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January W, isjuilm
MWYKIIS
Z. J. ODOM.
ATTORN EY AT LAW
At. BAX}’, (1A.
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JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY. CiA.
ofioe offr <>Ura‘ lUilrwiJ Rank.
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Lott Warr en,
1 TTORNEY AT LAW.
ALBANY. OA.
DOCTORS-
i. T. HOLMES. W. .V. l>tMUS3
Drs. Holmes & DeMoss,
DZNTISTS,
ALBANY, - - a GEORGIA
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THE ALBANY NEWS.
By EVANS & WAXREN.!
OLD SERIES—Yol. 30, No. 51. J
Devoted to the interests of Albany and Southwest Georgia.
I $2.00 Per Aum.h
ALBANY. <i EOH(21 A, TIITRSDAY. APRIL 15 1SS0.
! NEW SERIES-Yol. 14, No. 10.
Dr. E. W. ALFRIE1MD,
K EiPBTTFri.I.Y ti»n«l*f« hi* ■*orrifM.*in ihera-
r».»u» bran.'hc-»ot hi* j.p »*>-»:< ••!. to tb«- < iti*en»
*t ilhaof amJturroun«lin*;i«uutr}\ Uflk-r
HOTELS
THE JOHNSON HOUSE-
SMITH* II LK, li t
j«tlie place to -top and get a (i(H)D,
SQUARE MEAL
t The Old Reliable
BARNES HOUSE,
Pine Si., Albany. La,.
W. E. HILSMAN,
N.& A. F. TIFT & CO.
Illxlr mill llie Slar SpmiKli-il
Danner.
AN FXCITIXG Si F.NF. AT THE ItFCFM
I IM IXNATI IIANyl lT.
Ituf there was a long delay. while*
tin* people in flit* bataeuiic* waited
wearily or arose ami pas-cel out, ami
it wan fully tuielttight before any one
was permit toil to come to the front
ami address the noisy ami rapidly
dispersing crowd.
Before this there had* occurred a
grand and thrilling episode. The
great orchestra, under the ptiis-m^
baton of Michael Brand, struck up
the stirring old air of ••Dixie," with
its soul-thrilling associations and
memories. For a moment there was
a hush. The old soldiers of the North
mid the old soldiers of the S mtli
looked at each other, and the vast
throng was still. But before the sec
ond bar was struck the emotions of
the gallant Southerners overcame
them, and almost simultaneously
they sprang to their feet more than a
thousand strong, and flic old South
ern hat tie-cry made the lofty arches
ring again. Side by side w ith them
stood the Northern hosts and cheered
w ith them. Again and again tin*
men of the South broke forth as the
gay measures woke their enthusiasm,
rind the strains of the orchestra were
fairly drowned by their united
voices.
A prominent gentleman of Cincin
nati. ami a fatuous soldier, turned to
Gov. Marks, of Tennessee, and said :
‘•That is the old rebel yell."
••Yes." was the reply, ••and now
hear it raised for tin* Stars ami
Stripes/* for just then the orchestra
struck up that grand old patriotic
air. The scene that followed is in
describable. Such a one was never
witnessed before. As the full or
chestra poured forth the grand old
strains of—
"The star-spangled banner,
( Mi. long may it wave
OVr the land of the free
And the home of the brave/*
The great organ hurst forth in glo
rious unison with all its magnificent
power, and the vast audience arose
as one man. ami the old Union cheer
blended with the old rebel yell to the
i notes of the national air for the lirst
time since the dark and bloody years
of the great civil war. Men who had
faced each other on many a crimson
battle-field under the Stars ami Bars
ami Stars ami Stripes clasped hands
and waved handkerchiefs until the
great level of the hall was like :i
white sea. All the sound of the or
chestra and organ was lost in the ex
ultant shouts of reconciliation and
common patriotism, and the great
wave of enthusiasm swept over the
va-f. glowing concourse ami carried
everything before it. It was a scene
never to he forgotten by* those who
participated, a moment Chat w as car
dinal in the history of the great Re
public.
Surely the honored projector- of
the great enterprise. Hie -nce-c—fill
oinpletion of which was celebrated
ye-terday. ami the patient, faithful
workers of the grand design, buihlcd
more wisely than they knew and
helped to accomplish ends far beyond
and deeper than they dreamt of.
'im iiiuati ( ’ommercial.
Then anil Now.
IS
-AND HEATER* IN —
and
General Mwlinwlisi.
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Imported and Domeslie
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JevoUAiJ ywrt.n- « jr»«r »|*r«r
bust **-*•, a ml male- ice*»t pay for t-v-r
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lAV«r Pric« than ever. *l//i |<»r B»rrel. t'f
a IrUllifrttabl.
Brkklajerii, Pla*t<-r-ri, Whit*'«ra<ih«-r# l *u.,-hould
'tail •• we for ih- very l**t article, cither» y letter
or la paraon
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A MONTH *u-*rante<-»l
day at horn*- M>a>J<- t*y itic ji**Io—
pltal not r*«|uir»-»l;
than — ....
Pthill* elsir. The *orlt i«i lijfnl
n*i ph-a-ant, eiei tuck M any-
<*ne ran ft rluhl at. Tli'ne alio arc win*t »bo nne
|bia notice will wend o* their »»Wre»»f* at once and
pm tor them e|ve a . rv#Hly Oatbt aO'l terra* free.
Now In the Ui«e. Tho«e alre.-elf at w*.rlr Atn laying
large "innt of ruoner. A'Mnm TlJf.'h A CO.,
ItgutuMtiu- a*/ll-ly
WF. WILL PAY
The Highest Market Price
|m all Ol.h KAI* Ittofl «JeIi*erc*l In in
I I'AITISON .« SON.
Altan/, IVb. 12, PW. l »uuJrr. and Machinist*.
Wa*!iingtr>n Po-t j
Mr. Tihleo received ll»»- s«*l»*l vote
Maine on the first ballot in tin* St.
