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Moreover she was a resourceful cow. and when selfish people built fences around their possessions and established gates with cunning fastenings, she laughed in Whatever part of her integument an swered to her for a sleeve, and went gaily forth to Met their plans at naught. Added to her other evil habits, she wore a bell There was nothing silvery or ro mantic about the bell. There was no gentle "Ko-llng. ko-lang, ko-lingle-lingle. as it woke the echoes of the night and startled whippoorwills and crickets into dismayed silence. It was a harsh, brassy, irritating bell that semed to be the voice of the cow, keeping up an endless fire of argument. And when Richard Lanham, writer and Journalist, found himself sick from over work. sod hied him to the little farm he had bought ia the heart of the pine coun try. it was the cow that gave him cor dial greeting and made him welcome. The cow and Mr. Lanham did not meet tawnediately after his arrival. Perhaps that circumstance accounted in great measure for his satisfaction as he lay in a hammock under the trees, that first taming and said to the colored man who was to share his solitude as general fac totum: "This is very pleasant. Sam. As soon as you finish breakfast I wish you would mend that fence, there, where it is bro ken. If tlfls orchard ia taken care of a little we will have plenty of fruit next summer.” “Teesah. I was jes* a noticin' dat hole tn de fence.’’ said Sam: and a little while after his master heard the sound of ham mer and saw ia the direction of the bro ken fence. Kot . for many weeks had the Jaded literary hack fallen asleep so peacefully or slept so sweetly as that night, with the murmur of the pines around him. Something had swept away all the tired years in which he had toUed beyond his strength for so little gain and he was as happy as a boy again. "I think I shall spend the remainder of my life here,” he said to himself dreamily, when be walked smiling into the darkness and turned over and went to sleep again. Then the cow arrived. It was the brassy, insistent Jangling of a far-off beU. first; a bell that seemed to be merely wandering aimlessly around the country. Lanham awoke and heard it and moved about a little restlessly. < “1 don’t know why I can’t get to sleep again.” he said to- himself. All at once the cow was seised with an Impulse. She came nearer. He could recog rise the faet that she had approached the fence and had paused, astonished to find that the broken place was there no more. “Can I believe my eyeeT* she seemed to be saying. The bell moved slowly up and down the she of fence. The cow was reconnoiter ing. Then the bell gave out a leaden sound and a loud crash woke the stillness. The cow had thrown herself against the fence. The bell clanged merrily along the or chard and into the garden. ’There's nothing in the (dace to eat; she can’t stay long.” said the weary Lan ham- Ho turned over to the other side •nd tried to cover both ears with the pillow by winding it around nls head. The cow c»me on into the yard and rubbed her own head against the corner of the house. Just beneath Lanham’s win dow. Her head seemed to need a good deal of rubbing. Minutes passed and there waa no sign of abatement in her enthusi asm. It was Sam who arose. Lanham heard him coming along the hall and hastily lay down again. "Git out o’ here, you ol' wil’-cat!” shout ed Sam. brandishing some weapon of of fense, and there was the sound of hurry ing feet, accompanied by a merry Jubila- i j n ’’Who owns that cow?" tion on the beU. Then in the silence Sam went hack along the hall, remarking in an undertone: "If I lib till anudder day I'll fiix dat ol* bag o* bones!” - Half an hour later Lanham was awak ened by the«ball. The cow was hastening back along the orchard as though she had forgotten something. She came hurriedly into the yard and rubbed her whole body against the corner of the house, going systematically down one side and then beginning on the other. ”4 believe 111 sit up and read awhile.” •aid Lanham. • The next morning Sam Issued forth with hammer agd nails and spent half the morning over the fence .and carefully strengthened every part that even looked weak. ! *T reckon TD have dat cow a-guessin' dis night.” he said cheerfully. This was the beginning of the campaign against the row: a campaign in which the cow was invariably triumphant, while Lanham grew haggard with sleeplessness and Sam said that cow used a ladder to get over ths fence when there was no other stay. I 'Who owns that black and white cow with a bell?