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The Georgia Enterprise.
VOW) MU XXIII.
[Il'S FORTUNE!
O 11,
He Stolen Heiress.
I tale of NEW YORK IN 1835,
BY PROF. WM. HENRY PECK,
author or
TKt Queen't Serve If • The Tower of Qoldf
•The Half-Treed," “ Harold's Halt, 9
• The bride of Barcelona," Etc.
CHAPTER XXX.—Continued.
“If von please, Sen ora, hear me. I sup
•e I niav speak or‘ our business attain
fore Senor Pettis, Senors Grippnrd?”
“(ertainy. It is about the next caret
i the supplies for vour next voyage,
ij ev ,. f Vs. Von may listen, Pettis.”
‘With the greatest pleasure, Dame Grip
id," exclaimed Pettis, always pleased t<
ir'what was none ot his business, and tc
k of it to others.
Bnlbata continued, a rily:
*We have consulted upo i the nmonn
cessarv, Seuo/a honor Bazilio and 1
i have made our es'iin ites. ”
“Ami Mr. Bazilio thinks my commissioi
B ;;nd not too large, 1 hope, ' remarket
idame, bending a feio.-ious gaze at 15a
j o i buhl -tiro. "I certainly shall no
ike my demands any less, Mr. Bazilio.
Hiev is very scarce in these times, and
! not of that kind of peop'e who will and
vthiugto put money in their pockets.”
Bazilio met her ferocious gaze with
lileof detia ice ti at cut her to her soul
awan amazed !y his supposed effrontery
e said to herself:
As I am a liviog woman, th s younj
mndrel has ten tunes as much and a;
ong nene as his Captain. Yet lam sur*
turned pale when the Captain first h
uknow that 1 knew he was an assnasin
at a keen and strong eyo ho has! Ho, J
nder why he makes me think of Bracklj
oust be because I thought of that villair
an instant when I lirst noticed that ugh
itchman below. Biacklv was a ven
idsome man. Tho wretch below is sini
r hideous. This young villain—thn
mg assassin, fresh from murder don
rein this very house lust night—with th
dy of the man he killed very near him
■es stare into my eyes as if to say, ‘Bah
n ran not frighten me! You want money
I you know 1 have it, and that you can'i
; it without letting me go scot free!
flt's wh ; t his stare says, confound him
ili the al>ov6 Hashed through the and ime%
tin in the wink of nil eye. She thee
ned her attention to Bnlbata. He had
anwhile tiken a package of papers fron
pocket and pretended to examine ano
ire upon them very earnestly. Ho said
Yes, I am sure that oar estimate is oor
t. Sen ora Giippard. ”
Just before Mr. Bazilio and Pettis came
, Captain,” she responded, carelessly.
>u said you thought you would have tt
t six thousand four hundred pounds aler
ts into my hands to disburse for yon fo
iroi go and other matters, I think. Thai
ilarge sum for one to disburse to the
■faction of others, is it not, Pettis?”
Perfectly prodigious, Dame Giippard
Ter in all my life have I held so great a
uin my hands. Six thousand four hu -
id pounds sterling! Good Lord, deliver
from temptition and covetousness!”
Some people have been known to com
tu.urder to gain such a sum, Pettis,’
narked the dame, with her eye again
oti Bazilio, and ferociously,
hzilio returned the gaze with a grimace
defiance. Pettis exclaimed:
Some! Why, hundreds have murdered
lessthau that, dame. Thousands have.’
‘lbelieve you said. Captain," continued
me Grippard, as she scowled at Bazilio,
hiding the scowl from Pettis, “that Mr.
p-’-o would pay that sum into my hands.’
I have the sum, dame,” said Bazilio.
ding sneeringly.
Ie drew from his bosom a large pocket
ok—the same which we have already
(n-and took from it several notes, sny
care essly, and as he extended the notef
ttrd the dame:
Here it is. Dame Grippard. Six ”
Please give them to Mr. Pettis, Mr.
[“to," slio interrupted, with a show oi
her teetli. “l’ettis, count the notes foi
land take a duplicate list of their mini*
*•. Heep one list till I ask you for it
Qgive the other list to me. Sometimes
*®b are counterfeit, you know, Pettis,
awe want to trace the utterer of then,
J punish him.”
hziho give the notes to Pettis. Pettis
de many grimaces of longing desire to
permanent possessor of them as he took
numbers. At last he gave them
the dame. She placed them in her wnl
'Baying:
Pettis, i warn you not to let any one
without my consent, that Captain
ata and Mr. Bazilio have put this
into my hands-* o disburse for their
* l don’t want all the tradesmen in
J< % running after me to get a share of
s money, l w ish to spend it ns I like,
to the best advantage for the brig,
this, Pettis.”
Certainly I will, Dame Grippard.”
iicn you return to thecouuti g-room,
ls . say nothing to any one of what has
,e “ **®re- under penalty of uiy die
h :re and you know what that means,
lust assuredly, Dame Grippard.”
Ma you lull y say to Miss Roland tba'
“fed not wnit forme, bu! return to ow
fie .lust ns soon us she likes. And in
P“y with M r . lbi\fksworthy, if it suitr
‘is °U hear?"
. do, dame; I do."
' lla ? E 'd return to my cottage for sora
ulp™li, you may tell my grand
ttainri avßu *** eSH her sweet face
aMr - Hawksworthy are lovors, yot
l’ettis?”
eeu I am, dame—and a very hand-
S*Pir they are, tool"
* oll any one you like that the;
nwmii l)Vl ‘rs, Petlis, and that I havi
"£‘ e , dto their marriage."
<a si . .- To dame. I shall take grea
"knt vn B|;caki,1 S of the affair."
etti ß ‘ °, U ' UUBt uu^erß tand another fact
8 no- ■ t ’ ka " never marry in my cot
i me ' I ,.''"here before his father writei
an't c °nseuts to the marriage. 1
Ij fan':, Iu - T grand-daughter to go int<
Htor -i y nnweleomed, Pettis, lie suri
nt f ! *olthem what I say, l’ettis
1 elo le ,, a , r ' alTy afraid that they metSl
Ight” lUI *>"* ‘narried secretly this ver;
‘‘‘ ■sVfanf'o 6liTer US! ”
1 * r >te tn \r Now, to gain tim<
!6, lntlie i ' Hawkworthv’s father, auc
)T ers ij 1 to say about it. I told tin
8 soon ! mt tll .ey could get marriec
bI m, 1 I' v **ked* and insisted tin
. s V‘d lh i* i? 1 ! place iii my cottage.
