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CLEVELAND’S LETTER.
AOCDTUta THE HOMTHATian WITH A
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ports of ttos Worktop Hsn,otc.
Gentleman I have rccicved your
communication dated July 58, 1884,
informing me of my nomination to
the office of President of the United
State* by the national democratic con
vention, lately assembled at Chicago.
I accept the nomination with grate
ful appreciation of the supreme honor
conferred and a solemn sense of the
responsibility which, in accepting 1
assume.
views os ran platform.
I have considered the platform
adopted by the convention and cor
dially approve the same. A plain
statement of the democratic laws and
principles upon which the party ap
peals to Uie suffrages of tho people
needs uo supplement or explanation.
It should bo remembered that tho of
■fice of president is essentially excu
aive in its nature. Tbs taws enacted
iby the legMirtve'branch of tho gov
ernment, the ehiefcxc'-t'.ive i* bound,
‘ and wins the
wisdom of the i <tDc*.l ; j>arty which
selects one of its members as a nomi
nee for that Office hits Outlined its pol
icy and declared its principle*, It seems
to me that nothing in the character of
the office or the necessities of the case
gaqnires more Horn She candidate ac
rieffthig, such nomination yiimsuggos
tion of certain well Known truths so
absolutely vital to the safety and wel
fare of the natiou, that they cau not be
too often recalled or too seriously en
forced. \Vc proudly calls ours a gov
eniiuent by the people. It is not such
when a class Is tolerated which arro
gates to itself the of pub
lic affairs, seeking to control the peo
plo instead of representing them, Par
ties are the necessary outgrowths of
our institution, but the government
is not by people when one parly fas
ttcHs Its control upon tho country and
gieipeluaies its power by cajoling and
ibetraying the people instead of ser
wing them. Government is hot by
the people when the result, which
(should represent the intelligent will
>f free and thinking men, is or can
be determined by the shameless cor
ruption of their suffrages.
THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE DtELKII-
BLE FOB RE-ELECTION.
When an election to office, to be a
selection by the voters of one of tliclr
number, to assume for the time a
public trust, instead of his dedication
to Hie profession ef politics; when
the holders of the ballot, quickened
by the sense of duty, shall aveuge
truth betrayed and pledges broken,
anil wheu suffrage shall be altogether
free and uncorrnpted, the full realiza
tion of a government by the people
will be at hand, and of the meins to
this end not one would, pi iny judg
ment,be mere effectual than an amend
ment the constitution disqualifying
the president from re election. When
we consider the patronage of this
great office, the alluremont* of power,
the teoipatious to retain public places
once gained, and more than all, the
availability of a party finds it an in
cumbent, when a herd of office hoi
.ders, with the seal born of benefits re
ceived, and fostered by the hope of
favors yet to come, stand ready to aid
vWHfc money oA tinned jmiiticJU ser
•vlcc, we recognizelii the eligibility of
tlhe president for re-election a most
serious danger to that claim, deliber
ate and Intelligent political action
which must characterize a govern
raentby the people.
THE WOUUSUMEN.
True American sentiment recog
nizes the dignity of labor, and the.
f*el that honor lie* in boned toll.
Contented labofls an tdement if na-
tiouitf prosperity. Ability to work
coustiiutes the capita! and the wages
of the ialipver, the 4 I( ' 0D of vast
mimberSfour [simulation, and this in
terest should he- Jealous Jirotwied.
Our workingmeu are not asking un
reasenable Indulgence, hot as intelli
gent and manly citizens they seek the
same consideration which thou de
mand who have other interests at
stake. They should receive their full
share of the care and attention of
those who who make and execute the
laws, to the end that the wauta and
noeds of employers and employed
"hail like be subserved, and the pros
perity ol the country, and common
heritage of both, be advanced. Aa
relate I to this subject, while we
should not discourage the immigra
tion efthoe who come to acknow
ledge allegiance to our government,
and add to our citizen population, yet
a* a means of protection to our work
ingman,.a different rale should pre
vail couecrmng those who, if they
come or are brought to our land, don’t
intend to beeome Americans, but
wilt injuriously compete with those
jaatly entitled to our fleld labor. In
my letter acceptaiug the nomination
to the office ef governor, nearly
two yean ago, I mada the following
statement,to which I have steadily ad
tiered; “Thelaboring classes consti
tute the main part of our population.