I.oiii- convention, hut in* will in»l gel
it at Cincinnati.
Nwillier will lie receive the v.»te of
Connecticut, which wa- -olid for him
hefoie. Ex-Lovernnr English or
nafor Knt«»n will, he accorth-tl that
honor.
Florida was iiuaninioiislv for him
in l^Tfi, hut it is doubtful if he gets a
vote from her in 1SS0.
California’s rote wn- then his first
and last, hut this time it will proha
ably he cast as decidedly for Jiidg*
Field.
Illinois wft** divided fairly ii
halve-, hut at Cincinnati will proba
bly he solid for Morrison.
Maryland and Michigan were hi-
by a two-thirds vote before, hut both
are Hirainst him now.
Mississippi ca«*t her full vote for
him them now she w ill east her full
vole against him.
New Hampshire was solid at St.
Louj-. bill at Cincinnati will a lea-4
div id«*d.
Nevada and Oregon were both for
him, hitf «ill now he carried for
fudge Field.
Virginia then gave him seventeen
to five; she now will at least reverse
the figures, if, indeed, she gives him
rote.
IMatvare will present Bayard;
Ohio ami We-t Virginia, Thurman :
Connecticut, Kngli-li or Eaton; New
Jersey, Barker; IVnn«ylvniiia. I!:*••-
k; Illinois, Morrison; Virginia.
Missouri and Michigan, Seymour;
California. Fiehl : and Indiana, llen-
Iricks. Other Slates will bring for
ward other candidates such as Jew
ett. I>.»vid flavisand Pavne.
New York, rent as she is by eon-
tendiiig factions will no longer he the
potentiality she was in J.H7G. Where,
then, ean any friend or advoeate of
Mr. Tihlen*« figure lip the four hun
dred ami ninety-two votes necessary
to nominate 1dm by two-thirds, or
even a majority—three hundred and
seventy.
In i*7G he started out with four
hundred and four votes, thirty-four
more than a majority with seven oth
er gentlemen dividing up the re
maiuiug three hundred and thirty
four. We are not opposing Mr. Til
den*a nomination, but simply attempt
ing to show l>y cold mathematics that
it is impossible to replace him when
lie was on the 2Stli day of June, I87G.
The party has grown stronger in the
Inst four years, while Mr. Tilden has
seen his personal and politieal
-trengtli visibly decline.
THE ARK OF SAFETY.
A GRAM) SKI?MON.
Below* we give the greater part of
the beautiful and thrilling sermon
preached b\ Hr. Talmage in the First
Methodi't church, in Atlanta,oil Sun
day night. Pth inst.:
"Come thou and nil thy house into
the ark."—Oencsds vi».. 1.
We need no Bible to tel! iin there
w:i< a deluge. The geologist's ham
mer afiirms it. The sea-shells and the
marine formation on the tops of the
highest mountains prove that the
waters of tin* oeeaii once washed the
tops of thi* Alps and Andes, .lust
how this accident occurred, we know
not ; whether by Hashes of lightning,
changing the air into water, or by
eoUision of the clouds, or by direct
stroke from the hand of Cod. lake
an axe between the horn-* of ail o\,
the earth staggered. To prepare peo
ple tor that catastrophe there was a
large ship ordered to he built. It
should have no prow, for it was to
sail to no port; it was to have no
helm, for no hiiuinu hand was to
guide it. It was to he two or three
times as large as one of our Cuiiard
ships; it was the **tire:it Eastern** of
olden times. The ship was done:
the floor stood open; the lizards
crawled in. the grasshoppers hopped
ill. the birds flow in. the entile walk
ed in : and then the invitation went
forth to Noah. "Come thou, ami all
thy house, into the ark!"
Only fine family embarks on that
strange voyage. They gel inside the
ship, and I hear the floor come shut.
A great storm meanwhile gathers
nrntuitl the place. After a while llu*
i-edars of Lebanon eraek in the gale;
there is a moaning in the wind like
unto the moan of a flying world.—
The inhabitants ot the earth stand
out of doors with upturned faces,
and feel the great plashes of rain
upon their cheeks. Crash! go the
mountains; boom! go the bursting
heavens! howled in!
Is it not strange where such an ark
is provided, that people will not come
in? How was it that when that ark
of Noah was building, it continued
for fifty, eighty, a hlimited and ten.
and a hundred and twenty years,and
yet so many did not go in? I suppose
one reason was that people thought
there was “time enough yet/’ At the
end of forty years they said, ‘This
threatening has not been fulfilled.—
Let us get larger flocks. Let us cul
tivate the soil; we arc going in ; it is
only a question of time.” Meanwhile
the fountains of heaven were tilling
up; the prize was placed under the
mountains; the last year, the last
month, the last week, the last day.
the last hour, the last minute, and the
great ocean dashed from above, am)
mother ocean rolled from beneath,
amlCofl buried all with one great
wave of universal destruction ! Thai
L the very reason people don’t g«»
into the ark now, ••there is time
enough yet." Here is a man w ho says.
"You cannot expert a titan of my
pro-peels to go into flu* ark. I ex
pert to enjoy the world. I shall look
over the whole field. I am going into
the ark, hut it is a question of time."
Sometimes he goes on the streets at
night, there is a gu-t of wind, a plank
i-, loosened from a scatiohliug and the
plank falls on him. Dead! and out-
side of the ark! Or lie is taking a
ride on » pleasant day, a vehicle
crashes into hi-. In* cannot control hi-
horse; he plants his feet against the
da-h-bonni and -bonis whoa ! \\ boa !'
but he cannot stop. His body is
picked up from tin* wreck of the car
riage, hut where is his soul? Dead!
Dead ! and outside the ark ! Or pass
ing a house at night, you see light
from room to room. A sudden yell,
a physician is sent for; twenty diops
—no help; thirty drops—no help;
fort) drops—no help; no time to re
pent the proiiii-es, no time to pray.
All agitation and alarm; the pulses
flutter, the heart stops. Dead! Dead!
and otil-ide the ark !
