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TKOOPS AT THE POLLS.
beminiscencbs called up by
THE FORCE BILL,
A Plan to Surround the Ballot Boxes
in New York In 1870 with Federal
Baycnets Abandoned by the Gover
nor’s Threat to call Cut the State
Militia—An Incident in Pennsylvania.
Washington, July 37.— “One of tbe
most dangerous provisions of tbe federal
election law is the possibility of tbe appear
ance once more of United States troops at
the polls, who may be put under the march
ing orders of any United States marshal or
official,” said Representative Mutchler of
Pennsylvania to the Sunday Gazette. it
is a curious thing that the very law which
was enacted by a republican congress m
the heat of war times, to put a stop to the
outrages against the elective franchise com
mitted by United States troops on the
border states, should furnish the flrst pre
text for the exercise of that power, but so
it is. The act in question was designed to
restrict the use of troops.
PROSTITUTED TO PARTISAN PURPOSES.
•‘lt has, however, been prostituted to
partisan purposes so as to destroy tho very
object for which it was enacted, and the
little clause *to keep the peace at the polls,
has served as a pretext for numerous in
terferences with state and federal elections,
which were so frequent until the changes of
policy inaugurated by the Hayes adminis
tration. The use of United States troops
at the polls on election days has not been
confined to the south, as some people sup
pose to be the case.
AN OUTRAGE ON PENNSYLVANIA.
"They were used in Pennsylvania at a
state election in 1870 without the request of
the state or municipal authorities. An
armed body of United States marines were
brought to the polls in the Fifth ward of
Philadelphia, took possession of them, kept
them closed for an hour, and exercised the
right of challenging voters. Gen. John W.
Geary, a distinguished republican, who was
governor at the time, protected against this
high-handed outrage, and in a message to
the state legislature denounced it in vigor
ous language. The occurrence cited in
Pennsylvania was at an election for state
officials.
NEARLY A RIOT IN NEW YORK.
“A more dangerous attempt was made in
November, 1870, iu New York under the
provisions of an act which it is now pro
posed to revive, only in a more dangerous
form, to overawe the voters and state offi
cials, and but for the firmness of Gov. Hoff
man and the yielding of the President to
milder counsels on the evening before the
election, scenes of riot and of bloodshed,
and conflict between state and federal
troops might have occurred tha| would
have started the oountry.”
THE SUBSTITUTE FORCE BILL.
The republican senators were not numer
ous at church to-day. They were at home
reading the sixty-pige substitute for tbe
seve ity-fivo-pago Davenport-Lodge force
bill which Senators Hoar and Spooner have
prepared. The changes were made by these
two se ators without much consultation
with their republican colleagues on the elec
tion committee—Senators Frye, Evarts and
Teller—but in deference to their well
known desires for a milder measure. The
especial desire of Senator s Frye, Evarts and
Teller was for an elimination of the pro
vision for troops at the polls.
don’t look that way.
This, Seua ors Hoar and Sherman say,
they have stricken out, but it does not so
appear from the copies of the resolution
they have furnished their republican col
leagues. The section referred to, which re
enacts the civil rights law, remains
unaltered. The other important changes
have been stated as the work
was being done. The bill is so
much milder that it will receive all but a
few votes at the caucus to-morrow night,
provided Senators Hoar and Spooner demon
strate that the provision for troops at the
polls is really out, but its passage is still
most problematical, for it cannot be passed
without changing the rules, and Senator
Edmunds still leads a heroic little band of
opponents to any such action. So long as
he stands firm it will not be done.
DANGER IN THE BOYCOTT.
Gov. Ross of Texas Tells Why It Is
Impracticable.
St. Louis, July 27.— Gov. Ross of Texas,
in an interview in reply to an inquiry as to
his opinion of the proposed boycott of the
north by the south said: “I deem thepro
,) used boycott utterly impracticable. It
womld be unwise,because it would array the
hortlb and south against each other in per
inasi wt political and social and commer
cial uSptiiity. It would divide the sections
by as Vlearly defined a line as the Chinese
wall, lit would withdraw millions of capi
tal f rono the south and destroy the credit of
thousands of southern merchants.
\ WOULD CREATE ENMITIES.
‘lt would in every southern community
create implacable enmities between those
who favoriHj and those who refused to join
in the boycott. A citizen’3 loyalty to his
state and country would be tested by a
false standard, while in the north every
interest would be against the south. If
piacticable, it would be indefensible be
cause it would involve tho injury of friends
and foes alike.
A FALSE ASSUMPTION.
. “It w- uM be predicated upon the assump
tion that the force bill, once enacted a law,
would be unrepealable, i hat the just seuti
ment of all sections could not be relied upon
lo relieve the oppressed from a measure
lound to be dangerous to t:e peace. I be
lieve to the contrary. I believe that the
mere suggestion of a boycott has been un
lortunate, because it will be
seized upon as a oonfession of
enmity to the north. The boycott
is impossible, because it involves such in
justice to your friends in the north that the
° f tl , lo J‘ ght thinking and just
nde 1 people of the south can never bo
I leaders 113 ado P tlou by the so-called
RECIPROCITY WITH SPAIN.
The Attitude of the Spanish Govern
ment Not Clear.
