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THE CAENESmE. TRIBUNE ESTABLISHED 1875. An Investment! —THAT WILL — □OUbLE IN 12 MONTHS, # --PAYING DIYIIINTF /IR1I / NI) ( ( n < j yp.__ —STOCK OF THE CEORA-ALABAMA- flN VESTMENT E DEYLQPMENT COMPANY] CAPITAL STOCK -$4,500,000. SHARES, $10 each full paid up an subject to no assessments. • -C Gi¥. BENJ. F. BL1 LER, of Maasachssetts, PresideuO. I ’oir. JAMES W, MY ATJ\*Late Treasuoer ot U. S., ^-ea. ure Hi .DIRECTORS. G n Ben.F. Butler, of Massach s?tt3, lion. Logan II. Roots, of Arkansas, Hon. A. U. Wyman, Ex-Trcasuerer U. S., of Nebraska, lion Jas. W Hyatt, * it “ of Connecticut^ < Thos. C Smith, President 17th Ward Bank, Brooklyn,"New York, L. M. Sanford, Pres. l>er>k of Newcastle,of Kentucky. E. L. Garfield Scc’y 1 homson-Housfcon E’ectric Light Co. Boston, C. W. Perkins, Cash Mass. Nat’J Bank, Boston, Mass. Geo. C. Schofield, Pres. N, Y.JCcuitract Club of XetVjYor-k. --ADVISORY ’ BOARD.—-— Hon Jon. B. Gordon, I&x-Gov'ernor ofJJGa. Hon. Robert L. Taylor; Governor or Tenn. Hon.J.|B Foraker, Ex-Governor oi Ohio. lion. Richard II. Bright, Ex- L. S. P Master of Washington, D. C Hon. E. F. Mann,Supt. Concord & Montreal Railroad,of New Hamnshire PR. True, Cashier CJ. S. Treasury, Washington, 1). 0. neary Feuchtwanger, Member N. Y Stock Exchange, NewJYork P. K. Roo‘«, Cashier First National Bank, Little Rock Arkansas. F. Y.. Robertson, President First National T.Ktik, Kcrney, Nebraska. SUFFOLK TRUST CO. -244 WASHINGTON STREET, BOSTON,’ MASS.-- j / —THE- Property of the Company Consists of FIRST—8,000 City lots or 2,042 acres of land in the cily§ff Tali a poosa, Haralson County, Georgia, the residue emaining unsold o- 2,500 acres, on the center ol which the ettv was originally built! 1 COND—2,450 Present value acres $1,084,765. of vavablo mineral laud, adjacent to the city ol Tallapoosa, ail located within a radius cf six miles from the contre of ^ the city. Present value $123,900. IH1 1)—The issued capital stock of the Georgia, Tennessee & Illinois Railroad company, chartered tor the puipose of building a railroad from Tallapoosa, Ga, to Stevenson, Ala., 120 miles, that will- net the company nearly $2,000,000 of the capital st ick of ailroad pay¬ ing 7 per cent dividends. FOUI TH—Ths Tallapoosa Furnace, oo the line of the Georgia Pcifi c railroad, in the eitv ot Talapoosa, Ga., the said furnace being of 50 ton charcoal capacity, manufactaring weed iron. Present the highest gride of cold and lot blast FIFTH—The car vaiue $250,009 Piedmont Gtass Works, situated on the line of the Geor¬ gia Pacific railroad in the city of Talapoosa, Ga, f-aid furnace being twelve pot fnrnace capacity and manufacturing flint glass t asks and prescription ware. Present value $190,000- There i» already located on the property of this company in the city Tallapoosa, Ga., 2.800 inhabitants,. 2,000 ot whom are northern people who have settled in Tallapoosa witlrn the last three years, 32 hauses.15 manufacturing industries ana 40 business houses, schools, churches,water works, electric lights,$75,000 hotel and new manufacturing industries, etc -50,000 SHARES TREASUBY STOCK- Aro now offered to the public, the proceeds to be de Alted to locating **w manufacturing establishments and developing the compare's city property at a SPECIAL PRICE of S3 1-3 Per SHARE This stock is full paid and sublet to no assessment. It nib pay divi- iUocU April and 50,000 Ocehbej, and the price will be advanced r *to $5.00 nei share when the shares are sold. Orde js fei stacd will be filled as jecefved, in any amount srom om •hare upward, as it is derired to have as manp small holders in all tions of the country possible, who will, by their sec¬ as interest in the com- pany influence immigration to Tallapoosa and id.\vance the interests o the company- $ 10,00 will purchase «o> ires or $ 30,00 par value of" stoek 80,00 « “ 90 00 “" 50 00 a 15 u 150,00 « 100,00 it 30 300,00 it 250,00 it 75 U 750,00 44 500,00 »< 150 it 1,500.00 it 1,000.00 U o 44 3,000 00 44 orders payable no s or money and ex press to Jas. W. HYATT, Treas * 3 G a.-Ala. Investment and Development Co • » Globe Bulldmg, 244 Washington Street, Boston M its. ST60 pege iHustrttihi prospectus of Talanooso, stock prospers gr'fiMarjsas'-i-ivcr.