’?ht, , r ‘ y k thorn from eloping to
? ore Iba I'V-" Imw * or H omo day soon,*
8 , 0: ,.. get a reply from Mr.
v*r, j e " lftt her, you understand. ]
I*°Pfrom imv' 1, however, that, they maj
ar 1 ho ', this very night. Oh,
S repeat t n V Uav wiU uot - 1)011 *y°
0 a single word of tliiai
‘‘ if 1 do, darnel"
~t a6® fieri- f or el °P 0 and keep hiddei
fc*- At leasum . 0r a very lon K* im9 ’
. s father i * *“ey c 'an make peact
, ' ett.s f.-'.'-non see? And with mi
t?“' A “d if 16 TOI 7 angry if the;
|f.” kt ~ve, J ? 6l °P e - i’eWi. Iwj
*T^'. rfc their now that I huve hac
‘“deed I ualf e J°P®nieLit”
U1 ' Harnp Grippard."
" V r “ j beg’# Una very a,y ou , 0I
Old Au< hors t u i u lk of my disapproval ol
their elopeuieut, or marriage without hu
futlier s consort, Bettis. "
I will, J)aoi* Grippnrd. I will speak o!
it si soon M there is uo dauber ot heini
kicked by the vouujj gontlamun for talkin*
shout his Mii.urs. m Toons us lF hu oou.u
kick hard
"Yon are an idiot. Pettis! Listen. lam
poing to write to hia fsti er this very day
tnd tiy to pcrsiiide tiro old gt ntlcnmn tc
come light down from Albany to uive his
flousent or to prevent the mutch juste,", he
m.uy sec tit. Oh, I hopo they will not elop,
to-night. I will put sp:os on my cottugc
to.night, Pettis, if they do not eh pe to
nlßht I think I can send Verucenj sonic-'
where to-morrow for a time—till oil
Colonel I lawks worthy sends me word. 01
rrrives in i ersou. Captain lialbuta irtfd Mr.
Bazilio, I hope you will huve eyes kept on
Mr. Hawksworthy, so thut he will not get c
ch ice to elope wth my grand-duughtei
to-night?"
"Most u-Biiredly wo will, Seuora,” snid
the Captiin.
'Certainly, Dame Grippard,”said Bazilio.
“We will put a pair of keen eyes ami s
pair of strong arms ou guard, Seuora,'
jontinued the Captain.
“Our new mate might servo for that poßi, -
remarked Bazilio.
‘‘Yes. Senora,” added the Captain; “as
Crbandt was formerly one of the city s
night watchmen, he is perfectly familial
with every part of it. ite is the very man
to employ in this matter."
“Well, Pettis, you can go now. Return
presently with that man. 1 can’t bear th*
sight of him, hut the Captain and Mr. Ba
zilio seem to estimate him highly. Now
Captain Balhata, a little private conversa
tion with yon. "
Pettis departed at ouce. The Captair
and the dame began a whispered converse.
Hon. Bazilio began to plan how to niakt
himself r> cognized hy his mother withoul
Attracting the notice of the Captain.
CHAPTER XXXI.
lUZrUO’S TATTOOED IU.KAST AGAIN.
Bazilio was extremely anxious now tt
obtain a private interview with Dami
Grippard as soon ns possible. He dreadec
lest something night chance at any instan
to prevent this. She might at the next
moment command him lo depart to dc
work for her elsewhere, and keep Bulbata
near her.
The interview he desired must have nc
w itnesses. Her presence elsewhere might
at any moment be called for. As soon at
she should quit that room his chances foi
such an interview would be reduced tt
mere cham-e indeed, or be utterly lost.
YVh le Bazilio was hesitating whut coursi
to adopt to gain his desire, l’ettis returnee
wiih Urbaudt.
The outlaw swaggered into the room a'
the lieelß of Pettis, with all the effrontorj
of an old sailor who knows bis value as t
seaman and marine otiicer. Dame Grip
pard c ist a glance of instinctive dislike at
him, and then said to Pettis:
“Return to your duties below, Pettis. 1
have no further need for your preseuct
now.”
“Certainly, Dame Grippard,” responded
Pettis. "And it is about my dinner hour,
too!” he added to himself, as he departed.
“Canjuin Balhata," continued the dame,
“you wiU please give your mate his orders
I wonder/' she added, in thought, “what
makes me hato the ve ry presence of thii
noseless, hideous-looking Dutchman as J
do! Why does he slaro so boldly at me?'
The outlaw started boldly at her beeaust
he was perfectly confident that she could
no: recognize him, and because audacity
was a saiiect characteristic of his nature,
as it was of his son's.
“Mr. t’rbandt,” said the Captain, “keep
a covert watch on the movements of the
young naval officer below—Seuor Hawks
worthy—all day. Report of the same tc
me at my hotel from time to time, as
chance to do so may favor you. Rut be
sure not to lose sight of the man so long al
any time as to throw yourself oil his wake.
After two o’clock of to-day you will find
me at my hotel—in my room where yon
saw me this morning. If I shou’d be ab
sent at any time you may call, you will
find Senor Bazilio there to receive your
report. Return to the counting-room now,
and keep your eye secretly upon the young
man’s movements. He will probably soon
depart from these premises With Sonorita
Roland.”
“And who is Sonorita Roland?" croaked
the outlaw. “The handsome lass below, 1
suppose—since X have seen no othei
senorita hereabouts.”
“That young lady is my grand-daughter,
man,” snapped Dame Grippard, after dart
ing another glance of dislike and disgust al
the outlaw. “Her name is Miss Verueeua
Poland. Come, captain, dismiss this man
- somehow his presence makes my Hesb
ireep ns if a snake were coiling around my
inkles. Pah!”