Washington, July 27.—The President
la republican member of the ways and
means committee who went to ask him last
week if he had any inf .rmation as to what
t! at‘h r:; 1 ' 1 tn4do wltt ‘ u for free sugar,
hat he had no such informati n, nor hid he
tow- ’! lformatlOQ as to Spain’s attitude
W Tociprocity with the United States,
is ws a8 f Secreta, T Blaine, and this
for if* when Senator Frye asked
1 ouc.fi . had ov ade the
k whirl! r, f erring to the Foster treaty,
■w n- >■’. ls 9 r,3C,l blican senator said to-ria",
Envnlvi i Teoublican senate, and
■ inr hnil V “i y * exchange, inelud-
wlnrn if’ frep , tob ’‘o°o, “ provision to
■)b her. e * * ennsylvauU and Connecticut
lot “'ter he
which'ooniVr 1 and * raciprorSty
fbe JHuftting ffctois.
GUATEMALA CLAIMS A*7ICTORY.
A Charge That San Salvador Acts as a
Censor Over Dispatches.
Richfield Springs, N. Y., July 37. —
A cipher dispatch received here to-day by
an official of tbe Guatemalan government
says that Guatemala accepts the war pro
voked by San Salvador and will continue it
until San Salvador elects a legitimate presi
dent in place of Gen. Ezeta. The battle
fought on the 33d lust., tbe dispatch recites,
resulted in the rout of the San Salvadorians,
but as Sau Salvador commands the cable to
Central America toe government only
allows dispatches favorable to itself to be
sent abroad.
arms from this country.
The Telegram further asserts that the
arms taken fnom the steam-r Coliua were
taken with tbe consent of the Pacific Mail
Company’s agent aud the American minis
ter by virtue of article 17 of the Pacific Mail
Company’s contract. Honduras, the dis
patch further says, will remain neutral for
the present, but may join with Gauteinala,
if events require her. Guatemala has 40,000
meu under arms and Honduras 6,010, while
San Salvador has only about 10,000.
SPANISH WAR SHIPS KN ROUTE.
City of Mexico, July 27.—Senor Caste
llanos, tbe Spanish minister here, has been
informed that two Spanish war ships have
been ordered to Central America.
Both Guatemala and San Salvador are
trying to mass troops with haste, but Guate
mala finds difficulty in the dissatisfaction of
her soldiers. A special dispatch claims that
the Guatemalan forces so greatly outnum
ber the San Salvadorians that in the
present week the tables will be turned.
DR. BURTSELL’S REMOVAL.
He Bids Hia Congregation Farewell,
But ie Loyal to the Church.
New York, July 27.—Rev. Dr. Burtsell,
pastor of the Roman Catholic Church of the
Epiphany, who has been removed by the
college of propaganda at Rome on account
of his differences with Archbishop Corri
gan, took farewell of his congregation at
the various masses which were
held in his church this morn
ing. At high ma, in taking,
leave of his congregation he said: “1 have
always done my duty as a priest to you as
far as it lay in my power. I never did
aught which I knew to be wrong. Through
human frailties 1 have no doubt I erred
sometimes, but never knowingly. I will
continue in t. e same path. 1 will try to do
my duty as a Catholic, and 1 trust you will
pray for me, but if I ever thought that any
one should alienate himself or herself from
the church on my account, it would cause
me more pain than all the pleasure I have
derived from long association could coun
teract.”
BEOT DOWN ON THE RUN,
An Opera House Manager Killed By
an Inventor.
Fresno, Cal., July 27.—John D. Fisk, a
lawyer, and manager of the Opera house of
this city, was shot down aud instautly
killed last night by Joseph T. Stillman, an
inventor.
Stillman had been hunting for Fisk all
day. He found him in front of the Central
hotel, aud after several blows Fisk turned
and ran up the street, followed by Stillman,
revolver in hand. Stillman shot Fisk three
times in the back while they were running,
Stillman says Fisk has been demanding a
half interest in certain patents of his, and
threatening unless Stillman gave it to him
that he would tell Mrs. Stillman of an inti
macy of her husband with another woman.
Stillman declares that he was driven to
desperation by the threat.
BAKERS STRIKE AT CHICAGO.
They Demand Two Hours Lobs Work
cn Saturdays.
Chicago, July 27.—Fifteen hundred
journeymen bakers, all members! of the
German union, in Chicago, quit work last
night without a moment’s notice. The
strike is for two hours less work on Satur
days. There has been considerable friction
between the journeymen and proprietors of
small bakeries, in whioh most of the crafts
men of the German union are
employed. The journeymen’s executive
committee announced that they would
be at headquarters to-day to receive any
communication from the bosses. Unless
the dispute is quickly settled there is a pros
pect that the bakers of other nationalities,
numbering probably 1,600 men, will also go
on a strike.
SUDDENLY ENDED.
Chicago, July 27, 11 p. m. —The strike
ended as suddenly as it began. By this
evening nearly all the employers had
granted concessions. The journeymen have
been working twelve hours a day oil Satur
day, and ten hours on other days. By their
strike the men get a uniform ton hours per
day.
, WOMAN’S TEMPERANCE RALLY.
Speeches by Several Prominent Dele-
Hates to the Convention.
Asheville, N. C., July 27. The
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
assembly held a mass meeting at the Meth
odist church here this afternoon. Mrs.
Wells of Tennessee, Miss Kells of Missis
sippi, editor of tho White Itibboner ; Mrs.