They should be protected in their ef-
forts peaceably to assert their right*,
when endangered by aggregated cap
ital,arid all the statutes on this subject
should rocogniie Hie bare of the stale
for honest toil, and be framed with a
view of improving the condition of
the workingman, a proper regard for
♦he welfare of tfea workingman being
iuaeparhMy connected. Within the
Integrity of our institution, none of
our citizens are more interested than
they in guarding against any corrup
tion influence phidj seek to preveat,
♦he beneficiaul purposes of our gov
ernment, sad nbne should .be, mot*
watchful of the artful machinations
of those who allure then to seif-in
flictod injury.’* v
THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
YOL. XIX.
AGAINST SUMPTUARY LAWS.
In a free country the curtailment ot
the absolute rights of an individual
should only lie such as is essential to
tho peace and good order of the com
munity. The limit between proper
subjects of our government control
and those which can be more fitting
ly left to the moral and self imposed
restraint Of the citizen, should bo
carefully kept in view. Thus laws
unnccssarily interfering with tho hab
its and customs oi our people, which
arc npt offensive to tho morel senti
ments of tbe civilized world, and
which are consistent with good citi
zenship and public welfare, arc un
wise and vexatious.
THE QUESTION OF TRANSPORTATION.
j The commerce, of the natiorq >,* $
great extout determines its miprfem-.,
acy. Cheap and easy transportation
should, therefore, be liberally fostered
within (he limit of the constitution.
The general government should so im
prove and protect its natural water
ways as will enable tbe producers of
the country to reach profitable mar
kets. The people pay the wages of
the public employes, and they are en
titled to fair and honest work wliieh
tho money thus paid should thus com
mand. It is the duly of those in
trusted with the management of these
affalrslose that such pnblis service
is forthcoming.
THE CIVIL SERVICE.
Tho selection and retention of su
bordinates in government employ
ment should depend on their ascer
tained fitness and the valuo of their
work, and they should lie neither ex
pected nor allowed to do questiona
ble party service. Tho interests of
the people will lie better protected, the
estimate et public laber and duty will
be immensely Improved, publio em
ployment will lie open to all who cau
demonistrate their fitness to enter it.
Unseemly scrambles far place under
the government, with the consequent
importunity which embitters official
life, will cease, and the public depart
ments will not be filled with these
who conceive it to be their first duty
to aid the party to which they owo
their places, instead ef rendering an
honest return to the people. 1 believe
tho public mind is such that tho vo
ters of the land are prepared to sup
port the party which givos the licst
promise of administering the govern
ment in an honest, simple and plain
manner, which is consistent with its
charter and purposes. Thor have
learned that mystery and concealment
in the management of their affaire
cover thotrick* and betrayals of states
manship they require consists in hon
esty and fraugality.a prompt response
to the needs of the people, as they
arise, and a vigilant protection of all
their varied interests. If I should lie
called to the chief magistracy of the
nation by the suffrage ot my fellow
citizens, I Will assume the duties of
that high office with a solemn deter
mination U dedicate every effort to
the country’s good, and With an hum
ble reliance upon tbe favor and sup
port of the Supreme Being, who, I be
lieve, will aiway* bless honest human
endeavors. In tho conscientious; dis
charge of my public duly,
Guovf.r Cleveland.
To Colonel Wm. F. Vilas, chair
man, and I). P. Hester and other
members of the notifying committee
of tho democratic national conven
venfion.
HtNIIBIt'ES AOCXITS.
Gentleman —I have the honor to
acknowledge the recolptof yaic oom
mimitation, nolifyingme sfmy nom
ination by the democratic convention
at Chicago, as candidate for the of
fice of Vice-President of the United
State*. May I repeat what I said on
auother occasion, that it is a nomina
tion which I had neither expected
nor desired, and yet I recognize and
appreciate the high houor done me by
the convention. . The ehoico of such
a body, pronoucod with such unusual
unanimity, and accompaincd with so
generous an expression of esteem and
confidence, ought to outweigh all
merely personal desires and prefer
ences of my own. It is vith this
feeling and, I trust, also from a deep
sense of public duty that I now ac
cept tbe nomination, and shall abide
the judgment of ray countrymen., I
have examined with care tlie declara
tion of principles adopted by the con
vention, a copy of which you sub
mitted to me, and in their sum and
substance I heartily indorse and ap
prove the same. I sin, gei.ilcmcn,
your obedient servant,
Thomas A. Hendbices.
To Hon. Wm. F. Vilas, chairman,
Nieheia B. Bell, secretary, and
others of the committee of the na
tional democratic convention.
Bum a, Mclntosh Cos., Ga.
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I STEAL OF A MILLION.
How Diamoudi Wr town With Shotguns In th
Hills of Arison &—An Old Story Betold.