She whispered the last of the above to
Balhata. He smiled, and bade the outlaw
depart to his duty. Urbandt exchanged a
juiek and significant glance with Bazilio,
mil turned to depart, when the Captain ex
jlaiuied, with his eyes toward one of the
windows of the room:
“My faith, Senora, there goes—from the
main gate- an open carriage, w ith the
sonorita and Senor llawksworthv in it. A
boy follows the carriage on the young offi
cer’s horse. ”
The dauio hastened to the window and
looked from it
. “Yes, it is they! I suppose Pettis told
my grand-daughter that she might go
home, and bo accompanied by her lovor.
It douftnpt matter. Go, man,” she added
to Trbanitl, and fceTp thal young man in
your si&lit all day. ”
Meanwhile Bazilio had found an oppor
tunity to whisper to the outlaw:
“I)o as they bid yon. We shall meet
often during the day. I am going to let
her know presently who I am. Have no
fear. It is plain that she has not the leaßt
suspicion who you are. Keep Keen watch
on Hawks worthy. We are to do for him
to-night ”
Urbandt left the room the next moment,
md the dame returned to her former seat
near the Captain.
No sooner was she thus seated that she
said, in a commanding, though subdued
tone, to Bazilio:
“Come near to us, Mr. Bazilio Alfanti.
You are too distant at present to hear my
orders when spoken as at is prudent to
speak them. The Captain and 1 have de
cided the part you are to perform to-night.
You are to do some necessary work to-day,
lt lso. and to begin it as soon ns possible.
Bazilio advanced toward the pair slowly,
and with an air of utter indifference, say
ing in his heart:
“The old woman has conceived a hitter
dislike for me-I read that fact in her eyes!
I hoar it in her voice! If 1 ask her to giant
me a privato interview the Captain b sus
oicinus of my fidelity will at once be ex
cited. and she wi.l fly into a rage at what
she will deem presumption on my part.
However, I think I can contrive to gain my
desire. I will act toward it immediately,
He placed a chair so that when he sat
down he was a few inches nearer the dame
than was the Captain. He now had Bal
bata on bin right, ami at his elbow on that
Bide, a few inches behind bis front. Lath
now faced Dame Grippard, neither more
than two feet from her.
Cunning and audacity, we hate said,
were prominent characteristics of Bazi io.
Tie was now ready to use each
dame, and to try to make known to her m
Balbata’s presence, wutbout T, 1 ?*
latter's suspicion in the least, that he was
her long-supposed dead son—her darl ug
suspicions would not be
aroused unless the dame were to scream
out in her surprise at the discovery that
her sou was alive beforeher. ;
& S“ ,‘o 0 bTThe WSW
than change color for a moment I must
take care that tho Captain does not ace that
change. ”
la tho not of sitting dmvn ho drew from
his pocket a largo folded sheet of paper,
on which were written many nam s ami
many figures gave it to the ( upturn w ith a
careless air, saying at the same time;
"Read this, Captain, please. It is the
list of those who liuvo agreed to buy. The
reading will please you.”
“Good, Honor Bazilio," said the Cuptain.
as ho eagerly took the paper from the
other • hand and began its pernsal. “We
shall need all wo can get for our notes, as
Honors < Irippard seems deti rmined to deal
hard with us. .
“Excuse me a few moments, Kcnora,” he
added, w.th a bow to her, "while I merely
glance over this paper.”
llis eyes were eagerly upon the paper
while he was speaking.
[TO UK CONTINUED.!
IMPORTANT MOVEMENT.
Tlei-lijtK in North Ciiroliiia of i'roinliienl
.Urn lo Induce liniularuiion South.
The convention for promoting immi
gration to (lie Southern states met at
Hot Springs, N. C. All the Southern
states except Florida and Texas and Ar
kansas were represented with full dele
gations. The meeting was culled to or
der by the Hon. John I). Kelly, jr., o!
New Y'ork, and Governor Fitzbugh Lee
was selected as president of the conven
tion. lie made a neat and appropriate
speech in calling the convention to order,
and immediately proceeded to business.
A motion was made to appoint a commu
te, on business and another on resolu
tions, each to be composed of one man
from each state and one representative for
each committee from the cities represent
ed, after which a recess of live minutes
was taken to give each state time to se
lect a committee. Col. W. P. Price was
made chairman of the Georgia delegation
and Sandy Cohen, of Augusta, selected
as chairman. Governor John B. Gordon,
Bishop Becker, Hon. Patrick Walsh ana
Capt. Evan P. Howell were selected as
the committee for Georgia. At the ex
piration of the five minutes the conveut
ion was again called to order, and the
various states announced their commit
tees. After I his work had been finished
Cardinal Gibbons, who occupied a seat
ou the platform with Governor Gordon,
of Georgi i, and Governor Rich
ardson, of South Carolina, was
called on for a speech. He said:
“I am grateful to the gentlemen con,pos
ing this convention for the honor con
ferred upon me and the eourte-y ex
tended. 1 came here to encourage, so
far as I can, the objects of this meeting.
I have traveled nearly over both hemis
pheres recently, with both eyes open. As
a result of my observations, I can say
that the United States gives to immi
grants such advantages as cannot he ob
tained in the old countries. I have found
everywhere great prosperity in the union.
I have found this is due to the indomita
ble energy of the American people. I
wish every succc s to this movement.
The climate of the South will allow
every laboring man to work 300
out of 300 days in tiie year.”
After ho finished, Right Rev. Bishop
Kane, of West Virginia, was called lor
and made an admirable address on the
importance of immigration. Right Rev.
Bishop Northrop, of South Carolina, also
responded to the call. When he had
linished, Governor Gordon was loudly
called for. and made a very fine address,
as did also Governor Richardson, of
South Carolina. Governor Gordon was
highly complimented on his speech. In
fact, he made the best speech that was
made. The committee will present an
elaborate report, outlining a plau for
bringing immigrants to the South. The
railroads have promised the most liberal
support, and there is every indication
that it will be pressed vigorously. There
were over three hundred delegates, com
posed of prominent men who arc earnestly
in favor of co-operating with the rail
roads in the great undertaking. All the
important roads in the South woie rep
resented, and did all in their power to
shape the proceedings to make the move
ment a success.
LIVELY OLD SOLDIER.
