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JIACOU, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 18G9.
jfacon and Angnsfa Railroad.
Ojjonrfocrthpago willbefoundveryimportant
w>edings by the City Council of Augusta upon
'' mfltter of the speedy completion of the 31a-
[t j Angusta Railroad. The Council after
^oflcwhat protracted discussion upon the con-
^on and prospects of the road, agreed to notify
“ 1 ,_ e King 411111 4116 will approve
of $.'>00,000 in bonds by the Maoonand
1a Iaa hit iflA ^ 11V*
w*
.. tA Eailroad, to be endorsed by the City
of Macon, the Georgia Eailroad, the
j. Council of Augusta, and the South Carolina
j,2ro»i
Driving the Last Sail.
... ^tbering at Promontory Point, where
-pjte in the Pacific Railway was driven,
^ K j a bout three thousand persons, includ-
ladies and a large delegation of 3Ior-
®=„. -phe last rails were adjusted by high of-
fjja in other railroad companies and the laurel
. ffas piaced in position by the superintend*
" , ,.f construction. The last spike was then
frren in by President Stanford, of the Central,
Vice President Durant, of the UnionPacifie
fjilroad. The fire 4 stroke of the hammer, by
, rfectrical arrangement, fired off a battery at
jj, Francisco and set nil the bells ringing. -
Xhe Vot Webt Railroad.—In the Georgia
Euiroad Convention, at Augusta, Major Mark
Cooper made a few remarks relative to the
completion of the CartersviUe and Van Wert
Btilroai He said that the road would be corn-
•deted by the first day of January, through the
Vj 0 f y.irthern capital; that all the stock was
not a dollar was wanted for this en-
ninsc. and he merely desired that this con
tention. wbiph was recognized North, South,
jAst. and West, as the leading Eailroad Con-
uatien- should give an expression of their
feeling in regard to this new road.
Jlr. Cooper then offered the following reso
lution, which was passed unanimously:
Resolved. That we desire the President and
Doctors of the Georgia Eailroad to give
woapt and liberal encouragement to the suc-
L, of the CartersviUe and Van Wert Eailroad,
£ f r.eh manner as they may deem expedient
ul proper.
Hut to Hilt.—Havens & Brown have just
Uftired “Hilt to HUt; or, Days and Nights on
*0 Banks of tho Shenandoah, in the Autumn of
1>61.” by John Esten Cooke.
He author has, in the present volume, pre
tested to the reader a brief and fierce episode in
tit strange life of the Virginia border in the
Ktamn of ISiH, and in the scenes which he de
picts are many curious incidents and remarkat-
p. personages encountered; but we are as-
sned that whatever seems strangest in the book
b substantially, when not literally, true, which
fill lend to the volume somewhat of a historic
In the story before us Mr. Cooke has fully
esublished his right to take rank among the
wrongest of onr authors of modem American
romance. His style is vigorous, his characters
«H drawn, and the present story abounds in in
cident and adventure sufficient for two ordinary
forks of fiction.
For sale by Havens & Brown, Macon and En-
finla.
AajomL of Timmoney.—We learn that, as
the train left Atlanta Saturday morning, it was
anuonnced that the jnry had brought in a ver
dict of cot guilty in the case of the State vs. 31c-
Bwron Timmoney, indicted for the murder of
G C Richardson, a so-called delegate of the
Georgia Constitutional Convention from Bald-
fia county, but hailing from Skowhegan, in the
Sate of Maine. Timmoney was an officer in
lie Freedmens Bureau and also agent for col-
ktting and burying the remains of the Federal
toldiers in North Georgia. The bomicide, it
will be recollected, occurred in February, 1SG8,
fcring the session of the Convention. Since
tie examining trial Timmoney has been out on
tail, practising law in 3Iarietta.
Foreign Immigration.—The immigration of
tie year has commenced anspicionsly. Last
itarsdaysaw 1,561 immigrants from B re man
tad Copenhagen landed at New York, and both
of these ports and Liverpool made other heavy
contributions for the rest of the week, aggrega
ting about 5,000. This is an enormous influx
tt a single port for this season of the year.
The departures from Europe do not usually be
gin to any amount until the middle or close of
the current month. The Philadelphia Gazette
says it is stated that the arrivals now are princi
pally bound to Virginia and other Southern
Tm: Caterpillar Sensation.—The Savannah
Bepnbliean says the South Georgia and Florida
planters are all alive just nowon the subject of
the cotton caterpillar, and that minute but de
structive insect is making no little noise in tbe
papers. All Thomasville was electrified some
<kys ago by a single specimen and the cotton
plant that he fed upon, brought into town by an
enterprising planter. Some doubted its genu
ineness, and a darMe thought if it was not the
genuine “worrum," ’twas at least “he fus
cousin.”
are inclined to the opinion that much of
eh- present excitement arises from apprehen
ds based on the sad experience of the last
‘ Ia years. Are our planting friends snre that a
such worms are not to be found in the crop
*’*’? year ?
•'rw Africa.—Settlements of vagrant negroes
jf r re P°*ted in parts of East Florida, who are
losing the modicum of civilization acquired
^ shveryand lapsing into mere barbarism.—
•> tiers the gushing Miss Anna can find the
"'f 4 sons and daughters of Africa, in - the
-^wtic simplicity and loveliness of nature.
t , '• David Lewis, the Secretary of the State
-^•‘cultural Society, informs the Atlanta Intel-
-£-cer that the report made to him of the
. ****03 members of the Clarke County Ag-
jdiial Society was by Gov. Lumpkin, as the
of tho Society, with bis own hand and
*7 "° wonder that a man with such a sonl
: : > .ii. at near ninety years, defy the
(■‘yisof timo and old age. What a lesson to
~ “ggsrfis, what an example to our youth.
, &t *Oxo<
^ — of those enormous grain freights on
Eailroad, a friend tells us that a
j. ^of them are through freights of East
r T; ; e grain to be shipped: at Charleston,
‘■"•’t'true, allies tho case.
Courier.—Eev. J. B. McGehee
Aj Stri J a * bow as Associate Editor, in the
- Courier of the 14th instant.
4 ^f^ Sl ' 0 . E11 ra Columbus.—The Sun says a
tain storm passed over the city late
.^-^y night. The hail pattered loudly on
-na window panes. For a short time the
ft*?. ,. frnously and lightning and thunder
14 to i> Tera ani ^ r3 P*^* 4110 city we can hear
■ttoi ^ e " 84orm appeared to be heaT-
..“•tbeastof Columbus. Yesterday rain fell
j 1 ™ 8 * 41le atmosphere turned cooler.
i; dtLr> rtl16 Jras been very unsettled,
season very unfavorable to crops.