** demanded Lanham-savagely «*•-* day of the stoUd German farmer who brought milk to the little hermitage. "Dot cow pelong to de vidder Harmon,” said the German briefly. Mr. Lanham’s temper was greatly ruf fled.. ”1 would have known ft was a woman, he said angrily. "A man would never dream of keeping an animal that was a public nuisance. Where does thia woman live*’ ; The German was staring at him with a calm, bovine gase. ’’She lif by de mill, over de hill beyont,” he said lucidly and rode away. . Mr. Lanham was ready for desperate deeds. "Sam,” he said, "go and find that wom an's house and tell her she will have to keep that cow shut up. Tell her that the ■-*y “Your cow? Was It yours?” other neighbors may allow sueh an animal to roam at large, but she may be sure that I will not.” Sam went, with the dragging footstep of one who has no great liking for his task. When he returned he wore an em barrassed grin. “She say she mighty sorry, but she can’t shet up dat cow,” said Bam. standing on one foot apologetically. “She say if we all had a decent Yence de cow wouldn’t break tn.” Lanham lay still a minute, too paralys ed to move. Sam saw that his pale face was reddening ominously. When he rose to a sitting posture it was to exclaim an grHy: ’ “You go right back l to that woman. Bam. and tell her that I shall be com pelled to shoot that cow if she breaks into my place again. If she can’t keep that cow away from here I shall pay for her and kill her. I came here to get a little rest, not to be ding-donged out of my senses by vagrant cows. Tell her that, do you hear? The old virago!” Having delivered which ultimatum and expressed which candid opinion, Lanham lay down again and planned the savage joy with which he would shoot the evil doer from his bed-room window at the very moment when she should be leaning up joyously against the corner of the house. On the whole, he hoped that the woman would not shut up the cow. He felt that nothing but revenge would sat isfy him. Sam departed, leaden-footed, on Jtls difficult and dangerous mission, and Lan ham. in the hammock, hastened to regain a little of that lost sleep which he had given up to the cow. Tired nature oould resist no longer. He passed peacefully away Into a land where a black-and-white cow with a bell on was a thing to be hunted, but just as he fired at her with a pop-gun she became a dog with a throaty bark; and the bell remarked in softest tones: "Why, I think he must be asleep. Sam.” Which waa so absurd that Mr. Lanham Immediately found himself lying at full length in the hammock, gazing into the face of a young woman—a face which was dimpling with laughter, The young wo man stood a few feet away, and the dis agreeable dog she had brought with her continued to show deep-rooted suspicion of a man in a hammock. . "Pardon me L>r disturbing you,” said the young woman, as Lanham struggled to his feet; "but I came to see you about the cow—my eow-— ,r "Your cow? Was It yours?" ejaculated Lanham. For one dreadful moment he tried to recall what messages he had sent. "Yes—my one poor old eow.” she said with an appealing smile. “And I couldn't shut her up, you see, because there was rhe calf ” “Oh, of course not—of course not!” cried Mr. Lanham with frantic haste. "I wouldn't think of such a thing.”' Sam, listening, went into a cough that rffcked his inmost being. "We have made a kind of pet of her— mother and I.” said the young woman softly. "To be sure!” cried Lanham. “A nice cow, too. I’ve noticed that. Sam. you'd better take something for that cough.” "And does rtie really disturb you?” asked the young woman sweetly. "Oh. not in the least!” ,ss!d Lanham cheerfully. "Sam. here, gets up in the night and drives her away, but that doesn't hurt him.” "And your fences are not good, you know.” argued the soft voice, with a glance from the blue eyes to give it em phasis. "Wretched!” said Lanham promptly. "I'm going to have rhe whole thing made new and eight feet high.” "Oh. but I don't think she jumps,” said the young woman, smiling up at him arfit iously; and he replied incoherently; “Oh. no; not in the least!” Sam. who was still gasping, saw them walk down to the gate side by side, and heard Mr. Lanham beg leave to call the next day. When the master returned he was walking with an alert joyousness that was quite new; but he did not look at his servitor. "Sam,” he said mildly, "I will ride down to the mill in the morning and order the lumber for that fence —and—and we can take turns sitting up till the fence is built.- Did—Mrs. Harmon lives near the mill, doesn’t she, Sam?” And Sam would have given worlds for the ability to blush. czktj'roniA. th* jp Th * Kind Yon Hi* Always Wait Till He Gets It Bunched. Denver Republican. - Why prmw Mr. Bryan to (Iva his opinion of I>*VM i. MM at this UsmT THE SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL ATLANTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 26. 