*' 0 i • ever CARNESVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29 1891. CATHOLICISM As It Is Known In North Geoigia. A Few Facts Briefy Told. Bold Spring, Ga., April 16th, 1801. Miss Ellen J. Dortch: I thank you most heartily for the kind and complimentary way in whicn you speak of me in reply to my letter to you. You refer me to the 12th chapter of Tobias in proof of the intercession of the saints for the people of God who arc living on this earth, But please to permit me to remind you that this passage does not teach us that Tobias pray¬ ed to the angel Raphael ia heaven to intercede for him (Tobias). It teaches only that Raphael, a good angel unseen and unasked, having seen the good works of Tobias aud witnessed his prayers, bore those prayers to the Lord without having been solicited to do so. No Christian I suppose denies the truth that good angels are intense¬ ly interested in the welfare of Christians on this earth. Paul speaking of these angels, says: “ Arc they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation. Heb 1 -14. And again,David said: “ The angel of the Lord campeth round about them that teareth Him, and delivercth them.” --Psalm 34-7. But whi'e the ministrations ot angels as taught from the word of God is a precioas truth, yet we are never commanded or encouraged to pray to the angels. When we pray the angels may hear us, or they may not hear us. They may be pres¬ ent with us, or they may not be present. But if we pray directly to, and through the Lord Jesus, He will hear us, and will present our prayers along with His own inter¬ cessions for us, aud will secure for us a most gracious answer from the throne of God. The texts you cite from Tobias uiterly fail to prove the point for which you cite them (to-wit) that we are taught in the scriptures to pray to the angels and saints. But even if it were rele- vant to the point, it is no part of God’s word. Yhe Jews before the coming of Christ never admitted the Apocrypha to the Canon of Scripture, And even after the coming of Christ for fifteen and a half centuries the Christian church agreed with the Jewish church iu re¬ jecting the Apocrypha, Hence the Aposrypha did hot find a place in the Canon of Scripture until the Roman Catholic Council of Trent it into the Canon in 1863. It (Tiie Apocrypha) is not found in the Latin Vulga.e which lies before me, and which was edited and pub¬ lished under the approbation of i’opes Sixtus the V, and Cementine the VIII, and which has been al¬ ways the standard of the Catholic church. Tobias, therefore being Apocryphal, and no part oi the Can- on of Scripture, a text taken from Tobias proves nothing more than the word of any other uninspired man, Miss Ellen, you are inspired just as much as the author ot Tobias was inspired. loualso refer to Gen. 48-16, to the prayer of the dying patriarch, Jacob, when he prayed for the son- ff Joseph saying: ;< The Ansel vhich redeemed me from all evil dess the lads.” But who was that ingei to whom Jacob prayed ? Alio was it that had redeemed him rom all evil? Was it a created tngel? Perhaps we can get light *n this subject by reading Gen. 32- 24 to 32, where we are told that •there wrestled a man with him (Jacob) until the breaking of the lay. And he said, ‘I will not let ffiee go, except thou blesses me.’ ^nd Jacob called the name of tha Race Pemiei (Face of God) for 1 lave 6eea Gcd face to face, anc if* is preserved .” Yes, that angej >vas God. He ^»as the same man. :be same angel, the same God VLi , tppeared unt * Abraham in Ma::.;. Ike day before the destruction cf Sodom, and to whom Abraham prayed for the Sbdomites. It is perfectly right and proper to pray to the angel that Jacob prayed to ; for if we pray to Him, He will re - deem us from all evil, as Jacob said He had “redeemed him from all evil. You also refer me Luke 15- 10 : “Likewise, I sajr unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” But that text proves nothing to the point. It proves only that tho angels of God ses that the sinner has repented and that they rejoice oyer that blessed fact. Yea all good creatures in heaven and on earth rejoice when a lost and mis¬ erable sinner repents of his sins aud turns his face towards God ami heaven. But the i that furnishes no reason why we should pray to angels, instead of going directly to the Great Lord