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THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
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VOL. XIX.
TSE DBAS LONG AGO.
In the gray of the glooming e’er lowland and
highland
The storm-wind is sounding its bugles afar.
The billows roll blvk on the desolate island;
In vain shall the mariner seek for a star.
O keeper, look well to thy beacon forth gleaming!
O ft&hcr. steer boldly, with eye to the light,
Lest slumber unbwoken by waking or dreaming
Thy portion shall be in this turbulent night.
Yet quiet I sit, thinking not of the sobbing
80 eerie and dreary of tenapeet and snow, *
For tones in my heart with strange sweetness are.
throbbing
The runes and the tunes of the dear long ago
I am borne to the days that were swtlt in their
*7*nf.
Ail pulsing with music snd sparkling with mirth.
The days when a*y childhood no space had for
sighing.
No place for the phantoms of darkness and
dearth.
On the hearth pales the lire's red glow to dnll
ashen ;
Without, tha tinea moan in tha deepening chill;
But fancy recalls to my spirit the fashion
Of Bpring on the meadow, the plain, and the rIU,
I remember the lilacs that budded and flowered,
The willows that dipped in the full-flooded
stream.
The orchards with blossoms so lavishly dowsrsd,
In times when joy held me unchecked ands u *
jfrems.
Ah, wild is ths winter on lowland and highland.
And black break the waves on tha storm-bat.
tered coast,
And sound the long bogies on peak and on island*
And gathsrs the tempest with haste and with
host.
I sit by myself in the gray of the gloaming,
I muse on the daya that wera tender and trna,
And my heart, like a child fain to real after
rooming.
Is back in the bright days, my mother, with you,
—Muo.HR luwn, la Bwpnr', Maguln. for
Donator
GLOSS RUCTIONS IK THS FASH.
Tli# vote of New York is regarded
** uncomfortably clos, with only
1,100 majority for Cleveland; but
Y ork. has boon much oioser in
past contests wilhout convulsing
either the State or the country.
In 1850, Washington Hunt w|g
elected Gavarnor of Hew York by 282
majority on the official count, hut
there were no Johnny Davenports to
-disturb the tranquillity of the State
•overit. Horaio Seymour, the de
feated, candidate, sent no howlingdis
patches from Utica about fraud, but
with the dignify and patriotism of a
statesman tie’grttcefiaily bowed to (he
result,
In 1852 Seymour defeated Hunt by
* Urge majority, and in 1854 he was
again defeated hv Myron H. Clark by
309 on 'he oftciaj count. Seymour
was thengovernor. with Democratic
power in every department, but no
wail of the deuagogne came from him
about frauds. Heand his official par
ty fiienda counted the vote as it was
returned, just as it is now returned
for Cleveland, declared Clark elected
b v 509, and he retired with docent and
dignified respect for the {topnlar
will.
In 1840 Pennsylvania cast her elec
toral vote for Harrison over Van
Bureii by 349 majority on the official
count. Van Buron was President:
his defeat was not yet assured, aseth
cr States had not yet voted, but no
shriek of fraud c?me from the discom
fited candidate, then wielding the
whole power oi the nation. The vole
was counted and certified without a
murmur, and the electoral vote of
Pennsylvania given to Harrison on
349 majority.
In 1844 the electoral vole of Tennes
see was cast against Polk and for
•Clay oh a popular majority ofll3 by
the official count. It was Polk's na
tive State, and pride in the candidate
and party interest combined to make
■the struggio almost nnexampied in
desperatiou ; but no yell of fraud was
heard ; no ballot-thief was employed
by the Polk committee to cry fraud
and then hunt for or invent it; hut
the vote was computed without tho
attempt at trickery, technicality or
wrong, and President Polk manfully
acquiesced in the loss of ids State by
113 votps.
In 1848 Governor Johnson was
elected Govcrner ever Morris Long
streth by 305 majority on the official
count. It was the first time the
Whigs had ever elected a' Governor
in Penusvlvauia; and the desperation
of the Democrats to prevent Whig
control of the State, was evidenced by
their forcing the dying Governor
Shank to resign on Sunday, to assure
an election that year and prevent the
Whig Speaker of the Senate from
serving beyond the following Janua
ry; hut Johnson carried the State by
305, and that settled it There was
no Steve Elkins in those days to cry
frauds to cover frauds, and Morris
Longstreth honored his Quaker line-
WASHINGTON, GA„ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1884.
age by bowing to the result with all
tho dignity and manliness of hones
ty. ,
In 1839 Marcus Morton defeated
Edward Everett for Governor of
Massachusetts by 2 majority. There
was a Whig Legislature into which
the change of one vote would have
thrown the contest into that body
and thus aecuredihe .election
of Everett; but .Edward
Everett would have spurned a ques
tionable title to any office, and no
graver affVont eonld-liavc been offered
him than for the Johnny Davenports
of that day, if lliqre were any, to have
proposed a dispute over the return.
