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GEORGIA HOME JOURNAL.
W. ADDISON KNOWLES, Prop’r.
VOLUME XI—NO. 20.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
pimaSTimsh I
DRUGS, lIIIICIS
AND
CHEMICALS.
Paints,Oils, Colors, Brushes.
GOODS constantly arriving. Large
J-’ stock WINDOW GLASS, all sizes
6xlo to 30x80. Full assortment LAMPS,
CHIMNEYS. CHANDELIERS, LANT
ERNS, TOILET SOAPS, PERFUMERY,
POMADES, etc., etc. Tlie best
Garden Seeds,
ONION SETS. POTATOES, &c., for
this climate from Robt. Buist, Philadelphia,
10c papers sold at 5c strictly—warranted
freak and genuine, crop 1882. FINEST
SUGARS in town. SMOKING and
CHEWING TOBACCO.
t&tgF Physician’s Prescriptions care
fully comjwmnded and dispensed,
JNO. A. GRIFFIN,
OLIVERS QUICK RELIEF
WILL CURE
Colics, Tootliache, Colic in horses
Coughs, Earache, Insect Stings.
Colds, Headache, Bites of insects
Croup, lilieumajism, Catarrh,and pain
Cram)*, Neuralgia, in man or beast.
Prepared by MAYS & CO., Atlanta, Ga,
Sold by J. A. Griffln, Greenesboro.
mar 23 83
DRESS MAKING!
BY
MRS. A.G. HARRIS,
RECENTLY OF ATLANTA,
At the STATIIAM HOTEL BUILDING
oyer Dr. Walker's Drug Store. Prices low.
Prompt attention given to all orders and
satisfaction guaranteed. upr2o S3
GEORGIA RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE.
to:
Georgia Railroad, Cos. )
Office General Manager, >
Augusta, April 28th, ’82.)
C COMMENCING SUNDAY, tlie29th insl.
> the following Passenger Schedule will
be operated:
FAST LIUBI
NO. 27. ’WKST IJAII.Y. j NO. 28. EAST DAIt.Y.
I.vi, \uimaia.7:Jflam.-i.La O-so
j Ar Gr'nsbo’ 5:26 p m
“ Gr'nslio’lo:ls “ | “ Athens... 8:25 “
Ar Atlanta 1:00 pm | “ Augusta 8:10 “
NO. 1 WEST — DAILY. NO. 2 EAST—DAIt.Y.
Lv AngustatO 30 a m Lv Atlanta 825 a m
“ Macon.. 705 “ “ G’boro’. 12 0!) p m
“ Mil'dge. 910 “ Ar Athens 505 pm
“ Cainak.l2 29 “ Ar Wash’t. 255 “
“ Wash’t.ll 20 “ “Catnak. 157 “
“ Athens. 905 “ Mil'dge. 449 “
Ar G'boro'. 215 p m “ Macon .0 45 “
Ar Atlanta. 550 p m Ar Augusta 355 p m
SO. 3 WEST — DAILY. SO. 4 EAST — DAILY.
Lv Augusts.!) 00 p m Lv Atlanta.B BO p m
Ar G’boro’.. 144a rn Ar G'buro' 140 a m
Ar Atlanta.. 640 “ Ar Augusta 6 20a tn
C-rSUPEKB IMPROVED SLEEPERS
TO AUGUSTA & ATLANTA.
Train No. 27 will stop at and receive
passengers to and from the following
points only: Belair, Bcrzclia, Harlem,
Thomson, Camak, Orawfordvillc, Union
Point, Greenosboro. Madison, Rutledge,
Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone
Mountain and Decatur.
Train No. 28 will stop at, and receive pas
sengers to and from the folllowing stations,
only, Bcrzclia, Harlem, Dearing, Thomson,
Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point,
Greenesboro, Madison, Rutledge, Social
Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain
and Decatur.
The Fast Line lias Through Sleeper from
Atlanta te Charleston and connects for all
points West and Northwest, East and South
east.
E. R. DORSEY,
General Passenger Agent
Jxo. W. Green, Gen’l Manager,
WM, E. BENSON,
MERCHANTTAILOR
AND DEALER IN
BITS ME nffISDK CIOS.
