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VOL. 1. NO. 9.
THE BULLOCK BONDS.
The State Bond as leased by
Governor Bullock.
Mr>. Felton Some Faeti from the
Record That It W ill Re Well for the
Young Wen to" Remember.
No 4
As the lease of the state road is
under discussion by the legislature
at this time, it is perhaps well to
ptve facts pertaining to the other
lease for public information instead
of an article on Mullock bonds this
week.
In January 1872, after Governor
Bullock fled tin* state in October
of 1871, a legislative committee met
in Atlanta and took testimony from
lessees and bondsmen of the lease
company to see how the tiling had
been done. I shall only concern
mysel. with the testimony of those
whose veracity was unquestioned,
and whose high standing then and
afterwards made their testimony
valuable and conclusive.
Parties testified that they were
told by bondsmen that Bullock had
a share in the lease, but their words
were discounted by some unlueky
transactions in business —not con
nected with the lease matters —and
if Governor Mullock was interested
he was concealed as a silent part
ner with Kimball and some others,
who had been intimately connected
with his hunk deposits, etc.
General Win. H. Holt, president
of the .Southwestern railroad, was
the first person called whose high
character, then and later, made a
deep impression on the committee,
of whom Judge Win. M. Reese was
chairman. General Holt was a
bondsman for the lease company at
the time lie gave the following tes
timony:
“About ten days after the lease
act passed then* was a meeting of
my hoard of directors. Mr. Wad
ley was a director in the Central
railroad us well as the Southwest
ern road. We “learned that Gover
nor Brown was at the head of a
company. We heard the Georgia
railroad was to lie used as one of
Hie securities. We supposed Mr.
Peters was in it, and Mr. Kimball
was, because he was in pretty much
everything at that time. We talked
the matter over, and concluded
that if only one railroad in Georgia
was •upon the bond, the state road
\\Oiihl lie run in its interests.”
/ Not to lie tedious, the idea of an
other lease company grew out of
that idea. General Holt, president
of tb f , vestern railroad, Cap
"iSr.rfa ** nVre; >.' ,*cun un
Western railroad, and W. B. John
ston, leading director in the Cen
tral railroad, then went to work to
make up a lease company. Morrill,
who came here with Delano and
Cameron, got in; also, General Aus
tell, Mott., Powers and others agreed
to join. They had negotiations in
Atlanta with Governor Brown’s
company, and Hon. M. H. Hill took j
h hand with the Macon party, and
from his testimony it appears he
was spokesman a greater part of
the time, until the two companies
were consolidated on Saturday
before Christmas day, and
the lease for $25,000 per month was
selected between midnight and
day, over a responsible lease bid of
$.15,000 —by which the state suffered
a clean clear loss of $2,400,000 in the
next twenty years—ten thousand
per month. General Holt testified
that they took in Delano and Cam
eron to influence Bullock—who
wanted Influence in Washington—
some thought to be made foreign
minister, or something equally
profitable. But Kimball and Chief
Justice Brown overbalanced Dela
no and Cameron. On that memo
rable Saturday night, 23 shares
were agreed upon; eleven to each
of the factions, namely: the Brown
and Hilt bidders, and the balance
of power to the twenty-third man—
a Mr. Dennison, of New York —the
bead of the Express company, to
which Bullock belonged before lie
came governor, and who was
known to bo of the Brown party.
Plant, of Augusta, who succeeded
Bullock,-was also a lessee.
Mr. W. B. Johnston testified, and
confirmed General Holt in all ss
rl leu 1 twrs.
f'apt. White, of the Macon road,
was sworn and asked if he knew of
Kimball's making a demand for
' money to pay services in getting
lease bill passed. His answer will
be found on page 54 of the official
report:
“Governor Brown and Mr. Kim
ball Kith spoke of expenditures
that had been made in connection
with the lease. We insisted that
any expenses'incurred by them
without our knowledge and consent
were incur ret I at their own risk—
we would have nothing to do with
them (the Brown party).*
Question. "“Did you infer that this
money was to pay lobbyists?"
Answer. “Yes; that was just my
idea. I do not know whether it
was for Governor Bullock or some
members of the legislature, but my
inference was that it was for out
siders. This claim was made
known the second day after the
lease was made. I recollect Gov
era ir Brown saying at one time
that some parties were importu
nate to whom something had l>een
promised; that we would have to
do something for them.”
Quest lon. “You were on the com
mittee to which the matter was re
ferred, and they just agreed that
the president should take that
much money?”
Answer. “Yes, sir. We did not
want to know. It was for trans-
THE CARTERSVILLE EXPRESS.
actions that were prior to the lease,
prior to the formation of this com
pany. No account was evfr made
to the company of tit** disburse
ment of that $50,000.”
Mr. B. H. Hill sworn: lie saw
Dunlap Sipott, the author of the
lease bill, who told him there was
a bill pending to authorize the sale
of the road, and he said, “Mr. Hill,
if that bill passes, I tell you the
state of Georgia will never get the
wrapping of your finger for the
road.” Hill was exceeding averse
to Bullock’s leasing the road, and
he asked Seott why not appoint
commissioners instead of Bullock?
