right or wrong. And thoro is no tolling whon or why majorities may change /rom ono sido to another of a public question/ But majorities are not always wrong. <tae may bo on the popular side of ft question and still be right '? and this it; a very pleasant position to occupy. It is bad enough to be a floate?' on the tido of popularity ; It in worse to be a journalistic Ishraael, whose hand fa against ovegry man and every man's han agalns% him?a ohronio fretter and kicker against everything that is ?a Charles A. Dana on a small scalo ; for in this field he stands without a rival. This is not independence or individuality, but stubbornewsand pure cussedness, for which no amount of learning' or skill or genius can atone. The journalist who pursues the even tenor of his way, independent of all factions and all politicans, will asoften find himself on the side of the people as he who sets his sails -to catch the favoring breezes. There is a peculiar satisfaction in being on tho side of the majority when the majority is right; for then ono has the approbation of his own conscience and the recommen dation of his fellow citizens?both extremely gratifying to any well regulated mind. All things como to those who wait, if they do their duty while they wait. Georgo Washing ton says, in a letter to Professor Luzac of Leydon, December 2, 1797 : " In times of turbulonco, when the passions are afloat, culm reason is swallowed up in the r reme to which measures aro carried : but when these subside, and the empire of roason is resumed, the man who acts from prin ciple, who pursues the path of truth, moderation and justice, will regain his influence." The groatest danger to journalism is not lack of\ independence so much as lack of training and qualification for tho office and work of editor. To be a physician ono must devote himself for years to tho study of modicino. The lawyer must go through a tedious and laborious course of reading. The carpenter, the blacksmith and the shoomaker must acquire skill by long and patient practice. But the editor, whoso knowledgo should be all-em bracing, needs only a hand-press and a fow pounds of typo to enlighten tho world on the momontous issues of tho day. With meagre information, with no originality and no power of think ing, ho can only becomo an echo of some man or clique, to be used for a time and then cast aside. Every man who can put words together and spin sontences is not an oditor any more than everybody who bangs on n piano is a musician. Tho public is too exact ing in some things, but in this its stundard is much too low. There is every consideration for an oditor to magnify his calling by honest und diligent study, by the acquisition uf useful knowledge and a broad and liberal culture. He may thus becomo a leader among thinking men and u : power for good among all men?an edu cator of the peoplo. An editor should bo i better informed than his roaders ; that is his business, and his profession de mands it of him. It is not necessary ; that he should bo educated in tho languagos and tho sciences, though those will not hurt him, but ho must i learn to think forhimsolf and to rely on his own judgment for the decision i af the many questions of popular in terest that aro constantly confronting i him. Some of tho best educated men owe very little to the schools and col leges. Tho model journalist, of tho weekly pross especially, is ho who < combines tho practical knowlodgo of tho printing buiness with a knowledge of the men and things of his own timos, Tho most successful journalists aro those who have rison by regular pro motion from the position of " devil " to that of editor. Wo have some worthy examples of this kind of journalists in our own Association?men who know every detail of a their profession, from washing rollers to writing leaders. I would liko to discuss tho moro practical side of newspaper life and Bhow how newspaper owners llavo gradually allowed tho public to en croach upon their property rights and deprive them of a largo share of their legitimate profits ; how tho newspapers have como to bo froo bullotin boards for the communication of facts for persons interested at a dead oxponse to tho publisher ; how every party and faction and society use tho newspaper freely for their own ends; in short, how tho publishers allow themselves to bo im posed upon to the groat damage of their business. But there aro several matters of importance to como boforo tho Association, and I will not detain you longor. I sincerely hope that our deliberations in this splendid hall, so kindly put at our service by tho Secre tary of Stato, may bo characterized by courtesy and liberality of sentiment, and that our stay in this beautiful city may provo ploasant and profitable to us all. At tho close of Mr. Wallaco's ad dross Mayor Fisher, on behalf of Col umbia, oxtonded a cordial wolcomo to the visiting editors, and hoped that they would have a pleasant and profit able time. President Wallace thanked Mayor Fisher for his cordial welcome. The reports of officers woro called for. Treasurer Franz Molchers, of tho Zeitung, showed tho Association to bo in pretty good financial condition. President Wallace submitted a brief report in which he roviowed tho work of the Association, and referred to his leaving tho Association and how very pleasant his relations had always boon with other members of tho organiza tion. Tho most interesting report was that of Secretary Prince. It was quito a long paper, out the gist of it is ^iven : Tho report gives a hurried review of tho history of tho Association from its incoption May, 1875, when it was or ganized with but twonty-sovon mem bers, up to tho present time. Accord ing to his report tho membership increased oighty-nino members dur ing the period from 1875 to 1883, and thirty-three from that time to tho present, giving the Association a total membership of one hundred and seventeen to date, no record having beon kept from 1882 t?1889. Tho report shows nit undor Mr. Priinco's