743 Broad Streel,
Augusta, * Ga.
e*T have a lull line of SPRING PAT
TERNS. including the latest and most fash
ionable styles, and I guarantee entire satis
faction. I make Wedding Suits a specialty.
Give me a call meh. 2nd, 83.
WOMAN.
How Shall She Preserve Her Health
and Beauty ?
One who has loDg investigated this sub
ject gives the result, and is happy to say
that it is found in “Woman’s Best Friend.”
It is adapted especially to that great central,
all-controlling orgao, the womb, correcting
Its disorders, a caring any irregularity of
•.he “menses, or courses. ’ Dr. J Brad j
field's Female Regulator acts like a charm !
in whites, and in sudden or gradual check
ing, or in entire stoppage of the “monthly
courses,” from cold, meutal trouble or like
causes, by restoring the natural discharge in
every instance. Iu chronic cases, ho often
resulting In ulceration, falling of the womb,
its action is prompt amWeeisivp, saving the
constitution from numherleas evils and pre- i
mature decay. Prepared by Dr. J Brad
field, Atlanta. Ga. Price, trial size, 75 cts; I
large size $1.50. For sale by all druggists. :
my 11 83
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
ORDINARY’S NOTICES.
William K. Mullins and Robert. L. Mc-
Whorter Administrators of the Estate of
William N. Williams and Thomas M. Bry
an, Administrators of the Estate of James
11. Hart—apply foi Letters of Dismission
from said Estates and such Letters will lie
granted on the first Monday in June next
unless good objections are filed.
Jesse P. Wilson, Admininistrator of the
Estate of Willian T. Doster and John M.
Chapman, deceased, applies for Letters of
Dismission from said administrations, and
suc'a Letters will be granted on the first
Monday in July next, unless good objec
tions are filed.
JOEL P. THORNTON, Ordinary.
March 17th, 1883.
SPECIAL LOCALS
—Sweeps, scrapes and scooper steel just
received by C. A. Davis & Cos.
—Tax off Tobacco, cigars and snnff—pri
ces all reduced by C. A. Davis & Cos.
—The handsomest Parasols and best Um
brellas can be had of C. A. Davis & Cos.
—E. B. Moylan. Sr., Savannah, Ga.,
says: “I have been troubled with my blood,
and after using Brown's Iron Bitters, am
much improved.”
Black Alpaca Sacks and Frocks. Fancy
Alpacas, Sursuckers, Drop D’Ete Sacks and
Erocks to arrive. Alpaca Vests, White
Vests, White Ties, Fifth Aveuue Scarfs at
C. A. Davis & Co’s.
—Y’ott can buy nice muslins at 5c yard of
C. A. Davis & Cos.
—Keep medicine on hand in lime of need,
and always have a box of Gilder’s Liver
Pills ready.
—Rufflers, Tuckers, Corders, flemmers,
Shuttles, Bobbins for Singer Sewing Ma
chines cheap at C. A. Davis & Co’s.
AtTorsTA, January 10. 1883.
Allow me to say that your ’ll. H. P. far
suspasses any Liver Medicine I have ever
used. It promotes health, digestion, and
purifies the blood. No family should be
without it. M. Newsome.
—J. W. Swann : “I grow ns fine apples
as anyone in the county. I bought my
trees of tlie Rochester Nursery.”—O. T.
Hightower, Agent, Greenesboro’, Ga.
—All kinds Shoemakers Findings: Sole
Leather, Upper Leather, Shoe Tin end,
Ready made Uppers. Ready rut Soli’s, Kip
Skins, Calf Skins, Lining Skins at C. A.
Davis & Go’s.
Waldo P Wilson, Darlot, Ga.,savs:
“Brown’s Iron Bitters cured my mother of
dyspepsia when all other remedies failed.”
Remember that- every rash subscriber'
to the Homr Journal is entitled to a copy
of “Kendall's Trends on the Morsennd Ili"
Diseases” free. If you have not paid up
your subscription do so at once and secure
this valuable work.
Besides our large stock of Fine Cloth*
in*, we have just received from New York,
a large lot Job Clothing at about j to A price.