^ ^ Tenn *) PoBt “J 8 *• Doctor A. O.
^ of : uc
cite 8 to tv. county, Tennessee, communi-
ease of * Medical Journal, at Louisville, the
Who is now thirty-four years
SU ^ 016 “other of twenty-three children.
SiecS 611 ' 63 / 1 She had six
WtaomhTj’T* 1133twin8£ 0Tentimes; and
had triplets.
The Basin ess and Financial Pros
pects.
The Washington correspondent of the Charles
ton Courier, takes a gloomy view of the finan
cial and business prospects of the country at
large, in a letter written on the 11th instant.
We are fearful there is too much reason to agree
with him. The fact is, no people sustain
the burden of taxation imposed upon the Amer
icans, except at the sacrifice of all luxury and
by the practice of the most rigid economy.
Any one will see this if he wiU accept the
statement of commissioner Wells, that living is
ninety per cent higher than before tho war. We
believe that statement to be true. Now add to
family andpersonal expenses a sum total of taxa
tion which is abstracting from ten to twenty-five
per cent, of your annual income, and how many
of the people are in the enjoyment of an income
sufficient to meet these demands? How many
of onr people, in other words, have more than
doubled theincomo they enjoyed before the war?
Very few indeed. The great mass are compeUed
to deny themselves manyof the comforts andlux-
nries they enjoyedbefore tbe war, or goto ruin;
and this is the reason why goods accumulate and
trade is scanty in the great business cities. The
people cannot afford to clothe themselves as
well or eat as good food as they once did.
True, there is a surface display of flaunt,
style, and extravagance; but it is very super
ficial—it is confined to comparatively few. Tho
iron hand of debt and taxation grasps the many,
and, in spite of aU their efforts, is gradually
reducing them to poverty and distress. The
leech of an exorbitant and oppressive taxation
will graduaUy but surely suck the life-blood and
spirit out of any people. Tho Courier corres
pondent says:
The increase of the public debt, notwith
standing the burdensome system of taxation,
begins to alarm the public mind. Is there to
be no relief from the intolerable enrden ? This
is a question that presses for an answer. Every
where industry is paralyzed. People are be
coming disheartened. Their earnings are
absorbed by taxes for the support of the gov
ernment, and for paying the interest on the
increasing amount of our public debt. Gold
rises, and tho price of living is not reduced,
though it was, a year ago—according to the
statement of Mr. Wells, the Eevenue Com
missioner—ninety per cent, higher than it was
before the war.
When Mr. Sprague brought to the notice of
the Senate the fact that industry is depressed,
and labor unemployed, half a dozen speeches
were made, in succession, in attempted refuta
tion of tbe assertion. A Senator from Oregon,
Mr. Williams, stated that in his State laborers
received in wages three dollars a day in gold.
This was considered by the Senate as a trium
phant refutation of Mr. Sprague’s statement,
though, in fact, it only went to prove that in Or
egon labor was scarce, and provisions dear. So,
on tbe Western plains, twenty-five cent3 in spe
cie, is tbe price of a enp of water—showing that
water is scarce. It is not a proof of the public
prosperity.
Tbe experience of tbe Spring trade is that the
people cannot consume domestic and foreign
fabrics, and pay taxes also. The fall trade will
be worse-worse by reason of accumulated stocks
of imported goods, and general scarcity of the
means to purchase, and an increasing distrust of
the future. Mr. A. T. Stewart has had the sa
gacity to foresee, and the frankness to 6tate
facts which conclusively show that a very large
proportion of the merchants in New York must
fail and be bankrupt next falL . His views cor
roborate those that have been expressed by
Senator Sprague.
Tlie American Anti-Slavery Society.
Among the “Anniversaries” in New York last
week, figures that of tbe American Anti-slavery
Society, with the amiable Philips in the chair,
and Fred Douglass, Cora Hatch, Senators Wil
son and Stewart, Eev. Mrs Brown Blackwell,
Lucy Stone and “Hon. J. M. Sims, of Georgia,”
on the Platform. Sims said:
His people vrere still suffering and being shot
down in Georgia. He could name over fifty
colored men that had been killed since the ex
pulsion of the colored members from the Geor
gia Legislature. He went on in rather a wan
dering manner to speak of various subjects, and
wound np by saying that be was a candidate for
the postmasteTship of the Savannah Postoffice,
but that he would accept any appointment, no
matter how exalted or humble it might be.
If Sims had only descended to particulars it
would have puzzled him to have made out his
list of fifty killed, and he would have been com
pelled to show a considerable nnmber slain by
men of their own color. Tbe resolutions were
chiefly aimed at the “unchristian prejudice
against color,” and Philips said:
He would not feel his work done tiUbe saw
his friend Harris (colored) representing the gov
ernment at St. James, and tho red man represen
ted by bis own race and blood under either dome
of the national Capitol. He should never feel
Vii<s -work and his epoch finished till he saw a
people on the western slope of the Pacific who
believed in democratic institutions so intelli
gent and courageous that they will not even
dream of putting in tbe statute-book a clause
against tbe colored man.
From Webster Comity.
Westox, May 11, 1869.
Editors Telegraph: The prospects of the
farmers in this section are somewhat flattering,
at present, though within the last ten days the
cotton has died out rapidly, but os we are now
having hot sunshine and wanner nights, it is
hoped that the cotton will improve, and there
wiU yet be a stand left. There is a good' stand
of com which looks welL The prospects for
wheat are pretty good, also the potato and cane
crops at present are very promising. Freedmen
are doing better than common. 31. D.
Savannah and Charleston Eailroad.—Tbe
Courier says that steps have been taken for the
early reopening of this road. A contract has
been perfected with Messrs. Wm. H. McDowell
and Daniel C. Callahan for the entire rebuilding
of the road from its present terminus on the
Coosawhatchio river to the city of Savannah.
The contract includes the bridging over the Sa
vannah river, and the erection of other neces
sary bridges along tho route of the road; the
contractors to furnish all the rails, chairs,
spikes, and the ironwork necessary for the con
struction of the work.
Cotton “Foesis.”—The Quitman Banner of
the 13th says: Mr. B. E. Eenfrow was in our
office on "Wednesday, and informed, us that his
cotton was looking remarkably well, and on a
recent examination he discovered “forms” in
abundance. This is much better than we ex
pected; for the recent cold nights have had a
tendency to retard the growth of cotton.
The Memphis Convention—Memphis, May
13.—Extensive preparations are being made for
the Commercial Convention on the 18th instant.
All the steamboats and railroads will pass del
egates free, and visitors at half fare. A large
number of rooms at tbe principal hotels have
already been secured.
