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IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
HEWS OF THE TWO ST\TEB TOLD
IN I\\R AGHATIIS.
(iEORGI
Tarham R. Mabry, lately pardoned by
Governor Candler, has be< n tendered and
has accepted position as lumber insp< •-
tor at the Rich wood mills, hear Cordele.
A few nice peaches are being f*hipped
from Mugs and other points on the Al
bany division of the Plant System. The
yield is very sma.i, but the fruit is large
end of a very line qu.iiity. Those shipped
bo far have brought very fancy pric s.
Hon. T. M. Meriwether, one of the mosi
I>romlnent and highly respected citizens o.
Wilkes county, i* i ut Washington Mon
day night after a ling* ring illness of s<'V
eral months. He was born in 1821, and for
a number of year- was a resident of New
ton county, where his remain* were scut
for interment.
A name has been adopted for the North
Augusta post office. The postoitt* minor
ities would not allow the prefix north nor
the name Augusta lor the posiofloe to be
established. The r,.*nie l. lv hue has been
a<k>pied and sent in. and unless the au
thorities have already such an oliice in the
elate it will be used.
At a meeting of the directors of the Ex
change Hank of ALu ns, held Monday, a
successor lo former ra.-li < r John A. Men*
diet in the person of Mr. \V. B. Dozier,
row of Albany, but formerly of Cordele
ond Athens, was ch-sen. He is a son of
Dr. Dozier of Athens. He wi i begin his
new work on Aug. 1.
At a recent meeting held by the citizens
of Dawson a committee was appointed to
inquire into and recommend stops looking
to the following * nds: Fust, to make Daw
ton a better uotton market ; second, to se
cure the extension of the Georgia Pine
Railway to Dawson; third, to build a cot
ton factory in Dawson.
The Pulaski Volunteers were inspected
!n the r armory at Havvkinsvi.le Monday
evening, and passed a tine examination.
The company has an enrollment of forty
eight men ond officers, and is in fine shape
for anew company. As vet they have
been furnished by the state with nothing
but guns, belts and bayonets.
Albany Herald: Mr. J. F. Mercer, pro
prietor of Mercer’s mill, smated twelve
miles east of Albany, has shown a com
mendable spirit of enterprise by a<kiing
to his large p.ant a complete outfit for the
production of the be-t grade of wheat
flour. It has now been in operation for
several days, and gives entire satisfac
tion.
Augusta Herald: The suggestion has
been made that a memorial volume of
the works of Montgomery Folsom be is
sued in book form and sold for the bene
fit of the lamented journalist’s family,
which has been left in destitute circum
stances. The suggestion has been well re
ceived throughout the state. There is a
general sentiment that some of the me
morials intended to perpetuate the name
of Folsom should take a more substan
tial form than mere rhetorical eulogies
which have been coming from every quar
ter.
Tuesday afternoon, at the residence of
the bride’s uncle, Mr. \V. C. Cook, at
Blakely, Miss Carrie Grist and Mr. Em
met Shaw were united in the holy bonds of
marriage. Rev. Larkin Crumbley perform
ing the ceremony. Only the relatives and
a few intimate friends of the contracting
Parties were present. The bridal party 1* ft
immediately for Fort Gaines, where they
expect to reside. The groom is one of Fort
Gaines’ most promising young business
men, and belongs to one of the best fami
lies of the state, while <he bride Is on*
of Blakely's most refined and cultured
young ladies. and is the jjappy possessor
of those charms which combine in making
a beautiful woman.
Milledgeville Cnion-Recorder: Milledge
ville has been on a steady growth the en
tire year. Many new and handsome resi
dences have l>een and are being built. The
day laborer has been given constant em
ployment In and around nhe city. But
there is no getting around the fact that
to enjoy permanent prosperity we have
got to build small industries. A cotton
factory is what we need. This means that
the populattyn would be larg-ly increased;
more money would be expended here; the
taxable property increased; our city would
become a better cotton market; the vol
ume of trade would be increased; the es
tablishment of other industries would fol
low. Smaller ttowns in Georgia are build
ing factories. Can we afford to lag in
this matter? Will not our citizens come
to the aid of our city?
A party of Fort Valley citizens, Messrs.
W. H. Harris, J. B. James, W. S. Tatum
end luis L. Brown, has gone to Spring
Vale, Me., to make an effort to get one
of the leading cotton mills .n that section
to locate in Fort Valley. These gentle
men were appointed by the citizens of Fort
\ alley as a committee to represent the
city, and they will make every effort to
go* the mill to come South. The mill,
which is located at Spring Vale, is one of
the largest in Maine, operating 15.000 spin
dles. These gentlemen have been In cor
respondence with the owners of the mill
for some time, and it is understood that
the proprietors are anxious to come South.
Fort Valley has been anxious for a cot
ton mill for a long time, and the city of
fers every inducement to the Northern
manufacturers ro come down.
President P. J. Berckmans, of the Geor
gia State Horticultural Society, has for
mally announced the twenty-third annual
session of the society on Aug. 2 and 3,
at the Cliff House, Tallulah Falls, when
also there will occur the annual exhibi
tion of fruits, plants and vegetables. It
is earnestly hoped that there will be .i
full attendance of members from every
feection of the state, that concentrated
Information and experience of fruit grow
ers may be obtained, thus aiding the so
ciety to perfect the several catalogues of
fruits and vegetables adapted to each geo
graphical division of the state. These cat
alogues are now the recognized reliable
guides for fruit growers of Georgia, and
Lave had a most wonderful influence in
developing its fruit growing Interests. The
society was organized in 187 G by a few
public spirited citizens, who have faith
fully labored since to promote the fruit
growing industry of Georgia and aid in
the higher education oY its people.
