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MACON, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1876.
Volume IiXTY—no. 32
FEOH WASHINGTON.
Editorial Correspondence—No. 34s
Washington City, March 17, 1876.
THAT MYSTERIOUS WOMAN,
to whom I referred in my last letter as
so closely and carefully guarded at Wil
lard’s Hotel, in this city, « announced to
bo a Mrs. Roddy, wifo by brevet, or
otherwise, of tbo Alabama cavalry gen
eral of that name, and pretty well known
through newspaper publications last
summer in connection with a trial for
stealing a bracelet from Gen. R. She
was acquitted, however, and since then
has disappeared from public view until
last Wednesday week, when sho was
brought here by the sergeant-at-arms
to testify against Roddy and other par
ties in connection with frauds upon tho
Government. If sbo i3 like most of her
6ex in such cases, she will make the
strongest kind of a swear against Roddy
and company, and they had better "hide
out.” No danger that sbo will not swear
long and strong enough to got Roddy
into tho biggest kind of trouble. She
will put it hot enough to hang Roddy a
dozen times over, if the thing can be
done.
EVERY DAY
seems to develop fresh rascalities in con
nection with Grant’s late War Secretary.
The Herald of yesterday has a telegram
from Dakotah territory, asserting that
proofs are on their way from that terri
tory that Belknap within one week after
he was sworn into office arranged to sell all
tho post tradership3 and that his first haul
was* at Fort Lincoln in that territory,
which was made to pay him $12,000 per
annum. Every place of this kind wa3
sold and the Herald’s correspondent as
serts that a present Senator, an ex-Sen-
ator and ex-Territorial Governor, all
Radicals, were “in cahoot” with him.
Being extremely loyl men they made it a
sine quo non that the buyers should be
supporters of the Administration, and
thus they killed the two traditional bids
with the one traditional stone—in which
they differed somewhat from many
of their fellow thieves who aro not so
particular provided they can only fill
their own filthy pockets. The corres
pondent says Washington will soon bo
flush with these post-trader3 who are-
hastcring hither to open their budgets
and show how they have been gouged.
But it seems to me they might as well
save their money and time. The Jaco
bins will, by the time they get here,
be openly defending Belknap and his
crime, and tho traders will only lose
their places and be laughed at for their
folly in supposing that stealing i3 an
offenco against Jacobin morals.
A DEMOCRATIC
financial policy has, as you have doubt
less already learned, been agreed upon.
As usual with most compromises, it is
not entirely satisfactory to anybody, but
seems to be the best that could be done.
It repeals so much of the act of 1875 as
fixes January 1,1879, as tho date of specie
resumption, but makes it tho duty of the
Secretary of tho Treasury and the Na
tional Banks to set aside, yearly, three
per cont. coin as a resumption fund.
Two propositions for an unconditional
repeal of the resumption act were square
ly defeated. Only one Senator voted
against the report a3 finally adopted,
thus showing that the soft money
strength is nil in tho House. By tho
way, I hear a story on the Hon. F. Lan
ders, of Indiana, who is perhaps the rad-
icalcst hater of gold and silver currency
ia tho country, which is worth telling.
It seems that several months ago he took
two promissory notes on one of his con
stituents, which were made payable, not
in his dearly beloved greenbacks, but in
the gold which he professes to hate.
The notes were not paid at maturity, and
he brought suit and has just got judg
ment, of course in gold, which ha presu
mably jingles in hia pockets and laughs
at tho fools who think he is in earnest in
his blatherskite denunciation of gold and
silver. There are thousands of his sort
all over the country—when they happen
to be creditors and the other fellow can
be made good for the amount in bard
C03b.
31B. HALLETT KILBOURNE,
one of "Boss Shepherd’s” high particu
lars, and a prominent member of the
"District Ring,’’ who was sent to jail a
day or two f.inco for refusing to answer
certain questions asked him by a House
committee, still ‘‘sticks” there, and being
allowed to live in tho highest kind of
clover, will doubtless spend the summer
in that very comfortable mansion. He
has a nicely furnished room with gas,
water, books, newspapers, whisky, cham
pagne, cigars, etc., and can well afford to
maintain his ground. He knows too much
for the good of somo Tery large game and
they will spare no means to make him
comfortable and keep his tongue from
wagging. When he was brought before
the House he took matters about as cool
ly as if he was sitting in bi3 office with
the B033 ana Babcock, counting hi* gains
and planning fresh schemes of "addition,
division, and silence.” I could not but
admire the fellow’s cheek, an! ho really
seemed to enjoy tho situation. My proph
ecy is that ho won’t “peach.” Neither he
nor those in the shade can afford it. He
came here about twelve years ago with
out a dollar, and is now one of tiio princes
cf shoddy.
FOUL AIR IN THE noUSE.
I see it stated this morning in a city
paper that about two fifths of tho mem
bers and employes of the House are on
tbo sick list, tho complaint generally be
ing disease of tho throat or lungs. I
never knew aolds so prevalent anywhere
at any season, and while the changeable
weather may be partly the cause the
faculty attribute much of it to tbo faulty
ventilation and foul air. Messrs. Cor,
Wood and Banks, and a score of others,
have been most painfully affected, the
two former being confined to their rooms
and the latter scarcely ablo to talk, and
Messrs. W. W. Ketchum, of Pennsyl
vania, and Ben Wilson, of West Virginia,
have been extremely ill with pneumonia.
Tho latter is very low, and is not expect
ed to live. Most, if not all this sickness
is attributed to defective ventilation, and
the House, yesterday, talked tho matter
over. Of course thero was much and
wide divergence as to tho the cause, and
many suggestions were made 03 to the
proper remedy. I had no idea there
were so many doctors and scientists in the
House, and, as a matter of course, they
all disagreed as to tho proper remedy.
By the way, isn’t it rather singular that
none of the Radicals nor their negro pets
in tho gallery have been attacked ? On
the contrary, they actually seem to thrive
upon tho foul air and noisome smells.
Blaine said yesterday that he had never
known the air in the hall so foul as this
session, but it certainly does not seem to.
affect him and his. When yon come to*
think, however, of the part he and others
of his stripe have played in filling tho
House with the foul gases of malice,
mendacity and sectional ferocity, the
explanation seems very easy.
