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AH APPBAL TO UNOLB SAM TWM MOOKOIOH WANTIIF.L.P FltOM THK AllMY 14 Ih< Iteforiuera Ar? Denounced Hi?oiiK'y ?Itt'Huy to Join WHh All Op|MMio<tiN oi* i lu- Administration. Tim nogiocs held a, conference laut week la Columbia, winch wasatteuJed by fifty or sixty, mostly preachers. Tin? following 1h tho address issifed by the conference: 'Co the*pcoplo of the United States : Am a part of the constituent olomeuts from which our national government draws its life-blood in time of pence, and from whose life-blood It exacts tribute in time of war, under the broad reciprocal relations that should exist among all the people of one common country, that should, be ohistio, offou . bIvo or defensive weapons for etfery American citf/. m. however humhlo at home or abroad, In order that' the tbeory of government handed down by the fathers might. be fuily realizeu and enjoyed by every individual on every touh of national territory, wo submit thut a t>mull but desperate minority of the population ha) (lectur ed its purpose to pefpetuato its power by unlawfully trampling under, feet all the rights .and franchises granted us by the Federal Constitution as a means of protecting life, liberty aud property. We have used every nit uns in de fense of our constitutional rights and franchises, known to law-abidiug citi zens iu this State without effect, and us a last resort are forced to call upon the strong arm of the national govern ment for u deforce of rights granted aud guaranteed by itself. As the array und navy are held in a reserve force to uphold local au thorities JLn every State, the Federal government in order not to bo imposed upon ami used to support anarohy under the pretonse of suppresblng it, should see to it that a republican form of government which we understand to be a government instituted by the sovereign will of a majority of the con stitutionally qualified voters, actually exists.in evofy state. We humbly crave ycur influence with the constituted authorities of the nation iu order that their consciences and arms' might be strengthened in efforts to havo the constitution and .laws of the nation upheld so that each American citizen might have the equal protection of the law without which constitutional guarantees are mere mockeries and life itself a burden to the people of the State. Wo asfcurO'tho fair-minded white people of this state that we are will ing to use overy means within our power'to aid iu the overthrow of the small but designing oliquo now in EDssession of the government which as busied Itself in the reorganization of tho courts and militia for the pur pose Of perpetuating; its powe ? und which hi'.s been so emboldened with success . in former revolutionary steps as to declaro under covor of the uncon stitutional registration laws, its de termination to hold a convention of its own make and liking and disfranchise the vast majority of the voting popula tion regardless of constitutional pro hibitions. It assigns as its reason for such un constitutional and revolutionary stops that a constitution must be made to prevent what, thoy are pleased to call " negro domination " and to establish " white supremacy," which means, re duced to Its essence, the supremacy of the faction now in control. A8 the facts of history themselves Erovo, we deny that therCjJias ever ecu a desire or attempt on our part to dominate tho government. With the largo body of us voting, most of whom are illiterate and poor, there is hot as much danger of our control of government as thoro is of the laboring classes in asMsachusetts, New York or Pennsylvania, who witlj unlimiteo j suflrago, contrasted with Tillmanlte following, do not control.' ?Wlillo wo aro entitled to partlclpa ~ IjLtrTeTrovornmeht commensurate ir wealth and intelligence re lion is only a secondary con on compared with our right n our right of suffrage which 'bo annulled by any constitution s. our theory of self-government |r that every man may posses ns within his person to protect JOrty anil possessions, the gov power is divided into as many al parts as there are male to each of whom Is dcodud an ortlon designed to be used in a ntativo capacity and tho ballot ts instrument. nder our form of government all and administrators of the law Igned to be the creatures of the !ed and are therefore the servants to. whom they must look for to all continuation in otllce, means protection for all, the to the governed in such a form eminent does not exist half SO 111 poverty or illiteracy as the illations of vast fortunes by tho th~e influence of which may be sed to swerve the servants of the ole to administer the government r law In tho interests of a few to tho deterlraent of the many. Besides if there is to be a rirvilege class govern ment, restricted to persons possessing a certain aniG?lA?* property or educa tion, what reasons are thc-.re for not Vurther restrict! ngrtho governing class ^to a few college /rofessors or million aires V , ? . By making Jaf? offloers of the law, who shall be ale servants of all, the dependent orenburos of a class only, you make them tho willing or un willing tools of that olass alone, and they will be bound to conatrue and ad minister law .to please members there of only ; in which system it is apparent that l he class shorn of power Is With out even as milch protection as slaves whose masters' ballots protect them. Such a form of government we had in a 'im!ted degree before the war, when the free negroes, the unprlvl Icded olass, had to have guardians by whom many were doprived of freedom and property. Any form of govern ment (if we may dignify it by such a term) which forces a olass of people to contribute to Its existence without a voice, whoso contributions in the hands of the privilege class aro used as engines of oppression, Is worse than that among savages where all men at loast equal. By Nature's God and the Constitution of the United States we havo been inado froe men and guardians of our own rights and our ballots given, as peaceful weapons of defense, and no honest and loyal citizen is willing to deprive us of thorn, aud wo bhall fight the llcsh, tho devil and all his Imps through evory court and power in tho nation boforo wo shall be robbed of our rights by an archistic nulliflors. A privilege class government pro duces on the one hand a class of cring ing ouppllant cowards glad uvon for the poor privilege ol life for a short time, and on tho Qthor a olaW w arrogant, cruel and hearties* murderors because conscious of wrongfully obta'nod power whoso members fear