Vacant. l*la««-«.
Iii the dental ranks will never oemr
if you are particular with your teeth
and cleanse them every day with that
famous tooth-uadi, SOZODONT.
From youth to old age if will keep
the enamel -potless ami unimpaired
T he. teeth of persons who use SOZO
DON'T have a pearl-like whiteness
and the gums a roseate hue, while tin
breath is purified, and remh
sweet and fragrant. It is composed
of rare antiseptic herbs and is entire
ly free from the ohjerfiouahle ami
injurious ingredients of Tooth Fasten,
Ac*. April 17-1 m
Or, 1 think, perhaps, the people in
the olden time did not get into the
irk because they were afraid of be-
laughed at. Some people said
there was to he no flood ; and other-,
if there was to he a flood, the ark
would not -land : then some started
ind others derided them; other*
-aid. “Jii-I look at them ; it is a store
too good to keep, they are going info
the ark and they never got in and
were never saved. And I verily be
lieve that, thoii-aud- of melt in thi-
lion-e are now kept out of the king
dom of Cod bora it-e they don't like
to he laughed at. A thoii-aml men
rtii stand iu trout of a eaniion ami
not llincli. and yet not one ean hear
to he laughed at. A young mail says,
•\V1ihI will they do at the elnb, or al
the-lore when they hear of thi**?
They will say. 'here comes your
< ,'hri-tiau. You are no better than we.
You’re ju-t pretending to he. Dot
down and pray ; you diir-t not pray,
do you? A pretty <'iiri-tiati you
It is the fear of being, laughed at
which keep- people away from their
duty. What w ill those people do for
you when yon go to die? Do y
think you will semi for them? No.
You would rather have the plainest
Christian man in Atlanta to eonu*
ind pray for you than the most, bril
liant infidel wit in the United States.
They may laugh you out of heaven
hut they can’t laugh you out of hell.
“Come thou and all thy house into
the ark/’ My friends, this is a ver
large invitation. It is not a selfish
matter; il is not merely yourself
whom it refers. How does it read :
•‘Come thou and all thy house into
the ark.” AVTiat does this mean?
Your uife and your children. You
can get them in only in one way.—
flow did Noah get his family in tin
ark? By going in himself. Sup pom
lie stood outside tin! ark, and told his
family: “It is very important that
you should go into the ark.” Hi
children would sav: “We will not
go: father stays outside of the ark;
he is a wise man ; it iiiihI he safe to
stay outside and we will wait until
lie goes in.” The way Noali got his
family in was by going in himself,
and that shows fathers and mothcr
tluitthey should lead the way. And
you can't drive *licm in. Supji
Noali had tried to diivc the doves
ami pigeons into the ark ? lie would
only have scattered them; lie invited
them in, a very easy way. You c:i
draw your children in, hut you ean’i
drive them at the hull end of a cs
dii-m. How does the passage go,
1 be lifted up I will drive all men
unto me?” No. "If I he lifted up I
ill draw all men unto me." tin ini**
the ark and ju-t as s«m»ii a- \ on gel
in. iuvih* your family in. Noah,
when he first heard the rain on the
roof, had thought of the fact that lie-
wife was out side. Mil-I slu* siiii
there? Oh. no! lie must have her in
the ark. And, oh! you. How long
is it now- ten. lillcen. twenty. Iliirt)
years since that day, you remember,
when you stood at the altar, and with
nu oath before high heaven, swore
that voii would In* faithful until,
death did you part; and you are go
ing to keep that oath! I look into
your faces to-night and I know you
are going to keep that oath. S on
will keep that oath as long as von re
member the orange blossoms ami
sound of the wedding march. You
remember that on that day there \va-
a marriage ring placed upon her lin
ger. That marriage rimr has never
fallen oil* Sickne-s came, and the
round linger shriveled, hut the ring
never fell oil*. Fover.lv came, and
there was hard work for that linger,
hut it did not wear off the ling, it
only wore it brighter; it still stayed
on: and after a while the twain go
ami stand at a grave, ami iu that
grave see buried a thousand hopes,
hut the ring does not fall oil': it stay-
oti. The question is to-night, wheth
er the sepulchre will have power to
break that ring. Cod forbid !
At the close of one of my services
iu Brooklyn, a voting mail and wo
man came to me in a side room and
said : "Do von remember marrying
us a year ago?" I said, "Yes.** lie
said ; "Marry us again to-night. M>
wife lias been a Christian a good
while; marry us for eternity." I
put my hands on tlic-ir foreheads.
**lh* one forever. One iu eternity, and
one in heaven/’
There is one argument a man can
not gel over. A wife faithful todesus
Christ, faithful to her duty, and all
that’is good and holy. And your
children, too. are voii going to have
them in? AA'e often talk ot what we
are going to do for our children;
our children do more for us. Wlittl
is there to take the wound out of the
heart like the soft palm of a child's
hand? What music on the harp or
flute like the music of a child's “good
night?” Oh, vou must have them in
the ark ! Ami how arc you going to
get them into the ark ? I think one
way would be to set tip a family al
tar—set it up to-night. A get tlcumi
said to me; “List night wc had a
strange spectacle at our house. We
went home from church, and we
never had prayers in our house, and
I took the biblc and opened it, and I
flin a pretty good reader ordinarily,
but somehow l could not read: the
thought that I had neglected Christ
so long overpowered me. 1 started
to read, read one verse and could go
no further/ I said to my family:
•Let us kneel down;’ and I said:
•Oh Lord!’ and could go no further.
My good Christian wile took up the
prayer, lmt she was so overjoyed that
Christ had at length come to our
house that she said : •Oh, Lord !* mid
stopped there. The young children
were too young to lead in prayer:
hut we lay on the floor and cried—
we cried, lmt could tmi pray. I said :
My brother, you did pray. Every
tear of repentance upon your cheek
was a prayer. The first tear that fell,
iod sent to catch; and the angel
wept down and caught that, tear,
ami with the glittering treasure
wept hack to the throne, and all the
heavenly host cried out as they saw
treasure: “Behold! they pray!