FLORIDA.
Gen. Robert Bulloch was violently as
saulted by an unknown party at his homo
in Ocalu Tuesday evening. He thinks he
has a clew to the identity of the party,
and there may be a prosecution.
Two marines from the Pensacola navy
yard, Flannery and Coultry, went out in
a small skiff Tuesday afternoon to visit
the men on th* gunboat Machias. A high
sea was running and the boat was swamp
ed. Flannery was drowned, but Coultry
was saved. Flannery was only 18 years
o.d. His home was in Escambia county
at Cottage Hill.
Deputy Harbor Master David Sheehan
of Pensacola received his commission
Wednesday morning as harbor master of
that port, to succeed Hon; John Holland,
deceased. As i majority of the
members of the Escambia Demo
cauc executive committee had recom
mended hie appointment, Gov. Bioxham
t id not deem it necessary to aw. ' the no
tion of the meeting of the committee to
be held Saturday nigh;, and acted at once.
Ii is impossible to see that either the c.
gar manufacture! s or the workmen have
any determination of changing the con
dition of the bor situation u' Tan. *a at
juo-ent. The idi* 1 men throng th ■i • t .
fill cafe 1 an 1 eating houses and talk. T.v y
talk from morning until nigh*.
late a great deal, and that stems to l o
the end of it. Th y might be termed in
continuous session now as tst *- is a
in** ting going on at !.o Lio.o Cu .mo t:
the time, and them ar - enough frisu ora
tors to keep it go in -.
Gainesville Sun: 11. F. Dutton & Cos.,
the large cotton buyers, are preparing to
handle an enormous lot of cotton the com
ing reason, and in order to do so they will
i. • larg< waf< i • * • •’ 1 • 01 ; ;
Southern depot as a store room. This
warehouse will be put in repair ut oner,
and plat forms and sheds built around i
They wiil likely put sleds over their plat
forms around tin gin hou -e. Judg *.g from
the amount of store room they intend to
have, they must certainly look for a large
crop of cotton the coming season.
Miss Nettle Adams, only child of Mrs.
Hamilton Seagreave Adams, with hot
friends, Miss Nina MJ It r of Be Hand and
other guess of the Dewey House, wen;
for a bath in 'he .-erf fit Hrabreeze on Sun
day afternoon. They had .-curcely reach
ed the water, when a sudden shower came
on, and a vivid flash of lightning, tc mi*
panied by a terrific burst of thunder,
startled the paj eilit \ t 1
struck by lightning. Physici ins were sum
moned, but life was gore when they ar
rived, and ihe indications were that death
was instantaneous.
The guava crop around Miami, and in
Southern Florida generally, promises to Ik*
the largest this Reason for several years.
There are many new bushes coming into
bearing this year lor the first time. The
price of this fruit has been steadily ad
vancing for the fast three years. Guava
jelly manufacturers arc offering the glow
ers sl.lO i*er bushel, delivered at th* sta
t'on. There is no ifrult grown that will
give the growers as .many dollars |er acre
is the guava at this price. The re-uli of
the continued increase in price of this
fruit lias been the planting of more trees
each ye ir.
The State Board of Health has been in
session in Tampa and inspecting that sec
tion of the state for several days. The
federal government has ordered the ma
rine hospital service from Kgmont key
entirely, and this goes to Mullet key,
where the state quarantine station is lo
cated. The government allows the state
to remain on Mullet key with .is fumi
gating plant, station and necessary ap
purtenances. The board was informed
that, commencing at onoe, Ihe federal au
thorities would require all ves
sels bound for points
from Cuba to stop at Dry Tor
logas. The trade towand t*he east coast
is protesting against this order, as it will
cause them a great deal of trouble to go
out of their way to reach the station at
Tortugas.
Rev. 8. J. Patterson, the colored minis
ter of Tampa, accused of arson, received
a complete vindication Tuesday in his pre
liminary hearing before Justice Whitaker.
When the court’s decision freeing the pris
oner was announced, about 100 negroes
who filled the court room made a demon
stration of unqualified delight. They over
whelmed the judge. Attorneys Macfarlane
and Raney, and Patterson himself, with
congratulations, and it would have requir
ed but a slight hint to have persuaded
them to carry the vindicated m aster
through the streets on their shoulders.
Patterson seems to be the idol of his con
gregation, and the council chamber,wh-re
the hearing occurred, wa.- packed dining
the entire progress of the case with the
“brethren and sisters’* of the accused
man’s church.
Col. W. J. Davis died at his home in
St. Petersburg Tuesday. The immediate
cause of death was paralysis of the heart.
Col. Davis had been in bad health for
some time, but his mbst intimate friends
did not anticipate that the end was eo
near at hand. The deceased leaves a wife
arid a niece, Mrs. R. P. Stewart of Tam
pa. He was one of the wealthiest citizens
of South Florida, leaving an estate valued
at $300,000. He was the vice president of
the Citizens’ Bank and Trust Company,
and owner of the Davis block, on Franklin
street, and of other valuable city and
suburban property. Col. Davis had in
tended and made all arrangements to leave
Monday morning for Indiana to visit his
aged mother. Instead, a few hours after
he contemplated starting on this fondly
anticipated Journey, he bad embarked on
that ultimate journey which leads to a
land undiscovered.
