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WEDNESDAY. - NOVEMBER 7,1877,
PREFACE TO A NCBAP BOOK.
The world is A *crp book : rate it rightly
you’ll nee
Th*t between the broad bound* of thi* great
mystery—
This great book of life, that begins with life's
morning.
And ends too with life, in eternity's dawning—
titands mingled and mixed, like the fragments
oft seen
In lesser collections (common scrap books, I
mean) —
A varied and strange combination. There you
find—
It seems to be chance, but it may be design
ed—
I'rcme and verse, verse and prose ;—unstudied,
nnplann'd
Beems the heterogeneous arrangement, the
hand
Has employed, that ban tilled the blank pages
With the glad song of glee, or the wisdom of
sages.
The pieces are varied in length, subject,
worth
Here's a bright little gem, like a spirit of
mirth;
There, a requiem sad, yet its sweet gentle
dirge
Tells of those we shall meet, when we cross
the dark surge.
Here, a quaint Tittle episode :—some striking
story
Next fills the blank space, tel ing briefly the
glory
Of some noble spirit, who stood face to face
With the demons of dark' ess, and gave to his
race
The best boon o'er given—his blood and his
life—
As he went to his rest from the smoke and the
str fe.
But 'tie needless to say any more—or to try;
For the very name ’‘scrap book'' would seem
to imply
Its own miscellaneous nature ;—hence, I’ll dis
miss
In a very few words what it tells here, of
bliss;
There, of sorrow ; -here, of joy; there, despair
—bv the side
Of some love-song —sole trace of a sigh, that
died
On the still lips that breathed it—may stand
Burning words from the forum that thrilled
thro’ the land.
And its populous cities, its woods and its dells
Bent I heir legions to battles, where history
dwells.
Here, is hnmor; there, palhos here, wit; and
there, weeping ;
Here, darkness ; there, light—strange fellow
ship keeping ;
Here, stories of laughter—we smile as we
read ; •
There, stories of sacrifice -honor the deed !
Here, patient endurance, toil, anguish and
death—
There, the song of the Zephyr, that heals with
its breath ;
All mingling together, and bound in one
book :
Reek the record of life, for the likeness to
look.
The world is a scrap book If an angel should
rovo
O’er its vast varied loaves, all the phases
above
Would bo passod in review. You see this of
course
Since the scenes here recorded have all had
their source
In the scenoH or the phantoms of life. But
the thought
Which the metaphor dwells on, is this : I
have songht
To point ont the world in its strange catena
tions,
Its queor appositions, its quaint correlations; —
One moment its poetry, again 'tin its prose
Holding sway in the mind, from the first page
to close
In the lifo both of nations and men ; —one day
in the rosy,
Ethereal regions of art, and again in the
prosy,
Perplexing, dull details of work. On one day
the world
Some great achievement of peace greets with
joy, and unfurl'd
On the next are the hauuers of war, and na
tion
Gainst nation is turned. And so thro’ each
station,
As slowly butsurely roll destiny's wheels;
Tho bright spirits press on the shadows’ dark
hoels ;
And life moots with doatli in their long silent
game ;
Ho sorrow and joy; so love and so hato; —the
Hame
Will continue, —while night follows day, while
war follows peace,
Till the angel of record the mandate, “Hur
<wass 1"
Hliall hoar and oboy eveimore. And a calm,
sudden,deep,
Hliall rest on llio faco of creation. All shall
sleep;
Till Ihe sentinels bright from their stations on
high—
Who for toons have watched from their star
heights -shall fly
Tliro’ the measureless regions of space, to pro
claim
The limit of time, and their Mong is the same,
‘All in well /”—"Time in ended r—" The great
scroll is done.
And,unrolled in the light of Eternity's nun
As llioir symphony echoes the universe
through,
it wakes the wide realm like a life-giving dew;
The sleepers riso raptured, forever set free, —
And a peace everlasting life's record shall he.
mam
EVENING.
Tis tliiue, calm evening hour, to win our
thoughts
From toil and care, and woave around ns
Fancy's gentle spell; or from the silent
Years, to woo around ns happier days,
Glad days that seem more golden in tliy light
Hweet evou-tide! Then welcome thou, dim,
Mystic eve, snreoase from all ungentle things,
Enchantress 'neatli whose beaming eyes
All Nature wears lior loveliest mood !
While softly o’er the earth thy beauty
reigns;
Tho sun sinks wearily, to rest, adown
Tho curtained Wost, and as slowly fades his
ltosy blush, gray shadows drape the earth.
Ono by one the silvor stars gleam
Softly through the "upper deep,’’ and soon,
In regal splendor, night’s creseont queen,
Begins her progress up tho vault of heaven.
No discord from tho busy world, disturbs
The beauty of this magic hour—
The "vieniess winds" aro lulled to sleep down
in
Tho stilly grovos. and no sounds are heard
To break tlio charm of Nature's spell,
Have Ihe low peal of vosper bells.
Or the sweet liotos of some evening bird.
Ilotv norouely beautiful is nature now,
llow calm and holy, the influence of
This hallow’d hour! whose mystic power
Htira the doep fountains of tho soul
And moves the heart to meditation
And to prayer. Oreatiou seems to feel
The divine presence of tho Hpjrit Dove,
The dark sea waves that niumurad all
Tho day among their rooky caves
And toyed witn the restless winds, now he
Silent on the beach, in rovorential
Awe. The tender flowers early kissed
To sleep hv gentlo dews, in slumber
Breathe sweet incense up to Heaven,
And all nature in mute language
Heenis to say ; "O man, God has given
This sweet still hour, look
Thou up and worship Him.”
Tis the voice of tho Infinite One
Who speaks. He who cloths* the stars in
light
And guides them in their pathway through
The heavens, tells us m the sunset
tlyes, in the gray twilight hour and through
The marshalled hosts assembled on tho nightly
Plain of His wisdom and His glory.
Every sasnh in nature reveals
A lesson, and in the shadowy
Holiness of tho evening hour
We behold the emblem sad, of
Life’s closing day. Thrice happy he
Who having passed its roseate ntoru,
In seeking virtues path: beholds
The evening overshadowed by no
Clouds of doubt or gloom, but whose star
Of hope, beams brightly in the Western
Hkv. who when the twilight shadows deepen,
And death's darkness falls about him, like
An eIMO pall, shutting out the soft
Daylight; may feel "like one who draws
The drapery i'f his couch about him,
Amt Imm down tooleasant dreams."
Mt. Hkij.v. 1877. Bertkixk.
“I’M llt'ltltJtil, I'HII.U.”
“ 0 mother, .’ook! I’ve found a imw<9tfly
Hanging upon a ,'eaf. Do tell me why
There was no butt*® r • t?h, do see its winge ,
I never, never saw nph pretty things—
All streaked and striped, with blue and brown
and gold.
Where is its hnnso when all rt* days are cold :
41 Yes, ves,* 4 she s&i 1. in absent agents mild.
"• I’m hurried, child!”
44 Last night my dolly quite forgot her prayers;
An’ when she thought you had gone down the
stairs.
An’ dolly was afraid, an’ so I said :
Jus t don’t you mind, but say’em in the bed,
Because 1 think that God is just as near.’
When dolls are 'fraid do you s’pose He can
hear ?”
The mother spoke from out the ruffles piled.
" I’m hurried, child!"
4 ’Ob. come and see the flowers in the sky j
The suu has left: and iron*you. by-and-by.
Dear aaeGier. take me in your arms and tell j
Me all about the pnssy in the well ?
Then tell ms of the babies in the wood ?
An’ then, peibwe, about Hod Hiding Hood J
• Too much to do! Hush, hush, von drive me '
wild,
I'm hurried, child!’’
The little one grew very quiet bow ;
And grieved and puzzled was the childish
brow.
And then it queried: "Mother, do yon know
The reason 'cause you must be hurried so ?
1 guess the hours are littie-er than I,
So I will take my pennies. and will buy
A bigger clock! Oh, big as it can be,
For you and me
The mother now has leisure infinite.
She sit* vith folded hands, and face as white
As winter. In her heart is winter's chill.
She sits at leisure, questioning of God's will.
"My child has ceased to breathe, and all is
night !
Is heaven so dark that Thou dost grudge my
light ?
O Life! O God ! I must dis*ot er why
Time moves so slowly by."
O. mothers sweet, if cares must ever fall,
Fray do not make them stones to build a wall
Between you and yonr own ; and utiss your
right'
To blessedness, so Bwift to tko its fliefat!
While answering baby questionings you are
But entertaining angels nuaware.
The richest gifts are gathered by tho way.
For darkest day.
ECHOES FHitVI TIIE BIOTS.
Summoning Witnesses—The Military Be*
railed to Their Feels.