and Mediator Him¬ self, who lias promised that whatso¬ ever wo shall aj-k in 11 is name, He will do it. for u<. Again you refer me to Rev. 5-8 : *’ Four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, haring every one of them harps snd golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. ” Perhaps none of us know the true meaning and application of that text. Perhaps the elders (cr ancients as you style them) there- spoken of are the ministers or pastors of the churches, the saints maybe, and probably are Christiana in this world; and the elders are ou earth praying for the believers or saints on earth and thus plead with God in heaven for his people, who are on this earth in the tmcic conflicts with their enemies. Whateyer the text does mean it bears no such meaning and application as you gave it in support of the Catholic practice of praying to angels and saints in heaven. To ask our pious friends on earth to pray for us is eminently proper and becoming, for they are with us and can hear us. Aud the Bible so teaches us to do. But where does it teach us to pray to saints or angels in heaven ? and how can the saiats and angels in heaven hear the hundreds of millions of sinners and saints on earth praying to them at the same time all over this great and wide giobe? You say, “ we do not under¬ stand how the saints can hear the prayers of millions of people at the same time. Probabiy God is the mirror through which all thiugs are seen.” When you penned that sentence you were perhaps near a very great truth. God is the eye that sees all. God is the ear that hears all. God is the heart that loves all. “He that cwelleth in lcye dwelleth in God,” says the Apostle John. Aud he that dwelleth in God, has au all- sufficiency in God, and needeth not the intercessions or prayers of saints or of angels. In the opening sentence of your reply to my letter, you say: '‘It has not been our intention in anything which has been said, or which may be written of Catholicism, to in¬ vite or precipitate a theological dis- c .ssion.” Now my dear Miss Ellon, I beg you to remember that I did nov begin this discussion. Week after week you have been preaching Catholicism before I ever said a word. I beg you also to remem¬ ber that 1 ng before you were born the Lord placed me as a sentinai on the walls of Zion in Franklin county and bid me blow the trumpet of warning when 1 saw danger. However much, therefore, 1 esteem and love you, you may be sure that if you through your paper, shall ceeacli the errors of Catholicism , 1 wiil faithfully warn my beloved people against these errors. Affectionately, Groves II. Cabtlidge. No simliar society on earth has beeu so misrepresented and misun¬ derstood in this section of Georgia, as the Catholic church. Crime, bloodshed aud fraud have been held up as a part of the Catholic faiih, oftentimes by persons who are reall\ ignorant of the doctrine of Catholic¬ ism, aud very of;eu by persons whose intention has been to slandei die church. These wrongs and in¬ justices have been proclaimed from tjme immemonai by both pnlpit and prfcss, and hare been made the bur¬ den of nursery tales, until in many sections cf ihe State where The Tribune circulates, the very name “Catholicism” is suggestive o': doc- Uines and practices that are repul¬ sive and abhorrent. Such questions as these are frequently propounded me : “Why is it that Catholics wor¬ ship statues and pictures, adore the Blessed Virgin and other saints ? Does not the Bible teach that this is wrong ?” “They say if you leave your priest enough money they can pray out cf hades if you happen to go there when you die ! ” “Don’t you really believe that it is a sin to pray to the saints?” .Recognizing the erroneous ideas tin: are prevalent amoner many of cur people regarding the church, and being acquainted with its true doctrines, I resolved some months ago. to give the readers of The Tribune short articles on Catholi¬ cism from time to time, setting forth the teachings of the church m contra¬ diction to what it does not In the very first article I ever penned on the subject, I stated that it was only my intention to show what the church realiy believes and teaches, ami that I would do this for any other denomination—religious or other kind, that is misrepreeented. and I