GEORGIA SAW MILL MEN.
Important Meeting* of tlie Trade Wan
Held at Tift ton.
Tifton. Ga., July 13.—The monthly meet
ing of the Georgia Saw Mill Association
was held yesterday at Bowens’ Opera
House, the following being present, 41.
H. Tift president, J. J. McDonough vice
president, W. B. Stillwell. J. 8. Bet Is &
Cos., J. J. L. Phillips, Phillips & Hol
lingsworth, Greer Bros., Harris & Lind
sey, J. 8. Bailey & Cos., Parrott Lumber
Cos., Stokes & Martin. Gray Lumber Cos.,
D. C. Jones, Enterprise Lumber Cos., P.
S. Cummings <& Bro., J. J. Cummings &
Cos.. Garbutt Lumber Cos., J. W. Oglesby
& Bto.. Plnopolis Saw Mill Cos., J. H. Alli
son. Alford & Sloan, Fitzgerald Lumber
Cos., Fender Lumber Cos., Minealo Lumber
Cos., Wilcox Lumber Cos., Jackson Bro., R.
L. Bold, Dedge & Hays. J. F. Fender, W.
J. Massie, Flint River Lumber Cos.
The meeting was called to order at 4
o’clock p. in.. H. H. Tift presiding. The
secretary read reports of shipments from
the ports of Savannah, Darien, and Bruns
wick, Ga.. Fernandina, Jacksonville, and
Pensacola, Fla. showing the shipments
from the six ports to be 568.268,45$ feet
from Jan. 1 to June 30. 1899, and for the
month of June. 104,179.180 feet.
The coastwise price list issued May 1.
was advanced $1 per LOCO feet on all sizes,
and advances of from 50 cents to $1
were made in several sizes and grades of
the interior price list. The new- price list
will be mailed on July 15. Those failing to
receive Gem can get them by addressing
the secretary.
The Hotel Badie provided an extra sup
per for those attending the meeting and a
few' invited guests. The bill of fare was
printed on Georgia pine. The invited
guests were. F. G. Boatright, mayor of
Tifton; J. L. Jay. Jr. auditor, Tifton and
Northeastern Railroad; K. H. Tift, super
intendent, Tifton und Northeastern Rail
road; W. F. Riidisiil agent. Georgia South
ern and Florida Railroad; J. H. Herring
editor Tifton Gazette; S. R. Einstein of
Savannah.
Tollnlia*t*e News Notes.
Tallahassee, Fla., July 12.—The unexpect
ed action of the Comity Commissioners
on Monday, cutting off two mills in the
tax levy for schools, lias provoked pro
test. A special meeting of the County
Commissioners has been called for July
31 to reconsider the matter.
The Jacksonville division of the naval
militia expects to muster thirty-five men
and four officers for the October cruise
on the United States steamship Prairie.
The Pensacola division hopes to board
the Prairie with forty and three of
ficers.
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1894.
LETTERS OF CAPT. DREYFUS.
STORY OY - ms SI KrK*M!*i AS >\hit-
TE> TO HIS WIFE.
Ills Feelings mid Emotion. Appear
in His Own \Vor,l—Kola S, They
I niinol lie (lie Fetters of it Huiltj
Alan—Say* They Have Attained the
Sublime iu Sorrow—He Was Still
Sanguine the Huy Before 111*
Trial.
New York, July 11.—Emile Zoia
may be somewhat prejudiced when
it comes to criticising the let
ters of Alfred Dreyfus, but it is certain
th;tt the 1< tiers in many resitects bear
witness to the truth of his statement.
Tilts is how Zola descrils and them: "They
are admirable. I do not know of any
pages of a higher conception or more elo
quent. They have attained the sublime In
sorrow, and afterwards will enlure like
an imisrishable monument when our own
writings, |ierhaps, shall have passed into
oblivion. For they are the sob itself of
all human suffering. The man who wrote
lii'-si: letters cannot be guilty. Head them,
it I them some evening, with your fam
ily gathered around your hearthstone. Y'ou
will !>e dissolved in tears.”
The Dreyfus affair hliherto has been
like a novel without a hero—that is, the
hero disappeared in the opening chapter,
and It has taken ever since to develop
the plot arid work: up a climax which
is almost without parallel for its dramatic
quality. Ent< r the hero, mete.oui Justice
to the villain, and the world is satisfied.
These little plays with Destiny, Ihe great
est ond most arlistic stage manager the
world has ever seen, never fail of their
effect, and there is more Joy in the world
over the happy ending to this great his
tone play, the Dreyfus affair, than could
he. derived from Ihe best novel or short
story in the world, because the degrada
tion of tills innoee.it man was a thing
which tame home with startling power
to all [.copies. The hero of the tragic
story v\.is lost sight of after in the lirst
chapter. It was known where he was, and
(hat was almost all. The scene of the
story as told hitherto by the newspapers
was laid almost altogether in France. Of
the sc.-ues laid in rile du Diable, and of
the feelings which ruled in the heart of
a man, loin from his family and his hon
or. the newspapers have not been in a po
sition to speak. It had been left entirely
to our imagination to piece out that part
of tiie story until the publication of Capt.
Dreyfus' loiters to his wife closed the
gap and completed the sad history of l’af
faire Dreyfus.
In Dreyfus’ Own Words.
