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(BETA litiTSHED IV THE TEAR 1*15). „ C. PROPRIETOR, j VOL. XIX. MISCELLANEOUS A TAU WITH JEFF OAViS-"' Opiulcas Ha is Said to Gave Expressed About Grant, Sherman, Lin- , coin ami Others. Mr. William Taylor, of the law firm of i’eelic & Taylor, returned yesterday from Is'ew Orleans. While j on the trip he visited Jefferson Davis at his home, near Beauvoir, Miss., a j small station on the Louisville &! Nashville Railroad, midway between Mobile and New Orleans. Mr. Tay lor describes the home of the Con federate leader as a typical old-time! plantation mansion, one story in 1 height, with spacious halls and an imposing portico. The house lies in view of the Oulf, and is surrounded by a thick grove of orange anti mag nolia trees. Mr. Taylor says that he was received cordially by Mr. Davis, and, after they had been talking a few moments, Mrs. Davis and her daughter, a handsome young lady, appeared in the room, accompanied by a young Chicago lawyer. Mr. Davis insisted that lie should remain in the house over night. During the evening the conversation turned upon the war, and Mr. Davis talked freely upon ali subjects that were brought up. “What is the Southern estimate of the Federal Generals V inquired Mr. Taylor. “I cannot give you the Southern estimate,” Mr. Davis replied. “1 can give you my own estimate.” “What do you think of Grant?” was asked. “Grant,” he said, “was largely a creature of circumstances. 1 remem ber that the first time 1 met Grant was when he was stationed on the Pacific Coast as a Lieutenant. 1 was then Secretary of War. He was charged with drunkenness and neglect of duty,- 1 gave him his choice between standing trial or resign ing. He resigned. 1 knew that lie would. Gen. Grant was a great military commander. He was very tenacious. He fought a battle as a matter of business. Men were mere cogs in the wheel. All the men and means he wanted were placed at his command, and he had every advan tage. He would have been discharg ed from the Army of the Potomac, if it had not been that too many changes had already taken place in the army.” “What is your estimate of Gen. Sherman ?” was asked. “Sherman,” Mr. Davis said, “was looked upon in the South as Aiaric was by the Romans. Ho was their ‘scourge of God.’ He was cruel, yet he was a great strategist.” “Yes,” interrupted Miss Davis, “he was an inhuman monster. What he did not use, lie destroyed.” “Sherman hesitated,” Air. Davis continued, “for a long time between joining the Confederate army and the Union army. We were uncer tain which he would do. 11c finally joined the Union army, thinking, 1 suppose, that more could be gained by it.” “My idea,” remarked Mr. Davis, “is that Meade was the most skillful General in the Federal army. Gen. Lee.-oncc said to me, that he could understand the movements of all the Generals in the Federal army easier than those of Gen. Meade. Those above Meade never allowed him to display his full power. He was hampered and kept down through jealousy.” Mr. Taylor.—How did you regard McClellan ? “Well, sir, McClellan was the best trained soldier in the war. While Secretary of War 1 sent him on three important missions—one to Europe, to study military methods. He returned with a better knowledge of military discipline and methods than was possessed by any man in this country. Mr. Taylor—Could he have enter ed Richmond, if he had pushed on across the Chickamauga ? “Well,” Mr. Davis answered, laughing, “I once knew a farmer who said, that if his foresight had been as good as his hindsight, he might have made a fortune on cot-j ton. Something of the same kind was probably the fault with Model-' lan. If he had known the weakness: of the Confederates, and had thrown ■ his army across the river, I think he I could have entered Richmond. We thought he would, and I believe Gen. Lee thought so too.” Mr. Taylor—Who do you regard j as the greatest of the Confederate 1 Generals ? “I consider Gen. Sidney Johnson j as the greatest General produced on either side by the late war. Gen. Lee stands next iu my estimation, j and as we move away from the war! his desperate struggle against over whelming numbers will be a marvel in war annals.” “Mr. Lincoln was a vulgar joker,” j Mr. Davis said, “but withal lie was a great man. He was wise and he was honest. He