Behold ! they pray !”
Oh, conn* with me into the ark.-—
’owe info the ark, and bring your
children with you. WTiich one of
them ••an you -pare? Will il he the
one that was sick last wilder? Will it
he the youngest ? Will il he I lie old-
fill, no! You cannot spare one
of them. A gentleman on hoard one
of the western steamers saw a poor
man on deck, with two little girls.
Ho said : ‘You seem to he a very poor
man.* "Yes; if there is in the world
man poorer than I, Cod help
him!” The gentleman, who was a
benevolent man, said : “I will lake
one of those children and adopt her,
and bring her up in a Christian fam
ily, and give her half my estate, and
that will he a great relief." “A re
lief! Will if he a relief fo have my
heart torn out and my arms from mv
body? A relief! Whaf do you mean ?
No; I cannot atl'ord to spare one.”
Collie thou and all thv house into
the ark!"
Father,” said a young man iu
IMiiladelphia. when I was living there,
•you gave me great wealth ami a
plemlid education, ami you started
llie well in every respeel in life, ex
cept one. You never taught me how
lo die. And now I am going to die,
ind I am going into the darkness."
*t), route thou, and all thy house,
into the ark.” What will you in the
day of judgment, say when (iod asks
ahon 4 voiir ehildreu ? “Where is
Mary? Where is Ceorge? Where is
Henry ? Where are those children ?"
illing them by name. Will they all
he in the ark.
I wish, to-uiglit, that this whole an-
lienee, eu masse, could pass into the
kingdom of (iod. I would not he sat
isfied with tin* salvation of fifty, or *i
hundred, or a thousand people here.
We must have them all in the ark.
Confronting you, perhaps, only
once in all mv life, I cannot let go
your hands, my friends, to-night, un
til you are in the ark. Suppose that
one of these young men iu the aisle
lion Id start for Christ in Heaven.—
That young man thinks lie has no iu
tlneiiec; his example will take eigh
teen or twenty young men into the
ark. If he never said one word, they
would hear of it this week, or the
next week. It would thrill through
their souls; and there is something
so grand, so magnificent about a
young infill consecrating himself to
Christ that it is irresistible. If lie
would hut start for Christ, how many
of his friends would start with him ?
Sometime ago, eight young moil
on the Potomac river went out to
break the Lord’s day, as full of wick
edness as could he. They started out
to break (lie Sabbath, and as they
passed by the fields along the Poto
mac, the hell of a church struck up,
and one young mail named Ceorge,
said : “There is the hell of a church ;
I am going.” The* young men said:—
“Becoming a Christian! going to
church ! You never go to church, do
you? If you arc “oiug to church,
here wc are al the Potomac river, a ml
we will baptize you and they seized
him to throw him in tlic river. The
young man said: “Mv lads, wail;
I am in your power and you may pul
me iu the liver, lml hold on and I
will tell you one thing. My mother
ua- an invalid and was never out o|*
bed. When I was about to leave
home she said : “(ieorge, when veil
get your things parked no. eoiuc in
and get mv dying ble-sing. Your
fat tier will not he aloe lo pay vour
ua) home iu the holidays; I will he
gone home lo my heavenly rest when
) oil come again, and when you get
your things packed up. come in and
gel iii) blessing.* And,”said (ieorge.
Idling the story to those young men.
"after I got llie things packed lip. I
went into the room where mv mother
was, and I renieiuher she did look so
sick, and I saw the blue veins iu h<;r
hands. | reiiieiiiher it as though it
were yesterday, and she said : ‘(ieorge
kneel down hy mv bed, and lake mv
dying blessing." And I knelt down,
and -he put that poor sick hand on
m\ head, and said : ‘(ieorge. voii will
he oiu in the world. You will he
tried: you will find n great, main
troubles, and llic-e arc mv dying
words; *Whcn -inners entice thee,
con*eiit thou not.’ And I am £oing
to church.” and he started. Some of
the young men iu derision, and some
solemnly affected, follow. They got
lo the village ehii'ch; some wen! ill.
and sonic lingered around the door.
The truth went to (icorge’s heart.—
Ile-iihmitlcd to Christ, and anchor
ed iu llie Kingdom of f iod licit day.
The others, that morning, or within a
week or two. all become ( Itrislians.
and to day, six are in Heaven and
two are .-landing iu high positions in
church and state; ami all bceau-c om*
young man did Ids duty.
Oh. -tart to-night for the kingdom
of (iod. The door of mercy is wide
open now : after a while it will he
closed. 1 have seen some men reject
llie offer of mercy until if seemed to
me 1 could see the door of mercy
close. They stood wide open, the
gate- did ; and they refused the oilers
of grace; the door kept closing, clos
ing. until llie door—shut!
I was told that 1 should he In the
tower of London when the clock
struck—the tower of St. Paul’s cathe
dral. They said the idled was so pe
culiar. So I calculated llie time when
the hell struck. It struck three. Il
struck one with great power; then
there was a long cessation, and it
seemed as if it would never strike
again: hut after a great while tlit*
brazen tongue came up and struck
two; then there was a long cessation,
and it seemed it would not strike
again—it seemed ns if the clock had
stopped; hut after a while it came
up again and struck three; and I
thought to myself, “Oh. how like the
passing away of the day of mercy.—
It goes slowly hut certainly, and im
perceptibly.” The clock strikes one,
two, three. If it strikes twelve, then
the* day is gone forever. But yet men
postpone and postpone, and adjourn
and adjourn the great theme of sal
vation, not realizing that the day is
going; and the clock strikes four,
live, six. Oh. if they would only at
tend on that; hut they do not realize
that the day is going, and that op
portunities arc peri-hing, and the
clock strikes seven, eight. If the
clock strikes twelve it is too late.—
The* day of merry i< going, going, go
ing. The clock strikes nine. Oh, if
it striiek twelve! Ten, eleven ! (iod
forbid it should strike twelve until
we have entered the kingdom! Il
has not struck twelve*! Now is the
accepted time; now is tin* day of sal
vation, to-day, if voii would hear his
voire*. .Now is the time lo make voiir
choice.