A "Western paper commenting upon the fact
that President Grant has been presented with a
pair of fine horses, remarks that he has accepted
the present with a view of making this a stable
government.
Suites of Booms are a favorite method of ho
tel life. The American House, Boston, has a
large number of such, which may be secured by
post or telegraph, by families travelling.
Tee Air-Line Eailroad.—"We learn from the
Athens Watchman that the above road will soon
_ under contract from Atlanta to Gainsville, a
distance of about sixty miles.
be
Ceief Justice Chase has ruled that the gov
ernment cannot collect income tax from foreign-
who hold our bonds, and that what has been
From Texas.
Enforcement of the Iron-chid Oath—Scarcity of
Officials—Horse-steading Checked by a String
—Constitutional Election—Jack Hamilton to
be Governor—Crops and Freedmen.
Correspondence of the Telegraph.]
Bichmond, Texas, May 12, 1869.
In consequence of a painful rising on my
right hand, my correspondence has fallen off
for a month or more. I hope I shall not get so
far behind again soon.
A late military order, from “these Headquar
ters,” vacated all the civil offices in the State,
on the 30th ultimo, the incumbents of which
could not take the iron-clad. As very few could
do this, most of the counties found themselves
without a single civil officer on the 1st instant.
Tho worst of it is, few counties in the State can
find competent men who can take the oath. It
is only in counties containing cities of consider
able size that suitable incumbents can be found,
and they are mostly foreigners or carpet-bag
gers, who find it a hard matter to give bond.
Imagine a State, four or five times as large as
Georgia, with less than a tenth of its quota of
civil officers, embracing the most heterogene
ous population to be found anywhere, and you
can draw an indistinct picture of the gigantic
proportions of the discord that is stalking un
checked over the land. “Let ns have peace.”
Every man can repeat the invocation with sin
cerity. Pass the word up to Grant. Tell him we
endorse, repeat and re-echo the noble sentiment,
not feebly and with vague mental reserrations,
but with all the strength, sincerity and unction
with which some people, whose piety at times
takes a lively turn, utter the solemn dissyllable,
amen, to a good prayer. Bat they say Grant
never" reads the papers. That is a pity. His
friends ought to persuade him to change that
part of his habits. He ought to search the pa
pers daily. In them he will find a pretty cor
rect panorama of current events.
Last week a horse thief was arrested in this
place, if not red-handed, certainly full-handed,
for he had four or five stolen horses in his pos
session. There was no sheriff or jailor in the
county (Fort Bend) to take charge of him. He
was placed temporarily in the jail by the parties
who arrested him; but a night or two after
wards be wa3 taken from thence by two men in
masks, andhanged on the iron bridge that partly
spans the Brazos. The watchman at the bridge
did not know whether the men were white or
black, though it is as likely to be the latter as
the former, for twoof the stolen horses belonged
to negroes, and they were greatly incensed at
the thief when arrested. This is some of tho
fruits of trying to run a State without civil offi
cers. Let the schedule be changed at once. •
There is no telling when the election on the
Constitution will be ordered. Time enough, it
is to be hoped, to be represented at tbe regular
session of Congress. There is little doubt but
the Constitution will be ratified, though extreme
Radicals will oppose it, as well as extreme Con
servatives, if the words extreme and conserva
tive be not an incompatible mingling of words.
Present indications are that Jack Hamilton
will be elected Governor. Every cross road
has its great man, and a good many of these
cross roads are urging their favorite as the man
to be run for Lieutenant Governor, on the tick
et with “Colossal” Jack, as the friends of Ex-
President Johnson’s appointee persist in calling
Ex-Govemor Hamilton.
In fact, some men ore urged for Lieutenant
Governor who live where there is no road at
all, much less a cross road.
Crops are looking well, considering the late
ness of the season, and are in better condition
than I have ever seen them at the same period
since emancipation. Freedmen are working
much better than they ever worked before since
freedom. They seem much more cheerful and
happy, too, than they have heretofore appeared
to be in their new status.
Is this owing to the abolition of that delecta
ble piece of furniture, the Bureau? I must
think it is. Sambo can understand a plain, sim-
contract, but when it was jumbled np with or
ders and counter orders, it was a little too much
for him. He could not comprehend it. He is
not much to blame for this. Some of the clearest
intellects in the State failed to do the same thing.
I hardly think tho agents themselves have a
clear conception of what they would be driving
at half tbe time they were issuing orders.
The best evidence in the world of the law
abiding spirit of tbe good people of Georgia,
is to be found in the fact that that incendiary
sheet at Macon, from which I have seen a few
extracts, is allowed to exist. Your people are
not only law abiding, they are more. They are
long suffering. "We have several radical sheets
here, but none of them have yet exhibited the
temerity of the Macon man. It is to be hoped
that they will not try his role. It might disagree
with them. Par Fois.
The Triple Alliance in Washington.
The Courier-Journal publishes the following
dispatch:
Washington, May 12.—The cable telegram
from London, that initial steps have been taken
for an alliance, offensive and defensive, against
the "United States, caused a profound sensation
here to-day, and, while the information had no
official character, there seemed to be a general
impression that the news was true. The pre
text alleged in tho cable telegram was accepted
generally as plausible. The President was sup
plied with a copy of the dispatch the moment it
reached Washington, and it was shown by him to
the members of the Cabinet. Some of tbe lat
ter looked upon it as a little sensational, and in
tended to affect the stock market, while others
thought that an official inquiry should be made.
Nothing having been received from the Lega
tion in London, dispatches were sent to-night
inquiring into tho truth of the reported triple
alliance. The administration is nervons.
It is worthy of notice that no contradiction of
the statement has yet appeared, although it is
stated that such inquires were directed to be set
on foot
Cuba Recognition.
Gen. Banks gave the State Department “a
piece of his mind,” last week about their delay
to recognize Cnba. The Herald says:
Banks is said to have come out hot and heavy
yesterday at the State Department about Cuban
recognition. Tired of the delay in according
beligerent rights, he went ont to the Diplomatic
College to urge prompt and immediate action,
and in an interview with Secretary Fish is rep
resented as having talked quite bluntly and
firmly concerning the ruinous policy of further
procrastination. To "use the term in which the
information was conveyedto your correspondent,
“the General gave them (Fish & Co.) a regular
blowing up.” The General looked to-day as if
his mind had been considerably relieved of its
pent np ardor, and it now remains to be seen
whether the interview will be productive of ben
eficial results.
Mr. Creswell’sEepresentatxve in Valdosta.
—The Yaldosto Times says that the negro Enos,
who has been appointed Postmaster at Valdosta,
in Lowndes county, could not give a bond
worth a brass farthing in that community.
