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2 A PEACEMAKER Whose Labors in the South Were Not Welcome Nor Blessed, His Experiences With Governor Brown. Tried to Avert War and Have all Ques tions Fought Out Within the Union. In one of the most comfortable rooms of the Kimball enjoying n most com fortable apron the siesta, I found a moat interesting gentleman. He is not a stranger of the South or to fume. When he left the city of < 'bnrlestou years and years before the lute civil war to make his home and fortune in New York City, he took with him that peculiar spirit and savor of the southern gentlemen that has remained characteristic with him through all these deeud<*s that have brought a mellow portliness to his form and a silver crown to his bead. At seventeen years of age, he had fixed him self as the leading cotton merchant of the great metropolis and represented many merchants and millions of Southern trade. From the day of his advent among the commercial magnates of Gotham, the inline of Col. Thomas Lathers has lieen one of strength, sagacity and command ing influence in both commercial und political circles. Ilin business success not only brought, him into contact ami favor with the best men and minds of trade power in New York, but as com mercial and political interests largely coincide in that, mighty city, he also be came a recognized factor and force in the larger political life of 'the metropolis. He came to know and to have the con fidence of men occupied with the grayest concerns of national political relations and upon questions that had a southern bearing, he was consulted with the greatest confidence. Knowing that his experience in some of the notable political emergencies would be interesting, the representative of The Constitution asked him: ■t'olonel, what part of your activity's in polities do you regard the most in ter .ling and memorable?" "Well, my dear sir, it is hard to so le.-I. or signalize the one instance that >i..uls out ii» particularly acute and ex citing. Y**t, if asked to S'-lect, I would nlviiyjs refer first it." my experience ju. I at the outset »f the war in the vain endeavor to persuade the southern leaders not to go into the secession movement. ’* i "How came you to be drawn into that I endeavor?” "Why, although 1 was a Southern j man, loving the South with all my heart, i 1 still felt that secession from the Union would be a mistake. I believed in the Union, desired its preservation and felt that, whatever grievances the South had, those issueV could be fought out better in the Union und under the old flag than through a disruptive movement and a new governmental program. It was on ■this view of the matter that I summoned together those eminent men from New York state and the Eastern states who comprised the famous ‘Pine street meet ing.’ in which the sentiments expressed were so thoroughly favorable to the South as to cause it. to be designated a fire-eater’s caucus. Out. of the meeting grew the agreement to appoint' two com missioners to visit the capitals .of the Southern States and confer with the governors, urging them to resist seces sion and rema u in the Inion. ’lliHt course was deemed best tor the South and calculated in cool judgement to bring it ull its demands lev than they would lie enforced by war. grunting such war could be eventually successful, and it. was thought the South owed that course to the friendship and faithfulness ol its friends in the North." “Who were the commissioners.' “EX-l’resident Millard Fillmore and myself, but Mr. Fillmore fell ill on the eve of our departure frotu New link and I was compelled to make the venture alone, as there was no time for delay. Armed with papers setting forth fully the views of the distinguished men of all parties, who had agreed upon this matter, I came south.” "Upon what grounds chiefly did von rely in your arguments to these southern governors?” "Our idea, ns I have sa.d, was that | the south would be stronger in the union than out. ot it. She eould command the open and courageous support for her claims of the men in the north whoso sympathies were upon her side. Ihe north was full of men who eould and would have fought in politics and legis lation for the fullest rights contended for by the south and guaranteed by the constitution, but those men could not and would, not follow .or fight for the south in secession. We felt seriously that such secwoion by the southern, states would be a wrong to the friends of the south and of sound democratic principles in the north. Mr. Lincoln had been elected by a minority vote and we fell that he eould not well get the back ing of the country in any scheme of 'legislation that would humiliate and grossly wrong the south. Ou. the con trary, we believed, and we still believe, that the best interests demanded that she remain in the union, resist any un constitutional encroachments, make her cause the cause of the majority of dem ocrats in the country, thus bringing the factions of the party together tor a grand and triumphant victory and policy