John S. Delano, of La Harpc, 111., tva
arrested for bigamy. He marr ed Ma
tilda Poole, of Norwich, 0., and dt sorted
her in 1845. lie then married Maty
Avery, a widow, at Auburn, lowa. She
died, leaving four children. Delano
married Hannah Conrosc, at Boscobcl,
Wis., duiing the civil war, and she died
a few months afterward. His n-xt vic
tim was Ellen, Battles, of Clairmount,
lowa, whom lie deserted in 1807. lie
married Elizabeth Fitz, at Boscobcl, Wis..
and deserted her. lie then married Mary
Holmes, residence unknown, and she
met the same fate. On February 14, 1871,
be married Mrs. Maria Fields, at Iron
Hill, lowa. They moved to Clinton, and
there it was thought Delano was mur
dered by a man named Lyman Kellogg.
He was assaulted by such a person, but
was not killed. Delano fled to La Harpc,
in 1871 or 1872. and lias since farmed in
that vicinity. He married his eighth
wife, Sirs. Sarah Atwater, at Fountain
Green, in Feb. 1884. llis seventh wife,
Mrs. Slaiia Fields, of Clinton, attempted
to get a pension for Delano’s services in
the Mexican war, believing him to be
dead. Delano, however, had applied
for a pension, and Mrs. Fields, finding
out that he was alive, came on from
Clinton and had him arrested foi bigamy.
It is said that Delano has made two at
tempts to marry since his mairiage to
Mrs. Atwater.
NO FEVER-
The follow ing, signed by ten practic
ing physicians, lias been sent out from
Bartow, Fla., one of the places where
yellow fever is alleged to exist, according
to Surgeon General Hamilton's ieport:
‘-We, the undersigned, embracing every
practicing physic an in this place, hereby
cert fy that there is not now, nor has
thcie ever been, within our knowledge
or information, a single case of yellow
fever within our town, nor within Polk
county, of which Bartow is the county
scut.”
GOOD FOR HIM.
An Illinois philanthropist has given
SIO,OOO for the establishment of an insti
tute in Memphis, Tcnn., for the training
of neg o girls as domes ic servants. Ilis
idea is to have cooking taught as an art,
and a'l the departments of household
work elevated to the dignity of the arts
and sciences.
More Than Ilis Slinre.
“'Ms,” said Bobby, thoughtfully, “I
wish I had a brother or two.”
“Why. Bobby.”
"To divide up the spanking. It's
lough on a boy to be the only one in the
lamlly, that gets spanked.”— E^ch.
“Mr COUNTRY MAY BUS BVBR BB RIGHT. RIGHT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY."—Jiff man
COVINGTON. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 3, ISSN.
REST IX I'EAUE!
rut: a at. la vr in an of the co\-
BE HER .icr It EM EM It Lit EH.
S|i|irn|irluli. mid lli-mnlltil lluplnv In the
l’rlnrl|iul Clili-m I'utrlollt' Ornlora, Hire
Vlu.lr mill n Unioiiua Hnjiply of II n Mir a
-Memorial Day—dear to the Southern
heart from its associations with the heroic
di ail of every grade and rank, whose pre
cious remains lie ail over the land—was
celebrated with a degree of propriety, re
finement of taste and beautiful display,
never surpassed. No Memorial Day in
the past decade was observed more ap
propriately. Nearly every store in the
large towns arid cities closed it* doors,
and nine-tenths of the fitclories and ma
chine shops gave their employes a half
holiday. All ages, both sexes, the high,
the low, the rich and the poor, vied with
each other in showing their devotion to
the day. The soldiers, bedecked in their
flaming uniforms, members of various
secret orders, attired in tlicir uniforms,
the young cadets in their suits
of gray, were astir and showed
a zeal that was commendable.
lif Atlanta, Ga., the procession was a
fine one, and formed as follows: Chief
of Police Connolly, Captain Mercer and
Captain Wright, all handsomely mounted,
were iu front. Immediately following
was the Capital band; then came Judge
Calhoun and Col. Thomas, both mounted
and wearing sashes. The Confederate
veterans, about one hundred in number,
walked two and two. They wore their
new badges. Two tribes of Reel Men
came close behind the veterans. Captain
Jlilledge and Charles VYuirn rode
side, and immediately in their rear was
the Atlanta Rifles brass band. The rest
of the procession was made up as follows;
Atlanta Rifles, Moreland Park Cadets,
Means Cadets, Atlanta Zouaves, Gate
City Guard, Patriarchs Militant, I. O. O.
F.; Calnnthe division K. P., Capital
t. ity K. P., Knights Golden Eagle, At
lanta Artillery, Governor's Horse Guard,
carriages containing orator of the day,
chaplain, Commander Gen. W. A.
Wright, and B. J. Davis, secretary of
Comederate Veterans’ association; carri
ages of Memorial association, containing
ladies of association, judges of the State
and Uniti and States courts, state oflicers
and county and city officers. The pro
cession proceeded to Oakland cemetery,
where an eloquent oration was listened
to, by Col. Thomas Jones, of Alabama.
At Washington. Ga., the day was ob
served more generally than at any time
since the War. Hon. B. S. Irvin ad
dressed the citizens at the court-house,
after which the crowd proceeded to the
cemetery to deck the graves of the Con
federate dead. The new monument of
Gen. Toombs was handsomely festooned
with flowers, and the graves of humble
privates alike received tlicir share of
beautiful flowers. A monument of ever
green, about twenty feet high, was
erected in the center of the public square,
and on it was inscribed, iu white letters:
“To the Memory of our Confederate
Dead.” A Con federate Survivors’ As
sociation was formed with a goodly num
ber.
BATTLE FLAG OF 3l) GF.ORGIA INFANTRY
Over 2,000 people took part in the me
morial exercises, at Milledgeville, Ga,,
and although there was no speaking over
the dead heroes, the ceremonies were ap
propriate and enjoyable. At the Con
federate monument prayers were offered,
and several appropriate songs were ren
dered by a select choir. Salutes were
.fired over tne monument, and the deco
ration of graves took place.
John Mell, memorial orator, delivered
a chaste and eloquent memorial address
in the university chapel, at Athens, Ga.