He said they were compelled to get
republican votes to pass It, and
they could not get them if Bullock
was ignored. Hill opened comrnu-'
nication with presidents of other
Georgia railroads, and the partind
immediately associated with Hill
were, White, Holt, W. B. Johnston
and Nutting. He heard of the ar
rival of Delano and Cameron. Af
terwards went to see Bullock, and
told him if a chief justice made a
company, Hill would fight it to tin*
last. “We were all willing to takf*
in the Pennsylvania men, Delano,
Cameron, Seott and Watters. I
went to see Bullock, and he asked
if I thought he was hound to lease
the road; said he didn’t want to
lease to anybody then; that lie
wanted it to ‘soak.’” Hill told
him he would lie impeached if he
did not lease, if a properly made
hid was offered. Bullock suggested
General (Jordon as a lessee because
he had been bis opponent. “On
Saturday night the parties came to
terms. Each aide was suspicious
of the other. It was agreed to pay
$25,000 a month. We piaffe the bid
Saturday night, 24th December. It
was sent in that night or Monday.
It was sent In, I think, between
that time Monday. On Tuesday
we were notified the hid was ac
cepted. Governor Brown took
possession Tuesday afternoon about
five o’clock.”.
Question. “Mr. Austell testified
he saw you, Delano and Cameron
on Monday morning, and you said
arrangements had not been com
pleted then ?”
Answer. “General Austell must
have been mistaken. General Aus
tell was among those left out who
wanted to get in.”
Question. “Why was Morrill pre
ferred to Austell?”
Answer. “Morrill got his inter
est through Delano. Wcott, Watters
Delano and Cameron commanded a
great deal of money and he came
in with them.”
In response to the $50,000, of
which Captain White testified, Hill
.aid. “V. r s were suspV-lcv.s t-kis
money was to Ik* used for outside
purposes, and a committee was ap
pointed to see how money was
spent.”
Question. “Did that committee,
of which you were a member, ever
have a meeting?”
“No, sir; we never had a meeting.
I took the liberty of asking Gover
nor Brown where that $50,000 went
to. He said he paid $40,000 to Ohio
Falls (.’ar Company, retainer of $2,-
500 to me, ant! retainer to Mr.
Dougherty of $2,500.”
Question. “If you were so suspi
cious about that money why did
not your committee meet?”
Answer. “Because we were never
summoned.”
It. E. Cowart testified “that a leg
islator named Ilooks told him Gov
ernor Brown secured twelve votes
for the lease and gave their names.
Hooks told Cowart they were
bought.”
Levi C. Wells testified “that he
had been a member of the city
council of Atlanta two or throe
terms. Was tax assessor for At
lanta last year- (1871). He boarded
the Macon train and found Hill,
Nutting and Johnston on train. Sat
near and heard them discuss the
lease. Hill said in* told Kimball
that the lessees could not entertain
the idea of reimbursing him for the
$50,000 which he had used to buy
off competition.”
Governor Brown sworn: Said he
did not conceal his bid — there were
several conferences Until the night
of 24th of December. They were at
the Kimball house. “It was spoken
of that next day was Sunday, and
Christmas, and our hid could be
and mpped in the postoffice or carried
to the governoi’*tinit night. 1 be
lieve it was done. I think it was
signed before 12 o'clock. We re
mained in the room until aland 2
o'clock in the morning. Mr. Delano,
Mr. Hill and myself drew up the
papers. Late in the afternoon the
lease was sent to the secretary of
state's office, the great seal placet!
on it, and delivered to me. I went
to the railroad and demanded pos
i session of the railroad, carrying a
note from the governor. I took
the keys. That’s the way we went
into possession of the road, at half
past five o’clock, 27th of December.”
That suspicious $50,000 caused
! Captain White and General Holt
again to appear on the stand. Cap
tain White testified thus:
“The fifty thousand asked for as
a pressing necessity of the company
i were not asked for to carry on ope
rations of the road. It was to dis
tribute to persons outside. There
was also a proposition to provide
means for the road. The treasurer,
Morrill, told me that money was
raised and paid out. He told me
how Governor Brown got the
; money. In some instances he
drew his cheek ou banks that had
funds of the company. I think
Watters lent the first $20,000; the
other $30,000 were raised from the
funds of the company. The treas
urer was directed to take Governor
i Brown’s note as president and hold
CAUTERSVILLE, BARTOW C<o., GA., THURSDAY", OCTOBER 17, 1889.
it as cash. Mr. Cameron and others
said while they were unwilling to
pay one farthing as a company,
they were willing to give their por
tion of the earnings to Governor
Brown, and let him do what he
pleased with it, and then lie could
appropriate it to the note. I have
never seen the note, but simply
know that under a proposition orig
inating with myself, that was the
direction given to the treasurer. I
heard Watters say he wanted his
money; that it had to be provided
for. The committee ordered the
checks to be settled by note of Go\-
ernor Brown. I never heard of it
afterwards.”
Question. “Who made the repre
sentations with reference to these
Obligations?”
Answer. “I think the most prom
inent were Governor Brown and j
Mr. Kimball.”
Question. “How do you know
those checks were ever in Morrill’s
hands?”
Answer. “He showed them tome
once. Governor Brown says he paid
$40,000 to Ohio Falls Car Company.
If you will look at the proceedings
you will see that the state negotia
ted for them and it was intended
to be charged up as material on
hand. When the committee was
appointed to investigate the out
standing obligations of the road,
Bullock notified the lessees through
Brown that the state would not lie
charged with these cars. It never
came before us until the company’s
affairs had been examined by the
auditing board; and it was their
recommendation that the state
should ignore tin* contract. When
that was done, we were told if we
wanted the cars we had better buy
them. We did so.”
