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MACON, FEBUUARY 2 ,18SO
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Savannah bad a lage mass meeting to
consider the taking of steps for the relief
of the Irish sufferers. Eloquent speeches
were made by prominent Savannahians,
and committees to canvass the city appoint
ed.
Cuifiuxo wants a railroad. The Clar-
ion of that place calls aloud for it.
Tor darkies select the time when
family is at prayer to rob the roosts in
that place.
Ths Gridin military fair had a decided
boon) last week.
Tut North Georgia Stock and Fair As
sociation held an election last week, re
electing Mr. W. B. Cox, President, and
all the directors whose terms had expired.
T i.K American Legion of Honor has
been organized in Milledgeville. The or
der TriV soon extend to Eatonton.
ll> ro-E cutting annoyed some of the
g ..’ i* ople of Eatonton last week.
indhidge thinks of lighting her
■ ’ with gas.
Pomeroy will visit Bainbridge
youth of Lumpkin are said to
eirguns very carelessly.
\i-Y of wagons passed through
last week loaded with calendar
ich are Intended to supply the
Eastern Alabama with correct
: Eatonton factory wa3 a paying
c, and could again be made so.
chance for some enterprising
s Beilton North Georgian: “A
i came into our office the other
uggested the idea of starting a
» boom. We are in favor of
lytliing—from a shoe shop to a
tory, a railroad, or a hank—pro-
Iriends will do the writing and
- e money.”
’ .unfiE Democrat: Monday even-
r George Guriev, son of Captain
ley, Nedom Powell and Eddie
js, three juveniles, took French
»eir parents and left on a cruise
river, and have not been heard
e. If caught, one of them at
I not runaway again soon. His
II take all romance ontof the
•nttrrer for him.
ashville Banner speaks asfol-
. n old resident of Macon: John
i, Passenger Agent of the Savan-
. ida, and Western railway, with
.:tcrs at Savannah, arrived in the
• v-rday, and left this morning for
"e. The company which Mr.
■ .... ■ • -presents has recently issued for
“ ' "is distribution a beautifully print-
perfect guide to Southern Georgia
a •• y ;>rida, containing a brief descrip
tion «>f .ill points of interest in those and
on.., athem States. Mr. Griffin will
Hie railroad centres in the North
. . turning home.
’.v liter from Terrell county to the
I -a> ji.ii Journal says that in that county
•ives a Mr. Nathan Cook, who is onehun-
sireu and two years old, and lias brought
i'i <•- ' liildren, the youngest of whom is
ok«;r forty yeans of age. He has lived in
toe same yard that now encloses his home
ever since the Indian war. Notwith
standing a severe spell of sickness last
summer, lie now, as he always lias, earns
his daily bread. He is a right saucy old
Widow er, aud not long ago said that he
would marry again if be could find a
woria.i to suit him.
Iv an item headed “Old Tom Branch,'
tie.- r.iocrton Gazette says : “Nearly every
on* kn >ws the old negro whose name
heads this squib, and were acquainted
wiin ms idiosyncracies. Though crazec
in some particulars, his soundness of in
tellect exhibited itself in his strict and
cllierence to Democratic principles
He was happy when proclaiming his poli
tics from the court house door or in the
atreets. but the old man happened with a
fearful accident the other day that will
end !:is life probably. He had a fit while
sitting near a fire last week, and in the
spasm his feet got into the fire, and nearly
all the flesh was burnt from them, and
the bones were left bare. In telling the
doctor about it, he smiled and said that
lie had gone to sleep and the fire broke
on! and buret his feet off. The old man
has apjjarently experienced no pain from
tire burn, but he will doubtless never re
cover.”
The Mountain 8ignal contains the fol
ios ing suggestions to a light-fingered
youth of Dahlonega:
Mr. G. McGuire, salesman at the store
of A. G. Wimpy, requests us to say that if
the young roan who was seen to pick up
and carry away from the store last Tues
day night, the following articles: Four
*tere.>seopic views and one cocoanut, will
return them, no questions will be asked.
Mr. McGuire knows fhe young man, and
soen him carry off the articles. Unless
they are promptly returned, legal steps
will be taken for their recovery.
Mountajn Signal: Mr. Josiah Stargel,
not very long since, killed a turkey gob
bler, the heard of which measured 11J
inches, and was said qt the time, to be
next to tlic longest tiirkey beard ever
known in this country. Joe Brown now
comes to the front and says that a few
days ago he killed a gobbler with a beard
' 112 inches long. So Joe has our permis
sion u> go up head, while at the same
wc would advise him to try his luck
again.
Cowers Examiner: A-very strange
freak of a queer old gentleman by the
Lime of William Wilson, who died in
New ton county last year, and willed his
antirv wealth to the colored people. We
louu he was an old batchelor and pos-
acs»c.' about $10,000 worth of property, all
of which he wiiled to a few of his favorite
colored people. Charity Hendrick, of
OoviriiLon, being one of the favored of
her color, received $150, which was in
vested in a homestead about four miles
fi«.ui this place by the administrator, Col-
A. B. Sijns, in accordance with the
requirements of the will; the property to
be lien during her fife, and at her death
Co be divided among her children.
Madison Madisonian: Morgan county
has . ore energetic and enterprising plant
ers fiian any county in the State. She is
nor inaugurating a system that will im-
i*> among us yontlis inured to labor.
T' . scheme, if successful, will famish
of people with reliable labor, instead of
m ioea who are so easily duped by mer-
cumiy agents to violate their contracts.
Reliable men have taken bold of this
jBoicuient, which angtrrs its complete
aucctu. Wc have many reliable North
ern farmers, who have come here since
tlw war, purchased farms, identified them-
sehes with our people, and doing all in
Uir ir (tower to promote the common weal.
Su :b men are valuable additions to any
so lety, and are always greeted heartily
bj our people.
rjiANY Advertiser: It is with genu
ine regret that we chronicle the death of
Howard Bunts, Sr., an old and respected
ml red citizen, who died at his home in
uiu city this morning. He was for a
uumiier of years the cook at the Barnes
House, where he served faithfully until
tito infirmities of age compelled him to
give up that position, some two or three
years ago. The deceased was a slave of
■Mrs. Sarah Weed, of Macon, and came to
Al'any about the close of the late war,
* in advance of the Federal raiders,
jcu lie became the confidential custo-
’ia*n of ail the property of the late Cap-
lain B. K. Hines. During all the dark
da vs of reconstruction, this good old man
remained faithful to Ills trust, and, as
acou as it was safe for him to do, he de
li icr 1 everything entrusted to his keep-
* g* : fle to the owner. He was trusted
*uii :spected by all who knew him, and
Mai lelity to all made many friends for
hum ^ pong the best people of the com-
" /, who will follow him to his grave
with hearts made sad by his passing away,
and will say of him, “Well done, thou
good and faithful servant.”