1901. A GOD-GIVEN ORATOR. BRIEF REVIEW OF THE LUSTROUS CAREER OF HON. BENJAMIN H. HILL. J L’, \ aVH • J -a, • s t ;• ’I. X . By Charle* Edgeworth Jonee, Augu*ta, Ga. , The contemplation of the distinguish ing traits as exemplified in the lives and characters of historic worthies and the review of the hotewfirthy biogra phical events imparting interest to their respective careers, are in them selves themes alike conducive to much pleasing and profitable discussion. And so it la with a feeling of measurable grat ification that we approach thesself-a- e pointed task of recording a cursory tribute to. the revered memory of an illustrious Georgian, whose name and fame will always remain the proud heritage of his maternal common wealth. . ' Benjamin Harvey Hill, our brilliant . subject, first saw the light at Hills boro, Jasper county. Georgia, the date of bis auspicious nativity being the i«h of September, 1823. His father, Jphn Hilt, was of Irish extract, and waa an honest-hearted farmer of limit ed education, but possessed of a "strong individuality, extensive read ing and deep reflection.” With him re ligion and temperance were the primal considerations, and to their enthusias tic cultivation he dedicated his God fearing and unsullied life. Hie mother, a’ Miss Parham, while referring her tineage to sources, was a lady whose commendable example, helpful teachings and Christian temperament exerted a potent influence in forming the honorable characters of her chil dren. Both of Mr. Hill's parents were, moreover, consistent members of the Methodist church, and thus will it be seen that the atmosphere in which his distinguished lot was cast, though mod est from a monetary standpoint, was illUmthed by the lamp of Christianity, energised by the rays of the most ex cellent common sense and permeated #ith a spirit of incorruptible integrity. From an early age our honored sub ject labored in association with his < brothers and a few slaves, of his fath ex'* farm. When he waa ten years old his father saw fit to transfer his place of residence from Hillsboro to Long Cane, a small town in Troup county, near the western confines of the com monwealth. Amid these rustic sur roundings was the period ot Mr. Hill's sturdy boyhood continuously spent, his his vigorous co-operation in the effort to contribute to the support of their • large and struggling family being al ways in evidence. During all this time, 1 the* only scholastic training which he received was such as was peripateti cs 11 y enjoyed at the adjacent country ~ schools. In proof of his steady pro gress. despite the storm and unsympa thetic conditions with which he was forced to contend, we record the fact that at sixteen he was "stropg and ro ! bust, physically and mentally eager and ambitious.” So earnest, indeed, was his desire for a thorough and sys tematic education, and so rapid was his mastery of the incidental lessons, that his father resolved to place at his dis posal the best instructional facilities to be obtained. And so we find our ' subject, in 1839. unremittingly engaged on the preparatory studies as requisite for admission to Franklin college, sub sequently known as the University of Georgia. Two years later, through the combined aid of the older members of his immediate circle, his heart-felt wish was gratified, and he became a sophomore matriculate of the venerable institution at Athene. Brilliant was his career as a university student, and, richly did he repay the confidence lov ingly . bestowed by the, dear ones so solicitous for his advancement. In testimony to his marked proficiency in all departments It may be mentioned that when, in 1844. he graduated, it was with the proud consciousness of having achieved the most signal schol astic distinction in the college. Aside from his zealous application while a pupil of this seminary, it will also be remembered that he acquired, note worthy reputation as a debater. Here it was that he laid, broad and deep, the magnificent substructure of his matchless eloquence; and the Demos thenian Literary society, to Which he belonged, is still instinct with his ora torical triumps, tenderly cherishing the stalwart memories, which this fearless and silver-tongued disputant has there perpetuated. Upon his completion of the designated curriculum, he at once addressed himself of the study of law, and to this end entered the office of William Dougherty, a "bright, par ticular star,” in the profession which he masterfully adorned. The great law yer, we are advised, took a special in terest in his ambitious pupil, and after the lapse of a twelvemonth Mr. Hill was. in Heard county, Georgia, admit ted to the bar. being invested with all the rights and prerogatives as afcper- . taining to a legal practitioner. As an evidence of the thoroughness of his training for his chosen life-work, it may be stated that so soon as he estab lished himself in LaGrange, Troup's .county seat, in August, 1845, a career of prominence was forthwith unfolded before his aspiring vision. Contempor aneously with the inception of his pro fessional employment It will be re called that he was united in marriage to his life-partner, Miss Caroline E. Holt, of Athens, the lady in question, while connected with one .of Georgia's oldest families, being specially favored as to fortune, beauty and accomplish ments. Thereupon settling down with his young bride in his selected home, he directed his attention to the various demands growing out of his chosen pursuit, which was. from the first to be attended with unexampled prosperity. Thus did he continue through his pro fessional triumphs to strengthen hlm . self in the popular regard and to-ren der more splendid the edifice of his legal renown which his luminous abili ty has so wonderfully upbuilt. In 1851 politics came to interrupt the even tenor of his professional engage ments, which had, for six years past, been