careful and invested secre taryship tho records of tho AssooiaMon have ussumed a most satisfactory form and aro now in fine Shape for his suc cessor, who is to bo oloctod at this mooting. It treats most intorestingly of tho trip of tho editors to tho World's Fair, which will bo made in August, in which thoy will enjoy one of tho rarest troats possiblo to an educated mind at no cost oxcopt such as it pleases them to mako. Tho trip affords freo trans portation, ontranco to tho Fair, free ontranco to tho theatres of Chicago, as woll as froo ontranco to almost every thing to bo found on tho Midway Plaisanse?in brief, oarto blanoho to nearly everything in tho " Windy City.? This is all due to the untiring efforts of Mr. Princo, who has beon at work on it since the 1st of last December, and who has made a trip to the Fair in per son in order to accomplish this great pleasure for his brother quill-drivers. Ho proposes a handsome button-hole badge as a passport for tho editors while there and as a souvenir to bo pre served afterwards. In conohiding tho report details his many labors, which have beon ohoorfully performed, and expresses his rogrots at having to sover hi* connection with the Association. Tho ttfght session was spent in hear ing interesting papers by Hugh Wilson, of the Abbeville Wt40$ and Banner, ana John S. Reynolds, of thfl Columbia fltate. SECOND DAY'S PROCEEDINGS. The j&f\ogramme for the, second day included a flurabor of topics per taining to journalism, and at intervals throughout the day those paper** were .presented. The new arrivals from different parts of the State swelled the attendance considerably, and resulted in securing the largest meeting in the history of the Association. t Secretary Prince submited the ar rangements for tho projected ex cursion to Chicago and the World's Fair. The trip will be made about the 17th of August. Mr. Princo has per fected arrangements for a free trip to Chicago upon tho conditions that all who go shall agree to do a certain amount of advertising in return for tho passes givon, and submitted tho proposition and agreements made with the Richmond and Danville, East Ten nesseee, Virginia and Georgia, Queen and Orescent and Monon routes. Arrangements have also been mudo for freo entrance to tho World's Fair and many of the side shows and the atres of Chicago during the stay of tho editors In that city. Low rates of board have also been obtained. Tho next business before tho Associa tion was tho annual election of officers. President Wallace having retired from newspaper work and from the Associa tion to go into educational work, tho A8ssociatlon passed resolutions of ro grot upon his retirement and assuring him of the kind wishes of tho Associa tion in tho future. In the retirement of Mr. Wallace the Association loses ono of its most active and valued mem bers. * Tho oloction of officers for tho ensu ing year resulted as follows : President, Hugh Wilson ; first vice president, R. T. Jaynes ; second vice president, John G. Capers ; secretary, C. H. Princo, ro olooted ; treasurer, F. Molchors ; chap lain, Rev. Sidi H. Browne. Tho business of tho Association was concluded in tho afternoon, and it was agrood to moot next year in Columbia. Tho memboi's wore given a carriage drive after final adjournment, and also an excursion around the city upon tho splendid oloctrlc railway, which is un der the superintendence of Col. 'J. Q. Marshall. thk banquet at night. At 9 o'clock the editors assembled at Wright's Hotel and marched in a body to the Zouaves' armory, where they, with other invited guests, enjoyed a bountiful spread and listoned to re sponses to the following toasts : Welcome?W. C. Fisher, mayor of Columbia. Response?President Hugh Wilson. Tho Profession of Journulism?The Rev. A. J. Thomas, Baptist Courier. Tho Editor and tho Financial Ques tion?W. C. Dreher, lately of Press Committee Reform Club, Now York. Tho Capital City Press?Capt. John (Jr. Capors, The Columbia Journal. South Carolina?Col. J. A. Hoyt, Greonville Mountaineer. The Spirit of tho Press?M. B. Me Sweenoy, Hampton Guardian. Tho Editors and tho World's Fair? C. H. Prince, Secretary of tho Associa tion. Normal and Industrial Education for Our Women?Prof. D. B. Johnson. Press and Pulpit?Rov. Sldl H. Browne. The Country Press?Julius E. Boggs, Pickons Sentinel. The Industrial and Manufacturing South?Hon. W. T. C. Bates, State Treasurer. Woman?J. Wilson Gibbos. tho State. Tho State Press Association?W. H. Wallace, retiring President. Tho evening's program was opened with a blessing by the Rev. S. P. H. Elwoll. Mayor Fisher presided at the hoad of tho tables and acted as toast mastor, aftor having wolcomod tho editors in bohalf of Columbia. The sevoral toasts wore fittingly responded to,' many of tho speakers making short but thoughtful talks full of sound advice to thoir follow workers. During tho courso of tho toasts Mr. R. T. Jaynes, of tho Koowoe Courior, aroso and asked for the prlvllogo of tho floor. It was his pleasure, ho said, to present Mr. C. H. Princo, on behalf of tho Association, with a handsome gold watch, as a token of thoir appre ciation of his valuable services in pro paring for tho trip of tho editors to tho World's Fair. Mr. Jaynes made tho presentation in an appropriate speech, in which he took occasion to remind tho brethren of tho press of tho significance of tho presont. tho moaning of tho word, " watch.'' He Impressed Its importance upon them with all tho force of tho English language, and concluded by paying a dosorvod compliment to Mr. Princo. Mr. Princo responded feelingly. At tho conclusion of the toasts Capt. J. G. Capors proposed a toast to the health of tho retiring prosidont of tho Association, Mr. W. H. Wallace, which was responded to standing by tho whole body. _ ^ ^ Appearances are Deceptive? Yostorday there was an incident at the State Treasurer's office hoaring on tho oxehango of tho old bonds for tho now, etc., which causod not a little merri ment among tho officials of tho treas ury