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THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE.
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VTXL. XX.
FAMOUS FOERALS,
•H-o Ai.VW.r, Oent. WUln*ton
Mp*loo. and WaaDinarf on War#
tarM.
•To ft phlloscpherof course, (lie dis
position of the lifeless tinman body
seems a matter of small moment;
•bat to the great- body ’ of the
•people the funeral rites and last
resting place af ono of Its great he
roes are matters of keenest interest.
6u view' ot the approaching obsequies
•of onr oirn great national hero, it
will be httereatfsjr to recall the luni
oiwipjiht after death to tlic remain*
•of some of the great captains of his-
Twd long years were counted
in the forinidtble preparation for
the funeral of Alexander the tiroal.
Dying at Babylon, he directed that
hi*body, which was immediately em
balmed with elaborate on re by Egyp
tian and Chaldean adepts, should be
deposited In the Temple of Jupiter
oa on Egyptian oast*. Undeterred
Iff the enormous distance, the proces
sion set forth, an army of workmen
haring been sent forward to repair
*be roads and bridges. The funeral
•car waa drawn by sUty-four mules
•chosen for their strength and size,
splendidly comparisoned. The car
itself was of surpassing magnificence,
the spokes and naves of the wheel*
and end* of the axle being fovered
with gold, tbs platform upholding a
pavillion i sic rested with gems, sup
porting a throne and a coffin, the lat
ter of solid gold and costly spires. But
the body never reached a destination.
Ptolemy arrested its progress and
buried it at Alexandria, which ehy
may be mid to have itself proved the
enduring monument of the eon
qttrer. •
Very different was the funeral qf
Julius Cessar. The circumstance of
his death waa *o tragic, sad such
enormous crowds gathered to the cer
emony. that they could not be formed
iuto a procession and the different
clasess of people were aecOfdP
iiigly asked to come together under
their appropriate Insignia In the
Field of Mars. The body of the great
Roman was exposed tying upon a
gilded bed, covered with scarlet and
gold, and placed upon a magnificent
canopy in the form of a temple.
After the funeral ceremonies was
were over a question arose where
they, should burn the body. Some
suggested ■ temple on the Capltoiine
Hill, others the Senate House where
lie had fallen. The sena'e less willing
to pay him extroadinary honors,
proposed a more retire! spot. The
discussion was fast becoming a dis
pute when two soldiers with drawn
swords and blazing torches in their
hands torced their way through the
crowd and set tire to the bed. In a
moment there was the greatest excite
ment. The multitude fell te work di
rectly building the funeral pyre un
der the spot. First they brought
fagots and then benches from the
ueigboring porticos,and next any ma
terial they could find, and at length
as the excitement grew, the soldiers
threw in their arms, the musici
ans threw in their instrument, while
others stripped down and threw upon
tnd dames the trapping of the funeral
.procession. So fierce w is the lire that
it spread to the houses,
and It was only with the greatest dif
ficulty extinguished. Asa fitting
monument the people erected to the
“Mighty Julius” a lofty column sur
monnted by a star.
Coralngdown to modern times, the
account* of the obsequies of the “Iron
Duke.” perhaps the greatest ever
known In England and the second
Itinera! of Napoleon must be still
freshly borne in mind by many of the
veteran*of to-dav. The duke of Well
ington, after lying in state fixe days
at Chelsea hospital, was borne to hie
last resting place in St. Paul’s on a
car drawn by twelve horses accompa
nied by a vast military and civic con
course, the latter including Prince Al
bert, bofh houses of Parliament,
judges, nobles, public bodies, the
mourning coaches of the Queen and
royal family, and an innumerable
throng of people.
Napoleon's funeral as a parade re
mains uparalled in our times. The
cherished remains of their hero, hav
ing been received by the French from
the English nineteen years after his
death, it was not so much a funeral
as a vast triumphal procession that
followed, during which ail France
resounded with booming cannons,
toiling bell*, and strains of martial
music, while the excited people lined
the banks of the Seine and 41 led the
air with frenzied ahouisaitd cries and
sobs of joy and gratulations. The re
sources ef funeral art were exhausted
upon the pageant, and the imagina
tion i* unable to distinguish the de
tails of a procession in which the cat
afalque, the contra! object of interest,
was borne on a moving mound of
gold and velvet drawn by sixteen
black horses ami guarded and escort
ed, it is said by an army of 130X100
soldiers.
