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JACKSON HERALD.
ROBERT S. HOWARD,/
Editor and üblisher . \
VOLUME 11.
O. W. DUPRE,
Gainesville, Ga.,
IS HEADQUARTERS for good reliable goods, and the Leader in Low Prices. My stock of General Merchandise is the
largest 1 have ever carried, and the most extensive and best selected stock ever brought to Gainesville. My
Dry Goods Department
Is full and replete in everv line. The most elegant line of DRESS GOODS. SILKS, SATINS, PLAIDS, STRIPES and
I’ROC A DES ever offered here. A superb line of FLANNELS, WATERPROOFS, CASIMERES, JEANS, CLOTHS, Ac.
My stock of LADIES’ CLOAKS will equal that of every house in the city together. This line is complete in all grades.
Every lady can be suited here. My
Glove, Hosiery and Corset Departments
Arc full of the best goods and lowest prices. In MILLINERY, II ATS, RIBBONS and TRIMMINGS, for ladies wear, I have
an elegant line, with MISS MARY DEADEN a superb Trimmer, at the head of this Department.
Clotliing! Clotliing’ 2
In my Clothing Department may always be found everything pertaining to a first-class clothing store. This stock is unequal
ed in this section. “ KEEP’S” Shirts, Collars and Cuffs a specialty. No fancy prices. 1 have the largest stock of Boots and
Shoes, for Gents, Ladies and Children, ever offered to the trade in Northeast Georgia. Ziegler’s Shoes, and other noted brands
in full lines. My stock is complete in every department, and as to prices I will guarantee to sell anything in my stock as low
as similar goods can be bought in Atlanta or Athens, or any other market. All 1 ask is an opportunity to convince you.
Come to Gainesville. Come to see me. ' C. W. DuPIvE.
P. B.—l buy all kinds of Country Produce at highest market prices.
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IRELAND of TO-DAY
* introduction by Thos. Power O'Connor,
M. P.)
' enturies of English oppression set forth.
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JEFFERSON. JACKSON COUNTY, GA„ FRIDAY, MAY 26. ISS2.
GIIORGZA ,\IRVS.
Mr. William Mullis, who lives in
the edge of Cochran, has joining his
yard a patch of beautiful corn. On
last Saturday night lightning struck
a stump about three feet high, and on
one side the corn was killed for more
than one hundred feet, while on the
other it was just scorched for a few
feet.
Chattanooga, May 13,—The dead
body of Mrs. Phoebe Spruce was found
a few days ago in t he woods near Rome,
Ga., partly devoured by worms and
buzzards. Her skull was mashed
and her-body otherwi.-d showed marks
of violence. She had for some time
been living apart from her husband,
but the last seen of her alive she was
returning to him. lie lias been ar
rested as the murderer, and the evi
dence points strongly to him. lie de
sired to marry another woman, which
is said to be t e motive that actuated
the horrible deed.
The Eagle and Phoenix Manufactu
ring company are { reparing to build a
granite rock dam across the Chatta
hoochee at their mills. When com
pleted it will be the largest structure
of the kind in the South. The entire
dam is to be of granite rock, and will
be about one thousand feet long and
an average of eighteen feet in height,
or the same level with the one now in
use. The dam will extend from one
shore of the river to the olhor, and
will be built just below the old dam.
Work will begin on the Alabama side
of the river, and workmen are already
engaged in drilling and blasting rock,
erecting derricks, etc.
Monroe. Advertiser: “A gentleman
from the country, who came to town
tiie other day, reported a novel plow
mg arrangement which he saw as lie
passed along the road. A negro man
was opening a furrow with a mule
hitched to the plow. Behind him
came a girl dropping the seed. The
man iiad a kind of man harness on,
and he was pulling another plow,
which was guided by a woman to cover
the seed. Not having but one mule,
he put that one on double duty, by
making it help to pull him, while he
pulled the second plow. This was
not a bad idea from an economic point
of view, though it must have put the
sturdy plowman’s strength to a severe
test.”
