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4 THE STOLEN BOY. The Kidnapping of Charley Ross in 1874. THE CHILD UNDOUBTEDLY MURDERED The abduction of Charley Ross and the en deavors to Rente him. is retold by Captain Walling, in ab» ok just published: >’KW 1 ACTS IN THi; CHARLEY ROSS CASE. Os all my experiences while connected with the police, I recall no case which gave mo greater solicitude than tho abduction of Charley Hoss. This occurred on the evening of Wednesday, July 1, 1874, at Germantown, a suburb c-f ITiladelphia. I became superin tendent of the police on July 23,and in conse quence I took an a<live part in the search for the child and the dis every of the kidnappers. Christian K. Ross, tho father, was spending a few week- lit Atlantic City. When Mr. Ifoss came home on Julyl he discovered that his twoyoimp st children, Walter and Charley, w< re iim sing. He began search, and before night h arm d that two strange men with a horse and wagon had passed his house, and hail induced the boys to take a ride. After driving about eight miles toward the city the men tleserted Walter. lie was foam! and re turn 4to his father’s I ou.se. But Charley has never sin(' been m•< n by his parents. The cominunity became alarmed and in a ihojt time the people of tho entire countn-be came interested and all did v. hat they could to discover the criminals and restore the missing child. A long rorrespoden .r followed with the unknown abductors through the post and the pres*. They frankly admitted that ( barley bad been stolen with the hope of getting a large ransom. They declan dhe would not l>c retained until th< mom y was paid. Acting upon the advice <»f the authorities and friends, Mr. Ross decided not to pay the sum asked, but to offer large rewards for the recovery of the child, and the capture and conviction of the Kidnappers. The mayor of Philadelphia, at the r* •<(<««•.* t of many citizens, offered a re ward of for the arrest and conviction of the abductors and the restoration of the child to its parents. Tho pulliction • f this n ward drew a letter from the abductors dated “Phila delphia, July 21,” in which they .said: We have him >o that we luul at <• c imrunst nil the detuHivo son e in tle<ountrx ever fentin'him put. The authority > hav•• o:< n d $20,U00 for the ehiki an dele tlon of us it t! ■ y had yu interc ’ at hurt trds would be the wm thing they could do. thin U only ofcrin a i eward lor the E.uTiikc of yer child. Tho first information received in Philadcl- Shia that there was any clue known in N« w r ork wafi through a teh . rain r< ccived on the avening of August 2, as follows: Chief of police, Philadelphia s-nd detective here with ori'.inal letter* of k;dnftpj<rs of Russ 111.a, think 1 have information. I.EoE ,1. W. WAITING, Superintendent oi New York !*<>!:< e The next day Captain Heins, of Philadel phia. and Mr. Joseph Ross, brother of Charley Rohm’s fat her, came to New York with the □rig nal letters of the abductors. They met me at police headquarters. “We hone that you nt least have some trust worthy information, *' said Captain Heins. “1 think 1 have.” 1 replied. “Through Captain Ih nry Hedden, of the Thirteenth po lice district, I have heard of a man who pro tones to know who tho abductois are. 1 will lend for Captain Hedden.” Mr. Ross was im patient to learn the news. “Have you any idea who tho abductors were '.'” he asked. “We Mupect two men named William Mo ther and Joseph Douglas," 1 answered. “H we have their names,” he exclaimed eagerly, “tliey can be hunted down.” •‘Undoubtedly. And that is what we hope.” 1 do not think before the publication of this autobiography that the exact reasons have been given why William Mosher was first sus pected. A policeman named Doyle came to me <»«<• day and said: “Superintendent, I have been talking with (till Mosher, and from all I have learned I think his brother William had B hand in < anying off Charley Ross.” “Bring < till Mosher to see me as soon as you Ban,” I orde < d. After a great deal of searching ami trouble Gill Mosher was found. After asking him many questions, I finally said: “What ar©your reasons for suspecting that your t»i' il»er William took part in the kidnap ping of (’barley Ross?” “Well,” he replied, “I was approached by Bill, wh asked mo if I would join him in car rying off some child w ho had rich parents. Tho plan was to st- al one of Commodore Vander bilt's grand* hildren.” (Some child of tlfo lute VVilh im H. Vanderbilt.) “Which one of the children was to be tak n?“ I asked. “The youngest one we could got.” “What would you do with it!” “Hold it for a ransom.” “Where did ho prop< so to conceal the child?” “In a boat,” said Gill Mosher, and ho added, H 1 was to n< g‘ tiatu for the ransom.” “Weil, w hat then •‘I r« fused to have anything to do with it.” “Why ’• “Because I thought there would be too much risk in trying to get money from the Vander bilts 1 hey are 100 rich, havotcNi much jMiwer, and an* not people to be frightened. Then* would be no trouble in stealing the child. The difficulty would bu in negotiating fur its ransom.” “So you gave up the plan?” •‘Yus, 1 would not run tho risk of being de tected. 1 did nut think it was a safe enter prise.” (iill Mosher's statement made a strong im pression <-n inc. 1 was convinced he did not come to me from any honest motive. He hoped he might o-urea Kimry of the reward. He va* a notorious character, and had been in Hate prison for horse stealing. It was prin cipally from the clue given by“( Jill” Mosher that Us followed His iiit>iinr William and Ihmgl.r-. When Captain Hedden arrived at txrth e hi adquarteis. he told Captain Heins, of *hiladclphia, the story us “Gilr Mosher. He added: “If my susplcums are correct, this William Moslk i - the leader of the conspiracy. He arrangi I th< plot, and is tho writer of the ltd tors sent to Mr. Ro s. I am iamil at with Mosht i * writing, ami can tell if I »ee the let ters w hetla r be is tlu author of them.” “Ih I- sc w '-how you tb.