In 1871 two rough-looking prospoc
fors walked into the bank ot Califor
nia, says the Chicago Herald, and
asked for Mr. Ralston, the cashier
and leading spirit of the bank. They
had two little buckskin bags, which
they said contained something and
they did not know exactly what it
was. One of the bags they said 'hey
believed had diamonds in tho rough
but the other they said they did not
“know what kind of a d—stone it was.
They moute be garnets.” Ralston
laughed at the idea of “diamonds,"but
he tsked to see them. There was
about half a pint of black dirt
ing crystal* ranging iu size frdai a
pea to a hazelnut. The other bag
had dark blood-red stones that were
promptly pronounced Arizona “gar
nets” by tho great banker, and cast
aside as worthless. He told the pros
pectors to leave tho bag with the black
crystals, and he would liavo them
examined by experts. He did so.
Professor LeConte, Hie geologist of
the University of California, pro
nounced them diamonds. So did
Professor Janin, the best mining ex
pert in San Francis. Shreve and
other leading jowolcre all agreed they
were diamonds. Sbrovo had one
cut, and it revealed a beautiful while
stone. The question then arose:
“Where did they come from ?” Rals
ton was greatly excited. Ho called In
Sharon and oven took D. O. Mills
into his confidence. Tno two prospec
tors pave their names as William Ar
nold and Isaac W. Slack, and said
they had found these stones in one of
the regions named, but refused to say
just where. They said however, there
were “bushels” of the same kind left.
The diamond fever grew, and finally
Ralston, Sharon, Nicholas Lunning,a
great San Francisco capitalist; Wm.
M. lent, S. L M. Barlow, of New
York ; George D. Roberts, the present
postal telegram man ; Michael Uccsc,
tbe great Jewish millionaire, and sev
eral others, formed a syndicate and
agreed to take the “diamond fields” at
♦ 1,000,000 provided the representa
tions of Arnold and Slack were veri
fied by experts. Meanwhile the other
little bag of specimens wore submit
ted to tests and found to contain gen
uine rubies. Some were sent to New
York lobeeut, and were found to be
genuiue stones. They were said to
come from the samn “#el(ls.”
“When they had the bargain drawn
up in black and white and 125,000
paid as earnest money, Arnold and
Slack revealed secretly to Ralston
the location of the find, and offered lo
pilot three of the bank’s own Experts
to the ground. One morning In April
1872, four disguised figures crept
down in the dawn lo the Oakland
Ferry. They were Arnold. George D.
Roberts, Henry Janin and George
Hears!. Janin was the most accom
plished geologist and mining engi
neer, iu the city, and Roberts and
Heasl were, and are yet, the licst
practical miners in California. Tho
parly took the cars and Arnold piloted
them to Green riVer, W. T. There they
left the train,got inuleß and ambulanco
struck for tho Green river nioiin
thihs, torty-five mile* south of the
railrofd. They were on the grouuda
week. They found diamonds in the
greatest quantities spattered
about in the low beds of
dry gravel. They dug down
and found them in groups of six and
eight. They were all greatly excited
except Arnold. When at the end ol a
week they nreparod to lcavo they had
more than a quart of diamonds and
rubies of allsizes, Wei! when they
got back to ban Francisco, tbo town
was aflame. A company was at puce
organized with $3,000,000 capital.
The million dollars to pay lo Arnold
and Slack was advanced by Ralston
and in part made good by tho syndi
cate. Roberts, Gunning, Lent, Rals
ton and Sharon each put iu SIOO,OOO,
and Barlow made up a pool in New
York to take $250,000 more. Then
the public began to clamor for the
stock, but so confident were tbe pro
moters of the scheme that they had a
new Golconda that they locked the
stock up in the Bank of California
and refused to let a share go out. Ar
nold and Slack look their money and
left the coast, Arnold got $440,000 in
cash. He went te Elizabethtown,
Kentucky, bought a magnificent farm
and settled down. Slack went to
Europe and was never heard of
again.
Clarence King, the United Slates
geologist, had made a survey of that
region and remembered the exact
spot in which the diamonds were
said to be found. 'He knew it was
not a diamond country. He sus
pected a fraud. Anyhow his repu
tation as a geological surveyor was
St stake, and lie went to examine it
quietly by himself. A week's close
study revealed the whole truth, and
id sn elaborate report he showed how
the ground had been salted and even
the mechanical appliances nsed. He
found a few of the diamonds and un
hesitatingly declared them of
the same character as the stones from
South Africa. An investigation fol
lowed, and in a few months the whole
truth came out. Harpending had
put up the job and had supplied Ar.
nold and Slack with tbe money to car
ry it out. The latter bought in Lon
don $40,000 worth of rough diamonds
and $10,C03 wertfc of common rubies.
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1884.