Home Courier : Captain Norman
Webb, conductor on the down passen
ger train to Selma, informed us of a
very singular occurrence as lie came
upon Wednesday. About three miles
below Columbiana, a man by the name
of John Spain was observed by Hie
engineer running toward the engine,
and when lie reached the road threw
himself down and designedly put his
left hand upon the rail. The wheels
ran over his fingers about the second
joints. lie then thrust his hand still
forward, which was taken off about
the wrist. The conductor was in
formed of the matter, had the train
run back and took him to Columbiana,
where he could receive surgical atten
tion. Mr. Spain says he stumped his
toes and fell. But some four gentle
men saw the whole affair, and say he
did it designedly. What hi3 purpose
was remains as yet a mystery.”
Early County News : “ A most ter
rible and outrageous murder was com
mitted by Irve Richie, a negro man
of perhaps twenty-two or twenty-three
years of age, who lives about 3 miles
southwest of town, near daylight this
morning. About 11 o'clock he was
lodged in jail. The negro himself
stated to the reporter in a confused
and disjointed way that he and wife
were lying in bed, he holding their
chilli, of some seven months old. in hi 9
arms; that his wife tried to take it
from him ; that he would not let her
have it, and his mind led him to kill
it, and after getting up and beating it,
took it up by the heels and threw it as
hard as he could against the wall. lie
also states that he has been out in the
woods for two or three days praying
and seeking religion. Other negroes
state that he tried to ki’l his mother
in-law and her child, lie has an ugly
wound on his head, made by a
bludgeon with which he had to be
knocked down to restrain him. It is
stated that his mother is thought to he
crazy. The orgies carried on by some
of that class considered religious are
calculated to unsettle the minds of
those who have a stronger hold on
reason than he seems to possess.”
FOR THE PEOPLE.
vse\ce\ei\.
New Street Car Motor.
EXPERIMENTS MADE WITH FINELY TEM
PERED STEEL SPRINGS.
Experiments have been made in
this city upon one of the small models
of ilie United States Spring Car Mo
tor, and it was found to work well.
The Steam Car Motor Company has
secured the old patents of Austin &
Steel, and their machine is the basis
of the new motor. The difficulty witli
Austin & Steel's machine has been
that tlrere has existed heretofore no
process by which the springs could be
given the uniform and perfect temper
absolutely necessary. This difficulty,
it is thought, has now been overcome,
and the new motor company, having
made several successful tests of the
new process by which the springs can
he properly tempered, proposes to
construct a number of machines and
place them on several of our street
railways. The motor consists of six
springs coiled upon a cylinder. Each
spring will be made of a flat bar of
steel 300 feet long, 6 inches wide and
\ inch thick. These springs are tem
pered by the new process so uniformly
and so delicately that their power be
comes tremendous. After being coiled
so that their diameter is 18 feet they
are tempered, and then wound up un
til the diameter is 7| feet. In this
condition they are placed upon the
motor truck and the appliances of the
Austin & Steel patents adjusted. A
stationary engine at the terminus of
the road then winds the springs to a
diameter of 40 inches, and it has been
demonstrated that the power of the
expansion of the six springs from 40
inches to 7* feet in diameter is suffici
ent to drive an ordinary streetcar full
of people live miles on any track in
Philadelphia. The springs are so en
tirely under the control of the brake
man that lie can use the power of all
of them at once or limit the power to
one, or in going down a sleep grade
lie can shut them all off. A check
prevents the machine and car from
running at a greater rate of speed than
nine miles an hour. — Philadelphia Re
cord.
Ordination of the New Bishops.
[Nashville American.]
The auditorium of McKendreo
church was not only filled but jammed
yesterday at the ceremony of conse
crating the new Bishops. People be
gan pouring in more than an hour be
forehand, and before the time had nr
rived for beginning the services the
seats had long been filled and every
aisle was packed with the throng anx
ious to witness the ceremony, and
people had turned away by hundreds.
Chairs brought in from the neighbor
hood and from below filled almost
every available foot of space, and
where there was no room ior chairs
were people standing.
