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AGRICULTURAL
DOES FAjMtINO PAY IN QEOfUjIA.
View of Hon- 3. T. Hnderon, State
OonuniMiomer of Agriculture.
In the August number of The
Southern Cultivator I find that a
correspondent has re-produced the
substance of a communication made
t> the Savannah Times of the 2nd
of July, charging that I have main
tained and still contend that “there
is no money in farming in Georgia.”
Thisailegod opinion of mine, it ia
said by the writer, has “met with a
very decidod oraount of adverse crit
icism.” Stricily construed, the lan
guage here attributed to me would
have a world of significance and im
portance, if it happened to bo true. It
would mean that one hundred and
forty thousand farms in Georgia
were only at best poorhouses, for the
habitation and doubtful existence of
four hundred and forty thousand un
fortunates who were pinned to them
by a hard fortune. This, too, would
indicate a speedy bankruptcy of the
State, and a change of vocation for
nearly one-third ot the population of
Georgia. To my mind the hare sug
gestion that such a state of things as
this waa impending, or was probable
or possible, should strike terror into
our hearts, and startle us worse than
the fear of invaaiou by an army. The
facts which underlie sucli a discussion
as tliis are so obvious, and indeed so
few, that it does seem to me there
should be no chance for such blun
dering and gloomy forecasting as I
have been charged with in connection
with it. If onr farms are not self
supperling, from what quarter does,
the chanty come that has been prop
ping them up for these many years
back ? Do our merchants, or mechan
ics, or the liberal professions supply
their lack ? Or do our dear brethren
of the East give their tribute iu clelh
ing, and our dear brothers ot the
Northwest give the eleemesynary
meat and bread that helps perpetuate
our farming for fun ? And it becomes
a serious thing todiscoverwhat mys
terious influence it is that so fascinates
.our farmers with this life of penury
And failure that the increase of the
number ef farms iu Georgia waa from
About 70,000 in 1870, to nearly 140,000
In 188 l. The appeals which the one
hundred and forty or fifty thousand
anuual failures on our farms are mak
ing to our sense of comfort ef self
preservation, it wonld seem, ought to
warn and dissuade and not encourage
this prodigious multiplication of ex*
periment in the line of certain and
miaous lees. Then again this query
recurs | who feeds the world of non
producers 7 This latter class I believe
Ricardo, a very high authority, places
as high as eight to etie. I am uot
ambitious of making an argument of
any great array of big statistics in ex
plaining myself upon the points rais
ed by the correspondence referred io
Jic. But, P*.*.1.011) ami omclatl), 1
regard my opinions of the farmer’s
vocation and hi* chances in Georgia
as a breadwinner, as a comfort-loving
■nan, his prospects iu life as a useful
clliaen, and his prospects of contin
uance and permanence as of some con
sideration in view of ray relations
to the whole subject. As Commis
sioner of Agriculture I am very much
interested iu having my own fellow
citizens In Georgia to believe that I
am not only earnestly at work, but
hopefully laboring to advance the
character and sesulta of our agricul
ture. I would dislike to have the
people of Georgia suspect that I
thought the annual production of
Georgia farms —running all the way
from about sixty-seven millions, flvo
years ago, to. the large increase over
that figure in last year's showing—
was after all a delusion and a woeful
miscarriage of toiling and earuost
ininden men, who were serviug the
rest of mankind at their owu cost and
without even a grateful acknowledge
ment from those who reaped the fruits
of it. I can easily state uiy position.
This true presentation of what I real
ly believe and leel, may give as much
offense as the words attributed to me
in the quoted articles at the opening
of these remarks. But I am free to
•ay that I believe farming properly
pursued, is the happiest of all lives
or employments. Faithfully and in
telligently pursued, I am convinced
it is the best assured and most certain
of fair and satisfactory results In all
the long catalogue of human pursuits.
Th man, in my opinion, who could
elect the life of the farmer with a fair
.outfit aid did not chooso it. made a
.mistake. But it takes all sorts of
trades, as well as all sorts of men, to
-snake a world ; and while I do not
•censure the man who ceuld have been
a farmer and would not, I at the same
.time take the privilege that a human
man ought io he allowed to exercise
•Andextend to sueh au one my sympa
thy. But I would be doing a great
injustice to mv convictions of the
truth as I toe tilings and admit there
was nothing to censure—nothing
grossly and hurtfully wrong in much
of our mannorof doing things in onr
agriculture. No man who has eyes to
mo could say this, and I think no man
evhu lovos Georgia should be cersnred
for raising a warning voice. By the
methods pursued by a great number
jot farmers in Goorgia and elsewhere
•North, South, East and West, as I
m informed, the results of the far
mer’* yearly toil and ontlay are uot
■by any moans what they should and
what they might be. The false and
faulty methods I feel it to be my duty
aa-anofßcer and patriot to expose
and aa far ae iu my humble power to
.reform.