"Say. will you toour Zion go.
Will you have our Christ or no?”
(’nun* into the ark !
Conic into the ark, voting and old.
to-night, lo-nicht ! Let that he the*
record, that all of you come into llu*
ark. There is a day coming when
all this scene of to-night, will he re
hearsed. It i* written now iu a pon
derous tome: il is known just who
are here, who stood, who sal, who
half entered the doorwti) ; who were
oiil-iele, and who c:ould not gain un
entrance, hut who tried to come in.—
All our names to-night are* written
on that tome, that ponderous tome,
by the eternal recorder. Then will
he known iu a few moments the re
sult of this Sabbath night in tny soul.
I am interested in your salvation of
all people. My first interest must he*
in my own salvation ; yours, iu your
salvation above all. AA’e either ar-
cepl Christ or reject him. AA'e go in
to the* ark or stay out.
Hark! I hear the sound as of the
rushing ot chariot wheels, or like, the
swoop o-f great wings. It comes
nearer ; the heavens above arc aglow ;
they redden.4hey roll hack in wave's
of glory ; the heralds who go in nel-
vanci*. ery out to all the heavens:—
•Make way! make way! Hod is
conn*! The* judgment! the judg
ment !** while all the e*outenls of the*
oceans of the sea with one* tiplilled
void! cry out : “Make way! The*
judgment! the jttelguietil !’
I think the most tremendous ver-e
in all the Bilde is that short verse*
which says: “It is nppeiiiitcel unto
all men to die, and after that—the
judgment.**
Iii the far e*as|. there is a bird,
about which there is a beautiful .su
perstition, that upon whatever head
the shadow of that bird rests, upon
that head there will he* a erown. Oh.
thou dove of the* spirit, float above
ns! Let the shadow of thy wing fall
upon this eongiegation. Unit each of
them may meet in Imaven, and may
wear upon Ids head a crown. :i crown,
and hold iu his right hand a star, a
star!
i.f.t rs PRAY.
Iteumt il'iil Sentimentis.
ItlltTII, ItltlllAI. A M» lU’RIAI.
TURKU IMPORTANT U*S
lle nllli niiel Dress.
I»lt. RUilAltllSOK S VIKWSON Till'. FliR.V
M ATKIll .U. ANimihUt OF « l.< >TII KS.
| l>r. Ifidiardsoit delivered a lecture*
Olli- liniU » mciii immitj' 1 "• "i<- Ion
tin- <Kk|H«v<itM>r lh« IW-rolt.ii von*, i : "" 1 I»ivks.” Tlie object ol I he Icclui
The: following congratulatory tatter
to a young lady on the e*vc of mar
riage is venerable*, hut is pood. The
giMitlc heart that indited it. with the
bride nnel ta*r maidens, may have
passeel away with llu* flower- that
j»erfilmed tin* past ; hilt the ••old, edd
was to show what reforms were most
require*!I in ureter that dress uiigiii
minister lo liemlth. AVliat was want
e*el iu the reform of elmes was good
fashion for both sexes ami for every
day life iu social intercourse*. Faith)
as the* male attire might he: in artistic
story” is told as sweetly now as then. 1 P«>*nts of view, it was, in relation to
ami the* same stately ceremonies tidi
er in the event which links the desti
nies of two lu*arls ; #
“I am holding some pasteboard iu
my hands— three slalel) pi tickings
from the* hit-h of ceremony. 1 am
gazing upon a card,and upon .1 name
-11 inline with which your gentle life
began; a name wiiii which \emr
throbbing hcarl was lost. There is
nothing strange about that card. The
maiden sign still looks up from ii.
calm and customary, as i( looks 011
many a frlemlly visit, as it lie- in
many a formal basket.
“I am gazing, too, upon a card
where the nearer parent te*ll- llie
World she will he‘At Houie'one dnv ;
and that is nothing new. But there
is another card whose mingling there
put a tongue of lire into it s -pcechlcss
pasteboard. It tells us tint, feeling
is maturing into the tiny, ami that
these cards are* hut the pale hern Id
ol the coming eri-is when :i hand that
has pre*sscd friend's hands and pluek-
e*d flowers, shall Ho<e down on one
lo whom sin* will he a friend ami a
flower forcve*r after.
"I send you a few flowers to adorn
(lie living moments of your single
life*. They JYe the gcntle.-t type of a
etaliemte*, durable friendship. They
spring up by our side when others
have etasertael it, and will he loiiml
watching over our graves whem those*
who should, have* forgotten us.
“It se»e*nis meet that a past so calm
ami pure* ns yours, should expire*
with a kindred sweetness about it;
that flowers and music, kind friends
and earnest words shouhl conse*crnle*
the hour, when a sentiment is passing
into u sacrament.
“The three great stages of our be
ing are birth, the bridal and the bur
ial. To the: first wc bring only
weakness, for the last w« have noth
ing hut eliist. Blit here at the altar
where life joins life, the pair come
throbbing up to the holy •nan, whis
pering the eleep promise that arms
each w»tli the other's heart to help on
iu the life struggle of e*are and elult.
“The he*autifu! will he there, bor
rowing new beauty from the scene—
the gay and the frivolous will Iced;
solemn for om:e,aud youth will come*
to gaze on all that its sacrerd thoughts
pant for—and age will loiter up to
hear the olei worels repeated over
again, that to their own lives have
given the charm. Some will weep
over it as if it were a tomb; some
will laugh, as if it were a joke; hut
two must stanel hy it, for it is fate,
not fun, this everlasting locking of
their lives.
“Ami now ean you. who have
qiiecnee! it over so many benetael
forms, can you come d7»wn at last tn
the* frugal eliet of a single he*art?