They picked them up at odd times
and in odd lots, and Arnold srting
gled them into the country by way of
Quebec. Slack, who had been in
South Africa, selected the field-‘-aml
Clarenco King said the immediate
region was well solccted, too —and to
gether they planted them, poking
them down one by one with slim steel
rods. They also scattered some into
a gravel bank with a shot-gun, and it
was this last method that King detec
ted by the powder stains.
The company burst up at once and
Ralston and the rest set about recov
ering a portion of the mouey. Lent
and Roborts hunted up Arnold in Ken
tucky, and it was said by some ho
gave up a portion of ths money, but
otheys affirm that be never did. Sev
eral suit* ware begun, and not fcwv
after Arnold was murdered in a local
quarrel. It was a clean steal of about
a million dollars.
ONK OF THK POSSIBILITIES
Ah Election ol President by the House
of Representatives.
Time passes and politicians already
claim that tho candidacy of Gene
ral Butler will havo tho effect to
throw tho election of President into
the House of Roprosetatives—the pre
sent House. At present this can be
esteemed only a wild claim upon the
part of those to whom perhaps, “the
wish is father to the thought.” No
one knows or can possibly guess at
present what will be the strength of
Butler’s poll. It may not be absolute
ly certain that ho will run. The at
tempts at pacification, which wo are
asked to believe aro now being made
may harmonize all antagonisms, or
may possibly neutralize Butler’s effort
if ho shall continue it. But if some
thing is not done within a short time
an election by tho House of Repre
sentatives—may becomo a probable
one. In that oveut the matter of pro
cedure becomes interesting.
The constitution, aftor providing
for electors and the casting of their
votes and tho count oi the latter by
Congress, declares: “Tho person hav
ing the greatest number of volos shall
he the President, if such number be a
majority of tho whole num
ber of electors appointed; and
if there he more than one
who have such a majority and
have an equal number of votes, then
tho House of Representatives shall
immediately choose l>y ballot one of I
thorn lor President; and if no person j
have a majority, then, from tho live!
highest on tho list, the said House,
shall iu like manner choose tho Presi
dent. But in choosing the President
tnc votes shall ho taken by states, the
representative from each state having
one vote.”
As the Democrats control a major
ity of llio slate delegations in the
House, they would elect the President
and would, of couiso, choose Cleve
land.
The followiog states would, in the
event of an election in tho House, vote
for Cleveland: Alabama, Arkansas,
California. Connecticut, Delaware,
Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisina
Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi,Mis
souri, Nevada, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Ten
nessee, Texas, West Virginia ano Wis
consin—22.
The following would vote|for flic
Republican candidate: Colorado,
Illinois, lowa, Kansas, Maine, Mas
sachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey .Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and
Virginia—ls.
Florida being equally divided—one
republican and one democrat mem
ber—would not have any Voice in the
decision.
It would then devolve upon the Sen
ate to elect a Vice President from the
two highest in (he list of those voted
for by the electors for that position.
This would place Messrs. Logan and
Hendricks before tho body and, the
republicans being in the majority,
would elect Gen. Logan.
So that if Gen. Butler dlreclUliis
canvass so as to throw the election
into Congress, lie will give Die cornlry
a democratic President and a republi
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EARTHQUAKE ECHOES.
STR.INUK MOTIONS OF THE KAHTH.
Characteristics of Earthquakes wlilch
Have Canted Great Destruction to
Life.
Tito last decade has been famous
for its earthquakes, and the honors
of Ischia are yet frosh in the minds
of all. Lightning strikes terror to
many brave hearts; the wind and
sea are elements of danger, but tho
earthquake alone terrorizes all na
ture, from the most intelligent man
to the simplest of tho brute croaillon.
It was Humboldt who said, “When
we fee. the ground movo beneath us
our deceptive filth in the response
of nature vanishes, and wo feel our
selves transferred into a realm of nn
-1 daueptlvo forces. Every
sound,’the faintest motion of tho air,
arrests attention. To man the earth
quake couveys llio idea ef unlimited
danger.”
¥here Is something about the phe
nomenon (hat alarms the most expe
rienced. The theories concerning
these terrible outbursts aro numerous
atul perhaps satisfactory, hut there is
yet much to explain them. Tho
power that set the coast undulatiug
and heaving for thousands of miles,
lifting a weight that the human
mindcannot begin to appreciate, Is
appalling to contemplate, Will; the
exception of Ischia, no oartliquako
has created great devastation for
quite fi number of years.