While I admit that the list of hon
orable names succeeding in tillage,
adduced by the correspondent alluded
to, contains no one that ia well enti
tled to stand in it, I yet know that a
far longer list of failures might be
presented which would justify all
THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
VOL. XIX.
that can be said by way of qualifica
tion or consult;. I have advised some
young n.en who consulted me as to
the policy of their engaging in far
ming, and giving up their present
business, to look well to the hard re
alities of their intended calling and
not be deluded by the thought success
in this new sphere was to be easily
won. In moments of free interchange
of thought. I have uo doubt often ex
pressed my feelings in regard to the
weighty questions of labor and pro
duction in a manner too careless for
one whose opinions on these subjects
were as likely to closely scanned or
severely criticised as iniue. But when
gravely questioned I have never been
reticent or backward. My conviction
in regard to these momentaus sub
jects are too stroug, and to some ex
tent, are too serious, to be slightly
treated. The labor question is of vast
proportions and consequence, and I
fear ia above the wisdom of this day
and generation. A prophet must arise
before the end of that matter can be
predicted. In the meantime. I am
content to use all proper means to uti
lize the black man and prepare for his
substitute. While doing this Ido not
hesitate to tell my own peoplo or the
world that the farmer who relies en
tirely, or even to a large exteut, upon
nogro labor, will lean on a broken
stick. I feel very sure that few meu
who employ tho hireling colored man
can, by any means of persuasion or
any existing appliances, get out of his
labor as much work in six days of
the week as he would bo fairly enti
tled to have in four. I kuow besides
this defect, that in provident care of
the farm and what is on it in all
that natural and needful vigilance
that the foeliug at home and home
interests so naturally excites,are thing
of the past. For those and a legion of
other reasons, I am prepared to urge
timely and wise preparation for the
future exigency that is ahead of us,
aud that maybe softened if not fully
met by bringing more white muscle
into tho field. Improved machnery is
doing this work now, and from this
day forth will multiply its results. I
mean by all this not the least unfriend
liness or indifference to the present
status of the negro or his destiny. I
could not, if I would, change tho
heart of sympathy for the race which
was born of the institution of slavery.
My duly, however, is to declare to the
people of my Stale, who placed me
whore I am, what I think of all nut
ters affecting their interests. It i* a
part of my duty to declare that if Our
people would road more; meet each
' other in friendly coansel. iu Club or
Grange;adorn and add nioro conven
iences to their homes; enlarge the sup
ply and range of those creature com
forts that refine while they make them
fat and happy; I repeat—if all these
were secured to our people, wo would
bo the best provided and most con
tented population on earth. If men
as farmers, worked and watched and
systematized as the merchants, the
machanic.thc professional man is com
pelled to do, wc would hear no more
of failures or of the vexed debate’
“Does farming pay in Georgia 7” Men
that eat and indulge themselves three
hundred and sixty-five days in tho
year, must not be expect to do this on
four month’s labor. It is scant jus
tico to abuse farming and handicap
it with a thousand weights that no
other business could live under-
Gi vc it a fair chance and it will assert
its intrinsic dignity influence and im
portance. J. H. Hendp.bson,
Commissioner.
STABTINQ A YOUNO NAN.
It is related of a wealthy Philadel
phian, who has been dead these many
years, that a young man came to him
one day and asked for help to start
in business.
“Do you drink ?” inquired the
millionaire.
“Occasionally."
“Stop it 1 Stop it for a year and
then come and see me.
Then the young man broke off the
habit at once, and at the cud of a year
again presented himself.
“Do you smoke 7” asked the great
mar..
“Yes, now and then.”
“Stop it! Stop it for a year, and
then come and see me."
The young man went away and
cut loose from the habit, and after
worrying through another twelve
months, once more faced the philan
thropist.
“Do yon chew.”
“Yes.”
“Stop it 1 Stop it for a yoar, and
then come and sec me."
Bnt the young man never called
again.—When someone asked why
he didn’t make one more effort,hc re
plied :
“Didn’t I know what he was driv
ing at ? He’d have told me that as I
had slopped chewing, drinkiug and
smoking, 1 must have saved enough
monev to start myself."—Wall Street
News.
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BISHOP PIERCE.
passes into his final rest.
Th OIOM of . Raro.rk.ble and niuatrlou. Lire
—HI. Family Hlrtory—The Rarly Day. ot
the Qnat Itinerant—Hl. Ooura. In La
ter Life—Deathbed Scene., Etc.. Xtc.
