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WEEKLY BANNER.WATCHMAN, TUESDAY. JULY 29. 1884.
„• lucrezlu* Import**. *t K«w Orleans.
L. rapidly Incrwwlng importance of
, Orleans,*'» " ot onl >’ * business cen-
1 ,,f social ami intellectual develop-
' j 8 iorosliaJowml In the magniti-
F. .'reparations being now berfected
1,1,,. great Industrial and Art Exposl-
1 llt . 1,old there this autumn. The
n tgers challenge the grandeur or the
i, : tl Exposition at Philadelphia
„iid no visitor exhibitor will
Licet the op|a»rtuneity. If he is wise,
la-fore and during the exhibition
. t,. invest in the honoraly managed
lii’siana •''late Lottery, the next
i tug which will take place Tnes-
Augtist 12. Any information can
o 1 on an application to M. A.
Inphin, Nets- Orleans, I-a.
Some music may have “charms to
•he the savage,” but we have
•u d some that was well calculated
make a man savage.
A Rsmsikstilt Cordial.
It is a well known fact that gum earn-
,„r is one of the best remedies for bowel
bohles, and combined in acordial with
ij.permint and the active principle of
C huckleberry, it presents in Mr. Big.
r .' 11 ticklels-rry Cordial the Great
in'hern Itemedy that restores the little
I,- Mitrering from the effects of teething,
nl cures Diarrhea, Dysentery and all
10cl tronhles. For sale by all druggists
.*<0 cents a liottle.
Trod for tko Reservoir.
Mr. Malon will have a lot of trout
shipped out from New York to put
in the reservoir.
Printer’s Ink.
The Swift Specific Co., is the
latgestadvertisersinGeorgia. They
do an immense business which was
brought about by printer’s ink.
Fine ooking.
Some of the papers say that the
press gang was a fine looking set
ot men. This was probably before
Northeast Georgia had got in.
A gentleman from Oglethorpe
was in the city yesterday with a
beautiful home made suit on which
cost him only 63 cents. The suit
looked neat andcomfortable.
There is no complaint among the
bore's and mechanics now, as
k is plentiful. The gas compa-
1 water works employ a large
,nher, and Mr. McGintv’s diver-
eil operations take the balance.
An An wanted.
liny one bring us a ease of Kidney
nplaint that Electric Ritters
not speedily cure! 1 We say they can
as thousands of eases already per-
itnilv cured and who are daily re-
iiiicniliug Electric Bitters, will prove
du's Disease, Diabetes, Weat Back
ny 111 inary complaint quiokly cured,
niu ify 1 lie blood, regulate the bowels
,.i dirt i lly mi the diseased ptrls.
ry Imiilcgiiaranteeed. Trial bottles
at K T. Itruinby A Co’s drug store,
ge M/o $1.00.
e Crawford News-Monitor
. to us improved in its make
The new linn have started off
Good Flour.
The Dorsey mill is making some
beautiful flour out ot new wheat.
We were shown a sample of some
yesterday by Mayor Dorsey that
looks equal to any of the patent
flour brought to Athens.
Going to California.
Mr. Washington Strickland, of
Madison county, left yesterday
gening for a trip to California.
Mr. S. has been paralyzed for some
time, and he thinks a trip to Cali
fornia will cure him.
Another Name.
One of the whiskey dealeis in
Athens says if Clarke county should
pass the prohibition law that he will
at once open a drug store and keep
nothing but patent medicines which
will only be whiskey by another
name.
MERIT WINS HONOR.
•e h:i> indelibly i-iistamped its won-
I makings ii|»>n the tablets of
ry. and to-day its emblazoned
ig- are proudly acknowledged by
in.I* whose poisoned blood nave
.writh'd, sod ns crimsoned streams
d the p-le cheeks by the use of
tonder-wotking scientific pugent It.
-itotarde Blood Balm! Due great
rent 'id- leiindy is the rapinity
a I. ■ h il conquers these blood poi-
I; is a new departure in ilie Dem
and cure of eoosl il illioiial «liseam's,
oiinate- the vitiated lihasl tlirough
. p-• I the skill lllnl nil ihe se
ids.
sin-operand! of Ibis enneen-
»«i remedy is exactly as lead-
ilie uiedleal gentlemen say I ml
he 111 order to i Heel eater. One
i convince any one of its ]M)Wcr
ideiieie from hiludii'ds of
leslioneil veraeity relnpv
nl eilieavy of Lt. B. B. i
111 and Skin Disease
ppliraiion. Dirge bottle
1 mil Balm Co. Atlanta, Gu.
1 tin 1 developments from
in county murder. T hat
old not lie allowed to rest
"iiiity party is apprehend-
i.il Hi alt With.
The Latest.
Puck’s principal cartoon this
week was the reproduction of the
popular chromo, “Between two
fires.” The independent vote was
in front of Blaine, and Cleveland,
as a bull dog, was guarding the
rear. Puck has no mercy on the
tattooed statesman.
The Water SpouL
Mr. Zeke Edge informs us that
ihe top of the ground is still wet
where the water spout struck some
time ago on Mr. Dave Gann’s plan
tation. He says that it looks like a
railroad cut where the. water tore
through the hill.
Going After Money.
Homer Nicholson, the commo-
dor; of the boat club, will leave for
Washington city soon to interview
President Arthur about getting
$100,000 to clean out the Oconee
river. We know that Cites, will
not mind giving such a small
amount for such a noble purpose.
ATHENS TO HAVE SEWERVGE.
’The City Connell Accepts Mr. Howell’s Prapost-
A called meeting of the council
was held yesterday to take into con
sideration the proposition of Mr.
Howell, the president of the water
works company,"to furnish Athens
with a thorough system of sewer
age. After hard work Mayor Dor
sey succeeded in getting a quorum
present, when Mr. Howell appear
ed before them and made a propo
sition to furnish Athens with a good
system of sewerage. His proposi
tion to the city is, if they will remit
the city tax, to give all the pubiic
buildings and schools sewerage free
of charge. The city accepted Mr.
Howell’s proposition, and he will
commence work soon laying the
pipes.
“THE PACING WONDER.”
AThree-Taar-OIdGeldlnciFacee ELltUih
SLAVERY
nil'- IvpiopizeJ Beef Tonic
ii. |.:iii;i]iin uf Ihx I containing
iimi riiiims properties. Contains
slug, lone generating anil
g piiqierlies; invaluable for
.11, uys|iepshi, nervous prostra-
all lurins of> general debility;
il eii tee hi nl conditions, wheth-
ii; ut exhaustion, nervous pros-
iirivvork, uraeiile disease, par-
ii ivsnlling from pulmonary
is. Caswell, Hazard & Co..
