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OUR ATLANTA LETTER.
the SOLDIERS—’TEXAS RANOVR—THE
SHAM BATTLE—^THE FAIRS—FE
MALE PICKPOCKETS— l’ATENT
PLOWS—BAD HUSBANDRY-
MYSTIC owls-death’s
SAD WORK.
October 23, 1880.
Since my last letter, Atlanta has
been in the midst ot the most multi
tudinous excitement. If you do not
catch my meaning by that phrase, in
vert the words and say she has been
lull of the most excited multitudes.
Everybody has been he re and their
‘ sisters and their cousins and their
aunts!’ Should the quotation stagger
you, just lean up against that excla
mation point, which I place there for
all such n ailers to steady themselves
by.
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UHlVERSnY OF GEORGIA LIBRARY
BANNER.
CIcMccldj'g aimer.
T. WATHHMAN,
PROPRIETOR. ,
“ WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.”
Volume LXIV.
ATHENS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1SS0.
Number 52.
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The inilita< y parades, encampment
Ac., have furnished the chiet attrac
tion. Everybody likes lo look at sol
diers. While folks and black folks,
old folks and young folks, wise men
and tools, rich men ami poor men
men and women (especially the wo
men) like to gaze at them. Women
will dance w ith an idiot iu uiiitorm
and will rej.-ct a prodigy ol mind and
culture to do so. I don’t blame them.
I never could be a soldier, it for noth
ing else than that my legs arc too
short to keep I he step with any ordi
nary man; hut I recur with syropa-
ihetic pleasure to the days when as a
bar. loot school boy I habitually rcit-
eiated on Friday evenings, ihe deejs.
seated desire of my heart:
“ 1 wish I win u soldier and had a fine rud."
The remainder of the patriotic coup
let compo-ed for the use ot such
youthful oiatois is:
• I’d no iiIoiir with Jackson and ace the yankeca
run.” j
This part I always spoke with men-1
ta! reservation, but the fiist part I
uttered in great sincerity. But al
though I like soldiers I have seen
enough of this kind ot thing lorawhile.
It was lirst-rate at the start but a man
tires ol a good thing when it is too
abundant. I was so taken with the
thing on the first day that I put on
martial ways, if not the clothes, and
called myself a ‘Texas Ranger.’ Not
caring as much for the articles stolen
as for the desire to sustain the charac
ter assumed, I filched two or three
articles from my wife’s pantry. A few
remarks of the Caudle variety took
the war paint off me and 1 dropped
into a meek citixen. Some men can
afford to play 4 Texas Ranger’ I sup
pose, and I have decided henceforth
not to comjiete with them in the per
formance.
There was a sham battle between
certain of the companies at Ogle
thorpe Park. They performed. on a
part of the ground made hi-foric in the
siege of Atlanta. It was an interest-
of people filled the streets, standing
so thick as to prevent the running ot
the street cursor other conveyances
until the great crowd would move on
in pursuit of the Itcnutiful display.
At such a time people become in
toxicated with gayety and forget that
there are any sorrowing hearts, or
tearful eyes left in the world. But alas!
the waves of human suffering never
sleep. Often crowds of pleasure seeks
ers hasten with quick step past, homes
into which sickness or death has come,*
and the unwelcome sound of their
careless laughter finds it« way into the
chamber of sadness. The omniscient
eye looks down upon a world of strik
ing contrasts; joy and grief stand
close together in his great view. And
he or she whose eye fulls upon this
letter will see something after the
same manner. With this detail of
festivities I am compelled to mingle a
tale ot grief. Miss Lanra Candler,
the eldest daughter of lion. M. A.
Candler has gone from her beautiful
earthly home into that house not made
with bands— 44 Our Fathers House ”
iu heaven. She would have completed
her course at the school of Madame
Sosnowski in your city next summer.
Just entering upon womanhood, a
! joy to Iter friends, and almost the idol
of her family, death lias snatched her
away. Only a handlul of dust in a
grave! and the memory of a beautiful
life is left. Bright eyes are closed, a
sweet voice is hushed, a warm heart is
stilled forever. May the good Christ
who wept with Mary and Martha in
Bethany comfort and strengthen the
hearts bowed in grief by this great
affliction. Jac.
TIIE SALVATION ARMY.
OPENING OF TUK CAMPAIGN IN BALTI
MORE.
Bsltimorc Sun.
•The Salvation Army’ ojtened the
campaign in Baltimore yesterday by
holding meetings, afternoon and eve
ning, in William Street Independent
Methodist Church. The names of the
two guards are Theodore Jones and
Charles Bentley, aged, resi>ectively,
twenty-three and twenty-two years.