Hobbs of Guilford college. North Carolina;
Mrs. Young of South Carolina, Mrs. Cad
wallader of Florida, and Airs. Webb of
Georgia made addressee
Miss Willard delivered an address in the
Methodist church to-night, taking for her
text, “What Think Ye of Christ.” Eighteen
states are now represented in the assembly.
TROOPS GUARD THE RUINS.
All the Patients at South Lawrence
Doing Well.
Lawrence, Mass., July 27. — A company
of military, aided I y the police, picketed
the district wrecked by Saturday’s cyclone
to-day.
A large but orderly crowd surrounded
the district, and as no liquor was allowed to
be sold there was no drunkenness.
The mayor issued a requisition for sup
plies for the afflicted families.
More than $2,000 has already been col
lected for the relief fund, and large relief
meetings will be held.
All the patients in the hospitals and asy
lums are doing well.
A HEAD END COLLISION.
An Engineer Killed and Two Other
Men Injured.
Albuquerque, N. M., July 27.—Yester
day afternoon a head end collision oocurred
on the Hanta Fe and Canton City railroad
six miles from Gloristta between a passenger
train north-bound and a freight train going
south.
Frank Dennis, the engineer on the freight,
was killed outright, and Fireman Westfield
sulfered a broken log.
P. K. liauna, an express messenger, bad
bis ankle broken.
No passenger* ware injured.
REVOLUTION’S RED HAND.
THE STREETS OF BUENOS AY RES
FLOWING WITH BLOOD.
Policemen and Government Troops
Lying Dead In Heaps— The Troops
Going Over to the Revolutionists—A
Policeman Who Split an English
man's Head Open Shot Down.
London, July 28,1 a. m.— A special to
the Times from Buenos Ayres says: "Early
on Saturday the artillery, joined by some
civilians, took the first steps to overthrow
the government. Firing was opened at
Palermo, aud soon extended to Plaza la
Valle. The infantry and artillery kept up
a heavy firing all the morning.
The police fired at and dispersed
a crowd around the government house, but
the people kept firing from their houses. A
determined group of forty men stood
pluckily at their arms in front of the gov
ernment house, while the roar of artillery
and roll of muskets came nearer aud
nearer.
AN OUTRAGE AVENGED.
“A policeman in mere want* mess split
an Engli-hman’s head open with a saber
and a bystander shot the policeman down.
“In the afternoon the revolutionary gov
ernment issued an order for the mobiliza
tion of the national guard, and appointed
Nicholas Michaelez chief of police.
"At 5 o’clock two attacks were made by
the government troops on tbe citizens. Tbe
troops were repulsed both times.
"Policemen aud artillery are lying dead
in heaps.
“The chief of polioe, Capt, de Villo, is
wounded.
“The minister of war is reported killed.
"Sharp firing continues around the artil
lery barraoks.”
BUENOS AYRES RED WITH BLOOD.
Fighting Still In •Progress and Many
Corpses on the Streets.
London, July 27. —A dispatch sent from
Buenos Ayres at 5 o’clock yesterday after
noon says that fighting was going on at
that hour, and that there were many killed
and wounded. The insurgents have large
resources at their disposal aud are ably
commanded. The dispatch adds that they
have many sympathizers among the op
posing troops.
THE INSURGENTS IN THE ASCENDANCY.
Buenos Ayres, July 27. —Gen. Scampes,
commanding the insurgents, has seized the
arsenal barracks and Plaza L'lvelle. Their
forces include five military and two citizen
battalions and a cadet corps. The govern
ment commands seven battalions, and ex
pects reinforcements from Zorot. Tbe
street conflicts on Sunday were adverse to
the government. The hisses on both sides
were heavy. Many buildings were de
stroyed. Many of the people remained
neutral. Senor Pelligrini, the vice presi
dent, has assumed the presidency.
At 3:30 o’clock this afternoon another
battalion of troops, with arms and baggage,
joined the insurgents.
The populace support the revolution,
which has extended to the provinces. The
authorities are negotiating with the insur
gents.
Kaiser and Czir.
Berlin, July 27.—The North German
Gazette says: “The journey of Emperor
Wffiiam to Russia has given rise to baseless
rumors. Nothing more is expected from
his meeting with tbe czar than that a
friendly interchange of ideas may do away
with the existing difficulties and secure
peace between Germany and Russia.”
War Hung by a Thread.
London, July 27.—The Standard’s cor
respondent at Sofia says: “The English
ambassador, Sir W A. White, arrived at
Constantinople at an opportune moment to
stiffen the porte’s resolution to resist the de
mands of Russia. If Turkey had yielded
to Russia’s menaces a continuance of peaoe
would have been impossible.”
Trying to Corner Cotton.
London, July 27.—The Liverpool Journal
of Commerce says: “New York cotton
operators have undertaken to run a corner
in Liverpool in autumn deliveries. They
have set local houses to buy all the spot cot
ton at present offered, as well as for im
mediate delivery. They will try to run a
comer in New York a)>.”
Bulgarian Independence.
London, July 27. —A dispatch from Vi
enna to the Daily Newt says that M.
Stambuloff, the Bulgarian prime minister,
will assemble the officers of alt the Bulga
rian regiments and the deputies of leading
towns at Sofia, Aug. 3, when Bulgaria will
be proclaimed independent and Prince Fer
dinand declared king.
Conversion of Russia's Hebrews.