The legislative investigating com
mittee examined the books and
pronounced Captain White correct.
Mr. Hill wrote a tart letter to Judge
Reese concerning General Gor
don’s testimony—who proved by
letters that he had been offered and
declined a share—whereupon Judge
Reese wrote a reply in these words:
The examination of White, Holt and
Morrill was not, as you are informed,
upon surmises and suspicions, hut upon
the declarations and admissions of les
sees and upon matters of fact. It did
not elicit anything unfavorable to any
member of your company in procuring
the lease. It did elicit the fact that your
company raised and placed with Gover
nor Brown $50,000 to satisfy some obli
gation which had been incurred and of
which lie declined to explain their na
ture, except to say if “the company did
not intend to meet them the lease ought
to be given up;” of which Mr. Kimball
said “the lessees owed their seats to
them;” which, as to amount, botli Gov
ernor Brown and Mr, Kimball said they
amounted to SIBO,OOO. Governor Brown
was Informed by Mr. Nunnally (mem
-* ;>r -of' 'vhy>t had. Ks*n
proven—but when he came, he said
nothing of White and Holt’s testimony.
* * * If I was a lessee, as you are, I
would at once accept the offer of investi
gation before the courts, and their de
cision upon the case.
Wm. M. Reese,
Chairman Lease Committee.
Mbs. W. H. Felton.
Ail Anglo-Saxon South.
[Philadelphia Record.]
The New Orleans Times-Demo
orat corrects a statement in The
Record ascribing a latin origin to
a majority of the white people in
the southern states, and with some
asperity professes its astonishment
that “a paper of the standing of
The Record should be so far off.”
By way of comment the Times-
Democrat makes some interesting
observations which are worth re
printing. It says:
There is some French blood in
Louisiana and some little latin
blood in South Carolina, Florida
and Texas, but, with the exception
of Lousiana, this Latin element
forms an infinitesimal portion of
the white population. New Eng
land, with its large French Cana
dian population, is finitely more
Latin to-day than any other South
ern State, with this single excep
tion. Asa matter of fact, the
South is the most Anglo-Saxon por
tion of the country, the English
elements being infinitely larger
in Virginia, the two Carolinas
and Georgia than anywhere north
of the line, where the large immi
gration of late years lias completely
changed the character of the pop
ulation. New England, originally
nearly pure English, has altogether
changed in the last forty years.
To-day Boston is essentially an
Irish city while ihe French Cana
dian influence already predomi
nates in many manufacturing
towns, and is growing stronger.
Only a short time ago one of the
most prominent New Englanders,
traveling in the South, was some
/what surprised to find the people
so purely Anglo-Saxon in the race,
and came rightly to the conclusion
that the original the
deeendants of the men who found
ed and estbalished this republic,
were to In 1 found to-day umyixed
with any other race in portion
i of the country.
Two Very Useful Women.
[Business Woman’s Journal.]
The termsof Miss Grace H. Dodge
and Mrs. Agnew as school'commis
sioners on the New York school
board expire in January. The cause
of education has been so benetitted
by their service that every reflect
ing person who hits the good of the
city at heart, must hope that the
mayor will reappoint them, and
that they will be willing to continue
to serve.
It will pay to rake up the leaves
that will soon fall and store them
in some convenient place for use as
betiding during the winter. Dry
leaves make a warm bed, are easily
handled when being removed, and
also absorb the liquids.
1 M. F. Word sells combs.
DELIGHTED DURHAM.
Some of Sam’s Sample Sermons
Slugs Saint and Sinner.
Mr. .Jones Attacks Whiskey In No Uncer
tain Terms and Given the Back
sliders a Severe Raking.
[Durham, N. C., Daily Globe.]
The opening service at Parrish’s
warehouse which had been trans
formed into a delightful taberna
cle, every available portion of space
being occupied by seats, a large
crowd had assembled by two
o’clock, at three the time for open
ing the services the house was filled
but none were standing. The floor
manager stated to,a reporter that
there were over twice the number
! of people present that turned out to
hear Ml Jones for the first time
last year.
While Professor Excell was sing
ing some hy-mua with his Mr.
Jones entered the hall from the
front and ascended the steps of the
platform. There was a noticeable
change in his appearance of last
‘year due to his late sickness, but
there was still that keen sparkle of
the eye and straight carriage. Not
the slightest sound was heard when
he took his seat though it could be
seen by the animated and expec
tant expressions on the faces of his
audience that a hearty and enthu
siastic welcome awaited him. Mr.
Jones was attired in a black suit
with Prince Albert coat closely but
toned.
When the last notes of the sing
ing died away, Mr. Jones rose with
a smile of greeting and began: “My
friends this is surely a glad hour
with me. Each day of the months
that have elapsed since last I look
ed on many of these faces now be
fore me have carried with them
precious memories of those meet
ings so richly blessed.”
“I thank God that it is now my
privilege to preach to you again of
that same gospel which inspired
your faith twelve months ago. We
are here to pray the same prayers,
to look up to the same Lord and in
addition to take our neighbors by
the hands and lead them to Christ.”
“1 know of nothing to fly around
the earth so fast as the news of a
great and successful revival of re
ligion. Last year it was the sub
ject of conversation on the train,
on the streets and at business. It
is a wonder how it spreads. YVhen
a city is being blessed by a revival
the news spreads and the whole'
country is made aware of it.”