regularly find most satisfactorily met. At that time Mr. Hill was com plimented with election as member of the Georgia legislature, an<j from the date of this representative incumbency he was a recognized leader of the Whig party in the commonwealth. When that party was dissolved several years later he transferred hi* political allegiance to the American or Know- Nothing contingent, and he was.hence forth heralded as the rock-ribbed champion of that newly formed con clave. But when he submitted his claims for congressional preferment in 1855, though in practical accord with the principles of the organization wherewith he had become aligned, it was avowedly as a Unionist candi date that he preferred his appeal for popular suffrages. On that occasion Hon. Hiram Warner, of Judicial celebri ty, was the Democratic competitor, who. despite his being in a party stronghold, had the unsatisfactory consciousness of triumphing over our electrifying subject by a narrow mar gin of 24 votes. In 1856, which Was a presidential year, Mr. Hill became an open and aggressive defender of the cause of Fillmore and the American ticket, and as elector at large he made ’ an extensive canvass of the state, achieving added luster* as an orator. For, while seemingly disapproving of the seerbt ritual and religious test of the American faction, he was, in real ity, that order's most brilliant and commanding Georgia advocate, and as such in this period of his eventful ca reer he will always be regarded. A 1 few month* later the gubernatorial conflict was precipitated, and he was Called upon to lock horns with the re doubtable Joseph E. Brown. A vigor ous struggle ensued between these po litical giants, and when the balloting season of 1857 arrived Democracy pre vailed and Americanism was con signed to the dust of defeat by such a moderate majority that the master hand of our honored subject tfras clearly recognizable. Thus for the second time within a short space was our talented worthy subjected to a .political reverse, the like of which he was never after destined to experience in his lustrous public career. Buch was the man who, though twice out-, generated, was the recipient of the following complimentary criticism from his famous rival, Robert Toombs: "You may bury him,” he said, “under • a mountain that will overtop Pelion and make Ossa a wart and he would rise again more formidable than ever and more ready for the conflict. He is bound to succeed. He was born to ex cel.” In 1859 our distinguished sub ject, as the choice of the American party, became Identified with the Georgia legislature in the capacity of state senator, and his ■ Unionist pro clivities were never brought into more eloquent or more emphatic exercise. During his official tehure in the upper house he was the dominating leader of his admiring contingent, being rec ognized as the ableet debater in a body which boasted not a few masters of discussion. In the sequent or presi dential year, when the Democratic party, entirely dismembered, opposed an unbroken Republican front, Mr. Hill was elevated to the post of elector at large on the Bell and Everett or Con stitutional-Union ticket. It should be mentioned, in passing, that the twp other wings of the disaffected Demo cratic phalanx were those of the Breckinridge and Lane or state rights and of the Douglass and Johnson or popular sovereignty tickets, while Lincoln and Hamlin championed the cause of the uncompromising opposi tion. The inevitable result of the hope less struggle was only too apparent, and Lincoln’s triumphs In the fall was soon followed by the undaunted se cession of South Carolina. Early in January, 1861, came the news of the withdrawal from the Union of the states of Mississippi, Florida and Ala bama, and when on the 16th. of that month the memorable Georgia con vention was convdkad at Milledgeville suspense was general as to the line of action which would be adopted by the commonwealth, for the popular senti ment was almost equally be tween the Unionist nnd secessionist factions, with, possibly, a smtdl pre ponderance In favor of the former. And so when the assemplapge was called to order the outlook was far from encourgalng to the dlsruptlonary ranks. Had it not been, Indeed, for the introduction, on the 18th, ot Hon. E. A. Nisbet's inspir ing resolution requiring the appoint ment of a committee specially charged with the formulation of an ot-dinance of secession, it is questionable how matters would have terminated. As it was, the fire-brand had been hurled and a brilliant debate on this patriotic resolution was soon in furious pro gress. With this sonl-thrlllini; discus sion our impassioned, subject—* Union ist member—was notably identified, and the superb speech he made in op position to' the adoption of the reso lution was a most jfcqpressive episode in this stirring cWvocation. When the spirited debate yas concluded and th* matter - was brought to a vote, clear it was that the temper of the delegates had un<jfe>*gone a decided change. So convinced was Mr. Hill that all popular, division must be avoided and that unity of action was the okly course to be pursued