Daltoy Headlight; Last Tuesday
evening the wife of Deputy Marshal
Thraikill who had gone to the cemetery
to care for a family grave, was shocked
to see a skeleton hanging to a picket of
the fence, the skull being placed over the
picket. She reported to her husband,
who reported to Alderman Kirkpatrick,
who had a grave dug and the skeleton
reburied. We are told that all of the
bones were on the spot, most of them
bein'* held together by flesh or muscle
ligaments. The top scalp had not entirely
decayed, and short, apparently shingled
shingled hair still clung thereto. The
skeleton indicated a fine shape, the teeth
of pearly whiteness and beautiful in shape.
To the uninitiated in anatomy who ob
served the remains, it was concluded
that they were of a half-grown man, or a
full-grown female. The bones were as
yet unbleached. We think the mystery
of the case calls for investigation. .
Accident. — Borne Tribune: Last
Thursday evening Mr. D. W. Gowan, on
his return home met with a painful acci
dent. His residence is about two miles
from the city, and on the evening in ques
tion he arrived at his gate at about eleven
o’clock, and rode in without thinking to
call a large bull dog he has on the planta
tion, when this animal made a dash for
the supposed intruder, jumping and catch
ing the mule by the nose, and causing
him to throw Mr. Gowan, bruising him
considerably, and breaking one of the
smaller bones next the elbow in his
right arm. Dr. Lovelace was called and
dressed the injuries, and Mr. Gowan is
now doing well.
Chaplain David Wills, on tempora
ry duty at McPherson Barracks, near At
lanta, has been granted permission to re
move his quarters into the city.
A portrait of Mr. H. I. Kimball, a
fine steel engraving, lias been hung in the
Kimball House.
Butterflies, March flowers, mosqui
toes and spoiled pork are the order of the
day in Walker county.
IIenp.y Gbadt has sold his interest in
the Atlanta Sunday Gazette to Mr. John
H. Martin, of Columbus. Mr. Grady,
however, will continue to write for the
Henry Taylor, coloreff/jinltbr offhe' Death of Rev.T. X. Kennedy, D. D.
court-house at Columbus, is dead.
Mr. James Cook and Miss Mary E.
Snrles were married in Chattahoochee
county, on last Sunday.
According to the count of the Colum
bus Enquirer, fifty-nine gin houses in
Georgia have been destroyed by fire since
the31stofAngust.
Judge Eye, of the Bichmond County
Court, is enforcing the law against carry
ing concealed weapons. On Monday he
fined W. W. Glover one hundred dollars
for that offi:nse.
We learn that Mr. William Davis, of
Our community was startled on Sunday
morning last by the intelligence spreading
over the city that Dr. F. M. Kennedy had
died during the night. And when the
news was confirmed by inquiry, a feelin
of sadness seemed to take possession of
every heart, and to he expressed from
every countenance. Crowds of his per
sonal friends hastened to his late res
idence on New street, to gaze once
more upon the face of their friend, al
though cold in death, and to mingle their
tears with the bereaved and distressed,
Few men in Macon were more beloved
Hams county, died vejy suddenly at his than this eminontl Christian gentleman,
residence near Hamilton, last Friday
night. He was as well as usual the day
paper.
Up to date Borne has received nearly
75,000 bales of cotton this season.
It costs a colored man fifteen dollars to
be clubbed by the Atlanta police.
The dwelling house of Mr. J. D. Long,
of Jefferson, was destroyed by fire last
Wednesday.
The people of Decatur county have de
cided to issue bonds for the building of
a bridge over the Flint.
The National Gas Company, of New
York, propose to erect works in Bain-
bridge. The live oak city is coming out.
The Berrien County News is now pub
lished by Hanlon & Lastinger. The News
is one of the best weekly papers in the
State.
Colonel J. E. Bryant has called a
meeting for the Bepublican Executive
Committee at his office, next Tuesday, in
Atlanta.
Seventeen thousand Valentines passed
through the Atlanta post-office on Satur
day. One young gentleman received 27,
and a young lady 23.
Dr. W. H. Hollingshead, an old and
highly esteemed citizen of Fort Valley,
died in that place last Wednesday.
Four Years Ago.—August* News :
Four years from yesterday Rev. W. W.
Landrum preached his first sermon as
pastor of the First Baptist Church in Au-
*usta. Each year he has grown in popu
larity with his people, and he is now rec
ognized as one of our leading ministers
and citizens. May each successive year
increase with him* the respect, temporal
blessings and the grace of the master he
has served so well.
A most wonderful circumstance is plac
ed on record to-day. After smouldering
exactly one month, the fire broke out
about *1 o’clock to-day in a packed away
remnant of the waste cotton from the
warehouse of the Augusta Factory, which
was burned on tho 13th Of last month.
The fire broke out in a part of the cot
ton that had been lying exposed to the
continuous stream of the fire engines for
nearly two weeks and to the heavy rains
consequent. It has been stowed awav
for the past five or six days in a wooden
shed at McCoy’s Waste Factory, where it
was transferred from the scene of the fire.
A little after noon to-day the fire was de
tected, and as it was just breaking oat
was soon controlled by the force at hand,
without any alarm being sounded.
Accidentally Shot.—Dublin Ga
zette: Last Tuesday evening a party of
young men went oat bird hunting, and
were returning home, wlieu Mr. George
M. Howard, the marshal of the town, was
badly shot. Mr. Jordan Joiner was walk
ing in front of Howard, and must have
been fingering the triggers when his gun
was discharged, lodging the whole load
in Mr. Howard’s left hand wrist, and
thence into his breast about an inch above
the locality of the lieart. In the excite
ment of shooting on the wing, Mr. Joiner
must have forgotten to let down the cock
of his gun. Mr. H. had his hand at the
time on his own gun, thus putting it in
the right position to teceive a shot that
rather hit his arm lengthwise. We saw
Mr. Howard soon after the shooting, and
ho seemed suffering intense pain, but is
now doing very well.
The Borne Courier states that the ne
gotiations which have been under consid
eration for the last few days in that city
between Mr. W. Scott Fitz and Mr. H.
Blanchard, in regard to the Borne and
Chattanooga railroad, were happily ter
minated Thursday evening. All parties
now seem satisfied, and the Courier trusts
that nothing will occur hereafter to retard
the early completion of this line.