department, and shows that a man Is not always to bo judged by his looks. A few days ago tho Stato Treasurer received from an aged farmer in tho lower part of tho Stato $20,000 In (i por cent. Brown Consols for which ho wanted tho money. The matter was in progress of sottlomont when, yesterday morning, tho old gentleman, a plain looking countryman, walked into tho treasurer's office and Introduced him self, asking if the State could pay up Its bonds. Dr. Bates told him that It could, and did not know what to oxpoct next. Tho old man quietly walked into tho vault and oponing his clothing took from around his waist a kind of bug of cloth from which ho began to draw what soom to be an endless amount of State bonds. He quietly proceedod to count thorn. This finished with $40,000 worth of Brown Consols in his hand, ho stop ped out and wont up to tho troasuror asking him to givo him i lie full valuo of them. He did not seom to know in what shape ho wanted the money, and tho troasurocr had to explain to him tho various farms In which ho could pay tho amount. Finally tho old gontloman decided that ho would invest tho money In Georgia securities, and taking tho check for $60,000 walkod out onco moro into the street. No one mooting him would over havo taken him for a man carrying that large amount of money in his pocket, or would have supposed that no had boon drawing $3,000 a yoar for years without having to movo a flngor.?The State. ?A pocullar marriage has occurred in Greenvillo, Ga. A man roprosont ing himself as a second cousin, but really ar undo of a fchirtoon-year-old girl, se 'uruu a lioonse and married hor, claiming hor to bo nineteen, and also assuning tho officials that the parents of the girl wore willing for the mar? rlage to occur. The girl ha* bo?n taken In charge by hor heartbroken paronts. ?W. C. P. Brookinridge, mombor of Congress from the blue grass district of Kentucky, vas married in Louisville Wednesday afternoon U) Mrs. Louise Scott Wing. The bride is the widow of Rumsey Wing, -who died while min ister to Ecuador. [From the Mountaineer. SOUTHERN MEMORIES. BY LELA BACON DICKSON. The re-interment of tho great South ern chieftain, ex-Prosident -Davis, at Richmond, Va., tho once proud capital of the Confederacy, has stirred slum boring memories, and every Southern heart beats with emotion and swells with patriotic fervor as tho last eulo gies and tribute is paid this honored horo of tho South. Throughout tho Southland there are organizations and reunions of Confederate veterans, and daughters of the Confederacy, who an nually meet to decorato the graves and perpetuate the name and valor of thousands of gallant Confederates, who fought with tne heroism of Spartans, cheerfully yielding up their lives for tho noble causo for which they fought. A retrospection of somo forty yoars, and we see the South ono of the proud est and most aristocratic nations on earth. Tho hospitable, chivalrous Southorngontloraan, and tho beautiful, virtuous duughtorsof tho South had no peors, and tho counterpart of many un elegant mansion throughout tho South might bo seen filled with every luxury ana comfort; tho abodo of hospitality and leisure, company coming and go ing, bountiful tables spread with every delicacy, choico cookery, old winos, massive plates and a routino of woll drossed, well-trained servants, forming On obsequious array, standing behind the chairs of guests at the dinner hour, or waiting on them in their apart ments, all combined to givo tho im pression of a joyous, abundant lifo. AU was cultivation, olegance and re finement. Tho flower gardens, shruh borry and ample lawns woro laid out with European taste. The stables were filled with blooded horses, which woro at the disposal of quests, and kennels of tho finest sporting breeds, pointers, setters and packs of grey hounds woro kept not only for tho amusement of tho proprietor, but that of his friends, both ladies and gentle men, who would frequently gather at the mansion and spend days under the hospltablo roof. Tho ladies superbly mounted, and with gallant escorts, oftentimes would follow tho hounds in full cry, taking daring leaps as they flow ovor fields In chase of tho wary fox. There woro many contignous farms or plantations adjoining tho ostute, on which wore thousands of acres of waving corn and growing cotton, cultivated by African slaves. Tho master, kind and considorate of these dependents, was held in profound respect, and they were cheerful and contented under his dominion. Tho younger members of tho family woro hold in special adora tion by those faithful slaves?constant companions in childhood, partners of their youthful grief and joys?who would willingly have given their lives for tho sake of "young marstor" or 11 young mistis." Such was tho devo tion these humble slaves boro to their superiors, and this was tho happv, prosperous condition of tho South, when viewed from u distance by our conscientious Northorn neighbors who had found tho institution of slavery unprofitable, now deemed it prudont to relievo tho South of so profitable a re sourco. For years this question was agitated until a bitter sectional antago nism existed, and the estragement be twoon the two localities had so widoned that thoro was but little intercourse hotweon tho people of tho North and South, and they regarded each other almost, as distinct nationalities. At length matters had gravitated to such a point that tho booming of cannon and musketry and clashing of arms was heard throughout tho land we love, and tho American peoplo were engaged in ono of tho bloodiest wars tho world had ovor witnessed, costing tho lives of nearly a million of men, and taking the light and lovo from as many happy homes and loving hearts. Tho heroic struggle tho Southern peoplo made to retain their rights and property on tailed by ancestry, and tho accumula tions of years was ono of the most valiant and strenuous efforts history has ever rocordod. Loyalty and devo tion to tho noblo causo was rife throughout the land, and