Atlanta Constitution.
Dr. Alfriend, whoso practiced
eye saw that death
was the only relief, found
it necessary to toll the bishop that tho
time had come. The sick man, turn
ing wearily iu his bed, smiled and
asked;
"How long will I have to wait?”
“Only a tew hours.”
All heads wore bowed. The touch
of God’s lingur made every tongue si
lent. Thus tho hours passed
Friends came in and received the
good man’s blessing. Daylight
brought with it delusive hope; that
even yet he might live. At eight
o’clock it was observed that ho was
growing worse. Silently his wife
took her place at the dying man’s
side, holding his hand in her’s.
Children, grandchildren, great grand
children, friends, neighbors, grouped
about tho bed. Breathing grew
harder; eyes were suffused with tears.
At fifteen minutes to nine a voice
whispered:
“Ho is dead!”
And thus llic story of a lifo was
told—a life that shall long serve as a
sweet memory and an example for
those who knew him.
It is but a few months since tho
preparations tor his golden wedding,
brought to Bishop Pierce and his bride
•f fifty voars the congratulations of
frieuds in alt parts of tho union.
Through an interview with a rep
resentative of The Censtitulion tho
bishop permitted the world an inside
view of his home, and to share in the
joy which crowned an active lifo of
over halt a century. On that occa
sion Bishop Pierce, in an informal
way, gave tho story of his family,
substantially as follows:
TIIK FAMILY TRKK.
“There wero three branches of ou r
family,” he said, in answer to a ques
tion. “Two brothers went north,,
and were lost sight of, while the
third found his homo in Halifax
county, North Carolina, where my
father was born in 1784. Tho fami
ly is of English and Gcncvian ori
gin, the Pierces bciitg English and
the Flournoys from Geneva. Many
members of the latter family are now
to bo found ill Virginia. Whan
Franklin Pierce was president I
called upon him, and we found great
similarity in many of our family
traditions, but no positive proof of
relationship. However, I said jocu
larly to the president:
“Since you have reached tho presi
dency, wo will agree to call you
Cousin Frank.”
“After my father wag born, but
white yet an infant, my grandfather
removed to South Carolina, where lie
became deeply identified with the
state, and latter still ho became a
citizen of Greene county, whore ray
father grow up and married Miss
Annie M. Foster, daughter of Gener
al George W. Foster, in 1809. At
this time he was presiding elder of
the Oconee district, extending from
Jackson county in the north, to St.
Mary’s in the soul*' and as far west
as tho frontiers, dared to go. I
was born in 18u, at the home of my
grandfather, tlirce miles from
Grcenesboro, in one of those hewn log
houses such as were fashionable in
in those early days. The family
lived in Grcenesboro until 1835, and
afterwards at Columbus. I went to
school in Greensboro, first to Mrs.
Scott, and afterwards to her hnsnand.
Mr. Archibald Scot!, one of tho most
famous teachers of his day. One pe
culiarity of his teaching was this:
The pupil was at perfect liberty to do
what ho pleased, hut he had to have
his lesson. When the lesson was not
perfect, Mr. Scott had a good supply
of hickory and tho muscle to wield
it. Asa result llic lessons were gen
erally perfect.” “At tho age of fif
teen I was sent to tho Athens uni
versity, and graduated in 1829.
Among those who were my compan
ions were Robert Toombs, Alexander
11. Stephens, Howell Cobb, and sev
eral others whose names have since
become impressed upon the history
of the state. None of iny own class,
however, became specially distin
guished, thou ch many of them took
respectable places in the world. Dur
ing my college days my lather was
pastor of the church in Athens. Un*
der his teaching a powerful revival
of religion took place, through which
I professed religion. I graduated at
my eighteenth year.
ON THE CIRCUIT.
“Returning home, following the
natural bent of my inclinations, .ami
under the advice of toy uncle, Colo
nel Foster, I began the study of the
law. A year later my convictions led
me to seek service in the church. The
conference, up to that time, consisted
of South Carolina, Georgia and Flor
ida. In 1831, however, the Georgia
conference was organized, and I be
came one of its firstmembers. I was
appointed to the Alcova circuit com
posed ef the counties of Putnrm, Jas
per, Newton and Morgan, with Rev.
Jeremiah Freeman as my senior in
charge of the circuit. Within the
first quarter he broke down under
the excessive labor, aud I was left
alone to fill twenty-two appointments
over a territory so vast that my home
seemed continually in tho saddle. I
preached twenty-fbur sermons every
twenty-eight days, besides sermons
on extra occasions, such as weddings,
funerals and household services.