“We have a revival in manufac
turing, in , r a?ming aniTin mTnftqjf"
interests. It means that these in
dustries are in full blast and that
those engaged in them are prosper
ing. So in a genuiue revival of re
ligion somebody must get a blessing
from the increased activity.
“A man who is prospering in busi
ness doesn’t hide the fact. You say
lie looks like a well-to-do man. A
man who is prospering in religion
can no more hide it than he can put
out the sun. He shows it in his
family, in his business and his
amusements.
“Now we want another revival
in Durham. We don’t want one
like we had last year. Don’t pray
for that or draw comparisons be
tween the one this year and that.
The one this year will be quite of
another sort, but we will all be
blessed and abundantly blessed.
You saw things last year which you
won’t see this year, so don’t look for
the same things. The Lord will
give us what he intends us to have
and we should be satisfied.
“The same blessing will attend
these meetings as attended those
at Antioch 1500 years ago. There
are people who say “oh if I could
have seen Christ that would have
settled my hash,’ and that the day
of miracles has passed and it is
hard now to believe.
“Brother, to me the attestations
of the divinity of Christ and the
truth of his teachings by its stand
ing the test of these hundreds of
years are more powerful to me than
any miracles. Why, I’m a miracle
myself. The fact that Christ saved
me, a miserable sinner, is a greater
miracle than the changing of water
into wine or the healing of a crip
ple.”
They had reverends in the days
of Barnabas. They have reverends
in these days. These old reverends
got together and talked over the re
vival which had just broke out at
Antioch. These old fellows shook
their heads and looked wise and
said: “Let’s send Barnabas over
to see about that revival which is
creating such a stir. Barnabas is a
safe man and they can’t take him
in easily. Let him go over and sam
ple it and keep low and mind he
doesn’t let anyone know he’s there.”
“These are the safe old fellows
you find in the churches. They are
not safe because they save the
church, but safe because they never
risk anything.”
“A man came to me once and
-aid, ‘Jones, I never saw such meet
meetings in my life. They are
grand, but don’t you fear a reaction ?’
I saitj to him, ‘You have been hold
ing prayer-meetings regularly once
a week for the past six months;
have you had a convert yet?’ ‘No,’
he replied. ‘Then,’ I said, ‘you have
had no action, therefore you can’t
have a reaction. You fellows go
around here talking about reactions,
but it’s the best sign there’s been
an action. You are the safe old fel
lows.’”
“A revival is as catching as small
pox. Barnabas eouldn’t stand it
and he just got up and shouted.
He saw God Almighty was in the
| movei neQt and he couldn’t stay
out.” !
“tar - V 2 U ever notice a Baptist
preaclwhile a Methodist revival
was g ’> n fT uh ? You see him on the
streA an <l he walks with his head
down. You speak to him and he
ar you with a groan. He’s
down g’-0 Die mouth and shows the
effect.-! <>f as clear a case of liver dis
ease ar you ever saw.”
“iy " you ever notice the Pres
byteri n preacher when the Meth
odists Iwere having a revival ? Oh,
he do4“’**t know anything about it
at all. He holds his head way up
yonder aQ d tells you he doesn’t
know nytiling about it, he believes
someth in g of the kind.is going on.
These Methodists generally break
out t*-’’-t way once every few
monthf-*
“Brethren, I don’t know how
many of you have kept the faith
since 1 ; - ** y°u. I know some have
been bi' efitted and remained true
to youi' uromise. to Christ, but I
didn’t m'.' rantee any* of you then.
I dou'dfs.u.irantee a man until he’s
dead and in heaven and the pearly
gates sire locked hard and the fence
too high for him to jump out. Then
I’ll gu t -antee him.”
“Thefilteral meaning of the word
religio v-is to tie back. The world
broke Loose 6,000 years ago, and
God asks us to come back, to tie
back b bim. When I want to go
to Wav' gton I get on a sleeper
and cU ave to it and as sure as fate
if that lee per goes to Washington,
Igoto >. Ho if I cleave to duty, I
am sur for heaven.”
“Nov, the bull dog is a cleaver in
the gei ue sense of the word. You
can’t k Mm off, you can’t cuss
him of! you can’t beat him off.
\ T ou c-Ja only choke him to death.
He’s a cleaver. He’s there to stay.
Every member of the church ought
to have a grip on God so you can’t
cuss in ud you can’t kick him
loose, ’• >- nly when clammy death
seals h yes will he loose his hold.”
“There’s a good deal of the cur
dog in j s fellows. Stamp your foot
•and hell loose his hold and run.
You g<fl your religion last year, but
as sooi as the devil stamped his
foot some of you dropped your hold,
tucked your tails and ran. You got
up here last year and said: “God
help me, I’m going to vote whisky
out of town.” You lying rascal you,
you bo.yiegged rascal, if you had
had yter election a week after I
left, yG would have routed whisky
and it would never have returned.”
“A cir is a heapeasiersetonthan
a bull og. You can set a cur on
anythiig from a grasshopper to an
can’t do a bull dog
that wlßjr won’t look up unless
Iplfc' 1 ■>v.on".+j
bite uii inhere is something big
enoughU* • get ahr’ ■* o/j. Who ever
saw al J ra i dog afte r a grasshopper ?”