The translation of these letters, which
Harper A: Bros. art* about lo publish under
the title of "The la-iters of Dreyfus to
I is Wife," gives us for the first time the
story in the prisoner's own words; and it
is a story that for pathos, tragedy, de
spair and true Spartan heroism is unsur
passed in the annals of either history or
Action, rite arrest, which took place on
iite loih of October, laid, came upon Drey
fus like a laolt out of a clear sky. For
almost two momhs the liberiy of writing
even to his wife was forbidden, but on
Dec. 5 the longed-for permission was ob
f■'Fried, and thereafter letters passed be
tween husband and wife daily, and some
limes almost hourly, until he was removed
to Devil's Island. The letters published
in this volume cover the period from Dec
6, 1891, to March 6, 1898.
It goes without saying that the entire
correspondence should lie read to appreci
ate their paihos and the hopeless tragedy
of ihe writer's lot. The extracts which
this article contains wall give some con
ception of their general character. They
also give for the lirst time an intimate
insight Into the heroic soul of their au
thor. It will be, perhaps, best to begin
with the second letter of the series, dated
Dec, 5, 1894, when Dreyfus as yet had
hardly realized the danger lliat menaced
him.
The Prisoner's Feeling;*.
"1 am waiting with impatience for a let
ter from you. You are my hope; you are
my consolation; were it not for you Me
would be. a burden. At the bare thought
that they couM accuse me of a crime so
frightful, so monstrous, my whole being
trembles; my body revolts against it. To
have worked all my life for one thing
alone, lo avenge my country, to struggle
for her against the Infamous ravtsher who
lias snatched from us our dear Alsace,
and t,lien to be accused of (reason against
lliat country—no, my loved one, my mind
refuses to comprehend it! Do you remem
ber my telling you how, when 1 was in
Mulhouse, tm years ago, iu September, I
heard a German band under our windows
celebrating ihe anniversary of Sedan? My
grief was such that 1 wept; I bit ilia
sheets of my bed with rage, and I swore
an oath to consecrate all my strength, all
my intelligence, to the service of my
country against those who thus offered
insult to the grief of Alsace.
"No, no. I will not speak of it, for I
shall go mad, and I must preserve all my
reason. Moreover my life has henceforth
but one aim; to llnd the wretch who has
betrayed his country; to find the traitor
for whom no punishment could be too se
vere. oil, dear France, ihou that I love
with all my soul, with all my heart! thou
to whom I have consecrated all my
strength, all my intelligence, how eouid
one'accuse me of a crime so horrible! I
will not write upon this subject, my darl
ing; for spasms take me by the throat.
No man has ever borne the martyrdom
that 1 endure. No physical suffering can
be compared to the mental agony that I
tcel when my thoughls turn to this accu
sation. If 1 had noi my honor to defend,
1 assure you that I should prefer death;
at iteast, death would lie forgetfulness.
Write to me soon. My love to all.
“Alfred.' 1
Was Still Sanguine.
From the letter wrhien on the day pre
ceding ills (rial it Is seen that he was still,
after two months’ imprisonment, sanguine
and hopeful, with never a doubt about
bis uiiimaie acquittal. Il is In striking
contrast to the letter written after the
trial, when the worst had happened and
Hie nightmare had come true. We sub
join boih letnrs:
"At hist 1 am coming to the end of my
sufferings, to the end of my agony. To
morrow I shall appear before my Judges,
my brow high, my soul tranquil. The trial
I have undergone, terrible as it has been,
lias puritied my soul. I shair return to
you better than 1 was before. 1 want to
consecrate to you, lo my children, to our
dear families, all the time l have yet to
live.
"As 1 have told you, I have passed
through awful crises. I have* had mo
ments of furious, actual madness at the
thought of being acqused of a crime so
monstrous.
"I am ready to appear before the sol
diers as a sbldier who has nothing for
which to reproach himself. They will see it
in my face; they will read my soul; they
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought,
3igaatw of
will tie convinced thal I am Innocent; ns
all wiil who know me.”
The 'etur written after hit trial reads
aS fnl'eps:
"I suffer much, but I pity you still more
than myself. I know how much yob l ive
me. Your heart must bleed. On my side,
rny adored one, my thought has always
been of you night and day.
"To be innocent, to have lived a life
without a stain, and to scone's self con
demned for the most monstrous crime thal
a soldier can commit! What could be more
terrible? It seems to me at limes that 1
am the victim of an awful nightmare.
"It is for you alone that I have resisted
until to-day; it is for you alone, rny ador
ed one, ihat I have borne my long agony.
Will my sirength hold out to the end?
I cannot tell. No one but you can give
rue* courage. It is only from your love
that I can draw it.
"Above all else, no matter what may
become of me. search for the truth; move
earth and heaven to discover it; sink In
the effort, if need lie, all our fortune, to
rehabilitate my name, whi-h now is drag
ged through the mild. No matter what
may he Ihe cost, we must wash out the
unmerited sta.n."
Kept Him From Suicide.
The following is taken from a letter In
the same strain written a few days later:
"I do not sleep, and it is to you that I
return. Am I (lien mark-d by a fatal seal,
thal I must dilnk this cup of bitterness?
At tills moment I am cairn. My soul is
strong, and it rises in ihe silence of ihe
night. How happy we were, my darling!
T-if. smiled on us; fortune, love, adorable
children, a united family—everything!Then
came tills thunderbolt, fearful, terrible.
Huy, 1 pray of you, playthings for the
children, for iheir New Year's day; li li
them that their father sends them. H must
not be ihat thtlr poor t-ouls, just entering
upon life, should suffer through our pain.