During that year I received into the
church 150 members. Tho socotid
year, young though I was, I
was sent to Angus's as the juniof to
James O. Andrew, whoso namo air.
terward became so prominont. In
May of that year Mr. Andrew was
olectcd bishop, and for tho second
time I found myself in solo charge ol
a very responsible trust.
A St'ICE OF ROMANCE.
“The third year found me appoin
ted to Savannah and bore,” said the)
bishop,” speaking with the air of a
man whose imagination recalls a
pleasant picture. “I met Miss Annie
M. Waldron. She was ail orphan,
living wilii her married sister, tho
wifo of Mr. Benjamin Snider, at
that time one of the loading business
men of Savannah. Our meetings re
sulted in an old story told so often.
We were married on the 4th of Feb
ruary, 1834, at tho residence of Mr.
Snider. A largo company was pres
ent, nearly all of whom are now dead.
In the years which have passed they
have dropped off one by one, till now
hut few remain, and they are wait
ing for tho great summons. Uov.
Richard I. Wynn, the clergyman
who per.'ermed tho ceremony, still
lives, a citizen of Texas. I was re
appointed to Savannah tho year fol
lowing, with the intimatiou that I
would shortly be transferred le Char-(
leston, S. C., for Dr. Capers, who was
to lecato in Goorgia. At tho close of
a year I returned to Georgia, anil,
was reappointed to Augusta. DuP-i
ing all these years the church had
made great progress. I was then ap
pointed presiding eldcs of tiie Au
gusta district, during which time
great revivals were hold.
“In 1839 I was appointed president
of tho first female college in the world,
located at Macon. Owing to finan
cial embarrassment I subsequently
resigned and accepted the agency to
• collect fluids for Hie institution. In
18421 was stationed iu Macon, whcnco
I was reappointed in Augusta for the
years 1843 and 1844, during which
time I built St. John's church. I was
tlion appointed for three years pre
siding elder of the Augusta circuit,
and then, 1848, 1 vas transferred to
Columbus. That summer 'Judge
Longslrect resigned tho presidency of
Emory collego, and I was appointed
to 4111 the vacant chair, which I hold
till 1854. During all theso years I
never meddled with affairs of the
world, never became entangled with
outside questions, and never allowed
college or other duties to Interfere
with the regularity of my preaching.
There is only one safety for a preach
er—unremitting work aud never
coasing preaching.
RAISED TO THE EPISCOPACY.
In 1854 tho general conference of
tho Methodist Episcopal church,
south, met in Columbus. By that
body I was elected to bo one of the
general superintendents of the
church. My dities have occupied all
my time, and called me from sea to
sea. I have been absent from home
months at a time, spouding weeks on
the cars, and undergoing many hard
ships of travel.
VIEWS ON CURRENT TOriCR.
The bishop had decided views on
every topic of importance, which lie
never hesitated to express. He did
not believe in choirs, as they
introduced an element of bickering
into the church, the singers being till
ed with envy and jealousy, scandali
zing each other instead of worshipping
God. The Methodism of the present
•day he looked upon as lacking in the
personal earnestness of an earlier po
rted—there being a disposition now
to regard the edicts of society which
were not always In accord with tho
Christian code. He did not fully ap
prove of the agitation for porfcct holi
ness. 8o anxious was he to be correc
tly quoted upon this topic that with
Ids own hand lio wrote the
following lines when wailed upon by
the Constitution’s representative last
February:
“The subject of sanctification, or
Christian perfection, or holiness, has
been the matter of controversy in llic
church, prominently at different times
from Wesley’s day down to the pres
ent. The great difficulty has been,
not an actual disagreement upon the
subject itself, as In the attempt to de
fine wtiat is undoflnable. To convey
an idea in precise terms what is a
matter of fact and of feeling rather
than of doctrine, is always sure to
confuse the common mind, and to pro
voke controversy. The scriptures
unquestionably teach that holiness of
heart and life is an essential to salva
tion. But to express exactly what it
is, how it is to bo obtained, would be
to any man a very difficult under
taking. There are general views of
the subject in which all, I think, may
harmonize. I rejoice in the recent re
vival of this subject, and white I do
not agree with the views or methods
of Us modern advocates in all respects,
I think the agitation has done and is
doing good. It has led to inquiry,
discussion, self examination, and
stimulated a great many to seek a
higher life and a deeper religious ex
perience. Good lias been accomplish
gA and more general good will follow,
if its peculiar advocates are prudent
and judicious iu their teaching, and
are faithful to onr own professions.