Mr. J°" "es then ice of the con
versiorT 0 'I'* 1 '* John B. Gough from the
life of $ to a temperance
lecturenif He spoke of the conver
sion ofjiimpulsive spirits, as Simon
Peter I and others, who had once
been c< inverted and had fallen and
returnt;d to the faith. All of those
who ha and gone astray since the last
meetin g he invited to come forward
with ot hers who were not then pres
ent and re-consecrate themselves to
God. ’
After reciting an affecting inci
dent wjhich occurred in one of his
meetings In Minneapolis, Mr. Jones
repeated his invitations to those
who hid received benefit from the
sermon to come forward and give
their hands during the singing of a
hymn. > A number responded to the
invitation and went forward. After
the ser vices Mr. Jones’ many friends
crowded around him, and would
have kept him busy shaking hands
for an hour had he not torn himself
away to go home.
Some of Sam's Sharp Sayings.
These is nothing true and lasting
but heaven.
The man who has got the most
money is the least happy.
Christ preached practical religion.
He nevev discussed theological
dogmas.
Money may bring luxuries and all
that, but it brings a sight of cares
and troubles,
If there is anybody specially I
want to see go to heaven it is the
poor whites and niggers.
The Inost consummate pauper on
earth \h the young man who has no
raoneyand no religion.
The reason why there is so much
poor preaching is because there is
so much poor hearing.
Nobody but an infernal scoundrel
would sell liquor and nobody but an
infernal fool would drink it.
A saloon-keeper was like a louse
because he gets his living off the
heads of families.
Some men would be better if they
had better wives. A man whose
wife was one of these little old
worldly try-to-be-sassiety creatures
was to be pitied. You can fix up so
cheap nowadays. You can play
sassiety for $2.
Do you want to know what I
think of the man who goes to the
circus ! He is a composition o' the
town sot, a one-eyed nigger and a
dog.
I’d rgther be a hundred old maids
rolled into one than to be a drunk
ard’s wife. Whenever his eyes
rested upon an old man, he bee'ame
impressed with the fact that some
body hadn’t done his duty. And on
the other hand when he saw an old
bachelor, some how or other he
thought of a hog. He couldn’t ac
count for this association of ideas,
but it always occurred to him just
that w ay.
Miotidoes not sell anything but the
be**.
HOW HE WAS CAUGHT.
The Story of the Capture of Jef
ferson Davis.
It 1 Tol<t by an Kye Wltuemi Who Was
With the Federal Forces at the
Time—An Historical Paper.
* [St. Louis Republic.]
After the regular meeting of the
Ransom Post in their halls in the
Odd Fellows’ building last evening,
an open session followed to which
the families and friends of the
members had been invited. There
was a large attendance, and the ex
ercise consisting of music and ad
dresses were more than ordinary
interest. Commander Smith P.
Galt presided, and his address gave
a highly entertaining account of the
visit of the Ransome Post delega
tion to the Milwaukee reunion. The
principal feature pf the evening’*
diversion J ' ,er, was a paper
read by T. H. Peabody,
junior member of the law firm of
Bentley & Peabody, on the capture
of Jefferson Davis. Mr. Peabody
was the first man to address Mr.
Da vis in making the arrest, and his
account of the capture, about which
there have been so many false and
exaggerated accounts, can be re
ceived as authentic, and being of
general interest is herewith given
in full:
Old soldiers will readily recall
that during the month of March,
1865, there was begun a forward
march of all the union armies and
forces of the yet hold and defiant
confederacy. The silent man, Gen
eral Grant, now of holy memory,
was tightening the grip around
doomed Richmond. General Sher
man, in many elements' the nrjost
brilliant general of our armies, was
pushing his way northward after
the “grand march to the sea.” Vic
torious “Pap” Thomas, now with
those who nobly died, with Ken
tucky, Tennessee, and northern
Georgia all his, subsequent to the
annihilation of Hood’s army at
Nashville, and other combinations
at the front. With all this, our sol
diers, brave and grim, thrilled with
feeling and consciousness that foui*
long years of terrible, red war was
nearing an end, and that peace was
near in the future.
On the 22nd day of March-, 1865,
the cavalry corps of the military di
vision of the Mississippi, command
ed by Major-General Wilson, num
bering some 12,500 men, broke camp
at and ground Gravelly Springs,
Ala., near the Tennessee line, and,
crossing to the swollen Tennessee
river, struck out southward for Sel
ma, Ala., situated on the north
bank of the Alabama river.
After several days of rapid
marches and heavy skirmishes
down through Monticello, Birming
ham and Black Warrior river sec
tions, and on the 2nd day of April,
1865, our forces reached Selma,
which was being defended by Gen
eral Forest and a force of expe
rienced confederates. Colonel It.
H. G. Minty, of the Fourth Michi
gan cavalry, of which I was a mem
ber, was in command of the second
division, under orders of General
Wilson. Colonel Minty dismount
ed his whole division, consisting of
the Fourth Michigan cavalry, of
Seventh Pennsylvania cavalry,
Fourth Ohio Cavalry, in one bri
gade, and Wilder’s or Miller’s
splendid brigade or mounted infan
try, and, forming them in line,
charged the earth works, and a
short but terrific battle ensued. A
hail of leaden bullets poured over
the fortifications from the effective
seven-shooter Spencer carbines and
rifles, with which our division was
armed, and soon Selma, with all its
foundries, rolling mills, armament,
supplies and very extensive arsenal
and 2,700 prisoners were ours.