- letters.” said Cap tain Heins, “describe to us the peculiarities of Mosher’s handw riling.” “He write > very rapidly,” was the reply, •‘and is careh ss lie seldom finishes a page without blotting it. He often writes either above er L uw the lim When he fold> a letter it :s in ape uli.tr and awkward way.” The leltvis were pro<luc< d. “1 h» y are L>, wdituut the shadow of a doubt!” exclaimed Hidden, “ihre is tho handwriting, blots and all, just a I told you. And you m u for yourselves, gentlemen, that ! the h tt» rs an folded tn a p»K'uliar ami awk- ' Ward manner.” This idem itieatlou of the Ivttor. Rcotucn cott clw»iv< It produced n profound impression Spoil Ca; tain Heins and Mr. lo ss. ‘•At l ist ’ exclaimed Charley's uncle. Arratuements were made with tho New York d. toi lives that the Philadelphia police should be kept informed of all that transpired, and whatever assistance could l>e given in I‘hiladelphia should Is* f.otheoming. Captain Held, u afterward learned that Mosliet and 1 touches manufactured a moth pre- Tenth e. which they called "Mothee. ’ Tlicv trave , d al oui ti e country with a horse and wag.-n, selling this with other small articles. He a150.:;,-- ...cred that Moshor had a I tother in t.iv . M ill. an Wt stenelt, a dischamed po lice "tn, (I , i yiew York, who Was probably im ph ated m fl v abduction. I >O4 f. r Wou-rvch, the brvtber-in-law of Mi>'m <n \ D. I*7l and *•*" 4i i udmg ihv n.cn and rvcmcrii 2 the <la d. Afu r ion*uh ring tho matter a tew dnyh ho a„i ?vd to help the police. 1 frvely <xmfc w tint W< •nt : - entrance into the Case w.i unfurl abate. I wdl know his rvki- Uonslilp to X|< shcr “Stt a thief to ian*h i thkf m.y he ig . tlnir-.td.hit I urn tuved to it failed mu rly n. tin* case. 1 th.-ught. at< d .1 nmnv with wh<*m I t m-mlled th it West.pelt.. .:u .udm.d.b. han m the reward, to n . un where tee child u.iv J not think \\ < ; lV when* Cb.arh v li-i- uonlf!?lo. !’ ‘ ‘ t? ■: toVs l w t . ■ ' J ?hcdM y ( ’* ' * •‘;. 1 1 and I . urth >rw ln>>r < • • . / . V. ■■ •;:■■■; ‘ - ■ buU 'm ut' * •* 1 .»o •' r ;i •Uvvu A w»B<ja imwer.n» to lia. dvKnpuon , >ii gave me was in paid stable at that time, and may l.e H er • yet. butpr-dably not; Huy kept in said btablo a dark bay hcase. He is confident the h•»r«:e h«M bet n sol I. but dof’B not know to whom. I shov.e 1 h m the drawing . ft be wngo > you gave me, and he >ayH he coubl n-t make n better one had he the v a tin Ih lore him, exe< j t (hat lie Link- this would not be quite so much rouirlo I at tho top. Yours, etc., (H>>. W, Walling, Suy>cilntend< nt. It was aver rtained that a family named Hen derson had iived at 2'lu Monroe street, Phila delphia. 'I his proved to be the name Ml. Jut a •mined when he went to Philadelphia. It wa- ;i|..,i learned that Jo eph Douglas had lived with the family, and that Mosher’s wife and children removed to New York on August IS. I; ftjflu discovered that there had been an old stable on Marriott’s lane, which had been since torn down. A part of this Mosher rented, and there he kept his horse ami wagon. It is certain that when Westervelt was aware that we wore on tho track of his broth er-in-law, ho put Mosher and Douglas on their guard. By means of newspaper advertise ments he kept the kidnappers thoroughly in formed as to the methods to be employed by the police in tracking them. Ho never would admit that he. hail seen the men, but always professed that he was looking for them. I finally learned that ho had seen them, and told him so. Then he admitted that he had met them tui e, but asserted that ho could not. have informed me of the meeting in time to have been of any service. It wasom-cf the mo t delicate and difficult of cases. I sometimes dii-aded that if probed too closely one of tho ruffians would murder the child, so as to efface all traces of the crime of abduction. Tho tracking of Mosher and Douglas was continuous, and a weary chase it was, 1 having followed what I thought were traces of them for days and nights. 1 was often close to them. The vigilance of the kidnappers was that of those w ho Were hunted. The innumerable bays and water-courses about New Y ork gave them the fullest opportunity for concealin' at. I had the evidence that the men rarely *t<q>ped in one place more than one night in tl.<*-r b at. Often wo were so near to their biding ’ !. •• that we passed cluse by it in the dusk. But th( i scar< h lor the men contin ued : they were bunted as relentlessly as by bloodhoum’s. S«» hard were they pressed by the police of New York that they were forced to remain alim st wholly on tho water, visiting the city a: rare intcrvals, ami then in the night, boon tliey were br ught to want, because of this, and re**- rtou to burglary. At 2 a. m. on Ih-o-uibci' 11, the night pitch dark, cold and wet, Mosh<.‘r and Douglas at tempted t<> rob the summer residence of Judge Van Brunt, at Bay Ridge, overlooking the Narrows. When they entered the judge’s house, which was unoccupied, a burglar-alarm telegraph rang a bell in ibe house of Mr. J. H. Van Brunt, the judge s son, who lived across the way. He roused his son and two men servants and, arming them, the party st xh] gun.-<1 at th front and back duors of the judge s residence. “Now. boys.” said Mr. Van Brunt,“we have w<-rk to do and must understand each other. We must capture the thieves rs wo can without killing thciji. but if they resist we will have to defend ourselves. Alix rt you ami Scott stand before the frontdoor; Frank and I will take the rear, and whatever happens afterward let us remain in the positions we first take up, be cause if we move around we will l»o certain in the dark to •-hont one anotln r instead of the thieves. Whichever way they come out. let the two who mtet them take care of them as best they can. If they come out and scatter both wavs then v.o will all have a chance to work.” The men took their places and watched for iui hoar, while the thieves went all over the house. A t length they came down to the base ment. Through the window of the pantry Mr. \ an Brunt could see the faces of the two bur glars. He could have shot them as they stood, with perfect >afvty to himself, but he did not wish to take life unless forced to do so. “Frank,” he said to his hired man, “we may as well push things. Take the key and open tho back door quieklv.” The burglars heard the rattle of the kev in the keyhole. Instantly they put out their light and began to ascend the basement cellar stairs. “To tlm trapdoor of the cellar, Frank,” whisper' d Mr. Van Brunt. The lock of the door had l»een broken. The door was soon o]»cne<l, and the form of a man started up. followed by’ tho head of another. “Halt!” shouted Mr. Vanßrunt. Two pistol shots flashed almost in his