mithin?' from their creatures, the officers of the law, w ho construe and administer it as suits tin- Will Of their masters. Such a government we have in this State to-day, and the ruling faction is in favor of handing it down 'in all its wickedness as a curse to generations unborn, but we are uuwllllng to entail such a legacy to future generations. Most of our murdors and all our lyuchings are Immediately tracoable to Buoh a government, and under it our State will: continue to sink from bad to worse until it becomes auch a hell that uo one can live In it. Man, naturally given to error, Is Im pelled to right action from only two courses, the nope of reward or fear of punishment, and the law antedating the Mosato age, that lie that taketh man's life must forfeit his own as a penalty, has been abrogated aud the rule iu this State Is that a white man taking the life of a colored man doeB not pay the penalty .with his own, which has spread to others and is no longer confined to that oppressed class. Upon the slightest provocation mem bers of the privileged class, without fear of punishment, murder or play the part of prowling savages or canni bals, and dignify it by caillug it a 1 lynching, as tho conscience of the State has been so seared that it Is re garded as a virtue rather than a crime to lynch a fellow-being. Murders and lynchings are noxious pla* ts flourish ing only under a privileged olass gov ernment, and will surely die when the sheriff and court are mado to dopend for future favors upen the suffrage of every man. We believe In universal suffrage, be cause we believe in that right of all, wbich, under our form of government, cannot be seoured without making the political power of each man equal In the creation of the administrators of the law. The most illiterate and humblest citizen, possessing nothing but his life and muscles, has as much right to the means of protecting his property, though invisible, as tho millionaire. When deprived of our ballot, our in fluence with the administrators of tho law is gono and we are absolutely without proteotlon. While all members of tho privileged class do not tako advantage of our hciple.-.s condition, many do, and it is cruol and hope-destroying to deprive us of tho power to aid huroano and liberal men in the election of such honest men as will, in the dispensation of justice, hold the scales equally bal anced, whether the subject weighed is black or white. The rulo adopted by the Democratic Exeoutive Committee, debarring all colored men, regard less 01 past political affiliations, from participation In tho approaching pri maries of said party, and allowing all white men, regardless of past politloal amllaUpn, to participate .n the same, with t'Je declared purpose of counting In tho general eleotlon the ones named In the primaries, is violative of every principle of justice and honesty, re pugnant to the doctrines of civilized government, und a.practical repudia tion of the Federal constitution. Wo view with alarm tho aotlon of Conservatives, whom wo are In clined to regard as broad and liberal men, when they,, to our exclusion and ' in repudiation of our rights, accept an equal division with the administration faction and submit that it is most un reasonable to expect our support when failing to secure such concessions. Wo submit that the only honorable thing for thorn to do, if they mean justloo, Is to mako a fair tight from principle in every county in the State for the rights of all, in which they would get the support of every honest man in tho state, regardless of race or politics. ... We further submit that we stand ready to join with any number of the liberal whits men of the State,-and to aid them in making' a Constitution broad enough to' covor tho rights of ovory majvhowevor rich or poor, and will only vote exclusively for delegates ofodrown race and party, when such members fall or refuse to co-operate. To the men of our race, we announce that no legal constitution can be made with our united opposition. We must organize to continue to raise tho moans to prosecute the fight now pending In the Federal courts for the preservation of constitutional liberty to a final ter mination, and to make such a showing in the approaching eleotlon as will enable >? N) move Congress to action through Hlons. Before mal detorminatlon of tho litigation t. b proposed convention may be holden and all the wicked plans of our enemies incorporated Into a new Constitution, but if wo shall prove to tho satisfaction of the Federal Su preme Court that in Its making all the rights and franchises gra ted us by the supremo Constitution have been ignored and trampled under foot of which wo havo no doubt, through fraudulent and unconstitutional regis tration laws, the now Constitution will amount to nothing, and our enemies will have their pains for their labors. We congratulate all lovors of honest government in t'iis State for the pos session of at least one judge, In the person of Chief Justice Welver, whose judicial ermine remains unsullied, and grieve to feel that the time will eoon come when our State will be deprived of the last of such tribunes. ORGANIZING FOR A FIGHT. After remaining in session till.nearly midnight, tho conference finally ad journed. They gavo to the press only the out aud dried, specially prepared matter desired, and withheld all infor mation as to the proceedings. There I was a good deal of talk during the con- ? ferenoe, but how the members stood on the adoption of the address is not known. ! The following resolution was adopt ed * Resolved, That a State exeoutive committee bo appointed by the chair i of this conference, consisting of one'roembor from each county, to direct and manago the convention campaign for* the State, oach member of tho State committee to be authorkted to appoint one representative for eaoh precinct to direct tho campaign in his county. That wo hold ourselves in readiness to join with the liberal white men in every county who ask or may ask out* support, hut if none appea", wo recommend that a tickot be nominated by our people and be voted for by them at the eleotlon for delegates to tho Con stitutional convention. Bo It further Kosolvod, That the above raontionod organization continue the work of or ganizing clubs, and raising funds for the prosecution of tho tight for honest elections now In progress In tho Fed eral courts, and that this organization work In harmony with tho Ministerial Union. Under tho above resolution, tho fol lowing were appointed : Abbeville, A P Crawford ; Alken, S E Smith ; Anderson, T J Harris ; Barn weU, Thomas Clark ; Beaufort, Samuel Oreen ; Berkeley, P. Gull lard ; Chester. Moses Bonson; Chestorfield, H Ij Shrowebpry ; Colleton, C P Chlsolm ; Charleston, W .1 Grant; Darlington. Dr 11 P Daniel; Falrfleld, Samuel Adams; Florence, S W Williams : Georgetown. RB Anderson; Greon vlllo, LF Goldsmith; Hampton, It E Primus: Horry, T J Cordon ; Kershaw, A W Powell : Lexington, Jesse Hillor ; Laurens, P. S Suber; iAnoastor, F It McCoy; Marlboro, J u Cain} Marion, W H Collier . Newberry, D T McDan IoIh; Oraiigeburg, C W Caldwell ; Rlchlaud, R B Hart; ?'unter. It H Richardson; Union, W D MoMuban ; Williamsburg, J S Tbarp; York, T F Hunt; Spartanburg, H Sims ; Bdge tleld, J A Daniels ; Clarendon, A Col l,nB- ? WAR HIOIININCF.NCKS. Oregar's Famous Regiment Just Be fore Appomattox?A Ti-lbuie to Jliiimie Armstrong and A. P. But ler. Editors Augusta Chronicle. Of the living heroes of " The Lost Cause,"*there is no more genial gentle men than Captain James Armstrong, of Charleston, the last commander of the Irish Volunteers, known as Ctm puny K, in the First South Carolina Itegimont of McGowan's Brigade. The Con federate States had in their service no braver, more loyal or devoted son. Though battered and bruised? the result of his valor, he Is still a magnificent speoimen of that mauhood of which the once great Army of Northern Virginia was composed?a manhood so splendid as to draw from the historian of the Army of the Potomuc the tribute: "Who cau ever forget that one looked upon it V That array of tattored uniforms and bright muskets; that body of incom parable infantry, the Army of Northern Virgin in, which receiving terrible blows, did not fall to give the liko: and while vital in all its parts died only wnu its annihilation." Under all circumstances Captain Armstrong was a model man. The discipline of the camp, which bore heavily Upon the untutored soldiers in the early days of the war, was always softened by ? the consideration bo showed for those under him. A grace ful writer, a fluent speaker, an in teresting conversationalist, a charm ing personality, he was a favorite throughout the regiment with both officers and men. In contrasting his heroism ou the battlefield with the Sgentleness of his bearing towards his ellow-men, how appropriate seem the linos of Bayard Taylor : ?'The bravest are the tenderust The loving are the daring." In critical moments, as at the battle, of Hatcher's Hun, the heroic qualities of the man showed at their best. Tho terrific coll! son with the Union troops had thrown the Confederate line into disorder. The gallant and lamented Col. C. W. MoCreary had fallen with a death wound. Captain Armstrong, with the instinct of the true soldier, raised his sword and pointed it in the direction of the enemy. Tho purpose was to attract tho attention of the men and It had the effect, for he at once became the rallying point. The quiok eye of Captain D. P. Goggans, of Company B., a regular old war horse, who, for his daring, now carries a wooden leg, detected the uovement and placing himself by the side ot the Captain, the noble remnant of the old First Regiment gathered around tbem and stayed for awhile the advance of the enemy. The check was for but a few hours for the Union lino of battle presented an unbroken front from tho Appomattox River to Dinwiddie, and was only awaiting tho outcome of Sheridan's movement against Fivo Forks. Upon tho capture of that important point a general assault was made extending from the river to Hatoher's Run, and tho Army of Northern Virginia, shattered into fragments, commenced Its memorable retreat from Petersburg. In just one week to the day?a lovely Sabbath morning?In tho peaceful village of Appomattox, Its marchings and its fightings came to an end aud it passed into history. It was near Sutherland's station, on the Southslde Railroad, that the writer remembers as tho last time ho saw Captain Armstrong in the army, and just after ho had received the wound which he has borne with patient fortitude for over thirty yours, and which will cease its achings ouly when "life's fitful fever" shall be over. The Intense sutforlng this wound at times causes him ; the added thirty-four years to his age since tho days of tho first camp near Suffolk, Virginia; the oares incident to the re sponsibilities of an exacting oflloe and the blight of domestic affliction?all these?have not been sutlicient to dim tho lustre of his eye, mar the gentle ness of his manners or dull the eloquence of his tongt e. Upon the death of Col. McCroary, the command of the Regiment devolved upon Lieutenant Colonel A. P. Butler, one of the best soldiers In it- ?To Colonel Butler belongs the distinction of being the only one of tho original eleven captains who passed through the entire war In the service of the regiment. Six were slain upon tho battlefield : Boag of I, at the First Cold Harbor. Barksdaleof L, at the Second Mantis sas. 11 ask ell, of H, at Gettysburg. Shooter of B. (afterwards Lieutenant Colonel), at the Bloody Angle of Spott sylvanla.' Alston of B (afterwards major), at tbo North Anna. McCroary of A (afterwards Colonel), at Hatcher's Run. Mclutosh oi-D, -becameCaptain of Artillery, his company having been cliangcd to that arm of the service. Walker of B. and Cordero of C entered other departments of tho service and McCrady of K (afterwards Colonel,) disabled from wounds was forced to retire. This regiment performed no linpor I tant service during its career that Colonel Butler was not at his post, whether us captain of his old con;puny G of Bd go fie Id, or the command of the regiment, and bravely and faithfully discharged his duty. In the qualities that go to make up the enduring soldier?the soldier for whom no hard ship seemed too great?faithful "in summer blaze or winter snows"?the soldier who never loft tne battlefield wh'le there wc, a man to stand by him, he was not surpassed in the army. His last official act was the signing of the paroles at Appomattox. B. F. BROWN, Sergeant Company L, First Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers, 1861-115. ?The North Carolina Legislature will be asked to legalizo the- marriage of a prominent architect of Raleigh and a half-blood Cheiokee maiden. Tbo latter is highly educated and ac complished, was tho official stenogra pher of the last State Convention. Her father was a member of the Leg islature. The North Carolina law prohibits marriage of a whlto to per sons of Indian blood to the third generation and to avoid this they woro married outside tho State, but now it Ih discovered that thoy would bo