Pittsburg, October 31.—The grand
jury of Alleghany county issued sub
poenas to Governor Hartranft, Adjutant-
General Latta, General Brinton and
others to testify in the case of General
Pearson, charged with umrder. All
those named in tho subpoena having
been summoned as private citizens re
sponded, except Governor Hartranft,
who sent a letter in explanation of his
refusal.
Scranton, October 31.—Eight com
panies of the thirteenth infantry, United
States Army, on a special service in
this city for three months past, left at
noon to-day to return to their posts at
New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Little
Rock,
THE CLAY-WICKLIFFE DUEL
ONE INCIDENT IN THE VETERAN
ABOLITIONIST’S EARLIER FOLI
TICAL LIFE.
An Extraordinary Career, la Which thr
Knife and Pletal Were Always Beady.
Colonel W. G. Terrell, who may be
remembered by Eastern newspaper read
ers as having himself been engaged not
long ago in the affray that resulted fatal
ly , writes to the Cincinnati Commercial
a long account of a visit to, Cassius M.
Clay, with some particulars concerning
the recent killing of a negro by the ex-
Minister to Russia and veteran Aboli
tionist, as well as of his famous duel
with Wickliffe. The General he found
unchanged, with the same stalwart
form, the same calm, blue eye, the
same gray shock of hair and a heavy
beard abundantly silvered. He spoke
frankly of the recent shooting affair,
saying that he had tried to do his duty
by the people, but had been robbed
and pestered beyond human endurance,
till at last he had met the assassin at the
threshold, and felt not the slightest com
punction about his taking off. Perry
White, the negro who was shot, is de
scribed as a vicious, worthless, sensual
and dishonest fellow, a notorious liber
tine, who boasted of the seduction of
three sisters in one family. He was the
sou of negroes Mr. Clay had employed
for years, though of late he had been
compelled to discharge them both, the
woman for theft. She threatened him
with the vengeance of her son, who was
known to be a desperado and an accom
plished shot, and the sou wrote n letter
to another negro, in which he spoke of
killing Mr. Clay. Tho letter fell into
Mr. Clay’s hands, and he at once, con
trary to' his custom since 1861, armed
himself, and warned White that if he
found him on the plantation he would
shoot him on sight.
Oa Sunday, September 30, the Gen
eral had mounted his riding mule to go
to church, when his adopted sou called
to him (pointing to a loose horse some
forty feet away) that Perry White was
behind the horse. Jumping down from
the mule Mr. Clay started towards
White, cocking his pistol as ho went,
and ordered the negro to throw up his
hands. “What did you mean by threat
ening my life?” demanded Mr. Olay,
and, obtaining no answer, he bade the
man leave the place, under penalty of
being shot down like a mad dog, should
he return. As tho General started to
return to hi* saddle beast the negro
dropped his hands and rose, and Mr.
Clay thinking, he declares, that the
negro was about to draw a pistol, fired
on him twice. Both balls hit him, and
either wound—ono in the jugular vein,
one in the heart—would have been fatal.
Mr. Clay gave himself Bp at once, and
was held in SI,OOO bail to answer, but
public opinion seems to favor him so
strongly that it is not likely he will be
brought to trial. Mr. Clay has been
threatened by the friends of the de
ceased, but, as he goes armed and keeps
within doors and away from the win
dows after dark, thinks he is likely to
live as long as threatened men usually
do. Some of the negroes are very bitter
against him, and have not failed to cir
culate disadvantageous versions of the
causes and character of the affray, as
serting even that it had its origin in a
qnarrel over a negro woman, of whose
affection for Mr. Clay, White, a rejected
over, was madly jealous.
Mr. Clay’s duel with Robert Wickliffe,
Jr., grew out of some remarks made by
the’ latter in a public speech when they
were running for the Legislature in
Fayette county. They fonght, on Mr.
Clav’s challenge, near Louisville, May
15,1841, shots being exchanged without
effect, owing, Mr. Clay has always held
(since both were dead shots), to the in
ferior quality of the powder employed.
His seconds, one of whom was Albert
Sidney Johnston, refused to counte
nance Clay’s demand for another fire,
and the duel ended thus, but without a
reconciliation. Three years later, when
Garrett Davis was running (in the Whig
interest.) against Wickliffe for Congress,
Mr. Clay warmly opposed Wickliffe, and
followed him through the canvass, mik
ing a habit of publialy contradicting
Wickliffe when he spoke. Wiokliffe de
clared that he did not notice those in
terruptions because he thought Olay
wanted to fasten another quarrel on him.
Clay declares that Wickliffe’s friends
conspired to provoke him into a brawl
at Russell’s Cave, where a political
meeting was to be held, August 1, 1844,
a mail agent. Samuel M. Brown, be
ing summoned to Kentucky to do the
work. The meeting was held; Wiokliffe
spoke, and Clay interrupted his state
ment with a denial, pulling a paper
from his pocket and announcing that he
was prepared to prove his words. Brown
then called luw a damned liar and
struck at him with an umbrella, Clay
retorting with the butt end of his whip.
Suspecting a concerted attack, Mr. Clay
attempted to draw his knife, but was
seized and dragged a distance of fifteen
foot. Releasing himself, he hoard Brown
cry out: “Clear the way !” and a line
was immediately opened between them,
Brown with a cockod pistol in his
hand taking deliberate aim at him. Clay
advanced upon him with his knife.
Brown waited until they were within
four feet of each other and. fired. The
bullet struck the silver mounting on the
scabbard of Olay's knife, directly over
his heart. He was stagger,ed by the
shot, but reached Brown, and dealt him
a terrible blow directly on the top of his
head, laying the skull open and exposing
the brain. The friends of Brown again
seized Clay and oaught his arms, just
above the elbows, whiah interfered with
his handling his weapon, but in spite of
it he continued haokiug away at Brown's
head and faoe, inflicting horrible inju
ries. He cut out one of his eyes, split
his nose, cut off an ear and slioed his
face in a dozen places, so disfiguring
him thaj his most intimate friends sub
sequently failed to recognize him. Clay
himself was struck with AhkirS) canesand
fists by outsiders to make him 4 08 >“t, hut
without effect, owiug to his prodigious
strength, until finally it was found ne
cessary to throw Brown over gu adjoin
ing fence to prevent his being killed
outright. The last blow Clay aimed at
him sirepk the top of the fence, and the
mark remained there for many a year.
When the combat sejs over Clay raised
his bloody knife aloft and galled out: “I
reiterate my statement, and defy any
one 4a this crowd to dispute it. So,
oue, however, g#red to challenge the ac
curacy of his infoMAgtion under the cir
onmstances. For the offense ,of mayhem
Mr. Clay was subsequently put *n his
trial, but Brown’s evidence was ’sol
straightforwud find truthful that it ac
quitted him. Mr, pjsy. impressed with
his adversary’s manlweA*, uoyght a re
coneiliation, but, Brown rejected all his
overtures. lu October, 1845, Brown |
was killed iu a fearful steamboat explo- j
sion; his son afterwards was an officer
under Clay iu the Mexican vs* hi* j
warm friend.
Meanwhile (June, 1845) Mr. Clay had
begun the publication at Lexington of
hie i\''4e American, an avowedly Aboli
tion paper, conducted with his usual vo
hemence. Tue a,titans, construing his
object to be the inciting £ fhe negroes
to violence and rapiue, thougu tit held
that he was only warning the white
population what might follow as a eon
sequenev of slavery, addressed him a
letter warning tiyp that uo suoh publi
cation would lie Legated. “Go tell
your secret conclave of cofrAnily assas
sins,” wag Ml Olay's characteristic reply]
to the delegation sent to him, “that
Cassius M. Clay kts*?* his rights and
wiU defend them,” and "Oom the sick
bed of month"—he was then lying ill
of typhoid tevr-.-he penned a still more
bitter appeal to jUps ij?bc. An excited
public meriting was held, after a
number of vehement speeches, rpsoued
that uo Abolition press should be toler
ated in Kentucky, and appointed a com
mittee of sixty to seize the ‘fine- Amer
ican office, pack up the material and
ship it back to Cincinnati. Among these
sigty were George W. Johnson, Confed
erate Provisional Governor in 1861; Jas.