.s. New York, Sold by ilrng-
A Physician's Testimony
iin railed to see Mr. Julia Pearson,
wa- eolilii cd to his bed with wliut
uvil in I si consumption ol the worst
. A- .ill ni bis family had died willi
• inaid disease (except bis half brotli-
u- death waaregarueu as certain and
. Alter exhausting all the reme-
I liiuiity ns a last resort sent lor
1-01 brewer's bung Iteslorer, audit
1 like magic. •!« continued the use
lor some lime and lias lieen fully re-
•* 1 lo lieuilli. So far as 1 could dis-
i l.eluul consumption, anil Brewer’s
.■ It, -mrer saved nis lite.
. Iioimhav.M. D. l<uri:es\ilie, (ia
Lost one Setter.
Bitch wliile ami liver colored with
tail bobbed and has on collar and
lag, No. ‘284. Any person deliver
ing her, or information other where
abouts to Cooper, Murray & Co’s
stable, Athens, Ga., will be liberal
ly rewarded. Very respectfully.
I. V. Murray,
A New Sulphur Spring in Athens.
Attending the disoovery of the
fero-lithic spring some years ago,
there was much excitement in Ath
ens and for some time the spring
was thronged with visitors, and
even now many of them go daily or
send for the waters, which, while
they are not so popular as they have
been, have lost none of their miner
al properties or healing powers.
One principal reason for the de
crease of visitors was the throng of
loafing darkies that was to be found
there continually, and other reasons
unnecessary to mention, brought
the place into disrepute. These
facts are a subject of regret, as the
ferroiithic promised to be a popu
lar place of resort. The city spent
some money to make it such, but it
has been monopolized by an objec
tionable element of the community,
until it has nearly been forgotten by
the majority of our people. We
understand that a party of gentle
men have recently discovered on
the premises of the water works a
most exeellettt spring, strongly im
pregnated with snlphur. In fact,
those who have drank the water
and have visited the sulphur springs
above us, say that the water from
the spring is the strongest sulphur
water they have ever drank, The
gentlemen who discovered it have
taken the trouble to wall in the ba
sin of the sp -ing and filled it with
pebbles, which, when put in, were
pure white, but in a day they had
turned black from the action of the
waters, a strong evidence of the
mineral properties. We hope that
the health-giving waters may prove
to be all that they promise, and
that some provision can be made to
allow our ladies and children the
privilege of visiting the spring reg
ularly without meeting with that
objection which .has attended the
discovery of the ferro-lithic. We
have never been to this spring, in
fact the discovery has just been
brought to our notice. It but adds
one other attraction to the water
works grounds, as a place of resort,
and as these grounds are the prop
erty of a corporatioa who are inter
Commercial Gazette.
Connrrsville, Ind., July 24.
Quite a stir was cieated among the
sports of this city yesterday tnorn-
ing by the announcement that a colt
belonging to Colvin Stevens, a
young farmer living among the hills
of Columbia township, five miles
south of the city, has scored a local
record of 2:16, pacing round on a
half mile track in 1 :oS. The record
was made last Friday, in the pres
ence of a large number of rural
turfmen, on a very uneven track,
owned by Willis Piefce. a fanner of
that neighborhood. That a three-
year-old gelding, hardly bridle-wise,
should develop such speed was con
sidered truly wonderful, and when
it became known here that his met
tle was to be tested here this morn
ing, on the same track, a number of
sporting gentlemen of this city, and
also several from Cambridge, ac
companied by your correspondent,
repaired to the field to witness the
promised exhibition.
Wrong information concerning
the hour appointed for the pacecaus-
ed us to arrive too late, the whole
thing was over when we arrived.
We seized the opportunity, howev
er, of taking a good look at “Pacing
Wonder,” as his owner calls him;
and likewise seeking a confirmation
of the reports about his remarkable
record, already made. The horse is
a light sorrel, three years old this
spring, about fifteen hands high,
and sports a silver mane and tail.
He is finely formed for racing, his
general symmetry being slightly
marred by a rather large head. He
was sired bp a Blue Bull stallion,
his dam being a scion of old “Davy
Crockett.” of ante helium days. His
owner, Colvin Stevens, raised him
from a colt and put him on the track
about thirty days ago uuder the ef
ficient training of John Caldwell.
Those who saw him pace last
Friday, say he “flew the track” sev
eral times, but never broke, coming
in the last quarter like an old timer,
in exactly one minute and eight
seconds. It is generally believed
that if he had a good level track he
could make the mile in 2:08. This
morning his time was not taken, but
he will be thoroughly tested by
competent judges before long. His
owner is nearly frantic over his
possession, and would undoubtedly
refuse $10,000 for him. All those
who know him best, say the speed
is there, and he only requires time
and training to beat the world on a
mile pace.
MULLATOES ACCOUNTED FOB.
SPEECH OF SENATOR JOSEPH E. BROWS,
0FGE0R0TA.
DELIVERED IN THE SENATE OF THE UNI
TED STATES, JUNE is, 1984.
IN REPLY TO SENATOR HOAR, OF MASSA
CHUSETTS.
ELOPING WITH A NEGRO.
A Beautiful ml Aristocratic Wilt* Girt Elopes
WlttiHer Coachman.
Annapolis, Md., July 24.—Dr
Henry Richardson is one of the
wealthiest and most successful phy
sicians of this county. He has a
handsome countiy residence in the
- , . . . . , lower part of Anne Arundel, and
ested in Athens, it is hut reasona- j his family has for years been prom-
Cards vs. Whisky.
Whisky and cards are two impor
tant factors in Atlanta congression
al politics. One candidate accuses
the other of playing cards and be
ing a gambler, The card man retal
iates by accusing his opponent with
buying votes with whisky. Cards
has the best of it so far. Whisky is
by far the greatest evil.
ble to suppose that in the event of
the spring becoming popular such
regulations .will be enforced that
will secure immunity from objecton-
able characters.
TRY IT Y0DRSELP.
proof of the pudding is not in
»l'l
hewing the string, but in having an
'iiiiniiv to try ilie a.tide• yuuraeli,
il.A LYNDON Ilie Druggists, lias a
> irial t>.ittle of Dr. Bosanlco’s Cough
I I.ung Syrup for each and every one
" is afflicted with Coughs, Colds,
Consumption or any bung
lli-elii
Hie temperance people talk of
I'tting Judge Gibson, of Crawford,
> address them. He is one of the
lost eloquent advocates of the
mse in the state.
Wants His Money.
The President has notified Gen.
Longstreet that his resignation will
be accepted if he will send it in.
Gen. L. wrote the President that
people down in this country gener
ally settled with their hands before
discharging them. Wh.en the Presi-’
dent settles up the ballances due
the office, he will then think about
resigning.
A Good Selection.
The trustees of the Laurens, S.
C„ female college have elected as
president of that institution R, W.
Milner, of Lithonia, Ga. He is a
graduate of the University of Geor
gia. has several years’ experience as
a teacher, and is recommended by
Dr. Mell.
iLi.il Injector free. For Sale by kV Brumby A (',>
Backlen's Arnica Salve.
Ha- Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Imiiim's, Mires, Uleers, SaltRheum, Fe-
> r sores, Teti ur. Chapped Uands, Chil-
i iiiis. Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
iat positively cures files, or no pay re-
aired. It is guaranteed to give perfect
nii.ini'iion, or money refunded, t’riee
■ mils |kt Ikjx.