Jones is a Philadelphian, and joined
— , w«» , . , .,%• , l aJUllvc 13 a A uuauLii»ui"HH ju»<vu
ingMght. If the word Ihrimng wn i ^ g a i val j 0ll Army J under coiumis-
not quite so strong, I would say it 1 8 j oner RaiRon, about a year ago.
was a thrilling sight. t convince ^ ba8 B en tlcy was born in Notting-
me of the wisdom of Mark 1 wain s ^ England, but came to America
war policy as announced in h't card wben thirteen years of age, and en-
ns a c andidate lor the presidency lisled in t he Salvation Army last
the United Stales. Mark declared 8pr h, g nhortly after its arrival in this
that in caso of war, he was determin- countr _ Rev. Thomas Lowe, [astor
ed, as soon as the guns began to hre, o j tbe cnurcb j n w hich the meetings
to get right, over the **"*• held, introduced them to the
home. 1 am going with him, and we C0D „ re „ at ; 0n at the afternoon meeting
expect to have a good large following j gtal j ng t |j a t he was always willing and
— not because our plan is popular, but anxio “ g to help and be helped b y any
on account ol our personal popularity. ( arne8l £oldier of tbe cr0M . goth
Besides the military attractions wo j 0|JeJ and jj eli *]y wore the Uniterm of
have had two fairs running; one all tbe ,^ rm „ ,—blue blouses with col-
day and the other a good pmt of the | arg lr j mmed with red biuding. Their
night. One- is the lair in the interest batg are b l*ck Derbys, with red
of the armory for the hate City Kj d tjj> ghil . ld3 j ngcr ; bed Sal-
Guards. This is a popular method of val j oll Army. Both men are below
raising money for churches, lodges, ^ nied j uin height, Jones being
libraries etc It is rarely a/oir way, corapact iy bu -,lt, while Bentley is spare
though called by that name. The an , | nok J to ^ in feeb i a health. They
other was the exhibition ol the North were Reated w itbin the altar railing,
Georgia Stock and Fair Association. I andon being introduced Bentley said
Both have been successes financially |hal thcy trora Philadelphia to
to all concerned; even the pickpockets tbis city believing that there was
have prospered A little sensation work done bere f or the Lord,
was made by the repeated successes or and tbey bad faith t0 bope lbo way
a female pickjcocket at the car shed. wou , d be ned> and ag tbo relation
The married men need not affect w„n- of cxper j eucea was the best kind of
<1. r about the case, however, lor evet7 c r hi hewonld relate big> a„ d
one of the poor innocents has his pock". buped that Christians present would
ets rifled by a woman pickpocket (o ,[ ow him and re l a ie theirs. Jones
oftener than the changes of the moon. teand relatud somewhat of his
There was on exhibition at the fair h ^ 0 _ he effectively. A pious
of the North Georgia Stock and Fair molb er t dying while he was young,
Association ^a new and wonderful m#de j.j m promise to meet her in
ploughing apparatus. I do not ven- beaven . be Grayed away, became r
turc to call it a plow, though it does . went ^ bad raan y nar ,
Col. Ben. Yancey, it is I —• =■ — *—
SCISSORISMS.
If a mule had as many legs as a
cockroach thi-c country wouldn’t be so
thickly populated.
A man who a'ways is hunted by
the sheriff may be ‘chased’ although
not always virtuous.
It is a difficult thing for a dog with
out a tail to show his master bow
much be thinks of him.
You can't make pancakes out of
the base-ball batter, although the
pi'cher often catches the baiter.
The man who knows more about
/our business than you do yourself;
always has leisure te entertain you.
A Sacramento bride whipped her
father because he induced her husband
to drink iu a barroom.
An eccentric hut pious man has
built a house on posts torty feet high,
at Plymton, Oregon, in order that he
may live nearer heaven.
Like sees like. On these pleasant
Autumn evenings the tooting ofabrass
hand is trequeutly followed by the
metallic ring of the politician’s voice.
Life, liberty and the pursuit oi
happiness’ is an American’s inalien
able birthright, lie keeps up the
pursuit of happiness, hut very sel
dom catches him.
The man with a barrel does not
exercise any influence on German
voters; but the statesman who taps a
keg—a keg of lager beer—wins their
votes every timo
If you can get one towel out of one
yard of cloth, how many towels can
you get out of two yards? That de
pends altogether on how many there
are on the clothes lines.
A Jersey City merchant who sells
candy clips off a half inch from the
end of the penny stick, and nses the
ends with his mixed candies. This
is the New Jersey idea of the balance
of trade.
Dead Lake, in California, is peculiar
in having no visible outlet, thou h
a large stream runs into it. The
I ndiana believe that it is bottomless and
marks the spot where a wicked tribe
once sank into the ground. No In
dian can be induced to go near it
* Adolphus, my dear,’ said she, ‘it’s
nearly a year since you first began to
call.’ 4 Yes, I believe so,’ nervously.
‘And we’ve talked about books and
music every night.’ 1 Y-y-e-s I think
so,’ more nervous than befoie. ‘Well,
l-I-don’t you think a change would
be agreeable T There was a change in
a few weeks time. The pastor made
it.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THE SOUTH
The rapid recovery of the South is
illustrated by a table which the Gal
veston News has just published from
our official statistics, showing the cot
ton trade of the United States and the
average price per pound at New
York and Liverpool for the last fifty
years. The comments of our contem
porary on these figures deserve quota
tion -. From a crop of 976,845 bales
in 1830, production in America has
increased in 1879 lo 5,064,155 bales.
The greatest crop before the war was
4,861,292 bales—the greatest in the
history of the country was 5,075,155
bales in 1878-79. Free labor has
produced in the fifteen years since the
close ot the war 9,600,000 hales more
than was produced in the fifteen years
preceding the war. These are extra
ordinary fsets, from which startling
deductions may be made. It is discov
ered likewise that in ratio of in
creased production has been steadily
maintained an increased ratio in price.