in the next congress in 1862 and the next election for president ill 1864. Se cession eould do only what it did de leave the northern democracy in a hope less minority and render it powerless to sympathize with, much less command its active aid for. a seceded south. It was wrong to leave us in that predica ment after we had so loyally championed southern interests and for that wrong the people of the south encountered de feat. from a solid north and made pos sible the hard and exacting conditions of republican supremacy for the past thirty-two years.” "What were your efforts, and their results in seeking to influence southern governors to oppose the secession move ment?” "I did not stop to present my argu ments to the executive of Maryland, for 1 felt sure that he was not a seces sionist. Nor did I linger in Richmond, for I found there that the people were not rampant, for a division of the union. They were very largely in agreement with the views I had come to present, and so I hastened on to South Carolina, where the war cloud was centering. I • ailed upon the governor and presented the appeal that our northern friends had adopted and signed, but it was of no avail. He said the people of South Car olina were determined not to remain in the union and that he would not antago nize that preference. But he took me down to Charleston to see the fortifica tions and the array of troops ready to open war upon the government. He took me around among the soldiers —the de bonair voting scions of South Carolina— who were affecting the veteran fare of salt, pork and boiled cow peas, aud re marked to me. What do you think of all this?’ 1 replied that it. was impres sive enough und very brave, but that it caused me a great deal of sadness. Why? Because, as I told him, ‘These voting men who have subsisted all their lives on pates, wild turkeys and cham pagne cannot, endure these foods and fightings long without depletions and lons of powers. They life not going out to fight the north, as they think. They «ill light the foreigners whom tins north ern people can and will hire until thev exhaust their patience, then the real sturdy mid indomitable host* of the north and west will turn out to make un end of you. By that time your choice army of the flower of Houthern chivalry will have melted down to little armies, nlllie.ted with weariness und weakness, und will force them to n painful and cosily surrender.’ And that is just what did happen. Seeing, however, that naught could be expected from the governor or people of the Palmetto State, I came on into Georgia.” “What succesp did you have with Governor Brown, of Georgia?" "I found Governor Brown in Savan nah, preparing to take possession of the fort in the harbor, Fort Pulaski. It was Sunday when I arrived, and I at once asked for an interview with the governor. He met me with stately dignity and suave gravity, but positive ly refused to discuss the matters with me on the Sabbuth day. 'llie next day he politely informed me that his judg I meat in the premises was solidly formed and no arguments 1 might present could shake him from the determinations he had reached. But. he kindly invited me to accompany his official party down the river next day to witness the occu pation of Fort Pulaski. I did so and beheld the flag hauled down and the authority of Georgia asserted. After the ceremony the company on the steamer made up of the flower of Savannah and Georgia valor, indulged in a jubilee. Champagne und artillery punch flowed freely and soon the wen got Governor Brown out on dock. One caught hold of his coat tail and the next man caught on to the coat tail of him who held the governor, and in this fashion the procession was strung out aud went marching around the dock. singing •nixie’ with the greatest gusto and re sounding cheers. It was an exhilarating experience and no wonder that it arous-l ed many men to war-like fury. "By the way,” said Col. Lathers, ‘the governor told me an amusing incidentj of the hour. He said that when he sent a demand to the officer in charge of the Augusta arsenal for the delivery of that post, the officer refused to sur-l render his charge and march out his handful of regulars w’thoiit a show of force too groat for him to resist. Gov ernor Brown ordered out a company but still the West Pointer demurred. Then a battalion was sent forward, but. to the amazement of all. the Elliotts bearer of the shoulder-straps re- j fused still to feel himself outnumbered This stirred up the Cherokee blood of the governor mid he sent the gentleman, now that he bad res| ted th" latter s military scruples of ct : qnct. but he did not propose to have bis Georgia militia depreciated with Impugnity. so he com manded an instant evacuation of the post mid surrender of the keys and property, find bo g<»t both fur ther question or delay. The governor seemed, to enjoy the final discomfiture of the military dilettante with supremo satisfaction.” ~, "Where did you go next?’ "1 went to Montgomery and called upon Mr. Jefferson Davis, the provision-, al president of the formmg Confederacy.