Bishops McTyeirc. Kavanaugh and
Keener, and Dr. J. B. West, occupied
seats behind the pulpit, the venerable
Bishop Paine and Bishop Pierce sit
ting behind the altar rail
ing.
Promptly at four o’clock the servi
ces began with singing the hymn,
“Ala Soldier of the Cross,” the con
gregation being led by the choir and
accompanied by the organ.
Bishop McTyeirc called the congre
gation to prayer and led. lie then
said : “Hear the reading of the. Scrip
tures.” and read a selection from Acts
xx: 17 35.
Bishop Keener then read from St.
John xxi: 15-17.
Bishop Kavanaugh read the 191st
hymn, which was sung by the congre
gation.
THE ORDINATION SERMON.
Bishop Kavanaugh preached the or
dination sermon from the seventh,
eighth and ninth verses of the first
chapter of Paul's epistle to Titus.
He said four Bishops were about to
f>e consecrated to their holy office. In
the Methodist church a Bishop was an
elder put in office. The best writers
taught that there were but two orders
in the ministry. To the bishop was
confided the stewardship of God’s
church. The mysterious but gracious
Bpirit of God was carrying on God’s
work. Jesus Christ dwelt in the hu
man heart by faith, and out of the
divine revelation wc were told that a
bishop must be blameless as the stew
ard of God. Christianity presents us
a God which modern atheism denied.
He did not propose to argue this ques
tion ; only there must be a beginning,
and the existence of a Deity must be
admitted to account for something
else. Nothing must have ever re
mained nothing unless you could prove
that nothing could make something.
Admitting the existence of a God,
everything else could be accounted
for. lie peopled space and lit up the
glorious bodies that give us light.
This was more rational than any
theory yet discovered. Man was
made in the image of God. in spiritu
ality, in immortality, lie was made
to know, love, serve and obey that God
who gave him existence. God loved
the creatures he had made in his
image. It was no wonder that every
living man was an illustration of that
love. The bishop must be blameless
as a steward of the mysteries of God,
not self-willed, arrogant. This was
an essential qualification. A single
act or a single word from him record
ed might do great damage to the cause
of Christ. The greatness of the work
in which they were involved and its
fearful responsibitics must ever be
present in their raindi. They must
seek Divine guidance. Frequently
what they deemed a mistake would
turn out for the best.
A bishop should never get angry.
Anger was temporary derangement.
When anger began rising in the mind
half the difficulty would be over if he
would not speak.
A bishop must not be given to wine.
W ine was allowed and its occasional
use prescribed by the Scriptures in
several places. But a bishop must
not be given to drinking.
A bishop must not be given to the
love of money, because the love of
money was a root of all evil. An in
ordinate money-lover was an idolater.
There was no harm in the money ; it
could be put to a great many good
uses if the possessor wished, but the
desire for it should not be allowed to
grow in the heart.
The bishop should be given to hos
pitality. It was true lie was rarely at
home to invite anybody with him, but
he should have an open heart, an open
house and an open purse, so far as it
went. 11 is purse had never been en
tirely empty since he entered the min
istry. Sometimes it would get nearly
empty, but more would come in before
the last was spent. lie gave himself
to God, trusting in God's promise to
support him, and God had kept his
part of the contract better than he had.
The next duty of the bishop was to
love the brethren, to love all good
men. This was an easy duty. He
had a great love for all good men, and
if he lost that love he mu3t first lose
his Christianity.
There were many opposing forces
to he encountered, some like those in
Paul’s day, who, when beaten in argu
ment, and when they could argue no
longer, sought to put him to death.
VV lien a boy he was in ranch doubt
as to which church he should join, and
he had, as it were, studied divinity in
his boyhood to decide the question.
He had decided on the Methodist
church and had never regretted it. He
prayed that on these new bishops
might rest the benediction of God. and
that they might ever be bright and
shining lights in his service.
PRESENTATION OF TIIE BISHOPS.
The newly elected bishops were then
conducted to the altar, escorted by
two elders, who presented them to
Bishop Paine, saying : “We present
unto you this holy man, to be ordain
ed a bishop.”
Bishop Hargrove was escorted by
Elders M. S. Andrews, of Alabama,
and J. B. MeFerrin, of Tennessee.