never had a peoplo ovinccd a morn determined spirit than now animated tho Southern men, women and children. Upon the first call men lloy to their arms, and wivos and mothers sent their husbands and sons to battlo without a murmur. Southern valor, directed by leaders whoso names woro identified with tho proudost prostigo of America, and tho noblo, patriotic soldiers onlisted in do foneo of principles which woro the dearest convictions of tho Southern heart. Novor were opposing forces moro unequally mot. Tho grand army of tho assailant, thoroughly provided with ovory appliance of modern war faro, schoolod and disciplined in mili tary tactics, unlimited wealth and re sources, and inexhaustible numbers, combined with all tho olemonts of su periority ugainst a peoplo ontiroly ag ricultural in habits and resources, weak in numbers and a government not yot organized threo months ; with out supplies, without navies and ship yard:., and without time or opportunity to obtain thorn. It is not strange that this grand invading host was so confi dent of a glorious victory and their war cry was, "Let it bo short, sharp and decisive," and with one bloody holocaust the victory was theirs. But for a moment lot us glanco at tho sud den revulsion of this grand army of tho enemy who had derided tho Confeder ates for tho want of numbers, tho want of arms, and its lack of all ossential matorial of war. Behold their arro gance and hauteur put to flight, routed at ovory point, and now flying in inglorious rotroat before the victori ous columns of-? the Confederates.. ("Regiment aftor "rogimont now camo rushing along tho road and ovor fields. But soon all distinction of regiments and companios of infantry, cavalry and artillory were lost. Tho confusion of Babel was synthetic order and porfoct symmotory when compared with tho chaotic uproar which now prevailed. Soon tho way of flight bocamo chokod with private conveyances, with terri fied civilians, with brokon gun-car riagos, all tumbling, crashing and roll ing against each other, wounded horses plunged to and fro in tho midst of tho demented mass of human beings. Many wore crushod to doath. Many threw themselves on tho oarth, being either wounded or exhausted and un able to continue* their flight. Tho great mass oontinued to hurry forward, leaving their dead and wounded on the battlefield.) Thus ondod tho first en counter of tho groat civil war. During throe years of varying vicissitudes the Confocloratos fought with sanguine fury, (and with tho foroclty of tigors,) gaining many decisive battles, ano victory was almost within their grasp. Although tho contest was not ended and tho tido for tho time seemed against thom, they were still hopeful of glorious aohlevoment-H, although its avinios v, er.- .1 i minis in 11. its resources in mon and moans apparently exhaust ed and Southern ports blockaded, but devotion and patriotism triumphed ovor all these obstaoles, and thoir valor was again illustrated on numerous battlemlds and inflicted orusbing de feats on successive armies, each of which our arrogant foe fondly imagined to be inviciblo. It was not until tho closing Hceneu of 1804 that the un wavering confidence of the Confeder ates was shaken. "Sherman's march to the sea" hud completed tho success of devastations. The wholo country was laid waste. Mills were burned, factories demolished, barns filled with Srain wore givon to (lames, private rosl onccs and beautiful public buildings were burned to tho ground* growing crops und ovory prospect of comfort and living were destroyed, and the once prosperous and abundant South was now reduced to a state of desola tion, sorrow and boreavemont. Leaving the scenes of battle and car nage for a whilo wo go to tho homes of thoso loyal soldiers, who had loft wives, children, mothers and sisters, unprotected only by thoso faithful slaves, who would have fought und diod to protect thoir helpless charges, and for four years with unceasing fidolity thoy worked, cared for and watched over them with tho tenderness born of the closest ties and tho highest sense of chivalry. Words fail to ascribe tho honor and praise duo these noble, patriotic Southern women who had boon reared in tho lap of luxury and affluence, unaccustomed to tho slightest toll or hardship. Now with uncomplaining cheerfulness wo find them turning tho snindlo wheel until thoso slender, delicate hands aro blistered, or standing boforo cumber some looms, learning the Intricate pro cess of cloth-making. Tho great armies for tho most part doponded upon these delicate hands for clothing. Neither wero tho little girls or young ladies at school Idle. Whon seen upon the play grounds or In recitation rooms thoy wero dexterously plying tho knit ting noodles, oach priding herself upon tho number of pairs of socks to bo sent to that much-loved and honorod army of tho Confederacy. With marvelous skill, becoming attire, a variety of hats, shoos, and all of thoso little articles of personal udornmont so dear to feminine hearts were contrived out of "nothing" with the utmost in genuity. Tho kindly presence of Southern ladies in hospitals win over bo hold in sacred memory by remain ing veterans. Her benign nature ever ready to sootho and alleviate tho suf ferings of friends or foo, her own needs stinted to provide delicacies for tho sick and wounded, reading and writing letters, giving cheerful and comforting words to tho desponding, or sending dying messages to dear distant moth ers and wives. Such was tho daily oc cupation of thoso noblo Southern women. During theso troublesome times love and courtship was not for got, and a talisman givon at parting, a ring, a lock of hair, or tho picture of some sweet girlish face did more to strengthen and rovivo the weary boI- : dier and languishing prisoner than any thing ol80 could havo done, and many littlo lovo tokens, such as gutta porcha rings, neatly ombolished with silver hearts, fount! thoir way out of gloomy prisons to fair hands, plighting tho troth of many a lovoly Southern