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dential chair. He was a peculiarly
dignified man, able and accomplish,
ed. His sense of decorum was one of
his most striKing characteristics, and
he was far from sympathising in
Jackson’s democratic ideas. Mrs;
Eaton, the beautiful wife of Jackson’s
favorite cabinet officer, tells a witty
story at the expense of Mr. Van Bu-
ren. Her husband General Eaton;
was as frank, grt.ffand unpolished as
Jackson himself. He invited, in for*
mally, one evening, Jackson, Van
iiuren, the French minister, General
Cass and several oilier gentlemen to
come round and assist in disposing
of a barrel of oysters just sent him
from Norfolk. A few moments after
the arrival of the distinguished party
the butler announced the oysters
ready for consumption. Mrs. Eaton
led the way, escorted by Mr. Van
Iiuren, and as he cpproached the
kitchen door, ho exclaimed : ‘Good
heavens I madam, where arc you
going to take ns !’ “Into the kitchen,
of course,’ replied Mrs. Eaton, cheer¬
fully. Mrs. Eaton was a model
housewife in her day, taking as much
pride in her kitchen as in her parlor,
and as she threw open the door a
novel sight presented itself. The
floor was as white as soap and water
could make it, and covered with fine
white sand. The tables looked like
box-wood, and the tins were bright
as mirrors. Added to this, the appe¬
tizing odor of oysters roasted in the
shell, the novelty of the occasion and
the sprightly b :uuty .of the hostess,
one would suppose that even Mr. Van
jBuren might melt into a state’ of
pleasantry. But, on the contrary,
his features reflected onfv his inabili
ty to enjoy a frolic of this kind, and*
lie sat upright and Unsmiling until
towards the end of the impromptu
fete, when he turned towards Mrs.
Eaton and said; ‘This is the first
in cal of the kind served in like
manner 1 have ever indulged in. but
I trust it will not be. the last* 1 think
oysters never had such a delicious
taAe before.’
Four Presidents have entered the
White House as widowers and one as
B bachelor. Of those married, five
were childless, a wise d.spensation
undoubtedly. Heredity plays some
peculiar pranks sometimes, and
insists upon delving into the far away
past for the base characteristics of
some forgotten or disgraceful ancestor
and passing over the nobler qualities
of more immediate progenitors. 1 he
son of a distinguished father has to
live a double life, one natural and the
other nurely as a reflector of the
hunor of his sire. Few can stand
jthe brilliant light of comparison, and
it is well that great men have been
generally unsuccessful as raisers of
large families.— Washington Republi¬
can.
HE IS A FEMALE.
At Least, He so Confesses Her¬
self. and Gives His Reasons for
Her Actions.
[Cincinnati Euqujrer.]
Quite a romantic affair was un¬
earthed by Turnkey Wagner at the
county jail here this morning. Among
the prisoners is a young fellow regis¬
tered as George Miller, aged sixteen;
who, with a youthful companion If’ru.
Sicgler, was sent up from Alliance
last Saturday for petit larceny. Miller
has a feminine voice and features,
and with girlish timidity avoided the
other prisoners. He always wore
his coat and hat, and was evidently
trying to hide himself. These and
other strange actions led the turnkey
to believe that Miller in reality was
a girl. This morning he visited
Miller in his cell, aud after plying
him with searching questions led him
to confess the fact that ‘he’
to the gentler sex. With this eonfes-
sion she began weeping bitterly.
The story she relates is a novel
and interesting one. Her maiden
name is Esther Miller, and her home
is Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, where
her parents died in 1870. They were
quite poor, and she and an elder
brother were left to provide for
themselves. Miss Miller is of
complexion, although tanned consid-
erably, and, if attired in female
apparel, would be quite a handsome
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By Edw SCHAEFER. [
VOL. I.
young girl. Her conversation and
bearing were ladylike and reserved-
She first donned male attire in Har¬
risburg, l'ennsylvania, three years
ago, when but thirteen years of age.