After the address was delivered the
students of the different colleges in
Athens, the societies and organizations
and the citizens generally formed in line
of march and proceeded to the cemeteiv.
Mr. Sylvanus Morris acted as chief mar
shal and Mr. Albert Howell as assistant,
with Messrs. Couper, Pope and Fred
Morton as aides. The soldiers’ graves
were covered with a profusion of flowers,
and the graves of Gen. T. It. it. Cobb
aud Miss Lucy Cobb received especial
attention at the hands of the I>ucy Cobb
pupils.
In Augusta, Ga., Columbus, Savannah,
Sparta and Albany, Cuthbert, Macon,the
day was very appropriately observed.
The day received a proper recognition
all over the South, and in many places
arrangements were made to erect more
lasting memorials in memory of the valor
of the Confederate soldier. '1 he follow
ing circular was sent to the different
Southern survivors’ associations in Gcor
gia: “The ladies of the Hollywood
Memorial Association are in great need
of outside aid, and have directed me to
present the following statement of facts
to you, and through you to the people o'
Georgia. In our beautiful cemetery of
Hollywood there are buried 5,300 Con
federate soldiers, besides a large number
brought from Gettysburg several years
after the War. Wc have a record show
ing the names, states, commands and
dates of death of 0,175. Of this number
the record shows that 1,354 were soldiers
from Georgia. All the graves are marked
by wooden pegs with tin pieces railed
across the top, on which are numbers
corresponding to names on the above
mentioned record, thus enabling persons
to identify the graves of their friends.
Thesu wooden [legs are now last rotting
away, and the tin pieces containing the
numbers are lieginning to come oil and
he kist. We most earnestly drain' to re
place these unsubstantial head pieces
with granite blocks, having the mimlicrs
cut iu the stone. By this means we will
he unaided to secure iduntifiention of the
graves for all time. The work, however,
must lie done at once or not at all, as a
year or two more will see the last of the
old wooden liegsrotted to the ground. We
need three thousand dollars to do it. Can
von suggest any way by which we could get
help fiom the people of Georgia for .mark
ing of tho graves in the section devoted
to their dead I Any help, hojvever small,
will lie gratefully received, and unless
we do receive help from outside, we will
have to abandon the elTort, ns our own
funds will hardly suffice to keep the
gro las in order. Very respectfully,
Edmund Ciihibtian Minor,
Secretary L. 11. M. A.,
No. I till W Main St., Richmond, Va
Atlanta, Ga., Vhthran's Badob.
SOUTHERN GOSSIP.
BOILED DOH A FACTS AND FAN
CIES INTERESTINGLY STATED .
\crMrnt on I*nul and on Sea-New Knter
prlara—Suicide*—ltelitfioua, Temperance
nml Social .lluitcru.
It is alleged that the books of J. XV.
Barnes, tuwn clerk of Port Royal, S. C.,
-how a Bho.tagc.
Policeman West beat Reporter TVat
ters, of the Atlanta, Ga., Constitution,
ecaase he did not write items to suit
him.
After a careful investigation, the au
thorities of Atlanta, Ga., report thut the
Leyden House of that city w hich recently
burned down, was set on tire in several
places.
The weather is very cold for the sea
son at Lynchburg, Va., and there hat
been heavy frost for the past few nights.
Great anxiety is felt for fruit. It is
thought to be ruined. Ice has formed in
exposed places^
Governor Gordon, of Georgia, com.
missioned Judge J. S. Pope as judge oi
the county court of Pike county for fou;
years. Judge Pope becomes h s owij
successor. He has held the position foi
eight years.
Andy Posey, a colored man who had
been arrested hy the marshal of Besse
mer, AVa., was taken out by a mob and
lynched, by hanging him on a tree.
Posey’s friends gathered in large numbers
threaten ng vengeance, atid assistance
was asked from Birmingham and othei
places by the authorities.
Oliver Bevinc, a millionaire sugai
planter and capitalist, died at New Or
leans, La., after a short illness recently.
He was born in Monroe county, XVcsl
Virginia, seventy-seven years ago, and,
in his youth, emigiated to New Orleans,
where he engaged iu business with tb<
late John Burnside. His fortune is esti
mated at about $8,000,000.
Jim Fields, head waiter of the Man
sion House, in Greenville, 9. C., was
found violently insane ou the street.
Fields created quite a seusstion on the
stieet by stopping 11. G. Beattie, of the
National Bank, and demanding him tc
open the bank. He said that the spirit
of God was iu him and that he was com
pelled to have money to go to Chicago,
where his father recently died.
FINE SHOWING.
Nearly live pages of the Manu
Record, of Baltimoie, Md., is filled with
special letters fisun the governors and ag
ricultural commiss oners of Southern
states, upon the financial condition of
farming interists of the South and the
general progress of that section. In ev
ery case farmers are said to he more pros
perous than for many years, and proof of
this is given in the great decrease in
number and amount of mortgages and
crop liens. The farmers are less in debt
than at any time since the War, and are
buying more liberally of improved labor
saving agricultural implements.. In Ala
bama Governor Seay and K. F. Kolb,
commissioner of agriculture, unite in re
poriing a decrease in the indebtedness on
the part of the farmers and a steady im
provement in their condition all over the
state, with very marked improvements
in buildings, fencing etc. In Arkansas,
Florida and the Caroliuas the same re
port of increasing prosperity is made,
lion. S. A. Jonas, writing of Mississippi,
which is a fair sample, says: “Therehas
never been a time since the AVar when
Mississippi farmers were as near out o!
debt ns at present. There is not to-day
one farm mortgage where there were
twenty ten years ago, and, in fact, it may
be confidently asserted that small farmers
are, in many parts of the state, almost
entirely free from debt. The crop of
1887 paid tens of thousands of our far
mers out of debt and left them in n
splendid condition to enter upon the new
year.” The growth of the South in oth
er lines, is shown bv an increase from
1880 to 1887 of $977,000,000 in tlie as
sesse 1 value of property, notwithstanding
the fact that an immense amount of prop
erty, including railroads, new factories,
etc,, is exempt from taxes and hence is
not ineludod in these figures.
INDIAN WAR.
The Yaqui Indians are now at war with
the Mexican federal forces. They are
fortifying several places and making a
determined stand against the troops. A
few days ago Major Enciso and Lieut.