Among the prisoners captured here
was Samuel Kennard, now one of
our foremost citizens and president
of the great exposition. “Sam” was
then a dashing “rebel” artillery
lieutenant, and foremost among
Selma’s defenders. Whenever we
meet here in St. Louis we recall the
scenes of those days, and with us
“the blue and the gray” fraternize
and are glad the war is over and
its red billows calmed in peace.
On the 9th of April we left Selma
and pushed straight east for Mont
gomery, Ala., some four days’ march
from Selma. Montgomery was
evacuated by the confederate forces
without a battle. Here we were in
possession af the first capital of the
confederacy in which went out a
defiance to the United States. But
between that day and the day of its
capture oh! how sick was our whole
country of war, carnage and death.
Very many beautiful, well dressed
women lined the sidewalks in
Montgomery and cheered and sym
pathized with our prisoners of war,
many of whom we paroled here.
Four more days’ march eastward,
and with another brilliajit fight,
Columbus, Ga., was ours.
Old General Cobb commanded
the enemy, and with forces captur
ed not by us he retreated toward
Macon, Ga., four days’ distant east
ward. On the 20th day of April we
reached Macon, and after a short
parley the confederate army, under
General Cobb, surrendered to the
“yanks.” All this four weeks we
had no news from our other armies,
and we knew nothing of the mo
mentous events happening else
where. Remember this was the
20th of April, and on this day we
first learned that Richmond was on
the night of the 2d evacuated; that
General Lee and his army had on
the 9th surrendered to Grant and
Sheridan and that the grand army
of the Potomac, which had helped
to make them great, and oh! sad
and sorrowful to hear—that Abra
ham Lincoln—our noble president,
had been foully assassinated on the
14th of April, and just when the
sunlight of peace had begun to lift
the clouds from over our sorely dis
tracted country.
Our cavalry corps went into camp
in and around Macon, Ga., and in
the early part of May it was learn
ed that Jefferson Davis, president
of the Confederate States, was flee
ing to Texas to join General Kirby
Smith, there try and re-establish
the confederacy. Orders were at
once issued by General Wilson for
his capture. The First Wisconsin
cavalry was ordered out on the
north and east hank of the Ocmul
gee river, and Colonel Minty ordered
out his old regiment, the Fourth
Michigan cavalry, down the south
or west side of the same river, with
instructions to intercept and cap--
ture Mr. Davis and the party with
hi-ili. At
south of Mai; -qu it was learned dn.
Davis’ fleeing party had here cross
ed the ferry over the Ocmulgee and
were moving southward toward lr
winsville, Ga., thirty miles below
and one hundred miles south of
Macon. Lieutenant Colonel Prich
ard, in command Of the Fourth
Michigan cavalry, inarched the reg
iment rapidly down the river road,
and after a thirty mile ride reached
Irwinsville late in the night and
learned that he had gotten in ad
vance of the Davis party. Early
on the morning of the 10th of May
he charged into the camp of the
“fleeing Confederacy,” and Mr. Da
vis never joined Kirby Smith in
Texas. Many false and nonsensical
stories have been related about this
capture and different regiments
given its credit. Now these are the
facts:
Jefferson Davis was captured by
the Fourth Michigan cavalry in the
early morning of May 10th, at Ir
winsville, in Southern Georgia.
With him were Mr. Reagan, of
Texas, his postmaster-general; Cap
tain Moody, of Mississippi, an old
neighbor of the Davis family; Gov
ernor Lubbeck, of Texas, Colonels
Harrison and Johnson, of his staff;
Mrs. Davis and her four children,
Maggie, some JO years old, Jeff
about 8, Willie about 5 and a girl
baby, a brother and sister of Mrs.
Davis, a white and one colored ser
vant woman, a small force of cav
alry, a few others and a small train
of horses, mules, wagons and ambu
lances. Among the horsey were a
span of carriage horses presented to
Mrs. Davis by the citizens of Rich
mond during the hey-day of the
confederacy, also a splendid saddle- I
A "-.nfptiliiAn! i
himself. On the 11th of May, the
next day after the capture and
while on our w'ay back to Macon,
as officer of the guard over the dis
tinguished prisoner, I rode at the
side of Mr. Reagan, now senator
from Texas. I found him a very
fine gentleman. During that day’s
march a courier from Macon noti
fied us in printed slips of the SIOO,-
000 reward for Davis’ capture, and
which notice connected Davis with
the assassination of President Lin
coln. When Mr. Reagan read the
notice he earnestly protested that
Mr. Davis had no connection what- ,
ever with that sorrowful affair.
History lias shown he had none.
Besides the suit of men’s clothing
worn by Mr. Davis he had on when
captured Mrs. Davis’ large water
proof dress or robe, thrown over his
own fine gray suit, and a blanket
shawl thrown on over his head and
shoulders. This shawl and robe
were finally deposited in the arch
ives of the war department at
Washington by order of Secretary
Stanton. The story of the “hoop
skirt, sun-bonnet and calico wrap
per” was started in the fertile brain
of the reporters and in the illustrat
ed papers of that day.
There were many interesting in
cidents connected with this cap
ture, but I have not the time now
to relate them. Of the children of
this noted couple, Maggie grew up,
married, and is now living in Colo
rado. One of the boys died early.
One grew to manhood, married and
died with yellow fever near Mem
phis since the war, and that “girl
baby” grew up to womanhood and
is now a beautiful and talented
young lady and known as the
“Daughter of the Confederacy.” C
My mind often reverts to those
days of the war, and I often think
of that scene and the march back
; from IrwinSVille, Ga., through the
! somber pine woods, swamps and
! plantations of Southern Georgia.
