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AMERICUS, GEORGIA; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1883.
Written for the Republican.
THE EASY CHAIR,
E. P. FORT.
The old man sat in his easy chair,
At eve when the sun was low
Watching the clouds of departing day,
Dance o’er the fallen snow.
Into the far away shadowy past,
Unbidden memory strayed
Where oft mid scenes too bright to last.
With his dear companions played.
When life was joyous bright and free
No clouds or darkness near
When hope her sweetest notes prolonged,
To quell perchance a fear.
O’er lifes pathway again he roamed,
To manhoods riper years,
Till retrospection made him mourn,
Joys melted int j tears.
Then fancy turned to the evening close
Of a life so near at hand,
And thence to whitened plains above,
In his Father’s goodly land.
The fields ail white, the harvest near,
His days work nearly done,
When farewell Earth its joys and tears,
The conflict o’er, the victory won.
BENJAMIN HARVEY HILL
Eulogies of Georgia’s Great Son.
Tender and Eloquent Tributes to
His Talents and Virtues—Senator
Brown Greatly Moved—The Dead
Statesman’s Love for His Mother
—Notable Speeches in the House.
Washington, Jan. 25. —1n the Sen
ate, to-day having been set apart for
the services in honor of the late Senator
Hill, of Georgia, Mr. Brown, immedi
ately after the reading of the journal,
moved the following resolutions;
Resolved, Tha’t earnestly desiring
to show every possible mark of respect
to the memory of Hon. Benj. 11. Hill,
late a Senator of the United States
from the State of Georgia, and to man
ifest the high estimate in which his
eminent public services and distin
guished patriotism are held, the busi
ness of the Senate be now suspended
that the friends and associates of the
late Senator Hill may pay fitting trib
ute to his high character, his public
services and his private virtues.
Resolved, That in the death of Sen
ator Hill the country has sustained a
loss, which has been felt and deplored
to the utmost limits of the Union.
Resolved, That the Secretary of the
Senate communicate these resolutions
to the House of Representatives.
Resolved, That as an additional
mark of respect for the memory of the
deceased the Senate do now adjourn.
Mr. Brown then delivered an address
in which lie sketched the history of Mr.
Hill, and spoke of his own early differ
ences with him in the politics of Geor
gia, and of their late co-operation and
friendship. In one of the last letters
written by Senator Hill before his death
to Mr. Brown, referring to the past, he
said: “Who would then have thought
that you were during my lifetime to
become my most trusted and confiden
tial friend?’’ Speaking of Mr. Rill’s
career in Congress, Mr. Brown said
that by his ability and character he
soon won the respect and even the
friendship of his leading opponents, and
that at his death Mr. Blaine, his great
antagonist in the House of Representa
tives, wrote a letter of condolence
which did honor to the writer’s head
and heart, and which was highly ap
preciated by the friends of the deceased.
Mr. Brown said that Mr. Hill’s love
for his mother and his veneration for
her memory after death was beautiful
and touching feature of his character.
When at home it was his habit to go
every day into the parlor where her
portrait hung, look tenderly into her
face and bow reverently on retiring, and
when he had become too feeble to walk
alone he had himself carried into the
parlor, and gazing loving on the face,
with eyes filled with tears, he said: “I
shall soon be with her again.”
Mr. Brown spoke at some length of
the religious education and character of
Senator Hill, and said that thfe last
sentence uttered by him was, “Almost
home!”
Mr. Ingalls delivered a brief and elo
quent address, in which he spoke of the
dead Senator as a born polemist, and
said that of all the dead whose obse
quies the Senate had paused to solem
nize, he recalled none whose untimely
fate seemed so lamentable and yet so
rich in prophecy as that of Senator
Hill. Few scenes in modern history
were more tragic than that protracted
combat with death.
Mr. Vest spoke of Mr. Hill’s opposi
tion to secession and of his labors in the
Confederate Congress, after he had gone
out with his State, in defense of the
President of the Confederacy against
Toombs, Yancy, Wigfall and other as
sailants, and of his attempt to nerve
the people to continue the struggle un
til he become satisfied that all was over
and nothing remained for him but to
share the fortunes of the people of
Georgia. In concluding Mr. Vest apos
trophized the dead Senator, saying:
“Patriot, orator, statesman, farewell!
Let Georgia guard well thy grace; for
in her soil rest not the ashes of one
whose life has done more to illustrate
her manhood; whose genius has given
such glory of her name!”