girl to her ardent and patriotic lover. ' Tho larders of Southern households wero now woll uigh exhausted, and it was pathetic to see how tho faithful 1 old mammies contrived to replenish theso necessities. Substituting parch- i ed rye and dried sweet potatoes for coffee, and digging up tho dirt of tho old smoke-house, which had received the drippings of that abundant Btore of hams and middlings for years, and by a mysterious process converting it into a "prime" quality of salt, and many times hor " white folk's" table was spread with unusual delicacies, tho result of "mammies" foraging visits to the camps of her Northorn friends. The Southern armies wero now re duced to abject starvation and want, and out off from all aid and sustenance the Confederacy, like a wearied gladia tor, whoso spirit was invincible, reeled under the exhaustion and finally suc oummed to an enemy inexhaustible in strength and re-inforced by tho world, was no testimony against tfie valor or theskill with which her struggle was directed. The sons and daughters of the South havo exhibited heroism so Bubllmo as to render her illustrious in all tune to come, and the achievements of South ern genius and valor is as radiant as over shono upon tho bla/.ing crest of war. Tupelo, Miss. General News Summary. ?John Hancock, ono of Toxas' most prominent jurists and onco a member of Congross, died recently at Austin. ?Tho cotton and corn crops of Toxns aro reported in bad condition. Grass hoppers and othor insocts and the drought havo dono considerable dam age ?William Wilson, of Paborson, N. J., 50 years old, committed suicide by jumping from tho top of a sandstone quarry to tho valley of rocks, a distance of lit) foot. ?Professor John Allison, one of tho best known Presbyterian preachers in the country, died at St. Paul, Minn., from concussion of tho brain by falling from a streot car in Minneapolis. ?W. H. Wallace, a prominent citi zen of Lebanon, Tonn., who had been to St. Louis, Where ho purchased the thoroughbred horse, Truo Boy, at a largo price, was robbed on his way homo from that aity, losing his pocket book, containing $10,000 In money and notes. ?Samuel Sponcor, of New York, has boon appointed co-reoeiver for tho East Tonnessee, Virginia and Georgia railroad and controlled Hues, with Messrs. Fink and McGheo, by Judge Lurton. Tho appointment takes otTect August 1, and the bond WOS fixed at $100,000. ?W. L. Oakloy, of Now York, walk ing from San Francisco to New York, on a wager, was killed by a Union Pa cific train a fow milos west of Omaha, Nob., on tho 18th Inst. Oakley was Identified by papers on his person. He was endeavoring to make tho trip with out money. ?A Boston dispatch announces tho shutting down for August of the Amos koag cotton mill. This is the largest cotton mill in tho United Statos, and probably in tho world. It employs 8,000 Apcrativos, uses six million pounds of coi tim a wook, and pays $22o,000 u month in wages. ?Rev. F. C. McConnoll, tho popular pastor of tho Baptist church at Gaines ville, Ga., has noon olectod assistant corresponding soorotary of tho Homo Mission Board of tho Southorn Baptist oonvontlon. Ho has aocopted tho position and will assumo tho duties of tho office about Suptombor 1st. ?Col, Charlos Coloook Jonos? Jr., died on tho 10th lnst. at his home in Qummervillo, near Augusta, Ga, He was a writor of groat ability, and had given muoh attention to historical mat ters. Ho was 02 years old, and tho first and only president of tho Confed erate Survivors' Association In Au gusta, and the survivors and soldlors will unite with tho citizens in paying a tribute to Augusta's fororaost and best loved citizen. BILL. a HI? ON IjYNCHINGS. They Will Not Cease Until the Out i'aKe? Are Stopped?Education With out Moral Training In u Curse In? stead of n Riebst or. We see thut the twenty-four judges of our circuit courts are going to meet very soon in Atlanta to confer together for tho good of the State. That cer tainly is a good thing to do. " In tho multitude of counsel thero is safety." Our judges are brainv and conserva tive men and if wo had about three on a bench instead of one we could safely dispense with all tho jury business and all the hallelujah speeches and trans act as much business in a day as they do now in a week. Nothing in tho world but reverence for "magna charta " and tho old land marks keops tho old jury system in use. If wo need a loarned, well-balanced judge and learned and eloquent lawyers, how much more important it is to havo jurors of the same education and capa city. One thine- that those judges are to consider is whether the courts are to blame for these lynchings and if they are then to provide u remedy by hav ing more speedy trials in criminal cases. The courts are not to blame for lynchings. If when an outrage is com mitted that provokes a lynching tho people know that tho guilty criminal would bo tried and convicted within two or three months it would not stop tho proceeding. Tho law's delay is not tho actuating emotion. It is simply the explosion of a gun that has long been loaded. The newspapers speuk of lynchings as tho act of a howling, yelling, demoniae mob. Tho newspapers do not know. Editors live in town and feol socuro. Their wives can visit and their daughters go to school without approhension of dan ger. Tho police aro always within call and neighbors are near. But go to tho country and get close up to the hoart of a furmer who has children and ho will tell you that the apprehension of some horrible calamity is always over him. That it is a shadow that follows him when he leaves homo or his chil dren havo gone to tho neighboring school, not that it makes him miser able, but nevertheless it conies over him in spito of himself. This feeling is common to all country people, especially tho poor?the tenants who oannot give protection like the rich. T havo heard them talk about it often and I know that th is fear has kept many a little country girl from school. That dark path through the woods and