Ono of tho most frightful in late
yours occurred iu 18f>8, in Peru. Tho
power aeouied to concontyato its pow
er between tho Andes and the Pacif
ic, long known as afavorlto spot for
spelt phenomena. With such sud
denness did this disaster fall upon
tho people that thousands lost their
lives, literally dying before they knew
whal had happened. For a length of
fourteen hundred miles the earth was
tossed about like a rough sea, and. ill
a few moments three largo and pop
ulous cities were destroyed and bvory
building hurled to the ground.
DESTRUCTION OF AREQUIPA,
The most important of these was
Arcquipa, that had a population of
oyer 50,000 pursoitß. Ilia single sec
ond it went lo pieces. Tho socond
previous tho people >verc iu perfect
(fillet; then, without the slightest
warning, tho ground seemed to bo
blown or lifted up from below, the
puildings literally tumbling in ruins,
fl'liose that. 11 veil in low wooden
mouses riisVjd into the struct scream
ung with terror, only to bo crushod
liy tho falling of larger buildings As
usual, what lives were spared by Die
falling of walls were destroyed by tho
terrible advance of llio sea.
The first effect noticed of Dio latter
was a sudden agitation of the water;
then it began to roccde, running out
rapidly until far out to sea tho bod
was laid hare, the hulks of wrecks
were exposed ami fish loft dry upon
the mud. This was only the begin
ning, however. The sea seemed to
be retreating to gather force and in a
short time it was seen coming in
again, this timo in Ihc form of uu
enormous tidal wavo that fifty or six
ty foot high swept upon tho devoted
cities, completing the ruin, Large
ships iu the harbors were overturned
like toys; others were caught on the
wavo and rolled over and over liko
logs and carried far into the country
boyoml the city.
ENORMOUS TIDAL WAVES.
These enormous lidal waves that
scorned to threaten the very Andes
themselves were found to have
crossed Die entire Pacific Ocean and
were also felt as far away as Austra
lia a few hours later—thus having
rolled half around the world in less
than four hours—a lolling evidence
of the wondrous power at work,
fn this earthquake the motion was In
different hut in the famous one
that occurred In a province of Ecua
dor in'l797 the shocks were vertical,
as if explosions were occurring bo
neatli the city, so that towns wore
not only wrecked, but buildings were
actually tossed into the air. The
Riobamba was not only
ruined, but was ground toa powder,
and not a living thing escaped to tell
the story of the horrors of tho time.
Many of Die bodies were hurled one
hundred feet into the air.
As regards motion, that of Pozztio
li. on tho Bay of Baiae. near Naples,
was the most remarkable. The first
signs were noticed on the 29th of
September, 1538, when without warn
ing tbe earth began to rock violent
ly to and fro, so that everything, ani
mate and inanimate, was almost im
mediately thrown to the ground, and
mm and beast were made sick, as if
on a heavy sea. This terrible mo
tion was not in the form of a wave
0/ shock,but was continuous forsov.
oral days, so that at the end of that
time not a buihling remained, and
when it did cease now terrors ap
l>eared to render the scene more np
pallitig. Near what were known aa
the baths of Nero the ground opened
in vast gullies and cracks, from
which issued great sheets of flame.
The earth began to rise, until finally
a high hill was formed, which finally
burst like a volcano, and from the
crater, with a roar that could be heard
for miles, ashes, mud, molten rock,
steam and gas were projected into
the air with great violence. The vol
cano gradually increased in size uu-
I til it was one thousand feet high and
•0 remained, being called the New
Mountain, of Mount Nuevo. At the
present date it is eight thousand feet
in circumference ami about five hun
dred feet from tho water. It has been
observed that there is evidently some
connection between this mountain
and Vesuvius, as they seem to act as
safety valves to one another, both
never being violent at the same time.
THE MOST HORRIBLE EARTHQUAKE.
The Lisbon earthquake. Probably
Die mo3t horrible catastrophe ever
precipilatod by an earthquake was
that of Lisbon, on Novombr 1, 1755.
The inhabitants first experienced a
slight rumbling, something like that
hoard after the firing of heavy artil
lery. They started up in alarm all
over the great city, hut before ninny
could reach their doors there camo a
tcrrible sliock'Diat Yuiriod the largest
and strongest buildings to tho
grquiid, killing (hose ill tho streets
that hud escaped the first shock. The
effect of the disturbance was noticed
in a remarkable way on tho water,
Almost immediately Die sea with
drew, leaving tho large harbor dry ;
then in a waive of sixty or sovenly
feet It camo rushing in with tremen
dous force. Combing and ’roaring it
dashed upon the ruins and terrified
crowds, and in a few moments over
sixty thousand bodies were carried
out to sea or left lifeloss among tlie
mins. Many more woro drowned in
the lower part of tho oity, that had
settled so that houses were covorod
permanently with over six hundred
feet of water. This earthquake was
felt over tho entire continent of Eu
rope, and the tidal waves that it
caused swept across the Atlantic iu a
few hours to the Wost Indies, occa
sioning damago on those shores.