could have been of creat good to the South, if he hadj lived, aud his untimely death was a great loss to us.” He was quiet and apparently in deep meditation for several minutes, and then resumed : “Yes, it was a great loss, for he was succeeded by a Jow, moan dema gogue —Johnson —and a demagogue is the worst of men. Johnson was unschooled, but a man of great na tive ability. He had no convictions and tried to please all. Lincoln was a man of great vigor of mind, al though he was plain and rough- If Mr. Lincoln had lived, the South would have had a President that un derstood her condition, and he would have been of more benefit to .her than any other man could possibly have been, lie was an honest man. His death was a great misfortune to the South.” —Indianapolis Journal. A TORNADO MARRIAGE. The Perplexing Predicament of an old Maid and an old Bachelor. Washington Hatchet. A queer incident was caused by the recent tornado in Whitley county, Kentucky. On the edge of a little burg there were two old log houses, in one of which resided an old maid named Sallie Williams, and in the other an old bachelor named John Robinson. The blizzard came along and blew the two houses into a con fused eriss cross pile of logs, beams and lumber. And in the midst, in a small space, the old maid and old bachelor were inextricably penned up together, though, strange to say, neither one had been injured in the least. They bad to stand so close together as to touch elbows, and as there was a neighborhood enmity be tween the two, the situation can be more easily imagined than described. Sallie sniffed and trembled violently; while John grew hot and cold by turns, and finally blurted out a hear ty oath. “That’s right, John Robinson, get mad and swear ; and just like your impudence, after tearing my house all to pieces !” “Why, Sallie—that is, Miss 'Will iams—l didn’t touch your house !” “Yes, you did, John Robinson, — You came along in your old, tumble down cabin and knocked down my house” —emphasis hard on house —- “all to pieces, you profane, old wretch !” “Why, you cantankerous old wo man, I didn’t go to do it —I couldn’t help it 1” “Yes you could! What did you go on tlying about with your okl cab in knocking folks’ houses for ? If you and your cabin had stayed at home my house would not have been hurt. I’ll have the law on you, John Robinson, as soon as I get out.” “But how the duce are we to get out ? We’ll have to stay here two or three nights, probably, till somebody finds us out.” Sallie gave a blood-curdling screech and burst into tears. This subdued John at once. He never could stand a woman’s tears, so he set himself to console Sallie. Edging up to her, John cooed : “Now, don’t, Miss Sallie ; there’s no use in crying; somebody’ll be sure to find us before many hours, and I pledge you my honor that you will be safe while we are together.” Sallie snidled and snilllcd, and looked at John with such a strange sort of a look that he couldn’t tell whether Sallie was pleased or disgus ted with his proposition. John was in despair, but he did, finally, what a man always does under such cir cumstances —he “stuck up” closer and closer to Sallie, and put his arms around her. Sallie shook aud shivered, but final ly quieted down. Then John talked and talked, and Sallie jawed back in a cooing sort of a way; and the hours sped along till night came, and the night passed in dozing and talking, till morning came. “My gracious, John Robinson! what’ll we do? HBw people will talk about my staying iu a lumber pile with you ail night? 800-hoo-buo . Then John boo-booed in sympa thy, till finally a bright idea struck him. “Let us get married, Sallie, before we leave this pile.” Sallie agreed to this. So, when the first men to pass that way discov ered them and proposed to release them, John and Sallie both objected and asked that a minister be sent for. The discoverers concluded that the storm had made them crazy. Nev ertheless, one of them set off’ for a minister, who was soon on the ground, and began to talk soothingly to them. John bade him stop all that and listen to their story, and concluded by asking him to marry them. The minister climbed up to the top of the pile of debris, so that lie could see them down at the bottom of the hole, told them to join hands, and soon had them tied good and tight. Then