A CARD.
who ere suffering Row the errors and
leie, ot youth, nervous wearness, early
m til luaahouil, Ac., 1 will send a recipe
cure you, KKLK OF CHARGE. This
uily o tis Oisi-uveled by a missionary iu
men,-a. Send a sell addressed euvelojs,
lev. Josara T. Innas, .stodua D, New
v inarC-dAwly
s unioriuualt that the ice-
slmuld remain idle and the
icry he ruined. Something
lie dime with il before the
siioys everything.
Gave Up.
Chas. Wise the negro that killed
Ace Tate, some time ago out near
Arnold’s mill in Jackson county
over a game of cards, came in yes
terday morning and gave himself
up to the constable. Charles says
he .an prove that he killed the
negro in self defence.
To Swim.
It is rumored that Col. Larry
Gantt, of the Banner-Watchman,
will attempt to swim the Grand
Rapids at Niagara before returning
home.—News-Monitor.
If Mr. Gantt takes a notion to
swim across the Grand Rapids he
will be certain to do it, for he never
fails.
A Sudden Death.
We learn from parties just re
turned from the falls that a sudden
death of a child occurred there yes
terday morning. Airs. Brown,
Jewess, from Savannah, was stay
ing at the falls with two beautiful
THEY NEED MONEY.
Headquarters Republican
National Committee, No. 242
Fifth Avenue, New York City,
July 23,1884.—Dear Sir: The pend
ing Presidential Campaign is of un
usual importance to the country.
Every republican is deeply interest
ed in its result. The National Com
mittee on behalf of the republican
party desires tomakeit justly vigor
ous and effective, and success cer
tain in November. Funds are re
quired, however, to meet the lawful
and proper expenses of the cam
paign; and, to provide the same,
the committee finds itself dependent
upon the liberality of republicans to
make such voluntary contributions
as their means will permit, and as
they feel inclined to give. You are
therefore respectfully invited to send
as soon as you conveniently may,
by draft on New York or postal
money order to the order of B. F.
Jones, Chairman Republican Na
tional Committee,242 Fifth Avenue,
New York city, such sum asyou
may desire to contribute for the ob
jects before mentioned. A receipt
for the same will be sent by return
mail.
The committee cheerfully calls
the attention of every person hold
ing any office, place or employment,
under the United States or any of
the departments of the Government,
to the provisions of the act of con
gress entitled: “An act to regulate
and improve the civil service of the
United States,” approved January
16th, 1SS3, and states that its influ
ence will be exerted in conformity
therewith. Repectfully,
B. F. Jones, Chairman.
This letter being sent to a gentle
man that was not a republican, Mr.
Jones will have to charge up his
part to profit and loss.
inent in the state. The doctor is
widower, and his mansion was pre
sided over by a sister-in-law. Miss
Helen Owens, 22 years old, highly
educated and very popular.
She had a tall and graceful form,
large black eyes with arched brows,
and a great mass of raven black
hair. Her personal attractions were
famous throughout the state, and
she had many suitors, .to all of-
whom she appeared wholly indif
ferent. Her passion appeared to
be horseback riding, ana she could
often be seen, mounted on a white
mare, dashing recklessly across the
fields, and* jumping fences at all
hours of the day, year in and year
out. When it became known yes
terday that this lady was suspected
of having eloped with a negro farm
hand employed by her brother,
very few people would believe it.
To-day the astonishing report prov
ed to be too true.
The colored farm hand, whose
name is Jesse Plater, is a muscular
man of fine physique, 28 years old,
and nearly white. He was known
to have the greatest contempt for
girls of his own race, and was nev
er seen in company with them, He
was always the groom or coach
man who always accompanied Miss
Owens.
On Monday night Miss Owens
and Plater were both missing.
They were seen walking quietly
down the railroad track late At
night, and took a train on the Pope
Creek railroad to Bowie Station,
where they changed cars tor Wash
ington. The man would readily
- Lit I It- Cathartic is the bes
viiutMc Liver Bill luma 11’ nevr
Ills must olwlinate cases,
ci'uliln.—16 wills.
Rimaikaolo Escape.
■I >liu Kalin, of Lofayulie, Ind; had a
■il narrow escape front death. This iff
is own story: One year ago I was in
»• ns-, statics 01 Consumption. Our best
hi-a inns gave my cuse up. I filially got
’ on that our doctor said I could not
ve twenty lour bouts. My friend then
arih.mil a liottle of Dr. Win. Hall’s
; al-am for The Lungs, which benefited
imiinued until I look nine bottles
litte twinchildren and on waking up
the mother found one of them deap
The child was perfectly well the
evening before. The remains were
carried to Atlanta.
DANIELSVILLE DOINGS.
a now in perfect health having used
other medicine.”
Danielsvili'e, July 26.—Dr.
Daniel has Sold his farm and mill
property, we understand, for $5,600.
' Jack Jones, a negro, was drown
ed yesterday while bathing in Mun-
day’s mill pond, in Jackson county.
Two others were with him, but fled
when Jack was in trouble.
Mrs. Biggs’ trouble with her hand
turns out to be a felon and she is
Pilot Pilot Pilot
s are cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itch-
i»n Biles. One box has cured the worst
< n-c- of 20 -years’ standing. No one
I.' e.l Buffer live minutes after using Wil-
Inmi'a lmiian Bile Ointment. It absorbs
minors, allays Itching, acts as poultice,
cives instant relief. Prepared only for
foes, itching of the private parts, noth-
"i-’else. lion. J. M. Conenbury, of
Cleveland, says: “I have used scores of
1'Oe cures, and it affords me pleasure to
say that 1 have never found anything
*hkh givesuch immediate and and per
manent relief as Dr. Williams’ Indian
file Ointment.” Sold by druggists and
mailed on receipt of price, $1. Frazier
Medicine Co., Prop’s, Cleveland, Ohio.
I or sale by H.T. Brumby, Athens, Ga.
Howard & Candler, wholesale agents,
Atlanta, Oa.
For Dyspepsia, Indigestion. Pepres
*[*‘h <>i .spirits and General Debility, in
their various forms; also aa a preven
tive against Fever and Ague and other
I otvriuiueut Fevers, tfcp “Ferro-Phop*
I'hurated Elixir of Calisaya',, made b;
fiowell llazaitl A Co: New Veriq
sold by all prugguta. is t^e beet tonjp;
patients recovering from Fever
sickness, U haa no equal.'
“ml for
orollie
Mh li., offer to seod Dr. Dye’a Celeb'rSG that-I will do %U within my
VolUc Belt and EleAJrfc Appliances to discountenance its use
But, Mr. President, my fri-nd
from Massachusetts, in his reply,
while he justly acquitted me of any
purpose to do injustice to New Eng
land, did not think proper to con
fine himself to the living issues of
to-day. but he felt it his duty to go
back and disinter for exhibition the
corpse of slavery, which is new one'
of the dead issues of the past.