Um'S’S tfooils —tb(4 POMS Will BUT.:
prise you. —C. A. Davis & Cos. J
Wlmt Coo. A. Hall says • 1 1 have gath
ered peaches from m3’ ■ .roh-v.l
from 12 to 14 ounces; trees bought from
Rochester Nursery. O T Hightower, Agt..
Greenesboro’, Ga.
i W. M. TAPPAN. O. W. TAPI’AN.
W. M. TAPPAN & SON,
—DEALERS IN
General Merchandise,
WHITE PLAINS, GA.,
OFFER FIVE HUNDRED BUSHELS
first-class rust-proof oats for sale.
Haiman s single-foot Plow Stocks (to
close out) at $1.50.
Hainmn’s (wood and iron beam) double
! foot stoeks, .$3.
Lot of empty kerosene and syrup barrels.
Lot of six finger Turkey-wing Grain Cra
dles, just in.
Lot of Scoville Hoes No. 1,2, and 3, and
handles for same.
Lot of No. 1 and 2 Garden Hoes with
handles.
Lot Standard seamless Bags.
Fresh lot of Rice and fresh roasted Pea
nuts, just in.
Lot of Gents’ Si raw, Wool and Fur Ilats,
nobby styles, just in.
Another case of full-weight, solid as wire
Brogans, just in.
Gents’ Ready-made Shirts, full line, and
prices range from 35c to $1.75.
Gents’ Unlaundriod Shirts, “O. K.," good
as the Pearl. Price sl.
Full line of Cottonades. Price, from 10c
to 27c per yard.
Big drive in Clothing. Pants from 50c
to $lO. Coats 500 up. Heavy discounts
on broken and unmatched suits.
We are closing out a lot of Coats at about
half value.
We offer a large lot of scalloped and plain
GraniteßowlsandfiatDisl.es at “marked
down" prices. Cheaper now than ever.
Two pairs Fairbanks Scales for sale low.
One No 7 Stove for sale low to close out
the lot.
One No. 6 Stove for sale low to close out
the lot.
Lot of the celebrated Diamond Dyes to
arrive next week.
COME TD WHITE PLAINS!
Come to our store and price our goods.
You will find them right down in the bot
tom notch. We welcome all, and will do
our best to please. Respectfully,
W. M. Tappan & Son,
may 4 83 . WHITE PLAINS. GA.
One fine Jersey Cow, with young calf, for
sale by Geoige W Taopan, White Plains.
E. J. HICKEY,
Fashionable Hair Dressing
Saloon!
No. 212 Bth Jackson Street, rear of E.
R. Schneider’s,
AUGUSTA, - - - QA.
Hair cutting, Shaving. Shampooing, and
Dyeing in the most artistic style.
Manufacturer of the Excelsior Hair Re
newer and Dandruf Eradicator. Razors
Concaved and sharpened on shortest notice.
A fine lot of Canary Birds kept constantly
on hand. Orders by mail promptly atten
ded to. Don’t forget the place.
Ho tf, HU DISHY*
Opposite Globe Hotel, Jackson Street,
nov. 10th, ’B2.
DEVOTF.D TO TIIE GENERAL RE OF TLIE PEOPLE.
GREENESBORO, GEORGIA, FRIDAY)MORNING, MAY 18,1888.
SELECTED POETRY.
FOREVER.
BY MRS. MARY MATES DODGF.
Though tangled hard life’s knot may be,
And wearily we rue it.
Tlie silent touch of Father Time
Some day will sure undo it.
Then, darling, wait:
Nothing is late
In tlie light that shines forever.
We faint at heart, a friend is gone;
We chafe at tlie world’s harsh drilling;
We tremble at sorrow on every side.
At Hie myriad ways of killing.
Y’et say we all.
If a sparrow fall,
The Lord keepetb count forever.
He keepeth count. We come, we go,
Speculate, toil, and falter.
But tlie measures to each of weal or woe,
God only can giye or alter.
He sendeth light,
He sendeth night,
And change goes on forever.
\\ liy not take life with cheerful trust
With faith in (lie strength of weakness?