He has been here a short time teaching a
colored school and hnils from Pennsylvania we
believe. In the brief time he has been here he
has already narrowly escaped tbe clutches of
law for alleged indecencies.
A Card.
In the American Union, a scorrilious sheet
published at Macon, Ga., I am made to appear
as a passenger on the train from Macon to
Atlanta in company with Father Byan, and one
J. H. Foy. • That ■ the trio were Catholics, etc.
I take this opportunity of stating that I never
had the pleasure of Father Byan's company
from Macon to Atlanta, and I further state
that the man Foy was not a Catholic. I brand
the author of the above, as it appeared in the
Union of the 14th, as a malicious falsifier. I
think it can be shown to the satisfaction of Bad-
icals, as well as Democrats, at the next session
of the Superior Court of Bibb comity, that
Swayze is not only a liar, but an incendiary, and
a willful perjurer. James Fitzpatrick.
Culled irom llie Athens Watchman.
A negro man by the name of Thos. Colt, liv
ing on a rented plantation below Poullain’s
Factory, one day last week, killed a negro boy
that he had employed, and then cut him up in
pork style.' The body, or rather pieces of it,
was found buried near by. The murderer was
suspected, and sufficient evidence was elicited
to convict him.
Mining operations in the up-conntry are not,
perhaps, as general as might be desired. Some
companies are mining on a large scale in Lump
kin, we learn, but not so many as formerly.
The most successful mining we heaTS of while
up the country is now going on in White coun
ty. Large nuggets of pure gold are frequent
ly found, and the prospect of future operations
is considered quite encouraging. We_ regret
that we did not havo time to visit the mines.
"We were shown the other day, by Mr. Fain,
of "White county, a sample of pure copper, in
termixed with pure silver, found in a mine in
Cherokee county, N. C. It was found imbeded
in solid rock. "We learn there ore plenty more
of the “same sort” where that came from.
Tee bincinnati Commercial has some lively
items, as, for illustration:
An Irishman, named John Breslin, received
a “dress suit” at the hands of Eev. E. Kimber,
on Tuesday. Breslin had persisted in following
Mr. E., and abusing him in epithets unfit for
publication. Finally, be said he could whip
any G—d d—d Methodist in Urbana.” "Where
upon Mr. Kimber very coolly replied, “I have
not fought for many years, and am an old man,
but I cannot stand this any longer, and must
lay my religion aside,” and struck the fellow
two blows, which felled him to tbe ground. He
then punished him very severely, as he ought
to have done. We are glad Mr. Kimber has
taken the initiative in self-protection.
Bob Eogers piped a short tenor solo for us
very nicely. His boots were polished past all
belief, and bis breeches were so tight he had to
stamp vigorously to get them down when he
stood np to sing. He should have taken John
Burnett’s plan, which is not to sit at all J. B,
has, by accurate measurement, the smallest legs
in the city. I used to feel seriously alarmed
for the safety of his body when he skated, for
his supports, if broken, would have been so
sharp. He is reported never /to sit down, lest
he should make knees in his trowsers ; when he
is very tired, which is most of the time, he leans
like a'stick in the corner.
The New York "World of the 11th, is responsi
ble for tbe following:
The Atlanta (Georgia) Tribune conveys the
melancholy intelligence of “continued outrages
by prowling bands of Eu-Klux on Eepublicans,
both white and black,” and adds: “To bean
avowed Bepnbliean in this county is a sure pass
port to death or violent outrage.” "Which re
minds us, as the late Mr. Lincoln would say, of
the little story about a Londoner who went to
Dr. Abemethy with “Oh! doctor, whenever I
raise my arm in this way it nearly kills me.”
To which the blunt doctor replied, “Well, what
a d— fool yon must be to do it it, then.” In
like manner, where it is snre death to be an
“avowed Bepnbliean,” we should suppose that
people of ordinary common sense would exer
cise some discretion in the matter of avowal
A Poser.—A calm, blue-eyed, self-composed
and self-possessed young lady, down east, re
ceived a long call the other day from a prying
old spinster, who, after prolonging her stay be
yond even her own conception of the young
lady’s endurance, came to the main question
which had brought her hither: “I’vebeenasked
a good many times if you was engaged to Dr.
C . Now, if foils inquire again whether
you be or not, what shall I tell ’em I think?”
’“Tell ’em,” answered the young lady, fixing her
calm blue eyes in unblushing steadiness upon
the inquisitive features of her interrogator, “tell
them that you tluuk you don’t know, and that
you are sure its none of your business I”
From Pulaski County.—The Hawkinsvillo
Dispatch of "Wednesday says:
Owing to tbe late cool weather, we are sorry
we are unable to speak favorably of the grow
ing crops. Com is looking tolerably well, but
is quite backward, the most forward we have
heard of not being over knee high. Cotton has
almost ceased to grow, and is dying rapidly in
many places. If we can have a good rain occa
sionally, and warm weather from this out, we
will still hope for a good crop year.
"We are now experiencing warm days and cool
nights, which does not tend to good health. The
thermometer in our office was at 70 at 7 o’clock
yesterday morning, and by 3 o’clock in the after
noon, it had reached 82.
Personal.—We had the pleasure, yesterday,
of an interview with B. F. Bruton, President,
and N. K. Bamnm, one of the Directors of the
Bainbridge, Cuthbert and Columbus Eailroad.
They report over $200,000 subscribed to tbe
enterprise, and the popular curret running
strongly in favor of the road.
Early steps will bo taken to surrey and locate
the line of route which "is still an open ques
tion. We will keep our readers fully advised in
the premises.—Cuthbert Appeal, 13th.
The Chicago Bepnbliean follows tbe Chicago
Tribune in denouncing Grant’s administration,
which, it says, “is imperilled by a set of polit
ical harpies.” ‘'The wisest men of the party,”
adds the Bepnbliean, “look upon tho political
situation with the most painful and anxious so
licitude,” predict shipwreck under tho present
management, and all sorts of disasters. This
from prominent, loyal, Eadical journals in Illi
nois.
Brick Pomebot is getting desperate on ac
count of his rejection by the Hoffman party in
New York. He writes to his managing editor,
Lambert, in a letter full of blow and bluster :
“Nevermind whether it pays or not. Pay
no attention to patronage. Listen to the ad
vice of none, except they be Democrats who
dare be such at all times. Go right straight on
with the fight in defence of principle. Bank
rupt me, if necessary, and when every dollar I
have shall be lost, and we can no longer publish
a newspaper, thank Goa we can, shoulder, a
spade, and cam a'dollar a day working on some
railroad. ■ — : T i
A Washington dispatch, speaking of the
eight-hour law, says:“The Eepublicans are
terribly alarmed and very much provoked with
Hoar and Boric for creating such a breeze
about their ears. They say that ths working
men will desert the party, and, as a conse
quence, defeat it at the coming election.”
collected must be refunded.