that when he discovered the marked alter ation in existing sentiment he. there upon, transferred hie fock-rlbbed alle giance—so dear to the hearts of his party colleagues—to the exultant se- ; cM.sionists. The passage of the above mentioned resolution being thus tri umphantly secured, steps were at once taken with reference to the framing of the specified ordinance. Among the 280 ballots as cast in advocacy of that patriotic instrument (*s against 89 combating its adoption) it is pleasant to remember that the vote of our honored subject Is proudly included. And in reviewing the list of the 17 worthies to whom was assigned the task of preparing the designated ordi nance, his name appears, imparting dignity and lueter to the accomplished committee wherewith he was so not ably associated. At Montgomery, Ala., on the 4th of February, 1861, the Confederate provis ional congress was duly convoked. In that statesmanlike conclave Georgia enjoyed distinguished representation through ten chosen delegates, one of whom waa Mr. HUI. Among the ear liest duties of that body was that of formulating the Confederate constitu tion; and It was our subjects privi lege, In conjunction with his talented coadjutors, while aiding in Its com pilation, to affix hl* sturdy signature to that historic document. His connec tion with this remarkable congress was energetically continued through out Its five Important sessions, and un til its final adjournment on the 18th of February, 1862. With the contempo raneous commencement of the first regular congress, his notable aervice as Confederate states senator was in augurated. It was a brilliant gather ing to which he was then Introduced; and with his auspicious installation, a Smoking Cures Catarrh A Combination of Herbs When Smok ed in a Pipe Cures Catarrh of the Head, Nose and Throat. SAMPLES MAILED FREE. Contains No Tobacco and Is Pleasant and Easy to Use. Some of our readers may object to anything that has the appearance of tobacco smoking, but when it is a matter of good health or 111 health, or possibly of life or death, then It is not a question of how it looks, but “will it cure?” No other method of treatment can reach or cure Catarrti. 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While In the upper house, he enjoyed the signal distinction of being the confidential friend and adviser of President Davis, being at all times regarded as one of the ablest and most influential sup porters of his embattled administra tion. Bo acceptable were his senato rial services, that his official tenure was prolonged until the close of hostil ities. Upon the eventual disbanding and disintegration of the Confed erate congress on the 18th of March, 1865. he returned to Georgia, and peace fully re-established himself In his La- Grange home. Here It was that he was arrested in the sequent May by Feder al ohlcers, being carried .to Fort La fayette, in New York harbor, for tem porary confinement. Two months later, hib release on parole being vouchsafed, he was once more permitted to gaze upon hie devoted family. From this time on until eventful 1867 he bore no part whatever in public affairs, attend ing strictly to business, and permit ting nothing to entice him from his retirement, or to divert him from the practice of his profession. In the last named year,however, deeming the sea son for intense action had arrived, he donned once more his armor of ag gression, and prepared to face the coming conflict. In proof of the con secrated zeal of oUr honored subject in this darkest era of southern history, we would state that throughout and up to the end of the reconstruction pe ribd his vocal ministrations In behalf of his oppressed but determined coun trymen. so matchlessly eloquent In thetr tone, and sublimely patriotic In thdr spirit, were steadily continued. Holding no office, and recognizing only professional demands, be was enabled, in a sense, to become a political Moses to his beloved people. From his inspir ed and heroic oratory in this season of universal despair, Georgians de rived endless encouragement. So stim ulated, they were persuaded fearlessly to persist In their herculean struggle. In the confident expectation of even tual triumph. Among his splendid con temporary utterances, we would refer to his famous Davis hall effort in July, 1867, which has the credit of be ing the first speech made in the south in denunciation of the infamous recon struction measures of a republican con gress. Constituting the. foremost step in the glorious work of Dixie’s re habilitation, the unifying effect of this courageous outburst was widely apparent, and paved the way We would also call attention to his memorable bush arbor oration in At lanta a twelve-month later, when for scathing invective and Impassioned or atory. he fairly eclipsed his own pre vious masterful performances. The en for the state’s ultimate redemp tion from ignorance and corruption, thuslastie reception accorded to this magnificent address was perceptible throughout its sOul-stirring delivery. 