Her reason was that she desired to
elude a lover who wanted her to elope
with him, and upon her refusal to
comply with his wish he ‘threatened
her life and followed her about
wherever she went. This became
very annoying to her. and fearing
that he might carry out his threat-
her brother suggested the change of
attire. Accordingly one night he
took her to an out-of-the-way place
and had a barber clip her hair and
blacken her eyebrows. The brothe r
then purchased a suit of clothes for
her, and ever siuoe she has worn
male apparel 5 but now, upon being
discovered, she seems anxious to
assume the garments suited to her
sex,
During the three years she has
traveled about from town to town
without her sex being discovered.
She had always been accompanied
by her brother, who would procure
work, and in this way earn enough to
support her for at least a year. The
young fellow Sicgler has been her
companion, with her brother, and npt
even did he discover her sex. When
to ^ ^ ie ^ act * ie ^ as g rca fly sur ‘
prised, 7’he discovery has created
quite a sensation here, and steps will
be taken to have her supplied with
clothing and returned to Bellefonte,
The theft of which she and her
companion Sicgler are accused is a
petty one, and, in view of the circum¬
stances, it is thought it will not be
pushed.
THE RABUN LETTER.
LEADING CITIZENS AFFIDAVITS THAT
THOMAS M. BaApFOKD WROTE IT.
From the Athens Bantier Watchman.
Below we give affidavits from a
number of the leading citizens in
Habersham county that fix, beyond
dispute, the authority of the Rabun
letter upon Thomas M, Bradford, a
man w- nm Emory Speer has appoint¬
ed postmaster at Clarksville, and who
has voted with the republican party
since tho war. The gentlemen who
have signed these affidavits are too
well and favorably known to the
people of this district to need any
words of indorsement fiom us. Their
characters are beyond reproach, and
wc all know them to be men who
would not sign these papers unless
they were entirely satisfied that they
w.rc telling the truth. Bradford has
never as yet denied that he did not
write the Rabun letter, but simply
states in his card to the Constitution
that he is not the author of it. This
is an indirect confession that he did
copy, but not compose it, and that he
was but a servile tool in the hands of
a man who Would stoop so low as to
cause one dependent on him to com¬
mit even a forgery ill order to make
for him ‘persecution evidence.' We
belieye llie honest white people of
Rabun county and the ninth district
will place the seal of condemnation
on this man Speer, when they read
the affidavits from leading men around
Clarksuille fastening this piece of
villainous work on {Speer’s hireling.
aud he, too, by his pretended denial
places the authorship on his master,
or one of his more favored henchmen,
Now, will Mr, Speer have himself
interviewed by reporters of northern
radical papers, aud own that he is
responsible for the sentiments con-
tamed in the Rabun letter; that he is
trapped iu his efforts to create a
persecution wail, and that he know-
ingly and maliciously slandered us
and the democrats of the ninth dis-
triet when he said the bourbons were
persecuting him even unto death, and
were responsible for sentiments sug-
gested most probably by himself and
copied by his radical appointee, who
had to commit a forgery in order to
Devoted to News> Politics. Agriculture and General progress-
GA., AUGUST 1882.
have it inserted in this paper, We
give the affidavits below':
Georgia, Habersham count}* — I, A.
P. Houston, do certify that I am
acquainted with the handwriting of
Thomas M, Bradford, postmaster at
Clarksville, Ga„ being on his bond, I
assisted him frequently in opening
the mails, I am satisfied I know his
handwriting. I have also been shown
a note to the editor of the Banner-
Watchman, at Athens, Ga, dated
Clayton, April 10, 1882, signed H. R,
Smith, and have no hesitancy in
stating that the writing in said note
is the writing of T. M. Bradford.
A. P- Houston, M. D.
Georgia. Habersham county.—7,
Htn. W. Berry, justice of the peace
in and for said county, do certify that
I am acquainted with the handwrit¬
ing of 1 horaas M. Bradford, post,
master at Clarksville, Ga., that J have
pleas and orders in my possession
written and signed by the said T. M.
Bradford, Which I have compared
with the note dated Clayton, Ga.,
April 10th, 1882, addressed to the
Banner-Watchman, signed H. R.
Smith, and the handwriting is ident¬
ical, aud the said T. M. Bradford is
the writer of said note to the best of
my judgment as 1 fully believe.