Bishop Cranberry was escorted by
Elders Edwards and Bennett, of Vir
ginia.
Bishop Wilson was escorted by El
ders Martin and J. S. Rogers, of the
Baltimore conference.
Bishop Parker was escorted by El
ders Alexander and Carter, of Louisi
ana.
Bishop Paine, Bishop Pierce, Bishop
McTyeire, Bishop Kenner and Bishop
Kavanaugh then administered the rites
and prayers of the church usual in
Episcopal consecration. Bishop Mc-
Tyeire then delivered to each of the
newly ordained bishops a parchment
containing the following:
Know all men by these presents
that we, Robert Paine, Geo. F. Pierce,
Hubbard 11. Kavanaugh. Holland N.
McTyeire and John C. Keener, bish
ops of the Methodist Episcopal church,
south, have this day, under the pro
tection of Almighty God and with a
single eye to His glory, by the impo
sition of our hands and prayers (being
assisted by other ordained ministers)
set apart Robert Kennon Hargrove for
the office of bishop in the said Metho
dist Episcopal church, south, a man
who in the judgment of the general
conference of said church is well qual
ified for that office. Ami he is here
by recommended to all whom it may
concern, to exercise the functions of
said office according to the discipline
of said church, so long as his spirit
and practice be such as become the
gospel of Christ, and hecontinueth to
hold fast the form of sound words ac
cording to the established doctrines
of the gospel.
Hi testimony whereof we have here
unto set our hands and seals, this the
18th day of May, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-two.
Done in Nashville, Tenn.
Spaces follow for the signatures of
the bishops performing the consecra
tion.
At the conclusion of the ceremonies
hundreds of friends passed forward to
congratulate the new bishops, and
general handshaking and good wishes
occupied nearly an hour.
Speech of Hon. Emory Speer
AGAINST TIIE BILL TO ORGANIZE THE
MILITIA.
On Monday, the 15th instant, the
llou<ae of Representatives had under
consideration a bill to enlist every
citizen between eighteen and forty
five years of age, and to enroll in a
National Guard not more than five
hundred for each Representative in
Congress for a State. The bill had
the unanimous report of the ComraP*
tee in its favor, but it was defeated
after discussion. Mr. Speer presented
his objections to the bill in the follow
ing speech, which wc give as a matter
of interest to all.of our readers, with
out regard to party :
Mr. Speaker, 1 regard this bill as
one of the most dangerous and in
sidious proposit ; ons which lias been
presented for action to this body since
I have been a member of Congress.
A similar proposition was submitted
to the Committee on the Militia in the
last Congress, and that committee, as
I understand it, refused to commit
themselves to the measure embodied
in the bill; some of us certainly did.
Sir, this proposition, by the terms of
the bill, in my State for instance, and
other gentlemen can speak for their
own States, would organize a force of
5,000 militiamen; it would have a
camp of instruction for five days in
each year ; it would require the militia
of the State so organized to have
monthly drills, and would impose upon
them all of the penalties and punish
ments which are enacted for mutiny
and for desertions from the regular
Army, with their disqualification of
citizenship and the deprivation of all
t he rights to hold office, penalties under
the laws governing the regular Army
degrading and painful, as if involving
moral turpitude. And this law is
sought to be enacted in a time of pro
found peace and when there is no
possible necessity for such legislation.
We are not opposed, Mr. Speaker,
to a proper system of laws to organize
and govern the militia. But the
country does not need a bill of this
character at this time. The land is
filled with seasoned veterans, men who
have seen actual war, who have faced
real danger in time of battle, and who
do not need to he instructed now by
the pomp and pageantry of mimic war.
