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/ nmtiK; VOLUME XIII.—NUMBER 604. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 11,1*87. PRICE: $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. i Shading Across the Bloody Chasm. SOUTlIEliN WAR SONGS. Indian defenses with colors in hand, and was wounded by a barbed arrow in the thigh. A soldier whom he ordered to extract it by main force, made several ineffectual efforts, .and only succeeded under a threat by Houston to kill him unless he pulled it out. He was carried back, suffering intensely from the wound, which had been much lacerated. His indomitable will led him immediately back into the light, when he was soon wounded by two balls in the right shoulder. His intrepid spirit displayed on this occasion won for him the lasting regard of General Jackson. Disabled from further service, he was sent back to Kingston with the sick and wounded. Robert II. McEwen and myself met him some dis tance from Kingston on a litter supported by j two horses. He was greatly emaciated, suffer- | ing at the same time from his wounds and the measles. We took him to the house of his rel ative, ’Squire John McEwen, brother of It. II. McEwen, where he remained for some time, and from thence he went to the house of his mother, in Blount county. After this battle he received the appointment of lieutenant for his gallantry. After the restoration of peace I lie was appointed sub-agent to the Cherokee I nation under Return .J. Meigs, who was agent, j ! the Agency being on the west bank of the Hi | awassee, near where the railroad between J Knoxville and Chattanooga crosses, the spot where the remains of Gov. McMinu and Re turn J. Meigs lie buried, both having been agents to the Indian nation. While in the ca- I pacity of sub-agent, a controversy arose be- B I tween himself and Mr. Calhoun, Secretary of Poetic Echoes From the Dead I ' Var - ca “ sed liis f rem ?, T i i1 aboui lhe ■ year 181‘J. Soon after this he came ! to Nashville and commenced the study f of law with Hon. James Trimble, father of Mr. j John Trimble, of this city, and obtained li- I cense to practice after six or eight months of j study. At the lirst meeting of the Legislature he was elected Attorney-General of this dis trict over some distinguished lawyers as com petitors, and in 1821 was elected Major-Gen eral of the militia of this division of the State, and in 1$2.°> was elected to Congress and re elected in 1825. While a member of Congress he preferred some charges against the postmas ter her*, who, it was understood, would hold 1 him personally responsible on his return home. | The matter was public, and great excitement I existed among the friends of both parties, and I rumors were afloat that a duel would follow. “Col. John T. Smith,” a noted dentist, living ! in Missouri, arrived in the city, and it was understood he would be the bearer of the challenge to Houston. It was believed that Col. McGregor, who was the second of Gen. Houston, would refuse 10 accept the challenge through the hands oi Col. Smith, for reasons which he explained. This caused some ex citement amongst the friends of Gen. Hous ton, as they expected a difficulty to occur be tween McGregor and Smith, because of the re fusal to accept the challenge if borne to Smith, he being well-known as a desperate man. It was anticipated that the challenge would be delivered at the “Nashville Inn," where Gen. Houston was stopping that afternoon, and all were on the lookout for the movemeitts of Smith. He was soon seen, about ^ber*^ nrjw Past. ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK. S iv* for the wave, a stillness grim; ’MU S’re Ain, a Fed *r;il gunboat trim; Oojr ship an 1 tn*» old pi intaMo is— It *st— For the seat of war had moved to the West! Twoheeil c si boys on an old lawn slope Hang aloft the fltg of the Southern hope; A crew came quick from the gunboat's side, 1 heir inmitm. i > humble the rebel's pride. They wantonly pillaged and, unconcerned, Wnat they warned not they broke and burned From the wreck and ruin but one man turned— Turned where a little golden head Lay asleep undisturbed on:he mother’s bod. He stopped ard Kissed the sweet-faced child, And a tear drop gleamed in his eye so mild. Emily, her aunt, was twenty then. Hei f ice and figuref Well, there were men Who marcheu with army far away And tuought, “She loves the uniform gray.” S"*me dreamed of her, and one, they say, Who led .i charge, a hope forlorn. Murmured ‘For her,” as he fell, shell-torn. She saw the man kiss the childbh f ace, And In rage and haste, ere he left! ne place, Wl«h sponge and water she washed away The one kind act of all that day. Aunt Em was buried a vear ago. Unmarried? Yes! We could nevpr know of