"Oh, my darling, hal not I you how
gladiy would 1 die! Y'our love holds me
back, it is your love only Fiat makes me
strong enough to bear ihe haired of a na
tion.
"And the people are light to hate me;
they have been tc-fl that I am u trader.
Ah, traitor, the horVtble word! li breaks
niy heart.
"I * * * traitor! Js it pos ibD that they
could accuse me ond condemn me for a
ci me >o monstrous!
"Cry aloud my Innocence; cry it with
all the strength of your lungs; cry it upon
tlie housetops, til) the very walls fall.
' And hunt out ihe guilty one. It is he
whum we must find.
"I embrace you as I love you.
"Alfred.”
Mas More Determined.
After his fate was scaled and he had
been removed to Devil's Island, his deter
mination that the truth shall be brought
to light is stronger than ever. From the
first of the letters written from Devil's
Island we select the following, which is in
itself sufficient evidence of the bold and
undaunted resolution with which he faced
his fate.
“I made for your sake the greatest sac
rifice a man can make in resigning myself
lo live after my tragic fate was decided.
I did this because you had inculcated in
me the_ conviction that the truth must
always come to light. In your turn, my
darting, do all that is humanly possible
to discover Ihe truth. A wife and a moth
er yourself, try to move tile hearts of
wives and mothers, so that they may give
up to you the key to this dreadful mystery.
I must have my honor if you want me
to live. I must have it for our dear chil
dren. Do not reason with your heart;
ihat does no good. I have bc< n convicted.
Nothing can be changed in our tragic sit
uation until ihe decision shall have been
reversed. Reflect, then, and pursue the
solution of this enigma. That will be
worth (note Ilian eomirg here to share
my horrible life. It will be ihe best, the
only means of saving my life. Say to
yourself that it is a question of life or
death for me as well as for our children.”
And yvhat couW be more touching than
the following letter to his little boy, writ
ten from Devil's Island:
“Cher Petit Pierre; Papa sends good
big kisses both to you and to little Jeanne.
He thinks very often of you troth. I trust
you will show little Jean how to make
big high towers of blocks, which it Is
such fun to tumble down. Be good chil
dren, and pet your mother when she is
sad. Also be kind to your grandfather
and grandmother, and play no bad tricks
on your aunts. When papa returns from
his journey, you will come to meet him
at the' station with little Jeanne, with
mamma and all the rest.
"More big kisses for you and for Jeanne.
“Your Papa.”
The last letter but one that is included
in the book is as follows:
"I have written very many letters dur
ing these last months. To add anything
to these would be superfluous. I have
told you concerning all the appeals which
I have written since last November to
demand my rehabilitation, for justice at
last to so many innocent victims. In one
of my last letters I told you that the
last appeal which I had just sent to the
government was stronger nnd more deter
mined than ever. I am expecting every
day to hear that my restoration has taken
place, thal our punishment, as terrible as
it was unmerited, is at an end, that the
day of Justice has come for us. I desire
to-day only that I may kiss you with all
my heart as 1 love you, as also our dear
and adored children. Y’our devoted ■
"Alfred.”
Proof of His Innocence.
In conclusion, if there existed the slight
est doubt of Alfred Dreyfus' innocence the
publication of these letters cannot fall to
dispel it. As Zola says, “No guilty man
could have written them.” One fee.s from
the very first letler that the writer is a
brave and Innocent man. Here is a pas
sage from on of the letters written from
Devil's Island. "My mind," he writes,
"cannot extricate itself for an instant from
the horrible drama of which I am the
victim, a tragedy which has struck a hlotv
not only at my life—that is the least of
evils, and truly it would have been better
had the wretch who committed ihe crime
killed me instead of wounding me ns he
has—but at my honor, the honor of mv
children, the honor of your all.” And again
In a letter dated June 3, 1805, he writes.
"Y'ou remember those lines of Shakespeare
In 'Othello.' I found them again not long
since among my English books. I send
them to you translated:
‘Who steals my purse steals trash; ’tls
something, nothing;
T'was mine, 'tls his, and has been slaves
to thousands;
But he that fllshes from me my good
name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him,
And makes me poor indeed.’
"Ah yes! he has rendered me ‘vraimont
pniivre.' the wretch who has stolen my
honor! He has made us more miserable
Ilian the meanest if human creatures. But
to each one his hour. Courage then, dear
I.ucle; preserve ihe unconquerable will
ihat you have shown until now,”
And his own view of the tragedy in
which lie was Ihe silent hero: “Y’ou see,
darling, a man of honor cannot live with
out Ins henor; 11 does no goed to tell him
self thal he is innocent; he eats his heart
out. In solitude, (he hours are long, und
my mind cannot comprehend all that has
come upon me. Never could a romancer,
however rich his imag nation, have written
a story more tragic. Home day when my
story is told It will be incredible. Bin what
we must tell ourselves now Is that I must
be vindicated. .My name must shine anew,
with ail the Iu s re ii should never have
lost. I should rather si e my children dead
than lo think that Hu name whlli they
bear Is a dishonored one,”
Honor Must lie .Saved,
This thought is reieatfd again Hiid again.
It is ihe firm ri/olvc that his honor must
be saved that prevents him taking his life.
