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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