Wm. W. Berry, J. 1\
Georgia, Habersham County.— Wc
certify that we have examined the
handwriting of T> M. Bradfords and
also the handwriting of the note
addressed to the editor of the Ban¬
ner-Watchman, bearing date, Clayton,
Ga., April 10, 1882, signed H. R-
Smith* and are satisfied to the best
of our judgment, that the handwriting
is identical; and from said compari¬
son of handwritiiig, he is the author
of said note to the Banner-Watchman.
E. 0. Hawes, Jr, Robert M- West,
Principal School. J, C. Jenkins,
A, A. Black veil, W. D. Young.
Fianklin county. J. Q. Turner.
E. P. West, M. D. T. F. Allison.
M, Crawford, J. L Marti n*
J. S. Hunter, W. p. Grant,
A. J. Nichols, W. M. Jonca,
A. W, Harper, N. (Dr. H. Rosignol,
P, J P Charles B Irwin,
Joseph H Wats cm. W C Ring, N V
J W Ayers, J F I W Alexander,
N P, Ban s
county, and
others.
THE EASTMAN RIOT,
An Innocent Man Murdered bV a
Negro Mqb— Four Negroes
Killed in the Consequent Riot.
[From the Eastman Times,]
On Sunday last Afh James Q,
Harvard, a son of Mr. Quinn L-
Harvard, of Cochran, and about
twenty years of age, was brutally
murdered by drunken negro brutes
in Eastman. Messrs. Buchan and
Harrell, the marshal and deputy
marshal of Eastman, arrested Jake
Johnson, charged with stealing a
watch. lake broke loose and ran,
when he was shot at and killed. The
negroes became furious and started
out in search of Buchan and Harrell.
The negroes got after young Harvard,
who was in no way connected with
the arrest, or its after consequences*
and it is said that he was pointed out
as the one who did the shooting*
They fired at young Harvard, who
took refuge at Mr. Wright Harrell’s,
The negroes tore down the fencing
and entered Hr. Harrell’s house, and
dragged Mr. Harvard out, beating
him, when a negro walked u a, and Dut
cr -=
eu him near the gate of
yi r , i yard. The druifken
mob swore they would burn down
Mr. Harrell’s house if Harvard was
not delivered up. It is said that
Mr. Thompson, the Methodist
ter, with great tact and coolness, had
about succeeded in queiriag the
disturbance when a furious woman
bqgan crying out, ‘Kill him; he
killed my sister’s son. ’ After young
Harvard had been shot through the
face and in the arm, he was dragged
into the street and his head beaten
into a pulp with heavy scantlings in
the hands of the brutes. A negro
man who knew Mr, Harvard, threw
his arras around him and plead for
his life, but the mob was lost to all
reason, and no argument or assurance
had ant, effect on the brutes. The
conductors of the excursion trains
had a severe trial in keeping under
control the mob that boarded the
trains. It is said that for several
hours the town of Eastman was com¬
pletely'under the control of a mob of
about five hundred drunken negroes,
and that all manner of insults and
indignities were heaped upon the
white citizens. All sorts of r a mors
are rife of a threatened attempt to
rescue the participants in this dread¬
ful riot, fifteen or sixteen of whom are
under arrest. Fifty men of our town
are ready to move at a moment’s
notice and over a hundred will go if
necessary. Mayor By dies wired
Mayor Sapp that HawkjnsviJLe would
respond to any call made upon her.
Many of the citizens of Cochran have
gone down to Eastman to aid in the
preservation of peace and order. In
this disgraceful outbreak, in which
young Harvard lost his life-, four
negroes were killed. Mr. Quinn
Harvard arid family have the kindest
and most sincere sympathy of all, in
their sad bereavement. The authori¬
ties of Eastman and Dodge county
arc doing all in their power to bring
the perpetrators of this foul murder
to justice, and will receive the cordi¬
al support of all lovers of good older
and peace.
FORCING AN ISSUE IN THE
STOREKEEPING LINE.
A man from the North Loup stum¬
bled on to old Jim Doolittles store
and went in to buy a pair of boots.
The stock of men’s footwear was not
very extensive, and ev ry pair the
Loup Fork man tried were too small
for him. The last pair of split leath¬
er kips were mournful)?/ laid aside,
and with a sickly smile he said he
guessed lid had better g*> somewhere
else.