he* - bwel But amoi e '*»r »/ w.a WASHINGTON CITY, | PERSONAL MENTION, Reminiscences of Distin-! What the People Are Doing guished Public Men. | Incidents Which Have Transpired at the National Capitol. By BEN. PERLY POORE. No. 188. The Baltimore Sun Moon Hoax. I The Moon Story, which appeared in the fall ! of 1835 in the columns of the Xjw York Sun j was the most gigantic newspaper hoax ever perpetrated. It was known that Sir John 1 Ilerschel had gone to the Cape of Good II ipe, i to make observations with new instruments j of extraordinary power. Then there appeared ■ a series of papers describing what Sir John had | discovered. They purported to be copied from ( the pages of a supplement to the Ivdingburg i (Scotland) Journal of Science exclusive copies | of which had been received at the Sun ollice. and Saying. Mary Anderson id said to have purchased $<50,000 worth of property at Manchester-by- the-Sea, Mass. Capt. Andrew J. Terry, of Virginia, has been appointed custodian of the Intelior De partment at Washington. Buffalo Bill has been invited to dinner by his countrywoman, Lady Mandeville, the fu ture Duchess of Manchester. At the recent dinner of alumni of Phillips Exeter Academy, at Boston, Isaac Pittman, of the class of 1820, was present. The Hon. J. Randolph Tucker has selected “The Federal Convention of 1780” for the top ic of bis address at Yale next month. George W. Childs offers to place a Longfel low window in Memorial Hall, at Harvard College, to cost no- less than $10,000. The lirst baby born in South Sioux City, Neb., was given a serenade by the baud and presented with a corner lot in that promising town. Thomas Saxon, a young negro who had been It was known that the atmosphere of the \ -it Allen University for some lime, was ad ini t- —1 II.— ted to the bar last week in O THE ABORIGINES OF AMERICA. with Dr. Shelby for a few moments and went | to the Court House on bu.-iness. When I re- : From Texarkana, The Gate City of Texas, liiimii: Sr\si Sonin: I would like or adtstant Add she never saw, O' adeapera.e charge and the fate of war We often thought! Bat went v-r krew. lone ago she asked for her hasty deed KorS-veness. We vt tmdered if she had need. mv a year her constant praye Was i o Go! to keep in his all rare F , children of Dim—It any there w ere— Who disclosed a father's hea "'"p^ r ' McAl)IE . TIIE OLdToLI) TIME. Interesting and Romantic In cidents in the Life of the Hero of San Jacinto. Colonel Willoughby Williams’ Rem iniscences of General Sam Houston. Atlanta, Ga.. May 28th, 1887. To the Editor of the Sunn;/ South: I notice in your valuable paper that you pub lish many reminiscences of old-time public men which to me are very interesting. I here with enclose you a slip cut from a Tennessee paper years ago, in reference to my old friend and kinsman, lien. Sam Houston, the publica tion of which might be interesting to your many re tders as Gen. Houston’s fame atone time w is almost National. Your Friend. tV. M. I-owkv. The following interesting letter, addressed hv the venerable Colonel Willoughby Williams, of Tennessee, to Judge J. C. Guild, and toted from X ishvil'.e, has been kindly furnished us for publication. Although in Ids year Colonel Williams still prei stroii v intellectual force and gallant carriage of a youtli conspicuous for its manly cliarac ter. His memorials of the great Texan a of interest: In the several conversations we have the subject of “Gen. Sam Houston have expressed a desire W have me ;ti ^ , direction of the “Nashville inn,” ana ^ friends of both parties hurried to the Inn, where the meeting was to take place. Map | l-kilip Campbell, a gallant so’dierin the Greek 1 war ” and a warm, personal friend of Gen. Houston, with ten or tifteen other Houston men, made their appearance at the Inn, pre pared to take part, as it was expected there would be a light when McGregor refused to ac cept the challenge borne by Smith. I lie chal lenge was presented by Smith to McGregor in front of the door of tlio “Nashville Inn, with these words: ‘ I have a communciation front Col l-lrwin to Gen. Houston, which I now hand lo you sir,” extending Ins hand with the chal lenge. McGregor replied: “I can receive no communication through your hands from Col. turned I said to him : “You must explain this sad occurrence to ns, else you will sacrifice your friends and yourself.” He replied: “I can make no explanation. I ex merate this lady fully, and do not jus’ify myself. I am a j scribe the Gate Gity of Texas, Texarkana, Ar- ruined man, will exile myself, and now ask yon ] kansas and Texas. A city of nine years. I to take my resignation to Ce Secretary of arr ived here March 22i in company with Hon. State.” I replied, “1 ou must not think of it,” ! ,, ... . . .. _ .... when he again said, “It is my fixed determine P ra,lkl, “ 1 and wife, q V.rg. Lillian tion, ^A4 r '# I ?SJflifcSpevheii I am trope. wjU be i G'arkc*. the ql^ri^vp.