The slenderest daisy rears its head
Witli courage, yet with meekness.
A sunny face
Until holy grace
To woo the sun forever.
For ever and ever, my darling, yes—
Goodness and love nre undying;
Only the trouble and enresof earth
Arc winged from tlie filjt for Hying.
Our way we plough
In the furrow “now;”
But after the tilling and growing, tlie sheaf;
Soil for the root, lint tlie sun for tlie leaf
Ami God keepeth watch forever.
MASSACRE OF ALAMO.
ACCOUNT OF THAT AWFUL
BUTCH SRY.
A RECITAL OF A DREADFUL BLOODSHED
—THRUSTING SWORDS THROUGH DY
ING MEN—LIVING MEN THROWN INTO
THE FLAMES.
By IF. V. Zube.r, of lola, Grimes County.
This sketch is an account of the
burning of tlie bodies of the heroes
of the Alamo, after the storming of
that fortress by the forces of Santa
Anna, on the 6th of March, 1836,
and includes the murder of Col.
James Bowie. The facts were re
lated to me bv tlie Mexican fifer,
Apolinario Saldigna, who was then
but sixteen years old, and who was
an eye witness of the scene. He
was knottn in Texas by a contrac
tion of hitf’Cbristiiju nayne, Polin,
pronouucoct Poleeri, accenting the
.yitauie. i anew him dur
ing several years, and feel that. I
can safely voueli for him as a truth
ful boy.
AFTER THE MASSACRE.
After the fort (the celebrated
church of the Alamo at Ban Anto
nio) bad been stormed and ail of
its defenders bad been reported to
have been slain, and when the
Mexican assailants had been re
called from within the walls, Santa
Anna, accompanied by bis staff, en
tered the fortress. Polin, being a
fifer, and therefore a privileged
person, and possibly the more so
on account of his tender age, by
permission entered with them. He
desired to see all that was to be
seen; and for this purpose ho kept
himself near to his General-in-
Chief. Santa Anna had ordered
that no corpses should be disturb
ed till after he should have looked
upon them all, and seen how every
man had fallen. He had employed
three or four citizens of San Anto
nio to enter with him, and to point
out to him the bodies of several
distinguished Texans.
The principle corpses that Santa
Anna desired to see were those of
Colonel W. Barret Travis, Col.
James Bowie, and another man,
whose name Poliu could not re
member. I asked Polin if the oth
er man’s name was Crockett, to
which he replied, “May be so; I
can’t remember.”
On entering the fort, the eyes of
the conquerors were greeted by a
scene which Polin could not well
describe. The bodies of the Texans
lay as they had falloD, and many
of them were covered by those of
Mexicans who had fallen upon
them. The close of the struggle
seemed to have been a hand-to
hand engagement, and the number
of slain Mexicans exceeded that of
the Texans. The ground was cov
ered by the bodies of the slain.
Santa Anna and suit, for a time
wandered from one apartment of
the fortress to another, stepping
over and upon the dead, ard seem
ingly enjoying this scene of human
butchery.
After a general reeonnoitering of
the premises, the dictator was con
ducted to the body of Col. Travis.
After viewine his form and features
for a few moments, Santa Anna
thrust his sword through the dead
man’s body, and turned away. He
was then conducted to the body of
the man whose name Polin could j
not remember. This man lay with
his face upward, and his body was 1
covered by those Mexicans who
had fallen upon him. His face was
florid, like that of a living man,!
and he looked like a healthy
man asleep. Santa Anna also!
viewed him for a fey moments,
thrust his sword through him, and
tnrned away. "t
The one who hadxomo. to point
out certain bodies, made a long but
unsuccessful search for the body of
Col. Bowie, and reported to Santa
Anna that it could be found.