He was tlie Governor of the State ; k
word or suggestion from him might
have changed the result; hut it was
Edward Everett, not James G. Blaine
who was tha candidate, and none
dsrsd to question the majority, be
cause the man who would have mast
promptly and emphatically resented
it was Governei Everett.
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DISCUSSING THI MICLT.
View# of Loading Ooneerratlve Journals
of Both Parties on Olovoland.
Blaine Defeated tha Republican*.
{Vtom Philadelphia Telegraph, Blathe.l
Democracy proved the truth ef that
once more on the 4th of November,
when it chase Grover Cleveland and
Thomas A. Hendricks President ami
Vice-President of the American Re
public. It iseternly declared that bo
man is fit to be its Chief of State
whose official probity is not beyond
repreach. It was the peeple who did
that, pot the adherent* of the Demo
cratic party. It was not what Mr.
Blaine’s political enemies wreta or
did that defeated him ;it wa* what
Mr. Blaine said and wrote that de
feated him. Outer th# Republican
ranks there marched, with sullen,
determinedpurpose, tens of thousands
of patriotic men who refused to ele
vate to the head *f the gevernment a
men who himself wrote- the baleful
history of hit own public misdeeds,
who stood by his otan hand a aeff
cenvictod trafficker of hit official po
sition for personal gain. They dared
sot teach the youth of their country
that dishonor and truth ara in public
men things to be rewarded with the
highest reward of all. They dared
not se betray Democracy as to ateiet
in the makingof such a man tholr
couutry's Chief Magistrate. Either
they voted for his opponent, Grovsr
Cleveland, or they did not vote at all.
It was they who wou Tuesday’s great
victory. They ara not the lets Re
publicans, hut the more republicans,
for doing it. Tley have proved
themselves the saviors of their party,
the honest apholdcrs of its noblest
principles; for never again will the
most reckless of its leaders make a
man of dishonored record the stan
dard-bearer of Republicanism. They
will never again make the iestie.
“Men not Principles,” but “Principles
and Mon.” They made one issue and
the people made another. Said Mr.
Curtis, a day or two before tho elec
tion, “The issue of this campaign is
indeed a good protection—protection
not of labor, hut of America!! honor,
both of the nation abroad and of onr
citizens in public and private ref
lations.” That issue decided tlie re
sult.
BUROHARD’B BURDEN.
N. Y. Herald : The Rev. Dr. Bnr
chard seems to he supplementing his
“rum, romauism and rebellien” ad
dress to Mr. Blaine with prayers that
Governor Cleveland may be cheated
out of the Presidency. When informed
that Blaine might bc“putlcd through”
if John J. O’Brien and crcattii-et of
his kind could manipulate the returns
I he Rev. Doclor is reported as respond
ing:
“Thank God far that hope. I have
earnestly prayed that the weight of
having possibly defeated Hr. Blaine
might he taken from my shoulders. If
it pleases Heaven to answer my peti
tion I shall he once more a happy
man.”
The bigoted self-conceit of beseech
ing God lo upset the honest result of
a Presidential election in a nation of
fifty five million people, merely for
the sake of making the Rev. Dr. Sam
uel D. Burchard, of this city, “once
more a happy man,” is stupendous.
A triple source of happiness: a
good busiucss, a contented mind and a
bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup.
THB PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
Unhappiness Amonff the American Con
suls and Diplomats.
London, November B.—The unhap
py American Consuls and other dip.
lomafic officers stationed in Europe
will pot thank the Associated Press
for ths anguish of mind it has caused
theip during the past week in regard
t*> the Presidential election. Many of
them had made arrangements to have
tlie election news telegraphed from
London, and early on Wedweeday a
a consular attache here, whom they
had deputed to supply them with the
news, sent word of Governor Cleve
land’s election. Late tlie seme night
he contradicted his provious informa
tion. On Thursday ho sent ward
that the election of Mr. Blaine was
Certain and tatter on the same day
that the remit was in deubt. On
Friday morning, tagiag far hi* basis
a feolish Reuter Associatsd Press dis
patch. he telegraphed once more that
Mr. Blaine wae probably elected. La
ter in the day he eme to me in de
spaii end said that a fatality parsued
him and he wished to know how he
could let them down easy. Whether
easy or not. they are probably all
down by (his time.