Compare with these splendors the
quiet and simple funeral rites o! our
Washington, so befitting republican
simplicity and tie character ot him
who was, nevertheless “first in the
hearts pf his countrymen." A gath
ering of the dignitaries of the neigh
boring town of Alexandria, with the
militia and Free Masons, his friends
aud neighbors, bis own war horse,
duly comparisoned, led in the midst
oue vessel in the river hard by firing
minute guns, and the whole proces
sions con lined to hla own private
grounds, where his tomb was made
and still i.
VBAtTD AWD BBIBBBY IX TEXAS.
Contractors Imprisoned m tha Jail They
baa just Built.
Elpaso, Texas, July 14—The inves
tigation of alleged corruption in mun
icipal affairs here has come ton sud
den climax. Britton A Long were
awarded contracts, August 4th last,
for a court Dense and jail, anti At feed
Giles was chosen architect. The jail
was completed in March, and the
court house is now under construc
tion. Three local architects recently
preferred charges that the plans and
specifications Dave been altered *0 aa
le aave the cent footers nearly fifty
thousands dollars. Contractor Brow
er procured bine print* from the plans
ho andarchiiicyymmgAdpln June
**'d'
aTnmerence fMHHSnbres and
seals from the (jplans. It it now
known that On Sunday an offer of
bribe was made to the attorneys rep
resenting the county for the Brower
blue prints and their withdrawal from
the caw. Subsequently the agent of
defense weut to tbe bouse of the attor
ney to pay over the money. The at
tornov bad the aheriff and anolhei
man hidden behind curtains as wit-
jesses. The agent paid 12,000 cash
and 1100 and 500 dollars in cheeks
signed Britton A Dong, and agreed to
pay 15,000 more in bonds. The
attorney turned thu blue prints
over, whereuepn the wituesses caiue
forward, demanded and took the
prints. The commissioners have re
moved Giles ss architect and Britton
aad Long as contractors. Work on the
court house has been stopped and a
guard placed in the budding to pro
tect it. Giles and Long have been ar
rested on a charge perjury, and have
been placed in the jeii they just had
built. The exposure has caused a fu-
I roro in (lie city and blue priat neck
ties are being bought and worn by
by everyone.
jvn a mi? to bot.
I stood in a store the other day
when a boy came in and applied for
a situation. :f. .
“C'au you write a good hand ?’’ was
asked.
••yeas.”
“Good at figures?”
“Yaas.”
“Enow the city well ?”
“Yeas.”
“That will do—l don’t want you,”
said the merchant.
“But,” I said, when the boy had
gone, “I know that lad to be an hon
est industrious boy. Why don’t you
give him a chance?”
“Because he hasn’t learned to say
‘Yes, air/ and 'No, sir.’ If he an
swers me as he -did when applying
for a situation, how will he answer
customers after being here a month ?’
What could I say to that? He had
fallen into a bad habit, young as he
was, winch turned him away from
the first situation he had applied for.
—M. Quad.
In Clark county the mother of
Sheats, the negro boy who was shot,
and Grant Duke, have made a settle
ment of the shooting scrape. They
are probably not aware of the fact
that the grand jury will have a word
in the matter.
WASHINGTON, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1885.
A WAR STORYS |im
Whtw a Band of Oonfoderatss on Northern
Boil Escaped h m
“* si
A Frankfort (Ky.) letter to tbe
Cincinnati Enquirer says: The fol
lowing rather romantic incident of.
the lato war has been known to HhoJ
immediate friends of the two gentle
men concerned for severaj months.,
but Otis it the foot time .it has Been
given to the public, ami will,be rood*
with much iwloreet bv a large -.aam
ber ot" Kentuckians ami Indianimi*.
not (or the sake of the inrideuLtfilboe,,
but also on account *f tbwprotttinsnoo
of tbe parties. . sot?
It wilt be remembered that toward
the close of tbe war a plan was eat
aloot to liberate and arm the Confed
erate prieoneis iu Northern prisons,
ami let them commence operations
in the rear of the Union armies.
Quito a number of leaflets in the Con
federacy wore engaged in working
up the plait, and among others was a
young man named Ca ttleman, who
had himself escaped from prison and
succeeded in reaching Canada, the
nearest point of safety, where he and
ton others were assigned to certain
duties in the scheme of liberation.
They toft Canada oue at a time on
their respective missions agreeing tp
meet gt Indianapolis, Ind* on a cer
tain day apd report program, and ar
range their future movement*.
