Indian Commissioner Atkins

■"■ Indian ■ Commlsionf Atkins is hardlj believed when.he says heluu retlrned kis placa in FresidentJCleveland's AdmiaUtrit ion to bicorne a candidato for Senator tros Tennesaee. 6c is known to b t .warm friend of Senator Harria, whora he wouli succeedliftohold be eleeted, and thríore his f rienda, thinkthere wat aome better íor bis resliraation. Gncral Atlnn come ofjan old NorttaCaroUna f amlly and an ancestor of his, strsnf e as lt Mas, was an Indian commlsaioner sent out frm fiaglMdjyjötho time. of OgletUorpe. 4 H was torn in Tenneisee and educaUjd thèrA Forty years ago be was elected to th Tnoessee Leg islaturo and he held rariouj offltes before ha wat lectad to Coarrtit in 1857. IuX860 he was on the Breckenriág electoral ticket. He was elect d to t h Coafederal Provisional Congrí la USl Ut then entered the army where he rHctM t Brifadiership. - " I lot twenty-tevín ilrl by the war," said General Atkint, t Itjtf go, "butl was Riad of lt. I rode kom kfter the war without a dollar. On thé wajr Host a slik neckerchief ihat had etit mi 124, and I rodo back four miles to flnd it. 1 ielt worse over that neckerchiethks I did ■ver the loss of my slaves." Ueneral "Atkins has made an honest and earnest Indiaa Commiasioner.