B. Clay, a son. of “Harry of the West,”
and Wm. R. licfiei* ,Clay’s second in
his duel with Wickliffe. The committee
proceeded in the most systematic man
ner, holding itself responsible for what
ever might Ira destroyed or lost. Print
ers were appointed if? take down the
press and others to pat up fh.e type, and
the secretary took a list of sll ttm prop
erty as it was packed up. The desk con
taining Mr. Clay's private papers, by
nnanimons resolution, was sent to his
house. The committee, as directed by
the meeting, notified him by letter that
the press, types, Ac., had been carefully
put op and shipped by railroad and
steamer to (Cincinnati, subject to his or
der, and the charge expenses upon
them had been paid.
fllgy at that time was lying ill of mere
would hare been bloodshed. The door
of his office, by way of preparation for
aa attack, had bem lined with sheet
iron, a chain was fastened behind it
(it was a docble door, opening in the
middle), so th*a pnly one person at a
time could make his w** in to certain
death. Bearing upon this point were
two small canton mounted upon a table
and loaded to the muzzle with ballets,
slags nails. In additions! he had
provided a number of musket* jnd
pikes. His guxiapp numbered abop.t a
dozen determined ou*. pf both colors,
who hod resolved in case of attack to
stand by fails to the last. He bad re
served a keg of gjan powder with which
to blow the establishment and every
body in it to atoms when resistance be
came no longer possible, fn that
contingency means of escape for his
friends were provided through a
trap door leading to a garret, and
thenee to adjoining buildings. “ I
knew,” he remarked, “that if the office
was onoe taken after the bloody defense
I intended to make, my life was forfeit
ed, and I was determined to fire my
magazine and send as many of the in
fernal scoundrels into eternity in my
oompany as possible.” His sickness
prevented any such tragedy. On his re
covery he resumed the publication of
the True American, which was printed
at Cincinnati, but some months after
wards he discontinued it as a losing
speculation.
T. F. Marshall had taken a leading
part in this agitation against Mr. Clay,
who regarded him as an apostate who
had betrayed the Abolition princi
ples he had advanced in 1832~’33.
Both of them served a year later in
Humphrey Marshall’s cavalry in the
Mexican "war, when Clay, as officer of
the day, had occasion to order Marshall
under arrest for drunkenness. Humph
rey Marshall rescinded the order, aDd
this brought about a deadly feud be
tween the two men, that soon after
broke out. Clay denounced Marshall
as a coward and scoundrel, and offered
to fight him off-hand; Marshall rode
off to arm and returned, when Clay
seized his pistols and made for him so
wickedly that Marshall fled in full sight
of the regiment, and was so mortified
subsequently at his panic that he tried
to drown himself. Expecting further
trouble with him, Clay purchased a
whetstone with which he kept through
the campaign a perfect edge on his
sword, intending to cut him in two.—
Marshall and Clay lived to speak from
the same platform for the same cause
last year. Returning from Mexico,
where his gallant service and imprison
ment served to restore him to popu
larity in Kentucky, Mr. Clay sued the
Committee of Sixty for damages for
the removal of his press, and recovered
from its Secretary, James B. Clay,
$6,000, which tho latter had to pay from
his own pocket, the other members of
the committee, despite their resolntion
to do so, not coming up to bear their
part of the expense.
It was but a little while thereafter
that Mr. Clay got into another desperate
affray, resulting fatally for his oppo
nent, Cyrus Turner, whose father was
holding joint debates with Mr. Clay dur
ing the election for members of the
Constitutional Convention. AtFoxtown,
June 15, 1849, Turner took offense at
something Clay had said in his speech,
and on his descending from the stand
confronted him and denounced him as a
d-d liar. Clay immediately drew his
knife and advanced upon Turner. Some
bystander seized him and took the wea
pon from him. Clay at first thought
this was done by his friends, but im
mediately on his disarmament he was
struck over the head and stabbed. “I
then,” he says, “looked about and dis
covered my knife in the hands of some
oue that I did not know. I caught it
and wrenched it from him, in the effort
cutting two of my fingers to the bone;
but I got it, and seeing Turner I pushed
towards him. Supposing myself to be
trortally wounded, I gave him a thrust
in the abdomen. We both fell, and
were carried into the tavern. I was
afterward taken home, but he died there
a day or two afterwards. The wound I
received penetrated my lungs, and the
knife was turned so as to out my breast
bone in two. It has never yet reunited.
I lay in bed for many months before I
recovered.” The two men exchanged
messages of forgiveness before Turner
died. Two of his brothers were present,
and Thomas, now a Representative from
Kentucky, tried to shoot Clay, but his
pistol snapped. When Clay was carried
from the ground after he fell, he re
marked to those bearing him : “I die
in defense of the liberties of the people.”
His recovery was due solely to his ex
traordinary physical vigor and his
resolute will.
After this 'life of stormy champion
ship of their cause, Mr. Clay is con
vinced that hisacriilce in behalf of the
negroes has been vain. He expresses
but little confidence in the future of the
negro. Of all the number manumitted
by him many years ago, none turned
out well. They were thriftless, improv
ident and vioious, and a constant source
of care and anxiety to him. He thinks
the race will ultimately become obliter
ated through their own bad habits. The
practice of abortion and infanticide
among them is becoming so common as
to cease to attract attention. They are
rapidly decreasing in numbers aud must
finally become extinot.
AN ASTOUNDING CASK.
George n. Price, the Once Heroic Express
Messenger, Arrested for Smiling -Honey
Packages—The Loss of Ihe Express Cora,
pony Estimated at from 88,000 to SIO,OOO.
\Pittsburg Dispatch- 1
The astounding intelligence reached
the eais of the reporter yesterday that
George H. Price, the well known express
messenger, was arrested in Chicago on
Monday on the charge of stealing money
from packages in his care, between this
city and Chicago. The previous good
character of Price, together with his
heroic conduct, about two years ago, in
shooting a man named Binkley, who at
tempted to rob the express car on the
Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad, made it difficult for the offi
cers of the company to believe that he
was other than a strictly honest man,
until the most indubitable evidenoe of
his guilt had been laid before them. It
seems that for more than a year parties
in Chicago and points west of that city
have been complaining to tho officers of
the Express Company that packages of
money received by them were short of
the amounts placed therein by the
sender. The sums missing were gen
erally small, ranging from $lO to
$/)0, and for a while it was thought that
the parties inclosing the money were
mistaken as to the amounts.
The complaints at length beottme so
frequent that the agents at Chicago and
this city became convinced that the
thief had charge of a ruu between the
two cities, and many consultations and
a great deal of correspondence on the
subject have taken place during the past
three months. The Chicago agent sus
pected a Ufesoenjger residing in this city,
while Agent Snjvply insisted that the
Pittsburg man yas iu'nppenf;. ft _ was
finally agreed to detect tlip thief by
means of decoy packages, the same to
be prepared and shipped from the of
fice here. The decoys were first tried
on all the “runs,” but that of Price, so
confident were the agents of his hones
ty, and as they all went through safely
it was dfcteymined to put the honesty of
the Rometime hero fo the same test as
had been applied in the case of his fel
low-messengers. This was done on 1
Sunday last in this way : A money j
package yas prepared, and among the \
contents were tfio larked ten dollar j
notes. How much money ffi, e package I
contained has not been ascertained, but j
the parked money was placed on the 1
top of the pile, for an obvious reason.
When Price reached (Chicago with his
yum on Monday morning, flip d,ecoy
paplmgp yap examined and - the feiscov- I
ery made tfi#t $ portion of the money
had been extracted. 4 n officer was on ;
hand, and he at once took price ipto his
custody. A searoh of the prisoner re
sulted in the finding of the marked
money in his possession, and he was
lodged in jail. Last night it was learn
ed ho was released on Tuesday,
upon finding iji the sum of SI,OOO
for hi* appearance "before #. certain
magistrate for hearing, It is reported
Price has confessed to stealing’ *ome
small amounts from money packages,
hm Acknowledgment does not cover
one-tenth Vf the uwant cf money that
has been lost during ' Hie "jpawv xW,
which is estimated at from SB,OOO to
SIO,OOO.
G R.tNjp ff V MASONS.
Heetinir of the (leorgin Brotlier\hoo<l in
Mncen Yesterday.
[Special to the Chronicle any Oonyiitniiqr^ali^L]
MzfON, October 31. Grand
Lodge of Masons conyeued here to
day, with a large attendance. The ses
sion has been very harmonious. The
following
Grand Officers
Were elected and appointed: J. M.
Mobley, of Hamilton, Ga., Grand Mas
ter; J. J. Wright, of Rome, Deputy
Grand Master; J. Tayiqr, ofLuthers
ville. Senior Grand Warden; j. W.
Rushin, of Thomas county. Junior
Grand Warden; ,T. E. Wells, of Macon,
Treasurer: J. Emmett Blackshear, of
Macon, b'ecrotpry. jokn S. Davidson,
of Augusta, was appointed Chairman of
the Work of Jurisprudence, and C. W.
Harris, of Augusta, ot Appeals.
Legal Light For the Senate.
[ Washington Capital.]
Perhaps there is no man in the Senate
meyo competent to enlighten that body
upon a fiefiat c i jaw than B, H. Hill.