-r Gt ; *. Vuu j ,. Its Growth Cape of Good Hope is unequalled for purity, j and of course has corresponding facility of j celestial observation, and when it was stated, what nobody among us could undertake to deny, especially as it was said to bo confirmed by actual observation, that the great object glass of the astronomer’s chief telegraph was a lens of seven tons weight, no great wonder was felt if the result* from its use were unexampled. It was said, then in the alleged report of the “great discoveries,” that so great was the mag nifying power of this instrument (12,000 times) that it could impart to object at the distance of the moon a degree of visibility equal to that enjoyed by objects on our earth not more than one hundred yards off. This put it within St. John’s power to view, not only the larger class of natural objects in the moon, but to see with ease the dwelling, animals, and even persons of the Lunarians, which he accordingly de scribed. j The deesriplions of Luna scenery all believed, i There was so much verisimilitude, such shrewd . _ _ i and apparently accurate scientitic phraseology, Advantages—Prospects. L h a t scientists found it no easy task why they should not give the story credence. But when El Paso, Texas. Son D sborough ing rece:v i mt rat/-.,S ’ Editor S reader of the Sunny Sc and I may say since my infancy, for I was a small boy when you bade us good-bye at the beautiful Jittle toy/n of Cuthbert to move to >f El l*a*b f on ttiep^hkvf’Hn" the left bank'of the winding R 1 "G. i4 >n, .-.'^•. 1 9Pqm i ics.*;vh<‘ u g Secretary of State, wl ... ^~ .. . . , following morning he went in disgnise to the j Ihe^siroet railway—owned and operated | Texts, and on the left bank'of the wind mg Itio steamboat, accompanied by Dr. Shelby and, :. i m lpr iiT Grande. It is a busting little city, and wt myself. He wrote me afterwards that lie was by Circuit Judge C. E. Mitchell and Sheriff cljiim 1( , o00 inhabitants: if this is too much, not*recognized until lie reached Napoleon at Thomas Orr, of Miller county—work was be- ? tis an error prompted by a good spirit of pride uui . . . . : — where he met 1 * - » < »«/iiir h« the mouth of the Arkansas ri a friend, of whom he exacted a promise not to lit up the river tc Nation to hi | gun on March 23d, and completed in live a conneciing the two coun Bowii ■very progressive inarch and may readily be Court Houses of j ate is flni> and only marred hy the rexas, rind Mil er county, Ark. | rat ^ er fr , lon . sand-storms during the Spi'ug ere driven by Mayor I u ',,mths, which are very unpleasant in respect aide, and Mayor Hen- j to business, and depressing to many persons make him known. 11 Fort Smith, thence to Cherokee Nation to ms j ii„wie county old friend “Jolly,” anotid Indian whom he -p, ie , lrsl two spikes knew when sub-agent. He remained m the of the Arkansas side, and Mayor lien- j to , . , v.tton sioine time and on one occasion passed ' , . nervous temperament, as the winds come Umough Nashville, with a delegation of Indians j demon on the Texas side thus binding the two ^ r th( . ereat we8 ,,. rn desert and are charged nn their wav to Washington City, m the full I eiiie.s by a thirty-foot rail of iron. Addresses j wjth ozone . but this is perhaps preferable to garb of a Cherckee. From the Nation he went j m to Texas and settled at San Augustine com- , there the practice of law with John I I Kdtto b thc P halI of the inn- where Gen Houston was standing, greatly relieved that there was no tight between McGregor and Smith. Gen. Wm. White, can,ured Santa Anna, President of Mexico, which closed the war. lie sent Santa Anna —„ and Gen. Almonte as Ins prisoners through brave and Xashvi n e , on their way, to^ Washington^City, chivahic gentleman,’ remarked that lie did ' ndtr charge of Colonel Georg the Tironer courtesy had been f„ r ,„crlv of Nashville. He (Houston) at beautifully located on the Iron Mountain r: il- here who have long suffered with pulmonary way. T. i P , (terminus of each road) St. I,. | diseases and lind wonderful relief, and some A T Texarkana i Northern, and the 1 revive with rose tinted health, while other poor Trans-Continental railway. The Texarkana ! fellows make the sad mistake of leaving the Fort Smith railway will bo built this sum- comforts of distant homes, and the good chetr mer. I and care of relatives and friends to come here In this growing city (whose site ten years in the last stages of the disease^whei ago was a howling, pine wilderness) we find il mo .... llle Tilal mink is fast dickering out to die