Says tho Albany Advertiser: This sec
tion lias not yet, so far as we have heard,
been favored with a single visit from the
emigrant agent, and no move looking to
an exodus has been started among our
colored population in any quarter. We
believe that Southwestern Georgia is as
near an earthly. Paradise • for the colored
race as conld be found oirtho planet, and
those who are here appear to recognize
and appreciate the fact. While a large
number could be spared without detri
ment, we would dislike to see any of them
tolled off to bleak and inhospitable homes
in the Northwest by designing and specu
lative men, to whom their future weal
and welfare is a matter of no moment or
concern whatever. We are satisfied, how
ever, that our colored people in this sec
tion are possessed of shrewder- instincts,
and are guided by far more disinterested
counsels lromtho prominent ones of their
own color than those living in other sec
tions of the State.”
Talrotton is to have a new hotel.
Farm work has commenced about Pres
ton.** '. .</.■■■: >:;■
A new Baptist church is being erected
at Geneva.
And now Forsyth is to have a leap
year party.
Frederick Paulding and the Midgets
are in Columbus.
Mr. Simeon Walker, an old citizen
of Columbus, is dead.
Savannah lias a well developed case
of infanticide, colored.
Talrotton didn’t Valentine much last
Saturday, the 14th. | ; ; ay bo used in any‘enterprise} wjiy riotiti,
Ameihcus is still inquiring for the Bail- construction of rail roads as well‘as
road Commission. , |
Cataula has had five marriages h
one family recently. i
previous, and his death was not at all
looked for. 1 -
Cotton, much stained by the weather,
is still coming in to the Washington mar
ket. Though in such poor condition, it
brings four or five cents per pound more
than did the best classes last winter.
The Clement Attachment will soon
he in successful operation in Morgan coun
ty- •
Mbs. Sarah Stephens, of Wilkes
county, died at her home last Tuesday
night of typhoid pneumonia. She was a
most estimable lady, and had spent a use
ful life. She was a sister of Mr. H. F.
Slaton, and her husband was a brother of
Hon. A. H. Stephens.
The Conyers Examiner is informed
that a prominent citizen of that county
was arrested on Wednesday last on the
charge of an attempt to commit a crimi
nal assault on the person of his step
daughter. The names .of the parties arc
suppressed for the present, as the case will
probably undergo judicial Investigation
at the next term of the Superior Coui
when the whole affair will he made pub
lic.
A New Hand at It.—Columbus
Times: There was no imperfection last
evening in the play of Belshazzar that we
could notice, and this might be wondered
at in one particular, when it is known
that Mr. John T. Boifeuillet, Jr., was re
quested late yesterday afternoon_tofill the
position of Arbacas, the Captain of the
Babylonian' Guards, that was .to have
been enacted by Mr. J. H. Jones, who
was unavoidably detained at Macon. We
are surprised he should have consented,
for no opportunity had been given him of
a single rehearsal and he had never ap
peared in Belshazzar. Yet, despite these
obstacles he succeeded to the satisfaction
of all, and did himself credit.
We clip the two following from the
Monroe Advertiser:
Incendiarism.—One night last week
one of the out-buildings and several pan
els of costly fencing on the campus of
Monroe Female College were burned by
incendiaries. This loss will cost the trus
tees at least one hundred dollars. There
can be no excuse for such downright
meanness. It ia thought the fire was
started by some boys just for the fun of
having a fire. But if they are found out
there will not be much fun for them.
The trustees and the city council have of
fered a reward of fifty dollars for the ap
prehension .of the parties, with proof to
convict, and if the grand jury of our Su
perior Court next week does its duty, a
determined effort will be made to find out
the guilty parties.
Mr. Thomas Battle, who is ninety-
four years old and the oldest citizen of
Monroe count}', was inForsytb last week
and sold twenty-seven hales of cotton'
He is vigorous and energetic still, and
says he can now excel most of the young
men in manning a farm and making
crops. Notwithstanding lus advanced
age, he attends to his business matters
carefully and with precision, and bids fair
to live many years more.;
Accidentally Killed. — Montezu
ma Weekly: A little colored girl, aged
five years, daughter of Sallie Gibson, Was
accidentally killed in this place on last
Tuesday afternoon. Sam Johnson, color
ed, went into Sallie Gibson’s house to get
a gun which he had left there. The child
was sitting on the floor eating. The gun
was half cocked. Johnson attempted to
let one of the hammers down on the nip
ple. The hammer slipped from his fin
gers. The gun fired and the whole load
of shot entered the temple of the child on
the floor. The child, was instantly killed.
Purely accidental. No inquest.
Death op Max a chi Jossey.—Amer-
icus .Recorder.* Some time ago we an
nounced the serious illness of this old and
estimable citizen of Marion county, 'with
dropsy of the heart. He died on Saturday
last at noon, aged about sixty-eight years,
and was bnried at Friendship church on
Sunday at three o’clock, his pastor, Bev.
J. H. Cawood, officiating. .j
Mr. Jossey leaves a wife and several
children, among whom are Messrs. Frank
and James Jossey, as was also the late Mr.
Thomas Jossey, of Macon. Mr. Jossey was
one of the representative men of his sec
tion, widely known and loved by all. For
many years he had been an exemplary
member of the Baptist church, and the
precious truth of tlie religion which had
sustained his Godly walks in life were
sufficient, in the supreme hour, to carry
him in confident triumph across the shad
owy vale. ■ f . j
Tins Dead not Dead.—Enquirer-
Sun: Old “Barefoot” Walker is a well
known character in this city.and vicinity;
we do not know why ho is called “Bare
foot,’’'except (it is said) he has not worn
a pair of shoes in forty years. “Barefoot”
Walker is a white man, aged ninety-five
years and three months, and is employed
by Mr. A. Gaunuel on his farm about
three miles cast of the city. Sunday af
ternoon he apparently died, probably
from sheer exhaustion and old age. He
was dressed, laid in his coffin, And his
friends from the neighborhood gathered
to pay their tribute to the departed
When the assembled multitude were
bending in their .sympathy, amid the se
renity which overahadowed the surround
ing, the defunct arose from his strange po
sition, and demanded of the astonished
assembly, “what they meant by such
treatment.” Tho party turned 'away,
learing the old man master of the situa
tion. .
Says the Borne Tribune: On Thursday
morning our.friend, Mr. James Duke, left
his home, some four miles from the city,
and went Dn a visit down, in Alabama.
On Thursday night a colored man, Jtwen*
ty years old, in the employ, for the past
month, of Mr. Duke, gave the ladies ofthe
house a terrible scare. It seems that at
11 o’clock, Thursday night, one ofthe
three ladies screamed out that some one
was in the room. Her sister sprang up
and lighted a candle, and, as she did so,
there was Profit Wade behind the door of
the room. One of the ladiesthen.saidshe
would shoot him, and started for the .gun,
when he ran from the house. He said
that he went in there to kindle the fire,
but it seems to us he was rather thinly
clad for that to have been the truth. The
negro is of a very bad stock, his father
having been in the penitentiary. He has
been arrested, but swdars xllaC he' Ik inno
cent of any evil intent.