Apropos of the matter, it seems to me
that the members of tho House are the
mo3t long suffering peoplo in the world.
The new restaurant keeper certainly con
ducts hi3 business in a manner to try tho
olfactories and patience of Job, with a
cold in his hoad. The fumes of his kitch
en some days fill all the House side of
the building, and a3 boiled cabbage seems
to be a trump dish with him, you can
imagine tho fragrance of the bosquet.
How and why the nuisance has been al
lowed so long, I cannot imagine, unless,
indeed, tbe members have become accus
tomed to, or really enjoy it. It seems to
me that such vile odors are singularly,
shamefully out of place in a building de
voted to deliberative purposes, and that
members ought to be allowed a recess to
go outside to lunch and liquor up.
PREPARING FOB THE CAMPAIGN.
I have just registered the following
document, and think it worth publica
tion as showing that tbo Jacobins are
already beginning to call for the usual
budget of lies from their Georgia allies
for campaign purposes. The seassn
seems rather early, but as they will need
an extra quantity this year, tlioy are
taking time by the forelock. Who and
what is this Mrs. Wasson ? In ‘the ab
sence of any specific knowledge on these
points I should judge she was a lineal
descendant of that worthy couple Anna-
nias and Saphira
Southern Publishing Company,
Book Publishers, >
Atlanta, Ga., February 24,1870. j
Hon. TJ. S. Grant, His Excellency:
I beg your attention to a late bill pass
ed by the Legislature of Georgia, to let
out convicts to private individuals, such
as railroad companies, who place over
seers over them, who use them most bru
tally under tho lash and starvation.
Those men pay nothing to the State for
their services. They pretend to clothe
them and board them. This they do
not do; and when one of them ask for
food, ho is stripped of his clothes and
lashed till tho blood trickles to his feet.
Now, I beg of you to send and have this
thoroughly investigated, and, in the
name of humanity and Christianity, for
God’s sake put a stop to this human
cruelty and murder. It has not been
long since one poor fellow was whipped
until he fell exhausted. They then
drenched his body with water; then had
two ether prisoner convicts rub hi3 back
with Ealt and turpentine, and next morn
ing repeated tho same treatment until
he fell and died in the most agonizing
groans. President, his family, as well
as hundreds of others, are paying
taxes to keep up this penitentiary;
and have the poor wives and rela
tives of these unfortunate men to
have these cruel acts performed
under their eyes ? O, God forbid 1 When
you remonstrate with them they will tell
you are a Yankee, using tho most bitter
epithets, and threaten to assassinate yon
if you write anything to tho Government
against them. President, I have done
this under a threat of making me leave
the State; and now I wish to ask your
excellency if there is not a law to sustain
honorable, law-abiding citizens, and to
protect the unfortunate prisoner under
the mask of republicanism ? Is this re
bellions conduct to go on, a disgrace to
this honorable body of politicians ?
I will close, trusting you will hear this
from only one, who doe3 not fear to ex
press the truth before her God and man.
There are others who would gladly do
the same if they were properly protected;
their families and property are at stake.
May God help the afflicted, and bring
the guilty to a speedy justice, is the
prayer of the writer.
With honor, allow me to subscribe my
self your friend, Mrs. L. J. Wasson.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY IN THE HORNIN’
Is in full blast, and I see, from a window
looking toward the avenue, the imposing
procession, with its brass bands, moving
in front of tbe Capitol. It is a brave
sight, and I wish all the sons and daugh
ters of tbo Green Isle a gala day, indeed.
They have kept the faith through evil
and good report, and deserve the grateful
commendations of every friend of consti
tutional liberty in this land. If such a
"swap” were feasible, how gladly would
the honest men of the country get rid of
a- million or so Jacobins in exchange for
so many sons of St. Patrick. What a de
licious proposition to vote upon that
would be, eh ? ®-
MILLIONS OF FISH OUr OF WATER
Singular phenomena.
From tbo Valdosta Times.]
A third lake in Lowndes county has
been empty of its water by subterranean
passages during tbe last six months.
What is tho matter? Tho Times has
several times alluded to tho fact that
Lownde3 county had within its borders
numbers of lakes, from ten to five hun
dred, (and several beyond a thousand
acres in size,) and can it bo that these
lakes are all connected with a grand un
der ground water course ? It seems so.
In September la3t one dried np, or
runoff, and left bushels npon bushels of
fish in holes of water about upon the
bottom of tbo lake. In January another
about five miles from this did tbo same
thing, and now Grassy Pond, a lake cov
ering about five hundred acres just be
tween the two above mentioned, has
left its millions of fishe3 oat of water.
About three weeks ago it was reported
that the waters of this lake were sinking
bolow low water mark, and every day or
two wo would hear that it was still going
down. Last Friday a report spread all
over tho country like wild fire that Grassy
Pond wa3 low enough to rake the fish out
with nets, and by sun down over one
hundred peoplo had collected at the place.
Some had dip nets, some cast nets, and
there was one seine in the party. Tbe
first haul with the seine caught enough
trout, jack, bream and speckled perch to
make a mess for every one present.
During tho night all the water disap
peared, and there were millions of fish
left dead upon dry land. Saturday, next
day, tho planters hitched up their wagons
and hauled load after load and scattered
them in their fields for manure, and
thousands were left at the mercy of buz
zards, bogs, and other creatures of prey.
Such quantities of fish, and such destruc
tion has never been known in tho history
or Lowndes county. No one ever dream
ed that there were half that quantity of
fish in Grassy Pond, though it was cele
brated for its fine fishing grounds in tho
spring of the year.
The other two lakes above mentioned
did not run thus completely dry, and tbe
fish that were not caught were saved by
tho water returning in a few days from
its bidden retreat in the bosom of the
earth.
We learn that Grassy Pond is filling
up again, but it is too late to save the
finny tribe.
These statements are not at all exag
gerated, and can bo testified to by sev
eral hundred people living in this county,
though it is marvellous to all.
The gold and silver mines recently
discovered near Pike’s Peak, have
proved very rich, and stamp mills and
smelting works are about to be estab
lished at Colorado Springs.
LETTER FROM ATLANTA
GUNN’S ESCAPE FROM WOLVES.
