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— i to iiinfi). . A-CORTEGE. THAT WILE REACH FROM LOUISI ANA -TO VIRGINIA. Ti'o PrrpRnL'aB « for ika ' of th- Jrffrrnon Dn»l. Bnaatnt pl«tr—Tfir Mr r rice* |-. 1VPB Orioata- 2HetH|k-ir Ctni'iut- YVfceic ilir Bo4t flaw Lir«-Tlin Ovrmi'aip'* In the Capitals •( ilif »oalhi>rnStnl?«-I.j'rB5 la fttatc ia Klcuuionit-Ilic «nnrd of ' IKonor in Iloltvwood' Ceatl Where Ihr Monuinm'. W5ill Kr»t v New Orleans, May 27.—On to Richmond! It m a muffled cry this time, aud it comes from a corner of the South. From ibe South which is •* now preparing a funeral cortege for itB late leader, this*, will reach from the Crescent City to the one-time capital of the late Confedeiacjr. There have been few reinterments that will be attended with the pomp and ceremony which promises to characterize tins transfer of the mains of Jefferson Davis from Metairie irs- commit the remain/! o the « $-ml,, ar.-l j Lewis Giutel, Judge George T7. Chris- when the train starts >' •* ib J; V. a. •>?* board Mias WinuiK]>:* i«, ,-d »u,.ht er .of the Cbufedt-tvc.f >>ra J. A. Hayes, the *-Ucr.djui^ljti r- J« ILr- son Davit; Mr. Hayes, ite Guberna torial party and the United ’ Confed erate Veteran escort. - I ho foner il lraio arid reach Mont gomery, Ala., at G a. m., Monday. The body wib be l .erne from th': csir to the capital building and be .p’actd on the front portico, where Mr. Davis took -the oath as President of the provY.onal government. Leav ing Montgomery at'11 o’clock the train will reach Atlanta at -1:30. a. ro. and there will be a halt of four hours. The casket will be borne to the capitol of Georgia, and there will bo rim pie ceremorics with a parade and a short oration. A fifteen-minutes’ stop will bo made at Greenville, S. 0., to l fiord the people, there an opportunity to testify their inflection and the train will proceed thence to Uak-ig! C., where elaborat- preparations have been made for a demonstration, There will he an address by Governor i Carr and other exercises at the capital Da\ tiiin, Messrs. A. Bargsmin, E. D. Starke, F. T. Glasgow, Captain John Cussons, and the commander of each camp of confederate veterans' iu the State. r ->• ' _ . ■ - Reception Committee of Veteran Organizations-^-Colonel A. G. Evans, chairman; Captain D; A. Brown, Cap tain E. Leslie Spence, Messrs. D. Smith Red ford, Thomas Byrne, John L. Talley. Joseph W. Tboroas.nnd Colonel John Morphy. ' : ; The Jefferson Davia- Monument Association—Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, president; Major Lewis Gin ter, vice- president; Mr. W. D. Cbeatermsn, secretary; John S. Ellett, treasonr. Directors—Major N. V. Randolph, C jlonel John B. Cary, Mr. D. C. Richardson, General Pejrton Wise, Joeeph C. Dickerson, Judge George L. Christian, P H. Mayo and Thomas P. Campbell. General Anderson, Colonel Archer, Colonel Smith and Mr. Bargomin are appointed jv-committee to arrange the details of the reception and interment of the remains on their arrival, when General Brooder, os commander of terrediiear tbejhjow mTi July cams by sicvoter, and as a guartf of honor came the Seventh I^egtuiriif, of New:-York, together with maiiy promiuvnt men of that city, Virginia and Pennsylvania. .The body was met byRichmond military and a great procession of people, including leading officials of the nation and ot the commonwealth. It was carried to ’Hollywood and interred. The granite.tomb which now marks it was subsequently placed over the grave and ibe whole inclosed by substantial, wire-work. The inscription on small bronze plate in the great granite block bears witness that this i done in accordance with an of the Legislature of Virginia. The Davis Giidc,--the section in which Mr. Davis will'be buried, is in the north western part of Hollywood. It upon a high plateau, covers about seventy-five square feet of the ground, and it neatly laid off aad^sodded, ready for the grave which is about completed. 