‘Then you don’t want any boots
ter-day,’ snapped Doolittle;
‘Yes, I’ve got to have sum butes
to day, pardr*cr, but it seems these
air all a little too small enough.’
l Y er don’t act like a man as wanted
any boots,’ said Doolittle, glaring at
him like a wounded hen hawk.
‘They’re too small, pardner;”
‘‘Don’t you call me partner, ybu
old lantern jawed snoozer. Yer one
of these finnicky chaps as can t be
suited nowheres, that s what yer air.
\V Jjat do yer have such cussed big
feet for, anyway?’
‘I guess 7 had better be a-going,’
said the Ljup B’ork man, puking on
his old pair of moccasins and starting
for the door.
‘Yer had that, yer splay-footed old
mud-dobber, Here, hadn’t yer better
come back and-try on the case?
Mebbe it li fit one of your hog fat
feet.’
Something like a crowd gathered
in front of Doolittle’s store
ately after this colloquy. There
seemed to be a kind of theatrical
entertainment going on inside. Anon
Loup Fork man would
something over his head a few times,
and then he would fetch the floor a
thwack with it which made all the
alabaster crockery and nutmeg gra-
rattle on the shelves. The floor
was strewn with canned peaches, cove
oysters, boneless codfish and pants
buttons. The dust was so thick
the excited audience couldn t see
exactly what was transpiring within,
but from certain ejaculatory
overheard it was surmised
some one was trying to sell Doolittle
bill of goods on thirty days’ time, five
per cent, off for cash- But as he shot
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out into the heart of the crowd, and
lay there in a kind of soft, pulpy
condition, his face highly ornament-
ed with cuts and a half a pint of teeth
scattered around him, the assembled
multitude reverently made way for a
tall stranger who issued from the
store minus a hat, 'with a flushed face
and a long rent down the back of his
coat.—Cincinnati Commercial.
THE SUEZ CANAL,
The Suez Canal w*as formally
opened November 16, 1869, in the
presence of the Khedive, Empress of
the French, the Emperor of Austria,
the Crown Prince of Prussia, and
others. The first ship, the Brazilian—
1 809 tons, 380 feet long, 39 feet
broad, and drawing from 171 to
20 | feet of water—passed through
the canal November 27. Since then
the canal has been used continuously
and almost daily. The first year
(1870) 491 ships passed through;
1875, 1,494. About 70 per cent, of
the shipping and tonnage belongs to
Great Britain.
The commercial advantages of the
Suez Canal in shortening the dis¬
tance between Europe and India are
very great, the distance from Ham¬
burg or London to Bombay being
lessened about twenty four days.
The canal charges are 10 francs per
ton and ten francs per head for pass¬
engers. Steamers are not allowed to
pass through at a more rapid rate
than six miles An holir.
'1 he Suez Canal cost $58,000,000.
Of the 400,000 shares 176,602 were
held by the Khedive of Egypt until
1875, when in order to obtain money
to keep up his extravagant style, he
was obliged to sell them. Though
England had never favored the canal,
it was so anxious to control it that
Disraeli bought the Khedive’s shares
for $ 20 , 000,000 without consulting
Parliament, IFhen thi) purchase
became known it created a great
sensation, especially in France.
These shares bought by England
will give no returns to the owners
until lb94, the Khedive having
alienated the dividends till that
time to the company—^Cincinnati
Commercial,
GEN. AND MRS. TOO MBS.
Atlanta Evening Herald,
I met General Robert Toombs a
few days since in the arcade of the
Kimball. He was sitting alone on
one of the settees, chewing the end
of an unlighted cigar. When I spoke
to him he looked fixedly at me to
make out my features. His eyesight
has grown very poor. Indeed, the
sight of one of his eyes is nearly de¬
stroyed, while the other has weakened
from spmpathy with its mate. They
have lost their glint and bravery and,
like the purposes of his life, range a
constantly shrinking circle round
about him. His form is wasted of
late by suffering and confinement,
and his mien has softened from its
wonted ruggednees and grandeur and
is resuming the refinement that has
ever been in the outward investiture
of that chilvaric soul, and made him
once the handsomest and grandest
representative of Southern manhood
and statesmanship,
He spoke feelingly of the condi-
tion ot his wife, that white-souied and
courageous woman, who has, in all
the contests and vicissitudes of his
career, been his faithful companion,
monitress and helpmeet.