BONAYENTUBE.
A RAINY DAY IN THE BEYIYAL.
LEHIGH YALLEY RAILROAD.
A CHANGE OF OFINION-
Atlanta, March 20,187G.
Tho great Northwest has clasped hands
with tho South. They now are united
in firm bonds springing from the com
mon idea of developing a common conn-
try. Since my last tho long expected
excursionists from tho Northwest have
been in onr midst. They came by tbe
special invitation of the people of At
lanta to sco our country and to judge
for themselves of our condition, and not
to trnst to the oft time3 imaginative de
scriptions of the primitive barbarian
slato of the Sunny South, so often given
by correspondents, so far from their jour
nals that they speak freely and erro
neously, without fear of contradiction.
Bat they liavo come and were received
with open arms. Their railroad fare
was secure!, their hot il bills reduced to
one-half, and every precaution and
preparation, which a spirit of hospitality
could suggest, wa3 made for the pleas
ure and comfort of our visitors. On
Wednesday evening a grand reception
was given at De Gives’ Opera House,
and speeches of warm welcome were de
livered. Among the speakers were ex-
Governor Brown, Col. Adair, Mr. Crane,
and other representative men of At
lanta. Responses were made by chosen
representatives from the West, who were
loud in their praises of their reception,
and broadly patriotic in sentiment.
During their stay tho waterworks were
displayed, magnificent balls were given
at two of the principal hotels, the excur
sionists hurried over town in carriages to
see tho rising city, taken to tho top of
tho capitol tower, through tho various
departments of the State, and every dev
ice was resorted to to make them, nolens
colens, have a good time.
The number of excursionists may be
put down at five hundred, from all points
of tho West, Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati.
In fact, Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Indiana, Illinois, were largely represent
ed. There were no very distinguished
men among them, but they were made
np of tho solid business elements of the
country. Tho various boards of trade of
the principal cities sent delegations.
The busy scenes presented during their
two days’ stay reminded U3 strongly of
the Legislature just before the commence
ment of the session, or just before some
important election by that body; the
arcades of the hotels were crowded, the
streets were lined with pleasure-seekers,
and every available piece of rolling stock
was utilized. Their advent was an era
of joy to the newsboys and their depart
ure a time of profound regret.
THEIB PERSONNEL.
Tho excursionists, taken ns a body,
were the finest looking men wo have
ever seen collected together. This was
tho subject of general remark They
could not have been surpassed in'this
respect by men selected especially for
their good appearance. All well dressed,
they reflected credit on the land from
whence they came. They represented
all age3 from the atrippling, still wear
ing the badge of his college society, to
the old man wearing tho badge of silver
■which time forces upon us.
All branches of industry were repre
sented ; the iron merchant, the farmers,
pork-packers, grain dealers, in fact, all
tbe trades and businesses of tho great
West.
All expressed themselves highly pleas
ed with tho appearance of the country,
tho spirit of the people and professed
they saw tho time of improvement’s
near approach in tho immediate future.
They remarked the scarcity of capital
and attributed the retardation of South
ern improvement and advancement to
this fact.
Mach suipriso wa3 expressed at the
great resources of Georgia, especially
shown in her geological department, and
tho wonder grew that these resources
were not more developed.
After spending two days in our city,
they took their exodus down tho Georgia
Railroad to Augusta, thence to Port Roy
al, to Savannah, to Jacksonville, and from
there it is probable they will return homo.
THE OBJECT.
Some will ask what is the object of all
this ? Well, it is to sho w these represen
tative men of the West the resources
and future of our land ; to disabuse their
minds of impressions made by the ex
parte testimony of a few sore headed cor
respondents, who come down here, live
on onr people, and because by their own
actions they ostracize themselves from
decent society, they vent their splenetic
souls in slander and defamation of the
South. Another object is to induce im
migration of tbe bardy workmen of the
West, whoso sterling qualities have built
up for their sections an enviable reputa
tion, and to induce capital to place in our
midst the much needed manufactories.
Even if nothing is accomplished but the
enlightenment of their minds on onr po
litical feelings, much good will have been
effected.
The men composing tho excursion are,
03 said before, representative, and wield
immense influence in their homo commu
nities. Among them arc many editors and
correspondents, and all we ask of them,
end we know they will, is to tell the
troth,
Atlanta has dono her whole duty in the
matter, and we hope tbe other cities may
as generously respond.
We may look then for on era of kindly
go»d feeling between the South and
West. Each will see the part to be per
formed by her, tbe spirit of antagonism
will melt away, and the warm clasp of
friendship will be cemented into a lasting
bond of brotherly love.
Renewed prosperity will come to our
land, and again the South can take her
true position among her sister sections
of the Union.
THE COURIER.
Tho ill-fated little journal which crept
from under tho fallen debris of the Herald
has lived its lily-like existence aud with
ered for aye. The merciless hand of the
printers, and who could blame them,
crushed out its young life. “Necessity
knows no law," and men who are not
paid will not work. It takes money to
run a daily paper, and “there was tho
rub.” Circumstances seemed to conspire
against if, and the pressure wns too great.
The Constitution did not. have long to
wait to be ablo again to do the “funereal
honors.” What now candidate will next
present itself for popular favors it is at
present impossible to soy. For the bene
fit of the survivors of the Courier, we can
say, “Whom tho gods love die young.”
“Eequiescat in pace ”
THE WEATHAE.
Last night we were visited with quite
a. heavy fall of snow, and to-day Atlanta,
this ‘bad place of Georgia/ (vide Hon.
R. Toombs’ speech) is robed in a mantle
of purity. Tbe snow was this morning
two inches deep, but i3 now rapidly
melting, by to-morrow it will bo gone
and Atlanta will again be quite recovered
from the chiil effects of her unwelcome
visitor. J.
A Pretty Tight Place for a Man-A
Thrilling Adventure on Devil Moun
tain.
From tho Ottawa Free tress. 1
Being a culler in the employ of Messrs.
McLaren ft Co., on the Gatinean river, I
set oat on the morning of the 29th of
February, in company with two Indians,
to ascertain if any trespasses had.been
committed on a limit owned by that firm.