The Drift Against the Party In Power.
[Philadelphia Record.]
The fact that the democrats have
made gains in Connecticut and
have carried the cities Newark
and Indianapolis at the late mu
nicipal electinn is full of good cheer.
Connecticut, Indiana and New
Jersey are states in which the re
publican party sometimes manage
to carry off the palm of victory.
Indianapolis is a staunch republican
city. Newark is also in the hab
it of giving ’occasional resublican
majorties. However the voting
may be explained by political
journals on one-side or the other,
the decisive simultaneous lurch
toward democracy inthreedoubtful
states will have but one Interpre
tation in the minds of unprejudiced
observers. It shows that the drift
is against the p- rty In power. The
Harrison adrnistration as far as
heard from has failed to awaken
popular enthusiasm, or secure
popular support.
M. F. Word sells feather dusters.
M. F. Word sells pocket books.
M. F. Word sella butter color.
ROASTED IN MID-AIR.
A \i esteru Union Lineman's
Frightful Fate.
Ho ToichM a Deadly wire and U Dead
In an hitwit-lh* Fifth Vletlin
I® Two Weeks.
New York, October 11.—The
long roll of deaths from electric
wires had ats addition to-day, which
makes five within about two weeks.
At the southwest corner Chambers j
and Centre streets there Is a tele
graph pole 50 feet high, with aj
double set of cross-arms extending
east and west and north and south.
On these arms are telephones, tele
graphic and electric light wires.
One of them—John Peeks—had
thrown one leg over the fourth
cr/~s piece and stretched himself to
> wires. Ills gulfed fe
. * ert .**%.- t*\lic ••(..
h i work. Ove rested upon a very
thick w ire, and the other touched a )
small wire above.
In stretching forward either his
chin or his hand came in contact
with a second wire. The current
was completed. In an instant the
body stiffened. The head was rais l
ed and the whole form seemed to
have been cast in an iron mold.
Tiie man was dead in an instant.
His leg remained over the cross-bar,
but his feet, chin and hands were
elevated, as though lie had suffered
mortal agony. In an instant the
flesh was burned and turned red.
What seemed to be fungi
upon his throat and upon his wrists.
Even as the gathering crowd look
ed on the unfortunate fellow’s
mouth and nostrils belched forth
white smoke, lie was being liter
ally roasted. All the time his posi
tion was as natural as in life. His
wavy brown hair could be s<*en on
lus forehead, as his soft w hite hat
rested on the back of his head. His
sleeves were rolled up, and his hand
and arm pressed against the wire
could be seen burning.
One w’ire was cutting and burning
ihto his throat, another across I.is
cheek and the third on top of his
hand. Blood was spurting out into
the open air in many directions!
and the sidewalk and street for a
distance of ten feet was soon cover
ed with the drops.
It did not take long for a horrified
crowd to gather. After the body
had been hanging on the pole for
about fifteen minutes half a dozen
linemen arrived and went up to the
pole. Putting on rubber gloves they
proceeded to cut away the wire
which had done the killing, as w "'■s
as.others that were in the V—
A rope was attached to the*——
and it was lowered to the side* rw
The crowd rushed in, and clubs had
to be used freely to drive the people
back. A stretcher was brought,
and the body was taken into the
engine house on the corner.
If the officials of the company
owning the wires could have heard
the exclamations of angry disgust
which many made, and the terms
in which they were spoken of, they
might hurry a little to get the dan
gerous wires under ground.
ATTEMPT TO POISON A~PRIEST.
Arttonic l*la-*-<l in tho Wlnen Ho Usotl
While Celnlirallni; Muu.
Oneida, Oct. 9.—An attempt was
made yesterday to poison Rev.
James Kelly, pastor of St. Patrick’s
church, in this village. In celebrat
ing mass in the morning Father
Kelly partook of about two tea
spoonfuls of wine. Immediately
thereafter he was seized with a
burning sensation in the stomach.
He retired from the altar and sent
to a drug store for an antidote. An
emetic was prescribed, which had
the desired effect of relieving his
stoipach. Dr. Bailey was summoned
and applied the usual remedies for
poison. Father Kelly was deathly
sick when taken to his home, hut
lie is now considered out of danger.
Father Kelly Is well known in
Oneida, and it is not known that he
has an enemy in the world. The
theory is that some one entered the
church Sunday night by means of
a false key, and put the poison in a
small bottle of wine left there. Ar
senic was found scattered on the
table, on the altar, and on the|floor.
One of the parishioners went to
.Syracuse,today to have the wim
analyzed, and returned this *even'-
ing. Several tests were made, each
disclosing the presence of arsenic
In large quantities.
A MAD HULL’S VICTIMS.
One Gored to Death and Another Ter
ribly Wounded.
Carlisle, I*a., Oct. 11.—A mad
hull attacked Martha Jane Morri
son and Miss Radabaugh in the
field of Samuel Radabaugh, near
here, yesterday afternoon, and after
tossing Miss Morrison on his horns
until she was dead, horribly gored
Miss Radabaugh. Rut for the
timely appearance of assistance
there would have been two dead
victims instead of one.