Camming Clarion: j “The subject «f
building a narrow-gauge railroad , from
this place to Suwanne to connect with,
the Lawrenceville branch road is agitat
ing the public mind just now, and sh' < d
to a greater degree than it does, f > Oiss
inevitable consequence of neglcc:" ,-. ; o
build it will he the cause of otL.r .ill,
read towns drawing the trade away from
our county, and thus reaping the benefits
that should he enjoyed by our people,
j nere issucha tiling as economy ,#iat
Savannah Is preparing to celebrate
Washington’s birthday.’zl .'"‘.L ' •' : . '
The Newnan Herald offers a premium
for the best snake story. * n ;>'
Mrs. Joiner died in Amcricus on Mon
day, of heart disease. ' .. ;;l , '
The City Council of Forsyth has pur*
chased chemical fire engine.
y other ehterprizes ? Why not, then,
, . least for the present, adopt the plan
used in building railroads in early days,
using wooden'sfringera and flat-iron bars?
Should this plan' be adopted it wonld
answer until the net eamings-of the roajd
would supply the means to change it; j to
the modern plan of building roads.”
—A Jacksonville, Florida, linn shipped
to New York 835 quarts of strawberries.
In New York they are worth seventy-five
ents aqiiart. ■ T '
The shock was more stunning from the
fact that on Saturday afternoon he was
upon the streets in his usual health, and
met many of his friends with that ge
nial flow of spirits and good hu
mor which made Mm one of the
most companionable of men, and as late
as fire o’clock was seen in company with
some of liis ministerial brethren wending
his way homeward. In front of the Stub
blefield House he was met by his excel
lent wife with the carriage, and they
drove out to Yineville to her father’s, Co
lonel Clisby, the senior editor of this
paper. The visit was unusually pleasant
and they retured home at night-fall,where
the evening was spent with the family.
The Doctor seemed to enter into the spirit
of the children, it being Valentine’s Day,
with more than his wanted fervor. At
nine o’clock he suggested that it was time
the children were retiring, and remarked
that he wonld get a drink of water before
going to his room, and in the attempt he
staggered somewhat, aronsing the fears of
his wife who immediately sent for a
physician. She asked him what was the
matter, and he replied “Oh, nothing, I
will soon be over it.” These were his
last words, as he sank back in his chair.
Captain W. W. Carnes was passing at the
moment, and hurried in to render as
sistance, but it was too late. Other
friends came and did all that affection
and medical skill could do; but the ene
my had stormed the citadel, and every
effort to dislodge him was futile. He lin
gered in a state of unconsciousness until
about fifteen minutes after five o’clock on
Sunday morning, when the spirit took its
upward flight.
Dr. F. M. Kennedy was born in Co
lumbia, South Carolina, during the month
of February, 1834, and had but a few days
ago celebrated his forty-sixth birthday.
He was the son of Rev. W. M. Kennedy,
who for a long time was a prominent
member of the South Carolina Confer
ence of the Methodist church. At the
age of twenty, the son was licensed to
preach, and entered the South Carolina
Conference at the session held in Colum
bia, November 15, 1854. He traveled
one circuit, and then spent seven years in
filling some of the most important sta
tions in his conference, a number of these
years having been in the city of Charles
ton. And there, for five years, he held
the responsible position of Presiding El
der in his denomination, and rose rapidly
to distinction among his brethren.
He represented that intelligent body in
the general conference of 1870, 1874 and
1878, and with marked ability. During
the late war, he donned the grey, and
with his comrades shared the fortunes of
the battle field as Chaplain. AtYhe death of
the lamented doctor Bonnel in October,
1871, Dr. E. H. Myers, who was then ed
itor of the Southern Christian Advocate,
was elected to the presidency of the Wes
leyan Female College, and Dr. F. M,
Kennedy was called to take charge of that
excellent Christian journal, and took up
his residence in Macon. At the General
Conference held in Louisville, Kentucky,
in 1874, he was re-elected editor, and
filled that position with credit and distin
guished ability. At tbe General Confer
ence held in Atlanta in 1S73, tbe Southern
Christian Advocate was removed to
Charleston, South Carolina, and Dr.
Kennedy re-elected to editorship. He
had served his own Conference for four
years as Secretary, and was one of the as
sistant secretaries of the General Confer
ence in 1674. During the General Con
ference at Atlanta, lie was Secretary of
the Committee on Revivals. The docu
ments before this committee were so volu
minous, that it required almost constant
labor day and night to keep the business
up. Dr. Kennedy never flagged in the
performance of any duty assigned him.
The Conference adjourned the last cjf
May} and he returned' to his home anil
made a final disposition of the papers in
his hand as Secretary, preparatory to rest,
before he would assume editorial charge
of his- paper at Charleston. The incessant
labor of the past month was too great a
strain upon his nervous system, and just
as.ha had finished his work he was strick
en down with paralysis of his right side
Since then he has been an invalid, al
though su&ciently recovered to attend
to business, until this fatal disease
terminated his useful life on Sunday
morning last.
Dr. Kennedy was a man of ability. A
man wliose convictions of right were deep
and firm—nothing could induce him to
swerve therefrom. He was sometimes
railed obstinate, because he was so inflex
ible in following out what he deemed to be
right. He had a high estimate of honor,
and felt a contempt for anything that was
little and mean. His convictions of the
truths of Christianity were so well fixed
apd steady that nothing conld shako liis
faith In them.
He was at all tunes and; everywhere
the same conscientious Christian gentle
man, ' His friendship was strong and en
during, and his benevolence was generous
arid unstinted. . “ ' ■'
In the social circle he was at once the
center aud the charm. Cultivated and
learned, be was ready to converse, upon
ariy subject introduced. He was full of
anecdotes arid humor, which were of an
elevated character, and few men ever ex
celled him in narration of the humorous
and the lndicrou3. He was ever careful
ofthe feelings of others and avoided what
he thought would cause the slightest
wound. In short,he was a high-toned,
honorable, Christian gentleman, as well
as a faithful and honored servant of the
Most High.
His bereaved family have the . sympa
thies ofthe entire community. His fun-
will take place fit the Mulberry
Street Jfethodist Church this morning at.
teno’clock. » .«(» ..