She is in very feeble health, ‘said
‘but on he suffers no pain. While
h CU min r. is not it its normal cr alance,
it is placid and cheerful. Sh loves
to have her friends about her—her
old time companions-and enjoys
herself like a young child. Being at
such perfect rest of mind and body,
she does not realize her real condi-
tion, and it is well for her.’
The general spoke vivaciously
about puhlicaffairs and appeared to
be as royally rich in caustic epigram!
as ofwW. Hw w ff l spend t h e- s umm er
in his mountain home at Clarksville.
It is the prayer of all Ills friends that
his life may be many seasons pro*
longed and all his paths bo those of
peace and happiness.
ANOTHER NEW RAILROAD.
The Sojlid Men of Columbia, Liu*
COLX AND ElBEkT COMING TO AU
GUST A.
[Augusta Evening News.]
The friends of the new railroad
through Richmond, Columbia, Lin*
coin and Elbert, and on through the
Georgia Counties, and designed to
connect with the great fPestern.
systems, are very enthusiastic and
hopeful. Capt. Edge Eve is just
down from Lincoln and his plantation
ill Columbia, and he reports a general
awakening among the solid men of
the counties. Subscriptions are
offered by nearly all. and no doubt
of enough subscription to grade the
road is held. One family alone have
offered cash subscriptions amounting
to $ 6 , 000 , with the free right of way
for about ten miles through planta'
tions on the line surveyed. This
same public spirited family agree to
build two depots for the road if
located on the proposed line at points
indicated, which are said to be at
proper distance and well suited for
stations.
It would thus appear that tho
good people are opening their purses
as well as their eyes, and that they
are in earnest about bnilding the new
road. Augusta should by all means
meet the citizens of Columbia,
Lincoln and Elbert, and £ee that the
scheme is made successful by a good
round subscription like that which
has made the Augusta aud Knoxville
a reality and great success.
DENSITY OF POPULATION.
[New York Mail.]
New Y ork is the most populous of
the States, containing about one-
tenth of the entire population of the
Union, but it has not the densest
population, The Census Bureau
reports that the number of square
miles in the Republic, not including
the Indian Territory and some unor¬
ganized tracts, is 2,900,170. The
population in 1880 was 50,155,773,
or 17.29 per square mile. But in
Rhode Island the population is 254.87
per square mile, in Massachusetts
221-78, in New Jersey 171-73, in
Connecticut 128.52, and in New
York 106.74. Our State, therefore,
rauks fifth in density of population,
and there is an indication of a future
greatness of which but few have
probably thought in the fact that it
lias room for so many more inhabi¬
tants. The population of the Dis¬
trict of Columbia is 52,960.40 per
square mile.
Macaulay’s lugubrious prediction,
that when we have a population of
200 per square mile our Government
will go to pieces, Is not generally
regarded with other interest than
curiosity by Americans ; but were it
a demonstable fact, it would have no
immediate terror for this people.
There were 90,019 immigrants who
arrived at Castle Garden last mouth,
but were the rate of immigration to
remain the same, it would require
more than 500 years to give the
country a population of 200 per
square mile. It convey^ a vivid idea
of the future magnitude cf this nation
to say that when its density of popu¬
lation is equal to that of Germany,
the United States will have 594,534,-
850 inhabitants, not including the
Indian Territory and some tracts now-
unoccupied.
A 1 J Y b L O\ E.
Of all the love affairs in the world
none cajJ sqr p ass tbe true j oye of a
big boy for his mother It is a love
noble and honorable in the highest
a e £ gree to both. I do hot mean merely
“
a atifl|l alfecUon . j mean os love
wb j cb ma jj e $ a b oy gallant sayin^ an conr-
teous to his mot hcr, to every-
body pi a i n ] v tbat b g U fairly in love
Wltb ber JVext to the love- of her
husband, nothin^ b^> so crowns a wo-
maQ ’ this second
s nor as
j ove# devotion of the son to her.
^ n dJ never knew a boy to ‘turn out*
ba( j wbo be g an by falling in lovg
*i t j, hi* mother.—Exchange.