St. Petersburg, July 27.— The minister
of the interior has ordered the local author
ities to prevent foreig i missionaries from
carrying on their religious propaganda
among the Jews to the detriment of the
exclusive right of conversion possessed by
the Orthodox church.
A Hurricane at Suaklm.
London, July 27. —A dispatch from
Suakim says that a hurricane swept over
that place recenily. The storm demolished
the chimneys of the water conienser, caus
ing a g eat scarcity of water. Many natives
a e dying from famine.
Von Caprivi and the Emperor.
Berlin, July 27. —Chancellor von Caprivi
has left Berlin to meet Emperor William
at Wilhelms-baven. Ke will accompany
the emperor to England.
A Royal Mother’s Relapse.
Berlin, July 27.—The Crown Princess
of Greece, who recently gave birth to a son,
has had a relapse.
Reinforcements for Erzeroum.
Constantinople, July 27.—Nine battal
ions of Rediffs have reinforced the garri
son at Ezeroum.
A Place for Dr. Feters.
Berlin, July 27.—Dr. Peters is to be ap
pointed in the imperial service in East
Africa.
Governor of New South Wales.
London, July 27. —The Earl of Jersey
has been appointed governor of New South
Wales.
Reapportionment Prospects.
Washington, July 27.—The chairman
and several republican members of the
census commi dee say that they do not
think there will be a this
session, but they do not know what Speaker
Reed may determine.
Portland’s Population.
Portland, Omit., July 27.— According to
the census just completed Portland has a
population of 85,801 Two suburbs, East
Portland and Albini, together have a popu
lation of UiJXW.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, JULY 28, 1800.
THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS.
The Tariff Bill to Fill the Time in the
Senate.
Washington, July 27.—The tariff will
be the principal theme of discussion iu the
Senate this week. So far ail the demo
cratic members of tbe committee on fluauce,
except Mr. Carlisle, havedelivered speeches
against tbe pending bill, and he is expected
to address the Senate to-morrow. It is im
possible to say how long the debate will
last, as almost every democratic senator is
understood to have a formal speech pre
pared for delivery.
An effort will be made during the week
to secure a vote on the hill to transfer the
revenue marine from the treasury to the
navy department, which comes up daring
tbe morniug hour.
Unless the demand for the passage of the
river and harbor bill grows stronger than
it is at present, the managers of tha meas
ure will not endeavor to bring it before the
Senate this week.
In the House.
The amendments made by the Senate to
the sundry civil appropriation bill will be
the first matter before the House.
Tuesday and Wednesday are to be given
up to the agricnltursl committee, wuich
will seek to secure action upon tho lard and
meat inspection bills if not interfered with
by the general deficiency appro: nation bill.
The election committee is still pushing
for consideration the Virginia and South
Carolina contested election cases, and ex
pects to fill in the remainder of the week in
that way, if opportunity offers.
REFORMS ON RAILROADS.
Tbe Convention of the Protective
Union in Session. ,
Boston, July 27. —Delegates from 105 rail
road centers of this country and Caauda at
tended a meeting of the Grand Council of
the Steam Railroad Men’9 Protective Union
to-day. The necessity for an automatic
drawbar guard rail and higher elevation of
brhlges were forcibly presented by many
of the delegates. The questions of reduced
hours of labor for traiuinen and switchmen
and more wages were discussed at length.
Nothing definite was done.
WON’T AMALGAMATE.
It was decided, but not without strong
opposition, that the Steatn Railroad Men’s
Protective Union should not atta h itself to
the American Federation of Labor, but
work independently of all central bodies
not connected with railroad business.
William Burns of Boston was elected
general organizer and C. A. Kollor of
Worcester general secretary.
MINISTER ROMERO GOES HOME,
Ho May be Given an Important Place
In the Mexican Cabinet.
St. Louis, July 27.—A dispatch from
San Antonio, Tex., says that Senor
Romero, the Mexican minister at Washing
ton, passed through that city yesterday en
route to the City of Mexico. He disclaimed
any significance in the visit, which he said
was purely a personal one, he having been
away for six years. Intimate friends of
bis, however, declare that he is going to
Mexico in response to a call from President
Diaz, who intends promoting him to an
important post in the ministry. He said
that the Central American rupturo had
progressed to that state wdere arbitration
was out of the question.
WORLD’S FAIR PLANS.
How it ls Proposed to Place the Big
Buildings.
Chicago, July 27. — The plan of the divi
sion of the world’s fair, which will be pre
sented by the directors to the legislature
to-morrow or next day, is to place the art
gallery, government building and other
buildings containing a fine electrical dis
play—three buildings in all—on the lake
front, and use the present lake fro >t
grounds as an entrance to the grounds. At
Jackson park will be the big machinery hall,
stock show, mineral palace, underground
mining exhibit, glass factory, several state
exhibits, oriental villas and such other
novel and beautiful displays as may be
offered later on.
ERICSSON’S REMAINS.
The Honors to Be Paid by the Swedes
of New York.
New York, July 27.—The Swedish exec
utive committee, in charge of the arrange
ments for the removal of the remains of the
late Capt. Ericsson, mot to-day and ap
pointed Maj. Louis F. Hollane grand mar
shal of n procession in which every Swedish
society in New York and its vicinity will
participate. The Swedsh minister at
Washington sent a communication from
King Oscar stating that he was taking an
active interest in the interment, and that
the remains would be received with all the
h uors usually accorded to a Swedish duke
or admiral.