neglected; line three-story,'brick, tire-proof hotels. I though our people are kind and courteous to lar- strangers, ami mindful of the sick—but stran- White replied: “I nave nothing to do with to secession and rebellion, was oeposeu oj vo r d.t culty, hut I presume to know what is Iiegiglaturo and seon after died So ne years due from one gentleman to another ” This I , )r | viou8 to his death he ‘h ■ hre ended their conversation. The next day it was I lian religion and became a cons . htietli the s full ruumrecTonThe s,reeits that Gen Houston had | “ £ 7h7 lTaplist church. “backed down” Gen. White. When it reached The incidents I have related w >ou, ™y the ear of the gallant White, through some friem!i ar e just as they preseni^ ^emst evil-minded person, he resented the imputation [rmnmy ow „ memory, vvnhout bv sending a challenge to Gen. Houston, who | history, hence there may be readily accepted. Hubert C. Foster, a promt-i in t||t , (laU . s . Many other ■ nent citizen of Davidson county ami pre- m y m ii W i t but I will not t.> server of the i>eace,” came to town and heard | \\ n.i.o the rumor. He expected the fight and imme- ' ilately bad a warrant issued for the arrest^ of j TIMPORTANCE Oh both parlies, which was placed The new Bemlichi, with its lirst-cl ass mar agers and proprietors, Benedeld and Rector. The genial wife and daughter of Mr. Benefield makes the place home-like to visitors. The The Huckins House, also a new structure, is conducted in tirst-class style. T'he old Com mercial is disappearing hands, and soon auoth be added. The of John Graha and night, is equal to an „ eru no matter how kind, afford poor comfort when the dim eye of death rolls vainly round for those it loves. The skies are beautifully blue and rarely dimmed by a cloud, and the nights are pleas- ler the contractor’s i al it even in mid-summer; the moonlight is fine tr ek hotel will j wonderfully bright, and the stars seem to uropean hotel and restaurant twinkle merrily above our progressive lit.le ou Broad street, open day c itv , . , . Yi-rk style. i knov that 1h» idea is prevalent a ro g he West is wild and uncivilized, I have been a fond j there came descriptions of *die web-wings ap- tii since its infancy, pended to the favorite inhabitants of our satel lite, constituting them in appearance a sort of manbat, strong seeoticism of the whole story w’as manifested. Edgar Allan Roe, the poet, speaking of the immense success of the “moon hoax.’’ Mates “that not one person ip ten dis- unintormed in as Tonomy, peop.e wip "vut not believe because the thing was so novel, so entirely ‘out of the usual way. A grave professor of mathematics in a Virginia college told me seriously that he had no doubt of the truth of the whole affair! The hoax was cir culated to an immense extent; was translated into various languages, and was, upon the whole decidedly the greatest hit m the way of sensation, of merely popular sensation, ever made by any similar fiction either in America or Europe.” ,. The sceptics thought that they would dis- the truth or tiction of the mysterious Europe; s so dis credit >sed. It was read all over Europe with as keen an in- terest as it had been here, ard was made the subject of a certain kind of discussion, even in the French Academy of Sciences, when the ereat Arago at length took it upon himself, chiefly, as he said, out of respect to the name and honor of liis friend Ilerschel, to put an ex tinguisher upon it Ilerschel himself was first made acquainted with the liberty that had been taken with his name by its being sent him amongst a bundle of miscellaneous New York newspapers, obligingly furnished him hy Caleb Weeks, who had gone out from the United States to the Cape for a lot of giraffes and other African animals for his menagerie. He saw immediately, of course, the nature of the thing, treating it good naturedly. James Gordon Bennett, of the New lork Herald, was the first to charge the Sun with the fabrication of a hoax; and the inventor of the story, who was editor of the paper, had to life” ; : me re uls in his f a desire to hav of the particular scenes and ev career still familiar to my mind. I will en deavor then, in a short sketch, to give you what now occurs to me of most interest. MV earlier rccol ertions of Ccn. Houston date back to 1811 at Kingston, Koane county, Tennessee. He was a clerk at the time in the store of Mr. Shet'fy. My mother, m her wid- w was living about tii:eo miles from Kin' sto’u. I was thirteen years of age, and Mr Houston five years my senior. The line of the Cherokee country was ah uk thri e miles south “f Kingston, the Holston river being the boundary. The Indian trade being much val ue,! his services were highly appreciated from the fact that he spoke