subject to prosecution if they returned to tho State. _ -*.lohn Weston, 70 years old. of Sharon Pa., tho other day stooped to drink from a watering trough and his foot slipped in the mud. He plunged head foremost into tho trough, and his head beoamo so tightly fastened that he was drowned. In-fore he could be rescued. t ANDREW JAOKSON'S DUET,. HK WAN A l>K*l> SHOT AN|> KILLED MIS \i\TAUON 1ST. The Fight Was Forced ou Him by a Famous Marksman?Details of the Rxtraordluary A flat r. Henry Austin in Illustrated American. Andrew Jackson was the representa tive of the American epoch. When the history of this country shall be written by someono who has been enough of a mun among meu to be a wise weigher of all kinds of evi dence and who Is possessed of that im aginative power which enables a mind to reincarnate itself ?am id the events and personalities whose tendency and purpose it aims to depiot and whoso meaning and motives it essays to ex plain, it is probable that Andrew Jackson and Abraham Lincoln, two children of thopeoplo, born in poverty, will bo accounted not ouly the two most typical Americans, but the larg est ana noblest figures in our populous national Pantheon. Charles Dickinson was a Nashville lawyer of some mark in his profession and in politics, though chiefly as a pistol shot. He considered himself the best shot iu tho world. Perhaps bo was. But the pitcher thut goes to the well too often, says the proverb, gets broken at last. Like most Ten nosseoans of that erratlo era, Diokin son drank hard at time-, aud In his cups throw all discretion und decency to the winds. Among other unpleasant things it was reported to Jackson that Dickin son had alluded to the alleged Irregu larity or illegality of Jackson's mar riago with Mrs. Kuohel Hohards, which was, of course, a sore point with the General, who loved his excellent wife devotedly. Still Jaokson was not bloodthirsty to tight Dickinson. To that gentleman's father-in-law ho Bald : " I would fain have no quarrel. My politioal enemies, I believe, are using this young man as an instrument to get me out of their way. I do not wish to fight, but I will, to tho death, if crowded. Bid him pause in time." Tho suasions of Dickinson's father in-law temporarily prevailed, and an apology followed, but tho smouldering spark of hostility was fanned into a Hume soon after. Some reports of alleged remarks concerning certain horse racing and betting transactions caused Dickinson to repeat his insults, and to say that if ever such a "cowardly cur" us Jack son could be whipped or spurred into a meeting on the " Hold of honor " be would rid Tennessee and the country of tho " pestilent poltroon." Dickinson about this time must have been meditating an attack of a similar nature to tho murderous 'onslaught which tho Hentoii brothers mado on tho General years after, for he brag ged that he was going to force a light ou Jackson. Thus it began to bo a public opinion that a duel must ensue, and Jackson dually challenged Dickinson, Which was exactly what the latter had plot tod, because a challenge gives tho re ceiver the choice of weapons. As Dickinson's cavalcade wont along, stopping no".' and then at roudslde tuv erns to buit their horses and refresh themselves, tho hero of tho party gave numerous exhibitions ol his pistol skill, hitting half dollars toesed in the air, aud 'n once place, whore a bit of string was hanging from a tree, he shot off the lower half and said with a savage laugh: "Show that to Gen. Jackson when he comes along this way." Far different was tho temper of tho other party, the tall, gaunt, slender, stately soldier, riding in front of his comrades with his old friend and sec ond, Gen. Ovortoo. They gave a very grave, though, of course, u bravo con bidoratlon to tho mutter. Both knew Dickinson's wonderful skill. In Tuet, at thut very hour the Nashville gam bling fraternity, having wiud of the coming event that had cast so many shadows before," were laying heavy odds on Dickinson. " You will surely beb.lt, General," said Ovorton rather testily. " Beyond a, reasonable doubt," re plied Jackson; "but, whut of that? I shall Wing him, too, novor fear !" " I've been thinking," said Overtou, ?' that perhaps It would be best for you to let Iii in Uro first." "You mean to receive Iiis lire and reserve mine V" " Yes, General. If you should try to tire simultaneously on th&signul ami he should hit you a second before you pull tho trigger that might spoil your aim. Better Tot him fire hastily. You tako deliberate aim, Your will can control your pain, even If hit. What think you ?" "I think you aro right," slad Jack son, "and I will do as you say." That night, at the inn where they slopped near tho chosen ground, Jack son ate a hearty supper, smoked his corncob, aud conducted himself like an ordinary, genial traveller, the land lord, however, divining his errand, and wishing him a safe return. Remounting early next morning they found themsolvos compelled to swim their horses across a ford, as no ferryman wus visible to convey them. Into the open heart of the poplar forest they came, and found Dickinson with his second, surgoon und frieuds awaiting them. The usual civilities of polite blood spilling were duly performed, coins were tossed tor cholco of position, which was won by Dickinson's second, and tho giving of the word, which ho especially valued, fell to Gen. Overton. As the sun was yet quite low in tho cool heavens, position could not have been counted for muoh In the way of Jackson's having a sun dn/./lo In his eyes, which has happened to some duellist, but. It is easy to understand that Dickinson's second doubtless posted his man so that uo tree trunk should make a special lino behind him as a guide-post to Jackson's aim. lOlght paces wero measured off and tho men were placed. ?' I am roady," replies Dickinson. "I am ready," replies Jackson. " Piro!" Ovorton shoots this word from his mouth with the old rustic pronuncia tion coming back to him in hia intonse excitement, it being a common phe nomenon that soconds aro not half ho cool as their principals. Hardly had the word loft his lips when a ball left Dickinson's pistol. Overtoil's keen eyes noted a tiny puff of dust on tho left breast of Jaokson and saw the left hand go : lowly to the breast, but his man stood llrm as one of the neighboring poplars. Diokln son recoiled a few stops in amazement and angry despair. "Groat God! Bavo I missed tho scoundrel?" ho ejaculated vlndiotively. Probably that cry of quonchloss hate cost him his life. Jackson was tho kind of man who often suffers from the temptation to bo magnanimous. But magnanimity with a Dickinson would havo been suicidal. Spared, ho-would have forced another tight, perhaps a street affray. "Hack to the line, sir I" shouted Gen. Overton, laying his hand on his pistol. Dlokinson recovered his oour ago, though not bis color. Dat.