BTTTEIiEGR&PH
A pleasant and elwerfui room is essen-
iaVtothe^kealtli of the baby, and the
usual pftlns arid ills pf the young orias
soon vanish'‘after the use' of '^Di 1 . Bull’s
Babjr^ynip.. Price 25 cents.^'T-'V-' ** •
’2> fl. — —r ' T" '•* Vt.nf- i. |
Every mother in the - land should
kliow the value of Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup
and never be without It. It is. free from
opiates.-Price 25 cents a bottle. n <
New Orleans, February 15.—Advices
from the city of Mexico, under date of
February 4, says Senor Leamanconas’
presidential chances are improving. The
Monitor and Siglo, two leading journals
of the Republic, favor him. A large num
ber of people still hope the political com
plications will compel president Diaz to
hold over, preferring this course to
anarchy. A sensational accusation has
been put in circulation against General
Gondalez, a leading candidate for the
presidency, and at present the commander
ofthe largest force of government troops
in the Republic. He is charged with the
intention to separate Sinalora, Sonora
and Seiral aud other States from the Mex
ican Union and erect a Confederacy to be
called the Republic of Sierra Madre.
New York', February 15.—A special
from Louisville says a combination has
been formed between the Louisville and
Nashville and Georgia Central Bail Road,
to last for five years. This will give the
Louisville and Nashville company control
of every port on the south Atlantic coast,
except Brunswick, Ga. At Savannah the
rail road will connect with a line ci stea
mers to New York aud Liverpool, And it
is intended to compete with northern
trunk lines in carrying people from north
ern cities to New York. Through bills of
lading will be issued to all points. .Sever
al thousand men are at wont in the Louis
ville and Nashville shops on rolling stock
and Mr. Wadlev ofthe Georgia Central
is now in New York purchasing steam
ships for Iris lines.
Chicago, February 15.—A destructive
fire occurred last night in the Empire
warehouse building, used as a storehouse
for dry goods, liqnors and bonded goods.
The losses are as follows: Wallace &
Kingman, seedsmen, $150,000 Chapin &
Gore, liquors, $150,000: Field, Licder &
Co., dry goods, $200,000; J. R. Farwell
& Co., dry goods, $75,000; Wilson Bros.,
$15,000, and a number of smaller losses.
Insurance on the goods is not known, but
i3 thought to cover the loss for the most
part.
Denver, Colorado, February 15.—
The city is at present undergoing the first
labor agitation of its history. A general
feeling of discontent is manifested among
the laboring men and others. For several
months past the working classes have
been gradually forming unions until
twenty-one organizations have been per
fected. They comprise printers, carpen
ters, plumbers, brick and stone masons,
plasterers, cigar makers, barbers, cooks,
locomotive engineers and firemen, black
smiths, etc. The different unions held a
mass convention Saturday night, and took
steps to organize a trades assembly, which
it is claimed will constitute a voting
strength of nineteen hundred. The meet
ing was enthusiastic and orderly. Ad
dresses were made by Brick Pomeroy and
others. Among other schemes the work
ing men bare on foot is that of starting
an afternoon paper.
New York, February 10.—A fire
broke out yesterday in first floor No. 115
Maiden Lane, occupied by C. N. Finch
and Co., dealers in heavy oils and chemi
cals. Owing to the combustible nature
of the contents, the fire quickly made its
way throughout the building and extend
ed its way into 117, adjoining, occupied
by Lichtenstein Brothers, dealers in leaf
tobacco, which it also burned. The losses
are large. In 117 was J. T. Walls, whose
eccentricities as a dealer in Panama hats
gained him notoriety, who said he had 00
casespanama hats worth $17,000 stored in
the building and destroyed. Total loss
about ninety-one thousand.
London, February lti.—The Daily
News owns that the Southwark election
was an unmistakable Liberal defeat. The
Times says the return of the Conservatives
from Southwark is a heavy blow for the
opposition.
The government is justified in regard
ing tho battle so keenly fought as a"vote
of confidence more decided and incontest
able than that at Liverpool.
A Dublin dispatch reports the general
condition of Ireland improving, although
severe distress is still felt in many
places.
Ottawa, February 16.—A covered
sleigh in which Her Royal and His Excel
lency, attended by Colonel M. C. Neill
and Hon. Mrs. Laughan, when going to
the Senate Cnamber Saturday night, was
upset and dragged about 400 yards. The
Princess received a severe contusion on her
head, and had the lobe of her right ear
cut. Mrs. Laughan was much bruised on
her arm. His Excellency was slightly
hurt on the forehead.
San Francisco, February 16.—A
Tucson dispatch says on tbe 10th Cap
tain Rucker, of the Ninth Cavalry, after
following the Indians two days with iris
entire command in the direction of San
Andreas, came suddenly upon them
strongly fortified in a narrow, rough can
yon. The troops were received with
heavy fire. Several men and horses fell.
The Indians charged the troops who gave
way and retreated pell rnell. The In
dians drove tliim across the river, aban
doning their rations and bedding which
was secured by the Indians. , ,
. Baltimore, February 14.—Sydney
Shores, a well-to-do farmer of Somerset
county, who recently married his twelve
year old stepdaughter, has been arrested,
and also the officiating clergyman, Bev.
Zachariah Brown, on the charge of violating
ti)e State law, which prohibits a man from
marrying his stepdaughter, or a woman
her stepfather, under the penalty of $500.
The clergyman Is 1 also made amenable tv
the same law. ’He has furnished bail in
the suni of $3,000 for each of the accused
to await the action of the grand jury of
the county. The case has excited extra
ordinary interest and much indignation
among^uie'neighbors.
London, February 16th.—Charles
Spurgeon, eminent Baptist divine, preach
ing at metropolitan tabernacle yesterday
for first time since his return from
Mentone, Italy, said that England’s rulers
were making bloodily wars and oppres
ing the nations. That they:-encouraged
and consoled,themselves ,with the reflec
tion “we are a great people and by Jingo
do what we like. It will ail come right
in the end.”: But' they should- remember
that pride went before a fall. The proud
est and haughtiest inen and nations would
yet be brought low. God’s chastisements
when they did come, would be terrible
even unto destruction.
Washington, February 10.—The
House Committee on Naval Affaire to-day
agreed to ask. a suspension of the rules for
the passage of a resolution permitting the
Secretary of State to employ a Govern
ment vessel for the transportation of
contributions to relieve the suffering poor
oflrcland. ..
In the' Houee among the bills intro
duced were the following: n. t., • ,
1 By Mr. Persons, of Georgia—Admitting
free of duty machinery for the manufac
ture of cotton fabrics.
By Mr. Richardson, of South Carolina—
to return to the producers of cotton; tax
collected by the Government which has
been declared by the ..Supreme Court to
have been illegally collected.
By Mr. House, of Tennessee, requesting
the President to open negotiations with
certain foreign governments relative to
the importation of tobacco into their do-
minions.