Mr. Morgan said that Alabama, the
eldest daughter of Georgia, approached
thiß occasion with a prond bnt stricken
spirit. He spoke of Mr. Hill's devotion
to the Union, and his reluctance to ad
mit that secession and war were inevit
able; of the greatness of the tasks
which the Confederate Congress had to
perform; of Mr. Hill’s in its
labors, and of his subsequent efforts in
behalf of the people of Georgia in the
reconstruction period, and said that the
late Senator was a hold, daring and
powerful man, whose conviction were
always the guide of his action and the
measure of his duty.
Mr. Edmunds spoke of Mr. Hill as a
man of the very highest order of in
tellectual strength, both in his percep
tive and in his reflective faculties, able
to percieve with clearness the relations
ot things, and the remote as well as
the near effects of current eveuts. A
Whig and an American, he foresaw
something of the future and opposed
secession, but when it was resolved
upon and undertaken, he gave himself
up to what he considered his duty to
his State. This notion of fidelity to
one’s State was almost a natural in
stinct, and often appeared even in the
Senate, whose members are Senators of
the United States and not, in a consti
tutional sense, any more representatives
of the parties of States electing them
than of all other States. Understand
ing and sympathizing with Senator
Hill, though differing widely from him
in respect to many of his acts and opin
ions, Mr. Edmunds had felt deeply for
him and his family and his people i%
the calamity that had come upon them,
and the sympathy and admiration of
all had grown more profound and tender
when they had seen him bearing the
greatest of human sufferings with a
calm and manly fortitude and the su
preme happiness of Christian hope.
Other speeches, equally generous in
their appreciation of the dead Senator,
were made by Messrs. Sherman, Voor
hees and Jones, of Florida.
Mr. Barrow made the closing address.
He spoke of the strong impression made
upon lti.n as a young man by Mr. Hill’s
oratory, and of the great admiration of
tho deceased which he had always felt
in common with the people of Georgia.
He described in a touching manner his
last interview with Senator Hill in At
lanta, just a month before his death.
He found the greatest talker he had
ever known utterly powerless of speech,
and compelled to communicate by writ
ing slowly with a pencil. In reply to
Mr. Barrow’s inquiries, he wrote: “I
wish I could talk. My present doctors
have given me to understand that I
cannot recover, and my time is uncer
tain, from a few months to several
years. They have told me to employ
any other doctors and remedies I see
proper.” 1 Aft the conclusion of Mr.
Barrow’s remarks, the resolutions were
adopted and the Senate adjourned.
Mr. Hammond opened the eulogies
in the House. Many fine speeches were
made. S. S. Cox made, perhaps the
best, though that of Senator Ingalls
was as brilliant as a diarae"' l ,. Mr,
Hammond referred to Senator Hill's
well known love for the union of the
States. In speaking of his delivery as
a speaker, he said he never told an
anecdote, quoted neither poetry nor the
classics, yet he charmed and electrified
his audience. The patience of the dead
Senator in bearing his suffering was
told in forcible expression. Mr. Hill’s
written replies to his pastor just before
his death were told with effect and fer
vor. Mr. Hammond concluded as fol
lows:
“Of such a character as this it can
be but said: ‘Oh! death where is thy
sting? Oh! grave where thy victory?’ ”
Mr. Speer made a good effort. His
speech was rhetorical.
Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, followed
him. He referred to the great amnes
ty debate in tho House a few years ago,
and said it was a battle of giants, in
which Mr. Hill was second to none.
Though the side which he advocated
was often voted down, he was never
overcome by any. He was exalted and
eloquent. His reasoning was not tech
nical, but he cut down to tho very root
in debate. lie would snatch victory
from defeat. He was aggressive in his
argument. He attacked the enemy in
the centre, seldom in the flank, He
was as formidable as a debater as
any man of his day. He struck fierce
ly at a foe, but without animosity. He
was not a great reader, but his reading
was such as to strengthen his mind.
The summit of his ambition was to
serve his country well.
Mr.House, of Tennessee, said that
Mr. Hill’s death caused a vacancy in
the national councils which could not
be supplied. He was a debated and a
statesman of brilliancy. He belonged
to the first class of AmerJ&m states
men. Distinguished as was his life,
all the honors showered on him paled
before the sublime patience and Christ
ian fortitude with which he met death.