Then a detail of Mexican sol
diers came into the fort. They
were commanded -M%wo officers,
a captain and c * ! Jhior officer,
whose title Polin ci'iwn* not explain
to me ; but whom \fOJnli for con
venience call the They
were both quite y<£|§* men, very
fair, very handsounWnnl so nearly
alike in complexion forwi, size anil
features, that Potr H&fcd them to
be brot hers; tJjeca > . ■;. iip.
pareutly a little olie jphae the oth
er. Polin did n0,.1n member to
have ever seen theJj before, was
confident that he saw them
afterward, and he 1 not learn
their names. K Nf
After the enthis detail,
Santa Anna and nA'suit retired;
but the two officers, with their de
tail, remained within. The two
kept themselves close together,
side by side. Polin was desirous
to know what was to he done, and
remained with the detail ; and to
enable himself to s. o all that was
to be seen, he kept himself near the
two officers, uevei losing sight of
them.
BURNING THUqBODIES.
As soon as the dictator and suit
had retired, the detail began to
bring them together, and lay them
iu a pile. 1 bad learned from oth
er prisoners that tHe Mexicans, at
the same time, performed the ad
ditional work of rifling the pocket*
of the slain Texans.
The two officersGtook a stand,
about the centre of {lie main area.
The first corpse was brought aud
laid as the captain directed. This
formed a nucleus for the pile. The
bodies were brought successively,
each by four men, and dropped
near the captain’s feet. Iu imita
tion of his general, the captain
viewed the bodies of each Texan
for a few moments ; then
THRUST BIS SWORD THROUGH HIM,
and then, by a ino|on of his sword,
directed the who had
brought him, to)- him upon
thspilo whhv ■w_A.Uk "■■-
stantlyL oiief<.i.
Wtren the Texans had all heeu
thrown upon the pile, four soldiers
walked around it; each carrying - a
can of camphine, from which he
spurted the liquid upon the pile.
This process was continued until
the bodies were thoroughly wetted.
Then a match was thrown upon
the pile, and the combustible fluid
instantly sent up a flame, to an
immense height.
While the fluid was being thrown
upon the pile, four soldiers brought
a cot, on which lay a sick man, and
set it down by the captain ; and
one of them remarked: “Here, cap
tain, is a man who is not dead.”
“Why is he not dead ?” said the
captain. “We found him in a room
by himself,” said the soldier. “He
seems to be very sick and, I sur>-
pose, he was not able to fight, jmd
was placed there by his compan
ions, to be iu a safe place and out
of the way.”. The captain gave the
sick nan a searching look, and
said : “I think I have seen this
man before.” The lieutenant re
plied, “I think I have, too,” and,
stooping dovvu, he examed his fea
tures closely. Then, raising him
self up, ho addressed the captain.
“He is no other than the
INFAMOUS BOWIE !”
The captain then also stooped,
gazed intently ou the sick man’s
face, assumed an erect position,
and confirmed the conviction of the
lieutenant.
The captain then looked fiercely
upon the sick man, find said: “How
is it, Bowie, that you have been
found bidden in a room by your
self ; and have not died fightiug,
like your companions?” To which
Bowie replied in good Castilliun :
“I should certainly have done so ;
but you see that 1 am sick, and
cannot get off this cot.” “Ah,
Bowie,” said the captain, “you have
come to a fearful end—and well do
you deserve it. As an immigrant
to Mexico you havo taken an oath,
before God, to support the Mexican
Government; but now you are vi
olating that oath by fighting ag
ainst the very Government which
you have sworn to support. But
tips perjury, common to all of your
rebellious countrymen, is not your
only offense. You have married a
respectable Mexican lady, and are
fightiug against hor countrymen.
Thus you have not only perjured
yourself, bul you have also betray
ed your own family.”
“I did,” said Bowie, “take an
oath to support the Constitution
of Mexico ; and in defense of that
Constitution am I now fighting.
You took the same oath, when you
accepted your commission in the
array ; and you are now violating
that oath, and betraying the trust
of your countrymen, by fighting nil- j
der a faithless tyrant for the de- j
strnction of that constitution, and
for.the ruin of your people’s liber- j
ties. The perjury and* treachery !
are not mine but yours.”
A HORRIBLE RECITAL.
The captaiu indignantly ordered j
Bowie to shut his mouth. “I shall j
never shut my mouth for your
like,” said Bowie, “while I have a ;
tongue to speak.” “I soon re
lieve you of that,” sgiidflb/eaptain.