80, Impressed, indeed, was the peer less Robert Toombs with its burning and uncompromising sentences, that, thb appeal ended, rising in the crowd, tossing up hie hat, and embracing the illustrious speaker, he shouted: “Three cheers for Ben Hill.” About this time, the celebrated "Notes on the Situa tion,” so fiercely denunciatory of con gressional reconstrutctlon legislation, begdn to electrify popular attention. These papers, twenty-two in number, made their historic debut in 1867. and for two years or more was their ener gizing publication irregularly continued. The beneficial Influence as exerted by these unrivaled documents was tre mendous in its scope, and It is believed tijat no political writings ever produc ed a deeper Impression, or accomplish ed greater result*. Alluding to these Incomparable notes. Henry W. Grady was pleased to observe: "In my opin ion. they stand alone as the profound est and most eloquent polltcal essays ever penned by an American. They w.ere accepted as the voice of the sputh. uttering her protest and plea, and as such were discussed on the streets of London and the boulevards of Paris, no less than in the cities of the north. Even now they stir the blood and kindle the pulse of the most phlegmatic reader; but this is but a hl*t of the sensation they produced When they were printed. Had Mr. Hill never spoken one speech, his 'Notes on. the Situation* would have stamped him as one of the greatest men Geor gia ever produced.” Although the contest so vigorously waged by our honored subject with trenchant pen and eloquent voice, proved inadequate to compass the de feat of the objectionable measures, one substantial result did flow from the ex citing conflict. This was the solidi fication of the southern whites, and the unification of sentiment so that they labored to a common end. In this way, the deliverance of the state from the direful control of alien enemies was assured, her affairs being restor ed to the management of her own people. The change came in July, 1879. when, in view of her compliance with the authorized requirements, Georgia was adjudged reconstructed, and as entitled to representation in the national halls. Hitherto, Mr. Hill had strenuously opposed the adoption of these infamous enactments; feeling conscious that his fellow citizens could not voluntarily concur in their ratifi cation without besmirching their time honored annals. When, however, con ditions were altered and tho legislative acceptance of the designated amend ments became An established fact, he thereupon held that conciliatory meth ods should be substituted for the un coinpromising tactics which had be fore obtained. From this time on his earnest effort was to persuade Geor gians as to the paramount expediency of the milder policy as suggested. In prosecution of this self-samo purpose, ouf honored subject, in December, 1870, submitted a carefully prepared address to his brethren, explaining the reasons governing the emtamorphosis in his enlightened conduct, and urgirfg them to inmitate his illustrious example. At first, his position was misconstrued; and great was the clamor at his turn coat and unpatriotic behavior. Perceiv ing, however, that further resistance to the repulsive measures was futile, and that acquiescence in the stern re sult was the only course to be pursued, little by little, the people came to ap preciate the motives underlying our worthy's seemingly disloyal conduct. And when the Federal election of 1872 supervened by their convincing sup port of Horace Greeley, a liberal Re publican, for the national presidency, they furnished a substantial indorse ment as to the rectitude of the princi ples regulating his former well-consid ered actions. From the close of the war up to 1875, while responsive to the appeals of his countrymen, and while freely contrib uting of his royal need In advocacy of the cause dearest to his heart, he remained ever faithful to the Import ant demands of a steadily expanding and most Jealous professional prac tice. Than Mr. Hill there was no more brilliant lawyer and matchless advo cate In the commonwealth: and his clients fully appreciated the honor shown in his consenting to become their legal representative. But soon was he required to pause in the pursuit of his enlightened and scientific labors; for with the decease of Garnett Mc- Millan in the spring of the same year, he was forthwith advanced to the seat formerly occupied by the Georgia con gressman. Duly Installed in the Na tional house in the sequent December, his superb abilities were at once rec ognized, he taking rank among the giants of that august assemblage. A few weeks later, when the- amnesty bill was under discus Mon. his orator ical genius was first called Into sub lime exercise. While replying with all his fervor to the venomous argument of James G. Blaine, he submitted such an incontrovertible vindication of the south's war-time record as against the dastardly villifleationa of her malig- — Ouckenheimer Olbson xxxx A jumi, ocornM. Rye, l alata- its medicinal value, ble in the .11 highest ULLL degree. /■ r Q UARTS Express PrepaidSK 1 11' 1 Send for complete price list, juet out. 