The district is remarkable only for its
mountainous character, the range being
called Mont Diable, or Devil’s Mountain,
I took my horse along with me so long as
a beaten track enabled mo to do so, when
I tied him up and continued the journey
on snow shoes. Wo had gone only about
four miles when one of tho Indians, a very
cunning and experienced hunter, solemn
ly warned me to turn back, as there were
unmistakable indications of wolves being
in close proximity, but I made up my
mind to keep on my way, and my con
tempt for the prophetic words of the In
dian came near costing mo dearly.
Approaching tho foot of the mountain,
I beheld in full view, and only a short
distance away on a small eminence, a
pack of wolves, twenty-seven in number,
devouring tho remains of % deer. The
only resource for safety was retreat or to
climb a tree, but on turning abont I
found that tho two Indians had gone.
I saw mr revolver immediately, and de
termined to live as long as I could, and
to sell my life as dearly as possible.
I began the retreat, however, with all
the haste that my physical powers were
capable of, but wo3 soon alarmed by
bearing tho howling of tho wolves in
pursuit. I have always prided myself
on my flectness of foot, as I bare seldom
mot my equal, but in this raco with
wolves I lost ground very fast. I quickly
realized that tho attempt to escape was
vain, for at tho rate of going I could
not hold out long, and concluded to
climb a tree, and though it took me but
a very few moment to reach a convenient
bough, I was none too quick, for tho
pack was nigh on hand. They drew up
in line about ten yards from the tree,
and, considering tho opportunity a good
one, I commenced to blaze away at them
with deadly effect, no less than four fall
ing in answer to seven shots. This de
structive fire did not abate their fury in
tbo least, and I proceeded to draw my
second revolver, when, unfortunately, it
caught in a twig and was jerked out of
my hand to tho ground. *
My buffalo coat I had left m the cutter,
and, being very thinly clad, I began very
soon to experience tho effects of tho cold.
The wolves, I believe, realized my help
lessness, and became bold accordingly.
They walked up to tho foot of the tree,
which was a very small one, and as they
could not reach mo by leaping, they be
gan to gnaw it down. Taking out my
knife, I cut the longest limb I could
reach, and leaving a hook on tho end of
it, I caught hold of a largo cedar tree
about ten feet off, and as the wolve3 con
tinued gnaving and my perch got more
and more unsteady, I pulled in the pole
and drew the tree over toward the cedar.
"With a desperate exertion, and after sev
eral minutes of deep anxiety, I succeeded
in gaining the cedar, and took up a safe
position among the branches.
Tho wolves uttered a fierce howl and
took their departure, but I did not ven
ture to descend from my perch until the
last sound from them was faintly heard
from tho distant hills. On reaching tbe
place where I had left my horse, I found
that he had got frightened and had gone.
I was about striking out in pursuit, when
I espied the two Indians, who were en
deavoring to secure two young moose,
which they had gob into a kind of cre-
vasso at tho base of a high rock. I turn
ed in with them, and we succeeded in
taking them alive and unhurt. We car
ried them to Mr. Valent’s shanty, where
they will remain until we can get them
down to Ottowa. The Indians had
courage enough to go back and skin the
wolves.
Something of Interest to
Planters.
From the Euraula Times.]
If the following described machine will
do what is claimed for it, it is bound to
woik a revolution in tho cotton growing
region, which will add immensely to tho
profits of producers of tho staple. The
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says that
Mr. William H. Howard, of Augusta, has
received a letter from Mr. V. M. Barnes,
of Clay Hill, Lincoln county, which asks
his support of a new enterprise. The
enterprise of which ho writes is the
"Clements attachment”—a machine by
means of which seed cotton, as it comes
from tho field, can be converted into a
yarn better than any except hard-made.
The machine is attached to a common
card stand, and gently frees the cotton
lmt from seed, dirt and motes, and de
livers it m a roll to the spindle. It has
a capacity of ono hundred and fifty bales
a year, and costs, with royalty included,
only two hundred and fifty dollars. The
inventor claims that it will make a thread
thirty-threo and one-third per cent, bet
ter in strength and evenness than any
yarn that can be made from ginned cot
ton. He says that its uso saves the costly
and dangerous picker rooms, saves lap
ping and double lapping, fivo sixths of
tbe carding and other machinery, besides
tho cost of ginning, bagging, ties, com
pressing, etc. There is a mill containing
four of these machines iu operation in
Corinth, Mississippi, and the owner
writes that herecently manufactured yarn
from a very inferior lot of cotton, costing
from 1} to 2 cents per pound in the seed,
which sold for 25 cents per pound; some of
it was ginned and the yarn from this sold
for only five cents per pound. Mr. Barnes
is confident that yarn from middling cot
ton made by this machine will bring 25
cents when middling in tho bale sells for
10 cents. Mr. Barnes wishes to start an
establishment with these machines at
Raysville, with 1,800 spindles, giving a
capacity of six hundred bales of cotton
per annum, which can be readily obtained
in the neighborhood. He is confident
that such a mill will pay a very large
profit and he is anxious to get a few
gentlemen of Augusta to take stock in
the enterprise.
Every person should know how to as
certain tho state of the pulse in health;
then, by comparing it with what he is
when he is ailing, he may have some idea
of the urgency of his case. Parents
should know tho healthy pulse of each
child, since cow and then a person is
born with a peculiarly slow or fa3t pulse,
and the very case in hand may be of
such peculiarity. An infant’s pulse is
140; a child of 7 about 80, and from 20
to 60 years it is70 beats a minute, de
clining to 60 at fourscore. At 60, if the
pulse always exceeds 70, there is a dis
ease; the machine working itself out,
there is a fever or inflammation some
where, and the bo^y i3 feeding on itself,
as in coBsumptit??, when the pulse is
quick.
Interesting Sketch or the Grandest
Cemetery In tbe World.
From the Savannah News.]
For tho information of tho hundreds
of strangers now in our city,"and who are
desirous t.f obtaining some knowledge
of our various attractions, we present
the following interesting sketch of Bon-
aventure, taken from the pamphlet pub
lished t-i f the Evergreen Cemetery Com
pany:
BONAYENTUBE.
The beautiful tract of land bearing
this name, and now enclosing the Ever
green Cemetery, was first settled in or
abont the year 1760, by Colonel John
Mnlryne, who came to this country from
England, and removed from Charleston,
South Carolina, to Georgia.