From the year 1839 up to the year
1860 the average price paid iu New
York for middling cotton was not
quite equnl to eight and a halt cents.
From 1865 np to 1879 the price paid
has averaged upward twenty-two and
a half cents. The staple has settled
down upon an apparent basis of some
thing like twelve cents. It is estima
ted by experts and statisticians that
cotton now enters so largely into such
variety of manufactured articles
GEN. A. R. LAWTON. '
•
fAupuU Chronicle and Constitutionalist]
The editorial correspondence of the
Chronicle and Constitutionalist, dated
Atlanta, February 1 1876, contained
the following reference to General
A. R. Lawton, then a member of the
Honsofrom Chatham. We take great
pleasure in reproducing this notice of
General Lawton in the columns of the
Chrouicle and Constitutionalist:
Lawton, whose convictions
were against a convention on
und of expediency alone, op-
ie compromise. He it one of
it and ablest iffen in the Stattf,
could say with truth in the
There is nothing small in the
Re has neither egotism nor
ipoeity, neither assnmacy nor
"it;. Firm in his convictions, be
id in the expression of his
op nions and always courteous and
di nified. A gentleman of the most
liwral culture and of the highest legal
at ainments he stands to-day the
peer of any man in Geargia. There
ia ratling negative ahout him. His
vi >wa on all questions are broad and
n; tional, and are expressed with
precision, force and elegance which
always command respect, and never
fail of the impression that lie is a man
of great character, of spotless in-
tegrity and of superior ability, lie is
upt ouly a patriot, hut a statesman
-pa man who has never sought office,
S t one who would do honor to Gsor-
i, either as her chiet executive
that increased demand keeps and will officer or as one of her representatives
keep fully up to the increased produc- jn the Senate of the United States.
AN AGRICULTURAL CREED
According to the Canada Farmer,
the agriculimists of Canada met in
convention not long ago, and adopted
for themselves the following creed:
We believe in small farms and thor
ough cultivation.
We believe that the soil lives to eat
as well as the owner, and ought there
fore to be well manured.
We believe in going to the bottom
of things,and therefore deep plowing
and enough of it—all the better if it he
sub-soil plow.
which
We believe in large crops, '
Rjnrs l8i i—d hotter than they
A man threw a couple ot superan
nuated eggs at an actress in a Philadel
phia theatre Very likely he had no
further use for the eggs, and thought
he would give thm away, but this
action brought him into bad odor
with the court, and be was fined $500
people who are cunous to unueretanu • u> aftcr being liberated, h<
it or see it will doubtless have an op- coaTorted j„ a jJethodist i ch
jiorluiii'.y of doing so. I can not de- jjj g manner wns.ewcpfst to vehetr
scribe it, and will not try. 1 have and b ; g p3tbe tic narrative afl
tion. This assures prices. The
American crop of 1879 realized 8228,-
335, 975. The same crop for the
1846 realized but $79,039,475—a dif
ference of 8149,297,500. The two
years selected will serve as an illustra
tion, as they appear to strike an aver
age. With this system of wealth ac
cretion, how long will it take the South
lo recover herself? Taking cognizance
of the facts also that of the South is
now herself sustaining in articles of
home consumption than she was in
years before the war, it must be ap-
parent at a glance that she is oo the
high road to a magnificent future!;
Should the value of exports flora Tex-'
as this year reach $100,000,000, as it
is exacted it will do, it is safe to sa;
that *25,000,000 of this amount wi
remain as a clear profit oi capital to
the State. These aggregates in a few
years will become so great that mi
in the South will be owned in al
dance, the sequence ot which will jfa
that jn all direction# will sprung,®*'
manufactures and kindred e''
the establishment of which
ance cf a steady and solid indepen
dence. The lessons uf emancipation
to the South may have been bitter in
tbeir times and iue.ho.ls, but who will
say that after all tliey may not prove a
right royal benetaciiou ? The South
I have deemed this due to the ex
alted character of the distinguished
member from Chatham. To him is
due the credit of the measure which
harmonized the conflicting views of
the friends of the convention. With
such men ia a convention to frame the
organic law, the people need have no
apprebensiou as to the result. The
rights of all persons will be preserved
under the new constitution, and the
best interest# ot the State will be
subserved *
it, making both the farm and the
larmer rich at once.
We believe every farm should
own a good larmer.
We believe that the fertilizer of any
soil is a spirit of industry, enterprise
and intelligence—without these, lime,
gypsmn, and guano would be of little
use.
We believe in good fenses, good
farmshou-es, good orchards, and good
children enough to gather the fruit
We believe in clean kitchen, a neat
wife in it, a clean cupboad, a clean
daily, and a clean conscience.
We believe to ask a man’s advice is
not stooping, but of much benefit.
We believe that to keep a place for
everything and everything in its place
Baves many a step ar.d is pretty sure
to lead to good tools and to keeping
them in order.
We believe that kindness to stock,
like good shelter, is saving of fodder.
We believe that it is a good thing
to keep an eye on experiments, and
note all, good and bad.
We believe that it is a good rule
to sell grain when it is ready.
We believe in producing the best
butter aod cheese, and marketing it
when it is ready.
THE GREAT TROTTERS.
BUSINESS MAXIMS.
A prominent merchant has com
plied the following maxims for his
own inquiry and experience •
1. Choose the kind of business you
understand.