across tho crook and those negroes in the holds or ?t the mines or wandering up ami down the creek with hook and lino. "Who next?" is the thought whenever they read of an outrage, and so when ono does occur in their vicini ty pentup emotions break loose and they join in the pursuit as Putnam and his men pursued the wolf that had so long preyed upon their sheep folds. Such negroes are brutes and deserve no more consideration. If his crime affected any ono who was near and dear to me I could see him burned and feel no re gret, but satisfaction rather in the hopo that I might intimidate some Otb*?r brute. When will these things stop? I don't mean tho lynchings, for they will never stop as long as the outrages go on. When will the outrages stop ? They do not seem to be abating, but are increasing in frequency. Indeed, tho last report Of Colonel Jones, tho principal keeper, gives no encourage ment. Crime is on the increase among tho negroes. Within two years 245 have been added to the number of con victs. They now number near 2.000 and within eight years will number .'1,000 if the rate goes on. What an army?and what, an army it will take to guard them ! Is there any way to stop or diminish this black current of crimes that is overpowering the land ? The school commissioner boasts that illiteracy is rapidly decreasing in Geor gia. What of it if crime is increasing ? It is good citizenship that we want. Education does not diminish crime, but it increases it?not a little, but im mensely. That is not controverted now. Massachusetts has about twice the white population of Georgia and her illiteracy is only .'I per cent., while Georgia is about 20 per cent. Massa chusetts has 4,800 white convicts in her prisons and Georgia 198. Our negroes have about caught up with New Eng land white people in crime and if our present system of education goes on thoy will soon surpuss them. Educa tion without, moral training is a curso instead of a blessing. Tho commis sioner's report shows that 60 per cent, of theso negro convicts are under thirty years of age and of course know nothing of slavey : SO per cent, aro un der forty years and only 5 per cent, are over fifty. Porty-one per cent, of them can read, but the old negroes who had training while in slavery aro not in tho chaingang. Theso statistics show that tho negroes in tho schools are not getting that moral training that makes good oitizens. The nogro teachers fail to teach them honesty, truth, charity, obedienco to law, and other cardinal virtues. Many of tho teachers are lucking In these virtues themselves, and negro editors and negro preachers are more exercised about the lynchings than thoy are about outrages that pro voked them. There ought to bo some special rules prescribed for negro schools. The decaloguo should be f>rinted in largo letters and framed and lung up in overy schoolroom, and three of tho commandments should be in larger typo than the rest. Tho race traits of tho negro should bo impressed upon tho pupils. They should know that, out of 1,760 convicts, 1,350 are thoro for larcony in some form. Their inclination to steal is natural, and it is safe to say that if all who steal were punished thoro would bo five times the number in the chaingang. Every family who hires them knows this. The cooks and housemaids and nurses and office boys will all steal, but they rarely steal very valuable things. The most extraordinary case on record oc curred in our town a year ago. A resi dent moved to the country to stay a few months, and left his piano in tho house, socurely locked up. A negro woman who had a gift for music hired a dray in tho night and broke in the house and carried tho piano away. After much difficulty, it was found, and sho is now sorving her torm. But all tho llttlo pilforings aro condoned, especially when the articles are rostorod. Tho rofloctlvo, observing pnoplo of Goorgia aro thinking about these things. Theso negroes receive 40 per cont of tho school fund, while thoy pay only .'1 per cent, of tho taxes. Tho quostion is, is this money wasted ? How much longor must tho experiment go on ? is tho oduoation thoy get making thorn better or worse? Tho school commissioner tolls us that thore is ono olty in Georgia whore tho per centage of llllteruoy has boon reduced to about ono in ono hundred, which is loss than Boston or any other city, but ho does noti tell us whethor crime has been decroased or not. If Atlanta is the city, wo can judge pretty well by the newspapers that record the cases in the courts. Thn criminal calendar is black?nearly all black. The com missioner's report, which is before me, gives more convicts from Ful ton than any other county and more from Richmond. Bibb, Chat ham, Floyd and Muscogee than in territory covering twioe their popula tion in tho moro rural comities of tho State. Atlanta, Augusta, Savannah and Macon boast of their public school sys tem for white and for black and if tho re cord is truo thoy can also boast of their convicts. Education is on the upgrado in Geor gia so far as tho white race is concern ed. These teachers' institutes and normal colleges have raised the stand ard and now if tho teachers will raise tho standard of morality among tho pupils tho State will bo fortified against lawlessness and crime. Education is a great thing, and it is well that ovory child have a chance to rioo and soar among tho stars though few will ever roach them, und thoodlctof thogaruon is still in force: " By tho swoat of thy brow shall thou eat broad." But thoro is friction between the races and it. may bo that the only solution Ik thoir removal to tho public land in the west, as John Temple Graves Is now discuss ing. Tho greatest friction is between tho masses, tho common pooplo, tho toilers and tho nogro. Tho toilers do not liko them. Thoy novor did. Tho negro is in thoir way. Thoy do not need them as tenants nor as cooks or nurses. Tho negro is preferred as a tenant by the wealthy landlord be cause ho will do thoir bidding and live in a pooror house und