face. They’ did no injury. Ile fired at the first man, ami a < ry of agony followed. The oth r man tired, and ran toward tho fr< nt of the house. There ho mot Mr. Albert Vanßrunt, nt whom ho fired two shots, miss ing him. Before ho could the again Albert shattered his arm with a blow from his shot gun. \\ ith an oath the thief retreated, when the elder Mr. Vanßrunt shot him in the back. Hu staggi red for an instant and fell dead. None of the Vanßrunt party were injured, w hile the burglars were riddled with shot and bullets. < )ne was dead, witli his empty revolver under h * head. The other lived about two hours. Tho neighbors camo rushing to tho place. Water was given to the dying man. “Who are you and where du you come from s< vcral asked. “Mi n. I won’t lie to you,” said tlio dying man. “My name is J<>s< ph Douglas and that man <v< r there is William Mosher. Mosher lives in New Yurkfcity. I have no home. I am a • ingle man and have no relatives except a brother and sister, whom I have not seen for tweir< |or fifteen year*. Mosher is a married man and has five children.” Belies ing himself mortally wounded, he said: “1 have ”10 in my pocket. I w ish to bo buried with it. I made it honest. It’s no use lying now. Mosher and 1 stole Charlie Ross ironi Germantown.” “\\ by did you steal him?” “T<> make money.” “ W ho has the child now ?” “Mosher knows all about tho child; ask him.” “Mi sher is dead.” Tho men then lifted Douglas up so that he could see his dead partner. “God help his poor wife and family !”he ex claimed. “Can you tell its where the child is?”he was again asked. •‘God knows T tell you the truth,” ho re plied. ”1 don’t know where he is. Mosher knew I’he ii’oe question was repeated. “Super intendent Wailing knows all about it. and was after u«, and now he shall havens. Semi him word. The child w ill be returned home, safe and sound, in a few days.” “How did you gut here?” he was asked. “We u.ii'H* over in ash p which is down in the cove,” he an- w red. “I’leaso do not ask me qu»-Mien”. It hurts me to talk or move.” Writhiii* in agony, lying on the ground, <1 rein hud with rain, surrounded by darkness, the life of thu mi>eiable man who had caused so much serruw and outraged the feelings of ev< rv i-areiit in the country, went out. He diusl like a dog. as was fit. On the _ morning us December It Justice Church, us Bi\ Ridge, sent me a telegram say inc that Mu-dier ami Douglas had been killed. lat <•nee dispat hod D< tective Silleck . to Bay Ridge, who, as soon as he saw the bod- I ius. sail! ; “That is Joo Douglas ami that is ‘Bill’ ' Mosher, l ake the glovw off his left hand and you will find a withered finger.” I hv tjvve was removed and tho finger found, as indicated. The first ting< ref the left hand was u ithered away, the result of a felon. Little Walter Ross was brought on from rhilmlelphiit ami fully identified the two bodies as they lay in tho Bi\u»k]yn morgue. Rut this was all. Ch.iiay Ross was ijvver found. I think he is d» ad. 1 can conceive of no possi ble rea> n why, after the t” > kidnappers had b«en ktlh xl and Westervelt was in prison, t’hai’.uv l; shuuld not have Im « n returned I .ul he Ikuh alive. Tho promised immunity from pitnuhmci.t ami the reward offered by the may ii . I I'hiladulubiaare good re.4M.ms fur suiq ‘.'’.ng that the child, if alive, would bavo btvn returned to its pan nu. < n-t.it.|»t i<>ii < ur< <l. \u uhl ph>> • ian, retired from practice, hav incha l j .u-, u in 1 is hands by an East India mi*-- un.'.n i!.<- foruiubi of a simple vvgoLible r ‘ ‘ ' •-•!•!’•.• spu. dy and permanent cure of * ‘ n ''i 1 •». br i chins, catarrh, asthma and U , a pu”iti\< amir.uiu.o :<v ivi nervoua debility and all herxvE* ■ . after having teatud it* w«.rlu. ui. i-x power* m tli tsauda of * 1 ‘ '• 11 • b • ifutv to make it known to his * "ii ;f. ■ Actuated l > tbi” nu>tive and ad. • t nI. u » hum.m saff’.-mu I will ... I it > pap* i \ Noy\ , 149 Vu-xor’i block Kuch<>tvr N. Y. w THE WEEKLY CONSTITLTICN, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY. DECEMBER 6. 1887. 'TRAINING THE GIRLS, So That They Will Make Useful Women. A GREAT INSTITUTION IN MISSISSIPPI- Colvmbus, Mies., November 2 >. —[Staff Cor respondence Constitution.] —There are more old Georgians resident in this pleasant and prosperou ■: little town them you can find any where outside of the state. It seems that a slice of old Georgia, with the ho ics, people end fixture, has been bodily transported and planted here right in the heart of Mississippi. Tho love for the old state has not died out yet, but on the contrary, has perhaps grown stronger, and all ideas of heaven and a better world that these people have are indissolubly associated with the name of Georgia and the memories and recollections that linger still concerning their old home. E cry place, no matter what its size mav be, has some object or institution that constitutes the show-place or thing of tho town, about which lingi rs tho ass ections of the people, and to which they point the stranger with pride. With us in Georgia, Augusta lias its canal, Savannah its Bonaventure, Atlanta its Kim ball house, Athens its university—and, so .Co lumbus lias its female college. Nowhere else in the union is there one just like it! It seems strange that Mississippi, generally believed to be backward in many things, should be first and foremost in educational matters. For the boys, it has an agricultural college that is more successful than any similar insti tution anywhere else, more thorough, more advanced, more strongly planted in the affec tions of the people. With commendable jus tice, tho state has endeavored to do for its girls what it has already performed for its boys. Hero in Columbus is an institution for the practical training of girls, that lias no superior and perhaps no equal anywhere in tho country. Years ago there was in Columbus a female school of small proportions and operated with varying success. Located in the center of beautiful grounds, the institu tion was operated for the b nctit of the girls of the town. Three or four years ago, the town of Columbus donated fifty thousand d< liars to the institution with the proviso that tho state should take hold of it, and organize and equip an institution for the practical training of the girls of the state, in the same manner as it aided and controlled the agricultural