Geau’s German Opera is to be in Atlanta this
1 week.
Trego’s Teabxrby Toothwash.—This is a new,
and said to be very superior dentifrice, perfectly
free from all injurious substances, as tested by able
and competent chemists. It is endorsed by dentists
and physicians as a great tooth preservative and
cleanser, and is warranted. For sale in this city by
J. H. ZeilinA Co., Druggists. Eefer to the adver
tisement elsewhere in this paper.
United States vs. C. J. McRae.
This case, which has been pending in the
Chancery Court" of England for a year or two,
has just been decided adversely to the United
States. McBae was the financial agent of the
Confederate States during the war, and at the
close of the contest,held in his possession funds
belonging to the government he represented.
He declined to deliver np the moneys in his
possession, and the United States instituted
suit for their recovery. After lengthy and ex
pensive litigation, the case has just been deter
mined in favor of McEne.
The gronnd of the Chancellor's decision is
this: that the United States failed to show in
what character they claimed the funds in Mc-
Eae’s hands, whether by original right in the
United States, or as successor to the dc facto
Government of the Confederate States. If the
United States had Claimed as successor to. the
government of the Confederate States,
then they would have put themselves in a judi
cial proceeding as a litigant in that character,
and might thereafter have been held responsi
ble, as such successor, for the debts of the Con
federate Government to the extent of the assets
received, by virtue of that succession, from all
sources since the conclusion of the war. But,
if the United States had claimed in any charac
ter it must have been as successor, for the facts,
as a matter of course, would have shown that
the United States did not possess any original
title to the funds in controversy. They, there
fore, sloshed (if we may use the expression,) into
the case, in a general sort of way, and lost the
Buit.—Montgomery Advertiser. ‘ . , * ’ j
THE TRUE
FOUNTAIN OF HEALTH.
Tbe Cold Sulphur Springs, Va.
The fashionable form of invitation to the soi
rees of ladies of the Soroso stripe runs as fol
lows: “Mrs. Jones: On the evening of "Wed
nesday your company is solicited, with that of
your selected attendant. Husbands admitted
during good behavior. (Signed) Mrs. Smithers.”
Two miles from the Goshen DEpoR of the Chesar
peake'and Ohio Eailroad; 34 miles west of Stanton;
60 miles from the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
and within an easy day’s journey of Baltimore, Md.,
Washington, D. C.{ and Bichmond and Lynchburg,
"Virginia. ■ .. .
NATURE'S REMEDY FOB CHB0NI0 DISEASES!
Medical Properties and Uses of the Water:
This water combines in a remarkable degree those
properties which render it a remedial agent of pecu
liar, perhaps of unequalled value for the eradication
of disease and the restoration of health.
The extraordinary cures which have been made
by it in many Chronic Diseases and in some cases
which seemed almost hopeless, justly entitle it to
rank with tho most famous Mineral Springs of Vir
ginia and the world. Indeed there is strong reason
to believe that in many of the most serious, unman
ageable and widely prevailing diseases that afflict
the human race, the Cold Sulphur Water is not only
the most safe, mild and pleasant, but also tho most
certain and effective remedy yet discovered.
Under its benign, revolutionizing and renovating
influences, many chronic maladies vanish like the
mists of the morning under tho unclouded rays of
the sun: tho ruddy glow of health revisits pallid
cheeks to which it had become a stranger; in many
cases animation, elasticity, energy and buoyancy su
persede the bodily languor, debility,irritation and dis
ease which had long reigned supreme in the system,
and cheerful spirits, the natural companions of vigo
rous health, take the place of that gloomy and mel
ancholy condition of the mind which is the legitimate
offspring of physical suffering.
This water presents the rare combination of Ape
rient, Diuretic, Diaphoretic, Alterative, Tonic and
and Eutrophic properties. Acting freely upon the
Bowels, Liver, Kidneys, and Skin, it thoroughly pu
rifles the biood, and eliminates from the system the
essential elements of disease; while it invigorates
the stomach; enriches the vital fluid; gives tone
and energjto the muscles and nerves; renovates
tho entire organism, and re-establishes health and
strength.
In Dyspepsia, Liver Disease, Bilious Complaints,
Costivenesi, General Debility, it is a remedy of un
surpassed utility and power.
Especially upon the STOMACH its influence is
prompt, decided and highly beneficial. It speedily
relieves heart-bum, increases the appetite and pro
motes digestion, so that as a general rule persons
using it cm oat with impunity, and that all-impor
tant organ which supplies strength and nutriment
to the whole system is 600n restored to a strictly
normal condition.
Being an efficient Aperient and laxative; it causes
a regular and healthy action of tho bowels, and is a
most admirable remedy in cases of habitual consti
pation.
As an anti-bilious remedy it is unsurpassed.
Over the functions of tho LiVEIt it exercises the
most powerful and salutary controL If the bile be
deficient in quantity, it actb as a direct stimulus to
the Liver, and surely though gradually forces the
secretion up to a healthy standard. And whether
the Liver he torpid and obstructed as in ja undice,
or in an excited and irritated condition, discharging
an excess of vitiated bile, tho judicious use of this
water is equally efficacious in unloading the visens
and restoring the secretions to a healthy state.
Being not only a free and powerful, but mild and
soothing DIURETIC, this water exerts a decided
sedative and calmative influence over the Urinary
Organs ; and has been pre-eminently successful in
cases of Inflammation, Irritation, and Debility of
the Kidneys, Bladder and Urethra. As a remedy
in such maladies it has no superior.
In some diseases Peculiar toFf3iat.es it is highly
beneficial Chlorosis and Leuchorrma will bo readily
cured by tho Sulphur and Chalybeate waters here.
Amenorrheea and Dysmenorrhea—when purely
functional diseases, and uncomplicated by organic
or structural derangement—will yield to the same
means.
Cases of Erysipelas, Rheumatism and Cutaneous
Eruptions have been cured by the Cold Sulphur
"Water. Asthma, Chronic Bronchitis and Chronic
Pneumonia will either receive much relief and mit
igation from its use, or he entirely cured by it.
Various Chronic functional derangements of the
Heart, the Brain, and the Lungs, and some forms
of Neuralgia, Gout and Scrofula are, in fact,
sympathetic or secondary diseases, and have their
prime cause or origin in, and are kept alive by a
deranged, enfeebled and irritable condition of the
stomach and alimentary canal In such cases the
Cold Sulphur Water, by virtue of its unequalled
curative and restorative powers in diseases of tho
Digestive Organs, is the appropriate remedy.