| When he learned my mission in the South he turned upon me with savage humor and commenting upon my holding | the views I <lid, being myself a South ern mau. He coolly informed me that 1 knew nothing of the situation—the issues and interests involved—and used terms that would have been insulting under anv'Other conditions between us. But. being a young man, with some cool judgment and a higher purpose in heart than to ferment a quarrel with any mail upon this tremendous theme., I retired from the interview w'th Mr. Davis more grieved than offended. "Did you. feel it worth while to go. any further?” . | "Oh, yes. I had mi invitation to ad dress the Board of Trade in Mobile.! and went on to that e’ty. Three was a disposition not to hear me, but the Mobile Register claimed for me a fair hearing as a messenger from friends, and stilted truly that I was oven then, being denounced in New York as .a; secession sympathizer, etc. I was tn| the very midst of my speech before a. large and attentive crowd when some one announced a dispatch Unit Forb Sumter had been tired upon! The scene '•hanged with She swiftness of thought and instantly beggared description. Men went wild with frenzied joy and the croud swept out Ike an avalanche into the street below and left mo dumb founded. Only a few could be begged, to remitin to puss a perfunctory resolu tion of thanks for my speech which I. never finished.” "Well, that about exhausted your interest iu the mission of peace, did it not?” , , “I confess I had little thought there after of accomplishing any good. but. us 1 had mi engagement to address iho Chamber of Commerce in New Orleans courtesy demanded that I should go thither. 1 did go. but 1 bad scarcely registered at the St. Charles hotel ami my family gotten their trunks unpacked before mv presence became known ami 1 was waited upon by the mayor of the city. He very blirsqnely informed me that he had been on the lookout for my arrival, that he knew my mission and that a train would leave lor the North in just two hours from that mo ment mid he wanted me to be a passen ger upon it. I protested mildly, but, he was firm, and so wo repacked our luggage mid left the city us command-, 1 Col. Lathers speaks of these expert-! em os with quaint humor mid evidently cultivates the memory of them with pleasure. He is still an active man in politics, serial and club life, and is tepical Southern gentleman from wimm. ill his older days, the smart gilding of Gotham life is vanishing, mid the •'oiii.'il hospitable cavalier fashion 01, the Old South is returning to make ; mellow and gracious the last days.— Constitution. ■ I A FEW BUFFALO STILL LEFT. Prof. Hornaday, the naturalist, estimated the number of buffalo running wild at the beginning of the year 1891 at 1,000, and this is certainly a liberal estimate. About flfty are known to be in Colorado, weher. in October. 1891, a ranchman, for whom jus tice still calls In vain, is known to have killed live. In 1889 the State legislature | of Colorado enacted a law providing severe penalties for anyone who should kill a j buffalo before the year 1900. | The State Quine \\ ardon recently made . an effort to bring the individual who ad- > mitted that be had killed five of the ani mals to justice, hut he "eould find no one | who would testify against him.” The Colorado buffalo are said to be m four "bunches"— one in Middle Park, one in the Kenosha Range, (the heard numbering per haps twenty), ten or fifteen at Hahn s Peak in Routt county, and the remainder j at Dolores. On the James river, in North Dakota, and south and west of Jamestown there are four or live animals, all tiiat are left of the little herd which made its last stand J near Fort Totten. Manitoba is said to eon tain a small herd, but as quite,a number of animals were recently shipped from Win nipeg to Garden City, Kan., where "Bus- I fillo” Jones has gathered a considerable I number and is endeavoring, with some ! measure ot success, to increase them by breeding, it may lie that this Manitoba herd Iras been counted twice. The Yellowstone National Park contains a large herd—the largest, perhaps, in exist ence anywhere—aud they are said to be , slowly increasing in numbers. Forty-seven buffalo are owned by C. Allard, a rancher in the Flathead country, on Crow Creek, Montana. These aulmals are horded with the domestic cattle. Here and there throughout fire country, in parks or zoological gardens, a few are to bo found. These are all that remain of that mighty host which covered the plains of the West within 'the memory of men not yet thirty-five years of age.—From “The Story of the Buffalo.”—Harper’s Maga zine. When a man attends lodge and gets full he calls it "work.”— ttohlsou Globe. THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, APRIL 26, 1893. AUGUSTA CHAPTER. Meeting of the Daughters of the Revolution. A Gavel Presented by Mrs. Piok ens of South Carolina. Remarks by Mrs. Morgan, Mrs. Pickens and Mrs. Phinisy. The Augusta Chanter of the Daugh ters of the Amerioun Revolution had e very important and enjoyable meeting last Monday afternoon at the beautiful Greene street residence of the regent Mns. Charles H. P>imzy. 