2. Capital is positively required in
business, even if you have real estate
outside and credit ever so good.
3. One kind oi business is os much
as a man can manage successfully.
Investment on the outside do not gen
erally pay, especially if you require the
money iu your business.
JiY THEIR FRUITS YE
SHALL KNO W THEM."
One of the best things which has
been done in these latter days, nod »
one which crowns the life of Thurlow
Weed, is his ‘ open letter ’ to Robert
G. Ingereoll. Wo make an extract
or” two. One is a picture of what
religion has done for New York:
4 Forty > ears ago a locality too well
knowu as the 4 Five Points,’- with a
population of several thousand#, was
the home of the vilest of the vile,
and the resort ot others equally de
based. Men, women and children of
all nationalities and colors herded to
gether, differing only in degrees of
crime and the depths of profligacy
habitually practiced. Their days
were' passed in either idleness or de»
predations. Their nights were spent
in daDce-house debaucheries. All
healthy or wholesome influences were
excluded. Children grew up to be
come either street beggars or inmates
jof the almshouse, anejf their parents
'filled penitentiaries and prisons, These
orgies continued year after year, de
fiant and aggressive, until that pande
monium was invaded by Christian
tnen and women whose patience would
not tire, whoso courage was indomit
able, and whose devotion has been
?i*y jSautiOUsly and M what w TmoTar and relmiou.
yon want,
to purchase what you do hot need ;
it yon do, yon will soon want what
you can’t buy.
5. Insure your stock; insure your
store; insure your dwelling, if you
have one. If the r ite is high it is on
ly because the risk is great, and of
course you should not take the risk
yourself. A business that will not
pay for insuring will not justify run
ning.
6. ^Sell to good, responsible parties
only. Sell on a specified time and
when your money is due domand it;
do not let the account stand without
note or interest for an indefinite pe
riod.
7. Sell at a reasonable profit and
never misrepresent to effect a sale.
8. Live within your income; keep
your business to yourself; have pa
tience and you will succeed.
9. Competition is the life of trade,
hut in trying to run your competitor
out of business be careful you do not
run yourself out. i
10. Advertise your business in your
home paper. It pays to patronize the
printer.
that work. Col. Ben. X ancey, it is I rnw following evil associates,
said, bought one, and the Athens ba waa thrown into prison and one
people who are curious to understand • b t. a{ber be ; ng liberated, he was
it no CAn it mill rlnitllllcfla hflOA fin nllk I ® « • .1 1* ^ ^ chlirCfa
vehemence,
„„ pathetic narrative affected
knowledge ot but two things concern- K tearg the grea te r portion of his
ing tanning. The first is that patent hearera About a dozen men, old
plowing machines are generally patent and youngf and several women also
humbugs, This I have learned * n I related their experiences. All through
traveling ahout in Georgia during the lbe meeting the excitement ran high,
last few years. During that * I and during the niogiog ot hymns and
have 8eeu ions ol timber and red paint exhortations exclamations of ‘Glory,’
piled up ruder gin houses and in tool . Ha)le i ujab » and -Amen’ were rife,
rooms, in the shape ol patent plows H and _ aba v m g became general, while
that were good lor nothing but to ««*• lwo or three of the older brethren
The second fact I found during my and one e ) der ]y aster fairly danced
youth in a Vinegar Bitters Almanac. witb ; 0 y. The two army men said
Subsequentexperienceand observation 1 fe f tperfect w at home, and were
has confirmed to me its wisdom. It is ^ ecstatic as those who bad been af-
a profound principle worthy of all ao* ffcled by lheir exhortations. Bentley
ccptalion mid reads on this wise: gla ( ed ; n conversation that others of
‘ It is exceedingly bad husbandry to Sa i vavion Army are expected here
harrow up the feelings of your wire. io a ghort lime> . ag goou ag t he Lord
This senteuoe I found among a list of opeQa tbe *3.. ;hen they would we
garden items, at the bottom of the I the goape i bre0m and gweep the devil
1-age in the aforesaid publication 1 back lo b ig headquarters.’ At prea-
have forgotten all the suggestions enl a ma ; or jty 0 f the army in this
about strawberries and parsnips and I ooun ^ ry wag recruited in it, and when
radishes, hut this has. clung to me. I Qjggiginjgger Railton comes to Balti-
doubt not it Ungers in my n,,,, d for raore he will bring those recruits in-
some good purpose. eluding a number of sisters.
Maybe you have heard of the 0 l i
Mystic Owls and their display. This
is an organization which seek# to be
to Atlanta what Mardi Gras is to
New Orleans. They give an annual 1 Potatoes, at any time of the year,
hall some night during fair week, and can he mealy if boiled in salt and wa-
a street pageant. About the tall I ter and drained and then covered
can not write, for this prodigal had j w j|h a thick towel and left in back of
no part or lot in the music and the tbe range five minutes.’
dancing. Get you a copy e* q*o retain the color of any vegetable
esl’s and stnng a lot nl milhnery terms , unge ^ int0 old wa t er after boiling,
of French extraction together, Cooks make tlramistake of. boiling
and hang the string around some tb ; nga t00 muc h. After reaching the
fictitious name, and yon wtB have os inl meatg gbo uld simraev
sr5x*«ss:as &5asur - w '—
Kftr?»l'32STS& as Wtot
show. It is so republican. Generally rather than over-season food.