1 ha grave ,of the Con federate chieftain will be almost in a direct line with and about 300 yards ircle, where • grounds further out. 1858. Tb^y war a hospital grounds, aud other Cm federate he place. Tho city purchased ibe pr-.perty afier the close ot lho war and converted- it into a park—the }r out. During the, Was Incited on thej Qj:|i»v ViAjjndA mv* : ite toMieia-nid rrot’. FEWER ACRES THIS YEAR. TUB STATE CAPITOL, WHERE THE "BODY WILL ME IN STATE, prettiest one, too, iu the town. Colo* nel ^Albert Ordway, now connected with* the Government' service Washington, who owned the house just opposite these bcautitut grounds, was largely instrumental in iodpo- -ing the city authorities to lay them out. The monument will probably be erected in the centre ot the park and a good distance from tho bronze i he Oullook in the Melon Belt as Reported to the S. F. And w. PENSIONED F0$ DEAFNESS Otie'ttf ihb / buses Uudrr- fLiini Corrected by Secretary Sraiiti ■ ’“Mothers-' 'Friend” ' ENTRANCE TO METAIRIE CEMETERY, HEW ORLEANS. the Confederate Veterans of Virginia, south of the handsome tomb of Presi- tcill take charge. Jdent Monroe. Between the. ; o two Tho active pall bearers will be!p 0 * Jft to and but u few yards away named by I?. E. Lee aud Pickett } roQJ . the t >mbof Monrce is the tiny : ud the honorary pall bearers j mourd which teds ilie spot where - named by the Executive Com-junta Joe Davi»V» body lies*. This was ot Leo Camp the. sou of President D.tvi *, who •mg the prominent ministers\ killed by falli. g front the rcur balco- uP.DON, MARSHAL d, from i) tide the veter- re&i< rn South to those of id b.vk to t!’.e side of ihe •uri d Hollywood dur- lie under r rather, Army of na Divis- the fa- column. doled to ;-d by (lie JOth. Arriving there wiil be placed on a caia-; r escort of troops and veitii time, the remain* will be Virginia capitol build: e rotunda of which they state until the next alb «>f the 31st the pul o have been invited and have »tul invitations to be present are s llt v. Dr. Charles Minnigerode, of exaudria, and the Rev. Dr. O. S. Bar leu, of Norfolk. Both ara Epis- tbe former having been pastor of St. Paul’s church, in Rich mond, during the war. Mr. Davis w;i£ a member of his church, and|wrs listening to a service on April 2,1865, when he was notified by General Lee that ^viehmond imi-jt be evacuated. Of this scene Mrs. Jefferson Davis wrote only recently aa follows : “The message was delivered in St. Paul’s MISS WINNIE DAVIS. figure ol General W. C. Wickham Richmond has appropriated 84,000 to c^vvr the ccsts of the re iutermentr This will b i used to meet the expen ses of entertaining the Confederate camps, to pay the expenses of Miss Winnie Davis, etc., etc. Provision has also been made for the attorn danci of Robert Brown, of Missis sippi, and James It. Jones, ot Raleigh, NTa. both c dared servants of Presi dent Davis during the war. of THE conked; ENT, JJOL- Nothing on the uionutaent or on the mound marks the fact that the holy of tho ex-Preaident of the late. Con federacy lies there Only the vault within bears on V.c black marble slab a fac simile ol the Jefferson Davis sig nature. Metairie Cemetery, from which the remains will be taken next Sunday, is perhap3 the be*: kept “garden ot the dead” iu America. Through its trel- Jised entrance is seer, the equestrian statue of Get.oral Albert Sidney Johnson, the centra of a finely-kept mound. The vaults airanged in lay ers remind one of Pore La Chaise, and from this French resting place the idea was probably taken. MRS. JEFTFRSON D.YYl.S. =cho)I pupils will visit the capita! in a body, and, ps-sing through, will place garlands of 11 )v;crs upon ibe bier. The rc-iotermert ceremonies .will take place in the afternoon. ^_3Irs. Davis will go froui-New Yoik to Richmond to attend these final scrvicee. The histtric capitol is being draped, and during the week It E. Lee and Pickett Camps will finally decide upon the pall bearers and upon the guard which is to have the pest ol honor by the side of the catafalque in fc the capitol building. The other officer.