'Hie Chapter received a valued addi tion to their fist of members in the per sons <rf six of Augusta’s most accom plished daughters: Mrs. Sarah S. Adams. Mrs. Mary Adams Buckley. Mrs. George Grey MacWhorter, Mrs. Harriet Gins cock Gould, Mrs. Lucy Ware Wray, und Mrs. Henrietta Bishop Alexander. Miss Sarah Stokes read an instructive paper on the early discoverii*s of North Aanerk-a, which was enjoyed. Then came the event of ilia afternoon, the preseutation to (the Augusta Chapter of a dainty silver-mounted gavel" of bean tifu’.y polished oak. bv Mrs. L. 11. Pic kers. of South Carolina. Mrs Thomas 8. Morgan, State Regent for Georgiau in tr>lucod Mrs. I’ickeiia, Mrs. Phiulzj receiviug aud n.<x-epting the gavel for her Chanter. The c-marks of these three ladies were .so interesting aud ap priate that i am sure they will be enjoy ed by every one. Introducing Mrs. Pickens, Mrs. Mor gan said: “Members of the Augusta < 'hapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution; Ladies: It is hardly necessary iu any part of our State to introduce a woman so well known as is Mrs. Pickens. The widow of oue of South Carolina's ablest and noblest Governors. At one time the brightest star in the diplomatic galaxy of the brilliant Court of the Romanoffs. At all times the liest type of everything that is beautiful and intellectual in Ainoricnin womiiuhrssi. She honors us in being with us. No one could be better tilted io perform the labor of love which she has under taken. In beauty, in intelligence, in social position and in affection, those two Y’iee Regent.-r of the Ladies Mount Vernou A«so.i:ition stood for many years shoulder to shoulder in their patriotic work, and esteemed, leant tijioii and loved each other. Pennit me, my dear Madam, as Re gent of the State of Georgia of the Daughters of the American Revo lutiou. to welcome you as our most itou ored and distinguished guest.” Mrs. Pickens replied “Madam. 11m State Resent: Your gra- | cions words, are beyond my thanks. Your i rare and generous intelligence, like the . sun. enhaimx* and beautifies all it touche* < Your raind. as the pure radiance <>t a star, illumines all on which it shines. And your heart! It is a rose, fragrant with all the divine charities of human ity.” Then presenting the gavel and ad dressing the chapter she continued: “The Regent and Ladies pf the Au gusta Chapter <rf the Daughters of the Ameniciin Revolution: I have the honor to offer for the use of your chapter, a gavel, made from the wood of an oak tree, winch grew near the tomb of Wash ington. 1 present it in memory of Mrs. I’luloclea Eve, Georgia’s first vice regent in the Ladies Mount Vernon Association. In what seems n fit and pleasing asso ciation of Washington’s home with your Revolutionary Srnciety, 1 satin mingle a tribute of love to and colleague. Descended from the famous rive of Revolutionary Berrintm on one side, on the other from Landgrave Moore, colonial governor of South Carolina, in whose veins flowed the knightly blond of that apotless ipartyr. Sir .John Moore, mingled with the cavalier blood of the noble house of Weotnys and the heroic strain of McDuff, her heart was instinct with all the holiest fires of patriot ism. When Mount Vernon, holding in her soil all the mortal remains of Washing ton. was about to pass into alien hands. When the federal congress, when the general assembly of Virginia, had each refused to purchase the estate, when ungrateful, unprotesting silence reigned through lite land, a cry of wounded love mill pride, rang with fearless faith from the hoairt of Carolina. In her sylvan re cesses a vestal virgin still kept the sacred tire of patriotism burning on the altar of her country. Mis* Parmeln t’unn’ng ha.m, “tile Southern Matron,” appealed to the women of the South, to organize mi association, having for its purpose the saving from desecration the home of Washington. Mis* Evo. of Georgia, quickly responded. Receiving from Miss Cunningham her commission as vu-c-re gent she pledged her great state to the work with generous enthusiasm. Well was that pledge redeemed by the noble women <»f No nndertnk- ine was too great, none txx> small for tno aeeomnlishmmit of their steadfast, pur pose. Taxi by the ardor and faithful en ergy of their vice regent they collected and paid something over SIR.OOO towards the purchase of Mount Vernon. It was not a small undertaking when a few 'women set out to raise the $200,- (MM) by their personal exertions. I think onlv the undaunted spirit, the heroic pa triotism of our beloved regent. Miss Cun ningham. eonldliave accomplished it. Ami in ail this arduous work, Georgias vice i regent was her strong right arm. When | after the resumption of power and I authority by the federal government l over the south: when after entire cessa | sation and absence for seven years, the regent and vice regents in TSiiti assem bled again in council nt Mount Vernon, anxious perplexity, if