college. With the money received from Columbus to gether with that donated by the state, the old wooden building was replaced by an elegant brick structure capable of accommodating 300 girls. Eveiy modem convenience was placed in the building, it is heated by steam, lit by electricity, and supplied with water and gas. Large engines in the barement supply the steam for heating purposes and the power for eleva tors and laundry. The rooms for recitation purposes are supplied with every convenience, and the dormitories are modelsSof simple ele gance and comfort. Tuition is tree, the object of the school being to give to poor girls the training m practical arts that will enable them to earn their own l iv ing.The basis of attendance is controlled by the proportion of population and illiteracy in cacti county. Scholars are permitted to attend from any part of the state who are able to pay their own expenses, but 2.30 arc given the training at actual cast. The expenses of board and clothing for a pupil during the year will net exceed §l3O, and the girls reduce this amount largely by doing most of their own work, for which' they are paid eight cents per hour. All of the household work in the large building is performed by the pupils, save scrubbing, and lhecleanlincssof the Louse is simply wonderful. The floors are so clean that they almost look white, ami the window panes are as clean as artesian water that flows fresh from the never ending stream. In the large dining room where 250 girls take meals three times per day, there was not a spot or an odor; here they do all their work, details of a certain number each week per form the task of washing the dishes, serving the meals, ami attending to tho various ne cessities of each tabic. For this they are paid, the amount being credited on their board ac count. The girls are all obliged to wear a uniform made in a certain way out of certain material; those who perhaps could afford a better dress are nevertheless obliged to conform to the rule. These uniforms, with hats, do not cost exceed ing nine dollars, and the girls make them, those not able to accomnlish this having the work done by others, who get paid for tho service. These uniforms of blue are worn on all occasions, even on Sunday, when tho pu pil attends church. Economy and prudence arc taught in every department, and the habits the training is incalculatiug in the minds of tho coming women of the state, are simply in valuable. An excellent education is afforded the pupil. They are taught everything that a woman ought to know, or that will add to her worth, or adorn and beautify her life. Accomplish ments are not overlooked, but they are made secondary to the great work of the institution, and such tilings as music, singing, etc., are taught not as an accomplishment but as a pro fession in order that the learner may derive a comfortable living thereby. Painting in oil, water colors, or china, etc., work in steel, brass, amt bronze, such as converting a silver cup into the repoussal style, or a plain piece of tin into a highly orna mental bread tray or waiter, are taught those who desire to learn. Wood carving and indus trial designing are subjects that largo classes are pursuing, and on tho walls are hung specimens of their work that would do credit to tlie practiced hand. These pupils design patterns here for matting, oilcloths, etc., that are readily accepted by the manufacturers. Press-making is a particular department, in charge of a practical teacher, amt many dresses of the grande dames of the city are made with in these college walls, the money received go ing to the credit of tho pupil. Crayon work is frequently sent here from many places to bo performed, and the work of enlarging photo graphs has grown to be a regular industry. In the mechanical departments stenography, type-writing and type-setting are being pur sued by a large number. The other day in tho chancery court, two of the girls were sent for by tho chancellor to take down certain matter in short-hand, they did their work with tho skill and accuracy of a professional stenogra pher. Tx ne-writing machines uro daily ma nipulated by the girls, and the college has se cured employment for many graduates who dexoted them-elvcs t > that ] articular industry. A college paper of eight pages is gotten out here, every word and letter being set by those pupils who take this branch of training. In short, there is hardly a vocation that a woman can follow without injury to her repu tation or without shock to lier modesty that is not practically taught in this institution, and while she is being fitted with these weapon* by which she can earn a living from the world, .'.she nt the same time is given every accomplishment that can possibly adorn and beautify .the female char acter. Columns could lie written about this won derful institution. A movement was made in the last Georgia legislature to establish an in stitution of its kind. The state owes it to tiie women of the state, and if it is over done no better model can be found anywhere to pattern after and follow than this model institution at Columbus. I’resided oter by 1». Jones, a graduate of tho university of Virginia, and formerly a professor in the university of Mis sissippi, assisted by an able corps of professors, male and female, tho college lias already achieved a full measure of success, ami is daily growing in its ixiwer to do good, and is rapidly changing the position of the women of Mississippi from one of idle dependence and suffering to that vi complete independence and prosjierity. To see 250 girls pursuing an education that will tit them for the task of, earning their own living, to know that they will be obliged to earn that living, toroa'i. o that in this glo rious work the state is lending a helping hand, mid that public sentiment applauds and ap proves all along the line, makes one feel g<x>u, h ippy, proud of the girls, of the state, and of the people that have inaugurated this grand innovation in tho work of female educath u. H. u. r. W——» II ♦ 11 ■ ■ A Curt (soud-bje. From the Detroit Frvu !»resi. In May, In J, 1 being then a number of the Thirteenth lUiti’.