Valtareal, with two columns of federal
troops, attacked the Indians in a strong
ly fortified position in the Zatnalaquaca
Mountains, near the ttrwnof Aqua Verde.
HORRIBLE DEED.
A wealthy Brazilian has poisoned 3,-
000 Indians in one of the western prov
inces of Brazil ami 800 in another, be
cause they occupied land which could he
much better employed by the w hites. It
is said that the massacre was accom
plished by poisoning all the wells with
strychnine aud chlorate of mercury.
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
INTERESTING DOTS ABOUT OUR
UNITED STATES> OFFICIALS.
Nnaalp About ifco Whim lloiiao-Armr nml
Nnvy Mnttero-Oiir Ilflntlou* WilbOfhor
< ouutrtoa mid Mailont,
CONOUKSHIONAIi.
In the Senate, among the bills reported
from the committee and placed on the
calendar, were the following: To pro
vide fur the enlargement of dimensions
of the wharf at For.riss Monroe. Ap
propriating $3.5,000 for an equestrian
statue of Gen. Zachary Taylor, in the
city of Washington. A number of bills
were taken from the calendar and passed,
among them the House hill for the relief
of the agricultural and mechanical col
lege of .Abi.'miM, anh 'ins 9t!.a*s; bill *;>-
propriiritig $150,001) for a public build
ing in ?<if oik, Va . In the House, Mr.
Breekenridge, of Kentucky, from the
committee on ways and means, reported
the resolution culling on the secretary of
the treasury for information as to the
number of persons in the United States
engaged in manufacturing ami agricultu
ral pursuits, who are subject to competi
tion from foreign countries. Adopted.
The House tlicu went into committee of
the whole, Mr. Springer, of Illinois, in
the chair, ou the tariff bill.
The subject of President Cleveland's
Message being before the Senate, Mr.
Voorhees spoke on the question. In the
course of lus address, the eloquent “Tall
Sycamore” referred to the unkind refer
ences recently made by the presiding of
ficer (Mr. Ingalls) in regard to Generals
Hancock und McClellan. The record of
these officers were recited in detail, and
Mr. X'oorhees defended their uetions....
In the House, Mr. Latham, of Texas,
presented the conference report on the
bill for the relief of postmasters for los
of certain postal funds. The Senate hud
amended the bill by making its provis
ions general, and extending the provis
ions of the act of March 17lh, 1882,
authorizing the postmaster geueial to
adjust certain claims of postmasters for
loss by fire and burglary, so as to include
within claims which shall be adjusted
those arising from loss of postal funds.
The report was agreed to, and the House
went into committee of the whole (Mr.
Springer, of Illinois, in the chair) on the
tariff bill.
The session of the Senate opened with
prayer by Bev. Dr. U. Pereina Mendez,
rabbi of the Spanish and Portuguese
congregation of New York, who, ac
cording to the Hebrew custom, wore his
hat while engaged in prayer. This is the
second instance, proba ly, in tlie history
of the government, certainly within the
last half century, when a Hebrew lias
offered prayer in the Senate. Among the
bills reported from the committee and
placed on the calendar was the following:
To provide for erection of public build
ings for postoffices in towns and cities
where postoflice receipts for three years
preceding have exceeded $30,000 an
nually. Mr. Vest, who re| orted it, said
he would ask Its early consideration, as it
was an important bill and was recom
mended by the postmaster General. On
motion of Mr. Harris, the House bill ap
propriating $200,000 for an arsenal at
Columbia, Tenn., was taken from the
calendar and pasaed. The Senate went
into secret session. After the doors were
reopened the following bills were taken
from the calendar and passed : Appro
priating $25,000 for a lighthouse at St.
Joseph’s Point, Fla.; $35,000 for a light
house at Holland’s island bar,
Chesapeake Bay, and $50,000 for
a lighthouse at Newport News, Va
In the House a bill was reported and
placed upon tlie calendar for the erection
of a public building at Fayetteville, N.
C. Mr. Wise, of Virginia, from the
committee on naval affuirs, renorted a
bill to regulate the course at the naval
academy. Placed on the calendar. A
discussion took place on the tariff which
was participated in by several members.
The Senate confirmed the nominations
of Brigadier-Gen. George Crook to be
major general; J. H. Brooke to be briga
dier general: Lieut. Col. 0. B. Comstock
to be colpnel of engineers; Commander
W. U. Schley to be captain and W. G.
Isaacs, of Alabama, to be chaplain in tlie
navy, and Thomas T. Tumtall, of. Ala
bama, consul at San Salvador... .Tlie
Speaker laid before the House an invita
tion to participate in the celebration of
the centennial anniversary of the inaugu
ration of George Washington, to be held
iu New York, April 30, 1889. Referred
to the committee on judiciary. The
pending business being the Senate bill
granting a pension of SIOO a month to
tlie widow' of Gen. Janies B. Ricketts,
with an amendment reducing the rate to
$75, Mr. Cheadle, of Indiana, opposed
the bill, as it was still further extending
liberal discrimination in favor of the wid
ows of officers and against the widows of
private soldiers. It was time that the
House should call a halt in the enactment
of special pensions. The officers of the
army had not made all the sacrifices; the
men of the musket lmd made the sacri
fices necessary to save the life of the Union.
Under call of the states, resolutions were
introduced and referred directing the
committee on merchant marine and fish
eries to make a sweeping inves
tigation into the Alaska fur seal
fisheries, and calling upon the sec
retary of the treasury for information
upon the subject of these fisheries.
By Mr. Simmons, of North Carolina,
for the appointment of a committee to
iuquirc into tlie intellectual and indus
trial progress of the colored race since
1805. This being the day devoted to
the consideration of bills relating to the
District of Columbia, Mr. Hemphill, of
South Carolina, moved that the House
go into committee of the whole upon
such measures. But friends of the river
ind harbor bill defeated llie motion —
veas 55, nays 100. Mr. Hemphill yielded
to the expressed sentiment of the House
and surrendered the floor, and the House
then went into committee of the whole
upon the river and harbor bill. The
amendment to increase the appropriation
for Arkansas Pass, Texas, from
SIOO,OOO to $150,000 was lost.