Is moro easily settled with at tho end of the year, and so tho poorer whites who havo to rent land havo to tako a second placo. This friction is gotting moro and moro sorious in sections whore tho negroes aro in tho maiority and some of these days thoro will bo a raco war that will appall tho country. If 1 was a negro teacher or preaehor or drayman or a common laborer 1 would take shelter under the wings of my white friends and ask for protection. I would quit poli tics and I would show my dependence and my gratitude. BlM. ARP. AIjLi about a nosh. " Hcliold, what a Great Matter a Little Fire Ktndleth." They havo had a funny church row in an Ohio town and all about the shape of a woman's nose. The quarrel origi nated last Christmas about the pur chase of candy for tho Sunday school entertainment, ono of tho ladies who had been appointed a member of the committeo for that purpose showing herself so domineering as to call forth some sharp criticism. Ono of the criti.se discussing the matter declared that the trouble arose becasc the lady in question "was too smart," where upon a would-be male wit remarked that " he know that from the shape of her nose," at which all tho ladies laughed with great zest, at tho same time casting admiring glances in the mirrors at their own more orthodox noses. From this pleasant bit of religious gobsip a feud arose to which ordinary choir feuds are as nothing. The lady whose nose had been insulted was pres ently informed of what had been said about it, and she immediately bearded the slanderer in his own house and de manded a retraction. With the cow ardice that characterizes the aver age man when confronted by an indig nant woman, he hid. figuratively speaking, behind his wife's petticoats and persuaded her to tell the lady with the heretical nose that he had not said anything derogatory to her olfaotoi',7. She was not to be pacified in this way, however, but went back at onee to the person who had told her and had the story confirmed with all of the harrow ing circumstance and detail which one woman so well knows how to throw in to a narration of this sort about an other. Tho wife of the slanderer still persisting in her denial in order to shield her guilty and trembling hus band, the lady whoso nose had been so shamefully maligned brought an ec clesiastical suit against the villfler and his wife, charging them with be ing guilty of falsehood in denying tho accusation, and of hatred, malice and all uncharitableness in tho original nasal insinuation. Lawyers were engaged on both sides and the ease was heard before a jury of five church members, with the pastor sitting as judgo. Many witnesses, principally members of tho female persuasion, were1 examined and tostili ed with groat volubility and delight, bringing in so much extraneous matter and traveling so far and so frequently out of tho case to make littlo Dings at other female members that there was groat danger at times that tho pro ceedings would degenerate into an active exchange of compliments in the way of hair pulling and scratching. It took great tact on the part of the pastor and the jurymen to soothe the excited feelings of tho sisters but finally, they brought in a verdict which served to calm the storm. They found that the defendants were not guilty of falsehood and had never reflected in any way up on the plaintiff's nose, and they found further that the nose which was at issue in the case wan a good orthodox, Christian nose, indicative only of such virtues as humility, patience, lung suffering, faith, hope and charity, and not in the remotest degree suggestive of pride, arrogance or a dictatorial character. Tho .ordict pleased all sides, tho women kissed, wept and made up, and the nose that had threatened to destroy the friendships of a lifetime retired to tho shades of domestic life vindicated, happy and at peace with all the world. The moral of this story would seem to be : in the first plaee never speak ill of a woman's nose ; but in the second place, if you,do, deny it, and stick to your denial: and in the third place, if the ease comes to be adjudicated in the church, let the pas tor and his jurymen imitate the dip lomatic course of the Ohio tribunal and bring in a verdict that will heal the lacerated feelings of the ladies and convert a threatened schism into a general love-feast.?Baltimore Sun. ?A special to the Richmond Times from Coiburn, Wise county, Va., says that A. M. Rogers, a drummer repre senting Henderson & Co., boot and shoe morchants, of Chicago, was beaten un mercifully by a mob of twenty-flvo citi zons, u few days ago, for an allogod as sault upon the olovon-yoar-old daugh ter of depot agent Utter at that placo. Rogers was taken from his hotel at Coiburn, carried about a mllo from town, and flogged Into unconsciousness, and left without modioal assistance. His condition is critical. Rogers pro? tostod his Innocence of the crime to the last. Soveral of tho mob havo l>cen arrested and lallod. Tho father of tho girl applied the lash, while tho others lookea on In groat gloe. ?An oxcursion train carrying the Sunday schools of Bothany and Kothlo horn churches of Buffalo, on tho Wes tern Now York and Pennsylvania raiU road, was wrecked at East Aurora on the 18th inst. One man W^as fatally in jured and fourteen, to twenty persons i more o,r \es?t seriously hurt RECOVERY OF A < II 11 l>. Found after T\vonty-Two Years und Restored to Her Father. A pathetic story of a father and daughter separated for twenty-two years and at last reunited by accident, is related in Tho New York World. Tho daughter is Hottio Flowers and tho father is Charlos II. Flowers, of Macon. Twenty-two yoars ago, Hettie, then a mero child, was taken away from Maren by stealth. A few days ngo? by a mere chance, she discovered the whereabouts of her fathor. Cor respondence ensued, and tho long lost daughter is now on her way to Macon to join the parent from whom a cruel fate has so long separated her. The World's story is us follows : Among the passengers