<• cuvulry, uu4Ui Gvacntl DtccN 's cuiuniund*( uiuicaptured, with thno vthvr nnm ttUtut thirty miles shun l.lti'c K.ek. We were rtrip ne lof all ouiMde clothing, spurs, bats im l t-exits, r >: Ju l ~f everythin- of value, and Ibrwarlvd to I Utile Rock to be cuuLUvd os of wm in the penitentary. The building was then entirely clear of cMivirts, and we were confined in the yard, found about federal prisonerd in there, and had not f ten in the inclos ire half an hour when I was iaformedthat a plot was on foot for a general de Href)' at an early day. T.iere was a line o.‘ confederate sentinels on U.e W’ll!', an 1 a second l.’n-. at the la eof the walls outside. f ] his seemed to the cental '.rates to assure cur captivity, but, tju or twelve days previous to i»y arrival, our boys tad begun a tunnel designed to go under tte waff. Tliey had begun at a spot about forly feet back f o:a the wall, and the work had all been done at night. During the day blank ets w-rc thrown over the spot, an old piece of cau vas elevated for au awning, and no one cou’.d sus j cet what wa&going on under the very noses of the guards. On the second night of my arrival the tunnel was finished. It came out close to an old scanty twelve feet outside the wall, and every man in the inclosure was invited to make u-e ofdt, and advised how to act when he once got ont-ide. The night was dark and :a ny, und|themen began passing out at about 9 o’clock. It was midnight be fore my turn came, and the man behind me was my tent-mate and chum. We had our own idei.s of what course we should take after getting out, and instead of making a bolt for the country we walked coolly off into the woods for about a mile and then el m' ed a tree. We were scarcely in place before a great hullabaloo at the prison warned us that the es< aj>e had been discovered. Out of 250 prisoners in the place 2-17 passed out. The others were too ill to go. The very last man was out when the confed crates made the discovery. There was a great com motion inside of two minutes, and inside of a <_u ir terof an hour the country was being scoured in every direction. I may state here that only twelve of us out of that large number eluded recapture. Most of them were taken before n ion next day. Before daylight the woods in which we had taken refuge were being beaten up by dog«, civilians and soldiers, and had we been in flight we should cer tainly have been overhauled. Indeed, they recap tured numbers of prisoners within our hearing, and some of them passed under our tree on their way back to confinement. When daylight came we climbed higher and secured better shelter, and we did nut descend from the tree until 10 o’clock at night. During the day many searchers passed through the woods, and had any of them lifted their eyes we must certainly have been discovered. When we gut down to earth we took a half circuit to strike the Arkansas river at a point far below the town, and as we reached it, after three or four hours’ hard travel, we came upon anegiocabiu. The man was r.'.laid out, and as soon as he knew we were es caped prisoners he gave us a hearty meal, bundled us up a large quantity of coarse provisions and in sisted that we make use of his boat to go down the river. lie gave us the names of all the towns below, advised us to lie by during the day and saw us off with a “May de Lawd bress yer boaian’see ye frew?” We were eleven nights paddling down the Arkan sas, and eleven days lying by in swamps and cane brakes, After the start we secured food only three times, and that in small quantities. It was always from the negroes, and in no case did we fear be trayal. Daring those long nights we came near be ing recaptured a score of times, and during the days we were so harassed and annoyed by hunger, heat and insects that we were more than once inclined to give ourselves up. We reached the Mississippi one morning just at daybreak, and the smoke of the federal gunt«oat. Little Rubel, was plain to be seen. We had to hide in a thicket and wait nearly three hours before she came opposite. Then we s’gnaled and she checked her way, run out her loaded guns, and sent a boat to hail us. The officer shouted: “Who are you?” ”E < aped prisoners!” “Where from?" “Little R'«ck!” “When did ycu escape?” “Twelve days ago.” He v a 1 -th to bulieve the story. The gunboat backed in within rille-snot, the men stoed tn their guns. a-. 4 \\e were ordered to wade out on a bur m i r hr*, t nos the small boat (Mien we were <ut until :h water was up to our necks the boat pule I slowly in and took us aboard, but it was not until w - w r.* a' ard the gunbuat that our so y was fully : ehe\e 1. The captain and others had read of the • s ape at Little Reek, and we had no trouble in identifying ourselves. A Happy Marriage. Cork, Ga., November 29.—[Special.]—Cork was the scene of a happy marriage last Wed ne-day* The contracting parties being Mr. B. P. Bailey and Miss Rosa F. Streator. Rev. M. England performed the ceremony in a most impressive manner, before a large audience of relatives and friends. Miss Rosa was a reign ing belle of Midway, Alabama, and her friends and admirers were legion and wish for her a long mid uninterrupted life of the happiness she so justly deserves. Mr. Bailey is a travel ing salesman for 11. D. Adams & Co., of Macon, and is a young man of the highest character, and has the unlimited confidence of bis employer. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey will go on an extended bridal trip through Florida, after which they return to Flovilla, Georgia, their future home. ouH.'.dWpTcoLUMji. Better Than all of Them. Mr. John Moore, Columbia, Tenn,—l accidentally saw to lay a copy of Tiie Weekly C institution and was surprised to see so much interest manifested in it concerning cattle, horses, dairying, topics which I am sorry to see other papers abandon for and other subjects of no interest, or at least no bene fit to those who aro furnishing the Loef, bread, clothes, milk, butter and cheese for sixty millions of people. This, in my opinion, makes The Constitu tion worth them all to mo, for 1 I now the people among whom it circulates, and I know their needs. 