it is like tree lunch but not so in thi When anything is accidentally
case. Tlie subject presented this I mafia too salt it can be counteracted
year was the crusadis. Huge floats 1 by adding a tahlespoontul ot vinegar
drawu by horses draped in white, each I and a tablespooaful of sugar,
bearing some scene representative of j Meats of any kind should not be
the , conspicuous events of the first 1 washed, but wiped with a towel to
crorads. were carried, through the preserve tbe juices and quality.
streets. The whole scene was lit up J ’ ••
with the most brilliant lights, iu the I Tub Philadelphia police have just
bauds of attendants walking on either | been: assessed $8,697 for ^republican
side of the freosssion. A perfect sea | campaign purposes.^
for bis little diversion. This is 83,000 «• , mor ? P™P*rous to-day than ever
a dozen for eggs, and not very good be, °^ ,n h ? r history. As matters
eggs at tbat. g We seem to be getting to «>*«t may she not aspire
back into war prices. i or thlrt J ^ars hence ?
The cotton pickers, says the Rich-, _ _ _ . , ,
mond State are ‘happy in tbe tar The St. Louis voung lady goes on
South’ and there is no talk of exodus, to advise her sisterhood as sagely as
The season is full upon them, aud it through sne spoke from the pinnacle
will cost the planters, at a close es- °1 experience. She tells them : Now
tirnate, $40,000,000 to pick the crop that yon are being courted, you think
this yea'",825,000,000 of which will go I of course, it ia all very well and it
into the pockets of the colored labor- *U he nicer when you get married,
era, the greater portion ol which will But it won t. He thinks he s
be earned by the women and child- to keep on this high pitch of love
rcn. And yet there are people who the time. But he won t. He doesn't
believe this race is not content and know himsrif, and you doD t know
haDDV here j» him. It can’t last. It must cool down.
„ . . _ , w When he sees you as many times a
Captain Eads will sad from New K be wants to, and may be
Orleans for Mex.co on November 4, ’ he „ h „ 8ees h ead done
accompanied by a party of engineers, ^ morn , / , in cur ,
who will examine the Isthmus of \V 7 ^ h J, off lhe
Tehuantepec, in order to verify the whcn your homo contains a
Captain’s ideas as to ite edapuM,ty ^ dealof J waflh ^ cradI(J and
to the par^ses of a ship ra. way. ^ he won’t stand in front of
Captain Itads will, at the samo time, h house for one hour out in the
cnaeavorito securegovcn.ment sane- L,^ watching your light in your
turn for hm proposed survey, and to w j adow He’ll L thinking rather
aeccrtam what the Mexican Congress | ofgeU . ingontofthe h ousef Young
woman, protract this court-hip
COOKING MAXIMS
will be willing to do if he decides to
make the railway. I long as you can. Let well enough
The Concord stieet Baptist Church ggjone. A courtship in hand is worth
(colored), in Brooklyn says the Sun, j ^ wo marriages in the bush. Don’t
has threatened to withdraw from the tn.irry till Chrisinas after next.’
Long Island Baptist Association if 1
colored people are not admitted to 1 Qou BLEsa the Ladies!—It’s
tire privileges of the BapU-t Home. wel , u , g QVer - m Illdian3> for | 0 ,ely
m a-socmiion has accordingly de- w<jinan hersclf wag rutlD ; riol with
cided that, while * has no power to of ^ « nTMa . A
instruct the managers of tUiHome, ^ recites that -in one
,ta senseu that all legally worthy ap- dfy0 ^ Ptand a nnmber 0 f ladies,
plicants should he sdmiltad lo tlm 1^; wj|h brag8 and gtring
Home, and to all the benefits thereof, Maba ,. d Ouehason a
without regard to race or color. | dreS3 with red t8 aud b lue
A very large Democratic meeting alld white trimmings: another wears
was held at York, Pa., Thursday 1 a gkjrt of pink and a paper cap of bine
Judge Jere 8 Black presided, and I a dorned with white stars; toe next
• * J C»t mmhaLaw Q.inafA* I • 1 FI
introducing tbe first speaker, Senator wears against a dress of dusty mus~
Bayard, of Delaware, said: T intro- Mfo a stomacher, representing the
duee to yon a gentleman whose name shield of the republic, and still anoth-
is a household word in all this country er—heaven save the mark—is hoist
—frotn Maine to Texas, from the upon tb e gate-post, where she person-
Atlantic to the Pacific. I claim for I ^ with a speckled fool’s cap and
him your utmost attention, and not bedraggled blue skirt, reaching to
one word will diop from his lips you tj ie wa lk beneath, the Goddess of
ought not to remember. If he were Liberty. Her flag hss somehow got
to die to-day his name would go entangled in a bush beside the fence,
down to posterity pure and untar- and u we thunder by her an anath-
nished.’ Senator Wallace and Hon. | e ma rises aliove the sound of hoofs,
E. K. Adgar also spoke.
We do not know that we. could add
anything new to those opinions ex
pressed in 1876. They were inten
ded to cover the whole ground of ad
miration for General Lawton. We
know for certain that time has strengh-
ened our convictions and that noth
ing can lie taken away in eulogy.