Mr. Wellborn, of Texas, said that
Mr. Hill was a great lawyer, orator
and statesman. He always saw thein
evitable and made the best of all situ
ations. His intellect was equal to any
emergency, and he possessed a fidelity
to duty from which nothing could sev
er him. He loved his country, and
held that good government was the
highest boon that could be given a peo
ple. He wound up elegantly and
touchingly, dwelling upon the last
words of the dead Senator, “almost
home.”
Mr. Kasson compared Senator Hill
with Oliver Cromwell. Ho was stur
dy and honest in purpose. His intel
lect was of unusual power. He was
not prejudiced against the North,
though his honest hope for the welfare
of thq South had led many to think so.
His integrity of heart was great. He
never failed to impress one with the
certainty of the honesty of his convic
tions. No higher tribute could be
paid to the honor of the dead than for
every member of Congress to practice
the virtues which he possessed.
Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, said that
Mr. Hill was so simple, yet so lucid
and so,forcible in his arguments, that
the salient points of them were seized
on by the most intelligent. His words
were always the words of wisdom and
lofty patrotism. Wherever he spoke
and whatever he said was for the in
terest. of his country.
Mr. Cox made the last Speech. He
compared Mr Hill to Gambetta, and
drew a parallel between their deaths.
Mr. Hill had rounded a life of the rar
est mould. His character combined
beauty with strength. He had a legal
mind. His forte was as an advocate.
His choice for the unity of Georgia
rather than the unity of his country
was honest. He was to the South
what Gambetta was to France. Both
were to save, but both were there to re
build and restore. He was all for
Georgia. His robust physique, bis
eloquence, his silvery voice, was all
for Georgia. His devotion to Georgia
was but the stepping-stone to his love
for his country. He was more than
a classic hero. He was a follower of
•the meek and lowly one. Mr. Cox
paid a high tribute to the long roll of
Georgians who have achieved fame as
statesmen, soldiers and sailors.
TO THE PEOPLE OP GEORGIA.
Department of Agriculture, )
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. lGth,lßß3.j
The General Assembly, during its
recent session, passed the following
resolution, to-wit:
Resolved, by the General Assem
bly of Georgia, That His Excellency,'
the Governor, he and he is hereby au
thorized to invite and receive specimens
of tho agricultural, horticultural, min
eral, and manufactured products, and
of the forestry of this State, that may
be furnished him.by tho citizens of this
State for the purpose of forwarding the
same to the Exposition to be held in
Boston, Massachusetts, in September,
1883.
Approved December 9th, 1882.
In pursuance of which His Excel
lency, Governor Alexander 11. Ste
phens, issued, January 4th, the follow
ing proclamation, to-wit:
A Proclamation by the Governor.
A CALL FOR SPECIMENS OF GEORGIA PROD
UCTS, AGRICULTURAL HORTICULTU
RAL, FORESTRY, MINERALS AND
MANUFACTURERS.
Executive Department,!
State of Georgia, s
Ati.anta, Ga., Jan. 4th 1883.)
Whereas, heretofore, to-wit, in the
month of November last, the following
communication was received by me, as
Governor of the S'tate, from the Secre
tary of the New England Manufactu
rers' and Mechanics' institution, or
Boston, Mass., to-wit:
New England Manufacturers’ and
Mechanics’ Institution, Treasurer’s
Office 38 Hawley Street, Boston,Mass.,
October 30th, 1882.
To His Excellency, the Governor
of Georgia : *
“Dear Sir —ln behalf of the New
England Manufacturers’ and Mechan
ics’ Institute, and by the authority of
its official board, I hereby extend to tlie
State of Georgia a cordi-tl invitation to
make an exhibit of its agricultural pro
ducts and resources at the third annual
fair of the Institute, which will be open
edthe first week of September, 1883,
and continue until a day in Novem
ber to be determined hereafter.
“An invitation of like tenor has
been sent to the Governor of every one
of the Southern States. The purpose
of the proposed exhibition is to afford
an opportunity to all those States and
Territories which wish for settlers from
the North to present, in practical
shape, examples of the product* of the
soil illustrative of its adaptability to
the various branches of planting, farm
ing and horticulture. The new rail
way system of the great West will be
invited to make a similar exhibition at
the Institute, that the North may thus
become, for the time being, the arena
in which the South and West may
compete with each other for that sur
plus population which yearly leaves
New England in search of homes else
where.