The great Alterative, Tonio and Eutrophic pro
perties of this water are dearly shown by the marked
improvement of the general health, and the increase
of flesh and strength which generally follow its use.
In many cases so speedy and thorough is its cur
ative agency, that in the language of a distinguished
physician, who had himself seen its effects, “No ono
but an eye-witness would believe in the marvelous
ly rapid change to a normal condition or that of
health.”
Some of the cures which havo been made by it are
of the most extraordinary character. Cases which
were apparently of the most hopeless nature, for
the relief of winch not only all the resources of
medical skill, but the most celebrated Mineral
Springs of Virginia bad been used in rain, have
been entirely and permanently cured by the Cold
Sulphur Water.
CHALYBEATE SPRING.
Besides the Sulphur Water, there is upon the
premises a fine Chalybeate Spring, which posses-
es the well known virtues of waters of its class.
LOCATION, CLIMATE, ETC.
This place is situated in the midst of the moun
tains of Virginia—a region of country which has
long been famous for the diversified character, beau
ty and grandeur of its scenery. The climate in sum
mer is delightful, salubrious and invigorating.
Tho buildings here are plain, bat comfortable, and
the Hotel accommodations good.
The Hotel will be Open for Visitors
on the First of June next.
SSThe attention of the public is respectfully
called to the subjoined letters and certificates of
eminent physicians and others, which most conclu
sively establish the great and extraordinary powers
of the COLD SULPHUR WATER as a remedial
agent in many Chronic diseases.
S. GOODE,
Proprietor Cold Sulphur Springs Hotel,
P. O. address—Goshen Bridge, Rockbridge coun
ty, Va. • :•
April 28th, 1369. .
Extracts from a letter of Dr. C. R. Harris, a dis
tinguished physician of Staunton, Va. His opinion
of the curative power of the Cold Sulphur Water in
diseases of the Stomach, Liver, Kidneys and Skin.
*■ ‘From what I have known and now witness by oc~
color demonstration, I have no hesitation in Btating
that as a valuable Tonic, AlterativeorLntrophic and
Dinretic, the Cold Sulphnr has no superior, if an
eqnal, anywhere.
L In diseases of the liver, Stomach, Kidneys and
Skin its curative power is wonderful The larger
proportion of patients who are now in attendance
have been and are now suffering from Chronic Gas-
tritas or DyBpedsia, with sympathetic functional dis
turbance of the Liver and Kidneys. And the cura
tive agency of the water is so extremely rapid in
amelioration of all the grave attendant evils, symp
toms or sequences of gastric disturbance, that no
one but an eye witness would believe in the marvel
ously rapid change to a normal condition or that of
health.”
Letter of Dr. J. L. Cabell, the eminent Profess
or of Physiology and Surgery of tho University of
■Virginia. “As the result of his observations on the
gronnd, he formed a most .favorable opinion of the
value of the water.” ■ ■
University of Virginia, >
. i ■ .!•- . . January 30,1862.)
Sami, Goode, Esq.,- Cold-Sulphur Springs:
DearSirJ—In accordance with your request, I take
pleasure in certifying that I visited the Cold Sulphur
Springs near the close of the last season, as the re
sult of my observations on the ground, formed a
most favorable opinion of the value of the water.
Drunk at tbe Spring, the water is found to be
very cold and very grateful to the palate and to
the stomach. No discomfort is caused by the drink-
ng five or bIx or more glasses, if only a few minutes
intervene between the taking of the successive
glasses.
Invariably, so far aa I could learn, persons in good
or moderate health experience a marked sharpening
of the appetite and a capacity for indulging it with
impunity, and very many cases of confirmed Dys
pepsia are radically cured. Its immediate effects are
those of a mild laxative and an energetic urinary
diluent. I had no opportunity of observing its ac
tion in the treatment of Chronic Hepatic and Cuta
neous diseases, but from the analogy of its sensible
effects to those of the Greenbrier "White Sulphur
there is reason to believe that its therapeutical ap
plications are coextensive with those of that celebra
ted waier. Vcry respectfully yours,
J- L. CABELL, M. D.
Letter of Dr. John B. Wood, of Goshen Depot.
He considers the Cold Sulphnr Water “the finest
Tonic, Alterative and Dinretic "he has ever seen
among the Mineral Springs of Virginia."
Ooshen Depot, Va., April 10,1869.
S. Goode, Esq. :
Dear .Sir—Having been located in the neighbor
hood of the Cold Sulphnr Springs for the last eight
months, and having had ample opportunity daring
that time to observe the remarkable effects of the
water as a Therapeutic agent upon myself as well
as others, I take great pleasure in stating, for the
benefit of the afflicted generally, that this water is
decidedly the fineat Tonic, Alterative and Diuret
ic that £ have ever seen among the Mineral Springs
of Virginia.
Its efficacy in the rapid cure of Dyspepsia and
Derangements of the Digestive Organs generally,
is certainly astonishing and remarkable. I know of
two cases of dyspepsia of long standing and of a
most aggravated character, in which an entire cure
was accomplished by the use of the Cold Sulphur
water for only a few weeks. From my knowledge
of the effects of this water, I am enabled confidently
to recommend it to all suffering with Chronic
Pneumonitis, Bronchitis, Asthma, Splenitis, and all
affections of the Liver, Skin and Kidneys—also that
classes of diseases peculiar to Females.
Bespectfolly,
JOHN B. WOOD, 31. D.
Dr. JohnH. Freeman, of Lexington, Va., in a let
ter under date of August 7, 1863, says; “Inthe
course of an active practice during thirty years I
have never seen indigestion so speedily relieved by
any remedies or by any mineral water, as by the
Cold Sulphur.”
Letter of Dr. S. M. Milkman, of Rockbridge
county, Virginia: Remarkable cure of a case of
Chronic Bronchitis and Pneumonia.
Kerr’s Creek, Rockbridge co., Va.,)
August 11th, 1863. j"
S. Goode :—Sir—In accordance with your request,
I submit to you a brief statement of a case of rapid
recovery which came under my own immediate ob
servation. Mrs. N. L., aged about 56 years, was
about four years and six months ago affected with
Typhoid Pneumonia. Her illness was protracted,
and in fact for some time the case appeared entirely
hopeless. At length Bhe was partially restored to
health. For four years she had complained with a
continued soreneSB of the breast, and a very distress
ing cough; and, in fact, hadpresented all tho symp
toms of Incipient Phthisis. A visit of five weeks at
the Cold Sulphur has astonished all by producing a
perfect cure.
The Chemical properties of the water are unknown
to me, but its curative properties are astonishing.