General Lawton is a man ot growth
1 and, as such, bis mental and moral
nature baa advanced since 1876. He
has been popularly mentioned for the
ftwrafsirahra nf thii flints, to success
Gen. Gordon, and in this noble ambi
tion we heartily second what we deem
to be a genuine voice of the people.
Like Gen. Hancock, General Lawton
is a spotless character. He cannot be
successfully assailed individually or
professionally. He has ever been true
to himself, his people and his Maker.
His ideal is a lofty one and will always
be so. He has been tried in many
ways and found faithful in all. He
has been wise in peace and valiant in
war. He has ever preferred principle
to selfish gain, and has never deserted
his fellow-citizens in an extennity for
his own peculiar usufruct. True to
them in past misfortune, bo will not
forsake them should a dark day come
again. He does not promise incredi
ble advantages if the Senatorahip
should fall to bis lot, bat he may be
depended upon to illustrate the com:
monwealth with dignity and talent
and secure for her all that law allows
and that personal influence can com'
pass. The Titmouse art ot giving
everything to everybody, by proclam
alien or resolution, is easy of accom-
phishment on paper; it is difficult to
bring to pass in congress. We have no
doubt that, if elected to the senate,
Gen. Lawton will, in every way, be ac
ceptable to the whole people and that
tbe people will be proud of him. He
represents the spirit of conciliation
and not antagonism. He is equipped
to meet in debate the best of his op
ponents. No scandal will ever attach
to his name. The practicality of his ca
reer is only matched by the chivalry
of his soul. He combines the sound
sense of the North with the high spir
it of the South. Nothing is more at
tractive, winning and influential at
Washington than such a combination
of intellectual and moral qualities.
We may be sure that on the grand
arena of the Senate he will hold no
second place and that he will stand
among the foremost ot his peers.
Georgia could have no worthier,
rarer, abler Senator, nor one who,
] aithfnl to the glories of the past, is so
admirably endowed to sustain the
greater aspirations of the future.
The following is a list of the great
trotters of the world which have made
a record below 2:20, in harness or to
wagon :
2:10}—Maud S.
2:11} —St. Julian.
2:13}—Itarus.
2:14 —Goldsmith Maid.
2:14}—Hopeful.
2:15 —Lulu.
2:15}—Smuggler.
2:15}—Hattie Woodward
2:16}—Lucille Golddnst.
2:16}—American Girl, Darby and
Hopeful to wagon.
2:16}—Occident.
2:17 —Gloster. ~ - -*■
2:17} —Dexter.
2:17}—Hannis.
2:18 --DickSwiveler, Edwin For
rest, Great Eastern, Judge Fullerton,
Nettie Proteine, IUd Cloud, and Sana
Claus.
2:18}—lady Maud, Lady Thorn
Luck, Midnight, and Independence.
2:18}—Colonel Lewis, Slow Go,
and Charley Ford.
2.T 8}—Nutt wood and Patchen,
2:19 —Albemarlde, Alley, Bone
setter, Cozette, Edward, Graves,
Wedgewood, Kitty Bates, and Mos-
LONG ENGAGEMENTS.
A St. Louis young woman enters
into tome interesting statistical and
malrimoniaLeonjectnres. She figures
out that she knows perhaps one bun-
wheels and instruments: ‘Burn my
cats, ef I don’t yank ye np by the
roots toraorer, ye darned eternal
demonish thing.*—Chicago Times
Says the St. Louis Republican
Hancock is a bad raau to stir up, and
died young men, in round numbers. I republicans ought to understand by
Of these she thinks she knows about ^ thne that they are sure to hart
jssU——f—
•he would consent to marry for love I attacks oo him* It is not to be sup
or money on the spur of tbe moment, posed that General Grant had any
It may not be a pleasant way ot put* especial regard for Garfield when he
ting it, bnt-what. she says is tnat, mi ojkHs mod batteries and began to
lakrag one hundred young men as fife slime at Hancock, but whatever
they come and go, only one out of J his intention, hi* assault has damaged
every twenty-five can be set down as Garfield only less than himralf. No-
unobjectionable and able to make a I body will assume to hold Garfield re
living lor himself and wife sponsible for Grant’s low scnmkty,
but it baa nevertheless been decided
The London Economist is not very i effective in strengthening Hancock
sanguine as to Mr. Thomas Hughes’ 1 and in that way has been most dams
Tennessee experiment. aging to Garfield.’
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2:19}—Rodiue, Comec, Croxie and
George Palmer.
2:19}—Thoe. L. Young and Keene
Jim.
2:19}—Adelaide, Camors, Flora
Temple, Trinket and Dick Wright.
New York and the Tariff.—
The tariff question in this State, the
great commercial center, is likely to
prove more disastrous to the Republi
cans than the Democrats. Many of
the leading manufacturers find that
so many schemes have been hitched on
the tariff that it hurts more than it
helps them. Manufacturing in
terests have had loaded ujion them
so many projects which tax the people
and tax them that they feel that it is
better for them to cope with foreign
competition with less taxation than
with more. What our manufacturers
need now. more than all other things,
is the restoration of our mercantile
and shipping interests, which will
search out markets for them, in all
parts of the world. It is tacitly con
ceded that the continuance of the Re
publican party in power means the
virtual abandonment of American
commerce and the destruction of Am
ericau mercantile agencies and in
terests.
THAT CORSET STORY.