Then be caused four of his min
ions to hold the sick man, while a
j fifth, with a strap knife split his
\ mouth, on each side, to the ramus
;of the *jaw, then took hold of his
■ tongue, drew as much of it as ho
‘ coil’d bf tween the teeth, out ofjiis
Tmouth, cut IE of!anTTthrew it upon”
the pilo of dead men. Then in
1 obedience to a motion of the cap
jtaiu’s s wordy the four soldiers who
; held hitn, lifted the writhing body
| of the mutilated, bleeding, tortured
| invalid from his cot, and pitched
| him alive upon the funeral pile.
At that moment the match was
thrown upon the pile. The com
jlmstible fluid instantly sent up a
| flame to an amazing height. The
j sudden generation of a great heat
! drove all the soldiers back to the
'wall. The two officers, pale as
corpses, stood gazing at the
IMMENSE COLUMN OF FIRE,
! and trembling from head to foot,”
I as if they would break asunder at
every joint. Polin stood between
! them, and saw and heard the lieu
| tenant whisper, in a faltering aud
broken articulation. “It takes him
—up—to God.”
Polio believed that the lieuten
ant alluded to the ascension, upon
the wings of that flame, of Bowie’s
soul to that God, who would sure
ly award due vengeance to his
fiendish murderers.
Not being able to fully compre
hend the .great combustibility of
the campbene, Polin also believed
that the sodden elevation of that
great-pillar of lire was an indica
tion of God’s hot displeasure to
ward those torturing murderers.
Ho further believed that the two
officers were of the same opinion,
and thus he accounted for their
great agitation. And lie thought
that (ho same idea pervaded the
whuh/ilotail, as everv man appear
ed to 1i '• Fviryl. * rpj(v<] .
lEo/a time, Polin stooiJamazed;
expecting every moment that the
earth would open a chasm through
which every man in the fort would
drop into perdition. .Terrified by
this conviction, he left the fort as
speedily as possible. •
On a subsequent day Polin en
! tered the fort again. It was then
I cleansed, and it seemed to be a
j comfortable place. But in a con
spicuous place, in the main area,
lie'saw the one relic of the great
victory, a pile of charred fragments
of human bones.
DI I>N’T UKK HIS GAIT.
“I am back again from Jasper's
stormy shore,’ said Bill Grant, as
he laid his quilt from oil' his broad
shoulders, ‘and it is my opinion
that, in sound judgment, and right
down sharp* sense, woman is far
superior to the monarch man.’
‘Why so?’ wo inquired.
‘Well, you see, in the past two
years, I have made more brick, and
been refused by more women, than
any ten men in Georgia. I thought
I had the tiling dead until last
night, when I asked a well-to-do
widow if she could warm over a
few of her buried affections and
make room enough in her heart for
a second husband. She said she
would never marry another man
unless she liked the way he walked.
‘William,’ she sweetly said, ‘the
moon is up, the night is clear ; now
come out and get into the road and
step toward town, and if I admire
the style of your gait I will call yon
back and marry you, promising to
cook for your brick-yard crowd all
the days of my life. Remember if
you stop or look back before I call
you, you are never to darken my
door again.’
‘Thinking I had a soft thiug of
it I went into the road, threw m3 7
head back, placed ray arms ’a-kim
boo,’ and promenaded up the road.
I continued to walk, thinking sure
ly she would call me back. Well,
you see I entered the road to walk
for a wife. Why do you suppose
she failed to call me back ?’
‘Couldn’t see your style,’ said
we.
‘Hanged if Judge Banks didn’t
say the same thing when I told
him about it just to da)', and mv
opinion is, she did’nt intend to call
me back from the beginning. You
see that walk the little widow put
on me, convinced me of the supe
riority of her sox over my own.’
—Printers make no end of mon
ey, and some of them save it. Af
ter old John Russell died in a New
York hospital, last week, it was
discovered that he had forty thou
sand dollars in the bank aud no
kinfolk to claim it.
STEPHENS AND GRANT.
HOW THE COMMONER WAS IMPRESSED
WITH THE EX-PRESIDENT.
Mr. Crawford of the Sunday Her
ald relates the following as the late
Alexander Stephen’s estimate of
Grant: “I shall never forget my
first interview with Grant. It was
when I came up in 1864 with th®
peace commission from Itichmond.