FIVE KILLED BY A TRAIN.
The Unfortunate Quintette All There
Wasof aiamlly. *
Grafton, W. Va., July 27.—William
Golden, his wife and three children started
to cross the main line of the Baltimore and
Ohio road, near the Railroad hotel, this
morning, but, seeing a yard engine coming
up the road, they stnppde to let it pass. Gol
d- n was holding his 2-year-old boy in his arm
and his wife a baby 3 months old. While
they were watohiiig the engine go by a
west-bound accommodation train struck
the family, killiug them all Tue engineer
of tne train bad signaled them, but the noise
of the yard engine prevented the approach
of the train being heard.
A CYCLONE IN ONTARIO
Barns Demolished and Crops and
Trees Leveled.
Hamilton, Ont., July 27. — A cyclone
near here to-day did much damage. Several
barns were unroofed and one barn was
taken up bodily and dropped a wreck on un
adjoining farm.
Large trees were uprooted and carried or
dragged long distances, and ail the crops,
fences and trwA in a district half a mile
wide and a mile long wore prostrated. Hail
stones the size of walnuts fell thickly,
Three Men Wounded,
New Orleans, July 27.—At Itfi I noburg
this afternoon a row occurred between a
number of men from this city, in which
John Hayes and Thomas Larnegar were
fatally wouuded, and John Larnegai, Sr.,
receivedja wound through the fleshy part of
the thigh. Tne cause of the trouble U not
known. Eight shots were fired.
Arrested for Murder.
Lumpkin, Ga., July 27.—80 b Brown was
arrested In Chattahoochee county and put
In jail bore Prlday for killing Dick Perry
in this oounty, June 9. A reward of $l6O
was offered ny the governor for the appro
ben-lon with proof to oonvlot. All the
parties are colored.
AGOVERNOROF THEPAST
AN OLD HISTORICAL MIDDLE
GEORGIA MANSION.
Recollections of Gov. Towns—His
Memory Dear to His Old Neighbors.
Interesting Reminiscences of His
Career—Anecdotes of His Profes
sional Days, and an Account of His
Death.
Butler, Oa., July 27. —Within an hour’s
ride of Butler on the Reynolds rood, in this
oounty, stands in a grove of gigantic oaks
an old fashion southern house made famous
by having been once the home of one of
Ge irgia’s great governors.
A half oeutury ago it was painted white,
but the rains and time have long since
deprived it of its coat, save here and there
in sheltered spots. Massive columns in
front, like grim sentinels, recall the master
who has long passes! away. Tho sombre
old mansion stands sad aud lonely, yielding
by inches until it too shall bow before the
storms of time, aud crumble to earth.
But the sad aud lonely old structure is
interwoveu with Georgia's history,
oov. towns’ houe.
It is tho country home of the late Gov.
George W. Towns. A look at the old house
now in connection wiih what it once was
produces a feeling of sadness. Where once
sparkled great men’s wit, and whers affairs
of state were discussed, is now the abod* of
an humble country farmer aud his little
family.
I visited the old house yesterday. The
grove, old residents say, has lost none of its
beauty, but has become more picturesque
by its wild and tangled growth. The oaks
tower high above the house, ooverlug it In
shadow everywhere.
A wide avenue leads up to the old man
sion from the public road, but its once
beautiful walk is now washed into gullies,
strewn with doad leaves and decaying
brush.
As I opened the old fashion gate it swung
hekvily on its rusty hinges, Horoaking so
harshly that it roused tho rabbits from their
sloep iu the matted woods. The costly flower
gardens which flourished there once have
given placo to weeds and thistles.
ALL SILENT THERE.
Everythiug was almost as if in twilight
and as still os death, as 1 bent my footsteps
to the crumbling old house.
When I stepped on the poroh the old halls
gave back my step with solemn and recipro
cal voice. The morning glory has climbed
the side of the house and is twining itself
about the dilapidated window bliuds.
A FARMER’S HOME.
A rap on the door brought a rugged
farmer to it, and he carried mo through the
old mansion, and pointed out the very room
which Gov, Towns occupied. It is the
former’s bedroom. Around him gathered
his family as we conversed about the old
place. I Imagined what a different pioture
would have prosenteskdtself a half century
ago. Then a state legislator, a senator, a
governor, surrounds l by his family, occu
pied the old mansion. Splendor dazzled
and learning and enlightenment held their
sway. Now all is chauged, and the simplest
and humblest people aro living out their
allotted time there. *
WHAT GOV. TOWNS WISHED.
It was to this place that the great Towns
came to hide from the world, and pass the
evening of his days among his more lowly
fellow citizens.
It was a good place for that. It is in the
heart of a good country and amidst
a noble people who loved their supe
rior fellow man and who were not
above being taught by him. Until
this day tbe good effects of Gov. .Towns’
superior intellect aud social distinction are
felt in this section. It buoys a people up
to be honored by tbe presence among them
of a great man.
Every t planter in this section loves to tell
about the days when “his friend” Gov.
Towns lived here. His history is upon
their lips and his life is a sweet song to
them.
HOW HE LOOKED.
Gov. Towns was small of stature, with dark
hair and deep blue eyes. He was considered,
in hie day, to be one of the most eloquent
chief magistrates which Georgia over had.