Washington, February 10.—The
Vice President laid before the Senate va
rious communications from the Secretary
of War, and there were presented sundry
petitions and memorials, relating to the
Reagan inter-state commerce hill. Bills
Were introduced and referred a3 follows:
By Jones, Florida—Tlie settlement of ac
counts between the United: States and
State of Florida. By Teller—To enable
Indians to become citizens of
the United States. By Kirkwood—Pro
viding for tho compensation of. collec
tors of "customs V Acting. as\ superin
tendents of Light Houses.
Mr. McDonald submitted a resolution
providing for a committee of nine ^Senators
to consider bills, etc., relating to woman
suffrage. Laid'ori the table.
Mrt-Rollins submitted a resolution ask
ing the Secretary of War for information
relative to army officers retired from ac
tive service- Adopted. . .. .
At the exp'ratioh 6f the morning hour,
the Senate resumed consideration of the
bill providing for the payment to the States
of fiyq.percont-.of the value of lands loca
ted ori military land warrants.
Pending farther-debate, the Senate went
into executive session,and when the doors
were re-opened, adjourned.
In the House, under the call of States,
the following bills were introduced and
referred (in addition to those noticed in
the noon report) :
By Mr. Johnston, of Virginia, to regu
late the mode of purchasing tobacco for
the navy.
By Hunton, of Virginia, to settle un
paid claims of live officers of the Revolu
tionary army, who served 1 to the close of
the war.
By Baker, of Indiana, amending the
Statutes prohibiting the employment of
convicts in certain manufactories.
By Frost, of Maryland, to repeal certain
sections of acts of 1S71 and 1ST?, relative
to the use of marshals and supervisors at
the polls.
By Mr. Davidson, of Florida, to settle
accounts between the United States and
Florida.
At the expiration of the morning hour,
the House took up and passed the Senate
bill appropriating one thousand dollars to
defray the expenses of removal of the
body of the late Major-General George
Sykes from Fort Brown, Textis, to West
Point.-
A number of bills were then reported
from the Committee on the District of
Columbia, among them a bill for the pro
tection of the Potomac river fisheries,
which was passed, and a bill prohibiting
the publication of lottery schemes in the
District of Columbia, which, after some
opposition, was, by a vote of ninty-nine to
eighty-four, ordered engrossed and read
the third time. The Horise then ad
journed.
By Mr. O’Connor, of South Carolina—
Authorizing a government survey for and
estimate of the cost ofthe construction of
a canal across Charleston Neck to connect
Cooper and Ashley rivers.
By Mr. Nicholls, of Georgia—Appropri
ating $5,000 for a survey of Canoocliee
river, with a view ter its Improvement.
By Mr. Honse, of Tennessee—A reso
lution requesting the President to open
negotiations with France, Spain, Austria
and Italy for the re* iov-’ of the present
restrictions on the lr ’on of tobacco
into those countries.
The following dispatch has beensentby
the chief signal officer to observers at river
stations south of Louisville: “The riTer
at Cincinnati is fifty twd and a half feet
above low water mark and still rising. At
Louisville, twenty-seven and still rising
and at Nashville, forty-three feet four
inches above, but falling.
Under the call of tlie States in the honse
to-day, 130 bills and resolutions were in
troduced, mostly of a private nature.
Among those of public interest were the
following by Richardson of South Caroli
na—directing the refunding of the several
States of the amount of the cotton tax
said by them in 1866,1867, and 1SG8, the
Supreme Court having decided it was ille
gally collected;—said States to give guar
antee that the money be refunded to th<
woducere of the cotton or their heirs, or
n case they cannot be found., be devoted
to the education of the most indigent
citizens, irrespective of-color. By John
son, of Virginia, requiring tobacco
purchased for use of. the Navy to be
manufactured during June, July, August,
and September, and, passed upon by
three experts appointed by the
Secretary ofthe Navy.
Speaker A. 0. Bacon on the Failure
cf the Macon and Brunswick Sale
Our distinguished fellow townsman.
Hon. A. O. Bacon, now attending the Su
preme Court in Atlanta, has been suc
cessfully interviewed by a Constitution
reporter with the following results:
‘What was thought in Macon of the
failure of the sale?”
He replied: “Why, sir, it was like a
thunder clap out of a clear sky. The
day before, we had learned that the re
quirements of the act had all been com
plied with by the purchasers and that
nothing remained to be executed but a
few formalities about which there was no
doubt or difficulty. There was a consid
erable amount of plain swearing the next
morning when the Constitution told the
result of the matter.”
“Well, wliat do you think of the refusal
of the Governor to sign the deed which
was demanded ?”
“I don’t know what may have been the
terms of that particular deed, but I think
it would have been right for tlie Gover
nor to have given the purchasers a proper
warranty deed to the property. The
Governor is supported in his construction
of his powers under the act by very high
legal authority, but I think it very un
fortunate that he should have held to
such a view of it. It is impossible to frame
a statute in words which is not liable to
more than one construction, and there
fore I think a plain, reasonable, common-
sense construction should have controlled
rather than one which is technical. The
fundamental principle in tbe construction
of a statute is to ascertain the will of the
law-makers. What they intended, that is
the law. Now, I don’t believe there was
a single member of the Legislature who
intended when he voted for this act that
the purchaser should only receive a quit
claim deed to the property. I certainly
had no such intention, and I have yet to
see a Senator or representative who had.”
If the recollection of other legislators
is to the same effect it would then seem
to be conclusive as to the proper construc-
ton of tbe act?”
“No, that cannot be said; because the
proper construction of a statute cannot be
determined by taking the testimony of
the legislators As to their intention. But
theire are several rules recognized by the
courts by which such intention can be As
certained. One of the most common of
these is that the law. makers intended
that which was reasonable. The reason
able construction of the statute is that it
was intended that the purchasers should
have a wan-anty deed. It would have
been unreasonable iu the extreme fqr the
Legislature to have' intended arid expect
ed that tlie purchasers would pay over a
million of dollars for a qtiit claim deed to
the road. . Every, one must 1 know that if
such an intention had been. expressed in
the act, it would have effectually driven
off every bidder IthfiTflie sale,'and I don’t
think there is anything in tlie act which
under a proper construction indicates di
rectly or by. implication any such inten
tion. Such an .idea "never entered the
minds ofthe Legislature or ofthe people,
and the best evidence of it isfonnd in the
fact that the raising of the point has taken
everybody completely by surprise. The
State claims to have a perfect title to the
property, and it was intended to convey a
perfect title to the purchaser.. It seems
to. me that a refusal to give a warranty
title implies a want of confidence iu the
title of the State which is not warranted
by tlie facts in the case.”
Wliat do you say as to the $600,000
second mortgage bonds ? Don't you rec,
qgnizeany.., .