I think that if leas was said in tiie way
of personal claims and professions,
and tho ilocMno loft to vindicate itself
by the lives of those who are the sub
jects of this work of grace, it would
be bet ter fer all concerned. A preach
er may present the truth and enforce
it and commend it, deriving his ar
guments from his own experience, as
illustrative of scripture preaching,
without claimiug himself to he an ex
ample of it. I believe in holiness,
and have struggled through life to
illustrate it, in spirt and in canversa
tion, but have never toll called by tho
spirit to avow those high attainments
which some ef my brethren report
‘fbucerning themselves. Ido not dis
credit their testimony nor deny the
facts o? their experience, bu. think it
more modest and humble, say'ng loss
of one’s self and leaving character to
the judgment of the church and the
world.”
THE CHURCH AND SLAVERT.
The bishop, whose service, either as
delegates to tho general convention or
as bisltop on the bench, has been hi
the consulting councils of tho church
during tho entire time in which, and
dovolopcd into tho war between tho
states., is a prom'nent figure in histo
ry. In posesslon of such experience
bo declared that never once iu any
of the governing councils of thochurch
was tho question of slavory or politics
that the gospel, pure aud
the only question with
“ r they roHccrnud themsclve.
with tin- mil hern ilmnli lie
MSoreil undo si arable. The ciltica
■•; the negro, beyond certain !im-
Bks harmful to tlm negro himself
Hkas dangerous Io tho whites.
HHHire he regarde 1 as full of hope
|HHKr, as good senso of Ihe people
vwuld lead them out of all difficulties,
provided thoy did not forget God.
Taken altogether George F. Pierce
was a groat man. Great as lie made
Irmsclf, ho would have been equally
great in whatever calling of life ho
undertook. He was surrounded iu
his late years by a happy and appre
ciative family, who anticipated his
every want, and at the last moment
oased Ids dying pillow with the ton
nciTioss born of love.
WHO STRUCK BILLY FATTERTONf
A Queer Story, In Whloh Flguree I>m
Fattier of Madams Boxaparte
of Bultimo 'e.
A curious story is currcnj. It's tj
“Who struck Lilly Patterson**’ljt is to
the eff'oet that Mt\ William Pat erson,
tfffc father of Madamo Bonaparte, who
was a prominont and respected Bal
timore merchant, was the “BHy Pat
terso.i” who received tho mythical
blow and that ho offered a reward of
♦ 1 ,000 in his will for tho discovery of
tiie prepetrator of tho assault. The
story goes on to describe tho blow as
having been given in Franklin coun
ty, Goorgia, in 1837, the narrator be'-ig
ignorant that that was two ycu-s af
ter tho Baltimore merchant’s death.
A tfrs./fcnnio A. Corey, o' Athol
WaFren county, New York comes for
ward as the daughter of the man who
sirtfck Billy Patterson and wants to
fin A" the mythical SI,OOO. Tho sto
ry jSit comes from a correspondent
in Hbmta, Georgia, says: Mr. Pat-
will containing the clause
pollinating the reward offered for
theWscovery of the man who had
strunf him is of record in the office
of the clerk of tho court in the coun
ties of Franklin and Elbert. Mrs.
Corey writes to tho Ordinary, of
Franklin county as follows:
“My father struck Billy Patterson.
It was a great many years ago, or
at least I supposo it was, as I was a
very small child when he told me
about it. Hu is dead now. As near
as I can And out he was wild and
mischievous when young and ran
away from his homo in Vermont,
where he was horn and raised by ten
der parents. Ho was of a roving
disposition and among other places
which lio visited was Franklin
county, Ga. As ho was fond of sport
lie attended most of the public fairs.
Ho attended the one in Georgia—l
say the one, because he left Georgia
as soon as possible and nover re
timied'agaln to sec how Bitty Patter
son came out. Ho said when the row
begun and Mr. Peacemaker, as he
called Billy, stuck his name in to
break up tho sport ho just lovcled
him and ‘dug out’ as soon as possible
and left Georgia forever. He went
to Cleveland, Ohio, and as he grew
older and wiser ho began to gro v
stricter, and became as good an en
gineer as was ever on tho road, and
run fifteen years on one road besides
others. My mother wont from this
place to Ohio and married my father
and I was born there. Wo came
back litre te live. My fathers name
was Ocorgo W. Tilieston. 11c never
knew thsrc was a will made, and I
am not sure that lie wonld have cared
to have told, as lie had money enough,
but as lam an invalid I might as
well iiavc tho money if It is still of
fered.” Tho Ordinary of Franklin
couuty has had a transcript of the
will taken and has forwarded it to
Mrs. Corey at Athol.
Mr. Patterson’s will may be of rec
ord in the counties of Franklin and
Elbert, (<u.,if he had land or other pos
sessions there, but the original will
is of record in tho Register of Wills of
fleein Baltimore, where it was hunt
ed up by a Sun reporter and found to
contain uo such clause as described in
Uc Goorgia stoiy.