Throughout he expresses (he solicitude of
a loving husband and father. He must
live to save his honor and for the sake of
his wife and children. And now, from
prestnt indication?, the whote pitiful la e
w'iil have a happy ending, for it is prae
tieal y certain that the derision will be
reversed, and that Copt. Alfred Dreyfus
will realize (he dream which he has ex
pressed so beautifully in the fo lowing let
ter;
"The body may give way under such a
burden of grief, but the soul should re
main firm and valiant, to protest against
a lot that we have not deserved. When
my honor is given back to me, then only,
my good darling, we shall have the right.
tc withdraw from the field. We will live
for each other, far from the noise of the
world; we will take refuge in our mutual
affection, in our love, grown still stronger
in these tragical events. We will sustain
each other, that we may bind up the
wounds of our hearts; we will live in our
children, to whom we will consecrate the
remainder of our days. We will try io
make them good, simple beings, strong in
body and mind. We will elevate their
fcouls so that they may always find in
them a refuge from the realities of life.
"May this day come soon, for we have
all paid our tribute of sufferings upon this
eaith! Courage, then, my darling: bo
strong and valiant; carry on your work
without weakness, with dignity, but with
the conviction of your rights, f am go
ing to lie down, to close my eyes and think
of you. Good night and a thousand
kisses,’*
THE f AHTKH COI’RT-NARTML.
Said That the President It A front to
Dlnjiose of the Cane.
From the New York Times.
Washington. July 11.—A report was cir
culated in the war department to-day to
(he effect that the President is about to
dispose of the long-deferred Carter case
by pardoning Carter or sending him to
prison. At the judge advocate general’s
office nothing was known of the origin of
the report, (he case having been out of
(lie hands of that office for many months.
But it is assorted that Attorney General
Griggs has had no better luck in finding
a reason for letting Carter go free than
was the case with ex-Senator Edmunds
and Wayne MacVeagh.
The prosecution has been n little behind
with information about this case ever
since the courtmartial began. Mr. Fox,
the counsel for Carter and for Gen. Alger,
had the charges against Carter in his pos
session long before they readied the court
ordered <o try them. The judge advocate
general will not verify the statement,
heard in -the department, that Mr. Fox.
who is a trusted adviser of the Secretary
of War, examined every papei in th< cast
before the prosecuting officers had a
chance to see it.
A friend of Gen. Alger remonstrated to
day against the suggestion that the secre
tary had kept Carter out of prision and on
full pay for a year after he had been sen
tenced to dismissal from the army, to pay
a fine, and to be imprisoned. This defend
er of the secretary insisted that it was the
President, and not the secretary, who had
stood between Carter and prison.
In spite of the reticence of the en
gineer office in this matter, it is known
that officers have advised the Secretary
of War that the statute of limitations
came between the government and the
contractors for the work in charge of
Carter, in June. 1899. and that in
other matters it begins to onerate in 19:11
The. engineer office will, it la understood’,
produce this record in case it is hereafter
sought to attribute to that office any neg
lect of duty to punish Carter as his offense
seemed to the courtmartial to deserve.
resilts ox thi: diamond.
St. Loulh Dent Brooklyn With Six
Huns in the Seventh.
Brooklyn, July 13.—St. Louis downed
Brooklyn to-day by a great rally in the
seventh, touching up Hughes for four hits,
which, with two bases on balls and a
brace of errors, let in six runs. The Su
perbus could do nothing with Powell. At
tendance 2,400. Score: R.H.E.
St. Txiuis ....0 001 0 0 ft 1 o—B 12 1
Brooklyn ....0 0030 0 00 o—2 7 2
Barteries—Powell and Criger; Hughes
andGrim - Hi. a,
Took Finn! Game From Giant..
~w York, July 13— Pittsburg won the
final game of the series from the Giants
to-day through the loose fielding of Sey
mour and Gettig. Altendanee 700. Score:
R.H.E.
Mew York ...0 0 M 0 0 0 3 2 o—s 12 7
Pittsburg ....0 0002040 3—9 15 2
Batteries—Seymour and Grady; Tanne
hifT and Bowerman.
Cleveland 1.0. t In Seventh.
Philadelphia, July 13.—T0-dav's game
was called at the end of the Cleveland's
seventh inning, owing to darkness. It
looked l.ke a shut out for the visitors up
to lhat inning, bul a fumble by Cooley
and two singles allowed them to score.
Attendance 2,500. Score: R.H.E.
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—l 3 0
Philadelphia 1 1 0 0 2 1 x—s 12 3
Batteries—Hughey and Schrecongost;
Frazer and McFarland.
Chicago Hit Lewis Hard.
Boston, July 13.—The Chicagos hit Lewis
hard in the first inning to-day, while Gar
vin, a young giant, who pitched his second
league game, kept the Champions from
bunching their hits, except in the seventh.
Attendance 3,300. Score: R.H.E.
Chicago 33 0 0 3 0 0 0 o—9 14 2
Boston, 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 o—4 11 1
Batteries—Garvin and Donahue; Lewis
and Bergen.
DAY’S SI'URT AT mtIGHTO9f.
Ivlllasliandra Easily Won the Wind
ed Foot Handicap.
New York, July 13.—The chief event on
to,dajfs card at Brighton Beach was
the Winged Foot handicap for 2-year-olds
at five furlongs, In which Killashandra
was the favorite and Vuicain second
choice. At the fall of the flag Killa
shandra took the lead and never relin
quished it, winning easily, with Prince
of Melbourne second. Vuicain got off
badly, as usual, and ran all the way
In the heaviest part of the track, while
the others went to the outside in the bet
ter going. Summaries:
First Race—One mile. Bannockburn, 7
to 5, won, with George Keene, 9 to 5 and
1 to 2, second, and Swiftmus, 13 to 5, third.
Time 1:42 3-5.
Second Race—Five and a half furlongs.