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It is as sublime as the inspired words that fell from the lips of Paul on Mar's Hill.” The date of this magnificent effort was the 11th of January, 1876, and the uncompromising defense of Dixie, when in the throes of a mightv revo lution, as therein set forth, elevates the utterance into the dignity of an historic disquisition, to which patriot ic students will recur with ever-in creasing interest. A.? twelve-coonth afterward, when the electoral commis sion bill was th« theme of animated discussion. Mr. Hill’s trumpet-like voice again thrilled his auditors with the strain of his impassioned oratory. In the speech whereto he then invited attention, he accentuated the wisdom and constitutionality of the bill’s pro visions, and the Indubitable patriot ism of its purpose; and his identifi cation with this important commis sion while in congress is unquestion ably referable to his advocacy of the foundation stone of its existence. In the fall of our honored sub ject was admiringly returned to the representative post which, he had so adorned. Prior to the com mencement of his new term, how ever. a loftier distinction was placed within his magnetic grasp. This was his election as United States senator, and when the 4th of the ensuing March arrived, it was to the upper bouse that he proudly repaired as the scene of his future triumphs. While In the senate, some of his finest speeches were delivered; and the one, perhaps, most highly regarded was that pronounced ort the 14th of March, 1881. and known as his Mahone effort. The outburst was purely impromptu; and the political treachery of General William Mahone, of Virginia, who had deserted to the Republicans, was the inspiring cause to which we are in debted for Its majestic utterance. As this was practically our worthy’s final oratorical appearance on the earthly platform. It may not be amiss to re call a tribute which has been sympa thetically penned In compliment to the impressive occasion: "When Sen ator Hill rose,” we are told, "all eyes were turned on the Georgia giant. As he proceeded, warming to the sub ject, his magnificent head became gracefully erect; his splendid eyes shone radiant with a genius that thrilled all hearers, and his long arms were soon swinging right and left with the grace and vigor born of the inspiration of the hour, ever and anon held out at full length like the wings of an eagle when poised for * long and vigorous flight, swooping sudden ly to earth to clutch its prey, and rend Jt Into pieces In the twinkling of an eye., No wonder the object of attack—nls terrible denunciation of Mahone, as the papers expressed it next morning—no wonder Senator Ma hone instinctively dropped behind his desk, now and then dodging to one side or the other nervodsly. as if he felt the talons of the great eagle bur ied in his flesh. The speaker did not look at the Virginian, nor at any one else, but far a*ay and above th* crowd, as if addressing an invisible audience and arraigning an imaginary culprit.” In the midst of his lustrous career, and while rejoicing In * glorious in tellectual and physical prime, our subject received a faint Intimation that his lamented end was near at hand. In 1878 or 1879 there appeared on ths left side of his tongue a small pim ple, and out of this insignificant be ginning was ultimately developed a dreadful cancer. With a view to ar resting the fell progress of the terri ble disease, thrice did he submit to dangerous surgical operations, in the hope of possible benefit. The first of these was performed in July, 1881, while the last was experienced in March. 1882. For nearly five months more was he compelled languishingly to suffer on before he was finally re leased from the sorrows and trials of earthly existence. During his last weeks, we are told, his power of ar ticulation was so far gone that he was obliged to resort to a writing-pad in order to make known the subject matter of his wishes. At length death came to bring relief to this grandly endowed worthy, and his bead was bowed in eternal and beatific re pose. His grief-stricken demise oc curred at his home in Atlanta on the 16th of August, 1882. He was then in his fifty-ninth year, having, for almost a third of a century, been actively identified with commonwealth politics. His funeral was largely attended, and when he was laid to rest In Oakland cemetery it was amid the tears and sincere regrets of sorrowing thou sands. In the vast popular concourse gathered to-do honor to this universal Idol the presence of many prominent personages was silently noted- Con spicuous among these were the state officers, delegations from both houses of the federal congress, and the chan cellor and faculty of the University of Georgia, they having come, like the rest, to render a mournful homage to the melancholy occasion. Since the decease of Mr. Hill a monu ment has been affectionately reared as as enduring compliment to his illus trious memory. The cenotaph consists of a life-size statue of white marble, and represents our worthy as gazing down from a lofty pedestal, on which he stands majestically enthroned. 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