Tlie President has decided to visit New
York oil the 30th of May to participate
in the Grand Army memorial exercises in
that city and Brooklyn.
The President has nominated to be
postmasters Edwin Phillips, Newport
News, Va.; Thomas L. Crosluud, llen
nettsvillc, S. C.; William A. .Moore,
Yorkville, S. C.
Mr. Crisp has made a favorable report
from the commerce committee on the
measure allowing the Tennessee and
Coosa Railway company to build a bridge
over the Tennessee river at Guutersville,
Alabama.
The latest “slate" reported, and which
apiiears plausible, la that Justice Gray, of
Massachusetts, will he appointed Chief
Justice, Mr. Phelps, Minist. r to Eng
land, will lie Secretary of State, and
Secretary Bayard will go back to the
Senate.
Tho Senate has confirmed tho nomina
tions of E. L. Martin, postmaster Water
Valley, Miss.; W. T. TValthall, of Mis-is
ipppi, consul at Dcmcrura; Ezekiel E.
Smith, of North Carolina, minister resi
dent and consul-general at Liberia.
Senator Call presented in the Senate
resolutions abopted by the Jacksonville
board of trade, urging the passage with
out delay of the bill to perfect the quar
antine service of the United States, and
urging an amendment providing for the
disinfection or destruction of such ar
ticles ns may he considered by the marine
hospital service, or by state authorities, n
source f infection or disease.
The district commissioners removed
Tax Collector John T. Cook, and Dis
trict Auditor, Isaac 8. Tichenor. E. G.
Davis, formerly a dry goods merchant of
Washington, was appointed to succeed
Mr. Cook, und J. T. Petty, a J so of
TVashinglon, to succeed Xlr. Tichenor.
Petty has been book-keeper in the audi
tor's office many years. Cook is a col
ored man, very popular, and has held
office since 1874.
The members of the appropriation
committee give ns their reason for re
porting adversely the bill to appropriate
$50,000 to the colored adjunct of Au
gusta's, (Ga.) exposition that money
could not be given to but one colored
exposition, and as the the majority of
the colored race prclerred holding their
national exposition in Atlanta, and as
that was exclusively acolored exposition,
they decided to grant the request of the
majority.
The President has granted pardons in
the following eases: Thomas XL Belew,
convicted in Soutli Carolina of retailing
liquor without license. XI. S. Helms,
convicted iu Virginia of selling liquoi
without license. Applications for par
dous were denied in the following eases:
William Henry, convicted iu South Car
olina of using the mails for fraudulent
purposes; Jefferson D. ThoniMson, con
victed iu South Carolina of abstracting
the contents of a letter.
The letting of the star route mail con
tracts was completed. Among the more
prominent ones in the South are the fol
lowing, From Elizabeth City to Fair
field, in North Carolina, steamboat serv
ices twice a week each way, for four
years; contractor, Frank N. Hussey;
compensation $3,500. From Chattahoo
chee to Apalachicola, Fla., steamboat
service three times a week each way for
four years; contractor, Peter Burke;
compensation $8,149 per annum. There
were 1,102 contracts iu nil.
The sub-committee of the appropria
tion committee, appointed to consider
the Kelley bill appropriating $400,000
for Atlanta’s colored exposition, reported
favorably to the full committee, with
the suggestion that the committee make
a favorable report on the bill with an
amendment postponing the exposition
one year. Chairman Henderson, of the
sub-committee, made a statement in
which he said that his amendment was
made in order that the colored people
might have more time to get up credita
ble exhibits and make the exposition £
success.
TENNESSEE ITEMS.
Mumps are prevalent about Monteagle.
Wheat is looking well in Robertson
county... .Considerable typhoid fever in
Bedford county... The prospect of an
excellent fruit yield iu Bedford is good.
... .A negro thief was shot and killed in
Rutherford county.... Rutherford county
farmers are busy planting corn and cot
ton. .. .Mrs. Alzuda Percise, ninety-one
years of age, died in Robertson county.
... .Jeff Stanton, a well known drummer
for Muiray, Dibrcll & Cos., of Nashville,
died of pneumonia at Carthage.... The
Fayetteville Rifles was organized with
U. K. Bryson as captain. They intend
to attend the May drill at Nashville
A wealthy syndicate of Southern capital
ists intend purchasing large tracts of
mineral and timber lands near Winches
ter..,. The fruit crop throughout
West Tennessee is remarkably promising
at present, and it will require an unusual
change in the teniperatuie to hurt it at
ail.. . For the purpose of division, the
valuable property in Nashville known as
Ward's Seminary, together with the good
will of the school, will be 501d....A
man in Cannon county starts the snake
stories for tlie coming year with a
“rattler.” He swears he killed one
five feet seven inches in length and
twelve inches in circumference ...
Congress has been nsked to appropriate
$5,000 for the benefit of the Presbyterian
Church nt Smyrna, tlie church being
knocked down during the War, the ma
terial being used in erecting a stockade
by Union soldiers.... A negro attempted
to rob a man named Phelps on the Mobile
& Ohio road last week. He struck
Phelps over the head with an iron bar,
who pulled a pislol and shot bis assailant
twice. The negro escaped. Phelps was
picked up unconscious.
FIRES.
The high school building and Unita
rian church at Concord, N. H., burned
recently. Loss on the school $50,000; on
the church $20,000... .The Centennial
hotel at Buttle, Mont., was burned re
cently. Jennie M. Ledden was burned
to death and Frank Lincoln, assistant
postmaster at Butte, died from injuries
received at the tiro. .. . The electric plant
which supplied Fall lliver, Mass., with
light was destroyed by tire. Loss $150,-
000; insured... .The chemical paint mills
of the Henry Woodson company, Natick
Crossing, Mass., Mass., burned recently.
Loss, $150,000; fully insured.. .. A por
tion of the Delamater iron works, foot of
West Thirteenth street in New York
burned. Loss, $100,000; fully insured.
Three firemen were badly hurt by falliDg
walls, one probably fatally.
OUT OF JAIL.
The clerk of the superior court and the
sheriff, at Raleigh, N. C., were roused
from their beds by messengers who in
formed them that C. E. Cross and S. C.