As an executive officer he ranked with any
ot his predecessors; as a criminal lawyer
he found no peer, and as a man of learning
an I research he was at the top. Ho was a
humorist of no mean qualities. He was a
great story teller, and he had an endless
fund of good jokes.
HIS COUNTRY LIFE.
Gov. Towns lived upon his farm and
planted corn and cotton just as did his
neighbors. He visited among them and was
upon tie most friendly terms with his
poorest neighbors. The fact that ho did
this placed him higher in the estimation of
bis people than the influence of wealth
could. Gov. Towns ovon went among bis
farm hands, ad by his kindly service he
made himself beloved by them. They all
knew him, and his name and his good works
wore proclaimed throughout tue country
alike by citizen and slave.
The old mansion to which I have alluded
is situated a short distanoe from the Cen
tral railroad oa the public road. It does
not front toward the railroad, and a speck
of woodland hides the house from it. The
land is fertile, the water is clear as crystal
and the climate is salubrious.
A GARDEN SPOT.
Gov. Towns called the district
the garden Spot of the south.
He moved from Talbatton when he
settlod here. On the occasion of a visit to
this county during his active engagements
at the bar be fell in love with the country.
He expressed a strong desire to live among
the people, but being involved, besides
owning property in Talb otton, he was
unable to puli up his stakes and drive thorn
here.
DESTINED TO COME.
He seemed destined to come here, how
ever. Two years after his visit Dr. Ben
Newsome, one of the most celebrated physi
cians of his time in the state, killed a prom
inent planter of the county, and the feeling
in the district was sbai ply divided. It was
not a plain case of justifiable homicide, and
it was therefore necessary toemploy the beet
counsel to defend him. The Newsomes were
wealthy, aud they c >unted money or lands
as nothing when they could employ with
them such c mnsel as they wished. Accord
ingly Gov. Towns’ services were secured to
deiend the case. Gov. Towns went to work,
and, after a month of diligent labor, he
appeal ed in the court room here before one
of the largest assemblies ever known in the
county iu behalf of his olient.
A GREAT SPEECH.
It is said that his t peecb on that occasion
was ttie grandest exhibition of oratory ever
made iu this part of Georgia. Representa
tive members of the bar from all over the
state were present to hear it.
Dr. Newsome was aoqui.ted. He called
upon his counsel tb# nsxt day aud as<csd
Gov. Towns what he wanted as compensa
tion. The governor replied that he wanted
a farm, and Dr. Newsome gave him a home
In Ta, lor c -urity. Gov. Towns moved to it
at once, aud converted a small tenement
into a genuine old southern bows. This is
bow be became aotUxau of (his county.
ROT A SUCCESSFUL F \KUKR,
He was not a pronounced suoeess as a
fanner, hut he ■ ieut a qu et and apparently
a happv life on his plantation. He reared a
large family,nearly all the members of which
were re ,-arded as ban (some. A daughter
who died recently in Georgia is said to have
been the most beautiful wo a1 in Georgia
Anybody In Taylor ca i tell you about the
funny jokes which the governor plave l on
many of bis neighbors, and his owu family,
for that matter, for he was “brim full of
mischief,” one of bis former friends says.
HOW HE ENTERTAINED.
It is said that of evenings he gave parties
and invited as many planters as would
come to spend theeveuiug with him, when
he talked and amused them until the hour
came tor them to leave. He devoted the
early evening to instructive subjects, and
toward the latter part he u doused his
humor. A sort of transformation then took
place and tha planters dispersed in the best
humor and with the beat wishes tor their
host. Gov. Towns told a story on Dr.
liranham of Wilkes county, under whom
the governor studied medicine in early life,
which was not relished by the doctor but
very much enjoyed by the goyernor,
JOKE ON A PHYSICIAN.
On one occasion Dr. Branham was
called, against his will, to attend a patient
from whom he had never been able to col
lect a farthing, and he was exasperated
up m arriving at the home of the patient to
find the man only a trille ailing. The phy
sician administered a heavy dose of ipecac
and charged the patient not to vomit or he
would surely die, and he lingered to see the
result.
The poor man rolled and tumbled on his
bed in the deepest agony the moment he
swallowed the physic. Ho hold back as
long as lie could, and seeing that his ‘‘in
sides tiad to come,” he called his family
around and hurriedly bade them farewell.
He said that ho would meet them in heaven
and he began to “let ’er roll,” as the gov
ernor used tb say.
He got well. The next day he called
upon the doctor and paid him for the v.sit,
and told him he wouldn't mind paying the
doctor’s bills if all the other visits did him os
much good as the last.
WANTED TO BF. A SOLDIER.
Gov. Towns, in his younger days, aspired
to be a soldier, and he did not rost until he
was made captain of a company. That,
company, he sometimes said, was the sorrow
of his life.
It was a green squad of boys. Their legs
were not formed, aud the governor used to
say that they went stalking about all over
the cotton rows, os if they wore so many
sucking colts.
THAT PRIZE DRILL.
One day he attempted a company prize
drill with them, and he was anxious that
his company should win the prize.
He endeavored by all kindly moatiß to
briug them around right, and after making
several dismal fadures he threw his sword
to the ground and stormed out: 1 ‘Scatter,
- you,” and jumped on his horse and
rode out of town. On another occasion, it
is said, when he was trying to maneuver a
cavalry company, the prancing of the im
utient steeds so oonfuted hinAa* to make
him forget hi* order. He looked la a be
wildered manner down the line, which was
trying to form, and his eye fell upon a colt
sucking its mother. A merry twinkle came
In his eye, and he shouted to the company
at the top of hls voice: “All suckle," and
he galloped away.