INCITED AMERICANS ABROAD.
The greatest excitement ha* reign
ed in the American colonies hero and
in Paris every since Tuesday and bet
ting has been general. I was in Par
is en Tuesday night and found many
eager to learn the result.
Many of them did not go to bed at all
that eight. Mr. Nicholas Fish came
over from Brussels end was very
glum at the tidings. Mr. Bookwal
ifr was in Parii, also, and was very
free with his predictions efA Demo,
cratlo defeat. The Standard and Dai
ly News have had long dispatches
evtry day insisting from the fleet on
the election of Governor Cleveland,
but the Reuter dispatches bulled
Blaine stock steadily, even up to Fri
day morning. In consequence of this
confusion the English papers thus fcr
have said very little on the subject
Worth repeating. The Irish papers
greeted the announcement of Mr.
Blaine’s election with much warmth,
the Nation being particularly effu
sive.
English opinion generally is kindly
ttt Governor Cleveland and (lie hope
ie expressed often that stock juggling
will now he prohibited. It seems to
he taken for granted here that no tar
iff legislation of importance Is to be
looked for. The Irish members are
curious to knew who will succeed
Mr. Lowell. Tho English papers ail
deplore Mr. Lowoli’s probable re
call.
On Monday night two persons tin
known, supposed to he tramps, at
tempted to break into the News of
fice, but Were discovered by Win
Gailliard a colored restaurantcr who
lives nearby, and fled. We cannot
imrginc what they could want that
was in the office, as they certainly are
poor enough without attempting to
run a paper. They were no doubt
hungry, and may have heard that
there was “pi” always to ho found in
printing offices, or they might have
been alter tlie paste pot; or who
knows but what they wanted lo make
na a donation, knowing that sub
scribers were usually very slow about
paying iheirsuhscriptiqiis aud that
we could not live on air and water
alone. If the latter is the true suppo
sition wo are exceedingly sorry they
they did not get in. As th* fighting
editor was not in at tlie time, the ob
ject of thair visit will over remain a
my-tary.—DcKalb News.
Among the contributions in the
Christmas (December) Harper's will
be an unusual numherofpoems from
both English and American poets.
Stedman contributes two, “Witch
craft. 1692,” “ Witchcraft.lßß4,” which
Howard Pyle illustrates. Stoddard
lias a poem ot some length,, “The
Judgment of Solomon.” Andrew
Lang has two lighter Christmas po
ems,* “Ballad of Christinas Ghosta”
and Christmas Violets.” Wallace
Bruce writes a Christmas recollection
of “The Old Homestead,” which has
illustrations by Ilarry Fenn and Al
fred Fredericks; Thomas Dunn Eu
glisli a “Legend of Ogrecastle,” illus
trated by Bcinhart; and Margaret
Sangslcr a song of old “The Dear
Long Ago,” which has illustrations
by Diclman and a musical score by
W. W. Gilchrist.
I GRANT AND BEAU REGARD.
Meeting of Thimo Famous Generals ths
Other Day.
(Chicago Herald.)
It is a mistake in heroes whenever
thty neglect to bo six feet in height.
Tiyo men mot in the publication of
fice of a Now York magazine. for
which both had agreed to write arti
cles. They wore introduced to each
oMter, •Ud I watched them vory inter
estedly, because they were General
Grant and General Beauregard. The
visible, splendors of war had depart
ed from them with their uniforms,
and their civilian coats wers even
glossed by wear in spots where gold
licence had shoWn. Grant walked
heavily wth a eane, never having en
tirely recovered from the hurt to his
hip Jn a last Christmas night on any
isy sidewalk. His hair and whiskers
had tins shapes mad* familiar by bis
portraits, but his lowness of stature
Was daplerable, hecauso ho was rath
er shtgchy and fat as well, lie looked
inert like a plain, matter-of-fact mer
ehanMHan the foremoet general of a
great war. Beauregard’s bead was
all thet could bars baon desired by
an admirer, for it had close cropped
white hair, a mustache and Imperial
Of the same hue, anl the outline, of
e military model, hut he needed six
inshes more of body and legs In Ol der
to inspire any sons* of grandeur. Did
tls*y fell Into hsetsd antagonism, as
cfedigpieni of once opposed hosts?
Not at all. They did not so much as
discuss the struggle tealrnly. Their
topic was Grant’s lameness, Which lie
said hfe did not expect to ever get rid
of, fend Beauregard’s rheumatism,
which he ascribed to the changeable
nerthern climate. Grant Invited
Beeurdgferd lo call on him, and Bou
regard replied that he would be de
lighted to do to—all in the mannor of
mtn who might or might not mean
it. There', were only two remarks
which reiWotely had referenco to the
'
‘•y do* i set Altai you hero changed
much in twenty years,” said Grant.