“No I do not—t^e road was sold under
the first mortgage'some years ago, and
failed at tlie sale to bring half what was
due on the mortgage. I am unable to see
how any lieii can still remain in favor of
the second mortgage, even if that were
otherwise. I doubt If the second mortgage
bonds would be binding on the road.
They were not all issued to third parties,
but the former owners of the road had
the bonds executed and divided between
themselves. It can be easily shown that
at the time ofthe sale of the road, over
$500,000 Of these bonds were still in their
possession.”
“Under all the circumstances, then,
what would you say is the best thing to
be done?”
“That is a delicate question to auswer
where the responsibility rests with the
Governor; bnt as a matter of opinion,
holding the views I do - as to the propriety
of giving a warranty deed, I should say
the best thing still would he to sign such
a deed. The limitation of thirty days was
upon the purchasers that they should do
certain things within that time. I see
nothing in the- act which prevents the
Governor from executing the deed after
the expiration of that lime, if he is satis-
fiedrihe purchaser's.; have made proper
compliance within the specified, time.
to an extra expense of twelve or fifteen
thousand dollars to accomplish what can
be done by the - simple signature of the
Governor, a signature which I think he
now has authority to make. The failure
in this matter is a great public calamity.
The Brunswick road, with the extensions
authorized by the act, furnish the only
means now in sight of releasing the whole
State from the grip of the most gigantic
and growing monopoly. Our people are
dazzled with the ideas of the great traffic
to flow through the channels of these
far reaching combinations. Th*y do not
reflect that they are in violation of law,
nor do they realize the evils which they
threaten. Capital properly employed is a
great blessing to the country; but these
great combinations of capital reaching up
into the thirty millions, will make a des
potism which cannot he easily overthrown,
for it will control the politics and tlie
courts of the State. This seems to be
already much the case in Pennsylvania.
I read some time since that a member of
the Pennsylvania House of Representa
tives rose and said, “If the Pennsylva
nia Central Railroad, had no further bus
iness to bring before the House, he would
move an adjournment.”
Germain to the same question we print
the following card, also from the Georgia
members of the Macon and Brunswick
lessees :
Editors Constitution: Permit us the
privilege of correcting through your col
umns an error which appeared in the is
sue of 13th inst., in the report of the sale
of the Macon and Brunswick road.
This error occurs in tlie paragraph
wherein you say: “It is proper to state
that the Georgia members of the compa
ny acquiesced in tlie course that the Gov
ernor now pursued, and recognized that
he could make no warrantee and that the
deed would be safe without it,” etc.
So far from this being cerrect, we af
firm that whilst, tlirougli our eagerness to
close the transaction, we consented to the
amendment of the deed suggested by the
Governor; and having previously com
plied in ever}' particular with all require
ments of the act as regards securities and
payments in money, never hav
ing admitted, *nor intimated,
nor “recognized” that the Gov
ernor “could make no warrantee,” on the
contrary urging him by every argument
in our power to give us such warrantee
title, stating to him furthermore that in
our negotiations with the New York par
ties we had assured them that the Gov
ernor would warrant and defend the title
to the road, and that without such assu
rances to them by us on our part, we
could never have obtained their co-opper-
ation.
We believe, that we were fully justified
in so assuring them, from representations
made at the lease and sale of the road in
Macon, and from the recital act itself
wherein it is stated that the road is
“owned” by the State of Georgia, and
never doubted for a moment but that a
warranty deed was meant, and so gave
our assurances, this being the usual form
in business where the owner is fully sat
isfied as to his title.
The magnitude of the transaction,
measured not only by the purchase of the
Macon and Brunswick railroad, but by
the immense further outlay of money re
quired to make the necessary extensions
of line contemplated by the act, would
seem a good reason on the part of our
Northern friends for caution, and the ne
cessity for a dear title.
Respectfully;
George H. Haz/.ehurst,
A. J. Lane,
J. M. Coupeb,
Georgia Members ofthe Committee.
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BELSHAZZAR IS COLUMBUS.
A Delightful Visit • Hospitality of th«
. City of Spindles.
Columbus, Georgia,
February 17th, 1880.
The Belshazzar jparty arrived salely
here yesterday at 3 o’clock, and last eve
ning gave an entertainment which has
just carried this city by storm. Every
thing has passed off charmingly so far.
The house was ablaze with the beauty of
Columbus, and the city turned out en
masse to do honor to their Macon friends,
A more generous and hospitable ovation
could hardly have been tendered. The
parts last evening,' if .we may take the
word of the press of this city, were filled
in a manner which gave entire satisfac
tion.
Professor Butterfield, in the absence of
Mr. A. L. Wood, enacted the character of
Cyrus, assisted by Mr. L. A., C. Everett,
Jr. In the absence of the Captain of the
Gu'ard, Mr. John T. Boifeuillet played
that role, acquitting himself with remark
able credit, considering that it was his
first appearance,and with slight rehearsal,
having been assigned the part* few mo
ments before the curtain rose on the first
act. It is said that the swords fashed fire
aud the bloodless fight passed off in a man
ner which betokened the most sanguinary
intentions with the most slender resufe in
that litife. Only one or two incidents oc
curred which in any way tended to give
the audience *an "opportunity to
see the comic side of things.
The scenery became bewildered at the
splendor of Babylon’s Corirt and refused
to perform its ‘functions in one or two in
stances, heedless ofthe shrill whistle of
the stage manager, and regardless of. the,
maledictions of the talented scene-shifter.'
Otherwise everything pissed off like a
dream, and this morning, when tlie wak
ing time has come, the recollections are
as pleasant as the golden glow which
brings' the sables of night, when the
thoughts of the silent watches have been
pleasant.
Columbus' ■ is crowded with Ma-
conites. • Just two hundred and five
have answered to roll call so far, with sev
eral precincts to hear from. Every avail
able inch of boarding house and hotel arc
engaged, and the weary and helated trav
eler who now arrives liangeth himself on
the wall until the matin hour, or re-
clinethin chairs around the now popular
hotel stove. The good people here, how
ever, are meeting every call on their hos
pitality, and all are enjoying themselves
to the fullest extent.
As I write, the weather is somewhat
foggy and threatening, but carriages filled
with Macon sight-seeis are rolling through
the streets. Last evening, after the en
tertainment at the theatre, several gath
erings of young gentlemen took place,
and the proverbial hospitality of the
young gentlemen of this City found a new
exemplification.
Among those here besides the troupe,
we have'only time to note the names of
Dr. Battle, Mr. C. A.Sindall, Hon.' G. S.
Obear and daughter, Captain A. G. Butts;
Mr. J. A. Pugh, Sirs. Lee Ellis, MissB.'