It is a powerful tonic—diuretic, aperient anil altera
tive. By its use, all Chronic Diseases of the Lungs,
Dyspepsia, Hepatic Disorders, Affections of the
Spleen, Bladder and Kidneys, and Chlorotic Dis
eases will receive great relief, if not be permanent
ly cured. With these brief hints, I trust that many
may be greatly benefitted by its use.
Very respectfully,
S. M. MILE MAN, M. D.
The Cold Sulphur Springs in diseases of the
Stomach, Liver and Bowels.—Case of Giles A.
Miller, Esq., of Amelia county, Va.—One of the
most extraordinary cures ever made by any remedy
A case of severe and complicated disease of NINE
YEARS’ DURATION, for the relief of which, in its
earlier stages, the Rockbridge Alum, the Hot
Springs and other mineral, waters had been used
without lasting benefit, entirely, radically and per
manently cured at the Cold Sulphur Springs.
Deatonsville, Amelia Co., Va.,)
Oct. 27,1868. /
S. Goode, Esq.
Bear Sir: In the summer of 18511 discovered an
insidious approach of Dyspeptic symptoms of a DyB-
interic character, (then epidemically prevailing in
E. Va.,) winch finally in my case resulted in an un
questionable ulceration of the lower portion of the
colon, with a general subacute irritation of the
smaller intestines. The ulceration continued for
more than six months, in a very aggravated form,
when in August, 1852,1 visited tho celebrated cura
tive waters of the Rockbridge Alum, and after using
that water fifteen or twenty days, I was not materi
ally improved. Thinking it rather stimulating at that
time, I left the springs, but continued to travel in
the mountains by private conveyance, until I could
venture home, where I remained in a feeble condi
tion. In 1854,1 returned by private means to the
mountains, traveling and amusing myself by hunt
ing, fishing, etc. In 1855, ’50 and ’57,1 found no
marked improvement in my disease. In June, ’58,
I was seriously and suddenly attacked in a more ag
gravated form, when I returned to givo the Rock
bridge Alum another trial, and after a stay of sev
eral weeks I was much improved. During my visit
I took in my carriage a party of friends to the Cold
Sulphur, which was then in an embryo state of im
provement. I was at once favorably impressed
with the water. I next visited the Rockbridge Baths,
where I remained a month, and was, I must say,
decidedly benefitted, but only temporarily, as
again in the season of 1859 my general condition
was becoming more serious, by an obstinate cos
tive condition of the bowels, with a considerable
thickening of the mneous membrane of the colon,
and by two physicians was pronounced tumorous.
This season I visited the "Warm Springs, and from
thence to Hot Springs, using first the boiler for a
torpid Liver and Rheumatism of the Spine. I was
by this treatment improved as far as the Bhenmatic
symptoms were involved, but no effect on the obsti
nate Liver, for in 18601 was so reduced in flesh and
by continued constipation my nervous system was
so shattered, that it totally disqualified me for any
kind of business, suffering from acid stomach, ner-
vous debility, palpitation of the heart, with such
obstinate torpidity of the liver and bowels, etc., as
to compel the use of wooden bougies, under a rigid
contraction of the sphincter muscle in order to pass
any fecal discharge from the bowels. In August,
I860, in this condition, I visited the Gold Solphnr
Springs where I remained a month, and from the
constant use of the water (and bath occasionally,) I
was relieved of acid stomach, constipation, nervous
debility, palpitation of the heart and cold skin. My
feeble pulse of fifty-four beats to the minute was
restored to seventy-five, a usually healthy standard,
with a good appetite, no headache and what is very
agreeable, af ter more than nine years of miserable
nervousness, I was enabled to sleep well and have
continued to enjoy both eating and sleeping well,
and have been in good health and fine spirits ever
since.
Wishing you great success in your new enterprise
I remain, truly yours, GILES A. MILLER.
Judge L. Gibbons, of Mobile, Ala., in a letter
dated September 23,1863, says of tbe Cold Snlphnr
Springs: .
“As a Tonic and Alterative, I consider them un
rivalled, and judging by their, effects upon myself
and child, unhesitatingly say that I consider them
folly eqnal to, if not better than any that I have
•ver seen. In all cases of Dyspepsia, and diseases
of the Alimentary canal and organs connected there
with. I have no doubt that these waters wonld, in a
short time, effect by themselves an entire cure.'
The Cold Sulphur Springs as a remedy in cases of
Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia, Erysipelas, skin diseases,
etc. t . j
Letter of D. Kirnkle, Esq., of Augusta co., Va.
Summebdean, December 12,1868.
3. Goode, Esq. :
Dear Sir—I had been living forariumber of years
in a Southern climate—had frequent attacks of bili
ous fever—was only able to keep on my legs by the
frequent use of mercury, (blue mass.) when in the
summer of 1848,1 think it was, (I had then been in
Virginia a year or two,) I spent two or three weeks
at the Cold Sulphur Springs, and was completely
cored; and have enjoyed good health generally ever
since. I lived in the neighborhood of these Springs
several yearn, and eaw many persons benefitted and
cured of torpid Uver, indigestion, dyspepsia, erysip
elas, skin diseases generally, etc. But it has been
so long since, that I cannot give yon particulars. I
recollect, however, perfectly well, that after a few
days’ use of the water, dyspectic, as 'well as every
body else, can almost eat with impunity. Very tru
ly and Respectfully Yoon, D. KUNKLE.
Mrs. E. N. Sloan, of Rockbridge courity, Va.,
who resided at the Cold Sulphur SpttngB for 18
years, eays in a letter dated August 6th,-18$)*
“Its use has almost invaxihbly been highly bene
ficial . I have known it to cure oases at Dyspepsia,
Liver Diseases, Rheumatism Cutaneous Erup
tions. The general health of persona u«i"g it always
seemed to improve. I oonsider it fully equal to any
mineral water in Virginia *
The Cold Sulphur Water in diseases of the Kn>-
NEYs.—Letter of S. L. McDowell, Esq.
A case of severe Disease of the Kidneys Of ten
years duration, and attended with most aggravated
symptoms, for the relief of which the Greenbrier
White S ulphur, the Boanoke Red Sulphur and
tho Sweet Springs were fully tried without benefit,
cured by the Cold Sulphur Water 1
Staunton, Va., April 3,1869.
More than thirteen years ago when a boy I con
tracted a severe disease of tire Kidneys, owing to an
injury received from a strain when lifting. - For
some years afterwards I suffered a great deal, and
was often confined to bed for weeks at a time, pass
ing blood with my urine.