•'I have always believed that my
campaigning did me a world of good
physical'y,” replied Beauregard.
THE XAN WITH LEGS OP GLASS.
A Doctor’s Schema to Oeat out Seven Dev
il* Worn a Cranky Patient.
(From the Detroit Times.)
“Hallucination ?” said Dr. Jenka.
“I kew a ina nonce who thought bla
legs were made of glass. Lived down
East. An old, wealthy dyspeptic
bachelor. I think the idea about his
logs was the result of dyspepsia, hut
I was quite a boy at the time. Any
way, the old boy was so afraid of hav
ing his legs broken that he cried out
when anyone approached the bed.
There was an old doctor in the vinin
ity, wiio was half mad himself, and
this old fellow detorminod to cure
him. One day he called and asked
the old man to como out for a drive.
Of course Hie old fellow was horrified,
but the doctor insisted and ho at last
consented togo. Abed was made up
in the doctor’s conveyance and tho
dyspeptic carried out and tenderly
laid in It. They drove off and about,
until over a hill a little distance off
Iheysawthe stage coining.
“Then the doctor, by a dexterous
twist of the lines,evertunied the bug
gy and tumbled the old man out in
tlie middle of the road. Of course lie
cried out that he was done for,but the
doctor righted his buggy and drove
off, leaving him squirming in the
middle of tho road, and qalte unable
to move, owing t* his glass logs. Sud
denly he was alarmed by a shout and
saw the stage come tearing down th*
slope, heading straight for him. He
gesticulated, but tho doctor had fixed
things with the driver and the stage
came right along. Well, th* eld fel
low stood it until the stage was only
a few feet away. Then h* jumped
up and ran—ran clean hack (otown—
and was never bothered with glass
legs again.”
The Great Exposition Inaugurates Then
The approaching Inauguration of
the Exposition the Worlds Industry
at New Orleans, La., at noon on tho
16th of December, reminds of the Ex
traordinary Giand Semi-annual (the
17th) Drawing of.The Louisiana State
Lottery at tlie same hour, whon $522,
500 will he distributed among the for
tunate investors in sums $150,000 to
SSO. Full particulars can ho had on
application to M. A. Dauphini New
Orleans, La.
WHY GOULD SUPPORTED BLAINE.
Jay Gould, the enterprising chiva
licr d’ industries of Wall street, is, at
the present moment, the most disap
pointed and unhappy mortal In the
United States. His scheme of self
aggrandizement,winch ho lias hither
to made successful by a persistent
course of public robbery, aided by a
rotten administration of national af
fairs, in the election of Cleveland sud
denly comes to naught. Tlie king of
Wall street swindlers, bated and de
tested by democrats and republicans
alike, has, like a craven crowd, begged
their pardon by sending a congratu
latory message to . 'President-elect
Cleveland. The question so often
asked. Why did Gould so much de#
sire the election of Janies G. Blaine?
is easily answered, Gould is the
head and front of the Pacific railroad
rings, tho most thoroughly organized
and depurate gang of public plunder
ers and land sharks that ever had a
grip upon a civilized community.
Blaine is the universally acknowledg
ed tool ot that?ring. Gould for tho
last ten years has fattened off this
Pacific railroad ring, more particular
ly the Union Pacific links of it. The,
Inauguration of a democratic regime
m.ans an investigation into tho cir
cumstances under which millioiis of
• lie stock of tho bankrupt
Kansas Pacific railroad was
bought by Gould for a
mere tyiflejand illegally unloaded up
on th# Union Pacific at par, by
which operation this same Gould en
riched himself (o tho amount of $9,-
000,000. Consequent upon this inves
tigation Mr. Gould may bo compelled
to disgorge some millions of hi* ill
gotten gains. It also means an en
forcement of IJie Thurman act in all
Us provision*, end the enforcement of
the Thurman act means tho dierup
tion of th* Pacific railroad ring and
the appointment of a government re
ceiver tor tha Union Pacific,
who will endeavor to re
cover for the government
of the United State* a moiety at lean
of the $73 OJOt.OJ which that cor
poration owe* it. In (lie third place,
it means government invesligatiau
into tho teiograph sytem of the coun
try, the outeotne of which will ho ve
ry injuriou* to the interests ofGould’s
Western Union scheme, and will en
tail upon him tho loss of many more
millions. The defat; of Blaine also
means the defeat of the unholy scheme
devised by Gould and his partners in
crime for driving tho Indians ont of
Indian Territory, stealing their rich
lands in the name of the goverement,
and then having them divided among
the land grant railroad# which they
control and which they propose to
extend through the territory. Theee
aro a lew of the many
reasons why Gonld so
actively supported Blaine. Gould is
a Gould man every time and only a
Blaine man incidentally whon it will
help Gould.—Boston Post.
bonded whiskey.