“Hitherto you have been a e*Ioek.
giving your time to all the world.--
Now you are a watch buried in one
particular bosom, marking only
hours, ami licking only te» the heat of
his heart, where time and feeling
shall he in unison until tho-e lower
ties are lost iu Hint higher wedlock,
where all hearts are uniteil around
the ‘Ontinl Heart* of all.
“Hoping that calm sunshine may
hallow your clasped hands. 1 sink si
lently into a signature ”
Sited hy a Paper Dag.
!«M»K AliKXT HtllF.S IN TIIK Hot SK.
OF A IMS TOR, WIIO I SK* A
NOV FI. H KAl'ON.
Oh, Lord (Iod of IViileeost, give:
us a thousand souls to-uigld ; help
us into the ark. Some of us have
<*otne up to the* door, anil have not
yet quite courage; to go in. By thy
grace*, compel us in ; push us in. Oil,
Lord, save this people! If at the
next meeting we be iu Hie presence
ot the Judge, and the hooks he equal
ed, may it Iu* found that to-night we
all entered into the kingelom of our
Hod. Oil, Lord, answer us hy tiro;
plunge: us into llie etacp fountains of
iliv grace! Take away all our sins;
save us for time, save us for eternity,
(io with us through all our pilgrim
age*. When we arc iu temptation, he:
thou our shield. When we are in
darkness, lie thou our light. When
we arc sick, he thou our physician:
dying, he thou our life; buried, he
thou mu* resurrection. And glory,
and praise, and salvation, and song,
shall lie unto him that sitteth upon
the throne, and unto (lie lamb, for
ever and ever, amen.
Fail! Boynton, llie swiliiliiei
Align* tu giving exhibition*.
A man who called at Dr. Thomas
H. Andrews* house*. 1117 Spruce
street, on Tuesday afternoon, on pre
tence of coiiiistilling the* physician,
concealed himself in the* parlor until
1 o'clock next morning, when he be
gan a pedestrian tour of the apart
ment in search of plunder. He made*
a noise, which awakenin'. Dr. An*
• trews, who eliseove*re*d that he had
loaned Ids revolver. Taking an
in ply hag he inflated il from his
lungs, ami creeping down stair-,
overlook the intruder as lie eaino
from the* parlor. AVilliji shout the
Doctor exploded the paper hag upon
the stair railing, making a terrific
report ami frightening the* stranger
-o that he ttmihtael upon the floor,
thinking he had been tired at. He
appe»ale*el for mercy. Dr. Andrews
sent one* of his servants after a po
liceman ami etamamtael from the*
captive his name ami tin: object of
Ids visit, lie* saiel lie was Cacorgc
Campbell, a hook agent, and belong-
cel in Caimlen. He asked for mercy
on account of Ids wife* and children.
Smldenly lie sprang from Dr. An
drews* grasp ami ran down Twelfth
street, pursuit hy the: physician be
ing itnadvisnhta on account of his
raiment. The fugitive left behind
Idm a hook cemlniniiig the: names of
a number of prominent persons
subscribers to an edition of Sliaks-
peare, ol* which a sample copy was
enclosed in the hook.
Says the Crawforelville Democrat:
Sometimes it is a great treat to visit
the Supreme Court ami hear the
learneel attorneys pleael their causes
before Hint august tribunal. The ar
guments made in the ease of the State
vs the Southwestern Railroad Com
pany, before the Supreme Justices
were: very able*. (loncra! Toombs ami
Attorney-! ieneral Ely ropre*sciHe:el
the Slate:, and (Jetieral A. K. Lawton
11ml Judge U. F. Lyon, contra. A
matter of elcserveel compliment to the
industry ami legal talent of Attorney-
(«ciicral Ely, we epiote a remark made
by nn eminent ex-Judge: “The brio j
presenteel lo the Supreme* Court by
the Attorney-Caencrnl in the ease of
the State against the Southwestern
railroad, (in my opinion) was as able
as any ever argued before the: Su
preme: Court of (ieorgia."
A negro was hung at Washington,
D. (*., last week, ami when the drop
fell iiiste*ud of breaking his tte*e*k, the*
shock seve*re*d the he*uel entirely from
the body. The: siolit was -aid to he:
I horrible.
health, perfection as compared will
the dress worn by woman. It kepi
all parts of the body equally warm:
•t was carl-tael by the shoulder-; it
allowed free tuovenumtaofthe limb-;
and it provided for rcaely change to
nirrt the vicis-itneles of season. The
reform lie stiggc-tael iu the: elross ol
women was that, it should in all
practical details have the same ad
vantage's, and shouhl he, in fuel, tin
same, with llie: exemption of the exte
rior robe or gown. The long dress
for women, which even IrcNpns-vel
slightly on the groiiml, was the most
hero tiling for them. This should
play the* same part as the outer coat
ot the* man. Hie re-1 of the elre*ss being
tin* same, except that it might hi
made of rather lighter materials.*—
The great Surgeon Cline, when one*
consulted by an anxious mother what
-he should do lo pre*ve*nt a girl from
heeouiing etaforincd, answered, “l.ei
her have 110 slays, ami let her rein
about like the: hoys.” He* would in
dorse this wise rule*, ami wemld add
"Let the mothers of Englaml ctatln
the girls precisely as they clothe tin
hoys, permitting kuie*ke*rliockers il
they like, and let them aelel the one
distinguishing mark of a light, loose*
flowing gown, ami the girls will
grow into women as vigorous, a^
healthy, and as well-foriiie*<l iu hod)
as their companions of the sterner
sex.” In the* next pari of the: taettm-
the quality of clothing was e*ousieh*r
ed, ami the amount at various se*u-
soiis. The m*e*e*ssity of special en re
in adapting clothing to season wa
il lust in ted from the physiological
rule first eliseovercel by the: late* Mr
Milner, that the body, independently
of any will of its own, underwent
two pounds of waste ami of increase-
of weight, the* waste commeiie-ing to
ward the elose of September and the
im rense iu the first weeks of April
Warm clothing ought to begin in
September or early in October, and
ought not to^ he left ofl* until tlu
lose of April. For tinderc-lolhing
next the skin he strongly recommend
el silk, ami with that,’ light, fleecy
flannel. Tlitak, heavy fianne*!, ami
every material that ’nbsorhe*d and
helel the watery excretions from the
skin, were at all times bail. Heavy
’lollies were bail, ami bail really no
necessary connection with warmth
For outer garments in t *ohl weather,
♦hose Hint were light anel fleecy were
best, and ftirs were exccllcntl lie*
ritieised severely the pertnam*ni
waterproof which shuts up the rain
that elistils from the body at the same
time that it keeps out the rain which
falls from the edotuls—a distinction
with a difference not in favor of the
wearer of the permanent waterproof.