the neighbors dug them out of their wedding—hole, and they came out smiliug, and they are now living happily together. Devoted to the Cause of Truth and Justice, and the Interests of the People, GREENESBORO’, GA., FRIDAY, MAY 23, 1884. A HERO THAT HAS N9 ‘ WiOKED PARTNER.” Knowing that the following auto graph letter from Hon. Jeff’erson Da vis to the secretary of the encamp ment would be read with great inter est, wc take the liberty of publish ing it: “Beauvoir, Miss.,May 13, 1884. J. Ponder, Esq., Rome, Ga. : My Dear Sir : Please accept my than ks for the very gratifying terms in which you have presented the invi tation to visit the military encamp ment at Rome, Ga., in July next. “The inducements you offer are to me most attractive. To see veterans of the war for State sovereignty, and the sons of those who so nobly main tained the cause, would be to me a pleasure of which it is with sincere regret I find myself deprived. Borne | down by overwhelming numbers, Southern resistance to wrong aud usurpation- proved unavailing; but believing as I did and do, that the cause was just, that we were but as serting the eternal truths, on which our fathers founded American inde pendence, and which sooner or later, 1 hope and believe, the American people will re-assert, I cannot admit that “ours was a lost cause.” It may not be —I hope it will never be, nec essary to vindicate that cause by force of arms: but, when the pas sions of the day have subsided, and reason has replaced truth upon her throne, that our’s will again be re cognized a* the Union of free, sov r: i.n and independent States, held i■: ub rby a common-sense interest and the noble desire to transmit the blessings of liberty to our posterity forever. “Please to make my grateful ac knowledgement to your committee, whose invitation you haue so grace fully transmitted to me, and assure them of the affectionate regard with | which I am, faithfully, Jefferson Davis.” j There is no cringing or fawning ; about the grand old Confederate i statesman. His utterances are al ways in keeping with the grandeur jof Lis life. His motto lias ever been | “hew to the line ; let the chips fall j where they will.” Aud not a single act in his life will belie the princi ple he teaches. Long may the glori ous old hero live, the pride of South ern chivalry. —Home Courier. ThAwar Tax" oTi36i. Washington Nat. Republican. To meet a pressing exigency caus ed by the war, an Act was passed in August, 1861, laying a tax of $29,-! 000,000 on the States. The loyal j States promptly paid the amount,ap- 1 portioned to them, but as a matted of course the States then in insurrection did not respond. South Carolina has paid up in full since the war; Virginia has paid $515,569 of the $729,071 assessed against her; North Carolina has paid $380,194, and still owes $190,- 000 ; Louisiana has paid $268,515, and still owes $117,371; Georgia I still owes more than half a million 1 dollars, as does also Alabama; Mis sissippi owes $338,000 and Texas $225,000. The payments have been made by the States that were in arrears at the close of the war, mainly by credits on account of the sale of public lands, and other allowances to which they would have been entitled,if this tax charge had not been standing against them. Congress passed an Act suspending the collection of this tax in 1866 ; but still under the sys tem of crediting allowances it is practically going on against some of the States to this day. Inasmuch as the Government does not need the money, it would seem a great hardship to enforce payment upon the States that are yet in ar rears, but a tax to he just, must bo levied upon all. To settle the whole difficulty upon an equitable basis, bills have been introduced in both Houses of. Gongs s proposing to re tthrn to the several Slates the whole am.riii l , If t< and from each. At the time tills tax was levied it was regard ed a forced loan, a.i 1 the Govern ment is now in a position to pay it back, if the States want the money. There may be substantial reasons why this tax should not be repaid, but they are not apparent upon the face of the matter. Should Con gress decide to refund the money, the District of Columbia will get $49,- 537; Maryland will get §371,299; West Virginia, $181,306; Virginia, $515,509; Pennsylvania, $1,654,- 711, and Ohio $1,332,025. THE