have only endeavored in such articles on Catholicism to show the true tenets of the church and how they were regarded from a Catholic standpoint. It has not been my ef ¬ fort or intention to show that the ar- tie’es of faith o' the Catholic church are right or wrong, 1 have only aimed at showing what they really are. I have stated before this, that I do not believe any good ever comes from a fight over creeds. Nobody is ever converted by such arguments. It only engenders bitterness and strife in circles that should be consecrated to truth and brotherly love. Surety no person in this county can object to having the truth known of the Catholic or any other religious de¬ nomination. When requested to do so; a few weeks apo, I could do nothing less than give a few passages of scrip¬ ture upon which the Catholic church bases its faith in the intercession of saints in heaven for sinners on earth. A failure to do this might be con¬ strued as consent that the cnurch is unable to produce such scripture. The text which says, ‘ Likewise I gay unto, you there is joy in the pre¬ sence of the angels of God over one sinner that repeuteth,” was given not as evidence that the anges and ssints hear our prayers but that they aie conversant with our thoughts, and in response to the suggestion that it would be impossible for the saints and tngels in heaven to hear the petitions of many millions of people on earth at the same lime. W.iei her the scripture referred to, is to the point or not, it is so inter¬ preted by wise theologians of the Catholic church, I am no more qualified to engage in a theological discussion (even if good could possibly come from it) with Rev. Groves H. Cartledge who is one of ihe ablest ministers and one of the most learned theologians in tfce Presbyterian ministry of Georgia—than an unlettered man would be ti deliver a medical lecture before a body of learned and skilled physicians. Tne membeiship of the Catholic church is now . early, if not quite double that of all other religious de¬ nominations. Some of the wisc-t ind most learned men and women of this age and of every age have been believers m Catholicism. It is rea¬ sonable to suppose that if taken from a common sense or a scriptural standpoint, learned theologians coaid produce as strong arguments favoring iCatholicism, as could be produced in favor of amy branch ol the Protestant church. Surely no harm can result from telling the people the tiue tenets ot the Roman Catholic church. Surely there is no danger in Catholicism. Do we not basa u-- e-tim ite of any society upon the men and .vomcn it produces ? What church can show a better record in eduea ional and eharitable work than the Catholic? What church h is done more to¬ wards spreading the gospel that blesses and heals and saves ? It is he Catholic spirit that has till d onr c ^ 01s ^ erS} * ca men an< ^ women to VOLUME. XVI .....f h. 15 forsake all that is usually held most dear on earth, that thev may offer their lives as a willing hostage for the wellare of human kind. The Catholics of this country have especially guarded the most sacred rights of a free people. Maryland, “the land ©f the sanctuary’’ and also the land of liberty, civil and reli- giou.J, was til&tmly one of the thirteen original American colonies that was settled by Catholics. Bancroft, a Prot6stant clergyman, speaking of the settlsment of Maryland, says : “The Catholics took quiet posses¬ sion of the little place, and religious liberty found a home, its only home in the wide world, at the humble village Avhicli bore the name of St. Mary, s” There can be no danger in Catholicism. This people would not be worse off if they were to become Catholic in science, in wisdom and in faith. It a member of the Protestant church, happened to have his lot cast in a Catholic country, iu which the of the adoration of creatures, etc., were held up as a part of tho faith, and, if he furthermore a newspaper in that conntry, wouldn’t he be very weak and cow¬ ardly and traitorous to his baptismal vows, if he made no effort to tell the truth about his faith ? Some such idea as this has prompted what lias been written Cat ho 1 cism. A< stated at the outset, I have not intende l to argue that the t atholic creed is right, if I were qualified to undertake a theological argu¬ ment with so learned and holy a man as Rev. Groves H. Cartledge, no good could come from it. Nobody would be converted by if. It was not 1 y aigument ‘That the apostles tamed the pagan breast: They argued not, but preached aud conscience did the rest.” ULYSS&S SfflPSON GRANT APRIL 27 IS THE DATE OF THE GREAT SOLDIER'S BIRTH. The Critics Dn Not Retract Their Special Criticisms, but They Fiml Many Rea¬ sons for Admiring tho ie neval — His Modesty, Generosity and Patriotism. Had Gen. Grant lived till the 27th of April, this year, he would still have been bu t G9 years old. The great general really died young—quite young, as age is now reckoned among public men. G1 adstone is in the eighties. If Lincoln were alive he would be 81, and there are the best of reasons for thinking that his natural span would have exceeded that. Gen. Sfcerman was 71. Many heroes of the war are still older and yet vigorous. But Gen. Grant died at G3. On the other hand, if we deduct all that part of liis life before 18G1 we see jy U. % £ 09 \ \ w>~ \ IXTSSES S. GRANT. that the era of his great achievements was an amazingly limited one. In No¬ vember, 1861, he first began to be men¬ tioned in the press as a “prominent gen¬ eral.” In 1877 he was again a private citizen, without power to help or hurt except by mere influence. In 1883 he began to be spoken of as an invalid. Early in 1885 he was known to be slowly dying. It was a wonderfully brief career. Some points in that career have been made much clearer by the searching analysis of the years since his death, and the fact most to be noted is the general agreement in honoring him by those who still criticise many of his acts. His political opponents have in no wise changed their views as to alleged errors in hifLadministr.vtion; military critics by the score insist as firmly as ever that his Virginia campaign of May and June, 1864, was a sad blunder, and nearly all men agree the t he was no financier— nevertheless a?: agree in extending honor. This may once have seemed a paradox, but now we see why each critic still finds much to admire. Among the features of hie character which win all hearts generosity was most prominent. There is not a line or recorded word to show that he ever felt envy of a brother officer. Indeed, if one may judge from whatwas said and writ¬ ten, it ia plain that he enjoyed the vic¬ tories of others quite as much as his own. His tributes to Sberaum. S b s ri - dan, Logan. Blair and o t h e r s grow more charming at each perusal. No-comman¬ der ever took more pains than ha to see that .each subordinate got ail t h fror e di t to which he was mti&ed. jadjaaay jeesa airer tne war ciosea ne was mwve enwg). to admit that ia a few cosns he had done injustice, to ask the public to paidea his error and congress to act in the interests of justice. With such generosity went equal mag- naaimity. Down to Appomattox ho was the aggressive soldier; as soon as the word “surrender” was spoken Lee and all the Confederates brcazne his fsTVrr countrymen. It is extremely forturaxe ■—perhaps one should s»y provkkv.:ic«.' that such a man held rao> high ocan mand exactly at the n . ut place* an-iu a time, for the public <-f tho uorlh \.&o in a heated condition »..d the«* few days later was hi t >s highest degree perilous. It is alnrt-st certain that Be man in the nation but * 'rant could il- have given such liberal terms withor being promptly overruT xt by tbc sand*. istration and condemn..! by the people. Yet such weight did iaic word carry the*. despite the tragic death at tuonresuin.ia the same terms were ’-apidly to all other Confederate* v. A'a applause. Once it was done. G-*nt wvc in fcVs*. respect ma ter cf the 'ion. V. skort lived fury cf Pimvben Jebrr ; after the assassination rf i- ; xATlXt*. w.