-, as paper, witb haughty, Mash log oycB, be walked with facilo grace forward .to the line and stood up to be killed like a gentleman. Pitifully the torture to his false pride ana his jarrod nerves was pro longed by the whim of accident, as" Jackson's unusually tall figure seemed to tower over that of Dickinson. When Jackson raised his pistol slowly?it having beeu agreed ut the start that the weapous should be held dowt ward?tho pistol snapped and caught at half-cock. To readjust ii took, of course, another awful moment full of murder. Then cumo the flush and the crash. Dickinson's white face grow still more ghastly, shauowy, ghostly. He reeled and fell backward with a smothered shrlok.' Jackson's bullet had struck him below the ribs, taking a downward course. His friends lilted him tenderly aud leaned hliu against the flowering shrub that was glowing with glad life. Jaokson sunt his surgeon to oil er as sistance to the other one, but Charles Dlokinson wus beyoud their skill. He lingered in frightful ugony for hours, and e\pi icil before his wife could reach his sido. ''The slayer wont forth to slay, aud ho was slain." Yet Dickinson's aim had been per fect. He had meant to bit Jackson in tho heart. He did not, however, real ize how exceedingly slender was the General's body, like that of Charles Sumuer, who in youth was playfully nicknamed "tho line " by Julia Ward Howo, because, lie seemed to bo length without breadth and thickness. The I0080 frock coat which Jackson wore increased the error in Dickinson's ocular calculation by just enough to savo his life. The ball broke two ribs and raked the breastbone; a severe wound, from which ajute pain arouse, and, as false healing occurred, pursued Jackson at intervals to his last hour. When thesurgeou overtook Overton and Jacksun, about a hundred yards away, his professional eyo caught a glimpse of blood on one of tho General's shoes. " My God, General, you are hit." " Hush," was the haughty answer. " I believe he has pinked me a little, but 1 prefer that he should dlo without the satisfaction of knowing it." How this reply exemplifies the sav age temper of the times! Yet Andrew Jackson was not cruel by nature. On the contrary, he was like Henry Clay, tender ovon to tho point that his gray, iron eyes could oasily molt Into tears. The character of Jackson, indeed, in many respects was far above tho average. Ho gambled like most gen tlemen, but not devotedly. He was very fond of horte racing aud not averse to whiskey, though ho rarely drank to excess. He was quick to quarrel, but he never used vllo lan guage. Like Grunt, even when in his cups, never a word camo to his lips thut could came u hlusn on the eheok of a woman. This purity of language in a coarse-tonguod time was tho outward and visiblo sign in his case, though It is not always of a pure heart. Andrew Jackson, from earliest boyhood, wa? thoroughly chasto, and his ideal of womanhood so high that ho hated to suspect evil in any of tho sex. In all the transactions of bis life his word was butter than a bond. In this orphan son of a poor Irish emigrant, with a scanty, pickod-up od ucution, and brod chiefly in the rough col logo of the camp, wus a radically line gentleman. He hud fine manners, too, especially toward women. Lady Hamilton was well versed in ICuroponn courts, after an hour spent in his corn puny while President, referred to him as tho finest munnercd man she nod over mot?tivory "king of courtesy." To recur in closing to tho final scenes of this famous duel it is worthy of note, as a slight set-off and against tho barbarity of his first roinark about tho dying Dickinson, that from the tavern where Jackson rested to have his wound drossod he sent a bottlo of tho best wino to his onemy. His own preparation for tho further pain of the surgical operation was u draught of buttermilk, Tho largo majority of Tonncsseeans condemned this duel to the death, be cause it wus too real. The fantastic folly ol lighting for honor and coming oil' witli a scratch from a sword or a smell of powder was all right and proper; it guvo the stroko of grace, tho accolade of knighthood jto a gentle man's character ; hut a meeting for the express and dotormined purpose of killing, savo where tho honor of a wo man was tho point, roused the dor mant senbu of tho community to a tem porarily intense remembrance of that briefest and most emphatic Command ment : ?' Thou shalt do no murder." THIO lOICHKiAiBKGKll CASK. A Supreme Cotlt't Decision of IIII poriancn to Towns ami Cities. In the case of the City of Greonvillo against Constublo Eichelberger, the Supremo Conn has sustained Judge Watts, who reduced a fine imposed by Mayor Williams, of Greenville. As the matter will prove important to other towns and cities, a summary of the views oxprussed by the mombers of the Supreme Court is herowith given: Justice Gary in delivering tlto opin ion of the court says : " Lot us then consider whether tho Circuit Judge had the power to modify the sentence imposed by the Mayor, i n the charier of the City of Groon villo, XIXStatute, p. 109, it is provid ed that'The Mayor and Aldermen of said city uro hereby severally and res pectively vosted with all tho powers of Trial Justices in this State, witbin the limits of .-inil city, to try and punish all porsons charged with violation of the ordinances of said city.' "Under the case of City Council of Charleston vs. Brown, 20 S. E. R., 60, and tho nuthoiities upon which that case was decided, it clearly appears that the Mayor exorcised the powors of a Trial Justice when he tried said OBSe. Tho extent of tho punishment which lie had tho power to inflict was limitod by tho ordinanco aforesaid. "Section 00, Code of Criminal Pro* ccdure, provldos that, ' Every person convicted before a Trial Justice of any offenso whatever and sentoncod may appeal from tho sentence to the next term of tho Court of Gonoral Sessions for tho county. All appouls from Tl ial Justices' courts in criminal causes shall betaken und prosecuted us hereinafter prescribed,' "Section 71 provides that tho said appeal shall bo hoard by tho Court of General Sessions upon tho grounds of exception mude and upon tho papors horolnbeforo required, and without tho examination of witnesses in said court. And tho said court may olthor confirm the