not despondency, filled the hearts of our little band of workers. The groat dilapidation of the estate, the purchase money due, the treasury empty, and the hearts of the I southern vice' regents sore with pain I and loss, knowing our beloved country to be impoverished in every resource. I bleeding at. every pore: under these dif i Acuities it was proposed to ask help from congress. “No, a thousand times, no,"said our regent. “With cold, bitter scorn, con gress has refused to purchase the tomb of Washington. The work was begun by the women of America: they will fin ish it.” “Never,” cried Georgia's vice regent. “Rather will Georgia herself furnish the money, torn and bereft .is she is.” T liko to remember that moment, the ring of those noble spirited words. I seem to hoar once again the thunder of I Lee’s cannon, the steady march of I Georgia’s gallant battalions. The women of the north and of the I south worked through that period of | gloom into a bright success. We paid I the $200,000. restonxl every part of the ; estate, and placed it. well officered and ■ equipped, on a self-sustaining basis, pre senting to the world not only a tribute of lovf and devotion to Washington, but a proof of what can be accomplished by the faith and love and constancy of woman. 1: was in the dark hours of our asso ciation that the high qualities of your | vice regent shone brightest. Her cour age and tact, her practical wisdom and I intellectual force rendered her invaluable in council. Her high bred courtesy, her catholic sympathy endowed her with spe cial charm to each and every one of her colleagues. And a sense of her worth and of our loss still lives in the love and deference, memory pay* to her va cant chair in the council hall at Mount Vernon. I crave.your pardon if T have ‘trans gressed your patience. You, madam, the regent, who own kinship with the p-ixit hearted daughter of Carolina, the illustrious woman who was the inspira tion and founder of the Mount Vernon Association, will pardon mo that I have said so much. I think all that tells of I love and reverence and honor to Wash ington will interest the Daughters of the American Revolution. You who rev erently guard the records of your honor able ancestry; you who will, with just and noble pride, point your children to this fair record, charge them that in their battle of life they keep themselves worthy of the brave men. the gallant soldiers, who under bitter privations and deadly peril, following their illustrious chieftain, achieved for their country and their descendants,- liberty, peace and prosperity.” In accepting the gavel. Mrs. Phlnizy very charmingly express's! the gratitude of herself anil her chapter. “I nm quite sure I voice the sentiment of this chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in accepting id your behalf, with cordial and enthusias tic appreciation this gavel, that associa tion endears it to ns; from the tomb of Washington, our illustrious countryman, "who lives in fame, though not in life,” the fair gift of friendship from S mth Car olina’s generous and peerless daughter: a tribute to and in memory of Mrs. Philoclen Eve, Augusta’s talented and beloved matron; there will cling about it ennobling and tender memories. 'To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die' “The possession of this gavel, carved from th<‘ historic wood, and embodying in its very grain the patriotic sentiments of Mount Vernon, should mark a new epoch in the work and usefulness of out chapter. “Wo are drawn out of the local sphere wo represent, und made to feel as never before the noble impulse, the historic strength and union of our order. The gavel, as you know, is the emblem of order and of the parliamentary con duct of business, and with the added in spiration that it comes from the Mecca of American patriotism, we can hope that tire future deliberations of this chapter may be quickened and strengthened in its worthy objects. “As your grateful regent I shall touch it. always with emotions of pride ami love and loyalty." Besides the individual money contri butions from all the members of the Au gusta Chapter of the "D. A. R.’s,” quite n number of pennies collected from friends, togf-ther with their names, were sent on to Washington to be moulded in ■ the American Liberty bell. The historic reli*f .rwarded at the 1 same time included, filings from a revo- 1 lutionary cannon, which was presented I by Mayor Alexander to the Augusta Chapter. Mrs. William Garrett donated a sib ! ver spoon, a revolutionary relic. Filings from :i silver urn considerably more than it century old. and at one time the property of that revolutionary hero. Brigadier General Thomas Han cock. were donated by his gr<«.t-grand daughter, Mrs. Hattie Gould Jeffries. A part f>f the works of the old hall clock which was owned by Major Gen eral John Twiggs, was given by his great-great-grandilnughter. Miss Emily Lafayette Mclaiws. EDWIN BOOTH. Ills Interpretations of Shakespeare Pro claim Him a Public Benefactor. The illness of the great actor, Edwin Booth, has