Before the day of meeting arrived
however, young Castletuan was cap
tured an condemned to be shot,. find
instead of going to Indianapolis? to
meet bis comrades, he wa*. taken
thereunder guard to have hi* sea
tem* axaoß'ud- Strangely enough
He landed thera the very day agreed
upon with hie ft lands, and while
waiting at thedfipot auothor train
came is aud he nmr< them descend
from the oats and poor cautiously
•bout aa if Looking for him. He
know they muet leave Indianapolis al
ester or their capture was inevitable,
bnt he was powerless to warn them
them himself, for that would cause
them to be autpeelod, and (bus bring
about tbe very thing he wished to
avoid. Just then bis guard moved
away a little distance, and he deter
mined to take a desperate chance and
ask some of the many strangers in
the depot to ward tils friends. Cast
ing his eye over the throng be finally
selected a man with a kind and bene
volent countenance, who was statul
itt a fit w steps away. If the stranger
proved unfriendly It would be equal
to an order of arrest to ask him to
give warning, but he fell that if they
went unwarned fliev would be arrest
ed anyhow, so he took the chances,
desperate as they were, and saunter
ed casually up to the man and aaid;
“I beg your pardon, sir, but I am
in rather an unfortunate Situation,
being condemned to be shot in a few
days, and although yott are a
stranger I want you to do me a fa
vor,”
“I will do it with great pleasure,"
replied the stran|por, “If I can do so
consistently.”
“Do you see that small group of
men standing over said Cas
tleman, pointing at the same time
with his hand. “Well, unless they
leave on the next train they will soon
he in a condition similar to mine, and
I want you to go at once and fell them
to leave. Will you grant this request
to a man who has hut a few more days
to live?”
“I will,” said the stranger, and be
fore young Castlcman was taken from
the depot he bad the pleasure of see
ing his comrades board the train : in
obedience to his message.
Through the influence of friends a
repite of thirty days was granted
Castleman, and before that time ejtr
the Southern armies had surrendered
pcace,reighed again and all prisoners
were set. at liberty. Be never learn
*.he name of the stranger who aided
him in saving bis friends from ar
rest; hut some months since, Hon.
Bayless W. Hanna was in the parlor
at Alexander’s hotel in Louisville,
talking to some friends, when Adju
tant-General John B. Cattleman of
this State walked in. General Cas
homat! gazed very intently at Judge
Hanna for several minutes, and then
slowly walking up to him said :
“If I am not mistaken you are the
man who did me a great favor about
twenty years azo. 1 don’t know
your name, but I have never forgot-
ten the face.” He then related the
circumstances as written above, and
when he finished Judge Hanna said:
rlauithe man, and I ant delighted
,to sue yon again and under more fav
{o*o We circumstance* (his tunfi, I
| see."
©f course they related the incident
Ovejrfild over agaian, in all its details
yun it was much enjoyed by all those
.present. '
TRACKING THE THIXB.
a —~
j Setuedo, in his “History of China,”
'.relates a very curious anecdote of
j&netvution and quickness of mind
nlhiohi occurred In that countrv:
A eewtaiu chaducu, or governor of
a proyiWe, was taken rory ill. and re
fused to-admit any visitors into his
house. This being told to a manda
rinof his acquaintance, he was very
much concerned, and fitter many op
portunities obtained’ an interview
with him. ©n his entrance he was
gurprjsed to find no sickness in his
frioud, and asked what was the mat
ter with him? The Governor at
length told him that he had lost the
emperor's sea! out ef the cabinet
whe£e It used'tu be kept, and that as
the lock mjjalnod uninjured ho was
sensible that the seal was stolen ; of
coarsfi ho could transact no business,
add tmist’ soon be deprived of hi.
government, and probably also of
Ids lilt. Tiiji mandarin perceiving the
extraordinary nature of the case,
asked him ft' he had any enemy iu
the clfy. The other answered, "Yea.
and that lie was ah officer of high
rank who had long owed hint a
.grudge.” “Away, then,” replied the
mandarin; “let your most valuable
goods %9 secretly removed this even
ing ; then sot fire to the empty part,
aud call put tor help, to which this
officer most of necessity repair with
the rest, it being one ot the prin
cipal duties of ills place. 'As
soon as the see him among tho
people, delivp jiim, in the public
presetted,' ItV- cabihot sliilt as It is,
that it may be secure in his possession
aud tf he has caused the seal to lie stol
en he will put it in its place agein
when he restores the cabinet; and if
he is not the thief, the fault will lie
upon hime for taking little care of It,
and you will not obly be free from thi
danger, but alio bo revenged on your
enemy,” The governor followed his
advice, and the nett day received back
his cabinet with the seal in it, both
parties keeping the secret tor their
mutual safety.
■WAM.OWTNO A MOTJBB.