White, the president and cash er who
robbed the State National bank, were
ready to give bail and leave the jail,
where they have been for thirteen days.
The officials hastened to the jail and in
spected the bonds, which are for $15,000
each. They were found to be goal.
The clocks were striking midnight
when the prisoneis left the jail, passing
through a little assemblage of spectators.
Cro-s said that he would go to his old
home (Gates county) to live. Both he
and White will be tried in July for for
gery.
NUMBER 26.
WORLD AT LARGE.
l‘E\ PICTURES PAIRTED BY A
CORPS OF ABLE ARTISTS.
Whnr la U*lhx ou North, Knot nn.l Wool
nml Arrooo Ir.VVotrr—Tho Cooling In
roMrnn siloriii.
The Comte de Paris lias issued a mani
festo to the royalists of France, urging a
restoration of a monarchy.
The Massachusetts House of Representa
tives, by a vote of 107 to 30, defeated
the hill granting municipal suffrage to
women.
Gen. Boulauger, of France, has adopt
ed the red carnation ns an emblem. It
is proposed that his followers wear that
flower.
Asa result of the recent raids in Prov
idence, R. 1., officers poured out upon the
ground 100 hogsheads of ale, lager beer,
wines and whisky, valued at over $5,000.
Mile. Deaco, a slack wire performer,
had the wire to break under her at
Steubenvile, Ohio, while giving au open
air performance, and she received inju
ries from which she will die.
The London Chronicle announces the
approaching marriage of Joseph Cham
berlain, who came to the United States to
arrange a fisheries treaty, to Miss Endi
cott, who he met in America.
Central City, Dak., was destroyed hy
lire. Not a store or shop is left standing,
and 123 buildings were burned. Fifty
families were left homeless. Deadwood
ir sending food. The loss is $250,000.
A party of log drivers, on a log drive
in Baraga county, Xlich., attempted to
thaw some dynamite over a cook stov
in their shanty. The result was a terrific
explosion, which killed three men and
severely injured two others.
The Xlanhattim Club has decided to
purchase the Stewart property, corner of
Fifth avenue and 34th street, iu New
Y'ork. They pay SBOO,OOO for it, anti
propose to spend $200,000 for alterations
and refurnishing.
An affray occurred between Turks and
Christians at Khania, in Turkey. One
Christian was killed and his body muti
lated, and one Turk was wounded. Five
hundred Mussulmans threatened the
governor and Christian inhabitants, but
ten of the ringleaders wtre arrested and
quiet was restored.
The Atlantic machine works, in Bos
ton, Mass., were burned, causing au es
timate losss of $150,000. The fire started
in the pattern shop, and the supposi’.ion
is thut it caught from the wires of an
electric light. Four workmen were in
jured; one of them, Robert Cassidy, will
die. The loss probably covered by in
surance.
Workmen in a basement, corner of
State and Jackson streets, in Chicago,
111., were drilling a hole under the street
for a conduit, when their drill tapped
the gas main. One of the men lit a can
dle to see wliat was the matter, when an
explo-ion followed, which wrecked a
clothing store on the first floor, and blew
tip about 70 people. No one was killed,
but many were injured.
Chas. Butler, son of a prominent mer
chant, in Carrollton, Ohio, insulted Jen
nie Fi.-her, an estimable young lady, in
the presence of a crowd, by whistling an
offensive air and calling her “Birdie.”
.Miss Fisher drew from her sleeve a cow
hide and whipped the young man severely
about the head and shoulders for several
uiiuutes. The crowd cheered her hear
tily.
Seven hundred men went to work at
the Edgar Thompson steel works at
Pittsburg, Pa. Two furnaces were fired
up and arrangements are progressing to
start others. Superintendent Jones says
he can get all the men he wants and is
refusing applications. The knights con
tinue firm, and so far there have been no
desertion from their ranks. Pinkerton’s
men and deputy sheriffs are still guarding
the works, but the strikers are giving
them no trouble.
VICTORIA’S VISIT.
Queen Victoria arrived in Chariotten
burg. The empress, crown prince and
crown priuccss, and the prince and
princess of Saxe-Meiningen received her
at the depot. Prince Henry and bis sis
ti rs, Princesses Victoria, Sophie and
Margaret, Sir Edward Malet, British
ambassador at Berlin, the duke of Rut
land and burgomaster and municipal
council of Berlin, were also present. The
greetings between Queen Victoria and
the royal family of Germany were warm.
The crown prince conducted the queen
to an open carriage, drawn by four horses,
which she entered and with the empress
beside her was driven to the castle.
Crowds of people lined the route and
cheered enthusiastically as the carriage
passed. The queen paid a visit to the
emperor shortly after her arrival at the
castle. The doctors feared that the
meeting would excite the emperor and
probably upset him, but their fears were
groundless. The emperor seemed rather
brighter after holding the interview,
and his temperature was normal.
It is repoited that the reason why Queen
Victoria has not visited Berlin or even
passed through Prussian territory since
her accession to the throne is, that Prince
Albert was slighted when, shortly after
his betrothal, he paid a visit to the king
of Prussia. He expected to be treated
as a prospective king of England, but
was moitified to find that be was si ill re
garded ns a plain Duke of Coburg-Gotha
and as-igned a place among the petty
princelings with which the Prussian court
then swarmed. Neither he nor the queen
ever forgot or forgave this humiliating
treatment.
CHINA SHAKEN.
The prefect of Lin An, with Chi
Hien°, of SliipPing, and Kien Shui, un
der him in X liiua, have jointly reported
to the governor of Yunnan as follows:
From the second day of the 12th month
of last year till the third day of this
year there were over ten shocks of earth
quake. accompanied by noise like thun
der. In tlie towns mentioned over 10,000
people were either killed or wounded;
eight or nine-tenths of the houses have
fallen down, and the rest cracked and
leaning over.
GIVEN OUT.
A sensation was caused in manufactur
ing circles at St. Louis. Mo., by the ru
mor that the rich cady of iron ore at Iron
Mountain and Pilot Knob had been ex
hausted, and that the Vulcan Steel Works
would be removed to Cleveland, Ohio.
Tbe shipments have fallen from 22,000
tons of ore per month to 0,000.