# a .d committees have already been named end here they are: ny of the Jcfievson Davis mansion during the war. The white headstone bears au inscription which tells that it is a memento of the affection of the children ot the then Confederate capital for the dead budy of its Chief Magistrate. The body is to be moved and placed by the ride of near the father’s grave. Standing on the higher plateau above that upon which is the Davis Circle and looking east the eye catches sight of the towering monument on Libby Iliil to the pri vate soldiers and sailors of the South. This is completed aud ready WHERE THE RODY WILL LIE .METAIRIE CEMETERY. Church during morning service, where the President had gone to pray for his peoplo. The congregation divined the purport of the dispatch, and though they expected, as the outcome ot it, that their homes would be burned and the city laid waste, there was no panic, no plea for pro tection. The women gathered about Mr. Davis and eaid: “Leave us to our fate if you can save the country. Perhaps some time you may win Richmond back; but if not, we know you have done your best, and you must not grieve over us.” Mr. Min* nigerodo was station at Norfolk dur- (JENEKAL LONG STREET. figure with which it is to be sur* mounted. Here on this elevated point can be hal a glimpse of the scaffolding which surrounda the hand some granite pile, and which is left ready tor the finishing touch. The grave of President John Tyler is in another portion of Hollywood. It is thoroughly well kept, and gives evidence of the constant care of lov** log hands of the family of the dead President. ,■ In Hollywood lie the remains of the Confederate cavalry commander, J, E. B. Stuart; General Pickett, the hero of Gettysburg; ex-Governor Henry A. Wise, John Thompson, the poet; John Randolph, of Roanoke, and others of national fame as fctates- The Northern papers, many them, make a great to do over a lynching in the South. Here is a case which occacred in Michigan, which tor brutality will match any similar event in the South. A dispa.cu from Detroit, Mich., dattd May 24 h, speaking of the lynching of William Sullivan at Coronua, in that State, says: “Men fought, struggled and cursed for the privilege ol helping lug at the rope, which was thrown pver a limb, and with a sudden jerk Sullivan, who had been lyiog motionless and appar- the]ently unconscious on the ground, was raised to a sitting posture. Another pull and hia head and shou’dt visible above the black mass of those that surrounded the spot, scene followed. The body was pushed from hand 10 hand and several drew pocket knives and lunged at swinging corpse. Others began tear ing the clothing, and in a few mo ments 0;.ly threads t f Ins stv.rl re mained hanging lo his shoulder When the body was lowered to the ground portions of the mob which had been unable to get clos6 enough to take a hand in the actual hanging, seized upon the rope and dragged the lifeless body through the mire. After ward the crowd dragged him about the streets and around the court house square.” iViUTE HOUSE OK TIIE CC Here now lies General Beauregard, on the family plot over which rises a marble chapel ending at its apex in a cross. Many famous veterans lie within the shadow of the great live oak, as well kept to day and as well preserved as half a century ago. In New Orleans the ceremonies will be brief, and tho removal of the re- mains to the new casket will lie ac complished during tue coming week. The eecort will leave Maiairic Ceme tery with Ibe remains next Sunday, and the special funeral train on the Richmond & Danville will leave in the evening. The escort will consist of aU the local militia and of the Louisiana division of the United Con federate Veterans, under command pf General. John Glinn, Jr. Governor Foiter, oi behalf of his Stato, will Chief marshal, Gcucral John B, Gordon; chief of staff, Colonel JohD B. Cary; secretary, Captain Tliomu Ellett. Finance Committee—Colonel Wil liam P. Smith (chairman), Colonel II. C. Jones, Colonel William F. Wickham, Major W. E. Simona and Major William Evans. Transportation Committee—Colo* nel John B. 'Purcell, chairman; Mr. Janus T. Gray, S. W. Travers, Cap tain F. n. Deane and It. A. Dunlop. Invitation and Reception Commit tee—Governor P. W. McKinney, chairman; non. J. Taylor Ellyson, General D. A. Weuiger, General Fitzhngh Lee. Colonel Archer Ander son, Colonel T.