Prior to the war hS was invariably de
feated lor Congress, and was thus en
abled to devote his entire time to the
practice of his profession; and the fact
that his lay practice has for years yield
ed hjm an annuity ot thutj thousand dol
lars attests how - highly his talents are
appreciated in a State which boasts of
snch mspip 4 ’ minds as Stephens, Toombs
and' H. Y. johns*.
A •ttrjf Cl*** Lnjy and Gentleman.
[Aliens Georgian )
Gen. Bob Toombs says that Presi
dent Hayes and liCrs. Hayes look more
like a first class lady and gentleman than
any couple that has occupied the White
House for the last twenty-five years.
Tebtrina allays irritation and makes
Teething easy, and not a period of suf
fering and dread.
A CIRCUS MENAGERIE.
YARNS ABOUT THE BEASTS.
Home of the Experience* of a Menagerie
Man With Elephant* and Lionet— A Camel
That the Mammoth* la the London Menag
erie All But One Are in With.
[New York World.]
A World reporter yesterday strayed
into the Hippodrome, where prepara
tions are making for the opening of the
London Circus to morrow evening, and,
amid the music of the hungry elephants
and lions which surrounded him on
every side, conversed with a thin, gray
eyed man concerning the habits of the
menagerie. The five drilled elephants
stood close at hnnd, and the reporter
turned the conversation to these, after
hearing, to his surprise, that the Lon
don Circus was composed of American
performers, with the single exception of
Madame, the “peerless Empress of the
arena,” who is a French woman. It
needed but a bint (o induce the little
gray-eyed man to talk of any particnlar
animal. The reporter had only to say:
“Elephants are remarkable beasts.”
“Yes, sir,” returned the man, “ele
phants is remarkable, but these ele
phants is most remarkable. There’s no
elephants in the world can do what those
elephants can—perform squadron drill,
wheel in platoon, build a pyramid, any
thing you tell ’em, just as good and bet
ter’n the regular army can do it,”
“Ever do anything funny, the ele
phants ?”
“Funny ? Why, they’re tho funniest
elephants now alive. Probably no ele
phants ever did live as funny as these
elephants are. If you’d see ’em in bath
ing in the Boston Frog Pond, you’d
have been delighted, sir. The Boston
people were delighted. You see, ’twas a
great feather in their cap to show the
world that the Frog Pond was big
enough for five elephants to go in swim
ming into. Bless you, sir, they sported
like children, played and rolled over
each other, and the spectators was all in
a roar. There’s no funnier elephants ir
the world than these be.”
“Don’t they ever make any trouble ?”
“Well, no. They used to, but now
they’re do-cile as lambs. There’s Chief,
there; he used to cutup; wouldn’t mind.
When I’d tell him to lay down, he’d get
down half way and then stop. Well, I’d
take a big pole and lick him, and he’d
come around right away. Then he’d
mind for about six months, when I’d
have to lick him again. He’d average
about two lickings a year. He was a
pretty spiteful elephant at one time, and
uo mistake--thick-headed like, you
know; l ut I’ve licked it ont of him, and
now lie’s just as do cile as you or I be.
He got over it all to occe, and the way
was rather peculiar. Out in Indiana
once he got loose and run away. He
went along a country road about as fast
as a horse can run, and I after him on
horseback talking to him and trying to
make him stop and come back. He up
set three or four wagons, took a man
along with him for about a mile and
then threw him over a fence, and at last
he stopped in front of a lot of school
children. He didn’t hurt the children a
bit, but stopped to fondle ’em like, and
when he got through lie came back with
me quiet as a lamb. Well, on the way
back I scolded him. Says I, ‘Chief,
you’re going to get a of a basting
soon as I get you back to tho ground.
You’ve cost tliis circus about $2,000, and
I’m going to cut some poles and lick
you within an inch of your life.’ Well,
sir, when I got back to the ground I cut
three poles and licked him till I was
tired. You may think it doesn’t hurt an
elephant to lick him with a pole, but it
does. Why, a fly will irritate an ele
phant and worry him most to death. But
I was going to say: When I’d tired my
self out and broken two poles I took the
third pole and held it up before Dick
and said: ‘Dick, yon see that stick?
Well, the next time you cut up monkey
shines I’ll give it to you.’ Do you know
that brute understood what I said ?
Ain’t no doubt of it. He just put his
tail between his legs and hung down his
head, and he hasn’t cut up once since,
and that’s three years ago. Oh, ele
phants occasionally make trouble, but
these five elephants is just like kittens.”
“Could you tell me anything interest
ing about these hyenas ?”
“ Well, Idon’t consider hyenas as very
interesting animals. They’re treacher
ous and vicious, and yon can’t teach ’em
anything. The hyena is no favorite of
mine. I don’t think they have the ordi
nary animal instincts, and I don’t pay
’em much attention. They don’t smell
like animals, even. Now, there’s six
hyenas, and I’d like to have you show
me the first bit of good in ’em. We
used to have eight, but we lost two. One
gnawed off his own am up to the shoul
der, and we bad to kill him, and the
other one was old and blind, and these
hero hyenas pitched on to him one day
and eat him up. They are ravenous
and irresponsible. The older they get
the worse they get. This old fellow
here tried to eat up Baker the other day
(Baker is the keeper), when he went into
the cage; he just made a spring at him
aud caught him by the breast and tore
out his coat and vest and shirt clean to
the skin. Baker kit him with the whip,
and the cowardly brute slunk off and eat
the ooat and shirt. No, I don't think
much of hyenas.”
“ This is a camel, is it not ?"
“Yes, sir, that’s a camel. The reason
you’ro not quite sure about it is because
he’s lying down. That,” said the circus
man, with an affectionate smile at the
camel, “is old Dick, the finest camel in
the world.”
“ What does he do ?”
“Well, Dick don’t do much of any
thing, bfit he ? s good. If Dick was to
die, tlioße elephants \yould be perfectly
miserable. They couldn’t stand it;
they love higf. When they're unchain
ed they just make a run all together fpr
Dick. They fight to see who'll get near
est to him, and they’ll roll all abont witn
him and lovo him. If Dick is gone when
they are unchained they scream like
thunder. Dick is a grave old fellow,
but he appreciates the affection of the
elephants. He’s always glad to see ’em,
and he lets ’em play with him just as
much as they like. Chief, though,
doesn’t like Dick yery much, and Dick
doesn't carp for £jhief. C^n o a y when
we were down at Augusta, after the
elephants got through drilling and were
led away to amuse themselves, they all
made a run for Dick, trunks up, scream
ing with joy. Chief went with ’em too,
but when he saw that they were after
Diek he stopped, snorted sort of con
temptuous like, and turned his back on
the camel. That was more than Dick
could stand. He just got up and made
one diye for ti e surly elephant and
snapped his teeth together over Chiefs
tail. The camel is terribly strong in the
jaw, and it’s a mercy that Chief’s tail
did nof copse ort. The elephant bellow
ed with pain and tried ‘fo get fjis tail
out, but Dick held on and lie couldn’t
budge. It was the strangest sight you
ever saw, sir. Dick was quick about it,
and didn’t dhow any signs of anger, but
he just closed )iis teeth together over
that tail apd felled the elephant
with misery. Chief neyer tried td’hbrt
Dick, and when WP separated ’em he
went quietly away, and he has never
been near Dick since. ’*
“But why did Chief alone of the ele
phants show this dislike to the camel ?”
“Lord, sir, who can understand an
elephant’s motives ? Not to say as how
they I)BVffn’t motGvf c-r as how they’re
fickle; but take a flncU'-bnadea mephant
like Chief and you cant make him ont.
Its my opinion he was jealous, but the
other male elephant there isn’t jealous a
bit, te’s iust as good right to be.
I inust say ds Chief j* a mysterious ele
phant oftentimes." 1 ‘ ’
“Is that a good lion ?”
“Emperor'? He’s a beauty, sir. That
lion nprsr did anything vicious but
twice; the first fame ne pulled off the
head of a yak and bit a map's calf out,
and the second time he got hold of a
visitor’s arm and ate it off up to the
shoulder. He got Ouf oupp
Augusta and walked around the grounds.
Probably he didn't mean any harm at
all, bat in springing into a dark shed he
landed on a yak, and being startled,
fixed his teeth in the yak’s neck and
pulled her head off. Our young man,
Baker, went in to get him, and startled
him again, and he hi* <?n G? 1 !-
But then we got ropes and secured him,
and he went hack to his cage just as
pleasant as you please.”
“Do the wild animals get out often?”