1 know that prosperity will not follow the plow share in the cotton field howevt r dilligently our people labor, so long as our barns are filled from western grainerics and our cattle and stock interests are neglected. As proof of this, I have seen this country of middle Tennessee, that has abandoned the cotton system grow rich and prosperous by diversifying their industries and raising grass and cattle, horses, mules and stock of all kind. In proof of this, Major Burnes’ annual sale of trot ting horses held October 20lh. at Ewell Farm, con sisting of about one-half sucklings and yearlings averaged ov<r $2301 e; capka, bringing him in same $13,000. Colonel J. W. S. Ridley, who abandoned cotton tun years ago and went to raising mules, sells annually from GOO to"( 0 in; Is, ami last year cleared over SBO,OOO. My own 'a m is a dairy farm and L-st month* from the milk and butter of twenty-four cows I took $224.60 and am under three yu..rs contract to turn over my heifer calves from tbJrty one down in my herd to a stock farm at $?00 each for heifers and $ 0 each for bulls. Os course my butter was made in thu best manner and sold at high price per pound. Hence I am very enthusiastic on dairy pro Ju -ts, for I see away for the run down fan. s us cc rgia, Ala bama, Tennessee and other southern states to be made to pay their present owners mare than they ever did their first ones, in the days of their virgin fertility. “GO CALMLY, YOU CAN’T WIN BY FORCING.’’ Mrs. Margaret Clark's Advice to Lottery Flayers— She Won 1iH5,000. ‘Since you will buckle furtune on my Lack, To bear her burden wtio'r I will or no, 1 must have patience to endure the load.” These meaning lines of Shakspeare camt vividly tothe min iof C.e rejmrter of the l icayvi o, who called Thur* lay uoon at the office of The Louisi ana State Lottery company and was introduced to Margaret linen, wife of Thomas Clark. The lady, who is a native of Irtland, conntv Feimanagl.. was accompahied by her husLnnJ. They h. 14 in tl eir possession one-tenth of ticket number 71,411, which nt the last drawing of the lottery became entitled to the capital prize of fl O.IXO. It was in V 59 ti nt the couple were married. Tliey have lived happily together and have a fam ily us six children, all of whom are full grown. Clark, who has been a txv-s slater by trade for thirty-one years, pursued the duties of his calling and Sirs. Clark a' o ided to tie affairs of the h; usehold. Both parents have been heavy players in the lottery. The husband, on the other hand, has also be on an ardent player and i.as only t een successful unce, drawinc a prize of Mis. Clark's advice to her busbar d has al ways been: “Go calmly, you cant win by forcing.” Speaking of tho monthly Ura .ins?. Mrs. Clark stated that the ticket .th win- ’ > l.:;d : u-t drawn the capital pri’c Mas the tenth of the kiud that she had ever purchased. When tho gvexi woman uas handed a check for IIMOJon the New Orleans National bank she calmly took it. proceeded to the bank an I depu • ite 1 it for her ac e 'lint. Mr. an I Mrs. Clark, trhojhave hitherto been in ordinary circumsUi:c a, Niy ihe\ will continue V . -,g, ’ : t t:n'’. ; t: -; • any .xu . . T tv are. L- waver, pr. ud ft. cir s.c < *>. but d > ; not Ulieve In th“ * .y.r.r -. m u u is ihe r i kerof his on n furtunan • . le, in o ehr urv. the trumpet of L s u.m? - New Orleans (La.» , Ifioajruw*, Au ♦ kUibe: 12, Im h DURING THE WEEK. The Week's Sy lopsis of General and Local News • CONDENSED FOR OUR WEEKLY FRIENDS I Tuesday, November 29.—Ninety-five cigar sac tories shut down in Havana, Cuba, owing to a de mand by the cigar-makers for an increase in wages Twelve thousand hands arc thrown out of employ, r.ient... .Tho Montgomery, Ala., flouring mills were destroyed by fire in Montgomery, causing a loss oi 590,GC0....The jaint establishment of Billlugs & G and the Ohio Steel Barb Wire fence company, of Cleveland, Ohio, were destroyed by fire, causing a $35,000 1055.... Baron Hirsch gave the magnificent sum of £2,000,0 X) for the benefit of the Jews in Europe, his object being the founding of a primary school in Russia.... The condition of the crown prince is flatt ring for ft complete recovery... .The ginhou e and several bales of cotton belonging to Mr. Isaac B. Florence, was destroyed by fire in Powder Springs, causing a loss of 53,C10, with no in suiance. Wednesday, November 30. —John IT. Parker, employed at a plaining mill at Darby’s Mills, Fla., was accidentally caught in the shafting and instant ly killed... .The thermometer registere 1 thirty-nine degre; s below zero at Waterloo, lowa, on Tuesday, the coldest weather ever known there up to this time... .Mr. Baas Harrison, of Columbus, who had a fit and fell into the fire in that city last week, has died from injuries recived....The ginhouse, four bales of cotton, the seed from twenty-one bales of cotton and a new $250 gin belonging to Mr. V. Thorp, near Americus, was destroyed by fire, supposed to be the work of some tramps whom Mr. Thorp had ordered oil’ his place... .The ginhouso and grist mill of Mr. I. W. Florence, near Douglasville, were destroyed by fire, nothing being saved. Thursday, December I.—“ Aunt” Jane Col lins, an old negress of Nashville, Tenn., died at the advanced age of one hundred and nineteen years. She was ft servant girl to General Jackson.. ..Dr. McCullough was shot and instantly killed by a farmer named H cks at Stevenson, A1a.... Daniel Smith, a small boy of Chattanooga, Tenn., was play ing with a pulley belt, when his clothes 1 eeame entangled, mangling him in a horrible manner, lie lived a (O.iple of hours, when he died in great agony.... While two pipemen were laying a water main in Chattanooga a passing freight train came by and jarred the earth so that the banks of the ditch caved in, killing Uotii men instantly.... A fire in Aiken. S. C., destroyed nine buildings, causing a loss of 840,000. Friday, December 2. —The Strobridge Litho graphing company, of Cincinnati, the largest busi ness of its kind in the world, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss estimated at from #3CO,COO, to $500,- OCO •• -The Lawrence hotel in Brookville, Kansas, was destroyed by firo, burning four men to death, who were guests of the hotel. Guests were com pelled to jump from second story windows to save themselves. The loss is between twenty-five and thirty thousand dollars... .Jacob Sharp Las been bailed in the sum of forty thousand dollars. He is very feeble in health, and it is thought that he will not live through the new trial that has been granted him.... A little three year-old child was burned ts’ death at Pikeville, Tenn.... The ginhouse, screw and four bales of cotton belonging to Mr. S. J. Coody, near