Prejudice, 5 to 2, won, with Lady I'ncas,
4rt to 1, and 10 to 1, second, and Flower
of Gold. 3 to 1, third. Time 1:09 1-6.
Third Race—One mile. Briar Sweet, 2
to 5, won, with Formero, 5 to 2 and 9 to
10, second, and Dr. Parker, 12 to J, third.
Time 1:42.
Fourth Race—Winged Foot, five fur
longs. Killashandra, 7 to 6, won, with
Prince of Melbourne, 3 to 1 and 9 to 10,
second, and Vuicain, 9 to 5. third. Time
1:01.
Fifth Race—One mile and a sixteenth.
Kirkwood, 1 to 2awon, with Diminutive,
l to 1 and 4 to 5, slcond, and Fast Black,
6 tu 1, third. Time 1:49 4-5.
Sixth Race —Seven furlongs. Intrusive,
5 to 2, won, with Glamour, 7 to 1 and a to
2, second, and Lady Lindsey, 5 to 1, third.
Time L3O 4-6,
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local and General News of Ships nn.l
Shipping.
The schooner Edward P. Avery has been
chartered for a cargo of lumber from Sa
vannah to New York, at private terms.
The steamer S. V. White, a small stern
wheel vessel, arrived here yesterday from
St. Augustine. She is in command of
Capt. Wood, an old coastwise pilot. It is
reported lhat the boat is for sale or lease.
She will proceed to Charleston.
The British steamship Miramar was
cleared yesterday for Barcelona and Ge
noa by Barnard & Cos. This will prob
ably be the last cargo of cotton shipped
foreign from the port during the season
of 1898-99. In addition to 5,3uu bales of cot
ton shipped to Barcelona, there were 28
bales of cotton and 1,492 tons of old Iron
rails and axles for Genoa.
Chief Engineer Lawless did not go to
Florida with his family, as stated yester
day. He is still on the deck of ihe Clif
ton, with very little prospects of a va
cation during the busy summer season.
The Philadelphia Record says: “The
naplftha launch Seamen's Mission has
made its first appearance among Phil
adelphia shipping. The object of the new
vessel, which is under the control of the
Episcopal Church, is to assist and in every
way help the many sailors who visit Phil
adelphia. Those in need of boarding
houses or medical treatment will be look
ed after, and those on vessels anchored
in the river who desire to'attend religious
services on Sunday will have means pro
vided to get ashore.
One of the swiftest and handsomest
built steamers on the coast, the Chester
W. Chapin, was launched by the Maryland
Steel Company at Sparrows Point Tues
day. She will run between New York and
New Haven, Conn., and is ap enlarged
and improved Richard Peck, of New York
sound fame. She is to make twenty-two
miles an hour, and carry about 300 pas
sengers.
Prominent men engaged in shipping
business at New York have prepared a
unique gift for presentation to Admiral
George Dewey on his arrival in that city.
It is to be a mammoth album, containing
assorted clippings from the principal news
papers and publications that have men
tioned Admiral Dewey since last May, so
arranged that they give a complete his
tory of the part that Dewey took in the
war.
Passengers by steamship Kansas City,
from New York, July ll—O. A. Ford, S.
J. Elder and wife. Miss H. B. Couch, Miss
L Felker, Rev. W. F. Watkins, E. S. Bar
ton, T. O. Lawton, W. P. Logan, W. J.
Walker, F. Mead, H. L. Montgomery,
Mrs. C. W. Lyon, J. N. Goddard, Mrs.
A. S. Hook, Miss H. Johnson, J. E.
Mcßride, H. B. Harris, J. P. Jordan, wife
and three children, Mrs. G. T. Miller and
daughter, Claude Miller and brother, J.
J. Jay and wife, Miss E. Hale, J. 11. Hale,
C. L. Myers, Miss Mcßae. Miss M. Apaia
and sister, E. A. Anglers, wife and iwo
daughters, E. C. Speer, E. H. Quo, Kate
Waters, Lulu Towels, A. Ferrare, N.
Larkin, Mary Roche.
Savannah Almanac.
Sun rises 4:58 and sets 7:02.
High water at Tybee to-day at 11:49 a.
m. and 11:55 p. m. High water at Savaji
nah one hour later.
Phases of the Moon for July.
New moon, 7th, 2 hours and 53 minutes,
evening; first quarter, loth, 6 hours and 20
minutes, evening; full moon, 22d, 4 hours
and 3 minutes, evening; last quarter, 29th,
11 hours and 6 minutes, evening.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Steamship Kansas City, Fisher, New
York —Ocean Steamship Company.
Schooner Anna R. Bishop, Farnham,
New York—C. W. Howard & Cos.
Steamer S. V. White, Wood, St. Au
gustine-Master.
Vessel* Cleared Yesterday.
Steamship Miramar (Hr), White, Barce
lona and Genoa—Barnard & Cos.
Bark La Mariuccia (Ital), Lubrano, Ven
ice—Straehan & Cos.
Bark Admiral Tegetthoff (Ger), Voss,
Stettin—Dahl & Andersen,
Schooner Sedgwick, Hagerthy, Boston-
Master.
Vessels Went to Sea.
Steamship Chattahoochee, Boston.
Bark Feliclna Ferrari (Ital), Buenos Ay
res.
Bark Elsa (Swd), Brunswick.
Schooner S. P. Hitchcock, Perth Amboy.
Schooner William Neeley, New York.
Schooner Charlts M. Patterson, Piilladel
phia.
