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THE WASHINGTON GAZETTE. .t - l— . .. • I .. . , .1. ' f ■ ' . 1 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. 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