Careful calculation lias, shown that
llio aroa afflicted by tho disturbance
equaled 175,000,000 cubic miles.
THE TERRIBLE FEATURES.
Ono of the most terriblo features of
such earthquakes is the sudden open
ing and closing of the earth, ongulffug
man and beast. This was parliculitr
ly a feature of the earthquake of Co
labria lit 178,'), The earth crust
seemed strained in a terrible manner
and suddenly to give way until oubr
meiis cracks and fissures appoared,
into which rivers poured and large
lakes wore absorbed, so that entire
tracts of country were changed and
wholly unrecognizable. Somo of
these chasms wore miles in extent
and soomiugly bottomless and closed
together with a tiJeiblo noise- Bosilog
these (basins ’wciJMfce openings ap
pealed,.fifty or sixty feet across, with
curious fissures extending away irom
litem, and often containing water and
mud that boiled up with great ener
gy. The ground was so tossed about
that the surface land iu many casos
had actually changed plaoes, so that
fields of corn were found where some
other grain had been planted. Dur
jngtUis earthquake, over 100,000 poo
ple wore killed, many being destroyed
by the fissures, tho ground opening
beneath. The tidal wavo caused by
it in the Mediterranean rushed upon
tho city of Messina anil utterly do,
stroyed }t.
THE OENHIB OF TROUBLE-
Though some terrible earthquakes
occur in Europe amt Asia, South
America seems to he tho centre of
the trouble. In 1812 the city of Car
acas, in Venezuela, Was destroyed in
three shocks, each of which dkl not
occupy twenty soconds. In 18.19 tl)c
city of Callao was also completely de
molished, this being the second time.
The first time a wave came in from
the sea one hundred feet high, and
without wanting burst upon the city.
In 1822 an earthquake produced some
strange changes .in the- Andos.
Mountains were leveled,.others wero
raised, and a tract of laud one thou
sand miles square .was bodily eleva
ted about seven feet.
It lias been learned from old rec
ords that the destruction of Herfcula
nOn in and Pompeii was nearly ac
complished by an earthquake sixteen
years before the ashes of Vesuvius
covered 'them from sight. Biblical
records tell us that earthquakes were
felt in Syria in tho time of Ahab, 900
B. C-, and also in the reign of Uzziah,
800 11. C. In Josephus there Is
mention of an earthquake that deso
lated Judea at the time of tho battle
of Aetlum, 31 B. C., destroying over
10,000 pcaplo. Antioch has been vis
ited by somo terrible scenes. The
worst visitation was in 526 A. D.,
when over 250,000 persons wero de
stroyed. Sixty years later another
shock destroyed 60,000 more.
SHAKES NEARER HOME.
In our country tlifl New Madrid
earthquake of 1811 is still remembered
by many. This was remarkable for
the length of time the tumbling
about was felt; for over a year the
phenomena continued to exert itself,
keeping the Inhabitants in a contin
ual slato of excitement and anxiety.
The shocks were felt for three liun
dred miles around; rivers and lake
were drained and confusion reigned
until the year of the Caracas earth
quake in 1812, when it suddenly
ceased.
A severe shock was felt in Boston
in 1755 and In many parts of the
Eastern States. In Boston and the
surrounding country houses were
hurled to the ground and general
alarm prevailed, much greater in fact
than thatcreated by the recent shake
up. It has been estimated that
earthquakes are felt the world over
•nco In five days. Between 1800 and
1850,3,5.10 wcrocojuted.
NO. 35
A DUTCHMAN’S GOLD.
An Incident of the Battle of Gettysburg— How
an Athenian round Specie Hidden in a
Bake Oven, and the Owner at
Last Discovered.
Banner-Watchman.
Our citizens arc all acquainted with
the fact of how Mr. Jim Parr, a gal
lant member of the 3d Georgia regi
ment, while hunlinir for a headboard
for a dead comrade, discovered a lot
ot specie hidden beneath the hearth of
of a bake oven ip the town of Gettys
burg, and succeeded in getting it homo
whore he bought a substitute with a
part and used the rest to start himself
in business after the war. From
Mr. James ,O'Farrell, a member of
the samo company with Parr, we
learn the following singular Btory of
the discovery of this money:
The day boforo the fight a member
of their company, named Dicksou,
whom the boys dubbed ‘-Dixie,” as
gallant a man as ever followed the
fortunes of the immortal Loe, came to
Mr. Q’FarreU and stated to him that
he had a presentiment that there
would be a great battle soon and
that ho would he killed early in the
engagement. “Dixie” was laughed at
for his superstition, but ho persisted
in ills story, repeating it to other
members of mess, and seemed very
low-spirited. The next day the great
battle begun, and sure onough the
gallant “Dixie” was among the first
to fall, shot doad in his tracks. lie
was a general favorite with his coni
111111}' and after nightfall a squad was
detailed to bury their dead, under Mr.