Some republicans have a good deal
to say about Gen. Hancock wearing
a corset. But they don’t tell why he
wears a corset. Here is the truth of
the whole matter: Gen. Hancock
was wounded with a a prison bullet iu
the Mexican war, which was followed
by a running sore, ard in consequ
ence of which he has ever since been
compelled to wear a bandage It is
difficult to keep the bandage in place
and a corset was brought into use.
This is the whole of the corset story.
It is not worn for the reason that
some men part their hair in the mid
dle, but to protect a wound received
in defense of his country. Republi
can spouters ate welcome to afl the
capital they c.m make against IIan>
cock by derisively retailing the corset
story.
It is proposed in New York to es
tablish the whipping post as a means
of punishment tor wife heating buss
bands. The Herald says: ‘It would
not keep men long enough away from
their families to subject the latter to
suffering for lack of the husband’s
earning, as some times they do ■when
one ot these brutes is imprisoned. A
reestablishment of tbe whipping [>ost
might seem a step backward, hut if it
were done only for the benefit of wife
beaters no one would be likely to ob
ject, and there would be no lack of
men—even women—willing to handle
the ‘cat and see that the punisliraen
were properly inflicted.’
AN OPPONENTS ADMIS
SION.
The Madisonian, an able as well as
candid paper, has this to say about
Emory bpeeris speech in Madison:
There is no doubt that this leader
of the independents in the 9th is a man
ot power on the stump. His style,
which has in it rather too florid a
complexion and borders at times most
too much on sophomorio bomhast tor
one who aspires to tlie dignity of an
Ameican Statesman, is nevertheless
attractive;—interspersed as it is. with
really eloquent conceptions and beau
tiful imagery. His articulation is
distinct; and'he gives proof that he
has remarkable control over his voice,
#s well as his manner. Notwith
standing the numerous public speeches
very recently delivered, we discover
ed not a discordant or a harsh tone
from hoarseness or otherwise in the
dear ringing of bis well selected
words. Taking into ooraideration
hi* age f and bis brief experience in
pnbuolife,Improbably has not an
equal, Benj. EL. Hill excepted, as a
popular orator before a promiscuous
gathering.
Old John Robinson’s show yester
day was a grand success not only in
point of the attendance, which was im
mense, hut in the excellence the va
riety and completeness of the exhibi
tion. To tell of the many wondai ful
animals, the fine horses and sprightly
dogs, the marvellous feats of horse-
mansbip and gymnastics.the witticis
ms ot Lowlow, that prince of clowns,
and countless other features would
lead us far beyond the limits ot our
space. Sufficient to say that the ex
hibition was oue of the beet, if not the
best, that our people have } et seep,
and that Old John’s great show will
be welcomed toLynchlmrg whenever
it shall come —Lynchburg Virgin
ian.
Fifteen years of free labor in the
South are telling there story in the
census of 1880. Aud what does it
teach? The negro so far from de
clining iu numbers, has increased
more rapidly than ever before, and it
is to the multiplication of his race that
the South is mainly indebted for its
ability to maintain its present power
in the government. And so far from
running into idleness and decay, the
negro never was as thrifty as now,
and his labor never produced so
much per head to the common wealth
of the country.
After Henry Ward Beecbei; had
talked about politics for halt an hour
at his prayer-meeting, last Friday
night, a stranger arose and began to
discuss the kingdom of heaven. He
spoke in a cracked voioe, and Mr.
Beecher at once began to frown upon
him. After listening to him for two
minntes, Mr. Beecher interrupted him,
saying: 4 Weil, my young friend, I
guess you had better wind up. As
they say in Congress, we will give you
leave to print the rest of your re
marks ’ The young man dropped
into his seat, much discomfited.
To wash towels with colored bor
ders let them soak in a pail ot cold
water containing one teaspoon ful of
sugar of lead ; let them remain ten
minutes before washing; to make the
colors look clear and bright, use pul
verized borax in wash water, very lit
tle soap ?nd no soda. To wash rod
linen, use tepid water, with * little
powdered borax, which serves to set
the color; wash the linen separately
and quickly, using viry little soap;
rinse in tepid water, containing a lit
tle boiled starch; hang to dry in the
shade, and iron when almost dry. .
‘If you will consent to my mar
riage with vonr daughter, she will be>
We have above aim-1 treated as if she were an angel.’ ‘That
‘I assure you, gentlemen,’ said the
convict upon entering the prison, ‘that
the p'.nce.naa sought me, and Dot I the
place. My own affairs really demanded
ail my time and attention, and 1 may
truly say my selection to ffll lliis po
sition was an entire sui prise. Had I
consulted ray own interests, I should
have peremptorily declined to serve
imt as I am in the hands of my friends,
I see no other course hut to submit.’
And ho 8ubinited.
In the country, the woman of the
house ia in a sad fix. A big fruit yield
and a Presidential election come to
gether. There is any quantity of
stuff to do np, but the man who should
peel and pit is off carrying a torch or
shouting himself hoarse, and in c >nse-
quepce there will bo a dearth of sweets
this year. *
Seventeen Mormon elders arrived
aii.8u Louis Friday from Utah, and
left Saturday for Tennessee, Georgia,
and Alabama, Mississippi,.North Caro
liua and Virginia, whither they go to
make converts to the Mormon faith •
and secure Mormon emigrants' to
reformation sq complete ttef iKf pilAf ■' ■ !!r
of our city is -now- more quiet and
orderly than the onco dreaded 4 Five
Points.’ .Thousands of children then
growing up cither vagabonds or cuts
prits are now attending schools, in
which they are stimulated by precept
and example to live industrious and
virtuous lives. Instead, therefore, of
sending forth idle, ignorant and vici
ous children to prey upon society, the
destitute and orphan children of the.