sentence appealed from, roverso or modify tho same or grant a now trial, as tho said court may seem 'moot and conformable to law.' " It thus appears that tho statute in express terms confer** upon tho Circuit .Itidgo tho power to modify tho Hontenco appealed from. The only limitation upon his power is that it must be, 'as to tho said court may soom moot and conformable to law.' '?There Ib certainly nothing in the 'case' showing thut the modification of tho sentence by the Circuit Judge did notseem to him ' meet und conform able to law.' "It is tho judgment of this court that tho order appealed from bo con firmed." Justice Pope flies a separuto opinion giving his reasons us follows for sus taining Judge Watts: " After quoting tho section in refer ence to appeals to the Clreult Court says: This section shows very plainly that the Legislature of this State nev er intended to give such unlimited powers to thoso officials as would en able them to impose sentences upon persous charged before thorn with in fraction of city ordinuuees out of all proportion to tho otTenses us mude out by the testimony; in other words to olotho thorn with uubrldled discretion as to their sontoucet*. " Judgo Watts had all tho testimony before him and ho but exoroibcd ono of the rightful powers of his high office wheu he reduced this sentence. If the testimony oonviuced him thut the Mayor(s sentence was excessive, I agree with Mr. Justice Gary that the judgment below should ho af firmed." The Chief Justice disscuts to both views and his reasons are given in part as follows: " Even conceding that tbo Mayor was acting as a Trial Justice (a matter whlob may admit or question) and that in appeals from a Trial Justice, the Court of Sessions ' may either confirm tho sentence appealed from, reverse or modify the same, or grunt a now trial, as to the said oourt may Bcem meet and conformable to law,'" yet I do not think tho language quoted can bo prop erly construed as conferring a right ot appeal from tho exercise of mere discretion by tho Inferior tribunal within the limits prescribed by law. Tho well settled rule undoubtedly Is that there Is no appeal from tho exor cise of discretion conferred upon the tribunal from which an appeal is sought to bo taken. Indeed, 1 do not sco how the exoreise of discretion can afford any ground for appeal; for as is said in tho easy just cited: 1 It Is bound by no rule excopt tho good souse und integrity of the party em powered to exercise it.' *' 1 must think, therefore, that tho power conferred by tho statute above reforred to shot'Id bo construed not as conferring the power to substitute tho discretion of the Court of Sessions in measuring tho amount of punishment to bo imposed for thut of tho inferior tribumil from which the nppenl is taken, but simply u power to modify tho sentence so as to make it ' conform able to law :' and as the sentonce ap pealed from in this caso was already in conformity to law, thore was no ground for the appeal to tho Court of Sessions and tho same should have been dismissed." A Fit AUL) EXPOSED. The Story of an Adventurer Who Lived at the Expense of Others. Atlanta Constitution. James Addison Peavis, who now lies in the llttlo jail at Santa Be, N. M., do servos a place among the loading frauds of the century. This man has been u soldier, newspaper reporter, street car driver and adventurer. Moro than twenty-five years ago ho claims that he found in a California mission a girl who was tho heiress of ono Doralta, a Spanish grandee who has boon granted by his king immense tructsof laud in Arizona. Hoavis married tho girl and wont to work to have hor claim legalized by tho government. Ho found records, wills, grants and various papers in Spain and Mexico confirming the grant, and Roscoo Colliding pronounced his chain of evidence a perfect title, and with lugorsoll and others took hold of his ct>se. Failing to have his grant confirmed by Congress, tho claimant secured the passage of a law establish ing tho court of private iand claims, and in this court lie mot his fate. Had Peavis succeedod ho would have secured $70,000,000 worth of min ing lauds. This plain street car driver learned Spanish in order to carry out his schome, and ho morovor became an expert in old Spanish and in signets, seals, decorations and Order?. Many years ago ho went to Now York where ho obtained largo sums of money to aid in tho prosecution of his suit. He got $00,000 from Crocker, of the Southern Paolfio, and $100,000 in Now York. In live years he ran up a board bill of $10,000 at tho HolYman house. Ho victimized Ed Stokes, his cousin, W. E. D. Stokes, and many others. No man ever told a more plausible talc and his documents were apparently un answerable. Hut the other side engaged able lawyers and made a stuhlxiru light. Tho caso dragged along for twenty-live years. Reavis lived in luxury most of the time, aud it wus not until a year and a half ago that bib lawyers suspect ed him, and tho claimant had to go to trial without counsel a few days ago. It was proved that Ills grants and wills wore forgeries, that Porsalta never existed, and tho whole thing was a fraud. The claimant, now a broken old man, was positive and defiant to tho last, but tho evidence against him was so conclusive that his arrest followed as a matter of course. Reavis Is described as a vry plain man of almost childlike eundoi and simplicity. His wife Is a bright-eyed, dark faced woman apparently of tho Spanish typo, but some people think that she is tin Indian. Her husband claims that he accidentally discovered her relationship to the Peraltas. Tho two will now have to face disgraces and poverty, but toey havo enjoyed life for a full quarter of a century at the ex pense of others. ?Senator Hate, of Tennessee, in an interview a fow days agojwith a reporter in Washington, expressed himself on thusiasticaly over tho outlook for the friends of silver. " Tho farmers and mechanics, tho men who toil for a living," said he, aro almost a unit in demanding tho free coinage of gold and silver. 1 havo been throughout tho Southwest and on the i'aci tic slope, and everywhoro 1 find the same popular fooling for free coinage. Tlioro is not a State in tho South where this sentiment, if fairly voiced, does not oropondcrato. Silver is tho great issue in tho next year's battle, and on a straight-out, clean-cut platform of 16 to I. the Democratic party will go In and win." ?Secretary Morton's report of tho d ispo..it ion of the government funds at his disposal during the past llsctil year shows that the regular expenditure for tho Department of Agriculture for tho lust year aggregated about $1,800.000. Tho appropriation for the same period reached $2.500.!