PULASKI’S POOR HEIR.
TFRBL3LK TALK OF A RUBBIAW CLAIM
ANT FOB. AMERICAN JUBTXOB.
A Wrotohßd Survivor of Siberian In humanity--
A Claimant for the Fortune the United
State* Government O'vee the Bev
olut'o lary Hero’s Helra.
A direct decomlant of Gen. Pulaski
the great Revolutionary soldier, says
the Philadelphia Press, is now in this
city actively engaged in pushing his
claim to the money and estates voted,
to tli* Polish General by the Couti
tental Congress, ana which Pulaski
never lived to enjoy. Casimir Suff
czyncki, is tho itamd of the claimant,
and he is Pulaski’s grandnephew. Ho
has led a life that would be worth
wiittlng about oven though he had
no distinguished ancestor, lie was a
Polish insurgent, but with many
others, was made prisoner by the
Russians and condemned to pass tha
remainder of his life in the Siberian
mines. In 1877 he was liberated
through the efforts of William M.
Evarts, then Secretary of State, and
allowed by the Russian Government
to come to this country for the ex-
press purpose of claiming the Pulaski
property. Since then the machinery
of the law put iu motion by Suff
czynkl’s attorneys to get him the os
tatc has been going so slowly that its
motion has been hardly perceptible
but now there seems somo chance of
the case being sottlcd.
Pulaski was a Brigadier General, at
a salary of $6,000 a year. He earned
this for four years, but never drew it.
In addition to tho money, ho was
granted 800 acres of lsml, which ho
was allowed to select from a region
not then occupiod. The greuud which
he chose was in the centre of the site
on which the city of Columbus, 0.,
now stands. It is probable, however
the rights of his heirs to this land has
lapsed. It waa never really eccnpied
by tho Continental General, When
bodied the sums of $24,000 remained
te the credit of his heirs in the United
States Treasury, and this, with In
terest added, is still on the books at
Washington awaiting the disposition
of Congress.
Casimir, the claimant was born in
Poland in 1838, his father being the
son of Pulaski’s brother. Casimir
was gcptly reared and enjoyed an in
come of 25,000 reublos. When the
revolution 'of 1862 broke out, he
abandoned everything to patriotism
andweit wlthjjls townsmen to fight
tyranny
socoivTcugagoinont he ,was captured
with 800 comrades and immured in a
dungeon at Warsaw. He remained
there eight months. At intervals
during his confinement lie was
dragged from hi* cell and lashed with
the knout until he became insensible.
SENT TO SteKBIA.
lii (lie fall of 1803 he was sentenced
with tiie other prisoners, to Siberia.
He applied for permission to make
nso of his horses on tho way, but this
was denied him, and ho was told that
not only his horses, but all his prop
erty, had been confiseoted by order of
the Czar. His sister, who waa incon
solable at his misfortune, determined
to accompany him te his destination.
She provided herself with a team,
but tho wretched Casimir was never
allowed to make use of It. With his
legs and hands chainod he limped
along on the frozen ground, keeping
as near to his sister as possible. Occa
sionally, through the brutality of tho
guards, he was driven away from hor
and did not get the benefit of her con
solation and encouragement for
weeks. The journey to Irkutsk took
two years and ten days. On the way
the exiles were allowed ten kopeks, or
five esnts, a day with which to pro
vide themselves with food. They
subsisted chiefly on bread and melted
snow. To some extent thoy were de
pendent on the charity of the peasants
Of the vintages through which they
passed. Casimir fared so well at their
hands that ho was frequently able to
save up Ids allowance for a few days
and then indulge in some luxury.
When tiie party reached Irkutsk,
Casimir’s sister was compelled to turn
around and go through the weary
Journey back to Poland. The un
happy patriot, however, was obliged
to tramp ou and on for a thousand
miles more, until lie readied a spot
almost near Alisxa, where there were
soft coal mines. Ho was then taken
8X) yards underground and given a
pick and shovel. Re claims that for
fourteen years ha remained in the
bowels of the earth, and that during
that time he never once saw the sun.
Some of his • follow workers were
chained to trucks and forced to do the
labor of beasts of burden. All ot
them had their hands and legs fas
tened together with irons which bent
them double.
Starvation and sickness existed in
the mines to a terrible extent, and
one by one the exiles, many of whom
had, like Gasimlr, boon delicately
reared, dropped off. Tho average
duration of life was but a few years.
Casimir, however, had a good consti
tution, and stood the hardships ih a
way that astonished the guards.
Sometimes they would discuss the
question or how many mere years ho
could endure. According !• his
statement, the prisoners were ordered
to bo shot for tiie slightest offense.