I had been readiug a great deal
about Grant iu all our papers dur
ing the war. I had read of him as
“Butcher Grant” so long that that
involuntary idea became pretty
firmly established in my mind. I
could not get out of my head a pict
ure of a coarse, boorish, brutal man.
Ww4®d~-Mjih ns. a_leadiif"-otK<?er of
Lee’s staff. He was in full uniform,
well gotten up for a visit of extreme
ceremony. When we reached
Grant’s headquarters it was nearly
night. We had beeu passed by the
sentinels with a great deal of cere
mony. We thought wheu we reach
ed Grant’s headquarters to find a
great military scene. I expected
to find Grant, the then commander
of an army of a million men, in a
splended position, surrounded by
all the display that great military
power makes possible.
But what was my surprise, when
I reached the headquarters, to find
only a log hoffse, with not- even a
sentry in front of it. I doubted if
this could be Grant’s headquarters.
It was now nearly night. I advanc
ed with my party antfr knocked.
There was no servant, even, in at
tendance to announce callers. The
door was opened by a plain medi
nm-sized man in civilan’s clothes.
He held a lighted lamp in his hand.
I said: “I wish to see General
Grant.”
“I am General Grant,” he said
in tlie simplest possible way. Will
you not walk in, gentlemen ?”
We walked in and were seated
by him. He was alone in tho room.
From the first he evinced the great
est possible interest iu the object
of our mission. I observed him
closely during the hour we were
with him. Grant’s simplicity and
modesty were objects of most pro
found admiration. I noticed also
when orderlies came iu to receive
orders that these were given in an
:r.i;..i v*| voice. Tliere vrws notli
ing of tins commander in his direc
tions. usuirfry eetMiludfeU an
order with the words “go quickly,”
delivered in a conversational tone.
When our first consultation en
ded, Grant insisted upon onr sleep
ing upon his headquarters boat.
We asked where the boat was. In
stead of summoning and Orderly or
a servant Grant said :
“I will go with you myself.”
The night had now become very
dark. We came out of the log house
and went stumbling along after
Grant, who skipped ahead with the
lightness and agility of a boy. Ev
ery uovv and then he would meet a
sentinel. To his call of “Who goes
there?” Grant replied, “The gen
eral of the army.” He conducted
us personally lo the boat, and as
signed us to state rooms. I think
oue on the best traits of his char
acter was the great anxiety shown
by him, on this occasion, to further
the interests of peace. Instead of
finding him hard and uncomprom
ising, he was ready to make every
concession in the interests of this
peace.
The next morning when I awoke
and had dressed, I went out npou
the deck of the vessel, and there
I saw Grant running along ou the
bank, jumping like a boy. as he
waived a dispatch iu his hand. I
soon found out that this was a dis
patch from Lincoln, agreeing to re
ceive the commission. Stanton had
opposed it, but Grant’s influence
had been strong enough to overrule
Stanton. “That the commission
finally failed iu accomplishing its
mission,” said Mr. Stephens, “I
credit entirely to Mr. Stanton’s op
position.”
; —“No, George,” she said, as she
,waved her bronze bangs over the
! back gate, “I can feel that I can
: never lovo you with that clinging
; theatre ticket affection which char
laeterized my matinee efforts dur
jing the mid-winter.” “Why - , oh,
! why,” remarked George, “do you
: cast a shadow athward my heart ?
Is there no hurnaD condition upon
i which I may build a glimmering
jhope?” “Stay,” said she, biting
off more chewing-gum than she
could conveniently chew, “Stay'—
there is one condition upon which
my yearning heart will go out to
you as sweetly and softly as a baud
of wayward dudes went into a grat
uitous lunch hall” “Name it,” ex
citedly murmered George, as a per
ceptible quiver shot through his
hat-vack frame, “and I will perform
it though it should take to the ice—
cremator}’ for all summer.” “You
have anticipated rav fond hearts
darling wish !” said the emotional
creature and then wound herself
around George’s watch chain cov
eted vest and weeped,
TERMSS2 OO per Annum, in Advance.