HOW HE READ THE LAW.
He was one time arguing a case beforo
Superior Court Judge Sturgis of this cir
cuit, and he hadn’t the slightest pretext for
a bearing. Every attorney in the court
house knew it, until Gov. Towns had
occasion to read from the code a half page
of law, which completely made out his
case. Every member in the room was
thunderstruck anil the judge was amazed.
The jury became a unit iu favor of Towns
and a revelation in law was about to be
declared. Judge Sturgis, upon second
thought, looked oyer his spectacles and
asked: “Mr. Towns, is that law in the
oode?" Mr. Towns replied bluntly: “I
don’t know whether it is or not. I haven’t
seen it,” and went on arguing tho case as if
nothing had taken place. When he had
concluded the judge told the jury that what
Towus had read as law was not law, and
never would be. Tho oase went against
him.
HE REMOVED TO MACON.
I-ato In life Gov. Towns become enfeebled
and moved to Mucon, where he died July
15, 1854, in the 54th year of his life. Before
he died he was not able to write a line and
he was almost unable to articulate a word
intelligibly. He whs constantly surrounded
by his old friends from this district during
his last days and he breathed out his life In
their presence. Z. D. R.
A FLOOD AT MILLBDQBVILLB.
The Swollen Blver Devastating Crops
on Its Banks.
Macon, Oa., July 27.—A special to the
Telegraph from Milledgeville, dated yes
terday, says; “The constant rains lu this
section have caused a disastrous overflow of
the Oconee river, which passes near this
city, causing great damage to the flno crops
on the low lands adjacent to the stream.
The river rose over six feet yesterday, and
is still rising, while farmers aro busy
removing stock, farm implements, etc.,
to the high lands. A large portion of the
brag farm of Hon. 8. Evans near this city
is submerged, and yet the angry waters roll
on with a rapidity that reminds one of the
incoming tide. The pretty dairy farm of
M. Wagner is partly covered, while the
remainder is in great peril. Camp
week, two miles from the city, is
impassable within two miles of the
ford, causing a great inoonvenience to
travelers from the southeastern part of the
c unty. A heavy cloud is resting over and
north of the city this evening, and continued
rain is feared tenight, while the roaring
thunder causes th • Inhabitants much fear
of a cyclone. Comparatively few people
aro in town to-day.”
GEORGIA'S CAMPAIGN.
Consolidated Returns from Recent
Primaries.
Fairborn, July 27. —The official vote of
the primary election in Campbell county
is as follows: Northen 454, Henderson
223, Hunicutt 70, Nesbit 140, Cook 430,
Wright 45 L, Hardeman 440, George N.
Ijester 420, Clifford Anderson 22. F■ r
congress. Fifth district—Livingston 424,
Hulsey 8, Stewart A
THOMAS COUNTY.
Thomasville, Ga., July 27.— I Thomas
county’s primary resulted as follows: For
Congress—H. G. Turner 757, J H. Guerry
74. For Senator—R. G. Mitchell 574, A. Q.
Moody 406. Ivey and Parker for represen
tatives bad no opposition, and therefore
received the full vote.
Cleary BtUl Alive.
Oliver, Ga., July 27.—John Cleary, who
was shot is the affray in whiob John O.
Harris was killed Thursday, it still alive,
though in a serious condition.
A Town Burning.
Portland, Ore., July 27.—A dispatch
from Spokaue Kails state) that the town of
Wallace, Id., is burning. No other par
ticulars have beeu received. i
( DAILY, $lO A TEAR I
\ 5 CENTS A COPY. V
| WEEKLY, sl*s A YEAR >
CURSE OF INTEMPERANCE
TALMAGE PICTURES IT AS A
BLOODY MONSTER.
Appalling Tragedies Which the Re
morseless Demon Has Perpetrated
Painted In Vivid Colors—Drunken}
noss In Touch with Everything That!
Bis Abhorrent and Degrading.
Brooklyn, July 27. — Dr. Talmags’s ser
mon to-day is devoted to the curse of in
temperance. With the hand of a master ha
draws in vivid colors the appalling trag
edies which this remorseless demon has
perpetrated. His text is Genesis xxxvli, 35;
“It is my son’s coat; an evil beast hath
devoured him.’’
Joseph’s brethren dipped their
coat in goat’s blood, aud then brought the
dabbled garment to their father, cheating
him with the idea that a ferocious animal
had slain him, aud thus biding their infa
mous behavior. But there is uo deception
about that which we hold up to your ohse -
vation to-day. A monster suen as never
ranged African thicket or Hindostau jungle
bath tracked this land, aud with bloody
maw bath strewn the continent with
the mangled carcasses of whole
generati ns; and there are terns tit
thousands of fathers and , mothers
who could bold up the garment; of their
slain boy. truthfully exclaiming: “It is my
sou's coat; an evil beast hath devoured
him." There has, in all ages and climes,
been tendency to the improper nse of
stimulants. Noah, a* if disgusted with the
prevalence of water in hls time, took to
strong drink. By this vice, Alexander the
Conqueror was conquered. The Homans, atj
their feasts, fell off their seats with intoxi
cation. Four hundred millions of Our race
are opium eaters. India, Turkey aud China
have groaned with the desolation; and by it
have Been quenched such lights as Hailey
and De Quincoy, One hundred millions are
the victims of the betolnut, which
bus specially blasted the Fast Indies. Three
hundred millions chew hashish, and Persia,
Brazil and Africa suffer the delirium. The
Tartars employ murowa; the Mexicans, the
agave; the people at Guarapo, an intoxica
ting quality taken from sugar cane; while a
great multitude that no man can number,
ure the disciples of alcohol. To it they bow.