He charges that I had for a large
portion ol m v life supported an in
stitution (meaning slavery) lying
at the foundation of government
which prohibited marriage to a ma
jority of the people of my State. In
that connection, however, he was a
little at fault in his figures, as sLives
were, I believe, never at any time a
majority of the people of Georgia,
yet they formed a large minority of
our people. But as I am charged
with having supported the institu
tion of slavery most of my life,
which prohibited marriage among
the slaves, it may not be inappropri
ate, however unpleasant the task
may be, for me to make some refer
ence to the origin of slavery in this
country, and to show who was re-
r nsible for its introduction. As
re ry is now dead in this country,
it is certainly as proper for me to go
back and refer to its origin and its
early practices as it was for the Sen
ator from Massachusets to introduce
it into this discussion, and refer to
its practices twenty years ago.
It is also proper to inquire when
and how and by whom it was in
troduced into the different States cf
the Union; and as fair an illustration
as any will he found in the-history
of the two States, Massachusetts and
Georgia. In my other speech I took
occasion to contrast the polygamy
of Utah and New England; nowit
will become my duty to contrast the
slavery of Massachusetts and Geor
gia. In doing this I shall quote
from the history of Massachusetts
on the slavery question. I shall
make some extracts from the book
written by George H Moore, a mem
her of the Historical Society of the
State of Massachusetts, which is en
titled “Notes on the history of s’av
ery in Massachusetts,” and from
Elliott's History of New England. I
shall first quote from Moore in sub
stance as follows:
SLAVERY IN MASSACHUSETTS.
The Puritans in their earliest cede
made ample provision for slavery',
and added the conviction that slav
ery was established by the law of
God, and that Christianity always
recognized it as the antecedent Mo
saic practice. (Moore's Notes on the
History of Slavery in Massachusetts,
pages 105 and 123-4.
Massachusetts held in slavery
Scottsand Irish. (Elliott's History
of New ^England, volume 2, page
179.)
Negroes and Indians were bought
and sold without compunction, by
priest and people alike. (Ibid, page
18O.)
Through all the wars captive In
dians were sold as slaves, and Indi
ans were held as slaves without
compunction. (Ibid, pages 175 and
179.)
The people of Massachusetts made
rum and carried cargoes of it to Af
rica, aad bought cargoes ot slaves for
the markets of the West Indies and
Southern colonies, aud brought-por-
tionsof them to New England. (Ibid
page 179.)
Aged and infirm slaves were set
lree to relieve the master from the
charge of supporting then'. (Moore
op Slavery in Massachusetts, page
58.
The people of Massachusetts rais
ed slaves for the markets. (Ibid,
paee 69.
They were taxed like horses, oxen,
cows, goats, sheep and swine, until
after the commencement of the war
of the revolution. (Ibid, page 65.)
Negroes were-looked upon as a
good dog is now. They were com
monly treated with kindness, but
er; and they could sell to onejterson
the father of the child and to .i neth
er the mother, and to a third the
child itself, which was held to be
legitimate if the master consented
to the intercourse when the parties
were never married. And they sold
negroes “taken by execution” for
the payment of the debts of the own-
This showed a very liberal
commerce in slave property in Mas
sachusetts. Anything the purchas
er wanted in that line ne could get
for the money.
Hubbard, the contemporary his
torian ot the Indian wars, says of
these captives:
Of those who are not so desperate
or sullen to sell their lives for noth
ing. but yielded in time, the male
children were sent to the Bermudas.
Of the females, some were distribu
ted to the English towns; some
were disposed of atrong other Indi
ans, to whom they were deadly ene
mies, as well ns to ourselvts. (Moore
page 5.)
The colonists of Massachusetts
assumed to themselves “a right to
treat the Ir dians on the footing of
Canannites or Amalekites” and
practically regarded them as forlorn
and wretclted heathen, possessing
few rights which were entitled to re
spect. (3 Bancroft, page 408; Moore
page 30.)
Tney exported Indians to sell for
negroes. (Moore, page 32.)
The colonists of Massachusetts
sold Indian prisoners on public ac
count. and the treasurer in giving
an account of his stewardship, has
this item:
Captives: For one hundred and
eighty-eight prisoners at war sold,
JE397.13.
The author says:
There is a peculiar significance in
the phrase which occurs in the rec
ords—“sent away by the tieasurer.”
It means sold into slavery ( Mas
sachusetts Records, volume 5, page
58; Moore, page 35.)
Anything to turn an honest pen
ny. When King Philip, the great
Indian leader, fell, his wife and son,
the queen and prince of his great
tribe were taken prisoners. Of theii
treatment that great man, Edward
Everett, says:
What was the fate of Philip's
wife and cbi.d? She is a woman; he
is a lad. They did not surely hang
them? No; that would have been
merciful. The boy is the grandson,
the mother is the daughter in law ot
good old Massa soit, the first and
best friend the English ever bad in
New England. Perhaps—perhaps,
ter, who promisos to buy a yokefel
low for him, butupon some consid
eration hath thought it better for
him to make said James bis servant,
to serve him five years, without
marriage, than to pay £30 for his
liberty.
In other words, than to pay £30
for a wile for nitn.f
Slaves who committed offenses
were tried and punished in the most
rigorous manner, Phyllis, a negro
woman, and Mark, a negro man,
were suspected of poisoning their
master, Captain Codman, of Char
lestown, Mass. They were put on
trial and convicted, and the court
sentenced Mark to be hanged and
Phyllis to be bumed-to death. On
the day of execution they were bbth
drawn to the place of execution at
tended by the greatest number of
spectators ever known on such occa
sion, where the former was hanged
by the neck until he was dead, after
which his body was gibbetted, and
the latter burned to death. (2 EUi-
otL, 187.) . . get 7UT' ' '
Slaves were forbidden to be - out
an hour after sunset upon .pain of
whipping and imprisonment. They
were forbidden to meet together in
the street more than two at a time.
And slaves who assaulted a white
man were to be whipped and sent
beyond sea, whatever the provoca
tion. (Ibid, page 189.)
. In 1774 the slaves of Massachu
setts sent their humble petition to
the Gorvernor, in which they say:
“We have no property; we have
no xvives; we have no city, no coun
try.” (Elliott, page 193.)
This did not look like Massachu
setts was providing for the marriage
relation at that time.
In referring to the horrors of the
slave trade, in which Massachusetts
took so prominent a part, Jonathan
Edwards, the great New England
divine, states that of the 100,000
slaves annually exported from Afri
ca, 25,000 perished before thay ar
rived in America, and that another
25,ooodied in the “seasoning.” And
that, including these and those who
perished in the wars for the capture
of slaves in Africa, a hundred thou
sand human beings are annually
destroyed to support the traffic.
(Elliott, page 199.)