who sailed yesterday afternoon for the sunny South on the steamer Nucopchoe. of the Savannah line, was u slim little woman with pale, careworn features, young in years but ugod by experience. Deprived of her mother by death whon a more babo, taken away from her homo whon a child of five, u runaway, dotormined to make her own way in tho world while yot in adolescence, married at soventeon and soon aban doned by hor husband, sho is found at last by her old father, who for twenty two years has been searching for her. Hottio Flowors was born in 1866 in Macon, Ga. Her father, Charles H. Flowors, fought bravely for tho cause of tho Confederacy. Ho was a plumber by trade, and ho prospered when he dolled the butternut uniform and re turned to civil life. Ho married, and his first-born was Hottio. His wifo died young, leaving him with two little babes to roar. Among his acquaintances Flowors counted a family of Northern peoplo?a man named Smith, his wife and their two children. With Mrs. Smith, who was going north to rejoin hor husband, who had proeeded her, Flowors made an arrungement by which Hettie should go along, bo brought up und educated and her support and mainten ance provided for by regular remit tances. For some reason which has not boon explained, Mrs. Smith left Macon one day in a surreptitious manner, taking little Hettie along, and from that day until about a month ugo, Flowers re mained in ignorance as to the existence of his first bom. He had searched diligently for her, but had long given her up for dead. Hettie grew up with the Smiths, but nothing was done to educate her. She was not subjected to harshness or cruelty, but was simply neglected. Twelve years passed in this fashion. ? About eleven years ago w bile they wore living in Hoboken, Mrs. Smith mude a journey to some western city. As her trip was to be of some duration, sho left Hottio in charge of tho matron of some institution in Forty-second stree* Hettie can no., identify this place aty more specifically, oho says that she thinks it was an old ladies home, in this place she gradually worked into the position of waitress and general at tendant, and growing more capable and independent, left the institution und got lucrative emplyment elso where in this city. A few months later Hottio mot Louis Place, a young man, and married him. There is a veil of mystery over this period of Hettie Flower's life which she alone can raise. This she declined to do when relating the incidents of her strange carreer to a World reporter yesterday. She asserted that her marital experience was but a vague memory. Her husband was about Tier age, she thought. Ho worked in a shirt manufactory. He abandoned her after less than two years of matrimony. It was after his desertion, when Hettie was eighteen years old, that her child was born. She was both philosophical and plucky. She did not take and never has taken any steps to free herself from the marital bonds that held hor to Louis Place. She dropped his name and resumed her own. Since then Hettie has worked dilli gently in the capacity of housekeeper. Sho lias served three; families, named, respectively, Darling, McNess and Mclntyre. These aro all Mount Ver non pooplo, so that Hettie considers that pretty Wostchestor suburb of New York as hor home. All thought of ever meeting her own people had left the hard-working housekeeper, but her employer, Mrs. Mclntyre, to whom she happened to tell the story of her life a few months ago, determined to solve its mystery, if possible. She told' Hettie that she would write to Macon, and, In spito of Hettte's belief that it was hopeless, as her father must surely be dead, the letter was written and addressed to the postmaster at Macon. Its mission was successful. To tho inquiry us to the existence of Charles Flowers came an answer written by him. Fathor and daughter exchanged letters. That of the father told tho daughter how she had been taken away from him, how he had searched for her and how nappy his old days would now bo. He told her of hor sister and of his position In life. Ho had prospered. Ho was rich, and the home she WUS coining to was one of comfort and of luxury. A good sized check empha sized this portion of the letter. Mr. Mclntyre, who is a real estate agent in this city, accompanied his former housekeeper to the steamer yesterday. ?A. W. Little, cashier of the First National Bank of Kansas City, Mo., shot and killed Benjamin E, Johnson, a rising young lawer, on the 19th inst. The shooting took place on the princi pal street of the town. After Johnson fell dead on the sidewalk, Little fo rociously jumped upon the prostrate man and beat him repeatedly over the head with the butt of his revolver. The causo of the tragedy is not known dellnitoly. Johnsc % friends say it was due to a financial difficulty between tho two men, and Little's friends say there was a woman in the case. ?Mr. Edward Miles Gadsden has qualified for tho position of superin tendent of the money order systom. Mr. Gadsden is a native of Charleston, s. c. He was educated at Union College and at the law school f Washington and Lee University'. For several years ho practiced law In Atlanta, Ca., and entered the money order office as a first-elass clerk in 1884. He has re ceived a number of promotions sinco ho entered tho office, and has become familiar with every branch of the busi ness. ?B. K. Plain, a prominent lumbc merchant of Washington, B.C., whii suffering from a hallucination, climbed to the roof of his house and took a run ning jump into the street below, ap parently under the belief that he was diving Into a pool of water. His death was almost instantaneous. I Main was born in Alexandria, Va., sorved in tho Confodorato army, and resided for some yoars in Memphis, Tenn., whore he married. He loaves an estate valued at aver $200,000. ?Tho associated banks of Littlo Rock, Ark., consisting of all tho banks of tho city, have adopted resolutions favoring the repeal of the purchasing olause of the Shormau silver law.