A Little Mormon Girts Mouth Ml
taken For a Bat Hole.
A shot time since the throe year old
daughter of Frank Ptekard, * looojiw
motive residing at Lauiarie, Wyom
ing, was piaytng in a clothes press,
when bar mother heard her suddenly
scream as if frightened to death. Mrs.
Pickard ran to her and found her con
vulsively ehttping the bosom of her
dress, and -crying Ant that a mouse
wse in Her efathfca. Her mother ln
etituted a rapid lea mb, amid the
shrieks of the little ene, but could not
find any mouse. The child then
cried out that the mouse had gone
down her throat and a physician was
sent for.
At first he could not believe that
the little girl had swallowed the
monae, but she persisted that she did,
and a few days’ attendance gave un
doubted evidence that the child’s
statement was correct, and that the
mouse had been swallowed and di
gested. It is hardly possible thqt the
first leap made by the little animal
could not have been in the child’s
mouth while she was in the press.
The most reasonable theory is that it
,first went under her clothes and that
she really felt it as she stated to her
mother at tho first alarm.
While her clothing was being
searched and she was screaming it is
probable that it was brought in close
proximity to her month in the folds
of the dress and seized the first op
portunity to escape by leaping down
her throat.—From the Dcsret Even
ing News.
John R. Gramling, the Chairman
of the Finance Committee in the
present City Council of Atlanta, has
arranged to float at par a 5 per cent,
bond of that city. The city will issue
$52,000 in bonds on Sept. 1 next to
take up that amount of bonds now
bearing 10 per cent
IPECtMXX AUKICILTI'BAI, PRO
wstets.
The Commissioner desires toobtain
specimens ot the best Agricultural
products of each county in tho State,
to bodisp'ayed and kept on exhibition
in the Hall of the Department of
Agriculture.
For this object the Agricultural
Societies and Club iu this Stale are
urgently requested to forward to this
office the best specimens that can be
obtained of all agricultural products
in their repectlve counties. Think
ing that a rivalry betweon counties
or clubs may be productive
of good,, the Commissioner designs to
set apart a portion of the Agricultural
Hall to each county that will contri
bute to this exhibit.
It is requested that specimens of
matured crops, such as wheat and
oats, be sent in at once, and that both
•mall bundles iu the sheaf and pick
ages to the amount of from one quart
to a gallon of each kind be fbrnlshed.
Specimens of rice in the sheaf, corn
on the stalk and in the ear, col ton on
the stalk, and extra good specimens
of all other field and garden products,
when matured, are requested.
Each specimen should be carefully
labeled with the named of the pro
ducer, and the Club or Society get
ting up the collection, as well as that
of the county in which the crop Is
grown, with estimates of the yield per
acre, whqn this can b* given.
In counties where there are no
agricultural societies or Farmers’
clubs the crop Reporters of the
Department are requested to unite in
getting up specimens for this purpose.
Tho specimens should be carefully
boxed and directed by express, or by
freight, when an expreae office is not
convenient, to J. T. Henderson, Com
missioner of Agriculture, Atlanta,
Ga. The freight,will be paid at this
office. ~ Very Truly,
J. T. Henderson,
, Coinmijsloher.
Editor Gaeotte: Please publish this
circular for in formation. '•
I know of hot. one club in the
county. I hope from time to time as
they mature they will send specimens
to the Cetumissioner. If individual
farmers will leave specimens vtafti
Judge C. E. Wingfield os they ac
cumulate, I will box and ship with
all the information that may ho loft
with them. ~ i. m t
Farmers of old Wilkes let us do
what we can to keep to the front.
Respectfully,
Job* T. Winoviei.d,
Reporter.
July 29, 1885.
A Little Rock special says that
the alleged new cattle disease called
charbon is in 'reality a malignant
form of erysipelas, or what was once
called black tongue. The epidemic
is said to he produced by continued
east winds. It is described as fallows:
It tbo gnats or flies are permitted to
bite tho cattle sufllcoutly to make the
skin bieeddeath is the result. This sea
son the disease first came among the
hogs then the sheep beiran to die,then
the cattle were attacked. The part of
body attacked is at first hard and
swollen. If this reaches the heart or
throat death soon follows. If it
strikes the stomach the animal lives
a few hours longer, until mortifica
tion sets in, but if it strikes the thigh
or shoulder or back the swollen part
will rot and dropout, and the animal
recovers.