Then lie elwedt on the color of elress,
contending that the lancet was quite
right iu stating that the white col01
was” the best even in colei weather,
while it is admitedly the best in the-
siimmcr season. The objection !••
white was, of course, the readiness
witji which it showcei the elirt, nn
objection whie-li was strictly an ael-
vnntagc in a health point of view,
hut wliicli woulel he met practically
by modifying the color to gray. For
all ordinary occasions light gray
ought to take the place of black for
outer coverings of the boely. Black
was, in fact, of all colors the very-
worst, ami those poor tallies who
thought it necessary after bereave
ment to immerse* themselves for
mouths in crape were indeed to he*
pitied. After the suttee, it was al
most the saelele*st of miseries inflicted
by society on the already miserable*.
—London Telegraph.
Organization.
Sj.irta Llmiat-lite.]
There tire sensible men that are no:
Itemoerats. lmt there isn't a sensihh
llemoerat in the State who ran oh-
jert to an honest ami thorough or
ganization or the |iarty. Even a tool
knows that healthy organization in-
ereases llie etlicieuey of parties, not
less than of armies. Xo military man
ever won fame at lire head of a rah-
hle. Xo disorganized party has ever
won a telling victory, even in the
sacred name of liberty. (irent re
sults ean only follow great ell'oi-i.aiid
misdirected effort only damages the
eau-e iu which it is expended. The
Kndicals are strong because they are
organized. There is no element of
strength iu their principles. A dis
position to disregard law and consti
tutions is an evidence of innate weak
ness ; yet they stand to-day, organiz
ed, intrenched and defiant—using as
a bulwark of defensb iho very wrongs
which have made infamous their
twenty years of misrule. They can
not he dispossessed by a rude, disor
derly rabble of political guerrillas.—
Xnliiiiig short of wcll-organizcd,
well-directed party effort ran effect
the dislodgetnent of these men from
power. Xo thinking man will drny
the statement. Why, then, should
not the party he organized with a
view to tlie surest accomplishment of
the end which every patriotic South
erner desires to see accomplished ?
Is*there any sacrifice of umniy inde
pendence ill uniting with others in a
consistent effort for tlie accomplish
ment of a common purpose? Dors
organization affect the character of
party principles? Does it not refer
solely to the probabilities of success
in carrying party principles into ef
fect? Democracy is the embodiment
of true independence. There is noth
ing in its principle^} inconsistent with
freedom of thought and of action;
and if organized effort will more
surely accomplish a purpose, than
independent action possibly could,
tlicn the necessity for party organiza
tion is demonstrated.
t'artersville Free Dross says: A
young couple from tlie mountains
were romantically married on the
depot platform the other day at the
point of a shot gun wielded by the
girl's father. The young fellow was
making for Texas, lmt us he will uow
linve to provide lor III. purchase of
lun more tickets, his visit i,position
ed.
A tieni Puzzle Maniac.
Miifte* M:k! by Dm Terrible 13-
I 1*1 ♦*» Dloe*k Problem.
IMMFI. eoNRoV. A ejflF.T, SOIIRR CITI-
7.FN OF i:i:ii:, I'RttVnK F.ll BY THE THREE
IMTIIFRmimk Rt.oe KS |*NTII. MIS RF.A-
*«»\ is 1>FT!tR«i\Kt>—TRYING To MUR-
l»FR Ills mV. \ e Mil |i—TAKF.N TO AS
AsYl I VI.
Fi«»tn lh** ICrie 1»i*«f!rr , \]
A saelih‘1* '!•<-. lu<-!<* than that which
%vas |tresc*iile.«l :tl I In* taunt* ol* Mr.
Dnuirl f/tuii'ov \est€*r«1»y, e-aiuiot ho
we*ll tnm^iu(*<L Mr. Uonrov is well
known in tin* e*ily. anil all who are
a<*qiiainl«*«l with him rail hoar witness
lo ins iriupmatr habit-, his elevotion
lo his family, ami his many qualities.
Ami yet this man. wit Ii the pliyftiejiie
of an Militate: ami with a normal eiis-
|Hisftioii as "e-tifta as (ho laiiih, sloocl
in the* |u*e*se*m:t: of his family trans
formed into an unnatural being, ra-
pable* of putting his erhilel to a most
horrible death. To uie:ntion the
j/uiue: of “FifttH.-n” iu connection with
this nail allair. anel to snv that this
iiian's inaeliie*-.H is attributable to the*,
link* game*, may provoke a smile of
iiicivelulify. But Mich is the well-
aiillx uliratcd lad. For nearly three
week- Ibis man. who i-:t find class
-tom* cutter and doc* Hie priueipat
woi* 011 the ♦'alta-draI, lias, been
greatly exercised over the* game*.—
His lellow-iYeukui< 11 mdtaeel that he
would frequently slop Ids labor to
mike some ralriiluiiotis on the game,
ami during Hie hist week his wife
became* aware that Hie solution of the
puzzh- wa> a subject of more interest
lo him than was his family. It was
sot n evident that hi- ulu»h* tiiiud was
ab-orhrd in fit*- game. <)» Saturday
la-1 In* walked into Alderman Wood’*
oilier and wauled to explain certain
combinations, hut the Squire Intel lie*
lime to give to the -iihjret. lie Hit'll
waIked lo Xcnham-s .V t*eil*\ res
taurant and oflcreel to bet Mr. (L-ih
•f-5 that he could -oh e l!»e problem.