The boys who wore the blue and the
boys who wore the gray when the} 7
come to fight, shoulder to shoulder, as
they will do if ever-the time comes
when this country shall need their
strong arms, require no such system
of instructions as this bill contem
plates, nor do the necessities of the
country demand the organization of a
landwehr system such as this bill pro
poses.
lam opposed lo it, sir. I know how
it will take the sturdy yeomanry from
the plow and from the cotton and corn
fields in ray country. They are tired
of war and rumors of war, and military
display in all of its forms. They are
prompt and earnest and able to defend
their country when called upon ; and
so it is true of all our American citizen
soldiery, and so it has ever been, since
the embattled farmers on the green at
Concord fired the shot heard round the
world and enkindled in millions of
hearts the saere 1 fires of national
liberty. [Applause.]
HOW WATCHES ARE MADE.
It will he apparent to any one who will
examine a Solid Got and Watch, that aside
from the necessary thickness for engraving
and polishing, a large proportion of the
precious metal used is needed only to
stiffen and hold the engraved portions in
place, and supply the necessary solidity
and strength. The surplus gold is actu
ally needless so far as utility and beau
ty are concerned. In JAMES BOSS’
PATENT GOLD WATCH GASES, this
WASTE of precious metal is overcome, and
the SAME SOLIDITY AND STRENGTH pro
duced at from one-third to one-half of the
usual cost of solid cases. This process is
of the most simple nature, as follows : a
plate of nickle composition metal especi
ally adapted to the purpose, has two plates
of solid gold soldered one on each side.
The three arc thenpassedrbetween polish
ed steel rollers, and the result is a strip o,
heavy plated composition, from which the
cases, backs, centres, bezels, Ac., are cut
and shaped by suitable dies and formers.
The gold in these cases is sufficiently thick
to admit of all kinds of chasing, engraving
and enamelling; the engraved cases have
been carried until worn perfectly smooth
by time and use without removing the
sola.
THIS IS THE ONLY CASE MADE
WITH TWO PLATES OF SOLID GOLD
AND WARRANTED BY SPECIAL
CERTIFICATE.
For sale by all Jewelers. Ask for Il
lustrated Catalogue, and to see warrant.
Early Developed Fov/er to Com
mand.
The following list of great generals
whose superior capacity was exhibited
in early manhood, was compiled by
the late Brevet Major-General Emory
Upton :
Philip of Macedon ascended the
throne at twenty two, was the conquer
or of Greece at forty five, and died at
forty-seven.
Alexander the Great defeated the
celebrated Theban band at Cheronea
before arriving at the age of eighteen,
ascended the throne at twenty, had
conquered the world at twenty-five,
and died at thirty-two.
Julius Caesar commanded a fieet be
fore Mitylene and distinguished him
self before the age of twenty-two:
completed his first war in Spain and
was made consul before the age of
forty ; conquered Gaul, twice crossed
the Rhine, and twice invaded Britain
before the age of forty-five ; won the
battle of Tharsalia and obtained su
preme power at fifty-two. lie died at
fifty-six, the victor of five hundred bat
tles and the conqueror of one thousand
cities.
Hannibal was made commander-in
chief of the Carthaginian army in
Spain at twenty-six, and had won all
his great battles in Italy, concluding
with Canme, at thirty-one.
Scipio Afrieanus, the elder, distin
guished himself at the battle of Ticin
us at sixteen, and attwenty-nine over
threw the power of Carthage at Zaraa.
Scipio Afrieanus, the younger, had
conquered the other Carthaginian ar
mies and completed the destruction
of Carthage at thirty-six.
Genghis Kham achieved man)’ of
his victories and became emperor of
the Monguls at forty.
Charlemagne was crowned king at
twenty-six, was master of France and
the larger part of Germany attwenty
nine, placed on his head the iron
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crown of Italy at thirty two, and con
quered Spain at thirty-six.
Gonsaivo de Cordova, the great
captain, had gained a great reputation
and was made commander in chief of
the army of Italy at forty one.
Henry IV., of France, was at the
head of the Huguenot army at sixteen,
became King of Navarre at nineteen,
overthrew his enemies and became
King of France before the age of for
ty.
Montecuculi, at the age of thirty
one. with 2,000 horse, attacked 10,000
Swedes and captured all their bag
gage and artillery ; gained the victory
of Triebel at thirty two ; defeated the
Swedes and saved Denmark at forty
nine ; and at fifty-three defeated the
Turks in the battle of St. Gothard.