“Well, no; bat occasionally one gets
out. There was Jim, the panther there,
got out finoe urto tfee pan of beefsteaks,
but one of the men closed with him and
got him back easy enough. The man
just threw himself right on the panther
and gripped him in his arms, Jim
scratched his breast a little, but it
didn’t amount to any thing. That
Buffalo there got out in Cleveland and
ripped up all the reserved seats, and
Henry Barnum, onr General Manager,
went right up to him with a pan of oats
and the buffalo came up and began eat
ing just as quiet as a heifer. You can
always catch a buffalo with a pan cf
oats.”
‘•These I presume to be elks.”
“Yes sir, tho*. a.a elks. They are a
beautiful animal, but nbt so sagacious
or so strong as the elephants. I can
give you an instance of this. When we
were traveling from Augusta to Aiken
we put an elk info a eaga open fit the
top with some elephants, find on the
way the elephants became playful and
lifted the elk up with their trunks and
dropped him outside. When we got to
Aiken we missed the elk, of course, and
sent a man back to look for him. We
found him safe and well in a planter’s
shed. A nigger going through the
fields had seen him aud run back to his
employer with a story about the biggest
deer in Carolina, and the planter had
come out with his gun and captured
him. The elephants was only playing,
of oonrse, and had no idea of hurting
the elk.”
“You have a large number of ponies?”
“Yes, sir; Shetlands breed like pigs.
When we traveled through New Eng
land we had anew colt almost every
day. I named each colt after some
famous man in the town we happened to
be in. That brown one there was bom
in Hartford and his name is Joe Haw
ley; that bay one with white spots is
Sam Bowles, because he was bora in
Springfield."
At this point of the conversation an
immense roar went up from all the
beasts in the place. Men were bring
ing vast tabs of raw meat to feed the
menagerie, and the grey-eyed man made
his excuses and departed.
ATLANTA OK MILLEDGEVII.LE.
Editors Chronicle and Constitutionalist:
Having been asked by many persons
why I am opposed, under present cir
cumstances, to the removal of the capi
tal from Atlanta to Milledgeville, I will,
with your permission through yonr pa
per, answer all these inquiries at once.
I am opposed to the removal now on
account of the great loss which the State
will sustain thereby, one which we are
poorly able to endure. Ido not, under
this head, count the expenses of remo
val and the expenses of an extra session
of the Legislature this Winter, which
must be called to provide for the expense
of such removal, amounting to a consid
erable sum, probably fifty thousand
dollars. I shall only count up losses
in public property, sufficiently great
in my jndgment, to deter pru
dent men from voting for removal
at this time. The State has paid for the
present Capitol in Atlanta $250,000 in
gold bonds, which have all been and are
uow recognized as valid, and the city of
Atlanta has paid for the same Capitol
$179,000, making tho cost to the State
and city of Atlanta $429,000. This
amount paid by the city of Atlanta was
paid on the condition that Atlanta
should remain the capital, and will have
to be refunded as soon as it is removed.
It will not do to say that Atlanta has
acted in bad faith about the capital, and
therefore we will not regard her claim to
indemnity full and complete. The late
Convention, by a committee of some of
its very best men, reported to the Con
vention, to which report no objection
was offered, after full research into all
the facts that Atlanta had acted in
the utmost good faith and paid every
dollar she had agreed to pay, that the
city authorities, besides closing this,
had paid off a mortgage judgment of
$79,000, which was a valid lien on the
Capitol building.” The claim of Atlanta
for compensation will be made and can
not be resisted, and by removal we at
once lose $179,000. This sum is now as
much as the Capitol will bring if sold,
and the loss, if made, carrios with it as
a matter of course the loss of the $250,-
000 paid by the State. This, however,
is not the only loss from removal, as the
Executive Mansion, costing the State
SIOO,OOO in gold bonds, now a part of
the public debt, must also be sold, and
will not bring more than $50,000, so
that there is another loss of $50,000 to
be addded to the other losses, making
up a sum total of $479,000,
Another loss consequent upon a re
moval is the loss of tho splendid offer of
the city of Atlanta to subscribe toward
the building of anew Capitol, the City
Hall Square worth $200,000, the very
choicest building lot iu the whole city,
and also a sum of money sufficient to
build a Capitol as good as the one at
Milledgeville, which will be at the low
est calculation $65,000.
This proposition of tho city of Atlan
ta, which has not been equalled and can
not be equalled by that of any other city
or town iu the State, it is said is an
electioneering trick, a fraud and not in
tended to be executed, &0., that it can
Dot be carried out according to the new
Constitution, &o. To which objection I
reply that as Atlanta has hitherto acted
in the best faith, not onty with the State
but with her creditors, it is unjust
and wrong to mako such accusations.
She has not flinched or failed or refused
to meet her promises or dehts. Iu the
lexicon of the people of Atlanta there is
no snch word as “ fail.” The Constitu
tion of 1877, if adopted, provides in it
self for the acceptance and execution of
this offer of the city of Atlanta, so there
is no difficulty from want of power to
carry out her promise by the city of At
lanta.
There is one other view on this offer
of the city of Atlanta which I deem per
fectly conclusive, and that is we have the
means in our own power of forcing At
lanta to comply with her offer by amend
ing at any time the Constitution so as to
remove the capital, and nothing would
be easier to do or more certain to be
done should Atlanta act in bad faith.
Add the loss from not accepting this of
fer to the other losses above enumerated
and we nave losses by removal of
$779,000, nearly oue million of dollars.
What is the loss by remaining in At
lanta ? The Capitol and Mansion in
Milledgeville are estimated by good
judges as worth $85,000, which is all we
would lose by not removing to Milledge
ville. If, however, it is necessary to re
move from Atlanta to secure honest leg
islation, I, for one, say let us make any
and all sacrifices. Is it neoessary, and
will such legislation be secured by a re
moval to Milledgeville ? What says the
history of the past on this subject ?
This history says that three millions
and a half of dollars of the present pub
lic debt arising from State aid to worth
less railroads was created in Milledge
ville, while the portion of said debt
incurred for the same purpose in
Atlanta dops not amount to three
hundred thousand dollars. T!fa3 Ins
tory says further that through the old
Central Bank by the worst and most
corrupt Legislature at Milledgeville one
half million of dollars of public money
was wasted on partisans and favorites.
This history says further in Milledge
ville in 1860 was set the precedent of
paying members of tho Legislature nine
dollars per diem and their Clerks from
nine to twelve dollars per diem and
their doorkeepers and messengers nine
dollars per diem. To shoyr how little
Place has to do witfe the purity of
legislation J refer to the fact that
the Democratic Legislature which
sat iu Atlanta exposed the Bullock
frauds, repudiated his dishonest admin
istration, his State aid sohemers, and
denounced the fraudulent bonds ; that
the Democratic Legislature of 1875 and
1876, which was held in Atlanta, pro
posed the amendment to tho Constitu
tion repudiating the bogus bonds ; that
the Legislature of 1877, which sat in
Atlanta, called the Constitutional Con
vention ; that the Convention of }877
was- hejd in Atlanta ; wherefore J tiling
it may lie safely Concluded
place of hpiding tne Legislature has
little or nothing to do with the proceed
ings of the General Assembly. The
purity and honesty of legislation depends
on the Constitution of the State and the
men sent to the Legislature.
Some persons may argue, no natter
what 1 "if topsfts, let nfe’ retiufee' the
fraud pf' j-emoyal from MiUedfreyille
to Atlanta. To this argument I say,
thqt fraud hgs been fully rebuked, by lb,e
action of the Convention in submitting
the locating of the capitol to the people.
Its location now, under this action, de
pends on the reasons for and against re
moval to be considered and acted on by
a free people. If Atlanta is retained as
the capital the fraud will be removed
and the 'location will tie fixed by the
votes of the' people. Afiain, on this
head; I would say that when the Consti
tution of 1868 fixing Atlanta as the capi
tal was submitted to the voters of the
Stfife; tue rififanrifeeq people of Atlanta,
surrounded with soldiers, and living un
der the hardest and severest' military
control, voted against removal to At
lanta. fe a view pftbiwe 3 o o>i
man in thd &tafe will say t ia( the peo
ple of Atlanta are promise-breakers, and
have concocted a greet fraud to defieiye
the people of Georgia i I is not neoes
sary to inenr the losses above stated be
cause Atlanta is not accessible to the
people of the State, for she is accessible
to more people of the State than any
other city or town in it. It is not neoes
sary to make the losses abp.xe enumer
ated hepsuae living is 80 expensive in
Atlanta, as no eity or town in the State
can afford to provide and does provide
for Legislators and visitors so cheaply
and substantially as Atlanta, fi we
throw out of the calculation the $250,000
paid by tne Ijtate oh tHe Capitol, and
the $50,080 paid for the Man
sion, oyer anfi nhovp its value, an the
ground, that the loss snonld be esti
mated only on the present value of the
property, not counting as worth any
thing the prospect of a great increase in
the value of the public property in At
lanta from the growth of that wonderful
city, then the loss by removal cu the
capital from 4iaai to Milledgeville
wduld be fully $450,000. What then is
the wisest solution of the capital ques
tion 9 In my opinion it is to retain the
capital at Atlanta, acoept the offer of
the city, require Atlanta to make a deed
to the City Hall square, deoosi* ;a j,he
State Trewuiy too amount promised by
her and then with this money and the
proceeds of the sale of the Capitol
building in Atlanta build a convenient
and comfortable State House, ,
sum of money wU} 5? •‘fiiPt 0 *°r (jhe
purpose, and we win have aisjposed of
the whole matter without costing the
State anything. Very reject
Washington, Ga., October 27.
a Gate Showing.