The high ground, an extended river
view, etc., made it one of tho choicest
sites near the city of Savannah, and tho
first house, a large brick one, was erected
at that time, facing the centre walk of
the old garden. This garden extended
in terraces from the plateau to the river,
tho terraces being supported by blocks
of Tabby, a concrete of shell and lime,
that yet remain m tolerable preservation.
Thi3 house was destroyed by fire in the
latter part of the last century, during a
dinner entertainment. The roof taking
fire first, all hope of saving the building
was soon dismissed, but, at the sugges
tion of its owner, the dinner was removed
to tho tre*3 and there finished.
In 1761 this property came, by the
marriage of Josiah Tattnall, cf Charles
ton, S. C., with Mary, the daughter of
Col. John Mnlryne, into the possession of
the Tattnall family. Gov. Tattnall, of
Georgia, being born there in 1765.
This marriage is of peculiar interest in
the history of Bonaventure, since from it
date the avenues of magnificent trees
which form the pride and chief feature
of interest *>! tho place. They were
planted about that time, and tradition
his it, in the forms cf tho letters M and
T, tho initials of tho families of Mul-
ryno and Tattnall. The majority of
these trees were of tho livo oak species,
others being mingled with them. These
latter the hand of time and the gales of
the Atlantic have long ago laid low,
whilst the sturdy live oaks, with their
hoary heads of moss, still defy tho
.wintry blasts, and their rustling leaves
whisper a ceaseless lulaby over tho quiet
and peaceful sleepers at their feet.
A second, and frame house, built by
Governor Tattnall, was also destroyed by
fire, this - second honso stood in the
open space in the rear of the site occu
pied by the first brick house, and its lo
cation is marked by a largo cedar tree,
nourished bj the ashes of tho burnt
hearth. Tho front of this house, was
formerly marked by two very old and
large Palmetto trees.
Ia tho year 1847 this property passed,
by purchase, into the hands of Captain
P. Wiltberger, who had long associated
tho quiot and peace of tho place, it3 pa
triarch trees, and their deep, solemn
shade, its calm and seclusion, as a fit
receptacle for tho departed of this earth,
as a resting place for'the weary pilgrims
cf life. With him originated the idea of
devoting Bonavoaturo to its present and
final use, and his remains sleep under the
foliage of its trees.
Circumstances prevented for a time
tho execution of this wish, but it was
taken up by his son, Major W. H. Wilt-
berger, and the formation of tho present
Evergreen Cemetery Company, in 1869,
was the result of his efforts. In this con*
neclion it may be interesting to notice
that tho firet adult buried at Bonaven-
turo was tho wifo of Gov. Tatnall, who
died there in 1803, being soon followed
to the grave by her honored husband.
Previous to that time several of the
children of the family had been buried
thero.
Amongst the historical incidents of tho
place is tho rescue of Governor Wright
by Col. Mulrvne, during the revolutiona
ry war. Col.' Mulryne, a staunch Whig,
disapproved of tho Declaration of Inde
pendence, and when the Patriots confined
Gov. Wright in Savannah, Col. Mulryne
hastened to his rescue, and conveyed
him to Bonaventuro until tho Governor
could bo placed on board an English
man-of-war lying in the river. Colonel
Mulryne left the country with tho Gov
ernor, and died at Nassau, New Provi
dence.
It is also historic that the French, after
their unsuccessful attack on Savannah,
fell back to Bonaventure, and there re
embarked many of their wounded, bury
ing a number of their dead on tho place.
These few brief sketches of Bonaven-
ture’spasf will be of interest to the many
visitors of that place, and were kindly
placed at the disposition of the Ever
green Cemetery Company by (late) Com.
rnodore Josiah Tattnall and (late) Major
W. H. Wiltberger.
Its future, as a cemetery, will endear tbe
old place to many a heart, and os such
it will remain until tbo treasures we now
in sorrow confide to its guardian trees
and solemn quiet shall rise to a brighter
life, when time and earth shall have
passed away.
New Hampshire.—The result of tho
late election in this State quite astonish
ed and depressed the Democrats in and
about Washington. They expected Mr.
Belknap's fall to cany down tho Repub
lican party in Yankee land.
They do not know the people of New
England as well as some of us. It is a
land peopled by a very intelligent lot of
voters. Tho Belknap corruption was
nothing new to the patriots of New
Hampshire. They have known all along
of the corruptions at Washington. But
the New England people are commercial
as well as intelligent. All those having
money have invested in the administra
tion, and all those without means sell
their votes to those who have. Votes
were cheaper this year, as the time? are
hard, and the quotations ranged from ten
dollars a vote early in the morning, and
ranged down, as tbe day advanced, to as
low as twenty-five cents. If any one
supposes he can disturb the New Eng
land moral stomach by an exhibit of po
litical corruption, such person does not
comprehend the internal structure of a
Yankee.
Of course wc have no end of lessons in
tho papers over this result. The Repub
licans are happy. They believe that all
the Cabinet can be impeached and half
tbo office-holders bung, and yet carry the
next Presidential election. The Demo
crats are correspondingly depressed,
“What’s tho use,” they cry, “of this un
earthing fraud, when one speech of Hill
or Toombs can neutralize tho_ effect ?”
And the disposition to assassinate the
hot-gcspelera of the South almost over
masters prudent resolve.
We beg our friends not to be unhappy
in their Democratic minds—N*w Eng
land does not make the United States.
And, recognizing this fact, wo venture to
assert that west an 1 south of the land
peopled from tho May Flower, not a
township can bo carried by tho Republi
cans if these exposures are continued.
We would indeed despair of the republic
if Npw England mado up the country.
We thank God that there are populations
not commercial, and do not invest, finan
cially, cither in the Administration or
the polls.—Capital.
The Story ot an English Mother’s
Recognition of the Son She had
Lost.
New York Sun, 17 th.]
In spite of bad weather, there was an
attendance at the Hippodrome of about
3,000 persons yesterday morning. Mr.
Moody spoke on “Afflictions,” tbe Rev.
Dr. Booth on “ Tho Uses of Affliction,”
and Mr. Sankey sang “ Go bury thy sor
row,” prefacing it with a short address.