touched a sympathetic chord in the hearts of all who have ever come under the spell of his splendid dramatic genius and rare personal charm. Tire country might, doubtless, lose other tnen whose withdrawn! from its affairs would mean more to it in dollars and cebts mid affect more seriously its material interests, hut it eould lose none whose final exit from the stage of life it would more sincerely deplore than the modest but princely player who has given it its noblest ideals of tragic art. It is not his genius alone that has so en deared Mr.' Booth to all who have listen ed to the music of his eloquent accents, but also the personal worth uud charac ter of the man who has dignified the roles he represented. He has inspired the affection us well as excited the ad miration of his audiences, mastering the heart as completely as the critical judg ment. The very reserve aud shrinking sensitiveness that have led him to avoid the public and private tributes of praise which are eagerly sought by most men have served to strengthen and deepen the genera.l respect and regard that arc felt for him. Like Dunean, he “hath borne his faculties so meek” and pre- ! served so fresh the modesty of his youth among the laurels of his later fame that he has become by that very fact a shining example of a virtue more honored nowadays in the breach than, in the observance. To use the language which his owu performances have made' so familiar. "His life was gentle: and the elements So mixed in him that nature might stand up And say to the world, this was a man." Considered purely from a professional standpoint. Mr. Booth has shown him self eminently worthy not merely of the passiug applause of the audiences which he has charmed by his imper sonations, but of a high and enduring place in the best memories of the stage. Regarded simple as an actor of great endowments, who has devoted his life to the loftiest themes of dramatic liter ature, it would be difficult to overesti mate the value of the service which he has rendered to the cause of higher education and instruction. Every lover of Shakespjare and of the classics in the English drama owes a distinct debt of gratitude to the man who has givon ns our finest conceptions of tbe ereatioiis of our authors and who Ins brought us intjo Kaser eoanmuniou ami sympathy with them. If we know our Shakespeare better and more lovingly and reverently, it is be cause this friend of Shakespeare has given a living voice to his words and their true meaning to his thoughts. To have enjoyed the benefit of his perform ances is to have received a liberal ed ucation in the Shakespearean drama. There is not a figure iu all the great playwright's dramatic gallery which Mr. Booth has represented, from Hamlet, the most complex, to Othello, the most simple and comprehensible, which does not stand out more clearly and power fully for us since Mr. Bpoth 'has illumi nated it with the light oT his genius. A thousand learned commentators and lec turers eould not have taught us about them what he has taught ns in tbe course of a single evening, often, throw ing upon them a flood of new light by subtle and delicate' methods that are beyond the mastery of the mere scholas tic. Mr. Booth’s moral influence has been no less important than his work as a teacher. He has fulfilled the highest mission of the true actor —that of hold ing the mirror un to nature, showing virtue her own features and s.-oni her own image—nearly every prominent role with which he has been associated being a sermon in itself and preaching as elo quently as any pulpit orator the rewards of right living ajid the punishment of wrong. No matter what our theories may be. the stage is a power of the first magnitude for good or evil. The man who directs it to virtuous ends alone and raises it to the level of an ed ucational agency is a public benefactor, and when, like Mr. Booth, to magnifi cent dramatic ability he adds a pure and private life* which illustrates in striking but unobtrns’ve fashion tiie generous aud lofty traits which lie has portrayed before the footlights, he de serves more than public love and re spect. This Mr. Booth has snrelv gained. and when the final curtain falls upon his life—which it is to be hoped that fute may yet defer —the rest wul not be alienee, as Hamlet feared, but the praise and reverence that follow noble work noljy performed. When that time comes his numberless friends will feel aud »ay with Horatio: “Now cracks a noble heart. Good-night, sweet prince; And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!” —Baltimore Sun. SHE WILL NOT ATTEND. Mrs. Davis Expresses Regret at Baing Un able to Avcomnany the Remains. New Orieana, April 25.