Washington, October 31. — The debt
statement to-morrow will show a reduc
tion of about three millions for thf
month.
FORTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
THE HOUSE COMMITTEES AP
POINTED YESTERDAY.
Clfuwificalton •( tbe Southern Representa
tives—The Georgia Congressmen—Stephens
Heads the Weights and Measures—lm
portant and Numerous Bills Introduced.
Washington, Ootober 29. —The call
of States for bills for referenoe occupied
the House for five hours, and the con
sequence was the introduction of the
largest number of bills that were ever
presented in one day in the history of
Congress. They reached eight hundred
and forty-five. They might be classi
fied into some half dozen prominent
subjects. The repeal of the resumption
act; the remonetization of silver; the
repeal of the bankrupt law; the abolition
of taxes on the sale of tobacco by pro
ducers; the extension of pension laws
to the South; the repeal of the test oath,
and appropriations for works of internal
improvements. Among the latter were
bills appropriating three millions for the
Mississippi levees and one million for
the Missohri river.
The Committees.
Were announced. Wood, of New York,
is Chairman of Ways and Means, and
Atkins, of Tennessee, Chairman of Ap
propriations. Adjourned to Wednes
day. The Senate, after a short execu
tive session, adjourned.
Important committes are given in full,
only the chairman and Southern mem
bers on others are sent: Elections—Har
ris, Candler, Williams, Ellis, Thornburg;
Ways and Means—Wood, Tuoker, Say
ler, Robbins, Harris of Georgia, Gibson,
Phelps, Kelley, Garfield, Burchard,
Banks; Appropriations—Atkins, Blount,
Singleton, Clymer, Hewitt, Sparks, Dur
ham, Hale, Foster, Smith, Baker; Bank
ing and Currency—Buckner succeeds
Cox, Yeates, Bell; Paoifio Railroad
Potter, Throckmorton, Morrison, House,
Luttrell, Landers, Chalmers, Elam,
O’Neil, Blair, Caswell, Cole, Rice;
Claims—Bright, Davis, Henry. Those
exciting some surprise are : Commeroe—
Reagan, Felton, Rea, Kenna; Public
Lands—Morrison (formerly Chairman of
the Ways and Means), Cause, ClHbk,
Hewitt of A’abama, Smith of Georgia;
Post Offices and Post Roads—Waddell
of North Carolina, Slemons, Caldwell,
Gratb; District of Columbia—Williams
of Michigan, Hunton, Blackburn,
Henkle ; Judiciary Knott, Har
ris of Virginia, Hartridge, Culbert
son; War Claims—Eden of Illinois,
Cabell, Schelley, Caldwell; Public Ex
penditures, Hatcher of Missouri, Pride,
Moore, Davidson, Manning ; Private
Land Claims, Gunter of Arkansas,
Caldwell, Geddings, Turner, Cain;
Manufactures, Wright, Debrell, Wilson,
Ligon, Davidson; Agriculture, Cutter of
New Jersey, Pride, Moore, Aiken,
Stubbs; Indian Affairs, Scales of North
Carolina, Hooker, Throckmorton, Gan
ter; Military Affairs, Banning, Debrell,
Earns; Militia, Miho Ross; Naval Affairs,
Whiteborne, Mills, Goode ; Poreign Af
fairs, Swann, Forney, Schleicher, Wil
son; Territories, Franklin ; Revolution
ary Pensions, Mackey; Invalid Pensions,
Rice; Railways and Canals, Sohleicber,
Cabell, Crittenden, Schelley, McKenzie;
Mines and Mining, Beebee; Education
and Labor, Goode; Revision of Laws,
Walsh; Coinage, Weights and Measures,
Stephens ; Patents, Vance; Public
Buildiugs and Grounds—Cook of Geor
gia; Accounts, Roberts, Chalmers; Ex
penditures of War Depatment—Black
burn; Expenditures of Post Office De
partment-Williams of Alabama ; Mis
sissippi Levees —Robertson of Louisiana,
Hatcher, Honey, Knapp, Landers, Mar
tin, Everett, Pound, Robinson, Beebe;
Rules—The Speaker, Stephens, Sayler,
Banks, Garfield; Printing-Singleton,
The Henate Nominations and Confirmations
—The Georgia Marshalship.
Washington, October 29.—1n the
Senate, Ingalls introduced a bill to fix
the date of the meeting of the first regu
lar session of the Forty-fifth Congress
upon the first Monday of November.
Referred to the Committee on Privileges
and Elections.
Nominations : New York Custom
House, as telegraphed; Smith, Collector
of Customs at Mobile; Oglesby, Lewis
and McMillan, for their respective offices
in New Orleans; Wilson, James and
Forbes, for Virginia postmasters; A. W.
Stoughton, Minister to Russia; John
Baxter, of Tennessee, was nominated for
Judge of the Sixth District; Parsons,
District Attorney of Alabama ; William
Henry Smith, Collector of Customs at
Chicago; Jos. D. Brady. Collector Seo
ond Virginia District; Fitzsimons, Mar
shal of Georgia; Wells, Consol-General
of China; Walden, Marshal of West
Tennessee; Parsons, Marshal of Ala
bama, are among tbe nominations. [A
hasty glance discovers no other import
ant Southern or general nominations.]
Defrees, Public Printer; E. Platt
Stratton, Inspector of Steamboats, Seo
oud District; Hugh J. Campbell, Louis
iana, Attorney for Dakota; Postmasters:
Wickersham, Mobile; Thompson, Mem
phis ; Jones, Nashville ; Thompson,
Louisville.
Confirmations.
Upton, Second Comptroller; Gilfillan,
United States Treasurer; Bates, of New
York, Examiner in the Chief Patent
Office; Postmasters: Wofford, Corinth,
Miss.; Greene, Jackson, Miss.; Waddell,
Okalona, Miss.
Postmasters—Bozeman, Charleston ;
Wallace, Yorkville; Archer, Gainesville;
Orr, Athens; Logan, Griffin, Ga.; Hoop
er, Opelika; Locke, Eufaula; Draper,
Oxford.
The Committee on Privileges and
Electious met, but adjourned, their sub
jects matter not baying feeeq printed.
COMMITTEES UPON THE PRESI
DENT'S MESSAGE.
Potter Proa* Oil tile Railroad Committee—
Reason For Retiring—A I.engtliv Journal
—Tlie Resumption Act.
Washington, October 31. —It is stated
that Hod. Clarkson N. Potter, of New
York, will resign the Chairmanship of
the Committee on
Railroad. Jt qppesr/< that the majority
of the Committee are in fayor of Con
gressional encouragement to the road,
against which Mr. potter, as Chairman
of the New "¥orfc Democratic Convention,
is somewhat committed. Potter is not
by any means opposed to the road.
"The reading of Monday’s journal was
not ended till 2:40. Then the Presi
dent’s message was divided between the
Committees of Appropriations and Ways
and Means.
Ewing, of Ohio, from the Banking
Committee, reported a bill to the
third section of (fie, resumption act,(and
If,ore], of Qn the part of the mi
nority, a hill repealing that
part or the resumption act which au
thorizes the selling of bonds for green
backs. The bill was, on motion of Ew
ing, recommitted, and a motion to re
consider that vote (made on the part of
the opposition, and which yjaa regarded
as a test question ', defeated by 22
majority, 'ftye lpill is now in the control
of the Banking Committee, and may be
called up for action at any time,
Orkimifnpsu at Caiawfltees.
The Naval Committee resolved to re
port a bill paying arrearages of salaries
of sailors. The general deficiency was
not discussed. The Committee on Ap
propriations vouchsafe no information.
The confirmations were a large number
of postmasters, including Thompson,
of Memphis; Jones, Nashville, Registers
Land Cjffioe, of Montgomery
ahd Gibbs, of Little Lock; Receiver of
Public Money, Strobuck, Montgomery,
and a number Of and nayy promo
tion*.
tfoh. Clarkson N- D°ttes has declined
th§ Chairmanship of the House Com
mittee on Pacific Railroad, solely (as he
states In a letter tq Speaker Randail),
because cj Lis large interest in a rail
way in Pennsylvania, of which Colonel
Thoms* A. Seott is President. This be
thought would be regarded as unfitting
him for service on that committee,
otherwise he would willingly have ac
cepted the position. His letter of de
clination was sent to the speaker Mon
day evening, nd will’ be submitted to
the Route, which can alone excase him.
The Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads was organized to-day, Hou.
A. M. Waddell, of North
Chairman. report
a*, two pusiness “the resolution of
Mr. Reagan, paying tq Southern mail
contractors for transcending the mail in
asking that the Secretary of the
Treasury be required to pay said claims
at once.
The Senate.
The Vice-President appointed the fol
lowing as a special au
thorized by a resolution of Mr. Ed
munds to, vtousider Rie subject of ascer
taining and declaring tbe vole for Presi
dent and Vice-President of the United
States: Edmunds (Vt.). Cockling
(N. Y.), Howe (Wis.), McMillan (Minn.),
Teller (Col.), Davis (Ills.), Bayard
(Del.), Thurman (Ohio., and Morgan
Ruruside introduced, a bill removing
the restrictions against the enlistment of
colored men in the army.
A Petition fren. (rp lftefiuuep.
Senates Djordop presented this morn
ing a petition from a large body of treed
men in Qcorgia in reference to their in
terests in the Preedmen’s Saving Bank.
She petition 1* addressed to Senator
ordon as “ one who has always proved
himself ready to exert his talents and
raise his voice in the cause of the weak
and injured,” and is signed by Biahop
Hoisey, of the colored Methodist Chnroh,
and by the pastors of various churches
in the State, claiming to represent more
than 6,000 freedmen.
Gordon then presented a petition of
John R. F. Tatnall, of Savannah, Ga.,
for the removal of hie political disabili
ties. Referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary.
CONTINUED RUSSIAN SUCCESS.
Moukhtar and laoiall ‘Retire—Kara Totally
Cat Off— Coasteraatlaa la Stambaal
Storming at Grivitaa.
London, Ootober 31.—Au Erzeroum
special says that Moukhtar and Ismail
Pasha have retired to a strong position
near Hassen Kaled, the Russians oocn
pying a position behind Koprikoi.
A special from Kurkukdara, dated
yesterday, contains the following :
Negotiations with the Kars garrison
have been broken off and bombardment
recommenced. The district of Kagys
man has been plaoed under Russian ad
ministration.
The corps of Gen. Heymann and
Lergnkassof have effected a junction and
are near Hassan Kalet.
An Erzeronm special, telegraphed
this morning, states that Moukhtar and
Ismail Pasha have retired to a strong
position near Hassen Kaled.
Rnssian successes in the rear of Plevna
are evidently producing oonsternation
in Constantinople. A special dispatch
from Pera, says: It was reported there
that Orcbanie had been captured with
Chevket Pasha and several thousand
troops. If this were so we should prob
ably have had the first report of it from
Russian headquarters.
Servian Relations—Assurnufeii to the Porte.
Constantinople, Ootober 31. —M.
Christies, Servian agent here, has com
municated a dispatch to the Porte say
ing that Servia’s attitude does not jus
tify the Porte’s complaints; that Servia
military measures are designed solely to
protect her frontier, and that Servian
hopes for maintenance of good relations
with Turkey.
London, October 31.—A special from
Paredin contains the following: Turkish
loss in a capture by the Russians of a
position near Grivitza, Ootober 24th,
was at least four thousand killed, be
sides wounded and prisoners. The Rus
sians only succeeded in storming the
position in the third attempt. They ao
ouse the Turks of twice leaving them
under a destructive fire by displaying
the white flag.
A Bucharest correspondent says: The
Russians are fortifying positions at Dub
nik and Telisohe, as they are thieatened
with a eombined attack by Osman and
Chevket Pasha.
Tlic Servians and Montenegrins Still Active
in the Frny—A Hrignde Dispersed.
Vienna, October 31.—A special from
Belgrade says that in consequence of a
violation by the Circassians of the
Timok frontier of Servia, a Servian brig
ade has left Qradista for Saitschar. The
Montenegrins have occupied the be ; ghts
commanding Podgoritza aud a bombard
ment is considered imminent. The
Turks are hastening to the defense of
that place.
Constantinople, October 31.—1 t is
officially announced that the brigade
which was entrenohed at Telisohe has
been dispersed by the Russians. Chev
ket Pasha is fortifying the neighborhood
of Orcbanie. Suleiman Pasha telegraphs
a confirmation of reports that the Rus
sian army of the Dobrndsoha is march
ing to Kuzghnn near Silistria.
VEGETINE
Purifies the Blood, Renovates and
Invigorates the Whole System.
ITS MEDICINAL PBOPEBTIEB ABE
Alterative, Tonic, Solvent and Diuretic.
Vegetine is mado exclusively from the
juices of carefully selected barks, roots and
herbs, aud so strongly concentrated, that it
will effectually eradicate from the system
every taint of Scrofula, Scrofulous Hu
mor, Tumor?, Cancer, Cancerous Hu
mor, Erysipelas, Salt Rheum, Syphi
litic Diseases, Canker, Faiutness at
the Stomach, and all diseases that arise
from impure blood. Sciatica, Inflamma
tory and Chronic Rheumatism, Neu
ralgia, Gout aud Spinal Complaints,
can only be effectually cured through the
blood.
For Ulcers and Eruptive Diseases of
the Skiu, Pustules, Pimples, Blotches,
Bolls, Tetter, Scald-head aud Ring
worm, Vegetine has never failed to effect a
permanent cure.
Foe Pains in the Back, Kidney Com
plaints, Dropsy, Female Weakness,
Leueorrhoea, arising from internal ulcera
tion, and uterine diseases aud General De
bility, Vegetine acts directly upon the
causes of these complaints. It invigorates
and strengthens the whole system, acts upon
the secretive organs, allays inflammation,
cures ulceration and regulates the bowels.
For Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Habitual
Costiveness, Palpitation of the Heart,
Headache, Pile?, Nervousne sand
General Prostration of the Nervous
System, no mediciuo has r iven suoh perfect
satisfaction as the Vegetine. It purifies the
blood,cleanses all of the organs.nud possesses
a controlling power over the nervous system.
The remarks bio oures effected by Vegetine
have induced many physicians and apotheca
ries whom we know to prescribe and use it in
their own families.
In fact, Vegetine is the best remedy y t
discovered for ills above diseases, and is tbe
only reliable BLOOD PUKIFIER yet plac
ed before tbe public.
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
WHAT IS VEGETINE?
It is a compound extracted from barks, toots
and herbs. It is Nature’s Bomedy- It is per
fectly harmless from any bad effect upon the
st stem. It is nourishing and strengthening.
It acts upoq the wool. It quiets the nervous
systeffl. It gives you good, sweet sleep at
Uiglit. It is' a great panacea for our aged
fathers and mothers, for it gives them
strength, quiets their nerves and gives them
Nature’s sweet sleep, as has been proved by
many au aged person. It is the groat blood
Purifier. It is a soothing remedy for our child
ren. It has relieved and cured thousands. It
is very pleasant to take; every child likes it.
It relievos and cures all diseases originating
from impure blood. Try the Vegetine. Give
it a fair trial for yoqy complaints; then you
will say to yoqr iiiyiKt, neighbor aud acquain
tance 1 \Tyy it has cured me.”
Vegetine for the complaints for which it is
recompensed, is having a larger sale through
out tfie United States iban any other one med
icine. Why i Yejjetine will cure these
Complaints.
CANNOT BE EXCELLED.
Charlestown, Mass., March 19, 1869.
Mr. H. K. Stevens :
Dear Sir— This is to certify that I have used
your “Blood Preparation" in my family for
several years, and think that, for Sorofula or
Cankerous Humors, or Rheumatic Affections,
it cannot be excelled: anfi, as a blood purifier
and Spring medicine., it is the best thing I
have ever Wtefi: and J have used almost every
thing. -t can cheerfully recommend it to aiiy
qne in need of suoh a medicine.
Yours respectfully, MBS. A. A. DINBMOBE,
19 Bussell street.
GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH AND
APPETITE.
My daughter has raoetyed great benefit from
the use of tha VguKiftKK. Her deoliirng health
was a SWT* of great anxiety to ail of her
frtaiuto. A few bottles of the Vegetine re
stored her health, strength and appetite.
N. B. TILDEN,
Insurance and Heal Estate Agent,
No. 11l Seals Building, Boston, Mass.
Prepared by
H. R. STEVENS, BOSTON, MASS.
Vegetine is Sold by ail Druggists.