*P. Pollard, Colonel R. N Wortham. Colonel Thomas Lewis, Captain E. P. Reeve, Major WHERE THE BODY WILL LIE—THE JEFF DAVIS CIRCLE IN THE FOREGROUND; THE MONROE TOMB. IN THE BACK GROUND,'WITH TIIE JOE DAVIS MOUND BETWEEN. meD, authors and in other leading walks of life. By the si*lo of these and the 10,000 Confederate soldiers who lost their lives at Gcltsburg. Cold Harbor, in tlic teveu (lays’ fight around Richmond, and scores of other hard-fought conflicts of the late war, the President of the Confederacy will rest. Monroe Park, which tho Davis monument board selected for the great Jeffeison Davis monument, is in the western and meat fashionable part of Richmond. Just' prior to the break ing out of the war it was part of tho old fait grounds. The Agricultural Association disposed of it and pur chased the the present exposition iug the imprisonment of Mr. Davis at Fort Monroe. The cortege to Hollywood will make a detour and pass by many notable scenes; by the Washington Monument,- by the statue of General Sttonowall Jackson, past tho Central Public School, with its double marble pillars, once the Jefferson Davis man sion, the White House of the Con federacy, by the portico in memory of Henry Clay, by the Lee equestrian monument, by the old residence of Chief Justice Marshall, and on to historic Hollywood, the burial place of Presidents. The remains of President Monroe, who died in New York, were rein- Mr. W. Trox Bankston, every news paper man in Georgia knows Tr9x, publishes a card in the last issue of his paper, the Ringold New South, which he says that, hereafter, he will lead a d fibrent and better life. Among other things he says : “My reforma lion is not a fleetiog shadow, neither is it the result ot the Kcely curt; but, a calm determination on my part to live and lead a different life.” “My reformation may be the result ot a woman’s bright promise, or med itating over the word* of a minister, be that as it raayi it is decisive.” *T do not expect to enter the lec- ture^field, neither do I expect to be come a minister, but simply • an hum ble worker in the cause of what I be lieve is right.” . The entire press will join us iu wish ing this bright young man from the mountains ot North Georgia, a long, successful, and happy future. , Trox is all right. Capt. Sage, president ot the South ern Supply Company, returned to At'* lama last night. Capt. Sage says that the track of ihe extension ol the Florida Central and Peninsula has been laid from Han’s Road to the St. Mary’s river. A large quantity of rail road irpn is on the Central’s wharves here ready for removal, and early next month work will begin laying track from Savannah and South Brunswick. Ten car loads of bridge material have also arrived, and work wiil soon begin on the construction of the drawbridge over the Ogeechee river.—Savannah Press. It begi is to look, in fact it has looks ed that way for some time, that the F. C. & P, people were going to make a strong fight with the Plant system for the Florida tourist travel. Hereto fore the Plant system have had a vir*. Inal monopoly of the business. An exchange says * ex-Secrelary of the navy Traeey and Ben Butler will take part in the Central’s litiga tion. ^Butler would doubtless make a red-hot speech^ were he here. So far the watermelon crop has pro gressed under the most favorable aus pices, and while the season may open a little late, the outlook is a most favorable one. *-~ Last year the season opened on June 2. which was the da'eol the shipment of the fir-4 carlord of watermelons by J. R.* Forrester, Jr., from Pelham to Chicago. The season was well under ,way by June 10. This; season will not* bt-giu so early- on account .ot the cool weai hrr that has prevailed during the la^t tew weeks which has had a tendency to keep back the crop. . The difference, however, wil* not be mine than three or fonr day«, ’and the first carload shipment from the heart of the melon belt is expected as early as June 3 or 4 the laiter part of next week. FROM AN OFFICIAL REPORT. These facts are based on the official report of Assistant Supcrcntendent *0 the Savannah, Fior.da and ■tyest.ru railway. Mi. Avei he gives this subject a careful srudy each year, and is author ly on all subjects rela ting to the watermelon crop. The melon belt piopcr of South Georgia, or the area 10 which the most of the crop is grown, extends from Valdosta west to Bainbridge Junction and from Tnomasvjlle as an approxi* center to Monticello, Fla., on ihe south and to Albany on the north Mr. Aveilhe will go to Thomssville June 15, and will make that p'ace his headquarters during the melon season, -All the melon trains are d«spatched from that pom*, and Mr. Aveilhe has general charge of all the shipments througout that entire territory. For this reason he makes a thorough study of the crop , each year and em bodies his observation in a report to the road, with a comparative