WHOLE NUMBER 620,
the sLater Ft Nif.
Governor Colquitt has recently
returned from New York. While
i there he attended the meeting of
; the trustees of tlie Slater fund, as
!he is one of the trustees. There
| was a full attendance of trustees,
j Dr. Haygood was present and made
his report as superintendent of the
j fund. A son of Mr. Slater was
present. As is genially known the
“Slater fund” is a million dollars,
douated by a generous northerner,
i Mr. John F. Slater, to aid in the
j education of the negroes in the
| south. The money is invested id
■ securities which pay about $60,000
, a year.. Yesterday Governor Col
j quitt was asked what was the re-
I suit of the recent meeting and what
| general policy the trustees Would
; adopt in using the moans at their
j disposal. Said he:
“A great work is befoie ns, and
we cannot determine at once ex
actly what will be the fixed policy
in distributing the money. We aro
compelled to proceed tentatively
for a while. Still we are going
ahead at once in order to get on
the light line at once.” *>
“How much does the board pro* -
: pose to use iu educating the ne
groes this year?”
“Thirty thousand dollars."
“How is it to be distributed?’'
"On that point there were scinet
interesting discussions in the board.
Dr. Haygood reported that there
are in the south about seventy in
stitutions to educate colored peo
ple but that only a few of tnem
combine practical industrial lustra
tions with theoretical branches of
education. Dr. Haygood made a
very strong address to the board
in which, after reviewing the con
dition and the tendeucy of the ne-
groes in matters of education, he
concluded that the mere imitative
acquisition of reading, writing anil
arithmetic would bo comparatively
worth little to the negro without
a practical education to put their
education to use. The board, af
ter carefully considering the ques
tion resolved in the first place ‘to
confine its aids to such schools as
are best fitted to prepare young
colored men and women to become
Vu \\ic‘u I Ituc f 111 U’Aivr
words, to institutions in which col-
Ui’ocl. teacUai-s Are trained v In thiW
way, unquestionably, a much lar
ger number can be benefited by
this charity than if it were fritted
away upon one or more elementa
ry schools of the common order.
Iu the second place the board di
rected ‘that institutions which give
instruction in,© trade aud other'
manual occupations bo carefully-
sought out and preferred in appro
priations from this fund, and that,
so far as practicable, the scholars
receiving aid from this foundation
shall be trained to some manual
occupation simultaneously witln
their mental aud moral instruc
tion.’ The effect will be not only to.
benefit institutions which already
cultivate these useful features, but
also to induce others to follow
their example iu order to commend
themselves to the trustees of the
Slater fund for a similar appro
priation. Aud the third place, the
board res. lived to proceed experi
mentally for some time yet, and to
spend only a part of the reveuaea.
of the fund, accumulating the rest
for future use when they will be
still better advised as to how it
may be most advantageously em
ployed.”
“Where will you find the color
ed schools in the south that come
up to the requirmeuts of the board,
in the present experiment ?”
“The school that has done most
in this practical line is at Hamp
ton, Virginia. Recently dark Uni
versity, of Atlanta, has done welt
in this line, aud will do move. There
are various other schools that havo
agreed with the board in thinking
the practical training of the negro
ought to progress with his theoret
ical education.”
From what the governor says it
is to be supposed that Dr. Hay-?
good made a most favorable im*
pression on the board by bis busi
ness-like views and his thorough
grasp of the situation. ’He will go
to work at once to find what schools
are entitled to aid under the con
ditions given aud when the aid is
given he will carefully observe the
effects of the very important ex
periment now to be tried.
—On 342 railway lines an aggre
gate of 11,343 miles was construc
ted in 1882, or about 2,000 miles
more than iu 1881, which exceeded
any previous year by 2,000 miles.
The construction is divided as fol
lows : Five Now England States,
53J miles; four Middle States, 1,-
315£ miles; five Middle Western
States, 2,077 J miles; eleven South
ern States, 1,490.1 miles ; four in
Missouri river belt, 2,003 * miles ;
five In Kansas belt, 3,1571 miles i
five in Colorado bolt, 1,165 miles ;
six; in Pacific belt, 1,030 miles.