All day Sunday lie ua- engaged in
maiiiptilalhig tin* blocks and when
remonstrated with by Iii- patient
.wile. In* «lee I a red lie would %b* it in
spite of all llie power- tbsel be. Far
into tin* nigbl be worked, moving
anel moving until, Y.carie-d out, he
sank into a fund -lumber, which wa*
broken hy inutteriiigs of Iii, I t, 1.*.
The elise-overv ot his condition was
made* about half pa-t live* VcMerilay
morning. Mr- (’miioy .saw him rLe
and take om* of the tw ins amt pace
about Hu* room in u most singular
manner. W hen -be sp, kc to him he
turin*d upon her with a veil of rage,
anel she saw by tin* terrible look in
Ids eye* that her poor husband wa*
nit ot his mind. She called in neigh
bors to appef.se him. hilt it availed
The sight of tin- people enraged
him the more, and only -erred to ac-
tarnte* his stride-through the* house,
(■re*al fear was fe lt for the little hoy
In* held in his hand, mid an efiortwas
•iiwele to get it away. The. infuriated
fifteen player drove him oil, anel iu
his frenzy was about to place his
liild upon the hot stove, wlii'ii rush-
eel in (’apt. Sullivan and a posse of
poltac, w hich had he*en soul hy Chief
Crowley to .secure the: poor man.—
Officer Sullivan *iiccee»de:el in getting
one: liamleiitfon, hut tlie either lianet
was held aloft ami grasped the* child,
which, nil tmceui.scions of the terrible
danger il was exposed to, smiled at
its maniac father ns if the* noise anel
confusion was ereatcel for its own eli-
verson. Tlie offi«*e»rs threw themselves
upon him and Mirrt-edeei in getting
possession of the infant ami securing
the madman. The scene during thi*
terrible struggle is hevoiiel descrip
tion. Tin* cries e»f the children, the
shrieks of tlu* mother, fearful lor her
babe in the powerful grasp .of the
maniac, the* sharp exclamations of
the officers, the tearful yells of the
Imiatic ami the* prattling* of the: lit
tle* boy in siie’li a dreadful clutch,
uiaelc up a scene the reporter’s jh*ii
canned elo full justice to.
takks to Jail for skcuritv.
The officers took the unfortunate
man to the* county jail for security,
ami lie was bulged ill a ce:ll on the
ground ftaor. As way he supposed,
Hie jourue*y from Conroy’s house to
the jail was md accompli-Iicel wi , l»-
out great elitfie.ilty. Frequently the
frenzieel man threw hitnsedf upon the
ground and put forth strength that
none hut a madman eoulel possess, to
free himself from Ins captors. A few
hours after a Dispatch reporter wa*
conducted to the cell hy Warden .Sta
ple's, ami there* saw this wrctchcel vic
tim of‘•Fifteen.’* Conroy was seen
crouched at the furthermost cud of
the* celt, chalking edit Hie game* on Hie
Wall. Upon being eliscovorcd, l.e
sprang up with a h*ml cry ami flung
himself with all ids might against
the* iron-ham*el eloor. “lie*! lie*! ha!
ha!" he crie*«l. **l have it. I have it at
last! Oh, thank (*od. I can elo it—
Uk 14, to. Let me out—fi, 7, S. R.—
Where*!" mv children ? I’ll cut 'em
into tiftacu block-—i. '2, J. 4. (Jive
me some w ater, w retches—1:5, lo, II.
Oil, my (iod iu Heave*!!, wind shall I
elo? ila! Iia! Iia! Site's a daisy!
She’s a darling!” auel then the ele
mented Conroy commenced to elaue'e
a bre*ak-dou*n. “See here." he e*x-
claimcd, beckoning to Mr. Staple*
ami the reporter. “I'll show you
how lo solve* it." lie drew a nail
from his pocket and lifting Ids man
acled and bleeding hands high over
his head In* traced out sixteen-quare**
on the* iron wail. ••There* is a thous
and dollars reward for a solution of
this puzzle*," saiel he*, “and 1 have won
It is mine! mine! mine!" and
then lie: eommeiieed heating his eln*st
with his ironed baud-.
tiif. >1 s lloMK.
The reporter ne*\t visited the home
the alllicted Courov family, on
Short street. Mr-. Conroy wastouml
in tears, lamenting the: trouble that
bail fallen upon her. “He is a kind,
;ooel man, and he w ould not- harm a
worm," said she te* the reporter. The
woman held a twin in lier arms amt
another w as gamboling about on the
floor. “My luishamt has not touched
a elrop of drink -Lice Christmas/* re
pin'd she, iu aii-wee* to a question.—
No, sir, there was no family troiihla
to upset his mind : it is all owing to
that game* of 15."
I -Itoiilel think Hu*y ought to put
a stop lev the selling ot sueli game*/*
remarked a female w ho was present.
Later in the elay the* reporter called
again at the jail t<» ascertain the* man’*
condit ion. Conroy's shrieks eoulel he
heard through tin* heavy doors, and
when the reporter stood again in
front of his cell the man came* for
warel in a nude condition, having
torn every strip of clothing from hi*
hotly. *\iesus—de'seph—Mary. Jos
eph—M a rv—J e*sii*. M a ry—Jesus—
Joseph." lie veiled, in a voice that
rang through the iron corrider* anel
made the prisoners I uni pale*. “Who
savs I cannot do it lies! lie lie's!
lie lie**! OI». the world is all made:
of squares." lie ex ciited another
;ui.v </c ifvttjr w ith his Imre* feel, anel
then eoimnemed to heal upon the.
bars again.
|>r. Strickland vi-iteel him several
times during the elay anel e*nele*avor-
e»el te» administer opiates. The poor
man will he removed to Dixiiiout
Asylum to-night «n* to-morrow morn
ing.