Uuder it they are trampled. In its trenches
they fall. On its ghastly holocaust they
burn. Could tho muster roll of this great?
army be called, atui they c >uld come up
from the dead, what eye could endure the
rooking, festering purtrnfaction aud beast
-11 noss* What heart oould endure the groaa.
of agony?
Drunkoriess: Does it not jingle the burg
lar's key? Docs it not whet the assassin’s
knife? Does it not oock the highwayman's
pistol? Does it not wave the incendiary's
torch! Has it not sent the physician reel
ing into the sick room; and the minister
with bis tongue thick into the pulpit? Did
not an exquisite poet, from tho very top of
his fame, fall a gibbering sot into the
gutter, on his way to bo married to o le of
the fairest daughters of New England, and
at the very hour the bride was decking her
self for the altar; and did be not die of de
lirium tremens, almost unattended, in a
hospital ? Tamerlane askod for ono hundred
ami sixty thousand skulls with which to
build a pyramid to his own honor. He got
the skulls, and built the pyramid. But if
the bones of all those who have fallen as a
prey to dissipation could be piled up, it?
would make a vaster pyramid.
Who will gird himself for the journey,
and try with me to scale this mountain of
the dead—going up miles high on human
oarcassoi to find still other peaks far above,
mountain above mountain white with the
bleached bones of drunkard?
The Sabbath has been sacrificed to the
rum trailio. To many of our people the
best day of the week is the worst. Bakers
must keep their shops closed on the Sab
bath. It is dangerous to have loaves of
bread going out on Sunday. The shoe store
is closed. Severe penalty will attack tha
man who soils bouts on the Sabbath. But
down with tho window shutter* of
the g-og shops! Our laws shall con
fer particular honor upon the
rum traffickers. All other trade*
must stand aside for these. Let our oitizen*
who have disgraced themselves by trading
in clothing, and hosiery, and hardware, and;
lumber, aud coal, take off their hats to the
rumseller, elected to particular honor. Ik
is unsafe for any other cla s of men to bei
allowed license for Sunday work. But.
swing out your signs, O ye traffickers in th
peace of families, aud in the souls of im
mortal men! Lot the corks fly, and the
beer foam, and the rum go tearing down the!
half-consumed throj; of the inebriate. God)
does not seel Doe? he? Judgment will
never come! Willis?
I do not know but that God is determined
to let drunkenness triumph, and the hus
bands and sons of thousands of our best
families be destroyed by this vioe, in order
that our people, amazed and indignant,
may rise up and demand the extermination,
of this munioipal crime. There is a way of
driving down the hoops of a barrel so tight
that they break. We have, in this country,
at various times tried to regulate this evil
by a tax on whisky. You might as well
try to regulate the Asiatic cholera or tha
smallpox by taxation. The man who distil
liquors are, for the most part, unscrupulous,
aud the higher the tax, the more induce
ment to illicit distillation.
Chi 1 the to ly of trying to restrain an
evil by g iverumeut tariff! If every gallon
of whisky made, if every flank of wine pro
duced, should be taxed a thousand dollars,
it would not lie enough to pay for the tears
it has wruug from the eyes of widows and
orphans, nor for the blood it has dashed on
the Christian Church, nor for the catas
trophe of the millions it has destroyed for
ever.
I sketch two houiesln this street The
first is bright ns home can be. The father
oomes at nightfall, and the children run out
to meet him. Luxuriant evening meal.
Gratulations and sympathy and laughter.
Muic in the parlor. Flue pic ures on tha
wall. Costly books on the stand. Well
dad household. Plenty of everything to
make home happy.
House the seco id: Piano sold yesterday
by the sheriff. Wife’s furs at pawnbroker's
shop. Clock gone. Daughter’s jewelry
sold to get flour. Carpets gone off the floor.
Daughters iu faded and patched dresses.
Wife sewing for the stores. Little ehijd
with an ugly wound on her face, struck in
au angrv blow. Deep shadow of wiptched
ness falling in every room. Door-bell rings.
Lit le children hido. Daughters tarn pale.
Wife holds her breath. Blundering step in
the hall. Door opens. Fiend, brandishing
his list, cries "Out! out! What are you
doing here?”
Did I call this house the second J No: it
is the same house. Hum transformed It.
Hum embruted the man. Rum sold the
shawl. Rum tore up the carpets. Rum
ebook his fist. Rum desolated the hoarth.
Rum changed that paradise into a hell
I sketch two men that you know very
well. The first graduated from one of our
literary ins itutlous. Hls father, motheF,
brothers aud -inters were presen; to see him
graduate. They heard the applauding
thunders that greeted his speech. They
saw the bouquets tossed to his feet Tney
saw the degree conferred and the diploma
given. He never looked so well. Every
iody said, “What a noble brow! What a
tine eye! Want graceful m nines! What
brilliant prospects!” All the world opens
bvf ro him and cried, ''Jdurrau, hurrah."