Which Rev. Sam Jones last thnrs
day night declared that no man who
went into the army swearing came
out without stealing, and called upon
an ex-soldier to stand up whose con
duct in the army disapproved this
assertion, one man arose before the
great audience. “You went info the
army swearing and came out with
out having stolen anything?” inquir
ed Mr. Jones, “I did,” replied the
man. “Then,” retorted tho preach
er “they must have kept everything
out of your reach or kept you in pris
on.” Then there was a tremendous
roar of applause in that audience.—
Chattanooga Times.
The most deadly foe to all mala
rial disease is Ayer’s Ague Cure, a
combination of vegetable in
gredients only, of which tho most
valuable is used in no other known
preparation. This remedy is an ab
solute and certain specific, and suc
ceeds when all other medicines fail. A
cure is warranted.
NO. 32
the surviving generals.
(Philadelphia Time*.)
The only two great commanders
now liviug who f*c*d each other
in making the thrilling and crimsoned
annals of the late civil war arc Gener
al William T. Sherman and General
Joseph E. Johnston. Grant met Lee,
Joseph and Sidney Johnston, Beaure
gard, Buckner, Bragg and Pemberton
id battle, as chief commanders, ami ot
them Joseph E. Johnston, Beaure
gard and Buckner survive.
Meade, who met the terrible shock
of battle at Gettysburg, was borne to
the City of the Silent within a shot*
time of the imposing Southern pa
geant that committed the dust of Leo
to the mother dust; and Thomas and
Hood, who fought the last great bat
tle of the War at Nashville, both sioep
the sleep of the dead.
Sherman and Johnston alone re
main of the great commanders who
locked horns With fiMh other in the
flfime of battle. Thei. campaign
from Chattanooga to Atlanta
and from Atlanta to the sea
was the moat brilliant of the war’
and they are only two great comman
ders who are left to sit down and talk
their battles over * they often do ha
the heartiest good fellowship.
Of the many commander's of the
heroic Army of the Potomac none re
main, with tho singfe exception ot
Oen. McClellan. Scoff, McDowell,
Burnside, Hooker, Meade and Grant,
who in turn commanded that magni
ficent army, have all gone to job, tho
great majority, and Longstreet is the
only one of Lee’s great Lieutenants
wh. lingers with the living. j^, on
Hill, Ewell and Stuart, who were in
every great conflict of the army of
Virginia, rest with their chieftian of
Arlington. Joseph E. Johnston and
G. T. Beauregard are the only sur-
commanders who
le<l
■ ,oh "®S
is of
railroiqrburoau, while Beauregard
Is barttring hi* fame in tho market
place Where lottery swindlers rob tho
multitude.
Atr|>ld bachelor, through no faul
ef his, wa* looking at a little baby,
and wifis expected to admire it, of
course. I
“Wbll, Mr. BifkinS/’said the proud
youag mother, expectantly, “is it not
tovslyf” . 1
“Yes-er—that is to say— er-tim—
ahbut how aid mast such a baby be.
Mrs. Tompkins, before it begins to
look like a human being ?"—New
York Times.
The curative power of Ayer’s Sar
saparilla is too well known to require
the speeious aid of any exaggerated or
fictitious certificate. Witnesses of its
marvelsus cures are to-day living in
every city and hamlet of the lead.
Write for names if you want feome
evidenee. 1
- ■ ■;"r.. i ah
Coal will be cheaper in Aths&f thi
year than ever Wore,
A Reliable Article,
For enterprise, push and a desire
te get such goods as will give the
trade satisfaction, Simpson Russ the
Druggist leads all competelion. Ho
sells Dr. Bosanko’s Cough and Lung
Syrup, because Its the best Medicine
ou the market, for Coughs, Colds,
Croup and Primary Consumption.
Price 50 cents and SI.OO. Samples
free.
Keynote To Health.
Health is wealth. Wealth means
independence. The Keynote is Dr.
Bosanko’s Cough and Lung Syrup
the best Cough Syrup jn the world.
Cures Coughs, Colds, Pains in tho
Chest, Bronchitis and Primary Con
sumption. One dose gives relief in
every ease. Take no other. Price
50 cents and SI.OO. Samples free.
Sold by Simpson ltuss, M. I).
An Enterprising, Hcllabie House
Dr. G. E. Lyndon can alway bo
relied upon, not only to carry in slock
tho best of every thing, but securo
the Agency for such articles as have
well-known merit, and aie popular
with the people, thereby sustaining
the reputation of being always enter
prising, and ever reliable. Having
secured the Agency for the celebrated
Dr. King’s New Discovery for Oon
sumpton, will sell it on a positive
guarantee. It will surely cure any
and every affection of Throat, Lungs,
and Chest, anil to show our confidence
e invite you to call and get a Trial