—The Pica yune’s Shreveport special givee tthe fol lowing letter from Mrs. Davis in reply to an invitation to attend the veterans festival at the fair grounds. May 5, which was received today by tbe com mittee on invitations. It reads as f<4- lows: Gentlemen of Gen. Leroy Stafford Camp No. 3. and lairtles of the Auxiliary Asso ciation: Dear Frieds —Your klud letter has been received and were I not an old woman and very much of an Invalid my daughter and I would certainly go to yon to par ticipate in the noble effort you are making to attain an end so dear to our hearts. The tone of your Invitation is »o cordial that nothing but physical inability won.d deter our going, but unfortunately I shall not have strength to go to New Orleans to meet and accoanpuny my husband’s re mains to Bicbmond but shall only meet them there, as I am rarely able to leave the house. My daughter will go to New Orleans only in tune to accompany the remains back to Richmond. Mrs. Hayes will leave Colorado Springs, where she resides, and your Daughter of the Confederacy from here in time to spend the day in New Orleans and then re turn. Perhaps if my health sbonld be restored when I return home at some future time I may he able to be with you in your homes and nothing would give me more pleasure than to do so. Believe me. gratefullv and faithfully yours. V. JEFFERSON DAVIS. Hotel Marlborough, New York, April 20, 1893. SECRETRY CARLISLE’S POLICY. We have beard of a man who stood bo very straight that lie leaned backward. Secretary Carlisle in his effort to avoid Wail street influences Is in danger of simi larly curving his Spine. Wall street speculators don't care a rap whether Sherman Jaw notes are redeemed in gold or in sliver. The gambler in stocks speedily adjust his play to any situation. Hut the great banka, trust I’ompiinies and other corporations generally Included in Uie term “Wall street" are in a differ ent category. They represent vast and widely srattere<l investments and It is to their interest to promote tbe prosperity and preserve the credit of tiie country. It Is foolish to assume that their views on tiie currency crisis are based solely up on a desire to earn a trifling commission by placing a lot of new government bonds— lees than is frequently Issued by a oue horee railroad company. Mr. Carlisle's eagerly awaited .statement as to his policy excited astonishment and uneasiness. It, was, however, scarcely necessary to Issue a formal paper to state rhe obvious fact that fihefe is “a wide difference of opinion” as to what should be done. The engagement of millions of gold for export promptly recorded the judgment of finan cial circles on this performance. There is only one way to avert an ultimate crisis, and that Is to repeal ihe Sherman law und etop buying silver. Meanwhile, however, commercfaJ circles are suffering severely from tbe monetary stringency produced by tihe present suspense. The people are en titled to know just what they are to ex pect, In order that they may adjust their uffaJrs to meet it.—New York Herald. CONFIDENCE RESTORED By the President's Bold Utterances on tbe Financial Polley. Baltimore, April 25.—President Doug las H. Harris today telegraphed Sec retary Carlisle that the Merchants’ Na tional bank as willing to put at the disposal of tbe goverumeut SIOO,OOO of gold, uearly one half of the gold which the bank holds. The offer was accepted. President Thomas said to a representa tive of the press that he was prompted to his action by the statement of Pres ident Cleveland that it is the intention of the present to main tain the parity of gold and silver as far as possible, and that tthe treasury coin notes presented would hereafter be paid in gold, as has heretofore been the practice. This bold utterance of the president, said Mr. Thomas, has had a reassuring effect in financial circles, and has done much toward restoring confidence, which is so much needed iu the existing feverish condition of the monetary situation. MINERS THREATEN REVENGE If the Company Persists in Refusing Previ ous Rebels Work. Nashville, Tenn., April 25.—From in terviews with soldiers who returned from Tracey City this afternoon, and from what Adjutant General Fite says regard ing things in the mine region, there is trouble ahead. Peace prevailed when the troops left the mining town this mortii'ng, but there are mutterings among the miners and they threaten revenge. They are much wrought up over the action of the leases in sending athlitioq al omivicta to the mines and for also de claring that no man previously engaged in any uprising shou&d be tdlowed to work again. Adjutant General Fite said tkiis afternoon that if the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad Company ad heres to the rule there will be trouble. It. throws nearly every free man on the mountain out of Knployme.nt and trouble ■will almost eertaiiniiy result. EDGEFIELD NOTES. Edgefield, S. C.. April 25.—(Special.)— Judge Gray has retired from his cir cuit after six weeks of heavy dockets. He is looking as well and handsome as usual. Dr. Inther Guartney. pastor of the Baptist church at this place twenty-five years ago. who went to Rome, Ga.. as president of Shorter Col lege, returned here a few days ago. and is now holding a series of meetings which are largely attended by all of the different denominations. Dr. Guart ney holds a warm place in the hearts of all the people in Edgefield and it is very probable that he will be eaUed to preach here for another year. THE MEETING ADJOURNED. Richmond, Va.. April 25.