statement taken from the record of the preced ing year. The crop, ho says, will be a little later on account ot the recent cool weather, and h- thinks the first car load will be ready for shipment next Saturday. THIS YEAR'S ACREAGE 1 he acreage this year is very much smaller than that of last year, many cutting off ihcir ctop, it is stated from fear ol cboitra. Iu 1892 there were planted in the area above mentioned 9,672 acre?, while ibis year there are only 8,839 acres, or a decrease of 833 acres. This decrease in the acreage is hardly significant, as it is found in every portion of the melon bell that this season so far has been more fa vorable than last year’s and this means a larger yield per acre and perhaps better melons generally. The heaviest acreage on the line ot the Savannah Florida and Western is around the three small towns of Meigs, Pelham and Cam.lla, all in Georgia. \t these three places alone the acre age is 3 2 >». These points are right in the he«ri of the melon belt and gent rally produce ihe earliest and finest frui* s. The planters are ail eager to ship the first cars as they can, ot course, be sold at a premium. It would be well, however, for them to!: ke warning and not ship green melons, as it injures them and the trade in their section generally. The Florida crop is never as heavy, eveo in proportion as that in Georgia. Some few melons have already been shipped from thtre by express, but no carload lots have been sent out, The outlook this year in Florida, however, is fer a larger crop, and while they raise earlier melons they do not get in the first carload lots. WHERE THE MELONS GO. •Of the crop of melons last year, 69 per cent went west and northwest, 29 per cent east and northeast, and 2 per cent were local. Tne average yield last year was 2 48 acres to the carload and in 1891 it was 2 58. This year is expected to bring an increase in the yield over- th it of las; year and the prospects arc ih.v .t will be brought to 2 42 to 2.45 acres lo the carload. Western shipments all go by rail but from Savannah north and east they are pretty well divided between the railroads and «the Ocean steamship lines. Whin the melon seasou sets in the Ocean Steamship Company will have completed ihe woik ot repairing its vessels, and tho schedule of four ships a week to aud from New York will be put back on. *[*hr demand in the western markets is much heavier than in eastern maik:ts. The majority of melons in this belt are raised between ThomasvilJe and Albany, and ihe Georgia crop, most of which comes from that section, is not surpassed by any in the south. Georgia melons are given the prefer ence in almost every northern market. They are larger, sweeter and more desirable. *They average 900 to 2,000 to the car, depending on the size of the melon ordered by the customer. \V ASHINGTON M«J 27.—P»wbnbl/ the nu-bt important pension dic*ai<*u ever Kent from ihe office of the S*c eetary of the Interior to the c**m1uin- s<onor of pei s’ous was filed to day-. It its believed by those high in author ily iu tho pension bureau ih&t it will reduce the payment of pensions uuder the actot June 27, 1890, betwern $15 000,000 aud $20,000,000. It in volves the repeal of an order'passed by Gen lUurn and approved by As sistant Secretory Bussey and a return to the language of the statute rtquir*. ing disability when not of service origin to be such as to prevent the applicant from earning support by manual labor. Secretary Hoke Smith has been considering the prin ciples involved in this decision for several weeks, and so important did' be deem it that when it was called to his attention from the pension board of appeals ho submitted the questions j involved to Attorney General Oiuey j and lo Judge Lochren, ootnmknivner | of pensions, both of whom concurred j the correctness of the decision, j Geu. Raum’s order No. 1G4, dated Juue 27, 1890, required that all cases showing pensionable disability under act of Juno 27,1890, should be rated as if of service origin. This order is superseded by to day’s decision. The case that brought this about was that of a so!dier to whom a pension wus granted under the law of 1890 lor slight d(*afnes», but who was in souud health and yigorous ho ly aud wuo had no record cf -illness or injury ot any kind during his army service. So-called Northern phi f