During the current fhcai year near
ly thirty-four million gallons of whis
key must be removed from bonded
warehouses, and either exported or
lbrawn upon the market. In the lat
ter event nearly thirty million dollars
must he paid to tlie government by
tlie owners of the whiskey. This tax.
if enforced, means ruin lo these own
ers. and. it is said, will involve the
fall of many banks which have made
heavy loans secured by this commod
ity. If three or four millions of gal
lons arcthrown upon tho market per
month there is no limit to which tho
price may not fall. It cests about six
teen cents to make a gallon ef whis
key, and ths tax is ninety cents.
There is going to be a heayy less
somewhere.
While the rockets were being fired
at Americas Wednesday night, Mrs.
A. J. Hudson, wife of Dr. Hudson,
was struck by a glancing rocket,
which exploded just before it reached
her, on the hack of her head, cutting
a painful gash, which bled copiously.
The wound, while painfully, is not
serious.
Friday evening the gin house of
Gen. P. H. Bradley at Bradley’s sta
tion, Richmond county, was burned,
the fire catching from a spark out of
tho engine. There were about forty
bale* of cotton in the house, hut most
of these were removed. The engine
gin and cotton seod however, were de
stroyed.
XO. 47
A SAD DEATH.
A Temperance Leaaon that Speak# Volume*
While tho celebration over Cleve
land’s election was at its height, only
a few squares away noer John Moon,
surrounded by his heart-broken wife
and four helpless and dependent little
childron, was breathing his last. Lit
tle did the happy throng, with ail
cares buried for tlie time being, know
of tho sad scene transpiring so near at
hand. How these shouts of joy and
triumph, the roar of cannon and tho
blaze of lights,must have pierced into
the hearts of that grief stricken fami
ly I And what a temperance lesson
should this fearful tragedy teach!
Here was a good, quiet citizen, stand
ing by a fire, without an evil or hos
tile thought, when some thoughtless
word, uttered without design to
wound, reaches a stranger whom he
had never before seen, already crazed
with drink, who at one blow sends
him into eternity. The hand* upon
which five dependent being* rely for
their daily bread are paralyzed in
death, a happy home desolated, and
four little children left upon the cold
charities of the world. The hand* of
an honest mechanic ara stained With
the life-blood of a fellow man Who
novel- did him harm, and he shut
soon be put upon trial for his itffit.
The long chain of wretchedness that
follew* the consummation ofthiiono
act is too horrible to think about.
John Moon was a hard working
man, and a kind husband and father.
He had bought his family a comfor
table home and was promptly meet
ing his payments on the same. He
was receiving a good salary, and
gave lit* family all th* little comforts
of lift. But without a word of warn
ing, he wa* taken sway from them,
and th* future of this humble house
hold is wrecked. Mr. Moon wa* not
intoxicated, and the difficulty did not
take place in a bar-room. Mr. Sykes
hid been drinking all the afternoon
around town, and he was a madman
whan' be entered the room where' his
unsuspected victim stood. We Will
ask,can the sum reaped by At'hens
for tho sale of liquor recompense the
consciences of our people from the
misery this hellish traffic has brought
upon an innocent family? We an
swer, a thousand times, “No!”
Banner-Watehman.
Down iu Missouri they hare intro*
duced hugging societies to swell the
church treasuries, and \ Missouri pa*
per gires the following scale of pri
ces : ''Hugging parlies for the bene
fit of the churches are all the rage in
some of the counties of this state.
Tho prices range as follows, for in
creasing the church fund: Girls un
der sixteen, twenty-five cents for each
hug Of two minutes; from sixteen to
twenty years of age,fifty cents; from
twenty to twenty-five, seventy-five
cents; schoo ma’ams, forty cents; an
other man's wife, one dollar; widows,
according to looks, from ten cents to
two dollars; old maids, three esnts
apiece, or two for a nickel and not
any limit of timo. Ministers are not
charged. Kditors pay in advertise
ments, but aro not allowed to partic
ipate until everybody else it
through.”
A. Cincinnati boy who played
“Daniel in the lions’ den,”a few Sun
days ago, with four dogs, has had
seventoeu holos burnt ip his legs with
lima caustic to prevent hydropho
bia.
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