In New England, the harbors of
Bristol and Newport were alive
with vessels engaged in the traffic,
and large fortunes were rapidly
raised from its profits. (Ibid, page
The law of 1705, chapter 1, pro
hibited Indian, negro and mulatto
servants or slaves to be abroad after
9 o’clock. “The law of 1705, chap-
ter 6, for the better prevention of a
spurious and mixt issue, &c., puni
shes negroes and mulattoes for im
proper intercourse with whites by
census of 1870; but in looking back
to the census of 1S60 I see they
were taken separately and I want to
refer to it. In i860 Georgia, as you
know, was a slave state. What
proportion did the mulattoes bear
to the negroes, or the blacks, as the
selling them out oFtRe province.’’ census . designates them? There
So much tor slavery in Massa
chusetts. Let us see for a moment
now Philip is dead and his warriors how the free negroes and free In-
scattered to the four winds, they | dians fared in that state. In second
pass for white with those not " ”
knowing him. A telegram has Re liable to abuse asdogt are. (2
been sent to Washington, asking
that they be arrested. The girl’s
friends and family claim that she is
certainly demented, and refer to the
fact that she has an aunt in the in-
sane asylum. The feeling against
the negro is intense, and the young
men are talking ominously of lynch
ing.
THEGREELEY PARTY.
A Sad Spectacle.
A woman in a semi-intoxicated
condition accompanied by one who
was “beastly drunk” were seen rid
ing around the streets in a buggy
yesterday. A few weeks hack one
of these women was the recipient of
the charity and kindness of the
Christian people of our community,
upon promises to lead a better life.
Christian ladies furnished herself
and children with the necessities of
lile and many of its comforts, and
interested themselves in her behalf.
She now rewards their kindnesses
by returning to her old habits. ’Tis
sad enough for a man to thus de
bauch himself,but doubly so fora wo
manwhom it was thought had escap
ed from the miserablefate that awaits
her if she still pursued in the course
which she is now-
now improving. ' —
Prof. Biggs’ school numbers 50
students.
The New Temperance Organization.
The new temperance society will
organize as soon as enough, mem
bers have signed the pledge, which
we publish below. The main ob
ject of this society is to fit up a nice
pleasant room, where any of -its
members can go and sit for an hour
or two enjoy a conversation with a
friend and read the papers. At
present Athens has no place but
the barrooms for • gentleman who
wants to spend as hour or two down
town to sit down and smuse him
self. There is nothing compulsory
about the pledge, only that while
a member and, have^ the privi-
» es of the room yon ere notallow.
to drink whisky. If you with to
drink yonr-pledge C«n be withdrawn
at any time- The following is the
pledge| 1; | / " , / " 1
“I hereby pledge my honoftq ab
stain from the nsp of AlJ spirituous
Bitten bp a Snake.
Charlie Campbell, eldest son of
Rev. C. D. Campbell, while out
playing with some companies
Friday, near the fair ground, 1
bitten on the foot by a mocassin, and
but for the presence'of mind of one
of his companions, and Mrs. Dr.
Hampton, the bite might have prov
ed fatal. Charlie was carried as
soon as bitten to the residence of
Dr. Hampton, near by, and Mrs.
Hampton as soon as being made ac
quainted with the facts, bound the
boys limb above the wond and tried
to induce Charlie to take some bran-
dy which he refused to do, as he had
made his father a promise never to
drink. l£rs, Hampton immediately
telephoned for’ heir husband, and'
Hampton and Hogan responded at
once. U*det~thS circumstances, the
father’s objection to liquor was ov
ercome and Charlie was put under
it* influence and at lost account* was
doing well and in a fair way for an
early recovery. It Was certainly a
narrow escape and his life is proba-
b)y due to the presence of ipmd and
prompt action of Mrs. Hampton.
:;,A .y.ir»A4T “
on trial, tor thirty
young afflicted with' nervous 'debility
lost vitality and many othsr diseases , .
8 ee advertisement in this paper, 1 unce association.
community so long as I am a jpem-
berofthe workingmen’s teraper-
Signed.
Washington, July 24.—Accord
ing to the programme agreed upon
by the secretary of-war and the act
ing sectetary of the navy, the vessels
of the Greely relief expedition, with
the survivors and the dead of the
Greely party, will sail from St. Johns
on the 25th and 26th inst., and pro
ceed direct to Portsmouth, N. H.,
where jthey will be officially received
by .the secretary of the navy, the offi
cers of the north Atlantic squadron,
now at that port, and the state and
local authorities. Lieutenant Gree
ly and the other survivors will dis
embark at Portsmouth, and the ves
sels will proceed to New York with
the bodies of the dead, which will be
landed at Governor’s island and
S laced in charge of Major General
lancock. The latter will transfer
them to the care of relatives and
friends upon application. The ves
sels are expected to arrive at New
York about the 1st of August.
Should any of the bodies be unclaim
ed. which will probably prove to be
the case with some of the foreign
was born, they will he buried with ap
propriate ceremonies at the National
cemetery in New York. The offi
cers of the relief expedition will
probably report in Washington ear
ly next month.
The chief signal officer has ad
dressed a circular letter to the rela
tives of the dead members of the
Greely. party, advising them that
the bodies will be landed at the mil
itary station, on Governor’s island,
New York, about August 1st The
United Stvtes will bear tne expense
of the transportation of the bodies to
such places as the relatives in' each
case may select for Interment, as
well as the cost ofbnrial, but the
expenses for the journey of relatives
can’t be paid by the government-
$i<Vjqp to loan on good security
1 the city 01 countiy is what we
and
. . iPi'S
Maddrey & Jones,
The defunct Manufacturer’s bank
of Milwaukee, offers twenty-five
cents cash, and seventy-five cents
in equal payments at one, two and
three years. Tb J gTWd jqry of Be-
tenffiqrg, Ya^haye not concluded
improvement begins after, a few
and continues until their bei
■tore. You absolutely sign ;
warrant when yon hesitate I
great remedy.
Elliott, page 182 )
Negroes were advertised for sale
as we now advertise a horse or a
cow, and the newspapers of the day
contain sneh advertisements as
these, which I should like the Sen
ator from Massachusetts, if he had
remained in the hall, to have heard:
“A likely negro wench and child
to be sold. Inquire of printer.”
•‘To be sold by the subscriber, of
Branford, a likely negro wench, 18
years of age; issequainted with all
sorts of housework; is sold for no
fau't, June 15, 1773.”
Under the date ot Octobei 4,1708,
the Boston News-Lettei has the fol
lowing advertisements:
A negro woman, aged about 31
years, to be sold. Inquire at the
lost office at Cornhill, Boston, and
mow further."
October 11. same year:
“An Indian woman, aged about
30 years to be sold. Inquire at the
post office in Cornhill, Boston, and
know farther. November 23d. (2
Elliott pages 181 and 182.)