I was sometimes so ill that my life was despaired
of, and was compeUed to confine myself to a very
light and mild diet. I was treated by some of the
most eminent physicians and surgeons in 'Virginia,
but only received temporary relief without any per
manent benefit from their treatment. I also tried .
some of tbe most celebrated mineral waters in the
State—the Greenbrier TThite Sulphur three sum
mers in succession, and the Sweet Sqirings three or
four weeks. From the use of these Springs I de
rived no benefit. In the summer of 1866, . when I
had been suffering in this way for ten yean, I was
at the Cold Sulphur Springs and drank- the water
once or twice a week throughout the season. At
end of tho summer I found myself considerably im
proved. In the summer of 1867, 1 was again at the
Cold Sulphur Springs occasionally throughout the
season and realized a still greater improvement.
I spent last summer (that of 1868) at Goshen, and
visited the Cold Sulphnr, and drank the water every
uay. I have found my health greatly improved in
all respects, and have had no attack of my "old dis
ease of the Kidneys, and have not now been troubled
with any passage of bloody urine for more than
twelvemonths. My digestion has greatly improved
and I can now use all ordinary articles of food with
out inconvenience. I formerly suffered also with
constipation, which has been entirely relieved by the
Cold Sulphur water. I consider the Cold Sulphur
water the best mineral water with which L am ac
quainted, and attribute the benefit Ihave received en
tirely to its use. S. L. McDOWELL,
Callahan’s P. 0~, Alleghany county, Va.
High Times at Haytl—The negroes are hav
ing a high old time in Hayti. Here is some
thing from late newspaper correspondence:
Provisions are being sold at the most fabulous
rates—a barrel of flour being valued at $5,000
(Haytien paper currency) and a barrel of pork
at $14,000. Gold, in a few days, rose in value
from $600 to $1,200 for the American dollar,
and now it reaches $1,500. The people are
positively starving, and merchants, will only sell
for coffee or specie. So great is the destitution
everywhere, that threats are made of an open
and violent pillaging of the provision stores,
and no property is safe because there is no pro
tection whatever.
The vilages of Torbeck, Port Salut and Cavali-
lon had been captured by the insurgents; there
fore those places were lost to the government of
Salnave, and all the plains of Caynes had been
completely sconned by the army of General Do-
mingue, who cleared away the hordes of the
barbarous picos or picqucts. The massaore of
these bloodthirsty wretches is represented as
perfectly horrifying. One thonsand five hun
dred of them were left dead and unburied in
one of the valleys through which Domingue’s
army passed.
OBITUABY.
Died, in Crawford county, on the 10th inst., Rev.
"Washington C. Cleveland, in the 66th year of his
age.
The subject of this notice was bom in Jasper
county, May20th, 1803. He joined theBaptist Church
in Jasper county, at Falling Creek Church, and was
baptized by James Henderson in the year 1328. He
was licensed to preach the gospel of Christ at Mt.
Carmel Church, Crawford county, on the 19th
day of May, A. D., 1833, and was ordained January
13th, 1840, by Bevs. Bryant Bateman, Allen Cleve
land, John Barker and James Mathews. When the
division took place in the Baptist Church he adhered
to the Primitive wing, and continued a consistent,
active, sincere and devoted member, enjoying the
confidence, esteem and brotherly love of all the
members. His timo as minister was folly occupied,
and as an instrument in the hands of God, many of
the chosen were gathered to .the flock of Christ
through his call. ' No minister ever held a more ex
alted position among the members of his church,
or by his example and pure Christian teaching, com
manded a greater influence over them. As a min
ister hewa3 devoted, ardent and zealous.’ Ashe
had lived, so he died.
Upon his deathbed his devotion to his Master was
manifested by his earnest advocacy of His saving
grace. His firm reliance upon the efficacy of the
blood of Christ for his redemption; his outspoken
faith that he was one of the elect; ihis confident
hope that he would soon fill his place prepared for
him in the mansion of his Father, gave the strong
est evidence of his Christianity and caused the tear
or sorrow for bis'departure to mingle with the tears
of joy, flowing, from the conviction that our loss
will be his eternal gain.
Not long before his death, ho quoted from memo
ry several texts, his illustration of which, and his
impressive teachings therefrom compare favorably
with his happiest pulpit efforts. When the sur
roundings—a weeping family and mourning friends
of the dying patriarch—are taken into consideration,
the effect was powerful upon the persons present.
An old man who had no strong affection for profess
ors as such, was constrained to say, there ought to
be a Heaven for such men as Mr. Cleveland, and he
did not doubt that he would go there. His final
leave-taking ot his family was mournfully affecting.
He called his family around him, embraced and
kissed them, and for a long time the “instructive
tongue” gave instructions to the “attentive ear.”
May his instruction ba aafely deposited in “faithful
breasts.” He advised, counselled and directed with
the quiet coolness (though earnest) of a brother,
upon the eve of his departure upon a journey. He
retained.the faculties of his mind until the last mo
ment—about three minutes before his death he
called for water, and said he “just” desired to say
five words, but his exhaustion prevented. He was
fully aware of the near approach of death, felt his
pnlso an'd talked of it with as much unconcern as a
person would of a common incident. He patiently
awaited the coming of his Lord, and quietly fell
asleep upon His breast, without a murmur or a
struggle.
Mr. Cleveland was a model business man—jast,
truthful and upright in all his dealings with his fel
low men—he was an honest man, the noblest work
of God. Energy accompanied with success, charac
terized all his undertakings. Farming was a pas
sion with him, which was successful from the sound
judgment and high qualification which he brought to
bear upon it;
As a man and neighbor, he was benevolent, kind
and charitable; the hungry, the poor and the dis
tressed were never turned from Ins door until they
were properly provided for. As a citizen, his death
has created a^ void that will long be felt As a
friend, he was steadfast, true and devoted; be was,
indeed, a Jonathan whose arrows always sped be
yond the lad where his friend was in danger; he al
ways encouraged his. friend in prosperity, and com
forted him . in adversity. Hia was an attachment
rarely, if ever, equalled; none knew him, as a friend,
but to love him.
As the head of a family, he was a most devoted
and affectionate husband—kind and indulgent
father, and humane master. Ho was married thrice:
first, to Mrs. Edna McClendon ; secondly, to Mrs.
Nancy Matthews; third, to Mrs. Amanda Baily,
who survives him. Three daughters and two sons,
the fruits of the first marriage, still survive him;
the second marriage boro no fruit; two children,
a son and daughter, of his last marriage, also sur
vive him. He has represented the eoanty twice in
deliberative, legislative bodies, where be brought
his usual activity, energy and high quaUfioatkma in
to use, giving entire satisfaction to bis constituents .
Farewell old friend, rest in pe**-. A Fkend.
The running' time cat’ the Pacific BsQroad
from New York to San Francisco, 3,858 miles,
will be six days and seventeen and a half<9to«zs.
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