“The invitation is forwarded at this
early day that your Excellency may
have ample time to consider the sub
ject, and to make such suggestions
thereon to the Legislature of your State
as you may deem appropriate. With
high consideration, I am sir, yours
most respectfully,
Frederick D. Griffin.
Secretary.”
And whereas, the above communica
tion was submitted by me to the Gen
eral Assembly of the State at the last
session for their consideration, and
such action as they might deem prop
er in the premises, whereupon the Gen
eral Assembly passed the following
resolution, to-wit:
“Resolved, by the General Assem
bly ot Georgia, That His Excellency,
the Governor, be and is hereby author
ized to invite and receive specimens of
the agricultural, horticultural, mineral
and manufactured products, and of tlie
foresty of this State, that may he fur
nished him by the citizens of this State,
for the purpose of forwarding the same
to the Exposition to bo held in Boston,
Massachusetts, in September, 1883.
“Approved December 9th, 1882.-”
Now, therefore, in the discharge of
the duty assigned to me by the resoli -
tion of the Legislature, I hereby in
this Proclamation give general notice
to the citizens of Georgia, that I have
put this business in the hands of Hon.
J. T. Henderson, Commissioner of
Agriculture of this State, with direc
tions that he tako charge of all the
correspondence on this subject, and
that all citizens of the State he and
they are hereby requested to send to
him such specimens of the agricultural,
horticultural, mineral and manufactur
ed products, and ot the forestry of tliis
State, as they may be able and feel
disposed to contribute to the exposi
tion aforesaid.
I moreover hereby give a cordial in
vitation to all citizens to make such
contributions as they may bo able to
make, that Georgia, in her vast and
varied resources, may be well repre
sented among her sister States in this
Exposition.
The collection thus made by the the
Commissioner of Agriculture to be
held by him subject to the disposition
of the Legislature at its adjourned ses
sion in July next.
Alexander 11. Stephens,
By the Governor. Governor.
I. W. Avery.
Secretary Executive Department.
It h aving been thus made my duty
to solicit and receive the proposed con
tributions, 1 take this method of bring
ing the matter to the attention of the
people of the State.
Georgia is rich in undeveloped min
eral, agricultural and manufacturing
resources, but has neither the capital
nor the population necessary to their
speedy development. New England
lias surplus capital and population
seeking profitable investment and em
ployment. Owing to the intelligent ef
forts of the States of the Northwest to
make known their resources, by judi
cious exhibitions of their products at
tho various Exhibitions, the great bulk
of both the surplus capital and popula
tion of tho East have sought employ
ment in the West.
We desire to turn a portion of this
capital and population to Georgia, but
iu order to do this, we must make
known our resources by exhibiting rep
resentative specimens of our products 1
where they will be brought to the at
tention of capitalists and those seek
ing homes in a more genial clime and
a less crowded region.
An admirable opportunity is now
afforded to make an exhibit of our re
sources, and make known the induce
ments offered by our great State to cap
italists and immigrants. As will be
seen by the foregoing invitation, the
managers of the New England Manu
facturers’ and Mechanics’ Institute of
fer ample space for an exhibition of
our resources, free of charge.
It rests with the people ol the State
to say whether they desire to make
known the resources of their State, by
contributing specimens of their pro
ducts for this exhibits.
If they expect and show bv contribu
tions ttieir interest in the matter, tliey
thereby express their desire to have our
dormant wealth developed by the intro
duction of capital from abroad.
If they decline to contribute, they
practically say to the outside world,
we need neither capital nor immigrants
—our resources, it is true, are great,
and we have not the capital to detelop
them, but we do not desire to make
them known to the people of other
States.
The people of Georgia will not take
such a position. To suppflse it, would
be an insult to their intelligence. The
people of the State are alive to the best
interest of the commonwealth, and will
not be lack'ng in public spirit when
called upon to contribute for her ad
vancement.
A full illustrative exhibit of the rich
and varied resources of Georgia at the
Exposition to be held at Boston, a great
center of capital and population, next
fall, will be of incalculable value to
our State, by inducing an investment
in our mineral and agricultural lands,
our water-powers and our forests, of a
liberal share of the surplus capital of
the East seeking investment abroad.