Moore, in his Notes on Slavery in
Massachusetts, page 70, says; ‘ Ne
gro men, women and children were
mixed up in the sales with wearing
apparel, gold watches, and other
goods;” and then he gives speci
mens of advertisements as follows:
“Very good Barba does rum is offer
ed with a young negro that has had
the small pox;” “Competitors offer
likely men and women just arrived;”
“Negro men new and negro boys who
have been in the country some
time; 1 ! “And also just arrived, a
choice lot of negro lioys and girls;”
“A likely negro man, bom in the
country and bred a farmer, fit for
any service;” “A negro woman
about 22 years old, with boy about
5 months, etc;” “A likely negro
woman, about 19years, and a child
of about six months, to be sold to
gether or apart; and a lively negro
man taken by execution, and to be
sold by public auotion at the Royal
Exchange tavern in King street, at
6 o'clock ibis afternoon.”
Again, 2 Elliott, page 178, the fol
lowing advertisement:
Just imported from Dublin, in the
brig Derby, a parcel of Irish ser
vants, both men and women, and to
be sold cheap, by Israel Boardman,
of Stamford, January 5,1794.
These may serve as specimens of
advertisements of sjayes in hfasaat
chusetts for saje, and it will be seen
that the slave holqera qf that good
old ComwnvfeaUh w«e in condi-
ateand were very
4ng to purchasers. They
an Irish slave or a
will allow his wife and son to go
back—the widow and the orphan—
to finish thfir days and sorrows in
their native wilderness? They are
sold into slavery—West India slav
ery—an Indian princess and her
eltild, sold from the cool breezes of
Mt. Hope, Irom tl.e wild freedom of
the New Ergland forests, to gasp
under the lash beneath the blazing
sun of the tropics; bitter as death,
av<, bitter as hell I Is there any
thing—I do not say in the ran»e oi
humanity—is there anything anima
ted that would not struggle against
this? (Moore, pages 43 and 44.)
The practive was to consider pueh
issue (the children of the slave
me ther) as slaves and the property
of the master of the parents, liable
to be sold and transferred like other
chattels, and as assets in the hands
of administrators and executors.
(Moore, page 21.)
The Indians of Cape Sable, who
had never been in the least mant er
guilty of any injury to New Eng
land, were kidnapped and sent off
to be sold. (Ibid, page 47.)
The breeding of slaves was finally
not found to be profitable and not
regarded with favor. Dr. Belknap
says that negro children were con
sidered an incjmbrancein a family;
when weaned thev were given away
like puppies. They were frequently
publicly advertised to be given
away, sometimes with the addition
al inducement of a sum of money to
any one who would take them off.
(Ibid, page 57 )
It was in the power of the mas
ters in Massachusetts to deny oap-
tism to their slaves, and they prac
ticed such denial, as appears from
the extract from Mathias Plant, the
secretary to the^rciety for the Prop-
agation of the Gospel, &e., (Ibid,
page 58.)
In 1858, it was adjudged by the
Superior Court of Mas uickusetts.
that the child of a female slave nev
er married acccording to any of the
forms prescribed by the laws of the
land, by another slave who h..d kept
her company with her master's con
sent, was not a bastard. (Ibid, page
58.)
If this decision /.was right, there
were no bastards among the slave
children of Georgia.
Mr. Palfrey gives it as his opinion
that from the reverence entertained
by the fathers of New England for
the nuptial tie it is safe to infer that
slave husbands and wives were
never parted.
The fathers of New England also
cherished a due regard—
Says Moore—
For parental and filial duties and
responsibilities; yet it it is certain
that slave mothers and children
were separated. Resting upon “the
law of God established in Israel,”
the Puritan could have had no
scruple about this matter. Such a
condition of master and slave must
have been regarded as an axiom, as
it was by the Hebrew, Mr. Palfrey’s
inference is not warranted by facts.
Bear in mind, Moore, the histo
rian, says:
It is certain that slave mothers
and children were separated, and
that Mr. Pailrey’s inference is not
warranted by the facts when he in
ferred that the New England fathers
did not separate slave husbands and
wives in Massachusetts.
Scots, Irish, Indians and negroes,
when taken as prisoners of war or
kidnapped or purchased with rum
or other commodity, were consid
ered and treated as slaves.
John Adams says:
I lived for many years in times
when the practice of slavery was
not disgraceful, when the best men
in my vicinity thought it not incon
sistent with their character. (Adams’
Work 10, 3S0.)
If there was a prevailing public
sentiment against slavery in Massa
chusetts, as has been constantly
claimed of late, the people of that
state, far less demonstrative that:
their descendants, had an extraordi
nary way of not showing it
(Moore, page uo.)
Cotton Mather, who was a prom
inent man and minister of the gospel
in New England in his day, -illus
trates the temper of the times refer
ence to enslaving Indians in the
following paragraph:
We know not when or how these
Indians first jtecame inhabitants of
this mighty continent, yet we may
gpess that probably the devil de
coyed these miserable savages hith
erin hopes that the gospel of the
I<ord Jesus Chnst would never come
here to destroy or disturb his abso
lute dominion over them. (Moore,
an Indian slave or a
negro slave; they could Bell yon a
man or a woman, or they cenld sell
you a mother with a cnild six
months old, to be sold together or
apart, as it best suited the purchas
n 2 Elliott, page 181, we find it
recited that—
Whereas, James, the servant and
bondman unto Richard, hath had a
desire to marry, and having mani
fested the same unto his said mas-
Elliott, page 189, I find the follow
ing:
“Free negroes or Indians who en
tertained any slaves in their houses
were subject to imprisonment and
whipping (1723), and free negroes
and Indians were whipped who
kept arms. They were forbid on
public days to sell any cakes or
drinks. They were compelled to
bind out their children before they
were four years old to some Eng
lish master. If they received any
stolen goods they were to be whip
ped and banished, and if they re
turned were to be imprisoned for
life. If convicted of theft, they
were to be shipped off beyond
sea.”
So that the fate of the free ne
groes and free Indians in Massa
chusetts was little, better than that
of the slaves. If the marriage 4ela
tion was recognized among them,
the offspring were cruelly taken
from the father and mother before
they were four years of age and
bound to an English master. In
other words, the ohildjft^ off free
negroes and Indians' were euslaved
for the benefit of the English mas
ters.
This was slavery in Massachu
setts. Neither slavery in Georgia,
which I supported for a portion of
my life, nor any other slavery, even
of the Dark Ages, was ever more
tyrannical, venal, and oppressive
than the slavery of Massachusetts.
mulattoes.
But my honorable friend from
Massachusetts did not confine him
self to the allegation that I had sup
ported for a large part of my life an
institution that did not recognize the
marriage relation, but he also called
attention to the further fact that
there was a large number of mulat
toes in the South to be accounted
for.
Now, Mr.President, I havenever
claimed perfection for the South,
Human nature exists there as it does
every where else, and I shall not
claim that the people of the South
are entirely free from human pas
sion. But, having shown where
slavery came from when it invaded
my state, I will now try to account
for at least a portion or the mulat
toes. And again I state I -am very
sorry the Senator from Massachu
setts is not in the Chamber to hear
the remarks I make on that sub
ject. In order to do this it will be
necessary tor me again to refer to
the history of Massachusetts,
will here quote a few passages from
that history:
The law of 1703, chapter 2, was
in restraint of the manumission, dis
charge or setting free of mulatto or
negro slaves..