Saxe was a marechal de-camp at
twentj T -four, and at fortj'-nine gained
the famous victory at Fontenoy.
Vauban, the great engineer, had
conducted several sieges at twenty
five, was mareclialde-camp at forty
three, and commissaire general of for
tifications of France at forty-five,
Turenne, passing through the grades
of captain, colonel, major-general, and
lieutenant-general, became a marshal
of France at thirty-two, and won all
his dintinction before forty.
The great Conde defeated the Span
iards at Rocroi at twenty-two, and won
all his military fame before the age of
twenty five.
Prince Eugene, of Savoy, was colo
nel at twenty-one, lieutenant-field-mar
shal at and shortly after
general-field-marshal. He gained the
battle of Zenta at thirty-four, and co
operated with Marlborough at Blen
heim at forty-one.
Peter the Great, of Russia, was
proclaimed Czar at ten years of age,
organized a large army at twenty, won
t c vieto yofEmbach atthirty, founded
St. Petersburg at thirty one and died
at the age of fifty-five.
Charles XII. completed his first
carnpaigo against Denmark at eigh
teen, overthrew 80,000 Russians at
Narva before nineteen, conquered
Boland and Saxon3 r at twenty-four,
and died at thirty-six.
Frederick the Great ascended the
throne at twenty-eight, terminated the
first Silesian war at thirty, and the
second at thirty three. Ten years la
ter, with a population of but 5,000,000,
he triumphed over a league of more
than 100,000,000 of people.
Cortes effected the conquest of Mex
ico and completed his military career
before the age of thirty-six.
Pizarro completed the cosquest of
Peru at thirty five, and died at forty.
Lord Clive distinguished himself at
twenty-two, attained his greatest fame
at thirty-five, and died at fifty.
Wolfe was conqueror of Quebec at
thirty-two.
Napoleon was a major at twenty
four, general of brigade at twenty five,
and commander-in chief of the army
of Italy at twenty six ; achieved all
his victories and was finally overthrown
before the age of forty-four.
Still in Favor of Hugging.
[New York Evening Post.]
The account of the lowa girl who is
said to have been bugged to death by
her lover has caused “quite a sensa
tion” among the young ladie9 of West
field, New York, who recently held a
meeting to devise waj's and means to
prevent another case of dcatli from
hugging. They unanimously passed
the following preamble and resolu
tions :
Whereas, It is reported that an lowa
girl died recently in her lover’s arms
while being bugged ; and
Whereas, Judging from experience,
we believe such an event to be utterly
impossible; therefore,
Resolved, That, notwithstanding
said report, we are still in favor of
hugging. We prefer to run all risks
of death rather than have the beautiful,
lovely, delightful, perfectly elegant
custom abolished.
Resolved, That a copy of theso
resolutions be sent to the newspapers
for publication.
Stonewall Jackson’s Toddy.
Having lingered to the last a’l jwablo
moment with the members of my fami
ly “ hereinbefore mentioned”—as tho
legal documents would term them—it
was alter 10 o'clock at night when I
returned to headquarters for final in
structions. and before going to tho
general’s room I ordered two whiskey
toddies to be brought up after me.
When they appeared I offered one of
the glasses to Jackson, but he drew
back, saying :
“No. no, colonel, you must excuse
me; I never drink intoxicating
liquors.”
“ I know that, general,’' said I, “ but
though you habitually abstain, as I
do myself, from everything of the sort,
there are occasions, and this is ono
of them, when a stimulant will do ua
both good ; otherwise I would neither
take it myself nor offer it to you. So
you must make an exception to your
general rule and join me in a toddy
to-night.”
He again shook his head, but nev
ertheless took the tumbler and began
to sip its contents. Presently putting
it on the table, after having but partly
emptied it, he said :
“ Colonel, do you know why I hab
itutally abstain from intoxicating
drinks?” And on my replying in the
negative, he continued:
“ Why, sir, because I like the taste
of them, and when I discovered that
to be the case I made up my mind at
once to do without them altogether,,**-.
—Philadelphia Times.
NUMBER 14.