In the afternoon there was an attend*
ance chiefly of persons from tho country,
to judge by appearances—folks who were
obliged to bravo the storm, or go borne
without seeing tho evangelists. In the
evening the rain was falling in torrents,
and the room wa3 not more than three-
fourths fall. Mr. Sankey sang, “Oh, ’twas
love; ’twas wondrons love,” Bishop
James prayed, and Mr. Moody repeated
bis discourse of the afternoon upon
“Love.” All tho time he was speaking
the rain was falling upon tho roof so. vio
lently that his powerful voice was occa
sionally inaudible to tboso sitting far
back. He told this story to illustrate
his doctrine that Christ first received
sinners, and afterward cleanses them of
their iniquities: A boy in England was
stolen from his parents and made an as
sistant to a sweep. Once bo got into a
wrong flue, and came down in the wrong
house. Memory slowly returned to him,
and be vaguely recollected having been
there before. The lady of the house, at
tracted by the noise, entered the room
and recognized her lost son. She did
not wait to waahhim, but all covered with
soot as he was, clasped him in her arms.
Afterward ehe washed him. Toward the
close of hia discourse he quoted a script
ure passage, and said, “There's a man
who has gone to sleep,” pointing at a
slumborer in the front row; “I wish he’d
wake np and hear that text.” The man
awoke, not in time to hear that text, but
quickly enough to comprehend why he
had so suddenly become an object of in
terest.”
Dramatic Exhibition In Dawson.
Dawson, Ga., March 17,1876.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Will
jou hear from a correspondent who, al
ways on £he “wing,” finds your valuable
paper everywhere. It finds its way into
our homes and places of trade, a true ex
ponent of a refined taste. If it were not
for the pressure, you would be able from
day to day to increase still more your sub
scription list to a very largo extent. I
know wbat people say.
Last Wednesday and Thursday nlghtB
the good citizens of this nice little place
were enlivened by first rat9 dramatic ex
hibitions. I was surprised at the amount
■»?. talent exhibited on the stago. The
Dawson Dramatic Association deserve
great credit for tho success attendant
upon their efforts. Miss Katie A. and
littiO Ella ?. in tfes dsot Grand Duchesse
do Gerolstein, gave gtnen.1 Bstfe/afriicn,
Miss A. understands perfectly how to
handle tho keys of a piano. In scientific
music she has no superior, and she can
always please persons of a refined and ap
preciative taste. Your college is honored
in Miss A. a graduate.
The "Lean of a Lover’.’ wa3 well ren
dered, J. G. Parks, Esq., as Captain
Amersfort, performed hi3 part well, with
that natnral grace of manner which be
speaks tho gentleman, cultured, and with
enough of common sense to make a hap
py balance. He wasnB at home on the
stage as he is everywhere else. J. H.
Guerry, Esq., a3 Peter Spyk, Mr. I. D.
Laing as Swyzle, Mrs. C. E. Holliday as
Delve, Mrs. Eola G. P. as Gertrude, and
Mrs. Hellen G. as Earnestine Rosendaal,
performed their parts well. “Poor Pilli-
cody” was the best piece rendered.
Capt. John A. Fulton, as Mr. Pillicody,
won imperishable laurels. Hois splen
did on the toards; I think that he was
born an actor, and had he followed that
profession, he would havo won famo and
riche3. Capt. O’Scuttle was personated
by Mr. C. F. Clark. MUs Eudora M. as
Pillicody, wa3 the delight of tho audi
ence-dignified—with an ease of manner
that was truly pleasant to see, a pretty
face, “she stooped to conquer.” Somo
one lost his heart that night. Mrs.
O’Scuttle was personated by MissAlioe
F. Miss Mollie L. as Sarah Blunt, was
admired vciy much in her personation of
that character. At no I033 for words,
she moved through the performance of her
piece with an ease that gavo beanty to her
actions.
“Jumbo Jum” wub well performed,
Mr. C. E. Holliday, aa Jumbo Jum was a
success. His performance in the part of
“Scouring the Country” brought down
the house. I would like to know how
Hannah Pilkins, personated by Miss
P., liked the treatment of Jumbo.
The rest of the characters iu the piece
were Mr. U. L. ‘Weston as Mr. Gobble-
ton, Mr. E. E. Cheatham a3 Lawyer
Cheatham, Mr. L. H. Rodgers as Henry
Merville, Miss Mary P. as Hannah Pil-
kins, Miss Alice F. as Adelaide, and Mibs
Fannie M. a3 Mrs. Gobbleton. The Irish
letter wo3 well read by Miss A.
Under tho head of tho “Grotesque
and Laughable,” Consin Jeddediah was
the best. Mrs. Eola G. P., aa Cousin
Moriah, made it a decided success. Mrs.
P. has a very sweet toned voice, and
her singing made a marked impression
upon those who heard her.
The comic song, “Humble Bumble,”
as sung by Peter Spyk, was a happy hit.
I was told that a great measure of the
success of tho dramatic corps is duo to
the untiring energy of the manager,
Major H. Atkinson.
On Friday I bade adieu to Dawson, to
sco it again, I hope, under as favorable
circumstances as I left it. Visitor. *
A Slight Mistake.—There is a magis
trate in a town in Indiana named Helser.
A clergyman in the same place was called
upon by. a young couple not long since,
who wished Mm to join them in the holy
bond of matrimony. He asked the bride
groom for bis marriage license. The
man responded that he had been engag
ed to the girl for fonr years, and thought
that would do. The clergyman thought
not, and remarked, a3 the speediest way
to obtain a license, “You had better take
your girl and go to Helser.” “You go to
hell yourself!” retorted the angry bride
groom. And seizing the bride by the
arm he dragged her from the house, won
dering what manner of a profane minis*
ter he had met with.
General Jubal A. Earlt has writ
ten a reply to General Longstreet’s letter
on Gettysburg, in wMch he handles the
latter quite severely. He shows that
General Longstreet, under the pretense
of “defending” General Lee, i3 really
glorifying himself and tradneing Lee.
General Early wields a caustic pen, and
in almost every encounter he has had
with the makers of history he has had
the best of it.
A Ride on the Engine.