One man was murdered for asking
for a glass of clean water because he
wassick and ceuld not drink lhehor*l
rible stuff that had bccu given kite,
NO. 37
RATING THEIR COMRADES.
But the most terrlbro part of the
story, and one that adds anew hor
ror to tho already long list that can be
made out when one writes of the Si
berian mines, is Casimir’s statement
that tho death of a prisoner was hailed
with joy by his comrades. They fed
off the remains. So little food was
doled out by tho officials that a corpse
was torn to pieces and devoured al
most before it had got cold. Casimir’s
stories of Siberian cannibalism make
' tho description of the comsumption
of human flesh durng the Greely ex
pedition appear to be a mere trifle.
He declares that weak men wore
slaughtered by the stronger, and that
their flesh was dried or frozen and
thon stored away for for future use.
This was winked at by the Russian
officials, who saw in it tha economy of
government stores. No heed was
paid to tho disappearance of a pris
oner.
Casimir's sister in a few years de
cided that he was dead. In 1876 ad
vertisements were published in all the
European newspapers, inquiring for
the heirs of Gen. Pulaski. She an
swered one of the advertisements, and
shortly afterward cime to this coun
try. Meanwhile Mr. ICalusowski, of
Washington, an old and respected
emigrant of the revolution ot 1831,
who had known of Casimsr, saw some
chance of his being alive, and began
a correspondence, which resulted in
his discovery in the Siberian mine.
The Secretary of of State tlieu started
negotiations with the Russian Gov
ernment for the man’s relcas*. In
1877 ho was let go, and then he began
a weary march to Warsaw, which
took him more than two yeirs. He
was bent nearly double, through
being chained, and he limped along at
the rate of less than a mile an hour. It
did not take many hours to constitute
a day’s walk.
From Warsaw ho was sent to Bre
men, and thence shipped to New
York, tho government paying his fare.
Ho was provided with a letter of in
troduction to Count Wodzickt, of this
city, who is attached to Peter Wright
& Son’s agents for tho American
Steamship Line. The Conut put him
in the way of,gelting his claim rec
ognized, wliijeh it Anally was, and his.
identity waislaccepted by the United
States authorities. After presenting
his claim (tn Washington, Casitnir
w'cfit to ili witJi a Polish’ft lend In
Shecamlolh. Irtafew months, Uow
ovor. AhftiAilc.r ietf-tUp city and the
descendant of Pulaski Was thrown on
his own resources. Ike could speak
no English, aud ho nearly starved.
Eighteen months later Count Wod
zicki discovered him earning his liv
ingby picking coal. He brought him
to Philadelphia, and he is now living
with him, at 1504 South Third streot.
Congressman Van Katon, of Miss
issipi, introduced a bill into tho House
making Caaimlr a grant of $50,000
for which sum he la willing to settle.
It has passed second reading, and is
posted for Anal passage on Dec. 23.
Meanwhile casimir's sister, who, hi
spite of physicians’ certificates, de
clares, that he is insane, ia getting up
a bill which will award her as one of
Pulaski’s heirs the neat sum of $250,
000.
Tho unfortunate exile Is a perfect
physical wreck. Although only 46
years of age, his hair is snowy white
and ho looks as if ho were 80. Ho is
bent almost doublo through wearing
fetters, and Ids frame trembles con
tinually as if he were in a palsy. He
speaks with the utmost difficulty. It
would take him an hour to walk four
blocks.
What Shall the Harvest Be f
The summer is ended—what shall
the harvest bo?. If you have sowed
liberally yeu, vill reap richly. But
if not—remember that the next (the
173d) Grand Monthly Drawing of
The Louisiana State Lottery will hap
pen on Tuesday, October 14th, 1834-
full information of which can be
had of M. A. Dauphin, Mew Orleans,
La. At the drawing (the 171st) of
August 12th, among the results, the
following is reported: No 15,365
drew the first capital of $75,000. It
was sold in fifths—one was held by
Eugene Gaudins, No. 231 St. Poters
st., Now Orleans; another by Mr.
Louia Seymour, of Memphis, now
employed as a carpenter at the
Grand Cotton Exposition Building at
Now Orleans. No 52,803 drew sec
ond capital prize of $25,000, sold in
New York. No 29,862 drew the third
capital prize of SIO,OOO, sold in fifths
—two to Mr. T. 8. Tutwlior, of San
ford, Fla., collected through Colum
bus (Miss.) Ins., and Banking Cos.
The fourth capital prizes of $6,000
each went to Nos. 1,167 and 55,475,
sold in fractional parts hither and
yon, among others two-fifths to A.