with fluency the Chero kee language. He was especially kind to me, and much of my time was spent iu Ins compa ny. ] ie remained in the capacity of clerk until after the declaration of the war of 1812. At that time the United States were recruiting troops at Kingston for the war Lieutenant Wm Arnold, of the Thirty-ninth regiment of $ sent to Kingston on recruiting service. The whole population had caught the i intpnsp. interest prevailed, me the hands of Joseph W. Horton, the Sheriff of tins county at -hat time. Mr. Horton requested me to ac company him next morning to the rest lcnceof (Pm. White to make the arrest. M lute was then living four or live miles north o> Cumber- land river. Declining Lhe request of Mr. Hor- t'/ii, l immediately went to Houston’s room and found that he had heard, late m the afier- _ ' is»or^i.r | | s-: | irr^tire ortf,inpru.ee of subject of ■ turner county. The next day he sent a mes- for.stry the circular sajs: t0 to learn what had been done with W hue, The forest areatthUmteu dm. ^ be * BSS ‘'(io'l'iKl acres yearly are destroycd_ by The Agricultural Oeps formation About The Forestry Division of the Department of Agriculture in Washington has issued a circu- lar requesting that some perse will send au account of tl»e m 1, the nnn dlumoia, Souili Carolina. Judge Thurman has written another letter in which he says that under no circumstances will he accept the nomination for governor of his State. 'Hie New York Herald says that Mr. Ilenry Hart, an old citizen of Lynchburg, Va., will soon be made President of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Miss Elizabeth Garrett, sister of the presi dent of the Baltimore vv < >hio railroad, is worth about $18,000,000, and is a very bright and business-like woman. Ben Rerley Poore and II. J. Ramsdell, two prominent Washington correspondents, died within the week past. Mr. Poore once edited a paper in Athens, Ga. The testimonial performance given last week to John T. Ford, the theatrical manager of Baltimore, celebrated the close of his thirty- third year in his business. General Greely will soon shine resplendently in the gold medal presented.to him by the Ge ographical Saciety of Paris. It is now in the hands of the {Secretary of War. It is said that Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont will spend the summer in writing a biography of Kit Carson, the famous scout who guided General Fremont across tue Rocky mountains. Banker Seligman’s daughter Fannie received so many valuable presents on the occasion of her marriage to Robert F. Nathan that four private detectives had to guard the treasure over night. TIia Dy ms son I aul. Charfie Tong Sing, the Chinese steward of the Jeannette 'Arctic expedition, is keeping a restaurant in San Francisco. He is married to an attractive girl of German extraction but American by birth. D () Mills, Whitelaw Reid’s father-in-law, has "iven -580,000 for the purpose of erecting a new building on the grounds of the Bellevue Hospital, New York, to be used as a training school for male nurses. Mrs. Elizabeth f’roctor, president of the Sa lem Seamen’s Orphans’ and Children’s Friend Society, has just celebrated her 00th birthday. She is a much more wonderful old lady than the Queen of England. • Captain 'V. S. White, one of the founders of the Witchita (Kan.) Daily Ileacon, died in that citv Friday. An hour before his death he was married to Miss Sebastian, to whom he left his nroperty, worth about a million. At the same time that it made George W. Childs an LL. I)., Grant Memorial University- conferred the degree of Doctor of Science on 1> \y sheafer, the distinguished mining engi neer and geologist, of L’ottsviUe, Pa. Isaac Harlow, of Phillips, Me who was a drummer in the waref 1812, celebrated his ninety-second birthday recently, and when his friends assembled, gave them an exhibition of how briskly he could still handle the drum sticks. N 0W that Mr. Pasco, age forty-one, has been elected United States Senator. State Repre sentative Lunar, age thirty, has been chosen to succeed him as Speaker of the I- lorida House of Representatives. Young men appear to be leading in that State. Luther M. Fine, one of the most prominent lawyers of Northampton county, Penn., and one of the proprietors of the Easton Express, >on make his debut as a member of a He is hand- oice. tlic Tt xas pelted a tir .ri 1 make a each town j fl||i , s ; r in which i saloon, cost and | owned and Disborougl -class cigar busi pecialty of imp r have just I Arizona and Californ.... , , v ess where they ! El Paso one can boast of live trunk lines | that some spinsters at S t rted cigars and j 0 f railroads; more mil 1 -operates a fine ; aiso the Ruby, j fi.