(Moore on Slavery in Massachu
setts, page 53.) *
In 1694 all negroes, mulattoes—
Yes; “mulattoes” is the word—
and Indian servants, as well male as
female, of 16 years old and upward
were taxed at the-rate of twelve
pence per poll, same as other polls.
In 1695 all negroes; mulattoes and
Indian servants, males of *4 years
of age and upwards, at the rate of
£20 estate, and female at £14 es
tate, unless disabled by infirmity.
(Ibid.; page 62. c t
One of the! earliest legar cases
where a mulatto was a party of
which we have any. record in.Mas-
sacliusetts is noticed in the diary of
John Adams, .It was in the Supe
rior Court at Salem, in 1766.. ' Un
der date of Wednesday, November
5, he says, “Attended Court; heard
trial of an action: ot trespass brought
by a mulatto wotgan-' for damages,
for restraining her ot hei liberty.
This is called-Suing for.liberty; the
- first case that ever I knew of the
sort.” (Ibid., jiagentz:) .
In another case the ’master pro
tested the plaintiff was his Mulatto
slave, and that he, the master, was
not held by law to answer; blit for
leading the master said, “Not
guilty.”- (Ibid, page 119.)
As in the proceeding valuations
of the property of - their constitu
ents, Indians, negroes and mulatto
slaves had been proittitient articles,
they must keep on still ■ iff ;the ole
track. Indians, negrdes aiid Mulat
toes must still be valued as property,
(Ibid., page 64.)
Again in 1726 the assessors were
required to estimate Indian, negro
and mulatto slaves proportionate!v
as other personal estate, (Ibid’
page 65.) !! , j .
Negroes, Indians and mulattoes
were forbidden to serve-as porters
in Boston, except they 1 gave security.'
Their testimony was not received
like a white man’s in cottit. ; -They
were * forbidden" to 'gt> to* fires - at
night. They couldi'not bury* their
friends after midnight- * or -on the
Lord’s dav. Nep-ro. Tndiim. ond
Lord’s day. -Negro; Jffdian and
mulatto slaves are forbidden to buy
anything in the market lest it should
enhance priced.''*'(a.'EUioti; 180. V-‘
(It does not tell what was to be done
with the whites.) It also punishes
any negro or mulatto for striking a
Christian, by whipping at the dis
cretion of the justices before whom
he may be convicted. It also pro
hibits marriage of Christians with
negroes or mulattoes. (Moore,
pages 54, 55.)
Here you will observe, Mr. Presi
dent, the mulattoes come in rather
thick;, indeed they are scattered all
along down through the history of
Massachusetts.
In 1718 all negro, Indian and
mulatto servants for life were esti
mated " as other personal estate.
(Moore, page 64.)
Indian negro and mulatto servants
for a term of years were to be num
bered and'rated as other polls.
(Ibid page 64,)
It was enacted by jhe legislature
of Massachetts in 17S6 that no
person authorized by this act to
marry shall join in marriage any
white person with any negro, In
dian or mulatto under penalty of
£50, and all such marriages shall be
absolutely null and void. (Ibid,
page 59.)
The inhibition applies not only to
the negro and to the Indian, but to
the mullatto as well.
The law of 1698 appears to have
been the first, if not the only, one in
which this feature was applied to
the negroes, mulattoes and Indians
in bondage, and may be justly re
garded as an indication of progress,
for it was an admission that these
unfortunate creatures had “facul
ties” valuable to their owners, if not
to themselves. (Ibid, page 63.)
' Here agairt comes in the mulatto.
And when in 1788, after the end
of the Revolutionary war, Massa
chusetts banished the free negroes
from her territory by an act of her
legislature, {unless they- were sub
jects of the Emperor of Morocco,
with whom I presume they had
valuable commerce, or citizens of
the United States, and if they fail
ed to go after ten days' notice, they
weje liable to be punished in the
house of correction fora fixed time,
and then if they still failed to go
they were to be taken up and whip
ped, and if they still did not go this
punishment was to be inflicted once
every two months. Under this law
lengthly list of names is given of
those who received the notice and
were compelled to leave the State;
and among this list who were thus
banished from Massachusetts I find
the names of a Iaige number of
mulattoes. (Moore, 228 and 234.)
Now, Mr. President, I think I
have shown to the satisfaction of
the Senate, that Massachusetts was
enacting laws in reference to,
mulattoes when the colony oi
Georgia was absolutely prohibiting
slavery. In Elliott’s History, vol.
, page 178, we find the following:
In Georgia slavery was positively
prohibited (1734.)
General Oglethorpe said, “slavery
is against the Gospel, as well as the
fundamental law of England. We
refused as trustees to make a law
permitting such a horrid crime.
When Massachusetts was making
laws to punish Mulattoes for inter
course. with wHHe people, banishing
the mulatto' without punishing the
white, so far as the historian tells
us; when she was legislating the
emancipation ot mulattoes; when
she was fixing the rate of taxation
on mulattpes; when she was offer
ing muUattoes for sale in the market,
Georgia had not a siugle mulatto
within her limits, nor a slave of any
other character. But as all the other
colonies had introduced slavery the
people of Georgia were finally
tempted by the slave dealers to try
the institution, and they yielded to
the allurements of the people of
Massachusetts and other slave
traders, and adopt it.
I have already shown that Mas
sachusetts sent cargoes of rum to
Africa and brougiit cargoes of
slaves to the West Indies and the
Southern colonies, and I further
showed that they raised slaves for
the market as long as they found
it profitable. Then ia purchasing
slaves from Massachusetts we pur
chased a due proportion of mulat
toes. . It seems the proportion there
was a very" large one, and we got
the mulattoe institution as we got
the slavery institution from Massa
chusetts, by purchase, when we
bought slaves from her. She was
not careful about the color of the
slave, whether he was a Scotch
man, an Irishman, an Indian, a ne
gro or-a [ mulatoe. The only ques
tion with her was whether he
would bring the money* She held
him as a slave, and she offered him
for sale as a slave. When the ex
pulsion act in 178S was passed ex-
jelling free negroes and mulattoes
torn Massachusetts it might have
seemed to some people a little un
natural to expel the mulattoes. I
do not say that they were akin to
the people of Massachusetts, ltmay
have been that climatic influences
had changed their color until they
bore a likeness to the good people
of that state. The cold, bleaching
winds of Massachusetts, or some
other cause, had very largely modi
fied }he ebony color of the African
of that state, and had infused a com
pound of yellow, so* that they were
no longer called hegroes, but mulat
toes.
After these, mulattoes, whether
naturally or unnaturally, were ex
pelled from Massachusetts, they
doubtless took refuge in the south
ern . states, and their descendants
have multiplied, still transmitting
the modified color inherited from
climatic influences or other causes
in Massachusetts. Any casual ob
server who will go into Massachu
setts and Georgia will see that the
proportion the mulatoes bear to the
number of negroes in that state is
much greater than the proportion in
Georgia—doubtless the wonderful
effect of.the climate. If the climate
of Massachusetts does not change
there seems to be danger that the
pffre African blood will entirely
run out and the yellw hue will be
the predominating color of the race.