-ia gently curbed: uhe pro: Titirni o ikflict dire venge«:x'« on JR &i;d prosecute oiners w»s v- UjV q.AvV. thwarted, and. alzucit with •'v. > ta« r-v pie knowing bow it was <v. roles Grant had given aou credness of law. it is not at a ia:.; - sif? able that this act gave it, -xlor t« v. subsequent dealings with L i t at; aud that Federal aud Con' -.emu* more closely united than previous* mi«8 ever were in to short a time. chiefly by this magnanimous act. The habitual modesty and retii once of Gen. Grant for a time misled many into behoving him indifferent to the treat¬ ment he received, but we now know that in the summer of 1862 he felt his posi¬ tion very keenly. It was no mere stupid indifference that restrained him. On two occasions later in life even his iron fortitude gave way under what he con¬ sidered base treatment, and it is to be noted that in both these canes it was the element of ingratitude which chiefly moved him. No maa was over more de¬ terminedly true to those who had be¬ friended him, and ingratitude seemed to him the one-offense no man could be ex¬ pected to forgive. Generosity, magnanimity, patriotism, firmness and the ability to realize tho true policy in dealing with the defeated —these are the qualities which men cf all parties and factions' now honor in honoring Gen. Grant. As to the reef, it is now tolerably certain that tins genertv- tiaa will not reach an agreement Twen¬ ty-wren years have passed since the Vir¬ ginia campaign began, yet it is fought over in the n igaziaes as vigorously as ever, and the public seem iu no whte weary of reading about it. The differ¬ ence of opinion seems about as great today as it ever was And the same may be said of President Grant; .and it is an interesting fact that though changes of opinion occasionally occur, they are as often in one direction as the other. Even the eloquent ChanneayM. Depew, in the midst of a brilliant eulogy on the dead hero, paused to say: Gen. Grant, the statesman, will not have bte place among the greatest, bat among those who were honest in t heir intentions, and did . the best they knew how. Coming into of&e* in¬ experienced, he acted up to the best lights he hod. lie had one unfortunate fault ia a presi¬ dent, grand in a man—he knew no faults 1 b his friends. Tho stains upon him came from the wretches who misnsro him. It is certainly true that a quality which is c. virtue in a private man may easily become a fault iu a ruler, and tho public sadly realized in the closing years of Glen. Grant’s life that his confidence in certain persons had resulted in treat¬ ment which broke his great heart. But these are mere blemishes, incident to all humanity; the fame of the man as patriot and soldier is secure. J. IL Beadle. Grant Never Swore. Dr. E. D. Kittoe, who was conspicu¬ ous in the Army of the Tennessee and the Army of the Mississippi during the war, was an intimate and confidential ffiend of Gen. John A. Rawline, and held close relations with Grant himself. When the army was at Memphis, in 1863, Gen. McClernand became envious of Grant. Rawlins was a careful observer of Me- Clemand’s movements, and but for his vigilance the latter would no doubt have carried out the project which he was charged with entertaining. On one oc¬ casion a series of arrogant dispatches was received by Grant from McClernand. Rawlins read them, and took occaaion to vent his sentiments regarding them, making the room fairly blue with pro¬ fanity. “Now is your time, by said Baw¬ ling, addressing himself to Grant, “to show that fellow that he does not com¬ mand the Army of the Mississippi.” Grant thought a moment, and finally said: “Rawiins, you are-no doubt right, but hadn’t we better give him a little more rope? Perhaps he will hang him- self.” Tken, turning to Dr. Kittoe, Grant added, “Doctor, do yon know what I keep Rawlins for?” “Because he is a very good officer,is it not, general?” “Yes, partly that,” continued Great, “but more especially to do my swearing for me and to keep McOternand vrithin bounds.” The only occasion which the a^etor remembers when Grant need anytl&DC approximating to “swearing” in the army was at Lexington, where an tm- 3cmpak»us contractor had arrsng.xi To meet him at the hotel and parade hum through the town to the depot. Great instructed Dr. Kittoe, who was with IiAb, to procure a carriage quietly, aq$ OAi being done the general left the hotelop the way of a back entrance and w6 hastily driven to the depot without ing recognized. Just before the train started the «a>- tractor breathlessly entered the car tuo3 said , between gaspw “General, this will never do. You must come out kua Wt me show you off"- “Dog gone it!” said Grant, interrupt¬ ing him at this tS juncture; “do you think, sir, I am going exhibit myself like h urize beef at a fair?”— Chi c ag o TriLUhBk