Miss Morrison was 13 years of
age, and with Mr. Radabaugh’s
daughter was gathering nuts In a
field near the farm-house in which
the cattle were grazing. They
were at different trees and sepa
rated by a ridge, when Simon
Mentzer, a nephew of Mr. Rada
baugh, on his way to the house
heard a scream and saw a great
commotion amongthe cattle. Miss
Radabaugh also heard the scream
and ran toward the herd.
Before she and Mentzer arrived
upon the scene they saw the hull
rush upon the child, and, impaling
her upon his horns, toss her in the
air, and when she fell stab her
si \ YliaH
again with his Jhorns. I’hc'-SS
rinted animal then hacked off/aid
Mis.-' liadabatigh ran up to the pros-'
form of her young friend and
took if in her armsl The unfortu
nate girl was dead, having been
pierced through the heart and also
through the lungs.
But not satisfied with one victim'
the bull now moves out from the
circle of cattle, where he stood
viewing the results of his fmy, and
attacked Miss Radabaugh. He
knocked her down and began gor
ing her, when Simon Mentzer final
ly succeeeed, after a desperate f
fort, in beating oft' the infuriated
animal with a club ami a pitchfork,
thus saving the young I .Jy from .
horrible death. She sustained some’'
severe injuries, but will recover.
A WOMAN’S SEVEMdB.
Mrs. Cunningham Has Mrs.GelAlxw Vet J
to Tea In Order to Wliip J'.\.\ j
Kli VBETH. Oct. o.
a* I .-V.i Tvidow 'roiuin.f*nH
vv ail st ~ Eiizabethport, ,\
islied last night for an alleged
dal which she was accused of c
latijig. Mrs. James Cunninji J
liviug at 130 Court street, fc£ I
grieved at a report which co:'/
her name unpleasantly with
Louis Cassidy, a bartend*
dissembled her wrath, •
and invited Mr-. (ies-iiocl I
house to tea. When sin
there she locked her dooi. ■
her victim could not
then attacked her. M rs, *
who a big,
herself defend, hut she wa I
down, it is said, with a chc \ I
It is asserted that Mrs. H
ham kicked and st uck
also slashed her with a kni .■
Gessiioeker’s screams of * 'H
brought a crowd around t thH
who hurst in tin* doors an* H
her. Slie swooned when
dragged out bleeding fro
cuts. Her clothing was
most to jiieees. This eve MS
daughter said she was m H
leave her bed.- Mrs. (,’uon
after her hated guest w C3
away, took people ir
and pointed proudly to the TH
of the punishment she <36cV
in the shape of btooifctfl,h,~
carpet. She could not be foui,t f
day, as she had locked upherap
ments,. and gone to New Y l “ * ,M “
where her husband works. n S w
THE CARPET TRUST NEX
Ijarga Manufttct urers In Sccr
sulfation.
Boston, Oct. 9.—The A g |_
Wool Reporter will say to
“A meeting was held at tl.
DUDi, /SASt.
“Tarpet manufacturers’ trusi^““^B
of the largest carpet
of New England, New
Philadelphia were present. The
real object of the meeting (which
was held with closed doors) was to
discuss the situation, and, if practi
cable, to take initial steps toward
forming a trust or close combina
tion. It Is stated on reliable author
ity that the promoters of the scheme
have interested a majority of the
manufacturers, considered as to
amount of production, and that
they expect to be able to coutr'jß
from 75 to 85 per cent, of the
production.
“There arc (hose on the
though directly concerned iWS
movement, whose interests
be seriously affected should U
be consummated, who are inclined
to regard the whole thing as vision
ary and without the shadow of a
probability of being carried through.
A carpet trust is among the possi
bilities, however, and it is said that
the German and other capitalists
stand ready to put $25,000,000 into
it”
Twelve persons are pow in the
Tombs, New York, who have com
mitted murder since- January 1
last, and for whom the question of
the constitutionality of the elec
trical law has, therefore, an absorb.,
ing interest. Rut with the
guards which the law now thr< <’>f
around criminals in the shajd’
new trials and appeals, it ’rmem-.
hardly he safe to predict the^ 1
of capital punishment that rn
in use when these
shall he called upon to expiate thciiß
crimes.
It Is reported that the AijVsisqicW
Valley railroad is going to take*
precautions against the robbery of
its trains by arming its employes
with Winchester rifles. The recent
robbery of the Mobile and Ohio
train has alarmed the officials of
the Mississippi Valley route, and
they are determined to do all thfy
can to protect the train.
DDkmluUoii Notice.
The partnership of Peacock & Veal has
been dissolved by mutual consent, B. If.
Veal retiring. All persons indebted to
the firm are requested to make immedi
ate settlement. Thanking the people
of this section for their past liberal pat
ronage, and asking for a continuance of
the same to the new firm, we are,
RBBP6CtfullTf ■
E. L. PEACOfK.
B. H. Veal.
To the Public:
From the above It will be seen tl at I
have bought out Mr. Veal’s interest in
the North (ieorgia Cheap Furnit • ■
House. I will do my utmost to
the past good rept.'alion of th
and assure the people ,•
will he done for the sa
turners. Kespectfulh’ 1
JIONEV TO LOAN.
The Atlanta Trust and Hat'., \
panv is prepared ' ■ l‘u .
oil aide rales of interest uii I. H
iv farininir lands. < ■'
i.oct,..ant.'* 'S V
auggJ-liu i-u< ir I '.
Thurman stays liooi*,™,*
keeps out of the poli. i*, i,-e. j M