CEtSufoHIijSSIA. On January 1, 1882, the inhabi tants of Ru-sia numbered 91,118,- 514, living in sixty-three provinces and eleven districts. During the year 1883, there were 4,043,863 births, and 2,816,438 deaths regis tered, the growth of the population being 1,217,425 inhabitants. At this rate the population would rise to a hundred million in 1890. and in sixty or seventy years it would double. At present the population of the empire is 94,000,090. The growth of population is largest in the southern parts, and smallest in the northern, where also the mortali ty is greatest. It is difficult to say whether this is to be attributed lo the climate or the economic conditions of the country. The average of life in Russia is twenty six years, and thir ty-one in Asia.' This fact is explain ed by the enormous mortality of young children. It lias been ascer tained that 60 per cent, of the chil dren die under the age of five years, wldch means 1,500,000 deaths per annum among children. It has also been proved that more than half of the male population die before at taining the ago for military service. On an average, a person is born in the Russian empire every eight sec onds, and a death occurs every elev en seconds. In ist. Petersburg a human being passes away every fif teen minutes. —Nova Vremya. • —• . • - A Dakota lawyer was recently ar rested for stealing wood, but such was the power of his eloquence that he made the jury believe that he was on ly walking in his sleep, and thought he was placing flowers on the grave of his first wife. 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It is the jios.ses.sion of this grand rexuire ment which makes Mostf tier’s Stoin ach Bitters so oHective r. ro invigo i rant. For sale by all Druggists and ; Dealers generally. may2,’B4. i Gnqji Mul Company, Office General Manager, Augusta, Ga., April oth, 1884. Commencing Sunday, Gih insf., Passenger Trains will run as folioi s: run by OOlh meridian time, 32 minutes slower than Augusta time PAST LINE IVo. Sit, West- Daily. Leave Augusta, . . 7:40 a. m. Arrive Athens, . . 12:30 a. m. Leave Greeiiesboro’ . . 10:10 a. in. Arrive at Atlanta, . . 1:00 p. m. IVo. I, West - Duliy. Leave Augusta 10:30 a. m. Leave Macon 7.10 ,t. m. Leave Milledgcville 0:10 a. in. Leave Carnal; 12:29 a m. Leave Washington 11:39 a. m. Leave Athens 0:3-> a. m. Arrive m Grecnesboro’ 2;l. r > p. m. Arrive Gainesville, 9:15 p. m. irrive at Atlanta 0:43 p. m \o. West - Dully Leave Augusta 9.00 p m Leave Macon, <:10 p m Leave Milledgeville . 905 p m Leave Qroooeabore’ 1:18 p m Arrive Atlanta 6:40 am OSp-Puperb Sleepers lo Augusta and Atlanta. Train No. 3? will stop at and receive passengers to and from the following Ga llons, 'lily,—Berzclia, Ilarlem, pealing, Thomson, Cftnink, C’lawforAvillo, Union Point, Greencsboro , Madison, Rutledge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain and Dooatnr Train No. 2H will stop at , and receive passengers to and from th - following Stations, only—Beriolbi, Harlem, Hearing, Thomson, Camak, C’rawfordville, Union Point, Greeiiesboro’, Madison, Rutledge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Slone Mountain and Decatur. The Fast Line has Through Sleepers from Atlanta to Charleston, and connects for all points West and Northwest, East and Southeast. 213 IFL. DOHS.EY, General l’.issoiiger Agent. J W. Green, General Manager. JONN C. FERRIS. CIIAS. 11. FERRIS. 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Haines, Traces, Cel lars, Bils, mickles, Plow Bridles, Uutbreß .- Whips, Uutse Blankets, Lap Robes, etc., etc. I.eat her end Rubber Belling, nil sizes. Calf Skins, .Sole Leather, Shoe Findings, lieinp, Jute, Seap Stone and Gum Racking, etc , etc. These Goods MUST BE SOLD ! AND LARGE INDUCEMENTS will be offered to CASH Buyers. Co’.l early and examine the Goods and secure (be Bargains now offered. V. B.—Every Vehicle Sold subject to the regular twelve months guarantee. John S. Davidson, Assignee, 704 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, Ga, Of ROB F I]. .MAY A Cos. September 28 13 r< 3— IVo. 2-4, .E3ast—Daily. Leave Atlanta, . . 2:45 p. ti. Arrive at Athens . . 7:15 p. u:. .lvrivo at Grecnesboro’ . 6:22 p. in. Arrive at Augusta . . 8:05 p. it. No. 3, Hast-Daily. Leave Atlanta 8:25 a. m. 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