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NEW DRUGSTORE
| €. T. GOETCBIUS * CO.,
UUUUGIHTS,
lla iftBOAD STREET, Near Lower Market,
fT'IAKE this method of informing their friends
X and the public that they have established
a FUGT-OLASS DfiUG STOBE at the locilily
above mentioned.
Will keep constantly in stock a complete as
sortment of
DRUGS,
MEDICINES,
° HI^|^^kEDICINEB,
SOAPS, „
PEP.FUMERY,
HAIR BRUSHES,
COMBS, &o,
PAINTS,
OILS,
VARNISHES,
WINDOW GLASS,
PUTTY,
DYE STUFFS, &o.
Prescriptions accurately prepared.
oct2B-suAwelm
mi FIRE, m I
The crowd were most of
them od the way to tfce Kmr*-
in& buildings yesterday Mori
iug, hut the balance of the da;
t|e rush fas tor
,C? O F F EE
Paroled ©■ the Premises at
399 Broad Street. A trial
makes a customer. All are iu
vitod.
R. N. Hotchkiss,
SIGN OF THE ILLUMINATED
ro3o-tf TEA CHEST.
MK H AT9 Week to Agents. *lO Outflt Free
ODD g o*l V. O. VIOKEBY, August., Mata,
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New Advertise m o nta .
GREAT REDUCTION
IN THE PBIOE OF
DRY GOODS
AT THE OLD RELIABLE DRY GOODS HOUSE
-OF
JAMES MILLER,
Corner of Broad and Jackson Streets.
I HAVE just returned from New York, having purchased one of the largest and handsomest
stock of Dry Goods it has been my good fortune to show my friends and customers SINCE
THE WAB. These goods were bought with the CASH and I intend to give my friends the
BENEFIT OF IT. In the way of Dress Goods I think that I can say I can show the
HAN DSOMKST IIN THK CITY.
These goods consist in all the new kinds, snob as the Niokerbocker aud the Maltloss some
thing entirely new. BLACK AND COLOBEd CASHMEBES from low prioe to the finest. In the
way of
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
I have everything for a complete outfit and that af the beat. I do not keep shoddy goods of any
kind. If you want this kind of goods you must go to the houses that keep them. A long ex
perience in the Dry Goods trade has proven to me that good goods and accommodating clerks and
low prices will win in the end. In fact, I have everything to be found in a first olass Dry Goods
store. I will pay express on all packages that amount to $5 and upwards.
oc7-suwe&frltn JAMES MILI.F.R
Our Price List af Biic iillc s lajonefl Cusels.
OUR STANDARD CORSET FOR. 25
TWENTY BONE 45
BERTHA, Lace Edge 60
“GEM,” Satin, with Lace Edge 65
“ELIPTIO,” “ “ 76
“ROSEBUD,” “ “ 75
“JANNEIR” “ “ 75
“OUR CHOICE,” “ “ 75
“MARTHA,” Doable Bask 80
“PAULINE,” Side Steel ' ’ 90
OUR EX TRA LONG AND SIDE STEEL 96
“AMERICAN COUSIN” i 00
“POLLY," Colored Seamless . l 05
“DOMNA,” Seamless l 15
“JUALL,” Embroidered 1 15
SIDE LACE AND SIDE STEEL 1 15
LINEN CONTiL, No. 100 1 25
“BLANCHE,” Extra Long Seamless 1 35
“AUGUSTA,” Extra Long 1 50
“BULA,” LoDg and Sharp l 50
NURSING LINEN CORSET , 1 60
LINEN CONTIL, with Side Steels . 165
LINEN CONTIL, No. 200 1 75
NE APOLITAN, Scarlet, Black and Blue 1 85
“JULIA,” Frenoh Embroidered ’. 1 95
“DIAMOND,” 500 Bone 2 35
500 BONE SEAMLESS? 2 25
“LA BULE HELENE” 2 35
NO. 581 FRENc H SEAMLESS 2 40
MISBES’CORSETS AND WAISTS 60
ABDOMINAL CORSETS—“La Itivel,”Sl 85. French, $1 95; Madamo Moody’s,
$2; Side Steel, $. Oar line of Imported Corsets is unsurpassed in tbe city.
•J. H, TRUMP, Broad Street,
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CLOAKS!
SILKS!
AND—
DRESS GOODS.
SPROIAL ATTENTION
IS DIRECTED TO OUR
STOCK IK THE ABOVE,
WHICH FOB PBICES AND COMPLETENESS OF ASHOBTMENT,
Cannot be Matched in the Southern
States.
JAMES A. GRAY & CO.
THE TRUTH IS MIGHTY.
WE WILL THIS WEEK MAKE BIG SEDUCTIONS IN THE PHICES OF THE FOL
LOWING LINES OF DBY GOODS:
Blankets, Quilts,
Comfortables, Flannels,
Cloaks, Shawls, Wool Jackets,
lioullvard Skirts, Hosiery and Gloves,
Corsets, Nubias,
Hamburg Edgings, Etc,, Etc.
We invite the people to examine our stock before purchasing their
supplies. We will be glad to show the goods and give samples for
comparison. We mean what we say in our advertisements.
AUSTIN MULLARKY & CO.,
oc2B-u 262 Broad St., Augusta, Ga.
SEEK NO FURTHER.
Save Time and Money
BY BUYING YOUB DBY GOODS AT THE
Augusta Dry Goods Store,
WHEBE YOU WILL FIND
Ad Immense Stock, All Fresh and New, of the Host Choice Hoods
OF THE SEASON, AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
DBEBB GOODS—A beautiful lino unsurpassed, newest shades and designs, from 10c. to tk@>
finest; Colored Cashmeres, new Shades, from 250. and upwards; Black Cashmeres, the
best make, from 60c. to 01 50; Black Alpacas, the finest lustre and best blaoka, from 250. and
upwards; Black and Colored Silks, all prices. An immense stock of Kentucky Jeans, from 10c.
and upwards; Cassimeres, Tweeds. Waterproofs. Flannels, Linseys, all prioes.
Ladies', Gent's and Children’s Undervests and Drawers. A beautiful line Ladies’ new style-
Cloaks, all prioes. Blankets both white and colored, a large assortment, oheaper than ever
known. Bed Spreads, Quilts and Comforts, at prices unprecedented. A great variety of No
tione. Fancy Goods, Ladies’ Neck Ties, Collars and Cuffs, Ribbons, Silk and Linen Haijdker
chiefs, Corsets, Gloves and Hosiery, all at bottom prices- Kid Gloves at 50, 75, sl, 111 50 to w£.
a pair. A beautiful assortment of Calicoes, at 4,5, 6, to 80. Bleached Shirtings and Sheetings*
at the lowest prices. Domestic Goods at Factory prices by the piece. Goods of every
tion usually kept in a First-Class Dry Goods House, suited to the wants of the people, both in.
PriC AT*WIIOLESALE AND BETAlL.—Merchants will find it to their interest to examine tlis>
stock before purchasing. Orders tilled with care and promptness.
Samples sent on application. I will pay Express charges on all orders for Goods at retain
amounting to TEN DOLLARS aud over, the money accompanying the order, or Goods sent C.
O. D. Try me. Bespectfully submitted,
L. RICHARDS,
909 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA., NEARLY OPPOSITE CENTRAL HOTEL.
OCt2B-d2aw<twl y
MYERS & MARCUS,
386 and 288 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA, GA.,
o- —WHOLESALE DEALERS IN—
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Hats, Trunks, Etc.
PRICES AS LOW AS IN NEW YORK OR PHILADELPHIA.
A Large and Varied Stock on Hand.
sep3o-suweAwly _
MILLER & BUSSEY,
Wholesale and Retail Grocers,
No. 283 Broad Street, Coraer Campbell (store formerly occupied by M.
O’Dowd), offer to dealers and the public at laosaally lew prices for the
CASH;
40,000 Poands C. B. D.S. Sides. 50 Barrels Sugar Syrups.
20,000 Pounds C. B. Side.- Bolls Bagging.
1 o.ooo PowKto D.S. Sho-ktor,. 500 Bond].. Tie.,
loo's?-™**” 300 Berrela Floor—.ll
As \ Packages Mackerel in half
OvJ Bags Bio Coffee. O V 7 barrels and kits,
fot rr Barrels refined Sugar— p? /"N
| O all grades. OV7 Barrels Liquors—all kinds.
Barrels Beboiled Molas-
Together with spices, Caidies, Soaps, Teas, Ac., Ac.
Ail Goods aid Weights guaranteed.
MILLER & BUSSEY.
mmmmm^^
NEW PROCESS FLOUR.
CRESCENT MILLS,
AUGUSTA, GA.
J. F. 6l L. J. MILLER, Proprietors.
OUR FANCY FAMILY FLOUR MADE BY NEW PROCESS HAS NO
EQUAL. mh4—d&wly