Macon, were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of S7OO, with $1,030 insurance. Sat urday,December 3. —A large fire occurred at Eminence, Ky., destroying Duncan’s jewelry store, Miller’s grocery, the town hotel. Moody & Proetoi’s grocery, Morris & Bros., lumber and coal yard, O’Connell’s butcher shop and a large carriage factory. No estimate of the damage could be given, as tlie fire was still raging at the time the news wa; telegraphed... .Work on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad, the road which is being built from Monroe to Atlanta, is progressing rapidly, and arrangements have just been completed whereby the hands can work night and day.... A loeomative boiler, drawing a freight train on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad explode, killing Alexan der Walker, engineer, instantly, and injuring Freeman Gould-x. AVajhue Ettinger, David Thegcr and Joseph Reifsnider, brakeman, so badly that they died while being taken home.... John T. Brooks, who lives at Collins’ ville, Ala., locked three of his children in hi house, and accompanied by his wife, went visiting to the house of a neighbor. When they returned the house was burnt down and one of the children had perished in the flames... .Simon & Co., clothiers of Mobile, Ala., failed with liabilities, $15,000, assets, SIO,OOO. Sunday, December 4.—An earthquake occurred at Besigsnano, Calabria, demolishing twenty houses and killing several persons... .The four-ye.ir old son ci John W. Bailey, of Frederick county, Vft , fell backward into a pot of hot lard and was hoirlbly burned, dying in a few hours.... William Bell, a highly respected young man us Manchester, Tenn., attempted to board a moving passenger train, when he miss d his footing and fell under the car, which passed over his body, killing him instantly... .A mad dog in Chattanooga, Tenn., got loose and going to the house of William Baxter, bit his two sons and a neighbor named D riglass. The entire fleshy part of one of Mr. Baxter's toys’ legs was torn of!', ;md it is certain that he will die, with the chances against * the other two. HER LIFE *FOR HIS. A gray mist hung over tho lofty peak oi Terrapin mountain. No sound disturbed tho slumberous stillness save tho twittering of awakening birds and the irritable cough of shy squirrels munching tho hickory nuts gar nered for the winter’s store. Up from the massy depths of a gorge pale blue smoko slowly ascended from the rock chimney of a mountaineer's cabin. From tho door issued a lass, whose litho and graceful figure seemed to float over the rock path which led to the spring that gushed from the craggy wall of primeval rocks above her. “I wonder if Cap'n Earle is here,” she mut tered, as she placed tho pail she had been carry ing on the ground. Shading her blue eyes from tho rays of the now rising sun she peered into the leafy darkness of tho far-reaching chasm. “Ho said he'd come of ho could git away from his men. Tho cap'n hed better bo pulling up sticks and gittin’ out o’ here, ’cause dad’s mad an’ Jim Heflin’s mad, too. Au’ when them air two git mad at a revenue man that’s show to be trouble. Jim Heflin an’ dad bed jus’ as well put ’tin their pipes an’ smoko it, too, fcr tho cap’n ain’t a goin’ to git till ho ketches ’em. Dad’s done got the revenue men down on him now for makin’ moonshine. Thar’s goin’ to bo trouble roun’ Terrapin mounting yit.”. Talking thus to herself, she started,blushed, and turned quickly as sho heard a low whistle. A tall, fine-looking young fellow stepped out into tho clearing around tho spring. “Good morning, Mary; you are lookingas fresh and as pretty as that little mountain pink. What nows?” Tho girl blushed to her ears as sho faced him, but looked him steadily in the eyes. “Thar’s goin' to be trouble ’round hero to night. cap’n, an’ dad swore last night he was goin’ to kill you forsutashin’ his still on t'other mounting. You better keep both eyes open.” j “Is that all?” he asked, as be camo closer ' to her. "Ain’t that enough?” “No, Mary. I ant not afraid of bis threats. I fear your pretty face and blue eyes more than 1 do moonshiners.” “Look hero, Cap’n Earle, I ain't nothin’ j but a poor mounting gal, an’ I can’t read or write. Keep them 'ere sugary things fer tho | x alley gals. Say 'em to them as will take | 'em.” As Mary said this sho tamed away. A | tremor was in her heart, a sob in her voice. : She had grown to love the handsome o.iicer. I She loved him with the wild and impassioned ' I fervor ol a nature untaught, untrained. And I he, had lie conceived such a thing, would have > smiled at her simplicity. She turned to him again. “Oh, cap'n, you must go down to the valley I tonight. Jim Heflin and dad'll kill you. They • . air hot 'cause you foun' tho still aii' smashed “Well, Mary, I can’t r;m from them. That ; would be cowardly. Jt<.-.ide.-. I have this pro tector," slapping Lis Wiqchcster rifle. “That i i- g-’d ot -ixie' n m. :i." . . 1" , 'l‘fdiiiise mieop’h. ci you stay on the I mountain you won't leave Silas Coomiw's cabin, jPn :■•■•.■ : i omiroma!” Her xvice plead* [ "I'Ub carol .. .-arj," and turning ho j walked rapidly away. Reaching the entrance to tho gorge, ho xvaved his ha t to her as he dis appear- d in the. thick undorgroxvth. Mary Mason sighed and returned to the cabin. That night, xvhile getting supper in the little shed in the rear of the cabin, she heard her father and Jim Heflin talking in low tones in tlie main room. Creeping near the door, slio listened to their plan for waylaying and mur dering Jar k Earle, Willi a heart thumping with terror, she served their supper in silence. As soon as supper xx as finished, tiie two men shouldered their guns, got on their horses and started axvay. It was a dark and starless night. Tiie wind moaned and sobbed through the echoing pines. “O Lord, God Almighty, I never said a prayer but this one .t. O Lord, give me grit ’nough to git to him before dad and Jim does.” Out of the cabin she rushed, dashing madly over the rocks that formed the bed of a winter torrent, but noxv gone dry. With every muscle in her supple young body strained to the utmost, her breath coming with painful sobs, her lips breathing fervid appeals to heaven to allow her to reach Silas Coombs’s before tho men did, on, on sho ran, clutching in her haste even the briars that cruelly tor© her hands and face as she clambered