—The stock holders’ meeting of the Richmond and West Point Terminal Company was ad journed today by the Secretary until May 25. No other representative of the company was present EXPRESS SALARIES STOLEN Birmingham, Ala.. April 25.—Several days ago the Central railroad sent a package by the Southern Express com pany to pay the salaries of their clerks iu the Birmingham office. Yesterday the package arrived and on being open ed was found to contain nothing but pieces of paper. The amount was 51.269. Three messengers handled it between Savannah and this city. Many Persons are broken down from overwork or household cares. Brown’s Iron Bitters Rebuilds the system, aids digestion, removes excess of bile and cures malaria. Get the genuine. THE OLD CHESTNUT BURR. (From Sunday’s Sermon at St. John’a.) “How sharp and prickly, how harab und rough • We said as turning, we puahed It off With our fingers tingling by bristles wrought, "Go, old chestnut burr, you are good for naught-" But beueath the bristles of tbe chestnut burr Lies tbe softest silk of the velvet fur. And layer by layer we still unfold ’Till wo reach at lust to its heart of gold. Ob! We little guessed bow mellow aud sweet. The hiding by bristles wttk bo complete. For your beart of gold und your velvety fur By your bristles you'd bld, old chestnut burr— Old chestnut bur. Oh! The world lias many a chestnut burr Where tbe bristles cover tbe softest fur, Aud we say “bow harsh and prlokly and rough!" As with thoughtless hand we are pushing' them off; The bristles were tingling our fingers there. But beueath Is the fur so soft and rare. And beneath tbe bristles there lies untold Such a mine of wealth in that beart of gold. Oh! we’d little guessed how mellow and sweet. For the hiding away It was so complete. For your beart of gold, and your velvety fur By your bristles you’d hid, old chestnut burr— z Old chestnut bur. , . . -MAY EVE. OUT OF THE CITY. Out of the city, bow blue the sky Amd dreamy-deep, kite s maiden's eye; Springs the grass with its vivid green; Darts rhe wind with its April sheen; Purls the brook o’o- 'tn petiViv bed; Nods Che flower with its spotless head. Out of the city, bow the breeze Lisps and luCaUs lu ::« . .g trees. Cools its wings in the crystal lake. Barrows odor from bloom and brake.s ' Out of the city's smoke and soot / Hasten pilgrims on wing and foot. Little birds from the p irks and towers. Lads and lasses to gather flowers. Where's the heart that can answer uav To the whispered "Come,” of an April day? O the longing of nature born, To brush the dew, and to breuthe the morn. To plunge the lips in some gilding brook. Aud lie full-length iu a suuuy uook. Happy be of the child-like beart, . t sm art; Who fain of the wood'and folk would b". Ajid Bp, ak the iaugmq. e of tbe brook und tree. —JAMES BUCKHAM, iu Y’outb’s Com panion. OBSERVATIONS FOR MAY. U. S. Department of Agriculture, Weather Bureau. Augusta. A r 1 24, 1893. The Chief of the Weather Bureau directs the publication of the following data, compiled from ibe record of ob servations for tiie me.::it of May. taken, at this statiou dtiring a period of twen-l ty-two years v It is believed that the facts thus sett forth will prove of interest to the public, j as well as the special student, showing a-s they do the average and extreme con ditions of the more important meteoro logical elements and the range within which such variations may be expected to keep during any corresponding month. TEMPERATURE. Mean or normal temperature. T2.3W the warmest May was that of 187 MT w r ith un average of 75.7; the coldest Ma* was that of 1891. with am average 69.0; the highest temperature during arfr May was 1(H) deg. on 26th, 1878; ifbe lowest temperature during any May was 42 deg. on 2nd, 1877 and 11th, 1R91; average date on which “killing” frost occurred (in Autumu); average date on which List “killing" frost occurred (in Spring) March 17th. PRECIPITATION (Rain aud melted Snow.) Average for the mon Hi, 3.49 inches. Average number of 'lays with .01 of an inch or more, 8; the greatest monthly precipitation was 8.63 inches in 1873; tbe leas:, monthly precipitation was 0.84 inches in 1879: the greatest amount of precipitation recorded in any 24 con secutive hours was 3.64 inches on 19th and 20th in 1886. CLOUDS AND WEATHER.. Average number of cloudless day, 13; average number of partly cloudy days, 12; average number of cloudy days, 6. WIND. The prevail ng winds have been from the southeast; the highest velocity of the wind during any May was 36 miles on the Ist in 1875. D. FISHER, , Observer, Weather Bureau. ARMORY BURNED. Chicago, April 25.—The First re-girnent army of the Sixteenth and Michigan avenue was totally destroyed by fire this morning. Two men lost their lives. The loss to the state on arms, amunition. etc.. Is not known. Property insured for $40,000. Sirs. 1.. Townsend Rising Sun, Delaware. 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