>ir>. There will, there fore, bo refunded to the Treasury about $700,000. ?Edltor I) B. Cooke, of the Nilos, Mlph., Mirror, has been a printer slxty^six ycaiv. Ho is now 80 years old, but catrstlck type as rapidly us any compositor in his oil ice. A Mountain Courtship. Susan Stobbins wus by nil odds^tlu best looking girl on Grassy Lick, with out beiug remarkably beautiful: for beauty is not u nottoc?bie characteris tic el mountain women, old or young, and how sho had over eome to intti ry Lein Skaggs was a wonder to me, for Lern was by all odds the homeliest mau ou the Llok, and liouieline.-s is a oharaoteristie of mountain men. I kuov* Lorn quite wull, and had be friended him on many occasions, oven loaning him money enough to got married on, as his oropa were not in uud ho wub eeuut of funds, and when thoy had beou married about a month I asked him ono day how it happened. He war. a-:,?Ml fellow all ovor. was Lern, as guilolot-s as a baby aud as honest as tho suulight, und when I asked my question he blushed and grinned. " Sho was took by my good looks," he laughed. "Of eourse, of course," 1 laughed back: "anybody ought to see that, but my eyesight is weak. Tell me what you did to win nor?" "1 didn't do mithin'. Colonel. 1 j ist wit/.." " That won't go, Lemuel. You uro not tho kind that win that way ; you must havo made yourself attractive in some other way.'' " Hope to die, Colonel, of 1 did," ho insisted. " I jist wuz ami sho got tuck." " Didn't you court her pretty hard?" " D,d i ?"' and ho drew a long broath as of relief at tint thought of its being ovor. "Weil, I should say 1 did. Why, I come mighty nigh mortgidgin' tho farm to git her tilings sho didn't seem to want when I give 'ein to her.'' " What did you give her ?" " Everything, Colonel. It got so bad to'rds tho lust the folks at the store told me ef I'd lump my dealin's thoy reckoned they could let mo have 'oin at wholesale prices." "Sho couldn't stand your liberality, Lorn. That's what got her." " Not a bit iiv it." ho contended. i* All the time I was takln' her al! sorts uv things, she wuz inukin ? eyes at every foller that come along, and sorter ex pectin' me to keep up my end uV the swingle tree, jist ouzo 1 kinder seemed to hanker alter doin' it that a-way." " LJut you kept at it?" " 1 reckon not," he laughed. " A 1 UV a sudden 1 sot in fer Mary D'lnnel, and give the store folks a res ou buyin'. ' "Then What happened?" I inquired, with a hope that 1 would now got s ?nie information. " lie. laughed a low, gurgling laugh, sucli as a boy would give vent to When caught In some of his natural depre dations. "Well," ho said, "she kinder swapped ends on t'other fellers, mid swunfs 'round my way. but I v\ nzn't givin' a inch, and I did'nt have no talk with her for mighty nigh two weeks, and then ono even in' as I whz passin' her liouso ou my way to Mary's, and she Snowed it, 1 seen her hang in' on the gate lookin' out into the lulu re, er stum-thin' uv that sort that I seen a picthur uv onc't an ageut wuz sullin.' " 'Good even',' says I not olforln' to stop. " 'Good ovenin',' says sho. 'I'ears to me you're in a powerful hurry." "Kinder,' says I, slackiu' up some. 'I promised to bo down to Mary's 'bout this time.' "Sho kinder looked down tit the ground when I told her that, and Kicked a little rock out of the path that wuz lu^in'thur, and 1 felt like a sheop-stoulin' dog for s'iyin' what I had. " 'l reckon you'd better be hurry in' along then, for Mary ain't tho kind that likes to be kep' waitinY says she. "'I 'sposo,' says I, 'that you don't keer of I stop and talk to you fer a minute, do you ?' " 'I ain't keer in' what you do,' says she, kinder sullen. " 'You loak like you wuz expeotin' somebody yerself,' says I, feelin' ez ef I'd like to choke whoever tho feller wuz. " 'That's what,' says she, and 1 folt more'n ever like uhokin' somebody. "'Who is it?' says I watchir.' the streaks uv a laugh 'round her mouth and eyes. " 'That's for me to know and you to nd out,' says she, langhin' right out "'1 reckon I'll be yoin' on down to Mary's,' says I, thlnkin1 that I wuzn't makin' nothln' bangin' 'round Susan. " 'Mobbe you wouldn't of yon know'd who wuz com in',' says she, kinder reach in' over the gate. " 'Woll, toll me,' snys I, 'and see of I'll stay." " '1 reckon not,' says she, still a naggin' me, 'mobbe they wouldn't like it " " 'Who's they ?' says I. " 'She give a little chuckle and 1 come up to tho gate ami rested my hands on it to one sitle uv her'n. " 'Pap and mother,' says she. 'They've gone down to the sohoolhouso to preaohln' and won't bo back toll eight o'clock.' " 'Ain't you kinder lonesome waitin' hyor by yerself, Susan?' says I, half way tryin' to pull the gate open, but she held it sbet.' ?? 'I reckon I wuz', says she. ' That's why I came out and bung on the gate. It's mighty still like in the house ' "'You reckon yon wuz ?' says I. "Ain't you now ?' and I chuckled my self ketch In' her. " 'P'r'aps I am p'r'aps 1 ain't," she sniggered, and tossed her head. ?? "1 tried to open the gato, but she held it shot. " 'Ef you want me to stay, why don't you say so?' says L gittin' ugly. " '1 reokon you kin of you want to," says sho, mighty pesky. '" 'Susan,' say. I, 'what's tho use UV foolin' ?' " 'Poolin' about what ?" says she. " 'About me and yon,' says I. " 'I ain't a foolin'.' says she. " 'You air,' says I, and you know it." " 'Ef you don't like mo, Lern Skaggs," says she, bridlin'up all over, 'you kin go 'long. I didn't ask you to stop, did l?1 "'But I do M'fOVOU, Susan,' hays I. gittin' skeei?, aud tryin' to pull the gate open ::o's I could gi'. clos't enough to her to coax her. ?? '1 reokon you like Mary Einucl a sight bettor,' says she, Imidin' the gate ag'in' mi. " 'I reckon 1 don't,' says 1, and I could ieol tho gate give a little. "'You wouldn't talk that a-way ei I she wuz in hearin* distance,' say she. " 'Wouldn't 1 ?' says 1, and I heaved and sot on tho gate, but It didn't move a peg. 'You iolch her up here and soo of I Wouldn't, " 'No, you jist go down that',' says sho. 'That's whar you started for.' " 'I didn't do notb n' uv tho sort,' says 1, plttln' dcsprltcr every minute. " 'You told me you did', 'says sho, and I could fool tho gato glvo some und then shot up ag'in. " 'You ougliter know, Susnn,' says I serious, ' that 1 wuz jist a fooin', and I could fool tho gate a-givla' way and sbottln' and then givin' way ag'in. "An* you ain't lyln' now, Lern!" says she, a heap sight softer than any time in hor life. i " 'Course I ain't Susan', says I, and the-gale onmuogeu about six inches. "'la I ouly thought you wuzn't, Loffi.) says she, loitio1 the gate slip way a leet'e IbOi'O every minute. ""You .