Parr. After this sad duty had been
discharged, Parr bunted up Jim
O’Farrell and proposed that they go
out and get a head-board to mark the
grave of their comrade. O’Farrell
couseutod, but just as lie started with
that end in view lie was detailed for
somo special dutjy and Parr found
another memhor of the moss to assist
him. Near the grave was a bake oven
used by an old Dutchman, and the
two Confed’s decided that thoy could
probably find among the stones of
which it was built something suita
bio for their purpose. While Parr
was rumaging among the flat rocks
of the floor of this oven, he heard a
jingling sound, and striking a light
discovered a pile of gold and silver,
and a number of paper bills on the
hank of Gettysburg, lie secured about
$1,200 of this money, as much as ho
could conveniently carry off intending
to return for the renAinder. But
When he got back it gone, some
on else had discovered USe mine. Tho
specie mado quite a hoaVy bulk, and
Mr. Parr, belonging to the infantry,
entrusted the money to Mr. It. It.
Reaves to oarry it off for him. Mr. R.
tells us that they counted it carefully
on tho battio Held, by the light of their
camp-fire, and lie got it safely over
the Potomac, whon he delivered every
cent to Parr, taking nothing for his
trouble. When tho Federal troops
were raiding through this section,
they heard through some means of his
money, and going out to Mr. Parr’s
house, domanded it. This order
was refused, and thoy subjected that
gentleman to all manner of indigni
ties and punishments, but if thoy Re
covered any it was a very small sum.
During our late visit to Gettysburg we
met an old citizen of that town,
when the conversation turned upon
the depbrtmeut ot the Confederate
troops in Peiinsylvinia, and the sub
ject of gold found in a bake ovcu was
touched upon. When wo informed
the party that we knew tho soldier
who found the gold, Ins remark was,
“Aro you sure of what you say. sir?
Why, I am well acquainted with all
tho facts in the case, and an innocent
man has long labored under the sus
picion of taking the money. We do
not wish a cent of it back,bull would
liko io know the name of tho soldier
and his address, as it would clear an
innocent man of an unfust suspicion.
I will visit Athens shortly, and wish
to investigate the matter thoroughly.”
lie then proceeded to give us a history
of the owner of tills money. Ho was
an old Dutchman who distrusted
banks and dccidod that tho safest
place to deposit his money would be
under the hearth of his bake oven, as
no one would over think of looking
in such a place for treasure. Only
one man, a neighbor, knew where tho
money was hidden, and tills person
was always suspected of robbing his
friend, knowing that tho blame would
probably rest upon the soldier. It
was certainly a singular chain of
circumstances that first discovered
this money and how the mystery was
unraveled after over twenty years by
the merest accident.
ruin aaeitloni.
Mythical ideas arc fanning (he pub
lic brow with the brealh of prejudice,
ignorance or huuibuggcry. Have
you the remotest idea that your
scrofula was created by (lie uso of
potash and mercury? No mailer
what lbecause,B. B. B. is tho peer
all other remedies. Do you pro
sumo that your troublesome catarrh
B. B. Is (lie quickest remedy. Are
your chronic ulcers and boils and
sores the resusl of potash and mer
cury ? Medical gentleman will not
tell you so, but B. B. B. is the only
sovereign remedy. Wero your terriblo
kindey troubles creatod by mineral
noUning? - Not a bit of it, but B. B. B.
has proven to boa-mdiable remedy.
Are yonr skin yiiseasos- your eczema,
dry tetter, etc., the ofl'cci of too much
potash and metcury? The modical
profession are the best judges, and
they say nay, but B. B. B. makes
more pronounced cures than all other
preparations combined, aug.
A CELEBRATED CASE.
Gov. Ireland of Texas lias been ar
rested on a writ issued by the Federal
Court of that State in a suit instituted
by a convict named Francois. Tho case
has already attracted a great deal of
attention, and the arrest of Gov. Ire
land promisee to make it celebrated.
Tho convict is still in prison. In 1879
lie was sentenced 'o tlvo years in the
pouitenliarv, under an ante bcllnm
statute, for marrying a mulatto
woman. The case did not end when
Francois was sent to the penitentiary.