H. Flanders, Miss Lizzie Willingham,
Miss Hcrmion Obear, Mrs. Holmes John
son, Mr. R. W. Jaques, Mrs. W. E. Dun-
wody, Mr. K. Isaacs, Mr. L. Merkel, Mr.
Walter Adams, Mrs. Charles Taylor, Mrs.
Thomas Hardeman, jr., Mr. Goode Price,
Mr. Whit Collier, Messrs. A. It. Wood-
son, J. B. Saulshury, J. C.'Van Syckel, J1
F. Rogers, T. 15. Biackshear, L. K. Logan
buret,- J. Emanuel, Dottenheimer, O. D—
na, Mjss Julia Rogers, Miss Hohin^s, Mr.
Mettie Freeman, and about one hunderd
and fifty others whose names it was im
possible to learn.
One of the local points of interest here
yesterday was the arrival in the city of
one of the Hood orphans, who has been
adopted by Mr. and Mrs. M. Joseph, one
of the leading dry goods merchants of
this city. The little Creole stranger has
fallen into good hands. Mr. Joseph is a
gentleman of large means and his wife
one of the loveliest of ladies. The child
adopted is the infant girl and her name
will hereafter be Annie Hood Joseph. •
To the press of this city is the success
and pleasure of the visit of the Maconites
largely due. They have from the very
first extended a warm welcome, and la-;
bored without ceasing for the enterprise;
Their success in making the visit of all
here one of such signal pleasure, is * gratU
fyjng indeed, and places our city under
obligations of a truly pleasant nature, hut
“What do you think of the proposition * which will he difficult fully to repay,
to call an extra session of the Legisla-- A matinee will be given this afternoon,
“ and a performance tikis evening, a net
wlii£h the troupe will leave for your city,
arriving Wednesday morning.
" J. H. J.
tore?” „ . .... ..
“If it was necessary I should say call it,
. | as great public-interests are at stake. But
Mr. Allison spoke’in support Of ih'o bill.' I do not think it necessary to put the State
The Funeral of Dr. F. M. Kenorij.
Yesterday morning, there occurred a
the Methodist chnrch, on Mulberry saw,
one of tlie most touching scenes ever vj.
nessed in Macon. The occasion wa tit
funeral services of the eminent christiu
journalist and scholar, Dr. F. M. Ken*
dy^wliose sudden and}untimely dealt ia
cast such a deep gloom over our city.
A vast concourse of friends, relative,
and sympathizers, had assembled to pq
the poor tribute of a parting tear to tit
memory of one whose gentle presence md
kindly smile had passed out of being for-
Amid the low cadence of a dirge, tie
pall-bearers, carrying the remains, ud
proceeded by the minister repeating tie
solemn service for the dead, entered tie
central aisle, and deposited their brute
at the foot of the altar. The music ceas
ed, and the footsteps ^ffthe folloven
were lost in silence. It was an impres
sive scene, and one not soon to be fas
ten. Before the congregation lay tit
form of one, the manly friend of ever
citizen of the community, the tente
companion and teacher ofthe little ftri
of children gathered to add thffir voices ia
one last hymn above him. Suddenly fhs
out the silence arose upon the wings d I
music two voices, bearing upward the j
words of that hymn of hope, “Beyond fit
waking and the sleeping;” slowly, softly,
sweetly they grew in power, and urhet
other voices uniting swelled the volmu
of tenderness Into a grand anthem d \
peace, every eye gazed out upon tb
flower-crowned casket through a mist d j
tears.
The hymn was followed by an earns
prayer from Dr. Bass, when Dr. Krj
arose and delivered a touching addns:
from the words, “For we know if tfc
house of our tabernacle were dissolved
we have a building of God, not made bj I
hands, eternal in the heavens.” Dnrinf
this address the speaker delivered a glov
ing memorial upon the life and charade
of the deceased.
The exercises were concluded by tk
hymn “One by one,” the duett sung tj
Macon’s twin sisters of song, the chore-'
by the Sunday school children; the e-1
feet of which was grand beyond descri;-!
tion. "Words cannot convey even a par
tial knowledge ofthe intense feeling an! j
deep emotion awakened by this me'.- i
ody; the scene, the circumstances ani
the solemnity of the occasion unite! I
to fill every listener with awe. Never be- j
fore was a congregation so deeply moved I
and when the sad profession passed slow!:
from their midst towards the city of tb !
dead by the river’s side, to those wb
were left to turn back into the busy wori-
of the living, there ‘came a fuller realiia-
tion of the loss that had befallen them.
So passes away a Christian nobleman;)
man whose life no needs written record,hi '
grave no monumental stone. In the •
hearts of all who knew him, memory wil i
draw; aside the curtain that has frUet i
about him, and crown with an undyinr j
beauty the graces he wore so well.
To the stricken family we can offer j
only our heartfelt sympathy. . The blow j
that has fallen upon them is indeed in* - J
I>arable. In the quiet of- evening, Fh® I
the home circles were being completed
about the cheerful firesides, a shadow
across the city, and Azrael with sik-:.; I
wings poised over the happiest of there I
all. A golden link hrok-- in the n’c j
and when the death-angel bore aloft tbe I
unfettered spirit of our friend, only S ar ’ I
row was left to sit beside the. hearth, I
brood with bended brow above the whit- [
ened ashes at her feet.
'“1
CONSUMPTION CUBED.
An old physician, retire 1 hum practice, t)
nz had placed in his hand, by an East
missionary the formal* of a simple wp-**' j
remedy for the speedy and perr-anent com- ,
Consumption. Brunch,ta«. Catarm. Asthma. **
all Tim at and Louv Affecti >ns. also a P“' u .i|
and radical cure for Nervous DeMW?.*?*.>■ j
Ntrrous Complaints, after laving tftted
sronderlul curative posters in thousaudJuiic>- . |
hsa frit it hit duty to make it known to -. .
suffering fellosra. Actuated by this „t4 j
a desire to relieve human suffering, I wmjli I
free of charge to all srh-j desire. Ik this reu^ l
sritb foil directions for presari ng aud “ju,. |
German, French or RnglishT Sestby re*®-,
addressing srith stamp, naming this paper- "• I
SrSub ■ 1*» Pow—-** RWk. Roe heater. «• *•
—Freemasonry would se'm to fiourh- I
even at the cannon’s mouth. Shortly _
ter the occupation of Cabul a warrant,
granted for the opei. : f the lodg*
forth, Captain Stc Mackenzie onn-
Ninth Lancers h . „ installed as
Master. The title of the lodge is S‘ T '
because the Earl of Seaforth is hea ‘
the clan Mackeusie, to vhieh the 0#1*®"
belongs. Colonel Noel Money of
Third Sikhs, who was present at the
me, is ope of tho most conspicuous
sons in India, havuig taken his 33-
gree.
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