*now I ain't, t*asau, i_ givin' JJie gate tin' strongest pull 'You fcp'o\ I, and you know kpt.. give a soap, uv my linger for n^'iAT, <4ul in thosff.pai't.-. anthfcbnf ail ilmtli I've- m en u'liakcrwi' after you aKfjj waniin" yon for my wife, hut you kojRfi foolin' with mo all umug and bustlrt.' my heart mighty iii?rli, und nmkin' me want to gooff unu oium a tree down on mysei^r.^Pou bow it. Susan, you know it,' and she hit tod her hand* and the gate swung wide open. "'What about Mary?' says she. stand in' thai' before me look In] swooter'n peaches ami roses. '?'Ilang Mary,'says I elenn foigiltiu' ?Iiy manners, and I retell out both'' bands fer Susan. ?? 'Oh, Leia " says she, and -wull, Colonel," he laughed, n's his honest face reddened beneath its sall'ron hue, "I reokon you're-old enough to know this balance. " I wouldn't be urprlsed, Lein," I replied, blushing -ist a shade inysell ; as a inemony or two came slowly back I from the rosy past. 1 Ho loooked up smiling. ''And say, Colonel,'' he said, "1 wusn't aiiy purtlor that night than I wuz before*' "Coniwotf, Lemuel,'' said 1, slapping him on the bacK, "it was so dark Susan couldn't seo you." - i ? # * ^i?^??_*j? "ONCGKAND, ?WKKT HONG" Grover Cleveland on the Itliss ol" Married Lite?1'onder Sentiments in i'riul lor the Pirat Time. Atlanta .lournul. The tender event just recorded from Cray Cables has soltoned the strife of polities that rages about the President _ and his policies, and lifted the par tisan view for a moment, at least to the kindlier measure of the Bather and the Man. In his homo life, Air. Cleveland is always seen at his best and highest, and the nation has moie thun once> been moved to admiration for tho llrm and delicate cousideratimv that bus hedged his homo with rauotlty, and prottfttc?; -his young and beauti ful wife from the garish light of publicity that is so fond ol heating about a throue. But it Is doubtful if a more beauti ful und inspiring glimpse, into the reverent and tenner senllim nt which envelops the hom.lifc of the president of Ihn United States, lias ever been enjoyed by auy American than that which is so beautifully expressed in the subjoined letter, written in IN'.itJ, to John Temple Craves, upon the oc casion of his marriage to Miss Annie E. Cothran, of Pome. Mr. Craves had, by reason of public und private association in his service, become closely acquainted with Mr. Clovelaud and enjoyed his friendship and esteem in a most gratifying degree. When the wedding euros were sent from Lome to the OX-presi de lit, Mr. Graves accompanied them with a letter in which he paid focllug tribute to the beauty and tenderness of the president's own denies tic life, and the Intluoncu of this hiuli example upon the domt slie life ol the people. The answer came promptly back in tho exquisite letter w hich follows: Sill Madison Avenue, December 20th, 1890. John Tom pie Graves, Esq., Rome, Gn: My Dear Mr. Graves- vVe received thu card of invitation to your wedding a day or two ago ; and I am glad that yoUl' letter received only !t few hours ago justifies mo, on behalf of my dear wife and myself to do more than lor mully notice the occasion. Ami IIrat of all, lot nie assure you how much we appreciate the kind and tOUCbillg sentiment you convey to Us in our married state. A. I look hack upon tho years that have passed since God ill P Infinite goodness bestowed upon me ,ne best of all gifts -a loving and affectionate wife all else, honor, the opportunity of usefulness ami the esteem of my fellow countrymen, aro subordinated in every aspiration of gratitude ami thankfulness. You aro not wrong, therefore, when you claim, iu the utmosphoro of fast coming bii?s which now surrounds you, kinship with Ono who can testify with unreserved tenderness, to the. santlllcation which tron.es to men when heaven-directed love leads tho WQ^tO marriage Since this temler tb,"ino hue made us kinsmen, let mo wish for you and the dear one who is to make your lifo doubly dear to you, all the joy ami hap piness vouchsafed to man. You will, I know, feel that our kind wishes can reach ho greater sincerity and force than when my wife joins mein the fervent destro that you and your bi'ido may enter upon and enjoy the same felicity which has made our married life "one. granaVJMf\\et song." Verv" truly your friend. Gkovtsk cr.rcvKi.AND. Brained in white and gold this letter has hi en hanging for four years, a cherished ornament in Mr. (.raves' study at Manchester, with never a thought ol giving it to tin- world, lint the loyally and the tenderness of tho sentiment it contains Intel grown so much upon the admiration of the own er and ol the few friends to whom it has been exhibited, that it has been doomed proper and desirable to con tribute this notable testimony from the hiebest place in the nation to the vwxed ami variable issues of the ques tion : " Is Marriage a Bai lure?" The beautiful idyl of the White- House, read between the lines of this exquis ite letter, must forever remain a lofty refutation of the heresy embodied In this oft-repeated question. A year Ol' so ugo Mr. Craves re quested of the President permission to publish tho letter for the sake of its Influence upon the homo life of tho people, ami Mr. Cleveland promptly replied that, although tho wording of the letter bad passed from his recollec tion, ho. Would, for this purpose, IrdeTy commit its use " to the delicacy ami discretion of bis friend." With this pormission granted, Mr. Craves has been induced to share'the contents of the President's letter with the public, which can ho expected to pvoVo fully as appreciative of its admirable tone as he has been. A Knoxville, Trim, special sitys that while workmen were gialing lor a new street in < I r,., illc thoy toro down an abandoned hut in the suburbs, formerly occupied by a family named < Clayton, in thebasementIhoekoleton of ? mau was found, with trinkets of rare value. Tbo < yldenco of the coroner's inquest showed that tho remains were those, of George Johnson, n traveling doctor Irom Cherokee County, N. C, who mysteriously dis appeaiod at Greenville oigbt years ago, after displaying several thousand dollars. The. Clayton family* disap peared a few days after tho doctor, hut nothing was thought of it until this discovery. ^ ?Henry M. Stanley says the world's greatest need just now is a railroad t IrOUgo Africa from tho Mediter ranean to the cape.