From the World.]
The grade was steep; the engineer
opened the valve, regulated his engine
in all respects, smoked, and asked me to
step over and sit on his side of the loco
motive.
“It’s all clear sailing for a few miles
now,” ssid he; ‘'we shall not meet any*
tMng. It’s a tug np hill.”
“What grade ?”
“From 100 to 148 feet to tho mile.”
“That’s tho reason, then, that you
have these heavy engines ?”
“Yes.”
“Is this grade thought by railroad
men to be very steep ?”
“Well,” said the engineer, slowly,
“pretty steep—yes. You know that in
old times, m England, grades of thirty
to forty feet to the mile were thought to
be heavy. Grades of seventy to eighty
feet were thought to be impracticable.
I can remember reading all abont it.
They didn’t understand then what a grip
a heavy iron wheel ha3 got on an iron
rail, and how much a good locomotive
could pnll if you only gave her fuel and
time. They found it out afterwards. I
hear they’ve got in England and France
grades of 132 and 196 feet to tho mile,
and even the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road has grades 114 feet. The grades on
the Pacific railroads, and on that of the
Rocky Mountain railroad from Denver
City to the mines, are worse than any
yet. This grade don’t seem very bad,
does it ?” And besides, j ust look at that
view 1”
Away to the south stretched the bleak
Pennsylvania wilderness, uninhabited
save by a few wood-men, the panther,
the deer and the hear. The solitude
seemed like that of a desert, and the
straining, ascending locomotive like a gi
gantic wheezy pioneer.
“There's a right-down romanco, or
tragedy, or whatever you may call it,”
said the engineer, “attached to this hill.
And I was the least of a here in it. As
there was a woman in it, though, I must
tell you that I’m a married man.”
"Alt right. Go ahead with tho Btory.”
“ One night about four years ago, and
just about this month,” the engineer
continued, “ I was coming down this kill
with (considering the season; a pretty
heavy train. At Wilke3barre over in the
valley—which you’ll soon see—a young
lady had got aboard of my engine. She
wanted a night ride and was pnt on by
the Superintendent. She was a perfect
lady, and her mother was in ono of the
cars, back. To tell the honest truth (a3
I have often said to my wife), I never
saw a more beautiful or game looking
girl. Sho wa3 very small sized, dressed
in what my wife calls complete taste,
and her figure was so good, and her hands
so small, and her ways so frank and art
less, that I almost wished she wa3 my
daughter. Her face, though, was what
I can’t give you an idea of. It was the
most beautiful face I ever saw. It had,”
proceeded the engineer, warming, “all
the intelligence of a woman’s and the
simplicity of a child’s. And she was so
sprightly and lovablo altogether, and
asked so many questions, that, although
I had never had a woman on the engine
but once before, I invited her over here
to my seat, and explained to her all about
how a locomotive i3 run. I showed her
how to manipulate the lever which ad*
mits more or less steam to tho cylinders ;
how the reverse lever is worked; how
tho tests of water and steam are
made. I showed her how to blow
the whistle and ring the bell, and ex
plained how tho brakes wero blown down,
and how warnings were given on the ap
proach to crossings. She took it all in,
and,” said the engineer, stretching his
arm across the boiler and clutching my
sleeve, “it was the best lesson I ever
gave. Right np around yonder nbout
two miles from here, just as I was hand
ling the reverse lever, we struck a stone
or something on the track at 9 o’clock at
night. I wa3 a-bending down at the
time (the girl was sitting where you are,
on my cushion) and quicker than light
ning tho lever flew back and struck me
in the eye and knocked me—well, I’ll be
d—d if I know where. Anyway, it didn’t
make much difference for a minute or
two, for I was just stunned. As we were
on the down grade, with no need of fuel,
tho fireman was back in tho baggage-
car, and when I camo to this young girl
was holding on to my head and fanning
me with her toy of a hat. It wasn’t two
seconds before I knew what was to pay.
The engine and the whole train had
started down this hill at the rate of sixty
miles an hour. I tried to spring up and
reach the lever. My right arm and side
and right leg were numb. My face and
even my tongue were so paralyzed by
the blow I had received that I could
hardly speak. I was so desperate that
(more to attract the girl’s attention to
the danger than for anything else) I
grabbed her bat with my left band and
threw it outside of the locomotive, and
then managed to beckon her ear down
close to my lips, and say:
* “Train’s going too fast. 'We’ll be in
hell if you don’t turn the lever 1’
“She understood me in an instant;
aud it was time. The engine was rocking,
swaying, grinding and sknrrying down
the track like a beast with great bounds.
Every second I expected it would leap tbe
rails ; it certainly was descending at the
rate of seventy miles an hour. But that
little thing sprang up here, clutched tbe
lever, motioned which way she should
shove or push it, got my nod, and re
versed the wheels like a little man. Then
she whistled down brakes—thero was no
need of that, for the. boys had put on
every brake already. Inside of a mile
and a half she stopped tho train ; and
then she knelt down all trembling and
crying—and now what do you think she
said ?’’
" I can’t gues3.”
“ Said she: * Mr. , I feel as if I
should faint. Haven’t you got some
camphor, or—a little whisky ?’ And as
sure os you live she did faint right away
there—right down in front of that fire
box—right on top of me. The fireman
and conductor came in and took her back
to her mother, and tho fireman had to
run the train down to White Haven.”
Pennsylvania Railroad—Low
Freights.
At their recent annual meeting, the
Board of Directors of tho Pennsylvania
Central Railroad transacted all their
business and adjourned exactly in nine
minutes. According to President Saott’3
report, his average charge for .freights
on the main lino and branches during
1875 has been only one and one-twentieth
cent por ton per mile. The exact figure
is 1.058 cents, or the barest fraction over
10J mills. Yet the main line netted a
profit of $13,369,000, and the entire Con
nection $21,522,000. The tonnage on the
main stem was seven per cent, more than
ever before, and the earnings $2,000,000.
Freights at a trifle over a cent a mile per
ton is a large stride in the way of cheap
transportation, but we must remember
that it is partly due to the‘present low
price of iron required for repairs and
the scant wages, forced on laborers by the
hard times.
What the New York Trlbnne (Ind.)