-te hotel ringtield, Mas f street car railway j the story in such good earliest th it they com- inv city of its size in the United S-ates, ; menced the establish inent of a m.sMonary so- ‘ ' clecant and substantial business j ciety for the conversion of the Lunatiai western Regulars war fever and intense interest prevailed manner of enlisting at that day was to parade the streets with drum and life, with a Ser geant in command. Silver dollars were place i on the head of the drum, and, as a token of en listment. the volunteer stepped up and took a dollar which was his bounty; he was then forthwith marched to the barracks and uni formed. ... “The late Robert IL McEwen, of this city, cousin to General Houston, and myself were standing together on the streets and saw Hous ton take/iii dollar from the drum and enlisted as a private in the year 1813. He was taken immediately to the barracks, dressed js a sol dier and aopointed the sane day as a ser „eant. Soon after lids Lieutenant Arnold had receive I thirty-nine soldiers, and was ordered to send them fortli to join the troops, march ing to the ‘Creek war,’ under the command of Col. John Williams, of Knoxville, who com manded this regiment of regulars in pe«®“ at the ‘battle of the Horse Shoe, and afterwards became a distinguished Senator m Congress from Tennessee. Soon alter Houston left Kingston, his friends applied to President Mad ison for his promotion, who commissioned him as ensign. The commission was promptly sent, and reached him befors the ‘battle of the Horse Shoe.’ At that battle he mounted the White, and to notify him that he would be in Kentucky on a certain day to offer him any redr.ss lie mi-ill desire. White met him according reap pointment, and they fought a duel at sunrise, i White was thought to be mortally wounded, but recovered. On the evening of the tight a large crowd was assembled at the Inn to bear tbe news or the duel, among them (.oner- , al Jackson. While waiting in great expect*- tion, a personal friend of General Houston, I and a noted character, John G. Anderson, who had »one up to witness the fight, was seen coining in full speed over the bridge and soon announced that Houston was safe and ‘ White morlaliy wounded. After his term m Con gress expired, lie was elected Governor of len- nessee successor to General Win. Carroll. During liis governorship, he married Miss Al len who was a member of a large and ielluen- tial’ family of Sumner and Smith counties. General Carroll, after being out of ollice two years was again eligible and declared himself a candidate in opposition to Houston. The first meeting of Houston and Carroll in the canvass occurred at Cockrell’s spring in tbe mouth of April at a battalion muster. I was at that time Sheriff of the county and Co.onel of the militia, and, at the request of Houston, drilled the regiment on that day. He desired me to fully acquaint myself with popular sen- timen% and communicate it to him after the speaking, which I did, affording him much gratification. He left the inmter-ground, Sat urday afternoon, for the city, and I accom panied him as far as the residence of Mr. John Boyd, in sight of the city, and then re turned to my home, leaving him in fine spir its. I went into the city on Monday morning early and, while registering my name at tbe “Nashville Inn,” the late Daniel F. Carter, who was at that time clerk of the hotel, said to me- “Have yon heard the news?” I replied, “No- what news?” IIo replied, “Gen. Hous ton and wife have separated, and she has re turned to her father’s home. I was greatly shocked, having never suspected any cause for separation. Asking where General Houston could be found, Mr. Carter replied he was in his room but could not be seen. I went imme diately to his room and found him in company with Dr. Shelby, lie was deeply mortified, and refused to explain this mattes. 1 left him blocks, the finest court-house m ! Crant in Mexico. \ is splendid schools, a goodly number ore ..... churches two Nati mal banks, intelligent peo- I Gen. Grant’s first laurels were won m M-xi- pie and* more men of wealth than may be j CO| iV t the battles than 1 to sr poly the needs fuel, ties, lumber, it’is'estimsited thai certainly not less than M),0U0 asres are denude'!, ak^fctb- 000 acres per diem, uu pro mu, value of inoie than 00,01» 0 area of ove: repreFentin P The consumption of forest in applying a railroads with ties is enormous ana incre^ with the rapid extension of the estimated that the budding of xistlM City mill o* the Ivot ‘V four ot ii v t iih.’i ins here:i;> ei: —the build in: —a line <' ot Chief 1 n.echans )0 for fixtur ated by tl»e popular young sin*, cost. $20,000. Tbe fin 1 • ore of R. T. Norwood, vra< es .,d further alonir we hi*\e tbe ■ inc f ,mu u>u« w ...... . - of the Kiz-T Lumber Co., who found in many cities of twice the size ot El umber m.llhtr -; also the Gate | Raso— and last, and perhaps not least, an 0 l»v MeFsrs. Kouk Jc. Haddon—| abundance of lawyers. v ..jjjj . t i ie j \irby mid and some There a ^ so a ‘^ ar ^ s ^ e ^ ie P ic ^ ar<? 