So wonderful is the effect of the
Massachusetts climate upon the
color of the African race that it has
even followed them mto their re
treat in the milder atmosphere of
the south.
About "twenty-one or two years
ago an tmmense cold' wave from
Massachusetts and other Northern
States bore dowd upon the south,
[enveloped in smoke and streaked
with fire, as frigid and inhospital as
the freezing winds of a Massachu
setts winter. This cold wave rest
ed for four long years upon the
south, and it bleached with yellow
large numbers of the young of the
negro race in that section, and are
now called mulattoes there. Tfre
race werd first" bleached by Massa
chusetts'when slaves there.. They
Jfflve since been • bleached .1: over
ftoijt, Massachusetts again ■ since
theylefrthete.'
. The census of 1880 does not show
the proportion that mulattoes - bear
to Georgia and Massachusetts to the
bidteklwj^; I <k>’no£8nd I it in the
were, in tS6o, according to the
census, 325,20s biacks and 35,000
mulattoes, being a little above 10
per cent of the colored race in
Georgia who were mulattoes in
1600. Now, how did the
count stand in Massachusetts? In
Massachusetts at the same period
there were 6,531 blacks and 3,071
mulattoes, being almost 50 per cent
of mulattoes in Massachusetts as
compared with the whole number
of blacks, and only a little over 10
per cent in Georgia. So much for
slavery in Massachusetts and Geor
gia, and so much for the origin and
existence of mulattpes there. The
senate witl remember that I did
not introduce slavery into (this de
bate.
DRY GOODS FAILURE.
A Big House in SL Louis Kicks the Bucket-
Only Time Wanted.
St. Louis, July 23.—The exten
sive dry goods house of Wear, Boo-
gher & Co., assigned this forenoon.
The assets are given at about $620,-
000, embracing goods and merchan
dise, $440,000; open accounts, bills
receivable, $175,000; other matters,
$5,000. The liabilities are not defi
nitely known, but they aggregate
about $450,000. The cause of the
assignment was the refusal of the
New York banks to make the cus
tomary advances. The firm state
that if time is given to realize on
the actual property on hand, they
will not only pay in full, but have a
handsome surplus. About 70 per
cent, of their indebtedness is in
New York, Boston and "Providence.
The only large creditor here is the
St. Louis National Bank for $25,-
000.
EXECUTIONS IN MEXICO
Monterey, Mex., July 23.—Two
murderers were shot in this city
yesterday. They were fastened to
the crosses set up in an open square
near the jail with their arms extend-
ing on the cross bars of the crosses.
In front of them were drawn up a
platoon of soldiers at a distance of
14 feet, and behind the soldiers a re
serve squad, to fire in the event that
the first volley was not fatal.
After the first volley the resetve
soldiers were ordered to approach
within a few paces of the already
mortally wounded wretches, and
fired balls into their hearts at such
close range that the shirts of the
doomed men were set on fire. Over
five thousand people witnessed the
execution.
ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.
Dear Banner-Watchman: You
were mild in your reply to the Con
stitution, to say the least of it, on
the so-called Pilot, a negro paper
said to be published in Athens, (in
your mind). The Constitution peo
ple are certainly very ignorant, or
fail to see and know what they have
in their own city in the way of Pi
lots and and Defiance, and inas
much as they have been told of
these things we ask our friends, as
the “mote has been shown to be
in their eye” if they intend to prac
tice what they preach. Athens is
able to take care of herself, and out
side of a few loafing imported vag
abonds that may be found in every
community and that cause nine-
tenths ot the trouble, we have
the best behaved, law abiding, po
lite, colored element of any city in
the south, and this prevailing "out
side impression that we are forever
on the verge of an outbreak be
tween whites and blacks is false,
and without foundation. If the
Atlanta Pilot or any of his friends,
either in Atlanta or any where else
wants to try the torch business let
them wade in, and if we the people
of Athens don’t prove to the world
that we still have some manhood in
our community, then we are more
than willing to be cremated This
continual outside talk about riots,
&c., at Athens, does us great injus
tice, both the white and our old
element of colored citizens. We
are not asleep and should the emer
gency ever arise, and we don’t be
lieve it will, we will not be found
wanting. We have some imported
colored element here, but small in
number, that are as mean as the
•1, but out home people have but
little to do with them and should
not be made to suffer on account of
their meanness. They are all
known and wheAever the necessity
of the case demands will be properly
cared for. Citizen.
Every one seems to be pleased
that council has accepted the prop
osition of Mr. Howelll and his com
pany to furnish sewerage for Ath
ens aside from the permanent bene
fits accruing to our city from a good
water and sewerage system. The
cost of construction gives employ
ment to a large number of people,
thereby putting in circulation no in
considerable amouut of money. Ev
ery move of this kind suggests
something, else, and in a short time
Athens will be a city in every sense
of the word, despite the discourag
ing croakings of numbers in our
midst, who while they profess to be
public-spirited citizens, are continu
ally doing everything in their pow
er to retard the growth and pros
perity of the place:
HBABT PAIRS.
Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings Dizziness In-
— mpiHWWU, DIUJIIUUU OWCIIIIIKS l/iuiucsi in*
CTred uy
It is somewhat surprising that,
with the unanimous opinion of our
people, that Athens has extraordi
nary inducements for summer visi
tors, that no effort is made to r have
these inducements made known to
those who have money and leisure
at this season. But it takes public
spirit and an expenditure of money
to do that, and the interested ’ par
ties will discuss the matter enthusi
astically until it comes to the outlay
part of the programme and then
their enthusiasm simmers down.
While other less favored localities
take" advantage of the fact, it is
sometimes necessary 1 to spend a
dollar to make a dollar, and 1 ’while
Athens is discussing the' mattei,
they are entertaining summ’eft visi
tors. There are enough men of
means in Athens, who would be
directly benefitted from stimmer
visitors, to form a stock company,
build a good hotel at somo! desirable
place in the city, advertise the place,
and thereby attract the people, who
are now expected to come and
spend, their money without any in
ducement.' ’ ' ^
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u Petroleum V. Haiby. *
I>. B. Locke/ Petroleum V- Nasby,
editor Toledo <’Blade, writes: ;I had on
a forefinger ofmy right hand one?, 1 Daw
pleasant pets, s’’run-round.” The An
ger became inflamed to a degree unbear
able and swollen to nearly twice its na
tural size, A friend gave me Henry s
Cardollc Salve, and in twenty minutes
the pain had so much subsided as to give-
me a fair night’s rc3t, which I had not
had before for a week. The inflammation
left the finger In a day, I consider it a-
most valuable article. * •’
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Sleepless Nights, znsde ® J* r “'
ecouzh. Shiloh’s Cures th* ’wsedr tee You.
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