Said of Scbenck'a Departure and
Return.
From tho Tribune of May 24,1S7I-]
THE DEPARTURE.
The list of our Ministers to England
presents ono unbroken line of excellence
and distinction, each as is presented by
tbe diplomatic bistory-of no other coun
try on earth. No monarch has ever been
represented at any court by any succes
sion of names which would endure a
comparison with thoso which this repub
lic has sent to London for a century to
utter the message of the new world to the
old.
A new element enters into this bril
liant category with our new Minister.
Thus far only the eminence.and the cul
ture of the East have been represented
in these higher walks of diplomacy. But
General Schenck whilo he is deficient in
none of the minor morals of life, while
he is equally at home in tho field, the
salon, and the forum, brings to Ms new
work the breadth and freshness of per
ception, tho directness and integrity of
intellectual methods, which seem char
acteristic of the best class of Western
men. The line of our envoys will not
be tarnished by his name. Wo wish Mm
a pleasant journey and a happy return,
and, after the glory he has worthily won
in a life of struggle, the blessedness
which is promised to peacemakers.
THE RETURN—“WITH A FULL HAND.”
From tbe Tribune of March 9,1373.J
His own land waits for him. Two con
tinents are hungered for him. Here con
templative Columbia wanders on the
beach and asks the sad Bea waves for
tidings of her son; there the frantic con
stable leans westward from the sea-girt
isle, watching the outward-going Abys
sinia’s track and shaking his vain and
empty process of arrest towards the set
ting sun and the home of the free; be
tween them, heaving gently on the bo
som of old ocean, our own Ambassador
‘'straddles the blind” and draws three
cards to a “pair of deuces,” and a mens
eonscia recti. Could there bo a more en
chanting picture for the contemplation of
the American patriot?
There has been a lihgering suspicion
until now that the Great Republic had
never been fully revenged. Otber differ
ences had been adjusted, but we may as
well confess that till Schenck’s re-em
barkation for home we harbored a feel
ing of revenge. But now old scores are
squared. We have “placed” the Emma
Mine on tho British public and taught
the English people the game of draw
poker. Our3 is the proud satisfaction of
having not only given to Great Britain
the original rules of this noble game, bnt
of having added thereto one more, and
illustrated the play that “our knave beat
a queen.”
POST-OFFICE FRAUDS.
@40,000 Paid to Stop an Investiga
tion In 1872—Remarkable Testi
mony of tbe Senior Partner in the
Firm of Barlow, Sanderson & Ce.
Special dispatch to the ’World.]
Washington, March 18.—The investi
gations which were in progress at the
Capitol to-day were most remarkable for
tho testimony of an entirely reputable
witness that $40,000 were paid by a firm
of postal contractors to bave an investi
gation discontinued in the Forty-second
Congress in which they were interested.
This witness is Mr. Barlow, President of
the National Bank at St. Albans, Vt., and
senior partner in the mail-contracting
firm of Barlow, ’ Sanderson ft Co., who
formerly had several routes in the Terri
tories and Western States. This firm
obtained contracts for transporting tbe
mails at enormous prices by th8 use of
straw bidders. The witness was extremely
reticent, and had forgotten mo3t of the
transactions of the firm within the past
ten years. He did remember, however,
that Barlow, Sanderson & Co. had paid
$40,000 to stop the investigation of the
Committee on Post-offices and Po3t-roads
of the Forty-second-Congress in 1872.
The so-called McKibbon investigation
was in progress at that time, and Mr.
Barlow testified that shortly after the
$40,000 was paid by the firm of which he
is a member, tho investigation ceased.
He swore that he did not know to whom
the money was paid except that the firm
gave it to a middleman named Ferrer,
now dead, bnt who was at the time well
known here as a claim agent. Ferrer’s
first name the witness did not know.
When asked why his memory was so de
fective, Mr. Barlow replied that the sub
ject was a very disagreeable one to him ;
he had tried to forget all about it and
had nearly succeeded. The members of
the House Committee on Post-offices and
Post-roads of the Forty-second Congress
were John F. Farnsworth, of Illinois;
John Hill, of New Jersey; Ginery Twi-
chell, of Massachusetts; JameB N. Tyner,
of Indiana; Samuel J. Randall, of Penn
sylvania ; Charles H. Porter, of Virginia;
Sherman 0. Houghton, of California;
Philip Van Trump, of Ohio, and John
M. Carroll, of New York.
A curious case of doubtful identity
ha3 just been settled in Ireland by death.
Lady Longford, in 1864, gave birth to
twin sons. As the elder must inherit tho
title and estates of Longford, care was
taken to mark the first comer by ty
ing a bine ribbon about his little arm.
Tho pair, however, having been careless
ly laid by the nurse in one cradle, 6ome
days after, the ribbon camo off, and had
to be again put on by guess work. Wil
liam, the elder thus selected, died the
other day, and Thomas has now become,
without a disturbing doubt. Lord Park-
enham by courtesy, and, if he lives, will
become the Earl of Longford.
An organ endeavors to explain “where
Now Hampshire points.” It points to
fraud, jobbery, corruption, purchased
votes, the degradation of the ballot. If
there is a State in tho Union that in thi3
centennial year ought to bury its head in
shame, it is New Hampshire. While the
whole civilized world stands abashed at
the exposures in Washington, and de
plores the horrible revelations, New
Hampshire comes to the front and in
dorses them. If its vote moans anything,
it means the deification of crime and
rascality.—Baltimore Gazette.
Orville Grant-in the Paint Busi
ness.—The New York Sun says a busi
ness partnership under wMch Orville L.
Grant, the President’s brother, was to
receive $100 a month for. his influence,
has just been developed in the Court of
Bankruptcy in Brooklyn in the adjudica
tion of the affairs of George W. Moore
& Co., rubber paint manufacturers. The
articles of agreement revealed the fact
that Grant put no money in the business,
but in consideration of his using Ms in
fluence in obtaining contracts he was to
receivo $100 per month. The firm re
ceived liberal patronage from tbe cus
tom-house and postoffice.
A new kind of door hinge has been in
vented. It’s peculiarity is that the door
not only shuts quickly and noiselessly,
but it hits tbe person who leaves tho
door opdn a fierce blow on his back.