5 w< -. i/r mills' which do the largest 1 have a great many saloons, a great deal ot s i i.e South. There is want- | gamb iog and o,h- r evils; but, strange to say “ we have very little drunkenness and not a ereat deal of crime, though drinking seems 10 be somewhat of a general habit, and I suppose we will send up of anti-prohilnt ssional opera company some man and he lias a tine baritone E lward V. Valentine, the Richmond sculp tor has complet'd the statute of John 1.. ’iivckoirkDe in clay for the capital squ ire at Frankfort Ky. It is of heroic size, and Sena- t r li ek w 10 was Breckinridge’s law partner lor ten years, pronounces it au excellent work. D L ithrop J C). have just published “Life lhe Germans.” by Eniua Louise Rairy, a work qaainted and vhleh n at hoi us thoroughly ac- wi h the Germans, , and interesting in 'I'll ■ant- furniture m inufacturer id machinery await Lie man to > Ark Oil mill, tho largest in • cd under the Howard system Eneino under tbe in inagement lw E l O’Brien is a line piece ot l'lie line residences of Nanzenhi- in its details, br ^ - i.sv 11 wing narrative, and full of sao- :i federate sury de al Imboden, the noted CounecticuL and that to keep them in ep«r % res miuuady'tlje yiekl o7,in,™ ttonUflOU if rj, //“■--' per cent. A similar rapul coasuinp- ; but — - 1 has taken place m oilier: tion of the forests ^ ^ fljjf o£ strea ms ! Moods and droughts have become more fre- h mods ana« s, { m t!lu saule cause, 'anda^riculttmemid manufactures have suffered oreatfy in consequence. The consumption of grtauj w f 'xceeds their growth that, if mfeffectivedneasures are taken lo check the de- V ,re, forests would intirely disappear with Cline the forests w mi The J pms forists of Uie Nortwest will hardly last till the close of tL L P reTcular n tTed..eaMonal institutions the 111 /'loner of A«riculture makes a special nlea for the promulgation of information con- liering the subject of forestry and more thorough chan sin. 1 He nne resilience ^ - , Kleir.e, Marksf and others too numerous to no mion, grace to higher Dart of the city. One mile from the court house on Arkan sas side is the famous Bi dler Springs, park and forte. Here is a magiiiiicient fi >w ot warir of seventy mild m gallo s per day—to be used for the city water works. The park, oncei a line rt son, lias, through neglect, fallen to de cay. It will he re-opened and made splendid bv the enterprising Dr. Beidler th»»«iuimer. The f. rt—no longer in use—as the Doctor we n here his fi st battle with the Iron Mountain railway. With twenty men and shot-guns for three weeks h; held the fort and kept the rail way from encroaching upon his g r,, " nda but the price was paid—peace proclaimed and all i8 pre W st“rings, two miles fro™ the city, south-east, is a beautiful shade spot, wclcom ‘‘‘our^pera'house^o'wneifbj^Ex-W^WU^f’b™^ is a charming la . tle , P‘“ e io f m iy erected by the ma/'iVmild./oil fertile, and that of the center of Texas, which « hard. The rapid inc else ir""/ a .......of., ....Vt ten years, lexar Contreras and Chembusco, m which he iouglit bravely, althnuah as the quarter master ot bis regiment, the Fourth lu- lantry, he might have remained at the rear ,..j,i, (|.n wa <r on train, lie also fought gallant- . ... .... -■ , , lv at El Moliiio del IL y and at Chapultepec j leader, is in U*i mptoy ° « • of lll0 lip W is in Gen Worth's division, which had partinent as an expu t o.i - J . vj bee,7ordered by Gen. Scott to make a detour Saturul and approach the city of Mexico from the st. gim i. 1 ‘ J • , Lul . es aQ( i trade of lha < >ld An abrupt turn in tbe road was defended by a report on the manutaaures ana majority in favor j parapet., and as the advance, of which Grant one annroached. a raking tire of musketry l social the sweet scenes of our childhood, communion. . While I am well satisfied with my Western home and would not change it for any other, I love my native State; and ’Lis with pride that I retd of her rapid progress and lhe de velopment of her resources. I am satisfied that Georgia is the best State m the Union— the one most blest by nature will, the elements conducive to man s happiness and prosperity. I have seen California, a large portion of me United States, and a part of Mexico; and hav- ! ing seen them, I am thoroughly com ncedthat nature has been more liberal in hergitts to the Southern S ales than to any other section; and that ’tis only a question of tune when this re- lion blessed as it is with the finest climate, nod soil botany. He also agres the improve. | tta._°f20,000Manufacturing '‘“‘“andadomem of the grounds of education- kana rvill no doubt be a re for all Texas he distrusting point for all 1 exas mentanuauo.o.vo. — r -na=o n re)aljvo U| lhe ob . i cityi being t..