4 Five Points,’ prepared for usefulness
by moral and religious training, find
happy homes in our rapidly develop
ing W estei n States and Territories.
‘ Again, eight years ago Water
street and its surroundings eastward
from Peck Slip had a notoriety almost
unenviable as that ot tbe ‘Five
Points.’ That region was rife with
drunkeuness, burglaries pugilism, and
their kindred vices. Jerry McAuley
was conspicuous in all that was wick
ed aud demoralizing. He bad the
reputation ot being a terror to the
precinct—a reputation which, by his
own confes-ion, was deserved. But
ibis disturber of the public peace was
converted, and then he resolved to
devote the remainder ot his life to
the service of his Master, and, with a
faithful, affectionate wife as a helper,
he has abundan'ly atoned for all bis
offenses. For a long time the hisses
and howlings of hi.- former associates
seriously disturbed his meetiugs, but
courage, perseverance and patience
finally prevailed, and his work now
progresses without interruption. The
general character of the neighborhood
lias been improved; iis social and
moral tone and atmosphere have been
purified. Sailors’ boarding-houses
have been reformed. Sailors now
carry their Bibles with them to sea.
Moody and Sankey hymns are sung
in forecastles. Hundredsof half naked
and hungry wives and bhildren, by
the conversion ot drunken husbands
and fathers, now rejoice in comforta
ble and happy homes. The Mission
Church is crowded every week day
aud evening, and three times on Sun
day, with intelligent Christian men
and women who, rescued from garret
and gutter, are now reputable citi
zens, enjoying the fruits of tbeir
industry and relating with grateful
hearts the miseries of the past, the
joy8 oftheir present and the hopes ot
their future. By alt who ‘went to
scoff, but remained to pray,’ Jerry
McAnley and his exemplary wife are
regarded with affection, and will be
remembered with gratitude.’
The other is a very clever contrast,
of which Ingersoll could hardly have
tailed to feel the sharpness, even un
der the kiridly and courteous hand of
the writer:
* Let us contrast the labors of two
prominent contemporary teachers—
one, Mr. Moody, a Christian, and the
other, Mr. Ingersoll, an infidel mis
sionary. Mr. Moody is self-made
and self-educated. Mr. Ingersoll is a
gentleman of education, culture and
refinement. That Mr. Moody’s labors
have been in the highest degree bene
ficial to all classes will not be denied.
The highest and humblest listened
wiLb charmed interest^ and all jeft
the Tabernacle better and happier.
The general effect, both of his preach
ing, supplemented bv the never-to-be
forgotten voice of Mr. Sankey, clears
ed, Draced and purified the religious,
moral and social atmosphere of the
city. Tbe labors ot Moody and Sank-
ey were practical. They not only
asked, ‘ What shall the harvest he r*
but they obtained in their inquiry-
rooms gratifying re8pone8 to the ques
tion. Hundreds or drunkards were
converted. Destitute wives and chil
dren and desolate homes have been
made happy and bright by the rescue
and return of reformed husbands and
fathers. Long and gratefully will the
advent of Moody and Sankey he re
membered. The city is fragrant with
Tabernacle memories. Mr. Moody is
turning the results of his labors to
good account. The Moody and Sank
ey hymns, well known to tho Christian
world, are now sung by native con
verts in the interior of Africa. The
sale of these hymn-books produces a
handsome fund which Mr. Moody de
votes to missionary purposes. At his
home in Nortbfield, Mass., he has
erected a suitable building tor a mis
sion school and homo for Indian girls,
some fifty of whom from the far west
have already been .received. Mr.
Moody, therefore, has taken np and
will carry on the good work so nuspi-
ciously commenced by the late Father
DeSmet. And now 1 invite Mr.
Ingersoll, or any of his followers to
inform the public how and to what
extent they have profited by his mis
sionary labors |h this city, what salu
tary reforms he has inaugurated or
even 'suggested, or In what manner
and to What extent he has contriouted
to the general welfare or. happiness of
his fellow-citizen#. . ,
ply been ’giving the devil his dues.’ is,’ was the matter of fact reply, ‘in
We have no sympathy with the young 1 a short time She would not hsvo
dependent in ha race. anything to wear.
A statoraentjot the census ot Vir
ginia shows the ppp^ation to be 1,-
509,335 in 1880 against 1,225,}63 in
1870, hn inorese fat ten yeai“s of 1 284,-
172, or over 23 per Cent. ( ' ’> d
Dr. Tanner has at _last met his
match, and more than his match. A
calf in Holt-ooanty,-Mu»ouri, got en
tangled, in a pile of rails, and reraain-
edjn ,tbat position for a, period of
forty-one days, without food or water.
It came out all right!
Dr. Kohn, the chief rabbj ot the
1*?KBS PiWth. has
been
community at * Pesth, has
Soted a member of Parliament;
making,two mhbis'now in Parlia
ment,!';. ■ ' i V ‘' *—