Schooner Sedgwick, Boston.
MiipptiiK Memoranda.
Fernandina, Fla., July 18.—Entered
steamer George L. Colwell, Gaskill, New
York.
Cleared, steamers Crewe (Fir), Robinson
Hamburg; Butnbridge (Br), Barnard, Me
mel via Norfolk; schooners Stephen 0,
I-. Lord, Pierson, Boston; Gladstone (Br)'
Milbarry, St. Vincent, B. W. I.
Sailed, sohooner Gertrude D. Trundy,
1 Dodge, Providence, R. I.
Ki-y West, July 13.—Arrived, steamers
Lampasas, Young, New York, and sail 1
for Galveston; Miami, Delano, Miami, and
sailed for Havana.
Georgetown. S. C., July 33.—Sailed,
steamer George W. Clyde. Robinson, New
York, via Wilmington; schooners Gold, a
Bull, Gibbs, Now York; Eva A. Danan
hower, Johnson, Brooklyn.
Charleston, S. C-, July 13.—Arrived,
steamers Navahoe, Staples, Boston, pro
ceeded to Brunswick: Iroquois, Kemble,
New York, proceeded to Jacksonvi l ;
schooner Goorgetltt Lawrence, Rollent,
New York.
Sailed, steamer Homewood (Br), How
land, Port Royal.
Apalachicola, Fla., July 13.—Entered,
bark* Ranvola (Nor), Edwatsen, Dover.
Cleared tind sailed, schooner Wi!lk| 11.
Childs, Giles, Boston.
Port Tampa, Fla,, July 13.—Arrived,
steamer Mascotte, Miner, Havana, via
Key West.
Sailed, steamers Olivette, Smith, Ha
vana, via Key West; Faniia, Hansen, Hu.
I vana.
| Venice, July 10.—Arrived, steamer Ain.
i wick, Pensacola.
I Ghent, July 10.—Arrived, Chnivon (Br),
! Fernandina.
Rotterdam, July 10.—Arrived, steamer
Maria (Br), Galveston, via Norfolk.
Philadelphia, July 13.—Arrived, schoon
ers James W. Fitch, Port Tampa; Three
Marys, Fernandina; James G. Beecher,
Brunswick.
Pensacola. Fla., July 13.—Arrived,
steamship Trojan (Br). Thorkeldsen. New
lm; schooner Wesley S. Sikes, Mobile.
Sailed, steamships Doango (Br), Chap
man, Rotterdam; Storfund (Nor), Eske
land, Hamburg.
Cleared, steamships Doango (Br), Chap
man, Rotterdam; Storfund (Nor), Eskc
land, Hamburg; Comino (Br), Randle, Liv
erpool; barks Agostmo Repetto (Ital),
Massa, Genoa; Amelia (Rus), Jarvilino,
Valencia; schooner Donna Christina, Ax
elson, Washington.
Notice to Mariners.
Pilot charts and al! hydrographic infor
mation will be furnished masters of ves
sels free of charge in United States hy
drographic office in custom house. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
lor transmission to the navy department.
Coastwise Exports.
Per steamship Chattahoochee, for Bos
ton— 31 bales cotton, 99 bales dotnoslios,
6.272 slaves, 2,601 bbls rosin, 3SI bbls spir
its turpentine, 152,799 feet lumber, 5 bbls
pitch, 19,763 melons, 27 hales wool, 4 bbls
fruit, 3 boxes fruit, 273 crates vegetables,
147 tons pig iron, 2 carloads iron pipe, 3
cases cigars, 5 bales batting, 161 pkgs
mdse.
Per schooner Sedgwick, for Boston-425,.
006 feet pitch pine lumber—Cargo by South
ern Pine Company.
Foreign Exports.
Per British steamship Miramar, for Bar
celona—s,3oo bales cotton, valued at SI6S.-
C 69. For Genoa—2B bales cotton, valued at
$760, and 1,492 tons old rails and axles, val
ued at $26,867.
Per German bark Admiral Tegetthoff,
for Stettin—4,33s bbls rosin, valued at $l2 -
000, and 1,175 bbls rosin oil, valued at $5,500
—Cargo by S. P. Shatter Cos.
Per Italian bark La Mariuccia, for Ven
ice—3,27s bbls rosin, valued at sB,B6S—Car
go by Paterson, Downing & Cos.
Receipts at Railroads.
Per Central of Georgia Railway, July
13—8 cars melons, 25 cars Iron. 161 pk—4
mdse, 172 bales domestics, 630 bbls rosin,
250 casks spirits, 39 cars lumber, 1 car ce
ment, 1 car wood.
ACCIDENT AT A SAW MILL
Pulley Flew Off and Fraetnreil R. 1*
Powell's Skull.
Jasper, Fla., July 13.—At Mr. John High'S
saw-mill on Tuesday night the governor
of the engine flew off, whereupon the en
gine ran away, tearing loose a pulley and
throwing it several yards to where Nr.
R. G. Powell of Jasper was standing
a pile of lumber. It struck Mr. Pow and
on the back part of his head and knocked
him senseless. Only ofter strenuous *
forts did he partially recover conscious
ness. .
I)r. T. P. Allred fortunately was on
ground, and did all that medical *
could do. Dr. Allred says that the sKui
Is fractured, and that Mr. Powell os
much blood. There is no hope for hi?
covery. _
There will be an exciting game of oa -
ball here In a few days between the i >
and leans. None of either nine have e
played a game. Then the old nen of
and upwards will challenge the winner .
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