B. Glover, No 25 8. Compton Ave.,
St. Louis, Mo., one-fifth, to Mr. Louis
8. Day., of New Haven, Conn., and
to other parties in Washington D C.
and in New Orleans, La. But here
we will rest for a period. (To bo
continued indefinitely.)
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*OND HEARTS AT LAST UNITED.
A Tale of True LOVe. Gone lancy and tho
Reward of Patient Worth.
(From tho New York Truth.)
The nine o’clock fast Western ex
press jesterday morning carried
among its passengers a young and lov
ing pair, just starting on the journey
of life along the matrimonial high
way. The marriage of the young
people was consummated Tuesday
night at tho Miners’ Arms Hotel, on
Whitehall street, by the Rev. Issac
Maguire, rector of the Seamen’s So
ciety, and closed the last chapter of a
romantic courtship nndor difficulties
begun in the land of bonnle Scots and
terminated on America’s free soil.
Eight yoars ago, in the charming
city of Aberdeen, Scotland, Andrew
Williams, thon a canny Scotch lad, 19
yoars old, fell in love with bewitch
’ng Annie Patterson, a lassie fair to
look upon, just budding -into sweet
womanhood. She was the belle at all
the fairs for miles around and non*
could dance the Highland Flings with
such grace and winsome ways as
pretty, blue-eyed Aunlo. The hearts
of the young'Scotch gallants were
laid at her foot feev'" ■ ’nor
sweetest smilo was for Andrew, bon
nie, rauckic and true, and her eyos
danced with pleasure whenevor ho at
tended her.
But “the course of true love ne’er
did run smooth.” Andrew was too
poor to take a wife and for that rea
son tho girl’s family opposed tho
match. Five yoars is a long time for
young people to struggle against ad
versity in love matters. At the end
of this time Andrew found he could
not earn enough m Scotland to sup
port a wife and determined to seek
his fortune in America, the country
he had hoard such wonderful stoiies
about. So, pfter a toarful fare well,
a promises to write and one day re
turn and claim her as his bonnle frlde,
Andrew left his sweetheart and set
sail for New York. He arrived at
Castle Garden throe years ago and f
haying a littlo money with him, at
once started for the far West, settling
in Hazleton, Buchanan county, lowa
He took to farming, prospered and
grew rich and is now onbof tho larg
est land-owners in that section of tho
country.
While her lover was toiling in
America Annie was faithful and not
o-igago she rccicvod a letter postmark
od “America.” Tho letter contained a
£SO, note and these simplo words:
“Come to me. Will meet you in New
York. Hare prospered.” She cam*
by the Guion on Monday and after tha
greeting came the wedding.
SATURN IN THR SEPTEMBER SET.
, M
.Tho Eyes of Many Non of Science Turnod
' Toward the Marveloua Oirolet of
,W ; uakfe
(From tbe-Proridenco Journal)
Saturn is mornlgg star and ante
ranks the other planetfin the import
“ant materials he a Herds for study.
Not only Is ho a beantlfnl object in
the sky during almost tho entire
night, but ha is also approaching tho
earth under favorable conditions sel
dom surpassed in his long career. On
the 16th, at 10 o’clock in tbo morning
ho is In quadrature with the
snn on bis western side.
He is then ninoty degrees dis
tant from the sun, at what may ba
called the half-way house between
conjunetion and opposition and is in
flue position for observation
both with the naked eye
and the telescope. He is also con
veniently situated for this purpose,
rising now at half-past 11 o’clock in
the evening, and, at the end of the
month, making his appcaronco at 9
o’clock. Ho reigns alono for awhile
but his short-lived supremacy soon
ends, Venus appearing upon the scene
and outshining her giant brother as
well as all tho lesser lights.
During this year the finest
telescopic views of Saturn and hia
rings may be obtained in northern
latitudes. For during this time he
passes Ids porihoiion, roaches his
greatest northern declination and his
rings arc open te their widest extent
these events occuring beforo the year
1885 closes. The first fruits of obser
vations of the mysterious rings un
der the present favorable conditions
of Saturn’s appearance and also under
atmospherical conditions of excep
tional purity have already appeared.
The Messrs. Henry, of the Observa
tory of Paris, with the 15-inch equa
torial of tho Observatory, a magnify
ing power of one thousand, have ob
tained some wonderful views of the
rings. They announce outside of the
known rings .the existence of small
bright ring, nearly corresponding in
width to the division of the outer
ring.
There is a noteworthy analogy be
tween the system and the Saturnian
system. Tho sun is surrounded by
eight planels and a ring of asteroids.
Saturn is surrounded by eight moons
and a ring resembling in sorao of its
features the zone of asteroids.
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