« „. . aprvance^of Arbor Day should be addressed |—from the North and F.a. • Aiimoci “forestry Division, Department of culture, Washington, 1 • ■ water and timber—so full of true .oad to Garita S.iu Cosine, one of thestron entrances to the city of Mexico. Taking a mountain howitzer apart, Grant li id it carried up into a church steeple, where he did such great execution with it that he attracted the attention of Gen. Worth, who sent for him and publicly thanked him. The G.irita soon surrendered and the next morning the city of Mexico was in the hands of tbe United States forces. For this achievement Lieut. Grant was com plimented in the reports of Major Lee, who commanded the Fourth Infantry, and by bis biigade commander, Gen. Garland. He re ceived tbe brevet of captain dated five days af ter that of the lirst lieutenant, and the lfitb of September he was commistioned first-lieuten ant. The grand total of the losses of the Uni- noble women and brave men, will lead the ted States troops in the Valley of Mexico was . rrf«ot_ including 333 officers, while tbe loss of the Mexicans exceeded 7000. The remains of the Uui ted St ates officers and soldiers who died in the Valley of Mexico were subsequent ly gathered from their resting-places and reinttrred in a cemetery established by tbe United States. Lord Lyons, now in bis 70th year, )st a i pro i Texarkana, Texas, May, xv •> well known sc:- will not i Prof. Spencer t. Baird, th ... u „ rtflSan r»cti __ — i • , Pth ’ v: m iibsonianInsti- resigu^bVs postas Ambassador to Paris for two ] entist and secret iry o his residence in vnars Tui» promise, according to the Pans | lute is dangerously iU »' Ue heart and Zlnieri'an Register, lias been given at the spe- 1 Washington of au affection da request of the Queen. kidneys. world in the grand march to national great ness. Truly your friend, James S. Fielder. Now Kind of Brick. A new variety of pressed brick, made of ashes and cinders, is now being manufactured in Hau F ancisco. Says The Examiner, (that city: “The result is a brick ot unusual solidity, handsome in appearance, of a most durable cbarae’.er and inaae entirely without burning or baking All manner of experiments have been tried with tbe bricks in the way of subject ing them alternately to intense cold and heat, but without any injurious effect. Ine best quality have been boiled for hours, without cracking or showing auy sings of dissolving. —New York Tribuue. It is said that Gen. Roger A. l’ryor longs to go h ick to Congress. He has built up a splen did law practice here, but the old arena at tho capital has many charms for him. Bishop Keane, of Richmond, is said to have offended Cardinal Siiueoni by saying that Dr. McGlynn is “an able and useful prelate.” Dominion. Who first used the phrase made memorable by Lincoln, “A Government of,the peOfJe by ihe neoule and for the people? A V w E,ig- nd journal asserts that Wendell Rmll.ps was the originator, and the Wilmington (V C.) Star—a good authority—ascribes it to John C. Calhoun. . The remarkable petition of twenty-six Grand Army posts of Brooklyn, asking for the con- firmation of General Sickles as Emigrant Com- miss oner is only one indication of tho gen- “'l sentiment of admiring approval of the ex cellent selection that Gov. Hill has made for that position. Attorney General Garland says with refer ence to the vacant seat upon the Supreme Bench- “I do not want the place and would not take it if offered me.” Mr. Garland an nounces his intention to retire permanently from public life at the expiration of his pres ent term of office. Bertha Von Hillern, who did the tan hark in the early stages of her career, lias developed into a very promising artist. Sue finds her nedestrian experience of great 7alue to her ia her sketching trips over the mountains of West Virginia every summer. Twenty miles a day is mere pleasure for her. Dr Lucy M. Hall, physician of Vassar, has kept a list of the number of days each girl has been absent, from illness, during the year, and compared it with a similar record kept of the young men at Amherst College. She finds that the "iris are no‘, absent from illness nearly so muehlis young men. Women can stand a four year’s course of severe study as well as their brothers. Yet some people still declare that women are “physically incompetent” to form au intelligent opinion as to the merits of candidates, or to express that opinion by dropping a ballot into a box.; WhUCTlOH