It was carried to the Supremo Court
of the State, whore the action of the
lowor court was sustained. It was
then taken to the United States Cir
cuit Court, and there, in one shapo
and another, it has remained ever
since. About tho first of this month
it was expected that a decision would
be reached, and the impression pre
vailed that it would be in Fi-pncoi’s
favor. Before any decision was ren
dered, however, the Governor issued
a very peculiar pardon to Francois.
In tho proclamation announcing tho
pardon, (ho Governor said:
This man’s time is nearly' out, and
the Federal judiciary have, determined
to release him unlawfully, as I think,
ami, as there is no way to prevent it,
believing that such decision would ha
detrimental to the public servioo in
Texas, said convict is so far pardoned
as to release him from imprisonment,
but no further, lie is not restored to
citizenship or as a witness.
This was rather a remarkable doc
ument for two reasons. Firjst, because
tho Governor stated what he could
not possibly have known, viz: that
“tho Federal judiciary hayo deter
mined to release” Francois, and, sec
ond, for not restoring Francois to his
full rights as a citizen. Through his
attorney Francois at once rejected tho
pardon, and began a suit against tho
Governor, on the alloged ground that
tho Governor entered into a conspira
cy to deprive him of citizenship. In
this suit tho Governor is under ar
rest, and it will soon he known, per
haps, why lie issued such a remarka
ble pardon. If Francois was illegal
ly convicted, of conrso tho State of
Texas docs not want to do him any
further injury than it has already
done hint; but if ho was legally con
victed, it is not easy to see why tho
Governor allowed himself to bo bull
dozed into granting him a partial par
don. It looks very much as % if tho
Governor thought that Francois was
illegally imprisoned. If that was his
opinion, ho ought to have grantod
him a full pardon. The law question
involved is whether tho ante helium
slatuto against miscegenation was
valid after the adoption of tho four
teenth amendment to tho Federal
constitution. —Savannah News.
Captain Rouard, the inventor of tho
navigable balloon, claims that tho
problem of seronical navigation has
been completely solved, and now it
Is only a question of time and money,
lie claims that hccouTiriin||*Jp a Rbal
loon postal system as canity a by
railroad, and could construct bal
loons, each of which would carry 100
soldiers.
It seems that tho Brithisli Govern
ment is about to get ahead of tho
dynamyters in tho mattor of ÜBing
balloons in warfare. Tho War Ofllco
is actively experimenting with a Gcr
; man-American invention for drop
ping explosive bombs from balloons
upon an enemy’s camp. It is ru
mored a favorable decision has al
ready been arrived at, and it is sup
posed a now branch of service will
he organized in the near future.
A daring robbery was perpetrated
at Mil Lane station on tho Chester
Valley railroad, tho victims being
nine Hungarian and Italian laborers
employed in the quarry. The quar
rymon had saved their earnings,
amounting to seven hundred dollars
and kept tho money hidden in a rudo
hut in which they live. While they
were at supper four masked and well
armed men appeared, and producing
revolvers, demanded the money.
The Blaine scandal suit is by no
means anew one, and it appears that
Mr. Blaine lias onco before sought to
heal his wounded honor with pecuni
ary damages. About twenty-five
years ago lie is said to liavo sued tho
editor ot tho Portland Argus for giv
ing publicity to somo scandal that tho
Indianapolis paper published. Thu
suit was withdrawn after a big blus
ter. It Is hardly probablo that tho
Indianapolis suit will be pressed to
trial, as it can hardly be called up in
timo to make a sensation in the cam
paign.
A falal accident occurred just across
the river at CkMUMf*- *
19 year old sou of llarwl Hartman,
with a hammer was trying to nepSa.n
a rivot in mM revolver. By s a
means the hajwertfnw* fiamuid#®
which exploded, winding afo*
crashing through Hite velwg xnaada
brain, killing hi m almmft ibrtMunWy,
At the time of i)br aeeiileltt Kilic fwwd
ly of (he deceased Wlll'e all aiwf*l,
and when One? rriMH'imll hutut Ihe
young man w** H-mitni Hying
lloor dead, with J-Wwl hammer
and rivet lying right hy hi* side.
fll, K-rnarr K-( * fcalfc a Windfall
aada Wind Mill.
Ticket No, 12,333, in the July draw
ing of the Louisiana Slate Lottery,
drew the first capital prize ot $75,000
and one- tilth was held by a well-to-do
arnter in the town of Canadaville,
p e nn. A reporter visited him. Ho
said his $15,000 would cnablo him to
live comfortably the rest of his life.
He would now have a windmill—
sametiling that his heart had long
been set upon. Ho drew his money
through tno Bank of Commerce ot
this city.—Memphis (Tcuu.) Avalau
cbo, July 26.