The General Assembly adopted the
foregoing resolution, it appears, for
the purpose of giving the people of the
Stale an opportunity of showing, by
their response to the invitation of the
Governor, to contribute specimens of
products, their desire to have the State
avail herself of the opportunity thus
afforded for making known lier re
sources, by appropriating the funds
necessary to accomplish the'desired end
and maintain the dignity of this great
State.
If the contributions are made in
sufficient variety and quantity to cor
rectly represent the State, tlie General
Assembly will interpret such action on
the part of the people as an expression
of their desire that the State make the
proposed illustration of her resources,
and will probably make all necessary
appropriation for that purpose.
In view of these facts, every patriotic
citizen is earnestly solicited to contri
bute any and all products which will
tend to illustrate the resources of our
great State.
what is desired.
Owners of mineral lauds and quar
ries of building stone are requested to
prepare such specimens of their ores or
building stone as will correctly repre
sent the deposit in each case, and have
them ready for shipment to this de
partment by the first of June next, ac
eampanied with all facts of interest,
such as the extent of the mine or qarry,
the average per centage of the metal in
the ores, tlie strength of the building
material, etc.
The specimens of the building mate
rial should be in cubes one foot square
some dressed and some rough, to lllu
trate the cleavage, or facility with which
they are quarried. Specimens of all
other mineral deposits are desired.
WOODS.
Specimens ol all valuable woods are
desired, to illustrate the timber and
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lumber resources of the State. The
specimens of woods should be one foot
in length, and cut into either halves or
quarters, and the split surfaces dressed.
Owners of saw-mills, and lumber
dealers, are requested to prepare repre
sentative specimens of the stock which
they handle, embracing a full line from
framing timber to shingles.
BRICK, DRAIN TILE, ETC.
Specimens of clay suited for mechan
ical purposes, both crude and prepared
in every commercial form produced in
the State, will be acceptable.
Specimens of limestone and marl, both
natural and prepared for agricultural
and mechanical uses, are desired.
Specimens of cement, from the stone
to the artificial stone, and pipe produc
ed from it, are requested.
TURPENTINE PRODUCTS
From sections of trees, illustrating the
system of boxing and collecting the
crude material, to the moßt insignifi
cant product of the manufacture, prop
erly arranged for exhibition, are solicit
ed.
MANUFACTURED.
The products of every variety of
manufacture, including cotton, woolen,
iron, steel, wooden ware, earthen ware,
and various products from cotton seed;
in a word, specimens of every variety
of good manufactured within the State
are solicited.
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL PRO
DUCTS.
The farmers and horticulturists of
the State are earnestly requested to
plant with especial reference to produc
ing good representative specimens of
every product of the soil. The growers
of improved seeds are requested to avail
themselves of this opportunity for ad
vertising the same, by preparing espe
cially for exibition good specimens of
each crop grown by them.
Those who have no private interests
to subserve, it is hoped will give an il
lustration of their public spirit by mak
ing voluntary contributions of tlieir
products for the general interest of the
State, which cannot he advanced with
out advantage to all her citizens.
TO SOCIETIES AND GRANGES.
Experience in every department has
demonstrated the advantage of organi
zation.
Valuable aid, in discharging this re
sponsible duty assigned me by the Gov
ernor, qs expected from the co-operation
of the various agricultural organizations
of the State.
They are respectfully requested to
take such steps at their next meeting as
will secure a creditable representation
ot tneir respective counties, uucu ui -
ganizations may accomplish much by
systematic work, in fuitherance of
wlfich the following suggestion is made,
viz: Let each organization at its next
meeting assign to each member the du
ty of growing certain specific crops
with special view to the selection of
creditable specimens for exhibition. .
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.
Those who are willing to contribute,
collect or prepare specimens for exhi
bition, are requested to correspond with
the Commissioner of Agriculture at an
early date, stating what articles they
can supply.
As soon as the names of contributors
are reported, with the character of the
contributions proposed, blank forms on
which to convey the necessary infor
mation to accompany the exhibits will
he mailed to the contributors. The
Commissioner will take pleasure in
furnishing anv information wliieh pro
posed contributors may desire.
Cards with shipping dirictions will
he furnished at the proper time on ap
plication. The co-operation of all good
citizens is confidently expected in the
prosecution of this important work, in
which evetv Georgian is deeply in
terested. Very respectfully,
J. T. HENDERSON,
Commissioner of Agriculture.
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“Two of course.”
“That’s yhere you are mistaken. I
have bitten three or four ends off this
stick of candy and there are two left
yet.” .
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