anthrophists are continually harping on the condi tion of the negro at the South. They say he is down trodden aud denied his rights. The fact is that the nc gro has a better show in the South than in the North. A Philadelphia judge recently referred to the rapid and growing increase 'of crime among the negroes in the city ot “Brotherly Love.” He said that the moral and material condition of the uegroe* in Philadel phia was growing worse and worse aud that crime was never before so common among them as it U now. The New York Evening Post gives the explanation of these facts when it sayt: “The chief cause for this is the growing discrimination against the black man because he is black. Time was when there were many carpenter*, bricklayers and other mechanics em ployed in the building trades in Phil adelphia, while now there are so few as not to count, aud the labor unions are shutting them out by adopting cast-iron rule that the acceptable ap plicant shall be ‘white.’ Oidy a few years ago coachmen and male waiter* were generally negroes, but they are now rarely found in these capacities Judge Gordon advised the negroes to turn to the mechanic trades; hut tin* Press confesses that a re’entlc.-s pre judice shuts the negro out ol nearly all these mechanic trades.” Here in the South the negro me chanics, brickmasons, carpenters ami in all trades, are found working side by side with white mechanics. There is no discrimination. Whites aud blacks, with equal proficiency, and equal abilities, receive exactly the same pay. After all, the white men of the South are the best friends of the negro. History is demonstrating this every day. The failure of the B.atis vick State Bank has caused another flutter in that city. The State has §30,000 deposited in the bank; or ought lo have it there. This is secured by a $50,000 bond. It is thought the bank wilt straighten out. The Oglethorpe bank, it is said, will, after its assets have been realized, pay aU de positors. The First National Bank may resume, though it is not certain. There is some talk of the bank going into liquidation. The Merchants and Traders Bank is said to be solvent and solid. Messrs. Isaac and Glauber showed their confidence in this bank yesterday by depositing $5,000 in sil ver in it. Colvin, Ia, Doe. 2,1880.-217 wlfo used HO THEE'3 FEXENX) before her third confinement, and aaya she would not bo without it lor hundreds of dollars. uock imjas. frttPBKas«ssssie"* r ** ERUPTION, 1 justify us in guaranteeing a SENT : BLOOD BALM CO.. ATLANTA. CA^ sxsse UBES LABIA Our friends across the line are wor ried about the Georgia watermelons. The Baltimore Sun says: “It is an nounced that recent cold winds have been playing havoc with the young watermelon plants in South Georgia, and as a consequence the famous red meat melons will be scarcer and cost more thU summer than for a number of years past. In addition, the aver age acreage is much smallar than heretofore.” South Georgia is beginning to kick i the way the offices t.re portioned out. North Georgia gets them all aud South Georgia gets—left. This sort of things has already been going on too long, and this part of tho state is going to put a stop to it or know the reason why.—Quitman Free Press. Chicago, May 26, '9 p. m.—The fair will surely be open next Sunday* it being impossible for the United States distinct attorney to prepare a bill for an injunction before that day. The national commission has ad journed until July 1. 3» 80 HAPPY! rt E4iru3 W- CF K' lk vcd me of a severe Tloo l troul l; U bos h!r.o my hair to grow out again. it bad 4*vcn falling out by me bandful. Att rr irvin- inar»v i-hysicinS: » i vain, I cm .* •> W:u.\r; to f,i«l u ecu' It.. U.S. S. 0.11. El-.Vrt, Gr.lv> siou, Tv :c oseaacl ihe foiacu iuwciL 0 tydt is entirely vepcUColo ami tarc-L. ;-j> REVOKE make the prc-- ..', attiic Kcu- tucky£Stid>!c8, a*. - l*o "j\v { : kt of $15 THl StlAiiON Invariably in Advance. PJEDIGltr.E: REVOKE is',bv King Kune,, he Jjy Belmont (sire of Nutwood, 2:18&; and of lVcdirctvco.l, 2:i l J) be by Alexander’s Abdallah, (s.rc of Gold smith's Maid). Revoke's 5iv» dam was Rosewood, by Blackwood, (airc ofPortiuc, ; sccouc dam ly Paul Murphy, thir l dam by Cocfc- spur, fourth dam by Sir Wallace. S. RICHLY. HERRING & WALKER, UNDERTAKERS. ■ ICS l:!:u.VO. iTP.EtT, TIiOUASYILLS- GKOr.UIA.