up the mountain. Faster,’faster she ran, now falling headlong, but only_ to rise again and rush on. At last sho gained the plateau of Terrapin, where stood the cabin of Silas Coombs. Down the declivity she dashed. As she gained th© cabin, turning, she saw her father and Jim Heftiin riding to the house as tlie great, round silvery moon appeared over the peak. “Open the door, open the door, for God’s sake! cap’n. Git on your horse and go, go like satan was after you.” Earle rushed out. Grasping her with one arm, as he saw she was faint, he turned and faced old man Mason and Jim Heflin. “What do you want!” he asked. “We want you, cuss yet!” replied Heflin, as he made a dash at Earle. Earle releassd his grasp of Mary, and the txvo men clinched in a deadly struggle. Over and over theyrolled on. the “gallery,” each trying to disengage his pistol from his belt. At last Heflin drew his, and, aiming it, would have bespattered th© floor with Earle’s brains had not Mary, xvith a scream of anguish, threw herself bctxveen th© pistol and Earle. But ’twas too late. Tho bail went crashing through th© poor girl’s breast. Heflin started to his feet xvith an exclamation of horror, and fled madly doxvn the mountain, folloxved by Mason, who had not seen the mark of the' bullet. Earl© rose to his knee, and, catching the dying girl in his arms, sobbed as if his heart would break, strong man as lie xvas. “What can 1 do, what can I do, Mary, dar ling?” “Thar ain’t but one thing, cap’n,” the dying girl gasped; “just let me rest my head on yer shoulder here, an”” she hesitated, “an’ cap’n, es yer don’t min’, I’d like to have yer kiss mo just oncst— ” And with his kiss on her lips, the little hero ine gave up to her Maker that life she sacrifice for Earle. Warner's Log Cabin remedies—o Id sash ioned, simple compounds, used in the days of our hardy forefathers, are “old timers” but "old reliable.” They comprise a “Sarsaparil la,” “Hopsand Buchu Remedy,” “Cough and Consumption Remedy,” “Scalpine, for th© Hair,” “Extract,” for external and internal use, “Plasters,” “Rose Cream,” for catarrh, and “Liver Pills.” They are put jip by IL H. Warner & Co., proprietors of Warner’s Safe Remedies, and promise to equal the standard value of those great preparations. All drug gists keep them. A Cracker Courtship. BY XV.V LT.ACE P. P.EEP. Old Broxvn and his wife had gone to bed— A put-up job of Sue’s— And the xvay look'd smooth to young Jim Head, Tho’ he blushed xvay doxx’n in his shoes. The moments fled, and glided on, The pine knot blaze grew dim, A good half hour xvas lost and gone, But not a word spoke Jim. Instead of that, he silently sxvore— No: at Sue, xvho had the chair— But at himself, xvho had the floor, And then he pull’d his hair. At last, but sloxvly, the words were spoken: “I wuz feelin’ poxv’ful weak, Jes’ after 1 come—sorter broken— An’ skeercely able ter speak.” At this, the eyes of Susan Brown Began to flash xvith pleasure— She felt that she had got him doxvn, And could finish him nt her leisure. "An’ now yer (eel a leetel peerter,” ' She quietly suggested; “ ’Sposc yer h'ist an’ move up near ter The tian, an’ git some rested.” "No, thanky,” said Jim; “we ’uns at home Air right smairt on our sleep, An’ you 'uns—tliat is, if I knoxv’m— Berleeves in it, too, a heap. "But lemme tell yer, afore I go, Jes' xvhy I’m feeling better— Yer mighty nigh guesses, 1 knoxv— Yer sly leetel critter. “Well, I lays it all tor possum an’ tater; Thar’s nothin’ like it, yer see, Ter strengthen an’ sweeten one’s natur; An’ that’s what’s the matter xvith me. An’ you ’uns air the best on tater an' possum In the xvay uv makin’ um joocey. That ever I seed, an' I hev saw some Uv the best, an' that 1 do say.” The fire blazed up, an’ so did Sue; But not a word did she say; Sl.e xvaite I to see v. hat Jim xvonld do. And xvish'd he'd go his way. Not much ! for Jim walk'd over to Sue, And grabb'd her ’round the waist, And then, xvhat should the raseal do But kiss her in hurry and haste? "An' now,” cried Jim, "hoxv will it do Far xve ’uns, hereater, Ter fix up possum an’ taters fur two?” Then Sue;—but wl.at does it matter? Possum and taters for artful Jim, Taters ai d possum f >r Sue: Possum and tale s t< r her and him, Inters and possum for two 1 Food makes Blood and Blood makes Beauty Improper digestion cd food m cessarily pro duces bad blood, resulting in a feeling o£ fullness in the stomach, acidity, heartburn, sick-headaehe, and other dyspeptic symptoms. A closely confined life causes indigestion, constipation, biliousness and loss of appetite. To remove tlu <e 11 nbles there is no remedy equal to Prickly Ash Hitters. I has'been tried and proven to be a specific. A Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat should not be neglected. Blows s BiioS' ia.ii I'nocitEs are a simple remedy, and give prompt relief. 25c a box Not Always. From the Lowell Courier. Somebody says Boston girls are prettier than they xvere t n years ago. We presume that is true of those xvho ten years ago were from ten to fifteen years old. A Lucky Coal Miner in Pueblo, Col. Mr. Albert Evans, of Rockvale, was nt th© victoria. He in , chased one-tenth of ticket I No. (>1,50 ’> in the Sepiunber drawing of Tho I Louisiana State Lottery for on<-dollar. ll© . was found to have drawn one-tenth of the fifty thousand dollar prize for a dollar invested. Ho is a young man who has followed coal mining for a living, but h*v intends to invest this money in a farm and establish himself for ! life. —Pueblo (Col.) Chieftain, Sep. 22. Th* n He Couldn’t Be. I From the Ep wb. M ife— Mr. Brown, whom you brought home I to dinner tonight, Is something of a philosopher, is he not, dea-.' Husband—He ought to be. H. ha an income of ! 620,000 a j ear. • Always avoid hursli purgative pills. They first make you : ick an i then h ave you eonstf- ; pateil. Cart. Little Liver Pili- regulate the , bowels and luak- you well. I lose, one pill. Force us Habit* From the Baltim r? American. Tbc force of lml.it is always strong. A Bal timorc young man win • w. calling ou a street-car, conducn r > dauiriifor a. 1 ' that the father wandered d n . r ‘"- - r . ; ! '\ i. " r.i : :!- ; ‘ c , ■ a ■ - . e. -se. IL there ever w asp. < ifie fur any one com plaint, then Carter > Lillie Liver Pills are a F'v.nc for :<k h .i u m-. and * .very womaiT , auould kuuw ihLs. Only one pill ti duoc.